connect sonoma county to marin county. officials estimate it will take 67 minutes to get from sonoma county airport to downtown san rafael. they determined that peak time is a window from 5:00 t and they are going to start testing the trains this morning so don't be surprised if you see a smart train rolling through san rafael or marin county this morning, and they are going to start at 5:00 this morning, and don't try to hop on, this is only a test. reporting live in san rafael, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the chp is asking for help this morning in finding suspects in a wine country drive-by shooting. somebody in a truck opened fire on two people on a honda accord in hillsboro. minutes earlier a person exchanged words with a person in

a lunch truck. the chp shut down southbound 101 for four hours. at this point investigators don't have a description of the truck and both victims expected to recover. mechanical failure caused this fire on the back of a bus this morning in san francisco's richmond district. it happened near 26th avenue around 7:30 last night. officials say the alternator split and that caused oil to drip into the engine and cause the fire. nobody was hurt. the bus will be strapped and replaced with one of the new buses coming online. the white house is changing its story about president trump's firing of fbi james comey, this as a stunning contradiction was made on capitol hill. >> the white house clearing up

conflicting me conflict messages, saying the firing was triggered by rod rosen stein, but those claims direct directly. >> he said he was not under investigation, and including once during a dinner at the white house when trump claims comey asked to keep his job. >> he wanted to stay on as the fbi head, and i said if it's possible, would you let me know, am i under investigation, and he said you are not under investigation. >> acting fbi director testifying before congress, offering more contradictions to white house claims the fbi rank and file lost confidence in the former director. >> director thome enjoyed broad support within the fbi and does

to this day. >> and sir, we consider it to be a highly significant investigation. >> mccabe testifying that investigation is forging ahead. >> this is in the best interest of the president. >> mccabe testified if the white house tries to quash or impede the fbi's russ investigation. and sky 7 was near 14th and broadway last night has a handful of people held banners denouncing president trump, and they accuse him of having a total disregard of the law and justice. and city attorney has gone to court to tpoeforce

over the names of the drivers. uber supports the licensing and the company says the information would be posted on a public would be posted on a public website and violates its drivers' policy. and an oakland mother says her son was picked up and he noticed a passenger in the front seat had taken out marijuana. >> the reason that we have him take uber is because we want to have control over the things he comes in contact with along the way home. >> uber's company policy indicates minors cannot request their own pickup. a major milestone for b.a.r.t. in the east bay.

as you can see, it has a sleek entrance. it opens up to a promenade that leads to housing and shopping. this project is part of a 17-year effort to the once isolated station. >> it sounds so much better than a street or alley. and b.a.r.t. is building a center in east contra costa to see what it would take to build it. the center would be a public for service at first and it could become a station for an e-b.a.r.t. bg steextension. the authority has to be reached soon. the team said it needs to be done before the nfl league spring meeting that starts a week from monday. the raiders and the stadium authority board are confident

the frame of the lease work will get done, and they are hoping to finalizing the plans. let's talk about the warriors. they will be back at practice preparing for game one of the western conference finals against the spurs. >> the players had the day off yesterday while they waited to find out who they would be playing. san antonio closed out the rockets setting the stage for the top two teams. and one of the reasons they have made it is their team chemistry. >> everybody's main goal is the same. we're >> the warriors will go into the west finals fully rested with five days off sweeping the jazz. and game one begins at noon on sunday, tip-off is at 12:30 right here on abc7 and that's followed by after the game. a reminder to post your

photos and videos of dub nations and use #dubson7, show them here on abc news. >> me and the boy will be in the man cave watching the game, mom. >> let me know how that goes. >> i will let you know. all joking aside, east bay hills cam, you see moisture left over from yesterday's cold front. we will wake up partly cloudy but will become sunny and breezy. a small craft advisory if you are going to be on the bay today. and watch out for the strong sunshine. in fact, there you go, it's high to very high. we still have high grass pollen and free pollen also. you are waking up this morning and you will notice a little chill out there, and guess what, temperatures going to be colder tomorrow morning. let's talk about right now. 51 to about 52 around most of

san francisco. financial district is about 54. we have got some 40s in hills burg and petaluma, and the rest of us in the low to mid-50s. a quick look at what is going to happen in the next three days. 59 to 70 is our spread tomorrow. for mom's day, about 58 to 71. i'll take a look at your microclimates and see if we have warmth in the climates coming up. >> i don't think you will be the only warrior fans to be conflicted on sunday. we are doing all right on the roads so far. want to head down to highway 17 and we have the roadwork we had all week around the cats statue and looks like a little delay on the southbound side and heavier there, just a small stretch of traffic that is stop and go. and bay bridge toll plaza wide

open at this early hour. speaking of the warriors, we have changes for the weekend b.a.r.t. work and i will talk about that coming up next. a local psychologist booked on child porn charges. why they are raising a red flag about where he may have committed the crimes. raising your power bill raising your power bill again, and it's not donet.

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welcome back, everyone. quickly want to show you a live event that is happening right now. we have the 200th spacewalk. look at this, a live look at outer space. you can see the astronauts getting ready to go and the spacewalk is being performed by american astronauts, and the whole operation started an hour ago. they are inside right now and will be doing numerous repairs throughout the morning so we expect this to last another five hours or so. they actually have a laundry list of things to do. some electrical work for science experiments and installing a protective shield on the iss, and by the way, this is fisher's first ever spacewalk. and as for witson, she is a pro.

>> that astronaut was looking at you like he could hear you talking about it. happening today a terminal shuffle begins at lax that will affect a third of all the airlines there. delta is moving its operations in a project that will require 20 other airlines to relocate. it could cause a major hassle for travelers. the shuffling will continue throughout the month. you can find out more about the changes on our website at abc7news.com. free parking in the daily lot at the end of the month and the airport is spending $35 million to expand the international arrivals area. you can find the exact details and the coupon on our website, abc7news.com. pg&e customers, brace

yourself. rates are going up again. according to the media partner, you should see a 1% hike in the next couple of bill cycles. for the average customer that's an extra $1.65 a month. it says it needs to raise rates for the decommissioning of the plant. police found more than 1,000 images on one psychiatrist's devices. >> this is billy photo and his his mugshot taken tuesday after his arrest. his roommate was also arrested at their apartment. >> he seems friendly, yeah. >> neighbors did not know these men since they moved in three months ago, and this is a photo from martin's facebook page and inside their apartment police say they found more than 1,000

files of child porn. >> wow. >> scary. >> i guess with technology anything can happen. >> police believe lockhart gathered the child porn on campus before bringing it home, and this patient worries lockhart hat access to children. >> it's sad that so many people are obsessed with these kinds of things. >> and they have placed him on leave and aspesuspended his and access. and then a faulty wire disabled a pump and cut off fresh water to fish at the hatch rein orville yesterday. 2 million salmon will be released next month. take a look at this. dramatic video this morning of the horse being rescued from a

san bernardino county ravine. the woman riding the horse and the horse fell off the trail yesterday afternoon, and they lifted him and blind tpoeded him and he was sedated and he was expected to walk and is expected to be okay and the rider suffered only minor injurers. under the deal owners of vehicles with emission systems that cannot be fixed will be offard buybacks and up to $13,000 in cash. the settlement ends most of the legal battle over the cheating scandal. gas prices are down after heading up at the beginning of the year. there was an 11% drop in crude oil prices. >> the national average for a

gallon of gas is $2.32, and in california it's $2.93. >> but we have the weather so it all balance out, right, mike? >> yeah, that's what my pocket book says. it does help if you have solar pane panels, i will give you that. we don't have any delays this morning like we had yesterday morning. we will be sunny, breezy and cool and not only today but through mother's day. wait until the next couple of nights, it will be chilly in our valleys. and we do have 80s back in the forecast. the winds right now, child's play compared to what we are going to have later. 12 miles per hour is as fast as they get. that's oakland, sfo and in san jose. that will keep us around 64 to 68 in the south bay and could get to 70 in gilroy, and 61 to

67 on the peninsula. and mid to upper 50s and blowing sand at the coast is possible today. only 60 in downtown at south san francisco and sausalito. if you are thinking about walking across the golden gate bridge today hang on and dress warmly. 63 to 68 in the north bay. and 63 to 65 in oakland and richmond, and berkeley at 63. 65 in danville, and antioch 69. sheltered valleys, and in the 40s in the san ramon valley and petaluma. and don't leave the windows open. let's jump ahead to thursday. it's going to be 80 and then you see the storm impact scale. yeah, tuesday storms looking stronger. so far so good for the friday morning commute. and we have crickets so far this morning. i want to move ahead and talk

about the weekend b.a.r.t. track work. the warriors have a home game on sunday afternoon and they are going to be doing the track work on saturday only. obviously they want warriors fans to take b.a.r.t. to and from the game. and lake merritt station will be closed and they will have a free bus bridge in place that will add 20 to 40 minutes to your trip, so keep that in mind especially if you are going to get to the oakland airport. we will check on the central valley next. now to some disney magic. >> kids always look forward to this. some of them gather in the play room to play and then others do it from their rooms. this week disney donated boxes of prices, and "star wars" "o mow ana" part of it.

>> my son always looking forward to this. >> each child and his siblings were given a toy at the end of the game, and disney sends care packages to the hospital with toys and games. check your homeowners or renter's insurance policy, you could have money coming to you. and then new skin for robots to make them feel like us. how it could help human kind. how far would you go to cheat the carpool lane? we will show you one way a driver took to skip the commute. customers were unable to check payments. those systems are up and running and no word on what sparked the glitch. >> and the fit trackers won't

replace more conventional diagnostic tools but could catch problems that otherwise would have been undetected. >> samsung is selling them and the company is getting ready to lunch a new bottle. >> the old school phone will be sold in south korea and it will have samsung pay. have samsung pay. >> but will it have the

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if you have state farm insurance you might have money coming your way as part of a $13 million refund settlement. this is for renters and homeowners policies. the state insurance commission found state farm's rates were excessive so state farm agreed to issue the refunds for issues for policies issued or renewed between december of 2016 and february of 2017. and then you see people cheating in the carpool lane and even this instance took police for a surprise. a real child was actually sitting to the left of this. >> that doll looked like she was in bad shape.

hi, everybody, that will cost you extra if you take a doll to the giant's game. it's going to be colder than last night. 56 at the start and dropping down to 53. they are still talking about the story over there. mom, hey, how are you doing, and in my case, weekend, but for sunday here's your forecast. make sure the breakfast is hot when they bring it to you in bed. 56 to 63 at noon. 58 to 68. it's going to be breezy especially at the coast and cooler than average but you still need the sun screen. i hope you have a great weekend. you deserve it. here's alexis. >> hopefully your weekend is off to a good start if you are commuting this morning. we don't have any significant problems so that should help. southbound 680 through walnut creek still wide open and that's how our traffic cameras look right now. one tiny slow spot from tracy to

dublin, first one in the yellow as usual, up to 31 minutes, overall not too bad. dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes in the green, and 101 to cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. we will check out the north bay coming up in less than ten. scientists create add 3-d printed skin that allows robots to feel just like humans. it can also make humans more robotic. there's a new process to produce a stretchable fabric using a 3-d printer. and the skin could be used by robots and also by people who lost their sense of touch and it feels very exmock atphau for me, and if you have not seen that movie, it does not end well. and mother's day is sunday and hopefully you are on top of

your gift game. the head football coach made sure to give an early present to the mom of one of his players. 6 anderson, who was a walk-on, has been given a full scholarship. he stopped by her workplace to let her know. >> we made that! this moment, it means a lot. >> chapman got to share the news with her son over the phone, a really special mother's day for both of them. b.a.r.t. is going all in and trying to take care of a major issue and it's not the rise in crime rate. and the district attorney for contra casta county is facing corruption charges. we heard of snakes on a plane but this next one will really give you the creeps, and why a plane from texas had to be delayed overnight. that's next. san francisco's mayor is san francisco's mayor is puttin

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>> announcer: good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is "abc7 mornings." and two more cars set on fire overnight and the recent string ofs in departments are the work of an and then a new piece of art is getting a lot of looks here in the bay area. >> that's a bunch of bull. >> good morning. it is friday, may 12th. we are feeling the friday feeling and meteorologist, mike nicco, here to bring us