good morning, south bay. >>s is "abc 7 mornings." welcome to wednesday, august 15th. it is 5:00 a.m. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist drew tuma in for mike nicco. hi, drew. >> good morning. we're trackingromteetredidon c s time yesterday. visibility is down to seven miles, but this time yesterday we were down to one mile. not as foggy as it was yesterday morning. outside, a live look from our exploratorium camera. gray skies overhead, a lot of us waking up to cloud cover. like yesterday the cloud cover coast. by 4:00 we will see sunnier skies prevailing away from the coast, but it is cool for august with 70s and 80s away from the coast. we do have a traffic alert with

alexis. here's more on that. >> we sure do. involving a pedestrian. we did get word from chp this is a fatality. that investigation continues on northbound 101 around sfo. that crash happened right around millbrae avenue and for about 15 minutes we had a full closure, all lanes were blocked. they were able to open up the two left lanes. the two right lanes are closed. we have a crew on the way to the scene. hopefully we'll have more information once matt keller arrives. you can stick to el camino real or 280, another option if you're trying to get to sfo this morning. plan on a few delays or a little longer trip if you have to take a detour. everyone else still fairly quiet this morning. a look at drive times coming up next. >> thank you. new details on a deadly workplace accident last week in san francisco involving a worker at muni's west portal station. >> it seems there are questions swirling around the contractor's safety record.

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live at the construction site with the allegations. >> reporter: jessica, reggie, records obtained by the san francisco examiner revealed the contractor who hired the man skilled at construction site friday did not disclose its long list of previous workplaceplng . it was last friday when a temporary steel beam fell on 51-year-old patrick ricketts working construction inside the 100-year-old twin peaks tunnel. he was hired by shimmick construction. back in november 2017 shimmick construction and another partner answered no when an sf mta questionnaire asked whether either had been cited for serious or willful violations by osha in the last ten years. according to "the examiner" the company had been linked to 50 workplace violations including

six citation to the 2016 death of a forklift worker in california. right now it's still too early to determine whether shimmick construction was in compliance with safety and health standards when that beam fell on the worker on friday, but we're digging into this for you and staying on top of it this morning. for now i'm live along west portal avenue, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. >> from abc 7 news. >> just coming in, new information on the suspect arrested outside parliament in london after the attack there yesterday. british media outlets have identified him. police arrested the 29-year-old uk national on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. they say he intentionally crashed into security barriers near parliament yesterday hurting three people. new video shows the tow truck removing the car from the crash site overnight. investigators have since raided several properties in england for evidence. we're learning more about a

potential global atm bank heist. we first told you about this fbi warning yesterday morning. now can derail their efforts. >> reporter: a massive threat against financial institutions around the world. the fbi now warning about the possibility of cyber criminals carrying out a scene using mallway to access personal bank card information. >> the bank has to do things from their site to upgrade their firewalls, upgrade their policies of dealing with transactions. >> reporter: these atm cashouts are more likely to happen at small to medium sized institutions because the cyber criminals believe the security measures aren't as strong. fraudulent copies of debit and credit cards are created by sending the stolen data to the masterminds who transfer it on to a reusable card with a magnetic stripe. >> once they are into the system they go to the administrative account and remove any kind of limitations. whatever in the bank at that time they can just cash that and they do it at a predetermined time all over the world.

>> reporter: the fbi declined to go into greater detail about the warning, but said in a statement, the fbi routinely advises private industry of various cyber threat indicators observed during the course of our investigations. this data is provided in order to help systems administrators guard against the actions of persistent criminals. despite the threat, officials at technology credit union in san jose are confident their systems are good to go. >> it is quite common in the financial industry to get alerts like these and whenever we do, we automatically trigger to our failsafe possession where we increase our monitoring and height our alert system to make sure we are covered. >> reporter: experts say change your password or pin number in the coming days and also think that the attack could happen on a saturday, which is when smaller banks tend to be closed for the weekend. reporting in san jose, i'm chris win, abc 7 news.

to the latest on the wildfires. >> people in glen county forced out of their homes because of the mendocino complex fire. the larger of the two fires continues to push northeast. glen county sheriff issued mandatory evacuations yesterday from take county and colusa ends to the national forest. a large section of the forest is closed off. areas east of the forest are under an evacuation advisory. we're learning more about the firefighter killed on the front lines of the mendocino complex. matthew burchet died from an injury he suffered the day before. details have notnee b news of his death has devastated the small town of draper which is 20 miles south of salt lake city. >> the chief came to draper city fire department in may of this year. prior to that he worked for the unified fire authority for the past 20 years. the chief leaves behind a wife and a handsome young son.

he was 42 years old. >> burchet was one of 40 utah firefighters from seven agencies deployed to the fires burning across california. good news on the ferguson fire as tourists are allowed back into the yosemite valley. it was closed for nearly three weeks because of smoke from the fire. fire officials hope to have it fully contained today but it is still burning near el portal road, an extension of highway 140. look at how devastating the three major northern california fires have been. these are the totals from the mendocino complex, ferguson and carr fires near redding. in total they've caused 11 deaths. according to cal fire, 1,370 homes are destroyed, the major in the redding area. the fires have burned 662,000 acres, more than alameda county, san jose, and san francisco combined. >> really puts it into

perspective. you know what, after coming off of a record warm july month, the past week cooler air has filtered into california helping firefighters and their efforts there. temperature wise, san jose unified, you're going back to school. low 60s in the south bay. light jacket, take it with you as you head out the door. 50s to low 60s. take a look at the rest of the bay area. cloud cover certainly with a lot of us this morning. 7:00 in the morning as we go hour by hour, time out the marine layer, thick in a lot of spots. by 10:00, 11:00 in the morning a majority of the region is breaking out for sunshine, the only exception, san francisco, coastline, east bay hayward still dealing with the patchy fog. by 1:00 away from the coast, the sunshine is dominating our sky. the bigger picture, the area of low pressure keeping us on the comfortable side today. that cooler air is over us, but it does keep the marine layer for longer during our morning hours. what we're watching, though, this area of high pressure will

begin to move westward over the next couple days and that will begin to warm up temperatures, especially as we head into the weekend. today it will be breezy along the coastline. your three-day forecast, look today, it's comfortable. if you liked yesterday, you're going to love today. 70s and 80s widespread away from the coast. as we get into thursday and especially into friday, as you move away from the coast you can see those numbers really warm up pretty rapidly and by friday in the inland east bay we're back into the heat once again with our hottest spots in the mid if not upper 90s. a traffic alert we want to tell you about. here's alexis. >> good morning. i checked in with matt keller as well. he is arriving to the scene around sfo. northbound 101 near millbrae. a fatal crash about an hour ago, a couple minutes after 4:00 a.m. a vehicle hit a pedestrian and the pedestrian did not survive. investigation is under way. we had a full closure ofrtound

minutes. they were able to open the two left lanes. we've t abo atwo- e bthig alert scene. n mile an hour is your average there. if you want to take a detour, el camino real is wide open, 280 is wide open. otherwise you will be delayed. a lot of folks probably taking that route to get to the airport n ikeetha morning. everyone else looking okay. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 43 minutes. >> thank you. onermo pein ignson after a francisco killed a bicyclist. it happened at turk and taylor in therln district before 6:00 last night. police shut down a street for the investigation. no word on any charges the driver will face. tinder is facing a lawsuit by the people who created it. a just released report warning about foods you might be feeding your children. we'll explain more next. a local brewery received

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> it is 5:13 on our wednesday morning. we're taking a look at the state. if you are traveling today it's cool on the coast in the 60s and 70s, but fresno as you move inland it is hot. near 100 degrees. similar story for bakersfield. 84 l.a., san francisco near 80

with sunshine later today. >> thanks, drew. a team that founded the dating ap tinder is suing the owners for $2 billion. they say iac interactive corp and match group deliberately undervalued tinder to cheat them out of money they were owed. the founders claim they valued tinder at $3 billion. they found it's worth more than $10 billion. iac issued a statement calling the suit meritless and went on to say that the founders may not like the fact that tinder has experienced success following their departures, but sour grapes alone do not a lawsuit make. a long-time san francisco bar and live music venue is going silent. the hemlock tavern will soon be turned into housing. the venue first opened in 2001 s are soaking up the last suds before the bar is demolished an

use condo building. michael ross started working at hemlock and now is the manager until the bar closes october 6th. >> hopefully some people will get the idea this is a vacuum that needs to be filled and that they'll make a new space for this adventurous music to happen. >> but fear not this may not be the official end for the hemlock tavern. developers reportedly want to reopen it inside the new condo building, but with different management and owners and likely a very different scene. warriors superstar kevin durant promoting diversity in the tech industry. according to the "wall street journal" he teamed up with other african-american celebrities including will smith to invest in a $15 million fund called culture. the fund launched by sets aside profits to create opportunities for minorities. eating breakfast you may want to hold off until the next story. san francisco is getting

proactive when it comeso t feces. members of a new patrol will focus on one of the city's worst quality of life issues. since the first of the year, san francisco has receivedrly 14,600 complaints. crews will search for the waste before complaints are made. people we talked to liked the idea. >> i think the mayor is really starting to realize that people are not coming to san fncofco . if it's a cleaner city it's a nicer city. >> the patrol team will have a staff of six plus two trucks at a cost of about $750,000. they will officially start next month and i think the official name is the poop patrol. >> i'm sorry you had to say it. it shouldn't have been dumped on you. >> good one. get ready to party in novato. the rail transit known as srt a

of its first year of the system off to a good start. the celebration is from 10:00 to 3:00 on saturday at the hamilton station. they will have live music, food trucks, kids activities and giveaways. in napa the grape harvest is under way. workers for mum winery wl out at first light to pick grapes used to make its wines. this video is from past harvests. growers agree 2018 has been a fantastic growing year thanks to evensend becau the vines made a strong recovery after last year's october wildfires. the vines went into dormancy right after the fires, but made a full recovery. try to copy in and out and the fasts food chain may send you a cease and desist letter. a brewery in san francisco posted a picture of its new beer on instagram.

the post said the in n stout beer is coming soon. in and out heard about it and sent the brewery a letter which reads, please understand use of our marks by third parties us to the extent this can cause confusion. we are attempt rights. it says it found nine puns in the effort. they're like seriously stop >> what. >> to sum it up, no. >> don't do it. >> please don't. >> no kidding. pretty clever of their team. >> yeah. why not. >> i wonder how many people it took to put that together. >> nine. >> one pun per person. limit yourself. >> all right. let's talk about what's happening in the weather. the coolest day of the week. foggy cool start, you're in luck this morning. outside we go, the exploratorium camera atop pier 15. nice shot of the transamerica

pyramid. overcast skies for us. you're waking up to0ss 5 early . you need the layers this time of the year. this morning you need the jacket. back.o s we're at 60 degrees. limited sunshine but notice sunnier skies prevail by 3:00 as kids are getting out of the fir. temperatures warming to 76. good luck to the students in sunnyvale. highs in the south bay, 80, san jose 77, 78 for santa clara. along the peninsula, cloud cover now, sunnier skies in the afternoon, 75 the high in palo alto. the same in menlo park. cooler, cloudier half moon bay, 61 degrees. downtown san francisco, similar to yesterday. you will get a little bit of sunshine right around 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. that's about it. cloudy in daly city at 58 degrees. to the north bay, 82 sono,ma vallejo, into the east bay the fog right now, the sunshine into the afternoon. 70 the high. and oakland. 76 fremont. 87 brentwood, about 81 san

ramon. accuweather seven-day forecast it is cool with clouds to sun. back to average on thursday with warmer air arriving here to end the week on friday. here we go the weekend, it is bright but hot away from the coast. inland spots hitting that century mark yet again. that's your weather. check out roads with alexis. >> g. oornmo areingp following the tr alert around sfo. northbound 101, a fatal crash involving a pedestrian. a sig alert in place before you get to millbrae avenue. we have the two right lanes blocked. the two left lanes are open and we've got about a two-mile backup approaching that scene. matt keller is just arriving there now. looks like he is caught in the traffic jam. we are going to be checking in with him shortly and he will have more information on how long these lanes will be blocked and what happened. we started off with an early morning crash, westbound 80 in emeryville. we had several lanes blocked that has cleared. i believe we had a truck going back to clean up a little debris

but i'm not seeing them anymore either. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza looking good still and no metering lights yet. that should be happening any minute now. >> thank you. today's "gma" first look rescuers saved a young couple in wyoming that ended up trapped in an ice cave almost two days. >> in this morning's "gma" first look it was supposed to be a birthday celebration for adventure loving couple jessica and spencer. they were in the wyoming darby ice caves. >> a lot of ice. very cool. the walls sparkled because there's so much ice. >> you can see from the video what the inside of the cave looks like. dark and freezing, surrounded by ice and water. the pair who are experienced climbers suddenly found themselves lost and stranded. >> she dug out and just an inch and a half maybe, just enough to get me to wiggle through. >> the caves so dark they were disoriented and then hypothermia began to set in and the couple

feared they might never see their 1-year-old daughter again. >> that's terrifying to think that you are leaving your kid alone with no parents. >> and we'll have more on the search and rescue mission coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, abc news, idaho falls. a warning for parents with infants or toddlers. >> 7 on your side partner consumer reports found common baby foods contain high levels of heavy metals. they tested 50 products including baby cereals, packaged food, vegetables and cookies. they say two-thirds of the products contained lead, cadmium and inorganic arsonic. long-term exposure increases the risk of cancer and type ii diabetes. the metals occur naturally in soil. buying organic won't help. experts suggest parents reduce the amount of tainted foods and talk to their doctor about

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and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. don't let another morning go by without talking to your rheumatologist about xeljanz xr. these are seven things to know before you go. number one a major traffic alert around sfo. this is our crew, matt keller in the backup on northbound 101 approaching millbrae avenue. this is where we have a deadly crash involving a pedestrian that happened just after 4:00 this morning. we have the two left lanes open, the two right lanes are closed for the investigation. that backup around two miles. keeping a close eye on this and alternates this morning. italian authorities say at least 39 people are dead from yesterday's bridge collapse. officials are blaming the fall on the lack of maintenance by > mberhree, back to st

florida. marjory stoneman douglas high rvllancameras. up secgitmoto n number four, we know the bay area bad roads cost us in the pocketbook, but we know how much. tripnet.org says in the bay area it costs the average driver nearly $3,000 a year. number five, omarosa is firing back at the trump administration. during an appearance on "the daily show" last night the former white house aide said the white house is trying to silence her. trump's campaign filed arbitration accusing omarosa of violating her nondisclosure agreement. and number six, in will dominate. 70s and 80s away from the coast. number seven, "crazy rich asians" hits the screen today. it's the first contemporary set film to feature an all asian cast. critics are loving the movie.

don't forget the director is from here in the bay area. >> that's right. >> warriors guard quinn cook spent years trying to make it from the minor league to the nba. >> he broke through last year and they signed him to a two-year contract in april and he's giving back to the person that means the world to him. cook surprised his mom with a new car. the nba champ tweeted "best feeling in the world my mother deserves it all rip dad." cook lost his father at age 14. so sweet. we're coming back with another 90s minutes of news. sonoma county wantso t its firefighting forces. friends and loved ones

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"abc 7 mornings." a car hits and kills a pedestrian on highway 101. live at the backup near sfo. we will have a report from matt keller coming up in just a moment. does this look familiar? if you've been on bay area roads you have felt the potholes in your car and in your wallet. new this morning, the hidden cost of bad roads. >> this motorcycle rider does not want to see a pothole. the stunt that's going viral and serving as a message do not try this at home, folks. even if you are thinking about it, i don't know who was thinking about it, please don't do it. >> no. let's all keep calm on this wednesday. august 15th. 5:30 in the a.m. you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. a nice day for a ride maybe? >> if you liked yesterday you will love today. it's a very similar setup. the fog early on. the good news not as thick as this time yesterday. visibility is decent across the region. seven to ten miles. we'll take you outside the

exploratorium camera, overcast skies right now in san francisco, so we have that gray morning early on. sunshine first prevails inland by noon and then into the afternoon away from the coast. we all see the sunshine. it is cool once again for august standards. 70s and 80s once you get away from the water. we want to alert you to traffic issues. here's more with alexis. >> one significant one this morning. a traffic alert still in effect. this all started a little bit after 4:00 this morning. initial calls into chp was that a vehicle hit something in the roadway and it turns out that was a pedestrian and that person did not survive. fatality investigation is under way on northbound 101 before millbrae avenue. we defl hi have some delays. they were able to reopen a couple lanes. i would say your backup is a little over two miles at this point. you can use el camino real or 280. either look okay right now. plan on a little extra time trying to make it for an early flight this morning. abc 7 news reporter matt keller just arriving to the scene. matt, i know you were in the backup there.

looks like you're just arriving. what can you tell us? >> yeah. it took us about 20 minutes to get from the backup, the backup started about a mile away from millbrae avenue. let me show you what it looks like from my point of view looking out my windshield. you can see that traffic is being diverted into two lanes here. so the far left two lanes are open. the far right two lanes and the millbrae avenue exit ramp is closed. so you got to be careful when coming up on this. you're not going to be able to go too fast when you arrive here on the scene because the chp does have those two lanes blocked off this morning. obviously a tragic incident out here. a crash involving a pedestrian. that pedestrian was killed in this crash and the chp will be out here investigating. they have a tow truck coming out here as well to take away at least one vehicle. obviously they're dealing with that and trying to get that cleared up. if you can avoid this area do that. of course we're around sfo so that can cause problems. we're trying to get to the

airport. it will cause problems for everybody on the morning commute here on northbound 101. back to you in the studio. >> thanks for the update. developing news now from the south bay, san jose police are searching for the driver who smashed into a car and a home. police were called to a house on angie avenue and south jackson street just before 11:00 p.m. when officers got there they found two cars smashed together in the driveway. one had a considerable damage. it's unclear if the home has any structural damage. whoever caused the crash ran from the scene before police got there. now a live desk update. >> the death toll for the collapse of a highway bridge in italy has gone up to 39 this morning. rescuers are still searching for any survivors. and this is a live look at the scene in genoa. you can see the massessive pile of rubble that search teams are still going through. i want to show you new drone video from the scene, you can see the mess left behind when the bridge collapsed over the river in the port city.

apart yesterday afternoon after being hit by lightning. new video of rescuers pulling a victim from the rubble. up to 35 vehicles fell nearly 180 feet to the ground. 16 people were hurt. 12 of those have critical injuries. there are still two people missing. construction was under way on the bridge, but investigators say they still don't know the exact cause of the collapse. family answered fred -- and friends of two young men killed in an accident held a vigil in walnut creek last night. 17-year-old dakarai fagorala and his friend 18-year-old john walizada were killed sunday morning. it happens as they drove back to antioch sunday after partying in san francisco. the car careening off of a freeway flyover in walnut creek >> i am overwhelmed and blessed to see the impact these young

men had on the lives of all these kids. >> the driver of the car 18-year-old ramya ramey is facing felony dui charges. the group of friends recently graduated from deer valley high school. two female passengers in the car survived and were badly injured and they are still in the hospital. we know the name of the officer in critical condition after crashing his patrol car near the port of oakland. 22-year-old jordan wingate graduated from the department's police academy last year. officer wingate collided with another car early monday morning as he responded to a call. his patrol car then hit a semi truck. officer wingate was trapped inside. he had to be extricated. no one else was hurt. sonoma supervisors want to revamp the county's fire deployment and asking taxpayer to foot the bill. supervisors approved a plan to a statns.e s they're asking voters to approve a lf cent sa that would raise nearly $42 million annually.

that would cover the estimated cost of the plan changes. a report out of sacramento says the state has burned through more than half of its annual fire fighting budget and we're only two months into the new fiscal year. wildfires this year have burned three times more land than what burned in all of 2017. governor brown says firefighters will get all the resources they need even if that means we have to dip into the state's surplus. because of the high fire danger east bay parks have temporarily banned open flames. abc 7 news was at lake temscal where warning signs are posted so they say no smoking, no wood or charcoal barbecues, no camp fires. gasoline powered generators also banned. visitors will be allowed to pro. we know why southwest grounded dozens of fghas lts the airline had to re-check how heavy the planes were. the chicago business journal

reports the did not match those sent to dispatch. weight is important to calculate fuel and other safety data. t m after a federal investigation launched to determine if inspectors had been too lax on southwest safety and maintenance checks. and time now, 5:37 a.m. we have a lot of folks headed back to school on this wednesday. san jose unified your high temperatures in the upper 70s. san mateo 71. santa rosa, warmer than that in the north bay, low 80s. san francisco unified, cooler in the 60s. pittsburgh and san leandro unified, 85 and 72 respectively. good luck to all the students headed back today. out there currently we have the cloud cover overhead across much of the region. uppers 50s to low 60s. you need the layers today. the jacket first thing in the morning. we'll go hour by hour and time out the marine layer and stop the clock at 7:00 in the morning and see we're still dealing with fog across the region.

by 10:00, 11:00 in the morning, foggy over san francisco and oakland and bay bridge. even south towards san leandro. by 1:00 in the afternoon, a majority of the region seeing sunshine. the coast you're stuck in the fog for the day today. so the next three days, today temperatures really comfortable in the 70s and 80s with that nice onshore breeze keeping the numbers away from us. take a look at the numbers in the inland east bay. tomorrow we're back into the low 90s and on friday even warmer air arriving around here with our hottest spots into the 80s and mid 90s. enjoy the cool weather sticking around one more day before we start to see some changes. we have issues with the roadways right now. >> yeah, we sure do. oninarcur ween folling since a . arouo. will takeou on the01 e. we justheed inh matt

ke on the scene. he is working on talking to chp who is conducting their investigation. the two right lanes and the off ramp to millbrae avenue are min get through this backup. you can use el camino real, 280 is wide open as well. just getting word of a new crash, multicar crash here in the trivalley past livermore avenue. sounds like a semi and two other vehicles are involved in this. we have at least one lane blocked. trying to confirm this. calls just coming in. we should have more information in a few minutes. bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights on at 5:25. the carpool lanes are stopped right now. i will follow up on that too and see what's going on there. okay. this is in the category of do not try this yourself. a motorcyclist in san antonio pulled off a dangerous stunt on a highway and this is called the superman. the biker lays flat on his stomach while raising his legs and a passenger in another car

recorded thi o whilef course, police say if you see someone doing this or driving dangerously, you should call 911. i'ton d t like on my living room floor. let alone going 90 miles an hour down a freeway. it's crazy. >> i mean, superman is the wrong term. stupid ma would be a better -- >> yes. >> exactly. >> for that move, yes. >> yeah. thank you. >> safety tips from alexis. don't try it at home. if you notice you're suddenly logged out of instagram you may have been hacked. the other warning signs that you need to look for. and all it takes is a few more clicks. san jose mayor sam liccardo one step closer

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> 5:43 a.m. looking at the 12-hour planner in san francisco. we're going to be stuck in the clouds for much of the day today. by 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon in the city we will see a little sunshine but it will be cool in the 60s. highs across the region today very similar to yesterday. 70 the high in oakland, 80 in san jose. about 64 in san francisco. 82 in santa rosa. 86 the high in antioch. we're tracking warmer air over the weekend and have that in about five minutes. >> now a live desk update. >> and from our live desk

students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida heading back to school today. it has been six months since the mass shooting that killed 17 people on the campus on valentine's day. campus security is tight this morning with 18 safety monitors. new classroom locks and also upgraded surveillance cameras. only one entrance and exit for visitors. the trump administration has gone to court it try and silence omarosa who is accusing the president of using the "n" word. omarosa has been on a media blitzes promoting her book "unhinged" about her time at the white house. the administration filed an arbitration against omarosa claiming she breached a nondisclosure agreement. she says the level of trump's response is telling. >> if he hadn't said anything that was derogatory or demeaning to african-americans and women, why would he go to this extent to shut me down. >> she says there is a tape of

the president using racial slurs on the show "the apprentice." the white house through press secretary sarah sanders is saying that she can't guarantee that such a recording does not exist. omarosa also claims she was interviewed by the special counsel's office. the administration says if she was, it wasn't while she was at happening today, closing arguments are expected to begin in the trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the defense rested its case yesterday without calling any witness or presenting evidence. manafort is accused of hiding millions of dollars offshore and failing to pay taxes on the money. he could serve a life prison sentence if the jury convicts him. twitter is suspending the account of alex jones for violating company rules.

that caused backlash since facebook, apple, youtube, spotify suspended jones for using hate speech. twitter says jones tweeted a link to a video calling for supporters to get their battle rifles ready against media. that violates twitter's rules against inciting violence. hundreds of instagram accounts hacked within the past week and instagram is investigating. many incidents have the same bizarre m.o. users say their profile pictures, contact info and bios got changed. oc oftentimes changed to a disney or pixar characters. e-mail addresses were changed to ones with a russian domain. north face is leaving the bay area and with it 650 js. its parent company is moving its headquarters to denver. colorado offered the company $27 million in tax incentives to relocate. north face was founded in san francisco in 1966 as a climbing equipment store. it eventually moved to alameda and started selling sports and active wear.

the moexctedo be complete by the year 2020. draft kings has decided to move into se on-linfanty sports betting company is based in boston. it has three other offices along the east coast. according to the "boston business journal" it's planning a new office in las vegas. the expansion a few months after the supreme court struck down a federal ban on sports betting. san jose mayor sam liccardo is just about willing to do anything to promote his city. he retweeted a photo of the san jose logo tattooed on the leg of a man who recently ran every city street. the mayor's tweet says, quote, my staff dared me to follow jake's example and so i told them i would do it for 1 million retweets. liccardo added a message to his wife saying, don't worry, they tell me it's impossible. so far he has a long way to go and might be right. he's shy of 500 retweets.

494. >> make that 495. >> oh. hhodway. ta e jo. that's pretty cool. >> that's awesome too. >> i love it. >> i'm for it. >> i am too. do it now. >> retweet. >> come on, guys. >> you have a computer right there, do it now. >> okay. >> retweeting right now. talk about weather, atop pier 15 the beautiful skyline of san francisco. typical august pattern right now. the gray morning to start out with. by noon we will see the sunshine prevailing inland and then by 4:00 most of us away from the coast will see that sunshine. a good idea, download the app and track the temperatures hour by hour because the warming process will be slow thanks to the ouco for cupertino, 86 for morgan hill. along the peninsula, cool along the coast, 50s to 60s, 75 and

sunny for palo alto. downtown san francisco cool a little bit of afternoon sunshine, 64. 58 daly city. into the north bay sunny, 91 cleveland. 80 the high in napa. east bay, upper 60s to mid 70s. 74 for union city. 69 berkeley. inland it's comfortable in the 80s. 83 the high in walnut creek today, 87 brentwood, about 86 in antioch. so the accuweather seven-day forecast, the next seven days it's cool for august yrou stand. back to average temperature wise tomorrow. warmer air really moves in here inland on friday, but by saturday, away from the coast, it is warm to hot for many to start off the weekend with a bit of a minor dip into early next week. a traffic alert with alexis. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, drew. i'm going to take you back out to the scene of our traffic alert here. this is a very serious situation. just south of sfo. we have a deadly crash involving

a pedestrian on northbound 101. this is a live look from the scene. our crew matt keller and his photographer set up there within that closure. the two right lanes are blocked along with the millbrae off ramp and the investigation continues. they were able to open up the two left lanes but looking at a three mile backup that continues to grow. no estimate on when this will wrap up. if you're heading to the airport you kind of got a tight timetable here this morning, i would definitely stick to el camino real or 280 looking like a better bet. in the meantime i want to take you to the trivalley. more details on the crash, 80as avenue. four vehicles involved including a semi. two right lanes are blocked and that is starting to stack up too once you make it through the altamont pass area. we have a crash just past the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll check that out coming up next. new at 6:00, how elephants could hold a clue in the fight against cancer and a cure. a bear walks into a liquor store and no, that's not the

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> hour by hour onour of fog with the marine layer. 9:00 inland areas towards antioch and livermore, sunshine prevailing. san francisco still foggy in oakland and hayward. most spots away from the coast see sunnier skies with 70s and

80s. >> drew, thank you. a bear walks into a liquor store, sounds like a joke but it nearly happened in connecticut. look at the surveillance video. it shows the bear wandering around a shopping center before heading into crazy bruce's discount liquors. an employee stopped the bear and locked the door but then look at this, a customer who had no idea what was going on shows up. the employee unlocks the door, lets the guy in. no one was hurt. as for the bear it walked away empty handed. that guy just didn't notice what was going on. what? >> these bears are doing a lot these days. >> the creator of "game of thrones" is teasing fans about when the next book is coming out. >> working on it. >> that's really all we got. >> abc 7 news was at the fox theater in redwood city where george martin made a rare stage appearance. martin dropped no hints how the

hbo series based on his books will end next year, but he did talk to the crowd about his family's fall from riches to rags and how it helped create the story behind "game of thrones." >> oh, that house, yeah, other people living there. that is where my mother was born and, you know, all of my uncles and aunts were born in that house and grew up. now we're nothing. we will be back. >> some of the proceeds from last night's event will go to the oakland-based sci-fi magazine "locus." we've posted more of the conversation on abc7news.com. i know you don't watch the series, but i always think his mind just must be gigantic to keep the characters straight. >> isn't his checkbook too. couldn't he buy his parents those homes again at this point. we know the bay area's bad roads cost us in the pocketbook but now we know how much. >> and tripnet.org calibrated the amount of money we lose because of our roads being so

bad. potholes, cracks and the resulting car damage from hitting those things really does add up. here are the numbers for san francisco, oakland and san jose. nearly $3,000 a year just from bad roads. statewide, brace yourself, the cost is a whopping $61 billion a year. that's with a "b," alexis. >> i think some of the video was from the central valley, westbound 580 when we had the huge potholes open up. that was brutal and it's tough whenever they open up anyway. a tough morning on the roads. a serious issue here around sfo. sig alert northbound 101 before millbrae avenue. chp investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. a live report from the scene from matt keller coming up at 6:00 a.m. for now the two right lanes blocked along with the off ramp to millbrae avenue. another pretty significant crash two right lanes block westbound 580 past lfo vehlesnv one. a sig alert for a crash beyond

the la. solo vehicle collision in lane two that even has the carpool lanes slow. drew, hope you have better news. >> we do have good news iuyof the year. it's cloudy and cool in the 50s to 60s. later today if you like yesterday you're going to love today. similar temperatures in the afternoon. 64 san francisco, 70 oakland, 80 in san jose later today. >> thank you. new at 6:00 a historic primary in vermont marking a major milestone for the lbgt community across the country. a deadly accident in a muni constr

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region at this hour. gray shading on your screen. it's an overcast start for a lot of us. outside the exploratorium camera atop pier 15 showing you that cloudy sky over the bay bridge. your 12-hour planner will take you through your day on wednesday, gray start for a lot of us. by noon we have the sunshine first prevailing inland and then by 4:00 in the afternoon, most of us see sunshine but once again it is cool for august standards. temperatures similar today as they were yesterday. we do have a traffic alert. here's alexis with more. >> i want to take you back to the sfo area. this is a crash that we've been tracking since about 4:00 this morning. a deadly collision involving a pedestrian before you get to millbrae avenue. this is a sig alert. we got an update from chp that now just the far right lane is blocked along with the exit ramp to millbrae avenue. for some time there we had all lanes blocked that lasted about 15 minutes and then a couple lanes closed and looks like they are pushing this further over to the side. 11 miles an hour approaching