avoid berkeley drive. go to abc7news.com/contest right now and you could drive away with a brand new matter car. we will announce the lucky win we on friday, august 2nd, right here on abc7 news. be matter. enter now. mike nicco? >> thank you, leyla gulen, we will start with the wind. it is friday and you like to kickoff and head to the bay sure or a boat on the water it will be hoppy with -- it will be choppy. the sea breeze has increased and we have an area of low pressure off the coast that will keep the sea breeze in our forecast and this is the dominant feature and the reason why we will have a cooling trend all the way through monday. the temperatures are below average for most of us today and through the weekend and it will bring us center clouds and the cool weather is nice and the monsoon moisture that could come up our way on sunday and monday. i do not have showers in the forecast. walnut creek is starting off with a lot of sunshine and the east bay inland neighborhood where we will be average an

. >> and i have another bump, this accident in berkeley along westbound 80 involving a truck and a car and the truck was pulling a trailer and it looks like a big rig has stopped as a good samaritan to put triangles out to guide traffic around the accident that is blocking a lane but we do not have delays and we are look at a slow down just west of this area but we will track this all morning because it could cause a problem in the commute. and westbound 580, this accident is still blocking a lane and now we are seeing delays as you make the drive into castro valley. in san jose, we will look at this picture, it will be 280 away from 17 and we are looking at clear condition with no accidents to report out there and traffic is running smoothly. a two alert fire broke out at a spa at 3:30 this morning at evo spa in mill valley. there are no reports of joins but you can see the damage to the store front at the spa business. in word on the cause. >> commuters could be stranded by another bart strike when the transit agency unions could walk off the job if there is no contract deal. our rep

this is the number 44. -- this is berkeley number 44. these look like bodies of water, this work was reproduced in life magazine. they suggested he was looking at these kinds kind of the and i think viewers feel this is kind of the meeting of the earth, the and sky that we experience here in the bay area. >> so, he is numbering each of these works. we are focusing on his berkeley years and how many images are they are clerks. >> there are 130 works in the exhibition. it is the first ever devoted to the entire berkeley period. this is the first one to go is on this period in his career where she becomes nationally known. >> can we see another one? >> so now we switch to figurative. this is the same are just in 1959 only five years later, it is a wonderful pain thing. captures one of the things that devincorn does best. which is to capture authorization. all five senses are captivated here. figure looks across the river to the horizon line. it has all the says primus it back hope of a new day but it is good it is all drawn from his imagina

and then berkeley. these california schools have high retention rates and then graduates have high starting average salaries. >>> coach facing child pornography charges. and then clock ticks towards a another possible strike. why a strike next month could be far worse than the last. >> we're now ten days away from a second potential bar strike. where negotiation stands and why transit officials say a strike this time around could be last. >> and a bay area high school coach arrested for child pornography. i'll let you know the latest with investigation. >>> a gas leak in contra costa county triggering evacuation. why some were alerted even though they were nowhere near the leak. >> santa rosa man called to say he killed his wife. the new information we found out this morning all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning. thank you for joining us on july 25th. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. >> i try for pam all the time. some had sunshine and some hot, dealing with 60s by the coast and 70s

we are following a berkeley police are investigating a homicide this morning. it was reported just before 7:00 p.m. last night. kron 4 mike pelton joins us live from the scene. >> the victim died at the hospital and this is just berkeley's second homicide and neighbors are concerned. >> i am scared because i live two blocks away from here. i do now one any thing to happen on my block. >> at this point berkeley police do not have any suspects but they are asking anyone with information to call them. >> the time is 6 07 a.m.. >> juries have reached verdicts in the trial of two men accused of taking part in the gang rape of a 16 year-old girl. it happened outside of a richmond high school homecoming dance in 2009. the girl was found by police slumped underprosecutors say that more than a dozen men were on the scene as she was raped and beaten. ma rcelles peter and jose montano face a long list of charges. the verdict are sealed and we will read them to you later on today. to others that were involved in the rape are already in jail after accepting a plea bargains,

the berkeley fire department responded. he was pronounced dead on the scene. it looks like it's a hit-and- run fatality. we had our fatal accident team respond as well as homicide detectives as and they are on scene. >> reporter: were there any witnesses or car debris? >> i don't know specific if there's debris. we're looking for witnesses to come forward if they've seen a collision, to -- to contact us. any details will be helpful in solving this case. >> reporter: can you tell us what's opened and closed? i heard an onramp is closed. >> we've opened up the eastbound lanes into berkeley. you can get off at university avenue and go east on university. you won't be able to access the freeway from university avenue. you can't drive and get on the freeway from university avenue. you'll have to use gilman and ashby at this point. >> reporter: are police officers directing people to detour? >> yes. we have officers posted at 6th street and west frontage to let people know the freeway is closed and to let them nope the alternative -- let them know the alternative ro

we have a hotspot in berkeley right now.ausing some significant delays still down the eastshore freeway. so the accident is right before the ashby avenue exit. one lane is blocked. check out the speed sensors. cars are moving at a crawl right now. looks like from richmond really starting to see delays around san pablo dam road down towards berkeley and then once you get past ashby speeds improve to the macarthur maze. the latest drive time 54 minutes. that's pretty bad. usually it's about 30 minutes or less this time of the morning. that's westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. let's show what it's doing to the bay bridge toll plaza. barely a delay at all. so this is the good news. it's all stacked up down the eastshore freeway. so if you are coming from highway 24, 580 or the nimitz, traffic is super light unusually light even though the metering lights are on this morning over at the bay bridge heading towards treasure island. towards the nimitz now, 880 in oakland, taillights that's northbound traffic heading

and he spent six months of the year in berkeley in northern california and moved down to pasadena and spent the of the six months of the year, his reason for doing that was caltech was already an established center of physics. he wanted to be at caltech to be discussing physics with the leading physicist in the united states but also wanted at berkeley a clean sheet to build his own school of theoretical physics and that is what he did. he succeeded in his ambition in the 1930s, berkeley had been a fairly undistinguished center of physics. within ten years by the 1930s oppenheimer built it up into one of the leading if not the leading school of theoretical physics in the united states and in the process made the united states a far bigger player on the world stage. he did that by his charisma, intelligence, he went to some schools, persuaded them to come to berkeley and within a few years some of the best graduate students in physics were gravitating to berkeley to do their ph.d.s with oppenheimer including this man who became a close friend of oppenheimer's as did many of his student

this is the 28th year this popular family event has been held at the berkeley marina.izers are encouraging people to walk, bike, or take a shuttle from golden gate fields, if planning to stop by tomorrow. >>> well, people were doing a double take in san francisco's north beach neighborhood this morning at burned-out cars and piles of rubble on columbus street. turned out to be a bit of movie magic. the whole setup was for a scene in the upcoming film "dawn of the planet of the apes" sequel to "rice of the planet of the apes" coming out this year. crews built a pretty convincing set. >> it looks so real. it's funny. you know it's contrived, but i'm wondering, how many hours did this take? it looks amazing. >> there were no actors involved, according to producers. they will be added in later by computer during post production. >> no apes out there. >>> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, it is a rare sight on san francisco bay. you're looking at it here. how animal experts suspect this pink flamingo ended up so far from home. thank you for making ktvu your source for ne

>> an accident we have been talking about was involving a pedestrian in berkeley and has resulted in a fatality along the university avenue overcrossing to 80. this investigation will be ongoing blocking off the eastbound 62 westbound ramps to 80 until further notice. university avenue will be closed, as well. you need to detour this area. no word as to when this will be cleared. i can show you what the drive looks like on 80 away from albany to the maze, we see a sea of headlights from the bay bridge which is loaded up from emeryville to san francisco. >> breaking news from the peninsula, firefighters responding to a san mateo apartment complex overnight following a three-alarm fire. abc7 news reporter joins us from the seen. >> the road opened up on bridgepointe parkway at the bridge point mall and firefighters are on the scene. firefighters arrived to find smoke but it erupted into flames with 100 evacuated from the bridgepointe apartments. most of them are back in. it started in a dryer. the apartments are new with a fire alarm system alerting the residents. >> i didn't know what

we want to follow breaking news right now in berkeley. let's go to sal with more. >> our news crews have arrived at the scene of this fatal hit and run accident that happened just after 5:00. the police are on the scene. and they are still letting people off the freeway but there are some lanes closed here on university avenue near interstate 80 freeway. ktvu janine de la vega will have a live report from this scene coming up on mornings on 2. let's take a look at interstate 80 this traffic looks good. >>> very foggy and cool to cold by the coast. and bay side 60s inland. 70s and 80s. temperatures coming down today and tomorrow. >>> also coming on mornings on 2 that breaking news from berkeley. police searching for the driver responsible for a deadly hit and run. >>> a jury's decision in florida leads to more trouble on the streets of oakland. 2500 miles away. i'm totally in love with the avocado on this sub. i love avocado so much i started a facebook page. oh, you should post a picture of my new earrings. those would go perfectly with t

so jammed up coming from the racetrack through berkeley and the berkeley curve.also north 880 coming up through oakland and 580. the big impact is 24 out of the caldecott tunnel, below 20 miles per hour to the maze and the approach and that why is why times will vary. west 24 the worst of them. christina, this looks like a temperature map i think for the area. we have some heat-ups going on again today, right? >> oh, yeah, the kind of heat you saw vhs tape left out in the sun in the car how they get melted and warped? it's hot enough for that today. so anything that could get damaged, don't leave inside your vehicle today. 105 degrees inland. you could gain 20 degrees inside the car. 90 degrees bai side. back to you, ladies. >> one last check of your top headlines. wildfire in arizona killed 19 firefighters, destroying at least 200 homes, started friday about 85 miles northeast of phoenix. this incident is the greatest loss of firefighters at one time since september 11th. >> counties across the bay area will start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples th

we were talking about the berkeley corridor and it is headed to the bay bridge.he news app is available on the ipad, and iphone or droid device at abc7 news abc7news.com. >> right now the abc7 morning news returns in 60 >> these are pictures on the right of cell 7 temperature showing the drive on the incline of. >> get beyond the toll plaza and we have been driving around bringing the reports and when you gets through the toll plaza it is not too bad but getting to the toll place is so slow, just a crawl, from 580 and the toll plaza showing very jammed right now especially the cash-paying lanes. >> we have developing news from arizona where 19 firefighters died battling a fire northwest of phoenix battling a folk that broke out after a lightning strike. it has burned 2,000 acres and destroyed 200 homes. they are part of an elite crew that fights fire by happened. >> same-sex marriages continue after backers of proposition 8 lost a request to stop the marriages. supreme court just difficult kennedy signed on and lifted a stay on gay marriages. 240 couples received

in downtown berkeley is quite valuable. they would lease out space or rent space in the back of the post office if they are moving out of the area. we want this to remain in your historic post office building. >> the berkeley post office has some of the most amazing new deal art that should be preserved and it is part of our national and cultural heritage, it is not an organization that's set up to make a profit. it was breaking even. >> they have not listed it yet. they said they want to find a location to relocate to and at that point they'll put it on the market and that's the point where we can intervene legally as soon as they announce it. it is pretty unanimous across the country, we don't want our historic post o closed. >> reporter: reporting in berkeley kron 4 news. >>> three people are dead and over dozen are injured after a bus flipped over in indianapolis this afternoon. fire officials say the bus was carrying 40 teenagers and an adults from a local baptist church on their way home from the camp. witnesses say t

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it's crawling through richmond and into berkeley and emeryville. it is heading the the bay bridge. the rest of the maze looks smooth. how do you avoid the backup getting to work? here we have the san mateo bridge as one of your options. consider the richmond bridge or b.a.r.t. guys. back to you. >>> thank you so much. that's what's happening today in the bay, back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> enjoy the weekend. we'll see you monday. >>> good morning, under guard, the driver of the train involved in that deadly crash in spain being investigated this morning as authorities focus on how fast he was going. we'll hear from one of the americans injured in that accident. with his son's future in doubt, the father of nsa leaker edward snowden joins us with a live interview. this morning, his message to his son and the president. >> and uncle harry, the prince opens up about his nephew. >> fantastic to have another addition to the family. i only hope my brother knows how much my baby sitting charges are. >> plus his plans to teach the young pri

. >> in berkeley, on those receiving the lowest pay got a speech >> reporter: some people marched downtown to a commission on labor meeting. >> they want the minimum wage raised to $10.55 an hour. >> in downtown berkeley, protestors say the bay area is expensive and even working full-time, it's hard to make ends meet. >> passers by said they agree. >> people have bills and stuff like that, and it's just hard -- impossible to make it on minimum wage. >> i'm employed half-time, but when i look at minimum wage jobs, it's not even worth it for me to consider because it wouldn't allow me to live >> reporter: president obama echoed those same words in his speech. >> we need to raise the minimum wage because it's lower right now than it was when ronald regan okay office, it's time for it to go office. >> increases have helped to alleviate poverty for the working poor. >> this economist said studies have shown raising the minimum wage could give a slight boost to the economy. >> in the levels we've seen have not resulted in decreases in employment >> reporter: some business owners tells us they ha

. >> in berkeley today, plans to close a downtown berkeley post office have been met with opposition. and some groups are holding protests and demonstrations. nbc bay area's kimberly terry is at the post office in shaddic. >> you can see the protesters are out here. they will be out here until the post office says it will not shut down and sell this building. the post office which was built in 1914 is the heart and soul of the community. the demonstration started at about 1:00 this afternoon, and the groups are also holding a teach-in on privatization of public services. if the post office plans to go through. they plan to sell the 52,000 square foot building, they will file a lawsuit. >> when we are threatened by these words, austerity. we're there's no alternative other than to private iize publ things. we know and we believe that that's not the case. the postal service only went into debt in 2006, before that congressional mandate they were not in debt, and it's only debt that makes them feel like they have no alternative. >> reporter: some public officials including the mayor and

the berkeley drive is traveling along 80 westbound you can see how cars are bumper to bumper.on is mike nicco has a warm trust ahead. >> it is cooler this only but it will still be hot this afternoon so hopefully the car has not overheated. live doppler 7 hd showing clouds hanging away the coast and the bay with no flight arrival delays at sfo and the big story is the same areas under the excessive heat warning and it was pushed back until thursday at 7:00 as we talked about yesterday. from mount tamalpais you can see clouds on the marine layer which is thicker this morning than it was but, still, the sunshine this afternoon and the heat holding on in the east bay and it could be 40 degrees between the coast and inland and everyone sees the temperatures pull back to normal this weekend. low-to-mid 90's with near 100 in los gatos and goal provide and -- gilroy and 80 in millbrae. the coast is mid-to-upper 60's and closest to normal and everyone else is above like 73 in downtown and 75 in south san francisco five degrees warmer-than-average. 86 in petaluma, the cool spot in the

live in berkeley, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you.ew at 11:00, a controversial ordinance that would make it illegal is now headed to the city council for consideration. a large crowd gathered today on both sides of the issue. those who support the proposed ban say it addresses concerns over the aggressive and unsanitary behavior of some people who live in their cars. those against the ban say it criminalizes behavior and people who are facing tough economic times. >> perhaps car dwelling could remain here with security guards or programs car dwelling could be relocated to another part of town that is further from residences. >> reporter: if the city council approves it, there would be time to educate people about the law and let them know about social services to get them off the streets. >>> the parents of audrey pott, the 15-year-old saratoga girl killed herself after pictures of an alleged sexual assault circulated around school campus and the internet. the amended civil complaint name a teenage girl who they accuse trying to cover

the city of berkeley is expensive. it is expensive to live in the bay area. >> i have a masters degree but i totally support the working class. >> i think that would be awesome if they raise the wage, if we could afford it, that is. >> and that's the rub. some restaurants want an exemption to paying tipped thursday and friday such as waitors the proposed higher wage. restaurant owner todd knee say there is is an ironic twist. >> right now we pay servers $8 per hour, okay? but they are the highest wage earner esiason in the restaurant. >> that's because they could easily earn hundreds a night in tips. todd pays his support staff well above the minimum wage now, but he says margins are thin and he says other states have already figured this out. >> there are 11 states in the union that have a tipped wane law where you don't have to pay tipped employees the full minimum wane. if you go to new york, you pay your servers $5.15 an hour. >> reporter: no one was able to comment but tomorrow the labor commission meets again to

the ambassador nor identified the victim as john of berkeley. . others not to walk on the overpass was replaced last week. the signs were not there of the time of the deadly hit-and-run. >>> on story road in san jose wases busy today. the company says it reach impact and now it is developing of a reorganization plans. some customers tell ktvu that they think they'll survive. >> it is like an icon for san jose it is sweping everywhere. this is something for the hispanic community. >> the company promised employees will continue to get paid and the store will remain open. >>> our bay area weather has taken an interesting turn, mostly cloudy for most of us today. for some it was muggy and for some a few sprinkle fell over head. notice that rain and the moisture coming in from the southwest. the moisture triggering thunderstorm, take a look at all the lightning strikes riding up the syria. we have seen a few sprinkles in the area just enough to get the windshield dirty on the way home from work. you can see it is just a hit or miss, this is the patter

looking at the berkeley curve, similar situation, lights right. breakdown going on at the gore point as well and that will be handled, more volume of traffic. so far, speeds at the limit coming through oakland, tracking northbound with the tail lights, steady but the southbound side, slight volume there, as well as folks come past the coliseum. i'll keep my eyes on the san mateo bridge, as well. another relief valve. the bay bridge, so far moving smoothly. again, we're expecting the ripple to hit the entire bay. back to you. >> we'll monitor it for you. >>> bay area certainly bracing for a messy monday morning. >> i'm really deeply disappointed that it has come to this. >> b.a.r.t. workers are officially on strike. >> just ahead, what this means for your commute. and how you can avoid freeways that could soon look like parking lots. >>> we'll do the best that we can to come to a quick resolution, and to get, you know, keep the bay area moving. >> but this morning, the bay area at a standstill. b.a.r.t. workers on strike, which means all trains, al

line from oakland to the transbay terminal and from berkeley to the transbay terminal each have four extra buses and the two lanes will run every 15 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. we will have complete coverage of the bart strike and you can find the latest develop the months on our website at abc7news.com. we have the latest on nobses, up-to-the-minute traffic maps and commute options. you can download our exclusive abc7 news waze app to navigate the freeway. >> in other news this morning, uc berkeley police are watching for a man who impersonated a campus safety expert, walked the student home and proposition on her. show refused and he left this is a sketch of the suspect, described as 6', 200 pounds with a blond goatee and we have a picture of an official uniform. yellow or blue. escorts have a university-issued i.d. badge with a link to the photos at abc7 news.com. >> the i-team has learned a napa restaurant is in big trouble for continuing to senator foie gras. the restaurant said they were serving the food as a protest against the ban but a superior court judge ruled th

. >>> protestors in berkeley are camped out to fight the sale of a post office. about 15 people spent last night in tents set up in front of the building on austin way. postal officials say they need to sell the building because the postal service is in bad financial shape. berkeley post office was built in 1914 errand it is on the national register of historic places. it's also one of hundreds of post offices across the country slated to close. >> how long are you going to do this? >> as long as we can until we can stop the sale of the post office. it's the will of the people and representatives to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> berkeley city leaders are doing what they can to prevent the sale of building. police have not asked protestors to leave or remove tents. >> all bart trains are running on time after an electrical fire in richmond earlier today. fire happened this morning in a substation in bart's maintenance yard. trains couldn't move. the richmond and fremont line was shut down for about a 45 minutes. they are looking into the cause of t

and back here towards berkeley and oakland, a mix of upper 60s and low 70s.f a home run in that forecast. still going to be cloudy. but very typical for the home team. that's a little bit of an advantage for us. you can race your way up to sonoma for the nrhr drag racing. the america's cup louis vuitton series is saturday. i think at this point the boats will be able to go off. but it's going to be a close call potentially with that race at 12:00 to 1:30. for spectators, temperatures expected in the low to mid-60s and also mostly cloudy skies. as we head throughout saturday and sunday, mid- to upper 80s inland, and it will of course stay cool at the coastline. no triple-digits in the seven-day forecast. see a lot of smiles over here. >> very comfortable. perfect summer weather. thanks, jeff. >> sure. >>> coming up, an upset. samsung overtaking an until the mobile phone business. find out why experts says people are turning away from iphone. we are all reflections of the people who inspired us, prepared us and guided us. at new york life, everything we do is t

berkeley, 70. and oakland, 72, and some low 90s heading east towards brentwood.accuweather seven-day forecast. one more terrific day tomorrow and then the cooler air mass takes hold. the coolest day next week will be on tuesday. temperatures low 80s inland, 60s at the coast and warm things up next weekend. follow at live doppler 7hd on twitter and get video forecasts, "spare the air" alerts, power outages information and weather tweets. >> if you like the heat, you get a couple days. if you don't, things cool down. >> yeah. >> ama: shu is off but colin is in. >> the warriors, feels like the season just ended and we're talk about them again. a taste of life as a prosch what the nba summer leagues are about. that's why they can make for sloppy, inefficient game but the warriors were playoff team this year. in las vegas. that's jerry west looking on. draymond green dropping a three to start the game. he had 15. shadow suiting up for the warriors. bazemoore, the best player on the court. washington's glen rice, jr., his dad was a heck of a player. got respect his ran

let's go live to lillian kim who is at the post office rally in berkeley right now. reporter: we're at the owes office on alston way where protesters have been her since yesterday and have no plans to leave. they're here for the long haul. 15 people spent the night in one of the nine tents set up in front of the building. the group is against plans to sell the building. postal officials say it needs to sell because the postal service is in bad financial shape. the protesters say the building belongs to the people. the berkeley post office was built in 1914 and is on the register of historic places and one of hundreds of post offices across the country slated to close. protesters say the camp is off to a good start. >> slept like a log. it was great. and you see we have food. we got up and somebody brought grits, and we're eatle well. last night we had a movie. the postman. >> how long are you going to do this? >> as long as we can, until we can stop the sale of the post office. it's the will of the people. the will of the representatives in city council, to save this

berkeley, 70. and oakland, 72, and some low 90s heading east towards brentwood. the accuweather seven-day forecast. one more terrific day tomorrow and then the cooler air mass takes hold. the coolest day next week will be on tuesday. temperatures low 80s inland, 60s at the coast and warm things up next weekend. follow at live doppler 7hd on twitter and get video forecasts, "spare the air" alerts, power outages information and weather tweets. >> if you like the heat, you get a couple days. if you don't, things cool down. >> yeah. >> ama: shu is off but colin is in. >> the warriors, feels like the season just ended and we're talk about them again. a taste of life as a prosch what the nba summer leagues are about. that's why they can make for sloppy, inefficient game but the warriors were playoff team this year. in las vegas. that's jerry west looking on. draymond green dropping a three to start the game. he had 15. shadow suiting up for the warriors. bazemoore, the best player on the court. washington's glen rice, jr., his dad was a heck of a player. got respect hi

the clouds, the clouds will link are like they did yesterday through the golden gate bridge and berkeley and oakland land and 64 at noon. 68 at 4:00 and become to a cool 62 at 7:00, the next 12 hours inland planner is 55 with clouds everywhere and clouds linger in the north and the east bay valley are sunny and 68 and below average and mid-to-upper 70's through the afternoon and back to a mild or cool 70 bit evening. at the coast, it is tough to break the cloud cover from drizzle this morning at 52 to clouds in the afternoon and mid-to-upper 50's. >> we do have moisture that is making its way down to the drowned causing slick conditions after we have not had rain for a while. we have that across the golden gate bridge and maybe across the san mateo. we mostly have congestion and a sig-alert in brentwood. if you are traveling along brentwood boulevard you will be detoured because it is shut off between sunset and havenwood avenue shut down because of a big-rig fire. and a project is were wrapping up in the eastbound direction. the drive is pack into san francisco. >> we have agree news fr

enjoy me for traffic routes tomorrow morning >> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, and this is abc7 news. >> an amazing underwater rescue of an injured shark off the coast of australia. seaworld released this video showing the team of divers lassoing the shark to bring it to the surface and remove a large hook stuck in its mouth. it took a while but dives got the shark up to their boat and worked to remove the hook. experts say it was an important rescue mission. there are fewer than 1,500 of these type of sharks off the east coast of veilia. a study points to a disadvantage of being a tall woman. for every 4" above average height there is 13 percent higher risk of developing cancer. average height in the united states is 5' 4" and most menopausal women were looked at with a link even after factoring able, hormone therapy, alcohol use and ethnicity. tall women get normal screening tests and try to reduce live style risks such as drinking and smoking. >> if you had a lousy night of sleep you may be able to blame it on the noon. records of 33 experimental su

. >> reporter: we head back to berkeley. we just got off the phone with the berkeley police department and they say it is a hit-and- run crash involving a pedestrian. that's what happened on city streets. and that's why they have had to close the off-ramp from interstate 80 to university avenue. so you cannot access university avenue off-ramps from eastbound or westbound 80. in the meantime, you can use gilman or ashby and it's beginning to slow down the commute on the main lines of the freeway now, as well. want to update you here traffic alert still in effect on highway 152. it's approaching lovers lane. they are still doing one-way traffic control in the area after a head-on collision involving a big rig. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, where you can see still no metering lights. fastrak users are still getting by okay. >>> in bay area headlines, a teenager is dead after a shooting in east san jose. it happened at 1 a.m. yesterday. police showed up just as a large party was breaking up. then officers stopped the

group save the berkeley post office continues to camp outside the building. they decided to close the berkeley post office and hundreds around the country to help ease a budget deficit. protestors say they can't do that. >> as long as we can until we can stop the sale of this post office. it's the will of people, it's the will of the representatives and city council to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> katie: the post office is on the national register of historic places. they only required to maintain the front of the building. interior is not protected under federal law. >> a.m. 200than is looking for workers. company announced it needs to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states at distribution centers. there is amazon distribution center in tracy. >>> it will be a big day for the san francisco giants tomorrow. president obama will honor the team at the white house for their 2012 world series championship. ceremony begins at 11:00 our time. president will highlight the team's ongoing campaign like the junior giants anti-bullying campaign. >> little league

group save the berkeley post office continues to camp outside the building. they decided to close the berkeley post office and hundreds around the country to help ease a budget deficit. protestors say they can't do that. >> as long as we can until we can stop the sale of this post office. it's the will of people, it's the will of the representatives and city council to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> katie: the post office is on the r register of historic places. they only required to maintain the front of the building. interior is not protected under federal law. >> a.m. 200than is looking for workers. company announced it needs to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states at distribution centers. there is amazon distribution center in tracy. >>> it will be a big day for the san francisco giants tomorrow. president obama will honor their their 2012 world series championship. ceremony begins at 11:00 our time. president will highlight the team's ongoing campaign like the junior giants anti-bullying campaign. >> little league success, a belmont team has a lot

we spoke with two educators this morning at the religioussb[ñ sc in berkeley.they told us they were somewhat surprised. they described the school as a progressive interdenominational christian ministry. in comments from reporters on a flight in brazil, if a person is gay, seeks god and has goodwill, who am i to judge. they should not be marginalized. the church had labeled homosexuality as a disorder. they said men were to be barred from thee priesthood. pope francis saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation. in a long and rather frank news conference, both of the educators we spoke with are from gay and lesbian studies at the pacific school of6m religion. they believe the remarks were completely off the cuff but critical. >> i think it's also important in a broader conversation even beyond the roman catholic church so that it really does matter drpá religious leaders say about sexual identities and gender identities. people pay attention to this. i think especially youth and young adults. >> i think it's in marked contrast to pope benedict xv

at 69 degrees and berkeley. your extended forecast shows pretty quiet weather as we head into next week. your inland highs will be in the upper 80s. for 18. >>janu: >> not checking any hot spots at this time. -- tracking. however, there is a wind advisory in place to be extra cautious if you are heading in that direction. golden gate bridge both northbound and southbound it's pretty quiet. as we take a look at our traffic maps. in the east bay, hercules the berkeley the drive time is about 10 minutes and no delays for westbound 580 out of livermore toward hayward. for the south bay, a problem for your ride both north bound to adl one and it seemed pretty clear conditions--quiet conditions for years out bound 101 ride through marin county. >>gabe: a bunch of new movies are hitting the market. but which movies are worth your precious time. mildred predicts dispicable me 2 will top the movie charts on google play when they offer it in the near future >> my job is to predict what will be the big sellers before they

. >> the city of berkeley is trying to stop the federal government from closing the city's oldest and largest medical marijuana dispensary. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that the city filed a claim in district court yesterday in defense of the berkeley patient group arguing that closing the pot club would deprive berkeley of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars. the justice department sees it differently accusing the club landlord of breaking federal drug laws and wants to seize the property. >> so far, no charges have been filed against a san francisco firefighter accused of being drunk on duty. police arrested the 43-year-old michael quinn on suspicion of driving under the influence after his fire truck collided with a motorcycle at 5th and howard on saturday. he was responding to an incident and the motorcyclive was seriously injured. the district attorney says that it is not moving forward until an investigation is completed. >> federal judges have denied a request by governor brown to delay the early release of nearly 10,000 prison inmates. in the decision, the justices s

. >> in berkeley an ordinance to require retrofitting on certain buildings will be discussed tonight. they are look at buildings built on garage or parking structures that were constructed in the 50's and 60's and updated to code. the ordinance requires the buildings with five or more units be retrofitted. the city has a draft of the ordinance that will be discussed at the north berkeley senior city tonight at 7:00. >> next month, burning manifest value -- burning man festival is now going to have 68,000. 50,000 attended the festival. it takes place on 4,400 acres of federal land in the desert the week before labor day. the bureau of land management has given other as fur year permit which will allow it to continue through 201. >> artemis is training for the first time since a crew member was killed in may. the boat is cruising on the water here yesterday. sailors are fine tuning for the race conditions. they tested the boat's propelling of the boat and will rejoin the race early next month. >> this morning in england prince william and kate and prince george remain at the palace spen

this is berkeley second homicide in the year.es: the victim of 46 year-old was found suffering serious injuries and take it to a hospital. he died on july 6th. following the death, and jimmy was charged with involuntary manslaughter and remains in custody this morning. >>darya: we are following the latest out of the east bay where police are promising store owners that will take action against of analyzers and the protests following the george zimmerman and verdict. three of the nine people who were arrested on monday night. here is video from you too. protesters or vandals at this point may not even be connected to the zimmerman reaction. they say some people are just coming into oakland to destroy a stuff. here they are breaking windows. you'll see some people doing the graffiti. in a news conference, police chiefs said this wave of violence is unacceptable. he says the department is stepping up efforts to hold demonstrators' accountable. >>darya: >>erica: it is not acceptable to come to the city of oakland and commit crime and

crash in berkeley after a man was found on an overpass in july.here are no sidewalk on overpass and it appears that miller was hit by a car. so far, there is no suspect or vehicle description. anyone with information should contacts the berkeley police. >> you probably are wondering who is getting sprinkles. mike? >> in the east bay, livermore you can see to stanley boulevard, not getting down to the canyon and other wineries but you could get a sprinkle. you can see headed to the west to the north of dublin boulevard headed through camps park we have a few sprinkles and we have one headed to sfo possibly south san francisco and the bayshore and that has been falling apart the last few minutes and right along 116 from sonoma to petaluma this is a better chance of something reaching the ground around napa from petaluma we see a few sprinkles. you can see the storms are moving generally from east to the north of west and the best of them right new are across the south bay and i was just tweeted that it is raining in sunnyvale. sprinkles through 7:00

mike pelton left north berkeley a few minutes ago.lieve he is making his way toward the bay bridge toll plaza. what did you start and how long ago was it? >> round 845 tie began my journey on 580 where it connects with university ave. on a normal day, it takes 20 minutes to geto not the this morning. i just went under the 880 overpass and i am approaching the toll plaza. traffic is improving, i cannot speak for the past 10 minutes but it feels like webbing going a little bit faster. it was essentially at hiking lot more than a freeway over the last 40 minutes. i have not heard people honking their horns. i've seen a handful of chp officers pulled off on the side of the freeway monitoring the back up. the fasttrack layer does seem to be moving relatively smoothly at this point. the cash lanes are not however and that is where i met. kron4 as of >> kron4 is mike pelton is leaving it with you this morning. he still has to get across the bridge into downtown san francisco. that drive time is running at about 80 minutes right now. let's se

the linage looking at now is the line to get to berkeley.an to the right you concede that this line that goes all the way down to the end of the block. this is the line for much of the afternoon. >> if you look a lot beyond the buses that is the line to get to oakland it is almost as long as the berkeley line appeared >> we do have some live from one of the union's we have antoinette brian with the transit union. >> what is your response to the last offer from bart?. >> was a counterincrease?. >> there was a reduction in our wages to >> what is the union sent to the union now? >> week requested 4.5. which is 13 1/2%. >> and then a one half a percent to be paid into our pension from the cola. >> we have not heard back from bart. >> are you ready to go back to the table? >> yes we are ready and we have no reason to keep the public waiting like this. >> was acquitted bake break and be back with more you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. i'm going to dream about

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berkeley fire was also called out to the scene. it looks like they are blocking not only are they blocking the overcrossing, but you can see they are blocking that off ramp. so it's an auto accident according to the police. and right now it's a good area to avoid. 80 westbound traffic does look good. chp is is also helping out with whatever the investigation is here. let's move along and take a look at the sunol grade. mission boulevard that trafc does look good. interstate 680 looks good. let's go to steve now. >> thank you, sir. we have a lot bigger in the way of low clouds and fog bank. it will equal a much cooler pattern. >>> dozens of people sent running from their homes at a fire in san mateo. what investigators are now saying may have caused it. >>> a number of businesses here in downtown oakland damaged after two straight nights of angry demonstrations over the acquittal of george zimmerman. we will tell you about one person who was taken into custody. >>> we'll have more on the continued search for a missing toddler. where

a berkeley police officer found his body at the university overpass. >> i would think anybody would be aware that they hit him. >> reporter: she expects the $15,000 reward now being offered will generate leads. she says cameras at the intersection unfortunately did not record the crime. >> our uncle was a very lovable person. and when i found out about the tragedy, it was real horrible. and i just want to find justice for him. that's what really matters. >> reporter: miller's family says the tragedy will leave them forever wondering what they could have done. >> he wasn't supposed to be a homeless man. >> reporter: police put on a new sign warning pe -- pedestrians and transients to stay off the overpass. >> i wasn't here at the time of the accident. >> reporter: once they process evidence, they may have more details to share about the car involved and that could help jog drivers memory about that monday morning. reporting live in berkeley, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> new video from inside the southwest airlines plane as it made that hard landing at laguardia airport. passenger was video

here is the berkeley commute loading up at 15 minutes to get from highway 4 to the maze. golden state park at the east end of the park. police released a description of the suspect. they are described as heavy set black male with dreadlocks and the other is a blackmail wearing a white hoodie. the woman, possibly in her 40's was stabbed in the cleft and the man believed 20 and 30 was stabbed in the abdomen. both have life-threatening injuries. the suspects drove away in a maroon vehicle the. >> in oakland the city council worked into the early morning to put two new controversial crime-fighting laws on the books in the wake violent demonstrations that followed george zimmerman's aquittal in the killing of trayvon martin. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> they voted 5-0 making it a misdemeanor to bring hamers and wrenches and tools of violence to demonstrations. look at this video showing people using the items to shatter ones during a protest of the george zimmerman verdict which was usually this month. it is nut just vandalism but a it wary was hit in the fac

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the north berkeley bart station. >> talks are scheduled today between the two sides. though talked over the weekend and they only have a week to go. we are told that over the weekend they discussed side issues such as worker safety, not the big issues but the spokesman insists they are >> we have not wasted the time. we have made progress. we have some big items to finish. >> our media partner, the san jose mercury news analyzed salaries and determined the top paid train operator made $155,000 a year. the best paid electrician was at $149,000, and the top earning janitor made $82,000. the newspaper compared the salaries with their counterparts at other government agencies. for example, to the highest paid train operator in santa clara transportation authority, and it is not even close. bart, woulders have bigger paychecks. the bart union is asking for a pay rise saying the wages have been not for four years and the cost of living has gone up in the bay area so the two sides still need to william to terms. if they cannot make an agreement workers

. >> other events includes the giants against the cubs and concerted in berkeley and a john meyer concert in mountain view. for the latest download our latest waze app. >>> a santa rosa family is fighting the county over seizure of their property. sonoma county is extending the runways at the airport and that means taking a 37-year-old woman off her property. and family says they are paying her just a fraction of what the land is worth. >> the house is called a tear down but the land around it is beautiful. >> there are vernal pools around there. >> she bought it just under $90,000. >> she is upset. >> what she is talking about the county is seizing her property under eminent domain to expand runways. the county is offering her $1735,000 for six and a half acres. it's assessed at $406,000. >> it's been emotional rollercoaster. our government should be protecting us and they are not. they are kind of taking our property. >> the family's attorney says the constitution guarantees a jury to decide but eminent domain, tax records can't be shown to the jury. >> they will never hear in my opinio

but, so far so good from albany to berkeley to the maze. we are starting to see a buildup of traffic at the maze and busy conditions when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> thank you at 5:56. a study says people with pair shaped bodies could have greater risk if deadly disease with researchers looking at 3,000 patients and those with increased belly fat were at greater risk for cancer and heart disease because an -- abdomen fat is more dangerous because it surrounds the internal organs. >> gender could affect perception at drinkenness. researchers say that in a study people judging a man who had a drink or two or more likely to think he is hammered and judging a william they say he is "tipsy." the level of the drunkenness has nothing to do with perception of the people, maybe something for bartenders to consider when deciding whose keys to take away. >> just now, next at 6:00, continuing coverage of the asiana flight 214 including new information we just learn overnight of the teenage victim. >> new this morning, look at this, flames

heading out to the east bay, berkeley, oakland, mid-60s. low 70s for union city. inland areas is running behind for this time of year. 84 in livermore. 82 in concord and san ramon. those temperatures will be rebounding to average. low 90s inland. temperatures within a few degrees next week. we have another great weather resource, live doppler 7-hd for latest conditions. get video forecasts and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. we'll always keep you posted. >> thanks. >> giants baseball to talk about. >> larry beil is in with that. >> the cure, the cure, excellent pitching, madison