one sausalito city councilwoman says it's too popular. there are way too many people. g needs to be done. if you're a tourist visiting the bay area, biking the bridge into sausalito is almost required. it was for grant and carla from ireland. >> we were literally on the bridge, looked down and went oh my god. it was spectacular. >> reporter: between april and october tourists renting bikes in record numbers. they bike from san francisco to sausalito and ride the ferry back, leaving few places to sit onboard. some downtown streets have become a bike parking lot. >> that's a thousand rental bikes a day coming into our small town and it's just unsustainable to have those numbers exponentially increase every year. >> reporter: sausalito city councilwoman linda pfeifer says it's a matter of safety with cars and pedestrians. she wants to regulate the number of rental bikes coming into town. the idea of a bike restriction isn't pedaling very far with companies like blazing saddles. the safety video comes first. >> make sure you ride single file. >> reporter: owners are aware t

. >> we have have been working with the sausalito city council and police department over the last severale situation over there. >> reporter: linda pfeiffer said 1,000 bikes a day come to sausalito during spring and summer. she says enough. >> i want to look at regulating the number of rental bikes, because it's a safety issue. >> reporter: pfeiffer doesn't have a plan yet but says return ferries to san francisco are always crowded, and some downtown streets have become bike parking lots. tourists say they wouldn't miss it. >> they say come to sausalito over the bridge. >> reporter: ken robinson said bikes bring tourists who bring money. >> if you're going to live here you can't have the butteeauty of sausalito and keep tourists out. >> i think it would be a little bit stupid. >> it's tilly being pro-tourist. it's pro safety. >> reporter: they're rerouting tour buses away from downtown streets. some bikes could be next. in sausalito, cornell bernard abc # p news. >>> coming up next on abc 7 news at 9:00 the miracle baby who survived a car crash. >> the baby was trapped upside down as the

. >>> one sausalito city council memorial says the city may have to restrict the number of bikes that roll town during the weekend. more than 1,000 bicyclists have pour into the city. an increasing number are renting bikes in san francisco to ride across the golden gate bridge. the city council is worried about more congestion. however, it's not clear if the city can legally restrict the number of bikes. trying to wonder how you would do that. there's 1,000, 1,001. you have to stop. >> i know. >>> sal is back. good to see you back. >> yay, sal is back. >> can you take care of our folks on the roads? >> yes, we can. we see a lot of east bay traffic that's very slow on this thursday. westbound 80 is going to be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. you will see it's backed you for a 25-minute -- backed up for a 25-minute delay. getting to the eastshore freeway will be tough as you drive through. we have a lot of slow livermore traffic as you drive to the dublin canyon. traffic is going to be slow and then 680 is also slow as you head south. so you have a lot of slow traffic in that area as

sausalito. some say it's attracting too many people. abc7 news is live with more. >> biking from the city to sausalito is cool and soon thousands will start converging here every day. one city council woman says it's getting too crowded and too dangerous. >> tourists know where they want to go. >> it's a beautiful place. and a bicycle is the best way to get there. >> the suggestion is a problem. >> we have been working with the police department and ferry companies to help improve the situation over there. >> the city council woman says a thousand bikes per day come during spring and summer. she says enough. >> i want to look at regulating the number of bikes because it's a safety issue. some streets have become bike parking lots. tourists say they won't miss it. >> if you're going to live here you can't have the beauty here and keep people out. >> it's -- it would be a stupid. >> it's pro tourist and pro safety. >> some bikes could be next. >> police issued an alert for a stolen urn full of ashes it looks like this. we'll show it to you in just a moment. taken in a burglary last month an

sausalito. some say it's attracting too many people. abc7 news is live with more. >> biking from the city will start converging here every day. one city council woman says it's getting too crowded and too dangerous. >> tourists know where they want to go. >> it's a beautiful place. and a bicycle is the best way to get there. >> the suggestion is a problem. >> we have been working with the police department and ferry companies to help improve the situation over there. >> the city council woman says a thousand bikes per day come during spring and summer. she says enough. >> i want to look at regulating the number of bikes because it's a safety issue. some streets have become bike parking lots. tourists say they won't miss it. >> if you're going to live here you can't have the beauty here and keep people out. >> it's -- it would be a pro safety. >> some bikes could be next. >> police issued an alert for a stolen urn full of ashes it looks like this. we'll show it to you in just a moment. taken in a burglary last month and contains remains of the victim's deceased mother. so you can understan

city. >> then sunny warm sausalito. >> a little rain this morning, big changes ahead. 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have all the details coming up. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. albany police are being tight-lipped, not saying very much about a rare murder in their city tonight. but abc 7 news has learned that the victim may have recently met someone online. laura anthony is live at albany police headquarters tonight with new information on this crime. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. that information came from family members not from albany police. they say they will have an update sometime this afternoon. we have yet to hear from them. >> and i heard like somebody was crying. >> reporter: anwaur hussein lives just a few yards from where his neighbor was found dead monday afternoon inside her apartment, discovered by her cousin. >> i heard a young man on the phone calling the police or you know he was saying that you know can somebody come and help, my cousin has been killed in her apartment. >> so when

sausalito. san mateo bridge, eastbound roadwork continues. we have been seeing a lot of this overnight between foster city boulevard and clawiter. it's counter-commute no problems to hayward. between daly city and san francisco, they are doing roadwork on connector ramps near northbound 101 and northbound 280. in fact we are seeing slowdowns on the sensors a lot of this should be wrapping up in the next 20 minutes. that's "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> 4:36. a violent beating caught on camera. it turns out a berkeley goodwill ambassador was the one throwing punches in a nasty street fight. christin ayers shows us the fallout. >>> reporter: in a matter of seconds it goes from an argument -- [ yelling ] >> reporter: -- to assault. the man you see landing punches on a transient in berkeley last friday was called by workers at a nearby store to ask a couple of of the homeless men to leave. he does and then he attacks them. at one point slamming the other man against a wall. [ cursing ] >> we're very saddened by this and i'm shocked. >> reporter: the ceo of the berkeley downtown association

several other bay area cities will seek hikes starting april 1, including pinole richmond and sausalito. >>> a popular bay area web company has spent fours repelling a cyber attack from china. give hub says it's working to fend off attacks. they let companies work together to develop software. >>> a lot of skin and a lot of controversies. scantily clad women. you see them just about every tech conference. but now one conference is taking a stand, and banning the so-called booth babes. scott budman, a veteran of many of the tech shows. what is the story? >> well raj, things could change here if other tech shows follow suit from what we're about to show you. and let's be honest. scantily clad women are not going to help your sale or help members of the press better understand your company's mission. but they might make some people uncomfortable. the one bay area show is about to get less revealing. you see them dancing at trade shows. sometimes sitting on a tank at trade shows. they're money in the tech industry as booth babes, attractive women trying to lure convention going techies to c

peninsula and millbrae at 59, redwood city and los altos at 75 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast and nearly accident in downtown and south san francisco and sausalitothrough the north bay valley and local 70s along the east bay shore and mid-70s to nearly 80 degrees at antioch and brentwood. as far as tonight we are in the mid-40's to low 50s again like the last couple of mornings and here is our surface feature where high pressure dominating our forecast and making it our warmest day today. and the storm is the one that will swipe us with a chance of a light shower across the north bay friday night and another system will come further south sunday into monday bringing the rest of us a chance of a light shower may .1" to quarter of an inch. today is the warmest, get used to let 60 at the coast friday through sunday and low-to-mid 76 for the rest of us and coolest with a chance of rain on monday and low-to-upper 60. have a good week. >> we go to the bay bridge if the commute takes you across the eastern span into san francisco you will be stalled because it is jammed. but when you are on the span it is moving nicely. we had an early accident headed

sausalito and doyle drive heading into san francisco. same thing along the peninsula. maybe you're continuing on 101. through san bruno into redwood city green on the sensors. same thing on 280. as you can see if you're traveling to san jose. so far we're relatively problem free and we put up these live drive time sensors for you and you can get a feel that everything is pretty much moving at the speed limit. out of morgan hill or always ride mass transit. everything is on time for b.a.r.t. as well. that's your latest kcbs drive to work. gosh a gorgeous weekend. let's check the forecast. >>> 86 degrees yesterday. in livermore. that was the warmest location in and around the microclimates, the weather watchers reporting in at this hour and it looks like 48 degrees. linda i think she's the one reporting this morning for us. let's take a look. thanks linda for rising and shining with us here at kpix 5. other notable numbers at this hour in the 40s and in the 50s. it is 48 degrees north of the golden gate bridge. in santa rosa. otherwise 51 in throughout the tri-valley. currently 54 degrees in san francisco and a bit of a cooldown today. b

city from marin county no troubles getting there. we haven't seen any crews yet so far just a couple of cars heading out of sausalito. san mateo bridge also moving at the speed limit. so far so good out of hayward. no weather related advisories and really except for that incident there in san francisco, the rest of the chp reports are relatively quiet. even on the approaches to the bay bridge. we're noticing any of the usual -- seeing any of the usual overnight road work on the span. westbound 80 looks okay to fremont street exit and mass transit is on time. that's your latest kcbs traffic. back to you guys. >>> thank you liz. gas prices continue the rapid climb up nearly 50 crepts a gallon in the last week alone. take a look at the average prices here in the bay area according to gasbuddy.com -- prices are expected to jump another 20 cents in the next few weeks peaking in late march. >>> all right time now is 4:35. the lapd is hoping wince video will determine what happened before officers shot and killed a homeless man. [ sound of gunfire ] the scuffle and then the shots were recorded on a cell phone before the gun

and south san francisco and sausalito and up to bodega bay, upper 60s to low 70s through the north bay valley and upper 60s to nearly 70 along the east bay shore with union city and castro valley and oakland and 70 and inland, we have 71 in walnut creek and san ramon and 75 in brentwood. tonight, we will have the clouds lingering and temperatures are milder when you wake up tomorrow morning for the walk to the coffee shop upper 40s to hid 50s and areas of high pressure are overrun by the cloud cover today but as we fast forward we will see the clouds wreck up tomorrow, and a little bit such shine and on sunday morning we have a chance of sprinkles with light showers as the moisture comes in and we will have a better chance during the everyone showers and interest monday and that is why the temperatures will cool today through monday and tuesday and when of next week, look at that 60s and 70s, to 60s and 80's. have a great weekend. leyla? >> here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza we have a couple of cars starting to collect in the far left hand lanes, and it is light. it is a convey it start to our friday morning and we will see if it is going to be frida

city and mountain view and mid-to-upper 70s on the peninsula. the coast is in the mid-to-upper 60 but low-to-mid 70s for south san francisco downtown and sausalito and 5 in petaluma the cool spot to 80 in santa rosa and calistoga and along the east bay shore we go from 75 in berkeley to 80 in castro valley and fremont and warmer weather inland low-to-mid 80's with the cool spot at fairly concord and san ramon and pittsburg at 82. tonight is nice with clouds along the coast and that will spill inland keeping our temperatures in the low-to-mid 50 but inland we are in the upper 40s. my seven-day forecast shows four to six degrees cooler tomorrow and 80's holding on inland and 80's are gone by saturday as the breezy and cooler air makes it inland and in the mid-60s at the coast mid-70s around the bay and low 80's inland, sunday, and influence wednesday. have a good one. >> if you are planning on driving by the tank, 87 near san jose, you increase good shape. no problems, no accidents to report. we will take you to the north bay and we are seeing the we orange where we have possible fog affecting the commute and we will see if that is, in fact the ca

city. a seven-alarm fire ripped through multiple buildings. the possible cause of this afternoon's explosion. >>> a special anniversary in sausalito, and why the work isn't over yet. >>> taking a stand what has a top bay area tech executive fired up this afternoon. >>> a reminder today's your chance to get your tax questions answered with a 7 on your side tax expert using the tax hotline. michael finney is live with tax specialists to take your phone calls and answer your questions they will be there up until 8:00 p.m. call the number on your screen. we'll have the experts offering assistance in >>> developing news as we come up on 4:30 here a fire and explosion leveled part of a building in new york city today. a second billing was so damaged it will probably have to come down. at least a dozen people were injured. the fire started with a blast that appears to be a gas explosion. construction crews were working in the building at the time. >> people around the bay area are paying tribute to michael johnson, the san jose police officer who was killed in the line of duty on tuesday. david louie tweeted this picture as the santa cruz police chie

low-to-mid 60's along the coast and sausalito is upper 60s to 70 degrees and mid-60 from bodega bay and mid-to-upper 70s inland. fremont at 74 behind oakland and union city of nights we will have the marine layer of clouds in the usual spot but upper 40s to my 50s and this area of high pressure is going to take away the cloud cover from yesterday and pump in some warm and dry air starting today and especially toll and to a lesser extent on friday with the breeze developing hitting the inland areas by saturday. you will be used to mid-60s and along the coast and mid-70s around the bay and 80 inland next week. >> one problem after another this morning. i have word of a car and a pedestrian at the intersection right here in crockett east of i-80. we will keep our eye on this. in san jose we have been telling you about the material incident last night a fallen officer in san jose with a procession taking place at senter road and closing roads in the area. watch out for that. you are told to avoid the area until you live this. berkeley drive along i-80 is slow and from the hoffman split to the maze that is how long it will take you from i-80, 23 minutes and p

good ten-degree drop today and 74 in redwood city and 69 in millbrae and low-to-mid 60 along the coast and nearly 70 downtown in south san francisco and sausalitoor 15-degrees warmer inland and along the east bay shore from 71 in berkeley to 72 in oakland and castro valley at 7 a and a few 80s inland and represent wood -- and brentwood. my seven-day outlook shows two or three degrees cooler tomorrow with a few high cloys mixing in and temperatures will jump back four degrees on sunday and notice we have a cooler trend on monday tuesday and when and a quiet forecast the next couple of days. >>> the metering lights are turned on so traffic is starting to load up and backup from the macarthur maze so as you get into the city it will take you 12 minutes. make sure you grab the coffee and head out the door. we are seeing traffic build up southbound 880 away from the macarthur maze away from the bridge at broadway there was a crash earlier and it is clearing and all lanes have re-opened and c.h.p. came in did a traffic break and all lanes are shut and one lane was shut down and right now we are looking at slow-and-go traffic so you will be in good sh

sausalito and san francisco. otherwise, yeah, we're relatively quiet. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. you know, caltrans has been doing that ongoing roadwork in both directions. westbound and eastbound 92 from foster city boulevard out to clawiter so you likely will still hit that at 5 a.m. and sometimes counter-commute in the eastbound direction. it's scheduled until 11. it never causes much of a delay because it's counter-commute into hayward. along the peninsula by sfo trying to catch a flying watch out for overnight roadwork in lanes for a little while longer. it's reported in both directions of one between millbrae and actually broadway heading into burlingame. so yeah, again not seeing much of a delay on the sensors. it's early. and the nimitz 880 in oakland. oakland commute looks okay. san leandro, marina and davis, caltrans crews out there now. but heading into downtown oakland, everything looks great. quick check of the south bay if you are coming up from morgan hill everything is green on the sensors. 280 in downtown is still fine but roadwork there at lawrence expressway. that is "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> 4:48 now. there's a gas station in the

city and los altos warm spots. low-to-mid 60s with afternoon sunshine along the coast to upper 60 to nearly 70 in downtown south san francisco and sausalito is low-to-mid 60s and petaluma is the out low-to-mid 70s at the east bay with fremont at 75, the warm spot and 76 in san ramon and concord to 80 in antioch and 81 in brentwood. the temperatures tonight are mid-40s to low 50s but for san francisco at 53 and a few high clouds lingering. >> we will have storm track to the north and the cold front will be close enough for a chance of a stray shower across the north bay friday night into saturday morning and a better chance for us to see light showers sunday into monday maybe a quarter-miler of an inch in the higher elevation in the north bay. >> it will be cooler for everyone on friday through sunday and low-to-mid 70s but the coast is low-to-mid we 60s and the cool of the day is pond. >> if you travel southbound on the golden gate bridge, stay to the right. in the left hand lane of the toll plaza c.h.p. is reporting a large bit of concrete and that can only do damage to the car. they will get that out of the there. metering lights are tu

sausalito and tib ron -- tiburon. 70 gilroy. upper 60s, santa clara, milpitas, san jose. 64 in daly city and 68 in pealt. tomorrow i think we start to see more widespread 70s, boy, do we as ge into the weekend. look at the numbers. >> don't forget to change the clocks this sunday. >> spring forward. >> well, saturday night for me. >> thank you. >>> 7:21. it's called the freak. it's not a dance. >> no. >> coming up in 20 minutes what we're learning about a new cybersecurity flaw and the websites it could twak. >>> and a launching platform for bay area startup companies. the new ideas unveiled at this year's launch festival. >>> same-sex marriage is on hold. they stopped ordering licenses. it's not clear if those who received the licenses during that time will be affected by this latest ruling. the u.s. supreme court will take up the issue this session and a decision could be handed down in june. >>> skateboarding is now banned on alameda county property and violaters of the new law could be fined. the board of supervisors voted unanimously on the ban yesterday. they say it's not only a matter of damage bu