katie marzullo? >> trains are wide open right here. not of the people on the way to sfo did not give a second thought to the bridge closure. the crush of commuters is still ahead. the video is the crush from last night, the first evening commute after the bridge closure. bart is running longer trains during regular service hours. also, they are running 24 hour trains at 14 stations. we are talking overnight trains, once an hour, for extended service. the last time the bay bridge closed was in 2009, lay day weekend and ridership was up 30 percent. the bart schedule is different or extended through labor day, through monday. the best bet as you plan ahead is to check the bart schedule. we have resources for you on abc7news.com so plan ahead. ange transit -- a.c. transit is running extra service at four bart stations including north berkeley and additional ferries are crossing the bay carrying 15 percent more passengers than usual on special schedules. we have details on the alternatives to get around at abc7news.com. if you need to drive

katie marzullo? is bart a popular opening? >> so far, so good on bart no one has reported overly crowded trains but they are getting that way. i have a new stat: bart saw 20,000 more trips yesterday through 7:00 p.m. so that was just as the bridge was closing but before the bridge was closing so if that gives you any indication of what we looking at the next couple of days but we shot this video and the bart platform at powell street has been quiet but okay so far and the train is not overly crowded but several commuters took the advice going around and they came to the city early assuming the latter morning trains would be packed. >> not too bad. not this early. going home i am sure it will be fairly crowded. >> i didn't see any more people than normal so...maybe my regular train could be more packed but the train i came on, it seeped all right to me. >> you are looking now at the mcarthur station the hub for the overnight train with bart pitching in and running 24 hours a day from 14 different bart stations. the trains are r

we will check with katie marzullo at 630 with an update and at 7:00, we will be on the fire lines for "good morning america" with coverage after the abc7 news. >> in the south bay women are warned to be extra cautious after an attack near santa clara university. matt chemicaller is in santa clara with what we navy the attacker. matt? >> police say the woman was walking near here at santa clara university and the man grabbed her from behind, pushed her in the bushes and attacked her after midnight yesterday morning a block away from the hut, a popular bar with santa clara university students. summer school classes are taking place but police will not confirm if the victim is connected with university. her response is praised. >> she is very, very brief. she cared off the attacker. he would not expect that. very brave. >> here is the suspect, white man, light tap, 6', weighing 200 pounds, and light brain haze el eyes and dirty brown hair. the university sent out an e-mail and voice mail to all the students and letting them know about the attack. ahead of the five day closure several lan

katie marzullo is joining us. katie? >> reporter: it is after dark there now. some reports are that at least 37 people have been killed today. reuters puts the number to closer to 50. it's not just in cairo but throughout egypt. deadly violence again in egypt. it began after friday prayers. tens of thousands of people poured out of mosques and marched on the streets of cairo. the muslim brotherhood calls today friday of anger and others a day of rage. >> i'm afraid for my life and my religion and i'm afraid for my country. i don't afraid for my life. >> reporter: the interior minister authorizing the use of deadly force on demonstrators. it came to that. you can see tear gas canisters flying through the air, bullets, too. the protests show defiance, a response to wednesday's horrific violence. more than 600 people were killed in that one day. >> you can't kill your own people and get away with it. >> reporter: the white house says president obama was briefed on the violence in egypt today by a national security adviser susan rice who is traveling with him. pres

our coverage continues with abc7 news reporter katie marzullo in san francisco. we hear the ride was not >> there were more people on the usually morning trains but they are not overstuffed. not like yesterday. those are in the a later hours. i talked with the bart spokesman and he said yesterday 61,000 additional riders at the same time yesterday and he does not have new numbers yet but he has his own experience and took the train from san francisco to oakland and he says that there were more people on his train. >> fridays are usually lower ridership day than thursday and we see how it goes, it is hard to predict. i noticed that the car i was on at 5:10 this morning, each seat was taken. that is unusual. very unusual. people are getting up earlier and gettingen at trains earlier which is what we want. >> bart is running overnight trains from 14 different stations and, also, longer trains and overnight trains through the week, as well, and bart running the longer trains to accommodate people looking to get to special events including the a's game and gay pride.

abc7 news katie marzullo is machine toring the developments. katie? >> edward snowden has live the airport and can stay in russia for a year and the whereabouts will be kept a secret from edward snowden's russian attorney. he says snowden left the transit zone of moscow and entered russia. he has been hiding out at the airport if seven weeks. the russian news agency quotes the attorney as saying that he has been granted a year asylum in russia. his location in russia is kept secret for security reasons. the united states has demanded russia send snowed were home but president putin has dismissed the request saying that snowden can stay as long as he stops leaking united states secrets and the tone says that snowed were has accepted that condition. we know yesterday that the british newspaper "the good an" revealed another n.s.a. data collection patrol allowing agents to see everything you have done on the intent without a search warrant and after the article was published snowden came forward as the source. >> happening now, the sentencing hearing for

katie marzullo?highway 120 is shut down in and out of the park and three campgrounds run by bay area communities with students all sent home. look at the massive flames clearly crossing the road and the rim fire has bound more than 10,000 acres and zero percent contained and 2,500 houses, hotels and camp buildings are in harm's way and the fire has claimed two homes and five outbuildings since saturday and a woman who is stuck outside of a roadblock worries one of the destroyed homes is her. >> it has been there for 15 or 18 years and we just had a familiar reunion up there the first weekend of august with 60 people you there. so... >> helicopters and planes are blocking water on the flames. 700 firefighters are on the job. fire officials described both the fire's growth potential and the terrain as extreme. a red flag warning for lightning is in effect. authorities do not know what sparked the fire. >> we want to show you pictures right now of a fire burning in los angeles county near north hollywoo

katie marzullo?> the natural transportation safety board will hold a news conference in washington, dc right now, the teen that will leave for alabama and we expect to hear from them any moment and we will bring that to you. we have new video from the last hour or less. upclose you can see the burning wreckage and the aftermath, the scarred earth. ups spokesman said that only a pilot and co-pilot were on board when the plane crashes and our affiliate in birmingham is reports two are dead found 100' away from the fuselage. it happened at 4:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. in alabama and the f.a.a. says flight 1354 an airbus was from louisville, kentucky, to alabama, and says it went down in an open filed outside the airport and there are no homes in the immediate area of the crash. ups has released a statement asking for patience in this difficult situation. a spokesman at the beckham airport says the crash has not affected airport operations. an aviation expert in alabama says there were no thunderstorms at the ti

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. katy? >> some call today's friday of anger and others a dave -- day of rage. we have new video: is cairo. quiet right now. thousands of muslims are marching to destinations. the muslim brotherhood which supports ousted president morsi called on fellow support wees to gather in mosques for friday prayers and then take to the streets of cairo. the military government is showing no sign of easing their crackdown. state-run news reports the army blocked automatic entrances and exits at cairo with armed vehicle and barbed wire and police are authorized to use live ammunition. more than 600 are dead this week. egyptian americans in san jose held a vigil if the victims last night and many of the people there lost a friend or a relative in the crackdown. >> he is a doctor and we decided to help people as much as possible. unfortunately... >> he never held a weapon. he doesn't even know how to use one. >> president obama had cancel next in's joint military exercise with egypt but did not mention cut

they started marching in the streets of cairo again and katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> thousands of professors are on the move in egypt the start of what the muslim brotherhood is calling friday of anger and >>caller: it a dave rage. we have pictures from cairo right now and we have seen large numbers of people crossing the bridge here with the crowds fluctuating as the only goes on with live pictures. have fought seen silence yet but these are supporters ousted president morsi and they first gathered at mosques for friday prayers and we understand they are headed if tahrir square which is where we could see the violence resume. state-you -- state-run news reports that the government has authorized the police to use live ammunition. 600 people are already dead. egyptian americans in san jose held a vigil for the victims last night, and many of the people there lost a friend or a relative this week. >> people are being killed over difference of political opinion which is devastating. i never saw it get that bad or thought it would get that bad of the president obama canceled the e

abc7 news katie marzullo is in the newsroom. katie? >> the rim fire has burned through 53,000 acres or 84 square miles, up from 16,000 acres and containment is down from 5 percent to 2 percent. the fire's new spread is airstopping and images are stunning, the rim fire is out of control and fueling fears. it looks like levee coming over the top of the hills. >> thousands of homeowners are packing up and getting out although yosemite national park remains open. >> we have everything loaded up and we packed all through the night. for two nights we have been out. >> flames are threatening 2,500 homes and two homes have been destroyed. highway 120 is still closed. in the next 24 hours the fire is expected to continue up the river canyon and continue growing to the northeast. because it is burning in the steep and inaccessible terrain of the national forest, plains and helicopters are critical in the fight. more than 1,300 fire personnel are on the job. their work is cut out. >> this fire has grown so large that the "head" is creating its ow

we go to abc7 news reporter katie marzullo. how many families were impacted? >>reporter: 15 homes were damaged and five are uninhas beenable and two or three are destroyed. this home though longer has a roof. the garage and the house in the back, all red tagged. nothing but charred timber. just such a mess and it is still smelling like fire out here this morning. a horrible site for the families that lost everything. from sky 15 you can see just how massive the fire was that started as a gas fire along i-80 and spread by wind on to the neighborhood around the road with 50 people flying and grabbing whatever they could garage and no one man he grab his dog and moment owes from the air force. >> i just got home as the fire was pressing into the backyard. i watched everything go. >> 200 firefighters were called to battle the fire from multiple answers as far away as napa and there are crews on the scene this or, putting out hotspots and overnight, a few hours ago the chief said they found smoke in an attic and they moved quickly. they are looking over the damage

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest. katie? >> is another bart strike a week away or is there a month long retrieve? there is a three person investigative panel and the head sent a letter to all parties asking to explain if a strike or a lockout would disrupt or endanger the public. they can bring supporting documents including the estimated cost of their proposals. the panel will present the findings to the governor. state assembly procedure supports the decision of the governor to order the investigation saying he doesn't like what he has seen so far in the negotiations. >> both sides have seemed to not be fully committed to a real deliberative negotiation process. i was very bothered to see the chief negotiator for bart went off and took an extended vacation during the one-month period of time which undermines the ability to get to resolution. >> the panel will give a report to the governor by the end of the week and the governor will have to decide whether to call for a 60-day cooling off period that takes us into mid-octob

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest information. katie? >> the numbers have been updated: the fire nearly 180,000 acres big much the national weather service points out that is the size of the entire south bay. firefighters have containment at 20 percent and there are more than 3,700 firefighters on the job. the flames are massivet the smoke is just as dangerous. the plume is so large that you can see it from space. nasa took this picture from the international space station. on earth, it is creating a health has arrest. >> my throat hurts really, really bad when i breath. >> it hurts my eyes. >> schools are close asked nasa is flying a research plane over the fire to collect air samples. the governor says water quality is a concern, too. >> move the ab and loose debris on to the water and the water contaminated that is bad. >> san francisco gets the water from the hetchy reservoir inside yosemite national park and the fire buns into the park but it is still miles from the yosemite valley and the half dome. more than 4,000 structures, incl

katie marzullo is in failed with more. >> this is very much a, working fire. if you look at this home you can see construction crews are, working to board this to tape it off to get it down after the fire and further down the street. fire crews still on the scene putting out hotspots and they say they found smoke in an attic two hours ago. the fire chief says that right now five homes are uninhabitable and two, possibly three, are destroyed and ten more are damaged. that is a total of 15 homes damaged or destroyed by the fire. the fire started as a grass fire along i-80 yesterday afternoon. at the time we were on the scene and talked with homeowners who watched their houses go up in flames. >> the tree in the middle went up like a candle and it threw everyone on the roof, a roof is on fire, the fence is on fire and nothing we could do. >> this was a 7-alarm fire, 200 firefighters were working the fire and came from fair away including contra costa and cal fire, and know small. crews are on the scene mopping up and continuing to assess the damage and a firefigh

. >> good morning, everyone, welcome at 5:00 a.m., i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> we will get you a check on the forecast. mike? >> good news. it is clear outside this morning. we have fog along the coast. we watching to see if any develops in the north bay valley over the next couple of hours. as far as our forecast, from mount tamalpais you can see sausalito and san francisco all the way down to the san mateo bridge. we will throw the forecast up there and you can see how bright and warm it is from 82 in petaluma to 91 in brentwood and around 70 for south san francisco to 81 in san jose and along the coast we will go 62 at bodega bay to 68 in downtown san francisco. leyla gulen? >> it is quiet. we have a couple of projects lingering out there with construction crews trying to make it better in the northbound direction before the benicia bridge. at arthur road you will find three lanes blocked off and slow-and-go traffic over to the bridge and it picks up from there and highway 4 in the westbound direction we have spots of heavy bumper-to-bumper traffic and down to 38 mil

katie marzullo says authorities have ordered new evacuation advisories with an update in the next half hour. >> california fire resistant redwood trees may not be so fire resistant. they are vulnerable in areas where sudden oak death has killed off other trees. redwoods are not directly affected but the trees that are affected provide more fuel for wildfires causing them to burn hotter and the lack of shade from dead trees dries owe the forest making red woods more susceptible to flames. >> local executives are call on the governor to step in to help bart reach a deal. the coalition of businesses urged the governor to con season a bargaining session with the unions before the 60-day cooling-off period comes to an end in october. right now negotiations are on a break with the prospect of another bart strike severely impact businesses. reports are that it is unlikely the governor will get involved. >> you only have one more week to drive the old bay bridge before it is again forever. caltran released this animation to show what it will look like when the new span opens after labor day we

now, katie marzullo joins from the newsroom. >> the bright star military exercise happens twice a year has been a centerpiece of united states and egyptian military relations for decades now. this morning, president obama pulled the plug. >> president obama made the announcement from his vacation on martha's vineyard. >> we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. >> on top of canceling the military exercises the president is asking the national security team to look at taking additional steps in response to the violence in egypt. egyptian officials say more than 500 people were killed yesterday including 43 police officers, some their funerals were held today. also this morning, new violence in cairo's twin city of giza. angry supporters of morsi set two government buildings on fire. the muslim brotherhood is promising more protests until egypt runs to democracy. president obama says democracy in egypt is his hope, as well, but . >> america cannot d

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in san francisco. how is it going, katie? >> quiet. if you need to come to san francisco now is the time. i grant an empty bart train. we are at the embarcadero station in san francisco and you can clearly see not a lot of activity to the platform. it is early and we do not know what the day holds. there will be more bart riders. you can look at the video from yesterday people taking bart, routes from the east bay to san francisco were packed but i got plenty of feedback saying the bart trains are always like that so much having a different experience. bart says there were 61,000 extra riders between midnight and 7:00 p.m. yesterday on thursday. a total of 397,000 rider on bart during those hours. the advice from bart is give yourself extra time. with a bicycle. give yourself plenty of time. bart is running long are trains and running overnight trains from 14 stations. the trains are running once an hour lasting through sunday night into monday morning and an extra tip for the holiday weekend on monday labor day bart is running a satur

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. a victim spoke? >> she did, michelle knight faced the abuser and she was strong and defiant and castro spoke for 20 minutes, a dramatic moment when michelle knight entered the court room, around 9:00 this morning after a brief recess in the hearing. then was tremendous came back in the courtroom. she told the judge no one should ever have to go through what she went through not even her worse enmy, castro denied ever abusing michelle, amanda berry or gina dejesus. [ inaudible ] >> i was 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all this that happened but you will face hell for eternity. from this moment i will not let you get me. >> we saw the inside of the home where castro kept the victims. on the stand a special agent explains the pictures, alarm clocks, to act as alarms and a workbook pages taped on the wall in the room amanda shared with her daughter and closets nailed and chains and looks. amanda and gina dejesus not in court but amanda's sister and gina dejesus' cousin

i'm katie marzullo. we want to start you off with a quick first look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. a little bit of fog along the coast and mild temperatures starting off. the inland east bay made 60s. 63 in san jose with san francisco coming in at 61. the cool spot half moon bay 67. so taking you to san jose today, it's another warm afternoon today. not quite as hot as yesterday and the changes will take you through the holiday weekend. in fact we will trim a couple degrees off today. still warm around the bay. mid-and upper 750s. a few high clouds from time to time at the coast. mid-and upper 60s inland once again. into the lower 90s. but that is shy of yesterday's highs. we will talk about the cooler temperatures, increasing cloud cover, maybe a few drops of rain, but that's before the holiday weekend is over. katie. >> breaking news out of oakland where a person was killed in a shooting at a club early this morning. it happened just before 1:30 at club anton on third street in jacqueline square. authorities say they found a man w

katie marzullo joins us from the newsroom with the latest. >> in the last few hours the state department has issue add global travel alert for americans because of an al-qaeda terrorist threat. officials say the potential for terrorism is particularly strong in the middle east and north africa. >> the warning for travelers comes on the homes of a terror threat aimed at eastern interests in the muslim world. there is a specific threat, a concerted effort against the united states embassy or consulate, but we do not know the specific target. another official adds that there could be other targets not just embassies. on sunday every embassy and consulate in muslim countries will be closed from egypt to iraq, kuwait, bahrain and afghanistan. >> the department takes steps like to balance our continued operations with security and safety. >> looming large on many minds is the surprise attack on the consulate in benghazi. insurgents with ties to al-qaeda killed the ambassador and three other americans. >> at that point in time, someone forgot to sickle the calendar that it was 9/11 and we might

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the newest information. >> a full ntsb team left washington, dc, this morning, scheduled to arrive at 9:00 a.m. our time, with the first order of business finding the voice recorders. >> this video paints a terrible picture, the tail section of a plane terribly visible through orange flame. >> it left a long debris field and break up into several parts with the fuselage in the wing section separated. >> ups flight took off from louisville, kentucky, bound for birmingham, alabama, and crashed a mile before the destination. >> we were in bed and heard something over the house and it lopped like a plane ran out of fuel and a few minutes later we heard this loud "boom." >> local authorities say the pilot and co-pilot were killed. they were the only two people on board. >> on behalf of the ntsb i express our sincere condolences to those affected. >> the closest homes are a quarter of a mile away. the airbus says this aircraft went from the production line to ups in 2003 and has flown 11,000 flight hours. an expert says weather does

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo joins us from miracle drive. residents are sifting through the ashes. >> we are in the backyards of the home here so this is the sound wall, i-weight on the other side and the flames came over into the yard and this is the back of one of the homes destroyed. nothing but rubble as you can see. it still smells like smoke out here and practically everything is -- his family owned is good. he lived in the house with his mother, girlfriend, and 2-year-old girl and the fire overran the street. i thought the palm street was on fire and at that time, i went inside a house and i look out the backyard window and just smoke. no flames just smoke. grabbed my daughter and got her out. >> the home has been red tagged built one of five desteroid. ten more sustained damage for a total of 15. this did not start as a structure fire. flames broke out on the grass along i-80 yesterday afternoon and was over a wall into people's backyards and their homes. he lost egg. >> i picked up my guitars and they were burned to a crisp and just

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo joins with the temporary transbay terminal of san francisco. riders are anxious for a resolution. >> i can tell you we wait to hear what a.c. transit has to say i have talked to a lost bus commuters and they say if there is a strike they can take bart if they have to. they don't have to like it. a lot commuters coasting into san francisco on board an a.c. transit bus say they sympathize with the workers. >> it is a hard situation when a strike is your only recourse, when you are trying to negotiate in these circumstances so what else are they going to do? >> more than 1,600 employee could walk off at midnight, drivers and staff, more than 180,000 riders would be left in the lunch. their sympathies could diminish if they cannot catch the bus. >> i am for the workers but for the convenience of the bus, i am torn. >> some say the bus is the best option and they do not want tobin convenienced. >> i use it to get to work. it stop to blocks from my home and two blocks from work so it is convenient. >> i don't live close to bart. for me it would be dr

katie marzullo joins us from powell street station in san francisco. >> i know firsthand and from twitter that everyone is going to have a different story of their commute this morning and i road bart myself and i saw everything from wide open trains headed east and plenty of seating but very little room. >> bart went from this, to this, to avoid the crush some started before the sun came up. >> maybe my regular train might be more packed but the train i came on, the early train was all right. >> in west oakland they were ready for worst case scenario especially those on bicycles. >> it will be crowded. i have to be patient. wait for an empty train. >> another bicyclist had to do that. wait. >> i had to watch a few trains go by that were completely packed. no big deal. >> bart is asking everyone to allow extra time the. >> a lot of people have never used bat and are not familiar with the system so i encourage people to be very patient. maybe build a little extra time into the commute. >> there is the issue of pack at bart stations with availability and price. >> at mcarthur station at 7:0

here is katie marzullo at the embarcadero station. >> good morning, a couple of thing are happening that could mean good news for commuters, 4:00 a.m. on a friday of a holiday weekend and with the bridge closure many bart riders told me they went ahead and took the day off to make that better for them. the crowd is not too pleased especially the riders, not pleased with the crowds from yesterday. the embarcardero station is quiet. yesterday, from the east bay to san francisco it was especially packed but some said it is always like that. bart has the numbers: 61,000 extra riders between midnight and 7:00 people on thursday a total of 397,000 riders. give yourself extra time. be maybe -- be running a saturday schedule. >> thank you, katie. >> the road would have been worse if all these people road. this is a bart train leaving the embarcadero station in san francisco last night. it is unusual to see a train this full this late. >> bay area ferries could be packed. they were yesterday. morning ridership on boats so and from the east bay jumped 57 percent compared to wednesday. on the golde

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. the bay area crews are there. >> i talked with the battalion chief from oakland and they have an engine and a four-person crew at the rim party part of a five engine team from the bay area doing structure protection right now. right now, new members on the fire, it has burned 16,000 acres and is 5 percent contained. >> the flames are so large, creating so were smoke, a news helicopter kept its distance this morning capturing only the hazy sky. on the ground, the fire is fierce, and highway 120 is shut down in both directions, blocking traffic in and out of row cement's west side. for one woman that means not knowing if her home is still standing. >> we have been up there for 15 or 18 years and we just had a family reunion up there, the first weekend of august with 60 people up there. >> the rim fire destroyed two homes and seven other buildings and the forest service says 2,500 more structures are under threat in the communities nearby of the many are leaving under voluntary evacuatio

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. the death toll jumped? >> by more than 100. the ministry says 525 people have been killed and 3,500 are hurt. right now it is quiet. people are going about their business. that could be because the government has ordered a curfew and a state of emergency. this is why. look at this video. incredible violence from yesterday and the stunning new death toll because of clashes between police and supporters of the country's ousted president morsi. it started when police moved to clear two camps of it is in supporters. the egyptian americans in the bay area see both sides of this^. >> i have been following this since yesterday, a legal procedure. morsi supporters have the right to peaceful demonstration. i understand their frustration having lost power in the manner they lost power. >> the quiet clean up you can see here is not expected to last. the muslim brotherhood is saying nothing will stop their "glorious revolution." a member of the group says they will continue sit ins and demonstrations until democracy is

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. >> the numbers are going in the wrong direction. fire officials have ordered campers to leave. the rim fire is out of control. the fire has burned more than 63,000 acres, 99 square miles. containment is dropping from 5 percent at height to 2 percent and now 1 percent this morning. a mandatory evacuation order. since the fire break out on saturday there have only been voluntary evacuation advisories and now the sheriff says there is now an immediate threat to life or property. >> we have everything loaded and ready on trailers, ready to go. everyone is on high alert. bay area camps in yosemite were evacuated this week. san jose family camp is holding up but other camps are still in harm's way. two homes and seven outbuildings were destroyed early but no other structures are destroyed. more than 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze. yosemite is open but it will take you longer to get there from the bay area. take highway 99 and go on highway 140. >> some bay bridge drivers face a detour approaching the toll plaza from oakland to

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have a report at the top of the hour. >> the sierra fire is growing near yosemite national park the 7th largest in california history claiming 111 structures up from 23 yesterday. it burned 184,000 miles and stands 20 percent contained. more than 4,000 firefighters are battling the fire and are headed deeper into the park threatening two ancient groves of giant sequoias and 4,500 homes. >> we are packed up and can get out in five minutes. the fire is not real close at the moment. >> the fire has burned more than 184,000 acres and ash can be seen on the surface of the hetch hetchy reservoir that provides water to 2.5 million people in the bay area but the water quality has not changed and do you not need to worry about contamination because supplies are drawn from the reservoir 250' down. >> three teens were on the their way home from a fish trip when they smashed into a tree in danville. 17-year-old robert orlando died and two friends were recovering in the hospital. they were supposed to start senior year at high school yesterday. >> workers will ins

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with this story. >> several things happening with community college which may be getting a boost in an effort to keep accreditation. the department of education has sent a letter to the commission of junior community colleges, the board that took away their accreditation, saying it did not comply with federal rules when they decided to pull the accreditation. the evaluation team did not have enough teachers, two, the commission leader's husband served on the team evacuatedally college is a conflict of interest. it is not clear what the impact will have on the school's future. the college held the back to school festivity where the state chancellor outline add road map to meeting accreditation standards saying 85,000 students who depend on the school are the first priority. >> in egypt security forces moved in after two camps sat in support of morsi. smoke has been filling the air in cairo and egyptian state television says security forces fired tear gas into the larger of the two protest locations in cairo. the encampment location in the eastern side

. >> good morning, everyone, welcome at 5:00 a.m., i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> we will get you a check on the forecast. mike? >> good news. it is clear outside this morning. we have fog along the coast. we watching to see if any develops in the north bay valley over the next couple of hours. as far as our forecast, from mount tamalpais you can see sausalito and san francisco all the way down to the san

katie marzullo will have a full report in the next half hour. >> you can find a range of commute resources in the event of a bart strike or a.c. transit strike on abc7news.com. you can find real time traffic conditions and download our exclusive abc7 news traffic app and get breaking news updates on twitter by following us at abc7 news bay area. >> a major outage at a reservation system used by the top airlines could cause headaches for travelers. united, men, virgin and others affected by the outage to the reservation system at 9:00 last night and airlines had to manually check in passengers before it was restored. delays could still be an issue. the system is used by more than 300 airlines and more than 100 airports around the world. if you travel this morning check in with your airline before you head to the airport. >> the palo alto city council aproven add ban on people sleeping inside their cars. it is in response to compliments of people living in vehicles near the community center. residents claim that made the area dangerous for families. 60 people spoke out against the ordinance

since the crackdown on sit in catches began with 4,000 people injured and abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have an update at top of the hour the. >> emergency officials are asession the damage from a 6.5 earthquake that struck central new zealand. this is video of the moment it hit last night. you can see people here taking cover. police say several homes near the epicenter and a bridge severely damaged. some buildings in the capital were evacuated and a number of people were fred from elevators that got stuck. the earthquake was followed by several after shocks of 5.0 or higher with no serious injuries reported. >> pet owners, a major recall affecting 29 pet foods. the products made are pulled because of concerns the food could be contaminated with salmonella. it includes iam's dry and iam's cat food with no illnesses reported with the recall products listed on abc7news.com. >> looking for a job? target is opening a new jobs. they will not say how much they pay but the hours are 20 to 25 hours a week and include all positions including manages and stock clerks and part-time workers g

. >> i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze.re with the weather. >> good news this morning. cloud cover not so extensive as yesterday. drizzle is hard to find but along the coast. the fog could form in the north bay valley. whether should not be a big factor. we will breakdown what will happen this afternoon. first by looking off sutro tower, a beautifully clear sky with haze out there, and with the marine layer this morning. we do not have a "spare the air" day. the first forecast this afternoon, inland from 82 in the north bay to 91 warm sunshine in the east bay valley and breezy an the bay this afternoon, 70 to 81 and at the coast into san francisco, a lot of sunshine at 62 to 68. how about the morning commute? leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, in the east bay we have construction that will block all lanes westbound 80. you will find construction crews until about 5:00 this morning. right now we are looking at clear conditions with detours in place and you can make it over to the bay bridge. right now the bay bridge is

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. >> the numbers are going in the wrong direction.ficials have ordered campers to leave. the rim fire is out of control. the fire has burned more than 63,000 acres, 99 square miles. containment is dropping from 5 percent at height to 2 percent and now 1 percent this morning. a mandatory evacuation order. since the fire break out on saturday there have only been voluntary evacuation advisories and now the sheriff says there is now an immediate threat to life or property. >> we have everything loaded and ready on trailers, ready to

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with this story. >> several things happening with community collegeost in an effort to keep accreditation. the department of education has sent a letter to the commission of junior community colleges, the board that took away their accreditation, saying it did not comply with federal rules when they decided to pull the accreditation. the evaluation team did not have enough teachers, two, the commission leader's husband served on the team evacuatedally college is a conflict of interest. it is not clear what the impact will have on the school's future. the

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest. >> good and bad news.wn larger but neither has containment. the fire has burned more than 16,000 acres or 25 square miles of the forest and only 5 percent contained. authorities ordered two dozen new evacuation advisories including catch grounds and i until ns and homes. it is threatening 2,500 homes and hotels and catch building and highway 120 is closed in and out of the park. it is scary for people who live here. a lodge owner has been in victim bow since saturday. >> it is a roller coaster. we got reports it was burned to the ground and someone else said, no, no, it is all right. all second-hand information. >> the fire has destroyed two homes and seven outbuildings. thousands of people have evacuated, officials say yosemite national park does remain open to visitors. the rim fire is one of more than 50 major brushfires burning across the west. the largest is

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. katie? >> we were able to go inside the machine shop where the parts are being fabricated. look at these models, helping you see the fix. the saddle is in purple on the broken rods and steel is threaded through the layers of the saddle and pulled type to clamp the rod. look at the manufacturing. you can so a 3" steel slab rolled into a u shape and another machine is carving out the trough the tendons written through. the engineers explains the process. >> it is tight with a lost stretch and you want to relax it. so what you do is put if this fixture, heat it up, relieve the stress. >> here is a look for you at the bay bridge from emeryville. the big question: will the span open on time? >> it will be finished in mid-december but this is more to it, sims are fabricated, parts that secure a tight fit and they should be done in a couple of days and they could mean opening the bridge before the saddle work is completed but that depends on the outcome of an independent review. >> three suspects i

>> katie: good morning, i'm katie marzullo. glad to be with you. let's start off with a quick look at the weather. here is lisa argen. >> we are starting out in san francisco this morning where we've had a little bit of mist and drizzle around the coast and we are looking at the fog across the bay in oakland all the way down toward half moon bay and monterey. temperatures are in the 50s across the bay. it's beginning to erode a little bit. sea breeze is going to keep things comfortable around the bay today and keeping temperatures not getting too warm. gh temperature at 3:00 in the afternoon should put you in the low 70s under sunshine. 60s around the coast and temperatures should climb to the 80s today and mid and upper 80s from the livermore valley and through the delta. it will be breezy and one day of the weekend and i'll tell you which one for the week ahead. >>> we have breaking news in san jose. police are investigating a city's 30th homicide of the year. a 19-year-old woman was shot while riding in a car just before 1:30 in a car. 21-year-o

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo says authorities issued new evacuation advisory. >> concord police say a distinctive armed robber struck again. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is in concord with the story. >> good morning. the pet food express was hit last night. no one was hurt. the people in concord and communities are on edge. the ups store on clayton road was robbed so two stores hit in 30 minutes. the pet food express was robbed at 6:00 and ups store at 6:30. on saturday, clay court reports that two other robberies happened including at the beauty supply and the yogurt shack. the suspect is white man with a gray bushy mustache and dirty. he looks homeless. he is armed with a gun. >> clayton police officers are on edge. an officer drove threw the parking lot and said his town is worried and hoping the next target is not in clayton. he wanted to know if police had any imaging from surveillance from the stores in the area. of the new bay bridge, you only have one more week to drive the old bay bridge before it is carbon forever, and caltrain released this animation to show driv

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest the. >> there are three people on the panel and that will help governor brown decide if he should order a 60-day cooling off period. the head of the panel, an attorney and senior advisor to governor brown, sent a letter to all parties, asking them to come ready to explain if a strike or lock out i don't disrupt or endanger the public. they can bring supporting documents and the estimated cost. >> we want a fair deal. we are negotiable. we have room. we are not at our final office. >> they want to hear the office and our financial outlook and our budget numbers, our unfunded capital needs. >> the panel will report to the governor by the end of the week and he will have to decide what to call for the cooling off period which would take us into mid-october. new yorks could continue during that time. there are no negotiations this week. the panel meeting is open to the public if you would like to hear what is going on, it begins tomorrow morning at 10:30 at state building in oakland. >> bart may not be striking but another looming mass tran

i'm indicate -- katie marzullo. here's lisa with the weather update. >> it's cloudy in oakland at 60 degrees and 57 in san jose. here's a look at what we can expect over the weekend. notice there is moisture offshore. it stays there for today. we are looking at cloudy skies over the bay through about 9:00, 10:00. then the clouds will pull back. we will see a few high and mid-level clouds throughout the afternoon. temperatures coming down a few degrees today. we are looking at some of this moisture perhaps visiting us up in the north bay by tomorrow. second half of the

. >> i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. mike nicco?oking forward to the san mateo bridge on thursday morning. >> not really. >> get to be done, though, i understand. i am with you. the commute the next couple of days...oh boy. >> radar is dry. don't have to worry about any weather other than clouds spilling across san francisco. the day planner the next 12 hours, pretty dry and 60 with sunny conditions. 68 and bright are by noon and 74 and warm in the afternoon but comfortable and cool in the evening. grab a coat, mid-60's, the next 12 hours we will start with worst sunshine and 60 and near 80 at noon and 90 for the warmest spot at 4:00 and pleasant in the evening. the coast will see sunshine and not so much as yesterday starting off cloudy and 58 in the low-to-mid 60's throughout the afternoon hours. >> the crash in oakland on northbound 880 is cleared. it was at broadway and enough to cause a bit of a backup. yellow is building making the approach to 980 but the nimitz is in good shape. we do have a slight bit of a slow down approach

katie marzullo continues the coverage from san francisco. >> i am seeing more riders now with mixed reviewsut no horror stories. one man always takes an early train but the 5:00 a.m. train felt like an 8:00 a.m. train with all seats full and it is only going to pick up. we can show you video of the more crowded times yesterday during the commute. the busiest time bart tells me from 8:00 to 8:30 maybe interest 9:00 but the regular early rider s say they can feel the difference this early. >> you can tell it is friday before a three-day holiday weekend. the extra cars on the bart trains are helping. i was surprised the parking lot is already filled. >> i heard a lot of feedbecome about parking lots to give your sell more time bart is doing the best it can, longer trains, overnight service from 14 bart stations and trains running once an hour through the sunday into monday commute. that should get you through. on bart, though, labor day monday, bart is running a saturday schedule. >> thanks. on the roads, our evening near has been giving us traveling traffic control with cell 7. dick, you are

stay with abc7 news and katie marzullo will have more on the ongoing violence in our 6:30 half hour the. >> neighbors are honoring the spirit and contributions of an oakland woman whose body was found after she disafir -- disappeared a week and a half ago. >> they gathered no a vigil for 50-year-old sandra coke and folks remember the investigator as always having a positive attitude and for being a hard-working single mother. crews found her body last week and investigators will not reveal how she died. a man she dated several years ago is a "person of interest" in the case. >> union city police want to warn drives of a woman who carjacked a man with a stun gun at 13th and f streets on saturday. the victim says the robber first threw liquid on him and shocked him with her stun gun. he ran away and she drove off with the car. police recovered the car. >> police hope surveillance video helps get two bank robbers. this photo was tweeted from the united states bank. the robbery happened at 12:45 yesterday. the two men drove away in a stole were red pickup and dipped the truck and got into t

. >> more from abc7 news katie marzullo in a few moments. >> in egypt, two catches are being cleared out and the ministry says nine protesters were killed but members of morsi's muslim brotherhood are claiming there are hundreds of fatalities. >> four, as the fall semester is underway at city college of san francisco the board is pulling accreditation, or the board that pulled it is coming underfire. the department of education says they did not follow federal rules in the investigation into city college. no word on the impact of the future. >> coca-cola has a new campaign to depend the diet drinks and the first ad is seen in "usa today" atlanta and will defend drinks made with artificial sweetners like new extra sweet. critics blame the sugar drinks for fueling obesity rates. temperatures are above average and a reason is the absence of clouds at the golden gate bridge and i will tell you how much longer the summer warm will last in the seven-day forecast. >> at look at toll plaza with traffic running smoothly into the tolls and toward san francisco but congestion is building in the

>> good morning, everyone, i'm katie marzullo in for carolyn tyler on this sunday morning. we will start with a quick first look at the weather. good morning, lisa. >> good morning. we are starting out with a marine layer about 1400 feet deep. but we expect it to burn off earlier today so that will allow for a warmup. the fog gets hung up along parts of the coast. more high fogginess but sunshine. and a warmer day. a spare-the-air day today. temperatures around the bay warmer, 76 to 81. coastside look at this, mid-60s to mid-70s up by point reyes. and inland today downright hot with mid-to upper 90s. it's a one-day event. we are talking a fire weather watch, a red flag warning, as soon as tonight. i'll have the details in a few minutes. katie. >> developing news, list are investigating a fatal stabbing at an ant job gas station. a 49-year-old man was suffering from multiple stab wounds just before 8:00 last night. the victim was taken to the hospital, where he later died. detectives of questioning a man who may have been fighting with the victim before the stabbing. >>> a p

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that story. >> the father says his son did not do it, he was the first in the house after the standing and he could tell by his son's demeanor he did not kill her. she was stabbed in the county home where she lived back in april and she and her 12-year-old brother were home alone. the boy told authorities a man with long gray hair came if the house and standed her. two weeks later authorities arrested the boy. we are not identifying him because he is a minor. this is video of the family at a vigil. the father says he and the family were cooperating with authorities in the beginning but he says they have since shut him out. >> we met when they wanted to and stop what we were doing and talk to them and one day they decided that my son was a suspect and they would in longer talk to us because it was a conflict of interest i turned him in, most people do not know that. that was hard enough. >> also, the rumors with reports of the number of wounds she suffered and where the body was found and says it is all false. >> his son is cha