this is the number 44. -- this is berkeley number 44. these look like bodies of water, this work was reproduced in life magazine. they suggested he was looking at these kinds kind of the and i think viewers feel this is kind of the meeting of the earth, the and sky that we experience here in the bay area. >> so, he is numbering each of these works. we are focusing on his berkeley years and how many images are they are clerks. >> there are 130 works in the exhibition. it is the first ever devoted to the entire berkeley period. this is the first one to go is on this period in his career where she becomes nationally known. >> can we see another one? >> so now we switch to figurative. this is the same are just in 1959 only five years later, it is a wonderful pain thing. captures one of the things that devincorn does best. which is to capture authorization. all five senses are captivated here. figure looks across the river to the horizon line. it has all the says primus it back hope of a new day but it is good it is all drawn from his imaginat

looking at the berkeley curve, similar situation, lights right. breakdown going on at the gore point as well and that will be handled, more volume of traffic. so far, speeds at the limit coming through oakland, tracking northbound with the tail lights, steady but the southbound side, slight volume there, as well as folks come past the coliseum. i'll keep my eyes on the san mateo bridge, as well. another relief valve. the bay bridge, so far moving smoothly. again, we're expecting the ripple to hit the entire bay. back to you. >> we'll monitor it for you. >>> bay area certainly bracing for a messy monday morning. >> i'm really deeply disappointed that it has come to this. >> b.a.r.t. workers are officially on strike. >> just ahead, what this means for your commute. and how you can avoid freeways that could soon look like parking lots. >>> we'll do the best that we can to come to a quick resolution, and to get, you know, keep the bay area moving. >> but this morning, the bay area at a standstill. b.a.r.t. workers on strike, which means all trains, all

our reporter is at the north berkeley bart station. >> we could see picket lines at the bart station in a week and two sides talked over the weekend and they are scheduled to go back to the table today. they are far apart and they have quite a goal: they have big issues to finish and some say they recognize that there are no easy answers. >> i really need bart and a last commuters do, as well, it is part of lie. i do think bart employees need to be treated and paid the prop amount whatever that means from the higher powers above to make commuters' lives and bart employee lives okay. >> here is the gap the two sides are trying to close. the union is asking for 23 percent raise over three years, but bart is offering 8 percent raise over four years. the talks are confidential. bart workers say they deserve a raise because their wages have been flat for years. wart officials say they need to buy new trains, and they cannot afford that pay increase. they have a week to figure it out and the contract extension expires next week and worker could go on strike next monday. >> happening today

very slow from the berkeley curve. northbound 880 is starting to slow around the area as well. if you're coming through berkeley. perhaps another issue might be the richmond san rafael bridge. consider it. if you go east on 80 and over the westbound 580 across the bridge, you are clear. you have to come back down across the golden gate bridge. that's a two-toll option for you. that will be added time as wellheading into san francisco. another option for you is the san mateo bridge. as more folks head there, if you have a choice over the san mateo or dumbarton bridge, that's farther to the south and a little less populated especially on a friday. another great option for you, of course. you don't have to drive. you can take it instead of going through the oakland area where the earlier crash south 880 cleared. we have b.a.r.t. as an option, operating with no delays right now. mass transit not a problem. ac transit over the dumbarton bridge is operating on a typical weekday schedule. the sig alert continues westbound 80, that's the bay bridge, over the upper deck. very slow gettin

. >>> a group of protesters is vowing to stay camped out in front of the berkeley post office to protest the postal service's plans to sell the historic building. as ktvu's noel walker tells us, protesters are trying to save a century-old landmark. ♪ stand up! stand up! save the post office today! ♪ >> reporter: part old-fashioned protest, part new orleans funeral. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds rallied in front of the downtown berkeley post office to save an institution on life support, and a building on its death bed. >> just because they decided to sell it doesn't mean it's going to happen, right? am i right? >> reporter: in april, the postal service announced plans to sell the historic building, built in 1914 and known for its murals and florentine architectural detail. >> it is no different than our national monument, our national forest. what's next? yellowstone brought to you by at&t? i don't think so! >> it's a beautiful building and i'm sure the long history here, but it seems like for me as an architect, i'm excited for the reuse of this building. >> reporter: the pending sale of this

look at the berkeley can curve itself, slowing through emeryville, as well. the concern, the folks hitting the roads, heading toward the bay bridge. you want to avoid the bridge, south toward the san mateo bridge, more traffic for 101 and 880. we'll get a live look at the san mateo bridge, traffic westbound, good steady volume there, nothing of major concern yet but watching the trend here, seeing a few more cars than we typically see, but still at the limit across the bridge to the peninsula just fine. golden gate bridge, heading north, we'll track the commute, but so far a smooth drive. >> the bus bridge with no b.a.r.t. to rely on this morning, many commuters turning to other forms of public transportation. today in the bay live at fremont where a lot of south bay commuters will be depending on this bus service. damion, good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, marla. first bus arrives at 4:15 this morni morning, but it's not loading passengers yet. there are a couple dozen passengers here waiting to board those free chartered buses. b.a.r.t. d

we'll show you the approach, very slow through berkeley. o jammed up coming from the racetrack through berkeley and the berkeley curve. also north 880 coming up through oakland and 580. the big impact is 24 out of the caldecott tunnel, below 20 miles per hour to the maze and the approach and that why is why times will vary. west 24 the worst of them. christina, this looks like a temperature map i think for the area. we have some heat-ups going on again today, right? >> oh, yeah, the kind of heat you saw vhs tape left out in the sun in the car how they get melted and warped? it's hot enough for that today. so anything that could get damaged, don't leave inside your vehicle today. 105 degrees inland. you could gain 20 degrees inside the car. 90 degrees bai side. back to you, ladies. >> one last check of your top headlines. wildfire in arizona killed 19 firefighters, destroying at least 200 homes, started friday about 85 miles northeast of phoenix. this incident is the greatest loss of firefighters at one time since september 11th. >> counties

this building, the protesters say they will stay. ♪ more than 100 people gathered on the stems of the berkeleyost office to protest its sale. >> we're fighting to save it. and we're not going to stop. >> reporter: protester say it doesn't make send for the u.s. postal service to sell the building it owns just to pay to rent a space nearby. >> we're saying that this is public space and how dare they try to sell it off for private profit. this is a public service that has been around for 238 years. >> reporter: part of today's demonstration. >> my parents were public postal workers after moving from alabama. it was the first place that people of color were often given jobs. 40% of the employees of the postal service are people of color. 22% are women. 22% are veterans. those joks are at risk. >> reporter: the postal service says it is in poor financial shape because of the bad economy and a steady decline in mail volume and has had to make hard decisions. >> what about people who don't have internet service. or who had it and can no longer afford it. >> reporter: residents say the post office wh

the incline. all lanes have re-opened. as you saw in berkeley we have the bulk of the traffic and 30 minutes gets you from the hoffman split to san francisco. >> two, breaking news from santa clara police say a woman was raped in her apartment on homestead road before 4:00 a.m. investigators are collecting evidence at the seen. the woman was taken to the hospital. >> develop news in fremont where police are still searching for a home invasion suspect to escape during a stand off. the suspect pepper spray add woman when she opened the door to her home. authorities have arrested two men on drug trafficking charges and believe they were will keeping a teen as a sex slave. federal agents say the men were running a large growing operation for marijuana in lake county. agents located a 15-year-old girl who was forced to have sex and kept in a metal toolbox. >> five, the lincoln memorial is closed after someone vandal i've the national landmark last night. an officer found green paint splattered on the base of the president's statue. >> six, the evenin

citizens to save the berkeley post office is not giving up. they will celebrate the 100th birthday. >>> a third woman came forward to accuse bob of sexual harassment as he faces calls for resignation. >> i felt very humiliated and dehumanized and insulted. >> morgan met to discuss her non-profit but refused to audiocassette about her work and repeatedly tried to kiss her. the found over an advocacy group for children. >> four times he definitely tried to get his face in my face to kiss me. >> others accused him on sexual harassment and called on him to step down but no plans to resign. awkward moment when the candidates were asked about their use of social media. >> mr. weiner. >> weiner appeared at the event after admitting he continued to sext with women after year after resigning over twitter and photographs. >>> prince george of cambridge moved in with the middletons. prince william and katherine named their baby george alexander louis. they live in the village of bucklebury. >> there's history behind it and alexander is intriguing as well,

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we want this to remain in your historic post office building. >> the berkeley post office has some of the most amazing new deal art that should be preserved and it is part of our national and cultural heritage, it is not an organization that's set up to make a profit. it was breaking even. >> they have not listed it yet. they said they want to find a location to relocate to and at that point they'll put it on the market and that's the point where we can intervene legally as soon as they announce it. it is pretty unanimous across the country, we don't want our historic post o closed. >> reporter: reporting in berkeley kron 4 news. >>> three people are dead and over dozen are injured after a bus flipped over in indianapolis this afternoon. fire officials say the bus was carrying 40 teenagers and an adults from a local baptist church on their way home from the camp. witnesses say the bus came off at interat a time at a high rate of speed this afternoon and struck at the retaining wall as it try to curve and over turn, the driver reportedly said his breaks fail. >>> here is a live view, n

here is the trip on interstate 80 it is 16 minutes from hercules to berkeley. t lighter than usual. looking at your ride through the san ramon valley it is 16 minutes. was bound 580 has some slowing but definitely much lighter than usual. the south bay freeway is also looking good and there is an incident reported in marin but it will not slow your ride down. >> good news for commuters, the barge strike is over at least for now. we continue our team coverage and we are tracking the morning commute as train service will not be restored until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. kron4 subject she s's jackie sissel ie bet the ferry building and oakland's jack london square. >> they stated that only be a one-way ride. you can see that people are waiting for the first. to head out. this is a temporary settlement. a lot of the excitement, still some frustration for people who were in line. a lot of these people have been getting up hours early to get down here to this very. the ferry service stated that it tripled their numbers over the last few days. i had a chance to talk to s

they decided to close the berkeley post office and hundreds around the country to help ease a budget deficit. protestors say they can't do that. >> as long as we can until we can stop the sale of this post office. it's the will of people, it's the will of the representatives and city council to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> katie: the post office is on the national register of historic places. they only required to maintain the front of the building. interior is not protected under federal law. >> a.m. 200than is looking for workers. company announced it needs to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states at distribution centers. there is amazon distribution center in tracy. >>> it will be a big day for the san francisco giants tomorrow. president obama will honor the team at the white house for their 2012 world series championship. ceremony begins at 11:00 our time. president will highlight the team's ongoing campaign like the junior giants anti-bullying campaign. >> little league success, a belmont team has a lot to celebrate tonight. they are headed to the western regional tourn

they decided to close the berkeley post office and hundreds around the country to help ease a budget deficit. protestors say they can't do that. >> as long as we can until we can stop the sale of this post office. it's the will of people, it's the will of the representatives and city council to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> katie: the post office is on the r register of historic places. they only required to maintain the front of the building. interior is not protected under federal law. >> a.m. 200than is looking for workers. company announced it needs to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states at distribution centers. there is amazon distribution center in tracy. >>> it will be a big day for the san francisco giants tomorrow. president obama will honor their their 2012 world series championship. ceremony begins at 11:00 our time. president will highlight the team's ongoing campaign like the junior giants anti-bullying campaign. >> little league success, a belmont team has a lot to celebrate tonight. they are headed to the western regional tournament in san bernardino this week

. >> the city of berkeley is trying to stop the federal government from closing the city's oldest and largest medical marijuana dispensary. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that the city filed a claim in district court yesterday in defense of the berkeley patient group arguing that closing the pot club would deprive berkeley of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars. the justice department sees it differently accusing the club landlord of breaking federal drug laws and wants to seize the property. >> so far, no charges have been filed against a san francisco firefighter accused of being drunk on duty. police arrested the 43-year-old michael quinn on suspicion of driving under the influence after his fire truck collided with a motorcycle at 5th and howard on saturday. he was responding to an incident and the motorcyclive was seriously injured. the district attorney says that it is not moving forward until an investigation is completed. >> federal judges have denied a request by governor brown to delay the early release of nearly 10,000 prison inmates. in the decision, the justices s

at 6:19 a look traveling through the berkeley area and you can see the bridge at university avenue onstreets there is a fatality and it could impact 80, as well. >> and now a look at the track, eric and kristen, we have been talking about this for a little while involving a car versus a pedestrian on university avenue. right now, berkeley police say that the on-and-off ramp eastbound 80 are going to be shut down at university between university and frontage with a police investigation ongoing but that is causing slowing along westbound 80 from the maze and we are looking at 20 to 25 minutes to make your way in the westbound direction so what you want to do travel along the freeway there, using the alternates to get around. at the drive across 80 you can see how lots headlights coming toward the drive is going to be busy this morning so give yourself plenty of extra time before you head to the roads. our contract shows -- headed over to mike nicco. >> radar and clouds show everyone is cloudy but no wet weather other than the form of a little bit of drizzle along the coast and mist in t

we were talking about the berkeley corridor and it is headed to the bay bridge.he news app is available on the ipad, and iphone or droid device at abc7 news abc7news.com. >> right now the abc7 morning news returns in 60 >> these are pictures on the right of cell 7 temperature showing the drive on the incline of. >> get beyond the toll plaza and we have been driving around bringing the reports and when you gets through the toll plaza it is not too bad but getting to the toll place is so slow, just a crawl, from 580 and the toll plaza showing very jammed right now especially the cash-paying lanes. >> we have developing news from arizona where 19 firefighters died battling a fire northwest of phoenix battling a folk that broke out after a lightning strike. it has burned 2,000 acres and destroyed 200 homes. they are part of an elite crew that fights fire by happened. >> same-sex marriages continue after backers of proposition 8 lost a request to stop the marriages. supreme court just difficult kennedy signed on and lifted a stay on gay marriages. 240 couples received

let's go live to lillian kim who is at the post office rally in berkeley right now. reporter: we're at the owes office on alston way where protesters have been her since yesterday and have no plans to leave. they're here for the long haul. 15 people spent the night in one of the nine tents set up in front of the building. the group is against plans to sell the building. postal officials say it needs to sell because the postal service is in bad financial shape. the protesters say the building belongs to the people. the berkeley post office was built in 1914 and is on the register of historic places and one of hundreds of post offices across the country slated to close. protesters say the camp is off to a good start. >> slept like a log. it was great. and you see we have food. we got up and somebody brought grits, and we're eatle well. last night we had a movie. the postman. >> how long are you going to do this? >> as long as we can, until we can stop the sale of the post office. it's the will of the people. the will of the representatives in city council, to save this

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and it is a festival, and it is near the berkeley marina. tonight, i will let my thought and my words fly free, too. some of you know that i have been in community with comedy show, and we will pack up the jerseys and give high fives and come out with only 18 and over, and that is right. we will kick them out. we might be saying the seven words we can't say on tv, i will warn you. but monday, i will be saying all of the words that you will need to get around "today in the bay." 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 rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a

the berkeley fire department responded. he was pronounced dead on the scene. it looks like it's a hit-and- run fatality. we had our fatal accident team respond as well as homicide detectives as and they are on scene. >> reporter: were there any witnesses or car debris? >> i don't know specific if there's debris. we're looking for witnesses to come forward if they've seen a collision, to -- to contact us. any details will be helpful in solving this case. >> reporter: can you tell us what's opened and closed? i heard an onramp is closed. >> we've opened up the eastbound lanes into berkeley. you can get off at university avenue and go east on university. you won't be able to access the freeway from university avenue. you can't drive and get on the freeway from university avenue. you'll have to use gilman and ashby at this point. >> reporter: are police officers directing people to detour? >> yes. we have officers posted at 6th street and west frontage to let people know the freeway is closed and to let them nope the alternative -- let them know the alternative ro

jr stone, kron 4 news. >>> developing news the berkeley. ice are investigating the second murder of the year. officers were on scene after reports of shots being fired on derby street. details are not released yet. >>> a former ymca child care aid in morgan hill was charged today with sex crimes. now police are trying to identify the children they stay they found in photos on his phone. nicholas herman. that is his mug shot. he was arrested friday after a six-year-old girl forced her to commit a sex act. he is in custody. he is charged with sexual acts with a child under 10 and possessing child pornography. >>> warmer weather today as we head into the next several days. we will continue to see warming away from the coastline. tomorrow, sit still going to reach our inland valleys, clear very quickly by friday and saturday, it will not reach the inland valleys, just the bay shores and the coastline. temperatures will stay a little keeler, but away from the coast, we are looking at 80s and 90s . fog tracker set for 6:00. widespread fog coverage

later this year the berkeley humane society is launching a campaign to rebuild the shelter. you may recall much of it was destroyed three years ago in a fire that killed 15 cats. if you would like to help the humane society we posted a link on our website at abc7news.com. >> samsung is breaking ground for construction of the headquarters in north san jose today. this is a sketch of the new ten-story office tower. the $300 million project is due to be completeed in 2015 housing 2,000 employees and more than a million square feet of office space. the employees will work in sales, research and development. >> at 5:0, we are looking forward to a warm afternoon, mike, but, first, we need the low morning clouds. >> you can see them on the roof camera as we look to the south to the ferry building, part of the bay bridge and the top of the embarcadero center is easier to see than yesterday. the flag on the ferry building is showing a sea breeze developing bringing in the cleaner air. ing what read and mold are low and moderate ozone but the i index is very high this afternoon. the n

the show is eld every year at the berkeley marina but this year, things are different. they're expecting a larger crowd for the show. the crew got there early to set up so they won't have to deal with traffic getting here. fern yez family had the same idea. >> we'll be here. >> making the trip all the way to san francisco without the convenience of bart wasn't an option. plan b went into action. >> have you ever tried to travel with this many children over the bridge? and get stuck in traffic? >> here is something you need to know. i learned all lots at the marina are full so if you leave around this time, planning to get a spot things have changed there is an overflow parking lot and they're using a subtle to bring people down here. so if you have not left you need to do so by foot because lots of full. >> good advice, thank you. >> taking a step back in time. >> traditional 4th of july celebration is just ahead in the bay area. >>> coming up at 6:00 if you have to get your car repaired then the company issues a recall, can you get reimbursed? michael finney has the ans

berkeley. we just got off the phone with the berkeley police department and they say it is a hit-and- run crash involving a pedestrian. that's what happened on city streets. and that's why they have had to close the off-ramp from interstate 80 to university avenue. so you cannot access university avenue off-ramps from eastbound or westbound 80. in the meantime, you can use gilman or ashby and it's beginning to slow down the commute on the main lines of the freeway now, as well. want to update you here traffic alert still in effect on highway 152. it's approaching lovers lane. they are still doing one-way traffic control in the area after a head-on collision involving a big rig. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, where you can see still no metering lights. fastrak users are still getting by okay. >>> in bay area headlines, a teenager is dead after a shooting in east san jose. it happened at 1 a.m. yesterday. police showed up just as a large party was breaking up. then officers stopped the car with a wounded 17-year-old who died later. >>> no word on progress between bart and the union. st

abc7 news reporter is at the berkeley bart station. >> two weeks to go and the two sides are bickering, kristen, the unions are being you have critical of bart and bart leader negotiators saying that he is not going to be available for ten of the next 14 days. bart says that he has commitments for four of those days and the rest of the negotiating team will be available so arguing is still going on but the union is saying they think that bart head negotiator is more interested in promoting a strike. ama anyonelation, deaccept, stalled tactics not resolving problems, surface bargaining intended not to move the bargaining forward. >> we do not want to bust the unions we are going through the normal process of union negotiation and bart. >> will we see this on monday august 5th in commuters dealt with this for four days and told stories of commutes that took several hours. the strike was called off after four days and the contract was extended for 30 days but know we are down to two weeks to go and bart general manager thinks two weeks is still plenty of time to reach a deal. reporting in

traffic flowing toward the area, slowing through berkeley and richmond. typical for west 80 and up the incline. that's where you see the red, typical. north 238 west of 580. castro valley y, slowly building. interstate 880 not a problem north through san leandro or south. build for the tri-valley. smooth flow of traffic. more slowing through livermore for highway 84. interstate 580 pleasant. and 68 do through sunol. low clouds around the tops of the hills but not a problem for drivers. we'll check on the forecast in a second. the other side of the bay, looking at palo alto. 101 flows smoothly. another issue at the top of the screen, like in sunol. clouds hovering above the level for drivers. what does that hold in store for the forecast? >> start with the live picture to give you an indication. fun noi how things work out on the show, organically. people up the incline, fog hovering 500, 600 feet. if you're traveling through the mountains, or through the higher elevations, that's where you find fog. yeah, right off the bat again, third consecutive day, two

the game next. >>> a live look overhere here towards berkeley. a smooth drive off the carquinez bridge down here. we'll talk about the maze and issues you need to know about in the next few weeks if you're driving through there during darker hours. >>> welcome back. 4:55. the giants' sergio romo did not get to play in the all-star game but did get a cameo with jimmy fallin. >> helping fallon out with pros and cons of being a major league all-star. >> next player san francisco giants' closer, sergio romo, pro, if you told players ten years ago they'd be an all-star they wouldn't have believed you. con. >> if you tell me ten years ago jimmy fallon would have his own tv show, i wouldn't have believed you. >> come on. >> all-star game, roam hoe didn't get a chance to close things out for the national league because the n.l. couldn't even score. it lost 3-0. meaning a.l. gets the home-field advantage in the world series. a's grant balfour pitched a coreless sixth inning. only athletic to take the field. buster posey the only one to see any action. he s

the tropical clouds. tough, tough forecast for san francisco. even oakland and berkeleyhe cool side. 51 in san francisco. it should be much warmer than that. no sign of any 70s. 50s everyone in the same ballpark here. just stuck in that temperature range. low cloud deck will be slow to peel back for some. we will stay on the cooler side as that low pressure stays up to the pacific northwest. and there are two speeds slow  and stop. breezy and cooler. morning low clouds will give way to sunshine. 50s to 80s. again the inland temps are below average. it's been stuck pretty cool here on the coast. when santa cruz checks in that will tell you it's a cool day. cool to nice depending on how you look at it. >>> labor rights group is accusing another supplier to apple of labor uses. the china labor watch group says pegatron withheld employee pay. apple says it's committed to providing safe and fair working conditions and that it promises to investigate the charges. >> it's an honor to meet the wolverine. >> and the wolverine clawed his way to the box office. sold enough ticket

the berkeley post office was built in 1914 and is on the register of historic places and one of hundreds of post offices across the country slated to close. protesters say the camp is off to a good start. >> slept like a log. it was great. and you see we have food. we got up and somebody brought grits, and we're eatle well. last night we had a movie. the postman. >> how long are you going to do this? >> as long as we can, until we can stop the sale of the post office. it's the will of the people. the will of the representatives in city council, to save this post office. it's not necessary. >> berkeley city leaders are doing what they took prevent the sale of the building. the fight to save the post office is on many levels. officers have encouraged people to stay out of the the street but that's the extent of it. >> police in hayward are looking for a suspect out thief who wounded two store security officers. the suspect tried to walk out of home depot without paying for items when the loss prevention officers confronted hem. the suspect shot one officer in the shoulder and pistol-whippe

the berkeley drive is traveling along 80 westbound you can see how cars are bumper to bumper. n is mike nicco has a warm trust ahead. >> it is cooler this only but it will still be hot this afternoon so hopefully the car has not overheated. live doppler 7 hd showing clouds hanging away the coast and the bay with no flight arrival delays at sfo and the big story is the same areas under the excessive heat warning and it was pushed back until thursday at 7:00 as we talked about yesterday. from mount tamalpais you can see clouds on the marine layer which is thicker this morning than it was but, still, the sunshine this afternoon and the heat holding on in the east bay and it could be 40 degrees between the coast and inland and everyone sees the temperatures pull back to normal this weekend. low-to-mid 90's with near 100 in los gatos and goal provide and -- gilroy and 80 in millbrae. the coast is mid-to-upper 60's and closest to normal and everyone else is above like 73 in downtown and 75 in south san francisco five degrees warmer-than-average. 86 in petaluma, the cool spot in the n

the bay bridge and total plaza, backups forming, slow off 24 westbound and down the berkeley curve. me show the live shot, these are the folks coming out of berkeley toward the bay bridge total plaza. these folks coming off 580 and 24, the big slow down that forms. we have those metering lights turned on half hour early so a lot of cars hitting the road because of the b.a.r.t. transit off service. back to you. >>> 5:51. start saving your spare change. california has the highest gas tax in the country. this morning, the statewide excise tax on gas jumped by 3.5%. taxes now account for 72 cents of every gallon of gas you pump into your car. by comparison, nationwide, the average tax on a gallon of gas is 49 cents. the increase was approved by the state board of equalization back in february to make up for lost revenue. >>> it's 5:51. new trouble this morning for students. the amount they pay for their loans is about to double. we'll have all the details next. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what

and the berkeley police tell us it was an auto accident. however, we don't see anything. traffic on the freeway is not effected. you see a flair pattern set up. we will let you know how this shakes out. probably the most important thing is the commute traffic on 80 westbound is not significantically effected by this. interstate 880 if you are driving past the coliseum there, that traffic looks good. if you are driving in livermore valley the traffic also looks very good here on the livermore valley. getting word of track accident. this is not on my life. cig alert has been -- this is highway 152 near lovers lane. it looks like there has been a head on collision there. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a very happy monday morning. a cooler monday morning. fog bank is definitely large and in charge today and tomorrow. sometimes high pressure comes in and knocks it down on the deck. high pressure is losing its grip for a couple days. a lot of the tropical clouds are gone. if you don't have the fog it will be sunny today. there will be a fresh westerly breeze. a mist

. >>> the medical center was hit by a power outage this morning at the berkeley location but the emergency generators immediately switched on. no patient service awas effected -- was effected. >>> it is a boy. prince harry and kate middleton welcomed a son today. the future king of england. the announcements was placed outside buckingham palace. no word when his name will be replaced. experts celebrated with doubly today. >> she needs space now to enjoy time with the baby and i hope she gets that. >> the baby was born at st. mary's hospital, the same hospital where prince harry and prince william were born. >>> live view to a crime. a tool helped catch a burglar in the act. >> potentially wet weather on the horizon. i am monitoring the monsoonal moisture. >> and more than 100 laptops stolen from a school. >> makes me sad when i heard the news. >> we explore how they were able toby-pass the security system. -- to by-pass the security system. it starts with something little, like taking a first step. and then another. and another. and if you do it. and your friends do it. and their friends d

it's building, so you'll slow off the berkeley curve as well. >>> new video of new connecter ramps that opened an hour ago. southbound 101 to capital expressway. hold your applause, jon kelley. along yerba buena in san jose. worst part of the highway 101 improvement project, aimed at predeu reducing congestion. the project is expected to wrap up early next year. >> the lights, snapping my fingers. coming up, this is bad on a lot of levels. hundreds of port-a-potties up in flames. raging fire that ripped through a sanitation warehouse overnight. >>> monitoring news out of washington carefully as there's an nsa hearing in the senate. you are looking at live pictures. chuck grassley there. full coverage in business and tech. >>> cutting through crowds at the new niners stadium. shortest lines to beer and bathroom. >> life is good. >>> welcome back. good wednesday morning to you. a live look at low clouds spanning inland. this i sunol. flight delay at 35 minutes out of the sfo. we'll let you know what the new day will bring weather-wise in a few minutes. >>> likewise, low clouds here in san

hundreds rallied in front of the downtown berkeley post office to save an institution on life support and a building obits deathbed. >> just because they decided to sell it doesn't mean it's going to happen, right? >> reporter: in april the postal service announced plans to sell the historic building, built in 1914 and known for its muellers and floretine architectural details. >> it's no different than our national monuments, our national forests, what next? yellowstone brought to you by at&t. i don't think so. >> i know in berkeley people love to protest. it's a beautiful building and i'm sure it's a long history here, but it seems like for me an architect i'm excite phid reuse of the building. >> reporter: pending sale of this and other post offices across the country are cost-cutting measures and the postal service says it lost $25 billion over the past five years. >> to them publication space is wasted space. to them, this post office is wasted space until it is privatized. >> reporter: to make their point, demonstrators pitched a couple of tents to let the postal service know th

if you are coming from the berkeley area there are not enough alternatives to make the drive into downtown oakland, for instance. we sympathize for the commuters in the bay area. 580 cannot scratch a break this morning. westbound we have a brand new accident involving a motorcycle and that is adding to the pain. we have one lane blocked at flynn road because of an early car fire and the top speed is 13 miles per hour and sometimes in the single digits but look at that from tracy we are over an hour in dublin.and westbound 58d up from the 680 dublin interchange and as we look at the drive coming down from highway four westbound 80 that drive to the hoffman split is very difficult at to hour. now, the weather. mike? >> we will have hot temperatures and sun. we have a few sprinkles at live doppler 7 hd. this is headed to the northwest and away from land. there is more to the south but it will continue push off over the ocean. it added more humidity to the area and kept our temperatures up during the overnight hours. that is going to spring board us to excessive heat again in the north bay, th

here is the berkeley commute loading up at 15 minutes to get from highway 4 to the maze. golden state park at the east end of the park. police released a description of the suspect. they are described as heavy set black male with dreadlocks and the other is a blackmail wearing a white hoodie. the woman, possibly in her 40's was stabbed in the cleft and the man believed 20 and 30 was stabbed in the abdomen. both have life-threatening injuries. the suspects drove away in a maroon vehicle the. >> in oakland the city council worked into the early morning to put two new controversial crime-fighting laws on the books in the wake violent demonstrations that followed george zimmerman's aquittal in the killing of trayvon martin. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> they voted 5-0 making it a misdemeanor to bring hamers and wrenches and tools of violence to demonstrations. look at this video showing people using the items to shatter ones during a protest of the george zimmerman verdict which was usually this month. it is nut just vandalism but a it wary was hit in the fac

north of the berkeley curve. heading toward the maze westbound 580, kesconnecter ram. nice drive oakland, bay bridge and interstate 880 and 580. fire in the north coming up. >>> samsung ready to break ground on a massive new facility in the south bay. >>> also house republicans holding a key meeting today that will help determine the fate of immigration reform right here in america and we have a brand-new statement released by the white house overnight. >>> the families of the boston marathon bombing victims come face to face with the surviving suspect. >>> welcome back. we continue to follow the updates we're getting from the ntsb daily. this is a look at wreckage of the asiana airplane that went down on saturday morning. bob redell following all the latest details for you. we bring you live reports coming up. >>> you can fly from san jose to tokyo seven days a week. starting today, all nippon offering flights. previously it was five days a week. the flights on boeing 787 dreamliners which came back into service last month after grounded in january due to battery prob

the right lane is blocked and traffic is stacking up through berkeley. this may be causing those delays through the altamont pass and livermore. a new crash just reported in dublin westbound 580 near foothill and look at that, a lot of brake lights this morning beginning in tracy coming off of 205. also bart now back on time after some earlier power issues causing some delays on the richmond line. muni, caltrain, ferries and ace train number one and three by the way are all reporting no delay. that's your latest traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> one week from today, the bay area could be experiencing another bart strike. and if the unions and management can't come to an agreement when the clock strikes midnight sunday night bart workers could walk off the job again. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is in san francisco with the numbers behind a key issue in the negotiations, pay for the workers. >> reporter: a new report by the san jose "mercury news" shows that bart employees already make more money than any of its peers. it says average bart unio

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but the berkeley police public information officer told us that indeed someone was killed in this crash. the city's fatal accident investigation team has arrived and it will be closing off part of university avenue overcrossing there to do that investigation. again we have no more information we don't know what kind of car they are looking for. but we do know that this is a good area to avoid. you might want to think about using ashby avenue as an alternative. so far you can see 80 -- at 6:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you. meantime the acquittal of george zimmerman in florida is leading to more violence and vandalism here in oakland. alex savidge is getting a look at the damage this morning. he joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of business ordinary reasons here in the downtown area have a lot of cleanup to do. quite a bit of damage everywhere you look. this is one store front that was smashed up here last night or over the weekend during two straight nights of demonstrations. all of it people upset about the acquittal of george zimmerman in th

gave a campaign-style speech in illinois in efforts to help the middle class and buft the minimum wage. >> in berkeley, on those receiving the lowest pay got a speech >> reporter: some people marched downtown to a commission on labor meeting. >> they want the minimum wage raised to $10.55 an hour. >> in downtown berkeley, protestors say the bay area is expensive and even working full-time, it's hard to make ends meet. >> passers by said they agree. >> people have bills and stuff like that, and it's just hard -- impossible to make it on minimum wage. >> i'm employed half-time, but when i look at minimum wage jobs, it's not even worth it for me to consider because it wouldn't allow me to live >> reporter: president obama echoed those same words in his speech. >> we need to raise the minimum wage because it's lower right now than it was when ronald regan okay office, it's time for it to go office. >> increases have helped to alleviate poverty for the working poor. >> this economist said studies have shown raising the minimum wage could give a slight boost to the economy. >> in the levels we've seen have

the linage looking at now is the line to get to berkeley. n to the right you concede that this line that goes all the way down to the end of the block. this is the line for much of the afternoon. >> if you look a lot beyond the buses that is the line to get to oakland it is almost as long as the berkeley line appeared >> we do have some live from one of the union's we have antoinette brian with the transit union. >> what is your response to the last offer from bart?. >> was a counterincrease?. >> there was a reduction in our wages to >> what is the union sent to the union now? >> week requested 4.5. which is 13 1/2%. >> and then a one half a percent to be paid into our pension from the cola. >> we have not heard back from bart. >> are you ready to go back to the table? >> yes we are ready and we have no reason to keep the public waiting like this. >> was acquitted bake break and be back with more you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. i'm going to dream about

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the verdict are sealed and will be read today in court. berkeleye are investigating a homicide this morning. it was reported just before 7 last night. kron4's mike pelton joined us live now from the scene with the latest. believe that this is only the second one this year. a very rare. we hope to get some reaction from neighbors throughout the morning. >>james: let's turn our attention to the weather. we have erica with the forecast. and we have our own many heat waves. can you call it a heat wave erica? >> will be quite all the way to them '90s for antioch, pittsburg, it just depends on where you are located. it looks like temperatures will be much cooler for your morning lows. so we are working up to low clouds but expect former conditions into the afternoon and faster clearing as we head into tomorrow. but like temperatures will remain on the hot side as you head into your saturday. gradually cooler as we wrap up the weekend. full details on what to expect coming up in your 7 day around the bay forecast. meantime, let's take a look at fog tracke

> some of it is more in the fog category than the low cloud deck and if you do, it is thick on the berkeley side, warm air a aloft, yesterday it was up around 2000 feet and it will be warmer inland and i don't think we changed too much. 52 napa and santa rosa and antioch and livermore runs by the bay. it seems like mid-60s which seems to settle in. i will go 66 and 67, starting at 54 degrees, high pressure with winds today and then pressure coming in from the passive investigate northwest, we will not see any of those 105s or anything. temperatures are creeping up and we'll see 70s and 80s and by the bay 60s and 70s. >> and by friday inland temperatures will come up by the weekend. >>> they have forced the evacuation of a summer camp. the 106-acre -- 160-acre fire because of that they had to shut everything down in both directions. >> the former president came to san francisco and it was one of his stops in the pro legalization tour. in 2006, 180,000 people have been killed. >> passengers are flying in and out of fso and they are reacting to the asiana airlines deadly plane crash. crystal g

transit buses that are going specifically to the berkeley area. >> hundreds of commuters waiting in lines in downtown san francisco is a direct result of the bart strike. >> here is one commuter who had a nightmare experience the doors for the ac bus would not open up and up ac transit bus broke down. >> ac transit a minute there was a problem on board but the bus did not catch fire. nevertheless, the commuter says it's been a long day no train lines in a bus that failed her. >> some of these commuters say they will opt out of coming to the city after their experience on monday. >> others agree that the holiday will come early and they will not go to work tomorrow wednesday due to the barge strike if it in downtown san francisco live now you see the long lines. and these are the kinds of lies that to have seen all evening here at the trends the bay terminal. >> commuters want to know has a good agreement in may between bart management and union. >> if you did not go the casual car pool route or by public transit, you were likely in your car. and came face to face with a heap of traffic. k

the berkeley kite festival in the 60s. you head inland and the numbers will be pleasant. in the mid-80s today. 85 in livermore with sunshine coming your way by early morning. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. even a little cooler tomorrow. a look at the low clouds and fog at our coast. little change on monday and tuesday we begin the warming trend inland. we will see some more 90s return wednesday and thursday inland but the coast clears up with numbers in the mid-60ths. a little cool down out there. >> that's good because it got warm last week. >> i think so. >> coming up, a meeting of the vips of the social and media world. they came face-to-face yesterday in the bay area. we will show you. and a discovery behind a basement wall in san francisco leads to something that will comfort pet owners for generations. >> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will make his first public comments on immigration reform next month. zuckerberg already has length considerable support to political advocacy group that lobbies for more h1v worker visas. some say his public address august