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we will get you through it. the 22nd, and straight to mike nicco with the weather. the possibility of drizzle. mike? >> even the light shower is possible. as one light shower straight away from the mountains it is moving offer to novato and you can see atherton up 101 and this is fly up to the northwest and falling apart so it will head through the mountains and no one, really, is in its way. we have a little guy right here pushing through the altamont pass, and as far as the drizzle, there it is on the exploritorium camera, temperatures are 60s at coast, 70s around the bay and 80s inland well below average. and the monday morning commute? >> so far, so kay, just a few minor issues. we have not had any major mocking problems, mass transit doing okay this morning, as well, and zooming in here on the traffic maps, westbound 580 before the parkway, leaving tracy, heading to the altamont pass, we have some type of obstruction reported so troying
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to get to the bottom of that, c.h.p. does not have any information and as you can see the central valley drive is filling in. also, northbound vasco road, before you get to diabolo we have some type of a large water tank that is in the far left lane so look out for that. breaking overnight in the south bay, three people have been arrested after what started as a noise complaint. it happened after midnight on almaden expressway and mesa drive, a fight started after two groups confronted each other over loud noise using sticks and bottles and a large pipe on the ground. two people were taken to the hospital requiring stitches. the arrested men will face charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> today, the trial begins of two machine accused shoot asking killing a popular dog walker in oakland. the two are charged with murdering judy solve machine. she was shot after using her
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cell phone to capture the men allegedly committing a crime in her neighborhood in 2013. one of major focal points is the rome that the lead investigator sergeant plays on leave accused of letting his ex-girlfriend transcribe interviews in the case the bart is spending big money to solve the problem of people using their elevators as bathrooms. delays are pointing and costs increasing. amy hollyfield is in breast hill with the new attempt to fix the issue. amy? >> we are talking to commuters and they are skeptical. according to the bay area news group, bart has now decided to try a spray on coating on the floors of their elevator which is urine resistant and nontoxic. this is the third attempt at solving the problem. it will confident about
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$340,000. bart riders say it sounds like a band-aid to a big other problem. >> it is a homeless issue, first. that will be the only way to truly deal with the issue. [ inaudible ] it will keep happening. in they cannot do it in the elevator they will find someplace else. >> it took bart 4 1/2 months to experiment with different coatings before they found this coating. they hope to have it in place by april. they will spray it in 80 of the 127 elevators. a march accused of scamming a clutch in three elderly woman is expected in court, caldwell
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hundreds of thousands including $170,000 from a 90-year-old map. pastor features calculate whole -- caldwell in a newsletter. >> those affected by fires in southern california can head him. blue cut fire is now 65% contained. 82000 were evacuated last year. the fire destroys 96 homes. it bound 37,000 acres. officials say the damage could have been much worse. they are crediting early deployment of firefighters for limiting the damage >> the men and women of cal fire are on the mission at the state capital demanding to be paid as much as other firefighters and will rally with the legislatures on the steps of the station house. cal fire, fires are up to 90% underpaid compared to the top 25 fire departments in california.
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for example, entry level firefighters 18 over $10 an hour. >> san francisco's lgbt community is taking a stand against violence after a serious beating in castro. we were in the neighborhood yesterday as organizers of a peace rally handed out safety whistles and cards with common sense rules to keep people safe. organizers wanted to do something after an attack against a gay man two weeks ago. >> my friend was beat up severally injured and had to have surgery to reconstruct his beautiful face. >> he had to have his fractured jaw reattached to the skull. the attack happen at a bar on market street called the cafe and police are still look for the attacker. >> a relic part of the cross that christ was crucified on was take trend a san francisco church. a priest at st. dominic's spoke only with abc7 and told us that it is about 2,000 years
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old. the father said the lock on the case was bond out on thursday and there were no witnesses or security cameras in the church. >> we would like to have it back we are not interested in police activity or criminal things just to have it restored l is a sign on the case asking for someone to run it, no questions and the. >> a warning from the california department of public health on the local seafood a lot of you love. they are urging people to avoid eating rock crab and shell fish caught locally at half moon bay and monterey bay with danger other levels of toxins found in oysters and crabs and scallops but no one has report the getting sick. this toxin was behind closure of last season's dungness crab.
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>> throughs of pounds of food in the bay area are headed to the world's poorest country. we were in oakland as volunteers of project feed yemen filled a 20' caper with food. the international high school students started thed if drive in april with $18,000 in food collected. otherers say it is an important mission because in yemen more children die from starvation than violence. >> he hungry. children are dying of malnutrition each day. it is this little one project to help one or two children it is enough for us. >> the food now is traveling 8,600 miles to hospitals and orphanages. organizers hope to continue the drive each year. >> folks on the east coast are waking up to a last damage arrest tornado warning and thunderstorms hit new england. jessica castro has the new video. that is right. there was significant damage in the concord, massachusetts area. i will get to the video that just came in moments ago.
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this is new overnight, you can see trees are down in the middle of the road with self roads impassable and reports utility poles down and heavy property damage. during a thunderstorm the national weather service issued a tornado watching and that has been canceled, but the footage here, really, indicates heavy winds throughout the night and bad weather continues for them today and this morning, heavy rainfall is the concern and we will keep an eye on the situation in the newsroom as it unfolds. >> we will look at what is going on, in the northeasts we will start with live doppler hd and you can see the storm system, not so vigorous as it was, moving through ba in. gor, maine, through the morning. at home, drizzle is possible, along the east bay shore and we have castro valley, the cool spot at 55, and san leandro and fremont and oakland at 60, and berkeley and richmond at 2357,
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and alameda is 58 degrees. we have san francisco at 56, santa rosa at 54 and napa 55, and up to pleasanton, dress for 58, we have 60 around fremont, and, also, mountain view and san jose and los gatos and you can see the cloud cover at sfo, with arrival delays and i will let you know at twitter facebook if you step away from 9 tv. biking is good but watch out for the sunshine, and jogging and air quality is moderate and choppy waves north of the bay bridge fur on the water. here is the next three days, more cloud cover today with the mid-level monsoon moisture rolling through and it will keep our temperatures below average and we will warm up a degree or two on tuesday and hold steady on wednesday and i have cooler weather coming foe the weekend. that is in the seven 15. stick around for that. >> and now, i have the traffic trust. we are, hadding okay, actually, this morning, westbound 80 through emeryville stretch.
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can you see on our camera, no blocking incidents to tuck about. our bay bridge toll plaza is looking good, and no metering lights but we need another 20 minutes filling in, a different story. right now we are enjoying lighter volumes and the only place who are seeing slower traffic, westbound 580, tracy to the castro valley will take you 52 minutes and it is climbing up slowly minute-by-minute so nothing major under the central valley. northbound 101 highway 85 to the san jose airport, to the south bay, 11 minutes and highway one in san francisco, okay, too, and that will take you 90 minutes. we have pothole work in santa clara and we will check on it in a few. >> new insight into what may have caused the overdose for prince, an incorrect medicine level is affecting the investigation. >> a stomach
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>> novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. we have new details this morning on a miracle rescue of a toddler under a capsized boat. >> this is how the child survived. >> in this morning's "first look, an incredible survival story after a 23-month-old girl is capsizeed for nearly an hour.
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>> the boat flipped after hitting power lines. her parents escaped with their seven-month-old daughter. but kennedy was nowhere to be found, only her cries heard in the dark. >> we could not tell in she was in the boat or if she was out in the river because we heard cries but it sounded like it was coming from everywhere. >> astonishingly she was floating under the boat in a life vest inside an air pocket. >> a miracle. complete miracle that everything worked. >> at 7:00 a.m., we hear from first responders and how they almost lost hope that kennedy would ever be found. with "first look," for abc7news.com. >> police in southern california are look for a woman would ran over and killed her friend at his birthday party. investigators in san diego say he was celebrating his 34th at a hotel, and his friend decided to leave after midnight. he tried to stop her by laying down in the road and that is when the police say show
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republican over and killed him. witnesses say they are both drinking alcohol. police have identified the woman and now are trying to find her. >> a new report said that several pills taken from prince's estate in basely park after his death were falsely labeled. an official close to the investigation said that pill bottles named as written contained an opioid 50 times more strong than heroin and it was found in duffle bags. results show that he died of an accidental overdose. all the olympic committee said further action is coming after the swimmer scandal. the committee c.e.o. said that ryan lochte and his teammates let down other united states athletes and the entire country. our reporter has more on what ryan lochte is saying about the incident. all the second most decorateed extra in history back pedaling telling a brazil tv station.
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awhy did you change your version so many times? >> i over exaggerated part of the it, i was intoxicated and i was frightened and having a gunpointed to. >> this morphed from the first account. >> got pulled over in our taxi and these guys came out with a badge, pulling out a gun, koched -- koched do it my for head. >> he admitted he should have been mother candid about vandalizing a sign and confronting security guards when they said they with call police but does not admit to lying. >> i overexaggerated the story. >> my mistake was overexaggerating what really happened. >> lie increasing >> i was not lying to a extent extent. i overexaggerated what happened.
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i can't say in it was a robbery or figure look that. all the explanation for the initial account? >> i was still intoxicated. >> you did not go to sheep? >> no. >> for a swim we are $1 million in deals with ralph lauren this could be more fallout. it is downful that hock lock faces prosecution here in brazil, a furious c.e.o. of the united states olympic committee upping things say that ryan lochte will face disciplinary action back in the united states this could moan a lengthy suspension. >> we will not over exaggerate the weather. >> mike nicco you never oversell it. >> try not to. check out what just popped up in the last 3 minutes. a thunderstorm. near point reyes. we were watching the novato storm fall apart and point reyes storm popped up and this will continue heading up toward the northwest and that is where it will be most dangerous the next
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hour or so. expect possibly gusty winds more so than the heavy rain there is a layer of dry air dean the thunderstorm and the ground. >> here is a look at what is beginning on in south bay you can see down the golden gate not much fog. we have the marine layer coming in and they are bringing drizzle. we are trying to get a one-two punch. clouds and drizzle, scattered through tonight, and, almost, average, warming up right there and mother nature throws a curve ball and it will be cool for the weekend. we have mid-to-upper 70s for most of the south bay, san jose at 78, low-to-mid 80s in gilroy, head the peninsula, milbrae at 68, upper 50s long the coast today, and only 62 in downtown san francisco. across the golden gate only 63. mid-to-upper 70s through the north bay and to lakeport that is a warm spot at 90, and along the east bay shore mid-to-upper 60s and hercules and richmond
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and berkeley and oakland everyone in the low-to-mid 70s and our warmest weather is inland east bay where we will have low-to-mid 80s. at the game technology, indians are taken on the a's and dropping down to 59. my seven-day forecast get used to 50s at the coast and 70's around the bay and 80's inland. >> i had to flip on my wipers this morning. [ inaudible ] >> all right, we are having trouble with the mike. we will check back with you in a moment. >> amazon is tying to build its reputation as accommodating haze to work and is reportedly getting part time technical employees full time benefits according to "usa today" part of a new pilot program. amazon will test the entire
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until after the initial disaster response for tens of thousands is over and recovery efforts are underway. >> the first day of class for the oakland school district and as is the case across the state constitutes have to have proof of vaccination in order to attend. officials fear up to 3,100 kids could be sent home. >> check out the temperatures, anywhere from 5-9 degrees below average, i amtraking a little bit of drizzle and a slight shower is possible during the morning commute. i will show you live doppler hd coming up. >> this is westbound 580, richmond-san rafael bridge by the toll plaza. it looks like through the left hand lanes are blocked and we are making calls now. >> bizarre crocodile caper down under, police looking for two young men who shoved crocodiles through the broken window of a school office before ransacking the office. animal control officers had to wrangle the crocodiles before police could investigate.
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>> i will see director crocodile and raise but a door toys. >> a woman is reunited with her pet of 55 years. nancy had her tortoise since she was five years old. recently, the tortoise snuck out of the yard and covered a consequence of 11 football fields a day traveling over 623456 miles from home in 10 days. she covered the neighborhood with fliers and posted photos of her lost pet on solve media and a man saw the tortoise thought, that doesn't look right because...it is a tortoise. and he went online to find the answer and that is when they were reunited. >> this is a lost bad this our world right now and there are a lot of very good people that care, too. >> a it seems the 100-year-old tortoise has located a friend and they were found getting
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning. i am natasha zouves. >> i am regular. welcome to august 22nd. we are move through the month. >> we will get started with mike nicco and he said that there are a few sprinkles. >> a few sprinkles. drizzle. also, some showers coming off the mountains and the energy from that, a thunderstorm. right on top. of point reyes. this is heading up to the northwest.
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it will affect our fishermen. the day planner shows 54 to 62 with drizzle the closer you are to the coat. by noon, partly cloudy. but it is dry. 59 at coast. and 73 inland. partly sunny at 4:00. 82 inland. but 60 at the coast. below average. wet weather is knocking on our eastern day next. alexis? >> we have a traffic alert. it will be a big deal on the richmond-san rafael bridge. a look at the camera you can see the flashing lights with cones, and large emergency response and it sounds like the fire department is on the way. though should be there in a few minutes. we have a tow truck. i am hearing this isible positive an overturned vehicle. it is not confirmed. two last lens are blocked westbound 580 on the richmond side of the bridge of with you get over the water at the toll plaza.
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everyone is diverting to the right side. this is an overturn, it will be here a while the we will look at the traffic map and try and get you more information. >> thank you, alexis. >> san jose police say what started as a noise come minute ended up sapping several people to the hospital. matt keller is near the expressway and mason drive. matt? >> good morning. i spoke with san jose police on the incident. they say that the neighborhood saw violence overnight. check out video of the area after midnight this morning. you can see this is on mesa drive at blossom hill road. paramedics responded after midnight after a party that want sideways could groups confronted each other over the noise and a for it started. video from the scene shows what appears to be a large pipe on the ground, two people were
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taken to the hospital requiring stitches and three people were arrested and san jose police say the three people are likely to face assault with a deadly weapon. >> more developing news in the south bay, two brothers are dead in what is a drive-by shooting. this happened in front of their him at south 8th and market, and a man died at the scene and the other at the hospital. police are looking fore two shooting suspects but released no descriptions. a witness would only gave us his first name saw a white struck and a black s.u.v. drove by and open fire. they made a youtube on marsha and went back the other way and they meant business so i dubbed back in the house and i looked out the window and saw flashes from an automatic weapon. rapid fire. right now police do not have
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a description and they are saying -- are not saying in it is gang related. >> police in los gatos are trying to determine in foul play is behind a body found on a walking trail at 6:00 p.m. last night. police have not released details of the person or how they died. >> san francisco people want your help to find the man who bit off a bartender's finger and hope someone will recognize this man. a bartender tried to close and the man tried to get inside. he attacked the bartender and bit a finger that had to be amputated. police released video that showed the suspect getting in a scuffle with another man that same night. >> a through arc woman arrested on charge of harassing and cyberstalking kris jenner is back in oakland court room. the father of the 36-year-old christina bankston has mental
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issues. the 15 count indictment said she made calls impersonating the kardashian family and accused of send e-mails and gaping unauthorized access to the icloud account that has a maximum penalty of five year in prison. balk to school for oakland unified students under the new vaccination rules with more than 3,100 students are turned away from classes, for family to show proof they have been vaccinated. the school district has been scrambling to verify student records. it is for longer an objection to use personal beliefs to exempt their children from getting vaccinated. some have relied on the exemption because they are concern there could be a link between vaccine and autism. one parent who is autistic disagrees. >> a it puts other people at risk and it is irresponsible >> autism ising is that is not caused by a van seen and it is
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genetic. 700 students at franklin hty school in oakland will be receiving free backpacks including backpacks and supplies courtesy of a coalition of nonprofits and businesses. >> happening today the beginning of a new era for the shipping business in san francisco, and imported cars are rolling off the cargo ship that was being use as helpless shelter. the group based in san rafael plans to pour $10ment into upgrading the facility. the biwill soon be modified or adding features to cars going to and from europe, mexico and asia and estimated the work could bring in up to $3 president a year for the port. >> we are closely watching a fire as it is closer to a landmark, a lot of us have visited, the hearst castle and where the chimney fire now is burning. jessica? >> it is only two miles away from the castle, the former home of none mogul william randolph hearst an historical landmark.
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it is right near san simone and has scorched 27,000 acres, or 42 square miles. the concern is not only the building but all of the art work inside. he was an avid art collector and tourists come from all over the up and the world to see the castle and a lot of them have get listen and been disappointed. >> found out it was closed and disappoint asked hope that everyone everything turnout. >> fires say the fire is fly% contain asked burning for a wreak and has destroyed 48 structures. only the visitor center trends on but the castle will stay closed until the fire is under control. >> the clayton fire in lake county is 100% contained this morning. the devastating fire has destroyed 300 structures and 189
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of the structures were homes. it is 95% contained and burned over 4,000 acres prosecutors say damin anthony pashilk who is accused of intentionally starting the fire faces 24 years do live in prison today, some cools in the district affected by the fire are reopening. the superintendent of burn valley and east lay and pomo will start classes and the staff have been cleaning up the schools and feels they are safe to reopen. we let you know when we hear of other schools reopening. >> we are not the only one dealing with fire. this drone video of a fire burn ing near spokane, washington. officials say all three fires started yesterday and this burned 2,500 acres with industry percent containment and hundreds were evacuated. >> now alexis smith watching a traffic alert.
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alexis, what is the problem? >> we have a big problem. on the richmond-san rafael bridge, westbound 580 at the toll plaza if you look at the camera, we have a lot of flashing lights. a large emergency response. we talked to c.h.p. they were able to confirm in the vehicle flipped. we know only one vehicle was involved. they hit a barrier at the westbound 580 toll plaza. we have three left lanes blocked. you can see the vehicles getting on to the bridge. they are over to the far right side. they do not have an estimate on when it will re-open. on our traffic maps, not see major delays. it is on the richmond side before you get over the water. we will keep a close area on that in another update in a few. >> checking with mike nicco and the forecast. happen monday. >> happy monday. good morning, everyone. i much wad the thunderstorms in
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the mountains, and notice they are chiming down out of the mountains into the central valley and falling apart so contra costa county has a brief sprinkle possible the next hour or two, and we are seeing cloudy conditions along the peninsula, drizzle is possible, money 50s until you get to menlo park, and 60 in palo alto and fremont and san jose at 61. los gatos is 62. antioch at 61. mill valley and santa rosa dress for 54. here is what will happen on this monday, you notice the orange is where the 80s are inland east bay neighborhood and the north bay and south bay and the yellow in the 70s and everyone else in the green and that is 60s, and a few 50s along the coast. protect city steady a little by of an uptick inland on wednesday and that could be as warm as it gets. a cooling trend and we will keep tracking the showers on live doppler hd. >> muni is expanding because of
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a $45 million grant from the california state transportation agency. they have 64 trains on the way do add to the muni fleet. half were already funded. now after getting the grant, the total of 42 trans will be funded. this is what they will look hike, officials say the trains have more passenger doors and enhanced braking system. manufacturers have been building and testing them and the san francisco mayor said the city plans do work with residents and funding partners to pay for the other 24 trains in the new fleet. >> i'm embarrassed for myself, for my family, and for my country. >> ryan lochte is acknowledging he "overevening agency -- "overexaggerateed," what happened in rio de janeiro. >> why donald trump is being
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>> los altoses antioch, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> ryan lochte has apologized to the people of brazil for his story of a robbery at a rio de janeiro gas station. the swimmer describeds incident as armed robbery of the then he changed the story, saying they vandalized the bathroom after partying for the night and said he overexaggerated the original story and was embarrassed about
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the behavior. >> in i told the entire story this would not is happened. i was coming from a friend's house, i was highly intoxicateed and i made immature calls. in that did not happen, this would not have happened. >> the usa swimming and international committee will determine if they face fines or suspension from uncoming worm meets or potentially even a future olympics. all the race for the white house, hick's running make tim kaine heads to las vegas after a day of full events in the bay area after holding fundraisers in san francisco and atherton yesterday afternoon and portola valley and will meet with ironworkers and then head to denver for a rally. donald trump is holding a rally in action ron, he -- in akron, ohio, and could be changing his tune on immigration.
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his new campaign advisors suggested he may know longer want to deport 11 million immigrants that are undocumented living in united states. >> he will lay out the specifics of the plan. >> will it include a difficult portation force that he talked about in the soundbite and during republican primaries? >> to be determined. >> conway is backing donald trump's decision not to released tax runs and said they are audited and will release them when they are done. >> hillary clinton will appear for the first time since accepting the z nomination on jimmy kimmel tonight, and this is video from the interview in march. you can watch her on jimmy kimmel at 11:35 right here on abc7. >> president obama will visit louisiana temperature where devastate flood waters have receded enough to let the residents beginning the process of clean up and have damaged more than 60,000 homes, fema has approved $55 million in temporary assistance.
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and $15 million in advance national flood insurance payments. the louisiana governor fired back at critics who say the 39 should have come sooner. >> i did not want to divert the police officer, sheriff deputies and the state troopers and other essential resources and assets to providing security for the president. >> he expressed appreciation for friday's visit by a republican presidential nominee donald trump. >> if you take the richmond-san rafael bridge, your commute could be hairy this morning. over to alexis smith tracking that. what are you seeing? >> we have a view of crash on a traffic camera. can you see the flashlights with flares set up, and three left lanes are blocked, westbound 580, on the richmond-san rafael bridge, with more information in the last few minutes. it sounds like it is a flipped pickup and the driver has injured, after hitting the toll plaza barrier on the richmond
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side. the three last happies are blocked -- the three left lanes are blocked. in it has flipped it will take a while. we do not she a huge backup yet. but it will be here a while. we will see yellow and red shortly. on the richmond side, before you make it out to the bridge that is where we have the these left lanes blocked. it is officially a sig-alert. we will keep a close try on that and making calls trying to confirm it is a flipped pickup. the driver is be transparted and only one vehicle is involved in the collision. hopefully everyone will be okay. it has been fairly quiet aside from that and we will look at our drive times. right now mike nicco is on roof and it was misty when i came in how is it now? >> misty. good observation. some of us need the windshield wiper and some of us need to be came on point reyes and the
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fishing ground tracking what was a thunderstorm and now, looking like a big shower. you can see it blew up to 30-minute timeframe and it is sliding off to the northwest and it is going to hang around the next hour and it will fall apart. the rest of us, this is what i am looking at from downtown be the light glistening off the solar panels from the exploritorium at pier 15 to give you an idea of how wet it is, the morning moisture and lingering clouds and a stray chance of a shower but our best chance is this morning, clouds and drizzle coming back and average and then cool this weekend. temperatures in the south bay below average 78 in san jose, gilroy at 84 and cool spot at milpitas at 74. up the peninsula, temperatures are running from 68 in millbrae, to 73 as you head down into the south bay and mountain view to between redwood city at 73 and downtown, 62, becoming breezy only 57 in the sunset and daly
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city is only 58. not bay, clouds to mostly sunny. slay let and sausalito stuck in the 60s and everyone else in the mid-70s. up and down the east bay sure it willen breezy around richmond and berkeley and oakland in the 60 and everyone else in the low-to-mid 70s and our last stop inland east bay upper 70s to lowity in most areas. my seven-day forecast shows when we warm back to average on wednesday, it starts to get caller ever so slowly thursday and below average for the weekend. i have your forecast coming up next. >> it feels like full. we have wild video to show you this morning from arkansas so you will see a map and then not see a man in the back seat of the police cruiser a man arrested for public box indication was blown through the back window the police car after the car will ready. the man caused the car to roll. he was trying to distract the officer. he was bang on the window, with
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hand can yous and feet and the officerrened up getting trapped in the car. you saw the suspect took off and he had to be tazed before being re-arrested. the officer suffered a mild concussion. >> we have a warning if you use an epi person, and the price is skyrocketing. >> was it the influence or a fight? possible reason that bully butter missed the last two games >> oakland raider that should asked an olympian out on a date.
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the abc7 news app, on the go, on your schedule. >> the zika virus could hang around the united states for at least another couple of years. gulf coast states are the most vulnerable. cases have been found in two neighbors around miami. a pregnant mother who lives negotiation of there is moving out of the state until she has that baby because of the mosquito-borne disease. >> it is our life. he comes first. same with the baby. i want to give that baby the chance that he had to be healthy
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and have a good life. >> to we have to move away and separate for six months, it is, pennies in the long run. all the husband staying behind wail she goes to virginia where she will return after the baby is born. >> volunteers make surf deserving students in the east bay are well prepared for the new school year. we were at the international house yesterday as hundreds of people helps deliver school supplies and dental kits distributed by the public schools to students would feed them most. a local nonprofit packaged the kits and they have been host the event for six years. >> we keep checking with alexis smith and want to see what is happening on the bridge. >> this is not great news to start off monday morning. this is the richmond san rafael bridge with the flashlights, and flares up, and this is all due to a serious collision on the rip machine side of bridge right at the toll plaza. a pickup lost control, hit a
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barrier, and flipped over. it sounds like we have serious injuries be just when vehicle involved in the crash. as you can see the three last lanes are blocked. everyone who is trying to get on the bridge on the west most side of 580 is shifting over to the par right-hand side. the two fast track lanes and the car pool lane are blocked. looking at where this is on the traffic, no major backup. it is before you get over the water and it is a sig-alert with more information in a few. westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 44 minutes in green for westbound 4 and southbound 101 with flight delayed at san rafael to san francisco in the ideal let at 18 minutes and we will check with mike nicco. how is it? >> misty up here so some will need an umbrella at the coast. but, a's fans i don't think so. 52 at 7:00. 59 bit end of the game. dress warmly. can you see the left over
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showers from year's thunderstorms in the mountains. some are pushing through the monterey bay. they will fall apart the next couple of hours. we could get a stray sprinkle this morning. the bulk of the thunderstorms are in the mountains again. yosemite is 91 and lake tahoe is 77 and los angeles is hazy and 81 and no need to worry about kay moving away from the baja and falling apart the next 24 hours. >> thank you. oakland afghanistan's billy butter has not been at the field two games now, because he get in a fight. there was an altercation on friday that last one of them hurt. the a's have not confirmed the story and the report said that butler missed both weekend games with what the manager said was "nausea and vomiting e. >> someone, don't necessity who, is the proud owner of steph curry's used myth guard. whoever this is paid $3,200 for the signature mouthpiece.
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usually it is happening out of his mouth. these are pictures from the website that auctioned it off. he wore it during the championship run, and was cuss temperature made and washed before being auctioned off... okay. >> next, chancellor said he is step down at the end of next year and some university staff say that is too far off. why they want him out, now. >> tackling a sticky situation at bart, costly change that is causing a delay for fixing the elevator. >> you it detail on the death of
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is delayed because the solution did not work the first time. good morning, i am reggie aqui. >> it is machine. august 22nd. more on the elevators in a m but, first, back to alexis smith tracking a major problem on the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> we have a serious crash this morning. i will step out of way so can you see what is happening on a camera on richmond side of the bridge. the crash is westbound 580 right at the toll plaza, a pickup lost control, hit a barrier and flipped. obviously we have a large response and we have sky 7 on the way to the scene, and that should give us a boater idea of how long cleanup will take and we certainly will check with our crew. right nows though, mike nicco has a look at the forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will go to live doppler hd you i have been track the showers moving northwest through the valley and into the monterey bay , and it clipped the santa cruz
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