west german law would soon apply to the east, as well. >> many people, not only those in the east but in west germany, too, would have liked the unified germany to not be an enlarged republic, but something new, but there was not enough time. >> at first, unification looked to be a long way off, when the west german chancellor helmut kohl drew up his program on november 1989, he was talking about some sort of confederation without any timetable. three weeks later, on december 19, kohl made a visit. >> that night, the reactions of the people and the helplessness of another convinced us that unification could actually happen quickly after all. i think that day in dresden was crucial in our assessment of the situation. >> a flood of people were quitting the east, and there were also fears that soviet leader miguel borja of could be toppled. without his support, -- soviet leader gorbachev could be toppled. far reaching consequences. >> the west german government is prepared to enter into immediate negotiations with the east german government on monetary and economic union. >> del nikole i

well, the field of american jewish history has been so traditionally framed by the east coast. particularly new york. one of the things we wanted to do with this book was to reorient that in some way and demonstrate the importance of the communities here and also demonstrate they are not just some sort of shadow of the eastern experience but a unique experience here really distinctive in some ways of what happened back east. >> what is distinctive about the jewish immigration experience to the pacific coast? >> well, it is people who wanted to take a chance. they tended to be step migrants, therefore they stopped in the eastern u.s., or midwest, probably, before they came to the west, who by the time they got here, they were fairly well americanized, they weren't really needed to sit in an immigrant community but could work with everybody, and ready to have experience to build their own community structures. >> you use the term step migrants. >> meaning they stopped along the way. they might have come from europe, and then lived in new york, maybe chicago, maybe in the dakotas,

upper 70s in the east bay valleys and low to mid-70s in the east bay valleys.and areas will jump a few degrees today, we'll hold steady tomorrow. warming trend brings our temperatures back close to average if not above throughout the weekend away from the coast. sounds like we're off to a rough start. frances has your first accident. >> just up in hayward and reported on southbound 880 and 92. injuries reported as well so we have chp and emergency crews heading there. one lane is blocked so let's check out the traffic in that area in my nest report. here's a live shot of the 280 and 17 interchange in san jose. traffic is light around most of the bay area but if you're heading through highway 17 later on this morning, hazmat says there's been big delays because of it this landscaping work. southbound lanes are blocked, at least one lane. 6:00 to 11:00. so one lane open and then in the northbound direction it's closed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. if you want to try to avoid those directions during that time. eric, kristen? >> all right, frances. thank you so much. it's

if not more in the east bay valley. down around the monterey bay, santa cruz around 92, monterey 78. near 100 for gilroy and hollister once again. hot one this afternoon. sitting in the sunshine at 12:45. going to be 84. feel warmer than that because of the sun and then we'll drop to 78 by the time the game ends. take a look at tonight's temperatures. more 50s especially the north bay valleys into san francisco and oakland. low it mid-60s for the rest of us and that's that breeze. you see the clouds? yeah. we see some of them tomorrow and more so sunday morning. that's the cooler weather. very strong system down from canada. drizzle possible saturday in the north bay. really the clouds and the cooler weather already the big story. >> we start things off in the south bay with a live look in san jose at 101 right at the 880 overcrossing. no problems here making your way out of morgan hill and heading up the peninsula. road work on northbound 101 through san jose has been cleared. it should be a nice commute right now. whe

east bay warmest weather, low to mid-80s for you. of those temperatures, morgan hill and gilroy. watson vil the warm spot at 70. everybody else mid to upper 60s. the cloud cover a little more widespread tonight with mid to upper 50s the bay and inland with low to mid-50s along the coast into the north bay valleys. your accu-weather seven-day forecast, 4 degrees warmer away from the coast tomorrow. another 4 wednesday, another 3 thursday. mid 90s wednesday for warmer day on thursday, mid-60s at the coast. by the time the weekend rolls around, temperatures drop nearly 10 degrees everywhere except the coast. >> no need to rush if you're getting ready to head to work or back to school. a nice commute. walnut creek, taillights heading southbound now on 680. no delays heading into the san ramon valley. elsewhere if you're commuting along the east shore freeway, interstate 80 heading through the berkeley area, headlights westbound. right now the drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze about 20 minutes. once you reach the bay bridge

in the east bay more cars and more big chunks of debris.show you what to avoid coming up.>>> quickly approachi 6:00. we are glad you are waking up early with us. >> good morning, i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we want to get to kris who is in for rob. >> we can expect patchy low fog, that will go away. we will have sunshine for this afternoon and into the evening. look at your 8:00 forecast. 56 for san francisco. by noontime, turning breezy in addition to warm. that's because we have high pressure in the area. by 4:00,

low to mid-70s for the rest of the east bay shore. the warmest weathered in the east bay valleys.mid-80s here from dublin. brentwood 84 today. gilroy low to mid-80s for you. hollister 77. watsonville the warm spot, 70. mid to upper 60s for monterey and excuse. around the state temperatures cool. tahoe 64. low to mid-80s through the central valley to 75 l.a., 92 palm springs. may have a sprinkling of scattered showers in the northern california mountains. as far as the game tonight at at&t park, the rockies are in town, 7:15 first pitch. breezy, cool and temperatures drop from 64 to 58 by the time the game is over. cool spot tonight, cloverdale 49. low to mid-50s through the north bay valleys. mid to upper 50s with more cloud cover tomorrow morning. here's your accu-weather seven-day forecast. you can see the stair step as we climb ever so slowly, like 2 to 4 degrees warmer tomorrow. another 4 degrees warmer on wednesday. the heat will peak with mid-90s inland thursday. mid to upper 80s around the bay. mid-60s at the coast. by the time we get to the weekend we lose about 10 to 15 d

a look at that wind blowing over the east bay hills as the cascading fog trying to move into the easta harder time the last couple mornings doing it there. and also into the south bay but about another hour before the sun comes up and really starts to halt its march south and eastward. let's take a look at temperatures waiting for you. we'll start with the coolest. low to mid-50s we'll say up in the north bay valleys and also along the coast. mid to upper 50s around the bay. los gatos 64. all the fog, sfo not reporting any delays right now. around the monterey bay and inland cloudy conditions and low to mid-50s also. sunshine arounds the bay this afternoon. cooler than average weather. cloudy tonight with the mist and drizzle of this morning probably less likely. more confined to the coast than anywhere else. the coolest afternoons in this forecast wednesday and thursday. temperatures actually warm in san francisco and oakland. 2 degrees warmer by the ends of the month in san francisco, 1 oakland. san rafael lose a degree in livermore about 2 degrees. also 36 minutes and 34 seconds of

east bay shore, 68 richmond, the cool spot, 72 fremont. some 80s in the east bay valleys. pittsburgh, antioch and brentwood and around livermore. otherwise through the san ramon, mid to upper 70s for you. temperatures drops from 80 to 75 to 71 around the monterey bay. we'll see some sunshine. low to mid-60s. tonight cloudy once again. look for mist. you may need the windshield wipers once or twice tomorrow. temperatures low to mid-50s. your seven-day forecast. 2 degrees warmer tomorrow again, friday again, saturday again, again sunday, again monday. that high pressure may take a while to get here but when it does, it's going to be well warmer than average in a few areas inland as we hit the low to mid-90s over the weekend and upper 70s to near 80 around the bay which is pretty close to average and low 60s at the coast. i hope you have a great wednesday. here's frances. any hot spots? >> no hot spots. kind of like the weather. actually pretty cool. that's good news if you're heading to work. a live shot of interstate 80 in berkeley. it's still a delay-free drive as you make

rest of the east bay valleys mid to upper 80s. along the east bay shore, richmond 70.ong with hayward. about 78 fremont for one of the warmer spots. around the south bay quite a change in temperatures from 85 saratoga, los gatos. 80 san jose to 79 cupertino. 75 milpitas. peninsula, low to mid-70s for you. low to mid-60s along the coast. south san francisco near 70. mid to upper 70s for sausalito and san rafael but low to mid-80s through most of the north bay valleys. we'll head to the monterey bay. monterey at 68, 76 santa cruz. 10 degrees warmer in gilroy at 86. baseball game tonight, clear and comfortable. not as breezy. 7:15 first pitch. game time ends with 62. 8 degrees warmer everywhere. that means the coast too tomorrow. couple degrees warmer as the heat peaks thursday and drop temperatures friday 10 degrees around the bay and the coast. 10 degrees inland by saturday and another 10 degrees by monday. all right. we have a beautiful picture. take a look at this latest whether video. uploaded to abc 7's youreport powered by youtube.com. this is what it looked like 2

and mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys. by 4:00, sunshine everywhere except the coast. 50 at half moon bay. 62 san francisco. mid to upper 60s oakland and san rafael with low to mid-70s throughout the bay. mid to upper 70s in south by valleys, also north bay valleys and low to mid-80s the east bay valleys. temperatures below average. will drop even more so wednesday. look to be the coolest day as we loose about 6 degrees away from the coast. we will gain that back and maybe a little more. temperatures closer to average over the weekend. near 80 around the bay. low 60s at the coast. hi, megan. >> good morning. following a crash in hayward right now. it's eastbound 92. a car slammed into the sand barrel in the center divide. spilled sand all over the roadway. cal tran is working to clear the scene of that. it's early enough we're seeing speeds moving at the limit through the area. not going to slow down your hayward commute at this time. outside a look at the south bay and san jose. a live look at 280 at the 17 overcrossing.

east by valleys first. then the south bay.d then the peninsula and eventually the north bay and the east bay shore. san francisco again i think you'll see a lot of cloud cover this afternoon and that finger fog pushing through to oakland, alameda to a lesser extent up towards berkeley and even richmond. highs today the east bay. that's where it will be the warmest. upper 80s, close to average. the breeze will keep richmond, berkeley and oakland in the mid to upper 60s. low to mid-70s the rest of the east bay shore. south bay mid to upper 70s. campbell, saratoga, los gatos low to mid-80s for you. millbrae about 68 the exception. upper 50s along the coast. sausalito low to mid-60s. north bay valleys, mid to upper 70s. 90s clear lake and ukiah. 60 degree temperatures the monterey bay and temperatures in the mid-80s inland. seven-die forecast. look how we drop in the low 80s. upper 60s around the bay and mid-50s at the coast. frances? >> hi, mike. we'll head to the east bay, a live shot of the maze. looks a little better in terms

mid to upper 80s through most of the east bay valleys.hmond, mid to upper 50s, low to mid-70s from hercules all way down to fremont. south bay, milpitas, 75. peninsula low to mid-70s today, 51 on the other side of half moon bay. look at the sunshine, downtown san francisco, mid to upper 80s. even 80 in santa rosa and monterey bay, look at all the sunshine, 54 in monterey. ten degrees warmer in santa cruz. the a's are back taking on the blue jays, clear with 56 degrees and cloudy and 60 by the end of the game. deployed will spread over our neighborhoods with mist and drizzle and low to mid-50s in most neighborhoods. accu-weather seven-day forecast, cooling trend to hit on wednesday as we drop about four degrees, another four degrees on thursday, thursday and friday could be the coolest day with morning clouds lingering a lot longer. saturday and sunday, mid-80s inland, mid-70s around the bay and near 60 can he coast. >>> good morning everyone. still off to a nice quiet start. marin county in to san francisco here is a live shot of the gold

low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys. look at the 60s. more 60s than not on the east bay shore.ity, fremont in the low 70s. low to mid-70s around most of the south bay. low 80s los gatos. on the peninsula more 60s here, too. millbrae, san mateo, menlo park. upper 50s along the coast except pacifica and daly city. 56 degrees today. south san francisco, sausalito low to mid-60s. clear lake and you kyio, mid-90s there. 4 degrees cooler at the beaches. low 60s for monterey and carmel. mid to upper 60s for salinas. low to mid-80s gilroy and morgan hill. gotta win the game today to take the series from the royals. 12:45 first pitch at the coliseum. increasing sunshining. you need the sunscreen. seven-day forecast. 4 degrees more of cooling in tomorrow's forecast. upper 60s to low 70s around the bay and low 80s inlands. temperatures well below average through the weekend. as promised here's frances with that new accident. >> yeah, mike. in fact several in the last five minutes. let's go through them really quickly. oakley, northbound 4 on the bypass at laurel road. apparently an accide

triple digits as tracy mentioned common in the east bay. may have kept some people away from the farmer's market in concord but those farmers say this heat very good for their crops. nobody could keep cool at waterworld, california, because that park, oh, it's only open on weekends now. that's when school is in session. for the beaches, they were crowded as you might have expected including this one in santa cruz. it was one of the sunniest days of the year there. some of the kids on the beach, though, were supposed to be somewhere else. >> they got ready for school like it was a normal day. i turned the other way, school or no! where are we going, mom! we're playing hooky today! we came out here. >> don't worry, they will make up their homework, i just know it. the santa cruz beach boardwalk was having a strong summer business wise doing better than last year. the park says the heat wave is just icing on the cake for them. >>> a woman driving an suv that plowed into five people at a bus stop did not have a license according to san francisc

clouds along the east bay more along the coast.ig story, the warming trend and cooling trend for the weekend. >> good morning. road work in san jose and pleasanton. first a big rig crash in vallejo. all those details coming up in your complete traffic report. >> and it's monday morning at 5:29. thanks for starting your week with us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. topping our news, an accused east oakland gang member could be back in the bay area today to face charges in the shooting of a fremont police officer. that officer is in critical condition, has undergone more surgery and the suspect is jailed in southern california. abc 7's terry mcsweeney is live at highland hospital in oakland with more. terry? >> yeah. the suspected could be back in the bay area today at the earliest. meantime fremont police officer todd young is in critical but stable condition here at highland hospital. officer young underwent surgery yesterday. more surgery is anticipated for later this week. he was shot friday here in oakland while trying to a

well out in the east bay, the 80s.0s in antioch and brentwood. 79 degrees in danville. 64 in oakland. 64 degrees in alameda. san francisco barely getting out of the 50s today. 67 in mill valley. and the 70s in sonoma, napa, petaluma and santa rosa, the lower 70s. seven-day forecast, so we are heading into the weekend. it's friday, don't you love it? friday forecast, cool for the coast, mild inland, no major changes expected in our forecast until the end of next week. we do have some models indicating we could see more seasonal temperatures, warmer weather moving into the bay area. so we'll have to keep our eye on that. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. i like it tracy. it's 6:48. >>> the experts expected the nation's jobless rate to climb a little last month but it didn't. let's go to jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. i'm certain that news is probably affecting the stock market. >> reporter: that is the big driver for wall street this morning. the july jobs report. it's the most t

high pressure moving to the east.re still on the tail end of it but the sea breeze is weakening. i should say the land breeze or offshore flow is weakening. watch as the clouds creep up and down along the coast and eventually squeeze us. that will be the big key. if you wake up to clouds tomorrow morning, you know you're into a big temperature drop. the marine layer back. we'll drop 80 degrees at the coast tomorrow, 16 around the bay and 10 inland. drop another 4 to 10 degrees on friday and about another 10 degrees on saturday. temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees cooler with a whole lot of cloud cover the next couple mornings and even into saturday and sunday afternoon. if you have video you would like to share, you did a great job with that fire, we sure appreciate it, upload it had to youreport at abc7news.com or e-mail it. sure looks like more people may be driving today, megan. what's going on? >> the bay bridge toll plaza, already a backup into the maze which is at least a half hour to make your way through the

low to mid-70s most of the east bay shore. east bay valleys, dublin 82. warm to 89 in brentwood. few clouds around the monterey bay. mid-60s santa cruz and watsonville. temperatures low to mid-60s tonight most neighborhoods. look how much deeper the clouds penetrate into the east bay valleys. slow reveal of sunshine that will drop our temperatures nearly 4 degrees tomorrow. look for high pressure to return on sunday. temperatures a lot like today. let's talk about the heat wave for monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. mid-90s inland. 80 around the bay but comfortable at the coast with sunshine and low to mid-60s. kristen, eric. >> mike, thank you very much. it's 6:17. we're following breaking news in santa clara county where sheriff deputies and are preparing for a massive search after finding a body. theresa garcia joins us live from just outside morgan hill with the story. theresa? >> for many reasons -- good morning, eric -- this is a tricky situation. they have confirmed that a dead body has been discovered. this happened around 4:00 this morning, obviously in the middle

low to mid-70s the rest of the east bay shore. low to mid-80s most of the east bay valley.gan hill, 82. hollister 75. sunshine inland but around the monterey bay clouds and mid to upper 60s. livermore, sunshine, 68. for tonight cloud cover once again and drizzle along the coast and possibly some mist arounds the bay. low to mid-50s for your morning tomorrow. accu-weather seven-day forecast. not much of a change. air mass stays the same for wednesday and slowly modifies. see what i mean by 2 degrees warmer thursday, 2 degrees warmer friday, 2 degrees warmer saturday, 2 degrees warmer sunday. that's mainly away from the coast. when we peak on sunday we should be low 90s inland, mid-70s around the bay and 60 at the coast. frances. >> a close call for altamont pass commuters. there's an injury accident westbound 580 north livermore avenue. a real bad spot. apparently they just cleared it from the left lane. so all lanes now open. so that was great news. in fact, the drive time now from 205 to 680 is 25 minutes. as you make your way through the sunol grade, southbound 680 lookin

low to mid-70s the rest of the east bay shore.t bay valleys, the warmest weather, possibly near 90 brentwood and antioch. low to mid-80s hollister gilroy morgan hill. mid to upper 60s for santa cruz, salinas. cloverdale about 48. napa 50. low to mid-50s with clouds and drizzle once again and probably flight arrival delays tomorrow morning. seven-day forecast. how far will we drop? 2 to 4 degrees away from the coast tomorrow. another 2 to 4 degrees thursday. thursday, friday, saturday upper 70s to low 80s inland. upper 60s around the bay and mid-50s at the coast. hope you have a great day. water causing problems. here's frances. >> yeah. petaluma build north. a major street in petaluma closed right now between washington and western due to a water main break and it will be for the next couple hours. 101 traffic is fine on the freeways it looks good. head to san rafael where the drive time is only 9 minutes. pretty easy from novato down towards 580 as you make your way towards richmond san rafael bridge. on the other side of the bay

sunshine, especially the east bay and south bay where we'll hit the mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys. even sunshine arounds santa rosa, napa, low 70s there. cloudy around the bay with low to mid-60s and by 4:00, sunshine dominates most of our neighborhoods but the sea breeze will keep clouds arounds half moon bay and san francisco to a lesser extent. oakland upper 50s to low 60s. mid-60s in oakland. upper 60s with mid-70s in the south bay. upper 70s to near 80 in the east bay valleys. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. today just the beginning. even more cooling tomorrow, about 4 degrees. we'll hold these temperatures well below average through the weekend. here's frances. good morning. >> good morning. an update on these accidents. improving on the bypass at laurel road. there's heavy traffic westbound 4 out of antioch but no major trouble there. westbound 580 grand line road. motorcycle crash on the shoulder but apparently also a stall in the nearby area. could be heavy traffic at the scene where it's under 20 mph. the drive time for you, lone tree way to 242. 17 min

seeingow it mid-70s in the east bay valleys. same thing watsonville and gilroy. clouds santa cruz and monterey in the low to mid-60s. the warming trend begi today. with that will come clear air tonight. may start a little cooler tomorrow but by tomorrow afternoon it will be the warmest afternoon along with thursy. cooler at the coast friday and that cooling spreads across all our neighborhoods as we head through the holiday weekend. august. we talk about how cool it's been. let's see comped to average as we close out august. santa rosa 1 degree cooler as you look at the highs. oakland 3, san francisco 4. livermore 5 degrees cooler than averag and san jose at a record pace, 84 your average high. record coldest average high 80. right now you're at 79. temperature near 80 degrees today, probably will break that record. here we'r looking to the next storm city. it will rise where the coder air's ing and make way for this warm bubble of air. temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees warme than yesterday. puts up to 75 milpitas, 80 san jose. low to mid-70s with a sunny dispos

low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys.s of sunshine along coast today. 50 at half moon bay, 55 in san francisco. let's take a look at tumbling temperatures and accu-weather seven-day forecast, we'll lose two degrees tomorrow, another two on wednesday and four on thursday. mid-70s around the bay and only upper 50s along the coast. >> first slow spot is antioch, lone tree to summersville, heaviest traffic, all way to 2 had 2, it's 23 minutes. ride on the altamont pass, some areas under the speed limit it's about half an hour from 205 to 680, nothing like three hour crazy commute we saw last friday. 238 to 580 to 880 a three minute ride. 680 in walnut creek, traffic looking great down through san ramon valley. also as you make your way towards the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights were turned around right around 6:30. we'll start to see the back-up on the fastrak lanes. also check out another live shot the san mateo bridge, no trouble in either direction. eastbound looking good through hayward and westbound fine, as well

the rest of the sunny east bay shore. south bay mid to upper 70s.ve low to mid-70s with sunshine over the peninsula. slightly cooler millbrae, slight breeze through the san bruno gap, 69. mid to upper 50s sa long the coast today. downtown south san francisco, sausalito, mid-60s for you. 72 san rafael, 80 novato. most of the north bay valleys in the mid to upper 70s. you want some real heat, eureka. same thing for salinas and mid-80s gilroy and also morgan hill. taking a look around the state, talking how hot in palm springs at 104 and yosemite today about 96 degrees. bring it home. san diego, the padres are in town with two and a half games back of the first play al west leader. 7:15 first pitch at at&t park. clear early at 65. clouds and 59 by the end of the game. 2 to 4 degrees cooler tomorrow and then sunday, a lot like today. monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday low to mid-60s at the coast. near 80 around the bay and mid-90s inland. have to use the air conditioning for the first time in a long time. hi, frances. >> westbound 580 through liver

movingnto the east bay valleys.hat's where those that are most susceptibl to high concentrations of ozone and lower parts of the atmosphere needed to stay inside, the elderly, young and those with respiratory problems. check where the stars are next to the temperatures. those are all the areas i'm forecasting a record high temperature from 91 san francisco, 93 oakland, san jose 101 and concord at 103. we'll talk about how long this heat will last. we could be 20 to 30 degrees cooler by the weekend. >> mike, thanks a lot. as those temperatures rise today, pg&e is asking everyone to reduce the amount of power they use. the utility is issuing an energy alert between the hours of 11 a.m. so starting now and 6 p.m.. every customer is asked to save electricity by turning off lights, waiting to do laundry and taking the stai instead of elevats. that will help free up electricity and assure the state's wer grids can handle the inease in fan an air conditioner use. >> oakland police are calling for help in dealing with the c

to a lesser extent in the east bay valleys.hat's why 8:00 you're starting to see clearing there while the rest of us are cloudy and all of us still in the 50s from where we are right now. by noon seeing the clearing in the east bay. mid-70s antioch, livermore and san jose at 73. mid to upper 60s around the bay into the north bay and upper 50s along the coast into san francisco where we'll still have cloud cover. by 4:00 looking at sunshining just about everywhere except along the coast and into san francisco with upper 50s to near 60 there. 65 oakland, 67 san rafael. low 70s for the rest of the bay and it looks like mid to upper 70s in our inland valleys. east bay will see the biggest jump, about 3 or 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. conditions will hold steady through tomorrow and then the warming trend begins on thursday. probably won't notice. minimum, only about 2 degrees. another 2 degrees on friday, another 2 saturday, another 2 sunday. that's 8 or 10 degrees warmer most places by the end of the weekend. here's frances as

in the east bay, temperatures in the 50s. and coming up, we'll have a forecast that's cooling for everyone this weekend. >>> the centers for disease control says as many as 1300 people may have gotten sick in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning from eggs, that number will likely grow. ilnesses that occurred after mid july may not have been reported yet. 380 million eggs from an iowa egg producer have been recalled in what's become one of the largest egg recalls in u.s. history. fda officials are on site at the plant to inspect the facilities and test for salmonella. results from those tests are not available yet. the fda says the outbreak could have been prevented if new rules to ensuring safety had been in place a few months early. the rules which require producers to do more testing for salmonella, and take other precautions, went into effect in july. >>> researchers at uc berkeley say children who were exposed to pesticides while they were in the womb may have an increased risk for attention deficit disorder. the link beca

we are look at the east shore freeway also coming through the east bay. look at that volume now. all lanes at capacity before any slowing has occurred. speeds around 60 miles per hour. we will see that slowing start here and then i'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza. but that will get congested in just about 10, 15 minutes. >> looks like people are up already. >> oh, yeah. >> we want to check in with kris in for rob. >> we expect a nice day. patchy low fog to start off. but we have this area of high pressure bringing this picture here. that's because it's shoving the nasty cold weather and cold air off to the east. we are left with this. we see some patchy fog, squished in parts of the bay area, those will disappear. there's the high pressure we were talking about. looking at your 8:00 forecast. patchy low clouds and fog to start the day. you saw that beautiful sunrise. sun is not up completely yet. by noontime, we expect breezy conditions. so, make sure that you button your sweater. 77 in san jose. 76 in fremont. by 4:00, some warming trends. it will be a nice day even along t

we have the clouds spilling over the east bay hills.ooks like the rushing rapids of cloud cover as we look back towards mount diablo. let's talk temperatures. all the way over near diablo at 61 antioch. for the warm spot. the cool spot santa rosa with fog and 48. the rest of us pretty much the mid to upper 50s. we have napa around 52. let's go to the monterey bay where the clouds are hanging around and temperatures in the mid-50s even inland to gilroy and salinas. sunny everywhere today and slightly warmer at the coast while the rest of us bask in the same type of temperatures we had yesterday. cold front coming close tonight. it will bring clouds and drizzle. and then it will bring us breezy and cool conditions this weekend and the possibility of drizzle along the coast saturday afternoon. and warmer weather once it passes for next week. east bay valley, some of the warmer weather here but low to mid-80s especially after this morning's start. no need for that air conditioner. low to mid-70s from oakland to fremont. even 74 hercules. th

upper 70s to low 80s in the east bay valleys in some areas around 90 the farther east you head. dramatic drop in temperatures starting tomorrow and especially into saturday and sunday when it becomes breezy. the mornings become full of clouds and drizzle and the afternoons are hardly full of sunshine and warm weather. we could be 4 to 8 degrees cooler on saturday. a warming trend with more sunshine and drier air mondays, tuesday and wednesday. turn it over to frances for your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, mike. nice and quiet, just the way you like it. in fact, as we take a look at this live shot across the golden gate bridge, traffic is fine but you'll notice fog as you make your way across. we'll head to the san mateo bridge where the drive time is now 14 minutes from 880 to 101. probably a little less than that if you're going above the speed limit and vice versa as well. eastbound traffic looking light into hayward. the south bay ride as well, no problems from the 101 and 880 interchange. light through the south bay and also in the east bay we'll check out intersta

right now traffic is okay on 880 in the east bay here in oakland. northbound and southbound 880 traffic moving along well it is getting more crowded there though. no major problems. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound coming in to san francisco, that traffic is moving along pretty well. and if you are driving in sonoma county near laguna which runs kind of like this in that area, there's an accident involving fatality, a van rolled down the cliff. one person is dead. the coroner's on the scene. they're looking for someone who fled the scene by the way. not only a fatal accident but also a police search in that area west of santa rosa. 6:18. back to steve. >>> all right. thank you. a lot of fog this morning. some fog mist. the fog is getting squashed our smashed. high pressure's giving us a little bit of a slight warm up here today. not much but a little bit inland. slightly warmer air in higher elevations in the sea breeze is cut in half compared to yesterday. you can still see plenty of fog out there. fog, mist then sunny and just a

we continue to move out to the east bay, 106 in brentwood.l sorry for you guys. 104 in walnut creek, 103 dublin. 96 in oakland!! >> wow. >> that's cooking. sonoma at 102. 100 in napa will be a new record. 89 in sausalito and could see a new record today here in san francisco with 88 forecasted but the record around 90. look at that. 106. i don't want to be anywhere near that. >> look at it later in the week. >> i know. >> 70s? >> it's a little too hot, many people don't have air- conditioning so it is a concern. by the weekend we'll cool down and things will be back to typical bay area weather. >> everybody needs to be careful today. >> especially with your pets. if you have them out -- >> don't keep them in the car, leave them at home. >> i took jack with me. >> my little carry-on. >> yeah. >> nothing worse than having to do stories tomorrow about somebody who was forgetful. >> yeah, we don't want to do that. >> no. >>> okay. the world championships of tango, they are under way in argentina. >> oh. ♪ [ music ] >> love the spats. >> they are

why are the east bay hills brown on one side and green on the other? that's tonight's good question. you will see it from the -- clear down through fremont. hill sighs that are green on one side and brown on the other. >> when you start getting into the more extreme climate that's where you see these differences. >> reporter: he says it's all about moisture, sunlight, topography and north versus south. >> the sunrises and it just beats down on the south slope all day long and dries it out. >> that's why we see a lot of dry grass lands. southern slopes are more prone to erosion. present a more stressful growing environment for native plants. northern facing slopes are not subject to that even intense hot sun. they remain more moisture over time and that translates to more plant life. >> it buildings upaithricker and more -- up thicker and builds up more lush and you get more plants. >> reporter: he says the bay area is unique in one other sense. the influence of fog. >> just like if you go from the hills of oakland out to the hills of -- you can see the

east bay shore more 60s richmond, berkeley, oakland. east bay valleys no 90s.ublin 82 on the cool side to 87 in brentwood. salinas about 67. watson vil, pockets of sunshine near 70. low to mid-60s monterey and caramel. tonight the deep push into the central valley. that means temperatures once again low to mid-50s and drizzle. may have some upper 50s around san jose. let's take a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast and show you how the roller-coaster's not extreme. not a thrill ride really. up 2 degrees tomorrow and most neighborhoods up another two degrees on thursday where we'll hit 90. upper 50s at the coast but you see we lose 2 degrees on friday and lose 4 over the weekend. low to mid-80s inland. upper 60s around bay for the weekend. >> good morning, everyone. also a pretty smooth ride wherever you're going. a lot of the road work has been cleared. a live shot of the bridge toll plaza. we'll take you to the san mateo bridge. pretty good in both directions from 880 to 101. westbound side on the right it's 14 minutes and vice versa. also for riders

every inch of the east coast of the u.s.uld be watching for high surf and rough surf and rip tides. and we know a lot of folks are headed to the coastline as we head into the weekend, the last official holiday of summer. let's get to the other things. there's a couple of reasons why we're watching this cold front. and along this front there will be cold fronts moving through. we need that front to be on the east coast to keep m >> all that weather was brought to you by capital one venture card. robin, when we come back we're actually going to be in the water with professional lifesavers, and they're going to give you some things you really can use when you feel you're in trouble. >> yes surviving the deadly rip currents. thank you. all the hurricane activity just to keep your family safe as you head to the beach. you heard sam.d, back to him in just a moment.urchase. come on back.so we earne o the grand canyon twice as fast. uh-oh. we get double miles every time we use our card. i'll take these. no matter what we're buying.

get slower because of the east bay buildup. right now, i'll show you a live shot of one of your east bay slow spots. sunol southbound 680 coming out of pleasanton. from time to time, a burst of traffic and slowing coming around the bend heading over to fremont on the southbound. there's another burst of traffic there. you'll see this start to build and slow over the next half hour. we'll follow this. continue down through fremont into the south bay, a nice easy drive, but look at that, 101 north of 680 speeds down into the 40s now. 45 on average coming between 680 and 880. that's the first spot we typically see a slowdown for the fall pattern of traffic. i say fall, because we have the return to classes in session at san jose state, so the fall commute is back for the summertime heat, i guess. >> right, exactly. summertime is right back in time for kids to go back to school. >> yeah, it is. and comfortably hot, unfortunately. we have another heat advisory today for temperatures that will soar well into the 90s to above 100 degr

the rest of the east bay valleys in the mid to upper 70s.roy and hollister low to mid-70s and clouds arous the montey bay and mid 60s for you. sea breeze to sacramento 84 and chico 89. a little warmer fresno 93 but not bad this time of year and sunshine 71 over tahoe. bring it home. zito takes the mound for the giants. tough ss last night. temperature 60 at 7:15 at at&t park. cloudy dropping to about 56 degrees. for tonight cloud cover once again, misty arounds the bay, drizzle at the coast a low to mid-50s. your accu-weather seven-da forecast, just baby sps inland, a couple degrees here and there all the way until we reach the upper 80s to near 90 over the weekend. mid to upper 70s arounds the bay and low 60s at th coast. wanted to share a couple cool weather shots sent in by one of our viewers. pictures of wave clouds. this is a shot that tim from -- tom from kelsiville submitted to you report. very cool cloud formation. wave clouds developed over the mountas when there's a stng jet stream and a pretty stable air mass. these are earlier th

our areas of high pressure are moving to the east.re losing their grip on us and with this onshore flow -- offshore flow, land breeze weakeni, that's where we'll start to see the winds take over into our all neighborhoods and that will start tonight. tomorrow's tempetures around bay, we dro nearly 15 degrees. drop another 10 to 15 degrees friday, possibly another 2 degrees inland on saturday. going to feel a lot like fall saturday like it did last saturday. maybe even cooler with temperatures dropping 20 to 30 degrees comped to now. a little warming trend for ne week but nothing like this. >> wha a change from now to the weekend. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> we are learning about yet another series of vandalized plants. just the latest. park officials say nine newly planted tea tre were cut at their base on parker city boulevard. that's not far where three does rose bushes were destroyed last week. 40 trees have been cut down since may. undercover police are patrolling the areas hoping to catch the vandaling responsible. a $2,00is off

low to mid-80s through most of the east bay valleys. 90 brentwood.the thrust of the warm air. that will warm all of us, 10 degrees tomorrow, a couple addresses warming up thursday and look what happens to the coast in the bay friday. that 10 degree drop moves inland saturday. we drop about another 2 degrees around the bay to 10 degrees inland by monday. cool for labor day. >> mike, thanks. >> you bet. >> it may soon be harder to buy certain cough medicines. later this month officials ask health experts whether cough medicines should be available only as a prescription. the ingredient is found in robitussin, nigh trial and over a hundred over-the-counter medications. it is sometimes abused for its euphoric effects. inappropriate use was linked to 8,000 emergency room visits in 2008. you've heard the saying it's not the quality, it's the quality. a new study shows that may be the real reason mothers of newborns are so tired. west virginia university researchers say new moms average seven hours of sleep a night but that sleep is frequently interrupted a

grounded the american airlines flight for hours, what is the connection between the jet liner and an east bay hotel. that is what investigators want to know. why would two people taken into custody, captured in this exclusive video coming up right now. we will take you like and to connect all the dots for us, george. >> reporter: i talked to the fbi, they haven't made an arrest in this case. they are tracing the call to find out who made t the threatening phone call was made this morning. >> it was not your typical thursday morning, the front desk clerk received a strange phone call. >> the gentleman was hard to understand. broken words, yelling, screaming, almost a rant. >> reporter: the clerk picked up on american airlines, flight 24 and hijacked. it was a threat. >> he saw it was departing within 15 minutes from the phone call. >> reporter: the clerk called the police who called the fbi. in a matter of minutes, flight 24 sat to sat in a remote area. >> it was frustrating. >> i lived across the trade center in 9/11. i was there that day. i was like, that can't happen. >> they turned him

in the east bay it really is.aura from pleasanton wants to know why are the east bay hills brown on one side, green on the other? ken bastida with tonight's "good question." >> reporter: you'll see it from the carquinez straits clear down through fremont. hillsides that are green on one side, brown on the other. >> the minute you start getting into more extreme climates of california you see the differences. >> reporter: doug bell of the park district says it's all about moisture, sunlight, topography and north versus south. >> especially in the summer time in california, you know, in the northern hemisphere the sunrises and just beats down on the south slope all day long and just really dries it out. >> reporter: that's why we see a lot of dry grasslands on the southern facing slopes in the bay area. bell says southern slopes are more prone to erosion present a more stressful growing environment for native plants. northern facing slopes on the other hand are not subject to intense hot sun. they retain more moistu

. >>> a grassfire in the east bay burned between 55-60 acres. it broke out about 5:30 in contra costa county. no homes were threatened. nobody hurt but at least one lane was closed at the peak of the evening commute. today's hot dry weather is prime fire weather. how long is going to stick around? >> we don't have a red-flag warning but we have a spare-the- air day in affect. it was in affect today and will be tomorrow. only two days this season of spare-the-air compared to 14 days last summer. tomorrow will be the hottest day of the year. liver more average highs 74 degrees. san jose at 98 degrees. san francisco at 88. this is why an excessive heat advisory in affect for tomorrow. temperatures going to 106 degrees to the warmest locations in morgan hill and in brentwood and to the north in favored. temperatures in the low 90s around the bay, east of the bay. 94 in red wood city. the big question today is when is this going to stop now? we'll pinpoint that later in the broadcast. >>> the man who stabbed a coming to san francisco might be arreste

mid-50s in east bay.the noon hour, those in the south bay will be hitting temperatures in the low to mid-70s for another afternoon with conditions slightly below average. as far as 11:00 a.m. tomorrow inland, we'll look at conditions in the upper 60s to near 70 and mostly sunny skies. it is true, we're going to tell you when we may have 90-degree temperatures back here in the bay area. stick around. >> we'll believe it when we see it. >>> well, ahead we'll show you the incredible machine that will make a faster commute for thousands of east bay drivers. >>> two major companies who think the future of women involves paying more. >>> a pulromro an a group who's members were murdered by the taliban. [ female announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, s

low to mid-90s throughout the east bay shore with over 100 degrees in the east bay valleys and down around the monterey bay we'll have 75 monterey, 93 santa cruz and 102 in gilroy. it will be mild to warm again tonight with upper 50s along the north bay and the coast with low to mid-60s for the rest of us. accu-weather seven-day forecast, hot inland again tomorrow and then you drop into the low 90s by thursday. by friday temperatures are actually below average with low 80s around inland areas, low 70s around the bay and mid-50s at the coast and even cooler for the weekend. megan? >> good morning. today is spare the air day and commuters are encouraged to take mass transit but we're having problems with the vallejo ferry service. vallejo ferries have been cancelled this morning due to a mechanical problem. this affects the 7:00 ferry leaving vallejo and the 8:00 ferry that leaves san francisco. now, the ferry service will be replaced by transit buses. some road work to be on the lookout for if you're heading southbound through the sunol grade, a couple lanes are blocked between highway 84 a

low to mid-80s the east bay valleys. upper 70s to low 80ss north bay valleys and mid to upper 60s around san francisco and oakland. as we talked about the beginning of the show this is just the beginning. away from the coast we drop another 4 to 6 degrees tomorrow and about another 6 to 10 degrees as the coolest weather settles our neighborhoods on saturday and even morning drizzle is possible. temperatures start warming sunday and it will feel like summer again early next week. megan, do you have an update? >> we are still following the injury motorcycle crash in pleasanton eastbound 580 within the center divide and still have that car on fire eastbound 580 at 680 blocking the right lane. just got reports of muni delays. there's no light rail service now between west parttal and the zoo. outside to a live camera shot. this is 280 at the 17 interchange. there's reportedly a large structure fire burning near del monte. it is visible from the freeway. traveling on 280 throughout the san jose area you may see smoke. there's

our areas of high pressure are moving to the east.osing their grip on us and with this onshore flow -- offshore flow, land breeze weakening, that's where we'll start to see the winds take over into our all neighborhoods and that will start tonight. tomorrow's temperatures around bay, we drop nearly 15 degrees. drop another 10 to 15 degrees friday, possibly another 2 degrees inland on saturday. going to feel a lot like fall saturday like it did last saturday. maybe even cooler with temperatures dropping 20 to 30 degrees compared to now. a little warming trend for next week but nothing like this. >> what a change from now to the weekend. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> we are learning about yet another series of vandalized plants. just the latest. park officials say nine newly planted tea trees were cut at their base on parker city boulevard. that's not far where three does rose bushes were destroyed last week. 40 trees have been cut down since may. undercover police are patrolling the areas hoping to catch the vandaling responsible. a $2,

south beach back to the east.e perspective? there we go. you can see, yeah, a little break in the cloud cover there. let's go upstairs and show you what's going on. the north bay clearing up much quicker th yesterday. so is the east bay shore. so loo for temperatures a couple degrees warmer. you see that little counterclockwise curl. that's where we see the clearing quicker. santa rosa about 5 to 7 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago at 64. still have mid to upp 50s half moon bay, san francisco, san rafael and napa. already 75 antioch. arounds the monterey bay, santa cruz and monterey still in the 50s. low 60s dominate watsonville and mid to upp 60s salinas and gilroy. our highlights. sunny away from the coast with. the warmest day this week. cloudy, cool, a little misty tonight. the afrnoon starting tomorrow through the weekend will be even cooler tha what we've been dealing with lately and well below average. we'll lose about 7 degrees in santa rosa dow to 71. the biggest drop concord will drop from 85 today to abo

might have to go to the east bay to get a little warmth.ning, it is friday, the 6th day of august. i'm sydnie kohara. john kessler is on vacation. >>> let's go to elizabeth wenger with a look at traffic. get you out the door and get one last day at work before you start this weekend. >> i'm going to have to go to walnut creek to the plaza to get warm. looking good on the road. friday light, as we like to say. that's certainly the case this morning. we had a couple of earlier spinouts. everything is gone or on the shoulder so no delay. quick bridge check. at the bay bridge toll plaza, maybe a slight delay there in some of the left hand cash lanes. otherwise, the san mateo bridge looks good. they did wrap up all the construction near the 880-92 interchange. a nice flow of traffic across the golden gate. it always looks good across the golden gate. let's go out to the south bay. we can give you an overall picture. i clicked this too fast but i can tell you it's top speeds up 101 from morga hill. quiet downtown. here's a live look at northbound

there's a fault pushing inland always to the east bay valley.so like this morning once again for tomorrow. we're going to see extensive cut fault coverage. east bay valley south dave valle is pretty much everywhere. it will be slow to burn for tomorrow. about nine to 10:00 for the spate nuclear bomb clearing schedules for the afternoon hours in san francisco club stuff and the beaches all day long. temperatures will remain mild as a have been for the entire summer. with '70s here for the north bay '60s for the coast, 62 san francisco 73 days in redwood city. perhaps a bit career to. but essentially unchanged of from always thought to date. 80 walnut creek in concord. antioch the hotspot for tomorrow at 85 degrees. but still these are all below normal temperatures. 745 degrees at clara. 78 degrees in los gatos 82 morgan hill. here's a seven day around the bay. the temperatures do began to climb found monday. will be getting into the upper 80s. and perhaps my news is the fault lies off little bed. fog will clear off a little quicker on monday but