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 wet weather

pattern that starts later today. >> good morning. welcome to tuesday, january 2nd. best way to start the check of our forecast with drew. >> yeah. so it is a quiet start out there. we have clouds upstairs. it's a dry morning leading to a wet evening. here's visibility right now around fairfield. we have some thick fog a quarter of a mile. there elsewhere we're not doing too bad. visibility not a huge issue this morning. the bigger picture live doppler seven along with satellite. our next cold front on approach. here's that low pressure spinning. it's going to push that front through here mainly in the evening. later on today it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale. showers and downpours. breezy at times. your biggest impact is going to be slower and slick. travel especially for the evening commute later on. so look at the day planner today. it's mostly cloudy. we're dry this morning. showers first in the north bay around lunchtime. pretty light in nature, but they do pick up in intensity and coverage later on. this afternoon. this evening by four 5:06 p.m. we'll have that wet weather moving through in those temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. good morning

gloria. >> all right. good morning drew. so we've been talking about how light traffic is out there this morning. and that is still the case right now. here's a toll plaza metering lights. did flip on at 545. this morning, but it almost doesn't even look like it because traffic is flowing pretty smoothly here this morning. and then one of our busier spots this morning is the san mateo-hayward bridge. and it is busier as those folks are heading westbound to the peninsula, but again, not as heavy as it normally is. guys >> thank you gloria. good news. this morning. if your commute involves bart, trains are rolling again in the east bay after a train derailed, caught fire, and then sent nine people to the hospital. all of this happened yesterday near the orinda station, impacting service between the rock ridge and walnut creek stations. abc seven news reporter lena howland in orinda, with reaction from riders and what bart says happened before that incident. lena carmen. >> bart. trains have been coming and going from this station here in orinda all morning long,

which is a good thing. as bart officials confirm, right around 430 this morning, that service would be back to normal between rock ridge and walnut creek. now, this comes after crews worked well into the night to make repairs and do inspections. a giant crane was even brought in last night to lift the derailed bart car back 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. passengers say the train stopped twice and then moved backwards as it derailed, then in 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 this 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 just before the derailed, the train

operator was asked to manually switch the track because the signaling issue prevented the computer from doing it. >> they say the procedure is not uncommon, and operators are trained to do it. the operator switched the track and was then manually controlling the train when it derailed the details into what happened are still under investigation, and we've also learned that the public utilities commission of california has also launched an investigation as well. 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 most recent was in june of 2022. excessive heat on the tracks caused a train to derail between the concord and pleasant hill stations. in february of 2014 and march of 2011. an 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 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 gave 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's fire department, a spokesperson there said all fireworks are extremely dangerous. fire officials urge you to leave fireworks to the professionals in the north bay. >> sonoma county's poultry industry is being hit again, again by a wider spread of avian flu. the u.s. department of agriculture is reporting outbreaks of 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 already on nine farms in sonoma county since thanksgiving. marin county also recorded its first outbreak last week. >> a deadly crash outside of a concert venue in rochester, new york, is now being investigated as possible terrorism. gloria. the crash happened as thousands of people were leaving a new year's eve celebration. >> 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. dash cam video shows the fire, and this was moments after a ford expedition slammed into another suv outside the theater. the crash sent both vehicles into a crowd of people in a crosswalk. 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. >> investigators say they found a dozen gas canisters in and around the ford expedition that had been rented at the syracuse airport, and that's why this has triggered a terrorism investigation. the driver reportedly drove his own car to the airport to rent the suv, and then drove more than an hour to rochester. he was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. reggie >> gloria. thank you. california is conducting its first snow survey of the season today. state water experts are expecting the results would 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 is going to happen this afternoon at phillips station in the sierra and southern california. >> giant sinkhole swallowing up part of a parking lot in orange

county. the high surf and rain battered the coastline the past several days. officials came in with a couple of water pumps trying to remove floodwaters. but not everyone 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 sunday. it's about two parking stalls, wide and three feet deep. still to come on abc seven mornings, a plane with hundreds of people on board hits another plane in japan overnight, bursting into flames on the runway. >> and have you ever heard of cyber kidnaping? the warning about the scam that is targeting international students? it's 608 this morning looking at the forecast. >> it is cloudy and dry to begin your tuesday showers move in this afternoon. it's this evening though. we'll have some pockets of heavy rain crossing us around 5 p.m. it's a level one storm. we'll take a closer look at the rain and also the wi

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some light showers begin to arrive around lunchtime, and then as we head into the evening. this is 530 today. that's when the heaviest of the rain is moving through. we'll have some pockets of downpours lowering that visibility will have slower commute times this evening, as we have some standing water on our roadways. as that front crosses through here, it will kick up our winds. future tracker winds showing you'll likely see gusts around 20 to 35mph throughout the afternoon and the evening. as we see thatrillionain heavy at times, we have a winter weather advisory starting at 10 p.m. today through early thursday. that snow level around 5000ft. so this is a colder storm. could pick up 6 to 12in of snow. our highest peaks, probably a foot

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runway, local media reports. the crash happened as the plane was landing. 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 the 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 now more than 2000 firefighters and 1000 other first responders helping with those rescue efforts. this earthquake happened in western japan. that's 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 there for months. >> turning to a true honor of a lifetime for one san jose newborn. the first baby born in the bay area in 2024, baby albert is happy, healthy and now the owner of a rare life fact.

abc7 news anchor dion lim was able to catch up with the family to introduce us to baby albert and a story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> filipina paraglider 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 fast. >> 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 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? >> two boys is enough. i will say in san francisco.

>> diane lim, abc seven news on the east coast twins were born in different years in new haven, connecticut. >> here they are seven maurice, on the right, arrived at 11:59 p.m. on december 31st, weighing in at 6 pounds, nine ounces. then twin sister sully on the left, also weighing 6 pounds, nine ounces, arrived three minutes later at 12:02 a.m. on 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 topped with more than 1000 types of cheese and this is what it looks like when you try and do that. it includes 940 french cheeses and 61 from the rest of the world. they say they pack the cheese into a mold, they cooked it, and then they place it on top of the dough. we first told you about this story in october, when the crew was trying to break the record. well, now they officially have. and if you're wondering how it tastes, those who tried it gave it a thumbs up

. >> i'm just thinking that, like the stinkier cheeses are just going to overwhelm everything. >> i was wondering about that too, because there are some cheeses that are so smelly. yeah, like just the 2 or 3 of those just overwhelm all like a thousand of the other ones and you're like, well, what am i really tasting here? >> and it doesn't look like it melted. >> really. so yeah, it's just because actual pieces of cheese, not every cheese melts. >> well, no, this is a hard pass for me. >> it's chunky. can we talk about something? >> how do you say is it mascarpone cheese? >> yeah. um hum. okay. is that your favorite? no. oh, okay. i was like, that's an interesting choice. you just. i just wanted to say it. >> what else do we want to know how to pronounce? >> no, i put us all in the same. >> no, i don't i don't know how to say it, but i was wondering what was in it because i had this at caswell's for brunch over the weekend. okay, so banana bread, grilled cheese. okay, so you had the banana bread, then you had the mascarpone. uh huh. how do you say that? cheese in the middle. real sweet. then you dipped it

in some hot chocolate. mm. does it seem like what? >> that sounds good to me. actually, it does. >> i have had it was really good. >> oh my gosh. my friend and i were like, this is so good. it wasn't too sweet. >> no. yeah that was okay. because you got the banana, you know. >> sweet. yeah. the chocolate sweet. and then a little, um, more kind of savory with a lot of things going on. >> but it was, i don't know, good. >> i'm gonna show you. >> it's the dipping in the hot chocolate that i'm like. >> that is what took it over the edge. >> yeah, i believe you. because you have good taste buds. so, um. all right. >> i'll go. >> yeah, yeah, i'll go. >> i mean, it was really good. okay, so we don't judge it could be good. >> you like it? like i'm not going to yuck your yum. >> exactly. >> all right, let's take you outside. here is san jose this morning. just the dipping the visual, the dipping of it. >> i'll show you. we had a time. >> all right, uh, here's san jose this morning. it's mostly cloudy and it's quiet. a lot of folks may be traveling. there's a couple of areas we're watching very closely. dallas and seattle especially. we have some heavier

showers moving through today, but other areas, new york especially, totally quiet sunshine, mid 40s chicago, denver, atlanta looking great. l.a. is going to be dry. we'll have temperatures in the low 60s. but here locally we are tracking rain this evening. a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale. showers and downpours with a wind kicking up at times. slick travel the biggest impacts this morning. it's very quiet out there. it's mostly cloudy. we're dry into the afternoon. we start seeing those showers light in nature. first arriving in the north bay, then heading into the evening. here comes that front, bringing heavier showers. 5:06 p.m. likely we'll find the heaviest of the rain, but it's a quick moving front. we'll finish out the night with mostly cloudy skies and perhaps an isolated shower will linger into early wednesday morning. but the main event is this evening. rainfall totals coming in a 2:45 quarters of an inch of rain for most of us. however, we'll watch for those downpours do move through those areas could pick up close to an inch of rain later on tonight. snow is coming to the sierra. we'll have a winter weather advisory kicking in at 10 p.m. tonight. the heaviest snow falls early tomorrow

morning, 6 to 12in above 5000ft. some of our highest peaks could see a foot and a half of snow through wednesday. here's the accuweather 70 forecast next seven days for you. evening showers and downpours today a morning isolated shower leading to sunshine. tomorrow it's dry on thursday. our next storm arrives here late friday with a wet day on saturday before dry weather returns here on sunday. gloria. >> yeah, drew. right now we want to take you right to our highway 80 camera in emeryville. this is one of our busier spots. this morning. and you can see especially as those folks head westbound towards the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza. however, if you take a look at our drive times, everything is in the green. so no traffic is definitely moving smoothly this morning, guys. >> all right. thank you gloria. now we're checking in with somara theodore live with what's coming up on gma. good morning. >> good morning reggie and kumasi. i myself prefer a vegan brie cheese. okay all right. coming up. we've got a lot going

on. the latest on the top story. you've been covering that breaking news out of japan overnight. a fiery collision on a tarmac when a passenger plane with 400 people on board went up in flames after the big post holiday travel rush. also the latest on that possible terror attack outside a crowded concert venue in rochester, new york. the investigation is underway and we're on the scene this morning. plus, the new baby formula. recall what parents need to know and the top dog is here. akc national champion. comet is in times square. plus, we're helping you roar into 2024 with tips to declutter your home, refresh your cooking habits, and so much more. that's coming up right here on gma, guys. >> okay, so we did air video earlier of comet. this dog i don't know if you happen to be around like in the studio when this interview was happening. my question is did anyone ask if the owner of comet the dog gets her hairstyle from comet the dog , or if comet got it from the

owner? like, which way did that go? so you know what? >> i'm not doing that. this morning with you. i'm just joking, i don't. >> they did. look, i don't know. >> i don't know, but they were both very beautiful and dapper. yeah. >> no, they're dapper. it looks great. i'm not saying it's. no shade, but i was just. >> you know, i'm just messing. there was a similar. there was a there was a, there was a color story that was being told. there was a style story. there was a flow. it was beautiful. >> yes. and you must stick around to watch. see in great detail. >> if i don't hear someone ask that question when we protested, then we're protesting at noon outside the building. so i guess we'll see you at noon. okay >> guys are so silly. >> goodbye. >> we'll check you

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his jugular vein yesterday afternoon. lee was airlifted to the hospital, where he's undergoing emergency treatment there. officials say they have detained the attacker, who used a seven inch knife that he bought off the internet. news at six an investigation is underway after six more complaints about flaring in the east bay. this time it happened new year's eve at chevron's richmond refinery, chevron tells the chronicle. it was a result of a, quote, process upset these latest complaints come after a series of flaring incidents in richmond and martinez late last year, flaring in november resulted in four notices of violation one for chevron that flaring was blamed on a power outage. if you're going to the warriors game today, get to chase center early. if you want a free bobblehead. tonight's giveaway is an andrew wiggins jedi bobblehead. you can see it on

the bottom left hand side of your screen. the first 10,000 fans who show up are going to get one. it's part of the team's star wars night. the warriors are hoping to snap a three game losing streak tonight. they take on the orlando magic at 7 p.m. next at 630. numbers on the rise. cases of three viruses going up this winter. experts weigh in on the data that we're seeing across several bay area cities and the bart derailment that caused major problems in the first day of 2024. we just spoke with bart officials about the investigation and what they think happened

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crews working around the clock to fix a damaged track. after a train derails, sending nine people to the hospital. what to expect for commute for your commute and what bart officials are saying this morning. >> bid for the white house, the first big test in the republican primary. now, less than two weeks away, the candidate is making their final push as tensions in the middle east are rising, details on a potential escalation in the red sea involving houthi rebel fighters. good morning everybody. it's tuesday, january 2nd. >> gets all that. but first we get to the weather. hi, drew. >> hey. good morning. so we start out dry, but that changes as we head into the evening. we'll show you visibility because we have a little bit of dense fog around fairfield this morning. but everywhere else we're doing a lot better. mostly cloudy start to the day. temperatures for the most part in the 40s, so it is chilly to begin and we'll get you into the low 60s for daytime highs. that does come with rain this evening. it's a level one on the storm impacts scale. showers and downpours headed our way later today. some breezy winds at times and slick and slower travel. your biggest impacts. we

begin the day with a lot of cloud cover. we're dry right around lunchtime. some light showers in the north bay, but it's this afternoon. 4 or 5:06 p.m. that we see widespread showers and downpours. a closer look at the rain coming up in nine minutes. let's say hi to gloria and see how traffic's doing this morning. >> good morning drew. yeah traffic is flowing really nicely this morning. i think a lot of people are probably still off for the holiday, because the roads have not been congested the way they usually are this time of the morning. so this is a live look outside. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. and the metering lights did flip on at 545 this morning, but it almost doesn't even look like it because traffic is moving pretty nicely right now. and then a live look right now at our richmond san rafael bridge camera traffic also moving nicely here. and that sigalert is still in effect with the three right lanes still blocked there guys. thanks gloria. >> bart, trains are rolling once again in the east bay after a train derailed and caught fire. it happened near the orinda station yesterday, impacting service between the rock ridge and walnut creek stations. abc seven news reporter lena howland

is live at the orinda station. lena, you just talked to bart officials. >> reggie. that's right. only moments ago, i just talked to a spokesperson for bart out here at the orinda station who says their crews were extremely busy working through the night to make repairs and also do some inspections on the track just to make sure that everything was safe and ready to run as normal today. now i do want to go to some video taking yesterday, capturing the scary moments when it all happened, 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, while 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 extend live. i just talked to a spokesperson for bart and i asked him what reassurance he can offer

passengers today. >> i'll tell you that. there were, um, you know, all of the procedures were followed when the derailment occurred that we were safely evacuating people from the track from the train to the trackway and got them back here to the station. >> not how 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 and operators are trained to do it. the operator switched the track and was then manually controlling the train when it derailed. add the details into what happened yesterday are still under investigation, and we have also learned that the public utilities commission of california is also opening up an investigation of their own 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

happened in the east bay. the most recent was in june of 2022. excess of 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 where caused an out of service train to derail, also near the concord station, then in march of 2011, uneven track, where again near the concord station caused two cars to derail and three minor injuries were reported. in december of 2009, a train derailed between the lake merritt and 12th street stations in oakland. make sure you download the abc seven bay area app if you want to stay up to date on this story and other breaking news, just enable push notifications to get alerts like these sent to your phone. >> we're tracking developing news in the middle east, a potential escalation in the red sea, where houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships. gloria, iran has now reportedly deployed a warship to that area. >> yeah, and that show of force in the red sea came as iran's foreign minister was meeting with a senior houthi leader in tehran yesterday. that 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 u.s. navy helicopters. and i think we have the wrong video there. so let me see if i can get back to the other correct video here. all right. the helicopter returned fire, killing ten rebel fighters. a houthi spokesperson says that they were trying to prevent the ship from reaching israel. the internal national chamber of shipping says a 12% of global trade passes through the red sea , and maersk is one of the world's largest shipping companies. well, they 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 cease fire in gaza. we first brought you that story yesterday, as it was starting on abc seven mornings.

around 100 people marched around the speaker emeritus neighborhood yesterday. they say instead of sending military aid to israel, we should be spending more money right here in san francisco. they say the new year was the perfect time to get their 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 began. nearly 22,000 deaths in gaza have been reported by the hamas run ministry of health. now to the race for president. >> 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 these days. >> mantis 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 open back up after renovations, so it means the alameda short hop between alameda to oakland will be picking 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 starting today. i saw a lot of them on sidewalks this morning. 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 pick up day. make sure you remove all the decorations. trees will be put into wood chippers and turned into mulch. the program runs through next friday. >> coming up on abc seven mornings, major mark down the value of x, formerly known as twitter, down significantly since elon musk took over more than a year ago. >> and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange, we'll talk more about the first trading day of 2024. in just a couple of minutes, then the 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 from vegas and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we're live weekdays from

7 to 8 a.m. you can download the app now, wherever you stream. >> 640 this morning we're looking at live doppler seven along with satellite. our next storm arrives here this evening. you see that bowling ball, that low pressure is going to send a cold front. we're watching this cloud cover right here. that's our next wave of showers. that'll bring some downpours this evening. outside this morning it is quiet. you can see mostly cloudy skies. so it's a dry start to your day. but if you're out all day today, take the umbrella with you. you'll need it first in the north bay this afternoon. and then it's 5:00 pm this evening. that's when those showers become more widespread. we'll find some pockets of downpours in the evening. commute will be a bit slower with slick travel as well. the showers become more scattered in nature by 9 p.m. it's a level one this evening on the abc seven storm impact scale for those showers and downpours. it is breezy at times. those winds pick up this afternoon. this is 2 p.m. ahead of that cold front out of the south. will likely gust 20 to 35mph. we'll also get some snow. a winter weather advisory begins at 10 p.m. tonight. the heaviest

snow will fall early tomorrow morning. snow levels down to 5000ft where we could see a foot of fresh powder. there. our highest peaks could see a foot and a half. we'll take a closer look at today's rain chances. hour by hour on future weather and more rain on the seven day forecast. coming up in about nine minutes. but we

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levels of all three viruses. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dawsey looks at the numbers as we ring in the new year. >> we turn the page on the holiday season calendar, but 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- increase cases in the community and some spillover in the hospital. 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. 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 dorsey, abc seven news. >> now for your morning money report. the value of san francisco based x, formerly twitter, has reportedly hit a new low. according to axios,

fidelity now estimates the platform is worth about 71% less than when elon musk bought it 15 months ago. the cut was disclosed in a filing. 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. chinese electric car maker byd says it produced more than 3 million new vehicles last year, which puts the company on track to outdo tesla's production run for a second straight year as of the third quarter, elon musk's company was on pace to produce fewer than 2 million electric vehicles. >> facebook's parent company, meta, is dropping the price of its oculus quest two virtual reality headset. it's been on sale for 250 bucks for the last two months. now the company is making that sale permanent, so that brings the price down about $50. the quest two launch in october of 2020. they do have the quest three, which launched in september, that is on preorder, and taking a live look now at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets underway, you see that we're

down about 65 points. the newly crowned american kennel club national champ and best in show winner is on gma this morning. >> yes, you might want to tune in if you're looking for a new hairstyle. okay because comet has all the hair and we really mean that. >> like this could be a human hairstyle. you're about to see it, in fact. so um, comet beat out. it could be a man bun. >> other contestants to win top dog, its owner going on gma 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. >> relatable, relatable. >> it's. i mean, look, i see it wasn't shaved when i was saying earlier to samara that the hair is very similar to the owner's

hair. >> um, yeah. i love a bougie dog. >> look at this. >> yeah. really pretty and so much teasing going on on that hair. it looks like right every day. no, get it together. >> get me together. >> are you picking comet over shiba? >> never. >> i will never pick anybody over shiba, but. >> oh, seba. >> seba. but they are friends. oh, do you feel like they are friends? >> yeah, they come from, i don't know, in the pageant world. >> oh, that's true, pierce, do you have any friends in the pageant world? >> you really don't. >> it's very cut throat. >> i'm talking about seba, the dog who won in 2020. >> i think it was his black poodle queen regal. very regal. yeah >> they're always so elegant. and the way they walk and everything, there's a certain way to them, um, which i could never raise a dog like that. no no, it seems like a lot of work. i mean, they would get up at 4 a.m. to get the dog ready, get myself together at 4 a.m. >> you think i'm gonna brush my dog? >> i know that's a lot of work, but if it comes with money, maybe. >> yeah, lots of money talks. i'll do things. here's a live look outside sutro tower. we have mostly cloudy conditions. a

little bit of fog out there, but for the most part it's just a dry start to the day. we'll getrillionain here in the evening. travelers. we're watching dallas and seattle, especially for some heavy rain at times today, but other hubs across the country chicago, denver, atlanta looking great. new york is looking just fine. a lot of sunshine across the mid-atlantic and the northeast today with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. back here at home, though, it's all about wet weather. coming back this evening on the abc seven storm impact scale level one today, showers and downpours for the back half of your tuesday. breezy, if not gusty at times and the biggest impact will be some slick travel this morning. you've got no problems. it's mostly cloudy out there. we're dry into the afternoon. this is 130. some light showers, first in the north bay, but then you can see 5 p.m. that is when the front is crossing us. that is the time of some heavier showers that will create some locally ponding on roadways. that creates just some slow travel, but it's a quick mover. the heaviest rain is out of here probably after 8 p.m. early tomorrow morning. an isolated shower, perhaps, but the main

event is over. rainfall estimates about a 2:45 quarters of an inch of rain. we're watching where those downpours set up a little bit longer in those areas. some cities could approach an inch of rain with this quick moving front. snow is coming to the sierra. we have a colder storm. finally, we're getting those snow levels to drop a bit down to 5000ft. with that winter weather advisory beginning at 10 p.m. tonight, heaviest snow falls early tomorrow morning, 6 to 12in above 5000ft, perhaps up to a foot and a half on our highest peaks. here's the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you. evening showers and downpours today a morning shower leads to afternoon sunshine. tomorrow it is dry and partly cloudy on thursday, then friday night into saturday is our next storm. it's a level one before we dry out on sunday and the sunshine returns. >> gloria, good morning drew. right now traffic is looking pretty good out there in the bay area. if you have to get on the roads today, here's a live look right now at our 8-80 camera at the oakland coliseum, and you can see the traffic is moving smoothly northbound and southbound through oakland. and

then a look at our drive times for this morning right now everything is in the green. even the usual slow spot which is from tracy to dublin. that's also moving pretty quickly this morning. so guys, as we're saying, i think a lot of people are still off this week after the holidays. >> thanks, gloria. new at six. this person is going to be off for a while. i think they live in michigan and we don't know who they are, but they're kicking off the new year as a multi-millionaire after hitting the powerball jackpot. they matched all five numbers, plus the powerball, and that grand prize. is $842 million. we're told the winner bought the ticket at a family owned store called the food castle, just outside of flint, michigan. the person has yet to reach out to the lottery. well, well hide. change your, change your appearance and your address. >> the 40 niners could be on their way to another super bowl appearance, and it seems like airfare from from the side of the big game. vegas back to the bay area is sky high already.

sfgate looked at prices for flights from vegas to the bay. three different airports here the cheapest one way nonstop flight on the monday after the super bowl is more than 400 bucks. another option would be to drive to vegas. it's only 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 foreign exchange student has been found safe in utah after authorities say he became the victim of cyber kidnaping. >> we'll explain what that is in a second because it was new to me, the 17 year old, who is from china, was found in a tent camping in the woods alone. it turns out scammers were able to convince him to go there, and then they convinced his family to give up $80,000. this is all before police got involved. >> actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that something

has happened to the victim. >> police say this scam is becoming a popular way for thieves to target foreign exchange students and their families, so far, no arrests have been made. >> first, it was a pop tart mascot, and now another food related mascot is taking over the internet. cheese was the center of the cheez-it citrus bowl. he was unveiled before the bowl game yesterday was between tennessee and iowa. you can see cheese emerging from a massive box of cheese. it. he held up a sign to confirm he is a non edible mascot. and this is why cheese did that. because the pop tart mascot that had the internet buzzing last week at the inaugural pop tart bowl in orlando. so strawberry was just taken over and then after the game, you saw strawberry dip down into the giant toaster and came out as an edible version, and the winning team ate strawberry and had a good time

doing it. >> that's so funny to me. it says dreams really do come true. >> i know out whoever did this. this is smart. major props for real. >> there's nothing that they didn't do correctly about this thing. >> here come cheese. trying to have class and dignity. >> yeah, and that was okay. that just felt like a bad sequel to the pop tarts. genius. >> pop-tarts did the thing. >> yeah, they needed to level up, level up, level up, level up, level up, level up. >> that's all. >> next, seven things you need to know today that looks like a cheez-it sky kind of yeah. >> that's pretty. we'll be right back

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the mostly cloudy and dry morning. a live look from our rooftop camera here at kgo along the embarcadero this evening. rain returns at times. it could be heavy. it's a level one storm

on the abc seven storm impact scale, with a quick moving cold front showers and downpours on the forecast agenda later today. some breezy winds at times and it's slick travel is going to be your biggest impact, so we'll break it down for you the next 12 hours. it's cloudy and dry this morning, then around lunchtime we have some light showers. first in the north bay, but it's this evening. we're highlighting right around 5 p.m. that is when the showers become more widespread and coverage will be tracking downpours, which could lead to ponding on some of the area roadways. so the evening commute expected to be a slower than normal one. we'll have some scattered showers to finish up the evening around 9 p.m. kumasi. >> thank you drew. number two. bart says it will be running normal train service today between rockridge and walnut creek stations, after a train derailed and caught fire yesterday. it happened near the orinda station. crews worked through the night to remove that damaged train and repair the tracks at number three. >> traffic is pretty light this morning in the bay area as it seems like most people are still

enjoying their holiday break. this is a live look from the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights did flip on at 545 this morning, but doesn't even look like it because traffic is flowing nicely there. >> number four, a japan airlines plane bursts into flames overnight after officials say it collided with a japanese coast guard plane while landing at tokyo's haneda airport. 379 passengers and crew on the japan airlines jet got out safely. the pilot of the coast guard plane is safe, but officials say that five crew members were killed in this crash. >> number five, today is the first snow survey of the season and the sierra state water experts believe it will be well below normal for this time of year. >> number six, san francisco residents can begin recycling their christmas trees today. you must remove all the decorations. of course, and put it by your recycling bin on your normal pickup day. >> number seven a zoo in the united kingdom welcoming, welcoming a critically endangered animal known as a dancing lemur. oh my god,

that's. >> just look at that video. so this species is only found in madagascar. >> it's at risk because of widespread deforestation. the zoo says the baby was born in september with thick, fuzzy white coat just like its parents. >> i want to see more of a dancing that was so cute, almost like a jumping lemur. good morning america. a terrifying scene. a large passenger plane on fire. fiery collision. a passenger plane with 400 people on board up in flames after big post holiday travel rush. deadly earthquake. the race to rescue survivors after a powerful quake rocked japan. >> new ye