thank you. an intense high speed chase across the bay area caught on camera. this morning officers still searching for a man accused of stealing a motorcycle. lead on a chase on westbound highway 80... past richmond and there you see them crossing the bridge into san francisco. eventually losing the suspect near golden gate park. the entire pursuit lasted half an hour. >> 4:30. let's get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live and you're never more than 30 minutes away from your forecast. >> good morning to you. a few scattered showers north here and heading toward highway 1 and these are left over showers from yesterday's weak system. so sunshine will build back into the area starting out in the upper 30s and in the inland valleys with upper 40s elsewhere. winds up to 23 miles per hour by oakland so it is a little breezy.

you can see the camera shaking. partly cloudy and a lingering chance of a shower late in the day but otherwise dry and temperatures on the cool side and breezy. we have details about the second half of the weekend where we can see more showers. >> okay, lisa. we are looking good. i had a breezy drive in across the bay bridge myself this morning. we did have one for the san mateo bridge issued around midnight. could be g ushlusty and you can our camera shaking around just a bit. especially the high profile vehicles. take it easy here this morning. if you're using mass transit, looking good. ace 1 on time. 24 trains in bart service no delays and vta no delays. >> new this morning from our live desk, governor jerry brown getting a thank you from the president this morning, out of all people.

the two have been bitter rivals politically taking terms slamming each other but the president put out this tweet around 3:00 this morning saying quote, california governor jerry brown is doing the right thing and sending the national guard to the border. thank you jerry, good move for the safety of our country. >> in a letter to the white house yesterday brown wrote he'll accept federal funding to add 400 guard members to help existing operations and the governor insists they won't help with immigration enforcement writing, quote, this will not be a mission to build a new wall. it will not be a mission to round up women or children or to detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. >> so the troops will be doing the better job. probably not exactly the one the president expected. >> facebook is dropping it's opposition to california's proposed privacy law. this happened shortly after mark zuckerberg was done getting

drilled by congress. it could go before voters in november. up until now facebook and other tech companies including google have fought the measure. it took the step to focus on, quote, reasonable privacy measures in california. among the things it will do is let people see what personal information businesses collect. also will allow consumers to block corporations from selling their information. >> facebook has seen the light and they realize that consumers are demanding privacy now and i am hoping that some of these other corporations follow suit. >> supporters of the privacy act are still gathering signatures. they'll know in june whether the measure qualifies for the ballot. mark zuckerberg agrees with lawmakers that regulation of his industry is inevitable. he faced harsh questions. >> we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry.

>> if you have messaged anybody this week would you share with us the names of the people you messaged? >> senator, no, i would not choose to do that publicly here. >> i think that might be what this is all about. >> it follows the cambridge analytica scandal that exposed the data of 87 million users. zuckerberg revealed his own data was sold. >> to get caught up on anything you may have missed and find out if your personal data was taken from your facebook account go to our website. >> the former san francisco mayor according to a just released poll. he has the support of 26% of voter. next is john cox. the republican from san diego county. he's backed by 15% of likely voters and villaraigosa behind him in third. the poll was done by the public

policy institute of california. the top two finishers in the june primary will face-off in the november election. >> a billionaire that launched a campaign to impeach president trump made a stop in oakland last night. the california business man has been an outspoken critic of the president and we asked if this campaign is the beginning of a candidacy. >> his need to impeach town hall event is one of 30 stops on his nationwide tour. >> we're trying to go to as many different places including red states as possible. >> author and activist answered audience questions around the issue of impeachment. >> the first time i saw anybody really discuss this which is very important to me. >> he's funding the effort with his own money. >> i think we said we were going

to spend $20 million and i don't know how far we have gone past that. >> he calls the movement a campaign but falls short of calling himself a candidate for political office. >> this feels a little bit like testing are waters. are you going to run? >> what i have said and what is true is that i think that 2018 is going to end up being the critical year and we don't know what's going to happen this year. >> this is the perfect place to start from. and why hide that? this is where you start, with a good base. >> after it wrapped people were still wanting to ask questions. they head to the stage. abc 7 news. >> the county sheriff's office needs help finding the woman you see on your screen. they say she stole a cash donation box from the petaluma

little league. tey know her name but they just need to find her. the theft happened in the city of petaluma. a proposal that would raise the wages of san francisco votevote workers. it's called a living wage law. it would require them to be paid the same minimum weight as those that work at for profit contractors. if this goes through, the minimum wage will be $16.83 on july 1st. >> we know who the warriors are going to face-off in the nba playoffs and the schedule. >> they have a familiar foe. they'll open against the san antonio spurs. a team they defeated last year on their way to the title. game one is set for saturday. watch it right here on abc 7. tipoff is set for noon. game two will also be at oracle on monday night. the series is best of

>> good morning, still residual showers in the north bay. just west of highway 101 and along the coast. looking at a few showers along with the peninsula here. so be careful. the roadways are wet and still mountain snow in sierra nevada. upper 20s right now and we're looking at the snow levels. 1 to 2 inches of snow left.left. 49 in the city as well as oakland. a live look outside use caution. we still have some scattered showers, slippery roadways on the roads and the ferry is looking at a little bit of damp conditions but throughout the day today increasing in sunshine. we're looking at 60 degrees in our east bay valley. pretty nice afternoon for most of you. the showers will linger in the north way. 59 in san mateo. a pretty cool afternoon and then

as we head toward the evening hours an even colder night tonight because the skies are going to clear out and then we're on our way to some pretty mild numbers for tomorrow and saturday. i can't promise that for the whole weekend. >> okay. >> all right. thanks, lisa, i'm promising a really fine start here. head out the door. we don't have any major incidents so far this morning. we do have quite the stack up here at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do typically see a little line-up. so definitely a little extra time if you are paying cash this morning. if you're using fast track looks like everything is moving along there just fine. quick check of drive times. i did find one, westbound 580, tracy to castro valley. you're the first one in the yellow 45 minutes for you. northbound 101 highway 85 and

north 280 highway 1 to san francisco could be wet along that route but you're wide open in ten minutes. >> thanks a lot. a threat turned out to be a hoax forced bay area schools to cancel classes and now someone is claiming responsibility. >> smokes filled the skies during the north bay wildfires. may have been a bigger hazard to our health than we thought. >> up, up, and

this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning to you. a few left over residual showers in the bay area but we're looking at sierra snow with this advisory through 9:00 this morning. it's going to be quite windy across southern california shoreline. 71 there. 59 in monterey and gusty winds take hold later this afternoon. heading to the mountains, still some light snow and then sunny skies, numbers in the upper 50s by saturday and looking at another sunny day on sunday. >> thank you. thick smoke not only caused respiratory problems but a new study links the smoke to heart problems too. researchers looked at more than a million emergency room visits

during the season. they found exposure lead to more hospital visits for heart disease, irregular heart rhythm, heart failure and stroke. the full study is published in the journal of the american heart association. >> chp officers were in a helicopter the night the fire broke out six months ago. they took more than two dozen people to safety at the atlas fire in napa. they were reunited with one survivor and his dog the other day at a summit for emergency readiness. >> we met up with several of the people we came in contact with that night and they don't realize how big of a blessing it is for us to meet them. >> the officers were also presented with a certificate of honor. stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage of the north bay wildfires six months later.

coverage all week long on air, online and on our app. >> hackers in switzerland claim they sent out the phony threats that alarmed people all across america and prompted schools to close on monday. in the bay area they cancelled classes at all campuses on monday. others increased security and alerted parents. an online gaming company said the hackers hijacked the domain to spread the hoax. at least 36 states returned to them and the fbi is investigating. >> a school in san francisco wants to shelter 20 families that don't have a permanent home. the principle and vice principal created a plan to provide temporary housing for families in the school gym. the money would likely come from city hall and private donations. >> they would have a place to do their homework. they would be ableo relax and re not have to think about where to

spend the night. >> they're still working out the details before bringing that proposal to the school board. >> forbes magazine has named uc berkeley one of the nation's top colleges when it comes to value. each year forbes scores 30 four year colleges on alumni earnings, timely graduation, school quality and assets for low income students. forbes says cal grads earn an average mid career salary of $130,000. that is the highest of the top three schools on the list and u.c. berkeley is right behind ucla. brigham young, harvard and stanford round out the top seven. >> one possible site is the port of oakland power terminal and the team has an idea how to get fans there. they're considering a lift like this to move people from

downtown to the howard terminal site and the university in portland is a good example of what that could be like. the tram could cost between 50 million and $100 million. i used to live in portland and i have been on that tram multiple times. it's pretty cool. >> how many people can it move though? a lot? >> i think they said they could do many thousands of people before a game. >> really? >> it's more practical than you might think. however i will say, i was surprised that it swung more than i expected. but it is pretty fun. >> adds to the whole experience of the game too. >> any wind that will be pushing us around today at all? >> yes. we'll have gusty blustering north westerly winds today and that's behind the system exiting or has exited and we're still looking at just some light showers. in fact these linger in the north bay throughout the day today but overall the sunshine will build and we're looking at

visibility not an issue except santa rosa. it's 43 in freemont, san jose at 43 degrees. we're cooler than we were yesterday at this hour. 6 degrees colder in santa rosa. the camera is shaking a bit. basically dry day on the way but you may want to grab the umbrella this morning if you're waiting for the bus or if you have a short walk. a few showers. then sunny and warmer tomorrow and saturday but rain on sunday into monday. monday could be interesting with a few thunderstorms and the snow levels coming down pretty low. you can see the winds gusting in oakland right now. half moon bay up to 23 miles per hour. grab the jacket. breezy winds and the left over morning showers. 16 in oak tps lanland land lan a jose. left over showers much, much

warmer. check it out and sunday and monday we're cool again with breezy conditions and another chance of rain by midweek next week. >> good morning. we do have some breezy conditions as you mentioned. we, in fact, had a high wind advisory issued for the san mateo bridge. that camera shaking a little bit. it's not terrible but if you're in one of those high profile vehicles you could be jerking a little bit. make sure that you have both hands on the wheel. we were quite this morning, a crash a couple of hours ago on westbound 237 near zanker road. they're working on cleaning that up. very minor issue and no delays in the area. next traffic update coming up just before 5:00. >> uber is expanding it's business. the company is now getting into the rental car service. >> apple loses a big patent. here's tech bites. >> in today's tech bites uber is expanding it's transportation

options. they're launching uber rent. >> it allows users to vent someone else's car for as little as an hour. it also has bikes and transit tickets added to the app. apple has been ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars in damages. >> they found face time and imessage infringed on patents but apple is expected to appeal. this little car photo bombed the google maps car. >> the dog kept up with the car for awhile and as such was seen in a lot of photos. now he has been seen by millions. >> those are your tech bites. >> i love that. a local company wants to build the largest solar battery. >> the zoo is adding 14 new editions. you can help them welcome those new little residents this weekend. >> we obviously all had

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good morning to you. waking up to this beautiful picture. winds are kicking up just a little bit. a few residual showers. in your on the roads use caution. still slipper rslippery. could be increasingly mild with

sunshine. >> a move to protect children from predators in their schools is gaining momentum. it's to prevent teachers from moving from school to school. it passed the senate education committee. school employees that have been convicted of sex crimes are often allowed to re-sign and can actually eventually move to another school. the bill would require teacher applicants to disclose any past claims or investigations into child abuse or sexual misconduct. >> so odds are you have seen the stickers that say warranty void. now the federal trade commission says they're likely ill lee feg. it's not legally binding under the law setting out the rules for consumer product warranties. the firms aren't named but apple has often been criticized for restrictions on replacement parts like third party screens. apple argues it's a security measure. happening today in the east

bay, a ground breaking ceremony for a new community center. the new cherryland community center will be at hayward and a hampton and boston roads. price tag, $22 million and some of the new features will include a reception hall and library. >> happening today, 14 set to arrive at the oakland zoo. they had the ceremony on tuesday before the animals were put on the truck to come here to the bay area. they're part of the 56 acre california trail expansion. all are female and come from a herd that dates back to 1873. you can actually welcome the bison if you go to the zoo on saturday and members will be there. >> good morning to you. stepping up the next few minutes you'll need the umbrella. scatterered showe scattered showers. showing the rain along the

coast. and a few showers around 101. more than likely you will have dry conditions in the mountains the advisory expires by 9:00 so the snow is winding down but we will be looking at those breezy winds throughout the day today with temperatures in a narrow range upper 50s to near 60s. >> we do have our first crash of the morning. let's take you in on our traffic maps to the hills area. this is on 280 on the northbound side just before you get to page mill road. we possibly have someone injured and neither vehicle is drivable. this one could be there for awhile and we have the far left and right lanes blocked. you can still get by in the middle. we will keep an eye on that. that's not an extremely busy area this time of the day though. walnut creek, southbound 680. so far looking good. >> a bay area company wants to

build a battery. >> it will be triple the size the one tesla installed in australia last year which is currently the biggest one. they asked the federal government for permission to build a 350 megawatt solar power near the mule mountains. two hours east of palm springs. the company doesn't have a buyer for the electricity yet and the process will take several years. >> nestle produces a pink kit kat bar. it did so in japan and south korea earlier this year and it was a big hit. now it's coming to the u.k. it comes from ruby cocoa beans that have a very light fruity flavor. it's coming to the u.s. but nestle hasn't said when. one of the reviews said it's like a white chocolate. >> i could be into that. >> okay. i'll let you try it first.

>> pink is my favorite color. >> perfect. >> a burned out home is up for sale in san jose. the eye opening asking price. >> a bay area family is mourning the loss of their daughter. why they say what happened should be a wake up call for parents everywhere. >> and

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