after being hit by a car on interstate 580. it happened near high street just after 9:00 last night. chp closed three westbound lanes. all lanes were reopened about midnight. investigators have not said yet what led up to this crash. it's 4:30 if you're joining us right now. let's get a quick update on weather and traffic. lisa, what do you say? >> it is cooler this morning, no clouds to speak of. there's still just a little bit of a breeze out there keeping us from dropping into the 30s. i think we'll see 30s this morning. cooler locations already in the upper elevations in the east bay. 47 in san jose. that does translate to numbers anywhere from three to nine degrees cooler, and we will be looking at a rebound with temperatures where they should be for this time of year. look at all the sun. 6:37 the sun comes up. low 60s inland by noontime. the same around the bay.

upper 50s at the coast. by 4:00, flirting with 70 degrees around the bay and inland. should be a beautiful day today. hopefully the commute smooth sailing. >> unfortunately we already have heavy traffic, we have overnight road work on westbound 580. that was scheduled to wrap up about 4:00 a.m. it was a little later. 205 down to six miles an hour. at 580 up to 14 miles an hour. according to caltrans, that road work did clear. quick check outside at walnut creek. looking good heading towards highway 4. next update around 4:40. >> only on abc 7 news, tesla's response to the i-team interview with the widow of tesla owner walter long. it was the last straw for the

national transportation safety board. the ntsb released a letter showing the agency criticized tesla because of statements the company made in response to two i-team investigations. walter wong after his tesla model x hit a safety barrier. his car was on auto pilot at the time. it is unfortunate that tesla by its actions did not abide by the party agreement. uncoordinated releases of incomplete information do not further transportation safety or serve the public interest. wong's family claims tesla blamed him for the tragedy. the chp is investigating two shooting in the span of two hours that closed parts of two freeways. the first shooting and 680 in walnut creek near treat

boulevard. officers say someone threw bottles at the victim's car, the victim thought a bottle broke his window but later found it was a bullet fregment. another shooting apparently triggered by road rage. after funding from the city of pittsburg and funding from the state, a stretch of highway has camera. one supervisor would like to see a similar system along 680. >> we need to be work together because our constituents don't care which jurisdiction or which agency has responsibility. they just want to feel safe in their cars. >> we should note no one was hurt in either shooting. new developing this morning in a deadly police shooting in fremont. fremont police officers shot a man at the intersection of fremont and nicolette last thursday as they say he pointed a gun at them. now our partners report that while the fremont police department has plenty of video,

none of us will be released to the public. some of that comes from police video cameras, cameras inside patrol cars and surveillance cameras from a nearby gas station. we're just two days away from former fbi director's james comey first sit-down interview with abc's george stephanopoulos. the interview comes as comey gets ready to believe his mom our. >> in that book he likes president trump to a mafia boss. >> in his book describes president trump as a deeply flawed person and leader. he criticizes his presidency as a, quote, forest fire, and shares what he says happened before he was abruptly fired last year. the former fbi director is sharing his story. james comey comey comparing president donald trump to a mafia boss at a last-minute dinner. >> he called me at my desk at lunchtime and asked me was i free for dinner that night.

>> reporter: comey claims it's at that dinner president trump said i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. he said the demand was like sammy the bull's induction ceremony. a few months later the fbi director was fired by the president. in one excerpt from the book, comey writes this president is unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. his leadership is transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty. he also expresses regret about how he handled the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. writing, i'm sorry i couldn't do a better job to explain to her and her supporters why i made the decision he made. he says he urged john kelly not to quit, that the country needed principled people around the president, especially this president. the white house says it doesn't intend to comment. >> comey's first tv interview will be right here on abc 7. george stephanopoulos will ask him about his tenure at the fbi

including his controversial firing by president trump last may. you can watch it during a "20/20" special this sunday at 10:00 p.m. president trump issued an executive order to review the u.s. postal service operations and finances. mr. trump wants a task force to study the postal service's pricing in the package delivery market. the president accused amazon of not faring its fair share of postage to ship packages. the task force will have 120 days to submit a report with recommendations. a federal judge ruled the justice department cannot require local police departme s departments -- jeff sessions said departments could receive grants by agreeing to cooperate with immigration authorities. the justice department says it will likely appeal that decision. good morning to you. we're waking up to clear conditions, just enough wind out there to keep most of you in the

40s, a couple upper 30s. no fog to contend with. breezy around the bay and the coast. easy ride this morning for mass transit. we're looking at temperatures like this in the low 40s. 43 in saratoga. 38 in sebastopol and 40 in livermore. if you're spending time in the south bay, nothing but sun. check it out we're about the 70-degree range by the afternoon. it should be a beautiful day for cupertino, sunnyvale, milpitas. 66 in richmond and oakland. 68 in palo alto. tonight we'll see a couple of 30s in those wind sheltered areas. elsewhere in the 40s. that's the day tomorrow when you wake up. that will be the warmest afternoon. in fact, we'll have the coldest night behind us. usually when we get sunshine

we're into the 80s for the foreseeable feature. i've got rain to talk about in my next outlook. hopefully you have from light. >> unfortunately we have road work that looks like it's going late. if you're trying to get out of tracy, i know that is typically a tough commute this time of day, it is even tougher right now. check this out. down to 6 miles an hour. i was thinking we would improve. we have not. we're slowing down even more. 208 to 580, six miles an hour. a couple other sources i looked at. they were supposed to have this done at 4:00. they still have some lanes closed. i'm working to get to the bottom of this. it sounds like that started on 205 and goes all the way up to greenville road as you approach the altamont pass area. not great news. ace rail is an option or telecommuting or delaying the trip just a bit. here is a look at the cash lanes

on the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. san francisco launching a new program today to protect its youngest pedestrians called street smarts, and the program recreates a city scape complete with moving cars, bike lines and intersections. the realistic set is used to teach children how to cross the street safely and avoid getting hit. the city plans to unfeel it today. coming up, six months after the wildfires in the north bay. an attorney is changing her lawsuit on behalf of seniors who were stranded at an assisted living

it's friday. if you're thinking of he heading to the sierra nevada, today nice. a rain and snow mix arriving on sunday. the rest of the state steel dealing with very gusty winds in southern california, but sun on theest co-breezy, 70s in sacramento. looks like a nice start to the weekend. new developments on a story we've been following since the north bay wildfires. three elderly residents have now died since being evacuated from the oakmont senior living

facility in santa rosa. >> the attorney who filed a class action lawsuit over these deaths is changing her complaint to a wrongful death lawsuit. abc 7's melanie woodrow has more. >> reporter: billed at a luxury retirement facility. >> it was a beautiful version of hell. >> reporter: the villa capri residence burned to the ground. sharery says her 92-year-old mom barely made it out alive. this is bu dough in the hospital after the hospital. >> that's all we have is each other. >> reporter: she passed away two months later. >> she never had a good day after that she was in so much pain, just in agony. >> reporter: two other residents also passed away after the fire, both related to the two women related to nearly oh.

>> reporter: kathy allen's mother-in-law passed away next month. she says the three employees who were there when she arrived didn't know what to do. >> we asked them specifically do you have an evacuation plan because we wanted to help out. they said they were waiting for their director. >> they wrote, quote, all of our communities have evacuation orders. >> reporter: all she's seen is a one-page document with where everyone should mean and names of point people some who no longer worth there. she filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs. oakmont senior living says they were prevented from entering to shuttle more residents to safety. >> we were not stopping anybody from helping save lives that night. >> reporter: steber in says one of the biggest blows has been their response to her lawsuit.

i reads, plaintiffs failed to take adequate precautions that would have avoided and diminished her injuries and damages and didn't react in a reasonable manner or as a reasonable person would have in like or similar circumstances. steber in says oakmont is blaming victims like budow. >> who can't see, can't hear, hasn't been out of bed in two years. to blame her is upsetting. >> reporter: last month a judge granted her request for an expedited trial. it's been set for august, just ten months after the fire. >> they blew it so massively and the jig is up. people know now that this is not the place that it was pretending to be. >> reporter: we reached out to oakmont's attorney for a response and did not hear back. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. about 100 lawsuit blaming

ande. the cases heard may 18th in san francisco superior court. a judge will decide whether pge is liable for laws if its equipment is responsible for the damage. pge cited strong winds, drought and a bark beetle infestation. we have coverage throughout the day. a new study reveals every extra glass of wine you drink shortens your life by half an hour. the risks for a 40-year-old drinking four times more than the recommended limit lowers your life span by two years. the recommended limit is no more than five glasses a week. researchers say those who drink more have a higher risk of stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure. >> you might not have to choose

between mayonnaise or catch up anymore. >> did you ever have to? >> no. but you can have it in one bottle. heinz is letting you vote whether it should release a new condiment that they're calling mayochup. the company showed this foet low al long with a twitter poll showing if there are 500,000 votes for yet, they will release it. 55% say in favor, 45% say they are not. two days left to vote. >> can we say something about the name? the name is bad. >> i think it needs to be ketchup first and mayonnaise. so ketchupnai something in that realm. >> that's much better. >> now that we have that solved, how about a weather puzzle. >> high pressure building in, a

nice warm day on the way. it's going to last towards the first part of the weekend. but don't get too used to it. big changes for the second part of the weekend. live doppler 7 we can see the fog off the coast. with that we're colder this morning. temperatures still reflect a lot of 40s. low 40s around the delta, livermore, upper 40s from novato to 40 in clear lake. where you don't have the wind it has dropped off. we could see upper 30s. today looking at clear and chilly conditions, warming trend today and tomorrow. the rain comes in on sunday. looks like midday on sunday in the morning bay. a one on the storm impact scale. light precip hoops, from .1 to .2 for most of you. open wards of half inch in the coastal ranges. by 2:00 on sunday, here comes the rain in the north bay. by the evening hours it sweeps on through. we have a breezy and wet day for monday. this is monday night. so count on the rain sunday into monday. today, though, beach hazard

statement for large northwesterly swells, 10 to 12 feet. it will be a beach day with low to mid 60s at the coast. 69 in santa cruz. low 70s inland to the upper 70s. we're looking at rain in the afternoon. in the north bay, one on the storm impact scale sunday and monday. tuesday we get a break and more rain. weaker system wednesday and thursday. we have one new issue in the try valley. a new collision on southbound 680 around sunol brl brl it does not sound too serious. chp is on the way to the scene to check that out. not seeing any delays in the area. where i am seeing a big delay, look at this. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 1:42. i'm not sure if our sensors are exaggerating that a bit. we have last road work on westbound 580. caltrans says the pavement work

is going late. they should be opening those two lanes up any minute now. that was supposed to be done at 4:00. ace is on time this morning if you want to use that instead. no delays on southbound 680. 85 looking good into south bay as well. gmail is planning to roll out a new look. >> in today's tech bites, changes coming to gmail. >> google confirms it's working on a new design for the popular e ill mail service. a new look and snooze feature that gives you an opportunity to move an e-mail to a more relevant date. apple cut production of the home pod. only 10% of all speaker sales compared to 73% for the amazon echo devices.

mercedes benz is joining the subscription car services business. >> starting a pilot program in philly and nashville. customers will have access to a fleet of available cars for a fixed monthly fee. no word on the price, but similar plans with bmw and porsche can cost more than $3,000 a month. those are your tech bites. it's like rent in san francisco. a new federal law may change how tips are split among restaurant workers. >> starting today there's a new policy when you can pay by credit card and you're no longer be asked to do something that we're very used to doing. stay with us. >> big news for sports fans, the new espn app is here that includes espn plus. you can watch thousands of live sporting events, mlb, nhl, grand slam, boxing, pga, golf, international sports. all of it. it costs $4

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receipts. american express, master card, visa and discover are doing away with signatures. the goal is to get customers through the lines quicker and with chips in cards signatures have become less necessary. a change in federal law can bring about a big change in california restaurants. at the end of the night restaurants can pool tips and distribute them. tip pooling can help level the field in terms of pay. one restaurant owner says servers can make twice as much as the back of the house with the traditional tipping model. some of our east bay valleys today, how about dublin and pleasanton will top out in the lower 70s. a big improvement yesterday. concord and livermore, up through 60s to near 70 degrees. beautiful day. if you're headed out and about

for exercise, leisure or on the bay, it should be nice. the waves can be a factor, good conditions on the dry pavement out there. tonight, giants looking at temperatures in the upper 50s, will be a nice evening, numbers dropping through the 50s. a little on the cool side. but we're looking at that coolest morning over the next several days is this morning. make sure you do bundle up out there. alexis? >> okay. we are going to head back to that traffic alert out of the central valley. late road work slowing you down to tracy right now. want to check the speeds. five miles an hour on westbound 205. once you make it to 580, down to four miles an hour. it looks like this is getting worse, but it does look like they have picked up that road work and all lanes are back open on westbound 580. we talked to them about 10, 15 minutes ago. they said yes, it was supposed to be done at 4:00 this morning. the overnight pavement work didn't wrap up until five to ten minutes ago. if you want to jump on ace rail

or delay your trip. a quick check outside san mateo bridge, westbound 92 looking good and all other routes aside from the central valley. a reunion 76 years in the making took place in los angeles. two childhood friends separated by the holocaust are together again. >> the two families head together in brussels belgium. smugglers took white and her family to france while again now ski stayed. they were put on a train to auschwitz. simon's mom saved him by telling him to jump from the train. white tried to find the family after the war and had no idea that simon had survived. >> 10-year-old simon whom i loved so much resides inside this man and i am in the presence of a long lost young

boy. >> white later learned simon was alive, six months ago. she came across his memoir in which her family was mentioned prominently. that's how she found out. isn't that amazing? >> that's amazing. next at 5:00 a.m., a warning if you plan to hit the beach today. a controversial push to split california into three states. hundreds of thousands of people have already signed the petition. one burger joint has a menu with

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