5:00 a.m. thanks for being up with us. good morning for you on this thursday, july 20th. >> looks like a decent day. i'm excited about it. >> some tweaks here and there, like where the breezes will be fastest today. right now, we have them in fairfield gusting to 29. you can see the morning sea breeze is definitely there. look at the clouds it's brought in from sutro tower. you can't see anything below 1,000 feet right now. your 12-hour day planner if you're heading out soon or through 7:00, dress for temperatures around 55 to 60 degrees. that bottom line, that's the coast. notice the temperatures in the upper 50s from noon to 4:00 to 7:00, 71, 74, and 68 around the bay, and inland, 77 at noon to 87 at 4:00, to a comfortable 74 at 7:00. 100s on the way, and i'll show you where the small craft

advisory is coming up next. we really are not looking so good through walnut creek. here's southbound 680. we have total gridlock here. we had a full closure overnight for caltrans work. actually watched them pick this closure up, though, so that part of the construction has cleared. but it looks like we still have lanes down. once you make it to 24, so between highway 24 and pleasant hill road, we should have that wrapping up any minute. that was scheduled to be done at 5:00, but boy, if you're about to head out the door, definitely expect delays. we'll look at this on the traffic maps too. you can see where it's spilled over onto 680. looking more dramatic on the traffic camera. next update in less than ten. >> thanks. the search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a man while he was pushing his 3-month-old baby in a stroller. sky 7 was over the scene near hayward yesterday where you can see the stroller among bullet marks. the baby was not hurt and is now in protective custody. that shooting happened on willow at meekland avenue in an area

known as cherryland. investigators say the gunman may have targeted his victim. >> a young man, we believe he is the father of the child. moving forward, we're concerned about threats to that family, so right now, we're going to keep all that confidential. >> investigators are now talking to people in the neighborhood, trying to get surveillance video from neighbors. >> happening today, o.j. simpson will once again have the world's attention when he appears before the nevada parole board, hoping for his freedom. taking a live look at the lovelock correctional center, northeast of reno, where sempson will plead his case via video conference. he was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a las vegas hotel room. he's served more than eight years of his 9 to 33-year sentence. if he's granted parole, he could be released as early as october 1st. we'll carry o.j. simpson's parole hearing live in a special report at 10:00 a.m. right here on abc7 on the abc7 news app and

also on abc7news.com. >> happening today, local red cross volunteers will head to mariposa county to help victims of the detwiler fire. more than two dozen structures have been destroyed. another 1500 are threatened. thousands of fire personnel are on the front lines. red cross workers have opened shelters and are giving out basic supplies. a team will leave san jose at 9:00 this morning. another team will leze santa cruz at 10:00 a.m. we posted a link to the red cross on our website. go to at abc7news.com. >> a fleet of new train cars is arriving on b.a.r.t., and some of the new ones have just started running. >> they're being tested. matt keller is live at the warm springs station. >> yes, reggie and natasha. this is a test, only a test. these trains are not ready for passengers just yet, but this is a big step for this fleet of the future. in fact, we have video of these trains running last night here

at warm springs station. they were going from hayward. these are the first ones on the main line tracks during business hours. only staff was onboard. they're not certified to carry passengers. it will say out of service on them and the platform destination signs will read test train, do not board. the doors may open, but b.a.r.t. says barriers or staff members will be in place to keep you from getting on. this is exciting. these new trains will mean b.a.r.t. with run longer trains. that means less crowded trains. everything would be new onboard including the cooling system and padded seats with wipable fabric. the goal is to 35 new cars in service by the end of this year. b.a.r.t.'s goal is to get enough funding to increase the fleet over the next couple years to meet growing demand and relieve crowding. >> matt, thanks a lot. happening today, the oakland police department will reach out to the latino community. police chief ann kirkpatrick is hosting a public meeting to discuss the treatment of

undocument eed immigrants and tk about how they work with immigration and customs enforcement. oakland police want to hear your ideas to improve police community relgdzs. tonight's meeting begins at 6:00 at st. anthony's school. >> i want to show you this new video that's just coming in from colorado. overnight, there was a vigil held there for victims of the 2012 aurora theater shooting. today is actually the fifth anniversary of that shooting. and i quickly want to show you this. you can see the victims being remembered there with a moment of silence and a candlelight vig vigil. it was five years ago when james holmes went to the midnight viewing of the dark knight rises and started firing his weapons. 12 people died. dozens were injured. holmes is now serving a prison sentence of 12 life sentences. back to you. >> thank you. >> the santa clara county sheriff's office is investigating over an inmate overdose caused a jail lockdown. a total of four prisoners got

sick yesterday. three have been released from the hospital and are now back in jail. the fourth is expected to make a full recovery. investigators are trying to figure out what they ingested and how the drugs got into the jail. prison reform advocates believe part of the problem is jail understaffing. in its latest budget, the sheriff's office received funding to install body scanners in the jail. >> it will be similar to the body scanners at the airport, so they'll be able to hopefully defect some of these substances. >> the inmates were held in medium security protective custody. the investigation will determine if they will face any additional charges. new this morning, a bay area company claims it's found a way to measure whether drivers are high on marijuana behind the wheel. as california prepares to legalize medical -- legalize recreational marijuana next year, the test could provide law enforcement with a much needed tool. carolyn tyler gives us a closer look.

>> reporter: at sobriety check points, police are looking for drivers who may be impaired. >> marijuana has become just as strong if not stronger of a problem with driving as alcohol. >> identifying them takes a field sobriety test. oakland based town labs wants to make that easier. it's been working on a breathalyzer for pot that measures the amount of thc in a person's breath. the company gave us this video of its first field driving test. they got people stoned and then put them through an obstacle course of common roadside hazards. >> the whole point of this test was to show what happens when you get impaired. >> drivers navigating the course sober and then smoked marijuana 30 minutes before driving the same course again at speeds up to 60 miles per hour. >> when they were stoned, even when the levels of thc were low, meaning they didn't smoke very much, some smokes a lot, some

smoked little, they all made major errors. >> they're currently conducting clinical trials. they expect to make their marijuana breathalyzer available by the end of the year. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> happening today, state attorney general xavier becerra will announce his plan to stop a proposed sale that could raise gas prices in california. he will speak outside the valero gas station in san francisco. valero energy company wants to buy the petroleum terminal in martinez. if that sale goes through, refineries will control all major petroleum terminals in northern california. without competition, gas prices would likely soar. we'll start with opening the weather window on the golden gate bridge. a little hazy here. not quite as foggy as it's going to get over the next hour or so. our beaches today for your activity planner, cool breeze. after being cloudy and foggy, you'll be party cloudy this afternoon. small craft advisory south of the bay bridge today.

and exercising, watch out for the extreme sunshine. let's take a look at temperatures. for the most part in the mid to upper 50s in the inland east bay. especially in the valley. pittsburg, antioch and brentwood, low to upper 60 there. also 60 right now in oakland, mountain view, san jose. 50 in novato. 54 in san francisco. pacifica, a cool 52 degrees. let's take a look around the state today. 93 in sacramento. not too bad. 100 in redding. 108 in palm springs. moers of the thunderstorms will stay in arizona and nevada today. if you're heading to yosemite, poor air quality because of the fire there. a lot of smoke and temperature around 81 in tahoe. to about 91 in yosemite. now, friday, sun and smoke once again in tahoe. it should dissipate to cleaner air saturday and sunday with temperatures in the upper 80s. for highs, and then 50s for lows. here's a look at 280 in san jose. quick look at the numbers for the next couple days. pretty comfortable. until you get to saturday and that's when we flip the switch

and a mini heat wave develops. i'll have all the details coming up next. here's alexis with your morning commute. >> we have our traffic alert in walnut creek. 5:10 in the morning, you do not expect to see this on 680. ouch, not a lot of fun right now. we did have a full overnight closure on southbound 680. i watched them pick that up. they got it done about an hour ahead of schedule, a little before 4:00 this morning. then we still had lanes closed between 680 and pleasant hill road. according to caltrans, that has been picked up. it was scheduled to wrap ought 5:00 a.m., but we have residual delays that will take a while to make up. delay your trip or go to b.a.r.t. or you sit through that. near 11th in oakland, we had a tree on fire. we had the left lane blocked in each direction. looks like that has wrapped up and things are resuming at normal speeds through the area, and our drive times for the bay bridge commute so far looking great. westbound 80, 18 minutes. 9 across the bay bridge, and southbound 101, you look great

as well in the green at nine minutes. it's a flight like you probably have -- a fight, i should say, like you have probably never seen. a man with a machete and a man with a trash can go toe to toe. we'll show you how it escalated on a busy street. >> he's a very old guy. >> look at this. shots fired. the reason this homeowner emptied his gun a couple times at this at&t truck. >> w the pranking bush -- >> he going to give that woman a heart attack. >> he going to give that woman a heart attack. >> next "right this minute."

that breaking news in berkeley right now. a car just slammed into a building near 6th street and jackson street. happened only a short time ago. look at the scene. you can see a black suv went right into sixth street center. looks like it went through some sort of door or window area. a witness tells us the driver was gone when police got to the scene. we've reached out to police. i will let you know as soon as we get any more details on this. back to you. >> thanks. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said a draft of the new health care bill will be released today. republican leaders are pushing for a vote by the end ofthex week. details of the bill were finalized behind closed doors. senators have yet to review the new plan to repeal and replace obamacare. the congressional budget office estimates 22 million people would lose coverage under a repeal and replace plan. 32 million would lose coverage

over the next ten years if the senate outright repeals obamacare. the united nations released a report in paris today that stated for the first time the aids epidemic, more than half of all people with hiv are on drugs to treat the virus. aids deaths are also close to half of what they were in 2005, according to estimates. experts applauded the progress but question if the billions spent in the past two decades should have brought more impressive results. 5:15 now. this morning, a clearer picture emerging of a bride-to-be's final moments before she was shot and killed by a minnesota police officer. >> shots fired. one down. >> authorities releasing transcripts of two 911 called made by justine damond. in the first, the 40-year-old tells the dispatcher she can hear a woman screaming, saying she's afraid it might be a rape. she called back confirming her location and asking when police officers would be there. 15 minutes later, she cause

dead. an officer is still refusing to speak with investigators about why he shot her while sitting in the passenger seat of his patrol car. >> we cannot compel him to make a statement. i wish we could. >> the officer's partner said they were startled by a large noise right before the shooting. police say they also want to speak to another possible witness. a young man on a bike who was seen in the area. >> check out this crazy fight in new york city. it start as an argument and really escalated. one of the men who was driving a silver car grabbed a machete and attacked the other who then defended himself with a metal trash can. at one point, the guy with the machete threw it, nearly hitting the guy he was fighting. fists were thrown. heated words exchanged. a woman in the passenger's seat could be seen yelling and threatening to call 911. police eventually got there. the driver was arrested. the other guy was taken to the hospital but is expected to be

okay. he's a spanish guy. >> now, this seems even crazier. and of course, it's happening in where? florida. the man there is shooting an at&t truck just outside his house near miami yesterday. apparently, he was upset because he thought the crew was on his property. >> they were blocking the driveway. >> right, so he comes out and shoots out the tires. >> sure. >> even fired into the radiator. he was eventually arrested. no one was hurt. it turns out the at&t true was not on the man's property after all. >> still blocking the driveway. >> do you think he was like, oops, my bad? >> happening today, the body of salvador dali will be resumed as the result of a maternity case. a woman born in 1956 filed a maternity claim claiming he had an extramarital affair with her mother.

>> a legal battle brewing between madonna, a former friend, and the company auctioning off some of the star's personal items. >> they will square off in court this september to decide who has the rights to those items. candice gibson breaks down the legal battle in today's "gma" first look. >> in this morning's "gma" first look, madonna singing a happy tune. a new york judge blocking an auction house from selling some of the material girl's very personal items. granting the pop star a temporary restraining order that forced the auction house to remove 22 of 128 madonna memorabilia items for sale. among them, a revealing break-up letter from the late rap star tupac shakur. according to court documents, madonna was shocked to learn through media that the letter was being auctioned, saying i had no idea that the shakur letter was no longer in my possession. she also notes that most of the memorabilia put up for sale were provided by former friend darlene lutz, the material girl now claiming lutz betrayed

trust. she called madonna's claims meritless. we'll have more at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, candice gibson. >> some of these are really personal items, right? >> extremely. the most personal, i would say. >> hey, mike nicco. >> see how that turns out. >> well, that's interesting. let's talk about sutro tower. up above the cloud cover this morning. looking off in the distance, you can see the colorful sunrise developing, becoming mostly sunny today. clouds and cool lows return tonight. and building heat in the inland neighborhoods, 100s on the way. here's a look add the small craft advisory. below south of the bay bridge, so it encompasses dumbarton and the estimaty bridge. if you're driving to the west, you drive right into it, if you're driving east, it's going to push you along. concord, 87, pretty comfortable for now. pittsburg, 89. warmest in antioch at 91. san ramon at 83.

north bay, nearly total sunshine and 87 in santa rosa. san rafael, 79 degrees. vallejo at about 80. let's take a look at the south bay. 79, a refreshing breeze coming off the bay keeping you below average. milpitas, 74. the deeper you get to the valley, the less influence. 86, the cool breeze not quite getting you as much. san mateo, 72 today. it will be breezy on both sides of the peninsula. 60 at half moon bay to millbrae at about 68 degrees. palo alto, 74. along the east bay shore, faster breezes as you head south from oakland at 72, down to union city at 74. in san francisco, 67. almost average. same thing in the marinmarina. mission warmer at 68. enjoy temperatures in the 50s again tonight with cloud cover about the same as this morning. now, don't expect to see much cloud cover saturday and sunday morning except for at the coast where you're in the 66. low to mid 80s around the bay and we'll flirt with 100, then it will start to taper a little bit but still warmer than average next week. i know we all want to see the

roads improve, but is this the byproduct? >> yeah, this is what we have left over here in walnut creek, unfortunately, pretty big backup here on the southbound side of 680. this is all left over from some road work that scheduled to wrap at 5:00 this morning and here we are 21 minutes after. if you look towards the top of your screen, it looks like we still have flashing lights, but according to caltrans, we have all lanes back open, but boy, this really has not improved. it really wasn't too much of a problem until just aal before 5:00 when things starting filling in. keeping a close eye on this. we can check it out on the traffic maps too. if you're stating off on 680, especially from the concord area, you have about 2 1/2 miles of backup. it does improve significantly once you make it on 24, and again, we're hearing that road work has wrapped. we're working to confirm that woorb we don't have chp on the scene. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems here. once you finally make it there. the metering lights should be flipping on any moment. next traffic just before 5:30.

>> car sharing parking spaces may occupy as many as 1,000 existing parking spaces in san francisco. according to the san francisco examiner, transportation officials voted to approve a full permit program for car sharing including making regular parking spaces designated for shared vehicles only. those 1,000 former private car parking spaces may now be used for shared cars from companies like get around or zip car. the cost of permits will vary between sections of the city ranging from $54 to $234 a month. >> next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. >> plus, is this lindsay lohan? shakira, perhaps? britney, even? the reason fans of one celebrity are real mad with this wax replica. >> mike and alexis helping make >> mike and alexis helping make this a better day, keeping you

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november. he was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery in a las vegas hotel. that should start at 10:00 a.m. >> number two, authorities are searching for a killer after a man was shot to death near hayward yesterday afternoon. the victim was pushing his 3-month-old baby in a stroller at the time. the baby was not hurt. number three, from the live desk, that huge and dangerous fire burning in mariposa county is only getting bigger. it has now burned at least 48,000 acres. the down of mariposa is evacuated. several bay area agencies have sent crews down there to help out. >> number four, so many of us thinking about arizona senator john mccain this morning. he's been diagnosed with brain cancer. it was found last week during a surgery to remove a blood clot. >> cloudy this morning and then sunny this afternoon, and temperatures within a couple degrees of where we were yesterday. >> number six, off to a rough start in walnut creek. we did just talk to caltrans and they confirmed everything has been picked up.

this road work overnight between 680 and 24, we have about a 3-mile backup that looks a lot like this. >> thank you, alexis. number seven, it's a go. b.a.r.t. now testing its new train cars at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station in fremont. passengers a n allowed onboard quite yet, but this is the next big step for the fleet of the future. >> happening today, more than 100,000 superhero and sci-fi fans descending upon the san diego convention center. >> i can't believe it's time for comic-con once again. that whole year went right on by. this means four days of panels. presentations, screening, autograph signings. netflix making a splashy presentation with several premieres, including stranger things 2, marvelal, the defenders, and i can't wait to see the dedicated cos players out there. >> mm-hmm. >> okay, the beyhive buzzing about this wax figure that is supposed to be beyonce.

>> hmm. >> madame tussauds unveiled their figure of her in new york yesterday. angry fans took to twitter saying the figure is whitewashed and says it looks like lindsay lohan or mariah carey or shaki a shakira. bad lighting is to blame, they say. >> this is, to be honest, the best photo i have seen of the. if you look it up, some of the photos are way worse. >> i don't care what lighting you put in there. that's not beyonce. >> another 90 minutes of news including the new hotel considered in san francisco. the particular customers it's targeting. >> caltrain ready to go electric. the event drawing governor brown to the bay area. >> to get you off on the right foot, we leave live weather and foot, we leave live weather and traffic up on the commercial

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good morning on this thursday, july 20th. it's 5:30. hope you're having a good day so far. >> one step closer to the week. the whole team here, ready to go. we start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> looked great outside this morning. the gray is going to go away, even at the coast where it will become partly cloudy this afternoon. the 12-hour day planner, looking at temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s by 7:00. as we head through the noon hour, you can see already some 80s inland. 60s and 70s around the bay. as we head towards 4:00, 60s and 70s around the bay, mainly 80s inland. and then let's take a look at your 7:00 temperatures. 50s at the coast, 60s around the bay. mainly 70s inland. a real comfortable evening coming your way. still have 100s coming this weekend. latest details coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. how about the traffic this morning? >> not so good in walnut creek. this is what we have been talking about. overnight road work. we had between 680 and 24. it has completely been picked up, but we are still looking at a pretty significant 3-mile

backup between pleasant hill and walnut creek. slowly starting to improve. if you're just grabbing the keys and heading out the door, you can expect some delays. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights at 5:27. things filling in there as well. heard about a new problem in the tracy area. we'll check on that next. >> developing news in the east bay as police try to figure out who shot and killed a father pushing a baby in a stroller. >> amy hollyfield is live. good morning. >> reporter: natasha, i just checked in with the sheriff's office here in san leandro. they say no arrests still. nothing happened overnight. they still haven't released any information about a possible suspect. they are asking for anyone with any information to please come forward. here's a look at the crime scene that just shocked the neighborhood yesterday afternoon. a 30-year-old man was shot and killed while pushing a baby stroller. his 3-month-old son was in that stroller. the baby is okay. it happened yesterday afternoon

outside of hayward in the cherryland neighborhood. residents say gunshots are common in the area, but they just cant believe someone pushing a baby stroller would be the target of violence. >> sad. whoever wants to try to do that in front of a child or even hurt somebody with their child, that's the wrong type of behavior. >> sheriff's deputies say they think that 30-year-old father was targeted. they haven't said why. child protective services is now involved. reporting live in san leandro. >> thank you. o.j. simpson is just a few hours away from the parole hearing that could set him free. he'll make his case via video conference. the 70-year-old was found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2008. stemming from a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a las vegas hotel. in 1995, simpson was famously found innocent in the brutal slayings of his ex-wife nicole

brown and her friend, ron goldman. later, he was personally found libel for their deaths in a civil case. the goldman family says they hope the former football star is not paroled. >> i understand our two cases are not linked, the murder case and what he did in las vegas, i think it's interesting to point out he stormed a hotel room with goons and guns to steal property. not a lot of people would do that, but that was where he went. his propensity is to be violent. his propensity is to go above and beyond what the law dictates he's soez supposed to do. >> if simpson is paroled, he's not expected to walk free until october 1st. and abc7 will carry o.j. simpson's parole hearing at 10:00 a.m. we'll also stream it on our abc7 app and abc7news.com. >> developing news in mariposa county. the huge and unpredictable wildfire burning near yosemite . check out these flames.

calfire says the detwiler fire has spreaded to 48,000 acres. it's still only 7% contained. 3,000 firefighters on the front lines battling these flames, with more crews on the bay. the town of mariposa and its 2200 residents have been ordered to stay away. in addition, to residents of colterville will given an emergency evacuation order. flames closing in on two sides. >> got the animals packed up. just waiting on the neighbors to follow us down now. >> i'm not going to worry about it. i'm alive. i'm not going to stay there for it to get to me. we'll come back. we'll rebuild if it happens. >> so far, 29 structures have been destroyed. another 1500 are threatened. calfire is going to give another update later this morning. >> fbi investigating a possible disturbance aboard a spearal airlines flight that took off from oakland. 576 took off just after 4:30 p.m. yesterday, bound for baltimore. the plane was diverted to denver international airport.

no one was hurt and no word on what exactly the disturbance was. the flight has been canceled and spirit airlines is working to get passengers on other flights to baltimore. well, this morning, san francisco police are investigating this deadly crash in geary and laguna. a motorcycle and a truck collided around 8:30 last night. the biker was declared dead at the scene. police say the truck driver is cooperating with investigators. the next generation of caltrain is about to begin, and it promises better service and less road congestion. governor brown will be in millbrae tomorrow to mark the start of caltrain's electrification project. it's going to convert from diesel to high performance electrical trains. it will allow for faster and more frequent service and reduce greenhouse emissions. 5:35 now. the sonoma marin area rail transit or smart plain plans to begin regular service soon. they may get federal approval as

early as next week. they found no red trags. the smart train will travel 43 miles from sonoma county airport to santa rosa to downtown san rafael. there are ten stops along the railway. the schedule includes 34 trips every week day. >> san francisco's planning commission expected to give preliminary approval for a new hotel. this wld be built on the site of the old tower records on columbus street and jones street. marriott international is targeting millennial tourists with a moxie hotel that will look like this, featuring up scale dining and bars that turn into coffee houses during the day. they propose constructed the four-story 75-unit motel, and the proposal does not include any off street vehicle parking. >> let's take a look at the golden gate bridge this morning. you can see, not too cloudy here. it will get cloudier over the next hour or so. on the roads today, yeah, go from clouds and a little fog to sunshine.

mass transit cool this morning to warm this afternoon. and especialy if you're traveling from san francisco, 67, to maybe walnut creek at 86 later today. and on the bay, caution. it's going to be breezy south of the bay bridge. there you go. a small craft advisory. 2:00 to 11:00. that's had the winds are fastest. 15 to 25 knots, with gusts up to 30 knots. we also have a fast breeze along the coast out of the northwest at 15 to 25, gusting to 35. seas about seven to nine feet. a little rough at the beaches today. look at this temperature in roanoke park. 49 degrees right now. petaluma, mill valley at 50. 51 in gurnival. 60 at san jose. 55 in san ramon. today at noon, 74 in san jose. 77 at 2:00, and 6:00, 74. if you're out at 8:00, nice 68 degrees. so pretty steady today. with temperatures 60s along the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s

inland. we'll look at the microclimates next and the 100s for the weekend. >> we're slowly starting to look better through walnut creek, we have been checking this out all morn. southbound 680 was gridlocked for three miles due to overnight road work around the 24 interchange for some paving work. they have that wrapped up. we have totally confirmed that. not seeing any more flashing lights and caltrans says all lanes are open. i want to flip to our traffic maps and show you what's left if you're coming from concord or pleasant hill, you still have about a three-mile backup to get through as you head to 24. so down to around eight miles an hour through the worst part. i think when we check that again in ten minutes, it's going to look a lot better. westbound 205 before grant line road, a crash just pushed off to the shoulder. you want to head south through the tracy area and then of course once you make it onto 580, we're slow towards altamont pass. 14 and 12 miles per hour for your average. no blocking incidents there. we'll look at drive times at 5:50. >> this morning, john mccain

facing his toughest battle. coming up, details on his brain cancer diagnosis and the tributes to him. >> the warriors coming up with a unique fund-raising plan for their new arena. the money-back guarantee they're making. >> as you get your day into kneer, we hope you make it a better one. better one. keep on top of

5:41. politicians sending prayers to longtime senator john mccain. mccain announced yesterday he's been diagnosed with brain cancer. senator mccain returned to arizona last week for surgery to remove a blood clot. during that procedure, doctors found the tumor. this is not the first time senator mccain has battled cancer. he's had several melanomas removed in the past. the 80-year-old will stay in arizona to recover and then begin treatment. well, president trump says he never would have appointed jeff sessions attorney general if he thought that sessions would recuse himself from the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. the president called the recusal, quote, extremely unfair, during a wide-ranging 50-minute interview with "the new york times." sessions has not commented on mr. trump's remarks. he was the first sitting senator to back mr. trump's presidential bid. >> next week, we'll see the most high-profile lineup yet to testify in congress about the russian probe. donald jr., his son-in-law jared kushner and his former campaign chair paul manafort are all set

to appear before the senate intelligence committee. kushner's testimony will be behind closed doors on monday. trump jr. and manafort will appear on wednesday. all three were at a june 2016 meeting with a russian attorney who promised damaging information about hillary clinton. >> rescue crews have called off the search for a missing boater in the north bay. charles todd friend owned the tomales bay oyster company and worked as an oyster farmer for 28 years. he vanished on tuesday afternoon in choppy waters off tomales bay after dropping off other boaters. a two-day search by the coast guard and fire crews turned up nothing. people who knew friend said he was universally loved by everyone in the tight-knit community. >> he's been growing oysters out here for decades. he's a beloved member of the community. if anybody could get out of this scrape, it would be todd. he was a tough old bird. >> sheriff's deputies inspecting his boat yesterday looking for clues as to what may have happened. >> police in daly city have

released these surveillance images of burg larry suspects, accused of stealing over $1800 in clothing from victoria's secret. >> there will be a major change for this year's running of the san francisco marathon. on sunday, drivers will face numerous load closures before, during, and after the marathon. you can see the map. the marathon route there. it takes runners around the northern half of the city. but this is the big change. for the first time ever, all northbound traffic will be closed on the golden gate bridge. that closure goes into effect at 6:00 a.m. it will last until 9:00 a.m. that decision was made after the attacks in europe where cars were driven the to large crowds. southbound traffic will not be impacted. >> the warriors have come up with a unique plan to finance their new billion dollar arena. a membership proposal like a personal seat license but with one difference. you actually get your money back, eventually. the chase center is under construction in san francisco. this is video provided by the team. so this membership plan would

start at $15,000 per year. i should say per membership. nat gives you the right to buy the new twist is that in 30 years, you would get a full refund from the team. >> think for our most ardent fans, having price certainty before they make a decision on their membership of what their warriors season tickets will cost in the last year of oracle arena as well as the first five years in chase center will allow them to make a very informed decision. >> if you take part in the membership program, you can pay with an installment plan and ticket holders can sell their memberships. the warriors say they're the first team in pro sports with this new refundable plan. >> a neat idea. let's get to meteorologist mike nicco. nicco. another foggy >> i can't imagine why my morgan company won't give me a 30-year interest free loan. >> carl the fog is room roaming through the trees, oozing out and about this morning.

good news, if you like sunshine, it's coming back by noon. inland heat coming this weekend, and mild conditions continue at the coast. that's where you'll find your free air conditioning. you can see the cloud cover across the heart of the bay, right into the east bay hills. all through the morning hours. by about 10:30, back to the coast, at noon, pretty stubborn there. while we're sunny everywhere, and then the sunshine breaks out at the coast. let's take a look at your temperatures. breezes coming off the bay, sunnyvale, milpitas, 75, 74. deeper in the valley, 87 in gilroy. on the peninsula today, 68, millbrae. 72 at san mateo. everybody else in the mid to upper 70s. we'll flirt with 60 all along the coast to 67 in downtown san francisco. 70 in sausalito. 79 in san rafael, and 80 to 87 through most of the north bay valleys. oakland, 72. look at hercules, 76. fremont at about 75. as you move inland, comfortable in san ramon, 83. a little less comfortable out in pittsburg, antioch, and

brentwood, low to mid 90s there. good news tonight, temperatures fall back to the 50s. let's take a look at my seven-day forecast. what you notice, 60s pretty steady. even mid 60s saturday and low 60s sunday when we have low to mid 80s around the bay and 100s in the inland neighborhoods. temperatures in the mid 90s next week. near 80 around the bay. still pretty toasty. just not as hot as the weekend. >> good morning. and want to take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. petering lights on at 5:27. pretty typical, and looking average there, through the maze as well, no delays into san francisco via the bay bridge. here's a live look at walnut creek. we're really starting to improve. we had road work that went late, right around 680 and 24. we had about three miles of very heavy trachk. if you're starting in concord, some spilled into 242 in the pleasant hill area. kwouns you make it to this point, things are really starting to improve. a quick check of mass transit.

word from capital corridor that 521 is delayed 19 minutes. and that is due to train traffic. i know i promised a look at drive times. we'll do that just before 6:00. breaking consumer news coming in i want to share with you. sears and amazon partnering up, and sears says it will now sell kenmore appliances on amazon.com, which includes smart appliances equipped with amazon's voice assistant, alexa. sears says the integrate will lel you do things like control air conditioners just through your voice command. sears department stores have been struggling for years, but the news this morning has sent their shares soaring in premarket trading. looks like investors are really reacting well to this. sears is based in chicago and also owns kmart, back to you. >> thanks. reversing brain damage. new at 6:00, the unbelievable breakthrough involving a toddler who nearly drowned in a swimming pool. >> first, stanford engineers come up with this really cool tech.

look at this, the robot that can literally grow itself. >> the winter storms didn't just ease the drought. the modern day prospectors who are striking it rich. >> better day starts right here. it's 5:49 and a live look at the golden gate bridge, just a little bit of sunrise color starting in the sky there. starting in the sky there. we're

if you're walking around and the trees in san francisco look more neatly kept, it's thanks to a new program. crews from the department of public works were out trimming trees. this is part of a voter approved plan to have the city begin caring for the 125,000 trees that line city streets instead of you. carla short supervised the work.

take a look. she's dressed in her trademark tree costume like the pine trees you hang from your dashboard. she said it will be saving or in some cases removing the most distressed trees first. >> we're going to tackle the worst first. so what we're doing is we have mapped out all the trees with their maintenance need, and then we're choosing clusters where there are large groups of priority one and two pruning and removal. >> do you think carla is living her best life? >> she seems -- i don't know, she's pretty deadpan for the fact she's dressed as an air freshening tree. the ballot measure sets aside nearly $25 million a year for this. until now, homeowners have been responsible for maintaining the trees in front of their property. >> gold fever has hit the sierra nvada foothills. people are striking it -- i wouldn't say rich, but they're getting money with gold nuggets found along the feather and yuba rivers. muths after a spillway breakage at the oroville dam, this is the

result. a surge of water unearthed gold in nearby rivers. >> there's so many people going in gold panning and bringing us gold. really, they just want to quit their job and they really just want to put on some boots and go down to the river. that's really the truth. >> most gold panners are finding between $40 and $300 worth of gold. >> work is under way on a new oakland apartment complex right next door to another development destroyed by fire earlier this month. a groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on the 235-unit project located at 23rd and valdez streets near lake merritt. the city council member for the district said recent fires have not deterred developers. >> i have not heard from the builders that there's fear or trepidation. i think all developers, all entrepreneurs manage risk. there's a risk in development. >> 15% of the units will be set aside for low-income housing. the development should be completed by summer of 2019.

>> take a look. this is fascinating. mechanical engineers at stanford made this robot. it can move like a snake and grow like a vine. the university released this video. the robot is soft. it can go into small spaces and then expand. it can pull things along with it. it can be -- things can be fed through it and it can form itself into shapes. this robot prototype is powered by air. i'm going to let a mechanical engineering person explain how it works. except that i'm not because we don't have the sound bite. in any case, it's powered by air and cool. >> a little dog hurt in a fire is getting a second chance at life. this pup is okay after some pretty skiery moments. firefighters rescued the dog from a house fire in bakersfield yesterday. they found him with his eyes closed, his tiny body quiverering after getting overwhelmed by smoke. this video posted on the department's facebook page.

it shows crews trying to get the dog to wake up by using a special animal oxygen mask, and as you can see, it worked. he came to and started looking around. they say jack is now doing well. awesome. >> let's talk about what's going on tonight at at&t park. game of thrones night. padres in town to take on the giants. 7:15, first pitch. 61, dropping down to 58. going to be breezy and kind of cool there. have a high surf advisory if you're heading to hawaii kntd soon because of fernanda. even though she's thousands of miles away, excuse me, technically, about 1100 and weakening now down to a tropical storm, she's still kicking up massive waves there. as she moves towards the island over the weekend, she's actually going to calm the waves and the winds. they won't be quite as massive. then we've got greg right behind her, and we'll see what it's going to do. right now, it looks like it will weaken and possibly take the same path as fernanda.

when we come back, we'll take a look at your 12-hour day planner, map out today. first, i want to turn it over to alexis. what's going on in the commute? >> i want to take you back up to the walnut creek area if you're starting off in concord, heading to pleasant hill, we're still trying to bounce back from the road work that went late. so down to about 11 miles per hour onto 42. you want to continue on highway 4 and take 680 if you're starting off on that stretch, up to 25 miles per hour pleasant hill into walnut creek. it's slowly starting to bounce back, but definitely still seeing delays in that area. part of it is we're just starting to fill in. westbound 580 in the yellow, 48 minutes. southbound 6 yathd, you're in the green at 18. and northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino, great at 15 minutes. we're hearing we possibly have a collision involving a muni vehicle in the bay view. we'll check on that at 6:00. >> new at 6:00, our first indication whether free tuition at city college of san francisco is working. >> and what's that on the

b.a.r.t. tracks? yeah, new trains. updates on b.a.r.t.'s plan to roll out its upgraded cars. >> what our state attorney general wants to stop today that he says could raise your gas prices. prices. >> you're up with us at (man) hmm. ♪hat do you think? (stranger) good mornin'! ♪

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good morning. thursday, july 20th. it's 6:00 a.m. thanks for waking up with us. >> we appreciate it. we have the whole team ready to go. this is kind of a typical behind us summer in san francisco kind of day. >> real blah. >> going to get better though. >> going to gesunny during the afternoon hours. even the coast will see some sunshine today. hi, everybody. here's a live look at doppler 7. you can see the cloud cover that is dominating right now. so let's take a look at mt. tamalpais. it's not a solid line. there's some sunshine to be had. your 12-hour day planner, 55 to 59 through 7:00 this morning. let's start with the top temperatures, the warmest

inland. 77 at noon, 87 at 4:00. 58 to 60 at the coast. we come back,00s. they're coming back, too. details on that. >> good morning. we don't have confirmation yet, but we're hearing reports of a collision involving a dump truck and a muni vehicle in the bay view. third street at van dyke, we could have lane closures or possible a full closure of third street. we are hearing on the scanners, no injuries, but we possibly have a fuel spill involved in that too. live look outside, southbound 680 in walnut creek as you head to 24, looking a lot better. some late road work really caused a big backup earlier. if you're traveling on 242, still seeing residble delays. we'll look at drive times coming up next. >> thanks. >> the search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a man while he was pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller. sky 7 was over the scene in hayward yesterday. you can see the stroller among