why ecuador's president kicked him out of the country's embassy overnight after seven years. warning. your pg&e bill could skyrocket. we are talking about the link to california's fire season. good morning. it's thursday, april 11th. we are also tracking royal baby news this morning. the duke and duchess of sussex telling the world, we are going to h'te have to wait for mike's forecast. it includes a lot of sun. hey mike. >> it does. there is a ton of sunshine coming up in the next several days. today will be dimmer than it was yesterday because of the high clouds. also we have breezes starting to kick up around santa rosa at 16. fast in the usual spots, sfo and half moon bay. this is an idea of santa rosa's wind as it is forecast. 26 on mount tam right now. and eventually that works its way down to us. it is a quiet morning. 46 to 52. milder than yesterday. then you will notice the faster breezes and then the cooler

weather this afternoon as we are up to five to ten degrees cooler. only 55 to 61 at 4:00. if you are heading out this evening it looks nice, grab a jacket. 54 to 57. let's find out about traffic and say hello to alex this at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:26 this morning. a typical commute. things are certainly filling in. tracy to dublin on the west bound 580. in the yellow. west bown 4 pittsburgh to concord, trying to recover from a few crashes. 101 san francisco looking good. breaking news. we are learning more about jung's arrest. his attorney says he has been arrested on a u.s. extradition request and also for breaching

uk bail conditions. >> london officials took him into custody at the ecuadorean embassy. ecuador's president says he is no longer welcome at the embassy after he repeatedly violated the conditions of his asylum. the country has withdrawn his citizenship and is accusing him and russian hackers of trying to destabilize the government. he sought refuge to avoid being extradited to sweden over a sexual assault case. which has been dropped. he is also wanted in the u.s. for publishing classified documents. now to the alert for poouj customers. your rates could be going up dramatically. >> one estimate says we could be forced to pay 50% more. it's all because of california's devastating wildfires. jovena fordson is live at the pg&e office with more this morning. hi, jovena.

>> reporter: good morning. pg&e customers would experience the worst rate hikes, according to this new report. the chronicle is saying their wills could increase by 50% in just one year and that this could also negatively impact the state's clean energy initiatives as well. this was all revealed in a new memo released yesterday by steven weismann, of uc berkeley's goldman school of public policy. it was at the request of the newsom administration according to the chronicle. weismann says the sharp spike in rates could hold the state back from getting more electric cars on road and phasing out natural gas use in buildings. this would dramatically impact california's push to reduce its greenhouse gases. down the line, weismann believes these rates could force businesses to leave the state and mentioned silicon valley and their energy needs as well. the chronicle also included reports from peej where the

company said it is committed to supporting demurs in service areas impacted by recent disasters. the governor's office is expected to roll out a plan tomorrow to address the risk of wildfires that are increasing in our area and also climate change. it is what they are calling the new normal. reporting live in san jose, jovena fordson abc7 news. on the peninsula, police ar away with $12,000 worth the snash and grab apd at the ape store on university avenue in palo altoaround 1:00 last year. the thieves shattered the front door. a person walking by alerted police. computers are still missing, two were found on the sidewalk. it is not the first time burglars targeted the store. in 2017 cleaves drove an suv through the front of the store. up to ten people stole large number of ims the. police made several arrests.

new this morning, the "national enquirer" is for sale. >> according not "new york times" the tabloid will likely have a buyer in days. it is owned by american media, inc., and david pecker. it made headlines when it bought the rights to a playboy oy oy oy story about an alleged affair with the president and then never published it. andth korea. prident trump willelme south korean president moon jae-in to the us how. they will discuss how the resume negotiations t convince mr. trump there are signs of progress and the leader kim jong-un is willing to come back to the table. a summit in february between president trump and kim jong-un ended poorly. they couldn't reach a agreement on sanctions and denuclearize and left the summit early.

two students at becomely high are accused of trying to rig a school election. here's how it worked. rank choice ballots were cast electronically. school officials say two candidates for asb president and vice president logged themselves into their class meats' email accounts to cast ballots in their favor. they were able to do it because most of the accounts used a default password almost every single student knows. student activities director john villavicencio noticed something was weird when the candidates suddenly surged in the count last month. >> if i were a student and i wanted to go vote and this vote number placed already it would say your vote has already been casted. we were getting emails like that so we me something fishy was going on. >> both students were disqualified from the election but the incident created questions about cyber security within the school district. solving the homeless crisis.

next wee look at a new report trying to tackle the issues as part of our effort to build a better bay area. new details approximate the next royal baby. why we likely won't see harry and meghan's first child right away. >> the only thing consistent in my accuweather seven-day forecast is the inconsistency of the temperatures. we are if i have confus the

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>> announcer: you are never more than seven men's away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc7 mornings. let's start in san francisco. 52 for the cool spot. 56 in park presidio. 57, look at that, one of our warm spots in richmond and pittsburgh. 59 in tracy. mid to upper 40s in palo alto, union city and the south bay. also petaluma and the san ramon valley. no fog. it is too breezy for that. breezy at the beaches today. blowing sand. if you are out on the bay we have a small craft advisory. near 60 early afternoon, drop down in the up ir50s by 5:00. a look at the east bay valleys, in the fwefts through 9:00. mid 60s from 11:00 to 5:00.

notice how temperature drop a little bit in the late afternoon hours. that's the dry cold front coming there. here's alexis -- i almost called you alexa. >> i am not eavesdroppingan ow. we are looking at four traffic maps. we have one trouble spot trying to bounce back from a couple earlier crashes on highway 4. the speeds are picking up. very slightly. last time we checked we were at 17 and 15 miles per hour. now we are up to 21, 22 miles per hour. it is a slow improvement. but that line of red goes for several miles. again, all lanes are back open. that was from an earlier trouble spot. west bound 580 trace o'to dublin in the yellow. southbound 580 in the green. 101 also in the green. rkle will be keeping their

baby's arrival private. they are due sometime this month. they want to enjoy the baby privately before sharing the news publicly. this is al change from william and kate who met with huge crowds outside the hospital not long after their babies were born. i am for it. let them have their moment. >> do we really need to see that baby? it just looks like a baby. >> i am sure it is going to be a cute baby. people do want to see it but in due time. a major expansion could bring new jobs to the area. you have probably seen this story about a suspected imagine if we ever got to meet. we would be such good friends. best friends. advantage ii, kills fleas through contact all month long. advantage ii, kills fleas through contact i mean he's a wreck without me. advantage ii, fight the misery of bing fleas.

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>> all news, all morning. the pope is blaming the churn's sex abuse scandal on the 1960s. the sexual revolution and a collapse in catholic moral theology. he adds the church made it nearly impossible to convict a priest of a crime. we are learning new details about the urgent 911 call on a suspected burglar in a house. >> i think there is an intruder in one of the bathrooms. >> are you inside as well? >> yes.

but the bathroom door is locked we are seeing a shadow moving around and the door is closed. >> police officers in washington county, oregon arrived in full force with their guns drawn. they told the burglar to come out of the bathroom. when no one responded they cleared every room in the house before busting through the bathroom door. >> we actually find the suspect doing a very thorough vacuuming job because it was a robovac. >> there it is. captured. coming up on gma, watch how officers tried to talk the roomba into coming out of the bathroom. gma starts at 7:00 right after abc7 mornings. >> you have to respect an officer who can do that interview with a straight face. >> i know. if you are that homeowner, too, hopefully you have a good sense of humor and you are laughing about it. can you imagine your friends making fun of you? that's going to last for years. in the north bay we have a

collision southbound 101 north of petaluma boulevard. a motorcycle rider was pinned between a couple of vehicles. he made it off to the shoulder with some injuries there. engine crews are heading to the scene. diplomat know if any lanes are blocked. the typical delay south of there down to 14 miles per hour where it bottle necks. brake lights leaving the toll plaza towards the mid span. nothing reported. i will be back the toyota tahoe record. let's check in with mike nicco. >> a look at sutro tower, not bouncing as much as the east bay hills camera nor themount tam. it will be later. we will have dimmer sunshine today. warmth spikes and it will be calm saturday. there is nothing steady about the high temperatures. we have the spring see saw going

through the seven-day forecast. inside slider is going to hit the sierra. snow showing up on live doppler 7 right now. inland rain and mountain snow. friday a warming trend, mostly sunny. 57, above average on saturday. a little bit more rain than snow for sunday. hopefully they are fwrooming it well. here's a look at what is going to happen with our temperatures, 59, 60 along the coast into san francisco. low to mid 60s around the bay. mid to upper 60s inland. dangerous wind at beaches 11 to 5:00 this evening. gusting to 45 miles per hour. top's 40s everywhere. accuweather seven-day forecast wild springs. five to ten degrees cooler today. five to ten degrees warmer tomorrow. near 80 inland saturday. five to ten degrees cooler by

monday. five to ten degrees warmer wednesday. did you get all of that? >> i think so. >> let's talk about snow. >> the base totals are down 10 to 20 inches on eitheran there from about a week ago. we have got some melting. but if you are doing spring skiing we have some healthy totals thanks to the epic snow we have had this year. 76 to 232 inch base for squaw pine. 68 to 115 inch base for heavenly. no chain requirements on any of the routes to the sierra. that means that the drive times getting there at this early hour are looking good. 3 hours 5 in ins to sugar bowl. kirkwood should take you just under three and a half hours. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc7. >> ginger sze live with a look from new york city. >> coming up on gma we are

tracking the monster spring storm sketching across 22 stats. yes, there are blizzard conditions. yes, there is severe weather. also up to two feet of snow still left in this one. a lot of travel impacts. you will want to hear it here on gma. breaking news as we come on the air. wikileaks founder julian assange arrested. we are live in london with that story. and the killing of jonbenet ramsey. what her father is saying now. and this morning, the never before seen photos of jonbenet. also an incredible survival story. rescue crews found hikers lost nearly five days. they will tell us what they think helped save them and keep them alive. it is all coming up here on gma. i am heading out to california, so i won't see you tomorrow. but southern california. but i am coming out some. >> the welcome mat is always out

for you. a big change is coming pour the santa cruz beach trolleys this summer. plus,

let's look outside. open the weather window from the east bay hills. the winds are gusting up to 14 miles per hour right now. the breezes behind the cold front are going to drop our temperatures five to 11 degrees today. 5 in san francisco to napa at 65. no worry. we will be near 80 in some neighborhoods by saturday. >> thank you, mike. abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area. and that includes addressing homelessness. >> the bay area council economic institute put a staggering price tag on the solution, $12.7 billion. in theory that's enough money to build a $450,000 house for each of the 20,000 people reported as homeless in all nine bay area counties. at a round table yesterday those working on findsing a fix saw the problem first fanned. oakland mayor lby s speang a le aed f hug a mayo >>oure m me a stts,early r someplace out in

the the open. the study also found 70% of the homeless live in just three counties. credit karma will expand into a downtown oakland office tower. >> credit karma will release five floors plus a roof deck at 1100 broadway. the expansion will enable employees to take bart to link up with the company's headquarters in san francisco. the financial services technology upstart is expected to move into their downtown oakland offices sometime next year. santa cruz saying good-bye to its downtown beach trolleys and hello to new electric shuttles. >> your lans chance to ride the 1930s street cars is this summer between memorial day and labor day. they will be replaced with two electric shuttles. they will keep the sametrolleye

>> still to come, more on the arrest of julian assange. >> and a final good-bye for nip see hustle. they prepare the honor the rapper who was gunned down. they have colorful lighting turned on but the sales force

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>> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc7 mornings. breaking now30 the indictment against wikileaks founder julian assange just released minutes ago. the charges he's now facing after he was arrested in listen done overnight. eight months and counting. engineers are gearing up to finally fix san francisco's sales force transit center. bikini backlash of a plus size model posing on the beach. growing outrage on line. plus the "snl" star about to play elizabeth holmes. >> good morning. thursday april 11th. >>ve tnen away duhbo documentary -- you will notice i am not going to blink at alldur.

it was interesting. wind advisory, gusts up to 45 miles per hour. objects will be blowing across our beaches including the sand. here's a look at tam. up to 26 right now. by 10:00 those breezes will make their way down to us. by noon we will definitely feel them. 56 to 62. look at the dry cold front. temperatures steady if not cooler by 4:00. 54 to 57. still breezy this evening. >> good morning mike. overall we don't have major problems to talk about. volumes are continuing to increase in all the normal busy spots here including emeryville. west bound 80 stop and go traffic as you approach the maze. west bound 80 highway 4 to get to the maze in the yellow at 24 minutes. not terrible. heavier than average. wez bound 80 bay bridge commute.

if you are through theert mooing lights into san francisco should take you 11 minutes. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo in the green at ten minutes. breaking news this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange is now in custody in london. >> just minutes ago the department of justice released this indictment against assange. he is accused of helping chelsea manning break into classified computers. assange had been living at the ecuadorean embassy in london nearly seven years avoiding extradition. he was arrested this morning. we have a reporter live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: that's right reggie. jung was at the ecuadorean embassy in london for the last seven years since 2012. that's where he was granted diplomatic asal assaulthan sweden. bu this mning he wasseven-year-

same frs extradition over criminal charges filed departmt blishing thoan of classified military and diplomat i go documents through wikileaks a fact fills haven't officially confirmed but prosecutors accidentally made public in november. asanction is believed to have aided in the russian interference of the 2016 presidential election by releasing private emails stolen from the out kpooers of the clinton campaign and the democratic party. the ecuadorean president said assange repeatedly violated conditions of his asylum. he is being held in a london police station where he is waiting to appear before a judge which will happen as soon as possible. for now, live in washington, mona -- abc7 noose. happening today the group in charge of the troubled sales force transit center will get an update on the work to repair the cracked support beams. >> it's been closed eight months because of those cracks.

amy holly field is live in san francisco outside of the center. amy. >> reporter: yeah, reggie, they are still working on fixing this building. they say it could be fixed by june 1st. but that doesn't mean it would reopen right away. officials gave reporters a tour of the sales force transit building and the work being done they showed the 16 plates that have arrived. thisser going to put those into place to secure the building. they say even though they could finish the work by june, it would still need inspections and approval for reopening. it has been closed since august because of cracked beams found in the new building. commuters tell us this morning they would like to know what is going on. >> that's a lot of money being spent. i would like to know what's going on. taxpayers pay for this. let's see what is happening. >> reporter: while people wait for this work to be done, they

are using the temporary transbay term gnat that's at howard and mission about two blocks away. today's meet being the progress of this work is scheduled for 9:30 this morning at san francisco's city hall. live in san francisco, amy holly field abc7 news. >> amy, thank you. abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area, including addressing homelessness. but what's an answer for some doesn't work for others. that may be the case in one south bay community. a growing pile of miscellaneous items stits on the border of campo and san jose along south bascam avenue. neighbors call the pile of items trash. but off camera the business owner says it was meant to be a workshop, a place where he stored his collections. he says others have continued to add to the pile, which isn't helping the problem. erin, who didn't want her face on camera recently made a hole outside among the items. >> i am probably not supposed to be here. i am not removing items and i

actually cleaned up the front. i am hoping that if the owner comes by he will maybe work with me. but it was kind of temporary anyway. >> the business owner was evicted april 3rd. law requires the property owner hold his items for 15 days. the property owner plans to have a company remove any imring items after that time. we want the hear your idea about building a better bay area. share them by joining our group on facebook. in the east bay a concord day-care center has its van back. yesterday we showed you surveillance video of the thieves breaking into the enrichment center and driving off with the van. police found it in a walmart parking lot tuesday night in martinez. eight of its ten child car seats are now gone. this is the second time the van has been stolen in just nine months. happening today -- spacex rocket. again to launch iwe >> the resepect had to scrub he had why's launch because of high

winds at kennedy space center. this is going to be the second time a falcon heavy soars into space. last year's test flight butt a tesla convertible into orbit. this time they are trying to land two boosters back at cape canaveral and have a lird booster land on on ocean platform. happening today, pete buttegeig is expected to be in san francisco for a fund-raiser. invites were sent out for tonight's event. it is unclear where the fund raiser is taking place. buttegeig has shot up in several polls even though he hasn't announced he is running. the south bend mayor has been teasing an announcement sometime this sunday. sharks fans will be out tomorrow not at the sap center for game two of the first round of the playoff series against the las vegas golden knights. >> how are you feeling out there?

>> prior to last night's game, the sharks held a free street rally for fans in front of sap center. another rally will be held tomorrow stat pas the game itse sharks dominated the golden knights. they had a 5-2 victory. en series 1-0. and the puck drops at 7:30 tomorrow night. absolutely love hockey. got to see it in person to really get the rich flavor of it and how fast and how physical it is. mid to upper 40s through most of the south bay. 50 in morgan hill. mid 50s around around san pablo, novato, napa. san carlos, alameda. 52 half moon bay. 40s in lafayette and danville. emeryville is the backdrop for your commute. breezes will be faster on o ids today. we have a small craft advisory for all of the bay. cool this morning. mild this afternoon for mass

transit. 49 at 7:00. no precipitation. the air is dry. let's look at the east bay. 50 at 7:00. nearing 60 by noon. low to mid fix through san francisco looks like we will be in the mid 50s at 7:00 and upper 50s the rest of the day. high clouds and sunshine dominate. no rain coming in this forecast. i have temperatures near 80 this weekend. >> yeah. >> i will show you that coming up, twice in the accuweather seven-day forecast. alexis comes in. you have been talking about how the spring breakers have helped traffic out a lot? lighter than average volume. we are no complaining. this is one spot where we have a pretty sun rise. we are up to a 15 to 16 minute delay on west bound

one issue on the auto center on-ramp to west bound highway 4 in the antioch area, a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. not sure about injuries. law enforcement on the scene attending to that. we are heavy west of there, between pits pts and concord. 15, 16 miles per hour for our average. we had a crash there early this morning. we have had a tough time bouncing back. southbound 101, golden gate bridge, seven minutes. and a 20 minute drive web 92 across san mateo bridge. if you didn't think your pg&e bill was expensive enough there is a new warning for all of us this morning.

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because of the breezes outside. let's look. fastest breezes around slo all the way back to the grapevine. this is until 3:00 tomorrow morning. gusts to 60 miles per hour. if you are heading to the northwest, you are driving right into the teeth of it. if you are heading to the south, you will get good gas mileage as it pushes you around. upper 60s in chico and sacramento. let's look at what's going none the sierra. it is pretty quiet. we will get some mountain snow and valley rain today. probably more on the rain side for sunday. thanks mike. happening today, the public memorial service for rapper and community leader nip see hustle. >> thousands are expected to gather at staples center in los angeles. that's where we find john gregory from our sister station kabc. good morning john. >> reporter: good morning jessica. they are expecting a very large crowd for this event. they handed out tickets prior to today. they have given out all the tickets they had. close to 20,000 people expected

inside staples center for this event. it starts at 10:00 a.m. security is expected to be very, very tight for this. nip down at his clothing store. a man is in custody. because of that, they are concerned about security. anybody going in staples center today is going to have to go through metal detectors. the l.a.p.d. has beefed up patrols in the area in case something occurs. stap elts center is discouraging people from gatheringly. they don't want any crowds outside the center. if you don't have a ticket they don't want you down here. there will be a procession after the event and people can gather there to pay respects to nipsy hustle. it is expected to be a big crowd and an intense day for authorities as they keep an eye on the crowd as well.

live in downtown los angeles, i will send it back to you. >> hopefully it will be a nice tribute and a peaceful day for everyone. the devastating effects of california's wildfire crisis may end up hitting a lot of us. >> an alarming report says pg&e rates could rise as much as 50% in somis kas. we are live at the pg&e office in san jose with more. >> reporter: good morning jessica and religiony. bills could go up 50% in just one year according to the chronicle. that would be for pg&e customers. they say those customers would experience the worst rate hikes out of anyone. the startling new developments were released yesterday in memo by steven weismann a lecturer at uc about,ly. the report was done at the request of newsom's office. according to the chronicle, weismann says the sharp spike in rates could hold the state back from getting more electric cars on the road and phasing out

natural gas use in buildings. this would drauktly impact california's push to reduce greenhouse gases. down the line, weismann believes this could force businesses to leave the state. he cites silicon valley and their energy needs. the governor's office is expected to roll out a plan tomorrow for dealing what increased risk and wildfire locks like. the office calling it the new normal. a pg&e spokesperson released a statement saying they are committed to supporting anyone that is feeling the effects of the terrible devastation that has sped across the state. for now, reporting loo i have been in san jose, jovena fordson, abc7 news. now to the story a lot of us are talking about on twitter this morning. according to vogue, kim kardashian west says she wants to become a criminal lawyer. an attorney right here in the bay area is mentoring kicks west. jessica jackson is a human

rights attorney and national director of cut 50. she worked with kardashian west to free alice marine johnson a woman who was granted clemency last year after serving 21 yaoers in a prip on drug charges. >> spent time with her meeting with formerly incarcerated people, people living inside prisons, working on individual cases and policy. her passion shines through. >> kardashian west is taking an all turn hif route to becoming a lawyer. she is in her first year of a four-year apprenticeship. jackson says kicks west has been keeping up with reading assignments and monthly exams and plans the take the bar in 2022. a new hulu series aboutid elizabeth homes will star kate mckinnon. here they are side by side. deadline reports the limited

sees, calledt i based on the abc news podcast of the same name. six to ten episodes will cover the rise and fall of holmes and her company. a bikini photo is making serious waves on twitter. this morning we are hearing from the model at the center of the on line debate. the gillette venus razor's account posted this photo with the caption go out there and slay the day. the post triggered backlash for some people saying the razor company is promoting obesity. o'ryan says she allowed the company to use her body to promote positivity. >> a lot of people all they see is fat. they don't see the joy, the happiness. at the end of the day, bodies are bodies. there are so many different types of them. that's all this is about. >> the company responded saying, quote, venus is committed to representing women of all shapes, sizes, and skin types because all types of skin are

beautiful and deserve to be shown. now your mornin money report. analysts say many more retail stores will likely close in the coming years because of the shift to online shopping by consumers. >> a report by investment firm ubs predicts an estimated 75,000 stores will close by 2026. that is when online shopping sales are expected to make up 25% of retail sales. right now, it's about 16%. in the past two years, retailers have shut down more than 15,000 stores. it's official. jet blue airlines is launching service to london. service starts in 2021 from new york and boston. bay area travelers won't be able to fly direct but you will be able to booko ldo with jconnection at jfk or logan airports. jet blue says the flights will cost a fraction of what other carriers charge. analysts say that could drive down costs on other airlines as well. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as

trading gets underway this morning. we are slightly up about 62 points. are you concerned about tech companies listening to your voice assistant? vote right now by going to abc7 news.com/vote. >> we are asking this question this morning because of a new report that has a lot of people talking. a bloomberg investigation reveals amazon has thousands of employees listening to your recordings on alexa as you have questions and make requests. >> the company calls it data annotation and it is apparently used to improve alexa's understanding over time. amazon says that anote taters only listen to a small sample of recordings in order to improve customer experience. and the company has zero tolerance for abuse. according to bloomberg, apple, google, and facebook also make use of this technique. and this has been used to help law enforce member in cases of sexual assault and other crimes as well. let's look at our poll

receipt now. 73% of people saying yes, they are concerned that they are being listened to on their tech devices. >> i don't like it. i know people say i have got nothing to hide so nothing to worry about. i still don't like it. >> i have no problem with this. because, well, i unplugged my alexa. >> so -- >> i was tired of her turning on when i was doing random things like washing dishes. all of a sudden she would say what did you say? i said i didn't say anything. >> none of your business. go back to sleep. >> but this doesn't really surprise me. i mean they are trying to consistently improve their technology. and humans invented the technology so they have to listen to it to improve. i no they are not listening to everything we are saying. but -- >> so they say. >> but they have heard instances where a crime has been committed. and where law enforcement have actually used those recordings. >> right. i think it is posive>> t a posi. but i imagine whoever was this the house at the time committing

those crimes was not expecting that. right? >> surprise. >> yeah. goodness. >> i am waiting for the way when my wife goes alexa, and it snaps back, i know, addition bentley, iheartradio. when she does that then we will know she is really listening. let's tell you what is going on whetherwise. i am not listening and this forecast is free. sky 7. the beautiful golden sun rise this morning. i would love to stay on this shot. i want to cover it a little bit just to show you what's going on. >> that's amazing. >> really beautiful. >> it is. >> i love it. now you are going to cover it up, it's fine. >> to give you accuweather highlights. high clouts, cooling breezes, clouds and stars tonight. seasonal lows. nothing -- -- -- -- -- 11 degrees cooler than they were yesterday. it is the kind of minor weather whiplash we have through the

seven-day forecast. breezes up to 45 miles per hour northwest to southeast along our beaches. try not to get sandblasted today. let's look at the winds. you can see them picking up this morning. in the north bay. then they get aggressive during the evening hours. if i were from 25 to 35 miles per hour. they taper just a little bit tonight as we head deeper into the forecast. you can see they drop down to around 10 to 20, especially in our hills. then by tomorrow evening they are almost non-existent. that's the high pressure that's going the slide in and bring us warm weather for saturday. tonight, low to mid 40s in the inland valleys. mid to upper 40s, fremont, redwood citi southward. 50 around san francisco and richmond. let's look at the temperatures tomorrow. two to eight degrees warmer. near 80 inland saturday. eight degrees cooler sunday. a couple of degrees cooler monday. then we jump back into the mid to upper 70s again by wednesday. have a good one.

here's alexis. >> good morning. we have had a quiet morning. we have not had any major issues and we are looking good through the north bay. san rafael, south 1010 moving well. no issues here. north of there, in petaluma we had a minor crash. all of that contained to the shoulder. west bound 580 still in the yellow. 4 not able to bounce back after a crash. 101 is in the green at 17 minutes. mass transit looking good today, too. 57 bart trains in service, ace three, five and seven on time. no service delays. next, the seven things you need to know before you go. have thenology a nice sun rise. safrancihis morng. go ky7.

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6:57, if you are just joining us or heading out the door here the seven things to know. wikileaks founder julian assange appeared in court in london following his arrest this

morning. he is facing charges in the u.s. the d.o.j. says he helped chelsea manning hack into classified computers. an update on the work at the transit center will be given on the work to repair cracked support beams. >> that meeting at 8:30 at city hall. your pg&e bill will soon sigh rocket. a new report says bills could jump 50% if pg&e is found liable forefor round of wildfires. number four, a public memorial service will be held for slain r nipsey hussle. following the service thousands are expected to line the streets for a 25 mile funeral procession from staples center through watts and englewood. weather is number five. we will take you to sky 7, playing peculiar tower.

you can see high clouds out there. 's going to be the dominant feature, with faster breezes and temperatures up to cooler this afternoon. number six, it has been a quiet morning today. no major incident. heavy traffic on west bound 580. number seven, a new trip adviser poll says more than half of americans chose their vacation destinations based on how good they will look on instagram. the post popular vacation destination for instagram for the photos is paris. i beg to differ. because if he would look right outside in our own backyard that's instagram worthy, right? >> look at sky 7 this morning. i mean, we are often called the paris of the united . and is looking gorgeous this morning, san francisco. thank for watching this morning. gma starts right now.

good morning, america, and we have two major stories as we wikileaks founder has been arrested and a major spring blizzard affecting millions. that life-threatening storm stretching across 22 states, heavy snow and whiteout conditions sending cars skidding off roads. strong winds blowing over this semi. thunder snow pounding down. cities paralyzed. the national guard called in. hundreds of flights already canceled. our team on the ground tracking it all. breaking news as we come on the air. wikileaks founder julian assange arrested. will he be sent to the u.s. to face charges? we're live in london with the latest. breaking overnight, the son