good morning on this monday. april 9th. >> good to see you this morning. alexis is off today. sue is in for her. we're talking about a pretty normal weather until we get to the middle of the week. >> gets rainy again and i keep working on my taxes again because i won't be going outside. >> a look at what's going on. a few low clouds off the coast. we're clear over land this morning and dry. grab the sunglasses and let the umbrella rest. high clouds and sunshine today. a nice surge of warmth. in fact, today is going to be our warmest day out of my accuweather forecast seven-day forecast. mid 40s at :00. 67 to 70. even the coast mild at noon. 67 at the coast, ten to 12

degrees warmer around the bay and inland. by 7:00, 61 at the coast. 71 to 73, great evening coming at you. how about the commute this morning, sue? >> a problem at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's on the right-hand side. you can see the big rig there, just clearing the tow truck that's on that right-hand side. a couple of cars got into it in the commuter lane, in the car pool lane. otherwise just a minor delay at the cash paying tolls. give yourself a little extra time if you're headed to the bay bridge. no metering lights. we have an accident on the san mateo bridge about halfway up on your screen blocking the left-hand shoulder. it was a motorcycle involved. so far just some minor slowing past that scene there. both bay bridge and san mateo bridge have issues this morning. >> police are thanking a couple of total strangers who intervened in a knife attack at a b.a.r.t. station. >> the stabbing appears to be random. abc news reporting amy hollyfield live in walnut creek.

good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. this is not the story commuters want to hear this morning. police say it does appear these two people who were on b.a.r.t. were randomly attacked. police arrested this man. he is 32-year-old robert dolph of san francisco. witnesses say he had been muttering to himself on the train and shouting out random things. this is at the coliseum station that he followed two people off the train and started stabbing them near the fare gates. that's when a brave stranger stepped in and may have saved their lives. >> there was an individual, a third party that wasn't involved in a courageous and selfless act intervened and grabbed the knife from the suspect and in the process his hands were cut, but he was able to get the knife away from the suspect and then he was able to tackle the

suspect to the ground and hold him there until the officers arrived a short time later. >> reporter: the victim are siblings, a 50-year-old man in critical condition and a woman in her 60s who is in fair condition. police say the suspect confessed to the attacks but did not give a motive. reporting live from the b.a.r.t. station in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. it's 5:03 now. a man suspected of sexually assaulting a jogger in palo alto is off the streets. he was arrested at his home in richmond. the attack happened in march 28th and led to a large manhunt. a jogger told police she was attacked on a trail, held at gunpoint and assaulted in broad daylight. evidence led police to identify the suspect as shef var yeah diaz. palo alto police say he's linked to a similar attack in oakland. san francisco police investigating gunfire that sent

people ducking for cover on geary boulevard. according to police, two men were shooting at two other men near baker street. it doesn't appear anyone got hit by the gunfire. several people saw the shooting happen and called 911. >> they were running. they ducked in between -- first there was the first set and then once t once the second ones started, they were running. >> 911 reports were around ten shots or so. i believe we've located around that number of shale casings. >> the nearby keiser permanente meddle center went into lockdown. no arrests have been made. facebook has lost apple co-founder steve wozniak says he left facebook because of growing concern over the way the menlo park company treats the private information of his users. he said he'd rather pay for facebook than have personal information exploited for advertising. >> my sidewalks are covered with

these electric scooters. now the companies in san francisco have until the end of the day to apply for permits to operate their businesses. abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> there's a new way to get around town. you just stand on it. >> reporter: electric scooters with a max speed of 15 miles per hour have been popping up on san francisco street corners for the past three weeks. >> we wanted to experience the city. this was the easiest way to cover the most ground we possibly can. >> reporter: three companies, lime bike, bird and spin have lined up scooters you rent through an app. city rules have not caught up with the technology. sfmda asked all three companies to submit operation planned by friday. lime bike sent me their plan which details how they educate their riders on the rules of the road. lime bike says they want their riders to obey state laws like wearing helmets. as you can see, none of the

scooters come equipped with helmets. nobody we spoke to today broke their own. >> i don't normally have a helmet on me, for obvious reasons. i think either they should provide one or maybe it should be enforced a little more. >> reporter: one lime user did show us where you can collect a free helmet. but that's only available in union city and san diego. not everyone is the fan. >> i've seen them in the most wild places. in trash they're strewn about all over the embarcadero. i'm concerned i'll accidentally one run over and endanger my passengers. >> reporter: more and more seem to scoot down city streets. kate larson, abc 7 news. >> it's 5:06 now. the san francisco sheriff's office wants to expand the body camera program in city jails.

according to the examiner, the sheriff is looking for 400,000 dollars to pay for 400 more devices. it would go to deputies at jail and at san francisco general hospital. body cameras were given to 40 deputies in august, following at least two alleged instances where deputies forced inmates to fight one another. three deputies face criminal charges in connection to those fights. myrrh rag ga police are warning folks about credit card fraud due to skimming. people's numbers have been taken and used illegally in southern california. police say gas pumps are easy targets because they're unattended and accessed easily. let's take a look at the temperatures now that you're only seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. half moon bay is one of the cooler spots. most of us two to three degrees cooler. nothing too extreme there. let's check out temperatures in

neighborhoods. we've got mitd 40s through the san ramon valley towards pleasant hill and lafayette. concord at 50. low to mid 50s for pittsburg antio antioch. 52 in los gatos. pacifica, dress for 50. in the north bay, mid 40s. here is a look at the golden gate bridge. not moving much. a calm day compared to the next two days, it will be a little breezier. whether you're out and about exercising or out the coast. cool and warm this morning to this afternoon for exercising. our resting umbrella today. we'll need it starting tomorrow. the south bay, 53 this morning. 71 at noon, 80 at 4:00. barely 69 at 8:00. san francisco we're at 55

degrees at 10:00. near 70 at 4:00, about 56 back at 10:00. here is a quick look at what's coming tuesday through wednesday. a light storm on our storm impact scale. more on that next. here is sue. >> back to the bay bridge. activities you can see with the emergency lights there. we've got a tow truck on scene and a chp officer on scene. there was an accident blocking the right hov lanes. still a lot of activity. a lot of things to look at there. some slowing on the right-hand side. otherwise, if you stay to the left you're in better shape at the bay bridge. here we go, back to the san mateo bridge, we have a motorcycle accident about midway on the causeway. it was on the left-hand shoulder. now it looks like a couple of lanes might be blocked. certainly something is going on. you can see bumper-to-bumper traffic with brake lights starting pretty much before the toll plaza now. give yourself plenty of time. you may want to take the dumbarton bridge or the bay bridge. layers for porn star

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systems on just quite yet. get .1 to .3 inch of rain. that will be enough to keep us through the weekend next week, if we don't get much rain, that may be it for the rain season. more on the hour-by-hour look at this and the rest of the week coming up. new this morning, the attorney for porn star stormy daniels is trying once again to depose president trump. the attorney filed a motion last night in federal court against president trump and the president's personal attorney michael cohen. daniels claims she was paid $130,000 days before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair with president trump, but daniels has been arguing the agreement is not valid. president trump has denied any knowledge of the payment and white house officials have denied the president's affair altogether. back to you. >> 5:13 now. >> the father of one of the parkland, florida, shooting victims is traveling the country with a mural to preserve his

son's mural. manuel oliver was in los angeles and drew a sizable crowd. the mural brought out a lot of emotion, not just from him but also those who came to see him. >> -- out there with a loud voice fighting for his rights. now he's not marching for his life. he's marching for your life. so please stay strong. >> i lost two brothers to murder and one of them was to gun violence, so i know what they're going through. >> manuel's son joaquin was one of the 17 people killed at stone man douglas high school. the family launched a non-profit in his memory. in today's gma first look. more fallout involving the fatal fire in trump tower. >> the residential units don't have sprinklers. now some people are asking if they could have saved the

victim's life. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, authorities are investigating what caused this fire at trump tower, not far from the personresident's perso residence. 67-year-old todd brazer in was killed in the fire. 6 firefighters were injured. >> it's a well-built building. the upper floors which are residence floors are not sprinklered. >> reporter: it opened in 1983 before sprinkler systems were mandated by law. "the new york times" reports trump himself fought against new sprinkler legislation requiring retrofitting in the '90s citing concerns of the installation cost, up to $4.00 per square foot. we investigate whether it could have prevented the tragedy. >> contra costa county firefighters say a small grass

fire is suspicious in nature. it started late yesterday afternoon in an open space near granger's wharf. the weekend rain left grass wet and green which is why they think someone set the fire. this video shows the remnants of the burnt shuttle bus on 880. the fire closed two lanes. dispatchers across the south bay will be celebrated all week as part of national public safety telecommunicators week. thousands of people who dispatch emergency responders will be honored for their work. there will be awards including dispachler of the year. the week-long event started in 1981 by the contra costa sheriff's office to thank those who dedicate their lives serving the public. today is the last day to take advantage of a unique estate sale. there's a lot more than just

military history inside. that building was home to kink.com the internet porn company. shoppers finding a variety of items for sale. mostly right now office furniture is left. >> still a view interesting items left, but most of it has been already sold. we had huge crowds on friday and saturday. on friday even in the pouring rain and people had to bring umbrellas, we had them lining around the corner. >> a chicago developer recently bought the building. it will be used for offices and entertainment space. u.s. airlines getting good at some things except getting you to your destination on time. the airlines are using fewer bags and complaints are down. on the anniversary of a man getting dragged off a united plane because a crew member needed his seat, airlines are bumping fewer passengers. that's the upshot of a report out this morning. it was done by researchers who crunch numbers from the transportation department. one of the researchers says the industry is improving but many

travelers frustrated by delays, ticketing surprises and other headaches. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> have to read the fine print once in a while, too. >> let's take a look at what's going on. how about spraying warmth today and a few high clouds. i'm not expecting any delays at sfo. warmer highs but dimmer sunshine. high clouds will be a little thicker than the cloud or two we saw yesterday. a bit milder tonight thanks to a mostly cloudy sky. swings in our temperature, 15 to to-degree swings over the next seven days with those chances of rain. take a look at your highs today. 68 at half moon bay. 70 in san francisco and richmond. low to mid 70s on the pnz. upper 70s to 80. mid to upper 70 ms in the north bay. going to the game this evening

at att park. 7:15 first pitch. 63 dropping down to 59. a little chill in the air. not breezy and not summer like with any fog or mist in the air. 47 in santa rosa. half moon bay 48. we've got 49 in redwood city. everybody else 50 to 53 degrees. here we are tuesday morning. any showers will be well into the north bay. by noon they move into the heart of the bay. they get more widespread during the afternoon and evening hours in the south bay. we get a break for most of the rest of tuesday evening through wednesday morning, and then wednesday afternoon at 4:00 through the evening hours, that stronger storm comes in. that helps push that tenth to a third of an inch of rain from those light storms. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees cooler. we rebound to spring warmth by saturday. >> going back to walnut creek. we had an earlier accident southbound 680 near 24. it's been pushed out of lanes. you see brake lights making the turn past north main street.

give yourself a little extra time. the big problem spot, look at this, the san mateo bridge. we had a motorcycle accident. emergency crews are blocking a couple of lanes of traffic. it was pushed to the left-hand shoulder. apparently those emergency crews needed to take up a lane or two. so that is why you are just bumper-to-bumper, even from before the toll plaza. dumbarton may be your good alternate or the bay bridge toll plaza. bay bridge we had a couple of problems there. we'll collect on that in a couple minutes to see if the metering lights are on and if that earlier problem at the toll plaza has been cleared. we'll be back in a couple. abc late night star jimmy came mel has apologized to sean hannity. earlier he mocked melania trump's accent. kimmel intimated that hannity's support for president trump has a sexual overtone. yesterday he tweeted that while

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his meetings have not been made public. facebook users will find out today whether personal information was harvested by cambridge analytical. number four, today is the deadline for property owners in summ sun nome ma county to clear debris left behind by the wildfires. number five, welcome to the warmest day this week, temperatures six to 12 degrees above average as we go from 70 in san francisco to san jose and concord at 80. number six, following your monday morning commute with a terrible on the san mateo bridge. we had a couple of accidents. now at least one lane blocked westbound. chp has issued a sig alert for the altamont pass. we'll check on that in a couple minutes. the latest trailer from "solo, a star wars story," the

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good morning on this monday, april 9th. thanks for joining us. we have some traffic issues in including one of our bay area bridges. we'll get to sue in a second about that. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast forecast. >> you can see high clouds off the coast. that's the gray you see. that will be increasing today. we're starting off clear and dry on live doppler 7. let's start with my accuweather

12-hour planner. look at that. by noon, what a great day to have lunch outside. upper 60s to 70. staying in the mid 70s at the coast at 4:00. 77 to 78 around the bay and inland. 61 at the coast. low to mid 70s, 71 to 73. looks like a delightful evening before the sun sets at about 7:30. >> no more spring break light? >> no, no. we had a motorcycle accident. you can see the emergency lights about halfway up your screen on the right-hand side, but it's about a 30-minute drive from 880 towards 101. i just checked the time for the dumbarton bridge. that's a ten-minute drive. that would be a great alternate. we have a sig alert issued on the altamont pass. left lane is blocked west 580 near north livermore. on the other hand, drive time from tracy into dublin is about an hour and five minutes at this

point. a couple of nasty spots for you. an accident on the peninsula in broadway burlingame and close to millbrae. we'll check on that in just a sec. good morning. here at the live desk i'm keeping my eyes on the nation's capitol. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is in washington this morning. he'll be meeting with lawmakers ahead of senate testimony tomorrow. the head of the menlo park tech firm will testify before a joint hearing of the u.s. senate, judiciary and commerce committees tomorrow and then before the u.s. house emergency and commerce committee wednesday. he'll be in the hot seat answering questions about data collection and privacy practices. we're told zuckerberg will have meetings this morning through this after moon. the meetings have not been made public. >> starting today, get ready to find out if your facebook data has been involved in the cambridge analytical scan abc 7 news reporting janine

de la vega live in menlo park. janine? >> reporter: reggie, the hits keep coming. if you have an effected account you'll get a message at the top of your news feed letting you know if your information was improperly shared. now, that detailed message, as i mentioned, will appear at the top of your news feed. facebook says most of the roughly 70 million affected users are in the u.s. this all comes as facebook has suspended another data firm for harvesting information from users. the company says cube you is now being investigated after allegations surfaced it was misleading users. cnbc reported data was being collected through personality quizzes that cube you build as academic research. cnbc claims they were sharing the information with markers. cambridge analytical was accused of collecting the personal information of up to 87 million facebook users. that company worked for the

trump campaign during the 2016 election campaign. everyone who uses facebook will also get a notice called protecting your information and you'll have a link to see what third party apps you use and what information is being shared on those apps. live from menlo park, janine de la vega, abc 7 news. >> janine, thank you. 5:33 now. this morning, youtube is accused of illegally collecting data from some of its youngest users. a group of child advocates is filing a complaint claiming the company is profiting off young users by collecting data and targeting ads toward them. the platform is wildly moply among children of all ages. youtube says protecting kids and families has always been a top priority for us. pleasant hill police investigating that city's first

homicide in six years. officers were called to a house on norse drive. they found 23-year-old oshry elor with multiple gunshot wounds. he ended up dying at the scene. they believe it was the result of a drug deal. >> the suspect made specific statements during the course of the robbery targeting marijuana. >> the constant in-and-out traffic, i didn't know what was going on, but i knew it had to be some drugs. >> neighbors say the house where the shooting took place has been linked to problems for the past year. >> more trouble for aldon smith. he's been arrested for the third time in two months. smith was booked friday in the san francisco jail for violating conditions of liss heck tronnic monitoring. new bail set for $500,000. he has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence and other charges. a new state bill will be introduced requiring doctors placed on probation to notify

patients. it's called the patients' right to know act. each year the licenses of more than 100 doctors in california are revoked. doctors are currently not required to notify patients about their probationary status. the bill will be introduced at 11:00 this morning at the state capitol. today is the deadline for property owners to clear debris on their property after the north bay wildfires. it requires to sonoma county and santa rosa who opted out of a government-sponsored debris removal program. property owners who don't meet today's deadline risk penalties from the city and the county. . never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. temperatures on the peninsula, 43 in menlo park. redwood city and half moon bay at 48. belmont 49.

daly city, pacifica, san bruno, 48. 49 in oakland and hayward. 44? san ramon. 50 in concord. look at the mid to upper 40s throughout the north bay. here is a look at your commute this morning. let's busier than the last two weeks. let's focus on the weather aspect. good as it's dry all day on the road. if you're taking the ferry today, there will be light breezes with filtered sunshine. you'll still need the sunglasses, and cool this morning but warm this afternoon for mass transit. here is a look at the east bay. 52 this morning. 70 by noon. temperatures in the mid 70s from 2:00 to 6:00, back to 66 at 8:00. we'll go up to the north bay, cooler. 46 today. 68 at noon. mid 70s from about 1:00 to 4:00. back to 61 degrees by 8:00.

here is a quick look from the tower. you see temperatures drop ten to 15 degrees the next three days with increasing clouds and a chance of rain. in fact, it goes from 20% tuesday to 70% wednesday. back to 40% thursday. it's a three-day event. it's definitely not an atmospheric river. i'll show you how the rainfall plts next. >> two major problems. we've got a sig alert on the altamont pass. we'll first go to the san mateo bridge where we had a motorcycle accident. two lanes are open. it's about midspan. traffic is stacked up all the way from the toll plaza, across the span, up and over the high-rise and things did thin out a little bit. looking at a 30-minute drive from 880 over towards the 101 and san mateo area. you might want to try the dumbarton. we have a sig alert on the altamont pass.

just over that with an accident blocking the left lane, westbound 580 near north livermore. slow from 205 and tracy, all the way through pleasanton. over turned car southbound 101 before poplar and san mateo. trying to get a tow truck on scene. i guess some road rage was happening and caused the car to swerve and flip. give yourself a little extra time on the peninsula southbound towards san ma toy oh. most of the bay area es skeepd the area without damage. one popular recreation area was not so lucky. motivational speaker tony robbins is apologizing. what he said about the me too movement that caused one fan to take him on in front of thousands in san jose. opening statements begin in bill cosby's restriel on sex taco taco are you one of the millions of americans living with a taco obsession? my $3 taco deal with three of the tacos you

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natasha. >> mike, thank you. >> funerals will be held this week for the 15 people killed in a bus crash. that buzz was kaurrying members of a junior hockey team. the vigil was held in saskatchew saskatchewan. ten young players, two coaches, the bus driver and the team's broadcasters were killed. 14 others were hurt. >> hopefully we can stand together as a group, as a community, as a province, as country together and get through this. >> a gofundme page for the players has raised more than $4.5 million so far. we're tracking a big development from north korea this morning. top u.s. officials says the north korean government has directly communicated with the trump administration it's ready to discuss its nuclear program. this development increases the likelihood of a summit between

president trump and kim jong-un. the trump administration has long said if the north koreans were not ready to discuss giving up their nuclear program, there's no reason for the two countries to hold such a summit. north korea and syria are two of the challenges john bolton will face today. he officially takes over as president trump's new national security adviser. the national security council meets this morning to discuss syria. bolton has a reputation for taking an aggressive stance in defending american interests overseas. he's made cases for military strikes against north korea and iran to stop their nuclear programs. happening today, opening statements begin in bill cosby's retrial on sex assault charges. the 80-year-old tv star is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. cosby's first trial last spring ended in a hung jury. prosecutors are lining up a parade of accusers to make the case that the man revered as america's dad actually lived a double life as one of hollywood's biggest predators. cosby's new legal team is prepared to attack his accuser

and the other women who will testify as liars who are out for money and publicity. self-help guru tony robbins is apologizing for some remarks he made at a seminar last month in san jose. he criticized the me too movement. it was caught on camera. he told a fan he has annish yoo u with, quote, victimhood. robbins says men in hollywood are afraid to hire women. the founder of the me too movement calls the video deplorable. in a facebook post robbins says he needs to be part of the solution. the storm damaged parking lot at stinson beach will stay closed for the for seeable future. heavy rain caused the small

creek that normally runs through and underneath the parking lot to flood. it destroyed protective structures around it and washed away 40 parking spots. the damage is extensive and the park service says it needs to assess the situation and rebuild. muir woods is back open this morning. the national park service closed it after drenching caused flooding there. most of the flooding subsided by yesterday morning allowing the park service to reopen the attraction to visitors. 5:45 now. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we're tracking rain returning midweek, but nothing like a few days ago. >> it will disrupt thisisrupt tu weather we're going to have today. high is a look at san jose. 87. about 50 degrees down there right now. high clouds, above and raj highs today. chances of rain tuesday and

wednesday and up and down highs all week. that spring seesaw of temperatures. we've got two areas you can see spinning here. storm one is going to come in the weaker of the storms. storm two will come in on wednesday, the stronger of the storm. neither have much in the way of moisture. today's temperatures, break out the microclimates, 70 santa cruz. 78 to 80 across the south bay with 80 in san jose. 77 and we drop down to about 73 as you head north on the peninsula. over at the coast, today. mid 60s across the north bay coast, mid to upper 70s through your north bay valleys. along the east bayshore, 75 in fremont down to 72 in oakland to 70 in richmond. a lot of 80 degrees temperatures in concord, antioch and brentwood. the game tonight will be comfortable, 63 at the beginning, 59 under the partly

cloudy sky. mostly cloudy but dry tonight. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. richmond 53, 55 in san jose. here is my accuweather seven-day forecast, a one for tuesday, a within for wednesday, thursday our coolest day, 15 to 20 degrees cooler and we'll see warmth saturday before another cold front. but this one is dry, bringing us cooler weather on sunday. we'll focus more on tuesday and wednesday coming up next. here's sue. >> in walnut creek we had an accident near the 24/680 junction. that's still out there. we have a new accident reported near monument southbound. give yourself extra time through walnut creek. i believe we have abc 7's sky seven up. near the san mateo bridge, we'll see if we can get that live shot. there it is. lane blocked there with an accident involving a motorcycle. it's about midspan towards the

high-rise westbound near the san mateo bridge. take a look at that backup. it is not pretty. in fact, all the wmohe wamohe y stream of headlights. the dumbarton bridge is looking good. you can take that as an alternate. the san mateo bridge is going to be a while before it is cleared out of there. that looks like a rough one this morning. welcome back after spring break folks. thank you so much, sue. gas going up, by the way. the national average price of regular grade gas has gone up eight cents over the last two weeks. it's $2.74, 30 cents higher than this time last year. analysts say the cause is rising crude oil prices. according to aaa the price in the bay area ais higher than th national average. oakland is $3.53, san jose is $3.55 and in san francisco $3.64.

>> tech billionaire elon musk is taking the next step to move travelers through cities at 700 miles per hour. he says his hyper loop pod will undergo another test. their aim is to reach half the speed of sound, about 400 miles an hour and have it brake in less than a mile. musk says the test will either end in a new speed record or shredded metal. no date has been set for this upcoming speed test. an elderly dog found swimming in a stranger's pool. coming up at new at 6:00, a message police have for someone. a family loses just about everything in the devastating montecito mudslide, the discovery that brought them a little comfort. >> plus a real treat. >> rough around

rainfall totals are about 10% to 15% of that atmospheric river we had. i'll give you an hour by hour look on how this unfolds tuesday and wednesday. a man in custody after climbing a construction crane in hollywood. he had an american flag wrapped around him. 200 feet above the ground. police officers and firefighters tried to convince him to come down. after about three hours the man was finally safely in custody. police say he was very apologetic. paramedics brought him to the hospital to be evaluated. it's still unclear why he did this. 5:53. a husband and wife who nearly lost their home in this year's montecito mudslides has been

reunited with their wedding rings. take a look at this pouch. the mitch else's home was hit by a wall of mud and was badly damaged. a contractor was helping clear the property when she spotted the frayed bag in the massive pile of mud left behind. >> the zipper was jammed so she went and got a knife. as she got the knife, there was a little jing sound and we were kind of holding our breath. but i knew. >> she calls this a tiny miracle. want to get over to sue hall now. a big issue on a bay area bridge. >> unfortunately still out there. you can see sky 7 live over the san mateo bridge, westbound, the right lane remains blocked. the backup is bad. it's to 880. on 880 approaching the bridge, to add insult to injury, two lanes blocked there with an accident. even getting to the san mateo bridge is a rough one out of the

oakland area. dumbarton bridge is a much better drive and we do have better news for you. we did have this earlier sig alert on the altamont pass. that has been cleared with lanes now reopened near north livermore. look at the damage that's done. it's now an hour and 15 minutes from dublin up and over into tracy. if you can take a train, that's probably your best bet to avoid that major backup as well. mike? >> let's talk more about the rain. you can see the cloudiness getting thicker tomorrow morning. light showers in the north bay. the light showers move into the baby lunch and then moving into the south bay as we head towards the evening commute. then they're gone. that's why we'll only get .10 inch out of that. friday night through about wednesday afternoon, going to be pretty quiet. there you see it, 4:00, light to moderate rain wednesday night becoming light rain as we head towards 11:00 wednesday evening. the winds will pick up a little

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♪ ♪ see how a personalized financial strategy and access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. coming up on 6:00 a.m. welcome to monday, april 9th. sue hall in for alexis. the san mateo bridge is busy. we'll get to that in a moment. >> never more than seven minutes away from the forecast. >> look at the high clouds encroaching from the west. that's the gray you see online. doppler 7. no radar returns, not expecting rain from the clouds. a little dimmer sunshine today. a lot more warmth. temperatures in the mid 40s to near 50 at 7:00. 67 to 69 across the board at noon. mid 60s at the coast. mid to upper 70s around the bay

and inland at 4:00. 62 at the coast, 70 to 73 for our bay and inland areas. now something not so comfortable. >> busy out there. a couple of problems. sky 7 is over 880 in the southbound direction before 92. three lanes blocked. you can see the big rig involved. chp, it looks like they have all lanes stopped right now to get by. that probably is an on-ramp there that you see. there's chp in lanes, this is southbound 880 near highway 92. looks like they're trying to clear that out with all lanes blocked right there. the other problem is on the san mateo bridge with a motorcycle accident. that one is blocking the right lane. it's been