going out to livermore. we will keep you posted on how today's vote goes. reporting live in dublin, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. also today, b.a.r.t.'s board of directors expected to take the first step in bringing identify to trains. our media partner, "the mercury news" reports the board is expected to approve an exclusive agreement to provide wi-fi to b.a.r.t. station and its platforms. it also includes cell service for muni metro substations in san francisco. b.a.r.t. and muni officials have six months to reach a deal with the wi-fi company. it would still take a few years to install the hardware. let's get a quick update on weather and traffic starting with meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's look from our roof camera at the 'em barrick darrow. yesterday measurable drizzle. today, pretty dry. winds are still blowing off the ocean today. that's going to keep us locked down with a lot of clouds and

mixture of minor sunshine and temperatures below average. starting off with the same temperatures we've been all week. low to mid 50s. towards noon, upper 50s at the coast. barely mid 60s around our bay and inland neighborhoods. can't shake the cool. 57 at the coast, mid 60s elsewhere. by 7:00 in the evening mostly cloudy, 56 to 61. after 7:00 we start turning our attention toward the chance of rain in the overnight hours. good morning, mike. i want to take you down to the south bay where we got word of a sig alert due to flooding once again. it was about a week ago we had a water main break southbound 280 at state route 87. i'm not sure if it's the same issue, but we've got flooding again. the far right lane is blocked as is the connector. already seeing a backup. that could be a big issue once again. another tough spot here, westbound 580 before north lynn

roads. reports of a u-haul truck and motorcycle colliding and possible injuries to the motorcycle rider. we have the left lane blocked on westbound 580 around the altamont pass. i'll have an update on both of these significant issues coming up next. now, a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. new this morning, a purse snatcher in concord who severely injured a 93-year-old woman is in custody. i want to show you these pictures we have. this is the man police were looking for. detectives believe he robbed two women, badly hurting the 93-year-old who remains in the hospital. the purse snatcher knocked her to the ground outside the bank of america at the sun valley shopping center last friday. police made last night's arrest in the central valley city of patterson. no doubt officers there will be working with concord police on this case. natasha, back to you. >> jessica, thank you. happening today, the california supreme court is expected to rule whether facebook and other social media

companies must turn over user content to criminal defendants. two murder suspects in san francisco requested video and other content posted to facebook and instagram by the victim and a witness. those murder suspects claim the constitutional right to a fair trial entitles them to the material to prepare for their case. attorneys for facebook and instagram say a federal privacy law prevents the release of user content. new details on a flag kneeling controversy involving an east bay teacher. some students are fighting to keep him from being transferred. not everyone wants him to stay. abc 7 news reporter kate larsen has that story. >> reporter: students rally for tiyler rust who took a knee whie the flag was raised. >> the controversy is very good. >> carter simms and dozens of other students showed up to protest the district's decision to transfer mr. russ to liberty

high school next year. he's an adviser to the mock trial club and black student union. >> he expresses liberal viewpoints in a very conservative area and has thus become a target of slander sometimes within the student body. >> it's against police brutality. that's what it is. he's a voice for the minority students on campus. if he goes, we lose our voice. >> because of participation in the rotc program. >> i spoke to mr. russ on the phone who said he will teach wherever the districts and the students need him most. he said he's incredibly proud and overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. >> in an effort to keep mr. rust, students started an online petition, more than 12,000 signatures from people all over the country. in brentwood, kate larsen, abc 7

news. tesla says the model s that crashed into a pond in castro valley and killing the driver was not on auto pilot. keith leon died in the crash on sunday night. it was submerged in a pond off crow canyon road. chp investigators are trying to determine if he was possibly impaired or speeding at the time. happening today, uber and california secretary of state will announce a new voter education partnership as the june 5th statewide primary election approaches. the partnership will use uber's app platform to inform riders about important information. uber logs the first phase of project before the midnight deadline. a government informant contacted trump campaign officials leading up to the 2016 election. president trump claims that former president obama used the fbi to spy on his campaign.

top republican lawmakers will be shown classified documents relating to the matter this morning. democrats will bb briefed later in the afternoon. the fbi says the informant was trying to get information on possible russian contact with trump officials. the hawaii army national guard says it's prepared to evacuate residents near the k l kilauea volcano by helicopter. there's only one ground evacuation route for about 1,000 people who are still in their homes. clouds of ash continues to spew from the volcano. some plumes are rising up to 8,000 feet high. two people sky 7 over the scene at columbus avenue and vallejo street. two passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation. the fire caused traffic delays along columbus during this evening's rush hour.

two fishermen are doing fine after being pulled to safety from their sinking boat. it started taking on water near the benicia port. a chp helicopter happened to be nearby and went in to help. the two fishermen were pulled up to the chopper one by one and they weren't hurt. the chp says the boat will be recovered at high tide. you can still get a ticket for the of feshl warriors watch party happening later at oracle arena. >> the dubs in houston for pivotal game five of the western conference finals. thousands will pack or ak curveball arena for the watch party. the best of seven series is tied 2-2. tickets are $20 on warriors.com. a portion of proceeds will be donated to the aag community foundation. tip-off is at 6:00 p.m. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. another late night for us here on the morning show. go warriors.

let's talk about temperatures. we're in the mid 50s everywhere. 53 to 55 degrees. not much of a spread across our inland east bay neighborhoods. if you're heading to the bay bridge toll plaza, look how dry it is. that's the big story with the commute. it's going to be dry today if you're driving. a small craft advisory if you're out on the water north of the bay bridge. here is a look at san francisco over the next 12 hours starting at 10:00. you can see mostly cloudy conditions every single day with temperatures mainly in the mid 50s, 54 to 56. as you get closer to the bay, temperatures a little warmer in the upper 50s. down in the south bay, look at the clouds dominate once again like they have just about every day this week. we start at 57 at 8:00, jumped to 61 at 10:00. by noon we're at 67, hanging out in the upper 60s through 4:00 down to about 60 by 8:00. the big story we've been following all week, the anticipation of starting the holiday weekend with wet weather is still out there with a 30% chance today, a 60% chance

tomorrow. an hour-by-hour look at that and some 90s creeping into the forecast next week. those are some big changes on the way. this morning, dryer, fingers crossed we have a better commute. >> this is ironic. we're dry in most areas, flooding once again in san jose. we had this issue last week, last wednesday. it looks like they're having the same problem with some pumps. this is southbound 280 at state route 87. a sig alert issued. the far right lane is blocked due to this flooding. last time it was due to a water main break. not sure if it broke once again. chp saying it is a similar issue and fully blocking the connector to state route 87. so southbound and northbound you can't take that direction. you'll have to continue south on 280 or take an alternate north of that area. i will definitely keep a close eye on this. that was a huge issue last wednesday. westbound 580 before north flynn, we have a big problem here, a crash involving a motorcycle and a u-haul truck. that is blocking the left lane

already, pretty long delays if you're leaving the tracy area. milwaukee police release video of an nba player tased by officers. the apology now from the chief and the action that player is taking. a woman confronted him for breaking the rules. now the man involved in a lake merritt barbecue fight could soon be making them. president trump making a rare television appearance and talking about immigrati

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good morning. it's about 4:43. thunder boomers, they're out there. the potential is not quite as as widespread now will they be quite as heavy. a less chance around chico and eureka. 81 and 61. 81 fresno, still stuck in the mid to upper 60s around san diego and los angeles. here is a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast for tahoe. there's a chance of rain saturday, but then we'll salvage the holiday weekend with warmer weather. mid to upper 60s and sunshine. quick chance of rain tuesday and wednesday will be dry, also.

brand new right now, president trump giving a rare television interview to "fox & friends." we have a clip of his interview where he talks about the ms-13 gang calling them vicious killers. take a listen. >> everybody knows what's going on. these are vicious killers and they shouldn't be allowed into the country. the laws are horrible. we're bringing them out by the how sands. >> the president goes on to say that democrats are sticking up for ms-13. he also talked about the border wall, says he's getting it done and that border security is already better. also talked about the economy, a variety of issues, also speaking about the nfl as you know, reggie. we're working on this story and we'll have it throughout the newscast. nba player sterling brown says he'll take legal action against the milwaukee police department. that announcement comes after the department released boy difficult cam video showing the bucs player being ar raised and tased in january. >> taser, taser, tadser.

>> oh. >> the groaning you here is from brown after getting tased. the investigation reveals officers acted inappropriately. officers approached him because his car was parked across two disabled parking spots. they say he became aggressive and resisted arrest. a san francisco civil rights icon will join a world famous clergyman. dr. amos brown leaves san francisco's chapter of the naacp. he says today's demonstration will combat, quote, racial bigotry and white nationalism. america's top episcopal bishop curry will join in the protest. a man who was involved in the charcoal barbecue dispute at lake merritt in oakland may soon have the power to change those rules. video of the confrontation between this white woman and two black men went viral.

one of the men was kensy smith. the woman said using a charcoal grill at that location isn't allowed. the bystander who shot the video says the white woman targeted the black men because of their race. rebecca kaplan nominated smith to fill a vacant spot on the committee that helps make parks and recreation policy. the final decision on the appointment is up to mayor libby schaaf. there's plenty of opportunity to enjoy nature and the outdoors. all residents in san francisco live within a ten-minute walk of a public park. san francisco ranked fifth overall in the park score index. the only city with 100% access for residents. spotify is out with predictions for the songs of the summ summer. ♪ this is america." >> one is by child dish gambino. the video has more than

million views. >> others are i like it by cardi b, nice for what by drake and no tears left to cry by ariana ara grande. i should be clear, the video is amazin amazing, it's just hard to watch at 4:47 in the morning. there's a lot of violence. >> great song. >> ariana grande song is also awesome. >> love it. it's on my playlist. >> put the buds in and enjoy the warm weather that's on the way. hi, everybody, you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. what will you be doing this holiday weekend? until we get there, we've got cloudiness in san rafael, temperatures of about 53 degrees. san jose, cloudy and about 55 degrees. notice it is dry. in fact, hard to find some drizzle today.

cooler afternoon, tonight, light rain and showers develop this time tomorrow morning. it's going to be slick once again. summer heat is looking more likely, at least in the inland neighborhoods as we head through next week. upper 50s to low 60s, san francisco, richmond, oakland. upper 60s to near 70 in the south bay and east bay valleys. here is a look at what's going to happen tonight. no change there. look at the green on the map. that's the drizzle to light rain that's going to develop from this area of low pressure that will roll through tonight, through saturday morning to keep our pattern unsettled, unsettled enough that we have a storm impact scale for the spotty showers that will drop less than .10. here we are thursday, tonight, you head through tomorrow morning, you can see it looks pretty wet. that's going to hang out through the entire morning commute and will turn to a chance of scattered showers as we head through the rest of the day and into the evening hours.

as you see towards saturday, the sweeping dry air moves from north to south. let's see what it does to our temperatures. tomorrow will be cooler than today. we'll rebound close to average saturday, warmer than average. look at that, near 70 at the khost, 80 around the bay. low neents inland. good morning. we're off to a rough start on the roads today. two pretty significant problems. want to take you to our sig alert. southbound 280 at state route 87. flashing back to last wednesday. you remember we had that water main break and a pump issue and we have water all over the roadway. it happened again this morning. southbound 280 at 87, the connector is fully closed in both directions, 287 and the far right lane is blocked on the mainline. that's likely going to be a significant issue this morning. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, already at just about an hour. we've got a crash involving a motorcycle around north flynn

road. chp on the way to the scene. southbound 280 dublin to mission boulevard looking good. a federal judge says president trump can't block twitter users. >> apple is teaming up with volkswagen. here is your tech bites. >> twitter users xed out by president trump may get a reprieve. >> a federal judge the president cannot block people from his twitter account because they disagree with him politically. the department of justice says they disagree with the decision and are considering their next steps. apple is teaming up with volkswagen to create self-driving vehicles. >> reports say apple is going to equip a fleet of vw vans with itself-driving technology. the vans will be used to shuttle apple employees from place to place. tinder is finding new ways to connect people. >> get this. the dating app is testing tinder places. it will connect potential dates based on locations. for instance, the app will send users a potential match if they

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minutes away from my accuweather foreca forecast. tough loss by the a's last night. shut out 1-0. they'll try to salvage a win in this series, the last of the three-game series starts at 12:35 with 60 degrees, warming to about 62. a little breezy and a little sunshine. have the sunglasses and sunscreen just in case. from the 7 on your side team, the fda warning about the common over-the-counter ben s bn cain medications. the fda says the medications are a serious risk to babies. pthey want companies to stop selling them. if companies don't comply, the fda warns it will use regulatory action to force the items off the market. penz cain can cause a condition where low blood oxygen dips dangerously. symptoms include shortness of breath, headache, lig lightheadedness and rapid heart rate. a middle school student is making quite a name for himself. >> check out this moment of

victory for the 13-year-old, the winner of this year's national geographic bee. beat out 2.6 million students in the fourth grade through eighth grade from more than 10,000 schools. the principal says he spoke to rajon yesterday. >> he was able to win the whole thing and he's very proud to bring the championship back to california, being the first winner in the 30 years of the competition. >> the question that made him the winner, which country has a population size most similar to lebanon, and the answer was paraguay. of course it was. we all knew that. >> congratulations. that is amazing. >> that's awesome. congratulations. i'm sure him and his family just ecstatic right now. hopefully his classmates also. here is a look at may. high temperatures from san jose. another one in the blue column yesterday. looks like we'll put another one in the blue column which means below average temperatures today. even though we're seeing from

sutro tower, you can see sales force tower. you can see all the way over towards the east bay. it's definitely not as moist this morning. the cloud cover is going to be stubbornuresrom five to ten degrees below average. from 60 in san francisco to 70 in san jose. when it hits the 90s next week, you may want this weather back. we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. how about the commute this morning, alexis? >> i'm sure we'll find a way to complain about the weather no matter what. you have a lot to complain about in the central valley already this morning. we have a crash that sounds like it could be serious, westbound 580 before north flynn road. motorcyclist down, possible injuries to the rider. we're hearing either the far right or left lane is blocked. one lane blocked right now, chp on the way to the scene. that's going to be worse than it normally is. we've got a sig alert southbound 280 at state route 87. the same flooding issues we had last wednesday happening again. the far right lane is blocked

along with the connector to 87. another celebration in oakland for fans of black panther. >> they lined up outside cape and cal cop picks to grab a special oakland edition of the marvel comic. marvel offers shops the chance for custom covers. the owner jumped at the chance and insisted it be a uniquely oakland base cover. they received 3,000 copies, 12500 reserved in a flash. the 49ers stood alone. they did not vote on the new nfl kneeling policy. next at 5:00 a.m., we're getting reaction from some of the players. we're hearing from the airline that canceled its flight late last night after clipping a wall at sfo. plus much more on this morning's rare tv interview from the president. natasha you just mentioned the nfl. well, find out why some pro football players he believes shouldn't be in the country.

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the second time is the charm. check it out. we can actually see the top of the sales force tower right now. as you know, that wasn't the case for its debut yesterday. right now it's just kind of a pleasant look. >> a bird going by, take a look last night. a great look at that play. it shows the street view they were talking about, people and cars moving around there. looks great. >> i love it. >> i know it's somewhat controversial, but i think it looks pretty cool. good mor