last month they committed to sending 400 to assist with public safety. coming up on 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, let's get a quick update on weather and traffic. we'll start with mike nicco. >> thank you very much. let's open the weather from emeryville. the cloud deck sitting on top of us this often. this afternoon a little quicker. temperatures well below average. accuweather planner low- to mid-50s, 5:59 sunrise, nobody seeing that. a look at noon, except for inland, east bay and south bay cloudy, temperatures mid-50s at the coast, mid-60s elsewhere. mid-60s at 4:00. nothing warm there to upper 50s at the coast. this evening grab a coat, you'll need it. mid-50s to low 60s. this is at 7:00 while the sup is up. take a look ashortly. here is alexis. >> back to tracy wherehereherehe

back-up. we've got a crash westbound 580 grant road in the right lane. check this out, a seven-mile back-up. grant to altamont pass road, that's already jammed. looks like it will save you a little time. 30 to 40 minutes already if you're leaving central valley. bay bridge toll plaza looking better, stackup in the cash lanes once again. no metering lights yet. that should happen around 5:20. the mayor of santa clara will ask a city councilmember to resign. >> nine police reports filed accusing the councilman of sexual abuse or improper behavior. matt keller live at santa clara city hall. matt. >> reporter: good morning. a big meeting at city hall. the city council will address these allegations as the mayor is calling for more action against her political rival.

>> ask the councilman be removed from committees. ask that the council stop excusing his absences and stop paying him for being on the council, and ask both individually and collectively as a body, ask him to resign. >> a civics teacher running for board of supervisors. campaign staff accused of unwanted hugging and making inappropriate comments. santa clara police say they have received nine complaints from unwanted sexual behavior. he denies the allegations. santa clara mayor says tonight's meeting will provide an opportunity for him to respond to these allegations. meanwhile police are performing follow-up investigations to these investigations.

abc 7 news matt keller. a lot of people talking about the earthquake last night. >> i definitely felt it. its power across the area as far north as santa rosa p. >> reporter: 39.5 earthquake hit two miles east of oakland after 7:15 p.m. you can see the camera shake at the giants game in san francisco. in hayward sophia and her son joseph were watching the warriors game on tv. >> the house just shook. it went back and forth, you know. i have a cockatiel named lucky. he was flying around in his cave warning us before. >> i was thinking to just duck and cover. >> he said there wasn't enough time. the quake only last add few seconds. this map shows the quake's intensity. areas in light blue hit the hardest. >> downtown oakland area. we are holding all trains until we can get preliminary reports

that your safety is confirmed before having the train continue on. >> bay area commuters may not have felt the jolt but they felt the impact. b.a.r.t. put trains on hold temporarily for track inspection. muni went into manual mode for the same reason. >> for in know we just experienced an earthquake. nothing further as far as the magnitude. >> a notification from alameda county reported no known damage or injuries. in hayward, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. we're hearing from the mother of a child nearly kidnapped by a stranger in san francisco. a homeless woman is accused of trying to snatch the two-month-old from her mother in the mission district sunday s neighbors jumped in to help and got the stranger to let go of the baby. the child's poor said she held firmly to her infant. >> diamond harris is charged with felony kidnapping and child endangerment.

neighbors say the homeless are creating more and more problems on the normally quiet street. >> the man charged with stealing rainbow flags and making threats in the north bay will make his first court appearance. police arrested vincent o'sullivan. they believe he took the flag from a pole in april and another earlier this month. one was found tossed in the river. they found he made bomb threats against lgtb community. he's being held upon $50,000 bail. houston, you have a problem. >> after the prokts worked the whole season for that home court advantage the warriors took it in game one. warriors started out slow but picked it up in the second half as we've done through the season. final score 119 to 106. game two is tomorrow night in houston. golden state will try to take a 2-0 lead in the series before heading home for games three and four. great to see, mike.

>> yeah, it was. you're never more than seven minutes away from my forecast. best shot in the fourth quarter, almost tied like we've got it. a look at temperatures. start inland east bay mainly mid-50s. black hawk cooler 52. head up here where nobody lives but if you're hiking 46 degrees. south beach, the camera looking at western span of bay bridge. slight chance of drizzle. we'll keep an eye on that. better chance tomorrow. cool to mild. that's your stops. this morning and afternoon if you're taking mass transit. not quite as breezy. no small craft advisory out on the bay today. san francisco, clouds dominate through 10:00. a little sunshine by noon. that's when we start to jump into the upper 50s throughout the afternoon through 6:00 back in the mid-50s with increasing clouds by 8:00. south bay a little more sunshine but temperatures will stop short of average for you.

you'll start with a lot of cloud cover and 56 by 8:00, 10:00, 60. by noon up to 65. you'll hang out in the upper 60s 8:00. looks pretty quiet weather wise. i have a chance of showers in my seven-day forecast. we'll see if it's quiet to start the day. >> start in an area kbooit, walnut creek 680, no issues here, nice light volumes. no so light if you're trying to get out of the central valley. some roadwork went 15 minutes late westbound 580. that was followed by a crash around grant line road. that combination not good. westbound 580 tracy to dublin our sensors are saying one hour 44 minutes right now. that is brutal. the roadwork is gone but crash blocking the lane. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard 13 minutes, 101 to

cupertino in the green, 15 minutes. take a look at mass transit next. >> if you're traveling memorial day, expect it a little more crowded. >> aaa says 5% more hitting the road 2.million more, busiest day thursday may 24th, friday 25th when commuters mix with holiday travelers. expect travel times to be close to double on friday between 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. you've been warned. gas prices are higher. aaa expects airfare down 7% for memorial day weekend. >> super messed up. that's elon musk's reaction to the latest crash involving a tesla vehicle. but it's not the wreck that he's talking about. >> more fallout from allegations about faked tests at a one-ti

let's take a look at the forecast around the state today. you can see from fresno southward pretty quite. 84 fresno, palm springs. mixes with sunshine around san diego and los angeles. 73 sacramento. then you watch the storms, green up from yosemite to eureka. again, look at this area shaded in green like yesterday. thunderstorms threat possible, lightning and small hail. every single day over the high country look at that, possibility of rain and

thunderstorms. what an active pattern. >> live desk update. >> abc 7 mornings. >> this morning more protests in the middle east on the gaza strip. we've been watching these images throughout the night. they are protesting the opening of the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem yesterday and also president trump's recent declaration jerusalem is the capital of israel. dozens have died in these protests. now 58 palestinians killed by israeli forces. things don't seem to be calming down at all. historically the fight has played out regionally as well as globally. early this morning china and turkey condemned israel's military actions. >> jessica, thank you. 4:42 now. elon musk defending tesla on twitter calling it, quote, super messed up a crash involving model s vehicle getting so much attention. meanwhile thousands of other crashes ignored. she was in semiautonomous

mode when she rear-ended a fire truck. police say she was looking at her phone when it happened. the driver suffered minor whiplash, was not taken to the hospital. musk said amazing how little the driver was injured. the cleanup at hunters point shipyard offered to pay for and hire an independent contractor to proof its work was valid. this comes after a hearing yesterday that called for retesting after allegations surfaced fake soil samples collected. abc 7 news reporter lean melendez has that. >> i want to say unequivocally i want the navy to test. >> representing hunters point neighborhood which for decades has been undergoing testing and removal of toxic material left behind by the navy. but recent allegations of improper clean up by outside firm tetra tech has an entire community demanding an investigation. >> we've been saying the data being collected was fraudulent.

we've been saying the navy has been lying to us, that their contractors are lying to us. >> two whistle blowers admitted to faking soil samples to demonstrate radioactive waste from ships involved in nuclear testing was being properly handled. burt bowers is a third former worker for tetra tech. he was a radiation safety officer for the company for ten years. he was terminated in 2011. >> we caught them. the time we caught them, we were kicked off the project. >> tetra tech received hundreds of millions of federal dollars to perform the work. the company is now offering to pay for and to hire an independent contractor to do the retesting. >> tetra tech again stands behind the work it has done. it performed the services it was contracted to do to the standards that were set by the navy under the contract with the navy. >> today the area has the largest redevelopment project in the city. >> we were being told oh, no.

you're safe. it's okay for the children to play outside. i'm a living witness thus far, we were not safe. >> the navy also told supervisors it, too, is recommending that retesting be done. in san francisco, lee ann melendez abc 7 news. quarter to 5:00, happening president trump heads to capitol hill for lunch with senate republicans. the white house says mr. trump will lay out the administration's agenda. he'll also make another push for confirmation of gina haspel as cia director. the senate is set to vote on her tomorrow. senators want to discuss economy and upcoming with north korea. the gop expects to use both as a selling point in the midterm election. >> a request from kensington palace prince harry and meghan markle want understanding and respect for the father. the palace refused to confirm a tmz report that he will not attend the wedding because he

does not want to site said he was trying to recast his image because of unflattering photos in the press. watch rate here on abc 7 starts early, special edition at 2:00 a.m. robin roberts and david will be live in england. i hope this doesn't in any way ruin this for meghan markle. >> he was thinking that. she's so close with her mom. even if her mom ends up walking her down the aisle in the end, i hope it's a wonderful, special day. >> who is setting their alarm saturday. >> i'm going to watch. >> i'm setting the dvr. >> i'm going to watch with one eye open and one eye closed on the couch falling asleep and waking up. i've got a whole plan. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on with the weather. i'm going to be sleeping. you're never more than seven minutes away with my accuweather

forecast. let's jump in and show you what's going on from south beach. yeah, can you see it. my accuweather highlights. brighter, nothing warm again today. better chance of drizzle tonight and high temps rebound for the weekend. all right. here is a look what's going on as far as cloud cover. can you see it's extensive once again at 7:00 this morning. notice by noon it's a little less extensive than it was yesterday. so i think you may need sunglasses in many areas at noon where we didn't yesterday. the exception the coast, san francisco, down to the san bruno gap. that will definitely be cloudy. you can see by 4:00 pretty much same conditions we had at noon with same areas cloudy. by 7:00, look at that. clouds will come back even faster than yesterday. they will bring a little more moisture with them. that means we'll have a better chance of drizzle tonight. as far as today we'll call partly cloudy skies to mostly sunny in the south bay, upper 60s to low 70s. we'll be partly cloudy skies on the peninsula, mainly mid to upper 60s, millbrae 72. mid to upper 50s.

partly sunny downtown sausalito right around 0 degrees. partly cloudy skies through north pay, low- to mid-60s, same thing along mid bayshore, sunshine. temperatures in inland east bay 67 to 71. tonight cloudy, drizzle, maybe even a light shower possible up in the north bay. temperatures in the low- to mid-50s once again. with that extra cold air coming in for wednesday and thursday, it will make friday and saturday feel really nice. here is alexis. >> sounds good, mike. not so nice the drive the central valley already this morning. unfortunately a rough start. started off with late roadwork. that was done at 4:15 this morning. it was supposed to wrap at 4:00. crash westbound 580 before grant. check out speeds 6 miles an hour and 18 miles an hour once you make it past it. if you want to use mass transit east rail ace 1 on time. 29, no delays there, should be a

nice day san francisco bay ferry. normal service no delays. >> thanks alexis. >> amazon go coming to the bay area. >> amazon says it plans to open cashless grocery store in san francisco. here is your tech bite. >> in today's tech byte amazon expanding cashless grocery store. >> company confirming reports new stores planned in chicago and san francisco. amazon has not announced opening dates for those stores just yet. uber making changes to the way passengers rate drivers. >> no longer have to wait until the end you can tip and compliment your driver mid trip. the change is a way to provide riders with enough time to share feedback. i wonder if drivers can do the same. fuji film selling completely analog camera. >> it shoots photographs on film and those pictures are just under 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches. available instantly.

price tag $130. >> a question a lot of people are asking, what is film? >> those are your tech bytes. >> no, really. >> not unusual to see the cove crowded with kayaks but it is unusual to see floating rugby field. the giants promoted rugby nights against cincinnati reds celebrating rugby world cup sevens played in july. the three-day tournament will feature 40 of the best men's and women's international teams. san francisco's gap pulling hundreds of t-shirts from store shelves in china. the one thing they are missing. panother b.a.r.t. station.es to these spots may be more coveted

good morning, never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. take a look at san rafael, 101. fog, cloud cover. this is one of those areas cooler than average. concord 8. temperatures there low to upper 60s. ea san francisco cooler with an average of 59. the judge given diocese go ahead for more testing what the diocese calls major design and construction knauss at one of its churches. the diocese wants to determine what it will cost to make repairs to cathedral of christ the light and who will pay. church leaders say defects

including tearing dry wall, damaged doors and faulty plumbing. the diocese says the work will take about four weeks to complete. cathedral widely hailed for design when it opened in 2008. >> gap apologizing for shirt that featured what china calls an incomplete map of its country. people's daily in china posted this photo of the smirt. you will notice that the map of china is the mainland but it doesn't include taiwan. mainland china claims that the island is part of its territory p taiwan, of course, does not see itself that way. gap issued a statement, "this batch of products have been pulled off shelves in the chinese market and destroyed. we are now conducting an internal inspection within the group to correct this mistake as soon as possible." b.a.r.t. continues its expansion of garneted parking. walnut creek the third station in a month where drivers who use the carpool app scoop gaeshted a parking space before 10:00 a.m. similar routes for car pools.

parking at a premium at the walnut creek station. one parking lot closed for construction as crews build a new parking garage. lafayette, warm springs and 11 other b.a.r.t. stations have guaranteed parking for scoop users. japanese heritage night at the giants game. if you buy the special ticket, a cool backpack celebrating japan town and some of the cherry trees there. taking on the reds once again after a win last night. let's hope we do it again tonight. temperatures about the same 57 at 7:15 dropping down to 55 degrees under an increasingly cloudy sky and very breezy. so it's going to be a chilly one at the ballpark tonight. here is alexis. >> good morning, mike. we have a new crash reported walnut creek southbound 680 before highway 24. our camera north of that area here starting to see a few folks tap on their brakes. not a big back-up yet. sounds like it's pretty minor. i did see an emergency vehicle head through the scene. working on more details there.

i'll have an update coming up around 5:00. meantime there you go southbound 680 highway 4 to walnut creek. westbound 24 walnut creek to highway 13, eight minutes. vast improvement tracy to dublin was one hour 45 minutes now down to one hour four minutes. most public school teachers dug into their own pockets for school supplies, national center for education statistics. teachers say they spend about $480 a year for supplies. they can only deduct $250 for school needs on their federal tax returns. helping teachers pay for supplies was a key demand during a recent arizona teacher strike. >> take a look at your screen. this is not nearly as serious as it looks. in fact, this is not a crash at all. this is a senior prank at a high school in wisconsin. they created this crash scene very creatively using black paper and tape. it looks really real. they used a junker to complete

the solution. they picked the perfect spot for the prank right outside of the princip principal's office. the local police department said it's the funniest prank they have ever seen. >> i'm glad they have a sense of humor. that was quite elaborate. are you ready to pay for for curbside drop-off at sfo. the pro apostle. >> parents accused of torture, child abuse and child

day good morning tuesday may 15th. >> never more than 7 minutes away from accuweather forecast mike nicco. lay it on us. >> start by taking a look at the wind, overlaid them on live dopp 7. nothing to show you as far as wet weather even though there is a slight chance of a drizzle this morning. winds pointing to the clouds they dragged in with them. see what it does to my planner, accuweather planner. 50s. notice mid to upper 50s at the coast. mid-50s at noon, mid-60s later. sunset mid-50s to 60. sounds a lot like yesterday? because it is. all right. let's see if the commute is different. here is alexis. >> we have a couple to talk about. take you to