More and more cars in the narrow two lanes and i dont think we have a choice but to accept metering until 11 oclock because how do you regulate . Track is so slow do you really need more metering . It is slow dough. Everyone is culling. The regions metropolitan commission considers it a sound plan. Rush hour extends beyond the traditional times through the bay area and as the economy. Ifs this silicon valley, expect traffic to become an even bigger issue for residents living in this area. Now, matt 4 31. Santa rosa police want to find out what caused a freak accident causing the life of a woman standing on a sidewalk. An s. U. V. Landed on the woman at 3rd and b street yesterday afternoon at 2 30. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses say a volvo making a left turn clipped an s. U. V. Causing the s. U. V. To flip over on to the victim. I am surprised we Something Like this would happen here. I am surprised and shocked. It is sad to see Something Like this could happen in our community. It is something i am hoping doesnt happen again. The 72yearold driver of the s. U. V. And the 94yearold drift volvo had minor injuries and the victims name is not released pending notification of her family. Rebounds state of the Union Address last night was deep in democratic priorities including tax increases on the wealthy, education and child care health. It is time we stop treating child care as a side issue or as a womens she and treat it like the National Economic my or the that it is for all of us. That is why my plan will make child quality care more affordable. A republican response came from freshman sent joni ernst of iowa. We will advance solutions to prevent Cyber Attacks we have seen recently. We will work to confront Irans Nuclear ambition. We. Defend life because protecting our most vulnerable is an important measure of any society. President obama also touched on several topics that resonate in the bay area including free interpret and cyber security. We have local reaction on that. This the state of the Union Address. Several topics stood out. Equal pay is a big one. It is amazing we have gone this far in society and we do not have that, still. So to continue to press that as a primary issue is important to me. As a parent who spent probably 100,000 on one of my daughters education the Community College thing seems attractive. I have to be skeptical this is a way to pay for this without making our lives worse. Throughs of other residents followed the speech on twitter. This moment now viral. I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda i know i won both of them. I wish colleague have dropped the mike after that winning both campaign line. Best moment. In San Francisco for abc 7 news. Happening today, money will top the agenda when university of california regents begin if days of meetings in San Francisco this morning. Governor brown and uc president napolitano want fellow regents to name them the only members of a new committee to deal with the financial challenges. The two have been at odds over how much help it should get from the state. The governor says uc gets 3 billion from the state each year and needs to drastically cut spending. A state lawmaker believes he can speed up the opening of a third eastbound lane along the san rafael Richmond Bridge and clear the bottleneck for drivers. He represents san rafael and it is reported that levine introduce add bill that would require design works an Environmental Review is finished. That review is already underway. The bridge was originally zipped to have three lanes. A stretch of tully road in san jose is closed until 6 a. M. To repair damage caused by a natural gas leak. A construction crew it the 4 gas line yesterday afternoon and eastbound tully road is closed so pg e can repair the lynn. The Utility Company is providing temporary gas service to 57 customers. The westbound lanes were opened last night. A Heated City Council meeting in los gatos over a new veterans memorialened with the project getting the Cold Shoulder over the vision of a Veterans Foundation for a memorial in civic center plaza. The propped 10 by 9 memorial with five soldiers is not what some wanted to be reminded when they go to the library. To have people ear in uniform in their fatigues. It seemed overthetop for m ought veterans deserve to have a place here and they deserve to be recognized and celebrated. After more than four hours of debate the city council rejected the plan as proposed suggesting that the statues be moved to the redwoods. The Veterans Foundation will meet on monday to decide whether to try again. 4 37. There is fog out there. Stop if you have heard that story before. Draw . We are dealing with dense fog. Live doppler hd showing we do not have precipitation on the board. Temperatureways, a mix of upper 30s to lower 40s, 37 currently in napa and 42 in mill valley and 49 in downtown San Francisco and 50 miles at Half Moon Bay and oakland is 42 and san jose coming with a current temperature of 41 degrees. Downtown San Francisco all is convey it in San Francisco and as you look at the day planner ahead we will mention that fog, especially in the north bay right now where visibility is reduced to police an quartermile and that fog will be evaporating bid morning and in the afternoon there is a lot of sunshine mild temperatures everyone getting into the lowtomid 60s later on this afternoon and by 7 00 a few high clouds otherwise generally clear skies. The flee day forecast is warm but a warming friend continues and by friday of this week, we will see a couple of 70 on the board around the bay. That is weather. Now a look at traffic. The Golden Gate Bridge looks like the fog is taking a break because we can see the towers as folks drive in from marin to San Francisco. There you go beautiful sight with light traffic. We had a serious accident involving major injuries cleared southbound 101 at broadway so traffic is starting to dissipate through burlingame at this hour and as we slide interest san jose we are dealing with one accident involving an overturned vehicle and possible injuries north bound side of 101 at the express a. We are seeing slowing in the southbound direction but northbound traffic is moving fine as you make it up to moffett field. 4 38. She ended a gradualing battle with cancer on her own terms next a bay area williams decision hey give other terminally ill patients the choice of how and when to die. Tossed out with the trash, the abandoned puppies that are lucky to be alive. An early look at 4 39 at the bay bridge toll plaza which is very light for this part of the morning but it also is foggy with dense fog in patches. Drew is watching the weather and leyla gulen is watching when the flu hits, its a really big deal. The aches. The chills. The fever. An even bigger deal . Everything you miss out on. Family pizza night. The big game. Or date night. Why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to . Prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1. 3 days faster. Thats 30 sooner. Call your doctor right away. And attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. Call your doctor right away. Dont lose another moment to the flu. When theres flu, tamiflu. Covering santa rosa berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Welcome back at 4 41 a frightening stabbing in tel aviv overnight. A Lynn Palestinian man stabbed nine passengers. The suspect was on the bus and he pulled out a knife stabbed the driver and several other riders. Police officers saw the suspect jump off the moving bus and he was shot in the leg and apprehended. Police called the incident a terrorist, attack and say it is the latest in the last several months where palestinians have used knives and vehicles in attacks. If france, the Prime Minister announced the country will go on a hiring free for 2,600 new counterterrorism officers in response to the attacks that left 20 people dead. Security forces are getting what they want, better and stronger weapons. France is going to upgrade the intelligence apparatus by entry duesing a measure making it easier to tap phones. California lawmakers considering right to die legislation for terminally ill patients will hear today from a man whose wife had to move to oregon to end her life. The 29yearold uc berkeley graduate was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and moved to organize to legally end her life all the while arguing she should have had the right to die in california. The new legislation would apply only to many tale competent patients with less than six months to live. Right new five states including oregon allow terminally ill patients to take their lives. The number of people infected with measles linked to exposure at disneyland has new spread to four states and mexico. However, as we report, it is not affecting attendance. Five employees at disney are now among the infected but most say it would not is stopped them from visiting. I am not too worried because the immunizations but i would have liked to have known. I was told it was a Measles Outbreak design december 15 and december 20, and nine children so she said to bring a left hand sanitation. The company said it took immediate action after learning of the exposure saying in a statement and i quote, in abundance of caution we offer vaccinations and immunity tests to cast member whose may have come in contact with those who are positive are being tested for the virus while awaiting results, they have been put on paid leave until medically cleared. I would be worried but i get him immunized so i dont have to stress about that. You would hope that the people would have measles would not come to a pack like this. A few miles away at a high school, two dozen students who had no proof of measle vaccination remain sent home after a classmate was confirmed to have the disease. Back at disneyland many say the risk is low and it isnt worth giving up the fun. I looked when the outbreak was and my thought process on it was that look, if they have it they already had it now so. We are vaccinated enough the must important thing you can do with measles is vaccinate. Disney is the Parent Company of abc7 and abc and it says that they of the infected cast members have been cleared to return to work now. It is 4 44. There is a new twist in the controversy surrounding the super bowlbound new England Patriots and accusations they used underinflated footballs. Our Sister Network espn reports that the nfl has found that 11 balls were underinflated by two pounds a square inch. The patriots supplied a total of a dozen balls to be used in the sunday championship game and new england bets colts soundly 457 to advance to the super bowl against seattle. Does each use its own balls when it is office offense . That is a good question. Im not sure. I think the home Team Provides the pauls in the game. Okay. I dont think the other team brings their own. 4 45. Animal service wants it necessity who would throw out three helpless puppies but this story is a happy ending. A hand and woman were walking their dog at park in Pleasant Hill on monday and their australian shepherd starting sniffing a plastic trash bag. They untied the bag to fine the puppies and gave them after cleaning them up to Animal Services. The puppies are doing well and Animal Services is searching for their owner. An update our director tells me i am wrong, each team brings their own footballs and he is a source an expert on football. He must be, because he loses every bit he makes. Each team gets to play with the ball they want to play with. Why not during the game . This was a lead thing. Okay. All right. Drew . Some fog. Especially in the north bay. It is really dense. Not everyone will see it but when you for see it it will be thick. Sweep around the bay area is gray but as we swish it over to visibility you will notice in the north bay, santa rosa, visibility is down to quartermile and less than that in petaluma and napa and fairfield seeing halfamile visibility the fog is dense in the north bay and we okay at sfo and all at ten miles visibility. Current temperatures right now are a mix of 30s and 40s and 47 in oakland and 49 in downtown San Francisco and cool in napa at 35 degrees and san jose currently at 41. From the sutro camera, we have beautiful downtown San Francisco and the forecast calls for the north bay fog early and clear elsewhere. We are on the way to tons of sunshine with good air quality and then record highs likely this weekend. A look at the highs are mild, and we will go up to 62 in San Francisco and 64 in napa and 65 is the high in oakland and 64 in san jose and at 62 in antioch with plenty of sunshine. The water view shows High Pressure firmly in control. This is going to bring us a blocking ridge not allowing the rain to enter the forecast in the near term. As the temperatures rise, the air quality goes down. Longrange forecast shows us hope in terms of moisture. By next tuesday, we have a chance, a chance that we could pick up a few rain drops as the month comes to a close. Air quality in the next couple of days good across the region but the air quality goes down by friday and saturday and a lot of places are reporting poor air quality. Sunshine today. Partly cloudy on thursday. Warming trend on friday, a couple of 70 pop up on the board here and saturday and into sunday a lot of 70 especially on sunday and that is when we think reports could be shattered getting into the mid70s away the bay and the warm the eases on monday and there is a chance of rain coming on next tuesday. Now the traffic. Good morning, everyone shear a look at san mateo bridge and traffic is clear as you make it across the water to the peninsula only going to take you nine minutes and so far it is looking hazy not so foggy as the last couple of mornings, and it has been seconded in. It is socked in here in the east bay and if you travel along highway 4, watch out for the construction crews because you may not see them right arrest, just until you get up on top of the cones. 680, we will have lanes shut down so they should be picking them up moment airline before you get there, though we have a Police Investigation blocking off the lanes so slow going for you there. If you continue in the westbound direction into hercules it is staying nice and clear and along i80 no problems and over the Altamont Pass it is quiet at 28 minutes from tracy to dublin and 101 southbound san rafael to San Francisco is just 17 minutes in surprise, the president s state of the Union Address dominated the chatter on twitter. Here is the technical payments. A social media traffic sparked by the state of the Union Address. This map shows from the start of the president s speech to the end of the republican response, more than 2. 6 millionrelated tweets were sent around the world. The biggest moment want the talk of winning both campaigns. Netflix coming to marriott allowing guests to access several Video Streaming Services including netflix and pandora on the television. They will launch at eight locations. You may could be surprised bit list of 2014 popular user passworded. 123456 and password, top the list. New words include baseball, dragon and football. A i am relieved those are not my passwords. They might be mine. Have a great day. A lot of us make new years resolution to get more exercise or lose weight but it can be hard. A partner that makes it easier by sticking to the resolutions. The giant world series trophies are getting the red carpet treatment this morning in the big apple. Taking a look outside this is the embarcardero in San Francisco with the downtown buildings there you can see not too much nog in this spot and it is out there and meteorologist mike nicco is tracking where. We will have weather andtt2wut3nu d a qfl tt2wut3nu d bm qm, tt4wut3nu d dztq redwood city publicity is among the best in the nation for the 4th year in a row earning five stars from the Library Journal with a survey looking at a number of visits onsite computer use and turnout at library events. The library had more than a million visits last year. The giants newest world series championship trophy will follow franchise roots to new york city departing sfo aboard Virgin America this morning. This evening the trophy will visit Madison Square garden where giants second baseman will be honored by his alma mater, st. Johns university during half time of the red storm against marquette. Fans can visit the trophy at a bar on saturday and the yogi bera museum in new jersey on sunday. I could have continue this but i didnt a heavyweight selle. You could have been a contender . A group of tourists did the rockery steps and met extra listen posing outside the Philadelphia Museum of art. He complimented the group on running fast up the stairs made famous in rocky, and before the picture sly said look tough. He is filming a movie called creed, about the grass of rockys foes in the first few rocky movies. Cool. Drew i cannot believe we missed out. I worked in philadelphia and you have deep philadelphia roots. I didnt miss it. I have done the steps. To the top . Yes. Live doppler hd shows visibility is limited in some spots especially the north bay petaluma currently is less than quartermile visibility and monday cord is half a mile and fairfield is quartermile visibility and the north bay inland east bay are dealing with reduced visibility at this hour. Taking you outside from the sutro tower, we will show you downtown San Francisco not dealing with much, with quiet conditions and this afternoon we will see sunshine as the fog burns off and the temperatures are mild in the 60s. Now, traffic with leyla gulen. It is quiet in san jose as we look at 280 away from highway 17 and the drive in cupertino will not take you much time at all just one care in the northbound direction. To the south, we have construction here northbound side of highway 101 to concord and that is through gilroy headed to morgan hill so watch out for the crews we have slowing and those lanes are going to be closed down until 6 00. You will see cones out there and bottleneck. Be careful the slow down the speeds. 4 56. Could a drink with dinner help your heart . 100 alcoholic benefit religion a day reduces the risk of heart fair by 16 percent in women and by 20 percent in men. Researchers say it doesnt matter whether the alcohol is wine beer, or a shot of hard liquor. Is a morning cup of coffee a secret weapon against a deadly skin cancer . The National Cancer institute now says that four or more cups of coffee a day reduces the risk of scan skin condition certificate by 20 percent with a link between the amount of coffee you think and the risk over 10 years for melanoma. We will have more on this study on Good Morning America which of course starts at 7 00 a. M. I will trade my water for your coffee. It stays right here. After the study. If you want to stick to your new years resolution get your significant other to do it with you. A study shows if your spouse joins you are flee times more likely to lose weight five times pore likely to exercise and 11 times more likely to stop smoking. Has been pits of the healthy spouse run off on the partner. Couples help motivate each other. The study is published in the journal of medical association. At 5 00 a. M. , a grizzly discovery outside two east bay restaurants we are live with what police are revealing of a possible prank involving a wild animal. A Fatal Shooting involving a Bay Area Police officer sparked protests and a lawsuit. The decision by the d. A. That could stir new controversy. Abc7 has a look at eastern span of the bay bridge where traffic is light and moving along this time of morning. We leave the pictures up so you when the flu hits, its a really big deal. The aches. The chills. The fever. An even bigger deal . Everything you miss out on. Family pizza night. The big game. Or date night. Why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to . Prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1. 3 days faster. Thats 30 sooner. Call your doctor right away. And attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. Call your doctor right away. Dont lose another moment to the flu. When theres flu, tamiflu. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good wednesday morning. You are halfway there. I am eric thomas. We appreciate you being there. I am kristen sze and draw is leader for meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen has the traffic the fog is like yesterday