the abc7 traffic center. if you are commuting on 580 i have a trouble spot plus traffic the scene this morning. >> it's 4:31 on friday morning. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> let's begin with they were talking about, funeral service for sheriff's deputy shot to death while helping a friend will bring thousands to san rafael with major traffic implications. john alston is live with a preview. all is quiet now. but crowds are expected to build as the morning goes on. we're here at the veterans memorial auditorium, anywhere from 800 to 1200 people expected. the service begins at 11:00 a.m. it's open to the public and will go into the midafternoon. they will be honoring jim mathison. he was killed a week and of ago near petaluma. he had gone to a friend's how whose daughter was harassed by an ex-boyfriend. he shot the deputy and unarmed. when haloran tried to grab his ex-girlfriend's mother, a brother shot haloran to death. this will be remembering about jim mathsison. he went from the construction industry to pursuing his passion in law enforcement. he was 49 years old. on he had a wife and two sons, aged 18 and 21, one of them will be speaking at the service here later this morning. as you mention a memorial will be affecting traffic around the marin civic center, especially north san pedro road when things get going around 11:00 this morning but crowds will be building before that. road closures and other areas where pedestrians would walk around will also be affected. live in san rafael, john alson, "abc 7 news." it's just about 4:33 right now. santa clara prosecutors will receive results from a private lab cyber tax that could link a murder ten years ago with the main suspect. the test could show fiber found inside a jeep came from a missing persian rug that was in her home. she disappeared in july 2001. he was arrested three years later but was released from 2007 after all the charges were dropped. in january, he was shot and killed at a san jose coffee shop by the brother in a murder-suicide. >> they want to examine the gun san francisco police say they found in connection with the death of a man in the bayview district. they say this is the weapon that kenneth harding was carrying when he confronted officers on july 16. investigators believe harding accidentally shot himself in the head after he suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during the shootout with officers. police say they recovered a gun from unidentified resident that may have taken it from the crime scene. four investigations are underway into the shooting. clock is ticking closer to next tuesday's debt deadline. house republicans will try for a third straight day that has debt ceiling bill that has no chances of surviving the senate. john boehner suffered a, debate was stopped because he didn't have enough votes to pass it. gop leaders failed to convince members of the tea party to support the plan. >> the republicans took advantage of the tea party express. the tearm caucus when they seized control of the house. how do you translated anger against president obama into a government coalition and that is why they haven't been able to do it. >> democratic leaders have a bill of their own. meantime, executives of the nation's largest banks will meet with the treasure department how to handle spending if they do not extend the ceiling. >> treasury department is deciding which of the bills get paid after the august 2nd deadline. the government will take $178 billion in tax revenue next month but will have $308 billion worth of bills. top priority will paying $38 billion on interested. that will leave $140 billion to pay for medicare, medicaid and payments to u.s. troops. >> there is a light at the end of the bankruptcy tunnel for vallejo. they are emerging from a bankruptcy reorganization. it spells out how plans, creditors and major bondholders will be paid. vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection under pressure from a multimillion dollar deficit, declining tax revenues and growing union contracts. a man is in custody this morning in nova to on kidnapping charges. police say the man forced his way into a woman's car. the 62-year-old victim says the suspect yelled about a pregnant woman going into labor. they exited at alameda del prado where she stopped the car and starred screaming. the suspect ran away. they found him and arrested him a short time later. they think the same man tried to flag down other drivers before officers caught him. the fate of california's voter enacted ban on gay marriage could be decided this fall. california supreme court has scheduled a september 6 hearing. at issue, whether the sponsors have the authority to fight rulings against the measure if the governor and attorney general refuse to do so. the question is critical to the ban. schwarzenegger and jerry brown refuse on to challenge the ruling that struck down prop 8. >> a youth organization is reeling after the theft of dozens of fishing poles. 100 were stolen from the fishing and city program at a park. it gives free access to a special event. distinctive poles are candy apple red and sticker provided rotary club of san jose. >> thieves are targeting vallejo schools and stealing copper. seven skooz have been vandalized 14 times since may. they have taken copper wiring from a school four times, twice in the last week alone. damage will cost the district at least $100,000. 4:37. driving into the city you can see the low clouds and drizzle, windshield wipers? >> no, not this morning. but you could see the effects. >> you can see the winds are faster this morning. the sea breeze is a little bit stronger. so the clouds are going hang around a little bit longer than they did yesterday. but the main storm track to the north, watching this surge of moisture coming up from the south will probably bypass us but it will hit the mountains and bring thunderstorms if you are heading to the high country. on i'll have the full forecast in six or seven minutes. let's focus here and now, temperatures in the 50s and low 60s around redwood city, mountain view and antioch. as we head into the afternoon hours, warmest weather in the east bay valleys and well up to the north, clearlake and cloverdale and ukiah, temperatures in the 90s. 80s around santa rosa and palo alto, san jose, low to mid-70s around richmond, berkeley, oakland, san mateo, about 78 in san rafael and 66 in san francisco. around monterey bay, 68, more sunshine, santa cruz, salinas and 86 in hol stev. warmest is gilroy and morgan hill. seven-day forecast, morning clouds and afternoon sunshine just about every day, temperatures pretty close to average which is pretty close to today. good morning. we've got good news if you are traveling westbound 580, an earlier stall at the truck scales has been cleared out. let's take a look at the memorial service that is going to be happening later this morning. north san pedro road in san rafael, civic center drive, redwood highway, all expected to be jammed between 9:30 and 4:00, this memorial will be taking place. they are expecting about 1200 people at the most. no parking on the civic center drive. this a live look southbound 101 right now. >> it's 4:39. >> still ahead.... >> a string of jewelry so store smash and grabs. >> is this a typical summer cap? the amazing3q my name is ashley. i was using cascade actionpacs. they just didn't have that brilliant shine. when i took the finish challenge, i could tell there was a difference. my dishes had a shine on them. i'm moving on to finish quantum. take the finish challenge for yourself. if you don't see a difference, it's free. and now french's comes with 40% more happy in every bottle. french's. happy starts here. good friday morning, it's 4:42. how would you like that when it comes to that? look at this. we've got a typical foggy drizzle out. just a little bit in the san francisco area and we have temperatures that are right along. mike will talk more about what the weekend will be like and talk to sue. a smash and grab robbery caught on video in los angeles. >> it's just a shock and awe, they hit the cases and use intimidation in this case, pepper spray. >> it's the latest of a string of robberies in the jewelry district in los angeles. most recent case the thieves got away with about $7,000 worth of costume jewelry. they believe they are motivated by the rising price of gold. >> you never know where the next big thing is going to come from, even in middle schooler. they are spending creating games they hope will catch on. jonathan bloom when it comes to apps. >> an eye phone game. >> margaret is developing a classic style video game called gem collectors. >> we're trying to collect all the gems. >> it's sure to be a hit with kid. margaret would know better than anyone. >> you are how old? >> 10. >> it gives middle schoolers a taste of software development. >> you are making video games. >> and making a falling blocks game. >> he and his classmates are de-bugging stages right now. but not without help from an instructor code named alladin. >> they are coming out with very original ideas. story driven characters. more scripted and more about the content and less about just beat them up type of game. >> some of kids have been to this camp before. at the end of the week they just don't take their apps home, they publish them. >> how many downloads do you think you can get for your game? >> i know i got more than 300. >> it's an extra thrill for these kids and maybe given them an appetite for more. whoa. >> i know he is kidding but it's kind of their world, so why not what they create. >> absolutely. we grew up with building blocks, they grew up making may trix of building blocks. >> 4:45. the families of two u.c. berkeley grads in iranian or hoping their ordeal will be over. >> an awol soldier was planning an attack. >> and squeezing more miles out of every gallon of gas. fuel efficiency standards president obama is expected to unveil today. >> and forget about it. why hotels are welcome back. a look at high temperatures. coolest is seattle at 73 and boston at 79. warm still around dallas, 100 and phoenix at 107. let's take a look at the latest. some of them in newark, if are flying, flight arrival delays in chicago and departure out of midway. check flight tracker at abc7news.com. thanks a lot. check out the news. >> military investigators say an awol army soldier admits he was planning a terror attack in texas. private first class soldier was arrested after investigators found weapons, ammunition explosive devices and makeshift bomb lab in his hotel room. they tipped off authorities after becoming suspicious about a weapons purchase. >> somebody comes in and makes a purchase and doesn't know what he is buying, i would be concerned about it. i'm not bashful to point fingers, there is something wrong with this guy. >> in 2009, 13 people died in a mass shooting at fort hood when he used a pistol purchased at that same store. he says his muslim beliefs prevented him from fighting. the families of two former u.c. berkeley graduates imprisoned for two years, is holding a peaceful protest in front of the united nations. they are hoping a hearing in iran will end their ordeal. they are due in court what iranian authorities say will be their final hearing in their case. shourd was also arrested but released last september. the hearing comes two years to the day after they were arrested after hiking along the border. the trial was cancelled in may without explanation. >> back mere in the deep end and in deep trump. a south bay father and daughter nearly drowned in a community swimming pool. firefighters say if it were not for the heroic actions two of men the pair would not have survived. lisa amin gulezian has the story from san jose. >> girl was right down here. >> jeff didn't think twice about the seven foot high fence that stood between him and a little girl. she and her parents were guests and residents at regency townhomes. one minute she was on her fathers shoulders in the pool and next there was silence. >> we climbed into the pool and didn't see them. it was dark. so he noticed a shadow at the deep end of the pool and he swam over it and looked under the water and he saw them underwater. >> he is unknown hero number one. he single handedly dove and brought the girl and father back up to the surface. that is when jeff bale hero number two stepped in. >> the mother of the girl said she did not know cpr. >> the teacher has taken several cpr classes and within a minute the little girl was breathing again and so was her father. he was responding very slowly. >> the gentleman, he was breathing but his eyes were literally rolling up. >> i toukd this them that brought them in. >> it's still not clear how the father and daughter ended up at the bottom of the pool but both are resting at home. lisa amin gulezian, "abc 7 news." this morning the smell of garlic will be in the air as the 33rd gilroy garlic festival kicks off. more than 100,000 people are expected to attend. expect heavy traffic in the gilroy area all weekend. local businesses are reaping the benefits with most hotels already sold out. main event is on saturday with a great garlic cook-off where eight chefs will battle to win the garlic crown. last year they raised $270,000 for local charities. get out there and get that garlic ice cream and get going. >> absolutely. i love that stuff! >> the garlic. >> and a lot of vampires down there at this time of the year, too. >> they get run off. >> nice. >> all right. you know it's not going to be as nearly as hot as been in years past but the brutal 100s. have foon when you are heading down there. maybe they will have garlic soda this year. low ceiling and what is causing flight arrival delays, maybe a little drizzle if you are around the bay. inland toward the east bay, we do have clouds in the north bay and starting to work their way in the south bay. warmest antioch, mountain view, low to mid-50s and mid to upper 50s for the rest of the neighborhoods. clouds around the monterey bay. sunny around the bay and inland today but cloudy and cool at the coast. it will be foggy at the coast and kind of cloudy around the bay and coast but kind of clear inland of the you can see more of the picture. 24-hour temperature change, 1 degree warmer in san jose, 2 degrees in san francisco. oakland 3 degrees warmer. some hours and 11 minutes of sunshine. >> let's talk about what is happening right now. you see the clouds around the bay and into the north bay. the slow retreat back to the coast say noon, maybe 1:00 and keeping you in the 60s. 70s and 80s will dominate most of the neighborhoods and 90s will till terrify in the south bay valleys. low to upper 80s. to 87 in los gatos. in between we'll have 83 in san jose. 80s will dominate, men low park and you can see what the clouds around the coast with low to mid-50s for you. mid to upper 50s in downtown san francisco and even a 70 in sausalito. clouds will probably hang around the north bay coast keeping you to the low to mid 50s. temperatures running to the upper 70s to mid-80s around novato and sonoma. low to mid-70s richmond and oakland and castro valley and fremont. there you can see the low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. also you head down towards gilroy, 91 and 20 degrees cooler in watsonville. >> as far as what is going to happen around today, you see the thunderstorms around yosemite at 93. tahoe at 84. otherwise hot in the central valley, near hundred degree temperatures. seven-day forecast, not much of a swing. we're talking about morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and seasonal temperatures with low to mid-50s at the coast. upper 70s to near 80s around the bay to low 90s inland. hope you have a great weekend. we go to san rafael, we've got road work. you can see the flashing lights on your screen. southbound 101, intermittently closed. one lane there and back-up coming out of novato down towards the lucas valley road area. very heavy traffic in san rafael and in berkeley, westbound towards the macarthur maze. we had an earlier stall at gillman. sunnyvale, eastbound central expressway lafayette street, an accident blocking the two right lanes. abc7news.com is our website. click on bay area traffic for up to date traffic information. thanks so much. >> a hotel is using radio frequency to keep the plush robes and towels from disappearing. a company says hotels lose between 5-20% of their linens. they're taking bathrobes, bath sheets and pool towels. the strips are sewn in the fabric. one hotel in hawaii started using the chips and begin saving $16,000 a month. next, the warning alameda city leaders were given about a water rescue program that went unfunded until a controversial beach drowning in may. >> the debt ceiling crisis continues. republicans are now trying to get their party in order after a colossal breakdown last night. i'm amy hollyfield and i'll have an update coming up. >> and california drug agents launch an unusual campaign against illegal pot growers.