freeway closure. >> and a lawsuit like any other in the city of san francisco. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >> good evening. it is wednesday, august 17. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. we begin with continuing coverage of the police standoff in marin. at this hour the incident is causing a massive traffic jam to take a look at the reason why predict is a live picture of interstate 580. the road is empty tonight. police closed it before noon after a man fired at least one

gunshot in the direction of the highway. let's take a look at what's happening on the bridge. traffic has been backed up for seven hours. traffic has been a call all afternoon and evening long. rob roth has been her feet on the ground that he is live with his standup is taking place. >> reporter: gasia, we are at the extended stay hotel, and we just heard some glass breaking. there are sending it out here. we do not want to show you to give away their tactics. to give away the front of the hotel, that is were a gunman has been holed up since this morning. police have been talking to him. we are told that his girlfriend is in a room with him. so far no one has been hurt and police say they are continuing

to negotiate with them. at about 8:30 a.m., they tracked him to go to a seat at the suspect step at a -- stabbed a grocery clerk sunday created. >> the cops are knocking on my door asking me to that great the building because there was a situation going on downstairs with a man who locked himself in the room with a gun. >> reporter: because the shot was fired towards the 580 freeway, they close the bridge for more than one hour 58080 and sir francis drake boulevard created that caused me fake -- a major traffic jam. >> this as delaying me getting to work. it was a huge issue. it was inconvenient. >> we were sitting for about 45

minutes been so anyway, it made for a long day. >> reporter: since and if five enforcement officers responded. >> we have had voice contact with him from the beginning. practice negotiators are talking to him and there's a dialogue going. we are going to need to talk to him and bring this a peaceful resolution. >> reporter: police have asked employees to send a workers home early. we can say that law enforcement are still year and there are some police gatherings here. perhaps this will all get resolved very soon. more video now produces the bridge looks before noon. no traffic at all in either direction. authorities shut down all traffic on the upper and lower deck starting at 1120 this morning. now another life look look from our newschopper2. if you have a choice, you want

to avoid traveling across the bridge. the bridge is open but traffic is a mess. the situation has not yet been solved. you can find updates at ktvu.com and complete conviction and the 10:00 news. hackers are, once again, targeted bards, implicated in the website of the bart police union. they took down its website this morning after names and addresses of more than 100 officers were posted online along with your e-mail addresses and passwords. it's not to be in retaliation for speech and shutting down south workers last week making investments as he is among those with information posted and he says he -- they put him at red. >> in one word, i am angry and upset. they are a bunch of criminals

in my mind. >> reporter: any twitter message today, the organizers want to go before this latest hacking. a public report says that a girl has owned up to it. the oakland school police chief is stepping down and apologizing for intensive tirade that led to his retirement. >> it's not a resignation, he is officially retired from law enforcement at a two-day. >> the formal complaint alleges that peter sarna said rick show slurs at an african-american sergeants be he says he makes no excuses for it is behavior. but he does admit to a problem to addiction pretty was cited for drunk driving before becoming chief two years ago. a san francisco attorney is being accused of taking things to fall with women he met on

craigslist. his story coming up and i'm in. the santa clara, two people are being sued for violating wage laws and forcing workers to sit for hours without getting paid. jana katsuyama is live. >> reporter: the business is power a car wash. i talked with one worker and she told me when the business was not so busy, the workers would not be able to clock in and instead had to go into this small room which was now infested with rodents. >> reporter: is a full service car wash at about 60 employees. attorney says its business needs to come clean. they were named to the $3 million wage half-life two, the biggest ever filed by the city

attorney. workers say they were required to report unscheduled time but if business was slow they were not allowed to clock him. instead, they were forced to wait in a small, dirty rat infested room until they were needed. >> i am an employee up our car wash. >> reporter: she said sometimes workers would wait out they only to be sent home without pay. she's one of several workers who agreed to testify in court. >> they have made complaints for these violations in a player has continue to willfully violate the law. >> reporter: they say they contacted the owner numerous times in the last six weeks. >> any worker who reports to work is under the control of the employer has to be paid for that time. >> reporter: to get it with the manager believes that he had not met the lawsuit and would

not comment. we also talked an owner to a house in beverly hills, but they did not return our calls. now this update and new information on a triple homicide. and as a police named a into a disguised as a suspect in the shooting. you was seen wearing a bulletproof vest and a surveillance video. he and two other men went to the mexicali club january 8 kidnap the owner. he was shot to death with a gun battle. the club owner were shot but survived relies guys and a getaway driver are on the loose. a former raider red is suing the city. nicole is a chili beer for oakland-- former cheerleader

for oakland issues in the police chief seen as she was arrest on the job. >> having pictures up on the wall with things on it. being told i cannot work out at the there. a continue to go on and on and on. >> we have seen the claim, and we do not feel there's a lot of merit to her claim. we plan to litigate the figures late same as you it's been on unpaid initiative lee from her police officer jobs since 2000. see what police chief is getting credit for the city's low crime rate during the city's first 100 days on the job. from january to june, violent crime is over all down 6%. property crime is down 8% and homicide rates are the stepping up and dictators. mayor and the credits chief greg suhr with bb not policing.

state lawmakers have announced new legislation. the bill introduced and it was inspired by the jaycee dugard case. she was held hostage for 18 years by phillip garrido near antioch. he can after while on parole. the legislation aims to strengthen the criteria for the release of prisoners. it will a parole board to consider the nature of the prime -- of the crime and priors when deciding whether to grant postal met one day after the people that colver, the debate over gang injunction suspect in the spotlight. councilman have pledged to push for a curfew and a new east oakland injunction when the consul comes back in session next month. but at a news conference is loaded, activists say that is not the answer, and they have support from the family of carlos nava. >> millions of dollars, but they're choosing to put it that even though it doesn't work and the committee members do not

want it. >> and oh, with what they have done so far, that is not the root of the problem. they were to the problem is drugs and guns and violence are drowning oakland. >> opponents of the gang injunction says that young people need jobs and a purpose to keep them off the street. did it have to happen? newly released video says that the day of the stagecoach -- deadly stage collapse could have had a different outcome. >> i am tracking another big fog bank offshore. and the temperature change that you can expect this weekend. !á yn@ vp @wñ

>> we are back you with the netherlands look at developing news over the by the the freeway produces the stitch -- richmond san rafael bridge. that really has been shut down for hours and police are any stand up with a man barricaded inside a hotel room. traffic on the bridge has been a mess all day. please shut down part of interstate when a man fired a shot at the interstate. it has been creating traffic nightmares for commuters and on the bridge. a newly released cellphone video from the indiana state fair shows the warning announcement that was made moments before saturday's the stage collapse. >> presidency to the west, there are some clouds but we

are hoping for the best at the weather is going to bypass. >> later they announced her is her describing what to do in case of an evacuation but goes on to say that the ban chevrolet would take the stage soon. you're looking at to whether the audience should have been evacuated storm at a san francisco attorney is in jail tonight, accused of raping three women. a strange twist, the lawyer is now using his own craigslist ad to defend himself. >> reporter: robert michael hoffman says these were the acts that he posted on craigslist looking to play out rape fantasy rape and a defense that she went to police after happened in march the man from what i understand, she went on to the house for her keys and he sexually assaulted her and beat her. she grabbed her keys and she ran out and went out to the elevator and other vendor of

this complex naked. >> reporter: is and they're pretty fine line between fantasy will be an actually rape smut that is the kind of risk. >> reporter: but is attorney says his client played those games for years and many women responded to his ads. >> what happens between two consenting adults is out -- is not a crime. >> reporter: now a jury would have to answer that question. until then hoffman is in jail on $3 million jail and the d.a.'s office is investigation is now over. >> if we a digital information that a search engine that says there may be more victims or a change of circumstances, we will get any and all of the information will not be some of these encounters happened at hoffman department. the alleged victims are 36, 19, and 25 years old preachy says that the ad she responded it is not violent but did she says

that he is now under psychiatric evaluation. >> said barbara boxer says that construction is music to her ear. >> it needs more safety for our people, shorten travel time, and more jobs for our people. >> reporter: she says the tunnel is a good example of why she's wishing for more highway funds. she is introducing a bill to reauthorize the transportation which expires september 30th. that is week they voted to cut the highway funds by one third and she says they will lead to devastating job losses. as for that, is scheduled to open next year. on one street positive owning's name stocks. the market finished mixed.

so like i will headlines ... go giants pitcher brian wilson. he complained about elbow pain monday night 80 as a manipulation in his elbow but it's nothing to. denotes its public -- holding a public hearing. as robert honda reports come city has to decide whether they can afford to keep it. >> reporter: 3-5000 golfers tee off every month but now they might give the golf course to housing developers to sell housing unit. >> it is heartbreaking to see this golf course close. >> reporter: many as it is avoidable with these around $10 rebate opened in 2000 that replaced a course that had been

years since 1965. >> it has been here since i was a kid. i hate to see it go. >> reporter: it's not just the drivers on the golf course, it's the drivers on the road ahead of any neighbors and residents worried bbc that more housing will bring more traffic and more dangerous. >> it took me one-time 30 minutes to get here from story road. so that was really bad. it's to congestion and people walking. >> reporter: city officials say that emotion will not pay the the bills. >> the consul is going to have to grapple with that. >> reporter: they have attended and other public hearing next month but there is no timetable to make a final decision. girard depardieu is accused

of urinating on a plane, not a laboratory. appears to dublin flight was delayed almost two hours after the actor -- will appear to be drawn -- urinated on the floor. they confirm that the and didn't happen but one not confirm the identity of the offending passenger. what would you do if a big earthquake strikes? how one machine is making people aware. and sellers of the bay area are warming up. meteorologist mark tamayo tells us where will be hottest. do not forget, you can watch the sun on your computer or mobile device. we are streaming live for you at ktvu.com. okay, kids, we can record one more show.

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>> now you know why it's called the big shaker. each of a demonstration trailer put on quite a show at ktvu today. it simulates the effect of a major quake. h is for got into your home or office. the california a clerk authority took a turn in the trailer. it's a good reminder to secure your appliances, artwork, and other items. meteorologist mark tamayo

joins us now. a lot of us are looking ahead to the weekend. >> a big factor is the fog pushing back into the bay and that will set up a big microclimate range across the area. i can assure you this on live stormtracker 2, he can see this widget and back into the bay over san francisco -- we can see this pushing back into the debate over san francisco. week that his son's body do so once again and somewhat roadways possible across the bay area. for gas flows, most areas starting out in the 50s in santa rosa. and livermore in the mid-50s. tomorrow, high pressure nudges in a little bit. the wireless locations in and

back up to ride around 80 to 90- degree mark. but as we do take this into your time and into friday and saturday, unethical weather system of sin from the north will help stretch of the marine layer and will have a cool down out there. no 90s. the warmest locations approaching the mid-80s. warming temperatures for next week figures are fog forecast model of data showing that the coverage out there. this could be locally dense. i will put this into motion, patchy fog tomorrow afternoon. richmond 60 hp right around the rim of the day, but that's temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. san jose tops out at 81. the temperature would check in

right around 83 at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. temperatures begin to cool down for friday and stabilizing this weekend with cool temperatures. we have one more update on tonight's closure on interstate 580. let's give you another life look from newschopper2. these are cars coming -- both are a mess. more than seven hours of traffic trouble. police are still in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself in the hotel. rob roth says he heard cries breaking but he did not know what is was it that was.

but again, the standoff continues. him and is a suspect in the stabbing of a store clerk in a shoplifting incident on sunday. we will post any updates as ktvu.com and will have full coverage on our 10:00 news. as a reports for now. thanks so much for joining us to stay tuned to ktvu.com for all of our developments. "tmz" is up next right here on tv 36.

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