accuweather forecast. here is mike. let's start off by helping those about to head out the door, look at the visibility in napa and santa rosa down to less than an eighth of a mile so that's dangerously low especially more so when it's dark and petaluma is one mile. a little bit of fog around santa cruz, also. if you're heading that way, watch out. you're going to descend out of the summit. you can see the marine layer is so compressed, the clouds are hugging the ground. look for this to increase as we head through the morning hours. dress warm. we'll be in the 50s and 60s at noon. 60s and 70s warmer this afternoon and 50s and 60s at 7:00. hi, frances. good morning, everyone. we'll start off with something different this morning. there is a dead cow on southbound 101 in the north bay at petaluma boulevard. they need some heavy equipment

to get this out of the way. it's in the center divide, southbound 101. also nearby in novato road work should be clearing. this should be open very soon and we'll see some traffic on highway 37. so far no big delays in the area. eastbound 380 as you make your way past 101 there's some road work as well approaching south airport boulevard and that should be cleared at 6:00 this morning. >> thank you, frances. people across the bay area rattled by an earthquake last night. >> the 4.5 magnitude quake was centered about two miles north of w amy hollyfield is live with the aftermath. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning. i think a lot of business owners and employees will get to work and find situations like this, a mess to clean up this is a beauty supply store called

cosmo, lots of merchandise on the ground that fell right off the shelves. we only see plastic bottles, so this should be an easy cleanup. it gives you a good idea how much this earthquake shook things around. this is very close to the epicenter. a nearby liquor store, this is the a1 liquor store. the owner also had a lot to clean up. notice, no bottles fell. he did have preventative measures in place to protect his glass bottles and it looks like it worked. he was there last night, so he jumped into action when the quake hit. >> everything on the floor and i ran out of the building. i locked the doors and all the bottles on the ground. it takes an hour to clean everything. >> reporter: here's another business where some stuff fell, the autozone near the liquor juries. it was song here, though. this is close to the epicenter but the 4.5 quake could be felt as far away as tahoe and chico.

no doubt this will be talked about today. did you feel it? it came in at 10:30 last night, woke people up. they're going to come in to work wanting to talk about this one. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. so this is video from a nest camera inside a pleasant hill home which is near the epicenter of the earthquake. you can see it there, but there's no damage just that really big jolt. this quake really was felt all across the bay area. >> to mike nicco now with a look at who felt it and where. we'll start with giving you an idea on 680 pleasant hill, between there and walnut creek. right along 680, within a stone's throw, if you will, is where it was. and thankfully it was at a good depth or the shaking could have

been even worse. it was down there at about nine miles. let's take a look at that. now we've had reports possibly of 31 earthquakes so far and aftershocks in the area. who felt it worse, the strongest shaking? clayton. right over mt. diablo. as you head to blackhawk moderate to light and even week. >> thank you, mike. abc 7 news can help you prepare for an earthquake or any other natural disaster. go to our website abc7news.com/preparenorcal for tips on how to prepare for the next event. happening today like gremlins who eat after midnight or rabbits who are just rabbits, electric scooters are multiplying. >> you will see twice as many scooters today as yesterday. live this morning with the

impact. good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning, kumasi and reggie. i know lots of people have different opinions about this but today you will see 2,500 new electric scooters put out on our san francisco streets here and a whole lot here at the caltrain station because this is where lime will commemorate them back on the street under an 18-month ban and handing out some education pieces about ride safety and some other things here this morning and also have an event in the bayview. i'll get to that in just a moment. this is the second phase of the scooter permitting program created by san francisco supervisor erin peskin. possibly february. the scooter company lost its license. you'll remember in the springfield ofropped thousands of scooters on san francisco streets. they ended up in trees, in the

bay and all over sidewalks. this time around the company plans for things to be different. >> i think we've learned some humility. we've learned to listen. we've learned to be a cooperative partner. >> reporter: lime staff will promote and sign up residents for access in the bayview. the low income equity program and it will be followed up by a ride safety event and also here we will be seeing lime staff giving out different fliers and information about why they are back and how they plan to operate in the city. we'll see how it goes this time, thank you. your voice, your vote takes center stage as 12 democrats battle it out in ohio. the top names joe biden and senators bernie sanders and

elizabeth warren hope to maintain their edge as several others fight to stay on the trail. rachel scott has the big things we should be looking out for. >> reporter: the stage is set and it's the biggest in presidential primary history. 12 candidates on a single stage for tonight's democratic debate, two more than the last time around. senator kamala harris telling me this weekend that super sized lineup will come at a cost. >> i don't think there's much that can be talked about in a serious way. >> reporter: and three early front-runners will be center stage. bernie sanders will return back to the spotlight after suffering a heart attack. but before he steps back into the ring, the senator making his case for why he deserves the progressive vote over senator elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth has said she is a capitalist through her bones. i'm not. >> reporter: mayor pete buttigieg taking a dig at warren saying her push for medicare for all, my way or the highway. looming over the debate the

battle over impeachment. democrats escalating their attacks on president trump after he asked both ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son hunter who had business dealings there while his father was vice president. hunter announcing he will step down from his board position at a chinese-backed company. >> why is he now making a decision to step down? >> no one has indicated of any consequence that anything was done wrong or illegally by me or by my son. >> reporter: if joe biden will get questions about his son's business dealings and if his rivals will criticize him for it. in the east bay new details on the merrill fire that burned. the cause of the fire appears to be accidental. there's no word yet on what started it but you remember the fire broke out early thursday morning during pg&e's power shutoff forcing people to

evacuate. we brought you coverage during that fire. luckily no one was hurt. police say the investigation into the fire is still going on and it's expected to continue for some time. all right. let's take a look at what's going on with your activity planner. you can see if you're out and about today doing yard work, not bad. a sunny afternoon. if you have to go to work or run some errands, milder. our warmest day on the way. look at those light breeze fz you're going to be out on the bay. whatever it is commuting, messing around, having some fun, just watching, hoping for some whales possibly. a look at our temperatures in some of our neighborhoods. mid to upper 40s throughout our inland east bay neighborhoods after that rude nighttime earthquake. 50 at antioch, 53 pittsburg. we're in the mid-40s to around 50 degrees. now if you get up above 1,000 feet, temperatures are warmer in the upper 50s to low 60s. take a look at the north bay. we have fog, a lot of it, too.

it's very thick so please be careful. it will be around the entire morning commute from 7:00 to 9:00. pretty impressive considering the sun will spend a lot of its energy trying to burn away the fog. 62 at 11:00 with sunshine. mid to upper 70s. wouldn't be surprised of a few areas like santa rosa hit 80. east bay at 49 with cloudy conditions. full-on sunshine. a little bit longer through 11:00 and mid to upper 60s with sunshine. a look at the possibility of rain coming our way. here is frances. >> we're starting off with an unusual accident in the north bay. apparently there is a cow, a dead cow now, in the center divide. it's fully grown so they need special equipment to lift it out of there. we could see some southbound to

petaluma so we'll keep you posted on this one, also some road work cleared right now westbound 37 in atherton. all lanes should be open. there was minor slowing. that has gone away, it's all green. it looks like a two-car accident has cleared and near sfo airport eastbound 380 closed right now from 101 to south airport boulevard near that employee parking lot for united airlines, keep that in mind. that's there until 6:00 this morning. as we check the south bay, things look good in san jose, headlights are northbound 280 and that's 17 coming across your screen. >> thanks, frances. up next the seven things you need to know as you start your day. also, hunter biden speaking about his ukraine and china connections. he admits he should have done some things differently. and one bay area city is taking building a better bay area

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there's no word yet on what started it. >> number three, after our warmest day today look what's on the way for tomorrow into thursday. i'll have an hour by hour look at our next chance of rain. number four, san francisco police are searching for the person who swiped a $20,000 salvador dali painting. the thief grabbed it from an easel on geary street yesterday. and number five, get ready to see more electric scooters on the streets of san francisco. the number is doubling today after four companies got their permits approved. and number six, the bay ie tnormal. plaza is backing metering lights are already on and the backup extends to the 880 overcrossing. number seven, a record 12 democrats take the stage for ton's primary debate. some things to watch, senator bernie sanders after his recent heart attack and how joe biden responds to the ongoing impeachment inquiry. in today's "gma first look" hunter biden is breaking his silence for the first time since

becoming a key figure in the impeachment. >> he admits he may have made some mistakes. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look" amy roba one-on-one with hunter biden. >> do you think you would have been asked to be on the board? >> i don't know. probably not. >> i think people at home are thinking how could that not have felt your mind, wouldn't you feel in your gut maybe this isn't a good idea to go and sit on the board of this -- >> i just said to you in retrospect i wish that my judgment -- >> you never thought this might not look right? >> i'm a human. you know what, did i make a mistake, well, maybe in the grand scheme of things, yeah. but did i make a mistake based upon some absolutely not. >> reporter: and coming up much more of her interview with hunter biden. with your "gma first look" i'm kenneth mouton, abc news, new

york. president trump is authorizing economic sanctions on turkey to limit its all-out assault onned kurdish citizens. the kurds were fighting isis alongside the u.s. the president is withdrawing 1,000 u.s. troops from syria to carry out other counterterrorism missions in the region. mr. trump is also asking turkey for a ceasefire as vice president pence leads a delegation there to negotiate. new developments in texas, a ft. worth police officer who shot a black woman inside her home killing her is in jail this morning facing murder charges. aaron dean resigned yesterday, was booked on these charges. dean had answered a call to see if jefferson was okay after a neighbor noticed that her front door was open on saturday. this body cam video shows dean firing his gun through the window. he never identified himself as a police officer. abc 7 news is strong in our commitment to build a better bay area and happening today we

could see a decades long transformation start for one east bay city. walnut creek voters on a plan to reshape part of downtown by the b.a.r.t. station. it would turn the blocks and blocks of car dealerships into multistory showrooms to open up more land for housing and retail. >> manufacturing, micro brewery or maybe it's a jewelry maker, leather maker, that type of use. >> i don't have a problem with that at all. it helps my business and helps the whole area. >> the city is also considering an outdoor music space or even a farmers market lot along with the idea of new housing units would come new walking paths for more access to b.a.r.t. than the current streets allow. and we always want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. you're never more than 7 minutes away from that accuweather forecast. >> here is mike. >> we may have a slick commute come thursday morning but most of us will be sleeping when the rain falls so we probably won't umbrellas. i'll show that you coming up in

a second. first dealing with increasing clouds and fog this morning. this is san jose looking north towards the airport and right behind me is the shark tank. fog to sunshine and the warmest this week is your forecast for today. cool again with clouds and fog again tonight. temperatures, mid to upper 60s, half moon bay, 66. san francisco, 68. you can see mid-70s, low to mid-70s around the bay. san jose, morgan hill, right around 80 in our east bay valleys. 81 in santa rosa. temperatures just about the same. mid-40s to low 50s. let's jump into our next chance of rain. you can see brighter clouds.

temperatures average to below average. waking up with all that cloud cover and you can see the mid and upper level clouds take over. drop our temperatures tomorrow about four to five degrees. cold fro m county, some rain there and you can see by 2:00 it's in the heart of the bay. it exits the south bay and then we see breezy conditions and a whole lot of sunshine during the afternoon hours thursday that will help drop our temperatures down once again. that will make things very slick for the morning commute thursday. so keep that in the back of your mind. here's frances. >> mike, i think more folks are back to work this tuesday and things are backing up at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. this morning 5:10. it's backed up past the 880

overcrossing. there weren't any accidents, just a slow ride but if you're heading to the richmond/san rafael bridge, looking good. no problems or delays at the toll plaza and, of course, if you want to avoid all that and take mass transit, ace train number one is looking good although it's running two minutes late. it's still pretty green out there. where we are seeing the biggest delays is out of tracy and that's heavy right now westbound 580, tracy to castro valley is 53 minutes. the slowest part is up to the altamont pass. 11 minutes and northbound 280 also looking good into san francisco. highway 1 is nine minutes and green. >> a driver suspected of leading the highway patrol on a chase in l.a. >> a reporter at our sister station in l.a. describe the danger posed to other drivers. >> one wrong move, one swerve to the right and to the left and that vehicle loses control, runs into another car. someone can be killed.

chp will get on this. >> wow. you can see sky map 7 clocked that suv traveling anywhere between 120 and 130 miles an hour during yesterday's pursuit. the driver eventually exited interstate 5 and surrendered to police. still ahead, disney unveils its programming lineup for a new streaming service. it could be the most expensive piece of real estate in san francisco and the views almost justify the price. >> reporter: how are you going to select your next credit card? i'm michael finney, this is a 7 on your side quick tip. if you go online you're going to find some great deals for business credit cards. nearly anyone can apply for a business card and get it but should you? you need to think about that because they have different rules than consumer credit cards. they could raise the interest rate on a moment's notice with a consumer card they have to wait 45 days. you are guaranteed a great period on a consumer card with a

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hoe has been sneezing out there? nose stuffier than normal? maybe it's the tree and weed pollen. we have elm, juniper, rag weed and sage. they have spiked up to the high levels the last couple of days as we get that secondary season during the fall. the uv index ismodete to be hea wednesday night into thursday to help us out a little bit? i'll show that you up next. disney has updates and launched in a couple months.

that is "high school musical the series." one of the 25 original series and ten original films that will premiere on november 12th. you'll be able to see every disney movie basically so from snow white all the way up will be on there. i'm already in. i ordered it yesterday. i preordered it. i have three years up front. that's how much i know i'm going to love this. >> really? >> you know what pushed me over the edge? the disney afternoon. >> that's what did it? >> you know what that is, right? >> yes. >> what is it? >> like duck tails.

know.o else? >> the rescue rangers? >> okay. you have three years. i get it. >> okay. a tech power couple is selling their home and it could set a record as the most expensive -- i'm sorry. the most expensive home ever in san francisco. >> check it out. it's this 11,000-square-foot mansion in pacific heights. you can sit on your terrace and look across the bay, see alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. you can see the oakland hills. >> look at that. look at all those rich white people. >> the home -- >> that's what it was, a portrait mse that part. i'll wait for it to come back. >> it has lots of beds and bathrooms, a pool room, a pet salon. >> is that a jacuzzi?

i can get into it. >> yeah, if you have $39 million. you need to stay outside. so this would tie the record for the most expensive home. it's owned by a couple who made their money in computer science and then they sold their social networking site to aol for $850 million in 2008 and now you can buy their home. >> i don't even know what that is. >> they have the coin. we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news including getting protected now. the flu warning from health leaders and -- >> reporter: did you feel it? you can see some of the effects of last night's earthquake in the east bay. i'm amy hollyfield. i'll have that story up next. i'll have that story up next. also we're reporters from the new york times. no flights. no roads. we're trying to figure out what animals are being affected. galápagos is a really challenging place to work. el niño is starting to go haywire.

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now at 5:30 a 4.5 magnitude earthquake gives the bay area a some minor damage. >> in south bay a bar fight the arch on f the driver who ran a man down. and a vote major bay area street. some people cannot wait for market street to go car free. >> it basically is right now, right? >> well, it should be. >> every time i made the mistake of going down, why am i on the street. >> everyone is looking at you -- >> why are you on this street? >> right? >> i should not be on the street and then when i'm biking on the street, oh, my god. it's like playing frogger. it's like your life and then you have cars and buses. >> it's too much. >> and railways. >> what lane am i supposed to be in and why are people giving me the stink eye when i'm trying to turn left or right. go straight.

>> hop on that trolley and go five miles an hour. that trip the ferry building to the castro takes your entire life. >> our h.r. manager loves taking that f car train reason. >> let's take a look at what's morning. he won't run into much in the way of fog but low clouds. the fog is thickest around the north bay. dangerously low visibilities, less than an eighth of a mile. please slow down especially when the kids start heading off to the bus stops. you can see that blanket of low clouds and fog taking over as we speak. temperatures very cool this morning, mid-40s to about 50. we'll be in the mid-50s to almost near 70 from the coast to inland at noon and 60s will stay at the coast. mid-70s to near 80, a little bit warm they are afternoon. now cooler weather on the way and a chance of rain. we'll see that in a few minutes.

frances? we haven't had a lot of accidents but there's road work slowing things down on eastbound 380 as you make your way from 280 to 101. lanes blocked until 6:00 this morning as well as on eastbound 380 as you continue past 101 to south airport boulevard and that should be cleared fairly quickly. also a dead cow has been moved out of the lanes southbound 101 as you make your way to petaluma, so traffic is flowing well. here is a live shot of the san mateo bridge. this is a problem for your ride westbound and probably a better option than the bay bridge because things got backed up early on this morning though no major problems and southbound 680 still looking good through walnut creek as you head to highway 24 for the taillights on the right-hand side. an you tnk you're slick. trying to ease it in a little bit. >> kumasi, don't have a cow. this morning business owners in the east bay are assessing the damage after a magnitude 4.5

earthquake shook the baylate la. >> the quake was centered in pleasant hill about two miles north of walnut creek. reporter amy hollyfield is live in the area with more. >> reporter: good morning. it was really felt here in pleasant hill and look what is going to greet a lot of employees as they arrive at work today this is inside an o'reilly autoparts store on contra costa boulevard. merchandise fell off the shelves. all plastic bottles, thank goodness so not too much of a mess to clean up. this is a quake that caused issues like this but no major damage has been reported but it will be a talker today. it was hard-hitting. it left you a bit breathless. >> yes, i felt it. it shook the whole table, the whole room. it was crazy. some of the people didn't notice, they were moving and everything but it was loud, clear, and i felt it. >> reporter: here is a look inside a-1 liquor store. you can see merchandise fell but you don't see bottles.

the owner said he has prevention measures in place to protect the bottles. it looks like it worked. he did lock the door right away when this happened and quickly got everything cleaned up. it was strong here but it was felt far away, too, as chico, tahoe, fresno, the 4.5 hit late. it was about 10:30 last night so it woke some people up. again, we haven't heard of major damage or injury. minor aftershs reported. the strongest one of those was a 2.1. you probably can get even though not a lot of damage to report, a lot of people will be talking about this today asking did you feel it? reporting live here in pleasant hill where people definitely felt it, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. all right, thank you, amy. time now is 5:35. we're checking in with mike for a look at what's ahead today. >> fires last week, earthqueswe. do you have your emergency kit ready? a couple reminders, here is a

look, reports of about 44 earthquakes and aftershocks in the area but obviously that was the biggest one and it was felt most where right around mt. diablo as you head up to clayton and you head out to the reservoir, a blackhawk was right on the other side of it. you can see danville and up to walnut creek and concord, up in the moderate and then the light as you get a little bit further away. so definitely a jolt. i know some of us were sleeping, jolted us awake. and then you hear it after that and it's unnerving when it wakes you up and you never know when one of these will be hitting so be prepared. kumasi? of course every earthquake is a reminder for all of us to get prepared. having an earthquake kit is critical. >> it should have battery operated radios, flashlights. have a supply of extra batteries, a three-day supply of food and water for everyone in your family. have a solar charger if possible and an extra cell phone battery that should keep fully charged.

also a manual can opener. well, also you and your family should have an emergency plan and a location where to meet if you become separated. make sure your home and its contents are seismically as safe as possible. get a quote and find out the risk for your house and what repairs might cost. >> abc 7 news can help you prepare. go to our website, abc7news.com/preparenorcal to get more tips on preparing for the next event. san francisco transportation leaders will vote on a plan to close market street to cars. and we're going to look at renderings of what could happen if plan is approved. sidewalks and dedicated bike lanes, supporters say the change would make things safer. >> i think it's a good move. i really do. it would open up the congestion and all that feeling that we

feel of just, oh. >> if approved cars would be able to drive across market street, but you wouldn't be able to turn onto it. emergency vehicles, muni and commercial vehicles would still be allowed. if approved a car free market street could start as soon as january. you have to see this video. it shows the moment that a verbal argument turned into a violent hit-and-run in the south bay. >> oh! >> this happened saturday night in downtown san jose. the first two seconds of the video, you can see two groups are kind of getting into it. and then you see the man in the dark shirt. he adjusts his jeans and others walking with him are walking towards two other people. because of the graphic violence in this video we're going to stop it right here just before the car speeds through the crowd hitting the man in the dark shirt and the impact, as you can see in this still sent him across the intersection and underneath a parked truck. >> i kept recording and, bam, a

car came in and hit the poor guy. he just made a turn there and then somehow he found his way out of there. >> police say it's a bmw suv and the driver still not found. there is major fallout from the pg&e power outage. state regulators have sent a letter criticizing its handling of the outage and demand a fix by thursday. the california public utilities commission says pg&e must improve communication with the public including fixing the website. as you know it kept crashing when people checked whether they were going to be a part of the planned blackout. regulators want pg&e to find a better way to distribute to local governments and first responders. the cpuc called on the utility to find a way to accelerate restoration to less than 12 hours. the commission will hold an emergency meeting friday to hear from pg&e's leadership on how they plan to address these

problems. in sacramento governor newsom is demanding pg&e pay $100 to every customer affected by last week's power shutoffs. coming up, we are getting an idea of the challenge the upcoming flu season may pose. the warning from local officials. a bold thief makes off with a pricey dali in san francisco. the art heist that's caught on surveillance. and a live look outside. what is that, reggie? >> i think it's a sliver of the sunrise or an alien ship. >> i like that one. >> mike? let's go with that one. yeah. actually the east bay hills camera, that's emeryville with the clouds there as we have that blanket starting to roll over t ts and off into the distance maybe that's sutro tower. let's move on. let's talk about with a we see underneath. temperature of 51 in orinda, berkeley, richmond, 53. 52 in alameda. everybody else from 45 in san

leandro to hayward and union city 49 degrees. let's take a look at other neighborhoods, mid-40s in the east bay valleys, the same thing in the south bay. 51 san jose. upper 40s in san carlos, mountain view and pacifica. 42 in napa right now. a look at walnut creek just about a mile or two south of where the epicenter of the earthquake was, we're looking south on 680 and it's 47 degrees so grab that heavier coat this morning. it's kind of chilly out there. foggy spots, remember, mainly in the north bay but there will be some as you head up into the hills trying to get through some of those passes getting into or out of the bay. mass transit cool to mild and foggy but a light wind on the bay this morning and light wind all day. peninsula starting off in the 50s with cloud cover. we'll be sunny by 10:00. still in the 50s by 11:00. we'll jump quickly to the mid-60s and low to mid-70s from 2:00 to 5:00. for the south bay we're in the 50s through 9:00. 60s at 11:00. and then we'll start at 70 at noon and hang out in the low to

mid-70s from 1:00 through 6:00 with a whole lot of sunshine. in the east bay valleys, 46 this morning but nearly 70 by noon. and nearly 80 during the afternoon hours. quickly falling back to 67 at 7:00. we'll bring frances in here and talk about thursday morning it's going to rain so that commute will be challenging. how about this morning? >> this morning it's been nice and quiet. we had some road work going on. unfortunately, a new crash down in the south bay. northbound 101 near maston there's an injury accident. here is a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights were turned on early so things are backed up to the foot of the maze this morning. if you'd like to avoid that consider car-pool or taking b.a.r.t. and also in san jose, this is a live shot of northbound 87 as you make your way to the airport there's some debris reported past 280, some metal debris blocking some of the lanes. look out for that. really the major slowing is on westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 46 minutes. elsewhere it's looking good,

green on southbound 680,

let's take care of those of that you are heading off to school whether it be the faculty or the students, it's kind of cool this morning, dress for mid-40s to 50 degrees. sunny and cool at 11:00 with

most of us in the 50s inland, in the mid-60s and then you can see 60 at the coast at 3:00, near 70 around the bay, near 80 inland. nice and mild to warm afternoon. we're looking at low to mid-80s. 75 in yosemite. look at this. the average high is 63. we'll be 54 friday. 50 saturday and 57 sunday. >> thanks, mike. in the north bay hydration stations will be installed in three tiburon schools after water tests at one school showed lead contamination. contaminants were found on three water founds at bel air elementary. the school district will put in the hydration stations and the with aer bottle filler. they will install them in the other two schools in the district by the end of the year. marin health officials are urging people to get their flu shot. flu season ramps up in october. the cdc recommends you get

vaccinated by the end of the month. officials are concerned because it has been a rough flu season in the southern hemisphere. marin county health officials tell the marin ij they experienced the highest number of influenza cases this year. it doesn't mean we're going to see a spike in cases but it can be a good indicator of what to anticipate. san francisco police are hoping that you might recognize the man in this video, the one with the blue shirt on. they say it took him just 32 seconds to go into an art gallery on geary street and walk out with a salvador dali etching. it'sen titled the burning giraffe and usually sits on this easel. >> usually it's locked down so i'm not sure how that happened, how it was not actually fastened to the easel. we're thinking it was sort of a group effort, someone came in to distract my co-worker and then ran off. >> so this is a picture of the etching. dali created it during a key time in his career.

>> we need to get that back. >> i'd say so. so if you see a giraffe coming by -- that's right. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast forecast. >> it's not the toys 'r' us giraffe. >> r.i.p. >> unfortunately he's gone. a west wind at nine. nothing too fancy there. i expect it to increase as we head throughar a slight chance of rain wednesday. a lesser chance friday as we have back-to-back cold fronts that will bring our temperatures down and make it breezy. here is a look at today, our warmest, morgan hill in gilroy, 84 degrees. 76 to 79 for the south ay. 77 in santa cruz. 77 in los altos and down to 75 in menlo park. 74 in san mateo on the peninsula. about 63 to 66 along the coast. 68 to 70 downtown, south san

francisco, sausalito, mid-60s north bay coast. look at how clean the clouds will be, also. that spread through the north bay valleys. 74 to 76. 73 in oakland, sorry. i didn't want to leave you out there. 79 to 83 inland. for tonight you can see the widespread cloud cover, fog once again and kind of cool, mid-40s to low 50s. check out the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow is going to be cooler with less sunshine. tomorrow night into thursday we have a chance of wet weather. i'll show you the timing and how much to expect next. here is frances. we have a crash now out of gilroy area and that's slowing things down on northbound 101 approaching maston. it's an injury crash involving a motorcycle. traffic is already pretty heavy moving at 17 miles an hour as you make your way to san martin and morgan hill. on the peninsula there's road work on eastbound 380 from 280 to 101. that should be cleared at 6:00.

i think they're clearing it now actually. the next ten minutes it should pick up. traffic is slowing on southbound 280 and also eastbound 380 closed from 101 to south airport boulevard near the united airlines employee parking lot. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights were turned on early this morning. traffic has backed up to the maze now. no major accidents, just a lot of folks heading back to work. if you're heading to the san mateo bridge this is what it looks like on the westbound side, the right-hand side is westbound traffic moving out of hayward to foster city and san mateo and southbound 880 has the usual slow and go as you make your way through hayward. harley-davidson is pumping the brakes for what is its first ever electric motorcycle. harley began shipping its live wire to dealers late last month but now it's halted production after discovering a glitch with the electric charger during the final quality checks. harley is saying the $30,000 bike is still safe to ride if

you already bought one but make sure you charge it at a harley dealership. there's no word on when the production might resume. governor newsom signed a slew of new laws over the weekend and one is a little unusual. a new law will allow drivers who hit certain animals to harvest the meat. on the list deer, elk, prong horned antelope and wild pig. anything protected by the california endangered species act is off limits. a study by uc davis estimates there are about 20,000 collisions in california every year involving deer alone. and that's that about that. >> we'll just leave it at that. new at 6:00, a south bay business has been around for 15 years, may be forced to close. a new study reveals when student athletes are most at risk of suffering dangerous concussions. do you have your real

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a new study reveals when high school players are more likely to suffer which are higher risk. dr. jennifer ashton says researchers looked at the top five high school sports and here is what they found. >> the highest risk boys football is up there followed by girls soccer and then boys ice hockey and they also found the highest risk of concussions in practice, take a look at this list, boys football followed by cheerleading and boys wrestling. this study didn't just look at the who and the what it also looked at when and found that the most concussions tended to occur towards the end of games

not in practice. >> that is interesting to know. you can watch a full report on kids and concussions. coming up on "gma" at 7:00 right after abc 7. >>n lth yr a standard driver's license will no longer be valid to get on a flight. the hard deadline to fly with a real i.d. is october 1st of 2020. the dmv director says you need to get it now to avoid the long lines expected later. >> for people that have a passport or government i.d., a military person or military spouse, they have a good i.d. they can get into an airport or government facility. for the people who want a real i.d. come in now versus in august of next year when the line is expected to get quite long. >> sfo, oakland, and san jose airports will post information at tsa checkpoints throughout the airports. >> i've had friends go out to tracy where it took an hour and a half if they just waited, otherweismann if you try to get an appointment it's in january.

>> no thanks. i'm just going to look at the increasing clouds in front of a cold front especially in mendocino county and in the heart of the bay at 2:00 most of us are sleeping and it's out of here by the end of the commute and a bright and breezy afternoon. now for the morning commute we're looking at the evening commute once it's over .01. you can see less than a tenth of an inch of rain. it just takes a couple hundredths to make things slick. it's going to be dicey on the roads. thursday morning prepare for a wet commute. a major injury crash in the gilroy area at maston. a motorcycle accident blocks the lane so traffic is jammed as you make your way northbound to san martin and slows again through morgan hill. a live look and here it's fine.

even into san francisco right now. we'll check on highway 87 in san jose, northbound traffic for taillights moving to the airport. some debris reported in the lanes. not causing any slowing at this point. thanks, frances. coming up at 6:00, we are looking at the queen's new crown and telling you why she swapped out her typical three-pound accessory. >> reporter: get ready for scooter-geddon. i'm jobina fortson where 2,500 electric scooters will be scattered throughout city streets. i'll have the details next. and are these shoes pink or teal? celebrities are bringing back this heated debate over sneakers. what's pink? nhing.

at 6:00 a.m., good morning on this tuesday, october 15th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here is mike. hi, guys. we're looking at fog across the north bay. thick around penngrove, jenner and napa. look at the visibility, one mile or less and that will be around for the rest of the morning commute and around santa cruz so be careful. you can see we have low clouds as high pressure is squashing the marine layer. mid-40s to 50s. we'll lose the fog. it will be faded by noon. mid-50s at the coast. 62 to 69 bay and inland. 72 around the bay. 80 a warmer afternoon but short-lived as rain is on the way. let's say good morning to frances. how is the commute? >> good morning, everyone.