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it is muggy this morning. >> it has been a roller coaster, up-and-down, up-and-down it is more human because we have increasing marine layer and it will stay with us for the duration of the week end. live doppler 7 hd shows we are certainly picking up returns of coastal fog and patchy drizzle. you may have to use the windshield wipers. you can see we have a bit of a breeze and mostly cloudy start to the morning with increasing clouds across the bay area and it will dissipate revealing a little bit of sunshine and most of the sun is going to be inland. the, few days it will be warmer and with the muggy conditions it could be hotter with the full seven-day outlook straight ahead the right now we are headed into san jose where matt keller is on the scene of the fatal crash northbound 101 at lawrence expressway a signature alert

with an investigation taking place so that can impact your commute. plan ahead. 101 looks like traffic is moving along fine. further in san jose northbound 880 we have an accident possibly blocking one lane so far, though, traffic is moving along fine. mass transit, muni, bart, ace train, running on time and this is the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is light. friday lite. more on the sig-alert in the south bay, the deadly crash in sunnyvale we will keep the busy 101 off-ramp closed. matt keller is on the scene with more on the breaking news. we i was told by c.h.p. the woman who died in the accident is the registered owner of the honda accord that is in the ditch off the lawrence express we. this is off northbound 101. it is believed the driver was

her husband. he is at the hospital. a blood test having done. he is expected to be charged with felony d.u.i. and vehicular manslaughter. c.h.p. says the driver was speed when the car flipped into the ditch before 2:00 a.m. and investigators believe no one was wearing a seatbelt. firefighters had to arrive to rip-off the door and take owe the victims. three men and a woman were taken to the hospital with moderate to major injuries. the coroner took arrest the fatal victim's identity. investigators believe all the occupants were away the same age, this their 20's and c.h.p. says the smell of alcohol from the occupants was overwhelming. >> the surviving female, it was her 23rd brought and we assume they were coming from a birthday celebration. from how they were dressed. >> the investigation could take a few more hours and they hope to have the lawrence expressway off-ramp open by 7:00 a.m. this

morning. >> developing news concerning the malaysian airline shoot down. there are conflicting reports this morning of whether the plane's black box recorders have been found and who has them. katie marzullo is in our newsroom with the latest on the crash. the black boxes are very important. they could be. the crash site is controlled by pro-russian rebels and they have recovered the data and voice recorders and will send them to now but this morning an aviation expert says the black boxes may not be crucial as we already know what happened to the plane. he says more important will be the forensic investigation at site with analysis of the wreck an helping what kind of missile was used and where it came from. >> 298 people on the plane were killed including three infants. also, 100 people who were headed

to the international aids conference in australia including a pioneer in aids research. not every passenger's nationality is determined, no americans have been identified. 181 bodies have been locationed so far at the site and the malaysian government is sending a 62-person team. >> it is essential the integrity of the site be preserved out of respect for the investigation and for those would have died. the plane had a clean maintenance record in the last check was july 11 and it got a clean bill of health. a senior administration official telling abc that f.b.i. and ntsb officials are headed to ukraine in an advisory role in the crash investigation and not clear whether they will go directly to the crash site or elsewhere

given the safety concerns. >> a man believed a passenger on the we plane posted an erie message on facebook before taking off: he napped a picture of the plane with the caption that reads "if it disappears this is what it looks like." make reference to palation flight 370. friends say he was headed to vacation and necessity have set up a memorial page for him on facebook. >> we are learning more of the pilots of malaysian airline flight 17, the "wall street journal" reports the plane had two pilots and two co-pilots, one identified as captain with malaysian ail for 25 years and fee of two t his wife before take off telling her he would be home soon. >> a mother in amsterdam says she narrowly missed the doomed malaysian airline flight and was

overcome with emotion while holding her baby. >> shaken. i feel physically sick. i was coming through the airport and i was just trying, thinking i feel like i have been given a second chance and hopefully... >> another couple from australia finishing their honeymoon says they were initially booked on the flight but rescheduled at the last minute to avoid being secret lagged when they returned to work. our coverage continues now on website at abc7news.com and on twitter at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. . >> in the bay area san francisco general hospital is asking for your help in identifying one of the patients. hospital officials say this man was brought in by ambulance on

june 27 confused and with no i.d. and weighs 213 pounds and 5 ought him seen driver who was driving a him moan when five women died when the limousine burst into flames after a failure of the suspension system igniting carpeting in the passenger compartment. four women survived. the company was fined $20,000 but it has been slashed to only $5,000. last month, a statute audit criticized them for failing to issue tough fines. republican candidate neel kashkari is taking shots at a g.o.p. icon saying former governor arnold schwarzenegger was incapable of reforming the state because "he needed to be

loved." because of that, arnold schwarzenegger could not do the hard things because this would mean making people mad. a former arnold schwarzenegger aide calls the statement "silly ." neel kashkari faces a teach climb in the race to unseat governor brown. >> mosquito fogging is about to get underway after more birds and mosquitoes tested positive for west nile virus the second time this week crews targeting discovery bay. starting at 5:30, officials will respond with trucks in the area to spray and crews should be done spraying by 7:00 this morning. now a check on the forecast on friday morning. leyla gulen? >> not too much going on. it is foggy. if you are in the east bay and the higher elevations it is going to be a foggy and cloudy start to the morning.

current temperatures in santa rosa are 58 degrees and napa is 59 and novato is 59 and fairfield is 53. we are looking at a much warmer day today and the parent layer coming back in and we will see consistent temperatures for the weekend with more on that in a legal bit the in our kgo roof camera you can see the flags unfurling and if you are taking the boat out for a friday sail, be careful because it is going to be gusty day at 35 knots traffic is moving along across the bay area and it is not only friday height but we have had our fair share of significant

accidents and one is a fatality in san jose. matt keller is on the scene. we have an accident involving a big rig carrying 44,000 pounds of cargo and it went down an embankment and you can see the traffic stacking up behind it. beyond the scene of the accident you will be on your way there. as we jump up to the antioch bridge, high wind advisory and the benicia bridge, too, expensing high wind advise so anyone driving something high sided, be careful. >> taco bell is adding a tasty addition to the breakfast menu. >> the force may not be with george lucas, some people in chicago are fighting his plan to built the star wars museum there. >> the woman caught on video being punched by a c.h.p. officer is fighting back and the serious allegations he is making against the -- this

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>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. there is a new legal twist in a police beating seen being punched by a c.h.p. officer in los angeles filed a lawsuit claiming assault and battery and excessive force. the officer had to subdue the woman when she what not stop waking in and out of traffic but the officer went too far according to the family. the attorney says c.h.p. is trying to demonize her by questioning her mental health. >> the prosecution are undecided awould whether to charge a santa rosa woman with attacking a 12-year-old boy at school. the mother was arrested in may after going to the school and confronting the boy would claimed she was bullying her daughter. the 30-year-old is accused of grabbing the boy by the throat

but she denies touching him. the prosecution told the judge yesterday they need more time to sort out the fact. >> there could be a lawsuit to block george lucas from building a museum in chicago which is a violation of public space. bears fans are opposed say the museum interferes with tailgating but rahm emanuel stamps behind the museum and says it would bring if jobs and economic benefits. wall street is now feeling the impact of escalating in the middle coast what happened with the plane in the ukraine. >> here is mc's money report. worries of ukraine and the middle east with the dow below 17000 mark. the major asian markets were down.

the average family is expected to spend $670 to send kids back-to-school an increase of 5 percent, high school students are more expensive and college student costs are up 10 percent more than $900. >> the planet of the apes will be challenged by different new films including "sex tape," and taco bell adding grilled breakfast burritos to the menu with flavors offered bacons sausage and potato. that gives taco bell 15 items on the breakfast menu. sounds good. refunds are available with a settlement involving a desk toy with a wanting two years ago. the desk toy is supposed to be a stress reliever but children were putting them in their mouths and swallowing them.

there was a lawsuit filed in 2012 to force makers to stop selling them and they responded by shutting down the company. the regulators sued the owner. refund could total $57 million. we have a link to a refund application at abc7news.com. and now a new role at hewlett-packard for meg whitman who has been serving as president c.e.o. since 2011 and the board of directors appointed her to the chairman spot yesterday after the departure of interim chairman early this week. he resigned to deal with health issues. cool and breezy and muggy. aup-and-down. up-and-down. up-and-down. we have moisture coming from the

south and is around the high pressure that is bearing down next week so it will be humid before it dries out. you can see the bridge is moist. you could have a slick drive coming in from marin into san francisco so watch out for that. we have spotty drizzle across the coastal neighbors and our coastal highways. patchy fog will sock in the area. increasing cloud cover and live doppler 7 hd shows gusts windy in fairly at 26 miles per hour. that is sparking a high wind advisory for antioch and benicia bridge. everywhere is calm at ten miles per hour in oakland. temperatures in san francisco in the upper 50's to lower 60's and the rest of the bay area is 59 at american canyon and 60 in fairfield and 64 in union city

and 62 in santa clara. we will be a degree or two warmer today than yesterday forked game the a's take on positive would at 7:05 and 63 under sunny skies and the clouds will increase as the evening wears on dropping down temperatures to 58 degrees. the rest of california has unstable weather and 90 degrees in sacramento and 103 in palm springs and 77 in los angeles. at home the highs are going to range in the mid-70's to the lower to mid-80's inland and 60's around the bay. lows increasing cloud cover and the fog comes in and our temperatures are in the upper 50's to lower 60. for aids walk on sunday another

muggy day and it will be cool start to the morning and you can peel away as the sun shows and we will see a warm-up next week. a fatality and that is blocking the expressway. traffic is not affected at this hour and it is friday light. 580 over the altamont pass, address to castro valley is 40 minutes and we have an accident involving a big rig at greenville road with more on that in a moment and 101 and 280 moving at top speed. eric and kristen? >> seven things to know use start the day. >> the san francisco zoo's youngest gorilla celebrates her birthday and she got a special treat. >> a lesson in space travel

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>> here are seven things to know today, breaking news in the south bay, c.h.p. is on scene of a fatal accident in sunnyvale and a car crashed into a ditch on northbound 101 at the off-ramp killing one person and four others were taken to the hospital. >> two, a look at the sig-alert in sunnyvale with the alternates great america parkway or fair oaks avenue and great america is south of lawrence expressway and fair oaks is north and it look like the sig-alert is in affect until 6:30. >> developing news investigators are now combing the crash site in eastern ukraine where malaysian airline jet went down killing all 298 aboard. 100 of the passengers headed to an aids conference in australia

and we have the late nest a few minutes. >> the alameda sheriff says a man shot and killed by a deputy had a history of domestic violence. the man was slamming his girlfriend's head against his car and the deputy got there and the woman is currently hospitalized with severe head trauma. sweeping new restrictions on medical marijuana and clubs in san jose cannot do business in residential areas. >> mixing energy drinks and alcohol may not be the best idea. a study found young adult whose mixed two drank more than those who only drank alcohol. the combination could lead to more violence and drunk driving. >> seven, an increased onshore blow is bringing if more cloud cover and there will be a misty start to the morning and more

humid. warmer the next couple of days and a real heat up next week. anniversary of the apollo moon landing and the future of space travel. these visitors took the control of the challenger learning center yesterday and a simulate spacecraft that lets them play astronaut and they could wear nasa outfits with a simulated landing on mars. the astronauts had to troubleshoot problems including issues with oxygen. >> the san francisco zoo had a special birthday party but not for one of visitors, it was for this little gal a when low land gore april born at the zoo a year ago yesterday. the birthday cake was made with ice and decorated with fruits and vegetables but she was ready

for the icing and licked i right off. she is fining her independence. >> she is climbing. she active with her older brother. she is curious and active on exhibit and loves seeing the public and interacts where the public can get close to her. >> gorillas do not worry about feeding solid food so she has for worry about fending for her own food and is still eating baby formula. >> the morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories. >> a silicon valley venture capitalist trying to we split california six ways is facing a new challenge. >> a case of road rage turns into a sho

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, it is friday morning at 5:29. thank you for the company. did you have to use your windshield wipers? >> a little. but only to the city. getting into the city, no problem. >> we will check with leyla gulen to see what else is out there. >> there will be drizzle to get us going for the commute especially if you are in san francisco or along the coast. we have patchy fog along the coast but it will dissipate. radar satellite is picking up returns and we will see gradual clearing with increase of cloud cover as we head into the afternoon hours so from walnut creek it looks clear and the increasing cloud cover will keep us covered until noon and 76 around the bay and 66 at the

coast at 4:00 p.m. we will have the humidity and heat upcoming next week. over the a pass, we have an accident involving a big rig down an embankment with lanes blocked. we have 44,000 pounds of cargo to off load to upright the big rig. that is causing delays over the pass. 35 miles per hour is the top speed. it loosens up in livermore. we have a ring way driver southbound 101 through the waldo tunnel anding fog through that it is wet. we have construction crews in the northbound direction picking up the cones. >> eric and kristen? >> you have been talking about the tragic accident in sunnyvale, a fatal crash, the lawrence expressway off ramp on to highway 101 and matt keller

has how long the ramp could be close asked heartbreak new details of people involved. >> this was a birthday celebration that turned deadly. a survivor turned 23 yesterday and another young woman died here at the accident site. you can see the vehicle in the ditch. investigators say none of the five inside the car was wearing a seatbelt. >> we showed up some were outside the car, some were still trapped. we had a female partly ejected. we tried for extricate them but we could not until the fire department showed up. >> c.h.p. says before 2:00 this morning the driver took the lawrence expressway exit off northbound 101 in sunnyvale too fast and the car flipped into the ditch. three men and a woman were taken to the area hospitals with moderate to serious injuries. the woman who died was the regular officered owner and her husband was the driver.

he is at the hospital. a plod test was done and he was arrested. he'll be charged with felony d.u.i. and vehicular manslaughter. the investigation continues. they expect to have the exit ramp here on northbound 101 closed until at left 7:00 this morning. develop news: we are learn new details of the passengers on board the malaysian airlines flight shot down over the ukraine with conflicting reports of the black boxes, where they are, and who might have them. katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> officially the black boxes have not been found and rebels have said if they found them they will give them to russia and russia say they will not take them. the united states is sending a senior administration initial saying f.b.i. and ntsb officials will head to the scene. more on the 298 people on the

plane. a third of the passengers, 100, were headed to the international aids conference in australia including up a pioneer in aids research. the majority of the passengers, 173, were from the netherlands. not all nationalities have been determined no members have been identified. a ukraine official says 181 bodies have been locationed so far at the site and malaysian government gave a news conference and the transport minister is answering questions about why the plane would be flying over the turbulent area. >> [ inaudible ] it was approved by the international aviation organization and bit countries who the route passed through. >> the f.a.a. expanded on existing restrictions so all

united states restrictions are prohibited over eastern ukraine until further notice. the earthquake working authoritiry is the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and officials are trying to determine would lunched the missile and from where. russian president vladimir putin telling the warring sides in ukraine to lay down their arms and engage in talks. >> he is getting a lot of criticism. the former president of the international aids society was killed along with many top researchers and health workers and activists on their way to the aids conference. they expressed sadness over the loss. we talked to an expert on way to the yen. >> it will be a huge impact on people who worked closely with him and people in his laboratory and on society as a whole.

it is an incredible loss. we are bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on the flight. it is unbelievable. it is not real. >> also, confirmed dead is world health organization pam glenn ramon thomas. >> flowers and candles in kiev are left in memory of the 298 victims. we will follow the developing story with our coverage continuing at abc7news.com and twitter@abc7newsbayarea. in other news, a woman is recovering from severe head injuries after her attacker was shot dead in san leandro on 16 8th avenue before 5:00. witnesses saw the man smashing the woman's head against the car and called 9-1-1.

a motorcycle officer with alameda county sheriff was the first to arrive and the sheriff says he had to shoot the suspect to protect himself and the woman. investigators are also looking into reports the subject was trying to hit the officer and the woman with his car. the suspect had a history of domestic violence. >> police in corte madera say a family doctor had no right to shoot another man who followed him home and drove his car into the doctor's garage. officials say the 71-year-old dr. simon and the other man had an altercation while driving. simon drove home and the other pulled in behind him not letting him close the garage. simon got out the garage, retrieved a .357 and shot the victim twice after shooting a warning signal. >> dr. simon as safe with access to cell phone and could call 1991 and armed with a handgun and no one was attempting to

enter the resident. >> in a statement the lawyer says that incident a clear case of self-defense. you can read the entire state on our website at abc7news.com. stockton police are defending the decision to fire at armed bank robbery suspects even though it resulted in the death of a hostage. misty holt-singh a mother of two was killed on wednesday after three men robbed a bank of the west branch and led police on an hour long chase. a memorial is outside of the branch and the chase ended with the two suspects dead. mit mist was used as a human shield by the only surviving suspect a 19-year-old jamie ramos. >> the suspect had to be stopped because of the fear of the continued tamed killing of police officers and others. >> it makes me angry. that could have been my wife,

anyone's wife, anyone's mother. it hit close to home. >> ramos is charged with homicide, kidnapping and robbery. >> opponents of the idea to split california into six states are fighting to keep the measure off the ballot. and signature gatherers misled or lied to get signature to support silicon valley venture capitalist to split the state. they filed a complaint with the secretary of state and supporters started submitting 1.3 million signatures to put it on the ballot in 2016 and the county regular star are working to determine the validity of the signatures. leyla gulen has the forecast. >> i have six mayo climates coming up, but, first, walnut creek has a clear start in the east bay and we will have increasing cloud cover later this morning and into this

afternoon revealing clouds and sun. the increased marine layer is coming back because of the flow we have and that is bringing in muggy conditions. we thought we were done with the humidity it is coming back. the next 12 hours, we have spotty drizzle along the coast as you head inland it tries out and it will warm up at 4:00 p.m., 84 is expected inland and 76 around the bay and 66 along coast and increasing clouds overnight, as well, and it will bring our temperatures down ever so seatly. we have a new plume of moisture coming into the bay area and that is what is making us muggy and increasing the temperatures. the ridge of high pressure will bear down over bay area next week with more on that ahead. now the roadways headed touted work. we will start in sunnyvale with

the sig-alert shut down the haunt expressway off-ramp from northbound 101 so there is a way to get around it use great american parkway and the sig-alert going to be in affect until 6:30 this morning and it results in fatality and matt keller will bring us more details. headed over to 880 the crash is cleared and right new we are at top speeds through san jose so if you are making the drive along 680, 101, 288, 85, 87, everything is moving along at friday light pace. >> temporary cease-fire gives way to intense new fighting in the gaza strip and a move that israel says is the only way to end attacks by hamas. >> special deliveries lend a shipping giant in hot water with strong words fedex has for the feds. >> the 49ers' new home is good to go and the top man says he

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. the israeli military is preparing for a "significant expansion," of ground operations against gaza militants.

this is according to binyamin netanyahu who says the troops must deliver a blow to the hamas tunnel network. negotiating system with egypt and israel and hamas led nowhere. yesterday, israel moved thanks and troops into gaza after continue daze of airstrikes that failed to stop hamas rocket fire on israeli cities. 240 minutes have been killed sin the fighting began last week. >> a man's body was discovered in the area of the fire burning in shasta. the remains were found on wednesday near a home where the 11,200 wildfire started on friday. the victim was trying to flee flames when he died and investigators say the 37-year-old from sacramento sparked the fire while driving a truck through dry grass while he headed to an illegal pot grow. it is now 51 percent contained and he has been arrested. >> in washington state a county sheriff issued the highest

evacuation notice for the town along the column why river because of an 18,000 acre wildfire. boys say flames reached the town in east central washington and the three rivers hospital is evacuated. 35 homes have burned since lightning ignited four fire on wednesday and the fires have merged into one mass i fire. a federal grand jury in san francisco has indicted fedex for knowingly shipping prescription drugs from illegal online pharmacies. the indictment accuses fedex of ignoring warnings for a decade and will plead not filly and say they cannot check every package they ship. in a strongly worked statement they say that "we have no interest in violating the privacy of our customers and we stand ready and willing to support and assist law enforcement but we cannot, however, do the job of law enforcement ourselves."

>> the 49ers new stadium is now officially open but there is work left to do before the first official event in two weeks. year the ceremony was held at levi stadium and 819 days after construction began it was held. the 49er c.e.o. and santa clara mayor and the nfl commissioner spoke at the invitation only event. levi stadium will hold super bowl 50 in 2016 and wrestlemania next your and championship games for pac 12 this year. the commissioner suggested that the raiders, also, should consider playing in santa clara. >> we believe a new stadium is appropriate if the raiders and they have to make that determination whether they are in a stadium in oakland or whether it is best to join this stadium. that is a decision we will have to make going forward. the show earthquake play the sounders august 2nd in the first event and the 49 fans have

to wait until next month's pre-season games or september's home opener against the bears. >> what is exciting is baseball action returns to home mean more humidity and the camera shows cloud cover and a moist roadway and we had a show low spinout through the tunnel so we will have more on that in a few minutes but it will be a wet drive headed into san francisco and we have patchy fog and sat lie shows reduced visibility and half moon bay at five and unlimited elsewhere. we have a new plume of moisture that is bearing down at the bay area bringing more muggy

conditions by sunday and it will be cloudy and, also, very humid. if you are headed to the aids walk and are joining us there, you can expect the temperatures for be warmer than what they are. wind conditions are 26 miles per hour in fairfield and along the san pablo bay and the san francisco bay north of bay bridge we have a small craft advisory and c.h.p. issued a couple of highway wide add advisories but 63 in bart and 59 in el brady and 65 in oakland and 60 degrees in san francisco and 64 at fog so we are going to be comfortable in the morning but a little on the damper side as we look at our highs it looks like they are consistent with yesterday and we will have the cloud cover keeping temperatures in the mid-60 but elsewhere, in the low 70's and the low 80's inland.

loaded show more cloud cover in the upper 50's to low 60's and the seven-day forecast shows a warmup over the weekend and headed into monday, tuesday, wednesday, by wednesday we could see temperatures reaching the mid-70's and a century degree. we see. more an that in a little bit. but, now, a crash in san jose which is a fatality and coming through the waldo tunnel southbound, it is wet. so want your speed crossing the golden gate bridge. we have high wind advisory at antioch bridge so if you are driving anything high sided, be very careful. >> the familiar house at oakland's children hospital prepares for a makeover from ik ikea winning the fourth an out

improve improvement challenge getting products for a makeover and of 16 homes at the family house. it is a low-coast home away from home for qualifying family whose have children undergoing treatment at the hospital. a dash camera catches an amazing site in the night sky and police stop a man threatingen to harm himself on an overpass and a move that saved his life. >> making it tougher for people to light up could be saving

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police in seattle released an extraordinary video of an officer catching a man trying to leap to his death. the video was posted to youtube. the officers responded to reports of a suicidal man on an overpass and while officers were talking to the man he jumped over the railing and a police officer caught him in time and

hauled him back up to safety. it is quick. watch. there he goes. they catch him. the man was taken to the hospital for an assessment. >> a meteor seen in five states was captured on a camera. hundreds of people reported seeing the fireball in pennsylvania, new jersey, maryland, north carolina. a nasa employ he said it was so low that he believes it shows the meteor breaking up. a man called it gorgeous and said he would never forget it. the embarcadero from our roof camera you can see we have a gray start to the morning with increasing clouds and you can expect to see the increasing clouds and, also, drizzle as you drive along the coast and it will be warmer the next couple of days but it is more humid today, as well, so it could be

warmer as you wake up and humid this weekend and i will have your aids walk forecast in a moment. we will have the details on the sig-alert from matt but the lawrence express way off-ramp is shut down until 6:30. we tell you exactly when but if you need to get off the freeway traveling north bound along 101 take great american parkway. as we led over to the east bay southbound on the nimitz we have this accident and it looks like it is causing slowing as you try to squeeze by 680 headed northbound toward sunol and southbound all at moving speeds and outside we look at the bay bridge the metering lights are turned on and traffic is stacking up, not quite friday light. you already know about the link between smoking and lung disease and cancer but now

researchers are linking cigarettes to suicide. rates were analyzed from 1990 to 2004 in states with aggressive antismoking policies and those with more relaxed policies. states that raised taxes on cigarettes and limited where people could smoke had lower suicide rates than those with more liberal smoke laws. fore every dollar increase in tobacco taxes this was 10 percent decrease in suicide rates. the study in the journal of nicotine and tobacco research. >> face become is testing a new bout ton and hoping shoppers will like it. they will show ads with an ad "buy" so you can buy directly from small and medium businesses without lobbying facebook. they trying to grow their advertising business and promises credit and debit card information is not shared with others. >> the oakland city council is named a new concessioner to reviveed horse stables and

public including stall rentals and variety of programs to start in the spring. the city airasked the stables from a private ownership in 1994 and a local nonprofit manage them until it was terminated because the group could not maintain and safely operate the stables. >> morning news continues at 6:00 with continuing coverage of the malaysian airline flight 17 disaster including family who was supposed to be on the doomed flight and they tag about why they did not get on board. >> hillary clinton reveals one job that is more important to her than being president of the united states

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a deadly accident in the south bay shuts down a critical freeway off-ramp. disaster in the air this morning. new details on the crash of malaysian airlines flight 17. the identification process is underway. >> do you know the person in this picture? a bay area hospital needs your help to identify this confused john doe. >> about 6:00. thank you for waking up early and joining us. leyla gulen is he for meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. good morning, at 6:00. a dramatic shot from emeryville camera. look at that.

the cloud layer is over san francisco. over treasure island, too. we have a gray start to the morning. the next 12 hours we are noticing patchy drizzle and across the golden gate bridge where it is moist. we have increasing clouds today with a couple of breaks in the clouds and sunshine and inland but democrats are 84 degrees and 76 around the bay and 66 along the coast and increasing clouds. temperatures are warming up over the week end. we want to talk about terrible accident in sunnyvale. we will show you our drive over the altamont pass an improvement from a little while ago. an early crash went down an embankment and now we are at 37 miles per hour. southbound