and killed on a san francisco street. >> family of an american journalist captured in syria and believed killed by extremists reacts to the grim news. their message to the world. less drizzle this morning. that is good for the drivers. >> but not good for drivers when we talk about the another bay. leyla gulen? >> as we take you to hayward we have a sig-alert because of a previous down southbound 880 industrial parkway, two lanes are taken away. hayward police are conducting an investigation. the industrial parkway on-ramp is shut down. we do not know when it will lift. six miles per hour approaching the area. heavy backups from this area at 14 miles per hour to get to highway 92 away from 238 to highway 84 will take you 40

minutes. usually it takes you 12 minutes. use mission boulevard as the alternate. mike? >> yes, less drizzle is the story. live doppler 7 hd shows it is fairly dry this morning. we will jump into the day planner. we are not overcast at the bay, 62 with spotty drizzle and more sunshine by noon and 67 and warmer this afternoon and brighter at 74 and clouds will return at a slower pace and this evening back in the 60's. inland less fog than we have had and less drizzle and faster sunshine and 71 and 80 at 4:00 and 70 and comfortable in the evening and to the coast the ceiling is higher with spotty drizzle but not so much fog with more sunshine and mid-60's throughout the afternoon. breaking news in san francisco, fire investigators

are looking into an early fire that sent a woman to the hospital that break out when the man living at the door with his grandmother and uncle says the fire was in the garage. though heard "boom," at 1:00 o'clock a.m. and called for help. the grandmother was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. >> an arrest is made in the hit-and-run accident of a two-year old killed in a crosswalk in san francisco. the person arrested is fought the -- not the driver. katie marzullo? it happened here at mission street in this crosswalk. you can see the memorial is forming. balloons and fires and toys for the little girl. when this is a hit-and-run accident you expect police to announce they have arrested the driver but that is not the case. police have arrested 25-year-old loyresha gage the two-year-old

girl's aunt facing a challenge of physical any child endangerment in charge of mi'yana gregory and her twin where on friday at 10:30 weapon when she was hit in the crosswalk. surveillance video shows what happened. >> loyresha gage crossed against the signature mall and signal and turned around and left the little girl in the sidewalk. it is possible the driver did not know they hit the gill but the driver needs to come forward. police have the car on surveillance video: a white four-door sedan from the 1990's with a dark rim and bumper. loyresha gage was in jail this morning. no word on weapon she could be in court. the 2-year-old's funeral is scheduled for sunday.

a chicago munition who is performing in san francisco this week arrived from ferguson and gave a look from the frontline. >> hectic. chaos. what i imagined a war done to feel like. that is ferguson. scary. communal event. people surviving and dealing. >> we have been reporting unrest and protests each night inning if son, missouri, for two police shooting death an unarmed teen. a man was wrongly arrested for failure to disperse. he was held but not charged. he went to ferguson because he saw it as an opportunity to try to help, listen, and learn. >> a hair salon will re-open

after a crash that ended at their front step. a domestic violence suspect slammed into the salon and san francisco into fred's restaurant. a man was pinned. a deputy spotted the suspect driving. the suspect rear helped one vehicle and hit three more and tried to run but arrested at the scene. four people including the suspect and woman and child were taken to the hospital. >> police are trying to figure how a couple die asked if someone kill them. they were found dead in a boat docked at the hugh marine ma where they -- american that where -- at the they live. an autopsy will determine the cause of death. >> two teens escape frightening attack by an were add hopeless

man. the 32-year-old was arrested after he tried to stab two 16-year-olds who were skateboarding. the map was arrested in connection and booked into custody on two counts of assault. >> fairly police have released a sketch of an attacker wanted in a string of sexual assault cases at 18 to 20 years old with a slim build and light brown to red-colored hair and possibly a thin beard. august 2 he approached a woman from behind and assaulted her. the same day he tried to assault a teen girl walking on a trail. a third victim came forward saying she was athatted while jogging. the white house is working to confirm a video by isis militants showing beheading of an american journalist, james foley. he was kidnapped in 2012.

video shows the journalist delivering a statement condemning united states air strikes in iraq. he is beheaded. another american journalist is then threatened. intelligence agencies are still an lying the video his mother released this statement, thanking jim for all the joy he gave us. he was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person. >> pope francis thanks people for prayers today after three members of his family died if a scar accident in -- in a car accident. the phone's remarks come a day after the nephew's wife and two children were killed. his nephew suffered serious injuries after the car slammed into the back of a truck. the two boys were eight months and two years old. a nonprofit filed a federal lawsuit claiming san francisco and other pay area cities are unfairly ex jammed from water cut backs to protect endangered species.

the group went to the largest agricultural water district in the country saying the water diversions from the river are jeopardizing endangered species. the river and delta have increased saline. they did not answer whether other interests were involved in its organization. >> the state will vote on a deal whether to restore public access at martin's beach. the bill moved through the appropriations committee on party-line vote. party-line vote. they asked the consideration of access to the beach. lobbyives have lobbied against this and both sides await a verdict from a judge would will rule if the owner had a right to

close the road. we have problems on the road. leyla gulen? >> police continue their investigation on southbound 880 in hayward. outbound 880 pedestrian fatality after being hit astro parkway. the on-ramp is shut down with two lanes causing severe backup. the backup is extended away 23 to highway 84 and that drive will take you 55 minutes. normally it takes 14 minutes. use alternates. here are other areas looking busy, with new accident westbound 580 to eastbound 80 with the maze loading up and at the toll plaza it is

bumper-to-bumper traffic. dry this morning. also warmer. in the north bay mid-to-upper 50's, bodega bay. everyone else is in the low-to-mid 60's. napa is 54. lafayette is 63. newark is 64. 62 from san francisco to cupertino and fairfield and brentwood and 60 at san jose. half moon bay is 63. we have a break in the cloud cover. san jose and mountain view is letting the warmth escape. the rest of us are two to five degrees warmer. the read is from 67 at half moon bay to downtown and cross the bay bridge and 72 in ok land and through the caldecott tunnel tunnel and up 252, you can see it is 84 in antioch. warm equity weather is on the way. coming up a scare on the busiest subway systems and what

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back at 6:14. a gorgeous shot of california with sparkling lights. the sun is about to come up. we have clouds. not is much drizzle. a passenger that fainted triggered a stampede when a foreigner fainted on a train. someone shouted "accident," after he collapsed and the reaction speaks volumes of concerns over terrorism in china. the man got up after the

fainting spell. >> if you look to drop a few pounds you may want to take public transportation rather than driving, new study fines people would take the bus, train, bicycle or walk to work weigh less. the report shows those who travel by public or active transport have lower bmi scores and legislation body fat. >> texas governor is vowing to fight over abuse of power. supporters greeted him yesterday in austin accused of carrying out a threat to veto funding for are state integrity unit at the d.a. office if the d.a. did fought resign after a drunk driving convince. she didn't and he held back the funding. he tweet add photo getting ice cream. he claims that the case is a political ploy.

>> babe commissioner says that the a's need a new ballpark but all is on hold because of litigation. he was in oakland part of the farewell tour making stops all all ball packs and says he will not rule whether the a's have to stay in oakland or move to san jose. they appealing a decision that three out a key argument in the suit over a move to the bay area's biggest city where the giants hold territorial rights. we have been unable to resolve the issue. i understand that. i understand the frustration. it is very complicated in spite of the fact that people don't think it is, it is. is there figures i could have done differently? i don't think so. he will succeed selig as commissioner. >> big problems in the commute in the east bay with the sig-alert continuing. leyla gulen?

>> this is where we have a confirmation in hayward a pedestrian has been killed on the scene southbound 880. we have headlights pushing in the southbound direction and we have two lanes taken away as the police conduct their investigation the the on-ramp is shut down and miles of backup. we are look at 55-minute delay headed away from 238 to get to highway 84 so it will cause heavy delays from oakland. we do not have an estimated line of when all lanes are re-opened so the delays will be worse. there are alternates including parallel to the west 880 or mission boulevard to the east.

55 minutes from 238 to highway 234 with a confirmed fatality of a pedestrian at industrial parkway. parkway. the lanes will be blocked. >> the benicia school district, the kids are getting up early this morning. it willing 60 at 70 and 71 at 3:30. to travis unified school district ... serving fairfield and travis air force base up to 78. now we talk air about the winds with a nice sea breeze moving through fairfield at 21. the see breeze is 1,400 to

2,200'. it is compressed. it is dry. that is why we do not have drizzle and fog. winds like yesterday from the bay bridge through the delta communities from noon to action. check out the winds in san jose are not blowing out so much from the bay we do not have so much cloud cover over 280 and 17. this is how it looks from walnut creek, south bay will see sunshine first and warmer temperatures because of that so dry start, brighter helping for all of us and dry nights ahead. the extended pattern is back to normal. what is normal? more sunshine. between noon and 1:00 o'clock we see most of the bay clearing in the north bay and pockets of sun along the coast are we have mid-to-upper 60's. to the south, mid-to-upper 70's from milpitas to san jose and cupertino and morgan hill and gilroy, low 80's and

mid-to-upper 70's at the peninsula and mid-70's through the north bay valley and finally, low-to-mid 80's inland valley. the seven-day forecast shows the biggest jump inland tomorrow and holding steady through friday and the sea breeze comes back and sunday, monday, and tuesday are the warmest days. >> thanks. costume characters profited against a crackdown by new york city police in times square. elmo and super heroes and others believe they have a right to be paid for posing with tourists. the properties came after police department passed out leaflets informing tourists that tipping is optional. some have attacked folks would refused to pay.

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welcome back at 6:24. from hair, we have southbound 880 where hayward police are on the scene of a pedestrian fatality at industrial parkway. we have two lanes taken away with heavy backup leaving castro valley and oakland. i will have the details as to how to get around this when we come back. thank you. we will check with a look at what coming up on america at 7:00. good morning, a chilling video of an execution of an american journalist at the hands of isis. how is the white house reacting? we have more on the developing

story on "good morning america" next. the man behind motown was at the man behind motown was at the musical in san this video was posted showing berry gordy last night. the 84-year-old founded motown label in 1959. some of the big biggest acts clue stevie wonder and diana ross. >> we have the top stories ahead including ebola scare in california after a parent checked in with symptoms. >> a turning point in ferguson, missouri, more arrests but less violence ahead of an important visit by a member of the obama administration. a look at sfo in the cloud

deck which is more ragged at 43-minute flight arrival delays into sfo and less drizzle and warmer temperatures. right now we have a look at southbound 880 from sky ten a pedestrian fatality at industrial parkway in hair hayward. causing major backups. we will keep the track up to date during the commercial break. break. stick with

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abc7 news begins with breaking news. the breaking news is from hayward southbound 880 a huge backup at the industrial parkway area as a result of a pedestrian down. this has been going on for an hour. it is a bad situation. leyla gulen is following this. than you for joining us. we will check with leyla gulen and the details on what is going

on in hayward. you saw the shot from sky 7, the backup caused by this pedestrian fatality was confirmed minutes ago this is a pedestrian fatality at industrial parkway and this is shutting down two lanes open southbound 880 and the industrial parkway on-ramp. avoid the area completely. who are looking at heavy backup on 238 northbound approaching 880. this is causing one hour delay from 238 to the highway 84 if your traveling take you to san jose you need to see alternate routes. we have parallel to the west of 880 or mission boulevard to the east, for alternates. as you can see it is a parking lot. remark is not moving.

i will give you the details when it will re-open. so far, no word when it will re-open. now the dry morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd is not foggy, at six miles per hour in santa rosa and nine at half moon bay and much else is unlimited. you can see the main layer is above it and not quite so tall as yesterday and not as moist. some areas are not cloudy this morning as we were yesterday especially in the south bay and temperatures are milder this morning and most of us in the low-to-mid 60's and by noon we will see sunshine break three and the areas from san francisco to oakland and emeryville you will see more sunshine. headed to 4:00, 64 at the coast and 80 inland and enjoy a comfortable evening with clouds coming back slower than yesterday low 60 to around 20. right now we will get more

on sig-alert from 880, amy hollyfield is in hayward near the scene. we are in it, we are on southbound 880. look at the traffic. it is stopped. we are moving inch by inch. we have been in this slow down for 30 minutes. from above, this is the view of the backup, hour is what the c.h.p. says what happened. this was a fatal accident and they have two lanes southbound 880 blocked and the on-ramp at industrial to southbound 880 is shut down. i asked where the accident happened? 880? or industrial? the officers said they are working both locations. hayward police and c.h.p. are working this investigation. i asked how that could lap and he said he cannot elaborate but

this is more information at the scene. we are working our way there but it is slow going. we are close. i can see the industrial parkway exit. we are getting there. we will bring you more information when we get it. developing news from sacramento, tests are underway to see if a hospital patient could have the first case in california of ebola quarantineed inside "negative isolation room," at kaiser permanente. blood samples have been sent to centers for disease control to see if they have ebola. some patients and visitors are worried. >> a concern. the hospital should have advised people they do have a situation like that so you can take precautions. >> it doesn't just involve one

person. >> they are taking steps to take care of visitors and employees and parents. >> workers in oakland have been the focus of four days of demonstration after they tried to prevent the unloading of a vessel partly owned by israeli shareholders. it left port and then reversed course and headed back to oakland. the union refused to unload the ship because of concerns the row tests. the union determined the situation does not pose a threat. >> attorney general holder is in ferguson, missouri, to meet with leaders and be briefed on the shooting delegate of michael brown. 47 were arrested last night during protests.

the community leaders were credited by the captain of coming out in a turning point. the grand jury will begin to hear evidence in the shooting death of unarmed black teen. cher i didn't and community leaders gather to stand in solidarity with the family and the people of ferguson keeping their hands raised at the most holy trinity church in san jose at 1:00 o'clock p.m. >> crews gain ground on a fire at yosemite national park with higher humidity and lower wind helped slow the flames at 16 miles per hour from the southern entrance. 612 acres have burned. two homes and six other structures have been destroyed. some of the thousand people evacuated have returned home and they are trying to determine what sparked the flame.

>> santa clara vector control is waiting for test results to see if mosquito fogging is required in mountain view and sunnyvale. crews sprayed an area bordered by highway 237, central expressway, highway 85 north if west nile is found additional fogging could be required. a search is underway to find an experienced santa cruz hiker not returned from a backpacking trip. the alert went out yesterday for protection-year-old who was to return sunday from the national park. the park rangers are loading the senator he finished the first year of a new career teaching third graders in fremont. he graduated from uc santa cruz recently. >> a city will increase their speed limit on the information superhighway. at&t. announce today they will bring

more power to cupertino promising speeds that is fast enough to download a high definition movie in 30 seconds and 100 times faster than the average commission. at&t said they hope to offer this power to cupertino by december and roll it out next year to other bay area cities. >> the giants will protest a controversial loss to the kicks at wrigley field last night. with chicago leading 2-0, heavy rain started to fall and the game was stopped. the grounds crew made a mistake leaving sections of dirt exposed on the infield. when the rain stopped the infield was soaked. though tried to dump sandbags but after four hours and 34 minutes of delay though called the game happening the cubs the victory.

the rule book says it is official if the whom team is ahead at 4 1/2 innings are completed. nothing in the rule book allowed for the game be resumed. there you go. >> this was an arrest in the hit-and-run accident that killed a child. >> uber has a new face on the payroll with direct access to the president. we have a new way to keep you in the know. the new abc7 news now. everything you need to know will stay on through the commercial break this is a shot of the accident we have been talking about in hair on 880 and this is amy driving in the backup.

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s with we look at southbound 880, hayward police are on the scene of a pedestrian fatality. we have two lane hut down at industry parkway. and we are alonging at excess of an hour from 238 to highway 84. as we pull away, you can see the traffic is moving in other parts and it is looking clear but it

is 8980 that is barely moving and it is a parking lot. the at a not to get around mission boulevard to the east, but it will be away until further notice. we do not necessity when it will re-open. the investigation will continue and we will bring you more details as they are available. >> we will talk about what will happen today. at the first pitch at 12:35, 66 degrees with sun and high u.v. index. in the shade it will feel ten degrees warmer than the 69 at 3:00. the showers is had hail and almost three quarters sized hail around palm springs and the high country or the high desert where they will stay. we could have a few storms developing over the sierra at lake tahoe and 78 and yosemite is 89 and notice is reaching 100 today and 97 in palm springs and

mid-to-upper 70's in san diego and los angeles. >> still ahead, a new twist in the case of a deadly san francisco hit-and-run accident that killed a little girl. >> more weather and more traffic and a new way to keep you updated including a live picture from sky 7 of the backup as the result the pedestrian fatality on 880, keeping weather and traffic up through the commercial break so you do not miss a thing. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

more now on breaking news the sig-alert on 880 in hayward, amy hollyfield has been in the car driving to the scene and the backup is bad. >> it is terrible. i thought we would be at the scene by now but we are not. we are close. you can see the police lights? we are at industrial park exit southbound 880. this is where the accident happened. we checked in at 6:30 and in 15 minutes we have not gone a mile and a half. it is slow going. avoid southbound 8 weight with -- southbound 880, with two lanes blocked. lanes blocked. you cannot enter at

on industrial and one at 880 and a joint investigation working with the police department in hayward and c.h.p. i have to get to the details for more details at the it is slow going but we almost there. unless you have to get this to cough the store i would avoid the area and find another route. we are going nowhere. fast. san francisco police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run accident of a little girl. officers claim this woman, the aunt, loyresha gage, put the two year old if harm's way on friday. she is one mi'yana gregory against the signature mall and

left the girl in the street and walked back to the sidewalk to get the nephew and a car hit mi'yana gregory. police are searching for the driver. >> trading is underway on wall street so well look at the numbers, the dow is down five points and fairly flat at 16914. uber is hoping a new white house connection lits it of positive -- connection lifts it's the competition who was with the obama administration. the company is campaign mode fighting against the taxi industry who say they lowering rices to knock out competition. back to the big traffic nightmare east bay. leyla gulen? >> we are back in hayward over 880. in the distance you can see at

the top of the screen the tail lights are pushing southbound and where you see the tail lights stopped that is the scene of the fatality. a pedestrian was on the over crossing but we not sure how they helped up on the freeway. this investigation should wrap up in an hour but you can see the traffic is squeezing by to get an the two lanes hut down at industrial parkway. the on-ramp is shut down southbound 880 and there are a couple of alternates. we are an hour and 15 minutes from 238 to highway 84 so we have the boulevard to the west and we have mission boulevard to the east. avoid this area and give yourself plenty of center time to get to work and school this morning. >> back-to-school, now, in los gatos 56 and clouds and up to 80 by 3:30 with sunshine and we have pittsburg unified school

district back-to-school today and pittsburg high school is 61 with clouds and up to 80 with sunshine by 3:30. all of our measurable prescription is above 1,900' and the east bay hills are 300 and to the diabolo rain, 2,500 with .03" in rain. eight miles visibility after half moon bay and six miles at santa rosa. san jose camera at 280 and 17, there are breaks already needing the sunglasses. home 60's inland east bay but the hills are 5 a and home 60's everywhere and warmer this morning at five degrees compared to yesterday and novato and bodega bay in the mid-to-upper 50's. on 101, notice it is dry with in

fog and a gray start north bay. we start dry today and enbrighter and -- tart and end brighter and warmer. we will have clouds and afternoon sunshine and we keep the temperatures chess to -- close to normal. in san francisco to emeryville, berkeley, oakland, that is not seen much sun, you will get sun today. in the south bay, mid-70's around milpitas. mostly upper 70 to low 80's at gilroy. mid-to-upper 70's on the peninsula and millbrae is 72 and mid-to-upper 70's along the coast and downtown and san francisco and sausalito and mid-70's through the north bay valley and 71 at berkeley and otherwise, mid-50's along the east bay shore and punch through the grade you have low-to-mid 80's inland east bay.

the biggest warming place is inland tomorrow can we hold steady on friday and more low pressure for a strong sea breeze on saturday. 80's and 90's in san francisco >> happening today, political leaders will celebrate receiving the final round of state funding for bart sting to san jose and the project will extend the fremont lane ten miles to san jose's neighborhood and the $39 million grant is the final part of the $649 million of funding providing by taxpayers and the providing by taxpayers and the congressman and san jose mayor the ceremony. >> you can see a good view of

the investigation that is going on right there in the middle box. >> they have arrived and we will have weather and traffic throughout the entire break and then seven things to know before you go. you go. back in hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me.

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the core more is on the scene. it is believed the pedestrian was on the overpass but it is not clear how exactly the pedestrian ended up on the interstate below. you can see the traffic mess. >> the traffic mess is significant. we are an hour and a half away from san leandro with two lanes shut down and the industry parkway opramp to southbound 880 and we are getting word this is a seven car pileup westbound 237 at 101 and this drive in hayward southbound 880 is packed. >> three, san francisco police believe a little girl's aunt left her in harm's way before a hit-and-run driver killed the child on friday night. he is under arrest niece died after being hit by a cash. >> tests will be performed to see if a patient at k prime minister has -- at k permanent

has the first case of ebola. >> they have not revealed if the patient has visited west africa. >> a san francisco grandmother is covering from smoke after an overnight fire. a man who lived at the house heard "boom," at 1:00 o'clock am and found the garage on fire and everyone else got out. >> later this morning, there be a vote open restoring public a vote open restoring public access at martin's beach domain for access. >> marine layer is compressed so less drizzle, more sunshine, warmer temperatures. we continue now online and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices and see you in 25 members with news and weather

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