99th avenue and dante avenue. another was driven to the hospital with a gunshot wound. the suspect is responsible for the double shooting is barricaded in a home and refusing to surrender. we will update the situation when we get more information. >> after a big weekend closing the eastbound lanes of the san mateo bridge are re-opened. the westbound direction should be open soon. looking at the span from our san mateo bridge camera the headlights headed toward you are the eastbound traffic. westbound, hopefully we will re-opened next half hour. caltrain said both directings would be open at 5:00 a.m. a power problem led to signs near the toll plaza failing and keeping them from doing their job. the entire bridge was closed 10:00 p.m. on friday so caltrain could install new expansion joints. the construction work is expected to extend the life of the aging span for another 50

years. the bridge was closed during a weekend early this month with no further closings planned. >> san jose firefighters say brushfire that forced part of the closing of a major road began in a homeless encampment. we were in san jose when the fire broke out at a lot on east capitol expressway. winds up to 30 miles per hour with the flames. >> we saw the trees on fire. we walked a little bit more and it jumped to the palm streets. they were incinerated. fast. it was so dry. from there, you could see how far it spread out. >> the capitol expressway was closed for five hours. no injuries were reported. memorial day business at the eastridge mile was affected. downtown oakland police arrested four protesters and cited 19 others on the second straight night of demonstrations. the protesters are defying a crackdown for mayor schaaf on

the nighttime street protests requiring demonstrators to stay on the sidewalks. police had to use force twice last night. they estimated the crowd to be between 100 and 150. >> police arrested five people inside last blocked by police who ordered them to dispersion. some of the road sat in the road in defiance. the demonstrators say the mayor has no rights to keep them east street. this enforcement is being called "unlawful." >> largest memorial day events taking place in morning in san francisco, 2,500 are expected to gather at the former army post to pay their respects to service men and women with thousands of brave sites at the cemetery decorated with flags. organizers commemorate two important events including the 50th anniversary of the

american troops in vietnam and the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. the ceremony is underway at 10:30. >> in san jose the mayor liccardo will speak at the memorial day ceremony. veterans will observe memorial day at oak hill memorial park at 10:45. thousands of flags will be placed at headstones of veterans buried there. >> commemorations large and small are planned in many other bay area communities. in santa clara a ceremony is held this morning at great america. st. anthony's in san francisco will be feeding veterans for free in their dinning room at 10:00 a.m. and a ceremony is planned at mountain view cemetery in oakland. >> the tomb the unnone at arlington national cemetery in virginia, president obama will hold the wreath laying ceremony at 8:00 our time. before that, president obama will attend a breakfast with

military veterans and gold star moms and wives. >> church goers want a statue of jesus back after being stolen outside the catholic church despite being connected to a huge cross. they first noticed the statue was mission on wednesday morning. >> someone said, what happened to the figure on the cross? >> this is the picture of the nearly life-sized sculpture taken a few weeks ago on easter. the church members figure it was stolen tuesday night. one person sent out messages to area scrap metal businesses to keep an eye out. >> i cannot comprehend walking in with that over their shoulder saying, i want to sell this. >> it has been a shock for members. the pastor has an interesting perspective. >> we pray for him or her and maybe they needed it more than

we d. >> there is a reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest but a chance this theft could be forgiven. >> what if someone said, sorry? that would be awesome. >> just in case it is not found soon there is an effort to replace the statue a custom piece installed nine years ago. the church will track down the vendor to see if they still have the mold. >> two people are recovering after they were hurt when the van went out of control and slammed into a home. crews investigated the accident after the driver and passenger were injured. no one in the house was hurt. >> another dead whale washed up on a beach. state park rangers found the latest one on saturday on portugese beach. the 28' young gray whale is the 4th to wash up in five weeks.

dead whales washed apore in pacifica and half moon bay. officials plan to let the tide carried the one in sonoma out to sea. >> another round of severe weather including flash floods and tornadoes is predicted for the central part of the country that have dropped western amounts of rains in texas and oklahoma blamed for the deaths of three people. several roads are now not passable. strong winds leveled carports and trees. the ground is saturated and cannot take any more water. people are urged to evacuate from areas near rising rivers and creeks. >> despite the rushing waters a kayaker in texas decided to go for a ride and nearly paid a huge price struggling to keep the craft above water. he had a hard time and was almost hurt by tree limits. good samaritans pull him out of the raging water. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.

>> warriors are a game away from the finals for the first time in 40 years. >> they clobbered the rockets on saturday. a 35-point blow out put the warriors 3-1 in the best of seven. steph curry brought in 40 points for the win and he set a new record for three pointers. amy hollyfield will have a report about the warriors at the top of the hour. >> if necessary gave five is at oracle arena on wednesday. game six back in houston on friday and game seven at oracle arena on sunday. catch all the action on our sister network, espn the home for the nba finals with the warriors a win away from being there. finals start june 4 right here. >> we want to see your lay off pride in game four tonight featuring fan photos on air and

open our website at abc7news.com. you are looking at a few of them, use # dubson7.mike? i look at the activity and mill valley volunteer firefighters memorial day pancake breakfast starts at 7:00 followed by a parade at 10:30. it will be drizzly during the pancake breakfast. i hope it does not keep people away. temperatures are pretty much warmer than this time yesterday but for san francisco oakland one degree cooler. the rest of us one to seven degrees warmer. inland warm weather on mount diabolo so we will warm up and otherwise we are in the low-to-mid 50s everywhere and low-to-mid 50s elsewhere but for bodega and california stoke

at 49 degrees. on the golden gate bridge an area that will see drizzle all through the morning hours and it looks like it is moist already this morning. be careful. as far as what will happen we will look at our forecast. we are going to look at temperatures warming a little bit with drizzle in the morning. i will tell you when we get back to average. leyla? >> we are going to start with the san mateo bridge and traffic is still not moving on the westbound portion so we will let you know as soon as it does. if you are traveling eastbound direction heading out of foster city to hayward those are the headlights and we have traffic that now is moving through. we had a full closure over the weekend to repair the high-rise, to re-pave it and make it smooth. but it looks like right now westbound is still shut down. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic is moving nicely. if you need to make it into san

francisco or the peninsula the bay bridge or the dumbarton bridge those are the alternates. a wide picture ofñç the bay area mostly we are seeing beautiful sight on this memorial day. >> 4:40. the number of americans driving this memorial day holiday weekend is expected to hit a ten-year high. aaa estimates 33 million people on the road will make it busiest in a decade. gas rices and improving economy make it possible for families to take road trips during the break. traffic tracking apps say the business of the time is between 10:00 and 3:00 on memorial day when people begin the trip home. >> volunteers raise against the clock to rescue animals in an oil spill near santa barbara. >> safety tips for the grill. stay tuned.

>> covering santa rosa berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. on this memorial day monday morning, this is arlington national cemetery where america's greatest heroes are buried from all roads. here in the morning especially we are fault seeing the sun. we will check with mike nicco in a few minutes. >> a park will be closed for several days because of toxins in the water. the recreational area in fremont is closed for swimming through wednesday. officials say it is because of a toxic blue green algae that can cause skin irritations. other areas of the park will still open. >> crews and volunteers are out

among the rocks and sand along the southern california beaches scooping thick oil off the ground to save the lives of animals covered in the goo. the environmental damage from the oil spill in santa barbara continues to grow. >> protesters in santa barbara. angry over an environmental disaster now rippling far beyond the shoreline turned oil slick. experts say animals swimming through the oil spill are now showing up as far as 50 miles up and down the california coast. >> we are keeping teams out in the environment as long as we have tomorrow. >> intense rescue now is underway to save the birds and animals coated in oil. over the weekend, this sea lion died. teams are scrambling to contain and clean the rupture in a line owned by texas based company that still is trying to find out exactly where it famed. >> we are sorry this accidental

release has happened and we are bringing in all the resources to respond. >> a commercial fishing area where this man makes his living is shut down. >> the closure knocked out a human chunk of area until they can determine whether the seafood is safe to eat. >> miles of benches are still closed. with summer tourist season right around the corner, clean up is far from over. >> a lot of people are firing up the grill for the memorial day weekend. you should use a safety-first approach to prevent accidents. a backyard barbecue caused a $2 million fire pause the homeowner forgot he lit the grill. always check the hose from the propane tank for leaks and if you use a charcoal grill keep it at least 10' away from the home. >> a world war ii hero is celebrating his 100th

birthday with family and friends yesterday. he joined the navy as a teen during the depression in 1934. he told us how he can fellow safers felt when the united states dropped the atomic bomb to end the war. >> we were glad. we figured it would be over. we wanted to get it over with. you are out there for years and you have a family back here that you don't see. you know? you want to get back home. >> he lost his wife of 75 years married last year. she was 99. he credits avoiding junk food and rarely eating meat for his longevity. >> oh, no. >> you don't eat the meat and the other half drink a bottle of vodka a day and smoke cigarettes until the cows come home. >> those of us in the middle are

doomed. >> so great to see 9 veterans able to talk about the days. today we have had a lost ceremonies in the bay area. >> i feel bad for the morning ceremonies. the drizzle hopefully will not keep a day away. >> here is live doppler hd: most of the central part of the state up to the high country is pretty quiet compared to the thunderstorms we had yesterday. those will return if you make a trip up there. look at the sea breeze. it is stout at 26 at fairfield and concord at 14 miles per hour. ten at sfo. because the winds are fast we do not have fog. around hayward it is where the drizzle is falling and that is why we see a lower visibility in those areas. the flags on the ferry show the moisture hanging in the air from our roof camera. we have early drizzle today and slow sunshine and

cooler-than-average temperatures. cloudy tonight. drizzle tomorrow. a slow warming trend this week and we will try to get temperatures closer to average. look how thick the cloud deck is through 7:00 this morning even by noon, just a few areas starting to clear out inland east bay in the south bay and everyone else is still cloudy and by 2:00 or 3:00 we have sunshine through the bay but it never completely clears out. the coast will have drizzle the better part of the day. now a upper 60 to low 70s in the south bay with mid-to-upper 60s on the peninsula and mid-to-upper 50s along the coast into downtown and south san francisco could get up to 60 and the same in sausalito. mid-to-upper 60 through most of our north bay valley with low-to-mid 60s along the east bay shore with more sunshine around union city and fremont and castro valley and upper 60. upper 60 through the san ramon valley and everyone else in the

low-to-mid 70s tonight cloud cover comes back as does the drizzle and we are mild low-to-mid 50s. a little bit of a change slightly warmer tomorrow, and wednesday. finally, by thursday friday and saturday and sunday temperatures are back to average in the 70s and 80s but for the 60 at the coast. >> i have a live picture the san mateo bridge. i will keep you updated to see when the westbound portion of re-open. eastbound side has re-open. traffic can come to hayward from foster city. right now westbound is closed and things will be re-opened by action. we are still on track for the re-opening. as we look at our alternates the dumbarton bridge at top speed, if you travel further to the south out of newark and east palo alto that would be a nice way to get there. the rest of the south bay hooking good, at top speeds everywhere at 69 miles per hour

away from the 280/680 split and closer to mineta san jose international airport you are at top speed 280 into cupertino no problems, highways 85 87 17 no delays. the rest of the peninsula, 101 or 280 is the choice you are at top speed. out of for to the city we have a tap on the brakes. to the sky s way ten minutes gets you to third street. >> time now is 4:50. pomp and circumstance give way to hugs and kisses for graduating high school senior with a special surprise waiting for him on stage. >> the in your face water conservation message nevada is giving to water users. stay tuned.

>> in orange county, a warning for beachgoers to watch out for sharks with this shark 50' off huntington bench. shark attacks on humid are incredibly wear, it does not hurt to get if a big fin is lingering. >> police are looking for thieves hitting pay at pump machines at gas stations. a man goes to the outdoor pay at the pump, looks around and unlooks it with a drill. he ties a chain to the box of cash inside and cannot pull the box out this time. other attempts have been successful with thieves stealing up to $7,000. police say the crooks strike early in the morning when there are few customers around. >> in nevada officials say old fashioned humor is the best way to sway homeowners to cut the water use.

these are the commercials paid for by the southern nevada water authority targeting indulgent blue collar homeowners married men who commit the primary water wasting offense in the state over their lawns. they target men. water officials call them joe six pack. they have helped. in 2008 to 2012 billion gallons. >> we can all wastewater across the spectrum. those just happen to be the blue collar guys. >> that was weird your doc attacks you... >> here is a look at sfo. you can see the drops with the thicker drizzle here. we have anyone coming in i will let you know when they let us know if there are arrival delays. >> a's are back in town taking on detroit. we will temperatures in the

low-to-mid 60s with u.v. rays high. clouds in monterey, and thunderstorms from lake tahoe to yosemite and quieter in southern california at 67 in san diego and 72 in los angeles. safe travels. >> mike? we are farming donees on the lens at the san mateo bridge our camera now is getting...fogged up. we do have the westbound side and the east side is re-opened with meters away from the scheduled re-opening. we have another closure that has been postpone the. everyone was dreading this and it was going to the drive coming in from marin to san francisco and doyle drive was supposed to be closed over the weekend this coming weekend and that has been postponed until further notice. we will let you know when they reschedule. >> thank you it is 4:45 a study finds fewer united states hospitals are handing out free baby formula for new moms. according to the centers for disease control about 32 percent of maternity wards offer

free formula a drop from 73 percent in defend 20. government researchers say baby formula giveaways discourage breast feeting which provides both infants and their moms with health benefits. the study is published in the journal of pediatrics. >> now a way to save millions while keeping the state cleaner. transportation agency is expanding a pilot program that started three years ago collecting cigarette butts that liter the state. they are toxic and do fault degrade. millions of butts will be clocked and converting them to energy. >> high school graduation is a rite of passage and unforgettable. >> a senior in alabama will not forget his! a mother could not attend but

that was a trick she was deployed at guantanamo bay for nine months and it was the best graduation gift he could have imagined having mom come home for his graduation. >> stay tuned. >> we will be talking about arlington national cemetery in a few hours with president obama laying a team -- tomb of unknown soldier. >> clean up underway in the central united states as folks brace for more tornadoes and flooding. stay tuned.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> morning, thanks for joining us on memorial day. i am matt keller here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas alongside leyla gulen who has been at disneyland and meteorologist mike nicco is looking at the memorial day observances. >> i am the toad because it is drizzle. >> morning, everyone, we have drizzle through the morning. some of pancake breakfasts, the runs early this morning will be damp, if not a little wet. sfo and hayward at nine miles per hour visibility and drizzle is falling. you can see it right here on the camera, you cannot even see sfo because of the camera focusing more on the drops than on the runway this morning w