good morning on this monday, july 29th. >> much more on the garlic festival shooting coming up. first, we're going to get you in touch with what's happening with weather and traffic. here is mike nicco. >> good monday morning. 6:00 straight up. we're talking about the breezes. 15 in oakland, 23 in concord, 35 in fairfield. so the sea breeze is back. let's see what it does to our day by rolling out. the 12-hour planner starting at 7:00, cooler this morning, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. at noon, low to mid 70s. a delightful afternoon to be outside. duhe afternoon 72 to 82, especially inland. you'll be like what happened? we're 20 degrees cooler today. a very nice evening, from 57 at the coast to 70 inland. i'll let you know how long it lasts. here is sue with the commute. good morning. we still have the sig alert problem in effect on the altamont pass. at your bay bridge a second.

backup. metering lights turned on at 5:15 this morning. here is the situation now on the altamont. it's westbound 580 near grant line. sig alert in effect. far right lane remains blocked, two big rigs got into it with a fuel leak. traffic on 580 merging with 205 is also very, very slow. stall on the sunol grade, southbound 680 near sheridan slowing your commute from sunol towards fremont. here is a look at your drive times, an hour and 12 minutes, which is actually an improvement. slow antioch to concord, 23 minutes. drive into san francisco through marin, great at this hour, less than 20 minutes. now the latest on the deadly shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. gilroy police confirmed they're going to hold a briefing at 10:00 a.m. >> we'll stream that event live when it happens on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. let's catch you up on the latest

of what we know at this hour. gunfire broke out around 5:40 yesterday even at christmas hill park. gilroy police say they shot and killed the gunman. police say witnesses reported a second suspect. investigators still don't know exactly how that person was involved. this morning three victims are dead including a 6-year-old boy. the gunman is also dead. last night and this morning, we told you 15 were bounded. now gilroy police are clarifying this morning, that number of wounded is actually 12 people. >> so many of us were just devastated when we heard a 6-year-old boy was one of those killed last night. >> abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live outside regional medical center in san jose. that's where the boy's grandmother shared her grief with reporters overnight. jobina. >> reporter: good morning. steven romero is the name of the 6-year-old boy who was killed. according to a hospital spokesperson, the injuries as far as the conditions of the other people hurt in the

shooting yesterday, those conditions range from fair to critical condition. steven romero's grandmother spoke with reporters outside the hospital last night. she described her grandson as a loving boy. maribel romero tells us she was at home when she got a call from someone who said her grandson who was at the event with his mother and other grandmother were shot. romero says his mother and other grandmother were hurt as well in the shooting. romero says she just wants justice for her grandson. >> it has to be someone really sick because shooting a kid, and that's a family event. i just hope there's justice and they catch the last person or the other person and that there's justice. i want justice for my grandson. >> according to city officials three people were killed, and that does not include the suspect who was also brought

down by police totaling up to four people there. live in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. a rock band called tinman was performing on stage when the shooting happened. like many others, they thought the gunfire was fireworks at first until a band member actually spotted the shooter. >> he started shooting again in the direction of where all the food -- people were dining, and i said, guys off. we cleared the stage at that point and ducked under the stage so we wouldn't be visible. >> we could smell the gunpowder. >> we could smell it. >> you could hear the screams. it was awful. >> from my perspective, it looked like he was bigfeople he on the stage at tttime. they were playing an encore. >> you can see the grounds are divided into two sections, park side and ranch side.

we're going to focus on the ranch side. here is the vineyard stage. you heard members say as they were on stage they could see the shooting and the gunman out here. what police are telling us is they believe the gunman came in through the creek which is right here. and that gunman, possibly a second person, cut through a fence somewhere in this area and the shooting happened in that area there. again, that's when the gunman opened fire and it sent people running. witnesses who were at christmas hill park are asked to still contact gilroy police. they're looking for your information. still ahead, people at the gilroy garlic festival shaken this morning. two of the witnesses describing the chaos during the shooting. plus what police are saying about how the shooter got past the security search at the garlic festival. here is a live look at walnut creek where it's 59 degrees this morning. you're at the bottom of this graphic. 102 yesterday, 82 today. 20 degrees keerl, one of the biggest

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that's a pretty nice start to the day. here is a look at the west wind at 17, and the return of the sea breeze. everywhere today, not just the coast and the pay, everywhere. take a look at the numbers in a second. beaches chilled breezes today. more comfort if you're out and about. no more 90s, no more 100s. the small craft advisory, that's the by product of the faster breezes. you can see cloudy at 60 at 7:00. mostly sunny with low to mid 70s this afternoon. in the south bay, mid to upper 70s in the afternoon. for the east bay bay valleys, reaching 80 at noon, hanging out in the mid to upper 80s and that's it with mostly sunny skies this afternoon. hi, sue. >> good morning everyone. better news if your commute takes you over the altamont pass, all lanes are reopened. they were giving an eto of 8:00

a.m. here we areality 6:10 on your monday morning and that big rig -- i should say both big rigs have been cleared out of the lanes. hopefully you'll see an improvement on your drive there. southbound 680, the earlier stall cleared out of lanes near sheridan and the backup is starting to diminish there as well. here is a look at your backup already. seeing an improvement earlier this morning. the backup west 580 into dublin was 1:45. now just one hour. a.c.e. train still a good alternate. slowing in concord for a 25-minute ride. more information on the gilroy garlic festival shooting. two witnesses who came face-to-face with the gunman said they were terrified as shots were fired. candace and cheryl just spoke with "good morning america's" george stephanopoulos moments ago. >> we heard a pop, and right

away we thought fire crackers. we turned to our left. there was a gunman, his gun was pointed the ground, trying to put an left away from us and started shooting. we ran the other direction. >> both cheryl and candace say they knew two people who are critically wounded. you can hear more from them on gma at 7:00. coming up, the rush to save lives. how police and first responders handled calls from the garlic festival. >> festival

radio chatter from dispatchers the moments the reports of shooting at christmas hill park came in. law enforcement mounted immediate response with every available resource. >> active shooter at the garlic festival if you can start that way. >> battalion 47 responding. >> battalion 47 affirmative. pd is advising that a shooter south of miller in the creek wearing camouflage and a boone any hat. we have one victim so far. >> reports of two wounded at beer booth three. two more wounded at beer booth three. county has been advised for

helicopter in level two ene,oids which trance parted many wounded to valley medical center. the deadly shooting at the garlic festival, abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo was at the festival yesterday. >> here is what he said about security when she appeared on abc 7 news at 11:00. my family was at the gilroy garlic festival today, arrived at 10:00, left at 3:00, when we went through security it was a brief check of what was inside our purses. i did mention i didn't see any metal detectors around me, though gilroy pd did mention that security had metal detecting wands. again, that didn't matter as they believe the shooter went through the creek and cut through a fence. >> one witness said she watched as police took down the shooter. >> i seen him starting to take steps. while he was trying to take the steps, like i say, it looked

like he was trying to load the clip again. that's when the cops shot him. he fell to the floor. i seen him shoot two more times. that's all i seen. >> there was a little counter, three people were hiding behind the counter and other people laying on the floor so they wouldn't get shot. >> she said despite being on the ground himself, she tried to look at his face in case she had to identified him late zbler the executive director of the gilroy garlic festival spoke about the shooting. he said the event celebrates the community of gilroy. >> gilroy is an amazing community, a tightly knit community. we're family. we have the wonderful opportunity in this community to celebrate our family through our garlic festival. and for over four decades that festival has been our annual family reunion. it's such a sad, just horribly

upsetting circumstance that this happened on the third and final day of this year's festival. >> he said seeing all their efforts end this way has been devastating. gilroy police created a phone line for witnesses. the number is on your screen. 408-846-0583. there's also a number for anyone looking to be reunited with their families. that number 408-846-0584. we have both numbers on our website, abc7news.com. police are asking you not to call the emergency line. >> we will of course keep tracking this story. you're also never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we want to get a check of your weather with meteorologist mike nicco. hi, mike. >> hi, guys. good morning. it's monday. big changes in our forecast. first, when you look at tam, still 70 at 2,600 feet which means we have the sea breeze undercutting what's left of the warm air mass. inland, the heat breaks today. more clouds, better sleeping the next couple nights.

above-average heat this weekend, but not a repeat of what we just lived through. the high pressure retreating back to the east. a couple of new players, the areas of low pressure bringing down cooler weather from the he up to 20 degrees cooler today. down in the south bay, 73 in milpitas, gilroy 84. santa cruz 76. as you head up the peninsula, we start in the mid 70s, but drop to 68 in millbrae, low to mid 60s with a lot of cloud cover at the coast today. downtown, south san francisco, sausalito may never kplooit completely get rid of the clouds. we'll have low to mid 80s through most of the north bay valleys. look at richmond and berkeley. breezy with stubborn clouds, upper 60s, 70 to 74 for the rest of the east bay shore lines. we were in the 100s yesterday. not even 90s. low to mid 80s for most of the east bay valleys. my accuweather seven-day

forecast, more of the same tomorrow. two to four degrees of warming wednesday. holding steady thursday. we get around 80 to mid 90s for our bay and inland neighborhoods. that's warmer than average, this weekend. sue. >> -- >> having trouble with sue's mike. we'll get that straightened out. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> rob marciano is live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. good morning, rob. >> great to be with both of you. our hearts go out to the bay area and all that's gone down just down the bay in gilroy this morning. we're live from the scene. of course, the deadly shooting i know you've been covering, a gunman opening fire at the california food festival killing at least three people. police taking the shooter down. now, of course, there is a search under way and we'll be

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here is a look at one of the reasons why the dramatic drop in temperature happens today. look at the winds in the yellow. they'll be coming out of the west, 30 to 35-mile-per-hour gusts from 1:00 to 9:00. pretty breezy on the bay bridge. it will be the carquinez and ben neegs bridges during the morning commute. a stretch of lucas valley road is closed because of an overturned tanker that spilled fuel into the creekbed. >> the tanker was carrying 6,700 gallons of fuel when it overturned. west gate drive and casio valley road is closed to clean up the spill. firefighters say about 250

gallons were released into a dry creekbed. all the fuel has to be removed from the truck before they can tow it. update on a 2-year-old hit-and-run victim, the little girl has been released from the hospital. police arrested hector larios who they say was driving the van that hit the toddler. he faces felony dui and hit-and-run charges. he's had four prior dui convictions in just the last six years. happening today, two pieces of legislation about parking in san francisco will come before the city's land use committee. one will require commercial parking lots in garages with more than 100 parking spots, have electric vehicle charging equipment and the other would change the maximum number of spots allowed in some garages that are not underground. they still san ysidro to go to the full board of supervisors for a hearing. san francisco is considering buying pg&e's local power lines,

even though a new state wildfire law could complicate that process. mayor london breed and city attorney dennis herrera sent governor newsom a letter saying they lost trust in the utility and believe this could be a rare opportunity to further the city's electric service goals. the governor recently passed a law making it harder to buy pg&e equipment as part of more strict regulation on utility companies. our team coverage of the gilroy garlic festival shooting is still ahead. teenagers from the bay area accused of killing a police officer in rome. we're following your monday morning commute. taking a lookndan rael id traffic is now stacking up beyond richmond parkway for about a 20-minute delay just to get to the toll plaza. you can take a look at this backup on our map with speeds of about 33 down to 20 miles an hour. once you get past

down the gunman who killed three people at the gilroy garlic festival. they're still searching for another person who may have helped him. >> i don't have words for this. ert now.>>t lribe the way i feel 6-year-old grandson in the shooting. she says now she wants justice

for him and the other victims. >> we have live tooef coverage of the shooting this morning. amy hollyfield at the festival grounds in gilroy. jobina fortson at a hospital in san jose where some of the victims are being treated. thank you for joining us on this monday, july 29th. we'll have much more on the garlic festival shooting in just a minute. >> first a check of weather and traffic with mike nicco. >> there's a big change in store. good morning. you can see a lot more gray on live doppler 7. that's the clouds i've overlaid on the radar. look at that. a deeper marine layer, a faster sea breeze and dramatic drop in temperatures, especially in our inland neighborhoods. starting at 7:00, mid to upper 50s. stay upper 50s to low 60s at the coast. so do the clouds and the breezes. 71 to 76, cleaner air. no spare-the-air today. the heat breaks and a great evening on tap. look at that.

68 to 70 away from the coast. i we have improvement. let's put it that way. we'll go back to the altamont pass. two big rigs got into it overnight. they're cleared. the backup is horrendous in tracy backing onto 205 and 580 as well. here is a look at your drive time. an hour and two minutes from tracy to dublin. highway 4 is sluggish into concord for less than 25 minutes. your ride from marin county, san rafael into san francisco and across the golden gate, less than 20 minutes. to avoid the mess on 580, ace trains 3 and 5 are looking good if you want to not get in your car this morning. thank you,olw t developing story in the south bay. authorities are expected to release more information about the shooting attil at0:00hi morning.

here is what we know. a total of four people are dead, three victims and the gunman. police shot and killed the suspect. 12 more people are hurt this morning. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the festival grounds in gilroy to explain how this happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. you can see behind me police are still here on the scene. there's an active manhunt going on right now. they're still looking for a possible second suspect. one gunman was shot dead by police. we have cell phone video to show you of the chaos taken at the festival as people ran for their lives. shots were fired at 5:41 yesterday. three people were killed including a 6-year-old boy. 12 people were hurt. guns were not allowed at the festival. security checked for weapons at the gate. the police chief described how the person or people involved snuck into the festival. >> it appears as if though they

had come into the festival via the creek which borders a parking area and they used some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to be able to gain access through the secure fence line and that's how they got into the festival area itself. >> reporter: it was witnesses who told police there may have been a second suspect. police don't know for sure, but they are still looking. they don't know whether that person is armed. poice say the killer used an assault-type rifle. the police chief also said there were no surveillance cameras at the festival. they are asking for witnesses to come forward and share any information they have with police. at this time they haven't released any information about this shooter or the possible motive. live in gilroy, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. now to the victims. we learned, as we mentioned, one of the three people killed is a 6-year-old boy.

our team coverage continues with abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live outside the medical center in san jose where the boy's grandmother shared her grief with reporters. jobina. >> reporter: good morning. steven romero is the name of the 6-year-old boy killed yesterday. his grandmother talked to reporters outside the hospital overnight. she said steven was with his mother and other grandmother at the garlic festival yesterday, and they were shot as well. maribel romero says steven was so loving. xi talked with us again and said her grandson was just so playful and she is devastated by all this. she says she went from hospital to hospital trying to find him after she got a call yesterday saying she had been shot. when she finally reached the last location, he had already died. romero says steven's mother and grandmother are still recovering at the hospital. that was as of last night. romero says she wants justice for her grandson and called the

shooter a sick person for firing at a child. >> so far i know the shooter got my daughter-in-law through her stomach and her hand. i guess it passed through the side of the stomach through the babies back and through him. i'm not quite sure on that. grandma got shot in the leg or in the feet. i know mom is in surgery already. grandmother hasn't been taken aware of because they're waiting for insurance. the ceo said they were going to take care of that. >> reporter: the conditions that of the hospitalized victims range from critical to fair. live in san jose this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. abc 7 reporter luz pena spoke to witnesses. two people working the event were feet away from the gunman when they saw him load his weapon and fire into the crowd. >> we just left our booth and

walked into the port toe potties. we came out, heard a pop. we looked at each other and said, oh, maybe it's fireworks. then we both looked and the gunman was about 10 to 15 feet away from us. he had like a rifle and he was putting the clip into it. he put a clip into it and started -- >> turned and started walking and shooting. he didn't care. >> the women said he ended up shooting two of their co-workers, and on "good morning america" they apparently said their co-workers were critically injured. >> of course, a lot of people at the garlic festival started recording video of the event going on. at least one caught what appears to be gunshots. [ gunshots ]. >> you can hear the sound as people started running in a panic as the gunfire erupted. >> one woman went on facebook as the shooting was happening. here is the video she posted.

>> they shooting at the garlic festival. they are shooting! they shooting at the garlic festival! oh, my god! they shooting! they are shooting! >> the woman who shot the video is okay this morning. she said after the shooting she posted it on facebook. she said she is praying for the victims. let's give you an idea of the timeline last night as the shooting unfolded. according to gilroy police, the first reports of the shooting came down at 5:41 p.m. yesterday. that was on the north side of the festival. in less than a minute, officers responded shooting and killing the suspect. witnesses did report a second suspect. it is still not clear if that person was a shooter or acted in a supporting role. more information could be released during the news conference we're expecting at 10:00 a.m. we will stream that for you at

abc7news.com. abc 7's amanda del castillo was at the festival before the shoog broke out. she said she had to go through security and a bag check. she didn't see the walk-through metal detectors. but police say security had metal detecting wands. police say the gunman cut through a fence bordering a creek. we've been hearing from local and national leaders including gavin newsom. he says this is nothing short of who ring. california stands with the gilroy community. his office is monitoring the situation closely and grateful for law enforcement's efforts and their continued work as the situation develops. we also heart from senator kamala harris. grateful to first responders who were on the scene in gilroy and keeping those injured by such senseless violence and my thoughts. my office is closely monitoring the situation. and finally, we're hearing from teresa guidice, the star of "the real housewives of new jersey" who was at the festival this weekend. she said she's truly heartbroken. she says she was at the festival

with wonderful staff, volunteers and many, many families and she is flooded with thoughts of them now as they navigate this tragic situation. she goes on to say, prayers and love to the community of gilroy. let's show you a map of gilroy. as you likely know, it's about 30 miles south of san jose along highway 101. the first day of the festival was on friday. action 7 news was there for that opening day. the first day of the festival -- execute me -- that was a repeat. this is the 41st year of the festival and its pop lafrt has put the city of 55,000 on the map. the shooting happened just as the festival was beginning to wind down. classic rock band from san jose tinman was playing on the vineyard stage. you can see that on the top left side of your screen, on the northwest side of the festival grounds. more on the gilroy garlic festival shooting still ahead. panic as the sound of gunshots rings out. this morning we're hearing how some people escaped.

to impeach or not impeach president trump. what many americans are thinking after special counsel's robert mueller's testimony. first you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> you may notice a difference when you step outside. already the cooling trend developing as temperatures are from about a degree to nine degrees cooler. that's in places like san jose, than we were this time yesterday. look at all these mid to upper 50s to be found here and everywhere, even a 51 in sebastopol. 60 in napa is the warmest spot with brentwood at 65. let's talk about your commute. a little fog near the coast. some of that is trying to spill into places like novato. mass transit cool this morning, only warm this afternoon, if you're taking it from our inland neighborhoods. gusty breezes on the bay. the entire san francisco, san pablo and delta included in that. it starts at 1:00 and goes through 9:00. north bay, partly cloudy conditions, 54 this morning. we're near 70 at 11:00, low 80s

during the afternoon hours under mostly sunny skies. for the east bay we're seeing the cloud deck hang around through mostly 9:00. hovering in the upper 60s to low 70s this afternoon. for san francisco, the heavy cloud cover will hang around through 9:00. we'll be partly cloudy with temperatures around the low 60s during the afternoon hours. that's after being at 73 degrees yesterday. we'll talk about how long this lasts. first, let's say hi to sue. get used to seeing her and frances the next several months. they'll be back and forth. >> tag teaming. >> nice to have you in today. >> thank you. nice to be here. traffic is cooperating. so far, so good. slow traffic out there as you might expect on monday morning. the accident over the altamont pass we had earlier this morning with two big rigs, that's been cleared. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. about 17 to 18-minute drive from hayward towards foster city, across the causeway and up the highway. not a bad drive there at all. take our focus towards san

rafael. these headlights in the southbound direction past lucas valley road. not bad at all. just slowing as you make your way towards highway 37 south on 101. overall you can see slowing into concord. there's the backup over the

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and sea breeze today. look at all that clean air today, tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. we do have a heat advisory as the heat retreats back to the south. the san joaquin valley 1:00 this afternoon to 8:00 this evening. if you're heading through this area, 100 to 106. very dangerous. it can feel up to 15 degrees warmer if you're in the sunshine. 104 in fresno for the exact temperature. 114 in palm springs. 82 in l.a. 64 sacramento. low to mid 80s friday through sunday. if you're just joining us this morning, here is what we know about the deadly shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. four people including the gunman are dead. the shooting started yesterday evening at 5:40. the three victims killed include a 6-year-old boy. a second suspect was reported but police are not sure about

that person's role in the shooting. >> a group of teens that ran from the gunfire say they jumped through a fence and ran into a wooded area to hide. one member of that group was wounded during the escape. family members describe the frantic moments. >> we went through a fence. a guy helped us to, like, pass it. and then we were there with the girl who got shot. >> your cousin. >> yeah. >> when did she get shot? what happened? >> we didn't know she got shot. we were running with her. when we saw, she already had a hole in the leg. >> gabriel says he took off his shirt and applied pressure to his cousin's gunshot wound. she's one of the 12 victims who was injured, brought to valley medical center in san jose. take a look at the view from sky 7. you can see the flashing lights, the heavy police presence in that parking lot all the way to the main intersection outside the festival grounds. law enforcement blocked off several adjacent neighborhoods

as well after this happened. the festival grounds were empty and closed off for the investigation. police are still there this morning. a lot of people who witnessed the panic and heard the gunshots shared their experience on social media. >> are you okay? >> a woman in the front of the truck sobbing because there was a wounded man black fridaying in the back of that white pickup truck she was in. these are some of the videos people shared with abc 7 news. they give us a sense of the confusion and chaos as people were obviously afraid and running away from the gunfire. at first a lot of them thought these were fireworks. we know at least a dozen people were hurt as the crowd rushed away. some people really running for their lives. as we said before, police are expected to give an update on the shooting at 10:00. you can keep up with the latest by logging on to abc7news.com and downloading our abc 7 news app. we'll let you know as soon as that news conference begins. >> we'll continue tracking that story. also a funeral service will

be held for the italian police officer killed in the line of duty, and the suspects are two teens from the bay area. abc news news reporter ian pannell is at the murder scene which has turned into a memorial. >> reporter: good morning. italy is a nation that awakes from the weekend in shock at the murder of one of its police officers, al wlej edly at the hands of two american teenagers. this is the scene where the man was stabbed to death, 11 times. what was a pool of blood early friday morning has now become a makeshift shrine with flowers and candles being put at the scene. the two americans suspected of killing the police officer are being held separately in jail this morning, not allowed to speak to each other. 18-year-old gabe natale hjorth and 19-year-old finnegan elder were taken in for questions. police say the two americans confessed to stealing a backpack in an alleged drug deal gone wrong. security footage showing the suspects fleeing the scene. it ended with the fatal stabbing

of newlywed officer mario cerciello reeg ga. police say they were demanding 100 euros in cash in return for the bag they had stolen. two plainclothes policeman were sent. that's when rega was stabbed 11 times. investigators say in the hotel room they found overwhelming evidence, including the supposed murder weapon, cleverly concealed behind one of the ceiling tiles as well as bloody clothing. in rome, ian pannell, abc 7 news. i-team reporter dan noyes is on his way to italy to find out more about the case and the bay area suspects. you can follow him on twitter to stay on top of the latest developments from italy. we'll have his reports throughout the week on abc 7 news, abc7news.com and also the abc 7 news app. in the east bay closing arguments are set to begin this

morning in the ghost ship fire trial. derick almena and max harris each face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 warehouse fire. closing arguments expected to last at least three days. the jury could get the case august 5th. testimony has been tense at times with the defense suggesting the fire was the work of an arsonist. prosecutors refute that claim. a new abc poll suggest the mueller hearings didn't change americans' minds about impeaching the president. the poll found 47% of the people who saw robert mueller's testimony said it made no difference. 27% of the group said the testimony made them more likely to support impeaching president trump, but 26% said it made them less likely to. president trump said the hearing was a success, suggesting it cleared him of wrongdoing. since the testimony, nearly a dozen lawmakers have moved to support an impeachment inquiry. it is now 6:50. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast.

here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> take a look from emeryville this morning where it looks pretty cloudy. even hazy. you'll find more haze than fog this morning. 56 degrees right there. welcome back sea breeze. if you didn't like the heat, today, the next couple days is your day, are your days. more clouds, cooler lows tonight and a slow warming trend that will bring us back to the 80s and 90s. i don't think we'll get quite to the 100s this weekend. novato, along the coast, visibility lower because of the thicker haze that's out there. not a whole lot of fog so far. here we are at 7:00 in the morning. you can see the clouds trying to push into into the east bay valleys. that will be a mainstay starting tomorrow. look how quickly they come back into the bay and stay in the bay, all the way up until noon from about the richmond-san rafael bridge to just shy of the san mateo bridge. and that's where it's going to be all afternoon. stubborn clouds along the coast, also. that's going to help aid the cooling trend.

let's see where we end up in the south bay. 73 in milpitas, morgan hill at about 83. 76 at santa cruz. low to mid 60s with the extra cloud cover along the coast. cooler in downtown san francisco at about 65. through the north bay. hit the mid 80s around santa rosa is a. as we look at the east bayshore line. 70 to 74 elsewhere. our last stop, low to mid 80s, no 90s or 100s in the east bay. my accuweather forecast, a couple degrees warmer wednesday and thursday. you'll notice the warmth as we hit the 80s and 90s. >> taking a look outside at the maps to give you an idea what's happening on the roads. we have slow traffic in the east bay direction of 580 leaving livermore near vasco. we had a truck spilling trash. that spilled all over the left lane and right lanes.

they're now blocked. i guess the silver lining is it's in the reverse commute direction. expect slowing there. we'll take a look at your drive times, richmond-san rafael bridge under ten minutes to get across the bay. that does not include the backup. the backup to the toll plaza is about another ten minutes added on to that. 19 to 20 minutes to get across the san mateo bridge. dumbarton, just over ten minutes westbound. happening today, keiser employees will start voting on whether to authorize a large strike. the union says the workers have been without a contract for months. contract talks stalled a couple weeks ago. about 85,000 employees could walk off the job in california and at least five other states. the union has accused keiser of unfair labor practices. in the south bay sacred heart community service is in need of backpack donations for students going back to school, shortly more than 2,000

backpacks. 3,300 students signed up to receive a backpack full of school supplies. donations are made during business hours monday through friday on south first street in san jose. >> abc 7 news committed to building a better bay area. a community is coming together to save a playground art installation. abc 7 news was in oakland at lakeside park for the dedication of the newly restored mid century monster. it was first put up in 1954. the 40-foot play sculpture has been fenced off since 2015. the lake merritt mid century monster fan club helped raise $40,000 to repair and repaint it. >> it's all been covered. it's all done. now the only thing left to do is have fun on it. >> visitors can also purchase mid century monster swag. all proceeds go toward maintaining the structure. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know befoe you go. >> as we head to break at 6:54,

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it's 6:57. where you're just joining us or about to go out the door, here are are the 7 things you need to know before you go. >> number one, a manhuntnve to a second suspect in yesterday's horrifying shooting at the glancht gilroy police are holding an update at 10:00 this

morning. 6-year-old steven romero is among the three victims killed in the shooting. police now say 12 people are wounded. >> number three, funeral services will take place for the italian police officer killed in the line of duty. two teens from the bay area are suspects in that murder. >> number four, closing arguments are set to begin this morning in the ghost ship fire trial. they're expected to last at least three days. the jury could get the case august 5th. >> number five, kaiser employees will start voting on whether to authorize a strike. roughly 85,000 employees could walk off the job in california and five other states. when you step outside, temperatures ten degrees cooler than yesterday, up to 20 degrees cooler this afternoon compared to yesterday. we are looking at an accident, number seven today, 880 at 101. e i jhe altamont. an earlier accident, long gone

out of lanes, but the damage is done. >> obviously been a tough morning. we want to bring you some breaking news before we go and bring you to a live picture from churchill place in gilroy. right now gilroy police and atf are on scene about a mile away from christmas hill park. >> we believe there's some sort of connection between this and the garlic festival shooting. we do have phone calls into authorities right now to figure out what exactly is going on. we'll post updates on the abc 7 news app. of course, gilroy police will hold an update at 10:00. we'll bring that to you live. we'll be streaming that on abc7news.com and also the abc 7 news app. we're still waiting to get confirmation on the identity of the shooter, the search for potential a second person and the identity of two other victims. so far all we know is the identity of that one victim, the 6-year-old boy. certainly our hearts breaking for his family. >> if you're just waking up, about to tune in to "good morning america," the latest number are three victims were shot and killed last night.

a fourth person is dead, that's the gunman and a dozen people in the hospital recovering. we're thinking about them all. here is gma. good morning, america. we have all the latest this morning on the deadly shooting at a california food festival. it was packed with thousands of families. the terrifying scene after a gunman opens fire at the gilroy garlic festival in california. at least three people, including this 6-year-old boy, killed. more than a dozen injured. police take out the shooter who cut his way through a fence to get onto the grounds with a rifle. the massive manhunt now for a possible second suspect and the survivors telling their stories. we're live on the scene right now.so thimoing, f and fury after ptas smjah cuin district a calling the city, a, quote, disgusting rat and rodent infested mess.