Passengers on the jet. Emergency repairs underway. Caltrans crews working to stabilize a portion of highway one after it collapsed a week ago. How the roads closure is affecting businesses in big sur and count down to the eclipse excitement building for this celestial event. Everything you need to know about the solar show. Good morning. It is monday, april 8th. Yes, im going to start the check of our eclipse day forecast with drew. Yes i mean, the week ahead is gorgeous. Spring is back. We have clear skies this morning and a warm afternoon on the way. Hello to our south beach camera this morning a live look at the bay bridge. We have not a cloud in our sky this morning which will lead to really good viewing conditions for the eclipse later on tonight. Now for us in northern california, its not a total Solar Eclipse. Its a partial one. And that will occur at 1113 later on this morning. Thats when about 34 of the sun will be obscured by the moon. And again, never look directly at the sun. You want to have the sunglasses or another way to view the eclipse safely. And that eclipse will end here at 1215 later on. So were finding temperatures this morning. Were cold in some areas. Saint helena, youre at 3938. In danville. Were at 43 in oakland right now, 48 in San Francisco. But we are going to rebound very nicely later on this afternoon. Get used to this type of forecast. It repeats for several days. Your sunrise here at 644. We have sunshine this afternoon feeling very nice in the 60s and 70s, but it gets even warmer than that in the days ahead. Well show you that coming up in a few minutes. Guys thank you. Drew. Were just hours away from todays total Solar Eclipse. 15 states from texas to maine are in the path of totality, and the rest of the country will see it in some form. More than 30 Million People live in places where the sun will be 100 covered. Millions of others have traveled to cities in the path. So many people, some local officials, have issued emergency declarations. A lot of people have been planning their trip for this eclipse since the last 1 in 2017. Weve been talking about coming here for this event since , what, three months before she was born. Nasa Scientists Say the path of totality is slightly narrower than they originally predicted. Theyre encouraging people to get as close to the center of the eclipse path as possible. If youre here in the bay area, the peak of the eclipse will block out 34 of the sun, and they are going to be viewing events across the bay area for people who want to experience it with others. So the exploratorium in San Francisco will welcome visitors for its eclipse party starting at ten. Then in berkeley, the Lawrence Hall of science is hosting an event that is now sold out. But in oakland, you can check out the chabot space and Science Centers party. It includes a pair of glasses to view the eclipse, and that is where we find abc seven News Reporter lena howland this morning. Good morning. Lena hey, kumasi, good morning to you. And thats right. We are at the chabot space and Science Center, where they are preparing to hold their own sold out Solar Eclipse viewing party on their own observation deck. Thats where they say they are expecting to have a stellar view of the sun as it passes through 34 totality over oakland. Now, folks will also have the opportunity to watch the nasa live stream in their 20 inch telescope. Rachel across the bay in San Francisco, exploratorium visitors can watch the total eclipse broadcast from texas and mexico, although the bay area will only see a partial eclipse, you will still need safety glasses that eyewear was going fast at the exploratorium at the exploratorium store over the weekend. How many eclipse glasses have you sold . Do you know . Yeah, weve been selling for weeks now. About 100 a day. Were down to our very last stock. If you dont have safety glasses, i would say you can do things like observe shadows so you can punch holes in cards. You can use a colander or like a slotted spoon. And a very important reminder to make sure the glasses you buy are legit and have the iso certified seal. And this is an eclipse that you will not want to miss. Experts here at the chabot space and Science Center tell me that this is going to be our last chance to experience a Solar Eclipse until our in our own backyard, until the year 2045. And again, the viewing party here at chabot space and Science Center kicks off at 10 00 this morning live in oakland. Lena howland abc seven news. All right. Thank you lena. So if you want to know more about todays eclipse, you can go to abc seven news. Com. We have everything you need to know, including the local events lena just mentioned and how you can make your own eclipse viewer at home if you dont have the right protection. Maybe you want more context about the eclipse, or you just want to see whats happening across the bay area in the country. Our special coverage starts at 11 a. M. Wherever you stream abc seven news. Developing news now the faa is looking into a very scary situation for passengers on board a southwest flight out of denver. Gloria, the planes engine cover blew off and passengers could see it outside the window. Yeah. So scary. Reggie. The plane only made it to about 10,000ft before it had to turn around. And make an immediate emergency landing. Take a look at this. Passengers were watching the whole time in fact, they were the ones that alerted the flight crew because the pilots could not see it. 143 passengers were on board. Nobody was hurt. One woman says she felt a jolt before looking out the window to see the metal cover peeling back. The Flight Attendant walked back, looked out my window and went, oh my god, were a lot of people who were really quite nervous. Lots of dont take off your seat belts, hopefully theyre going to get us on the ground. They must be turning around. The faa has opened an investigation and is also looking into two other southwest flights that experienced similar issues back in march. Southwest is calling it a mechanical issue and says that their maintenance teams are reviewing the aircraft right now. This comes after another issue with a southwest 737 aircraft last week. The plane had to abort takeoff in texas after the crew reported a possible engine fire. And we should note that while this did happen on a boeing plane, the engines are not made by boeing. Kumasi. Thank you. Gloria. Tomorrow, crews will begin work to stabilize a portion of highway one that collapsed near big sur. Caltrans says the work will include installing vertical anchors under the damaged southbound lane. In the meantime, convoys will continue to lead drivers through that damaged area along the northbound lane. Over the past week, that lane has been widened to make it safer to drive through, but its still not clear when the road will reopen to traffic. The Big Sur Chamber of commerce says businesses there are losing an estimated 1 million every single day that this road is closed. Kicking off his Mayoral Campaign, board of supervisors president aaron peskin making it official over the weekend, his message to San Francisco voters the future of baseball in oakland, the new Minor League Team hoping to fill its roster to keep the sport in the east bay after the invasion. After the as using our Brand New Grocery outlet app. Its been really fun seeing what everyones doing with the extra money they save. Nice shirt. Just got back from vacation. A butler . Super nice guy. I got to start using the app. Hi. Hey. Nice to meet you. Youre so amazing. In between the earth and the sun. Looking across the country, the path of totality will stretch from texas up to the midwest into new england. But we will see a partial Solar Eclipse that will occur at 1113 this morning. Were about 34 of the sun is blocked by the moon, and we have great viewing conditions. Well have clear skies today and were going to have a warm afternoon. Get ready for spring like conditions. Going to be nice. 69 in oakland. Well go to 72 in san jose, 74 in santa rosa, 65 in the city, 73 in concord, even warmer in the days ahead. Look at that. Wednesday, 80s return. Well take a closer look at those daytime highs on the 70 forecast. Reggie aqui coming up in about seven minutes. Thanks drew. A real life joker. The new wax figure of lady gaga that has left people speechless. Crab season closing. This years already shortened season is ending early, and as we head to break a live look outside, its 610. Rescue inhaler, but its a bit of a dinosaur, because it only treats your symptoms, not inflammation. Treating both symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. 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Theres 213 days between now and the election, and im going to walk every corner, every neighborhood of this city and listen to voters talk about my plan. But this morning was incredibly heartening. Uh. I mean, weve had probably 700 people here today, and were off to a great start. Peskin is running against incumbent mayor london breed supervisor asha sapphire. Levi strauss heir daniel lurie and former interim mayor mark farrell. Keeping baseball in oakland that is the message behind the ballers as the new Minor League Team looks to fill its roster. Spring tryouts were held over the weekend. It was just days after the as announced they are leaving to go to sacramento, before they finally move to las vegas. About 100 amateur and professional players converged on laney college, hoping to make the roster. Ballers cofounder paul freeman believes the departure of the as is a big opportunity for his new team. Friedman says baseball plays a vital role in the community. Oakland needs baseball. Oakland is a baseball town. We love baseball in oakland, and baseball has brought the community of oakland together more than any other sport. Other sports teams are looking to make the east bay a permanent home. The oakland roots and soul soccer teams hope to play at the coliseum in the near future. The dungeness crab season in the bay area got a late start and now its ending early. The season closes today. This is a move to protect whales and to help prevent them from getting tangled in the crab gear. The closure means commercial crab fishing season lasted less than three months. It officially opened january 18th here in the bay area after a number of delays to protect whales. It usually opens mid november. Local scientists getting ready to share in the Solar Eclipse moment. Physicists doctor desiree whitmore from San Franciscos exploratorium is getting ready to watch the sun vanish for several minutes. She is in junction, texas. Were crossing fingers that the forecast is going to be all right. Her staff will broadcast it live on the exploratoriums website and youtube channel. Texas is one of 13 states which will experience totality about four minutes of darkness. I just cant wait. Its going to get dark and cold and the lights going to be weird. And im just going to be surrounded by amazing humans that are just as curious as i am. More eclipse enthusiasts from here in the bay area made their final travel rush to get to viewing the to get to the viewing hot spots and gloria locals tell us they dont mind driving thousands of miles to get the perfect view. Thats right reggie. Yeah, some bay area residents have already hit the road in preparation of todays total Solar Eclipse, and we talked to some who finally made it to their destination. And are now waiting to see thatagic happen. Mike urrea of brentwood says hes living out of his car for the event. Horia has been driving across texas looking for the best spot to get a shot of. The eclipse live is a professional photographer is not easy because of the fluid nature of chasing the weather. You really cant book any, make any solid plans like that. So i have been, without a without Running Water or a toothbrush, since, early yesterday morning. And concords mike zeigler made his way to ohio. He says its a once in a lifetime opportunity. So flew out of oakland, connected in chicago and then flew into cleveland and then drove from cleveland down. So its about an hour and a half drive this. And leslie failing of hayward have made it to austin. The couple experienced the 2017 Solar Eclipse in oregon. They believe a moment like that this year with friends will be equally as special. It was just such a visually life changing moment that everybody else was sold on us. One having a vacation together and two, why not see the eclipse at the same time . For those traveling across the country, weather might play a factor. There is cloud cover in some areas that could block the view, and people in those areas may not be able to see the sun, but it will still get dark outside. So of course well have all of your coverage of the eclipse today. Kumasi. All right. Thank you gloria. Well, ripleys believe it or not has a lot of people saying not to their newest wax figure to see how people get. So the company unveiled a new lady gaga figure dressed up as harley quinn, alongside Joaquin Phoenix as the joker, in anticipation of the new joker film that will be in theaters in october. Now, the reactions online have not been kind, okay, one person says they were traumatized by the figure. Was that person lady gaga . Somebody else said, im speechless. And then somebody said, this person hates lady gaga. And this person, alejandro, at the bottom of the screen says , omg, cover it up. Oh no, honestly. Please do. Oh wow. Sometimes you take chances, but did anybody ask . Like theres been nice figurines of lady gaga who wanted this . I dont know, the movie studio, maybe the movie studio promo, because now were talking about their movie. Yeah, early, but youd think theyd want a flattering one, right . Right. You would hope for we protest at noon. Obviously and if there is an arson, i mean, investigate lady gaga because i want and do not put her on, you know, do not arrest her because it would be justified. Let me take a long time for that wax to melt. Shes like, come on, thats her. Its the only thing standing at the end. Oh, man. Heres a live look outside from our time. Cam. We just have a really gorgeous week ahead. It starts today. You can see those clear skies. We have warm temperatures coming for the eclipse today. That maximum here locally occurs at 1113 in the morning where we have about 34 of the sun blocked by the moon. Well have great viewing conditions for that. Its just a warming trend this week. Sunny skies above average temperatures for much of the week ahead. By wednesday and thursday were talking 80 making a comeback inland. Its going to feel very nice later on this week. If you like those warm temperatures, live doppler seven along with satellite. Really quiet. We have High Pressure building in and that will be the main forecast feature this week. High pressure supplying us with that sunshine and that warm weather. Heres. Future weather showing you at the time of maximum eclipse this morning. Its quite pleasant. Upper 50s to the low 60s with clear skies out there. Then later on this afternoon you can see those temperatures going above average. Well get into the low 70s and our warmest spots away from the coast. So highs today were going above average in most cities 74 in santa rosa hit 69 in richmond and oakland, 73 in concord, a very pleasant 72. In san jose, 70 in san mateo, the city going for high of 65 degrees. Now, overnight tonight, well keep those Clear Conditions and temperatures. They will be dipping into the mid 40s and into the low 50s. Now future tracker temperatures. As we get into tuesday, well start to get High Pressure build even more and more what that means by tuesday afternoon you can see more areas getting into the 70s, but those temperatures just continue to warm even more heading into wednesday. And thats when we see 80s pop up in our warmest cities and a lot of spots. Big portion of the north bay, the inland east bay, the south bay going for a high of 83 in san jose by wednesday, 82, in danville, 80, in santa rosa. Even along the coast, quite pleasant in the 60s and in the 70s. And well do it again on thursday. So we keep this above average pattern for much of the week ahead. By friday, well find cooler weather moving in here. Well call it back to reality to finish out the week. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Great viewing conditions today for the eclipse warmer weather for the week ahead. Well above average wednesday and thursday. Then a drop in temperatures on friday but the weekend looking nice with sunshine continuing in those temperatures. Comfortable. Gloria good morning drew. Good morning everyone. We do have a Traffic Alert for you this morning. Were tracking a couple of crashes that are causing some delays. One of them is over in petaluma. So lets zoom in and show you exactly where this is happening. This is over on southbound 101 before state route 116. And this is a two car crash right now, one lane is blocked and so speeds are down to 13mph in this area. We also have a two car crash ov