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 byron on surface streets so it

has been busy. right now we are going to take you over to 280 in the southbound direction as you come up to highway 92 we have debris if lanes and that is block one lane. you could see a slight bit of a slow down as c.h.p. has to come out to do a traffic break. talk about slow, tracy to dublin is 43 minutes in the westbound direction from antioch to concord and san rafael to san francisco southbound 101 is 18 minutes because of fog and the trillion toll plaza shows metering lights turned on you can see the traffic is heavy from the east bay. >> three hours to game time the fans in the bay area are glued to their tv and tablets and smart phone this morning as team u.s.a. faces germany. nick is if san jose where the fans are gearing up for the matchup. >> absolutely, they have started to put up the barricades and the game starts at 9:00 a.m. and

they expect people to start line up and pouring in at 7:30. excited: team u.s.a. the united states is second in group g and will play at 9:00 a.m. the excitement shows how much americans love big events. all of this is acceptly good for team u.s.a. head coach who was born in germany, will face a country he scored 11 goals at three world cups, winning the 1990 title. in fact, he is the second coach in world cup history to coach against the team he won a title as a player. the team says they plan to leave it all, on the feel. >> we don't see the short rest as being a harm. >> we are not made to go for a tie, it is not in our d.n.a. >> win or draw today against

germany and team u.s.a. will move on to the knock out round and the team can keep its world cup journey with a win or a tie, but lose, it is more complicated and depends on the outcome of the portugal game. a win over germany is obviously huge for american soccer and we know that people have been super excited and i am in a twitter battle with someone from san francisco saying who is going do have the larger crowd. i believe san jose will hold it down. we will catch all the action right here. >> a giant turnout is expected in san francisco this morning as fans gather to catch the action on the big screen. an tempted 5,000 fans turned out on sunday to see the match. fans in the east bay can catch the action in oakland which is showing all the matches, and you can watch the match between team u.s.a. and germ fiat 9:00 a.m.

on our sister network, espn with ghana versus portugal at espn two at the same time and 1:00 o'clock p.m. south korea and belgium on espn. uruguay's top player, luis suarez is taking a financial hit over the biting of italian defender. the existing respondership deals could be writtenned up and future endorsements could be in jeopardy. two of the sponsors have hinted they could end the deal awaiting results of the investigation into the biting incident. the loss of ad income for suarez could run into millions dollars. >> a your break in the search for a serial arsonist suspected of terrorizing part of san francisco over the last several weeks and police believe they have caught him. authorities released surveillance video of the suspected arsonist on tuesday and last night investigators

anumbered they arrested a person they believed responsible for a string fires in the south of market area. most of the fires have erupted on construction sites or dump steps including a car set on fire and residential buildings on 1st street. police are putting extra patrol on the street after an attack on a woman next to uc berkeley campus at 2:00 on sunday morning. she was attacked from behind. the 30-year-old victim says a man knocked her to the ground can sexual assaulted her the suspect is described as mixed race man in his 30's and 6' tall and short hair with a muscle build. >> there is a call to build suicide barrier on golden gate bridge and the state senators

will ask the district board of directors to fund the plan to build 3.5 mile steel net to line both sides of the gonna. if it goes as planned, the netting should be in place by the end of 2017 or early 2018. the bridge board is scheduled to vote on the funding tomorrow. >> an autopsy report shows a pilot of a vintage biplane that crashed died of severe burns. the air force says that the officials concluded extensive thermal injuries killed the 77-year-old pilot. his plane crashed before 85,000 people during a show at travis air force base. the plane was upside down and 20' off the ground for a stunt where a knife was supposed to cut a ribbon but the plane hit the runway, slid, and burst into flames before stopping. when the new transbay transit center in san francisco opens in 2017 it will be without the signature rooftop park that

was planned unless the city can raise $24 million in private donations. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that cost overruns have added $300 million to the costs of the $1.9 billion project. money that was to go to build the rooftop park goes to construction of the four story bus terminal and underground train station. we the project officials expect the park to be phased in. this morning, caltran is alerting drivers to another closing of northbound highway 101 to downtown closed over the julyup and it will be similar to the closing of the southbound lane over the memorial day week. a hinge on a bridge has to be replaced to make it safe. the work will take four days to complete and the freeway will close at 9:00 on when night and it is scheduled to re-open on monday morning july 7.

oakland mayor quan says the city will meet with the a's today to firm up a reported deal to keep the team in oakland. the owner says that the club agreed on a 10-year lease extension with the coliseum authority but it is not quite a done deal. it still has to be approved by the city. the mayor says oakland wants to keep the team and baseball in the east bay and they were still negotiating and were surprised by the announcement of the agreements. >> a trail date is set in hate crimes case against three former san jose university students accused of taunting the black. roommate. the three students will stand trial on december 1 on charges of misdemeanor battery with a hate crime enhancement. santa clear prosecutor says they subject their roommate to racially motivated bullying. a defense attorney called this politically motivated.

two of the three is been expelled from the california state university system. a bill that makes it easier for california school districts to fire or punish teachers accused of misconduct is law. california governor jerry brown signed the bill yesterday that will allow school districts to expedite the discipline process for teachers who committed serious misconduct such as sexual abuse, and child abuse, and certain drug crimes. the bill was authored by johnny -- joan buchanan and protects safety of students. >> ground fogging continues in the south bay after mosquitoes testified positive for the west nile virus in san jose and campbell. crews will spray at 11 o'clock tonight in the area surrounding fruit detail and lee avenue. the mosquito control says officials will be back tomorrow and saturday to make sure there are no infected mosquitoes left.

not virus is fond they will have to spray again. >> on the peninsula there are no signs of west nile virus in san mateo after officials say a foggy operation there was a success. mosquito traps before and after the treatment covering 350 acres with results showing a 77 percent reduction in the adult mosquito population with other fogging samples testing negative for west nile. >> we know mosquitoes like standing water will clear that out. >> it is amazing me have mosquitoes. fur driving around a thousand feet this is how it will look, pretty gray. the clouds were opening up and we could see downtown san francisco and it looks like moreover nature will not cooperate so i will throw up the rain totals, east bay hills are .08" and san jose is about .01".

61 in cupertino and san jose and brentwood. all of us are mile. at sfo, an hour and two minute flight arrival delays because of cloud cover and temperatures today after the drizzle, 4 to 11 degrees cooler-than-average with a warming trend in the seven-day forecast. >> 49 bart trains are on time and a brand new accident involving three vehicles in petaluma and southbound along 101, but east of there, it is clear through solano county but as we continue south of that area it is still top speed into american canyon and vallejo 680, too, is looking clear and taking the benicia bridge there is a slow down on the cartinez at 16 miles per hour in the northbound

direction. 6:11. the latest development in the battle by some to keep saturday mail deliveries. >> more effects from the drought and how much we should pay for fruits and vegetables. >> a possible change at ikea that could benefit what of their workers.

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along the coast there is a least wave that is around sunday through wednesday and the back half of the forecast. the cold front came through while we were sleeping with the showers and the bulk of the rain is moving away from the north to the south and dry air will push in behind the system. with the sunshine this afternoon and the cloud cover that will be out there it will not be total

sunshine and temperatures are well below average, and cupertino is 74 and maybe up to 80 in gilroy if we lucky. temperatures in the upper 60's to low 70's and palo alto at 71. narrow spread along the coast at 59 to 1 -- 61. 72 in san rafael and 77 in santa rosa and along the east bay shore a lost upper 60's and low 70's around almost and hercules and castro valley and free air conditioning in brentwood. tonight, drizzle is possible along the coast and our higher elevations show temperatures cooler in the low-to-mid 50's and not so moist as yesterday or this morning. the chance of drizzle is slim. two- to four-degrees warmer with the center sunshine and we will modify that air mass by the time we get do saturday, 90 inland and in the upper 90's on monday and low-to-mid 80's saturday through wednesday around the bay

and nearly 70 by monday at the coast. have a great day. >> we have a brand new accident in oakland possible blocking a lane westbound along 980 up to 12th and it will slow down as you approach the nimitz but it alongs like the nimitz is moving along and 580 until the maze and you are on the brakes. this accident caused the delay at 31 miles per hour a three car crash in the center divider but there is spectator slowing. in san jose we go, 44 miles per hour from album rock avenue it eases as you head further toward the san jose airport all quiet and accident free and mostly top speeds. eric and katie? >> thank you, leyla gulen, 6:20, more to come on the evening news. >> retracing history, the historic flight a woman will try to finish. >> any, though, "consumer reports" partners with "7 on

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 6:29 on thursday morning. welcome back, this is the open bell on the nasdaq, where san

mateo-based go pro is ring the bell. >> they priced their shares yesterday at $24 and hope to raise $400 million from the i.p.o. a favorite of daredevils would want to record from a first-person if perspective and founded in 2004 and last year this was the best-selling rodder in the united states. wish we could bring the opening bell sound but we are having ought eye problems. trust us, they are excited. it must be going pretty well. you can tell it was festive. i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. we will check on the forecast. >> lucrative. >> i like it. thanks, eric. >> good morning, katie marzullo. cold front is pushing away from us is taking the wet weather with it but you may find

residual moisture on 9 car and the sidewalk and the street. minimal drizzle continues through the morning and the temperatures are milder and upper 50 to low 60's and dry air will punch holes in the cloud cover but the coast will stay at 60 and we will be in the mid-to-upper 60's at the bay at noon and at 7:00, temperatures will fall rapidly, 58 at coast, 52 around the bay and 70 inland. >> mike we have an accident on the east bay and i will show you where it is located, near the middle school right here with the overturned big rig. we have a picture. we will look at it right now, it is a mangled mess. it looks like it wasn't carrying a trailer but only the front part, the evening -- engine. the tanker carrying the fuel was

empty so that is good news. the lanes are blocked. expect delays. we have developing news and we should learn more about the man in custody this morning in connection with a series of recent arson fires in san francisco. police arrested the suspect last night. amy hollyfield is in the south of market area with more. am ay? >> announcement of the arrest is a relief to construction workers on sites that have been targeted. san francisco police released surveillance video on tuesday of the man they believed was set the fires and last night they made an arrest. they have not said how they tracked him down or who he is or his motive but the police department and the fire department created a task force to focus on the fires that been happening all this month. there have been fires at construction sites and newly build high-rises in sonoma area which has the area on high alert.

>> i am kind of glad they caught the person. that kind of crazy setting stuff on fire like that. i am glad they got him. >> i am flood they cause the person. that can be dangerous. especially at the construction site. >> no one has been hurt but they are putting the damage in the tens of thousands. we are expecting police to release more information about their suspect today. thank you, at 6:33 san francisco police say a man is in the hospital this morning after he was shot in the hip outside a tj ma two men got into an argument and took matters outside. a man pulled the gun and shot the other man if the lower torso and took off. he has not been arrested.

no word on the victim's condition. >> rest gators will look into the cause of a transformer fire at the laboratory in menlo park that broke out before 10:00 last night. thick smoke forced the closing of 280 for a short time and officials say it appears to have started in an electrical switching can't. 9 fire was brought under control in 45 minutes and i is part of the department of energy two miles long, the longest accelerator in the world and has been operational sin 1966. police are hoping to return thousands of dollars in stolen prosecute to the rightful owner after busting three burglary suspects. under arrest are a 20-year-old and a 35-year-old brother, along with a 44 year on old. police investigated a break in at a motorcycle dealership when they tumbled pop the stolen jewelry at a home.

miss say they found hundreds of items such as gold ridges and folk classes and business lets and earrings and sunglasses and cameras. if they look familiar call the police department, it is posted on social media and we posted the pictures of the stolen goods on our website at abc7news.com. >> residents in pacific heights in san francisco want you to look at the surveillance video showing would they say is a mail theft. a well dressed man pried on the cover of the mailboxes and stole mail from 26 boxes. can you see him empty them out and come back and take packages that were drived. the thief knows there is a security camera but he doesn't care. >> he was dressed well. he fit in. >> residents now fear the brazenness could lead to additional thefts and police are investigating, but, so far they

have not made any arrests. new certain area and they crash site on the missing airliners and it is announced they believe the plane was flying on audit to pilot and the crew was suffering from the effects of office general deprivation. >> hillary clinton is aching up in the bay area and will hold a back signing at san francisco ferry building. last night, she talked of the new memoir, hard choices, and touched on many of the big issues including iraq and benghazi. again, she would not say if she was running for president. >> you can sit down and make all kinds of we lives of pros and cons but it is such a huge commitment and having done it

before and having obviously wanted my husband do the i know what it takes to not just run but what you are running for. >> she is avoiding making any comments on personal wealth. she has been repeatedly criticized for space being out of touch after saying she and former president bill clinton left the white house dead broke. >> a woman will finish an attempt by amelia earhart would tried to fly away the world. she has the same name and let is trying to re-create the flight. they are not related but she we felt a kinship. she will take off from oakland this morning and the trip around the world is expected to take 2 1/2 weeks. earhart runs the three with amelia foundation which encourages girls to become pilots. >> the lead up to the aids walk

if san francisco is 50 and running and michael finney hosted the kickoff event with the walk held july 20th. we are a proud sponsor. 6,000 people were part of the first aids walk in 1987 and now it has green to 25,000. all of the funds go to research and supporting people who are living with h.i.v., a, and hepatitis. >> people still need help and medical care and pay their rent and get their bills paid. we hope to be close to a cure but we are not there. we have accomplished a lot but we have a ways to go. >> organizers hope to raise at least $2.6 million. the san francisco aids walk is less than a month away and you can call the number on your screen we have a link to the

website at abc7news.com. >> it is now 6:39. still ahead on the morning news, how much more officials say we will be paying for fruit and vegetables because of drought. >> we will look outside right now at the view ofsfo where you have plenty of clouds and fray and drizzle is possible. stay tuned.

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we have breaking news, our traffic accident, a terrible crash in walnut creek, northbound along 680 where we have an overturned dump truck traveling in the northbound lane but it landed in southbound lanes and you can see tail lights headed in the southbound direction and it is absolutely packed. we go back to the shot and you can see the scene right now it is, again, a dump truck traveling northbound if lanes near treat, southbound traffic is jammed because it landed in the southbound lanes so this will turn into a sig-alert and it is going to cause major delays as you leave walnut creek into pleasant hill and coming from concord to get to highway 24. we will keep you updated on the lane closures and when it

re-opens. it will not be for a long-term. mike? >> hope they are okay. that does not look good. >> we will talk about something more fun, alameda county fair continues with no heat 68 when the games open, and 59 by the time we round out our activities at 11 o'clock. if you are going to the game tonight, can't guarantee a if hitter but i can guarantee it will be breezy and 8:00 with reds in sound at 7:15 and cooling to 5. in the central valley there are air quality issues and rain along the sierra this afternoon, spotty showers and 66 in lake tahoe and 84 in sacramento and more sunshine and 80 in los angeles. >> next, the final countdown for united states soccer fans. >> a live report from the hotspot where many people will clear on the

>> the united states takes on germany in two hours with a chance to move on. >> fans are arriving to watch parties an the bay area. in san jose fans are gearing up. mick? >> absolutely. win or draw and team u.s.a. will

go to the knock out round. well look at video. the united states is second in the group and will play at 9:00 a.m. and the excitement shows how much americans love big events. this is especially good for team u.s.a. head coach who is amazing. he will be the second coach in world cup history to coach against the team for can he won a world cup title as a player. >> we have been waiting for a long time. it is massive. it is deciding who is winning the group, the group of death. it is deciding would moves on to the knock out same. in people might be prized about our results. we are not an underdog by any means. >> team u.s.a. can keep its world cup journey with a win or tie but if we lose it is more complicated and depends on

portugal and ghana game. it would be huge for american soccer, football, but this place will be packed at 9:00 a.m. and we will be here at 11 o'clock i will have the fan reaction and by that time we will know the score. you make me nervous. >> you can watch the gale between team u.s.a. and germany at 9:00 a.m. on espn and portion began and non-that play at the same time and at 5:00, algeria and russia. more on what is going on in the east bay, a big traffic problem on 680. >> this is walnut creek the travel southbound, the trail lights headed in the southbound direction with the problem in the northbound and southbound lanes, a dump truck was traveling in the northbound lanes that overturned and planned in southbound lanes. it sounds like we have the dump

truck involved and a minivan. we have in word on injuries but we have multiple lane hud down causing major backups. if you leave walnut creek headed to pleasant hill you are on the brakes and barely squeezing by. southbound traffic is standing still. a lot of cars are trying to get off the freeway. we have main street, north main treat as an alternate that will be jammed up. we have emergency vehicles on the scene and possible injuries involved and a big mess on the hands. it is either the dump truck or dirt haller and it lost control and overturned and landed in southbound lanes and now we have a jam up at main street in both the northbound and southbound direction of highway 688. now, our map shows how the backup is looking. if you are traveling away from 242 from pleasant hill you are on the brakes northbound from walnut creek you are hooking at heavy delays away from highway

24. avoid the area at all costs. >> good morning, everyone, the wet weather the last couple of days has materialized overnight and here is what is left, clouds and 1 hour flight delays into sfo. the most rain was .08" and in the lower develop vacations there was .01". quarter mile visibility at half moon bay and around 1,000' it is nice. winds have calmed down and the front has passed to 8 miles per hour with the winds picking up again during the afternoon hours and start to scour the low level moisture out. the compute home across the golden gate bridge is not so tough as it is this morning where you can barely see your hand through the mid-span. breezy and brighter and dry pattern returns after another slight chance of drizzle and heat wave is building sunday through the back what of the

forecast on wednesday. the cold front moved through and rain is developing and best chance of rain is moving to the northeast of us and sinking air and dry air faster breezes coming in this afternoon and our coolest afternoon temperatures are below average, seven in milpitas and cupertino and san jose at 74 and gilroy is lucky to reach 80. low 70's on the peninsula, and narrow range loan the coast at 59 to 81, and 72 in san rafael and petaluma and warmest to the north at santa rosa at 77 and upper 60's to low 70's along the east bay shore and free air conditioning inland, you will be winning it was this way on sunday when it will be 20 to 25 dead warmer, mid-70's to eighth -- to 80 today. the seven-day forecast shows two to four degrees warmer tomorrow with more sunshine, and

temperatures are back to urge a on saturday and you can see the 90's developing inland on saturday with mid-to-upper 90's sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday and mid-80's an the bay and nearly 70 at the coast. have a great day. >> 6:52. seven things to know with you go. morning news returning in 90

whether you are just joining us or headed owe the door, number one, we have a major truck citizen long southbound 680 and northbound 680 through walnut creek with multiple lanes blocked in both directions and already we seeing a huge jam up of traffic as you leave the pleasant hill area to make it to walnut creek in the southbound direction, those are the tail lights. in the northbound direction, heavy delays coming up from highway 24, and north main secret is going to be the only alternate. a dirt hauler or dump truck traveled in the northbound lane and it overturned and landed in the southbound direction. we understand there are other vehicles involved and no word as to there there are any injuries but that is a possibility and thissing is alert is going to be in affect for quite some time with the multiple lanes blocked and it is going to be a huge jam for the morning commuters in the area and plans are on the scene in addition to the fire department and c.h.p. and other

emergency and police investigators so we are going to follow this, follow me on twitter and i will give you the updates when it re-opens in the coming hours. >> two, san francisco police have arrested a suspect in a string of arson firefighters in the city south of market area and several fours are set in dumpsters and at construction sites and police expect to release more information on the man today. >> menlo park firefighters are looking into the cause of a transformer fire at the stanford accelerator on san hill road and it appears it is started in a electrical cabinet before 10:00 last night with thick smoke closing 280 for a time. it is now re-opened. >> 70 teens were taken to the hospital after a concert in best mostly for dehydration and drugs and alcohol. the show featured a swedish

deejay. >> expect to pay 6 percent more for fruits and vegetables because of drought. the department of agriculture says the rising cost of water has forced farmers to leave 500,000 acres land idle that will make some foods more expensive. >> two hours from now world cup fever is back in full swing when team u.s.a. faces germany. crowds are expected if viewing areas all over the bay area weapon the game begins at 9:00 a.m. and we have a world cup update with uruguay's luis suarez has been banned from nine games and four months for biting someone, an italian accomplish. >> good for them. >> major flooding around the game. the rain is over for us, below average temperatures and breezy and sunshine this afternoon. >> thank you, mike, we will keep track of the traffic problem in

good morning, america. and breaking overnight. dance concert disaster. more than 70 people sickened in boston. 22 hospitalized. authorities say heat, alcohol and the drug ecstasy were responsible. the latest details coming in now. and an abc news exclusive this morning. a father's heartbreak. >> the truth of what happened dawns on me. and i have to say my son was a mass murderer. >> the father of the santa barbara shooter speaks out, only to barbara walters about the nightmare he's now living. and the father who says he tried to help his son. rob lowe's family rescued by fire fighters from raging waters at their vacation home. the actor's son saying it was the scariest hour of his life. breaking new details right now. ♪ it's the fina