has the day off. we have an accuweather update. hi, drew. >> we heated up quickly today thanks to total sunshine. it's a beautiful day across the bay area. we'll take to you live doppler 7 hd and show you all is quiet across the region with skies with no rain. we do notice a few clouds pushing up against the peninsula. we'll take you live outside from our tower cam, just a gorgeous shot. lots of blue sky. a few clouds pushing through the golden gate and temperatures set at 67. oakland 75. san carlos 82. san jose 82. 90 in gilroy. 64 in half moon bay and another gorgeous shot from our rooftop camera showing the blue skies as far as the eye can see. mid-80s. 94 in fair field. concord, 92. live more 94. head iing to at&t park, the gias will take on the rockies. first pitch 7:15. 66 degrees under clear skies. by 10:00 as the game wraps up, temperatures pretty comfortable with a light jacket on at 62. our first forecast this evening it's breezy. a little bit of fog tomorrow morning but the peak of the heat arrives tomorrow. we'll be tracking even warmer temperatures with the seven-day

accuweather forecast. >> yeah, you do notice the clouds much of the day. we do have improving conditions as we head into the start of the holiday weekend on your saturday. we go to live doper 7 hd right now. a sweep around the bay area, picking up on a little bit of moisture, a little green on your screen. but near the surface, the atmosphere is so dry that this moisture is not even reaching the surface. it's evaporating in virga. a gorgeous shot from our east bay camera. cloud cover overhead. sirrus cl. san jose 7 3. 64 in half moon bay. we'll show you clouds over the bay bridge. and temperatures right now anywhere from 79 in santa rose sa, 88 in novatto. a cool shot right now showing the low lying clouds in san francisco. a first look at that forecast, mainly cloudy tonight. we do expect the clouds to depart as early as tomorrow morning. that will set the stage for a bright and very warm start to the holiday weekend. when i come back, i'll have details on sunday and especially labor daymond shaping up for the full accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you, drew. >>> this

weekend forecast. we do have changes to talk about with the full accuweather seven-day forecast. okay? >> thanks so much, drew. >> happening now, a major freeway closure in san francisco has begun. the northbound lanes of interstate 280 between 101 split and king street just shut down at 2:00. it won't reopen until tuesday morning. all of this is being done to make the roads safer in the event of an earthquake. abc 7 news reporter alan wong is live in san francisco with this story. >> reporter: they got straight to work. can you see the giant jackhammers breaking apart on bridge right now, and can you probably see what i'm seeing and that's the power of the shaking under the power of the jackhammers. they closed this down two hours ago, and we're seeing it bank on highway 101 where northbound traffic is being divert. kranz crews wasted no time in getting to work on the seismic retro fit. this is what it looked like as they shut the road down. this is a four-day closure that will al clow caltranz to replace two bridge hinges with larger ones to get the span more flexibility. that means

christian outside with today's accuweather forecast. >> things are certainly calm in the bay area now. they were for much of the day. the storms stage east and north. we're fortunate we did not have them move through the bay area. showing mainly sunny skies over the bay area at the moment. but we do have high clouds pushing through. you can see some offshore there and some over land areas as well here is a view of the western sky with a bunch of high clouds. current temperature readings 58 at san francisco. low 70s at oakland and san carlos. 85 at gilroy. here is a different view of clouds over the golden gate from our sutro tower camera. it's 72 degrees in santa rosa. 63, 81 fairfield. 77 in concord. and 80 in livermore. here is a look from the golden gate. clouds move. and these are our forecast futures. mostly sunny and mild tomorrow. and a warmer pattern begins on thursday. satellite radar composite image shows high clouds pushing into the bay area ahead of an advancing frontal system. and those clouds will continue moving through overnight. here is our forecast animation starting

look at the forecast now. >>> spencer christian is here with the accuweather update. >> hey, there, as you know we have had a lot of cloud cover here in the san francisco area and north bay, although locations to the east have had a bit more sunshine. we're getting more here in the embarcadero. you can see clouds over much of the north bay beginning to thin out around the golden gate and out over the bay right now. let's take a look at spotty drizzle totals from this morning. that has been the most popular weather term of the week, spotty drizzle. we had anywhere from two to 400th of an inch here, pengrove and santa rosa, but it has ended now. here is blue sky over the bay from the roof top camera. 67 degrees in san francisco, low 70s in oakland, and san carlos, 81, san jose, looking at the golden gate, blue skies, 66 in santa rosa, low-to-mid 70s in novato, fairfield, concord and livermore and blue skies over like tahoe as we view our first forecast. increasing clouds and fog this evening. sunny, mild tomorrow. generally across the bay area with highs ranging from mid-60s up the c

, antioch. 93 fairfield and concord, 92. the accuweather seven-day forecast, 70 along the coast. we'll peak in the heat on tuesday, mid-and-upper 90s inland. >> wow. thank you, drew. shu is here with sports sports d because that means college football. >> the first saturday, the 2014 college football season was in full swing, including our local here holidays as the stanford was out of the chute with an >> 11-inch ranked stanford kicks off the 2014 season look fig their third straight pack ten title. the cardinal had plenty of confidence. able to score before the offense even took the field. first quarter, ty montgomery returning the punt, scores. 7 or stanford. the offense contributed in a big way. kevin hogan showing off the arm. what a throw. 40 yards. 21-other in the second quarter. hogan, 12-16, three tds and one pick in the second, christian mccaffrey, his dad ed played here and with the broncos. his son's first touch at stanford goes 52 yards. a proud father i'm sure. stanford wins, 45-0. >> cal coming off a 1-11 season, looking for payback against northwestern who knocked off t

weather? >> spencer christian is here with an accuweather update. >> looks like the weather is going to be great. otherwise we might see a band on the run. let me give you a look outside. we have mainly sunny skies over the bay area right now. a little bit of fog at the coast. not a lot, though. this is the forecast for tonight's final big event at the stick. paul mccartney's farewell concert at candlestick. the concert begins at 8:00 p.m. there will still be lots of bright sky well after 8:00 p.m. partly cloudy, breezy, 59 degrees at 8:00 p.m. should be lovely weather for the concert. this is a live look at current conditions. 68 in san francisco. 72, oakland. 81, san carlos, 78, san jose. gilroy, 82. 62, half moon bay. we see a little bit of low cloudiness in santa rosa. 76 in napa. beautiful afternoon right now. a beautiful evening for some great mccartney music. >>> still ahead at 4:00, would-be thiefs' less-than-safe decision. police think this was an act of desperation. >>> and the huge new garbage contract in oakland. residents are already trashing it. >>> plus -- >> the

. >> spencer christian joins us live with his accuweather forecast from a special place. >> concordia park in oakland. spent the day there, had the pleasure of building with the kaboom gang and a lot of volunteers. it was fun. >> a lot of fun. we have something important accomplished. i want to bring in a guest who has poured her passion and her energy into the project. this is a city manager. thanks for joining us tonight and sweating with us toodz. >> my pleasure. >> how much dpoes the playgroun mean to the community? >> it means a lot. as you can see the structure behind us, it's beautiful. it will bring new life to the park. >> how long before the playground is ready for use? >> hopefully in the next week and a half. we need to put in the rubberized flooring and then we're ready to go. >> i want to thank you for joining us in the effort, making it possible. without you, it might not have happened. you really pushed for this. >> thank you. we really appreciate everything you and the disney company did. >> let's talk about weather. we have great weather. we'll show you what's going on aroun

. the inland east bay, mid to upper 80s. 84 in walnut creek, 88 in antioch. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. warm the next several days. temperatures dip and bounce back to low to mid-90s inland, tuesday through friday. 70 degrees on the coast wednesday and thursday. we will certainly have warm midweek weather next week. dan and ama? >> looks like it. thanks very much. >>> up next, celebrities make it look easy. the class you can take to learn the do's and don'ts of the red carpet. >>> the badly injured koala and >>> home you can join us. the tenth annual friends of faith breast cancer is in oakland. it honors a bay area reporter who died of breast cancer in 2003. carolyn tyler will be there. the money helps low income and uninsured women and men fighting breast cancer. it's 8:30 tomorrow. the walk begins at 10:00 and you can see my band. we'll perform tomorrow before and after the walk. it's going to be a great day, hope you can join us. raising a lot of money for this cause. >>> we'll walk the red carpet at the emmy awards. >> did you know there are do's and don'ts for

. >> out in san francisco, we see a mix of cloupdz and blue sky. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. >> another live look at the afternoon commute, this is the macarthur maze, it is a mess, especially the oncoming traffic headed towards 80 east it's a little better into san francisco. francijake years.e been best friends for years. one of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. come on, boy! [ female announcer ] symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure befo

we get significant cooling. i'll have the accuweather 7 day forecast shortly. >>> we will fight today -- >> workers waiting to board a tech shuttle bus in san francisco were met with more protests this morning. it happened on the first day these shuttles have to pay to use muni. 105 permitted locations in the city. seniors and disabled people held the protests at valencia and 24th street. they are protesting represents and evictions. >> one bedroom, $4100 a month? two bedroom, $6500 a month somewhsom? what elderly people can afford that? >> police eventually cleared the protestors. the pilot program allows the city to fine shuttle buss that stop in nondesignated areas. >>> a family in fremont is devastated after items were stolen. the homeowner says the house was trashed with doors destroyed and papers left everywhere. many of the items had sentimental value. >> they're not replacement with money. they're very personable items. you can't remake them. money can't buy them. so if anyone is listening, i would only hope they would speak up. >> an expense suffer camera, diary, 13 oth

accuweather forecast coming up. >>> this is abc 7 news. >> this woman stirs up concerning against about security. she failed multiple times at sfo, how did she manage to sneak on did did to a plane? >> thanks for joining us. >> that woman, 62-year-old marilyn hartman gave a few answers dug her court appearance a short time ago. hartman mild when she pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor stowaway charge. authorities say she made it through the airport security and flew to l.a.x. on a southwest airlines flight all without a boarding pass. justice was quick today. a judge gave her a three-day jail sentence and put her on probation for two years. the judge told hartman to stay away from l.a.x. unless she has a valid ticket to fly. hartman has tried stowing away on flights out of the sfo at least six times this year that we know of. each attempt was unsuccessful. one judge ordered her to get a mental evaluation, which led to treatment for depression. after this arrest in l.a., hartman told officials there she was just lonely. >>> well, this is the second time in four months that somebody has g

, perhaps about 90 at antioch. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have a pretty steady pattern beginning on saturday actually. high temperatures inland, upper 80s to right around 90. upper 70s to just above 80 around the bay and mid-60s on the coast without much change in the temperature range for the next seven days. >> thank you, spencer. nice weather, we'll take that. >>> up next, a surprise visit by new warriors head coach steve kirk. the lessons he gave to these young basketball players today. >>> and new after 4:30, michael >>> and new after 4:30, michael finney with some smart ways ton] the wait is over for even faster internet. xfinity is now doubling the internet speed... ...on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet...period. xfinity internet from comcast, now double the speed. >>> 150 young basketball players welcomed a surprise visitor today in walnut creek. steve kerr made a guest appearance at one of the basketball camps that's run by the nba franchise. he talked to the kids with some o

there be showers? i'll have the answer in my accuweather forecast coming up. >> a live look at the afternoon commute at 670 and wall met creek, really good considering earlier in the day there was an overturned garbage truck that had completely backed up 680 for. right now that's the oncoming traffic and it's moving a lot better than a few hours ago. >>> and it is national whiteout, block parties planned across the bay area. we have a list of events and we want to see your national night out pictures. share the pictures with us. ok buddy, aim it at us. there you go. so it's kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. yes, this week the kids invited us to their place. sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. but look at all this food we've got. yeah we got this delicious kfc meal and they threw in 2 extra sides for free. for free! and i love what you've done with the drapes. are those your bedsheets? [laughing] ♪ is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with