lots of horrible roads. >> reporter: the richmond city council is putting together language for a ballot measure for november. to fix the roads here in richmond, which should at the very least, fix some of the potholes. >>> ebay is warning its users to change their passwords after a major cyber attack. hackers got access to the personal information of some 145 million customers sometime between late february and early march. but there's no evidence the hackers got ahold of financial or credit card data. the company says the electronic system pay pal was not hacked. ebay is not the first company to get hacked, and it certainly won't be last. for some people, it seems like a never ending battle to keep your information safe. cara lou takes a look at one piece of technology some people are now using. >> reporter: many of us have dozens of accounts we access online. if you can't manage to change the passwords regularly, there is a simple way to add a layer of security. banking, shopping, social media, a part of life for many of us, so is trying to keep track of them all. >> my problem is for

but it is transferreded to trucks back in march, the richmond city council agreed to call on state anderal leaders keeping companies from driving truck loads of the flammable fuel through city streets. >> even if the commission decides to give the theater landmark status more hurdles will agree to be cleared. >> 4:41 a sudden change of plans for president obama. why he will not make a bay area appearance. new plans out because of the planned ipo. we'll tell you how much the company could be worth when it hit hs the market. what he says will be finished by this weekend. >>> the president's location of his thursday night fundraiser has been changed. but, that location has deemed a security risk. we haven't been told why. so the event has been moved to a hotel. he will stay overnight in san jose. yesterday the lockup period ended. here you see video from their ipo last november. the shares flooded the market driving the stock price lower. things didn't go well in tokyo. the nikke closed lower. we have all the news before the bell good morning. >> reporter: scott. good morning. it was a to

lots of horrible roads. >> reporter: the richmond city council is putting together language for a ballot measure for november. to fix the roads here in richmond, which should at the very least, fix some of the potholes. >>> ebay is warning its users to change their passwords after a major cyber attack. hackers got access to the personal information of some 145 million customers sometime between late february and early march. but there's no evidence the hackers got ahold of financial or credit card data. the company says the electronic system pay pal was not hacked. ebay is not the first company to get hacked, and it certainly won't be last. for some people, it seems like a never ending battle to keep your information safe. cara lou takes a look at one piece of technology some people are now using. >> reporter: many of us have dozens of accounts we access online. if you can't manage to change the passwords regularly, there is a simple way to add a layer of security. banking, shopping, social media, a part of life for many of us, so is trying to keep track of them all. >> my problem is for

. >>> the richmond city council is moving ahead with plans to increase the city's minimum wage to one of the highest in the state. the proposal calls for increasing the minimum wage in richmond to $12.30 by 2017. at its meeting last night, the city council directed staff to come back in two weeks with a new measure with at least seven special exemptions. those include not paying the higher minimum wage to workers under 18 years old and exempting businesses with fewer than ten employees. many business leaders oppose the idea. nearly half of those surveyed say if the measure passes, they would consider cutting hours, reducing their staff, or moving to another city. >>> 2 investigates has uniquered opposition requiring smart phone security. it allows people to lock their phones if they are stolen. making them useless to police. they were contacted by a sacramento nonprofit called weave which is women escaping a violent environment. san francisco's district attorney says this argument does not hold up because 911 calls cannot be disabled. >> this is really about consumers. this is about p

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. >>> the city of richmond is a step closer to raising its minimum wage to more than $12 an hour. that proposal voted on late last night is controversial especially those under the age of 18. paul why are some young student worker saying this plan is unfair? >> it's a very hot topic here in richmond especially with those at this youth center who want to know why lawmakers think it is okay to not pay them as much as they would pay everyone else. richmond city council member tom biden says boosting the minimum wage to $12.30 an hour could bring the city up to $12 million per year. >> you will help people out, llwiput more money in the economy. the effect of it will be that more jobs will be created. >> if passed, the new minimum wage will go into effect in 2017. but doing so can come with several exceptions, including not wearing raising the wage for those under 18 which some say is unfair. >> it's another way but it investment isn't being made in young people. >> we work hard so we should be paid the same as a warehouse. >> city leaders are looking to potential legal obstacles by n

>> we still experiencing delays on bart, to san leandro in the richmond daly city direction, 5- to 10-minutes due to problems with equipment. ace tran, on time and no delays. at the car and what is happening, we heard it is game six at the arena and warriors take on the clippers today at 12:30 so doors open at 11 a.m. so expect heavy delays along the nimitz. 67 miles per hour right now as you make the drive into oakland. if you are headed through castro valleys there are no delays if that area at 238 but up to tracy we are seeing the bumper-to-bumper traffic. the bay bridge toll plaza shows early cars stacking up and everyone is moving along just fine. >>> thank you. make room for your pooch on the next camping trip. >>> the effort underway to find thousands of jobs for teens. 10 piece meal, and the kicker - free lemon cake. got this [sigh] tonight i am not mom. i am paula. so dad, what does that make you? dad. ♪ >>> covering cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> news from the pacific northwest this morning that could make some a little uneasy.

i was head of cardiology at kaiser richmond for most of my career and then i was on the richmond city council and i led the richmond soda tax effort. and i just want to really commend you. you can make history here. it's not that often you can do that, and you can make history here in a very special way by improving the health of your most vulnerable population. that's something that the public health community is trying to do all over the world right now. wonderful presentation. and i really commend you for stressing the oral health because that gets forgotten a lot. but these sugary beverages also now, a long list, not just obesity, oral health, diabetes, heart attacks, dying from heart attackseses, strokes, high blood pressure, some cancers, fatty liver, probably dementia, and the latest on the list, it interferes with sperm motility. so, sugar basically gums up the works wherever it is. but that's not how the soda industry, the beverage industry is responding to all of this, these health concerns. they're increasing their marketing dollars. you're going to see next week a big mark

amber lee is live at richmond city hall where city leaders opened the books tonight to shows why the city is in the red, amber. >> reporter: julie i obtained this city memo where city heads are asking the departments to cut by 20% and the cut backs could go into effect july 1st. nickel park is a place for kids to swing a bat, catch a ball. or ride a skateboard. >> when you don't have any where else to go, you can go there and get your mind off of stuff. >> reporter: parks and rec centers help keep him and other young people off of streets and out of trouble. but the city's director of recreation tells us up to 70 part time employees may be layed off and rec center hours and programs cut back. >> that's exactly what we're talking about. >> reporter: the city director opened his books and showed me what's behind the deficit. in city refinery fire shut down production for eight months. the oil giant is rich in a major source of packed revenue. lower utility and sales tax along with a reduction in grants has impacted the departments tremendously. meanwhile pensions for city workers have

amber lee is live at richmond city hall where city leaders opened the books tonight to shows why the city is in the red, amber. >> reporter: julie i obtained this city memo where city heads are asking the departments to cut by 20% and the cut backs could go into effect july 1st. nickel park is a place for kids to swing a bat, catch a ball. or ride a skateboard. >> when you don't have any where else to go, you can go there and get your mind off of stuff. >> reporter: parks and rec centers help keep him and other young people off of streets and out of trouble. but the city's director of recreation tells us up to 70 part time employees may be layed off and rec center hours and programs cut back. >> that's exactly what we're talking about. >> reporter: the city director opened his books and showed me what's behind the deficit. in city refinery fire shut down production for eight months. the oil giant is rich in a major source of packed revenue. lower utility and sales tax along with a reduction in grants has impacted the departments tremendously. meanwhile pensions for city workers have

. >>> the richmond city council is moving ahead with plans to increase the city's minimum wage to one in the state. the proposal calls for increasing the minimum wage in richmond to $12.30 by 2017. at its meeting last night the city council directed staff to come back in two weeks with a new measure with seven special exemptions. many business leaders in richmond oppose the idea. nearly half of those surveyed say if the measure passes, they would consider cutting hours, reducing their staff, or moving to another city. >>> 2 investigates has uncovered an unexpected opposition to a new bill requiring a kill switch for smart phones. the bill would allow people to lock your cell phone if it's stolen making them useless to thieves. they were contacted by weave, women escaping a violent environment. they say it could place their victims in more danger by locking them without them knowing it. they say this argument doesn't hold up because 911 calls cannot be disabled. >> this is really about consumers and public safety. i think it's about time that the industry puts profits aside and start l

richmond city council voted to d for a proposal that calls for $12. 30 by the year 2015. berkeley city council is considering its own fate bringing minimum wage to $12. 53 by the year 2016. >>> new at 5:00. art on the move. the sculpture that was parked fe than a year is now headed back to the collectors that owned them. people are upset because they said those sculptures blocked their views and took up valuable space. people still have mix feelings about it. >> the biggest thing of the sculptures and towering as high as 50 feet. >> i like them a lot and i think they're in a wonderful spot. >> the san francisco museum of modern art brought them here part of a yearlong. >> it is really bad and it looks like junk and clogging up landscape. >> anthony is 100 people who petitioned last year to remove the sculptures. >> there is no way to avoid it and it takes up every angle from where ever you want to position yourself. it is impossible to keep those things out of the shot. >> those sculptures were carefully spaced. >> we want to be sure that for those coming here not be engag

. >> we have 5- to 10-minute delay on bart and this is at san leandro in the richmond and daly city direction of an equipment problem and that is 5- to 10-minute delay at san leandro in the richmond and daly city direction on bart. there are other construction situations in the bay area starting with 17, northbound and southbound, at santa clara county line where lanes are blocked and that will last until about 5:00 this morning, and san rafael, northbound, it is clear and southbound is clearing away from san rafael into san francisco. >>> the first batch of a dance ticket for the paul mccartney at candlestick park go on sale today. they are pricey and it is for american express card holders only, the beatles played their last concert at the stick in 1996 and the walk down memory lane with tickets on sale to the public part of a special package that starts at $455. if you want a front row seat you have to pay $2,000. general admission tickets are on sale on monday and will range from $49.50 to $250 each. >> and the 49ers new home will be the site a big game for a local high school football te

the richmond city council is going to increase the local minimum wage to the bay area. it is going to come back with write ups with three possible valid measures to raise it to $11, $12.30 or $15. employees who get tips would not be eligible for the higher wages. people have to reduce their water use by 25% effective today. >> the city council declares a stage three water shortagshorta. now residents can only water their lawns two days a week. customers who brath teak the ne rules will face fines. let's check in with the good news for today. i have it in droves for you. we are talking about one of those days where ever you are headed or work spectacular conditions for your outdoor plans. not too hot or too cold. the one thing that we don't have a lot of is that may gray. you will notice those low clouds are starting to move in. we have a storm system that will h bring us rain are and we will see nice conditions for today before that rain arrives. 64 degrees for today. not too hot or too cold there. perfect bay area stunner today. and the showers arrive. i'll show you wh

. >>> the richmond city council is moving ahead with plans to make the city's minimum wage one of the highest in the state. the proposal would raise the minimum wage to $12.30 by 2017. last night, the city council directed staff to come back in two weeks with a new measure with at least seven special exemptions. it would include not paying the higher minimum wage to workers under 18 and exempting businesses with fewer than ten employees. still, many business leaders strongly oppose the -- raises the minimum wage. nearly half say they would consider cutting hours, reloosing their staff or moving to another city. >>> the city of pleasanton is mandating people cut back 25% on their water usage. that's after a review of current water bills showed people in pleasanton did not respond to a request back in february to voluntary cut their water usage by 20%. instead, there was actually an increase in water use compared to last year of 9%. under the new rules, people are only allowed to water their lawns twice a week. vie laters could fate -- violaters could face hefty fines. >>> it's looking

but that's a reference point for the city of richmond. after that study is done, really, the goal of that study is inward looking study for [speaker not understood] to determine if the condition that of community would be net positive tim or net negative, how it would be impacting customer base, allow reduction or create a rate increase. based on that information if the quantitative study comes back looking net positive, then we proceed with adding the community. and already action needed at that point is for the community to ask

but that's a reference point for the city of richmond. after that study is done, really, the goal of that study is inward looking study for [speaker not understood] to determine if the condition that of community would be net positive tim or net negative, how it would be impacting customer base, allow reduction or create a rate increase. based on that information if the quantitative study comes back looking net positive, then we proceed with adding the community. and already action needed at that point is for the community to ask the required cca ordinance watching the cca program and requesting formal membership in the program. we'd need to revise our implementation plan to add the new community and the signature page and we formally add a new director to our board of directors from that community so that they can sit on the board and participate in decision making and policy setting going forward. so, that's the process that's set up for affiliate members. i should also mention at the point for that membership occurs there are no other

richmond, city council or the ballot, one way or the other and there's a concern amongst some we would create a patchwork where the minimum wage would be different in every city in the bay area. >> we have it now in terms of different -- within the cities, nationally, state rate. i think there is a concern that you have, sort of an arms race, each city trying to outdo the others. on the other hand i always feel more comfortable with people voting on it rather than having the board of supervisors in san francisco or some of the other elected boards deal with it. >> tom bates was concerned we would have the change all the time. maybe one would try to outdo the other. berkeley has it at $15, someone else going $15.75. what do you think of that? >> as we say we have it now. i know tom proposed and east bay approach, regional approach. i think that makes a lot of sense to look at the region. i think voting on it, there's a lot to be said for voting. >> why? >> i always have found in 30 plus years there's a whiz in the crowd. people voting have more wisdom, than dealing with the board of sup

she was from the city of richmond. tell us what happened. what year that was. >> this was the year of '74 she took a shortcut home to borrow a movie from a friend and on the way home the perpetrator followed her, who arrived two months earlier, he his intent was to rob her, but he brutally raped and stabbed her over 18 times, and left the city of richmond, in awe for the past 20 years. it's a real touching story. it's a beautiful story, as well. >> where is that perpetrator now? >> he -- is in jail. actually. >> okay. >> the rumor is that he committed suicide, as well. >> so why was this important? why was it important for you to pick up the story and tell it? >> this happened in my community. she was murdered a mile away from me where i live. i was 9 years old when she was murdered. i heard about her when i was 15 years old and for the past 15 years, actually, every year i just thought about who she was. i wasn't so concerned on how she died or what happened or what was the cause of it but really curious to know who she was. after my first

. >>> police in richmond investigating the city's second homicide in two days.ice responded to reports of gunfire near virginia avenue and south 12th street. one person died there at the scene. another shooting victim showed up at a hospital. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> police are also still looking for the person who shot and killed a man driving on interstate 580 in richmond saturday. police say 31-year-old diana broussard was driving a ford suv near regatta boulevard saturday afternoon when someone opened fire from another car. he -- he lost control and crashed the suv. >>> police in daly city are trying to figure out what sparked a car as an officer was taken a person into custody. it happened on whipple avenue in read window city last night about 6:00. the flames set off ammunition inside the police car. both the police officer and the suspect who, by the way was handcuffed, were not hurt. >>> an 18-year-old killed in a shooting in dublin. what we've learned from the teen's family. >>> a cinco de mayo protest at a school in morgan hill is getting

>> we have a five or ten-minute delay in the dublin/pleasanton and fremont and richmond and daly city directions so a couple of michigans are backed up but the rest of bart is moving along just fine and it look like the rest of our roads are moving fine with the exception of 580. as we take you into antioch the drive along highway 4 making the commute into pittsburg you have stop-and-go traffic and then you have top speeds into concord and only taking 18 minutes from anback to concord and 242 to 680 at top speeds all the way to walnut creek and the early crash now has been cleared. through lafayette and orinda moving along fine. no delays. we have another look at the drive time traffic. >> a mother's day a woman will never forget that is helping her beat the odds. you see her story only on abc7 news. >> no one told winter it is over. we will show you the unusual and incredible challenge for drivers in one part of the nation. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> covering santa rosa, b

all he was proud to stand with the first 5 commissions and many of the parents in the richmond district thought the cityn town hall. they'll be mobile listing and it's k through 12 education and transitional aged group that are part of the broader coalition. i wanted to also acknowledge this new community coalition around the children's reauthorization and strengthening and thank so many others that have worked on this including supervisor cowen's office and jen leo from supervisor yee's office and sony from supervisor kim's office and from staff from supervisor breed and peter latter born my staffer has been working on this with it is school district it's not easy wanted to thank the hard work from the staff from our offices. the heritage of the children's hund fund is criminal margret was here easily we owe her a debt of gratitude. we need to continue to fight poverty and the family and children's flight out of the city. poverty i think some has said went up by 14 percent 0 over the last few years and by strengthening did children's fund we stop and reverse this flight of families especially the low i

that would put it in line with proposals being considered by nearby oakland and richmond. >>> the city is asking the public to weigh in with ideas on how to balance the budget. san francisco mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors will hold an online town hall meeting today to get the public's ideas about the budget process. the city is facing a projected shortfall of more than $66 million this fiscal year. the online town hall meeting starts at 9:30 this morning on the mayor's web page and his youtube channel. >>> and the city of san francisco has reached a tentative contract agreement with one of its larger public employee unions. it could serve as a template for agreements with 27 other city union contracts up for renewal. ispte local 21 covers about 3300 city planners, contract compliance officers, and health educators. the tentative agreement includes raises of at least 8.5% combined over the three-year term of the contract. it still has to be ratified, though, by union members. >>> time is 8:07. it's official. the oakland unified school district has a new superintendent. last n

bob as late as 5 to 10 minutes hold up from the san leandro station from the fremont richmond in the city the problem of the it tracked three and five new details with alfred highway patrol fraud and struck the ground a house fire burning as now planned for it this is how 153rd and mark st 33 firefighters is among the scene. >>: it is 531 right now. it and other ills we're following for it to the three robbers to alter after hitting a san carlos it turned rose at gunpoint police say three men held up a store buys his living as a way of life or after closing. st. nw have been made. or so pleased all three men were holding a semi-automatic handguns 3 it's >>: i guess the truth is you expect something like that every once in awhile. and what a surprise. it's not want to make me more afraid of coming here. wet that they got away with several thousand dollars in cash. investigators say that if they're still looking for any leads. but >>: knew this morning your armed gunmen robbed a gas station last night. all five thirty at this is a high 18th street read the police got there very quickly but

low to mid-70s through the valleys. 61 in simpson beach today. 70 oakland, richmond, union city. everybody else in the upper 60s along the east bay shore. mid-70s to 77 in brentwood in the east bay valleys. tonight upper 40s, napa santa rosa and livermore but cloudy, drizzle possible along the coast, a sprinkle for the morning commute. for the most part dry until after the morning commute. spotty showers from 9:00 until 7:00. and then that's it. system passes. high pressure builds in. temperatures warming again friday and well above average saturday through tuesday next week. leyla. >>> >> danville, tracking the sig-alert alert, southbound 680, two lanes shut down while police conduct their investigation. a high speed pursuit with an overturned vehicle. you'll see lanes blocked off. and amy hollyfield is on the scene and bring us more details. a wider view of highway 24 away from 680 into lafayette, top speeds eastbound track. one construction project will block lanes until 6:00 between broadway and caldecott. earlier accident 150th avenue is cleared 580 in and out of castro vall

city. districts like richmond and sunset. >> you need to be going deeper into neighborhoods where we're identifying needs. instead of just relying on core neighborhoods to serve citywide. >> over all city jobless rate was 5.4%, 7.3% of asians were unemployed. and nearly three times that for pacific islanders now armed with findings, activists say they will ask to help those in need. >> vic lee abc7 news >> governor brown signed a bill aimed at shedding light on what is known as dark money. without disclosing the source. this after groups from arizona poured $15 million into california in 2012 to fight proposition 30. supporters say it helps close the loophole ensuring where the money trail started >> city of palo alto going to take down security cameras that made people angry. the city installed cameras like this one around town. resident doesn't like it because it's trained on his driveway. he says it's a violation of privacy. >> whatever is recorded is recorded who owns data? maybe third party. maybe the city. what happens afterwards? in the end, you know next time, next time, maybe we have. >> h

we are also in the city of richmond serving about a little over 75% of the customer base there as well. we have three energy products that we offer to customers. we have the light green product which is 50% renewable, the 100% renewable product which is deep green, and we've just launched a third project which is called [speaker not understood] 100% local program that's tied to a local installation that's going to be built in our community in the next 12 months and will be available to customers in 2015. we have folks signing up for that now. so, those are the three options that exist for customers. currently, our rates are competitive with the increment utility. we are providing a cost saving to all of our customers, residential and commercial, for our products. and it is more than double the amount of renewable content for the default lit green product. we have -- we've done a number of cost comparisons for customers that are now public. the novali school district is saving 10% by being with us this year. the contra costa county school district and richmond is saving a little more th

palo alto 90 degrees, danville 89, foster city 87, richmond 76 and today will likely be the coolest of the next four days. we'll start off with a mild night, mid- to upper 50s, vallejo 57, san jose 58, redwood city 50 five, sunrise 6 -- 55, sunrise 6:52. wednesday we'll be 5 degrees hotter, 101 degrees, the first triple digit temperature in livermore and our inland community since last september 9th. high pressure building in. the same ridge of high pressure giving us the warm stuff coming down, denver, there's the snow in the rockies and utah and wyoming. for us it's all about the heat because the ridge is centering itself to our north. chilly air out over the pacific. once the winds flip back on friday, many of you away from the water will hit 100 degrees on wednesday. temperatures well above average through thursday, but cooler weather will be back in time for the weekend. tomorrow 15 to 20 degrees bow average. san francisco your average is 67 -- above average. san francisco, your average is 67. fremont will hit 92 tomorrow. venetia will hit the 90s, 86 degrees in san francisco, toa

strongly supportive of the arts organizations and artists being a bit work to stay in the city many live in the richmond district many people fearing being pushed out of the city. i'm appreciative of you're looking best practices like denver looking at the rent induces but the technical assistance. i like the impels you've started to establish as well in determining fairness for as many organization to be supportive i want to say thank you for the hard work that will keep the arts organizations? the city. thank you very much. >> tell you why nodded hear from mr. chiu. >> i'm the housing authority and developments we'll be jointly presenting the highlights and an update to moving forward. you all have copies of power point presentation and we've forwarded you copies of the report. i'll forward this we're not going into depth of the thirty hemsz recommendation and at the end if you have very specific questions of the elements. again as supervisor kim stated this what was driven by the b l a report on october 9th in november it was created the working group we have four meetings from december to mark it wa

the boss put that information in for the crawl. 72 in richmond. 80 in union city. 82 in fremont. we are in the upper 80's to nearly 90 again in the east bay valley. tonight, better sleeping weather and mid-40's in the north bay valley and the rest of us in the low-to-mid 40's with clouds when we wake up tomorrow. high pressure is getting squeezed as we speak and because of that it is going to hang around for today inland and look at this, and temperatures dropped 10- to 15-degrees at the coast and 10- to 15-degrees an the bay and inland tomorrow. sunday we will see increasing clouds. it will be slightly cooler. the rain will stay to the north. temperatures are close to average on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. a nice pattern is developing. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone. speaking of fog, the fog horns were blowing coming into the bay and we have a c.h.p.-issued fog advisory for the golden gate bridge so it looks like, so far, so good. as the morning wears on and the fog increases, you may start to see some limited visibility. as we take you over to the bay bridge, westb

doctors is a safety net hospital that serves mostly low income community in richmond and other surrounding cities and now in all likelihood it will be closing although many of the people who work here say they will fight to keep this critical facility open. >> this is a devastating blow for the community. >> reporter: calling it a public health crisis, registered nurse maria segun says if doctors hospital closes many patients would have to travel further to get care. the facility handles most of the emergency calls in this part of contra costa county and mostly serves the uninsured. >> it feels as though poor people are being marginalized. if we lose this hospital i wonder what is going to happen to the people here. >> reporter: juan guerrero brought his mother here for a visit this morning and he worries what is next. >> it's about -- we pay taxes and it should be open. >> reporter: voters were asked to approve measure c, a parcel tax that would have generated about $20 million for the hospital but after mailin ballots were counted last night only 51% of voters favored the tax and the measure ne

and same in palo alto and saratoga and santa clara and 54 if union city and richmond is at 52 and thewarmest weather at 62 in pittsburg and address and 55 in pleasanton and 57 in walnut creek. you can see the clouds here from sutro tower and you notice how thin they are and they are not solid so become breezy and sunny and cooler today. that is steady the next few days. we will fluctuate. cooler weather is coming in with another dry cold front this week. we were sleeping the cold front sliding through the flow of the low bringing us the cool breezes today. we will see what it does to the temperatures. we will start in the south bay and we are in the low-to-mid 80's around los gatos asking monthen hill and gilroy and everyone else in the mid-70's like 76 at san jose and 75 in santa cruz and low-to-mid 70's most of the peninsula and millbrae only 68 and the coast, today, brisk only 61 to 62 downtown and south san francisco at 65 and 67 in sausalito and 76 for the cool spot in petaluma and san rafael and 82 at santa rosa and napa and upper 60's richmond and berkeley and hayward and newar

cities are not included in that trend. uc berkeley's hoss institute singled out vallejo, antioch and richmond. the report says those cities are among the top 100 cities nationwide with homes under water. meaning owners owe more than their home is worth. the study says one factor was the large minority pop lactses of those -- pochlations of those cities -- populations of those cities. the study calls for more federal action to help the cities to help refinance those mortgages to get to a more manageable amount of money. >>> new information in the hit- and-run case linked to 49ers' defensive back, chris culliver. >> got a professional athlete that thinks they they can get away with anything. >> coming up in 20 minute, the accusations involving a family who says they saw the crash. >>> but next, big news from washington, d.c. about america's highways and money. the reason why it could be a particularly bumpy road for bay area drivers. >>> good morning. we're still looking at roads that are not all that bad. not a lot of conditions out there that will take you stay home, really, highway 4, a little

cities are not included in that trend. according to uc berkeley's haas institute, vallejo, antioch, and richmond are among the top 100 cities nationwide with homes underwater. that means overrers owe more -- owners owe more on their mortgage than the home is work. the cities have large minority populations and minorities are subjects of subprime lenders. >>> new concerns that bay area transportation projects could be in jeopardy. without steps by congress, federal money will run dry in a matter of months. kyla campbell just talked to a transportation research group warning of effects on everything from highway 4 to b.a.r.t. >> reporter: the bay area counts on about $300 million each year from the federal highway trust fund. the director of transportation for america tells me he expects the fund to run out of money by august. he says that will slow down transportation projects in the bay area including highway for construction in antioch and improvements to the b.a.r.t. system. caltrans officials say federal funding is key to get projects finished on time and on budget. >> the bay area, very dependent on a lot of federal fun

and they are recommending that cities across the country follow richmond's idea of using the power of eminent domain to seize underwater loans for current market value and then lower the amount homeowners owe. >> investors who own the mortgages are actually better off if the principal is reduced to current market value and the homeowners are put into sustainable loans. >> reporter: i couldn't find a sting mortgage broker who would go on camera about this today but the feeling amongst them seems to be if you think the loanholders are going to give up on this without a fight, you're crazy! that's were richmond's eminent domain program is on indefinite hold until other cities in the area join them in the effort. but so far no one stepped up, fearful of the massive lawsuits that inevitably follow. meanwhile, patty castillo's interest rate continues to rise on a loan she could never really afford in the first place. >> they should have told us up front, hey, you couldn't afford this. you don't qualify. i just feel like they didn't told us the truth. >> reporter: in richmond, john ramos, kp