>> patchy dense fog in spots. the north bay and along the coast, that's our worst areas. you see zero on the board. that's as bad as it gets. thick fog in parts of the north bay. foover san francisco right now. 12-hour day managerer, today is the hottest day we have all week. the warm weather comes with poor air quality as well. it is a spare the air day in effect across the region. temperatures away from the coast, well into the 80s and 90s. all right. that's weather. a check of the roads and that commuter alert for alexis. good morning. good morning, drew. we have closures due to the salesforce tran silt center closure. we have fremont closed. very busy area, as i'm sure you know, between howard and mission right around the salesforce transit center. also partially closing the fremont off-ramp from westbound 80. the bay bridge commute, the flyover, the left lane that transit agencies use to get to the salesforce center is closed.

we expect delays a little further into the commute to spill onto the bay bridge too. bus service diverted to the old temporary terminal at main and full some streets. that's where amanda del castillo is this morning. hi, amanda >> reporter: the transit is likely not to be the case in a few minutes when the morning commute begins to pick up here. but abc news was there, abc 7 news was here during yesterday's afternoon commute when the sudden closure of the salesforce transit center. the joint powers authority after crews found a crack in a load-bearing beam. they were directing people towards the old temporary tran silt terminal which served commuters for years. many found themselves back a lot their old departure spots.

commuters vice president been removed from the temporary terminal too long. you will remember it only officially opened in mid-august. >> back to normal i guess. back to the old. >> did you ever think you would be back here at the old terminal? >> no. i never thought i would see this corner again. >> reporter: trance bay and muni bus line have been moved back to the terminal between beale and main streets until at least midday today, maybe longer. if you are heading into downtown san francisco today, transit leaders are suggesting that you leave your car at home and instead take public transportation. i'm live in downtown san francisco this morning. abc 7 news >> thank you, amanda. an investigation into going on into the cause of the crack and in other parts of the building are impacted. >> the crack is in the third-level ceiling deck. it is beneath the rooftop park. and the transit center is closed

indefinitely. officials say the beams were inspected before and after installation. this photo taken by a san francisco chronicle photographer shows an independentor inspecting the crack in question. it was discovered yesterday morning while workers were installing ceiling panels. >> phase one of the transit center started in 2010. in november of 201, steel assembly started. all the steel came from manufacturers in the u.s. that does include the cracked beam. this is according to the trans bay joint powers authority. a month ago, the transit center opened. and of course the emergency closure happened yesterday. as we have been telling you. ineight years and $2.2 , tal billion in the making. and another wrinkle is the legal dispute between the owners of the millennium tower and the joint bay transit authority. >> they blamed the construction of the nearby salesforce transit center.

a judge ruled transbay powers must pick up some of the millennium's legal bills. the executive director said he didn't think the cracked beam had anything to do with the sinking tower. >> we sent this push alert out last night and the first to get any updates on this story, as well as other stories, by downloading the abc 7 news app and enable push alert notifications. in the east bay, a private school employee is facing charges in a child molestation case. 71-year-old enrique pena worked at palmer school near walnut creek. contra costa county investigators said he molested a girl not at the school. we have conducted an internal review of the groundskeeper and can share that a thorough background check was performed and found that there was no criminal record. he is banned from campus while under investigation. in the east bay, yet another apple store robbery. this time the emeryville

location got hit again. take a look here. we have the locations for you on the map on the left there for you. all the locations that have been impacted in the last few months. some of them have even been robbed twice. on the right is surveillance video of the incidents. police say he yesterday's crime involved six to eight people. it happened around 12:30 in the afternoon. there have been no arrests in connection to the crimes. a police chase in hercules ended in a fiery crash. police say this man, paris simmons, is in jail. an officer was investigating car bush lacer near san pablo and sycamore yesterday when he noticed a white jeep with paper license plates. he was in the driver's seat. he led the officers on a crash until it led to highway 4. the jeep burst into flames and started a brushfire. incident was reported stolen out of antioch. there is a push in sonoma county to improve emergency procedures. county leaders want to install

20 warning sirens to alert the public during emergencies. they, along with santa rosa city leaders, are applying for federal grants to cover the costs. it is an estimated $850,000. the specific locations will be determined after the funding is approved. all right. if you have tickets to see gambino, your plans have just been changed. here is why he is postponing the rest of the tour. a new development in the effort to find housing for homeless in the south bay. hope village has found a new location. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. waking up into temperatures in the 40s and fours. hour by hour, watch this. by 11:00, well into the 70s and 80s in our warmest spots.

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today will be the warmest day we have all week. numbers away from the coast. it is hot inland. well into the 90s for concord, livermore, antioch. san francisco, 70. san jose, 77. hot in the north bay, 92 degrees in santa rosa. today it is warm to hot for many

of us. it is a spare the air day in effect. a little relief hits us tomorrow by a degree or two. a dramatic drop in temperatures friday. kind of back to reality so to speak in the 60s and is 70s. how the weekend is shaping up in seven minutes. a commuter alert. >> the salesforce transit center closed this morning for safety inspections. surface stpraoets are starting to back up. so far the bay bridge is looking okay. northbound 85, we have sig-alert just before blossom hill road. initial crash blocking the left lane. a fire engine responding to that collision was rear-ended. so two separate crashes. all lanes blocked for some time. we have two lanes open, two lanes closed. avoid that. stick to monterey or 101 for an

alternate. alexis, thank you. new developments in the south bay. a homeless encampment called hope village now has a six-month lease. the board of supervisors agreed to a pilot program. the new site is on rough drive between the union office and employee development office. they put the organized encampment together without a permit with the hope that it could serve as a model for future homeless housing. it is exclusive to people who do not have substance abuse or mental health issues. millennials are impacting divorce rates but in a good way. and the duchess of sussex. lose their minds this morning. >> as we head to break, a live look outside there at sfo. yeah, getting into s managing my type 2 diabetes wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresiba® reason.

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look at this in the north bay. heavy fog forced a hot air balloon to make a dramatic landing at sequoia elementary school in santa rosa. mark freeland took the photos, a resident. there were eight people on board. he rushed to the school to see what was happening. >> he was able to lower it down onto the field.

there were hundreds of kids out there. and the monitors, the teachers, the yard people were able to get the kids to get back away from the balloon so it could land safely. >> freeland said passengers had not expected to run into a bank of fog. the equal employment opportunity commission is going after target and suing the store chain on behalf of a man who said the company refused to enter is view him because he is deaf. he applied for an entry-level heaid got a call from store up both mes.ths twice. g he ueyseuns a hvideo relay whi allows him to communicate with hearing people through a sign language interpreter. eeoc says hayes has extensive work experience and was more than qualified for an entry-level job. target has not issued a response to the lawsuit. the divorce rate in the u.s. is going down and it's because of millennials. a study by a university of maryland professor found divorce dropped 18% between 2008 and 2016.

>> he found millennials are less likely to get divorced. they are marrying later after finishing their education, establishing their careers, and also gaining financial stability. >> studies show fewer americans are gemae g inmmd.itierrted to together. it is sa i big week for meghan mkle. made her first offl becoming the duchess marry of sussex. >> take a look here. pointthrd to see. tat meghan closed her own car door. this is the thing here. people on the internet started lose thrg minds. some praising her for being down to earth. others criticizing the guy who opened the door for not closing it. it just goes to show the royals can be like the rest of us how we close our own car doors. >> i don't know. >> i think it's more of a pain to wait for someone to closeor

>> would you have known that was a faux pas? >> absolutely not. >> the royal watchers are hard-core fans. single move she isn't supposed to make. wearing a name tag, not wearing a name tag. closing the doors -- you have to leave it open. she is royalty. she doesn't need to touch the car door. i like her. >> we'll talk about what's happening now. fog in spots. the big story today, hot temperatures for a lot of us. and poor air quality for some of us. a spare the air day is in effect the next 24 hours. from the north bay to inland santa clara valley, anywhere from moderate to poor air quality. you'll notice in the sky we will have the haze this afternoon. if you have respiratory issues, limit your time outdoors later today. highs will be a warm one. today is the warmest all week. 92 for morgan hill.

cupertino, 85 degrees. peninsula, 83, palo alto. san mateo, up to 77 later today. downtown san francisco, going to a mild high of 70. about 66 for sunset district close to the coast. north bay, 80s and 90s most of us. about 90 for petaluma and novato. closerdale, 94. east bay, 70s and 80s. 76 berkeley. 83 for fremont. 86 in orrin da. 94, brentwood. 97 in antioch and livermore. autumn heat today. a little relief tomorrow. dramatic drop in our temperatures on friday leads to a comfortably cool weekend. and early next week, yes, monday and tuesday, there's a chance of some light showers. all right. let's get a check of the roads with alexis. good morning. good morning, drew. the san francisco commute, coming in villa the bay bridge,

metering lights on at 5:18. pretty early start for you. typical delays back into the maze. once you make it onto the bridge, a little bit of a delay around yorba linda and treasure. not terrible at the san francisco exits. part of fremont is blocked due to the closure of the salesforce transit center. and fremont closed between howard and mission. a few streets changed from green to yellow and a little bit of red showing up as well. we expect that to get worse as the morning continues. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 57 minutes. dublin to mission, in the yellow at 22. 101 to cupertino, 48 minutes. a block at blossom road. ginger zee is live with a look at what's ahead. good morning, ginger. good morning to you, matt and jessica. nice to be with both of you this

morning. here on a wednesday morning on gma, the countdown to the supreme court showdown is just a day away. nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault in high school, christine blasey ford, about to appear before the senate committee. president trump lashing out against the second woman accusing him of sexual misconduct. >> also ahead, bill cosby waking up behind bars. sentenced to at least three years. abc news exclusive, the mother who is survived a deadly bank shooting, she was shot 12 times, she is telling her story about how she stayed alive. plus, i don't know if you can still hear it, the screams deafening this morning. times square being taken over by bts and all of their fans called the bts army. the biggest band in the world, the boy band. they're here live. it was full here. my 16-year-old sister is over here. she is saying best day of her

life. if you don't want to come for that on gma, i don't know what you show up for. >> she's a huge fan. i have been looking at the tweets this morning and i'm loving their suits. if only matt could wear a suit like the ones they wore. >> if only i was 20 years younger and in a boy band. >> and james longman, one of our correspondents, said can we do that? she said, no, i don't think so. >> stick around for that one. >> you have to have dance moves as well. new at 6:00, a warning about the safety tech in many of our cars. it might be putting us in danger. or how about giving up your car all together. lyft is hoping they can convince you to do it.

6:24 on your wednesday. it will be quickly warming us. by the afternoon, 80s and 90s away from the coast. it's also a spare the air day. alexis >> thank you, drew. new at 6:00, a warning about the safety technology features in so many vehicles. according to a new study from aaa, most of us don't understand them. the problems flagged by the study include 80% of people don't understand how blind spot

monitoring works. many people fail to check for other vehicles while it's engaged. 40% of drivers don't understand the difference between forward collision warning and automatic brak and 29% will engage in other activities while adaptive cruise control engaged. aaa says car companies need to do more to educate drivers about technology in their vehicles. well, childish gambino, also known as donald glover, was supposed to be here for his tour tomorrow. >> tmz reports he hurt himself on stage over the weekend. the tour postponement was announced on twitter last night. we reached out to or cap and s. is a.p. to see if your ticket will be honored when the new dates are finally announced.

we will keep you posted >> in the east bay, a man police say started two brush fires that burned close to homes in san ramon is in jail. a man saw a man running from one of the fires. near a subdivision. a firefighter had minor injuries. and another suspect was arrested for two fires set in the past month in black hawk and san ramon. take a look at this unusual sight in alameda. a viewer sent this this of a rocket propped up near central and main. the question we're all wondering is why? we're still looking into it. it may be part of a start-up that is building the world's smallest rocket called astra. we first told you about that project back in february. a lease application filed with the city says the company will use the rocket to launch small satellites. next at 6:30, the salesforce

transit center closure. >> i'm in the traffic center tracking the impact and your best options for getting around it. plus, the controversial late night decision whether or not to build another ikea in the east bay. bart officials trying to crack down on crime. some trains are seeing department of homeland security officers on patrol. as we head to break, a live look

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the $2 billion salesforce transit center closed because of a crack. commuters from the east bay being told not to drive-through san francisco today. public transit riders facing delays and detours. look at this. we have team coverage of every angle of the problem. high-stakes hearing. sex crimes prosecutor being brought in to question judge brett kavanaugh and his accuser. a day to go before congressional testimony. plus, would you be willing to ditch your car if you could be be paid? lyft hoping that you will do that. speaking of ditching your car, today is the perfect day to consider it. it is a mess if you're driving into san francisco.

yeah. perfect time to take public transportation or stay home, right? >> i'm giving you permission right now. >> alexis will sign that note for you to your boss. drew, you have a note that says it will be hot outside. >> it is going to be hot. fog a huge concern along the north bay and the coast. it is dense. you see zero on live doppler 7. that's as bad as it gets. thick fog in spots. likely we'll have this fog at least through the 9:00 a.m. hour. outside we go. sutro tower over san francisco. breaks here and there. 12-hour day planner shows you once the sun is up shortly, hazy skies. spare the air day. moderate to poor quality across the region. by 4:00, autumn heat. 80s and 90s widespread away from the coast. let's get a check of the commuter a alert with alexis. >> closure of the salesforce transit center.

traffic coming into san francisco. just talked to someone who is just did this commute. they said a lot of folks sticking to the left-hand side of the bridge. takehe t harrison exit instead. fremont, off-ramposed. the flyover is closed there this morning. and then we do have surface street closure at fremont between mission and howard. a little bit heavier on the left-hand side. i do recommend that for an a lot gnat. look at some of the is surface street volumes coming up in a few minutes. this is what you will face at the fremont exit. road closures and detour signs. >> the crack discovered 10:00 a.m. yesterday. the terminal wasn't closed until 4:30 in the afternoon. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the terminal where inspections continue this morning. amy. >> reporter: hi. good morning, jessica. all of the east bay commuters, take a look at this. this is what awaits you in san

francisco this morning. this is the traffic coming off the bay bridge. this is on fremont street. fremont is closed at howard. so you will be diverted. we just talked to someone who drove through this. you will hear from him in a minute. the germ advice is to avoid this area if you can. officials are worried about a cracked beam in the new salesforce transit center. they this shut it down yesterday at 4:30 and are keeping cars from coming through because the situation is unpredictable. commuters trying to catch buses home yesterday were surprised to hear that the new $2 billion transit center has a defect. well now this morning's commuters are having to work around the issue including this shutdown of fremont, a main artery off the bay bridge. >> you know what, this is usually jammed up anyway. it is a little inconvenient. but it's okay. it's san francisco. >> did you hear what happened? >> the crack in the build something. >> what's your reaction? >> who messed it up?

who cracked the build something who cracked the building! it's okay, though. we all make mistakes. it's life. there's worse things, right? >> did you hear all the horns honking during that interview? 80s frustrating morning out here. you're looking at a picture by the is san francisco chronicle showing a worker inspecting the beam. they discovered the crack around 10:00 yesterday morning while they were installing ceiling panels. the cracked beam is on the third floor near fremont street. it has the rooftop park right above it. so there is five feet of dirt on top of the beam. that's why you see all the detour signs, cautious tape, metal barriers, all of this telling people this brand-new center is now closed. no word when they will reopen it. they still want to inspect all the beams to see if there are any other cracks. they say they might have an update for us today at noon. reporting live in san francisco, amy ho abc 7 news.

thank you, amy. adding to the traffic challenge, the estimated 170,000 people in san francisco for the dreamforce conference. many people will end up at the old temporary transit center. >> that is where amanda del castillo is live for us this morning. amanda >> reporter: matt, jessica, things seem to be a lot less confusing for tkphaoutecommuter old terminal. while the change does have potential to cause a major in convenience, trans bay leaders say it is all being done to ensure safety. salesforce tran silt center closure during yesterday avenues afternoon commute.

more than anything, the sheer confusion about where people were supposed to go caused the chaos. yesterday's commute competed with the dreamforce convention that shut down portions of howard street. ten minutes ago we caught up with a commuter who explains his confusion about why he was dropped off here. >> the last time the bus dropped me off at the new location. and i was like-kind of like a little confused on where to go. >> reporter: the sfmta says the temporary terminal will be used until midday today. maybe longer. but if you are heading into downtown san francisco, transit leaders say you should probably inea d of using your car to commute. live in downtown san francisco, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news >> amanda, thank you. the cracked beam is not the first problem at the transit

center. two weeks ago the walkway started crumbling. chunks broke apart. workers have been patching the holes there. we use the abc 7 news app to send out this push alert when the news of the crack alert. we have information on every bus line that uses the salesforce transit center. enable push alerts to get the latest developments. developing news in the confirmation process for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. republicans have scheduled to vote after hiring a female prosecutor to question christine blasey ford. >> she has argued the senators should ask her the questions themselves. lana zak is live in washington with the latest. lana. >> reporter: hi there, matt and jessica. trump speaking outside the u.n. making more news on this issue. he said republicans could not have been nicer in the way they have handled it. they could have pushed through weeks ago which is, according to

him, frankly what i would have prfrd. professored. president trump has let go of the appearance of detachment tweeting overnight, the democrats are playing a high level con game in their vicious efforts to destroy a fine person. pray for brett kavanaugh and his family. the president casting a persians on deborah ramirez. >> they don't believe it themselves. >> the lawyer representing laura ramirez, who is not yet scheduled to testify, tells cnn the reps are engaged in politics. >> a lot of game playing going on by the majority party. >> reporter: republicans announced rachel mitchell, a republican prosecutor with sex crimes experience. >> i think it's smart of them to get outside counsel. inadvertently somebody will do something that's insensitive. >> chuck grassley writes, the goal is to de-politicize the process and get to the truth. and warns about pre-judging. >> it's important to take allegations of those who have come forward, to take them seriously.

>> reporter: but, you know, senators are not going to have a lot of time to deliberate on what they hear tomorrow. they have scheduled a vote in the committee on kavanaugh's hearing the very next day. lana zak, abc news, washington. jessica, back to you. lana, thank you. dion lim will be live from washington tomorrow. when christine blasey ford testifies. look for her live reports here on abc 7 and online throughout the day. at 6:39 on our wednesday, the big story today, along with the heat, is also our air quality. there is a spare the air day in effect today. no matter where you live, air quality between moderate and poor. this afternoon, haze in our atmosphere. air quality inland. and the santa clara valley. mixed bag. 40s and 50s. 48 in santa rosa. 57 our current temperature in san jose. hour by hour for you, later on this morning, future tracker temperatures showing you by

11:00, already warming quickly into the 70s and 80s in our warmest spots. so today will be the warmest day we have all week. into the afternoon, bay shoreline, 70s and aeupts. inland well into the 90s. it is a warm day. 80s and 90s in most spots. tomorrow, a degree or two cooler. but the big cooldown really hits us on friday. temperatures kind of back to where they should be this time of the year. most spots in the 60s and 70s to round out the first full week of fall. so heat is the big story today. how about traffic? how are we doing? >> you know what the big story is there. sayles is force transit center is closed. we've got all transit agencies using the temporary trans bay terminal instead. we have street closures due to this as well. keeping a close eye on the surface streets. you can see the purple in our traffic maps indicating closures. mission and howard is one. the other down in front of

moscone center for dreamforce conference. and the red is all the closures. it is definitely starting to fill in. typically san francisco has a later morning commute. i think really the later morning hours will be the worst of it. i have better news in the south bay. 85 before blossom hill road, a sig-alert. briefly all lanes blocked. two lanes blocked the last hour or so. the crash has cleared, so you're backed out to about 101. northbound 101 heavy as well. san mateo bridge, look at the fog. drew tuma mentioning that. a spare the air day as well. if you can use mass transit, that is definitely recommended. lyft has a challenge for people in san francisco. ditch a car for a month and make some money. details on how to sign up will be released later today. lyft says commuters who ditch their car for a month can get $300 in lyft credit, $100 for zipor car. and $94 for clipper cards, which can be used on muni and bart. lyft offered the same challenge

to people in chicago in july and 1,000 people signed up within 24 hours. >> it's really interesting. >> we'll see how many folks are interested. >> i figure we will have a huge response to that. >> you would think so, yeah. would you guys do it? >> especially if you didn't need proof you weren't using your car. >> i looked it up this morning. i don't have every detail. but you symbolically lock your keys in a lock box for 30 days. >> symbolically lock? >> i haven't figured out if you can get your keys bag. most people have a spare key. >> we'll figure it out. we'll get around it. thanks, alexis. all right. get ready, san jose. you're about to see a lot more ads as you get around. looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way at 48 points right now. another check on how the markets are doing next. plus, bts

and at 6:45 on this wednesday, a live look right now. this is emeryville.

we're dealing with thick fog at this hour. live doppler 7 visibility, thick in the north bay, along the coast, and even now hayward has dropped to zero. that means the fog is thick even in the east bay. highs warm to hot. a lot of hottest spots will be in the 90s. now traffic with alexis. good morning. yeah. good morning, drew. into the san francisco commute where the salesforce transit center is closed. fremont street clocher and part of the off-ramp from the bay bridge closed too. this is the first time i have seen things back up onto the bay bridge. all the details for the closures, tell you everything you need to know coming up in a few minutes. this just in at the live desk. president trump is standing by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> he's an absolute gem. he has been treated very unfairly by the democrats who are playing a con game.

the republicans could not be nicer, could not be more respectful to the process, certainly could not be more respectful to the woman. and i'm okay with that. i think i might have pushed it forward a lot faster. the woman the president is referring to is dr. christine blasey ford. she will testify on capitol hill tomorrow. republicans say they will vote on kavanaugh's nomination on friday. and we have a brand-new mug shot of bill cosby this morning. the pennsylvania department of correction s released the booking photo. he was sentenced yesterday after he was convicted of sexual assault. he will serve 3 to 10 years in state prison. he was found guilty on three counts of aggravated in decent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand bart passengers have been trains.deparicsrollinhe the chronicle reports the officers are part of normal anti-terrorism checks and are members of immigration and

customs enforcement. bart officials say the officers are part of the v.i.p.r. team. they patrolled during the week of super bowl 50 and the warriors three victory parades. people in the south bay can expect to see more ads in downtown san jose. according to the mercury news, city council voted last night to allow new billboards and electronic signs on city-owned land. council members are considering a plan for new billboards on private property. in the east bay, a proposed ikea store is getting pushback this morning. >> dublin's planning commission voted 3-1 to not recommend building the new store in the city. city council will have final say next month. ikea wants to build on an empty plot of land it owns in 580 and hacienda drive.

while some say they would welcome the new store, opponents worry it could cause traffic congestion. survey monkey has been priced at $12 a share, valued at $1.8 billion. survey monkey's main investors are sheryl sandberg, whose husband ran the company until his death in 2015. now to the dow. here's a look at how the markets are doing. up 46 points right now. today investors will be watching the federal reserve. officials are set to raise interest rates for the third time this year. all right. everybody has been waiting for the story this morning. by everybody, i mean jessica and drew. k-pop superstars bts is taking the area by storm. >> they explained the meaning behind love yourself. >> we are trying to love ourselves too. and i hope the armys can do thee

th mai rapper says he was nervous and his shook while holding the speech that he practiced countless times. he pulled through it, though, and said it was the best moment in his life. you can watch bts perform their hit song "idol" by keeping it here on abc 7 right after "abc 7 mornings". last hour you were making fun of me sounding like an old lady not knowing who they were. and now you're making fun of me for wanting to see them. come on! >> it's just wednesday. they look great in those suits. >> now i get to see the suits. >> that's pretty incredible. i'm sure it's going to be great. you can watch it on your big screen tv, it's going to look pretty incredible with all of those colors coming at you. >> what would it look like if

you wore it on the green screen? >> awesome. let's talk about the fog we have dealing with right now. a huge issue for a lot of us. golden gate bridge camera, thick from this vantage point. similar story on the san mateo bridge as well. early this morning, the fog will be with us at least through 9:00 a.m. before it slowly lifts. that he wants the first thing we're dealing with out there today. highs in the microclimates, warm today. 87, san jose. 92, morgan hill. 86 for santa clara. warm 84, mountain view. 84, redwood city. men low park, 80. downtown san francisco mild. afternoon sunshine. 70 degrees there. south san francisco 71 later on today. north bay, it is warm. 80s and 90s for the most part. about 86 for vallejo. 88, sonoma. 82 high in santa rosa. east bay, right now we are dealing with fog. that will lift. for afternoon sunshine and warm

temperatures, 76, oakland. 83 for fremont. 86 or in da. we had the poor air quality as well. 98, brentwood. 97 liver lore. accuweather seven-day forecast, calling it autumn heat today. a huge drop in temperatures on friday. keeps us comfortable cool over the weekend and early next week. yes, monday and tuesday tracking a chance of a few light showers. that's weather. now an update of the roads with alexis. >> good morning, drew. salesforce transit center is closed. we have no estimate when that will reopen. a crack was found in one of the support beams yesterday. fremont is also closed between howard and mission. we have a partial closure from the bay bridge. definitely recommend sticking to the harrison exit instead. temporary transbay terminal instead. head back to old routes.

the new transit center has been open only for a couple months, not even. casual carpool may be affected as well. dropoff or pickup spots could be different. westbound 80, that i 4 to the maze, 38 minutes. you're in the yellow. 21-minute drive across the bay bridge. not terrible yet. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, in the green and 10 minutes. a big announcement from ceo mark ben off. he announced salesfrce is donating $15.5 million to help support students and faculty in both san francisco and oakland unified school districts in the upcoming year. >> i started salesforce so i could give back to the city that i love and care for so much. to have a company that lets me do that, that's all that matters. >> the company is also donating $2 million to organizations that work directly with the homeless. an original apple one computer just sold at auction for $375,000.

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it's 6:58. >> if you're just joining us or he heading out the door. here are the 7 things you need to know before you go. number one, the new salesforce transit center in san francisco is closed indefinitely after workers found a crack in a third floor ceiling. the investigation is ongoing into the cause of the crack and to determine if other parts of the building are impacted. >> number two, heading out the door, all sfmta traffic will be coming through the old transbay terminal between beale streets. >> number three, this is causing major delays in san francisco. on the traffic maps, a lot of red especially around the fremont closure between hd miss. a quick check outside. slight delays on the bay bridge. i definitely recommend harrison on the left instead of fremont on the right. number four, accuweather,

the fog, warm to hot day across the region. 70s and 80s our warmest spots well into the 90s in the afternoon. >> number five, republicans hired a female prosecutor to question dr. chris team blasey ford tomorrow. on friday they will vote is on brett kavanaugh. >> number six, a brand-new mug shot of bill cosby. he was sentenced to at least three years in a pennsylvania state prison yesterday after he was convicted of sexual assault. >> number seven, dunkin' donuts is dropping the doughnuts from its name and will just be known as dunkin'. a store that opened last month in concord tested the name. the change becomes official nationwide in january. >> as long as they don't drop the doughnuts from the store that's all right. >> in new england you do call it dunkin'. it's not a weird thing. but it's weird to lose the doughnuts. >> one name everyone knows. you don't need more than that. that's all you need.

>> back in 25 minutes with an abc 7 news update. >> plenty of time to get some good morning, america. supreme court showdown. overnight republicans reveal the sex crimes prosecutor they're bringing in to question judge brett kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford in front of congress. as senate republicans move to speed up a vote. and now, new evidence in question. the images of kavanaugh's calendar he's trying to use to clear his name as president trump lashes out at the second woman accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. >> this is a con game being played by the democrats. >> deborah ramirez's attorney joins us this morning. locked up. bill cosby spends his first night behind bars sentenced to at least three years in prison taken away in handcuffs. the fall from grace for america's tv dad.