all of us back in the 60s and 70s by 7:00. now, the string of below average temperatures has to end, i'll let you know when coming up. >> we have one new issue in the milpitas area. if you're traveling westbound on 237, just getting word of a three-vehicle collision. that is blocking the center lane right now. westbound 237, right around north 1st street. not sure about injuries yet, but we have multiple emergency crews on the way to the scene. you're slow from 880, a tough spot to have anything blocking if that is there for long. we'll check on that again in about ten minutes. right now, checking off the bay bridge toll plaza. hearing an update on a collision just before the toll booths. sounds like it's very minor. one of the vehicles already drove off, and the metering lights are on and our spider friend is there, too. this breaking news coming in, a 16-year-old girl is missing in marin county. i want you to stop and take a look here at your screens. we do have a photo of her. tweeted out by the marin county sheriff's department.

they are looking for this girl. she's 16-year-old sarah jane tang. they sent out those tweets moments ago. missing in the mt. tamalpais area. search and rescue crews are out there right now. they are looking for her. tang was last seen wearing her lowell high school gray sweatshirt, as you see in this picture. she was last seen yesterday. we have put out a call for more information, and we will update you as soon as we hear back. >> thank you. on to developing news now. japan and south korea vowing strong reaction if north korea goes through with its threat to launch ballistic missiles towards guam. yesterday, the north said its plan would likely be finalized in the next week or so. north korea also dismissed threats from president trump as a, quote, load of nonsense. earlier this week, the president said if north korea makes any more threats towards the u.s., it will be met with, quote, fire and fury like the world has never seen. those statements apparently caught some of his own inner circle off guard. >> the nuclear threats were a big topic at a town hall meeting

led by mark desan yea. they were at concord high school last night. some people said president trump's fire and fury comments inflamed the situation. the congressman said it's important to keep things in perspective. >> i don't think we're about to go to nuclear war. i would hope even a regime as unstable as the north koreans would realize the foilate of that. >> it's frightening. we're just trying to get by and we have to worry about nuclear warfare. that's scary. >> barbara lee is working to reform presidential war powers granted post-9/11. speaker paul ryan has blocked those efforts. congressman says it will take pressure from constituents to sway the republican majority. staying on top of the tensions with north korea with the abc7 news app. you can download the app for free. enable push alerts. >> 6:02, the man accused of unprovoked attacks on b.a.r.t. could be entering a plea. 42-year-old mario washington is due back in courten this morning.

charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor. b.a.r.t. police say he was on an east bay train last week when he hit someone with bolt cutters. two days later, high punched someone in the face for no reason. and a person claimed there was a third instant that did not hurt anyone. >> san francisco mayor ed lee is set to honor the first responders of the u.p.s. shooting. on june 14th, u.p.s. driver jimmy lam opened fire in petrero hill. three were killed. police say lam killed himself when confronted by responding officers. >> a 2-year-old boy is in the custody of child protective services while authorities try to figure out if it's safe to return to his family. abc7 news was at the woods apartment complex in san jose where a woman walking at 3:00 in the morning discovered the child wandering alone yesterday. he was blocks away from home, covered in dirt. he only was wearing a diaper. the woman called security. >> went down there and i saw a

baby. and she was like, i just found him over here. he was like, mom, dad, mom, dad, in spanish. >> the child's guardian noticed that he was missing, contacted police hours after he had been found. investigators say it's still unclear how long that boy was outside. happening today, final preparations for the biggest concert weekend of the year, outside lands. >> metallica, lorde, and about a quarter million of their friends will descend on colden gate park very soon. tiffany wilson is there a little earlier than the rest. hi, tiffany. >> reporter: that's right, reggie. i'm trying something called fashionably early. it's very cool. you get front row for everything. tomorrow, actually kicked off the tenth anniversary of the outside lands festival. it is huge. about 225,000 people are expected to swarm the park for a chance to sway to the music and saver some culinary delights. along with dozens of bands, outside lands includes some 80 bay area restaurants, 40

northern california wineries and nearly 30 west coast breweries. festival organizers say the celebration brings more than $70 million to san francisco's economy. >> we get pretty full, and before and after. a lot of people walk to the festivals, so it's good for business in the neighborhood. >> if you're going to the festival this weekend, you're encouraged to use a clear bag or just leave your backpack at home. organizers say bringing a regular bag will result in long lines and a delayed entrance. live in golden gate park, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> thank you. okay, alexis smith has some warnings for us about outside lands. especially if you want to avoid the area entirely. hi, alexis. >> good morning, yeah, 210,000, maybe even more than that expected over the next three days in golden gate park. that's not exactly an easy area to get around as it is. it's going to be jam packed. we already have a closure in place. jfk drive is closed between

transverse and 36th avenue to vehicles for pretty much the entire weekend from this point on until about sunday night. starting tonight at 8:00 p.m., vehicle access to the park will be very restricted. you'll still be able to walk in and ride your bike in, but you will not be able to take your vehicle in. mass transit, a great option. muni subway service will remain open. they have been doing the testing for the last several weekends. not going to happen this weekend because of the festival. you can take buses as well. n. judah, s. fulton, fulton, that's providing service, and we can take the shuttle all three days from bell graham civic auditorium. that's going to cost a fee, but it's better than driving yourself. that's the last resort. there's going to be extremely limited parking. >> one more thing, lady gaga saturday night around at&t park. >> oh, boy. double whammy. >> a lot going on. >> thanks for the heads-up. >> going easy on thieves the way east bay mud is cutting those

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you can see it looks a little misty, drizzly around the golden gate bridge. hi, everybody. if you're on the bay, it's going to be breezy north of the bay bridge in the afternoon hours. exercising, nothing extreme today, not even the sunshine. and becoming breezy at the coast, also late this afternoon. look at these temperatures today. we're running around 64 in san francisco. 78 in san jose. 84 in santa rosa. about 84 in concord also. but notice, not much changes the next couple days as we head into the weekend. take a look at the rest of the weekend, even cooler weather. but we will rebound and get some summer heat coming up in my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> taking a look at the roads this morning, i want to head back to the milpitas area. westbound 237. right around north 1st street. don't have a lot of details but three vehicles involved in a collision. we still have the second lane from the left blocked. heavy traffic from 880, and i know at least one emergency crew showed up and they left already,

so hope fall that means it's not very serious. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, just under an hour. southbound 680, looking okay at 19. and northbound 85, 101 to cupertino, great at 16 minutes. >> thank you. east bay mud officials could soon ease penalties for people who stole water during the drought. our media partner the east bay times reports the board narrowly approved a plan to reduce fined for water theft crimes. fines for first-time offenders would drop from $1,000 to $200. officials say 94% of residential customers who got fined since 2015 tampered with their water meters to resume service after they got cut off for not paying their bills. a final vote on that ordinance change is set for september 12th. >> the eclipse is coming, but the drama is unfolding right down here on earth. the way one hotel may be cashing in on the event. >> can a photo editing app be racist? the outrage building over a popular tool. >> as we head to break, we leave

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welcome back. we're just getting word of a scary situation at mineta san jose airport overnight. two workers had to be hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure. the airport tells abc7 news the workers were using a gasoline-powered saw in the lower level of terminal a. you can see it here in the photo. they say the workers started

have, headaches, light headedness, and shortness of breath. it happened around 2:00 this morning, but the photo just got e-mailed to me from the airport. they say they have now ventilated that particular area, that this area was not open to the public. you can see that the work was going on there. well, the passengers and other employees there were never in danger. so the airport seems to be secure at this point. no word on how the employees are doing that were hospitalized. we'll keep you updated as soon as new information coming in. natasha. >> jess, thank you. >> a new report shows people will likely have fewer choices and bigger premiums for obamacare in 2018. the number of insurance carriers that will participate next year has dropped to an average of just under five. in 2015, the average was almost seven carriers. researchers say more insurers are uncertain about what possible changes the trump white house will bring to the program in the near future. >> new this morning, consumer reports no longer recommending

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your own family. >> the mom says her niece is no longer allowed to baby sit or see her daughter. >> a popular photo editing app has deleted a controversial feature critics say is racist. they allow users to alter their appearance with black, indian, caucasian, and asian filters. they call them disturbing and very race. . they promised to take down those filters. >> the solar eclipse of the century is now less than two weeks away. one family could be out thousands of dollars after the hotel they booked to see that event is demanding they pay more money. arlene jenkins says a hotel in idaho falls is in the path of totality. for months, rooms at the hotel have been booked solid. jenkins says she knew that would happen. that's why she booked a room nearly three years ago at the rate of $140 a fight. she says everything was good to go until the hotel owner called her to raise the rate to $200. and then this week, another call and another increase.

>> started questioning us and telling us that our rate was way too low for this event. and he wanted to raise our rates. >> the hotel has no comment. however, consumer protection attorneys say that it's possible jenkins clicked a box online giving the hotel permission to cancel or change the price. wow, that's annoying. 11 more days until the eclipse for those looking forward to the rare event. we have your covered. go to our website for ways to watch and best places to watch and safety tips. it's an entire page dedicated to the eclipse. >> 6:18. flee police have to be vigilant and ready for anyone. but perhaps nothing could prepare them for what you're about to see. these recruits at indiana university are being put through the rubber chicken test. the instructor did his best to throw them off this weekend. if anyone cracked a smile, they

had to drop and do push-ups. this video has been viewed more than 2 million times. drop and give me 100. >> yeah. absolutely. >> interesting. >> i like it. >> do you think you would pass? >> oh, yeah. once you've had kids, you can tune anything out. >> that's funny. >> but i wonder if they do that for the guards in london. >> they're incredible. they are masters of that. >> pretty sure they don't do the rubber chicken test though. that's kind of bad. hi, everybody. let's talk about what's going on outside. we've got grayness out there. calistoga going to see a little remo started out at 61 for the calistoga joint unified school district. a warm 89, some of the warmest this afternoon. there you go, our longest delays this week. average arrivals into sfo, 1:20. you can see the drizzle hanging around. below average today. clouds will vary from sunny inland to partly cloudy around

the bay to cloudy at the coast. clouds come back and bring us cool conditions and drizzle again tonight. below average this weekend. then above average late next week. so summer's going to return. today, 84 in concord. pittsburgh, about 87. san ramon, 80. in the north bay, 84 in santa rosa, the warm spot. san rafael, 88. if you're looking at san jose, 78. milpitas, 74. sunnyvale, 73. on the peninsula today, 72 at san mateo. 74, mountain view, as you head to the south bay. pacifica about 60. and over along the east bay shore, partly cloudy. castro valley, 74. richmond, 68. oakland, 69. and breezy and partly sunny in san francisco. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s except for around the sunset at 60 degrees. let's take a look at tonight's temperatures real quick. 56 to 61. no real change there. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. no real change tomorrow. cooler through monday. and then you can see the rebound back into the 90s for some of us next week. hey, alexis. >> good morning. i have good news in the south

bay. let's take you down to state route 237. on the westbound side before you get to north 1st street, we had a three-vehicle collision. it's cleared from the boards. it looks like that's no longer in the left center lane. a bit of a slowdown from 880, but it's starting to thin out as you get closer to the crash location. also have a new problem on the countercommute side of 80 before you get to central avenue. approaching el cerrito. we have a collision involving a vehicle that ended up facing the wrong way in the center lane. it does sound high like they're in clearing stages right now, and maybe a little onlooker delay on the westbound side. we'll check out the drive time around 6:30. >> thank you. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right here on abc7. >> paula ferrous is live with a look at what's ahead. good morning, paula. >> good morning to you, reggie and natasha. great to be with you both on this friday eve. coming up on "gma," continuing your coverage on north korea escalating the war of words with president trump by releasing a detailed plan of a launch towards the u.s. territory of

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coming up on 6:30, thursday, august 10th. good morning to all of you. >> thanks for weighing up with us. fogust in full swing. >> the first few days hot,00s in many areas. the last six, cooler than average because of the stout sea breeze and marine layer that's going to bring us drizzle through 9:00, maybe even 11:00 at the coast. let's take a look at your 12-hour day planner. you can see all that drizzle hanging out there. temperature, 58 to 61 at 7:00. in the low 60s at the coast, low to mid 70s around the bay. mid 70s inland at noon to 83 at 4:00. back to the mid 70s at 7:00. so, nothing too taxing there. let's see how your commute is this morning. hi, alexis. >> nothing too extreme in the traffic department either. here's a look at fog and mist on the san mateo bridge. westbound 92, we have stop and go traffic, but nothing out of

the ordinary. we don't have any incidents along that stretch. then a quick check of drive times too. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, in the yellow. 13 across the bay bridge, and sothbound 101, can't guarantee your flights won't be delayed, but getting there will be okay. >> we are still tracking that breaking news in marin county. a teenage girl is right now missing in the mt. tamalpais area. 16-year-old sarah jane tang was last seen yesterday wearing a gray lowell high school sweatshirt. this photo tweeted out by the marin county sheriff's department. the marin county mountain rescue team is out there right now looking for her. that's a team which specializes in wilderness rescues, often deployed when there's a missing backpacker or hiker. unclear right now if this teenager was out there alone or perhaps someone else was out there with her when she disappeared. if you know anything about where tang may be, call police

immediately. >> jess, thank you. on to developing news from north korea. the country says could launch u ballistic missiles towards guam by the end of the month. >> earlier this week, president trump said if north korea makes any more threats to the u.s., they will be, quote, met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. that statement caught some of his own inner circle off guard. and north korea dismissed it as a load of nonsense. american allies are condemning north korea's aggressive threats. >> our collective strategy has not changed. and that is to bring pressure to bear on north korea through diplomatic and economic means, to force it to change its behavior. >> japan has said that it could shoot down north korean missiles if they're fired towards guam. >> jim mattis is coming to the bay area. he'll arrive at moffett field this afternoon. he's coming to sill avan valley

to encourage private business participation in technology advancements and talk to leaders in the tech community. it will be his first official visit to silicon valley as secretary of defense. >> google's ceo addressing his employees today. >> this follows that memo from a now fired employee saying women don't have the biological makeup to succeed in silicon valley. matt keller live frus from google's headquarters. matt. >> reporter: reggie, sundar pichai is going to address his employees to talk about diversity at google. he called for this town hall after this controversial memo was released. the person behind that memo, a software engineer, has already spoken out. james damore spoke with conservative youtubee about his firing. he criticized the initiatives and argued biological differences between men and women are behind the gender pay gap in tech. >> we want to make it more accessible to women, then maybe

for example cooperativeness, which is higher in women than men, we should make the workplace a place where you can thrive if you're cooperatative. >> google fired damore after his post went viral saying they advanced harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace. now he says he's considering suing his former company and filing an official complaint with the labor relations board. i reached out to google. they said the town hall meeting will not be open to the media. matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. 6:34. just adding to google's issues, a san francisco law firm is planning to sue the tech giant for pay bias. an attorney says nearly 70 female employees have come forward. >> women have experienced sex harassment. there have been comments about their looks. they have been shown cell phone images that they didn't want to see. they have been told that women can't perform engineering jobs. >> well, the labor department

actually reviewed pay roll records and says it did find a systematic problem of google underpaying women. google says it disagrees with the conclusion and says it has no gender pay gap. >> oakland police are investigating after a person was killed. so far, homicide detectives will only say that person died while a crime was being committed. the victim died on rich street around 12:30 yesterday afternoon. police have not released any details about any of the people or the cars linked to that case. >> new details federal investigators say a bomb threat at a north bay high school is now linked to two international investigations. according to court documents, a man with dual u.s. and israeli citizenship was hired by an unidentified person to threaten the high school in march. the bomb threat forced nearly 1600 students and staff to evacuate. investigators believe the same man is also behind more than 200 threats targeting jewish community centers this year. this morning, he's in jail in israel awaiting extradition to

the u.s. >> an east bay high school football team is scrambling to replace more than $10,000 worth of stolen equipment. helmets and other items vanished in mid-july at washington high school in fremont. the burglary only came to light this week, though. the gym was unlocked during a construction project so crews could get in and out of the building. the helmets alone are worth $300 apiece. >> this morning, blee in san rafael need your help in identifying a man accused of groebing a jogger. >> investigators say he grabbed a woman in pickle weed park in june. the woman says the man came up behind her at least three times. she managed to fight back and get away. a witness took a picture of this man. unfortunately, his face is turned from the camera. if anyone has information, contact san rafael police. >> a major deadline is looming for apartment and condo buildings in san francisco. owners of 1300 soft story buildings need to make improvements to keep them from collapsing in an earthquake, but nearly 40% have not filed for

permits and that deadline is looming september 15th. >> if you don't do any retrofitting at all, the chances of a collapse are like 1 in 4. if you do minimal retrofitting, that statistic changes to about 1 in 35. >> soft story buildings have garages or large openings on the ground floor. retro fits normally cost between $100,000 and $400,000. >> chinatown businesses are taking a hit during a major subway project. and construction delays are making it even worse. the muni metro station in washington and stockton streets is now slated to open in 2019. that's a whole year later than planned. the construction zone is taking up valuable parking spots. people around town say it's putting longtime merchants out of business. sfmta says business owners have complained about the lack of parking and loading zones. >> initially went in there thinking we were going to add three or four. after working with staff, we added about 12 new parking

spaces to help them do their business on a day-to-day basis. >> city officials say they plan to give the most impacted stores a one-time hardship payment, and that could happen this fall. abandoned shopping carts litter bus stops and sidewalks in novato. that's why city council is considering new regulations for businesses who have the carts. the proposal required carts to be labeled with the owner's name, address, and phone number in case they're lost. businesses with more than ten carts would need a plan to keep track of them. they could be fined if the carts are not collected in a timely manner. the devastation is beginning down in mexico because of franklin. let's take you there and show you what's going on with the clouds over the last 12 hours or so. and you can see it did intensify and once it hit mainland and ran into the mountains, the winds are down to 40 miles per hour. now it's up to 15 inches of rain that's going to fall that's going to cause the flooding and the mudslides as we head

throughout the next 24 to 48 hours. all right, back here at home, we're right in the upper 50s to near 60 along the peninsula except for daly city at 55. temperatures pretty much around 57 to 62 for all of us this morning. small craft advisory, same area, same timeframe as yesterday. so let's talk about what's going on with your commute this morning. on the bay, choppy north of the bay bridge. morning drizzle for the roads through at least 9:00. mass transit cool to warm. it's back to school today. je je jefferson union high school district and daly city, good morning to you. clouds and drizzle. 58 degrees. limited sunshine and about 65 degrees. so that's the forecast for the weather. roads this morning for everybody getting back to school? >> we're doing okay. you know, we're kind of slowly trickling a few schools back this week. the vast majority still have a little time left. so we did see an increase in traffic on monday and tuesday. yesterday and today, though, pretty quiet overall. so especially after we get past

labor day, that's really when we're going to see that back to school push on the roads. today, we do have one new issue here. if you're doing the altamont drive commute, westbound 580, i should say, before you get to greenville road, we have a three-vehicle collision that sounds like the far left lane is blocked right now, and at least one of the vehicles are not going to be able to move out of the roadway. already, starting to have a ripple effect back, and it's just merging with our typical delays out of tracy. 12 miles per hour, 19 miles per hour, not a lot of great alternates along that stretch. so unfortunately, you may have to delay your trip or give yourself plenty of time to make it into work. not terrible today, the metering lights came on at 5:22 this morning. typical delays through the maze. once you get past, you're great getting into san francisco. we'll check out drive times up next. >> thanks. san francisco's golden gate park is almost ready to rock out. we're live with the last-minute preps for outside lands. >> walmart embroiled in controversy. the back to school display drawing outrage. >> and mike and alexis are helping make this a better day,

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the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. 6:43. welcome back. final preps for the biggest concert weekend of the year, outside lands. >> sorry, didn't mean to cut you off. metallica, lorde, obviously, i'm excited about them. about a quarter million of their friends will descend upon golden gate park very soon. abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson is there.

she's the warm-up act. >> reporter: yes, i am. thank you, reggie. that's always been my dream, but as you can see around me, the fences are here. security is set up. and the stages are getting ready for all of those big acts. tomorrow kicks off the tenth anniversary of outside lands, and it's going to be huge. along with dozens of bands, there kill be about 80 bay area restaurants, 40 northern california wineries and nearly 30 west coast breweries. festival organizers say the celebration brings more than $70 million to san francisco's economy and employs about 4,850 people each year. if you plan on going to the festival, you're encouraged to use a clear bag or leave your backpack at home. organizers say bringing a regular bag will result in long lines and a delayed entrance. live in golden gate park, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> whether you go or not, this is likely going to affect you this weekend if you're in the sty. >> you're going to have to make it around the detours. alexis has been studying the maps.

>> we have some road closures already in place. there aren't a ton because it's contained to golden gate park, but still, not easy to get around. jfk drive is closed transverse to 36, now through sunday night at 11:00 p.m. starting tonight at 8:00 p.m., limited vehicle access into the park. essentially, you can walk in but you're not able to drive in. muni a great option. subway service will remain open this weekend. last several weekends we have been doing new train testing. if you want to take the muni bus, n judah, 5 fulton, 5r fulton and fulton express will take concert goers back to civic center post show, and a three-day shuttle, bill graham civic auditorium, you have to pay for that, but much better than sitting in traffic. >> thanks, alexis. >> a chase through several counties before a suspect tried to swim away from highway patrol. you cannee how the chase covered more than 100 miles from

oroville to discovery bay yesterday. sky 7 flew above the highway moments after officers nabbed the suspect on highway 4. chp tells us he spent an hour in the old river taunting officers until they managed to fish him out. >> b.a.r.t.'s board will get an update on a controversial proposal to expand service in the east bay. that plan would extend b.a.r.t.'s rail line 5 1/2 miles to livermore. supporters say the extension will alleviate congestion on interstate 580. interstate 580. the plan is including from state senator scott wiener who says the $1.3 billion cost is too high. b.a.r.t. is also exploring other options including not doing this at all or using express buses. >> happening today, caltrain wants to get your input on bike racks on their new electric trains. one proposal is to just stack them against the side like they currently do. but the other one is to use but the other one is to use these new bike the bikes at an angle like you

see here. caltrain says the goal is more storage. so if you have an opinion on this, look for the outreach booth today at the sf station at booth today at the sf station at 4th and townsend. february. the total cost is millions of dollars. the state is asking the federal government to pay up to 75% of the cost. business at the port of oakland going gangbusters right now. they brought in more containers last month than any month in its 90-year history. there's usually a shipping surge this time of year. overall import volume is up, the number of ships is actually down because cargo is coming ipon fewer but larger ships. >> this morning, walmart is apologizing for a poorly organized display. it appears to show guns labeled as back to school items. a twitter user posted this picture from a walmart store yesterday. you're going to see guns under a

sign that reads, own the school year like a hero. i think we're playing the wrong video, unfortunately. a spokesperson tells cnn the company is still working to identify which store put up the exhibit. walmart sells guns at about 1800 of its 4 thon stores in the united states. you can trust us, the sign was there. >> a san francisco police officer is being recognized for helping to save a man's life. sfpd posted these photos on facebook of officer robert phong. he performed cpr on a 6-year-old mn who stopped breathing and lost consciousness on steph curry's basketball showcase. medics arrived and took the pan to the hospital. >> this morning, the st. louis cardinals may have new mascot and a social media star. the stray cat gets on the field and this guy takes it away. ey, going to bike me again. he had to run so far, way across the field. and then up the stands. the cardinals ended up hitting a grand slam home run to win the game, so now, fans are calling

this the rally cat. >> it's trending on twitter. rally cat for the win. it's really cute. mike nicco, you're a cat person. you have oreo at home. they look cute. >> they do. >> but they're actually little predators. >> they'll cut you. >> he wasn't holding the poor cat correctly. that's part of the problem. >> we're going to blame him? >> it's his fault. poor intern. >> nice. >> somebody get him a glove. a first baseman's glove, put it in there, nice and comfortable and cozy. let's move on. a look at san jose, 280 at 17. it's cloudy down here, pockets of drizzle through 9:00. possibly even up to noon around san francisco. we'll see limited sunshine today from our inland neighborhoods to the coast. cloudy and cool drizzle. summer heat. here's a look at that cloud cover, and look, the clouds really sticking in the bay by noon, inland sunny, and cloudy at the coast, and just like yesterday, pockets of sunshine around the bay. hardly any sunshine at the coast. let's see what it

temperatures. where you see tempsunshine early, milpitas, 74, 72 to 76 for most of the peninsula, 68 in millbrae. only about 60 to 62 along the coast. look at downtown san francisco, 64 degrees. in the north bay valleys, we'll be in the low to mid 80s. san rafael and vallejo, mid to upper 70s. 71 to 73 for the rest of the east bay. and then 80 in san ramon to about 90 in antioch, possibly 92 in brentwood. those are definitely the exceptions. more of the same tomorrow. a little cooler this weekend. a dry cold front brings us our coolest day monday, and then temperatures rebound back to average by wednesday of next week. >> all right, taking a look at the roads. i'm going to head into san francisco. we have one new issue here, northbound 280 before you get to the 101 split, a multicar crash, and i believe the far left lane is blocked. just starting to see a backup if you're coming in from daly city, expect that delay. you can head over to 101. that's wide open if you want to use that for an alternate. quick check of walnut creek, traffic, and we obviously

have -- i was just trying to merge the words together. some mist and some fog. there we go. trying word consolidation. that didn't work. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1:19. we have a crash around altamont pass. antioch to concord, 31 minutes, and southbound 1 01, you're in the green at 16 minutes. it's 6:51. american idol comes to abc7 this fall. auditions will be held in oakland sunday, august 20th. the american idol bus will be in jack london square, giving you a chance to be a star. but you don't have to wait. you can audition right now online. go to our application at abc7news.com. potential contestants need to be 15 years old. >> be a star, like an old thymy jazz figure. >> and you have to sing well. >> or very not well to be on the show. >> oprah winfrey hoping her popularity will be a hit in her

latest venture. she's launching a line of comfort food meant to have secret healthy ingredients. marshed potatoes have cauliflower snuck in or pasta with butternut squash. she's teaming up with kraft heinz to make this happen. it's called, oh that's so good. >> anonymous constructive criticism. yes, or no? apparently a lot of people think it's a great idea. they're downloading a new messaging app called saraa ha. it allows people to be honest without revealing their identities. the app allows only text, so no graphics, and you, the user, can't respond. over, boy. if you like what someone has written about you, you can share the constructive message with others. >> just a world of hurt waiting for you in this app. >> i feel like that's what we do as a living. we put ourselves out there, and then you can say whatever you want about us. but i don't know that you want to do that. >> right. >> we're back in ninety seconds with the seven things you need

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lowell high school sweatshirt. >> google's ceo will address employees about diversity at the company after an employee wrote a controversial memo about the issue. the engineer was fired after questioning the role women play in tech. >> all right, number three, mist and drizzle for your morning commute through at least 9:00, maybe even noon around san francisco and the coast. the slower sunshine and the lack of it in some areas especially around the bay and coast means temperatures below average once again. >> number four, just got good news here. westbound 580 near greenville road, that crash has been pushed to the shoulder. however, that backup combined with our typical delays out of tracy jammed for about 12 miles. that's 1:20, tracy to dublin. >> number five, north korea says it will device a plan by mid-month to fire missiles at the territory of guam. the military will present the plan to kim jong-un who will decide whether to proceed. >> number six, jim mattis scheduled to arrive in the bay area this afternoon. he's here to encourage private business participation in technology for national defense.

>> number seven, uber bringing back free ice cream friday. so starting tomorrow, you can select uber ice cream in the app and a cone will be delivered to you and up to four friends. >> yes. >> i don't understand how that works. how do they keep it from melting? >> the question, will it be warm enough to enjoy an ice cream cone on friday? >> always. >> always warm enough. come on. >> always. >> that's a good answer. i with like it. have a grit day, everybody.

good morning, america. north korea's new threat. vowing to use absolute force. a plan to launch missiles near the u.s. territory of guam could come within days. more than 160,000 americans living there as the trump administration recalibrates the president's warning of fire and fury. breaking news. hurricane franklin making landfall. the first of the season. taking aim at mexico's gulf coast right now. the storm bringing dangerous flooding and all eyes on a developing system in the atlantic that could head towards the east coast. taylor swift's mother takes the stand. her emotional testimony directly addressing the radio deejay accused of sexually assaulting her daughter. now, all eyes on