san rafael. 80 berkeley is getting bunched up but everything is at the limit. headed to the macarthur maze. metering lights is off at the toll plaza. take a look at some of the travel times. there you have it. 680 toward 24 and 580, 15 minutes. and abc7news.com is the place to go and click on drive times especially this afternoon before you get away for the three-day weekend. >>> state lawmakers crackdown on red light cameras. you may soon see a lot of fewer of them. >> did you ever trouble sleeping last night? you could be paying a lot heavier price. >> and cellphones, a new phenomenon called sleep texting.

>>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san rafael, gop presidential hopeful michele bachmann coming to town to raise some money. but coming with it will be controversy, comments she made about the hpv vaccine. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco where u.c. officials are thinking about raising tuition again. this time it could go up to $22,000 a year. they think they have figured a way out to make it a little less painful. >> and big shakeup in the san francisco giants front office as the team prepares today to announce its replacing its ceo. >>> good morning. weather-wise, our first fall cold front is on the way. temperatures 10-15 degrees cooler than average today and tomorrow. >>> good morning, sue hall in the abc traffic center. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. web tube is open but a major big rig accident. >> and it's just before friday. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> one of the most controversial candidates in the race of the presidential nomination makes a stop in the bay area today. michele bachmann will meet with supports in the north bay. she raised some eyeb

mid to upper 50s throughout the bayshore even into vallejo, napa and san rafael, 70 in san jose, mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys. clearlake, cloverdale, low to mid-80s. around the monterey bay, stuck in the mid-50s for salinas and only 59 in monterey and more sunshine inland. seven-day forecast, cool pattern continues tomorrow, a slow warming trend through the weekend but the warmest weather awaits us next week. monday. tuesday and wednesday. >>> we still have an accident in webster tube, oakland's lmd direction they have it closed down. alternate would be park street bridge or hyde street bridge. caltrans got the gravel spill cleared up on airway boulevard. on on-ramp to 580 is smooth sailing. we did have an incident in san jose with a train right in front of the discovery museum. apparently train got derailed but they have cleared that out and we are not getting any word of any delays on any public transit at this time. >>> time now is 5:11. >> and take a wait and see approach for a planned ipo. >> and warning of tiny batteries that power everything from remote controls to

all of 101 basically from navato to san rafael has been repaved. it is a welcome sight for anyone who has to drive on those roads. >> the giants are taking on the san diego padres. carlos will tran was back after missing a previous game due to the illness. a giants' rookie in his first major league at bat had eight to run home run. the first giant to do that sense will clark in 1986. on to the coliseum, the oakland a's were not as fortunate. the athletics have a day game today at the coliseum. >> we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here's a live look outside as san francisco. the fog is clearing a lot quicker than it did yesterday. we will be right back. >> increased security on all bay area bargains is as the country marks the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. they will closely monitor all bridges across the state including the golden gate and san mateo bridge is. officials say while they are always looking for suspicious activity they will be paying more attention to these structures. >> we will have all available personne

michelle bachmann is hosting a san rafael breakfast chat at a private home in woodrow's court. secretary of state henry kaufman is seeking yet the asian pacific economic cooperation meeting in san francisco. f lories and we will to food fifth. >> university california border regions is meeting to discuss a budget plan. that plan could double tuition in five years. undergrads' currently pay 12,200 in annual tuition. that does not include room and board in canvas beads. yesterday the giants have released this statement. >> information is he was asked to step down as ceo a few weeks ago. >> the giants were not going to make the announcement until after this season but word got out. they're holding a press conference this morning. larry barrett will take over as ceo. he has been with the team since 1992. >> we are back in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the san francisco golden gate bridge. a beautiful shot. fifth half >> the 80 approach is one of the worst we have seen in a while. it track is grinding along and all the lanes. this presents something of an improveme

traffic is flowing smoothly into central san rafael. drive times not so bad, about 20 minute ride into pleasanton. highway 4, 101 all moving at the limit and it is a mass transit day because of spare-the-air day >>> good idea to take mass transit but it won't be free. >>> we've been reporting on the solyndra shut down and how the company may have broken the law when it laid off hundreds of workers. >> oprah will be making a bay area visit next week. area visit next week. where she'll be doing more than ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyo recognition. fibeone. >> g

. >> organizaciones comunitarias en san rafael apuntaron un 10.ca para aquellos que conducen sin licencia . qué dijeron? > no querían cambiar pero hace años que se vienen pidiendo cambios, y dijeron que ya lo había. la nueva medida entra en efecto este próximo viernes. >> sí se puede! >> muy buena. >> maravillosa. >> este es el anuncio, la policía ya no decomisará un vehículo por 30 días cuando sea por primera vez. >> cuánto tiempo les llevó a ustedes lograr negociar esto con la policía? >> fue, hemos estado trabajando dos años. >> antes los decomisaban y mantenían por 30' días, luego la persona lo podía sacar pero le costaba unos 3 mil dólares. >> la continuidad de la política depende de un estudio que se realice en torno a los conductores sin licencia. >> esta coalición la integran iglesias de san rafael y dice que enfrentaron tácticas dilatorias. >> siempre había una resistencia y nos decian que tenían que hacer estudios. >> para mí es algo miu.... me da mucho gusto porque probablemente pueda volver a manejar ahora sí. >> la legislatura de cali

san rafael southbound 101, live shot, headed up the hill past the san rafael civic center. wanted to remind you of an event that wraps up today at moscone center, theater will be the road will be closed and expect congestion. >> go to abc7news.com for all your traffic information. scroll down and click on traffic >>> thanks a lot. >> an alameda father and young daughter who have special needs need your help in recovering a walk are. it's a rifton gait brand. the device is worth $3400. the walker was stolen in front of a home on the 2700 block of washington street in alameda on sunday night. daniel hurst says it helps her 2-year-old daughter to be a little more independent. >> it was the first time that she has been able to go out and socialize. with neighborhood kids. she was born the same time as several others in the block and they have been walking and running around and first time she is able to be out there and be part of it. >> if you have information about the stomp walker please call the alameda police. >> perfect four ducks were shot with blowgun darts. one died an

this is from our san rafael camera in san francisco. as far as the fog, we still have some fog to talk about. it's beginning to pull away from parts of the marin county coastline, still hugging ocean beach. we'll move the maps to the south and we have temperatures in the 70s. 79 degrees. we'll look at the 80s and even 90 right now in livermore. oakland, 72 and san rafael in the mid-70s at 75 degrees. santa rosa in the upper 70s at 77. forecast headlines for today. we do have this -- mostly sunny skies. we are warming up death patchy fog. tomorrow we'll cool things off a little bit. a little bit of a bump in the numbers for friday. we go back down to the other direction cooling off this weekend. we'll introduce a few high clouds heading into the weekend. the high clouds will be streaming in from the south. in fact, some of those high clouds are already beginning to approach the bay area. but high pressure has been responsible for the warmup yesterday and for today. it sticks around for today. so with that temperatures inland will be flir

up in the napa and san rafael, low 70s around santa rosa, san jose. mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys. heading to clearlake, cloverdale, low to mid 80s. partly cloudy conditions inland to partly sunny around the bay to cloudy at the coast. sunshine is going to be a premium this afternoon. 59 in monterey, low to mid 50s for the rest of the bay. low to mid-70s inland. seven-day forecast, more of the same tomorrow possibly a few degrees cooler. a slow warming trend through the weekend with temperatures warmer than average earlier next week. >> we have a gravel spill in the livermore area toward dublin. airway on-ramp is blocked and chp is trying to get that mess cleaned up. so far not affecting the drive on 580. walnut creek is moving pretty well. very light as you head towards the 24 junction. i will tell you there is construction, crow canyon, stone valley road on-ramps are being effected currently with construction there. we're just getting word an accident in alameda, we'll right lane blocked on the alameda side. toll plaza very light as you h

san rafael southbound 101 looking good.far, so good no trouble heading past the civic center into central san rafael. that widening project still underway expect delays there. 280 san jose very light just a few cars. >>> it is now 5:09. >>> monkey wrench washington may be throwing in google's plan to buy a major moneymaker. >>> silicon valley robot maker moves into new digs. >>> a that vote -- a nava toe 12-year-old who he meets his hero. mini me. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the president's health care reform law appears to be headed for a supreme court showdown. the obama administration is filing an appeal asking the high court up to hold the constitutionality of the law. the justice department wants the justices to set aside appeal's court ruling striking didn't a provision that requires all-american to purchase health insurance. the administration wants the rule before the 2012 presidential election. attorneys general from 26 states which oppose the law are asking the high court to stri

cool warm even hot for a few. 97 is hot, santa rosa san rafael will cool down, san jose will cool downthe toasty side for some, berkeley all those areas because it looks like the fog will give a decent breeze. fog sun cooler clouds coming up from the south, low clouds on sunday with a possibility of light rain to the north. >> good grieve. 5:51 is the time and there are reports the former ceo could have a new job according to bloomberg news. he has been on the job and the stock price has fallen since them. whitman, mention whitman a member of -- meg whitman will becomeel new head of the palo alto company. home to six of the 50 richest americans, mark of facebook and eric schmidt comes in 5th. >>> on continental airlines, they will get more when paying higher fares and in a bid to gain travelers, first class will earn up to 2. 5 miles for every mile they fly. first scholastic kit will also earn -- first class tickets will also earn miles. >>> coming up where the space junk may fall. . >>> welcome back scientists are starting to narrow down where and when that satellite will fall to eart

. >> en san rafael ya no decomizarian los autos que manejen sin licencia , como periodo de prueba elehículo podrá ser entregado a un conocido con licencia, y será incautado si no tiene a quién

san rafael is down around 52. fair fax and napa airport at 46. there is your west puff at sfo at six. that is nothing. fairfield travis i hang my hat on that for the delta breeze. if it's less than 20 it means a warm to hot pattern for inland temps. high pressure builds in for a day or two. it's transitory. that will allow the door for the sea breeze to open up. nice on the coast. hot inland. patchy fog and some of that can be really thick. the temperature trend was to warm up yesterday. it will still be warm to hot inland. i think you will see a cool down as the fog gets a little bit more favorable conditions as you head into the weekend. the coast gets a little bit of sun. inland gets a lot. patchy fog will be warm to hot. antioch 97. fairfield 95. almost 90 for santa rosa. and for your labor day it does look cooler. we will go on the early part of the weekend. >>> a reminder for people who plan to head to the beach this labor day weekend big swells are expected to peak today and tomorrow. that means waves up to six feet and potentially dangero

. >>> and police in san rafael is under arrest tonight, suspected of beating a 46-year-old woman to death. police say robert lee bradley was arrested yesterday morning, when they say police found the woman's body in her home on harbor street. bradley was in the house. police say bradley was dating the victim. her identity is not yet public. >>> and a partial evacuation is in effect right now at the washington national dulles airport in virginia, police say a bomb-sniffing dog alerted the police to the cargo being loaded on the plane today. several evacuations were happening as a precaution, other flights sent to other gates. an ordinance team is on the scene, investigating the cargo. >>> as the nation marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, san francisco leaders held a ceremony today in honor of the victims. ktvu has more on the message for the city leaders, john? >> reporter: ken, outside here, city hall and the city police and firefighters sent a very

san rafael. 80 berkeley is getting bunched up but everything is at the limit. headed to the macarthur maze. metering lights is off at the toll plaza. take a look at some of the travel times. there you have it. 680 toward 24 and 580, 15 minutes. and abc7news.com is the place to go and click on drive times especially this afternoon before you get away for the three-day weekend. >>> state lawmakers crackdown on red light cameras. you may soon see a lot of fewer of them. >> did you ever trouble sleeping last night? you could be paying a lot heavier price. >> and cellphones, a new phenomenon called sleep texting. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back. a bill that puts restrictions on red light cameras is headed to governor brown's desk. legislature has given final approval to a bill by presidential lawmaker. it establishes standards for installation of cameras. most notably they can't be used to raise revenue. they must demonstrat

san rafael 52. oakland airport 53 and san jose now down to 55. not far away seeing some low 50s as well. west/southwest nine at travis. that's nothing, nothing, nothing. you can see there's not much of a breeze and decreasing here in the last couple of hours. that system right there, you can see it driving down like that, well, that'll push off towards the east and as it does the high builds in, builds in, builds in and that gives us more of a northerly wind. might only be in the north bay which would lead to the sonoma coast fog free. south of that it might take a little longer than that. north breeze kicks in, so it will be warmer. 94 clear lake and ukiah. berkeley 72. oakland downtown 76. danville 89 degrees. we'll go 90 in livermore, 90 morgan hill to gilroy. san jose at 84, that's four warmer than yesterday. sunnyvale at 83. 78 san mateo, the last two days in a row they've been 72 and we'll go 60s not only along the coast, but also upper 60s in san francisco which has been stuck at around 64, 65 on the high side the last few days. warmer int

. >> this is the house where it took place in san rafael. she left about 15 minutes ago. had some of her supporters were filing out. she found out she to the choir in san rafael and granted the sides of crowd here was about the size of choir, less than a hundred people turned out but they are not disappointed. >> it seems clear to me that you have made a decision that barack obama will be a one-term president. >> the representative launched into an attack everything obama shortly after her arriving. she attacked the president's healthcare plan the fact that he ices a teleprompter and a stimulus. >> what did the stimulus give us last time? >> nothing. >> it gave us, yes, okay. it gave us solyndra. >> the crowd was enthused but she didn't ask questions. what is like being a right wing tea party member living in san francisco. >> it's lonely, there is four of us. we get together once a month and have tea. >> here is something you don't see every day, a mug saying san francisco tea party. they don't making any big roads into stanford but they did pick up some money. mark matt

. >> this is the house where it took place in san rafael. she left about 15 minutes ago. had some of her supporters were filing out. she found out she was preaching to the choir in san rafael and granted the sides of crowd here was about the size of choir, less than a hundred people turned out but they are not disappointed. >> it seems clear to me that you have made a decision that barack obama will be a one-term president. >> the representative launched into an attack everything obama shortly after her arriving. she attacked the president's healthcare plan the fact that he ices a teleprompter and a stimulus. >> what did the stimulus give us last time? >> nothing. >> it gave us, yes, okay. it gave us solyndra. >> the crowd was enthused but she didn't ask questions. what is like being a right wing tea party member living in san francisco. >> it's lonely, there is four of us. we get together once a month and have tea. >> here is something you don't see every day, a mug saying san francisco tea party. they don't making any big roads into stanford but they did pick up some mo

san rafael toward smooth, headed towards central san rafael.ault creek roadwork various lane closures, alternating no slow traffic, a little bunching towards the 24 junction. that is a live look at your toll plaza. light into san francisco. this morning metering lights remain off. >> it is 5:20. >> the trial of the doctor charged with michael jackson's death opens with a worldwide audience and a bit of star power. >>> closed! nancy grace denies a wardrobe malfunction in the latest round of "dancing with the stars." >> fortune in silver about to be rescued. what may be the biggest haul ever from a shipwreck. >>> welcome back. this morning attorneys will begin opening statements in the trial of michael jackson's personal doctor, con murray. he faces involuntary manslaughter charges. prosecutors claim murray improperly -- improperly gave jackson a powerful drug called propofol at the pop star's home and then failed to monitor him properly. the drug is usually given to patients only in the hospital. the defense says jackson drank a dose of the drug

through terra linda and through san rafael. no problems bay bridge toll plaza.opular commute drive times. so far pretty good all the way around this morning. >>> the f.b.i. takes aim at the bankrupt solyndra plant in fremont. what is in those boxes that agents carted away? >> and president obama lays out a plan to create new jobs in america. republicans immedidididididididq for the worst allergies i want a product with the best decongestant. my choice is clear. claritin-d. nothing works stronger, faster or longer for allergy congestion relief without drowsiness. get claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear. that didn't just hide your breakouts... but actually made them go away. neutrogena skin clearing makeup has our proven blemish fighting formula so it clears your breakouts. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. >> closed captioning brought to you by

ma redskin center san rafael, a music leading edge -- marin center san rafael a music legend.his cast of friends. dave matthews, tony bennett, many more. >> wow. >> tickets on sale tomorrow for this bridge school concert. it's a two-day affair. i have not missed this in 12 years. >> you have to love tony bennett. when you can put tony bennett and neil young on the same stage is it. >> the must see show this year. >>> finally props to all those participants and pedalers including our lieutenant governor there he is gavin newsom. i'm glad they cut my legs off in that shot. >> are you sitting down? on your bike? >> no, he was standing up in my biking shorts. big ride, best buddies all the way to hearst castle millions of dollars raised for those with intellectual disabilities and among those partying that weekend, well, he was riding and having an orange juice with me, there is he is captain sully at the big gala, maria shriver's gala night. what a cool guy he is. >> there is a reverence about him when you talk to him. i met him once. he is just amazing. >> humble with a capital

luv swings at george's club in san rafael. >> and short films are featured at the fourth annual iranianilm festival at art institute. >> the art and wine festival offers a nasa exhibit and up the on road enjoy the belmont greek festival. >> celebrating a rich italian heritage at the italian athletic club. >>> now you have to choose which one you want to. >> "who wants to be a 

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these are live pictures from the san rafael camera. you can see evidence of the lingering marine layer. san rafael right now in the lower 60s. 63, but here we go with the fog, still hugging a good portion of the bay area. san leandro, a few patches remaining there. current numbers just upgraded. fairfield, 72. hayward lower 60s and san jose close to 70, chicking in 69 degrees. here we go with the coast at headlines. we'll call it warm inland, tomorrow, clouds in the morning, temperatures on the cooler side and the weekend we begin to warm things back um especially for the second half of the weekend. satellite and radar you can see the system moving out of nevada. this has been the storm that produced a few showers in the bay area over the weekend. that will continue to move out to the west -- east. so we are foggy for the beaches. the bigger perspective here. you can see what happens. a r clear -- a clear direction with our temperature trend by friday, the warmest locations inland only in the mid-70s. we're reading in that direction fo

a brisking eight-minute drive from novato to san rafael. look at the san rafael drive.nut creek, southbound 680 looking good, too. right here, a bunching at the intersection. toll plaza is light. the metering lights remains off. you're not in much company there. abc7news.com/traffic. for the latest in drive-time and current incidents. eric, kristen? >> thank you. >>> 5:20. >> i love this story! next, the south bay woman who won big on "wheel of fortune" gives a chunk of it away for good cause. >> the world's cheapest car is transformed to the world's most expensive ride. we tell you about the million of dollars in bling covering this auto. ccccccccccccc so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. >>> good morning. the view from the sutro cam at 5:23 on the abc7 morning news. all the lights of downtown san francisco, as the day gets un

pedicel expected san rafael, hayward and mountain view. whether they will be hot compared to guest today and tomorrow will be much of the same. here's a quick look at where we expect others to go. along the east bay shoreline, 83 in hayward, along the peninsula, 82 in redwood city cooling to 70 degrees. still warm in downtown san francisco this up to noon and across the north bay of for eighties to low 90s. here is her 7 day forecast. hot weather today and tomorrow and then we will slip wolof beginning thursday heading towards a mild weekend. a quick break now and we will be back with more than it. up to four shows at once on a single theater. alice sat at >> when you log onto will today, they're celebrating the birthday of freddie mercury. he was grinning ear of the band queen. apparently the people and who are big fans because it pulled out all of the stops. he died in 1991. his music still resonates today. if you see the interesting video it will pop up. if you like to watch the video in its entirety i will try to put up a link on our f

new accident midspan on the richmond/san rafael bridge. commute direction westbound 580 and speeds are backing up. you can see already it's slow and go from at least midspan one of the those sensors saying about 38 miles per hour. so again, watch out for that. chp and caltrans have both been notified. elsewhere, we are checking the ride down the eastshore freeway. you can see it's already a slow commute as you make your way through berkeley. san francisco downtown 14- minute commute from ashby according to those sensors out there on the roads. bay bridge metering lights on, backed up to the very end of the lot. >>> two contra costa county schools may close. the west contra costa county unified school district owes the state $8.1 million and to help pay off that debt by the 2018 deadline, the district is considering a move to close shannon elementary school in pinole as well as lake school in san pablo. the move would take place in the next now years. >>> a menlo park company had no record of safety violations before a deadly lab explosion.

near 70 downtown south san francisco and sausalito. 76 san rafael. 70s to low 80s through most of the north bay valley. over on the east bay shore low to mid 80s, castro valley warm at 76. low to mid 80s throughout the east bay shore. 81 cooler spots. monterey bay 69, sunshine, mid 70s for everybody else as you head inlanier 80 to 82°. traveling the state, -- comfortable through the central valley. 6 tahoe. look at that sunshine around big sur clouds l.a., san diego especially this morning. 98 in palm springs. back home, we'll talk about what is going on tonight. clouds mainly at the coast everybody else clear, 50s, could be around 49 in clover dale. temperatures continuing to warm about 3 to 6° everyday from tuesday into wednesday. warm thursday. cooler trend hits friday, saturday. it will be cool again sunday. have a great day. >>> 4:55. bart's police department will come unscrutiny when san francisco assemblyman opens an oversight hearing tomorrow. the hearing on public safety will focus on the training policies and procedures of bart's police for

out of navato, a smooth commute into san rafael.oblems as we head towards the golden gate bridge. >> new details in tuesday's ihop shooting that killed five people including a national guardsman. several people called 911 during the shooting. here are the tapes. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> there is a shooting going on in ihop. >> in the ihop? >> in the ihop. get there right now. automatic weapons. >> the guy is coming back out with a gun and hitting people in the parking lot. automatic weapon. >> stay on the line. [gunshots] >> he shooting at us now. he has automatic weapons. one guy with an automatic weapon who is shooting everyone. he is wearing a red shirt. he is shooting at people in the restaurant. >> in all, 11 people were shot. three of the five killed were nevada national guard members. the gunmen picture here killed himself. today in the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. he was michael jackson's personal physician. here is video from his last court appearance. court officials expect about 160 prosp

past san rafael, southbound 101 as you head toward san rafael. a bit of slow traffic there, not bad. a lot of taillights heading southbound. golden gate bridge you come upon a finger of fog. limited visibility on the span. oakland maze. head to 880, 580 and toll plaza moving well. a live look at the toll plaza. the metering lights are off. so slow traffic there are cash paying folks heading to san francisco. abc7news.com/traffic for the latest. kristen, eric? >> all right, sue. thank you. >>> 6:19. >> coming up, google chief eric schmidt will testify in front of a senate sub committee today. morning tech bites are next. >> also no, world peace. the first couple voted off the season "dancing with the stars." atatatatatatatatatatatatt >>> in-tote's tech bites, google says it plays fair. ceo eric schmidt will tell a senate sub committee an anti-trust investigation is the result of sour grapes by google competitors. companies like next tag, yelp and expedia will tell senators that google search engine drives people to its own specialized site rather

-- top of the hill as you head into central san rafael.avel westbound towards foster city no significant delays there. highrise section moving at the limit as well. bay bridge metering lights on. back now into or towards the west grand overcrossing. fast tracker smoothly sailing through the toll plaza. drive times at this hour around the bay 101 through marin county. 10 minutes towards 580. 580 out of the central valley a little slow towards the dublin pleasanton interchange a little over 30 minutes. >>> it is now 6:50 two the vacaville school district defending a high school teacher who disciplined his class after students sneezed during a health class at will c. wood high. students say the teacher, stephen cuckovich deducted 25 points from everyone's grade for saying bless you when someone sneezed. investigators say students were intentionally sneezing and responding in repetitive fashion. >> bless you, bless you, bless you. the person sneezes like okay, thank, thank you, your welcome a chain thing. >> the district did reach out to paren

san rafael at the limit we have a construction out from roland towards highway 37, a widening project on. this shot just past the civic center at the limit. 280 san jose wide open. few cars as you head northbound towards cupertino area, drive times, 101 through marin, 580 and highway 4 at the limit. abc7news.com/traffic for the latest drive times and incidents. >>> new video showing the harrowing moments at the nation's capital during last months's quake. video from cameras inside the washington monument. it gives you an idea how powerful the 5.8 quake was felt. tourist be seen running in panic as debris falls from the ceiling. the monument remains closed. workers expected to inspect several cracks that they think are allowing water into the structure. >>> warning for swimmers and surfers. three shark sightings on the central coast. first two were saturday and sunday 100 yards off pismo and shell beaches. yard authorities say it could be the same shark. yesterday another shark was seen eating a seal 30 miles north of pismo. beaches are open, but there are warning signs posted. >>> a s

two degrees warmer in san rafael. any time we don't have the cloud cover temperatures are all over the scale depending on the elevation. so we'll be in the 50s at 8:00. few lingering clouds. by noon, everybody is sunny and sunshine developing at the coast. 80s as we head into the east bay valleys and by the time we get to 4:00, we'll see some 90s in east bay valleys. with 70s and 80s around the bayshore. seven-day forecast, even hotter friday and saturday. sue? >>> we've got live look at san rafael, southbound 101 to 580, no problems. overnight road work on golden gate bridge, all picked up. light at bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights are on. traffic is flowing smoothly into san francisco. no delays out of the antioch. 580, we're getting reports of an accident westbound at grant. 20 minute ride in pleasanton. 680 is looking good towards highway 24. >>> thank you very much. >> time is 5:38. >> it happened again. apple workers may be a lot more careful choosing their watering holes after another apparent security

we may have problems on the richmond san rafael bridge. there may have been an ambulance dispatched there. we will update you in our next report. the kron 4 morning news will be right back. >> the giants are taking on the san diego padres, carlos will tran was activated for last night's game. giants 16-4. they are now six games behind arizona. the oakland a's lost their game 7-4. it will try to salvage their last game today. the numbers are looking better on wall street, up 141 points. we will be right back. of when >> a rebound a day on wall street with the dow jones up 154 points after falling 100 points yesterday. the nasdaq is up 43. >> steve massocca from wedbush securities is joining us today. refilling better? >> and the main driver this morning was a decision by the supreme court in germany holding out the ability of germany to participate in the vehicle that is being used to bail out of greece. there was someone in germany that filed a lawsuit trying to prohibit the german government from participating in the bailout of greece. the

this is live shot of san rafael. taillights as you head up the hill down in a central san rafael. bad drive. 680 is bunching up as you head towards the 24 junction. a little bit of slow traffic as you move on southbound 680 towards the 580 junction. this is out of san mateo bridge obviously you can see the fog that settled down into the span but no major slowing there. take a look at the toll plaza, bay bridge is beginning to back up. they have turned the metering lights on and slow traffic from the caltrans parking lot. taking a quick look at popular drive times they are looking pretty good. abc7news.com is the place to go. there are the drive times and for the current updates before you leave the house, just click on bay area traffic. >>> sue, thank you very much. >>> california moms serving time in state prisons for non-serious crimes may soon be released to ease severe overcrowding. early releases could start as soon as next week. los angeles times reports that female prisoners that have children will be able to serve at home. they would wear ankle bracelets and report to paro

the temperatures, 50-degree temperatures, san rafael to be cooler in half moon bay at 48. have 50 at fairfield, san jose, 55 in antioch, everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. few clouds around monterey bay and inland, temperatures in the running to low to mid-50s. three highlights as we head into the holiday weekend. watch out for the air quality in the east bay and south bay today. spare the air, sunny and warm everywhere, except for the coast may not be quite as warm and sunny as everywhere else. mild to warm temperatures all throughout the holiday weekend. for today, everybody going up once again compared to yesterday. san francisco 3 degrees warmer. concord, 6. santa rosa, 7. oakland, 8. fremont, 9. let's start in the east bay valleys, everybody in the mid 90s today. mid to upper 70s, richmond and berkeley, cool spot on the east bayshore. everybody else in the low to mid 80s. 87 in fremont. down in the south bay, mid to upper 80s relocation 80s in lx at 93 degrees. low to mid-80s on the peninsula with menlo park and redwood city 85. clouds along the coast. temperatur

toward central san rafael. drive times now, this is walnut creek, i'm sorry. a little bunching as you head 24 southbound 680. drive times as you are headed around. 580 out of central valley, not a bad ride toward the dublin interchange and 92 in the peninsula looking 35-minute drive for you. >>> thank you very much. it's 5:11. >> five bay area rivers and creek have a new distinction. why an environmental group is calling them trashy. >> and what needs to be done to some beaches to protect it. >> plus, you know the faces, familiar ones, mr. potato head in the toy hall of fame. >> and fashion frenzy, a targeted. designer bargain that crashed the company's website. ñ!tttt >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> good morning, topping america's money, warfare. airlines are full and your flight is cancelled it will be hard to get another one and you better book for the holidays. >> today walmart launches a campaign that will help women. l it will spend more on foreign businesses run by women

take a live look at southbound 101 to san rafael.ic is bunching up to the central san rafael exit. the waldo is clear. there is thick fog. there you go. have barely any visibility as you come across the span. that is thick and comes up fast out of the waldo tunnel. abc7news.com/traffic for the latest drive times as well. >> next, the latest honor for legend carlos santana. >> alex tribek is still on the mend. his thoughts after being injured in a robbery here. ec >>> good wednesday morning. 5:22. take a live shot of san jose, 280/17. of the interchange. traffic looks to be fine. in all directions there. very cool right now. but temperatures will rise in that vicinity in the south bay. you might see 90 degrees. we check in with mike to see where the hot temperature on the third spare the air in a row. >> the golden gate national recreation area is beginning to work on its preliminary general management plan for the next 20 years. it will be asking for your comments. the mar rin independent journal say they're looking to spend $150 mil

napa 50 degrees by morning 52 san rafael, santa cruz 53 agrees.nland east bay locations though pretty comfortable at 57 first thing in the morning. you'll see a few patches of fog first thing in the morning. high pressure dominant force. this will provide us with a warm pattern right through thursday. with high pressure where it is located we'll see the did you know sloping wind and offshore flow which will blow any fog that does form tomorrow morning away from the coast line and stay away from the coast lane couple days that means sunshine and warm weather all the way to the beaches. high for your tuesday in the south bay look like this. 86 in scam bell. saratoga 88 in los gatos. san jose 85 degree degrees. on the peninsula 77 in millbrae. ia for new menlo park. palo alto. right interthe coast. clear skies tomorrow afternoon. above normal conditions. 72 in half moon bay. downtown san francisco coming up couple degrees. 75 there. look at daly city. normally have to deal with the fog in the summer time but we are now in autumn. whole new season. ni

this is headed toward central san rafael. southbound taillights are past the civic center but road work continue in both directions headed toward san rafael. westbound bay bridge, this is a live shot of the macarthur maze as you head westbound into the toll plaza, all other avenues moving well. no metering lights coming into the toll plaza and no delays so far so good. drive times this morning out of antioch, westbound 4, not a bad drive this hour. from carquinez, about 20 minutes to 80 and northbound up the peninsula, 101 is moving well into san francisco. abc7news.com is the place to go for all your updates including current drive times. click on bay area traffic. >>> remember the slashed tires. they arrested a person slashed 74 cars. she sprayed paint on 17 cars. she denied punk you are going the tires but they have surveillance video linking her to the crimes. >> an a warning about a device for home exercise program. target stores are recalling 477,000 of resistance cords have two users suffered permanent vision loss. the

temperatures in the 70s around san francisco, oakland, san rafael. we have 80s everywhere else. to even 90s around antioch and livermore. the coast is cloudy, upper 60s to mid-70s from half moon bay to san francisco. 80s around the bay shore and the south bay. you can see the low to mid-90s. that is the warmest weather in the east bay valley. cooling continues to move inland tomorrow. big job of temperatures with the cold front saturday and sunday. a slight warming trend monday, tuesday, wednesday. it's dry all seven days. good morning, sue. >> good morning, mike. yes, we have a thick fog advisory. golden gate bridge and the fog is on the deck. thick and through the waldo tunnel. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. don't have a fog advisory here. whisp of fog. no delays heading westbound to foster city. bay bridge toll plaza, we have a fog advisory here. two little headlights coming through the screen. >> sue, thank you very much. 4:40. >> still ahead, illegal delivery. the high-grade marijuana sent from northern california to the home of two professional football players

san rafael southbound 101, no problems. headed southbound at north san pedro body -- san pedro road. brake lights hitting north main towards the 24 junction. >>> it is now 5:54. -- let's look at some of the hot toys and volatility in the metals market. >> reporter: good morning if you are thinking of shopping for big ticket items you might want to wait, gold, silver, copper all plunging possible sign of deflation which could mean the price of many consumer products is ready to drop. the metals are tanking on worries about europe's debt crisis. chief economist at jpmorgan chase says greece is insolvent headed toward a depression that will cause damage across europe. how would you like an $80 toy? justin bieber's tour bus, on this year's list of the hot 20 holiday toys. $100 leap pad tablet. $18 nerf proton blaster on the list. at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> bart's police department will come under scrutiny when they open an oversight hearing tomorrow. the hearing by at st

. >>> a group proposing to bring a semi-pro baseball team to san rafael planned a new pitch. the partners tell the journal it will scale back its proposal in hopes of winning more community support. the group will now only add a few extra seats to albert park, operate temporary concession stands and cut off music at 9:00 p.m. during previous public meetings, neighbors expressed concerns over traffic, noise and an increase in crime. >>> let's go over to sal to check in on traffic. how are you doing today, sal? reporter: i'm doing well, pam, thanks so much for asking. i hope everyone else is well. we have a nice looking commute so far anyway. we're looking at 80 westbound, looks pretty good. there is a little bit of road work that you can see westbound 80 right near golden gate fields race track. you can actually see the flashing lights up there. they should be gone in about a half hour or so. there is a small delay coming down on 80 past golden gate fields. there are no major delays, though. this is a look now at the bay bridge toll plaza, and you can see traffic is light here

low 50s, 51 and 52 in san rafael. n jose 58, fs o southwest at 53, higher elevations good old fashioned 90s inland 70s by the coast and i do expect that breeze to pick up later on especially higher educations north bay, warmer lows are cool, 60s 70s coast and by and some low 90s sunshine breezy and warm. increasing fog on friday and saturday, turning mostly cloudy and next week is looking wet by the way. >>> european stock markets many up 3 and 4 percent to solve the region's debt problems. they are following asian markets and south korea saw the biggest changes also up more than 3%. looks like wall street will follow suit. they had pretty good gains, dow jones industrial average 270 points up by the close, they may be testing that 11,000 level for a while. nasdaq and s&p 500 also posted gains. warren buffet is doing something he has never done as the leader, he is buying back shares but will not say how much the company will buy back. last year they fell below $100,000 . they do remain the most expensive u.s. stock. >

quickly jump to 90 at san rafael. low to mid-90s through the north bay valley. near 100 in ukiah. the monterey bay. low 70s for carmel. monterey and pacific grove. low to mid-80s in santa cruz, salinas. mid-to-upper 90s, morgan hill, gilroy, and hollister. mid-to-upper 90s through the central valley. 79 and sunshine heading to tahoe. 80 at sunshine and big sur. 76 in l.a. 104 in phoenix. bring it home tonight, 50s and 60s dominate again with any clouds remaining nearly at the coast. accuweather seven-day forecast -- you can see the temperatures, they fluctuate here and there. still, warmer than average through friday. saturday looks seasonal. sunday and monday could be cooler than average. no rain in the forecast. have a great day. sue? >> good morning. we have a live shot of the golden gate bridge. they are trying to reconfigure your lanes for the morning commute as they move the pylons around. so far, so good. southbound coming out of the waldo tunnel. no fog on the bridge. clear morning. smooth sailing foster city to hayward. both directions. no problems. this is westbound dire

forecasted highs for the afternoon, 86 for sonoma, novato, 87, san rafael, 83 expected there, 78 for , the east bay going to be nice and warm, upper 70s, low 80s, oakland, san leandro over into hayward, 82 castro valley, 88 for danville, low 90s expected for antioch and for brentwood. the santa clara valley going to be warm again, 84 san jose, 90 degrees morgan hill, 88 for los gatos, 87 saratoga and the peninsula here, another gorgeous one, 76 san bruno, mid, upper 60s along the coastline with sunshine, mid- 70s for san francisco, nice day in san francisco if you're heading out to sunday streets. extended forecast here, that temperature you see will continue to climb. take a look, low 70s expected monday, tuesday for the coastline. mid-90s at some point for our inland locations and then wednesday into thursday a trough approaches and we cool back down once again, although we remain above normal in some cases. temperatures look to fall as we roll into friday which happens to be the first day of fall. we will take a look at that sunday streets forecast for you coming up. >>> 7:42. the

. >> mientras tanto en san rafael una persona fue detenida por una posible golpiza y asesinato. >> enostraremos como una mujer en san francisco creo una obra que usa elementos deespues de los atentados ocurridos el 11 de septiembre en las torres gemelas y como podrían ser usados por terroristas. >> además el informe del clima más adelante >>> una artista del área de la bahia nos cuenta como lo hizo y que uso para que sus obras sean reconocidas. >> esta mujer obtuvo todos los elementos de los restos de los atetntados del world trade center. >> su trabajo era tomar las personas en san francisco y llevarlas a sus redicenciañ. >> eschaba el coraje y la frutracion frente a los agenes de seguirdad que les quietaban todos los elementos posibles para otro atentado terrorista después de mucha lucha logro cosneguir todos los elementos decomizados y luegolos unio todos para formar una obra de arte que ahora se exibe. >> después de los atentados ocurridos el 11 de septiembre en las torres gemelas ha cambiado la sociedad y ahora esta bandera hecha de los productos que fueron decomizados en las lin

event at a private home in san rafael's peacock gap neighborhood. bachmann is the favorite among the members of the tea party movement. in most polls, she is currently placed in the upper half of the republican candidates. a crowded field of republican candidates. >> no kidding. maybe they can all gather together and stay warm? >> might not be a bad idea because it was cold. the ballpark, my cousin jane was at the game yesterday, she froze. >> you have to bring blankets to the park. >> exactly. it was cold yesterday and koehler today. , huddle -- it was cold yesterday and colder today. huddle for warmer temperatures. we won't warm up at the coast compared to now. looking at current temperatures 562 in santa rosa, 54 for pacifica, concord at 58. this afternoon, we are definitely on the cool side especially compared to where we should be for this time of the year. here's a look at the average temperatures. look at the numbers we're seeing today. a range between 12 and 10 degrees below average. we are goinghave to wait a couple of days for a warmup. i'