in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. ?oi tragedy in the san juaquin valley. five people die in a crash and it includes a mother and her unborn child. a very young child was killed when five vehicles collided. the wreck sent nine people to hospitals as far away as sacramento 35 miles from the scene. a paramedic supervisor told the newspaper that children were ejected from one vehicle. a terrible scene. a man went speeding through an intersection in an suv and caused this tragedy. >>> heavy fog is moving into the bay area right now so be careful if you are driving or going to be soon. sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yeah, and the dense fog advise vee just went up because the -- advisory just went up. it ising traying the fog and as i -- it is tracking the fog and as i show you, you can see where it is in affect 11:00 a.m. visibility is a quarter mile or less. we are down to a quarter mile in santa rosa. hazardous driving conditions. if you have ever driven through the sheen trail valley in the dead of winter, you know that the fog can b

in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. ?oi tragedy in the san juaquin valley. five people die in a crash and it includes a mother and her unborn child. a very young child was killed when five vehicles collided. the wreck sent nine people to hospitals as far away as sacramento 35 miles from the scene. a paramedic supervisor told the newspaper that children were ejected from one vehicle. a terrible scene. a man went speeding through an intersection in an suv and caused this tragedy. >>> heavy fog is moving into the bay area right now so be careful if you are driving or going to be soon. sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. yeah, and the dense fog advise vee just went up because the -- advisory just went up. it ising traying the fog and as i -- it is tracking the fog and as i show you, you can see where it is in affect 11:00 a.m. visibility is a quarter mile or less. we are down to a quarter mile in santa rosa. hazardous driving conditions. if you have ever driven through the sheen trail valley in the dead of winter, you know that the fog can be really thi

in livermore, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> hope she gets better. >>> san francisco's coit to you wirel -- tower will close to undergo repairs. the work includes fixing water damage around the historic murals and removing asbestos. the city expects to reopen coit tower in mid-april. >>> the long anticipated fourth bore of the tunnel is set to open a month from today. they report november 16th as the tentative opening date. the $417 million project is designed to bring much needed relief to commuters who live east of the tunnel or travel regularly through the heys -- through the east bay hills. >> it is being called the secret addiction. a growing number of women are abusing alcohol. dui arrests roup 30% and the weight is dropping from then. the number of women seeking treatment for alcohol abuse has tripled. it can be a sneaky addiction for women who hide it for years from their loved ones. >> i drink nightly. i added a lot more. i would run the water in the sink so he didn't hear the glug, glug of the bottle going into the glass. >> how do you know if it is becoming a problem? ask you

in livermore, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> hope she gets better. >>> san francisco's coit to you wire will -- tower will close to undergo repairs. the work includes fixing water damage around the historic murals and removing asbestos. the city expects to reopen coit tower in mid-april. >>> the long anticipated fourth bore of the tunnel is set to open a month from today. they report november 16th as the tentative opening date. the $417 million project is designed to bring much needed relief to commuters who live east of the tunnel or travel regularly through the heys -- through the east bay hills. >> it is being called the secret addiction. a growing number of women are abusing alcohol. dui arrests roup 30% and the weight is dropping from then. the number of women seeking treatment for alcohol abuse has tripled. it can be a sneaky addiction for women who hide it for years from their loved ones. >> i drink nightly. i added a lot more. i would run the water in the sink so he didn't hear the glug, glug of the bottle going into the glass. >> how do you know if it is becoming a problem? ask

in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. ?oi tragedy in the san juaquin valley.e people die in a crash and it includes a mother and her unborn child. a very young child was killed when five vehicles collided. the wreck sent nine people to hospitals as far away as sacramento 35 miles from the scene. a paramedic supervisor told the newspaper that children were ejected from one vehicle. a terrible scene. a man went speeding through an intersection in an suv and caused this tragedy. >>> heavy fog is moving into the bay area right now so be careful if you are driving or going to be soon. sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yeah, and the dense fog advise vee just went up because the -- advisory just went up. it ising traying the fog and as i -- it is tracking the fog and as i show you, you can see where it is in affect 11:00 a.m. visibility is a quarter mile or less. we are down to a quarter mile in santa rosa. hazardous driving conditions. if you have ever driven through the sheen trail valley in the dead of winter, you know that the fog can be re

in livermore, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> hope she gets better. >>> san francisco's coit to you wire. the work includes fixing water damage around the historic murals and removing asbestos. the city expects to reopen coit tower in mid-april. >>> the long anticipated fourth bore of the tunnel is set to open a month from today. they report november 16th as the tentative opening date. the $417 million project is designed to bring much needed relief to commuters who live east of the tunnel or travel regularly through the heys -- through the east bay hills. >> it is being called the secret addiction. cohol.ing number of women are dui arrests roup 30% and the weight is dropping from then. the number of women seeking treatment for alcohol abuse has tripled. it can be a sneaky addiction for women who hide it for years from their loved ones. >> i drink nightly. i added a lot more. i would run the water in the sink so he didn't hear the glug, glug of the bottle going into the glass. >> how do you know if it is becoming a problem? ask yourself, are you looking forward to a drink too much? is it

here's of carolyn tyler. >>reporter: san francisco has a film legacy but these days places like new york, new mexico and vancouver offer movie maker big buck and san francisco has to compete. the producer for new hbo series called looking about the lives of 3 gay men. they were shooting today in tiburon. but most of the action is in san francisco and the city financial incentive are a draw. the program rebates up to 600,000 dollars in fee paid to the city for things like permit and stage rental. >> being able to access that rebate we were able to put more on screen than we fwov we hadn't. >> rebate program began in 2006 and scheduled to expire in 2 2014. supervisor mark farrell wants a year extension and proposing that web series like netflix hit house of card be included. >> certainly think about the categories of programming that we are able to rebate we want to say nibble. i want to say anybody nell city hall to make sure we continue to attract our share of the market. >> also proposing to increase the tot

abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler spent the day surveying the damage. >> gone with the wind. that's the story of this redwood that fellas night. nearly caving in the roof above a little girl bedroom. she's okay. the house is red tagged. quite an ordeal for the family. >> insurance trying to get it out. see where we could stay tonight. all that stuff. >>reporter: look at the branches poking through this bedroom ceiling in antioch. after a tree that firefighters say was dead collapsed last night. we went back today and the mess remains. one man was slightly injured. blame the wind for toppling this tree in pittsburgh. sky 7 hd shows how it tore up a sidewalk as it fell. in san francisco, the sand on ocean beach whipped up. leading to closure of grit highway between slope and lincoln. it was either slow going or no going along the area here last tonight when power fuvl winds over turn several truck traylor and big rig. and shopping center in emeryville building facade was ripped off. all in all the kind of narly weather that has kept certain businesses like this tree service jum

carolyn tyler is on that story. >>reporter: christy is not forgotten by her friends or by the city. her death last month is prompting changes. the 35-year-old woman was run over by a park maintenance truck while she was sun bathe with her baby in holly park. new safety rules city wide are part of a package of reform. >> we don't want people driving no faster than people can walk. we want lights on. headlights on. and we'll be if putting our vehicle with signal. >>reporter: the entire department now retrained on safety regulations. according to this gardener expected to be charged in the case thomas had 25 training sessions since 200 2006. yet violated policy by driving off a service road and on to the grass without having another employee guide him. supervisor david cap calls for the hearing to find out more about current rules regulations and proposed changes. and how they will be enforced. >> beyond the fact that it has been devastating for this poor family, i think that it also the made a lot of people feel unsafe being in park recreation spe and in that sense i think we have a r

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 13. s start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you, carolyn. temperatures have dropped into the 40s again up in the north bay. but so far we are clear around the bay area. we do have fog along the value coast n the mid-40s for the san ramon volley. 49 concord, with 55 in hayward. as you head on out this morning, it is cool. the skies will stay clear as the winds continue to mix up the atmosphere. in fact, we will scour out those clouds along the central coast. temperatures coming up into the 60s today with an afternoon sea breeze at our beavers. but 70s and those 80s getting closer and closer. they are in the seven-day outlook. i'll have that for i in a few minutes. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. unions and bart managent are set to resume talks this morning at 9:30. hours before the midnight deadline to avoid a strike. our reporter has been monitoring the talks and has the latest from oakland. >> reporter: as some union members continue c

carolyn tyler has the story. >> san francisco spends 1 million dollars every year with metal theft andvandalism in the city park. this bench was smashed over the weekend in this park. this tree wrecked in dolores park and occurs over nature and supervisor weiner believes closing the city park from midnight to 5:00 a.m. would help. >> park patrol you need to check out of the park it's 3 in the morning. and it becomes a preventive measure. >> homelessness objective say it protects them from the street. this priest comes to the park 20's a week to help those in need. >> i good east that we have to keep parks safe and they are for the public and there are rules but from hue map taryn standpoint where will they go? >> already illegal to sleep or camp in the park exploratorium park alliance of course late proposal and doesn't believe it targets the homeless. >> bedded did you know for the night. they are not up and about causing any daniel. they are not the issue. people up and about doing things that we are concerned about. all about protecting our parks. >>reporter: teresa tells us she and

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 13. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, carolyn, good morning to you. it is a little milder this morning and we don't have any fog. that's definitely a switch with numbers in the mid-50s from hayward to mountain view. still 40s in the north bay. look how much milder it is. seven degrees warmer in san carlos and seven degrees warmer in novato. a couple degrees cooling in the south bay. we are looking at a multi-sunny sky today. without the fog and a wind shift we will be warmer. 70s today around the bay with low to mid-60s for a mild afternoon at the coast for change. inland we are coming up into the upper 70s. this is just the beginning. we've got an offshore flow for a good portion of next week. i'll have my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you, lisa. we begin with developing news on the bart negotiations. unions and bart management are set to resume talks this morning at 9:30, hours best midnight deadline to avoid a

so you can >> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us. on this sunday, october 20th. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> carolyn, good morning. our shallow but dense deck of low clouds and fog. certainly creating problems with zero visibility in some plays. a mile and a half, two and a half across the bay in hayward and oakland down to a half-mile. but we are looking at this shallow, dense deck to continue to erode throughout the day today. it will burn back to the coast. so mostly sunny skies on pap again with numbers climbing through the 60s by noontime. by 4:00 we are back into the 60s and 70s again with a mild to warm day on tap. a little bit more fog in the forecast tonight. but i'll let you know the specifics for high temperatures around the bay area today. talk about a bigger deal-with my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. now to the latest in the developments with bart. the national transportation safety board is investigating the dental of two bar

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 6th. let's start things off with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn. good morning to you. starting out once again nice and clear. as a result, temperatures have dropped significantly in parts of the north day. elsewhere we are in the 50s. san jose and los gatos, but the warm spot, san francisco. 63. 62 in oakland with still the offshore flow is on tap for the afternoon. that means another warm day. the sea breeze will pick up throughout the afternoon. around the bay low to mid-80s. plenty of sunshine, a few high clouds. along the coast we are looking at cooler numbers, upper 70s. but still a very warm to mild conditions coastside, even warm. and inland we are looking at mostly cool numbers. big changes coming up. carolyn. >> we begin with breaking news out of san jose where firefighters have just put out a fire in a car that was split in half. it happened at blossom hill road and wind fielder boulevard near the mall. so word on how the

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 6th. t's start things out with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> carolyn, good morning to you. still a very dry air mass. situated over the bay area. a look from emeryville right now. nice and sunny out there. a few high clouds will visit us today. temperatures warming up. we have been in the mid-40s in the north bay but with a good dose of sunshine we are in the mid-and upper 50s there. we have a little bit of a cloud cover off the coast. some of that will be visiting us. but still numbers are going to climb well above average today. in fact, yesterday we saw 80s. today still more 80s. but the switch comes with an onshore flow late in the day. and that will allow for temperatures to be in the 70s at the coast. big-time cooling tomorrow. come back and we will tell you about it. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. we begin with breaking news out of san jose where one person is dead this morning and two critically injured after a car slammed into a streetlight a

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 13th. let's start things off with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. here on vollmer peak we are looking at sunshine in and around oakland. it looks pretty good. san francisco in the low 50s. it is cool up to the north bay but not as cool as it's been. we are looking at clear skies throughout most of the bay. fog is situated south of san francisco along the coast. but it will burn back and that will bring a warmer day at the coast. we will call it mild, 60s there. lots of 70s again elsewhere. and the 80s coming into play for a good portion of the upcoming work week. the forecast with the extended outlook is in a few minutes. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. happening now, bart and its unions are preparing to head back to the bargaining table this morning in an effort to avoid a midnight strike. talks should resume shortly. good morning, cornell. 400,000 bart riders are watching very closely. >> good morning to you, carolyn. yes, they are. back

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 6th. let's start things off with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn. good morning to you. it is nice and clear, but, boy, is it cool out there with temperatures dropping into the 40s in parts of the north bay. here's a look from our sutro tower where it is the warmest spot in san francisco with the low 60s. ocean this time of year keeping us mild. areas where we are all of the land, cooler air is draining to some of the valleys and radiational cool doing its thing with numbers dropping to 44 in napa this morning. it is a cool start with a clear sky, but throughout the afternoon a few clouds from time to time. not going to do much to inhibit our warmup. in fact, another 25 to 35 degrees of warming today puts us into the 80s. but a little sea breeze in the afternoon with numbers in the upper 70s at our coast. still well above average today. it all changes tomorrow. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. >> we begin with breaking news out of san jos

k. >> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. we have some fog, picking it up from the sonoma county coast. look at cloudy skies at the coast. temperatures cool this morning in the upper 40s and 50s. by the afternoon mostly sunny skies. very little change around bearskin land with 60ths and 70s by noontime. by the afternoon in the upper 60s to upper 70s. another beautiful day with subtle changes at the coast. we will look for the pattern to change during the work week. i'll have that forecast that of in a few minutes. carolyn. >> in breaking news, crews are mopping up a fire at an apartment building in walnut creek. four units were destroyed in the fire that broke out around 1:30 at the boulders apartment. the fire is now under control. seven children and five adults were displaced. no one was injured while the cause of the fire is under investigation. authorities say it does not appear suspicious. >>> striking bart workers say they

>> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us. on this sunday, october 20ing. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. we look at live doppler 7hd. you see the fog banked up along the short line. it's creating some hazardous driving conditions around the bay with three quarter mile visibility from half moon bay. a mile in oakland. look at hayward, less than a mile. newspaper santa rosa we have the ground fog so a quarter mile visibility there. moving to napa, a little bit in novato. do watch out for that. the onshore gradient is a little stronger this morning so the fog is at about 1,000 feet deep. we expect it to be an issue this morning with temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. by this afternoon mostly sunny conditions and the fog continues to roll back to the coast with temperatures mainly in the low to mid-60s. by the afternoon, though, once finish, we are well into the 70s around the bay. looks like low 60s at the coast. we are talking about partly cloudy skies today at the shoreline. slightly

now, as abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler explains, the san francisco chronicle is taking a stand, too. >> reporter: san francisco chronicle's managing editor thinks readers may not notice the change, but reporters will no longer write redskins when referring to washington, d.c. football team. >> i think we need to make no bones about it. it's a racial slur. if we sdroent use it we're not going to. >> reporter: tony gonzales heads up american indian movement west. tribes have been working for decades against names they find demeaning. >> you probably know, american i had indians have highest suicide rate among our youth we in part attribute to it our children seeing our parents being laughed at on sundays. >> the owner is refusing to budth. saying we're quote, redskins nation and at red jack saloon a san francisco bar, this one said he is ready for a change. though some others aren't. >> my friends are hard score redskins fans are not quite as open minded they're stuck on the name. >> reporter: it's a name you won't see much anymore in the san francisco chronicle unless they're writing

here carolyn tyler. >> her son is in college now but what happened three years ago still wrangle. >>g teenagers were proud of their team. had nothing to do with political animosity. racial. nothing. >> his son case was heard today by a panel from the 9th circuit court of appeals. it's a controversy that prompted a walk out at live oak high school in morgan hill. spirited public debate and investigation. and national attention. the incident occurred on cinco de mayo back in 2010. from students waving mexican flags. handful of others showed up shirts with the american flag. the school ordered those boys to turn the shirts inside out or go home. >> the incident was a student safety concern and so the administrators intervened and appropriately. >>reporter: but the students attorney calls it an issue of free speech. >> the very idea that american flag could be banned on american public school is just, that is a name. that's crazy. not only crazy it violates the constitution. >>reporter: a judge heard the different view and sided with the school. today panel had questions for both sides.

now, as abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler explains, the san francisco chronicle is taking a stand, too>> reporter: san francisco chronicle's managing editor thinks readers may not notice the change, but reporters will no longer write redskins when w football team. >> i think we need to make no bones about it. it's a racial slur. if we sdroent use it we're not going to. >> reporter: tony gonzales heads up american indian movement west. tribes have been working for decades against names they find demeaning. >> you probably know, american i had indians have highest suicide rate among our youth we in part attribute to it our children seeing our parents being laughed at on sundays. >> the owner is refusing to budth. saying we're quote, redskins nation and at red jack saloon a san francisco bar, this one said he is ready for a change. though some others aren't. >> my friends are hard score redskins fans are not quite as open minded they're stuck on the name. >> reporter: it's a name you won't see much anymore in the san francisco chronicle unless they're writing about the controversy. >> i'm

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 13. ith meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, carolyn, good morning to you. it is a little milder this morning and we don't have any fog. that's definitely a switch with numbers in the mid-50s from hayward to mountain view. still 40s in the north bay. look how much milder it is. seven degrees warmer in san carlos and seven degrees warmer in novato. a couple degrees cooling in the south bay. we are looking at a multi-sunny sky today. without the fog and a wind shift we will be warmer. 70s today around the bay with low to mid-60s for a mild afternoon at the coast for change. inland we are coming up into the upper 70s. this is

carolyn tyler has more on the plan. >> why did you double park? >> i got this is a good police to do it. trying to do my job. >>reporter: double parking is rampant in san francisco. you probably notice how it disrupts traffic and creates safety issues. if you have driven along the top 5 streets for violators. mission. sutter. howard. polk and union. >> really the wild west. people just seem to stop their vehicle wherever they want whenever they want. sometimes even when they have the possibility of pulling over. >>reporter: supervisor weiner called a hearing today to discuss enforcement. which he says concentrated do you want not enough in the neighborhood. commercial truck drivers already get some exemption but still make up 62 percent of the violators. >> i'm not sure i have a solution but people have to be tolerant of what we do and know this is a vital function for the community and for the business at large. >>reporter: this driver is inconvenienced. happen a lieutenant. >> every now and then. no big deal. >>reporter: municipal transportation

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us.gist lisa argen. >> good morning. we have some fog, picking it up from the sonoma county coast. look at cloudy skies at the coast. temperatures cool this morning in the upper 40s and 50s. by the afternoon mostly sunny skies. very little change around bearskin land with 60ths and 70s by noontime. by the afternoon in the upper 60s to upper 70s. another beautiful

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, october 6th. rst look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn. good morning to you. starting out once again nice and clear. as a result, temperatures have dropped significantly in parts of the north day. elsewhere we are in the 50s. san jose and los gatos, but the warm spot, san francisco. 63. 62 in oakland with still the offshore flow is on tap for the afternoon. that means another warm day. the sea breeze will pick up throughout the afternoon. around the bay low to mid-80s. plenty of sunshine, a few high clouds. along the coast we are looking at cooler numbers, upper 70s. but