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a squirrel got into the el cerrito substation and damaged equipment. calls started coming in at 8:00 tonight. at its peak 45,000 people were without power from berkeley to albany to richmond and el cerrito. >> we just heard actually the reason why it went out is because a squirrel got into a substation and got fried. >> oh, really? i was told it was the heat. that's what the manager said, it was probably the heat. i didn't know anything about a squirrel. >> reporter: pretty crazy, right? >> yeah. >> this is the substation that was affected. b.a.r.t. shut down the downtown berkeley station a couple hours. trains are running as normal again. besides the 45,000 people who lost power because of the squirrel, another 7,500 pg&e customers in san jose and gilroy also lost power tonight, but those were heat-related blackouts. this was the hottest day in almost a year. >> yes. >>> triple digits widespread away from the water. sansan ramon 108 degrees today, sanford 101, san leandro, 90, perspective, livermore, 105 degrees today, the hottest day in livermore sin

alan is live from the el cerrito hills where missing cat signs are plastered all over the police. >> look at this. this is macky who only has 3 legs and couldn't have gone very far. this is bumper whose owner says he's behind and very friendly. and this is tab that who went missing on the 15th. these cats and several others disappeared in just the past few weeks. >> our cat went missing. and then we went looking around the neighborhood and tell different cats all around. >>reporter: the cat is one of several missing cats in the el cerrito hills neighborhood. >> one of the poster said there were 3 or 4 missing cats in at any!ten at any days. >>reporter: and then there was another neighbor that said it could be closer to 10. >>reporter: found suspicious bowl of cat ood in the drive wait a minute he will have it tested for poison but other missing cat owner are pretty sure they know is what happening. >> i was really, really friendly cat. >>reporter: on saturday a neighbor found the missing cat macky and september her a photo to identify it. >> e mailed to me and i could tell it was our

alan is live from the el cerrito hills where missing cat signs are plastered all over the police. >> look at this. this is macky who only has 3 legs and couldn't have gone very far. this is bumper whose owner says he's behind and very friendly. and this is tab that who went missing on the 15th. these cats and several others disappeared in just the past few weeks. >> our cat went missing. and then we went looking around the neighborhood and tell different cats all around. >>reporter: the cat is one of several missing cats in the el cerrito hills neighborhood. >> one of the poster said there were 3 or 4 missing cats in at any!ten at any days. >>reporter: and then there was another neighbor that said it could be closer to 10. >>reporter: found suspicious bowl of cat ood in the drive wait a minute he will have it tested for poison but other missing cat owner are pretty sure they know is what happening. >> i was really, really friendly cat. >>reporter: on saturday a neighbor found the missing cat macky and september her a photo to identify it. >> e mailed to me and i could tell it was our

alan is live from the el cerrito hills where missing cat signs are plastered all over the police. >> look at this. this is macky who only has 3 legs and couldn't have gone very far. this is bumper whose owner says he's behind and very friendly. and this is tab that who went missing on the 15th. these cats and several others disappeared in just the past few weeks. >> our cat went missing. and then we went looking around the neighborhood and tell different cats all around. >>reporter: the cat is one of several missing cats in the el cerrito hills neighborhood. >> one of the poster said there were 3 or 4 missing cats in at any!ten at any days. >>reporter: and then there was another neighbor that said it could be closer to 10. >>reporter: found suspicious bowl of cat ood in the drive wait a minute he will have it tested for poison but other missing cat owner are pretty sure they know is what happening. >> i was really, really friendly cat. >>reporter: on saturday a neighbor found the missing cat macky and september her a photo to identify it. >> e mailed to me and i could tell it was our

as well as albany, el cerrito and san pablo. power started coming back around 10 o'clock and was fully restored a half hour later. . some affected customers were surprised a wayward squirrel could have such an impact. 22:41:42 we just heard that actually the reason why it went out is because a squirrel got into a substation and got fried. oh really? i was told it was the heat. that's what the manager said. probably the heat. i didn't know anything about a squirrel. pretty crazy, right? yeah, it is pretty crazy. the substation is now back online. a separate outage hit six thousand additional customers in the east bay. that was related to heavy usage that overloaded transformers. the heat yesterday helped cause part of 580 near san quentin to melt. caltrans needed most of the day to fix it... causing a traffic tie-ups on the richmond bridge. leftover residue from a recent deisel spill reacted in the heat, and caused the asphalt to crumble. and the heat made conditions more difficult in a fire along the nimitz in san leandro. flame

it caused a short average at the el cerrito substation when it came in contact with a transformer knocking out power to 45,000 customers include those attending graduation ceremonies. >> the lights never came on and they improvised. i saw my son graduate without lights and the music. it was ragged. >> the downtown berkeley bart station was closed when it lost power. a bus bridge shuttled riders around bart but was restored by 5:30. >> the warriors are in enemy territory getting ready to try to retake the lead tonight in the nba finals. one bay area man with a special connection to cavaliers star lebron james will watch closely. wayne freedman is in cleveland for game three and four. wayne? good morning. >> good morningn, it is gray and wet in cleveland but lebron james is big how big? look over my shoulder the site of a building ten stories of lebron james, the man the king, but there are some people in the bay area too, who remember him as a kid. do you want to find out about the young lebron james? we did not go to cleveland. >> no, california. home of lebron james. >> sort of. the coach

it's happening there, also in san francisco, marin county and el cerrito. kevin says south wind gusting to 35 in sausalito right now with light drizzle weather. that's our anbelievation for weather -- abbreviation for weather. i can't keep up, it's happening so fast. here are the remains from blanca heading north. they are accelerating. we'll go sunny to cloudy for a while. already the coast that sea breeze has kicked in big time. this cell just missed us but i think the one tonight, tomorrow from the south will make it. stays offshore. 50s on the temps. i've already dropped temperatures for the coast. not the delta breeze but i expect it tic ma it over san pablo way. it is howling now from sausalito to el cerrito. it's on its way. san jose, there is the calm. i keep looking to see if they update that but i know there's very strong gusts around campbell and parts of san jose. thank you for the information. l.a. getting rain. this is moving in our direction. we'll go cloudy here really fast. the temperatures are dependent on that cloud cover. some of these m

. >> three people were injuredn el cerrito thiseekend when a tree came crashing down ia whield child's birthday par. the tree was just enormous. look at about 100 feet tall. a branch hit a 90-year-old man in the head he had a concussion and thereat grandmother had cuts to her legs. the picnic area is cled off and most of the tree has been cut up. they said the tree looked healthy and just suddenly snapped above the roots. they are wondering if because of the drought, it's just, you know, something that will continue happening and i think that was the main concern after we realized tha all of us would be okay. >> tonight, they attende a community discussion about removing trees for fire possessi. he wants the city to remove drought stricn trees. >> the warriors are getting rest before the game thre they boarded the plane to ohio. the cavs players took a red-eye flight last night after stealing game two on thearriors home court. oracle arena is known as waracle and if you have atteed the game, you know why, could all the noise be hurting your ears. we talked with an expert that said is y

i think most of us in this room know the people moving here we know what demographics that cerritos that is not the population that comes into contact with police officerses now we have district ten is where a lot of the proposed changes are going to occur but district ten is in dire need of education in dire need of economic and job opportunities that are not being present inned this resolution >> thank you very much. next speaker please? >> my name is [inaudible] borne and raised in district ten in the district for bayview point i'm against this police station as somebody that worked on economic and racial justice this is negative - -- and your data but all three cosponsors has implications for my community in the bayview population increase is in-- what good does that do if there is a low clearance on crimes so cops don't make our community safer it's a band aid to the deeper issues we shouldn't be throwing more money without looking how ineffective there is ix been six months of of the year there is ten cases of miss conduct and corruption. murder of low pes and beaten homeless peopl

pg&e said the critter caused a shortage at el cerrito substation coming in contact with the transformer and knocked out power to 40,000 customers between berkeley, richmond albany and several other cities before being restored two hours later. >> after the heat year people in the bay area woke up to a plus decembery morning. >> what a difference. pg&e crews are in san mateo where the wind was the problem whip up tree branches. they checked power lines that neighbors said were arcing after being hit. there was no damage, though. >> in san francisco the wind was gusting here at abc7 news near pier 9 and the embarcadero. we will bring in meteorologist mike nicco for a closer look. mike is >> we will go back to 8:15 where the winds were the fastest are they have calmed down. there could be two possibilities for the localized wind localized in the scope of rather and the time or duration it took. here is a look at the 8:15 wind moving through santa rosa to fairfield at up to 28 miles per hour. i focused on the thunderstorms off shore and thought it was an outflow backgroundry that developed

. >> three people were injured in el cerrito this weekend when a tree came crashing down in a whield child's birthday party. the tree was just enormous. look at it about 100 feet tall. a branch hit a 90-year-old man in the head he had a concussion and the great grandmother had cuts to her legs. the picnic area is closed off and most of the tree has been cut up. they said the tree looked healthy and just suddenly snapped above the roots. >> they are wondering if because of the drought, if it's just, you know, something that will continue happening and i think that was the main concern after we realized that all of us would be okay. >> tonight, they attended a community discussion about removing trees for fire possession. he wants the city to remove drought stricken trees. >> the warriors are getting rest before the game three, they boarded the plane to ohio. the cavs players took a red-eye flight last night after stealing game two on the warriors home court. oracle arena is known as waracle and if you have attended the game, you know why, could all the noise be hurting your ears. we t

scope in reference to ocean avenue the commercial strip continues to the west as far as ashton and cerritos is that nc t or remain neighborhood commercial. >> to your first point i believe a portion of the ocean avenue was taken out at the request of the supervisors as part of legislation that was done for the fine-tune zoning controls on that part of ocean avenue to work at greater lengths with the community can you repeat our second question from what i understand from the union 76 station west it is nc t. >> offer that's fax stone where it is 76 i believe an area between fax ton and it would be tax phenomenon and fte fee land not included that is a small area. >> it is a small, small area he let me put up a use the overhead to show you the parcels in the area that would be rezoned. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> just those two or three parcels but. >> all the area to the west in green is ocean avenue and this is it extends oceanic to the east. >> you're saying that begins right there where we see the green it is already an nc t. >> yeah. >> i wasn't aware that sound like fine the other thing obvio

i think most of us in this room know the people moving here we know what demographics that cerritos that is not the population that comes into contact with police officerses now we have district ten is where a lot of the proposed changes are going to occur but district ten is in dire need of education in dire need of economic and job opportunities that are not being present inned this resolution >> thank you very much. next speaker please? >> my name is [inaudible] borne and raised in district

. >> three people were injured in el cerrito this weekend when a tree came crashing down in a whield child's birthday party. the tree was just enormous. look at it about 100 feet tall. a branch hit a 90-year-old man in the head he had a concussion and the great grandmother had cuts to her legs. the picnic area is closed off and most of the tree has been cut up. they said the tree looked healthy and just suddenly snapped above the roots. >> they are wondering if because of the drought, if it's just, you know, something that will continue happening and i think that was the main concern after we realized that all of us would be okay. >> tonight, they attended a community discussion about removing trees for fire possession. he wants the city to remove drought stricken trees. >> the warriors are getting rest before the game three, they boarded the plane to ohio. the cavs players took a red-eye flight last night after stealing game two on the warriors home court. oracle arena is known as waracle and if you have attended the game, you know why, could all the noise be hurting your ears. we t

also richmond and el cerrito. b.a.r.t. trains are not spping at the downtown berkeley stat and outages in the south bay and in san jose and gilroy are happening rit now. our reporting continues on twitter. follow us @abc7newsbayarea. ? i want to you aew exhibit at golden gate park, called the color of life. and you go behind the scenes for the race to get ready fo visitors. this crazy combinatn of cool creatures and high-tech has been a year in the making. >> a lot o work. it's all coming together. and it's looking beautiful. >> reporter: from insects that look just like leaves to fabulous cinches. all of the exhibits show how cor is used in the natural world. >> used to commucate the desire to mate. to hide within an environment. to warn something that i'm poisonous. >> rorter: abc news was on-hand as some of the animals prepared for their public debut. one of the stars is ts hawaiian day octopus. >> you are getting brave these days. >> reporter: she looks dark brown right now. a w seconds later, she's almost wte. then, s

george mccray el cerrito, el cerrito has actual rain.rable .01 at 7:30, the bar, that's the barometer. he's not hanging out at the bar. relative humidity humidity, 97%. winds southwest 3. it looks like there's a big fog bank extending inland. it's all courtesy of this system. this is rather strong for june 1st and the enhancement of that is ringing out a lot of light rain or drizzle. some areas .0 to .21. 50s to 60s on the hoe. they are held up. a little bit of a southerly breeze. the cloud cover holding the lows up. water temps okay. bodega bay and san francisco buoy but getting warmer half moon bay and monterey, 57, keep an eye on that. for the system to the north. it will keep in today. that will keep temperatures on the cooler side. tomorrow we'll get weak high pressure but another low is poised to drop into the scene. after today, things will calm down. watch what happens by friday. here comes the low and there are signs it might tap into tropical moisture. by the weekend, we could have a lot of the heavy-duty thunderstorm activity

same for el cerrito. george mccray told me right on queue, one year ago, 84.ar ago. we'll see what happens in the extended outlook. there are signs of a lot of tropical clouds coming in tomorrow and going into wednesday. for most, it will be sunny, hot. some fog on the coast. already 71 in livermore. my goodness. 71 in fairfield. 68 in concord. san jose, 66. 54, though, half moon bay. william tweety says in vallejo currently 67 already no fog clouds. no wind. looks like we're in for a hot one. i'll say. most locations away from the coast. less than 8 now, 6 miles an hour at travis. anything less than 10 is a sure sign it will be very, very warm unless that picks up. this little hoe and the main low will tap into the remains of what was hurricane blanca moving north. some of that moisture will come roaring in here. today it's fog near the coast and on the golden gate. that's about it. nice to warm to hot. it will be sunny for most. it will be very warm. 80s, 90s to 100 except by the beaches. all right, sal. what do you have for us? >>> crowded conditions. good

el cerrito .04.s over the hayward hills, oakland, union city, that's been the line all morning long. it looks like we're on the last gasp from lake county. there's still some embedded within that. the moisture source looks like it's thinning out a little bit. there will still be some rain hit and miss there. but the rainband continues to be to foster city, pacifica, daly city. 60s, very mild on the lows. you can see some of the cloud cover. there is a ban. north of that -- there is a band. north of that, it's dry. if you are in this area, it's hot, humid. if you are in that, it's cloudy. but that will be in las vegas. we'll be on the drier side. cloudy, mostly cloudy. humid, very warm lows. possible thunderstorms. any breaks in those clouds. 80s on the tell. 60s, 70s -- on the temps. 60s, 70s elsewhere. >>> sal? >> we're gonna start in the east bay. we have a new report of a crash on the bridge. that will impact the east bay commute. 80 westbound, very slow traffic between the bridge and the macarthu

brentwood comes in at number 1 followed by dublin and el cerrito. john of the metropolitan transportation commission says early action separates the best from the worst, fixing small problems before they snowball. >> that's going to require major rehabilitation to be brought up to a state of good repair. >> in brentwood that's not the case. work crews spend their days doing minor repairs a sort of preventative maintenance. >> by filling up these cracks right now it saves a lot of money later. it would be five times as expensive if this street needed to be dug up and repaved. >> reporter: that's why the streets are so smooth. speed bumps seem to be the only bumps in the road. locals notice. >> they're fine. i get around fine here. >> reporter: not really, but that's kind of the point. >> would it surprise you they're the best in the bay area? >> are they? that would surprise me, yes. i think that's wonderful. >> reporter: in brentwood ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> there is help on the way for larkspur. last year voters approved a half-cent sales tax to help

we had a few sprinkles from el~cerrito, even the south bay.th. so some of this not even reaching the ground. we will do it all over again come next wednesday and thursday, the 1st and 2nd. it's been the drill of the past several months with high pressure building, retreating and subtropical moisture. we have it all playing out for the week ahead. low clouds and fog situated at the coast a cloudy day there. pacifica will have the clouds. pretty nice here. 67 mountain view. today you should hit about 80 degrees. 67 san jose. low 60s half moon bay right now. not going very far from that temperature. san jose has been one of the sunnier spots. petaluma 63. mid-60s napa. we have the bay area summer and a different kind of summer that feels like an east coast summer right now with the muggy conditions. it's not going to last. we will have an on shore flow today and that will allow for dryer conditions. and starting out with 60s and 70s, partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. coast will remain cloudy and warmer weather tomorrow. temperatures could cl

the metropolitan transportation commission says the best are in brentwood, dublin and el cerrito. on the other end of the list, the worst are in larkspur, saint helena and petaluma. the mtc says the key to keeping roads in good condition is early action taking care of potholes and other problems before they worsen. >> i think you might want to throw san francisco in the worst, too. >> oh, yes. >> ripping up every street in the city. >> needs some help, you're right. >> how are we doing? >> the embarcadero just outside of the ballpark. >> very good. >> no bueno! [ laughter ] >>> we are going to talk about the morning commute. so far it's looking okay with still no big accidents out there. the bay bridge commute holding steady. very light traffic leaving oakland heading into san francisco. all bridge commutes are moving well. we are looking at a brief delay for the commute. that's slow past "a" street and picks up through pittsburg down the willow pass. and heading for 880 in both directions, that is moving at the speed limit, as well. we checked our traffic maps. there are no delay

people living along in el cerrito hills say multiple cats have vanished.an find missing pet posters all over that area. one cat owner says he wasn't aware there were so many missing cats until he couldn't find his own. >> cat went missing. we went looking around the neighborhood. there's posters all around. >> one of the posters said that they were three or four missing cats in ten days. and then there was another neighbor that said it could be closer to ten. >> many neighbors suspect coyotes may be to blame. forced into populated areas to look for food due to the drought. pet owners are urged to keep their cats indoors at night. >>> 5:44. a warning about a predator sharks, off the santa cruz county coast. you can see them in this video provided by archer cook shot using a drone at sea cliff beach. they advised swimmers to stay out of the water. sharks swam off the same beach on thursday. >>> a walrus who entertained crowds in movies has died. 24-year-old has been at six flax in vallejo since he was orphaned in 1994. park officials say he likely died of co

. >>> el cerrito hills, multiple cats have been missing. you can find missing pet posters in the area. one cat owner said he wasn't aware there were so many missing cats until his own went missing. >> went looking around the neighborhood and there's posters of missing cats all around. >> one poster said that they were three or four missing cats in ten days. and thin there was another neighbor that said it could be closer to ten. >> many neighbors suspect coyotes may be to blame. he found a bowl of cat food in his driveway and suspected it was poisoned. >>> pastor of one of the largest bay area churches will meet with other church leaders to decide how to move forward with same-sex marriages. it was over the jubilee christian center where all marriages are on hold including traditional ones. the reverend richard told abc 7 news he won't perform same-sex marriages under last week's ruling. churches are not required to perform ceremonies if it goes against their religious beliefs. same-sex marriages are performed in all 50 states. the last two

a pg&e spokesman says the squirrel got into substation equipment in ole seare toe sing -- el cerrito setting off the outage. it affected albany and san pablo as well as other cities. the power came back around 10:00 and was fully restored a half hour later. the substation is now up and running. >>> all the heat that hot sun helped cause the section of interstate 580 near sanguine ten to melt actually. the san quentin to melt actually. they caused traffic tie-ups on the richmond bridge. leftover residue from a recent spill reacted in the heat and caused that asphalt to melt away. the heat made conditions more difficult in the fire along the nimitz in san leandro. flames burned into some brush nearby and crews took an hour the finally put it out. 238 connector ramp was closed temporarily. >>> let's get a check on the roads this morning with liza. >> and we've been talking about the increase in cars of meeting because of the -- overheating because of the very hot temperatures yesterday. this morning, we are looking at a truck fire westbound 580 approaching grantline. this big rig which

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george in el cerrito said did a low pass over? the pressure pent to 29.78. now 29.80.south as high pressure builds into the north and david in novato, 55. it sure feels like april. finally. i'm with you. the she soon seems to have changed. january, sunny and warm. coldest may since 1999. so things seem to be topsy- turvy. cloud cover beginning to build in the mountains. heard from rodney in bear valley. looks like it will be pretty good here. northeast california, sierra but also central sierra, the low. that's the moisture right there. it will be active. some of that could clip us with high and mid-level clouds. fairfield, we're getting a closer -- closer to a summertime pattern. the breeze, southwest 16 at travis. i expect the breeze to pick up. water temps have cooled off. they were getting pretty warm. now they are back to where they should be. upper fromerts, low and a few mid-50s. cloud cover in the sierra. for us, mostly sunny. hurricane plaun cau is moving. northwest at 10. it continues to decrease in intensity. but it's still a hurricane, category 2. 100 miles

but el cerrito, george mccray, i'm looking forward to thursday.ay. it's quiet out here. need to be doing bee stuff. we want the bees to be happy. low cloud around. temperatures will start to recover here. near average to slightly above often the coast. that's the low from yesterday. we had the southeast breeze ahead of that. today it's more of a westerly breeze. the humidity is in place. there goes that system ejecting out. another low is poised to drop in. park it around santa barbara, l.a. and maybe tap into tropical cloud by thursday into the weekend. could be very interesting around here. there will be thunderstorms up in the sierra. 50s and 60s already. 61 seems rather popular. fairfield, concord, walnut creek and livermore. your morning super effect da -- fecta. the monterey buoy, 59. half moon bay, a 7. those have warmed up. off the sonoma coast, 51. low cloud are there and also the same for tropical storm and hurricanes off mex cau and baja -- mexico and baja. it's not so much andres we have to worry about. blanca. that's the one we'll kee

was not caused by the heat, by the way but a squirrel who got into the electrical equipment in el cerrito. the bart stations were also shut down but service is back up this morning. and there were outages because of the extreme heat. the summers started yesterday evening, but at the moment, pge and everyone but maybe 100 customers in the south bay depend 225 in the east day, -- bay, and they are hoping to get that back up and running. 7 expected to be back online around 10:00. and you can download the kron 4 weather app free for apple and an droid devices. >> jim, 580 westbound at grant line, crews are cleaning up and putting down absorbent after a truck fire this morning. the truck pulled to the shoulder and was engulfed in flames. here is video from sky 7 courtesy of our partner with abc 7. you can see they are putting down the absorbent. the fire is pretty much on control on the far right-hand side. the off-ramp is completely brocked. they have to get a tow truck to get the truck out of the way. and it's causing a huge backup. terrific is creeping along there, and that stretch is onto