starting off with interstate 880 and southbound, traffic is smooth all the way up to downtown oakland westboundit looks good all the way across the peninsular. we had a little bit of roadwork but for the most part traffic is light in the south bay. we do have a lot of cloud cover and some sprinkles in pleasant hill and that's about the best we can do. some very he light rain and there is not a lot of cloud cover. 50s on the temperatures and we have an air mass over it. that westerly breeze with gusts over 0 and 23 in -- a gusts over 23 in oakland. 53 in reno and we'll see some of this cloud cover coming in over the next, oh i would say over the next 12 hours or so. and on the cool side, cooling continues and temperatures are heading down at least inland, they have been pretty cool. 60s and 70s, these are well below average for many, saturday starts to be the transition day warmer on monday. >>> the playoff push continues for two pro teams for both the warriors and the sharks. >>> we are following breaking news out of san jose, what we are learning about an early morning homicide. . >>> a fire w

there is an accident reported coming through the macarthur maze heading towards downtown oakland. westboundpproaching 980. not sure -- westbound 580 approaching 980. not sure if there are any delays, but it's not showing on the sensors. back to you guys. >>> a former member of the billionaire boys club is now wanted in a fatal hit-and-run crash. police say [ non-english language ] was behind the wheel when he ran a red light last year and hit a man at a crosswalk. our own phil matier reports san francisco's district attorney's office posted a warrant for him. he is out on appeal after serving time for the 1984 murder of his father. police are asking for the public's help in finding him. >>> a san francisco homeless man who spent the last year in the hospital following a violent hit-and-run accident is flying home to georgia today. he suffered severe spine an brain injuries after being run over and dragged through a north beach intersection. former san francisco 49er james monks johnson helped raise more than $17,000 to cover the medflight home. >>> people are ditching their cars and opting

they finally cleared this accident in oakland westbound 24 past the caldecott tunnel. took a while to clear this motorcycle wreck. we never saw huge delays out of orinda. at the bay bridge, just switched on the metering lights. we have some delays now in cash and fastrak lanes. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the search for a 9-year-old san francisco girl is sadly over. crews up in lake county found mikaela lynch's body in cache creek yesterday afternoon. the creek is near her family vacation home in clear lake. mikaela, who was severely autistic, disappeared while playing in the backyard on sunday. sadly, stories like hers are not uncommon. according to the national autism association in recent years 91% of autistic children found dead after wandering from home had drowned. >>> in other bay area news, the 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger sister to death has made his first court appearance. the boy is facing second-degree murder with special circumstances for the death of leila fowler in their valley springs home. the young suspect di

so this is involving a motorcycle westbound 24 on the oakland side of the caldecott. lane, the fast lane. an ambulance earlier headed to the scene, very minor delays right now coming out of orinda. westbound 580 busy here. the drive time is almost a half hour already between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. that's a little longer than typical. this was an earlier spinout westbound 580 approaching springtown road in livermore so that's been cleared but may have left some bigger delays behind it. westbound 4 sluggish as well some of the speed sensors, the red ones, those are not the ones we like to see. those are below 25 miles per hour. once you get past antioch everything is fine. this is traffic. back to you guys. >>> police arrested the other thanker of a santa cruz party bus company for the death of a 25-year-old woman last year. jon reno st. james owns party bus of santa cruz charged with vehicular and involuntary manslaughter after natasha nolan fell out of one of his buses last july while on highway 17 near los gatos. the santa clara county grand ju

and in oakland, until 5:30 westbound 580 between 36 and coolidge we have one lane closed. kristen and eric? >> 50 members of occupy the farm say they plan to leave their encampment on land owned by uc berkeley. over the weekend 100 marched on the land near marin to protest plans to build a grocery store. they laboratoried crops and vegetation which they plan to tend in the future. university police showed up to warn them the occupation was illegal and trespassers would be removed. >> amtrak what the next generation trains in sacramento where 70 new locomotives are produced by a germany-based company. they replace trains up to 30 years old and will be more reliable and energy efficient and used in the northeast. the first trains go into service in the fall. the half billion cost is being covered by a loan from the federal transportation department. >> the government has only until today to appeal a new york judge's ruling to lit age restriction on pill. the f.d.a. lowered the age from 17 to 15 and made it available on store shelves rather than behind the counter. the justic

heading away from the oakland side tracks of westbound. that's your commute direction.moving smoothly. we will focus on the east bayside. the traffic heading over to the area. a little slowing. not a concern. it is just slower as you are heading toward the toll plaza. castro valley city streets, we have a crash. an early morning crash there. a car still on the side of the road. it looks like a crew has headed over there to take care of some paperwork. it is there on city streets. we are looking at a crash off the highway 4 bypass because you are many could go around the bend. noo mi mild slowing building through antioch. the north bay, san rafael, an easy drive. the head lights southbound in your commute direction. there is no slowing all the way down here through san rafael. back to you. >>> you are a smart guy. please stick around and check this one out. kind of like on sesame street. what's wrong with this picture? the parking lot at trader joe's and pacific grove, repaved and did the entrance sign again. >> one extra "e" there, misstepped, enterance. the spelling er

this is a look at the oakland bay bridge toll plaza. westbound traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive through. and there are no major problems in the south bay. northbound 680 just north of the parkway there is a report of a new crash there. doesn't look like anyone is injured but it is there. 5:18 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a very good morning. mostly clear out there. pathergy low clouds on -- patchy low clouds on the coast. napa 41. fairfield is 50. a little puff of abelias helps but temperatures seem to be up a little bit. yet we are still seeing some upper 30s. haven't heard from anybody in the lake county or mendocino county yet. low up in the pacific northwest giving them all sorts of rain and snow. weakening a little bit but still you can see most of it is staying well to the north of us. there will be little reenforcements coming through. monday that one looks to be close enough for us we have to mention some rain. chilly lows or cold. patchy fog a little bit warmer today. and then about the same. i think slight cool

as we look at our toll plaza the bay bridge, it looks empty in the westbound direction from oakland, not too bad so far. kristen and eric? >> a consumer group's ad slammed trader gentleman's for selling meat from animals giving antibiotic, and calling on trader's to stop warning that too much meat with antibiotics, makes them less helpful on humans. other supermarkets like whole foods now sell only antibiotic free-meat. >> the supreme court will hear arguments whether someone not a nurse or doctor can give injections to school students. a nurse's union is challenging a proposal made by the state department of education when tightths call for eliminating nurses. law requires measures to add minute sister insulin or other medication. however, the department of education has allowed staffers to give shots since 2007. the president of the nurse's union says that jeopardizes safety. >> the medication can be fatal if given wrong. it is a hormone. too much insulin can cause fatality and quickly. >> the american diabetes association says insulin shots can be administered safely by nonmedical

oakland. the car fire jammed the westbound lanes of the san mateo bridge. chp closed the westbound approach for 40 minutes in order to deal with the accident site. chp is investigating the cause of last night's car fire. >> ama: the names of the four women that survived. mary grace, nella and amalia loyola of san leandro. >> the limousine company owner made a statement. we will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities to determine the cause of fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the families. they say the company is deeply saddened by the tragedy. >> we're hearing from family friends of the victims who were severely burned and those who died in the fire. "abc 7 news" talked with some of them that gathered at sanford medical center. they knew one of the four women who escaped from the burning limo. one is being treated for minor injuries but the bride 31-year-old did not escape the smoke and flames. >> she was a nice person, friendly. >> ama: the bride was registered nurse and was planning to return to her nat

so everything looks good near the oakland coliseum and continuing northbound towards downtown. westbound80 bunching up through dublin-pleasanton. the drive time, it's the busiest through the altamont pass. there was an earlier stall approaching grant line kind of messed things up. the stall is clear but the drive time is unusually heavy, definitely slow in pockets coming out of tracy this morning. 40 minutes and once you get past that north first street exit then it looks like we see some loosening up but it's still busy all the way towards the dublin interchange. checking other freeways now, southbound 880 at "a" street, we had one earlier crash. also cleared off to the right- hand shoulder but look what it's doing to the morning commute. we are seeing backups in 238 on southbound 880 and 238 is also impacted through the castro valley y. if you are continuing southbound, 880/237, silicon valley commute just beginning to see a few brake lights now leaving milpitas heading out towards about zanker road but mass transit we had a few minor things going on earlier this morning, but for right

but once you got past all there everything is looking good near the oakland coliseum. westboundrough antioch all morning long. we are beginning to see some brake lights toward willow pass in concord. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> starting out sunny-side up here on friday and hot in spots although not as hot as yesterday. in san jose, mostly clear, a little hazy out there now, 60 degrees in san jose. 55 in livermore. and a cool 49 in pacifica. this afternoon in the 80s and low 9/11 inland. 60s at the coast. cooler and cloudy on the weekend. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ ♪ >>> federal authorities have arrested three accomplices of alleged boston bomber dzhokhar tsavraev. the three suspects aware that the feds were seeking their friend for bombing the marathon, raced to his apartment and urgen

. >>> we have been watching this accident on westbound 24 in oakland.t that. we are still seeing slow sensors for a couple of miles back. once you met out of the caldecott tunnel, you have brake lights all the way towards the macarthur maze. let's see. getting a check of that drive time, it is in the red. it is about 12 minutes right now from the caldecott tunnel out towards 580. we'll get a check of the bay bridge in the next half hours. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> cloudy and sun this morning. there is a chance we could see a few showers about a 30% chance. doesn't look too ominous over san jose right now just some clouds in the distance. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. by the afternoon, chance of scattered showers. numbers fairly mild in the 70s. 60s at the coast, unsettled through tomorrow. ÷÷ppxxxx >>> take a look atat this, charlie. in boston, a a s both of his legs in the boston marathon bombing. he came out on the ice to serve the bruins' banner. he got a hero's welcome. he helped identify tamerlan tsarnaev and he thanked everyone ther

drive time coming from highway 44 were from downtown oakland, 32 minutes already free westbound bay bridgeif you're coming from the nimitz, 18 minutes. a raft bay bridge ride already this morning. at the san mateo bridge, traffic is getting heavier and the drive time is starting to climb between 12 and 13 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride looks good, problems free for the 1 01 southbound. the updating drive times for you, 16 minutes hercules the berkeley as we see some slowing on the lower east shore freeway. the drive to the san ramon valley still looked good. this little incident we told about some debris drops' and the lane at el costa is slowing the ride trying to connect dublin. the south bay freeways are still looking good year, problems free on 1 01 northbound, '85, '87 and the north bay ride through marin still looks good, under 28 minutes from about down to the golden gate bridge. >> 8517 magnitude earthquake in northern california last week caused damages costing more rare than at an estimated $1 million. more than 50 homes in the late eleanolake almanor they send wee damaged

traffic is slow through downtown oakland on 580 westbound and back up into the macarthur maze.ove from children's hospital and 80 northbound is slow from the grand split as you head north toward a the or the bay bridge toll plaza. the ride on 580 westbound is still backed up solidly from the 2 05 interchange into downtown livermore. again, in the wake of what had been a motorcycle accident in the early morning hours. south bay's freeways looking at their share of slowing as well 41 01 northbound and 280, especially around the 17 interchange. an alternate route to the bay bridge this morning may be the golden gate bridge ride, 1 01 southbound. it is still pretty light as the traffic is across the span. >> plenty of sunshine and a shot of the golden gate bridge. a cold start, 40's and napa. daly city currently sitting at 46 degrees. temperatures along with a go into the afternoon, it will be pretty warm for antioch fairfield. sunny skies for the east bay shore lime. in terms of your extended forecast, the heat is just beginning today. tomorrow, we're talking low nineties for inla

. >>> westbound 24 the traffic here looks good between walnut creek and oakland. bad commute at all. also this morning we are looking at 80 westbound as you head out to the mccarthur maze. now back to the desk. >>> we continue to follow our breaking thinks out of oakland. hours ago a fire swept through a landmark bakery. tara moriarty joins us now from the scene with new video of damage from inside that bakery. >> reporter: we just spoke to a man who has been working at merritt for 35 years. he's trying to get in touch with his boss to let him know what happened. it looks like merritt's restaurant and bakery will be closed until it's deemed safe. that is because of the heavy toxic smoke that was billowing from the building. the biggest flames were shooting from the back of the building. this is exclusive video of the fire. a 911 call coming in 15 minutes before we arrived. 32 firefighters were able to knock out the fire within 45 minutes. the chief says the fire broke out on the first floor and spread to the top floor. >> it was thick black smoke. >> reporter: desc

avoid 880 if you can and take 580 east and westbound directions through oakland are okay.ime to get back over towards your destination if you are headed into downtown oakland. we are looking at the maze as well. the approach coming down off hercules and richmond. we are starting to see the speeds slow. the metering lights are on at the toll plaza. there is a slowing there as well. as christina said, the clouds drifting through. not a problem as far as visibility on the bay bridge. slowing for 680 coming out of walnut creek and concord. the big bog in pleasanton. coming off of 580 and meeting up with folks coming off of livermore for highway 84. it sounded like it was just a fender-bender off to the shoulder. spectator slowing could cause an issue as you are coming into livermo livermore out of the altamont pass. a stall reported across the bridge. it sounded like north 110. now, showing the slowdown from the airport. in the south bay, your northbound build is on here. the peninsula, a quick look out here as we see things shaping up north past willow and up into the city. a

westbound toward treasure island from oakland. smooth easy drive. you can see those headlights moving smoothly. problems for the eastshore freeway, no problems. 580, in your commute direction for west 80 off the carcinas bridge. 680 across the benicia bridge, both moving smoothly here. north bay, no delays right now. this build, suddenly building over here toward antioch westbound. crash reported around highway 4 bypass on the right side of your screen and general slowing through antioch into pittsburg but clearing once you pass by the eastbound construction zone. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> a car plunges into the water in candlestick overnight. the driver luck toy make it out alive. details next. >>> capitol hill expected to get heated this morning as they look into the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi. a preview coming up. >>> cooler temperatures. you'll feel it as you head out the door this morning. how long will they last? peek at that weekend forecast and mother's day as well. >>> new this morning, i just spoke briefly with t

expect some delays if you are traveling westbound 24 in oakland.adio partner sky one just through over the scene. two left lanes are blocked approaching college avenue by rockridge bart. a car struck the center divide. and again, a fire truck just arrived on scene so now two lanes are blocked. our sensors are picking up possibly just beginning a little bit of slow traffic there once you get past the caldecott. northbound 280 approaching saratoga avenue no delay out of downtown. westbound 580 super backed up all morning, just a solid wall of traffic pretty much coming from tracy out of 205. 40 minutes now between the altamont pass and 680. let's get a check on the bay bridge. metering lights on, have been on since just after 6:00. so now it is backing up towards about the foot of the maze. you're looking at probably 15 to 20 minutes probably more like 20 minutes, to get on the bay bridge. and then we checked our incline camera, as well. pretty tight squeeze up the incline out towards treasure island. san mateo bridge this is a bright spot. no delay

and along 580 into dublin you are at 24 minutes and 24 westbound away from 680 from walnut creek to oakland at 12 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael to the golden gate bridge and into san francisco that is 14-minute commute. this is san jose along 280 and traffic is barely there. >> the british government's emergency committee will meet today after a brutal deadly attack on a london street. authorities say two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death yesterday before authorities shot the two and took them into custody. the prime minister says there is strong indications it was an act of terrorism. government officials say it may have been muslim extremists and the rim is not identified. authorities say he was a soldier. las vegas police are investigating former a's outfielder for sexual assault and named canseco as a suspect but have not charged him with anything. canseco said on twitter the police came to visit him and he tweeted about the investigation referring to a woman by name and giving her phone number and told a tv station he has never been proven wrong. he now i

bridge toll plaza, we are looking at decent conditions there as you move along in the westbound direction out of oaklandand this could also mean ac transit could be an alternative but it is not made to accommodate the kind of traffic that bart carries so use the car or stay home. a nice day to stay he, mike? >> absolutely. a lot of sunshine. temperatures are mile at the coast and through the bay, getting hot inland. and it is dry on live doppler 7 hd and satellite shows in clouds. we are looking at the coast, and there you go, mount sutro to san francisco, kind of hazy, as we look from mount tamalpais and the first forecast shows warmest inland from 84 in petaluma to 93 at antioch and brentwood and around bay we will start at 72 in south san francisco to 84 in san jose, and we will be around 78 in oakland and the coat will be breezy and mild today and mid-60's. kristen and eric? >> in the next half hour, sheriff deputies search-and-rescue teams are expected to resume looking for a missing cupertino man who has multi mel -- multiple disabilities. he has dementia, als, mute, has no money and depends on me

there hasn't been a crash but it's still pretty slow there westbound coming over from oakland san franciscoacked up for a 30, 35- minute delay. once you make it on the bridge, it looks okay getting into san francisco. there are no major problems. but again, it will be slow. san francisco is doing pretty well, northbound and southbound on 101 mere and on 280. 880 southbound just north of alvarado niles, we have a brand- new injury accident reported there. all of a sudden traffic that was okay, is backing up into san leandro. 880 of north of alvarado is blocking one lane. paramedics the -- paramedics are on the way. let's go to steve. >>> chilly for some. half moon bay bay was low 40s. some locations on the coast, yet some inland were near 70 with a north wind. it's sunny. i mean, everybody. no fog out there. warmest day will be this week or today, i should say, of this week. warm to hot. a little breezy. windy. mt. diablo gusts to 46. seen 25 to 40. 70s, 80s, 9s 0. it's a northerly breeze. the fire danger is up. but it will come way down tomorrow. we have a lot of high pressure and sunshine.

. >>> westbound 24 that traffic looks okay driving between walnut creek and oakland to the caldecott tunnel. there is a crash in san jose reported. this is westbound 80 as you head out to the mccarthur maze. the traffic is moving along relatively well. five cars with injuries. we'll tell you more about that coming up. now let's go back to dave and pam. >>> starting with developing news from san jose a van has crashed into one of the bay area's biggest hospitals. ktvu janine de la vega is joining us live from the santa clara valley medical center. what just happened janine? >> reporter: we are hearing at 4:00 a.m. we are told by a nursing supervisor here that a van actually crashed into a window near the main lobby entrance. now there is a lot of construction going on around here. so we're at least a block away from where this happened. so let's go to video of what we could shoot. at the entrance there was completely shattered glass. the van has already been towed. again the nursing supervisor said that the driver of that van was driving very erratically and somehow crashed into the wi

if you are driving on highway 24 westbound between walnut creek and oakland it's moderately heavy. let's go to steve. >>> all righty sal, thank you. a very good morning under clear skies. a little breeze for some. very mild to warm. and others are very, very cool. low 40s especially around the coast. it will be sunny. higher fire danger today. just today though. we say north and east bay hills seem to be the stronger gust there. i've seen about 30 from marin county down to santa cruz mountains. today is the day. now san francisco yesterday 71. we are jumping that up to 78 today. this will be the warmest day not only on the coast but for everybody. 52 to start. 68 and 78 for a high today. 70 degrees almost near antioch and fairfield. airfield had a north -- fairfield had a north wind and turned easterly. livermore is 53. concord is 52. i saw 49. 50 in danville and 49 in walnut creek. very strong system for this time of year. tomorrow we will focus our attention on a big cool down. maybe this is the warmest day for the rest of the month. warmest day of the week thus far. sunshine aye

oakland into hayward. so let's check some other freeways now. westbound 580 coming through the altamont pass, and all the way towards the dublin interchange, no delays so far. 20 minutes or so. we are starting to see some changing color on our sensors though. so that's not a good sign. usually things start to back up there. also, highway 4, they have the left lane blocked on eastbound highway 4 approaching "a" street. this is your overnight roadwork going on there causing some slight delays eastbound but westbound commute direction looks good towards concord. and i mentioned highway 85. we have more roadwork should be in the clearing stages right about now. it's both directions of highway 85 for a long stretch from 237 all the way to 101. just a heads up we're not seeing major slowing on our sensors but it was out there overnight. again, caltrans in the clearing stages now. your main drive time this time of the morning westbound 580 the nimitz and eastshore freeway are still all in the green in the clear category. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic

as we head over to the maze and oakland, down to the macarthur maze, 80 westbound, looking at traffic 14 minutes to get from highway four to 580. kristen and leyla gulen if. >> the triple delight time for bay area high school students left in jeopardy. ahead, who is stepping in to make sure the graduates will still make it across the pond. >> new details of a baby rescued from a sewage pipe and he is back with his >> covering daly city, dublin, lows embassy and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. graduates from san francisco high school are leaving for a trip they nearly missed out on when the tour company went out of business. this month, boston-based tour operator the european institute went bankrupt and the graduates were out $120,000 in total. that is when the san francisco meredithed them with another tour company called world strides and the c.e.o. kicked in $50,000 of his own money. we have been waiting for this trip since we were freshman can started tall condition program and they just stopped answering my e-mails. i sent them each day. ought students have to

oakland. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge. westbound. it's a light commute. until major problems getting -- no major problems getting into san francisco. if you are driving in 280 that traffic does look good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. well record setting day yesterday. it might be close to a few today. the record high until sfo in san francisco is only 79. for inland areas it will. there is a little change i will tell you the first week of may here has been a scorcher. it looks like some cooling take place today. go about ten degrees on the coast because there is no fog there yet. the wind is turning a little more southerly to south to northwest. a little cooler around the bay. i think one more day of hot inland. maybe down one to two. instead of 90 maybe 89. tomorrow everything will start to drop dramatically. today we are waiting for one system to the north and another one to the south. it looks like they will merge but not until sunday or monday. 40s and 50s and 60s. 48 novato. 61 concord. 58 fairfield. yesterday at this time they were 66. 41

oakland to the city. >> san mateo bridge looking good westbound 92. >> allied with the golden gate bridge, the problems, no worries as you work your way out of marin county. >> a quick update on the fires we've been following. burning in sonoma county. >> firefighters on the front line as they continue to battle what they're calling the yellow fire. the fire started tuesday and is currently the only hotspot their remains. crews will continue to molocmonitor the fire. they say it is about 80 percent contained. officials say they're hoping for full containment sometime today. this is some of the images of the yellow fire from wednesday from our helicopter partnership with abc seven new spirit allowing us to give you aerial views. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> and other fire in southern california burning in ventura county. shares of images of the massive fire still burning in camarillo . more than 12 square miles of bird in about 2000 homes are threatened. 15 homes have been damaged to the fire started yesterday morning. the fire is 50 mi. northwest of los angeles. >> a fast-movin

westbound direction. as we jump up to oakland we have a stalled car northbound 880 at 29 the avenue, one lane is blocked andhave slowing. a look at our waze app we have an accident at a street and someone is reporting that it is heavy traffic in the area and a minor accident. you can all traffic with the exclusive app at apple app and google play. if san jose, 87 by the julian off-ramp we have good conditions there coming up to h.p. pavilion. >> breaking news from east palo alto a police officer is investigating a shooting that left a teen dead this morning. detectives are on the scene near stevens avenue where three teaches were shot inside a car last night. as we said a 16-year-old was killed and the other two teens suffered non-life threatening injuries. another team also in the car was not hurt. >> more breaking news, firefighters at scene of a fast-moving house fire in marin county, cornell, what are firefighters working on right now. >> they are looking for hotspots right now and they are finding quite a few and dousing those with water. three people lived in the house, an early difficultly woman and

oakland airport. let's go to our maps. westbound 580 just beginning to see some slowdowns now coming through tracy and the altamont pass. the drive time is good, 21 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. once you get past that north livermore avenue we see things break up and it looks good all the way towards dublin. westbound 237 for silicon valley commuters this is what it looks like coming around the bend leaving milpitas heading towards sunnyvale. the south bay looks good at this hour. we had one earlier crash we were watching close to gilroy outlets northbound 101 approaching leadsly. it was cleared to the right shoulder. a pickup hit the rail. 101 good into morgan hill and san jose. east bay drive times still in the green including through berkeley down the eastshore freeway. bart, muni, caltrain and ace are on time. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> get ready for the heat. we have some hot weather coming our way as high pressure will be building in. today not real hot but we'll start to warm those t

not a lot of slowing westbound but eastbound, we did see some. a quick look at oakland. traffic for the east bay. a representative past the coliseum. we will talk about that coming up. >>> we'll talk about the dumbarton starting at 9:30 this morning. drivers can expect delays of the toll plaza as workers install a new automated toll collection system. a single lane will be closed each day from 9:30 until 6:00 a.m. the next day. that will happen from now through may 22nd. toll lane number six will be closed today. >>> well, first off, that big win, the warriors headed down to san antonio this morning all tied up in their playoff series with the spurs. two wins a piece. golden state rallies to meet the spurs. game six, go on sale at 9:00 this morning on ticket master for season ticket holders and warriors insiders. for all the fans, they can start buying them at 3:00. game five, tomorrow at san antonio. game six, 7:30, thursday night at oracle arena. >> the sharks will practice in san jose as they wait to find out when their first playoff game against the los angeles kings

oakland coliseum. better news traveling westbound 37. they just reopened lanes.s in effect for a couple of hours by infineon approaching 121. delays in the area, may take a while to clear up. caltrain had to take 221 train out of service. expect delays. that is traffic. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> all right. sunshine and looks like some hot weather coming our way today. of course, we have strong gusty winds over the mountaintops. the mount vaca cam shaking there. gusts over 60 miles per hour, even a 70-mile-per-hour gust at mount diablo today. high fire danger, as well. temperatures 60s inland. this afternoon 80s and 90s inland. 70s at the coast. even hotter for tomorrow. ,,,,,,,, >>> conservatives like me know that in a budget crisis, everything nonessential has to go. >> congress appropriated $255 million to upgrade the army's n-1 abrams tank. but here's the thing. >> the army's chief of staff says if he had a choice, he'd use the money in a different way. >> if the army doesn't want them, that's fine. these two have voted to cut funding to all kinds

westbound. there is the trivalley. over to oakland a smooth drive on the maps.at the live shot for the 800 past the coliseum. you're close to the limit high street through downtown and the east shore freeway the interstate 80 drive in the westbound direction, filling all the lanes underneath the university, a little break and slowing around the berkeley curve. we'll show you the maps as you approach that bay bridge toll plaza. we got a report of a crash on the east shore freeway. the cash is reported eastbound, opposite your commute but westbound is also featured in that report, talking about some of the northbound lanes, none blocks but we see slowing as well. we'll track this carefully, still waiting for more details on whether or not the lanes are blocked. we see slowing already. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> a texas rangers game postponed with no makeup date set yet after severe weather nearly lifted the ground crew right out of the stadium, it happened in arlington. the storm rolled in so quickly, it picked some of them up, they were hanging on to th

at west oakland, the last stop before san francisco, it was a waiting game. all trains east and westbound forced to use a senile track. instead of the usual number in the trans bay tube, the number was cut to eight after two maintenance vehicles collided. >> unfortunately, one rear-ended the other. it sounds like it was a rail grinder. >> reporter: it's used to smooth the rails and looks like this one on b.a.r.t. tv. a collision that kicked off big b.a.r.t. delays with the morning commute with some b.a.r.t. riders showing up when the gates open. >> i had something i really had to do. i was thinking about calling off but thought, no, i'm not going to do that. i have to go. >> so you left early. >> yes, an hour. >> reporter: the damage left the eastbound direction temporarily unusable. >> approximately 380 foot section of track and the third rail, which provides 1,000 volts of electricity to power the trains was damaged. some of the associated equipment with that third rail was damaged as well. >> 40 insulators made sure they go to trains and not somewhere else like the ground. late this mo

westbound direction. this is the route that has a downtown oakland and the macarthur mayes and the bay bridge.l be for a while. here is a look at on the traffic map and you will see the this is the location. this is foothill boulevard there once here. this is the ramp that leads to west bound 580. this will remain shut down. >> live pictures from washington this morning. the nation's soon to be former top tax official is facing questions about why he failed to inform congress about the internal revenue service's treatment of tea party groups last year. he tells congress that " errors were made were not caused by partisan views " that information just coming into kron 4 news room. the hearing is a fact-finding mission to find out who was responsible for subjective conservative groups to additional scrutiny. only two witnesses are scheduled today, stephen miller, who was ousted wednesday as acting irs commissioner, and j. russell george, the treasury inspector general for tax administration. >> a possible breakthrough on emigration. a bipartisan group of house members said that they had a deal o

san jose, mary guardiano42 from alameda, nara [ indiscernible ] from oakland and almaya leo from san aleandro. it was traveling westboundn mateo bridge last night. they were headed from alameda to foster city, although we don't know exactly what their plans were. the driver noticed smoke and pulled over. he was able to get out safely as the back of the limo burst into flames. the four women who i just mentioned escaped, the other five were trapped in the burning car and died. investigators are working to determine what caused the fire in the first place. >> we don't know -- part of the investigation to see what happened. >> was there an accident on the bridge? >> there was no accident, no collision. at this point, just the one- vehicle fire. >> reporter: the california highway patrol closed all westbound lanes on the bridge for almost an hour, snarling traffic overnight. they reopened one lane and all lanes by 4 a.m. the four passengers who e scaped were injured and rushed to nearby hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation and burns. live in foster city, alyssa harrington, kpix5. >> the investigation is only beginning,

westbound -- or northbound 880, pardon me, as you head up to the downtown oakland area, a little bitaffic. we will tell you about this coming up. medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure medicine called? one time i took something and i blew up like a puffer fish. i'm probably allergic to that. at kaiser permanente, your medical information is available to you and your doctors. quickly. securely. no guesswork required. better information. better care. kaiserpermanente. thrive. >> welcome back. the time is 8:22. a big problem with stolen cell phones on the streets of san francisco. san francisco police say about half of all thefts in the city involve electronic devices. and almost half of those devices are products made by apple. the thefts of samsung devices have been surging the past couple of months. the reason of course is thieves steal what other people have. and as more people turn to samsung devices, that's what the thieves are stealing. >> it is 8:22. there are reports that the newest version of apple's operating system may be

westbound 24, the traffic between walnut creek and oakland still looks good but getting busier in someer spots. we will tell you where. >>> good morning. skies, well, mostly clear, patches of low clouds mainly san mateo coast, mainly on the bay. biggest jump inland, low 80s. >>> good morning. quick look at some of the top stories we are following right now. marijuana grow operation was found in oakland this morning after firefighters responded to the smell of smoke. it was coming from a warehouse on 51st street. firefighters say they found about 70 plants and a lot of illegal electrical wiring. the investigation this morning is ongoing. the investigation is underway also into an early morning house fire on the peninsula. it started shortly before 1:00 this morning on viewage drive in the san mateo hills. was stigators say the flames under construction. no one was hurt. >>> and the syrian government says it has received the first shipment of long range missiles from russia. syria's president says the missiles are part of a more sophisticated air defense system. >>> the fbi is investigat

if you are making the move in the westbound direction look at all the head lights coming from oaklando pack the patience. >> consumer groups new ad slams trader joe's for selling meat from animals given antibiotics including calling on them to stop. the ad warns that too much meat with act -- antibiotics makes it bad for humans. >> the state supreme court will hear arguments whether someone who is not a nurse or a doctor should be allowed to give ingestions to school students. a school nurse's union is challenging a proposal made by state department of education when tight school budgets scale for eliminating nurses. state law requires nurses to add minute sister insulin injection, however, the department of education has allowed staffers to give shots since 2007 and the past the nurse's union says that jeopardizes safety because insulin is fatal if given wrong but the american diabetes association says they can be administered safely by nonmedical staff with the right training. >> more and more americans are getting eyelid lists and guess who is pick up the tab? medicare. according t

oakland. also this morning we are looking at the toll plaza and westbound bay bridge traffic looks good. it's absolutely clear. visibility is good for drivers. if you are driving on 24 westbound, that looks good driving past the commute. no major problems here. now let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. we have clear skies. no fog. not even close. there are signs of a cool down but it's a fight between still an easterly breeze for some. not as strong as yesterday. sfo has a west breeze. forecasted highs today 89 san jose. san francisco is 80. the record is a cool one 79. oakland 81 that should be no problem going 86. if that sea breeze kicks in the temperatures would have a hard time reaching those levels but without the breeze it will be close. there is still a little bit of an easterly or northerly breeze but sfo and travis have a west. a lot of these higher clouds are on the way for the weekend as low drops in and starts to draw it up. it won't be until saturday and sunday. sunny and warm. hot inland though. one more day. maybe a late sea breeze. there is already signs of a westerly t

westbound over to the peninsula. we will take a look at the east bay live. we will see oakland shows a nice, easy, northbound route. gh-street high rise. the southbound side shows the build to the volume. no slowing into hayward. over here, approaching the bay bridge westbound 80 with all these lights underneath university, the eastshore freeway, still close. a little slowing at the berkeley curve to the toll plaza where the metering lights are on. >>> 6:36. much more ahead on "today in the bay." a crash landing in the middle of a busy street. new details about why a helicopter fell from the sky next. >>> also, new details on an overnight stabbing near a south bay school much the all-out investigation that sends police on a yard to yard search. >>> taking a live look outside, from the south bay, look at the cloud cover keeping things cool. light, cooler weather. when will things warm up and where? 6:37. we'll have a look at forecast. ♪ (alarm clock buzzer) ♪ (announcer) friskies. now serving breakfast. >>> another deadly fire at a garment factory in bangladesh. all of the victims died from suffocation as they tried

westbound lanes of the san mateo bridge. now, why that limousine caught fire is still unknown. the chp is investigating. we're live in oakland. abc7 news. >> ama: the limousine company owner released a statement to abc7 news that reads in part: limo to will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of the fire in order to bring answers and provide closure to the victims and their families, and also says the company is deeply saddened by the tragedy. here's the name of the four women who survived. mary grace guardiano. jasmine desquestion ya. nelia arellano, and amalia loyola of san leandro. abc7 news reporter nick smith has more on the victims. he spoke with a friend visiting one of the women in the hospital at stanford today. nick. reporter: you know, at least two of the women who survived the fiery accident are in stanford medical center behind me. we have new to the abc newsroom video that shows how alarming this smoky, fiery car really was. look at this video. this is new to abc7 news, given to us by a viewer who happened to be passing by the burning limousine stopped on the br

bore open eastbound 24 heading out of oakland towards orinda so we are not sure if it's in the tunnel or right before it but at least one lane is blocked. westbound 24 looks good. traffic overall is lighter than typical because it the start to a long holiday weekend and we think people are heading out of town or taking an even longer holiday weekend taking today off. the great highway is shut down again several days in a row now. they have been doing sand removal between lincoln way and sloat boulevard so northbound and southbound on the great highway shut down. eastbound 580 this morning still have the roadwork in lanes from north greenville to north flynn until 6:00 but we're not seeing too much slowing. definitely better than usual once again coming through the amounts amounts. mass transit is on time. we'll show you live traffic cameras. 880 at 66th. everything is still flowing nicely near the oakland coliseum. there was overnight roadwork approaching hegenberger earlier but that's all picked up. so if you are heading towards oakland airport no delay and continuing nicely towards hayward and the golden gate bridge we also had some overnight r

westbound lanes of the san mateo bridge. now, why that limousine caught fire is still unknown. the chp is investigating. we're live in oakland. abc7 news. >> ama: the limousine company owner released a statement to abc7 news that reads in part: limo to will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of the fire in order to bring answers and provide closure to the victims and their families, and also says the company is deeply saddened by the tragedy. here's the name of the four women who survived. mary grace guardiano. jasmine desquestion ya. nelia arellano, and amalia loyola of san leandro. abc7 news reporter nick smith has more on the victims. he spoke with a friend visiting one of the women in the hospital at stanford today. nick. reporter: you know, at least two of the women who survived the fiery accident are in stanford medical center behind me. we have new to the abc newsroom video that shows how alarming this smoky, fiery car really was. look at this video. this is new to abc7 news, given to us by a viewer who happened to be passing by the burning limousine stopped on the br

oakland so give yourself extra time. now we down to 16 miles per hour, we have three miles of backup making the push in the westbound directionhe crash involving a big rig is blocking one lane as you come up on 680. in san jose, the 87 pass the julian off-ramp is clear. >> leyla gulen you will like this story. billionaire sir richard branson takes service seriously got owl dolled up in a flight attendant outfit and served food on a rival's airline yesterday, he lost a bet over formula one racing back in 2010 so he lived up to his word and shaved his legs, putting on lipstick and the blue eye shadow. oh, my! he poured tea and served meals and made announcements during the flightmtralia to indonesia. >> the warriors took time to say thats to mom on mother's day. >> everyone out there including my beautiful wife, happy mother's day and god bless you. >> head coach jack son gave special recognition to the mothers of the players in this mother's day tribute that warriors posted on youtube and the team shares pictures and videos and memories of their mom and you can see the entire video on our website at "see it on tv." we continue

bay bridge if you are traveling out of san francisco and into oakland, we will have a few lanes shut down until 6:30 this morning. westbound, the bay bridge toll plaza is loading. now, as we look at the great highway, that is still shut down because of high winds that happened a week ago. it still remains closed between lincoln way and slope so if you want to go to the beach you may have to hoof it. here is san rafael, southbound 101, the tail lights with traffic building at this hour. kristen? >> our time is 5:55. parents are warned to keep medicine out of the reach of children. a new study shows that goes for medical marijuana, too, doctors say increased use of medical marijuana could lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug like brownies or candy and other treats. the hospital treated 14 kids for eating marijuana from 2009 to 2011. >> new study could drive women hoping to become moms to get weight loss surgery. researchers tested children born to overweight women before and after they had obesity surgery. they found kids born after mom lost lots of weight were slimmer tha

westbound 92, the commute direction. otherwise, here's a live look at 880. this is road work according to cal trans. southbound 880 in oakland down towards 66 a couple lanes block. pick it up by 5:00 this morning. it is likely in the clearing stages. we're not seeing any future delays. going out towards the 580-680 inter change, all the headlights is the commute direction. still about 19 or 20 minutes coming through the pass. the bigger rush will happen later. right now you are good to go. let's go to our maps. if you are crossing the bridge in the next week or so, delays over the toll plaza. doing temporary lane changes. they are doing the bulk of the work after the morning commute wraps up, later today after 9:30 that westbound could get stacked up. also, here's a live look outside. show you one more live look. westbound 237, again, no delay. that is traffic, back to you guys. >> thanks. 4:46 now. police in new orleans are searching for a gun man who opened fire in a crowd during mother's day parade. two people are in critical condition this morning. shooting happened about a mile from the french quarter. >> all of a sudde

speak but in the westbound direction at treasure island we have an accident involving a motorcycle and that is blocking one lane so a slow drive. >> we are following breaking news from oakland police are on scene of a marijuana grow house operation firefighters made the recovery after responding to a warehouse fire on 51st avenue and east 12000. it is not clear how much marijuana is inside the grow house. we will bring you more updates on story as we get them. >> from contra costa county, walnut creek police are searching for the man who attacked a woman out of the a nordstrom store. amy hollyfield? >> can you imagine how squarey, being in the parking lot, walking to her car at the popular shopping center, with lights and very accessible. very popular, lots of people. that my have been what helps her. it happened just before 9:00 last night, right before closing time, and police is a picture of who they think did it, take a look at this image, captured from a store camera decided as a possible 18 year old and possibly hispanic who is 5' 4" and they saw him wearing a black and white hooded sweatshirt. they want you to call walnut creek police if you know this man. the woman

oakland coliseum and up towards downtown. highway 4 is pretty slow. usual back to work commute. westbound very sluggish from 8th street.he drive time coming through the pass, up to 32 minutes. that's a little longer than we see. the accident approaching the dublin inter change did not help. still both in the clear. that is traffic, back to you. >> thank you. just in time for summer, gas prices on the rise again and destination appears to be $4 a gallon plus. problems at two southern california refineries are pushing prices higher. the average price will cost you $4.10. san jose, it is $4.06. inventory is very low in california. >> there's a problem with the supply of coffee beans that could affect taste for everyday consumers. a disease called roya. used in the united states to produce coffee. over 30% of the crop is gone for higher quality beans. >> a fungus that gets on the trees. starts on the leaves. kills the leaves. the tree goes into hyper nation or dies. >> the loss will affect the flavor and taste. true for people who drink coffee black. experts say if you use cream and sugar you might not notice a difference.

westbound 24 moderately heavy on the way to the tunnel between walnut creek and oakland. we'll tell you more straight ahead. '7'7!yd$$Ñpjpçam! >>> good morning. it's clear but it's cool, breezy to windy. it's cold on some soft lows. there is a lot of 40s up in the north bay. it will be sunny today. >>> welcome back top good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you right now. you heard steve strong winds in the bay area causing lots of problems this morning. that 75-foot tree knocked out power around parking lots of mill valley. it was out until early this morning. we also spotted a down tree in berkeley and wind warnings on the bay bridge. >>> right now in washington, d.c. this congressional hearing is under way investigating the irs scandal. this is congressman darrell of california. live pictures here. one of the witnesses scheduled to testify is lois learner. the one that handles tax exempt applications. learner's lawyer says she is going to take the fifth and refuse to testify. >>> we're also following overnight news fro

. >>> westbound traffic is looking good as you make the drive on to concord, it is 5:00 let's head back to the desk. >>> we have breaking news in oakland and market is on foot hill boulevard and i want to take you there live to the scene. we understand this is the market just after 4:30 was reported on fire. a live look from our news camera and we just spoke to