the person is right-handed or left-handed. officials in new york declining to say. >> i'm not going to talk about intent. if you were a bomb squad detective, how would you treat it? >> reporter: the threat here being all the targets are vocal critics of president trump. law enforcement is decline to go comment on a possible motive, including whether politics played a role. >> be the first to know about any new developments in the suspicious package threat with abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts to get breaking news notifications. >> it is 4:30. if you're just joining us, good morning to you. your weather and traffic with mike nicco. >> as far as visibility, there is patchy fog out there. 10 means unlimited at all our reporting stations. there will be an influx around the coast, san francisco, and petaluma.w everything is pretty

clear. east bay hills camera. low to mid-50s mainly at 7:00. mid-60s at the coast. mid-70s inland by noon. increasing high clouds. today is one of our warmest with mid-60s at the coast, upper 70s to mid-80s around the bay and inland neighborhoods. we'll look at your neighborhood numbers coming up. sue? all right. good morning. problems already this early friday morning. a big rig broke the barrels apart. they are waiting for a new shift of chp to give us more information. southbound off the sunol grade near vargas, overturned vehicle on its roof blocking the left lane of traffic. you are seeing a stretch of slow traffic there. and southbound 880 at 23rd. detour is in place. expect delays getting there. eastbound 580 is looking great. >> thank you, sue. in the east bay, one of the men charged in the "ghost ship" fire

continues his quest to get his plane deal back. >> a judge stunned derrick almena and the rest on of us when he threw out a deal because he said almena didn't show enough remorse. amy hollyfield is here with with what happens next. ? he says he has always been remorseful about this fire. his attorney say he is very sorry. today he and his lawyers will try to convince a judge about that remorse. it was going to be an exchange for a nine-year sentence. but the judge rejected the deal saying he didn't think he showed enough remorse. the night of the fire was nearly two years ago. it was so full of art and furniture, victims found trouble finding the exit and couldn't get out. 36 people died. max harris, co-defendant, has decided to go ahead and go to

trial. both have been in jail since june of last year. reggie, alexis. >> thank you, aim y. now to fairfield. a wild story where a man is dead after police say he was shot by his romantic partner, possibly during a kidnapping. okay. so in fairfield, a chase ended on east travis boulevard and dover avenue. the 24-year-old female passenger was shouting at an officer through her window claiming she was kidnapped. they say she shot the 22-year-old driver, who then died from his injuries. after the crash, crews first pulled out a 10-month-old baby. >> i was so shocked there was a baby in the car after this big accident. i said oh, my god. and the baby was crying. >> the baby was being passed from firefighter to firefighter. >> police say the baby was dama control after a "new york times" article that they gave lucrative

exit packages to those accused of sexual harassment. it reads in part, in the last two years, 48 people have been terminated for sexual harassment, including 13 who were senior managers and above. none of these people received an exit package. congresswoman jackie speier held a discussion in san mateo about overcoming sexual trauma. >> i'm hoping that the ceo is going to take a strong public stand about this issue. and also make sure that zero tolerance is indeed not just words but actions. >> the e-mail says google has made a number of changes in recent years and the company reviews every complaint about inappropriate contact. tightening the reins of utility companies. pg&e needs a wildfire plan in place by mid-2019.

when asked how they will deal with sraepblg taeugz. they blame pg&e for causing 17 wildfires, including 12 of the north bay fires. bart approved a plan to help early morning commuters during a retrofit project. trains will begin running an hour later at 5:00 a.m. because of overnight construction. the examiner reports last night the bart board of directors approved $3 billion annually for three years to be provide shuttle buses as a >> you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's start with neighborhood temperatures. east bay valleys, low to mid-50s just about everywhere. pittsburg, 58. you head up into the 67 in mount diablo. that he wants the warm air lurking above the cool air.

another above average afternoon with a whole lot of sunshine.d-. 55 in pacifica. check this out. no fog whatsoever on the bay bridge this morning. in fact, a much clearer sky on the roads. mass transit cool this morning. it will be warm this afternoon. 71 at noon. if you're heading out, grab the sunglasses. maybe the short sleeves. 80. 64 this evening. san francisco will be touching 70 this afternoon after starting out in the mid-50s. our last stop will be the south bay. we start off in the mid-50s. 80 most of the afternoon. very comfortable 67 at 8:00. notice an increase in clouds, high clouds in the afternoon hours. still very bright day outside. all right. turn it over to sue now. we were hoping for friday light but you said it's alread busy. >> a couple issues this early

friday morning. bay bridge toll plaza, no problems here. just minor delays for the left-hand cash paying lanes. another hour until the metering lights are turned on. san jose, 280 at the 17/880 overcrossing. one or two headlights headed towards cooper ttieen -- cupertino. six-minute delay. overturned southbound 680 near vargas blocking the left lane. backup off the sunol grade. we will follow that one in our next report. thank you, sue. next, cleaning up the streets in the south bay. city leaders have a plan to help solve another problem. >> safety on bart. watching you and trouble makers. watching you and trouble makers. a caravan of big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling.

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when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. this is a look around the state is today. look at all this warm sunshine. low to mid-80s through the central valley to los angeles. 77, san diego. 96, palm springs. 71, monterey. 76 in yosemite. however, we do have a fire danger. fire weather watch from reno,

tahoe, down to about by op, higher fire danger there. a look at the temperatures for tahoe. 71. record is 75 today. by the time we get to monday, mid-50s. and then back wednesday and thursday into the low 60s. thanks, mike. happening today, the ashes of matthew shepherd will be laid to rest 20 years after he was murder. he was robbed, beaten, tied the a wooden fence and left to die in 1998. for two decades his family kept his ashes in wyoming where the 21-year-old college student was killed. they feared his resting place would be >> the as many as 800 troops to the border to confront a migrant.s is in southern mexico, thousands of miles from the border. it numbers about 4,000 to 5,000

people. that continues to fluctuate. the migrants are mostly hon duri hondurans. in the bay area, hundreds demonstrated at the consulate yet. they support the migrants and hope the message reaches the president. they are taking donations between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. >> i wanted to open my space to show solidarity to the migrants. being i'm a daughter of an immigrant, it is important to me to use my privilege to help the people. >> everything from clothe to go tooth pwrbrushes will be distrid at the border. bart is t another step to beefing up passenger safety. moto,nd mile app to be llcecame, installed in the coming years. eric thomas has the details. >> reporter: for the bart board, it's a balancing act. security versus privacy.

for the passengers we spoke with, it's not even close. what's more important, security or privacy? >> for me, security. >> it's best to have safety. i would rather safety more than privacy. >> reporter: the bart board said it was trying to beef up both safety and privacy with a package of new security measures to be installed in the coming years, along with guidelines tore how they can be used and how long data can be kept. >> the police department is working with bart i.t. department, mechanical and engineering working together to bring these things together. >> reporter: one of those is a mobile app to help riders find the closest bart station. it will require your location to do so. bart also plans to add to the 4,000 cameras they already have and upgrade them all to digital to deter them. cameras hope they help to catch

the man who murdered this man in july. the plan calls for video monitors at station gates so passengers can see what's happening on the platforms. this artist depiction shows emergency phones to be installed so riders can talk directly to bart dispatchers who will be able to see them on video. in orrin da, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> use #dearbart. the city is hiring 25 homeless people to pick up trash. they will make $15 an hour. san jose mayor says instead of blaming the homeless, it makes them part of the solution. while it may be a short-term fix, it could have a lasting effect on some lives. >> i'm all for a new start to regain what i had before. you know, start a family. you know, get my life right and

never go back to the streets again. >> estimates are more than 7,000 people in santa clara county are homeless. most are in san jose. top surfers from around the world will gather at maverick beach for opening ceremony. last year's challenge didn't happen because the conditions weren't right to hold the event. this season it on opens november 1st. it could be called any time before the end of march. the prize money, $20,000 for each male and female winner. today's opening ceremony starts at 2:00 this afternoon. i'm wondering what the conditions will be like today. >> pretty calm. >> no big 50-foot waves? >> no. they're going to have to work really hard to find a good wave. i don't see any big storms churning in the pacific that would kick up the waves. remember you were following the typhoon yutu, as it curves back to us, we will keep an eye on

us. late next week it could be a wave producer. i'll have a look at the three-day beach forecast in a few minutes. 4:46 on this friday. look how clear from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. warmest temperatures today and tomorrow. our coolest sunday and monday. here's a new wrinkle. sprinkles possible in the north bay sunday morning. mother nature will be giving us warm treats for halloween. our highs upper 70s to low 80s. san jose, 81. mid 70s to 80s on the peninsula. mid to upper 60s along the coast. mid-70s in downtown san francisco and sausalito. what a great afternoon to do wine tasting. 76 at berkeley. everyone else 70s to 80. livermore will be nice for wine tasting. all our east bay valleys in the

low to mid-80s. don't, milder. a touch more fog as today is our driest day as far as the humidity goes. low to upper 50s. here's what's going to happen. as we go through, there you go, sunday morning, 7:00 to 8:00. a slight chance of a few sprinkles. then they go away sunday afternoon. that's the dry cold front that will bring us our two coolest days sunday and monday. look at the highs for halloween. mid-60s at the coast. mid-70s to mid-80s around the bay. sue. an accident off the subpoena ol' grade southbound near vargas. it's an overturned vehicle. they are trying to get it out of the left lane. you can see the solid line of sensors headed in the southbound direction. no real great were alternate for you. give yourself plenty of time this early morning. with a full road closure until 5:00 a.m., southbound 880, they are doing construction work on the overpass there. so there is a detour in place at 23rd. again, give yourself plenty of time.

eastbound 580 is a great alternate. >> the latest iphone hits shelves today. >> and a program a.i. sells for $4,000. apple's new iphone. >> 10 r hits stores candidate. it has picked up positive reviews for its price, $750. and some are going bigger as some go smaller. >> the android palm is 3.3 inches. that's smaller than the first iphone. it will be available november 2nd. finally, a stunner from the art world. >> the first painting ever done by artificial intelligence has sold at auction. a french art group took data from thousands of 14th and 15th century portraits. a machine made this painting. someone bought it for $432,000. an andy warhol piece sold for

just 75 grand. >> those are your "tech bites". >> is it me, or was that a little out of portrait. i didn't love it. >> it was ugly i say with a question mark. i'm trying to be polite. one of the riskiest volcanos is where we are. >> oakland wants you to get into feast mode. you can help neighbors in

you're never more than 7 minutes away from a accuweather forecast. mt. tam, you can say almost all the way down to the san mateo . ouratuoday 6 to 10 degrees warmer than average, which puts us in the 70s and 80s everywhere away from the coast. >> thank, mike. a lot of car break-ins in the bay area. but fremont caught a pair who went high-tech. they found this remote controlled device during an arrest last week that can be used to unlock car doors. investigators say the suspects, 33-year-old daniel sanchez and 29-year-old brittany tollner had a large stash of stolen mail and other documents. yikes. the centers for disease control is expecting flu activity to ramp up in the coming weeks. it is recommending everyone six months and older get vaccinated as soon as possible. new figures suggest fewer than 4

out of 10 adults in the u.s. were vaccinated against the flu last season. 49 million came down with the virus. and 79,000 people died. when it comes to u.s. volcanos few pose as high of a risk as mount shasta. the 14,000 foot peak north of reading ranks 5th on the u.s. geological survey latest volcano threat assessment. number one, not a surprise, kilauea in hawaii. that tops the list of 18 in the nation classified as a very high threat because of seismic activity and proximity to people. next is mount st. helen's. and mt. ranier in washington and one in alaska. there are 161 active volcanos in the u.s. in case you were wondering, kilauea has stopped erupting. no reports of lava for more than a month. it exploded may 17th, raining lava and ash for miles over the big island for months.

>> well, we've got sad news for chocolate lovers. hersheys plans to hike prices 2.5% next week. it will affect 20% of its products. it hasn't said which ones. they hope the higher prices will help offset rising commodity and shipping costs. all right. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here's a look at the beaches. mid to upper 60s. the warmest around monterey bay. 17 and 78. the most amount of sunshine today. partly sunny tomorrow. we slip just a couple of degrees everywhere. only place in the 70s will be santa cruz. by the time we get to sunday, we have the dry cold front coming through. low to mid-60s with cloud cover. 68 in monterey, 73 in santa cruz. sue. a good time to be at the a sig-alert issued for southbound 680. this is our accident we have been talking about at vargas. overturned vehicle blocking two

lanes of traffic. chp issued a special traffic alert. the backup now beginning. we will zoom in with our 3d camera. the volume is bumper to bumper, stop and go. no great alternate. give yourself plenty of time. they unfortunately don't have any estimated time of opening sound at vargas backed up to andrade. southbound 880 at 23rd, it is starting to improve a little bit. we'll check back with chp in just a few. thank you, sue. a british artist is getting ready to open his first west coast exhibition in the south bay. >> this is bruce monroe. he is known for immersive large scale light-based installations. >> that's cool. >> yeah. ten of his works will be on display at the art center in saratoga. the exhibition opens to the public on sunday. it will be on display through march. ♪ >> san francisco knows how to do a ground breaking.

abc 7 news was t at to work on ness across from davy symphony hall yesterday. it kind of all went together. construction type music i guess. this is going to be the site of a new performing arts center. it will include two concert halls, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, and housing for 400 music students. it is set to open in two years. >> that was charming. >> yeah. it was nice. drown it out a little bit. now is your chance to go full feast mode to help the less fortunate this holiday season. >> the food bank and partners unveiled the specially designed t-shirt and medals that runners will receive for taking part in the second annual oakland turkey trot. it is happening thanksgiving day. organizers hope to raise $10,000. >> the food bank benefits not only from financial contributions folks are making at the registration but when folks come to pick up their

t-shirt, they are dropping off food in the barrels. we are encouraging everyone to go full feast mode for everyone in the community. >> for more information, go to abc7news.com. a big break for investigators. they have arrested someone accusing to be a ride hail driver and then sexually assaulting women. we are meeting a couple that is going to the extreme to beat the high cost of living in san francisco. too soon? why organizers are a

and good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this friday, october 26th.

>> yes. he finally made it to friday. you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. how are we looking for the weekend? >> looking good. light and variable winds. good morning, everybody. from the high pressure. but the the humid air from yesterday moved off and dry air is in place. right along the coast, through the san bruno gap, to petaluma during the morning commute. low to mid-50s. the accuweather 12-hour planner, mid 60s to mid-70s at noon. towards 4:00, we will be very much above average with high clouds and sunshine. 60s at the coast. 70s around the bay. 80s inland. a delightful evening, 60s and 70s. you have an update on the sig-alert? >> yeah. problems over sunol a at southbound 680 with an overturned vehicle blocking two lanes of traffic.