if you want an alternate you can use southbound 380 which is looking good. let's go to steve. >>> we have some steady rain in parts of the peninsular and the rain line seems to be lifting north and 60s and cloudy skies and light rain continuing for parts of the north bay, pam. >>> busy morning, three people were shot during a home invasion, how one of the victims managed to fight back. >>> we are live in fremont where traffic on southbound 880 has come to a crawl because of a deadly accident, we will tell you what the chp is estimating as far as how long the freeway will be tied up. >>> a bit of a recovery, some great economic news, we will take you live to the opening bell up next.  . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news morning news, getting ready to ring that opening bell and it looks like a much better start and we had some big losses but this morning we have some good economic news with home prices they have not seen a gain in seven years and it is causing some concern because of a change in monetary policy and that means people are thi

looking at a good backup toward thornton on southbound 880. alternate is mission boulevard to 680 and that is the best alternate we can give you. the coroner is expected any moment with a sig-alert in the fremont area. we have a car off of ditch with a tow truck expected with 50' cable. the bay bridge toll plaza, still light and you can see gray and wet for tuesday morning. >> how far would you go to sell your home? a bay area seller is throwing in a special car to whoever buys the home. >> and a plan comes with >> we have breaking news from los angeles where there is a major police scene in mid-city area with reports that an lapd officer may have been shot. details are still coming in right now but this is a picture from it of the substation in lapd and a swat team is in the order and the alert is called. one suspect could be in custody. there is a possible shooting of an lapd. we are staying on top of story with updates as new information comes in. >> the governor brown is asking lawmakers for $450 million to send thousands of inmates out of

southbound strophic is moving just fine. 11 minutes on the topside -- southbound traffic is moving just fine. of the 95 in the area white marsh. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> doug gansler says your insurance rates could be going up soon at. >> insurance companies are trying to push up those premiums. sarah sampson is live with the details of. >> she cheats. attorney general doug gansler is urging insurers to help people. chops are that h proposing rate increases in anticipation of the affordable care act. proposalsthat those at are premature. the new law will not be fully implemented until next year. >> what we're asking is that if the maryland insurance agency is inclined to allow any rate increase based on speculation on what the insurance companies believe will be a rate increase, that they freeze that rate increase at 5%. >> it is is in the process of being reviewed. they will consider all relevant factors in accordance with state law. reporting live, sarah sampson, wbal-tv 11 news. officials expect the area to reopen later today. area still hasg a ways to go. some resi

we have a sig-alert with a fatal accident, southbound 880, fremont, c.h.p. is issuing a sig-alert and you can see the red line backing to highway 84 with a big rig involved and to cars and c.h.p. is there blocking off only one lane getting by and fremont boulevard, mission boulevard is a good alternate and right now it is an hour from hayward to the milpitas area. the alternates are mission or fremont boulevard. the toll lazy shows the metering lights turned on with wet and gray and a lot of headlights and headlights if you are using your win shield wipers. that would be all day. >> breaking news from los angeles with a major police scene mid-city area. two lapd police officers have been shot. details are still coming in but this is near a substation. the officers are both detectives. they were shot in the parking lot coming back to the substation. a tactical alert is called and the swat team is on the scene. both officers have been taken to the hospital. we will stay on top of the story and bring you updates as information comes in. >> from san francisco, t

southbound 101, you can see they are temporarily holding all of the lanes on southbound 101. this is a live picture. southbound 101 traffic is at a standstill as you come down through. i know that 101 southbound is slow because if i look -- guys, if you can go to the 555 cal camera for me real quick. i want to show you -- do we have it there? can we route that? no, we cannot. all right. southbound 101 traffic is gonna be slow. i can see on my monitor that southbound 101 is very, very slow all the way across the city. this is to be avoided. don't use 101. use 280 to get out of town. don't even bother with 101. another traffic update is just minutes ahead. back to the desk. >> all right, sal. we'll follow that. >>> we're beginning with new information about the tragic dog attack on a 6-year-old boy. it happened at a home where the child lived with his grandparents. ktvu's tara moriarty has been on this since 4:30 this morning. you are out there talking to neighbors and they are saying the little boy has died? >> reporter: that's right. this attack only lasted a couple of minute

we have a sig-alert in effect with volume building southbound along 680 parish road on-ramp to southbound 680 is closed and the far right lane because of a tree that fell into the lanes and a big rig crashed into it. in marin county, northbound 101 at petaluma, a report of a brushfire. on the waze app i will show you our drive from tracy to the altamont pass. we have reports that there is moderate traffic. you can traffic your own traffic at apple app and google play and san jose, 280 away from 17, a few extra cars but moving well. >> if a couple of hours, president obama will step up to the hike phone in the south bay to deliver a major policy speech on the affordable health care plan, the last act on the two day trip to the bay area. abc7 news reporter matt keller is at the fairmont hotel in san jose. >> the president stayed here overnight and security is tight. officers are blocking off streets, to south market street, all vehicles are not allowed. rebound spent last night at two fundraisers at portrero valley, and guests paid $32,000 to attend the dinner and chat about education and p

over here, southbound 880 heading toward whipple.n and more build towards the san mateo bridge. other side of the peninsula, palo alto, we have the flow of traffic moving nicely in the northbound direction. the southbound side, we see periods this direction heading towards university slows a bit. because of the sun in the eyes, that's been a big issue here as well as 280. watch southbound along the peninsula. the golden gate bridge, at least that view is much better. the south tower and north tower getting a peek of it. the low clouds are burning off. it's slow on the richmond san rafael bridge all the way down in san francisco. you have company guys. back to you. >>> 6:50. new details for your on morgan hills' first homicide of the year. police are identifying the suspect under arrest as 60-year-old michael shepherd of morgan hill. officers say shepherd lives in the mobile home park on monterey road near where the body of a 40-year-old woman was found saturday. investigators are looking into weather she was sexually assaulted before

there was an accident at candlestick point southbound.traffic in both directions. at 15 minutes here southbound drive time to the airport. you bought that much extra time and northbound trying to get into the city as well. you can see the northbound ride is backed up towards south severances go now even though none of the northbound lanes are affected. we still have slow traffic in the wake of an earlier occurring accident on 80 at kroll said. chp and it is still likely on the scene westbound. the back of the regions to highway four. it is finally starting to clear. the hot spot we've been tracking in the north bay, an accident involving a big rig on that side at like the highway southbound before 37 might force the closure of the southbound lanes. >> it is a great start to the morning, even in land. we will see sunshine into the afternoon. it will be cold but sunny with temperatures five degrees cooler than the seasonal average. an increase in cloud cover later on tonight and some coastal fog. warmer weather on the way, i will talk about

i wanted to show you the southbound side. 880 is clear. if you jump on to the southbound or northbound directions of the free way, you are okay. this is south of the sig alert. the holdup is southbound approaching, past stephenson boulevard. that's where we have three of four lanes blocked involving a deadly crash with a big rig. chp is sorting out the details. there's the big backup. use 680 or fremont boulevard down to auto mall parkway. >> people can follow you on twitter for the latest updates. >>> 5:41 right now. the search continues this morning for the man who leaked information about the government's surveillance program. we'll let you know what russia's government has now just said about edward snowden's whereabouts. >>> plus a possible strike. the vote today that could affect thousands of bay area commuters by this time next week. >>> the u.s. government thinks edward snowden is in russia. but russia's foreign minister denying those reports. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. with the latest on the inte

nearly 50 minutes on 880 southbound. that should

use that in the southbound direction. way down to 380 and cross over toward the airport and continue with 101 there. meanwhile, the south bay showing a nice smooth drive, slowing a bit through union city and hayward because of the volume. >>> thanks so much. 6:58, a final check of today's top stories. president obama and other g8 leaders wrapping up their summit in northern ireland today. president trying to convince european allies to join the u.s. in sending arms and aid to government forces in syria. >>> the millbrae city council voting today on whether to ban people from feeding birds in the city. officials at sfo say feeding the birds creates problems at the airport because they pose a hazard for airplanes taking off and airplanes landing. now, if the city council passes the ordinance, first-time offenders would be fined up to $100. >>> a 6-year-old boy has died after reportedly being mauled by a dog in union city. emergency crews showed up at the home yesterday morning after the incident. they say there were at leas

the g r >> were called to a southbound at 101 southbound are jammed up.p from daly city to san bruno and in the case of 101 from san bruno down to hillsdale, extremely slow going. there was an accident at the 28380 interchange. into account for some of that's slowing. the bay bridge continues to deal with a big back up especially for the nimitz freeway and the macarthur maze. it is almost on lock down here at the bay bridge. there was a stall at incline section. it was halfway up on the right-hand side. that has pushed the back up all the way around the berkeley turf. and has pushed it into the macarthur maze. this 80 approach is now over 20 minutes to get into downtown san francisco. erica? >>erica: the rain is starting to push out of our area. this trend is very light in nature. a heavy drizzle. and this continues to shift its way east. really just a light rain out there you can see indicated by graeme on your screen. moderate to rain is out of here and is expected for the north pay later on this morning. as we take a look at rainfall, it just depends o

road work, southbound 680, 237, you can see the new h.o.v. lane on 880, between 237 and the san jose interchange in 101. bay bridge toll plaza is looking good. you can see light traffic headed into the city. kristen? eric? >> sue is here for leyla gulen. >> brazen home robbery shakes a neighborhood and neighbors are taking action to protect themselves. >> devastating fires burn out of control in colorado. >> the on the state of new jersey is paying to a late actor^. >> topping america's money, starbucks is hiking prices on the drinks tomorrow with less than a third of the beverages will increase by 1 percent that will vary by region. >> twinkies are back after disappearing last year when hostess went bankrupt. they have new management and the company says twinkies are back july 15, in just three weeks. and disney debuted in the top spot at $82 million. brad pitt was in >> welcome back. authorities have released the name of the woman who died in san francisco bay. investigators say the 60-year-old was in a minivan that plunged in the bay in sa

on the southbound side.ve. >> we're waking up to a bright blue skies out there, plenty of sunshine. this is the view from our roof cam. but little chilly this morning but temperatures warming up nicely. said rose of 56, 57 antioch, 56 hayward. 53 currently in daly city. temperatures will be a little warmer today than yesterday. more details coming up and my full report. >> a developing story out of san jose were police are investigating the 24th homicide this year. will tran is live on the scene with more. >> homicides in place right behind me right around where the police car is. they just rolled the tape about 10 minutes ago. this is where the victim lived and the penis to two-story home behind mein the pink suit storyd behind me. there is a car leaving the scene at that but it happened so quickly they were not able to get a description of a car to the police department. they do not know the motive at this time but they have ruled out gang activity. i ask how they could be so sure so quickly, they say we b

southbound 101 traffic may be effected. we'll be watching that and let you know. 280 is agued alternate. let's go back to the desk. >>> happening right now president obama is set to give a major speech in berlin. calling for a reduction in the stockpiles of nuclear weapons. let's listen in for awhile. >> i bring with me the enduring friendship of the american people as well as my wife michelle and malia and sasha. you may notice that they are not here. the last thing they want to do is to listen to another speech from me. >> all right so we are listening in live for a moment there. president obama he is there at the brandonburg gate there in berlin. talking about him and his family. he's coming up with a major speech recording the world's nuclear weapon stockpiles. that will be coming up at 7:15. we will have more on that coming up on mornings on 2. >>> back here at home new this morning the police chief from bart bringing in outside extra help to get a close look at his police department. claudine wong is joining us live.

morning and southbound between brokaw and the south bay freeway and the cones are being picked up in green conditions which means you are at top speed. eastbound 580 the lanes were blocked earlier and the westbound direction we are down to 36 miles per hour. right now, you can see what is happening on the golden gate bridge, a nice drive from sausalito and into san francisco. in oakland a man is dead a woman is in the hospital after someone fired into the minivan. the van crashed into a power pole a few minutes later sparking a transformer fire. the man died at the scene and the woman is in stable condition. pg&e are be working to politic the power pole. customers could be in the dark until this afternoon. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will have an update in 30 minutes. >> huge problem for the commute has been removed from marin county to san francisco. amy hollyfield will tell us what happened. amy? >> look behind me, southbound highway 101, which now is clear, but there were terrifying moments on this highway overnight hours. rocks came tumble down at 2:15 but it happened on so

a crash in novato southbound 101 was blocking a lane which is cleared and southbound direction 23 mileshour and beyond the scene of the accident it clears to 37 and as we continue in the southbound direction not a bad drive. to the bay bridge toll plaza a beautiful sunrise and the traffic is loaded up at the toll lazy and the cash-paying lanes. and we have a gas card give away and we will reveal our second big winner of $700 in shell gas. this are seven winners so you still have time to enter. "like" abc7 news on facebook and fill out the entry form. the big winner is announced at 6:45. >> the polls are open in iran in the election to pick a successor to president mahmoud ahmadinejad with six candidates if the rates, a moderate, four conservatives and a hard-liner, with expatriates in the united states allows to participate in the election including six places in california. >> young boy subjected to racist remarks after singing the national anthem make as brave return to the nab finals. >> bizarre accident at a california airport and a california jet smashes into a hangar. >> a tribute

bumper to bumper in the southbound direction. northbound side, we do have spectator slowing out there, as well. 28 miles per hour is going to be your top speed. as we head over to the altamont pass, that drive also slowing down tremendously. 30 miles per hour. and you can see slight creep-up, but a slow one as you make it into livermore and pleasanton. let's go take a quick, live look, your drive along 87, more cars out there but still appears to be top speeds. kristen, eric? >> leyla, thank you very much. >>> 6:41 now. oakland is kicking off its free summer lunch program for children. every summer, the city offers more than 100 locations where kids 18 and under can get a free meal. the meals are being offered at schools, libraries and community centers. some 20,000 oakland kids are eligible. the program officials say the free meals keep many of the city's children from going hungry while school is out. >> very exciting. straight ahead, leyla will reveal the newest winner of our abc 7 shell gas card give-away. >>> and trading und

at lots of slowing in the southbound direction. chp is reporting an accident in the northbound direction but it could be southbound because of all this coming out of milpitas. right now let's see what is happening at the golden gate bridge. clear dry into sausalito into san francisco is wide open. >>> president obama signals ben bernanke may have his eye on the exit door. >> a new warning for expecting parents. where you live could have a serious impact on your child's's development. >> and giants game at at&t park, why it will leave some ballpark workers smiling. >> and the promise that mark zuckerberg is making to the president of south carolina. >> facebook efforts is working. organ donor. they indicate their status as an organ donor. video sharing feature. photo app is teaming up with facebook putting it in direct competition with the vine app. >> a sign of the times, tweet is now in the oxford english dictionary as posting made on social network twitter. >>> a rally will get underway at at&t park in support of concession worke

in fact, i-270 southbound, travel lanes are open, connected to the beltway. no issues between i-270 and i-95. both directions you're clear for accidents and congestion. >> thank you. >>> in news 4 your health, cooler temperatures can affect mosquit mosquitos. researchers at virginia tech found mosquito eggs hatched in

>> yes, that's right, all the lanes are blocked southbound and chp is arriving and they are doing their investigation and they have asked for a sig alert and this involves several cars and a big-rig and some may have been driving too fast in the wet conditions with the wet weather and after years and years of doing this let's look at southbound 680 passed mission boulevard and it could be more coming. >>> and some areas are cloudy and i think until 2:00 or 3:00, it is very muggy and north bay cloudy with off and on rain most of the day, dave? >>> some of the wet weather steve is talking about is creating concern and there is a lot of the mildew on the grapes and they are already dealing with it. >>> the construction project is looking into things ahead and what it means for the ground braking ahead. >>> and in san francisco three people are hot this, a possible suspect ended up shot and who police are out there looking for right now. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from ele

the southbound ride back up to sfo.we continue our bridge check and you can see that it is still pretty heavy year and a lot of people headed south to use the the san mateo bridge instead of the bay bridge because of the big backups we have their. is actually started to slow a consider traffic kind of creeping out of the toll plaza and the drive times are climbing to 15 minutes plus in the westbound direction. the golden gate bridge however has been an easy ride all morning long and we're just past the peak of the southbound traffic so the northbound volume is really building up and expect that northbound third lane added shortly. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. let's take a look at walnut creek. >>james: and we are back. a developing story we are following overseas. afghan president hamid karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over security around the country from the u.s. lead nato coalition. nato secretary-general anders rasmussen, who uc year, says the afghans have built

southbound 101 traffic does look good.bound 101 at south airport boulevard they did move an accident to the shoulder. didn't really cause any big delays. 5:49 let's go to steve. >>> thank you. another big fog bank out there. helped along by this little low. that is not only giving us this low but thunderstorms. 50s on the temps. i don't think these will change too much. everyone says cloudy and skies unless you are pretty far inland. with this low in place, temperatures really hard pressed to warm up. we'll see the low not going anywhere today. it might hang back. 50s and 60s and 70s unless you are so far inrabid you don't get a -- inland you don't get a sea breeze. fog, sun, wind. it will still be warmer. warm to hot. maybe not as hot as originally thought. not much changed today. temperatures 50s 60s and 70s. it will warm up friday and it will warm up saturday. some leakage -- >>> toyota is recalling 242 inc lexus. all effected were produced in 2009. there is a problem in the braking system. no injuries or accidents have

southbound ray fell as well. 55 san jose. 53 livermore.ratures really close here coast bay and inland. it was enough to give us temperatures way below average yesterday. it cranked up the wind machine. it's a cool system and moving up. so a little bit warmer i think more so than we just recovered a bit. sunny breezy. yesterday was a good 10-12- degrees. a little breeze in there. temperatures still fresh. summer starts tomorrow night. 10:04 p.m.. friday looks to be the warmest day. sunday looks a little cooler. >>> chrysler will recall more than 1.5 million older jeeps, liberties, and gap her chis -- and grand cherokees. they contend their jeeps are as safe as any other vehicle on the road. chrysler has agreed to recall the oldest jeeps on the government list and inspect the newer models. >>> dish network says it won't do anything that is trying -- sprint shareholders are scheduled to vote on soft bank's offer next tuesday. >>> a new york real estate company is offering to buy the empire state building for $2 billion. the unexpected offer c

right now southbound 101 we do have a crash in san mateo. southbound 101 sat hillsdale that will be causing some slow traffic. let's take a look at what we have now. this is the east shore freeway and the traffic does look pretty good as you drive through. bay bridge toll plaza is not a bad commute. and in san jose northbound 280 looks good. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you. a very good morning. a little breezy for some. sfo west at 23. system up in the organize coast. as it ejects out it will give us patchy low clouds and a little breezy at times but temperatures will bump up slightly. 50s. i did see a couple low 40s. everybody is close here. you can get a good look at it. as it moves in it will allow weak high pressure. a cool system. a slight warming trend. more so today. we'll take it into friday and we start the top out then. and then a cooling trend kicks in. sunny and breezy and westerly wind for most. 60s and 70s and very, very low 80s. temperatures rebounding. yesterday was the coolest day of the week so far. i think today will

southbound traffic on 295 is building. watch for those delays around 100. 15 minutes on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a quiet start on this thursday morning. it should be dry this morning. there could be some showers this afternoon. it does not look like heavy rain. time to do the beach forecast. it could be a little rough on friday. the storm will be moving fast and saturday and sunday a look just fine with temperatures around 80. stay with us. >> no major delays. >> that is a good thing. 33 miles per hour southbound on 295. a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder on 95 near 175. you can see the tow truck is on the scene. 11 minutes on the north side. side.utes on the west fine.s morning will be scattered light rain showers are possible this afternoon. we could get some heavy rain tomorrow. 2 miles will be close to per hour late friday and friday night. the worst will be in southern maryland. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> this is a

southbound side looks like that is loading up a bit as you head in the southbound direction toward san rafael. as we head over the altamont pass, bumper to bumper traffic. 32 miles an hour. slow into livermore. it does pick up speed once you head into pleasanton and let's go outside live right now and look at that. it's the maze as you make it down 580 into berkeley. eastbound side not bad. >> thanks, leyla. >>> just released list reveals the most common unnecessary surgeries performed by doctors. find out if a procedure you've had is on that list. >>> but first, one step closer to sainthood. the hurdle the late pope john paul ii cleared at the vatican. >>> good morning. 6:14 on this thursday. beautiful start to the day as you look out toward ocean beach and those gorgeous pacific waters. leyla gulen is going to tell us why those waters may be a bit choppy today and a bit windy out there coming up. >>> president obama and the first family are back in washington, d.c. following their european visit. the first family stepped off marine one last night and walked into the white house. the

southbound 880 at old bayshore highway lanes will be blocked. there is paving and restriping. 680 into the northbound and southbound direction not giving us any problems. we have a beautiful shot of the maze but we have construction, as well, if you travel along westbound 80 to eastbound a 80, that is the transition road closed until 6:00 a.m. with construction in the westbound direction. kristen and eric? >> it is 4:38. jaw dropping video of a stroll down a north bay street that nearly ended in disaster. >> a blast so powerful it lifted the roof off of a school build ing. >> battles between police and protesters on the streets in the capital of turkey and a meeting could ease tensions. first, america's money report. >> good morning. facebook c.e.o. zuckerberg has faced angry shareholders for the first time s the rocky i.p.o. and pledged he will grow despite new services. g.m. is piling on new incentives hoping to sell more volts with rebates and lease deals on the pluggin' car totaling $5,000 off some models dropping to $26 with the tax credit.

a new accident is causing slowing along 101 southbound direction from petaluma. look at that, plenty of slowing and we have an accident blocking one lane so coming away from highway 116 you will feel a pinch. but toward san rafael i will show you that and caltrain is experiencing delays northbound at eight to ten minutes but muni and bart are on time. at 580 we are 20 minutes to get you to the golden gate bridge and our gas card give away and you can enter, click the "like" button to have a chance to win free gas and starting tomorrow we announce one winner a day right here on the abc7 morning news. good luck, everyone. >> who is feeling lucky? >> seven things to know before you go, and the morning news >> good morning, at 6:54 a look at ocean beach in san francisco, what a pretty picture. you can see the water looks blue because we have a few clouds is all and lots of sunshine. meteorologist mike nicco has more. >> here are seven things to know before you go: a police search is underway in berkeley for a man who sexually assault add boy in the bathroom at the ma

southbound 680 approaching marshview road. so our traffic sensors so far are not picking up slowing but we are keeping our eye on it. we'll have more "timesaver traffic" coming up. >>> a bay area college student is going to the majors with a stanford degree in hand. the houston astros made stanford pitcher mark appel the number one draft pick. he turned down an offer from the pirates last year to finish out his education and his decision paid off. >> once the draft came around and, you know, last summer, you know, what happened last summer happened, i realized, you know, this is a really good opportunity to be back to my senior year and be able to graduate and do everything like that. >> smart move. appel is expected to sign for about $6 million. 2million more than he would have received had he gone pro last year. he will graduate a week from today with a degree in management science and engineering. good for him! >> smart guy. he got the degree, too. >>> well, the oakland as are in chicago for a weekend with the white sox. >>

southbound 680 is closed until further notice. now, headed over to marin county, northbound 101 starting at san marin drive to the county line that is where we have reduction and that is going to last until 6:00 a.m. this morning, two lanes and you can see there is a bottleneck creating slowing there coming from novato. now, a look at the san mateo bridge a stall in the right hand shoulder and it looks like traffic is moving smoothly with not too many headlights eastbound out of foster city. the drive is easy out there. abc7 news wants to make your commute more bearable giving away gift cards to seven winners over seven days and you get $700 in free gas, a big thank you, with your chance to win $700 in free gas. you need to enter to win on facebook starting on thursday, one winner a day during the morning news. enter now. >> leyla gulen, thank you for that. if you are driving through downtown san francisco this weekend, be prepared for a detour on market street. starting tonight. market street will be closed between 5th street and

a vehicle fire has been reported southbound.st south of the turnoff of the dumbarton bridge on your drive down to milpitas. >> the commute monday morning, bart workers have given 72 hours notice that they could strike. that could happen monday morning is what they're warminwarning at management. >> this will affect commuter is because instead of hopping on the trains that will be hopping into cars and buses. that will cause all kinds of traffic nightmares because you know the roadways are bad on a perfect day it would bart running. without it riding, you know it will be clogged up. 400,000 people ride apart every day. they have been talking since april 1st, but we're not sure they're close to reaching a deal. we do know that they will talk today, saturday, sunday. the 11 news conference at 10:00 this morning. right after that, back to the bargaining table. they also want to talk to the public about what is going on with the contract negotiations. hear both sides of the is she talking about that. >> we are trying to get to an agr

northbound 280, the connection to southbound 101 -- no, southbound one is closed until 6:00 a.m. with no traffic there. eastbound 580 shows construction project to mcarthur boulevard blocking one lane until 6 a.m. >> another area of the maze, westbound 80 making the merge with 580 funneling into the bay bridge and eastbound 80 into berkeley and is accident free and in excellent shape. >> sex offender's shipwrecked boat is angering neighbors, and he is getting an ultimatum from police. >> how to make sure you do not fall victim to fraud related to the i.r.s. >> but now america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money, mortgage rates are climbing and the rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage is high of 4 percent the highest since last april and the sixth straight weekly increase. carnival is back at sea, crippled by an engine room fire in february has had $115 million in repairs including new bars and restaurants for the 3,500 passengers. the cruise is sold out and on is the next one. >> does dad deserve something special? at hooter's you get ten free wings if

in the southbound direction. looking good down to cold spring. not tracking any delays on the harrisburg expressway. very light volume. 11 minutes on the north side. 12 minutes on the west side. this is a live picture at wilkens avenue. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. 5:22. 61 degrees at the airport. >> the irs is back in the spotlight. again irs gets grilled for wasting taxpayer dollars. todayect another grilling on capitol hill. nikole killion is live with more on today's testimony. the irs has party discipline some people over this. >> two people have already been removed from their positions ahead of this hearing. the agency stands ready to confront the problems that occurred. >> the acting commissioner of the irs returns to capitol hill and will face more questions about this -- dance lessons performed at a lavish 2010 conference at the cost more than $4 million, according to a government auditor. >> it is the difference between spending your own money and spending someone else's. >> the irs put two employees on adminis

southbound direction. this is parish road, a tree fell in the road and a big rig crashed into it. so the on-ramp to southbound 680 is going to be shut down until further notice. that is causing a pinch right there. the southbound 880 at highway 92, this crash involving a bus is still blocking one lane and 23 miles per hour is the top speed. eric? >> at 6:30 1, happening now, president obama is starting the day in 9 south bay, where he will deliver a your policy speech on the h care reform act and matt keller is at the fairmont hotel where the president is staying. matt? >> we are less than three hours away from the president's speech at the fairmont hotel, and this will be the first public comment after two private fundraisers laugh night. here is new video we shot of the extra security around the fairmont hotel, and police and secret service are blocking roads to vehicles in the area including at san scar -- san carlos and market street. we spoke with the hotel guests of the extra security he had to go th

walnut creek northbound and southbound is moving smoothly. leyla gulen, thank you. we are less than 72 hours away from a possible bart strike with union leaders giving notice putting the tran it agency and commuters on alert for monday morning. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at walnut creek. >> we have talked to passengers who are thinking about plan "b" on monday and forming opinions about the disagreement. you will see bart works throughout the station informing passengers and let them know the strike is possible. now they have issued a 72-hour warning so the strike could happen monday morning. they were calling yesterday's negotiations "unproductive." passengers say they are dreading what this could do to the commute and some are saying they think the two sides need to get this worked out? >> they make too much money as it is already and they need to put some of the money back to the people. >> i will have the opportunity to work from home. hopefully. i am hear too support the bart team, both management and the employees. >> bart officials put a new offer t

so far, we are look at top speeds in the northbound and southbound direction. in the altamont pass, the debris is still in the lanes slowing things westbound 580 and down to 39 miles per hour from tracy to live more. 101 southbound taillights making their way to 580 and it is clear. >> you may not be paranoid, your boss could be trying to get you. hmm...the signs are coming up in the bloomberg business report. >> you can support a local school and have dinner with marissa mayer. >> a new game plan for warriors' fans. >> covering walnut creek and burlingame and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> makes you want to say "what a beautiful morning." >> makes you want to sing. >> i do. a book picture of the bay, the glow of the mount diabolo, a right and breezy day with more on the day in a minute. >> a new poll shows the support of a majority of americans is holding fast if support of gays and lesbians being allowed to marry. and landmark rulings are expected the end the month by the supreme court. >> on capitol hill backers of far-reaching immigration legislation ar

the north bay ride, 1 01 southbound is still a pretty good ride coming from a bout of southbound to theolden gate bridge. there was an incident in the early morning hours at that knocked down a telephone pole on 1 01 right at the county line. even though they have opened up the lane and northbound, there is still some units standing by on the shoulder. >> 7:18 a.m. and taking a live look as court is back in session for the georgia zimmerman trial where the jury selection process is continuing. they have it down to 40 potential jurors that they need to find that final group of six jurors and four alternates. they will be dealing with such key issues of race, equal justice, gun control. zimmerman is charged with killing of an armed 17 year- old trayvon martin. he claims it was self-defense. there is going to be, they are really focusing on race in the case as well. 27 white, at seventh black, three are has bachispanic. >> also, just moments ago ariel castro, the ohio man accused of tub kidnapping three women and holding them hostage and his home for a decade already in court a few moments

this could affect a ride on the nimitz freeway southbound.ll tracking an accident in san bruno on 280 southbound at the 380 interchange. backing up the ride headed south from sir monty on 280 headed down to the short stretch of freeway that will connect you up with one out one and s f o. the bridges are not doing too badly this morning, the bay bridge ride is fairly typical. 16 to 18 minutes, a little less if you come from the nimitz. the salmon sale bridge it shows some slowing on the approach but some of traffic across the span. the ride to the golden gate bridge is incident free from marin county on 1 01 southbound. the ride is still sluggish through petaluma on 1 01 south because of an early are occurring accident and washington. >> lawmakers are voicing their confusion and concern and some are calling for an end to sweeping surveillance program by u.s. spy agencies after receiving an unusual briefing on the government's years-long collection of phone records and internet usage. at the eye, legal and and tablet intelligence officiaintelli

southbound. it's involving a couple cars and a big rig. slowing north and southbound. you do have one lane block, causing that spectator slowing, northbound toward alameda. now we head over toward san francisco, construction project lasts until 7 a.m. this morning. north bound 1 at lake street to the golden gate bridge, some bridge work being done out there. go outside see what is happening. gorgeous drive in walnut creek, concord to highway 24. about a ten-minute drive. >>> it is 5:01 now. new details on the labor troubles that you could shut down b.a.r.t. next week. two of b.a.r.t.'s biggest unions set to take a strike vote tuesdays before their contract expires. matt keller is live at fremont b.a.r.t. with more. >> reporter: that strike vote authorization is scheduled for next tuesday and if that happens, it could eventually lead to people head willing here to b.a.r.t. stations, like this one here in fremont, being forced to find another way to work in the morning. b.a.r.t. union workers were handing out leaf throats riders warning ofs a possible strike on july 1st

things are moving fine north and southbound. we are looking good there. 95 southbound from the beltway in howard, 10 minutes county. head into the you city. things are looking good east and westbound on 70. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. temperatures in the 50's right now. maybe a light jacket might be in order. 54 at the airport. mostly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 70's. we'll come back and take the seven-day forecast through the weekend. we have some rain to talk about. >> 5:12. cyber security experts are being vigilant right now. >> chrysler is not recalling millions of its suv's. >> he will come back. 5:15. beautiful shot of the inner harbor. temperatures are in the 50's right now. maybe a light jacket this morning. kind of a cold start for this time of year. in the northern suburbs. 56 in parkton. the dew points are in the upper 40's and low 50's. that is a very comfortable for this time of year. the satellite is showing a few clouds moving in from the west. they will drift

definitely give yourself extra time southbound. usual delays, but with wet roadways, it is only going to get right -- only worse. >> thank you, amanda. as we have been saying it is a bittersweet morning for us here at good morning, washington. we are saying goodbye to senate. coming up, we will take a look back at some of her best moments here at abc 7. >> 6:4 >> 6:45. rain and 70 degrees and washington, d.c.. we will check in on a few elementary schools and other schools across the area for our rainfalls. chevy chase two inches of rain in the last 24 hours good oakland mills middle school 1.87 inches. fairfax station, 1.68 inches of rain. we will add to that so grab the umbrella and the galoshes today. 79 degrees at pickup. 72 degrees at recess and 75 at drop off. cynne and scott? >> think you so much. 6:46. taking a look around the region the ywca honoring actress eva longoria during an event in d.c. tonight. taking place at the hyatt regency on capitol hill. i will be there. longoria will be presented with an award recognizing t

the golden gate bridge, four southbound lanes open. over at the bay bridge , overnight work going on the lower deck scheduled to wrap up about 6:30. and san mateo bridge you are cruising around. no issues in either direction. more time saver traffic coming up. >> thank you. another san francisco pedestrias recovering from serious injuries after being hit by a bicyclist. happened sunday on market street at stockton. the number of injury accidents e ing bikes is on the rise. a civil grand jury report recommends expansion of safety training for bicyclists, motorists. >> motorists don't pay attention. >> there needs to be more education to the bike riders. >> grand jury report calls for san francisco police to start a specific category for bicycle citations. >> it's a bizarre. passengers are opening backdoord leaping off the buses. over the last nine days, there have been 15 separate incidents of what's called door jumping. >> the actions of these individuals are risking -- are not only incredibly stupid and call but endanger their own liv

southbound 101 up looking good despite the wet roads.imes right now 23 minutes out of about into the city and as we turn to the traffic map, you can see agreeing on the roadway. in all centers there and it is a smooth and easy ride with no accidents for interstate 280 and the bayshore freeway this morning. james? >>james:an immigration bill calling for tightened security along the u-s - mexico border. has passed the u-s senate. a first crucial step for the legislation. this reform. which comes from the bi-partisan "gang of eight". is backed by the white house. president obama says, he wants to see it enacted before the end of this year. the amendment requires 20 - thousand additional border agents, more fencing and more than three- billion dollars worth of technology upgrades. the legislation now heads to the house of representatives. u-s officials are increasing pressure on moscow to hand over edward snowden. the former u-s government contractor who leaked secret surveillance programs. snowden is still believed to be in russia. after he

check the south bay now we had a stall reported southbound 101 at tully. may still be there with some flashing lights in lanes but for the most part live traffic sensors are picking up top speeds through downtown exits, 280 and the guadalupe parkway. and showing you a live look outside, here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. got some flashing lights here, as well. they are beginning to do their lane changes in probably the next half hour or so they should have four southbound lanes open in the commute direction between marin county and san francisco. that's the latest "timesaver traffic." >>> overseas markets are mixed this morning after the big sell- off on wall street this morning. ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com explains why investors are so skittish. >>> reporter: wall street investors got their bells running on thursday. blue chip stocks falling more than 350 points on disappointing economic news out of china. and that loss coming on the heels of another triple-digit sell-off on wednesday that was largely triggered by this. >> we will cont

rocks came tumbling down at 2:15 southbound 101 in sausalito.rocks and some injuries. some ran right into the boulders >> they could not see. you could not see what you were coming up on. >> this is not the first time it happened. in march, large rocks came crashing down again on the southbound 101 in sausalito. three cars were damaged. the driver of the mercedes s.u.v. was taken to the hospital. two lanes that time were shut down. this time they had to shut down three lanes for a couple of hour s. this happened overnight, the one in march happened early at 4:45 in the morning so both times it wasn't during the con justed time on southbound 101 but terrifying for the drivers. >> thank issue amy. >> i will get the effect is minimal on the commute. that is an amateur guess. here is leyla gulen. >> in sausalito well look at 101, nothing but green. we are at top speeds over to the golden gate bridge. if you are headed in the northbound direction, you are looking at cheer conditions. this did happen in march and it damaged some cars. as we take you t

the headlights southbound. to central san rafael is looking good but in sausalito you will in the thick clouds. >> 6:20, our coverage of the supreme court decision on same-sex marriage continues ahead at 6:30 the reason senator feinstein says the decision on doma does not go far enough and what she is planning to do. [ female announcer ] love. it's the most powerful thing on the planet. love holds us in the beginning. cw old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... that make life worth living. ♪ ♪ sweet love of mine >> in oakland police are on the scene of a shooting on a street near 98th avenue happening after 5:30 this morning. we understand no one has been arrested. one person was hit. no word on the one person's condition. again, breaking news of a shooting in oakland this morning near 98th. if you want to follow us on twitter@abcnewsbayarea we will have all the breaking news story including updates. >> other news, a fuel efficient car can save you big bucks at the gas pump but sever

southbound 101 south airport boulevard. no longer seeing delays. a couple of lanes were blocked. last check still one of the left lanes were blocked but again not a problem now through san bruno. quick look in the east bay at westbound 4 and eastbound 4 actually sluggish in both directions between "a" street and lone tree. that's a check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> samsung has taken a bite out of apple in a landmark patent brawl. apple accused samsung of copying its iphone and ipad designs something samsung denied and in exchange accused apple of violating its patent rights. the judge sided with samsung and banned imports of the at&t models of older iphones and ipads. apple says it will appeal. >>> stock futures fell a little bit overnight. that comes after the dow and nasdaq closed lower to open up the week. ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. chrysler refuses to recall nearly 3 million vehicles that the government says has a dangerous fuel tank defect. u.s. safety regulat

>>> we have a very serious motorcycle crash and southbound 101 is a mess because we have southbound lanesblocked near silver avenue. bay bridge toll plaza is slowed down because we had minor accident on the bridge and it will be slow getting into san francisco. let's go to rosemary. >>> we will be remaining in the 50s over the next few hours, 53 in oakland and ever 3 in san francisco and here is a sample of what we are looking at for today and 11 degrees cooler in santa rosa 10 degrees cooler in concord and a few degrees cooler in areas around livermore and yesterday 72 is expected for today and i will have a broader look around on mornings on 2 and coming up. >>> updated news we have been following for the past few hours, that big downed tree blocking traffic in oakland, how a hit-and-run driver may be involved. >>> also east bay tragedy involves a 6-year-old boy and a family dog. stay with us. we will be right back. >> reporter: a deadly dog mauling in union city. the victim, a 6-year-old boy. we'll tell you what neighbors say they heard during the attack. >> reporter: oakland police th

the golden gate bridge is problem free, 1 01 southbound.incident in central san rafael that has already cleared. looks like a pretty good overall moran ride 1 01 southbound. >> 7:18 a.m. and a search and rescue operation had a deadly building collapse and philadelphia has been stopped for now. rescuers searched the the night for possible survivors after building that was being demolished collapsed onto a three store in philadelphia yesterday. police say at least six people are dead and 14 people have been injured. rescue workers found a 61 year old woman alive after hours under the rubble. the mayor of philadelphia says the search for the survivors has become a slow process because they do not have an exact number of people to look for. >> we did not know and we still do not know how many people were actually in the store. possibly on the sidewalk, somehow the area adjacent to the salvation army thrift store. >> the mayor has said that there been no complaints of violations connected with the building and all the permits were up to date. po