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 microclimates with the

12-hour day planner, 47 to 60 60 at the chest to 80 inland and quick warming by noon, and 90 inland by 4:00, and 58 to 80 a little warm in in areas by 7:00 and most of us are comfortable then. we have triple digits in the forecast coming up. >> thank you mike. i am sure everything is just perfect on the roads this morning. >> perfect. >> right, right, we have a couple of trouble spots including one in san francisco in the clearing stages involving a big rig crash on i-80 near fremont street. as we look at walnut creek southbound 680 it is moving nicely as you head out of pleasant hill and to highway 24 a few extra cars in the southbound direction moving over to san jose, 101, right near 880, and traffic is light. we do have a federal closure on eastbound highway 4 near 160 in the wrapping up stages and i will keep you updated. >> thank you, leyla staying

with highway 4 this morning the caldecott tunnel sheriff is investigating a shooting on highway 4 in bay point last night at san marco boulevard exit. shots came from a silver vehicle with a broken window and two people were hit. on saturday, a 20-year-old man, tomas mendez was shot and killed in the same area on highway four. no arrests have been made in the shooting. >> a study confirms something many of us expected salaries are higher in the bay area than the rest of country but could more for live here? matt keller has that more in san jose. >> ebay has more than 32,000 workers and if they like the rest of the technical workers in silicon valley, they make a wage well above the national average. check out the numbers this is from a just released report from the united states bureau of labor statistics from may of last year workers in santa clara around on average $36.43

an hour, 60 percent before the united states average. workers in computers and mathematical occupations make an average of $59.67 an hour a salary of just under $124,000. of course while the technical industry is soaring it helps move the salaries of other occupations in the area and all but one your occupational group see salaries above the national average but living in silicon valley is not cheap, home prices are also sky rocketing with the wages and zillow said the agency rice in santa clara county is $900,000. the average represent? $2,900 a in so people working in fields like food service and personal care and service and transportation would make well below $20 an hour are having a difficult time paying their rent or mortgage. you could be curious which tech industry job pays the most on average? it is statisticians making more than $150,000. a year.

>> thank you matt. in south carolina today, mourners will stay goodbye to the church pastor and state senator killed by a white supremacist in a mass church shooting. we have new video of the suspect's arrest and we are in the newsroom with that story. >> the video captured the dramatic moment dylann roof, the suspect in the charleston church shooting was taken into custody after 13 hours on the run. police pulled him over in shelby, north carolina, and surrounded his car guns drawn. they found his gun on passenger seat and roof is handcuffed and backed to a police cruiser while the officers high five each other. photos roof posing with the confederate flag re-ignited over what, exactly it means and if it should be flying outside the south carolina capitol. hundreds have rallied all week and lawmakers are considering taking it down. >> if there is a symbol that gives people moment up that

headaches others because of their race it has to go away from public property. >> if we systematically throughout our country remove all the monuments and all the flags and so forth we are going to put ourselves in a position where we will for get our past history. >> the public will have a chance to pay respects to the pastor of the emanuel ame church with a view held for reverend clementa pinckney one of nine people shot during bible study. also on friday, he will be eulogized by president obama. thank you. it is 5:05. berkeley police do not plan to launch a criminal investigation into the balcony collapse that killed six. the wooden beams had severe dry rot caused by moisture but the building was up to date on inspections and inspectors recommend the city require

balkan inspection every five years and they want new construction for use special steel rather thanked withen supports. six dies and seven were hurt in the june 16 collapse. >> two of injured are making great progress in their recovery. the life of a young woman was saved now is in fair condition. also in fair condition is connor gasoline recovering at john muir medical center. a third victim has been released from the hospital and is on his way home to ireland. >> san francisco is poised to hire more police officers. the city's board of directors voted to fund eight academy classes to hire 400 officers according to the examiner the hand over the next two careers is expected to bring the city in compliance with a voter mandated staffing live. san francisco police department

has not reached that level since 2009. >> now, our attention goes to meteorologist mike nicco because he has a warm-up. >> this is where it will take place, inland east bay. my parents are in atlanta with 20 degree spread between the morning low and only high and we have a 40-degree spread because it is so dry. mid-to-upper 50s from 54 in danville and blackhawk at 52 and 57 in concord and walnut creek and check out pittsburg and brentwood: 60 and 64 the warm spot. 49 in bodega bay. financial district and cupertino at 54 and lafayette at 56. alameda and foster city and half moon bay 55. here is what will happen this afternoon. if you are working outside, make sure you take some breaks and fine the shade and you may need an have a battle of water, 82 around the bay from oakland to san jose and inland 85 in the north bay to 95 in the east bay

and 62 along the coast to 70s popping up and breezy around san francisco. waking down clear conditions san jose 101 and 880 notice tomorrow, triple digits inland and friday is going to be like today temperature-wise and we drop dramatically on saturday and we will see if it continues through the weekend. leyla has a look at the morning commute. >> we are seeing early risers here law berkeley i-80, headlights headed in the westbound direction to the maze and traffic is looking heavier on the early side this morning. mass transit, though everything is running on time right new and i want to remind you that there is going to be a change in terms of your ferry schedule tomorrow. this is for anyone would takes the sauce least ferry it will be operate on a modified schedule tomorrow the keep that in mine. check with your local mass transit agency and be sure you can catch the ferry that serves you. drive time traffic 101 southbound is looking good and

castro valley to the maze is 13 minutes and northbound 101 from 280 to 680 split to highway 85 is 11 minutes. >> almost a third of us are on the brink financially and the america's money report is next. >> disturbing fliers left on front yards in southern california. >> new questions of medical marijuana and it may not be so good for what airlines -- what ails you as you might think. stay

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>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is 5:12 on wednesday morning. this is a look at the golden gate bridge where you can see the sky. we will have the forecast from mike coming you. >> president obama will address changes to the hostage policy. the president will specific about the policy shortly after meeting with families of americans who have been held captive. a big change families would be able to pay ransom to free their captive loved ones without fear of prosecution. another change would allow the united states to help families communicate with terrorists. the white house has faced criticism from families of hostages killed by terrorists. >> the race if the white house is about to get more crowds, a that governor jindal is expected

to announce today that he will seek the republican nomination for president the it is a long shot because he lacks the name recognition of some of his opponents but he plans to court evangelicals and paint himself as a man of ideas. he is the oxford educated son of indian immigrants who served two terms in congress before becoming governor. >> someone in southern california distributed dozens of racist fliers program meting the kkk and a hundred of them were put in plastic bag with a rock and a tootty pop and left in front yards and has stats about claim trends and referencing african-americans and hispanics and suggests that people gin the -- join the kk: anyone with information about this should contact police. >> a judge has ruled the state can reject an antigay ballment inishive. the initiative proposed death

for anyone who engaged in gay sex. the attorney subsequent asked for a permission to reject the initiative and an attorney in orange county declined to defend it the judge ruled in favor of harris. show said show would have hat no choice but to allow the initiative's. >> their to collect signatures. >> a blunt assessment of medical marijuana from a british research group who evaluated 79 studies and fund legal proof that it worked for many of the illnesses it is redescribed for. it works well for people with chronic pain and muscle stiffness but it does not work for anxiety and sleep disorders. the. >> officers say marijuana may have widespread benefits but the evidence is not there. it is buyer be way for users because the potency is often mislabeled. the review was published in the journal of the american medical association. >> google has a wrist band that could be a game changer for the health care industry, a cardiac

sensor to wear that sends your pulse, temperature and stress level directly to your doctor. it is only in the testing stage it could help treat heart attack victims and maybe parkinson's disease patient. >> bad news for the giants with a neighbor getting a fractured right fibula after being hit by a pitch. the giants wasted another strong outing by bumgarner against the padres and struck out 14 bat others but gave up a 2-0. in the 11th there was a comebacker off hunter's glove scoring the go ahead run and the padres beat the giants. >> this could be the catch of a area in chicago at wrigley. the dodgers and cubs father with his arm around his son who was credit eling the bottle and

caught the foul ball right there, just before businessman could cap it and after a review the batters with called out for fan interference. >> wow. imagine when the baby grows up and sees that video my dad is so cool. >> my dad is so cool but he helped the visiting franchise >> today, do it again come on giants. >> a nice promotion was back during memorial weekend. >> does we -- did we yes, it will be cool at >> my mustache is not orange. >> uber is ping. who was the sponsor? >> back to weather and baseball it will be 62, dropping to 57. visibility on live doppler hd

shows not bad. no one dealing with fog. look how thin the main layer is this morning. it is pushing doper inland and it will remain the clouds at the coast while the rest of us are warm. good news at night, it will be cloudy and comfortable so we do not have excessive heat warnings or at vaseries and a quick even, back to average by the weekend. now, today watch the cloud cover as it pulls back to the coast by 10:00 or 11 o'clock it will clear out and notice it never completely leaves especially the peninsula coast and possibly not as picture-esque as it was yesterday. 60s to 90s is the summer spread from 30 to 35. in the south bay from 78 in milpitas to 89 in gilroy. san jose and cupertino at 82. not so wide on the peninsula but, still, 70 at millbrae and san mateo at 74 and nearly 80 in redwood city and mountain view

and los altos and low-to-mid 60 hang the coast and nearly 70 downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. mid-to-upper 80s through most north bay and from santa rosa and california stoke north, look at 90's and 30 degrees cooler with the sunshine at bodega bay low-to-mid 60s and 74 in oakland, san san leandro and richmond is cool at 72 and inland nearly 90 through the san ramon valley and everyone else in the low-to-mid 90's. tonight we are looking at a temperature of about 62 and dropping to 58 going from stars to sunshine and the sunset is at 8:31. we still in the 50s tonight and we will drop around 40 degrees in some areas and free air conditioning overnight and trim digs inland triple inland tomorrow. friday and sunday back to average.

>> leyla? >> the bay bridge toll plaza is getting busy we have more cashpayers waiting to pay the toll and head to san francisco the fast trackers are moving along decently but it look like they are backing up a touch and you get into the city however everything is moving along at top speed with the exexception of an accident. you have been hearing eric and kristen all morning and brushfires are a problem and one in martinez it looks like there are delays on the eastbound side of highway 4 coming away from i-88 as you travel right up to the area that is where you are going to apply the breaks indicated by the red on the map. as we take you back to san francisco, an active scene at fremont street that is because of the big rig crash they still trying to clear it off the freeway but so far, we are hungy and it is not causing delays. >> there is a mad dash on for

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fast-moving fire in martinez burned five acres and a continue acre fire in fairfield was started by someone mowing grass. >> do not let this picture fool you we have more morning marine layer crowds it will be hotter today and tomorrow and the fire danger is worse but it will not last i will tell you of the cooler weekend. coming up. >> four, that is a look at the golden gate bridge governorrous, indeed, but this is a separation for our doyle drive closure, and it had a couple of closures the last evening and it looks like all of that is wrap up and we are looking toward july for the bigger closures were i will tell you about that coming up. >> boston mayor then bomber tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death and given a chance to address the court. it is not men if he will. the judge is required to impose the death sentence recommended by the jury for the 2013 bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260.

>> six, the east coast is cleaning up this morning after severe storms dumped heavy rain and strong wins and tornadoes across the region. the storms last 500,000 people without power. forecasters say more severe weather is expected today. >> seven facebook is now worth more than wal-mart. the company stock hit an all-time high on tuesday besting the market value to $245 billion about $10 billion more than the largest retailer. the company has only been trading on wall street since 2013. >> if you pick up a "sports illustrated" this week you will see a familiar face, steph curry is on the cover kissing the championship trophy. it is not just fm for us by, also, for subscribers his third cover since may. clay thompson and andre iguodala have also had covers this year. >> queen elizabeth is forced out of the palace but it is just

temporary. the palace needs $300 million in renovation. it is in dire need of plumbing and electrical wiring work. there is also an asbestos problem that could require the palace to be vacated. it has not been redecorated since 1952 when she first became queen. there is no word where she will stay during the republic know vacation. >> more bad news about the bay bridge next on the morning news the new problem with the eastern span putting drivers at risk each day and the next step local leaders are taking to find a fix. >> a look outside the embarcadero if san francisco and the ferry building with clouds this why am i so awake?

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broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 5:28 for wednesday, thank you for waking up early and joining us. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. >> leyla gulen will have traffic and right new we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> i will get the coffee if a second. the coffee is good this morning as we are chilly with the 50s. and some clouds. nothing on live doppler hd. other than dry conditions. here is the exploritorium: look how calm the bay water is. it will be breezy again this afternoon. especially north of the bay bridge. the day planner is talking about temperatures in the 50s and by noon already 80 inland to 90 by 4:00 and the rest of us are in the 60s and 70s and it will be toasty during the later part of the afternoon into the evening and if you are headed out of the maybe watching your kid play a sport you can use the umbrella to help yourself tomorrow and warmer in the triple digits coming up. >> i thought of throwing a splash of the whiskey

interest... >> that was the cleveland whiskey with the calf floors -- cavaliers... >> sometimes these are shaken up in the shipment. >> better be safe. >> you may want to hit the bankrupt stuff, not that stuff the coffee to get you awake because we are see heavy traffic on the roads as we look at san mateo bridge, it is getting fuller especially on the windshield size between hayward to foster city and construction crew on the eastbound portion approaching the high-rise and when you get to hayward it will not be a problem. in the richmond-san rafael bridge we are seeing cars stacking up and to the east we have report of a brushfire affecting traffic on highway 4 with the details ahead. contra costa county sheriff deputy thursday searching for a

man who shot someone last night not far from where another map was fatally shot over the weekend. janet o is on the scene. janet? >> this is a second shooting in the area in less than a week. we are off of highway 4 where last night's shooting took place. contra costa county sheriff deputies were here investigating the screen and found several bullet casings here. traffic was backed up on highway 4 during the investigation. as of right now officials are saying very little about what happened and why. it is reported that two downtown -- gunshot victims arrived at the hospital in the bullet rid olded car coming from a silver car with a broken window. open saturday, tonight-year-old tomas mendez was shot and killed on highway four. no arrests have been made in

that case. officials are not saying if the saturday shooting and last night moves shooting are connected. that is the latest from here at bay point. >> bay area firefighters are seeing dangerously dry conditions battling a number of grass fires. we were in martinez where firefighters stamped out a fast-moving five acre grass fire at 3:30 yesterday afternoon and flames spread to the neighborhood at the top of the hill and crews gained the upper hand before it reached any homes. >> we are seeing the national grass with the moisture condition tonight in the grass and it looks like we are in late summer. the potential is huge at this point we are facing different circumstances that we usually do not face in late june. >> in fairly, sky 7 was over continue acre grandson fire west of internet state 80 with flames threatening homes for a time before it was contained and that

fair was started by a contractor mowing grass behind a water treatment plant. >> wildfire burning south of lake tahoe has slowed after winds died down year and the washington fire has burned 16,000 acres and containment is at zero. 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. >> officials are warning that ominous new cracks have been found on the new eastern span of the bay bridge the belts of the small cracks on some rods pose a potential threat to 400-plus remaining fasteners that secure the tower to the foundation. officials say one tower anchor rods snapped after being exposed to water. further testing is expected to be considered. >> a san francisco police officer is recovering after being pepper sprayed by suspected thieves at never 21

story in union square at 6:30 last night. the officers with confronting three women that store workers said were stealing merchandise. the guard iced his face as police arrested two suspects. the officer should be find. >> happening today, boston marathon palmer dzhakhar tsarnaev is scheduled to be formally sentenced to death. the 21-year-old will be given an opportunity to address the court if he chooses. he has nothing to gain because the judge is required to embassy the death sentence recommended by the jury for the bombing that killed three people and oned more than 260. more than 30 you haves are expected to speak at the hearing. >> officials have released new police video showing the arrest of confessed charleston church gunman dylann roof who is charged with shooting and killing nine people on wednesday at the emanuel ame church and caught in north carolina hours after the attack and the cough fin of the reverend clementa

pinckney will light in the rotunda at the statehouse. on friday, president obama will deliver reverend clementa pinckney's eulogy at charleston sports arena. >> an effort to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina statehouse grounds is moving through the state legislature. politicians are calling for the flag's removal after the suspect in the church shooting appeared in photographs brandishing the flag as a symbol of hate. >> in the bay area flag city in belmont decided to stop selling the confederate flag and amazon sears, ebay all say they are removing the confederate flag merchandise. they say "it is a contemporary civil of racism," a bill passed in california in 2014 bans the state government from displaying or selling merchandise with the condition fed rat flag. >> san jose city council

candidate has an insure mountable lead not run off election. with all precincts reporting he has 56 percent of vote and where a thin.6 percent opponent. the last minute vote by mail in and provision a ballots are super bowled to be coupled by friday. san jose will allow uber and lyft to pick up passengers at the airport in addition to drop offs which are already allowed. that is part of the deal and drivers have to be fingerprinted and have background checks and vehicles will be inspected. drivers have to pay fines for past spray lays and get a business tax license. the pilot program is expected to generate $250,000 for the city. >> a judge declined to hear a lawsuit brought by dozens of industrial sell farmers over the state's imposed water restrictions. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the judge cited a potential for local prejudice and transferred the case to a

less partial county. a new court has not been determined. dozens of farmers holding the oldest and strong of the water rights in the state have been told to stop pumping water from rivers and creeks because of the group. many of the rights holders are suing saying the state has in authority to order cuts. >> if we could get some rain...it does not look to be in the works? >> low clouds. thunderstorms are possible. mainly in the saferria over the weekend. it would be nice if they wander our way but with thunderstorms, we have the possibility of lightning and fire so it is a catch 22. petaluma is 46 and san raf 55, and low 50s from american canyon napa, to calistoga and novato and santa rosa. the rest of us in the mid-to-upper 50s and redwood city at 57, and san ramon is 54 and brentwood is 64 and san jose

at 55 right new. in the east bay hills this is a deep are push of the parent layer clouds but, still inland east bay is the hottest in the 90s and we will have mid-80s to low 90's in the north bay. the coast and san francisco 62 to 70, and not so private as the last couple of days. 71 around the bay to 82 in the south bay and watching sfo with more clouds more numerous and no delays and temperatures reach triple digits inland where 90's around the bay and free air conditioning ask 60 at the coast and cooling trip starts on friday. we will see if anyone is hot under the collar because of the traffic. >> people waiting at the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights were turned on and san jose has a look at 280 near 880 highway 17 and if you head into cupertino you it will not find any delays and no actions to get us going in the south bay. drive time traffic i-80 westbound from albany to the maze is a short five-minutes and we saw more traffic there

everyone is moving along at the same pace. from fremont to san jose, 15 minutes. 280 northbound from 101 to cupertino you saw how clear it was. we had early report of a brushfire which has been put out and traffic is not affected anymore. we did have early slow downs away great i-80 and right new it is nice and clear. headed over to oakland we have this accident, eastbound 580 at grand avenue starting to see a little bit of a slow down. sonoma raceway will be backed because of the nascar weekend starting friday right through sunday. kristen and eric? >> powerful storms rip apart homes and bring down power lines with a new round of severe weather people from maine to illinois are bracing for. >> getting creative with condoms to stop the spread of sexually

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>> covering daly city, los gatos, dublin, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is 5:43. the public is getting a chance to hear ideas for the future of the palace of fine arrest ms. san -- fine arts. the city is looking for a long term tenant to replace the exploritorium and hopes to throw out a wide range ofups and let the public weigh in. a hotel was an idea threated last -- float the but that generated vocal opposition. >> we have plenty of hotels. we have no problem with attracting tourists. >> ideas include indoor sports complex or retail and restaurant destination and a group is committed to honoring its history as a place if the arts. the park department said a decision will be made by next year. >> documentary on the cape

crusader is tonight after helping grant the win of miles scott, cancer parent to be batkid. red carpet arrivals starts at 6:00 p.m. on post street. miles remains in remission and just finished 1st grade. it will open in select theaters on friday. >> local firefighter is making a difference in the life of someone, the recent fire academy graduate donated his bone marrow on monday to help a patient diagnosed with leukemia after finding out high was a match when he and 14 other recruits for the fire academy signed up for the bone marrow registry. we thank the united national firefighters for share the photos. >> 500,000 open east coast wake up without power after strong pounds. heavy rain and strong winds battered the cost triggering

storm watches and warnings. the storms knocked out power and ripped trees from the ground causing tornadoes and you can see the up ended cars. more severe weather is on the way today. >> a strong line of thunderstorms on the east coast caused widespread lightning look at the cloud to ground lightning strike taken out a national weather service willing in maryland and several lightning strikes outside of the capitol building in washington dc. >> giants player buster posey will host a thousand baseball junior kids and give them greaters. >> he did this last year and this is the juan your giants, a free little league for boys and girls aims five to 18. posey bought the gloves for the kids and is treating the kids to the game against the padres. >> go, kids and go buster posey and the san francisco giants.

let's win at home. >> two games under on at home. >> that hurts. >> laying better on the road. we have a chance this evening. we will look at the graphics and show you the microclimates. the forecast is going to be cool. you know that. it is coming up in five minutes. freer air conditioning at half moon bay and if you are in the sunshine it could be uncomfortable downtown san francisco as we push nearly 70. oakland is 74 and the heat is 91 in walnut creek and 94 in antioch. a 30-degree summer spread today. winds have lightened this morning and we are still 16 at concord and 21 at fairfield and a freeze. it will be faster, same areas as it has been north of the bay bridge through the delta we have 3:00 this afternoon to 9:00 this evening 21 to 33 miles per hour wind from the southwest coming

along the northwest from the cost until 9:00 this evening. the trees are not sway much on the roof and neither are the flags on the ferry building but they will pick up in the afternoon. from mount tamalpais, a thin layer of clouds is pushing deeper inland. they will be more stubborn at the coast. rest of us building warmth. it will be comfortable at night and back to average temperatures for the weekend. today and tomorrow it will not last. we will see a reprieve on friday. the high pressure is clockwise flow pulling up the excessive heat from the debt either and&-- from the desert and putting it in our neighbor 89 in gilroy. 87 in morgan ill. 86 in los gatos and cupertino at 82. on the peninsula, mid-to-upper 70 and redwood city and los altos are the warmest at 79 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast with the extra cloud cover and nearly 70 in downtown and

sausalito. mid-to-upper 80s through the north bay and santa rosa calistoga and cloverdale and lake port, low-to-mid 90s. we have richmond at 72 and oakland and san leandro at 74 and castro valley is 80 and inland we are right around 90 in the san ramon valley with low-to-mid 90s elsewhere. check out our temperatures tone. the mid-to-upper 50s and not so cool this morning and that is nice considering we are going to be in the 90s in triple digits starting tomorrow. friday, the temperatures are like today and look at the temperatures, 60s at the coast, 70s and 80s around the bay and 80s inland for saturday and sunday. >> a special reason why i am showing you the golden gate bridge pause tolls are going to be increases on july 1st and for anyone who not familiar, if you are using fast track $6 will be $6.25. if you are paying by plate that means, because there are in toll takers, smile for the camera

because that is going to increase from $7 to $7.25. if you car pool $4 to $4.25. be prepared and keep the extra change. this is our accident in the east bay, eastbound 580 at grand avenue blocking lanes in the westbound direction. we see some delays passing by lake merritt. as we take you over to san francisco we have construction lasting until 6:00 and one lane is blocked on the transition from northbound 280 to southbound highway 101 by not causing any delays. >> the city of oakland is turning parking spaces into small urban parks and will newest going outside a bicycle repair shore at mcarthur boulevard. here is what the parklets look like. the idea is to transform the packing spaces into green spaces. there are 16 parklets in the

works in oakland as part of a new program. >> these teens have an idea for a clever condom that would change colors to indicate if you have been exposed to an s-t-d. say the british students got top a's for tech awards which will flow different colors for different stds and they won $1,500 and a trip to meet the prince andrew at buckingham palace. the condoms are a concept and several companies have approached the teens about their requested. >> a bay area software company cracked a code for keeping employees happy. >> the business model putting on the lit of best places to work in the united states. >> a woman steps out of her home and is fighting for her life with an stack that has neighbors on edge. >> popular treat that you may soon want to cut back on

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>> not so sweet news for those that like chocolate. we could pay more. blame it on dry weather in the countries that produce most of the cocoa: ghana and ivory coast. prices are up twelve percent so far this year. last summer several major brands raised their praises by 8 percent. >> fish and wildlife are videoing a bear attack on a

woman and her dog. the doc was fighting with what she thought was a raccoon on monday at her home but it was a bear. she tried to intervene. the bear attack. the woman got away with jumps. her nine-year-old golden was badly injured and now is treated. officials say attacks on humans are very unusual in california. >> different kind of animal story, opening ceremony of the snow may aren fair is -- sonoma marin fair and they have the ugly dog competition. here is from last year, look at that. the contest draws hours from away the world on friday. you have until today at 5 o'clock p.m. to enter your dog if you think they have a thought at the tiling. we have information on abc7news.com. >> and good morning, everyone, if you are going to the alameda

county fair, strong sunshine and 77 by look and topping out in the upper 80s an 1:00 o'clock to 2:00 falling back to the upper 70s by 7:00 and you will need a coat this evening in the mid-60s. at the game padres still in town to take on the giants 7:15 dropping to 58. look at the high 87, and we will have more in lake tahoe. >> 46 bart trains on time as we look at the richmond-san rafael tolls we still have same amount of cars as before. it has not increased. traffic is sometime five minutes to get cross the water to the north bay. drive time traffic 101 southbound from san francisco to sfo is ten minutes and 880 northbound from 238 to the maze is 13 minutes and 101 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport is 13 americans. kristen and eric?

>> get ready to go retro, the california dmv is bring back the old black and yellow plans plates. they got 7,500 applications needed to start production on the old school plates popular in the late 60s. they are $630 for standard personalized and production is underway. >> sure law will stream the most popular it is -- sit cops of sitcoms of all time "seinfeld," with a real live model of the apartment from the upper west side and you can stop by and check it out until next week. the apartment is only open to the public for five days. >> at 6:00 google ju

ahead of itunes and is looking to lure music away from customers. >> relief from those would allergies to peanuts. >> an outside shot of the bay bridge toll plaza and the backup is here. stay tuned.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the accept for -- the search for answers after a shooting in bay point. what investigators saying about the people involved. >> the flip side of the high cost of living is higher wages. where to go in bay area for the fat of the paycheck. >> widespread recalls over a deadly airbag problem what they have done to make it easier to get it fixed.

>> it is wednesday at 5:59. >> we are halfway had and it is all down downhill from there. meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> temperatures are going in the opposite direction. it will be hotter. we will have to find creative ways to stay comfortable and pack extra water for the kids camp. >> you can see marine layer and clouds making a deeper penetration with 47 to 60 at 7:00. 80 inland by noon. 60 at the coast. we will remain cool to comfort am at the coast 62 at 4:00 to 90 inland and 58 to 88 is the spread. but there is more heat coming up. >> thanks mike. >> a look now at the traffic with leyla.