i grew up in plaza east. i see some of my folks here. [applauding] >> on eddie and laguna, spent more than half my life there. and sadly back then when i was graduating from high school, a lot of the people that i grew up with were not graduating with me. i looked over this list of young kids. i see kids i know from -- well, you guys are not kids any more, right? you're adults. and it's really -- it's like none of you are my children, but i know what you went through growing up in public housing. i know the challenges that we faced in this city and how i know as a kid, i felt neglected. i felt lost. i felt that there was no opportunity for me, but had it not been for some incredible adults, mentors, some mayor youth employment and training program, i don't know what i would have done. my brother didn't graduate from college. he's in jail. my sister -- excuse me, my brother didn't go to high school. i lost my sister to a drug overdose. i had some serious challenges growing up. i went through college, made it. i know each and every one of

plaza as well. chp, they got the update as well. live cameras help out. only by a couple of seconds. looking toward the eastshore freeway, drive out of the maze nice. no concerns for that flow approaching the toll plaza. south pleasant hill and concord. the sig-alert cleared as the burst of traffic coming in off of 242, 680, highway 4 of the benecia bridge. rest of the area looking good for highway 4 and 24 lafayette toward the caldecott tunnel. san mateo bridge, easy drive westbound. before 6:00 i saw a lot of slowing on the western side. peninsula side. it has smoothed out. watching it carefully. 92 critical point crossing the bay. >>> 6:10. more fallout from the plane crash at sfo. the new twist into the investigation that could lead to legal action and new details pay another 777 aircraft brougroundt l.a.x. >> pot smokers and churchgoers, soon the government will look at the business. >>> a camp for cancer patients evacuated overnight as a wildfire rages on in southern california. we'll tell you why a sudden gut of wind could throw off the entire firefighting effort. >>> here in the bay area, live outsi

the east river plaza mall, the east river plaza mall, which is target and costco and a whole bunch of restaurants and other stores, that -- right again right where my wife's art studio is, that's the kind of thing you've got to do, and if people would come and take a look at that thing which is thriving and creating a couple thousand jobs, you could see a model that could be used in detroit and other cities around the country. charlie, i'm looking for a model here, and it's the kemp/rangel/garcia, we need a model of leadership. >> you're right, you're right, and the economic corridor from river to river has been rejuvenated and we haven't asked the government for any more money. we've made the money by servicing the loans and giving out the grants from there. you're right. if the three bodies in the private sector could come together and like you said everybody see what the problem is and see how we can resolve it, just the whole idea of an empowerment zone and empowerment city, anybody with any great ideas, that's the place that we should go. >> i mean, you can have -- you said it be

the limit from the coliseum into downtown, zipping into the 50s approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. eastre freeway slowing through berkeley and emeriville around the berkeley curve. backup at toll plaza back from west grand avenue itself where the big slowing starts to the toll plaza itself. slower drive over the span at times because of the clouds drifting over. fog into san francisco, bay bridge, golden gate. look at this shot over from the north bay. you can't see the north tower. keep that in mind south of the waldo tunnel and in patches. >>> time 6:23. a storm churping in the atlantic become a hurricane? we're tracking it live. >>> new images from the site of a deadly plane crash in alaska. hurdles ahead in the investigation that could keep the cause a mystery stforever. >>> closer to home, that wreckage still out there from asiana air lines flight 214 at sfo. a lot of questions surrounding this crash. human error, technical, equipment? bob redell talking about this with the officials out there at sfo. a live report coming up. the thing is bee, i got my mom wrapped around my little

reduced visibility and reduce the visibility along the east bay shore with a thin layer of moisture hanging around as we look from the bay bridge toll plaza to the east bay hills and 24 hour temperature change compared to yesterday to today, it will be one to two degrees warmer if not exactly the same in san jose at 8 degrees. with high clouds in the south, and these will bubble up into thunderstorms loan the sierra and at yosemite or tahoe there could be a scattered thunderstorm with 82 in tahoe and most temperatures are in the triple digits today. now an update on the commute. leyla gulen? >> a project is wrapping up at 5:00 a.m. with cones being picked up along 880 headed along in the northbound direction between 23rd and embarcadero you can see we are looking at a slow down and slow not cone zone as we look at drive time traffic along highway 4 from antioch to hercules. 80 westbound is 15 minutes and from highway 85 to san jose airport is under ten ten minutes. the golden gate bridge is not so foggy from sausalito into san francisco. matt and kristen? >> the government student loan tail mate has inned. good news for students in the fa

plaza. another saying it too 90 minutes to get from east oakland to the toll plaza. that driver's van overheated. caltran said it is bringing in extra toll takers to accommodate the crush expected here at the toll plaza in the next couple of hours. carpool is the best bet, casual carpool if you can. carpool lanes are closed at this hour and open at 5:00 a.m. and fast track was running very well yesterday. cash-paying lanes, not is much. if you have fast track, that is your best bet. >> we have the information you need to get through the bart strike including all the commute options on the web site at abc7 news co. you can down led our waze traffic app to negotiate the freeways and be sure to follow us on twitter. >> breaking news in oakland from the grand lake district. police have confirmed to abc7 news that two employees of a wing stop were shot and killed inside the restaurant last night. this happened around the corner from the grand lake theater. abc7 news reporter is there. matt? >> in the past half hour the alameda county coroner arrived on the scene on lake p

that toll plaza snarl. >> commuters can hop aboard a bus at four east bay bart stations.station in san francisco. christie smith joins us live. day two any smoother out there? >> reporter: good morning to you. i can tell you we are getting to the busy part of the commute and it certainly shows this morning. commuters kind of a mixed bag on this one. they are glad they have a way to get into the city but getting tired of the strike and it is only day two. i have new numbers. bart has moved 20 charter buses into the city from west oakland. yesterday about this time they tell me that they had only moved about five because more people know about the buses that bart doubled the number of charter buses at the west oakland station from yesterday to 36 today. 76 charter buses leaving from five bart stations. some understand the union's position. for others no sympathy at all. they say this strike has gone on too long. >> have to get up earlier and the traffic is horrible right now especially getting on the bay bridge. so also have to cross. it is double as bad for me. >> i have t

plaza. it is backed up well into the maze in particularly bad on the lower east shore freeway leading to the toll plaza. also 24 from the caldecott tunnel all the way out. we will be right back. ♪ [ roars ] ♪ ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? maybe. rich chocolate chips... i just wanted you to eat more fiber. and then the awards started coming in, and i became addicted to the fame. topped with chocolaty drizzle... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. fiber beyond recognition. try new fiber one peanut butter protein bars. hohow big?g?jusust said it'. rerealallyly big. tetellll h him to send a pic. nonoo!o!! ! ok..... whwhoaoa.. whwhoaoa.. itit's's j jack's big stack. tw, ststacked with onion rings,ststs alall l ststacked on toasted so. ohoh, , tetell her i'm easy... .....'.'cacause of the drive-. >> we are now into day three of the bart strike. jim allison, spokesperson for bart on the phone this morning. >> i wanted to ask you about yo

. >> the bay bridge toll plaza shows cash-paying lanes loading up and we did have a sig-alert in the east bay along southbound 680 coming into walnut creek causing major delays.

left a live look at what east bay drivers are dealing with as bob redell inches his way toward the approach to the bay bridge toll plazaight i live look at west oakland b.a.r.t. station the hub where buses bringing east bay commuters over the bay bridge and into the city. of course, all of this traffic trouble is happening because b.a.r.t. negotiations put on hole overnight and won't resume until later this afternoon. christie smith live in oakland. where do things stand now?ccry >> reporter: good morning. the fact they're talking or have been talking overnight is a good sign the strike could be ending soon. i wish that i could tell you it was ending in time for your morning commute today, it not. and commuters are getting more and more frustrated each day. but negotiators were here from quite some time at least eight hours which is a big step forward. they haven't spoken since the contract expired on sunday. negotiators from seiu and atu walked out of the caltrans building in oakland after 3:00 saying they have made some office. the governor's office and labor secretaries urged all parties to get back to the table wit

plaza. metering lights turned on early though east shore freeway light and at the limit. backup up expected for this time. >> thank you. this has been a big ongoing story. bay bridge officials holding a special meeting today after cal trans decided to push back opening day for that brand new span. the bay area toll authority getting an update from construction officials on the status of the broken steel bolts and the fix that's being implemented on the bridge. monday, cal trans said that fix would not be finished until december at earliest. >>> you can fly from san jose to tokyo seven days a week starting today all nippon airways. the flights were available five days a week with no service tuesday or thursdays. the flights will be on boeing 787 dreamliners which came back into service last month after being grounded in january due to battery problems. >>> we can consider the body like an art. three prominent bay area athletes baring it all for espn magazine's body issue. kaepernick, davis and kerry-walsh jennings representinging it very well very strong. most sultry image

east bay commuters. no backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>erica: it is still great out there.r clouds this morning at making for an overcast wednesday. cooler conditions with temperatures below where we should be for this time of year. that pattern will continue into tomorrow. expect less fog more on the way of sunshine and europe appear workweek. full details on what to expect. a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast a 45. >>mark: supervisors. >>gabe: this all start over the weekend at two different locations. this one over here in berlin game and this out and san francisco. on monday there act there were able to confirm there were bedbugs at one in san francisco and an isolated part of a warehouse there. there were able to take that off and started to take care of it. here at this location there is an abundance. they have close the store and got rid of about eight tractor- trailer full of material that has been donated already. at this point their way this morning to get these books and dogs to come and go to the warehouse and see if there is an infestation and if so ho

as we take a look right now a beautiful shot from the bay bridge toll plaza, with few cars from the east bay to san francisco just how we like it after the week we have had. as far as weather is concerned, we will be seeing pretty warm conditions today and we starting off on the cooler side but patchy clouds and fog return tonight and that could hamper your visibility of our fireworks display in san francisco. the low clouds are hovering over san francisco bringing cooler conditions and in certain areas we will see a drop of temperatures but higher in san francisco at 78 degrees and five-degree increase since yesterday. it will be nice but excessive heat warnings for inland folks so you want to stay in the air conditioning and stay covered. >> fired up the grill but not at the peak hours. >> we continue on-line and open twitter and facebook and the mobile devices with the new abc7 news app. >> back in 25 minutes with news and weather and traffic during "good morning america" leaving you with another picture of the maze with little picture on this fourth of july weekend. happy independenc

let me show you the type of tree that will be placed to the east and west side of the toll plaza. this is called a canary island palm tree. and crews were out to inspect this tree. tonight, we talked to the owner, who has elected to give the tree away if it is selected. for 40 years, this tree had stood proud in the front lawn in santa clara. it was planted by her husband in the early '70s. >> it is sentimental because my husband planted it there. >> reporter: now, they want her tree. they want to relocate it to the bay bridge. >> we're looking at grown, mature, large palms. >> reporter: first, the gomez family palm would have to pass some health tests. crews chopped at the base. and then, cut off a frond. the project does not want sick trees. >> this has been an effective work that's prevented us from acquiring palms that maybe are infected with a pathogen. we're preventing that and getting clean trees. >> reporter: it has to removal test. no utility or gas lines must be near it. >> this tree is perfect tree for removal. it has a nice center ring around it. it's geometrically pro

plaza is. by friday we are out of the 100's inland and cooler weather in the seven-day forecast. >> our coverage of bart strike continues next. 8tes >> covering santa clara, east bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> picture of the bay bridge toll plaza proving to be hotter hotspot than yesterday. this is day two of the bart strike. here is another view of the toll plaza and on your left you can see sky 7 picture of the approach and the backup that extends far toward the made area with a grind this morning. >> the san francisco bay area is expanding service because of the bart strike. katie, compared to the bay bridge toll plaza that does not look so bad. it is better to wait in line for a ferry than in the backup. the first ferry came in hundreds of people still waiting for the next boat and many of the people remain here before the first boat arrived and they will have to wait for take two. the spokesman for the bay area is out here and he has a favor to ask of anyone who is coming out here to take a ferry he says can you car pool or drop off. it is one of the frustrations for those trying to get to work during the bart strike. i spoke to a woman w

traveling from the harbor tunnel throughway to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. 7 minutes and here's a look at the beltway. east side looks good at 11 minutes on outer loop from 95 all the way to-- way up to 83. west side 12 minutes from the outer loop from 795 down to 95. that's your timesaver traffic. stay with us. there is much more coming up. you are watching good morning maryland. >>> [audio not understandable] >> they collected thousands of. [audio not understandable] rachel and tj felt lpless watching the news reports after the tore nidos in may. they took worries into action and asked people to donate items from the youngest storm victims there. the family drove a thousand miles to oklahoma city with the truck packed full of stuffed animals making the special delivery. >> the stuffed animals will be passed out at a back to school event happening next month. >> that's awesome. >> good morning maryland at 5 starts right now. >> you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> a live look this morning in baltimore's inner harbor a code red alert. the heat is dangerous and dead

a live look for the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems at the toll plaza impeding our views of the east shore, but the eastshore freeway itself, you're just fine. >>> 5:19. u.s. fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs on the great barrier reef after a training exercise went wrong. the two jets were supposed to bomb an island range nearby, but the mission was ab borlted when civilians were reported in the area. instead the planes jet sinned the bombs in the marine park off the coast of queensland. they were developed in 165 feet of water away from coral to minimize damage to the world heritage site. u.s. navy says it's now working on a salvage operation. >>> pope francis is on his way to rio dee jan niro this morning. they took off from the leonardo davinchi airport for the week-long visit. more than a million young catholics are expected to join him in rio to celebrate world youth day. pope francis is the first pope from latin america and is expected to receive a very warm well come in brazil. >>> the head of oakland's naacp will hold a news conference this afternoon to talk about the g

there are huge backups at the bay bridge toll plaza and a 30-minute commute from the east bay into san francisco. we will keep you updated on this. >> thank you, leyla gulen. the smell garlic is more abundant around gilroy the gilroy garlic festival begins with all types of food and activity all things garlic and expected to attract 100,000 visitors this year the sunday garlic showdown began in 1979 and has raised $9.5 million to local nonprofit organizations. >> the afternoon and evening commute could be a bear. there are five major events scheduled for this evening including giants game at at&t park, a concert at the greek theater in berkeley and a's game in oakland. the big event is the jay-z and timberlake concert and john mayer in the south bay. that is 140,000 people around the bay trying to get somewhere by 7:00 tonight on top of the usual number of commuters so freeway but does not go as landed. the crime the driver is accused of taking part in moments before the car was left a mangled mess. >> police are vetting a sexual assault with the story coming up. summer cooling tend th

degrees and inland it will be the warmest from 83 in the north bay to 99 in the east bay. >> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza still not too many cars and that is probably due to an early accident in richmond along westbound 80. we have a report of a car and a bicyclist northbound 280 with the on-ramp is where the incident occurred. >> we continue now online on twitter and facebook. >>> good morning, america. and breaking news. the death toll rising overnight in this massive train disaster. all caught on tape. the cars now mangled and toppled. at least 77 dead. reports that the train may have been going too fast because it was running late. >>> and happening now. pressure mounting for the embattled anthony weiner to drop out of the race for new york's mayor, but he remains defiant. joking about his sexting scandal just last night. reports this morning his new accuser may come forward today. >>> caught on tape by a city bus. the terrifying motorcycle crash that sent the grandson of golf legend jack nicklaus flying through the air and sliding 100 feet on the road. somehow walking away from this wreck. ♪ i just

plaza. slight delays in the cash lanes. but out in the east bay, here's a look at the nimitz. 880 through oakland looks good through here but it's in the san leandro hayward area where they are doing roadwork in both directions northbound and southbound. that work creating slowing on the morning sensors. it should be picked up in the next few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a landslide in china nearly buried four men alive and we have the amazing video of it happening. watch as the slide comes rushing down -- look at that -- covering the car and shaking the camera and the mountain road. when it finally stopped, the men actually got out of the car. rain is causing flooding and crop damage in china. flooding this year in china killed hundreds of people. more than 200 missing. >>> $53 million in jewels are missing in the french riviera. as charlie d'agata says, the heist happened at the hotel featured in the alfred hitchcock thriller "to catch a thief." >> reporter: the holdup happened at the luxury carleton hotel in broad daylight. at le

for our our inland valleys we will get some of those low 90s tomorrow. 91 in plaza 10 and 88 in concord. east bay shores is largely in the '70s. upper 60s tomorrow for center cisco. san fransisco. to my will be a little warmer and. when all of the no. 0 pick up bringing warmer conditions beckoned low 90s. sunday and early next week things will cool off a little bit. >> reporter:take a look at this. a south carolina man is brought back from the dead -- and it was all caught on camera! >> reporter:a group of a men were playing basketball in a church when one of the players suddenly had a heart attack! >> reporter:he says the last thing he remembers is going for a layup. you can see the man highlighted running back up the court when he suddenly collapses. >> reporter:other players quickly started cpr on him but still got no pulse, then one player grabs a defibrillator and shocks gilliard, bringing him back to life. >>"i do remember seeing the lights, laying on my back and coming to." >>"right at the end, all the men that were playing and had just got through helping me, they all kneeled at cente

plaza, it is light. no problems getting into san francisco. same thing for the east bay freeways. traffic here is light as you can see heading south to san jose. a lot of cars on the road but not a big traffic jam. if you are on the peninsula, highway 101 and 280 reporting in very well with no problems heading up and down the peninsula. steve? >>> a lot of tropical clouds coming in. we are under cloudy skies and light rain today. a possibility of a thunder shower or two, we kind of need a break in the clouds. some of these could fire up later today. light rain passing over the peninsula but almost everybody is in line for this today. 50s and 06s to start. mid 60s for a lot of locations due to the cloud cover. you can see there is plenty of -- well, i don't want to say upstream -- but coming off the sierra nevada. some of the rain could fire up to be a thunder shower, but conditions aren't right for that but close. clouds and showers, 60s through 80s, if you can get the cloud cover to part for a half hour or so the temperatures will be warmer than this, but i think it will be too c

the '90s and the triple digits with 11 in plaza 10. 70's and 80's for the east bay shore spirit seabury's went back up tomorrow afternoon. see breeze when wind. around 930 it will be a lot more. so mainly clear skies things are looking good and the forecast. tomorrow still hot but a lot cooler into friday and saturday. morning up a little bit towards monday and tuesday. >> pam: so you have lot so you have hot weather and lots of traffic. backed up at the bay bridge. let's look at the ferry terminal only 19,000 people wrote the very cents yesterday. the trans bay terminal in san francisco is loading up on the ac transit buses again long lines, as people [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for deals for the 4th. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. throw a holiday cookout! thick, juicy new york strip steaks are just $4.99 a pound. get a great deal on arrowhead water, just $3.33 a case. and pick up cheerios for just a $1.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safewa

with the warmest weather in the east bay inland neighborhood at 87 to 93 and 72 to 82 around the bay and sunshine at the coast from 63 to 70. >> the bay bridge toll plazahows a sea of cars making the drive from the east bay to san francisco and we do have bat recoverying new from 10 or 15 minutes, and the baypoint lines was expensing the delays after being stuck on the trucks with a maintenance vehicle. >>> good morning, america. breaking right now, an out-of-control fire at this natural gas platform in the gulf of mexico. now erupting off louisiana, after a blowout on the rig sent workers fleeing. a rush to put out the fire now and turn off the gas. >>> happening now -- queen elizabeth sees the heir to her throne for the first time at kensington palace. the royal couple spending the first night without a nanny, after showing off baby cambridge to the world. new details on how they will raise their son. >>> another sexting scandal rocks the political career of anthony weiner. new calls this morning for him to end his bid to become mayor of new york, after the new messages are revealed. his wife stands by his side. >> i love him. i have forgiven him. i

in the area including a robbery that turned into a double homicide in the east bay. >> this is a look at the bay bridge toll plazawhat is headache. on the right is our cell 7 technology showing what is happening as you approach the metering lights. >> we are bringing you a re-cap of breaking news. this is video from sky 7 where two were shot can killed at a restaurant in oakland's grand lake district. you can see police were over the scene still investigating. here is the video from the ground. we talked to some of the police officers and they say the two people were shot inside the restaurant at midnight and so far they are not confirming a robbery attempt with no gunman in custody but cornell bernard said the victims were from the richmond area and in their 20's. >> in arizona a thousand people came out to remember 19 firefighters killed while battling a wildfire. yesterday's memorial is one of many planned in the town of prescott. the bodies were brought to the morgue. authorities say the crew was battling a fire north of phoenix and they became trapped by the films on sunday. this is the most deadly wildfire

if you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you are still want to have to deal with traffic from the east. reporting from oakland, j.r. stone, kron 4 news. ofkron- 4's philippe djegal is also on our team coverage of the traffic trouble. he's live in the folsom area. philippe -- give us the the latest from the frustration of drivers. >> reporter: yes. they have been honking their horns for quite some time. the drivers are noticeably getting frustrated. however, not much road rage could you can see from this video that these drivers towards full some towards essex and folsom-. . seventh street and at some point they say that it took them about one hour to get just a few blocks. we are just about a few blocks away. but it is building up again. and this is a bit of a more resemblance on a typical workday but one by suggest one would say that this is still backed up, the bicyclist saying it is still backed up. over the left of my shoulder, you can see the backup continues, on folsom street. and if i had to estimate? i would say that it is a still a large amount. reporting live kamal phillipe d

plaza. you will notice a lot of empty space. if you are moving to the east of 80 eastbound.e is the map. you can see livermore is here all the way through 205 this thing slows. if your commute this morning is 580 through livermore you definitely want to leave early because we are talking about the backup that extends all the way. >> thank you very much. here is an interesting story in southern california. yoga classes can go ahead at a san diego public school district. some filed a looutd saying the curriculum violates separation between church and state. the superintendent says changes have been made to the yoga program remove cultural references. >>> the texas legislator whose filibuster made national headlines. you can see a lot of men in the video wearing pink shirts, pink ties. lawmakers put on pink shoes in support of texas state senator wendy davis. davis wore bright pink sneakers. >>> now to an exclusive investigative unit report. it is a list california does not want to be on. we are leading the nation in boating accidents. california one of five states in the natio

plaza in a little bit. >> the search is on for vandal believes to have caused the collapse of a radio communication tower in the east. you can see tower at the park near danville with police saying it appears someone cut six lines on the tower causing it to crash to the ground. officials say this is not affecting radio communications because other towers are used. damage is estimated to be more than $1 million. the reason a beauty school may not always pay off. >> the dow is up 49 points and we go to jane king at the new york stock exchange. >> but, first, a look at the bad air quality in the bay area. mike nicco >> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the viewpoint is from emeryville, downtown oakland has hazy skies. it is gray. temperatures are below normal. >> we will talk about the haze now, we could see another round of it in the bay area because of fires burning in oregon making a mess of the skies. we will show you the orange haze clouding oakland last night with the air quality management district saying smoke moving along the california coast is pushed inland

to the east bay now here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza.raffic heading into san francisco right now looks good. obviously no metering lights at 4:48 this morning. and oakland here's a live look near 66. we move this camera around showing you a little farther north these taillights that's traffic moving north towards downtown oakland. 15 minutes is that drive time between 238 and the maze. that's the latest "timesaver traffic." back to you. >>> 4:49. the cost of gas could go up 15 cents a gallon in the next couple of weeks. some analysts say the big reason is the rising cost of crude oil and here are the current local gas prices for the metro area according to gasbuddy.com. regular unleaded averages $3.96 in san jose. here in the cities $4.07 and in oakland $3.97. these prices roughly 25 cents higher than a year ago. >>> someone who bought a powerball lottery ticket in the bay area is $2.6 million richer. state lottery officials say the ticket was bought in san francisco at the cable car wine and spirit grocery on clement street. lawrence se

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plaza light. you're at the limit for the east shore freeway, highway 24, as well as 580 coming through oakland.'s a good flow of traffic there. we'll give you that live look now outside and show you that as you're coming off of the southside, the nice flow of traffic. we're seeing bursts from time to time. that's what's going on, the slower traffic for a short period of time changes to an average toward the toll plaza. but it's smooth here. no problems arounds peninsula. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> we continue our coverage of the asiana airline crash at san francisco international airport. overnight, a new report claims one of the teenaged victims actually survived the crash, only to be struck and killed by a vehicle responding to the scene. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from the san mateo county coroner's office which opened less than an hour ago. bob, are they saying anything yet? >> reporter: not yet. they told us we'd have to wait, marla, until a news conference scheduled for 10:00 this morning. but the san francisco chronicle is reporting through its own sourc

plaza. it's been slow in the east bay. we had some earlier problems on 680 southbound.traffic is still kind of slow coming out of pleasanton heading down to fremont. and if you are driving -- if you are driving, let's say, to contra costa county, the slowest traffic is highway 4. i also got a call from one of our viewers here saying the dumbarton bridge traffic and 880 traffic nearby is very light. let's go to steve. >> some areas are clear. some will be very hot again. there's also some thunderstorm -- shower activity up towards mendocino county. there could be more thunderstorms in the sierra today. but for some there's also a bigger fog bank. 58 to 73. that 58 is in san francisco. most of the low temperature -- most of those low temperatures are 1 to 6 degrees. san francisco is warmer by 2 because there's more fog. that's how it works. you can see some of the shower activity wrapping back around towards mendocino county. if you are up there, not only there but in the sierra nevada and in the mother lode, things could really pop up. for us, it goes in between. 50s to

plaza. if you're trying to come out of vallejo on the east shore freeway, 66 minutes.ming out of walnut creek, 69 minute ride. the 580/13 interchange coming out of downtown oakland nearly an hour. san leandro, not bad. we said the nimitz is the best bet to the bridge, it is only one minute over the normal commute time. 580 from dublin, you're looking at 77 minutes vs 45 to e to san francisco. the north bay route is actually lighter than usual by one minute. another look at the alternates, the san mateo bridge and earlier occurring accident on the nimitz freeway at winds and no longer a factor. it is moved out a bit in the last 15 minutes. this is still a better bet than the bay bridge back up. the golden gate bridge, 1 01 southbound yesterday's numbers or 400 cars below the average. updating a hot spot which is the 580 it right westbound coming out of tracy this morning. we have an accident at grant line that blocks the middle lane. this back set before the dublin interchange and is now working its way westward toward dublin. the heavy traffic is still through livermor

plaza as well. this is the problem for the east bay. >>> mike, much less of a mess and problem, we give you a live lookm the south bay over san jose, the color pallet this morning, pastels. . it's friday. july 26. this is "today in the bay."

east. big event tonight. it's going to be in center plaza, farm to table and wine tasting. it's all good, it's all free.chef chris from fleet street kitchen. how long have you been a chef? >> since i was a little kid. for a long time now. >> reporter: that's a new word maybe, cheffing. farm to table, a lot of restaurants are doing it. you take it to another level because you have your own farm. >> definitely. we have our own farm, kun cunningham farms where we get a lot of our own produce and raise our own pigs, lam, chickens for eggs and stuff like that. >> reporter: that's awesome. >> we definitely use a lot of other local farms. there's a lot of great local farms around here. >> reporter: let's talk about what we have here. this is just beautiful, by the way. so what is all that? >> it's just a selection of vegetables we're getting from the farms right now. we have tomatoes for us for the first time. this is a plate we do. it's a selection of everything we get from the farm. you know, from baby lettuce to tomato. we grade a hazel nut over it to finish it up. >> reporter: farm to table has become a bi

plaza as well. this is the problem for the east bay. >>> mike, much less of a mess and problem, we give you a live look from the south bay over san jose, the color pallet this morning, pastels. . it's friday. july 26. this is "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:00, almost 6:01. good morning to everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have new video to show you of a high-speed chase that ended in this horrific crash in martinez overnight. the chp say it started when officers tried to pull over a two-door toyota for driving reckless before 1:00 this morning. the driver led officers on a short chase before losing control and crashing. the male driver was taken to highland hospital in oakland and a female passenger needed to be airlifted to a hospital in fairfield with unknown injuries. >>> >>> a 15-year-old girl is free after being held captive by two drug dealers. officers saying that girl was held inside a box for days at a time. "today in the bay's" marla tellez with a case making its way through the u.s. sdrikt court in san francisco. nothing short of a disturbing s

as we look like right now from the bay bridge toll plaza you can see the hyde covered cloud coverage. east am not seen any of these storms locally. i can see plenty of lightning strikes up through the sierra up right now. we are going to go with the same pattern with falk at the calls line. fog near the coast line we still have to triple digits and chance of thunderstorms. here looking etc. satellite pictures still seem cloud coverage and moisture down the coast line. skirting as to the east it looks like tomorrow will be very similar. another hot day out there tomorrow and will stay hot and to your head into the fourth of july. dramatic: temperatures more comparable to the week. comfortable. >> pam: westbound traffic on the right knees to pick up. the issue is the fault was sluggish travel on the right side of your screen in marin county. you cannot see the bridge towers. we will be back. >> reporter: to think bart workers should be considered essential and not allowed to strike? >> we need to make that happen here in the bay area with other major cities. >> know because cars exist. >> th

plaza. >>> and another look at mobile5 live on the east bay approach to the bay bridge.t's actually near vasco road on 580 near the livermore area. chopper 5 is near north flynn in livermore over 580. traffic not bad. it is 5:12. we are going to keep an eye on the morning commute until 7:00 and throughout the morning as we find out the repercussions of bart strike day 2. >>> enough is enough! enough is enough! >> bart workers weren't the only ones to hit the picket line yesterday. city employees in oakland staged a one-day walkout to push for pay increases. they say they deserve more money after making concessions back when the economy tanked. >> the strike shut down most nonessential city services including parking enforcement, at least that's what the city said. but kpix 5's linda yee shows us some drivers got tickets anyway. >> reporter: it was supposed to be free parking in oakland. city leaders couldn't make it clearer in press releases they sent out and last night elizabeth cook announced it on our 11:00 news. >> there will be no parking enforcement in oakland. >>

plaza, as well. a few cars lining up, and also slower spots in the east bay. this is unusual for a friday. we'll sort that out for you. >>> that's what it looks like at the bay bridge toll plaza. here's what it looks like at the golden gate bridge toll plaza. still too dark to even see the golden towers there. but plenty of cars making their way into san francisco on this friday, july 19th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. and thanks for being with us. it's a 5:350. >>> this morning, we'll learn more about what killed one of the teenage victims of the asiana crash almost two weeks ago. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we know ahead of time that the coroner's office does believe that 6-year-old huang did initially survive the crash of flight 214, that she was alive outside of the airplane, but that she died from blunt force trauma when she was run over by one of the vehicles responding to the scene. this is according to the "san francisco chronicle," not yet confirmed by the coroner's office. we expect that confirmation during a news conference later t

plaza. look at the other shot. showing traffic across the upper deck. a nice easy drive now. light volume. things will smooth out. east shore freeway, no drama. slow south 680 out of concord. significa sig-alert cleared through 24. slowing through livermore. back to you. >> lithuania's capital city seems to be all smiles this morning. the city leaders are using a mobile app called the happiness barometer which measures mood of residents. special posters are spread across the city where people scan the code to register their mood. there's plansp to install huge video screen to show a real-time happiness barometer. so far it has an average happiness rating of 60%. not bad. >> not too bad. could use it in other places. we continue to follow breaking news. south bay officer rushed to the hospital after getting attacked by a pit bull. bob redell just talked to police. the live report next. >>> firefighters working throughout the night, desperately gain upper hand on the destructive while fire in southern california. what we are learning. >> one peninsula city says it must chop down nearly two dozen magnolia trees lining it

east shore as that sun comes up behind me. a nice smooth flow approaching the toll plaza with no backups. we have a good operation over here. let me show you these maps. let me show you the area here. there's the tunnel over here from highway 24. 580, 880 all at the limits. we're going to move your map. we're now going to face south, that's this direction, as we show the street sign here, dakotas road coming off the dunbdu dunb dunbarton bridges. the afternoon speeds are 67 miles an hour as you're traveling south toward mission boulevard and in toward 237. this is 880 south at 101. you could see just about a dozen cars. drier roads from yesterday. we're going to take a peek at highway 17. both directions moving very smoothly. there's one incident on this map. i told you i would show you a good look at this south bay. south 280 at saratoga avenue. there may still be a car on the side of the road. so interesting to know. and all these freeways, 60 at the worst. looking at palo alto, 101 coming up the peninsula. very light volume here as well as 280. there might be patches of fog, keep that in mind, but no problems right now.