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KGO ABC7 News 600AM January 20, 2014

Upper 60s and mid to low 50s during the evening hours. We have freezing temperatures, so light frost out there. Well be in the low 60s by noon, fading clouds and near record highs in the upper 60s at 4 00, 52 at 7 00. One last stop, out to the coast. 47 degrees. Well be in the light to upper 60s in the afternoon. Lets get a check of that monday morning commute. Lets find out if its light. So far it is pretty light. As we talk about mass transit, ace train is going to be on a special holiday service. Westbound ace train 7 and eastbound ace train 10 will not be in operation. B. A. R. T. Train 13, trains are currently running on time and muni is running on a saturday schedule. As you talk about traffic, if you are not going to be hitting mass transit but taking to the roads, we have an accident involving two vehicles over to the shoulder, westbound side of 580 to the northbound 680 connector, the dublin interchange there. 580 tracy to dublin, 24 minutes in the westbound direction. Highway 4 to concord, 14 minutes. 101, it is quiet from san rafael to San Francisco at just 16 minutes. 6 02. Well, the quest for six will have to continue next season. The San Francisco 49ers are back home here in the bay area this morning after their defeat by the Seattle Seahawks in last nights nfc championship game. The niners, well, they controlled their Division Rivals pretty well in the first half but the seahawks responded loud and clear in the second with 30 seconds left in the Fourth Quarter, the niners needing a touchdown to win. Seahawks all pro cornerback and former Stanford Cardinal Richard Sherman delivered a tip there with Malcolm Smith getting the pick sending seattle to the super bowl in two weeks. Despite the tough loss, the 49ers received an appreciative homecoming from dozens of fans who greeted the players. The team rolled in on buses from san joses mineta airport late last night. While the games outcome was not what fans were hoping for, many say theyre proud of the niners for playing a hardfought game and 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. The 49ers spirit is alive and well. Fans are looking forward to the niners first season at the new stadium in santa clara. The internet is busesing following seahawks cornerback Richard Shermans interview with erin andrews. Im the best corner in the game. When you ply me with a 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. Did you see the look on erin andrews face . Sherman was obviously referring to the gamewinning play. 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. Good play. I was making sure everybody knew that crabtree was a mediocre receiver. In case you couldnt hear there, sherman was trying to make sure everyone knew that he was calling crabtree a mediocre receiver. He says crabtree made a personal remark to him in the offseason in arizona. The cornerback says hes going to be tough on Michael Crabtree for the rest of his career. And niners fans are thanking the team on our abc 7 page. You can do the same. Just go to facebook. Com abc7 news and post your thoughts. New this morning, the olympic torch is continuing its trek towards sochi as the winter games quickly approach. This morning the torch relay reached volgograd and thats where twin suicide bombings killed more than 30 people just last month. A heavy Police Presence was noticeable as the flame was carried around the city. In an exclusive interview with george stephanopolous, Vladimir Putin said his countrys Security Forces are dealing with any possible threats. Coming up at 6 30, well have new details on the new threat made to the games over the weekend. Happening today, the nation is marking the birthday of dr. Martin luther king jr. King would have been 85 years old. Celebrations of his life are taking place across the country, but here in the bay area, one longrunning tradition is in jeopardy. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in San Francisco with details. Reporter yeah, eric. Today would be one of the last freedom train rides in the bay area. Attendance last year was down and the mlk Association Says this is expensive to put on. It costs 5,000 to charter the train. So they really do have to sell those seats on the train. Well, this year its looking even worse. They have only sold 300 tickets. There are 1600 seats on the train. Organizers say they would do one more. Next years could be the last one, a farewell ride, which would bring to an end a 30yearold tradition. The ride commemorates the 54 miles between selma and montgomery, alabama, which Martin Luther king jr. And activists marched for equal rights, about the same distance between san jose and San Francisco. If youre interested in todays ride, it leaves san jose at 10 00 and a round trip ticket will cost you 15. On board youll hear personal stories, tributes and gospel singing. Organizers say this is the last freedom train that exists in the country. Reporting live in San Francisco, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thanks a lot. 6 06 now. To San Franciscos Duboce Triangle neighborhood where someone has been taking expensive potted plants, including small trees from the sidewalk gardens on walter street. One resident believes the responsible party is from the neighborhood. Thats a heavy load. If youre not local, you dont want to carry a tree that size and a root ball that size. If you have a car, you throw it in the car and go. I think hes a neighbor. And the fact that weve been losing plants for a year and a half also suggests that its local. A neighbor twice captured footage of the man stealing plants in the middle of the night. Patrick santana is posting flyers with that image. Oakland police are investigating a potential hate crime that has victimized a prominent candidate for mayor next november. Flyers depicting a swastika on the forehead of City Council Member libby shaft were plastered throughout montclair over the weekend. Our media partner, the Contra Costa Times reports nobody has claimed responsibility. The flier supposedly represents opponents of a controversial Surveillance Center that is proposed for the area. The varsity basketball docoh at a Peninsula High School has been fired following 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. 6 08. If youre off work or perhaps your kids are off from school and its Martin Luther king day, what are they looking at, mike . Well start with the peninsula. We have 34 in palo al toechlt 37 in redwood city. San mateo 42. Belmont 48. San bruno 49. Very widespread temperatures there. Heading north into San Francisco, 49 there. Heading south into san jose, about 40. Were in the upper 30s to low 40s along the east bay shore. Mid to upper 30s. Well just say mid30s through the east bay valleys and upper 20s to mid30s in the north bay valley. Half moon bay, thats one of the coolest temperatures ive seen in a long time for you. 37 degrees. Lets see whats going to happen today. Well have temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above average. Well be in the mid60s to near 70. Thats pretty close to records. Well probably stop a degree or two short in many areas. A wind shift for tomorrow. Mid to upper 60s and then tomorrow possible fire danger developing thursday. Lets get leyla with a check of your morning commute. Im happy to report nothing but crickets out there. A couple of fenderbenders but nothing too major. 16 b. A. R. T. Trains are running on time and plenty of wide open space for people to travel. If you do head to school or go to work today, youre not going to be with much traffic what e whatsoev whatsoever. Lets see how things are moving along on the nimitz and 580. Top speeds there. Along highway 13 as well, that is a clear drive right up to oakland on 880 as you head closer to the maze, were looking at top speeds there. As we head into san jose along 101, 280, 85, you can see 64 Miles Per Hour running there at posted speeds. Also 67 Miles Per Hour there coming into cupertino. A live look outside, this is your commute coming away from it looks like 87 right past julian street. Nice and quiet there as well. A few extra cars. Thanks very much, its 6 10. New this morning, a mother and her two baby daughters targeted in a violent crime. The investigation under way right now. Also ahead, more trouble for new jerseys Chris Christie. The other mayor now coming forward to make her own allegations against the embattled governor. And damage control. Juan pablo tries to clarify his of unexpected ways to help keep their homes healthy. Using lysol in hundreds maxs mom uses it on the couch, which could be home to thousands of bacteria. Lysol disinfectant spray taining. But unlike febreze, its also approved to kill 99. 9 of bacteria. Going beyond freshening to help protect your family. Thats healthing. Lysol disi start healthing. To those whove been denied ewelcome to covered california. Now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. 6 13 on this monday morning, a holiday in honor of dr. Martin luther king jr. It looks like a lot of people are taking this holiday off. Look at the embarcadero. Theres nobody there. Theyre probably home sleeping. Oh, well. Heres kristen with more news. New this morning from new york city where police are investigating a violent family tragedy. We want to warn you some viewers may find this story very disturbing. Police say a 21yearold woman and her two young daughters were found stabbed to death last night inside their queens apartment. Officers responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call. Investigators say the two dancing with the stars were ju two daughters were just 2 and 1 years old. The mom and daughters lived in the apartment with her husband. He has not been located. A new survey out this morning finds distrust in elected leaders growing here in the u. S. As well as abroad. According to the Public Relations firm, just 37 of College Educated adults say they trust the u. S. Government, down 16 points from a year earlier. The survey shows washingtons budget battle was a key reason for the drop. Worldwide trusts in governments is also down four points to 44 . Survey results will be presented later this week at a World Economic forum in switzerland. A new jersey mayor is making new accusations about governor Chris Christie this morning. The mayor of hoboken, new jersey, has met with federal prosecutors after claiming representatives of governor christie tried to strongarm her. Dawn zimmer says she was told her stormdamaged city would get Superstorm Sandy recovery funds only if she expedited a development project. Christie is already under fire after the revelation that his aides orchestrated a traffic jam as political payback. President obama is macing waves with a new statement on marijuana. The president says in a candid interview with the new yorker that pot is less dangerous than alcohol, quote, in terms of its impact on the individual consumer. He does not, though, 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 marijuana will solve social problems are, quote, probably overstating the case. This morning the star of the bachelor is apologizing to the Gay Community for his controversial remarks. The 32yearold single father and former Soccer Player says hell meet with glad in tern. He said he didnt think a gay bachelor would set a good example for kids. To me the show will be in a facebook apology, he explains that english is his second language. Juan pablo says he didnt mean to use the word pervert. What he meant to say is that gay people are more affectionate. Abc called his comments careless, thoughtless and insensitive and not representative of those of the network or show. Open mouth, remove foot. Second one too after that other comment. Remove both feet. I dont think its the same spanish word for affectionate and pervert, but okay. Ill look that up. In the meantime lets get the weather forecast. Come close to records, absolutely. Lets take a look and show you what is going on. All right. Were starting with live doppler 7. You can see the high clouds still streaming over the bay area as the High Pressure is starting to get squeezed just a little bit. Moving away from us and thats why the records are becoming a little less likely this week than they were last week. Lowest visibility four miles at half moon bay. Usually high clouds have no effect on flight arrivals, its low clouds. Those on the left side of your screen are well offshore and thats where they should stay the next couple of days. Lets talk about whats going on. The camera is not bouncing too much. A little bit of a breeze but not like were going to have, say, come thursday. Jump ahead here a little bit. Thats when fire danger could develop once again in our hills and mountains. For today, a few high clouds, especially this morning. Near record highs this afternoon and the breezes will stop coming offshore for a couple of days this week and that means a cool trend a cooling trend is on the way, but still well above average. Even when we get cooler weather its not going to fall down to where we should be. Santa cruz and most of the Santa Clara Valley in the mid to upper 60s. Like 69 san jose. Well drop down to 66 in millbrae as you head northbound on the peninsula. Mid to upper 60s along the coast into downtown and south San Francisco. Mid60s for sausalito and san rafael and sonoma, vallejo, everybody else even at the coast in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees in santa rosa. 70 in oakland. We go all the way down to 64 in richmond. Mid to upper 60s throughout the east bay valleys with fairfield a little bit warmer at 70. Tonight it will be freezing cold inland with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. Upper 30s and fremont and down in the south bay. Everybody else around the bay and the coast in the 40s. Heres your accuweather sevenday forecast. 2 to 4 degrees cooler tomorrow. Wednesday the low water mark. Temperatures rebound to the mid to upper 60s and well keep an eye on thursday, friday and saturday for that high fire danger the right now, not so mast. Have a good one. The crash at the dublin interchange was over to the shoulder but its gone now. We have 19 b. A. R. T. Trains running on time. As we take you back to highway 4, this is where we have a stalled vehicle still waiting for a tow truck. As you continue into concord and up towards 242, if you do need to make it to 680, you can see nothing but top speeds. Nice and clear there. Once you get onto highway 24 near the caldecott, that is a top speed drive, 65 miles an hour as you approach highway 13. A live look outside, its going to be across the san mateo bridge. 13 minutes will get you there. A couple of extra cars. No accidents reported so very holiday light. Eric, kristen. Thank you, leyla. Its 6 20. B. A. R. T. s ninemonth long contract battle is finally over but it turned out to be a pricey struggle. Ahead at 6 30, the sevenfigure sum now coming to light. Coming up first, get ready to go to a galaxy far action far away. The director of the new Star Wars Film says hes cleared a major first step for the new movie in the it a great day. Im john muller. And make skin l. But theres one thats so clever, neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98 of women saw improvement in their skins natural texture, tone, or clarity. Does your makeup do that . Neutrogena® cosmetics. Recommended most by dermatologists. Suddenly youre a mouthbreather. Well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38 more than cold medicines alone. So you can breathe and sleep. Shut your mouth and sleep right. Breathe right. Good morning. A live look at downtown San Francisco. A lot of the city is going to be a warm day pushing records once again. Well talk to mike nicco about when there might be a break in the trend coming up. But well hear whats coming up on Good Morning America. Breaking overnight, the american missionary whos been jailed in north korea for more than a year appearing at a press conference. Were going to have much more on his appeal to the American Government for his release. Big news out of north korea coming up next on gma. If youre one of those iphone users who always manages to break your screen, apple has a solution. Starting today, apple will fix your broken iphone 5c screens in house. The previous option was to replace the entire phone, which could be expensive and timeconsuming. A screen repair will set you back 150 and takes about one hour. Star wars fans are a step closer to going back to a galaxy far, far away. Director j. J. Abrams says he has a complet

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