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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 13, 2024

Those winds will supply us with warmer weather. Right now mainly clear skies. Winds today not an issue. They will remain light. A live look from the exploratorium camera. Plenty of stars out there. A nice morning. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Plenty of sunshine. A gorgeous looking day. Its a warm afternoon. Prepare for that. You will need your summer clothes. Away from the coast in the 70s. Warmest spots in the mid 80s. Lets check the roads with jobina fortson. Lets start with walnut creek. 680, nice and smooth. A live picture here. Moving on now to the san mateo bridge. Also smooth sailing. So i want to bring you all the good news first. Before we get to this. We will talk about the commute coming out of tracy. 10 Miles Per Hour westbound 580 before grand line. A twocar crash there. One of the lanes is blocked. It will be a while before things clear up there. Real quick look down at the south bay, southbound80 at bascom avenue, following this rollover with injuries reported. We will keep you posted on how things look there as it clears up this morning. Abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, and that means spending more time on stories that matter to you like mass transit in San Francisco theres good news for commuters in the richmond district. B. A. R. T. Is consideri extending service to the area. Lauren martinez is live in San Francisco with the details. Good morning. Good morning. Yes. This would be great news for people here in the neighborhood. The San Francisco examiner is reporting that b. A. R. T. Is considering extending service down gary boulevard. Look at the commuter numbers coming out of the richmond district. 114,000 people ride muni buses to and from downtown every day. Thats nearly twice caltrains entire daily ridership of 65,095. And its a quarter of b. A. R. T. s daily ridership of 432,000. Now, attempts to extend b. A. R. T. Down gary have been made before. B. A. R. T. General manager, bob powers, told the examiner that an extension to gary will bexadn the agencys upcoming study of a second transbay rail crossing. According to powers, in 15 years b. A. R. T. s service will be at capacity. Reporting live in San Francisco, im lauren martinez, abc 7 news. Thank you. New developments this morning, were learning u. S. Troops leaving sear yo wont yria won home but moving to iraq instead. The pullout of american soldiers will take weeks. They will perform counterterroism missions once they get to iraq. Over the weekend, Kurdish Forces said turkey is still firing on its troops despite a u. S. Negotiated ceasefire. Esp we see a stabilization of the lines, if you will, on the ground. We do get reports of intermittent firing, this and that. That doesnt surprise me necessarily. We may still see a u. S. Presence in syria. President trump is reportedly leaving a couple hundred u. S. Troops there to combat isis. In the south bay were waiting to find out more about a crash that killed three people in san jose. Four others were hurt. The chp says an suv crashed into the Center Divide on northbound 101 south of bernal road around 11 00 saturday night. The suv rolled. Investigators do not think drugs or alcohol were factors. Officials have not yet released more information about the victims. A crash in cupertino could have been a whole lot worse. This driver flipped her mustang near east states drive yesterday after hitting two parked cars. The woman went to the hospital with nonlife e was hurt. This 36yearold man is facing Involuntary Manslaughter charges after a man died following a fight in may. Fremont Police Believe Matthew Jardine punched that theious steiner outside the niles section. Steiner died from a head injury after spending several days in the hospital. Jardine is expected back in court next month. Manuel enriquez issss to plead guilty this afternoon in the College Admissions scandal. It is unclear if his wife elizabeth will change her plea. The parents had a procter sit with her daughter while she took her s. A. T. And then gloated with her daughter about getting away with cheating to get into georgetown. A driver slammed into a hydrant sat night and it sent water running down the street and into some dorms. Work crews spent yesterday morning cleaning up as students who live on the ground floor packed up and moved out. Driver they think was drunk. Anser hassan talked to students dealing with all that damage. Its a fourstory building, you can see the water going above it. Reporter ben tate says it has been an interesting first semester at cal. Last week the pg e power outage. This week flooding chlg. The bottom floor of my building there was an inch of water. Some kids have to be rehoused. The first floor is wrecked. Reporter anna maria merit has video from inside stern hall where she lives. Her room was safe, others not so lucky. She said water damaged the walls, flooded rooms and ruined the bathrooms. She questions why the water wasnt shut off sooner which she thinks could have prevented all the damage. There are huge heaters in all the hallways to dry out the water. I feel like a lot of it could have been prevented for sure. Reporter we did reach out to campus officials and University Police who did not return our calls for comment and no update on the driver who hit the hydrant. Anser hassan, abc7 news. Developing news out of texas. At least one tornado touched down bringing hail, lightning and powerful winds. Were in tornado were in a tornado this video shows the twister hitting a housing complex in the city of richardson north of dallas. The National Weather service will assess the storm damage and confirm how many seriously hurt and no one has died. This line of storms continues to march to the east. Live doppler 7 is tracking that line of storms. We still have a tornado watch for parts of tennessee until 9 00 a. M. This morning. I saw on social media a few minutes ago that Memphis International airport had to be evacuated for a tornado close to the airport. Still a vicious line of storms that will continue to move to the east slowly over the next couple of hours. Back here at home, quiet as can be. Numbers are in the 40s and 50s. As you step out the door, you need the light jacket. You do not need it later today. Lots of sunshine midday, 11 00 a. M. , in the 70s in a lot of spots. Half moon bay at 68. Later this afternoon, above average in terms of october numbers. Bay shoreline, well into the 70s. Warmest spots well into the 80s. Highs across the region today, sunshine, 74. 88 in santa rosa. 86 in antioch. If youre traveling across california, no weather worries. A lot of sunshine no water where you go. 86 in the capital. 92 in l. A. San diego a warm 85 degrees. Lets check the roads with jobina. We just got word a few moments ago, were working on getting this information about you, a fivecar pileup westbound 80 in vallejo. I will bring you to the bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights are not on yet. You can see it is starting to fill in there. Going down to san jose, 87 looking nice. And i want to also bring your attention to the drive times. Albany to the maze, 5 mines. Fremont to san jose, 14 minutes. Reebeen looking at. Tracy moving into the altamont pass, westbound 580 before grant line we have a twocar crash blocking a lane or two there. And down to 10 Miles Per Hour. Pack your patience this morning. Liz and reggie . Thanks. Happening today, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is coming to the bay area. Shell be speaking at uc berkeley. Justice ginsburg who is fondly known as notorious rbg completed three weeks of radiation treatment for her fourth bout of cancer. She says she will remain on the job as long as shes healthy and mentally agile. She is traveling the nation giving speeches and staging conversations. Her visit will be live streamed starting at 4 00 p. M. Seems like she is doing okay, traveling the country, giving speeches. Shes been through a lot and she will continue to move on. She will. Coming up next, the 7 things to know as you start your day. Meghan and harry announce a break from royal duties. And the dangers of firefighting. The scary moment when one of the crew falls off a roof. Lets take you outside. Still dark out there. Its 5 10 this monday morning. We hope youre just waking up. Aaddiction. How juuline hooked kids and ignited an Public Health crisis. Other news outlets report juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. 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Everywhere is going to get touched by climate change. Payattention, pg e says dry and windy conditions could cause knew planned Power Outages this week for marin, solano, sonoma and napa counties. The utility says they would likely happen wednesday night into thursday. And number two, in accuweather were watching those winds closely. This is 4 00 a. M. Thursday morning. Winds active out of the north, especially in the north bay, gusting close to 40 Miles Per Hour increasing that fire danger. Number three, at least one tornado touched down in texas in the ball also a area leaving behind a path of destruction. It tore through structures, overturned cars and knocked out power to tens of thousands. Number four, atherton financier Manuel Enriquez is expected to plead guilty in the College Admissions scandal. A procter took the s. A. T. With his daughter while she was taking it and then they gloated away with cheating to get her into georgetown. Is b. A. R. T. Adding new service . A plan is in the works to extend bart down geary. The transportation officials are about to take another crack at bringing b. A. R. T. To the richmond district. And its been ugly out of tracy this morning when looking at the issues there. We have a crash were following and look at those speeds, down to 16 Miles Per Hour. And number seven, great news for the 49ers. They are 60 for the First Time Since 1990. They beat the Washington Redskins 90 on a wet and muddy slip and slide field yesterday. Opening statements begin in ohio. Six drug company also go on trial today accused for their role in the opioid epidemic. This involves the distribution of pain dharkillers which led t 400,000 deaths in the united states. Five companies were close to a 50 billion agreement then negotiations fell through late last week. B. A. R. T. Has not revealed if a fire that spread into one of its train storage yards will Impact Services for commuters. Flamed scorched the outside of the tower where workers control the movement of trains inside the garbage in richmond. It is believed the fire started at a homeless camp alongside the tracks and spread. Youre about to see firsthand the dangers firefighters face every day. A fire fighter loses his footing and falls offhey hey you can see other firefighters getting down that roof to help out. Luckily he was not seriously hurt. It took crews about 20 minutes to get that fire under control. Wow. Another reminder just to thank all the firefighters today. We appreciate you. Yeah. Especially going into this week. I know, drew, youre tracking windy, warm conditions. We know what that means. October we always know when the winds start to ramp up, that increases our fire danger. Were watching that wednesday night into thursday morning. Live doppler 7, it is a calm scan across the region. Outside we go, exploratorium camera live look over the city. Plenty of stars, not a cloud to be seen. A warm dry pattern setting up this week. Winds gusty wednesday night into thursday morning especially in the north bay. That will increase our fire danger. Live doppler 7, its a tran squ tranquil picture. Big ridge of High Pressure off our coastline is supplying the warming trend but also the gusty winds later on. Highs today, 78 in oakland. 74 in the city. Its a warm day. 81 in san jose. 85 in napa. In look what happens on thursday. Warmer that that. Upper 70s to low 80s in the city. Warmer spots in the low 90s. Wednesday night into thursday morning, thats when were tracking that increased fire danger north bay. Wind gusts 20 to 40 Miles Per Hour combine that with low humidity, that means we will see fires that could quickly start could also quickly spread. Were keeping our eye on that. The accuweather sevenday forecast, warm and sunny with a warming trend through midweek. Theres that higher fire danger wednesday night into thursday morning before cooler weather returns for the upcoming weekend. How are we looki roads . We have a brandnew issue to point out. This is westbound 80 in vallejo, not a good situation. A fivecar pileup here and you can see the speeds now down to 14 Miles Per Hour. Westbound 80 before tennessee. You can see that backup is continuing to extend. It was orange when i walked over, now its red. You can see the yellow backing up there. Moving over to tracy, 16 Miles Per Hour, we are still looking at a crash westbound 580 before grant line. Be prepared for that. If you look at the big picture, i want to bring it back, lots of green around the bay area. Just those two problem spots right now. Bear Republic Brewing Company is closing its original low keg cation in healdsburg. This is in response to rising costs in a city that relies on tourism. The companys clover dale facility and rohnert park facility will remain open. Thousands took a walk to fight todiabetes. It is called the jdrf1 walk. Participants walked for three miles. Jdrf hoped the San Francisco walk alone would raise 1 Million Dollars to find treatments and a cure. U. S. Sailing launched its Sailing Program at island. The program is offered at no charge for most participants. The iconic mask from friends that will probably ge want to do before hitting the y gym this morning. Its this ones getting bigger. Yeah. Check out this video. This coming in overnight. This is north of dallas. You can see that tornado getting lit up by that lightning in the north bay areas. This texas twister was carving a pass of destruction. At least one tornado there touched down last night. It traveled for 17 miles, damaging homes, flipping cars, powerful winds knocked down power lines leaving tens of thousands of customers in the dark. There are reports of one budi collapse. Several people wee hospital. Fortunately no serious injuries have been reported. But tornadoes especially at night are dangerous because theyre very hard to see. That line of storms is marching to the east right now. Back here at about the cool start. San francisco, 56. 50 in fremont. 54 in concord. Looking at the exploratorium camera, a lot of stars. The marine layer is not there. Theres no fog over the city. Its a clear start for a lot of us. Lets break it down for you. Sunrise at 7 24. 40s and 50s. Sunn to wall sunshine throughout the afternoon. Upper 60s along the coastline. Upper 70s around the bay shoreline. Warmest spots well into the 80s. That warming trend continues sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. Increasing fire danger wednesay night into the north bay as winds ramp up. That slys wa s winds ramp up. That slys waupplies the warm we the duke and duchess of sussex are taking a little break from royal duties. Harry and meghan will split up their time between the u. S. And the uk starting next month. Kenneth moton has more. Its hard, you know . I dont think anybody could understand that. In this mornings gma first look, prince harry and duchess meghan as you never heard them before. My friends were really happy because ihappy. My british friends said to america im sure hes great, but you shouldnt do it. The british tabloids will destroy your life. Reporter the royal couple opens up on the struggle to give baby archie a happy and healthy life while enduring the scrutiny of the british press. I will always protect my family. Reporter all chronicled in harry and meghan an african journey. Its a very real thing going on. Well show you candid moments from the royal family and hear reaction coming in from the british press. Im kenneth moton, abc news, new york. I like this lady. I like her. We have to take a stand and say that. She has had a rough time in the dab lloyd tablo tabloids. Take a break. Do it. Shes been through some things. Her coming to the u. S. People in the states love her. And her vulnerability is connecting with people around the world. I appreciate that. Yeah. Yeah. Fight on, meghan. All right. What time of day do you exercise . A new study says it is better do it before your first meal of the day. Boy. Researchers say people who exercise prior to breakfast burn twice as much fat as those who hit the gym after eating. The reason . It improves how the body responds to insulin. Exercising after waking up can better control our blood sugar levels. After waking up . Dont you have to be out to i think there needs to be another study. That sounds great. No thank you. Not happening when you work these hours. I almost passed out before because i didnt eat something before i worked out. Only true fans of the friends tv show would know when monica wore a giant turkey mask to cheer up chandler. I wish i kn

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