Visibility. Be careful. We talk about the day planner, dry around the bay and 49 degrees at 7 00, and we will hang out in upper 50s to low 60s for the afternoon with mostly clouds. By 7 00, we are back in the mid50s inland and hanging out in the upper 50s and low 60s with thick high clouds and 56 but dry during the evening hours. At the coast, it could be thicker and cooler, and 50 at 7 00, and mid50s through the afternoon and maybe a few upper 50s at Half Moon Bay. Leg leyla gulen . We have ace trains one and three on time at this hour and the drive to livermore is sluggish problem is at the bay bridge toll plaza with metering lights not turn on and westbound side at the toll lazy we have an accident involving a vehicle and it is blocking the slow lane. It sounds like the lights were just turned on. As you come away from the maze you will be met with plenty of traffic so tack on a few extra minutes. Right now, the drive through san jose northbound along 280 away from 17 is busy and southbound traffic is starting to build ever so light lie and here is walnut creek, the commute is going to take 11 minutes heading away from highway 4 to the junction. Developing now in texas authorities are trying to determine this morning if an argument prompted an Army Sergeant to open fire the gunman is identified as ivan lopez. He was an iraq war veteran treated for Mental Illness including possible posttraumatic stress disorder. An argument may have started the shooting near the post. Investigators are interviewing his wife and searching his home and looking at his combat expense. The now say his wife leave the apartment after the shooting. She wasser woulded and crying with her little girl. Did you know it was her husband . We had no clue. No one had a clue. She didnt have a clue. Investigators say they dont believe the shooting was an act of trillion. This is five years after another gunman killed thin at ft. Hood. In arlington, texas, fans and players of the rangers paused to remember the victims of the shooting and a moment silence was held in honor of those injured and killed. We will have continuing coverage of the shoot on air and online with reporting continues on twitter right new. This morning five young men face murder charges although they did not kill anyone. Matt explains the legal twist landing the men in trouble. Matt . Yes, campbell is not known for violence the first and only homicide this year. It is a complicated case. Five young men are charged with murder, assault with a Deadly Weapon and a gang enhancement. Police say the two, 17yearold, and two 18yearold, and a 20year old are affiliated with a gang. They and a isyearold got into an argument with 24yearold on the night of manner 16th. The six subjects in the group attacked the transient and began actually assaulting him pretty brutally and at that point he retrieved a knife and familyied to defend himself stab add subject. The subject died at the hospital and the others are held responsible for his death. Under the provocative act they can be guilty of murder because they started the fight although tharpe stabbed diaz. It was determined to be selfdefense and he was released. All five suspects could face 15 years to life in convicted. Rats are not new in San Francisco but more of them are creeping out in the open because of the ongoing construction of the central subway system. That is according to the chronicle. As digging continues, north from market street, north beach residents are reporting sightings around the bushes of Washington Square park with excavation work just completed at site of the form theater at columbus avenue and powell. People see packs of rats in the hours around dawn and one reported seeing a up to 25 rats hanging around one day. Another shakeup at Oakland City Hall with the administrator leaving after only a in on on te job to become c. E. O. Of the San Francisco foundation which distributes money to the community organizations. He allied for the job in november while three was still an assistant to the city administrator if oakland and appointed to the top job after santana left and now, his replacement has been named. The mayor tweeted and i quote, i am pleased to name Henry Gardner as city administrator as mr. Black well leaves. Some may remember gardner because he was the city manager in the 80s and early in 90s. A group of City College Students in San Francisco is considering legal action for protesters injured in a campus demonstration that turned violent last month according to the San Francisco examiner. This is cell phone video showing the tug el, two students were arrested and a dozen occupied the building overnight. Any students who were injured are asked to contact the lawyer who helped occupy protesters scott olsen reach 4. 5 million settlement with the stiff oakland after being hit in the head with a police dean bag. Fast food workers are listening to protest against what they call illegal wage theft in the industry protesting in front of mcdonalds on jackson street in oakland and it starts around 4 00. This week, a survey was released for the low pay is not okay campaign an effort to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to 15 an hour. 89 percent of fast food workers claim they have been forced to work off the clock denied breaks or refused overtime. Mike . It is dry. Some parts of the country have angry weather and tornado and sirens and waking up to folks in st. Louis as a tornado ripped through University City while people were sleeping the we have flight arrival delays in chicago and more Severe Weather is possible from dallas and memphis and to jackson, mississippi, with most hundreds spared this afternoon. At home, we will talk about bart getting around, temperatures in the midtoupper 50s h 40s and dublin pleasanton and cool at 42. San francisco is 51 and sfo is 50 and the entire east bay shoreline from 45 in hayward to 49 in oakland. Temperatures today are warmer than yesterday and you can see how clear the air is from sutro tower and 60 at petaluma and 63 in oakland and San Francisco has a high of 60. Topping out at 64 in danville and fremont, and two degrees warmer than yesterday and san jose is 64, and another chance of rain coming up when you see the warm temperatures in weekend in the sevenday forecast. It is busy out there but mostly on 580 we have a couple hiccups but, mostly, we have rained accident free. Over the amount pass, you can see bumpertobumper traffic to vasco road and up to dublin interchange it is slowandgo traffic. To Castro Valley it will take you 45 minutes to make it up to 238, so, though accidents out there but plenty of congestion. What do you know, if you are traveling along i80 away from hercules to san pablo we have wazer saying there is a hot pole in a president a pothole in the road. We want to know way think about our roads, after a study that says california highways are in the best shape they have been in a decade. Let us know what you think, the best and worst freeways in the bay area and sound off on our face book page. We will have more on that with nec at nick at 6 30. You i have seen one tweet from one who agrees. Major League Baseball player is facing criticism for taking Maternity Leave after his wife had a baby. A mistake . A family says their grandmother was frozen alive and they are moving forward with legal action. Covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. Welcome back, so glad to have you with us on this thursday morning at 6 13, a look from our Mount Tamalpais camera. Cloudy but in precipitation to speak of. Enjoy leaving your umbrella at rest for right now. For right new. New this morning, turkey is ordered to lift the ban on San Franciscobased twitter, the Constitutional Court ruled that the ban is illegal because it violates freedom of expression. The court is ordering the government to restore access as so as possible. The Prime Minister of turkey banned twitter along with google owned youtube last month after accusing the sites of trying to bring down his government. This is a case that suchs like it is from a her report movie, a Southern California family claims their relative was frozen alive after she was prematurely declared dead at a hospital. The 80yearold was declared dead after suffering a heart attack at White Memorial Medical Center in july of 2010 and placed in a freezer. According to the court documents, more anythings who received her body a few days later discovered that she was face down with a broken nose and bruises to her face. Her family now is filing a medical malpractice against the hospital. They found her upside down in the body bag which told the expert she was fight her way owe. A spokesman from the hospital said they cannot comment because it is in litigation. The white house is making it clear this morning that it had nothing to do with the staged selfie featuring david ortiz and president obama. The picture was taken on tuesday when the world series champion red sox visited the white house. We later found out ortiz signed an endorsement deal with samsung the day before his white house visit. The picture was tweeted as promotion. The white house will not comment on the photo beyond saying that it didnt know it was staged. The second baseman for the mets is facing criticism for taking paternity leave to with be his wife after the birth of their senator. Daniel murphy missed the last two games and is intelligented to they days of leave under the major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement. But now new yorks sports radio hosts are ripping into him. Take a week off . Or five days . I dont get it. You are a major League Baseball, hour a nurse. Boomer said they should have scheduled a csection to avoid any conflict. No comment from murphy but the mets g. M. Says he has in problem with the leave. Not touching that. Professional athletes. Are like that. They boast about something happens, i didnt even miss a game when that happened. You have her that before. I thought we were beyond that. I guess not. Boomer and that go are if their midtolate 50s so maybe they pat of that generation. So now it is like i didnt even miss the birth of my son. Interesting. Now, we will talk about weather, get out of this hot water. Fog, again, 1. 5 mile visibility at santa rosa and three miles visibility in novato with the winds blowing from santa rosa to novato so the fog that is forming deep in the valley, it will continue to move across rohnert park and petaluma and those neighborhoods so be careful. The rest of us are light and variable and less than ten Miles Per Hour with High Pressure taking over. Temperature of 39 in los gatos is the cool spot to the south and lowtomid 40s in most neighborhoods and sunnyvale is the warm spot at 46 and san jose, you are at 44. The temperature is 46 in newark and 43 in danville and novato and san carlos is friction and fairfield is 48, and 52 in San Francisco and alameda and redwood city, and brentwood is at 45 degrees. Look how calm the water is this morning, and there is a ferry coming in, you can see how smooth the ride is and how colorful the sunrise will be in the next half hour. Mostly clouds with lie clouds and milder than yesterday, and light rain is possible tomorrow and today we still below average, lowtomid 60s most neighborhoods a few upper if you are along the coast. Low 50s around oakland and san mateo and Half Moon Bay and San Francisco. Overnight, a slight chance of drizzle as the cold front bears down on it coming in tonight and tomorrow the last one for a while and it is the weak of the since tuesday of last week. Here we are at 11 00, drizzle out there, and best along the Higher Elevations near the coast and possibly Higher Elevation an the east bay hills and it testify really wants to come afford at noon we are it will looking at mostly clouds and a few scattered showers developing in the afternoon hours and by 7 00, they are gone, friday evening commute or friday evening plans ought to be dry. If you do get indicate with rain it will be less than. 1. And well above average on monday and tuesday, in the 80s. A couple of events tomorrow around the bay area, and the first one is going to be in the east bay where the as will take on the Seattle Mariners and game time is 7 05. Half delays along 880 and surface street surrounding the coffee so make sure you take mass transit, bart, and headed into san jose, the kings versus the sharks at 7 30. So expect delays. We have a brand new citizen seconds ago reported base of our easy to use waze app you will see a slow down. 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We contacted nissan and a spokesman said that the ad was intended to portray a fantasy scenario and released this statement saying nissan takes commitment to fair and truthful advertising seriously and has been and remains committed to complying with the law. Morning news continues at 6 30 with the top story. Including new this morning, a Major Staffing change at a south bay university, 18r. A. S left go. A gunman opened fire at ft. Hood killing three others and injuring 16 others before turning the gun on himself. According to a report by caltran, 84 percent of california highways are this good rating condition. I will tell you what that is automatic about. Good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco it will be dry today but lit rain is on the way for tomorrow and a big warming train this weekend. I am leyla gulen in the traffic center, looking from emeryville camera to the bay bridge toll plaza with word from caltran that an a. C. Transit bus could be in an consent blocking an live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good morning on thursday, april 3rd. Thanks for starting your day with us we will start you off with a look at lake tahoe. What is that stuff . Snow . Powdered sugar. Maybe i was hoping. Both are equally wonderful. Just need a doughnut to go along with it. First up, we will look at the Weather Forecast and find out about the snow in lake tahoe never made snow cream. Snow ice cream . That was a big thing in minute me take the fresh fallen snow and make ice cream. Now live doppler 7 hd shows cloud cover which is dry and the commute is not bothered by any wet weather. Here is the day planner, mostly cloudy and a few breaks and a color sunrise. 48 to 50. We are in the mid40s to an 50. Below average but warmer than yesterday and 56 to 62 is our spree at 4 00, and a dry commute home and headed out this evening dress for temperatures in the mid50s. Southbound along 101 at the Golden Gate Bridge there is a car on fire and it is blocking the slow lanes so i will get more information on that in a little bit but as we take you to san jose i was showing you this first recorded by the wazers and it is an accident and one car is on the right hand side and another is i