from hayward today earned a $10,000 scholarship after a third place finish at the national gee graphical bee beat out more than 50 state finalists in washington, d.c. the contest was hosted by alex trebek. it began with 4 million students nationwide. a 7th grader at a christian school is -- and now the 7, grader at a christian school is excited to share this at home. >> the greatest moment in my life. >> congratulations to him. >>> los angeles is on course to become the largest city to ban plastic -- plastic bags. they approved this yesterday. >>> well, the trend is right on track. more changes are developing. could be tracking a few rain showers as we head into your friday. right now, looking outtowards beautiful san francisco bay. mostly sunny skies here. a little bit of a bump -- a little bit of a bumpp on the water. right now, i'm mostly watching patchy fog re-forming around half moon bay. speaking of the winds, though, you can see wind gusting to 34 miles an hour outside of san francisco. still, a bit of some chop offshore and into the bay. current numbers, just upgreated -- updated are

bee yourself. >>> stay on this graphic. to check out this story kristin did two days ago about this 6-year-old speller. she is the youngest ever in the scripps national spelling bee. you have got to hear this young girl's story and listen to her interview. frightening how poised that young girl is. >> she's quite bright. check it out on abc2news.com. again, the semifinals are on espn 2 tomorrow and you can catch the finals at 8:00 tomorrow night on espn. we've posted all this information on our website, again, abc2news.com. >>> have you ever wondered what the fastest mode of transportation is getting through traffic? well, in poland they did a race to find out. one person went by car, another by bike, a third ran and a fourth took the bus. the car was the fastest, followed by the bike, then the runner and the bus proved to be the slowest mode of transportation. >>> so let's see how the transportation is moving along this morning. let's send it over to lauren cook with a look at your traffic. >>reporter: good morning >>> we

bee. >> and for the 7th grade hayward student, last week they finished third in the national graphic b. this morning's celebration is taking place in fremont. california's dairy bored says happy cows but some darry land farmers are trying to keep their cows intend they are inn stalling water beds for them to rest on and some are hiring chiropractors for their cows. they believe they are giving more milk. 439 is the time. let's check in with sal too. >> right now traffic is happy too, if you are driving around the what i area, the dumbarton bridge has reopened. let's take a look outside traffic continues to move along nicely, also the morning commute looks good if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound looks very nicely. it is a job getting up to highway 17, let's go to steve. >>> we are stick into this -- stuck into this pattern and a series of systems keeps reinforcing it and we still have the sea breeze in place, upper 40s for fairfield, 47 san rafael, 45 and a lot of low 50s, although high pressure is building and it doesn't look time much congresser to me. they are