Theyre going to be in the Morning Hours moving forward. Better sleeping on the way. We still have 80 and 90 at noon. 85 to 98 at noon. Still hot but not record setting. Here is sue. Well take a look at the traffic maps for you. We have slow and go over the Altamont Pass and a couple of problem spots. Southbound 880 in oakland near 66th, weve got two lanes blocked. Traffic is starting to back up into oakland downtown. Westbound 4 near bailey, the second lane from the left blocked here. Youre stacking up into the pittsburg area if youre leaving antioch on westbound 4, give yourself plenty of time. Northbound 680 in milpitas, a stalled out big rig in lanes since 3 30 this morning. Two right lanes to be specific. We are seeing slow and go as you leave san jose headed northbound on 680. Thank you, sue. A commuter alert if you live the east bay. Abc 7 news report are Amy Hollyfield is live in lafayette. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning. A common reaction when we talk to people about this is thank you for telling me. People did not know about this, and its going to be huge, big impact on the weekend. Here is what you need to know. The lafayette b. A. R. T. Station will be closed this weekend because theyre going to be doing some track work. So theyre going to have bus bridges to shuttle people between the walnut creek and orinda stations. This will also impact highway 24. Officials are going to shut down two eastbound lanes this weekend to make room for the big crane they need to bring in for the construction work. Traffic through lafayette will be rough this weekend. This is also so b. A. R. T. Can do upgrade work. Theyll be replacing 50yearold track. Oh, yeah. I take b. A. R. T. Every day into work or three days a week. Im glad theyre fixing it. I guess thats unfortunate. I dont think they notified us of that. Im not aware of it. Yeah, im going to San Francisco this weekend. That will be a factor in my travel. Thats going to be an issue. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says this new track will improve the b. A. R. T. Rider experience. Officials say expect 40minute delays on b. A. R. T. This weekend and an estimated 30minute delay on east bay 24. This is not the only weekend. This is just the first. So heads up. Keep this on your radar. Theyll be doing this for six weekends in the next two months. In lafayette, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thanks for the update. Were tracking developing news in marin county where pg e says the power is back on after a huge outage left about 54,000 customers without power. The lights were out for a couple hours overnight and crews rushed to put up stop signs all over the county at intersections for drivers. Take a look at the outage map. It shows the areas impacted including sausalito, larkspur and greenbrae. Pg e restored power just before 1 30 this morning. Three redfin offices in the east bay remay closed after police say a former employee made a veiled threat about guns. An employee who was fired told a manager, quote, this is why people bring shotguns to work. Police say he worked at redfins dublin office. The Real Estate Company closed its bay area offices as a precaution. The San Francisco office reopened on wednesday. Employees say the Company Brought in counselors and a security guard. Im sure it will help calm a lot of peeps nerves. Im not particularly frightened. Pleasanton police have been in touch with the fired employee. They say they have no reason to believe he has access to any weapons. Redfins east bay offices will reopen next week. 6 04 now. Ntsb investigators will be in tennessee examining this wreckage. This is a plane crash involving Dale Earnhardt jr. And his family. It could have been so much worse. The nascar legend was in his private plane with his wife, young daughter and two pilots when it skidded off the runway and burst into flames. He went to the hospital with cuts and scrapes. Hes already been released. Earnhardt retired from full time racing in 2017. He now works as a tv commentator. One of the two congresswomen denied entry into israel has been granted access on humanitarian grounds. Rashida tlaib will be allowed to visit her grandmother in the west bank. Yesterday President Trump defended israels decision to ban the congresswoman after he pressured the country to do so. Theyve said some of the worst things ive ever heard said about israel. How can israel say, oh, welcome. Earlier President Trump tweeted that israel would be showing, quote, great weakness if it allowed the congresswoman to visit. Williamson spoke at a packed house at mannys in the mission district. Shes an author and political activist who has focused her campaign on social justice. Her platform includes increased funding for Early Childhood development and reparations for slavery. She believes americans are ready to switch to her brand of what she calls moral politics. Colorado senator Michael Bennett will speak there next saturday. The father of kidnapping survive or Elizabeth Smart accidentally revealed personal news online. Why divond leaving the mormon data industry shows many users are still using their street dealers instead of legal dispensaries. Here is a live look at walnut creek where its still 71 degrees right now. Were going to see the smallest drop in temperatures in places like the south bay and interior east bay where we go from a record 99 in san jose to 95. Danville, 104 to 100. Look at the records in santa rosa and oakland. Temperatur alright, so this is how you are going to say. Youll get the best deal of the year on xfinity tv and internet. And you even get this. Mike, youre on balloons. Sarah, youre gonna high five everybody. Ben, youre gonna be wowing them with your dance moves. Dont miss the xfinity best deal of the year. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get amazing tv and internet during our best deal of the year. With huge savings of 600 over 2 years. Plus a speed upgrade to 400 megs, free for 2 years. And ask about even more savings with xfinity mobile. Click, call or visit a store today. This is abc 7 mornings. Still having trouble sleeping in San Francisco . Look at the mid 60s around the financial, sunny side, sunset, lake merced. This is the last time youll have 60s for lows and 50s are coming back tonight. In the bay also low to mid 60s all the way down to santa clara. 73 the hot spot in fairfield. Upper 50s on the highway 1 corrid corridor. Here is a look at the golden gate bridge. We have a westnorthwest wind but dont have the marine layer clouds. Use caution. Out and about Small Craft Advisory if youre on the bay. It will be breezy, but the sunshine will be in the north bay beaches. Peninsula, still warm, mid to upper 80s, even near 90 in redwood city. The south bay will have at least four or five hours of mid 90s this afternoon. The east bay will have about three or four hours of 10degree temperatures once again. Big break this weekend. Show you that next. First, here is sue. A couple of trouble spots this friday morning. Metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza as of 5 35 this morning. So prepare for your normal backup there towards the macarthur maze and 80 and 580 and 880. Southbound 880 near 66th right by the coliseum there weve got the two left lanes blocked with an accident. They should be opening that relatively soon. Westbound 4 near bailey, that accident cleared rather quickly. Still very slow and the damage is done from antioch towards pittsburg. The stalled big rig still out there north 680, north of the montague expressway. About a mile backup there. Thats also blocking the two right lanes. Sue, thank you. New at 6 00, an eye opening new report shows californias Illegal Cannabis market is still booming. Doing much better than the legal market. Californians are spending about 3. 00 in the underground pot economy for every 1. 00 spent in the legal market. That means people will spend 9 billion in the illegal market this year. Analysts say the biggest challenge is taxes that make the legal stuff much more expensive than what you can buy off the street. Ups has been using selfdriving trucks to deliver packages for dand steaks arent just for dinner. St. And right now we can have both for less because with choice sirloin. Dennys is elevating its new steak and eggs for just 10. 99. Its new and its a pretty big deal. See you at dennys its 6 15. Welcome back. Theres a San Francisco park named after a 1900s era congressman who passed racist laws ha is closer to getting a new name. Julius Kahn Playground could be called west presidio playground. The city parks and Rec Commission will get the final say. City supervisors decided last year to rename that park. The father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart is expected to make a Public Statement about his sexual orientation. Ed smart said he recently acknowledged to himself and his family that he is gay. According to desert news, the 64yearold wrote about his coming out in a now deleted facebook message yesterday. Hes divorcing his wife and says he no longer sees a place for him in the mormon church. A new destination for foodies called bayview bistro, the city celebrated the grand opening yesterday. Its an open airspace on third street providing a home for food vendors and food lovers. Part of the mission is to promote local restaurants and held make bayview a food destination. Im really excited to be here today because nothing brings the Community Together like food here is an Incredible Opportunity to not only enjoy the Delicious Food provided by aims vendors, but also an opportunity for the community to come together. After touring the sparks mayor london breed stopped at the food truck for a little takeout. A park pine is melting hearts after making her debut on midday live. Its the way she walks that surprised us. Did you know porcupines could do that . Penelope is 2 years old from the lindsey wildlife experience. They were nice enough to bring her in yesterday. All of a sudden, they put her on the ground and she starts acting like shes part human. I love her. She looks like when you wake up in the middle of the night to come to work and you put on your little slippers and robe and stumbling into the living room, like where is my coffee. Can you imagine how hard it must be. Shes a strong independent woman that destinys child told her to be. And super friendly. I was surprised. I thought maybe shed have a little edge to her. Not at all. Loves people. She was so sad when they had to put her back in her cage carrier. I couldnt think of a nicer way to say it. Did you hear the sounds she started making . Sounded like a puppy. She really likes people. Adorable, but not a perfect pet candidate. No. Dont take her home. Just come and visit. Great to see them doing that. Those experiences are always great and educational. Lets take a look at whats going on at sfo. Clear and 61. Goodbye united airlines. That plane taking off. Wonder where theyre going. You dont have to take us there to find relief. Its coming to us. Still hot in most areas. No records today on this third consecutive air day. Better sleeping weather everywhere tonight. For the extended, got another heat wave next week. Lets not focus on that right now. Lets talk about whats changing. Look at the cloud cover. Along the peninsula coast. It will go all the way ups and this area, a strong northerly wind will keep it from going farther north and east for that matter during the day. Still going to have some warm temperatures down in the south bay, 90 in milpitas, san jose 95, gilroy 97. 80 in millbrae. Now, youre driving around the peninsula, your car thermometer will say 90 but officially upper 80s. Mid 70s, a lot more comfort in downtown, south San Francisco. Up through the north bay, low to mid 90s until you get to cloverdale and ukiah. With the breezes and the sunshine in the north bay coast. Lid 80s for most of the east bay. 83 in oakland. 88 in fremont. 87 in castro valley. Upper 90s to low 100s. Let me show you the relief tonight. Everybody back in the mid 50s to slow 60s. The breeze that begins this afternoon will spread. Look at the dramatic drop in temperatures. Temperatures will be below average with faster breezes sunday and longer for the sunshine to break through that marine layer. When you wake up tomorrow and see the clouds, you know its over. Sue . Lets take a look at problem spots this friday morning. A bit of delay getting to the richmondsan rafael bridge. Thats not unusual. We have been reporting right here on abc 7 that that upper deck road work has been completed. So hopefully the traffic will start thinning out. You are backed up to pay your tolls. If youve got cash, you can breeze right into those cash lanes. The fastrakers not quite so much. A problem in oakland southbound 880 near the coliseum. A couple of lanes blocked here with an accident. They are in the process of clearing that. Northbound 680 in milpitas, north of the montague expressway. A big rig stalled out in the two right lanes. Out there since 3 30 this morning. Tow truck should be there within the next 30 minutes. Well keep an eye on that. About a mile backup there. Good morning america coming up at 7 00. Robert marciano is in new york city with a look at whats ahead. Good morning reginald and natasha. Great to be with both of you on this friday. Coming up on gma, live on the scene of the plane crash that involved nascar legenddd earnhardt jr. And his family. Everybody making it out alive. The latest on their conditions and what went wrong. Plus first on gma, the new warning about those electronic personal assistants. The simple question you may be asking that could get you scammed. A health alert. How a stigma about weight could lead to a missed diagnosis. Re on gma. We have a very big party in the park this morning. Grammy winner chance the rapper performing live. We cant wait for that. Plus much more on a friday. Miss you guys. Have a great weekend. See you all soon. We love robert marciano. Yes, we do. Jc penney has a plan to boost business. It involves used clothing. The development in the attack of a woman caught on a couple of reasons im showing you this Small Craft Advisory. Number one, its friday. You may want to go out on the bay. Its going to be a little dicy. Two, this is the sea breeze coming back which breaks the back, if you will, of the heat wave. Look at the temperatures tomorrow. 60s and 70s and mainly 80s. Then mainly 60s and 70s sunday. A real touch of fall. Mike, thank you. Jc penney trying to boost sales by selling used clothing. The Department Store is partnering up with threadup where the people can buy and sell secondhand clothing. J. C penney plans to open them in 30 stores. The ceo says working with thred up may turn things around. Apparently ups has been using self driving cars to deliver cargo. Its teamed up with tusimple and delivering product since may. Now for a totally different kind of ride. It is National Roller coaster day. The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is celebrating with a giveaway. Here is a live look at the boardwalk. A little spooky this morning. It is home to the oldest roller coaster in california, the giant dipper built 95 years ago in 1924 and still going. The first 100 riders will get a free cup in honor of National Roller coaster day. Were talking about our favorite roller coasters. Our number favorite at disneys animal kingdom, expedition everest. I think Thunder Mountain and space mountain, of course. Make a choice. Used to be space mountain number one, now its fallen to number two. Im with you. I have to be in the back row and it has to be at night. I make demands. And they will be met. And they will be met. The wildest ride in the wilderness, hold on to your hats next at 6 30, thousands of marin residents left in the dark. How some people dealt with the late night power outage. Plus wall street whiplash. The markets on a wild ride this week, up, down and back up again. Were tracking whats happening this rodney you know what my favorite part really is is when i greet students when they come in. Because i know what great things we have in store in the classroom. Marisa when they come into my classroom, theyre able to really get in touch with who they are. Rosanne my favorite part of teaching has always been this opportunity to make a difference. Ever every student has the right to quality education. No matter what neighborhood you live in. Rosanne we are cta. Ever we are cta. Marisa we are cta. Narrator because we know quality Public Schools make a better california for all of us. Come dangerously close to homes in the south bay on the hottest day of the week. Fire crews are still on scene this morning. If youre been sweltering in the heat, relief is on the way. Mike will tell us when the cooler air will move in. Reporter im jobina fortson in marin county where nearly 54,000 pg e customers lost power overnight. Im here to report good news this friday morning. The lights are back on. This is a great video. You may have seen it. It went viral. Now the mom behind it is speaking about the smooth moves getting so much attention. I love this video. Love the reaction. Oh, my god. Every parents happy moment. Isnt it the parents job. I think it is. Welcome to friday, august 16th. A whole lot to cover. We want to start with a cooldown. Dancing for cooler weather there . Rain dance. That would be best but thats tough this time of year. Lets talk about whats going on. Here we go. I want to show you the winds. The southerly surge starting. A little breeze in fairfield blowing inland. Thats the sea breeze, going to break the record high street today. The breeze really gets a little giddyup this weekend and drops our temperatures to almost fall levels. Northwest wind about 14 across the golden gate bridge. Still comfortable with mid 60s out there. The coast, mid 60s this afternoon. We hit 80 to 93 at noon, 85 to near 100 inland at 4 00. Still in the 70s and 80s at 7 00. This is it. Wait until you see the weekend forecast. Going straight back to the golden gat