live in benicia, lisa amin galician, abc7 news. >> thank you. a murder case could be close to being solved. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live outside his apartment with more. amanda? >> reporter: dan, steve crawford had been a long-time suspect in this case, one that surrounding the brutal murder of allison rosati list perry, only 19 years old back then. today the santa clara county sheriff's office questioned crawford previously. the latest interrogation happening just recently. >> it comes with great hahn earn to announce we solved the 43-year-old cold case. >> reporter: the man responsible, the former stanford security guard who made the call to police after claiming he found arliss perry's dead body inside memorial church. steve crawford had since remained a suspect in the case. >> nothing ever cleared him. there was just not enough evidence to charge him with a crime. >> reporter: that was until technological improvements linked dna evidence found on perry's clothes to crawford. thursday morning sheriff's deputies attempted to

that's where crews are battling a large grass fire right now in benicia. the three - alarm blaze is burning off of interstate- 780. right now, all lanes of westbound- 780 are blocked because of that fire. traffic is being diverted off to southampton road. officials are urging people to avoid the area near columbus parkway and benicia state park. the conditions are extremely dry in the area and that is causing this fire to spread. we will keep an eye on this breaking story.. and bring you the very latest. (ken) turning to our four zone forecast. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now.(pam) lawrence- these dry conditions increase the fire danger..just as the temperatures are set to go up lawrence karnow: we started with patchy fog but then it turned mostly sunny today. highs were in the 70s and 80s inland with much cooler 50s and 60s at the coast. it's a little breezy but skies will stay mostly clear tonight with just a few patches of fog near the coast. on the satellite you can see as high pressure builds over the bay area, the winds will begin to

interstate 780 in benicia for hours at columbus parkway and the state recreation area. crews were out all night mopping up hot spots. it started at 7:00 and it was contained about 9:00. one westbound and eastbound lane are now open. the fire burned about 10 acres but it could have been worse. >> embers blew and it jumped across. >> at this point, it is not clear how the fire started. >>> a wildfire in lake county is now 50% contained. the pawnee fire has burned more than 13,000 acres since it started last saturday northeast of clearlake oaks. it has destroyed 22 structures. cal fire says crews have made enough headway that now no other buildings are threatened. some evacuations still remain in effect. firefighters are trying to work fast to build and reinforce control lines. >>> a decades old cold case

to avoid the area near columbus parkway and benicia state park.(vicki) we're told firefighters from vallejo and fairfield are assisting in this firefight. officials are urging people to avoid the area near columbus parkway and benicia state park. the conditions are extremely dry in the area and that is causing this fire to spread.(ken) we will keep an eye on this breaking story..and bring you the very latest.... we want to get to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow where there is a red flag wanring already in effect for some areas... .... lawrence karnow: we started with patchy fog but then it turned mostly sunny today. highs were in the 70s and 80s inland with much cooler 50s and 60s at the coast. it's a little breezy but skies will stay mostly clear tonight with just a few patches of fog near the coast. on the satellite you can see as high pressure builds over the bay area, the winds will begin to turn offshore. this will make for much warmer temperatures friday and into the weekend. red flag warnings are also posted for friday night in the nort

a traffic alert has just been issued over at the benicia bridge.wo lanes shut down due to some metal grating that was coming up from the roadway possibly something from the bridge there. so you can see emergency crews are on the scene. no significant delays yet but this is as you transition towards 780 there, northbound 680, the two left lanes shut down right now. you can see emergency crews are on the scene. we'll continue to monitor that. in the meantime, give yourself some extra time heading through that stretch. over at the richmond/san rafael bridge, whoa! we are in the red and our travel times just under one hour, that's because we have an accident involving a couple of vehicles, possibly four or five vehicles. and it looks like it's blocking a lane. you can see some emergency crews trying to get through that area to the scene of the crash. so give yourself some extra time if you can avoid the richmond/san rafael bridge i would do so it could be out there and the residual delays will probably stick around for some time. we are in the red. hat

. >>> tonight a benicia man said the world's most popular weed killer gave him cancer. now with only months to live kpix5's susie steimle reports he's taking the corporate giant that makes it to court. >> reporter: 46-year-old lee johnson sits in court today against all odds. he's dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma, proof of which can be seen in the lesions that cover 80% of his body. he says the corporate giant monsanto is to blame for not warning the public about roundup. is this a david versus goliath case? >> absolutely, yeah, a couple young guys, i don't even have a hair-cut and lee johnson versus monsanto and the best trial lawyers of the world. >> reporter: lee worked for the benicia unified school district as a grounds keeper regularly using roundup on the job. he was healthy when he started back in 2012. now he's one of 4,000 people across the country who filed suit against monsanto saying roundup gave them cancer. >> monsanto will stipulate they never warned anybody about it. mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporter: the general public

the string of shootings happened earlier this month in benicia and american canyon. in most of the cases, only cars were hit with bbs, but police say there was one instance where a person was hit and injured. investigators say the damage to the vehicles is more than $20,000. >>> still ahead, president bill clinton in the south bay tonight. his advice for people frustrated with the current political climate. >>> plus zeroing in on the soshs. just in tonight, what may be to blame for that e. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. >>> our big warm-up gets started. around san jose, highs approaching the upper 80s, and for the tri-valley, numbin the starting tomorrow. 100 degree temperatures by the weekend. how long the heat will stick around as we come right back. >>> tonight, former president bill clinton is in the south bay talking about his new book, which features a president. also talking about how that fictional president and lot can teach us a thing or two. nbc bay area's ian cull has the latest from san jose. >> reporter: to a crowd of about 2,000 people, presi

near columbus parkway and benicia state park. officials are urging people to use caution in the area near columbus parkway and benicia state park. so far no reports of any injuries or structures damaged. ( robin )this morning... many are mourning the lives of loved ones that died in a shooting in annapolis, maryland. thursday afternoon, news of a mass shooting inside a newsroom spread across the nation. five are died... and several others are injured from the shooting... the suspect now in custody. reporter omar jimenez has the latest details on what police are calling... a targeted attack. nats: "several shots have been fired. possible shotgun. at least ten shots heard." authorities responded to a shooting at the offices of a local newspaper.steve schuh/anne arundel county executive: "there's been a terrible tragedy here in anne arundel county. there was an active shooter incident. five people are dead, several more are wounded and in the care of the anne arundel medical center. the shooter is in our custody and is being interro

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the benicia bridge traffic light. moving well in both directions . >>> gunfire along highway 4 in contra costa county overnight was all part of a test. new shotspotter sensors were set up between pittsburg and antioch. since november 2015 there have been 136 shootings along freeways in contra costa county. the sensors will help police find where gunshots were fired. this system will work with the surveillance cameras and license plate readers already mounted on highway 4. >> when shotspotter detects shots fired up on the freeway, it actually moves the cameras in the direction of the gunfire. so we basically have eyes on the freeway at the time of the shooting. >> the test just wrapped up about half-hour ago. officers shut downpours of highway 4 a few minutes at a time to test and calibrate the gunfire sensors. they want to finish installing the devices on 4 and 80 stretching to richmond by august. >>> this is the front page of maryland's capital gazette this morning. the five employees who were gunned down yesterday l

benicia fire says crews are on scene to watch for any hotspots. there's still no word on the -- word on the cause of the fire. >>> spacex rocket launched from cape canaveral in florida. watch. >> three, two, one. we have ignition and lift off. the falcon 9 rocket powers the dragon spacecraft toward the international space station. >> there it goes. the market hearing almost 6000 pounds of equipment and supplies, also a basketball sized robot on board. it's using ibm's watson artificial intelligence technology to act as anargo shi to reach the international space station early monday. >>> 6:10 is the time. something you and i have been talking about all morning. geoffrey the giraffe calls it quits. toys "r" us closing all of its st. when we return, what happened to all those empty buildings. >>> democrats meeting with president trump to discuss his nominee for the supreme court. the very latest development when we return. mcdonald's new fresh beef has leterrific four words:ley ts cooked. when. you. order. that's right. little jimmy doesn't see litt

a traffic alert for drivers heading across the benicia bridge.s is all due to some metal debris that was sticking up from the roadway. right now, chp and other work crews on the scene have shut down the 2 left lanes. this is northbound 680 as you approach 780. they don't anticipate re- opening those lanes until later on this afternoon, possibly even after the evening commute. so do expect delays later today as those lanes will remain shut down. southbound 680 dealing with some slowdowns right near lake herman due to an earlier accident still blocking a lane. let's check in with neda on the forecast. >> happy first day of summer to all of you. clouds getting in the way of the sun this morning but we'll have the most amount of daylight hours for the year. temperatures right now in the 50s for most of us, although santa rosa cooler in the upper 40s. the ridge of high pressure still to the south but that other one out there in the pacific will work together to bring us warm weather tomorrow. today slightly warmer inland. 60s to 90s in the area today.

kron4's will tran is live in benicia this morning. san francisco bay area residents face increased danger from wildfires and heat- related illnesses friday and saturday as the weather gets hot and windier, according to the national weather service. temperatures, especially in interior locations, will begin to rise friday and soar to near 100 degrees, rising even more saturday with some inland locations possibly reach 105. conditions ripe for wildfires will arise friday afternoon and last until saturday afternoon for the east bay hills and north bay mountains. weather officials said any fires that spark have the potential to spread. cooler temperatures are expected for sunday and monday. a grass fire in the east bay is now contained. the fire started near interstate 780... near columbus parkway and benicia state park. it did shut down traffic for awhile. but no one was hurt. ( james ) ( james ) and make sure download our kron 4 mobile app to follow us ... as we monitor the fire danger all weekend. you'll get breaking news push alerts o

number three, fire crews are watching for hot spots after a fire broke out along interstate 780 in beniciathe cause still under investigation. >>> i'll show you that coming up in about five minutes. i want to focus on the heat that's going to help exacerbate that situation as temperatures today under a summer surge, even hotter tomorrow. >>> number five, we are not only friday light, we are holiday light on the roads this morning as well. only one spot. that of course is getting out of tracy. an hour. >>> san francisco's minimum wage increases to $15 an hour on sunday. >>> number seven, it is you " u. all of the remaining stores will close today if you plan to go, the company says you can expect to go up to 70% off anything that's left. i imagine it's pretty picked over at this point. >>> snapchat apparently isn't doing it compared to instagram. the stories they use to copy what snapchat was doing, doing very well. items that disappear after 24 hours. >> i think you can save them, too, to stay at the top of your feed. facebook, which owns instagram, says they use story features every day.

a trial now underway in san francisco pits a benicia man against the corporate giant monsanto.issue, the safety of monsanto's weed killer roundup, susie steimle on the start of the trial that's being watched around the world. >> reporter: 46-year-old lee johnson sits in court today against all odds. he's dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma, proof of which can be seen in the lesions covering 80% of his body. he says the corporate giant monsanto is to blame for not warning the public about roundup. >> is this a david versus goliath case? >> absolutely, yeah. a couple young guys, i don't even have a hair-cut and lee johnson versus monsanto and the best trial lawyers in the world. >> reporter: lee worked for the benicia unified school districts as a groundskeeper regularly using roundup on the job. he was healthy when he started in 2012. now he's one of 4,000 people across the country who have filed suit against monsanto saying roundup gave them cancer. >> monsanto will stipulate they have never warned anybody about it. mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporte

flames broke out near columbus parkway and benicia state recreation area. crews were out all night mopping up hot spots. and you can see cars in this video driving right through all of that thick smoke. the fire started at 7:00. crews contained it about 9:00. all lanes are open the the fire burned about 10 acres. >>> time is now 6:33. let's take a look outside now that the sun has risen. on the left-hand side of your screen there, gorgeous shot of our ship coming in. that's on the bay from pier 7. welcome to san francisco. and on the right-hand side of you can see 880 in oakland where jaclyn has been tracking some slowdowns. but we are starting with neda in the weather center because high fire danger this weekend. >>> yes. it's good to hear that the pawnee fire is 50% contained. let's hope it stays that way. the weather is not going to be on firefighters' side tonight and especially tomorrow. so let's show you the conditions at this hour. gusts are picking up there already. so south of where the fire is burning, a gust came in at 28 miles per hour. temperat

it looks g across the carquinez bridge, or the benicia bridge, it's a pleasant drive on 80. 60 minutes to drive from the ca they were doinsome roadwork ule some repaving wo the traffic so light, it's not really track -- causing a big dey. 4:32. let's go back to the desk. >>> 15 dogs are missing. they were being taken to a dog show in vallejo this week. they were inside of event that was stolen. the fast food restaurant in brennan. a trainer was driving the dog to the show in a white dodge cargo van. the trainer stopped at an in-n- out burger yesterday. left the van running. with the air-conditioning on to keep the dogs cool. when he came out, the vent was gone. those dogs were all in the kennels in the back of whtook the vaprobably didn't knowere ere since thvent have any windows in if you see that van, it has a seattle seahawks sticker on the rear window. carpal -- call the police immediately. >>> police are searching for a suspect who ran away from them and ran into an east bay park. he led sheriff's deputies on a chase from el sobrante to last night. then abandoned his car on sessio

also, looking at the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge that traffic is moving along nicely. it's going to take you just a little more than 60 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. that's pretty much as good as it gets getting out of the bay bridge toll plaza. there's a little but of a backup. for the most part, it's a very nice drive. let's go back to the desk. >>> this morning, the fire in lake county continues to burn out of control. it started in the community of clearlake oaks saturday evening. it has burned 7700 acres in at least -- and at least 12 buildings. authorities have issued mandatory evacuation orders. now, one woman what been told to leave state as long as she could. that she eventually lost her home to the fire. ktvu's leigh martinez spoke to her. she said that woman said firefighters did not at quickly enough or do enough to protect her home. >> my house is about to [ bleep ] burned down. jesus christ. >> reporter: tracy woke up into a nightmare. she had fallen asleep after gardening, not knowing that fire had looking at at 5 pm 30 in easte

firefight grass fire, burning in benicia. it sparked near >>> happening now. firefighters just stopped a grass fire burning in va knee sha. it burned ten acres before crews put it out. >>> on our twitter feed, oprah goes to apple. her releases will be released worldwide. its competitors will include amazon and net flick. we'll be right back. you )ve see. now the company that started the trend... is going dockless. "ford gobike" rolled out 200 >>> bike sharing in the bay area you've seen the bikes everywhere now the company that started the trend is going dockless. ford go bike rolled out 200 new bikes. what's unique, after you ride one, you leave it anywhere. they're planning on a dockless system well before othercoanies. now you can find the bikes using ford go bike app. here's the map you get, a 30 minute ride will cost you two bucks. >>> how long has a stranger for directions? apple users may have had to do that today because apple maps was down today. it wasn't limited to just phones, it affected all devices. apple didn't say what caused the problems but s

but that but did not cause any major problems. 80 29, -- continuing across the parking is or the benicia bridge. traffic here is getting a little crowded in some of the outside lanes. at 4:32, let's go back to the desk. >>> it's wildfire season across california. the cause of a 12 acre vegetation fire in san rafael is being investigated. that fire has been contained now. marin county fire crews are still out there looking for hot spots. there was a plume of white smoke you can see it for miles around the bay area. >>> there are two maand northwe there's the map. one is in tehama county. it's now about 80% contained. >> the other fire has burned more than 2200 acres. it is 35% contained. this one started saturday afternoon. one home has been destroye the shares department issued an advisory evacuation and people who don't leave now, they are being told to prepare to evacuate at a moment's notice. >>> is ♪ any board of supervisors is scheduled to discuss how to better prepare for emergencies. the board asked for a report on firestorm response so he could better prepare for another possible

crockett and 680 looks good on the benicia bridge. we are also looking at 80 westbound. nice looking drive. 17 minutes, average speed about 70 miles an hour. and you can see traffic here at the bay bridge toll plaza is beginning to feel in a little -- fill in a little bit. it's a 4:30. let's go back to the desk. >>> president trump's executive order, the one that reverses the policy of separating immigrant families is causing confusion over how the new guidelines will play out. >> doug luzader joins us live from washington, dc, where the house of representatives is scheduled to vote on two republican immigration bills. >> reporter: good morning. we don't know exactly how the president's new policy is going to play out. but what we do know is that the president is saying that this will not impact the zero tolerance approach that he's taking at the border. in front of a supportive crowd last night in a rally in minnesota, president trump explained his latest move on immigration enforcement. >> we are going to keep families together, but the border is going to be just as to

crockett and 680 looks good on the benicia bridge. we are also looking at 80 westbound.ice looking drive. 17 minutes, average speed about 70 miles an hour. and you can see traffic here at the bay bridge toll plaza is beginning to feel in a little -- fill in a little bit. it's a 4:30. let's go back to the desk. >>> president trump's executive order, the one that reverses the policy of separating

no major issues, by the way, and 37 over to marin or across the parking is or the benicia bridge for that matter. this is a look at 80 westbound between the parking is and macarthur maze. about 65 miles an hour average. this is a look at the bay bridge. so we are off to a nice start. as summer goes one i think some of the earlier and later hours of the commute will be later. the main part for everyone to go to -- between 6 and 8. i don't think there's going to be much of a difference. i hope i'm wrong. i don't think that's going to happen. let's go back to the desk. >>> san francisco mayor elect london breed she will explain her vision for 7000 ballots yet to bector hopes to have them counted by tomorrow. breed spoke to a crowd of supporters outside city hall yesterday and she claimed this -- victory in one of the closest mayor's race is in san francisco history. she grew up and graduated from galileo high school. first african-american woman to be elected mayor of san francisco. she outlined some of her priorities. >> we see people sleeping on our streets. we know that they need hel

a dying benicia man is suing the company. he says his use of roundup at his job caused h >>> jury selection is underway for a case against chemical giant monsanto. a man is suing the company and says his use of roundup at his job caused his terminal cancer. julie watts is live in the san francisco courthouse with more on the high-stakes case. julie?>> reporter: yes, this is one of many cases linking cancer to a chemical in the weedkiller roundup but in this case, time is of the essence, the plaintiff may not live long enough to hear the verdict.>> mister johnson is dying because of these decisions made by monsanto. mac it's shaping up to be a case of he said she said.>> the issue will be whether mister johnson's exposure to like us eight, a name you will hear -- to this chemical, and amy were here -- a name you'll hear often.>> reporter: he couldn't make it to court for jury selection as lawyers laid out their cases. the groundskeeper is dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma and blames the corporate giant monsanto.>> his cancer i

chp issued the wind advisory for the antioch and benicia brejs. we have a slight delay with the bay bridge toll plaza with the cash paying folks on the left and right-hand sides of the bridge. here is the accident i was mentioning. it's not blocking a lane, but you are seeing slow traffic as you approach the marin side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. there might be some emergency activity on the side of the road. expect delays getting into marin from the east bay. >>> some muni metro passengers will be in for a long irride today. two stations in the southwestern part of san francisco will have to take a bus to get to downtown. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us at the church station with what's happening this morning. good morning, cornell. >> reporter: good morning, guys. lots of changes this morning for muni riders who need to get downtown from the sunset district. shuttle buses will be starting shortly, dropping riders off here at the church street station. lots of seen naj up forever. that's because the west portal and forest h

dwyane johnson, who goes by lee johnson, is a father of two and worked for benicia school district, in 2012 becoming the integrative pest manager. his attorney says a large part of his job was to spray roundup weed killer. >> after 2 1/2 years or so of spraying this stuff 30 times a year, sometimes 100 gallons a day, he was diagnosed, no surprise, with nonhodgkins lymphoma. >> roundup, the active ingredient has been the safest and continues to be the safest and most widely adopted herbicide in the world. >> reporter: johnson's case is the first of thousands to go to trial. >> i'm sorry for mr. johnson. i have empathy for him. cancer is a terrible disease. but it's not caused by the use of roundup. >> reporter: johnson's attorney says while terminally ill, he is expected to testify. >> there's no amount of money that can make up for missing seeing your children grow up. >> reporter: jury selection and pretrial hearings could take up to a week before opening statements. live in san francisco, melanie woodrough. >>> services restored after a person was hit and killed by a train in east oa

specifically in the early morning hours of friday. ( marty ) and police in benicia are also looking foriday night police received calls of people driving around in a dark color dodge charger shooting b-b guns at parked cars. that's a similar description of the suspect car in the american canyon vandalisms one person was also injured in this case.. ( marty ) in the south bay... police in sunnyvale are investigating a crash that left a person dead. police responded to a call on el camino real near henderson avenue. a 67-year -old woman was driving the car that hit the man... she suffered minor injuries from the crash. she is cooperating with investigators. the man's name has not been released . ( marty ) it'is nearly a decade in the making. a brand new transbay transit center opened saturday in downtown san francisco. it was the first day for muni bus service at the terminal.. kron-4's gayle reports this is just the beginning. saturday was opening day for the new transbay terminal in downtown san francisco

the benicia union fide school district as a groundskeeper regularly -- unified school district as a groundskeeper regularly using roundup on the job. he started in 2012. now he's one of 4,000 people across the country who have filed suit against monsanto saying roundup gave them cancer. >> monsanto will stipulate they never warned anybody about it. mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporter: the general public will see this and probably have roundup in their home. should they feel safe using that product? >> absolutely they should. >> reporter: scott partridge is the global strategist for monsanto and said he's empathetic for mr. johnson, but -- >> there is no science that supports the plaintiff's position. >> reporter: while monsanto is on trial today so is the truth about glyphosate, the main chemical in roundup. the epa said it does not cause cancer. the state of california says it is carcinogenic. lawyers on both sides offered conflicting studies imploring reporters to take them as fact. his lawyers hope he's around to see it. >> it's day to day for him, but he's here t

other rattlers showed up on a front porch in benicia last week. and bit i hiker at mount tam last month. best advice, watch where you put your feet and hands while hiking and stay on the trails. on mount dt. diablo, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> a man is wanted in watsonville for trying to kidnap a woman. police released a sketch of the suspect. yesterday afternoon he grabbed a woman from behind as she gathered items in her car at pinto lake county park. she screamed and managed to break away. >>> a man is in custody suspected of stabbing someone at bart el cerrito north station. he was stabbed in the abdomen. carl richardson has been charged with an assault and banned from bart. service resumed this morning. >>> it was a bitter sweet day for marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. they held their graduation student, noticeably absent, four of their classmates. ♪ ♪ >> a group of students performed the song "shine" which was written shortly after the february 14th mass shooting that left 17 people dead. some of the parents of those wh

so oler than yesterday. 72 benicia and vallejo. right around the water, sausalito 62. alameda 67.an leandro in the 60s. up north we go. temperatures will start to rise in cloverdale, lakeport, clearlake into the low 90s. those will be some of the warmest spots throughout northern california. >>> definitely you don't want to be running late if you are heading out of the tracy area. westbound 205 is crawling towards 580. we had some overnight roadwork that's all wrapped up. we have confirmed that with caltrans but it's still very slow and dipping as low as 12 miles an hour and you have about 30 minutes once you reach 580 on over towards 680. so do give yourself some extra time. more coming up in the 5:00 hour. >>> the san francisco woman dubbed permit patty has resigned from her cannabis company. allison stepped down as ceo of treat well health after she faced backlash for calling police on an 8-year-old black girl selling water. the woman apologized. still, several bay area dispensaries announced they were dropping her products from their shelves. the company said this: occurred in

fire crews have been on the scene of a wind blown brush fire in benicia all night guarding against any flare-ups. high winds pushed the fire to seven acres before flames reached eastbound 780 last night. the wind carried embers across the freeway and burned another acre nearby. authorities shut down 780 as the fire threatened homes. >> the time of year and location i was surprised how aggressively it was burning. for it to jump a multilane freeway that quick and houses and structures threatened. we went to a second and almost immediately to a third alarm at that point based on the threat. >> travis air force base had to bring in water because hydrants were nowhere near the fire. it is not clear what started the flames. >>> it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, welcome. here's a quick update on your weather and traffic. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike? >>> let's start with the winds. they're about 10 miles an hour. oakland, also concord at only 14. fair field, remember yesterday at this time they were around 35 miles per hour. so

in 2012, dwayne johnson worked as the integrated pest manager for benicia school district.job was to spray roundup weed killer. >> he was diagnosed no surprise with nonhitchkins >> reporter: johnson's case is the first of thousands to go to trial. >> i feel sorry for mr. johnson, i have empathy for him. cancer is a terrible disease, but it is not caused by the use of roundup. >> there is no am of money for missing seeing your children gro up. >> reporter: johnson has two children. jury selection and pretrial hearings could take up to a week before opening statements. live in woodrow. >>> the bill would require any foot wrapper or box be labelled if they contain synthetic chemicals known as pfa. washington state has already moved to ban them in food packaging products >>> one third of capital employees feel retaliation if they report harassment. last week leaders announced new draft policies to handle complaints. lawmakers say changes are urgently needed. >> they know the process, they know how to report, and how to identify harassment. but they don't trust we as legislators

fire crews have been on the scene of a wind blown brush fire in benicia all night guarding against anyinds pushed the fire to seven acres before flames reached eastbound 780 last night. the wind carried embers across the freeway and burned another acre nearby. authorities shut down 780 as the fire threatened homes. >> the time of year and location i was surprised how aggressively it was burning. for it to jump a multilane freeway that quick and houses and structures threatened. we went to a second and almost immediately to a third alarm at that point based on the threat. >> travis air force base had to bring in water because hydrants were nowhere near the fire. it is not clear what started the flames. >>> it is now 4:30. if you're jus

specifically in the early morning hours of friday. ( jr stone ) police in benicia are also looking for car vandals. last night police received calls of people driving around in a dark color dodge charger shooting b-b guns at parked cars. one person was also injured. ( justine ) in the south bay... police in sunnyvale are invesitgating a crash that left a person dead. early this morning polce responded to a man down call on el camino real between henderson avenue and pople avenue. life-saving efforts were started but the man did not survive. a 67-year -old woman was driving the car that hit the man... she suffered minor injuries from the crash. she is cooperating with investigators. the man's name has not been released . (justine) in the east bay...two water main breaks in walnut creek flooded the streets.... and left dozens of people without running water in their homes until just a few hours ago... kron 4's sara stinson spoke with the people impacted ... and shows us the mess. reporter intro: ("the first of two water main breaks in walnut creek happened here on newell avenue it left 4

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other rattlers showed up on a front porch in benicia last week. bit a hiker on mount tap last month. best advice, watch where you put your feet and hands while hiking and stay on the trails. on mt. diablo, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> sky 7 flew above san jose after a man was shot at a smoke shop it happened just before 4:30 this afternoon. the victim is expected to survive. no one has been arrested. >>> also in san jose, sky 7 captured this video of a fire. people saw the smoke for miles. firefighters contained the flames to a small area. >>> regional measure three is just one of many on the ballots. if it passes tolls will go up on bay area bridges. there's a governor's race and several local propositions to be decided. if you need a guide look at our website, abc7news.com. starting tomorrow you may see cleaning crews board bart trains during your commute. they started response teams after mess like this. cleaners will stand by, they'll focus on bio hazards and large messes. bart's website will also let you report bio hazards. >>> a bitte

the chp said it started at benicia state park about 6:45. at one point it was burning on both sides of the freeway. the smoke was contained about 8:30. crews on the scene overnight watched for hot spots. no word on a cause. >>> a spacex rocket launch from cape canaveral in florida. >> 3, 2, 1. we have ignition and lift off. the falcon 9 rocket powers the dragon spacecraft to the international space station. >> that rocket carrying almost 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies. there is also a basketball size robot on board. it's using ibms watson artificial intelligence technology to act as an assistant for the astronauts. the dragon cargo ship is expected to reach the international space station sometime early monday. >>> jeffrey the giraffe is calling it a career. toys r us is closing all of its stores today. when we return, what might happen to the empty buildings. >> one transaction by jeff bezos sends shock waves throughout wall street. a handful of companies lose billions in a flash. ions in a flash. >>> good morning. traffic mostly li

. >> we have a wind advisory for the benicia and antioch bridges this morning.h the accident in san francisco just in the clearing stages, southbound 280. sensors have turned green. we had an earlier mass transit delay. that has recovered on with 58 tranes. the twin peaks tunnel closed for two months to repair that. expect delays on muni through that area. a.c.e. number one delayed about ten minutes coming into san francisco. >>> the twin peaks tunnel is closed for repairs. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is live at the church street station on how people will have to change their commute. >> reporter: we are getting an earful this morning from muni riders about big changes to the morning commute which is starting today. this is one of many shuttle butts we've seen arriving at the church street station. that's because the west p an stations are closed for repair. this is impacting the k, l and m muni metro ne it's all happening because the twin peaks tunnel is old, 100 years old, in need of repairs to the walls and track. muni has tried to get the word out a

two left lanes with some metal debris on the benicia bridge blocking lanes north 680 near 780. >> sueank you. >>> it is officially summer, and meteorologist mike nicco has a quick look at our bay area forecast when we come back. are you two getting along? oh, yeah, yeah. [ hiss ] [ gasps ] [ birds chirping] ♪ no matter what you are they're a perfect match. the new ipad and xfinity stream app. hey guys, i'm home! surprise! i got a puppy. add an ipad to select packages for $5 a month for 24 months. upgrade online now. >>> good morning. thought we'd start with some temperatures because they are cooler than yesterday due to the lack of clouds. santa rosa 47. the rest of us pretty much in the 50s. san mateo bridge looks good driving. ferry ride, mass transit, not as choppy on the water today, no small craft advisory. temperatures start rebounding today 4 to 11 degrees warmer than yesterday. and the moderate heat risk continues for tomorrow and saturday. the heat starts to ease a little bit sunday. back to average monday. >> all right, thank you so much, mike. coming up on "gma," the hero f

highway 4 is a little bit slower than it was. 680 is absolutely clear from the benicia bridge all theramon. we had an earlier accident northbound 280 that's been cleared up. it's a little bit slow on 280. 6:48. let's bring steve in. >> thank you, sir. happy friday, everybody. we have a heck of a hurricane here. went from just a little tropical storm to a category 3. it may even make it to category 4. it is moving west, northwest. it's not impacting land yet. looks like it will stay away and then drift out to sea. pretty impressive for our 1st eastern pacific storm. atlantic, golf, this was eastern. for us, today will be warmer. we had a pretty cool week. temperatures have been low average. tomorrow, they will drop. sunday, near average. monday and tuesday warmer after that. it just feels different this year to me. patchy fog, mainly on the san mateo coast. sunny and warmer. cosplayed and also inland. that's not something we've had. we've seen a little bit of that fog. most of it looks to be on the san mateo coast. you can see some of that trying to get into point reyes. it's not going

beautiful in benicia. sonoma, low 80s for you. alameda, oakland, low 70s. petaluma, 79. santa rosa, 84. beautiful lake county in the mid 80s for your friday. extended forecast, look at the weekend. right back to the 90s. 80s to low 90s inland. low 70s near the bay and as the onshore flow increases next week, temperatures will likely drop back to normal. the two hottest days will be your weekend, saturday and sunday. back to you. >>> should point out unofficially, it's teal tie day today. you know the phrase, when you are given lemons, make lemonade. a campaign to fight childhood cancer. >> coming up on night beat at 10:00, sf mayor came out with an ambitious plan to tackle the streets and homelessness. with his time running out in office, will the next mayor continue the vision? we talk to the candidates tonight on the night beat at 10:00 on our sister station kbcw 44 cable 12. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe bid

crisis for crumpet lovers as bia agents face—off against mexican drug cartels starring josh brolin and benicia the rest of the week's top cinema releases in the film review. nearly 30 years after britain's worst sporting disaster at hillsborough football stadium — a judge has ruled that the police commander in charge on the day can face trial. former chief superintendent of south yorkshire police, david duckenfield, will face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to the deaths of 95 liverpool football fans. an order preventing mr duckenfield being tried had been imposed 18 years ago. four other men will also face trial in connection with the disaster and its aftermath. our correspondent, judith moritz, has been following the case. a year since they said they wanted to bring charges against david dokken field. first it had to apply to left that legal border and the court here heard arguments is from the ground about why they should ta ke the ground about why they should take place and from his lawyers about why they did not feel it should go ahead. today the judge ruled the fo

fire weather watch starts tomorrow morning including a lot of solano county, vallejo, benicia, very breezy. and this is a different direction of wind so instead of the cooler west winds, futurecast really paints the picture. for now today we are getting all kinds of action from the coast. but look, early tomorrow morning, 6 a.m., it's going to start and that's -- whenever you see the shading on this side, that's the north wind coming through. it will really start to get strong 11 p.m. friday night, gusts pretty g to turn yellow as you see in the futurecast through saturday morning through saturday night, as well. and here's why. this ridge of high pressure is coming through. so it's going to get closer and closer to us. it's way out there in the pacific ocean. temperatures going up, low humidities so 10% humidity or less not much recovery overnight. hot through sunday. slight cooling monday. tuesday, wednesday a nice change in the temperatures. it will be back to what we have experienced for the first half of this week including the 4th of july holiday on wednesday. that's your forecast. >

if you can choose from cartenas or benicia, i would take it because it's more smooth. drive through the area, congestion in walnut creek as well, 680, 24 looking good as well. laura, we took a look at this an hour ago it was fine, but now it shows slowing. >> turtles. >> getting closer and closer to the weekend as well. >> looking forward to some warm weather, also more sunshine. it's going to be a little warmer than today but still cool for the coast. upper 60s for the coast and morning clouds and fog. 74 will be the high. 79 degrees, it will start to heat up for inland areas but not much of a change for the bay and the coast. what are you doing this weekend? maybe kick it off with seo county fair and sheila e will be on the stage saturday night in san mateo. it will be in the mid-60s with sunshine cooling off nicely in the low 60s later this evening. bring a jacket. going to lake shasta, you're going to need an umbrella. 65 with a chance of showers on saturday but sunday it clears out and highs reaching into the upper 60s. here is a live look at the sierra if you're

. >>> fire crews have been on the scene of a brush fire in benicia all night.winds pushed the early afternoon fire to seven acres. the wind carried across all westbound lanes and burned another acre nearby. travis air force base brought in water because hydrants were nowhere near the fire. >>> the pawnee fire that's burned more than 13,700 acres in lake county is now 50% contained. cal fire lifted more evacuation orders as the flames move away from populated areas. the fire started on saturday. it's destroyed 22 structures, some of them homes. there's concern about containment lines holding because a red flag warning is being issued starting this morning. mike's been talking about that for a couple hours now. >> 11:00 this morning, lake and solano counties under the red flag warning. and from 11:00 through 11:00 tomorrow evening the north bay mountains are under a red flag warning. that's our highest fire danger. we need to be careful. winds will pick up a little bit this morning. up to ten miles an hour blowing from northeast to southwest. they'll increase in

it would push towards benicia. it should disperse quickly. >> there's more information too. we understand there's at least one injury, several structures threatened because of that wind. you know? there's antioch -- right near the water anyways and highway 4. so we'll keep an eye on that of course. a junkyard, a lot of cars and oil products. >> tires. >> tires. >> yeah. >> absolutely. >>> moving on now, the fbi in san francisco has launched a new team of special agents to investigate active shooter threats at schools in and other public places. ktvu crime reporter henry lee spoke today to a top fbi official and has more on what the agents will be doing. >> reporter: the bureau says they have seen such a sharp increase in the number of school shootings across the country and threats of school shootings that they now have a full-time squad hoping to stop the next massacre before it happens. someone threatening to shoot up a school or workplace will now be investigated by a dedicated team at the fbi known as the crimi

dublin hits 90 tomorrow, pittsburg 93, cooler for benicia, vallejo and martinez, sonoma 92, oakland 79 degrees, sausalito 72, up the road in san rafael 88 degrees and lake county where the fire danger will be extreme this weekend, tomorrow's highs in the mid- 90s. hottest day is on saturday. we will begin to cool down on sunday. you might not feel the difference in the chilly ocean breeze until the evening. plan on another hot day sunday. then we cool down more next week and july 4th now looks like it will be the coolest day of the next seven. that is your kpix5 forecast. >> thank you, paul. >>> coming up this bud's for free really. it's a world cup offer for californians, what needs to happen, though, to get free beer for all. we'll tell you coming up. try jack's new $3 sauced & loaded fries. our hot and salty fries, smothered in cheese and guacamole. chorizo, or chipotle chicken for just 3 bucks. so tonight, kick the party in your mouth up a notch with jack's new $3 sauced & loaded fries. our hot and salty fries, smothered in cheese and guacamole. plus your choice of carne asada, cho

delays now getting from that span.ay over to marin on we have a wind advisory for the antioch and benicia bridges. a new accident reported in san francisco, south 280 near san jose. apparently a vehicle hit a rake in the roadway. that was blocking the middle lanes. another car came up and hit that car. we'll check on that. right now it looks like traffic is light in the area. we'll be back in a couple minutes with details on that. >>> a second young person has died following a freeway crash on the peninsula. >> abc 7 news was in san bruno saturday night when a bmw crashed into a divider on the westbound 380 off-ramp. the 23-year-old driver died at the scene. police rushed a 19-year-old woman to the hospital who died later. >> all the parts came off the car. the girl got ejected when the car was going up in the air about 15 to 20 feet high. it spun around twice. >> witnesses told the highway patrol the car was being driven well above the speed limit. >>> berkeley police arrested a man after officers say he punched a man who helped rescue him from the water at the berkeley marina. a group o