this is "abc 7 mornings." >> cue the fog horns. some spots are really socked in this morning including the golden gate bridge. we promise that's what you're looking at. >> all we see are just street lights and that's it. sorry about it. however, it is going to get warm today, so if you're in for some summer vibes, meteorologist drew tuma says, today is the day. >> nothing screams summer quite like that picture from the golden gate right now. we're socked in with fog. it is creating visibility issues. down to four miles in petaluma. you will encounter some early morning fog. live look at the exploratorium camera showing you the low cloud cover this morning. your 12-hour day planner there's that fog early on, midday the clouds confined to the coastline. by 4:00, inland it is going to be hot today, upper 90s around the bay, upper 70s to lower 80s. check out the roads with alexis, good morning. >> good morning, drew. we have what sounds like a

serious crash in the fremont area, southbound 880, this is just right around stevenson boulevard. initially sounded like a three-car crash in the left lane and then we had four more vehicles unfortunately become involved as well. seven total. it does sound like someone has some pretty serious injuries, although we have not confirmed that. the two left lanes blocked and that is starting to stack up fairly quickly. if you want to use some surface streets to get around that and reconnect with southbound 880 via auto mall parkway that will save you time. everybody else fairly quiet. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights around 5:32 this morning. next traffic update around 6:10. san jose police investigating a shooting after the victim was dropped off at a hospital. police say the 21-year-old man was initially taken to o'connor hospital before valley medical center with life-threatening injuries. investigators are interviewing family members who showed up with the victim overnight. they believe the shooting happened somewhere off julian

street north of san jose. police are asking for anyone who may have seen what happened to give them a call. six uc berkley police are expected to fight back for lying what they did on the job. >> they got fired for reportedly sleeping and hanging out instead of working. amy hollyfield live with more on this case. amy? >> hi, good morning, reggie. the decision to fire them was upheld, but this isn't over with yet. according to our media partner "the bay area news group" the six officers will now take this to arbitration. the police chief decided to fire them after accusing them of hanging out and sleeping in the math library during their midnight shift after saying they were checking on buildings. the news group reports there was a hearing and her decision was upheld. the officers have not been identified and the lawyer did not return a call from the reporter neither did the police chief. this is a large termination for

a small department. six officers being fired from a department of 40. live in berkley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. new developments involving a man accused of a violent purse snatching now being charged with murder. prosecutors filed the charge against 29-year-old oto hallafi and police say he knocked 93-year-old ann peterson to the ground during a robbery in may. she died last month. he's charged with elder abuse resulting in death. a look here at your screens, looking at video of a salvation army semi truck filled with donations that went up in flames in oakland. the truck caught on fire in the back loading area of the salvation army warehouse at seventh and franklin streets. the top floor of the warehouse is the halfway home. residents were forced out for a short time due to the fire alarm. but the good news is no one was hurt. san francisco police want to

find the two masked men who tied up and robbed two neighbors. this happened early yesterday morning at their apartment building on baker street. that's at the edge of laurel and pacific height. abc 7 spoke to one of the victims and he said ten minutes into the robbery the gunman heard his neighbor come home when they tied her up too. # >> they ran down and grabbed her at the gate and duct taped her feet, hands and mouth. they just said tell us where any valuables are in the house or we're going to shoot her. >> wow. the robbers stole the man's wallet, car keys, phone and watches before they ran off. the two victims were not seriously hurt. happening today, the state supreme court will discuss a proposal to split california into three different states. prop 9 qualified for the november ballot last month. opponents sued arguing the poposal abolishes the state constitution which cannot be done in a ballot initiative. voter in alameda will decide

whether to raise the local sales tax by half a percent up to 9.75%. they will vote on that in november. our media partner the east bay times reports it would offset a deficit in the city's budget over the next five years and if passed, the increased sales tax would take effect in april of next year. san francisco's new mayor working to tackle homelessness. london breed london breed brought police and other city leaders to get a firsthand look at an encampment yesterday. workers helped relocate more than a dozen who once called this home. the mayor says her goal is to make sure the encampments don't exist anywhere in the city. >> our goal is to help people one at a time every situation is unique. >> really gives me hope and let mess know there is still people out there who do care about the homeless and things we're going through. >> a quarter of the bay area's homeless stay in thty that's an estimated 7500 people. happening today, a stretch

of highway 1 that's been closed for 14 months is set to reopen. heavy rains caused a mudslide that buried the roadway in a mud creek area of big caltrans said repairs cost $54 million and still work to be done and drivers could encounter traffic delayses. santa rosa is taking a major step in rebuilding from the north bay wildfires. the leg just announced. and we showed you this video yesterday of an officer shooting at a suspect through his own windshield but was it just fide. a former fbi agent weighs in. taking a look at your morning planner today, we have dense fog right now that will last through about 8:00. some peeks of sunshine, by 10:00, 11:00, clearing skies and warming rather

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temperature wise, mid 50s to low 60s. a cool start out there but it will be a warm day away from the coast. in fact, today, is the hottest day we have all week. inland we're going into the 90s, mid and upper 90s, 87 that high in san jose, about 71 in san francisco, 77 oakland, some afternoon sunshine in napa going up to about 89 degrees. that's weather. a check of the roads with alexis. good morning. >> good morning, drew. i want to take you back to our most serious incident right now, also probably the biggest backup we have a crash in the fremont area, southbound 880 near stevenson boulevard. few details from chp, down to just the far left lane blocked. initially they were saying seven vehicles involved. i think a few people just stopped to help out. they're saying only four vehicles now were involved in the crash but one does have major injuries and that is backed up just about state route 84. not a lot of great alternates. use surface streets and connect at auto mall parkway.

earlier it's foggy and not really on the bay bridge, fog has settled in for the bay bridge commute and still have the dense fog advisory for golden gate.depart is investiga whether an officer was justified in shooting at suspects from his vehicle during a high-speed chase. >> the story making national headlines and two murder suspects were shooting at officer william umana as he tried to stop them. officials say they fired at the officers 34 times forcing him to return fire through his own windshield. the suspects crashed their car. the officers shot and killed the driver. the other suspect ran to a nearby elementary school where he was caught and arrested. this morning, on "good morning america" former fbi special agent and abc news security consultant steve gomez goes frame by frame over the video. >> he knows his life is in danger, which means he is authorized to use deadly force but is it advisable. >> you don't know how you're going to react until there in the thick of it making decisions

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abc 7 mornings. >> back at 6:15. santa rosa is going after pg&e. it want compensation for damage following the north bay wildfires. now the official cause of the tubs fire which is the one that devastated santa rosa isn't out yet, but cal fire determined the utility company's power equipment caused a dozen fires across northern california in october. santa rosa officials released a statement that says we must take action to seek fair compensation and reimbursement from the responsible parties so that our community can move forward to a full recovery and secure the future safety of our citizens. sonoma, lake, mendocino and napa counties are suing over the fires. an infant in san bernardino county is the first child to die from hooping cough

health officials made the announcement yesterday. california experienced a epidemic in 2014 with 11,000 cases statewide. health officials expect the next outbreak next year in 2019. the california department of public health recommends immunization for children as early as six weeks old. the mab who svi into a cement mixer in union city is talking about the ordeal. >> what an ordeal it was. jose canela told the i-team he was working at u.s. pipe and foundry when he lost his footing over a silo that feeds a mixer. a co-worker turned off the machine but canela was stuck. >> it was like quick sand or water. >> struggling. >> i'm just trying to stay on top of it. >> crews freed canela after a little more than two hours. he did suffer burns. canela says he's grateful to his co-workers and rescue crews for their help. a development involving a

plan to build massive tunnels to divert water from the sacramento river to southern california. backers of the delta tunnels project are ready to ask the trump administration for a $1.6 billion federal loan. the report says water users will ultimately have to repay the loan through increases if their water bills. state officials are expected to start that application process tomorrow. now a new breakfast food, it looks like scrambled eggs but we're going to let you in a secret, take a look. these didn't come from a chicken. they were created by a company called just. it's a san francisco food research start-up and the company isolated the protein from beans found and resembled egg protein. after trial and error they created something that resembled and tastes like real eggs. >> we don't manipulate the bean, we don't practice genetic modification it. we grow it, mill it, take the protein out, throw it in the pan

and have breakfast. >> and as you can see just egg cooks easily into veggie grill will begin using it. it will be available in supermarkets as well. i don't understand the science but all for breakfast burritos. >> of any kind. >> of any kind. >> so good. >> yeah. all sorts of like food products are coming out. you guys are shook over me saying i drink a milk-like product made out of peas. >> he calls it pea milk. interesting. >> sounds terrible. >> for the sake of calling it that earlier. >> i would try everything once. i would try it. >> anything. >> anything once. >> oh. >> good to know. >> weather wise, issues out there with fog. talk about visibility. live doppler 7 half moon bay, we're down to one mile visibility on this early morning hour. san jose and petaluma down to four miles, napa even more dense fog in the north bay, down to two miles.

the picture outside it is a foggy one, the foggiest all week. the bay bridge shrouded in fog at this early morning hour. we will take you inland to walnut creek, we do areas of sunshine peeking through the clouds early on inland and inland it will get hot today. hour by hour and show you the marine layer. by 9:00, 10:00 in the morning when we expect the cloud cover to really start breaking down, making its retreat back to the coast and by that lunch time hour, likely the only place that sees significant cloud cover right along the immediate coastline. highs today in our micro climate, south bay 87, warm in the south bay, 82 redwood city, mid 60s along the coastline for the peninsula, san francisco to a high of 71 later today, for the north bay about 90s, santa rosa, 88 sonoma, 88 san rafael, oakland up to 77 with afternoon sunshine, 82 in fremont, inland it will be hot in the mid and upper 90s. download the accuweather app and track the warming temperatures hour by hour. seven-day forecast will show you it is hot today, especially inland.

we gain some cloud cover tomorrow and also turn more humid by friday until cooler air moves in over the weekend. that's weather. a check of the roads with alexis. good morning. >> good morning, drew. we have one situation here that we've been following for about de but certainly want to tell you to avoid south bay 880 just past stevenson boulevard. we have a four car crash, one person with major injuries. sounds like a flatbed tow truck on the scene to take two vehicles away but that backup is solid to state route 84 at this point. want to zoom in and show you the speeds in comparison to 880 there, just crawling along at 7 miles an hour. the surface streets much better. 31 miles an hour if you're just passing through the area, fremont boulevard is an alternate option. also san mateo bridge, westbound 92 not good. word of a four-car crash before the high rise and that is blocking at least one lane. i'll have an update on that coming up at 6:30. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on

abc 7. >> to new york city that is ood morning you. up o orng. white house as president trump tries to walk back those comments from his summit with russian president putin. siding with him over our intelligence community. now he's saying he misspoke. we'll have the reaction this morning. also ahead the 12 boys and soccer coach trapped in the cave in thailand for weeks leave the hospital this morning and speaking to the public for the first time. our james longwin is right on the scene been there through the whole story. we hear from him. plus, a warning as you head to the beach. umbrellas like this going flying in strong winds. one striking and seriously injuring a woman this week. we will show you the right way to set them up so you don't get hurt when trying to have a good time. all coming up only on "good morning america." >> all right. thank you. elon musk is releasing a statement after calling a thai rescue diver a pedophile.

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we're going from clouds to sun in our wide range of temperatures this afternoon. san francisco up to 71, oakland warmer than that at 77. then it turns hot. 95 walnut creek, approaching 100 degrees later on in antioch. reggie. >> all right. thanks. tesla's ceo elon musk apologizing for calling a british diver involved in the

cave rescue a pedophile. musk addressed the issue in a series of tweets saying he had spoken in anger on sunday. it started when a diver accused musk and spacex engineers of orchestrating a pr stunt sending a small submarine to help divers rescued the soccer team. musk says the criticism upset him but should not have branded the diver a pedophile. there's happen for families left homeless by the north bay wildfires. a rental assistance center opens today, a program offered will provide families with financial assistance like rental deposits and help finding places to live. there are certain requirements and an application process. you can find more information at the center it opens at 575 west college avenue in santa rosa and opens at 5:30 tonight. a suspected burglar in southern california targeted the wrong family. the home of an mma fighter.

cell phone video captures how the suspected break-in ended. sergio hernandez jr. held that intruder down on the ground until police got there. >> this triangle shape here will be his head and arm in there and so basically what i have to do is pull his head down and it will cut off the blood circulation to his brain. deep down in my heart i guess i wanted to break the dude's arm but at the same time i just don't get a kick out of like inflicting pain on people, you know. >> hernandez say he found the man in the backyard of his dad's home in city heights yesterday morning. the bedrooms were ransacked but nothing missing. >> just the wrong place. >> got to do your research or just not break into people's homes. >> that's a better option. >> what's the first memory you can recall. >> well, it's probably a lie. >> oh, no. >> at least according to a new study. we'll explain. >> a major update on the thai cc team rescued from a cave out of the hospital and we're going to hear from them next. >> a local assemblyman proposed a bill that would pass pg&e

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good morning south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> the world watched as rescuers went into a cave and pulled out the thai soccer players one by one. the boys just got released from the hospital and now talking

about it all. >> it looks like it's going to be a terrible day based on a live look at the bay bridge, but let's take you above the fog. sutro tower cam, there is sun to be seen. i will explain in accuweather. >> if you want to visit the "full house" house you will have to get there yourself. the decision that has some people saying, how rude. >> oh, my gosh. >> had her hands on her hips. >> everything. >> spot on. >> cut it out. >> i know. >> oh, gosh. >> oh, boy. 6:30. good morning. july 18th. never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast and here it is. >> you can see it, gray across the region. i think this is the foggiest morning all week. live doppler 7 look at the coastline, half moon bay down to one mile, napa three, san jose and petaluma visibility down to four miles. that gray start early on, your 12-hour day planner shows that dense fog. by 7:00, midday, the clouds pretty much confined to the coastline.

a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. today is the warmest day all week we have inland. we're approaching near 100 degrees around the bay, in the 80s. dloeds the accuweather app and track the temperature hour by hour. a traffic alert on the san mateo bridge. >> this is turning into a pretty big head ache trying to travel westbound across the bridge. traffic not moving there, trying to get out of the hayward area. we did confirm with chp, one lane open. this is a four-car crash around the high rise. for a few minutes we had all lanes blocked and we also have the far left lane blocked on th side of the bridge. i can show you where it is on our traffic maps. you have a good idea there, that is backed up to the toll plaza as you can see. i'm sure that will keep going on to 880 if that is there for long. southbound near stevenson, a multicar crash in the fremont area that is blocking one lane and that backup continues to grow as well up to 6 miles there. tough in both of these spots.

next update around 6:40. new this morning, for the first time we're hearing from the youth soccer team and their coach who spent two weeks trapped in the cave in thailand. >> just overnight all were released from the hospital and they spoke out in a news conference. we want to show you this video of t entering. they were wearing their soccer uniforms. doctors say the boys are healthy, strong and their mental state is good. they did want to set the record straight about one thing, though, despite earlier reports the boys say they all knew how to swim. one of the biggest lessons they learned is to be more careful. with the ordeal behind them the boys are looking ahead to the future. >> translator: i would like to follow my dream which is still to be a football player. and another career i would like to have i would like to be a navy s.e.a.l. >> that's inspiring. at the news conference the boys honor the thai navy s.e.a.l. who died during the rescue mission and shared a picture they drew

along with very special messages. >> so good to see them doing well. they look great. >> one of the stories the whole world was holding their breath and turned out the way we wanted it to turn out. >> hardly ever happens. move to a silicon valley community hoping to help the housing crisis letting people park. >> east palo alto approved a program that will allow residents who live inside their rvs to park in a lot on bay road. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at city hall for us. matt? >> good morning, jessica and reggie. the city council is doing something that's never been done before and i'm sure a lot of other bay area cities are going to be watching to see if it works. of course all of this that's behind this is the housing crisis. affordability for sure. these palo alto city council approved the first ever rv parking program. ever been on bay road in the city you would see a lot of parked campers and rvs. the city is teaming up with project we hope to open up a city lot and allow rvs to park

safely while the people transition to permanent housing. officials admit the one year pilot program has its challenges. >> assign case managers to each of the families so they'll have someone to help them navigate to that road to self-sufficiency. >> there have been concerns from residents that live nearby about the potential impacts of this program. >> reporter: those concerns include security and sanitary issues, hygiene units will be made available. once the site opens in november the area will only be able to accommodate about 20 rvs. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. new this morning, a massive fire breaks out at a storage facility in martinez. this is video from the scene on howell road at a property where pyramid movers is located. crews were called around 12:30 this morning. contra costa fire says some storage boxes caught fire and that spread to some brush. firefighters were able to get it under control before it damaged any buildings. it's not clear how the fire

started or how many of those boxes got damaged. president trump in damage control mode trying to clarify comments he made during a summit with vladimir putin. >> yeah. the president appeared to agree with putin that russia did not meddle in the 2016 elections and now he says he misspoke. >> i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been, i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be be russia. >> the russians need to know there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016. >> democrats are demanding top administration officials and even the u.s. translator into the trump/putin meeting testify before congress about what the two leaders discussed in their one-on-one meeting. an east bay state assemblyman who proposed a bill that would benefit pg&e has a son who works for pg&e. the chronicle reports pg&e and democrat bill quirks office

confirms his son ian works for the company. assemblyman quirk's bill would allow pg&e to issue state authorized bonds to pay settlements stemming from last october's fire. state investigators have blamed pg&e for starting 16 of the fires. pg&e's customers would then repay those bonds over time. both pg&e and quirk's office say the personal connection has nothing to do with the bill. speaking of pg&e, it says it is taking steps to keep you safe from wildfires. the company is adding dozens of new weather stations and those stations help track the temperature, wind and humidity levels. this information should help better predict future wildfires. the goal is for crews to be able to respond quicker and take preventative steps to keep us safe. pg&e says it has added 50 new weather stations this year and hopes to have 200 by the end of the year. the fbi and oakland police have issued a $30,000 reward for information to help solve a murder case.

27-year-old patrick scott was shot to death february 3rd at a bus stop at 62nd and market streets on the berkley/oakland border. he was taking a bus to his grandmother's house when he was shot and scott's mother said she heard nine shots and then found her son bleeding as he tried to make it home. she says right before her son died he told her who shot him. that is information she says she's not allowed to disclose right now. >> do the right thing. turn yourself in. i'm going to do all i can to save the next child and the child after that. i'm not going to stop. >> police say this was not a random shooting, but they have not released a possible motive yet. firefighters on the front lines of a fire burning outside of yosemite are trying to make crucial progress before the high winds come in today. the ferguson fire west of the park has burned more than 13,000 acres. it is 5% contained.

flames are burning close to four evacuated communities. yosemite is open but highway 140 into the park is closed. officials warn visitors not to overexpert because of all the smoke the fire is producing. maybe not the greatest time to visit. >> in fact, we have an air quality alert in effect around the fire for smoky and unhealthy air. it will not impact our air quality locally. our air quality is good. issues with fog early on. one mile visibility at half moon bay, three miles in napa, four miles the visibility in san jose. early on you are dealing with pockets of dense fog. the morning planner, we have the fog in the forecast, at least through 8:00 this morning, and then the clouds will slowly begin to lift. by 10:00, 11:00, brighter skies prevail and we are warming up into the 70s and 80s. out there right now, grab the jacket, mainly in the mid 50s to low 60s. later on today especially inland, it will get hot. concord 96, 99 the high in

antioch and pleasanton, 96 degrees. highs today, today is the warmest day all week. 87 in san jose, sunshine in the south bay after morning cloud cover, 78 san mateo, 77 oakland, 71 in san francisco. the north bay, warm and hot, 89 napa and 90s santa rosa. we have traffic alerts to talk about on this wednesday morning. what's going n. have two big i now and they're getting worse not better here. want to take you back to the san mateo bridge. traffic not moving here around the toll plaza on the hayward side. we have a crash wtateute2 again.s are blocked onc so no one getting by on that westbound side. crews are on the scene. they are working to clear that crash over to foster city. and hopefully get that off to the shoulder quickly. if you're traveling eastbound from foster city toward the hayward area, we do have the left lane blocked and just a slight backup on that side. a look at those and those traffic flows on our maps. a little bit of a backup

eastbound. traveling westbound, the backup beyond the toll plaza, over to 880. unfortunately 880 is a mess as well. south bay 880 near stevenson boulevard, multicar crash blocking the far left lane and chp confirming details this morning, unfortunately a person was involved in a crash, stepped out of their vehicle and then was hit by another vehicle. so some major injuries to that person. we are not sure about the condition but they are working on that investigation and totally clearing that. bay bridge toll plaza looking okay. those metering lights are on, but we don't have major issues there. if you are coming from the eastboueast bay heading into san francisco. next traffic update in ten minutes. new this morning, google facing a $5 billion fine. eu regulators say it is for breaking anti-trust laws. google accused of taking advantage of its android dominance to promote its apps and services like google search. the european commission wants the company to stop this, quote, illegal conduct in the next 90

days. santa clara deputies say two suspected burglars are in jail this morning all thanks to a neighbor who reported suspicious activity. the sheriff's office posted pictures on facebook overnight. deputies recovered stolen packages and jewelry belonging to saratoga residents. deputies found the suspects hiding in bushes and found burglary tools in the suspect's car. aly raisman and 140 other women will accept the arthur ashe courage award from the espys tonight. we'll hear from her next. >> the big board at the new york stock exchange. down 18 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. markets are doing next. >> help wanted, a local police

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. your' never more than search minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> it is a foggy start, probably the foggiest morning all week. a live look from the bay bridge we are shrouded in cloud cover, inland hot, mid to upper 90s, cool along the mid pofs i'll have the seven-day forecast in seven minutes. >> thanks. >> the fight is not over for six uc berkley police officers who were just fired. >> they were reportedly sleeping

and hanging out on the job. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at cal. amy? >> hi. they were going to the math library during their shift. the police chief margo bennett says she decided to fire them because they were doing that and according to our media partner "the bay area media group," news group, they were report there was a hearing and that the decision to fire them was upheld. they will be term natsds. this a large firing for a small department. six being fired in a department of 40. sources tell the "bay area news group" the officers will take the cases to arbitration. this is not over yet. they have not been the officers radioed in they were checking buildings when at the math library. c spokesperso refused to comment and the police chief

margo bennett and the officers' lawyer did not return reporters' calls. reporting live in berkley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. happening tonight the 2018 espy awards will air right here on abc 7. >> olympic gold medalist aly raisman among a group of women being recognized tonight. they will be honored with the arthur ashe courage award. about 140 female athletes will take the stage with raisman who led the charge against nassar creating what will likely be one of the most powerful moments in the award show's history. >> you know, i know for myself when i speak, i do the best that i can to speak on behalf of people that don't feel heard because i think everyone deserves to be heard. it doesn't matter if you're an olympic athlete or actress in hollywood. we are human and deserve to be heard. >> and you can hear more from raisman coming up on "good morning america." she will talk about what's next in the movement to stop sexual

abuse in athletics and beyond. rry beil will be on the red carpet before and after the show and you can catch his live reports on abc 7 news at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. new this morning, a free church parking program in san francisco's mission district is here to stay. it allows cars to be parked in the median on sundays. according to the examiner, the sfmta board voted to make the pilot program permanent. neighbors complain the program was a violation of church and state but church leaders say rising rent pushed many members out of the city and they need a place to park to attend services on sunday. so cars can only park in the median until 6:00 on sunday evenings. now your morning money report, ford has agreed to pay nearly $300 million to settle claims involving defective takata airbags. >> the agreement needs court approval. about 6 million owners sued saying they suffered economic

losses including expenses and paying for a defective car. the settlement does not cover personal injury or wrongful death claims, just financial losses. at least 23 have died worldwide because of problems with takata airbags which can explode with too much force. american paid -- i should say americans paid banks about $104 billion in credit card interest and fees from march 2017 to march 2018 according to a new report by personal finance website magnify money. analysts expect the number to rise with the fed set to increase interest rates two more times this year. the market watch report as of april americans were sitting on more than $1 trillion in credit card debt. unbelievable. >> a live look at the new york stock exchange. we are slightly up about 10 points this morning. strong earnings from morgan stanley expected to help early numbers but so far it's not doing a whole lot of good.

the palo alto police department is looking for new recruits and starting pay is $98,000 a year with no college degree required. but the palo alto police department can't find enough people to apply. they used to be welders and nurses. officials hope to lure a new kind of applicant to become officers. they are appealing to those seeking better job satisfaction after having done something else. >> maybe it's not too late for me to change and do something that really means something and really it's not too late to change into a career in public service. >> not all coming from the same cookie cutter mold. it's important to bring different aspects of different careers and lifestyles to an agency. it makes us a better department. >> if you're interested, right now is the time to strike. 13 openings right now for officers. >> if you're looking for uncle

jesse in san francisco he's not home and it's a fictional series and three you can't ride a tour bus in front of the "full house" house anymore. busses will be banned on broderick between pine and bush under a new ordnance approved by transportation leaders. the reboot on netflix in 2016 spiked a lot of interest in the home which is featured in the opening credits. neighbors say in addition to the traffic headaches there's been a spike in car break-ins by criminals taking advantage of unsuspecting tourists. the ban applies to vehicles that seat more than nine people. think back to your oldest memory. >> okay. >> if it happened when you were in the ages of 1 or 2 researchers say sorry it's likely fake. >> all right. in a study of 6,000 volunteers 40% of people had a fictional first memory. scientists believe it's unlikely you can remember anything that happened before you're 3. two things could be coming into play here. if you think your first memory was at 1 or 2, you may just be mistaking your age at the time

and not the event itself. or the memory may be based on pictures and conversations. the study was published in the journal psychological science. >> that makes sense. i feel like most of my memories are based on pictures and conversations. i have the worse memory. >> i'm trying to think back to what my earliest memory would be. i have no idea. can't come up with anything. >> no. >> we're doing well. >> we are. >> it's this morning shift. >> when i was 28 i had a good ice cream. >> that's your earliest. >> very specific memory. >> maybe now i was just looking at a photo of an ice cream. >> probably. >> i don't know. >> lot of gray skies out there early on with the photos of our memories. cloudy early on. the fog is an issue, half moon bay, socked in right now. even san jose we're down to four miles, three the current visibility in napa. early on the commute take it slow, use the low beams with the fog. temperature wise about mid 50s through low 60s. grab the light jacket this morning. you won't need it later this

afternoon. your 12-hour day planner today we will highlight the dense fog this morning. i think by noon the only place that is really dealing with the cloud cover is the coastline. we're warming up quickly. by 4:00 we're sunny and hot inland. highs in our micro climate start in the south bay, lots of sunshine, warm, 87 san jose with afternoon schein. peninsula 82 palo alto, redwood city. cooler 60s for pacific and half moon bay. san francisco 71 but cloudy in daly city, 88 sonoma, 86 in vallejo. oakland sunshine 77, 82 in fremont, 79 castro valley and hot inland today. 95 san ramon 99 brentwood. the hottest day we have all week. we turn a little bit cloudier tomorrow. more humid on friday. remains muggy to start out the weekend but cooler and less humid to finish it out on sunday. all right. that's the weather. a check of traffic with alexis.

good morning. >> good morning, drew. two major issues going still and here's one of them looking at the san mateo bridge. looks like our camera is frozen on the right-hand side, but it's not. trust me traffic not moving. we have a multicar crash east of the high rise still blocking all lanes of westbound 92 on the san mateo bridge and blocking the far left lane on the eastbound side. so traffic is still able to get by just a slight backup eastbound but major delays on the westbound side. southbound 880 near stevenson boulevard, tracking this over an hour, major injuries, a person exited their vehicle and hit by another car unfortunately. they're doing an investigation. cleanup under way does sound like it's close to clearing. the left lane blocked. check out the backup, 11 miles, jammed back up to state route 92 into the hayward area. i'll have the latest on both of these in a few minutes. >> yikes. thanks. ebay is eliminating nearly 300 jobs at sites around the bay area. our media partner "the mercury

news" reports the cuts will be completed by friday and the affected employees knew about this at the e of last month. the cuts include more than 220 jobs at the headquarters in san jose, more than 40 in san francisco, and 5 in brisbane. a show of confidence for major league baseball for keeping the a's rooted in oakland. >> that's right. commissioner rob manfred says there's not another market in the u.s. with the upside potential oakland has. and the league would regret leaving the city if it did. he made the comments before yesterday's all-star game in washington, d.c. the a's have the best record in baseball right now. manfred hopes the team will work out a stadium deal in the near future. serious question, did you lose several thousand dollars at the airport in the past few days? a traveler found an envelope stuffed with cash at the international terminal late saturday night. he plans to do so when he comes back from his trip overseas. so, if you lost a large amount

spokesman says get in touch with san francisco police. i should note that the person who found it says there is some identifying something or other that was with the cash. >> like a name on the envelope? >> i don't know. >> you would have to know that. don't try it. >> okay. next the seven things you need to know before you go. >> first our instagram picture of the day. if you haven't yet, follow us at abc7news.com. abc7news.com. see

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to know before you go. number one, utunately we have two major traffic alerts. the first one here on the san mateo bridge. traffic may be starting to inch along. a crash reportedly still blocking all lanes near the high rise. they're working to clear it. hopeful that they will start moving here shortly. in the meantime major backups from that and southbound 880 in fremont the left lane blocked right around stevenson. an 1-mile backup to state route 92. the 12 boys and soccer coach rescued from a cave in thailand are out of the hospital this morning. they all wore their uniforms to a news conference overnight and looked great. doctors say all of the boys are healthy and strong.

>> number three, six uc berkley police are expected to fight back after being fired. the police chief says they were sleeping and hanging out at a campus library during their midnight shift. an rv parking pilot program is a go in east palo alto. the city council voted to allow a number of rvs to set up in the city owned parking lot. some see the program as a possible solution to the housing crisis. >> number five a portion of highway 1 near big sur closed because of a mudslide and will reopen today. heavy rains washed out the roadway 14 months ago. >> number six, a foggy start from the golden gate bridge camera. highs, afternoon sunshine, warmest spots into the 90s. >> number seven, we have one question, why? this guy set a new guinness world record for slicing the most watermelons in half omh ne nu. >> he sliced through 26 watermelons. >> no. >> so nerve-racking.

why? >> it's six more than the previous record. someone else has done this? good morning, america.? new protests erupt outside the white house as president trump does damage control. new tweets this morning as he tries to clarify those stunning comments where he sided with vladimir putin over our intelligence community. >> i accept our intelligence community's conclusion. >> the president now says he misspoke as top republicans struggle to defend him. severe storms strike the northeast. millions pummeled by major downpours. this highway under water. rescue teams racing to save stranded drivers. this church steeple struck by lightning, and a funnel cloud spotted outside new york city. now new concerns out west. at least 48 wildfires burning.