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KGO ABC7 News 500AM May 17, 2017

4 00 and temperatures 53 to 64 by 7 00. All right. Timetable on the 80s and 90s coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. A little breezy in spots out there this morning as well. We have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge, the benicia bridge and Altamont Pass this morning. A little stackup in the cash lanes and we have 20 minutes until they flip the metering lights on. Tracy to dublin in the yellow at 40 minutes, andanti concord, 14 minutes. We have a rollover crash and we will head back there in less than ten minutes. A twoalarm house fire and candles are likely to blame. The fire is out right now, but look at those flames just a short moment ago. They are shooting out of the top of the house. Several feet high. This home was on laurel street near bus avenue, and firefighters got there and they say the garage, kitchen and attic were all on fire, and there was a family inside and made it out okay and the red cross is helping those folks out this morning since the home is severely damaged. Thank you. Thank you. Happening coming to the bay area. And Amy Hollyfield is live at the stadium about how Public Transit will be put to the test. Reporter as we drove in we saw electronic signs warning about this concert tonight, so the community definitely is on alert that this is happening and is being told to prepare. The stage is set, as you can see from this view from sky 7. They say the concert is sold out and they are expecting 50,000 people to be here, and it starts at 6 30, setting up a clash between concert goers and commuters. They expect bono of u2 to exceed santa claras 10 00 curfew, and at that time vta usually only has one train with one car running and city officials have decided they will need to adjust. Asking for more personnel to work more hours because we dont have about 5,000 people waiting for our service at 10 00 in the evening. So vta decided to add eight trains, and cal trains will add one, and vta says its expensive and will cost about 65,000 and the agency will try to get reimbursed. Those of you that rely on the highways for your evening commute, be aware its going to be congested. Live in santa clara, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Hollyfield, abc7 news. A srvirtual charged with this. These are 21 pages filled with one womans accusations against up load and its cofounders. Cofounder accuses the group of sexual harassment, retaliation and gender duh gym nation. Its a Virtual Reality accelerator, and in their San Francisco office the plaintiff claims the female employees were also required to clean up after parties. This included whatever condoms or underwear might be left behind. Scott is suing for an undiscl e undisclosed amount. Its alarming to see so much of this behavior in one specific industry, one niche within tech. And one company magically settled a sex discrimination lawsuit with a former employee. She covers tech and she sees inexperience getting in the way at times. Its a scrappy Young Company and they may not have the hr department. Up load vr did not return calls. Stphaoeuf investigators arrested a man without incident yesterday and he is accused of killing a 51yearold mcdonald in march, and no details have been released about a motive. President trump and netanyahu spoke to the phone yesterday, and a Senior Source of the Prime Ministers Office said the phone call lasted 20 minutes and it comes amid reports that President Trump disclosed classified israeli intelligen intelligence. The spy provided intelligence about an active isis blog. The Prime Ministers Office claims the only topic was mr. Claims the only topic was mr. Trumps upcoming and now demanding the fbi hand over all notes and recordings between former director james comey and the president , and comey said he was asked by President Trump to end his investigation into thenNational Security adviser, michael flynn. A source tells abc news the memo was shared with top fbi associates and the white house is disputing this claim. Adam schiff said moments ago congress is prepared to subpoena the notes if they are not handed over freely. I think there are enough allegations now that this needs a very Serious Investigation just on that issue. A source says comey kept his own log of all of his discussions with the president because he was suspicious of the president s motives. The city of filed a suit yesterday. The owner of the building and now pg e are all named in the suit. And they should have noticed the dangerous conditions. In a written response the pg e spokesperson said, we have reviewed our records and we have no reports of electric theft or anominees. We are fully cooperating with authorities as they investigate this tragic event, end quote. A lawyer for three families suing over the fire shows the ghost ships operator was deceptive about the building. Our Media Partners obtained this body cam video from 2014 and it shows the operator speaking with officers during an arson investigation. He appears to tell the officers he didnt live there, which turned out to be tpaulsz, and he talked about throwing a benefit there which would have been illegal. We have new details in the terrible car crash that killed a High School Senior weeks away from her graduation. She died on sunday morning in fremont. Her mom was driving her home from james logan high schools prom when another car plowed into them. Fremont police said it will take weeks for the traffic unit to wrap up their investigation. Theres a gofundme page set up to pay for funeral expenses and medical bills for her mother. We have a link at sounding off on proposed changes to parking and fare rates. Monthly parking prices also expected to go up quite a bit, from 55 to 82 bucks. Cal train says its facing a 10 million budget short fall and is holding a Public Meeting today holding a Public Meeting today to talk about all the changes. 280 at 17, and a partly cloudy sky in san jose. Not as breezy as yesterday. No small craft advisory. Temperatures in the 50s there with the breeze and exercising, watch out for the burning sunshine today. Temperatures about the same as what we woke up to yesterday. Maybe just a touch warmer in santa rosa by 4 degrees. We will start in the east bay in our valleys, 48 in pleasant hill. 49 in danville, and everybody else 50 to 53 degrees. And we have low to mid50s around the bay shore, oakland and hayward at 55, and san jose and san carlos at 54. And 49 in napa. And the next three days, look at this, 60s and 70s today, were getting closer to average. 60s to 80s tomorrow. 60s to upper 80s on friday, and then guess what is coming this weekend . 90s. I will show it to you coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast, and todays microclimates also. We have one significant blocking issue so far today and thats in south San Francisco, and still cleaning up the fivecar crash involving a rollover on southbound 101 before you get to airport boulevard. Three left lanes blocked and they are calling for several tow trucks. The box trailer landed on its wheels but flipped as well. Could add five or ten minutes to your commute, and you can head over to 280 if you want to avoid that. Southbound 680, no issues here and the rest of the bay area quiet this morning. I will have an update on the drive times coming up at 5 20. An alarming warning from scientist this morning, they say half of the state salmon population will be extinct if changes are not made now. One person taking action to permanently stop them. Permanently stop them. We found the kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Its 5 13. More Affordable Housing coming to the peninsula for the elderly and families. The board of supervisors unanimously approved it yesterday, and where is the money coming from . Its a measure k, a half sales tax. Sales tax. The former Army Intelligence analyst was sentenced to 35 years and president obama commuted her sentence in january. She will remain an active duty unpaid soldier eligible for health care and other benefits. A woman is suing the gas station in sacramento county. Her family filed suit against valley oak food in walnut grove. She believed she contracted botulism from cheese sauce for the nachos. We are just telling you about the new delivery robots on the uc berkeley campus, and already a supervisor thinks these are too dangerous for the sidewalks. Legislation was introduced yesterday to ban the robots of city sidewalks. He said seniors and people with disabilities may not be able to get out of the way on time and he is worried the robot cameras could cause a privacy issue. And then being alert after thieves hit five homes in a single day. And the burglary spree started at sunday morning and lasted until four in the afternoon, and the thieves are still on the run. The Police Release add security photo of the getaway car. Happening today, Google Holding its annual developer conference in mountain view. You are looking at video from you are looking at video from last years event. That guy holding a sword. It starts at 10 00 this morning, and abc7 news reporter, jonathan bloom, will be reporting on the event. Renters and homeowners in San Francisco will rally for housing protection. They want money to keep immigrants and africanamerican families and seniors and people with disability in their homes by offsetting the rent. The rally starts at 11 30 a. M. At civic center plaza. New this morning, the town of danville opening up an exchange dome for craigslist transactions, and heres the sign. The Department Says the space will serve as a safe place for craigslist, and the lot is under 24hour video surveillance. Hands up if you have been on a really bad date . Not you . Not you . Okay. I have. One man is suing a woman now because of what happened when they went out. I just dont want to admit it. Brandon went on a date to the movies and he said the woman would not stop texting during the movie, and so he said thats annoying take it outside, and she did and never came back. So he is suing her for the cost of the movie. He said she is a threat to civilized society. What . He said she made her extremely uncomfortable. What . What is happening . What a story. Mike, you are so lucky you found barbara and you are happily married. She loved the dollar movie and the white castles on our date. Big spender. Lets take a look now at what is going on. Live doppler 7. You can see the clouds clearing out as we speak and the change of winds are on the way. You can see a few of the clouds around the san mateo bridge and southward. The tide turns today and sunshine and warmer temperatures. The beaches, they will escape the weekend hot highs if you want to head that way in. And a couple people, when can i wash the car . Now, perfect timing, because theres no rain in the forecast all the way through the end of the month. 68 to 71 in the south bay, and that 71, san jose. 62, millbrae. Everybody else around 66 to 71 on the peninsula. And then along the coast, it will be breezy, and 61 in downtown and San Francisco. Low to mid70s in the valley. And we will hit 66 in hayward, and 71 in san ramon and to antioch, about 72. A lack of clouds and dry air. Mid to upper 40s. My accuweather 7day forecast, check out the beaches, they will get to low to mid90s inland. Alexis, can always rent you a room if you would like, i have airconditioning . Ask me again on friday or saturday, i may be ready to take you up on that. I have my three fans ready to go. A quiet start to the wednesday morning drive here. Westbound to 580, nothing blocking along that stretch. And then the bay bridge toll plaza looking good. Yesterday the metering lights were on early at 5 21, and looks like it will be a few minutes later than that today but should happen anytime in the next five minutes here. And westbound 580 across the richmond and san rafael bridge, six minutes. So you are in the green as well for the dumbarton bridge. In todays gma first look, a mystery unfolding in the Bermuda Triangle. A plane disappeared off the radar. In this mornings first gma look, a 40yearold mother and her two young sons just three and four missing along with their 52yearold pilot and friend. Their small plane disappearing from radar on monday afternoon. We are doing everything we can. Bloom and the boys were flying from puerto rico to Central Florida in a small plane like this one, leaving puerto rico just after 11 00 a. M. On monday and three hours into the flight the plane vanishes over the infamous Bermuda Triangle and parts of the plane were found but no sign of the four passengers. The first thing investigators will look at, was there a problem with the pressurization of the cabin. We will have the latest on the search coming up at 7 00 a. M. With your gma first look, abc news, new york. This is alarming. A new report finds half of the native trout species in the state will be extinct in 50 years. The scientist from uc davis and the Conservation Group say theres time to save the species, but they need to initiate a long term amount of insuretives, and they say Climate Change is warming up the water making it hard for the fish to survive. One thing we all know, in and out as the best burgers on the west coast, but just got dethroned as best in the country. Country. And the crab industry took why not give professionalyou amateuryou has got this its just an open house. You stand there. Smile pleasantly. And hand out a few brochures. yelling you could do it with your eyes closed. Police Sirens yeah, thats not gonna work. Bring out your best you, and awaken your senses with the refreshing taste of tropicana. Find fast relief behind the counter allergies with nasal congestion . With claritind. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains the best oral decongestant. Live claritin clear, with claritind. Number one, the white house facing another crisis this morning. The House Oversight chairman says he wants to see all the notes and recordings between former director, james comey, and President Trump. This is related to the investigation between russia and the president s campaign. And russian president , Vladimir Putin, he just said he would give Congress Transcripts of the conversation between ambassador and President Trump. And then a dangerous stunt by two teenagers, they climb up the main cable to the top of the north tower without being noticed by security. Bono in town, and about 50,000 fans expected at levi stadium. And the pressure will be on Public Transit because this is all happening at rush hour, and its a 6 30 start time. And vta and cal train are adding extra trains. Finally getting back closer to average on our way to hot temperatures. The smallest change, San Francisco goes from 59 yesterday to 61 today. Number six, our Biggest Issue this morning is a rollover crash we had since 4 30 this morning in south San Francisco. Northbound 101, just before you get to airport boulevard. They are working on towing the rollover out of there and four other vehicles were involved, and about a mile and a half backup right now and you can take 280 for an alternate. General mills is giving away 10,000 boxes filled with only marshmallows. You have to buy a regular box of lucky charms first to see if you have the winning code. Do you agree with me, i thought the marshmallows in lucky charms were the grossest thing . Not on the same page about this. I think all of you watching agree, Innout Burger on the west coast. Five guys beat in the first time. And chickfila for chicken restaurants, and Starbucks Coffee was the number one. Cheesecake is casual . Thats fancy for my taste. Exactly. We will be back with more news. News. And the the Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Good morning, east bay. Lets get up and get going. This is abc7 mornings. Now at 5 30, a suspected neuro Virus Outbreak in the south bay. What parents need to know about this fastspreading bug this morning. Stunning video of teenagers climbing to the top of the golden gate bridge. With the warriors two wins away from going to the nba finals, one bay area artist quit his job because he loves the dubs so much. Dont worry, he has a plan. He is living with his mom right now, but he has a plan. Dedication. Good morning to you on this may 17th. We have news to get to with breaking news. We start with meteorologist, mike nicco. I think you will be surprised when you hear that story, its a good thing. Lets talk about the weather, a good thing. The rain chances over and so are the cooler than average temperatures over after today. The cloud layer i had on there starting to break up, and the dry air coming in today and look what it does. It takes away the clouds by lunch. And then minor warming, especially at the coast. As we round out your 12 hour day planner, pretty smooth sailing here. Lets find out about the commute. Most everybody is off to a smooth start on this

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