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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on wednesday, january 7. thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. leyla gulen is back. >> the flu is bad. stay healthy. >> with the weather we have another "spare the air" day. >> poor air quality again. the fog is in the north pay. live doppler hd shows it is quiet. walnut creek southbound into the san ramon valley is not so hazy at 33 to 50 at 7:00 and the next 12 hours stuck in the 60's the better part of the day with sunshine and mid-50's during the

evening. that is comfortable. what is going on? this is starting off as the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic there stacking up in the far left hand lane and some of it is thinned out. here is a look at the golden gate bridge with travel interest san francisco is smooth with a big closure over the weekend. thank you, leyla gulen, it is now 5:02. from pacifica, police and firefighters on the scene of a fatal accident and our reporter as the impact live and you have the traffic situation. matt? yes, kristen the accident happened before 4:00 this morning and you can see the investigation is taking place right new with police on the scene and the car is on the side of skyline boulevard. car was still smoldering. an officer came across the car on fire while at the same time a person called in the crash to police dispatch. no word on the victim and an

officer said he believes this is only one person inside the vehicle. this is on the border of pacific and daly city. skyline boulevard is closed in both directions from manor to king drive. in word on how long they expect the roads to remain closed during the investigation. 5:03. breaking news from the east bay, police are looking for the gunman who shot and wounded a man in the parking lot of the san lenadro bart station. police may have a lead on surveillance video. amy hollyfield is at san lenadro bart. amy? they are looking at surveillance video to see if it captured any images of the people. things are back to norm l a -- normal at bart. people are packing last night one person was shot in the chest several times.

a group of men got off the train and walking to the parking lot and there was an altercation. police are checking surveillace cameras and they are relying on people who were here last night. we have information from witnesses we are gathering. we are collecting the information now. our detectives are on the scene. they will put the next together. >> police closed off part of the parking lot. some passenger could not get to their cars. it is open now. everything is back to normal. police have not made any arrests. they have not said what the motive is. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. only on abc7 news officials say the man rescued from the ocean side cliff in pacifica became stuck at high tide on the

beach. these are the perks of -- pictures of the rescue by firefighters and police. we brought you the news exclusively at look. he was pulled up in a rescue basket. a neighbor called sunday -- 9-1-1 laugh night. she was walking and heard a man screaming for help. she called 9-1-1 because she could not see anything. police do not know how badly the man was injured. a judge decided a physician will not stand trial after shooting a man who followed him home after a road rage incident. the judge discharged the case against the 72-year-old dr. simon and the lawyer told the reporter that the case came down to self-defense. in july simon was headed to his home with his wife in his broad smart car and he cut off 70

-year-old man, a retired mortgage broker diving a red mercedes who followed simon home and the cars were captured on school surveillace camera and the man noticed his the garage. simon's lawyer said his client fireed a warning shot him twice in the stomach. the d.a. says he could refile the case but he could take a day or two. >> a third party panel will investigate deadly police shootings. right now it is the county district attorney who probe fatal shottings by law enforcement. a democratic from sacramento believes that is not ideal because the d.a. and police work closely together on other cases. county prosecution claim though treat police shootings as any other potential crime and skeptics believe that may not be

the case. >> a recent deadly shooting by police highlighted the dangers of replica weapons. a man committed suicide by cops when he pointed a pistol at officers on sunday and the officers shot him to death. children in oakland can change their replica republicans for toys at 5:00 p.m. in an exchange. a san francisco supervisor will hold a rare wednesday meeting to look at a labor dispute involving restaurant workers at sfo after the strike by 1,000 food service workers across sfo's four terminals. the strike forced dozens of restaurants to close while a major storm stranded thousands of passengers who needed food. the union leaders want better health care coverage and job security for the restaurant workers. san jose mayor sam electric lick -- sam liccardo layed out

his version for the city in the ceremony swearing in. >> last night, they started with a performance by a transtroupe and four council members were sworn in and then liccardo telling the audience the biggest challenge is rebuilding the police department. >> we need to do things that will improve compensation, create incentives for officers it stay on board and come to san jose the. >> liccardo said san jose needs to using neat to end homelessness. another warm day but we talk to mike about yesterday. did we society reports? >> mostly in monterey and that area and that is the area that will enclosest to setting a record today with 80's around big sur with another warm day. we are watching tule fog in the central fog that has not

materialized so the east bay is not even as hazy as it was this time yesterday. most of our fog is where you expect it on live doppler hd and right around santa rosa. check out the temperatures on mt. diablo above the 30's in the valley and friction in antioch and pittsburg is 43 and lafayette is 41. we have 41 in newark and 45 in redwood city and alameda is 49. 47 in novato. we go from 37 in fairfield and up to 61 in bodega bay with the we -- microclim 64 to seven an the bay and up to 71 at the coast and 62 to 67 inland. temperatures with the shift will cool tomorrow and friday and continue through the weekend. i will show you that seven-day forecast ahead. >> here is a look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza

where traffic is sparse and we have oned headed to the toll plaza but the rest of the drive is clear across the water to the north pay. we will look at what is happening here, a new crash we just reported by c.h.p. and it is along 680 northbound at mission boulevard south blocking one lane and it could cause delays as you head into fremont but as you continue in the northbound direction you can see the drive into pleasanton is future is pleasant at 34 miles per hour away from highway 84 so slowing there and not sure why. we will find out. highway 4, antioch to hercules 31 minutes and slight and at i-80 from ford to the maze it is 17 minutes and highway 87 in 85 to the san jose airport is under continue machines. it could be another rocky day on wall street with money report ahead. >> how cold can it get? we have the misery caused by an

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washington state claimed a home after a flooding river swept away this house just northeast of seattle. a video captured this on monday while the homeowner was out of town. we watched helplessly as the swellen river finally swept the house away. it claimed another neighbor's outbuilding and residents expect the county inspector to visit the area to assess the erosion. no one was hurt. bitter record lows with dangerous wind chills are gripping millions of americans this morning. the bitter arctic air is dipping all the way into the deep south but the midwest and plains are bearing the brunt with wind chills as low as 50 below now to washington, dc with the latest. that arctic blast coming south from canada continues to chill most of america. >> record snow fall and more than half of the country is

shivering in a deep freeze. >> i wake up it the worst is driving. >> havoc caused dangerous pileups in the midwest and east coast. so many accidents an interstate shut down in central indiana leading to eight-mile backup. in minnesota, medians and highway surelies were littered with stalls and spin outs. forecasters say washington, dc would get 1" but there was a white out at the white house with 4" by midday and school buses were sliding off the streets if they showed up. parents were outraged. >> bus never showed up because we are at the top of the hill. >> dozens of cool districts are closed in anticipation of colder temperatures. >> we navy new planning time for parents to make adjustments.

>> in chicago they used fire to warm the train tracks. people piled on the layers factoring in wind chills across the country the real feel of temperatures could be 15- to 30-degrees lower than the thermometer reading. >> the deep freeze is expected to last through thursday despite periods of operate sunshine from coast to coast. school is expected to resume this morning at four schools closed by a water main break. cell phone video show water being gushed into the air on monday night affecting a middle school and the learning center and more. a high school in bell monday was affected. water service has been restored. >> no sell off on wall street as the oil prices slide.

>> here is america's money report. good morning, topping america's money the worst storms of the year for stocks in seven years down 500 points in the past few days a 4 percent drop from the high at the end of last year. >> a former business partner of dr. dre says the sell of headphones to apple cost millions claiming he told "beats," would not be sold for years. >> and venezuela has a problem with a short supply of french fries and they want to use yucca as a replacement. >> and a judge ordered a man to pay $1 billion and they says that is not enough. >> that is a lot of america's money. a billion sounds like enough to me but i am not involved

their divorce. >> into thing...we were talking about the french fries yucca is good and sweet potatoes would be delicious. >> >> it would. >> that is a trend. absolutely. >> i don't know why the conversation always towns to breakfast food. >> especially you eating like a bird. >> yes, like an ostrich. >> the poor people know a they are getting into in minneapolis that is why they live there it is nine below zero. two below zero in rapid city. 11 in cleveland and not cold in new york anded with at 21 and 27. do you want to say something? [ inaudible ] >> wow. wow. wow. st. louis, cardinal fans.

24 below zero in friend bay. 10 degrees below zero in detroit. 23 in dallas and 24 in atlanta. cooler-than-average but nothing they have not been through before. the winds on live doppler hd show it is light in the lower elevations and gusting up to 30 on mount tamalpais so we do not have the haze as we did yesterday. our air is cleaner this morning. the possibility of poor air quality exists and our six "spare the air" alert and a cooling trend through the weekend and a chance of rain but we have to wait until next week. gilroy has possible record high at 72 today and we will crack 70 in morgan hill and los gatos and santa cruz and everyone else in the upper 60's and mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula with san mateo at 67 and half moon bay 71 degrees today in the mid-60

everywhere around san francisco at the coast or bay and money 60's along the forth bay and the coast and mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shore and low-to-mid 60's throughout the inland east bay and pleasanton is the warm spot at 67. tonight we are in the upper 30's to low 40's and a few mid-to-upper 40's to the coast. our high pressure is dominant so status quo as far as our forecast and it is going to keep the storm tram well to the north. tomorrow, we are look at san jose and 101 and 8980 and friday a last day and saturday and sunday we can breeze easier. the seven-day forecast shows by the weekend we will be five other ten degrees cooler in most neighborhoods. leyla gulen? i almost called you "sue." >> leyla gulen is back.

>> no worries i have accidentally called you other eric, for example. >> we saw how busy berkeley is loading up along i-80 toward the maze. the headlights are heading along to the bay bridge and you will find traffic in the far left-hand lane has thinned out and it is not a long delay into san francisco. we will take you into fremont where we are nursing this accident northbound 680 up to mission boulevard south not blocking any lanes and on the shoulder so we are seeing mostly green conditions along the nimitz 880 clear in and out of milpitas. >> thank you, laying -- leyla gulen. >> seven things to know as you start your day. >> this know

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down completely until monday at 4:00 p.m. for median installation. >> mount tamalpais shows how windy it is and that is why we are not as hazy this morning, our 6th consecutive "spare the air" day and record highs are possible but the days are numbered in the seven-day forecast. >> breaking news in san lenadro bart police want to find out about the shooting of a man in a parking lot of a station after 10:00 last night. the victim suffered serious injuries. detectives believe one person attacked him and they have not said what triggered the shooting. >> 12 people are dead after a shooting at the office of a french satirical magazine including ten journalists dead and two police officers. the french president is calling this a "terror attack," and the gunmen got away in two vehicles. >> vallejo firefighter discovered a pot grow fighting

flames at an auto repair shop. crews say no one was inside the building when they got there. the cause is under investigation. seven, this morning officials say it appear as man rescued from an ocean-side cliff in pacifica bill stuck at high tide post likely. firefighters and police pulled him up in a rescue basket at 11 o'clock p.m. after a neighbor called 9-1-1 after hearing a man screaming for "help." bad news for big foot lovers a photo taken in arizona does not show the beast. >> the department of transportation posted this photo on the facebook page saying "we may have spotted a family," and it has again viral and they decided to clear the air and saying it was a prank. these are six bushes. people did not care and they praised they will for having a

sense of humor. this have been several big foot sightings over the years but nothing concrete. >> pandas. what do they love? bamboo and playing in the snow. bao-bao the giant panda took advantage of the snow in washington, dc at the zoo the first time the cub experienced the winter weather. she had the time of her life playing and eating together. what could be better? >> we have another full 90 minutes of news including a cosmetic surgery patient on the run leaving surgeon stuck with the bill. doctors and authorities are looking to track him down. downtown san francisco is on a clear and crisp morning and we will find out what is going on with the weather and traffic with leyla gulen.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on wednesday. 5:30 january 7. leyla gulen is here with us and we are happy to have her back and meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the weather forecast. >> "spare the air" for the 6th consecutive day. 12 so far. three-quarters of a mile visibility in santa rosa with the thickest fog. 30's and 40's and 50's through 7:00. in the 60's with sun through the day and 50's in the evening. clean and cooler air in the seven-day forecast coming up. >> leyla gulen is back with the traffic.

>> indeed, it is looking busy. we are late in the accident department on most freeways starting with walnut creek the drive language 680 side cooler from pleasant hill to highway 24. the san mateo bridge >> now the news with the search if a but man who shot another person at the san lenadro bart station last night. the investi amy?

yes. amy? >> passengers are feeling uneasy. this happened in the parking lot at 10:30 last night. police believe a group of people got off the train and were walking to the parking lot and they got into an altercation and shots rack out. one man was shot several times. there have been no arrests. >> the information is there were multiple shots. i don't know if the victim was running from the suspects at the time of the shooting. >> more than one suspect? >> we have information leads us to believe there is more than one suspect. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition but we are told this morning they did stabilize him and he is in critical but stable condition. police had to block off art of the parking lot during the investigation last night so there was a time when people

could not get to their cars and this morning everything is become to normal. detectives are looking a surveillance video to see if they can get a look at who did this but they say they don't know the motive and they have not made any arrests. we continue to follow breaking news from paris french police say a dozen people are dead after a shooting at the office of a french satire magazine. the president of france is on the scene right now and calling the shooting "a terror attack" and says over attacks have been thwarted happening at the headquarters of a satire publication. five are in critical condition. a witness said he saw multiple masked men armed with automatic weapons. the attackers got away in two vehicles. the magazine has been a target before for lampooning the prophet mohammed.

dramatic pictures of a cliff respond side rescue by firefighters and police. we brought you the spot last night. officials say the man did not fall down the cliff but became stuck at high tide and they pulled him up in a rescue basket. the woman who called 9-1-1 told abc she was out on a wake in the neighborhood last night at 9:00 she stopped to watch the waves. that is when she heard a man screaming for help. she get out her flashlight but could not see anything but called 9-1-1. he was treated by mel personal but they do not know the extent of the injuries. police are searching for a criminal would wanted something for nothing but "somthing but "something," is plastic surgery. a plastic surgeon said he underwent thousands in cosmetic procedures and skipped out on the bill. this is surveillance video of the patient before he got botox injections, filler and laser resurfacing. the seven plastic surgeon says

the man is about 40, 6' tall dark hair and knew what he wanted gone and said he with pay with cash. the cost totaled more than $5,000 with when the procedures were done he appeared distracted on the cell phone. >> rather than checking out and providing payment he retended to be talking on the upon and walked out the door and said "i'll be right back." >> it may not have been the first time he has done this with an e-mail warning of a man in april who had the same procedures done by another doctor and ran. the doctor says the man may have as well asking and bruising on his face for a few days. >> investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire at a former auto repair shot in vallejo. >> crews used a power saw to cut through the roll up door at the former shop on broadway and found a marijuana grow house in

the garage with dozens of plans inside. officials say no one was need the building when they arrived. >> it was and we went defensive with the first alarm unit and when we opened it up and knocked it down we went to offensive operation. >> it took firefighters 30 minutes to put out the flames. san mateo police are wanting residents after a mountain lion sighting last night at west hillsdale boulevard. a resident reported seeing a mountain lion jump over a fence into the creek bed behind their prosecute. police were unable to locate the big cat. officials from the department of fish and game have been notified. a man arrested with child pornography is charged with impersonating a liver on

facebook. the man wanted revenge for early arrests and created a fake facebook page in the name of the officer and distributed inappropriate perks under that officer's name. police are trying to track down a man wearing a burlap sack on his head and assaulted a jogger on monday night. he ran up behind her, grabbed the woman and tried to disrobe the woman and then he ran off. if you rely on east bay mud for your water the bill will not increase because of the downpour the tribune report as plan is on hold for pumping water from the sacramento river and charging users an extra 14 percent. the hike was scheduled for later this morning and most of the water from east bay hud -- mud is from the river but because of the drought they have looked elsewhere possibly resorting to emergency water supplies on

tuesday. >> people in california have helped get the state through the drought conserving water but are short of the 20 percent goal the governor brown set last year. water use dropped by 9 percent in november of last year compared to november of 2013. the bay area is doing a better job of saving water than southern california. we have cut our water use by 18 percent. that compares to 3 percent in los angeles and three other southern california counties. it would be nice to get additional rain. mike? no rain ahead the 17th is a week from friday, that is the next best chance how far we have to look. my son got a bucket for christmas and he puts it in the shower while he waits for the water to warm up. it was a joke. but he uses it. it was a joke but he can get the water as it warms up and we put

it in the washing room or water things in the summer. 34 in santa rosa and 34 in president launch. 53 in mill valley and 60 in calistoga. not a great christmas gift but we are going to buy it anyway. 40 in lafayette and 39 in san ramon and 39 in cupertino and 38 in san jose. the air is clean. if you are jobbing and it looks like you can breeze easier it is a "spare the air" day but the haze will re-develop. low-to-upper 60's and mid-60 to spend around the bay and a cooling trend headed into the weekend hoping for children are air. starting with the bay bridge toll plaza it is starting to look busy and the metering lights have not been turned on yet and i will let you know when they. we have 42 bart trains running on time so if you want to take

mass transit you are in good shape. ace train is on time as is ace train three. the drive time traffic, 580, if you are headed from tracy to dublin it is 37 minutes and 20 minutes on highway 4 from antioch to concord and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco 17 minutes and big closure on the golden gate bridge this weekend with more on that in a few minutes. next, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but a bay area teen is not buy that and crying foul over a new oakland a's t-shirt. >> climbing to history. the latest on a grueling climb of the most challenging face of yosemite's famed el capitan. a look at san francisco international airport where the flights are just getting started and we will find out if there

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>> divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle found the tail of the missing airasia 8501. they spotted it yesterday in the java sea during a search and got photographs of it. investigators are interested because the tail is where the cockpit voice and flight data recorders are weapon. this is the first confirmed sighting confirmed wreckage that disappeared with 162 passengers

and crew on board. so far 40 bodies have been recovered. >> they call themselves cliff hangars. two climbers include one from the bay area are scale the most unforgiving walls of rock, yosemite's el capitan. the two men are 11 days into the record-breaking attempt to free climb 'em can't the largest single piece of feet above yosemite valley. law is a crazy windstorm happening today from the arctic. it has been a long journey. it will be exiting if they can finish it and we can see this through. we are clearing for them. the machine rely on ropes to keep them from falling. their arms and legs do all the work. it is a legal sporty up

there. >> a teen entrepreneur believes the oakland a's have ripped him off using the same slogan he has used. you be the judge. on the last a shirt sold bit a's using "stoak," and on the right shirt created by ryan both featuring the spelling of the word "stoak," a way to highlight oakland but he said he had the idea first selling the coloring for two years. the 16-year-old is studying in argentina and he spoke to us by skype. >> they took my brand because it is about promoting and uplifting oakland and they injured it using merely for baseball. >> here is the problem: he did not copyright the word and that will make it hard to collect from the a's. speaking of the team they have not responded to the request. now other bay area baseball

teams. >> there is another. the giants and the world series trophy, the tour kicks off against sacramento. the giants c.e.o. brought home the latest trophy after taking game seven in kansas city in october. all three giants trophies 2010, 2012 and 2014 arrest in west sacramento from 4:00 to 6:00 this evening the home of the aa anacostia rivercats which used to be an oakland amendment's afill rat and now is a giants' affiliate. we have more information at abc7news.com. >>ening in the presence of the greatness will rub off on you. we hope. >> maybe. i feel great already. >> wondered where you were going with that. can we great grab the

>> i have held stanley cup in my hands and i am still me. >> that is why you are so great. we hope the sharks past the kings this year. the kings kill them. now the weather, we have light wind in most valleys but mount tamalpais is 2,600' up we are bouncing around with 30-miles-per-hour gusts so it is not so hazy this morning. the air quality management district issues the "spare the air" said today is the 6th in a row but the air is cleaner than this time yesterday. the warmth will peak today and through the weekend we will have cleaner weather and a chance of rain on friday next week. the further south you are the more we will have with a lot at

gilroy. 71 in los gatos. a cooling trend in santa cruz. only 72 today. 78 year. tying the record high. we are in the upper 60's for the rest of the santa clara veal and 69 in san jose. the peninsula shows millbrae coolest at 65 and half moon bay is 71 degrees today. mid-60 the bay and coast side around san francisco to daly city and 68 is the warm spot to the north until cloverdale at 69 along the east bay shore we go great 64 at hercules and oakland and fremont at 68 for a warm spot and is well would am. tonight is another night of limited frost with a lot of mid-30's to low 40's inland and low-to-mid 50's around the south bay up to fremont and palo alto and north of the san mateo

bridge you can see upper 40's to nearly 50 in san francisco and half moon bay. does this look familiar? it has been this way with satellite and radar the last several days. that is why with status quo we have hazy sunshine and "spare the air" and storms staying well to the north. this is a look at walnut creek not so hazy as yesterday but this is one of the areas starting tomorrow that could be in the poor air quality again and friday, another day and saturday and sunday, finally, cleaner air. look at the temperatures by saturday or sunday we could be 10- or 15-degrees cooler with upper 50's to low 60's and a lot of sunshine early next week before the next storm rolls in by friday. >> another storm. starting with the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights were turned on and we have a ten-minute drive from the maze to san francisco. we do have a new possible crash or stall and we are trying to

figure out which direction it is in along highway 101. if you are traveling in area you could find it so be careful. to the south big closing this weekend and the golden gate bridge is shut down starting at midnight on saturday through monday at 4:00 a.m. when it will re-open after median installation goes up. we have various lane changes that happen and they are now putting in the median which is making things safer if you are traveling between the north bay and san francisco. the entire bridge is shut down but ferry will extend service if you are traveling over the weekend. coming up, bill cosby looks to put his career back on track and what she doing to put sexual allegations on the back bumper. >> an incurable disorder that ravages the victims' bodies with

a deal involving two biotech giants that could change the lives of people with parkinson's disease. >> tackling diversity in silicon valley with a major effort a technical giant is launching. >> we launch abc7 news now with weather and traffic through the entire commercial break.

>> welcome back, some silicon valley 2:00 giants talk about the need for a more diverse workforce intel is putting its money where its mouth is speaking at the consumer

electronics show in las vegas, the chief says that the chip maker is committing $300 million for workplace diversity programs. it would be used in a give year program to bring more women and minorities into the company and encourage more minorities to enter the high-tech field. they are now the first silicon valley giants to set goals for increasing diversity. >> never say rather than a coffee i want to make some soda, do you say that? >> no, never. i may say that in the future. >> you might. it is true that someone is getting into the home brew business and the "wall street journal" reports keurig is developing a new cold beverage maker you can get a cup of soda announced today after coke bought a 16 percent in keurig with the soda the market for $200.

who is old enough there used to be an ad for dr. pepper where they recommended you drink it hot, saying heat it up where slices of lemon. it is true. >> joey is nodding his head. >> how about the forecast? we will talk about in ambassador judge we from 58 to 61 and our extremes are 18 to 9 and rainfall is 3" which is the second wettest month. temperatures today are 8-11 degrees above average and we will be warmer-than-average through the state 5972 in monterey and mid-to-upper 60 throughout the central valley and mid-to-upper 70's to the south and not a record high. but going to be warm in the sierra where the snow pack continues to fall apart and there is in chance we will enhance the snow pack with the seven-day forecast forecast dry

with. toes above average and they will make snow at night hopefully over the weekend. maybe you could have the 409 dr. pepper and watch the snow fall. that was during the 60 right lemon slices? >> here is a look at san jose 101 at 880 traffic is heavier coming away from highway 880 but no accidents. that is the good news. we have this fender bender westbound along 580 at greenville road headed over the altamont pass you will find it and we are slow through the pass at 30 miles per hour for speed. it is 5:56 a gene testing company "23 and me," is trying to identify new treatments for parkinson's disease. under the deem the company will sequence the whole genome of 3,000 people with parkinson's disease in their database and

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a man pulled to safety on the side of a cliff in a story you will see only on 7 and what led rescuers to his side. >> protecting police and the community. a bill that looks to provide transparency on when and why officers pull the trigger. a new post for san francisco's former top cop. a new role as hand picked by the president. good morning on wednesday. 6:00. leyla gulen is back. i am kristen sze. leyla gulen is back and mike is here with the forecast. what is going on? >> good news and it is north and dry and the air is cleaner this morning. >> the exploritorium is choppy on water at 20 miles per hour wind speed and 33 to 50 at 7:00 and in the low-to-mid 60's the better part of today and mild this evening at