us this morning, mike. >> a little soupy. >> explain yourself. >> a lot of gray out there in most areas, but a lot of sunshine coming. a typical pattern this time of year. the thing you'll notice is clouds are thicker, the marine layer is not quite as dry. three miles visibility in petaluma and santa rosa. that's not too bad as far as getting around. the sun is up. time to recharge. oh, let that sun come on in. temperatures, look at that. 7:00 this morning, 53 to about 61. by noon, we'll stay in the 50s at the coast. low to mid 70s, noon to 4:00 around the bay. 82 to 88 inland. we'll be back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by 7:00. i'll have the latest numbers on the hot weekend coming up. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. yeah, we're looking pretty socked in hire for golden gate bridge this morning. southbound 101 into san francisco okay. just hearing a the south end of robin williams tunnel, we have a disabled vehicle in lane three or four. that would be one of those couple right lanes. keeping a close eye on that.

i'll have an update if we have new information. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 1:15. we just heard about a new vehicle blocking a lane. antioch to concord, 21, in the yellow. and southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, even with the fog and disabled vehicle, you're still in the green at 16 minutes. that breaking news we have been following all morning long here from the live desk and on the scene. crews still putting water on a three-alarm fire that destroyed several businesses in lafayette. you can see our crews out there. this is a live image of what is happening right now. fire crews arrived to find the building engulfed in flames just before midnight, and this is at lafayette circle, not far from mt. diablo boulevard. they're still on scene. took them about 90 minutes to control the fire, and this is video from billy, one of our viewers. he filmed this from his patio. you can really see the bright orange flames and look at this video as well.

officials say there were nine businesses inside the building, including the city's chamber of commerce and an italian restaurant. damage estimated at more than $1 million. lafayette circle has been closed most of the morning. it is still closed right now. we'll keep you updated. back to you. >> thanks. new developments in the oakland police department sexual misconduct scandal. a federal judge has given the department two months to produce a detailed report explaining what they're doing to get back on track after the scandal involving a teenage girl named jasmine abuslin. he's also requiring the city to analyze the department's fails. four officers have been charged criminally. four punished internally. the city has until september 15th to turn in that report. >> a great white shark attack in santa cruz is not enough to keep people out of the water. >> swimmers and surfers ignoring signs and even the threat of fines. janeane deluvega is live for us in santa cruz. >> when you look out at the water, it's like what ban?

we counted about 16 surfers here in the water. sharks aren't stopping them. they're taking advantage of the less crowded water. and here's video that we took this morning of those surfers heading into the water at cowells beach. by going in, they're violating the ban imposed by the city. no one is allowed in the water within a mile of steamers lane. the city imposed the ban on tuesday morning after a shark attacked a kayak. the kayaker wasn't hurt, but the shark's jaw left a foot-long impression on the front of the kayak. surfers aren't scared. they say the sharks have always been there. good if you're always focused on that, you're going to spend a lot of time on your couch finding reasons not to do what you love to do. and if you want to do that, that's absolutely fine. but i don't think either of us are doing anything except honoring the animals that are in there, the grizzly bears of the sea. >> anyone who violated the ban can get a ticket for $200. the areas affected include the

main beach, cowells beach, and mitchell's cove. the ban is impacting neighbor businesses that defend on the traffic, but they should get relief soon because the ban will be lifted on saturday morning. reporting live from santa cruz, abc 7 news. >> we have new details on a lawsuit against san francisco city attorney dennis herrera. taxpayers are now on the hook for nearly $20 million connected to a case investigating him. earlier this month, a jury found the whistle blower was wrongfully fired from her job in herrera's office. she exposed a sewer scam that cost taxpayers more than $10 million. herrera paid another $5 million in public funds to defend against the suit. now a judge says the city must cover the costs along with nearly dpl 2.5 million for his lawyers. that totals nearly $19.5 million in taxpayer funds. >> fire crews remain at the scene of the fire at alum rock

park. the fire is now 75% contained. three firefighters were hurt battling the flames. as we showed you live yesterday, the fire destroyed a home. at least 120 acres have burned, and neighbors say it was terrifying. >> i saw these flames shooting 20 feet in the air. and the first thing i could think of is how the hell am i going to get out of here alive. >> evacuation orders for nearly a dozen homes are now lifted, and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. >> happening today, republican lawmakers are set to unveil a revised bill to overhaul the affordable care act. senate republicans, though, are still divided. senator rand paul got a preview and said the new bill is worse than the bill that was withdrawn a couple weeks ago. mitch mcconnell delayed the senate's august recess by two weeks in an attempt to pass this bill. yesterday, president trump said he will be, quote, very angry if the senate fails. >> meanwhile, president trump is in france this morning. here at home, there's still a lot of foexs on his campaign's

alleged dealings with russia, and renewed attention on his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. he was in the meeting last year with donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. jonathan karl says kushner could be in trouble. >> jared kushner is the one who is here. he was the one who was legally required to disclose meetings like that, including his other meetings with russian officials like the russian ambassador. so there is a sense in the white house that jared kushner is the one that faces the most legal jeopardy if there is any here. >> some democrats say kushner should lose his security clearance or resign. >> a milestone in san francisco. one of stations in the billion dollar central subway project got its first pour of concrete. 70 cement mixers lined up in union square. cement then got pumped down to the ground level of the future union square station. the project was set to open in late 2018. we just found out it could be

delayed by as much as a year. >> we're working extremely hard with the contractor to insure that we can make up that time. and we're going to look at various options and work with the fta to use their resources to identify ways to increase the speed. at the end of the day, we're trying to get it done as soon as possible. >> whenever it does get done, the subway project will extend muni's t third line to provide a link from mission bay to chinatown. >> an iconic south bay deli is about to close its doors for good. why the owner said he had no other choice. >> if you loaded up on prime day deals, watch those deliveries deals, watch those deliveries care

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welcome back. this is breaking news just coming in. the house has reached a deal on the biggest expansion of the gi bill in a decade. it's a sweeping effort to expand college aid for military veterans. it gets rid of the 15-year time limit to get those benefits. and also boosts money for thousands in the national guard and reserve. california republican kevin mccarthy said this morning that the bill would mean better jobs for veterans after their service. it is not a done deal yet. it goes for another vote next week. mike, back to you.

all right, thanks. good news there. not so good news right here, especially if you like to take the golden gate bridge or you have to. look at how thick that fog is this morning. can't even see the middle part of the span. we'll have foggy spots mainly from the golden gate northward and along the coast. on the bay, breezy. and mass transit, summer spread. almost 30 degrees if you're going from downtown to the east bay this afternoon. we have 60 in palo alto and antioch. 54 in san rafael, and oakland at 59. traveling the state, 83 in tahoe, 100s through the central valley down to palm springs. thunderstorms possible in tahoe as we head through the weekend. we'll take a look at our hot weekend coming up next. here's alexis. >> you mentioned mass transit. we haven't had issues, at least for a long time. we have a big mess in flappa county. still trying to clean up the flipped big rig, a usps truck. we had mail scattered all over the roadway, tyke out a power

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couldn't believe this new report. health news now and a new clue in the fight against obesity. food may not be the only thing making you fat. according to new research out of duke university, dust inside of your home can lead to weight gain. researchers say dustcontains plootants that can cause fat cells get bigger. even small amounts of dust were enough to provoke that effect. so you may want to make sure you house is completely spotless. >> i'm still trying to wrap mew brain around that. >> now to new develops in a tragic death of an american tourist in greece. a violent fight that led to the death of bakari henderson. you see the 22-year-old running from a group of men outside a bar onfriday.

he was thrown onto a car and then brutally beaten to death. it all happened in less than 15 seconds. nine people have been charged in the case, including the bouncer, an employee of the bar, and seven serbian tourists. reports are it may have all started with henderson asking to take a selfie with a waitress. unbelievable. >> we're now hearing from a passenger onboard an air canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway at sfo where four other planes were sitting. that passenger is dave jones. he's the state insurance commissioner. he says it was clear something was wrong, although the pilot told them there was more traffic than usual and everything was fine. air traffic controllers ordered the air canada pilots to abort their landing. preliminary reports show the jet got as close as 100 feet above one of the planes on the taxiway. our reporter kate larson used drone view 7 to demonstrate just how close that would be. u.s. and canadian officials are now investigating friday's incident. new at 6:00, a warning if

you got in on amazon prime day. a lot of orders are now being delivered and shipping companies expect a big jump in package theft today. here's how you can stop the crooks. if you're not home, have a neighbor pick up your package. you can also customize delivery by requiring a signature or giving specific instructions to leave the package in a secure place. you can also have your items left at the shipping center for pickup instead of your front door. if your package is stolen, notify police. the delivery company, and amazon, right away. new this morning, never before seen letter written by madonna in the early '90s. >> the reason we're talking about it is because it's unbelievably shady toward whitney houston and sharon stone. she calls them both horribly mediocre. here's the letter which is going to be auctioned off online next week. madonna writes that it's frustrating to read criticism that whitney houston has the music career she wishes she had and that sharon stone has the film career that she'll never

have. the letter was written to an actor madonna was dating at the time. it was given to the auction site by a longtime friend of the pop star. something tells me they're not going to be friends for much longer. >> goodness gracious. that's just madge being madge. >> she's my ride or die. i think i told you that before. it doesn't really matter what madonna does. >> still love her. >> queen. >> hey, mike. >> to me. >> mike has all the opinions about madonna, i'm sure. >> it's shady outside this morning. that's all i have to say. >> is it mediocre? >> is it mediocre? horribly. all week, it's been horribly mediocre. good morning, everybody. wow. all right, one hour and one minute at sfo. that's your arrival delays right now. the fog has taken over that part of the peninsula. mostly sunny by the afternoon. seasonal temperatures one more day. tonight, foggy spots and cool once again, and it's going to be warm to hot around the bay and inland for a whopping two days but it's going to be the

weekend. a look at the cloud cover you can see push nothing to the nrth bay valleys and also across the bay and back to the coast by noon. it may take longer today than it did yesterday. in fact, it will because the marine layer is a little more moisture laden than it was. by 5:00, it will start creeping back over san francisco. here's a look at the east bay temperatures. hanging out at 87 in san ramon. down in the south bay, 83 at san jose. los gatos, 86. mogen hill, 88. up in the north bay, breezy near the water. that will keep sausalito at 67. but santa rosa, 86. napa at 82. peninsula, sunny on the peninsula side. 75. on the coast side, you can see what it does in san mateo, the sunshine. on the coast side, pacifica, 59. half moon bay, 61. about 78 today in palo alto. 72 in oakland. hayward, 76. castro valley, 78. our last stop, 66 in downtown san francisco. balboa park, and richmond about 63 degrees. tonight's temperatures, about 51

to 61 with just as much cloud cover as this morning. that will keep our temperatures in check one more day, and look at the heat for saturday and sunday. then we flip the switch. right back to average monday, tuesday, and wednesday. hey, alexis. >> good morning, and of course, our main issue today all day has been this flipped truck in napa county. northbound state route 29, still have the left lane down just before you get to state route 12 past tower road. a mail track. we took out a power pole in the collision as well. so just a big mess. napa county sheriff is saying likely about 7:00 before they will get that lane fully reopened there. we don't have closures on the southbound side. but you can see we have heavy traffic in the area. taking you out to the tracy stretch here. westbound 205 before the 580 merge. unfortunately, another disabled vehicle blocking the fast lane. you're really jammed. about 1:15 right now tracy into dublin. a quick check outside, how about we end on a good note. southbound 680 through walnut creek looking good at this point. we'll chick on drive times coming up next.

>> thanks. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> amy robach is live with a look at what's ahead. good morning, amy. >> hey, good morning to you, natasha and reggie. coming up next on "gma," as you know, president trump is in paris this morning gearing up for a high staked meeting with the french president macron. the president also set to face a firestorm of questions this afternoon over donald junior's e-mails and his meeting with the russian attorney. we'll be live in paris. and a big break in the case of four missing young men in pennsylvania. police discovering the remains of one of the victims and rearresting the person of interest. we're on the scene wheith that. back to you. >> okay, we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you. >> are you still thinking of getting a drone? michael finney has a tip up next. >> also, aidaty leak involving millions of

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6:24. an iconic south bay deli is getting ready to shut its doors after more than 65 years in san jose. the owner says he's not happy about closing but he's facing a lawsuit for violations of the americans with disabilities act. a sacramento based lawyer said

the parking lot striping and small bathroom stalls don't meet the standards of the ada. he doesn't have the money so he's closing the deli on saturday. >> to pull permits to put this in, the building has been here since 1949. it's going to take a lot of money to restructure, to redo a lot of things. >> other nearby businesses also received complaints from attorney scott johnson. he's filed thousands of these suits. the state's disability advocacy group says sometimes the only way to get compliance is through these individual suits. time deli will continue to cater and says it will soon open a food truck. >> earl has a question about drones. >> he spoke to us at our ask finney event. >> where's the best place to get a cheap drone? >> hey, earl. you're a young kid who wants to fly a drone. i think i see a pilot in the making. you can check out target, walmart, best buy, amazon.com,

of course. you can also visit tomsguide.com. they review drones. there's one there you're going to wand. earl, happy flying. >> did you see earl's haircut? he got that going on. that's nice. >> that was nice. >> michael finney is heading to the north bay to hear your consumer questions. he'll be at town center corte madera friday at 4:00 p.m. you can also ask on social media. >> next at 6:30, a dire warning about sea level rise in the bay area. the cities that could be under water just decades from now. >> and finding justice for the ghost ship warehouse fire victims. >> and after a week's worth of just seasonal weather, we have big-time changes coming this weekend. as 80s and 90s are going to take over the bay, and 90s and 100s inland. temperatures anywhere from 6 to 14 degrees warmer than today and tomorrow.

right now at 6:30, breaking news. flames shooting into the night sky. east bay businesses destroyed. the clues about what may have started this massive fire. >> first, the fog. our camera from the east bay hills showing a blanket over the bay area as you're getting up. that cool weather won't last a whole lot longer.

hey, mike. >> good morning, reggie, natasha. hi, everybody. let's talk about the fog and the temperatures. pretty gray out there, except for in our inland east bay valleys. your temperatures are in the low 60s along with san jose. at 7:00, most of us in the mid to upper 50s. as we go through the day planner, notice the clouds back at the coast by noon. 50s there, 60s and 70s around the bay, 70s and 80s inland, that will be the case as we head to 4:00. even a few 90s around places like fairfield and antioch. now as we head to the evening hours, clouds start coming back. 50s along the coast, san francisco, oakland. 60s around the bay, and 70s inland. we'll talk about the heat in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> things have escalated a bit here in napa county so we have been talking about the flipped mail truck all morning. happened about 4:30. that's still on its side. they're trying to get it flipped over so both northbound lanes of state route 29 are now blocked. traffic is being diverted to south kelly road and they did finally issue a sig alert for

that. the southbound side is still open but i'm seeing a bit of onlooker delay in that direction. bridges for the most part looking great. 21 if you're heading across san mateo bridge, and still in the green for dumbarton bridge as well. at the live desk this morning, we're still tracking breaking news in the east bay. huge flames shooting into the night sky in lafayette. several businesses destroyed. abc 7 news viewer billy shared this video overnight. he took it from his porch. you can see the flames. firefighters are still on scene right now, and amy hollyfield is live along lafayette circle where investigators still working right now. they have been busy all morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, jessica. you can see what's left of this building behind me. we're now learning how much water they had to use to put this fire out. they had -- they were depleting the system at one point and had to call east bay mud and ask that they increase the pressure. look at the size of this fire.

at one point, they were using up to 12,000 gallons of water a minute. firefighters say you could see it from pittsburg 15 miles away. two buildings were burning. an italian restaurant and a building with a number of businesses including the lafayette chamber of commerce and a skin care salon. the owner of that salon just arrived and is brokenhearted to see her business is gone. >> i can't believe this happened. i just got a phone call and text messages. and it's -- it's a shame. it's a really cool old building. >> they still don't know the cause yet. investigators arrived but the building was still too hot to go inside. they'll take another look this morning. they'll start looking at the restaurant. they don't know if it started there, but that's where they're going to start looking. that's where they suspect it probably started. there is an apartment building right next door to the restaurant. the residents tell us this was very scary. they saw a huge ball of fire outside their window. everyone got out okay.

no homes were damaged. live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. this isn't the first time the shopping center has been hit by disaster. in january, a huge eucalyptus tree fell in the parking lot. at least seven cars were crushed outside an italian restaurant. people who work nearby said the tree was at least 85 years old. >> a bay area tennis coach accused of molesting students is in court. he was arrested monday. police say he molested two teenage boys for two years during private lessons at his richmond home. police are looking for more potential victims. in 2006, he was charged with tennis coach in mill valley's tamalpais high school. that case resulted in a hung jury. >> san francisco police are taking heat as they investigate a collision between a skateboarder and an officer during an unpermitted skate event near dolores park tuesday night. both the officer and the skater suffered shoulder injuries. some people say that the officer appeared to stick his elbow in front of the skater, causing the crash. this happened as police

encountered resistance from the large crowd while trying to clear the event. >> a lot of information out there that we need to look at. there's a lot of videos as well as we have body cam videos we still need to sort through. >> although there were no arrests, the investigation into that clash is ramping up. it came up at last night's police commission meeting. >> happening today, family and volunteers will be out searching for a man who went missing along the san mateo county coast two months ago. 22-year-old richard moss was last seen on may 25th. he left his montara home to go to work and never came back. a woman found his aaa card at montara state beach, where volunteers and divers will be searching this morning starting at 7:00 a.m. >> a lawyer says she's taking matters into her own hands to get just frs the families who lost loved ones in oakland's ghost ship fire. she's searching for rubble looking for evidence to help the lawsuit. tons of debris was transported to a lot near the oakland waterfront and also a second

location, a hangar at oakland international airport. it's sat virtually untouched ever since. yesterday, mary alexander and her crew of experts began sifting through the degree for the first time. her team will also search the airport hangar. >> we're looking for any electrical wiring. we're looking for cameras that may have some photos on them. >> alexander is the lead attorney representing the families of 31 of the 36 people who died in the fire. she says the search will probably last the rest of the week. >> san francisco's planning commission will consider a proposal today by former oakland mayor gene kwan and her husband to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the outer sunset district. kwan and her husband want to open the dispensary/traditional chinese medicine clinic. kwan has been a longtime advocate of medical marijuana. her husband has been prescribing the drug since 1996. >> the union of concerned scientists is out with new maps showing the impact of rising sea

levels in the bay area. if you live along the bay, you want to take a look. the maps give an idea of not only where the water will rise but when as well. the news is alarming especially for people in alameda. >> by the end of the century with a high scenario, alameda could see nearly 60% of its usable land chronically inundated which means it would other week. on average every >> east palo alto is also in the cross hairs of climate change. researchers say the flooding we face will look a lot like this. this is flooding produced by the king tides that hit marin in the winter. >> that's a scary thought. hi, everybody. here's a look from sutro tower to mt. tamalpais. the dangerous waves continue through 9 clack. the bay is going to be breezy, especially north of the bay bridge, and exercising, extreme sunshine. that's a wrap-up otthe activity planner. let's dig deeper into the

details. 1:00 this afternoon until 11:00 this evening, that's where we have the fastest winds everything in yellow. east of the golden gate and north of the bay bridge. our south facing beaches, that's where we have the large breakers, sneaker wavers and rip currents. not the size of the waves, it's how far they're going to travel up the beach that's going to get you. temperatures waking up in the south bay, 55 in milpitas to 59 in saratoga. temperatures about the same everywhere. redwood city, danville, lafayette, and brentwood around 60. we'll look at the high temperatures today and tomorrow. next, here's alexis. >> traveling northbound, state route 29 in the napa area, so let's get you up there on the traffic maps. we actually have both northbound lanes closed right now at tower road, just past that. and everyone is being diverted off onto south kelly. this is a sig alert. no estimate on when we'll get a lane back open but they're working to upright the flipped

mail truck that flipped over at 4:30 this morning. we had mail all over the roadway, took out a power pole, some wires down as well. just a big mess, and clearly going to take a long time to clean up this morning. we do have video from the scene. we have a crew there. we should have that ready for you in about ten minutes. we'll give you a look at that as soon as possible. here's a quick check at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on this morning. 5:22 is when we got them flipped on. things are looking much better past that into san francisco. and a quick mention of b.a.r.t. we had earlier police activity we just heard about from b.a.r.t. at the fruitvale station. a ten-minute delay remains, but normal service is resuming. next traffic update in les than ten. >> hey, everyone. happening right now, i want to show you these live pictures from france where just seconds ago, president trump arrived there. he's linking up with the french president for the bastille day celebrations. and we're hoping he'll turn the corner here and we can see him,

because seconds ago, there was a photo opportunity with the first lady, president trump, and the french president and his wife. so he just got there. and like i said, we are hoping he just turns the corner here and we're able to get a glimpse of this meeting between the two presidents. they arrived there overnight. president trump and melania. mr. trump will be the guest of honor at the bastille day parade to mark the 100th anniversary of america's entry into world war i. he will also have a one-on-one meeting with the french president later on today. and darn it, i was hoping we could get a glimpse, but we'll keep monitoring the live pictures. >> they'll show up as soon as we go away. >> there he is. >> okay. take my word for it, right? he is there, and we'll be watching this meeting and events in paris throughout the day, and of course, this is just the beginning as a lot of ceremonies get under way. >> murphy's law. thank you. this morning, many people still talking about peyton manning's joke about warriors nba finals mvp kevin durant

during last night's espys. >> our gymnastics team is so dominant that kevin durant told me he wants to play for them next year. >> aha. not impressed, right? later, he tweeted his reaction to the joke, although an espn insider told larry beil he believed kd knew a jab was coming. the knight wrapped up with the warriors taking home the best team award. his mama was laughing. as long as mom is laughing, then i assume they're all good. >> this is crazy. stuck inside an atm machine maintenance room. how one man got creative to try to break himself out. >> the signs are up. the surfers say they don't care. why some are still going in the

we are tracking developing news out of pennsylvania here at the live desk. i want to get you an update because investigators have identified a body in connection with the mysterious disappearance of four young men in that state. they found human remains overnight. they have so far, though, only identified one victim. it was found on a property in bucks county. the property belongs to a family of 20-year-old cosmo dinardo. he's the person of interest in the case. he was charged yesterday with

stealing a car belonging to another one of those four missing men. dinardo held on $5 million bail. investigators have not said anything about a motive, but the philadelphia inquirer reports one of the missing men went to high school with dinardo. and two others met him when he was looking to sell marijuana. this case quickly developing, and the search still on at this very minute. >> jessica, thank you. take a look at this. san ramon police say they need your help identifying this person who stole drugs from a walgreens pharmacy. police released the photos in hopes of tracking down the armed robber. the incident happened at 8:00 yesterday morning in san ramon valley. the suspect had a semiautomatic gun and took bottles of pills valued at more than $3 ln. if someone told you you're abouto get into shark infested water, would you jump in? >> some surfers in santa cruz say the sharks are no problem.

abc 7 news reporter is live along the beach to explain what consequences they may face. good morning, janine. >> natasha, good morning. there is no fear out here. plenty of surfers in the water here at cowell's beach. they knew a swell was coming in and they said they don't care. they're not worried about sharks. signs are up telling the public not to enter the water within a mile of steamer's lane. that includes the main beach at the boardwalk and cowells beach. this is after a shark took a bite out of a kayak on tuesday morning. surfers are ignoring the ban. they started showing up at 5:00 this morning. >> i'm not seeing any dorsal fins. as he said, it's like stepping in a rattlesnake's back if you're in the southwest, you're the one who wasn't looking. all it can do is use its teeth to protect itself. it's going to do what it has to do. so i'm going to have a good morning and i know this man is

too. >> authorities say violators risk getting a fine of $200. the ban is affecting nearby businesses that depend on the beach traffic, but things should get back to normal by saturday morning because that's when the ban is lifted. reporting live from santa cruz, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. mont ario beach on the lower russian river is back open a week after officials detected high levels of potentially dangerous bacteria. tests yesterday showed reduced levels of bacteria. officials aren't sure what caused the spike in the levels. >> san francisco is taking a step to make sure thousands of senior citizens do not go hungry in the face of federal budget cuds. mayor ed lee is earmarking $20 million to food delivery programs. it will give a boost to companies like meals on wheels. many meals are delivered to seniors who live alone and would not be able to stay in their homes without the help. >> this is, i think, at the

heart of what we're supposed to do as public servants. i'm glad to do with it an organization like meals on wheels who gets to spread happiness all over our city and do it the right way. >> besides meals on wheels, the city money will also help other groups such as self-help for the elderly and jewish family services. >> united airlines launching a new program to revamp how it handles overbooked flights. their image took quite the hit after this video went viral of a kentucky doctor dragged off a flight. now it's launching flex scheduli scheduling. if it looks like the flight is overbooked, the airline will send you an e-mail offering you a $250 voucher to tweak your itinerary. this may mean catching an earlier or later flight. not switching airports or dates. if you accept, you'll be rebooked in 24 hours. united expects the idea will probably work with people who are going somewhere for a leisure destination. probably won't work for business

travelers. >> a security lapse has exposed the personal information of six million verizon customers. verizon, though, is saying this morning none of the information made it into the wrong hands. the company says only the researcher who brought it to verizon's attention got access to the data. it was uncovered by a cybersecurity company. the security firm said the problem was caused by human error stemming from a cloud server that was a third party vendor. they advise verizon customers to update their pin codes and never use the same one twice. >> how would you feel about using less and less cash in favor of plastic? visa is offering 50 restaurants $10,000 if they agree to not take cash and upgrade their system to accept mobile payments. cash is visa's biggest competitor so the credit card company would like to make you less reliant on cash if it can. about 32% of all customers paid in cash in 2015. a texas man, speaking of cash, got stuck in an atm room. he was changing the lock at the

time and didn't have his phone. so he wrote a message on a piece of paper and slid it through the receipt slot to get a customer's attention. when police got there, they had to kick the door down to get the man out. >> never see this again in your life. that somebody is stuck in the atm machine. it was just crazy. >> this is so pathetic. >> i was not aware of how much room there was behind an ath. i would think this was a prank if this slid to me when i was getting money. >> yeah, the man was stuck in the room for about two hours. he wawant hurt. i have been in a full blown panic. >> happening today, the sounds of a san francisco tradition will be ringing through union square. he's got it. the 54th cable car bell ringing contest will be held at noon. reigning champ leonard oats will try to defend his title and win the competition for the fooifgth time. he faced six qualifiers from an

earlier prelim competition. >> okay, let's take a look at some video from our big mess in napa county this morning. this is northbound state route 29 at tower road. just before you get to tower road. we've got a mail truck that flipped over about 4:30 this morning. it was usps, so we have post masters out there, offloading the semi, getting all that mail% put into those bins. now they're working on uprighting this semi, and we have both northbound lanes blocked to the point where this video is shot. you can see one lane was still getting by. that's no longer the case. in fact, you're rerouted and detoured off at south kelly road. so we've got a pretty hefty backup. let's flip over to our traffic maps and i'll show you what that looks like. probably about 3 1/2, getting close to 4 miles now on the northbound side as you approach state route 12. definitely avoid that stretch if you can. a little onlooker delay on the southbound side. we still don't have an estimate. that's definitely a sig alert this morning. hopefully, they'll be able to get at least one lane open soon.

southbound 680, you're lookin good at 11 minutes. walnut creek creek to highway 15, 10 minutes, and tracy to dublin, hearing about a new crash before isabel avenue in the dublin area. a quick check outside, golden gate bridge, quite foggy this morning. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. we know that's going to burn off. we have a pretty nice day ahead. >> we really do, if you like the earlier parts of this week, i think you'll like today and tomorrow. the heat still coming this weekend. hi, everybody. here's a look from mt. tamalpais. one of our brighter spots as we're above the cloud deck. more morning clouds, even a little fog to deal with. minor changes this afternoon. heat coming in just this weekend because we'll be back to average. flipping the switch back monday. all right, been watching the fog around petaluma. this is the lowest visibility has been all morning. about 1/3/4 mile.

79 in milpitas, 83 at san jose. 74 with sunshine in santa cruz, and upper 80s in morgan hill and gilroy. quite the spread on the peninsula. 70 in millbrae to 80 in redwood city. cloud cover stubborn at the coast today. a little cooler. 59 to about 62 degrees. from say pacifica up towards the sunset. 66 in downtown san francisco. a lot like yesterday, at least in the afternoon. 81 to 86 through the north bay valleys. some low to mid 90s around cloverdale and lake port. along the east bay shore, some of our warm spots, fremont, 79. we'll have 78 in arinda. 76 in hercules. 72 in berkeley and also in oakland. inland, some 80s around san ramon, pleasanton, concord, and pittsburg. low to mid 90s in our other neighborhoods. tonight's temperatures, 51 to 61 with about the same amount of cloud cover as this morning. here's my seven-day forecast. that will lead to a temperature tomorrow afternoon about the same. you can see just how hot it's going to get this weekend. mother nature just snuck it in for saturday and sunday and then she said i'll take it away come

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you what's going on. the cloud deck, a little bit thicker. and the fog a little bit more intrusive this morning. temperatures running 53 to 59. as you head throughout the day, sunny everywhere except the coast by noon. temperatures 60 at the coast this afternoon. 76 around the bay. 88 inland. >> number two, of course, our big traffic alert all morning has been in napa county. we still are trying to get the mail truck mess cleaned up on northbound state route 29. both northbound lanes are blocked. you're detoured to south kelly. we don't have an estimate of getting the lanes open. >> number three, just came into our live desk. prominent chinese political prisoner and nobel peace prize laureate has died after battling liver cancer. he was imprisoned for the first time in connection with the tiananmen square protests back in 1989. >> number four, breaking news. officials estimate a huge three-alarm fire in lafayette overnight caused more than $1 million in damage.

at least nine businesses on lafayette circle are a total loss. >> a judge giving oakland's police department two months to produce a detailed plan on how it's getting back on track in response to the scandal involving a teenage girl named jasmine abuslin. >> senate republicans getting ready to unveil their new draft of care bill. >> number seven, a dozen pianos planted throughout the san francisco botanical garden for the fex week and a half. it returns starting today for the third straight year so you can go out and play it. >> i'm totally into it. >> are you? can you play the piano? >> i can't. but i'm into it. >> back in 25 minutes. >> have a good day. >> bye.

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