whipple avenue, open there. both whipples on both sides cleared.e picking up now as the 6:30 half hour passed. the south bay looking good. look at that. slowing through the zone, kickoff for the south bay. 101 tully, past downtown, 880 interchange. a look at the toll plaza. forget about that, metering lights turned on a few minutes ago and that's a kickoff for all approaching the toll plaza. >> thank you very much. they are not your typical garage band. look at them go, haunted by heroes is the band. they came up with a band name to honor must situations like jimi hendrix. they are going to rock their way to the same stage as motley crue. if you want to see them in the bay area, their next performance is august 31th at broadway studios in san francisco as a fund-raiser for bryan stow. >> they have the hair, the news. >> ten and 11. >> 6:38 as we continue to watch markets trading just under way. i think the markets are making my head do that. >> a lot of folks, too. coming up a live report from washington as well and what the u.s. government is tryi

they should contact richard whipple and we would be glad to add them as a partner. commissioner kingsley: what are the opportunities to collaborate outside of training and uniforms? >> was that your last one about self-defense? the collaboration is not just about the safety issue. we have done a lot of interactive sessions and we learned a lot from the average we did on the 2010 census. for instance i, in the 2000 census, it was not only the lowest in the city but one of the lowest in the nation. during the senses, we used jobs now personnel who made up the first team of ambassadors, and we deploy them in -- deployoed them in d10 and they blanketed the community and raised the participation rate by nine percentage points which is phenomenal. we learned a lot from them and we used that model now to conduct our community partnership. everything we do is through relationships with the community, the businesses, organizations and we do that in lockstep with sfpd. commissioner kingsley: with the police department collaborative effort, is there a monthly report, is there

again, this is southbound 101 right before you get to whipple avenue. there may still be some debris in the road. fire crews at one point were on scene. this is an injury accident. so they have been able to re- open all but just that far sounds like right lane that's still blocked off. now we are getting word of a new accident this one in hayward. this is northbound 880 approaching industrial parkway. it sounds like two lanes are blocked here. no traffic alert issued but if you are heading towards the san mateo bridge, watch out for that accident. bridge traffic hooks okay across the span and coming up we'll show you a check of the bay bridge where so far metering lights are still off. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a massive police crackdown in london. >> how the country is fighting back after a fourth night of violence and its impact on tourism in that country. >>> plus, good news about the 9- year-old boy hit while come home from a giants game. the signs of progress and how people are rallying today to help his family. ,, okay, kids, we can record on

only left lane getting by at whipple. this is southbound 101. sig-alert is in effect until further notice. sensors picking up slowing southbound as you head out of san mateo toward the redwood city. 880 past whipple. we have an accident just cleared to the shoulder there. not too bad as you get by the scene. take a look at the live shot, 80 berkeley, as you head from el cerrito to albany and in to berkeley and the maze. bunched up. moving. no stalls or accidents. as you feed in to the maze and in the toll plaza, here is what you will find. metering lights turneded on and traffic is backed to the caltrans parking lot. abc7news.com is the website. you can check this out before you leave the house. click on the bay area traffic. kristen, eric? >> all right, sue. thank you so much. >>> 6:20. >> coming up, apple up-ends an oil giant on wall street. >> at least temporarily. watch the water. what turneneab the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this commun

fred whipple picked mount hopkins as the site for whipple observatory pointing out the sites they liked. the son spotted frozen the -- observatory in mexico make up the solar observatory building the -- built in 1962. still the world's largest. finally building a four meter telescope in hawaii that will be done in a few years. we have great supporting facilities like the mirror laboratory on campus that almost every observatory in this book which is building this fantastic new mirror for this project we will talk about. it will open up the entire night sky every week. starting in five or six years. other great characters we haven't talked about. roger angell, mark fox, richard greene has been director of the large binocular telescope in mount graham which is the closing chapter of our book. let me show you some new things that are happening. you can see why it is called the binocular telescope. it is two 8 meter mirrors which are as big as you can fabricated one piece on earth. the goal is to get them to work together because when you add them together they can simulate the sensitivity

southbound 101 approaching whipple. took four different calls from the kcbs phone force, thank you, jimmy, john, fran and scott, all letting us know -- we got a lot of them on this one. fire crews just arrived on scene. there is some slowing in that area. watch out for that. we are following this accident in oakland, southbound 13 approaching walking miller road. necessary case a car hit a deer so it sounds like they have one lane blocked. no major delays across the stretch. everything else is good to go. we'll have more coming up. >> jimmy -- >> jimmy, john, fran and scott. >> that wasn't even written down. that's pretty good. [ laughter ] >> we are's always impressed by elizabeth. >> i just remembered those and ran upstairs. thanks, guys. >> thank yo. coming up, a big day in court for the men accused of beating bryan stow. a live report from l.a. on the arraignment. >>> plus the world watching wall street's roller coaster ride what we can expect after the market's huge rally yesterday. >>> plus, new information on arr

lawyer for marjorie knoller convicted of second degree murder when her dogs mauled to death diane whipple nine years ago. >> disarm bart police. i said it three times and i was arrested. >> last monday, bart shut down, then reopened two stations four times during the early evening as protestors demonstrated down on the platforms. the constantly shifting demonstration snarled downtown commute traffic as they roamed market street. they're protesting the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding homeless man last month. and the decision later to shut down cell phone service in the transit system. this is the third monday that protests have been called. many passengers are getting tired of it. this one wants more police action. >> i would probably be beneficial. something has to change. you snow getting in the way of a lot of people's commute. >> muni says protests have affected its operations. officials say last monday's protest and closures cost them $70,000 in extra staffing and overtime. >> a lot of people don't know bart owns a station we use whchl they close the station we have to bypass the s

she was a lawyer for marjorie knoller, she was convicted when her dogs mauled to death diane whipple. >> i said it in a loud voice, and that is why i was arrested. >> last monday, bart shut down and reopened two stations four times throughout the evening. protesters demonstrated down on the station's platforms. the constantly-shifting demonstration snarled downtown commute traffic as they romed market street. the activists are protesting the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding homeless man last month, and bart's decision at a later protest to shut down cell phone service in its underground transit system. this is a third monday they've been called. many passengers are getting tired of it. she wants more police action. >> i would probably be beneficial. something has to change. you know? getting in the way of a lot of people's commutes. >> bart has been target of a loose-knit activist group call add nonmus, hacking into wart bart's web site, disclosing personnel information sm. passenger says they questioned shutting down cell service but not anonymous's tactics. >> i can't say i'm behi

still early so we are not getting a big back up so a couple of lanes are closed. 101 southbound at whipple just southwest of red wood city and 280 might be your best bet to avoid this problem and we will let you know how it develops. let's go to steve. >> 5:45:68 degrees some fog nearby and it should be good and that's right where the high should be this time of year for the city. it is shallower and some of it can be down on the desk and fixed. southwest 17 not much but a little bit yesterday it was 10 miles per hour so it has picked up slightly and just a delta breeze is still there out of the west southwest. 53 oakland, 57 livermore and it is up towards seattle so we are caught between. fog sun and cool for some. it looks mostly sunny and the following will be heading back to the coast. 68 richmond 78 in vallejo, antioch 92 brentwood 93 and 78 castro valley, danville livermore valley sap hose 82, saratoga 85 woodside, 68 san francisco and 60s on the coast. fog needs to get wiped out and will retreat to the coach. it does look like a big cool down as we head to early next week and the we

among those arrested monday night at bart station was this defense attorney in the 2002 diane whipple dog mauling trial. >> i was accosted by a man in riot gear who said you're demonstrating and. i said i'm expressing freedom of speech and exercising right to associate. make bart safe. disarm bart police. i was arrested. >> she says she was charged with trespassing on a railway. most of the protesters marched up and down market street for hours. and were arrested for blocking the street. police chief says they will not be so patient next time saying demonstrateors have rights to protest, we'll continue to facilitate it to the extent it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. >> police came from all angles and i was just watching. >> this man only wants to be identified by his first name, cameron, says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. don't expect to see him at the next protest. >> no. i'm staying home and far from all that. ain't even my battle. >> the internet hacker group anonymous criticized the shooting death of a homeless man by a police officer. and is outraged ove

accident california highway patrol went on scene and shut down all lanes will this is southbound 101 at whippleve not showed any back up.

defense attorney in the 2002 diane whipple dog mauling trial. >> immediately accosted by a man in riot gear who said you are demonstrating. and i said i'm expressing my freedom of speech. i'm exercising my right to associate. make bart safe. i was immediately arrested. >>reporter: she says she was charged with trespassing on a railway. most of the protestors marched up and down market street for hours. and were eventually arrested for blocking the street. chief says police will not be so patient next time. in a statement he said while the demonstrators have the right to protest, we will continue to facilitate it to an accident where it does not infringe the wreaths of others. >> police say came from all angle. i was on a sidewalk. i was just watching. >>reporter: this man who wants to be identified only by his first name cameron says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was arrested. don't expect to see him at the next protest. >> oh, man. no. i'm staying home. staying far away from all that. not even my battle. >>reporter: the internet hac hacker group anonymous critici

whipple, overturned accident. two left lanes are blocked. take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza.the metering lights are off. for all the latest traffic details and the update, traffic on the left-hand side of the computer screen. abc7news.com. >>> wal-mart is changing up the strategy as the techies move from ipod to ipad. >> jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> more shoppers could soon use smart phone to pay for things. visa unveiling the technology and says it aims to jump ahead of competitors. and wal-mart streaming movie service allowing a browser-base service to allow customers to access 20,000 movie and tv show on the ipad. on the flip side, wal-mart is ending the digital sale. they will stop selling mp-3s at the end of the month. market, big rally. finally kicking in. thanks in part to the feds. stocks jump the most in two years. the fed discussing range of policy tools to help boost economy. it's prepared to use them when the time is right. surge in stocks helping apple grab the crown as the most valuable company overshadowing exxon-mobil. it gave it a market ca

now over who hayward union city, traffic will be busy heading south from a street to whipple. the morning commute looks good if you're driving on highway 4 and bay point. of course you're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. that is backed up for a 10-minute weight. >>> look what's back, plenty of overcast, not only the fall but drizzle coastside and around the bai. the fog back with us, cooler temperatures in store as well for today and also for tomorrow and a drizzle, probably a repeat performance as we head into your friday morning. latest on the fog, even concord reporting mostly cloudy skies, the fog redeveloping there over the past hour or so. some of the current numbers, san francisco downtown in the upper 50s at 58. live livermore -- livermore at 60. the key headline for today. we started to cool off. that trend is will continue. the net result for us, for the coast, not much of a warmup, skies becoming partly sunny. for the inland spots clearing skies on the warm side. here is our updated model, a few patches inland. we'll put this into motion and the afternoon hours

accident, hov lane, southbound on the nimitz, an accident at whipple, two lanes and slow from 238 towardrea. >> when we come back at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back. beautiful shot of cascading clouds through the east bay hills. got to get to the forecast. take a look at the temperatures. 60 in concord and the rest of us still in the 50s. now with the sunup, temperatures will respond and put it's in the low mid-80s. 80s in the north bay and east bay valleys. today well below averages but look at the heat coming in tomorrow and friday. >>> thank you very much. the news continues now with "good morning america." [ [ aying the theme to "dancing with the stars" ] [ cheers and applause ] >> everyone down here knows actly what that music means, "dancing with the stars" is almost back. just the other night we learned who the celebrities will be and have another big announcement ming up this morning. great to have elizabeth here. >> nice to be here especial

. >> looking nice despite the low clouds no issues regarding visibility. 880, northbound at whipple.someone pulled over calling say they might have caused an accident. we'll follow this. no major issues through the castro valley, 18 minutes westbound through livermore and easy flow of traffic through pleasanton and dublin. we had a tough drive yesterday. a look it the bay bridge toll plaza, major change there. a lot lighter again. off of 880 overcrossing and the metering lights orin. >> for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. we'll have another local update in about a half hour. [ male announcer ] brace yourself for the big, bold taste of a subway® bbq pulled pork sub. tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. >>> on a thursday >>> 8:00 on this thursday morning, august 4, 2011 as we say hello to the smiling faces outside rockefeller plaza this morning. there's reason to be excited because maroon 5 is going to take the summer concert series stage. we're excited about that. they put on