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KGO ABC7 News 500AM February 27, 2014

Into the containers to take away from the scene. It doesnt appear they have started doing that. A major problem for firefighters and those living in the area is the strong smell of the fuel. C. H. P. Tells us why. The tanker just picked up a load of regular gasoline approximately 8,000 gallons and unknown amount of gallons spilled we. Approximately 4,000 gallons spilled. Morgan hill Police Officer told me that he her there were homes evacuated in the area next to the southbound side of 101. A woman said she was evacuated from her home. The cleanup could take several hours. You can see it is a big mess. We have a lot of emergency crews on the scene. We will keep you updated on abc7 news. What does it mean for commuters . Fortunately, the good news is it is the noncommute direction southbound 101 where all lanes blocked. C. H. P. Is there, caltran is diverting traffic. Monterey highway southbound is the best alternate. Northbound is the commute direction with and slowing but from gilroy to san jose it is 20 minutes. C. H. P. Is issuing a sigalert for the overturned big rig before 580 on 205 and an headquarter to get from tracy to the dublin interchange. It is a grind. Mike . Tracking a shower headed to the northeast and American Canyon and vallejo and possibly benicia but headed more to the southern section of the napa valley. We have a little radar return from 237 across the dumbarton bridge to the san mateo bridge. Scattered light showers and the heaviest radar returns in the north bay. The first forecast is full of wet weather this morning and it will be dry by the eastbound hours and quite breezy. Temperatures hang out in the upper 50s to mid60 and purpose 50s at the coast. More protecting news in the south bay 18 people, eight children, are out of their homes after an overnight fire at an apartment complex in san jose. It broke out shortly after midnight. Crews are still there mopping up and residents going through what is left their belongings. Firefighters first got there they found cars and a carport burning. The San Jose Fire Department took cell phone video. One unit was destroyed and three others were badly damaged. Officials say smoke from an air conditioning system led to a delta flight being evacuated at Oakland International airport. A bart spokesman was a passenger on the flight from l. A. X. Can says the cabin filled with smoke and flight attendants yelled for passengers to exit the plane. No one was hurt. Katie marzullo will have more at 5 30. Mike has been telling us, we are in the lull ween storms, a bigger and more powerful system will hit the bay area and the wind and rain blew drown trees. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield has more on that. It is still wet. We are getting a break. The highway is wet. Drives know this spot open highway 101 is a spot that is known for being troublesome. You can hydroplane. The rain was intense. We got a good soaking. C. H. P. Officers saw a few spinout one causing a pickup truck to flip northbound. The drive was okay but traffic was backed up for miles during the evening commute were the driver said he hit a puddle and lost control. Pay attention the slow down. A lot of water in the roads. Cars are driving too fast. Pay attention. Slow down for the conditions. The storm knocked down trees. This fell across highway one in marin county. Crews worked quickly to get trees picked up before the next storm. Drivers kept it safe on the roads and they hope this is the case when the rains arrive next round. Thank you. Crews are cleaning up after a tree fell on power lines at summit road in santa cruz mountains. It happened before 9 00 last night with crews working to clear the road and get power back on. Crews have been busy along highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. Drivers dealing with rain slick roads and poor visibility. Drives are seeing warning signs telling drivers to reduce their speed. The storm is bringing rough waves and strong winds so people brave the storm to take a walk at the harbor where the waves were up to 10 high and caused problems in Monterey County where a rare advisory is posted for all beaches. Run off from the storm has caused contaminated water to find its way to the ocean and tests found high levels of bacteria in the water. If southern california, east of los angeles people are watching the next rain headed their way. Voluntary evacuations are underway for parts of neighborhoods hit by the fire last month. Officials are concerned of the possibility of mudslides. Many volunteers stayed up to hand out sandbags. We have another great weather resource you can follow live doppler 7 hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions. A frightening bart Train Derailment will be the topic of discussion when barts board meets. Investigators are trying to figure what led to the accident on friday. Four cars of a train derailed near bart station and affected eastbound pittsburg line. Bart is holding the positively positively meetings at 5 00 so more people can attend. The meeting is in bart headquarters in oakland. In east Oakland Police are investigating the murder of a man in his 40s shot and killed if front of his home. He had one gunshot wound when officers arrive and died at scene in front of his home. There are no suspects. 25,000 reward is offered to catch the person leaving poison meatballs around San Francisco. Animal control officers found three dozen meatballs in twin peaks and Outer Richmond and one dog became sick but treated quickly and will be okay. Yelp c. E. O. And dog owner is putting up most of the reward money. A list chase caused delays on bart yesterday. These photos of the crowds were posted on twitter. Two remain add robbery suspects got into the bart tunnels in San Franciscos Mission district at 4 30 and bart traffic was shut down between 16th and 24th. Police did not fine the robbery suspect but they arrested another person for possession of stolen property. Oakland police are asking for people in the search for a try grove Armed Robbers targeting North Oakland businesses. Police say these men are behind up to five robberies and they are armed with guns. The third robber is here. The police are looking for a 2007 silver dodge linked to the crime. As we mentioned, we are in the lull between the storms so what did we have headed our way . And this morning . Still a few sprinkles. Mike . West spots and a lot of dry spots. The more memorial people get out there and drive, it will keep thing dry. Here is the rain two thirds of an inch in san jose. The second storm or second wave pounded the north bay at 1. 75 in san rafael and more than 1 in napa and 1. 5 in santa rosa. The low is keeping the showers going and counterclockwise spin is pushing a lot of the storms to the northeast away from us and look what is coming in behind it, it is dragging the dry air and that is our break to afternoon. Winds are gusting from or sustained from nine to 15 so we are in a lull as far as the winds. Light showers through the or, can temperatures in the 50s and showers are mostly in the north bay at noon and we will touch 60 and dry from 4 00 through 7 00 so the evening commute is the easier commute. This is not good from the Central Valley. We will get to that in a minute. In the south bay we have a sigalert southbound 101 with an overturned tanker truck blocking all lanes of track. Caltran is diverting off of it. From gilroy to san jose is 20 minutes. From i5 to the scene of the accident, big problems before 580 westbound 205 a flipped big rig with the trailer portion over the side of the road and c. H. P. Is on the scene looking at one hour between i5 and the scene of the accident into the dublin interchange. I5 south to 132 west to 580 west is the alternate. Two big problem spots. Cocoa that figures out the secret to a treat it has been work on for three decades. A famous chocolate maker find as new home. Bay area electric carmaker wants to add thousands of new jobs but where, beside the bay area, is tesla looking to one oft is that millions of peopleia will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll now at coveredca. Com. Covering cupertino, wine country, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. It is 5 15. Officials in Contra Costa County are meeting in danville to pick a new recycling provider. The contra costa salad Waste Authority will pick a company to handle the work for the decade worth 500 million. Republic services is the front runner after getting good reports. 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If you fly for leisure you lose out big while business travelers get more benefits. This starts next year. The Obama Administration announced nutrition labeling rules including more emphasis on calories and sugar and less on fat. Serving sideses are more realistic. A diet coke cherry chains rather than just 7 11. Tesla will produce cheaper scar batteries in the next few years to lower costs. It is considering several outofstate sites in the southwest to invest 2 billion in a largescale battery factory. It will employ 6,500 and will help mass market their vehicles constrained by battery short amendments. Panasonic makes batteries for the sedan that starts at 70. A Third Generation tesla could sell for less than 40,000 if cheaper batteries are produced. Is the range . That is the question. 200plus miles. It depends on how fast you drive, the hills and even the weather. Down to 55 Miles Per Hour with the wet and slick roads. Good morning, everyone, do as kristen does and drive slower and use the windshield wipers if you need them with lights on when it is raining. We have scattered light showers across the south bay up 680 and 880 through milpitas to fremont to union city through sunol grid to the San Ramon Valley to the Central Valley. We have some coming off the mountains to the west in redwood city and palo alto and foster city and san mateo you will get a light shower. The best radar runs are up 101 and 12 through the napa valley. This is going to continue sliding to the northeast and hopefully by noon we are out of the showers but a stray shower in the north bay. Sutro tower has been calming down. We still have breezes today. The height rain showers taper and heavy rain and windy and thunder tonight and we will have scattered showers through saturday. We have a cold front moving through. That is moving away from us. You can see a break. We have a lot of cloud cover lining up against the next cold front. Urban flooding is a possible with this. Wind damage because the winds are faster and the grounds are saturated. Scattered Power Outages. This evening you can see the clouds increasing between eight and 10 00 a wave of light rain will move in and the heavy showers and thunderstorms through 1 00 oclock to 3 00 and we wick up tomorrow morning and scattered showers and a clap of thunder and the commute is the worst. By then we have scattered lighter showers hanging out throughout the evening so friday evening plans, be prepared to deal with wet weather. On saturday we will have half an inch to an inch in lower elevations and 2 to 4 in mountains and the fastest winds around 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour at 1 00 oclock tomorrow morning law 4 00. You can see by sunday it is finally dry. We can head back outside after cabin fever on saturday. Monday, tuesday, when, unsettled but it will be dry. Sue . We have overturn tanker truck blocking the lanes. The tanker truck was carrying a full load of gas and hazmat is on the scene southbound 101. Traffic is diverted at east dunn. The noncommute direction, northbound traffic, is moving well at 18 minutes from grill provide to from gilroy to san jose. From the Central Valley before 580 westbound we have a big rig flipped. The cab is blocking the middle lanes. The rarely is on the side. It is an hour from i5 to the dublin pleasanton. I5 is the alternate to westbound 580. An overturned westbound 580 being cleared from the slow rain. Sue is here for leyla gulen. If you want to get your hands on a free diet coke treats, here is how. Text diet coke to 711711 and you can receive a free slurpy mobile coupon limited to one a customer while the supplies last. We dressed that during americans money report. Seven things to know use start your day. There will be dozens of new additions with the sea lions. Stay tuned. [son] she has no idea. 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Whether you are just joining us or headed out the door, breaking news in the south bay, Hazardous Materials crews have all lanes of 101 shut down southbound through morgan hill after a Tanker Accident. Some people have been evacuated from their homes. The accident is affecting northbound traffic as drivers slow down. Two, breaking news in san jose, firefighters are on the scene of an Apartment Fire that displaced 18 people. It broke out shortly after midnight. Crews are now in the mopup stage. Everyone got out safely. Officials say smoke from an air conditioning system caused a delta connection flight to be evacuated after it landed in oakland. This is video shot by the former bart spokesman would was a passenger on the flight. Katie marzullo will have the latest ahead. Four, russia says they offering protection to embattled ukraine president yanukovich who fled the home country after posts claimed the lives dozens of demonstrators and Police Officers. Yanukovich is still considering himself ukraines legitimate leader. San francisco has lost its bushman, one of two who made a living scaring tourists at fisherman wharf. He was a fixture at wharf for 30 years hiding behind branches and scaring unsuspecting tourists as they walked by. Live doppler 7 hd shows left over scattered showers this morning. We are anticipating storm number two late tonight with heavy rain again, gusty winds and we will talk about the flooding potential and Power Outages and the dumping of snow in the sierra. Seven, we have a shot of bay bridge toll plaza but we have a sigalert on 205 and expecting the sky 7 to head over to address with a little improve president here with the right lane remaining closed westbound 205 and the two last lanes cleared from the overturned big rig the slit improvement. We will follow it for you. National park service is asking visitors going to part Reyes National seashore to avoid disturbing the seals. The pupping season is going and annual recreation closing kicks off march 1 and runs through the end of june. Officials want to protect the harbor seals during the sensitive time of year. The closing applies to kayak and surfers divers and fishermen who could be near the colonies. Stay at least 100 yards away from the seals. We have the top stories ahead including man accused of d. U. I. In the south bay and what he was trying to do to his family is alarming. Drought relief could be on the way with the action california lawmakers are promising to take abc7 news begins with breaking news. In the south bay it will take hours to get southbound 101 reopened. It has been shut down by an accident involving an overturned fuel truck. Matt keller has more. Matt . Yes, it is a mess. It will cause problems on southbound 101 forcing drivers off because of the massive scene with several emergency crews surrounding the overturned tanker. C. H. P. Says the vehicle lost control on the slick road on 101 after 1 00 oclock this morning and ran into the big rig carrying the fuel tanker. The tanker overturned into the ditch after going off the road. 4,000 of 8,000 flowns of fuel has spilled. There is a drain 75 south of the spill and the spill was going into the drain. An unknown amount. C. H. P. Says the coast guard and other officials is been notified to make sure no water p ways were affected. A strong fuel smell is in the area. Police officer told us he believes homes remain evacuated and a woman was asked to leave her home. We have not seen road closure on the side streets around the spill. It is a mess. It will take hours to clean u

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