fremont finally did get a pension after the war. but he died within a week of having it awarded to him. and he -- and so jessie continued to write. she was in los angeles. he died in a tenement flat in new york city, and because they couldn't afford to send his body back to california, he was buried on the hudson river across from this huge estate that they had owned and lost in their bankruptcy x. her ashes were sent this to be spread ten years later. the mcclellans, general mcclellan died very suddenly of a heart attack in 1885, the same year that grant be died. that grant died. and as i said, then nelly fled to europe again, and that's when the memoirs were written, and that's when her daughter was copying parts of their letters to give to that literary executor. and that's why i say it was clearly -- she knew what was going on. she had to have known what was going on, and she allowed it to happen. but she lived really the rest of her life in france. it was at a villa that was owned by her daughter and her son-in-law that they ha

john charles fremont, william tecumseh sherman and ulysses s. grant wouldn't have been who they were without jesse, ellen ewing and julia dent. from president lincoln in january of 1862 i knew jesse benton fremont lobbied presidene president on her husband's behalf a few months earlier. as a former congressional aide and a lobbyist i was intrigued by their lobbying efforts and by very different results that they achieved. i wanted to know more about how the influenced their husbands careers. i was confident that the that td because i was raised in a military family. and i learned very early the strength, courage and resilience required of military spouses. i began after initial research decided to also tell the stories of the trajectories of the civil war roughly matched those of fremont and sherman. like fremont, george mcclellan was one of the very first appointments to the great major-general in may of 1861 and the 62 neither of those men commanded any truths at all. lincoln had removed that of command. the same day they were made major-gener

this is fremont and mcclellan in 1861 and this is sherman and grant in 1865. you know the old adage behind every great man there is a great woman but how exactly does that work? and what about the not so great men of history and the women behind them. even now it seems to me more than mere coincidence that when i found these two matching sets of generals i found two sets of wives who shared some important characteristics. today i will only be able to talk about those shared characteristics. early on i realized that none of the wives lived in one place during the war and that some of them had traveled widely even in the south. a longtime map lover, i decided to map their travels and i began with rough distance cancellations on my community --dash my computer with mapquest. then wisely i hired a professional cartographer who would work with me on an earlier project. scott was just accepted the position as senior map editor for national geographic here in washington took my points from letters and newspapers and memoirs and official military records and mapped th

in fremont, spencer blake, kron 4 news. >>> it's not just fremont that does not allow fireworks. fireworks are banned in san francisco, san jose, santa rosa, marin county, palo alto and south san francisco. we have more of the cities where you can and can't set off fireworks on www.kron4.com. >>> also tonight, we are tracking what you need to know ahead of the big bay area firework shows tomorrow. we'll get you a check of your fourth of july weather in a moment. first, we have a behind the scenes looks at the big show here in san francisco. >>> a lot of planning goes into the show. >> we have to do it right and so it's been a bit of pressure. >> jeff has been doing this for decades. it took him about three weeks to come up with this year's blueprint for the show. >> they're building this to a map that i've given them and that map is all based on what i want and how i want it to be in the skies. >> reporter: a crew of about to dozen people is building the hardware and setting up barges full of fireworks. fantasyland take -- it will take them sunday and monday to complete. >> we're

at the age of 15 she fell in love with lieutenant general fremont. marry him she did, secretly, in 1841 when she was 17-years-old. and there 20 years of marriage before the civil war, her ambition to her husband resembled the unrelenting coaching of a stage mother. she carried o on the play during the civil war. when her husband assumed command of the district in july of 1861, jesse followed him to st. louis and established herself in a small house in front of his office as the unofficial chief of staff. in st. louis she was referred to as general jesse.. when her husband issued and emancipation in 1861 without advising president lincoln in advance it was general jesse the board the train to convince the president he shouldn't revoke the order even thoug though unis jurors were laying down their arms in missouri because they haven't signed up to free slav slaves. ththe late-night encounter was t the most famous in the white house during the civil war. neither she nor he handled it well but most of the blame goes to jesse who demanded the confidential

the fremont to hayward line.e problems on the track, a technical problem, equipment problem, but this were crews working on it and the station agent is hearing they have fixed the problem. it was 15-minute delays during the issue but now you can expect residual delays but it is cleared. >> it is called the most notoriously congested stretches of highway in the bay area and relief could on way. transportation officials are looking at ways to speed up commute on highway 101 and katie is in san bruno to explain. >> good morning, matt. from bart to the drive we know that commute in the bay area is nasty and this stretch of 101 behind me is notorious. there could be relief in the future as funding was secured to study the problem. the commission has secured funding for a two year study looking at the stretch of 101 continue 380 and whipple and look at multiple options including a a additional car pool lane but they believe the express lane is the best way to go about this, a car pool lane that drivers can pay to use.

delay for the fremont line.ajor delays specified. that means anything 20 minutes or no, more than 20 minutes, i should say. that will be a problem. fremont in through hayward and downtown oakland. across the golden gate bridge we saw that sign that kari pointed out. there's a crash causing some slowing it looks like from the pattern southbound just about the north tower. tracking that. affect from the north gi into san francisco right now. that's the only route effected and the only option because the other one means you have to go across the bay to the bay bridge and tough drive across. more mileage. over here, flashing lights off the nimitz freeway. the nimitz freeway not blocked, between 23 and 5th. this is breaking news. i hand it off to you. >> update to breaking news we're coming out of oakland. very active police standoff happening right now. it's been going on for quite some time now. this is video just in to our newsroom. showing a woman, can you see her there? coming out of a building and surrendering

they are the south hayward, union city and fremont stations. trains will be single-tracking through those stations so you can expect delays. >>> if you are heading out of town this weekend you won't be alone. thanks to lower gas prices 4.9 million people across the state are expected to travel for the holiday. that's the highest number since 2002. nearly 4 million of them will hit the highways while 600,000 are expected to fly this weekend. nationwide, more than 43 million people will get away for the july 4 holiday and that's a record high. >>> security is increased at many u.s. airports this holiday weekend in the wake of that terror attack in turkey. homeland security secretary jeh johnson spoke this week about security preparations at public events and in public places. he said extra security personnel will be noticeable at many airports. and public awareness is very important. >> we continue to encourage the public to travel, to associate, to celebrate the holiday, to celebrate the july 4th holiday. but be aware and be vigilant. >> anybody

there is a new crash that showed off of 680 and fremont. no slowing but it look likes north of mission. we'll follow that. i do want to update as well getting over towards oakland. the bay bridge, few more cars but no backup. slowing, little bit of orange. construction, 23rd to 29th. that may be what's going on there. we'll double-check again with chp. meanwhile, dublin where we do expect to see this. volume of traffic westbound with the headlights. no problems out of the altamont and over the dublin interchange. get away traffic may get busy early as folks head over to the twi valley, central valley, not central coast, that's the other direction, and tahoe and reno. >> it's time for a vacation. >> a time for the trip to the coast. >> or tahoe, let's go. >>> coming up next, taking matters into his own hands. what one man is doing to keep bicyclists safe in san francisco. >>> the reason the iphone in the future might not allow you to film concert, movie, or anyone who doesn't want to be an camera. ♪ what if we made a paint that was so specia

fremont and south hayward area, bart will be shut down this weekend just for that portion between fremont and south hayward. there will be no service for maintenance but they will have bus bridges in place in. bart is on time with no delays. bay bridge very quiet. metering lights are still off. where is everybody? they are probably taking the holiday weekend early. as maria said it's the calm before the storm. you will see heavy traffic conditions this afternoon. every starting after 2:00 possibly around 3:00. eastbound 80 southbound 101 will be very busy especially out of the south bay. you will see a lot of delays towards i-5. >> it will be a lovely weekend if you are inland, you will be breathing a sigh of relief because of cooler temperatures because of the deepening of the marine layer. paco, cue the foghorn! we have that layer of low clouds [ foghorn ] [ laughter ] >> i just love that! thank you, paco! you can see the very tip-top of the marine headlands. "carl the fog" is swooping in off the ocean into the bay this morning. it's a thin deck that will retreat back to the coast. we'l

this is for fremont. it in a facebook post the fate -- the fremont please share cut you can find it on our webpage as well. spencer blake kron4 news. >>> it isn't the only see that doesn't allow fireworks. fireworks are banned in san francisco, san jose, santa rosa, marin county, palo alto in south san francisco. we have a full list in the cities where you are allowed to set them off, before you celebrate head to kron4.com. >>> in the east bay a large water main break caused a sinkhole and pleasant hill won't impact their fourth of july parade. crews were out finishing repairs on the sinkhole that opened on the boulevard, in here you see flooding into nearby businesses, making a muddy mess. a sinkhole later open on the parade route. crews finish repairs yesterday just in the nick of time, the parade starts at 9 am this morning. >>> we're tracking everything you can do ahead of the bay area celebration for july 4. kron4 alecia reid gotta behind the scenes look at at the show in san francisco that starts at

we do have a part issue of switching between hayward and self hayward, the trains on the line to fremont will be affected and coming the other way, trains are still running but there are major delays, this is not affecting pittsburgh bay point line or the dublin line into the city where lots of people are going at this hour. this is a live picture of 280 in san jose, traffic looks good, 6:02 am, back to the desk. >>> a developing story that we've been following as there has been a standoff involving oakland police, it was going on for several hours near interstate hours near interstate 880 and we just got new video of the standoff situation and it's apparently linked to a shooting earlier. reporter alex savage has been at the scene this morning and it sounds like everyone came out with their hands up. >>reporter: we saw a lot of people give themselves up to police but from what we can gather there is still at least one person that remains inside the building following the standoff, we are hearing police urging that person to come out with their hands up. it appeared to have been drawing

major delays reported on the fremont line in both directions. so that is headed toward daly city or towards richmond so plan for that. the rest of the system is on time. it only affects the fremont line for track maintenance. delays up to 30 minutes or more. the rest of mass transit is on time. freeways looking okay this morning. no major troubles out of marin county. it's quiet on the golden gate bridge. 14 minutes for your drive time from the richmond/san rafael bridge. here's a live look at the bay bridge. a few cars making the trek westbound out of oakland into san francisco. right now your drive times look good. we are not seeing any delays off the eastshore freeway. that could be an easy commute if you are taking 80 this morning. also 580, 880 also clear if you are going to the bay bridge. san mateo bridge right now, westbound that's where those taillights are headed over towards foster city. traffic is moving okay. no there's eastbound. easy ride both directions, 15 minutes between 880 and 101. let's jump to 880 itself where we have some

we are now hearing from bart that it's on the fremont line itself.in the fremont, richmond and daly city directions due to the problems on the tracks. the rest of mass transit is on time. we have a major injury on golden gate bridge at midspan with three lanes blocked. 30-minute delays and delays from 580 into the golden gate bridge toll plaza. so 30 minutes. so give yourself extra time there. we are seeing speeds improve just a bit from eight miles per hour. now 14 miles per hour so it is moving. but still slow. use the richmond/san rafael bridge in the meantime. that's probably your best alternate until they clear those delays completely as you go towards the golden gate bridge. heading towards the bay bridge, metering lights are on no accidents off the eastshore freeway. a little slow out of berkeley though as you head into emeryville delays on westbound 580. stop-and-go conditions on the san mateo bridge. things are quiet as far as accidents go here. heads up busy from 880 to 101. 22-minute drive time working your way across the peninsula there a

fremont police tweeted out these pictures today. officers there responded to a dozen illegal fireworks calls last night and they're out again tonight. fremont has a zero tolerance policy for fireworks. we've made it easy for you to find all the legal fireworks displays in the bay area this weekend. head to our web site, abc 7 news.com where you'll find a link to the complete list. >> it's a busy week for workers at a factory in texas and a busy time at the dixie flag company in san antonio. their american flags hang all over the country, including at ground zero at the world trade center. they still make their flags the old fashioned way, by hand. >> we're part of i think in this country a heritage of small independent businesses and it is what is the back bone of this country. to be part of that and at the same time being involved in manufacturing our nation's colors is something to give us double pride. >> the company is at its busiest between memorial day and the fourth of july. >> was there no breeze to blow those flags around,

redwood city, fremont.ut livermore is clear and we are even starting to see a little clearing through parts of san jose. here's a pretty shot from emeryville look out toward the bay bridge. temperatures right now are in the mid-50s to near 60. 55 san francisco. oakland now 60 degrees. san jose 58. half moon bay at 54 degrees. it's not going to warm up too much today because of the low clouds. in fact, here's a live shot. unfortunately we were able to see mt. diablo earlier. clouds are starting to spill in. napa 55. upper 50s in concord and livermore. from the exploratorium they are looking out toward the com-bay and the bay bridge. it will be cloudy at the coast all day. and also during the morning hours we will see clouds along the bay shore with some patchy drizzle possible. this afternoon it will be sunny inland and around the bay. then we've got a cooling trend that's started, and that will continue over the next few days. all right. here's what we've got. we've got the fog and clouds all along the coas

earlier threrp there were issues on the fremont line and it effects stations in hayward and fremont that's where most of the delays are. but 20 to 30 minutes bart is telling us. so if you could actually jump in your car or wait it out do it either way because the roadways are not that bad as we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is 25 minutes out of oakland into san francisco. so not bad for this hour. and we're switching things over to the san mateo bridge where it's packed here too. that is clocking in at 25 minutes for your westbound 92 ride from hayward to the one ah one connecter on the peninsula. and your -- 101 connecter on the peninsula. your wait time is not bad 5 or 10 minutes to the pay gates because it's backed up to the richmond parkway exit. and the golden gate bridge in the recovery stages because of an earlier accident in the commute direction on the southbound side. right in the middle of the bridge we're still seeing a speed trying to pick up. but finally once you get on to the span it's a straight shot into san francisco. >>> let's switch over to weather now.

abc 7 news was in fremont for the food festival. it's the largest event of its kind in america. there's food from every corner of the world. all the meals have to meet islamic dietary guidelines. there's clothing, gifts fun for sale. the festival goes on until 10:00 tonight. outside the globe mall. particulars are $5 for adults. and free if you're 10 years old or under. >> the worlt famous el toro style wanted to build a simple boat that kids could sale. they designed it so the hull could be cut out of two ships of fly. we'll see you at 11 over and abc 7. announcer: today on matter of fact, desperately seeking millenials. >> news flash. we have a big tent. announcer: wt this gop congressman says about bringing young people to the party. plus, trump's time. >> trump will give a speech that will be watched by 60 million or 70 million people. announcer: can he convince america he's ready to be president? and, is this america's kumbaya moment? >> this society is deeply, deeply divided. >> we cannot ignore these issues. announcer: why can't we all just get along? ♪ hello, i am fernan

kpix 5's maria medina reports from fremont. >> reporter: after months of waiting, the first batch of garlic fries is cooked, whipped up and ready to serve. how do they taste? >> good. >> good. >> reporter: as of today, 240 bay area mcdonald's restaurants now serve garlic fries including this one on fremont boulevard. and the garlic, well, it's made locally in gilroy, of course. >> nothing but the best. garlic fries. >> reporter: the fast food chain tested them out in a few restaurants in the south bay a few months ago. they were so popular, they sold out for a couple of weeks. >> got one from the owner. >> pretty good. >> reporter: bay area foodies love their garlic breath but what about the rest of california or even the country? mcdonald's says the garlic fries were just meant to be a local treat at least for now. >> i would come back to buy them. they are actually pretty good. >> reporter: it takes just a few minutes to make a batch and they are all made to order. in fremont, maria medina, kpix 5. >> they asked about it for months and prices are different in each restaurant but i

i'll burglary suspect seen here an exclusive kron 4 video mail burglarized homes and martinez in fremont wednesday of fremont detectives investigating the case spotter the suspect the suspect ran the detectives on marked car and fled the case eventually ended here an unincorporated part ability county the mets sent to the hon nearby creek bed officers, along with the meeting county sheriff's deputy surrounding area. >>: abri all over and just cops all over the place. >> steve: to the terrifying video from southern california but. tended kidnapping a 04 year-old girl caught on camera the grove mama pull the daughter away from the bad guy. andrea has our story.. did in quickly let the and little girl by the arm. the mayor >> reporter: and then send traffic. >>: and sit on metal the street and laugh. then got up and started running again. >> reporter: 20 people nearby tackled him and call a mental police came. identified as carry ransom was then arrested store. owners have a six year-old and this is reminded that always be on alert. >> pam: legal and depth on a small anneals how they're cha

according to the fremont police, 20-year-old man was a burglary suspect. seen here in this exclusive kron4 video of his arrest. police saw him driving around in fremont. they tried to pull him over. he rammed his police car. the chase ended in in alamita county. >> it is a quiet street. the neighbors know each other. we take care of each other. and so yeah, i've never seen anything like this happening before. >> the man facing possible charges of burglary, and evasion. >>> police busted seven marijuana grow houses all in san jose. officers seized more than 1,800 plants from those grow houses in one of the police departments largest pot busts ever. that's how they describe it. the investigation began three months ago. police received a tip from a landlord that says that something suspicious was going on at one of his rental homes. officers served a warrant at a home in bodega bay. that's where they found 70 plants inside. they arrested a couple that was renting the home. dean trent and kim lee. evidence linked the couple to eight other addresses. and that's

oakland was in 94th, and san jose what 84 and fremont at 71.rancisco ranks poorly for the likelihood of getting into a collision. considering some of us drive through several of those cities the commute is ugly, to say the least. if you would lick to see how other united states cities stack up compared to the bay area you can check out the results of the study on our website at abc7news.com. >> thank you, katie. happening today, visitors to san francisco's twin peaks will notice drastic changes in getting to and from the overlook, the transportation agency is making the eastern portion of twin peaks into a car-free area for pedestrians and bicyclist. the western part of the boulevard is converted from when way to two way traffic. they are putting in more designated parking spots and the closure of the eastern portion of is a two-year pilot project. >> sweeting changes could be headed for the oakland police department in how they recruit new officers. they are using a giant banner to let everyone know they are hiring cops. last night the city co

this in the hayward and fremont line, the fremont richmond city direction.s are 42 trains in service. expect delays. when they say "major delays," it is 25 minutes or more. that is significant. muni is on time. all the ace trains are good. we are going to san jose so excuse the graphic. san jose on 280 headed in the northbound direction from san jose to cupertino it is eight minute drive across the 17 overcrossing and accident still out there in the central valley on to 5 westbound causing slow through tracy. slower than normal for 45 minute drive into dublin/pleasanton. mike is on the roof. >> gremlins are up here rather than pokemon but we are doing well and looking at the embarcadero fewer people than when i was drive at 6:30 this at 3:00 this morning all looking at their phones. more sunshine and comfortable nights ahead and heat wave, saturday through tuesday four days with a lot of calm weather but we do have breeze here and there at sfo, san carloss and 23 at concord, and a localized sea breeze that will crank up over the bay into the delta from 2:00

two suspects in custody this morning after three armed street robberies in fremont. the suspects were arrested last night after a manhunt that started hours earlier. it centered near santee roads in fremont's north gate area. someone suspect is 22 years old. the other is 16. police believe that they may be responsible for as many as three armed robberies in the same fremont neighborhood during one 20 minute period earlier in the day. >>> we are following new developments in the sobrannes fire which has now been burning for one week in monterey county. 41 homes have now been destroyed >> it's burned nearly 30,000 acres and only 15% contained. more than 2000 homes still line the path of the devastating fire forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. >>> the fire is in probably one of the most difficult stretches of land in the state of california to fight fire in. historically, fires in this area give us a lot of problems. >> reporter: last night, firefighters and members of the community held a moment of silence for robert reagan, the bulldozer operator who died wh

temperatures are a degree cooler in san francisco and the rest of us warmer and fremont is ten degreesat is the exception. now, tonight, enyou can beat someone in your division it is great. 63 at 7:00, dropping to 58, chilly again at the coliseum. sue? >> we watched the zipper truck in the no direction on the golden gate bridge and changing your barrier from four lanes southbound and two lanes in the northbound direction. i responsed a lot of thick fog offer the top of the waldo grade. be aware of that. with the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights and no problems and no issues get into san francisco from golden gate field to san francisco you are looking at about 10-12 minutes. it is flowing nicely on the east shore freeway. >> and 195,000 pounds of froze dinners are being recalled. "7 on your side" michael finney alert the us to the recall last night. department offing a said sauce used in the frozen chicken and beef products could be contaminated with metal. the department said the fragments are curled and shiny and embedded in the soft containers and frozen meals. >> california

there are delays this weekend for the hayward and south fremont stations. right now, ace train one is on time and again this morning due to maintenance there will be no vallejo ferry that will be replaced by a bus all the trips between san francisco and vallejo are buses for maintenance. we will check on that bart closure and your drive time in a few. >> bay area is preparing, and our mega region is shifting the population. >> this is the warriors fear as far as sky diving. far as sky diving. caught on video we will s >> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> take a look. the skydiver was performing a demonstration over a stadium and it goes terribly wrong. he was filming this with the gopro and he was struggling with the cord, because they are tangled up and he struggles and, finally, manages to activate the reserve shoot and successfully landed on the field. he had a backup. he lost the equipment but he is creating a campaign to help replace it. >> check out the helicopter rescue caught on camera. the heat was too much fo

oakland came in 94 and san jose at 84 and fremont at 71. san francisco also ranked poorly for the likelihood of getting into a collision. considering some of us drive through several of the cities the commute is ugly, to say the least. if you would like to see how other united states cities stack up compared to the bay area you can go to our website abc7news.com. >> efforts to install a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge have hit a possible snag. our media partner, the i.g., reports the lowest of two contractor bids submitted doubled the construction cost estimates with the price tag new $142 million. the other bid was $174 million. the financing plan approve by the board has $76 million budget. officials say they will now try to determine in any cost savings cuts can be made and the high byes are expected to further delay the start of project. >> an activist group is trying to stop santa clara county from fogging for mosquitoes planning to protest in san jose to stop the best side fogging scheduled for 11:00 tonight. victor said the

in fremont, spencer blake, kron 4 news. >> it's not just fremont that does not allow fireworks. fireworks are banned in san francisco, san jose, santa rosa, marin county, palo alto, and south san francisco. we have more of the cities where you can and can't set off fireworks on www.kron4.com. >>> also tonight, we are tracking what you need to know ahead of the big bay area fireworks shows tomorrow. we'll get a check on your fourth of july weather in a moment. but first, we have a behind the scenes look at the big show in san francisco that starts at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow along the embarcadero. >> it's a big deal. >> reporter: a lot of planning goes into the fourth of july fireworks show. >> we have to do it right. so it's been a bit of pressure. >> reporter: he's been doing this for decades. it took him three weeks to come up with this year's blueprint for the show. >> they're building this to a map that i've given them and that map is all based on what i want, how i want it to be in the skies. >> reporter: a crew of about two dozen people is building the hardware and setting up ba

fremont 59. san rafael 55. san francisco 54.ery interesting setup with our air quality tomorrow, as well. in the areas impacted by the smoke from the fire in monterey county, unhealthy air quality for a fourth day east bay south bay. but get up to the north bay where the smoke is not making it to you, you have good air quality. such a big contrast between, let's say, san rafael and san jose. san rafael fine. san jose, morgan hill, and gilroy, bad. very shallow marine layer. this is a profile of what the winds at the surface are doing. there is that push of air onshore. but the marine layer is so shallow and that push inland is so weak, you're not feeling it in walnut creek. you're not feeling it in martinez or santa rosa but right along the beach you're going to stay in the 50s and 60s. if that's for you, don't leave the coast because you're going to stay chilly for the foreseeable future. let's take a look at the cloud cover overnight tonight. widespread fog, low cloud cover, it will push inland through the golden gate. and it

those beautiful hills of fremont. the hayward fault, actually. as the day goes on mostly clear skies and warmer temperatures maybe a bit. are you laughing because i always get a reference in to an earthquake in a forecast? >> yes. >> juliette is smiling at me. >> i'm not laughing about earthquakes. >> no, don't want to do that. but here we are. arizona diamondbacks take on the giants tomorrow sunday at 5:00. fair and breezy 62 degrees at the game. coast and bay fog tonight. a little bit of drizzle. temperatures will warm up on sunday. highs will be near 90 degrees inland by midweek. >>> so we're looking for something to do. tomorrow mid 80s, sacramento. california state fair. sounds like fun. stern grove festival chillier with 62 degrees. maybe a few low clouds. sunday streets block party in the tenderloin low clouds in the morning. then the art and wine fest this weekend at los altos would be fun but we have to work. you don't, check it out. 77 degrees. overnight lows the numbers will be in the mid- to upper 50s tonight and fog and low clouds ne

. >>> and a 16-year-old tennis table phenom from fremont going for gold in the summer olympics in rio. and he is the youngest athlete on team usa since he started playing table tennis at 5 years old and says he is ready for what will be the biggest gym of his life. >> i am so excited right now actually. and i see olympics on tv when i was younger and when i was 8 years old and it feels amazing. i'm so excited. >> and the concerns over safety and the zika virus and he said he plans to be careful, drink bottled water only and wear mosquito repel ant. >>> on this wednesday afternoon the temperatures are warming up. they're getting about one to five degrees warmer than they were yesterday at this time. if it feels warmer, it is.

came in for fremont.nd this is in the earlier one around 2:37. let's show folks the maps, the speed sensors looking just what you would expect. over here this area heading up out of milpitas and fremont. two crashes reported although they sound identical as far as the details. somewhere between mission boulevard. we don't see slowing on the sensors. earlier crash at 237 and 880 has cleared up. the sensors don't show any slowing. live camera shows us a smooth easy drive. northbound with the taillights past the truck scales. no surprises. again, out of the east bay and in towards silicon valley. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up next, demanding change. protest, one bay area lawmaker made in redwood city over gun control. >>> we are counting down to the rio olympics this morning. now just 31 days away. hundreds of athletes will compete at the top of their sport but not all of the olympians talent will be on display. some of them have secret skills. take a listen. >> i can eat ice cream really fa

in fremont, police tweeted out pictures of illegal fireworks. fremont has zero tolerance for illegal fireworks. >>> we've made it easy for you to find all the legal fireworks displays. just go to abc7news.com where you'll find a link. >>> america's favorite pastime takes a swing at the record books. ron claiborne has the story. >> reporter: it was 25-year-old stacey on the mound. and 17-year-old kelsey whitmore in left field. boys of summer, make way for the girls. >> i'm so excited. i'm honored to be out here. >> reporter: they played their first game friday night for the sonoma stoppers, a professional minor league team in northern california. >> giving us a chance to play as a woman means a lot to me. >> reporter: just like any other ball player, they drew the attention of young autograph hounds. >> they said there were two women. i thought that's so cool. >> reporter: until now, women have been relegated to all-female baseball, depicted in the movie "a league of their own." they say their male teammates have been welcoming. >> i love them al

let's head outside right now to fremo fremont. a live look outside. kari is going to be joining us next with your thursday morning forecast. >>> and that crash that mike was following in fremont this morning, the good news, it's been cleared. he'll have a look at your complete morning commute. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> thursday morning and we are one step closer to be all important -- >> not that we don't love the workweek. >> we love all the rest of the days. >> but weekends are nice. >> weekends are nice except for this one. >> come on, kari hall. tell me the good. >> yeah. san francisco, heading to the beach, great weekend. >> there we go. >> yes, we are picking out the bright spots in this forecast. live look outside in san jose. all clear as you head out the door. nice and cool but, yeah, we've been talking about a warm-up all weekend. it is heading our way. live look now at san francisco. we also start out this morning with mostly clear skies. we will have low clouds starting to move in for a little while. it's right now 57 degrees

fremont line there between bay fair and san lee andro. that's recovering. >>> good morning. i'm bob redell live in the newsroom monitoring the latest developments on the sniper attack on dallas that has left a number of officers dead. we'll have that story coming up. =kris/cont.vo=a tense ght acrose nation-- with breaking news. >> that breaking news begins in dallas. the sounds and tense night across the nation with a tragic scene unfolding right in the heart of the downtown area in dallas. officers ambushed and killed by snipers as anger boils over here at home amid protests on the streets of oakland over police use of force. a look at some of the damage that demonstrators left behind in oakland this morning. we have more on that coming up in a live report. >>> kris, as you mentioned, first, a city very much on edge as it's an active crime scene still developing in dallas after snipers ambushed police officers spraying bullets at a peaceful protest last night killing five police officers. >> thanks for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >>

mike already has had adventures through fremont. >> adventures, predawn adventures so not much. when you're squeezing every second out of the morning commute, fremont already had traffic brakes so i know the construction is cleared southbound. after we stop there, activity blocking your two left lanes seconds ago. cleared that as well. that was south of 237 heading down toward the great mall exit. thankfully as we look at the live stop, traffic flow across the nimitz about like that. you see here the crew on the northbound side just about ready to clear from that lane. there will be a quick traffic break north of that as well. >>> we begin this morning with breaking news out of san jose where there's been a hit and run crash with multiple injuries. it happened in south san jose at hillsdale. a driver slammed into another car and then sped off. >> live at the scene this morning, damian, do we know the suspect, who caused this crash? were they arrested? >> reporter: yes, they were taken to the hospital and then presumably be under arrest after that. good morning. officers cleared

the vallejo and san francisco with low cloud cover, and stretching south in the mountain view to fremont and it looks like san jose is right on the fringe of partly cloudy skis and most areas waking up to great skies and the bay clouds this morning will have sun away from the coast and another "spare the air" in affect for poor air quality inland. the highs today, much cooler today than we were yesterday, some relief inland in the 90 out of the triple digits and 64 in san francisco, and 84 in san jose, and the person seven shows today we go from fog to sunshine, and cooler air conditioning into the weekend and of next week, we are right where we should be for this time of the year. >> we have a major problem happening right now on the bay bridge a three car crash with injuries reported beyond the two right lanes are blocked and airbags are deployed with message crews to the scene and c.h.p. is already issuing a sig-alert which means they do

. >> fremont, appeal, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> breaking news we have been following from san jose, firefighters are trying to get control of a brushfire. we understand now they do have it under control. it is fully contained. it has spread to ten acres. this is on the edge of the san jose border on sierra road. it started at 2:40. now about to hours later it is under control. >> we know a c.h.p. officer is expected to be okay after going down while chasing a speeding driver. the driver was caught yesterday. investigators are trying to figure out why the officer fell. we were over the big backup on i-80 as all eastbound lanes were closed for three hours. no other cars were involved. >> this affects so men of us, changes are in the works for the bay bridge to speed up the drive across the span. the bay area toll authority has hired a company to lead the effort to upgrade the bridge's metering light system. the system is old and dates back to 1974. the upgrade including a real time algorithm designed to reduce traffic to be completed by june. >> do you have ro

san lorenzo, hayward, union city into fremont. in fact, in the south bay, via 880, no troubles. same for the south bay. taking a look at our drive times here, north 101 about 11 to 12 minutes between 280/680 to 237. guadalupe parkway checking in with no accidents. and northbound 280 has been an easy ride so far from 101/680 to 85. that will take you 11 minutes. you won't have any troubles north of there if you are heading into san francisco. and you can see we're clocking in some nice speeds on 101, 62 miles per hour as you pass capitol expressway. where we are seeing some slight delays is westbound 580, 205 to the altamont pass. about a 10-minute ride. but speeds above 25 miles per hour which, guys, sometimes that's a good thing. >> right. >> that's right, gianna. >>> some people despise barbies for their slim figures and perfect hair but mattel's new presidential doll comes in several varieties and it has moms smiling because as we show you, this barbie lets little girls know they can even lead a country. >> as a president it's great because my daughter also wants to be a pres

rose at 86 and the east bay shore richmond is 69 and everyone else low-to-mid 70s and hercules and fremont at 77 and a last 90s. my seven-day outlook shows a slow cooling for the weekend. the biggest respect is going to be in the middle part of next week when we are 10- or 15-degrees cooler than today. >> good morning, happy friday. we will take a look at the golden gate bridge, hardly anyone coming across right now. they have not set the zipper

we'll hit the low 70s in fremont, castro valley. land temperatures upper 70s to about mid-80s. my seven-day forecast, coolest tomorrow after the drizzle in the morning. we rebound sunday and temperatures back to average monday through thursday next week. we'll look at this winter's chance of wet weather coming up next. >>> we've got a little bit of a b.a.r.t. delay this morning. 24 train, a delay in the fremont line in the richmond direction due to track maintenance between san leandro and bay fair. hopefully we'll recoup that. ace train number one on time, left stockton and headed to tracy. no delays with the buses at golden gate. we'll keep our eye on everything. >>> at least two snipers opened fire on dallas police during a protest against police violence. >> we continue to check the new information. the mayor of dallas has been speaking to some of the news networks this morning and he's able to confirm that the person who has been in a shoot-out with police for much of the evening ended a couple hours ago, that he is dead. there are three suspects in custody and one of thes

is launching a holiday weekend closure that will impact riders in fremont. the last two stations of the fremont line are going to be closed for track repairs. the union city and fremont stations will stay closed through the fourth of july holiday. shuttle buses are going to run between south hayward and fremont in the meantime and b.a.r.t. tells riders to expect delays. >>> sanother part of the bay area, something you might call b.a.r.t. light is getting closer to reality. b.a.r.t. calls the service e-bart and this week b.a.r.t. is showing off the new trains used along the ten-mile line. starting next winter the dees sill trains will run. and it will use the same fair collection service us yooed at other b.a.r.t. stations. >>> unless you live in fairfield, livermore, it's going to be a little lighter out here this weekend in terms of the temperatures. >> oh, that's right. >> we have a wide range as we start out this morning though, not too bad. feels like it's in the upper mid 50s to 60s in some spots. and then as we go into the rest of the day, 70 in san fr

shuttle buses will run between south heyward and fremont. keep in mind if you are heading out to watch the fireworks the last two fremont stations will be closed. >> we have had some changes in the temperature just in time for the fourth of july temperatures. san francisco you have a lot of fog. temperatures 63 for a high. napa 75 degrees. 85 sonoma. concord 91. down from the upper 90s a couple of days ago. livermore 91. san jose in the 70s after 81 earlier. 75 degrees trivalley. 64 -- 7 downtown and south of downtown pleasant evening. here's the big weather story, low clouds thickening through the day. 64 san francisco and west wind 18 miles an hour and the sea breeze reaching in to solano county, eastern contra costa and alameda county. temperatures dropping five to ten degrees. that was the fog yesterday. this is today, gaining a third of its depth in 24 hours. more cooling for the ocean air conditioning. that combined with the stronger sea breeze dropping the temperatures down. that's a big part of the forecast for the weekend which shou

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when the message rues get there we will see more brake lights as you move southbound 680 through fremont, and bay bridge toll plaza right now is backed up, almost to the 880 overcrossing and i will check out the slow drive times next report. >> we have breaking news from the east bay right now, police are investigating a homicide in oakland. it happened in front of a chevron. it is partly closed right now. the gunshots were picked up by a shotspotter system. avoid the area while officers investigate what happened. >> "consumer reports" is calling on tesla to make major changes with the self driving system on model "s" vehicles. jessica castro has more on what it means. >> this is bigs consumer reports is calling on tesla to disable the automatic steering function nope as autopilot, and this is for the tesla model "s" and asking the automaker to stop using the phrase "autopilot," after recent crashes including a deadly crash in florida, and "consumer reports" wants the company to make the changes until it can ensure that a human driver's hands remain on the steering wheel. the hid of the

hayward union city fremont could see patchy drizzle overnight tonight and portion of the north bay.y have damp roadway first thing on our saturday. future weather pick up from there pretty similar afternoon tomorrow. cloud cover right along the coast. sunshine away from the cloud cover. watch what happens as we get into sunday. future weather sunday morning. you really don't have that wide spread marine layer away from the coast as go into the day on sunday that marine layer is wiped fought even along the coast. see a lot of sunshine and that will help warm-up temperatures for the second half of the weekend and into early next week. high for your saturday about 63 in san francisco. touch below normal for this time of the year b.discount high in half machine bay. 67 in oakland. 77 san jose at 84 this time of year. 83 antioch. about 72 vallejo and napa up to about 76 degrees. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast tomorrow we have the morning drizzle. temperatures still below normal at the fair amount of cloud cover. second half of the week and wawnt it warmer and brighter that's definite

were for the professionals to lot of off but you the small things down to sparkler is illegal in fremont there responded to calls gulf. >>reporter: the huge fireworks all the time to 56 closed down the street that the enemy at war against police involved. >>james: here is a quick look at other places besides free markets that do not allow fireworks. >>reporter: it would tectum sunday and monday to complete expect to see a wide variety of fireworks explosion if you plan are watching the show on july 4th but will not be near the waterfront or quark park and want to hear the sound track you to download this recycler aptiva mobile device to start watching and listening at 9:30 p.m.. >>james: it may include like places like antioch law to be in santa rosa do not forget if you still like to stay away from the crowds why not stay at home. >>james: the large water main break is not expected to dampen the city for the july parade big national store is scary scene in new york's central park a man who was with to his friends police closed off or were they investigated and searched for explosives th

format here it is right here, this is us inside central park here in fremont.e are some glitches and that is just because so many people are using this gaming app right now. so many people as well that the parts. this is one of the hot spots to catch pokimon. a stroll in the park takes on a whole new meaning. people are walking in pairs, walking and groups or using lipsticks to play pokimon go. >> there are a lot of stops right here around the lake. >> it is good that people are getting out of the house. >> it actually shows you a map of where you are. when you walk it starts to walk with you. >>reporter: we tested out the game, it is an augmented reality game that lets you capture virtual pokimon in the real world. you have to travel to different places using a smart phone or a tablet. nintendo shares are soaring. pokimon go is the number one game on google play and the app store. it has been downloaded on 5.6 percent of all android devices since last week. >> i downloaded a couple days ago and i have 92 pokimon. >> we actually wanted to try to catch pokimon f

fremont police tweet out these pictures today. officers responded to a dozen illegal fireworks calls last night and they are out again tonight. fremont, as you know, has a zero tolerance policy for fireworks. >> you can share your photos from fourth of july with abc7 news. ated a the #abc7 now. and let's see what the weather is going to be like. >> the early call features a lot of fog trying to make its presence known on july 4th july 4th evening. a look at the timeline. live doppler 7hd giving us the all-clear in terms of precipitation, but we'll take you outside with a live look from the exploratorium camera. a cool evening on the bay waters. not a boat to be seen. the sun is getting hidden by the low clouds pushing through the golden gate strait and that's creating cool conditions on the coast. san jose, 76. 80 saratoga. 73 currently in sunnyvale. mountain view, 71. milpitas, 78. the wide view across the entire region, 59 in san francisco, 66 in napa. antioch, 84. santa rosa, 69. overnight tonight, you see most pots were drop -

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