Cumulus clouds. But we also have scattered showers and some thunderstorms. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. You can see a very active pattern here although the showers are widely scattered, we are going to a closer look at santa cruz. We just had a thunderstorm with lightning strikes there within the last 40 minutes or so, now moving eastward, that cell is, and southward. We also have reports from this storm of quarter inch hail. Also up near fairfield right now, theres an area of thunderstorm activity and a cell moving through the Fairfield Area right now, having produced several lightning strikes and just about an hour ago, we had a couple lightning strikes in the northeastern edge of san pablo bay. So its a very unstable air mass right now that has been made even more unstable by the heating of the afternoon sun. So this pattern will probably be with us until much later in the afternoon and evening. Meanwhile, over in the sierra this weekend, central and southern sierra, above 9,000 feet, look for about two inches of snow. That would be generally in the region from yosemite to mammoth mountain. So quite a wild weather pattern going into the weekend. I will give you a closer look at what we can expect the next couple days in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. Two people died today after a bus and a van collided head on in san mateo. It happened 12 45 this afternoon. Sky 7 hd shows you the front of the van smashed in, terrible accident. The driver and a passenger were killed. Five bus passengers went to the hospital. Their injuries are not considered lifethreatening. All northbound lanes and two southbound lanes of south El Camino Royale are closed. Planes are flying in and out of chicago after the faa stopped flights for more than five hours today. We are learning more about the man whose actions apparently started it all. Police say a contract worker for the federal Aviation Administration set a fire in the basement of an air Traffic Control center in aurora, illinois. Firefighters found him in the basement with burns and apparent selfinflicted knife cuts. He was lying on the ground. They attempted to get him out of the building. There was some degree of effort on their part to drag him out of the building, but he was conscious. The man was taken to the hospital. Another employee was treated for smoke inhalation. The faa stopped all flights while they investigated. Taking a live look at San FranciscoInternational Airport where hundreds of travelers were stranded today because of the situation in chicago. More than 50 flights were either canceled or delayed at sfo. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller talked to passengers who were scrambling to get to their weekends destinations. Reporter a canceled flight represents more than just a status report on a big electronic board at sfo. For many, its a missed opportunity. All the other flights are overbooked so chances are i may not get out but im going to sit here all day, to see if i can. I want to see my son play football tonight. Reporter disappointment and a sense of helplessness permeated through the minds of southwest passengers trying to get to chicago or milwaukee. Chicagos Midway Airport is a major hub for the airline. All the mornings flights to and from midway were canceled. Ticket agents had to deliver the bad news. Crazy. Crazy. But its good. Reporter people being nice . Extremely nice. Reporter the full impact of the fire at the air Traffic Control facility will not be felt until all the airports are back operating normally. If its not a cancellation, its a delay but until the wheels are up, that delay can always turn into a lost travel day, maybe even a missed wedding. Weve got i think ten other Family Members flying out of here to milwaukee eventually, hopefully. Reporter for a wedding tomorrow, huh . Yes. Big wedding. All the familys coming together and most of them are in San Francisco. Reporter the san jose duty manager told me the best advice for today is to check with your airline and make sure there are no changes to your flight. Matt keller, abc 7 news. Flight radar 24. Com shows the effect in our skies this morning. You see the hole in the midwest . That reflects all of the grounded flights. More than 1,000 Flights Canceled and delayed in and out of chicagos two airports. A water main break has flooded part of West Hollywood sunset strip. Thousands of gallons of mud and water have closed off a section of that busy boulevard. The break happened about an hour and a half ago. Aging infrastructure has led to a series of water main breaks in los angeles recently. You will recall just last month, a nearly century old water main ruptured near the ucla campus. That area was flooded with 20 million gallons of water. Hundreds of cars and parts of the campus were damaged by that break. Its certainly been a difficult day for a lot of folks in the north bay. A oneday walkout staged by golden gate ferry captains led to headaches people trying to get to and from San Francisco. Reporter what a surprise for some commuters this morning who were thinking a ferry ride on a friday sounded awfully nice. I thought i would treat myself and take the ferry this morning. I dont take it every morning but its always a nice thing to do. I was looking for an easy way out this morning. Reporter Ferry Service was shut down because the ferry captains went on strike. I got to get on my bike and ride to work. Im surprised. I didnt know. I guess i have to go back and think about my options. Reporter taking the bus was an option. But a slower one than usual. It appears some bus drivers chose to support the ferry workers. We had 12 bus drivers call in sick starting yesterday afternoon. It was very last minute. Thats a large number for us. It led us to cancel 13 bus trips today. Reporter bus riders tell us the commute was slower. I got to the bus stop, i expected the bus to be coming any minute because there were quite a few people waiting. Then we kept waiting and waiting and waiting. Then i read the paper and i saw the ferries were on strike. Reporter the ferry captains say they are sorry for the inconvenience and point out they did give the public notice. This is only a oneday strike and they are doing it on friday, the least traveled day of the week. Its the last place we want to be. We want to be at work. We want to be getting people across the bay to work. But we feel like we have run out of options. Reporter the bridge district says its disappointed that workers decided to strike when negotiations are still continuing. Both sides are due back at the bargaining table on monday. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. More commuting woes. Traffic is moving at a crawl in some parts of San Francisco, especially in soma, because oracle open world will begin this weekend. The first event isnt until sunday but the setup has already begun. Howard street is closed while crews build an outdoor plaza to hold the events 60,000 attendees. You also have a giants game tonight at 7 00 at at t park, final home stand of the season. You can expect traffic to remain heavy well into this evening. San rafael firefighters knocked down a fire very quickly at an Apartment Building this afternoon. It happened just after noon. The fire started in a garage, spread to a fence and adjacent garage, and an apartment unit. It took 40 minutes to put it out. One firefighter did suffer minor injuries and crews are now trying to figure out how the fire started. A really sad development this afternoon in a story we first brought you earlier this week. One of the emaciated horses from a field in morgan hill has died, raising even more questions about why nobody stepped in earlier to help. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie broke this story on monday and joins us live now with the developments. David . Reporter well, as you know, as we have been reporting, so many neighbors, so many horse lovers in the morgan hill area were watching a certain pasture, seeing how emaciated the horses were and realizing they were not in the best of condition. Well, now their worst fear has been realized. One of the horses transferred here to the Equine Rescue Center has died. Lets show a picture of the horse we are talking about. Its name is justice. Hes a 9 to 12 month old colt. He was one of 11 horses transferred here as part of a rescue operation. He was not part of the original effort to try part of the original group of horses that was going to be transferred but monica hardiman, the head of the Equine Rescue Center, insisted that he be included. The horse had a heavy infestation of parasites and worms in its large intestine. The worms robbed the horse of nutrition. It spread to the lungs. That was the finding of the veterinarian who performed the postmortem examination. The horse was also emaciated, weighing 75 pounds lower than it should. This particular worm competes in part for nutrition that the horse would be getting, that the worms were getting it. Worst case scenario, there are so many of them that you can get an impaction. Reporter is what happened to justice justification in your mind how badly the horses were treated . Yes. Thats why i felt it was very important for us to get them out of there and get them here, because i knew there was something going on, and that we didnt know about. Reporter the other horses are said to be in better condition. They are responding well as monica feeds them. They will be under constant veterinary monitoring and care. Three of the horses you see here are blind and have been separated from the others for safety. Again, a feel for their new surroundings. The hope is to nurse them back to Health Slowly and hopefully they can be then adopted out in the very near future. Monica definitely credits all the horse lovers and neighbors in the morgan hill area for bringing this situation to everyones attention. The animal control people in Santa Clara County said the horses were not abused or they were not neglected, but now we have a case where one of them already has died of severe infestation of parasites. David louie, abc 7 news. Theyre making the best of a bad situation at a San Francisco bar damaged by an out of control driver. The owners of the comstock saloon posted the sign youre looking at saying walk or run, just dont drive in. Heres what theyre poking fun at. A driver lost control and smashed into the saloon last week. The car ran through a wall and came to a stop inside the bar. Two people were injured. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, a winner steps forward to claim a huge Powerball Jackpot. We will tell you who bought the Winning Ticket at this san mateo market. China has an insatiable demand. They are raising the academic bar for athletes. New recommendations at berkeley that could make getting in even harder for some. At 4 11 on friday, nobody getting away quickly on the skyway in downtown San Francisco. Oncoming traffic trying to he got the east bay, lower deck of the bay bridge, traffic on the righthand side headed toward 101 south. It is a slow moving grind at this hour. The mayor of seoul, south korea stopped off at twitter headquarters in San Francisco today. He even got his own special hash tag in korean welcoming him. He posed for pictures with the companys communications chief and the Vice President of global media. The mayor also met with twitters korean employees and dm could not resist a tweet or two about his experience. Teslas sales in china creating a mystery, where are all the cars going. More than 2800 of the luxury electric cars have been imported over the last several months but only 400 of them have actually received license plates to operate on chinas roads. Tesla has two theories about all this. One is a hiccup in registration rules in the fastgrowing shanghai market and many chinese customers are waiting for the government to add tesla to a list of electric vehicles exempt from a 10 purchase tax. Heres the other theory. The cars are being flipped for even more money because they are so popular and still in such short supply. Im going with theory number two here. Thats probably whats happening. Listen to this. A bay area man who hit the 228 million Powerball Jackpot came forward today to claim his big prize. His name is vinh nguyen. He works as a nail technician. Abc 7 News ReporterAlyssa Harrington outside the winters nail salon. Talk about nailing it. He didnt waste any time getting his money, did he . Reporter he did not even wait 24 hours before he brought his ticket to the district office. But he chose the annuity option. That means he will get all 228. 4 million but he will get it slowly over 30 years. Nail technician vinh nguyen has a winning name. Vinh nguyen . Its like he won and its winwin. Reporter now hes a new millionaire. The only one to match all six numbers in a 228 million Powerball Jackpot. I would say its a blessing. Reporter lottery officials will not say where hes from, but employees at stores in san mateos Shoreview Shopping Center say hes one of the owners of nails resort. Fitting since its just across the street from dehofs key mark where the Winning Ticket was sold. A lot of people around here work really hard for their money. Its good to see it hit close to home. Reporter the salon is supposed to open at 9 00 a. M. But the doors are locked and nobody is answering the phone. Neighboring shop owners tell me the last time it was open was wednesday before the winning numbers were announced. Theyre just a few doors down from us. Its hard to believe but its great news. Reporter julianna gets her nails done at nails resort. Nguyen is often her technician. Very funny, great sense of humor, very nice, very downtoearth. Reporter psychic, perhaps . Nguyen told lottery officials he picked the winning numbers because those are the ones that happened to come to his head. Nguyen has been playing the lottery for years. He bought 15 powerball tickets using money from his tips. Its easy to say his life is about to change. He should get his first 4 million check in a month. But nguyen told lottery officials he just wants to be a normal man. In san mateo, Alyssa Harrington, abc 7 news. Vinh nguyen turned into he gone. Hes happy, ill tell you that. Congratulations. 220 million something. Spencer christian, is the forecast winwin . We wont get the cash. How about some sun . We are getting some sun. I like that he locks his doors. I would lock my doors, too if i won 200 million. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. Weve got some wild and wacky weather. Thunderstorms scattered across much of the bay area, especially in the north bay, where the most active weather is occurring at this moment. Big storm cell moving through fairfield right now has produced numerous lightning strikes. Farther to the west, weve got lightning strikes with a cell moving through sonoma, through the town of sonoma. Earlier we had strikes near san pablo bay. Now the storm that produced recent strikes down here santa cruz is pushing eastward out towards out into the morgan hill area and beyond. So look at this. Thunderstorm clouds build up to our northeast as we look from sutro tower. Blue sky over San Francisco right now, 67 degrees. Oakland, 72. San carlos, 72. 69 at san jose. 71, morgan hill. 68 in half moon bay. Check out these storm clouds, looking northward out towards fairfield. Blue sky overemeryville. 74 in santa rosa and napa. 68, may in oakland. We will see isolated showers continuing into the nighttime hours. Mostly sunny and milder this weekend. A strong warming trend coming our way this weekend. Heres the satellite image showing the upper level low which produced the unstable air mass contributing to these thunderstorms. Coming in right behind that for the weekend is a stable air Mass Associated with an area of High Pressure that will bring us sunny and mild weekend. Lets set our animation in motion starting 7 00 tonight. Isolated showers through the overnight hours becoming even more isolated and less numerous by tomorrow afternoon as we get some partial clearing at least. And this weekend, the Pacific Coast fogfest at pacifica. Partly cloudy in the morning, mostly sunny with a noticeable absence of fog in the afternoon hours. It will be mild at pacifica. Where has the fog gone . Overnight, look for partly cloudy conditions and some isolated showers. Low temperatures mainly in tthe upper 50s. Tomorrow, mainly sunny by afternoon and highs range from upper 60s at the coast to near 80 inland. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. A little warmer on sunday, then much warmer for most of next week, with high temperatures inland getting up as high as 90 degrees, even low 90s by thursday and friday of next week, mid 80s around the bay and low 70s on the coast. We are going from unstable conditions with thunderstorms right now to summerlike heat by the end of next week. Larry and cheryl . Spencer, thank you. Up next, redhot anticipation for abcs once upon a time, taking a spin on the disney animated smash frozen. We will give you a preview of what to expect. New after 4 30, his days of being single are ending. The frenzy that George Clooney has created as he gets ready to tie the knot. Is it the biting . We need to break up. Cuz i can stop . 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