Traveling to the benicia bridge a collision that was at one point blocking all lanes just stpa ahu out to the mid span. Now we have the slow lane open but still ack. Youre slow from about highway 4. So no new updates. Woingond coulear s the crash. I will keep an eye on that this morning. No metering lights. We have about 20 minutes to go. Well take a look at drive times up next. Are alexis, thank you. We are tracking that breaking news now as Hurricane Maria is wreaking havoc in puerto rico. It madean l90 minutes ago as a category 4. Many people have caught fght island. Maria will leave behind life threat ing flooding, mud slides and 6 to foot storm surge being blamed for at least two deaths. The u. S. Military officials have been ordered off the island. Okay. And here at the live desk, i brought mike in to give us an the pen to ia as we set this show folks how this thing is moving through the caribbean right now because, of course, thats the concern, what is going to hit as we see the eye on puerto rico. This was 24 hours ago. I want to you see there thats the british u. S. Virgin islands, st. Croix. Watch as this goes over the top of that and i at category 5 storm, just must have destroyed that area. We havent heard anything from puerto rico right now a 4. 150mileperhour winds. Let me show you what will happen. The storm is going to weaken as it starts heading more towards the north northwest and skirting the turks and caicos and then this thing is going tos ovway, r irma moved more that way. So that is the good concern with this one that its going to move away from the United States at least initially. We still have concerns in the outer banks and up to new england. For now florida is going to be spared, jessica. Thank you. Well continue to track that. Reggie and natasha, back to you. The yivenun co agency has lowered the death toll following yesterdays 7. 1 magnitude earthquake to at least 217 people. At one point it had been reported as high as terrible n Officials Say a large number are in mexico city, at least jt le there. 40 of mexico city are without power. Mexicos president says the biggest priority is to continue rescuing people who are still trapped in buildings. Well go deeper in that story, natasha. At least 25 people died in a school that collapsed in mexico city. The president just visited the School Moments ago and i can tell you right now still 30 kids, eight adults still reported missing and rescue workers still searching the we dant to check in with matt keller right now. Sfo, some folks were still trying to get to mexico. Unclear whats going on as the ability of folkso t mexico. So lets check in with matt. Hi, matt. Reporter good morning, jessica. It appears the flights to mexico city late they are morning are still scheduled and still on time. Imagine being on a plane there on a tarmac in mexico city heading to San Francisco when that massive earthquake hit. Thats what happened to these united passengers yesterday. It landed at sfo from mexico city. They boarded their plane when the 7. 1 quake hit. It was frightening but they were safer on the plane than they would have been on the streets. I think, gosh, have we taken off already . This is an awful bumpy back up. I opened up the window and all the planes were just bouncing. Oh, my gosh. Suddenly the airplane was moving like something was trying to pull with the brake on. Reporter another sacramento shared thise video w friend. She says her brother senter colg three doors down from his apartment. She decided to stay behind. Others are planning on getting their flights here at sfo, the earliest flight today, that lands directly in mexico city is at 9 55. Reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc 7 news. A bay area nonprofit is working overtime to help with the response of the and hurricanes harvey and irma. Med share has seen a huge increase in donations. Morerus l yrd for the hurricane zones in texas and florida. Med share will collect personal care donations at its warehouse through october 4th. For a list of items theyre looking for and ho lp lk for the link on our website. And, reggie, new this hour, a better look here at the deadly fire in oakland i mentioned earlier. We just got the video from the scene just coming in. Im watching it for the first time with you givings u idea what firefighters are dealing with. I mentioned this earlier. Firefighters say one person is dead. We w aaireting on better information. Our crew does have a call in to oakland firefighters. You can see here it happened at an apartment complex near fair mount and pearl streets right off 580. From the video you ca see they responded to a unit on the very top floor of this apartment complex. We know its a fourstory apartment complex. Police are out there, too, right now. As soon as we get any Additional Information i will let you know. An oakland firefighter posted a video at 5th and castro around 11 00 last night. Several crews showed up. Firefficials say five people firefficials say five people are displaced. Thats the sound of almeida county firefighters at work, responding to a fire around 9 00 last night to dire street. They say the building has moderate damage. The causend investigation. The leadup to an appearance at free speech week at uc berkeley is certainly no exception. Protestpe ulefac a movement [ bleep ] and hideous overweight 30yearold single lesbians. Dont try to beat them up. Life has done that enough already. He pvided five other tips for conservatives including bringing clothes pins and milk because he says leftists stink and theres a good chance of getting pepper sprayed. Four days of outdoor events. Tickets for indoor events will be released later this week. Berkeley is beefing up controls. Ann coulter and steve bannon have not confirmed theyre coming. New hope for clues in the murder case after young fremont mother more than three decades ago. Police reopened the cold case of kathy miramontes. Reporter was only 10 when his mother was killed. Fremont police reopened the case. This started when tn cold cases dna evidence. And found it did not match anyone inhe t database. Investigators hope they can he dna with more advanced technology. Police are also reinterviewing family, friends, and acquaintances hoping to get new leads. Its been 35 years. You have nothing to fear now. Please speak up. Lets get some here not just for me but my grandparents who are both 88. Thhtf m rchememrs be7, 1982. His mother left their Union City Home to pick up cigarettes. I had just spoken with her, saw her here in this very dining room. Reporter the young mother, just 25, was found dead the next morning in fremont. Raescquated with drug dealers this is where they say the dead body was dumped next to the almeida creek about four miles away from her home. Patino says even if they dont get the answers they want hell be okay knowing they did everything they could to try to find her killer. Elissa harrington, abc 7 news. Some of the cooler temperatures. San ramone along with pleasa pleasanton, danville at 56. Dublin at 58. That pretty much translates to the east bay in san carlos. In , 58. Pa pacifica, 57. A look at the golden gate bridge. Winds are light right now. Not going to be the case later on today. Your commute to work, across that or to school will be okay. The commute home will be blteusry. Small craft advisory, if you think about going out on the bay watertoday, poor conditions at our beaches because of the dangerous surf through tomorrow and ercising will feel great outside. You can see the green on the map. A chance of thunder snow tonight through tomorrow morning. Average temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s. Show you the rest of the forecast coming up. Here is alexis. Good morning, mike. So far so good for the wednesday morncog inewe. Utmm issues so far today. Folks are cruising along on northbound 101 right around the 880 interchange in san jose. No blocking issues for the south bay. We do have the one exception always, westbound 580 tracy to dublin in the yellow at 48 minutes. Overall thats not terrible. Southbound 680 dublin to mission 15 minutes in the green. Northbound 85 highway 101 to cupertino at 15 minutes. One blocking issue and thats on 680 before you get to theidge. Well head back there at 5 20. Alexis, thank you. You may have the opportunity to give yourself a tax break in the november 2018 election. A victory for the people. The massive fine a billionaire could face if he doesnt open up could face if he doesnt open up a popular beach in san mat now. A billionaire who closed off a popular beach in San Mateo County could be facing a 4 million a year fine if he doesnt open it up to the public. The chronicle reports a cease and desist letter offered him ordered khosla to remove a commk a court order and fines of more than 11,000 a day if he does not comply by october 4th. Developing news on the peninsula. Belmont police are asking for your help woman. Investigators say she stole credit cards from a teachers purse that was inside a classroom filing cabinet. These are surveillance pictures of the woman using the credit cards on august31st at Valley Fair Mall in santa clara. Earlier the woman was contacted by Central Staff in one of the schools highways. The woman said she was picking up a child from kindergarten. Five Football Players are facing felony charges in an alleged hazing incident. Reporter in this mornings gma first look five college Football Players facing felony charges for an alleged hazing incident that left a fellow teammate needing surgery after he says he was abducted from a dorm am , beaten, abandoned half naked on a baseball field. They are being charged with felony counts, aggravated battery, mob action, and unlawful restraint. Reporter the five players, illinois, james cooksey, llege kyler kregel, benjamin pettway, Noah Spielman and samuel tebos. They say the conduct we discovered as a result of our investigation into this incident was entirely unacceptable and ei sshistent with the values we a aarnd as members of an Academic Community that espouses to live according to our community covenant. Coming up at 7 00 well have much more on the investigation with your gma first look. This morning Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly half a million ckups because the water pumps could be defective. Ram 250 and 3500 as well as 3500, 4500 and 5500 cabs. The water pump can overheat leading to an engine fire. Fiat chrysler will notify consumers. Jimmy kimmel really went in blasting republican senator bill cassidy for what the host felt was a flatout lie about the current Republican Health care proposal. These were his words. He says he wants coverage for all, no discrimination based on preexisting conditions, lower premiums for middle class families and no lifetime caps. And, guess what, the new bill does none of those things. Health care is complicated. Its boring. I dont want to talk about it. The details are confusing and thats what they are relying on. Most of the Congress People whot read it and they want to us do the same thing, treat it like an itunesan t shis erceguy, bill cd right to my face. Kimmel contends the republicans proposal doesnt match promises cassidy made in an appearance earlier this year. Kimmel made an emotional plea for affordable coverage for everyone after announcing his newborn son needed lifesaving heart surgery. So senator cassidy issues a statement and responds to kimmels monologue about what he and other senators are doing in regards to Health Care Reform he said, quote, we have a september 30th dead linurprise. Ets on o finish the job. We must because there is a mother and father whose child will have insurance because of Graham Cassidy heller johnson. This is why it must pass. End quote. Bigger tax breaks for homeowners and renters could be on the state ballot in the 2018 inction, part of proposed Harvard Jarvis Taxpayers Association proposing a 500 annual tax credit. Homeowners get a 70 annual credit. Renters get 60. Neither figure has been adjusted since the 1970s. The Association Says the tax credit will not solve californias Affordable Housing from leaving the state. First there were selfdriving cars and now flying cars could be the next big thing. A Mountain View based Online Company is offering a special course next year. Its a flying car nano degree program. According to the chronicle it will cover autonomous flight and will include handson projects such as flight simulation and deploying code on a small dron. A reporter broke down how much steph actually takes home, paid nearly 35 million this year. Steph will only see 15 million. In response curry tweeted that sunshine expensive. Blessings. Thats a funny response. Hes funny. Hes also still very rich. I think hell be all right. Hi, mike. Yeah, maybe yeah. I know theres a certain restaurant he goes to, a fast food chain. Maybe he cant afford to go there anymore on 15 million. If youre talking chicken nuggets, hes okay. Lets take a look at san jose where its clear at 55 degrees. Isolated shower today. Tonight clearing and much cooler and the extended warmth will return next week. A look at the lows coming our way. This is the heart of the energy and the rain for the most part will stay with this low. Were getting the tail end, the scraps, if you will, of the storm. Watch as these barely able to see rainpsro d hang around through noon. They fade as the storm system traverses across our neighborhood. By noon the best chances up on our hills. Nkrandom shower and ntcrriuzsp. Mountains. And then we look forward to the really cool air tonight. Today mid to upper 60s around the coast and bay. 70 to about 76 inland. Tonight 40s up in the north bay valleys. 51 to about 56 for the rest of us. It will feel like autumn thursday and friday with the breezes and those temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The breezes taper. The winds the highs start to warm saturday and then you could see 70s, 80s, and 90s next monday and tuesday. Hey, alexis. Good morning. I want to take to you northbound 680 before the benicia bridge and the martinez area here. Just got some good news from chp. They were saying that we had the far right lane open for the last hour due to a collision involving a semi. Looks like it has cleared from the chp board so that backup were seeing has shortened and i think were going to see this totally clear out soon. Well head back tutre i just to on that. That is certainly improving. Walnut creek, southbound 680 starting to increase as far as volumes are concerned but no significant delays and a quick check of drive times looking good. In the green at seven minutes. About 13 across san mateo and a nineminute drive across the dumbarton bridge. A screech coming from a womans car in san car wasnt an engine problolem. S it ended up being an owl. Look at this. An owl somehow wedged itself behind the dashboard of the womans suv. Staff from the Humane Society and spcad these photos andde the pyvi wroere able to d the glove compartment to free the owl. They say the bird was pretty angry but healthy and will be released back into the wild once its medically cleared. Its really cute. And angry. And very angry. The power of kindness facebook helped sherifndfs deputies reunite a family with precious memories. They posted photos of the album on facebook, recently turned in the album after finding it abandoned on a flat bed trailer. Deputies say they found the grandson memorialized. Lent a h tips as comments. What happens if atrge lksp to s your door and does this. This. The unexpected surprise in o fne the capital one venture card. Unlimited double miles on every purchase, not just airline purchases. Now available. clanging . In metal. Whats in your wallet . Its 5 24. Whether youre just joiningut ue seven things you need to know. Authorities investigating a fatal Apartment Fire in oakland, one person was killed in the unit on fairmont avenue. Crews were able to put out the flames. Mbnu desk, Hurricane Maria made landfall in puerto rico about an hour ago and right now folks are taking shelter. Heres new images from san juan. Wind and rain pounding the island of puerto rico right now. Number three, rescue crews are desperately searching for survivors following yesterdays. At least 217 people aread umbe four, a slight chance of random showers today. The big story is going to be the tafha tternkoo kn and evening. Look at that if youre traveling around theyll be around 15 to 30 miles an hour and theyre going to be around for a couple of days. Number five, pretty light start on the roads this morning. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No official word those metering lights have been flipped on yet. The rest of the way ton the gren at nine minutes. Number six, a suspected car thief is in custody following an overnight pursuit that spanned several bay area counties and ended when authorities threw out spike strips in San Francisco. Nobody got hurt. A gift for the baby youre not expecting. A glitch by customers confused. They received an email saying a gift from their baby registry had been problem is most dont either a registry or a baby. Oops. Surveillance cameras catch it all and usually when we show you video from it its because something has gone wrong. Not in this case. Melissa was at her elk grove home with her two kids when she heard someone at the door. She just ignored it at first but checked the video and saw this. This teenager who had found her husbandsmoy and h we just wantp it off. So i was knocking on the door and i heard the little dy,rlgi . How can i find some way to let them know that i have this . So i was looking around and im like, perfect, theres a camera had walked away already. Oh, my gosh, thats my husbands wallet. My heart dropped. I didnt know how much my husband had in his wallet. Ar00ri,5 1es h t hat kind of ca around . Wow. She says she felt bad for mistrusting someone who had such good intentions. By the way, he was given a 150 reward for being such a good guy. Good for that kid. Coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the plan to tackle car breakins headon. Headon. The big the best things in life theyre free stars belong to everyone they cling there for you and for me flowers in spring the robins that sing the sunbeams that shine yr love can come to everyone the best things in life theyre free we have a whole lot going on this morning coming up on 5 30, glad youre here on a wednesday, september 20th. Tracking whats happening with weather, mike. I have a quiet pattern right now. So thats good for the morning o co themm breezes kick in. Random light showers are possible. The western span of the bay bridge as we look at it from the south beach. Temperatures ait lornietlng abo. Now as we head to noon, 63 at the coast. 68 to 69 around our bay and inland neighborhoods. Thats when well have our best chance of a random shower, the sprinkles. Noon at 4 00, 64. The sun starting to break out again. Breezy at 7 00. 61 to 65. Well talk more about that chance of rain and the latest on maria as she rakes puerto rico up next of. We dont have any mass transit delays. I have only had one blocking situation on the roads and that has just cleared up. So northun 680 right around vine hill, approaching the beciall clear about 12 or 15 minutes ago. That backup did not take long to unwind. A quick check of emeryville. The camera bouncing around a little bit so maybe eeze ky for your commute. Definitely looks like the bay bridge metering lights havent flipped on at this point. We have a b. A. R. T. Station closure. Ill talk more about that up next. Thank you, alexis. Tracking news out of mexico where the desperate search for survivors is extensive this morning. Following the powerful magnitude 7. 1 earthquake. At least 248 people are dead. Yesterdays quake i now the deadliest one in decades and includes nearly two dozen people who died at a collapsed school inexico city. 30 children and eight adults are still missing there. Rescue workers continue to search listening for sounds from the rubble. Thousands fled into the streets in panic when the quake struck yesterday. One american visitor describes the chaos. Washe whole building shaking for five whole minutes. People running in every direction. Mexicos president is urging people to remain calm. He says the priority at this moment is to keep rescuing people who are trapped and to give medical attention to the injured. Reggie, i want to jump in and show you the pictures from mexico of the Recovery Efforts after that massive earthquake. Take a look at folks wearing facemasks and trying to help in the search for those missing still. And as we look at these photos you can see that the community has come out to really help out and how much has really been destroyed, these large buildings that collapsed throughout mexico city and folks just trying to find anyone still alive this morning. Jessica, thank you. At least 60 people have been pulled from the rubble so far and that includes a young boy who was rescued after a house bg find more victims. The citys mayor says buildings collapsed in 44 places within city limits. Following breaking news out of the caribbean where Hurricane Maria is pummeling puerto rico as we speak. A live look at san juan right now and you can see that wind, the pounding rain. Officials there say roofs have been ripped off homes there and windows are breaking because of the strong wind. Nearly 900,000 peopl a witht per already and youre looking at new video from the island in to our newsroom. Massiv lo fconcern as well. People are finding shelter anywhere they can. You can see them crowding into a stairwelln this maria could potentially be the strongest to reach puerto ricos shores. The hurricane is blamed for at. Several people are hurt in a fire overnight here in San Francisco. That child and an adult have moderate burns. The third victim, a male adult, is in Critical Condition at the hospital right now. It happened around 3 00 this morning near harvard in the excelsior district. It took crews nearly an hour to put out the flames. Its not clear if only that home wasnow at least six people are displaced right now. A chp pursuit caught on camera. A suspected car thief leading a string of patrol cars on powell street and emelle lasvit night. This wound through several counties. Police eventually used a spike stp t ion San Francisco. Nobody got hurt. That suspect, as you can see now, in custody. A dog police found aasn taken t. This morning parents and students are going to gather in front of aas c school. They are uniting against hate. Someone vandalized a School Vehicle with racist and antisemitic messages. Amy hollyfield is live. Good morning, amy. Natasha. The Sheriffs Office now plans to add extra patrols to Castro Valley schools. Theyre trying to catch who did this and theyre trying to keep it from happening again. Look at these pictures. Someone used a black marker to write racist words and draw swastikas on the school truck. The Sheriffs Office is investigating it as a hate crime. The school sent a letter home t parents telling them they are committed to making sure the kids feel safe and supported while they are at school calling this unfortunate. A rally is scheduled at 7 30 this morning right here in front of the middle school where they all plan to show that they are united against hate. Reporting live in Castro Valley. Amy, thank you. Happening today well learn more about the murder of a 31yearold pe teacher from oakland skyline high school. Police plan to release Surveillance Video related to shooting death of carlo tateo. He was shot in the citys in june during an argument on folsom street. Local opposition is mounting for the oakland as desire to find a new stadium. It is within a mile of Laney College and lake merritt. Some say the development would destroy the neighborhood. Theyre already getting pushed out. Not only would the stadium here disrupt our learning environment but ultimately it would uproot Laney College. Caasrs b,he the traffic, the you name it. As Team President dave kaval admits he has the work cut out for him. He helped build a stadium for the san jose earthquakes. He knows hell have to work with opponents. Its a huge moment for oakland. This is a big decision, and we want t part m oef it for its success. The land the as want to build on is owned by Peralta Community college and they plan to discuss the matter next month. One of californias most ambitious water projects in decades is in trouble this morning. It calls for building two massive tunnels to deliver watet omfr central and southern california. But now the west lands Water District is pulling its support because Officials Say the 16 billion price tag is just too much. Westlands is one of californias largest water providers. Governor brown has made the delta tunnel a priority for his administration. Well talk a maria this ut morninbog. You can see the eye sitting in the eastern part of puerto rico. In fact, i 1ils uth ofbo san a juan and that pu san juan right in the heart of the most dangerous winds right now. In fact, you can see the most dangerous winds extend over just about threequarters. 75 of the tire island there. And its a category 4 so winds up to 155 miles an hour. It is going to weaken. That is good news but not before it hits the turks and caicos as storm, a category 4 storm barely. It takes a nice, sharp turn to the north which means for florida and the carolinas right now we call it a fish storm. It will affect fish and possibly the coast with some large swells more than anything else. Where it goes from there well tve forom North Carolina northward. Lets talk about what will happen here at home. Were at 57 san leandro. Castro valley, 55. About 60 to 63 for the rest of us. Those are pretty much the same temperatures everywhere. Pretty mild this morning. You can see sfo becoming partly cloudy. Not expecting delays this morning. Mass transit will be cool to mild today and it will be very breezy on the bay. More on the cold front thats going to bring all of this to us. Ill have a timetable up next. A timetable for stuff this weekend . I sure do. B. A. R. T. Giving us the Early Warning that the station will be closed all for work on the Silicon Valley extension. This is going to add to your commute if you are starting things out at that warm springs station so there will be a bus there to ship you over to the fremont station and that could add about 20 to 30 minutes to your trip and, again, this is for the next couple of weekends. Plan ahead if youre going to be t b. Tginiv doont drive warm springs, driv to fremont instead saving you that shuttle time there rds this morning, no major issues so far. Westbound 580 near north flynn road. A disabled vehicle. They were able to pull off to the shoulder. Sounds like that was overheating. Extra slow out of tracy. 13 and 15 miles an hour approaching the Altamont Pass and a quick check. Those metering lightsn at 5 25 this morning. Alexis, thank you. Weve been telling you abo tuthe bi oh, baby. The confusion amazon caused with something that might be sitting right now in your in box. Right now in your in box. We hope tshis hey bee to hive to the comb combing that honey into some gold take that gold and make it an o good goes around and around and around hey bee to hive to the o oat from the farm is the yum in yo bowl put in the good and the good will grow good goes around and around and arndey h good goes around good goes around and around and around. Hey just getting some new information on Hurricane Maria. We know now at liedstea s from the island of dominica, news confirmed by the Prime Minister there. He said only moments ago the country is in, quote, a daze and that they dont have any electricity or power. Also very little communication. That news this morning bringing the total to nine deaths from maria. Reggie . Jessica, thanks for the update. A lot of people in the bay area have family or friends in mexico following that 7. 1 earthquake, and they are turning to the consulate general of mexico here for help. People desperate to hear from loved ones have been contacting the consulate. The consul general says if youre worried give a call. Emth we have an outreach to people in mexico city. If they cannot find anyone they can reach us and we will try to help. We posted this on our Facebook Page to show support. You can share it and we have that number to call to help find and contact relatives inot a ad kidman last night. Fresh off that emmy win she walked the pink carpet last for big little night in San Francisco. She plays a Domestic Abuse victim in Big Little Lies a sh i actively involved with futures without violence. The nonprofit that hosted this event. She could leave. She didnt know how to leave and to reaze tha shead leave. If that makes sense. She was i denial. Futuresn without violence ha worked to shed light on Domestic Violence for more than 30 years. It 5 44 now. S felony arraignments are moving back to oakland. In june the county moved to a in dublin. The families fought that move saying traveling would be a hardship. Court officials announced starting on monday felony arraignments from oakland, berkeley and the northern part of the county will be moving back to oakland. Anyone arrested in the south county will be arraigned in dublin. A sheriffs deputy on probationary status has been terminated after his gun was stolen from the trunk of a sund. San francisco supervisors are fed up about the epidemic of car breakins in the city. Supervisors Hillary Ronan and norman ye introducedlation that would requiisre alleg l te District Police stations to create a special property crimes unit focusing on car breakins. The supervisors also passed a bill that would require rental agencies to hide bar codes on their cars to prevent breakins because theyre the car of choice for chiefs. We have to do something about it, and so far all o strategies of thefhe t Police Department arent working. San franciscos police ief would not comment but said recently he start add new plan to cut down on property crimes and that includes more officers walking the streets. If youre visited muirwoods, parking can be a nightmare. A nesewvation system will be up and running. The National Park service has selected a Parking Company to manage the system. It will require all private cars and shuttle riders to make a re if you want tonseatrvio visit the park. It will manage parking and visitor flow to address the overcrowding. The Traffic Congestion and all the parking issues there. A federal report is blocking San Franciscos plan to put warning labels on ads for sugary drinks. The court says the warning may violate freedom of speech and is misleading because its required only on beverage ads and not itevhen more sugar. A spokesman at the San Francisco City Attorneys Office says its evaluating all its options before deciding how to respond. Finding out that someone bought you a gift is almost always great unless that gift is for your baby. And there is no baby. No baby on the way. Amazon apologizing after auconf. It accidentally sent random customers an email sayingpu ah. The problem is most recipients dont have a registry. Some people on social media joked the retail giant might know more about their reproductive status than they did and blames a Technical Glitch for those emails. If you have any unwanted baby gifts, i know someone who could mse them, sdenhe t alexis smith. Just put our names on it if you dont mind. Kiddi kidding. A random light shower, even the possibility of a sprinkle today to hot next week. You can see the low spinning between seattle and portland. Thats where well have the greatest chance of rain. Were getting the southern edge of this system, a little moisture starved and thats why i call it random showers. The breezes all of us will feel those and the cooler weather that it brings the next couple of days. Here we are at 7 00 in the morning. You can see that continues as we head through lunch, possibly the Santa Cruz Mountains, the diablo range. As we head to 4 00 in the Santa Cruz Mountains and then by 7 00 thats over for the most part. See what it does for inayodcrea wse in clouds. Mid to upper 60s into San Francisco and the bay. About 65 to maybe 70 as you can see around palo alto. 70 to 76 inland. Tonight much cooler, upper 40s in the north bay valleys. About 51 to 56 for the rest of us. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s again friday morning and saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we warm back to average. And then well be warmer than average sunday, monday and tuesday. 70s at the coast, 80s and 90s around the bay. Dont let that scare you. Its going to be dry air. Its going to cool off really nicely at night and youll be able to sleep well. Thats that time of the year. And youre saying you havent gotten me a baby gift yet, thas huokayh . Its okay. I have a few more months, dont think. You have two more months, exactly. Taking a look at the roads here this morning were up to a really quiet start. We have not had many blocking issues just looking at our typical slow spots. Highway 4 between antioch and concord filling in and slowing down. 37 miles an hour. So its not total gridlock. We dt av hbut some heavier traffic if youre just about to head out the door. The south bay has been quiet this morning, too. San jose, 280 and 17, not looking at any delays on the inbound side and a quick check of drive times as well. Westbound 580 tracy to Castro Valley. This should be in the red, im sorry. I dont know why that flipped into yellow. That disabled vehicle near north flynn road is slowing you down as you approach Altamont Pass. Highway 85 to the san jose airport, great at 15 minutes and hbrtnondou2801 to San Francisco in the green at nine minutes. A look at mass transit up next. She has just received a huge honor, the stanford professor. The worlds largestri in educatn research. Psychology professor carol dweck is the recipient. She will receive 4 million. She says she couldnt be more ex aatdtehe snd award money in develop more effective materials for teachers. Co thats awesome. R. Kevin durant is apologizing for a twitter tirade in which he says he did not like playing for his old team, the Oklahoma City thunder. The old teams roster wasnt very good. I want to move on from that. I was upset with myself but i want toyi moven basketball. I still interact with my fans as well. Durant made the comments at tech crunchs disrupt event. Hes addressing his foray into business. Last year he started the durant company, a Venture Capital firm specializing in the tech and hospitality industries. Hes looking to invest in ventures he is passionate about. San francisco unified going green. The ambitious plan to cut Carbon Emissions across the district. The treasures book and music lovers could find while giving local libraries a hand. It isum season. Science weighs in on what makes l at the golden l at the golden a just coming in from puerto rico as Hurricane Maria hits the island. You see tho there in aksseol f stairwell taking shelter. The island, including the capital city of san juan, getting beaten right now. Maria made landfall right before our newscast began around 4 00 this morning. This will likely be the most powerful storm to hit puerto rico in the last century. I will continue to watch for more images as they come in. Scary stuff. Jess, thank you. Hillary clintons only official book tour stop in california is mer president ial candidate will visit uc davis to speak about the book ppened. It covers her perspective on last years election. It went on sale last week. Clinton is cominutghat ts bein billed as an autograph stop. Book and music lovers will find some trek uasures on the cheap. The friends of the sale at the ft. Mason center. Theyre going to be selling books, dvds, and records to raise money for public libraries. Everything is 3 or less. Some people camped outside for a special preview sale last night. Organizers believe this is probably the west coasts biggest book sale open to the public from 10 00 to 6 00 today through sunday and on the last day everything is 1. Researchers think they know why some people claim theyre addicted to the flavor Pumpkin Spice. Keep in mind it doesnt even have pumpkin in it. Usually its cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove or all spice. Obviously. Experts say when the Pumpkin Spice scent is combined with ugar some people learn toh happiness and pleasure and holidays and warm hugs and presents and the love and approval that your parents never gave you and puppies. Whoa the last part i added to see if you were paying attention. The more you consume, it seems, the more you want to consume. Oh, absolutely. That smell reminds me of those giant pumpkin pies you can get at costco, my entire childhood. Just give me one of those giant pumpkin pies. Now we know. The key to my heart. And i want a warm hug i gn i. I love warm hugs. I wish i could do that in his voice but i cant on. Giasnt giants a twogame set. 12 45 first pitch. 63 warming to 64. It will be breezy. There may be a sprinkle. Not a big deal. The big deal the winds. Even if you dont get the sprinkle or random shower everyone will be breezy this afternoon. Take a look at our beaches, still have dangerous surf there. Swells up to 10 feet. Rip currents breaks through 8 00 tomorrow evening. Were seeing flooding right now in puerto rico. Ill show you the latest on the rain gauges and what to expect out of maria. And here is a live look at the toll a. Azpl those metering lights are on as of 5 25 this morning and some typical delays toet g booths. A quick check of mass transit. 50 trains in service. We do have a giants day game today. Golden gate ferry, arrive early for especially the large morning departures. Those will be packed with everyonengifdieaou tre heading be close to to larkspurul capacity. The same thing for the ferry. They will have backup bus service p vallejo should things get too jam packed. Next tffatpd u 6ate alexis. Fighting fat with fat. The breakthrough that could lead to newei w l breaking news out of puer rico. Hurricane maria making landfall. Well take you to the look at hs are. Thanks for waking up with us. Live weather and traffic live weather and traffic conditions good morning, south bay. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning to you coming up on 6 00 a. M. On this wednesday, september 20th. Im glad youre waking up with us. The whole team here and ready to go. Lots of news to track and lots of weather to talk about. Whether its here or in the tropics, well talk about all of it. Well start with us. You can see the winds blowing ashore meaning cooler weather is on the way and those winds will get fast they are afternoon. Looking at san jose, 101 and 880,art spots this morning. Clouds on the increase as we speak through 7 00 and your 12hour day planner, temperatures mild they are morning, 57 to 60. Were in the mid to upper 60s. 63 to 69 at noon with increasing clouds, a chance of a random light shower, some sprinkles through 4 00. 64 toprea d and 7 00 is when it becomes dry and quite breezy, 61 to 64. More on our chance of wet weather and the latest on whats going on in puerto rico with maria. Heres alexis. Good morning, mike. Extra heavy out of the tracy area this morning. I want to take you out there on our traffic maps. A disabled vehicle overheated westbound 580 near north flynn. Very briefly was sitting in the right lane. They were able to get off to the right shoulder but now behind that were hearing about a disabled tractortrailer, westbound 580
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