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The forecast high today in birmingham, alabama will be 54 degrees. That is shattering a record for cool. If youre from alabama, you say 54 . Yes. It is unseasonably cool. In unseasonably cool in the southeast. Atlanta will only be 57. San francisco maybe warmer than atlanta and birmingham. That is still below average which is 64. The record was 93 and nine teen 97. The wind is in place. Gusts at 21 at sfo. There is also a roaring delta breeze. Everything is in place for a big drop in temperatures. 50s, 60s. If you are looking for warmer weather, maybe early next week. Until then it will be cool and windy even with rain possible in Southern California on sunday. We do not have a lot. We do have slow traffic at the bay bridge this morning. We are going to start their at the bay bridge. It looks like traffic is going to be busy as you get to the san mateo bridge as well. Westbound bay bridge is not bad if you are driving into San Francisco for this time of the morning. 1520 minute delay. Im hoping this will clear up in the 8 00 hour. Just judging on the Traffic Volume. We are looking at 880. This commute looks good in both directions. If you look at the dunbarton in san mateo bridges, traffic is okay. The south bay commute is not bad on 101 and 280 and 85. Lets go back to the desk. President trump maybe celebrating his first big legislative victory but there are is a lot of work ahead for the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act the bill passed by the house yesterday still has to pass the senate. There may be some longer term political consequences. Doug luzader joining us live from washington. You have much more on this story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. By longterm consequences we are talking about the midterm election. There is some concern amongst republicans that they may face a backlash. On the other hand, many of these House Republicans feel like they delivered on Campaign Promises and got through this repeal yesterday. Congratulations on your boat today. Thank you very much. It was great. A big day. Reporter it was a big day for the president as he was congratulated by the australian Prime Minister in new york last night. The republicans came together. Two days ago it was like magic. Reporter the vote was close but the gop prevailed. Passing the plan that would allow states more flexibility to alter obamacare insurance requirements to help bring premiums down. And it would offer tax credits to help purchase plans critics say many would pay more in coverage would be worse. House democrats saying goodbye after the bill passed suggesting republicans will suffer in next years midterm elections. You have every provision of this bill tattooed on your foreheads. You will glow in the dark on this one. You will glow in the dark. Reporter whats next . The senate which could spend several weeks preparing for a vote. Expect changes and skepticism from both democrats and republicans. I want to be supportive. I want to repeal obama care but i dont want to have to vote for a federal program, a new one that will be hundreds of billions of dollars paid to insurance companies. I am all for capitalism but im not a big fan of crony capitalism. Reporter that gives you an idea of the challenges that lie ahead for republicans in getting this thing through the senate. There are a number of reports that the senate may more or less start from scratch and come up with their own plant rather than try to fix what they see as the shortcomings in this house plan. That could make it even more difficult to reconcile the house and Senate Version and get something to the president s desk. Doug luzader live in washington extract joining us now live in the studio talking about the potential impact of this bill is doctor ison of, the ceo of the Community Health care provider, health right 360. Thank you for joining us. You are really concerned about this. Your focus is on low income people and Substance Abuse victims. What are your concerns . You have to realize that in california almost 4 Million People got healthcare through the medical expansion. And another million and a half got insurance through the exchange and through the subsidies from the exchange. They all stand to lose those benefits with the new Health Care Bill that the house of representatives just passed. In the bay area, thats about 700,000 people affected. In particular, one of the things that the new bill does is it eliminates the mandate for covering certain kinds of Health Benefits which includes Mental Health treatment and Substance Abuse disorder treatment. That could have a serious impact on the people. So many people get their care through our clinics because of medical. Prior to the medical expansion, about 80 of our patients had no Health Insurance. Which means even if they could be seen at a free clinic, its hard to get followup care its hard to get medicine and its hard to get those medications you need to help treat depression, other types of Mental Illness and treat Substance Abuse disorder and to prevent opioid overdoses. Thats really what we are concerned about, the loss of care for those people. The bill now heads to the senate. What changes would you like to see . We hope the senate takes a more humane approach and thinks about we cannot in this country afford to kick 24 Million People off of their Health Insurance. That has a profound effect in a developed country like ours. Its hard to imagine that we could do that. Will we hope to see is that they cover previously previous conditions. The guarantee that the essential Health Benefits that people need like Maternity Care and pharmacy benefits, that those things are covered. We help the people of all income levels get the support. It potentially puts at risk older adults who can be charged five times more for their healthcare. We think that the senate, we hope, its a more deliberative process. It went through so quickly, if you recall, it was not even scored. We do not know what it will cost. We will not no its impact. We hope the senate takes a more deliberative process. Do you agree with those who say, even supporters who say, the Affordable Care act needs to be changed in some way. Absolutely. I dont think theres anybody on both sides of the spectrum, democrats and republicans, who disagree on that matter. There were elements of the Affordable Care act in which Health Insurance was still not affordable enough. I think we definitely can look at what the congress can do to find some way to make sure that all americans are covered in a way thats affordable and covers all their healthcare needs but if we dont treat them now, people get sick. We will treat them one way or another. Thank you for joining us today. Heres the question of the day about this topic. Do you support the new American Healthcare act that was just passed by the house and is now heading to the senate . Let us know what you think i voting on the twitter page or on ktvu. Com. We love redding your comments. Leave those for us on our Facebook Page. 7 08 am. Right now, registration just beginning for a very popular Afterschool Program in south San Francisco. Space is limited, demand is very high. Parents camped out overnight at a park just to be one of the first in line. Ktvus Leigh Martinez is that orange memorial park. This has turned into a mini tent city because of this. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are inside right now for registration. One man says that even though he camped out for 27 hours, the whole process of registration took 30 seconds. Here is the kicker. The man who was very first in line today, he started camping at 3 am yesterday. He is not getting a spot for his child in the program and he knows it. He knew it when he camped yesterday. He came in early just to make sure his toddlers on the waitlist for her school. 600 children use this Afterschool Program in south San Francisco park and rex, they say theyre only 40 spots available. Returning students to use the Program Last Year will have the priority. New students are desperate to get in. Many parents say because of their work schedules, this program is important for them to ensure their children have a place to go after school lets out. The first in line have camped out since yesterday morning. As we got here yesterday morning around 6 00 there were people already here. They were here since 330 3 30. The line started then. We had to get here. The school we were trying to get our daughter into, there were only 10 available spots for as standing out here i was paid to stand in line. [ laughter ]im serious. For a parent that had to work. They hired me. Reporter those campers are lucky to land spots. Other schools have already closed and parents camped just to get on the waitlist. They licensed Afterschool Program is designed for children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade. Afterschool Program Start in august parks and rec said it did not have any budget cuts within the last couple of years. Its just the growing demand in the area for these programs. They say that they are working with the city council and the school board. They are trying very hard to come up with a way to expand on these programs to have more of these waitlisted parents get their children enrolled in these Afterschool Programs. At this point, one school is going to be able to expand. They did get the approval to expand. They just cannot announce what school that will be because at this point they still need to hire the staff, do background checks on staff and figure out how many students they will be able to let in. There really is the high demand that is forcing parents to camped out all night in order to ensure that their child has a place to go after school. Leigh martinez in south San Francisco. Two people are dead after a cargo plane contracted by ups crashed upon landing in west virginia. The plane went off the runway and over a hillside. But the pilot and copilot were killed. We are sharing video from a newscast in west virginia. An airport spokesman said one the planes wings appeared to have clipped the runway. The plane was coming from louisville, kentucky. Officials have been working to extend the airway the runway another 1200 feet. 7 12 am. A drive on highway 37 you may have to pay a toll. Coming up, more on the toll proposal and what that money would be used for. Your guacamole on the Cinco De Mayo may cost more this year compared to last. Next, the reason for a spike in avocado prices. Good morning. We do have traffic that is low in some areas but also lighter than usual and others. Like highway 24. This is not that bad as you drive toward the tunnel. Just two days ago we had record highs from San Francisco to santa rosa and san jose. Now we have temperatures that have taken the plunge. Welcome back to mornings on 2 7 15 job Market Report , a surprise, better than economists expected. Pat cook is in the studio with money business. Yes, 200,000 jobs created last month and that report came in at 5 30 this morning. The report for april and much better than economists were expecting. It also follows a disappointing weatherrelated report for march. Another surprise in the numbers this morning, Analysts Expect unexpected unemployment rates to increase to 4. 6 from 4. 5 but instead it fell to attend year low of 4. 4 on the unemployment rate. Another Company Goes Public starting trading ringing the opening bell. Tpg purpose acquisition company, the string of ipos we have seen as a sign of corporate confidence in the economy and Companies Feel like it is a good time to go public. Is a live look at the dough down this morning. It has been since the bell rang off 13 points is 20,009 38 nasdaq down, s p 500 hangs on to a gain, 2391. Delta Airlines Offers compensation to a Southern California family booted from a flight. Described how they were kicked off of the flight after refusing to give up a seat. The family says they were asked to give it up because it was bought for their oldest child who wasnt on the flight they were using the ticket for another children. That violated the booking policies and booted the family off of the flight. The airline is offering a refund in additional compensation and apology. Today Cinco De Mayo, you will have to spend more if you make guacamole. Avocado prices are up as much as 55 this year. The price spike due to higher demand worldwide. Harsh winter, after years of drought and small supply for mexico. According to u. S. Department of agriculture the average price is 1. 43. How about lunch with a big name in tech apple ceo tim cook auctions off one hour lunch date at the new cupertino campus. He is trying to raise money for the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Organization bidding started at 10,000 on tuesday. Now to have lunch at the headquarters with the ceo, 200,000. Wet . Auction closes may 16. We should auction lunch with you. Five, 15, 20 for sure. 7 17 am. Sal is aware there everybody behaving . Looking around to make sure i have not missed anything and it looks like its okay on some of these commutes. Highway 24, sometimes i look at this and i say that looks suspiciously light. We do not ask questions when things look good, do we, we let it go. Just let it go. Bay bridge, backed up for about 20 minute delay. And theres been no major issues on 880 northbound or 580. Look at the eastbound, where do i see red. Not a lot good. 880 union city a little bit of red and when you go to the peninsula 101 good from san mateo to palo alto. This is the version, steve, friday light which is a good thing. Thank you good thing if you dont like the heat, it will be warmer next week but we do not expect 90s. We have gone from one extreme to the other. High clouds clear probably low cloud deck gets chewed up here cool day napa 75 yesterday 60 today Oakland Airport 6861. The data from downtown oakland is missing. That is not my fault National Weather center says its a transmission problem. Concord 84, 68 san jose 7967. 90s two days ago to 50s and 60s. Cooler windy pattern 50s, 60s and upper 50s and 60s to a few low 70s. The stages that to be cool. San francisco, tuesday 78 wednesday 82. Today 59. 93 1987 the record san jose has gone from the 90s 267 today average 73. 93, 1987. Of note, the record low in san jose goes back to 1800s, 39, 1975 on this date, record low. If youre interested tomorrow and whats going on in kentucky, the Kentucky Derby is raining today. Expected to move off by tomorrow cloudy to mostly cloudy but its looking cool for many. Look at the temperatures toward st. Louis, chicago and atlanta 50. The forecast high in birmingham, alabama, today see 54 Montgomery Alabama forecasted high of 57. That is unbelievable. It doesnt happen like best High Temperature ever on record for the date. We have good company on the cooldown. Southeast as well, a brees kicks in sfo gusting to 21 and to the delta theres been gusting to 30 miles an hour so its going to be cool windy into saturday better sunday then there are 40s kelseyville low 50s for many san rafael, high clouds clear and sun breaks and low drops in keeping us cool today 50s, 60s, below on the way to Southern California by sunday possible rain down there. Some snow maybe but the sierra above lake level. Temperatures rebound sunday and a slight northerly breeze and warm temperatures monday and tuesday but nothing like earlier. For the belly aching we did pretty happy . Thrilled. Many do not know Trayvon Martin had a love for flying. Florida College Plans to honor him five years after his death. It is huge. If you can see it across the bay, and may draw more eyes illuminated art installation above the salesforce tower. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Busibusinessman 1 yea, yea, yea. You know what iml craving right now . Businessman 1 over speaker guacamole and bacon. Audio tech we got a craving go go go music crashing cravings in the crave van. Jacks gonna crash your crave jack hey guys, try my guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich with all white meat chicken, guacamole and pepperjack cheese. Businessman 1 thanks jack. Wait. Were on the 18th floor. How did you get here . Jack hard work. Jack vo you crave it, we serve it. Try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. Music crave van whatever it is that floats your boat. Or tickles your tastebuds. Or brightens your day. Even if youve never tried it before. Just know that. You can, in portland. Indid may imagine april showersy bringing her fashionable, flowers at such a sunny price . Never but thats the beauty of a store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, but you know youre gonna love it. We have uptown funk featuring bruno mars. It came in on my twitter requests. Songs from this century, feeding that if you want to meet back rate or let us know i pray thats play them every friday on twitter or facebook. 7 25 am south weber issued hundreds of tickets last month cracking down on distracted driving. Teaming up with the national Highway Safety Administration Estate office of Traffic Safety on this crackdown. More than 220 tickets were issued most for using a cell phone while driving. The law bans drivers from holding a cell phone for any reason. To repeal californias recent gas tax increase, republicans and women from Orange County was to see a measure in 2018 to overturn the recently approved tax. It will take 350,000 signatures before you get a chance about. Governor brown signed a bill to raise the tax by . 12 per gallon along with an increase in registration fees. We will pay more at the pump in november. The report says california Tourism Industry had a record breaking year in 2016. Numbers released by the group visit california showed tourist spin one of the hundred 26 million in company to figure up 3 from the year before. The same report found tourism generated more than 10 billion in tax revenue as supported 1. 1 million jobs last year. Salesforce tower in San Francisco will be home to one of the tallest works of art in the world. Local artist jim campbell unveiled the project at a Planning Commission hearing yesterday. He envisions a nine story high electronic sculptor atop the skyscraper. The artwork featured led lights wrapping around the top of the building showing a moving image recorded by six cameras throughout the city. Campbell says images can range from people walking down the street to shots of the sky. Authority say he wanted to take revenge after a breakup with his girlfriend. More of what we learn about the gunman and victims in yesterdays double homicide in san jose. Not a bad commute if you are driving in the bay area. Traffic on the Richmond Bridge approaches slowly before you pay money to get to san rafael. Mix of sun and clouds high and low and cool, breezy conditions, cooler when you see the fog bank over the city into oakland in the 60s for many today. Goodness these colors, you can paint them with the pain brought but Mother Nature works her magic combination of father time at the right moment is gorgeous san rafael toward San Francisco i was worried at the beginning of the week my ac has been out, car ac. Monday i will roast instead to pay the money to fix the compressor. If i hold on until the end of the week, i did. Cooler temperatures i was listening to steve i havent fixed the ac and i do not think we will need it. Can i get an amen. Amen. 90 cool it down we did and it will stay until most of the weekend sunday will have sunshiny warmer today 60s for many in the 90s two days ago which is amazing. Again not only today but the southeast, extremely cool record low maximum temperatures in atlanta and montgomery, alabama, birmingham, incredibly cool. For us a break in the clouds high clouds move out quick and low job clouds chewed up when you get this coolness it doesnt support 21 sfo 25, 30 in the delta. With sunshine breezy windy for many 50s have not budged most locations are cool santa rosa warmer because of cloud cover livermore down eight from 24 hours ago. San jose down 4 cloudy partly sunny low dropping in in the bay area in Southern California a good breeze 50s and 60s and low 70s. 7 32 am how is the traffic on a friday . Good. Steve, i want to mention theres a power outage in the valero refinery causing flaring and smoke from the stacks according to the police valero says voters no cause for concern but if you are driving and you see flames from the area or smoke you may think something is wrong. Nothing wrong they are fixing the problem. We do not hear of traffic issues will be aware its happening and if youre in the area you can see this tweet from the police. Lets take a look at where we are at the Golden Gate Bridge south 101 looks good. Light through marin county. Slowing on the Richmond Bridge into central san rafael but nothing major. This is e sure 27 from carquinez bridge to the maze that good and into the bay bridge we have 20 minutes to wait before you make it into San Francisco. Not a bad commute for this time of morning. 880, we havent seen slowing. Maybe it will not come. Good into downtown oakland and southbound 880 slowing hayward. 733 lets go back to the desk. The jury and the tories case expected to resume deliberations on the state of a man accused of killing lamar five years after she disappeared. Its been a long trial but its a blink of an eye compared to how much time we have not had sierra with us. The jury will decide a 25 yearold Garcia Torres kidnapped and killed lamar and accused of trying to kidnap three other women outside of a grocery store. Yesterday the prosecution wrapped up the case closing arguments ending. They continue to build on the cases involving the safeway attacks. Mr. Garcia torres was practicing in those events and he got it right in sierra lamar kidnapping and killing her. In the Court Proceedings Defense Attorneys question whether sierra lamar is still alive or whether she ran away. Perhaps they say her true killer is still on the loose. The jury has six men, six women deciding whether Garcia Torres is guilty of first or 2nd degree murder in all 12 have to agree as we continue coverage of the trial we will talk live with a legal analyst about the proceedings coming up later on mornings on 2. 7 34 am. Sonoma county Sheriffs Office will hold a News Conference at 10 30 this morning about a 13 yearold cold case. Jason allen and lindsay cultural were found shot to death in their sleeping bags on the beach in jenner during a weekend trip back in 2004. They were counselors at a christian summer youth camp in El Dorado County and they were due to be married a few weeks after the trip. The News Conference set to begin at 10 30 this morning and santa rosa. Firefighters responding to a two alarm fire at an apartment complex in redwood city about three hours ago this morning marlborough avenue. Occur at the scene says it appears a number of units were damaged by fire and some people were forced from their homes. One says the fire may have started from a heater. No word on any injuries. Whose commuters that use highway 37 could one day have to pay to use the road. According to the press democrat a proposed toll could be as much as five dollars for flooding could make it unusual. Supervisor say the toll could raise the money for a longterm solution. Supporters of the idsa state funding could take decades to secure but tolls can complete the work in eight years. The toll could generate 12. 5 billion over the next 50 years. 7 36 am. Learning about the incident on wednesday where San Jose Police officer shot and killed the suspect in a double homicide. The 24yearold suspect seeking revenge after breaking up with his girlfriend shot and killed her parents wednesday night. He took their 13yearold son hostage in negotiations talk them into letting her go. A standoff ended when the Police Sharpshooter killed the suspect when he pointed his gun at the police. Officers entered the residence and located the adult male and adult female homeowners deceased. The suspect was also inside the residence visit deceased. Yes, thats what we heard and later we heard a couple more pops. Investigators say the suspect had a history of mental problems and domestic violence. Authorities have not released the names of the suspect or the couple killed. One victim was the Vice President of engineering at Juniper Networks in sunnyvale and the Company Released a statement saying, we are focused on supporting our employees and their families through this difficult time. The company is providing help to assist the authorities and members of their community who have been affected. Details about the man shot and killed wednesday by San Francisco police during a stabbing incident. He was 26yearold nicholas and in his Facebook Page it says he was from texas. Police say he stabbed an employee at a subway while arguing how his sandwich was made in police rest of the scene and shouted killed him and the Police Officer who shot him is the same officer who shot and injured moore the mentally ill man in january. Police video shows moore punching and kicking officers which is what we see before he was shot at his home. To me it is troubling its the same officer but i do not know the fact of what happened. Over the next few days San Francisco police will hold a meeting to give information about the shooting. 7 38 am hit an american servicemember was killed and two others hurt during a mission yesterday in somalia. They came under attack by al qaeda and affiliate in an area about 40 miles west of the somali capital of mogadishu. The servicemembers were conducting an advise and assist mission with somalias military helping to weed out the extremist terror group. This was the First American combat death in somalia since 1993. Starting today the city of oakland plans to move people out a sanctioned homeless camp that caught fire monday night. The people in the camp will be referred to nearby homeless shelters. The fire at the emeryville city boucher was the second at the camp in the past two weeks but it burned one dozen tents and sanitation station. The city has been providing garbage and Sanitation Services to the People Living in the encampment. A volunteer effort underway to help hundreds of Homeless Veterans in the bay area. San mateo county holding an event at the San Mateo County fairgrounds we share video of a similar event in Alameda County last year. They can get free food, clothing, Health Screenings in the event started minutes ago running through 4 30 this afternoon. Sad story, cargo plane crashes in west virginia. Coming up, we bring you the latest on the investigation that is underway. Ransacked classrooms, broken windows, shocking vandalism at a san jose preschool leaving 100 families without childcare. Not a bad commute but we have slow traffic especially if you drive in parts of the east bay. Highway 24 good through lafayette. From record heat wednesday, later it is cooler. Pitchers in the 60s for many. Temperatures in the 60s. Preschool hopes to reopen tuesday on almadon road the thieves took offwith i found in food leaving behind broken glass damage furniture in a mess. The owner says she had to tell more than 100 families the school would have to be closed. These are working families that rely on me to make sure and my staff to make sure they can go to work and their children have somewhere safe to be. Theres a lot of people doing it at once or one person spending time and being deliberate. The owner says surveillance cameras malfunctioned anyone with information call police. Californias one step closer to eliminating the High School Exit exam a measure to get rid of the exam which was suspended since 2015. Critics say is out of date because its aligned with the curriculum a stand homes in place when the exam for started in 20 00. California has adopted new education standards. Thes bill moves on to the state senate. Next week Trayvon Martin will receive an Honorary College Degree five years after his death. Florida Memorial University will award trade on martin a bachelor of science degree in aviation during its commencement ceremony. He was a teenager shot and killed by Neighborhood Watch member George Zimmerman february 2012. That shooting triggered outrage and protests around the nation. In 2013, a jury acquitted zimmerman of Second Degree murder and martins parents will accept that Honorary Degree for their son. Trayvons mother went to the university its historically africanamerican university and the University Says on facebook the degree is in honor of the steps Trayvon Martin took to become a pilot. He took aviation classes in high school. Reports suggest that Justice Department is the best getting uber and secret software that helps cars go unnoticed by regular leaders. A grand jury in Northern California had subpoenaed uber. Uber admitted to using the feature called grave vault to collect evidence they were breaking taxi laws. Less month uber said it would stop using the software. Heineken owns all of a brewing company. The dutch Brewing Corporation bought half of the petaluma craft brewery. Heineken says it bought the remaining shares. The sale price was not announced in 2015, video for 50 of the company was estimated at about 500 million. Sal castaneda helping us this friday it hasnt been a problem for. Weve had slowdowns dave, gasia bay areas busy commute 250,000 cars driving this every day and you can see traffic is moving along slowly 1520 minute delay be if you watch this everyday its better than normal. If you want to use san mateo bridge, well, if you have to get there verse traffic 880 is not bad, 880 northbound is slowing a bit. You see slow traffic around here at the coliseum. San mateo bridge is okay and toll plaza no major problems and if you drive on dumbarton bridge theres a backup and a reminder for designated drivers if you are celebrating, get yourself a designated driver. 7 46 am. Lets bring in steve celebratings friday. He too. Thank you one extreme to the other record heat. Replaced unseasonably strong system for the southeast and us as well has brought in cooler, windy 50s, 60s, low 70s. Low cloud deck will be chewed up too much cool air. We have gone from San Francisco, 82 wednesday. Today 59. Average 64. 93 1987 the record san jose 93, 1987 the record, 67 after 91, 92 wednesday. Average 73. Whats interesting the record low on san jose as you know we go back to 1800, early 1900s, 39 1975, some may remember that. More sun this afternoon than the morning to hire clouds will be out. Windy, breezy, colder pattern as the load drops them. Theres a horse race tomorrow in kentucky. It is raining today. It looks like tomorrow it will be out of the area. Probably an off track the producer asked which horse to take. Steve, which should i take . Take whatever name sounds good. Thunder snow is my choice. 46 chicago, it is cool here atlanta 50 the high 57. Birmingham, alabama, their high average of 54. That is the coldest high ever for the date. Incredibly unusual. The ridge of High Pressure that we had is over the Northern Plains as we have systems coming in from the west coast and southeast get west at 13, west 15 gusting to 21 and through the delta hold on, 50s on the thames low to upper, you see low 50s in upper 40s it will be cool today. 50 truckee, possible snow early sunday as the load drops into Southern California with maybe rain in Southern California sunday. They had wind advisories for the desert temperatures now dropping into the low 70s for many in palm springs with higher clouds leering out low clouds will be chewed up. Mostly cloudy partly sunny this afternoon. That is a low kicking in. It will brush us tomorrow and move faster Southern California. Sunday will be okay. More sunshine and more northerly breeze. Clouds windy saturday transition. We will bottom out temperatures saturday warmer sunday. 50s, 60s a few low 70s well inland but not 92, 93, 94 as a couple days ago. Even the coast has gone from beautiful, sunny to low clouds cool, windy and it looks warmer early next week. Maybe rain next week, dave. Things are moving like a roller coaster ride. People are worried in Southern Illinois where there could be severe flooding this weekend. Floodwaters have hit missouri in arkansas hard but Mississippi River separating missouri into illinois can reach 40. 5 feet by tomorrow. Inches from the record. In st. Louis, more than 100 highways damaged by flooding. We obviously have to do the full assessment and bring all of that together at the county level. Now, based on what i have seen, i have a strong level of confidence this will become a federal disaster. Missouris governor has signed an emergency disaster declaration but it may be weeks or months before anybody gets federal emergency funding to fix damaged homes. There has been another rattlesnake attack near sacramental sacramento how teenagers are being praised with saving a womans life. 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I do not think my Sexual Orientation will be an issue in the campaign. He told ktvu this will be the last office he wants what he wants to be mayor before he retires from politics. 7 55 am. Warriors beat utah jazz last night 115104 taking a two games to nothing lead in the playoff series. Passing up the three steph curry does it. Nothing but net. Warriors lead after the quarter 3315 and made 14, threes the players say the defense keys thier thats their office. Defensively we were good. For the most part, we did a good job of keeping the man in front and helping each other so we have to be better on the road. Utah is a good team. Warriors have won all six postseason games the longest streak in history games three of the theories tomorrow night in salt lake city. Oakland and warriors have agreed on a new lease at oracle arena. According to the east bay times the warriors stay in oakland for two seasons and will pay 2. 5 million in rent per season. That is up 1 million from last season. The warriors plan to move to a new stadium along the San Francisco waterfront in 2019. Basketball shoes are making people talk on social media right now. Look at the zo2 prime shoes from alonso ball, signature see sneakers recently for 495 compared to the fact that the most air jordan sneakers ever sold for his 400. The first air jordans in 1985 cost 66. Unveiling of the shoes make him the first player to have his own shoes before the nba draft. Former nba star hall of famer Shaq Shaquille oneal posting on twitter, lamarr ball, big baller brands do not overcharge kids for shoes. Big baller brand is the name of the company of the baller family. His outspoken father tweeted big ballers if you not cannot afford a zo2 you are not a big baller. Checking in with mike and gasia. People are being told to evacuate that refinery. House of representatives narrowly passes revise healthcare bill. We break down the plan and how you can be affected. Roller coaster ride this week its all about wind and Cool Temperatures today. We talk about that and this weekend should be warmer holding onto cool. Whatever it is that floats your boat. Or tickles your tastebuds. Or brightens your day. Even if youve never tried it before. Just know that. You can, in portland. Welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx whatever it is that floats your boat. Or tickles your tastebuds. Or brightens your day. Even if youve never tried it before. Just know that. You can, in portland. Repealing and replacing obamacare. Republicans well on their ways going a victory in the house yesterday but the senate could get complicated. On doug luzader we will have more ahead. Camped out for childcare the reason theres a demand for an Afterschool Program and south San Francisco. Mornings on 2 continues now. Good morning Everyone Welcome back to mornings on 2 its may 5 i mike me back. Im Gasia Mikaelian more information to share with you in the past few Minutes Police have began asking people in the area of the valero refinery to evacuate. There is a power outage at the refinery causing this picture of and thats a lot of snow can be area. Do not come to the a lot of smoke in the area of those who live and work nearby are told to evacuate. Sue, what can you tell us regarding wind in the area . Most of that is going west southwest. That will take it toward Vallejo Cordelia and that is headed to system bay. Gusting to 31 concord buchanan says south that were taken north toward vallejo but i would say this is heading toward sasoon bay do with or southwest for almost every location. Thats the direction. We mention vallejo and cordelia to fairfield. Thats what it looks like based on wind direction and wind speeds. Theres breaks offshore so we will get some sun this afternoon but the damage is done. Cooler 50s, 60s on the temperatures. Low 70s and it will be a blustery day into saturday. Higher clouds, low clouds giving way. Due west at 20 hayward west oakland west and here is the key gusting to 31 that is cool air to sacramento valley. 50s on the times they have not budge brentwood 60. Couple days ago at this time they were 80. Some locations are down 20 mid 50s for some, high midlevel clouds give way the system drops in be here saturday morning on its way to Southern California. 50s, 60s, low 70s. 8 02 am. Concerned about traffic maybe finish a bridge . I have not seen anything although people tend to slow down when something happens. If you have to drive, be aware of someone who may not Pay Attention on the road. Keep your eyes on the roads. Take a look eastbound 24 a crash in the tunnel removed and traffic is slow eastbound 24. Not commute direction and northbound 13. Should clear up soon because crashes are gone but for the next half hour i would remain skeptical using that. Westbound 24, does not look bad. Bay bridge is cleared. Nice looking drive into San Francisco. The volume is not there. We see clearing quickly at the bay bridge toll plaza with no major issues. 8 03 am. Back to the desk. Two people that after a plane contracted by ups crashes upon landing in west virginia. Ran off the runway both the pilot and copilot were killed. This is video from newscast in west virginia. An airport Spokesman Says one of the planes wings appear to have clipped the runway during a landing. The plane was coming from louisville, kentucky. Airport officials have been working to extend the runway another 1200 feet following a landslide in the area. That was in 2015. And american servicemember was killed and two others injured in somalia yesterday west of the capital of mogadishu. Americans conducted and advise and assist mission with somalias military and a terror group affiliated with al qaeda , servicemember killed afford a navy seal who came under attack during a ground battle. The first combat death in somalia since 1993. President trump may be celebrating his first legislative victory. There is work ahead for the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act. The bill passed by the house yesterday has to pass the senate. There may be some longer term political consequences doug luzader has the story from washington. Getting this through the senate will not be easy and may take weeks. Getting this for the house yesterday was no small task and it was reason for the president to celebrate. Congratulations on your vote today. Thank you very much. Big day. It was a big day for the president as he congratulated by Malcolm Trumbull last night. Republicans came together all of a sudden two days ago it was like magic. 217213 bill passed. It was close but the gop prevailed passing a plan that will allow states more flexibility to alter obamacare insurance requirements to help bring premiums down. It would offer tax credits to help purchase plans. Critics say many pay more in coverage will be worse. House democrats saying hey, hey goodbye after past next you had every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. You will blowing the best glowinthedark on this one you will glowinthedark. What is next, the senate which could spend several weeks preparing for vote but expect changes in skepticism from democrats and republicans. I want to be supportive. I want to reveal obamacare but i do not want to have to vote for a federal program, a new one that will be hundreds of billions of dollars paid to insurance companies. I am all for capitalism. But im not a big fan of crony capitalism. If the senate makes a change to the health care plan, it would have to come back to the house for final approval. In washington Doug Luzader Fox news. Question of the day which is do you support the numeric and healthcare act that was just passed by the house . Yes or no. Look of the results. Overall, 84 of you say no. 60 say yes. Let us know what you think vote on the ktvu twitter page or ktvu. Com and we appreciate comments on the Facebook Page. Joining us about the potential impact of the bill is doctor eisen of Health Threat 360, thank you for coming back. The biggest impact in california if he goes through, will he be a cut of federal funding and medical . Thats the biggest impact. 3. 7 Million People got medicaid , medical through Medicaid Expansion but theres only 30 Million People in california who are on medical. One in three californians get their healthcare through medi cal. So the cuts planned are larger than covering the Affordable Care act its a redesign of medical program with serious impacts on the health of people in california. People responding to the poll say they are against the plan. Not many details are coming out yet. Its important to note its not the final product. Well, people are concerned. It was rushed through. People who voted for it were not the details or the details but it will result in loss of care for 24 Million People in the country and 700,000 people in the bay area. You can see why viewers reacted that way. Whose getting charged more the people who are sick or the people who are healthy . People who are sick will get charged more people who have had gaps in coverage. If you are insured by your employer youre not guaranteed Health Insurance through the new law. If you have a gap of employment and you had a gap in Insurance Coverage when you resigned, theres a 30 premium surcharge so i just go up. Older people will pay more five times more for older people that people who are younger. That is a serious impact on older americans. Younger adults may payless , could be news for some because insurance premiums undercover california jumped 13 last year. Younger californians could pay mess but they tend to be lower participated in Health Insurance. They are healthy. Again, listening to the news before i came on talking about car accidents, these things happen unexpectedly. The fact they may not have Health Insurance, it can bankrupt any family or individual if coverage isnt there for them. In general, do you think patience is getting lost in the mixed. Seven years later another fight for healthcare and it goes back and forth and maybe continues for another decade. Seems to me it was a drive for congress to say we live thats delivered something we promised as opposed to lawfully designing the system for americans the guarantees what the president promised which would be access and insurance for everyone, everyone would be covered. This new law does not deliver on the promise. I think it was not done in a way that was transparent. It was rusted through. Was not scored by the congressional budget office. There will be tremendous impact. It will be a fight in the senate. We expect that. Dr. Eisen thank you. Thank you very much. Five years sierra lamarr case is finally in the hands of the jury. We will talk with legal analyst clark about closing arguments and what happens now that the jury has the case. The reason parents are going to such an extreme thing for camp to go to Afterschool Program and south San Francisco. Slow traffic in areas but things are improving on some of the east bay freeways. Cooler on the way out, cooler for everybody. We get sun but the breeze isnt going anywhere. And if theres warmth for the weekend. Venetia police are asking people to evacuate the area near the valero refinery. Theres a power outage at the refinery causing some flaring and smoke from the stacks as you can see people are being asked by benecia police to avoid the area. We will give you an update as soon as we get it into the newsroom. Doesnt the parents camped out overnight and south San Francisco hoping to get the child accepted to an Afterschool Program. Its run by the city. Space is limited. Registration opened at 7 00. Parents did not get their child enrolled. Many did not. A father started camping out 3 am yesterday could only get his child on a waiting list. There 600 children in the program and 40 current vacancies. Returning students use the Program Last Year had priority. This is crazy. It is what the school board has to do because they dont have enough fundeds. They need room and help. These are our kids. This is our future. This is what we have. Afterschool program for children from kindergarten5th grade begins in august. San jose preschool hopes to open tuesday after thieves ransacked the building doing more than 10,000 in damage it happened at the tomorrow Montessori School sometime between Late Wednesday night and yesterday morning. They took off with an ipad, food and ransacked each room leaving behind broken glass and damaged furniture. The owner says she had to tell more than 100 families the school would be closed. These are working families that rely on me and my staff to make sure they can go to work and their children had somewhere safe to be. Theres a lot of people doing it at once or if its one person spending a lot of time and effort and being deliberate about it. The owner says surveillance cameras malfunctioned. Anyone with information call San Jose Police. A woman and El Dorado County has a terrifying story about an encounter with the rattlesnake two weeks ago. She was walking on a trail and one misstep nearly cost her life. She stepped on what turned out to be a rattlesnake biting her on her ankle. I felt like spongy something under my foot which shocked me. I jumped up and reared my leg up and as i did, the snake was literally hanging on my leg. Her ankle bruised and swelled and she felt a tingling sensation from the venom and she credits two teenage boys that were running for hearing her screams rushing to help her. Shes expected to cover thats recovered she has advice for those walking on trails, do not let your guard down. Breaking news, an incident at the valero refinery in benetia police are telling people downwind of valero to evacuate talked was about where the smoke is going and in a case like this, is wind a better thing then still air . Based on what im saying its heading over to the bay. The south wind i see is out of concord buchanan. Everything is westsouthwest. If you take it from venetia but in between cordelia and the bridge it would take it over suisun bay southwind may take it toward american canyon. I do not think that is happening its a westsouthwest best of what i can tell it looks like its taking it over the water. There is a westsouthwest wind for some Fairfield West southwest 31 ive seen the same over port chicago everyone else around there crockett has a west wind it is heading toward suisun bay than anywhere else. Unless someone tells me differently thats the way it looks. Mostly cloudy conditions and today theres sun this afternoon windy, cooler pattern for those suffering from allergies and i know the wind can be a factor. Grass in the medium category entries are up. They are expected to go down. Cool air will come in high clouds clear out breaks in the west and a good breeze at sfo west at 20. 50s for many. Right now, days ago we were in the 60s and 70s. We have taken a huge tumble. Lows dropping off the coast tomorrow. That will keep us cool it will be Southern California by the time we get to sunday. Better weather. If you have travel plans, sierra sunday or down Southern California, possibility of high elevations not, cooler pattern saturday and rain possible in Southern California as we head toward sunday. Not for us. I think we get wind and cooler temperatures. 60s, 70s, low 70s cool saturday and better sunday. Try to do you have updates . Slow traffic appearing because people are slowing to look at it being clearly seen. Slow traffic not a big deal because Traffic Volume is light. Steve, i have a question. When you say south wind that means wind is coming from the south, correct . The direction the wind is coming from. Going more northeast or east. Got it. Thank you. Sometimes i get confused. Good morning. Lets take a look at the commute and the bay bridge toll plaza. It is backed up but not much. Only a little backup we cannot see since the lanes we will turn them off traffic has become lighter. Volume is light. 880 slow past the coliseum at oracle arena and it continues slow until 29th. And on highway 24, they cleared the accident in the tunnel causing traffic 13 is backed up nearly the entire length to oakland at 8 20 back to the desk. Snowing in emeryville, what happened to a sculpture seen by countless commuters. We are doing songs from the 21st century. This was requested. Hotline billing. We do traffic jams fridays. If theres a song fitting within the theme let us know. We will play that on friday. Use hashtag ktvu on Twitter Facebook or instagram. Expect to maim pay more for avocados but prices are up as much as 55 . The price increase is due to higher demand. Harsh weather and salty soil in Southern California after drought and small supply of avocado from mexico. According to the u. S. A of agriculture the average price is 1. 43. Wood sculptor on the emeryville mudflaps since the 70s is fallen back. It may be similar to anyone who has been stuck in traffic on the last card on 80 before the bay bridge. If you have ever taken frontage road or interstate 80 into San Francisco, you probably have spotted the dueling planes at the end of the park pier sculptures created by the artist in 1975. If you take a look, you can find character snoopy and the red baron. Only one is left standing. Newbie shot down the red bearing red baron. I dont think anyones happy about that. The way the rotting wood under the red baron gave way, crashing into the bay emeryville mayor and vice mayor along with public works took it upon themselves to salvage the icon. We are trying to liberate the red barron from the muck. The tail was stuck so they try to dig it out and hoisted up. We can lifted and carried out. All without breaking it. Well, it was i have mud in my mouth. But intact. We got it. Next finding a permanent home to keep the tradition alive. The mud flats has been a longstanding tradition in the committee evolving over time used to be dozens of sculptures in the city. The mayor says with a city full of artists, continuing the production should not be a problem. The bay area sculptures, get down here we want your creations. It would be marvelous to have more. Emeryville competes with other cities right now to have a designation as an arts community. Stakeouts of arts has made them a semifinalist and is coming to emeryville and we expect the mayor and vice mayor say they hope to showcase the red baron in the story. Alyana gomez ktvu fox 2news. We are following breaking news in benicia about the refinery asking residents to evacuate if they are in the area of the smoke from the stacks that are flaring because a power outage. We have a crew on scene. Five years since the sierra la marque case. We talked live with Stephen Clark about closing arguments. We will be back with that. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Breaking news we have been following for the past hour. Benicia police are asking people to evacuate the area near the valero refinery in Benicia Police this is the result of a power outage causing flaring and smoke which are seeing this video people are being asked to avoid the area. On the phone one of the producers on ktvu. Set the scene. Where are you and what can you see or smell . Good morning mike and gasia im on panorama drive ive seen significant process theres at least two stacks burning flames shooting black smoke billowing out, shooting along the lines of the water. One of the stacks looks like water is shot onto the shorter stack and flames are out. I see less smoke. White smoke from that stack. A better situation compared to 10 minutes ago. Maybe 7 45, 7 50, there was a siren that went off and it stopped after a few minutes. I talked to a resident here who got a text message about a school closure. I took a screen grab of the information he got regarding the school that says theres been an incident on valero authority suggests Matthew Turner students to shelter in place and all of the students can attend school at this time. If they are already there, if you choose to keep your students home, they will not be marked absent. What that said is things are looking better and the evacuation orders are for the people who are down wind from the plant. If you are not familiar with benicia downtown if you look at pictures and video i posted, downtown areas to the right. Thats where a lot of people live. The wind is blowing in the other direction. Yes, things are looking better in the past couple minutes. I know people who live in the area for a long time know what to expect when they live close to a refinery. Your family that you are new to the area. Is is concerning is that something you were aware of before landing in this part of the bay area . I was talking to a gentleman who has been here 12 years. He says he has not seen anything like this. Naturally, california has a lot of safeguards in place. These things are not being ignored right now. Anything can happen. At any time. I was not too concerned. I love my community here. With that said, its a rare incident. Right now we saw Benicia Police send out a tweet 40 minutes ago when they tweeted businesses and homes down wind from valero should evacuate and now they say all other areas to shelter in place and keep doors and windows closed and bring pets inside it. You mentioned seeing some sort of water on the stacks. Where is the water coming from . Can you tell where you are . Is it a Fire Department or a Sprinkler System in place . Well, its difficult from my Vantage Point to see. It looked like water maybe shot from the crown to the stack although that would be a tough angle to shoot from. Looks difficult from where im standing to see if there is water. It looked like perhaps it may have gotten control of the flames. The black smoke was so thick earlier you could not see across the water and now its light smoke and the toddler stack on the right side the toddler stack is burning but not quite like what we were seeing earlier. Reporting from benicia pd resulting from a power outage. You think it is combined to the refinery . It might be confined my power is on. I did not spell anything. I hear a siren in the distance and i got a text message and looked out the window i could see something in the distance. We will put you on hold briefly. Minutes ago a spokesperson for valero released a statement saying quote valeros venetian refinery is flaring also asked pma oh to assist us and conducting Community Air monitoring. He said the situation has improved over the past several minutes. I doubt its over for those handling it but theres less black smoke in the air less to be stressed about and people are getting on with the day and people are trying to take their kids to school and a lot have a questions about whats going on. Senior producer, youve done a great job reporting thank you. Steve, westsouthwest reporting 10 minutes ago it was the wind toward suisun bay. Is orion on the phone . Yes. We know benicia well this is going toward suisun bay. Correct. Not toward cordelia but toward 680 between benicia side and open area and toward suisun bay. Is that generally the right direction . If you cross the bridge you will see the smoke blowing away its not crossing the bridge. There you go. Heading toward open area in suisun bay. Okay are good. Thats what we thought. We see a westsouthwest wind only concord buchanan has south only. From crockett and benicia , thats us westsouthwest unveil into vallejo. That takes it may be toward suisun bay. When you gust its traveling faster cooler forecast. We will get breaks probably some sun this afternoon theres already sun breaks. Set for a cooler day compared to a couple days ago when we were in the 80s, 90s record highs. Sfo west of 20 hayward west of six oakland was the 14 15, low 60s. Brownwood at 63. That is down 17 from two days ago. Vacaville is cooler. If it makes it to vacaville theres a low point dropping and bringing cooler, breezy powder into saturday. 50s and 60s with a few low 70s. And you want to add , sal . I want to add pg e is investigating the cause of the power outage which we hear may have caused flaring and thats what Benicia Police that. Pg e is investigating the power outage source. Flowing a 680, Traffic Volume all of the bay area is lighter. Traffic pictures. You can see how light it is at the bay bridge. We have cleared out on this friday and that is going to help us a lot when it comes to driving anywhere. Traffic looks okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. Looks better than normal. Northbound 80 is slow and improving as you drive to downtown oakland. San mateo bridge has improved. You have good news if you have to get somewhere. Things seem to improve the east bay, commute not a lot going on. Highway 4 is slow through pittsburgh of a point. A 37, back to the desk. Garcia toward his, we wait and pray and hope for justice for sierra. The jury will decide if 25 yearold Garcia Torres kidnapped and killed sierra lemar in march 2012. Hes accused of trying to kidnap three women outside a grocery store. This morning as legal analyst Stephen Clark good morning. Good morning mike and gasia. Al lopez said in closing arguments do not be lured by gimmicks and half truth look at the totality of the evidence do think he put enough doubt in their minds . What the defense tried to do is establish the prosecution did not prove sierra lemar is dead and if they did that, this could be a jury verdict because that is the first thing you need to establish in a homicide for the prosecution, they kept focusing on the forensic evidence. Dna, dna, dna. That was the forefront of the case. Both sides had significant challenges for the defense. It was the mountain of forensic evidence the prosecution put forward and mr. Garcia torres is on statements putting himself at the scene of the crime. For the prosecution we have no body or crime scene or no murder weapon and they hit that hard and in fact they suggested someone else could have kidnapped and killed sierra lemar. The jury has a lot to think about over the next several days before they reached a verdict. What if anything did you read into the fact that the jury chose to get deliberations today when given the option of taking friday off as they have throughout the trial. This case has gone on for months. This jury is ready to get to work and what you will see is the jury choosing a fourperson and getting organized in a fashion they can move forward on not just sierra lemar but three other counts. Theres a lot to do and we may start to see how the jury is thinking if they start asking the Court Questions or asking for read back, we may get a window into how the deliberations are going. This jury has been through a long, arduous trial and its time for them to get to work. No body, no crime scene, no murder weapon. How long have you seen the defendant go to prison and get a guilty verdict in a case like this . The da tried to point out to the jury that we do not have to show you a body, crime scene or murder weapon. We just have to show that this man killed sierra lemar and they had to build their case with the forensic evidence circumstantial evidence case and the defense is saying sealer sierra lemar could be alive. The prosecution is thing 15 yearold girls do not disappear off the face of the earth. Thats not who sierra lemar was. This jury is going to have to get through some challenging issues before they reach a verdict and if they reach a verdict for the prosecution they need 12 jurors to agree not just on the sierra lamar count but the safeway attacks. Both sides that a great job presenting the case and accepting the challenge they had and this is what the system is about when mr. Garcia torres got a fair trial because both sides were ready to go it was well presented. You agree with the decision not to put him on the witness and stand . Is a difficult decision but we dont believe the prosecution proved the case and therefore we do not need to put the client on the stand. The hardest decision a different attorney makes and you never make it until the end of the case. In this case they relied on the state of the edits of the evidence. Jury will be instructed they cannot consider Garcia Torres did not testify and it will boot remain to be seen how the jury views that he doesnt have to take the stand. It would be unusual for him to take the stand. We will get advanced notice if the jury comes back with a verdict today. Stephen clark, appreciate your time. Some on the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office cold case, jason Allen Lindsey ketchell found shot to death on the beach in jenner during a trip in 2004. They were counselors at a youth camp in El Dorado County said to be married a few weeks after the trip. The conference is scheduled to start at 10 30 in santa rosa. Breaking news out of Benicia Valero refinery. People in the area of the refinery were told to evacuate and they are tweeting all other areas, shelter in place. People are told to close doors and windows bring pets inside and we have no information about whats happening in schools all this and more breaking news throughout. Whatever it is that floats your boat. Or tickles your tastebuds. Or brightens your day. Even if youve never tried it before. Just know that. You can, in portland. Breaking news that we have been following for one hour and 15 minutes Benicia Police asking people to evacuate near the valero refinery. There was a power outage at the refinery that is causing flaring and smoke to come from the stacks. This in from the Benicia School district says there is an incident in valero and authority suggests simple Matthew Turner students shelter in place and all students can attend school and are safe if they are already there. If you choose to keep your students home, they will not be marked absent. We will continue to keep you updated. Check back for more information. That is coming from the school district. Benicia police, they said People Living close to the refinery, they should evacuate. Now they say everyone else in benicia in town shelter in place keep your doors, windows close and your pets inside. Leaving outside air outside so that you breathe clean air in the home. We almost will have this live at the nines. And a producer who lives in the city mentioned 20 minutes ago he thought from his Vantage Point the smoke will dissipate going from black to white smoke which is good sign that means the waters getting onto the fire just Getting Better. You can talk about the wind where the smoke may be pushed i thought it would be better to be pushed over sparsely related area. This is almost the best case scenario. Its going toward marshland along 680. When you come over the benicia bridge go left it will take you to benicia and vallejo or 688 will take you toward cordelia. To the right theres marshland and based on what i hear thats the direction most of the smoke is going more toward suisun bay oakland has west. Port chicago crockett and fairfield and even benicia west southwest is the direction the wind is coming from. Its pushing the smoke more toward the east or the northeast or suisun bay which is good 31 mile an hour i would think it would help to disperse it. A cool pattern and we will get sun, there are sun brakes but even with that is a cool, windy pettis 50s, 60s could be low 70s. Set for a cool day and into saturday with a rebound on sunday. Due west hayward, oakland, sfo, 20. 50s on the 10s, 160 degree temperature in brentwood and thats cooler than everyone since wednesday. Record highs low dropping clipping the area saturday. Keeping us cool, breezy. More sunshine. We will not rebound much on temperatures but this low will give the sierra snow sunday and rain in Southern California for us a cooler, windy pattern. 50s, 60s low 70s. There will be a fresh robust breeze into the weekend and a rebound early next week. Sal, anything you want to add . Traffic in the area has lined up and when we saw the black smoke traffic was slowing but now things have lightened up on the bridge nearby. San francisco, theres a truck that has fallen into a sinkhole on 7 street near townsend. You can see it the traffic is going to be blocked on seventh and towsan. Reporter is on scene. Shes finding out what happened if the truck actually fell in wardrobe and. We will find that out. An area to avoid is seventh near townsend because of a truck in a sinkhole. Theres a large tow truck that will tow it out department of public works is on scene. Around the bay area, its been light. No major problems on interstate 880. Its Getting Better past the coliseum heading north and san mateo bridge we see improvements. These commutes are beginning to improve as you get close to 9 00 a 50. Lets go to steve with the weather. We will head back here the weather and the second and we are taking that staying on top of breaking news. People in benicia people are told to stay in place because of flaring at the valero refinery. Things have gotten better. We will update you on whats happening in benicia in a moment. Breaking news whats happening at the Romero Valero refinery. We got the first tweet from Benicia Police saying they are expressing of power outage and its calling thats causing flaring and smoke from the stacks. They said valero advised no cause for concern but 20 or 30 minutes after that, Benicia Police tweeted any business or structure down wind from the refinery should avoid the area and evacuate. Gasia, thats where we are. I want to bring in the first live pictures. Different from the video we have been showing. This is the situation now. You see smoke from the stack this is typicalish for those in the area near any refinery. This happened at 7 27 about one about 1 hour and a half later residence from the Benicia Police are being told to shelter in place and we talked about the wind and how it is moving the smoke over suisun bay. Live picture from the videos we were showing earlier by viewers a producer showing an awful lot of thick, black smoke. This is a picture of the flaring happening now at valero affaires an incident that happened at 7 30 am this morning ask the wind as you mentioned blowing from martinez and concord north of bay pointe and valero put out a statement. Boleros benicia refinery is flaring due to they asked Petrochemical Mutual Aid Organization to assist in conducting Community Air monitoring. Thats the last we heard from benicia. San francisco, there is a developing story. Large sinkhole. At the scene with more on the story, lee . Reporter a strong a truck driver was parked on the side when he started feeling his truck was leaning to the right side. It was in a sinkhole public works estimates to be 20x10 wide. The truck driver was not hurt. He climbed out of the truck through the window. Large truck trying to remove a big truck. They have one block of seventh street shut from brandon to townsend. They do not know when it will reopen. At first they have to get it out of the way and make sure nothing on the truck has been damaged or could be a possibility of causing harm to the area. They have to assess the damage. We are told there was an inactive sewer line underneath. No other utilities have been shut off. Electricity is working. They do not know the damage is underneath but they cannot get it repaired until they get the truck out of the way. We do not have an estimate as to when it will be reopened. Thank you on top of breaking news in Benicia Police at the bolero valero refinery more after the break. Golden state warriors headed to utah up two game to zip against utah jazz. Passes up the three. 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That power outage according to valero caused flaring and smoke from the stacks and at this point anyone downwind has been asked to evacuate and Benicia Police are telling people to shelter in place and close your doors and windows and bring your pets inside. The Committee Center is open for evacuees on east on e. L st. We will talk about that as we have bringing breaking news