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KGO ABC7 News 500AM January 20, 2014

Cloverdale 72 is the warmest spot. I think those are near record highs. Lets take a look at traffic this holiday morning. How are you, leyla . Good, mike. Good morning, everyone. Muni will provide supplementary 30 Route Shuttle Service between caltrain and yerba buena gardens due to the freedom ride thats heading from san jose to San Francisco this morning. It will arrive in San Francisco at 11 00 a. M. Also expect to see some muni delays in and around San Francisco because of the march thats going to be taking place just after. B. A. R. T. Is going to start rolling at 6 00 this morning. Muni also on a saturday schedule so check with your local mass transit for that. As we look at our drivetime traffic were not seeing any accidents out there so pretty clear on 680. Walnut creek to dublin, 15 minutes. Through the santa cruz mountains, a 23minute drive. The quest for six will have to wait until next season. The 49ers are back home in the bay area this morning after a pretty sad defeat against the Seattle Seahawks during last nights nfc championship game. Despite this tough loss, the niners received an appreciative homecoming from dozens of fans who were there when the team got back to the bay area. The team rolled in on buses from snls mineta airport last night. Many say theyre proud of the 49ers for playing a hardfought game and for having a great season. I could have wished for a much better outcome, but i still think going from where we had been for so long recently to in the hunt three years in a row is fantastic. Some broken hearts there, but the niners spirit is alive and well, so are their throats. Fans are looking forward to the niners first season at the new stadium in santa clara. The internet is buzzing this morning following seahawks cornerback and former Stanford Cardinal Richard Shermans postgame interview with foxs erin andrews. Take a look. Im the best corner in the game. You ply me with a star receiver like crabtree thats the result youre going to get. Dont you ever talk about me. Who was talking about you . Crabtree. Dont you open your mouth about the best. Sherman was talking about the gamewinning play where Michael Crabtree responded shortly afterwards in the locker room. Hes a tv guy, im not a tv guy. I play ball. He makes one play and you talk. A good play. Oh, i was making sure everybody knew that crabtree was a mediocre receiver, mediocre. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, thats what happens. Sherman added that crabtree made a personal remark to him in the offseason in arizona. Sherman says hes going to be tough on crabtree for the rest of his career. Its 5 03. Its Martin Luther king day and once again the freedom train will roll this morning, but with a very uncertain future. Amy hollyfield is live in San Francisco. Reporter yeah, kristen, the freedom train is in trouble. Heres video of last years ride. Attendance was down last year and its looking like its going to be worse today. There were 400 empty seats last year and its looking worse today. Organizers say if they cant fill the train today, next year could be the last one. They would do a farewell ride. It costs the mlk association 5,000 to charter the train. The concept was started by mlks widow. It commemorates the 54 miles between selma and montgomery, alabama, which was marched in 1965 to fight for equal rights. Thats about the same distance between san jose and San Francisco. People here say on board they pay a very nice tribute to Martin Luther king jr. , complete with speeches, personal stories and gospel singing. But to give you an idea how low attendance is looking today, the train can hold 1600 people. So far they have sold 300 tickets. If youd like to join in, you can pick up the train at 10 00 this morning in san jose. It gets to San Francisco at about 11 00. The roundtrip ticket costs 15. Reporting live in San Francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thanks a lot. Now heres whats closed today for the holiday. Local, state and federal government offices are closed with the exception of emergency services. Banks and Financial Institutions are closed. Post offices as well. There will be no mail delivery. B. A. R. T. And muni on saturday schedules, ac transit on a sunday schedule and golden gate ferries are on a Holiday Schedule too. Other transit agencies are operating normal monday service. 5 05 now. A thief with a different target is affecting life in San Franciscos Duboce Triangle neighborhood. This is Youtube Video of the thief whos been stealing plants from peoples front gardens caught in the act. The plant owner captured the thief on camera at least twice, once late last month and again just over a week ago. I think he sees plants in the daytime he wants to take. He comes back at night with a bag, a tarp and he digs them up real fast with his hands, throws them in the tarp, carries them off and leaves a dirt trail. Neighbors say the thief is selective, taking only the more expensive plants. One woman lost a total of 20 plants, then installed security lighting. Neighbors say the thief broke all the lights and continued to steal plants. The varsity basketball coach at a Peninsula High School has been fired after a hazing incident. Two players from woodside high were beaten, gagged, duct taped to chairs and had their faces painted with lipstick. This is said to have happened during a post Christmas Tournament trip to the town of newton. The boys families are considering legal action. Oakland police are investigating a hate crime that has victimized a prominent candidate for mayor next november. Flyers depicting a swastika on the forehead of libby shaft were plastered over montclair over the weekend. Our media partner, the Contra Costa Times reports nobody has claimed responsibility. The flyers supposedly represent opponents of a controversial Surveillance Center that is proposed for the area. New Research Confirms what opponents often say about raising the minimum wage, it can be bad for business and ultimately bad for workers. The Employment Policy institute did a followup study on san joses 25 minimum wage hike and found it led to higher prices for consumers and fewer hours for workers at restaurants. When san joses base pay was increased from 8 to 10 an hour, twothirds of the citys restaurants raised their prices to compensate. Another 44 of restaurants surveyed reduced staff hours. 42 cut staff entirely. Richmond and San Francisco are currently considering minimum wage hikes. Something thats been hiking around here, obviously our temperatures, mike. Definitely havent been at minimum wage levels, have they. They have been at the upper end of the scale. Our roof cam showing how quiet the embarcadero is and the wonderful artist reof the western span of the bay bridge this morning. Lets take a look at our day planner. We start off chilly in our valleys as we drop down to 30, 32 degrees. Were about 46 in San Francisco for the warm spot. 12 00 well still have a few lingering high clouds but look at that low to mid60s, well above average. Well be near records but like yesterday probably fall a degree or two short. Mid to upper 60s through the better part of the afternoon hours. During the evening hours enjoy clear and dry air, temperatures in the low to mid50s. As we move forward the next three days, the winds will shift and start coming onshore. Mid to upper 60s for tuesday, low to mid60s for wednesday and the breezes will start to pick up. Maybe fire danger wednesday night, thursday and friday. Right now its a little too far away but something were keeping an eye on. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s thursday. Hope you have a great day. Heres leyla. We are starting off accidentfree this morning. It looks like Holiday Light out there. Its just about 5 10 so still quite early but i think because of the holiday, a lot of people are taking the day off. As we take you over to the Altamont Pass coming away from tracy into dublin we are at top speeds there. Continue through livermore and into pleasanton, up to the dublin interchange, 66 miles per hour. As you head south on isabel avenue, 44 miles an hour. Heading through pleasanton right down to sunol, it is also a great drive there. Drive time traffic tracy to Castro Valley will be our 32 minutes. Highway 85 to the san jose airport, 11 minutes and heading through daly city on 280 northbound into San Francisco, under 10 minutes. A quick live look outside and heres the bay bridge tolls, wide open right now as cars funnel their way out of the maze and into San Francisco. Leyla, thank you. Its 5 10. Still ahead, breaking your iphone without breaking the bank. The new change by apple that could save some customers money. Also the east bay city forging new partnerships to keep kids in class. The truancy tactic that could become a malls for other cities. Plus the president opens up about marijuana. What does he really think about pot and could it signal a policy shift . First, heres this morning, tech reports. Google wants to know which online ads you hate the most and why. Over the next few weeks youll have an option to fill out a survey and explain what bothered you the most. Hackers are using unlikely devices to launch attacks. Household smart gadgets like refrigerators and televisions were involved in a recent attack but sent out over 750,000 spam emails. Loreal has announced matrix for glass, a series of Video Tutorials shot from a stylists point of view. Amazon is gearing up for what it calls anticipatory shipping. 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The survey results will be presented later this week at a World Economic forum in switzerland. President obama is making waves with a new statement on marijuana. The president says in cane did interview with a new yorker that pot is less dangerous than alcohol, quote, in terms of its impact on the individual consumer. But he does not argue for legalizing marijuana. The president has admitted to using pot when he was young and calls it a bad idea. The president says people who think legalizing it will solve social problems are, quote, probably overstating the case. The mayor of hoeb boboken ht with representatives claiming representatives of governor Chris Christie tried to strong arm her. She was told she would get Superstorm Sandy Development Funds only if he expedited a project. Postal Service Employees say they have a big problem with the Agency Opening Retail Centers inside staples stores. Mail Officials Say the centers are a way of cutting costs and boosting revenues. Post al unions say that fine except the outlets are staffed by low wage, nonunion postal employees. The unions fear there could be a loss of jobs if the Outlet Centers continue to open. Postal officials see the program as an opportunity to grow the business and dont see it as a threat to replace traditional post offices. If youre an iphone user that manages to break your screen, apple has a solution. Starting today they will fix your screen inhouse. The companys only previous option was to replace the entire phone which could be expensive and time consuming. A screen repair will set you back about 150. It takes about an hour. 5 17. A toast to seahawks fans from seattles hometown airline. Heres Marcy Gonzalez with todays money report. Reporter good morning. Topping americas money, the future is looking brighter for the u. S. Economy. Experts are predicting the best growth since 2005, expecting a 3 spurt in 2014. The comedy ride along debuted at number one earning 41 million. Lone survivor came in second with just over 23 million followed by the nut job. And seattlebased Alaska Airlines is cheering on the seahawks nfc title victory in its own special way. They said that first drinks departing from seattle today would be free. Thats americas money. Im Marcy Gonzalez. Its 5 17 now. Yeah, its another warm day, this Martin Luther king day. Mike, a lot of people normally go skiing this weekend, but i know plenty of people who are waiting for a real storm. Theyd probably like to ski on fresh powder instead of man made powder even though the resorts do a great job of making it fun, but yeah, the trains are probably not as open as youd like them to be because of the lack of mother naturemade snow. We have some clouds from about the bay bridge all the way down to the dumbarton bridge, just some high clouds this morning on live doppler 7 hd. If youre coming into the city, 49 degrees. Crissy field same thing. Downtown its 48. Heading down to the mission district, about 49. A little warmer around upper market, westportal, presidio, ocean beach, about 50 to 52 there. 48 also in belmont, just like the financial district. Weve got 43 in richmond and san leandro this morning. About 40 in union city and 34, one of the cool spots, palo alto, 36 at santa clara, pleasantton and walnut creek at 34. 32 at petaluma. Heres the way it looks from the east bay hills. You can see how clean the air is. It is not a spare the air day. Temperatures today once again will be near record highs with a few high clouds from time to time. Cooler breezes tuesday, wednesday and thursday and then the fire danger may be returning thursday as the breezes will get a little aggressive, especially in our hills, and that could last through friday and saturday. Todays temperatures 8 degrees warmer than average to about 12 as you head San Francisco to livermore. No asterisk today, thats why were near record highs. Upper 60s to near 70s. San jose about 69. Mid to upper 60s most of the peninsula, south of 70. Mid to upper 60s along the coast into downtown and south San Francisco at 66 and 65. Mid to upper 60s through most of the north bay, whether at your beaches or in your valleys. Santa rosa the exception at 70 degrees. Oakland clearly the warmest spot at 70. Everybody else in the mid to upper 60s. Fairfield at 70. Tonight 30s inland, some frost possible. 30s in fremont down into the south bay, throw mid40s elsewhere. Heres a look at your accuweather sevenday forecast. High pressure is getting squeezed just a little bit and thats why our winds will start blowing onshore tuesday, wednesday, and to a lesser extent thursday. No rain in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Have a good one. Heres leyla. All right, mike. Good morning, everyone at 5 20. Were taking a look at mass transit because really thats whats going to be affecting you on this holiday morning. So if you are going to be using b. A. R. T. , that starts rolling at 6 00. Muni starts now, however its on a saturday schedule. Ac trilt is on a sunday schedule so check with your local mass transit agency. In wood side, a car versus a deer blocking the number two lane. Northbound along 280 right at farm hill boulevard. The rest of the drive stays open as you head into san jose. 101, on 280 and 85, everything is moving along. The richmondsan rafael bridge, its a quick drive. San mateo 12 minutes from east to west. And the dumbarton, 11 minutes will get you over to the peninsula. Ahead, seven things to know as you start your day. Also a wh

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