fallen oakland police officer twan lay one last time. now at five, the procession and ceremony planned for this morning. >> a battle brewing in oakland over the direction of the city. we're hearing from supporters of mayor shengtao after critics began a recall effort and boeing dealing with backlash over the safety of its planes, how the company plans to win back the public's trust. >> good morning. it's wednesday,

january 10th. great to be back with you all. >> stephanie. >> yes, we're going to start the check of our forecast with drew chilly this morning. >> and then later today showers make a return. so right now temperatures a lot colder than we were this time yesterday. more than ten degrees colder and a lot of cities. so we're beginning in the 30s if not the low 30s in some of our coldest valleys like danville. good morning. you're at 33 degrees. we're at 40 in sonoma. 38. right now. the current temperature in san jose, live doppler seven, along with satellite clear skies this morning will give way to showers this afternoon. you can see our next wave of energy now entering around eureka this morning. and it's moving in our direction. so today we have scattered showers. it's a level one where we could have some pockets of standing water and some minor low lying flooding during times of high tide. we have king tides today, that high tide coming around 10 a.m. so future weather getting you into the middle part of our day. the showers intensify and will be in and out of those showers throughout the afternoon and the evening. a close look at this

rain coming up in eight minutes. let's check in with gloria to your new track this morning. >> good morning so far. looking pretty good out there on the roads this morning. let's get a live look right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. and you can see it's pretty empty out there right now. metering lights are not on yet. and then a look at your drive times for this morning. so far, just the usual spot from tracy to dublin that will take you 31 minutes. >> thank you gloria. happening today, the community and law enforcement agencies from across the country will be honoring the life of oakland police officer twan lay. he was killed in the line of duty responding to a burglary call in oakland last month. the public memorial will be held for him this morning in castro valley. that's where abc seven news reporter lena howland is joining us live at three crosses church. lena >> well, just up the hill from me, hundreds of police officers, community members and family of officer tuan lay will be gathering later on this morning to honor his ultimate sacrifice. as this was the memorial for him set up inside of the oakland

federal building where he worked. security before joining the oakland police department. he was killed in the line of duty ten days ago, marking the department's first death since 2009. there was a brief police procession on monday in tribute, with a much longer one expected today from oakland to castro valley ahead of the memorial always made me feel respected as a community member. >> um, i didn't feel like because i lived in a high crime impacted neighborhood that he didn't understand me or he didn't. he didn't want to really make a change because things have been this way for so long. >> during the ceremony, we are expecting to hear from california attorney general rob bonta, oakland's interim police chief darren allison, as well as officer lee's cousin, uncle and brother in law, among others. this service is open to the public and it starts at 10:00 this morning. however, if you are attending, you're going to want to get here early because parking is expected to fill up. live in castro valley. lena

howland abc seven news. >> thank you, lena and again, the memorial will be held at three crosses church in castro valley. you can watch the entire ceremony on abc seven's 24 over seven streaming. our coverage starts at 10:00. the service is expected to last until about 1130. >> well, it's been one year since xiang tao officially became oakland's mayor. she's the first hmong american mayor of a major us city and oakland's youngest mayor in 75 years. tao has dealt with a lot during her first year, a little over one month into her terms, she fired police chief laurent armstrong over his handling of a misconduct investigation. the mayor's office says she is dedicated to making a dent in crime. the police force has grown by more than 30 officers, and the city continues to see an increase in robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts from 2022 through the beginning of this year. over the weekend, opponents of the mayor officially launched a recall effort. now, supporters of mayor tao are pushing back against

that recall effort. a small group rallied outside of city hall to denounce this effort. they say they tell abc seven news reporter tim johns the mayor is being unfairly blamed for the city's issues. stop using or paying for political gain. >> dozens of oakland voters gathered on the steps of city hall tuesday to show their support for mayor sheng tao tao, who has led the city since last january, is currently facing the possibility of a recall election in the coming months, a prospect voters here say would be a waste of time as well as millions of taxpayer dollars. >> that money could be used for the housing crisis. that money could be used for violence prevention. that money could be used for affordable housing. >> as for the mayor herself, her chief of staff releasing a statement to abc seven news, that statement reads in part, i have faith that oaklanders are smarter than this and will resist the urge to be distracted by a desperate attempt for relevance. many people out here acknowledge that oakland has its share of problems right now. however, they believe that those problems are the fault of former

oakland mayor libby shaft and former opd chief laurent armstrong. that includes perhaps the city's most pressing problem of all crime. >> last past administration in this, uh- took away the foot patrols out of the business corridors. this administration has put back foot patrols in the business corridors. >> many people disagree with that stance, however, that includes former alameda county judge brenda harbin forte, who kicked off the recall effort over the weekend. >> this mayor has blood on her hands. she has blood on her hands, and she just has not done what she could do and what she should have done. >> but harbin forte says crime isn't the only reason she wants. tao recalled. she also points to the city having no police chief and missing the deadline for a multi-million dollar state grant to fight retail theft as other reasons. >> we have businesses who are leaving, you know, they're shutting down. we have businesses that are being robbed , sometimes two and three times in a short period of time. >> in oakland, tim johnson, abc

seven news new details this morning on the health of defense secretary lloyd austin. >> the pentagon says austin has prostate cancer, which led to a urinary tract infection and serious intestinal complications . gloria is at the live desk with more on his secretive hospitalization. gloria good morning, kumasi secretary austin was admitted on december 22nd and underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat and cure prostate cancer. >> the pentagon says that the next day, he was discharged and went home. but on new year's day , he was admitted again with complications from the procedure. determined to be a urinary tract infection. now, even though secretary austin was diagnosed with a cancer about a month ago, president biden only learned about it yesterday. >> nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning, and the president was informed immediately after we were. >> the president or the white house instruct secretary austin to make this disclosure today.

we know does the president plan to stick with secretary austin through the rest of the time? yes. according to the doctors, the cancer was detected when austin had a regular screening in early december. >> they say his prognosis is excellent. the pentagon has apologized for not being more transparent about austin's hospitalization. they say he is still at the hospital and is very actively engaged with his senior staff and making important decisions about national security and defense. stephanie >> gloria, thank you. boeing's ceo is acknowledging his company's, quote, mistake in the wake of the alaska airlines mid-air mishap last friday, david calhoun told staff members that boeing is going to approach the investigation with complete transparency. his comments come four days after the door plug used to cover optional emergency exits on a boeing 737 max nine jet blew out at 16,000ft. amazingly no one was hurt. alaska airlines says inspections of its fleet have revealed loose

hardware visible on some of its max nine seconds. the ntsb has grounded hundreds of the jet's, mostly with alaska and united airlines, as the issue with the 737 max nine's comes as boeing reports its highest number of orders and deliveries in five years. the company says it received 369 orders last month, its highest monthly total ever. now, boeing also reported nearly 1500 gross plane orders for the year, one of its best years on record. it still leaves it far behind. rival airbus in both orders and deliveries, the issue still impacting air travel here in the bay area. this is a live picture now from sfo, where yesterday 57 flights were canceled, 53 of which involved alaska and united planes. now east bay congressman mark desaulnier is calling the alaska incident unacceptable and is urging congress to pass legislation. he introduced nearly two years ago. he issued

this statement saying, quote, my safe landings act would address several aviation safety issues. also at play here, including increasing transparency of maintenance repair work to. son says he also supports legislation that would require cockpit voice recorders stored 25 hours worth of audio data. rightow two hours. severe storms

neighborhood, withum, with the f seniors who rely on this place, it's just it's not okay. >> many hope preston's plan will work. last year, with the help of the community, he got cbs to reverse plans to close the store in the lower haight. safeway says the webster store will be closing as planned, and many hope another grocery store will move onto that property in the future. >> san francisco based williams-sonoma announced it's delaying the closure of its only store left in the city. it plans

to keep its longstanding post street location open until 2025. luxury retailer chanel bought out the three story building for $63 million back in 2022. now williams-sonoma previously planned to vacate it as the lease was ending, but did not elaborate why plans changed antioch's mayor is ready to take action over the state of a once popular strip mall. >> the delta fair shopping center is falling into fallen into disrepair, disrepair builder are boarded up, as you can see in fenced off trash and broken glass for everywhere. mayor lamar thorpe says the city has taken steps in the past to get the property owner to act, but nothing has worked well. >> all we've utilized up to this point is code enforcement and some fines, but obviously we need to take greater legal action to ensure that we get these properties in a state that is, is, is fair to everybody. the property is owned by two family llc.

>> we reached out to them and have not yet heard back the positive and the pitfalls coming up. the impact artificial intelligence is already having on our everyday life and baby yoda, yep, he's coming back to the big screen and a new star wars movie that will soon start production when it's expected to hit theaters. >> but first, let's check in with drew. good morning. hey good morning, stephanie. >> 541 we are tracking a coastal flood advisory that lasts for three hours from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. this morning for all areas shaded in green, and it coincides with times of high tide. today, high tide is shortly before 10 a.m. this morning, and that is when we could see some minor flooding in low lying areas. will likely repeat this again tomorrow with another round of high tide shortly after 10 a.m. on thursday. it's just that time of the year we have what we call our king tides, our highest high tides all year. that causes that minor coastal flooding. we're also tracking scattered showers later on today. it's pretty quiet this morning when you look atrillionain chances. then right

around lunchtime and then persisting into the evening. that's when we'll have those scattered showers moving through. it is a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale, so quiet morning leads to scattered showers later on today. take the umbrella with you. it also turns gusty. this afternoon we'll have those winds gusting about 20 to 30mph. temperatures going into the mid 50s. we're still tracking a significant snowstorm in the sierra. a winter storm warning now in effect, those snow totals keep going up and up in some areas. we could approach three feet of snow with those snow rates falling at 1 to 2in per hour. that is blinding snow with the heaviest snow falling later on this afternoon, we'll take a closer look. we'll go hour by hour in future weather. show you those showers here locally and those snow totals in the sierra coming up in nine minutes. but we'll be right back. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. >> yeah. you're watching abc

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not only give cities the power, but also includes a provision that would allow for first responders to override the vehicle controls. there are numerous incidents in san francisco where autonomous vehicles came to stop, or even got in the way of crews responding to a call, according to the chronicle. during a three month period last year, there were 191,000 driverless taxi trips in san francisco. >> and it's not just robots, taxis, the future of artificial intelligence can clearly have positive impacts on our lives. the state is now turning to ai to try and fix traffic jams. >> ai is really opening up those possibilities of taking like millions of points of data that caltrans collects on a regular basis, and that's traffic volume data. that's traffic speed data, that's freight mobility data. and being able to analyze that very quickly, much quicker than our own engineers can do on a regular basis. >> caltrans can use it to

develop strategies in areas that get congested. it seems like a good idea to at least one driver. >> i think any time that you can get the human out of the equation, and i know that that's super controversial. uh i think it's going to be really helpful. um, because though we think we're really smart, i think an algorithm that only does this one thing will probably do it better. >> well, that's one perspective. caltrans says there is still a human element, and it is partnering with other state agencies to educate young drivers about safety. >> one of the immediate down sides of this shift to ai is the instant impact on jobs. yesterday, duolingo, a language learning app many people use every day, laid off around 10% of its workers. the app's existing features increasingly rely on ai and chatbots to create and to check content. duolingo says no full time employees are in this layoff, and it attempted to find alternative roles for those who are being let go. in today's gma

first look, walmart has launched new artificial intelligence shopping features that it says will transform the way we shop. here's abc news reporter elizabeth schulze in this morning's gma first look, an abc news exclusive on the future of shopping. >> it's like a magical experience. >> walmart using artificial intelligence to transform the way we shop at the consumer electronics show in las vegas, the world's biggest retailer, launching new features. and this morning we're going one on one with the ceos of walmart and microsoft. this idea that you could choose something and immediately share it virtually with someone to say, do you like this or not? what's behind that really? >> shopping should be fun if you can also share that with someone else digitally. to say, do you like this sweater or not? it's just going to make shopping even more enjoyable. >> the most powerful thing about any technology is its ability to empower us. >> and that's not the only big change they have planned. we'll have much more of our abc news exclusive interview coming up at

7 a.m. with your gma first look, i'm elizabeth schultz, abc news, las vegas. >> that's interesting. it is interesting. i guess it just depends on if you really want that help. but sometimes i go to the grocery store and i want it to be just like a calming, relaxing experience. i do all that, take my time. but sometimes you do want efficiency , you know, especially if you're, you know, ordering delivery. >> i can see how that could be helpful if it just brings the stuff up for you like it says you can do, instead of just saying, let's say you're having a party, just putting chips, you could put like football watch party and then it'll bring up like everything you need for the party or whatever. exactly, exactly. >> but if you're in a rush, you know, it's helpful. >> i get it. yeah. mhm >> consistency and efficiency i guess. yeah i'm the one with that cart taking my time. >> yeah. you're like every option. >> look at this. i'm just happy this morning. >> it's quiet out there. it's cold but showers are back here this afternoon. here's live doppler seven. you can see our storm getting its act together to our north. it will bring some

light scattered showers here locally, but it will be a significant storm in the sierra. let's time the rain out here locally. it's quiet this morning. we're not anticipating much in the way of rainfall for your morning commute. it's later on. closer to the lunchtime hour that will start to scattered showers. move in here, turning up the coverage and intensity later on this afternoon and this evening. so the evening commute we will be in and out of some scattered showers, but with this front it's fast moving. by about midnight we're done with the showers and rainfall totals will end up anywhere from about a few hundredths of an inch up to a half of an inch of rain, where you find some of those steadier showers moving through a bit slower. we're tracking that snow in the sierra. here's winter radar right now for the most part, the latest observations are just pretty cloudy around south lake tahoe, but we do have chain controls in effect on 8-80 50, 88 and 89 this morning. and this is just the start of what will be a messy day. conditions go downhill this afternoon and this evening as heavy snow moves in here, falling at 1 to 2in per hour. look at some of these

totals. widespread 1 to 2ft, with some areas approaching three feet of snow. back here at home. we'll track those scattered showers for the afternoon and the evening. temperatures in the 50s. overnight tonight it gets cold behind this front. we dry out. those temperatures drop, but we have frost advisories in effect for the north bay, the inland east bay and the south bay for temperatures well into the 30s. accuweather seven day forecast showing you scattered showers today. a cold morning tomorrow, but we are dry and we are bright clouds move back in here friday with our next round of showers on saturday. sunday and early morning. chance for sunshine in the afternoon and the holiday looking dry with temperatures in the 50s. gloria >> hey, you know, some of our roads are dry this morning. very different from yesterday where we had rain and a lot of backups yesterday. so far everything looking pretty good. it's a live look outside at our bay bridge toll plaza camera and just the usual traffic this morning. no backups to speak of so far. and then a look at our richmond-san rafael bridge. traffic is not too bad. approaching the toll plaza right now. we still have

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in alabama died when a tornado toppled over her mobile home with her inside and florida powerful winds knocked a home off its foundation. the weather caused more than 1000 flight cancellations yesterday. >> 5-10 we'll take you outside. here's a live look at sutro tower showing you we have calm conditions right now, but we are anticipating more showers later on today. live doppler seven. right now it is quiet, but the system is still well to our north around eureka. and that will slide south throughout the day. it's not a lot of rain on our way, but it will bring some scattered showers by the middle part. in the afternoon you'll get rain chances today. we're really quiet throughout the morning. it's right around lunchtime and into the afternoon. in the evening, when those rain chances are really heightened and rainfall totals will be less than a quarter of an inch of rain. it's not one of those steady rains throughout the evening. it's on and off light showers. it's level one today on the abc seven storm impact scale. for those scattered showers, we could also

see some minor low lying flooding because of a coastal flood advisory that begins at 8 a.m. and it coincides with high tide. it's that time of the year. we have the king tides, our highest high tides all year. high tide. this morning, shortly before 10 a.m, that's where we could see some minor coastal flooding. and then we'll do it again tomorrow morning. again around 10 a.m. we could see some minor coastal flooding today it's all about a cold morning, giving way to scattered showers this afternoon. noon temperatures in the mid 50. we are still tracking some heavy snow for the sierra. stephanie we'll talk about that coming up in nine minutes. >> all right. we look forward to that. drew. thank you. the san francisco bay ferry will be out of service for a third day in a row. up next, the issue impacting multiple vessels. and when they will be back in service. >> and draymond green back with the warriors preparing to return to the court. what he's saying about his time away during his suspension and progress in half moon bay. >> the latest vote to help make sure those who are growing food have a safe place to cal

mount green spoke for the first time with the bay area media since being reinstated by the nba after releasing a podcast monday, going in depth on his journey over the last three plus weeks. draymond tells us he's ready to be a high energy player without the aggressive confrontation nature. >> when i look back on these situations, it's like, can't you remove the antics? i'm very confident i can remove the antics and i'm very confident if i do remove the antics, no one's worried about how i play the game of basketball, you know? nobody's worried about how i carry myself in the game of basketball, but it's the antics. i've made a commitment to do things to make sure that those don't creep in. green was back on the practice floor yesterday as he ramps up for game action. >> he has missed 17 games due to suspension this season. now you can watch the warriors in action tonight when they host the new

orleans pelicans. coverage begins at 5:00 right here on abc seven. and then stay with us to join larry and the guys for after the game. california comptroller malia cohen wants congress to take action in response to the shohei ohtani's record $700 million contract with the los angeles dodgers. >> the deal ohtani signed last month calls for $680 million in deferred payments over ten years, starting in 2034. cohen wants congress to cap deferred payments because ohtani could potentially avoid paying state income tax if he's not living in california. when those payments are made. cohen is a former san francisco supervisor for apple co-founder steve wozniak is trying to breathe new life into his lawsuit against youtube yesterday. wozniak and his lawyers appealed a 2021 ruling where a judge rejected his claims that youtube violated his rights by allowing the use of his image in videos promoting a bitcoin scam. >> he did nothing. they wouldn't

respond to us. we couldn't get to them. stop this from happening. all they had to do was have a programmer say if anything comes up saying wozniak offering bitcoin, shut it down. >> well, wozniak and his attorney hope the appeals panel will rule that section 230 of the communications decency act goes too far for the federal law protects social media platforms from being sued for their users content. we reached out to google for a statement we've yet to hear back. >> if you're leaving for work from the santa cruz area, you might run into roadwork today. caltran is working to prevent weather related problems on highway 17 by trimming trees and clearing debris. today one northbound lane of the highway will be closed again from vine hill road up to the summit. that starts at 1030 and lasts until five. tonight, a caltrans spokesperson says. with more debris cleared now, there is a better chance of unblocked roadways during severe storms. >> the extent that we can get out there in reasonable weather and in winter, a little bit lighter, traffic and take care of this drainage infrastructure,

where we have a better chance of keeping the roadway open for commuters and for emergency responders. when it comes time to respond during rain events in the future, caltrans does suggest to allow yourself extra time to commute through the work area. >> the work is expected to wrap up tomorrow, so normal ferry service is expected to resume tomorrow. >> for san francisco bay ferry commuters versus been suspended on the south san francisco route for a few days now due to mechanical issues with the engines on three vessels. two of those have been repaired. the third is expected to be fixed today. once that third boat is fixed, normal service can resume. now a heads up if you are anywhere near the water because king tides are back in the bay area. you can see water just coming over the barrier onto the sidewalks along the embarcadero in san francisco. so the tides like this happened twice a year when the earth comes into alignment with the sun and moon, creating extremely high tides along the coast. >> interesting. yeah, it's you

know, i was warned. bring my dog, bubba. actually this was like the last time we saw this. i believe it was last year sometime. and i remember like going through. and he was like running away. i didn't have him on the leash at the time. yeah, but i you know, it is it is scary. especially given the fact that we're seeing this in pacifica and on the coast and, you know, high surf and this morning, high tides around 10 a.m. >> so we'll likely see a little bit of minor coastal flooding and then showers are back this afternoon. and we are still tracking heavy snow in the sierra later today. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. you can see our next storm is approaching from the north. it's a mix of rain and snow right now. snow in the higher elevations, rain along the coast. it's really some light to moderate showers later today for us. and then heavy snow coming to the sierra. let's time it all out for you. future weather this morning. it's quiet. it is cold out there. temperatures in the 30s and low 40s. cloud cover builds in this morning and then it's likely later today around lunchtime. we'll start to see the showers get their act together, mainly

across the city. oakland points to the south and will be in and out of these showers for the evening. so for the evening commute we will have some slick roadways, some showers moving through and then by about 9:00 pm we're seeing the tail end of the system sink to the south, clearing skies in the north bay. so we'll take a look at rainfall totals. could see up to a half of an inch in some spots. if we see a localized downpour, it's really the second half of your day this afternoon we find that wet weather we are still tracking a winter storm warning in effect until 1 a.m. tomorrow. those snow totals keep going up. we could see excess of two feet of snow, with the heaviest coming this afternoon. this evening. look at some of these totals. future tracker snow showing you kirkwood 32in donner above 30in. so we're going to see a lot of snow out of this system. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. the next seven days. if you take the umbrella for you this afternoon though scattered showers. we have frosted advisories in effect tomorrow morning. it is a chilly morning, but a sunny day. we'll have clouds build back in friday. some showers for saturday, but then we dry out on sunday. looking nice for the

holiday on monday. gloria. >> yeah, you know, kumasi mentioned the san francisco bay ferry service being suspended again today. so we want to give you some more information on that. so the service that's been suspended is from south san francisco, and it has been suspended for a few days. they're hoping to get it back to normal tomorrow. the rest of your mass transit is on time this morning, bart and ace. and then let's get a live look outside right now at our san mateo hayward bridge camera. so far, traffic is moving smoothly out there this morning. a little hard to tell, though, because it looks like the camera is kind of freezing up, but so far no major delays. guys thank you gloria. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning and the popularity of a wine country landmark is now causing some problems. >> the concerns surrounding napa's iconic sign and the changes coming. >> a live look outside right now from our exploratorium camera. it is 520 and we'll be

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coming this afternoon for those scattered showers. it does turn windy as well. the winds gusting 20 to 30mph. >> and number two so far everything is looking pretty good out there on the roads this morning. this is a live look outside at our highway 80 camera in emeryville and traffic is flowing smoothly there. >> on number three, a public memorial will be held this morning for oakland police officer twan lay. he was killed last month on duty. the service starts at 10 a.m. at three crosses church in castro valley. you can watch it live on our apps and at abc seven news.com number four, san francisco supervisor dean preston has introduced legislation calling on safeway to reverse plans to close its store on webster street. >> safeway says the store isn't meeting financial expectations. >> number five nikki haley and ron desantis facing off tonight in their first one on one debate. a new poll out of new hampshire shows haley closing the gap now just single digits behind donald trump. number six. >> meta will do more to protect

young users from inappropriate content on both facebook and instagram accounts for teenagers will now default to the most restrictive content settings. >> number seven honda hitting the accelerator on electric vehicles. unveiling two concept cars at ces in las vegas. the car maker says the new lineup of evs will begin arriving in the u.s. in 2026. san mateo county giving the go ahead to transform an old plot of land into much needed housing for farm workers. it's going to be in an area off of highway one and half moon bay. this 50 acre lot previously housed a farm nursery, but it closed down in 2019. all of this is coming a year after that horrific mass shooting in that community that killed seven farm workers. the mayor, joaquin jimenez, says the new property doesn't just give these workers safe shelter, but also a pipeline to oversee their own land. >> you have the opportunity now to triple it. maybe in quadruple

your business, your income. and that's been the vision the county has until july 15th to make sure the site is up to standards before the actual purchase can happen. >> if you've been to wine country, you've probably seen the sign it says welcome to this world famous wine growing region, napa valley. >> but now there's concern that the crowd stopping along highway 29 to photograph the iconic sign are creating a traffic hazard. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the details. it's famous. it's historic, and it's got a jaw droppingly beautiful backdrop. >> 5 million people stopped to take a photo in front of this welcome to napa valley sign along highway 29 between yountville and oakville every year. why even move this iconic sign? well, it's a safety issue. it seems. people park along busy highway 29 and try to cross and then there the railroad tracks that they cross to get pictures

in the vineyard chp and the napa valley sheriff's department have expressed concerns about congestion in the area. so officials are shopping for a new location. >> we'll be working closely with the napa valley vintners and the county, um, the city of yountville and everyone in in the surrounding area to decide what's best for the sign. >> the current location was donated by the mondavi family in the 1970s. recently officials zeroed in on land one mile south, but that fell through. so now they're negotiating with a still unknown landowner. >> we'll have a series of five meetings the last week of january and 1st of february, and then we'll be reconvening those community meetings again in march. >> the napa valley wine trail coalition is facilitating the talks as they expand bike and pedestrian access along the vine trail that will eventually run from vallejo to calistoga, right

past the welcome sign in napa. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> i can't imagine driving up to napa and not seeing that sign. >> hopefully they find a good place for it. yeah yeah. see? >> well, walmart is jumping into the artificial intelligence game coming up at 530. how the mega chain hopes to improve on your shopping experience. >> and another round of tech layoffs. the major bay area streaming companies slashing hundreds of jobs and a live look outside atop our roof camera. >> looking at the bay bridge

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victim to a swatting call and in just a few hours, oakland police will host a final procession and ceremony for fallen officer twan lay. and the battle to keep a safeway store from closing in san francisco's fillmore district now has a new ally. good morning everybody. it's wednesday, january 10th. >> we are tracking a level one storm. let's send it over to drew. what's the latest? >> hey. good morning. we're quietrillionight now. we're on the cold side. compared to yesterday by about ten degrees colder on the 24 hour temperature change. we're in the 30s and low 40s to begin the day we are dry right now, but showers return right around noon and continue into the evening. here's our next system to our north. it is approaching very slowly and the wet weather is back later on. today it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale for scattered showers. some gusty winds this afternoon and it will lead to some slick roads ways out there, especially for the evening commute. it's pretty quiet this morning. we'll watch those showers ramp up in coverage

right around noon and then into the afternoon. we will be in and out of those showers for much of the evening. temperatures pretty much limited to the mid 50s for daytime highs. so take the umbrella with you this morning. you'll need it later today. it's a quick moving system. the showers are wrapping up right around 9:10 p.m. later on tonight. that's a look at the forecast. let's see on the road this morning with gloria. >> good morning. good morning drew. good morning everyone at home. so far. things are looking pretty good out there. we're going to get a live look outside at our 8-80 camera at the oakland coliseum. and you can see the traffic is flowing smoothly northbound and southbound through oakland. and then a look at our drive times for this morning. so far, everything is looking good except the usual slow spot. that's from tracy to dublin. it will take you 37 minutes right now. stephanie, gloria. >> thank you. happening today, the public is invited to honor oakland police officer tuan lei. he was killed in the line of duty last month. and this morning, a memorial will be held at the three crosses church in castro valley. that's where abc

seven news reporter lena howland is live. this morning. lena stephanie. good morning. today is going to be a really somber day as the oakland police department and the community are coming together to honor the life of officer lei. >> after he paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, he was killed in the line of duty ten days ago, marking the department's first death since 2009. there was a brief police procession on monday in tribute, with a much longer one expected today from oakland to castro valley ahead of the memorial, which is just one of many ways officer lei is being remembered the final time last week, a buddhist vigil was held in his honor in oakland's pacific renaissance plaza. oakland police say lei was born in saigon, vietnam, before later moving to oakland and being naturalized on september 11th, 2001. he was a four year veteran

of the department and most recently served as the community resource officer in west oakland . >> but i want to remind people, you know, the men and women in uniforms and every time when they leave home, they may say goodbye, i'll see you later that. see you later may not happen. so i think we really need to uh- supporting our, you know, police department and thanking the men and women you know, in uniform, protecting all of us. >> and this was the memorial for him set up inside of the oakland federal building where he worked. security before joining the police department. during today's memorial, we are expecting to hear from california attorney general rob bonta, as well as the oakland interim police chief, darren allison, and a few of officer lei's relatives live in castro valley. lena howland, abc seven news lena thank you again. >> the memorial will be held at three crosses church in castro valley. you can watch the entire ceremony on abc 724 seven streaming. our coverage begins

at 10:00 this morning and the service is expected to last until about 1130. vallejo will reportedly pay $5 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by police in february of 2019. >> willie mccoy was found sitting in a car at a taco bell drive thru. he was unresponsive and allegedly had a gun in his lap. officer was moved in and within a matter of seconds fired 55 rounds at mccoy's vehicle. an investigation by a special prosecutor determined the officers felt threatened and acted in self-defense. mccoy's family sued the city. the vallejo sun says this is one of the largest settlements in the city's history. san jose police chief anthony mata will soon be leaving the department for a new job. he will now be leading the investigations bureau for the santa clara county da's office. he's been with the police department for 28 years. the

last three of those as chief as jpd has said, multiple misconduct controversies during that span, the city is hoping to announce an interim chief and to start the search for a new chief before mata leaves in march. >> now to your voice, your vote. the iowa caucus is just five days away. it's the first contest of the 2024 presidential election cycle, and a new poll out of new hampshire shows nikki haley closing the gap between her and donald trump. abc news reporter em nguyen has more on the candidates final push. >> this morning with the iowa caucus just days away and president biden back at the white house after several campaign events, former president trump was in a courtroom looking on as his legal team sought to convince a skeptical panel of judges that he should be immune from prosecution for his actions taken during office. >> as the president ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival. that's an official act in order to seal team six, he would have to be and would speedily be, you know,

uh, impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution. >> trump's lawyers argued his federal election subversion indictment should be dismissed. but the prosecution fired back, warning immunity would be scary if there were no criminal charges against someone trying to usurp election results. the former president standing by his assertion after the proceedings. >> things a president has to have immunity on the campaign trail. >> former new jersey governor chris christie knocked trump on his time spent in court, the place he spends more time in than actually iowa or new hampshire. trump's other gop rivals in iowa, where snow is blanketing parts of the state. businessman vivek ramaswamy joining a campaign stop via ipad. former un ambassador nikki haley thanking supporters for showing up in the weather while making her closing arguments to voters. >> the only way we're going to win the majority of americans is if we go forward with a new generational leader. that leaves the negativity and the baggage in the past and governor ron

desantis splitting from trump after the former president predicted the economy would crash, suggesting he wanted it to happen this year if the economy crashes, people would get thrown out of work, businesses would go under. >> i don't want to see that happening. >> new hampshire's first in the nation primary is in just two weeks, a new cnn poll shows haley cutting into trump's lead there, now just seven points behind the former president, with 32% of the vote. desantis plummeting to 5. and when abc news washington the race for the white house heats up, the political climate is becoming more dangerous. >> gloria. a growing number of officials are being now targeted in swatting incidents. >> kumasi those swatting incidents are false threats that could create chaos and put lives at risk. now, steven dettelbach, the director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, is the latest public official to be targeted. sources say it happened over the holidays. law enforcement and the atf

determined there was no threat to the director, but this comes as officials are warning americans to remain vigilant to threats to democracy. they say that they are confident the country will have a safe and secure election, and they are ready to contest any type of adversary that's going to try to interfere or influence our elections. >> this is what we've done in 18 and 20 and 22, and what we'll do in 24 as well. >> dettelbach swatting incident is not isolated, and sources say that special counsel jack smith and dc federal judge tanya chutkan were also victims of swatting the fbi is also investigating recent fake bomb threats to secretaries of state and capitol buildings across the country. law enforcement sources say that some of those threats originated overseas. stephanie >> gloria. thank you. happening today, a los altos strip mall damaged in a christmas day fire will be partially demolished. the demolition will happen in sections of the building at risk of collapse. now, a section of

el camino real that's been closed since this fire will be able to reopen as soon as tomorrow. >> now, san francisco supervisor dean preston has introduced legislation calling on safeway to reverse its plan to close one of its stores. neighbors say they depend on the store in the city's western addition, but it's expected now to close in march. many say this is going to impact the black community, and japantown, which has one of the highest density of seniors in the city. in a statement, safeway says the store is not meeting financial expectations for years. >> and you you you take money, you profit off the neighborhood and community, and then you just leave because it's not hitting your bottom line. now, i mean, please, that's always the worst of corporate greed. >> need to understand that that shutting down a grocery store and succeeding. notice in the heart of the fillmore, with the history of redevelopment and displacement from that