it's thursday, april 26. thanks for being here. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> cloudy but drew. on this thursday you're seeing live doppler 7 still searching. it may materialize tomorrow and saturday. until then we've got marine layer clouds showing up on sutro tower. about the same as yesterday temperaturewise, mid 40 rs to low 50s. at the coast today while the rest of us climb into the low 60s with increasing sunshine by

lunchtime. mid to upper 60s, a quiet afternoon. definitely cooler especially inland. you definitely want the jacket at the coast. mid 50s there. let's look at the morning commute. any hot spots yet? >> the only hot spots has been due to road work. it looks like that's starting to get better. eastbound 580 between grove way and palo verde. various lanes scheduled to be closed. they're picking part of that up already. a solid 1.5, 2 mile backup. looks like that's starting to loosen up. other than that, seeing our typical vom yule out of the central valley. westbound 205 to 580, 16 and 14 miles an hour respectively. no lanes blocked along that route. a lot of folks heading in the westbound direction. next traffic update we'll look at drive times. >> now a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. >> after decades of evading law enforcement, the man suspected of being the golden state killer is finally in jail.

we've learned 72-year-old joseph james deangelo will be arraigned tomorrow on murder charges. police announced the major break in the case yesterday. the golden state killer was one of california's most feared serial killers in the 1970s and '80s, responsible for 12 murders and upwards of 50 rapes plus more than 100 burglaries. he was also called the east area rapist, the original night stalker during his reign of terror across california. police connected the dots and realized it might be the same person. the sacramento d.a. was on gma this morning and spoke out about the case. >> it's all about passion and persistence and ultimately about dna. i always believed that dna is the silent witness to the truth. that truth may have been quieted for 40-something years. we're now here and we have the answer. >> deangelo only became a suspect a few days ago. a discarded dna sample provided the confirmation detectives

needed. he was a former police officer who worked near vie syria and auburn. at this point he's only charged with two counts of murder for the death of a sacramento area couple in 1978, but police promise more charges to come. >> jessica, thank you. for most of her life, a santa cruz woman has wondered who killed her father and step mother. >> she figured police would never find the golden state killer. 38 years later she gets the answer that she didn't think she'd hear. matt keller joins us from our south bay bureau with what she wants now. >> reporter: the murders of her father and stepmother took place in 1980. now she wants a confession. >> save us a bunch of money and agony and drama. then i would like him to be in general population where he has to live every moment of his life in terror. >> reporter: jennifer carroll was home in santa cruz when she

learned of the arrest. she grew up with her mom and two young brothers, not >> as things progressed, we learned they were bludgeoned to death with a log from a stack of fire wood they had outside their home. >> reporter: 20 years later in the year 2000, investigators told carroll they linked the murders to the golden state killer. in 2018, the arrest of joseph deangelo. carol says if there is a trial, she's ready to testify. live from the south bay newsroom, matt keller, abc news. save mart is confirming joseph james deangelo worked for the company for 27 years at a distribution center in roseville outside of sacramento. in a text message to "the sacramento bee," the company spokesperson said, quote, none of his actions in the workplace would have led us to suspect any connection to crimes being

attributed with him. we're working with the sacramento county district attorney's office on their investigation. >> some people are crediting a true crime journalist helping to solve this case. michelle mcnamara chronicled what she called her obsessive church. she unexpectedly died in 2016. her colleagues ended up finishing it and published it two months ago with an afterward by her husband. he posted this video to instagram yesterday. >> you did it, michelle. even though the cops are never going to say it. but your book helped get this thing closed. >> we put together a page on abc7news.com about the golden state killer including a timeline of the crimes and the entire police news conference from sacramento yesterday and much more information. >> now breaking news just in to our abc 7 newsroom. president trump's choice to lead the department of veterans affairs is withdrawing from

consideration. in a statement just released, dr. ronny jackson says allegations against him are false and fabricated. he's accused of giving out percocet without prescription and wrecking a government car while intoxicated. happening today, a groundbreaking ceremony for the first affordable housing project in the north bay since the devastating october fires. construction crews will build 50 new units in napa at 433 soscol avenue. burbank housing is a local non-profit. it says the project is made possible thanks to donors. a fire relief fundraised $33 million. we are hearing from a contractor accused of mishandling a billion dollar cleanup at the hunter's point shipyard in san francisco. tetra tech was hired to clean up radioactive waste from ships involved in nuclear testing. the engineer promised to answer environmentalists and city leaders who believe his company

never did the job. the epa found that tetra tech falsified nearly all of its soil tests slated for housing. >> we want to assure the neighborhoods and residents that what we did was proper and followed all navy and regulatory guidelines, protocols and work plans. >> tetra tech announced it will pay for an independent soil test. it expects the new testing to take at least two months. a federal judge ruled conservative groups can sue uc berkeley over restrictions put in place for high profile speakers. this is according to "the chronicle." restrictions were created after violent protests over the scheduled appearance of milo yiannopoulos. conservatives claim this is discrimination. >> happening today. the senate judiciary committee is expected to vote on a bill to protect special counsel robert mueller's job. it would give special counsel a ten-day window for a court to

review a firing. republicans right now split over the legislation. a few gop lawmakers support it. most 07 pose it. they argue it's unnecessary because president trump will not fire mueller. the president has repeatedly attacked the oven going russia investigation. the white house says president trump wants to offer his opinion on what evidence seized from his personal attorney are protected by attorney-client privilege. prosecutors san jose the documents are part of a criminal fraud investigation. mr. trump's attorney michael cohen is expected back in court today. he's fighting to force prosecutors to return many of the items ceased in the fbi raids. you're never never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here in san francisco, we expect steady weather. we're right around 49 to 52 degrees which is where we were at this time yesterday. 149 in the sunset. 51 in petaluma, walnut creek.

54 in union city and pretty comfortable conditions, just need the sunglasses. our beaches, the clouds are going to be stubborn once again and chilly. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. exercising, if there is such a thing as ples santdness while you're exercising, the weather will pronounce that. hanging out in the low 60s through 6:00. 55 at 8:00 with clouds returning. peninsula, 53 and cloudy conditions. near 6 o at noon all the way through 6:00. here is a look at the cloud cover today at 7:00. you can see by noon, there's still plenty along the coast spilling across san francisco and lingering along the east bayshore. during the afternoon hours, mainly along the coast. you can see by 7:00 it's already starting to return. when it does, it may bring drizzlend light rain. more on that coming up. taking a look at the bay

bridge toll plaza here this morning. no meetering lights yet. we have a bit of a stackup in the cash lanes on either side. that will grow from here, as we know, throughout the rest of the morning commute. moving through just fine if you're using fast trak or car pool lanes. a 20-minute delay on b.a.r.t. due to an equipment problem and unscheduled track maintenance. keeping a close eye on that one, too. if you want to drive instead this morning, we don't have significant delays. who is listening in? alexa without you knowing it. >> san francisco streets getting spruced up. the physical improvements the city hopes will clean up its reputation. the cambridge analytical ma we need to help more tocalifornians get ahead.d,

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it's getting to be that time of year where rain is hard to come by. sure enough, check out our trances of rain. i'm still tracking 10% for friday, saturday and sunday because it will have a profound effect on our temperatures. i'll show you all that coming up. >> i know where you can get rain? go to hawaii. torrential rain there has devastated parts of the island. some of the rain can actually break a record. the national weather service says preliminary data shows the north shore of kauai got nearly 50 inches during a 24-hour

period. you may those floods swept away homes and triggered mud slietsds. the national weather service says if this total is certified it would break the current record of 43 inches recorded in alvin, texas. 5:14. a new study suggests commutes longer than 90 minutes are becoming more and more common. those rides are called super commutes. the stockton region is number one in the nation. 10% of its commuters are super commuters. modesto is next, nearly 7%. san francisco has nearly 5%. other cities include sacramento, santa rosa and san jose. many super commuters use more than one mode of transportation. >> i take the b.a.r.t. about an hour. total commute time is about an hour and a half. >> researchers say the leading cause of long commutes is, of course, a shortage of affordable

housing. another is lack of convenient transit options. in today's gma facebook, new concern over smart devices like the amazon tap spying on you. >> you may think the microphone is off. it may not be. here is abc's candice gibson. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, it's one of the hottest items on the markets. alexa scheduled to sell more than 43 million units. this morning researchers said they found a flaw that could let alexa record a user without their knowledge. take a look at what researchers at the cyber security firm checkmarx found after using a calculator app. >> an unsuspecting user believes the session with alexa is over, but everything is uploaded to amazon. >> reporter: amazon saying it fixed the b pro, we have put mitigations in place for detecting this type of skill behavior and reject orr suppress the skills when we do. at 7:00 a.m. we'll have more on

the cyber security flaw with your gma first look. i'm kendis gibson, abc news new york. despite the user privacy scandal facebook's better than expected. the number of daily active users is higher. facebook has about 1.5 billion users worldwide. in after-hours trading facebook stock was up more than 7%. they've also released a new commercial addressing the privacy scandal. from now on facebook will do more to keep your safe and protect your privacy so we can get back to what made facebook great in the first place, friends. >> it's running on tv and movie theaters through july and scheduled to appear during the nba playoff games. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. >> i put it on facebook, too.

did you know we have another cacam cat besides oreo. >> we has a great story, as does buttercup. we rescued her. not quite the same as oreo, the transmission of a car. it's on facebook. in san jose it's cloudy. we'll have a steady cloud pattern. the clouds will start breaking up around 9:00 this morning. coolest weather, at least the biggest draw will be the inland neighborhoods. sprinkles possible. friday drizzle. saturday and sunday morning, a warming trend will hit us again this week. today temperatures aren't really that bad. they're so much lower than they were earlier in the ek woo. 69 in milpitas, los gatos about 72. today 67 in redwood city. mid to upper 50s along the coast. we'll flirt with 60 in downtown, south san francisco and

sausalito. near 70 in sonoma. ukiah mid to upper 70s. that's pretty much the same temperatures we'll have along the east bayshore from berkeley at 63, fremont at 68. 68 in san ramon. 74 in brentwood. tomorrow morning a little drizzle near novato, possible half moon bay. light rain tomorrow night from about cloverdale northward and more drizzle, actually measurable for saturday morning. but then saturday afternoon we'll see a little sunshine, but also be our coolest day with mid 50s to mid 60s. '70s reach the baby tuesday and wednesday. good morning. our biggest issue right now is a 20-minute b.a.r.t. delay on the fremont line. we don't know exactly what's going on. we know we have some type of an equipment problem and some unscheduled track maintenance. crews are working on that right now. the 20-minute delay is in all directions. if you're driving this morning,

we really don't have many issues, taking you in to castro valley where we had overnight road work between grove way and palo verde. it looks like they've totally cleared that up. we or back in the green and not seeing delays in the area. in the south bay, you've been quiet as well. here is a look at 101 and 880, slowly increasing volume on the northbound side. that's about it so far today. getting ready to buy a new car? michael finney and the 7 on your side team says prepare yourself for sticker shock. rising auto prices, higher interest rates and longer loans are adding to the cost of buying a new car. buyers financing their purchase should expect to pay about $6,500 more than five years ago. edmunds.com says the average price of a new car tops $34,600 as of the last month. ford says it will stop producing and selling all but two passenger cars in north america. that means say good-bye to the

fiesta, taurus, fusion and the regular focus. ford says it's going to focus on what car buyers love, suvs and trucks. the only remaining ford passenger cars will be the mustang and a new vehicle called the ford focus active. by 2020 almost 90% of vehicles sold by ford will be trucks, suvs and commercial vehicles. >> really interesting. >> a huge change. the mayor of san francisco says he's waging war on the city's filthy streets. the mayor unveiled a plan calling for spending nearly $13 mill one to clean up city streets over the next 2 1/2 years. more than $3.5 million earmarked for street cleaning equipment. the department of public works says they're getting hundreds of calls a day. >> we're double and triple shifting our steam cleaners and equipment. with this funding, we'll be able to buy some more equipment. >> the planning crew 44

additional cleaning workers who will target districts in most needs of help. coming up, the 7 things

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hours after it started on galindo street. demolition work set to start at 8:00 this morning. president trump's choice to lead the department of veterans affairs is withdrawing his name from consideration. in a just-released statement, dr. ronny jackson says allegations he gave out percocet without a prescription and wrecked a government car are false. number five, our cooling trend eventually leads to a chance of light rain tomorrow and saturday is really hitting our inland neighborhoods the most. you'll see the biggest drop. no more 70s out there for the most part. number six, our biggest issue for the commute is a 20-minute b.a.r.t. delay on the fremont line. we're working on contacting them. an equipment problem doing unscheduled trach maintenance. that 20-minute delay is in all directions. number seven, the night the sharks return to the ice for the second round of the stanley cup playoffs. the men in teal face the golden

knights in las vegas for game one in the best-of-seven series. the federal trade commission is suing san francisco based lending club. the ftc is accusing the online lender of deceiving clients, continuing to charge borrowers even after they paid off their loans. lending club matches online borrowers with investors willing to give them a loan. they would tell loan applicants when they didn't. apparently there's a whole lot going on at the bottom of the ocean. >> now we're getting a sample of what all that animal activity sounds like. [ whale sounds ]. >> that was a humpback whale. the mant ray aquarium is using this to find out about monterey bay. beaked whales, though rarely seen, are common in the outer

bay. it is amazing what we can learn. >> i did not know there was a beaked whale at all. >> breaking news. there's something called a beaked whale. >> the european space agency released a treasure trove of data involving more than a billion stars, giving scientists the best three-dimensional map of our galaxy over. dust and gas obscure a lot of the milky way. gas tron hers may be better able to identify the age and composition of stars and find out how they've moved and changed over the life -- >> looks like if a dolphin were crossed with a marlin. >> whoa. i've never seen anything like this before. please google it during the break. coming back with another 90 minutes of news. the woman who accused 49ers linebacker reuben foster of beating her up, now changing her story. what she says actually happened. plus much more on the golden

state killer. hear a brand new interview from the fam

it's thursday, the 29th at 5:29. >> comfortable, a little cool weather. hey there, mike. >> a lot like yesterday. the pattern is holding steady for now. in fact, look at the winds on live doppler 7. i put the winds on this to show you how they're all facing towards land. the cooling sea breeze is out there again. here is how it affects your temperatures. 46 to 52 this morning. in the coast the mid 50s. low 6 os pour the rest of us with increasing sunshine at noon. 66 to 68 at 4:00. jacket weather develops this evening, 61 to 62 around the bay

and inland with already 53 at the coast. let's see if there's any issues on the road this morning. here is alexis. >> one particular slow spot right now. of course that's the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights flipped on at 5:20 this morning. things are filling in as you approach the maze and try to get through the metering lights. the rest of the way into san francisco. we have trouble with b.a.r.t. this morning, however. 20-minute delay in all directions on the fremont line. we did just talk to their spokesperson. they said unscheduled track maintenance in hayward has wrapped up. they are still having switching problems between lake merritt and fruitvale. still have the 20-minute delay. we'll take a look at drive times coming up at 5:40. the man accused of being the golden state killer is now in police custody, and we have learned he is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. former police officer joseph james deangelo was arrested yesterday morning at a sacramento area home after dna linked him to a pair of mr ders.

investigators say he terrorized california for more than a decade. at least 12 murders, upwards of 50 rapes, more than 100 burglaries spread across the state from 1974 to 1986. they began in and around sacramento, then moved around be bay area and across california. the last known victim was janelle cruz. the 18-year-old was murdered in 1986. her sister has been fighting to bring the killer to justice ever since. >> everybody is so overwhelmed right now. i don't even think that we are processing it. it's just happened so quick. we're just going through a lot of different emotions. >> dee anglo only became a suspect a few days ago when investigators had the break in the case. they used a discarded dna sample to confirm the link. deangelo was a former police officer who worked near vie syria and auburn. the case far from over at this

point. you you heard, the family members of victims still processing it. deangelo has only been arrested at this point for a pair of murders. prosecutors promise a lot more charges in the coming days. >> the crimes we're talking about here were especially cruel. in fact, police say the golden state killer made phone calls to his victims before and after attacks. a phone wiretap caught a chilling call to one of those victims. i have to warn you, this is very disturbing to listen to. you're going to clearly hear the word "kill" over and over again from this call in 1978. >> i'm gonna kill you. i'm gonna kill you. i'm gonna kill you. >> police in the sacramento area also received a call from a man claiming that he was the killer. the caller taunted the officer who answered the phone bragging

that he would never be caught. >> dee anglo's neighbors say he was quirky and had a temper but never suspected he could be a possible killer. he lived in the sacramento suburb of citrus heights for 30 years. neighbors say she shared a home with his daughter and granddaughter. >> i remember my mother and grandmother being terrified, and my dad. it was literally just terrifying. >> i can't believe he's been that close for that long. this is always a calm and quiet family friendly area. >> the sacramento county sheriff says when deputies arrested him at his home, he told them he had a roast in the oven. officers said they would take care of it. we have compiled a timeline about deangelo and his suspected victims. you can find it at abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. happening today, the large apartment complex that went up in flames in concord is set to be demolished this morning.

>> hundreds living near are evacuated, several major streets are skill closed. abc 7's amy hollyfield live in concord this morning. >> reporter: shear why, reggie. look behind me. this thing still has flare-ups happening. you can see smoke coming from the building. we saw fire peeking out of a window within the hour. still a big threat here. firefighters have not been able to go in and put this fire out for good. they're too worried about the walls collapsing. that's why they have all these streets shut down and the evacuation order in place. now engineers have decided the next move is to demolish this building. tearing it down will enable firefighters to finally get water to the smoldering hot spots. investigators will also be able to get in there and finally start looking for the cause. the main thing is to secure the building so the people living next door can go home. an evacuation order is in place for that building.

nearby streets also shut down which has impacted some businesses. >> we have these barricades and they don't know when they'll be taken down because they're afraid the building is going to come down. >> reporter: here is a look at the fire that lit up the night and destroyed this building. the call came in just a few minutes before 1:00 a.m. on tuesday. this was a building that was under construction. they were building an apartment complex here at galindo street and concord boulevard. they don't know yet whether this was a case of arson or if it demolition is set to start at 8:00 this morning. then they hope to start being able to decide when they can let the next door neighbors return home. live in concord, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. b.a.r.t. says service to the hayward station is going to be back to normal after aa man shot at a police officer. police say they were investigating a different shooting last night when a man shot at a hayward officer near the station.

neither hayward nor b.a.r.t. police shot back. riders experienced major delays as police investigated the incident. nobody got hurt and police arrested one suspect. the woman who accused 49ers linebacker reuben foster of beating her now says xi lied about it. prosecutors filed domestic violence charges against him two weeks ago. his former girlfriend, alyssa ennis, claims her injuries were caused by a fight with another woman. foster tried to end the relationship after he tried to fight. it goes on to say, quote, she was extremely upset and told him if he broke up with her she would, quote, trash his career. fster remains on the 49ers roster. epa chief scott pruitt in the hot seat. two congressional committees set to question him about the spending and ethics scandal surrounding him. e's facing criticism for his costly first class travel, high price salary hikes for two of his aides and the installation of a soundproof phone booth in his office. president trump has continued to

stand by pruitt. both republican and democratic lawmakers have called for new investigations into the epa chef's actions. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we'll start with the east bay where san leandro and oren dough are the coolest at 49. berkeley, el sobron they, castro valley and fremont 53 degrees. across the bay we're also in the low to mid 50s from san francisco all the way down to 55 in moun van view and san jose. pacifica one of the cool spots along with santa rosa at 49. right around 50 to 52 degrees in our inland east view neighborhoods which is where we are right now in walnut creek. slouds and sunshine on the roads. ferries good, nothing gusty. cool this morning but mild this afternoon if you're waiting on mass transit. a look at the east bay valleys. we were near 90 on monday, barely near 70 in some neighborhoods. the clouds are opening, 63 at

noon. we'll stay in the mid to upper 60s through 7:00 this evening. north bay starting at 47 and cloudy. starting to see sunshine at noon, about 60. low to mid 60s all the way through about 6:00. want to take a look at the roof camera. one of the reasons why, look at the flags on the ferry building. they are definitely pointing to the east. strong sea breeze today, tomorrow and possibly even coolest saturday. we've got a chance of light rain tomorrow across the north bay and drizzle to start the weekend morning on saturday. we'll talk more about that coming up. first, we've got dry streets and still have issues. >> we've got b.a.r.t. issues to kick things off. it's been about 45 minutes now. a 20-minute delay on the fremont line. delayed in all directions and a couple problems. initially they had unscheduled track maintenance in hayward. we talked to b.a.r.t. and they said they've got that part wrapped up. they are still having switching issues between lake merritt and

fruitvale station. approximately 20-minute delay in all directions if you're traveling on the fremont line. the roads are looking really good this morning so far this morning. starting with delays on the east side of 580 in castro valley between grove way and palo verde. various lanes scheduled to be closed until 6:00. they wrapped up ahead of schedule. we're back in the green. typical slow spots out of the central valley. westbound 205 to 580, seven miles an hour. 14 miles an hour. unfortunately that's the norm for that route. we'll look at drive times coming up next. ♪ >> not your typical church service. hundreds of people showing up in san francisco to worship to the music of beyonce. whole foods wants to turn this old building into a new store.

traveling around the state today, sbg items to show you. mid to upper 60s across so cal. still flirting with 100 in the desert and palm springs. 86 in fresno. if you're cheating and looked up there, lightning, thunderstorms possible across the mountains, not only the sierra, but as you head towards shasta and eureka. here is a look at the area where lightning and hail is possible. this area you see in the sea

foam green. as far as tahoe goes, the best chance today, a slight chance tomorrow. we'll three in a little snow. why not make it a little fun. temperatures back in the mid 40s by saturday. happening today, jurors in bill cosby's sexual assault retrial will review testimony of a star witness who cast doubt on his cruiser's credibility. that witness says the accuser once spoke of framing a prominent person to score a big payday. the jury deliberated for ten hours and called it a night after rehearing excerpts from a cosby deposition in which he admitted giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with in the 1970s. court documents reveal a union city woman confessed to ki shooting her husband 18 times. 56-year-old sara chereji's husband was found lying face down in his bed on sunday night. they say his wife confessed to the shooting to a police

dispatcher. she said her husband pushed and kicked her and threw her against the wall. she was in the home when police arrived. she's expected back in court next week to enter a plea. san jose mayor sam liccardo renewing his call for congress to protect dreamers. san jose was the first city to sue following president trump's decision to end daca. it protects 700,000 people brault to the u.s. as children from deportation. on tuesday, a federal judge ruled against the trump administration's move to end daca. the judge gave the administration 90 days to explain its arguments why it thinks the program is illegal. >> one can't arbitrarily, like the administration say, all of you, this program entds today when our courts can intervene. >> in a statement the mayor said until congress acts, san jose will continuing fighting for the worthy aspiratios of our hard working dreamers. san francisco's planning commission is expected to hear public comment and vote on a

proposal for one of whole foods' new slimmed down, more affordable stores. whole foods applied to transform this lombardi store on jackson and poll streak into the area's first 365 by whole foods. the commission received 139 letters of support from residents in that neighborhood and 30 letters of opposition. hundreds of people packed grace cathedral last night in san francisco. it was definitely not your typical church service. they were worshipping to the music of beyonce. ♪ i'm a survive or >> it looked and sounded more like a concert at times than a church service. doing a first-of-its-kind beyonce mass. as you can see, people lined up an hour ahead of time to get in. the public invite on facebook went viral and 750 people showed up. >> it was amazing. it was one of the best spiritual experiences i've ever had. >> it was fun.

it was up lifting, it was also really rejuvenating. >> i use beyonce as a central figure to have conversations about the realitying black women face. >> one of the pastors says nothing is official yet, but this will likely not be the last beyonce mass. >> a sequel appears to be in the works. >> maybe she'll show up for the sequel. >> maybe. maybe this time. >> maybe she was there. beyonce always likes to make a good reveal. >> maybe kanye will show up. all right, moving on. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk about what's going on today. look at that. we've got multilayers of clouds for your viewing pleasure from mt. tam mall pious this morning. high clouds mean mostly sunny afternoo afternoons. we start cloudy but they'll pull back to the coast about the same time frame as they did yesterday. tonight the clouds return, a little drizzle possible near the coast and mash up into the north bay. we've got sprinkles across the north bay tomorrow and more

drizzle for the rest of us saturday morning and then a warming trend comes ba.ow ckressure starting to move north, now will make a right-hand turn and come closer to us. it's deepened the marine layer up to 2,000 feet. that's why the cooler weather is easily making it into all of our neighborhoods, nothing impeding it right now. 69 in milpitas to 76 in gilroy. comfortable to cool, 63 in millbrae, 68 in palo alto and menlo park. mid to upper 50s along the coast. mid 50s at the north bay coast, about 10 to 15 degrees warmer in your valleys with mid 60s to near 7 o degrees. 63 to 68 along the east bayshore with oakland at 64. as we move inland, 60s and 70s today. no more 80s and 90s. today cloud cover, mid 40s to low 50s. accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll look at the sprinkles coming tomorrow to saturday

morning less than seven minutes away. partly cloudy sunday. the 70s return to the forecast next week. let's turn it over to alexis. >> let's take a look at b.a.r.t. we had a 20-minute delay in the fremont line in all directions. that's down to a ten-minute delay for san francisco stations. this is residual effects of an earlier switching problem between fruitvale and lake merritt. they also had unscheduled track maintenance in the hayward area. all that is done and they're in recovery mode, the backup, delays not too bad. they should be able to totally get rid of those. emeryville westbound 80 heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a disabled vehicle reported around university. not seeing it on this camera. that reportedly made it off to the shoulder. be careful through that stretch. our drive times looking good, too. golden gate bridge six minutes southbound, 20 minutes across the bay bridge, 14 minutes westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge. >> alexis, do you like your driver's license photo? >> not the current one.

>> alexis is very photogenic, so if she doesn't like it, we're all in trouble. what if you could ask for a do-over. a proposed state bill would let you take up to three photos at the dmv and choose the best one. if you don't trust the dmv photographers, you can have your photo taken at a preapproved photography center. >> with a ring light. >> at all times. you have to pay an extra fee to do that, but the amount has not yet been determined. what price do you think would be high enough that you would say no? >> we can go pretty high with this. the money that goes toward it will support driver's education programs. the senate transportation committee passed the bill and it now heads to the appropriations committee. i have a feeling if this doesn't get passed, there will be recalls. >> absolutely. i'm not looking at the camera in mine. it is so bad the tsa always asks me, is this you? who is this? >> when we go to break, i'm

going to look at this photo -- >> i don't think i'm even going to show you. >> new at 6:00, a major setback for plans to turn pier 29 into a shopping destination. sandwich giant subway is closing hundreds of locations. what the chain plans the do to try to win back whiz business. a new museum in san

5:52 on this thursday morning. mainly cloudy in san rafael. temperature around 51 degrees. cooling hits our east bay neighborhoods and the north bay while it's on hold around oakland and san francisco today. temperatures mainly from 59 in

san francisco to 71 in san jose special banks for the cannabis industry? that measure would create limited service banks and credit unions for cannabis growers, distributors and retailers. marijuana businesses would be given special checks to pay for their expenses. marijuana expected to generate up to $4 billion a year in california. sub wap is closing 500 restaurants nationwide. at the same time the chain plans to expand sbesh nationally. sales dropped more than 4% because of increased competition. the company plans to win customers back by adding kiosks for ordering, myrrh comfortable seating. it announced a rewards program. san francisco's most enduring cultural icons is celebrating a major gift to help

propel musicians for decades to come. >> the san francisco conserve torry of music detailed plans for a 12-story building. the bose foundation donated more than $46 million. it will include performance spaces along with housing for the conservatory student. >> it's special for us to have a facility we can call our own. we are so grateful to everyone in this room. >> we're excited about preparing artists for a brilliant future, also education for life. >> plans call for demolishing this apartment building. the building's 27 residents will move to new homes across the street and their rent will stay the same. take a look at this. our south bay camera captured a dance party of sorts on top of the sales force tower last night. on tuesday night it was projecting images of people walking on the sidewalk below. as you can see, the company already taking full advantage of the brand new l.e.d. board on top of the hour. >> alexis, have you seen this? >> no. i'm going to have to look for it

now. >> it's really bright and bigger than you expect. >> i come in from the east bay and you can see the top of sales force from the other side of the bridge. i'm sure with blinking and dance parties up there, it will be extra noticeable. . right now we're looking at the bay bridge commute. the metering lights have been on since 5:20. definitely have the backup into the maze. if you're car pooling you're fine, cash lanes and fast trak not so much. overall we've had a quiet morning 689 we are dealing with lingering b.a.r.t. delays, recovering from a couple earlier problems, a switchingish uses and some track maintenance. that has wrapped up. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. good morning. >> good morning, alexis. here is a look at the low pressure we've been watching. notice as it comes towards us, by the time we get to friday afternoon, a chance from mendocino county northward of light rain. overnight we have a chance of drizzle down the coast into san francisco and another chance of

sprinkles to light rain down to about santa rosa saturday afternoon, and that's about it. let's take a look if any rainfall makes it to your neighborhood. tomorrow morning, a little drizzle near san francisco and novato. you can see the light rain. saturday morning the drizzle will be thick at times. be ready for a damp morning. happening today, the inaugural exhibition of the brand new global museum at san francisco state opens. >> it's free. called going global from san francisco to the world. it showcases several items of art and material culture from five continents. >> they range in age from ancient to contemporary. we have pieces in ancient egypt that are 4,000 years old. we have pieces from brazil made in the 1970s that speak to contemporary rain forest activism. we use these pieces to highlight connections between our common humanity. >> they even have a couple mummies. te exhibition runs through may. new this morning, president trump's embattled pick to run the veterans affairs department

has withdrawn his name. what rony jackson is saying this morning. >> many of us have the smart speakers in our homes. now we're learning of a major security flaw that could have recorded you without your permission. plus the newest information on the arrest of the suspected golden gate killer. it comes after decades, a case

coming up at 6:00 on this thursday, april 26. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> a little cloudy this morning, as we expected. let's take a look on live doppler 7. it's not yielding moisture. that's more likely tomorrow morning as we infuse the marine layer with extra humidity. it's mainly gray out there. let's take a look at what's going on. look at that. from sutro tower. we've got hazy sunshine on the way. my accuweather 12-hour planner.

temperatures about where they were yesterday, mid 40s to low 50s. low 60s everywhere else at noon. mid to upper 60s at 4:00. quiet here but out on the roads maybe different. >> not really, mike. looking good so far this morning. we haven't had major incidence and moving along just fine through walnut creek. southbound 680, not seeing any delays, any brake lights as you approach highway 24. we will take it. fingers crossed we can last for the majority of the morning. drive times looking good, too, southbound 101 santa rosa to petaluma. westbound 580 castro valley to the maze, 14. 280/680 to 85, no delays and 15 minutes. we have b.a.r.t. delays we'll talk about coming up. after decades of evading law enforcement, this is the man suspected of be the golden gate killer. he's finally in custody and we have learned that 72-year-old