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 by waves of light showers.

enough to make things slick and a slight chance of thunder. if you live in the eastern sections, contra costa an alameda, you may have heard the thunder rolling through tracy and stockton. we have light showers rotating southeast to northwest across the north bay. barely sprinkles coating the ground in san rafael. mid 50s this morning, upper 50s to low 60s. we'll be dodging drops. random showers and random rainbows possible at 4:00 as the clouds open and the showers taper. grab an umbrella if you're heading out at 7:00 this evening. take a look at this brand new video. harvey weinstein leaving new york city police headquarters after turning himself in this morning. you can see it was a really short walk there.

he was in canned cuffs as he went into that black suv. that suv took him from police headquarters to the courthouse. it was only a short five-minute drive. weinstein is charged with sexually assaulting two women. here is what abc legal analyst dan abrams said on gma this morning about possible time weinstein might serve if he's convicted. >> he could face up to 25 years in prison. i think he's convicted, he will serve time. >> weinstein's lawyers have said allegations he forced himself on women are false. we'll see what happens. b.a.r.t. officials finally made their decision. they will not be expanding the dublin-pleasanton line to livermore any time soon. the board voted against several proposals after hours of heated debate. dozens of people living in the skrushs told their commuter horror stories. others want the money spent elsewhere. >> i have to leave home at 5:00

to be sure i'm not late. 7:00 start. i'm only 35 miles. >> the board will not revisit the issue until the end of june. that's when a separate transit entity will take over future expansion plans. san jose police are asking for potential victims to come forward after accusations a kindergarten teacher inappropriately touched a 9-year-old student. 61-year-old eduard frerking was arrested. if anyone has more information, contact san jose pd. no charges will be filed against the san francisco police officers involved in two deadly high profile shootings. the first one, mario woods in december of 2015. this is video of that incident when officers were seen surrounding him ordering him to drop a knife. it ended with a garbage of run

geier. this other shooting in the mission in 2016. luis gone gore rah shot after police say he charged at an officer with a kitchen knife. abc 7 was there when the announcement was made. >> the conflict 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. >> march year woods's mother says the system has let them down and the lawyer representing both families talked about the decision. >> this is just more of the same, from what is supposed to be a hall of justice but what has turned into a hole of injustice. >> public defender calls the decision mind-boggling. the san francisco police officers association says in both cases the police arkted 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. they say it is forcing them to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure to protect people from rising sea levels. yet a federal judge heard the oil company's argument to dismiss the suit. it may be several months before he makes a decision. muse, the killers, bruno mars, snoop dogg, and the list goes on and on. you can't even read all the musicians who will be at bottlerock this weekend. >> sounds great but the timing is interesting. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in napa with more on the festival and the inevitable traffic nightmare. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. it's not just a music festival. look at this beautiful piece of art behind me. this is just an example of some art you'll see sprinkled throughout the festival and the way they take this to the next level. they make this one a little different. this balloon is made of wine barrels, a nod, of course, to the wine country.

there's a little something for everyone. this is across the way from the bourbon and beer garden. a little something here for everybody. they also focus on food. there is a culinary stage. that's going to feature several stars from the food network. of course, there's the music. one midway stage is larger this year than last year. they did that to attract bigger names. they did just that. they have 86 acts over the next three days. the chain smokers, halsey. passes were gone in ten minutes, a new record, including the three-day zip pass which is $700. there are big names all through out the list. here are the headliners. bruno mars will headline sunday. the killers are playing. muse will play tonight. earth wind and fire and snoop dogg. traffic is expected to be a challenge getting into napa and here to the napa expo. 40,000 people are expected here each day.

plan accordingly. isn't this just gorgeous? i love this. look at this close-up view. tickets are sold out. there is a ticket exchange board that bottlerock has set up. if you were wondering if this is still a possible festival in its sixth year, definitely, just as popular as ever, in fact, growing in popularity. live in napa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, you stake out your spot and enjoy it. >> reporter: i will. your amazon echo might be recording you, and it could send that recording to a random person that you know. this actually happened and amazon is responding. >> unbelievable plus we're learning when that gondola will finally open at the transbay park in san francisco. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. you'll want to pay attention to today. 60% of us will get wet. lingering into

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for us everything has been kind of quieting the last couple hours or so except in the north bay where we have scattered lighter showers. as we head through the day, you want to be prepared for the random light showers that will be chilly in our beaches with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. if you're out and about you may want to have an umbrella with you. if you're exercising, it's going to be cool and humid today.toda upper 50s noon through 6:00. by 8:00 we're back in the mid 50s. if you're up in the north bay, random showers about any time up through 2:00. then becomes a little more scattered. we'll try to reach 60 degrees. upper 50s, not very summerlike. it will be sunday and monday. no change here. we still have one lane getting by. this is our major sig alert. this is actually two separate crashes on eastbound 80 just before the carquinez bridge. started with the jackknifed semi.

we've been showing you images from that all morning. it burst into flames about 1:30 this morning. at 4:00 a.m. a secondary crash, a sedan rear-ended the semi and the driver of that sedan did not survive. chp doing the investigation, it could be three or four more hours before we get that totally back up. northbound 880 before hegenberger trying to clear another semi fire blocking the far right lane. caltrans is on the scene. you can use 580 for an alternate. i'll end with good news, holiday light and friday light, still no bay bridge metering lights. it won't be long before you can hitch a free ride in a gondola in san francisco. >> the gondola will open to the public next month and transport people between the sales force tower. each cabin can carry up to 20 people, rising 68 feet in the air. giving passengers a unique view of the city. this is san francisco's first gondola in more than six

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when their yacht rear-ended another boat on the hudson river. about 100 students and faculty were on board. nobody got hurt. school officials say they're going to try to hold another prom before graduation. >> i'm really glad everyone is okay. >> yeah. that's a bummer. the former naacp spokane, washington, chapter president who identified as african-american is now charged with welfare fraud. rachel dolezal who changed her name faces up to 15 years in prison. she's accused of illegally receiving nearly $9,000 in food and child care assistance, claiming she was struggling to pay bills after being fired from the naacp. they discovered an undisclosed $84,000 in her bank account. an oregon couple has unplugged all the amazon echo devices after it recorded a conversation and sent it to the

contact list. the person called the couple and told them that this happened. the echo owner called amazon. the company says the device inadvertently recorded the conversation and interpreted a word as "send message." amazon says this is an extremely rare occurrence and will take steps to avoid that from happening in the future. i have one in my house. to be honest, i'm too lazy to unplug it. we're going to let it continue to listen the my conversations. >> keep those conversations tame. let's go over to alexis. dealing with a lot this morning. >> we've got a lot going on. unfortunately a couple really serious situations here. one of those is eastbound 80 just before you get to the carquinez bridge. that is the site of two collisions really close to each other right around cummings sky way. the first one the semi that jackknifed and burst into flames around 1:20.

several hours later as they were opening the roadway back up, a sedan rear-ended a semi. that was a fatal collision. you only have one lane getting by right now. that remains very heavy approaching that scene. definitely take highway 4 to the benicia bridge to avoid all that. very dark here at the golden gate bridge. southbound 101. we had an earlier crash in the sausalito area. that is long gone. we have slick pavement. check out these friday light and holiday light drive times. doing okay even out of the central valley. let's check in with mike nicco. >> unfortunately have bad news. delays have develope. faa says about 54 minutes. keep an eye on that because the clouds will be around all day today with cool temperatures and waves of showers. showers taper tonight and then a wild temperature swing, especially in our inland neighborhoods, over the next three to five days. a look at the area of low pressure, center of it just to the west. it will slide just to our south. the strongest of the storms will

be in the central valley and up into the sierra as we head throughout the rest of the day. we'll get leftover scraps as you can see, not a lot of grown. but it's out there at noon. be prepared if you're heading out for lunch, you could get wet from time to time. may have to dodge a few drops. same thing as you head into the evening commute. notice the clouds open a little bit. if we have showers, we may have rainbows. hashtag them we would love to see them. overnight, one last push as a chug of energy rolls through on a cold front. you can see scattered showers at midnight and very isolated around the south bay at 8:00 tomorrow morning. back side of that low, sinking air, dryer air, breezy conditions, but it does bring the sunshine and start the warming trend tomorrow afternoon. rainfall amounts, look at this, hardly anything out there on the peninsula. a couple .01 inch until you get into the north bay, that's where we have eight llt more than .10 inch. low to mid 60s around the bay and north bay.

look at the rebound tomorrow, but really what catches your eye, monday and tuesday, 60s, 80s, 90s and then we just stop, and we drop about 10 to 15 degrees wednesday. hope you have a great weekend. >> only in the bay area can you say 60s, 80s, 90s. that's just totally normal. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> t.j. holmes is live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. great to see you, t.j. >> good morning, guys. your weather sounds really exciting. makes me want to get out there to the bay area. good to be with you this morning. it's been an interesting morning here in new york. coming up on "good morning america," harvey weinstein has turned himself in this morning here in new york. we're going to speak with ronan farrell, the reporter who broke the story. we have an exclusive interview with rose mcgowan. you'll hear what she has to say about this new development.

also ahead, a robin roberts sit-down with sterling brown. he's speaking out. that's the milwaukee bucks rookie who was tased in january. the video has come out now. this is after a minor parking infraction. it started an uproar. robin roberts sat down and talked with him about the incide incident. also, we're kicking off memorial day weekend. everything you need to know to have a fun and safe holiday. also we're pouritying today. we've got sting and shaggy performing live for our summer concert series. all of that on a busy friday here at "good morning america." >> sting and shaggy. >> mr. lover, lover. t.j., thank you. >> a new warning about gps systems this morning after some people reported they were led right on to railroad tracks. plus the

you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. a little dark over the golden gate bridge. you can see a little damp on the roadway there as we had a couple of light showers roll through. some of our biggest winners have been lomond .06, petaluma .04. expect the wave of showers to continue all day today. >> looking forward to the warm

weather to come. giant balloons, barbecue and a celebration for beer lovers. we've teamed up with our partners at hoodline to bring you the best events this memorial day weekend. >> check out the examples of these huge inflatable pieces, ideal to stand in awe of. >> artists are doing amazing and unexpected things with the media of air. they feel an enormous space on pier 15. this is going to be gigantic. >> i got to help with some of the setup going on at the exploratorium and speak with one of the or tifts twooefing together the balloon structure. it may be just be air but the weight adds up. this thing is heavy. >> i'm sure they're the same a clown would use to come to your party. we use thousands of them. >> 16,000 balloons in this one piece, to be exact. it looks fun but it's no joke. this artist has to tape up his hands to prevent balloon-related

injuries. one of many pieces all part of the exploratorium exhibit opening this weekend called inflatable, expanding works of art. it opens on saturday. how does smokey barbecue and live music sound? a north bay tradition. the firemen's barbecue. the whole family is invited to santos meadows this sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. activities, live music. it benefits the muir beach volunteer fire department. calling beer lovers, session fest is back. more than 40 craft breweries will be at oakland's jack london square. it's saturday from 1:00 to a:00 p.m. proceeds benefit bike east bay. for tickets and info go to abc7news.com and we'll link you up with hoodline. next at 6:30, the popular beach closed to visitors this holiday weekend. also right at 6:30, you'll want to stay with us. we'll watch history in the making live as the first female

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now. a big day for the new york stock exchange. it is welcoming its first ever female president. stacy cunningham taking over as the big board's 67th president today. of course you can see it there. >> seven months since fires devastated the north bay. today a major milestone in the recovery. traffic trouble overnight. not one but two crashes involving big rigs on fire. the issuing are lingering. 6:30 from our emeryville camera. if you're planning a holiday weekend get away, matt keller is tracking the exact worst time to hit the road today. >> good morning, on this friday, may 25th. we made it to the end of the week. alexis has a lot to tell us. >> want to take you live to sky 7. they're cruising up interstate 80 trying to get to the crockett area.

obviously not quite to the scene yet. el' flip over and show you where this is on our traffic maps. just south of the carquinez bridge, that's where a semi jark knifed and burst into flames. we had a several crash several hours later in the same area. unfortunately that was a fatal crash. the investigation and cleanup continues. only one lane getting by. also northbound 880 at hegenberger in oakland, crews trying to clean up that second big rig fire major delays between bayfair and san leandro stations. we could have a little rain out there this morning, too. >> we could. hi, everybody. our storm is here. let's talk about what to expect using our storm impact scale. it's just a one for spotty light showers. some of us have already seen some of those. less than .15 inch. a slight chance of thunder which we've dealt with in tracy.

all green so very light. we had some earlier that dissipated. but they will regenerate. let me go through the day so you can plan it by looking at real tfly dry embarcadero. mid 50s now. upper 50s to low 60s. we'll dodge drops during the noon hour. we could have rainbows as the clouds up between the showers at 4:00, 57 to 63. at 7:00, 56 to 61 with a shower starting to taper. . planes, trains, automobiles, expect heavy traffic. the rest of you may end up stuck with those headed out of town. the number of people driving somewhere for memorial day is significantly up this year. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live in san jose. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reasonable gee. we're about a half mile away from las vegas which is great -- wait. my photographer is saying we're a half mile away from santa clara.

sorry about that. we're on the road here with a lot of other people traveling this morning. a lot of commuters. this may be a good time to get out of town. doesn't seem too bad on northbound 101 right at the border of san jose and santa clara. a lot of people on the roads today. aaa says more americans will travel this weekend than in 12 years. delays on major roads can be three times longer than normal. we mix the commuters in with holiday travelers, it will be today. busiest time to travel will be this afternoon from 3:00 to 5:30. busy at the airports as well. san jose's airport will be filled with holiday travellers and also people coming in for graduations this weekend. they expect a 17% indegrees in travelers compared to last year. if you're driving, you'll have to pay a lot for gas. aaa says the highest gas prices you'll see in about four years. we're not on our weigh to las vegas. we're on our way to santa clara, but still enjoying the ride. not much traffic here. >> just like las vegas except

not at all. thank you, matt. track issues with the weather or traffic this weekend with the abc 7 news app. we'll send push alerts for breaking news and, of course, you can track the raen with doppler 7. hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is in a new york courthouse right now hearing the charges against him. he's being arraigned on rape and sexual assault charges. about an hour ago we saw him walk out of police headquarters in handcuffs. he was smiling as he walked out. you see his arms behind his back, wearing a black jacket and blue sweater. he turned himself in this morning. legal analysts say he could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. these are the first criminal charges against weinstein after many women have come forward alleging sexual misconduct against him. he is being investigated in london, l.a. as well. no word yet on his bail. i've been watching for updates. we do expect bail to be

extremely high. >> jessica, thank you. 6:34 now. this morning milwaukee bucks rookie sterling brown is speaking about this police body footage showing him being tased and arrested by officers. this happened after a parking violation in january. the video just released this week. brown broke his silence and spoerk exclusively with "good morning america" anchor robin roberts. brown has promised legal action against the city. >> this happens from coast to coast. it's something that's being shown more now that technology has advanced, something that's been happening for years and people's stories have not been told, stories have not been heard. i feel like me doing this, it helps a lot. >> earlier this week the milwaukee police department apologized saying officers who acted inappropriately have been disciplined following an internal investigation. yu can watch rosh bin roberts' interview with sterling brown on gma coming up at 7:00 a.m. right here on abc 7. aer lingus passengers at sfo

stranded for 24 hours are finally on their way to dublin, ireland. they should be there in just a few minutes. they were delayed after the plane clipped a wing on a structure at the airport after it landed wednesday. many passengers were trying to make it in time for a historic vote back at home, a referendum that could overturn the country's near total ban on abortion. >> very happen pi to go home nor a vote. tomorrow is the day of the vote until 10:00 in the nighttime. >> the plane departed sfo last night just before 9:00 p.m., ex-scheduled to planned in dublin in the next half hour. heads up this weekend. an advisory in effect for lovers point beach in pacific grove because of bacteria. the monterey county health department says the water could make people sick. no swimming, no ocean contact. all the other beaches are open and there are no restrictions there. happening today, passengers

can take a right on b.a.r.t.'s e bart extension to antioch for free. b.a.r.t. is dedicated the new service. diesel powered strains will carry passengers from pittsburgh bay point ten miles to antioch. as pa rt of today's dedication b.a.r.t. is offering free rides on the extension from 1:00 in the afternoon until 8:00 tonight. regular service begins tomorrow morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. take a look at the san mateo bridge. it was wet earlier this morning. one of those light showers rolled across it. right now it looks much drier. showers are possible. you'll be dodging drops from time to time. right now looking at radar over the last hour or so. across the bay you can see not really a lot out there. just a few sprinkles. our best radar returns continue to move through the north bay, but also starting to dry up just a little bit. at any time today a stray shower is possible. the best chance around 2:00 in

the south bay. starting off at 57 at 8:00, low 60s at noon through 8:00 this evening. east bay valleys some of our warmest temperatures. you'll get it. it will be about 30 degrees warmer by the time we get to monday. today in the low to mid 60s. let's talk about what's going on up in napa with bottlerock. light showers today, just enough to keep the dust down. 65. 72 and increasing sunshine, but breezy tomorrow. 83, a whole lot of strong sunshine. wear the sunscreen, you will need it sunday. we'll take a look at what's going to happen at the beaches and that huge traur swing coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. you've been following two interesting accidents. the timing of them has been awful. >> that's for sure. sky 7 over the scene in the crockett area. eastbound 80, starting with a semi that jackknifed and basically exploded. that's what a couple of witnesses behind the crash told us, the fuel tank caught fire.

we've got just one lane open on eastbound 80 in the crockett air kbra before you get to the carquinez bridge. we had a second crash right around the same area involving a sedan and a semi. that was a fatality. crews are saying it will be 10:00 before they get this roadway back open. that is a long-term closure and a major headache, too. our other big problem, northbound 880 before hegenberger, right lane blocked. crews working to clear another semi that caught fire. i recommend using 580. trains moving once again on b.a.r.t. the person removed from the tracks. a 20-minute delay in fremont line from the earlier police activity. . i want to update you with what's happening with harvey weinstein. you see him in a courtroom right now. he is hearing those charges read. the charges he's facing, he's in his arraignment right now. about five minutes away from where we saw him surrender

earlier this morning at nrktsypd, one of the precincts there in new york. you see him with his arms behind his back. he is happened cussed. he's -- a judge is reading to him the charges that he is facing. we believe those are one count of rape and one count of sexual acts. again, we'll keep tracking this. listen in to exactly what is happening there, what they are saying. this continues as a really big day in new york as we see that disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein facing the charges, criminal charges against him. he has repeatedly denied any misconduct. back to you guys. >> thank you, jessica. it is a milestone day in the north bay wildfire recovery. the celebration that's been months in the making. >> if it seems like your e-mail inbox has been clogged with privacy notices, there's a god reason why. let's see where we are on the stock market. down 56 points at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the

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>> the warriors are flying back home today from houston on the brink of elimination. last night the dubs lost game five to the rockets, 98-94. golden state needs to win tomorrow night at oracle to force a game seven in houston and then win that, too. >> all right. they can do it. happening today, santa rosa will celebrate the completion of the first home rebuilt in coffey park following the north bay wildfires.

the mayor will present the certificate of occupancy to homeowner dan bradford prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony. bradford said he never dreamed he would be excited about a kitchen sink with running water, but here we are. he's also looking forward to the day his neighbors are going to move back in. 167 homes are under construction in santa rosa. 91 building permits have been issued. >> good to see. while we're in the north bay, let's talk about another thing to celebrate. bottlerock kicking off in a few hours. you can expect plenty of traffic when you combine that with people heading up there for the holiday weekend. >> abc 7's amy hollyfield giving us some behind the scenes action before the doors open. >> reporter: a new feature, pretty cool, at the merchandise area, if you don't want to wait in line, just hold your cell phone up and read this amazon code, pull up all the items, pick what you want, it will be shipped to your house. i thought that was pretty cool.

wanted to show you that. this is also new this year. you're looking at the midway stage. it's twice as big as last year. they did that so they could attract some biggars names. it worked. chain smokers on this stage, snoop dogg on this stage. this isn't even the main stage. take a look at some of the headliners, bruno mars is the big one. he's going to play sunday night on that main stage. the killers play saturday. you'll have muse tonight. this is sold out. they're going to have 86 acts over the next three days. they're expecting about 40,000 people here each day. there's also a culinary stage where they'll feature some stars from the food network. they'll be doing cooking demonstrations. there's something for everyone here. we even found cool pieces of art sprinkled throughout the festival grounds. we're at the napa expo, traffic will be en tense, 40,000 people here every day. it is sold out. there is a ticket exchange board

that bottlerock has. it should be pretty fun. weather will be a little tricky. pack a few layers. natasha, who would you like to see? >> i'm excited for chain smokers. earth, wind and fire. bruno mars. that amazon scanning merchandise, bottlerock is living in 3018. the rest of us in 2018. >> pretty cool, isn't it? we can all get our t-shirts. bye guys. >> so many people traveling, we do need to tell you that 36 million people, there's a warning about the potential dangers of gps. >> drivers are saying some directions have led them straight onto the train tracks. here is the issue. gps tells the driver to turn right at an upcoming street. at night or in low visibility,

some drivers may think this is the turn instead, a railroad crossing and then turn into the tracks. abc's gio benitez shows how people can be so easily confused. >> we're trying to get to a business right after these train tracks. it tells us to turn left. there we go. we easily could have turned left right onto those train tracks. >> at least two drivers on the east coast say they have followed gps onto the tracks. the long island railroad says it is working with app providers in hopes of making the directions more clear. an update to a story we first brought you on wednesday. mcdonald's keeping their plastic straws for now. >> shareholders rejected a proposal to eliminate them from all the 36,000 locations worldwide. that proposal received less than 8% of the vote at the annual shareholder meeting. mcdonald's says it's working to find a more sustainable solution for plastic straws. the company has developed compostable straws in some

markets. if it seems like your inbox has been clogged with privacy change notices lately, it has. new data protections are going into effect in businesses today. customers have to consent to how a company will use your personal information. google, airbnb and instagram are just a few of the companies sending out al lerlgts about the changes. stock market check now. down almost 70 points. this is a big day for the new york stock exchange. as we told you earlier, they're welcoming the first female president in the ex-change's 226-year history. about time. if you don't like heights, then you probably wouldn't be at the top of seattle's space needle anyway, but especially now. >> take a look. specially-designed glass benches are open and they let you lean right back against the glass wall overlooking the city's landscape 520 feet in the air. there will eventually be 24 of

these benches. they're part of the $100 million renovation. it should all be done by the 4th of july. this is really for the instagraming client. >> i don't know if you saw this, there's a gap in the glass. did you see that? >> just to make it more exciting. >> i just assumed it was seamless. there are pretty big gaps in between the glass where your keys could fall through, the phone. >> that's a design challenge i'm surprised they didn't meet. >> i wonder if it's because of the winds or something. who is going to clean that? that's what i want to know. smudge prints all over that thing. i can't wait to go look at it. here is a look at what's going on outside, not the greatest day to be up high. as you can see, the clouds are dominating. beautiful cloud deck over 280 and 17 in san jose. waves of light showers and cool conditions again today, our last day of that. increasing sunshine and weekend warmth. the heat is only making an appearance for about two days.

then it goes away once again. we're seeing our best chance of showers in the higher elevations in the snn cruz mountains into the diablo range. you can see it's pretty cloudy out there. you can notice as the counter clockwise spin is going over top of us, the shower trend is tapering right now. still a chance as we head throughout the rest of today. as you look on future radar, green dots just about everywhere during the lunch hour, even up until 7:00 when we start to see breaks in the cloud cover, the gray opening there. that's some sunshine. that means if you see a shower, you may see rainbow, also. it may mean you need the sunglasses for the last couple hours of the day. here is the last push as the cold front comes through tonight at midnight. a lingering chance. at 8:00 in the morning, notice the clearing, the dryer air, the breezy conditions. it will warm tomorrow. but the breezes will still make it feel cool. rainfall amounts, you can see the best, still up in the north bay, everybody else less than .1

inch. heading to the coast, mid 60s and cloudy conditions until about monday. we may see a little more sunshine. santa cruz is the place to go. notice the jump in temperatures from upper 60s today, low 90s monday. mid 60s around the bay today to near 80 by monday. live to sky 7 in the crockett area over the crash causing major delays. it started around 1:20 overnight when a semi jackknifed and burst into flames. tow trucks are picking up what's left. seeing major cleanup efforts at the ground level, too. looks like a lot of debris from that truck fire. a second crash in the same area that was a fatality. still just one lane open. sky 7 showing the backup approaching the scene. it is several miles. we're up to about four miles. it is gridlocked. they might get another lane open by 7:30.

not a full opening of eastbound 80 until 10:00 this morning. instead you'll want to head east on highway 4 and take it to the benicia bridge or use san pablo for an alternate. that will last for at least three more hours. northbound 880 in oakland near hegenberger down to state route 238 to our second truck fooir. want to end things on a good note. bay bridge toll plaza, still no metering lights this morning. we're friday light and holiday light there. now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> these live images just coming in. breaking news, an active shooter re ported at a middle school in indiana. evidence' seen varying reports. at least one or two people hurt. police do say they have the suspect in custody. you're seeing these live pictures from the school. noblesville west, just north of indianapolis. you see a huge police response. we've also been watching as kids are starting to be evacuated from their classrooms and onto

school buses by police. unfortunately an all-too-familiar scene. we'll keep tracking this as we get updates. s.w.a.t. going in to search the school. >> last thing we wanted to hear this morning. a recent cdc study shows as many as one in 59 kids in the u.s. is on the autism spectrum. we are getting better at diagnosing and supporting children. but 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 on the autism spectrum 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 her own transitional home called shire house. her son, her first client. today on abc 7 news at 4:00,

we'll meet the clients of shire house. you can see how lives are being changed as part of our abc 7 star series. >> such an important story to tell. my brother has autism. he's now in his 20s. this is something i know so many families are grappling with. >> my brother if law has autism as well. this is something he's gone through over the

time is 6:58. these are the 7 things you need to know before you go. number one, cleanup under way from a major truck fire on eastbound 80 in the crockett area just before you get to the carquinez bridge. still have just the far left lane open. there ear estimating 10:00 a.m. before it reopens. number two, another big rig fire on 880 in oakland. one lane shut down on the northbound side. that's more than three hours after this all started. number three, disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein in court. he turned himself in this morning. he's being arraigned on rape and sexual assault charges in new york. he faces a $1 million bail. number four, delays into sfoe and scattered light showers the rest of the day. number five, the b.a.r.t. board voted against a proposed extension the livermore. they decided to take no more

action until bruno mars and snoop dogg among the many performers at bottlerock. >> the dubs dropped game five to the rockets 98-94. so close. the warriors need to win tomorrow and then they need to win again and then we move on. >> okay. we can do it. we'll be back in 25 minutes with an abc 7 news update. >> if we don't see you good morning, america. breaking news for our viewers in the west. shooting at an indiana middle school. reports of an active gunman, injuries reported. officers at the scene. the latest right now. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein turning himself in to police this morning facing charges for sexual assault.

now one of the first to publicly accuse him, rose mcgowan, speaking exclusively to abc and ronan farrow who broke the story about harvey weinstein is here this morning first on "gma." an abc news exclusive. milwaukee bucks player sterling brown taken down and tased by police telling his story for the first time. >> i get mad every time i watch it because i was defenseless pretty much. >> what was