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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on when. thanks for waking up early and joining us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. here with leyla gulen. and meteorologist mike nicco with the weather. >> here is a look at live doppler hd with fog around petaluma and we went from three miles to five miles so it is on the move. six miles in santa rosa which is more of a main stray in the forecast the next couple of days as the clouds are not so robust allowing the fog to return. 101 at 880 in san jose, it is
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dry. the drizzle is not is widespread. 48 to 56 on the 12-hour day planner. who are going to have temperatures around 56 to 66 at noon and at 4:00 58 at the coast to 76. i see someone has been hitting the snooze bar. >> now traffic in the rest of the bay. >> keep you in san jose but if a different spot at 280. morning, everyone headed into cupertino you can see the traffic is looking clear and moving fine. southbound traffic is not even finding a single vehicle pushing in toward 880 perpendicular to 280. traffic is manageable. that is 101 heading through the north bay with more tail lights pushing to 580 and into court dairy, mill valley and the golden gate bridge with an extra lane new on the golden gate bridge and trouble at treasure island. we have a few things to talk
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about. >> now the news. the soccer world is shaken by overnight news with top officials of the governing body and sports marketing executive arrested in sweeping raids accused of corruption bribery and more. matt keller is at the san jose earthquake stadium with details. >> this is rocking the soccer world. major league soccer and theres are not involved in the corruption probe. their governor easterning periods were targeted. an investigation by the united states department of justice and the f.b.i. resulted in a 47-count indictment unsealed this morning in federal court in new york. nine people from fifa, the top governing body were charged with racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and other offenses. seven were arrested by swiss authorities in zurich including jeffrey webb, the soccer authority for north and central america president and others face changes dating back to the
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1990s. the department of justice announced a raid on miami headquarters and other --s which you united states and south american sport marketing executives accused of paying over $150 million in bribes to obtain media and marketing rights to the soccer tournaments. >> this for fifa is good. it is not if in terms of image or reputation. in terms of cleaning up, in terms of everything we have done this is good. >> authorities announce they have opened separate criminal precedings awarding to the 2018 world cup in russia and the 2022 world cup in qatar. the attorney general lynch said it harmed youth leagues and developing countries that should benefit from the money generated by the commercial rights by the fifa organization. all of this takes lays as dozens
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of soccer officials are in switzerland for the congress and election. the country president blatter, was not arrested and is expected to be re-elected. >> warriors can advance to the nba finals in front of their home fans. they returned after dropping game four in houston on monday night. golden state warriors is leading best of seven series 3-1. the warriors have not opinion to the final since they won the championship in the bay area 40 years ago! the winner of the series takes on the cleveland cavaliers leave leave lebron james
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led to the lead. >> and tip-off at game 5 is 6:00 at the arena and if necessary game six is back in houston on friday night and a possible game seven on sunday. catch the action on our sister network, espn, the home for the nab finals starting next thursday a week from tomorrow right here. >> a warning is issued in the last half hour for houston texas be as the death toll continues to rise following days of heavy rain and flooding. 13 people are confirmed dead so far and houston officials say up to 4,000 homes are >> the damage is measures in miles, entire neighbors in houston are submerged, water flowing overrodes and highways, sweeping away cars families like these forced to abandon their vehicles after the legal huge dumped a quarter of the clearly rainfall in 24 hours.
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>> more than 900 emergency calls and more than on of them were water rescues. >> search continues this morning for the more than a dozen still missing including a mother and her two young children. >> she called me and said i am in a miscellaneous i an floating down the river tell mom and dad i love you. and ray. >> houston is now getting a chance to dry out but forecasters warn that may not last long. more rain is expected in the weeks to come. >> richmond is looking to expand the jail. the plan would add 400 new beds to the west county detention facility bringing the total to 1,000 making it the largest detention facility rated by the county. officials say the plan would grant inmates access to counseling and drug treatment programs. >> an inmate is back if custody
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after an escape. eric nelson got out of the handcuffs yesterday afternoon despite being cuffed to another inmate. deputies were about to trance nelson to the courthouse and he slipped away. he was caught near a park a mile away. he was initially arrested on drug camps. >> protesters land a democrat vacation at chevron's shareholders meeting protesting the pollution of richmond. also today a leader from ecuador will confront top management with a new report accusing chevron of falsifying evidence to evade paying a $9.5 billionaire pollution liability. chevron shareholders meeting starts at 8:00 a.m. >> today, san mateo county will kickoff a campaign aimed at improving reading skills among young people. the goal of the big lift initiative is to ensure that all are proficient readers bit third
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grade and will be awarded $4.3 million as part of the program. >> mike, what do you see out there? >> warmer temperatures in our future and this morning not too bad. a lost mid-50 throughout our inland east bay neighborhood. the coolest temperatures are usually the warmest with brentwood at 52 and livermore shows warm weather on mt. diablo at 3,800' at 6 the warm air will translate to the surface faster yesterday. 52 in novato and the financial district and half moon bay. and brentwood. otherwise, everyone else is around 53 to 55 or 56. in the afternoon hours we will see a lot more sunshine. you will need the sunscreen today.
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72 to 82 and drizzle at the coast with more sunshine, 58 to 63 interest san francisco. moving forward we jump into 70s and 80s around the bay and inland and get more 60s at the coast friday into saturday with cakes on the way sunday into next week. >> we will head back over to treasure island where this big rig that made a mistake as it tried to negotiate the on-ramp to westbound bay bridge is stuck and now we have cars collecting. if you are trying to leave treasure island it could be work to get to the bridge. it is not causing delays on the main lane but we have cars collecting in the cash-paying lanes approaching the toll plaza but that is it. you can see the traffic is move just fine. the cameras what bouncing because of breezes in emeryville. that is where they are
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high profile vehicles are good shape. headed into oakland there is a construction project. we are seeing more backups as you approach fruitvale avenue at condition difficult street and backups are starting at 66th avenue so international is the best way around this. your past tax return could be a threat in america's money. >> the impact of the drought on your budget with certain foods you will be paying a lot more for. female announcer: sleep train challenged its manufacturers to offer even lower prices. but the mattress price wars ends sunday. now it's posturepedic vs. beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head
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>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> it is wednesday morning. happening today, jesse jackson is in the bay area to push for technology in schools. jackson is visiting oakland technical high school this afternoon. he will deliver a message to students, view a robot demonstration and sit in on computer animation class. he will announce $15,000 college scholarships to be awarded. >> spirit will offer flights between the bay area and southern california rolling out nonstop flights between los angeles and oakland in november and will offer two daily nonstop flights with morning and evening
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flight each way. they will honor nonstop service from oakland to destinations including chicago dallas and las vegas starting in november as well. >> spirit airlines flight attendant is if hot water for posting this photo. passengers in chicago at o'hare were surprised when they spotted her posing inside a jet engine well. spirit said that her actions are against company policy and the airline is "investigating." >> interesting picture but dangerous. >> the impact of the drought could ultimately hit you in the pocketbook. a study projects the price of some foods will soar. the price of some produce could spike up to 34 percent because the drought is forcing farmers to cut back on the number of acres they can plant. >> the row crops where people have to make decisions because of the lack of water and not plant them could result in a shorter supply. >> officials say prices are expected to remain stable for permanent crops such as tree
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fruit and notes and grapes. >> fruit ands i.r.s. are is vulnerable with the personal information of 100,000 taxpayers has been stolen. >> morning, everyone topping america's money, the i.r.s. when was hacked with 100 the people downloaded. the crook used data stolen from elf to gain access. if yours was hacked the i.r.s. will be in touch but. >> taco bell and pizza hut are removing artificial ingredients hoping to bit end of the year and pizza hut by the summer. most products will be affected. >> i am suddenly getting hungry. >> and a study said for celebrity pitch man you cannot do better than liam neeson. 70s percent of those would
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know him, like him. >> that is american's money. have a great day. >> amazing news: berkeley created a cockroach like robot that runs fast enough to lunch a second robot into flight. scientists want to mimic how real animals move. right now they are still remote controls but the next step is to make them think and move on their own. >> this little pug could be the small of the in the world. her name is pip and she is only 4" tall. she is half the size of her sister and lives in england with her owner and sits in the palm of her hand. she said pip could be small but she has big character.
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>> a check on the forecast now at 5:17. >> not the size of the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog. >> here is what going on in houston: they had a squall line of severe thunderstorms rolling through and the tail end of that is coming across i-10 head back to houston so another round of wet weather is on the way. the next system is near jersey village and dropping 2.25" of rain. an hour. that is why all of the areas in green, flash flood warnings in the none half of houston. an amazing sight. >> breezy around oakland and
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emeryville and 14 miles per hour and napa is 10 and concord is 12 and fairfield is 21 so we still have a sea breeze. but the air is not so moist as yesterday. the cloud cover toward lunch is clear inland east bay and south bay and still a few lingering clouds in the bay and the north bay so we will call it sunny in the afternoon hours. partly sunny at the coast 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s with the summer spread developing after so many days of below average temperatures. 70 in milpitas and 74 in san jose and cupertino and gilroy at 78. mild to almost warm. quite a video on the peninsula millbrae, san mateo, the neighborhoods are mid-to-upper 60s and redwood city south low-to-mid 70s half moon bay at 61 degrees and everyone stops short in the upper 50s along the coast and 63 in downtown south san francisco and sausalito. you have another four to five
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degrees remain warming compared to the coast and low-to-mid 70s through the north bay valley and along the east bay shore at 66 to 70 degrees with oakland, san francisco drove ask new york at 67. antioch and brentwood around 80. at the game at 12:30 first patch, tons of sun at 59 to 63. clouds are broke 50s. my seven-day forecast shows tomorrow one to two degrees warmer than today. same on friday. steady on saturday. and a chance sunday into monday that the freezes kick up and drizzle is possible on monday. >> we have mass transit at bart running on time and ace train one and three on time with no delays on muni. as we look at traffic in the bay area we are seeing the brake
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lights over the altamont pass traveling westbound on 580 down to 26 miles per hour leaving tracy along 205 and when it memories the speeds jump up to one miles per hour and it is still slow through the pass and into livermore you can see some of the traffic breaking up a little bit sow slow-and-go approaching isabel and then a clear pocket and back on the brakes at the interchange. 40 minutes from tracy to dublin. 19 minutes from antioch to concord mostly between 160 and a street and the north bay is fantastic shape. the one construction project that is gumming up the commute is in northbound 880 between fruitvale and kennedy with the backups from 66 avenue. use international boulevard as the alternate. >> thank you leyla, straight ahead seven things to know use start director day. >> the event that has queen
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distress. a toll taker spotted the child going through the toll plaza at 8:30 on saturday night and the toll taker said the firm was screaming and struggling with the passenger. >> a flash flood warning is issued in houston, texas the past hour after downpours continue to pound the city. you can see this is a radar image of thunderstorms over houston with days of heavy rain leading to 13 deaths and widespread flooding across the state. >> dry this morning and not much drizzle leading to warmer temperatures. we are above average friday and saturday and the drizzle could return next week. that is why we will be cooler. more on that in the seven-day outlook. >> a look at the drive heading across the water on the san mateo bridge between hayward and foster city with tail lights looking heavier with more traffic piling on to the roads. we have a brand new problem before you get to the altamont pass in tracy and heavy slowing
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because of a construction project in oakland. >> parents is this you? a new study finds parents post almost a thousand photos their child before they town the age of five. the most popular site is facebook. less than half of the parents check their security settings. >> yikes. >> pope francis spoke of marriage being an alliance of love define a man and a woman at the public audience in st. peter's square. >> he spoke to couples engaged to be married and told them not to be super official as they prepare to enter into a lifelong covenant of love after a senior official described ireland's recent referendum approving same-sex marriage as a defeat for humanity. >> queen elizabeth is delivering her annual state opening of parliament. the british prime minister said the queen's speech is designed to unite the country. it outlines upcoming legislation
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning, at 5: 28. we do not have the drizzle of yesterday, and mike will tell you about that. >> i am kristen sze and leyla gulen the expert on traffic is looking at a few showers. we turn to mike though. >> we have drizzle at the coast. that is good news for the commute. most of us are dry as we are if the dry pattern. we will have more sunshine this afternoon. the marine layer is below 2600' so more sunshine in the 12-hour day planner. this morning, we have clouds and low-to-mid 60 and in the mid-to-upper 50s at the coast and upper 50s to mid-60 at the bay and inland, a little more comfort and not so chilly as it has been. low-to-mid 60s for most of us. warmer temperatures are coming up in the seven-day outlook. thank you mike, and now we
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started early with problems. >> because of construction. a big jam as you head up from 66th up to kennedy street and that is all because of the construction project that will be with us for at least another 30 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows we have plenty of cars waiting to pay their cash and fast track is moving nicely with three or more people in the car you can use the car pool lane and traffic is starting to stack from the macarthur maze as we move over to the golden gate bridge the drive is picking up in materials of volume but it is still move along at top speed. we have a brand new action near tracy with more of that to come in a few minutes. >> new the news, developing news, crews are investigating a fire at a vacant home in vallejo. it broke out around 1:00 o'clock this morning on louisiana street near calaveras. it was yellow tagged. it would be dangerous but it is not red tagged, the 5th fire in 72 hours four believed
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started by homeless people staying at vacant homes. >> the golden state warriors can wrap it up at the home crowd today with a win over the rockets. we are inside oracle arena. now we know would golden state warriors will face after they beat the rockets. >> yes. we are going to face houston rockets tonight and although the game is 12 hours away, they are busy in the kitchen getting ready for the fans tomorrow. look at that a seafood salad they are preparing for the 19,000 fans. it is tough to plan during the playoffs. it was a tough game for warriors fans to watch with rockets hitting every basket and mvp steph curry scared everyone when he went up for a block and fell
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to the floor. he said the fall was not as bad as it looked. he returned to the game but he could not save it so that means the series runs to oakland and the oracle arena cooking staff immediately got busy. >> we go great, i get a few days off to get ready for the nba finals to oh oh, no you have to come to prepare for 1 hours to get ready and come back in at 4:00 a.m. to get ready and you work 16 hours today to get ready so...that is the heartbr >> when the final buzzer buzzes they immediately start placing orders including 2,500 pounds of chicken. just for tonight. the staff has been here since 12:30 this morning getting ready. you will have great food we know that, and a great game. look at this special tomato dough martini. a lost reasons to get here but
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the issue is getting here because there is an's game today. >> good advise, amy with tip-off at can people at oracle arena and if needed game six is if houston on friday and possible game seven is at oracle arena on sunday. catch the action on lebron james will wait for the winners of the finals completing the sweep the atlanta hawks. cleveland has a eke off to rest up against warriors, of course. >> we are the home for the nba finals. you can catch them right here june 4 a week in tomorrow. >> news rocking soccer this morning, nine fifa officials
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have been indicted on corruption and racketeering conspiracy. two current fifa vice presidents jeffrey webb and among those named in the inindictment. the communications chief said president blatter of the governing body was not involved in the election on friday will be held as scheduled in zurich. >> it is not nice to be here in front of you to try to slain something -- explain something that is not nice but at the same time i can confirm this is good for fifa this is good what happened. it confirms we are on right track. it hurts. it is not easy. but it is the only way to go. >> early this morning, six fifa executives were arrested by swiss miss and authorities accused fifa authorities of receiving bribes and kickbacks totaling $150 million between the early 1990s and now.
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>> concord police are looking if a missing 72-year-old woman last seen around 6:00 last night at her home. police are worried because she suffers from several medical issues. she does not have a car or cell phone and is religious. she likes to visit local churches. she is 5' 6" and 150 call police if you see her. >> the highway patrol is looking for an s.u.v. and the people after a young girl who appeared in distress was spotted by a toll taker at the bay bridge spotting the legal girl going through the toll plaza at 8:30 on saturday night. the toll taker was on the center console screaming and struggling where a woman in the passenger seat. the driver was in his 60s and all three are african-american and the s.u.v. is described as "a tan or great chevrolet blazer mid-1990s with no
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plates." there were two bumper stickers in the back. >> people living in the last mobile home park in palo alto will be evicted. buena vista mobile home park owner is going to be allowed to sell after a battle. residents are agained for relocation but they will not be able to afford living in the area anymore. some parents are worried they can not find a comparable school district for their kids. >> we just got a new 3-d printer and i don't want to leave the school. it is cool. >> new appraisals could take several weeks to assess and residents have 30-day window to appeal and will be given six months to move out when the property owner finds a buyer. >> a state lawmaker is backing down on making it tougher for san francisco landlords to evict tenants without cause. according to the chronicle, the sent was forced -- the senator was forced to table a bill requiring landlords in san francisco to own a building for
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five years before evicting tenants. he was forced to table the bill because he could not get enough votes before deadline. >> water crisis continues to get worse in the east bay with east bay mud forced to buy $11 million from the county to ease the shortage. the water age will spend $55 million this year on water from several slyers and it will bank whatever water it does not use. >> east bay mud is trying to self a mystery in a backyard. the hillside behind the home has been leaking water for several months and create a muddy mess. the pumping station is near with pipe problems before but tests have found no looks. there are natural springs in the area but it is not clear if that is the source. the homeowners use a sump pump to row cycle the water if the front yard but the rest, sadly, is going down a storm drain.
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>> now a check with mike and the forecast. >> tough to look at that. morning, everyone, upper 40s in bodega bay and calistoga and otherwise we have low 50s in the north bay until you get to san rafael at 53 and napa at 5 we have lafayette at 55, alameda, forward, san carlos at 54 and 57 in cupertino and san jose. this is how it looks in san francisco no fog no drizzle looking south on 101 toward cloudy conditions as you cross the golden gate bridge. we head into the afternoon hours and we will start inland from 72 in the south bay and the north bay to 82 inland east bay and the coast and san francisco is partly sunny at 58 to 63 and you will be a couple of degrees warmer. an the bay 64 to 73 degrees. you can see the clouds are hanging around that do not have so much moisture as year.
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that is the case moving forward. we are in the 50s at the coast tomorrow and we will be around sick on friday and saturday and 70s around the bay. that is the first half of the weekend. i will show you the back off in the seven-day forecast. >> the richmond-san rafael toll plaza is waking up with cars toward the bridge and only taking you five minutes headed to the forth bay with no slow downs at the forth bay. 580 meets 205 we have a brand new crash and it is causing a little bit of slowing because it is blocking a lane and rate now we have the backups along 205 when it americans with 580 and you are just going to be on the breaks as you make it into livermore. heading right back over to oakland this project is causing a jam at five miles per hour. if your travels take you away
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from oakland airport you are stuck if traffic until 6:00 unless you use international boulevard. we have various lanes taken before 6:00 at kennedy street with another 20 minutes to get yourself around this. >> it is 5:40 stars on the peeled, two hollywood celebrities speaking out against artificial turf. >> the press technologious art school in the bay area is about to close the door on hundreds of talented students. >> you are looking live outside san francisco international airport under the cloud deck which i don't create arrival delays. binge eating disorder, or
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sfx: (roar) sfx: (engine roars) >> welcome back at 5:43. we have developing news from texas you are looking at pictures of the lake where a dam might break. recent rains that we have been reported on have created a leak in the dam and water is flowing over-the-top. this dam was in the process of being rebuilt for over a year. because of the potential break a flash flood warning is issued for northwest ellis county and those living in 25 homes
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downstream have been told to evacuate. well watch the developing news story from texas. >> 49ers quarterback kaepernick is apologizing after posting this instagram photo of flooding in houston reading "i wanted you number 7 storm is coming," he deleted it and said he meant no disrespect but said he did not fully understand how main are struggling in houston and his prayers are with everyone there. >> happening today, actresses jennifer beale and laura dern endorse a bill that bans artificial turf fields made with tires because of homosexuality impacts -- health impacts that could be linked to cancer and illnesses in children because of the rubber. >> bay area children hoping to get in the highly acclaim school of the arrests could be out of luck because the school district
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decided to limit enrollment to students would live in the city. 14 percent of the prestigious school are from outside san francisco. opponents feel limiting admissions dilute the school's pool of talent. proponents say what started as a way to bring next exceptionally talented constitutes turned and a process without oversight or transparency. >> we want to draw in san francisco and encourage our premiere school of the arts to make sure it is benefiting san francisco. >> students who were admitted and accepted in the spring will be admitted but after that the school of the arts will only be for kids would live in the san francisco unified school district. >> the oakland police department is looking for a few good men and women. friday is the deadline to apply for the oakland police recruit academy. this was a media miss to find new recruits with the ideal candidate someone who is
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educated, can identify problems and resolve them under pressure and if you are interested apply on the department website. >> a southwest airlines flight from the bay area was forced to make an emergency land after a fire scare. 77 people were on board when the plane was forced to land at l.a.x. at 10:00 last night. the plane was headed for san diego but diverted when heat sensors went off indicating that this was a fire danger. m responders found for sign of fire and now they are trying to figure out what triggered the alarm. >> trip lets from newport beach are used to drawing attention but fellow students at m.i.t. will do a triple take. the triplets all have been accepted to m.i.t. and their grandfather taught there but all three say they fell in love with the school on their own. chair, the second born will speak at the commencement. her message no other students: relax.
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have fun. do what you love. the best friends say it will be nice to have each other chose but nice to give each other space. in separate dorms. >> meteorologist mike nicco said we will see change midweek. >> dry this morning with the same temperatures this morning. if you are into fashion find the same warmth of a >> now, in houston, you can see the squall line of thunderstorms that will rod law and a couple more strong thunderstorms rolling across as we look at the live doppler hd. here is the stated rainfall in the blue up to an inch and lighter green up to 2" and dark are green is towning to yellow up to 4" from the squall line so all of these areas are expensing
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flooding with flash flood wanting meaning it is happening. or is imminent. that is sad for those folks dealing with it again today. it is quiet. we have cloud cover. not she much drizzle as yesterday. it will not be so happy. the marine layer is squashed so we should get more sunshine and minor warming today. clouds and any drizzle is panly near the coast and a breach warming trend today and saturday with drizzle in the back half of the forecast. today, low-to-mid 70s for most of the south bay and we have exceptions including los gatos and morgan morgan hill in the upper 70s. the peninsula spread is upper 50s to let 60s loan the coast to mid-60s in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. upper 50s bodega bail. and cloverdale and lake port and clear labor, low 80s are possible and mid-to-upper 60s along the east bay shoreline and
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castro valley and fremont is 70s. mid-to-upper 70s for the east bay neighborhoods and antioch and brentwood cracking 80. tonight, temperatures are in the low-to-mid 50s and clearing in the north bay and the minor chance of fog. here is a look at what is happening, the dry air is coming over us right now and that is why we are not seeing much drizzle. this is a fast moving we could be above average friday and saturday and the sea breeze is back bringing a chance of cooler weather and drizzle by sunday night into monday. leyla? >> we will take it right into 9 south bay where the remark is manageable. we have great conditions but northbound 101 a few extra cars clogging 101 between 280 and 680 and the nimitz. moving along the peninsula taking 101 or 280 it does not matter which, you can see 63
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miles per hour as you head into woodside along 280 and 101 looking clear between palo alto and redwood city and san mateo and closer to sfo we are at top speeds. the drive along 380 is a good drive and as you head away from 380 southbound along 2 craig we had a bit of slowing. from the airport into san francisco you can see green conditions, green means go. up to 280 the extension it is clear, accident free and it will only take you nine minutes to go away from the airport up to 3rd street. >> dipping your phone so you can connect with your family at dinner time. >> at 6:00, the new technology offering more than just a friendly reminder. >> new dugs new danger. scientists are warning women who could be taking certain birth control pills. >> you can keep tabs on weather and traffic through the female announcer:
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>> the city of santa clara is boosting name recognition in another step. a crew was finishing up painting the seal on a water tower next to levi stadium. officials hope the seal will show up during shots of 49ers game and from flights at mineta san jose international airport. >> in a few hours the metropolitan transportation commission will vote on a contract with the bicycle sharing company to expand the bay area bike share program. the plan would increase the number of bikes from 700 to 7,000 the next two years. most are in san francisco but
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would also include oakland berkeley emeryville and san jose. >> ben & jerry's unveil add new flavor starting a global conscious of the impact of climate change. the company c.e.o. will make the announcement at tesla factory "save our swirled," climate change tour and showing off the emissions free ice cream truck. >> i spent five minutes to figure out what is in the flavor, unable to find out. >> i am sure it is out there. >> is it ice cream weather? it has been chilly. >> why not? you are in total sunshine at the as game wrapping up the three games. check out early morning sun resting on cloud pillows. we have low amounts of most pollen but for grass so hopefully the allergies are not acting up. in the upper 60 to low 70s
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around san diego and los angeles, and 98 at palm springs and mid-to-upper 80s through the central valley, and the thunderstorms are almost gone from the high country at 71 if lake tahoe and 86 in yosemite. >> as we look at the bay bridge tolls you can see the traffic is slowing down because the meters lights are turned on but we still see gaps between the vehicles possibly because at a lot of the traffic is held back. is why we have 28 from the macarthur maze where a construction crew wrapping up. whether you headed from san francisco to san jose at 101 is clear with no delays. >> the ice cream "save our swirled," is raspberry with marshmellows. >> women on newer birth controls have a higher chance of blood
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clot development. there are some advantages but a two-four times higher blood kloss -- clot ris. >> a snapshot of a young cancer parent is vial after being post on facebook. she is five but has been battling cancer for three years. she met another patient at children's hospital in pittsburgh, in men and pennsylvania and they hit it off. this was posted and shared thousands of times. she is getting further treatment at a hospital in new york. >> check this out it is not clear why the baby elephant decided to lie down in the middle of the road. the video was taken in south africa at a national park and post on youtube much the elephant is tired and others say he was throwing a temper tantrum. whatever the case, the herds of elephants rescued him and coaxed
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the little one to "get up get up." off they went. >> at 6:00 red flag of a familiar favorite ingredient and a certain not could have one rodneying off store -- one the store shelves.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> fall out from fifa with high ranking leaders in the soccer world are accused criminals. >> ready to seal the deal, 12
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hours until tip-off at oracle arena and we look at how the dubs will deliver a win. >> california drought is hitting you where it hurts: the sky-high prices you will see soon at the check outline and what items to avoid to save. >> thank you for joining us on this wednesday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. alongside leyla gulen watching traffic for us and meteorologist mike nicco is watching the weather. >> drizzle not so much. good news for the commute. most of our measurables have been less than .05" above 2000' with fog around petaluma open live doppler hd about four miles visibility. from mount tamalpais you can see the pillow of clouds this morning. it makes you want to roll back over and go to sleep. a lot of sunshine in the profit. grab the sun glasses and sunscreen. 56 at noon at 76 inland and not so

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