An offshore push . Today, thats it right there. The coast is clear except for the swath of low clouds off the coast the san mateo coast at least. Otherwise, we have clear skies today and temperatures responding nicely to the ridge of High Pressure building in. We are talking 60s at the beaches. 60s, 70s bayside. 70s around the peninsula. 80s away from the bay to the north and to the east. Even warmer weather is coming up on the weekend. A new accident on eastbound 580 at grant line road. Now, this is opposite commute direction. We are seeing the delays in the westbound direction. Thats where we always see those slowdowns this time of morning. So just a heads up if you are traveling there. You might see flashing lights on the other side of the freeway there. Emergency crews heading to the scene. Live look at the Golden Gate Bridge everything is fine in both directions. No problems to report along that stretch. 580 at 680, headlights moving in the westbound direction. 25minute ride from 205 to 680. Those connector ramps have reopened. Back to you guys. There is a shelter in place in place in el sobrante police on the scene of a possible standoff. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live near knottingham drive. Reporter were block away from where this is happening where robin hood and olinda road. Police activity behind me there are 10 cars, they have the s. W. A. T. Team here, as well. We have heard they have been speaking to a man inside a home who does have a gun. We have heard them speaking to him over a bull horn so yes, a shelter in place at nottingham drive. At the command Center Police say a man is armed inside the home. Contra costa fire was called here for a medical emergency at 12 45. That may have been when all of this started. But everything is change fast. We havent been able to confirm it. This is about a block away from Olinda Elementary School which is in the greenbrier neighborhood. Back to you. Thank you. The department of justice has appointed a special counsel to oversee the fbi investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. Scott mcclain has reaction to the appointment of former fbi director Robert Mueller. Reporter the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia has taken an unexpected turn. The appointment of a special prosecutor. In a statement, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein wrote special counsel is necessary in order for the American People to have full confidence in the outcome. Reaction from capitol hill was swift especially from democrats who had insisted on a special prosecutor ever since fbi director james comey was fired last week. Everyone in this country should breathe a sigh of relief. A very solid and significant step. Reporter rosenstein, who recommended firing comey, has appointed Robert Mueller to lead the russian investigation. Mueller is a former marine and department of justice official who served as fbi director until 2013 after serving 12 years. This is the single most respected figure in american law enforcement. This is someone who really embodies the best of the american criminal Justice System and the chips are are going to fall where they may. Reporter the news comes the same day President Trump interviews candidates to replace comey. The white house has said the need for a special counsel in the russian probe is unnecessary. In a statement, President Trump wrote, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. In washington, im scott mcclain. Before joining the fbi mueller ran the federal Prosecutors Office here in San Francisco. This morning, cal osha is expected to announce regulations set to improve safety conditions at local refineries. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the richmond chevron refinery where a massive fire sparked calls for change. Anne. Reporter these rules have been about five years in the making. This morning there is going to be a hearing on regulations for refine rice around the state of california including the chevron refinery where i am right now. And theres been pressure on the state to crack down on refineries since this 2012 explosion that blanketed the east bay with a dark cloud of toxic smoke causing 15,000 people to seek medical attention after inhaling the smoke. Richmond then sued chevron claiming the refinery willfully disregarded Public Safety as a matter of corporate policy. Decisions that we believe created and set up what happened on august 6 of 2012 are decisions that are made in board rooms and those decisions deal with how much money are you going to budget for safety . Reporter another more recent issue for the refinery the bay area air Quality Management district issued four violations to the chevron refinery here in richmond over a flaring incident in december that led to dozens of complaints about a foul odor. Two of the citations were for excess levels of Hydrogen Sulfide detected by ground level monitoring equipment. And two violations for creating a public nuisance. Now, the regulations being announced today according to labor unions will better prevent explosions, firings and releases from refineries like chevron. Live in richmond, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Today witness testimony continues in the sentencing phase of the 25yearold man accused of killing a missing morgan hill teen but a new Development Might change the course of the event. Doubt has surfaced over the conduct of Santa Clara County sheriffs Sergeant Herman leon who is a central investigator in the sierra lamar case. The issue, a judge from a different case believed that leon testified to statistical inaccuracies so significant that murder convictions had to be overturned for two defendants. If the court feels that theres credibility issues involving one of the main detectives and that should have been disclosed to the defense, that will certainly be grounds they will look at to ask for a new trial in this case. Defense attorneys in the lamar case say that they want the previous judges ruling on detective leon discussed before jurors to spare Antolin Garcia torres the death penalty. Today in San Francisco, uc regents are set to vote on the budget which could entail a tuition increase. Yesterday, uc students broke down a symbolic wall as a form of push back to the proposed hike. They are hoping regents will change their minds about the increase approved in january. Many felt it was especially unfair after a state audit revealed the university failed to come clean about 175 million in funds. Up for debate a cap on outof state student enrollment also up for discussion. Today is the grand opening of San Franciscos newest public Art Collection at Trinity Place in the mission. It will open up to the public. At the center of the Art Collection is a 92foot sculpture called venus. Its part of the festive celebration legendary singer Frankie Avalon will sing his hit venus. The music world is mourning after a loss of a grunge rocker. And fraternity at a Northern California university is in hot water with police after a weekend trip to a national forest. Well, youre talking about hot water. Im talking about hot weather. This about this. Poolside in the sunshine this weekend. I have that forecast coming up. And were tracking a hot spot for traffic. Right now this is along northbound 280 near magdalena. Details coming up of a car fire. ,,,,,,,,,, hi, good morning. Time check 5 11 on this thursday. Its may 18. We are taking a look at our live weather camera featuring sfo. About 13 miles just south of San Francisco. You know, it is the biggest the largest airport in Northern California. The second busiest behind l. A. X. The seventh busiest in the u. S. Well talk about the potential airport delays and talk about warmer and warmer weather to come. The full forecast with traffic in less than 4 minutes. The music world is mourning the sudden loss of rock star Chris Cornell who died last night at the age of 52. [ music ] [ grunge rock ] cornells best known as the lead singer of sound garden known for hits like black hole sun and fell on black days. They were one of the most influential bands coming out of seattle during the grunge rock era. Cornell was later the lead singer of the band audio slave. Billboard magazine reports police in detroit are investigating his death as a suicide. New this morning, a fraternity at chico state is in trouble for reportedly destroying part of a forest. The u. S. Forest service filed a criminal complaint against the universitys chapter. Some of the members reportedly chopped down dozens of trees in the national forest. The boys are facing vandalism and illegal firearms charges. They are expected in court next month, the men are expected in court next month. A sacramento teen went missing after jumping into the American River last week. Dramatic video shows the last time 19yearold ray was seen alive before he was swept away. It shows him trying to swim to shore. His friends immediately called 911 but soon lost sight of him. Rays family says they decided to release the video to bring attention to his disappearance and rally the community to search for him. Still imagine that he is still out there cold didnt have his shirt on. Um, he is lonely and confused probably hurt somewhere. We spent about three hours methodically moving down the river checking eddies and brush. State parks officials have ruled the teens disappearance as a drowning. A tightening of rules in sausalito waters has prompted the concern in the floating anchor out community in richardson bay. Sausalito officials want to address unoccupied vessels that are debris and hazards. Unregistered vessels are also subject to removing. Anchoring in the bay is legal if the boat does not linger for more than 72 hours and has a permit. Time now 5 14. Lets get a check on the roads. Lets do that. All right. Jaclyn . Were tracking hot spots. This is a car fire that was on 280 heading in that northbound direction. Right near magdalena. As you can see, its not causing a backup. The chp as well as other Emergency Personnel on the scene and traffic moving just fine. Looks like they got that fire out. Earlier accident and that was blocking the left lane and then another car came and smacked that vehicle so now we have two cars blocking the left lane. Right now your travel ti in the yellow for westbound. Eastbound, which is where these crashes are, thats opposite commute isnt slowing anyone down yet. But definitely seeing those delays. Watch the lookyloos westbound. So give yourself some extra time in that direction. Right now things at the bay bridge toll plaza still moving at the limit. We are in the green. Tracking an easy travel time into downtown, 10 minutes from the maze. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Thank you so much, jaclyn. And, in fact, you know what . Were going to be giving your traffic produce elizabeth a heads up that theres some news coming up about harry styles. Whoo look at her blushing already. But first lets get to it this morning. Lets check our live weathercam featuring the bay bridge and behind it can you see it . Mount diablo. You can see it because the visibility is unlimited. We have clear skies. A gentle breeze at this hour. Another view this time around at sfo. All the bright lights there where we do have clear skies and so far no reports of any local airport delays. Good morning, everybody. 45 degrees in santa rosa. 48 in redwood city. We are at 47 in the tri valley. Otherwise in the 50s around the rim of the bay. San jose now 51 degrees with the winds southeast at 5. The winds are all under 10 around the rim of the bay. Also, the coastside. The winds will become a little bit more consistent later today of a north and northwest wind and offshore conditions about 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Currently winds are calm in napa. Checking in with our weather watcher in benicia, this is tim woods sporting 50 degrees and he says, another fantastic day to start planning which fairs and festivals you go to. Tim, you got a fair, festival . Let me know. All i know about is bay to breakers on sunday. Well begin to cool down under partly cloudy skies. Average 64 degrees. It is start time in the high 50s by the time you head to the beach. Also in the 50s. But during the race in the 60s perfect running conditions for bay to breakers. All right. Take a good look at this. See that right there . This is clear skies at the coast except a swath of clouds along the san mateo coast. Thats about it. Our futurecast does illustrate that we have some clouds out over the open waters. Wants to interfere with our friday but High Pressure keeps it out over the ocean. By saturday that marine layer gets closer and closer and there you have it playing tag with the city of San Francisco. Thats why we introduced those clouds during the running of the bay to breakers race. Satelliteradar does suggest that this area of High Pressure is diverting the storm track well to the north of us as it noses in. Its going to continue to dry out the air mass. The temperatures go up, the pollen goes up, as well. Humidity goes down. San jose, your forecast High Temperature today at Mineta International airport around the mid70s. Going with the forecast high late day right around 77 degrees. There you have it. But im going higher than that. In the rose garden district, also in throughout the neighborhood, of willow glen from alum rock into alviso around the high 70s. Even approaching 80 degrees. 70s will be common around the peninsula today. Going with about the low 80s in los gatos and in saratoga back through cupertino and into campbell. 78 today san rafael and in mill valley into kentfield. Otherwise low 80s in napa. Low 80s in throughout the tri valley. But mid80s at the delta. Friday additional warming takes place under the influence of that High Pressure. Notice the string, the succession of days in the 90s inland away from the bay through the weekend. Its a dry weather pattern each day all the way through wednesday. Our oakland as are back in town after dropping one to the mariners yesterday. We have the Boston Red Sox in town. Sonny gray on the mound for the good guys. Pleasant conditions tonight in the mid60s. Michelle, whats up with harry styles . He is trending today. Only two nights left of harry styles week on the late late show. He has been having some fun with host james corden. They are both musically talented but as we learned last night, the singing can get them in trouble. [ music ] its not unusual [ laughter ] that was my bad. Im sorry about that. They put together a clip of when their singing could cause some problems but the music wont be ending anytime soon. Styles will be in a brandnew Carpool Karaoke tonight and you can watch it right here on kpix 5. Jay z and beyonce are officially a 1 billion couple. Forbes just released their net worth. Jay z accounts for most of it. According to the magazine, he is worth nearly 810 million. His wife is 350 million. Starbucks is adding an extra jolt to its iced coffee testing coffee ice. The company is freezing some of its cold brew and turning it into ice cubes. A lot of people are excited to keep their coffee from getting watered down. It will cost you an extra 80 cents and for now, starbucks is only testing it in missouri and maryland. But hopefully they will expand. [ music ] and im dennis odonnell. Coming up, i saw a few brooms out at at t park yesterday. Question is, did the giants get to use them . And their pitcher accused the dodgers of cheating. And he didnt appreciate it. Were up next. And whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com and we may feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,,,, good morning, everybody. Giants looking for a dodger sweep but Clayton Kershaw took the hill with a lifetime 1. 36 earned run average at at t. Johnny cueto said this pitch slipped out of his hand. What do you think . He nearly hit the player. A run scores. They exchange words. Cueto accused him of stealing signs. Benches cleared. Smoke, no fire. As usual. Kershaw pitched 7 shutout innings while striking out 5 and picking up his 20th career win against the giants. Dodgers win 61 to snap San Franciscos fivegame winning streak. As in seattle wrapping up their sixgame road trip. Bottom of the fifth tworun hit into center field. Mariners win 40. Oakland finishes the road trip at 15. Warriors are up two games to none after last nights 136 100 drumming of the spurs. And after losing by 36, san antonio head coach Gregg Popovich wasnt very interested in taking questions from the media. Was it immediately from the start that you saw this or did it take a couple minutes . Oh, quit splicing hairs. Was it from the start . 1 minute 37 seconds. Is thats collective belief . I dont think it was one guy who didnt believe and infected everybody else. You guys asked pop good questions. Enjoy the responses . That game was two nights ago of course. And they will get it on again on saturday for game 3. By the way, real quickly, golden state is 100 in the postseason. Cleveland is 90 after beating boston last night. The finals just a matter of time. Im dennis odonnell. See