live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. much smoother than expected is how drivers in san francisco are describing the morning commute near the golden gate bridge on the first morning of the doyle drive closure. good morning, i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas here for cheryl jennings. we still have to get through the weekend. doyle drive will be shut down for a total of 9 hours so drivers to and from the north bay may have to choose between backups or finding an alternate. amy hollyfield is near doyle drive. amy? >> the bay area is getting good at road closures. anywhere else this would cause a huge backup. here, people have adapted.

the construction crews have not stopped moving. they have a lot to do in 79 hours. traffic though, was expected to come to a standstill. it also, kept moving to the delight of friday morning commuters. >> the traffic was great. really good. it was like saturday. just no traffic at all. >> the shutdown of doyle drive has been publicized with people being encouraged to work from home and avoid the area. some say they change their timing but decided to take a risk and drive through. it paid off. >> just planned on leaving later figured everyone would leave early and it worked out. >> there was in traffic. i don't know where everyone went today. >> protect folks say the light traffic was a great surprise and they expected a huge backup. something else they were not expecting: the weather. >> rain in july, who would think? that was a surprise. it didn't slow down the construction. with the exception of striping by the golden gate bridge but

you cannot do striping in the rain. >> they can make it out now the weather is clearing. when the new drive drive opens you will see chains including three tunnels rather than one and a safer thoroughfare rather were that the current approach. >> the big activities progress as planned. it is looking good. there is a lot of work out here. there is still a lot of work to be done and we will give updates through the weekend. >> she said they have torn up the detour that took less than ten hours. they have to build the new thoroughfare, a lot to do and they will not stop. they will work around the clock and hope to re-open for monday morning commute. >> many drivers avoided the golden gate bridge but that ended up having a spillover affect on other major commute routes. the traffic reporter is here with a closure look. leyla? we are taking a closer look here the macarthur maze shows the heavy traffic as it pours in from the east bay along the east

shore freeway up to 580. when you get to the bay bridge toll plazas this is a wait we do not see untilally on a friday so at the moment if you are trying to make the trek between the hoffman split up to the maze and into san francisco, it will take you about 31 minutes. over the golden gate bridge, still light headed in from marin. it is going to be busy and these are the areas where you can expect delays over the weekend and the good news is, although golden gate transit canceled bus routes they have had some ferries. >> count on abc7 all weekend to help you navigate the closure. we will be alerting you to any major traffic jams or issues. you can get our abc7 news app free in your app store or just follow us twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> now something we do not often see this time of year: rain. you can see the green. there were some showers across

the bay area this morning. we will check with mike right new and see if he can internet what we see this. >> zooming in closer, into the sunol grade you can see 680 and 84 stretching to livermore and wine country is getting a light spritz of rain right now as you head up toward mission creek road brentwood the cherry trees some of blue berries and strawberry plants up to antioch and lone tree way getting wet and this is rotating an the area of low pressure that actually is in novato and speaking up moisture over the warmer than average ocean and that is what will keep the showers in the forecast. notice over the next three hours they pass quickly off to the east and fade away from cloverdale north where we can see the rain. through the evening hours. the rest of us? put it away for now the umbrella and the summer heat is coming back. >> it was a drizzly morning commute and you can see

windshield wipers going on into san francisco over the bay bridge. >> you could. including in my car. you can see what is showing up on live doppler hd any time with the abc7 weather app it is tremendous on app people's app store or google play and we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> in south carolina the confederate flag has come down with cheers rising up from the massive crowd in columbia. it was an emotional moment for people open both sides of the controversy surrounding the flag. we will have that story. >> a historic moment more than half a century in the making. after decades of debate the confederate flag came down from the groups of the south carolina statehouse. >> thousands gathered to witness a day many thought would never

come. >> people outside coming to celebrate and protest. >> the nag represents history of the civil war and the people of the south hating big government and high taxes. the flag has nothing to do with charityin' people or slavery. >> the flag lowered for the last time a direct reaction to the killing of nine church goers last month in what has been called a hate crime. their families standing by on thursday as the governor signs the bill. these nine pins are going to the nine families of the church. >> this ignited a fierce debate about the symbolism of a flag. >> symbol of hate. >> we have taken people that respect their southern heritage and kicked them in the teeth of the the debate continues in washington democrats are trying to seize the moment pushing to remove any emblem from the capitol that has a portion of battle flag. the flag that came down will now have a new home, in the state's

confederate relic museum as part of the deal the lawmakers in south carolina agreed to. >> san francisco sheriff mirkarimi answered questions as "setting the record straight," after a shooting death of a young woman an pier 14 and how he handled the case of francisco sanchez who admitted in an interview with abc7 to shooting and killing kate steinle. the sheriff department took francisco sanchez into custody when he complete add federal prison sentence because of an outstanding arrest war ran the sap chose was released although federal authorities wanted to deport him. >> i.c.e. failed to obtain and provide for judicial order for such deportation proceedings. >> abc7 has on add letter from sheriff mirkarimi's department requesting the fell officials hand sanchez over and admitted it was unlikely sanchez would

face charges in the 20-year-old drug case. as we first reported the gun used in the shooting was stolen from a federal officer's car a week earlier. the pure rove land management ranger said he reported it as soon as he noticed it missing and the san francisco police department did not investigate until after the shooting. a bull din was issued citywide but that is as far as it went because they did not have suspect or leads. >> the santa cruz county sheriff is releasing more information about the shooting death of a man by a sheriff's deputy. this happened at 10:00 last night at a him in boulder creek of the deputies responded to a call of a family dispute and confronted by a subject with two handguns. for reasons not clear the deputies opened fire and the subject died at the hospital. the sheriff is holding a news conference right new to explain what happened. >> smile. you are on candid camera. fremont is the latest bay area city to approve new next that

read license plates. it is designed to reduce crime. it is also stirring up controversy. abc7 reporter melanie woodrow is at the police department. >> the idea is the surveillace cameras and license plate readers will scan and store your license plate information if your vehicle crosses magazines one of these six cameras. some do not like that and think it is an invasion of privacy because the police department will have a log of where you are in the city. the chief said it is about stopping and solving crimes. fremont boulevard and i-8980 is one of ten locations that the fremont police department want to install video next. the fremont police chief said the locations are key entry and exit points to the city. he said that the fixed cameras will not be continuously monitored. >> it is an investigative tool. when we have a christmas we will go back to it as a source of information. >> the $300,000 project was

approved on thursday at city hall. not everyone likes the idea of police knowing recording and storing where they go. >> there is information on the internet about tracking you. >> they asked at boy privacy concerns. >> we are cog any accident of the privacy issues you have raised. that that that priority is reflected in where we place the cameras. and in the retention life of the information. and would will have access. and how we will regulate the investigative use. >> fremont police department say the reportings are purged after 30 days unless they are evidence in a crime. the license plate reader data will be stored and shared with other law enforcement agencies for one year. longer if the images are evidence in a crime. >> it seems like a year is excessive. 30 days 60 days...but a year

seems too long. >> the cameras have been approved the city will vote on a vendor next meeting. >> other cities have license plate reader technology including antioch and san leandro but differ in how long they store the license plate data. still to come the united states women's soccer team makes history. again. what made the ticket parade in new york city unlike any other held

>> actor omar shariff has passed away. he is best known for performance in dr. zhiago and died in cairo. the family revealed in may he was suffering from a disease. he was 83 years old. >> happier news, hundreds of thousands cleared america's women's world cup champions in new york city this morning. >> chanting "usa, usa," filled the hand con of heroes. the world cup champions follow the same route taken by war heroes, astronauts and other elite athletes. this is the first women's sports team ever to receive the honor.

>> you think plane seating is already too cramped? it could get worse if a company has its way if a new design for airplane seats and many passengers are calling the idea a "complete nightmare." not so happy meal, some parents are demanding an apology from mcdonald's for this

>> we know airlines try to pack more and more passengers the plains of. a new idea to solve the problem could make you think twice about booking a flight. look at this picture. a new design called the economy class cabin hexogon taking every

other face to turn it around so rather than sitting shoulder to shoulder you would be sitting face to face. they say it gives people juries more arm room. >> it depends if you know the person next to you. we are talking face-to-face, that is fine, but with a stranger it could be awkward. >> do they have delays? >> yes, sfo is still out there so call ahead. there are arrival delays. now, yesterday there was an interesting video, this pass always closes in the winter but this is why. it get as ton of snow. not necessarily the last couple of winters but look at year, you can see the snow came down along with the thunderstorms. and the hail. and the lightning. and flooding rain. just gorgeous. it tempers the fire a little bit for a day or so.

it is not going to green things up and take away the drought. the 48 hour rainfall total lake sonoma is the big winner and novato (o) san francisco, downtown, is .07" and hayward is .02". now, avon walk is this weekend. tens of thousands of lovely ladies walking to help cure breast cancer. we will start in san francisco with temperatures in the upper 50s by 60s by 10:00, and low-to-mid 70's by 6:00 and drizzle in the only but mostly more dry than it has been this week. you can see live doppler hd it is quiet throughout our neighbors along the east bay and here you are, in the higher elevation, that is where we will see the showers and they are pushing off as the dry air, you

can see it coming in on the northwest flow so that means no need for umbrella after the next couple of hours and we will have more holes like this opening up so grab the sunglasses and joy the uneventful evening. 680, to the south, it is hazy and golden gate bridge, we will use this to talk about sunshine and more of it this evening, still cooler than average and summer sun and warmth is going do come back into the forecast next week. today, mid-to-upper 60s along the coast and san francisco and low-to-mid 70s elsewhere until you get to inland east bay upper 70s to nearly 80 and at game, not breezy but kind of cool, mid-60s at:15 dropping to 62 at 10:00 the tonight, in the mid-50s to norly 60 degrees, cloudy and drizzle and san francisco along the coast and the coastal sea, the area of low pressure is pull away and you are get the wrap around moisture sinking to the south much the thunderstorms and showers are across mendocino and

lake and they pave the way but up to lake tahoe, you have to watch out until the later part of the evening hours that is when we will see the tapering. before then, though, the final storms could cause flooding and possibly some power outages and as we head through saturday and sunday our average high is 80 if lake tahoe and only around 70. my seven-day forecast is get use to morning showers and afternoon sunshine and high clouds over the weekend with temperatures below average and high pressure. monday through thursday, high clouds sour in the 60s at coast and the rest of us are in the 80s and 90's next week. >> more news it is all fun and games until the happy meal toy swears. [ inaudible ] >> parents have called on mcdonald's telling them to stop handing out this minion toy saying it sounds like he is say

something that is a swear word the mcdonald's denies this is foul language and insists it is just jibberish. >> i listened to it ten times and could not pick it you. >> time to meet this week's perfect pet with an

>> we have agree news from san jose. this is from sky 7 at two people who suffered serious injuries when a car crashed into the sound wall. firefighters are on the scene near the campus of evergreen valley high school. >> now friday's perfect pet. >> mike is introducing us to a new friend. >> couple new friends, grace from east bay spca. and nice of to you bring charlie here, who is making herself at home and relaxing. she lacks calm. >> she is a relaxing do, a giant schauenzer with us for a month a great companion, she good with kids and other dogs and mostly she likes to lie down. >> it doesn't matter the age because she is so dozen sill.

>> -- she is so docile. >> she was surrender by a family who moved out of the house and the new apartment allowed the smalling do but no big dog. >> we can find her a new home and you can do that. >> the adopt-a-thon is july 18 and it is 10:00 to 3:00 p.m. at jack london square with 3 other rescue groups throughout the bay area and we expect to have over 300 animals and well have turtles dogs, cats rats the you name it. >> we can find it on your website and you can find it on our website or you can call to take-ly charlie home or one of the other animals up for adoption. >> appreciate it. >> so good here in the studio. >> turtles and doves. maybe turtle doves. >> we wish you a great weekend

and we will leach -- leave you with adore picture of our pet today.

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