News to build a better bay area, this is abc 7 mornings. Now at 5 00 a. M. A busy night for favorites. Illegal fireworks setting off dozens of fires. Good morning on this friday, july 5th. More than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. My fiery temper by being woken up by fireworks add to that . My neighbors were having fun, good for them. We have a bit of a breeze out there. The rest of us 10 or less. You can see the cloud cover hanging around. It will move back to the coast the same rate as yesterday. When it does reveal the sunsh e sunshine, a little warmer air mass is sitting on top of us. We are starting off the same. Middle to upper 50s. Definitely warmer inland. 75 to 86. More of us will need air conditioners. Great evening on tap. Sorry about that fourth of july graphic. My sisters birthday. The fireworks are for my sister. That is okay. Looks like it by judging at the volume. Mission boulevard. The last they told us all lanes were blocked. We had an suv blocking
Plates that everyone slows down to. Today not feeling normal. Just a little bit out of the central valley. 205 there at 70 mile per hour. A short stretch with one mile worth of red. Once you make it to 580. More shaking overnight. At least a dozen after shocks after yesterday. The biggest a 5. 4 hitting just after 4 00 a. M. Close to the town of ridgecrest in kern county. A live look this morning at the aftermath. Good morning. Good morning natasha. Good morning, reggie. Experts say with an earthquake of this magnitude that it is common to feel after shocks but they say there is a small chance the big quake yesterday was a foreshock and a greater one is still to come. This morning california under a state of emergency after a massive 6. 4 earthquake shook the southern half of the state. The largest tumbler to hit the region in two decades. We lost everything that we had. I have no tvs or dressers or anything. Take a look at the panics employee running for safety another angle showing c
The Police Department said officers seized hundreds of pounds of illegal fireworks. That did not stop it from going off all around my neighborhood. Might as well. 4 31. Lets get a quick update on the traffic. Several years of no fireworks, they came back out last night. I was not prepared. I had the windows open. That changed quickly. Here is a look at what is going on. Cloud cover over San Francisco and pier 15. Pretty healthy marine layer which is letting go of mist along the coast. That will be with you in the morning commute. You look at the planner for today, we will be a touch warmer than we were yesterday. Good morning, mike. We are looking at a quiet start as you would expect. I think most folks have today off in addition to yesterday as well. Light volume on the san mateo bridge, looking fine with no significant issues along the road to let you know about. These drive times dont get better than this. Dublin. You are in the green at 22 minutes. Dublin to mission boulevard. In t
President biden prepares to visit the middle east as israel continues to gear up for a ground assault on gaza. A Senior Palestinian official says president Mahmoud Abbas has canceled his planned meeting on wednesday with President Biden. Meantime, the Hamas Run Health Ministry in the gaza strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an israeli airstrike. Madeline rivera reports from jerusalem. The us is deepening its involvement in the conflict between israel and gaza as the fighting intensifies. The Israeli Military stepping up its attacks on hamas targets in the gaza strip, while the us works with regional allies. On the diplomat front. Secretary of state Antony Blinken has been in the region for days trying to secure the release of american hostages. And on wednesday, President Biden arrives here to show support for israel and also push for aid for palestinian civilians. Thats obviously going to be high on the president s agenda to make
Discussion. A state law goes into effect january 1 concerns a Group Activists say has been overlooked in that conversation. More on the new law and who it protects. Reporter that new law expands protections for victims of Sexual Harassment. Specifically for transgender people experiencing harassment at work. From a threatened band in the military to a number of so called bathroom bills in several states transgender people faced hurdles in 2017. At oaklands lgbt center when i asked the director to sum up what kind of year it has been for transgender people he took us into a room and showed us a wall of photos of trans people. Who had been killed in hate crimes. That is not even the whole year. This is half of the year. Trans people are being killed because they are transgender. This speaks to what we believe is the most marginalized community of people in america. Reporter he hopes the momentum from the me to movement reflected by times person of the year cover showing women breaking si