he was a very talented cook as well, like hercules. they were both in philadelphia at the same time. he bought his freedom at one point. it was with the stipulation that jefferson said he had to train someone else to cook before he could actually. even though he had saved enough money to buy his freedom so hercules was in touch with him. i believe he was probably influenced by the fact that not only did he buy his freedom, but oni had escaped. there was a way in which there was a buildup of freedom and reaching for freedom on the part of people enslaved to george washington. the other thing that oni talks about later on -- she gave interviews. she lived in terror 80's. she lived a long life. she -- she lit into her 80's. she lived a long life. she gave interviews. she learned to read. she had been influenced by the haitian revolution which have happened in the 79 days. people who were enslaved around the world knew about the haitian revolution and the american revolution. when you think about the individuals were the closest to those d

so, hercules was in touch with him. i believe he was probably influenced by the fact that not only did he buy his freedom, but oni had escaped. there was a way in which there was a buildup of freedom and reaching for freedom on the part of people enslaved to george washington. the other thing that oni talks about later on -- she gave interviews. she lived into her 80's. she lived a long life. she gave interviews. she learned to read. she became active in her community. that is where some of this information comes from. she had been influenced by the haitian revolution which had happened in the 79 days. -- in the early 1790's. people who were enslaved around the world knew about the haitian revolution and the american revolution. when you think about the individuals were the closest to -- the individuals who were the closest to those debates that happened at the constitutional convention, in private sectors, that happened all over were many individuals who were slaves who were serving tea, cleaning the rooms, were in and

this is on puerto fee know court in hercules.ee that newschopper2 -- that was -- it was easy to find it because we saw the smoke from miles away as newschopper2 flew up the east bay. this is on puerto fee know court and hercules. we'll have more on this coming up. >>> 7:53. this morning, students are returning -- returning to a school in element, one day after a standoff led to a lockdown at the school. students were kept inside the school from 9:00 until 4:00 after several nearby homeowners were robbed at gunpoint. police searched on melrose and arrested four of the five suspects. the fifth suspects called police and wanted to surrender but was stuck in the attic of a home. >> he said he was unable to exit the home. he was caught in some portion of the home. at that point, we determined he was caught in a hiding place. >> firefighters imagined to get him out of the house. this was the second day in a row that a school was placed on lockdown because of a search. >>> last week, 22-year-old derrick shealy suffered a helmet-to-helme

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they never found hercules. they thought he was in philadelphia but he was gone. it's my sense that he was probably in touch the brother of sally hemings who were two individuals who were enslaved by thomas jefferson. a lot of people know, she was the african-american woman who was a slave and also a mistress of thomas jefferson. her brother was also a cook. he had travelled with jefferson in paris and went to cooking schools in france. he is a very, very talented cook as well. they were both in philadelphia at the same time. he bought his freedom at one point with the stip layings that jefferson said he had to train someone else to cook before he could leave. even though he had saved enough money to buy his freedom. i believe probably was influenced by the fact that not only did he buy his freedom but oney had escaped. there was a way in which there was buildup of freedom and reaching for freedom on the part of people enslaved to washington. the other thing oney talked about later on. she gave interer views and lived to be in her 80's. she learned to read and bec

hercules, castro valley, humanion city and fremont -- union city and fremont struggling to 60.e have upper 70s in the san ramon valley. low 80s for everybody else. 73 in hollister. phillies are in town. kristen tells me some of them are complaining how cool is it outside. maybe it's an advantage. 7:15, the first pitch. worley is from sacramento, somebody said. cool and breezy. 59 to 56 degrees. we have temperatures in the 50s again tonight. you see the widespread drizzle for tomorrow morning's commute. four degrees warmer tomorrow. more warmth on saturday. warmer weather with sunshine next week. hi, sue. >> good morning. we have a big traffic story. drizzle on the roads and high winds at the bay bridge. the toll plaza, a bit backed up. you can see the fasttrack and the carpool lanes are whizzing but i would venture a guess metering lights have been turned on. look at walnut creek, southbound drive on 680 headed to 24 junction. from highway 4. moving at the limit. we don't have stalls or accidents reported. look at the drive-time. if you are headed to san jose, 101 southbound, a

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. >> hercules. >> i think it will help the community together, keep the community together. >> reporter: they say the inaugural richmond party was hosted by the baptist church. >> in my church, i stress, united we stand. divided we fall. >> reporter: a similar block party was being held. the july 18th homicide happened right next to the park right when a block party was being held. >> i'm not gonna say it's getting better. but i'm not gonna say it's getting worse. >> reporter: what she will say, block parties like this do work. she's not alone. >> we're taking the risk and we just want to be a positive role to the community. >> it's part of the answer. i mean, it's not gonna be the thing that fixes all of the problems. >> reporter: heather not only lives in richmond she's a spokesperson for chevron. >> bit by bit we're working together as a whole community to work on these issues and that's ultimately what is gonna prove successful. >> reporter: success on the streets of north richmond. that's the goal. now the community hopes to achieve it. >>> new mothers and their babies took part in

low to mid-80s for everybody else. 70s in union city, fremont, hercules.o-upper 60s for the rest of the east bay shore. los gatos at 80. peninsula low to mid-70s until you get breeze and more clouds around san mateo, millbrae. upper 60s for you. a brisk day along the coast. mid-to-upper 50s. mid-60s in downtown, south san francisco and saucelito. north bay, mid-to-upper 50s also. valleys see sunshine and 20 degrees warmer. 60s around the monterey bay. if you are heading to the a's game. 7:05, going to be 61. cool breezes, dropping to 56. for tonight, you can see the 50s around. notice green along the coast. east bay hills where we will find the best amount of drizzle. a look at what will happen this weekend. sierra. upper 70s in tahoe with the sunshine near 90 in yosemite. your accuweather seven-day forecast -- cooler tomorrow. then we will see a small warming trend on sunday. monday and tuesday, temperatures are ten degrees warmer than tomorrow. back to where we should be. >> thank you, mike. >> you bet. >>> florida soldier woulded in the war in afghanist

hercules, 73. interior east bay, should be in the 90s this time of the year but mid to low 80s. very comfortable and brentwood 84. walnut creek, 78 degrees. livermore, 82. 71 degrees for watsonville. we'll go a little bit of cooling as we head into monday and raise temperatures a few degrees tuesday and wednesday. and a slight dip as we head into wednesday. then we'll start to warm things back up next weekend. >>> mike shumann, and mustache gang back? >> the a's seem to be back. that is a reference to only 50-year-olds would get. 31-year-old brad ziegler with two prospects but the story of the a's offense, they are exploded. twins got a taste. getting a taste of gold today. twins flexing their muscles. he crushes a homer off mccarthy. looking good with 3-0 lead. but they explode. sweeney shoots one down the line. conner jackson runs to third and beat the throw home. a's up 5-3 and pennington. a's score 6 in the third and won five of 7 with a 7-3 victory. >> carrara starting for the g-men. check out this smash and grab but that is as good as it got. zito on the hill but he gives

everybody else is 85, 86, 87 degrees. 77 in hercules. 77 in fremont.of the east bay shore 60s to mid-70s. mid-70s in sunnyvale and milpitas. 81 in campbell. 80 at san jose. pretty close to average. 68 at millbrae. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. break in cloud cover peninsula coast. mid-to-upper 60s san francisco, saucelito. more sunshine along the north bay coast and locked to the low 60s. san rafael, vallejo, near the water. keeps you in the upper 70s. while we have the low to mid-80s deeper in the north bay valley. around monterey bay, more clouds for monterey, carmel, pacific grove. mid-60s. near 70, santa cruz, watsonville and salinas. low to mid-80s inland. what is going on with the giants? we're tied with dimebacks but if we win today we're a game ahead. it's breezy and increasing sunshine. 63 to 66 degrees. see radar returns in east bay hill, peninsula and coast. that is from the drizzle is likely. the dome of pressure sinking toward us. we will feel it tomorrow. the temperatures will drop four to six degrees today. we will hold steady saturda

no problems as you head across still at 5 minute ride from hercules to berkeley >> funeral services wereeld for three year-old carlos not thought yesterday he was shot and killed by a drive-by shooting war the into under family and friends and those from the community that did not even know the boy gathered for the funeral and for the first time since losing his son the father spoke publicly about it >> i really am going to miss him there are no worse described he was very playful he was fun docks like a three year old kid. some of the money we got in donations are going to go to a small foundation and also all other victims of crime. we need to stop the violence stop the games when it doesn't matter what you are. the father said that $20,000 has been estimated lee donated to the family >> they're calling for more gang in just sends this is what some of the viewers are saying on our facebook page . if you would like to leave comments go to our facebook page and add them we may use them on the air >> new details on the death of a kidnapped girl two year-old madeline and her father died fr

much cooler along the east bay shore. 77 in hercules and fremont on one end. richmond and berkeley, 68 and 69 on the other end. everybody else in low to mid-70s. south bay, we have the mid-70s sunnyvale, milpitas. 80 at san jose. 83 at los gatos. peninsula, low to mid-70s. millbrae at 68. at the coast, low to mid-60s today. warmer, mid-to-upper 60s downtown, south san francisco and saucelito. even with the sunshine in north bay, the beaches in the low 60s. around the bodies of water, san rafael and vallejo, upper 70s. enlan and warmer weather, low to mid-80s for you. near 70 for the rest of the monterey bay with more sunshine and low to mid-80s heading inland. all right. we have to win this game today or we lose first place to the diamondbacks. they are going toover take us. #12:45 at at&t. breezy, sunny, 63. warming up to 66 degrees. around the state today, warmer weather moving in the central valley. low to mid-90s around sacramento, chico. yosemite. 102 in fresno. 112 in palm springs. nice day around l.a., 84. sunshine around tahoe. 81 at lake level. bring

we'll have 70 in hercules union city 71 at castro valley and fremont.lse in the mid-to-upper 60s along the east bay shore. san ramon valley today in upper 70s. the rest of the east bay valley in the low 80s. 80 at morgan hill and gilroy. mid-to-upper 60s around the monterey bay. if you are heading to the game today, we still need a lot of people there to cheer. it gets harder as the phillies are in town. 7:15, first pitch. cool and breezy. 59. dropping down to 56. you can see the drizzle possible again tonight. east bay hills peninsula and up to the north bay. the temperatures are mainly in the 50s. below average highs friday saturday and sunday, morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine. more sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday. have a great day. sue? >> we're talk about the drizzle and fog and we have a breeze and winds. high wind advisory right now for the bay bridge. both directions. be forewarned about that. it could get -- hopefully, it will get better as the morning goes on. metering lights remain off at the toll plaza. take a quick look an

low to mid-80s for everybody else. 70s in union city, fremont, hercules.pper 60s for the rest of the east bay shore. los gatos at 80. peninsula low to mid-70s until you get breeze and more clouds around san mateo, millbrae. upper 60s for you. a brisk day along the coast. mid-to-upper 50s. mid-60s in downtown, south san francisco and saucelito. north bay, mid-to-upper 50s also. valleys see sunshine and 20 degrees warmer. 60s around the monterey bay. if you are heading to the a's game. 7:05, going to be 61. cool breezes, dropping to 56. for tonight, you can see the 50s around. notice green along the coast. east bay hills where we will find the best amount of drizzle. a look at what will happen this weekend. sierra. upper 70s in tahoe with the sunshine near 90 in yosemite. your accuweather seven-day forecast -- cooler tomorrow. then we will see a small warming trend on sunday. monday and tuesday, temperatures are ten degrees warmer than tomorrow. back to where we should be. >> thank you, mike. >> you bet. >>> florida soldier woulded in the war in afghanistan

east bay, temperatures running a little cooler than average, but pleasant. 70 for oakland and 72 hercules and union city. inland areas in the upper 70s around dublin to the low 80s livermore, pittsburgh, 84 antioch and around the monterey bay you are looking at a temperature of 68 in santa cruz. get ready for some beach weather after tomorrow. 70s at the beaches. mid-nineties inland for your thursday. very warm on friday. that's when you will see temperatures approaching 100 degrees inland. a little cooling on saturday, and then dropping off heading into labor day. >> looks nice. >>> coming up, how to lose belly fat. is it better to lift weights or go jogging? >>> a report from the centers of disease control says we are not doing a good job controlling our sugar redrink intab. -- intake. one half of all-americans drink sugar sweetened drinks every day. this despite all sorts of public health messages and even legislation to curb our sugar rethursdayst. -- thurst. they are defined as fruit drinks, energy drinks and sweetened bottled water. >>> a new study says if you want to lose belly fat

union city, fremont, castro valley, hercules could crack 70 degrees. east bay, look at this. san ramon valley in upper 70s. low to mid-80s for everybody else. low to mid-60s for monterey, watsonville, salinas. 67 in santa cruz. more sunshine, 75 in hollister. low 80s for gilroy and morgan hill. traveling around the state, cool weather makes it to sacramento. only 89. chico, 91. 95 in fresno. still 106 in palm springs. tahoe at 79 degrees. talk about the accuweather seven-day forecast -- today's temperatures are three to seven degrees cooler than yesterday. more degrees of cooling tomorrow before the slow warming trend begins sunday. have a great day. sue? >> all right. we have an accident on westbound 24. this is san rafael. very good. i want to have you look at this, because there is roadwork northbound from f rvsheites parkland. southbound, your commute drive direction is very light. hardly any traffic coming through. look at westbound 24. an accident at the caldecott tunnel. cleared from the lanes now. you will find very little traffic. want to remind you that bart is offe

drive times are told this from hercules to berkeley. >> a former san francisco giants employee has been arrested. she is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the team including players' paychecks. she is the former payroll manager. robert o'connell is charged with federal wire fraud. the fbi says that she admitted to taking $600,000 from two giants players checks but there is more, after an audit to the giants say they found even more suspicious deposits into her account totaling $1.5 million. her salary is $80,000. investigators say that it looks like she used the money to buy cars and to purchase a home. >> live pictures into the kron 4 news room of a wildfire burning out of control in northern texas. take a look at these live pictures. we're looking at one of the homes that has been burned to the ground. so far 125 people have been evacuated from their homes. excuse me 125 homes have been evacuated. the fire is at 7,500 a. and 0 percent contained. it is still growing. 50 mi. west of dallas for fourth. this is the worst fire season for dallas tx. 3.5 million a. burned. emerg

hercules, castro valley, union city and fremont, try to make a run at 70 degrees. check out how mild in east bay valley. at practice everybody talked about how cool it was. the practice was in the 60s already at 7:00 out here. temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon. 73 at hollister. mid-to-upper 60s around the monterey bay. heading around the state, the cool weather moves to san francisco. 86. chico, 89. tahoe is cooler at 76. yosemite 89 with sunshine. fresno out of the 100s. 110 in palm springs. 83 in l.a. got a game in town. it doesn't get easier. we salvaged one game with the diamondbacks and phillies. one of the best teams in the league is coming in. look at the record. 71-39. it will be cool and breezy. 59 dropping to 56. 7:15, the first pitch at at&t park. the accuweather seven-day forecast -- morning clouds, afternoon sunshine tomorrow, saturday and sunday. slightly warmer than today. more sunshine, monday, tuesday, wednesday. temperatures will still be below average. >> good morning. if you get out on the roads this morning, we have good n

much cooler along the east bay shore. 77 in hercules and fremont on one end.70 for the rest of the monterey bay with more sunshine and low to mid-80s heading inland. all right. we have to win this game today or we lose first place to the diamondbacks. they are going toover take us. #12:45 at at&t. breezy, sunny, 63. warming up to 66 degrees. around the state today warmer weather moving in the central valley. low to mid-90s around sacramento, chico. yosemite. 102 in fresno. 112 in palm springs. nice day around l.a., 84. sunshine around tahoe. 81 at lake level. bring it back home and see the future radar returns in the east bay hills and along the peninsula. whether it's the coast or the shoreline. that is where the best chance of drizzle will be tonight. the jetstream will slowly work its way down toward us. as it does sea breeze is faster and the temperatures drop. we have four to six degrees cooler tomorrow. we warm up four degrees friday and hold steady saturday and sunday. warmer next week when the morning clouds won't be as persistent. >> thank you, mike.

. >>> a bathtub, even a boat that's what's being dumped in the city of hercules. >> reporter: today we checked out the two areas known by the city as dumping spots. the good news, we weren't able to find any debris. but take a look at this photo which tells a different story. >> they'll back right up and dump a bed or couch and you see a bunch of bags on it. >> reporter: although it's not an every day occurrence, one worker was called out three times in one day. as fast as he could get it cleaned up, he would have to come back. cleaning at a cost is coming at a -- cleaning is coming at a cost. but because of cut backs his crew has dwindled count to him. and he's calling people from other areas to fill in the gap. >> it does take them away from their normal duties we have to pay them to be out there. and we have to pay for them to dispose of the trash. >> i think if you have a big sign saying it's going to cost you this amount of money i think it'll clear it up. >> reporter: mcguire says there's no place to put cameras on this part of the road. >> a lot of times they leave it in the hom

. >> reporter: joseph morone and his dog hercules had their own close call this morning in manhattan. >> just when we passed the sidewalk behind me, the tree just, like, toppled down. >> reporter: new york firefighters took to boats to rescue more than 60 people, including three babies, from this flooded staten island neighborhood. >> when i looked out, my heart sank because all of the sudden the water was up to the level of the cars. >> reporter: here at the southern tip of manhattan where evacuations were mandatory, irene churned up new york harbor. but the dire predictions of flooding never came true. giving these british tourists a unique experience. >> it's so quiet! we expected new york to be arm to arm people. >> reporter: after packing up her battery park apartment friday, today jessica, her husband and their dog moved back in, thankful to come home to an intact apartment. >> i think they were trying to protect everybody. if they hadn't, everybody would have been upset that, oh, they didn't do enough. >> reporter: even before irene left town, famously impatient new yorkers wer

somebody wanting another piece and the sketch was part of an exhibit sponsored by somebody based in hercules> one of the two family pit bull dogs was involved in that attack. the husband said he came home from work last thursday and found their two-year-old male pit bull standing over his wife's badly injured body. police came and shot and killed that dog. the other dog a female was taken to the pound. the autopsy showed she died from shock and a loss of blood. >>> coming up on 6:00 i want to go to sal because the roads are getting crowded. >> southbound 101 that road is blocked because of a truck accident on southbound 101 that ramp will be closed for a while. people are getting off the san mateo bridge not able to get off of south and you may want to use the dumbarton bridge and we will have pictures coming up. the alternate route is dumbarton bridge and sunole grade traffic looks good and northbound also looks nice. >>> feds investigating bart and why the controversial decision to cut off cell phone service and the reaction to several bart stations. >>> what police are telling us about th

. >>> welcome back the city of hercules wants your help in fighting trash dumping.ok bags of trash dumped along the road. one day the city picked up 47 bags of trash the next day 35. the official in charge say there may be a connection between home foreclosures and you will legal dumping. >> a lot of times they either leave it in the home they move out of or they pack it and dump somewhere. >> city officials say if you see somebody illegally dumping call police. >>> they died avenue the weekend. he served from 1967 to 1997. before that he was a two time governor for oregon. he gave american involvement to vietnam and the american gulf war. >>> an american endurance swimmer is making her way from havana to key west florida. 61-year-old diana will become the first person to swim without a shark cage. she is swimming with shark shields. the 103-mile swim should take 60 hours to complete. >> i am standing here in the prime of my life and i think this is a prime, you still have a body that is strong and you have a better mind. i am not afraid and i have a lot of courage.

the city of hercules wants your help. look at these photos. city showed us bags of trash along the road. the city official in charge of cleaning it all up says there may be a connection between home foreclosures and illegal dumping. >>> a lot of -- >> a -- a lot of times they either leave it in the home they move out of or they pack it up -- pack it up and dump it somewhere. >>> this week pg&e will start to test gas transmission lines in palo alto. the worth is not supposed to affect gas service. however, customers you may smell gas as those lines are vented. last week, the testing of pipeline of 150 miles will take longer than expected. it may not be finished bite end of the year as hoped. >>> santana is recruiting a colleague. she says on friday, she's hiring jot john -- scott johnson. he's described as a problem solver who will handle the city's internal business along with the problem of a growing budget deficit. he takes the most september 9th. >>> today san francisco police kick off a pedestrian public safety campaign in the south of mar

paul chambers live in hercules. >> reporter: city leaders say the problem is so bad they can barely keep up with it. that's why they are asking the public for help. today we checked out the three areas known by the city as dumping spots, the good news, we weren't able to find any debris but take a look at this photograph which tells a different story. >> back up and just dump a bed or couch and you see a lot of bags. >> reporter: though it's not every day one worker was called out three times in one day. as fast as he would clear it more bags were return, one day 47, the next day 35. >> water heaters, bathtubs, we found a boat with the trailer full of debris. >> reporter: he said cleaning up the trash is costly. he used to have a you crew of four. because of cut backs his crew is just him now and he has to call in others to fill the gaps. >> it takes them from their normal duties and also we have to pay them to be there and have to pay to get rid of the trash. >> if -- it'll cost you this or some cameras i think it would clear up. >> reporter: they say there is no place to put cameras. h

hercules, castro valley, newark, low 70s. everybody else in the mid to upper 50s along the east bay shore. free a.c. and low to mid-80s for everybody else. most of sunshine here, notice how stubborn the clouds around monterey bay, stuck in the 60s. at&t park, taking on the cubs and handed it to us, 7-0. 61 dropping down to a cool 58. temperatures, cooler tonight and lack of clouds. low to mid 50s in many areas with the drizzle well down around the monterey bay. seven-day forecast, tomorrow is cooler than today. big jump on thursday. warmest afternoons, summer heat is back. >> problems in walnut creek, southbound 680, right side of screen, there is the incident at north main, mostly on the right shoulder but as you can see traffic is back coming out of concord toward 242, intermittent traffic breaks to get the debris out of the lanes. 80, pinole valley road, two left lanes, the top side of screen, westbound direction headed in the maze, it is pretty heavy until you get to the bay bridge and then we've got metering lights just

. >>> hercules had a deficit of $600 million but managed to reduce it to less than a million but laying more than 10% of its work force. governor -- comptroller chung is now questioning the accuracy of their budget. >>> and fans behaving badly at candle stick park. what we're learning about how the nfl tracks violence at all -- stadiums. >>> and the family of bryan stow releases a statement after that violence at candle stick park and also updates stow's condition. >>> happening now a live look at that railcar that's burning in the town of lincoln in placer county. actually unfortunately we don't have the the picture. we just lost the picture. but as we told you earlier the situation there is a propane tanker. it's filled with liquid propane. here's the picture now. it's been burning since midday. firefighters have been pouring water on it but they say they are going to let it burn out. >>> how safe is candle stick park given what happened there this past weekend during the 49ers game. today we learned that the nfl actually grades every team on its security. eric rasmussen tells us how

hercules and union city, newark in the low to mid-70s. low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys.ntwood, 87 degrees. hollister, morgan hill, low to mid-70s. quick look at your forecast, 53 to 58, rangers and a's weekend series. notice the cooling trend, sunday and monday and tuesday. slow warming trend wednesday and thursday. temperatures below average every single day. >>> we got an accident cleared southbound 101 in san francisco. right by caesar chavez, out of the lanes. you might find road work in the area. let's take a look at commute san mateo bridge, taillights are headed in the westbound direction over toward foster city. all is clear in the eastbound direction, no problems reported either. walnut creek, you are taking a look as you drive from concord toward north main. it's moving at the limit. you will find road work, sycamore valley road on an off-ramp. 2 stst website for all the latest updates click on bay area traffic. >>> next ruq ready for some football? >> plus the latest bright idea coming from some of the brightest minds. title this car is now gunning for are. >>

. >>> hercules had a deficit of $600 million but managed to reduce it to less than a million but laying more than 10% of its work force. governor premiering the revolution by lg. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free. >>> happening now a live look at that railcar that's burning in the town of lincoln in placer county. actually unfortunately we don't have the the picture. we just lost the picture. but as we told you earlier the situation there is a propane tanker. it's filled with liquid propane. here's the picture now. it's been burning since midday. firefighters have been pouring water on it but they say they are going to let it burn out. >>> how safe is candle stick park given what happened there this past weekend during the 49ers game. today we learned that the nfl actually grades every te

with hercules this afternoon. mid-to-upper 80s throughout the east bay valley. 85 at dublin to 89 in brentwood. low to mid-80s, hollister gilroy, morgan hill mid-60s to near 70 around the rest of the monterey bay with the clouds lingering around monterey longer. heading to fresno at 102. palm springs, 112. 78 in san diego. nice sunshine, 81 in tahoe. mid-to-upper 50s tonight. you can see the radar returns along the east bay hills. and the coast. the cloud cover is more stubborn and so temperatures drop 4 to 8 degrees. then monday and tuesday the morning clouds are less likely. good morning, sue. you have an update? >> i do. thank you. we have update for 128 in north bay. the cloverdale area. we have sig-alert. highway 128 between 101 and oak valley road. detour in place. won't clean it up until noon. oakland, stall, southbound 880 at embarcadero. blocking the right lane there to hayward before industrial. an accident cleared out of the redway off the lane -- roadway off the lanes but the emergency crews are there.

we're checking the ride it from hercules to personal plea with a drive time of 12 minutes >> we are checkinge wild fires that burned in texas and oklahoma we can see the amount of smoke hovering over the area there are 4,000 a. that have been charred already we will continue to monitor these pictures all morning long dozens of homes have been destroyed and thousands of people have been evacuated they have tripled digit temperatures and are very dry we will keep our eye on the situation >> 5 06 a m. we will be back with more in a couple minutes and a live look from our roof cam roo. will be back in a couple of minutes. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. 5:10 a.m. lot of libya they have a good idea where omar khaddafi is and they are confident

we will hit 70s around union city, fremont, castro valley and hercules.pper 70s through san ramon valley. low to mid-80s through east bay valley. low 80s, gilroy, morgan hill. sunshine and 75 at hollister. the stubborn clouds around the monterey bay with temperatures in the 60s. breezy and cool at the coliseum tonight. the 7:05 first pitch. 61 degrees dropping to 56. the drizzle will be thickest along the coastline tonight. tomorrow is cooler than today. slow warming trend sunday. look for a lot of sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday, with the temperatures close if not slightly warmer than average. have a great weekend. sue? >> we are going back to 24. still have a sig-alert in effect. the westbound center bore is closed. although, we're getting reports that that is just about getting ready to be cleared. for now, the sig-alert in effect. center bore is closed. right bore is open. you can use that this morning. just getting word of a bart delay. 10 minutes. richmond and fremont, millbrae direction. due to earlier medical emergency. so bart experiencing a

highway 8011 minute drive time from hercules to berkeley >> memorial service will be held this afternoon a pregnant woman was mauled to death by air pull out bit old she was killed last thursday >> this is where the memorial service will be help at the woodside chapel family and friends will convert your this afternoon for a private service for the loss of the 32 year-old they are still asking why the pit bull turned violent she died of injuries than in the memorial service she was an outspoken person and was very active they will be remembering her this afternoon at 1:00 during a private service for family and friends. >> much more meets the eye and cool in new tv spot as the tech reporter gabe slate showed you in the stent record-keeping >> i want show you'll a in growing trend tees are built into a a fondness fema right now the tv's ourselves then a they are packaged in a thema baseball's passed balls foot walls. they are great for kids they have bazaar design like this french fry tv i love french fries but not that much these apples on the wall opened up to a scream you can get a lak

low 70s hercules. 69 in san leandro. so about 10:00, 11:00 we should see clearing in the east bay. in valleys it will be sooner. so we will see the highs today slightly warmer here. 80 in danville. 78 in dublin. later today we get in the sun. look at cool numbers, 65 in monterey with 83 in morgan hill. a look ahead. a few degrees cooler tomorrow coming up again on sunday. a steady increase in afternoon highs, all around the bay. from tuesday right on through the middle of next week. hi there, sue. >> good morning. if you are trying to make early get-away to 580. the freeway, the eastbound direction, the get-away direction, we have accident at north flinn blocking lanes. not too slow in eastbound direction but you can see the rubber neckers and the typical slow traffic westbound 580 toward livermore in downtown livermore to the dublin interchange. it is beginning to bunch up a little bit. farther west at macarthur in oakland. report of debris in lanes. it looks like a sofa fell off the back of a truck. in the lanes there. if you are looking for a sofa, get over there and get out of

the equipment requested included hercules military aircraft.ed states sold some to libya, and a ban on arms sales prevented the u.s. from delivering the warplanes, because relations had improved by that meeting, senator mccain assured that the united states wanted to provide libya with the equipment it needs for its security. he pledged to see what he could do to keep things going forward in congress. >>> soon, colonel gadhafi joined the meeting. the cable says gadhafi was notably silent on the subject of obtaining equipment, and two of the u.s. senators were not. mccain and graham conveyed the u.s. interest of continuing the progress of the bilateral relationship, and today politico obtained a response from the communications director, and read in part at no point did senator mccain ever promise to help the gadhafi >> all right. so what does this mean about the john mccain foreign policy world view? at some level, okay, granted, yes, he just told gadhafi what gadhafi wanted to hear. that said, what the cable reveals is that john mccain jz that

even 70 up at hercules. inland east bay mainly upper 70s. 80 concord and pittsburgh. 82 brentwood. 79 pleasantton. 77 dublin. 78 danville. monterey bay mid to upper 60s near the bay and 80 inland at gilroy and morgan hill. our accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures bounce back a few degrees on friday. saturday they will drop a couple of degrees and sunday bounce back up a couple of degrees on monday. by midweek next week we will see high temperatures climbing back closer to the normal range. upper 80s around the bay upper 70s. although it is pleasant i know a lot of people like that really warm summer weather and we just don't have it yet. >> a little bit warmer would be nice, too. >> i know, right. >> thank you, spencer. >> okay. >>> when we come back, a new old hitchcock movie. what is believed to be the only surviving copy of the master's first for ray into film making. we will tell you where it was a marin county neighborhood was left with quite a mess after a water main burst spraying the neighb

with hercules, but the upper 60s hang on in rich monday and berkeley.d-70s where we start in the south bay with sunnyvale and milpitas at 76. campbell, 81. los gatos, warm spot, 83 as usual. 63 in millbrae. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. 73 in menlo park. check out low to mid-60s along the coast today. mid-to-upper 60s in downtown south san francisco and saucelito. san rafael, vallejo, upper 70s. the rest of the north bay valley in the low to mid-80s with 85 in sonoma today. low 60s at your beaches. we'll have mid-60s, monterey and carmel. more cloud cover than yesterday. low 70s in santa cruz, watsonville, salinas. low to mid-80s, hollister, gilroy and morgan hill. 12:15 day game today. wrapping up a three of game set. took it on the chin again last night, now we're tied with the diamondbacks for the lead in the west. 12:45, first pitch. breezy and increasing sunshine. 63, warming up to 66 today at at&t. all right, tonight, you can see the cloud cover hanging around. drizzle possible in north bay hills and to the coast and the peninsula. the temperat

the ramp has also re-opened ahead of schedule there in hercules. this is a major overnight ramp closure westbound 4 to westbound 80 in the commute direction. so traffic detoured on 80 to willow from there. it wrapped up ahead of schedule. all lanes open now. westbound 4 looking good through antioch to pittsburg, concord. still top speed. once again the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights, quick trip into san francisco. that is your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a big announcement from president obama. his plan to save a million jobs. >> no roads and no bridges. the race to get the victims cut off by hurricane irene and how the national guard is stepping in. >> screams of terror at a northern california amusement park. the accident and injuries. that's coming up. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the

east bay shore, san leandro hercules, castro valley, fremont, newark, low to mid-70s.rybody else mid-60s. head to east bay valley. walnut creek dublin upper 70s. low to mid-80s in antioch and brentwood. if we get to 90s, those are the areas. 70s around the bay. around the state we have the upper 80s around chico and sacramento. 78 in tahoe to 108 in palm springs. giants forecast, pirates are in town. it's good thing. not good against the last two teams. 7:15 is the first pitch. we have a few more degrees of inland deeper in the forecast. sue? >> congratulations to my colleague and friend frances dinglasan. baby boy. try to get some sleep. all of us moms know what it's like. 280 southbound, san jose. light traffic, but i want to tell you about a problem 17 northbound. check out the san mateo bridge eastbound -- this is westbound foster city. that is at the limit. fog on the span. walnut creek moving well. be forewarned that you have construction around the stone valley road. click on abc7news.com, bay area traffic, for your information. >> thank you. >>> 5:22 is the tim

. >> we do have blackhawk helicopters and c 130 hercules aircraft ready to respond after the storm passes, if so needed. >> reporter: for the people living down here, the strong winds are just one of the concerns. the water is another. the storm surge, along with the heavy rain, are expected to bring severe flooding. up north, officials didn't wait for irene to finish pounding the carolina coast. >> if you want to be safe, now's the time to start moving. >> reporter: for the first time ever, new york city's mayor ordered a mandatory evacuation of residents in low-lying areas. the entire mass transit system will also shut down today. >> if that's what the city needs to do, then i mean, safety first. >> reporter: airlines aren't taking any chances either. more than 6000 flights have been canceled through monday, when irene should finally be heading out to sea. now, as we come back live to you, you can see the winds are really starting to pick up here on kill devil hills. the rain also is starting to come down harder and harder. that's one of the things that they are very concerned about her

if you are planning on traveling out of hercules, westbound into richmond you will hit the brakes for sure. lots of red on the sensors. we have an accident involving two vehicles now over to the shoulder out of lanes. speeds down to 6 miles per hour so really a crawl through there. the accident was west 80 at pinole valley road activity off to the side no word when it will be cleared off the freeway. over to 80 we go out at waterman we have a traffic alert for the on-ramp to 80. we are getting word that the right lane may be blocked, as well. this is due to an accident. they are clearing it out. delays approaching the scene. over to 680 we go. southbound 680 at main that accident cleared to the right shoulder sluggish backed up to 242 also seeing some delays due to the backup on 680 but, of course, once you get out of walnut creek and you pass the congestion and that accident, traffic fine south of there. bay bridge metering lights are on backed up to 880 and again 46 minutes coming off the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 880 not too bad this morning. one of o

hercules castro valley union city and newark in the low to mid-70s.nvestigators were within rights to go after it. two officers shot the dog three times killing it. the investigation is going to continue today. there were two pit bulls in the house and investigators feel it was unneutered male that did the killing. the spayed female is going to be allowed to live and not considered any part of the attack. investigators are also saying there is no law here in pacifica with regards to neutering pit bulls as there is in san francisco. they are hoping the test is going to show possibly some information as to why the dog did what it did. there is a possibility we will never know why it happened. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> checking other top stories. >> a man charged with a murder of three-year-old carlos nava is scheduled to return to court today. 26-year-old parolee was taken into custody tuesday outside a home in pittsburg. this of searching for a second suspect. investigators say the boy was unintended target. >> they are investigating an armed

. >>> police at hercules are investigating what they are calling a hate crime against a jewish woman.david said she went to her car wednesday morning and found a two-foot wide sauce tickty parked on the hood of her toyota prius. her car was parked at the m et al space at her -- at her complex. if you have any information about this, give police a call. >>> 22-year-old andrew dow and his father ed were found dead one week ago in their los gatos home. investigators believe ed dow shot his son before taking his own life. they say andrew dow was fighting cancer and his father may have been trying to spare him from suffering. >>> tori, we've been watching that juno launch. wife's been told it's been about -- it's been delayed for about five minutes. we'll switch back but we wanted to let you know what happening with the delay. no delay with sal. he know what's going on with the commute. >> thank you, dave. we do know what's going on with the commute. we're gonna start with our livermore-based mule, looking pretty good there. there are commute, looking pretty good there. as we move to haywa

this was sponsored by the art institute based on hercules. >>> the temper of two nascar drivers becameter than their engines. nascar will review an altercation from yesterday's race in new york. and the driver bumped another car and that triggered a big crash that sent two of them just hurdling into the wall. now after the race, witnesses say that biffle took a swing. >> and he is the most unprofessional little scardy cat i have seen in my life. he wouldn't fight me like a man. and if someone texts me his address, i'll go to his house and show him what he needs. he needs a whooping. >> well, biffle blames him for the wreck, accusing him of ignoring the safety of his fellow drivers. >> there's a lot of tempers flaring. >>> all right, 7:56, we want to check in with sal keeping an eye on the bay bridge for us right now. >> reporter: that's right, westbound bay bridge is getting slow. it's been slow, but even slower now. backed up for about a 15-minute wait trying to get into san francisco. and we checked the south bay for you and the traffic is going to be busy on 280 northbound near here

i remember when i was working for president nixon in the early 1990s hercules idiot oman i get is interestinguse when kissinger and i opened relations with china in the early 70s it was all of us should he take issues with we talked about before the break. he said now in the early '90s, he said notice almost all about economics. i think now in the 21st century it is a combination of both, strategic and economic. when you look at china's incredibly rapid economic rise, are you stunned, are you surprised or not at all? >> guest: i am surprised and so would nixon be. anyone from the original group that opened to china. when nixon -- when i had been to china but before nixon went, nixon invited the french -- who had been in china to see what we could learn from them and monroe said china is a desperately poor country in the blows that you could do for them is to it give them economic aid. mao did not want economic aid and he did not want china connected with the rest of the world at all. china was so poor at the time that when nixon went there, they did not have telephonic equipment with washingt

if you have ever eaten there, it's hercules alone. one salad could feed an army. ♪ think, about what you're trying to do to me". >> i think that everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing, this isn't like running for governor, senator or congress. you have to be more careful about what you say. i'll cut him some slack. he's only been at it for a couple days now. >> good morning. it's wednesday, august 17th. with us on set in new york city, mark halperin, pat buchanan, nicolle wallace and the president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> al sharpton, we'll start with you. we talked about it yesterday, not just the treason with the fed, but where he said i don't know if the president loves america, go ask him. are you troubled by the president's response yesterday? i saw some progressive's saying fight back. the president gave perry a pass yesterday. >> i think what he said is he gives him some slack. i don't kno

the top of the screen, it will be coming down westbound out of hercules into the 40s and 50s where youring up past golden gate field so. about 23 minutes off of the carquinez bridge. slowing heading away from the bridge through berkeley. watch for that. no incidents there. 680 slow south of the walnut creek interchange. that's the major part of that east bay commute around the maze. further south, in the east bay, southbound 880 starting to jam up south of 92. there is an accident in the northbound side around tennis son that might be visible and typically we see the volume bum up, 92 and 84 about this time as well. slowing toward willow on the southbound side of 101. an accident there, moving to the shoulder but causing a bit of distraction as that bump in traffic in the southbound side down in the south bay starts to kick in about now and the south bay shows slowing 101 past the airport and capitol expressway. >> thank you, mike. for the latest traffic and news updates check out nbc bay morning news on facebook. i'll have another update in a half hour. ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-m