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Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, november 24th. Im liz kreutz. I hope youre all having a great weekend. Lets start with a quick look at the weather. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. Temperatures are just coming out of the 30s. Live doppler 7 is clear. The Golden Gate Bridge as well, with 50 downtown. Numbers in the mid50s across the bay. Redwood city still in the 40s. 55 in half moon bay, you had a morning low of 39. Pier 39 has more 40s and 50s. Certainly that sunshine warming us up a bit out of that morning chill. Well look for a Beautiful Day today with numbers above average. Right now, a little cooler than yesterday, five to ten degrees among average. Emeryville, widespread 60s. A brief offshore wind event coming tomorrow, liz. Thanks, lisa. Developing news out of the south bay, San Jose Police are looking for the person who fired shots into a home with the residents inside
Inland. That sun coming up just before 7 00 setting before 5 00. Then looking at gusty winds arriving for your monday and then a whole different story for the rest of the week. Liz . Thanks, lisa. Neighbors in union city are mourning the loss of two young boys shot and killed in a School Parking lot early yesterday morning. Police are still searching for the suspects. The deaths mark the first two homicides in union city this year. Abc 7 News Reporter anner has san has the details. Reporter family and friends gathered at union city. Thats horrific and terrible for the families. Prayers go out. Reporter police say they got several 911 calls reporting gunshots. When Police Arrived they found two boys in a parked minivan. It wasnt a few fireworks that usually go off in this neighborhood, they like to do that here, but yeah, it was just a very long, long, drawn out range of shots. Reporter the 14yearold died on scene. The 11yearold died on wait to the hospital. The motive behind why they w
Homicides this year. Live now from the newsroom with more onthis. Reporter good evening. Neighbors are mourning the loss of the two young boys fatally shot this morning in the School Parking lot. They are the first two homicides of the city this year. Police say they dont have any leads in a possible suspect. And Community Involvement will be critical. All day they gathered at the site of the fatal shooting. Thats obviously ehorrific for the failies and prayers go out. Reporter about 1 30 this morning they got several 911 call cans reporting gun shots. When police arrived, they found two boys in the park min theres a few fireworks going off. They like the do that here. It was a very long drawn out range of shots. Reporter the 11yearold died on the way to the hospital. The motive behind why they were there, what led them to that particular location and what led the suspects to come in contact with them is still under investigation. Reporter crime scene investigators collected several sh
Along the coast cooler compared yesterday. That makes the air alert going to affect for the day unhealthy for sensitive groups in the east bay as well as santa clara valley. There running up to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. Begin to the temperatures in the mid50s to low 60s at this hour. As we take you through the day what you can expect, enjoy the sunshine. 90 for high in concord in fairfield. 82 for you in oakland looking at 77 in San Francisco. It is fleet week. We are excited about that beautiful weather out there. Check out the blue angels with 77 for the high today. You know you might want to consider mass transit if you are headed out to enjoy fleet week activities. It may be your best bet to avoid the clouds and congested roadways especially along broken arrow. You can connect on the 580 getting into the ultima pass. Once you get toward grant line traffic it does improve nicely. Elsewhere we are seeing slow speeds as you go through their. Through their. There is some