same as yesterday. we have fog. it is off to the coast. we have a cool air mass to the north of us. we have dry air behind it. that is keeping our temperatures below average the next couple of days. the next 12 hours, you want to dress more for spring. 66 degrees along the coast. now traffic: big 280 closing. we have warned you about it all week. that is san jose looking clear but northbound 280 from 101 to downtown the entire stretch is closed until monday at 5:00 a.m. you are going do need a detour. they are warning you to use mass transit. it will cause quite a pinch nor

-- for the commute. as leyla gulen mentioned, find an alternate route if you are one of those unfortunate 280 commuters because the road is shut down through the holiday weekend replacing a hinge. amy hollyfield is in san francisco with more on how this affects us. >> that is how it looks right now, northbound 280, you can see the southbound traffic, going through just fine and northbound is closed and will be closed until 5 o'clock a.m. on monday. going into san francisco from the peninsula is going to be tricky. if you plan to come in to the city for for the fireworks coming from the peninsula, plan accordingly. they have had warning signs in place telling people this is happening but there are still people who were caught by

surprise. >> it is always weekend. i just found this out. i thought it would just be night. that is crazy. >> crews are replacing a hinge that is crumbling away. wear and tear wore it out. they will do it all weekend. they did northbound side on memorial day weekend and now it is southbound. 25th and indiana and 18th, ranks are closed. 280 connection you are detoured to 101. officials say expect delays on city streets. if you can, we land around them. new this morning, a santa clara county communications center is up and running after power system failure forced dispatch to set up outside. emergency officials brought out maps and set up an outdoor

command center in san jose at 10:30 last night, extra plans were brought in and everyone who called 9-1-1 got the help they needed with the calls just being re-routed. nick is at e.m.s. headquarters with a report coming up at 5:30. five alameda strike teams are headed to napa county to help with firefighting efforts and the we butt canyon fire burned 3,800 acres. two homes have been destroyed and seven buildings and sometime only 30 percent contained. pg&e restored power to areas near the fire and now the fire has interrupted at&t service. many residents staying if a shelter ten miles away and were hoping to go home. >> long store shore, evacuations

are still in place. road closings are still if place. >> we have winds being in the canyon from one morning to the next the wind can change six to eight time as day in direction and intensity. >> year, firefighters were taking advantage of calm winds but at 11:00 o'clock p.m. a gust kicked up spot fires and 600 more firefighters are called to help the crews contain the flames. we have continuing coverage on air and online with coverage continuing at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> police are investigating a second alleged hate crime from pride weekend. this member of the sisters of perpetual indulgence and her husband were punched by three men and a woman. this happened at 18th and castro after a massive pink party celebration. police are treating the attack as hate crime because of the sexual orientation appears to be the only motive. anotherally hate crime happened

on sunday when an east bay couple was attacked near the mission street bart station. >> a motel that considered a crime hotspot will stay open. for now. the newark city council grade to give the easy 8 motel near 880 six months to come up with an agreement with the city on measures to reduce crime. the city staff said this were 760 arrests from 2009 to 2012 with a second security guard being hired and adding security cameras. >> today in south bay, 80 people take the oath of athreance and become the newest we citizens with a special ceremony held at great america in santa clear. it is taking police at 9:00 a.m. if front of the amusement park. the ceremony is one of 95 naturalization ceremonies held across the country by the citizensship and immigration service as part of independence day celebration.

7,400 people are becoming united states citizens this week. >> develop news, hurricane arthur is threatening fourth of july plans for millions on the eastern seaboard with evacuation order and a hurricane warning right new for parts of north carolina coast including outer bags with category one hurricane expected to make landfall early tomorrow morning. we are in nags head, north carolina, with the latest on preparations. good morning, it doesn't look like there is a hurricane out there and people are sunbathing but the wind and the waves are starting to pick up a little bit but a gorgeous mild lead up to the storm heading this way. >> loading up and leaving town heed of hurricane arthur. >> if it is mandatory you have to go. ought mandatory evacuations are this affect as residents and

vacationers business for the brunt of the storm. >> we will weather it out. if it is bad enough we have to leave, we have to go we will move out. it is hard to get into the hurricane spirit when it looks like this. >> arthur is moving north threatening to bring winds at 80 miles per hour and coastal flooding to north carolina. >> the people would live here full time you take it seriously. >> hurricane watches and warnings in place the governor has declared a state of emergency for 25 counties and lifeguards from florida to the carolinas are already seeing the effects. >> the storm is coming n -- in. ahead of the fourth of july

weekend. >> we have her people talking about learning so if they leave our business is going to go down >> not the best timing but many people say they planned to ride out the storm even though arthur is expected to hitterly tomorrow morning as category one hurricane. back to you. thank you very much. we have leyla gulen here for meteorologist mike nicco with a check of the local weather. >> by comparison we are mild, so dry and certainly not going to be having any rain in the forecast as we look at golden gate bridge camera we will have fog and sprinkles as we take a drive along the coast with current temperatures at 52 in santa rosa, and 54 in novato and fairfield and 58 in concord and livermore. we will be warmer today than yesterday. pretty much the same in most

areas. four miles visibility at half moon bay and unlimited elsewhere. because of the cooler air mass coming in over the base, that is what is bringing a little bit of cooler temperatures and a mass of warm dry air will keep it dry at the coast later on this afternoon and you will see more sunshine than we saw yesterday and the forecast is ahead with the details ahead. but, first, traffic, with a picture of 280 extension getting to work can they have to replace the hinges on the northbound portion of 280 at downtown and they are hard at work and it could be overnight, and it will last 24 hours a day, right up until monday at 5:00 a.m. if you are not familiar with where this is, well look at the map and i can show you on map, if you are traveling in the northbound direction in san francisco, you can see the

extension that dropped you off at at&t park and you are not going to be able to take it because a detour is in place. traffic will be a headache. most folks have left the area. necessity could be taking days off of work and i will let you know how that impacts the commute in the next few minutes. >> thank you, leyla gulen, enjoy that microbrew while you can onupup. >> facebook second in command peeks out on the controversy over secret tests to manipulate user' emotion. >> a new development planned around the levi stadium and what could

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covering cupertino, wine country, and concord and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is thursday morning. some of the equipment dug construction work on interstate 280 northbound in friend is replacing a hinge. what does it mean to you in the road is shut down for the weekend. we will check with amy hollyfield on the update. >> san francisco police are asking for help to find a missing woman. the 94-year-old woman has been missing since last week. she has a colorful past. she was arrested in the 1990's for filing too many nuisance lawsuits in san mateo county and later served on the a.c. transit board of directors.

police say she could be homeless and has been seen taking prescription pills from unknown illness. >> the city of santa clara is moving failure with plans for a new $6.5 billion metropolitan across from the levi stadium. the development has grown to 8 million square feet more than five times the size of santana road and built on the city-owned golf course across from the stadium and includes 30 restaurants, a 350-room hotel and 380 apartments with another million square feet for shops and department stores. the city council will approve construction next year with an opening in 2019. >> the second in command of face book is sort of apologizing for the social media site's emotional experiment. sailor -- sheryl sandberg said

we regret the misfire and don't want to do anything that umm sets user. for a week in 2012 they manipulated news feeds of 700,000 users to learn of their mental state and if positive posts made user friends feel sad or last out and provoked outcry. >> chrysler calling the new car the most powerful muscle car ever. they could be right. here is america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, watching the job market before this morning's june unemployment report, we knew the united states economy recovered all fine million jobs lofts in the great recession and the private sector add more jobs last month than expected. chrysler says this is the most powerful muscle car ever, the dodge challenger srt rated at 700 horse power and will go on sale later this summer. price of beer is rising particularly microbras, with

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howard after the heartbreaking loss against belgium. how war has a world record of 16 saves. you can watch 9:00 a.m. plans and germany and 1:00 o'clock p.m., brazil take on columbia on the main channel on friday. saturday it is arm attend -- argentina and belgium and then netherlands take open costa rica on espn. >> a big celebration including a fireworks he is mapped for tonight happening at the pavilion on the bay in richmond with live music and food and special guests and the symphony is performing at 8:00 part of a family-friendly event for independence day. >> we have come let guide to

fourth of july activities in the bay area including the parades and all the big firework shows and information on the events where you can see members of our news team. of course, we need clear skies to see fireworks. >> it issue be clearer today and tomorrow, as well. it will only improve our fourth of july holiday and everything is going to enjoy it. it will be mild as we look to mt. diablo, it is about 1,500' deep more shallow than year and it will burn off around the coast a lot earlier because we have a mass of dry air coming in behind a low that is keeping our temperatures on the cool side. there is the fog that is right along the coast at four miles visibility at half moon bay and sprinkles. not so much in san francisco that we saw yesterday but you

may actually experience it this morning along highway one through half moon bay. temperatures in san francisco are mild and 55 degrees and you can see in the mid-50's at walnut creek and 61 in pittsburg and 58 in pleasanton. more breezy than the last few days, at five miles per hour western breeze at half moon bay and 13-miles-per-hour gusts in napa and that is what we want to keep our eye on because of the firefight so it is more gusty than we experienced yesterday and that helped the firefighters gain an upper hand. high winds and 26 miles per hour in fairfield and 24-miles-per-hour gusts in oakland so if you are driving through that area, keep both happens on the wheel and i notice you have a highway advisory for the altamont pass. it will be more of the same today morning with spotty drizzle along the coast again and the fog coming in and it could hamper the visibility headed into work and hopefully you will have the day off.

it will be mile and 80 in san jose and mid-70's for milpitas and sunnyvale 78. and 69 this millbrae. in san francisco, not going to top above 65 degrees under sunshine and 81 in santa rosa and 95 in clear lake and 84 in sonoma and 75 in union city and as we push i-land we will see mostly sunshine it will be in the upper 80's to lower 90's and 91 in antioch and 87 picked -- expected in livermore. lows are the same as yesterday and this morning it will be in the mid-50's to upper 50's can possibly a 60-degree reading or two but 90 expected in antioch. tomorrow, it will be mild can dry and you should be able to see the fire works. spencer christian will give us the weather from the theater. temperatures rise on sunday when it will be hotter into monday so

a hot tart to the work week and 94 degrees expected on tuesday and the heat will ease. now the traffic shows 280 extension, construction project, northbound lanes completely shut down with crews at work and they are going to work as fast as they can but expect to see the northbound 280 extension closed until monday morning. that is the warning to try to avoid it. hopefully everyone is taking days off for the fourth of july holiday but that could cause quite a jam. take mass transit. over to the altamont pass, westbound 580 at north livermore, a stalled vehicle is putting a pinch in the commute and it stays slow continuing in the westbound direction and the rest of the drive the high wind advisory shows gusty conditions if you are driving anything

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if you are headed out the door, a power outage affecting the santa clara dispatch officer is under investigation. crews were forced to dispatch from the parking lot. the county e.m.s. treasure says extra plans were brought in and everyone who called 9-1-1 got the help they needed. >> five strike teams are on the way to napa to help with firefighting efforts. the fire season 30 percent

contained. >> commuters could be negotiating detours rutting from a partial closure of i-280 from 101 to king. there is a new bridge hinge being installed until monday. >> america's immigration policy continues to cause tension in southern california. those in support of the undocumented immigrants and those who do not want them bused into the city area h -- into the city area squared off. >> arthur has gained strength and is a category one hung. warnings on the coast of north carolina have been extended and cover an area from surf city to the virginia bodder. arthur is expected to make landfall on the outer banks tomorrow morning. looking to mt. diablo it will be misty with patchy fog

and fog and the cloud layer will burn off along the coast a little bit earlier. seven, the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is light. if you headed into san francisco from the peninsula, 280, northbound, shut down for construction work through monday a 24-hour project with the details ahead. metered parking on sundays is free again in most areas of san francisco starting this weekend. the city began to charge for parking on sunday last year but the program is being scrapped to make it more affordable for residents. meters at the wharf and those under the jurisdictions of the port of san francisco will continue to operate on sundays and self city parking lots. you will still have to feed the meters around at&t park for special events.

>> we continue with the top stories at 5:30. is the oakland a's lease extension in jeopardy at coliseum in there is a special meeting putting the city and team at odds. >> we are minutes away from the june jobs report from the labor department. we will have the numbers just (birds chirping softly in background.) (loud engine sounds!) what! how's it going? heard you need a ride to school. oh, that's pretty cool! big day at school? i know just the thing to help you get going. power up with new cheerios protein.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. glad you are with us on thursday morning, the day before fourth of july. first up we will get a check on the weather forecast. we will let you know whether you can see the fireworks. >> you will be able to see them tomorrow so that is good news. from live doppler 7 hd radar satellite, you can still see the cloud cover in the morning and patchy fog and drizzle along the

coast. because you have the mass of dry air behind the cold front, it is actually going to bring us more sunshine in the early hours of the afternoon. that means tomorrow you will have the trend, with a ridge of high pressure going to bring us warmer temperatures over the weekend, so from emeryville camera you can see it is a gray start to the morning and tomorrow, there will be a warming trend. right new, we will talk about traffic and we are going to check out the 280 closure with the closure northbound side you my have heard about warning you and it will last until monday at 5:00 a.m. not going to be able to take it for the afternoon game at at&t park and if there is a" in your commute take mass transit. the northbound side of 13 at park boulevard we have an accident and southbound traffic and everything is moving along without a hitch. new this morning, from the south bay, power is restored at

the santa clara communications center, and the overnight problem forced emergency officials to scramble and re-route 9-1-1 calls. nick? >> there were no serious issues. that is because they do have a plan in place for situations of this nature. however, they working to figure out exactly what went wrong. we were here last night when they established the command center outside. it started around 10:30 with a power failure. the center could not handle 9-1-1 calls from santa clara county. the calls were routed through san jose police and fire dispatch and relayed to county crews. the santa clara, e.m.s. director explained how the calls were handled. >> if the call is for e.m.s., first responder is dispatched from the local fire department. the call will be relayed up here and we will dispatch an ambulance.

they had to make sure there were a series of safety checks before switching it back online. i spoke with the chief of communications and she confirmed by midnight the power problem was fixed and egg was back to normal. this morning, they will meet and the directors will figure their plan of action. they want to know what happened in this situation. >> a position of i-280 is closed for repairs that will affect the commute, northbound 280 from highway 101 to king street. it is expected to last until monday morning. caltran needs to remesa bridge hinge that allows the freeway to bend and flex. there are many electronic signs warping of the closure. the public is urged to take

public transportation especially for this afternoon's giants game and fourth of july celebration. cal fire is calling in more firefighters for the napa valley fire that is still only 30 percent contained burning in the pope valley area of napa county close to the subdivision of pg&e has restoreed power but now at&t service is interrupted. >> five alameda strike teams are heed to napa county to help with the firefighting efforts clearing from the fire station 12 in san leandro 90 minutes ago. the teams are from oakland, livermore, pleasanton, fremont and hayward. we will continue covering the fire on air and online with the

coverage continuing on twitter@abcnews. >> fireworks are blamed for a grass fire in antioch that charred an acre of a hillside behind park middle show with the fireworks they believe sparking the flames, a candle that shoots fireballs the all fireworks are illegal in antioch. >> officials across california say they are being inundated with confiscated illegal fireworks and the fire departments is to dispose of them by either sending them out of state or incinerating them. the options are expensive and there is little money to do it. authorities have confiscated 150 tons of illegal fireworks. the state is out of room to store them. the local juries have to find places to put them. >> they are explosives being stored in residential neighbors and no one is coming to get them. >> the state budget allocates

$1.5 million for disposing of illegal fireworks and a bill of a tax of ten cents a pound stalled in the state legislature and would help pay for the regular disposal of illegal fireworks. this or, during a special meeting, four oakland city council members of the coliseum joint powers authority are expected to reject a proposed lease extension for the oakland a's. city leaders will not give specifics but there are financial efforts they want to renegotiate. on tuesday the four representatives releases details of a proposed deal they worked out with the a's and yesterday, the owner told the san francisco chronicle that the team is standing by the deal and will not give city officials any additional concessions. last week, city council members no showed at a coliseum board meeting preventing the board vote on a new lease rope am because they believe the city should negotiate a boater deal with the a's. develop news in north

carolina, arthur gained strength and became a category one hurricane a few hours ago. mandatory evacuations are in affects for residents and tourists. hurricane warnings on the coast of north carolina have been extended and now cover an area from surf city to the virginia border. arthur will make landfall in the outer banks of north carolina tomorrow morning. north carolina governor has declared a state of emergency for 25 counties in the state. east bay congressman swalwell are among those testifiesing on the border crisis at a health field hearing in texas. people who supported undocumented immigrants and those who are against them are bused into the city and they confronted each other for a towel hand meeting in southern california.

on tuesday protesters blocked buses trying to enter and the immigrants were plane to california after crossing into the border into texas illegally and texas facilities are critically overcrowded. moments ago the jobs report was we released, and now is at the lowest since september of 2008. we will see how wall street reacts with yesterday an all time high we closure. >> we are hours away from july 4. we are hours away with mild tens to get us going if you are headed out to bart, we are at 58 and 58 in dublin/pleasanton and 59 in union city and 56 in san francisco, and 53, cooler, in daly city on the platform. for the next 12 hours, we are

waking up to more clouds, more sprinklings along the coast anding for, as well, and by noon, because of the dry air mass that is coming in bringing us warmer temperatures for the weekend it will keep us certainly dry and we will start to see more sunshine as the afternoon progresses. by noon, 76 degrees, and 60 along the coast and mostly sunshine inland areas and 88, still partly cloudy for the bay area and the coastline and the coast could cool down but a remaining what trend -- but a warming trend ahead. we will check on the traffic and the commute. mass transit is rung on time and it looks like green on the map. can you see clear conditions, no delays. however, if you are headed into san francisco, northbound 280 is closed and it will be closed until monday at 5:00 a.m. so it is out of commission. high wind advisory over the a

pass at 54 miles per hour from 205 and then you are on the brakes at 34 miles per hour, and watch out for high-sided vehicles and it will be tricky. we southbound 680 we have a brand new accident and possibly blocking one lane and it could cause a little bit of a slow down northbound traffic, though, is affected at this hour. a father faces murder charges for leashing his infant son in a hot car and the simple way experts say tragedies like this can be prevented. >> the desperate search if a kidnapped baby ends the way everyone hopes. she was safely rescues. >> it is absolutely an out of body experience. >> reunion 40 years in the making, man meets his father for the first time a story you will only see on

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to day care he told police but drove to work without realizing the child was strapped in the car, in the seat, in the back seat. he discovered the body as he drove home from work seven hours later. warranted showed he told investigators he had done an online seven on what temperature could cause a child's death to a vehicle. curing to a san francisco state university study 13 childrens childrens have die after being left in a hot vehicle. since 1998 there have been 619 least stroke deaths. more than half were forgotten by a caregiver and 18 percent were left on purpose and 29 percent were playing in unattended car. parents should leave something they will need at their destination in the back seat as a remainder, for example, a shoe. amber alert from southern california has been canceled after a missing six-month-old baby was found safe in arizona, the grandmother, 57 years old,

carolyn ferguson is in custody. she took the child from her home yesterday morning and headed 50 miles outside of phoenix. police say that ferguson has a history of mental illness and is in need of medication. a clerk called 9-1-1 after she noticed federal government son acting strangely and filling the bottle with strawberry milk and coffee. >> this could be the final day of testimony in ok objection murder trial. he walked into court this morning. he is facing 25 years in prison if convicted. premeditated murder in the dilling of his girlfriend. the olympian says he mistook her for an intruder. year, oscar pistorius listened as the doctor testified the their docks between winning races and dealing with the disability created stress and anxiety in the double amputee. a georgia man is enjoying the company of his father for the first time.

ever. a story you will only see on abc7. this is the scene at sfo, born in 1968 after his dad lost foreign the first of three tours in vietnam. he did not know he fathered a son. rod searched websites and found his dad just in time for a fourth of july family reunion. >> i am expecting 500 people, family, so that is my family in one place and the potential to go from my mom's only child to hopefully getting hugs. >> by the way the fourth of july, the date of the family redown is rod's 45th birthday and he met his five brothers for are first time. >> crews are setting up the fireworks display if san

francisco tomorrow. two barns off of pier 39 and the municipal biare used to set off the display. it begins 9:30 on friday night over the san francisco bay. >> you can visit us online nor a complete guide to fourth of july activities in the bay area including parades and the big fireworks shows and we have information on the we veterans where you can see and meet members of our news team. >> i will be sleeping through all of this and hopefully you can be able to see most of the fireworks because this will be fog overnight, and most of the fog will be in the clear. as we look right new from exploritorium camera we are waking up to another marine layer indulging the coast that will be quick to bun off because we have dry air that will be clearing things out for us. live doppler 7 hd shows the fog is confined to the areas of half moon bay and pacifica and san

francisco, certainly, and you will see limited visibility at four miles at half moon bay. here is a look to mt. diablo and we have a marine layer that is moving out. however, it is cooling things down a little bit and keeping things mild. san francisco is 55 degrees and oakland is 57 degrees and mid-50's in san jose. half moon bay and gilroy, as well. the area of low pressure is a trough coming things down and the dry air behind it is going to give us more sunshine by later this afternoon. when we get into the weekend you can see the mass or ridge of high pressure that will push in toward the bay area and it will expand and keep us nice and warm for the week end. today we have a gape at at&t park and first pitch is at 12:45 and joyans take on the cardinals and 57 degrees is the first temperature there. our highs today across the rest of the bay area mostly sunshine

inland, and partly cloudy for everyone else and going to be in the 60's or 70's around the bay. lows you can expect to see mid-50's to upper 50's. the seven-day forecast shows dry for fourth of july and you could see fog here and there and it will warm up for the weekend and the first part of the work week. the track shows northbound 280 the extension project we have been waiting for and hearing about is completely shut down northbound 280 from 101 interest downtown for hinge replacement. the crews are work as fast as they can but we take you into the east bay we have an accident northbound 13 at park boulevard and that is blocking one lane, southbound traffic, though, moving smoothly and in berkeley we have a stalled car westbound university off-ramp and traffic is smooth and hopefully folks are taking the days off.

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a look for you where crews are working on northbound i-280 shut down, northbound, between 101 and king street while they replace hedges. this will be happening until monday at 5:00 a.m. if you are cruising around on the only day weekend and have lands there is a giants game so you will want to find another way other than 280 into san jose. >> people watching the hills near their homes because a mountain lion is stalking prey. a father and his son spotted the

mountain lion that attacked and killed a deer. at noon yesterday they saw the lion again near their home. >> up pops the lion and i was like, "boy. >> the animals more active hooking for food and water so watch out. always. >> fish and wildlife officials say the hills are a natural habitat for mountain lions and their prey and this is the second confirmed mountain lion sighting since may. >> close encounter with a wheel left two poeters shaken. >> a photographer was taking perks 12 miles off the coast of san diego and a whale flipped the 23' boat and a camera captured it all and check this out, this is the mouth of the whale captured by the photographer before being tossed from the boat. they were not hurt. >> blue whales always have the

right-of-way. always. you have a heart as big as a whale. >> that is nice. and live doppler 7 hd shows early morning fog and marine layer keeping the temperatures mild and cool but it will clear out and foggy conditions along some of our coastlines and spotty drizzle and a little bit of fog but hopefully not covering up the fireworks shows. there is a warming trend with a ridge of high pressure that will blanket us the next couple of days. right now, we need to get to traffic and see what is happening. we had a couple of accidents but nothing to slow traffic down. as i take you over to 880

southbound we have a wreck and it could block one lane trying to get egg on the shoulder northbound traffic is not a problem. in san jose we have top speeds and 14 miles per hour but the rest of santa clara is clear along highway 880 and through campbell with no delays on highway 8 a looking great. 45 minutes from tracy to dublin on westbound 580 and 101 and 280 all nice and clear. look at this: the thunderstorm in new york threw several bolts of lightning at the empire state building. the empire state building is designed to be a lightning rod for the surrounding areas. this was quite a show. something similar happened in chicago a couple of days before that. >> new findings from harvard researchers could help humans overcome blindness. >> the researchers found a way

to re-grow ten use using adult human stem cells and has been performed successfully in mice. it does hold promise for victims of chemical injury and burn patients and others with eye disease. the research also is one of the first examples of recop instructing human tissue. the findings were published in the journal of nature. >> the university of florida is allowing students to use library cards to check out drone aircraft that record video from up to 400' east ground. the school spent a total of $3,000 on the drones for an island project but students in other fields including engineering and marine science can use them, as well, after they complete training on operating the drones. >> apple is interviewing candidates for a new position that has nothing to do with computers in an opening in a eye

cup technician. it is a grind. the i-cup check in addition will deliver coffee to the office. you hud know how to clean and repair machines and have "some" computer skills. >> and filter the end product. >> stay tuned. a new bay area help headed to the fire lines to get the flames under control. >> california parents kept their own son in a large metal cage. mom and dad's motive is revealed. >> michael finney helps you avoid pricey luggage fees from airl

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broadcast center this is abc7 news. freeway closing, a main artery in san francisco is shut down ahead of the adifficult holiday weekend and how you can navigate the closing. critical emergency. it is for the largest counties in the bay area crippled last night. we are learning what is responsible for the failure and the overnight "fix" to get all back up and running. >> this is the message cigaretting some on the eastern seaboard: evacuations are taking place as arthur reaches hurricane strength. we tracking the storm this morning. >> good morning, everyone, glad you are with us at 6 a.m. first up a check on the weather forecast. leyla gulen is here for meteorologist mike nicco. good morning, at 6:00, our day planner the next 12 hours shows more sunshine along the coast today and we still have a marine layer you are waking up to clouds and fog and patchy drizzle. by noon, the clouds will