58 in san ramon. 59 in half moon bay. show you the picture outside, tam cam giving us sunrise. a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. 70s around the bay, and near 90 inland. that's the weather. let's get a check of roads with alexis. >> good morning. taking you back to the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks like we definitely have metering lights on. i'm not sure why. they did not give us the notification, but normally that happens between 5:00 and 5:20. a quick check of drive times too. 46 minutes, tracy to dublin. antioch to concord in the yellow at 23. and great for the north bay, in the green at 16 minutes. >> hi, everyone. we're still tracking that breaking news in livermore where an investigation is under way after a deadly officer-involved shooting. here's a live look outside there in the last hour, a police spokesperson told our matt keller that multiple officers

fired on the man. right now, you can see there's still a lot of police activity at a mobile home park. all of this started last night when police were called out to reports of a man acting strangely. officers arrived on scene, say they saw a man had a rifle who refused to obey their commands. he went back into his mobile home. officers say he fired several shots from inside the home. all while making suicidal statements. at some point, he caught the mobile home on fire. investigators say he pointed the shotgun at officers, then the officers shot and killed the man. okay, investigators not releasing the name of a man quite yet. matt keller is still there on scene. he'll have a live report at 6:30. >> thank you. president trump continues to lose backing from the business community following his comments on shared blame in charlottesville. yesterday, the president was forced to shut down his major business advisory councils amid an exodus of corporate leaders. a key advisory council of top

ceos from powerhouse companies like pepsi, g.e., ibm, walmart, voted to disband. after the president was informed, he tweeted, rather than putting pressure on the business people, i'm ending both. thank you all. >> well, steve bannon has broken his silence on charlottesville. in an interview, he called the participants, quote, a collection of clowns. he also said he believes white nationalism is a fringe movement that needs to be crushed. tomorrow night, abc's 20/20 will air a special report on extremist groups fueled by the current political climate. it's called fractured america, extremism in the street. it airs at 10:00 p.m. >> the national park service says it will reconsider a permit for a right-wing rally in san francisco. this morning, it's reviewing a large volume of public comments. joey gibson is planning what me calls a free speech rally next saturday. the i-team obtained documents

showing the park service has serious concerns about security and possible violent clashes. gibson told the i-team he's trying to distance himself from extremists on both sides. >> does it concern you some of these extremist white nationalist groups are glomming on to your rallies? that they'll be showing up as well? >> it's a constant problem. these people are trying to latch on because they have nothing. >> the park service will make a final decision within the next week. senator dianne feinstein is among those calling for the permit to be denied. >> a family who lost their son in a tragic big rig accident three years ago are holding a press conference. he was hit in the santa cruz mountains in 2014. the driver of the big rig said his brakes failed as he drove down the hill. hitting cars and trucks before jackknifing and smashing through a rail. today, the maguire family is expected to announce details of a settlement in the wrongful

death suit brought against the trucking company involved in the crash. >> the giants are holding a job fair for service members, veterans, and military spouses at at&t and a $10,000 hiring bonus to promote officer recruitment. b.a.r.t. right now about 40 officers short of the budgeted 176. that's about 20% of the force. last month, b.a.r.t.'s directors urged the police chief to aggressively recruit new officers and offer higher pay or perks to keep them. >> students going back to school this morning in one north bay district can hit the snooze button. >> part of a trend to start school later in the morning. amy hollyfield live for us in novato. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, natasha. yeah, today is the first day of school. we will be looking to see if students are a little more bright eyed and ready to go today. they are expected to get more sleep this year than last year. here at san marin high school

and also at novato high, the bell will be ringing at 8:00 this morning, as compared to 7:15 in the past. novato is now part of a growing trend. 400 other school districts in the country have switched to later start times for the older kids. many report better attendance and grades. >> i think all the research is pretty clear now that teenagers need more sleep at night. that their cycles are such that they need to go to bed at 11:00 or 12:00. that drove our decision. >> the changes could be coming to your school district. a california bill is pending in the senate that would change start times at all middle and high schools to after 8:30. this could cause come issues for working parents. novato administrators have said if parents need to drop their kids off earlier than this late start time, they can drop them here at the schools before 8:00. reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> that would be the worst.

you can go to school later, but your parents still drop you off at the same time. thanks, amy. a man and woman and something called a bait car. wait until you see the video of a police sting in action. >> a manhunt is under way for these masked motorcyclists. the brazen heist that they're linked to. >> san jose state students are back in school and joining them is a professor who was is a professor who was previously accused of ♪ ♪

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good morning. time now, 6:09 a.m. let's get your hour by hour forecast on this thursday. by 9:00, patchy fog around the bay. temperatures mainly in the 60s. some of our warm spots in the 70s. by 1:00 in the afternoon, it's really nice. 70s around the bay and low 80s later on today by 1:00. highs, take a look. 68 later on today in san francisco. 81 in san jose. lots of sunshine. 77, fremont. 74, oakland. 87 in concord, and napa up to 80 degrees later on today. enjoy. let's get a check of roads with alexis. >> good morning, drew. i have an update on a couple blocking issues we have right now. going to take you to oakland on the traffic maps. northbound 880 past 23rd avenue. two-car crash. that's still blocking the far left lane, it sounds like emergency crews on the way to the scene. they have not arrived.

starting to see a backup there. if you're not in a big rig, you can use 580 for an alternate. southbound 280 off ramp to bunner hill is now crashed. this is a crash. sounds like we have injuries. i'll try to get more information and have an update around 6:20. >> thanks. a pair of suspected car thieves in new mexico thought they got away scott free with the police car. then they realized it was a bait car. the man and woman were rolling along in albuquerque, even yelling out the window, hey, we just stole a car. and then the red lights started to blink behind them. the bait cars are programmed to shut off and the driver's door is automatically locked. the suspected made it out through the passenger door, but then they were soon captured. >> yikes. >> karma is something, right? >> sometimes it works out. yeah. it's happened again. jetblue crew members taken to the hospital after getting sick during a flight. the everyday item that caused all of that to happen. >> plus, we'll hear from the

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new this morning, take a look here. the new cover of "time" magazine, just revealed. it's sure to rile people up.

it shows the nazi salute along with the u.s. flag. the cover story, no doubt, about the deadly charlottesville protest this past weekend. the cover story titled "hate in america" on a very related note, i also want to show you the cover of the economist this week. the magazine has this picture on their cover. it shows president trump with a mega phone. a cover story this week titled donald trump has no grasp of what it means to be president. reggie, natasha. >> mega phone looking like a kkk hood. thank you so much. >> controversy at san jose state university this morning over the return of a professor who is accused of sexual harassment. the professor is returning to teach this fall. last year, university investigators found he sexually harassed a student. he stepped down as department chair of the college of education. now, all of that is making students question the school's decision to allow him to return. >> if it were me in that person's shoes and i saw the

professor coming back and seeing the way the situation was dealt with, i would feel kind of unsafe. >> a professor's attorney released a statement to abc7 news claiming two third-party investigations cleared his client of wrongdoing. the statement reads in part, it's unfortunate that the rush to judgment before the facts were fully gathered has had a clear and lasting impact on the reputation. >> oakland police are trying to determine the cause of a crash that hurt six people. happened just before 9:00 last night on international boulevard near 55th avenue. the oakland fire department says some of the victims were trapped in their cars. that crash left two vehicles badly mangled. a stretch of the road was shut down for more than two hours. >> a woman who survived almost a month in the wilderness is opening up about exactly what happened. this morning, 25-year-old lisa is recovering from poison ivy, rashes, bug bites, and deep thorn scratches. she was found over the weekend. she said she survived by eating

wild berries and mushrooms and drinking from muddy water puddles. >> if it rained, i would squeeze the water out of my hair and drink it. >> police say she was with two men when she disappeared. one is accused of breaking into a hunting lodge. it's not clear how she got away. her father says he believes she was drugged. she explains what she remembers coming up at avenue:00. >> on to developing news, another incident where jetblue crew members got sick on a flight. airline officials say nail polish remover sent two crew members the hospital yesterday afternoon. they were working a flight from boston to charleston. it's the third incident in the last week. last thursday, a flight from boston to san diego made an emergency landing after a crew member smelled fumes and felt dizzy. hours later, a flight heading to barbados was forced to return to ft. lauderdale. >> apple's new $5 billion spaceship headquarters in cupertino should be ready by the

end of the year. some employees say they're not into these new digs. wait until you hear the answer why. the floor plan, they say. apple employees used to having their own office space. the new plan throws privacy out the window by featuring long tables for workers. according to the chronicle, employees have threatened to quit if they have to share the tables with other employees. one rison, some apple workers say, and i'm totally serious about this, they fellow employees are noisy eaters. >> london police are still looking for six people who pulled off a brazen jewelry heist in the heart of london. this surveillance tape shows them driving away on mopeds yesterday. they robbed a jewelry store in broad daylight with pedestrians all around them. police say the suspects used sledge hammers and got away with unknown amounts of bracelets, necklaces, and gems. >> have you seen this yet? the ceremonial first pitch

before last night's red sox could not have gone much worse could not have gone much worse for a photographer. >> that organ noise at the end. jordan threw the pitch. it was off the mark. the red sox were honoring their 1967 team before the game. leandre, who is known to red sox fans as a former dana-farber institute patient tweeted, to make matters worse, i'm a pitcher. photographer was okay. he tweeted out, thank the lord it was just a bit outside. he says he didn't see the ball coming but did get a good picture just before the ball made it back. ouch. >> thank the lord. >> thank you. >> lawd. >> that's one of my worst fears. being asked to throw out a first pitch. >> really? >> i'm so afraid it will not make it to the plate. it will bounce in front of me and everyone is like, wow. >> that's your sport.

you love baseball. >> i love baseball. i have to work on it. what i also love, math and science and kids going back to school today. milpitas unified school district. 62 at the bus stop at 7:00 in the morning. >> 60, san francisco. 58 in san ramon. 61 in oakland. >> good morning, mountain view. let's talk highs today. the microclimate in the south bay. 76, that high in milpitas. along the peninsula, 77, redwood city. downtown san francisco, going to 68. 65, though, in the sunset district. north bay, 83, santa rosa. 76 in vallejo. 80, the high in napa. oakland, 74. 77, fremont. 76, richmond. 88, livermore. accuweather seven-day forecast, a slight warmup into the weekend, then a minor dip on sunday. monday for the solar eclipse,

some coastal clouds. let's get a check of traffic with alexis. >> good morning, drew. we have a few trouble spots i want to give you an update on. this one is new. a two-car collision, westbound 4 before you get to willow pass. as you het to the pittsburg and bay point areas, expect delays, antioch into concord. that crash is often on the shoulder. hopefully, that backup will improve. we also have a sig alert. southbound 280 off ramp to bunker hill is closed due to a collision with injuries. it sounds like the far left lane on the main line is blocked as well until they can get this cleared. that's the reason for the sig alert. 101 still looks good if you waument to use that for an alternate. walnut creek, southbound 680, that's a pretty decent commute this morning. on top of those issues, we do have trouble in oakland. we'll check on that next. >> thanks. ever lose your money in a parking garage machine? 7 on your side's michael finney answers a question.

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malfunctions. but if it happens again, try to get a receipt. that probably isn't going to happen. so take a photo of the machine, time, date, stamp at least in your mind, maybe on your phone. anything to prove you paid. and that you're owed money back. this is going to be hard to prove. so make sure there's enough money at stake to make the trouble worth it. thanks for your question. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your phone and send it to us using the #askfinney, or go to our website. you may see your question answered right here. >> on to breaking news in livermore. police investigating after a deadly shooting and a fire. we'll bring you live to the scene. >> president trump decides to keep obamacare running for now. what forced him to change his mind. >> also, why some say they don't believe the alameda county sheriff's department retweeting a prominent white supremacist was a mistake. >> moments ago, the president sending out a series of tweets, and it talks about the removal

of confederate statues across the u.s. you won't believe what he is saying this morning. >> we do have a pretty big slowdown in the east bay right now. northbound 880 before you get to 23rd, two-car crash still blocking the far left lane. up to about a three-mile delay. 20 miles per hour, 9 miles per hour. we'll talk about alternates and another problem on the peninsula when we come back. >> it's 6:26. as you get your day into gear, as you get your day into gear, we keep up

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coming up on 6:30 on a thursday. welcome to august 17th. glad you're with us. >> we're glad drew is with us today to give us lovely weather, hopefully. >> gorgeous out there for many of us. fog created some issues at the local airports. sfo especially. the sun is up. this is beautiful. tam cam. got the fog, the sun rising. here's a look at what's happening later on. the fog pulls back to the coast quickly, an august beauty out there. 70s around the bay. 90s in the warmest spots. sfo, nearly an hour arrival delay thanks to the fog. check with your carriers. let's get a check of traffic. >> good morning. yeah, i want to take you back to the traffic maps and head back to oakland. it does sound like we have chp on the scene now for the crash northbound 880, just past 23rd. two vehicles involved. no injuries. that's the good news. and they're pretty close to getting that pushed off to the closer. the bad news, we're jammed solid

for three miles. 580 if you want to take that to the maze unless you're in a truck. we still have restrictions for semis. a sig alert for southbound 280 off ramp to bunker hill road. that's closed along with the far left lane of the main line due to another collision. an update on the westbound highway four crash coming up. >> we have breaking news in the east bay. >> police investigating after a deadly officer-involved shooting overnight. reporter matt keller is live in livermore. matt. >> reporter: well, in the past 45 minutes, the alameda county coroner's office arrived on the scene, but they're not going to be able to do anything until this investigation is complete out here in this mobile home park. officers are still collecting evidence here on the scene. still a lot of questions to be answered about the shooting. in the past hour, a police spokesman told me multiple officers fired at the man. they haven't interviewed all the officer s so they're not releasing details on that. we know one man was killed and his home destroyed by fire.

officers got their first call around 8:50 from the sun valley mobile estates. people were reporting a man acting bizarrely and challenging people to a fight. officers arrived on the scene and said the man had a rifle and refused to obey their commands and went back into his mobile home. officers say he fired several shots from inside the home, all while making suicidal statements. >> after about two hours into the incident, the officers noticed smoke coming from the residence. pretty quickly noted that the residence was on fire. the subject came out to the front door, and when he came out, he was armed with a shotgun. >> reporter: investigators say he pointed the shotgun at officers and then officers shot and killed the man. this all happened as police were trying to evacuate nearby homes and alert others in the mobile home park to shelter in place. firefighters were able to put out the fire. police say no officers were injured and no one else was in the home. they're not released the name of the man. the district attorney's office is also on the scene

investigating this incident. reporting live in livermore, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. developing news sane jose where a police officer went to the hospital following a crash. you can see the police cruiser with a big dent on the side. this happened about 1:20 this morning at white road and ocala. you can see a white car that ran off the road and has substantial damage to the front end of it. we put a call in to the department to get more information. >> overnight, hazmat crews worked to fix a propane lake. you can see the flaring over the refinery in martinez yesterday evening. crews responded to what's called a small leak. shell did not respond to our request for comment but did tweet out that the company experienc experienced, a quote, operational issue that resulted in intermittent flaring. >> protesters are accusing the sheriff's department of racist. several dozen people held signs and chanted outside the sheriff's office in lake merritt in oakland yesterday.

the public information officer said the retweet was an accident. he said it happened while he was researching white nationalist groups for a planned event in berkeley next weekend. critics aren't buying the accident excuse. >> regardless of their claims, there is a long pattern of disservice racist attitudes and actions the department has taken. for example, the endorsement of jeff sessions as attorney general. ⌞> the alameda county sheriff's department has issued an apology for that retweet. an east bay family's 15 year fight for their american dream has ended with deportation. despite calls into the final hours, marie sanchez and her husband are back in mexico. they left from sfo last night along with their 12-year-old son. coworkers rallied behind the highland hospital oncology nurse on monday. you can see dianne feinstein also tried to intervene. the sanchezs received deportation notices in 2012. they were granted stays onto the

previous administration. this time, the department of homeland security denied their request. >> tried to make it right. and i tried. i tried, guys. i tried since 2002. every single thing i do, everything failed. >> part of the conditions of deportation means they can't return to the u.s. for at least ten years. the three oldest sanchez children will stay in the bay area. >> and that breaking news, president trump is tweeting this morning. his tweets are sure to cause a controversy. he is siding with people who want to preserve confederate monuments across the u.s. and take a look. moments ago, he tweeted this first out of three tweets. saying sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you -- and then let me get the second tweet up here for you.

bear with me. you can't change history, but you can learn from it. robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, who's next? washington, jefferson. so foolish. then his third out of three tweets here saying also, the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns, and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced. tweets that are sure to get a strong reaction and of course we'll watch for that throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you. apple ceo tim cook is the latest exec to speak out against president trump following the response to the charlottesville incident. he told employees he disagrees with the president blaming the violence on both sides. he said, quote, i disagree with the president and others who believe there's a moral equivalence between white supremacists and nazis and those who oppose them. he will donate $1 million each to the southern poverty law center and the anti-defamation league. >> funeral services are planned for tomorrow and saturday for

the two virginia state police troopers killed in the helicopter crash in charlottesville during saturday's violence. >> yesterday, an emotional memorial service was held for heather heyer, run down and killed in saturday's mayhem in charlottesville. they remember her as a passion lt woman who wanted to make the world a better place. her mother urged mourners to make her daughter's life mean something. >> say to yourself, what can i do to make a difference. and that's how you're going to make my child's death worthwhile. i would rather have my child, but by golly, i have to give her up, we're going to make it count. >> in this tweet, president trump called heather heyer a truly special young woman. heather's mother declined to respond to the president's latest comments. ♪

>> a vigil for followed by this, a huge march through the university of virginia in charlottesville. hundreds of people holding candles in stark contrast to the torches used by white supremacists in their march. marchers say they wanted to take a stand against the violence and hate that rocked their city. >> tomorrow night, 20/20 will air a special report on extremist grouped fueled by the current climate. it's called fractured america, extremism in the streets. it aired at 10:00 p.m. >> 6:37. federal agents have joined the search for answers in san jose after a fire killed three people, including two children. flames raced through the home at the golden wheel mobile home park on tuesday. the fire broke out where a 10-year-old girl was visiting her friend. the other victims are justified as nguyen tranand her uncle. neighbors have been leaving tributes outside of the moebm home. this is the second tragedy to hit the neighborhood. the community was ravaged when coyote creek flooded in

february. >> the man accused of violent unprovoked attacks on b.a.r.t. is due in court. police arrested mario washington after these videos were caught on b.a.r.t. he hit someone with bolt cutters and then hit someone else in the face. he has allegedly admitted his involvement in the attacks. >> pg&e is going to walk us through how it plans to handle the hit it will take during the eclipse on monday. the bay area will see a reduction of the sun's power by 75% during the eclipse. to make up for the brief but significant absence of full solar energy, pg&e has a few backup plans in case. pg&e will take the media on a tour of its concord distribution plant to explain the process later today. >> speaking of the eclipse, want to let you know that abc7 news is going to have you covered for the great american solar eclipse, including local reports right before abc's special coverage monday at 10:00 a.m.

david muir will anchor the special report. and the question come monday morning for the partial solar eclipse, what will the sky look like. here's the early call out. i want to show you what we have, this map put together. three colors. green, meaning clear skies. yellow meaning a mixture of clouds and sunshine, and red meaning totally overcast. as the eclipse begins at 9:00 in the morning, yellow on the screen, meaning patchy cloud cover. not the greatest in viewing conditions. by 10:15 when we're at 75% of our sun being covered, you notice that clear for most, but i would say this is a little ambitious getting the cloud cover to clear. i would say at the coast, get as far away as you can. future weather, hour by hour forecast today. that fog pulling back by 9:00. 60s and 70s, and look at this. by 1:00 in the afternoon, really comfortable around the bay. lots of 70s around the immediate waters and our warmest spots later on going into the 80. an august beauty for sure. a lot of folks, they're driving

around during the solar ecleps. >> they're doing it here and in the cities and towns in the path of totality. they're expecting gridlock. >> incredible. >> incredible, and all day on monday, if you're seeing some erratic driving, someone going really slow, looking up, yeah, that's what. just be prepared for that. i think that's going to be a factor as we have that huge event coming up in just a few days. right now, we're looking at a few slow spots on the roads. don't have the cause for this one, but we are giving you the thumbs up. northbound 880 past 23rd avenue. a long-term blocking collision. it wasn't very serious. we didn't have injuries but it took a while for chp to arrive. they did get it pushed off to the shoulder. about three, 3 and a half miles of stop and go traffic. also good news here. westbound 4 before you get to willow pass road, another collision pushed off to the shoulder. pretty heavy from the pittsburg area, some of that are typical delays. some a result of this collision. we'll look at the drive times.

westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 48 minutes in the yellow. 32 minutes along the stretch of westbound 4 between antioch and oncord. and southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, great all morning in the green at 16 minutes. next traffic update in just about ten minutes. >> thanks, alexis. >> we all know robocalls are annoying, but this morning, you may be able to have the last laugh if you have fallen victim to one call in particular. tooting his own horn again. a bay area man reunited with a prized possession he thought he would never see again. >> mike and alexis always have your back. even when mike's not here. i meant to say drew and alexis. they always have your back when it comes to weather and traffic. it comes to weather and traffic. you can look

this is breaking international news. the country of south africa trying to prevent the first lady of zimbabwe from leaving the country. she's accused of attacking a model, and they just issued a red alert. it's all in an effort to stop her from leaving their country. the two countries border each other. and it's kind of a wild story. here's a picture of her. she was accused of assault %-ps in her son's hotel room. the victim went so far as to post pictures of herself online with a large gash on her forehead. overnight, the president of

zimbabwe flew to south africa to deal with the issue. they're now claiming diplomatic immunity to have the charges dropped. we'll see how it plays out. >> thank you, jessica. friends and family continue to mourn the murder of an oakland singer/song writer. a candlelight vigil was held for dave deporis in the neighborhood where he lost his life on august 9th. oakland police say he was dragged and run over after chasing a person who took his laptop. police say they have no suspects and very few leads in this case. new details on the killing of a photographer on san francisco's twin peaks last month. the sister of edward french tells abc 7 news she's considered legal action. days before the murder, the suspect, lamonty mims, was released from custody after a court hearing on a gun charge. according to a risk assessment, he was put in a category allowing for conditional release. but the form was filled out incorrectly. it should have said that mims had a prior incarceration. >> my brother is dead for all of

their screwups. the system is broken, and something has got to -- somebody's got to be accountable for it. >> mims and the other suspect, fantasy decure, who is accused of pulling the trigger, have pleaded not guilty. >> 6:46 now. happenning today, hemophilia victims and survivors will gather in golden gate park. officials are adding a new stone to honor thousands of hemophilia patients who died of aids due to contaminated blood supply. it's a disorder that prevents bloods from clotting properly. >> the trump administration has decided to keep obamacare running for now. the administration has agreed to give insurance companies this month's subsidy payments to keep the affordable care act afloat. the president had threatened to stop paying them. these payments compensate insurers for offering discounts to low and moderate income people. the decision comes after the congressional budget office warned obamacare premiums would soar 20% if the payments ended.

administration officials say they haven't decided how much longer they're going to fund these subsidies. >> it's officially back to school today for students in novato, and a change should mean they may be getting to class a little less sleepy eyed this morning. >> the district is joining a nationwide trend adopting a later start time. amy hollyfield live in san marin high school this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're looking forward to seeing their faces this morning and seeing if they're feeling more refreshed than they were at this time last year. here at san marin high school and novato high, the bell will ring a little later, at 8:00 instead of as early as 7:15 as it has in the past. 400 other districts across the country have also switched to a later start time for the older kids. and they report that attendance and grades are up. a student who was on the committee here in novato pushing for this late start said it was obvious in class that something needed to change. >> everybody was tired, and no

one was -- no one was happy to be here during first period. everyone was groggy. people were basically falling asleep in class every day. and the teachers noticed. >> reporter: this change could be coming to your school district. there's a proposal bill in the california senate that calls for middle and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30. live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. more than half a billion dollars. how does that sound? up for grabs in saturday's powerball jackpot. >> this is after no one marched all six numbers last night. the 19th straight drawing without a dwrand prize winner. the winning numbers were 9, 15, 43, 60, 64, and the powerball number 4. we spoke to people buying tickets in san francisco last night. they said they knew the odds were really slim, but it still didn't stop them from dreaming. >> so i always think when the powerball gets this big, it's fun. it's like playing blackjack. >> the chances are highly

against us. but it's fun to dream about it. >> saturday's drawing is worth an estimated $510 million. and it is the eighth largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. >> if you got a robocall promising you a free cruise and you didn't get it, you don't have to enter the lottery, you're going to get money. the resort marketing group and several cruise lines have settled a class action lawsuit claiming they made millions of illegal robocalls. anyone who got one of those calls between 2009 and 2014 may be able to claim $300 per call up to three calls for each phone. you can check eligibility by entering your phone number into the claim form. and we have posted a link on our website, abc7news.com. >> a suspected car thief who led police on a chase has died after falling off a shipping crane at the port of los angeles. at one point, the man took off all his clothes on top of the crane. he then fell or jumped 150 feet onto a docked freighter. police chased the man for hours on l.a. freeways. the suspect has not been

publicly identified and police say he was from the inland empire and had a criminal history. >> let's get over to meteorologist drew tuma in for mike nicco this morning. >> good morning, guys. you step out the door, just a light jacket. current numbers in the 60s in most spots. 61, oakland. about 60 in livermore, and 58 the number in napa. let's break down your day planner. hour by hour, the 12-hour planner, coastal clouds early on. the afternoon, really nice. tons of sunshine, an august beauty. 70s around the bay. our warmest spots near 90 inland. highs today, take a look. 77 in fremont. 68 in san francisco with afternoon sunshine. about 87 in concord. 80 in napa. 83 in santa rosa. antioch, one of the warmer spots, but not too bad for this time of year, 90 degrees. overnight tonight, a mixture of stars and clouds along the coast. most spots, mainly clear skies. 50s to low 60s overnight into friday. here's your seven-day forecast. plan the next seven days for you. friday, we turn warmer with limited fog on saturday. a touch cooler on sunday, and

for the solar eclipse on monday in the morning, some coastal clouds. that's the weather. let's get a check of the roads with alexis. >> good news on the peninsula. we have been keeping track of a sig alert for a crash on southbound 280 at bunker hill drive. so they just canceled the sig alert. it sounds like all lanes on the main line are open. we could still have part of the off ramp blocked but we're changing from red back into the yellow. it wasn't a terrible delay. if you want to skip it completely, you can head over to el camino real. >> we have our spider buddy hanging out on the bay bridge toll plaza camera, as usual. and those metering lights on. we did find out 5:25 this morning, so typical delays as you head through the maze. looking okay the rest of the way. and mass transitt, great all morning. no delays for b.a.r.t. 58 trains in service. normal service for the ferry, and capital corridor looking good too. >> a hayward student's educational trip to cuba has a great ending. follow me. cal state east bay student

daniel returned with a bike horn his grandfather left in cuba when he fled decades ago. so his grandfather, there you see the horn, used to honk this as a child when he rode by the house of a girl that he kind of liked. he was forbidden to date that girl because his family said he was too young. well, that girl is now daniel's grandmother. daniel says when he gave his grandfather that horn, well, he couldn't really say much of anything. he was rendered speechless. >> i love that story. >> happening today, it appears fans of disney's "frozen" won't have to let it go soon. they can continue to relive the musical over and over again. >> i see what you did there. the oscar nominated hit is coming to broadway next year. but today, the musical will premiere in denver before heading to new york. the pre-broadway engagement includes new songs. there's around seven songs in the movie. the musical will have 21 songs. disney is the parent company of

abc7. >> the two of us were just looking at pictures of the cast for the first time in their full outfits. i'll tweet that out because it's i'll tweet that out because it's pretty cool.

we're back at 6:54. number one, breaking news in livermore. police killed a man in front of his mobile home overnight. investigators say the man pointed a gun at officers after setting his home on fire. >> number two, some breaking news coming in. sfo is making changes after that

air canada jet near miss last month. our media partner the mercury news says there are new guidelines for landing and air traffic controllers at night. >> number three, hundreds of people marched through the university of virginia in charlottesville in memorial of heather heyer. she died last week when a car plowed through a crowd of protesters. >> number four, the bells at two high schools in novato will ring at 8:00 this morning. that's a big deal because they used to ring as early as 7:15. san marin high and novato high are pushing back the start time. other districts say the attendance is up and so are the grades. >> number five, look at the forecast today. sunshine prevails in the phono. nice and seasonable. not too hot, not too cold. 68, san francisco. 74 with a high in oakland. 81, the high in san jose. inland, 80s to low 90s. 90, antioch. 83 in santa rosa. >> number six, traffic overall hasn't been terrible. we have a new slowdown in the south bay. northbound 101 off ramp to northbound 680, lane three is

blocked. that's really slowing down the main line. you're slow for about four miles. >> number seven, you've got to see this. unbrevable. a lost engagement ring found 13 years later. a canadian woman says she lost her ring while she was gardening. over the years, a carrot grew in and around it. the woman's daughter-in-law just pulled it out of the ground during a recent harvest and made the discovery. >> i have a hard time looking at it. it looks like a finger. >> it looks like my ring stuck on my finger. >> "gma" is next. bye.

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