Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. We were stuck in traffic for 30 to 45 minutes. One driver among many. For some it took nearly two hours to get across the bay bridge today. Sunday traffic looking very much like a weekday rush hour. And tonight a live look at traffic on the bay bridge toll plaza. Still very heavy right now. Good evening everyone. We will start with a live look from our san mateo bridge tower cam. You can see work is underway right now. Abc7 News Reporter janet ow with the latest. The crews will be working until the last minute. Cal trans says that a little more than 100,000 drivers use this bridge every day. They have to find alternate routes during a very busy weekend. As work continued on the san mateo bridge throughout the day it was stop and go along the bay bridge, an alternate route for many drivers. Not only is it mothers day weekend, but there was a giants game and that alone can cause twice the traffic jam getting in and out of the city. We had heard the bridge was closed. We decided to take the train and avoid all of this. Pain giants fans say they cut their commutes significantly by taking public transportation. We would rather stay away from the freeways. Those have to drive gear up for a long haul. I know there is traffic going all the way. There is traffic going all the way. Past the bay bridge and going back to sacramento. For the first time in five decades all lanes were shutdown. We appreciate everyones patience. We know traffic was significantly higher. Crews are doing routine maintenance work. Two separate contractors. One working eastbound and one working westbound. It will pro long the life of the bridge for another 50 years. Crews will wrap up their work memorial day weekend. So far so good. We havent had any major delays. Cal trans asked for continued patience from drivers and planning ahead of time to get to your destination. Abc7 news. We will give alive look at the situation at the bay bridge right now at the toll plaza. Finally we are seeing progress. The metering lights have been on all weekend long. It is starting to thin out. You can see the cash lanes. Finally, finally progress. Taking a look at our emeryville cameras and the drivers coming toward San Francisco, this is probably the lightest we have seen traffic all night. Eastbound traffic was never as bad and looks even lighter at this hour. Lets look at the San Francisco sky way. Traffic heading into the city is still pretty heavy given its its past 11 00 and then heading back to the east bay the headlights we are seeing progress there. It will get better over the course of the next hour. It has been a long weekend. Definitely. For the latest on the bridge closure watch the abc7 morning news. Traffic starts at 4 30. If you have signed up for alerts you will be notified as soon as the bridge opens. You can get an app free on the app store or google play. Bart street will be back open after a weekend long maintenance project. Passengers had to use a bus bridge to get from one side to the other. The line will be closed seven more weekends between now and august. The next round of maintenance will start on saturday may 23rd. Starting tomorrow cal train is rolling out an extra 6th car on sun trains during commute hours. Each extra car will add 150 seats and standing room. Cal train ridership has been increasing for tour straight years now. Many trains are operating at or beyond capacity during the commute. A series of fires could be a sign of things to come. Three wildfireses broke out in the bay area today and fire season hasnt even officially begun. As abc7 News Reporter lilian kim tells us, firefighters believe this is only a taste of whats to come. Cal fire sent a full response. In all 90 firefighters converged on San Bruno Mountain in south San Francisco. The heavy winds made things difficult at first. But eventually ended up helping. The wind was in our favor. In this instance the wind was quick and was also in our favor and pushing away from the home. We are able to direct it away from the home and make an attack on the fire and get it suppressed before it threatened structures. Nearly 12 acres burned and the cause is under investigation which is also the case for a brushfire that broke out in hayward near foothill boulevard. The fire spread to eucalyptus trees. The same trees that went up in flames in marin county. Four acres burned in the Eucalyptus Grove near 100 feet of the shoreline. While the weather was in their favor, the conditions on the ground were not. When fire was driven by is what the heavy down fuel such as logs and branches. They werent exposed to much moisture over the winter. Those produce a lot of intensity. Firefighters believe it is a sign for things to come and in this time of drought crews are prepared for what they expect to be a busy fire season. Lilian kim abc7 fuse. In san jose investigators are looking into what caused an Early Morning fire that quickly spread from one house to another. It began around 2 00 on south 2nd street near interstate 280. The first crews on scene called for additional help. Residents were able to escape the flames and the red cross is helping eight people who are displaced. A scare for passengers on a flight from San Francisco to north carolina. United flight 256 to raleigh was diverted 20 piedmont try yad International Airport in greensboro for what officials are calling a mechanical issue. A flight landed without incident and no passengers were injured. Minor damage after a tornado hit north texas today. The bigger problem . Flooding. Emergency crews have been rescuing people stranded on flooded streets and homes by flash floods following a day of torrential rains. Richard cath tu has the latest. Salvation from the sky. Swollen floodwaters threatening to turn deadly. One by one the stranded victims were plucked from harms way. In some cases the personal touch. Rescuers repelled down ropes and then sent their precious cargo off to safety. These men left clinging to life as the floodwater crept higher jie. If you want to be rescued you want to be rescued by these guys. One by one they were buck buckled in and lifted to dry land. It was a watery graveyard for many automobiles. If it wasnt water, it was wind. Do you see any rotation . More than 50 reported tornadoes tore across the heartland. It the worse was the ef3 tornado going through sisco, texas. At least one person died. I lived in sisco for over 10 years now and i havent seen anything like this in a longtime. The high winds swirled these deck chairs into a pool. Farther north a spring whiteout in colorado. In south dakota sunday services became a narrow escape as a reported tornado destroyed the church and much of the town. Elsewhere record snow. They are teen. 5 inches. The most 13. 5 inches. Even a springtime snowman. On monday the threat moves to the east and then through the refer valley. A threat of more Severe Weather and potential tornadoes. Richard cantu abc news, new york. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has been keeping an eye out on the storms. A look at what they are facing tonight. Drew . For a 6th day in a row folks have seen the Severe Weather moving through the plains. Taking a look you can see an area of low pressure through the midwest that is dragging a cold front and tornado watches still in effect at this hour through the overnight for parts of texas, louisiana and arkansas. So the threat is not over tonight. This entire threat shifts to the east tomorrow. A slight risk from chicago and as far south of brownsville texas for strong tornadoes, very large hail and damaging winds once again. Back here, a closer look at home. It is a quiet weather pattern. Live doppler hd gave us a nice mothers day. Now it is a bit cool. That is a cold front and that will sink south overnight and bring about cooler air for your monday. We will detail those numbers when i see you in a few minutes. Katie and larry sph. Thank you drew. A vallejo man was shot and killed after attending a memorial for another shooting victim. It happened after 1 00 a. M. In unincorporated marin county. The 35yearold victim was attending a memorial for a friend killed in sacramento two weeks ago. He was taken to Marin General Hospital where he died during surgery. No arrests have been made. Get this a house cat helped stop a burglar in marin county. They woke up when they heard a flower pot break just after 10 00 last night. And then bonnie the cat started hissing loudly. Bonnies owners say they knew a stranger was in the house because bonnie hisses at people she doesnt know. The homeowner confronted the man and he ran away. It is the first time in my 31year career that i heard of the cat being the one to let them be aware of something wrong going on in their house. Good cat. Police searched the area and were not able to find the burglar. Oakland police are searching for suspects after a smash and grab burglary at the cvs pharmacy. The suspects smashed through the front windows of the store on mountain boulevard. This incident happened in the morning before the store opened. Police say there is Surveillance Video and it appears they did not hit the pharmacy and for the fatly nobody was hurt. If you live and work in the east bay get ready for tap water that may smell and taste strange. Officials say it is because of the drought. There is so little snow melt available that the agency is having to use warmer water from the top of the party reservoir in the sierra. It was exposed to more sunlight and has a strong odor. One Hardware Store is expecting a big run on carbon filters that take away the smell and improve the taste. It you take all of that stuff out of there. It takes the odor and smell out. Water Officials Say chilling the water will take away the smell. The water started flowing today and should reach customers by tuesday or wednesday. During the drought water conservationists want every bottling plant to close. The bottled water comes from private underground springs. Last Week Starbucks stopped buying water for the ethos brand from the state. A Student Newspaper is calling for the school to ban all nestle products until nestle stops bottling california water. The warriors need to turn things around in the semifinals. They watched a game against the memphis grizzlies. They were stunned after their second straight playoff loss. Tomorrows game is in memphis tipping off at 6 30 pacific time. I will tell you what the warriors will work on specifically if they want to win this game and series later on in sports. We want to see your warriors pride. We will tee tour fan photos on the air. Use the dubs on 7. We will find them. Dont forget abc7 is your home for the nba finals. You can catch all of the action beginning june 4th hopefully at oracle arena. Do you enjoy siping champagne at the salon . Thousands of beauty salons and barber shops are serving alcohol illegally. But a new bill would allow the businesses to serve without a liquor license. They call it a de regulation of alcohol. Katie investigated the issue. Guy buzzed at the barber shop . This is one of the stupidest and most dangerous bills i have seen in a longtime. It would allow beauty salons and barber shops to sell beer and wine without a liquor license. I think thousands of businesses through throughout california are doing this. The Assembly Member represents district 69, santa ana, garden grove and orange. A salon owner brought this to him after she every ared a warning for serving. They came as a shock because other local businesses in the area would offer wine or some form of alcoholic beverage to their guests. It is technically illegal. The regulations need to be modernized to reflect the times we are in. This bay area barber agreed. He asked we not name his business because he thought he was operating in the rules. It is a nice way to thank your clients for coming in and give them something to relax them. There are so many salons on this one city block Near Union Square that it is almost impossible to say how many served statewide because it is all off the books. If the 10 salon owners i spoke with four dont serve at all and three serve regularly and three serve on occasion. Ab1322 could legally the practice for 13,000 businesses. Thats a conservative estimate from daleys office. This is a massive increase in the number of places of california where alcohol could be served. For livingston it is a matter of safety. Business owners would not be required to obtain a liquor license. Anybody who is licensed in these barber shops or beauty salons can pour the liquor, but they are not trained. The bill limits each customer to a single serving of alcohol. They like the idea of a sit and sniff. No more than 12 ounces of beer or six ounces of wine by the glass. They are not coming in here to get twisted. A drink can only be provided during Business Owners and no later than 10 00 at night. The licensee will be made sure people are over 21 and not over served. There is liability for these places. In San Francisco abc7 news. If the bill passes the senate it could be on the governors desk by this fall. Advocates at alcohol justice want people who are opposed to send letters to sacramento. Have you crossed the bay area bridge and then received a toll violation by mistake . An inside source talk eld exclude you can tayed exclusively with 7 on your side why you may never get justice. If the only thing on your mind is anything other than helping people you will take the money. Why Customer Service agents have an incentive to brush off your complaints. The 7 on your side special report tomorrow at 11 00 on abc7 news. It is time for another check of the forecast with drew. It is getting chilly out there. Mothers day was great. Whats ahead for the workweek drew . Lots of sunshine out there. As a cold front is on our doorstep it will bring in cooler air to start off the work and school week. Live doppler 7hd is painting a quiet picture. We will take you outside the exploratorium camera and there are some breaks in the cloud cover over the financial district. A different picture than nights before where we are dealing with the fog and low clouds. Tomorrow not as many of us will wake up to gray skies thanks to the cold front moving through. Look at sfo and oakland coming in at 62 degrees respectively below that average high of 67 degrees. Even san jose is topping out in the upper 60s at 68. 6 degrees shy of the normal 74. The trend of below normal temperatures continues for much of the sevenday forecast. It is 52 in San Francisco and 53 in oakland. A cool 52 in fremont and san jose. Checking in with a temperature of 54 degrees. The story we are tracking High Pressure to the south. This was responsible for the deep marine layer and for the fog and low clouds persisting over the weekend. You look to the north and we are tracking a cold front. What this will do first is it will clear out our skies tomorrow morning. The clouds wont linger as long and then it will give us a reinforcing shot of cool air as it moves through on monday into tuesday. So the future weather will show you early tomorrow morning 5 00 you notice the fog is not as widespread as it has been. By 8 00 a. M. We are starting to see sunshine and clear skies into the north bay. As the cold front moves through it clears out. Everyone will see sunshine including the coastal communities. The temperatures are below normal. Overnight lows a mixture of stars and clouds. 51 is what we fall to. The same in oakland dropping to 49 in napa and 53 in livermore. Highs for your monday starting in the south bay plenty of sunshine, but a chill in the air. 68 the high in san jose. Thats 6 degrees below normal. 67 cupertino and 69 for los gatos. 66 san mateo and 69 loss altos. Downtown San Francisco mainly sunny and 60 degrees. Thats 6 degrees below normal. Into the north bay we go, 56 bodega bay. Up to 73 calistoga. 72 for napa. Lots of sunshine in the east bay. Low 60s. 61 berkeley and the same in oakland. And 63 for newark. Plenty of sunshine in our inland valleys, but below normal in the 70s. 75 in the afternoon for antioch. Here is your accuweather sevenday forecast. Quickly clearing tomorrow. Tuesday is bright and beautiful. Only topping out in the upper 60s. Increasing clouds on wednesday. And then thursday friday and saturday we are tracking a chance of a light sprinkle each and every day as our weather pattern changes and an area of low pressure lingers around for the second half of the sevenday. Thank you, drew. Daredevils go to new heights to get that one of a kind shot. Plus, identity thieves may already have a lot of information about you maybe even your credit card number. But now they want something else. music hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you music introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. My name is mary molina and im a pipeline engineer for pg e in the sacramento region. New technology is being used in all facets of the company and what we do. Pg e is employing these technologies as an investment to the system for the long run. 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