now from live breaking westbound interstate 5 been a parking lot since shortly after 4:00 this morning. look at the massive backup of lights in castro valley. most lanes h after a deadly coln involving two semitrucks and a car. and sky 7 is over the scene right now, cleans up continues. our sky map 7 on sky 7 shows us exactly where this crash happened. on 580 east of and how far this backup extends. at one point, if was up to about 13 miles. thanks for joining us, i'm

kristen sze. the traffic nightmare in the east bay is not going away any time soon. it began when one semi stalled, got hit by a car and clipped by a second driver of the secondses dead. even now lanes are open. abc 7 morning's traffic anchor alexis smith, any word on a full re-opening night? >> no, they have not given us a solid timeline. they're working on it, that's gridlock on westbound 580 approaching eden canyon in the castro valley area. getting close to seven hours now we have had total total total the roadway. two lanes open as kristen mentioned, new as of 15 minutes ago. looks like they're making quite a bit of progress. it's a major project, having to offload the semis, get the cargo out of there. this is a long tedious process. again, the two right lanes are open. two left lanes are still closed. there's a look at the work

caltrans workers and chp doing doing. obviously they're not done yet. zoom in on the traffic maps, 13 mile backup to state route 84 in livermore. speeds, 2 miles an hour approaching dublin, getting into castro valley, you're at a solid crawl. dublin canyon road a parking lot as well. head north on canyon, using crow canyon road. backup on 24. lot of folks using that as an alterna alternate. south on 680 if headed to the south bay. no matter what way you go, i know it has been ads all mornin. our own amy hollyfield, you andr about four hours. what have you been hearing from drivers today? >> reporter: it was pretty brutal, alexis. let me show you first the situation from on the ground. you can see those two lanes are open now. that's helping the situation a little, but that big rig is still here. nowhere near getting it towed

out of here and they are taking his load and putting it another truck. they still hav we did go throughbackup. we captud. when we first pulled on to westbound 580 at 5:30 this morning, we had no idea by the got to the accident scene. those around us seemed to already know how bad it was as they put theirar into reverse and started driving the shoulder, trying to escape the gridlock. an hour later we bit, but the stop and go nature of the situation brought its own set of problems. we saw one big one. the drivers quickly surveyed the damage, decided the trucks looked fine and jumped back into their rigs. we felt pretty shocked when we hit the three hour mark. all we had to do was look to our right to find someone >> 4 hour 41 minutes. >> reporter: 4 hours and 41 minutes for him. little did we know we'd have another hour to go. as the morning progressed,

people started worrying about runn this man said he was below empty. >> i have two service dogs here. i'm almost out of gas. i'm freaking out. they haven't used the hours. >> reporter: one man sent a gle otwrt becaayuse s he was worried abou running out of gas. when we finally got to the scene, even the it took us four hours to g surprised. yeah. that's razy. people's concerns about their empty gas tanks. >>? you started your commute today with less than a half a tank or quarter tank, that can definitely happen. luckily with have freeway service patrol that can help he able to get to you, it may take in with hours, too. the chp dispatch. they said they haven't gotten any calls that anyone needed help and that ran out of gasf t. that's goodxt from the chp. spokesperson while the story was airing that you were just watching, he says they're estimating they'll get all of these lanes open in two hours.

reporting live from castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> all right. by 1:00. amy, thank you for that, updating information. if you have the abc 7 news app, you got an alert on this crash minutes af been sending out upd all morning. to get breaking news whene news app for free and enable push alerts. breaking news in the south the san j usgs says the quake was magnitude 3.3. this map shows you the location where it struck in the foothills. it's the star there. i'm going to zoom in so you can see exactly where it i even e . people on social media say they felt the shaking after 10:30 this morning. no immediate reports of injuries or damage. several abc news viewers are tweeting us to tell us where they saw or felt shaking. here's one from brian saying, oh, yes, in milpitas near great

mall, it rattled windows and shook my desk. thank brian. catherine says, just felt an earthquake in san jose, good thing i'm in a ten-story apartment building, sometimes you feel a little swaying when you're in those tall apartment buildings but 3.3 relatively small. more breakingew n ft. bragg in soldiers were injured this morning in a training mishap. officials say by an explosion. and the soldiers are all members of the u.s. army special operations command. officials say they're looking into exactly what happened. information on the soldiers' coitnd n released. developing knew in residents are breathing a sigh of relief after police lifted a shelter if place order. they spent all night searching for possible second suspect after a man allegedly under the influence of drugsir quiet main. abc 7 news reporter matt keller joins us live from the scene near the downtown area. matt? >> reporter: kristen, this came night. campbell police just took down

their police tape and left minutes ago, thaw compleon-scen2 hours after the shooting took place. a hug between neighbors on cypress lane in campbell of a terrifying morning. >> so scary. >> reporter: kristen solder says her two young kids were asleep when her husband went to lock up the garage door before midnight last night. >> a right at her door, nose to nose. my husband slammed the door. i happened to run behind. we locked it. >> reporter: soon after, gunshots. when campbell police arrived in the neighborhood between the popular downtown area and prune yard, the man jumped into a side yard and fired his handgun several more times. shell casings were found everywhere, gut the man escaped at least for a short time. he jumped the creek area nexto to highway 17. campbell police put out a robo call neighbors to shelter in place. >> keep your doors and windows locked. >> we brought all the kids

upstair a upstairs, stood up, turned our light on, watched in the backyard. >> reporter: chp shut down southbound lanes of 17 and from the highway spotted the suspect on the ground near the los gatas creek. >> roll over on your stomach. keep your hands where we an see them. >> reporter: an hour and a half after the call, the man was arrested. amazingly, no one was hurt. >> the police are so amazingly brave. i have to give it up for those guys, what they walked into here. we were inside cowering inside our house and wu seamen walking do saw men walking down the streets with their flashlights out. i respect what the guys did for us last night. >> this is a very quiet neighborhood. you know, it's a weird thing for a wednesday night. >> reporter: campbell polices identified the suspect as 35-year-old daniel tanner, a transient. he faces several charges including being a felon in possession of a firearm. and shooting into an inhabited dwelling. reporting hive in campbell, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. happening today, uc berkeley

police are setting up barriers and extra security right now ahead of tonight's planned speech by conservative commentator ben shapiro. the university promises to go all-out to prevent violence in the wake of recent riots on campus. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at cal. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen, really unprecedented security for tonight's scheduled speech by conservative commentator ben shapiro. this is a small sample of the barricades that have been put up here ahead of this speech tonight this is at telegraph in bancro bancroft. look down the street, see bancroft, itself, is closed. let's show you video we shot a short time ago. these barricades extend a block down telegraph to durant. again, this is part of a larger security effort around this appearance tonight by ben shapiro and the university tells us it's the result of lessons learned from some of the earlier events specifically the visit from milo back in in in

shapiro is scheduled to talk at 7:00 tonight here at zellert zer hall. he's a conservative speaker. we're showing you some of the messagin messaging, chalk messaging on the ground here. this building will be closed except for those who have tickets. that's about 1,000 people that have tickets. as for sprawl plaza behind me, right now, see business as usual. students coming and going between classes, but this afternoon, certainly by 5:00, they will close up all these barricades, kristen, they will have police officers out here in force, and, again, only those with tickets will be allowed inside the barricades which extend a couple of blocks around campus. live in berkeley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> we'll keep a close eye on it, laura, thank you. san jose is taking legal action against the trump administration's decision to end the daca program. this morning, mayor sam licardo

and the city council filed a lawsuit saying undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children should be allowed to stay in the u.s. it's the third lawsuit filed here in california. meanwhile, we're hearing different versions about what happened behind closed doors during a white house dinner between the president and two top democrats. senator chuck schumer and congresswoman nancy pelosi. there's confusion on whether they struck a deal on the border wall and daca. democrats say they reached an agreement to protect the d.r.e.a.m.ers in exchange for beefing up border security. but that does not include money from the president's border wall. now, this morning, the president took to twitter saying, "no deal was made on daca." moments later he said this. >> we're working on a plan for daca. the wall will come late and the wall is going to be built. it will be funded a little bit later. >> hours later in florida, president trump said daca recipients would not be offered citizenship. but congresswoman pelosi says her understanding is the president agreed to the d.r.e.a.m. act which does

include a path to citizenship. your commute may soon cost you more. the toll hike proposed for bay area bridges and how you could get a chance to stop it before it becomes reality. and you remember that heat and humidity? well, we got rid of the heat a couple days ago. today, we got rid of the humidity. temperatures are dropping and they're going to get even cooler the next couple of days. today we're about 4 to 10 degrees below average. on the high side. wait until you see some of the 40s and 50

new developments in the east bay. residents of alameda point can use water from their taps to shower and bathe again, but still not to drink. officials lifted the bathing restriction after samples came back negative for bacteria yesterday. homeowners are warned to let the water run for ten minutes to flush out the pipes. officials are waiting for more tests before they'll say the water is safe for drinking. east bay mud thinks the water was contaminated by a leak from an irrigation line fed by an oil well. an old well, that is. there are also new developments for your commute. no matter which bay area bridge you drive, it could soon cost you more. the state assembly approved a plan to raise bridge tolls by up to $3. the bill now heads to the senate. if approved and signed by the governor, the proposal l would be on the ballot in june or november next year. state senator jim bell tells our media partner "the mercury news" the toll increase is intended to

address bay area traffic congestion. more than 600,000 vehicles enter and exit given weekday and says the number will only fwrogrow. money used to improve congestion on bridge corridors. cost weekday commuters as much as $700 more per year. it turns out crowded planes are not always a bad thing. one mom scored big when an airline overbooked her flight. wait until you hear how much she got for giving up her seat. and a live look right now at her exploratorium camera in san francisco. pier 15. blue and gray. we got some clouds out there,

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a san francisco fan favorite is sticking around a little longer. the museum of ice cream is extending its dates through february because of popular demand. abc 7 news reporter leah melendez got a sneak peek this morning and posted this video on facebook. tickets will go on sale to the general public tomorrow. the trendy popup museum opens on grant street near union square on sunday after soldout runs in new york and los angeles. we put a link for tickets on our website, go to abc7news.com. i think a dive into the sprinkles pool would be really fun. >> i want to be the first one. >> right? not to mention the instagram likes you'll get. >> and the jealousy. >> yes, the jealousy. folks outside of the bay area jealous for our weather for the coming weekend? >> probably should be. much drier out there. if you step outside now, the humidity gone. temperature is going it drop. going to feel like fall this weekend. warm sunshine that could reach the coast. bigger touch of fall next week.

see the morning marine layer that brought drizzle to a few of us. you could see the highencroach. that's what's left over as you look from emeryville. looks hazy out there. may be a little hazy. not because of the humidity. di dupe dew points down thanks for the drier air. we'll be seasonal over the weekend to an autumn chill next week. stepping out right now, we have 70s around novato. brentwood. also san jose and mountain view. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. here's difference you're going to feel outside. dew points in the 60s felt stick i. we're in the low to mid 50s where we should be. going to feel much comfortable today. going to be breezy in some areas, though. rush of the dry air causing winds at 3:00 this afternoon south of the bay bridge to kick up. small craft advisevy levels which is 21 to 33 knots until 9:00. north of the bay bridge, until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.

here's a look at clouds that are still hanging around. let's broaden the picture. see the rush of that cooler, drier alaskan air we've talked about the last couple of days. it's here and infusing our sky with be-l lelow average tempera. if your ac is still on in the inland east bay neighborhoods, i heard a couple running this morning, turn them off now. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s today. the north bay, we went from cloudiness to sunshine. we're almost completely there. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. 79 in santa rosa. south bay, below average with afternoon sunshine. 77 in an show day. also morgan hill. on the peninsula, total sunshine, palo alto at 73. more sunshine along the coast. mid 60s for you. along the east bay, going to be a little breezy and 70. oakland. 77 in fremont. downtown san francisco, 66. partly cloudy today. 68 in the mission. let's go and look at those temperatures for tonight. here you go. 50 to about 59 degrees.

wouldn't be surprised if places like petaluma drop into the upper 40s. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. extra sunshine, drier air. a few degrees cooler tomorrow after starting off so much cooler. should say a couple degrees warmer after starting off so much cooler in the morning. back to average saturday and sunday. a dry cold front will bring us breezy and much cooler conditions monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. kristen? >> thanks, mike. to today's money segment. the federal trade commission joined the investigation into equifax after the massive data breach. a spokesperson for the ftc says the agency got involved because of the intense public interest in the breach. hackers have reportedly gained access to the personal data of 143 million people. equifax is accused of negligence after it failed to alert customers for more than two months after the breach happened. nestle says it bought a majority stake in blue bottle l coffee. the high-end coffee based in oakland. nestle says blue bottle will help it boost its coffee

business in the u.s. spending up to $500 million for a 68% stake in the hip coffee brand. a mom is smiling big this morning after scoring $4,000 in travel vouchers on an overbooked flight. that's right. it happened on a delta flight packed with college finootball fans desperate to get to the georgia/notre dame game. the bidding to get someone to give up their seat started high. >> started at $1,500, $2,000, $2,200, finally the bidding got up to $3,000. came back at $4,000. without a flinch, i pressed the flight attendant button. >> so her happy seat replacement was this crazed football fan. smith was able to meet up with her family at the game only eight hours later and with $4,000 in vouchers in her pocket.

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we have a correction. we told you about the assembly passing a bill that could result in voters paying on a $3 toll hike on bay area bridges. we did show the golden gate bridge and of course the golden gate bridge is not paurt of the seven state-owned bridges so wul not be affected by a $3 toll hike. coming up at 4:00, a bay area startup under fire this afternoon days after its ceo steps down. employees are coming forward

talking about the frats-like culture. swimming 5,500 miles from tokyo to san francisco, meet the man getting ready to go that distance tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> whoa. mike, you're a swimmer, how far are you gown? >> couple of miles? couple of meters. no. thousands of meters. >> not easy, right? >> i've probably done that much in pie li in my lifetime. >> cumulative. >> exactly. >> we'll be watching that effort. thanks so much for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next and of course we have a pretty cool day, mike. >> always seems to be cool on september the 14th. temperatures below average by 4 to 10 degrees. look at all the sunshine and dry air. >> by the way, happy birthday, mike

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