offshore and some of the steadiest rain right now in the immediate bay area is up in the north bay, right along highway 101, which is pretty getting a pretty good drenching right now between santa rosa and nevada, right in the area of petaluma. that's all moving eastward. and we'll no doubt push through parts of napa county very shortly. so let's get back to the satellite radar composite image. you can see it's developing offshore and quickly swinging onshore. and bringing rain to all parts of the bay area. this storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level one storm for the remainder of this afternoon, and through much of the evening, we'll see lightrillionain and showers, but with isolated downpours and no doubt the roadways will be slippery and potentially hazardous. here's our forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. notice between five and about 7 p.m. widespread rain. same picture going into about 9 p.m. so we're going to get a pretty good drenching during the evening commute. but some clearing after midnight. the full accuweather seven day forecast a little later, larry and kristen spencer thank you. >> the rain raising more safety concerns in golden gate park

after massive eucalyptus tree came crashing down onto occupied cars. 11 people were rescued from inside those vehicles. >> no one was seriously hurt. abc seven news anchor dion lim looked into the problem of these falling trees in the park, and what can be done about it. it's been more than 24 hours since this nearly 100 foot tall, 80 year old eucalyptus was fully uprooted and fell onto five vehicles monday afternoon, trapping 11 people in their cars . >> and it literally just came down on our on our roof. >> visitors to golden gate park tuesday were still in disbelief. >> i actually stopped walking last year when the rains were so heavy i just didn't come. >> i really wiget frank vasquez, president of vasquez arbor care, says eucalyptus are not native to california and have always posed challenges. >> the tree is very heavy, top heavy and their root system is shallow, so it doesn't come to a surprise as uh- to many arborists, when you hear of a eucalyptus failure, he says

failure, though, can happen. >> no matter the age of a tree or species. >> as you see, the challenge is with climate changing and we're receiving winds like we've never received before the storms. so proper pruning is key. by taking off the weight of the branches, as we like to say, creating windows in a tree, it allows the wind to go through those branches and not put the pressure on. on the branches. >> according to san francisco rec and park, there are 131,000 trees in the city's park system and 27,000 alone in golden gate park. the city tells me they'll be inspecting trees in golden gate park looking for hazards in the coming days. their tree crew consists of just 25 people, so while it's impossible to avoid the nearly 700,000 trees citywide, the same thing with humans and trees so much, many of us don't know what's going on inside of us. >> and it's so hard because you don't know what's happening with is there decay in the tree? is it how is the root system?

>> vasquez says it's all about being on the defense. >> so the only thing you can do, like you do with us, is preventative care. >> in san francisco, diane lim, abc seven news and traffic was stopped on highway nine north of boulder creek for much of the day because a car rammed into a p-g-and-e's pole near spring creek road, causing that pole to dangerously tilt. >> the chp and santa cruz county says one way traffic control is now in place. expect delays if you're headed that way in the north bay. >> big cleanup is happening today after a gas tanker truck partially overturned in san rafael. the accident caused hundreds of gallons of gas to spill dangerously close to a storm drain. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard says the situation closed parts of a popular shopping center, leaving some shoppers confused. >> what are you smelling right now? can you describe it? >> oh yeah. it's gasoline and it's not nice. a strong smell of gas in the air around terra linda. >> after this tanker truck partially overturned early tuesday morning. police say it

happened as the driver was turning left onto northgate drive from fredis parkway. i could smell it as soon as i come off the freeway. police say the accident caused about 1300 gallons of gas to spill out onto the street. unfortunately, this spill happened just feet away from this storm drain. lots of sand has been brought in to prevent the gas from draining through, but some of the gas leaked into the storm drain and efforts are underway to contain it. >> our centerville public works and marine county department of public works are both on site to mitigate any environmental concerns and are taking precautions not just here at the location, but in other storm runoff areas to minimize any hazards to the environment. >> by midday, the tanker was back on its wheels, but a big cleanup was just beginning. as a precaution, several streets were closed, including parts of the northgate, one shopping center. shannon was trying to get to her job at big five sporting goods. i got a text from my manager a couple hours ago letting me know

what was going on, but at uh- i just got here. >> i don't i walked around the building, i don't know, i could smell it when i got over here, but i don't know exactly what's going on. >> i was trying to go to walgreens and they've sent their pharmacies home because it was nobody could get in there. >> it's definitely a crazy way to start the day, but you know, work at a music shop. so it's pretty good. >> how and why the tanker flipped over still isn't known. police say the driver is cooperating with their investigation in san rafael. cornell bernard abc seven news. >> firefighters have cleaned up a fuel spill that shut down part of interstate 80 in richmond. that spill led to a closure of the westbound lanes, as well as detours from mcbride avenue to san pablo dam road. >> we now know the name of a woman who died in a plane crash off the san mateo county coast on sunday. she was 27 year old emma wilmer chiles of san francisco. her body was found near the crash site yesterday. the ntsb is leading the investigation and the faa has said there were two people on

board. the san mateo county sheriff's office says the plane took off from the east bay. developing news now with the deadly shooting of oakland police officer tuan lay, 30 year old marquise cooper made his first court appearance today. he is one of three suspects charged with murder. these pictures from court show cooper and his defense attorney officer lay, was shot and killed last month while responding to a burglary at an oakland cannabis business. cooper's attorney told abc7 today his client did not have anything to do with the shooting, but may have been acting as a lookout during the burglary. cooper and the other three suspects are expected to be back in court on thursday. >> all right, now to vallejo, where residents are raising concerns over a water main that's actually been leaking for weeks. >> yeah, they claim the water department said it doesn't have enough staffing to fix it. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is in vallejo today for a story you'll see only on abc seven. >> you may think the reason indiana and marin streets in

vallejo are wet is because of the recentrillionain. >> it's actually because of this. a water main neighbors here say has been damaged and leaking for weeks. >> yeah, we have a little creek and i don't see any fish in it or anything worthwhile, though. >> you know, sam kirsch says he reported the leak to the vallejo water department six weeks ago, but was told shortly after they can't fix it. five days later, i get a phone call from them saying they have the incident documented, but because of manpower power shortage, they can't commit to when they're going to come fix it. >> he also tried to bring it to the city's attention. weeks later, he is still waiting for an answer while he waits, he sees the leak getting worse. >> the volumes increased and now the water's traveling about four blocks away, down marin. >> sam has tried multiple times to try to get the city to fix this leak, but to him it's more than just standing water in the

roadway, he says. it resembles a long history of bad leadership from the city. there's a lot of procrastination uh. >> this city hires consultants to give them solutions instead of using in-house people, they do everything they can to dance around an issue. >> we reached out to the mayor and other leaders. we're still waiting to hear back. we went to city hall and security told us no one was available as we started filming the leak, a city truck drove away. sam says this orange cone and white spray paint was new. today, he fears the whole street will flood if it doesn't get fixed. he's been living here for over 20 years and says he's never been more frustrated with the state of the city, the geography is beautiful here. >> the climate is beautiful and you know it's a hidden gem. but the way it's run is not not good . >> he's thinking about moving elsewhere in vallejo. ryan curry, abc seven news. plans are

in the works to convert a historic downtown san francisco building into apartments, according to the san francisco chronicle, forged development is set to spend $70 million to acquire the humboldt bank building on market street, and their plan is to convert the 19 story tower into 120 apartments while keeping retail on the ground floor for wants to start construction this year and then open up to residents in 2025. >> another rally planned for right now near people's park in berkeley, after barricades and barbed wire went up around it and we're getting a better idea of exactly what the plan is for that property. uc berkeley has made it known they want to build housing for students. and now we have a look at those plans. two structures would go on that site . some of the housing would be designated for those who are presently unhoused. >> former san jose mayor sam liccardo received a major endorsement today in his run for congress. the current san jose mayor is supporting him. >> i'm here today because sam liccardo understands that every

city in this district, every town in this district, every city in the bay area needs a partner in washington, dc who understands our concerns. >> as mayor matt mehan praised liccardo's leadership on issues like fighting crime and homelessness and growing the information economy. liccardo who is running for the 16th congressional district, which is being vacated by fellow democrat anna eshoo, several other prominent democrats have thrown their hats in the ring, including assembly member evan low and santa clara county supervisor joe simitian. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. if you think it's difficult to find parking in san francisco now, it's going to get a lot tougher soon. believe it or not, the new law that is changing things clean sweep in the south bay. but this could have an effect on traffic, and the road to the super bowl will have a preview of this weekend's niners. packers game, including th

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because a large part of highway 101 is shut down for maintenance . >> now, it's not all at once, but it could still cause some problems for drivers. abc seven news reporter lena howland has a look at exactly what is affected . >> it's one of the busiest roads in the bay area, and that's

without any delays. even if they are foreseen. i know some some motorists probably see like these large weeds and the center divider, or they see some, you know, debris from a crash or a blown out tire. >> our crews are going to go out there and they're going to clean all that up. >> the planned maintenance project is happening from shoreline boulevard in mountain view down to 13th street in san jose, spanning nearly 13 miles. caltrans says crews will be starting in the southbound direction in the mornings at 9 a.m, focusing on the center divider and far left hand lanes. on tuesday and wednesday before moving on to the far right hand lanes and shoulder on thursday and friday. >> what we're doing is we're focusing on going working against traffic, if that makes sense. pretty much what we're trying to do is we're trying to, you know, get in the work, not try to cause any traffic delays, uh- on the morning commute or also on the evening commute. that is why we're focusing on the southbound direction. >> first, in the afternoons, they'll move to on the northbound lanes with work wrapping up by 4:00 ahead of the

evening commute. each day. >> this week we're getting in there doing our job and not just, you know, initiating this one in traffic, slow lane closure on monday, another one next week. we want to get in there for this week and focus on this corridor, all to make this part of the south bay a cleaner place. >> faster. do expect some delays if you're traveling for a doctor's appointment or if you're going to the grocery store or picking up that prescription medication. >> give yourself some extra time. >> lena howland abc seven news. >> a federal judge has blocked the merger between jetblue and spirit airlines. the justice department sued last year, saying the merger would result in higher fares and fewer choices for travelers. and today, the judge agreed. jetblue and spirit airlines are now reevaluating their next steps. san francisco international airport is about to undergo a major change today. the airport commission voted unanimously to rename the international terminal after the late california senator dianne

feinstein. the move received strong support from the feinstein family and local dignitaries, who attended today's commission meeting, including former mayor willie brown. >> thursday's planned republican primary debate is not going to be happening. after all, the new hampshire debate was canceled due to a lack of candidate participation, and that decision came after former president donald trump and then former un ambassador nikki haley failed to meet a deadline to conform, so only four candidates actually qualified for the debate, and chris christie left the race last week, leaving only florida governor ron desantis as confirmed. >> first lady jill biden will be in the bay area this week. she's arriving in san francisco tonight for a fundraiser, where she'll also be up north for a fundraiser in sonoma county on thursday. these events are part of a group of events in california, utah and ohio. all right, well, it is kind of wet out there, so definitely be careful driving. look at that. >> it's rather ominous. and that is a concern in. but some of us

are also concerned about saturday afternoon around 515 in the there's a little game. it's a little game. it's just like a little speed bump on the way to the super bowl. >> it's almost like a little scrimmage kind of thing. >> yeah. that's well that's what the niners are hoping it turns turns out to be spencer. the weather conditions may turn out to be the speed bump, but anyhow, at the moment we can't be very precise about saturday. >> i'll get to that in just a moment. let's take a look at what's happening right now. we can be more precise about that all over the screen you can see that it's raining, especially in the north bay, which has been getting pounded the last couple of hours by steady, mainly lightrillionain fall. but there are some isolated downpours in there. and of course, highway 101 right now from northern sonoma county down through marin county is getting quite wet. just as we get into the bulk of the main body of the evening commute. so pulling back a little bit, this is the pattern we've got lots of moisture offshore us all swinging onshore right now. we've had some rainfall here in san francisco and across the bay in oakland. even the east bay has had some rain as well. that has moved

pretty far out towards the central valley right now, but still the steadiest flow of rain is up north. winds are calm right now, so we don't have any gusty conditions to worry about at the moment, and this is not what we'd characterize as a cold storm, but nonetheless, it's about 4 or 5 degrees cooler right now across much of the bay area than at this time yesterday. here's a live view from our rooftop camera looking across the wet embarcadero. it's 53 degrees in san francisco right now. also mid 50s in oakland and hayward, 61 in san jose and low to mid 50s at san mateo and half moon bay. and of course it's been raining at the golden gate, as you can see by the wet pavement there, 52 degrees right now in santa rosa. also low 50s at petaluma, napa, fairfield and concord, 53 degrees in livermore. so let's check out our weather headlines for this evening. showers and downpours will continue next two days. some sun, especially late tomorrow and then some clouds and then friday through monday. we expect rain that will be heavy at times for consecutive days or longer. this current storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level

one storm through this evening we will see more periods of lightrillionain, possibly some isolated downpours of course, slick roadways. so the evening commute is going to be a slow one probably. here's the forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. notice that the rain gets more widespread and uh- a little steadier, and more intense in some locations as it swings southward and eastward. so between 5 and 7 p.m, we expect very wet weather across most of the bay area. now it'll pretty much leave the north bay by about 9:00 tonight, but it will continue raining in the south bay on the peninsula over in the east bay until much later tonight as it starts to wind down in all locations and by about 2 a.m, it should be just about all over across the entire region, leaving us with rainfall totals ranging anywhere from about 2/10 of an inch to just under a half inch, which is a fairly good dose of rainfall for us for a 24 hour period. overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s to around 50 degrees near the bay and the coast. highs tomorrow upper 50s to low 60s. and as we resume the futurecast, the forecast

animation friday morning, another wave of rain coming in continuing into saturday, followed by yet more rain saturday night into sunday and into monday. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, we've got several level one rain systems coming our way after a two day dry break tomorrow and thursday. so be prepared for wet weather at the moment. larry can't be very precise about game time conditions, but down at levi's stadium, 5:15 p.m. on saturday should be about 60 degrees. there will have been rain earlier in the day. it may ease up a bit going into the early evening hours, so that's encouraging. all right, step by step, inch by inch. >> mentally ready? yes i mean for the rain and also for the niners. yeah. >> yeah absolutely okay. we're ready for anything. yeah. anything uh. we're ready for sonoma county and an. oh well i don't know if we're ready for this big boy. an unwanted visitor. check out this bear that wandered onto sabrina's porch. this is in annapolis near sea ranch. she lee sue was able

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divisional round. the niners back at practice today. abc seven news sports anchor chris alvarez, live from santa clara and you are getting a jump on saturday's possible rain by remaining indoors. chris >> yeah, larry, i'm staying smart for now. no need to go out in the rain if i don't have to. it's just cloudy right here. they had the tarp on the field. the niners practice today, and when we were filming. no rain at that portion. but it's something to look out for as we get ready for. you mentioned it. saturday's game is quite the rivalry. 10th time these two teams will match up in playoff history. that's the most all time niners packers. quite the rivalry. here we go to some practice video for you from santa clara. just hours ago the niners hit the practice field

getting ready for this football game. and the niners have won four straight in the series against the packers. and you can throw all those stats out the window saturday night. green bay enters riding the momentum of that big blowout win over the dallas cowboys. meanwhile, the top seeded san francisco 40 niners. you see eric armstead practicing in limited capacity. that's good news for san francisco. they were able to rest and recover over the last week and a half. and you can tell these guys cannot wait to get back on the field saturday night. yeah i mean playoffs are always an exciting time. >> i think more than anything. you know it's been a long time since we had a first round bye. and uh, it's been a long time since it felt like we've been able to go out there and play. play football, even though we got, you know, a little bit, a little bit of a taste against the rams a little bit. you know i don't really count that. i feel like it's been a long time since we go out there and really get after it. so i'm you know we're itching for sure. >> i was just so excited to come in to work today because now we're back into the real groove of things like our normal schedule, and we're looking at we know who we're playing. we have an actual game plan and,

um, just excited to cut it loose. now the other big headline you saw kyle use check right there. >> his locker was pretty busy with media members today because his wife kristen is all the rage. these days. you saw she designed that taylor swift custom jacket, a travis kelce jersey on the jacket. and today kyle was beaming with pride about his wife kristen's great work. >> i'm so proud of her and i think she's extremely talented and the things that she's putting out there is are one of a kind, and i just want to make sure she got that credit. um, you know, at first the announcers, you know, they're like, hey, taylor swift can get nike to do anything. and i was like, ah, come on. like we gotta let these people know. it was all it was all kristen. um, that was all her. so i was really happy to see her get her credit. taylor had said that she was going to wear it. you never know until you get to the stadium. so when we saw it at the same time, everyone else did when she, you know, came out of the golf cart with the jacket on and we were fired up. so larry, i have ordered my beale number one jersey because you are number one, so i should hopefully get that by saturday and maybe have it on the air. >> but she's a little backed up

with the orders. she's got so much. she was asked by vogue. i mean, she has every media member you can imagine in the world trying to reach out to her. uh, so maybe we're that beale jersey is a little behind, but i'm asking for it for sure. >> the power of social media. i appreciate it. and props to use check for supporting his wife on social media because he was retweeting everything that she did. so it's just a great story. i was going to ask if you could get one for kristen sze because kristen perked up when she saw the outfit and it would be kristen making one for kristen. so i could wait. in that case, i'll wait. i'll wait for mine. yeah, let the us checks know. let kyle know. all right. thank you chris. okay, you got it with you later. from the nfl to the nba, we got another edition of wednesday night primetime hoops right here on abc seven. coverage starts at 5:00 tomorrow. the mavericks and the lakers in la, followed by after the game right here on abc seven. >> larry, you truly are number one. what? no there's nothing attached to that. it's just it's dripping with sarcasm. >> i'm sure there's a grain of

truth in the delivery there. >> what what's why? >> yes, exactly. >> all right. if you think you found the perfect parking spot, you might just want to wait. >> well, waiting on change right there. uh, a new law changing where you can park. and even parklets. could be forced to move as a result. >> there is no way that cars can see me ahead of time. >> oh, and it's all an effort to save lives. the explanation coming up. i hope it's okay. >> yeah, i

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city. the explosion happened at an apartment building on waverly terrace in fremont around 930 this morning. someone in that apartment drove themselves to kaiser permanente medical center in san leandro, where they're now in critical condition. around 1:00, some 15 people at kaiser who'd come into contact with that person started to feel sick. hazardous materials crews were called in and evacuated. the emergency room. it's now back open. detectives with the major crimes task force are now investigating. >> pedestrian deaths are on the rise in some parts of the bay area, so the question is, could a new law help build a better bay area? >> you may not know this, but parking next to a crosswalk is now illegal. the bill, signed into law earlier this month, already proving to be controversial because it won't just have an impact on where you park in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here to tell us the implications of this. you actually scared us when you peered out from around the building with the cars coming at you like little concerned myself. >> yeah, you can't believe how

many people had not heard about this law. many. now the word transit officials use here is daylighting. so when you have light right, you see better. and that basically means improving safety by removing parked cars next to crosswalks in order to be able to see the pedestrian better. this is not an only in san francisco moment here. every city in california must now follow this law. wait. is simple don't park within 20ft of a crosswalk. whether it's marked or not. sfmta told us parking control officers will now issue warnings. if you're within the spirit of the 20ft, they'll be okay. >> they're not going to they're not going to take out a tape measure. >> but we did so right there is we're going to measure. and this goes up to right here for ten. we did it in two stages ten feet at a time. so that's about 20ft

right there. think of it as the length of a big car. but don't expect all curbs near those crosswalks to be painted red. >> no, it will not be painted because it's a state law now. it's basically like a driving rule. >> so how are people supposed to know? >> uh, well, that's part of the that's part of the, the reason that that we're doing this story is to increase awareness. >> did you know about that law? >> no, i didn't know about that law at all. >> so i don't know about it either. >> we tried our darndest to inform the public not that court, but it would be like, you know, 20. so that taxi, like, there, right there couldn't be there if you can't park in within 20ft of the crosswalk, it's going to make parking a lot more difficult for everybody. >> that's like a tesla truck. >> but city traffic engineer ricardo olia told us the state is prioritizing pedestrian safety over parking by keeping away from the crosswalk, you're allowing vehicles that are driving to get a better view of pedestrians that might be starting to cross the crosswalk. this is especially important for children. now i'm five nine and pretty visible, but a child is

not and may be missed by a driver. according to the california office of traffic safety, california traffic deaths reached a four decade high. the state's pedestrian fatality rate is more than 25, higher than the national average. in order to comply with the new law, there will be some changes. his parking meters, for example. >> we will proactively go out and remove those parking meters in the course of the next couple of years. in the worst case scenario, it's two spaces per block as a result, there will be less revenue from parking meters for cities, though the exact amount was not researched by the state. >> but the new law won't just impact parking spaces. busses that start or end their route near a crosswalk will be moved back 20ft. i mean, when that bus is parked there on that corner, i can't see the cars that are coming. yeah if there's a if there's a bus park like a terminal, we will, we will look at those, make sure that when busses are parked that they're away from the corner. so here's

another question. parklets. there are restaurants with parklets that are right up against the crosswalk like this one. there is no way that cars can see me ahead of time. >> we do need to have structures as well kept away from intersections, and we've been gradually discussing you're not going to be popular with those restaurants. we already having those discussions. so we've already been working with the restaurant industry in situations where the parklet under the pandemic was installed too close to the intersection. we have actually asked them to move while taxis, lyft and uber drivers won't be allowed to park near a crosswalk, anyone can drop someone off near the crosswalk without getting ticketed. >> by the way, beginning next year, 2025, the warnings will stop. instead, citations will be given out. the fine has yet to be determined. so what do you say to people that that claim that san francisco is anti-car san francisco is not anti-car, but san francisco has the benefit of having other

alternatives to driving, such as transit, biking, walking. but at times, those who are walking are on their phones, not paying attention when they enter the crosswalk, they have to take ownership to. people are distracted. they're on their phone. correct? correct >> but because people may be distracted, we want to make sure that the motorists when they're approaching and that the motorist is the one that has the ability to slow down their their very large vehicle that they can see that there's a pedestrian that might be distracted walking in, that there might be a child that's starting to walk. we will continue to work on this, on this issue. it's by no means solved, but but we're hopeful that we can continue to make progress. >> a work in progress. now a lot of these pedestrian deaths have occurred in the tenderloin and soma neighborhoods. now, remember, as part of vision zero, the goal for san francisco and any other city is to have zero pedestrians killed. now, the hope is that this new law will help with that vision. i learned also that there are a lot of states that have adopted

this. it's normal in a lot of secret. i, i don't know of a single one, but people have told me absolutely my city had that, that law. so i guess it's a matter of getting used to. >> thanks for doing your job. getting the word out for everybody. >> you can see the intent is good. the application may take a while to get ironed out. yeah thank you. yeah. so thank you leanne. >> hey. so san francisco has announced the theme for this year's chinese new year festival and parade. it's also named a grand marshal. that honor will go to actress, rapper and comedian awkwafina. she will kick off the parade on february 24th. former san francisco mayor willie brown will be the honorary marshal. this year's theme is embracing the dragon within because it's the year of the dragon. festivities will run from january 28th through march 3rd. >> awkwafina is really funny, too. she'll be great. >> yes, she's in a new movie, quiz lady with sandra oh kumasi. >> well, all right, good to know. coming up, life changing i and the rules of covid. they're changing again as well. the

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workplace are changing. cal osha says people can return to work 24 hours after their symptoms improve. so what do you think? is this enough? before you answer, let me just add the context that cdph last week made the same announcement and guidance, and that's why oakland schools kind of follow, saying from now on it's symptoms based. not that hey, you got covid, come on in anyway. it's if you have anything, you know fever, coughs, you don't feel well. stay home. whether that's for covid, flu or anything else. so it's really just taking it and putting in the bucket of kind of other types of illnesses. not in its own bucket. ama what do you think? >> um, i don't know. i mean, i wish people would really stay home if they felt anything, but i don't think that's the case. and i think there are some people who aren't even testing because they're just like, hey, whatever, over. so i can see why they're doing it. but as someone who has a little one at home, i mean, not spreading those germs is hard. and then you've got the whole family who's probably

going to get it because it's so contagious. and you don't know if grandma and grandpa are doing child care after school. and it's just, i don't know. i don't want to get it. i don't want to pass it to anybody else. it's not fun. >> but you wouldn't because if you had anything, you would stay home. you know, because you're considerate. >> well, yes, that's true. >> right. and spencer, that's a problem i think a lot of people aren't considering. >> well, that's true. i mean, i think i'm going to say it at all, you know, i've had two mild cases of covid and when my symptoms went away, i thought, well, i should be good to go now. so i guess, uh, you know, if i were to get another mild case and start testing negative, of course i would want to come back to work right away. but like ama, i wouldn't want to infect other people and i don't want to be around people who obviously appear sick, you know, who are sneezing and coughing and feverish and all that. if you've got all of that, you probably should still stay at home and you know people aren't going to wear a mask or, you know, some people will, i would if i, you know, to. >> but the guidance does say to wear it if you have any symptoms.

>> yeah. yeah. well i mean we're almost four years into the covid experience. so you know, rules are changing. yeah. uh, bill gates says that artificial intelligence will transform everyone's lives within the next five years. according to the international monetary fund, about 40% of jobs around the world will be upended by the rise of ai. 39% will be meteorologists. but anyway, though microsoft entrepreneur says it's not necessarily a bad thing and that with every new technology comes fear and then new opportunity. i love it when a billionaire is going to try to reassure me that i'm going to be okay. while technology leaves me in the dust. spencer. >> easy for bill gates to say. new opportunities will arise. >> yes, as is so countless people will be out of a job, at least for a while. >> uh, with the continued advancement of ai. uh, but but at the same time, we know that there great advantages as well. so i've kind of got mixed feelings about it. yeah >> same. >> yeah. >> crystal. larry what do you think? >> what i think is it remains to be seen. i mean, obviously, just

look at it. playing with chatgpt . the thing makes so many mistakes or at least it did the last time. i'm not that concerned about it. but where this is going in the future, you could see that jobs will be impacted and some in a negative way. so hopefully people can be retrained and we all know how to use it and everything will be great. >> that's right. it'll be a tool to serve us. we don't serve it. there you go. uh, going into costco could soon look a lot different. the wholesale store is testing a new system that would require shoppers to scan their membership cards when they enter. right now, shoppers show their cards to employees when they walk in. costco says it's an effort to keep membership benefits for members. >> i don't understand that. >> so what's the deal? are people not. are people letting people in who are not showing their card? >> but even if they were, you can't check out through the cashier without the card. yeah. so i don't know what we're doing here. >> maybe their concern is that people who have legitimately have a costco card are letting other people use it. >> ah yes, that could be the

case. >> maybe. >> or maybe it's expired or and because, you know, it's just a quick flash of that. here's my card. and then just wave you in. yeah. >> but like larry said, you can't actually make the purchase. right. if at the point of checkout, larry, it's just to save one job, the job at the door, the person you know. >> all right. well there's it all boils down. ai is not going to get that person. all right. now to another story that's worth checking out. almost every shoppers had an experience in the self checkout lane, and now some big name retailers like target and dollar general are actually scaling back on them. they're citing a loss of inventory. but if you really scan the customer complaints of self-checkout lanes, pun intended, many are openly frustrated with the glitches and the lack of personal interaction . i find every time actually, i have probably 7,580% success rate on the on the self checkout, but every once in a while, you know the thing just kind of goes haywire. and almost every store has a person who's assigned to look out in that area and go, okay, you you

clearly don't know what you're doing. so and then i go, yeah, you're right. that's even at work. larry. yeah i, i like them. >> i tend to go for them because usually there are several maybe four. and you look at the line, okay, it's going to go much faster than the other lane. i definitely don't need the interaction with somebody when i'm checking out. i don't know, i like the time saving factor as well. >> however, for, uh, you know, i frequent frequently shop at the same grocery stores and i miss some of the interaction with the with the checkout people. i know who are you know, who asked me about the weather and stuff like that. >> but you have us and that's it for the sport, for in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy.

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the responsibility to give back. love, dad. need the rain. spencer. christian. that's a good thing. we do need the rain, and we're getting it in moderate doses, which is also a good thing. here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see that we've got rain expanding its coverage over the bay area right now. but it has been especially wet in the north bay, which seems to be getting a continual surge of these bands of rain moving onshore. but we're all going to get something out of this storm, which ranks a level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. so for this evening, we can expect more periods of light rain and showers with some isolated downpours and of course, a wet and messy and slow evening commute. forecast animation showing the rain continuing to be rather widespread through 7 p.m. 8 p.m. finally beginning to taper off

in the north bay after about 9 p.m. and then by midnight or shortly after midnight, it will be just about over, with rainfall totals ranging from about 2/10 of an inch to just under a half inch. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. you can see after two dry days. tomorrow and thursday, we get a steady parade of rain coming to the bay area. friday saturday, sunday and monday. so get prepared for the wet weather. larry and kristen. hi kristen. >> more than 180 million americans are on alert, with parts of the south under extreme cold warnings. >> abc news reporter tim pulliam with the latest in the nation's capital. >> all fun and games along the national mall as people enjoy this latest blast of winter. it's a lot of fun. >> i've been waiting a long time. >> dc hit with more than three inches of snow, putting an end to the city's snow drought. but across the country, from the northeast to the midwest, the conditions proving to be dangerous. >> i want really, really slow.

but when i skate, i get out of control. >> his car striking two men on foot, one of them a police officer responding to a previous crash, both taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. right now, more than 180 million americans under alert for bone chilling temperatures, snow and ice roads in northern new jersey covered in snow near cedar rapids, iowa. several box trucks crashing along major highways record snow and ice. deep freezing parts of the south. really bad. >> yeah. do not drive over the weekend. >> watch as this pool filter explodes from the cold temps in allen, texas as this homeowner turns away in alabama. this truck swerves and crashes. more than 300 alabama national guardsmen working to free stranded drivers in the midwest. wind chills falling as low as 40 degrees below zero out west. avalanche warnings in effect for the colorado rockies. authorities in wyoming say a skier died in an avalanche. the

third avalanche death this month in the u.s. the storm also causing massive flight delays and cancellations and forecast errors, are tracking a new storm here out west that could bring more winter weather to the east coast by friday. tim pulliam abc news, los angeles. >> the state is taking a major step in governor newsom's plan to improve mental health care for california's kids. today, the department of health care services launched its new behavioral health virtual services platform. it includes two free behavioral health services apps for families with kids, teens and young adults. >> i've seen firsthand what happens when kids who are struggling don't get the support they need. when issues fester, and when they lead to serious injury and self harm. i've also had the honor of witnessing that when children and families are provided the right support in the right way, including prevention, an early intervention treat. they are resilient and tough and capable. >> the app, aimed at users 12

and younger, is called bright life kids, while soluna is for users ages 13 through 25. >> those could really help a lot of people. a bay area librarian is sharing his joy of reading and love of libraries. i consider myself sort of like a disciple of mr. rogers, levar burton and bob ross are his social media videos that are seen by millions feel the power of osteo bi-flex®. taken every day, it's clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. ( ♪ )

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abc seven news at 11. a librarian in solano county is spreading his love of reading and libraries on social media. abc news reporter danny news spoke with the man with a famous catchphrase having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. >> the joy of the library might be the universal language. >> michael threets has perhaps become the internet's most beloved librarian. i consider myself sort of like a disciple of mr. rogers, levar burton and bob ross. >> we don't make mistakes, just happy accidents. most of his videos come from the fairfield civic center library in solano county, where michael is a supervising librarian five years old. that's when. i got my first library card. >> but here's the thing. guess where he was checking out all those books when he was younger.

>> it is my journey from library . kid to being in charge of library that i grew up in. you have your library card tattooed on you right? >> no, look at that. a few decades later, he even now has a library card tattoo and he tells his millions of followers on social media constantly that they need to get one to the card, not the ink. >> whenever i sign a library card up for a library card, i'm like, congratulations, you just got a library card. you have no idea. like how important, how amazing that is. trigger warning law loss, grief. but for michael, who has suffered through depression and anxiety during his life, it's also very important to him that his library and his feed are a safe space for more than discussing books. people like respond like message me and say thank you for talking about anxiety. thank you for talking about depression. thank you for thank you for talking about like, it's okay if you're not okay. my heart is overflowing with library joy right now and if you need some

help, michael knows one place you can start. >> we're all neighbors. >> we're all together. we all need our libraries. and if you looked closely, you might have noticed that michael's library card tattoo did not have his face on it. >> but actually, everyone one's favorite aardvark, arthur. what up, millennials in new york for abc news, i'm danny, new. >> i'll take the

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