Carlson boulevard, on ramp here, interstate 80. So, they are waiting for the tow truck to get here. They have made the phone call. That tank is still leaking. Firefighters say its a small leak but they have evacuated the section of the hotel sitting here, the rooms that face the tank here in americas best value inn. They tell me theres about ten people. One officer told me we are talking about 500 gallons worth of propane inside that tank. We have a very small leak. When i say small, talking about something the size of your home barbecue propane tank at this point. We are mitigating this and will have details soon. It happened at carlson boulevard, ramps in both directions are closed now. No word when they will get this cleared out of here. Wait willing for the tow truck to get here. They dont know why the truck lost part of its load but the driver is okay. See how this is affecting traffic at all, here is leyla gulen. Operations to upgrade that truck for sure. Good news you can not affecting traffic whatsoever, traveling eastbound or westbound direction, we do have those off ramps shut down as well. San jose, debris blocking lanes. No slow downs yet. Mass transit, everything running on time, hope b. A. R. T. Runs on time friday. See what is happening in weather, where we have got a gorgeous weekend, coming off the heels of that is a cool down, take a look right now, radar, satellite, high clouds not cooling things down for us what it is a trough of low pressure from the pacific northwest. Get into that a little bit later. Look from the east bay hill toward the bay bridge, Clear Conditions, see those twinkling lights toward San Francisco, just gorgeous. The forecast is here today, cooler pattern begins today and that is going to bring us a chance of showers and even some snow showers in our highest elevations by wednesday. Kristen, eric . Leyla, thanks a lot. Fire officials are trying to determine this morning what sparked a brushfire that jammed traffic on the bay bridge. It broke out on yorba buena island before 8 00 last night, folks were leaving the 49ers game, the fire quickly spread up the side of the island but crews waiteded to knock it down before it threatened fired it slowed down the commute a lot across the lower deck of the bay bridge, fireworks may to be blame. This morning, seismologists have downgraded a moderate earthquake that shook the east bay, the tremor struck before 9 30 last night, originally measured at 3. 1. There were no injuries, no damage. And 7 news viewers all over the east bay and San Francisco called our newsroom reporting feeling the quake. Ten years ago today, californians went to the polls and replaced their governor with a movie star. Today marks the tenth anniversary of the recall election that saw democrat gray davis ousted and replaced with republican arnold schwarzenegger. It was the first ever successful recall of a governor in california history and the only second such recall recall nationwide. In an interview over the weekend with the los angeles times, davis reflected on the recall. He said, historians will be the best judge. Im not sure enough time has passed for us to know what the full effects of the recall are or to what extent california is better or worse. New details this morning on the recent poll showing oakland mayor jean kwan has a lower Approval Rating than her predecessor. Fewer than 20 of voters would vote for kwan if an election were held today. Now, the chronicle reports several names were floated as potential challenges in next years leeks. Among th next years elections. New details will weekend raids by u. S. Special forces, including the capture of a top terror suspect in libya. This morning, secretary of state john kerry is dismissing criticism from the libyan government. Reporter these missions were synchronized, carried out the exact same time so the u. S. Team he is the element of surprise. One of the most wanted men in the world. A double blow against al qaeda terrorists, two highrisk raids carried out by u. S. Special Operations Forces in libya and somalia. The mission in libya led to the capture of this man, a 49yearold al qaeda leader and computer expert. We hope this makes clear that those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they cant reporter u. S. Has been hunting al libi for 15 years for murders in kenya and tanzania in 1998. U. S. Leaders snapped him up outside his home in tripoli. A threecar convoy approached al libis vehicle, commandos jumped out, smashed the windows and grabbed al libi. There were no shots fired. Before al libi stands trial in new york, Officials Say a highvalue Interrogation Team will try to get information from him. I think thats the best he can say. And i think theres a lot of gaps you can fill. Reporter 3,000 miles away from libya, another raid in somalia. The famed navy s. E. A. L. Team six storms a compound on the beach. In their sights, a Senior Leader of al shabaab, the group that claims credit for the massacre at a kenyan mall last month. But the s. E. A. L. S. Encounter much heavier resistance than they expected. After an hour of gunfire, the team was forced to withdraw, unsure if their target was killed. One of the things that you know is that your intelligence picture, no matter how good it is, it is never going to be perfect. Reporter there are some Big Questions those interrogators are hoping al libi can answer. Among them where is al qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri and what information does he have about future attacks against the u. S. . If you are going to see the as, you need to start early. The as evened up the series one game apiece with a walkoff single at the coliseum saturday night. The game was scoreless until a hit in the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded that gave the as a 10 victory. Jared parker will take the mound today in the best of five series. As fans are showing off their playoff pride. Send us your fam photos, email people to you report it at kgotv. Com or share them on the abc7 News Facebook page or on wenter at abc7 news bay area. We have gotten hundreds. A great weekend for games and the bridgetobridge race in San Francisco. As we take a look right now from our emeryville camera toward the marksz you can see Clear Conditions this morning. 46 at half moon bay, 10 to 15degree drop from yesterday, what we have got along the coast. We take a look for our highs today across the bay area, really topping out in the mid to upper 70s for much of the bay area along the peninsula, still the upper 60s, low 70s, right now. We head over to that mount tam cam down toward San Francisco, we see a ship pulling in to port. We have got a gorgeous morning to start us off, the next few days, going to see those temperatures tapering down and also a chance of showers come wednesday. I will have your full accuweather sevenday forecast coming up in a little bit. Right now, see what is happening on the roads. We thought we had a problem at the bay bridge toll plaza, tow trucks flashing their lights, doesnt seem like theres any problem out there take you over the altamonte pass, we do have our problem, usual problem, which is that bumpertobumper traffic takes trace. Dublin, 60 miles an hour top speed. Closer to the interchange. Drive time traffic across 4 from antioch into hercules. We are just above 30 minutes. Not too bad, along westbound side of 80 from highway 4 down to the maze. A buildup of traffic there we do have a problem eastbound side of 80 into richmond, carlson boulevard, an overturned tanker truck, amy hol lyfield has been telling us about. 6 10. Making easier to buy a car. Ahead, the detroit automaker that want to you spend less time at the dealership. And Elizabeth Smarts tellall, the details the former kidnapping victim is revealing about her ordeal in a pageturning book coming out today. Coming up first, two bay area men score the nobel prize. To those whove been waiting welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. 6 14678 the 6 14. The view from mount tamalpais. The the bay area can claim two more nobel prize winners. Two stanford professors won the nobel prize last year, besides the prestige that comes with the win, three professor will fit the 1. 2 million prize. Has today decided to reward the 2013 nobel prize in sociology or medicine jointly to james rothman, Randy Scheckman and Thomas Sudhof. Reporter announcement for the nobel prize for medicine came about 1 30 this morning our time in stockholm, sweden. Sudhof is a professor at stanford. He won the prize with randy schekman, a uc berkeley professor. And a third professor from yale. They solved the mystery of how the cell organizes a transport system. Sudhof is traveling in europe. His wife spoke with him this morning by phone. He said he couldnt believe it. He wants to go on to the nobel prize website to see if its real or is this someone putting a prank on him. I told him its real. Reporter the professor not only get the prestige of winning the nobel prize but split 1. 2 million. Live in menlo park, matt keller, abc7 news. San francisco middle schools are getting an unprecedented boost prepare students to succeed in the hightech world. The founder of salesforce. Com is giving 2. 7 million the two middle schools. Whats amazing when the mayor first asked the tech giant for money, he said they asked for too little. He urged the mayor to think big, come up with a plan and return for more. Now there are ipads for everyone, wifi in every classroom, equipment for robotics and much more to come. More than a decade after her kidnapping and rescue grabbed national headlines, Elizabeth Smart is publishing a memoir of her ordeal in a new book titled my story thats being released today. Smart recounts how she was snatched from her bedroom at knife point at the age of 14 in 2002. Smart writes she was treated as a sex object by street preacher Brian David Mitchell and a slave by his wife for nine months before police rescued her. Smart is 25, married, living in park city and created a foundation to bring awareness to predatory crimes against children. Way to recover from that horrible experience. 6 17 now. Grown into such an eloquent and articulate young lady. Yeah, she has. Just wonderful. Speak of elegant and articulate ladies, here is leyla gulen. Awfully nice. Thank you very much. I hope you all have your umbrellas handy because it is going to rain on our parade on wednesday. But it shouldnt really cause too much of a problem. Right now, at our live doppler hd satellite return, those high clouds, stray high cloud, not bringing us moisture today, but thats all going to change on wednesday. This is why. Looking at the week ahead, we have got this trough of low pressure thats coming in over the pacific northwest. That is going to be bringing in the cooler temperatures as well. So its more of an onshore flow as opposed to the offshore flow that we experienced over the weekend, which was giving us warmer conditions. As we take a look right now you cooler days ahead and a chance of some rain you some showers, light showers, on wednesday and even some snow showers to our Higher Elevations as well. As we take a look at our highs for today, across the bay area, going to be topping out in the lower to mid70s across the peninsula, 64, pacifica, 10 to 15 cooler lining the coast, 68 your high for today, the north bay, still have some light cloud cover there, 78 degrees in santa rosa, 80 in cal list stoke gachl the east bay for oakland. Low to middle 50s for most of the bay area. Here is a look at my accuweather sevenday forecast, you can see come tomorrow, going to be cooling to about 78 inland, a cool down on wednesday, as far as traffic this is your usual morning commute, however it is possibly due to the overturned tanker thats on the eastbound portion of i80. The carlton boulevard west bound offramp, trying to get a tow truck and upright this tanker, delicate operations, take time for that to happen. Amy hollyfield out there will give us details. Drive time traffic, 101 southbound from santa rosa to petaluma. 580, westbound Castro Valley to the maze. 13 minutes 101, 280 680 split, 285, a 13minute commute. Outside we go, look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights have turned on, conditions out there the Treasure Island ramp have reopened due to that heavier fire last night. 6 19. A critical week for bay area commuters, only four days until the possible second b. A. R. T. Strike. At 6 30 where both sides remain as the cooling off period winds down. Buying online, what General Motors is doing to make online car buying one step closer to reality. Here is tonights primetime lineup on abc7. And im here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. Its called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. 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You can see of course, traffic is moderately heavy but its moving right along without any problems. The major problem, as we have been telling you, is in richmond, carlson on and off ramp to east bound 80, overturned propane tanker. They are working on uprighting that. We, of course, are following it. General motors is pushing its dealers to sell cars online. Wall street journal reports gm plans on rolling out a new app that would allow new car buyers to use their computers and mobile devices to lock in the price of a new car. Buyers would be able to also get an estimate of the tradein value of the old car. Users would still have to visit dealers though. State franchise laws give dealers that exclusive rights to sell more gm cars. Individual dealerships have about doing this for a while. You can lock in a price on a car. Of course have to go pick up the car in person. But tesla is using this example of how that works. Lets check in for a look what is coming up on good morning, america at 7 00. Hi, josh. Hey there kristen, eric, great to be with you both and everybody there in the bay area. Lots to get to here on the program this morning, including new details from houston, of course, the scene of yesterdays frightening grand prix crash. A race car bumps another. In this sport, the margins razor thin, disaster struck, debris from the wreck was sent flying into the stands. More than a dozen people were hurt. The driver, dario franchitti, taken to the hospital with a concussion, a fractured spine. We are going to have the very latest from houston. This morning, also more now on the biker who sparked that violent confrontation last week here on new yorks west side highway. Everybody has seen the video, but that biker now speaking out. He wants everyone to know, at least in his opinion, it was all just a big misunderstanding. Of course, it became so much more. 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The tank is still leaking. Its got about 4500 gallons of propane inside of it and firefighters describe it as a slow, small leak. But they say it is still leaking here at carlson boulevard in richmond right next to interstate 80. They did test the air. They found small amounts of propane seeping out but they are going to be testing it again. We will be sending another crew in pretty shortly here to get an update on our air monitoring. We want to make sure even though we got to monitoring levels earlier, especially if proximity to the freeway, that we dont get any additional leak or anything that escalates