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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:00 a.m., i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze on this damp thursday. >> we will beat germany. want. >> we will check the forecast with mike. >> heard rain drops this morning and the stray showers moved through. there is still drizzle possible for the morning commute.
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when is the last time we have seen green on the radar if june? most of us that had measurable rain was around .01" or..2". headed through the day, behind the cold front, the dry air will rich in or on the clouds to sun and breezy and cooler-than-average around the bay at 67 to 74. only 72 to 80 inland. leyla gulen? >> use low peoples this morning and we do have a sig-alert in gilroy. nothing like yesterday but it is an overturned tractor trailer and we have between all lanes blocked and one lane open. this sig-alert is in affect until further notice. it will take some time to upright it. we could see a little bit of a delay there as the morning commute wears open. be prepared. there will be detours in place.
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the bay bridge toll plaza shows the traffic is moving in nicely coming from emeryville and a look from the camera toward the eastern span of the bay bridge and traffic showing no delays. >> world cup fans in the bay area will be glued to their tv and tablet and smartphone as team u.s.a. faces the biggest change so far, taking on germany this morning. nick is in san jose where fans are gearing up. nick? >> this could be the only time you will be able to hear me because the game starts at 9:00 and the place will start getting picks around 8:00. this is what it is about, the excitement around world cup soccer. the united states is second and will play at 9:00 a.m. and the excitement around the world cup shows how much americans love big events especially good for team u.s.a. head coach who was
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born in germany and will face the country he used to play for where he scores 11 goals in three world cups winning the 1990 title. in fact, he will be the second coach in world cup history to koch against the team he won a world cup title as a player. >> i have been waiting a long-term, and it is massive, and deciding who is winning the group the group of death and deciding would moves on to the knock out same. some could be surprised about our resourcefulness. we are not an underdog. >> absolutely. not underdogs, but team u.s.a. can keep its world cup journey going with a win or a tie against germany. has, it is a little more complicated and depeoples on the outcome of portugal and ghana. a win over germany is huge for american soccer and starts at
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noon. we expect this place to be packed. i am hoping people don't start drinking too early. however, katie and eric if i have for get into the goof of things, i will do that. >> dedicated to his craft. behave. >> a giant turnout is expected in san francisco as fans gathered to catch the action on the big screen at civic center plaza. an estimated 5,000 fans turned out on sunday to catch the match against portugal. fans in the east bay can watch the match as the new parkway theater in oakland showing all of games. you can watch the match between team u.s.a. and germany at 9:00 a.m. on the sister soviet work espn and ghana versus portugal is on espn2 and at 11:00 o'clock p.m., south korea and belgium on espn and algeria and russia on espn2. >> uruguay's top player luis
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suarez is facing a financial hit and his sponsorship deals could be rip up and future endorsements could be in jeopardy. two sponsors have hinted they could end their deal with luis suarez awaiting the results of the investigation into the alleged bite incident. the loss of ad income could run into the millions of dollars. a major break this morning in the search for a serial arsonist suspected of for iing part of freeway for the last several weeks. police believe they have caught him, authorities released surveillance video and video of suspected arsonist on tuesday and late last night investigators announce they arrested a person they believe is responsible for the string of fires in the city south of market area. most of the fires have erupted on construction sites or in dumpsters and in one case a scar was -- a car was set on fire. amy hollyfield is tracking developments and will have a report at 5:30.
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police are putting extra patrols on streets after an attack on a woman next to the berkeley equal pus walking on telegraph near bancroft way at 2:00 on sunday morning and attacked from behind. the 30 year old victim says a man knocked her to the background can sensually assaulted her. the suspect was described as a mixed race man inly 30's, 6' and heavy building with short hair. >> lawmakers plan on calling on the golden gate bridge and highway district to approve funding to build a suicide barrier on the we span. state senators will ask the district board of directors to fund a plan to construct a 3.5 mile net to line both sides of the bridge. the netting should be in place by the end of 2017 or early 2018 and the board will vote on the funding tomorrow. >> an autopsy report says that the pilot of a written damage biplane that crashed during a
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northern california air he died of severe burns. the air force says that officials concluded that extensive thermal injuries killed the 77-year-old after his plane crashed before 85,000 people during a may 4 show in travis air force base. it was upside down 20' off the ground for a stunt. the plane struck the runway and slid and burst into flames before coming to a stop. >> this morning, caltran is alerting drivers to another planned closure of interstate 280 in san francisco with lanes from 101 to downtown closed over the fourth of july week of the it will be similar to the closing of the southbound lanes over the memorial day week. a hinge on a bridge has to be replaced. the freeway closed at 9:00 on wednesday and is scheduled to re-open on monday morning july
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7th. ought a's have an agreement to stay in oakland but it is not a done deal. the owner says that the club has agreed on a 10-year lease extension with the coliseum authority but it has to be approved by city leaders. the city wants the team to stay in oakland and said that we are still negotiating so we are surprised bit announcement of an agreement. she says both sides plan to meet today. >> tonight, ground fogging continues in the south bay after mosquitoesived positive for west nile virus. crews will ray at 11 o'clock in the area with fogging lasting for several hours. officials say they will be back tomorrow and saturday to make sure there are no infected mosquitoes lost. if the virus is found, they may have to spray again. >> we. turn over to mike for a check on the forecast. things are happening. >> the winds are picking up
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behind the cold front and you can see most of the rain is moving away great us with drizzle and a few sprinkles for the morning commute but the heaviest of rain, if you can use heavy rain, it is gone. the winds are blowing out from west to east and that is the cool breeze. today the cool of the day in the forecast. if you are headed out to bart this morning, it is remain aer than it was this time yesterday and the 60's at lafayette and concord and pittsburg and union city and mid-to-upper 50's from daly city to everywhere else. fremont is 54 and everywhere else is veteran to 59. we will look at what going on emeryville you can see it is clear, below the cloud deck with clean air coming in behind the cold front as we look across the bay bridge into san francisco. spotty drizzle can clouds and 54 to 60 and by noon, dry air comes in and sunny breaks in the cloud
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cover and by 4:00 we have sun and freezes and 74 inland. you will need a coat, 58 to 70 and falling rapidly after 7:00 hour. leyla gulen? >> we have a stalled vehicle in the caldecott tunnel on the second bore blocking one lane. if you need to make travels in the eastbound direction be prepared to avoid the second floor. it looks like the rest of the drive headed westbound is clear. you can see the green indicating a possible drizzle over a 80 but 35 miles per hour is the top speed and it comes up to 38 american and you will start to see traffic loosening up as you continue into livermore and pleasanton up to the dublin interchange so top speeds approaching 80 the into san francisco we go and this project is being picked up, however, we are still seeing some areas of delays, northbound highway one up to 101, there is a long lane closure. be parent. traffic now is starting to slow.
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it is 5:11. mcdonald's is testing a way to make grabbing food even faster. >> a move to keep the mail coming to your doorstep on saturdays. >> a company that is an hour and a half away from taking wall street by
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covering san francisco, east and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. saturday mail delivery lives to see another day. the appropriations committee has restored a long-standing mandate requiring postal service to deliver mail on saturdays. the vote illustrates the sentiment on capitol hill to preserve six-day mail delivery which is especially popular with
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older voters. the move goes against the wishes of the g.o.p. republican house leaders wanted to take the savings from ending saturday delivery and give the money to the highway fund before it runs dry this summer. all eyes are on go pro as they focus in on wall street. the san mateo company goes public this morning and priced its shares at $24 late year and hopes to raise more than $400 million from the initial public offering. they are a favorite of authorities enthusiasts who want to record adventures from a first person perspective founded in 2004 and last year was the best soling rodder in the u.s. >> facebook is the latest technical firm to release data of the workforce. 31 percent of the company is female. 91 percent is either white or asian. the numbers are to line with those from other local technology companies, and the chief operating officer has been
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particularly vocal about increasing the number of women in leadership roles. currently, less than a quarter or 23 percent facebook senior managers are female. >> more recalls are likely for scene motors. >> topping america's money, a safety problem involving g.m. cars, general motors is telling dealers to stop selling the chevrolet cruises because of a problem with airbags in recent models that is not a recall and does not apply to those cars sold but it is the best selling passenger car in the united states. >> fresh fruit and vegetable prices are going to rice 6 percent in the next few months because of the california drought. the state produces half of the country's fruits and vegetables. >> starbucks is offering a shaken ice tea at half price but only at certain locations and only teen 2:00 and 5:00. done gone is testing a mobile app to let customs order
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and pay before they reach the taunt. then go to express pickup location. so far it only works in georgia. that is america's money today. >> happening today an announcement to make ikea workers happy raising the minimum wage up to $10.76 which is a 17 percent pay raise the biggest in a decade for ikea in america and future pay is pegged to the cost living rather than what local competitors a. half of the learn,000 workers get the race when it takes effect january 1 of next year. >> bicyclists in san francisco have the option of electronic bicycle lockers. this map shows where the lockers are located. bicyclives can used lockers to for bicycles for five cents an hour up to ten days, the
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transportation agency believes the 32 lockers are more secure alternative for storing bicycles. the bicyclists need to sign up for a bike link payment card which cost $20 each. >> this is maybe not the morning to start off riding your bicycle to work. >> it is wet in some spots and i had drops on high cars. how about the stray showers in june? >> absolutely. they came through and this is how it looks from our camera, you can see the clouds, and the mid-to-upper level cloud and a few low clouds hanging around with the rain totals at .08" in the east bay hills and half moon bay and los gatos and monday dark all .01". it is now more impressive in the high country with a natural lift creating stronger showers as the
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wind slams into the mountains and that creates instability and rain. this is how it has looked the last couple of hours moving through quickly. but the heavy rain is developing to the east and we could use it here. here we go, the leftovers, on miles visibility at half moon bay and live doppler 7 hd shows everyone else is okay with clouds over sfo and i am thinking we will have flight arrival delays. i will let you know when they let me know. breezy and brighter this afternoon, the first forecast highlight and dry pattern returns tomorrow and heat wave is willing on sunday through when and that is the end of the seven-day forecast so we will have a run of four days in the mid-to-upper 90's and today we lucky if we get to 80 at gilroy, and san jose and cupertino at 74, and upper 60's to low 70's on the peninsula, and 59 to is the spread along the coast and it is not much of one, 64, 65, 5
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is downtown south san francisco and sauce haiti and 72 in petaluma and in santa rosa up north, and 67 in berkeley to 71 at hercules, and 73 in pleasanton, and possibly 80 in brentwood today. tonight, it is cooler, and temperatures in the home 50's and drizzle is possible along the coast and we have left over clouds in the morning, and two- to four-degrees warmer tomorrow and you can see the mid-to-upper 90's sunday, monday, tuesday, inland, low-to-middator around the bay but comfortable at coast in the 60. leyla gulen? >> ace trains one and three are on time can bart has 40 trains controlling. we have a few pictures starting with the golden gate bridge and it is fore. it is misty making it out of the waldo into friend and low peoples this morning and it could be treacherous as we head
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over to the richmond and san rafael bridge it is clearer and a different story as we come over the water to san rafael so you can see it is clear and not too much traffic and only five minutes to get you across the water and the bay bridge toll plaza is still myselfing along fine so no delays but we are looking at a few extra early risers from emeryville to the city. seven things to know as you start the day including the big day ahead in the brain stow lawsuit again the dodgers. >> george clooney could add a new roll in california politics. >> when cash will not do, the tam that -- a.t.m. that gives
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seven things to know: an arrest of a serial arson suspect who has had the city's south ma it area on edge the past few weeks. police expect to release more information later on today. the suspect is believed to be behind the string of fires in dumpsters and at construction sites. >> firefighters are looking into the cause of a transform are fire which has started if an electrical cabinet before 10:00 last night. thick smoke caused 280 in both directions to close but it was re-opened a short time later when the crews put out the fire. >> more than 70 teens were taken to the hospital during a packed deejay concert in boston. the show featured a swedish deejay. >> closing arguments expected today if los angeles in bryan
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stow's civil out -- suit against the dodger where he was attacked. he suffered a minor stroke on day two. >> world cup soccer fever is back in full swing when teen usa faces germany in a game that could determine whether the united states advances or faces elimination. crowds of fans are expected to take part in viewing parties all over the bay area when the game kicks off at 9:00 a.m. six, a look at live doppler 7 hd shows the showers over and the drizzle for the commute and it will be breezy and cool this afternoon but wait until you see the weekend numbers, a heat wave is on the way. >> seven, the crews traveling in the northbound direction have disappeared into the fog and it is socked in over the golden gate bridge as you make it into san francisco, all construction is wrap up near the bay bridge for today. >> today's world cup showdown
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takes place between united states and germany takes place while most are at covered. this is a sick note written by the coach, saying you should send this to the boss lays on the guilt in it, saying that we will need the full port of the nation if we are to advance to the next round. >> we love seeing your world cup photos, brazil fan base in los altos solid because of the four brothers. show us your fan photos by e-mail at ureport@kgo-tv.com or upload the pictures through our new news app. or at abc7news.com. >> actor george clooney could be playing a new role: politician. the 53-year-old academy award winner could be running for office, seriously contemplating running for governor of
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california. a friend of him predicts a 2018 run saying he has good ideas that he wanted to implement. we will have to wait-and-see. he is engaged to a british attorney and is looking for a home in san francisco or long dan -- london for his wife to be which is not close to california. >> and as we know no actor has been governor of california. >> a new a.t.m. machine is offering gold on the go. rare coin dealers have a gold a.t.m. outside new york city store which sells gold and silver coins and bars for cash. the cost ranges from $30 up to $1,400 with prices updated each minute. the a.t.m. requires an i.d. before dispensing the precious metal and it only takes cash. the owners say the machine is used three time as day. i was kidding, we do know that
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kgo news here. i am katie marzullo. i am eric thomas. >> we will check on the weather forecast. >> we will show you the showers moving away from us with patchy drizzle, still. welcome to thursday. we are going to see clearing behind this front but it will
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take place later. this morning we are seeing the winds start to pick up and the ferry ride is not so calm as it was year. probably not so choppy as the afternoon when the breezes kick up faster. dry air is of mying in and that will open up the clouds. you can still see a lot of cloud cover from 58 at the coast to 80 inland. cooler-than-average. we have an overturned big rig in gilroy and now an overturned big rig possibly carrying fuel along the highway. power lines have been knocked down near a middle school so c.h.p. is headed out. it doesn't sound like there are injuries but it is an active seen. antioch is 25 manipulate -- 25 minutes as you head through conquer and it clears up significantly and we are looking at 18-minutes from antioch to
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concord. san francisco police have arrested an ma to give people in south of market area some peace of mind. amy? >> construction workers have been on high alert the past few weeks with some sites hiring extra security which is a row leaf to them. san francisco police released video of the man who they thought was doing this, capturing him on surveillance video and released it on tuesday and made an arrest last night on when, so it was a quick turn around and they have not said there they have a tip from releasing the video and someone saw it or how they got to the person. though have only said they got him. he is responsible, they say, for self fires, including a
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construction site and a newly build high-rise and dumpsters set on fire and newspaper stands south of mark yet area. no one has been hurt. but the damage is at tens of thousands. we are hoping to get a briefing from police later today to fine out why they thing this person was doing this. >> investigators will be looking into the cause of a transformer fire at the stanford linear accelerator, with thick smoke forcing the closing of 280 in both directions and the fire appears to have started in an electrical switching cabinet and was brought under control 45 minutes after being reported. the accelerator is part of the department of energy national laboratory and is two miles long so it is the longest action sole
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operator in -- the longest accelerator in the world. >> police are hoping to return thousands of stolen property to the rightful owners have busting three burglary suspects. the 20-year-old and his 35-year-old brother arrested after breaking into a bmw motorcycle dealership on may 26. the 44-year-old was also arrested. police say they found hundreds of stolen items at the home including jewelry sufficient as -- such as gold rings and sunglasses and cameras. from the items look familiar, calm police, we are posting pictures of the goods on our website so check it out. residents of an apartment building in san francisco's after heights neighborhood want you to look at surveillance video that caught a suspected mail navy red handed. a well dressed man used a
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crowbar to steal mail from all 26 boxes. watch. you can see him empty them and come back to take packages that were just delivered. the thief noticed the security camera monitoring the bobs but doesn't seem to bother him. it is feared that this could lead to additional thefts. >> two people face charges in connection with what few file agents say is one of the best known prostitution sites on the intent. we were the first to break the story. agents raided the home of 53-year-old yesterday and they accused of running www. www.myredbook.com which now is shut down. this photograph was taken by a neighbor during a party. he never raced any suspicions with neighbors. they are charged with using mail and the internet to facilitate prostitution. a new search area for missing
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malaysia airlines flight 370 scouring the indian ocean announces they are shifting their seven south of the most recent suspected crash site. the move comes amid a new analysis existing satellite data and officials also announce necessity believe the plane was on auto pilot when it disappeared and the crew was not responding possibly suffering from oxygen deprivation the. former secretary of state, hillary clinton is waking up in the bay area hosting a book signing in san francisco at book passage. she talk about her new memoir last night and touched on the big issues including iraq and benghazi and, again, would not say if she was running for president. you can make all kinds of lists of pros and cons but it is such a huge commitment and having done it before and having, obviously, wanted my husband do it, i know what it takes to not
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just run as hard as that is, but what you are running for. >> she avoided comment about personal wealth and has been criticized for being out of touch after say she and president clinton left the white house dead broke. >> team u.s.a. will face germany in a future gain that could mean advancing or elimination. the team can advance to the next round with a win over draw against germany and this morning the game would be meaningful if the united states held on to the lead on sunday and not allowed portugal to tie in the final 30 seconds. if they loss, they can still advance depending on what happens in the game define portugal and ghana. >> the matchup will attract thousands through civic center
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plaza in sleaze to watch as they did on sunday. you can get a last soccer fans will take a day off from work or sneaking a look at smartphones or computers at the office. you can watch usa and germ fiat 9:00 a.m. on espn with a matchup between ghana and portugal on espn 2 at the same time and at 1:00 o'clock, you can watch south korea and belgium and algeria and russia. >> hopefully you can still get work done. >> san francisco giants fans are back when they open a four game series which is feeling the glow from the historic performance yesterday of lincecum. on the ground. he has done it again. >> he threw the second no-hitter if less than a year and is the first pitcher in 100 years to pitch to no-nos against the
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same team and shut down the weak of the hitting team striking out six and walking one. >> i didn't feel my stuff was great. it didn't feel like a stuffed day but a location day. >> fans could not believe how lucky they were to watch history being made. they continue to celebrate as they filed out of ball park. >> you can see the game ball and the lincecum hat that is now sent to the baseball hall of fame in new york. whether it was great stuff or great location bottom line is the padre could not hit. >> mike? >> we will see see at at&t park it will be cool. you can get two no-hitters in the row, and 60's at 7:15 dropping to 56 and sun will set
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at 8:56 and it will feel chilly. palo alto is at 60. san carlos is 59 and same in oakland headed if san francisco and 55 and concord and antioch and livermore and slow and los gatos along with mountain view of 61. drizzle is left over through the 7:00 or 8:00 hour and cold front moves law and showers are over and temperatures are milder with the 50's and low 60 and dry air moving in at noon. we will touch 70 inland and only top out in the mid-to-upper 70's cooler-than-average. 68 at 4:00 around the bay and 60 at the coast and check how cool it is in the evening, we are barely 70 and dropping fast upper 50's to low 60. grab a coat. you need it. >> we have 43 bart trains on time as we take it to the map we have a project with us until 6:00 this morning so if you travel out of san francisco to the east by across the bay
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bridge there will be multiple lanes blocked eastbound side the lower deck to the metering lights which can slow things down as the move progresses. to the east, eastbound highway 24, through the caldecott tunnel a stalled truck in number two bore which will slow things down and we are hooking at yellow popping through that indicates difficult miles per hour iraned speed but worker traffic is moving smooth from lafayette and orinda into oakland. >> next, thousands of gallons down the drain. with the state in the middle of a drought why did a local city let water leak if a pipe for a week? same name, same route, a pilot's plan to finish a historic flight that began 75 years ago and the ties it has to the
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covering dalai lama, -- covering daly city, and mountain view, and los gatos. >> a geyser spewed water 30 feet into the air last night with a soaking for the treat but no one was hurt. >> we started asking questions
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of a water leak if a san jose neighborhood and it was allowed to go unrepaired for a week. bride an reported the problem last friday. nothing was continue. the water leak was nonstop long the avenue for six days. neighbors estimate a loss are 172,000 gallons of water. right in the middle of a drought. it doesn't matter me we are taking shorter showers and saving every drop but they are not doing their part to conserve. >> the san jose water company says by law it has to give other utility companies two business days to mark their lines before a crew can safely dig. after we called, a crew rolled in and fixed the leak. >> a woman will launch an attempt to finish a flight started by amelia earhart 75 years ago. she was named after the fame pilot would disappeared in 1937
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while trying to fly around the world. the mod everyone earhart is trying to re-create the flight. >> she left a legacy in 1930's, and we still thing of her disappearance and research her and talk about her in all facets and i hope the legacy i can leave is the adventure still skins. >> she will take off from oakland at 8:00. the trip is expected to last 2 1/2 weeks. she runs the fly with amelia foundation which encourages girls to become pilots. meteorologist mike nicco is here with exciting news on rain. >> we had some. >> even a drop. >> maybe it will help the yard a little bit. yard, garden, trees, everything is stressed because of the drought. as we lock from our camera to
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the east bay hills, i will show togethers up there and rocky ridge is in the east bay hills at .08" rain. mother nature came through. it was more oppressive, the showers, as they moved through the industrial valley and you can see in the highest elevation radar is saying, maybe a little snow mixing in but no lightning strikes and the showers are winding down, but they could re-develop if you head to the high country this afternoon when heating of the day takes over. thickest clouds right new or the lowest to the ground and causing the most problems with visibility at half moon bay at one and a quarter mile and the rest of us are okay, you can see the clouds over san francisco and you can still have drizzle for the morning commute and there is plenty of moisture, but, when the breezes kicks to that is the dry air moving in and bringing us sunshine into the afternoon. dry pattern returns tomorrow
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after another chance of drizzle and well have a heat wave and sunday through wednesday especially inland with a string 90's and air conditioning weather on the way the bullet, of the precipitation will head away from us with the low and behind it we have northwest winds bringing dry air and temperatures are going to be cooler than they should be today. we may get to 80 at gilroy and the exception is to the south and everyone is in the 70's, and milpitas is at 70. 67 in millbrae. low 70's for the rest of peninsula and mid-60's in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito and mid-70's through the north bay with santa rosa at 77. upper 60 to low 70's along the east bay sure. in the inland area, mid-70's to maybe 80 in brentwood. here is the seven-day forecast: two- to four-degrees warmer tomorrow with more sunshine and temperatures back to average on saturday and a string of warm
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weather away from the coast sunday through wednesday. >> we are totally problem free and, in fact, we have a couple of citizens involving overturned big rigs but on the maps, you can see bumper-to-bumper traffic headed over the altamont pass, and from tracy to dublin it takes 45 minutes and from gilroy we have an overturned big rig for a couple of hours, and southbound 101 at monterey street we have one lane open right now and traffic is squeezing by and the sig-alert is if place until further notice and it will take some time to clean up and get on its way and at byron we have report of a possible tanker truck that is overturned and byron highway, that is the john area right near the middle school so that could cause significant delays if you travel those surface streets. at the rim monday san rafael toll plaza the cash paying lanes
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are loading up and across the water it is easy and traffic is smooth up to 580 so not too much of a delay but watch out for the fog on the golden gate bridge. >> a bid lead up to the aids walk in san francisco is off and running. michael finney hosted the kickoff event at rouge, with 6,000 people part of the first aids walk in 1987 and now it has green to 25,000 people. all the newspapers go to research and supporting those living with hiv and aids and hepatitis-c. organizers hope to raise more than $2.5 million. the san francisco aids walk is less than a month away and you can register by calling the none on the screen or check out abc7 news come where we have a link to the aids
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website. >>en -- an emotional apology from gary old man over antisemitic remarks. >> encouraging news about last week's spraying operation for mosquitoes. >> coming up, a small things on purpose? youe not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy this. oh. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source.
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i.d. and residency. >> lawmakers passed a law last year to issue driver's licenses to undocumented imagreements. today, the hearing starts at 10:00 and is hold at the caltran building in oakland. >> row -- profuse apoll ski from kill people live last night. he told kimmel he should have known better to make a series of comments ripping political correctness in hollywood in dense outburst made by mel gibson and alec baldwin. >> i should not have use them in any context. but i did. i have deeply injured and wounded a great many people. >> the 56-year-old star thanks kimmel for not canceling the planned appearance in the waning
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of the furor. the antidefamation league called this not satisfactory. >> it is 5:54. >> you time that, at 11 o'clock the county fair in alameda opens and 7 a with no real heat at 3:00, and 67 can breezy at 7 and breaking out the coast and it will be 59 by the end of the night. air quality alert and you can see the san joaquin valley into the sierra headed through the various and we have a few showers that are moving through the sierra and the southern sierra and we will have more developing in the afternoon that will be scattered, 65 in lake tahoe and mid-80's through 90's in the central valley and 105 in palm springs. >> back to my ron -- back to
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truck and all lanes are blocked because the power lines are down. highway 4 is not affected all looking clear but in antioch, that is where we will be on the brakes. the tolls and metering lights are turned on and we have heavy delays from emeryville. the bay area could soon have another first daughter in our midst and chelsea clinton attended stanford and now "san francisco chronicle" reports that president obama's daughter here is interested in going to cal. she toured the campus a week ago and visited stanford but she clearly likes cal better. >> a new health by of taking aspirin, researchers at yale found people on a long-term low dose aspirin can cut the risk of pancreas canner by taking 75 to 325 minimum grams -- milligrams
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for six years reduced by 35 percent and after six years it reduced by 60 percent. five year survival rate is less than 5 percent. >> a breakthrough means new hope for people with spinal cord injuries. a small chip in a man's brain lets him move his had by thinking about it. this is video from ohio state university where it is tested and the chip sends brain signals to the sleeve bypassing his spinal cord. >> we are a few hours away from team u.s.a. game. >> they are ready to play.
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>> will ferrell said he will bite every german player if he has to and greeted raucous group of fans at a bar and despite not being in tiptop physical shine he is ready to help the best that he can to help team u.s.a. win. >> final countdown for soccer fans from a san jose hotspots where many will play hooky to watch the game. >> it happens on vacation more often than you think, "consumer reports pans with "7 on your side" to show you how to protect side" to show you how to protect electronics on a
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, we
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are coming up on 6:00 a.m. and i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> we seek truth in weather. mike? >> nice to see both of you and this thursday morning, check out what is right behind me, let me get out of the way the rain that moved in overnight and it has since moved off and there is lingering drizzle for the commute. here is the day planner around the bay, patchy fog and cloudy and 58 can clouds open up by noon and we are at 63 and breezy 70 by 4:00 and a cool 61 at 7:00, inland we have lingering drizzle and we are in the low-to-mid 70's this afternoon with sunny conditions and a breezy 6959 7:00 can chilly this evening. at the coast, we will see the clouds open by noon and temperatures will struggle and nearly 60. we have had a couple of problems including an overturned big rig on southbound 101 through gilroy and another in

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