and -- is training the benicia firefighters. but despite the fact their personnel are trained, they are in need of boats and other water gear. they will get that gear, depending upon the budget. the training ends at 5:00. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and told had holding them captive for a decade has pleaded not guilty. 52-year-old ariel castro kept his head down during today's arraignment and did not speak. his attorney entered the plea on his behalf. a 142-page grand jury indictment lists 329 charges against castro. >>> immigration advocates are calling for the halt of a father's day deportation that will separate a northern california army soldier from his wife and new baby. karla garland is being sent back to the phillippines with her baby this sunday under the controversial s-com program. the process began with a minor arrest. she was never convicted. with her husband by her side, she said i.c.e. officials tricked her into signing away her rights. >> they told me if i

sky 7 is live over benicia. firefighters are on the scene of a brush fire burning near some homes and businesses. >> this fire has grown to at least 20 acres so far no, evacuations have been ordered we've seen flames jump lake herman road onto the other side. >> we're told crews responded at 2:20 this afternoon and several engine companies have gotten there. it's north we're told but not near enough to endanger it. it's put up a lot of smoke and been very, very windy outside. >> skroining us on the fire is cal fire captain amy head. thanks for joining us. how close is this fire to homes or businesses? >> it appears it's burning north of benicia, like you said. heading north of there. i don't have an actual number of how many homes are located right in that area. >> are you looking at potential evacuations from anything? the shot we have now shows open land is there anything particularly threatened at this moment? >> i haven't heard latest from our air attacker or commander on this threat but looking like you sai

what was happening out in the benicia area is the strong winds. you can see that smoke plume.smoke is blowing horizontal to the ground. winds are blowing 25 to 30 miles per hour. see how brown it is. some green out there a couple weeks ago, but you are seeing lots of brown. the grass and weeds are dried out and because of the higher humidity, that helped firefighters get a handle on this. 45% humidity in the fire zone. that's pretty high for this time of day for this area. winds rest at 28. they were gusting to above 30 and temperature 67 degrees. just shows you how important weather conditions are. the winds are bad, but when it's a cool, moist wind like that, it's not the end of the world. they have a good handle on the fire. when i come back, we'll talk about a change. today was the coolest day of the week. i'll see you back here. >> breaking news out of the east bay. there's a medical emergency at the downtown hayward bart station and that stopped northbound trains. a fire captain told crews, they are trying to rescue a person. at this point, northbound trains will not be

. >> we have a sig-alert north of benicia, southbound 680 we are looking at plenty of slowing in the southbound direction. this is parish road, a tree fell in the road and a big rig crashed into it. so the on-ramp to southbound 680 is going to be shut down until further notice. that is causing a pinch right there. the southbound 880 at highway 92, this crash involving a bus is still blocking one lane and 23 miles per hour is the top speed. eric? >> at 6:30 1, happening now, president obama is starting the day in 9 south bay, where he will deliver a your policy speech on the h care reform act and matt keller is at the fairmont hotel where the president is staying. matt? >> we are less than three hours away from the president's speech at the fairmont hotel, and this will be the first public comment after two private fundraisers laugh night. here is new video we shot of the extra security around the fairmont hotel, and police and secret service are blocking roads to vehicles in the area including at san scar -- san carlos and market street. we spoke with the hotel guests of the extra se

firefighters had contained a grass fire in the media-- benicia this morning.m helicopter partnership with abc seven news. the flames broke out in the late carmine wrote about a mile west of highway 680. about 125 a. have burned. the buying was fuelled by 20 mi. per hour or wins and conditions. if it was destroyed but no other buildings were threatened. no injuries have been reported. a young boy has been killed by relatives dog. in happened at the union city home monday afternoon. the child was killed and six year old knee-fie selu. police say the boy had been playing with the dock, describe as a pit bull or a pit bull mix possibly try to ride it when it hit him on the head. --bit him on the hit. the owner of the dog is the san mateo police officer body back tears, the boys can't talk about what happened. --aunt. >> we are so distraught at this time. we just don't have anything to say. she says the dog has always been well behaved. and she doesn't know of any case before where it's been anyone. neighbors say it was always on a leash when out for walks. the dog

there is a big problem on 680 just outside of benicia and paris road. a tree down. let's go back to the desk. >>> we continue with that breaking news we first told you about after 4:30 this morning. a tow truck just removed a car that plowed into a cvs pharmacy. lorraine blanco is there on the scene. talk about how the car ended up inches from that front door. lorraine. >> reporter: pam, the driver told us this morning that the roadway construction here on foothill and a street is confusing. you can see those right turn only signs behind me. that is when foothill becomes a one-way street here. that is where the 26-year-old driver swerved and hit a cement trash can before crashing into the cvs pharmacy. he was driving on foothill just after 3:00 a.m., driving to a friends house. he turned right quickly to avoid it and ended up crashing his accra into the drugstore. the san francisco state student says it's been a few months since he's been down here and wasn't aware of the recent changes. >> this came out of nowhere basically. i tried to go straight and then without

blanca --- un incendio de maleza se propago esta tarde rapidamente en la ciudad de benicia...e de la bahia causando preocupacion entre algunos residentes. take map --- aunque el fuego se encuentra controlado en gran parte, las llamas consumieron mas de 50 acres de vegetacion en la zona cercana a la calle herman road, a una milla de la autopista 680. take vo2 ---el incendio tomo fuerza debido al fuerte sol acompaÑado de vientos que circulaban a mas de 20 millas. ---las llamas iniciaron alrededor de las 4 de la tarde y hasta el momento, el departamento de bomberos de esa comunidad no ha informado sobre evacuaciones de residentes que viven en el area, ni se reportaron viviendas afectadas. blanca ---un equipo de bomberos que llego a combatir un incendio en un hogar de la ciudad de sunnyvale se llevo una desagradable sorpresa. pitch - cesar ---el siniestro se reporto poco despues de las seis de la maÑana, take map y al llegar a la vivienda ubicada en la cuadra 200 de la avenida central , encontraron un cadaver que yacia dentro de los escombros que habian sido consumido por las llam

change in diet could help men -- oops, that not the right video -- could help men with >> covering beniciasan ramon, san mateo, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new video this morning shows turkish riot police in a violent clash with anti-government protesters. police used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the square. some left but others stayed and fought back. the unrest began 12 days ago on a crackdown over the park's re-development. three people have died. the prime minister says he will meet with the protesters tomorrow. >> president obama says the moment is now to act to overhaul the broken immigration laws. the president made a case for the legislation at the white house this morning. he was flanked by members of both parties, clergy, law enforcement and oakland police consultant william bratton. the push comes hours before the full senate holds the first vote on the landmark bill. he says the legislation isn't perfect but needs to become law. >> this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that i and the people on this stage have laid out for

we're continuing to track the conditions across the benicia brush fire.t least 30 acres have burned. the good news, the winds are onshore increasing the humidity. top wind gust of 43 in nevada. we'll talk about a cool trend for tomorrow in just a few minutes. >>> the fbi is looking for a bicycle bomber they say is still on the loose. any video released today shows a shadowy figure riding a bike through times square in new york city back in 2008. moments later that bomb explodes. no one was injured, but the bomb was built using a military grade device. the fbi is offering a $65,000 reward in the case. >>> security experts say the nsa surveillance programs have helped to disrupt more than 50 terror plots worldwide since the september 11th attacks. keith alexander and other officials testified on capitol hill today. they said they are critical to detecting and preventing terror plots. earlier this month ed snowden leaked details of the phone monitoring program. government officials say they also work to prevent abuses. >>> they could vote to ban people from

it's causing a traffic alert out in benicia. southbound 680 approaching marshview road. so our traffic sensors so far are not picking up slowing but we are keeping our eye on it. we'll have more "timesaver traffic" coming up. >>> a bay area college student is going to the majors with a stanford degree in hand. the houston astros made stanford pitcher mark appel the number one draft pick. he turned down an offer from the pirates last year to finish out his education and his decision paid off. >> once the draft came around and, you know, last summer, you know, what happened last summer happened, i realized, you know, this is a really good opportunity to be back to my senior year and be able to graduate and do everything like that. >> smart move. appel is expected to sign for about $6 million. 2million more than he would have received had he gone pro last year. he will graduate a week from today with a degree in management science and engineering. good for him! >> smart guy. he got the degree, too. >>> well, the oakland as are in chicago for a weekend with the white sox. >>

. >> also whipped up that fire in benicia. firefighters didn't have too many problems because of the weather. >> the wind is a problem, but when it's a cool wind, temperatures on the cool side. humidity is high. like 45%. the winds were there. but really allowed firefighters to get a handle on the fire. fire danger is high, but this type of weather pattern as you saw earlier, allows firefighters to squash these fires down quickly and they sure did in the benicia area. 68 in liver more. so these numbers are down. they bottomed out. this is as cool as it will be all week. temperatures tomorrow at this time, show you these observations. will be mid 70s, something like that. low 70s. a little warmer tomorrow. here's the culprit right here. you go, look at this thing. doesn't look like the beginning of summer in the pacific northwest. raining up there. they are getting snow in the northern cascades. that system affects us by being close to us. it takes a version and makes it stretch out. that's why all that moist, cool air pushed i

benicia bridge showing winds at 20 miles per hour. at golden gate, around 20 miles per hour and they will subside for a time after midnight but crank back up again tomorrow afternoon, possibly just as strong as what we saw today. we are start off the morning with some patchy fog in the bay that should clear quickly and sunshine through the rest of the day. and again, the gusty winds for the afternoon maybe as strong as 40 miles per hour. temperatures will be cool inland tomorrow. that will be a big change. antioch and fairfield around 60 degrees. santa rosa and pleasantton, 70. cooler still for tuesday with a lot of fog in the forecast. i will tell you about it later on. vicki? >> well, it was a memorable day for the inmates at san quentin. alicia reed was there and tells us how it was. >> reporter: this would not have been the same if not for get on the bus. it's an organization that connects people -- it has been years since in of them had seen their families. >> just everything. everything that he needed to know to be a man. i'm as

came down because of someone hit a tree just outside of benicia.nt to put it on the map for you. this tree is blocking one of the lanes. i have issued a sig alert. chp is on the scene. the fire department was called but they do not respond to those kind of incidents on the freeway. so i guess we just have to wait for cal tran to respond. and so the fire department will not be out there to clear that up. what we're trying to figure out who is going to do that. i think it will be cal tran but it night be an extended period. you might want to use 80 to 780 as an alternate. this traffic here is light. if you are driving in san jose, northbound 280 traffic looks good into the middle of downtown. now 4:49 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. happy friday everybody. if you're up in ukiah, you already know what i'm going to say. it's hot. nothing unusual. around the bay it will be a very foggy morning. some of that thick fog may make it a little tough. some of the bridges over some of the passes. 50s on the temps. 52 santa rosa. i thought it was a little

. >> disappointing for will smith coming in third place after costing $150 to make >> covering beniciasan ramon and san mateo and the bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 4:41. the family of the olympian accused of murdering his girlfriend responds to new graphic pictures of the murder scene. oscar pistorius' family released a statement saying her shaken by the leaked images profit by british tv station showing bloody bullet riddled bathroom where he shot and killed the model girlfriend. oscar pistorius says he opened fire thinking it was an intruder and has a court hearing this week, the first since he was freed on bail in february. >> health officials are preparing for the arrival of a new deadly virus that already has killed half of the people diagnosed with it. it is called murrs, begins with chills and fever and muscle ache and trouble breathing, the world leading health officials are on alert. >> need as fast as possible to learn how to control the virus. we have to run faster than virus >> the virus could mutate to spread between people similar to sars and anyone with

some test runs will likely start with the dumbarton bridge and likely extend to the carquinez or beniciadges. the column says the bay bridge, as we give you a live look at the toll plaza there, would likely be the last one converted to electronic-only tolls in about five years. >>> for the first time in almost five years, california's unemployment rate is below 9%. the state's jobless rate fell to 8.6% last month. a drop of .4% since the previous month. however, it's still 1% above the national average. roughly 1.6 million californians remain unemployed. >>> the solve wear giant, or remarkle, is on the move, headed from the nasdaq to the new york stock exchange. scott mcgrew, it is more than just a cross town move. >> reporter: good morning this really doesn'tize fect your investments but this move is an embarrassment for the nasdaq. the nasdaq is supposed to be the tech-heavy nasdaq, right? not so much when companies keep leaving. the redwood shores company, oracle, will trade on the nyse instead, under the same symbol, orcl. or remarkle stock down again big today after a terrible day y

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. >>> and firefighters spent the night making sure a fire in benicia didn't flare up again. it burned 150 acres in an industrial area near lake herman road. strong winds fanned the flames. it went from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. last night. a shed burned. nobody was injured. >>> it's 43 -- 1943 -- we're in the middle of world war ii -- it is 4:33 on this wednesday morning. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> mr. k? >> i will oo be getting the could have fear here -- i will be getting the coffee here in just a moment. still breezy out the door this morning. we have some improving weather over the next couple of days. just some patchy fog outside right now. still some of that hugging the coastline. couple of patches just inside the bay. looks like the winds so far are the story still kicking up in spots westerly at 23 miles per hour at sfo. 14 in san francisco. 16 in oakland. also seeing breezy conditions into parts of the north bay. we are going to be breezy at times, but warmer 1 to 3 degrees above yesterday. 80 in fairfield today. 60s and 70s inside the bay mostly sunny skies there. temperat

> developing news out of solano county where firefighters are fighting a four-alarm grass fire in benicia. got that call about 2:20 this afternoon. now seven engine companies are work the fire in an industrial area off of california court. that fire has grown to 50 acres. no buildings threatened, and no injuries or a cause reported either. one person dead following an early-morning fire at a home in sunnyvale. firefighters were called to the house at central and east evelyn avenues about 6:00. they say flames were shooting out of the windows when they got there. once crews contained the fire they say they found a body in the kitchen. nobody else was hurt. but investigators trying to find out just how that fire started. >>> well, this one started out as a small campfire near yosemite national park. but after it was left unattended, the flames grew into a huge fire that is now threatening hundreds of homes. the carstens fire is burning in mariposa county east of highway 140. so far, flames have burned through 1600 acres since starting sunday. 1900 people have been forced to evacuate. some 8

her collection barrels are now all over downtown benicia. >> i think it's tragic. i don't understand why we're not giving our troops what they need. >> also soliciting big corporate donations. the company that makes muscle milk donated 70 palettes. >> i do feel empowered by this. the support i've received has been so pose tif her son will be home in the fall with mostly other soldiers set to come back by the end of the year but the thought of any of them existing on too little food for even a few days was too much for this mom. >> vice president joe biden arrived now in a fund-raiser in san francisco. a private home in the sea cliff neighborhood. >> that is right. less than a weeking ayes. that is one of the main entrances to the sea cliff neighborhood that officer there to the left, they have been diverting traffic and there is no way any car is going get past her, or them because the vice president is here. parking and trafrk crews closed off streets in the sea cliff neighborhood. >> last time i couldn't get back to my houchls i went out for a dental appointment.

scott rates kron 4 news your >> catherine: fire crews are on the scene of a grass fire in benicia. cal fire says it's now 80- percent contained. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. the flames are near lake herman road.about a mile west of highway 680.and the fire has grown to 124 acres. so far -- a shed has burned -- but no other buildings are threatened. also -- no injuries have been reported. >> jacqueline: winds coming out of the west and coming up the ocean salt sea breeze when spirit low cloud cover changing over the bay as a result of those marine wins. taking a look at the up at the wind gust with 23 in santa rosa. expected to die down at the 10:00 hour tonight with a little bit of fog tonight. the wendish one not be as strong. coming up in a little >> catherine: ahead at eight. scary moments in colorado. as a tornado touches down also - a wildfire near yosemite is forcing people from their homes. and: chrysler agrees to recall more than two-and-a- half jeeps. next. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone. it's for value seeke

they are strong all around, and even the span of the benicia bridge. with over 30 m.p.h..nd even at nearly 30 m.p.h. at s f o. 26 mph at golden gate bridge. this will be gusting until midnight and it should be subsiding beyond midnight the temperatures were 60s. san francisco, 70's and oakland, san jose and upper east nearly nine degrees, inland in antioch. for look for mostly clear skies and nearly 90 degrees in antioch. that fog will be pressing in and it should clear away quickly. sunshine, and more windy conditions. tomorrow, very similar and it will be cooler with the rest of your forecast coming up. the key? >> some scary moments in downtown san francisco today after a gas leak led to evacuations and street closures. tonight we can tell you things are back to normal story hours ago. police tell us that a private construction company struck an underground gas pipe near 4th and folsom. that caused the pipe to burst putting hundreds in danger. l evacuations in soma district of the city. >> the evacuations from the march cody center, the museum of modern art. and the mas

covering benicia, san a blown and all the bay area. >> welcome become, city crews will be out repairing a fire hydrant that created a wet mess in oakland. thousas of gallons water flooded oakland street last night after an out-of-control car ran into a hydrant at 580 shearing the hydrant off. water gushed before the fire department capped it of the driver of the car was not injured. >> when the same-sex marriage bells ring so will the cash registers and will good for bits with a flood of new marriages. a study projects that 37,000 same-sex marriages will take place in the next three years generating $40 million for the state budget and 492 million in revenue for wedding-related businesses. >> i have always been the bridesmaid, never the bride and now i will be the bride. >> we will see bigger bashes and they do spend more on a legal wedding than on a smaller, maybe celebration or commitment ceremony. >> lawyers and financial planners are also getting ready to help the newlyweds figure out tax, retirement, and estate planning. >> tonight, nasa is scheduled to lunch a satellite from van d

her collection barrels are now all over downtown benicia. >> i think it's tragic. i don't understand why we're not giving our troops what they need. >> also soliciting big corporate donations. the company that makes muscle milk donated 70 palettes. >> i do feel empowered by this. the support i've received has been so pose tif her son will be home in the fall with mostly other soldiers set to come back by the end of the year but the thought of any of them existing on too little food for even a few days was too much for this mom. >> vice president joe biden arrived now in a fund-raiser in san francisco. a private home in the sea cliff neighborhood. >> that is right. less than a weeking ayes. that is one of the main entrances to the sea cliff neighborhood that officer there to the left, they have been diverting traffic and there is no way any car is going get past her, or them because the vice president is here. parking and trafrk crews closed off streets in the sea cliff neighborhood. >> last time i couldn't get back to my houchls i went out for a dental appointment.

day after a police raid what the san francisco police are doing to make sureaúes0p0p >> covering benician mateo, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back on this friday morning. new this morning, for iphone users, the wait is over, microsoft's office suite is coming to the iphone and will offer the ability to read and edit text documents and slide presentations. it is free starting today but you have to have an office 365 subscription which costs $100 a year. >> microsoft is not making a version for the ipad or droid devices. microsoft says the app is meant for light h weight editing not heavy graphic work. >> if you have thought of getting a vacation home now could be the time to do it. >> the real answer to what dads will cherish on father's day. jane king is at the new york stock exchange. >> good morning, the first data center outside the united states is in sweden by face spark. the director of operations says the location is perfect with the long dark winter temperatures keeping the surface cool and it generates twice as much power as the hoover dam. and sales of va

this is on the benicia ride where a tree has been down. it came down over my blocking the right lane. we are still about 30 minutes away from anticipated arrival of caltran crews to clear this out. >> a new incident on 880 south bound at the 92 interchange it has been clear to the right-hand shoulder. in general the conditions are not too bad because it is a friday. it is light to moderate conditions in general. the south bay freeway is looking good. >> president obama is waking up in san jose this morning after making a return visit to the bay area for a fund raising efft. he will give a speech just before 9:00 a.m.. kron 4 will tran is live at the fairmont hotel where the president will speak. >> he was in the bay area about 6:00 p.m.. this is his 14th visit to california. his critics have always said that every time he comes he collects money but he is not talking about the policy. this will change perry ed we will talk to you live as soon as this happens. here is video of him a ride in. he went to his first fund raiser and he raised ab

it devoured trees and dry brush in remote part of benicia. the fire burned 124 acres before firefighters contained it. no structures were ever threatened and no evacuations were ever ordered. the cause is still under investigation. >> eric: dry conditions continue to fuel the fire at mariposa county at yosemite but extra manpower has helped it. there are 2500 firefighters containing it. it started in sunday in an unattended campfire. it's 40% contained and less than 1900 acres. 800 homes have been evacuated. >> kristen:, you have a forecast, we have a several cool days. >> and winds are calming down as well. we do have a low lying clouds and some coastal fog. that is going to last through this early afternoon. we take a look at live doppler picking up a little bit of that. get you out the door, by 7:00 a.m., patchy clouds and 56 around the bay and 48 along the coast. by noon it will be warm up, 70 degrees inland and about 10 degrees warmer around the bay and 58 degrees around the coast. as clouds burn off we are going to be seeing gusts up 10

we catch up with the couple at the center of the supreme court vi covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo bay area this is abc7 news. >> happening today, the first big event of gay pride weekend kicks off in san francisco and the 0th annual celebration starts at 3:00 this afternoon followed by a march down market street at 6:00 p.m. after two major supreme court ruling striking down the defense of marriage act and prop 8, the ban on same-sex marriage in california. sandy and chris, the berkeley couple would were plaintiffs in the prop 8 case, spoke with abc7 news and say wednesday's supreme court victory wouldn't have happened without the help of many people. >> i say thank you. we are the lucky ones who got to be in the case which is amazing but this would not have happened if not for years of everyone doing their part. >> they are taking part in the week's festivities and will march in sunday's gay pride parade. their wedding 8 be the first day wedding resume in california. >> the parade is on sunday starting at 10:30 a.m. and runs down market street with a rally at san francisco's civi

google play and at san rafael, a busy drive out there at half an hour to get to san rafael from santa benicia seven things to know before you go. the only news is back after >> good morning, you can see people outside city hall waiting for the supreme court decision on proposition 8 the ban on same-sex marriage in california as well as the federal defense of marriage act. of course, well stay on to bring you the decisions as soon as they come down. >> right now seven things to know. one, the supreme court is expected to hand down the decision on prop 8, california will find out whether same-sex couples can again be able to marry in the state. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has reaction at city hall when the decision comes down. two, rallies are planned this evening including one in the castro district at 6:30. other rallies and events are scheduled in oakland, san jose, concord, mountain view, redwood city, santa cruz, vallejo, fairfield. >> bart riders find out at 9:00 a.m. whether the union voted to authorize a strike over pay and benefits. several different union contracts with bart ex

. >>> firefighters are watching over this part of benicia.want to make sure it doesn't catch fire. the high winds there kicked up the grass fire yesterday afternoon. this is west of interstate 680 near lake hermanen road. a shed among other things were destroyed in those flames. cal fire sent out a tweet it had the fire fully contained late last night. >>> east palo alto city workers says homeowners can rely on the new levy repairs they will keep creek water out of their neighborhood. janine de la vega is there in east palo alto with how the levy has been shored up. >> reporter: there was a lot of damage here late last night. we're here on wood lawn avenue. it runs right along the san francisco creek which is dry right now. here's some of the repair work. they have put in mesh and concrete rocks below. this is all to prevent the flooding that happened over the holidays. now last december heavy rainfall caused major flooding in parts of east palo alto and palo alto near the creek. the aging levies failed and caused the waters to top over. temp

benicia 90. we are looking at low 90s for petaluma, novato.ut look at the cooler weather on the peninsula. downtown san francisco 69 degrees. daly city 68. berkeley 75. you really want the hot stuff, mendocino county ukaih 103. lakeport 104. and st. helena tomorrow also hitting the triple digits. so we're hot the next couple of days. 90s inland. then look at the change on sunday from the 90s quickly to the 70s. that's where we're going to stay first half of next week 70s inland. upper 60s near the bay and the slight chance of a thunderstorm on sunday and monday. this weekend we have a big weekend in livermore. the mobile weather lab in livermore, roberta gonzales doing the cowgirl thing with her boots on. >> reporter: it's 78 degrees in livermore for the 95th annual rodeo taking place. take a look at this you feel crowd behind me here. big beautiful crowd about 4500 people came out to robertson park today because this is family night. a buck admission, a buck hot do, a buck soda, a buck hot dogs, and it's going on for another hour. joining me

test runs will likely start with the dumbarton bridge and extend to the carcinas or benicia bridges. the column says the bay bridge would likely be the last one converted to electronic-only tolls in about five years. >> sign of the times. >>> 5:09. we want to tell you about an extremely close call in the air. the faa responding to reports that two planes came within 100 feet of each other. >> it's too close. the largest wooden roller coaster in northern california. we'll take you for a ride on the newest attraction. actually, our bob redell will take you for this ride. >> as only he can. >>> came very close to another plane leaving laguardia back on june 13. those planes were apparently turning away from each other when they lost the required distance of separation between them. a source telling our new york affiliate the planes came about as close as 100 feet to each other, but the faa would not confirm this. the good news, both planes did land safely. >> after nine days of questioning potential jurors, they have seated a jury in the george zimmerman murder trial. the process of eli

los gatos 93 union city and hayward in the low 80s. 93 for benicia. 96 walnut creek. 98 pleasanton. 90s for rohnert park and petaluma but 72 for sausalito and san francisco. the hottest stuff is away from the water if the north bay. cloverdale 105. and clearlake tomorrow good vacation spot 104. sunday we are cooler and once we get cool we are going to stay cool. highs around 80 inland all the way through next thursday and friday. and near the bay the morning fog will be back and we'll have highs around 70 for much of next week which for a lot of kids is the last week of school wrapping it up on a cool note near the bay. >>> mobile weather lab is in pleasanton with the concert in the park with roberta gonzales where they hit triple digits. >> reporter: hey, paul. so far today it's hit 105 degrees right here in pleasanton. we are at the bicentennial bandstand which is actually on the corner of 1st and neil street here in pleasanton. currently it's 98 degrees. and we are expecting thousands and thousands of people here tonight. laura olson from the pleasanton downtown association is here,

last i will look it was backed up all the way to the benicia bridge. from on vallejo. many people are doing this as a alternate. this is why the shore freeway on the east side is heavier. people come in from danville and san ramon and out of the valley should head south to dolan because this would be a better way for them to get past the traffic. >> we have a hot spot on highway 1 and lake st. just south of the tunnel. there are signal lights that are malfunctioning. this has backed everything up through the tunnel. the bridges look great especially the bay bridge because all of the traffic has been held up. the san mattel bridge had delays because of a marin emergency. we have been looking at pretty good conditions for the golden gate bridge. they have no delays for the south bond ride across the span. >> starting off with sunshine and blue skies. we had a lot of 40's outside. this is not the case as the temperatures are starting to rise. 56 degrees for san jose at 56 degrees out the door in oakland. we're still pretty when the answer is also especial

the most likely span would be the dumbarton bridge and then lit likely extend to the carcinas or benicia the bay bridge will likely be the last one converted to electric-only tolls of the it's being said that could take as many as five years. >>> the commute through the south bay is about to get a little faster. new car pool lanes will open on monday on interstate 880 at brokaw road. the $70 million project also added a car pool lane on the southbound on-ramp from brokaw. next week san jose engineers will begin retiming the traffic signals on brokaw where morning backups have been nasty during this entire project. >>> now the time we all wait for on this day. scott mcgrew joining us for gadget friday with a look at the number after a rough week on wall street. >> a bit of a bounce this morning. >> good morning. i'll have both for you. we'll do gadget friday. let's start with the numbers, taking a look at the big board. new york stock exchange live in new york city, dow up 53 points or as you can see about a third of a percent. we've got a bit of a bounce after two incredibly rough days o

this is as folks are coming off highway 4 over antioch, off the benicia bridge and toward walnut creek and westbound 24. meanwhile the build has started. spids coming down in the 20s. the bay bridge is still moving smoothly. that's a nice drive down the eastshore freeway. farther south, the san mateo bridge very clear as well. we'll take a quick look at that -- if not we'll skip to the maps. there we go. we'll end with this shot on the san mateo bridge, flashing lights just showing up. back to you as we track that signal. >>> 5:19 right now. belmont joining the growing list of bay area cities dumping the red light cameras. the city planning to turn off the cameras at the end of the month. zip city leaders say a number of accidents in those intersections are remained the same. hayward and redwood city also decided to do away with their red light cameras. menlo park, millbrae and oakland evaluating their programs. >>> a laptop computer that may have contained medical information missing from lucille packard children's hospital this morning. palo alto online reports an employee noticed th

county firefighters are mopping up after a four-alarm grass fire in bevin at 2:20 this afternoon in benicia. 7 engine companies worked the fire in an industrial area off california court. winds pushed the fire across 50 acres of no buildings are threatened and no injuries or cause have been reported. >>> in other news, a fire threatening hundreds of homes near yosemite national park. it started out as a small campfire. people left it unattended on sunday. it is now grown into an 1800- acre fire tonight. almost 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. some 800 buildings are threatened. cal fire has tripled its ground force to fight that fire. now it totals more than 2,000 people. they call it the carstens fire. it's in mariposa county just east of highway 140 in the midpines area. counted supervisors have declared a state -- county supervisors have declared a state of emergency. we have a report there are tonight. >> reporter: fire crews are gathering around for a meeting to talk about how to fight this fire tonight. new numbers are just in. the fire has grown to over 1800 acres. that's up

. >>> and in benicia a group of firefighters spent the day training for open water rescues. this was the second day of the course. firefighters practiced for rescue scenarios onshore and on the water. >>> safeway is selling its grocery operations north of the border to a canadian food retailer. the sales to canada's second largest grocery chain includes 213 safeway stores and 62 gas stations in western canada. that deal said to be worth almost $6 billion. it's going to leave the pleasanton-based safeway with 1400 supermarkets in the u.s. but it still faces growing competition from big box retailers, drugstore chains, even the dollar stores. >>> there's no reason we shouldn't be driving across the new span of the bay bridge by labor day weekend. that's according to expert opinion. seismic engineers looking into the construction holdup say the bolt problems are minuscule compared to the overall safety of the bridge. transportation authorities are still a month away from completing tests that will drive the final decision on when to open the new span. experts say even without t

. >>> on the northern edge of benicia firefighters spent the night making sure wildfire didn't flarep again. that fire started at about 2:00 yesterday and strong winds quickly spread across 150 acres in an industrial area near lake herman road. the fire was contained at 10:30 last night. a shed burned but no one was injured. >>> all right. now time for the most important element of the newscast as far as lawrence and i are concerned. >> exactly. brian knows what it's all about. >> i thought we were tossing to traffic. >> that could be. [ laughter ] >>> it's windy out there now again. of course fire is a concern things dry but right now we are starting out with breezy conditions. it will be picking up but not quite as windy as yesterday. still some patchy fog at the immediate coastline. the temperatures now running in the 50s, cool in the north bay valleys into the upper 40s. winds kicking up again 20 miles per hour to the west at sfo already to 12 in san francisco. 15 into oakland. so the breeze continuing making its way across the bay area and will likely pick up in the afternoon ho

temperatures into the upper 80s into brentwood also into livermore about 87 in walnut creek and 85 in benicianside the bay 75 degrees in oakland. 75 in berkeley. about 82 degrees in santa rosa. next couple of days, we are going to start to cool things down on saturday and sunday. not going to stop there. more clouds, much cooler weather through the middle of next week. >>> let's check the roads with gianna. >> all right, lawrence, thank you very much. let's go live to the bay bridge right now. first reports of a broken-down vehicle may slow you down a bit. it's reported on the upper deck near treasure island blocking the left lane. soto crews are heading out to the scene to push it out of the way. we are seeing a bit of a backup as well towards the pay gates at the bay bridge. but overall not too bad. here's a live look at 580/680. we have some early-morning roadwork that was causing delays there. it ran about 30 minutes late. things should be moving just a bit better. we are seeing extra volume as you work westbound towards 680. just east of there we'll check the maps, through the altamont p

spinning off washington and oregon tonight and that's kicking up winds to 33 miles per hour around benicia. cool tomorrow, winds abating tonight. this guy will continue to spin and then push onshore in the next 24 hours. look what they have to contend with in the midwest. over the weekend, springfield, missouri picked up 9" of rain in two hours. and they have thunderstorms tonight. heading out of the bay area, 81 in sacramento and 88 at fresno. monterey bay aquarium starts today, overcast tomorrow but a little sun in the afternoon. same will work for us. in the city 61. 71 livermore. 71 san jose. 73 in napa. extended forecast coolest day is tomorrow. then we'll gain a few degrees a day until we're back into the low 90s by saturday. weekend looks mild plenty of sun for everybody except right along the coast as per usual. >> thank you. >> we'll do the pinpoint in a few minutes, too. >> thank you. >>> and still ahead, what a bay area lawmaker says is a shameful situation facing our war veterans and how she says the problems can be fixed. >> and it was supposed to be the next big thing in tele

. >>> had slowing at the benicia bridge.lier crash but it looks like all the activity has cleared. the slowing has cleared from the northbound direction. we'll show you a smooth flow down to the eastshore freeway. good, good flow of traffic. at the limit through berkeley and into emeryville. the golden gate bridge, we'll show you the view across the bay. look at that low clouds, not an issue. just barely touching the mountaintops. drivers seeing a great flow of traffic here. slowing petaluma towards nah votto. southbound is fine. i'm giving that notice for the north bay. yesterday they had a tough drive. this morning looking good so far. back to you. >>> it is 6:21 right now. coming up, stabbed by a tell let toe. we'll tell you how detectives came across an unexpected and unusual murder weapon. >>> flight interrupted. new details about the threat that grounded a plane full of people. star command, i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with

earlier delays heading southbound just north there on the benicia bridge. we'll let you know as soon as caltrans are able to clear it. we are still watching this accident in hayward out of lanes southbound 880 approaching 92. and we are seeing a little bit of delay in the area we typically see around this time of the morning anyway towards the san mateo bridge. coming up we'll get another check of the bay bridge. in the meantime i love it when it's friday and we ask about the weekend forecast with lawrence. >> it's going to be heating up outside a lot of sunshine coming our way. we are starting out with a few patches of fog but the sun is already up on our mount vaca cam looking good. some of the val -- some of the valleys seeing clear skies, hot there toward the afternoon. so yup, the sun coming up what looks like some much hotter weather, although we still have enough of a sea breeze bringing fog inside the bay and the coastline and drizzle at the beaches this morning. temperatures still in the 50s but by the afternoon, what a huge contrast in temperature

see >>fire crews are battling >> catherine: grass fire near an industrial park in benicia. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. it broke out in the 4500 on california court around 2:20 p.m. amy head with calfire is on the pjhone.. >> reporter: right now of the fire is about 40 to 50 a.. approximating 50% contained. >> catherine: we are looking at claims now. it looks like an old lot of open land but it is an industrial area. is there businesses nearby? >> reporter: the fire is mainly burning in an open land area of businesses are south of that area know he evacuation process scheduled yet. >> reporter: the city of san jose wants the a's to move there so bad.it's now suing major league baseball. san jose leaders say m-l-b is dragging its feet.and that's costing the city millions of dollars. a's owner lew wolff has repeadedly said he wants to move his team from oakland to the south bay. san jose obviously wants it to happen.and so now the city is taking legal action to try force the issue. >> reporter:kron4's maureen kelly was at today's news conferen

the market for the benicia bridge.o far the traffic is the light. >> thank you george president obama is working up this morning in san jose after making a return visit to the bay area for fund raising efforts. >> he is going to give a speech just before 9:00 this morning. kron fours will trans is live at the fairmont hotel where the president is going to speak. >> high will. >> good morning darya will carry the news conference live at around 850. security very tight. late night for president obama of here if you talk about the fund raisers. here is video of the riding. this is his 14th visit to california. he steps also air force one. immediately he was whisked to the first on written about so starting between $2,500.12000 dollars. it was a private event. protesters were outside giving him an earful. there were complaining about a bright the controversy, sharing government information, information with the government as well as letting him know they are against the proposal with the pipeline that could possibly run ac

novato, kentfield, benicia crockett. richmond 65. 84 travis. that's pretty strong for them.90. 80, though, walnut creek, 68 pleasanton. gilroy, 82. 78 saratoga. 50s, 60s on the coast. in the city. south san francisco and then low 70s on the peninsula. coolest day will be tuesday. a little bit more fog, then we start to turn that around and burn the fog off sooner. it looks warm to hot. a little cooler on sunday, tori. >> thank you, steve. >>> starting a conversation on mental health. what's happening at the white house today to reduce the stigma surrounding this condition. >>> a new book out this week that hints a secret promise has been made between president obama and hillary clinton. male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone. it's for value seekers. for spicy italian lovers. for veggie eaters. for meatball dreamers. the new $4 lunch. a 6 inch sub and 21 ounce drink. tons to choose from. all day every day. they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wa

crockett, benicia, livermore, 76. hayward only 66. san jose, 73. 79 gilroy. 68 santa cruz. they warm up. but there's too much fog in this pattern. 60s or very low 70s on the peninsula. maybe atherton, menlo park, belmont. that will be about it. high pressure builds in for two days. it will flex its muscle on saturday but then cooler on sunday. >>> new information out of oklahoma where the tornado death toll is rising. we now know 18 people, including six children, have died from the tornado that hit on friday. it was the latest in a series of twisters to hit the state since may 19th. our sister station in tulsa says oklahoma is facing more severe weather today, including thunderstorms, with a lot of rain, but likely not any tornadoes. >>> military leaders call sexual assault in the ranks a cancer that could destroy it. however, find out why they are still opposed about a proposal to fix it. ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day,

huge problem coming off the benicia bridge. and then on highway 37 there is an overturned truck. at lakeville highway. the traffic coming into marin county is just ridiculous leaving on 37. you might want to consider using the richmond brick. let's go to steve -- bridge. let's go to steve. >>> kevin in sausalito said this is a stratus deck. if i said i know. but my neighbor calls the fog. so we call it fog. we're not going to -- cool down much more than we have. today was very cool. today will be the same. there will be some temperatures. clearlake hit 90. most locations did cool down. you can see some of the thunderstorm activity associated with the low -- associated with the low. the fog bank is front and center. low clouds, fog, sun. i really don't see much change. too much fog. it will be slow clearing. 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. high pressure will build in. we'll see some of the updated information beginning to come in. it will be warmer. we'll get in the 90s on friday and saturday but there are signs now that not as warm as thought. there are signs that a pretty dramatic cooldo

. >>> this morning, firefighters are watching over this area in benicia where a fire blackened more than 120 acres. they want to make sure it does not catch fire again. high winds kicked up the grass fire yesterday afternoon. this is west of interstate 680 near lake herman road. the flames destroyed a shed. calfire tweeted that it had the fire fully contained late last night. san jose has a temporary fire chief. this is deputy chief ruben torrez who had been with the department for 27 years. he's agreeing to serve as acting chief until the city deed sides on a permanent -- see sides on a permanent replace -- decides on a permanent replacement. >>> 7:34. a campaign against sugary drinks is heading to congress this morning. the mayors of san francisco, oakland, la, new york, and more than a dozen other large cities wrote to congress yesterday. they are calling for new limits on food stamps. now, the mayors don't want food stamps used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. they call it a major contributor to childhood obesity. >>> a proposed ordinance in walnut creek is ban smoking is being e

vallejo, benicia, crockett, 76. la fayette, low 80s. orinda probably the same.ntwood. san ramon danville in there. 72 santa cruz. a little cool, too much fog towards that way. santa clara 75 and then 6 ops on the coast with sunshine -- 60sen the coast with sunshine -- 60s on the coast with sunshine. warmest day will be probable friday. and then a low starts on the weekend. >> all right. >>> he's the suspect in a crime that shocked the entire nation. find out what happened in an ohio courtroom just hours ago. >>> also, the immigration issue taking center stage on capitol hill. what a powerful republican leader is now predicting. >> reporter: we're live in richmond where emergency first responders are gathering for a major drill today. we'll tell you the significance of it and if you are a commuter on the richmond-san rafael bridge, you should not worry about it -- as "mornings on 2" continues. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i

ben knew shaw, 8 -- ben knew -- benicia, 84. 95 for livermore. 76 on the beaches there at santa cruz.pertino. 60s on the coast in the city. 70s to low 8s on the -- 80s on the peninsula. warm to hot on saturday. a big drop. i mean, 15, 20 degrees. thunderstorms up in the sierra nevada. maybe even out to the valley. monday, tuesday, level it off . >>> now just hours left in the annual auction for lunch with warren buffett. so far, more than 100 bids have been submitted. the leading bid more than $775,000. but there's still almost a half day left if you want to bid. warren buffett will be hosting a lunch for the winning bidder and seven of their friends. last year's winner paid almost $3 million. all of the money raised goes to glide memorial church. >>> illegal dumping at a vacant lot in concord raising very serious health and safety concerns. neighbors say mattress, couches and bags of garbage have been left on a vacant lot on pine street. that's not the only problem. mains say the will the is attracting -- neighbors say the lot is attracting drug-related waste and bugs and rats. >> we