francisco? >> yes. >> what? >> low to mid 60s on the coastside. there's 70s in the future. we have great conditions mainly here and over along the east bay shore and up in the north bay we have really thick, dangerously low visibility because of that thick fog in petaluma up to santa rosa. here's a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. >> upper 40s to mid 50s. 63 this afternoon at the coast, the bay 77 and inland 90s. definitely warmer. here's alexis. >> all right. not looking so good in a couple areas this morning, mike. we have a crash involving four vehicles in the mountain view stretch, the northbound side past san antonio avenue. initially sounded like we might have had a couple rollovers involved but chp says that that isheas but a20-minut ing iulto injhe did aill rollover crash pushed off to the side in the union city area. now we have a new crash beyond

that in the fremont stretch of southbound 880 at mallory and one lane is blocked. both of those together are about a 20 to 25 minute delay. next traffic update in just about ten minutes. >> alexis, you have no fool and have tsa precheck, correct? she's a proponent as am i. >> i get there early. >> in any case, i know, you fly too much, to not have that. if you had tsa precheck it can be great to speed through the lines but changes could be coming. >> a bill to crack down on who gets in is called precheck is precheck. and it just passed the house of representatives. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at sfo to explain. hi, amy. >> good morning. take a look at the main security line and how long it is right now. sometimes when that line gets too long they will pull people out and move them over here to the tsa precheck line just to speed things along. you can see, though, right now the tsa precheck line is kind of

long and this what is congress wants to avoid. this is what congress is talking about putting a stop to this because this line is supposed to be speedy. the bill will ban people who aren't precheck approved from getting into the precheck line. these people pay for this privilege and expect a quicker experience. but we've been talking to people at sfo, we haven't found many who are upset that people from the main line get to use their line. they're a bit surprised that congress is even getting involved in this. >> i don't know if i care for other people coming into the precheck line and frankly if you go to a lot of airports they are precheck line is as long or longer than other lines anyway. i don't know that it makes that much difference. >> what do you think of congress getting involved in this? >> it's a little silly. >> reporter: the house of representatives has passed the bill. it has bipartisan support. the global business travel association supports it. it's now headed to the senate.

if it passes you precheck people may have the lone all to yourselves. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. >> from abc 7 mornings. >> police in dallas are investigating a shooting involving. [ no audio ] >> the officer shot and killed a man after walking into an apartment that she thought was her own. police say she was just getting off of her shift and in full uniform last night. that is when she mistakenly entered the man's apartment thinking it was hers. she opened fire on the 26-year-old. he later died at the hospital. the officer in this case was not hurt. she has been placed on administrative leave. the family of an unarmed black man shot by sacramento police is suing the city for millions of dollars. police shot and killed stephon clark in march. officers thought he pointed a gun at them. it turned out he was unarmed and

had a cell phone. clark's family is suing for more than $15 million to cover funeral expenses, attorney fees and damages. sacramento police, the d.a. and state department of justice continue to investigate that shooting. happening today, opening statements begin in the so-called gypsy hill serial killer case. 69-year-old rodney halbower faces murder charges of two young women four decades ago. halbower is charged with killing 17-year-old paula baxter of millbrae and 18-year-old veronica casicio of pacifica in 1976. in 2014 investigators matched halbower's dna to cigarete butts left at both crime scenes. the trial will be held in redwood city. >> some unbelievable video now, a 23-year-old man is under arrest after causing thousands of dollars in damage to a police this for about half an hour and

they tried talking to him to convince him to come down, but they say lopez kept stomping on the police car, smashing windows, jumping up and down and doing jumping jacks. >> officers did show a lot of restraint. we brought out two crisis negotiators to try to get him off the vehicle so there would be no injuries to officers or this suspect. >> officers eventually had enough and they rushed the suspect before taking him into custody. a police officer suffered a small cut to his hand. lopez was taken to the hospital for evaluation a before being booked into jail. groups brain storm about how to get guns out of schools. the meeting in oakland on the heels of two incidents involving guns on school campuses in the bay area. students and educators denounced a suggestion by education secretary betsy devos tha used

teachers. >> it got started when it was announced using fed teralheal g education dollars to arm teachers with guns. >> a violence prevention group says it has trained more than 134,000 california students on how to use a phone app to anonymously submit tips to officials about students they think are at risk. tens of thousands of hotel employees will have something to protect them from assault and harassment. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. take a look at this live shot from sutro tower. you can see how compressed the marine layer is.

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." the big story this morning the area in blue, about three quarters of our neighborhoods cooler than we were this time yesterday. low to mid 50s throughout the south bay, 56 in san jose, 51 in campbell it just changed. the mountains the warmth lurking, los gatos 74, 48 in novato right now, 57 in san

carlos and alameda and danville about 56. the coast 78 and sunshine today. very high uv index trying to stay cool this afternoon. at the beaches the sun is coming but we'll be in the 60s and a gorgeous afternoon and early evening on the bay. for the east bay we'll have 57 degrees this morning but look at that jump in temperature, 80 at noon, on our way into the 90s during the afternoon hours. little touch of summer. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. it is friday light in some areas. i know i've been telling you about crashes but we're lighter than average here at the bay bridge toll plaza and it took a while to get those metering lights on too. 5:42 the official time. as you can see pretty thin, not much of a backup into the maze and, of course, carpool lanes are cruising through without issues. we will enjoy the light areas where we have them. walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes, to san francisco 49 and northbound 17 looking good through the santa cruz mountains in the green at 22 minutes. >> thank you. more than a dozen big global

hotel chains will give their employees panic buttons to protect them from harassment and assault. marriott, hilton, hyatt, and wyndham will give the safety devices to all employees by 2020 to deal directly with guests. the companies will train them on how to identify harassment and anti-sexual harassment policies. the move follows heightened awareness around the metoo movement and the high-profile sexual assaults of hotel maids. san francisco is taking extra precautions to make sure we are prepared when disaster strikes. >> plus, coffee doesn't just give you a boost to wake up in the morning, how it may be linked to rising home prices as well. >> a look at this video of a rail worker busting a move.

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nearly 3 million homes lost power. that's been restored to about half of those buildings. the san francisco department of emergency management is testing its ability to house and care for people following the big one. >> abc 7 news was at st. may's cathedral for a disaster response exercise. during an emergency, 100 locations including churches, schools and community centers would be available to take care of 60,000 people. all and generators. >> >> that's one of the great things about these shelters is then we can get medical equipment and supplies in that if they are dependent on the electricity to get the medical care we need we can do that in the shelter itself. >> food and water will be available and translators for those who are not fluent in english. many of those helping in the shelters will be city workers who have take an oath to become service workers during a large-scale emergency. abc 7 news was in san francisco's neighborhood where a

team toured a building undergoing an earthquake retrofit. the city says more than 300 building owners have not complied with a mandatory retrofit program. those owners have eight more days to get in compliance. after the deadline a placard deeming the building unsafe will be put in front of the building and tenants may not pay rent. you will find more guidelines for stocking an earthquake survival kit and plan for your family at abc7news.com under prepare nor cal. google is stepping up to cover the cost of repairs to a war memorial that got vandalized two weeks ago. the san jose vietnam memorial foundation erected this in remembrance of the 142 sons of san jose who lost their lives during the vietnam war. costs to remove graffiti and acid burned into the granite estimated at 2500 to $3,000. shortly after the vandalism, the san jose parks foundation started raising money for repairs. >> and we got a little bit of money.

we had only been at it about a week. google called and said we want to take care of this. they've made it so we can clean it up, pay the costs and have some in the bank for future maintenance. >> the amount of google's donation has not been disclosed. is the memorial foundation says it is looking into installing cameras. a new zillow study another reminder of how expensive housing is in the bay area as if you didn't need one. san jose tops the list of the least affordle areas of the country to live and the rest of the bay area isn't far behind. the study found homeowners spent spend on average 54% of their income of paying off mortgages in san jose the most of anywhere in america. >> wow. >> in san francisco and oakland, it's 45%. nationally homeowners spend just 17% of their income on mortgages. >> yeah. such a huge difference. e pri aocdin eayrea

with located where there's a coffee shop near them. a harvard business school study found housing prices jump half a percent when a coffeep the zip code and home prices go up nearly one additional percent when those coffee shops have great yelp reviews. the study is unclear about the relationship, but it does suggest that gentrification is at play. everyone just wants their coffee fix in the morning, especially when 6:18 and you have to go to work. >> the major intersection near my house, three of the corners have a starbucks. >> needed. >> i guess so. maybe that's why my house prices are so outrageous. >> yeah. >> talk about what's going on, hot coffee on a day like today, some will do it. this afternoon may be harder. look at the temperatures, surging up the scale. we've got temperatures back to average in san francisco and pretty much the entire bay. it's when you move inland when we really start to see the difference between what an

average day is and what will end up this afternoon. here's a look at what's going on from the east bay hills. notice what you don't see. no marine layer clouds. quicker sunshine and the warmth will peak. nearly average as we cool a little bit this weekend and we'll get a touch of fall next week. thick fog still up around petaluma heading, windsor, sant, visibility eighth of a mile or less. that will be around for the rest of the commute. please be careful there. notice the cloud cover not extensive. easily back to the coast by maybe 10, 11:00 and even at the coast we'll see plenty of sunshine as we head through the afternoon hours. let's jump into our lows for tonight and you can see temperatures will be in the low to upper 50s and as you look at my accuweather seven-day forecast what you're going to be dealing with today, mid 60s at the coast, we'll have upper 70s to mid 80s around the bay and look at the low to mid 90s inland. we'll drop a couple degrees saturday and sunday will barely have 90s inland. upper 70s around the bay and 62 at the coast. look at wednesday and thursday,

we're being generous with the 80 inland. most of us will be in the 60s and 70s. what a refreshing change. here's alexis. >> all right. not so refreshing is this traffic report. we've got a lot of issues to talk about right now, starting in the mountain view area where a four-car crash is blocking the three right lanes, northbound 101 past san antonio avenue. couple of the vehicles are loaded on to a flatbed tow truck waiting for another one to arrive and that backup holding steady to state route 237. you can stick to el camino real or 280. northbound 101 connecter to 280 and snl another multicar crash blocking the two left lanes. that backup continues to grow. and southbound 880 really rough. we had one crash right around alvarado boulevard, another one south of there, near maury. i'm hearing from chp both are clear. check out how long the backup is. down to 15 and 12 miles an hour. all lanes are back open.

>> fingers crossed. thank you. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> bring in ginger zee live from new york city with a look at what's ahead on the show. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, reggie, jessica. nice to be with all of you on a friday morning. coming up right here on "gma," i will be talking about tropical storm florence that will again intensify but already giving us rip current and high surf warnings along the east coast. we're watching that. that's wednesday. if you have any interest midweek and beyond along the east coast, something to keep in mind. also ahead, a giraffe attack. the scientist and her 3-year-old son in critical condition this morning after being trampled on a wildlife preserve. what triggered the giraffe. celebrating the life of burt reynolds. the tributes from his famous costars are pouring in and we'll tell you what he told us in one of his last interviews which was quite funny with lara right here on "gma." plus this morning, "gma" also means giving my all, it's our celebration of the giving

spirit. we're trying to help out as many classrooms as we can, raising money for supplies and how you can help and you might get a shout out in times square. only on "gma." >> all right. >> sounds like a good deal. we'll see you in a little bit. thanks. there is plenty to do in the bay area if you're looking for some weekend fun. >> rental electric bikes

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the surge of warmer temperatures, our air quality is going to remain healthy not only today, but also as the air starts to relax. the heat that is as we head through the weekend into monday. mike, thank you. happening today, the presidio will become the first national park in the west to roll out electric bikes. 50 dockless jump bikes will be available in the park. you've probably seen them in other parts of the city already, although they are dockless, if you ride the presidio bikes you have to park them at official bike racks. there are 125 in the park and you're not supposed to ride the bikes on presidio trails. head's up. three major festivals with three themes means there's something for everyone this week. i have ideas from our partners at hoodline. it's about mount tam this saturday. bring your good vibes to mountain theater at the state park in mill valley from 11:00 to 7:00 p.m. the historic stone am py theater

provides views of san francisco bay and beyond. this year's lineup includes herbie hancock and nicky lane. they will honor the mountain, its legacy and proceeds benefit the state park. mountain view art and wine festival back for its 47th year this saturday and sunday. the signature event and over 200,000 people are expected to line castro street. this celebration will feature over 500 professional artists and craft makers. live music, the pigskin party lounge, a kids park and fabulous food and drink and admission is free and the festival from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. saturday and sunday. >> chocolate lovers this one is for you. the 23rd annual chocolate festival at girardelli square. check out live culinary demonstrations or hang out in the chocolate lounge. we know the real reason you'll be there the chocolate delicacies. it's saturday and sunday from

noon to 5:00 and proceeds will benefit project open hand. for information on these events on our website, abc7news.com. i know you guys both are drooling over here. >> i love chocolate. >> chocolate festival. they're going to have something new this year. a booth where you can personalize your own girardelli chocolate bar, like a personal message on there. isn't that a cool idea for a gift or, you know, i mean maybe for yourself or whatever. >> yeah. >> wow. >> i know. another morning show field trip. what do you think? >> i'm in. >> okay. >> thanks. >> cool. just a few minutes, the final confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh will start and we'll tell you what the senators expect to hear today. >> it has been a record fire season so far and it hasn't peaked yesterday. the big boost cal fire is asking from the government. >> as we head into a break a look at how kangaroos are catching rays in alabama? a woman from louisiana raises baby kangaroos and brought them

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good morning, bay area. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> a wildfire burning out of control in northern california. what this means for drivers heading north on i-5 this weekend. >> bart riders hoping to commute to and from san jose will have

to wait even longerthatholdup o berryessa extension project. >> do you know adorable 5-year-old sghirls this could be her break. the casting call happening today in san francisco. >> time for me to gush as we showed that. i met sara burrelless last night. >> how fun. >> she's the writer of "waitress" coming to san francisco and they're having the auditions for the little girl in the show. oh, my gosh, i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm enjoyed it. >> that's coming up. >> we're going to talk about weather. it's going to be a nice weekend. >> i think so. the surge of warmth especially inland will try to get temperatures around the bay back to average after being cooler than average. the winds and the cloud cover. you can see the clouds are late and they're not making it to all neighborhoods as the sea breeze is just about nonexistent. you can see how compressed the marine layer is this morning. here's a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner, we're in the

upper 40s to mid 50s. cooler when you step outside but by noon you will notice the difference as we'll be around 70 to 80 for our bay and inland neighborhoods and you'll feel the difference in the afternoon hours near 80 around the bay near 90s inland. comfortable evening, 50s at the coast, 70s inland. how about the commute? here's alexis. >> yeah. we have had a busy trimorning. we are looking at the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge bridge and i don't have any incidents reported. can't get to the bottom of the backup. heavy traffic until about the mid span, approaching the toll plaza, for about a half mile until you get halfway out. it does look better than it did a few minutes ago. we had roadwork but that wrapped up around 5:00. not sure the reason for the heavy volumes is. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze in the yellow at 26 minutes. westbound 80 across the bay bridge about 11 and southbound 101 san francisco to sfo looking good in the green at 10 minutes. >> thank you. new this morning, san francisco police are investigating a shooting outside a pizza place in the marina

district. police say 31-year-old victim is an employee of marina pizza and cafe but he was taking out the trash just before 3:00 this morning on lombared street when police say the suspect demanded money and shot the victim. the suspect ran away but officers were able to arrest lim three blocks away. the victim has nonlife-threatening injuries. >> bart riders in the south bay will have to wait longer to use the highly anticipated berryessa extension. >> it could take more than a year to finish. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose with the new timetable. matt? >> good morning, jessica and reggie. i did a story in april about vta testing the tracks here at the berryessa bart station. now they said at that time they were hoping to have passengers here at this station by the end of the this year but now, new delays and now they're hoping to have the station open by the end of next year. so what went wrong in berryessa bart. bta was informed almost three

months ago some of the networking equipment does not comply with contract requirements and must be replaced. i was in contact with them and a spokesperson says parts need to be replaced and some of them were used parts. bta says some of the replacement parts have been delivered and the rest have been ordered. in a blog post last night, bta has requested an exit engs to the federal transit administration to reflect the start of passenger service no later than december 31st, 2019. our media partner "the mercury news" says that would mean the bart extension to berryessa would open three years after officials hoped. bta will have a more accurate timeline at 2019. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. >> from abc 7 mornings. >> we've learned that caltrans will reevaluate a closure on interstate 5 north of redding today as the delta fire continues to burn out of control. there are mandatory evacuations that have been ordered in shasta and trinity counties.

and to the north of that the community has been told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. the fire has burned 22,000 acres. those flames are trapping drivers earlier this week on the intertate. in fact, some people say they're tired of this and becoming -- it's becoming an all too familiar routine. >> our little town has been doing really well. we're all on edge. we just got comfortable and thought we could unpack our stuff from the other fires and here we are back in the mess again. >> it's a bit of deja vu for folks. a head's up by the way if you are heading north this weekend, because the detour around the closure at this point is about three hours but it could be much more depending on traffic. cal fire says it is running out of money and needs another $234 million from the state to cope with the record fire season. officis y agency has

less than $11 million of its $443 million budget left. the fire season peaks in september and october and cal fire says its crews need to gear up to battle more wildfires. this is the earliest in the season cal fire has asked for more money. we're getting a better idea about the staggering cost of california's wildfires. the state insurance commission says more than 10,000 home and commercial insurance claims have been filed from the carr and mendocino complex fires alone. the losses amount to over $845 million. >> happening now, the final day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh underway. >> a live look inside the capitol and legal experts and witnesses will testify on behalf of kavanaugh on why he should be confirmed to the high court. two days of questionings have been marked by protests and partisan disputes over access to the judge's documents. yesterday two democratic senators released previously unreleased committee confidential documents and one

of them defended his actions. >> they were releasing them anyway now. yesterday i broke the sham rule, sham committee confirmation rules. i broke the sham committee rules and i accept full responsibility for what i'm doing. >> in the two days of questioning, kavanaugh has managed to avoid definitive answers on several issues including roe versus wade presidential pardons. president trump took aim at democrats who grilled kavanaugh during the hearings. the president spoke to supporters during a campaign-style rally in montana last night. >> do you believe the anger and the meanness on the other side. sick. it's sick. the whole country is now seeing his amazing intellect and brilliant legal mind. >> president trump said kavanaugh was, quote, doing really well during the hearings. happening today a former

policy adviser to president trump is set to be sentenced as part of the special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. george papadopoulos pleaded guilty in october to making false statements to fbi agents about his correspondence with russian nationals and attempts to arrange a meeting between the trump campaign and russian officials. he now faces up to six months in prison. in the east bay, a trial date is expected to be set today for the two ghost ship fire defendants. last month a judge threw out the plea deal for derrick almena and max harris setting the stage for a lengthy trial. they had agreed to plead no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. that was in exchange for prison sentences that many of the victims families said were too lenient. almena and harris are scheduled to appear in court at 9:15 this morning. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. i put the perimeters of the fires up to our north on the map to see them and see how they cover intertate 5. conditions right now about 68,

humidity low 38%, notice the winds gusting to 15 miles per hour, about as fast as they will be over the next 24 hours. as far as the temperatures, going to be very hot, with mid 90s tomorrow, sunday and monday. and then we will see temperatures drop down into the low 80s. that's when the breezes will pick up a little bit. back here at home, look at these mid 50s in san francisco from 53 to 56 degrees. 56 in richmond and palo alto, santa clara at 50, 60 in pittsburgh, but healdsburg at 48 degrees. your commute today is going to be full of sunshine here and about 152, 20 minutes in most neighborhoods. ferry ride nice and calm. mass transit comfy to hot inland. north bay it's going to be toasty this afternoon after starting off with some really thick fog on highway 101. we'll see the sun break out and hit 77 at noon and mid to upper 80s this afternoon but a nice 70 during the evening hours and the pninsula start off at 57, hit near 70 at noon and hang out in

l right.70s this 66 shers this . it's friday so let's bring alexis in and see how the commute is beginning. >> not very well. >> oh. >> sorry i asked. >> yeah. we have a lot of crashes here to talk about. let's head back to a couple on northbound 101 in the mountain view area and south of there. so we've had the multicar crash right around the mountain view area i should say and that's been there for close to an hour. south of there we have another one and it sounds like a lot of folks starting to hit that backup and seven vehicles there. i am working to confirm but there we go, our maps updated. all lanes blocked here and working on clearing the one a little further north of there. that is north of san antonio road. the second one is near matilda. so this is basically just a mess. that corridor i would stick to state route 82 or take the long way around and 280. better news, northbound 101 to northbound 280 the collision has cleared and southbound 880 still stop an go for about ten miles.

that was due to two earlier crashes in the fremont area. there you go. north of 92 all the way to well south of 84. not an easy friday commute for most of you. >> thank you. two of california's biggest races are tightening. we're going to show you those new poll numbers next. >> you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the markets are doing next. more trouble for wells

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." this caught my eye when it came out. may 1st, see solano, alameda, concord and santa clara counties under the smallest part of the drought or lowest level and now the entire bay area is and even a moderate drought developing in napa and solano counties. dress for 64 at 6:00. we'll stick in oakland because sunday we've got pride, we've got the parade and temperatures around 46 at 11:00, and sunshine and 70s in the afternoon, and 46 when we wrap it up at 7:00. if you use the tsa precheck lines to get through airport security, and you don't pay for precheck, your free ride could

be over. >> a new bill in congress would crack down on who gets in. you have to have the precheck. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at sfo to explain these changes. amy? >> hi, jessica. we may have actually found the one issue in washington that lawmakers agree on. this has bipartisan support. lawmakers say they don't think the people who are in that line over there, the main security line, should be allowed to come over here to the tsa precheck line. so they are debating that in washington and bipartisan support for this one. when the main line gets too long, sometimes officials will move people from it over to the precheck line just to move things along and people in the precheck line did pay to be here and they pay money to have a quicker airport experience and so business travelers especially say they would like to see their precheck lines stay short and quick. >> i think it expedites foot

traffic to the airport. it gets people to their destination. it gets them through the gate through tsa. if you take that away you're going to have long lines again and it's going to cause congestion in the airport and cause people to have headaches. >> reporter: this bill called precheck is precheck, has passed the house of representatives and now headed to the senate. if it passes precheck members will have this line all to themselves. reporting live from sfo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> precheck is precheck. has to be one of the most bizarre titles i've heard. thank you. gavin newsom responding to president trump for calling him out during a rally in montana. he talked about newsom's controversial proposal to have the state pay for universal health care. mr. trump also predicted that california population would grow to 500 million people if health care were free. newsom responded this way on twitter and says, quote, next time you call me and my policies

out, have the guts to at me and we can have a chat. all right. a poll shows two front runners in california races are seeing their leads cut. newsom leads john cox 44% to 39%, 17% of those who responded say that they don't know how they'll vote and for senate, incumbent diane feinstein lied leads challenger kevin deleon 37% to 29%, 34% in that said they didn't know how they would decide the race. the research poll was taken between august 29th and september 2nd. hollywood remembering the career and life of legend burt reynolds. he died yesterday at the age of 82. his career spanned more than 50 years. he played everything from a southern heartthrob to tough guy to a funny man. the 1972 thriller "deliver rance" is credited as his

breakout performance. >> you don't beat it. you don't beat this river. >> in an interview last year, reynolds said he wanted to be remembered as a good man and somebody who loved the entertainment business. at the end of his 2015 memoir it reads, quote, nobody had more fun than i did. memorial services for burt reynolds have not been announced. there are tributes right now pouring in for burt reynolds in los angeles. the tcl chinese theater dimmed lights last flight. reynolds' hand and footprints are on display at the landmark. by the way, burt reynolds not the only one, neil simon, aretha franklin, some of the celebrities we have lost lately and a photo gallery honoring each one of them, find those on abc7news.com. now on to your morning money report. the justice department is investigating the wells fargo wholesale banking units for fraud. >> investigators are looking into whether management at the

bank pressured employees to improperly alter customer information without consent. the wholesale banking units is accused of adding social security numbers, dates of birth and other customer information to documents to meet a regulatory deadline. let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets under way this morning, the dow is down 66 pints right now. those numbers down after the latest jobs report showing stronger wage growth. harley-davidson is opening up an outpost in silicon valley. they will set up a research and development facility in the south bay. it's expected to open this year. the facility is expected to help harley-davidson expand its range of electric vehicles including the development of an electric motorcycle that is supposed to hit the market starting in 2020222. the longest running show on broadway is back in san francisco. butre cck the

chandelier from "phantom of the opera." the light fixture has 30,000 crystals. the show has so many pyrotechnics as well and other naekt effects that a fire marshal is at every show. the fan tom character is played by quintin oliver lee. >> it's nice for people to see themselves, a person of color on stage, hopefully my voice sort of speaks for itself in the difference between christina and i as far as our energies and height. >> lee is at least a foot taller than she is, by the way. "phantom of the opera" playing until september 30th. >> love knows no height bounds. the tony nominated musical "waitress" is coming to san francisco next month and looking for two young girls to perform the role of lulu. "waitress" tells the story of jenna, an expert pie baker at a local diner and stuck in a loveless marriage. herle isvation comes in the form of her daughter lulu.

the search for lulu will take place today starting at 10:00 a.m. at the ballet center. prior acting experience is not required. girls between 4 and 5 are encouraged to try out. >> that would have been my 5-year-old dream. >> would it? >> oh, yeah. >> i did musical theater when i was little. i loved it. >> oh. >> you know, that ship has sailed. >> okay. >> i hear you and her have something in common. >> sara burrelless was in town last night, she's from eureka and we both auditioned for the mickey mouse club when kids and both got rejected. now she's an international pop star. >> look at you. >> an international -- >> get to ask questions of international pop stars. >> very nice. >> all right. the big question, how hot is it going to be today. a lot of people want to see some warmth. you expect it this time of the year. here's a look at the sunshine from the east bay hills. we'll move on to sutro tower and you can see how compressed the marine layer is and broken it is

and just gorgeous this morning. that's going to lead to quicker sunshine and a warmer afternoon. partly cloudy, a little fog in the north bay, cool, almost a carbon copy of what we're dealing with this morning. below average and breezy through the extended forecast. down to the south bay where we've got 97 in gilroy, 86 san jose, low 80s for sunnyvale and milpitas, 78 santa cruz. the boardwalk will be beautiful. 73 to 81 your spread on the peninsula, 67 at pacifica. the cool spot daly city because of a northerly breeze off the ocean, 70 in downtown san francisco. head through the north bay valleys, mid to upper 80s and then 90s from santa rosa and lakeport a yeah widespread acro our east bay valleys, low to mid 90s for you. the good news where we drop to todd tonight, low to upper 50sd. let's talk about what's going on

in mountain view. 47th annual art and wine festival will start at 11:00 at 71 and end up around 80. we'll start off cooler sunday, 66, we'll end up with 78 and then we'll be back in the upper 60s by 6:00. my accuweather seven-day forecast, temperatures will relax a little bit over the week but look at next week, a touch of fall with 60s and 70s. >> okay. we've got a lot going on. it is not friday light in a of areas today, including northbound 101 between sunnyvale. it's getting tough to keep these straight. four separate crasheses. one on the north end is in the clearing stages until a couple moments ago all lanes blocked near ellis street. i think we got one lane open. i'm working to confirm it with chp. it's a mess as you understand. state route 82 or northbound 280 out of the south bay, definitely better bets this morning. a sig alert all morning in tracy. if you're leaving the mantika

area, a crash involving a flip semi on either side of 205. west things are looking better, 20 miles an hour approaching altamont pass. that's a stretch of slow traffic on to the central valley. good news for former cosby show actor jeffrey owens. he has a new gig. owens has been making headlines after someone posted photos of him working at a trader joe's in new jersey. a lot of people saying the whole point was to shame him. well, that backfired. owens spoke to "good morning america" this week and more than 2 million people watched amazing interview with robin roberts including producer tyler perry. tmz reports owens has accepted a job offer from perry. this is going to ben appearance on the show "the haves and have nots" and he's going to have a recurring role and will be on ten episodes. >> such a great attitude during that. >> inspiring. >> it was. >> oakland getting ready for its

pride parade and festival. >> it's all happening on sunday and this isideo las year's parade. sunday's kicks off at 11:00 a.m. at 14th and broadway where you will find the festival. it is free to watch the parade but $10 to get into the festival and there will be food, drinks and vendors and performers on four stages. coming up

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if you're just joining us here are seven things to know before you go. number one, a 50-mile stretch of i-5 north of redding could reopen today despite the fact that the delta fire continues to burn out of control. 22,000 acres have burned and there's still no containment. number two, we have had a busy commute today. several crashes on northbound 101 between sunnyvale and the mountain view area. i did confirm with chp we have lanes open once again or at least one lane back open. the worst crash right now around matilda. i would avoid that and take 82 or 280 instead. for bart's berryessa extension of the south bay. the station may not be open until the end of next year because of equipment. crews were using used parts to

build the train system. new parts have been ordered. number four, let's take a live look now at tesla stock down 20 points and dropping on news chief accounting officer is resigning after one month. he cited the level of public attention on tesla. the announcement comes hours after ceo elon musk made hours for smoking marijuana during a podcast. number five, the final day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. happening as we speak. this is a live picture from capitol hill. witnesses will testify on behalf of kavanaugh today, a change in pace after several days of contentious grilling from senators. number six, weather wise we have thick fog along highway 101 north of petaluma. the rest of us seeing sunshine and feeling warmer this afternoon. number seven, chocolate lovers this one is for you, the 23rd annual girardelli chocolate festival is in san francisco. they have all things chocolate to fill your tummies.

>> even chocolate school. >> i see -- >> i want to go to chocolate school. >> me too. >> i would like to enroll in that. >> it's pass/fail. a good weeke. take care.ss/fail. a good weeke. good morning, america. tropical threat. a dangerous new system brewing in the atlantic, plowing toward the east coast. the warning this weekend about life-threatening surf and rip currents. while out west, that fast-moving wildfire explodes in size. 200-foot flames scorching thousands of acres in california, threatening homes right now. inside job. overnight president trump lashes out at that anonymous op-ed. >> is it subversion? is it treason? it's a horrible thing. >> the white house hunts for the author as administration officials line up to say it wasn't me. closing in. authorities raiding the home of a couple accused of helping raise $400,000 for