live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning at 5 o'clock a.m. >> if you want to stay under the cover, we empathize. >> we will check with mike. >> that is the big story. it is calmer and cooler. no threat of foul weather through the next three or four hours. look at our beautiful picture from the exploritorium. a quiet and silent night. temperatures from 30 to 48 at 7:00. 56 at noon. high clouds are rolling in. 54 to 56 at 4:00, 50 to 52 at 7:00. not so heavy a coast needed then as this morning. >> if you are just joining us we have a sig-alert in affect eastbound 80 the transition to 580 with gravel and debris waiting for a sweeper. meanwhile in the backup we have reports of another big-rig into a guardrail. i am not seeing it on the shot but avoid the area if can you

and use central if you are there on the roads trying to get to westbound 580 in the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> a big shakeup in the san francisco police department if an officer points a gun at you, it will now be treated differently. this is in the wake of the out try over a suspect being fatally shot. >> the police officer union president is addressing the controversial shooting today. according to an article any officer who points his or her firearm at someone must now justify it. a bulletin outlying the policy want out to officers last week on the hollywoods of the fatal shooting of mario woods in san francisco. woods was a suspect if a stabbing. police say he refused to drop the knife. last week, protest protesters rallied and many are calling for the police chief to resign.

woods' mother is suing the city for wrongful death. the shooting is "under investigation," and the department has not said if the new policy is directly related to the shoot offeds. the president of the police officers association will make an announcement today at 12:30. >> facebook is changing the use are name policy to quiet credit is to ensure the safety all users. matt is at facebook headquarters with more. >> facebook feels that real names are important because it increases accountability and reduces harrassment, bullying and criminal activity. now, they are making some exceptions. facebook held a meeting yesterday with members of the lgbt committee to discuss changes to the naming policy. last year, drag performers in san francisco said they were locked out of their accounts after someone reported they used their stage names and not their real names. it was pointed out there are valid ropes someone may not want

to use their legal name on facebook including personal safety and avoiding harassment. facebook said they are testing a new tool for require those who flag those who are flagged for fake names, requiring a report to be filed. >> this will reduce the number of reports and reduce the amount bullying and make the situation better. >> facebook is, expanding reasons for stating why they are not using the real name with the new rules starting in the united states and hopefully will be used by facebook users around the world. >> legal an lists are saying the going debate is unlikely to change the standing in the presidents. national security and the fight against islamic extremism were

the focuses. it was held in las vegas. the memorable moments were on exchanged between jeb bush and donald trump. >> you hitching this is truck and you are not treed? >> this isn't tough. >> what will it be like dealing with the islamic terrorism. >> right. >> this is a tough business. >> you are a tough guys general. >> you need a leader. >> you will never be president of the united states by i insulting your way to the top. >> i am at 42 and you are at 3. so it doesn't matter? >> the next debate is january 14. >> two children reported missing are now feared dead and shaun tara have not been seen in days. family hunt man is accused of

abusing and torturing another child and it turns out we interviewed family huntsman last year. here are the details. >> family huntsman and her boyfriend, gonzalo curiel are accused of torturing her nine-year-old niece, and a tip led police for the he. the girl was fund alone in the parked car with broken bones and teeth. >> her john -- subsequent condition was recognized as "grave." >> they were arrested and another tip came in asking about the conditions of a three-year-old and six-year-old living with though. gonzalo curiel told police of a storage unit in reading where they found the bodies of two young children. their identities have not been confirmed but we have now learned that hunt man had two children in her instead, three-year-old delylah tara and six-year-old shaun tara. the children were reported miss. this man lived next door to the couple. >> this is crazy. i did not have any idea it was

happening. >> the investigation stretched to sly in where though lived until recently. i met huntsman here at her younger brother, wayne, was charged with setting a king fire last year. >> my brother would normally intentionally do anything to harm the forest or wilderness. >> hunt man and gonzalo curiel are considered suspected in the murder of the children newspaper in the storage -- the children found in the storage unit but have not been charged. >> a funeral service for a teen killed by a broken tree limb in oakland is tomorrow. the 16-year-old jack lewis was climbing a tree and the branch snapped and hit him in the head. we were there last night when his crew and teammate from coach from oakland technical went across the lake for him. on shore, they wrote personal notes and lanterns and set them free on the lake.

>> time for a check on weather and traffic. we start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> we will start with temperatures along the east bay shore. we have low-to-mid 40s and we have upper 30s in hayward and program at 37, and beyond city is 38 and orinda and castro valley is cool at 35. freezing cold in pleasanton at 32 and same this novato behind napa and santa rosa. and 37 in fremont, and los gatos and san carlos and 43 in pacifica. from sutro tower, on san francisco, it is 45 degrees, and as we head thrust afternoon we will see high clouds across the north bay and look at this, everyone is 56 degrees for a high but inland east bay and in the not by at 57. walnut creek it is 33 degrees, and the forecast is possibly developing in some of the outlie mades. we will see increasing clouds tomorrow, temperatures in the upper 50s, around 60 and a chance of light rain tomorrow evening law saturday morning.

i will have an hour-by-hour timeframe for that and how much to expect if your neighborhood and a look at next week's storms coming up. >> sig-alert issued and here is the deal. we have eastbound 80 to westbound 580 the transition ramp big-rig lost the cargo load of bricks. we have dry cement and bricks and rocks all in the roads. it is shut down. c.h.p. has issued a sig-alert. it will be at least 11:00 this morning before this is re-opened you will need to go beyond this and take central if that is your destination eastbound to westbound 580 near golden gate field. taxicab accident is cleared and minor delays with no metering lights yet and we do have this incident road work northbound and southbound walnut creek to dublin, lanes are closed until 5:30. that is a tough ones sue, planning to cap the new "star

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and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. happening today, a coalition of environmental groups will rally in san francisco call for a new refinery emission limit policy. the group communities for a bet environment and others want the bay area air qualitiment district to adopt a policy favorable to people say the one in use new favors oil companies. the rally is at district headquarters on ellis street. >> this is a day after this glaring incident at the refinery in martinez. the plant lost a steam generation unit, losing power before noon. flare was done to release the pressure. health officials advised people to stay indoor because of the smoke. >> a new survey shows that high school seep -- seniors smoking but not necessarily tobacco. for the first time since 1975 more reported smoking pot each day than tobacco. 6 percent reported smocking marijuana each day while 5.5 percent smoked cigarettes.

the perception of pot changed with many kids thing now that if marijuana could be used medically how bad could it be. >> we have heard a lot of bad news about bacon but there is something positive. a study said that producing lettuce produces three teams more greenhouse emmys than bacon , requiring more resources and increases energy and water use if you believe the study, my on the bacon, it is good for the environment. for your health? that is another matter. >> i am for save the environment . >> take a look at that, the beach between san diego and los angeles on saturday. the weekend storms fueled waves that literally carve the away at the beach. this is a big problem because

most rivers in southern california are damned and the supply of sand they bring is not enough to replenish the beach. >> we are monitoring a developing big traffic problem if you headed to the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> sue? >> yes, a big-rig lost the load of bridges eastbound direction of 82 westbound 580 and if you are headed to the richmond-san rafael bridge from oakland or albany or berkeley you cannot take the transition ramp. it is closed. the sig-alert is in over folk. go over to israel and cut to 580 from there. we have conflicting reports of opening on this, and 511.org said maybe an hour. watch abc7news.com. we will have updates. eastbound 80 to westbound 580 debris not lanes trying to find a big-rig tow truck to hall the big-rig which is off on the shoulder. mike will look at the chilly forecast.

>> especially chilly and a very long and active night in the valley trying to keep the citrus crop alive. the hard freeze is moving down, at 23-28 degrees what we call a killing trees. that is why though are working to try to keep them warm. at warm you can see the wind here on the ferry building and the flag is right there unfurled but not as much as we had the last couple of mornings so what we are dealing with are cooler conditions and a few high clouds rolling in. it will be mostly sunny. and our next storm is slipping into friday, more than saturday, and it will be wet and bret -- breezy next week. in the south bay we good from gilroy at 57 to morgan hill and milpitas and sunnyvale at 65. 55 on the peninsula and everyone else is 56 to 57, and 55 in pacifica, and daly city to colma

and south san francisco at 56. 55 in sauce least, and bodega bay bridge is coolest, and calistoga and sonoma, napa, at 58, a warm spot. 58 in oakland, the warm spot on the east bay shore and inland, 55 to 57 degrees. tonight, the forecast is chilly. the high clouds keep the temperatures just barely above freezing at mid-30s inland and low-to-mid 40s at the bay to the cot the on noon, friday, lunch time, light-to-moderate rain in cloverdale, and heading through the north bay in the evening during the commute. by the time the commutens at 8:00 it is the heart of the bay. it will be west outside through 10:00 and even to midnight when it is in the south bay and by 8:00, on saturday morning it pulls out. rain is heaviest in the not bay. and .5" around the bay and

quarter-inch in the south bay. that puts us about scale with a stronger storm on monday and tuesday. back to you, guys. >> this only, the first reviews are in for "star wars" "the force awakens" and man critics give the installment rave reviews. "usa today" said the old "star wars" magic is back and the "san francisco chronicle" said "the force awakens" is the best sequel yet and the best film of 2015. but the "los angeles times" said it is burdened by casting miscalculation. disney is releasing the newest "star wars" on friday the parent company of abc7. >> the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rate today for the first time in nearly 10 years. >> here is america's money. >> good morning, topping

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>> he are seven things to know before you go. >> we have a sig-alert issued in the albany area at the top of the scene with flashing red lights. eastbound 80 to westbound 580, the ramp is blocked, big-rig with a big load of rocks and bricks in the lanes. we have in estimated time of opening. use central as the alternate. >> two, the san francisco lived is changing the gun policy two weeks after the fatal shooting of suspect mario woods by officers. according to the surveillance camera surveillance camera it means police officers would point a gun at anyone must now report it to the supervise report, just for pointing it. >> candidates tried a new

strategy ignoring frontrunner donald trump in the presidential debate ifless vision last -- in lows vacation but the memorable moments were between donald trump and jeb bush. authors are looking into to men in custody and whether they are tied to the paris terror attacks, french citizens with pakistan and algerian >> we are waking up cooler this morning, so you need to dress warmer. we will end up close to average. our next storm is coming in sooner with a new timeline for that and the one that followed it in the back half of the seven-day forecast. >> members of the lgbt community attend add forum to discuss changes made to facebook's naming policy. they testing a tool requiring people would flag from physicals with fake names to include why they are making the complaint. those in the lgbt community say people reporting them is a form

of cyberbully. of cyberbully. >> tonight the wore your time since their road trip and take on phoenix at oracle arena hoping to get pack in the win column at 7:30. >> pice say an alert neighbor helped arrest three burglary suspects facing residential burglary and conspiracy charges when a neighbor saw one hopping a fence at a home and they caught police. the officers caught up with the group after a yard-to-yard search. >> a by nearing aviator who set out on the last flight from oakland will inspire generations to cop in alameda. a life sized bronze sculpture of amelia earhart is bracing a

school at an elementary school that has her name. her legend lives on although she disappeared over the pack. >> we have gone through a process starting with the design through installation. today, she is here in the front of the school. all the sculpture was commissioned by the foundation and donated to the school. >> hand waving and feet tapping, and abc has announced more musical acts for the new year eve telecast from hollywood, and joined by nick jonas head behinded by the boy band "one direction," and carrie underwood will do the same for the party in new york's times squares with more than 38 musical acts performing on dick collar's new year's eve for 2016.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 5:29 on wednesday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> we have trouble on the roads. >> we have a sig-alert in albany a big-rig lost its load of bricks and rocks. the connection they eastbound 582 and westbound 580 is a hard closure. c.h.p. is there. we have conflicting reports of the estimated time of opening. one said 11:00 a.m. and one said 6:00 a.m. so we follow this. the transition to marin from

eastbound 80 to westbound 580 is closed. use central avenue. mike? >> the weather is much calmer this morning. look at the winds, three to aid miles per hour so not much of a wind chill. grab a heavy code and dress if more layers. 45 in san francisco. a few high clouds. around 55 degrees. 54 to 58 by 4:00. milder at 7:00, at 48 inland and 54 in san francisco. >> 5:30. the pittsburgh fire department is raising a redding in after having the resources stretched thin for two fires that break out at the same time. a fire believed started by a space hearted had crews tied up at an apartment complex around 6:00 last night. telephone people were burned out of their homes. only one engine and three fires went because crews battled another fire across town that

break out at the same time. the chief said they have cut four fire stations in the past four years and no one was hurt in either fire. >> the police shooting of a land in san francisco is result in a but policy change for the police department. according to the "san francisco chronicle" officers have to alert a supervisor when they point a gun opposed to when they fire. the chief suhr issued the bulletin after cell phone video came out showing officers shooting mario woods to death in bayview. he was coming at them with a kitchen knife. >> oakland city leaders are move ahead with an effort to cut gun violence in the city, city council committee approved three ordinary naps, one banning large capacity magazines and a second requires gun owners to lock or store guns in a locked caper while the wees are in home and a third behalves people from leaving unsecured firearms in unattended vehicles. the measure goes to the city

council. >> a new "washington post" shows a report of americans oppose banning assault weapons for the first time in 20 years. the finds the public doubts authorities can prevents lone wolf attacks. 53 percent say into a plan, the strong of the showing ever for opponents and more think encouraging people to carry guns legally is a better response to terrorism than strict are gun control. >> the nine leading republican presidential candidates took to the debate same tore the last time had area with verbal attacks kicking off. the national security and terrorism were will major topic and jeb bush and donald trump wasting increase time sparring. >> he gets foreign policy experience from the shows. >> come on. thank you is not a serious candidate. >> build up your energy, jeb bush. >> the democrats will face off at a debate hosted by abc

saturday in new hampshire. >> having trump and bush go after each other or truck's international facial expresses is comical relief. i found it help will. >> the san francisco young republicans host add viewing party at a tavern and some say the debates are hing narrow the choices. the next g.o.p. debate is schedule for january 14. >> and david muir will moderate the debate in new hampshire with coverage at 5:00 p.m. right here on abc7. >> los angeles schools will resume class this morning after canceling because of a let. police say they received a warning of a large scale attack and closed all public schools yesterday. that forced 650,000 students to stay him. knock received a similar threat but decided it was not credible

enough to cancel classes. >> police if san francisco and oakland boosted if trillions although the districts did taught self threats with the opportunity to review safety and security plans. >> san francisco supervisors are saying "no," to a new jail. they reject add plan to allocate $215 million for lockup. several supervisors have been outspoken opponents of the rehabilitation detention facility. they want the city to move away from incarceration and toward rehabilitation. supporters say the old jail is outdated, unsafe for prisoners and unsound. >> facebook is testing a change to the controversial real name policy. the menlo park social media giant has a tool to require people would flag from feels with fake names to provide more details include why they make the complaint. userses would names are flagged have one week to show a good reason for using the name. they say they have been cyberbullied forrizing drag

queen names. >> the state water board has voted against a controversial land to withhold water from farms and cities next year. the goal was to preserve an endangered species of salen -- salmon but they are require regulators to make sure the river temperatures did not go higher than 56 degrees next year. that is the maximum temperature which juvenile winter salmon can survive. only 5 percent survived the last year because of the drought. >> solar and utilities are in the middle of the showdown after regulators reject add push from the utilities they raise the rates charged to new customs. it is not over yet, though, the commission is considering new fees including a one time charge of up to $150 for new solar users to connect to the grid. the economying is expected to vote on final decision next month.

>> now, the freeways? >> problems in albany with eastbound 80 connection to westbound 580 remaining closed. big rig lost the load of bricks and we rocks with debris all over the lanes and in estimated time of opening. if you normally would travel through oakland and albany to get to marin county, the richmond-san rafael bridge you need to go beyond that connection and take central avenue and cut over to 580. the rich research bridge toll plaza shows it is tough to get here. it is very live -- a sig-alert is issues. conflicting types of re-opening so we are back in a few minutes with more on that. mike has the forecast. mike? >> yes, sue, thank you. notice how much cooler it was this morning? check out this 24 hour temperature containing. up to 10 degrees cooler in livermore and 12 in fairfield and seven in novato the during protect the pets and plants?

it is freezing in republic rope at 30. petaluma is 28. guerneville is 30. american canyon is 33. mild in tiburon at 46. san francisco is 45. alameda is 42. redwood city is 40. everyone else is in the 30s freezing cold in san ramon at 32. close in lafayette at 33. 34 in cupertino. at the golden gate bridge the winds are very light. san francisco, peninsula, south bay, east bay, everyone topping out at 56 degrees, inland east bay and north by at 57 where a few lie clouds. from mount tamalpais, it is much calmer. thursday, we have increasing clouds and temperatures the same as today. rain is changing for friday and saturday, and that is coming up, hour by hour. kristen and eric? >> yes, for the first time we are hearing from the young man who almost flew a drone into a c.h.p. helicopter, next, what he said anyone who get as drone for

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to work in the trial of a police officer charged with killing freddie gray. officer william parter is the first of six officers to stand trillion on charges stemming from freddie gray's arrest and death from a severed spinal cord in april. the jury told the judge yesterday they did not research a decision after eight hours of thinnations. >> a popular hair care line you have probably seen advertised on tv is facing a lawsuit. 200 people have filed a lawsuit against the hair care products. the suit claims that the products cause hair loss and remarks and irritation. the company said this is in scientific evidence that it caused anyone toes there hair. >> man in texas is apologize for a romantic but not well in the out gesture. he recruit add few friends to block traffic on one of busiest downtown interstates in houston so he could get down on a knee and propose to his girlfriend.

he did it because is a nice view the she said yes but the drivers on the freeway were saying "no." >> love make you do stupid things. >> i will never forget. forever. >> that is not an excuse. he received a lost negative backlash for the stint and houston police said while we are happy for the couple, this is not something we want to encourage anyone to do. >> gridlock is a pretty view? >> all right, to each his own. >> we have almost gridlock in one spot. >> not romantic and we do not recommend that. here we go, a heart closure the ramp from eastbound connection to westbound 80 is the main route to get to the richmond-san rafael bridge, the sig-alert is in effect with a big-rig that

dumped it load. from what i understand from 6:00 it should be open in another 15 minutes, they have the big-rig listen out of there and they are wait for the d transit to clear the roadway so in the meantime use central as the alternate. we also have a backup at the bay bridge and the meters lights on at 5:29. westbound 80, no, westbound 580 we have a big-rig in a far rail there and though are waiting for a tow truck. big-rig tow trucks in high demand this morning. we look at the weather. mike? >> yes, good morning, everyone, a lot of hot tea as the dry air is upon us. can you see what it is doing taking away anything threat of clouds and there will be a few high clouds from time to time this morning. if i get a beautiful morning pictures i will host -- post it.

a few high clouds and sunshine today. our next storm is arriving quick are if here -- in here on friday. today, the temperatures in the south bay after the coffee that creates fog on the windshield, do you not have to year about that in the afternoon at 5-57. at the peninsula, around 56 to 57. millbrae is 55. the coat is around 56. same downtown. south san francisco. sausalito is 55. from vallejo north 56 to 58. along the east by sure we will start hercules at 55 and end up at oakland at 58, inland we will start around 56, to 57 is the exception at brentwood and livermore at 55. temperatures high clouds keep us in the mid-to-upper 30s inland and low-to-mid 40s to the coat. not so cold as this morning. at noon, quit a jump from yesterday, noon to 5:00, our best chance of light-to-moderate rain in the north bay 5:00 to

8:00 moves into the central bay and from 8:00 through midnight it head through the south bay. if you are heading out this friday o be friend to walk through the wet weather. on saturday morning, we start to committee identity, and saturday afternoon, if more worry about wet weather. we could be giving up our friday evening for a dryer weekend. temperatures are running a quarter to half an inch in the south bay and half an are at the lowest level, because we did not have heavy rain and we do not have much impact. the impact scale is "1." temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50s on saturday and maybe a 60 on sunday and monday it is more like what we have had so far this winter season and impact "2" so windy with heavy rain. kristen and eric? >> you can get the raiders

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road and c.h.p. estimating 6:00 a.m. for opening and we are following that for you. hopefully, that is the correct time. >> as ten minutes if new. we will see if they make that deadline. >> you do not see a lap like this often, the southwest plane rolled off the runway and was stuck in the grandson at nashville international airport. the airline said the boeing 737 nose gear collapsed. eight people on the flight from houston suffered minor injuries. passengers described hearing a lot noise and feeling the plane tilt before it stopped. >> a new study on kids health show children better at tasting sugar or more likely to be overweight. researchers say 200 kids 7-14 were involved in the study. they thought kids innocencive to sugar were more obese because necessity needed to consume more for the effect, but the surprising part they found the opposite, obese kids were more sincive to sugar. the study is published in the

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the big-rig out there and there is debris in the lanes. again, the 6:00 a.m. is unrealistic time to estimate opening. in the meantime, continuing beyond this area, over to 580 you will find another big-rig accident in a guardrail and that is blocking lane number two, as well, and they are waiting for a tow truck, so, problems getting over to the east bay or to marin from east bay from the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> an excuse to stay under the covers. >> good morning, everyone, walking the dog is going to be cooler this morning but beautiful sunshine this afternoon and the light breeze will make high surfing not very good but it will make hiking later this afternoon better than yesterday. around state, low-to-mid 50s and total sunshine, sacramento and fresno and monterey and clouds around chico and mid-60s across the southern california and 44 in yosemite and 40 in lake tahoe, and

heavenly is making snow because summer nature is not adding any but when she does it is light, and snow showers on sunday and heavier showers monday and tuesday. kristen and eric? kristen, please? ahhh...a pair of lucky kittens in phoenix were introduced to the media. fires pulled the little ones from inside the walls of a home. the homeowner called firefighters saying she heard meowing, the mom could not be located. third names are contribution were and kringle. >> a stranger in ohio picked it tab for the crisp republicans. the man walked into two wal-mart stores and paid off in cleveland $106,000 in layaways but he made them promise to keep his identity a secret. the times on layaway included toys, 70" television and a pair

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breaking news. from the east bay this morning, there are problems for the commute. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. it is wednesday, december 16. we will get to sue for an update >> yes, we have a sig-alert in albany. eastbound 80 to westbound 588, that is big transition to get from the east bay to san rafael through the richmond-san rafael with the transition ramp closed this morning. a big-rig dropped the load bricks. they scattered all over the roads. that is not easy to clean up. there is a hard closure. a tow truck is on scene. a sweep. it needs to be cleaned up. it will be quite some time's it is re-opened. the alternate eastbound 8230 to central you can cut over to baby 580 to get to the richmond-san rafael bridge and the toll plaza is not bad but tough to get there this morning. mike has the forecast. >> good morning, everyone, the big step is