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good monday morning. hope you had great weekend. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. a check of the weather forecast and a little something on radar we're following this morning. >> live doppler 7 hd to the southwest of petaluma our best radar return just north of petaluma road and that's sliding slowly to the northwest. you can see it just north of sonoma. best radar return there. this is slowly sliding to the north. so some sprinkles definitely possible this morning. so far haven't had any truth of anything measurable reaching the ground. here's your forecast by the afternoon hours. you can see high clouds and sunshine around the bay. 70 to 80. high clouds and sunshine inland with most clouds across the north bay. 79 to 86.

partly sunny coast and san francisco. 64 to 70. here's leyla. >> we do have construction that will last until 7:00 this morning. keep this in mind if you are going to be traveling off of the bridge in the eastbound direction along 580. from hoffman split to san pablo avenue is where we'll have construction crews there. slow for the cone zone. building 580 westbound from tracy to dublin 33 minutes. highway 4 westbound to concord 16 minutes and 101 from san rafael to san francisco, 18-minute commute. live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza where it looks like cash payers made their way across the bridge. it's looking clear and a look from our emeryville camera toward eastern span and you can see traffic there moving along without a hitch. hayward police are looking for the gunman who shot a young man late last night. >> reporter: i just spoke with the watch commander. he told me this investigation is

still in the preliminary stages but he did confirm to me that no arrests have been made in this case. at about 9:30 last night here in hayward, a teenager was shot in the stomach on oliver street. we have video of an ambulance leaving the scene and what appears to be paramedics working on a patient in the back. we're told the victim is a male juvenile but officers didn't have an exact age. he was taken to a local hospital and is being treated right now. the investigation on the scene is completed. officers are looking into whether or not this is gang related. reporting live in hayward, matt keller, abc 7 news. this morning the red cross in san leandro is finding shelter for people who say they were burned out of their apartment building. the fire broke out late yesterday afternoon. flames raced through the first and second floors and into the attic. a couple firefighters nearly fell through the roof but managed to get themselves to safety. fire crews stayed through the night looking for hot spots. 24 units in all were damaged and

the cause of that fire is still under investigation. happening today, the contra costa county fire district is holding its ceremony honoring those that lost their lives in the line of duty. the public is invited. it begins at 9:30 this morning. the family of a uc berkeley student that drown in a texas lake is trying to raise money to pay for divers to look for his body. the 20 year old sophomore drown in 100 feet of water a week ago saturday. divers from the sheriff's department haven't been able to find his body. the family has asked a florida team to look but it will cost $15,000. so far the family has raised $4,000 on piggybacker. president obama is set to sign executive orders to prevent employees from workplace discrimination. one will add sexual orientation

and gender identity to the list of protections. the second will protect federal workers from discrimination on gender identity. the orders will leave in place exemptions that contractors enjoy but will not offer new ones. willie brown has a new job. lobbyist. the dealing brown has officially registered with the city as a paid lobbyist representing high-rise developers battling city hall. the city wants developers to pay 1 billion more than previously agreed to because of soaring property values. brown helped create the agency that's now building the new transit center. it's 5:05 now. secretary of state john kerry will travel to egypt to join diplomatic efforts to stop carnage in gaza and urge hamas to accept a cease-fire. sunday was the bloodiest day of two weeks of fighting in gaza.

the palestinian death toll stands at more than 500 with more than half of that number killed since israel launched a ground attack on thursday. at least 100,000 palestinians have been displaced. the united nations has issued a resolution calling for an immediate end to the fighting. new developments in the downing of a malaysia airlines passenger plane in ukraine. victims are unaccounted for and growing evidence pointing toward russian rebels. we are joined now from washington with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. the families of the victims are furious over how bodies of their loved ones are being treated. rebels have them and say they won't turn them over until international observers examine them. more than 250 bodies from flight 17 have been recovered. most moved to these refrigerated

rail cars after lying in the sun for three days. bodies are guarded by pro-russian rebels. outrage is growing. >> i want to organize a funeral. i don't know where they are. i want my children back. >> reporter: four days ever the tragedy, the crash site and all of the evidence still remain unexamined. the international community is pressuring russian president vladimir putin to use his influence with the rebels to get them to cooperate with investigators. ukraine again today accused russia of aiding the rebels in the shootdown. the ukrainian prime minister calling it a crime against humanity. >> a drunken pro-russian terrorist cannot do that. those were expert people who were trained and we have information that this training took place on russian territory. >> reporter: the u.s. continuing building its case against the rebels and russia. among the evidence, a missile launch from a rebel held area detected by u.s. intelligence at the time the malaysian airlines flight disappeared from radar.

audio intercepts with rebels leaders discussing the shootdown. and a u.s. sighting of a russian convoy carrying military equipment late last week including three anti-aircraft missiles brought down before the shoot down and then quickly rushed back across the border after. the u.n. security council is considering a resolution demanding access to the crash site and a cease-fire in the area. eric? >> thank you. it's 5:08 now. communities in the sierra are mopping up after a welcome drenching. take a look. this was the scene yesterday. the city got so much rain in a short amount of time that intersections were flooded in parts of the city. it also rained heavily all along highway 89 near lake tahoe leaving the roads slippery and left driving a challenge. the rain is just a drop in the

bucket of what we need to ease our drought. >> i could have sworn i saw a few droplets around here in the bay area yesterday but not enough. >> not enough. even the areas that received an inch of rain and some mudsliding on highway 50, that rain was isolated that it does doing to help. a total state inch of rain would have been much better. this is a look at 29 in northern parts of napa where our best radar return is right now and best chance of sprinkles and heading out of sonoma out 12 toward santa rosa. so far just sprinkles reaching the ground. low to mid 60s is where we'll start in the south bay to s sunnyva sunnyvale. dress for low to mid 60s if you are heading out right now. 24-hour temperature change. anywhere from 1 to 5 degrees warmer. this afternoon temperatures will

be just a little bit warmer than yesterday. also, here's a look from our roof cam. you can see the flags and clouds blowing from west to east. 59 to 65 through 7:00. 66 to 74 with sun breaking through the clouds by noon. we'll see increasing sunshine from south to north. 66 at the coast to 80 inland by 4:00. that's low clouds returning to the coast and bay by 7:00. 62 to 72 inland. enjoy the cooler than average weather for now. leyla? >> we do have an accident in the north bay specifically. it looks like it's in clearing stages and it appears slowing it was causing is starting to dissipate. it happened at fifth street. a car flew from one ramp to another causing heavy conditions along 680 northbound. it looks like all of that has now dissipated. here's your drive out of antioch right along highway 4 westbound side into concord. you're looking clear. green conditions means you're at

top speeds. drive to 80 is 26 minutes. not too bad whatsoever. here's a live look at san jose. 280 away from 17 and traffic looking very nice southbound it is completely dark. there's not one car that's taking its way in its southbound direction. over to you. it's 5:11 now. toyota is out with a new feature that parents are going to love but your kids not so much. the money report is next. special honor nasa is giving today to the late neil armstrong marking his historic walk on the moon. flying will be more expensive. which passengers will be hit the hardest.

welcome back. it's 5:14. a recently released survey confirms what marin county commuters already know. your commutes are long. many drivers say it takes an hour or more to get to work or school. highways 101, 37 and sir francis drake boulevard are slow. officials at the transportation authority of marin say since more roads cannot be built, they recommend employers offer a work from home option or stagger work times to ease the traffic. happening today, airline tickets will cost more but airlines won't get money. transportation safety security administration fees are going up to $5.60 for all flights.

fees are currently $2.50 for nonstop flights or 5 bucks for connecting flights. new fees are expected to raise more than $12.5 billion a year. the nation's second largest tobacco company is taking a tough stand against a jury verdict against it. >> good monday morning. topping america's money, r.j. reynolds vowing to appeal after it was ordered to pay 23 billion in punitive damages. she says the company didn't do enough to warn about the dangers of smoking. for the second week in a row, "dawn of the planet of the apes" was box office champ. a new option in toyota's

2015 siena minivan. the mike works one way so kids can't talk back. somehow they manage to do it any way. that's "america's money." new video shows the moment a hot air balloon crashed into live power lines simply frightening. it caused two explosions in clinton, massachusetts, saturday night. the faa says the balloon was carrying six people. five of them were taken to the hospital suffering from burns. some serious. the company that operates the balloon rides has not commented. happening today, president obama will award the nation's highest honor to a soldier who risked his life to save fellow troops in afghanistan. former u.s. army staff sergeant ryan pitts is the ninth living survivor to receive the honor. after surviving an explosion, he used a machine gun and grenade launcher to take out as many enemies as he could.

nasa will rename operations building at the kennedy space center in honor of neil armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of the day they became the first humans to set foot on earth's satellite. armstrong died in 2012. the two surviving apollo 11 astronauts will be onhand for today's ceremony. as you probably know, collins is the guy who wasn't on the moon. circling the moon waiting for the other guys to finish up. >> not a glamorous gig there. we're looking at what's going on up there. what do you think airport delays possible today? >> low clouds. mid and upper level clouds and almost the same pattern we had a week ago. low level clouds because of the marine layer. mid and upper level clouds because of the monsoon flow directing moisture our way. most of this not reaching the ground. we haven't found a single reporting station up north that received measurable rain. some sprinkles will reach down

to your parts and possibly you may need windshield wipers once or twice. big picture, this is the only game in town right now. it's going to stay up north as boundary is ever so slowly sliding to the northwest. over top of the marine layer, which you can see, winds coming in from the west and they're about 17 miles per hour at fairfield. good sea breeze. it's not enough to churn the bay up too much here where we look from the camera to the southeast underneath the bay bridge and toward the port of oakland. we'll talk about morning sprinkles. any flight arrival delays into sfo i'll let you know here or on twitter. tonight, sprinkles probably not as likely. a warming trend thursday, friday, saturday and sunday as high pressure from the southwest will start pushing some warmer weather our way instead of pushing cloud cover. here we are this morning. high clouds as they retreat up

to the north by noon the low clouds breaking up ever so slightly along the coast. partly sunny there to partly cloudy for the rest of us with temperatures below average inland today. we'll be in the low to mid to upper 70s for most of the south bay and cupertino, gilroy, low to mid 80s. on the peninsula, mid 70s to about 80 degrees. look at the coast. mid to upper 60s. mild there to near 70 in downtown and south san francisco. mid to upper 70s north bay valleys even with lack of sunshine for a better part of the day. 72 at berkeley. mid to upper 70s for the rest of the east bay shore and we'll have 79 in san ramon. everybody else low to mid 80s. mild once again tonight. upper 50s to mid 60s. seven-day forecast, temperatures a lot like today even with more sunshine. the wednesday forecast temperatures turning warmer. back to average in most areas and look at the 80s and 90s away from the coast where we'll hit 70 over the weekend.

have a good one. >> 39 trains without a single delay. as you know, we've had this ongoing closure in pacifica along highway 1 where there's detours in place. caltrans will begin demolition of a bridge on wednesday and construction will happen between 6:30 in the morning to 4:00 p.m. if you live in the area and you want to avoid that loud noises, that is what it is about. let's take a live look outside at walnut creek looking at the drive through pleasant hill through highway 24, it looks a little fuller right now. we see some cars bunching up on that curve as they make the way up to highway 24. ten minutes from highway 4 to 24 junction. >> it's 5:20 right now. ahead, seven things to know as you start your day. >> making sports history. what a 105-year-old woman did this weekend that proves age is no excuse for slowing down.

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convince hamas to accept a cease-fire in gaza. yesterday was the bloodiest day of the two-week battle more than 500 palestinians died in the fighting as well as two americans fighting in the israeli army. number four, the suspect involved in a deadly bank and robby shootout in stockton is expected to be charged today with triple murder. 19-year-old is due to appear in court this afternoon. ramos could face the death penalty in connection with the deaths of a hostage and two other robbery suspects. number five, estimated 20,000 people came out for yesterday's annual aids walk in san francisco. abc 7 is a proud sponsor of the event raising more than $2 million yesterday to help fund the fight against hiv and aids. number six -- >> live doppler 7 tracking sprinkles light rain across the north bay and drizzle for the rest of us. i'll tell you how much longer we'll deal with this and a big warming trend coming for back half of the seven-day forecast. number seven, a look at the

bay bridge toll plaza. a few extra folks coming in from emeryville to san francisco. that drive right now only going to take you about eight minutes. really not too bad at all. it's a pretty light start to our workweek and we certainly hope it stays that way. 5:25 now. actor james garner known for anti-hero roles died of natural causes over the weekend. device decorated in the korean war, garner didn't even start acting until he was 25. he landed the role of a charming con man in "maverick." he was well liked by the public and worked well into his 70s. in 2005, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award from screen actors gild. >> i don't know if i deserve this award but for tonight forgive me if i act like i do. >> garner died at his home in southern california saturday night. he was 86. san diego area woman celebrating a milestone

birthday. she got quite a party. she celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday. look at that. longtime padres fan, the team invited her to toss out the first pitch at the game. her wind up was old school. she got a big hug afterward. she's believed to be one of the oldest people living in san diego county and now the oldest person to ever throw out the first pitch at a padres game. what kind of pitch do you think that was? >> i think it was a cut fastball underhand style. >> i love it. >> you saw it break. >> the cut fastball. 5:26 now. the abc 7 morning news continues at 5:30 with today's top stories. >> from middle east to the bay area, the rising tension here is at home causing a war of words between opposing sides in the middle east international conflict. new details on the california drought. why it's now threatening to make the state's environment dirtier.

good monday morning. it's 5:29. thank you for starting your week with us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. we're starting your week off with a little bit of drizzle out there. here's mike. >> sprinkles and light rain in the north bay as you can see here on live doppler 7 hd. it's slowly moving to the north. let's zoom in on a few just north of san ononoma. as we go over just north of napa heading up dry creek road possible wet weather here. petaluma western avenue all of those areas possibly wet this morning. check out golden gate bridge. it's dry and fog free if you are coming through that area right

now. 79 to 86 inland east bay is where it's warmest. slow clearing from south to north. 64 to 70 coast and san francisco. normal to below normal temperatures bay and inland. >> good morning, mike. good morning, everybody. 5:30. we look at the drive coming out of tracy right over the altamont pass, it's building as we speak. very busy. up to dublin interchange and you are slow and go and then once you get past 680 you are looking at a clear drive into castro valley. 54 minutes right now to head from tracy to castro valley at this hour. and as we jump over to the san mateo and dumbarton bridges, smooth. live picture of the san mateo bridge and you can see traffic flowing nicely over the water up to the peninsula. no crashes to report there. kristen and eric? >> leyla, thank you very much. breaking news overnight. police in the north bay looking for the gunman who shot and wounded a victim in marin city.

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live near the scene with the latest. >> reporter: investigators still here on the scene gathering evidence. they have not made any arrests. they say a man in his 30s was shot around midnight. the solicit's department got several calls that shots had been fired but the victim kept going, walked a couple blocks and then officers caught up with him. >> sheriff's deputies were on scene in less than a minute and located a victim that suffered a number of gunshot wounds to the head. >> reporter: investigators say the victim is not a resident but well known in the area. they haven't released his name or details about a motive or the person that shot him and they are still looking for the shooter. no arrests at this point have been made.

live in marin city, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a teenager that happened on oliver drive here hesherian boulevard. the male was a juvenile and have not released his name or age. matt keller will have a live report at the top of the hour. the surviving suspect involved in a deadly bank robbery and shootout in stockton is expected to be charged today with triple murder. 19-year-old jaime ramos is due to appear in court at 1:30 this afternoon. he used misty holt-singh as a human shield. singh died along with two other robbery suspects. ramos could face the death penalty. police are investigating two suspicious deaths in the north bay. just before 3:00 yesterday morning, police found two people dead inside an upscale sausalito

home after neighbors reporting hearing gunfire. >> i'm glad it's an isolated event and that we're safe and it's just sad for all of us. >> two adults were found dead inside the home. a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s. no word on their relationship but coroner's report on the cause of death is expected tomorrow. a 9-year-old girl is recovering after being shot while playing in a park in oakland. it happened saturday night in west oakland. witnesses say two groups of men fired shots at each other and the girl was caught in the crossfire. at last word police made no arrests. to the middle east crisis, secretary of state john kerry is headed to cairo this morning to push for a cease-fire between israel and hamas after the deadliest day of fighting in gaza. more than 100 palestinians were killed sunday as well as 13 israeli soldiers.

two of whom held citizenship. the emotions flowing from the middle east crisis were on display in san francisco yesterday as rallies across the nation pro-israel protesters clashed with pro-palestinian groups but no violence was reported. >> this is to show we support our country and people no matter what happens and we'll be there 100% moral support, financial support, whatever you can do to support our country. >> we condemn what's happening in gaza. it's against our jewish values. it's being done in our name is just heartbreaking to us. >> arab community groups and anti-war activists gathered for a huge rally voicing opposition

to israeli military action in gaza and u.s. government support to israel. a gaza teen who received a prosthetic leg in the bay area lost that leg as a result of fighting there. he's 15 and this is video of him learning to walk with a new prosthetic leg last year. he was hurt when a missile hit his home in gaza in 2006. his prosthetic leg was destroyed in an attack last week. the palestine children's relief fund, which first helped him in 2006 now plans to bring him back to the u.s. to replace his prosthetic leg. the latest in the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. a group of international experts is arriving in ukraine including two americans. the u.n. security council is considering a resolution

demanding access to the area where the plane went down. rebels have recovered the bodies of more than 270 of the 298 passengers. many of them are now sitting in refrigerated box cars. ukraine's prime minister says the country wants to transfer the bodies to amsterdam but the train has not moved and russia has done nothing to ensure safe passage. satellite images shows how wide the debris field is spread out. images show the wreckage covering a 1,300 acre area. the flight was shot down last thursday. russia is denying any involvement and says ukraine's military campaign against the rebels is to blame. analysts say the california drought will likely lead to more pollution. the san francisco chronicle reports that because reservoirs are low, power companies like pg&e can't produce as much electricity from hydroelectric dams. this means they'll have to turn to power generated by coal or natural gas burning plants.

in addition, farmers are being forced to pump more ground water using generators fueled by diesel or gasoline which emit more greenhouse gas. >> we wish the moisture this morning would lead to more ground water. won't be that way. >> most of it isn't even reaching the ground. doppler radar has capability of estimating how much rain reached the ground out of this system. we'll go to the north and show you from about 300 just north of there and all reporting stations at the ground say nothing has reached the ground yet. that's the potential if some of this would reach the ground across the north bay but so far it's not hitting the reporting stations. sprinkles are probably what you're dealing with. how about mid 60s on the peninsula today? right now from 64 to 66. that's the way it is everywhere until you get to napa at 61. 60 at santa rosa.

62 at san francisco right now. as far as moving forward, temperatures will stay in way through 7:00 with sprinkles north, drizzle possible for the rest of us and clouds will start opening at noon. we'll go 66, 70 and 74. that's the coast, bay and inland temperatures. by 4:00, most high clouds in the north bay. some low clouds at the coast. 66 there. around the bay, 76. 84 inland. should be comfortable if not humid this evening. >> we're maintaining an accident-free state at this hour. we had one earlier crash in benicia eastbound along 780 cleared and right now we do have construction lingering. this one is going to be with us until 7:00. coming off the richmond san rafael bridge eastbound side 580 from hoffman split is where crews will be. be careful driving through that area. bay bridge toll plaza where you can see traffic now starting to build quite a bit there. cash payers are loading up indeed as we come away from emeryville.

all of those headlights as they make it in from the east bay and then as we look from emeryville camera you round your way around the span of the bay bridge at treasure island, may look slow but for the most part everyone is running at top speed. wildfires continue to rage across the northwest. next, the one thing that could finally give firefighters a break today. also, donald sterling's legal battle against the sale of the l.a. clippers resumes this morning. the judge's ruling that will make his fight harder. one step at a time in the fight against aids. the every day heroes who help make this weekend's san francisco aids walk another huge success. know what sounds good to your car? gasol techron. care for chevron with techron. care for your car.

it's 5:42. two people were injured, more than 100 homes evacuated after a diesel spill from a train derailment in wisconsin. three engines and ten cars jumped the tracks in singer half hour outside of milwaukee. 4,000 gallons of diesel were spilled. hazmat teams have it contained and people are now being allowed back into their homes. early reports are the train may have struck some cars on another train. happening now, wildfires in washington state are being blamed for at least one death and 150 homes destroyed. more than a dozen fires burning across the northwest this morning. the largest is the carlton complex of fires which has

burned more than 237,000 acres. 1,300 firefighters are on the fire lines hoping cooler temperatures and lighter winds today will help them gain the upper hand. the red cross is there helping some 2,000 evacuees get food and shelter. video from a remote control drone shows damage left by the wildfires. nothing is left untouched around the area 200 miles east of seattle. homes reduced to ash and landscape with nothing but charred remains of trees and shrubs. the deadly crash of a small airplane is to blame for sparking this wildfire in arizona. it happened yesterday afternoon in the mountains of near sedona. happening today, lawyers for l.a. clippers co-owner donald sterling beginning to lay out their case in the trial that will determine who will own the team. the trial focuses on whether a deal by sterling's estranged

wife to sell the team for $2 billion is authorized under a family trust. meanwhile, a judge has rejected a bid to strike the testimony and reports of two doctors who say sterling is mentally incapable of acting as administrator of the family trust. the nba wants sterling out as an owner after his racist remarks were made public. 5:44. for nearly three decades people from around the bay have come together for aids walk san francisco. an estimated 20,000 people came out for yesterday's annual walk. this year's event was especially poignant with the opening ceremony taking a moment to remember the european aids researchers who were among the 298 passengers killed last week in the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 in ukraine. this was the 28th annual walk and abc 7 has been a proud sponsor of the event almost from the start. >> this is our 27th year and it's a legacy we're really proud of and keeps getting bigger and bigger and we're very glad to be

part of all this. >> more than $2 million was raised yesterday. among energetic folks out there, we have folks from abc 7 at the aids walk tweeting pictures. looking great. our own cheryl with katie marzullo and leyla gulen. morning show representing out there. you see all of the smiles out there of people walking. >> everyone was smiling. it was wonderful. a gentleman came up to me from melbourne, australia, visiting san francisco. of course the european researchers were destined for melbourne so he saw promotions and he came and joined us and came over and said hi. we were happy to have him there. it was a very special event yesterday. the aids conference in australia

doing important research despite tragedy they are carrying on. >> you have to. you absolutely have to. you must carry the torch. >> thank you very much. your torch this morning, we're getting a little wet. >> little is the key word. this time of year we don't get soaking rain. that mainly stays up in the sierra. live active live doppler hd showing sprinkles and light rain moving through the north bay and moving at an extremely slow clip and nothing tipping rain gauges yet. doesn't mean it won't happen. keep an eye on that. the rest of us drizzle, patchy for morning commute and onshore wind at 17 miles per hour around fairfield and it's brought these clouds that you see in but look at how calm the bay water is for your ferry ride this morning. got some wet weather possible this morning and then slow clearing this afternoon. temperatures at or below average from the coast to inland neighborhoods. cloudy, humid, drizzle again tonight as our marine layer is

coming off warmer than normal water. we're not in the 50s. most of our ocean waters in low to mid 60s right now. that's why we've had such mild to warm nights. warming trend thursday through sunday. temperatures will get above average. and for today we're close to mid to upper 70s. cupertino, san jose, morgan hill, gilroy, low to mid 80s. redwood city, 80. mid to upper 70s for most of the peninsula. mid to upper 60s along the coast today. another indication of the warmer than average sea water. near 70 downtown. south san francisco crossing golden gate. mid to upper 70s through the north bay. you'll be the last ones to see significant sunshine today. berkeley, richmond, 72 degrees. we'll go from 73 in oakland to about 79 in castro valley. 79 at san ramon. everybody else low to mid 80s. tonight, temperatures pull back

into upper 50s to low 60s with drizzle possible. sprinkles and light rain not as likely tonight. here's a look at the clearing. you can see it taking place from south to north even the sun breaking free of clouds at the coast. notice the low clouds will dominate us tomorrow morning and then they'll quickly pull away and that will lead to more sunshine but temperatures about the same as today in your seven-day forecast. we really start to see modification of the air mass wednesday and then the warm air from down south starts to come up and puts us in the 80s and 90s around the bay and inland thursday through sunday. upper 60s to low 70s at the coast. have a great day. >> i keep checking in with chp and my producer is checking in with chp and we are not finding any accidents. we are enjoying this morning certainly. good morning, everyone. as we take a look at some construction that's going to be taking place as you know if you live in the area that there are detours north and southbound along highway 1. that's from the demolition of

the bridge and they're going to start demolishing it on wednesday and that demolition will last from 6:30 in the morning until 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. be prepared for that. here's a look at drive time traffic southbound 101 from san francisco to sfo, short drive. eric and kristen? >> our time now is 5:49. for some, school is starting in just a few weeks if you can believe that. fundraisers across the bay area are ramping up to provide school supplies for low-income kids. >> and the annual pack a back drive to fill 2,800 backpacks. operation home front california needs 1,000 more backpacks to meet its goal. >> the university of phoenix is teaming up with boys and girls club of silicon valley to collect school supplies and in

danville they are collecting supplies and backpacks. we have a list of places where you can donate on abc7news.com. one simple facebook post becomes a woman's worst mistake. the selfie that landed her in jail. >> fitness bands, how accurate are those hot devices? a new abc news investigation into the popular wearable trend. >> the bay area snubbed? a just released report leaves us out as one

now to an abc news/gma investigation on fitness bands,

wearable text gadgets are the rage for those that want to keep close tabs on their health tracking calories and sleep and steps. how accurate are they? three of the most popular bands were put to the test. the fit bit flex which sells for 100 and the jaw bone 124 and one for $200. >> we found these devices don't give you laboratory precision consistently but a great tool to keep check with daily activity. you just need to keep in mind that readings may not be 100% accurate all the time. >> you can get the full breakdown on the tests coming up on "gma" at 7:00. 5:53. a check on the weather forecast which is in mike's hands accurate 101% of the time. >> i'm giving 120%. that's why. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> good morning to you.

our temperatures if you thought yesterday was comfortable for you, today should be about the same. within one to two degrees. mt. shasta has a red flag warning. excessive heat warning down south. that is for wednesday and thursday. so watch out if you are heading that way. along interstate 80 into north bay is the best chance of rain this morning. thunderstorms develop again this afternoon in sierra but they blow away from us. 74 in tahoe. partly cloudy and 68 in monterey. partly cloudy around san diego and l.a. 71. >> we have an issue with an accident that resulted in downed power lines between newark boulevard and lafayette avenue. both directions newark boulevard shut down in this area. you are encouraged to avoid the area. this will last for the next couple of hours. keep that in mind. let's take a live look outside where metering lights have been turned on on the bay bridge and check out that backup. we're now at a standstill as you

try to inch your way into san francisco. once you pass the metering lights, it looks like everything is moving along just fine. until you get there, you've got about seven minutes to wait over to you. most of us use facebook to connect with friends and family but one woman's post connected her with the long arm of the law. she posted selfies showing off her new leopard print dress. police say she stole it. a store owner in frankfurt posted a description of the thief on facebook after reviewing security footage and in a small town it didn't take long for people to recognize her. >> the excuse was there was nobody in here. we were in the back working. she could just take it. not really much of a excuse there. >> by looking at the background of the photograph, we were able to pinpoint where she was at. >> she still had clothes in her hands when they showed up. a plan in alabama caught the

thief that broke into his business by shetting up a baby monitor inside. he heard a noise at his business and he called police who arrived just as the suspect was leaving. he led officers on a high-speed chase but they caught up to him and arrested him. turning now to how man's best friend can teach us a thing or two about apologies, social and emotional development. all that good stuff. >> when charlie the beagle borrowed baby laura's stuffed animal without asking, he made it up to bringing her toy after toy after. he piles them on top. apparently his efforts to make amends works because baby laura stops crying and cracks a smile underneath that stuff. the video racked up more than 300 views on youtube.

>> he reads human emotion better than a lot of people. loving that. abc 7 morning news continues at 6:00 with news stories. >> crisis in the middle east hits close to home for a california community. the young soldier being remembered after going halfway around the world to fight in this growing conflict. >> count on energy star labels to tell you if an appliance is efficient. new this morning, the reason they could soon disappear from some products. and rory mcilroy scores a huge win at the british open. we'll tell you why his father has a reason to celebrate this morning as well. those news stori

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this morning families are furious about how their loved ones bodies are being treated. new this morning, san francisco's willie brown has a new job to add to an already lengthy resume. thank you for joining us at 6:00. hope you had great weekend. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. let's hope the right foot includes umbrella action. we have drizzle out there. >> sprinkleses s ts to light r the north bay. radar returns more impressive than reaching the ground across the boundary draping the north bay. we'll head up north of sonoma. you can see this whole area is where we could be possibly see sprinkles right now and just north of napa could be wet and also around petaluma and to the north around sonoma mountain parkway is where we could see sprile