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bridge. believe it or not, that is not the only semi fire we're dealing with this morning. >> a holiday weekend for so many of you. meteorologist mike nicco has more on the wet weather. >> first lets get to alexis. what's going on out there. >> two big headaches, both truck fires. we'll try to keep these straight for you here. eastbound 80 just before you get to the carquinez bridge, that's where we have just one lane open right now. that's due to that major semi fire that jackknifed anti 1:20 this morning. the driver was airlifted to an area hospital with some injuries and then we had a secondary crash past the scene of the truck fire. here is the latest. one lane is open but still a sig alert. still seeing delays. i suggest taking highway 4 and using the benicia bridge instead. our second fire is on 880. i'll show you video from that in just a moment.

right now let's get over to mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. the storm impact scale, hasn't changed. still a one. looks like mother nature will add insult to injury and make things wetter as we head through the morning commute with the spotty light showers. less than .15 inch, but it doesn't take much for spinouts to occur. we'll take a look at tracy. we have a lot of folks that come in from the central valley. it looks like the altamont pass is about to get wet in the next 15 to 25 minutes. you can see things are pretty quiet here as we look from our road camera. but at any time this morning up until about 4:00, you'll have waves of light showers roll through your neighborhoods, and it will start to taper after 7:00 to just really isolated light showers. those temperatures today, we start in the mid 50s, stay in the mid to upper 50s at the coast, low to mid 60s for the rest of us. another fall-feeling day outside. breaking news from the abc 7

live desk. >> the breaking news, if you're just waking up with us. harvey weinstein just turned himself into police in new york. it happened only about a half hour ago. the disgraced hollywood producer reportedly being charged with rape. we expect charges against him to be that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex on him. this comes after a seven-month investigation by police. a brand new look from what we had earlier, new images and angles walking into the nypd precinct. these criminal charges against weinstein are the first since dozens of women started coming forward accusing the film producer of sexual misconduct. he's also under investigation in los angeles and london. right now he's still inside that precinct. he'll then go to court and be arraigned on charges. we expect him to receive a very high bail. natasha? >> jessica, thank you. b.a.r.t. will not be going to livermore, at least not any time soon. >> this is a controversial vote. the board voted down the

expensive expansion last night. abc 7 reporting gulezian at the meeting. >> reporter: after hours of testimony, the board voted down the possibility of b.a.r.t. expanding to livermore. right now the line stops in dublin. this man lives in stockton but commutes to the city every day. >> two hours, 2 >> i'm pulling a part-time job just to commute back and forth to work. >> reporter: many have similar stories. >> during the week i have to leave home at 5:00 a.m. to ensure i'm not late for 7:00 start. i'm only 35 miles away. >> reporter: others want the dollars to be spent elsewhere. >> something more like a high tech bus, something where you get comft. inn side and efficiency outside. >> why are we building to the

suburbs when we can improve the core system that people like me use all the time. >> reporter: they could build a light rail or creating a commuter bus system. in the end they decided to take no further action until june 30th. it's no coincidence that provides with a central entity, the san joaquin valley regional rail authority takes over future expansion plans. in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. san jose police are asking for potential victims to come forward after acquisitiocusatioa kindergarten teacher inappropriately touched stude s students. 51-year-old edward frerking. if you have any information, please contact san jose pd. no charges against the san

francisco police officers involved in two deadly high profile shootings. the first shooting was mario woods in december 2015. officers were seen surrounding him an ordering him to drop a knife. it ended with a barrage of gunfire. the other shooting happened in april of 2016. a man was shot after he charged at an officer with a kitchen knife. abc 7 news was at the hall of justice when the announcement was made. >> the conflict that i have is that i don't necessarily believe that the use of force was necessary, but the law doesn't necessarily care about whether it was necessary or not. >> mario woods mother says the system let mario and her family down. the lawyer representing both families talks about the decision. >> this is just more of the same from what is supposed to be a half o justice but has turned into a hall of injustice. >> the public defender called the decision mind-boggling.

the san francisco police officers association says in both cases the police acted within the department's rules. five big oil companies want a judge to dismiss lawsuits from oakland and san francisco. the cities claim the companies are a public nuisance by producing and promoting oil and natural gas fuels, saying it's forcing them to spend billions on insfra structure to protect people from rising sea levels. it may be several months before a decision is made. muse, the killers, bruno mars, snoop dogg and on and on, you anti even read all those musicians who will be at bottlerock in napa. >> the timing is interesting. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live with more. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. traffic, we're also hearing about rain. those will be issues. but concert goers seem ready to

go. i was talking to the pr representative and he was shaking his head as he said the three-day passes sold out in ten minutes. a new record. this festival is just as popular as ever. take a look at this video from last year so you can get a look at what it looks like inside. this is at the napa expo. bottlerock sets itself apart from other music festivals because it also focuses on fine food and wine. several stars from the food network are set to be here giving cooking demonstrations. of course, the music, show stopping, 86 performers will be here over the next few days. the headliners. bruno mars will play sunday. the killers will be playing. muse plays tonight. earth, wind and fire and snoop dogg. this three-difficult festival is sold out. doors opening at 11:30 this morning. they are expecting about 40,000 people here each day. live in napa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news.

you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. i hope those 40,000 people are ready for random showers today. temperatures at 65. they'll need the sunglasses and eventually the short sleeves as you head from saturday to sunday. much more agreeable weather to be outside. wanted to show you the storm in tracy once again because now it's dropping lightning. there is lightning and thunder on the storm as it bears down on tracy. it's going to move right across discovery bay, oakley, brentwood and antioch. it's going to skirt that lower elevation on the eastern side of mt. diablo over the next hour or so. we also have showers developing and some yellows and oranges in the napa valley. a brief downpour is possible in this area over the next 15 to 20 minutes as they also moves to the northwest. right now we're looking at the golden gate bridge. it looks fairly dry right here. beaches today, chilly showers, out and about, it will be drippy at times. you may want to take the umbrella. it's going to be cool and humid

because of the scattered showers. san francisco, shower at any time. temperature 56 at 10:00. upper 50s from noon to 6:00 dropping back down to the mid 50s with a decrease in the chance of showers during the evening and overnight hours. in the north bay starting in the mid 50s, going to about 60. showers at any time through about 6:00 and dropping down at 8:00 into the mid to upper 50s. lows today mainly only in the 60s. a good five to 15 degrees below average. low to mid 50s tonight. notice the clouds starting to break up in the north bay. that's the trend for the weekend. the trend this morning, it's been accidents. here is alexis. >> no kidding. fooirs involving semis, too. this is one of two big problems this morning. this one is in oakland, northbound 880 right around the hegenberger road area. caught fire around 3:15 this morning. the driver was able to make it off to the shoulder and pull over. they had to stop all lanes of traffic for about 20 minutes until they got this tapped out. cleanup is under way.

the latest we have from chp, three lanes now open. we' were dealing with only two lanes up until a few moments ago. we may have to have another lane taken away when the tow truck gets to the scene. you can use international or 580 to get around that. they have not permitted trucks to use 580, at least not yet since that backup isn't too terrible. everyone else looking okay. holiday light and friday light. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard in the green. our other big problem is eastbound 80 south of the carquinez bridge. we'll head back there coming up. >> busy morning for you, alexis. thank you. only on abc you'll hear from the nba player wrongly tased. >> he sits down with robin roberts. what would you do if your

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. we are experiencing our best chance of getting wet today. the next seven days there's a 10% chance saturday and a 10% chance next thursday. at least 60% of us are going to need an umbrella today.

i'll give you the hour-by-hour look in a few minutes. in morning milwaukee bucks rookie sterling brown is speaking about the police body camera shows him getting tased by officers for a parking violation. this happened in january. the video was just released the week. brown breaking his silence and talking exclusively with "good morning america" anchor robin roberts. brown promised legal action against the city. >> this happens from coast to coast. it's something being shown more now that technology has advanced, something happening for years and stories have not been told. people's stories have not been heard. i feel like me doing this, it helps a lot. >> the officers who acted inappropriately have been disciplined following an internal investigation. you can watch robin roberts' interview with sterling brown on

gma on abc 7. this is new video out of north korea that apparently shows the demolition of a nuclear test site earlier today. journalists from around the world were invited to witness it. this comes just a day after president trump canceled the u.s. summit with north korea. secretary of state mike pompeo is blaming the north saying the company's recent rhetoric says it was unprepared to meet. it's 5:16 now. a new report reveals a huge spike in fentanyl related deaths. a record number of people died in california after overdosing last year. fentanyl is many times stronger than many prescription pain killers and heroin. nearly 750 people died from fentanyl overdoses in 2017, three times more than the previous year. the highest number since public health officials began tracking the numbers in 2008. the family of a san jose man found dead in an alley has raised enough money to give him

a funeral. yesterday police identified the victim at 28-year-old renee morales. a fund-raising campaign for him started several days ago and reached its goal last night. morales was found dead in an alley on second street on may 18th. the investigation into how he died is on going. the california supreme court ruled social media companies like facebook can turn over public user content to criminal defendants preparing for trial. this case stemmed from a san francisco drive-by shooting. the defendants want content by a victim and a witness. social media companies had argued that a federal privacy law prevents the release of any user content. an oregon couple has unplugged all the amazon echo devices in their home. they did so after one of those devices recorded a personal conversation and then sent it to a random person in their contact list: that acquaintance called

them and said, hey, i have audio of you talking about your hardwood floors. amazon apologized says the device inadd very at the present timely recorded the conversation and interpreted a word as send a message. >> i felt invaded, like total privacy invasion. immediately i'm like, i'm never plugging that device in again. i can't trust it. >> amazon said it investigated the incident saying it was an extremely rare occurrence and will take steps to avoid it from happening in the future. >> what on earth? thank goodness they were talking about hardwood floors. >> the device thinks you're talking to it and you're not and it starts recording you anyway. yikes. i won't be long before you can hitch a free ride in a gondola in san francisco. >> according to our partners

hood line, the gondola will open next march. this is pretty cool. it will transport people between sales force tower and the transbay transit center's rooftop park. it will carry 28 people, rise 60 feet in the air giving passengers a unique aerial view of the city. this is the first gondola in more than six decades in san francisco. >> let's not oversell this. it's a very short ride. i don't want you to think you're at the top of the sales force tower. >> saw a couple people swerving on the bay bridge. wonder if they were watching that. >> eyes on the road absolutely because we've got wet weather coming in. hi everybody, you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. pretty dry right now in walnut creek as we look south on 680. let's talk about today. cool highs and waves of light

showers. chance of showers, they're going to taper tonight. that will lead us to some warmer weather this weekend. wild temperature swings, talking about warming up 20, 25 degrees, and then cooling, 20 degrees all within about a five-day span. let's jump in to what's going on right now. richmond you can see heading down through albany and berkeley. just moving across berkeley up to richmond and also hit emeryville in oakland. tiburon, sausalito, belvedere all getting wet. more wet weather rotating up the peninsula. it's mainly just springsless right now. if you're heading through the santa cruz mountains, they're taking the bulk of the wet weather and leaving the santa clara valley. up until noon, plenty of green out there and a slight chance of thunder across the north bay. 7:00 this evening, the clouds open up a little bit. still a random shower around. that will be the case from

midnight all the way till about 8:00 tomorrow morning when the santa cruz mountains in the diablo range can be wet. notice the gray going around. how much will fall on your neighborhood? some of us may not receive anything. the rest of us less than .1 inch. wild temperature swings. 50s, 60s, 70s. not bad. monday and tuesday, 60s in the coast, 80s around the bay. it stops. wednesday and thursday back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. turn it over to alexis. a lot to talk about. >> sure do this morning. we've got video here of one of our two major problems. this is eastbound 80 before you get to the carquinez bridge. you saw all those flames, the semi jackknifed around 1:20 this morning and burst into flames. we have injuries reported to that driver although we don't know the extent of them. a huge emergency response. we had a full freeway closure

for about two hours this morning. and then even when they did get one lane back open we had a secondary crash as vehicles started to move past it. here is the latest. we have the secondary crash cleared to the shoulder although we have an ambulance on the scene, and we have just one lane open past the scene of this burned semi. it is still a sig alert. we've got a couple miles of heavy traffic approaching the scene. this is all a on eastbound 80 in the crockett area. so the countercommute direction. you can use highway 4 or coming sky way for an alternate and use the benicia bridge instead. just getting rid of a spin osh out cash, a vehicle going about 90 miles an hour at the south end of the robin williams tunnel. that is blocking the two left lanes. a quick check of conditions in the area. this is a look at the golden gate bridge. seeing a sheen on the pavement. we could have wet roadways out there this morning, too. next update coming up just before 5:30. coming up, the seven things

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drink pepsi, get stuff.stuff? time is 5:25. these are the seven things to know before you go. a big rig fire south of the krij between vallejo and crockett has shut down three lanes of eastbound 80. it could impact people trying to get out of the bay area for the holiday weekend. number two. three lanes of northbound 880 in oakland are now open after a big rig fire there as well. the number four lane is still closed. this is all happening at hegenberger road. >> number three from our live desk, in the last hour we saw disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein turn himself in to new york police. he'll be facing criminal charges, they expect those to be two rape charges. it has not been announced yet,

not arraigned quite yet. these charges come after a schb-month investigation. these showers we've been talking about all week are here and dropping measurable rain from .05 in santa rosa. ben loamand the biggest winner so far. b.a.r.t. members decided to take no further action until june 30th. that's when a separate entity is going the takeover future expansion plans. number six, wine country's biggest music festival kicks off in napa. bruno mars and snoop dogg among the performers. number seven, the warriors return to oracle arena tomorrow night on the brink of elimination. the dubs dropped game five to the rockets 98-94. the warriors need to win

tomorrow to force a game seven in houston. >> it was physically painful to watch. i just keep telling myself this means we get to win at home. but oh, that was tough at the end. >> they have to win two games. we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including why you won't be seeing those pay to ride scooters in san francisco for a while. facebook getting tougher on political ads. the changes you'll

harvey weinstein is turning himself in about an hour ago. i'm watching live coverage. check this out. two big rig fires on two different freeways overnight. it's causing major issues as many people head out for the long holiday weekend. >> i hate to tell you that mother nature may be raining on your parade. i'm tracking the rain for your

morning forecast. could we serve up a busier friday, may 25th. a whole lot going on this morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco, you already told us there's going to be a little rain, but just a little. >> just a little. it's enough that maybe we had the spinout in sausalito and more on the way which is an unfortunate way to start the holiday weekend. it will get warmer and brighter. just for today, you know where you've got a big speed bump. that's our storm impact scale of one. a light storm from today through tonight for spotty light showers. less than .15 inch. a slight chance of thunder. the area of low pressure sitting right on top of us and we'll have the light showers. we've already seen thunderstorms around tracy. those are heading up towards stockton right now. let's plan out your day. showers increasing through 7:00. showers continue through noon. they'll start to taper a little bit. we could see rainbows at 4:00.

the showers will start to taper even more at 7:00. temperatures starting in the mid 50s, only into the mid 60s before dropping back into the mid to upper 50s at 7:00. taking a breath over here but not over there. how about it, alexis? >> unfortunately still very busy in the traffic center. i showed you video from those two truck fires. want to head towards the carquinez bridge area first. eastbound 80 on the south end of the bridge is where we've had this major sig alert since about 1:20 this morning. still just the far left lane getting by due to that semi fire that jackknifed and burst into flames. we've got about two miles of heavy traffic approaching that. you can use couple mention sky way or head east before the backup and take highway 4 across the benicia bridge. it's a little longer but you won't hit any delays. the second before hegenberger road in oakland on northbound 880. you can use 580 for an alternate

there. next update around 5:40. that breaking news, harvey weinstein has turned himself in to police in new york. the infamous hollywood producer being charged with rape and criminal sex acts. law enforcement officials have told abc news the charges against him allege he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex on him. this comes after a seven-month investigation by police. these are the first criminal charges against weinstein since dozens of women have started coming forward accusing the film producer of sexual misconduct. weinstein also under investigation in l.a. and london. so we've watched him walk in to the new york pd precinct. after this he'll go to court and will be arraigned on those charges formally and we expect a very high bail to be set. a search is under way for a missing san mateo fisherman off the sonoma coast. this happened in gerstlegerstlee

he was walking along the rocks with friends when he fell into the surf. his friends tried to find him with no luck. they had to drive to get help due to no cell service. aer lingus passengers at sfo stranded for 24 hours are finally on their way to dublin, ireland. they were delayed after their plane clipped a wing after landing wednesday. many passengers were trying to make it in time for a historic vote. a referendum could overturn the country's near total ban on abortion. >> very happy to go home tomorrow for a vote. >> the aer lingus plane departed sfo just before 9:00 p.m. and is scheduled to land in dublin just before 7:00 a.m. our time. speaking of planes and trains and automobiles. no matter how you're leaving for a long weekend, expect heavy

traffic. >> the rest of you may end up being stuck with those heading out of town. the number of people driving somewhere for memorial day is significantly up. abc 7's matt is live in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. i have a good tip for everybody this morning e specially for the people living in san francisco. aaa says the busiest time to travel over the memorial day weekend in san francisco is going to be this afternoon from 3:00 to 5 doo 30. you'll be mixing in the commuters with the holiday travelers who will be hitting the road that day. there will be a lot of holiday travelers out there. aaa says more travelers will travel this weekend than in 12 years. delays on major roads could be three times longer than normal. san jose's airport will be filled with memorial weekend travelers and also people coming in for graduations this weekend. they expect 17% increase in travel compared to last year at this same time. even the trains will be packed.

amtrak is expecting 320,000 customers over the next week. now we're starting to see a few sprinkles in san jose. that can make the commute a little messy. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. san francisco residents will no longer have to dodge those electric scooters, at least for now. officials announced scooter companies in the city are required to remove all of their scooters from city side walks by june 4th. that's when a new one-year pilot program goes into effect requiring scooter companies to apply for permits. companies like lime, spin and bird need to present plans to address illegal sidewalk riding and parking. they also have to disclose how data is protected. >> i think it's a great idea. if you're not really a scooter -- you don't know the rules of the road. >> lime issued a statement in response to the pilot program saying they're excited to apply for a permit and will comply with the city's request. they also say they recognize there's still a learning curve

for many riders. starting june 4th, any scooter found on the streets of san francisco upright or not will be subject to impounding and a $100 a day feen. i'm going to jump in here, president trump has just called north korea's response to that canceled summit warm and productive. as always, i'm monitoring the president's twitter feed. he said very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from north korea. we will soon see where it will lead and hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. only time and talent will tell. this echoes what president trump said yesterday saying he does hope to one day have the summit, just not right now. back to you guys. heads up if you're heading to the beach this memorial day weekend. an advisory in effect for lovers point beach because of high levels of bacteria. the mochbt ray county health department says water samples

have exceeded health guidelines. they're asking people not to have any ocean contact at all at lovers beach. all other beaches are open with no restrictions. the e bart extension to antioch for flee today. diesel powered trains will carry passengers from the pittsburgh bay point station ten miles to antioch. the free rides on the e bart extension are from 1:00 to 8:00 tonight and regular service will begin tomorrow morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here is a look at what's going on with our rainfall potential. it's pretty light out there. maybe more than .10 inch in the north bay. the rest of us less than .10 inch. let me show you areas around. we'll start by looking at the bay bridge. looks dry here even though we have a few sprinkles rolling across the neighborhoods. the thunderstorm that was moving across tracy is heading towards discovery bay and bethel island.

it's lost its lightning for now. that doesn't mean it's over. the potential is still there. here is why i'm looking at the sprinkles around the sunset towards daly city, around, say, candlestick park -- not candlestick park, at tfrmts park. what we're going to be dealing with, showers just about all day today. dodging drops if you're trying to take mass transit. the ferry ride, you want to stay inside. you may get wet. peninsula today, at any time we can have showers. as we head from 4:00 on, the sun starts to break through. some of our warmest weather is from 4:00 to 6:00. as we look at the east bray,br showers possible. at 8:00 it will be about 59 degrees. temperatures stay well below average, 58 at the coast to about 68 in antioch and san jose. tonight, notice the green starts

to fade and so does the gray which are if clouds. that's the clearing trend. it will bring us significantly warmer weather for the rest of the holiday weekend. as far as the weather, pretty busy this morning. traffic is busy. supposed to be a holiday friday. >> i thought we would have a light morning, but that is not the case. we've had several major issues. starting off with this one on eastbound 80 just before the carquinez bridge. a semi jackknifed around 1:20 this morning and then burst into flames. what you're seeing is the cleanup effort at this point. we did have some injuries reported to that driver. we had a full freeway shut down for about two hours. we have one lane getting by, three lanes are blocked. unfortunately we had a secondary crash just as soon as they release traffic through this scene, and i just got a sad update. one person died as a result of that secondary crash. this investigation is on going. this is likely going to be a long-term issue.

i'm hearing maybe 9:00, 10:00 until we get this fully back open. i can show you where this is on our traffic maps. we've got about a two-mile backup approaching the scene. that is one of several issues, southbound 101 just past the robin williams tunnel another issue, a spinout crash reported. they just cleared that to the shoulder. that being said, we are seeing lighter traffic volumes in some other areas. no bay bridge metering lights. very light volumes in a couple of spots. i'll have an update on the latest with eastbound 80 near the carquinez bridge. another truck fire on northbound 880 in oakland. a milestone in the north bay. the celebration that has been months in the making. no plastic straws at mcdonald's? how taco taco are you one of the millions of americans living with a taco obsession? my $3 taco deal with three of the tacos you

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above 8,000 feet. that's right from now all the way through 5:00 tomorrow morni morning. 49 in tahoe. you want sunshine? head to palm springs, 88. afternoon sunshine, upper 60s around san diego and l.a. quick look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see by sunday, sunshine, then it remains dry all the way through thursday in the high country. happening today, santa rosa will celebrate the completion of the first home rebuilt in coffey park following the north bay wildfires. the mayor is going to present the certificate of occupancy to the homeowner, dan bradford, prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony. bradford says he never dreamed he'd be excited about a kitchen sink with running water. he's also looking forward to the day that his neighbors move back in. >> a lot of these houses are pretty close behind me, and that's pretty remarkable. people are being told 4th of july they'll be in. so it will be great to see

neighbors again. >> 167 homes are under construction in santa rosa. 91 building permits have been issued. >> good to see. 5:45 now. president trump deployed 1600 national guard troops to the u.s.-mexico border. the border patrol union itself is calling the move, quote, a colossal waste of resources. the border patrol saw no benefit from last mngt's deployment. he said previous deployments helped alleviate their workload. a new police report says a tesla that crashed in utah while in auto pilot mode accelerated just before its smashed into a stopped fire truck. according to the ap, police think a car in front of the model s changed lanes and the vehicle accelerated to regain speed without noticing the stopped cars ahead. the report says the driver assumed the vehicle's automatic

brakes would detect stopped traffic and stop. she was cited after investigators say vehicle data shows she didn't touch the steering wheel for 80 seconds before the crash. decided not to take a step towards banning plastic straws. a shareholder proposed the company prepare a report about the business risk of using plastic straws. the proposal received less than 8% of the vote at the shareholder meeting yesterday. mcdonald's says it's working to find a different solution and has developed compostable straws in certain markets. now, any election related ad on facebook on issues such as gun control or abortion will include information about who paid for it even if the ad doesn't endorse a particular candidate. ads coming from specific candidates have included des closure labels since october. facebook says anyone who wants to buy an ad must confirm their identity and location. former president barack

obama spending time in san francisco. someone in the public defender's office snapped this photo outside the adobe building. according to a spokesperson mr. obama jokingly said get back to work. if you don't like heights stay away from the latest edition to the top of seattle's space needle. >> i think it's pretty cool. you see the glass ben purchases. they're on an angle so you can lean on that wall which i guess is kind of freaky, and stake a picture of yourself 520 feet in the air. there will eventually be 24 of those benches. it's those guys out there i don't want to be. this is a $100 million renovation. they'ring trying to attract more people to the space needle. >> i used the live in seattle before i lived here. it makes me miss my old city. that's kind of like the obligatory thing when you have

friends come to town, you have to go to the space needle. they've renovated the restaurant, too. it rotates. >> they invited the last surviving member of the engineering team from the '60s, he's in his 80s now, to be part of the renault. >> look at you, facts. >> i'd like to see a pool up there next. >> hi everybody. what if they have windshield wipers on that. it rains all the time in seat e seattle. san jose at 87, pretty dry just south of the airport. you can see the run weigh and the airport under our live graphic there. waves of light showers and cool today. increasing sunshine and weekend warmth. the heat lasts about two days. then back to cool temperatures once again. here is the area of low pressure. you can see the counterclock wise swirl. more moisture ready to move ashore. right now if you're on the san

rafael side, heading toward lucas valley. we've got light showers, maybe sprinkles headed your way. heavier stuff starting to show up. here is live doppler 7 on mount saint helena over towards napa valley and towards the central valley. that's where it's been heaviest most of the morning. we had a thunderstorm in tracy earlier this morning. noon, a lot of green out there still. by 7:00, it starts to taper a little bit. notice the gray and the clouds starting to open. as we head through the overnight hours, you still have a slight chance of a random shower here and there all the way through 8:00 tomorrow morning in the diablo range. notice the breezes and the dryer air melt the clouds away. expect a lot of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will respond. warm two to six degrees tomorrow. but another two to ten degrees sunday. and then look at monday, 60s at the coast, 80s around the bay, 90s inland. it lasts through tuesday. it's much cooler wednesday and thursday. here is alex its.

>> i'm going to start you off with one of our two major problems this morning. this is the other one on 880 in oakland at hegenberger road. our second semi fire of the day. this happened a little after 3:00 this morning. everyone made it out okay. they had to stop traffic totally for about 20 minutes. right now they only have the far right lane blocked. things are improving. they have caltrans on the scene with equipment to offload the semi and get everything cleared out of there. our other semi fire, eastbound 80 before the carquinez bridge. started with a semi that jackknifed around 1:20 this morning. that burst into planes. we got one lane open around 4:00 this morning. then we had a secondary crash within that backup. unfortunately one of the people in the second crash did not survive. so now this is a fatality investigation along with trying to clear the semi that burst into flames. we only have one lane getting through. it could be several hours here before they get that totally

cleared. i'm hearing maybe 10:00 a.m. southbound 680 walnut creek to dublin at 14 minutes. southbound 101 santa rosa to staff 51. harvey weinstein just walked out of the police station in handcuffs. i've been monitoring the live images. i want to show you what happened moments ago, a behind-the-scenes look here at our computer that i work with. let me make it full screen there for you. you see he goes into that black suv. let me see if i can rewind it a little bit. regardless nks he is coming out there, you see him in handcuffs. he was smiling when he came out. he's going to court now. he will get arraigned and those sex assault charges we've been tracking throughout the morning, i'll have an update shortly. back to you. a recent cdc study shows as many as 1 in 59 kids in the u.s.

is on the autism spectrum. we're getting better at diagnosing and supporting children. what happens when they grow up? i met liz cain recently in san jose. she says her son paul received a lot of helpful services when he was diagnosed as a child. then he wasn't a kid anymore and everything changed. >> i didn't realize until he graduated that that next week, all of the appointments he normally would have been going to were no longer available. >> liz decided to open up a transitional home called shire house. today on abc 7 news at 4:00, we'll meet the clients of shire house. they include this m.i.t. grad developing the life skills he needs to live independently. you'll see how lives are being changed as part of our abc 7 stars series. >> such an important cause. this is something my own family has grappled with. it hits very close to home for me. an al lerlt before you hit the road this holiday

where will you be this holiday weekend? i know mother nature will bring increasing sunshine as you can see in the forecast. increasing warmth. starts off comfortable saturday. 50s at the coast. look at by monday. nobody better be complaining about how warm it's going to be. 66 at the coast. 80 around the bay, 92 inland. we'll take a look at some of the festivities going on this weekend, also like the a's game tonight where we have fireworks. it starts at 6:35, 60 degrees, dropping down to 57 by 9:30. alexis? >> taiking a look at our two major issues this morning. we talked to chp a few moments

ago. they con fermd no change. still one lane getting by the scene eastbound 80 before the carquinez bridge. that is due to two separate crashes, the semi that jackknifed and burst into flames and a second crash where a sedan that rear-ended the semi. unfortunately the driver of that sedan did not survive. northbound 880 before hegenberger in oakland, the far right lane is blocked. you can use 580 for an alternate. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk about what's going to happen at bottlerock. mother nature trying to keep the dust at a men mumby bringing you a few light showers. saturday we look at 72 with sunshine and sunday 83 with even more sunshine. make sure you have the sunglasses and sunscreen, at least some way to protect yourself from the strong sunshine. if you're going to the beach, this is mainly santa cruz where it will be warmer and brighter

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the east bay. a fiery crash blocking much of eastbound 80 at crockett. it will be that way for hours. >> we still have one lane open, reggie. not only do we have the jackknifed big rig and fire. we have a second crash just past that scene once they open traffic back up earlier this morning. that one is a fatality. a failed collision, a sedan rear-ended a semi. no change. one lane getting by, eastbound 80 before you get to the carquinez bridge. it could be 10:00 this morning before we see the lanes reopen. for an alternate, you can take eastbound 80 to eastbound 4 and use the benicia bridge. it's a long detour but you won't have delays in that direction. hi, everybody. let's start with the storm impact scale. because the storm is finally here, and it's going to last through tonight, stephen paddock