74 for santa cruz, and hollister, 76 degrees. tuesday, slightly cooler, as we shave off a few degrees. wednesday, thickening clouds, area of low pressure moves in bringing us windy conditions. cool, showers, and we go from almost 80 tomorrow, dropping down by thursday. only in the upper 50s around here, and will warm next weekend. >> carolyn: a great day for baseball, and shu is here with sports. >> mike: the a's took advantage. they broke out their new uniforms, yellow tops and white pants, and the fashion statement worked. they got the first win of the season. and also raising $50,000 for japanese relief experts. gonzalez gives one up to langerhans. the mariners up 1-0. but the a's answer in the third. koko crisp, scores couscous kevin kouzmanoff. mark ellis writtens a single

we have 70 to 73 degrees for morgan hill, gilroy and hollister.cloudy. 60. maybe cool by the end of the game. 55 degrees. less cloud cover tonight. it should be cooler. mild with low 50s around the bay shore. out to half moon bay. mid-to-upper 40s in north bay. we have a dying front on top of us. that is kicking off some of the moisture once it completely washes out. look for sunshine this atch. mixture of clouds and this next storm right here, this rolls across the bay area. on wednesday and brings us the rain. a timetable. 5:00 wednesday. evening commute should be fine. heading to the latter part of evening. there you go. 9:00, the rain moving in. all the way through the morning commute on thursday. by thursday, mid-day, scattered showers. friday, saturday, sunday. warming trend. dry weather. a slight chance of a shower on monday. >> the earlier problem spots are clearing. you should have a nice commute await you. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights not on. no delay through the tolls. check on the drive time for tuesday morning. w

monterey. 58 in carmel and mid to upper 50s in santa cruz, watsonville but low 70s for milroy and hollister. no rain. 55 in d tahoe. cool spot l.a. 86 and palm springs at 92. >> and low to mid 40s in the north bay. mid to upper 40s for the rest of us. but the breezes or the way. an area of low pressure spinning to our north and jet stream to the north. it's cool air mass is going to roll in starting tonight. coolness of it but not until tomorrow afternoon once the sun comes up when we start to get the faster winds that will blow in. 20-30 miles an hour and even faster over bodies of water. accu-weather seven-day forecast, drop our temperatures four to six degrees tomorrow. and we'll warm back to today's levels and even warmer this weekend. >>> the federal reserve chairman is holding his first ever news conference, ben bernanke. it's the first time that any chairman in its history and economic growth and where we are headed in the months ahead. some of his comments include the facts that federal reserve officials are more upbeat about prospects of employment but they see higher inflation tha

65 and out over the hills, a little warmer and you'll have that wind and higher elevations, 67 in hollister, breezy in monterey. >> here is the seven-day forecast, the showers throughout much of the morning will be more widely scattered tomorrow. look at the numbers, thursday and friday, in the 50s. increasing clouds on monday. so a little bit of everything coming up. >> cheryl: contra costa supervisors have agreed to provide a $10 million loan to help doctors in san pablo to stay afloat. they are warning the hospital they must find a long term solution. the hospital says the money will give them time to rethink their mission to keep the largest emergency department open. a similar who loan was given to them in 2006. latest money will come from county reserves and not affect services or require cuts elsewhere. >> kristen: not that vampires are needed because they don't age but a new cosmetic procedure named after them. it's called the vampire facelift and quite different than botox. they draw a patient's blood separating platelets and blend with a protein mixture and inject it back in the s

down by the monterey bay, 82 in hollister. seven-day forecast, just a slight chance of showers in far north bay, maybe marin and you'll feel the cooler air at the coast for sure. then monday and tuesday, we'll modify and maybe a little more rain by the middle of next week. >>> google engineers are getting the last laugh with an april fool's day prank that got a lot of buzz online. a blog posting after midnight, g-mail with motion. absurd idea you can control your g-mail service by moving your body. this video depicts how they can read your movements and translate them and into commands >> coming up next, one bay area city celebrates april fool's day >> you have to see. >>> today at 4:00, oprah finale. then at 5:00, it's likely going to cost you more money to withdraw more money out of your bank. and a climb in urban utility rates. we'll tell you more about it at 5:00. >> finally, if you are looking to be stupid and laugh, check out the stupid day parade in san francisco. >> every april fool's day, getting dressed

monterey. 58 in carmel and mid to upper 50s in santa cruz, watsonville but low 70s for milroy and hollister. no rain. 55 in eureka and tahoe. cool spot l.a. 86 and palm springs at 92. >> and low to mid 40s in the north bay. mid to upper 40s for the rest of us. but the breezes or the way. an area of low pressure spinning to our north and jet stream to the north. it's cool air mass is going to roll in starting tonight. coolness of it but not until tomorrow afternoon once the sun comes up when we start to get the faster winds that will blow in. 20-30 miles an hour and even faster over bodies of water. accu-weather seven-day forecast, drop our temperatures four to six degrees tomorrow. and we'll warm back to today's levels and even warmer this weekend. >>> the federal reserve chairman is holding his first ever news conference, ben bernanke. it's the first time that any chairman in its history and economic growth and where we are headed in the months ahead. some of his comments include the facts that federal reserve officials are more upbeat about prospects of employment but they see higher infl

down by the monterey bay, 82 in hollister.recast, just a slight chance of showers in far north bay, maybe marin and you'll feel the cooler air at the coast for sure. then monday and tuesday, we'll modify and maybe a little more rain by the middle of next week. >>> google engineers are getting the last laugh with an april fool's day prank that got a lot of buzz online. a blog posting after midnight, g-mail with motion. absurd idea you can control your g-mail service by moving your body. this video depicts how they can read your movements and translate them and into commands >> coming up next, one bay area city celebrates april fool's day >> you have to see. >>> today at 4:00, oprah finale. then at 5:00, it's likely going to cost you more money to withdraw more money out of your bank. and a climb in urban utility rates. we'll tell you more about it at 5:00. >> finally, if you are looking to be stupid and laugh, check out the stupid day parade in san francisco. >> every april fool's day, getting dressed up, play instruments and d

brentwood, 77. 75 for concord. 74 for santa cruz, and hollister, 76 degrees.uesday, slightly cooler, as we shave off a few degrees. wednesday, thickening clouds, area of low pressure moves in bringing us windy conditions. cool, showers, and we go from almost 80 tomorrow, dropping down by thursday. only in the upper 50s around here, and will warm next weekend. >> carolyn: a great day for baseball, and shu is here with sports. >> mike: the a's took advantage. they broke out their new uniforms, yellow tops and white pants, and the fashion statement worked. they got the first win of the season. and also raising $50,000 for japanese relief experts. gonzalez gives one up to langerhans. the mariners up 1-0. but the a's answer in the third. koko crisp, scores couscous kevin kouzmanoff. mark ellis writtens a single into left. willingham scores, a's 3-1. now top 7. two men on. gonzalez strikes out figgins. ends the inning. got his first win. bottom seven, matsui with a bloop single brings in a run. they go on to win it, 7-1 your final. >> giants and dodgers, game four o

65 and out over the hills, a little warmer and you'll have that wind and higher elevations, 67 in hollistereezy in monterey. >> here is the seven-day forecast, the showers throughout much of the morning will be more widely scattered tomorrow. look at the numbers, thursday and friday, in the 50s. increasing clouds on monday. so a little bit of everything coming up. >> cheryl: contra costa supervisors have agreed to provide a $10 million loan to help doctors in san pablo to stay afloat. they are warning the hospital they must find a long term solution. the hospital says the money will give them time to rethink their mission to keep the largest emergency department open. a similar who loan was given to them in 2006. latest money will come from county reserves and not affect services or require cuts elsewhere. >> kristen: not that vampires are needed because they don't age but a new cosmetic procedure named after them. it's called the vampire facelift and quite different than botox. they draw a patient's blood separating platelets and blend with a protein mixture and inject it back in the skin.

low 80s antioch, livermore, 82 and down by the monterey bay, look for 72 there while gilroy and hollisterarm to the lower 80s. one more day of some 80s in far-reaching valleys but then we'll see windy, cooler conditions over the weekend. temperatures rebounding into the low to mid-70s. >> we do have a sig alert that has been lifted. garbage truck caught fire just before caesar chavez. that is not a problem and traffic is moving smoothly past the area. debris in lanes, mill valley, you may see vehicles swerving. if you travel the vallejo ferry, it is a bus service today or having for the 8:30 trip due to mechanical failure on one of boats yesterday. the vallejo boat, there will be a bus at 8:30. check out bay bridge toll plaza, so far so good. it's friday light. before you leave the house, check all your traffic details at abc7news.com. click on bay area traffic. >> kristen: highway patrol still looking for a vehicle that created a huge mess for the evening commute on the peninsula. two lanes of highway 101 in millbrae were closed for almost three hours so crews could remove a cable line.

morgan hill, 65. 65 for watsonville as well as hollister.my accu-weather seven-day forecast, it does include warmer temperatures. on tuesday we will look for plenty of sunshine and temperatures warming back up inland into the 70s. a bit breezy on wednesday. thursday you will notice temperatures come down a little bit. we will see a few more clouds that day. and for the weekend, terrific, sunny and mild. temperatures back up into the 70s. >> can't wait. >> thanks, leigh. >>> let's talk to shu. >> a little of everything today. the a's offense exploded the past two games. funny how that works. the giants battle back in a complete team effort, but did they get the result they wanted? who is to blame? i will let you know next in sports. >>> i'm feeling the same frustration for the giants as we did last year. >> a lot of people are say thasmght the torture is back. the giants swept by the braves and it was their bull pen that let them down. giants down two and buster posey takes care of that and smokes a two-run bomb. his fourth of the year and we

at first, they took them off the pumps and then threaded a chain through the pump hollisters. the same thing took place at three different shell gas stations in san francisco. the first and third and brennan around 5:15, then fourth and bryant and finally at california and steiner. nobody was hurt and nobody went without gas. police were caused, used cutters to cut the chains and confiscated some of the flyers. rising tide is the group behind the protests in conjunction with the year-anniversary of the bp spill. we spoke to a represent wife said the group put out a call for a day of protest but said some people believe they hit the wrong message. >> we called a day of action for today but some people sort of -- took it in their own direction so a direction we definitely don't support. >> reporter: there's one more oddity about what happened this morning. nobody is quite sure why protestors targeted shell gas stations in order to protest a bp oil spill. rising tide is taking credit for organizing an event at 6:00 p.m. it's planned to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the

extremely mild overnight into the 50s and few low 60s south of san jose towards hollister. storm track as well to the north of the bay area. gives you a good idea that the ridge of high pressure is right about here where even ukiah today sported a high in the upper 80s. now, this high pressure is strengthening, how far we have this low here that's going to continue to cause a little bit of a dent. some of these clouds are going to undercut that ridge of high pressure. we'll call it a dirty ridge of high pressure and we'll call it partly sunny for friday. here's a look at your temperatures. except a couple of minutes ago i now have santa rosa at 84 degrees shall earning the old record 11 years ago -- shattering the old record from 11 years ago. the tree count is on the high side for your pollen count. speaking of highs, tomorrow's daytime highs similar throughout some neighbors in the tri-valley into the low otherwise. 80 san jose. 79 fremont, milpitas and union city. here's the extended forecast. chance of rain back in the forecast, very windy conditions on saturday afterno

low to mid-70s, morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. traveling around the state. big sur, 51. tahoe at 48. with rain. 55 in eureka. got upper 60s around chico and san francisco. 74 in fresno. to 85 in palm springs. upper 60s to near 70 around l.a. and san diego. red sox in town. premium game out at the coliseum. haven't got your tickets yet, i think it means they are more expensive than normal. temperatures are 50 to 65 degrees. partly cloudy. a two-game set. tonight, look at the temperatures. midthe upper 40s in north bay. upper 40 to low 50s for the rest of us with lingering fog. otherwise, quiet tomorrow morning. partly sunny and warmer. partly cloudy. the low will generate rain tomorrow. let's jump ahead. to 5:00 wednesday. you can see pretty quiet. right around 9:00, the rain starts to roll in. hangs around during the overnight hours into thursday morning commute. then the front slowly pushes through and we have scattered showers left over for thursday afternoon. temperatures will be coolest those two days. we will start to see a rebound with dry weather friday and saturd

hollister, lingering showers thanks to a trough of low pressure diving down the coast, packing all that cold canadian air with spring-time heating. can be a volatile mix. there's some good news for your friday forecast. i think we'll see some isolated showers for the morning. during afternoon clearing skies, breezy but cool, as we wrap things up for your work week. as we approach the weekend some of the best weather we've seen in some time. next shower chance is probably going to hold off for late sunday just for the north bay as temperatures finally rebound back into the 60s for the weekend but for now between now and 9:00 look out for those big-time thundershowers in napa county, solano county, and eastern contra costa counties as well. tonight you just saw those lows dropping into the 30s tonight. so patchy frost could be possible in the north bay valleys as we get into tomorrow morning. and for the afternoon tomorrow keeping an eye of course on san francisco. we should see some breezy and cool conditions. but i think by the afternoon the showers should be mainly along the santa cruz

down by the monterey bay, 70s, low 80s gilroy and hollister.ecast, one more day of inland warmth. pd windy and cooler over the weekend. >>> we have overnight construction blocking lanes around the bay area. be aware. slowing the cones down. on-ramp is closed southbound 680 that will be closed until 6:00 can this morning. 680 camera going towards highway 24 and on in to san francisco, no delays there. as april fool's day and people get stupid so that is going to be happening in downtown san francisco at noon. starting a parade at the embarcadero. no official road closures but you can expect delays through the financial district around the noon hour. before you leave the house this morning, "abc 7 news" click on bay area traffic right there. >> eric: and its one day a year, you don't mind being called stupid. next, mild weather on earth could have wild weather could have on a final shuttle launch. >> kristen: new study reveals about manual water fought et cetera when it comes to germs. >> lost and now found, to lure a cobra out of hiding. i final

as you head inland, 77 in gilroy. 76 in hollister.cooler tomorrow and sea breeze returning. wednesday night maybe showers into thursday. a little breezy struggling to make it near 60 and by any we're looking at numbers trying to recover that should be the trend for next weekend. >> it's been a pretty good commute so far. no major hot spots. we'll take you around the bay area and show you what it looks like. interstate 80 in berkeley, crowding near university. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on, traffic backed up to west grand. a little further for the fastrak lanes. check out the north bay commute. still light right now. flowing well through is san rafael all the way down on to the gold bridge. 680 walnut creek there was an earlier crash, there is some brake lights as you make your way highway 24 and 580 through altamont pass and westbound 4. westbound 580 over half an hour to 680 but mass transit systems reporting no delays. find out more traffic information by going to our website any time at abc7news.com. >> kristen: sta

70 with 72 in concord, 71 down by the monterey bay, cool at the shoreline but look for low 70s in hollisternd game tonight at coliseum, temperatures will start out in the low 50s. et cetera getting cooler, into the upper 50s. look for numbers to trail off a little bit tomorrow. here comes a little rain sunday night into monday, then numbers below normal with maybe some more rain coming in next wednesday. >> janelle: sharks are playing down in san jose. >> yeah. >> and it is well known that people who lose a lot of weight can improve health, but it can also sharpen your wind. they studied overweight people and those that lost weight improved their memories but those that did not some got worse. obesity is known to call hypertension, diabetes and sleep apnea. it can affect how much blood flows to the brain but losing weight could improve blood flow to the brain. >> it's also possible, cardiovascular fitness and eating better may improve memory ability. >> janelle: scientists say more research is needed focusing on how obesity my damage the brain. >> the still ahead, the bay area's eighth annu

for cooler weather, the on shore flow keeping numbers in the low to mid-60s. 62 monterey, and 70 hollisterly in the 60s today with some more cloud cover. east bay, south bay. and then tomorrow scattered showers, afternoon partly cloudy and that will take us through tuesday. then another system wants to bring a threat of rain on wednesday. so definitely not a warm week ahead. temperatures mainly in the 60s. >> kind of temperate, i guess you would call it? >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa. coming upped 7:00, good more than morning. joined live from new york to tell us what is on tap today. good morning. >> good morning, carolyn. we will be continuing your coverage of weather. a violent string of tornadoes tears through the carolinas and virginia overnight killing dozens of people and many more missing. about 90 were reported in north carolina alone. our team is on the ground where they will show us the massive damage by what is being called one of the deadliest storms in decades. and plus another air-traffic controller is found asleep on the job, putting passengers at risk once again. several con

morgan hill and hollister, and mid-70s there. low 60s in carmel. mid-to-upper 60s for santa cruz, watsonville and salinas. a big game at the coliseum. partly cloudy at 7:05. dropping to 55. tonight's temperatures will hit 40s inland valleys. around the bay shore and coast, low 50s. watching a front push through this morning. a weak front. more of a wind shift line. stuck between two areas of live pressure. today, partly sunny and warmer sky. tomorrow, a light rain develop with low. it will hang around through thursday. 1:00 on wednesday. all is dry. after 1:00, through the evening commute, talk about how we have light rain develops. the best chance is evening and overnight hours and through the thursday morning commute. by thursday afternoon and evening hours it will be dry again. coolest those two days dropping six to ten degrees. friday, saturday, sunday. warming trend and a dry weather. slight chance of shower on monday. have a great day. megan? >> thank you. good morning. we have a couple of hot spots for you. the first is mass transit. ace tra

mid-60s for santa cruz, watsonville and hollister and 66 degrees.t ought to be a nice night at at&t park. we are going to relive the nlds from last year. braves are in town. 7:15, first pitch. cloudy and cool. 59, and dropping down to 54. all right, tonight, we will see increase in clouds. thicker clouds. pocket of drizzle overnight hours. low to mid-40s. mid-to-upper 40s for the rest of us. this is bullied by the next system. treating up to the pacific north west, near increase in the high clouds in the afternoon hours. this will steer this low toward us. another chunk of energy behind it. this is north of us. we have to keep threat of light rain in the forecast. not today. increase in the clouds. by tomorrow morning, some of the light rain developing along the coast. trying to spill in some of the marin county valleys there. you can see how scattered the light rain will be in the afternoon hours. radar returns are impressive sunday morning. computer model is overdoing it. by the afternoon hours, completely gone with sunshine and high clouds. look

morgan hill, and gilroy to hollister there. the light rain still developing there and moving to the southeast. if you are heading to the mountain, look at the snow. talk about the winds. gusty with the front coming through. 20 in novato. 17 at oakland. napa is 13. gust up to 35 to 40 miles per hour earlier. . we will expect the calmer conditions through the 8:00 hour. clearing with upper 40s to 50s. we have redevelopment of clouds. sunshine mixing with the soil. expect it to be partly sunny at noon. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s. 60 showing up at fairfield and antioch. it will become partly cloudy heading through the 4:00 hour. we have low 60s throughout the bay. low to mid-60s inland. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast -- no rain tomorrow. rain possible over the weekend with the best chance of saturday. dry and spring warmth for tuesday and wednesday. hi, megan. >> good morning. if you are heading to san francisco on bay bridge, count on delays. what started off as a stall on the upper deck westbound 80 near t

keep the plants and animals warm in this areas especially from hollister to king city. coming up i'll have more on the noticeable change in temperatures tomorrow and the one part of your weekend a few extra clouds could roll into the bay area. >>> new information tonight about that explosion near a santa monica synagogue yesterday. the blast that sent a pipe through the roof of the house next-door was labeled an industrial accident. now police say it was intentional and a homemade explosion caused. police are searching for a transient named ron lynch who is known to spend time -- ron hirsch who is known to spend time at synagogues and is known to be >>> two people are dead tonight and two more missing after a storage facility containing fireworks exploded in hawaii. it happened in a honolulu suburb at a former military bunker. explosions continued for hours after the initial one preventing firefighters from entering the bunker. two men were injured, one critically with burned. the small business facility consists of 130 storage bunkers converted into mini warehouses. >>

keep the plants and animals warm in this areas especially from hollister to king city. coming up i'll have more on the noticeable change in temperatures tomorrow and the one part of your weekend a few extra clouds could roll into the bay area. >>> new information tonight about that explosion near a santa monica synagogue yesterday. the blast that sent a pipe through the roof of the house next-door was labeled an industrial accident. now police say it was intentional and a homemade explosion caused. police are searching for a transient named ron lynch who is known to spend time -- ron hirsch who is known to spend time at synagogues and is known to be extremely dangerous. >>> get behind the wheel in this town and better put the cell phone away. i'm live to show you where police are catching the most distracted drivers. >>> two people are dead tonight and two more missing after a storage facility containing fireworks exploded in hawaii. it happened in a honolulu suburb at a former military bunker. explosions continued for hours after the initial one preventing firefighters

bay with a few showers in the area keeping it cool, just in the upper 50's for monterey with 64 in hollister the accuweather seven day forecast, the temperatures don't change too much through easter and into monday, better chance of rain by the early part of next week and then look at the big bump. 70's. more sunshine with the numbers really where they should be so we'll have to wait a little bit longer. >> ok. it will be worth the wait. thanks. you may have seen a huge white ship with a giant golden bear on it. it's a massive classroom for the smallest university in the state. in this morning's assignment 7 report, our transportation reporter attends the california maritime academy. >> cadets, not students will run this huge ship when it sets sail in a couple of weeks. >> we're on the bridge of the ship. this is where our cadets train at sea. >> the captain will stand watch over a crew made up of college students. >> they learn right here. this is where they learn. they get to experience this at sea. >> the at sea requirement is part of the education at california maritime academy. the only

down by the monterey bay it will be pretty nice even at the boardwalk with 74 santa cruz. 72 in hollisteron the road. here's larry biel with the saturday morning sports. >> good morning everybody. the giants open the weekend series in arizona last night with matt cane dominating and the slimmer trimmer sandoval looking like the dangerous hitter he was as a rookie. look out. a little in the first inning from daniel hudson. maybe made the giants mad. sandoval, a blast. check out the casino sign. the ball lands above that in right center. all players in the majors were wearing number 42, 64 years ago that jackie robinson broke the color barrier. matt cane bringing the heat. a big swing and a miss. cane six innings, strikes out three. in the fourth a double down the left-field line but scores sandoval. 4-0 giants. in the fifth, on the move and miguel montera throws it away. 5-0 giants. 5-1 game in the seventh. ramone ramirez strikes out kelly johnson with two on. the giants have won three straight. 5-2 is the final. you've been to disneyland in oakland, we have matsui land. a's and tigers in

mid-to-upper 60s, morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. a chance of scattered light rain tomorrow. sprinkles sunday morning. mostly cloudy sunday afternoon. weak chances of rain for monday. and wednesday. warmer next week. sue? >> good morning. we have no major hot spots but a beautiful picture if you are coming in from marin county southbound across the golden gate bridge. no problems reported. same thing 80 in berkeley. westbound and eastbound and no delays. you will find slowing. but metering lights are off at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's holiday light. we have a bit of a problem in pleasanton westbound 580 at charro. cleared from the lane. slow traffic remains there. >> thank you very much. 6:08 now. just ahead, discovery that has one east bay city rushing to consider a new temporary ban on medical marijuana clubs. plus, the power of perception. stunning social experiment from a bright teenage girl. why she spent months trying to convince the entire school s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s