88, and 90s by 4 00 and a comfortable evening, 60s and 70s and 80s. How is the commute . The bay bridge toll plaza shows cars waiting do pay cash. We are looking at a slow commute headed into San Francisco, fast trackers do not have problems. Moving over to emeryville camera, the eastern span, traffic is slowing at treasure island, though, not a problem. A new crash on 880 not causing delays but the vehicle is involved at parkway. Breaking news from the east bay Fire Destroys a luxurious home and firefighters are looking for the cause. Amy hollyfield is in alamo. A woman was home but she get out okay. Here is a look at what she had to escape from her entire home was engulfed, a Smoke Detector woke her up and neighbors say her how was out of town. Fires got call to come at 1 30 to the home on crest avenue in alamo. They took a look at this and said they knew they could not save it. This was hazardous situation with electrical wire. No one was injured. Look at the sign out front of home, about to go on the market. Now it is gone. Only the garage is left. No one was hurt in the fire. The resident and the firefighters are all okay. Now they are going to look if the cause. They do not know what started the fire. History in the making, two hours from now pope francis will be the first pope to address conditioning. We will look at the nunciature in washington, dc, you can see the crowds waiting outside because this is the Papal Embassy where the pope is staying during the visit to washington, dc and all the foes are hoping to get a glimpse of him before he goes to the capitol to to to address congress. This is a watch party by a high school in san jose for the pope dressing congress. A big speech need as big screen so how about two giant big screens with 300 students are signed up to be here at 6 30 this morning. It is not just the students who are excited but lawmakers have been told, no handshakes or conversations from the aisle when the pope comes in the Congressional Chamber and are limited to one standing ovation. The Supreme Court justices and diplomats and guests will be joined the lawmakers of the tens of throughs of people will watch from the west money of the capitol and men more around the world. The pope will then head to new york. The breakfast is served when the students get here at 6 oclock and there will be some fun, they have a game called pope bingo what he will say during the speech. They have a cardboard cut out of the pope to take some selfies with the pope, as well. You can see that selfie on twitter. Reporting from san jose for abc7 news. Here is the popes schedule today, he will make the historic address to a gin session of Congress Starting at 7 00 this morning and abc will carry it this a special report, he will visit Catholic Charities in washington and feed the poor and departing for new york at 1 00 oclock attending an Evening Prayer Service at st. Patricks cathedral in manhattan. A van spotted cruising lowly could be connected to two possible child abductions in berkeley. A witness contacted the police about the dark green minivan considering it suspicious. It passed near an elementary school. 20 minutes later, the driver of the van with a similar description pulled up to two middle School Students in berkeley and rolled the window down and tomorrow the children to get and the van. They ran to the middle school for help where a third student was approached but the driver sped off when her father showed up. The suspect is described as heavy set hispanic man, 3040 with bark hair and a mustache. Bay area readies are getting more crowds each bay be but, now it is a matter of life and death. First responders say traffic is so bad it is taking them longer to get to the site of an emergency. This video from a dash camera on a Fire Protection district engine shows how narrow lanes and median strips impeded the response to an accident on the dumbarton bridge taking First Responders 16 minutes to get to the scene. The goal is seven minutes. There is nowhere for the remark to go. It is gridlock. Six minutes out of 16, we traveled the wrong way down the road. This is in alternative. On tuesday it took emergency crews ten minutes to get to this fatal motorcycle accident on highway 101 in palo alto. When the actual Response Time is double from the Response Time you want, it is a problem. It is a thriving economy, people who can look at an app and find a way an the traffic the they end up on your residential street. Years ago only we knew the shortcuts. Atherton continued the streets to add the bicycle lanes which responders say will make it more difficult. They hope to build Public Awareness will make communities think twice about adding tree think twice about adding tree lined medians and bicycle la pg e will open a Customer Center to help valley fire evacuees with threests set up this middletown, Hidden Valley lake and today, the temporary shelter at napa county fairground will close. Evacuees have to leave by 10 00 a. M. And orders are lifted at 5 oclock for Anderson Springs and a sign normalcy is running, middletown schools will reopen on monday. A number of people including a retired chief from the San Mateo Fire Department are expected to attend a meeting to express outrage of a decision made by San Francisco fire chief hayeswhite according to the San Francisco chronicle. The group said that she sent a fire engine to help with the valley fire and it was not enough. She said she committed several engines to the butte fire eat of sacramento and did not want to put a strain on the available rigs. Children devastated by the valley first will be treated to free admission at the San Francisco zoo and will be joy a free lunch from 11 oclock to 2 00. The zoo is hosting 50 kids from Lake County International Charter School in middletown and Officials Say it is a way to give back, offer distraction and support their family in this time of need. What kind of day at zoot . Fantastic, mid70s, comfortable for the kids with high clouds and sunshine. North bay, you are significantly warmer than yesterday. Remember the 40s . Gone. No fog. Napa is 61. Vallejo is 63. Tiburon is 65. San rafael is 63. Everyone else is in the midtoupper 50s right now. Bradening out you can see lafayette at 62 and brentwood is down to 63 and redwood city and newark and san carlos at 60. Alameda is 64 and san jose is secretary at 101 and 880 under clouds because of the high clouds. We will have those for the better part of today. Inland east bay is 92 to 96, uncomfortable this afternoon. Warmer than average for coast, 71 to 80 in downtown San Francisco and a lot of black dresses not be seen today. Up to 92. Walnut creek is 64, and it will be breezy. We are not supposed to burn other garbage. Yes, very good, michael, we have a garbage truck fire that sounds like it is on 101 southbound. Possibly causing a pressure fire right next to it so Fire Department no doubt is headed to the scene. We do not see delays yet, northbound traffic is looking clear approaching lakeville highway and the rest of the drive to the south of petaluma is moving along fine and we do have early risers headed to mill valley but all if all you are in good shape. Drive time traffic 680 southbound from highway 4 to walnut creek is six minutes and on highway 24 into the tunnel to oakland is nine minutes and 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 41 minutes. There could be more tricks and fewer tweets, in americas money report. A group of beach going teens learn an important lesson listen to warnings to stay out of the water. The amazing new video that lets fans explore one of the lets fans explore one of the upcoming star wars movie. Female announcer sleep traends sunday. St event dont miss your chance to get sleep trains very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. Plus, pay no interest for three years on beautyrest black, stearns foster, serta icomfort, even tempurpedic. And rest even better with sleep trains riskfree 100day money back guarantee. But the best rest event ends sunday at sleep train. Guaranteed sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep the abc7 news app on the go on your schedule. News that lives where you live. San rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Welcome back. Four teens are safe because of quick action by rescuers at San Franciscos ocean beep. The teens got caught in the serve and dangerous riptides yesterday two girls want to the hospital and expected to be okay. The beach patrol had warned the teens earlytory stay out of the water. A new study said that school meals are put some kids at risk because of unsafe levels of a toxic chemical, bpa found in plastic packaging. Most school meals are prepared with ingredients that are prepackaged or come in cans. Low income kids are especially at risk because they eat federally funded meals rather than bringing lunch from home. Bay Area University will play a part in the 2016 president ial and Vice President a. M. Debates leading a National Social Media Program to get young voters involved in the debates. The university of san rafael provided this video which is partnering with Tech Companies to get students registered and find information they need to vote. It will allow students to voice their opinions on hot button topics and make the shes easier make the issues easier to understand. When you put away your flipflops and shorts, bring them back. Hope you did not. I told you not to. See what happens when you see what happens when you dont listen to mike . Look at san jose where silt cloudy and 60, and we are warmer and calmer throughout the day and our nights are not so cool as yesterday because of the cloud cover, ice crystals are way up there and tens of thousands of feet above our head. They are rolling over two areas of high pressure, call it double trouble but not out of the norm for have this heat this time of the year, one of the hottest months for San Francisco and oakland. The rest of the country is cooler and we ramp up. The high clouds that came in yesterday are rolling out as we head to the afternoon so we will hook for increasing sunshine and look what it does to our temperatures, it will be uncomfortable outside. Down in the south bay, if you are out during the afternoon hours, 86 in milpitas and lowtomid 90s in cupertino and girl provide and 89 in san jose, 88 in santa clara, and 88 in redwood city and Mountain View the warm spots and everyone in the 80s today lowtomid 70s and 73 and dutch, south San Francisco, and sausalito, we will flirt with 80 degrees this afternoon and 85 in vallejo, and sonoma is 88, and we will hit 90s around santa rosa and calistoga and napa and north and lakeport is at 94 degrees. Richmond and berkeley at 82, and 85 in san leandro, and inland this is where it will be least comfortable, 92 at san ramon and danville and concord and walnut creek at 94 and pittsburg, at 95. If you are going to the game this afternoon, wear the sunscreen with high clouds and a light breeze and 76, warming to 83 at end of the game and the tomorrows are in the 50s again but cooler this morning. My sevenday forecast shows as warm today and we will have a wind shift and drop on saturday and then it is breezy on sunday introducing you to cooler weather on monday and tuesday and the transition is dry. Have a great day. We had a garbage fire, now what do you want . We have lights that are out but the san mateo bridge shows traffic smooth and only 14 minutes between 880 and highway 101 on the peninsula. Southbound side at the parkway, no delays and only one vehicle was involved. To the north, not by much, there are traffic lights out because of an early accident that happened last night and you are without stoplights. Stephenson boulevard is where it is located. Do treat that as a fourway stop. You could see delays developing in the area. Try to avoid it. It is going to take until the afternoon hours to fine the parts to get them repaired. Bart and caltrain, no slow downs. Eric and kristen . Star wars fans will love this, facebook has introduce add new 360 degree video that allows user to room an inside inside to roam around the latest star wars trailer triting to get users excitessed to use virtual reality. The emission scandal rocking volkswagen is deepening. New fall out from the volkswagen scandal the c. E. O. Has stepped down the board will meet tomorrow to consider replacements. The smog test cheating scandal is taking a huge toll on angry dealers stuck with cars they cannot sale and owners stuck with vehicles necessity do not want anymore. For halloween, americans will spend 74 on halloween. That is compared to 77 last year with total spending for halloween projected to be 7 billion. Move over babe ruth, the most delivered autograph is pope francis. The auction closed yesterday and pope francis signature for 2,300. If in were Surveillance Video of your child being mistreated would you want to see it . Would you have a right to see it . 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Ensure has b vitamins that help support brain health now thats smart nutrition. Ensures complete balanced nutrition has 26 vitamins and minerals and 9 grams of protein. Ensure. Take life in. Good morning, at 5 22 and a look at possibility sides of the bay, a nice clear start to the morning and it will be sizzling, not so much as before, by, still warmer. Seven things to know before you go, breaking news in alamo an investigation is underway interest an Early Morning house fire near 680 that burned 4,000 square foot home to the ground. Our reporter will have a report from the vehicle in a few minutes. The cost to fix the problem with the steel roads on the bay bridge is getting more pricey by the moment possibly topping 15 million and toll payers may have to dig deep. Janet will have a full report in a few minutes. All is calm in san rafael and 101 northbound and southbound is drive nicely but to the north we do have a dump truck fire blocking lane and causing a brushfire, as well, so we will keep our cry on that with updates. It is not a weather whiplash but a rebound, remember on tuesday it was chilly and breezy . Our temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees warmer than that day and 814 degrees warmer than year. I will let you know if we will keep climbing in the sevenday outlook. Pope francis will make the first ever papal address to congress in 90 minutes and is expected it talk about climate change, Immigration Reform and income inequality and religious freedom. You can watch the speech at 7 00 a. M. And online at abc7 come. The temporary shelter at the napa county fairgrounds will close at 10 00 this morning forking evacuees to fine another place to stay. There are answers on the next Recovery Efforts at a country meeting at middletown gh school at 6 00. The latest iphone is hitting stores tomorrow but in four states that do not have a sales tax alaska, delaware, New Hampshire and oregon. Lines are forming around the world for the new iphone 6s. A sight not seen in 30 years takes place, a super moon will combine with a Lunar Eclipse on sunday, happening from 5 00 p. M. To before 8 00 p. M. And sunset here will not be until 6 59 but nasa will broadcast the event on the web site for people would live in the areas where it is too light to see. A baby panda born at national zoo in washington, dc is not so little anymore. This adorable cub is nearly three pounds and larger than the older sin lanes were at his age. The cub is 4 1 2 weeks old, and keepers weighed him three day ago when the mom left her den to eat. The little guy has exlength range of excellent range of motion and can push up on his front legs. A viral picture of pope francis meeting the first dogs during the white house visit. He leaned down to pet sunny and bo, the obamas dogs, and the photographer captured the moment in the blue room and posted on instagram with the caption yes, this happened. Coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. Including new opposition to a proposed warriors marina in the Mission Bay Area of San Francisco with a group of francisco with a group of scientists fighting the plan. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good thursday morning at 5 28. Wake up. Thanks for joining us. I am eric thomas. Hit that snooze vehicle is what i vote for. Mike has the forecast. Maybe easier to wake up this morning because of the weather. Not as cool as it was yesterday. That is due to the high clouds that rolled in yesterday evening. Made for a gorgeous sunset. Do you have the pictures . Send them to me on twitter. From sutro tower can you see it is calm and 54 to 62 is the temperature. High clouds and sunshine at noon at 68 at the coast and 82 inland. A summer spread at 68 at the coast and 94 inland by 4 00 and enjoy a fairly comfortable evening at 62 at coast to 86 inland and when the sun sets we will fall into the 70s quickly. More was payers are waiting do get through the tolls in San Francisco and it will take eight minutes to get and the city. Fast track has a better time of it. In the north bay, it looks like which has canceled the accident, or garbage truck fire. We also have a closure starting on sunday in this area at petaluma boulevard south at highway 101, doing some bridge repair and demolition so the drive is closed down and it will reopen on monday. We have breaking news, fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a luxury home to go up in flames quickly this morning. Amie . Firefighters saved the garage and car but that is it. The firefighters knew when they looked at it they could not save it. They took a defensive stance when they saw a dangling power line. There was a woman inside, home alone and she had to run for her life and only grabbed her cel she was awake of the Smoke Detector. The firefighters have walked her back through the home and they could not find her purse but she found her wedding ring. There is a sign here at the front gate that said that the louse coming soon, but there is not much left of the house now. No one was hurt in the fire, firefighters are okay and so is the resident. Firefighters are looking for the cause and it appears to have possibly started at robert of the whom maybe on the robert deck where they will focus and in alamo for abc7. Thanks. More breaking news the death more breaking news the death toll from a tam speed during and 719 have been injured near the city of mecca, and no word on what prompted the spokesman peed but this is the third day, the most dangerous day because so many try to perform rituals in the same place at the same time. Back here, new details about the faulty rods on the eastern span of the bay bridge and the staggering new estimate on how much it will cost to fix them. Our reporter, janet o has the story. 15 million is where we are starting . 15 million could be the beginning of fixing the mess. The San Francisco chronicle reports it could cost 25 million to get it done right. The bill will be footed by toll payers. Caltran found 400 of the steel rods were damaged by water. Engineers say they have small cracks acinal of a sign of corrosion which reinforce the bridge during the earthquake. The main contractor, american bridge floor is blamed for the faulty work. They could be forced to make deductions on the 6. 4 billion project the total they charged for the new bridge. The bridge Oversite Committee will meet this afternoon to discuss the issues and they say they will look at other firms to make the repairs when they cross that bridge. It is 5 33 and people francis will deliver a historic address to congress in a joint meeting. This is the nunciature where the pope has been staying overnight on the trip with crowds waiting hoping to greet him and get a glimpse of him and maybe a handshake or hug on way to the capitol. This is the view the pope will have appearing on the balcony after the speech, congressional leaders have asked lawmakers not to touch the pope as he walked down the center aisle and deliver only one standing ovation. The pope is expected to speak about climate change, income inequality and religious freedom. A major highlight of the first full day was the elevation of father Junipero Serra to sainthood a controversial canonization because serra is credited where bringing catholicism to the coast but it is sized for harsh treatment of native americans. During the parade, a fiveyearold girl from Southern California got beyond the barricades and the pope gestured for him to see her. The daughter of two undocumented immigrants got a kiss and handed the pope a letter which was about immigration. She is afraid her parents will be deported if the United States does not change. Thousands have been invited to watch the address from the capitol. Each member of congress was given ticket toss tickets to invite guests. A local congresswoman held a lottery. I had to be part of it. You can be here, and say, i heard the right words but when you can say i was there and saw the activity an it, i heard first person. Not through a tv, and how people reacted, it becomes something special. Congresswoman was among the few representatives in congress that offered up tickets by lottery. Ama daetz has been reporting on the popes visit from washington, dc, and tweeted out this picture showing the basilica still lit up after the canonization of father Junipero Serra. You can follow alma on twitter and on facebook. The case of a missing family from benicia is now a murder investigation. We Authorities Say they found a third set of remains in the ruins of a cabin destroyed in a fire on september 13 in el dorado county. Some figures show what happened of president fire, 37yearold Adam Buchanan and 36yearold Adam Buchanan and 36yearold molly the remains have not been positively identified and the family is listed as missing. D. N. A. Test results are not available until next week if it is murder, though, friends say they have no idea who the killer my be. The temporary shelter at napa county fair groups closed at 10 00 forcing remaining evacuees to fine another place to stay. Officials will host a Community Meeting at Middletown High School and reopen on monday. The fire is 82 percent contained right now after destroying 1,200 homes. Over advantages remain in effect for cobb and authorities are working to identify another victim believed 66yearold Robert Pletcher and another man, 61yearold is still missing. Stay tuned. nn that sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. 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They state project is an entertainment hub will make the area less appealing to biotech researchers and believe the increase traffic will endanger people needing to get to the three ucsf hospitals. Police are looking for a dangerous robber who held autopsy walgreens on tuesday afternoon at the walgreens take out a knife here and hopping over the counter and threatening the pharmacist demanding medication much the robber took the medication left the pharmacist go and left the store. It is an act of desperation and we could have someone that needs to be put in jail but probably needs some help. He is a white man if his 20s with a possible triangle shaped that toot near the corner of his right eye. Official say no one was hurt in the robbery. A man Fremont Police say was caught on video breaking into a home is expected to be in court. This video helped Police Capture this video helped Police Capture did the was placed in the dog treats the burglar. And the fallout with volkswagen is continuing as the c. E. O. Resigned over the remain mission standards. Sales have plummeted and some are joining class action lawsuits again the company, with angry customers demanding local dealers buy back their cars or offer compensation. Nasdaq is opening a new center if San Francisco today in hopes of attracting the next hot i. P. O. , the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in the financial district. The Stock Exchange said the center is Nonprofit Organization custody indicated to bringing resources for entrepreneurs. Warriors center will help celebrate the opening by ringing the closing bell at 1 00 oclock this afternoon and the lt. Governor will be there, as well. Happening today from the Basketball Court to the kitchen, mvp steph curry will gin his wife will gin his wife rachel ray, he said he is more of a professional taste tester and his wife the is pro in the kitchen. You can watch the couple on rachel, at 1 00 oclock right here on abc7. Steph curry is paying his rounds before the warriors begin Training Camp next week. What is their daughters maim . Riley. We hope she will be on the show. One time she was saying mommy is the better cook. He did not argue. Big surprise. Good morning, everyone, here is the big story as you head outside. We are up to nine degrees warmer than yesterday because of a plan chest high clouds that rolled in during the overnight. We will start on the peninsula where we are cool at 54 and menlo park is 56 and palo alto is weighing up to 57 and we have foster city at 58, redwood city, 59, and lowtomid 60s for san mateo and san carlo and oakland is 59 and we have 60 in fremont and san jose and los gatos in the hills at 74, and concord is 65 and san ramon at 69 and no 40s to the north but a last mid50s mill valley and napa and santa rosa and San Francisco is 61. Warmer. Sfo shows it is cloudy and 61. But the high clouds so fingers crossed. Climbing highs and filtered sun because of the high clouds and a weekend of winds that will bring cooler weather and it will stay dry all the way through the extended. If you are a ferry rider, winds are six Miles Per Hour over the bay so enjoy that. Napa will be eight degrees warmerthanaverage, and redwood city and San Francisco along with san jose, nine, and double digits in hayward and oakland and livermore with 80s and 90s and a reason, not a sea redskin to be not a breeze to be found. The warm fall pattern is not out of the ordinary, and we expect to be warm this time the year but it does not last. This will be two or three day event. Midtoupper 80s through the south bay, lowtomid 90 cupertino and down to gilroy, we will have 80 at millbrae and midtoupper 80s for the if peninsula and 87 in palo alto and you may want to jump in the pool if it is open coming home from school. Low 70s to mid70s along the coast and nearly 80 in Downtown South San Francisco and sausalito and upper 80s to low 90s through the north bay valley and vallejo is 85, and lowtomid 90 inland east bay, and getting close to needing the air conditioning. My sevenday forecast is about the same tomorrow and you can see the drop 26 saturday. Dryer air and cooler conditions on sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday. Hope you have a great friday evening. Leyla . We do. It is in this area as we look to the bay bridge toll plaza and the metering lights were turned on and we see heavy backups but we have a reported accident, hitandrun accident actually that is blocking the car pool lane. Right new it will take you 11 minutes to get you between the maze into San Francisco and, also, i will show you where the accident is elected on the transition road from grand avenue to westbound 80. We are already seeing heavy delays as you head into emeryville and the westbound direction, berkeley is not affected but you could see the slow downs as this progresses. As we lied to livermore and pleasanton, 588, you are looking slower than a few minutes ago, 37 person headed through livermore approaching 84 and up to the dublin interchange at 35 Miles Per Hour and eastbound traffic, as well, with projects there so that is possible due to construction in the area. As we take you over the altamont pass, 14 Miles Per Hour so very slow. It is packing on minutes to the commute and it is looking like it is 54 minute drive to head from tracy to dublin at this moment. 680 southbound from dublin pleasanton to mission boulevard south, 17 minutes and highway 85 northbound from we to cupertino is 20 minutes. In San Francisco, we have a band playing, acdc playing at a park and heavy traffic will be in the area. 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Good morning at 5 into on thursday morning and a look at the Golden Gate Bridge with the traffic moving into San Francisco unimpeded. We will have more on the forecast and traffic in a few minutes. There was an outpouring of support for valley fire evacuees yesterday at the springer tap room in santa rosa. 50 percent of all sales and 10 percent of tips and 100 percent of physical donations went to families. It turns out a lot of friends lost their homes and wanted it do something to help them out. Just a few blocks away from springer another party for the same cause, organized by carlos perez, in total they raised 35,000. A program to help homeowners pay for water or Energy Efficient juan grades is expanding in the bay area just starting to take applications for Alameda County and several other communities including burlingame and danville and el cerrito. The Property Owners can buy things like new heating and cooling systems or insulation and pay for it over time through the tax bill. Homeowners have to spend 5,000 and continue it over 520 years and we have all of the communities and other details posted often abc7news. Com. Scientists say californias historic drought is stressing the giant sequoia trees which embryo do 300 or more and can live for 3,000 years. Ecologists say that they are fining more patches of dead tree than in the past. Biologists have been climbing the tries to identify will most vulnerable. We take you to washington, dc, where pope francis just step out of the nunciature where he spend the might and greeting the crowds who have been waiting, many for several hours to get a selfie, touch him, hug him, perhaps getting a blessing from the pope on his way to the capitol. He will be taking off shortly by car to go there so he can give an his tore address to joint meeting of the United States congress. Of course we will carry that and a picture of the pope in district of columbia. Legal for the audience, and, obviously, poe francis injuries meeting people and the security detail is it is 5 52 and time for the weather forecast. Breezy yesterday, but warmerthanaverage and it fits him well. Baseball is played at the cove but the score was 103 so a touchdown and a couple of field goals. 76, you will need sunglasses and you will need sunscreen, please be careful. We will talk more about oakland and what will happen, 84 and ten degrees above average, we will not be back to average until sunday and then next week it will feel like fall. Livermore, 96 today, 12 degrees warmer than average, and back to average on sunday and more on monday and tuesday and wednesday where we are below average as autumn runs. The transition is dry, not wet yet. 90s through the valley stream, and sunshine and 75 in monterey and heading to lake, 82 and to the south, 82 in san diego and 89 to los angeles, and 108 in palm springs. I saw leyla gulen looking at the maze and we will see what she has. We have been trying to track c. H. P. Vehicle and a fire truck and we are focused from emeryville looking to the metering lights toward the toll plaza and we had the flashing lights turned off turning into a parking lot and that is where the accident we reporting is situated. The person was a hitandrun accident and three vehicles were involved and one person was expensing chest pains so there could be injuries involved and an plan could show up shortly. That will cause spectator slowing but to show you what we are talking about near the grand avenue ramp toward westbound 80 we are seeing more delaying through emeryville and, also, through 580 pushing in the westbound direction so be aware you have time that is going to be tacked on to the commute. Muni and bart, no delays and we will look at the south bay commute in my next report. The long legal sag da between ellen pao and the Venture Capital firm over discrimination is over. We have news that the firm will no longer demand she pay 260,000 in legal fees, after she dropped the appeal of a verdict that denied claims of gender discrimination and retaliation by the former employer. Boo and pao and agreed and her old boss has apologized for a comment he made and i quote, we have two partners who are so diverse have a challenge pronouncing their names. He apologized on twitter saying it was an unfortunate joke that was not funny. Hatching today, San Francisco can sound off on new guidelines on fires on ocean beach before they go into effect with new regulations requiring people to get a permit before holding a beach fire and another regulation puts restrictions on fires during winter spare the air season. This will be a public hague on the beach fire changes and give the public a chance to excepts on them. The meeting is tonight at 6 00 p. M. In the county fair in golden gate park. Kohls is rolling out same day delivery and will test the service in San Francisco and in chicago two of the biggest markets and is good on items bought by website, tablet or smartphone. Netflix said they know the exact episode of a tv show that will hook most viewers to watch until the end of the season according to a when. A to a website. A pilot is usually not the reason that people stick an. Netflix said this is the republican it releases the shows if their entirety because it believes that builds a better fan base. Here the shows and episodes where 70 percent of viewers are hooked. Scandal, episode 2 and orange is the new black, episode 3. Continuing coverage of the popes visit to the United States and we go live to washington to check with abc7 news producer there with the historic address to congress. Talk about brotherly love an 11yearold boy stepped into the role as a big brother in a big way. A look outside this is the pope inned with, ready to beeses courted to the capitol for his courted to the capitol for his speech in front vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Its gotten squarer. Over the years. Brighter. Bigger. Its gotten thinner. Even curvier. But whats next . For all binge watchers. Movie geeks. Sports freaks. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Now at 6 00, pope francis prepares for another historic day in washington, dc. A report on what is expected today and how people in the bay area are planning to mark the pontiffs historic speech to congress. New help for valley fire victims arrives today when more people are allowed to return to their homes. Technical giant preparing to open a massive complex with how many jobs the facility will bring to silicon valley. First up on this friday eve we will check the forecast. The post autumn summer day is what we are going to call it. Good morning, everyone, we have high clouds. They weapon the fog from forking. The commute should be easy weatherwise and leyla is work on other things and matt is work on stuff in the south bay. Looking good, with more on schools in the south by and will want the popes address to congress. We have a look from emeryville camera to the bay bridge with activity. This was an accident i have been telling you about three vehicles involved and a hitandrun accident with some injuries