live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning and thanks for join us on monday, columbus day. >> i am matt keller here for eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and find how the weather looks like. >> just absolutely nothing going on right now and nothing to worry about from live doppler hd.

no i would, no cloud, no drizzle, no rain, you can see on sutro tower, we are cooler at 48 to 60 and when the sun comes you, get ready we are going to be 70s to 82 by noon. at 72 at coast to 92 inland, and this is not our hottest day, that will be tomorrow when we set the records. enjoy a confidentable evening at the coast at 66 and stuffy inland at 86. so tar we have a holiday light condition and here is the bay bridge toll plaza on this columbus day morning. we have some cars trickling in and a line of cars wait to way cash in the far right hand lane and they have checked through and they are now in san francisco so the rest of the drive is clear and here is a move over to san mateo bridge with the drive move along fine with a little bit of construction as you leave 880 to make it to highway 92 but, mostly you are in great shape. 101, southbound, san francisco to sfo if you have a flight, you will not be late, 880,

northbound, from highway 238 to the maze is just 4 minutes and 101 northbound from 85 to the san jose airport is ten minutes. southwest passengers need do something extra before holding to the airport: aren't out your boarding pass. janet o is at oakland international airport with a technical problem that could cause major delays today. janet? >> southwest said 450 flights have been affected by the technical issues across the country and they are telling passengers to arrive at the airport at least two hours earlier and with a printed boarding pass in hand. i checked inside and so far the good news is we do not have delays as of yet. passengers have been able to print board classes from the kiosk. the dallas based airline has been trying to fix a computer glitch that is resulting in the widespread delays that continue this morning. the problem first started yesterday and employees were

writing passes by hand. there were long lines and frustrated travelers. at l.a.x. there were tents to provide shade for passengers standing in the hot sun. this woman tried to leave las vegas and get back to oakland. >> they opened up all of the extra terminals or check in spans on the street. they were just wingin' in. that is what it was. >> southwest said they do not know the technical issues more how long it takes to resolve the problem but the computer systems were not hacked. this is the first line there have been computer glitches, over the summer united and american faced similar issues. >> more airline troubles in a

story you see only on abc7. hundred of passengers are in hong kong after a scare on board their flight from sfo yesterday. the pilot unexpectedly decided to turn their plane around. a map shows the path the pilot took north over the pacific off the land was coast before turning back to sfo. passengers shared what the can't -- the captain said. >> a fuel problem and the airplane was using more fuel than usual and he not sure if we would make it all the way if hong kong. >> emergency crews checked the secret for a fuel line and a group of chinese citizens received a $20 voucher to buy food. united make makes every effort o accommodate passengers. >> in could be a plan to allow prisoners with violent backgrounds to fight fires a way to boost the number of

firefighters who help during the busy fire season. they are down inmate prisoners that have been working the firefighting jobs. >> linkedin wants employees to feel more empowered and has an open-ended time off policy and will no longer offer a set number of days off. the managers will work with employees to plan vacation time. the unlimited vacation model is designed to place more focus on results, not hours worked. a 9/11 spokesman said it is an important step to help recharge and keep engaged. >> pumpkin growers hope for a world record at the 42nd annual world championship weigh off. amy hollyfield joins us in half moon bay where things are getting started. >> a lot of action out here. just the last few minutes, look behind me as con tenders would have pulled in with the enormous pumpkin. look at these things. i cannot even believe these are

not real pumpkins and are in the back of the pickup trucks. i will introduce you to the owner, the man with grew this beauty, gary miller, from napa, congratulations what went into growing this beauty? >> a lot of hard work. we are seeing april like a baby you take care of, each day, until shed a features because you take its life and then you come and show the world what you have done, what you grew this summer. >> garys your is huges but you don't think you have enough to win? >> there are a bunch of huge ones. >> how much does your weigh? >> hopefully 1,500 in that area. thank you is enormous but that will not do it. what do you think it will take to win today?

>> it would be nice if we society a world record here today. you know? that would be...have to be over 2,300 pounds. >> hope we see that. >> it will be a fun morning to see that happening. you have a lot to be proud of. thanks pore chatting with us. >> why to this? for fun, you heard how gary is attached to the pumpkin like raising a baby, but, also, for money. they will win, the winner gets $6 a pound so we are talking up to $9,000 or $10,000. the weigh off starts at 7:00 until 11 o'clock and kickoff at until 11 o'clock and kickoff at half moon bay pumpkin out the way off, how the weather conditions will be, mike? >> you will have orange pumpkins and a really blue sky. >> of there it.

no gray. the pumpkins losing their life for our benefit. alameda is 60. if you do not live on the east bay shore, san francisco and mountain view and san jose at 57 degrees. pleasanton and fremont, at 56. santa rosa at 50, and pacifica is 56. from the roof camera, notice the ferry building, flags are not unfurled and if they do they will unfurl that way, to the ocean and a breeze will bring us 88 to 94 inland today, and 70 to nearly 80 along the coast into san francisco and around the rest of the bay, 80 to 88 degrees. in walnut creek right new temperatures are in the upper 50s and we will top out nearly 80 tomorrow in san francisco and fall back to 70 by thursday and, in fact, moments of us in the 80s and 90s tomorrow and back to the 70's and 80s on thursday, and i will show you why and one reason has to do with a chance of rain. leyla? >> the pumpkins are beautiful.

if you are heading to half moon bay, here is a look at the drive on 280 at top speed leaving san francisco to make it into deals and when you get to highway 1, 54 miles per hour with no delays and 101 through brisbane, a great job and we continue our commute further to the south making it over to half moon bay and you are in fantastic shape and you will miss the crowds on the roads. from the peninsula, at 70 miles per hour from woodside and palo alto and 101 and 69 miles per hour. we do have a brand new crash but, 680 right new, southbound from ford to walnut creek is six minutes and highway 24, westbound, walnut creek to highway tin, that is eight minutes and 580 tracy to dublin is up to 41 minutes, quiet for a, would weekday. eastbound highway 4, a brand new crash involving a motorcyclist and it sounds like he is on his feet and in the center divide with slowing westbound into

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>> santa santa rosa, berkeley, l the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, a beautiful shot of the city. the bay bridge. things looking warm. hot for october in the bay area today. meteorologist mike nicco will let you know about the weather forecast. >> in south carolina the passive clean up effort is extending

into another week after historic rainfall. broken dams and swollen rivers keep thousands from returning home. now many are facing a new enemy. philip has more from south carolina. >> with waters receding in some parts of south carolina, the race to save what is left of the homes. >> you tear it out and you build it back. >> volunteers helping homeowners as they haul away the debris. >> if the mold grows so rapidly it could be a complete demolition. >> getting the water damaged dry wall removed before the mold starts to grow. a much different story in the east in conway, the river now is 8' above normal. for the thousands living in the flood path, like amber and her family, life is still far from normal. >> it is hard for them much they have never been through anything like this. >> trips to work and school and the local wal-mart require a 20

minute boat ride down the street. >> wish it would go away and wish this was a plug to pug to make it go on. >> so many roads not passable fema is helping stranded residents get around. >> never experienced figure like that in our life. >> this is one of the roads still impasse am. folks say it could take up to a month for the streets to dry out. scary moments on the sunshine skyway bridge in tampa, florida, a waterspout traveled cross the bridge and ripped a a extra to pieces right there on the roads. the driver walked away uninjured. drivers say they were terrified. the tornado did damage to a construction site, as well. >> wild weather in parts of the country, however, not the case here. >> as wild as we are, with the big temperature swings we are

going to have one of those today and it could be a little taxing if you are outside because it was warm yesterday. drink plenty of water if you are going for the hike or bicycling and walking the dog across the golden gate bridge, no worries knox fog to speak of. barely a breeze. could be a picture-esque day. sutro tower showing how clean the air is, and how calm it is. look at twinkling lights in the port of oakland on the bay water. here is my highlights for the forecast. record highs are possible, reasonable more so tomorrow. there is ever so small chance of a shower on wednesday and thursday and the big thing is it will break the heat wave and start tumbling of temperatures back to average on the highway side by the time we get to the weekend. we will look at napa, i made this graphic three-quarters of a mile is how low the visibility was at 12 and 29 coming together at the napa airport and it is up

to two so that means it is probably moving around the american canyon down to 37. we have a few clouds along the coast and visibility at half moon bay is five but those will be eradicated by the offshore bruise breeze. we will start in the south bay at 86 in sunday veil and san jose is 8 and, boardwalk, 86 in santa cruz today. 81 in millbrae is the cool spot on the peninsula, 84 to 787 for the rest of our temperatures and half moon bay at 74, mask can at 70, and daly city at 78 degrees and sunset at 76 and 80s around downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and flirting with 70 along the north bay coast and upper 80s to low 90s so warming the hot sunshine through the north bay valley, and richmond at 84 and oakland at 87, and fremont, heading inland we will have low-to-mid 90s and good news is it will be comfortable, temperatures are in the 50s in

our deepest valleys and the rest of us in the low-to-mid mid-50s. the area of low pressure is not looking as prompting -- promising as it did yesterday and saturday with a chance of a shower but so isolating wednesday and thursday and you will notice it by friday and saturday and sunday at 10- or 15-degrees cooler with not so much sunshine. have a great day. leyla? >> everyone is in the far right hand lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza so backing up on the 880 everpass interchange merging with the bay bridge tolls so in last happened lane you are in good shape because everyone else is moving along just fine and getting out of the way. the metering light is not turn on and i will let you know. right now, it is only eight minutes teen the macarthur maze and into san francisco. moving over to walnut creek southbound side is six minutes between concord and walnut creek, and right now it looks like a clear commute up to highway 24, and it is nice

headed into the san ramon valley. if you are coming in from another angle, say, through zoe, you have construction causing big delays and the project is starting to be picked up but expect it to be around until 530 and westbound to 980 with ramps in the area affecting 980 and highway 24 are closed. the projects are in the process of be, picked up. traveling along 880, that is the better bet so the natural is over to emeryville and macarthur maze and no problems through san leandro and along 880 out of san lorenzo and it is holiday light. >> amazon wants did know how the employees are feeling, offer the past few months the retailer has ramping up efforts to get regular feedback from corporate staff about their work environment. the effort comes to months after a scathing report in the "new york times" where employees shared stories of cutthroat

working conditions and long hours away from family. the amazon c.e.o. defended the work culture. ample is blocking their own app. for some people. >> topping mechanic's money gas prices are edging back up. the national average is $2.32 a gallon. it was three cents cheaper a week ago but we paid more a rather ago and we are paying less than $3 a gallon in every state for the first time since 2009. we are spending the savings on halloween. americans will spend $7 billion on halloween this week, candy, costumes, decorations and more, more than double the holiday spending of a decade ago. >> at the box office, peter pan fell to earth and is the biggest glop. "the mass," was tops and then

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know. two brothers everyone missing and during the search effort a transient man charged at police with a my. he is expected to recover. >> warning for southwest airlines passengers, arrive two hours early for your flight and print a paper boarding pass at home. the airline said the technical glitch brought down critical computer systems needed to check the passengers in. hundreds of flights were delayed because of it. >> a san francisco couple escaped being hit by a small plane that crash near their rental home in lake tahoe. the playwright and his wife ran out when the house caught fire. a pilot and passenger died in the crash. the cause is under investigation. >> near record high temperatures today and tomorrow and 11 to 13 degrees warmer-than-average with a slight chance of a shower as we head through the seven-day forecast and i will tell you when fall returns. >> we have holiday light condition with the bulk of the

traffic over the altamont pass as usual. that is even lighter. traffic here on the san mateo bridge is moving along at top speeds and making it between 880 and the peninsula. half in california thing the idea of governor brown being president is a bad idea. a if you poll shows 48 percent of likely voters in the state disapprove of him in the white house. that is despite him having 56 percent approval rating. brown is not running for president. >> el chapo is loose but he may not be hard to find, costumes of the mexican drug lord are flying east shelves. some versions have a shovel, guzman has been on the run since digging his way out of jail in july. >> 92-year-old veteran is living life to the fullest. jack became the oldest people to sky dive at sky dive city in florida, and the freeways were skeptical. to say the least. >> why, jack?

why? >> because it is exiting. never done it. let's try it. >> standing in the door, you are on a cloud, no noise, just floating. floating. his buddies were waiting and say it was a thrill to watch and jack is looking forward to jumping and told the instructor he will be back when he is 93. he said it was like floating on a cloud and serene. maybe i will try it after all. >> i found it a little serene. yes. >> not terrifying? >> peaceful. water can taste and smell ground for knows in the east bay starting today. >> this is the embarcadero in san francisco at the ferry building with a lot of blue

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> on monday, hope you had a fantastic weekend. thanks for joining us. i am christian. >> it is mop, october 12, the calendar reads mid-october it feels like summer. >> and it is include because day and some have the day off. >> it lags like summer at half moon bay. and amy hollyfield is there checking out the big pumpkins and probably a lost dew on the volkswagen-sized pumpkins. you will see total sunshine this afternoon. starting off cooler in the 50s in most areas but rapid warming, 70 to 82 from the coast to inland by noon and look how impressive it is by 4:00, 72 at

coast, 86 around the bay, 92 inland and a few records are threatened today and more likely tomorrow. that is in the they day forecast. >> as you look right now of the bay area and we have mostly green conditions, and that shows posted speeds in so many places because of the will day, columbus day today but if you are over the a pat, that is where we fine the delays, highway 4 in a moment but i want to let you know we have construction, six weeks closing that is in effect only half a my, and eastbound, willow avenue between the hercules transit center at highway 4, and sycamore avenue is the best alternate, and eastbound side the fire department has a lane block after a motorcycle crash on the center divider but not too badly injured. westbound traffic is pushing away from 160, at six miles an hour and it is busy trying to leave antioch. >> thank you, alameda sheriff deputies have a man in custody

who came after them with a knife in a bizarre and unrelated twist while they searched for two missing brothers. our reporter is in the newsroom. the kids are home safe? >> they are. 11 and 12-year-old daniel and charles mccarthy were found safe before midnight. the sheriff credits abc7 with hoping in the search effort. several called to report the boys were walking in the east bay and the tips helped crews locate the boys as they were heading to their dad post house in newark. the brothers were missing around 7:00 from the home in rural castro valley and deputies searched the area around old dublin road and they say a transient man charged at them with a large knife. deputies toll the man to stop and he did not so they opened fire. he is expected to survive. he is in the hospital. ought missing children investigation is complete and the children are reunited now we have to figure out why a person

would attack two deputies with a large survival knife while they are sending the front yard of a residential neighborhood. >> deputies were suspicious that the transient man could be connected to 9 boy's disappearance and they are relieved that was not the case. thank you, tiffany, a warning for anyone planning to fly southwest airlines today, arrive early and bring a paper boarding pass. the airline is urging passengers to arrive two hours early even for domestic flights and aren't out boarding passes at home before the airport. southwest reservation systems experienced a major glitch yesterday that is forcing them to rely on a backup system. 450 of the flights were delayed, and that is expected to rollover into today. our reporter is at oakland airport to see what the travelers are facing with a report at the tonight hour. >> san francisco police will review surveillance video and

when statements today following a fatal accident involving a bicyclist and a muni because. the accident closed part of market street for several hours yesterday and the 48-year-old bicyclist some highway came into contact with a muni buses. he was wearing a helmet and they do not know who was at fault. in this case because you are dealing with the roads and two different vehicles traveling as well as a bicyclist it is under investigation on would was passing who, who had the right-of-way, and it is a busy street. >> muni director of transportation said they will work closely with the police to find out what happened and are committed to the city manufactures vision zero plan which aims to eliminate all pedestrian detects on city streets. >> federal vest gave thes are working to find the cause of a deadly small plane crash if lake tahoe that theirly hit a san francisco couple in a rental home at lake tahoe of the it caught a home on fire on the way down when the plane crashed. the play right and his wife were

inside the house. >> we looked out the window and saw flames. we just grabbed the dog. the wings came off the plane as it hit the trees. the main part of the plane ended up right next to the house. >> the neighborhood is a mime from the lake tahoe airport. the victims have yet to be officially identified. but the plane is registered to a man in oakland. >> construction firms hoping to work on a suicide barrier fore the gabriel esparza can bid on the project tomorrow. a firm could be chosen bipartisan for the $76 million barrier taking three years to complete. since it was build, 1,400 people have committed suicide on the bridge. the design called for tapeless steel nets 20' out and 20' below the span. a spokesperson say it wrote be equal to falling from a three story building on to concrete. >> iran state television is reporting that marin county journalist has been con haven'ted of spying.

he works for the "washington post" and was providing up-to-the-minute news from iran. he grew up in san salvador and the only contact has been through his wife and his mom. >> his wife was a journalist and they have not been able to speak toly. >> jason has been isolated and head and interrogate ford weeks and weeks on end but they do not have any evidence they can use against him. >> he has been held for 448 days longer than the united states hostages captured in iran back in 1979789. >> san francisco police are looking for a thief stole two dozen cell phones designed for the homeless in the city. someone broke into a car and wiped 25 cell phones worth $13,000 and scattered the packages along van ness avenue. a developer designed an app for the phones that assists heless people in fining help for different things. they spent a last their time waiting in line to get more

information and we wanted to consolidate everything. >> looking forward to it. i was out of church and came straight over here to get my phone. unfortunately, not going to happen. >> the app developer will look for donors to replace the phones. >> this could be a different taste and smell to tap water but it is nothing to worry about. on thursday, the san francisco public utilities commission will conduct a test for drought preparedness. water will flow through the lower reservoir increase the first time since the 1991 drought. >> it will not have any impact as far as the quality or the reliability of service. this could be a slight difference in smell and taste. that is it. >> the test to make sure the water for backup reservoirs can reach the bay area. filtered water will be mixed

with the purity river water before being pipe to the residents. >> twitter could be making company-wide layoffs by this week. technology website is reporting that twitter employees say there is too large a staff especially engineers. the remain employees believe fewer people will result in faster execution. they reincentralled the co-find as c.e.o. amid slowing growth can storm value. >> meteorologist mike nicco is joining us now and you are active on twitter. maybe # #todaywouldbesummerlikeweather? >> absolutely. possiblyenormouspumpkin,also, bec auseofwhatishappenning. >>maybeamyhollyfieldbecausesheis >>maybeamyhollyfieldbecausesheis reporting? 49 for woodside and menlo park is 51 and everyone else is in

the mid-to-upper 50s on peninsula. we are at 57 in mountain view and san jose and san francisco and santa rosa is 50 degrees. mill valley is 52 and half moon bay is 55 and oakland and san ramon is 54. but dough have 60 at antioch and livermore. you can see the flags on the ferry builting not moving like the rest us having a hard time getting up this monday morning. it could possibly be a holiday for them, as well. 82 is where we top out in san francisco. total sunshine today. peninsula, east bay, 87. south bay, 89. north bay, nine. inland east bay, 93 degrees. in san rafael we had a little bit of fog around map -- around napa and the cars are moving freely. as far as the trust we are going to be warmer, just about every are tomorrow. the coast may not be quite so warm but, still, some 70s and upper 80s to mid-90 an the bay and inland and the heat will

start to ease on when as the roof shore wind relaxes and we will get a few more clouds 70s at the coast and 82 around the bay and 92 inland and a chance of a stray sure on when. 60, 70s and 80s on thursday. that is coming up in the seven-day forecast. mass transit and bart has 43 trains on time rolling on the track but ace train three is a minute late and the angel island and tiburon ferries there are four extra tries today if you are taking the day off and heading on to the water you have four extra trips. check to see what is available. the bay bridge toll plaza shows metering lights turned on and the ten minutes gets you between the macarthur maze and into san francisco so it is a busier drive approaching san francisco beyond the metering lights, you are if to go with construction before you get this and church is updating this. it will last, now, until 6:00

westbound 580 grand avenue to 980 and now starting to see the heavier backups aring the transition roads and the transition, as well, are affect the because of this construction so use 880 instead. it is looking clear at top speed, all green, so you are attest positived speed. >> didn't mike say it would be gored-ous day. giant pumpkins are lined up at half moon bay for the world championship pumpkin weigh off. here is main street in half moon bay where the action is. the lay off begins in 90 minutes. you need a big scale. there is a big money prize at $10,000 for the world record which is

>> i am required to travel that way after the thanksgiving meal, they put me in the truck and strap me down. >> i tip the scale. >> next, bad news for social security recipients and the reason millions will see no increase in benefits next increase in benefits next stay tuned.

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>> cupertino, concord, wine country, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning, out there. looking at our beautiful shot from the camera looking at city and the bay and it is looking mice and warm. especially for mid-october. >> d presidential frontrunners >> d presidential frontrunners hillary clinton and before any off. c. n is promising to hold a spot on the same for the vice president if he declares his candidacy were he was in delaware dodging reporters and spending time with his family. sources tell abc that he has a week left to pick up his mine.

the deadline to make it to the state ballots are approaching. >> steven tyler want donald trump stop use his song "dream on," at campaign events with the on," at campaign events with the later sending he said this is an issue of permission. >> social security recipients do not sofa bum in pay because of the low gas prices transgendered down by lower prices at the pump. the government's measure inflation will be discussed on thursday when the consumer price index for september is released. >> you could have more room on your next flight for our luggage, alaska airlines is the first to receive new boeing jets with bigger overhead bins.

they can carry 57 more bags than previously. that is enough bag space for every passenger but more space mean less space in other places and in this case the head room overseats are 2" less not a problem when you are my hike. >> but a problem at my height. >> the largest tech deals of all time is official. dell will take over a storage firm estimated to be worth $67 billion. the largest ever technology merger combining the digital storage leadership with dell's share of servers. >> today is columbus day. that means federal, state, and city offices are closed along with most bangs and schools. several cities are celebrating indigenous people's day recognizing native eastern months who already are here from christopher columbus arrived and

berkeley is thought the first city to adopt the unofficial holiday in 1992. many or cities are marking the only day for the first time including albuquerque, new mexico, and portland, oregon, and st. paul, minnesota. columbus day supporters say this represented centuries of cultural exchange between america and europe. >> meteorologist mike nicco is joining us and it will be mice if you want to get outside. >> absolutely, fog at the coast will clear up but have sun christian because you can get sunburned. your championship pumpkin weigh off, dense fog and 55, and the fog will hang around at 8:00 although the sun is up. the clouds will open rapidly at 1, clouds at 9:00 and by the end it will be light and comfortable, 66 degrees with total sunshine. this is how it looks right new in walnut creek, it is clear but a lot of traffic for a holiday for some of us.

in san jose, we go from 56 in walnut creek to 58 with a color sky in san jose. we are going to have sunshine and warm weather everywhere today with record warmth possible and more likely tomorrow and the heat subsides as a slight chance of a shower. winds are nonexistent or five miles per hour in fairfield. the airport and half moon bay just a breath at three miles per hour. the area high pressure dominating our forecast today and tomorrow is moving east and with that, we have a clock wise flowing get an offshore wind and the low will work up the back side and the showers in southern california will come our way on wednesday and thursday, the chance. it will break the heat and today we are above average the 86 at sunnyville and santa cruz is 86 and 90 in los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy and well end up at 74 and 70 in pacifica and the peninsula side is warm and 81 at

millbrae and everyone else up to 87 degrees. 78 in daly city, sun sets at 76 and low 80s at downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. warm to hot through the north bay valley with 85 in vallejo and 90 at santa rosa and along the east bay shore 80s is the cool spot and oakland is 84 and we top out at union city and fremont at 87 and air conditioning wealth, low-to-mid 90s inland east bay. tomorrow we jump up two more dead away from the coast and by thursday we are ten degrees cooler and by the weekend we are nearly to degrees cooler. fall runs but it will take time. you the need extra time if you are going to make it to san francisco. metering lights were turned on and we do have a 13 minute commute between the east bay and into the city go have some heavy traffic building on 880, grand avenue overcrossing but mostly

across the bay area it is looking light southbound 680 and that is highway 24 and the drive was six minutes and now it is eight minutes. only tacked on a couple of minutes. the drive time traffic 680 from walnut creek to dublin, look how clear that is, it is thinning out 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco, 54 minutes and highway 17 headed north from one to los gatos it is 20 minutes. >> at 6:00, the new rules for daycare centers in california to keep their little kids safe and healthy but, first, a sailer stranded at see near hawaii for up to a week. >> a weather woman -- pregnant woman steps in to save the lie of a bicyclist when no one else

of a bicyclist when no one else would step in.

>> good morning at 5:53 on monday morning. a look at the golden gate bridge in san francisco, you are looking fine with traffic smooth at the moment, and a nice day for the columbus day and we talk to meteorologist mike nicco and leyla about traffic. >> a settlement is reached in the case of a deadly fertilizer explosion in texas and anyone who thought they had to report are sent home. 15 people were killed and 20 were injured in the explosion that leveled part of the town. most victims were first spenders would arrived to fight a fire at the plant.

details have not been made public. >> warriors head coach steve occur suspect oning up about the health problem that led to him take a leave of absence. he said he suffered a set back from two off season back surgeries that impacted his ability to coach. a surgery to repair a ruptured stick caused a spinal leak. he does not know when he will be back but the prospects are good. >> usc head football coach is taking indefinite live of absence. the university said coach is not healthy after he did not show up for practice yesterday. he publicly apologized after showing up drunk at an events in august. he claimed it was a mixture of medication and alcohol. >> offensive coordinator will take over. >> a stranded better is happy to be on dry land in hawaii after five days adrift at sea. the coast guard rescued man near

hawaii weapon the boat was damned by a storm. he was run low on supplies. he called for help on saturday after finally drifting close enough to shore to do so. the 28''s boat was towed to port and it illustrates the response of carrying survival equipment. >> people could be headed to toe bay to be out there on their boats. >> protect your eyes and the skin and no need to worry about wind or fog at sfo. it is clear. and calm. the big story is 11 to 13 degrees warmer than agency. we should be in the 70s but 80s and 90 today. warm and light breeze and cool in the morning and hot this afternoon. a light breeze if you are on bay sailing through the central valley, low-to-mid 90s and another record, we set one yesterday in lake tahoe and another at 80 and 76 with sunny in monterey and look at the clouds taking over southern california, 80s in san diego

and 100 in palm springs. >> good news today because we do not have our traffic center lighting up too much because of incidents, we are incident free at this hour and what go have is a stalled vehicle and this is northbound nimitz at mission boulevard so if you are leaving milpitas to head into fremont, still looking clear despite the one lane. we do have some delays, though, particularly if you are making the drive from the east bay to san francisco and you are driving further to the south for the world championship pumpkin weigh off, at half moon bay, if you plan on going there it looks like all travel through that area is clear. >> thank you, a florida bicyclist said he owely life to a pregnant mom to be would jumped in to help him when no one else would, jason was thrown from the bicycle after being hit by a car. a few drivers stop. but to take pictures! the army reservist 60s months

pregnant said she knew she had to step in. >> i felt bad. i was right there, a soldier, trained for this. >> wish there were more people like this. >> he had cuts all over his body but insisted on figuring out would the total stranger was who came to his aide so he could thank her in person. >> new at 6:00, governor brown reject add bill to make it easier for you to take care of extended family members, the reason he vetoed a proposal to extend the family leave act. what southwest airline passengers need to do before they leave their house. >> a look at the toll plaza and the bay bridge a big backup on the bay bridge a big backup on the

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news an extra step if you flying out of the airport and the extra steps to take. >> changes to keep your kids safer at day care with new vaccines for workers. >> changes for commuters with the bus route changes that could ease the commute for people to and from marin county. >> hope you had a fabulous weekend, and now the work week. >> i an here for eric thomas and it is october 12, columbus day, a lot people are off but heading to work the how does it look? >> no worries. good morning, everyone, the next three hours, you can see no fog but for right at half moon bay, and no clouds, and no drizzle. as far as sutro tower it is looking quiet, 48 to 60 at 7:00, and 70 at the coast to 82 inland so protect the eyes and 72 at the coast at 4:00, but