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KGO ABC7 News 500AM June 12, 2017

That will exit today, but going out the door, 52 in walnut creek. Its 50 in pleasant ton, and looking at 40s from santa rosa to napa. Mid60s around the bay, and breezy on the water and upper 50s there. Alexis. No major issues to talk about, and walnut creek looking good, and things are definitely starting to fill in. Mass transit also looking good today, and i know we had the major track closure over the weekend, and the tracks are back open and we have 31 trains in service with no delays so far this morning, so thats great. Should be choppy on the bay, and ace one out on time today, too, so we are in the green as far as mass transit is concerned. We will look at issue in the south bay and thats coming up in less than ten. A Top Executive at uber a Top Executive at uber could be on the way out may not be far behind either. Reporter uber employees are likely anxious to hear what is going to happen to its ceo. The company has been in the spotlight since allegations of harassment and mismanagement emerged. They adopted a series of recommendations about the companys culprit culture. Board members would not comment on the future of ceo, but multiple Media Outlets said the board was considering a leave of absent, and uber came under fire when a former engineer wrote in a blog that said her claims of harassment were ignored by management. Last week uber said it fired 20 employees for harassment problems. Earlier this year, one lost his patience with a driver and it was caught on camera, and he admitted he needs to fundamentally change and grow up. Theres a lot of turmoil within the top ranks and we should learn more because the companys board of directors are expected to tell the employees about the recommendations they adopted. That will be interesting to watch it unfold. It has been decades since a Bay Area Team lost a championship at home. That prospect has some people reaching deep into their wallets. Amy hollyfield is live for us at oracle arena. Reporter we found a Seat Available if you want to come to the game tonight, its only 43,458. And the seat next to it is for sale too if you want to bring a game. They are hoping to clinch the championship here at home tonight. The warriors had a practice yesterday so they could stay loose for the big game, and steph curry said he is confident and energetic and positive about this opportunity, and they are 31 against the cavs again, and curry says he thinks its going to be a fun night. For us to be back in this situation, and like you said, its the third time, and its the level of competition and intensity in the finals is unbelievable, and especially when you have that history with the opposing Team Reporter they look good and feel good. Lets take it back here live at oracle, and i can show you the shirts out tonight for the fans, and these were already printed, and these are ready to go just in case there was a game five, and everybody that comes tonight gets one of the shirts and they are hoping everybody will be wearing them where they watch a game and get to hopefully also watch a trophy presentation here in the middle of the court. Reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. For most of us, watching amy on tv is the closest we will get to oracle, but have no fear the coverage of the game starts at 5 30 and you watch it from your living room on abc7. Theres a pregame show brought to you by jeep and larry and mike will be live at 5 00 p. M. And then the Sheriffs Office is asking for your help looking for a missing kayaker seen last yesterday morning in lake tahoe. Weather conditions forced the authorities to call off the search yesterday. You can go to a you want to donate to the gofundme. The ghost ship founder is charged with 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter in the deadly december fire. Harris helped to operate the building and organize the concert that took place the night of the concert. Al menna is scheduled to be arraigned on thursday. Witnesses say before 2 00 this afternoon when a car began fishtailing near the san leandro arena and it landed upside down in the water. You see it there. Good samaritans ran in the water to save the driver who was trapped. I just kicked off my shoes and through my phone and ran into the water with the other gentleman. Somebody tossed me a rock and i broke the window open, and i felt an arm, and grabbed him and pulled him out. The driver didnt give his name and jumped into a truck with friends. Police would like to talk to the driver to make sure hes okay. The car had no license plates. And then going up for sale and expected to be bought for millions of bucks, the landmark is expected to sale for more than 300 million. The private equity group that oepbdz t owns the build something selling it. The Ferry Building will go on the market in just a few weeks. Now a live desk update. Theres a new development on the London Bridge attack. They now made a new arrest. A man was taken into custody during a latenight raid in lond london. The suspects have not been identified or charged, and britains threat level remain severe meaning an attack is highly likely. Jeff sessions agreed to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee tomorrow. Its not clear whether this will be a public hearing or if this will be behind closed doors, the panel will decide. Sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation in march. He admitted meeting twice last year with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. He will likely answer questions about the firing of james special counse Robert Mueller is ramping up his investigation. Star said after james comeys testimony last week its looking like a he said he said case. The key is what even if the president said the director said he said, does that constitute obstruction of justice or another crime, and i dont think its even close at this stage. You can see more of the interview coming up on gma after abc7 mornings. Now your accuweather 7day forecast with mike nicco. Mikes not here but i am. We have clouds, low clouds, and they will list and we are looking at visibility from napa. Elsewhere looking good. In the Sierra Nevada, still snowing. Clouds and rain showers, still bringing some snow but that pulls out today and a live look outside, yes, looking nice out there. 52 in the city and 54 in san jose. Today we begin to recover from the cool weather, and 54 on the peninsula. From our sutro tower camera, the sun up in another 35 minutes so. 54 in concord. I know its only monday. Lets go to friday why dont we. 80 degrees in oakland and 90s in the north bay. We will warm up quickly come the middle of the week, but as for today, low 60s and breezy at the coast, and 67 over in oakland, and 70 in concord, and 68 in san jose and the accuweather 7 day of course, we are warming up slowly tomorrow, and temperatures rebounding and then the 90s arrive and 80s around the bay and 70s at the coast by the weekend. We had a few issues pop up on the roads here and there and nothing significant so far, nothing that is slowing you down this morning. Highway 17, we had some type of hazard reported and that has not turned into too much so thats not a major issue, it could be a tree branch or Something Like that but use caution in the area but there are no significant delays as you head into the los gatos area. And the san mateo bridge, wide open on westbound 92. No significant delays anywhere this morning. We will see our drive times coming up at 5 20. A yearbook controversy at a new Jersey High School. The political images mysteriously removed from some photos and how some officials are responding. And then reaction to junes unusual weather. Unusual weather. [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] a man has been released from prison after serving 17 years for an Armed Robbery he says he did not commit. Turns out it could be a mixup with a lookalike prisoner. And we have the details in todays gma first look. In this mornings gma first look a man that says he was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years free after tracking down his own tkauble ganger. I hoped and prayed for this day to come. He was charged with aggravated robbery in kansas city, kansas, nearly 20 years ago. Accused of trying to steal a purse in a parking lot. Jones had an alibi, and no physical evidence, dna or fingerprints ever linked him to the crime. Witnesses picking his photo from this lineup of six mugshots that eyewitness testimony landed him behind bars. It was hard. I wont say it was easy because it wasnt, but i made it through it. We will have more on this case and how this lookalike was exonerated. What a story. Bank of america is having problems with the portrayal of julius cesar. Last night saying its statement withdrawing the funding for the production now, and Delta Airlines pulled its sponsorship sayi saying they crossed the line in good taste. A new Jersey High School is investigating after students reported that three separate donald trump references were removed from the yearbook, and two students said they wore clothes with trump logo that were removed, and one girl she selected a trump quote her photo is not there. 97 of voters chose the state hood in the nonbinding referendum yesterday. However the decision is not up to puerto rico voters and only congress can grant state hood, and the island is billions of dollars in debt and struggles with high poverty rates and there was an extremely low turn out. Lets talk tony, shall we . I could listen to that song all day. The superpowerful show about a teenage outcast found itself the most popular musical of the night. It picked up six tonys, the most of any show including best music musical and best actor. And beth middler leave that stage until she was done. I just want to say i just want to say shut that crap off. I just want to say i just want to say. Yeah, and the orchestra did stop. Yeah, shes the divine miss m. She told the audience hello dolly never went away and told her to go and see the revival of the musical. When she went backstage, she kept talking, and it was really amazing and touching. You should check it out. Rain, hail, lightning, snow, not something you would expect with summer around the corner. Lillian kim shows us a blast of nasty weather caught us off guard. Temperatures took a big dip, 25 degrees below normal in some cases. The caltrans employee tweeted about the unseasonably cold weather from interstate 80. Please slow down. Cars are going far too fast for these conditions. Enjoy the view. In napa, hail gave residents quite a surprise. The sound of thunder also rattled a few nerves. In petaluma a resident caught the lightning on video and residents found the whole thing amusing. Me and my neighbor were cracking up because it went from being sunny to thunder, lightning, raining, wind, and we both looked at each skput saoth head, what the heck . Its june. The hail came down and it was a big size, i would say like a marble size, you know. In other cities, it was the more mundane stuff. There was a silver lining. A beautiful rainbow appeared over the bay area, and lillian kim, abc7 news. Nice to see the rainbow. But what on earth . Lisa argen, its june. I know. I will bring you good news. Thats behind us and we are slowly pulling out of the seasonably cool weather regime beginning today. We do have clouds from fremont, the peninsula into the south bay but still snow, Sierra Nevada, blue canyon, the tahoe Valley Airport and a mixed bag as you go into nevada, so this continues for the next couple of hours. Slushy roadways and then they will get into afternoon sun. Right now the exploratorium camera, breezy and not as breezy as wed. The winds are in the upper elevations in the golden gate bridge, nice and clear. Concord at 54, and we will look for lots of sunshine today. Those northwesterly winds kicking up again, and we will see a warmer day tomorrow and the temperatures really climb throughout the middle of the week. Heres the fog, the low cloudiness from livermore and san carlos out of here by mid morning, and then look at the trend. Tomorrow we are looking at temperatures from the 70s today to the 80s inland to still saying comfortable along the coast, but by wednesday, wow, we are in the upper 80s and we will be saying what cooling trend, right . What unseasonably cool weather. Its going to get quite toasty into next weekend. For cavs and warriors, we are looking at mid60s in oakland and should be a lovely afternoon, and by the evening temperatures are dropping into the 50s. Prepare for just a light jacket a. Little breezy out there today and alexis has a look at your roadways this morning. Good morning, lisa. So far so good if you are driving out there this morning. Southbound 101, still light volumes there as you can see and pretty decent driving conditions, too, and that wind dying down if you are driving over one of the bridges this morning. Getting word from vta one of the rains in the northbound direction is having mechanical issues between virginia and Childrens Discovery Museum station. Crews are working on the north bay train right now and they are saying you can anticipate possible delays due to that issue. Hopefully they will provide us with an update soon and i will pass that along as soon as we get more information. Drive times looking good, highway 4 to the maze, 17 minutes. And i also have some more information, and talking about the snow in sierra, you need to chain up in some areas, and more on that coming up next. Coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. The graduation gift that keeps on giving. And then want your hands on two luxury box tickets for tonights game . How oaklands mayor can make your dream come true. Post your photo or video post your photo or video using all across america more people are choosing nissan. Post your photo or video using its americas best sales event at nissan the fastestgrowing auto brand in the u. S. A. Take on every day get 0 for up to 72 months on 13 models. 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Here are the seven things we think should know starting with the kwrawarriors. Abc7 is the only place you can watch the game. Our coverage starts at 5 30. The head of uber may be leaving the company. Its not known if it will be for a short time or if he is going to resign. This comes as ubers board of directors adopt add ses a serief recommendations by eric holder. And then a vigil outside the pulse nightclub in orlando. It has been one year since the gunman killed many people. A bell will ring for each of the victims today at noon. Winds just another day for you, but not as gusty as yesterday. They will be breezy, and we will look at winds out of the northwest and out of the coast still 25 to 35 and we will look at temperatures on the mild side. Mid and upper 50s out the door. Number five, if you are headed to the sierra this morning you will have to chain up. We have chains required on interstate 80 between cisco drove and donner lake, and state route 88 you will have to put chains on around silver lake as well and thats for all vehicles unless you have four wheel drive with snow tires. And then the pothole blitz today. Crews will work in different neighborhoods each week until the end of july. A warning for new jersey brides to be. If you book your wedding at a trump property, theres a chance the president could crash it. President trump went to at least two private events at his golf club over the weekend, and the bride and groom said they had no idea the potus would stop by. And then one teen, this is pretty creative, though. She was surprised by her family as a dough roll. The money rolled up into a tissue box. Her mom recorded amount was 1,000 bucks. Coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including googles massive expansion plans, and not everybody happy about it. And the suit President Trump is expected to be slapped with later today. Later today. A beautiful look later today. A beautiful look good morning, east bay. Lets get up and get go ppg this is abc7 mornings. Its monday june 12th. 5 29 on a day when hopefully the warriors will take it. I swear to you i had a yellow tie picked out and is setting on my kitchen counter. When we wore yellow o friday, bad things happened. They only win when i have worn blue. Were getting very superstitious. How about sunshine today. The winds, we will deal with them a little bit today and this afternoon. Napa and clouds around half moon bay. And looking at the snow winding down in the Sierra Nevada. Yes, middle of the june and the system finally pulling out. 48 in vallejo. And we will look for sunny skies, upper 50s to the upper 60s by noontime and then low 70s, so were coming up at three or four degrees inland with the breezy northwest winds along the coast. Taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, took longer than an average week day, but 5 28 the metering lights have been flipped on so things fill into the maze, not terrible. And westbound 580, tracy to dublin just under an hour. Westbound 4, antioch to concord, 15 minutes, and san rafael to San Francisco in the green at just 15 minutes. Googles proposal to build a new campus in san jose promises to be an enormous

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