bumpers up. [ clang! ] all: friends for the long haul! dad, i'm sorry it took me so long.time and kept your prise. i'm proud of you. thanks, but i almost didn't make it. and i didn't really do it all by myself, like i said i would. that's nothing to be ashamed of, chuck. everyone needs help once in a while. sharing the load makes the work go faster, and it's more fun, too. knowing you, i bet it was your idea to make that platform. [ horn honking ] all done! [ horn blaring ] bye, semi steve! bye, semi steve! bye, semi steve! i saw you bring in that load, little guy. i didn't think you had it in you. thanks. once you grow into those wheels of yours, i bet you're gonna be bigger, stronger, and smarter than any dump truck out there. wow. [ whistling ] [ thud! ] whoa. whoops! soy about that, sir. hope i didn't give you any scratches or dings or -- elmer? hi, there, porter. you don't look so... good? yeah, i know. porter, have you seen the -- [ crash! ] oh! i'm terribly... haulie, you remember elmer? sure. it's just, i don't remember you being so...so... weak and rusty? [ squeak

it brings a chance of a thunder bumper or two up in the north bay. if you look at the models of the atmosphere, this is what's supposed to happen. here's sunrise tomorrow. there's no high cloudiness from this. there's not enough moisture. at least according to the model. models don't get a good handle on these upper level devils. there's the possibility that things unwind a little bit. we shall see. in the meantime, tonight should be much quieter than last night. 87 at morgan hill. 82 at santa clara. out in the east bay, looking good. temperatures mostly in the mid- 80s. 89 at antioch. up in the north bay, looking at mid-70s for the most part, up in the far north, ukiah still in the 90s, 90 degrees exactly. 96 at lake port. extended forecast, a little cooler tomorrow. warmer on friday. by the weekend, we're going to begin a cooling trend, and keep it there. mid-80s inland, and mid-70s around the bay. >> all right. >>> a close call for dick van dike. the 911 call that reported the actor's car was on fire. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thanks to a good samaritan

-to-bumper traffic and the rest of the drive is moving well to make it up to the maze. the san mateo bridge is clear from the westbound direction from hayward to foster city. it is looking good. >> happening now, a massive fire in kenya has shut down the main international airport in nairobi. dark black smoke is shooting into the sky at international terminal and the interior ministry says the airport will be closed indefinitely. that could have serious impact on the flow of tourists into the country and the export offing aal products. no one was hurt. officials say no immediate signs of terrorism and the airport will be closed indefinitely. >> police in a bay area city respond to blight literally dumps on the streets and they are helping clean up a growing problem. >> dustin hoffman has surgery and how he is doing this only. >> the new health study ma may have some of us ditching the morning shot of coffee for a tasty cup of >> welcome back, fed up neighbors in oakland are helping police get big time liter buts. each day, folks are taking pictures showing illegal dumpi

. >>> coming up, a man mows down a florida professor. >> after the bumper hit my temple area here i became>>> a spill puts one boston commuter in danger. >> she wavered back and forth and ended up going into the >>> december 2009. fort lauderdale, florida. professor john hill is in his yard when he notices a man pulling his car onto the grass of one of the properties hill owns across the street. >> he pulled into the property very recklessly, and so i made a move to him to not do that. >> the man is frank parker, the father of one of professor hill's tenants. in the past, professor hill has repeatedly asked him not to park on the lawn. he was met with a few unkind words. but today parker reacts in a way professor hill could never have expected. >> he became very irate, very hostile toward me, began to approach me with profane language. i was very afraid. this guy is a big guy. i definitely didn't want any physical confrontation, so i began to get back from him. >> but it's too late. parker, enraged, jumps into his car and heads straight for professor hill's yard. >> when i saw him coming t

new accident blocking one lane at the tolls at the spay yes bridge and you have bumper-to-bumper traffic easing up slightly but we have slower commute. outside, i will show you the maze and as you can see the traffic is building as you make it out of berkeley to 580 making a push toward the nimitz. mike? >>guest: good morning, everyone, we will start with live doppler 7 hd tracking the clouds as they lower and spread throughout the bay, four miles visibility and four miles in santa rosa is the lowest with flight arrival delays in sfo at an hour and 20 minutes because of the should cover. the next telephone hours, minor drizzle and 62 through 7:00 and clouds will linger longer today and mostly sunny at noon and near 70 and mid-70's at 4:00 and upper 70's through the evening hours. next 12 hours inland met of the clouds are in the north bay, 63 degrees and sunny by noon and upper 70's and mid-80's close to average by 4:00 and mid-60's during the evening hours and we will go from drizzle this morning to mostly cloudy to partly sunny low-to-mid 60's through the coast. now the news. christian and eric.

up remains. you have bumper-to-bumper traffic from before oregon expressway.ook at the drive time traffic, 580 over tracy to dublin is increasing and you are almost at 40 minutes westbound along highway four from antioch to concord at 29 minutes 101 is quiet headed into central san francisco and san francisco and outside we go here is the picture of 101 through san jose away from 880 building at this hour. >> in hayward police are investigating the circumstances a they fatally shot a man believed to have been threatening to kill his wife. abc7 news reporter is at the scene with the latest. >> kristen, there were two kids inside home at the time of shooting and they are at the police station being interviewed. officers say it was the 12-year-old girl who lived at the home who called 9-1-1 and told dispatchers her father was threatening to kill her mother. he had a knife. officers say when they got here he lunged at the officers with the knife and the girl was still on the phone when it happened and police were inside the apartment when they say he lunged at the

. >> it gets nasty because the bumper of the silver car ends up falling completely off. as the black car backs up, the silver car drives in front of it goes in reverse to attempt to hit the black car but the black car moves out of the way, takes off. the silver car follows. >> that's when the driver of this car decided he had enough. >> like a demolition derby in downtown streets? this close call on ft. nelson the old alaskan highway. allen submitted the video to us. he's going fast on this road. but the dogs decided to get in his way. and he's he barely misses both dogs. that second one got close. >> chasing the motorcycle which happened. >> scary. kill the dog or really get hurt? this dog's knocking you off your bike. >> a lucky day for everyone. >>> a rider goes up a steep hill, but -- >> close to the top. >> oh! >> someone moved his bike? >> what happens after the cliff-hanger? a man works his way through swampy waters to perform a rescue. >> a cow stuck in the watter. >> stuck in the mud. >> one bull headed bovine. >>> i think the term cliff-hanger is thrown around

bumper-to-bumper track, livermore avenue, and it eases up around the dublin interchange and a breeze heading into castro valley. once you get to 238, that's where we're seeing another buildup of traffic. we're at now more than an hour from tracy into castro valley. ama, eric? >> thank you so much, leyla. >>> new this morning, prince william goes public for the first time since the birth of his son. >> i'm as independent as i want to be, and same with catherine and harry. we've all grown up differently to other generations. >> ahead at 6:30, the prince reveals what it's like to be a first-time father and how he's dealing with being in the public eye. >>> but coming up first, a sideline reporter gets too close to the action during preseason play. yikes. how the quarterback responsible for thisi'm john m r. an intense ache all over. it was hard to do what mattered. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia... thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can significantly relieve fibromyalgia pai

westbound direction with one lane blocked and you can see how the heavy traffic is stacking up, so, 15 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic over the pass and it will take you 35 minutes to head out of tracy to live more. at highway four we are seeing quite heavy backup there, from antioch and to pittsburgh especially heavy traffic to summersville road that will thin out toward pittsburg and concord . a look at a picture of the golden gate bridge and you can see it is quiet from sausalito to san francisco and everything is running smoothly northbound and southbound direction and it will be five minutes to head sausalito to the city. >> next, a tragic fall, the accident that stunned a crowd at a major league baseball game. >> she was dressed like a nurse but is anything but a nurse and we hear from a woman impersonating a nurse at the >> covering be19, san ramon and all bay area. >> atlanta police are trying to determine how a fan at thebaseb. the man fell 65' yesterday from a stadium platform at the field and landed in a parking lot. he died at the hospital. the game was delayed for two hours because of r

bumper to bumper traffic now, an hour 35 minutes to head up from san francisco to 580 so packed conditions up there. taking a look at this, it's going to be that drive through mill valley. make it continuing along 101 so very slow going. we have a shot this morning afternoon friday get away driver that's is swlau to look forward to. another live shot for us over towards san mateo bridge we do see a 30 minute commute heading into hayward your eastbound commute will be headlights and could take a look at the waze app if you're traveling along highway 1 we have heavy traffic reported in half moon bay. buz at the desk. >> want to take you now to the thick of the traffic. driving in the area it and looks mighty slow there. my goodness that is northbound. that was just -- . >> cheryl it's horrible. it's horrible out here, your get away drive is stop and go as soon as you walk out of the office in san francisco. it's been bad here it's taking me an hour to get from wald yes tunnel. swlai to look forward to is a mess a one exit connector that connects highway 580 to go over richmond bridge. you kn

over the westbound side we are loading up out of tracy and bumper-to-bumper traffic at 33 miles per hour for the top speed increasing slightly to 40 miles per hour but it does loosen up in live more. across our bridges, the golden gate bridge at nine minutes and from sausalito into san francisco, the bay bridge is a short eight minutes and san mateo bridge is 18 minutes and from the san mateo bridge you can see it is hazy out there and we have a mist that is coming out of hayward to foster city with no crashes to report. >> thank you, leyla gulen, an update from the presidio where firefighters have been trying to get the upper hand on a grass fire burning at a national cemetery. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has more from the scene. cornell? >> good morning, eric. the fire has been burning in the southwest corner of the presidio with lots of smoke. this is our vantage point for now above doyle drive. it appears that graves inside the national cemetery are safe. that is the good news. we want to show you pictures, firefighters got the call about 3:00 a.m. and when they arrived they f

up. still bumper to bumper at grant line road.s closure, burlingame avenue at primrose road. a gas leak, pg & e. traffic detoured. drizzle lingering around the neighborhood. temperatures mild in the lower 50s, upper 60s except the north bay up in the 50s. north bridge, see on the deck still wet even though drizzle not falling now. we're going to lock in the cool atmosphere for another day, 5 to 15 below average. if you're heading out to the game, it's a day game, partly sunny at at&t park, temperatures around 62 and warm up to ♪ >>> look how flexible stephen colbert is. so many celebrities joining in. a retaliation against one of the hottest bands on the planet. >> i love his moves. >> he has the moves. how dare they cancel on him? he debuted his own music video of their hit song. and we go inside -- is that matt damon back there? inside this sensational -- >> flexible. >> and who is not in that video? that song stays with you. >>> we'll have the latest this morning, superstar usher, he's speaking out for the first time since his

-to-bumper traffic and down to 38 miles per hour. and hillcrest animal it picks up to 62 miles per hour and it eases up outside and the drive into central san rafael southbound the headlights are coming toward you and it is althoughing clear. >> coming up with developing news from the east bay, one teen is dead and two injured after a solo vehicle crash. police are trying to figure out what caused it. we are in danville with more. kira? >> just as you said, teens will wake up for the first day of school to find out that three of their classmates will not be there today and one them is dead and the other two are being treated in the hospital if broken ribs and a broken leg. look at the crash scene. this is where the so low vehicle accident happened before 9:00 last night. the car hit the tree and just blued through the fence here. we are across from crow canyon country club. this video is when the they were in the car north on the road and the driver lost control hit the tree, hit the fences and the passenger died at the hospital and his friend, the driver, and anoth

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so bumper to bumper before you get into vasco and then loosens up from there.as we go outside, looking at walnut creek. you can see 680 is moving along well there. coming up to the 24 junction, that's where we're starting to see some traffic building up. it looks like everyone is making it in the southbound direction pretty well. eric, ama? >> leyla, thank you. >>> 4:55 now. doctors at u.c. davis may have found a link between bpa and asthma. monkeys exposed to bpa showed changes in their lungs. the findings add more evidence to the effects of the chemical when it comes to hormonal systems and fetal development. many manufacturers have voluntarily taken b.p. out of the plastics used in baby bottles and sippy cups but still used in many plastic bottles and cash register receipts. >>> the warnings about tanning beds and cancer apparently aren't having much effect. if you're younger than 25, indoor tanning can increase nonmelanoma skin cancer risk up to 142%. a new report is finding that many young adults are still tanning, including nonhispanic white female high s

jose we can see everything is moving at top speeds and the altamont pass is loading up with heavy traffic and bumper to bumper. >> a new development in a fair that set a fairfield neighborhood into chaos with the number of homes damaged jumping from 5- to 15-per. katie marzullo is in failed with more. >> this is very much a, working fire. if you look at this home you can see construction crews are, working to board this to tape it off to get it down after the fire and further down the street. fire crews still on the scene putting out hotspots and they say they found smoke in an attic two hours ago. the fire chief says that right now five homes are uninhabitable and two, possibly three, are destroyed and ten more are damaged. that is a total of 15 homes damaged or destroyed by the fire. the fire started as a grass fire along i-80 yesterday afternoon. at the time we were on the scene and talked with homeowners who watched their houses go up in flames. >> the tree in the middle went up like a candle and it threw everyone on the roof, a roof is on fire, the fence is on fire and nothing we could do. >> t

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bumper sticker from us branstad on says boaard. speed limits do not apply. [applause] i will come through the audience. hold up three dollars and you will be the proud owner of a new bumper sticker. [laughter] [applause] >> let's hear it for all of these hard-working individuals. [applause] once again, please welcome to the stage the district liaison, larry. [applause] >> i'm sorry i was on the wrong end of that parade. privilege to be able to introduce jim twice. iowarew up on a farm in and was a lifelong resident. upon graduation from high school, he married his high school sweetheart and they had two sons. a month after the iraq war began, jim enlisted in the national guard and advanced rapidly. in 2005, his unit, the first of the 133rd infantry was deployed as anq where he worked intelligence analyst determining the location of roadside bombs. that deployment was 23 months. that was the longest any unit that served in iraq. many of us remember that. it seemed like it was an endless ordeal. during his duty in the guard and , as an adviser to u.s. forces, he managed to complete his bachelor's degree from ame

things are stacking up away from the maze you are bumper to bumper moving into san francisco it will take 15 minutes away from the maze to the city. the going at the san mateo bridge the traffic is running fine in the westbound direction from hayward to foster city a ledup of traffic and not too much space between the cars moving west but it is running smoothly as you make it to the high-rise and over to the peninsula you are in good shape with one problem, only, at flynn road on 580 and more on that in a little by, but, first, how the royal baby is translating into big bucks on this side of the pond. >> i watched to be here to thank all of you personal. >> and "glee "star speaks out after her co-star's death. >> and an event bringing former secretary of state, hillary clinton and attorney generalspi" >>> that's "america's money." i'm diana perez. have a great day, everyone. dolr car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how're they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or "no comment." then there's esur

so two miles per hour looking at heavy back ups coming away from vanness. lincoln looking well. so bumperto bumper traffic out there. you can track your traffic with abc 7 waze app. join our group. >> and here is our cell 7 camera in the east bay now abc 7 engineer is behind the wheel making ate cross the bridge. you're on 880 north, dick, how was the drive? >> it was eastbound here this, is the second trip over. first was about an hour ago. it took me 30 minutes to the toll plaza now, i just connected with highway 880 northbound. 880 is backed up. i was here and it's moving better than it was back then. so the bad news is that it's still kind of a slow go over the bridge. good news is that it is improving. and... it's appearing to be steadily improving as time goes on. >> thank you. that is a challenging assignment this evening. abc 7 news is live for us on the oakland side of the bridge to explain how they plan to take down that structure. >> there won't be any explosions caltrans telling us it will cost $239 million to take the bridge down one steel beam at a time. with the new bridge

so two miles per hour looking at heavy back ups coming away from vanness. ncoln looking well. so bumper bper traffic out there. you can track your traffic with abc 7 waze app. join our group. >> and here is our cell 7 camera in the east bay now abc 7 engineer is behind the wheel making ate cross the bridge. you're on 880 north, dick, how was the drive? >> it was improved going eastbod here this, is the second trip over. first was about an hour ago. it took me 30 minutes to the toll plaza now, i just connected with highway 880 nohbound. 880 is backed up. i was here and it's moving better than it was backhen. so the bad news is that it's still kind of a slow go over the bridge. good news is that it is improving. and... 's appearing to be steadily improving as time goes on. >> thank you. that is a challenging assignment this evening. abc 7 news is live for us on the oakland side of the bridge to explain how they plan to take down tt structure. >> there won't be any plosions caltrans telling us it will cost $239 million to ta the bridge down one steel beam at a time. with the new bridge sta

from tracy, bumper-to-bumper traffic into livermore and then the speeds pick up and at top speed into pleasanton. along highway 84, 48 miles per hour, and 70 miles per hour is too fast as you make the drive in the southbound direction along 680. and our drive time traffic across our bridges, 580, the richmond san rafael is eight minutes westbound. san mateo is 13 minutes and dumbarton bridge is 11 minutes westbound. and the bay bridge toll plaza shows cash-paying lanes loading up but the rest of the fast track lanes are moving along at top speeds from emeryville to san francisco. >> thanks. although no strike for now, you may still need this information and we have a wide range of resources at abc7news.com including more on the governor's inquiry. we have real time traffic conditions to see how the commute is shaping up as you head out and you can download our exclusive traffic app to navigate the freeways. follow us on twitter@abcnews for updates. >> a two-alarm fire in an apartment building. abc7 news reporter matt keller is on the scene. >> the firefighters cleared the scene but th

-to-bumper traffic at the dublin interchange and 14 minutes across the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city so a load upf track at the high-rise and it eases in the peninsula. >> thanks, the father of national security agency leaker edward snowden says that he has secured a visa to visit his son in russia. he told abc he plans to travel to russia with his attorney to talk about fighting espionage charges. they have not spoken with him since he fled the united states and received asylum in russia. the father wants his son to return to the united states but things it is unlikely he could get a fair trial after government officials publicly described the younger snowden as a traitor. >> 18 of the 19 american diplomatic post closed during the recent letter now re-opening this morning. embassies and consulates will be fully operational by tomorrow, and the embassy in yemen remains closed because of intercepted emergencies between al qaeda operatives which american officials called "an attack order." >> coming up, are we weeks away from a new iphone and what could come to you to an apple store near you. >> fr

here everything's moving well, but i'll tell you where the jam-up is to going to the golden gate bridge, 19th and from lombard, bumper-to-bumper. let's take a look at your drive times now. san mateo bridge eastbound, 20 minutes from 101 over to heyward. southbound, we are seeing slowing now from the waldo grade up and over into the toll plaza, i should say to the golden gate bridge area and across the span of about 35 minutes from san rafael. in the other direction, richmond san rafael bridge is looking great. and your dumbarton bridge is moving very, very smoothly at this point. both directions, mass transit a great way to go, a lot of activities around the bay area. b.a.r.t. is running 30 trains on the weekend schedule and on time. >> thank you. >>> more than a third of the massive rim fire is contained. it has spread to nearly 220,000 acres but firefighters are making progress. they have 35% contained. nearly 5,000 firefighters have helped with the response. and for the first time this week, cal fire reduced the number of firefighters. the department of forestry and fire protection said they are getting the upper

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up to larksburg. >> it's terrible. really, really terrible. it's just bumper to bumper. >> reporter: lisa tell us she left salsalito and it took her an hour to get to the other side. >> so i'm turning around and staying in solsalito and staying with a friend. >> reporter: so you're giving up? >> yeah. >> reporter: many used the san rafael bridge and it was slow going all the way to emeryville. >> everything is just backed up. so it's real bad. i wouldn't expect it to be looking that bad. >> reporter: jeff crow stopped for gas on his way home. he estimated his commute would take an extra 45 minutes. >>it's usually very backed up. this morning it was actually very good. but now it's bad. >> reporter: tomorrow evening's commute is also expected to be difficult. transit officials suggest allowing yourself a little extra time if you do have to be out on the roads. cara liu, ktvu news. >>> if you plan on traveling some where for the upcoming labor day weekend you're not alone. aaa is predicting 35 million californians will hit the roads. 3.1million will be driving,

up here has done. you have got to understand that you are right clarence that winning the bumper sticker award they are able to change and i would say to this young man and to say to you all young people if you don't know what a mimeograph machine is or is did no machine is but you sure know how to tweet and you take what you just said. it's amazing if we older folks understand that with just one finger or thumb action you literally can't communicate with millions of people in a nanosecond. in a nanosecond. smartphone, everybody is probably sitting here with a smartphone. we have to choose that which we have. this is not just a gathering. i mean this is information that you are taking notes. we should be sending it on our cell phone. we should be sending the message immediately to the white house and demanding, and this is once again a president who has told the world's, he told the world in his speech. it was when he was in africa i believe it was her at some point. he said make politicians do it. i am a politician. make me do it. so i just close by saying the young man is part of what they call the j

up to larksburg. >> it's terrible. really, really terrible. it's just bumpero bumper. >> reporter: lisa tell us she left salsalito and it took her an hour to get to the other side. >> so i'm turning around and staying in solsalito and staying with a friend. >> reporter: so you're giving up? >> yeah. >> reporter: many used the san rafael bridge and it was slow going all the way to emeryville. >> everything is just backed up. so it's real bad. i wouldn't expect it to be looking that bad. >> reporter: jeff crow stopped for gas on his way home. he estimated his commute would take an extra 45 minutes. >>it's usually very backed up. this morning it was actually very good. but now it's bad. >> reporter: tomorrow evening's commute is also expected to be difficult. transit officials suggest allowing yourself a little extra time if you do have to be out on the roads. cara liu, ktvu news. >>> if you plan on traveling some where for the upcoming labor day weekend you're not alone. aaa is predicting 35 million californians will hit the roads. 3.1million will be driving, a

you can see the bumper-to-bumper traffic as you make it up towards los gatos.are this monday morning celebrating the gmas, our take on the vmas last night's big show in brooklyn and the video music awards and what a night it was. this morning we've got deejay kiss right there on the hard rock cafe marquee. spinning all of the hot hits. >> wow. holy cow. >> that's josh. >> all this morning. >> it's so fun. we are taking over times square and look at this. katy perry took over the brooklyn bridge performing her brand-new hit "roar" closing out the night. that was an amazing moment and i don't know how they pulled it off but it was spectacular. >> yes, i mean, underneath the brooklyn bridge, probably the most iconic views of new york city, although, lara spencer, i think there may be one place that is better than the brooklyn bridge. >> for katy perry. >> for katy perry to form. -- to perform. what do you think? times square, ladies and gentlemen, on "gma" next week, katy perry is in times square. we are happy, happy, happy. >> oh, my gosh. you'll hear me roar. >>

we do have cnn up, usually turn the volume down and just look at the pictures and read the bumper sticker underneath to get intel so we're not biased by what an individual reporter might be saying, but surprisingly enough, tongue in cheek, cnn is usually a very good source of information as to what's going on, especially domestically. we've had several incidents in the last couple years of real world experience. most recent was the california, the wildland firefighting that we took part. we actually initiated our first ira, immediate response assistance, for 72 hours where we called up one of our helicopter squadron in southern california to fight the fires. so, for us, again, that common operating picture, that's a recurring term that several people on different panels today have used, but that is the king for us. it's our situational awareness. it's what allows us to turn the volumes of information into those nuggets of actionable knowledge that we really need in order to support those that need our assistance. >> okay. over the last eight hours, however long we've been here, we've hear

traffic bumper to bumper northbound 680 beyond the truck scales southbound 680 stacked up solid fromsunol boulevard. avoid the sunol grade. take 880 or niles canyon instead. and heading towards the silicon valley, several hundred to several thousand bikers -- cyclists are expected to hit the streets tonight beginning around 8:00 for the annual san jose bike ride. it's going to start off in mountain view, make its way through sunnyvale towards stanford university. some streets which are expected to be delayed include middlefield and oregon expressway but that's later tonight. just a heads up if you plan to spent your night out in the silicon valley mass transit- wise, we're in good shape. no delays all morning long for the bart system. the ace train or caltrain on time. still "friday light" at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound traffic is fine at the pay gates. highway 92 looking good across the san mateo bridge. >>> some drivers crossing the golden gate bridge are unfairly being accused as toll evaders. but it's a processing backlog that's actually the big problem. automated tolls

and the drive from dublin to the interchange is also bumper-to-bumper traffic and folks have to get by using side streets which are loading up. the app shows folks who are taking pictures of the backup, we do not have pictures of the seen but fog could possibly have been a factor in the accident. the overturned big rig was carrying 66,000 pounds of mail. traffic is stopped and the sky has cleared with a few of the clouds out there but no fog right now. speaking of clouds, and sunshine, mike nicco? >> we have everything. we will talk about wins, too, small craft advisory if you are headed out on the bay from 2:00 this afternoon to 8:00 this evening, with winds through the delta and our beaches from the northwest at the same speed. fairly at 21 is healthy, and the rest of us are dealing with speeds less than ten miles per hour, and it the extra push keeping us cooler today than yesterday. this is how it lookings from mount tamalpais this morning, we will have mostly sunny afternoon but cooler tonight, and it will be cloudy and transition slightly cooler, not so human, so, 60's are less likely but a few out there and 50's are m

bumper traffic. on the berkeley commute i can show you how that traffic is stack up. from freeway 4 to the maze, that is now a 30-minute commute. on the maze to san francisco thank on another 25 minutes. in the presidio, this is where we do have cornell on the scene reporting on a fire that happen near the presidio cemetery, closed right now. as we go over to castro valley and eastbound a 80, that is where we have a possible big-rig fire. >> thank you very much. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go including breaking news, heart surgery for president george w. bush the former president. >> good morning, here is a look at traffic on i-80 through berkeley the westbound direction with the headlights moving very, very slowly so another tough commute for folks headed to the bay bridge. another check with leyla gulen coming up. >> as we get ready to hand things off to "good morning america" here are seven things to know. the breaking news in san francisco's historic presidio, a fire broke out at 3:00 and burned two acres before crews puts it out. for sites were dama

bumper out there. and if you are heading north of lake shasta, that's also a possibility. maybe a few light sprinkles up there and certainly build-ups over the sierra. for us we're going to be looking for temperatures tocle a bit to 79 at morgan hill, 63 at half moon bay. out in the east a bit numbers will be mostly in the mid-70s. 69 at vallejo, 79 degrees at brentwood and 77 degrees for livermore. up in the north bay, after morning clouds, we'll see the sun coming out the visibilities were great, weren't they, yesterday, when things began to clear out and the extended forecast, we're looking for numbers -- watch what happens after we cool off the next couple of days by the end of the weekend, there's a 90- degree reading there in the extended forecast. we're warming up beginning this weekend. what's the latest on the road? >> things are looking good if you are about to head off on your morning commute to get to work on time. no big issues to slow you down. we'll show you several of our live traffic cameras. they are scattered all across the bay area. here's one in the north bay. golden gate bridge tra

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to bumper traffic coming almost away from 101 as you head into park moore. does start to ease upe. tracy to dublin, still 48 minutes. eric? >> thank you very much. when we come >>> good morning. big story, fire weather. that's what we're going to have in all these areas in red, which is not the bay shore, the santa clara valley and the coast. under a red-flag warning flou through 3:00 wednesday morning. dry thunderstorms that could create locally gusty winds and spark fires with the lightning. so temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it's very muggy outside again ♪ applause >>> we are high above times square this morning. that is the helicopter shot from wabc-tv and that helicopter is going to be tracking lady gaga coming right here to times square. there's the countdown. people lining up all night long on our street. they could not wait for lady gaga to be here for the brand-new dvd of her song "applause." we have no idea what she's going to look like, what she's going to say. but we know we'll have a lot of fun with lady gaga this morning. >> i know i love this song. i mean we can't

up and out cruising the skies over the san mateo bridge. that has been one of the worst commutes we have seen in a very long time. still bumper to bumper traffic for south 101 leaving 380. stays slow to highway the 2. 280 continues to be a good option if you need to leave san francisco for the south bay. dumbarton bridge also looking good as an alternative to the bay bridge closure. now, the golden gate commute in marin county has been socked in with traffic. north 101 getting towards the golden gate still bumper to bumper from the marina district. you can see that slow traffic just a few minutes ago. 101 very slow heading to and through marin county and right here over at the bay bridge toll plaza, the only traffic you will see is the construction crews waiting to do what they need to do to reopen the bridge by tuesday morning. close by, westbound 80 has been jam-packed all day as folks try to get used to the lane closures there. right now, westbound slow from university avenue approaching the baze and no delays on bart. >> thank you, liza battalones. >>> fast food workers in the bay area and across the nation are demanding

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as we come up the central valley, it'll wrap around the low off shore. it's the potential for maybe a thunder. bumper or two. wide view, clouds over the central valley. low pressure triggering this. going to be near 100 degrees inland. future cast shows we're starting out with some fog along the shoreline. later in the day, watch the moisture come up. overnight hours, we've got moisture over the santa cruz mountains. little shower activity would not be a surprise. 100 degrees at livermore today. 89 degrees at santa rosa. 72 in the city. 85 in san jose. extended forecast, looking for that chance of thunderstorms to linger through wednesday. latter half of the week, we'll go little cooler. temperatures in the bay, mid70s all week. unusual this time of year. when you go outside, muggy, unusual for the bay area. >> muggy yesterday as well. warm and muggy. almost balmy as they'd say. >> indeed. but have a good one. >>> republican lawmaker is pulling at least one of his sons out of public school just because of a new law on the rights of transgender students. tim donly lives in twin peaks. he says the law

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