Chp closed all lanes around 250 this afternoon. Two hours after receiving word of a sus spishus package. Officers stopped traffic westbound on the bay bridge toll plaza. Abc 7 news is live in oakland right now. Traffic came to a stand still, dead stop. I imagine it looks, its moving well now. But its going to be a slow commute for folks. Its getting better. Calls allowed to move we want to show you earlier, the bridge was closed because of that device which is found on the eastbound off ramp. The device still unknown at this time. Has been removed by San Francisco police department. Using a p. A. System, drivers were told to stay in cars. You know sometimes, drivers want to take pictures to get out of the cars they were told not to do so. Then, escorted by chp officers. This affected both upper and lower decks of the bridge. Getting out of San Francisco is difficult. And of course, when you couldnt have happened at a worse time. There is a giants game, an as game, a concert at candle stick park. There is Critical Mass in San Francisco and its friday. So were recommending at this time that you either take bart or find another way to get into San Francisco. If youre leaving San Francisco, it might be a tough commute. Thank you. Getting on the bridge right now from San Francisco is quite a challenge. Yes. Abc 7 news joins us on the phone right now. Cornell, i understand you left the station about an hour ago and youre not on the bay bridge zblet. Yes. Whatever opposite of friday light is, this had to be it. Its not pretty out here, traffic is truly monumental. Were making a slow crawl to the bay bridge. Its not going very well. Its taken a half hour just to go three blocks from first and howard street. Were approaching the hair wri yi son street onramp where i would say a half block away. Traffic is gridlocked. Were inching along here, a lot of motorists see abc 7 news logo. Theyve been asking whaus is going on. And explained there was a sus spishus device and that is what is causing this. They say its been a long time since theyve seen traffic this bad. If youre trying to get out of the city, trying to make it home, if you can delay that trip that would be amazing idea or likely to take bart if you can because traffic is not pretty at all. We have a live shot of the bridge. Its getting there that is proving to be extreme challenge with many events in the bay area its going to be a mess. This is a bad traffic location anyway. Under normal circumstance was traffic snaking back, cornell if you had to estimate how much longer are do you think its going to take . Its half a block from where we are. Its 10 minutes before we reach the bridge. Well catch you later, maybe. Yes. We want to share a photo of the back of the plaza captured at its worst. Just one car from making it on to the upper deck whit happened. Our reporting continue continues right now on twitter. And to make things worse there are major events going on. Several of them, concerts and Critical Mass gets underway in about two hours. Giants and as both playing at home and i just got a note about the angels because theyre staying in the city. Theyve got to try to get to oakland for a game tonight. And theyre stuck. They, right now are having a hard time getting out of the city. Theyre going to face a challenge. Take a look at this map on the screen now. You can see these events taking place. There are two major concerts. John mayer performing in mountain view. North bay drag races get underway at sonoma raceway tonight. Collin rush was up there covering the drag races and he told me that was gridlocked try to go into either direction out of sonoma. That is before this . Before anything happened with the bay bridge. And of course its friday night commute which is tough. Youre looking at skyway right now. You can see its absolutely gridlocked for those drivers on the lefthand side of the screen trying to make their way east across the bay bridge. Keep in mind that traffic is merging in with cars. That is enormous. We can see is how far back it snakes and all the of the other streets connecting to this. But goits its going to take a long time. We have another live picture for you and that mcarthur maze is rarely this clear. You can see traffic heading towards bay bridge where significant back sup going to be taking place for anyone trying to get into San Francisco. Its a mess well continue to follow this for you again on twitter. Right now, we want to talk about president obama. Hell ab warding medal of honor thotothis combat veteran. The staff sargeant is a former marine later enlisted in the army. He now calls antioch home. Sargeant carter being honored for courageous action during a day long fire fight. This is u. S. Army animation. The army says carter killed troops rendered first aid and risked his life to save a soldier. Sargeant carter is also a purple heart recipient. The president bestowed the medal on another survivor. The clock is ticking for bart and unions to end another strike. By extending their current contract theyve given themselves until august 4 to come up with a new agreement or else there could be another strike. That means there is nine days left to reach a deal. Some progress has been made but main sticking points are salaries and benefits. Theyve not been discussed. Bay area Transportation Leaders sat down to talk about contingency plans should bart strike again. Ojaiy man accused of holding three women captive in his home has pleaded not guilty to 900, rather, guilty to 937 counts in a deal to avoid the Death Penalty. Aerial castro enter that had plea in court in exchange, prosecutors recommending the 53yearold be sentenced to life without parole plus a thousand years. He told a judge his sexual problems have taken a toll on his mind. Im very good at spelling and reading but i cant comprehend my addiction to pornography and sexual problem has taken a toll on my mind. Castro claims he was abused as a child. Aprosecutor says hes making sure castro will never see the girl he fathered with one of the victims. The women he held captive released this statement, reading a a. Manda, gina and michelle are relieved by the plea and satisfied by the resolution in this case and looking forward to having these Legal Proceedings drawn to a close in the near future. A plea for peace from two oakland city leaders outraged over a killing of a beloved neighborhood set pet sitter. The Council Members told friends and neighbors of the 66yearold judy solomon. Theyre outraged over the murder she. Was shot and killed from where she lived her friends are pressing neighbors to try to do more to catch the killer. He was a plong fairfax arks long brookdale. Have video cameras they may think they may have just an inch of information they need to turn that over to opd. Solonom was active in trying to prevent crime in the neighborhood. The counsel member says she was trying to set up a private Security Guard patrol to fight crime nearby. Residents were forced out of their homes this morning because of a natural gas leak. Sky 7 was overhead after crews hit a gas line on marina bay parkway. Emergency crews alerted residents to leave their homes. Others told to shelter in place. The residents were allowed back into their homes. News on the lighter side this, is a special year for gilroy garlic festival starting its threeday run. Its celebrating its 35th anniversary. Abc 7 news is enjoying the aroma of garlic. And some have been there since the beginning of this . That is right. I was a judge for the garlic festival pageant in 1979 through 83 years. I just talked to a winner i crowned back in 1983. We know who hasnt heard of the gilroy garlic festival . Its famous and started with an idea 35 years ago among a group proud of the garlic and wanted to do something for the community. 35 years ago maybe 300 people turned out. Now, 100,000 show frup around the us us and beyond. Forever establishing gilroy as the garlic capitol of the world. Will rogers says its the only town in the world you can hang your stick on a clothes line that will be marinated the next day. He is part of a team called pyrochefs. They make the dish laced with garlic. His father was one of the founders of the festival. That very first period was just my father and i. We did cooking. And then, second year, third year we created about a crew of maybe six. One stove, two stoves now up to four. Eight ships going now. This has become a major food event. Every dish reeks of garlic. Over 35 years the festival has given back over 9. 7 million to sports teams, troops hospitals, and food banks. Just happens over and over. Volunteer congregation has grown and made it successful. Its just a lot of fun. Yes, it s you know this is a serious food show. And carla hall is going to be here on sunday f youre heading into this direction dont forget, wear a hat, bring sun screen and your appetite. Coming up were going to give you a secret history you may not know about. Have garlic ice cream. I was just thinking. Its spencers favorite. I love garlic just about everything except ice cream. Weve got low clouds and fog stacked up there. In fact swiling over the bay. Most inland locations now are experiencing sunny skies. Here is a live view from our camera. Looking west, we cant see a lot there. Readings 61 degrees in San Francisco. 73 mountain view. 77 san jose. A cool 59 in half moon bay. Another live view looking down into the bay from mount tam. More temperatures readings this hour 75 santa rosa. 82 novato. And we see blue skies now looking live downtown. This is the first forecast. Spotty coastal drizzle tonight. Wont be very wide spread but areas of low clouds and fog persist. And will be mainly sunny and mild tomorrow, temperatures below average. Mid80s inland. Ill give you a look at the weekend and seven day as head. Thank you spencer, still ahead at 4 00 caught on video. Fed yechl worker tosses package nootz back of her truck. Hout company is responding. Quick thinking of a 10yearold girl helping save of life of a monthold baby. An admission from san san diego mayor after a series of women accuse him of sexual misconduct. How he says hes planning to get help. Another live look at traffic. We told but the bay bridge being shut down this afternoon. Well, some lanes are moving nicely. Youve got fast track lanes backed up. Back with more on oork breaking news from los angeles youre looking live at westwood and wilshire, you can see pro testors shut down this busy intersection near ucla and federal building. We know that today is a national day of action for the occupy movement. And there was a call for demonstrate dwrorz shut down roadways to protest acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. A fed yechl worker is out of a job after this video surfaced. The worker in new york city caught just chucking packages into the back of the truck like frisbees. Fed yechl told abc news the situation sun acceptable. The female driver no longer works for fed yechl. Video taken two days ago. Fed yechl says the man is not one of their employees. A 10yearold girl being hailed as a hero for coming to the aid of her neighbors. A fire broke out in her apartment building. A woman yelled to her to catch her onemonth old baby. The child landed into her arms. In our family we take care of our babies no matter what. If they get hurt, we take care of them. Some units in this building were a total loss. Everyone did get out thanks in large part to the 10yearold. Shes a true hero. No kidding. Can you imagine . Great job. Lets move on to take a look at weekend forecast. Yes. Things looking cooler than average but pleasant. Were not going to have down pours just clouds around. Temperatures below norm. Here is a look at life doppler 7. We do have clouds stacked up right now. A deepening marine layer there. You can see evidence of low clouds and fog pushing through. More low clouds, maybe spotty drizzle near the coast. Cooler pattern into the week. A weak low pressure system approaching Southern California coast and that is producing some sprinkles down there. So its going to be moving onshore, soon. Weather unsettled to the south. Forecast animation shows deepening marine layer here. Overnight into tomorrow, and as that deepens it will account for cooler than average weekend. Pleasant conditions coming our way. Certainly inland. Overnight looking for areas of fog, low clouds and a chance of drizzle near coast. Low temperatures into mid to upper 50s overnight. Then, tomorrow, after morning clouds and fog burning away well have sunny skies with lingering patches of fog near the coast. Highs on the coast upper 50s to around 60s. Upper 60s into upper 70s around the bay. Inland locations will be mild to warm but not hot with highs into low to mid80s. Sheer look at the accuweather forecast. So partly cloudy skies throughout the weekend. In fact, throughout next tuesday, inland highs only into mid80s, upper 50s to 60 on the coast then warming up by wednesday of next week. By end of the week well see mid90s inland. Low 80s around the bay. A change from one end to another. Pleasant. Yes. Thank you. Up next the big day for rock icon mick jagger. The major milestone hes celebrating. Then 7 on your sides Michael Finney taking a look at a dog care business that could help you make money on the side. For computers out there, check out abc 7 thus. Com contests now and you can drive away new smart car. Well announce the winner friday, august 2. So be smart, enter now. Join me for live alerts monday japans pop culture taking center stage this weekend. J pop summit festival provided us with highlights this, years taeks place tomorrow and sunday in japan town. Entertainment includes several live bands. A special Food Festival will feature tastes of japan and sake testing. And speaking of musical acts mick jagger turns 70 today. Isnt that remarkable . Hes been the front man for the Rolling Stones for 50 years and curing that time rock and roll bad boy to rock royalty. Critics and fans point out he can still captivate fans during concerts and that they influenced generations of other fans. Its remarkable. Yes. A massachusetts couple nearly threw away a chance at a million dollars. They were all smiles wednesday. That is the day they catched in their scratcher. Yes. It almost didnt happen. They forget about the ticket until asked what happened to that thing . They found it in the trash and jackpot. 1 million. Lesson to us all. Yes. Still ahead at 4 00 vandals forcing a closure of one of the famous landmarks. Behavior i have engaged in is wrong. The mayor apologizes after a series of women accuse him of sexual harassment. How the women are reacting to this. One of the american whos survived the spain crash the train that derailed describes moments after that crash. And later a treatment for migraine sufferers. One teenager says it got rid of her problem. San diego mayor taking a leave of absence following several accusations of sexual misconduct. Seven women have come forward to accuse him of harassment with more women considering claims going forward. He decided to get help through therapy. This behavior i have engaged in is wrong. After weeks of allegations and calls to step down, san diego mayor has decided to take a leave of absence next month. I will be entering a counseling clinic to begin of process of addressing my behavior. When youre the mayor of san diego and have you a problem that have degree, you resign. Laura is one of the seven women who have come forward accusing the mayor of unwanted sexual advances. He then patted me on the behind. Just slobbered down my chin i was so violated and offend hed groped me on my backside inappropriately. With many allegations members of the mayors party have also called for his resignation. We think its in the best interest for the mayor to step down. But this is just a leave of ab serngs organizers have said they wont give up until hes gone. I must become a better person. I apologize to the people of san diego. And most of all, apologize to the women that i have offended. The mayor says attending counseling he will be briefed on City Activities and hopes to be forgiven. The House Ethics Committee confirmed it will investigate how Michelle Bachmann financed her 2012 president ial campaign. She was referred by the office of congressional ethics. Her lawyer confirmed to the investigation and said the Congress Woman is cooperating. Fbi is looking into allegations of financial impropriety. Backman acaused shes retiring at the end of the term. Now to the latest on the deadly Train Derailment in spain. Police will question the driver for possible recklessness. Were now hearing from one of the american whos survive that had crash. Abc News Reporter nick shifren talked to him about the ordeal. Out of the charred wreckage, some way, steven ward walked out alive. I remembered feeling leaving the tracks and i blacked out. For someone who fractured his back hes composed. His an 18yearold mormon missionary. Ive never been to hell but its a pretty accurate description. Ive seen a picture of myself. I look like walking dead covered in blood. It was gruesome he was in one of the last cars taking this picture after he got out that. Is his car on the left. First time you looked around what did you see . I mean, lots of smoke. A lot of people screaming. A lot of people crying. There is just wreckage and blood and gore everywhere. The horrifying moment was caught on camera. The train racing more than 110 miles per hour. The driver is being question bid police. Steven wasnt supposed to be on the plane but knows he lucky to be here and that increased his abc news,. U. S. Attorney general eric holder is stepping up efforts to disswayed russia saying snowden will not face the Death Penalty or torture if returned to the u. S. For espionage charges. The Lincoln Memorial in washington, d. C. Is back open after being closed for hours today when someone splattered green paint on that monument. Police discovered the paint on the stt yut and floor of the memorial. Police are now reviewing security footage. One veteran calls the vandalism disstushing. Things lik