this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 5:00 a.m. on thursday morning. we are almost there. just a day to go. thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco. this is the day that mike has been waiting for possible showers. >> could be bumpy. you can see the showers pulling away from us so plenty of lightning line the western slope and the sierra where we have thunder snow. from the east bay hills camera, the 12 hour day planner, it is chilly, 40 to 52. increasing clouds. 58 at the coast. 68 inland. by 4:00, we are tracking scattered showers through the east bay and south bay. that will continue through 7:00. this is just round one.

round two is tomorrow. >> leyla, we hope the morning commute is better. >> you want to know about bart we have 36 trains running on time. all the repairs have been made. what a terrible nightmare yesterday for folks headed home. at san jose 87 traffic is flowing nicely. at the macarthur maze, headed to berkeley and up to the toll plaza of the bay bridge you are clear. we have construction south of there. we have details coming up. >> now more on bart. commuters hope for smoother ride this morning after a day of massive frustration and delays. bart encountered problems ranging from broken rails to power failure. our reporter is at the station if san francisco with the repairs and the current situation. >> today should be better it should be back to normal. it would be hard to top yesterday which was quite a

nightmare. we talked to several bart riders. they were so frustrated at the situation. there were a number of issues. the big issue was a broken piece of track between 16th street and civic center plaza. those are in san francisco. people tried to catch rides on buses but there were long lines and a lot of confusion much the break cause the bart to single track through san francisco through the day. on top of that, there was a power outage in the east bay at 2:30 in the afternoon. between the bay and castro valley station and then the giants had a day game. mix it together and it was a nightmare. riders could be feeling a little nervous today to chime back -- back on bart but repairs have been made and should be normal. thanks, amy. that is today. get ready for a rough weekend

commute. the san mateo bridge will close for maintenance starting tonight name at 10:00 until monday morning at 5:00 a.m. this is a look at the bridge right now and crews will resurface and treating the deck structure. a similar closure happens over memorial day weekend. >> san jose police are asking for the public's help to identify asexual predator who has struck twice. this is surveillance video from the latest attack on tuesday. it was at a home in west san jose. a man followed a 13-year-old girl home from school. he pushed his way into her home. he tried to sexually assault her. the girl fought back. the man left. it was all captured on the home surveillance video system. he was gone when police arrived. investigator say the same man attacked a woman at a market on saratoga avenue last month. he follow add 28-year-old woman into the restroom and tried to sensually assault her. she fought back. matt keller will have a report

with more next half hour. >> police are depending on social media to fine the suspect before there is another attack. we have photos of the man on our facebook page. >> happening today, one of the men who brutally beat bryan stow is back in the news and back in court. he said he is sorry for the attack and that may affect his sentencing in another case. our reporter is in the newsroom. >> sanchez finally is saying he is story four years after the attack that left bryan stow severely brain damaged. in a handwritten letter to a federal judge he writes and i quote, "unfortunately mr. bryan stow got hurt and i send my deepest sympathy to him and his family. this was an accident. i pray the court to show mercy." he is scheduled to be sentenced for unrelated weapons charge today. he faces up to 10 years in prison for being a felon in

possession of firearms. he is serving eight for attacking brain zoe in the parking lot of dodger stadium in 2011. prosecutors have brought up the assault. sanchez wrote the letter asking for a lighter sentence. bryan stow is making progress. last in he threw out the first pitch at the minor league opening game. >> a miracle. i am a living miracle. i am making the most of it. >> it was a very emotional moment as he was able to get out of his wheelchair and walk on to the field. he has severe brain damage and will need lifelong care. >> the other attacker faces identical chances in two weeks wine festival organizers in the east bay are looking to crackdown on drinking and

driving following a crash over the weekend that killed a mother and her 14-month-old baby. police say the suspected drunk driver 35-year-old brian jones was drinking at the livermore wine festival before hitting and killing esperanza morales and her daughter, with his car. officials are working with festival organizers to ensure controls are in place to avoid a similar tragedy in the future. >> happening today the university of california will host a national summit addressing undocumented students. the conference will be discussing the needs and challenges that undocumented students face in higher education and beyond. it aims to develop policy and legal recommendations to address systematic barriers and help identify strategies for ongoing support for the constitutes. the conference runs today and tomorrow at the oakland marriott city center hotel. >> a study by the university of california finds the number of low wage workers in california is growing. 4.million workers earn less than

$13.63 an hour growing great 30 percent and 33 percent between 2000 and 2013. low wing workers are the younger age and less likely to have school diplomas and college degrees. >> hillary clinton was in san francisco yesterday and made an appearance in chinese town and sipped tea with mayor lee. she was in town for two fundraisers one headed by tom styer and another for the founder of espry clothing line. she will be back tomorrow for a fundraiser at the home of ebay president. >> pike, you are looking at live doppler hd.

>> yes. it is showing rain at north texas street, pennsylvania avenue, to airbase parkway and water main boulevard. we could have west weather. as he head into the afternoon it is pulling away from us and we are going to see showers and storms develop along the east bay and across the south bay in the afternoon hours and the coast in san francisco will stay free. 58 to 63, inland, 71 to 81 today and around the bay, 65 to 71. at sfo it is clear. no delays. we have an isolated chance of a none december storm tomorrow. saturday we will see increasing sunshine. it will be calmer and quiet. temperatures are the same as today and tomorrow. warmer for mother's day. hour by hour is ahead.

>> traffic is smooth at the golden gate bridge with nothing blocking our way. we have an accident but this is if los altos and a lane is blocked southbound 280 is blocked because of a car that flipped and rolled. we have big construction happening this weekend shutting down the san mateo bridge between friday night at 10:00 p.m. until monday morning at 5:00 a.m. for repaving project at the high-rise. you can use the dumbarton and bay bridge but it could cause a headache on 880 and 101. thanks for the continued reminder. >> it looks like bigger is better with smart phones. >> deflate-gate, the chance that tom brady has to address what he knew of the deflated balls. stay tuned.

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night at 10:00 until monday morning at 5 o'clock. right now though, you can see it is moving smoothly and remark is light. >> i have been listening to leyla. >> a legal loss for privacy activists over the automatic license plate scanners. the california appeals court has ruled unanimously that police agencies do not have to turn over information from license plate scams to advocacy groups. the aclu and electronic frontier foundation requested the data under california money records act. they argue that the information is not being used for specific investigations but is being stockpiled to potentially track anyone including political activists. the automatic scanners check license plates against a hot list of vehicles associated with crimes and the technologically is being used by the marin county sheriff and san rafael and novato police. >> the vatican has approved canonization of a formality

after announcing four months ago that he would be anywayed a saint after finding 21 missions in california and is a great evangelist and accused too of using native americans as slaves and forcing them to convert. the pope will canonize the pastor when he comes in the fall. >> ferry service between florida and cuba will resume for the first time in 50 years. the u.s. government planted listens to five companies to offer ferry service to the island. a vessel with baja ferries capacity of 2,000 passengers. passengers are allowed up to 200 pounds of luggage, for free. a trip to cuba on a ferry takes ten hours. >> new england patriots quarterback will make the first appearance since the nfl investigation into the delfate scandal. brady will speak at salem state university.

the san mateo native could face disciplinary action after an investigation found it was "more problemmable than not," the new england patriots deliberately delfated footballs. text memorials between a looker room attendant and an equipment assistant imply that brady asked for the balls. brady has not commonned but in an interview tom brady sr. defended his son saying and i quote, "the league had do cover themselves, the reality is they had in conclusive evidence." he adds it was t going. >> whole foods is branching out and will hope a new line of stores with less expensive groceries. >> here is america's money report. good morning everyone, topping america's money, a new direction for whole foods. >> the upscale grocer with hundreds of locations will open a lower cost change next year with the new stores hip and technical-or yenned to appeal to

millennial shoppers shoppers with more details expected in december. >> we will -- 21 percent of all phones sold in the united states are fab-lets. >> we have wonders if the showers will hit us hard or bring any snow to the sierra. we can stop wondering. >> the snow is going on. >> thunder snow. pretty impressive. i was checking live doppler hd and looking at thunder to the west of lake tahoe and we are going to get some impressive snow. but it is a wet snow which also is good because it will have a high moisture content so when it melts, it will help a little bit. here is a look at what is going on at home, walnut creek camera

looking south under a clear sky and temperatures are in the upper 40s through the san ramon valley to around 50 degrees as you head up to pleasant hill and concord and this is an area that could hear thunder and see lightning this afternoon and to a lesser citizen, tomorrow with thunder snow in the sierra, be careful if you are head that way tomorrow morning, it is easier for the snow to accumulate overnight on the streets and make the slushie and the lower passes the mild weather too, for mother's day. now, the temperatures are nearly 60 along the coast to mid-60s in san francisco and in the upper 60s and 70s around the bay shore and mid-70s mainly through the east bay. if you are going to the gale tone mostly it will be dry, 61 at:15 to 57 and it would be cool to see a thunderstorm in the distance. tonight we have clouds and milder democrats in the upper

40s to mid-50s. here is the low and year it started to make a little bit of a southern turn and now it is turning to the southeast and bringing the unstable air mass to us. the activity this morning is rotating away from us and by noon you can see east and south bay get active and with the counter-clockwise flow we are on the back side of this they will move northeast to southwest so during the evening commute look for inland east bay is south bay and the santa cruz mountains have the best chance of showers they fall apart overnight and wake up cloudy tomorrow and with the sunshine and a last push of energy we will include the north bay in the better chance of scattered showers tomorrow. here is my seven-day forecast the steady influence of the next 72 hours is the temperatures which will not change much. warmer for mother's day and cooler weather next week. the real action is today and a lesser extent tomorrow.

>> i set everyone's mind at ease because we have 4 is bart trains running on time. if you are waking up now and thinking, oh dear is it anything like yesterday? no indeed, it is not. premium trains are on time. mass transit has in delays. on the altamont pass 580 is seeing a few extra vehicles and all in all 33 minutes to get you between tracy to dublin at 27 miles per hour. the rest of the drive at vasco not too shabby at vasco then, slow-and-go and it picks up beyond livermore. if you move along livermore 24 miles per hour and new we are seeing more folks headed on to the road and 680 is clear and at top speed and the drive continuing through castro valley to 880 is not a remember and commuting through hair up to the san mateo bridge, you are still at top speeds. >> tonight a sonoma county man

is accused of taking money to those that came to him for help. he calls himself a doctor and offers treatment throughout the bay area. >> he got my money it was like i didn't exist. he has no soul. he has no morals, no nothing. all about money. >> we investigate the so-called doctor's background and the facilities he is running tonight at 11 o'clock. >> campbell artist brandon anderson did it again. >> he has created another masterpiece in the sand. this time at ocean beach. gist below the cliff house in san francisco. he suffered a work-related injury in 2009 and attended a wellness center where he was exposed to art as a means of therapy. since then he has created big designs like this on beaches from santa cruz to half moon bay. unfortunately, they never last but maybe the fleeting nature is part of the beauty.

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bridge shutting down friday through monday morning in time for the commute because of much needed repair on the high-rise. check out the showers moving away from us to the east but they will re-develop and move toward us this afternoon. i will have an hour-by-hour forecast coming up. >> four, san jose police are trying to identify a sexual predator before he strikes for a third time. this is surveillance video from the latest attack on tuesday at a home in west san jose. a man followed a 13-year-old girl home great school. he pushed his way into her home. he tried to sensually assault her. the girl fought back. he got away. >> wine festival organizers are looking to crackdown on drinking and driving after a deadly crash. 35-year-old brian jones was drinking at the livermore wine country festival before hitting and killing esperanza morales and her 14-month-old girl. one of men who attacked san

francisco giant fan bryan stow said high is sorry. sentencing is schedule on unrelated weapons charge. sanchez is asking a federal judge to spare him another lengthy prison sentence for a firearms charge. >> in a few hours the warriors are back on the court of the practice city to get ready for the game three in memphis. the grizzlies surprised the word on -- the warriors with a victory. game these is right here on abc7 on saturday at 5:00 p.m. >> a bomb for marine 5 front man. you can see he is covered with sugar as security goes after the attacker. police arrested the attacker for battery. he continued the appearance. >> was he at a payphone. try to call police?

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good friday evening. that is where we are going today much it sounds better. >> i am eric thomas. on this "little" friday. we will check traffic with leyla and weather with mike. is it unusual for the storm to back toward us? >> i am calling it thunder boomer thursday. you can see it mainly along the western slope and in the sierra

with thunder snow counter-clockwise flow on live doppler hd. it means as the low backs toward us we will have thunderstorms develop and it will move from inland east bay neighborhoods to the southwest through the south bay and that is why the it will hour day planner is very active between 4:00 and 7:00. temperatures this morning are in the low 40's to low 50s and by noon upper 50s to upper 60 and we will stay in the upper 50s at the coast and mid-70s around the bay and inland neighbor. an interesting afternoon. >> the most excitement around the evening commute but this morning, leyla, hopefully it is calm. >> it is starting to get active. we have 42 bart trains in service so we do not have problems on bart. we do have an accident in san francisco southbound highway 101 sounded like a serious accident blocking a couple of lanes and now another second crash has appeared the i will find out more details in a couple of minutes but, first a look at

the bay bridge toll plaza starting to load up. >> we have a pair of frightening crimes in the south bay, police say a brutal sexual predator has already struck twice and they need your help to catch him. matt keller is in san jose with more on the story. matt? >> yes, i spoke with san jose police this morning. they say this man is wanted for two attempted sexual assaults is still loose. this surveillance video from the latest attempt that happened on tuesday at a home in west san jose. a man followed a 13-year-old girl from school. he forced his way into her home he tried to sexually assault her. it was caught on the home surveillance video system. she fought him off. he fled before police arrived. schools are alerting parents. he is not concerned about being caught because the attacks took place in broad daylight. >> he has the confidence to do it once the confidence to do it

again. he will strike again. what we want to do is prevent the third attack. san jose police say april 2nd the same man followed a 28-year-old woman into a restroom at a market at saratoga and moore park avenues and tried to assault her. she got away. the attacks happened in west san jose. police do not know where he works or lives. look out for him. if you have information call the san jose police department. >> matt, thanks. police are depending on social media to fine the suspect before there is another attack. we have the photos of the man on facebook page. can you share the post to spread the word. >> fingers crossed for the bart commute. the system is fully up and running. in was a day of massive rones and frustration yesterday. crowded trains all day

yesterday. crews discovered a broken 10" section of rail during the morning commute in san francisco. even as repairs were going onings bart closed three stations because of a power outage in the east bay. things were politicked by late afternoon and the delays lingered. >> if time on bart. >> delays coming here. delays coming out. bar was real fun today. >> crews did repair work overnight. vacaville police are investigating a collision that killed a pedestrian. investigators say an elderly woman was hit by a car at 9:30 last night. she tried to cross alamo drive and then was hit by another vehicle. she died at the scene. she was not in a marked crosswalk. both drivers remained at the scene and cooperated. officers say it does not appear drugs or alcohol were factors.

>> san francisco is making progress to improve pedestrian safety and walk ability. walk san francisco's annual report card shows the difficult has installed more crosswalks than originally called for but is failing to reduce the number of pedestrians killed or severely injured. the goal was do have fewer than 82 but 96 people were killed or suffered serious injuries. the mayor hopes to cut pedestrian death and serious injury in half in six years. >> surveillance video shows the man police thing is burglarizing businesses in san francisco's west portal neighbor. the video shows the man breaking into the art of style boutique on west portal avenue april 21. you can see the pan throw a rock at the window and kick it in. if less than a minute he fill add bag and was back out the front door and business owners say it is frightening. >> you think it is a slopy neighborhood and that is what they like to think but there is

a lot of crime. unfortunately. >> i have the alarm. i don't have any money here. that is it. >> this is a closer look at the suspect. police believe he could be responsible for a series of similar crimes in the area. >> palo alto police are asking for the public's help after people in a car shot at five pedestrians with a paint ball gun. this is a picture of the palo alto police send of a tree hit by a paint ball in one of three incidents. monday night after 8:30 someone fire add dozen payment balls -- paint balls and the map was hit in the hip. a few minutes later two women were hit in split attacks. each suffered bruises. the victims say the car was gold-colored sedan with a mounted body that looked to be about again years old. >> a peaceful end to a protest at difficult college of san francisco, a group of students occupy the hall and administration building for eight hours yesterday and their demands includinged the

resignation of the special trustee and reversal of cuts to classes. police ordered the students to leave the building. >> there was a search for a gunman on the campus of san jose state university. the message said that there was a person with a gun at the school. police determined the report was unfounded. investigators are trying to figure out who sent the text. >> a marin county man under investigation for possible fraud in connection with false military credentials has closed down his jim. greg allen hired a crew to remove the exercise equipment from the "house of steel." on friday we revealed that he has been lying about his military service. he never was a marine. he did not earn the purple heart offer bronze star he wears. >> he is supposed to represent the best of our society to let us down like this i am sure

everyone around here is puzzled. >> the f.b.i. and veterans administration are investigating what he committed fraud using his i.d. as a war hero. >> a san jose man seeing getting arrested by police faces drug and assault charges. this video was taken by a bistander on the corner of white and story road showing juan lopez pinned to the ground and punched by several officers after attacking officers where a bottle. he fought officers when they tried to arrest him. in court the prosecutors added a charge of assaulting an officer when a deadly weapon. lopez was charged with drug possession and resisting arrest. his mother said her son suffers from mental problems. he is expected back if court next week. >> the threat of severe weather is expected to last through the weekend in the heartland. 50 tornadoes were reported the past 24 hours in texas, oklahoma kansas and nebraska. dozens of homes have been

destroyed, cars were flipped over. at least 16 people are injured. two of them are in critical condition. up to 8" of ray fell southwest of oklahoma city triggering flooding and flash flood emergency scheduled until 7:00 a.m. our time. >> storm moving into the bay area that mike has been tracking is bringing spring snow to the sierra. you can see the white dusting along highway 267 with more snow expected today. winter weather advisory is in affect above 6,000 neat starting this morning through tomorrow morning. you can track rain on live doppler hd any time. it is free on apple app or google play. to look at the other information we have live doppler hd information. i am not sure how to -- flip your head; just for a moment --

you can see the blue is the snow showers in the sierra. >> that is a way to do it. >> meteorologist mike nicco has a more fancy set of equipment. otherwise...you could cause yourself inner ear problems >> good morning, the winter weather advisory started 40 minutes ago. above 6,500', 4" of snow and up to 8" of food above tracking sprinkles from pittsburg to antioch. the best radar is along 12. this is so beautiful. look how calm the bay water it. it is mirroring the color of the sky. in the afternoon the style be

angry and the coast and san francisco are cloudy at 58 to 64 and angry sky in the south bay is our best chance of thunderstorms 65 to 71. you can see the showers and storms off to our east and another gorgeous picture and isolated storm tomorrow lesser chance than today and temperatures are the same today tomorrow, and more sunshine on saturday and mother's day will be one of the warmer days. leyla? >> we are talking about an accident in san francisco causing major backup. two accidents seven cars total southbound highway 101 injuries involved here. everyone has been taken off of the freeway and all lanes have re-opened. however we are still left with the backup coming off of the bay bridge up to the skyway around hospital curve at nine miles per hour because of the two crashes. if you are trying to leave the city avoid 101. you do not want to take the

surface streets. 280 is fine, and top speeds to highway 101. the drive into the city is not a problem. on the rebound next, why the warriors thing they have the edge in game 3 of the playoff matchup with the grizzlies. >> physical you put a president hours into -- a million hours into it, shut up. >> >> what got the governor so fired up at a meeting about water. >> from san francisco from the camera you can see the clouds as the sun is rising. we do have some potential thunder activity or showers right new in the lake tahoe area. we will see about the bay area

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>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >> governor brown is taking on critics of his $15 million delta tunnel plan with characteristic bluntness. the land is to design to stabilize water supplies for difficults and farms south of the delta. the bay tell that conservation plan calls for building two underground waters that sends water from under the sacramento river around the delta and has put a million hours into the

project. >> until you put a million hours into the project county shut up. you don't know what you are talking about. >> critics of the project say they not shut up. critics claim building the progress destroyed the most important estuary on the west coast. >> tesla motors for new batteries are picking up speed since the electric carmaker unveiled them they have received 38,000 buyers for the home version and it has gotten 2,500 orders for the more powerful battery for businesses. tesla c.e.o. said the company may need to expand the $5 billion battery factory build in nevada, the home battery starts at $3,000 and allows people with solar panels to store negative for use at night. >> this morning the warriors will return to practice as they get ready for game three in the finals. >> they were shocked by

grizzlies losing in a rare loss at the arena. memphis even the best of seven series and will be at home for game three and four. the warriors hope to rebound to regain home court advantage in the series and hold to tennessee with confidence. golden state has only lost back-to-back road games and are not scheduled. they are scheduled to fly tomorrow morning to memphis. >> game three is right here on saturday at 5:00 people followed by "after the game." you can join spores director in memphis with cal basketball coach. >> we want to see your warriors ride and will feature fan photos on air by posting your pictures to social media. we will find them and maybe share them. >> time for a look at the weather forecast with different sort of pictures to show you. >> thunder boomers are possible.

>> and i boomers out there, mostly across the sierra. that area of low pressure is going to back its way retrograde to us this afternoon and that is when we will get our chan. until then check out the silhouette of these clouds, of the showers and possible thunderstorms to the east and this is how it alongs as you look to the west. the clouds will develop showers and storms today and tomorrow and thunder snow will be in the sierra not only today but through tomorrow morning and now, the temperatures, headed to the south upper 60 to low 70s and los gatos at 73 and upper 60 to forely 70 for most of the

peninsula, and milbrae at 63. we will flirt with 60 along the coast to mid-60s in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and low-to-mid 70s through the north bay valley and upper 60s to nearly 70s throughout the inland -- or east bay shore and then inland, low-to-mid 70s until brentwood at 77. upper 40s to mid-50s milder tonight. notice we will have a quieter patton overnight. the area of low pressure is backing to the southwest and the unstable air mass is going to yield showers and storms. do not we are about what is happening this morning. it is moving east and does not affect us. by noon though, you can see the clouds increasing and weapon the winds are blowing from the southeast to southwest it will be lifted by the hills and mountains in the east bay and the warmness of the air adds buoyancy to it so we will have the showers and storms moving

into the south bay through the evening commute and they fall apart overnight and most of the activity stays in the central valley now it repeats tomorrow and we will throw the north bay if play and we could have a chance of showers. steady temperatures today tomorrow, and saturday and warmer on sunday, and a dry cold front will bring us slightly cooler weather next week. have fund. >> the metering lights have been turned on at the bay bridge so we have traffic as you are trying to come in from the east bay to san francisco and a look from emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge. if you think you are seeing a few extra tail lights pushing to treasure island it is not your imagination because we have a serious crash that cleared in san francisco. when you get on to the skyway off of the bridge, you are going to find backups. this is two separate accidents involving seven vehicles with injuries involved and serious injuries, as a matter of fact

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>> good morning to you. happening today, home depot and recruit military are teaming up for a free career fair for military veterans. we have openings locally and around the country in various feels including i.t. and customer service. representatives will discuss opportunities available to job seekers with military backgrounds. the fair is held at the coliseum from 11 o'clock a.m. to 3:00 p.m. >> this morning, shaquille is trending on twitter because of what happened last night during the half time show. >> it is --. >> couch. >> oh, no. >> he was tangled up in the wiring as they raced to the big board. shaquille lost a shoe, tore down the tv monitor and had to dealt with charles barkley's comments. he wasn't hurt.

maybe his pride. early in the season a race ended with shaquille crashing into a christmas tree. is this related to the earthquakes we have experienced in concord yesterday? >> given his height, 3.6 earthquake soups right. >> the best acting since "shazaam." >> ouch! >> here is a look at the baseball forecast, mar lips -- marlins are taking on the giants. right here from dixon so reno on 80 is where our activity is today with activity along the big sur coast and down into southern california at 63 at san diego and 66 at los angeles and the four day forecast for lake tahoe area, snow and thunder today and liter showers tomorrow and mid-60s and sunshine this

weekend. >> we are taking a look at san mateo bridge with clear conditions and a nice drive coming in from hayward to foster city and east lane, you cannot use the bridge on friday night through monday at 5:00, it will be completely closed so the dumbarton is the best alternate from hayward. i will update you on the terrible accident in the next report. >> thank you. hopefully no one is driving like this. a dangerous stunt caught on camera. the person behind the wheel? a 78-year-old woman. cell phone video captured the car bush rush hour changing lanes and turning with the woman's kim jong-un --

walking home from the doctor's apparent. he could not fit in the car when his mother drove by and so he was on the roof. >> a car was stuck in the sinkhole after water from the gushing fire hydrant caused the car to become stuck in the ground. it took crews to hours to get the water turned off. fortunately, no one was hurt. >> a close call for three fishermen in argentina after small plane looked like it was going do crash into them. >> according to the men were in a fishing tournament. the plane descend out of nowhere and missed by mere inches. it is not clear if the pilot lost control or whether this was part of an air show. >> did the men catch good fish? >> fish? they went home after that.

>> a big boost for oakland schools with help coming their way to put schools on track. >> hacking your car while you are behind the wheel. a high-tech trend that could put your family in danger. >> stay tuned.

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is shaping up. >> and a creative twist to get out a tooth that will not come out. you may not want to try this at home. >> thanks for joining us. it is thursday at 6:00. >> a you may want to get the kids doing something else when you watch that. >> i am eric thomas and leyla gulen is following traffic. meteorologist mike nicco has the weather. we will see rain and. >> thunder bammer thursday. we see them on live doppler hd up to south lake tahoe. look to bodega bay a few radar returns. but they are mostly out at sea. here is a look at our clouds from mount tamalpais. the 12 hour day planner is chilly at 40 to 52 and 58 to 68 at noon and our best chance of thunderstorms is headed through th