street. police will be out here for a while. we're going to try to get more information from san jose police. matt keller, abc 7 news. hi, everyone. we've just obtained this video from a crash in pittsburg. there's a pretty extensive investigation under way right now. it happened just outside the bay point b.a.r.t. station overnight. you can see one car was smashed tape surrounding the vehicle. unclear how many vehicles involved and if police have anyone in custody this hour. our team here at the live desk has a call in to pittsburg police. as soon as we get updated information, i'll let you know. thank you, jessica. it is 4:30. let's get an update on weather and traffic we start with mike. live doppler 7 is really clear out there. maybe a cloud or two.

let's jump into my 12-hour planner. 44 to 53. pretty mild this morning. by noon, 67 to even 70 at the coast. we're still going to be breezy in the hills. the thing you'll notice today, maybe your sinuses are bothering you or your throat is scratchy because the air will be even drier than yesterday. 70 to 74 at 4:00. and a comfortable evening at 7:00. we'll be seeing stars and feeling temperatures around 60 to 63 degrees. you're wondering about our bridges this morning, let's turn it over to sue. let's check on the golden gate bridge. it's very light. hardly a car coming across here. we do have road work to the north. it's south of the waldo tunnel or the robin williams tunnel and to the golden gate bridge with one lane shut down. that's until 5:00. otherwise you're looking at very easy conditions. taking a look at our early morning commute out of tracy, slowing there. ace train number one did get out of stockton on time so a great alternate to 580. sue, thank you. developing news this morning there are growing concerns about

the losses on wall street. >> the dow jones plunged nearly 1,200 points yesterday. overnight asian markets fell sharply following wall street's lead. so what does this mean for our 401(k)? serena marshall in washington now to help explain this. serena? >> reporter: reggie, natasha, good morning. no question it was a tough day on wall street but analysts and the white house says this is simply the ebbs and flows of the market. it was the biggest one-day drop in history. anxious traders as the dow plummeted 1,500 points before rebounding and ending the day still down more than 1,100 points. but before you go racing to make changes to your 401(k), that big drop isn't signaling another great recession. >> the stock market has gone too far too fast. it is just appropriate to hit the reset button. if we look at the results from last year, they're way above the normal historic averages. >> reporter: those historic

highs, wage growth and job gains, a signal for the federal reserve to hike interest rates. leading investors to fear a correction. the white house is downplaying the drop as typical market seesaw. >> today's sell-off represents the ebb and flow of our stock markets. >> reporter: but even with those drops one thing to keep in mind, the long term. it's not about trying to time the market. and it's likely we'll see another rocky opening. overnight the dow futures were up and down, very volatile. remember, analysts say this is about the long term and you need to play the long game. serena marshall, abc 7 news. thank you am we will go live to the new york stock exchange when trading begins at 6:30 this morning. we will send out push alerts on any developments on the abc 7 news app. to get those notifications sent straight to your phone or tablet. santa clara county supervisors will consider putting a petition to recall the

judge in the brock turner case on the june ballot. the recall campaign against judge aaron perskey gathered almost 100,000 signatures. that's enough to put it on the ballot. he sentenced the swimmer to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an uncautious woman on campus. the petition will go on the ballot automatically if the board takes no action. governor jerry brown signed a bill granting protection for whistleblowers at the capitol who report sexual misconduct or other misbehavior. the governor signed the bill just hours after the assembly passed it unanimously yesterday. the measure was first introduced four years ago. the senate blocked it each year up until now. the law comes amid sexual harassment allegations at the state capitol and across the country. a victim of the wildfires jumped in to help as flames once again returned to santa rosa. this time a runaway dump truck that caused a crash that then erupted into an inferno on the

road. several cars burst into flames, as you can see here, after the truck hit them at fountaingrove. we brought this to you as breaking news on our abc 7 news app. the truck had been hauling debris from homes destroyed during october's firestorms. larry broderick lost his home to those fires. he ran into a wall of flames and saved other drivers from an inferno. >> i started opening doors, but i couldn't open by myself. i yelled for people to help. >> he's a hero. he saves everybody's life every day. >> six people went to the hospital. police will examine the truck to see if its brakes failed. sonoma supervisors will consider a plan to give county workers who lost their homes in the october wildfires a financial boost. the idea is to let them cash out up to $10,000 worth of unused vacation time. the fire destroyed or damaged the homes of 156 employees. a lump sum payment is a one-time only deal. workers would have to keep at least 40 hours of vacation time on the books.

the high-profile lawsuit involving self-driving cars continues today in san francisco. google's spinoff wamo claims a former employee stole trade secrets before quitting in 2016. the employee then formed his own self-driving truck company which uber bought. waymo claims uber used the stolen tech to develop its own autonomous vehicle. the employee was later fired for failing to cooperate with investigators. a majority of san franciscos say they support those red transit only lanes. according to "the examiner" 55% of people in the city support the red lanes while 30% are opposed. the red lanes can be found in the mission, gary boulevard, you parts of counsel town, too. muni received approval to put red lanes on at least 50 more streets to speed up buses. starting saturday you can buy an app to buy caltrain

tickets. it will let riders purchase tickets from their phones. that means no more stopping at the ticketing machine before getting on. the prices are the same and you can buy tickets for multiple people on one device. let's take a look at some neighborhood temperatures since we're all over the scale in our inland east bay neighborhoods. blackhawk up in the hills at 66. a little flatter, though, danville. still getting the breezes at 61. right down to the south it's 49. to the north it's 47. look at pleasanton, 57. then livermore, 46. temperatures near 60 off the highway 4 corridor to around 50 in pleasant hill. the same temperature in oakland, 47. we have low 50s along the bay shore into the south bay. in the hills, los gatos, 65. pacifica, 62. 56 in san francisco. let's talk about your commute today. not seeing any fog out there. the air is too dry.

breezy in the hills for mass transit and around the bay there will be tons of sun glistening off the water. san francisco, look at these temperatures today. 52 at 8:00. 61 at 10:00. 66 at noon. 67 at 2:00. total sunshine until 6:00 when we see stars and we're back in the 60s. for the south bay, 53 at 8:00. 6 3 at 10:00. we'll be in the 70s all the way up to 5:00. and then low 60s by 8:00. my accuweather seven-day forecast, no rain but the record high temperatures will stop. i'll let you know when coming up. here is sue with a look at what's going on coming in from the east bay. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's an easy drive into san francisco. if your drive takes you from highway 4 or hercules through the corridor less than 30 minutes. if you have to be up this early it's smooth sailing for you. we do have an earlier accident on 101 near tully cleared out

lanes. everybody is moving at the moment. the change of some overhead signs. >> two lanes of traffic in both directions. in april that changes. a third lane is set to open for eastbound traffic. this video from the metropolitan transportation commission shows what drivers should look for. a green arrow means the third lane is open. a red "x" means it's closed. pretty simple. the new third lane open during peak commute hours 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. weekdays. the white house has a sudden change of heart in the russia investigation. the president's lawyers have new advice for him. it's a doritos dustup. the plan for lady friendly chips sparks backlash. spacex

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with energy upgrade california. spring is spreading throughout the state. look at these temperatures. 64 in eureka. you're supposed to be in the 50s and raining this time of year. low to mid-70s out to monterey, down to los angeles. 87 in palm springs. 67 in san diego because they had fog this morning. 65 in yosemite and look at tahoe, absolutely nothing going on right there. the snowpack continues to shrink down to 27% of average. you can see they're not making it, at least not on heavenly. here's a look, average 43.

then a quick hitting storm may drop a few snow showers saturday and sunday. i wouldn't expect much. reggie? >> there's some indication concern is growing among president trump's legal team over the russia investigation. abc news has learned the president's lawyers are advising him against sitting down with special counsel robert mueller. sources say the concern is president trump could contradict himself during an interview. mr. trump said he would speak with the special counsel even under oath. if the presidnt refuses the interview mueller could go to court and force him to talk. vice president pence is not ruling out the possibility with meeting with south korean officials this week. his itinerary includes the winter olympics in south korea and north korea is taking part in the games. 4:43 now. uc president janet napolitano is expected to attend a two-day board of regents meeting after

she was recently hospitalized for side effects from cancer treatment. officials say napolitano was back to her full schedule. it is not clear what kind of cancer she has or what complicationed caused the hospitalization. her treatment is near completion and she has been successful with treatment before. text to 911. encouraging people to call if they can and text if they can. texting comes with limitations. it is in its first phase and the system is not perfect. if you text from a location close enough to the freeway the message goes to the chp. then they have to route the text to the appropriate agency and that takes time. text to 911 -- the recall times would have made a difference including during home invasions or instances when domestic violence or abuse is present. >> her drunk father was trying

to get into the room where she and her sister were in the closet. >> a good thing to make that available for the speech impaired, deaf, hard of hearing community. >> richmond, santa clara, sunnyvale and chp golden gate division have text to 911. this caused a lot of trouble for doritos yesterday when it was suggested by their ceo that perhaps they are making a chip just for women. >> a lot of women are saying, no, thank you. reporter katie marzullo is telling us why. >> reporter: you hear that crunch? in a podcast the ceo of pepsico say men love to chomp down on doritos, pour the crumbs in their mouth and lick their fingers. but women -- >> women would love to do the same but they don't. they don't like to crunch too loudly in public. they don't lick their fingers generally. >> reporter: she says the company is looking into quieter,

less messy doritos for women. >> once you buy doritos you're not worried about your femininity anymore. >> i'm not sitting with doritos in my hand, oh, no, there's going to be dust on my fingers. what am i going to do? >> dorito gloves. >> they don't want us to crunch? they can hear us roar. >> reporter: they would be packaged to fit in a purse. >> snacks that fit in our pocketbooks, we're going to show them this is not okay. we will not buy the brands. >> reporter: this man says the situation calls for more research. >> i would take it to test market. i mean, there is a possibility that all the negative comments on the twitter-dom are coming from people who wouldn't buy doritos in the first place. >> reporter: the ceo says women's snacks will be launching soon. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. late yesterday doritos had a spokesperson come out and say there already is a doritos for

women and it is doritos. >> yeah. well -- >> i'm confused because the ceo had very specific changes. >> lady doritos. >> i don't know. >> goodness gracious. what a terrible idea in this day and age especially with what's going it on right now, mike. >> i could use some doritos, though. >> excuse me? >> i could use some doritos. >> never again. i'm done. >> wow. >> hi, mike. >> that's a strong stance. look at you. i'm going to stay away from that one. stiff arm it. move on. let's talk about what's going on weatherwise. drier air, sunny and warm again today. it could be our sixth consecutive day with record high temperatures. cooler tonight. it's not going to be quite as breezy and the air will be dry. the cooler weekend is starting to unfold. now for today you can see the high pressure. you can see its clockwise flow. that means an offshore flow and that's why it's going to be so warm today. from 72 at half moon bay and san francisco at 76.

observi nearing 80 in some areas like santa rosa. take a look at the peninsula. 51 this morning. grab those sunglasses. a nice drop-off. to redwood city at 76. north bay, 48 this morning. already 71 at noon. 77 at 4:00. and a quick cooling down to 59 by 7:00 and some of your highs range from about 77 in sonoma and san rafael to about 80 in clover dale. now tonight temperatures back in the low to upper 40s. a few 50s around san mateo, half moon bay and santa cruz. my accuweather seven-day forecast steady as she goes until the breezes start kicking up friday and the coast cools. that will spread through the rest of our neighborhoods. saturday/sunday and back closer to average by monday. still, unfortunately, very dry. let's turn it over to sue. i haven't seen any fog in the north bay. what are you seeing? >> not seeing any fog here especially through san rafael.

the taillights are heading past north san pedro. it's clear as a bell to the golden gate bridge for about a 20-minute drive southbound. northbound is not the commute direction and it's moving nicely, too. ace train number 1. the website says no trains currently running. their gps is down. ace train is running on schedule as planned. that may be a great way to avoid the slowdown through tracy up and over the altamont. >> it could be a historic day. sitting on the launch pad as we speak. kendis gibson has the details in this morning's "tech bytes." in today's "tech bytes" spacex is cranking up the power. >> its falcon rocket is set for its first test launch today. it's meant to send spacecraft to the moon, mars and beyond.

a roadster owned by elon musk will be the rocket's cargo. and someone in florida is selling a gently used spacex rocket on craigslist. the price $9.9 million or best offer. >> $1. >> you have to bring your own tugboat to pick it up. >> when the lights went out at a high school wrestling tournament in utah the cell phones came out. >> the spectators turned on their flashlights so the final matches could be played. the fans shed new light on the wrestlers. police in the north bay need your help in solving a crime. the photo they want you to see. >> fire guts a popular hardware store. why the turned their storefront into a work of art. >> could f

our incredible run of record warmth with air quality that is going to be healthy for all of us. today, tomorrow, thursday, and friday before the winds start to bring us cooler weather is still showing everybody should be fine to be outside and enjoy the warmth. petaluma police help you can catch a thief. a man used a stolen credit card to buy more than $1,000 worth of

items. if you think you know who this is petaluma police want to hear from you. if your carrier is t-mobile you may be getting what looks like an odd text on your phone. here it is. the alert says we have identified an industry wide phone number port out scam and encourage everyone to add account security. michael reached out to t-mobile and found out this is legit. the company wants their customers to add security making it harder for i.d. thieves to steal their phone numbers. scammers have used this tactic before. i.d. thieves have stolen phone numbers to steal bank account numbers and a lot more. just be careful. the cure for baldness could lie in an order of mcdonald's french fries. kind of. >> scientists in japan say a chemical added to keep the oil from frothing helped mice regrow hair.

the researchers used the chemical to grow hair follicle germs. the next step to try it on human skin cells. mcdonald's is not commenting on this study. >> if you find a hair in your fries, it's okay? >> that's the message of the story, mike. i'm glad you read between the lines. what? hi, everybody. a look from our exploratorium camera. back to san francisco and look at all the stars in the background. look at these numbers today. mid to upper 70s impressive but look how far ahead of average we're going to be from 16 to 21 degrees. these kinds of temperatures will hang around for a few more days. over to sue and find out how the commute is this morning.

any hot spots? >> so far so good. no real hot spots this hour. southbound 680. taillights to highway 24. about an eight-minute drive from concord to the 24 interchange and about another ten minutes to get through the tunnel on into oakland. looking great out there. some road work due to be picked up in the next few minutes near 23rd. they've been doing round robin closures. you may find a small delay there once they get that picked up it should be fine. one san francisco business taking a stand against blight. a fire gutted the interior two weeks ago the managers decided to do something with the exterior. they say the swirling design

will at least give passersby something to look at while repairs are under way. >> so many businesses end up closing and you end up with graffiti and trash and it brings down the neighborhood. we want to bring up the neighborhood. >> the damage was fairly extensive. the owners are expecting renovations to take about six months. 4:57 now. first alameda and now another city is being hit hard by a spike in laptop thefts. >> another encouraging update from the high school athlete paralyzed during a wrestling match. plus, two big investigations under way in san jose right now under way in san jose right now including a shooting at a local

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welcome to 5:00 a.m., ladies and gentlemen. good morning on this tuesday, february 6th. >> you know, are we on our sixth day of record watch? is that true? >> sixth consecutive day of possible record high temperatures. >> love it. >> jessica is happy. at 5:00, there's nothing out there on live doppler 7. 50 to 58 degrees. 67 to 69 at noon. where it will be brighter than yesterday. around the bay and inland, 58 to 62. a gorgeous evening. unfortunately, the sun sets at 5:49. you wish the sun would set