d road with fireading to the top of the hill and crews gained the upper happened before it reached homes. >> we are seeing the natural grass with the moisture content on the extras and it looks like we are in late summer. the potential is human -- is huge we are facing difficult circumstances that we usually do not face in late june. >> we were over a 15-acre grass fire in fairfield west of interstate 80, with flames threatening hopes before its with kinked. that first was started by a contractor mowing grass behind a water treatment plant. >> a wildfire burning south of lake has slowed down after winds died down. the washington fire has burned 16,000 acres with industry containment. it is now three miles away from the small town of markleeville and firefighters do not expect it to reach the town if conditions stay calm. >> you can track the high temperature with the abc7 news

weather app free from apple app and google play with more information at abc.com/apps. >> caltrain officials are warning that ominous new cracks have been found on bolts on the new eastern span of the bay bridge according to the chronicle, officials say small cracks on rods post a threat to 400-plus remaining fast wereers that scur the tower to the foundation in an earthquake. officials say a tower anchor rod snapped after being exposed and became bill it. a panel will suggest further testing. >> this morning a san francisco police officer is recovering after being pepper sprayed a group of suspected thieved at "forever 21," at union square at 6:30. the officer was confronting three women store workers that were stealing merchandise. we were there as the guard

to make the arrests. >> what will become of the palace of fine arrests in san francisco? the public is getting a chance now to hear some of ideas floated for the landmark. our reporter has more. >> a hotel? come on! really? >> a hotel is one idea for the palace of fine arts but that generated the most vocal opposition. >> we have plenty of hotels and attract tourists, we have no problem. >> there was not much enthusiasm for indoor sports complex, with two fitness companies approached to come up with a proposal. >> we have a history of taking buildings like this and coming up with a creative use to provide sports programs fitness programs. >> it is part of a land to they out a wide range of ideas on what to do with the space. the public will have a chance to weigh in. >> a retail instrument

destination. >> no, no no, why do we want go interest competition with our chestnut street and drawn street restaurants? >> the 58 last of fine arts was built for the panama pacific international exhibition in the nap 50s and cap tabtured in "rock," and where a lead by tartist got married but it was a place for the arts and a group is committed to honoring its history. >> we want to let that go? the community is not informed. >> the decision should be made some time next year. >> happening today, boston marathon bombing suspect is to be formally sentenced to death and will be give were an opportunity to address the court. he has nothing to gain because the judge is required to guess the death sentence recommended by the jury for the 2013 bombing that killed three people and

wounded more than 260. more than 20 victims are expected to speak at the hearing. >> officials have released new police dash camera video showing the arrest of confessed charleston church gunman dylann roof. he is charged with shooting and killing nine people on wednesday at the emanuel ame church. he was caught in north carolina hours after the attack. the cough fin of church pastor and senator reverend clementa pinckney will lie in the statehouse rotunda. a viewing is scheduled if tomorrow. on friday, president obama will deliver the eulogy at charleston sports arena. aan effort to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina stay house is moving through the state legislature. completions are calling for the flag's removal after the suspect in the church shooting appeared in photographs showing the flag as a symbol of hate. >> in bay area flag city store is not selling the flag along with ebay and sears and

wal-mart saying they will remove this from the website because it is a contemporary symbol of racism. a bill passed in california in 2014 banned the state government from displaying or selling merchandise with the confederate flag. >> san jose city council candidate win has an insurmountable lead in the run off election with all precincts reporting, he has 57 percent of vote with 13.6 percent lead over roscoe and 80 percent of the ballots of counted. the last minute vote by mail in and provisional ballots will be counseled by friday. >> san jose will allow ondemand ride services like uber and lyft to pick up passengers at the airport in addition to drop off but drivers are fingerprinted and have background checks and the vehicles are inspecific by the city. drivers have to pay fines for past violates and get a business tax license.

the pilot program is expected to generate $250,000 for the city. >> it is 4:36, a judge decl to hear a lawsuit brought by farmers over the state's imposed water restrictions. the judge cited a me tell for local prejudices and transferred the case to a less partial county. a new court has not yet been determined. dozens of farmers holding the odest and strongest water rights in the state have been told to stop pumping water from rivers and creeks because of the drought and many of the rights holders are saying the state has in authority to order the cuts. >> the drought has been tough on all groups and all ands and it does not hook good. >> not this time of the year. it is only going to be hotter today and tomorrow. it will ease a little bit on friday and through the weekend. i will have the forecast in 10 minutes. if you head into san francisco and you are waking up in san francisco this morning, we have

51, a cool spot in west portal, and ocean beach, and crissy field, downtown ferry building, financial district bayview, mission is 53 and sunny side and glen park is warm at 58. we have mid-to-upper 50s along the bay shore san leandro 58 and 62 in pittsburg and 60 in tracy. petaluma is 50 degrees and pacifica is 52. in walnut creek a few clouds are starting to try to move in and this is where the hottest area is in the 90s with mid-80s in the north bay and 60 along the coast to 67 in san francisco and we will have lower 70s to lower 80s around the bay into the south bay. a west wind across the golden gate bridge and the clouds are above the deck but they could drop down a little bit and triple digits tomorrow and saturday we are in the 60, 70s and 80s and i will let you know if the trend continues. >> this is a san mateo bridge and traffic is light this

morning. both the eastbound and westbound directions could see construction crew or two if you are headed along in the eastbound direction but all in all we are in quite into shape heading into the east bay and the peninsula. one accident along i-80 westbound direction near fremont street involving a big rig. the crash could be there for a few more minutes and c.h.p. is on the john trying to clear things to the shoulder. it is not affecting traffic and it is usually this morning so you will not find too man delays as you make very way between san francisco and maps, to the skyway on lower deck of the bay bridge or out of city on 101. not too bad. here is drive time traffic. southbound 680 away from highway 4 into walnut creek, it will be six minutes. when you grab highway 24, up to highway 13, that is nine minutes and 580 westbound in tracy to dublin is 27 minutes. >> first he took the bay area by storm and now the silver spring:

next on morning news where you can catch the batkid documentary starting today. >> powerful storms bring down power line and rip apart storms with the new round of severe river for people from maine to illinois and a they are bracing for today. stay tuned.

>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 4:41. sheriff deputies are searching for a shooter would wounded a man on bay point north of highway four not far from where another man was fatally shot over the weekend. our reporter, janet o is on the scene with the latest. janet? >> the shooting happened down from where we are near the exit off of highway four.

you can still see signs of police activity with the recommend naps of the player from last night. it is reported that two gunshot victims went to a local hospital and they told police they were shot on the freeway. there was in other information at this time as to why the pair was shot and what their conditions are. they say the shots came from a silver vehicle with a broken window. now, on saturday, another person was shot on highway four and the victim identified as 20 thomas mendez died from his wounds. there are month arrests. police have not said if the saturday and last night's shooting are connected at this time. >> the documentary about the bay area cape crusader will be held

in san francisco where a screening, hoping miles scott to be batkid. red carpet arrives start on post street at 6:00 and miles remains in remission and just finished first grade. batkid will on on friday in select theaters. >> another hero a local firefighter who is making a difference in someone else's life. this is daniel, a fire academy graduate who donated his bone mayor reon monday to help a parent diagnosed with leukemia. he found out he was a match after he and 14 other fire academy recruits signed up for the bone marrow registry. we thank the united professional firefighters of contra costa county for sharing the photos. >> 500,000 on east coast have in power after deadly storms high winds and rain slammed the region. forecasters say more severe weather is on the way today. our reporter has the latest.

>> this is the aftermath, hopes ripped apart, power lines taken down, large trees did not have a chance and severe weather marched across the country from the midwest to the east coast. >> the roof collapsed? >> it fell in and a family was here with kids. >> in michigan a tornado through a semi truck into a store. >> and coal city in illinois felt the worst when an ef3 brought 160 miles per hour winds and destruction. >> cars are upside down trees are on houses. >> from virginia to me watches and warning. in philadelphia the storms knocked out power to 500,000 people. and ripped trees out of ground. >> in d.c. area a car fell on a tree killing driver. in the midwest residents are

break themselves again with another threat of severe weather. >> the strong line of thunderstorms on the east coast caused wide help video lightning. look at this lightning strike taken outside a national weather building in maryland and several light next strikes outside the capitol in washington, dc. >> buster posey will give new baseball clubs to junior it is a free little league increase boys and girls aims 5 and 18. posey personally bought the of economies for the kids and he is treated the kids to the game compensation the padres. >> such a fabulous program so there no pair year for anyone who just wants to play baseball, right? with the equipment they need. >> it starts with equipment, in

the urban areas you need a ball and glove. that is the difference from when we grew up. >> we mad sponsors more so than now. they do not have sponsors like they used to such as the local fire department or pizza place. >> necessary for buster to step in. how is the weather? >> i am thinking the cars for kids jingle new. >> new it will number your head. >> no! >> the summer spread we are looking at temperatures running 60 to 70 as you head over to oakland and 90's in walnut creek and 94 in antioch and we have a little bit of a freeze so the clouds are more numerous. they were able to get an early ride if you will and they are ride share on the winds and we have an sfo wind 12 miles per hour same in oakland and 18 in concord and fairfield at one and look what happened this afternoon from 3:00 to 9:00 like yesterday afternoon, the same spot, small craft advisory north

of the bay bridge through the delta community and long the coast until 9:00 this evening with a small craft advisory for the 21 to 33 knot winds. here is the setup. the area of highway pressure is more going to bring us the hot weather with that clock-wise flow pulling up the heat from the desert where we are in the 110s all week we will not get that hat. we have triple digits ahead of us. this low will keep the clouds along the cost more so than the last couple of days. we will tack about the numbers upper 70 in milpitas and sunnyvale and low-to-mid 80s for the rest of the south bay like san jose at 82. and headed to santa cruz 74 degrees. up the peninsula, mid-to-upper 70s like redwood city at 79 and millbrae is the cool spot 5970 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast and more cloud cover there today. nearly 70 in downtown south san francisco and sausalito and mid-to-upper 80s through most of the north bay but from santa

rosa calistoga north, we have low-to-mid 90s through lake port clear lake and cloverdale and mid-to-upper past along the east bay more and fremont at 79 and our extreme is castro valley 80 and richmond at 72 and inland we have 89 in men and pleasanton and the car thermometer will stay at 90 and low-to-mid 90s elsewhere. trap the cool air that is away in morning as you will want to have a comfortable house when you come home. it is in the mid-to-upper 50s and the seven-day outlook shows triple digs tomorrow and a few 90s around the bay and nearing 70 at the coast, and friday's temperatures are a lot like today and by saturday and sunday, the temperatures are back to average. good morning everyone, here is a look at san jose and it is a lie -- light drive. southbound traffic at tank

practically nothing. we have activity in san francisco, right on i-88 in the westbound direction near fremont. it involves a big rig that crashed. we are trying to push everything to the shoulder so it is not causing delays. we high wind advisory a closure a couple of lanes and a full closure on doyle drive in preparation for this closure which is going to happen next month. be prepared. starting on thursday july 9 at 10:00 p.m. through the entire weekend, until mop, july 13 at 5 o'clock am that is when you will have the doyle drive closure impacting the traffic in and out of san francisco and marin so find alternate forms. drive time traffic i-80 westbound from ford to the maze is seven minutes and across the bay bridge is eight minutes and we we southbound to san francisco is 11 minutes.

>> a woman is fighting for her life as she extend out of her life with an attack that has neighbors on edge. >> your sweet tooth could cost you a pretty penny more with a popular treat you could be cutting back on. stay tuned.

>> exxonmobil has stopped producing oil in three rigs off the coast of santa barbara because of the oil spill last month with 100,000 gallons leaking from a broken gas line. the company filed an emergency request to use trucks to ship it but santa barbara rejected the idea. four our risks have stopped production. >> fish and wildlife officials are investigating a bear attack on a woman and her dog.

the dock was fighting with what she thought was a raccoon on monday in front of her home and she figured out it was a bear and tried to intervene but the bear attacked. the woman got away with scratches. her nine-year-old dog was badly injured, though, and is now being treated. officials say that bear attacks on humans are very unusual in california. and a san francisco museum unlike any other, the cartoon art museum was supposed to close after the resident double south of market location but the landlord has agreed to keep it open during the summer after september, the museum plans to partner with local galleries and museums to exhibit its art work while it continues to look for a new home. >> the opening ceremony of the sonoma marin fair is today in petaluma and one of the biggest attractions will be the ugliesting do competition. >> here is video from last year's event and it is so cute in their ugliness drawing homely

hounds from around the world and the contest is open friday. you have this will today at 5:00 p.m. to enter your dog if you think he or she has a shot at the title. we have information on our website at abc7news.com. a face only a mother could love. >> a tube louse honor to say the least. >> time to check the forecast with mike. >> and they will turn up on perfect pets they all have families. they are so ugly they are lovable. speaking fairs, alameda county fair has temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s in the afternoon and holding on to upper sovereign at 7:00 and you will need the coat in the evening as you drop into the 60s. at the game, it is a wednesday evening game at at&t park, padres and giants at 62 at 7:15 and dropping to 58. hot again with triple digits taking over the central valley at 113 in palm springs and a record 85 is what i forecast for

lake tahoe. safely travels. >> are things moving over the altamont pass? that is the question. very slowly is the answer. 30 miles per hour as you leave tracy and make the merge between 205 and 580 you can see the red is extending become from tracy boulevard and it lightens at the interchange and then you are back on the protects headed through the pass will as you continue beyond vasco the traffic things out and the top speed to the dublin interchange, the drive through pleasanton so far so if 84, not too shabby and a pocket of traffic and this is how long it will take you, 580 westbound tracy to dublin is 34 minutes. >> a survey fines americans waste a last food. according to the american chemistry council americans they away $640 worth of wood each year 76 percent of americans say they throw away leftovers each month and the survey fines that many do not care about the environmental impact of trash

left over piling up if land fills. only 15 percent say they are bothered by environmental impact. >> not is sweet news for those would like chocolate. we could be paying more for the treat. blame it open dry weather in the two countries that produce most the cocoa with the prices up 12 percent so for this year. last summer several brands raised their prices by 8 percent. >> get ready to go let the old black and yellow license plates at dmv saying they got 7,500 legislations needed to start production on the old school plates popular in the late 60. they run $50 a pop for standard or personalized and the dmv said production is underway for the plates at the prison. something because the 60s in terms of furniture, that is in right new, the mid-century style

so you can get the license plates to go with. >> are you asking me about funture styles? >> i will talk to your wife. >> chicago is welcoming female giant pandas born at a panda spreading center on monday and hailed as the first set of giant panda twins born in the world this year. the mother was pregnant through artificial insemination was if label for two hours and both cubs are in good health. twins are better than one. >> living in the bay area is expensive. does i tell you something you didn't me? there is an upside the wages that the welcomeers around compare to the rest of the country. >> a move by city hall to make the street as lot safer. >> we are going to break but we leave you with abc7 news at interstate 80 wiping through the berkeley area. it is pretty busy. we will check traffic with

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> 5:00 a.m. on wednesday morning, we are halfway there. we are glad to take you along with us. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. leyla gulen will have the remark but, first the weather and a warm-up. >> it will be hot where i am going, do you want to get in the car with me? live doppler hd shows it is clear this morning. umbrella needed for the strong sunshine, notice the public of clouds from the east bay hills to mt. diablo and that will not step our warmth today. we have