During the garlic festival. Always happens, doesnt it . Seems like it. A look at the cloud cover. Today closer to average. A little more sunshine this afternoon. Were starting off cooler and with more clouds. Watch out. Theres a little more fog for the morning commute. Beam me up, scotty. The temperatures will be hitting the mid 70s to mid 80s under sunshine except for at the coast at noon. By 4 00, 77 to near 90. 60 at the coast with the lingering clouds. Hey, frances. Good morning. A few minor problems. Here is a live shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Weve got very thick fog for drivers heading through the waldo tunnel and across the bridge into San Francisco. Give yourself a little extra time. But another look in the east bay shows traffic flowing well. Southbound 680 on the righthand side. That is looking good as you make your way out towards walnut creek and towards highway 24. Well check out drive times. A few brake lights on northbound 880 from 238 to the maze because of road work as you make your way through san leandro. The drive time is still 15 minutes. If you want to avoid that, b. A. R. T. Looking good. A. C. E. Train 1 on time as sfmta met with Community Leaders in the tender loin to discuss Traffic Safety concerns. Three weeks before sundays crash, sfmta reduced Taylor Street from three lanes to two and added white buffer zones. Also plans to widen short walks to shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians. One neighbor suggested changing the timing of the lights. There are a lot of residents that are disabled and owow iis in crosswalk, by the time you get to the middle its already red. Thats not right. Sundays crash killed benjamin dean, and his wifelly condition. The driver Kelsey Cambridge was arrested. For more on this story, you can go to abc7news. Com or the abc 7 news app. It is free to download. A 26yearold man is in Police Custody after Authorities Say he went on a 12hour killing spree fatally shooting four people and hurting two others across l. A. The lapd says gerry zaragosa unleashed terror yesterday. According to investigators he first attacked his father, brother and mother. The two men were found dead at the familys home. The mother survived. Zaragosa is accused of killing a female acquaintance and hurting her friend. He then turned his attention to an l. A. Metro bus and shot and killed a random passenger. I was on the bus. I got on the bus at van nuys. I actually saw the guy who was shot get on the us bus with me. He didnt do anything. He was sitting on the bus. Police tracked zaragosas cell phone and found him about 12 hours after the first shooting. This morning the lapd is trying to determine a motive for those killings. Developing news following a warning from special Counsel Robert Mueller about russian interference. Democrats are calling for legislation protecting americas elections, but that legislation has been blocked by republican leader mitch mcconnell. Abcs trevor ought reports from washington. Reporter today Senate Democrats say there needs to be swift action for congress to protect the security of americas elections. Muellers testimony should be a wakeup call to every american that the integrity of our elections is at stake. Reporter those comments coming a day after special counsel muellers testimony where he confirmed his investigation found russia interfered in the 2016 election in a sweeping and systemic fashion. It wasnt a single attempt. Theyre doing it as we sit here and they expect to do it during the next campaign. Reporter following muellers testimony, a Bipartisan Senate report detailed the extent of the interference, saying russia gained unauthorized access to the personal data of hundreds of thousands of voters and officials in 21 states noticed scanning of their systems. Democratic senators seeking passing multiple bills only to be stopped by republican leader mitch mcconnell. A highly partisan bill from the same folks who spent two years hyping up a conspiracy theory. Reporter senator mcconnell has blocked every effort to bring Election Security to the senate floor, many bipartisan efforts including some by ally lindsey graham. President trump is focused on the mueller investigation, told fox news it was an attack on his presidency. This was treason. This was high crimes. In terms of Election Security, republican senator Chuck Grassley said there were similar efforts to interfere in the 2018 that the u. S. Was aware of. He couldnt give the details of what he learned in a security briefing, he said there was success in blocking those efforts. Trevor ought, abc news, washington. All right. 5 05 in the morning. Get ready for the garlic bread, the garlic food, the garlic ice cream. Its time for the gilroy garlic festival. Abc 7 News Reporter anser hassan is in gilroy. How far away can you smell it coming . Reporter you can definitely see it. These chefs will light things up, steve in the red cap has been cooking here for the past 40 years. Some of these flames get six to seven feet high. If youre c arfestival, of course food is the heart of it all, the gilroy garlic festivals gourmet alley is a giant outdoor kitchen serving everything from garlicstyled chicken, garlicstyled corn, even ice cream. The official food, garliclaced calamari in scampi. The food, if theres food, that means will will also be celebrity she was. Top chef head judge tom cal lick i can hosts the great cookoff, one of the countrys most prestigious amateur cooking competitions. And also cookbook author theresa giudice. Also a professional Barbecue Team battling it out at the barbecue challenge. If you or planning on coming out, note new hours this year. They open at 10 00 a. M. Friday they close at 7 00, 8 00 on saturday. Sunday they close things out at 6 00. Well have a lot more to bring you later on in the shows. For now, live in gilroy, anser hassan, abc 7 news. Anybody slip ansar some money to bring us Something Back . No . Darn. I guess well have to go ourselves. Temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. Hottest tomorrow nearing 100. Mid to upper 50s for most of the peninsula. 60 in redwood city. Lets take a look at our other neighborhoods. Milder this morning. 60 in richmond, palo alto, san jose. In the hills los gatos, 70. 60 in san ramon. Theres 50s out there where there were mainly 60s in the east bay valleys. Here is a look at the Golden Gate Bridge. We have a west wind at 18 miles per hour. Sea breeze a little faster today. Thats going to keep us grayer at our beaches. Stronger sunshine as the high clouds we had yesterday wont be around. If youre heading out from 2 00 to 9 00 afternoon to evening, in the yellow here which is San Francisco, san pablo and the delta, the gusty winds could be difficult for small craft. Here is a look at the north bay. Clouds at 55 at 7 00, sunshine and low to mid 80s in the afternoon hours. In the 60s through 9 00 in the east bay. Our last stop will be San Francisco where the clouds will be a little more come nant. Lower clouds this time and we hang out in the mid 60s. That weekend forecast is next. Here is frances with a look ath things are looking a lot better on westbound 80. Here is a live shot of headlights moving westbound on 80 through emeryville. The crowd got through and traffic is a little more crowded but flowing fairly well. There still could be residual flowing. Its looking all green right now from hercules down towards the bay bridge toll plaza. As we collect out that drive time, it has improved. Westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze is only 17 minutes. Thank you, frances. Abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. One of the biggest issues weve been covering, b. A. R. T. The agency tapped rob powers to be their general manager. He says he has several issues to tackle right now. Theres been a lot lately about safety, homelessness, fare evasion. Where does that play in . That is the priority. Were going to focus on our customers. What that means is were going to follow through on the quality of life initiatives that we have under way. Powers says hes also committed to getting his Transit Police force to full staff. The agency is looking to roll out elevator attendants at the embarcadero and montgomery stations in San Francisco to prevent people from using the spaces to use drugs or the bathroom. Abc 7 news has devoted a week to covering b. A. R. T. As part of our commitment to building a better bay area. We rode trains all day long visiting every station. We talked to riders and people in charge of improving b. A. R. T. You can find these stories on our website, abc7news. Com. Coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. The deal between four automakers in the state of california. The Company Making a promise that can save the environment. Also, hot car rescue. Check it out. I guess im first. Here is a look at whats going on. Those are your highlights coming at you. Were going to talk about the excessive heat that is rolling our way. In fact, let me show you the excessive heat warning. It starts 11 00 tomorrow morning and goes through 11 00 sunday evening. Near record high temperatures. Number two, firefighters are mopping up after a twoalarm fire broke out just before 10 00 last night. The building appeared to be under construction. No one was hurt number three, o airport Officials Say they didnt know i. C. E. Was chartering planes through oakland to fly undocumented immigrants. Many are calling it a violation of oaklands sanctuary city policy. Number four, legislation to protect americas elections from outside interference has been blocked by republican leader mitch mcconnell. Democrats called for the legislation after a warning from former special counsel mueller. Number five, b. A. R. T. Has a new general manager. Rob pourgs was the deputy general managers. He says quality of life concerns like homelessness, fare evasion and crime are his top priorities. Number six, there was very thick fog between the Robin Williams tunnel and the Golden Gate Bridge of the its started to thin out but has been down to 100 feet at times this morning. Clouds of garlic will waft over Christmas Hill park. Its the first day of the annual gilroy garlic festival. Its opening at 10 00 a. M. Four of the worlds Biggest Car Companies cut a deal with california promising to adhere to strict emission standards. Ford, honda, bmw and volkswagen have agreed to fuel economy standards of 50 miles per gallon for new vehicles by 2026. The agreement is a rejection of the trump administrations plan to roll back federal vehicle emission standards to 27 miles per gallon by 2020. As people in the bay area struggle with the housing crisis, San Franciscos Planning Department is warning of an teopanleasgend. Starps a leasing apartments as shortterm rentals. The units are advertised for limited stays of 30 days or more and not subject to shortterm rental regulations. It takes muchneeded housing off the rental market. In todays gma first look, a close call for two little girls in ohio accidentally locked in a hot car. Here is abc News Reporter benitez. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, hot car rescue. This is not a breakin, but a breakout. A dramatic moment caught on police body camera. It started last weekend when an ohio mom accidentally locked her 2yearold daughter sienna and her friends 3yearold daughter in her car. The kids have now been in that car for about seven minutes. Sergeant curran wastes no time, immediately breaking the window, but the back doors wont unlock, so he climbs in to open them from the inside. This morning, only on gma, were reuniting that thankful mom with the fast moving officer who came to her rescue. I appreciate him. He saved my daughters life. Theres no way i could repay him. Thats all coming up at 7 00 a. M. Im gio benitez, abc news, new york. Mike, this is something youre always warning us about. Always. 38 children succumb to vehicular heat stroke. Last year we set a record, 55. I wont say its negligent, but its definitely preventable. All you have to do is look in the back seat, that simple, look before you lock. The car can warm up to 40 degrees an hour with the windows up. That means on a day like tomorrow when its going to get to 100, 105, thats 145 to 150 stifling to deadly degrees in your cars. That also goes for pets. Dont forget about them, too. Lets take a look at whats going on. Walnut creek one of the areas well over 100 tomorrow. Very nice 61 degrees. Brighter today. A milder sea breeze. Temperatures pretty comfortable. Partly cloudy, patchy fog like this morning tomorrow morning and excessive heat this weekend. Thunderstorm potential is best in the sierra today. You can see thunderstorms roaming that area. They did miss us last night. High pressure, you can see it rotating round. The low to the north is going to wind today. With the stronger sea breeze, thats why well hold off the excessive heat until tomorrow. We have 90s, morgan hill, gilroy barely. Mainly mid to upper 80s in the south bay. 76 with sunshine on the boardwalk. Mid to upper 70s millbrae and san mateo. Mid 60s along the coast. Tougher 60s to low 70s. Upper 60s for you. Well warm from the low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys, upper 80s and niebts from santa rosa and ukiah. Oakland 75 with sunshin. Hercules and fremont, union city reaching the 80s. We have low to upper 90s from san ramon to present wood. Tonight well fall back into the mid 50s to mid 60s once again. Saturday and sunday, look at those 100s, nearing 90 around the bay. Even 70 at the coast. Coast. Coas. Temperatures cool dramaticalldr by monday, tuesday, wednesday next week. A couple new accidents in the 680 highway 4 area. One reported on eastbound 4. Another southbound 242 to southbound 680. At this point were still seeing light traffic getting through the area. No major problems right now because of those crashes, but there is a stall in the south bay in san jose on the northbound connect ramp to northbound 880. That is causing a few brake lights on the north 101 stretch just before the 880 intersection. We have a live camera shot of headlights moving on northbound 101. Once you get past 880, traffic is flowing well. 101 is fine all the way up the peninsula. Things are starting the back up towards the end of the parking lot for some of the cash lanes. A little beyond that. The usual slow and go on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. 34 minutes is your drive time. This morning, north korea says its latest missile test was a solemn warning to south korea. North korea says the test included a new type of tactical guided weapon. South korea says it appears to be a new short range ballistic missile. North korea is infuriated over drills that the north is calling invasion rehearsals and proof of the hostility towards pyongyang. President ial candidate Bernie Sanders took time in l. A. To appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live . He spoke about the need for universal health care and Holding Corporations accountable. Weve got to ask ourselves why is it that were the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people. Why over 80 Million People are uninsured or underinsured. The answer is, it gets back to the power and the greed of these major multinational corporations who could care less about working people. I know this is not an issue we talk about much, but its an issue as a nation were going to have to deal with. Kimmel called for Health Care Reform after his son was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery. Sanders also spoke about Climate Change and election interference. A big name behind efforts on capitol hill to break up facebook. It is chris hughes, one of facebooks cofounders. According to the Washington Post hes been visiting lawmakers, regulators and the federal trade commission urging them to act on what he calls the facebook monopoly, asking regulators to break up the social Network Drawing on antitrust laws. He cashed out his nearly 500 million in Facebook Stock when he left in 2007. Some of the bay areas top chefs are banning together on a new farming effort. Amazon prime takes watching movies to another level. How Virtual Reality can improve your experience. We made it to friday. Look what is lurking for us this weekend, excessive heat watch areas you see in red which is east bay valleys, east bay hills and the diablo ranges near record highs, 95 to 108 degrees will take over both days. Its going to be even hotter on the pavement. A fivesicked rule. Put your hand on the pavement, your dog or whatever youre taking for a walk is going to be walking on. If you cant keep your hand on there for five seconds, then your dog shouldnt be on there either. Be careful this weekend and think about them. Plenty of water for them also. Reggie . Wll talk about another pet. This lost guinea pig found in the most unlikely of places. Staff at Mountain View city hall found this little guy at the center of performing arts yesterday morning. Police say they gave the guinea pig some food and a Police Sergeant is looking after him while animal control looks for his owner. Three of californias most respected chefs are teaming up to support a Sustainable Farming venture in San Francisco. They will lead an Advisory Board for the vertical farming startup plenty. The