children there and his wife is there as well. >> he's enough a tough guy, a criminal, he's an art eugs. >> the defense claims the deadly fire was intentionally set by several men in dark clothing. almena and harris are both facing decades in prison. once almena wraps up his testimony this week, the case will be presented to the jury. if you are just waking up to us. hello. a quick update on your traffic and weather. >> let's jump in and set the table and show you it's not clearly as kraeu as yesterday. i am getting reports of clear conditions up across the north bay. here's the way it looks from the exploratorium. you can barely see the top of

the tower here. a little warmer air mass is creeping into our neighborhoods. we are going to start off mostly cloudy this morning, and drizzle mainly confined to the coast. look at these mid to upper 70s. some of us did not even get out of the 60s even in our inland neighborhoods yesterday. warming continues for here. i will have it coming up. here's alexis. we have our first incident of the morning just before you get to the the driver of the possible vehicle took off, so not seeing a backup yet but if this is there for long, it could cause one. very quiet in the south bay. san jose, 280, no vehicles

heading this direction. you are invited to a meeting to learn more about pg&e's ratee hike to pay for wildfire safety improvements. here's what that means for you. your monthly gas and electric bills would jump by 10.50 bucks. san jose mayor wants state agencies to have the power to stop pg&e from imposing blackouts. the outages could last up to seven days. >> pg&e says to cities throughout northern california trust us, and the puc seems to be fine with that approach. local governments like san jose have serious concerns.

>> he says long outages would have severe consequences. pg&e says dienerizing lines is not a decision it takes insurance companies set up shop in the hardest hit parts of kern county. they could continue for weeks following the quakes, and the cracks that happened along highway 178, cal transspent all day repaving the road on monday. you can find information about packing your earthquake kit on our website, go to abc7news.com. investigators say this was committed by a man who took four hits of lsd.

the suspect is a stanford youtube engineer. coughey remains in critical condition after being deputies say a veteran deposit opened fire. eight people got hurt. two car burglary suspects are in custody after a police chase. officers spotted them breaking into a car yesterday. the two men tried to get away in a car but crashed after a few blocks. police pulled both men out of the car and arrested them. there's a homeless encampment near the home depot store on alameda avenue. the area has become a magnet illegal dumping and graffiti.

employees have reportedly been threatened. he is recommending the street be closed for 18 months. eric swalwell said he will focus on defending his seat now he has dropped out of the race. >> at least in my case, i didn't want to mislead my family, my staff, our supporters, my constituents. >> his campaign raised just $250,000. he faces challenges for his seat. the custom electric bike stolen, but robbed more of just that device. >> coming up, we will take you inside the san jose pet shop turning non-profit. that certainly is not an ordinary house cat

neighbors on thepers peninsula the lookout. an area that yesterday was 15 to 20 degrees below average, in the 60s and 70s. you cooled back into the mid and upper 50s, not only in in in inn valley, but on highway 94. san carlos, 53. oakland, 59. same thing in hayward and san jose, about 57 degrees. here's what it looks like on the san mateo bridge. good news for the commute. less drizzle, and it's going to be drier for mass transit and not as breezy on the bay, no small craft advisory today. 66 at 11:00, and high clouds and sunshine as temperatures in the mid to upper 70s this

afternoon. east bay, low clouds to 11:00 and then high clouds and sunshine and a few clouds leftover. our last stop will be san francisco, a little more sunshine than yesterday, and you know you could have full on sunshine in san francisco. we're going in low to mid-60s from the coast to our bay site. we'll take a look at the 90s. first one to bring alexis in. >> we're doing okay so far today. no major issues on the road. a look at the golden gate bridge. 24 hours ago, chp issued a dense fog advisory. today looking clear. i don't know about you but i definitely did not have to use my wipers here this morning, just a little moisture on the windshield. a quick check of drive times. westbound 80, highway 4 to the haze, 16 minutes. ten-minute drive across the bridge.

we know we have a little warming trend coming on, and some of us will reach the 90s by friday. we will have nice air quality, even friday, the worse the air quality gets is moderate. around the state we have tons of clouds along the coast. showers in eureka, just

solidifying the fact this has been the most unusual start to july in a long time. chico, 94, fresno. palm springs, the hot spot. summer is not missing out in the desert. we have low to mid-80s. look at all the sunshine around tahoe. the proposal that would have allowed criminal to be deported to china is dead this morning. millions of protesters poured into the streets in recent weeks to fight the bill. an east bay man suffering from alzheimer's disease pleading for a stolen bicycle. phillips left it in the driveway and the bike is his only way to

get around. >> let him be out in the world for as long as he can. aleimer's is atrocious disease that will take everything away from us s >> whoever took the bike not get far because it needs a custom charger. and then some families are urged to watch out for a mountain lion spotted around san mateo yesterday morning. the police department shared the video of the big cat. officers looked around the area and could not find the animal. mountain lions try to avoid confrontation, but if you see one, of course don't approach it. there's plentylentylentyleny in rebuilding the bay

amanda reports one switch could help it survive an uncertain financial future. >> co-owner took over the business in 2007, moving andy's. >> we could not fix the floor. we had no money. the rats saved us. >> reporter: we were there as they put up 1,400 s adoption. >> we bought it in late 2007 with the intention of going all rescue pets, which we have been doing every since then. it does not pay the bills. >> the shop will be recharacterized as a nonadoption care center. >> we are paying for all of the

vet expenses and medication. >> an employee understands it's not a sustainable business we i hundp for >>t d h much is going into taking care of them verses how much they are adopted out for. >> andy's downtown location could soon be met with development. >> it takes time for these things, and i am hoping for another year or two before we have to find a place to move to. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our build a better bay area group on facebook. hi, everybody. here's a look at san jose where it's cloudy this morning.

temperature running about 57 degrees. we're just south of san jose international. we're just to the left -- or to the right, i should say, to the shark tank. less drizzle, more sunshine and slightly warmer today. mostly cloudy and not as cool as it has been, but still we have great sleeping weather. you can see drizzle around half moon bay this morning. here we are at 7:00, and the rest of us dealing with cloud cover. notice there will still be cloud cover hanging around the same as others. it will be thinner than yesterday from the san mateo bridge. during the afternoon hours, just about all of it almost goes away, and then by 7:00 you can see it rolling back in. let's see what it does to our temperatures. mid to upper 70s, until you get to morgan and gilroy, low 80s. 70 to 76 is your president on the peninsula.

low to mid-60s along the coast with mid to upper 60s in downtown, south san francisco, and santa rosa, calistoga, northward, low to mid-80s. 60s are gone in the north bay show. east bay, mid-70s. my accuweather 7-day forecast, a couple more degrees tomorrow and friday, and then 80s and 90s all the way through the weekend. going to take you back to san francisco where we have our one and only issue, the connecter to the 280 merge, that entire connecter is blocked by a vehicle facing the wrong way.

the purple south of there should not be there. you can stick to 280 to avoid that, and we are waiting on more information from chp, but it sounds like the emergency crews are now on the scene. walnut creek, north of 24 split, so far so good there and looking at relatively light volumes. instagram says it's cracking down on online bullying. >> here's "tech bytes." >> instagram is cracking down on online bullying. >> it's offering two new features, one allows users to hide messages from people they don't want posting to them. you have a new option if you need to return something you bought through amazon. >> instead of bringing it back you can bring it to any kohl's

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check out these high temperatures yesterday in alaska. continue to set highs85 in anchorage, not a re but close. look at this, 91 degrees here.

your average daily high 64. their daily record was 80. they shattered it once again. we are going to see 90s also. i'll talk about it coming up. >> mike, thank you. in the north bay marine biologist are disappointed because they will not whale dea. the marine mammal center received reports of a carcass on saturday and a team attempted to find it but it washed out to sea. most of the mammals have died of malnutrition. blaming his encounter on the desire to take a shelfie. a six-time bull runner was hit in the neck. he said the temptation was too strong to resist. he ran most of the course and

went back in return to shoot a video when he thought the danger had passed. >> it was like a truck or a car just hitting the side of my head. i was stunned. then some random guy grabbed my wrist and knew i was hurt and just ran me to the medics. >> alvarez works as a public defender for santa clara county. >> huh-uh. >> no? >> that's a no for me. >> yeah, i think that was a no from somebody else over here also. >> first of all, you are running with the bulls and second taking a selfie by running with the bulls. >> i did not realize that. >> i think that's what he said. >> glad he's okay. >> you get what you deserve,

though. >> let's move on. everybody is just shaking their head. temperatures are going to reach 100 friday in places like cloverdale, clear lake, and antioch and fairfield and 90 in san jose, and 81 in richmond and 68 in san francisco. 69 in san francisco, 70 for saturday. 100 in clear lake and saturday will drop a couple degrees inland. find your place at the beach or park early. 72 and sunshine. really only one issue to worry about so far this morning. i will take you there on our traffic maps. there we go. it's somebody 101 at the 280 connecter getting out of san francisco. the connecter is fully blocked and chp confirmed the main line is open so that purple should not be showing up on the maps, but it is. this is a solo vehicle

collision. you can't take take take ta k the city as an alternate. no issues if you are using fast track. the recent earthquakes in southern california are highlighting the importance of earthquake insurance. the ceo of the california earthquake authority says renters can get earthquake insurance for 120 bucks a year or less. >> it's extremely inexpensive because it does not include the cost to rebuild the structure, that's on the land lord's shoulders, but a renter can insure his >> it depends on the size of

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coming up on 5:00 a.m., a possible $7,500 rebate on new electric cars. the senate committee taking up a meeting today to help build a better bay area. one east bay city takes action to earthquake-proof its buildings. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> guys, the winds not as aggressive as they were yesterday. double digits in some areas, but notice the gray, it didn't cover all of the neighborhoods, the blanket is not there and not as thick with moisture as yesterday, so watch for drizzle today away from the coast. mid to upper 50s under a mostly cloudy sky. the sun will escape the clouds quicker, saw especialespecially.