Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20170424 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20170424

Afternoon. Giants game will begin to see clearing with numbers in the 50s for a 7 15 start. Want to take you up to the concord area. We did give you reports of a motorcycle crash and it sounded like it was highway 4 on the east bay side and then updated that so it sounds like its on 4 chicago highway north of highway 4, so not on the main line and an ambulance is on the way. I will keep an eye on that if they give me new details, i will update for you. If you are paying cash this morning, stick to thela left ha side. And runway work still causing problems at sfo. We are dealing with 30 del s good morning, reggie and natasha. What a travel nightmare here at sfo. You can see cancellations. This comes after more than 180 delays and cancelations here yesterday. What can you blame it on. This is an ongoing construction project, and crews are installing new l. E. D lights and repaving, and people are finding out their flights are canceled and have to make other plans to make it home. Flights before and after were canceled so they didnt take the risk and decided to fly out of san jose or another airport. Reporter incoming flights had to be diverted to san jose or oakland and passengers were bussed to sfo. Construction is expected to continue every sunday through the middle of july here at sfo so be prepared for more delays and cancelations. Thank you, matt. New this morning in walnut cre creek, a new family finding a place to stay. A car plowed into their home on san miguel drive. The wife and two kids were asleep, and he thought it was an earthquake. Drugs and alcohol were not a factor in this crash and the driver walked away north korea detained an american citizen and his wife but they have not said why. They were teaching accounting, and he and his wife were boarding a flight to china and they were detained. A university of virginia student and a businessman are the others being held in north korea. The state department is working the case now to get him freed. This morning there was another call between trump and the chinese president xi jinping about north korea. The two leaders spoke with each other last night when the president called xi and abe. They said they oppose their nuclear program. China making it clear they are against any action that would violate the United Nations Security Council resolutions. This is the second phone call between the two leaders, between trump and xi jinping regarding north korea in the last two weeks. A lot of talks happening there. Happening today, congress is going to get back to work in d. C. Theres lot to do in addition to finalizing a trilliondollar spending bill, and republicans plan to revive the Gop Health Care bill. It was pulled from the house floor a month ago, and one lawmaker floated and proposed an amendment giving the states the ability to opt out of the obamacare regulations. Search efforts resume this morning for a plane that went missing a week ago. Brenda and mark richard left truckee last monday but never arrived in petaluma. Crews have been looking on the ground and all week with no sign of the plane. It has an emergency locater transmitter but that has not been detected. Sheriff deputies suspect these two men stole credit cards and went on a 5,000 spending spree in west marin. Four credit cards got stolen from a car and was used. A group of kayakers bundled up after being rescued from the bay. Firefighters tell us four people wound up in the water when their kayaks capsized. A Police Department boat rescued people from the water. Make sure you wear the right clothes, a wet suit or something so you could be in the bay for longer if something bad happens and some way to contact the Police Department or fire department. Firefighters believed one of the kayakers called from the bay for help. Warriors fans are going through a lot of feelings right now. First of all the team came back to win taking a 30 lead against the trail blazers, so that was good news. Head coach steve kerr out indefinitely with debilitating headaches related to his problems. The beloved head coach to sit out for who knows how long . Sorry for steve kerr. Has to be tough to go through the whole season and has to sit on the bench now and watch. And warriors fans are feeling confident about another warrior championship. For this series, maybe not so much because we are up 30, but the next series its definitely going to be something that could be costly, and it would be great to have kerr there. Others say as much as they would like to see kerr return healthy, but they are confident the warriors can win. We have a core of not only other coaches to pick up the slack but strong and stable guys in the locker room that can give the whole leadership they will need. After having reached the final last year, the sharks are out of the cup playoff. And bumgarner out for an injury. Go into the playoffs without kerr, and bumgarner going out, a tough day. We are seeing a lot of support for coach kerr on social media. One fan writes get better soon, and another fan tweets i and another fan tweets i hearing this. I dont think anybody doubts that. Happening today b. A. R. T. Will unveil one of the Largest Electric charging stations in the region. It will happen here in warm springs. It can provide charging for 42 cars and are available to the public. Good morning to you. Expecting a little damp weather. The system heading in from the north and its a weak one, and we are looking at sierra snow right now, and a couple inches expected there. And back home in San Francisco, 53. 54 in san jose. A one on the storm impact scale today, and less than 0. 1 of an inch of rain today. And so lets take you through the 7 00 or 8 00 hour, and you can see from marin up through sonoma, showers. And then they will slip into maybe the south bay and then after that things begin to clear out and we will look for a partly cloudy night tonight and on our way to more sunshine, just a little bit, t just a little bit, t 3 park, 53 degrees and cloudy skies. Staying in the upper 50s. Get set for another mild night tonight. We will gain a few degrees and more sun each and every day with mi70s by midweek and 80s over the weekend. So far on the roads we are looking great. Heres a live look outside to the san mateo bridge, and chp just issued a highwind advisory if you are driving across san mateo bridge. Winds should be around 15 Miles Per Hour, so if you are in a high profile vehicle, both hands on the wheel across the span. And then tracy to dublin, 46 minutes in the yellow. And san rafael to San Francisco, 21 minutes. San francisco just set a new outrageous standard for wages. A family making six figures is now considered low income, and thats not all. And kenny g serenaded a and kenny g serenaded a flight, and you wont see these folks they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office . Stamps. Com mail letters ship packages all the services of the post office right on your computer get a 4 week trial plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com offer and never go to the post office again. Happening today, former nfl star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez will be laid to rest in connecticut. The former new England Patriots tight end was found hanging massachusetts. His family say sue for negligence over his prison suicide. And talking to the father of the tennessee girl that disappeared for a month with a former teaer. It was just amazing in this mornings gma first look, Anthony Thomas relieved to have his daughter back. 15yearold elizabeth missing for over a month, and her former teacher facing federal charges for kidnapping the team. It has been a for her. Getting her back, her father says, is just the first step in a long journey ahead. Shes going to actually need trauma therapy. To see her struggling with all of this now, as a dad its very hurtful. I am sure as it goes along we will find out more and more things that have been done to her. Its very heartbreaking. We will have a live report from tennessee coming up at 7 00 a. M. With your gma first just days after getting booted off of fox, bill oreilly will episode a new release of his podcast, and this is the first time audiences will hear from oreilly. Fox dumped oreilly after losing 60 advertisers in the wake of news they paid millions to settle Sexual Harassment claims. And a burglar found out its harder to leave the store than to break in. All of this happened last sunday. Police just posted the video, though. The thief made a less than elegance entrance, and the man to the left is a mannequin and not a person. The man ransacked the store for a way out, and then he decided to try the roof and came crashingown again. He is still on the loose after he fk exit. And then at the center of a huge debate 42 trees near the keg me soccer field, trees, some think they are dangerous and are highly flammable and then on the other side some believe the trees are beautiful and need to be preserved. National parks in marin county helped employ more than 7,000 people this according to the marin partners. Golden Gate National recreation area, and phaour Woods National monument are among those analyzed here. And then Brokerage Firm said its possible 8,600 stores could close this year and this could mark the worst year in record. If stores close at that rate it could mean america would lose countless jobs and more than 147 mllion square feet of retail space. And the bay area is so costly even sixfigure salaries are now considered low income. The department of housing and urban Development Just released its 2017 income limit summary and thats the baseline it uses to determine who can qualify for affordable and subsidized housing like section 8 and 105,000 a year is considered low income for a family of four in San Francisco and san mateo counties, and the east bay is not too far behind, 80,000 now the low income threshold. We know its expensive to live here, but when you see those numbers its shocking. Air travel has been getting neglect publicity lately. This story will remind you how friendly the skies can be. Thats the tones of kenny g. I want more of that soun i will stop talk it so you can hear it. Do you . Do you . Yes, and this is playing. He said if they raised 1,000 he would play for the passengers and five minutes in they raised 2,000, and he made good on his promise. Apparently some people were really into it, and some real grinches were not into kenny g playing on their flight. Why was the Flight Attendant on her knees . I didnt see that. That looked really uncomfortable. All right. Hey, lisa. Yeah a. Little music for everybody. Why not. And the cloud cover, we are expecting a weak system to slide down from the north, and numbers are in the 50s. A light jacket out there, 53 in San Francisco and novato. A one on the storm impact scale just giving a little rain in the Morning Hours, and then heres the timeline. Hour by hour you will notice from marin county through sonoma until 9 00, and then slipping south by the early afternoon, midday through 2 00, and then it falls apart. We are talking about a couple 100ss. 0. 07 at best in the north bay. And then low 60s from the peninsula to the south bay. And then tomorrow, a little warmer in the south bay, and also perhaps livermore, 67, and then by wednesday the numbers still very spring like, and we are increasing our sunshine each and every day. This looks like one of the last systems we will see in a while. Grab the umbrella, just in case. We are just hearing about something that could slow you leing s francisco and ou are heading back to the east y on the bay bridge. East bay 80ust before you get to Treasure Island, chp has been told about some type of fabric or cloth that is hanging down in the slow lanes from the tunnel. I know they have been doing construction work in that area for the last couple of weeks, and they are on their way to check it out and so far that has not caused any issues. I will keep an eye on that, though. We have heavy traffic in the far righthand side of the bay bridge toll plaza. The booths are open up so that should be thinning but then we should have the metering lights going on. The next time somebody remarks about the time you spent binging on all your netflix shows, you can tell them that could help you. It makes you more mentally sophisticated. 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A live look at sfo where there are more than 80 delays and cancelations this morning, and work to install new lights caused work yesterday, and some flights are being diverted into oakland and san jose. And coach kerr will be away from the sidelines until he starts feeling better. He suffers from debilitating migraines. He could miss the rest of the post season. We will see scattered showers develop through the the morning in the north bay. Very light. Just a couple 0. 01. We are off to a great start, starting to see our normal spots in here, and out of tracy you are down to 12 Miles Per Hour. 16 Miles Per Hour overall and were looking pretty good. And then obamacare subsidies and the military all threatening to trip up congressional talks this week. If a deal is not reached by friday there will be a partial government shutdown. This is the new look for the mcdonalds uniforms and its getting slams on social media, and it says its something from star wars. I think they look like tribute from hunger games. And others are defending the outfits saying they focus on comfort, fit, and the sa designer said he them to go out into the world and live comfortably off duty. And then 8yearold elliott vergos had a special treat in iowa, and he got to go to prom. His older brother and his girlfriend wanted to do Something Special for the third grader, and elliott was a huge hit and crowned the king of the prom and his parents were moved by this gesture. It just brings, you know, a smile to his face and everybody here supporting him. Look at him. And this is his favorite song, by the way, dynamite, and he got to take the dance floor, cut a rug and dance the night away. Coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the massive protests being unveiled today in San Francisco against president trumps immigration policies. And the teen that was and the teen that was kidnapped, her good morning, east bay. Lets get up and get going. 5 30 on the dot. Welcome to monday, april 24th. Mike nicco is off and we have lisa argen in. We could use a few more light showers. Live doppler 7, the main activity is to the north which will be slipping south throughout the Morning Hours. 55 in con kard. Elsewhere, 52. Santa rosa, 52. A weak system, less than 0. 1 of an inch in the north bay so grab an umbrella. We will go from spring to a summerlike forecast. Well have that for you coming up. We do have the metering lights on as of 5 23, so hearing about a disabled vehicle blocking the far left lane on the other side of Treasure Island. Was get into the San Francisco area, not really impacting our drive times too much. You just saw the change from the green into the yellow. We are up to 12 minutes. Southbound 101, San Francisco to sfo, in the green at nine minutes. We will have a update on that you coming up next. Really a terrifying wakeup call for a family in walnut cre creek. A car drove through their house. When you see the pictures, you will be surprised everybody survived. Tiffany brian wilson is live for us in walnut creek. Reporter morning, reggie and natasha. This car did not just hit the house but it drove through it. You can see part of the damage you can see part of the damage covered up by a theres no question, if the family was in the front room they would be dead. A White Mercedes lodged inside the house. The driver punched through one side of the house and flew through the front room and ended up with the car sticking out the other side of the house. Theres plywood on both sides of the room. And the father was watching tv, and he thought it was an earthquake, and it took them a minute to realize a car has driven through their house. Everybody is fine. Everybody is fine. Just rattled. Extremely lucky nobody was sleeping in what would have been a bedroom and it was converted to an office, so they were lucky. Crews boarded up the house and the family had to

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