Good wednesday morning. Breaking news from the persian gulf. Ten sailors detained by the Iranian Revolutionary guard have been freed. They were on a Training Mission in two small boats yesterday. Then one of their vessels became disabled and drifted into iranian waters. The revolutionary guard apprehended them. Some tense hours followed. A top iranian Navy Official said their investigation had determined that the American Ship had encountered mechanical trouble and this morning u. S. Officials apologized for the incident and the sailors are no longer detained. Freed just moments ago. There is also breaking news overnight in the crisis with north korea. The south has just fired shots at a north korean drone that crossed the border. Tension has been high since last week when the north claimed it had tested a hydrogen bomb. President obama did not mention the u. S. Sailors or north korea during last nights state of the Union Address, but he did vow that protecting the American People and
Happening now. We have at bay point, concord, walnut creek, out of lafayette, lighttomoderate sure. North of napa, and another along the coast heading to san mateo and redwood city. You see an uptick and more puddles. The next six hours you can see scattered showers. 12 hours shows the chance will taper in the afternoon. Have the umbrella handy. Sue . Standing wart. High wind. Makes for a nasty commute. As iings inned to natasha, seven or eight solo spinouts. Some are, blocking some are on the shoulder. Use extra caution. Gusty winds on the Golden Gate Bridge with four lanes and the zipper truck went by with a bigrig in santa rosa not on the freeway but on the surface streets of todd road and they will close todd road overpass over 101 freeway to clean up the mess with debris in the lanes. We will have the wind advisory in a few minutes. In oakland a man trapped in a sewer is finally free. He was stuck in a 2x3 space for 13 hours. Our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at Highland Hospital o
Threequarters, and down less than quartermile cross the north bay is watch out for the fog this is what you are telling with if san rafael as we look southbound barely because of the fog and we have it inland east bay, dress warmer at 3648 and rain in the north bay dug the afternoon and the rest of us get it in the evening with temperatures in the mid50s. In san rafael the fog is thick from novato to San Francisco at 21 minutes. You are in thick fog. Especially fear highway 37. And petaluma. And the not bay. It is represented by the orange on the screen. We do have a bigrig accident off to the side so i am not seeing slowing westbound 37 at sears point but give yourself plenty of fog. The fog could be treacherous were we will look at the bridges in a few minutes. We have breaking news, british actor Allen Rickman died after a short battle with cancer at 69 and you likely recognize him from the Harry Potter Series but he starred in so many movies including die hard, and the list goes on
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. It is 5 00. Morning to you, i am regular. I am natasha zouves. It is friday, most importantly. Meteorologist mike nicco has the friday and weekend forecast. Mike . Good morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd shows you can put the umbrella away. It will be dry. Residual wetness on the roads. Sue will take care of that. Golden gate bridge winds are five miles per hour. Fog is going to develop the next couple of hours. Temperatures are mild in the 50s and midtoupper 50s with sunshine at noon so add the sunglasses, increasing clouds at 4 00, light rain in the north bay in the evening and i will let you know more ahead. It is quiet right now, where still over water on the roadways and you can see a sheen and this is 87, from the expressway to the s. A. P. Center, it is five minutes. We will look at mass transit in a little bit and the bay bridge toll plaza and what is hatching there. Thank you. We have break news from hawaii, the United
Hospital are they plan to check him out but it looks like he will be okay. What an ordeal. More breaking news from the persian gulf. Iran released ten navy sames at 10 00 a. M. Our time after the two boats drived into iranian waters. The san diego based crew is on a navy ship in International Waters getting medical checks. The sales include nine men and a woman were captured while having problems with their Navigation System between kuwait and bahrain. Around here, you will hit wet roads this morning, something we should be getting used to because rain is in the forecast. Period. For weeks. Alyssa . How is it going . Good morning, reggie. We are getting a break from the rain. It is dry. Here is a look at traffic along 880 moving smoothly. But it is still wet if lane of traffic, there is standing water. It is slippy. Keep that in mind. You may want to go slower and stay safe. Here is video from early this morning at 2 30 going cross the Golden Gate Bridge on 101 southbound. You can see