happened in a rural area near china camp state park in san rafael. john is there live with the triumphant rescue. john? >>reporter: if the then-year-old morgan horse is resting in the stable on the ranch behind me this scene earlier impressive as the sheriff's department fair department and horse lovers all came together to save a struggling animal. fichlt wasn't looking good for buddy. half ton registered morgan treading water for his life. for more than 2 hours he was trapped up to his neck. in a 20 to 30 foot irrigation well at the echo hills ranch on north san pedro road in san rafael. right there to comfort him was his owner linda who had gotten the horse only 5 weeks earlier. >> i was stressful stressful to see your horse down in the well and not being able to get out. >>reporter: stooi some time before 4:30 in the afternoon buddy stepped on the wood cover on top of the well and crashed into the water. caretaker greg who just returned to the ranch heard a strange sound. >> then i saw the top of the well kind of mangled so i run out and saw him

happened in a rural area near china camp state park in san rafael. john is there live with the triumphant rescue. john? >>reporter: if the then-year-old morgan horse is resting in the stable on the ranch behind me this scene earlier impressive as the sheriff's department fair department and horse lovers all came together to save a struggling animal. fichlt wasn't looking good for buddy. half ton registered morgan treading water for his life. for more than 2 hours he was trapped up to his neck. in a 20 to 30 foot irrigation well at the echo hills ranch on north san pedro road in san rafael. right there to comfort him was his owner linda who had gotten the horse only 5 weeks earlier. >> i was stressful stressful to see your horse down in the well and not being able to get out. >>reporter: stooi some time before 4:30 in the afternoon buddy stepped on the wood cover on top of the well and crashed into the water. caretaker greg who just returned to the ranch heard a strange sound. >> then i saw the top of the well kind of mangled so i run out and saw him

san rafael fire departmentñr pump in 1,000 good of water to float to the top.marin sheriff's department and humane society newtown heads together and private crane was brought in to finish the rescu rescue. >> there you go. way to go. buddy. [applause] oh, >> despite the trauma and near death experience buddy had only a bruise over his eye and eye ae scrapes on his legs. >> i'm relieved completely relieved. i think he will be okay. he looks like he's going to pull through. i'm happy. >> in san rafael abc 7 news. >> all is well that ends well. >> develop news tonight near santa barbara. whereas many as 6000 people in the path of wildfire are being evacuation waitd. fair started this afternoon in the last padres nationaliles forest 15 miles noh of santa barbara. it's called the white fire is what the firefighters named it. fire burned 1,000 acres. high winds not only fuel the flames they force the grounding of air tan tankers so they couldn't attack it from the air. fire has burned a forest service building and 2 cars so far. flameshreaten 50 other structures. >>

stop open cesar ---mas de dos dias de desaparecido llevaba un joven guatemalteco de san rafael.- blanca ---sus familiares y amigos, hasta la maÑana de hoy seguian buscandolo y haciendo esfuerzos por encontrarlo. ---pero esta tarde su cuerpo sin vida fue hallado en la bahia. take 2 box ---pilar niÑo hablo con sus familiares antes de que se enteraran de este tragico desenlace. take pkg ; 01 ; ; ; ; ; ; asi es y la ultima vez que lo vieron sus amigos lo dejaron en este paradero de autobus aqui en san rafael.... marvin vicente vicente tenia 21 anos de edad...desde el domingo a la madrugada estaba desaparecido.. ..algunos de sus amigos dicen que estuvieron con el esa noche y lo dejaron en este paradero del autobus en las calles novato y canal de san rafael a la madrugada. edin vicente/amigo de marvin estaba contento aquel, estaba contento, tomando ahi, estaba contento, despues se durmio y se desperto y dijo que lo dejaramos ahi aunque el paradero es solo a una cuadra de su casa, su companero de vivienda dice que nunca llego a dormir, y sus cosas estaban intactas. walter/companero de

rafael, thanks so much. rafael romo in nogales. >> they hope this wraps up by friday.hat family very nervous. that is the hope at least. >> it doesn't move that fast down there. rafael was saying earlier too it might be a week or two before they sort it out. >>> we've got this amazing story of this newborn baby rescued after being stuck in a sewer pipe in china. well, it does have a happy ending thank god. >> it does. and a lot of stuff being cleared up too. the child in good condition, now not in the hospital. gone home with the grandparents. david mckenzie reports. the mother says this was an accident and they now believe her. >> this is where the story started, on fourth floor of this building. a mother who panicked, rushed to the toilet according to police and she gave birth after she had complained from stomach aches. the child got wedged inside a sewage pipe. and the images have become famous, hacking away at the pipe and trying to get the child out. they then came here with the pipe, brought it on to the street and tried to get him out right here, this newborn.

y rafael correa jurÓ por tercera vez para un mandato en ecuador.sto juramento como presidente de ecuador, jurÓ hoy su mandato tras lograr su reelecciÓn en los comicios de febrero. para un periodo que terminarÁ en el 2017. el gobierno de guatemala extraditÓ al ex presidente portillo a estados unidos por lavado de 70 millones de dÓlares en el sistema financiero de estados unidos. y dijo que la justicia no tiene pruebas condenarlo. y la violencia tiene variantes en mÉxico, hay ciudades como en guadalajara donde hay alarma y preocupciÓn. y nuestra reportera explica. >>> las imÁgenes revelan el miedo con el que laboran cientos de trabajadores. las cÁmaras captan escenas violentas como esta, dos que se hacen pasar por pasajeros, y sacan del vehÍculo a patadas a los atacantes. >>> nos quedamos sentados, y un muchacho se armÓ de valor, y golpearon al que asaltÓ al camionero. y queda con mucho miedo. >>> desde hace meses el transporte pÚblico es blanco de innumerables robos. y las cÁmaras se colocaron con el fin de demostrar la poca seguridad de los chofere

san rafael 68. oakland 66 and san francisco once again another chilly day courtesy of the onshore flow 61 degrees. we are dry in san francisco all the way north to santa rosa all the way down to santa cruz. beautiful weekend at the beach, as well. now, it does rain in may not this may not so far but we have had as much as 4" of rain in may 1925 the wettest may. we are not going to get that wet this may. i don't think we'll see rain for the next 10 days because high pressure is building back in. where it is raining, seattle, portland, olympia, it is raining even as about an hour north of vegas with some thunderstorms and salt lake city because of the low pressure system that's moving away from us. so what's moving in? it's a big bubble of higher pressure that's sinking air. clouds are formed when the air goes up. you get the opposite of that you're not going to have much cloud cover. so we're not going to see much over the weekend. mainly sunny skies. as high pressure gets closer we'll get warmer esp

rafael romo is on the line from nogales in new mexico. rafael. >> hey, michael.e are actually right outside the prison here in nogales, mexico, where she's being held. she's been here since friday after she was detained last wednesday on a road here in northern new mexico. the hearings are continuing today. we understand a military official who actually made the detention last wednesday is going to testify today. and just so you get an idea, she is not attending her own hearings. the prison complex where she is being held, essentially a state prison, is about seven miles away from the actual courthouse. at the courthouse they will be -- her husband, some members of the family and also the soldiers who made the detention last wednesday. but she's here in sort of limbo situation. she's not officially a federal inmate, but she's being housed in a state prison because there are no federal prisons in this part of mexico, michael. >> and, rafael, do we know what kind of conditions that she's living in under now? you said she is in fact in some sort of holding cell ther

cnn's rafael romo is the first reporter to interview maldonado in jail. he's reporting to us from nogales, mexico. she was just so emotional. as soon as she saw you, she was emotional, wasn't she? >> she was very emotional, christine, because we were essentially the first outsiders to yanira maldonado. she says she's been surviving by reading scriptures and praying constantly. >> i'm not a criminal. this is a mistake. we weren't doing that work. it's not right. i need to be with my family. i need to be out of here.

rafael romo live from nogales, arizona. rafael, we just heard yanira speak.er time in jail? >> well, it was a very difficult time, as you can imagine, but something that we learned about her, she's a mormon and what she told me on wednesday and repeated again today was that during that difficult time in prison, when she didn't really know whether she was going to be released, as soon as she wanted, she relied on scripture, she relaid on prayer, and also the prayers of the people outside and the messages that she was receiving. let's listen to what she had to say about what the conditions were inside the prison in nogales, mexico. >> i was told that i would be, you know, sent to another prison, a federal prison and it really scared me, but it really got my faith and reading the scriptures, i found a book of mormon, and i was reading with some of the inspects in there and we did a fast on sunday and it just, talking to them and getting to know them, i really feel that there's other people going through their own problems and makes yours smaller. >> reporter: bo

. >> there's word that similar bolts were used on the richmond/san rafael bridge. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: the big difference between the bolts installed here and those on the richmond/san rafael bridge is that the ones on the richmond/san rafael bridge were tightened to a much lesser tension which makes them less susceptible to this hydrogen embrittlement that was apparently the cause of the problem in the bolts here. >> anne makovec live on treasure island, thank you. >>> 4:39 now. a news conference is planned in santa cruz later this morning regarding the murders of two city police officers there. sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler were shot to death in february by a suspect in a misdemeanor sexual assault case. today the police and the county sheriff's department plan to announce findings on the investigation into their deaths. >>> on the bay area watch now on this thursday, a water main break has damaged 25 homes and a number of cars, expected to cost the city millions of dollars in claims. a supervisor's committee

por otros reos >> la prision, un territorio donde se cae por error >> número de 2 dígitos, donde rafael tenía 15 años, a la edad que el crimen ocurrió tenía 25 años >> la identifiaccion rerronea es uno de los casos más comunes >> cuando el testigo es blanco y los sospechosos son mexicanos o negros, si no tiene experiencia todos son iguales >> el proyecto inocencia prevee 2000 personas por año encerrados en prisones del estado, luchan por liberarlos >> hay 12 inocentes en la cárcel con evidencia fuerte >> para rafael el daño es irreversible, 10 años lejos de su hijo, y no poder ver a su padre que falleciço >> imaginese los casos en el país de la justicia >> debido a la inseguridad en micohacan, manifestantes estuviern en los angeles por la vilencia del crimen organizado, escriieron una carta a enrique peña nieto, para que llegue al destino del cónsul >> no me parece la idea de que si no les parece a los policías comunitarios, que el den capacitacion >> todas las expresiones son bienvenidas para escuchar, porque son reclamos validos para los seres queridos, pero están en méxico >> los mic

on the phone with us is rafael brier a seismologist with the u.s. ga.fael are you there. >> yes, i am good evening. >> thanks so much for coming on. i understand it's down grided 9 from the 5.9:00 to 5:00.7; is that correct? >> thavrjt basically we get the location from our colleague over in northern california and located in menlo park. bay area. and the initial magnitude of 5.9 was that went out in the ballpark of the actual magnitude of the quake. seismologist i'm in the area went in checked the monitor and checked the equipment and basically recalculated the lowest magnitude and reviewed and downgradeed to 5.situation. rafael i know you are coming to us from colorado and i appreciate you coming on to talk with us tonight. this size earthquake is not significant but certainly enough to get your attention and it is enough to cause some daniel; is that correct? >> it is. we are lacking at a quake that is pretty much, give me a second, very shall o. actually. i don't think the guy in menlo -- menlo park have given a full depth. it's most difficult param

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 than their siblings with fewer risk factors for diabetes or heart disease triggering chemical changes in the womb. the findings were in the national academy of science. >> a san diego-based company is making a big splash in the business world by water-proofing electronic devices. it began 2 1/2 years ago as he waterproofed an ipod and sold it on-line. it went

>> issue is not the integrity of the richmond san rafael bridge what.e may not work that well for this bridge. the new eastern span of the bay bridge. tension is going to be greater. >> casts a cloud over caltrans.t( >> berkeley mayor says new revelations about the decision making behind the use of certain bolts on the new bay bridge are troubling. >> the whole chain of events led up to the fact that is set to go ahead and use the bolts calls in a question of the operation on the way they looked at this. >> tuesday, caltrans released documents revealing engineers were persuade bid a steel supplier dies oncorporation to use risky rods in the new bridge because the same type had been successful fully installed in parts of the richmond san rafael bridge. on the bay bridge, bolts will be tightened to a level seven times greater. in march, caltrans revealed 32 bolts snapped. in a statement the spokesman said, quote, we're in the middle of ongoing testing of hzvq!ere is no evidence there is anything wrong. >> that is yet to be completed. tonight on abc 7 news

nelia rafael arellano is now home after suffering minor cuts the she amalia and jasmine desguia are at santa clara valley medical center in serious condition. when the initial emergency calls went out on saturday night crews had no idea of the tragedy that would unfold. abc7 news obtained a first dispatch call, seconds after the fire broke out. >> a report of a vehicle fire limo with possible entrapment. >> engine two, we are coming. the limo is on the west side of the highway is well involved and people are trapped is the report. >> the foster city fire department was the first crew to arrive 11 minutes after the fire was first reported. the call between san mateo county, the c.h.p., and several other agencies went on for hours until the coroner came out and the bridge was eventually cleared. >> the parents of the bride, bride bride, are speaking from the philippines learning about her death by watching the news. her mother said they could not eat, sleep, and it is hard to accept what happened. her father last spoke with his daughter on friday by skype. the parents say her ashes will

the nats rafael story yen do -- rafael soriano saying it was his fault not harper's. the old it's not you it's me line. trying to avoid being swept which the giants bryce harper says if it's anyone it's me. takes madison bundgaard near in a one zip national league. hunter pence takes him to deep right and harper had trouble yesterday but not today. makes the catch and the nats kept the shutout until the eighth. even at one in the 10th. ian desmond to right field. drops in. bryce harper racing around and that's the game winning run. the nats salvage a win in san francisco today. 2-1 in 10. >> it's a good ball club over there. they got a good bullpen and they kept matching up with us. our guys battled and got a big hit. i love seeing it. it seems a long time coming. >> orioles hosting yankees bottom of the first markakis solo homerun and davis follows with a two-run shot of his tone right centerfield. davis 4-4 today. now 14 homers and 43 ribbies on the year. 3-0 baltimore. bottom of the game. his seventh of the year. the 0's hit three runs. today they added three more.

the richmond san rafael bridges considering structurally deficient. by definition functionally obsolete means old design features and is not considered deficient in any way. the golden gate bridge design is functionally obsolete because there are no shoulders and lanes are narrow. structurally deficient means it needs to be repaired or monitored and not unnecessarily unsafe but requires main tense, replacement. the richmond san rafael bridge is depishent because decking has pot holes and there is corrosion. it doesn't mean it's ready to collapse. >> this engineer in menlo park studies why structures and machines fail. he says all bridges are inspected every two years and many in california have been upgraded for safety. >> if i have an older bridge but maintaining it, inspecting it, maintaining it, making those repairs then, adjustments then you can make it last forever. >> golden gate bridge always being inspected for safety and security. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to caltrans about how safe local bridges really are. >> thank you. >> the last major

san pablo bay and 29 from slay he to napa and you can see 37 across all the way over to, say, san rafael, and, also toward petaluma on 101 and 112 and 116 getting sprinkles. this is headed to the east so the eat bay -- east bay shore you could be getting sprinkles the next hour. you can see the back edge of the dry air and we are starting to see that get close to mendocino county so this is a short event and falls on a holiday and one with not much rain in it. so, we are going to let less than .1" and downtown san jose you can see it is gray as we head through the only hour and scattered light shows are possible, cool highs, cooler-than-average, and we will rebound swing the temperatures up to the 80's and 90's away from the coast as far as radar, you can see the system to the west right now, most of the energy moving to the north and that is why the best chance of scattered showers is in the north because you are closest to the energy source. coming up on noon in the last wave of light rain showers moving into the north bay and through 5:00, just about freeway we could have a scattered

. >>> 89 santa rosa, 86 sonoma, 84 san rafael, 7 degrees cooler now than 24 hours ago, so for san rafael not as warm, that westerly breeze is moving into your area. 91 pleasanton, 80s there, 88 shore loon and 86 sunnyvale, the peninsula cooler, 77 san francisco this afternoon, 60s to low semis 70s along the coastline, we will not break records but well above average still at this point in many areas, take a look at the weekend, so we are cooler on saturday, we will be feeling it by tomorrow afternoon, even cooler on sunday and then as we get into monday-tuesday, maybe even the possibility of some drizzle in the morning and a few scattered showers. >> interesting hearing -- talk about showers. all right, thank you recognize mare. >> you got it. >> the world's most advanced solar airplane is financially on its first journey across the country. we brought it to you live this morning as the solar impulse took off from moffett field and will land tomorrow morning in phoenix at 1:00 a.m. before heading to new york. many gathered there with their cameras to see history as it happened. >> i just

a quick look at san rafael, 101 through the north bay, no major delays. valley road, around lucas animation, reports of an earlier car crash. traffic control. just be careful. that is not affecting 101. back to you. >>> 6:36. funeral services will be held for south bay soldier killed in action. the body of specialist, nelson santos, arrived at moffett fields on friday and was taken to oak hill funeral home in san jose. fire trucks lined overpasses as the soldier's procession made its way south. services will be held at noon today and flags will be flown at half-staff over the state capital. the 24-year-old san jose native died on april 6th in kandahar province in afghanistan. so young. >> heartbreaking. >>> 6:37. a grave problem back east this morning. we will tell you why burial plans for the boston bombing suspect may have to get approval from the state of massachusetts. >>> punched by a player for calling a foul. why some bad behavior could be to blame for the death of a popular high school ref. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wirel

north from sutro tower you can see how hazy it s our worst air quality as far as particulates, san rafael, oakland, and, also, redwood city. here is the big thing outside of the smoke, temperatures today are 20 to 23 degrees above average with record high temperatures that are going to be dangerous away from the coast from 1:00 o'clock this afternoon to 9:00, 90's in the warm of the spot and your car could get up to 130 degrees on a day like today. >> police searched a store in oakland for clues to a missing 34-year-old hayward man reported missing by his family april 10. he was seen in downtown oakland on april 7th and the residential car was found parked in east oakland. police say his disappearance is extremely pishes. >> we are now joined with the latest. >> my report is that nigel was reported missing from hayward, and the police went to the tattoo studio, the last place he was seen, and when police showed up, it is now barred up, but it was an empty business with not were. this is an upstairs living space that police say is in a state disarray. there was also a dog found wandering t

san rafael, 72. san jose, 72. freemonth, 67 degrees. nothing on the radar right now.y tomorrow morning we will begin to see the showers in the north bay. san rafael at 9:00 tomorrow morning at the veteran's memorial day. showers throughout the day. chilly, breezy, cloudy, high of only 68. a little bit of sunshine on tuesday. no rainfall. a degree or two mild. here is the local pressure area that will change it. sunshine, 60s and 70s to cloudy skies. a chance of showers for the first time in a decade anda half. that getting closer to us. farther north you are, the best chance of seeing rain and the more rain you will get in the far north bay for lake county. that all moves out towards the middle of the week. then switching lower pressure, breezy, chilly, higher pressure. sunshine. highs approaching 90 degrees. by this time next week, we will be five or 10 degrees above normal. most in the north bay. everybody has a chance of showers, especially monday afternoon and evening. and then by thursday, i know we are skipping a few days but by the end of the week we will warm

. >>> the city of san rafael is trying something new to do away with cigarette butts on the street. >this box right here contains about 10,000 cigarette butt, this is about how many the city estimates are tossed into the city of san rafael every three to four days. >> it really does offend me. >> cigarette butts tossed on the ground. >> in the last few days, two fires have been started because of littered cigarette butts. >> cigarette butts litter our beaches. >> reporter: that's what prompted many to work with the city, county and businesses to start this, a cigarette meter. >> they can deposit, each is a penny donation to the st. paul society. when we get to 100,000 butts, 1,000-dollar donation is made. colors illustrate how cigarette butts go from storm drains to the beaches. >> it poisons our fish and wildlife and even children will sometimes pick up a butt and play with it or the dogs will eat them. so that's toxic to them. >> reporter: the discarded cigarettes will be weighed and the meter manually adjusted then a recycling company will turn them into industrial pal pallets. the

the fire moved to three alarms and ten engine companies with firefighters from san rafael and surrounding cities rushing to fight the fire. the garage and gift house was on fire and the fire chief says it took 45 minutes to put out. >> the initial engine company saw a well involved fire in the garage and they started working on that, but it got well involved and got in the attic and run into the main structure^, as well. >> cause of the fire is under investigation but the fire chief says it does not appear to be suspicious. the big concern here is the neighborhood is surrounded by so many old trees that the concern was those would ignite in flames spreading to other homes but that did not happen. again, this garage is a total loss and vintage cars including a 1966 mustang are a total loss. the american red cross is now on scene trying to render aid to the family who lives here who now must find somewhere else to live. >> also breaking right now a fire in a space and science center leads to a big response from firefighters. amy hollyfield joins us with what made the initial response so dif

by that standard, pete sears of san rafael is like the rest of us. guy in a room surrounded by sentimental stuff. >> this is it. this is my room and that's why it's such a mess. >> but he will never throw any of it away. especially with base guitar because it's old and new and storied. >> if this guitar could talk? >> oh, god. >> you might remember pete sears from 1978 in a little band called the jefferson starship. that june they played a concert in germany, or they planned to, anyway, until gray slick got sick and the crowd rioted. >> you see the various shots here of a bit later on. >> a melee from which the brand new guitar was stolen. a loss because the dragon, as they called it, had a pedigree. >> this wood is the same -- the guitar is made from the same tree that jerry garcia's guitar. >> the detail of the guitar is exquisite. the inlays there are silver, but they faded through the years. you look carefully at the eyes of the dragon, they glow. >> it takes you back to that era. >> all because three weeks ago a musician in germany opened his cl

. >>> and yesterday san rafael was 81, san jose 81, and san carlos 82, today is cooler, 71 san carlos, dropping in livermore more of a west breeze and 76 in san jose down 5. there is patchy fog with breeze on the coast and it is 48 miles per hour and not that strong on the surface. there is a strong component and i actually bumped up san francisco 1 degrees because there is a lot less fog. 52 and 60 to slightly below. they still held along and ushers in cool air and a lot of low-to-mid 50s, patchy low clouds on the coast, down to santa cruz and a little on the bay. south win, a northwest wind, east winds, all over the place but if it turns northerly, temperatures will warm up and otherwise it will be cooler across the board for everyone. 75 down in palm springs. , 85 in kentfield, 68 in oakland and morgan hill and 76 for san jose, 75 woodside redwood city d.c. redwood city. not much change, friday looks cooler and it checks out of here and it is a little bit warmer on the weekend. >>> they caught a u.s. spy in whose could you. >>> your police officers -- in moscow. >>> your police off

. >>> the city of san rafael is trying something new to do away with cigarette butts on the street. >> reporter: this box right here contains about 10,000 cigarette butt, this is about how many the city estimates are tossed into the city of san rafael every three to four days. >> it really does offend me. >> cigarette butts tossed on the ground. >> in the last few days, two fires have been started because of littered cigarette butts. >> cigarette butts litter our beaches. >> reporter: that's what prompted many to work with the city, county and businesses to start this, a cigarette meter. >> they can deposit, each is a penny donation to the st. paul society. when we get to 100,000 butts, 1,000-dollar donation is made. colors illustrate how cigarette butts go from storm drains to the beaches. >> it poisons our fish and wildlife and even children will sometimes pick up a butt and play with it or the dogs will eat them. so that's toxic to them. >> reporter: the discarded cigarettes will be weighed and the meter manually adjusted then a recycling company will turn them into industrial pal

through san rafael. that is the commute direction a little bit later on on a friday approaching the richmond san rafael bridge. no problems out of petaluma through novato. a nice, easy drive. a crash reported in sonoma off of 116. there is reports of a ford fusion that hit a tractor. that's what happens when you are up in the wine country there. things are okay as far as injuries okay. the initial report will track that. san mateo bridge, you drive across the bay as well. we see a little bit of glow to the lights. we will watch for that developing fog potentially to be an issue. >>> no problems here as we take a live look at the oracle arena. about 12 hours from now, it is going to be loud when the doors open. warriors back home getting ready to face the spurs. series all tied up at a game a piece. tip-off at oracle at 7:30. coming up at our 5:00 hour, live inside oracle arena with a preview of what's in store for fans when they arrive. >> strike up the band early in the morning. we're going to the hp pa

a little bit cooler air mass coming in. 77 in san rafael. livermore and san carlos down 2. 81 was yesterday at read ville. i'm bumping the forecast up 1 because of the decrease in the fog. yesterday there was a lot of fog. today north of san francisco there's hardly anyone. we'll go for a high of 62 to slightly below. there goes one system. a little pin in the atmosphere. kind of picking up the breeze along the coast. a stronger system will start to work towards thursday and friday. that will really send temperatures down. that's -- disregards that 67 50s for many on these temperatures. low to mid. the breeze is all over the place. some areas have a west, some have a northwest, calm, picking up, south, southeast, northwest. so again it's variable today but it's out of the west or the south. 40 in tahoe. 83 in las vegas. 80 in palm springs. getting hot there. ukiah, 56. sacramento sacramento at 58. there's the system, it looks like it's riding up and over but it will carve itself over california. might even get some rain near the oregon borde

50's along the coast, and 60 in downtown and south san francisco , and 67 in petaluma, 68 in san rafael, and mid-to-upper 60 and a last stop, inland, upper 60's to low 70's. tonight, temperatures are in the 40's to near 50 in richmond and oakland. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures warm just a little bit tomorrow, saturday, and sunday, and a chance of rain and the coolest weather on monday. leyla >> the coffee is delicious, mike, by the way, i can personally say that. we want to start you off with the great highway which has been closed down again. we will look at it, where we have sand that blew on the roadways and they had gusts up to 50 miles per hour. mike told us about that yesterday. that will be shut down until the sand is mopped up. on the east bay we have construction roth northbound 680 between south mission to north mission boulevard. it is causing slowing in that area but the project will wrap up at 5:00 a.m. 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 t

. >> reporter: rafael woke up to flames. our kpix 5 chopper get a glimpse of how quickly this morning's fire spread. ozuna was one of dozens of residents evacuated from their homes. >> i hear my little dog barking. then i hear like noise like -- it sounded like shooting or something like that. i go to the garage and then i saw the fire. >> reporter: ozuna says it started in the carport of this complex off oakside avenue across the street from an elementary school. >> there was so much fire when the first engine got here that it got into the attic which makes it difficult for to us fight the fire. we very quickly had to pull the crews out of the building because of the volume of the tire and go to defensive mode from the outside of the building. >> reporter: neighbors watched as flames consumed the attic. jose hernandez lives next to the apartments on fire. he was one of the many who called 911. >> it could have gone anywhere, you know? it's a fire. so a good thing everybody came out on time and everybody is safe now. >> repo

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sfo and into the city as we take it to the east bay, if you are headed along the richmond and san rafael bridge, from the tolls to canal boulevard we do have one lane blocked and that will last until 6:00 a.m. and the drive time traffic shows 4 coming away from antioch to concord and 15 minutes and 580 out of tracy is 20 minutes and 80 westbound from highway 4 to berkeley to the maze is a short 13 minute drive. >> all is quiet in seattle following a violent confrontation between police and may day protesters. >> police used pepper spray to break up the cloud dug a march and rally yesterday and you can see officers and photographers getting pelted with rocks. a police officer was injured and 13 people were arrested. >> president obama is hoping to hell his immigration reform plan to congress after returning from the trip to mexico. the president is meeting with mexico's new president who was elected in the fall. he is expected to promote the economic success of the country at the meeting. the obama administration says a strong mexican economy keeps people from fleeing to the united states

a jump to 69 in san rafael. low-to-mid 70's for the north bay valley. at the bones, it will be cool today with upper 50's. mid-60's to near 70 along the east bay shore with oakland and newark and richmond around 67. headed inland we will have mid-70's from 73 at san ramon and pleasanton to antioch at 76. braves here for four-game set at 7:15 today at at&t park and 60 degrees dropping to 54. tonight, under clouds and upper 40's in the north bay. the rest of us are in the low-to-mid 50's. the seven-day outlook shows tomorrow we jump a couple of degrees and the biggest jump is friday to saturday, mid-80's saturday, sunday, monday inland and upper 70's around the bay and temperatures are still warmer-than-average on tuesday and wednesday next week. leyla gulen? >> good morning, mike. this is the drive across the san mateo bridge and you can see we have had traffic but it is moving well from hayward to foster city and at the high-rise, it is still at full steam ahead in the westbound direction and eastbound traffic is lock nice and clear and we head to the b

and then we'll go off to san francisco and san rafael area.ees are green but the hills are brown. there's a lot of vej teagetatio. red flag fire warning in effect for the north bay, east bay, and also the south bay hills around mt. hamilton. once again, it's in the north bay. st. helena, down to the west of novato, red flag fire warning in effect with humidity that will go from 10 to 30% and continue to be very dry here through tomorrow morning. so tonight we'll have gusty winds in the north bay. you can see the yellows and or rang colors, that's winds 15 to 20 miles per hour continuing through 9:00 p.m. then by tomorrow, watch this color shift. it's going to shift more to blue colors as we head towards tomorrow afternoon and evening and that's correlating with winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. we'll see a fire threateneding and temperatures going way up in that seven-day forecast. low to mid-50s for the most part as we head throughout your wednesday morning and then throughout the afternoon, numbers going up just a little 86 in san jose, 76 in s

the commander in chief to the class of 20 thin, the dare president obama gave new >> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning monday morning at 6:13. a beautiful golden gate bridge shot as seen from the sutro to youer camera. it is cloudy. we will have a cooler day and a cooler week. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and the chance for showers. >> now the southern california wildfire that charred 28,000 acres. today, firefighters are expected to fully contain the springs fire. the fire started last week and quickly spread. crews are now creating a -- whether, crediting the weather for getting it contained. arrest son was ruled out. 15 homes have been damaged by the flames. at one point, 4,000 homes were threatened. >> a 17-year-old soccer player could soon face new charges after the referee he punched in the face, died. the 46-year-old portillo called a "foul" on the goalie over the weekend and the player sucker punched him in the face when he wasn't looking. the father of three died on saturday after a week in a coma. the

out of san rafael to san francisco that is a 14-minute commute. the san mateo bridge shows beautiful clear conditions and a gorgeous sky and traffic is moving smoothly out of hayward and into foster city. eric and kristen in. >> we are continuing to physical physical -- -- to follow developing news from castro valley. >> these dogs are calling a cleveland shelter home and they connected to the man accused of holding three women loss tag for a decade. >> american airlines wants do reward some passengers with a new perk promising to save >> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 6:14. we are following developing news, part of the castro valley road is closed after a sheriff deputies opened fire on a man and hit him. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us to tell us what led to the gunfire. >> we can say that on-ramp is still shut down to westbound 580 because of the police investigation with lots of sheriff deputy cars including the suspect vehicle which is still here. it has been shut down

one of the survivors, nelia rafael ralph things he did not do nfl.admits the first time a passenger knocked on the window and said "smoke" he thought he was asking if she could smoke then a few seconds hear a plea filled with panic. [ inaudible ] we aid stop the car, top the car. >> the car was engulfed. engulfed. i felt that it was too late. >> the four survivors climbed through the privacy window with the fire from the back of the car all women moved to the front to get away from it and five who died were huddled near the window and the survivors say a couple of good samaritans pulled over and helped them get to safety. another new development has come up in the investigation. a witness has come forward saying she saw the limousine dragging an inch off the ground and noticed it before it caught fire and was driving behind it and she says she had told c.h.p. investigators about this information. >> stay with abc7 news for developing updates on the limousine fire investigation with complete coverage at abc7news.com and breaking news by following us o

use east shore through berkeley, 580, san rafael to san rafael, join up 101 and head towards santa rosat will allow you to stay welo clear of madness we're talking about in the city. you can visit the city another day, a more relaxing day. send it back to you. >> comprehensive coverage around the bay area. coming up, how about trying to poach bay area workers, the country -- that's right. the country trying to lure away some of the best tech workers in the area and what it's promising that america cannot deliver. >>> plus, that's it, the powerball craze sweeping california since this game got started last month. you've heard of more money, more problems. this time it's more benefits for your kids. we'll show you that next. >> that and a maker fair as well. a previewçñ of that big event coming up in business and tech. >>> welcome back everybody. oakland's top cop is reaching out to the community he's protecting and seing, interim chief visitparker elementary sct oakland. this marks his very first visit to a school since taking over as chief. he's out there asking students to live in toug

san rafael 48, fremont 47, redwood city 49 degrees.ast taking you all the way up. beautiful town, beautiful weather. less wind tomorrow with a high of 71, thursday sunshine and 73 degrees. something must be keeping our temperatures down because just yesterday many of you were in the low 90s and today upper 60s, low 70s away from the water. this is the thing. winds go counter clock wise around it so it's dragging down very chilly -- i don't want to call it cold. it's tot cold, but it is chilly, below normal and going to stay this way tomorrow. less wind but still sunny and chilly all the way until memorial day six days from now. temperatures will stay below average as this particular pattern is locked in keeping that cool air continuing to move into the bay area. so what to expect, winds are going to relax overnight. tomorrow will be breezy but not windy. mornings are going to be chilly, afternoons cool this time of year. will be sunny across the board. concord tomorrow 71. 68 for san jose. fremont 66. a relatively cool 67 for palo alto

. >> in san rafael, kristen ayers, kpix #5. >>> good thing he had a halter on because they could keephead lifted up. >> those folks have done a rescue like that before. they knew exactly what to do. >> happy ending for buddy. >>> this is a rare treat for us right now. we have rain fall out there on memorial day night. now made those plans for the bar bekushgs mother nature said plan b. here's kpix 5 high def doppler, and we have rain showers out there. pretty quickly over the past hour, and now those of you watching in san jose, los altos, sunnyvale, cupertino, all getting showers. granted it's not going to be more than a tenth of an inch of rain fall, but it is rare. rain fall totals, yeah, not that much. santa rosa one eighth of an inch. petaluma 300ths of an inch and first official rain fall in downtown san francisco today the tune of two 100ths of an inch. these were today's highs. very unofficial start to summer like. redwood city only 66. oakland 64. san jose 67. richmond, you hit 67 and san francisco a 7th consecutive day well below normal. tomorrow the rain will be gone after

the drive through central san rafael, 101, southbound side, everything is moving swiftly to 580 and weve a bit of construction in cupertino if you travel along southbound 280, the northbound 85 connection is closed and picked up at 6:00 a.m. >> ahead on the abc7 morning news, animal control seizes eight dogs to a california home and the d.n.a. testing that could link them to a crime. >> in bangladesh crews made >> covering san rafael, south bay and dublin/pleasanton and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> in the south bay, a minor 3.4 earthquake rattled residents as many were going to sleep last night. it hit past 10:00 centered five miles east of amount all the way from gilroy to redwood city. we received several tweets from people who felt it. >> parents at a high school are demanding a policy change after a bomb threat. this is video of parents crowding the gates to the high school football field year, students evacuated there while police investigated the threat. parents were angry they had to wait hours to be reunite the while school leaders checked the i.d. >> the parents were

today for the first time they played a semi professional team, san rafael pacific. >> i was a little nervous at first, but these guys are humans, just like me. i feel like it's just, just another day playing baseball with other guys. >> reporter: the pacific's roster includes former college athletes and those working towards the minor and major leagues. >> we're going to face really good pitching. >> strike! >> i love it, man. this is awesome. this is an experience of a lifetime. never get to do this again. definitely something i'll remember for the rest of my life. >> reporter: men from the outside, playing those serving prison sentences. >> it's a real privilege to get this opportunity to play with some of the great guys out there that are in this area. >> i felt the same. it's baseball. it's a game. it's the same game we've all been playing all of our lives. so just go out there and compete. >> reporter: the san quentin teams practice twice a week and compete twice a week. >> he threw hard, man! we ain't used to seeing that fast pitching like that on a regular basis. >> reporter:

san rafael 49, oakland 52, fremont 49.een recently where we even saw 30s in the north bay over the past several mornings. low pressure over the pacific northwest is moving out which means that will have less an influence on our weather which means temperatures up tomorrow. 3 or 4 degrees warmer. trending upward for one more day. high pressure trying to build in tomorrow as the low moves out but there's a different area of low pressure that will get here on monday. and we're going to start off sunny tomorrow. but by monday, we'll be cloudy. about 10 degrees cooler than average with a chance of showers. not a washout by any means. but there will be showers around coming up on monday for memorial day especially monday evening. so the mildest day of the weekend is what you get tomorrow. low cloud cover returns on sunday morning. and then monday we are going to be chilly all day long, cloudy all day long with scattered showers. so enjoy tomorrow the mildest sunniest day of the holiday weekend. concord 75. san jose 72. still bel

slowing there but not much towards san rafael. this is an ongoing stretch where lanes are blocked usually around this time of the mornings, northbound 680 between north and south mission. they have a couple of lanes blocked and that one will wrap up around 6:00. so it's one of our later running roadworks. westbound 580 through the altamont pass, we like to show you this, one of our first spots to back up especially over 205, tracy and through the livermore valley. but for right now you can beat the rush, 18 minutes. and bart all trains so far on time including all mass transit actually looking pretty good. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> president obama is heading to mexico today. he is scheduled to meet with the country's new president. they will talk about mexico's improving economy. they will also discuss u.s. immigration reform plans including ideas on better securing the border between the two countries. president obama's three-day trip will also include a stop in costa rica. >>