after one of its trains derailed and caught fire in the east bay. what we know about the damage and the repairs to get it fixed for your morning commute and a new year's celebration turning deadly. >> new details about the tragic fireworks accident that took the life of an 18 year old. >> a big problem for poultry farms. why farmers are once again being forced to euthanize thousands of birds. >> and taking a live look outside this morning, dry right now. but rain is coming back this week. drew. tracking the timeline of that wet weather that starts later today. >> good morning. it is tuesday, january 2nd. >> we're going to start with a

check of our forecast with drew. >> hey good morning guys. it is quiet out there to begin the day but later this afternoon rain returns to the forecast. this morning we're watching visibility. we have some low numbers in fairfield and livermore right now less than a mile. we do have a dense fog advisory in parts of the east bay valleys and the north bay valleys. this until 11 a.m. this morning. we'll watch the numbers ebb and flow a little bit, but we're anticipating rain on the way later on today. here's the bigger picture. live doppler seven. along with satellite. here's our next cold front. it's approaching the region and will bring some downpours later on this afternoon. and this evening it's level one, a light system on the abc seven storm impact scale with showers and downpours. breezy at times and slick roads. your biggest impact this morning though, we are starting out dry later this afternoon. some lightrillionain begins to develop in the north bay, but it's right around 5 p.m. we'll have some heavier showers moving through. we'll take a closer look at this rain coming up in nine minutes, but let's check in with gloria and see how we're doing on the roads this morning. good morning. good morning drew. >> well, right now we want to

tell you about a very important update. bart is going to be running normal train service today between rock ridge and walnut creek. and this, of course, is after that incident that happened. yet yesterday. and i know lena will be giving us more details about that shortly. guys >> thank you. gloria. developing news bart just announced resumed service this morning in the east bay after a train derailed, caught fire and sent nine people to the hospital. all of this happened yesterday. new year's day, near the orinda station, and that impacted service between the rock ridge and walnut creek stations. abc seven news reporter lena howland in orinda with the latest. and are you seeing the trains moving again? lena >> a little too early for us to hear those trains running just yet at the orinda station. but just 30 minutes ago, bart confirmed with us that they will be running normal service through this station. and that's between rock ridge and the walnut creek stations. now, this , of course, comes after crews worked well into the night to make repairs and also do some

inspections. a giant crane was even brought in last night to lift the derailed bart car back up onto the tracks, which took hours to pull off. bart says damage to the track is not extensive, but this is something that cut off all train service between rock ridge and walnut creek, forcing passengers to use a bus bridge, passenger cars say the train stopped twice and then moved backwards as it derailed. then a mad dash to evacuate as the car filled with smoke. somebody behind us was like, just jump, just jump. >> so we just jumped in the outside like like mission impossible almost. but like, not in a cool way. like in a very bad way. like scary. >> we all kind of had to jump off a good distance from the train onto the tracks. bart says in the event that they could not return to normal service by this morning, they would be doing single tracking using one of the two tracks which could create a 10 to 20 minute delay. >> but of course, as we've just learned in the past 30 minutes, they do not have to do that and

train service will be running as usual today for now, reporting live in orinda. lena howland, abc seven news lena, thank you. >> this is the fourth bart derailment in the last 15 years. all of them have happened in the east bay. the mostrillionecent was in june of 2022. excessive heat on the tracks caused a train to derail between the concord and pleasant hill stations. in february 2014 and march 2011. uneven track wear caused derailments near the concord station and in december of 2009, a train derailed between the lake merritt and 12th street stations in oakland. make sure to download the abc seven news bay area app to stay up to date on this story and other breaking news, just enable push notifications to get alerts like these sent right to your phone. >> we're getting new details on a new year's fireworks tragedy, a mishap on treasure island killed an 18 year old. we first brought you this story yesterday on abc seven mornings. police and firefighters were called for a head injury from an exploding firework. 50 people were there

for new year's eve gathering. a police officer rendered first aid, but the man died at the scene, came outside and i seen there was a lot of commotion and a lot of people over there. >> a couple people mentioned that someone had passed away due to a firework going off and hitting them. >> san francisco fire department spokesperson said all firework s are extremely dangerous. fire officials are urging you to leave fireworks to the professionals in the north bay. >> sonoma county's poultry industry is being hit again by a wider spread of avian flu. the u.s. department of agriculture is reporting outbreaks at two more commercial egg farms. the farms have been ordered to euthanize more than 91,000 birds, more than a million birds have been euthanized on nine farms in sonoma just since thanksgiving. marin county is also recording its first outbreak. that was last week. >> a deadly crash outside of a concert venue in rochester, new york, is now being investigated as possible. terrorism and

gloria, we know the crash happened as a thousand people were leaving in celebration for new year's eve. that's right. >> kumasi the crash happened in the first hour of 2024, just as a new year's eve concert at rochester's kodak center was wrapping up, and dash cam video shows the fire moments after a ford expedition slammed into another suv outside the theater. the crash sent both vehicles into a crowd of people in across walk. several people in the crosswalk were hurt. two people in one of the suvs were killed. >> when we did finally get outside and you saw the carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up, the smell of gasoline was just so intense. i couldn't believe how strong it was. >> an investigator say they found a dozen gas canisters in and around the ford expedition that had been rented at the syracuse airport right now. that's why this has triggered a

terrorism investigation. when the driver reportedly drove his own car to the airport to rent the suv and then drove more than an hour to rochester. abc news reports that the driver of the ford expedition has died overnight. reggie >> thank you. gloria california is conducting its first snow survey of the season today. state water experts are already expecting the results to be well below normal for this time of year. last week, the uc berkeley central sierra snow lab reported snow levels were around 33% of normal. that was before a storm system arrived over the holiday weekend. the official measurement will be this afternoon at phillips station in the sierra in southern california, a giant sinkhole. >> look at it. it's swallowing up part of a parking lot in orange county. high surf and rain battered the coastline in the past few days. officials came in with a couple of water pumps to try to remove floodwaters, but not everybody thinks mother nature is to blame for the mess. >> with the force of that pump,

they could have pumped out all that sand and caused that. >> the sinkhole appeared on sunday. it's about two parking stalls wide and three feet deep, 507 this morning we'll take you to our exploratorium camera this morning, a live look at the lights. >> we have mostly cloudy skies. it's a dry start to your day, but as we head into the evening, the rain returns and we will have some downpours to deal with. at times. let's break it down for you. your 12 hour forecast. we're pretty cloudy this morning. we have some pockets of fog, but we're dry. if you're going to be out all day, you do want to take the umbrella with you because it's the afternoon and really the evening. we're highlighting 5 p.m. because that is when we'll likely see widespread showers and some isolated downpours moving through the region. we'll have winds gusting about 20mph. and then this front is a pretty quick mover. the heaviest of the rain should be out of here by 9 p.m, but we'll likely have some lingering scattered showers to finish out the night. live. doppler seven showing you right now it's pretty quiet on the

board. we anticipate this front moving through later on today into the afternoon and early evening, bringing us thatrillionain to finish out our tuesday. it's a level one this evening on the storm impact scale. we'll have showers and downpours, breezy if not gusty at times, slick and slower travel will be your biggest impact. we are also tracking some snow in the sierra as well. we'll show you that coming up in the next ten minutes. here's the forecast region by region. you can see we start out dry, but those showers return later on this afternoon. it's not our only chance for rain. we'll show you the seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes guys. >> drew thank you. a fiery plane crash in japan. hundreds of people evacuated several people have died. we'll try to explain what happened there. >> a troubling trend known as cyber kidnaping. the warning of a scam that's targeting foreign exchange students. >> plus, meet the bay area's first newborn of the new year. what the date of his birthday may hold for his future, and a live look outside at 509. >> we'll be right back

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airport overnight. this is video of it. it shows the japan airlines plane bursting into flames, skidding down the runway. local media is reporting the crash happened as the plane was landing. wow the video is incredible. all 379 people on the jet survived, but five coast guard members on the other plane were killed and the pilot was injured. officials say the crew was preparing to head to japan's west coast to help with earthquake relief efforts. >> the death toll from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake has risen to at least 48. inspection of the area by helicopter has revealed widespread damage, including roads cut off, landslides and fires. at least 40,000 power lines were knocked down. there are more than 2005 fighters and

1000 other first responders helping with the rescue efforts. this earthquake happened in western japan, an area that isn't accustomed to earthquakes. of this size. there have been at least 147 aftershocks with a magnitude of one or higher. seismologists say aftershocks could continue for months. >> this morning, a teenager in utah saved after safe after surviving a scam known as cyber kidnaping. this is a growing trend targeting foreign exchange students and their families. >> abc news reporter derek dennis explains how it works. >> this morning, a 17 year old chinese exchange student has been found safe by police in utah, camping out in the woods, cold and alone. he speaks broken english and had been reported kidnaped by his family in china after they paid a ransom demand of $80,000. the parents reported to school officials that they received a photograph of their child that would indicate he was abducted, and they requested a ransom. turns out it was a scam known as cyber kidnaping, in

which kidnapers target foreign exchange students and their families, telling each that the other is in danger and then convincing the student to isolate themselves, send pictures or cell phone videos making it look like they're being held captive to their parents, who in turn hand over ransom money electronically. >> actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that something has happened to the victim. >> brandon amacher is a cyber security expert and instructor at utah valley university, and says these unknown actors are crafty. >> they are likely targeting, you know, people who are very out of their element, people who are new in a new country, new environment where they're very unfamiliar with law enforcement, they're very unfamiliar culturally, authorities are trying to track down the so-called cyber kidnapers, starting with the money that was transferred to chinese banks. >> as for the 17 year old student, he was rescued by police three days after his reported kidnaping his story. a. lesson to other parents of kids studying or even working abroad. >> i think it is important that we talk to our children before

they leave to be a foreign exchange student, or to be a missionary somewhere else around the world that we tell them that this is a possibility and just because somebody contacts you online doesn't mean it's real. >> experts say the scam typically stops when the communication stops, so victims are advised to cut off communication and contact authorities as soon as the threat is made. derek dennis, abc news new tensions in the crisis at the southern border are politicians in texas and louisiana have reportedly started sending migrants on busses to new jersey to skirt new rules about charter busses in new york city, the first group was left at train stations in new jersey over the weekend, with tickets to continue the trip into new york under an executive order signed last week, bus operators have to provide new york officials with 32 hours notice before arriving and drop off hours are limited. >> the new rules are meant to help provide assistance in an orderly way. it is a true honor

of a lifetime for one san jose newborn. >> the first baby born in the bay area in 2024, albert is happy, healthy and now the owner of a rare life fact. abc seven news anchor dion lim was able to catch up with the family to introduce us to baby albert in a story you'll only see on abc seven news. >> we didn't expect that we will be the first one. yeah, the first one in the bay area. >> yeah, for parents cheng yang and yao ming wong, their second son, albert, was more than ready to burst into the new year when he was born at exactly 1205 on january 1st. >> she laid on the bed is already like, almost 11. i think it's already 11. and within the hour everything is done and it's like, really, really fast. we know that second one will be faster, but we didn't expect, like, this glass baby albert. >> according to his nurses at good samaritan hospital in san jose, is wasting no time making his voice heard. >> he cries really loud. he that made it clear that he wants something. >> while albert has no problem

with volume forming words, makes it a little hard to do an interview. so we found another way to get a glimpse into his future. when a child is born with mercury retrograde in their birth chart, it makes them an especially unique, inventive communicator. marissa brown is the author of raising baby by the stars and interpreted little albert's birth chart. she sees good things ahead. >> it's really exciting. he has his sun in capricorn, as i noted, and the position of the sun is in a really auspicious spot. that angle really speaks to him having potential to be super successful on the lunar calendar. >> baby albert was born in the year of the rabbit. just like his mom, they tend to be sensitive people. >> they tend to be affectionate. they tend to be sentimental, kind of like a rabbit. but this particular baby, he was born actually in the hour of the rat. so he's a little more sharper, a little more quick and flexible. but as he gets older, he's going to become more of a hardworking ox.

>> do you think that's true of your wife? >> yeah, definitely. >> what a wonderful and auspicious way to celebrate the new year. >> do you plan on having another baby after this? >> boys is enough. i will say in san francisco. >> diane lim, abc seven news. >> they say, wait a minute. now on the east coast, twins were born in different years in new haven, connecticut. so here they are. seven maurice on the right, arrived at 11:59 p.m. december 31st, weighing 6 pounds, nine ounces, and then twin sisters sully on the left, also checking in 6 pounds, nine ounces, arrived just three minutes later at 12:02 a.m. january 1st. the family is doing well and getting well deserved. rest. >> some french chefs now hold the guinness world record for creating a pizza top with more than 1000 types of cheese, 1001 to be exact. so here's what the pizza looks like. oh i mean, i like cheese, but okay

includes a 940 french cheeses, 61 from around the world. and they say they pack the cheese into a mold, cooked it, and then place it on top of the dough. we first told you about the story in october, when the crew was trying to break the record. well, they've done it. 080 wow. what is that, a big piece of bread? what is going on here? >> i would try this. yeah, a lot of cheese. >> i do love cheese. >> mhm. >> i wonder what like it even tastes like. it looks disgusting like that. >> that's it. that's what i'm eating. it's hard 1001 types of cheeses. >> all smashed together. >> can i tell you about a special kind of pizza that i had on christmas. mhm. it's my brother and his wife took us to this place where the whole pizza . yeah. so it looks just like a pizza. but the whole thing is chicken. >> oh so instead of the base, the base is a chicken parmesan. oh wow. >> what i know chicken parm okay. yeah sounds delicious. >> it was really good. >> that does sound yummy.

>> yeah, it definitely sounds like a stunt food. >> yeah, but something we would show. >> yeah, but in this case, it was really worth it. >> and i never heard of it. >> the real stunt came when the check came, right? >> oh, that is a stunt. >> oh, it cost more than $80. wow >> for a pizza. >> for a pizza? >> yikes. >> and that was an appetizer. and i was like, oh, so we're going. so christmas dinner is gonna be christmas dinner. >> it's rich, it's rich, rich. >> yeah. >> oh, so we're rich. oh, okay. i was really looking around like like everybody else. >> how many people did it feed for $80? >> there were ten of us. >> so you guys got like, a little bite. >> and we also brought it home. oh, there's way too much of everything. >> yeah, right on. it was delicious. yeah. this morning sfo, a lot of people may be traveling today. it's quiet out there. you learn something new every day. we'll take a look at the travel forecast. we're watching a couple of spots like dallas and seattle for some heavy rain at times. other areas like chicago, denver, new york

looking just fine. new york city, in fact. lots of sunshine today at 45 degrees. it's a different story here though. we have a lot of cloud cover. this morning that will give way to showers this evening. a level one storm that will bring us some showers and downpours on the storm impact scale. so let's take a look. hour by hour this morning, some pockets of fog. it's just mostly cloudy. it's a quiet start to the day. heading into the afternoon, we'll likely see some showers first developing light in nature in the north bay. it's this evening where you see those downpours really developing the bright colors, the yellow, the oranges, even some pockets of red indicating those heavy showers pushing through. it's a fast moving cold front, so by 10 p.m. we're drying out. but we may have a couple of leftover showers early tomorrow morning. rainfall amounts were likely thinking anywhere from a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. where we find some of those downpours setting up for a little bit longer. some cities may inch closer to about an inch of rain over the next 24 hours. some snow is coming to the sierra a winter weather advisory kicks in here at 10 p.m. tonight, so it's really overnight into tomorrow. we'll find 6 to 12in of snow above

5000ft. those snow levels may drop as low as 4000ft over the next 24 hours. we'll watch that closely back here at home. it's dry morning. it's a wet evening. temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. and then tonight, some isolated showers and numbers in the 30s and in the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll have some evening showers and downpours. an early morning shower tomorrow giving way to sunshine. we're dry on thursday and then late friday into saturday we'll have more rain. a level one on the storm impact scale. gloria >> yeah, drew, you know, we had a couple few weeks of slow traffic out there with the holidays, and today it is starting to build up again. this is a live look outside right now at our highway 80 camera in emeryville. so although it is starting to get busier this morning there, we don't have any major blocking or slowing issues right now. and then getting a look at our drive times at this time, everything is in the green, so no slowdowns at this time. guys >> thank you gloria. coming up, the seven things to know this morning star wars night

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damaged train after a car derailed, sending nine people to the hospital. what to expect for your commute this morning bid for the white house. >> the first big test in the republican primary. now, less than two weeks away, the candidates making their final push. >> plus, best in show. the winner. shooting for the stars. meet comet, the newly crowned american kennel club national champion. >> okay, comet, it looks like comet is wearing a bumpit, doesn't it? >> there's nothing wrong with that. i'm just saying i like comets. >> yeah. >> good morning everybody. it's tuesday, january 2nd. >> we'll begin to check on the weather with drew. >> i haven't heard bump it in so long. oh my gosh. let's take a look at visibility this morning. have a couple of issues around fairfield and livermore. right now we're down to about a quarter of a mile. so some

pockets of dense fog, especially around 580 as you cross through livermore. elsewhere, we're doing just fine. the bigger story this morning is the rain. that's arriving later on this evening. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. we'll track a cold front that will cross through us mainly in the evening. today that will bring some showers and downpours to the region. it's a level one, a light system on the abc seven storm impact scale. the showers and downpours accompanied with some breezes at times it just creates some slick roadways. this evening. here's how your day shapes up. we're mostly cloudy, we're dry through the morning right around lunchtime. maybe an isolated light shower in the north bay, but it's really around 4 or 5:06 p.m. we'll have those showers and downpours moving through temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. hi, gloria, good morning drew. >> traffic is still pretty light out there this morning. we're getting a live look right now from the richmond san rafael camera. and you can see that there are not too many vehicles out there on the road. this morning. but keep in mind that that sigalert is still in effect. so those three right lanes are still blocked right now. and then a look at your drive times for right now. you

can see everything is in the green. so no major slowdowns. guys >> thank you gloria bart trains are moving once again in the east bay after a train derailed and caught fire, sending nine people to the hospital. all this happened near the orinda station yesterday, impacting service between the rock ridge and walnut creek stations. abc seven news reporter i don't know why it's not there. um, lena, helen is there. lena. so you just saw a train roll by? >> reggie. that's right. after crews worked through the night to make repairs and do some inspections, these trains are back up and running this morning here at the orinda station. and bart officials confirmed that service is back to normal today. now, cell phone video captured this scary moment when it all happened yesterday morning when a bart train derailed and caught fire near the orinda station. passengers say the train stopped twice and then moved backwards as it derailed, then a mad dash to evacuate as the car, filled with smoke. nine people had to

be taken to the hospital. a giant crane was brought in last night to lift the derailed bart car back onto the tracks, which took hours to pull off, but bart says damage to the track is not extensive. >> the operations control center was unable to communicate with the interlock, working to move the tracks into the proper position. now we want to start 2024. >> you know, you say you want to start with the bang, but not like that, bart says just before the derailment, the train operator was asked to manually switch the track because a signaling issue prevented the computer from doing it. >> they say the procedure is not uncommon in, and operators are trained to do it. the operator switched the track and was then manually controlling the train when it derailed, and now the details into what happened are still under investigation. and we've also learned the public utilities commission of california is launching an investigation into this as well. and right now you're taking a live look as a train passes

through the orinda station this morning, confirming that these bart trains are back up and running as normal for now. reporting live in orinda, lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. now, this is the fourth bart derailment in the last 15 years, all of them in the east bay. the mostrillionecent was in june of 2022, excessive heat on the tracks upwards of 140 degrees caused the train to derail between the concord and pleasant hill stations in february of 2014, uneven track wear caused an out of service train to derail. also near the concord station, and then in march of 2011, uneven track, where again near the concord station caused two cars to derail. three minor injuries were reported. then, in december of 2009, a train derailed between the lake merritt and 12th street stations in oakland. make sure you download the abc seven news bay area app to stay up to date on this story and other breaking news, just enable push notifications to get alerts like these sent straight to your phone. >> and we're tracking developing news in the middle east. if potential escalation in the red

sea, where houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships, gloria iran has now reportedly deployed a warship there. reggie >> that show of force in the red sea came as iran's foreign minister was meeting with a senior houthi leader in tehran yesterday. the meeting happening just hours after the u.s. military responded to a distress call from a shipping vessel being attacked by houthi rebels in the red sea. u.s. central command says that the houthis were trying to board the vessel when they fired at two us navy helicopters. the helicopters returned fire, killing ten rebel fighters. a houthi spokesperson says that they were trying to prevent the ship from reaching israel. the international chamber of shipping says 12% of global trade passes through the red sea. maersk is one of the world's largest shipping companies, and they've now paused all ships from traveling through the area for at least 48 hours. reggie, thanks, gloria. >> this morning we're hearing from demonstrators who showed up to congresswoman nancy pelosi's san francisco home to demand a

ceasefire in gaza. we first brought you the story yesterday on abc seven mornings. 100 people showed up to march around the speaker emeritus neighborhood yesterday. they say instead of sending military aid to israel, more money is needed here in san francisco, saying the new year holiday was a perfect time to get this point across. >> we know that congress is on recess, and it's a great time to bring messages to representative when they're at home. >> it comes as israel's military said it is shifting thousands of soldiers out of the gaza strip in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war with hamas started nearly 22,000 deaths in gaza have been reported by the hamas run ministry of health. >> now to the race for president, the iowa caucuses are less than two weeks away, and as abc news reporter rhiannon ally explains, another poll shows good news for former president donald trump and a possible general election matchup with

president biden. this morning, a new poll shows president biden losing ground to former president trump among latinos and younger voters. >> the usa today suffolk university survey shows trump with a 39% support among the latino demographic, compared to biden's 34% back in 2020. biden got 65% support from latino voters. concerns about the economy and the border have weighed on voters. the poll also finds trump now leading biden among voters under age 35. many concerned about climate change and the middle east. >> are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so that we win the iowa caucus? >> meanwhile, the republican primary candidates are making their final push with the iowa caucuses now less than two weeks away, trump is leading in iowa by more than 30 points less than three points separate florida governor ron desantis and nikki haley. >> donald trump is running on

his issues. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i'm the only one running on your issues, desantis is attacking haley after her recent rise in the polls, gaining ground on trump in new hampshire. >> that state's republican governor, who endorsed haley, is now calling on chris christie to drop out to give haley a better chance against trump. >> chris christie is a friend, but his race is at an absolute dead end. this is a two person race, right? it's between trump and nikki haley. >> but the former new jersey governor is not backing down, recently launching a seven figure ad campaign. >> some people say i should drop out of this race. really? i'm the only one saying donald trump is a liar. new hampshire, it's up to you. >> the results from the iowa caucuses will not be known until early march. on super tuesday, rhiannon ally, abc news, new york things will be a bit easier for some commuters in the east bay starting today. >> the main street ferry

terminal in alameda is set to reopen after renovations, so it means the alameda short hop between alameda and oakland will pick up ferry riders once again. >> trips on the south san francisco ferry route will also resume at the main street ferry terminal. >> if you live in san francisco, you can easily recycle your christmas tree that starts today . it's the first day of the city's annual christmas tree recycling program. you just need to put your tree next to your recycling bin the night before your regular pickup day. make sure you remove all the decorations these trees will be put into wood chippers and turn into mulch. the program runs through next friday. something i didn't know. if you have a flocked tree. mmhm. you can't recycle it? oh no. so no, don't do that. >> just do like me and keep it up. >> how long do you have a real tree? no. oh, okay. >> but it's still flocked. >> got it. >> now let's check in on covid numbers. this is one of three viruses that are seeing a spike in cases this winter. >> major markdown. the value of

x, formerly known as twitter, down significantly since elon musk took over more than a year ago. but first, a check on the weather with drew. hey, good morning. >> we'll check in on our rainfall numbers so far this water year. we had a very good december across many cities where we were actually above average. when it comes to december rainfall. santa rosa pretty close to where we should be up until this point. remember your water year reset every october 1st. oakland is an outlier. we are missing some values when it comes to rainfall in oakland. that's why this number is so much lower compared to the other cities. so just know that that 46% of normal should be a bit higher. we just have some missing data from last month that will fill in over the next couple of weeks, but we're doing pretty well with most areas, anywhere from 75 to 95% of where we should be this time of the year, and more rain is on the way. live doppler seven. you can see that bowling ball spinning, that low pressure pushing a cold front through here. later on this afternoon and evening. it's a level one on

the storm impact scale. showers and downpours. moving on back, creating slick and slow travel once again this morning. it's quiet, mostly cloudy, some pockets of fog inland. we'll have some light showers developing after lunchtime in the north bay. it's the evening though. this is about 5 p.m. we'll have those downpours moving through, so the evening commute will be slow and low visibility will be an issue as it's dark at that hour and those showers are falling as well. we'll have a winter weather advisory in effect. we'll take a much closer look at how much snow we could see and how much rainfall we co

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ucsf's doctor peter chin-hong says what's left over are respiratory diseases, including covid. >> what we've seen in the last few years is a typical pattern of a123 punch with thanksgiving, christmas, hanukkah and then new year's, followed by uh- increased cases in the community and some spillover in the hospital. >> so the new gen one variant is rapidly spreading nationwide, and the wastewater scan dashboard shows us the bay area is not immune. santa rosa, san francisco, oakland and san jose, all with high levels of covid, to name a few. the south bay city showing the third highest level since 2021, according to santa clara county data. >> we're still seeing a lot of covid in the community. a lot of people are getting sick. it's causing a lot of disruption. it seems that everybody uh- i know or almost everyone has some sort of respiratory illness right now, including covid. >> and that's what has doctors concern. right now. it's not just covid. ucsf doctor george rutherford says there are rising

trends of influenza and rsv nationwide as well. >> there are substantial increases in respiratory syncytial virus cases and hospitalizations, rsv in adults and substantial increases in influenza hospitalizations and cases. uh- and tests, um in adults and children. >> these experts say keeping hospitalizations down in spite of rising wastewater is key. they suggest getting diagnosed quickly by testing to figure out how to get healthy again, but to remain healthy from the big three, respiratory viruses. >> the current vaccine covers the current variants. um, so if you haven't gotten the new vaccine, that's been around since october, i definitely get it. if you haven't gotten the rsv vaccine and you're 60 and over, i definitely get it. and if you haven't had the flu vaccine and you're six months old or older, i would definitely get it. dustin dawsey, abc seven news the value of san francisco bay s x, formerly twitter, has

reportedly hit a new low, according to axios. >> fidelity now estimates that the platform is worth about 71% less than when elon musk bought it 15 months ago. the cut was disclosed in a filing, and it comes after ad sales dropped in 2023. this is the latest in a series of markdowns by fidelity, which is an investor in x, the newly crowned american kennel club national champion and best in show winner is on good morning america this morning. >> yeah, you might want to tune in if you're looking for a new hairstyle. so meet comet schitt's view and check out his glorious, flowing locks. comet beat out 56 other contestants. to win top dog. his owner is going on good morning america this morning to talk about comet's extensive hair routine. >> he's brushed every single day, bathed every week. um, and his hair is very much like human hair. and that's how we take care of it. like human hair. you were telling me he was up at 4

a.m. to get ready for this morning? >> yes, yes. that's crazy. >> um, is it, though? >> are we going to talk about. yes. the elephant in the room sure are. the fact that very similar hairstyle. >> yeah. >> dog and owner are matching. um, but don't they say people start to look like their dog? >> yeah, yeah, they do say that. um um, anyway, look at comet being beautiful. >> you can see more of comet coming up on gma at seven. right after abc seven morning. >> i do love his hair. >> yeah. is that a bow too? >> oh, yeah. it's so cute. the bump. it just can't see that i mean it really is a bump. >> it. >> that was all the rage, kiddos in the early aughts. make your hair higher. do you ever hook up it uh? you don't think so? no, no. okay. >> i just need. if y'all were on good morning america with this dog and this owner. yeah. would you ask her? um, i would about the intention of her hairstyle and the dogs. >> was there an inspiration? um, you know. >> yeah. >> um, seems like it. >> maybe we just have to. >> i mean, do you think that was

a conversation that would go well? no. >> or. i don't think so. >> maybe not. >> comet is his own thing. >> all right, well, let's take you there this morning. >> let's take to the rooftop camera. it is quiet out there to begin our tuesday. a live look. we have mostly cloudy conditions, but it's going to be a different evening. we have showers and downpours that will move through along our next cold front. let's break it down for you the next 12 hours. it's cloudy. we're dry out there throughout the morning. if you're going to be out all day, take the umbrella with you out the door. this morning. the afternoon early on the showers first appear in the north bay. we're highlighting the 5 p.m. time frame because that is when everybody will see the showers and scattered downpours moving through that will make a slower evening commute later on today. winds gusting about 21mph, so it will be breezy at times and then showers more scattered in nature by 9 p.m. a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale today. showers, isolated downpours coming through here with a cold front will create some slick travel, especially later on

tonight. so here's rainfall estimates with the storm system likely a 2:45 quarters of an inch of rain. but you can see future weather indicating where we see some of those downpour set up a little bit longer. we could see about an inch of rain in some regions that could create some ponding on the roadways. later on tonight we'll get some snow in the sierra. a winter weather advisory kicks in here at 10 p.m. through early thursday. could see 6 to 12in of snow above 5000ft. at times that snow level could drop below 5000ft, so just know it will be some slick conditions over the next 36 hours. traveling to tahoe back here at home. dry morning, a wet evening. we'll have temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. then tonight those showers are more scattered in nature. here's the accuweather seven day forecast evening showers and downpours tomorrow and isolated shower in the morning. giving way to afternoon sunshine. thursday is totally dry and then friday night into saturday our next storm arrives to level one on the storm impact scale. gloria >> yeah, drew. you know, so far traffic is still pretty light this morning. makes me wonder if people are taking a few more

days off after the holiday. but check this out. this is a live look outside right now at our golden gate bridge camera. and you can see not too many vehicles out there on the road right now. the way we usually see this time of the morning. and then a look at our drive times for this morning, mostly in the green, but the usual slow spot westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. that will take you 33 minutes right now, but still not as bad as it usually is. guys >> thanks. gloria. new at six. time to say goodbye. an upscale east bay restaurant says it's shutting its doors for good. >> first, though, a path to the super bowl. if the 40 niners make it to the big game, how much it could cost fans to get back to the bay area from vegas and a live look outside, it is now 550 and we're coming right back

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and social media and treating the trip like reality tv. here's abc news reporter victor oquendo in this morning's gma first look. >> it's the nine month cruise captivating social media. >> welcome home for nine months, royal caribbean calling it the ultimate world cruise. >> i've been practicing the next court. i think i have it down. it's real rio. >> and while those on board are paying up to $170,000 for the 274 night adventure, count this vacation voyeurs are enjoying the on board drama for free with nearly 140 million views and counting on tiktok, they're enjoying coming along for the trip. following the adventures of guests like joe and audrey martucci, who have been dubbed as the ship's mom and dad. they go, you make me feel like part

of a family again. and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have more behind the scenes details from the ship with your gma first look. i'm victor oquendo, abc news, miami. >> the 40 niners could be on their way to another super bowl appearance. and it seems airfare from the site of the big game back to the bay area is sky high. sfgate took the time they looked at prices for flights from las vegas back to the bay area's three airports. the cheapest one way nonstop flight. this will be on the monday after the super bowl, is more than 400 bucks. of course, another option would be to drive vegas is about 530 miles from the bay area. over the weekend, the 40 niners clinched the nfc's top seed home field advantage and first round bye. their final regular season game is sunday at home against the rams. >> okay, so first it was the pop tart mascot and now another food related mascot is taking over the internet. cheese is that how

you say it? cheese is that how you say it? c h e d z cheese anyway, we're going to call this cheese with a center of the cheese at citrus bowl, unveiled before the bowl game yesterday between tennessee and iowa. you can see cheese popping out of this massive box of cheese. it held up a sign to confirm that he is a non edible mascot. so you remember the pop tart mascot that had the internet on fire last week at the inaugural pop tarts bowl in orlando? his name was strawberry, and at the end of the game, strawberry dropped into a giant toaster, came out as an edible version, and then the team ate him. >> i mean, that that is. >> that's what we said. >> amazing, right? >> this is also giving like cheez-it marketing team scrambling to get it together. they're like, oh my gosh, the pop tarts is trying to have a class and dignity like, oh, you can't eat meat.

>> you're cheez-it. >> you're meant to be. >> you're meant to be eating pop out of a big bag. yeah. and just and they ate that. look, this is fun. >> look at that, man. >> it's really funny. it's hilarious. >> that boy. all right, let's take a look at your forecast region by region. the coast is first to see showers today coming into the early afternoon, our rain chances really ramp up around the bay shoreline. it's later on this evening that we find that wet weather moving in. so it's a dry morning. we'll get you into the low 60s for daytime highs and then late in the afternoon into the early evening, we'll find those temperatures dipping into the 50s. but there you can see rain chances later on tonight. really ramp up. we could see some scattered downpours out there that could lead to some ponding on roadways. is a level one storm on the abc seven storm impact scale for the showers and downpours. could be gusty at times. now heading inland, we'll have some patches of fog early on this morning. some dense fog around livermore down to a quarter of a mile. there but then those temperatures really

go up. we'll get you into the low 60s. we're dry even into the early afternoon. but then in the evening, those showers do move through. it's a quick moving, cold front. we do expect maybe a quarter, two, three quarters of an inch of rainfall coming our way. and then even more showers will arrive here friday into saturday. just take the umbrella with you later on today. you'll need it from time to time. kumasi >> thank you. drew. new at six. more flaring at an east bay refinery, this time on new year's eve with the company is saying this morning. plus the poultry industry taking a hit in the north bay. >> the decision that is affecting thousands more birds and a rocky start to the new year for bart riders in orinda. >> what we know about repairs that got service back on track earlier this morning right now, this live look along the embarcadero. embarcadero. >> it is 557. then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries.

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now at six, back on track bart service in the east bay up and running after crews worked all night to repair a derailment that sent nine people to the hospital. but bart says happened just before a train car went off the tracks. >> the new year celebrate that turned deadly. the new details about the tragic fireworks accident that took the life of an 18 year old and taking a live look outside this morning, dry right now. >> but the rain coming back this week, drew is tracking the timeline of the wetth