abc7 news begins with breaking news. the breaking news is if san jose, look at this, a huge traffic mess right now on interstate 880, a big rig hit several vehicles, spun around, and then hit several more creating a major headache for drivers. thanks pore joining us. >> i am kristen sze. >> we get to leyla gulen for the latest on the breaking news. >> as we look at sky 7, that is a lack at southbound side of 880 as you head into milpitas, are we have a sig-alert and fatal motorcycle crashed that is blocking two lands at 237. you can see the massive backup.

it is tremendous. up ahead we had an early sig-alert that canceled. it was a big rig. it was taken earlier, this video but we have major delays. i take you now to our map to show you exactly what we are talking about. you can see the major delay as you leave the parkway where we have the delays. 680 is the best way to get around this because normally the stretch away from the parkway up to highway 237 is seven miles per hour and it will take you 44 minutes. normally it is nine minutes. a fatal accident this morning along the san mateo, santa clara border, a ice deficit was killed after being hit by a car on a rut popular bicyclists. matt keller is in los altos. matt? two workers from the coroner arrived here in the past 20ent months to do their investigation. this area on the border of los

altos and palo alto is popular with bicyclists. we have seen several this morning the traffic has been an issue during the investigation. a lane in each direction has been block off. here is a look at scene from sky 7 h.d., the c.h.p. said that at 6:00 am a bw hick the bicyclist and the bicyclist died at the scene. but it appears he is in his early 30's. the driver stayed at the scene. investigators are trying to determine what happened and have this emergency for drivers and bicyclists. >> everyone understand, we have, just like the motorcycle, share the road with the bicyclists. also, the bicyclists have to pay attention to road signs and the vehicles and adhere to the rules. >> a c.h.p. officer gave the driver a breathalyzer test. alcohol was not a factor. c.h.p. said they will be here on

the scene for at least another hour. developing news in san francisco, police are trying to figure what led to a crash that last a jog are critically injured. this happened at the intersection of post and high streets at 5:30. the jog errand -- jogger ran the red light. the jogger is cooperating. investigators do not believe drug or alcohol were a factor. >> in sunnyvale firefighters are searching for the cause of a fire that partly collapsed the roof of a sushi restaurant. the two-alarm fire broke out at 6:30 this morning. no one was hurt. the road is back open now. >> israel held a news conference saying they are not going to employed an underwater pier on saturday of the old span of the

bay bridge and it has moved it to the follow saturday. amy hollyfield joins with the details. >> it is postponed because of problems with the materials, the plastic coating on the explosives was defective. they have punted the project for a week because of problems. a look inside for you of the damed explanation they give us of what we can expect when the imcompletion happens and the chief engineer saying it will be highly engineered sequence and we do have animation. it will last for six seconds and they are doing it in november because that is when most of the marine life is not there in the by. they want to do their best to protect the marine life and minimize the impact on the bay. they are saying it is not going to be a big blast like you could imagine but it will be hundreds of small cams. >> what we are trying to do is peel back the concrete, that is what this blast is designed for,

to peel back the concrete is the structure no longer supports it sex and then gravity does the work. we court on gravity. improvety is something i am very confident will be there in full force on november 14. >> peel back the concrete. what does it mean for you? expect bart delay through the tube while this is happening and they will stop traffic across the bridge and they do not want you to stop and watch and cause traffic backups. they will be strict on keeping people far back, and they will not allow anyone to watch in the east side of yerba buena island and they are saying the best play, the safest place to watch this is online. this is two saturdays from now, november 14th. it will be in the morning. they have not given a specific time. >> developing news today, is kaepernick's 28 birthday but not much is happy. the 49er quarterback got word he will be performed for the next

game. our news anchor has what it means for his career. >> first clue that kaepernick was in real trouble was after a loss to the st. louis rams when the coach refused to give him a vote of confidence. >> we are evaluating everyone. >> does that he may not start? >> no further comment. we are evaluating everyone. >> the team is last in points scores, last if yards, second to last in passing yesterdays. the finger pointing began early. they say he is indecisive, holds the ball too long, and cannot read defense or spot the open man. >> he is playing with zero tolerance. he is going south. the 49ers feel they had no choice. >> the biggest turn arounds most nfl plans have seen, in 2012 camp kaepernick led them to the super bowls and the next son

they were in the championship game and now he does not spot the want out receivers receiverh the trade of davis and benching of kaepernick some wonder if they are writing this season off. >> he is a cringe man, but, still, a man and gabbert, we will see if he can do any better. aanother form 49er said saunders tweeted 49ers are barging kaepernick? you get to be kidding, joe montana and steve young could not survive behind that line and that scream. # truth. >> new this morning, seven passengers are claiming they were kicked off a flight from l.a.x. to dallas after being provincially from filed -- racially profiled by the crew. >> yes, the passengers escorted off the jet claim they were kickoff because they are black and airport police say it was because they are unruleless.

>> it was a heated scene on spirit airlines at l.a.x. last night. >> we have witnesses we were not causing brothers. >> the african american man in the middle of the aisle became upset after noticing his seat was sold to another passenger. the fleet attendant called airport police who officially escorted that man and a woman with him off the dallas-bound flight. police say five other black passengers beam up ruly and they, too, were kicked off the jet. >> we were the only ones that get kicked off. there were so many people recording and talking about it from different races, it lets me know --. >> they claim a white flight attendant accused a member of their group of being a threat. police say no one broke the law so there are going to be no charges but passengers were still talking about the pretake off trouble after they planned in dallas. >> there was a lot of commotion. >> we saw him get upset but no yell or anything like that just

some sort of disgruntleed situation. >> it is not clear if the two groups removed from the flight were traveling together. spirit airlines has not responded to our request for comment this morning. now to your voice, your vote, polling places are now open across the bay area. we were at city hall if san francisco this morning as voters stopped by to drop off their election ballots and so far 65,000 voters have turned in the mail-in ballot and they expect overall turnout of 42 percent. >> voters in san francisco make a decision today on proposition f, that adds restricts to short-term rental platforms such as airbnb and proposition f has been considered one of the key issues to watch opponents have raised millions to defeat it claiming it would pit neighbor against neighbor. even if proposition (f) passes,

san francisco only represent as fraction of the residentials around the worm. >> san francisco voters decide the race for sheriff incumbent, sheriff mirkarimi is take on the interim sheriff, experts say sheriff mirkarimi is inment water after several controversial incidents including being charged with domestic violence, and accusations the prison guards were saming fights among inmates. state with abc for election day coverage with ballot results when the polls close at 8:00 tonight, follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> the father of an heaven-year-old boy with autism is sued by their former sunnyvale neighbors and speak out. he and the attorney appeared on "good morning america" to talk about the lawsuit. neighbors say the boy is a public nuisance claiming he aunderstand their children and they had to take legal action because the parents did not control the boy. the controversy forced the

family to move away. >> we have gotten all of gold standard therapyies for autism that most par weres get. >> your neighbors say you could not control your son? >> this is absolutely untrue. ought john said he hopes both sighs can work things out in the mediation. >> the widow of robin williams brakes her silence and what she is revealing about the star's death and how she is coping with that terribleless.

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>> the widow of robin weapons is talking about him in an exclusive abc interview. for first time since her husband's death in marin, she opened up saying it was not depression that killed the beloved actor. >> amy robach has the story. >> they had a seven year relationship a happy and private three year marriage. but august 11 last area, life took a drastic turn. she left for work that morning thinking her husband was still asleep. >> his assistant came over and said have him call weapon three is up and she sent a text saying he is not up what should i do? >> i got do tell him, i forgive

you with all my heart. you are the bravest. >> weapon did you first notice that something want quite right? >> in november of 2013 he had a gut pain. next month, another symptom. like this endless parade of symptoms and not all of them would raise their head at once. >> the autopsy revealed he was suffering from a debilitating brain disorder. >> it is a complex disorder with many different presentations. you can see very dramatic affects to thinking, emotions and behavior. >> most people think consider husband killed himself because he was depressed. >> no. the disease took his life. that is what i spent the last year trying to get to the bottom of. was he losing his mind? yes. absolutely. >> he was awaiver it? >> he was keeping it together as best he could but the last positive he could not. it was like the dam broke.

>> you can see much more of the exclusive interview with susan williams tomorrow on "good morning america" including her legal battle with the children over the estate. you will find the link on abc7news.com. >> meteorologist mike nicco? >> good morning, a few twitter friends say their heaters went off or fund nasa, they began, and so does the fall soap. more 30's and 40s coming up with a chance of a fog and a warming trend until nbc chance of -- until the next chance rain. >> a breakthrough in the effort

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>> benear, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. traffic is moving slowly but smoothly again on several roads including on patterson pass in livermore. crews worked to clear the thick mud after the big storm. drivers who tried to get through were stuck in several inches of thick mud. crews brought if heavy equipment to get the roads re-opens. >> commute was easier without the rain. >> a lot nicer. meteorologist mike nicco outside. >> yes, a lot cooler this morning. 30's and 40's. we hope that what we saw in livermore is not an appetizer to what is to come. as we head into the winter season. we will look at what happened this morning. check this out, cue christmas

music. yosemite looks gorgeous. half dome with snow. now we will look at what is going on at lake tahoe, more snow but it is not the steady very right of yesterday. the sierra will have scattered snow showers. our winds are running around 8-13 miles per hour and run 10-15 miles per hour in the afternoon. there could be bite in air. sunny and seasonal is what we have. get used to the 30's and 40s at night and more fog in the north bay valley. the winds will not be so strong. a slow warming trend through sunday. monday, right now, a chance of scattered showers. just a chance. after the cold front last us, the dry and cooler air rushed in and we have chilly and foggy spots as the high pressure takes over it will bring us total sunshine and seasonal temperatures. but for a night when it will be cooler-than-average. mid-to-upper 60s everywhere but santa rosa at 70s and grab

the sunglasses if you are headed out and lebanon the windows open, grab the extra blanket and do not have the furnace on. it will kickoff when we drop and the 40s and 50s and isolated areas in the north bay valley and inland east bay valley in the 30's. me and leyla will be here to get you through the fog in the north bay. a slow modification of the air mass that stays nearly 70 inland today but tomorrow all the way through monday, low-to-mid 70s and check out the bay, we will hang out in the mid-to-upper 60s and the coast is staying in the 60s for the better part of the seven-day forecast forecast. there are biting breezes at the coast. sunday is looking cloudy and monday, right now, a chance of scattered showers but not a model consensus on exactly how

were and if it will termize. we have plenty of days to keep an eye on that. get ready for cool nights. they are coming. a breakthrough if the treatment of h.i.v. with testing of two long acting injectable drugs suggesting it could be possible to control inforever with two injections each month. johnson and johnson and a company that specializes in h.i.v. drugs said this could be a major advancement for fighting the disease. >> firming up by freezing up, a new noninvasive treatment that can freeze the fat under your chin. >> when it is gone, it is going. after you complete the treatment it is permanent. >> how it works and the results to expect tonight at 11 o'clock. >> take a look at what happens

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of what could be coming this weekend. are you ready? coming up, how you can prepare for the effect of the el nino system. the showdown over east bay park takes center stage today at 5:00, with the new law that could pull the trigger on a popular shooting range. >> we are turning up the cute. a dog on a mission to find the missing teddy bear does everything to locate the toy and that means sticking her head into the washing machine. take a look. the golden retriever carries it everywhere, so the owner set up a camera to catch her searching for the toy and the sting operation did not disappoint. look around, he is the retriever rescuing the fund before -- the friend before the washing machine spins. >> see that tail wagging. happy dog. happy dog. to one piece. reuniteed.

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