cash tolls at the bay bridge will be going down next month from six dollars to four dollars, tolls at many other ridges and highways also being reduced. over the next five years, that means $270 million less in revenue. during a hearing in annapolis, maryland's transportation secretary speaks to allay concerns. >> nothing we have done with these toll reductions are impacting the excellent credit rating or our ability to maintain a good, safe system. reporter: but some legislators fear it could result in a smaller reserve fund that could be needed for emergency repairs. >> anything could happen. and we just don't have anything in reserves. reporter: others worry that funding could be in jeopardy. >> it may be good politically to have this toll reduction. but there is no guarantee you will have -- be able to do any future planning or future construction of these projects. reporter: one eastern shore lawmaker says his constituents are not worried. >> they have been ecstatic about it. they are looking to put a sign at one of the restaurants of that thanks governor hogan for reducing the p

peggy. >> reporter: that's right, a judge has just ruled that toll violations cases on the dulles toll road similar to those on the express lanes have only a one-year statute of limitations, in the two. but the man who won this case fought it for a different reason. you see, he doesn't have an e-z- pass. he prefers to pay with coins or cash if need be. but he found sometimes that's impossible to do. >> i went to the full-service on those seven occasions, and there was nobody there. >> reporter: our new digs was sued for not paying seven tolls. he fought the suit and won. >> it was in excess of 3,000 for $7 in tolls. >> reporter: what do you think of that? >> i think it's highly disproportionate, unfair. >> reporter: the circuit judge dismissed his case. the reason he fought it was because of this. >> there's no one here at that time booth. >> reporter: after he was sued, he started recording baths that are unmanned after 9:00 p.m. >> reporter: i wasn't aware that there's no one there have after 9:00. there's no signage there. >> reporter: we did find signs that state baths are unmanned

road for not paying seven tolls. he fought the suit and won. >> it was in excess of $3000 for $7 in tolls. >> reporter: his case was dismissed saying it violated a one-year statute of limitations. the reason mr. diggs fought it was because of this. >> there's no one here at the booth. >> reporter: he started recording booths that are unmanned after 9:30:00 p.m. >> i wasn't aware that booth would close at a certain time. >> uh-huh. >> i've learned now they close at 9:30, but there's no signage indicating what time they close even up to now. >> reporter: we did find signs at some entrance ramps that state booths are unmanned after 9:30. >> they did give me an option to pay around $500, and i felt that wasn't fair. >> a toll road spokesman says when someone encounters an unmanned booth and they don't have an e-z pass and don't have coins, they should call customer service later on and explain what happened to avoid a violation. >>> just in time for the 4th of july, maryland toll prices are going down. the new rates go i

>> good afternoon my name is stephanie moman the vice president of contracting care with brown and toll physicians here in san francisco 3800 of the san francisco medicare eligible retirees are enrolled in the blue shield 65 medicare program each of these retirees has a relationship with a brown and toll doctor as a primary care physician the options presented to you all have advantages and disadvantages as you have seen. i would like to highlight one of the important advantages of remaining status quo with the current plan specifically the shield 65 option the slide pointed this out as care management delegated to the medical group this is a coordinated care to the activities of brown and toll medical group our care of social workers medical director and staff come together with one goal in mind to prent the right care at the right time to the patients we serve we believe in the value of providing coordination among all health care provisors doctors hospitals others health care providers in the city to make sure the patients gets right care at the right time. at the center is the physi

tolls on the chesapeake bay bridge will drop from $6 to $4. the bay bridge toll for people who use e-zpass will go to $2.50. for a complete list of the roads that will be less expensive we invite you to look at our website. >>> as debate about the con confedera and her family has ties to this area. >>> a wife and mother is killed in a tragic bike accident that police are now calling a hit-and-run. coming up at 6:00 why this woman's son is saying that public transportation is partly to blame for what happened to his mom. >>> a guy paid thousands of dollars to settle a $30 bill for missed tolls. tonight a warning for drivers on how you might avoid those steep fines on the express lanes. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. >>> first at 6:30 tonight a fitness enthusiast was killed on her bike. the family says she was not out for exercise at 11:00. she

that's the bay bridge toll plaza here now and of course things -- it's slow this morning at the tollghout the morning and down in the south bay, oh, yeah, kind of slow for a lot of folks and as you head up highway 101 through sort of the redwood city area trying to get up the peninsula into the city, it will be slow as well. >> i did see sal tweet, he woke up, turned it on, fans of approval from our own sal castanedo. >> you are on standby. >> it really is. i had them on the hot lin . >> >> all right. our weather, fog, coast and bay, mostly sunny inland. tomorrow looks hot. maybe wednesday, thursday should be cooler. but still worm as we go into the 4th. still a lot of cloud. >> could affect the fireworks. >> could. >> we'll see. >> too early. >> all right. >>> thank you for joining us. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news today. >> that's right ktvu news back at noon. you can always get your latest headlines on our mobile app and ktvu.com. have thank you for joining us. have a great monday. see ya. ♪ we came in station wagons, campers, o

the bay bridge toll plaza commute where all feeder freeways leading towards the bay bridge toll plaza are moving at the speed limit. westbound 80 looking fine. through the berkeley and emery vail area with no delays as of yet for highway 24 westbound 80 looks very swell approaching -- well approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. it's early yet. the metering lights are still off for the drive out of oakland heading into san francisco. speaking of oakland 880 looking good. with no big problems to report to you through the east bay. there is a chp high wind advisory in place for the san mateo bridge. so westbound 92 you're going to feel the winds according to the chp. they tell us especially at mid span. so so far it's not doing much to delay some of the traffic for westbound 92 heading across the bridge towards the peninsula. now 580 westbound leaving the tracy area, you can expect the usual delays westbound 580 heavy now from the 205 interchange approaching the livermore valley but b.a.r.t. is on time and no problems to report to you for the altamonte commuter express or caltrain. back

it's slow in a couple toll lanes but we have phone calls placed out to a bay bridge toll official to see what's going on. a car may have broken down in one of toll booths causing the back up. we'll move to 8 # 0 as it roll -- 880 as it rolls through the oakland area. and looking good through the fremont area as well. no problems as of yet for the golden gate bridge. that's a look at your monday commute. now to michelle. >> thank you. >>> san jose police have arrested two people who allegedly tried to run down a police officer. the search lasted about three hours last night. the gang suppression unit had tried to stop a green accra on mclaughlin avenue. a car barreled toward an officer who was able to get out of the way. later it hit a police cruiser. people were told to stay inside until the suspects were found in a backyard just before 10:00 p.m. >>> police are investigating a rash of car burglaries in and around the cal berkeley campus. there were about a dozen in the month of may. they have targeted cars with valuables like electronics, let them be in sight. police said people sho

the golden gate bridge, the tolls are going up. but also it's very foggy. you have to put the low beams into commission. we're at a clear drive from marin to san francisco. >>> we are following breaking news where a union deal stopped a strike involving thousands of workers at least for now. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose with what's happening in santa clara county now. matt? >> kristen, they've got a deal. it still needs to be approved by membership and the union. check out this tweet sent out by local 521, it stays no strike today. tentative agreement reached. voting time locations to come. congratulations to our negotiating team for standing strong. this deal was completed about two hours ago. about 9,000 employees were scheduled to walk off the job at 6:00 a.m. no contract was in place. this is the biggest union of the county. about half of all county employees. a judge i approved an injunction keeping 475 employees who were essential on the job. from 911 to juvenile hall. that is not necessary with this deal in place now. this is f

tolls are going up again this week. 25-cent increase takes effect on wednesday. fast track users will pay 6.25. 7.25 if you pay by plate. the toll increases are necessary to keep up with the maintenance on that aging bridge. >>> time 4:46. good morning, roberta. >> good morning. >> i saw the fog as i was rolling in or were those just clouds. >> clouds and fog. social security simmering there, pushed on shore. most welcome for those of us in the inland areas where it has been warm. we cooled down last night, and going to warm up today the hottest day will be on wednesday. the 7-day forecast is coming u. first send you out the door, compliments photographer greg, under a mostly cloudy sky. another view towards the bay bridge, currently we have air temperature of 57 to 61 degrees. it is now 57 degrees in santa rosa, where we have clear skies. few clouds along the coast and into the bay. everybody will have a few high clouds all from sub tropical moisture, lifting to the high sierra, and we're going to heat up today in comparison to yesterday. the cloud cover, associ

another look at a friday light place, the toll bay bridge toll plaza is moving and building in materials of volume. golden gate bridge shows wow, almost no one driving. but a couple cars northbound. >> san jose, since we have covered part of the san francisco and north pay here is the south bay, this is san jose 280, it is light as well. >> mcdonald's moves toward a healthy happy meal and it seems to be paying off in the america's money report. >> france's president chimes in on violent protests against uber drives and what he is pleading for in the wake of chaos on the streets. >> showing the bay and a lovely picture. why am i so aw did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> welcome back on friday morning at 5:13. a shot from sutro camera, you can see the city lights and the fog is creep

. >> we have backups growing at the bay bridge toll plaza. currently backed up from the foot of the maze. i'll have the latest on the bay bridge including information sfx: engines revving. listen up. ready. ready. steady. sfx: engines revving. go! ♪ it's more than a movie. it's now a ride. fast and furious. supercharged. ride it at universal studios hollywood. new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> welcome back. time now 6:12. here's's live look at the bay bridge. sunrise over treasure island. a beautiful perspective of what to expect throughout the day a mixture of sun and clouds and mild temperatures. the full forecast is coming up. >>> the pilot killed in the crash of a small plane near livermore has been identified. the alameda county coroner's bureau says 75-year-old michael seal of pleasanton died in the crash monday night. the plane had just taken off from livermore municipal airport. federal investigato

for supporting island services and the acts called for the agency to be designated to over see the toll operation and to manage, the provision of the new transit services and the transportation, authority has had a long time partnership, and with the organization and including the construction of the island ramps project that is happening sxhou in 2011, when you all adopted the treasure island development project, the plans were already in, and under way, to partner for the role here as timma and we were so designated in 2014, and the responsibilities of this agency is to insure that the program meets the transportation performance and the financial mandates of the original plan and for coordinating with the agencies that if necessary, to implement such a plan including the san francisco municipal transportation agency, and the cal trans, and the area toll fee, and the water agency that manages the ferries and the transit, the timma will over see the design and the construction and design from the contracting for the ferry bus and shuttle services for overseeing tolling and parking mana

tolls will increase by $0.25. the increase is part of a five year plan to raise tolls by $2 by 2018. golden gate bridge drivers pay another dollar to cross the span. bringing the fast track toll to $6 million the next $0.25 increase will be in july of 2016. followed by two more in july of 2017 and two more in july of 2018. >>> estimated 2 million people came to san francisco over the weekend for the pride festivities. kara lou will show us more from the parade coming up. >>> possible new twist in the investigation surrounding the deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. coming up in 25 minutes what some witnesses say was unusual about the balcony. >> plus an ominous warning from homeland security ahead of this holiday weekend. after the break the reason for heightened concern across the country. >> plus the freeway is getting pretty busy here in the 6:00 hour all around the bay area. we're keeping an eye on things through emeryville along the east shore freeway. we'll also tell you about a crash in the east bay. >> pl

old or raped, visit this is not come in surprise was sold last year when it was all an electronic toll when there was a five-year plan will increase the tolls every year tomorrow is the day when those toes will go up if you're currently a fast track user is still wanted to this, you'll pay $6 to 65 and you're paid live with them in the tech picture of your license plate and senator bill you go from $7

but the good news is once you past the toll plaza.cks up really nicely heading across the bridge. heading into san francisco. now the altamont pass, you can always count on slow traffic. this morning the delays extend beyond the 205 ander change and stays the -- interchange and stays heavy. 680 interchange traffic picks up and not delayed yet as you make your way down the dublin grade. mass transit-wise we're in good shape for b.a.r.t., caltrain and the altamonte commuter presentationers. 30 minutes in the southbound direction and more on that with the t next traffic report -- the next traffic report. >>> we're starting off with a gorgeous view of the sun rising today. take a look at that. clear blue skies at least out there although we are starting off with some coastal clouds. which will bring us a mild start as you head out the door this morning right now current temperatures pretty much in the 50s area wide. 57 in concord. 50s as you head out the door in astros froze and 54 right now -- santa rosa and # 4 right now in -- 54 right

the death toll, it's almost doubled, why?rter: well, first of all you have to remember that when that heat wave hit on saturday, the temperatures went up to 48 in the internal areas in at least three districts many people were brought to the city of karachi many were hospitalized with symptoms of heat stroke and that's why you saw the death toll mounting because some of them were in critical condition. and this particular hot spell continued for at least two more days which is sunday and monday. the situation now however is improving. but as you mentioned, this was indeed a very high figure, the death toll now going to close to 450, although the official figure is standing at about 445. >> kamal, what's being done about it? how is the country trying to help these people who are clearly suffering? >> reporter: well, most of these people are very poor because there are a lot of people living on the streets the victims are elderly. the government has moved. but it has moved late, they have set up the national disaster management

this morning and get into work no traffic problems to report so far this policy at the bay bridge tollplaza of you're taking that this morning just an easy ride all lanes are open that is a five minute trip from sausalito southbound across the span and to the south end of the bridge into san francisco the richmond san rafael bridge also looking great it is very lightly traveled a couple of car to get into the tall man in you will see a problem for a ride to the 101 split in san rafael to to over to the map now. >>anny hong: we begin with breaking new the contra costa county share the farm is investigating a shooting and they point to happen around midnight there san marco boulevard and highway 4 and no other details have been released he will have the latest in live report as soon as he gets there will keep you posted happening right now the search is underway for the driver of a vehicle that a man and edition of the man who was it is now on life support this morning. >>jeff bush: this is the only known image of a car that hit the 23 year-old he was in the crosswalk of the corner of mi

>>james: is to get out there for about the increasing toll at the golden gate bridge the toll will startnd be warned. . >>jackie sissel: this allows one to be a five-year plan to increase tolls every year as you said tomorrow is the day with the toes go across the border frequently crossing the golden gate bridge this is as i said the all electronic tolling and increased all across the board and starting tomorrow it will go up a quarter the good news is when they had told takers they increase to buy dollar almost every time because was more convenient now they're going to do and 25¢ increments for the next five years it will be up to $8 for people using fast track $7 to 725 that put the new mobile very inside the bridge is a need to pay for that in the capital improvement as a said this is not really a surprise that played out there a year ago when it put the new electronic tooling and but obviously the old price will be paid to moral. >>james: keep that in mind for tomorrow morning mood this morning a final tally is and in newspaper publisher a man when has won the seat in san jose city

. >> the toll plaza it got crowded in a hurry. i'm keeping an eye on things. keeping an eye on the coo are shot it looked like everybody started to hit the toll plaza all at once. there is highway 101 things also looking somewhat busy there. this morning you can see a bit of a backup for our friends in the south bay. and yeah you will have quite a bit of company there as you head toward the toll plaza as you make your way toward the pay gates. you can see the fast track planes. those are the folks keeping along in the middle there. they are doing okay i guess you could say for this time of the morning. but everybody else it will be slow going so everybody hitting it pretty early this morning and you saw a brief appearance by boris. okay we will go to the maps here. i will show you what things look like around the south bay. no major accidents to report in that area and that is certainly good news at the 6:00 a.m. hour. as you head up to the peninsula, a pretty good drive on highway 101 heading into san francisco. and we will also slide you out east here and we

two guards either end of the toll road and they would have a pike. paid their toll fee they would turn the pike and let the people through. >> mike's road had no gates. few drivers cheat. >> three people have actually driven through and not paved. everyone is so happy. >> if only they could have thought of it. >> the government council's leaders say they did think aboutrx!hç it. >> otheras a council we couldn't have put in a temporary toll road. we would make anything we build conform to highway standards. >> the government standards raise the cost of fixing their own. mike built his road for less than 300,000 dollars. >> they are caught within the bureaucracy. >> you can't just do what you want.m6Ñ"átk almost killed off mike's road with endless objection. >> get a guy to drill a hole and tell us the road is not impacting on what's going on down below. >> the 11th hour came up with the fact that they didn't come up with anything logical. an investigation before we built the road. >> archaeological dig to look for old kings and queens or why? >> it is

the educate toll has grown -- death toll has grown. more than 100 people died in the crash. plane had 113 people on board. military personnel and their families and it's not believed that any of them survived. it crashed shortly after taking off from an air base in the third largest city in indonesia. the pilot reportedly told the control tower he needed to turn back because of engine trouble. >>> the berkeley balcony that collapsed had passed inspection according to documents. the los angeles times reports a private inspector gave the balcony support decks and rails a good rating. it's not clear how deeply the structure was analyzed. berkeley engineers blamed dry rot for weakening the blames. >>> weaken -- weakening the beams. >>> currently salaried supervisors or managers who make more than $23,000 a year can be denied overtime. the president wants to change that to $50,000 a year. critics say that will just encourage businesses to hire more part-time workers. >>> the golden gate workers were playing in the finals and agents were cracking down on merchandize. agents with u

right now there's not too much going on except for the slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza tollhere and there. 880 still looking good through oakland passing oracle arena. no big delays there. 580 the usual slowing approaching the altamont pass. so expect backups from beyond the 205 interchange. it's going to stay heavy now through pleasanton heading for the san mateo bridge a smooth start to the commute. we are not looking at the same delays that we had this same time yesterday for highway 92. heading toward the rest of the commute, south 101 over at the golden gate bridge, you're in good shape. no delays for all of marin county. so far getting into san francisco. that's your "kcbs traffic." now to frank. >>> the grieving and the investigation continue in the wake of that fatal berkeley balcony collapse. here are the photos of six people who died all in their 20s. five are irish citizens who had come to the bay area for summer work on work study visa. sixth victim ashley donohoe was from rohnert park. seven other people were injured yesterday morning. two critically. it can kit

so you're going to be sitting in traffic over at the bay bridge toll plaza.t pass commute, westbound 580 slow just from the 205 interchange approaching vasco. it's not delayed all the way to the dublin interchange yet. but that will happen within the next 20 minutes or so. the golden gate commute still holding steady. we haven't had any major delays leaving southern marin heading into san francisco. 880 is also a great option for the drive through the east bay. we haven't had any problems as of yet for both 880, 580 though an earlier accident just been cleared from lanes 580 approaching grand. that's a look at your "kcbs traffic." >>> 24 hours ago, we did not have to deal with much of a marine layer at all. but now it's roughly about 1, 300 feet deep moving into sfo. concord a breezy start to your wednesday. south winds 16 gusts 24. otherwise oakland now at 57 degrees. we have clear skies in livermore and san jose clear skies one limited visibility in the mid-50s. clouds to the north and you see the development of that marine layer just hanging very tight to

bay area do get us going and it looks like, now the traffic that was backing up at the bay bridge toll plaza has dissipated. so we are hooking at a shorter line to wait to pay the cash to make it into the city and we have construction projects am the bay area and i want to plan ahead for the trek to oracle arena tonight. hopefully we will help you get away from that traffic. >> get ready dub nation, oracle arena is ready for the start of the nba finals practicing hard and talking abut their impending showdown with king james. matt competitor is at the oracle arena. matt? >>> yes kristen to be the king you have to beat the christian and for the warriors the king is lebron james having been to the nba finals five years in a row and the warriors will shoot to try to make it past them in the win series. they have to get past lebron james, he has been to the finals five years and they have been unbeatable at home. only losing three games all season including one in the playoffs. a lot people think that lebron james is the best player not only in the nba but around the world. he won two nba

and you'll be sitting in traffic from the maze through the toll plaza.heading up toward the incline after that it picks up. your commute on '92 is. san mateo bridge and barely moving here. and a minor crash on the foster city site. possible barred exit cruise running traffic. part the reason why it's creeping along. not a major hotspot not a major crash. minor being pushed off the shoulder. and it just does not help that come you coming out of here were a cactus with the san mateo bridge. commit to the richmond center fell bridge backing up here. from castro to applause of a. slid across the span. usual jam up for west for coming out of antioch brentwood. so in stretching toward pittsburgh breakpoint. a lot of heavy traffic out of the optima to 05 living tracy all like to livermore. 39 minutes to drive time from off my heading up toward dublin. and heading out to the south bay. major problems richard petty traffic no. 11 south san jose into downtown 26 mi. from capitol expressed monday expressway. firefighter >> mark: scrambling to protect homes and cabi

they want to put a sign to thank governor hogan for reducing the toll. >> toll reduction that take effect on july 1. alison: that is it for us at 5:00. leon: coming up new at 6:00 -- a waterk causing problems on a roadway. not the first time this week there has been a problem there. alison: also coming up -- >> a luxury car salesman arrested and police say he is part of an international fraud ring. i'm kevin lewis with the story coming up. alison: stress on capitol hill sent people out of two of the most important buildings in the country. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". "7 on your side." maureen: we are leading with a story of a local car thief accused of stealing a woman's identity and using it to get a luxury s.u.v. to asia. montgomery county kevin lewis is a story you will see only on 7. kevin: hi moreen. auto industry experts say this is a growing problem because people in countries like china and russia are willingly paying triple for certain u.s. cars. prosecutors charge us a sales manager at the viewership to sell crimes like fraud and forgery.

rebecca. >> thanks, michelle. >>> we are starting off at the bay bridge toll plaza.e looking much better. 15 minutes now to get to downtown san francisco. traffic is backed up at the maze. metering lights remain object. once you get on the span, not too much of a bad ride. speeds are just a little bit under the limit across the span getting into the city so far this morning. the san mateo bridge has been stop and go all morning, 15 minutes to get from you hayward over to foster city. and the 101 split. and switching over to the maps, we have an accident in san jose. possible injuries. northbound 85 just before union avenue. the two left lanes are blocked. your drive time. almost 30 minutes making your way up to cupertino on the 280 split. when i come back i will check your 680 and your 880 commute. mark. >>> happening today the state senate will take the final legislative vote required before sending a controversial vaccine vote to governor jerry brown. details on what needs to happen for that bill to become law and the continued controversy surrounding it. theresa.

remember, toll goes up by a quarter effective tomorrow. traffic-wise, we are in good shape with no major delays. no construction on 101. bay bridge commute steady westbound moving well for the drive out of oakland approaching san francisco. the 280 commute through downtown san jose is looking nice. no problems approaching an passing downtown. no problems 85. if you plan to make the commute towards the altamont pass brief delays westbound 580. the san mateo bridge is fine, no delays on the dumbarton between hayward and foster city. bart is on time. no problems reported for caltrain or the ferries. that's your "kcbs traffic. >>> a shortcut turned into a four-day ordeal for a woman who was nine months pregnant. she got lost to our north in the plumas national forest but as elizabeth cook shows us, she wasn't alone very long. >> at the end i was thinking oh, my gosh, you know, i wasn't sure we were going to get out of there. >> reporter: amber pangborn was driving in south oroville what's she started to go into labor. she went up the highway t

looking to the east were span of the bay bridge when you get beyond the metering lights beyond the toll plaza traffic flows nicely and we do not have crashes. i will keep you updated on the construction property that could be gumming up the commute. >> we have breaking news the sonoma her is investigating a suspicious death at a home near napa road. dispatch got 9-1-1 calls at look last night. witnesses say deputies found a woman's body if a second-floor room. investigators are questioning several people would live at the home. nope has been taken into custody. they are not searching for suspects. we will bring you more information when we hear from the sheriff. >> agreeing news in vallejo, where investigators think a welding accident may be to minimum for a husband fire. it break out in the garage in the home of a home on valley vista after before 12:30 this morning with flames shooting into the sky. a man was hospitalized with severe burns to his upper bed and a woman would was inside the home get out safely with the family pets the fire new is under investigation. >> firefighters are

remember, toll increases effective tomorrow. it goes up by 25 cents for all drivers heading across the bridge. if you are heading across the san mateo bridge, looks like we may have a brand-new problem there. you can see some of that slow traffic for the westbound direction of 92 just getting on to the san mateo bridge. 880 close by is going to be slow in the southbound direction. and north 101 a little lighter than usual possibly because of the holiday week but right now, north 101 is backed up beyond the 280/680 interchange approaching trimble. that's your "kcbs traffic." >>> today consumer advocates will lay out their case to state officials showing how oil companies are manipulates the prices. consumer watchdog says refiners are keeping prices artificially high in violation of antitrust laws. today they will present evidence to members of the california energy commission. the group is also asking the attorney general kamala harris to appoint an independent prosecutor. >>> a judge has intervened to make sure the city of oakla

no problems to the bay bridge toll plaza. let's take a live look at the toll plaza. you can see westbound traffic is moving along pretty well. a little bit of slow traffic as you head out toward the area. and if you are driving let's say to the livermore valley, westbound 580 you can see a lot of slow traffic on the altamont pass. it's 5:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> the war over sugary drinks is heating up in san francisco. ktvu fox 2 reporter tara moriarty is joining us from the city with details of a plan that comes up from discussion later today. tara, you know what the mayor says. >> he hasn't said too much about the issue. the supervisors have been very vocal because they are the ones that are proposing it. the mayor has sort of refrained from saying too much. he said he would be open to the idea of a warning label. but he is concerned however about soda bans on soda purchasing. now we know that the warnings, the bill proposed warning labels similar to the ones on cigarette ads and they would be placed on things like billboards, transit and shelter. it woul

we're free of hot spots at the bay bridge with his commute into sentences or portion the bay bridge toll plaza has backed up with with allies activated 530 was a little bit early in the stock up now stretches to and through the maze is spilling over to 580 west and it is just about to 24 split a is a smooth ride after heading to san francisco if you're checking in on the san mateo bridge traffic is moving well in both directions from the problem for the nimitz out toward one on the nimitz freeway heading south amount this is a little bit part as you work your way through hayward here is the drive time up to 32 minutes as you work your way from to 38 headed out toward to 37 a milpitas that is not bad at all the could you out of tracy for the onslaught that a stop and go from 2 05 to about for a street in the rest of the trip heading westbound 580 looks great as you work your way into dublin and will also check the south bay ride no major trouble spot is a little harder on a northbound 101 as a worker way into downtown san jose if the to cut the drive times on the 21 minutes from capitol e

rebecca: right now the car is a definite beginning to stack up at the bay bridge toll plaza it extends to the macarthur maze that was slated drive time down the middle and last time on this after five but in this morning about 15 minutes convict time into downtown san francisco on the westbound 82¢ over to the map here is an accident in fremont with and following the to the flame still blocked south of 880 are at all the rubble of our two cars and rothesay is the answer to all trucks are on scene but it is difficult to so you're ride down for the south of bonn and limit commute yen to 237 it is now standing at 38 minutes almost 40 minutes it will get you down the nimitz freeway this morning. rebecca: that is almost 40 minutes as well on was about 580 check in the north but drive times less good 23 minutes from the bottle down through san rafael and sausalito get into the building its toll plaza and michael apple technical new along the bayshore freeway. >>darya: a deadly accidents one of the top story this morning in san jose no. about 880 jackie is live recusing with details. >>jackie

right here at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is wide open. smooth as silk for the drive out of the east bay into san francisco. the metering lights are on. no roadwork in the westbound direction this morning. if you are heading for the san mateo bridge, some of the late roadwork yesterday in the eastbound direction delayed some of that traffic. we are not looking at any of that today. westbound traffic moving well through the commute out of oakland heading towards foster city. no delays for highway 92 approaching 101 in san mateo. now, if you are heading for the golden gate, you can see much different -- great visibility for drivers heading out of southern marin approaching san francisco. wide open at the pay gates there. and for the 880 drive rolling through oakland into hayward, no major construction projects for that are stretch. traffic wide open in both directions of 880 through oakland into hayward. fremont reporting no big delays as you drive the southbound commute to the fremont milpitas corridor. but take a look we have big delays. t

this is as you come up on the bridge toll plaza.as you move over the water, you'll still see top speeds as you make it drive time, 680 southbound from highway 4 to walnut creek. 6 minutes. dublin westbound side of 580 is a 50-minute commute. >>> it's 5:38 now. space x and the faa are conducting an investigation into why a rocket bound for the international space station blew up two minutes after takeoff. the unmanned rocket carrying food supplies and research projects dissint grated sunday morning. this is the third supply mission to the space station that's been lost in six months. the astronauts there have about four months worth of supplies left. we'll have the latest on the space x rocket at the top of the hour. >>> 5:39. new worries about a possible terror attack targeting americans this 4th of july. why officials are so concerned ahead of the long holiday weekend. >>> outrage over this scene in a gay pride parade. the explanation about why this one had to be cut short. >>> you're looking live at the airport. we have weather an

changing for some of the toll takers take their break or whatever or they change it out. in the left lanes. the rest of the lanes are doing well. there are no major problems on the bridge getting into san francisco. we look at the san mateo bridge and traffic looks good from hayward all the way over to foster city. and on 880 north and southbound the traffic looks good. northbound 880 in the fruitvale area it's down to one lane as you do road work. at 4:32 let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today santa clara county supervisors are looking at ways to cut the seasonal fire danger. ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is live in san jose and say there is is a plan to crack down on people who use illegal fire works. good morning janine. >> reporter: good morning, alex. on the fourth of july you can hear many illegal fire works being set off in various neighborhood throughout the the account. but the county supervisor wants to curb much of that as much of possible. under the new rules the board would lot vote on. they would penalized people who store or discharge illega

we don't see any backups as of yet at that toll plaza. and as you make your way to and through the peninsula, traffic speeds are up. we are in good shape for both 101 and 280 through san san mateo county. now to julie. we are starting off by checking in with the weather watchers this morning. >>> and as you can see, we do have a variety of different temperatures out there and really different cloud conditions as well. let's start off up north we've got linda and as you can see, really not a lot of cloud cover for linda. # 50 degrees in san rafael but we are seeing areas of definitely some -- well, some low clouds this morning. and mild temperatures pretty much area wide. so take a look another george hughes here. san francisco, we do have low clouds in fact mostly cloudy to start. 56 degrees your current temperature. here. and we will notice those clouds dissipate plenty of sunshine pretty much area wide later tot. we'll go -- today. we'll go ahead and look at what to expect throughout the day. morning coast and bay clouds. but afternoon

especially leading toward the bay bridge toll plaza. where it's still wide open, approaching the pay gates. there was an accident at the toll plaza involving a big rig. it did briefly shut down one lane. bridge crews cleared it. all bridge commutes are moving at the speed limit, including highway 92 right here over at the san mateo bridge. the south bay freeways are in good shape. didn't have any major problems for the highway 17 interchange in the los gatos area. that is moving well. that's a look and this is a live picture right here of 85 at highway 17 where there's hardly anybody out there. that's great news for all silicon valley roadways. maria. >>> the state senate is expected to take a final vote on a bill that would require most school children to be vainated. now, if it passes, as expected it will then go to the governor. kpix 5 lisa chan is in our newsroom with more on the bill getting closer to becoming law. good morning lisa. >> the legislation would eliminate the personal belief exemption and require all children to get va

the roadways in this hour or so the sentences will be a problem for it was bound a did arrive at the toll plaza getting into the city will be quite easy this one we're looking at about 6 minute drive times over at the richmond san rafael bridge was down 580 also checking problem free a couple of cars going in the eastbound correction so far nothing was the down especially from the overnight roadwork that was our guest today it has been picked up already and over my roadwork livermore has not been picked up yet this is in the eastbound direction eastbound 580 reference elytra out to greenwell we did have some slowing on our screen earlier it does look like lots of green now but it might be about 05 to 10 minutes away according to caltrans and they said is going to be picked up by 6:00 this morning. >>james: the extreme heat was keeping firefighters busy in providing the reminder that responded to a wild fire a lot to say a 80 and santander yesterday and the currency in this video the flames and the firefighters response all the smoke is going up in the air the contra costa fire department

except for the bay bridge toll plaza.ll start off there where the metering lights are on and traffic is backed up from about west grand. you pay your money. you sit at the metering lights. and after you do that, traffic is picking up and moving well across the bridge getting into san francisco. but take a look at 880. that's rolling well still in both directions approaching high street. no big problems there. 580 moving well through the oakland hills. 101 and 280 heading through the peninsula, it is not too late to beat the backups there. that's been looking fine. we have not had any major problems for all of san mateo county. enjoy the light traffic conditions there. it's also summer light for the silicon valley. we had some problems north 101 approaching 880. there was an earlier accident that accident has been cleared now. northbound 101 is moving well with just a brief delay from the 280 and 680 interchange. the rest of the drive, highway 4, that's going to be slow in the usual area. westbound 4 jammed up from a. stre

looking at the bay bridge told plaza it is -- bay bridge toll plaza. >> we're following developing news, several cars at a dealership caught fire at the chevy dealership on redwood boulevard. firefighters and police are calling it suspicious. cars are completely des troyed -- destroyed. witnesses heard a loud explosion before flames shot from the cars. we'll bring you the latest as even soon as it is available. >>> it was a warm one yesterday, today we're getting a slight break from record breaking heat. temperature well above 100 degrees, thousands of homes and businesses without power and 8,000 heat-related outages, pg&e says 1000 people remain in the dark and everything should be restored by 8:00 this morning. many of the problems were caused by the heat, but in one case a squirrel was to blame for one outage. >> 109, that's hot. get ready for summer. gilroy, 2015. >> many people headed to the water or grabbed snow cones. now temperature will drop 20 degrees in some parts of the bay area. the heat cautioned problems for commuters on bart. >> the commuters were told about delays as lo

checking out the bay bridge toll plaza. nice, bright sunny shot. even our little friend there out enjoying the rays. it will be about a 20-minute drive time westbound 80. it will it will take you a bit of time to get to the toll plaza. and once you're on the span, it's going to are pretty heavy, bumper to bumper, making your way into downtown san francisco. switching over to the maps. this is your commute out of tracy, 35 minutes, westbound 580, getting to the dublin interchange, and an accident now reported in pleasanton. this is south 680, the two left lanes are blocked, and chp is on the way, as well as some emergency vehicles, so that's going to slow you down. we're looking at a 25-minute commute time, sun and over the into fremont. 36 minutes from 238 down to 237. coming up, i'll check all of your bridges, and also your south gate commute this morning. >> firefighters keeping an eye out for any hot spots after this huge are grass fire broke out yesterday at the park in antioch. will tran is live at the scene with a closer look at this fire. wi