breaking news right now at 5:00, major trouble at the bay bridge this morning, take a look at the huge backup building on the bridge after a crash blocking several lanes. unfortunately, we have just confirmed there is at least one death. thank you for joining us on this wednesday, may 29th. >> a major problem there. we'll check in with frances in a moment. first we want to get to meteorologist lisa argen with your forecast. hi, lisa. good morning to you. we have low clouds and fog along the san mateo coast, clear in the north bay. cooler there, upper 40s. 5 to 6 miles, 55 in hayward. plan on plenty of sunshine today. a cool start and by noontime low 70s inland. a little bit of fog at the coast. the low 80s in concord and 73

today around fremont. we'll drop off to cooler numbers. that sun setting at 8:33 and, frances, wow, what a problem this morning. yeah, this is horrible, lisa. it's aatal accident on the upper deck, the incline section. it happened near 4:30 and right now the three right lanes are blocked. since one person is confirmed dead, this is going to be out there for a while. they'll have lanes blocked and so that means a massive mess for the morning commute for anyone heading to the bay bridge. traffic quickly backing up at the bay bridge toll plaza. a crawl all the way to the scene. we'll see this domino effect leading up to the maze as well. 35 minutes across the bay bridge but, of course, it will take longer to get there. consider alternates this morning. you may want to consider b.a.r.t. trains on time and even ferries. the san mateo bridge a good alternate. >> frances, thank you. in the north bay some parents say a racist photo was

included in a middle school yearbook. it shows some students flashing a symbol that can be associated with white power. the story from petaluma. >> reporter: parents and community members showed up to the petaluma unified board meeting wanting to know how this photo with students showing white power ended up in the yearbook. >> it made me feel pretty sick and then i also just wasn't surprised. >> reporter: a parent noticed the photo and alerted the school. >> it's the perception of it. it's what it can mean to different people, and that's what was brought to our attention. >> reporter: some students are seen making an upside-down okay sign used in a game called the circle game. in recent years it has taken on a different meeting after white supremacists began using it as a sign of white power. the new zealand shooting suspect is seen flashinging it in a court hearing. >> they need to understand the symbol they're showing has been

taken over by some extreme white power people. >> reporter: the district says they are photo shopping the symbols out and will distribute a new sticker version that can cover the original one. they plan to address the larger issue. >> this is something we cannot continue on this pathway at our we need to look at something campus wide. >> i can tell you people of color know what that means and so if we had more presentation i think this would have probably been caught early on. >> reporter: the district says the students in the photo have been disciplined and another parent we spoke to tonight says her daughter goes to a different school in the district and that her yearbook also has photos of kids making the same symbol. she said it's something that needs to be talked about beyond this one school. in the east bay the public safety committee advanced a measure that would decriminalize natural psychedelics like magic

mushrooms. it will be on the jaenld for the full council meeting on june 4th. if passed it would instruct law enforcement to stop investigating and prosecuting people for using the drugs. there was overwhelming public support. a senior cut day for some high school students ended with one of them being rescued and taken to the hospital by helicopter. the chp provide this had photo from little beach in marin county. paramedics found a 17-year-old boy unconscious near the water. he was flown to the medical center in walnut creek for treatment and is expected to survive. in the east bay officials at an antioch water park credit pwith pulling a young student ts from the bottom of a pool yesterday. the 11-year-old was revived by firefighters and airlifted to an area hospital. he was at the park with dozens of other students from local schools enjoying an end of the year party. our team continues to monitor the severe weather hitting the midwest and look at

this drone video. it shows homes turn to rubble in lawrence, kansas, after an apparent today hit there injuring 11 people. hospital officials say the injuries were mostly minor so that's a bit of good news. the national weather service issued an emergency alert for eastern kansas and two flights were diverted at the kansas city international airport and passengers waiting in the airport were rushed to parking garage tunnels. at least eight tornadoes have been reported to the national weather service every single day for a record 12 straight days. in new jersey severe weather hit a high school in stan hope last night. tornadoes warnings were heard as a thunderstorm rolled through. a track and field banquet was going on in the school cafeteria at the time. everyone took shelter in the school gym. trees were knocked down around campus and a dugout was blown out. fortunately no one was hurt. good morning to you. finally getting some more typical weather for may around

the bay area. low clouds and fog but filling in along the san mateo coast partly cloudy inland. and if you are heading the kids off to school just a few clouds, in the 50s. it's cool. nice and mild. mid and upper 60s around the bay and inlapped by about 11:00. still chilly at the coast. afternoon temperatures climbing through the upper 70s. elsewhere around the bay with the cooler numbers in the north bay, it is 56 in oakland. 54 in los gatos. fremont at 55. with that stable marine layer at the shoreline we will have plenty of fog there. it will pull back for a time but notice still the showers in the mountains and yet another system that will arrive tomorrow keeping temperatures, in fact, bringing them down a little bit for the bay area due to an expanding marine layer and maybe extra clouds into the north bay as we still see the showers firing in the sierra nevada. if you're in oakland, upper 60s, plenty of sunshine. by the middle of the afternoon, elsewhere around the bay, look for 77 in san jose. upper 70s in napa.

79 in livermore. breezy at the coast and tonight more low clouds and fog. headlines, bad, bad news for your commute. if you're just joining us we have a horrible accident on the bay bridge. a sig alert issued because of a fatal crash westbound leaving oakland on the incline section. the three right lanes are blocked. it's going to be closed for some time. in fact, they're saying now there's no estimate time of reopening the lanes and you can see traffic is a crawl on the incline heading to the scene of the crash and at the toll plaza things have quickly backed up very early this morning. so we know this is going to be a mess. you'll want to consider alternatives. it's a 30-minute drive across the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge is an alternate. no problems on 880 heading to the san mateo bridge. if you want to head to the richmond bridge, looking good. consider b.a.r.t. trains reporting on time and also the san francisco bay ferry will depart in the next hour. no delays expected at this time.

guys? >> thank you, frances. happening today a film focusing on gentrification and a shift in racial dynamics will premiere in san francisco. the movie is called the last black man in san francisco. it digs into issues many of us are witnessing in san francisco like many longtime residents forced to move elsewhere due to economic reasons. san francisco's african-american population has been falling for decades. "the last black man in san francisco" premieres at the castro theater tonight at 7:00. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. joe biden responds to president trump's attacks. and -- >> congratulations, san francisco state class of 2019. >> house speaker nancy pelosi returns home to the bay area to inspire new college grads. and a live look outside right now at the financial

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take your business beyond. it's 5:11. if you're just joining us here are the seven things you need to know this morning. a fatal accident on the bay bridge, the three lanes are blocked, right lanes, no estimated time of reopening, causing massive, major delays this morning. and number two, b.a.r.t. police sharing surveillance video of recent cell phone thefts like this one to make you aware you are being watched by thieves. officers are passing out index cards to passengers as part of

outreach efforts between the embarcadero and balboa park stations. unified teachers in union city will be back on the picket lines this morning after they took their protests to the school board meeting last night. negotiations are supposed to resume as the strike enters its seventh day. more destructive tornadoes touched down overnight hitting just outside kansas city injuring 11 people. the threat also extends to the northeast. there have been at least eight tornadoes reported every day for the past 12 days. and, number five, looking at a lot of nice weather today, a lot of sunshine. in fact, we'll be looking at low clouds and fog burning back 50s to 60s. low 80s inland. number six, the transbay center could open soon. it's been closed for the past eight months. "the chronicle" reports they are making sure elevators and

escalators are working. the warriors left oakland yesterday afternoon. kevin durant is with the team. he will not be playing in game one. demarcus cousins still listed as questionable. 5:13. this morning former vice president joe biden is hitting back at president trump for his attacks while overseas. >> trump sided with north korean dictator kim jong-un who mocked biden's intelligence. abc news has the very latest from washington. >> reporter: in a crowded pool of democratic presidential hopefuls president trump zeroed in on one potential 2020 rival, former vice president joe biden. >> joe biden was a disaster. his administration with president obama, they were basically a disaster. >> reporter: the president taking his attacks abroad using his historic state visit to japan as an opportunity to slam his political rival and breaking with long-standing tradition to keep domestic disputes off foreign soil. >> kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low iq

individual. he probably is based on his record. >> reporter: those remarks earning trump criticism from both sides of the aisle, another 2020 democrat, senator kamala harris on msnbc, calling it irresponsible. >> it is wrong, it is contrary to our values and contrary to the best interests of our country. >> reporter: the biden campaign firing back saying the president's remarks were, quote, beneath the dignity of the office and that trump siding with a, quote, murderous dictator against a fellow american and former vice president speaks for itself. trump says he was actually, quote, sticking up form biden. this latest back and forth exchange comes as the trump campaign is ratcheting up efforts in key battleground states like pennsylvania where biden grew up. at a rally there last week president trump told the crowd biden was born there but later abandoned the state. in houston last night biden set the record straight. >> we moved from scranton notwithstanding the president

saying i abandoned it, to find work. i was in the third grade. >> reporter: president trump narrowly won pennsylvania. two years later democrats flipped three house seats previously held by republicans in the 2018 midterms. new at 5:00, this year's third democratic primary debate will be hosted by abc news and univision scheduled for september 12 and 13 in prime time. details will be announced at a later date. the first debate will be next month in miami. a second debate in july in detroit. house speaker nancy pelosi will take part in a forum hosted by the commonwealth club today. and this follows the democrat speak to go gring to graduates families. >> it is my honor as speaker of the house to bring you the congratulations of the united states congress, now the most diverse congress in history.

>> abc 7 news was inside oracle park when more than 8,700 san francisco state students received undergraduate and graduate degrees. some of them felt inspired by speaker pelosi's comments. >> we love nancy pelosi. to have her as a commencement speaker, it's super honorable to be a part of this community. >> and the class of 2019 is the largest in san francisco state's history. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area and we tackle the big issues and look for improvements in our quality of life and that includes housing. one of the most expensive places to live in the whole country, where do those who protect and serve sleep? only 125 actually live in the city. san mateo has come up with a possible solution, offer temporary sleeping quarters at a fire station on south norfolk street. the mayor calls this a perfect fit. >> we're hoping to have about 12 bunks. we'll have to do a little bit of

retrofitting. 12 is a lot and it will make for quiet quarters for our folks. >> the firehouse currently houses ambulance service but their lea the year. 5:17. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning to you. live doppler 7 showing you a clear area in the north bay. clouds along the san mateo coast and, wow, isn't this a gorgeous view atop vollmer peak. 53 in the cities. 52 in santa cruz so we have the low clouds, patchy, some high clouds and this is to c up, another 30 minutes or so, 49, santa rosa. it is 57 in concord. we'll look for areas of fog this morning. the warming trend continues today. summerlike by the weekend. in between, as in tomorrow, a couple changes. so for today the clouds pull back, even at the coast. should be a nice day, showers in

the mountains. and then tomorrow low clouds and fog, back into the bay but look what happens, the system dropping from the north keeps us from getting into those 80s again tomorrow. slightly cooler. this will allow for more clouds in the north bay, more showers in the mountains, slightly cooler for everyone around the bay. as we get into your thursday, notice still a nice day. 60s and 70s. then by friday the numbers are back into the 80s inland. 70s around the bay and we're going to keep that trend going for the first part of the weekend with upper 80s inland so the warming trend stopping as we get into your thursday. today, though, wednesday 70 at oakland. 74 in fremont. look for upper 70s, santa rosa. breezy at the coast. the accuweather seven-day forecast, low clouds and fog to start from the peninsula, 60s, 70s and 80s, that's more like it. temperatures rebound on friday. even warmer saturday. mild to warm on sunday and getting into the 90s by early next week.

frances, boy, some awful news this morning with the traffic. we have a traffic alert on the bay bridge, lisa, tracking this fatal accident westbound on the incline section. it happened at about 4:30 this morning. the three right lanes are blocked. because it's a fatal crash they're going to need to do an investigation. this will be out there for a while causing major delays for folks or anyone heading to the bay bridge. you can see it's like a parking lot at the metering lights, heavy to the incline. traffic is backing up through the maze right now. avoid the bay bridge at all cost this is morning. you may want to consider b.a.r.t. or taking the san francisco bay ferry when it starts service later on. also, i just want to show you some slow spots around the best of the bay area fairly normal and quiet but there are some brake lights westbound 580 tracy to dublin, and we'll give you an update northbound 280 but, again, the bay bridge is going to be a nightmare this morning, avoid it in any way possible. >> frances, thank you.

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pictures taken last week of brian kemp touring georgia's film academy. many filmmakers flock to georgia because of the lucrative tax credits offered by the state. a hearing will take place in a missouri courtroom over the future of abortion services in that state. missouri passed a bill that bans abortions after the eighth week of pregnancy. planned parenthood filed a lawsuit trying to keep abortions available to women in missouri. only one abortion clinic. its annual license will expire friday. the diane fosse gorilla fund says the last giving gorilla is feared dead. poppy, who turned 43 has not been seen by trackers since last august. poppy was born nine years after fosse established a camp in 1967. fossey was killed in rwanda.rwa.

fossey is survived by five offspring as well as a sister. breaking news involving a deadly accident on the bay bridge. live team coverage for you. a new plan to put more shared bikes on san francisco streets. were ride sharing company lyft is not happy. plus new honors for several bay area restaurants, the eateries now listed in michelin guides. a live look outside and you can see this backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. frances has been tracking this for us. at least one fatality, several lanes blocked, blocking multiple lanes at this poin

we are tracking that breaking news on the bay bridge right now, a deadly crash has caused a huge backup for commuters trying to get into san

francisco. new haven unified teachers continue to strike. the union and the distr distr set to get back to the bargaining table. >> an idea for more housing is getting support from a big tech giant. welcome to this wednesday, may 29th. we're going to get to frances in just a moment. a nice start to your wednesday. a pretty shot from our east bay hills camera. 54 in san jose, oakland 5, 2. s concord. planning the rest of the day by noontime still cool at the coast with some patchy fog and upper 60s to low 70s. we have hit the low 80s in concord and close to it in dublin.

a few changes for a cooler thursday. good morning, frances. we have a traffic alert for the bay bridge. waze is saying up to one-hour delays right now because of a fatal accident that happened at about 4:30 this morning when a truck apparently rear-ended a bus and then the driver was trapped in the truck and this turns out to be a fatal accident. you can see it is jammed and crawling right now all the way through the maze to the scene where the three right lanes will be blocked for some time. it will be out there for a while. they don't have an estimated time when they expect to open the lanes. avoid it and take b.a.r.t. or the san francisco bay ferry. other systems reporting no problems. you may also want to consider the san mateo bridge which is really great now or the richmond san rafael bridge. no other major problems

elsewhere. check out the drive heading to the bay bridge. it's a crawl right now on all the freeways. traffic backed up through berkeley and through oakland on northbound 880 and westbound 580. an update on the crash in san jose. it's still blocking the on ramp to northbound 880. the crash frances first talked about involves a box truck as well as a golden gate transit bus. >> pria is on the phone with us. can you hear us? >> i can. >> thank you for joining us. we do know there's one fatality in the box truck on the westbound incline. we're hearing three people are hurt on the bus. is that correct? >> that's my understanding. our understanding is that there are three people with some form of injury on the bus.

i don't noknow the total numberr the extent of injuries. in the meantime as you've been saying the traffic has been backing up pretty horrendous fashion. this bus was a golden gate transit bus that left the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station traveling across the bay bridge when it was rear-ended by the box truck about 4:28 or so. >> and i know you mentioned you don't have all the details yet on the victims but are you presumption these are adults that were involved? >> you know, at this time of the morning i would think that would be a fairly safe bet, but we, as i said, don't really know anything about who they are. >> okay. >> and the loss of life and the injuries not anything we want to hear this morning. we know a lot of people just trying to get to work and school. the back yup through the maze.

do you have any indication or updates in terms of have emergency crews been able to reach the people that are injured, any information on how long it will take to clear the scene? >> the information that i have is our road supervisor is just arriving on the scene, and i do not know about emergency crews, how long it will take. this certainly seems like it will take some time. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning from the golden gate bridge district and obviously we hope all of the passengers are okay and only have minor injuries. actually we're going to go right now to abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson. jobina, i think you're making your way out there, right? how is the drive for you? >> reporter: hi, jessica and natasha. we were coming from san francisco and past this crash. unfortunately, there was no way for to us safely turn around to get into the westbound lanes so i will show you where we are right now. this is the car-pool lane

approaching the maze here and once we come over this area we will enter to the far side of the toll plaza. as you can see it's going to take us a long time to get there. going to pan around now. i'm on my phone here so i will roll down the window so you can see the rest of the traffic going all the way over and behind us as well. we've been seeing a lot of motorcycles flying by on the shoulder here, which is not safe. for people driving, be mindful of that as well and stay alert because you don't know who is coming up behind you or beside you. we have been crawling, as everyone has been mentioning today, those westbound lanes blocked on the bridge. chp is telling us the crash came in reported at 4:28 this morning. just east of treasure island and the unincorporated area of alameda county. we headed this way shortly after that call. maybe around 4:45 going over

eastbound and did not get very we are going to keep monitoring this for you all, of course, and let you know how far we get in the next few minutes. back to you. >> jobina, thank you. no doubt going to be very troublesome for commuters this morning. we'll stay on top that have throughout the newscast. building a better bay area a shared responsibility. a group of high school students on the peninsula is rising to the occasion. they pitched ideas to solve the bay area's housing crisis and pitched those ideas to facebook. the company listened. uc berkeley's y plan to interview east view and menlo residents and they came up with the idea to build more granny flats. one of the projects has been homeless and witnessed other families squeezed out of the bay area. >> it's really sad, last year my best friend moved to sacramento because her family couldn't afford to live here no more. it just goes to show the

relationships that are broken through gentrification going on. >> has decided to help. they've seemed up with soup and pledged more than $1 million to finance low-interest loans for building those granny flats. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our facebook group. it's 5:35. testimony continues today in the ghost ship warehouse fire trial. jurors heard from the mother of a man who co-signed the lease with warehouse defendant derick almena yesterday. bouchard says her son called her several times in tears. she says he wanted to leave the artist collective but almena would talk him into staying. she said almena laughed when she asked him to get the building up to code. almena and max harris are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in t december 2016 fire. more laws and officers may according t department p review.

last night an oakland city council committee considered recommendations in that report. oakland police revealed a man participating in a sideshow died on april 7th after he was injured by a car. the review says large side shows require a response of at least 100 hours and the department says it can't always rely on the mutual aid. b.a.r.t. is trying to cut down on the number of phones getting stolen on trains. >> they're doing it in a very low-tech way. officers are handing out cards with tips on them. an onboard camera captured how quickly it can happen. you can get your phone stolen quickly. you can seep the thief grabbed the phone, jumps off the train and it often happens when a train is stopped at a station with its doors open. the agency has more than 400 reports of electronics getting stolen this year alone. the cards remind passengers to put phones away during stomachs and be aware of your surroundings. lyft is threatening a legal

challenge to san francisco and it's over the city's new plan to put a lot more shared bikes on the streets. right now theity hsy shemocses by and docked bikes by ford go bike operated by lyft. and now the city is allowing other dockless companies to apply for permits. the goal is to have 10,000 shared bikes available. according to "the examiner" lyft claims it violates its exclusive deal but the city says lyft's agreement only applies to bike shares with docks. it is 5:37. much more still ahead including the new ipod he's now available to preorder. the upgrades you can expect with the latest model. >> and a live look outside right now. we are looking at that back yum on the bay bridge toll plaza. there has been an accident on the upper deck. a deadly crash. we are tracking all of this for you. we will have an update in just a moment. first let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you. we do have low clouds and fog.

you saw that in observing, the peninsula, drizzle. it's clear in the north bay. we are looking at temperatures good morning to you, 48 with the clear sky in novato. a pretty shot with the sun coming up in mt. tam. good conditions with dry roads. also b.a.r.t. no problems so far. small craft advisory inside the bay. so if you're spending time in the north bay, upper 70s in pet law aluma. low clouds and fog pullin back to the coast. even sunny in half moon bay. looking at wednesday later on the showers firing up in the sierra nevada and that will continue into thursday with the system dropping down to the north that will keep us from getting any warmer for your thursday. but then things do change after that into friday. the marine layer with us the next several days keeping us in the 60s, low 80s inland, 70s

around the bay. and good morning to you. we wish we had better news but, boy what a rough start. >> it's getting rougher by the minute as well because of this fatal accident on the bay bridge. upper deck at the incline section happened about 4:30 this morning and the three right lanes have been blocked causing major delays for anyone heading to the bay bridge. traffic basically a parking lot heading to the bay bridge and, in fact, what we're hearing now there's a new crash in the backup westbound 80 at gilman. a motorcycle crash involved there blocking a lane soap the domino effect already starting as well. as we zoom in to the maps everything is backed up approaching the maze and then there's the crash on westbound 80 as you head to the maze westbound 580 jammed as well as northbound 880 all the way to the scene of the accident. avoid the bay bridge. do anything you can, possibly consider the san mateo bridge. no problems there. that's green. it's also green on the richmond/san rafael bridge.

you may want to consider taking that to the golden gate bridge. mass transit reporting no major problems. b.a.r.t., no delays. that's a good way to go. and san francisco bay ferry, no delays reported as well. we'll keep you posted on this and, again, the bay bridge is the big nightmare. we'll be right tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride.

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good wednesday morning. i'm in for mike this morning. we still have showers in the sierra nevada today. temperatures in the upper 60s in yosemite. partly cloudy there. the showers in lake tahoe. 74 in los angeles with a lot of sunshine. into the 80s for sacramento. 85 there and 62 in monterey. so the typical low clouds and fog pulling back to the shoreline today. then another system dropping to the north of us for your thursday. after we warm up into the 80s today looks like we're going to see just a little bit of cooling as we get into thursday with more showers in the mountains. lisa, thank you. we continue tracking breaking news on the bay bridge into san francisco and you can see sky 7 above the scene of a deadly crash that happened earlier this morning. just shortly after 4:30 where we heard reports a box truck rear-ended a bus. and you can see that crews right now are on scene.

there are a couple lanes open going into the city, into san francisco. there's that bus also involved in the crash. we have heard reports that at least three people may have been injured -- early reports -- that at least three people may have been injured on the bus. a deadly crash, perhaps the victim from the box truck. those are the early reports right now. big backup trying to get through and through the toll plaza. frances, of course, tracking it all for us. we'll have an update shortly. lightning lit up the sky as thunderstorms swept across the area. the storm produced heavy rain and strong winds and triggered tornado warnings from the national weathe service. flights were disrupted at newark liberty and jfk international airport. in the midwest another round of destructive tus ef kansacity leang a wake. at least in ruins. as the massive tornado touched down, lightning and power surges

flashed in the distance. white columns of debris flew hundreds of feet in the air and the kansas city airport shut down and evacuated. >> the air pressure changed and the next thing i knew it was over us. >> we could hear the house destroyed above us. >> i said, honey, this is not good. >> we saw debris and screamed it's here, it's here. >> the threat extended to the northeast. there have been at least eight tornadoes reported every day for the past 12 days and that is a new report. meanwhile, negotiations set to resume today as the strike in the new haven unified school district enters its seventh day. >> we want leadership. now. >> take a look. those are striking teachers who showed up at the school board meeting last night. with all the shouting, the board got up and left the room. police showed up to make sure things didn't get out of hand. the union had been seeking a 10% raise over two years. now it's a of the issues in the

effort to build a better bay area is the condition of our roads. in oakland crews are hitting the streets with the mission of repairing thousands of potholes. the city has a 7,000 requests to fix road craters. powerful winter storms left more cracked and crumbling streets than usual. crews will be putting in 12-hour days three days a week to get the work done. >> the one-two punch of half a billion dollars of deferred maintenance plus a series of very wet winters have left us with the worst pothole problem i have ever seen in my entire life living here. >> city leaders admit the real solution to deteriorating roads is laying down new pavement and not just patch jobs. the city plans to spend $100 million over the next three years to repave roads. and we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our group

on facebook. the warriors are in canada getting ready for game one against the raptors. >> they left oakland international yesterday evin durant was traveling ppy with them. we know he will not be playing in game one but could be playing later on. demarcus cousins is listed as questionable. >> abc 7 is the only place to watch the warriors in the nba finals. you can catch game one tomorrow. sports reporter mindi bach is in toronto. our coverage begins with live reports on abc 7 news at 4:00 p.m. that's followed by the dubs on 7 pregame show at 5:00, nba countdown at 5:30, and gave one of the nba finals at 6:00 p.m. be sure to stay tuned after the game. we will update the bad crash. we'll get to frances with that. first the weather with lisa argen. hi, lisa. good morning to you. low clouds and fog, not really widespread, just patchy. clear in the north bay.

some clouds in napa and oakland and also around san mateo. a lot of sun on the way. the sun up in a few minutes. 52 downtown. 54 in san jose and half moon bay. you can see a little bit of cloud cover here. nice look at the sun coming up and some haze in the city. 57 in vacaville. concord in the upper 50s with 52 in napa and the clouds in the north bay, just patchy. as we get through the morning hours, the clouds will clear. we're on our way to a warming trend today and it looks like millenniums will climb back into the 80s, that summerlike warmth with us for the weekend. 77 in san jose. 75 milpitas. downtown, 64. plenty of sunshine in the north bay. novato checking in at 76 at about 3:00. 72, san leandro. you head inland and the low 80s for you around brentwood today, fairfield, concord. 78 in san ramone. the seven-day forecast after a slight dip with a few more

clouds will be in the 60s and 70s around the bay. 50s at the coast and the warming trend really gets under way for the weekend, mid and upper 80s. 70s around the bay. very pleasant but into early next week looks like numbers are going even warm earp into the 90s and 60s at the shoreline. any update, frances? lisa, we now have sky 7 over this major traffic problem, the bay bridge, a fatal crash on the incline section westbound. so sky 7 is live over the scene. you can see what a mess this is. there's an overturned box truck. there may have been two people in the box truck but one fatal accident, one fatality in the box truck and then it rear-ended this bus, this transit bus. there are injuries for passengers on the bus as well. this happened at about 4:30 this morning. if sky 7 could zoom out it basically means that traffic is absolutely jammed in all directions approaching the bay bridge so you can see it's a crawl. it is backed up all the way into the maze and through the maze and all the freeways feeding to

the maze on 880 northbound, 580 westbound, and also westbound 80 through berkeley is jammed as well with an accident there. a motorcycle crash westbound 80 at gilman. a lane may be blocked as well. waze is calculating delays of up to two hours heading to the bay bridge. this is what you'll want to avoid at all costs and consider alternates as much as you can. i want to also take you to the maps and show you what's going on so we have everything backed up as you saw with sky 7 as well. crawling, heading towards the scene, gilman jammed as well because of an accident. you may want to consider b.a.r.t. a great alternative this morning. trains reporting no delays. the san francisco bay ferry as well will be reporting no delays so far and the san mateo bridge another possible alternate. we have two crews heading to the scene as well. we'll check in with them. we appreciate it. a mexican restaurant could

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good morning to you. i'm lisa argen in for mike nicco. downtown today 64, sunny and mild in the marina. the richmond with 65 south city. if you're spending time in oakland today how about 70 degrees, berkeley, the same deal, 74 in free month. 72 in san leandro. on the peninsula a beautiful day. the sea breeze returns looking at clouds and 73 in menlo park. look for 60 in pacifica. it's back for the week. frances? we're tracking this fatal accident on the bay bridge. there's no estimated time of reopening the lanes and this is

an overturned box truck that rear-ended a transit bus. the coroner will have to do an investigation so that is why this is going to be out there for some time. waze is calculating delays of two hours and 20 minutes getting across the bay bridge so this is not where you want to be, folks, you want to consider alternates like the san mateo bridge and right now those look fine. westbound 80 is jammed through berkeley with an accident in the back involving a motorcycle. luckily that one turned out to be a noninjury crash. you'll want to consider b.a.r.t. or possibly taking the san francisco bay ferry this is just not the spot where you wan to be. i want to show you the maps and the backup jammed through berkeley, westbound 80, b.a.r.t., san francisco bay ferry is a great way to go and

consider other bridges as well. a few other accidents and i'll get to those in my next report. >> thank you, frances. new this morning wearing a helmet can certainly make it safer when you or someone you love rides a bicycle. counterfeit helmets are flooding the market especia>>e litimate s are fighting back. specialized makes bikes and helmets. it has 14 employees fighting to keep fakes off the market. counterfeit helmets look just like the real thing to many unsuspecting buyers. >> they've copied the look, copied the design, copied the graphics. and they left out all the safety stuff. these are available all over the place. >> coming up at 7:00 you can see the hunt for counterfeit helmets. glad memorial church is about to get a big boost thanks to warren buffett's auction. the price to enjoy a private lunch has already topped a record $3.5 million since it

started on sunday. that bid tops the previous record of $3.4 million paid in 2012 and 2016. the buffett lunches have raised nearly $30 million over the last 20 years for glide. bidding, by the way, ends friday night. we are staying on top of the breakingdly the bay bridge. and now there are major delays. live team coverage for you. >> a live look at the completely

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result of this crash. again, it's a deadly crash. we believe at least one fatality at this point. we're hearing of several injuries involved as well. frances will have an update for us shortly. live team coverage on this for you throughout the morning. and good morning on this wednesday, may 29th. we're going to get to more on that in a moment. first a quick check of weather with meteorologist lisa argen. lisa? >> hey, natasha, jessica, good morning to you. we have some fog out in oakland and napa, along the coast, san mateo. also in the north bay. a live look from our sutro tower camera. above the low clouds and a bit of high cloudiness, 54 in san jose. from our east bay hills camera just a ribbon of fog there. it all clears throughout the afternoon today. 55 in napa. 57 in concord. it is going to be a beautiful day today with temperatures warming up. in fact, we'll be in the upper 60s by noontime. low 70s inland. low 80s around concord, livermore, upper 70s