here's the highs today. 104, antioch. 101, livermore. temperatures coming down. oakland, 79. 70, san francisco. 94. santa rosa. 89, napa. one record high was in gilroy. they reached a record high of 100 degrees. right now temperatures on the mild side. 57, san francisco, 107 in antiochment how much longer will the heat be with us? >>> many in the bay area took advantage of this sunny sunday. john alston is live from san san francisco's marina green to show us how people beat or maybe enjoyed the heat today. >> we're heading into a little heat wave here. we found people escaping to san francisco to escape the heat. the water balloons were flying at marina green here in san francisco. are these kids absolutely crazy? it's freezing her. not really. the torres family came here from corrosion -- contra costa county so where it was 104. >> it was too hot. 102, 104. quite hot. >> whose idea to come sneer. >> it was my idea. >> and everybody agreed, i assume. >> not really. now they agree. go through thy the tunnel, feel the win, they were onboard. >> others escape thoad

here's the highs today. 104, antioch. 101, livermore. temperatures coming down. oakland, 79. 70, san francisco. 94. santa rosa. 89, napa. one record high was in gilroy. they reached a record high of 100 degrees. right now temperatures on the mild side. 57, san francisco, 107 in antiochment how much longer will the heat be with us? >>> many in the bay area took advantage of this sunny sunday. john alston is live from san san francisco's marina green to show us how people beat or maybe enjoyed the heat today. >> we're heading into a little heat wave here. we found people escaping to san francisco to escape the heat. the water balloons were flying at marina green here in san francisco. are these kids absolutely crazy? it's freezing her. not really. the torres family came here from corrosion -- contra costa county so where it was 104. >> it was too hot. 102, 104. quite hot. >> whose idea to come sneer. >> it was my idea. >> and everybody agreed, i assume. >> not really. now they agree. go through thy the tunnel, feel the win, they were onboard. >> others escape thoad

and lower 90s antioch and brentwood. san jose 80. francisco clouds in the morning, becoming partly cloudy. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, weekend will be cooler. cooler relief for saturday and sunday. warming up tuesday but looking good for tonight with the fireworks shows, especially ensan francisco, clear skies. >> thank you. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 right now thousands are arriving in san francisco for the 4th of july fireworks. the trick is getting there join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> check this out. the aninal nathan's hot dog eating championship -- the annual nathan's hot dog -- nathan's hot dog eating championship. joey chestnut won again. wait till you hear how many hot dogs he ate. 97 >>> the bay area's joey chestnut set a new record today. >> because he has a north star. >> joey chestnut carried through the crowds at the nathan's hot dog eating contest in new york. he won the event six times before and he was confident going into today'

and we left antioch if i can find my stop watch on my phone here, left antioch 1:17 ago.e are now getting a better sense of how long it's going to take to get into san francisco. so impressions for the commute, the maze was definitely more backed up than normal wednesday morning. backup extending to powell street coming down the east shore. took us 20 minutes to get through the maze to -- i'm going to revise that. around 25 minutes to get through the maze to the metering lights and on to the bridge, on to the incline which we're approaching right now. some other impressions during the commute from the east bay into sf, when we did hit congestion, it was earlier than normal. for a wednesday morning. and the car pool lanes were also conge congested. bottom line, b.a.r.t. strike no surprise has, affect on the commute. it's made it heavier. earlier in the morning and when you get to the bay bridge you want to give yourself extra time. took us 25 minutes to get through the maze and on to the bridge where we are seeing slowing on the upper deck as we head into san francisco. so

a >> away from the coastline will be on the cooler side except for antioch where it is 77 degrees ats hour. >> temperatures will be on the cool side tomorrow afternoon. >> we will take a look of the extended forecast we come back from the break peer look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. with qualifying bundles. 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 ststack

we want to get to antioch, turn around, make the commute into san francisco. right now, if you're looking down the road, looking eastbound, the headlights coming toward us in the opposite direction are westbound 4 and if you look out there into the distance a bit, at least i can tell you from what i'm seeing here, there is already a lot of traffic out here in the morning. it's normal amount on a wednesday morning, hard to tell. but i can tell you at 5:00, here we are, you know two hours before it really gets heavy. already seeing a good amount of cars out there. so our plan as i mentioned go to antioch, do a turnaround, take westbound 4, 242, 680, 24 goes to caldecott, hit the maze, get on the bay bridge, and try to time that commute for you. of course with the b.a.r.t. strike going on, we're going to try to figure out if there's more people getting up earlier and therefore putting more congestion on the roads. but keep in mind, this is the day before a holiday, the fourth of july. we'll see if it maybe have a combination of the b.a.r.t. strike and holiday lig

possibly in fairfield, antioch with 110 degrees. and in antioch even keep flirting with dead heat record. temperatures? tomorrow still hot in the south-bay. mid 90's and look for a triple digit heat basically at the 680. we are over 100 degrees. concord, 103 degrees in the sea breeze still cooling things off with made-up or did 80s. san francisco and the 70's/80s. 100 degrees in napa. oakland, 100 your kron 4 7 day around the bay this week is going to be hot. tuesday is going to be hot and wednesday. a few degrees cooler on the fourth of july but another scorcher into finally some relief by the end of the week. the key? >> blogs or burnett. that end of the week. the key? >> blogs or burnett. that get answered on the you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ end of the week. the key? >> blogs or burnett. that get answered on the some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. you're o♪ ♪meout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. n-s-a lea

in antioch. >>> temperatures right now running on the cool side. especially closer to the coastline. only 54 degrees daly city. fog filling back into our bay shores. 77 in antioch. otherwise in the 50s and 60s. as we check out our weather headlines. we'll be seeing the fog widespread and dense through the overnight hours. coastline expected into tomorrow morning. the fog will be slow to clear into tomorrow as well. that's going to lead to cooler conditions in the amp. that cooling will continue into monday. we'll talk more about that. >>> also coming up tonight, a distraught mother facing charges in connection with the death of her own child. >>> oakland residents take a strong stand against protesters who demonstrate in their city but don't help to make things better. >>> the cleveland man charged can with kidnapping and torturing women makes a plea deal today. [ male announcer ] at montrose pet hospital, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their busin

staff sergeant carter who has three children grew up in antioch and spokane, washington. he has medals and honors including a purple heart for his deployment in afghanistan. on august 26th he is scheduled to receive the medal of honor in. he is the fifth living recipient to be awarded the medal for war in iraq and afghanistan. >>> new accusations from the unions representing bart workers 9 days before the deadline to reach a new contract. the two groups filed a conflict of interest complaint with the district accusing bart's lead negotiator of profiting from this fight. they provided some shuttle buses during the july work stoppage at a cost of over $12,000 to the district. the union says that's not fair. a bart spokesman calls it a false attack and said the real amount paid was only $500. >> a santa rosa woman is locked in a fight over plans to seize her property in order to expand the local airport. it is a story you will hear only on the news. they are accusing the county officials of low bawling them on the value of their 6.5 acre property that sits on the north end o

antioch 90. san jose 80. oakland 73. san francisco 67. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view we cool off for saturday and sunday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers on tuesday. coming up if we have major heat beyond the five-day forecast. >>> major news from over seas. egypt has a new leader. a celebration in cairo as a new president is sworn in. what president obama is saying about this coup. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. celebrating with family and fireworks, other are spending today trying to make sure everyone is safe and we monitor negotiations with bart and the unions. if there sachange we will -- is a change we will bring it to you, all that coming up at 6:00 p.m. ♪ roundup ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ no need to pump, just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves, and it kills to the root ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds

at least one person was airlifted from antioch to a trauma center. stay with abc7news.com for the latest developments on-line and on twitter. >>> thousands of people took to the streets today calling for change in the wake of the shooting death of florida teen trayvon martin. rallies were held across the country and here in the bay area. we have team coverage tonight and we start in oakland with abc7 news reporter sergio quintana. sergio? >> it has been a week since the verdict was announced in the george zimmerman trial. of course the demonstrations continue here in oakland. there was a day full of protests and they all wrapped up with a quiet candlelight event here. about 50 people gathered at lake merritt for a candlelight vigil at sun down honoring trayvon martin and other victims of gun violence. >> until all young people are safe, none of us are safe. >> this was the most subdued group. the day started with a loud and controlled demonstration at the federal building in downtown oakland. >> peace on the streets. >> mayor gene quan made an appear

in antioch, philippe djegal, kron four news. coming up on kron 4 news weekend weekend li you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ weekend li some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. with qualifying bundles. you're o♪ ♪meout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. let's check in with janu for your saturday forecast joining us thi

staff sergeant carter who has three children grew up in antioch and spokane, washington. he has medals and honors including a purple heart for his deployment in afghanistan. on august 26th he is scheduled to receive the of honor in. he is the fifth living recipient to be awarded the medal for war in iraq and afghanistan. >>> new accusations from the unions representing bart workers 9 days before the deadline to reach a new contract. the two groups filed a conflict of interest complaint with the district accusing bart's lead negotiator of profiting from this fight. they provided some shuttle buses during the july work stoppage at a cost of over $12,000 to the district. the union says that's not fair. a bart spokesman calls it a false attack and said the real amount paid was only $500. >> a santa rosa woman is locked in a fight over plans to seize her property in order to expand the local airport. it is a story you will hear only on the news. they are accusing the county officials of low bawling them on the value of their 6.5 acre property that sits on the north end of the

freeway in antioch look good heading out of the antioch towards concord.fact, all your major drive times this morning are still all in the clear if you are coming down westbound 580 out of the altamont pass. the nimitz and the eastshore freeway now of course we had that earlier traffic alert involving that big rig and another van that was eastbound 80 but westbound 80 looks good as well down into berkeley. let's go outside show you a couple of our live traffic cameras. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge. not as much fog this morning so visibility shouldn't be an issue. you can see a couple of headlights there. they should be doing the lane changes shortly. and out towards the east bay now, 880 in oakland, not seeing our usual roadwork here either. southbound looks good. back to you guys. >>> the america's cup racing is under way and if you still want to get a good seat, mike sugerman says no worries. there are plenty. >>> reporter: >> don't forget, america's cup! it's that way. >> reporter: even after all the hype, publicity, controversy -- >> n

staff sergeant carter who has three children grew up in antioch and spokane, washington. he has medals and honors including a purple heart for his deployment in afghanistan. on august 26th he is scheduled to receive the medal of honor in. he is the fifthent recipient to be awarded the medal for war in iraq and afghanistan. >>> new accusations from the unions representing bart workers 9 days before the deadline to reach a new contract. the two groups filed a conflict of interest complaint with the district accusing bart's lead negotiator of profiting from this fight. they provided some shuttle buses during the july work stoppage at a cost of over $12,000 to the district. the union says that's not fair. a bart spokesman calls it a false attack and said the real amount paid was only $500. >> a santa rosa woman is locked in a fight over plans to seize her property in order to expand the local airport. it is a story you will hear only on the news. they are accusing the county officials of low bawling them on the value of their 6.5 acre property that sits on the north end of th

and antioch's is 82 degrees. we are up 74 and concord in 71 in livermore some of the bay we are the upper 60s and same thing for north bay. pretty cool near the coastline with 55 in center cisco. widespread low coverage. pretty patchy throughout the delta. temperatures for tomorrow will be more marin. more a degree temperatures and more low 90s out there. antioch '80s through the north bay and as well. it i will show you how warm it will get in our extended forecast coming up. >> catherine: coming up up at eight major retailers refusing to sell that issue stones magazine convicted shot featuring the bomber in boston, are a mother and son are now suing the airline still survive the initial >> catherine: a weapon system hidden in a cargo of brown sugar. of great on the weapons the u.n. has been banned north korea from importing and exporting believe to be developing nuclear weapons no northridge is stating that the crew members did nothing wrong and should be allowed to leave them out immediately. >> reporter: new

. >> a 04 days in santa rosa and novado appeared >> 57 degrees currently in antioch. >> by noon time was the '70s and '80s. new line afternoon highs will be '60s for the coastal areas. '70s and '80s for the bay shore spirit >> tonight up by 8:00 p.m. leftover '70s and mainly '60s for the bay shore appeared >> '80s and 90 expected four cupertino. >> 93 in morgan hill appeared >> 94 in livermore. >> 87 and san ramon. >> mid-70s for oakland and san leandro. >> coastal areas will be cooler and five the year. >> mid 60s for half moon bay. >> the north bay napa 84 degrees. >> 7 day around the bay will be 01 next week. >>. >> now will have martech report would gabe slate. airlin >> puthe global play entertainment experts. >> global music all access you pay one monthly fee. airlin >> to learn more about google play good our web site at kron4 new stock come. >> will have the latest developments in the george zimmerman murder trod appeared were deliberations are underway this morning. >> will be back after the break here on kron4 new spirit [ female announcer ] ] it's a mountain grown mornig g

sensors just beginning to change color right now through antioch. once you come off the antioch bridge looks around "a" street as we see a few delays but then as you can see coming out towards concord and 242 all is quite. we'll see delays beginning to see a few yellow sensors there. not enough to impact the drive time much so 22 minutes between the altamont pass and 680. things improve past the area. bart no delay. all off to a nice start on this thursday morning drive. let's take you outside now and show you a couple of our live traffic cameras. golden gate bridge, once you get past the waldo tunnel, everything is good across the deck. i have been seeing those lane change trucks drive by when we're not on camera. so they have been doing more lanes getting more lanes open. southbound they should have four and two in the northbound direction. coming up the bay bridge toll plaza. not seeing as much fog as -- not as thick this morning. >> high pressure is building in overhead and that's going to allow for some warmer weather. clear in some of the inte

highs in the 90s and far inland east bay, 90 in antioch. 66 in san francisco.on bay, you actually saw a little bit of clearing near here. temperatures bumped up to 59 degrees and 79 in santa rosa. clouds moving in around the bay bridge. it's 63 this hour in san jose. santa cruz, 61. this is from our mount tam cam. you can already see the low clouds and fog already unanswered over the ridge tops there. this is going to dry this further inland tonight. right now, santa rosa, 56 and 67 in livermore. mild there and los gatos, 65 degrees. here is a look at forecast highlights. we'll go with low clouds to move further inland tonight. monday and tuesday, a couple of warm days and then by mid week, cooldown will take place for the bay area. look at this fog forecast. 11:00 tonight, already moving inland over towards the bay and friday tomorrow morning, most of north bay will see low, dense overcast and going to hang around until 10:00 tomorrow morning. we should break out into sunshine. temperatures across the bay area, coolest in half moon bay, and warmest around anti

at least one person was airlifted from antioch to a trauma center. stay with abc7news.com for the latest developments on-line and on twitter. >>> thousands of people took to the streets today calling for change in the wake of the shooting death of florida teen trayvon martin. rallies were held across the country and here in the bay area. we have team coverage tonight and we start in oakland with abc7 news reporter sergio quintana. sergio? >> it has been a week since the verdict was announced in the george zimmerman trial. of course the demonstrations continue here in oakland. there was a day full of protests and they all wrapped up with a quiet candlelight event here. about 50 people gathered at lake merritt for a candlelight vigil at sun down honoring trayvon martin and other victims of gun violence. >> until all young people are safe, none of us are safe. >> this was the most subdued group. the day started with a loud and controlled demonstration at the federal building in downtown oakland. >> peace on the streets. >> mayor gene quan made an appear

. >> 93 in antioch, santa rosa. >> as that high pressure builds from the southwest, not coming over the northwest but the southwest at the surface and building heat our way. >> it's also taking the fog and sticking it right back at the coast. >> dense fog the next few days. >> cool temperatures right along the coast as you would expect and fog, there it is right now. >> it's kind of pushing up over the hills. >> it will be in many bay area neighborhoods. >> it will be there. >> there will be plenty of fog when you get there but the fog burns off quickly and the die time highs warm another 4 or 5 degrees. >> fog forecast for the morning, fee little fog stuck on the north bay. >> afternoon rolls around, temperatures in the one hundreds. >> they're going to inch their way into the bay area communities and county as we get into saturday and sunday. >> most of my numbers i'm forecast. >> you could easily get a 100 degrees warning if you're in brentwood or on antioch. >> it's setting up with some very warm weather especially in the inland bay valley. >> forecast highs tomorrow, 96 in antioch,

when we hit 105 in livermore it will only feel like 102 or 1303. 65 right now. 73 in antioch. low-to-mid 60's until novato and santa rosa, mid-50's and same in half moon bay with 55. this morning, as we give you a high definition lock across the east, it is not a "spare the air" day with dangerous heat through wednesday but friday, saturday, sunday, it will be mother comfortable to be outside. the south bay will have 102 in morgan hill and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 90's, san jose 95, milpitas at 92, santa cruz only 87. south of san mateo, low-to-mid 90's throughout the peninsula and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast with cloud cover. 78 in downtown to 80 in south san francisco. that is warmer than yesterday. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90's and 100 in napa. to the beaches we are looking at mid-70's. union city and fremont and castro valley, low-to-mid 90's. the east bay valleys, low 100's at 102 to 106. tonight, patchy fog at the coast, 50's there in to san francisco and 60's elsewhere and a few 70's around antioch and fairfield and cloverdale. the heat is going t

antioch, 104. and this is the beginning of a nasty heat with a, and enthough san francisco would be a natural air conditioner, one resident headed to the east bay because he likes the heat. >> if you're not used to it, stay in but if you want to enjoy the sun, stay out think might as well. >> i propose staying in cooler weather, air conditioning if possible. or with lots of fans. reporter: in oakland, people got relief from the blazing sun on and around lake merritt, walkers, joggers, rowers, there was some problem with the heat here causing power outams, 80 homes in the east bay without power. 250 in the south bay. live in san francisco, john alston, abc7 news. >> and stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of this heat wave. you can track weather anytime, anywhere, with live doppler 7hd on abc7news.com. follow us on twitter as well, and leigh will have the full forecast in ten minutes. >> ahead, terrifying adventure for tourists from sweden. their sightseeing trip to new york city did not go

fairfield 103. 104 antioch. around the bay, another warm day. 90 in fremont. 80s oakland. 70s san francisco. and along the coast, fog and 67 degrees. 98 in fairfield. 97 livermore. 98 concord. 80s for santa rosa. san francisco 63. the breeze is back and low clouds are pulling in through the golden gate bridge. what you can expect for tomorrow and how long the heat wave will last coming up. >>> firefighters are getting the upper hand on the wildfire near concord. damaging one building and threatening others. ktvu's rosemary orozco said temperatures hit triple digits again in the east bay. it is not clear if the weather sparked the fire. ktvu's john fowler joins us live. are firefighters waking progress right now? >> reporter: apparently so. in the last 5 minutes the smoke from the other side of the ridge diminished significantly. you will see the fire crews close to the road. this is kirker pass. 328 acres burned. this fire threatened 2 dozen homes. >> reporter: flames through dry brush and grass about 1:00 p.m.,

lanes, and the rest of the highway is at top speed at 17 minutes to head from antioch to concord. all the way down to 80, that will be a 32-minute ride, not too bad at all. we have two areas open through the tunnel but northbound highway 17, we have a couple of ghosts hanging out on the right-hand side of the road there. >> the bart strike is over but not before the transit agency general manager becomes the target of picketers. the complaints from birth -- bart employees about the general your weekend. up high! up high! [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] yo, give it up, dude! up high... ok. up high... ok. high! up high!!! ok ok that's getting pretty old. don't you have any useful apps on that thing? who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ chuckles ] at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator app allows you to quickly calculate your mortgage payment based on today's incredibly low interest rates... right from your iphone or android smartphone. this great tool answers your home loan questions organizes your results, and lets you calculate with the confidence of a rocket scienti

antioch, up into the 90s . 60 in sew and oakland. these temperatures going down another five to 10 degrees tomorrow. live view. there's the bay bridge. notice the tower of the bridge is hidden in the fog here. a lot low clouds pushing into the bay for this evening. look for widespread fog tomorrow morning to start the day. coast, bay, valleys, all the way to the inland spots. it will be slow clearing. temperatures will not be as warm tomorrow as they were today. look for highs in antioch to make it up into the low 80s . notice the temperatures tomorrow. done about 5 to 10 degrees. gets cooler still tuesday. but a lot warmer later this week. i will tell you about that later on. john? >> thank you. we are now ... this is a live look from los angeles right here. you are seeing video from kcbs. protesters have taken to the streets. they are rallying. we have reports that the lapd had to use nonlethal dispersing to get them out of the street. we will be back in just a moment. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless re

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westbound four in the commute direction out of antioch, live drive time sensors showing speeds about 60, 65 miles per hour heading out towards concord. and westbound 580 is still in the green this morning about 20 minutes between the altamont pass and 680. we should let you know that carpool lanes will be open all day. they are going to have extended hours so we'll be talking more about ride share programs, carpooling. this would be a great day to take advantage. programs. muni is also offering extra service. caltrain will help out as much as they can even though they are already pretty much at capacity and ac transit is not on strike so they will be offering extra transbay bus service from downtown oakland into san francisco. >>> let's get the latest from cate caugiran live at bart headquarters in oakland. any action there yet? >> reporter: well, unfortunately, elizabeth, no, not yet. we are expecting any minute now bart management to show up and speak with us regarding the future of these negotiations and what we can expect today. but we know that things got extremely heated in the

it is warmer inland, antioch, nearly 100 degrees!six degrees and look for lots of extensive fog and slow clearing. but the inland temperatures are not quite as warm. the rest of a high temperatures in a just a few moments. >> legendary journalist helen thomas has died at the age of 92. sources tell c-n-n she passed away after a long illness. elizabeth corridan has a look back at thomas' storied career as a journalist covering the white house. >> once the unofficial helen thomas was here she was the every american president from john f. kennedy, barack obama a taste of the question. >> what is it that prevents your are you waffling? can you not be able to make up your mind. and the daughter of a lebanese immigrant started writing for her high-school newspaper. she spent 50 years for the united press, with women's issues, and the white house bureau chief of first woman to hold that job. in 1962 she helped prevent president kennedy to boycott the dinner if women were not able to attend. >> if women were not able to say they finally real

inland values are really hot and it is 78 degrees in antioch and at 5:00 a.m. brentwood 77, 62 napa, 55 half- moon bay and i think a mile and a half, some fog, 60s elsewhere and 60s in san jose. sacramento 72, book ends on 92 right there also palm springs, and look at the pop up guide, i don't think they are reaching the ground and it is probably in the area and mostly sunny partly cloudy and there is a lot of low clouds, there is no warmup there, inland we get hot temperatures, hot humid and muggy which is awful, and if you are far enough inlands, man it feels hot and humid and by the weekend it will be cooler. >>> edward snowedden is running out of options. >>> good morning on the upper deck of the bay bridge, traffic does look good but we are getting a bigger back up at the toll plaza. . >>> the driver is facing another driver, day two of the strike, we want to take you live to the toll plaza, you can see quite a backup this morning on the right part of your screen there, more cars are out there earlier in the morning, no new talks are scheduled today, howev

into napa, sonoma, the temperatures are going to reach the lower 80's and as we make our way into antioch 90 is the high and it will be hotter for the week. our lows are going to be in the 50's and lower to mid-50's across the bay area and cool along the coast and at half moon bay and pacifica as you move inland, 57 degrees will be the he in antioch. my seven-day forecast shows temperatures will start reaching the 90's today and certainly by tomorrow and friday. on saturday, it will be 98 with 100's as you make the commute toward the inland area and 62 along the coast and it will cool down starting on sunday. we will see what is happening in the track department we have one accident and that is walnut creek and i will show you a picture if a moment but as we go over the amount pass, very slow, bumper-to-bumper traffic at 33 miles per hour is the continue speed and it starts to pick up as you exit the pass and head into livermore. 42 minutes to get you out of tracy to dub lib along highway 4 you are in good shape from antioch and 101 from san rafael to san francisco is under 20 minutes. wa

. >>> an antioch toddler's fight to stay alive has turned into an event to give back to the community. two-year-old matthew willet recently underwent a 13 hour liver and transplant kidney -- a liver and kidney transplant. during his transplant and recovery he has used 18 units of blood. yesterday's family organized a fundraiser and blood drive in antioch to help give back for all the support they have received. >> we are trying to give back and kind of pay it forward i guess is the term, that we have used so much and we have been blessed over and over again. >> in all 500 people turned out to the event and donated 122 units of blood. 13,000 dollars were also raised and will go to the children's organ transplant association in matthew's name. >>> it is judgment day in the george zimmerman murder trial. a jury of six women are now deliberating his fate. the judge gave the jury instructions 30 minutes ago, closing arguments wrapped up earlier as the defense and prosecution gave their last attempt to convince the panel about how zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin. the de

. >> a former special education teacher in antioch has been charged with physically abusing young autistic students. there was a warrant issued for her arrest after accusing six boys and girls between the ages of five and seven. in april three families filed a complaint against her and the school district. the "contra costa times" reports the prosecutor says school workers say they all her knee a child in the chest, pin others to the ground and pinch a child and is scheduled to enter a plea august 12. >> police believe that social media played a role in the capture of a suspected thief. our media partner, the san jose mercury news reporting a man turned himself in after police posted messages on twitter and facebook asking for the help to find him by the public. he is accused in a string of thefts the past few weeks including stealing credit cards from a woman and cell phone. >> the man suspected killing two women at a san francisco jewelry mart will be arraigned today facing murder everyone whats in the deaths of 25-year-old woman and a 51-year-old. he shot and stabbed the women at the je

making it into the 80s but antioch still pretty hot. elsewhere, temperatures were down by 10-15 degrees. san jose, and the 60s in san francisco and oakland and we are going to be cooler for tomorrow. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. and if these low clouds are going to press inland. widespread fog and it is going to clear that will help to will temperatures for tomorrow. antioch, livermore. the low mid '80s. fremont, santa rosa. however, it will get warmer as we get for later this week. details coming up. >> coming up on kron 4 news at 8. people across the country continue to react to george zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of travon martin. >> zimmerman's brother. talks about the verdict and how he thinks the media handled the trial. >> plus. the latest on the asiana plane crash and what happens when the lawsuits start. those stories and more news - after the break. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv

fairfield, livermore, antioch, 92 degrees.that fog for tonight and will see slightly cooler temperatures tomorrow. look for a foggy start and for the north bay valleys. perhaps around 10:00 p.m. andsh temperatures decreasing. here is the fog tracker notice, the fog along the coast and the golden gate. and also, fog and low cloud for the north bay valleys. santa rosa, petaluma and that should beginning to clear out by 9-10:00 p.m. sunshine with fog along the coast. partial clearing as we get towards the afternoon. temperatures will be a bit cooler for tomorrow. '70s and '80s. san jose and redwood city. still, nine these but mid upper 80s getting close to nine these four antioch, fairfield. '60s and '70s along the bay with hayward. 72 degrees. and also the '70s and '80s for the north bay valleys. your kron 4 7 day around the bay temperatures will continue to drop for monday and tuesday with 80s. 70's by the bay. more fog and it will be continued to warm up as to go for next week. >> this is the live look look at 'em. living on c

so we're out trying to shop for her. >> you're a good man. >> thank you. >> reporter: in antioch. >>> a hot air balloon landing near a freeway. what brought it down. and don't forget to feed your meter. tickets in san francisco are about to become the most expensive in the country. >>> certainly color foul highlights from today's pride parade in the city plus another ruling from the state supreme court today on same-sex marriage. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, new york city river. t . >>> a tourist sight seeing helicopter made a splash down in the hudson river. none of the five people were injured thanks to the quick action of the pilot who inflated the emergency notation devices and several boaters who raced over to help. >>> in southern california a hot air balloon crashed into a freeway near san diego this weekend. you can see how the balloon flipped between the two directions of traffic. it's not clear what caused it to go down and once the balloon landed it deflated. no one was injured. >>> if you get a parking ticket in san francisco, get ready to dig deeper into your pockets to pay for it. pri

are in the 50's and santa reason is a cool spot and 57 at fremont and los gatos and san jose and antioch at 58 and we have 57 also in oakland and 54 in san francisco and napa is at 56 degrees. the day planner today the next 12 years is not so thick but temperatures are still going to hang out in the low-to-upper 50's through 7:00 and by noon clouds will stay longer, and by 4:00 we are touching 90 inland and upper 80's around the bay and near 60 at the coast and not so mild at 7:00, 80's inland and 56 at the coast. next three days, they are the warmest and the heat will peak on saturday but it will be summer remain warmth for sunday. leyla gulen? >> we have construction that is at the macarthur maze because of the bay bridge work. on the east bay, eastbound 80 at 580, that is where we have the lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m. and now we are looking at eastbound traffic building and also, westbound, along 80 approaching the bay bridge toll plaza and we have clear conditions on 580 coming from tracy to dublin and 24 minutes to get you there and antioch to concord is 17 minutes and 101 from san

orinda to the tunnel on 580 westbound between tracy and dublin, 24 minutes and along highway 4 from antioch to concord that is 15 minutes and from san rafael to the city you are look at under 20 minutes and as we continue the drive over the golden gate bridge it looks clear and we do not see any delays. eric and kristen? >> time is running out to avoid a bart strike. both sides runs to the bargain ing table. officials say there was progress made on supplemental issues but no progress on the major issues of salary and benefits. they could bargain past the august 4 deadline if headway is being made. bart chief negotiator returned to the bargaining table after taking time off. other transit agencies are meeting today to discuss contingency plans. >> developing news from florida investigators are trying to figure the cause of a disasterous series of explosions at a propane plant. firefighters say it is a miracle no one was killed. eight were injured, four critically, when several large thanks exploded last night at the blue rhino located 40 miles north of orlando. police say two dozen people we

highway 4, westbound, from antioch to concord is 15 minutes and 101 from san rafael to san francisco, that is 16-minute commute. the san mateo bridge shows empty traffic from hayward to foster city. eric and kristen? >> thank you. >> coming out, a decision that left a lot of san jose police officers angry and some threatening to quit. >> fill up the gas tank as soon as you can because the price will surge again. >> risking his life in rough seas: what a man did to save his family stranded on a capsized >> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> you are looking at a picture from sfo with fire crews on the runway where you also see the wreckage of asiana flight 214 because during the removal process this morning there was a fire that broke out with a lot of smoke pouring out and firefighters responding there. we are still trying to take down for you what happened, what caused it, and amy is on the scene checking back with her in a little bit. >> the church congregation that the two 16-year-old girls killed in asiana flight 214 were spending the summ

but hot up towards ukiah and clearlake and also out to antioch and brentwood, livermore low 90s. walnut creek, 88. oakland, 73. 75 santa cruz. 80 sunnyvale, cooper tino -- cupertino 84. in san francisco patrick in redwood shores asked how are the water terps -- water temperatures? they are up. not much change for the weekend. looks cooler. >> downright tropical for those water terps -- water temps. >>> paying to stay in jail. why some inmates are paying the option and how it's helping one city. >>> inside that rough landing of a southwest plane in new york. the investigation this morning into what went wrong. >>> but next -- we go live to london, where the royal baby spent his first night at home

inland spots 85 in san ramone. 88 for livermore. 98 in antioch check out the forecast for the first day of the gilroy garlic festival taking place tomorrow. the only thing cooking will be the garlic. not the techlts you can see not the heat out there. this time around. patchy fog at 10:00 o'clock. mid 60's warming up to the mid 70's. by 4:00 p.m. 86 degrees then still mild at 7:00 p.m. in the low 70's and if heading to the gilroy garlic festival this weekend good news it's going to cool off even more. saturday sunday mid upper 80's inland. upper 50's coast side temperatures reach lowest point

. >> and 63 degrees in pleasanton right now. >> 96 degrees for fairfield appeared in antioch. >> easts will be in the mid '80s and haywood and the upper '70's and haight wouldn't perry >> this evening the fall will combat in. >> this in the fall but will come back to the area appeared >> this evening the fall of the will come back. >> asiana flight -- 214 - had to abort its initial landing today at sfo. eventually the plane landed safely. djegal reports. pilots say that initiating a not a rare occurrence. >> the federal aviation administration says the pilot of friday's asiana airlines flight 214 called for a go around about a half mile away from the runway, here at s-f-o. by comparison, the plane that crashed here about two weeks ago called for a go around less than two seconds away from the runway. veteran pilot james bailey says, in the past, he's had to initiate a go around several times. >> i used to fly to small elk >> pilot the f-a-a says friday's asiana airlines flight 214 landed safely about 20 minutes after the go around. the d-a-a says the pilots didn't specify why they cal

. >> 1 07 in antioch. >> 107 degrees in antioch. >> the coastal line is not under the excessive heatory. >> the next couple of days will stay pretty more on to the fourth of july and after that will start to see temperatures cooled down a bit. >> nixon going to have sports with gary radnich appeared >> there rancid beat the san francisco giants 8 to 1. >> the reaganread the threads bn francisco giants 821821 >> will wynton ended todain tennie end to end today >> serena willaims lost in wimbledon today. chril paul will stay with the clipper for over 100 millin dollars. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wirele

and high heat, dangerous heat once again, brentwood 106 and antioch 106 and 103 for concord. here is a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. tuesday is the hottest day. dangerous heat. near 110 degrees inland. near 100 at the bay. 70 tees coast and -- 70s at the coast and then we will come down on fourth of july. it will still be hot. dangerous heat at least for the next two to three days. >> thank you, leigh. and shu joins us for spots. for sports. >> the a's have taken four out of five with a win over st. louis while the giants got behind gumgarner with some run >>> it the giants end a losing streak today. bumgarner get something run support from somebody other than buster posey. he kept it going and he takes h deep to left. his 12th of the year and 1-0 giants. then in the fifth and pence breaks out the heavy metal. opposite field and a two-run shot and his 13th. that's all of the run support bumgardner needed. in the eighth inning and he extended his hitting streak and they snapped their six-game losing streak. they won four out of five with today's win over the car

hayward 70 degrees. 80s towards fairfield, livermore and antioch. now on live storm tracker two. there is the fog bank, closer to the bay, a solid bank of over cast pushing back into the bay. with that, partly cloudy skies for late tonight and tomorrow morning because we still have a breeze, winds in fairfield, southwest, sustained, 25 miles per hour. oakland winds at 17 miles per hour. sfo 17. and livermore winds out of the northwest at 18 miles per hour. time lapse from this afternoon, 3:00 p.m., towards the bay bridge here, san francisco, lots of haze and the fog pushing back into had region. not too much change for today. we have been talking about cooler temperatures and the trend continues over the next 24 hours. for tonight, fog increases. tomorrow morning clouds. cooler in most spots and we warm back up. no major heat waves. that is the trend as we approach the weekend. showers and thunderstorms developing towards nevada, the other part of the region we have the fog. high pressure warms us up. scoots out of town tomorrow. this area of low pr

it's going to be hot in antioch at 98.arlake, 103 degrees. 80 in san rafael. 67 in san francisco. 74 in downtown oakland. very nice in san jose at 83 degrees for you. if you are headed to the giants game, gorgeous and start off very comfortably with temperatures near the low 60s. then after the sun sets you will see increasing clouds and temperatures will drop to the upper 50s by 9:00. if you can join abc7 for a walk tomorrow, a lot of folks will be out there at aids walk san francisco. you will need a layer, light one, temperatures in the upper 50s but 10:30, warm nup to the low 60s. it should be a nice day overall with sun and high clouds making their way back in by the afternoon. overnight lows also clouds will move in. we'll see temperatures once again in the 50s mainly with fog pushing in. low 60s inland. 71 in antioch. 57 in oakland and san mateo. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we've got inland temperatures, hot today, 98. 80s around the bay and 60s along the coast. 60s will hold steady along the coasts

but as you you can see, 16 miles per hour just in those antioch exits.u get past there, then everything is good closer towards 242 and continues to move well through the caldecott tunnel. we're not seeing any delays on 24 heading out of orinda towards oakland. to the south bay now our milpitas drive looks like this. push of a button westbound 237 flows nicely towards sunnyvale if you are continuing towards 101. a quick look at the usual brake lights slow-and-go out of tracy about a half hour between the altamont pass and 680. that's your latest traffic. for your forecast, let's go to lawrence with that. >> low clouds and fog stretching onshore at least in some spots. not as cloudy as it was yesterday so we'll call it partly cloudy around the bay area now. mostly sunny this afternoon and warmer hot inland and even hotter as we head in toward the next few days. some of these temperatures going to get near triple digits. still low clouds and fog extending over the bay with a nice sea breeze keeping those temperatures down a bit starting out mainly in the 50

and high heat, dangerous heat once again, brentwood 106 and antioch 106 and 103 for concord. here is a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. tuesday is the hottest day. dangerous heat. near 110 degrees inland. near 100 at the bay. 70 tees coast and -- 70s at the coast and then we will come down on fourth of july. it will still be hot. dangerous heat at least for the next two to three days. >> thank you, leigh. and shu joins us for spots. for sports. >> the a's have taken four out of five with a win over st. louis while the giants got behind gumgarner with some run >>> it the giants end a losing streak today. bumgarner get something run support from somebody other than buster posey. he kept it going and he takes h deep to left. his 12th of the year and 1-0 giants. then in the fifth and pence breaks out the heavy metal. opposite field and a two-run shot and his 13th. that's all of the run support bumgardner needed. in the eighth inning and he extended his hitting streak and they snapped their six-game losing streak. they won four out of five with today's win over the car

upper 90s in antioch. livermore.ooler in san leandro and 76 degrees and for the north bay. 86 in napa and downtown san francisco, berkeley, oakley with lower 70's. your kron 4 7 day around the bay cooler on sunday weather forecast whenever it is convenient for you on ourit's on comcast 193 and on kron4.com. still ahead-- a man accused of stealing an ac transit bus in san fransisco. then driving it 100 miles! how and where he was caught. and new police video of the chase. >> this just in to the kron 4 news room some of bart delays, about 20 minutes. daly city because of trains. also again, 20 minutes. near the track with some equipment failure. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> both unions say they will be brown to step in to help crammed with royal >> so many people, >> a few times i have seen it dead dogs. and yes, there were dead dogs i have an animal but it has enraged me [ male announcer ] with at&t, you're sure to get a better bundle. just choose the 2, 3, even 4 s

commute, we are hoping if friday lit. >> it is heavy in the usual spot, over the altamont pass and antioch and highway 4 and we saw quite a bit of traffic west of treasure island on the bay bridge but that is significantly thinned as we make the drive to san francisco. we have report of an accident that has been pushed to the shoulder northbound 101 at story road that was blocking and everything is over to the side and we do not have delays into san jose and toward the san jose airport. we will find a little bit of slowing toward the nimitz as we take you to the santa cruz mountains we have a stalled tanker truck southbound on highway 17 at bear creek road and a look at the san jose commute along 87, it is clear and accident free. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news from 4:30 with the search on in alameda for a rubber who got away during a late night hold up with his partner in crime dead. abc7 news reporter is on scene to tell us how this all happened. amy? >> the seven is on for the man. they believe he is on run. he could injured with a gunshot wound. they searched the area. we