and any possible connection he might have to other murders is just beginning. the sheriff's office is expected to release more information on the case later today. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. fire crews have been on the scene of a wind blown brush fire in benicia all night guarding against any flare-ups. high winds pushed the fire to seven acres before flames reached eastbound 780 last night. the wind carried embers across the freeway and burned another acre nearby. authorities shut down 780 as the fire threatened homes. >> the time of year and location i was surprised how aggressively it was burning. for it to jump a multilane freeway that quick and houses and structures threatened. we went to a second and almost immediately to a third alarm at that point based on the threat. >> travis air force base had to bring in water because hydrants were nowhere near the fire. it is not clear what started the flames. it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us,

welcome. here's a quick update on your weather and traffic. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike? let's start with the winds. they're about 10 miles an hour. oakland, also concord at only 14. fair field, remember yesterday at this time they were around 35 miles per hour. so good news on that front. that's what will allow us to warm significantly today. we're starting off about the same. low to upper 50s. around the bay and inland by noon. 79 to 88 by 4:00. a comfortable 61 at the coast. here's alexis. good morning, mike. we are looking at really light volumes. that is going to be the theme today. certainly not complaining if you are one of the few heading into work ahead of the long holiday week. well, you should have an easy commute. a live look at our san mateo bridge camera. westbound 92 really not going to have a ton of company. drive times looking great, westbound 580. friday light. we like that, 31 minutes. you are in the green.

southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard. 101 to cupertino 16 minutes. developing news this morning, the man accused of a deadly shooting at a maryland newspaper is now charged with five counts of first-degree murder. police are still searching for evidence at the "capital gazette" in analysis. live in annapolis, good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. that building behind me just across the street is the crime scene. we have new details about the alleged gunman. his long-simmering hatred for the newspaper and those previous threats police say led to the shooting rampage. overnight police in maryland searched the home of the suspected gunman in what appears to be the deadliest attack on journalists in the u.s. in years. >> this was a targeted attack on the "capital gazette." >> reporter: shots fired at the annapolis, maryland, newspaper yesterday afternoon. investigators say the suspect, 38-year-old jarrod ramos -- >> the guy was holding what

looked like a big shotgun, pointing the gun deep earp into the office like he was targeting people. >> reporter: inside, five people killed. another two injured. employees scrambled for cover. others hid from the shooter. the paper's crime reporter phil davis tweeting there's nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload. the retired editor of the paper says the suspect had a history of social media threats against him and the paper for reporting on this guilty plea to stalking his ex-girlfriend in 2011. >> he kept track of both the reporter and i. he knew we had left. i doubt that he was looking for me when i came in the door, but he was certainly looking to retaliate. >> reporter: the sister paper, the baltimore sun, wrote tributes to the victims. this morning their newspaper's front cover, the "capital gazette" refusing to let the

tragedy stop it from covering the story. the suspect hasn't been cooperating and had to be id'd using facial recognition. we know the "capital gazette" reported his alleged threats years ago. he filed a defamation lawsuit against the paper and lost. the whole thing is just heartbreaking. a go fund me site is helping raise money for medical expenses. the staff will be consulted before any money is spent. we do have a link on our website, abc7news.com. abc 7 news received surveillance video showing the car san francisco police say is responsible for a hit-and-run that left a pedicab driver in critical condition. the gold four door was swerving through traffic on the embarcadero before slamming into the pedicab. it happened on sansome street.

it caused the pedicab to collide with a second one. a family of four were injured. police say anyone who saw the accident needs to contact them. san francisco's minimum wage is going up to $15 an hour on sunday. it's the final tier of the cost of living increase for proposition j passed by voters in november of 2014. four years ago san francisco's minimum wage was $10.74. people will have more power over the information companies collect on them this is part of a privacy bill governor brown has signed into law that will require companies to tell you what personal data they've collected, why, and which third parties have it. you can ask to have that information deleted. you'll be able to sue for any breach of unencrypted personal data. kids under 16 will have to opt in to have their personal information sold. this new law takes effect in 2020. a data breach may have exposed information on nearly 340 million individuals and

businesses. the comparecords include phone numbers, home addresses and e-mail addresses but not social security numbers or financial details. they have not yet commented on the leak. the pawnee fire that's burned more than 17,800 acres is now 50% contained. cal fire lifted more evacuation orders as the flames move away from populated areas. the fire started on saturday and it's destroyed 22 structures. some of them homes. there's concern about containment lines holding because a red flag warning is being issued starting this morning. and speaking of that, let's see how we're doing. mike nicco? you can see the red, reggie. it depends on which county. 11:00 in the morning for lake and solano counties. for the north bay and mendocino county, and it goes through at least 11:00 saturday evening. even longer for lake and solano

counties, 5:00 sunday morning. the highest fire danger is developing today. the faster winds are developing tonight especially up around the pawnee fire. you can see we're around 10 to 20 most of the afternoon and into the evening hours and then we get up around 20 to 25 during the overnight hours. so i would expect the fire to spread tonight. here's a look at our temperatures back in the east bay. we're in the mid to upper 50s until you get to concord and highway 4. low to mid-50s. your commute planner for today. everything is pretty good other than the glaring sunshine and a little breezy south of the bay bridge again. it's going to be a pretty nice day to get out and about. a look at the south bay. 62 and sunshine this morning. 71 at 10:00. look at these low to upper 80s as we head from noon all the way to 7:00. back down to 76. the peninsula, 60 this morning. 75 by noon. 80s -- low 80s this afternoon from about 1:00 to about 5:00. and then san francisco, 60s.

mid to upper 60s after starting off sunshine and 58 degrees. got our fingers crossed. most of the week has been quiet or at least less than normal traffic and you're thinking today about the same? >> i think we're going to be really light today, hopefully anyway. it's friday. we have the holiday next weekend. i think a lot of folks may be stretching out the holiday, taking a few extra days off. in fact, some good news already for our road work. we just had one slow spot so far this morning that was on northbound 880 between alvarado and state road 92. looks like they have wrapped up that work. we had a solid line of red for about a mile a few minutes ago. i believe we have all lanes back only and are already back in the green that did not take long to thin out. looking at light volumes here, southbound 680 through walnut creek, no delays or brake lights yet. hoping that trend continues for the morning. we'll look at mass transit up next. a political dispute is taking a disturbing twist.

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how far does crystal geyser alpine spring water travel from its source to the bottle? less than a mile and a half. crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. naturally. if you are leaving us today and heading out across the

state, mid to upper 60s along the coast from eureka to monterey. it will be quite breezy there. 68 in san diego to 76 in l.a. with afternoon sunshine. the hottest temperatures, palm springs 102 and some of that mid to upper 90s through the central valley. about 88 in yosemite today. let's take a look at tahoe and average high of 76. spot on today. low to mid-80s saturday, sunday and monday. back in the mid to upper 70s. look how dry and sunny it will be. >> divine, mike, thank you. congresswoman maxine waters has canceled two planned speaking engagements in texas and alabama because of death threats. waters has become a lightning rod for criticism since she called for demonstrators to harass president trump's cabinet wherever they go. the president tweeted about waters saying be careful what you wish for. and many people interpreted that as a threat. waters tells cnn capital police are investigating the threats. california voters may get a say on whether to change

daylight saving time. governor brown has signed a bill putting the proposal on the november ballot. the practice of changing our clocks twice a year is outdated. and studies do show that losing an hour of sleep and the switch of daylight saving increases the chances of heart attack and traffic accidents. if voters approve, the legislature would decide whether to stay in standard or daylight saving time. permanently there are several hurdles that have to be cleared before this would actually happen. congress has to prevent -- the governor has to sign in. this is a story that goes on and on. happening today oakland's oldest mexican restaurant will close its doors after 91 years. >> take a look at this line. the owners say it is time to retire. abc 7 news anchor joined i enjoy one last taste. >> reporter: for young and old everyone standing or sitting in this line outside mexicali rose has a story. >> my father introduced us to

this place, and they probably have been coming here since the '40s. >> reporter: this woman has been coming with her family since 1944. >> i love the food. the food is beautiful. >> reporter: for 91 years it's been a place where everyone knows your name which makes it all the more bittersweet when the doors close for good friday. the staff greeted like rock stars before the lunch service rush. >> you don't order. they show up with your plate because they know what you're drinking or eating. >> reporter: after three hours jerry, who has been a customer since 1978 and was first in line, is ready to chow down. >> i always order a ground beef burrito. >> reporter: as the clock hit 12:00, the first wave was welcomed inside. organized chaos in the kitchen. the owner and staff too focused to stop to talk to us, plating up customer favorites. especially for those ordering extra to take home to savor that familiar flavor. >> it's delicious. i mean, it's worth it standing

in line for three hours. >> reporter: so what will customers do without her enchila enchilada/taco plate combo? >> i don't know. there's not another place like this in the area. we're going to be very sad to have it leave. >> reporter: in oakland, abc 7 news. mexicali rose will be open from noon to 8:00 p.m. the line gets cut off by 5:00 p.m. so get there early. and happening today a special dedication for toy story land at disneyworld in florida. park officials will join woody, buzz lightyear and jesse to welcome them to hollywood studios. it includes that new roller coaster you see there called the sinky dog dash and right there the swirling saucers. also, andy's lunch box. the park opens to the public tomorrow. i spent much of my afternoon watching videos of people on the slinky dog roller coaster. >> fun, right? what can you tell us?

>> it looks wonderful. it sort of looks like a mix between big thunder mountain and space mountain with that kind of level. >> looks good to me. >> the best of two worlds there. >> why not? >> sure. i like that. it's going to be hot down there, though. the humidity. you want to move around a little bit for us. we'll find some way to keep cool over the next couple of days especially if you don't have air conditioning. the heat is almost here. hi, everybody. it's 4:46. looking from our east camera. tonight we'll see stars and it won't be quite as cool as it has been the last couple of nights and next week we're going to drop right back below average once again. here's a look at the cloud cover. there's a few clouds along the coast this morning. look at that. everybody's sunny by noon and we say sunny all throughout the afternoon until the sun sets at about 8:35 this evening. let's see what it does to our temperatures. we're getting back into the 80s in the south bay. for most of us low to mid-80s. some 90s around los gatos.

sunny 77, look at that right there, in santa cruz. the boardwalk will be awesome today. 76 in millbrae. low to mid-80s. mid to upper 60s along the coast today. just a touch of a breeze. low to mid-70s for downtown. south san francisco and sausalito. right below the threshold where everybody starts to complain. low to mid-90s through the north bay valleys. along the east bay shore, oakland at 78. everyone else in the low to mid-80s. air conditioners may be humming in our east bay valleys with low to mid-90s. look at the temperatures tonight. look at the wealth of 60s away from the bay. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s, even 50 at half moon bay under a clear night. seeing a lot of stars tonight, even warmer tomorrow. the heat still peaks saturday. it starts to ease sunday. you'll see the clouds gather at the coast. they'll be more prevalent as will cooler than average temperatures as we head to our birthday, wednesday. good morning, mike. we are looking at a pretty quiet commute so far this morning.

probably one of the business ye spots is the bay bridge toll plaza and a stackup on the right-hand side. it looks like the left-hand side fairly open right now and no metering lights yet. that usually happens around 5:20. maybe a little bit closer to 5:30 this morning with the lighter volumes. a follow-up on a small issue with b.a.r.t. last night. oakland airport connector was out of service for a few minutes due to a mechanical issue during the evening commute yesterday. we did call to confirm. everything is normal this morning. 28 b.a.r.t. trains in service with no delays. thanks, alexis. a rally is scheduled at the alameda county board of supervisors to demand an audit of the sheriff's department. protesters want to know how greg ahern is spending taxpayer dollars. they point out the department's budget continues to increase while the alameda county jail population has decreased by 44% over the past ten years. members of the center for human rights will begin their rally at 10:00 in front of the

supervisors building. 4:48 now. amazon's latest move is causing the value of the country's biggest pharmacies to plunge. and at&t faces a big fine for 911 outages. here's this morning's "tech bytes." in today's "tech bytes," amazon rocks the drug industry. >> the retailer purchased the online pharmacy pill pack. they offer presorted packaging and home delivery for prescription medication. >> the announcement sent shares of walgreens, cvs and rite plunging. at&t agreed to pay more than a $5 million settlement to an investigation into a pair of 911 outages. >> those happened last year on their mobile network. they lasted some six hours and dropped at least 15,000 emergency calls. the mes classic is back for now. >> for now, key words. nintendo's mini replica comes loaded with 30 games. it was released last year but quickly sold out. so more consoles were made available at midnight on various

websites. some sites say sold out again. >> psych. >> those are your "tech bytes." the morning commute getting more expensive for ferry riders. how much more you'll be paying starting monday. and lebron james has a big decision to make today. the warriors star he'd like to the warriors star he'd like to have join him if he moves to a crystal geyser alpine spring water starts here, the warriors star he'd like to have join him if he moves to a passes through here, and is bottled right here. at the mountain source. naturally. crystal geyser is the only major u.s spring water bottled at the mountain source. naturally.

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day. look at these temperatures. it's the peninsula that will see some of the biggest jumps, 71 yesterday. 86 today. most of us about 10 to 15 degrees warmer. get ready. summer's back. reggie? >> thanks, mike. it is the first of what could be a series of decisions from lebron james. he has until midnight eastern time tonight to decide whether to opt in on his $35.6 million deal with cleveland, or become a free agent on sunday. now yesterday espn's stephen a. smith made some waves reporting that lebron texted warriors star kevin durant to gauge his interest in teaming up with him as a member of the l.a. lakers. lebron is rumored to be considering a move there. all i heard was that lebron james had reached out to k.d. asking about his interest in los angeles, and that's as far as it had gone. what i heard k.d. just smirked and laughed about it because his attitude is i beat lebron james the last two years. why would i join forces? and that's what i've heard and

and that's what i've heard and that's what i reported. >> sources say lebron did not text k.d. >> very speculative. heads up if you ride the ferry. you will be paying more starting on sunday. san francisco bay ferry raising adult fares on all routes and increases range from 10 cents to 50 cents. the fourth of five annual fare increases and it's intended to offset rising operational costs. the california highway patrol has seven new four-legged additions this morning. the k- s graduated from a training academy yesterday. soon enough they'll take down suspects and sniff out drugs. one of the dogs is specially trained to locate explosives. after 13 weeks in training the handlers and k-9s are champing at the bit to get started. >> we all signed up for the purpose of making the world a

better place. we have an additional tool to do that so, yeah, we're excited. the k-9 officers will be assigned to chp divisions across the state. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk dogs, bring your pooch and parade it around on the field after the game, i think it is. either way, it's going to be a fun time. cleveland is in town. 7:05 first pitch. the alameda county fair begins and finally the heat is coming in. 77 at 8:00. 89 at 3:00. 82 at 7:00. then stars and we'll feel comfortable at 77. the jazz festival, 79 saturday. a cooler afternoon sunday and 71 degrees. enjoy. here's alexis. sounds like fun, mike. you shouldn't have a lot of traffic to get through if you are heading out this early in the morning. we are looking live. folks heading into san francisco from the east bay.

we do have reports of a disabled vehicle blocking the hov lane, the connector to northbound 101. not seeing any delays approaching that scene and chp is on the way to the scene so keeping an eye on the situation. westbound 580 richmond/san rafael bridge. a 13 minute drive across the san mateo bridge. the dumbarton bridge in the green, nine minutes. alexis, thank you. more americans say they're exercising but obesity rates keep growing. about 24% of adults say they exercise every week up from 21% in 2015. a new study finds 31% of adults report being obese. it is possible the people who are new to exercising may already be at a normal weight and unhealthy eating may keep them from losing weight. a memory that will last a lifetime in a game between the yankees and phillies. standing in the right field seats wearing a jersey tuesday night. that's when the yankees' outfielder started playing catch with him. this was in between innings.

the boy's father tweeted the video thanking the reigning rookie of the year for making his son's night. judge was originally drafted by the a's as a high school player from linden. obviously his parents raised him right. 4:57. staying safe on the roads. three new laws going into effect over the weekend. and the discounts you can expect on the official last day for all toys "r" us stores. the record breaking numbers expected at airports across the country. >> i always forget to pack my patience. it's funny. something big for harry potter fans. the show making its west coast the show making its west coast de

right now at 5:00 get ready for long lines if you're traveling for the fourth of july. a live look at sfo. the record breaking day expected at airports and on the roads. >> it's hard to believe we'll set a record for most passengers at airports today. but that's what they're telling us. good morning on this friday, june 29th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast and mike nicco bringing a warm-up, too. absolutely. a summer surge starts today. look at the cloud cover around half moon bay down to santa cruz. that's it. most of us waking up to some haze out there, a nearly full moon. let's break down this day of transition. low to mid-50s. low to upper 50s. that's about the same as yesterday. look at all that sunshine starting out. by noon we're comfortable at the coast. 60. near 80 to near 90 away from the