>> reporter: good morning i'm amy hollyfield live with breaking news in richmond pg&e saying it doesn't appear a gas leak caused the explosion that happened inside this house. what did happen? firefighters can't figure it

out. san francisco police officers are seriously injured overnight after a major crash. concern over potentially ex-exploding containers has virtually shut -- shutdown the port of oakland. looking from vollmer peak winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. red flag warning in effect high fire danger rain and cooler weather on the way >> still not a bad ride as you make your way to the bay bridge toll plaza. accident in san francisco affecting surface streets details coming up it happy tuesday 6:01 thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. developing news. richmond firefighters are trying to figure out out why a home exploded overnight and several managed to get out alive. amy hollyfield joins us live near the intersection of ohio half and 38th street.

amy, first they were talking a gas leak has that been ruled out? >> reporter: pg&e can't find evidence of a gas leak. i spoke with two of the men sleeping they felt they got jolted by a huge earthquake. it wasn't a quake it was an explosion. it blew out this way there's gas all over the front yard and the window shades are all over here may it to the curb. check out the side of the house you can tell the blast must have been in that area. look at that wall blown off the side of the house. firefighters tell us it looks worse in the back of the house. they received a call 2:20 this morning someone called and said there had been an explosion inside the house. four people were inside. firefighters found all of the men on the sidewalk they appeared to be in shock. they estimate they are all in their 40s. one man we met had singed hair and eyebrows and a burn on his

leg. he is on the phone with his insurance company. he's in shock. he is not ready to make a tv appearance at this time. firefighters have walked through the house several times this is no sign of any kind of a drug lab. they have no clue why this happened. >> normally would you think a gas leak. but we've got an investigator looking and i'm not hurt right now. i've been with the department 16 years and this is the significant explosion with no source i've seen. >> reporter: firefighters say when they got here there was a small spot fire they had to put out that indicates it could be a gas leak. pg&e says they've found no evidence of any leaking gas. not only were there four men inside also two dogs peach and jazzy, they are being kept in a car in front of the house where they are being kept warm. one of the men was taken to the hospital suffering from burns to his leg.

expected to be okay. four men inside one withif80%9)ui% that landed him in the hospital. firefighters say these four men were very lucky. amy hollyfield abc7 news. we are following developing news in san francisco, three police officers are injured after the bizarre crash of an unmarked police car. terry mcsweeney is live in is another car involved? >> reporter: no other car involved just the one unmarked squad car with three -- unmarked police car with three officers inside. as you can see behind me, they are still trying get measurements using laser technology to figure out where the car was going how fast and they will try to figure out what caused the accident and sentc[ three officers to a hospital many take a look at the aftermath of this crash. i'll tell what police are saying about i.

1:40 this morning -- this blue unmarked car traveling southbound on potrero avenue got a call of a man with a knife on 24th and york. what happened next we don't know. here's what police can tell us now. >> at this time what we know is that the vehicle collided with a light pole on the southeast corner of the intersection of 19th street and potrero avenue. all three officers in the car were injured and transported by ambulance to san francisco general. they all have are what are considered nonlife-threatening injuries. talking to the officers at the hospital. >> reporter: the unmarked car towed away an hour ago. good news about the officers is as we heard, they are conscious and they are talking. probably going to be admitted for the more serious injuries. the others expected to be released. out here they are trying to figure out what made that car

swerve across from the southbound direction crossing the northbound lanes slamming into that light pole. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 6:06 now. moving to the other side of the bay. occupy oakland activists are beginning final preparations for tomorrow's general strike. protesters plan to stage demonstrations in front of several banks and are calling for everyone who works or lives in the city to join them in addition to targeting the banks the group plans to march from frank ogawa plaza to the port of oakland to shut it down. >> we will converge at 5 p.m. at 14th and bring and march to the port to shut÷=ma it down before the 7 p.m. night shift. we are doing this in order to block kay the flow of capital on the day -- blockade the flow of capital on the day of the general strike. >> several oakland teachers are to take part, the trick will bring in 500 substitute

teachers they may have nobody to teach since protester are also calling for students to join. in a statement mayor quan says the last thing we need is a divisive and expensive recall election she outlined her achievements. saying her administration balanced the city's budget and higher add additional police officers. last month -- last month day and group started a call for a recall. less than an hour from now, one of surfing's biggest events may be getting underway at ocean beach. organizers of the rip curl pro event will gather this morning to decide if weather conditions are good enough to take to the sea. 36 of the world's top surfers will be among those out competing the contest hopes to find four days of good waves over the next two weeks. many of the elite surfers have

not been here before but are well aware of ocean beach's reputation. conditions are known to be cold unpredictable with strong rip currents. >> it just comes down to finding the right wave and picking the right equipment and it is a little different than some of the other spots. each spot we surf gives us a different challenge. >> you wouldn't think they would pick san francisco but it is a cool place to«fr visit i'm more than happy to tick it off my list of places i've been. >> public is encouraged to attend. the event is free. >> the question is, is the surf going to be big enough? mike is watching that closely. >> one question we have to ask mike how cold is it going to be out there? >> it is going to be warm outside the water. the water still in the mid to upper 50s temperatures in the mid 70s. the weather conditions create the warm weather that knock down the waves. i don't think it is going to be a great day for big surf at

ocean beach. high pressure moving in you can see the offshore flow developing and that tends to temper wave heights over the ocean. also starting to kick up our winds around fairfield and antioch you are in the 60s everybody else in the 50s to 48 novato and half moon bay. as we look towards the afternoon, half moon bay 73 7 4s if that will stretch out to ocean beach. -- a lot of mid to upper 70s until you get to santa cruz 82 napa 80 santa rosa 80 also. right now we are under a red flag warning in the north bay mountains east bay hills ante ab low range above 1000 feet that -- tapers tomorrow morning tomorrow afternoon calmer just as warp as today cool and wet thursday to a lesser extent friday and sunday. good morning. we are going to start off in san francisco.

we've been reporting on that accident involving three san francisco police officers. potrero avenue has just been reopened between 18th and 21st streets. things should be moving through there much better now. accident in san jose highway 130 at alem rock avenue remains shutdown due to accident involving a big rig. live look in san jose now 101 at 880 things are moving well in both directions. our time is 6:10. dedicated shoppers no need to sleep. just shop! the retailers about to offer shoppers an earlier start on black friday. >> explosive situation that has longshoremen refusing to offload cargo at the port of oakland. >> new report that could have alameda residididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididididid

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morning. 6:14. live look at the ferry building. you can see things are clear and downtown san francisco traffic moving on the bay bridge bridge problem there is to report. some surface streets in the city affected by police action

earlier. jacqueline will tell you about that. accident involving three police officers have just reopened -- we'll leave it to jacqueline to tell you which streets those are. the accident was at 19th and potrero. that is coming up. two terminals in the port of oakland shutdown over safety concerns by longshoremen. these pictures taken by longshoremen in vietnam show one of five re for containers that -- refrigerator containers that examine exploded last fry. -- -- [ unintelligible ] there are potentially thousands of containers being shipped around the world some of them that have ended up on the docks in oakland that potentially lethal. these could be killer containers.

>> there are reports of refrigerated containers exploding in china and brazil. hundreds of longshoremen have refused to load or move containers until the badly services in vietnam are removed. new company in charge of ambulance service in alameda county. according to california watch a unit for investigative reporting paramedics plus is short on staff. that means up to 10 firefighters who are cross trained as paramedics are staffing 10 of the ambulances this morning. the county is rolling out new technology that will let it track -- to determine which can be spoken faster to an emergency. the ambulances will carry new lifesaving equipment. >> electro cardiac monitoring hartmon as well as cardio pulmonary resuscitation devices will allow us to today dice critical and increase

potential for saving those in cardiac arrest. -- >> more than 90% of paramedic plus employees were fire hired from the previous company. >> last night trick-or-treating wonderful warm and dry. and now you are changing things up you did taste test the kid's candy? >> all of it. >> you have to do that. >> you're a dad. i did snatch a bag of peanut m & m's thankfully he dent like those good kid. looking down from mount tamalpais winds 25 to 30 miles per hour fire danger in the higher elevations. san francisco beautiful visibility nearly unlimited this morning because of this dry air mass. let's talk about temperatures outside mid to upper 40s north bay valleys 61 livermore everybody he will in the 50s around the monterey bay inland

low 50s except for monterey at 48 lot to talk about on this first day of november sunshine warm temperatures today the fire danger that comes with them cooler afternoons that starts thursday and coincides with a chance of showers then fry dan and again sunday. talk -- friday and again sunday. when the pattern changes it is going to change. today four degrees warmer than average in san jose. oakland 75 san francisco 74 both seven degrees warmer than average. redwood city 78 eight greece warmer than average. napa 80° nine degrees warmer than average. 7:35 when the sunrises. 6:11 is when it sets. high pressure starting to dominate the eastern third of the pacific and western third of the united states. going to settle into the great basin when it does you can see the tight pack of isobars here

the pressure gradient from high to low pressure tight winds going to gust also going to be dry with humidity levels around 10 to 20%. that's why we have the red flag warning right now through 6:00 tomorrow morning for the diablo range east bay hills and north bay mountains. warm weather off the winds to the coast mid 70s even upper 70s around concord fairfield liver lor -- livermore palo alto san rafael. monterey day even more 80s gilroy watsonville santa cruz, mid to upper 70s for everybody else. dry air lack of wind tonight 40s going to be chilly tomorrow when you step out. accuweather seven day forecast warm afternoon tomorrow then that 10 to 15° drop with that chance of showers best thursday to another lesser extent friday, set the clocks

back an hour saturday night. good morning jacqueline. good morning. we start off in san francisco. potrero avenue has been reopened between 18th and 21st streets. things moving better through the area now. "sig alert" in san jose for highway 130 mount hamilton due to accident involving a big rig. no estimated time as to when the roadways will be reopened. drive times westbound 580205 towards the dublin interchange, typical morning slow and go antioch highway 4 to pittsburg 13 minute ride [ unintelligible ] live look at bay bridge toll plaza stacking up beyond 880 overcrossing slow and go up the incline in to san francisco. for the latest traffic go to

abc7news.com/traffic. almost 6:21. retailers are giving black friday shoppers an earlier start this year. people will no longer have to wait six hours past thanksgiving to begin shopping. instead, the minute thank ends major retailers will open their doors at 12:01 a.m. friday. last week target said it will open at the stroke of midnight. macy's says some of is stores will open then as well this is the earliest macy's has ever opened for holiday shopping. >> good way to work off their calories. 6:21 now. is it a new nook? why experts say shoppers could

:25. it looks as though shoppers could have a new tablet for the holidays. barnes & noble holding a news conference most experts it is to introduce an updated version of the nook color. others are saying it could be a tablet under a new name. either way if the release date holds it would beat amazon's fire tablet to market by a week. >> 6:25 the. new rules for the nude. revealing debate that will take center stage at city hall today. >> the naked truth. >> no rain but tons of water. the problem that left one east bay city soggy overnight.

>> how did anyone survive? latest on an overnight explosion that leveled a home in richmond. four men slept inside. good news. all airports on the west coast and through the midwest are running on time. however, if you are heading to newark, we have flight departure delays. if you are waiting for a plan out of newark. go to our flight t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

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t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t túúúúúúúúú@@úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú@úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú@úúúúúúúúúú@@ú

hear the opening bell ringing on wall street fog horn didn't expect that. stock futures falling after the prime minister of greece called for a referendum on the european union's latest plan to bail the country out of debt. we go live to the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes and get the opening numbers hopefully without the fog horn. celebrity cruises that why you her the ship's horn. developing news house s in richmond with three people inside. there's an injury. -- incredible anybody survived. amy hollyfield is live on the 3800 block of ohio avenue. >> reporter: the men inside

tell us they are in shock. they thought it was an earthquake that volted them an -- that jolted them awake no idea an explosion happened. it blew the windows out into the frontyard with the blinds. the side of the house is an incredible sight the wall has caved fallen off from the side of the house. the fact firefighters say it looks even worse. firefighters assumed it was a gas leak so they shut the gas off immediately. they took the meter off as part of evidence. pg&e was here and workers say there is no evidence of a gas leak. firefighters looked for a drug lab or any other obvious causes. they haven't found a thing. at this point they say they do not know the cause of the explosion. they did say the four men who were sleeping inside were lucky. >> they were outside across the street. initially we weren't sure if

they were the occupants or residents that were looking. they just appeared stunned. >> reporter: one of the men was taken to the hospital with burns to his leg he's expected to be fine. the other three were okay. along with the four men inside there were two dogs pete and jazzy kept warm in a car. there was a small spot fire which indicates a possible gas leak they put the fire out no problem went looking for that gas leak and couldn't find it pg&e agrees. at this point they don't know the cause. one of the firefighters told me in his 16 years in the department he has never seen an explosion this significant before especially one without an obvious cause. amy hollyfield abc7 news. :32. right now san francisco's major accident investigation team is trying to figure out what led to the crash of an

unmarked police car that sent three officers to the hospital this morning. somehow that car smashed into a light pole today at the intersection of 19th and potrero avenue. all three officers had to be pulled from the car. police say no other vehicles were involved. we are told while all three officers are being admitted to the hospital, they are all expected to recover from their injuries. today occupy oakland activists are turning their focus to tomorrow's general strike. they plan to march from frank ogawa plaza to the port where they say they will shut it down at 7 p.m.. they are calling for anyone who is part of the 99% of working americans to take tomorrow off and engine the protests in any way they can. demonstrators say they will picket any banks that don't close for the day. in san francisco the board of supervisors vet on a resolution which calls for city to declare support for the movement. -- yesterday committee

approved a measure drafted by two supervisors hoping to prevent future crackdown on protesters. members of the movement applauded the have advisers for their support. >> it may seem aggressive that he where encamped in public space and financial districts, but this is peaceful. >> avellar hopes the city will continue the dialogue with protesters to figure out how to accommodate the encampment near justin herman plaza. mayor lee is scheduled to meet with the occupiers and supporters today. >> 6:34. neighborhood in the east bay should be dry in morning after a spectacular gusher denched the area. a bus hit a fire hydrant and sheered it off last night. this was the result. towering geyser. fire crews got there in minutes. it took east -- it took half an hour to turn off the water that hydrant is out of service now. the water department hopes to

have a new one installed today. california high street rail authority set to release a business plan that could make or break the project. it is expected to say the project will cost more than double original estimates. a draft projects the actual cost at more than 98 billion dollars over 20 years. voters approved 43 billion dollars in funding in 2008. governor brown is endorsing the plan. if it is scrapped the state would lose more than two billion dollars in federal assistant if the project is started and not finished some worry the state could end up with a railroad to nowhere. san francisco's board of supervisors will consider a proposal today that some are calling nudist etiquette. it is not illegal to be naked in san francisco supervisor weiner has proposed legislation that would require nudists to place a towel or similar barrier on public benches or chairs before they sit down. would it also require covering

up in restaurants. nobody came out to speak against the proposal when it was being considered by the city's public safety committee earlier in the month. not illegal but maybe a little ill-advised especially this time of the morning when it is chilly out. >> thank you so much for recognizing that! people are having breakfast. 6:36. better news, weather. >> okay let's talk about the 24 temperature change it seems to be getting larger if you will around fairfield and antioch and livermore from 3 to 11 because the are more potent. everywhere he will cooler san francisco one degree warmer. northeast winds starting to pick up in livermore and fairfield and santa rosa and half moon bay. that has brought in clear air that's why you don't see fog this morning even out to the coast. temperatures in our sheltered valleys could still stay in

the 40s today while the rest of us are in the 50sties. noon low to mid 60s in most areas -- with total sun, total sunshine by 4:00 low to mid 70s upper 70s into the north bay valleys where it will be warmest. don't forget the fire danger started at 6:00 we have that red flag warning until 6:00 tomorrow morning for our elevations above 1,000 feet east bay and north bay. showers and cooler thursday lesser extent friday again sunday. good morning. we start off at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. we are seeing typical back-up into the maze. slow and go ride as you make your way into san francisco. san jose ch punish has issued "sig alert" for highway 130 mount hamilton due to accident involving a big rig. both lanes blocked in both

directions. no estimated time as to when the roadway will be reopened. slow and go for northbound 17 due to stalled big rig blocking right lane before glenwood drive. sensors are showing slow speeds.j5h3 if you want to an individual the roads this morning check in with mass transit bart, ace mooney, cal train checking in problem-free. 6:38. >> trading is underway on wall street. -- live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead live look at the big board it is really down. [ unintelligible ] millions of parents use it on their children everyday. now health advocates are begging you not to buy it. coming up the danger they say one brand of baby shampoo poses to your little ones. long journey has begun at children's hospital at stanford. surgery to separate conjoined twin girls set to start at:30. i'm followingdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxúú@

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welcome back on this tuesday the first day of november. check the the temperatures. still warm through the central valley low to mid 70s 77 big sur. all coastal fog around l.a. and san diego near 70 for you to near 90 with sun in palm spring. 67 tahoe yosemite breezy 47

tahoe and you are week sunny and 62. just about 6:43. moments ago a team of surgeons at lucille packard children's hospital began a surgery to give conjoined 2-year-old twins new freedom and a new life. the procedure is expected to take at least 8 to 9 hours. katie marzullo is live with more. these twins are just adorable. we are watching this very carefully. >> reporter: i know. all good things for them. assuming things are on schedule the surgery involving 30 medical personal got underway 15 minutes ago. the team has a long day head. everyone is optimistic about the outcome and the girls' future. they are attached at the chest and abdomen. the first hour of this surgery is preparation. that's what is going on now. then there will be six hours of separating the 2-year-olds.

finally two to three hours of reconstruction on their bodies. it is a long and tedious process. the girls have one major thing going for them. >> we can determine the heart is separate that is great relief for us. the lungs are separate. the livers are joined so are the diaphragms. >> i explain to them you are like this and soon you will be separated. but i think they don't understand yet. >> reporter: the doctor who the is main pediatric surgeon has done five separation surgeries the last one was in 2007. it was more complicated because in that case the twins' hearts were conjoined. those twins are doing really well that is of course important for heading into today's surgery. the twins were born in the philippines now they live in san jose. they will be in the hospital

for the next two to three weeks recovering. katie marzullo abc7 news. i hope their parents and the other parents are watching this story. shampoo labels claim no tears. environmentalists are crying foul over johnson and johnson's baby shampoo. they are urging boycott until the chemical removes two chemical they are working on phasing out die ox sane and a substance that releases formaldehyde. -- [ unintelligible ] jane king will want to pay attention to that after she does this report. >> also be careful if you are eyeing attack let this holiday season. >> jane king is live in the new york stock exchange with that. that is overwhelming

everything here today the latest on what is going on in greece as well as wall street. global marketing selling off. you just mentioned the ipad this holiday season no doubt a hot gift maybe sure it is the real deal. some of the tablet -- counterfeit tablets are flooding the market. 18,000 fake devices were available on the internet. knock offs can be illegal they don't work as well and won't have apple's warranty. make sure you buy from ought advised -- authorized dealer. what you are seeing here is what happens when greece agrees to a big eu debt deal rescue package to save the country. then the prime minister says the agreement has to be approved by the greek voters first. [ unintelligible ] french and european lead worked so hard to get this through are not happy. the greek finance minister didn't know about the

prime minister's plans he's in the hospital now with stomach pains. greece facing record high interest rates on its government debt. a mess and certainly the story is not over. this morning the dow down 260 points. negative for the year. s&p and nasdaq trading lower. gains -- also of -- also of better than 2% across the board. now we are done with halloween let's talk about turkey. butter ball goes live today standing by with turkey assistant. you can get help from choose being the right bird to thawing it stuffing it even carving techniques. 6:47. california is sitting on over 150 million dollars in federal stimulus money and could lose it. that money was earmarked for job creation expansion of renewable energy sources and

weatherizing hopes. the state has spent less than half. officials blame bureaucracy. >> from the get-go the energy commission designed programs that tried to spread the benefits of the money to job training new businesses to energy efficiency in small hopes. that by nature takes a while to implemented and designed and out the door. >> unemployment in california 12%. the state needs those jobs. officials promise the money will be spent by next april's deadline. a lot of changes coming up in the weather department. ink whats mainly starting -- changes mainly starting red flag warning started at 6:00. above 100 feet high fire danger. beautiful picture mount sutro

let's talk about temperatures running in the mid to upper 40s north bay valleys everywhere else 50s to 61 livermore monterey bay monterey 48 everybody else in the low 50s. here's what i'm thinking sunshine, a lot of warmth in the forecast temperatures well above average high fire danger cooler afternoons start thursday coincide with rain chance showers thursday friday again sunday that's why after tomorrow we are going to be locked into a really cool pattern especially compared to where we are now four degrees above average in san jose 76 livermore 77 sick degrees above average oakland and san francisco seven degrees warmer than average 75 and 74 this afternoon redwood city 78 eight degrees above average. sunsets 6:11 this evening. high pressure the way it is moving into the great basin

clockwise flow around it means the winds will come off the mountains downslope through the central valley dry and hit our mountains downslope more and dry even more and accelerate up to 40 miles per hour humidity levels down around 10 to 20% that's why there's such a high fire danger diablo range east bay hills north bay mountain 80 today in santa rosa and napa the rest mid to upper 70s money lay bay 80 gilroy watsonville santa cruz 82 upper 70s more began hill hollister, salinas 72 -- tonight with dry air and calm conditions 40s just about everywhere cloverdale 39 san francisco 50. accuweather seven day temperature drop thursday with the showers we are 10 to 15° cooler. 50s and low 60s that's where we stay through the rest of

the forecast with another chance of showers friday and sunday set those clocks back an hour saturday night, change the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors this is what it is going to look like today more sunshine this afternoon as we look at the -- what an absolutely gorgeous picture if you have anything like that today or tomorrow when it will be picturest around the bay area send those -- picturesque around the bay area send to: good morning. let's take a live look at the go go bridge things are moving well -- at the golden gate bridge things are moving well. at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights on traffic backed up into the foot of the maze typical morning commute into san francisco accident in san jose "sig alert" in effect for highway 130 mount hamilton

at alum rock avenue. involving a big rig chp has no estimate time as to when the road will be reopened. quick check of those drive times very slow for westbound 580 from 205 towards the dublin interchange 46 minute ride no accidents just our typical morning commute. right out of antioch this morning 14 minute ride until you get to pittsburg. for latest traffic go to abc7news.com/traffic. 6:52 now. the monterey surfer who was attacked by a shark is recuperating at home this morning. 27-year-old eric tarantino left regional medical center in san jose yesterday average with -- afternoon with band damages on his neck right arm and both hands. he was surfing saturday when he was attacked by a nine foot great white. the doctors say the big fish narrow missed his jugular vein

and carotid artery. >> i want to thank everyone that supported me my friends the paramedics they did a great job. also obviously everyone at the hospital. i just feel lucky and grateful. >> authorities are warning people to stay out of the water at marina state beach for the next week. experts say more than half of all great white attacks happen within 10 miles of the beach between august and october a period known as shark season experts are not clear why sharks pick those months. recapping our top stories: three san francisco police officers are hospitalized after a crash in an unmarked patrol car early this morning. >> terry mcsweeney is live near the scene. >> reporter: investigators are wrapping things up that's the last car pulling out of here potrero reopened an hour ago after being closed for four hours after a crash the cause

of which we still don't know. you will see officers treated at the scene at 19th and potrero. the police department is saying they were southbound on potrero they got a call of a man with a knife not far from here. they may be accelerated and at some point the car veered across the northbound lanes and smashed into a light pole. three officers in the car all taken to san francisco general three four blocks down the street. all were injured. only two are going tobacco admitted. none of the injuries are -- going going to be admitted. none of the injuries are life-threatening. that's the story the officers ever expected to be fine. now back to the studio. >> on this morning after halloween, when the sugar rush should be gone 6:54. >> how many pieces did you eat?

>> me? >> yeah! >> no, i just wash watched. -- i just watched. i'm talking about your sugar rush. >> how many fingers and toes do you have? 61 in livermore. good morning. that is the temperature the winds are starting to pick up in higher elevations gusts up to 50 miles per hour on mount diablo 25 to third through the east bay hills. watch out the -- danger here. winds have not picked up yet at mount tamalpais. valleys calmer, mid to upper 40s north bay valleys everybody else in the 50s. even though it is november 1st it going to be warmer than everyone once again santa cruz 82 napa 80. santa rosa 80. the rest of us in the mid to upper 70s. even out to the coast. weather is going to be great for the surfers. unfortunately, i don't see

many big waves for them to surf today. let us a talk about what happens tonight. dry air and calm conditions overnight when the fire threat stars to wane all of us should -- fall into the 40s a chill possibly in the house tonight. leave the windows open all the air rushes in. 50 san francisco could be the warm spot 39 cloverdale. tomorrow just as warm as today not as windy. 6:00 tomorrow morning the red flag warning ends. showers very likely thursday. temperatures struggling into the mid 50s along the coast to low 60s for the rest of us. what a shock to the system then. good morning. roadways busy this morning. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is backed up well into the foot of the maze. metering lights on slow and go up the incline into san francisco. chp on the scene of an earlier

accident. "sig alert" in effect highway 130 at alum rock avenue both directions blocked. thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> we'll be back with a local update at 7:24. >>.