dangerous levelsiód expected fo all of the interior locations from santa rosa to san rafael. so from walnut creek down to pleasanton. and this includes areas in san jose, los gatos and morgan hill with temperatures 90 to 100. take frequent breaks and remember the pets and drink plenty of water. we're back with how long this hot trend lasts coming up in my full forecast. >> thank you, jeff. we'll also continue our coverage of the b.a.r.t. strike and the subsequent commute throughout this evening. live pictures from both the bay bridge on the left side, the bay bridge coming into san francisco. so it looks pretty clear there. this morning it was backed up. the golden gate not much affected from the strike. keep up to the minute, follow us @nbcbay area. >> we got the dogs, we got the wife. it's gone. >>> tragic scene. more than a dozen lives taken by a fast-moving and massive fire in arizona. we're going to have live team coverage of the developing story including a look at the training the front line firefighters in the bay area go through to keep us safe. >> also -- i'm kris sa

san francisco. join us for kron 4's july 4th live tonight. it's the only local, live rafaelas, pleasant hill and san francisco. kron 4's july 4th minutes. >> pam: lady liberty is once again ready for her close- up. for the first time since last october, visitors are allowed back on liberty island. catherine heenan is here with a look at the statue of liberty's comeback after >> catherine: sandy didn't damage the statue itself. but the storm surge covered almost three-quarters of liberty island, ripping up bricks, destroying docks, and debris everywhere. the monument had just reopened the day before the storm after a year of renovations. park officials worked around the clock to make sure the island reopened just in time for this independence day. coming here and seeing visitors from all over the world standing out in front with tears in their eyes look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the roo

the raider -- the new stadium the raiders envision. >> and slugger yoenis cespedes >> covering san rafael and pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 4:42. san francisco police are investigating an accident involving a cable car. a tour bus sideswiped a cable car last night. this photo was posted to our facebook page. a cable car passenger suffered a minor cut. >> the city of san rafael plans to ask voters to approve a sales tax increase. the marin independent journal reports the city council agreed to place a measure on the ballot to review and increase the sales tax. the measure continues the half cent sales tax voters approveed in 2010 and add an officer bringing it to a .75 percent hike hoping to bring in $10.5 million a year. right now it is 8.75 percent. an effort is underway to stop a pest with the potential to do huge damage: it threatens to devastate the fruit industry in california. three fruit we flies were found near downtown san jose. tomas has more on eliminating the fly. >> the inspectors were asked if they could police the fruit fly traps in

we'll bring you the biggest and best fireworks from san rafael, milpitas, pleasant hill and san francisco. kron 4's july 4th live. tonight starting at nine p- m. >> pam: grant lodes? >> we're profiling the bay area's most wanted. and u-c berkeley police are looking for a man who pretended to be a security escort.then propositioned a female student. the student called for and was waiting for a campus escort here at the intersection of shattuck and university avenues. that's where the man approached her.posing as her official security escort. this was last friday night around 11:15. authorities say the man walked the female student home.then asked to use her bathroom. they say he then asked the student to perform a sexual act on him. she refused.and he left without touching her. the man is described as a light skinned white male in his mid-20's. about six feet tall.200 pounds. he has long blonde har that was braided. blonde goatee. he was wearing sunglasses and a tan jacket with the word "bear" on the lapel. actual campus security escorts are called bear- walk escorts.they wear yellow of bl

now take a look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. fine as well as southbound 101 san rafael down into sausalito. all right. for a second straight day now, people are taking advantage of those free shuttle buses provided by bart at 4 east bay stations. let's go live to kpix 5's sue kwon. she is at one of those stations, walnut creek, where commuters were very busy this morning lining up. good morning, sue. >> good morning, we had a long line all starting from about 4:00 this morning. 400 people so far on the way to san francisco. but i have to share this story with you. this is johanna johnson. she had a really bad day yesterday. [ laughter ] >> reporter: what happened? >> uhm, my coworker and i were -- decided to carpool together and so i met her at her house at -- in pittsburg. but highway 4 was gridlocked. so i waited -- we got to her house, we drove to pleasant hill, waited because we thought that the shuttle was at pleasant hill, when in actuality was not. we waited there for maybe an hour, then realized there was no shuttle so w

the golden gate bridge that is looking clear and if you are making the drive between richmond and san rafael, that bridge is at top speed and the dumbarton and to the south. clear conditions. there is a car fire at 580 causing slowing in the eastbound direction. c.h.p. could be reporting it in the wrong direction. we will watch this as the morning wears on. it will be a hot one. folks sitting in the cars will be conditioning. the forecast will be hot. >> a day of hot temperatures up to nine degrees warmer right now in some areas come paired to yesterday. if the air conditioning ran all night, that is why, some areas still in the mid-to-upper 70's and the closer you are to the coast the closer you are to the 50's. we have radar hitting the mid-level moisture and it is not raining outside. excessive heat today and tomorrow, same areas need to be represented north bay, east bay valley and hills, and santa clara valley in the mountains toward santa cruz. today's planner, the next 12 hours, off to a warmer start with mid-50's to mid-60's. by noon, in the 90's inland and 66 at the coast. hazy suns

>> a stalled car headed through san rafael in the southbound direction blocking one lane. as you can see all is green so that means it is top speeds. to the north, though, the one construction project we have going in the bay area will last another seven minutes with some construction work out there. all mass transit is on time with the exception of bart, of course, because there is no service but ace trains and muni and everything is looking clear. we will keep our eye on that. if you are in the east bay, it will be day six for the heat. it is quiet this morning. we have cloud cover along the coast and in the bay. some of the cooler weather from that marine layer has moved in the east bay valley. we were stuck in the 70's this time yesterday and now most of us in the low-to-mid 60's with conquer at 60 degrees and 66 in danville and 63 in dublin and 65 in brentwood and the hills are only 73. yesterday it was 80 so you know how warm the air mass was. all the 50's including 59 at foster city and 57 in district and calistoga and 55 in novato. in is emeryville this morning, a

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same thing for san rafael exploratorium running 6 grease behind. oakland tomorrow 67. 72 the typical high so 5 degree below normal. livermore 9 degrees cooler than average and san jose 77 tomorrow. 6 agree below where you should be this time of year. some of you on social media really saying that you areen jig this weather. get another day of it. area of low pressure cool air mass will be with us for another day. the wednesday coming off the cool ocean water so keep it below average. but then we start to see some changes as hot air mass shifts west ward warmer pattern will develop by the meddle of the week away from the coast line. not feel the heat near the coast here's the week ahead. going up on wednesday but really the heat comes in here by the end of the work week heading into the weekend when you start to see temperatures rising up into the mid 90's range. so tomorrow morning watch out for spotty drizzle. may is need your

san rafael 79 sonoma head out to the east bay. upper 60's around oakland. barecly -- berkeley. morning overcast and sunshine. 76 in union city. inland spots 85 in san ramone. 88 for livermore. 98 in antioch check out the forecast for the first day of the gilroy garlic festival taking place tomorrow. the only thing cooking will be the garlic. not the techlts you can see not the heat out there. this time around. patchy fog at 10:00 o'clock. mid 60's warming up to the mid 70's. by 4:00 p.m. 86 degrees then still mild at 7:00 p.m. in the low 70's and if heading to the gilroy garlic festival this weekend good news it's going to cool off even more. saturday sunday mid upper 80's inland. upper 50's coast side temperatures reach lowest point

same thing for san rafael exploratorium running 6 grease behind. oakland tomorrow 67. 72 the typical high so 5 degree below normal. livermore 9 degrees cooler than average and san jose 77 tomorrow. 6 agree below where you should be this time of year. some of you on social media really saying that you areen jig this weather. get another day of it. area of low pressure cool air mass will be with us for another day. the wednesday coming off the cool ocean water so keep it below average. but then we start to see some changes as hot air mass shifts west ward warmer pattern will develop by the meddle of the week away from the coast line. not feel the heat near the coast here's the week ahead. going up on wednesday but really the heat comes in here by the end of the work week heading into the weekend when you start to see temperatures rising up into the mid 90's range. so tomorrow morning watch out for spotty drizzle. may is need your

san rafael back to the low 80s. staying in the 90s through the weekend inland. sunny skies near the bay. pleasant weather, morning sunshine, mid-70s, and a touch cooler next week. but very pleasant. not hot, but warm. >> we'll take it. internship." interns of all ages at google are enjoying good life -- a 6-thousand dollar >> > the movie, the internship. interns at google are enjoying the good life. a six$6,000 a month salary, and paid for housing. but they're making few friends out of their neighbors. >> some loud parties and some late -night hot tubbing are keeping residents awake in the evening. >> reporter: google interns are

headed away from tracy to dublin westbound 580 antioch to conquer, almost half an hour and 101 from san rafael to san francisco is 16 minutes and outside we go here is a look from central san rafael as we make it to 580 we have good conditions out there. >> in monday done, the salutes for the royal throne heir are underway right now as we wait to see a first look of the newborn baby. >> can you imagine not many new moms have to make a cameo less than a day after birth, but a spokesman is saying this morning that mother, son, and father are all doing well. that is good news. also, we heard from the couple themselves and this is statement released this morning "we thank the staff at the lindo wing and the hospital for the tremendous care the three of us have received." while the couple is being quiet, we have new video this morning as the rest of london prepares to get pretty loud. we are watch be preparations for the gun salutes underway, the king's troop royal horse artillery will fire 41 rounds and the honorable artillery company will fire 62 rounds in the tower london and they are toasting t

and it's coming to san rafael and san rafael has already accepted two priority development areas. these are areas where they've zoned the city so that more dense property, more dense housing can be built. but people are up in arms about it, and there's a candidate that will be running in november for the city council that says that he will withdraw san rafael from those priority development areas if allowed. >> richard, is this primarily an environmental concern? or is there also something going on here, perhaps a tinge of racial discrimination, we don't want low income people especially minority low income people in our community? some people have suggested that. >> well, the proponents of the plan, affordable housing advocates, have made that claim. and it is difficult to get affordable housing developed in marin but i think that's a problem that you'll find throughout the nine counties of the bay area. marin has a very long and proud tradition of protecting open space and i think that plays into it. there are just many, many factors. it's hard to know exactly what predominates.

if you are traveling along 101 from san rafael to san francisco under half an hour and 85 from 101 to cupertino northbound at 17 minutes and 24 from walnut creek through the tunnel, and to 580 at 12 minutes. right now 280 in san jose coming away from 17, a nice drive out there, brisk and accident-free. >> ahead, seven things to know use start your day. >> could superman leave the lakers to be a warrior? what golden state is doing to try to win the the makers of one a day believe, as i do, that everyone should have access to good nutrition. so they're donating two meals to feeding america for every purchase of one a day women's multivitamins. help families across america get nutrition they need. buy one a day women's, make a difference. [ male announcer ] your kids make great things. so give them a tasty, wholesome snack that has eight grams of whole grain... and is now made with real strawberries and bananas. honey maid teddy grahams. two new flavors now made with real fruit. >> so glad you are with us at 5:24, you are looking at view from our mount tamalpais camera east to the sunris

compare that to a very comfortable 78 in san rafael. 61 the high in half moon bay. san jose, 83. san jose right now still enjoying some blue sky. current temperatures, 76. san francisco, because of the fog, 59 right now. 54 in half moon bay. 55 in santa cruz. that's the golden gate bridge, also reports of a lot of mist and drizzle, and that will be on the increase overnight tonight. santa rosa, 75. 81, novato. livermore, still warm, 88. here's the chance for blue sky over san francisco, fog and drizzle overnight. warm to hot inland tomorrow, and then after that, temperatures will start to cool, especially as we get into monday and tuesday. overnight lows tonight, the warmest locations, antioch and oakley, generally mid-to-low 60s. the rest of us will be in the 50s with the fog and drizzle on the increase near the coast. we have been under the influence of high pressure, this bubble of hot air. tomorrow shifts a little towards the east. that will allow cooling inland and also allow this area of cooler air to move in as we head into the first part of next week. so inland temperatur

tracy to dublin is 26 minutes and highway 4 between antioch and concord is 15 minutes and 101 from san rafael to san francisco is also under 20 minutes. walnut creek commute shows few tail lights maybe the southbound drive to highway 24 but all in all, accident free and clear. >> a bay area mom is arrested accused of abandoning her child at a gas station with surveillance video obtained by abc7 news. >> mysterious death of "glee" star. >> a bizarre turn at a local bl >> covering benicia, san ramon and san mateo and all the bay area. >> 4:41. a look at the embarcadero with only one car in the bay and the bay bridge, traffic will pick up . mike, how is the forecast? >>guest: as we have been covering demonstrators took to the streets for protests over the verdict in the george zimmerman trial including in san francisco. >> what about the rights of trayvon? a crowd of 200 protesters marched down market street for the second day of protests over the not guilty verdict. they headed to the shopping district and to the back dairy. protesters say the verdict makes them wonder if there is equal justice

it looks like we'll have 76 degrees in san rafael tomorrow a couple of degrees tomorrow for sunday.ight overnight, a little bit more comfortable than what it has been into the 50s across the board. 54 degrees in pacifica through the central bay all the way into the interior valleys. the winds will dial back. tomorrow's wind out of the west at 15. 66 in san francisco. 77 san jose. low 80s east of the bay. these numbers are now averaging below normal for this time of the year. 80s morgan hill and gilroy. brentwood warm. low 80s in rohnert park. upstream we're talking about 70s, 80s to 90 degrees. here's your extended forecast. the warmest day. weekend will be on sunday. -- the warmest da of the weekend will be sunday. flat numbers every day through friday. that is your pinpoint forecast. we still have vern glenn and sports coming up right after this. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down

golden gate bridge, and they are trying to avoid the freeways, traffic does look good coming from san rafael to the golden gate bridge. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> this is day 2, we will go back to that but we are starting with breaking news from oakland. alex savage is on -- alex savage is at the lake park avenue and we will try to figure out if this was supposed to be a robbery and this is where a deadly shooting happened inside the restaurant. they are searching for at least two shooters and this is the scene as the coroner removed the bodies in this case. the one of the victim -- one of the victims worked here for the last four years. this shooting happened last night at the restaurant on lake park avenue. police say there were four employees and several customers inside the restaurant. during the hold up, one employee triggered the silent t gunman started shooting. a police told us, in response to these killings, we will hold two people whose can't. >> they were doing their job and you unfortunately they were killed while doing their job and we will be working with the community

live fireworks show in the bay area. >> pam: we'll bring you the biggest and best fireworks from san rafael, milpitas, pleasant hill and san francisco. kron 4's july 4th live. >> jacqueline: looking like that the golden gate bridge and seek a patch of fog. right now temperatures still haunt our roundup coastline. 100 and fairfield. to mount another hot day in store for us. not as quite as hot as it is today. we are going to be seeing some dramatic cooling toward the weekend. thunderstorms as the tropical moisture states in the north east. this of tropical moisture will continue to affect us with the pressure steam or is it will start moving in tomorrow. ninety's out there in a number of places like cupertino. the '90s and the triple digits with 11 in plaza 10. 70's and 80's for the east bay shore spirit seabury's went back up tomorrow afternoon. see breeze when wind. around 930 it will be a lot more. so mainly clear skies things are looking good and the forecast. tomorrow still hot but a lot cooler into friday and saturday. morning up a little bit towards monday and tuesday. >> pam: so you

from antioch to concord, that is 18 minutes. 101, san rafael to san francisco is only 16 minutes. in san jose, 280 away from 17 is quiet. now too many cars. three vehicles only in the northbound direction. go to abc7news.com/contest and you can drive away with a brand new matter car. we will announce the lucky winner on friday, august 2, here on abc7 news. be smart and enter now. >> i have wondered what it is like to drive those. >> they are fun in the city and parking is easy were they are zippy. that is why i love them. i get to drive a rally red, that is the color, and it is zippy and fast and easy to of this gate on san francisco streets so good luck to everyone out there. >> and great gas mileage, 36 miles per gallon, a lot of mile average. >> the artemis racing team could practice for america's cup race. we were before the new boat after it launched in san francisco bay making adjustments to the catamaran and artemis has been out of action since the crew member and olympian andrew simpson died to may on a practice run. the team expects to race again next month. >> coming up,

in between san rafael, vallejo and san jose well into the 90s once again.after july 4 after the holiday we'll cool down. look at the weekend. saturday, sunday beautiful this thing will be a memory but this is one of the longest heat waves we have seen in several years. more than a week with temperatures in the triple digits. that's rare. >>> still ahead, how a bay area restaurant became a murder scene and the clues that led police to the suspect. >> oakland is out of control. we need help. >> plus, how pg&e workers were terrorized inside a trench. >> and this traffic picture is not frozen. this is literally the commute trying to get out of san francisco. the long ride home. we have crews on the ground, we have crews in the sky. we're monitoring the evening commute from the traffic center coming up. ,, sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus,

and 101 is clear great san rafael. >> ahead, seven things to know of with you >> as we hand things offerica mchere are seven things to know before you go. breaking news is a three-alarm fire in san mateo left people in six apparents homeless from smoke and water damage and 100 residents were evacuatessed at the complex on the parkway but they have been allowed back in. it started in a dryer and spread between the walls. >> protests turn violent in oakland in the second day of demonstrations over the george zimmerman verdict. protests jammed the streets near oakland city hall last night and vandalized businesses and throwing rocks at police. protesters in san francisco ended peacefully. >> autopsy results are pending for the third victim of the plane crash at sfo, the 15-year-old died on friday after suffering severe head injuries in the crash. two classmates also 16, died. >> we have an amber alert in effect still for a missing toddler in oakland, 21-month-old daphne viola webb died after her dad says he left her in the car to go into a store. a weekend search near the family home came

traffic from tracy to dublin/pleasanton at 4 minutes andant york to concord is 26 minutes and from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. drive the smart way at abc7news.com/contest and you can drive away with a brand new smart car. we will announce the lucky winner next friday. >> pope francis has a packed schedule today in rio de janeiro where he will bless the olympic flag, visit a slum and address up to a million young roman catholics on the beach. this is pope francis in rio de janeiro with the mayor and greeting other dignitaryies and he is going to be here today after visiting a rio de janeiro hospital yesterday that treated substance abusers criticizeing localizing drugs in latin american. he is in brazil for young day. >> and who was behind the hack of a mexican grill? a company hacked itself and have confessed to hacking their account as part of a promotional campaign confusing tweets posted on sunday on the twitter feed, random thoughts that did not make sense. according to the restaurant it was a publicity stunt to spark conversation. it worked. chipolte gained 4,000 new twitt

and throw minute ride and 27 minutes along westbound four from antioch and 101 southbound from san rafaeln francisco, that is under 20 minutes. if san jose right now we will look at the drive along 101 away from 880, headed to the san jose airport, you are look at a quick drive so no delays. not yet. >> we start at 6:30 with developing news from oakland. at this hour, an amber alert is in affect for a missing toddler. katie marzullo is outside of the home of the girl's father where there are new developments. katie? >> the police have been here all morning until just the last second. you can see the house, a crime scene tape is in front but the uniform police officer and the patrol cars have left. this is video from the last 30 minutes of extra police officers arriving on the scene with k nine units, and they went inside with thing dos. we-- with the dogs. it looks like they have been inside with the dogs for a sweep this morning but not here long. the uniformed officers have left. look, now, at a picture of the girl, 21-month-old daphne viola webb. her dad left her in a car with his mom

easy look towards the southbound direction of 101 through san rafael. this is not showing problem but was an issue for 128 north. reports of fire off the shoulder of the road, month cello dam. eastbound lanes affected there. there's traffic control. smooth drive across the richmond/san rafael bridge. san mateo, dumbarton no problems. again, not a problem. just a few more cars. the south bay moves smoothly through the area. we'll look at the drive here heading south through fremont as well. nice smooth flow of traffic, no problems. 680 smoothly out of sunol into the same area of fremont. the northbound route, taillights past high street. construction cleared from the shot. we may have more sites through downtown. no incidents reported but activity all the time in the area. i'll check for the number its freeway. >> you like to cook, right? >> i love it. >> save recipes. a 12-year-old girl has a great summer story to share. kids' state dinner at the white house. rose scott won the invite to dine with the obamas. her recipe for pork and ftofu lettuce cups.

is blocking two lanes at this hour so you might see some slow downs as you make the drive from san rafael and toward san francisco. so, again, 101 freeway, we do have two lanes blocked at bridge boulevard. our waze app shows this crash which is another overturned vehicle along the sue thole grade -- sunol grade it is cleared. there was a major accident an everdowned vehicle that is cleared. we are still down to 14 miles per hour and you can always track your traffic with the abc7 news exclusive waze app at apple app and google play. right now the metering lights are on the toll lazy and it is busy from emeryville to san francisco at ten minutes. >> happening today, the first national blood drive for gay men is a protest of a 1977 federal ban on blood donation from gay and bisexual men. today 52 cities are encouraging mobile vans will test you for h.i.v. and those with clean tests will take their paperwork inside to try to donate after they get turned away protesters land to send their h.i.v. test results to the f.d.a. to prove mayor blood was clean. the bay area doesn't have any cities ta

highway 4 from antioch to concord is 16-minute drive and 101 southbound from san rafael to thety is 16-minute commute. outside, speaking of which, from santa benicia to central san rafael we are looking at headlights that are quiet and still, the top speeds out there. for the commuters, drive the smart way at abc7news.com abc7news.com/contest, you could drive away with a brand new smart car on friday august 2. just a couple more days to enter. be smart. enter now. >> coming up, a special day of fun at a bay area amusement park for families who serve. >> you will see what happens when you >> welcome back, the grand opening of the new san jose earthquake stadium is being delayed after construction crews hit unexpected roadblocks. the stadium is being built west of san jose airports on coleman avenue. crews have run into tough conditions including water-filled underground vaults and steel beams and concrete and munitions from a former factory at the site. the stadium should be open for the second half of next season for theers. >> there will be international champions cup a match between

bay to marin county, and 101 headed through san rafael and through the tunnel to get over the golden gate bridge it is clear. the bay bridge is moving swiftly at 53 miles per hour approaching treasure island. the rest of the drive is good headed into san francisco and we have c.h.p.-issued high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge that could slow you down. 80 is 13 minutes from highway four to the maze and 101 san francisco to sfo is 12 minutes. 580 from tracy to castro valley is 33 minutes. san jose, 101, away from 880, just 12 minutes from 85 to the san jose airport. katie marzullo and eric? >> we have a new abc7 news smartphone app to help you keep track of the weather and traffic and you can watch breaking news. it is easy to download at abc7news.com/app. remember, if you have our current app you need to download the new one because the old one is going away. >> coming up, a barbie make year. an artist has created a different investigation of the popular toy. >> disruptions of a volcano that >> ever wonder what barbie would look like with a more realistic figure? the first is t

and in san rafael. fair and if you are going in that direction, you have a splendid weather day in store. upper 80s. and bit warm in the neighborhood. and warm enough to get out there and play in the swimming pool. > le two for cupertino and 74 in screws. and nice day to head to the boardwalk and low 80s. for palo alto. and 67 degrees in san francisco with the he sea breeze picking up once again this afternoon. >> extented forecast here. >> warming trend will continue. warming above the seasonal average and not bad to what we saw earlier in the week. >> monday, little change on tuesday. >> looking up the inland cam counsel mitts. and the weather pattern turns -- inland and upper 70s as we get into monday, tuesday. 60s remaining at the coast. i will have a few view of the sunday numbers coming up. >>> happening rights now. firefighters are at the scene of an apartment fire that displaced more than 50 people. it happened at the hall mark house apartments. it happened around 1:45. some people were hanging

in san rafael. and 58 for sausalito. 70 for oakland and over the east bay hills. it is not as hot. >> 91 for livermore. low 90s. for brentwood and into the santa clara valley. and 81 for san jose. we have 70s for the peninsula this afternoon. and 79 for released. and for the -- for redwood city and temperatures will be cooling off as we get into monday, tuesday. rebounding wednesday into thursday. you can see back into the low 09s and 70s. around the because and 60s. at the coast with the possibility of a shower or two coming in. primarily monday night into tuesday. we will have a look at the sunday lunchtime numbers coming up. >> tomorrow, her cue least will have the name of a man they call a hero. >> what he did to rescue a stranger from a home. >>> a senior editor takes to twitter to respond to critics. >> first, we will take you outside. it is foggy out there. and it will burn off eventually. there is the golden gate bridge you are looking at. and no delays for you in and out of san francisco. i

delays as you can see 580 is packed out there and 880, as will with, you can take the richmond-san rafael bridge with top speed to the north by through san francisco, now, as we go to our pictures, well look at the toll plaza and we have the metering lights on and that is causing delays, but, we will go to berkeley where you can see the jam, the university avenue overcrossing right there and we have backups for miles. it will take you at least 30 minutes to head away from the hoffman split all the way into san francisco. >> now, another smart solution if your commute? avoid berkeley drive. go to abc7news.com/contest right now and you could drive away with a brand new matter car. we will announce the lucky win we on friday, august 2nd, right here on abc7 news. be matter. enter now. mike nicco? >> thank you, leyla gulen, we will start with the wind. it is friday and you like to kickoff and head to the bay sure or a boat on the water it will be hoppy with -- it will be choppy. the sea breeze has increased and we have an area of low pressure off the coast that will keep the sea breeze in our

index is high. 101 in san rafael is quiet this morning and not dealing with the mist and drizzle. temperatures today are the big story from five degrees cooler-than-average in oakland to six in san francisco and seven, eight, nine, for san jose live more and redwood city and napa. 19 days in a row we had 100-degree heat in fresno today and only 97. 107 in palm springs and 80 in los angeles and tahoe. 62 in monterey. >> mike, pretty quiet on the roads but for a little bit of mist and drizzle we saw it on the golden gate bridge. if you are headed out of sausalito to san francisco, be careful. we also have this closure, a sig-alert because of a big-rig fire which is shut down and will be shut down until 8:00 a.m. between sunset road and haven woo avenue with detours around this. at highway 580, that is getting slower as we speak coming from tracy to dublin and we have eastbound project between flynn and greenville road lasting until 9:00 a.m. and the traffic around all of our briggs and the richmond and san rafael at 12 minutes and the dumbarton is ten-minute commute westbound directi

there are thousands of teens in foster care who don't need perfection, they need you. >> coughing san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> 4:40 a.m. and this is san francisco downtown in the dark. how is the great of the? much like yesterday. mike will fill you in. >> cab drives in san francisco will rally today to protest what they call the illegal taxi services, a ride-sharing program. they say these programs violate laws because they operate for profit by recruiting drivers with a promise of making money. the cab drives say this avoids regulation and accountability such as vehicle inspection and driver qualifications and insurance requirements. the rally starts at noon at city hall. >> kids in san francisco will get more than new notebooks and pencils in a few weeks. new water fountains are installed this summer for refilling water bottles and put in to meet a state mandate requiring access to fresh drinking water as cafeterias. nine schools are already using them. >> kids drink more water because it is an important health benefit to get away from drink

not triple digit but tied the record hi for this date in san rafael.ight now golden gate bridge. clear sky above which means good viewing conditions for the fireworks. temperatures even at this hour still pretty much on the mild to warm side. 70 grease at san francisco. 64 santa cruz. another live view from the high definition roof top camera looking sort of northward. could see coyote tower in the back browned there off to the left and we have warmer readings i just showed you before. 85 right now in santa rosa. 81 fairfield. 80 in livermore still a lot of warmth holding on. different view of coyote tower from the exploring camera under bright clear sky. forecast feature are these. we have heat wave ending officially tonight. fog returns to the coast officer knight and starts to cool us down. cooling pattern continue in the middle of next week. pull back and give you a view of the atmosphere. big hot air mass that brought us triple digit reading the last week. sliding back eastward moving away from the bay area moving in our direction. cool air mass f

san francisco will stay cool. 78 in san rafael.nd we expect a chance of thunderstorms to stay at least for the next 24 hours. the more humid flow. and the seven-day forecast, things will dry out and get back to normal as we head through thursday and friday. if you're up to the sierra, expect the possibility of the thunderstorms throughout the rest of the work week. and as we head through the upcoming weekend, temperatures in the low to mid-90s. even on a monday, it's never too early to look at the weekend, right? >> yes. >> we got a lot of rain in the last few weeks. >> good for the drought. but going to be dicey tomorrow. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, divers get a little too close and personal with a whale off california's coast. >>> b.a.r.t. debuted its new train car today. you can check it out in oakland. this is b.a.r.t.'s first redesign in 40 years. and public opinions has been instrumental in the updated look. the new trains will also have an extra door and wider aisles. more than 400 new cars will arrive in the summer of

the average is going to be five degree change from yesterday oakland and san rafael 12 degrees warmer. we will reach 100's in palm springs. how are the roads? the sig-alert has officially canceled in walnut creek so southbound 680 still has yet to recover however all lanes have re-opened and a sig-alert canceled. as you can see, there is still a string of tail lights making it down to 24. on 24 you are going to be in really good shape. the drive time traffic around other parts of the bay area traveling along highway 4 in the westbound direction from antioch to hercules is 45 minutes cop -- commute and seven minutes to get great 87 to 85 to the san jose airport. that is walnut creek at 680 still slow and sluggish down to highway 4 but you can use taylor boulevard to pleasanton hill. >> with summer a lot people are in the woods and camping and a new warning on ticks and mosquitoes. the environmental work group's new guidelines say deet can cause seizures and eye problems and neurological damage so use it cautiously. reviews say the only effective repellant is oil lemon. repel amendments

in the richmond-san rafael bridge we have volume building into san rafael at 52 miles per hour for top speed. at highway four we have a construction project until 3:00 p.m. with fence work port chicago morning and southbound on-ramp to eastbound highway four shut down until 3:00 p.m. and westbound highway four from antioch to pittsburg is slow at 44 miles per hour in pittsburg. in san jose, the drive away from 17 is six minutes northbound to cupertino. kristen and eric? >> ahead, seven things to know as you start your day. >> disgraced cyclist lance armstrong reveal what happens is next for him when he will put on the racing jersey. >> the most hazardous amateur sports is off and k9 advantix ii not only kills fleas and ticks, it also repels most ticks before they can attach. the leading brand kills, but doesn't repel. a tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. get veterinarian recommended k9 advantix ii! >> it is 5:23 and we have the wreckage of asiana flight 214 at sfo runway where ntsb continues to look through debris and wreckage seeking clues. we have a

fact out there, and it is almost and there were foggy conditions, maybe it is a little cooler and san rafael, san francisco, about 3 to 5 degrees cooler than what we saw and losing that cloud deck, that is what we saw. high pressure will be in about a week, my favorite things come as advertised. yesterday that high started to build in some inland temperatures and the inland temperatures get hot and the coast doesn't. temperatures 60 tos 90s. this does not look as an 9078 to 1 and for others coast and bay 60s and 70s. >>> we have a special ceremony honoring nelson mandela, the former leader turns 95 today. >>> and what happened on a busted month rail -- month rail. >>> we will tale you more about the -- we will tell you more about the morning commute, stay tuned. . >>> happening today, nelson mandela is celebrating his 95th birthday. he remains in a south africa hospital but there are handwritten notes outside of the hospital wishing him a happy birthday. they are encouraging him to take part in nelson mandela day. >>> the bay area also honored mandela for the grace cathedral. he brought toge

and best fireworks from san rafael, milpitas, pleasant hill and san francisco. coming up on the kron four morning news and here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge we are expecting a lot less traffic because it is the fourth of july. this bart strike has forced thousands to use their own vehicles but today, it is expected to be much lighter. we will be back. >> this morning brings itbeeness than a demovegypt. cnn's andrew spencerreport the l community -- including the united states -- is calling for calm and for peace. >> this is not about just the election, is about the democracy. it is not just about the elections. >> it is also how you work with the opposition, and other voices and treating minorities. >> reporter: the president issued a statement from his situation room and is deeply concerned. when they wanted non-violent behavior and requested calm echoing president obama's 30 people dead and others wounded. the egyptian military has not commented publicly about morsy's whereabouts, but a muslim brotherhood spokesman tells c-n-n the deposed president h

looking at our highs for today, 75 degrees in richmond, 77 degrees in san rafael, 66 in san francisco the courtyard. they're here. a lot of fun out here in times square this morning. great crowd on this wednesday. just saw josh. out on his way to l.a., to meet up with robin for the espys tonight. we have a lot more going on this morning. >>> coming up on the show, we're celebrating america all month long. and this week, is all about you, our viewers. we asked you to share your summer hot spots with us. we got so many submissions from all over the country. >> one clue right now. a quick snapshots of our choice for today. >> that's gorgeous. >> that's pretty, isn't it? any guesses? >> looks like a lake. >> either that or a natural -- it's so far away. looks like a natural bridge to me. >> oh, yeah. you're exactly right. >> oh. it was be like if you were looking down into it. >> you're blind, elizabeth. >> i can see there were a lot of -- guessing it's a place where there might be good fish. >> you should stick around to find out. >> very intriguing. >> that lake. >> thanks, lara. >>> al

looks pretty clear out of the north bay through san rafael over the golden gate bridge into san franciscoe 280 and 101 really starting to punch buffalo -- bunch up through approaching 180. the westbound bridge, that pass causing major delays from hercules into el cerrito, albany and berkeley. check out that drive along northbound 880. it is jam-packed and the drive coming out of walnut creek through orinda, just inching along on so many of the roadways. we'll keep you updated also via twitter on how long that commute is going to be. kristen? >> leyla, thank you so much. >>> one of the jammed-up spots all morning is the bay bridge toll plaza. here's another live look at that. you can really see how the cash-paying lanes have just been slow and some people are kind of trying to cheat, get into the car pool lane when they're just a solo driver or two. eight people have been pulled over in the last couple hours with fines $381 and up. please be careful this morning. we have another live look for you. this is from our cell 7 technology camera. this is approaching the bay bridge toll plaza, try

the earlier crash at regatta boulevard at the richmond san rafael bridge. we'll take you over toward the tri-valley where we have slowing as well. this is west 580 out of the altamont pass. the bulk of the slowing clearing by the time you get toward north first. still we have speeds coming down into the mid 50s approaching the dublin interchange and west 84 to the bottom of your screen. speeds slowing from val sooet seed tas toward 680. we'll look at the south bay in the next report. >>> new this morning, this is monumental and very progressive. pope francis saying he will not judge gay priests. the pope making those remarks moments ago on board the papal plane on his way back to the vatican from brazil saying, quote, if someone is gay who searches for the lord and who has good will, who am i to judge? the pope made these remarks during a press conference with reporters that touched on a wide range of tropicings ranging from reports of a so-called gay lobby inside the vatican to what he carries inside his briefcase. for the record, he says he carries a razo

finals at wimbledon. >>> the marin county fair is back for a five-day run starting today up in san rafaele of academics pairing yours truly are fifth graders in a test of knowledge. sort of. >> who painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel? [ whispering ] >> we think the answer is leonardo da vinci. [ buzzer ] >> that would be incorrect. >> the correct answer is the other guy, michelangelo. [ laughter ] >> on what continent is bolivia? >> south america. >> and that too is correct. >> whoo! >> mike tyson once said when his boxing career was over he is going to just fade into bolivia. [ laughter ] >> he really did. [ laughter ] >> hey, true story, yeah, i blew the first question. but i ran the table with the last 8 finished in second place won $200 for schools rule in marin. that's a nice corelation that benefits the education up in marin. >> good deal. but the one you blew, did you see the look on the kids' says in. >> he looked at you like you -- >> gave you the dude! >> michelangelo. >> never forget it. >> never forget it. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com [ tele

and 91 in san rafael. 86 in san jose coesite were in the '60s just as we expected.og will be brief through the morning hours of harassing sunshine for most of the day. sting cooler as we head into freddie's in saturday. it can become more extensive and that will mean cooler temperatures. so here is look at fault tractor. fog tracker! >> jacqueline: by o'clock the fog will be back to be many bay shores and then back to the coast line by 10. again very similar to stock today. temperature wise futurecast said at the and a clock a few low 76 by noon temperatures climbing into the '70s and '80s hinting at the '90s. represented by the red on your screen. as we head into the 3:00 hour you do see some of those 90 start and leadbelly's and through the set parsons of the south bay. so here's a look at temperatures in your neighborhood. 85 in sunnyvale and san jose. 90 in concord. 96 and antioch and 954 pleasanton. 70's for the most are for east bay shores. for extended forecast tomorrow similar conditions than today. as we head into friday saturday and sunday and monday, a tr

it is holding pretty good from san rafael to santa rosa. upper 60s around san francisco.f moon bay, it will stay with you through throughout much of the day, beautiful lake tahoe, 83 degrees with mostly sunny conditions. with the low clouds and fog, it's 56 in santa rosa. 58 in napa. 60 by the delta. a little bit of a breeze, south wind up to 23 miles an hour. we've got low 60s with the sunny start in union city and los gatos. we are looking at gray skies across the bay. oakland, high definition emeryville camera, berkeley marina looking west and clouds will be slow to clear in north bay and san francisco. otherwise cooler pattern holding steady and slightly warmer weather comes our way tomorrow by about 2-4 degrees and still a little bit of warming on tap for monday and tuesday. not much, readings getting up to where they should be for early to mid-july. then after that, looks like we're going to cool back again. this morning, we are a little cooler from san jose to mountain view compared to yesterday at this time. with the cloud cover, the numbers are held down. santa r