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thing he wants to do if he gets the job is causing some controversy. >> and we want to take a live look outside. this morning, the bay bridge, still beautiful, glistening. we know that that will change as drew is tracking some sprinkles in our forecast on this valentine's day. >> thanks for joining us. it is wednesday, february the 14th. and of course it is valentine's day. we want to talk about the rain though it's not going to be a washout. exactly. don't get mad at me if you have plans this evening it will be okay. >> just take the umbrella with you. we break our dry pattern today with some light showers. it's a level one light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. you can see it there on satellite and radar. moving in our direction. so this level one will bring us showers this afternoon. could have a brief downpour, but for the most part, we're not seeing a high impact storm by any means. some slick roads coming our way for the evening commute. let's break it all down for you on your valentine's day. it's quite cloudy out there this morning. we have some pockets of drizzle in the north bay, but the steadier showers hold off until

the afternoon. by 4 p.m. we are wet and breezy, but it's a fast moving system. by 9 p.m. we are already drying out in those showers are exiting. temperatures get you into the upper 50s and lower 60s. hi gloria, good morning. >> yeah. you know, so far the roads are looking really good this morning. we don't have any major incidents to report. no crashes or anything like that, which is what we always like to see. a lot of green on our map, which means traffic is flowing nicely. just the red and the usual slow spot from the central valley. and then a look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera traffic is starting to build, but that's pretty, pretty common about this time of the morning. and the metering lights flipped on at 535 this morning. but as you'll see right there, if you're taking the carpool lanes, you will have absolutely no wait. >> amanda, thanks so much, gloria. new information this morning on the governor's effort to reduce crime in oakland and the greater east bay. his office putting out a press release overnight announcing dozens of arrests after a chp surge in operation. now, abc seven news reporter lina howland is joining us with a look at the operation. so lina, amanda, it was only last week when the governor's

office announced plans to send in 120 chp officers. to the oakland area on top of a group of state prosecutors. >> and they've been busy between monday through friday of last week, chp did a temporary surge operation using these officers diving right into the numbers. the governor's office says last week's temporary surge resulted in a total of 71 suspects arrested, 145 stolen vehicles recovered and four crime linked firearms seized. they say beyond the surge, the chp now has 72 officers assigned to the greater oakland area. suspects were arrested for a number of different things, including possession of stolen property, auto theft, drug possession, driving under the influence and more. this also includes the arrest of the suspect involved in a viral video of a berkeley apple store smash and grab, where dozens of iphones were stolen last week. oakland mayor shank town shengtao explained the early part of the plan

during the traffic stops. >> if you are speeding, if you are running red lights or what have you, they'll be able to do the traffic stops. they will also be in key corridors like our hegenberger corridor where the airport is at and our business districts. >> in a statement, governor newsom said through coordinated efforts with local partners and increased deployment, the chp is making a difference and making oakland and the east bay safer. we're sending a clear message crime will not go unchecked in oakland and east bay neighborhoods. now, we don't know if charges have been filed against any of the people arrested last week or when the da plans to file charges. the governor's office says the chp will keep an increased presence in the east bay and will continue to do unannounced surge operations in high crime areas. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thanks so much, lina. new developments the interim police chief of the vallejo police department is expected to resign, according to the online publication open vallejo. jason

tore has accepted a job as police chief of the salinas police department. he served as interim chief in vallejo for a little over a year after former chief shani williams abruptly resigned in 2022. >> a new report by the center on juvenile and criminal justice found that police in california cleared just 13% of reported crimes in 2022. that's down 20% from 1985. the group also says during that same time period, police funding has grown. 250% clearance rate for property crimes were even lower. >> the statewide clearance rate for property crime hit an all time low of just 7.2. that means nearly 93% of all reported property crimes in california that year went unsolved. >> the social justice group presented the new report yesterday, and says it's critical of how often police in california are solving crimes as it calls for continued funding for treatment and rehabilitation

programs for people. >> your voice, your vote. san francisco's one time interim mayor, mark farrell, is officially in the mayoral race against london breed. farrell launched his campaign yesterday with the promise that if he's elected, he would fire sfpd chief bill scott. he vowed to have a zero tolerance approach to crime. >> um, we need a leader that inspires us. every single officer in our san francisco police department, a leader of our police department that fights for the budget necessary to grow our police force once again and protect residents in every neighborhood. >> mayor breed pushed back against farrell's remarks. at a mardi gras event. >> where have they been? we've been through global pandemics, uprisings, challenges in this city and many of them sat and watched on the sidelines. but i and chief scott and other leaders of this city, we've been there dealing with the challenges. >> farrell was a supervisor in

2018 and was appointed mayor after ed lee died. the mayoral race also includes supervisor asha safai and businessman and philanthropy daniel lurie. the election is in november. >> the warriors are teaming up with california secretary of state shirley weber. she was at chase center yesterday reminding everyone of the importance of casting a vote, and we have a big election coming up in march and even a bigger one hopefully in november. >> so we want them to understand that and basically having the warriors participate in it, their fans should say, oh well, i guess if they do it, we should do it too. but we want people to become lifelong voters so that i don't have to be a cheerleader. every election. >> secretary weber says the state is working to encourage a strong turnout from younger voters, including preregistration of high school students. so when they turn 18, they're ready to cast their vote . >> developing news the house voted to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas after his handling of the border. republicans passed

the measure on their second try, despite no evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. gloria, president joe biden is calling the move a blatant act of unconstitutional partizanship. take it away, amanda. >> the measure has little chance of passing in the democrat controlled senate, which has to approve an impeachment before mayorkas would be removed from office. but this is still historic. it is the first time in 150 years that a cabinet member has been impeached, and democrats are calling the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas a political stunt. they say it's more about policy disagreements than anything else. majority leader chuck schumer has called the case a sham and a, quote, new low for republicans. gop house members accused mayorkas of refusing to enforce immigration laws. >> look, we did our duty and they have to do their duty. this guy essentially subverted the laws passed by this body and that can't stand a cabinet secretary doesn't get to pick and choose which laws they're

going to enforce. this house. >> this happened despite there being no evidence of high crime and misdemeanor laws. and we should note here that customs and border patrol officials say in the last month, migrant apprehensions at the southern border have dropped by nearly 50. amanda, thank you so much, gloria. >> partial reopening of the pacifica pier. the repairs for the iconic landmark after a powerful storm left. it damaged and new safety standards in san francisco. >> what you need to know if you own an e-bike scooter or skateboard 608 this morning, a cloudy view from the exploratorium camera. >> rain is back in the forecast today with a level one light system. those showers arrive by lunchtime, but it's wet and breezy later on this afternoon. we'll go hour by hour in future weather time

is really quiet. you can see a lot of cloud cover through the next couple of hours. rain doesn't really arrive until around lunchtime today and then to the afternoon that is when we'll have the steadier showers. future weather showing you that too. here's about one in the afternoon. we see those showers, mainly in the north bay and along the coast, but it's 5:06 p.m. those showers become more wide spread. take the umbrella. if you have some date night plans on this valentine's day later on this evening, but it's a fast moving system. we're wrapping this thing up by about 8:09 p.m. rainfall totals around the region, less than a half of an inch of rain expected as this quick moving cold front swings through here. later today, we get two dry days tomorrow and friday, but amanda, stronger storms move in for the holiday weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in about eight minutes. >> all right. thanks so much drew. welcoming the new season eight musicals set to take over san francisco. one of them defies gravity and valentine's day pillow fight. the annual tradition returns tonight as we

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hundreds of other students will have to wait at least three years for the opportunity. at an sfusd board meeting supervisors voted 6 to 1 to offer the courses in about a third of the district's schools. supervisors say the courses cannot be offered at all schools because there's not enough qualified teachers, as santa cruz county residents are trying to fight at-ats new plan to phase out its land line services in the state, they argue land lines serve as a

lifeline during emergency situations, especially in the santa cruz mountains, where they regularly deal with wildfires and some severe storms too. >> because when we lose power up here, which is frequently, we also lose cell and wifi, and it's the only way we can communicate, get out at claims its fiber network is more resilient than its copper network during climate disasters, according to a report, more than 260,000 people in santa cruz county will be impacted by at&t move. >> that includes more than 44,000 seniors and 9500 homes that are living below the federal poverty level. >> you may be waiting longer to find a driver or to get food delivered today, thousands of uber, lyft and doordash drivers are expected to go on strike this valentine's day, demanding better pay. drivers say they still don't make a livable wage despite recent concessions by their employers. the demonstrations come one week after lyft said it would guarantee weekly earnings for

drivers. that was a first in the u.s. rideshare industry. >> today, the city of pacifica is reopening a section of the pier that was damaged during powerful december storms. for now, only half of the main deck will be open. business owners nearby say they've noticed a drop in customers since the pier's closure, and those recent storms. >> i would say 80 to 90% less than what we would normally see. i mean, there's times like i can stand here in my shop and, you know, perfect view right down main street and there's no one the business owner, you just heard from considers the partial reopen thing a step forward. >> repairs on the rest of the pier will not happen until next month, and crews will be keeping an eye on the pier in case it needs to be closed again. if it's deemed hazardous. >> it's a massive valentine's day pillow fight is expected to happen in san francisco again this year. this is video of the flash mob type event last year. it's a word of mouth thing and not truly organized by anyone, but you can see it. a lot of people showed up last year.

we'll see what happens this year. it is expected to start outside of the ferry building just before 6:00 tonight. >> a grand home once owned by actor nicolas cage is now on the market in san francisco. pacific heights neighborhood. the victorian mansion at 1945 franklin is on sale for $3.5 million, according to the listing website. a fire affected parts of the home, so whoever buys it will have the opportunity to rebuild. in some areas, it has five bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms and a four car garage. the house was built in 1898, remodeled in 2018. i love that the home is worth $3.5 million. it was affected by a fire and they say you have the opportunity to rebuild something. >> this is your chance. this is how crazy the housing market is. i know in the bay area. that's a good realtor. yeah the way they worded it right, some spin. totally see a plot of land. >> you're, like, envisioning it, right, frankie, i see this. >> i see that i see that, and

i'm seeing more money, right? yeah but it'll get gobbled up. i'm sure. so totally. yeah. yeah. mhm >> and we are seeing rain. >> we are seeing rain a little bit of it. >> light rain today. this afternoon, this evening not a huge impactful storm but it breaks our dry streak that we've been enjoying for the past six days. here's a live look at san jose this morning. we do have cloudy but dry conditions. you look at the rain chances over the next 12 to 24 hours. they really start to ramp up right around noon and then into the afternoon and early evening. that's when we have the best chance of finding those showers later on today. they're very light. it's a level one system where we'll find less than a half of an inch of rain. snow coming to the sierra. winter storm warning is in effect above 6000ft. we'll pick up two feet of fresh snow the next 24 hours. back here at home. if you'll be out all day, take the umbrella with you right now. you'll need it this afternoon and into the early evening. we'll find those temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s with those light showers. this storm wraps itself up probably by about 8:09 p.m.

so overnight tonight, we're dry. partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40s. then we turn our attention to the weekend. we track stronger storms moving in here. our first one arrives here saturday. throughout the day on saturday looks wet and windy. this will be a level two, a moderate storm on the storm impact scale. then we see another system sunday night into monday. we're anticipating monday morning just being messy for the holiday and likely tuesday. another storm moves in here, so a pretty active system. a pattern develops as we head into the weekend looking at rainfall totals. some of our coastal areas through early next week could exceed five inches of rain. so here we go again. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's rainy today for valentine's day. then we get some dry days tomorrow and friday. then we're back into that active pattern over the weekend and early next week. laura you know, so far the roads are looking pretty good out there. >> no rain this morning, no sloppy commute. so that's a good thing. we are starting to see a little bit more red though, which means some slow downs. and we're going to zoom in on one of those. this is in san francisco.

there's a muni bus that is disabled and it's blocking the off ramp. this is on southbound 101 on silver avenue. this is causing some delays here in the city. so if you drive in the city, in this area, just keep that in mind. we'll keep you updated to see when they cleared that and then looking live at our san mateo-hayward bridge camera. traffic is starting to build here from the toll plaza to foster city. it will take you 13 minutes. >> all right. thank you so much, gloria. now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger amanda julian. >> nice to be with both of you this morning. >> so if you are traveling this way the storm is gone but the impacts are still sticking around because a lot of the streets that got more than a foot of snow have that melted stuff that then refreezes and we're staying cold really through the weekend. so i'll get into that. but also look at your new storms coming at the west coast and then a car crashing into an emergency room in texas overnight. we're on the scene. plus inflation stubbornly high. so we're going to tell you where to find the best president's day sales. also, love is in the air

on this valentine's day. we've got a lucky couple here. they both wanted to update each other's looks. so we brought in all star glam squad team in. cannot wait to see that transformation. you'll see it too on gma. >> ginger. we're loving the pink. but we're also loving that you're back in studio and warm. >> oh this is the best valentine gift for me truly. just get me warm and like i get i don't know why, but my eyes always tear. and it just looks like i'm crying the entire storm. every time i'm like, well, here we are . >> all right, thank you, ginger. we

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mrc, dropped a lawsuit challenging the agency's regulations. chevron must now reduce 70% of emissions by july of 2026, and pay $100 million for noncompliance and other violations. mrc has to reduce emissions by 80. >> today is really about improving public health for residents who live near refineries. um, every everyone, no matter where they live, deserves or has the right to breathe clean air. >> the martinez refining company, the parent company, says it's happy to work with the air district. chevron released a statement saying it's committed to working with the agency, but feels its rulemaking process is, quote, fundamentally broken. if you own an e-bike, scooter or skateboard in san francisco, know the way you charge or store those devices is about to change. new lithium ion battery safety standards will go into effect next month. anyone living in a multi-unit building will be limited to four lithium powered mobility devices per household.

they must be parked three feet apart when charging and each one of them has to be plugged into its own electrical outlet, not a power strip. supervisors just voted to create these rules. they come as the number of fires associated with lithium ion batteries increases each year. there were nearly 60 of these fires in 2022. >> we can't put those out. they generate their own oxygen in. we can put water on it to cool it and to keep other things from burning around it. but ideally, as we have to wait until that fire burns out. >> the new code also bans refurbished and damaged batteries to first lady. doctor jill biden is spreading some love this valentine's day. she continued her tradition of decorating the front lawn of the white house for the holiday. this year's installation was a love letter to america in a pink envelope and overflowing with sweetheart candies, with messages of gratitude and optimism. some say be kind, appreciate. you reach out, choose love and dream big. well,

new. here at six eight musicals are coming to san francisco starting this summer. broadway sf unveiled its lineup for the 20 2425 season. here are some of the shows coming to town. we got wicked, which first premiered in the city in 2003. kimberly akimbo some like it, hot back to the future, the musical parade, a beautiful noise, a neil diamond musical, and juliet hamilton is also making its return in november. for those who have not seen it, or for those who want to see it, for a 50th time, the musicals will be at the orpheum, golden gate and crown theaters coming up next at 630. public safety partnership. the effort to reduce crime in an east bay neighborhood. deadly and dangerous stunt. the deaths of two bay area teens blamed on a social media trend. some supervisors looking for possible solutions to stop this from happening again. and as we head to break here at 627 on this wednesday, we take a live look outside, looking gorgeous here in the bay

here at 630. we are looking at the initial results of adding chp officers to the streets in the east bay. the governor's office released the first numbers after one week of the expanded presence at the oakland coliseum lease extension. >> the talks between the team, the city and alameda county that could have the a's continuing to play here after the season. plus i will always love you >> i miss. >> effortless. timeless it's everything. this valentine's day , we're looking at the top love songs according to billboard. and where does that whitney houston power ballad stand? it

better be number one top the top spot. >> all right, what could be a bigger song than that? >> yeah. would you do you want to attempt it? >> i'm just kidding. do i look like that pointer? absolutely. no get back here. >> good morning everyone. it is wednesday, february 14th. happy valentine's day. yes >> happy valentine's day to you. we appreciate you joining us. we are checking in with drew because we do have some rain in the forecast. it's not a washout. >> no not a washout by any means. >> some light showers this afternoon and this evening. julian, a live look from our golden gate bridge camera this morning. it is a quiet start to the day. live doppler seven. we had a couple of pockets of drizzle move through the north bay, but the steadier showers hold off until this afternoon. it's a level one today. a light system for light showers, a brief downpour is possible, and the evening commute a little bit slower. thanks to the rain moving through. so let's plan out your valentine's day. it's a quiet morning giving way to those showers this afternoon, but it's a fast moving cold front already wrapping the system up by 9 p.m, but if you do have plans this evening, you

certainly want that umbrella as those showers move through. let's see how the commute is going this morning. gloria. good morning. >> good morning and happy valentine's day to you. so far. the commute is going very well this morning. just our usual traffic for morning. so let's get started with your drive times for today. right now from tracy to dublin, it will take you 50 minutes and then a live look outside at our bay bridge toll plaza. camera it is starting to get really crowded out here right now. metering lights flipped on at 5.35, and right now that backup is to the 880 over cross scene. but you'll see those carpool lanes, those always go by really quickly guys. all right. >> thanks, gloria. new this morning we're learning the chp has completed a big operation. >> yeah. this is all part of the governor's plan to try and slow crime in oakland and the east bay. abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live in the newsroom with what? the governor's office is saying about the operation and potential plans for the future. good morning lena. >> good morning julian. overnight we learned that governor newsom's plan to send 120 chp officers into the oakland area announced last

week, was part of a temporary surge operation already. well underway. diving right into the numbers, the governor's office says between monday through friday of last week, a total of 71 suspects were arrested, 145 stolen vehicles recovered and four crime linked firearms seized, all in oakland and surrounding east bay communities , they say. beyond the surge, the chp now has 72 officers assigned to this area. the governor's office releasing this new video showing the operation at work, suspects were arrested for a number of things, including possession of stolen property, auto theft, drug possession, driving under the influence and more. this also includes the arrest of the suspect involved in a viral video of a berkeley apple store smash and grab, where dozens of iphones were stolen. this operation is in response to violent crime and property crime that continues to spiral out of control. the governor's office says. last year, violent crime was up by 21% in oakland.

robbery increased by 38% and vehicle theft increased by 45. in a statement released with this new data, governor newsom said through coordinated efforts with local partners and increased deployment, chp is making a difference and making oakland and the east bay safer. we're sending a clear message crime will not go unchecked in oakland and east bay neighborhoods. now, we don't know if charges have been filed against any of the people arrested last week or when the da plans to file charges. the governor's office says the chp will keep an increase presence in the east bay and will continue to do these unannounced surge operations in high crime areas. live in studio lena howland abc seven news. thank you, lena and in a separate effort today, city leaders in oakland, berkeley and emeryville will launch an effort to reduce crime in one of the east bay's most troubled neighborhoods. >> the partnership is expected to help tackle problems along the hegenberger corridor in east oakland. the area recently made

headlines because the in-n-out and denny's restaurants in the area announced closures, both citing safety concerns. it's one of the areas where governor newsom deployed chp officers. well, a typo on a lyft earnings report caused a massive surge in the company's stock yesterday. in a statement released after the closing bell, the san francisco based company said that its gross margin would increase by 500 basis points, representing a growth of 5% in the next year. in reality, it would rise by 50 or 0.5% growth. it caused the stock to jump by 60% in the first few minutes, but a correction quickly changed that, and the company closed at an 18% gain. >> stock futures have been rising overnight after the dow suffered its worst day since march of last year. it dropped 500 points yesterday after a report showed inflation was worse than expected. we told you about it yesterday morning here

on abc seven mornings. inflation was 3.1% in january. analysts expected it to be 2.9, though much lower than the peak. people are still feeling the pinch financially. rent and housing costs increased 0.6% since january of 2020, and grocery prices are up 25. to keep up with the cost of living, more workers are now demanding higher wages. yesterday, flight attendants picketed and today uber, lyft and doordash drivers are planning to strike, demanding higher pay. >> a wage growth is now outpacing inflation for most wage groups, still very uncomfortable for people and particularly low wage, lower income households. so what does all of this mean? >> well, the disappointing inflation report means the federal reserve is likely not going to be cutting the interest rate any time soon. >> a special election in new york has narrowed the republicans thin margin in the house, democrat tom suozzi will be taking over the house seat

formerly held by republican george santos. the seat became available after santos was expelled late last year for alleged ethics violations. >> as my whole campaign and my whole career has always been about bringing people together to work together to solve problems, to make people's lives better, look at the borders, the migrant crisis. >> thanks to tom suozzi and biden, suozzi has held this seat before, but gave it up to attempt to run for new york governor in 2022. >> he will only hold the seat until the general election in november. >> our defense secretary, lloyd austin, is now out of the hospital. he was admitted on sunday for an emergent bladder issue, according to the defense department. austin is expected to return to the pentagon later this week. doctors also say he's expected to make a full recovery from his cancer diagnosis. the white house says president joe biden and austin spoke on the phone yesterday, and the president says he wishes him well in his recovery. >> now to a terrifying and deadly crash inside a texas

hospital that sent patients running. glory is at the live desk this morning with what we know about what happened. gloria >> amanda. one person was killed and four others injured after that car came crashing through the emergency room. check out this footage right here. this was the scene inside the e.r. right after the crash at saint david's north medical center in austin. the driver was pronounced dead on the scene. the emergency room is now working to find other hospitals for their patients. >> now, obviously, this is a big deal. we have eight patients that are queued up to go to other facilities just so that we can better regroup our children and two adults were rushed to another local hospital. >> one of the children and one of the adults both had serious injuries. police say the crash does not appear to be intentional. doctors say the building appears to be in good condition. none of the hospital's other operations were interrupted. the air rerouted ambulances for a little bit, but

at last check are still accepting. walk in patients. amanda, thank you so much, gloria. >> the abc seven news i-team is piecing together new information on the tragedy inside a san mateo county home. the bodies of four people, two children and their parents were discovered monday morning on alameda de las pulgas. and at 42nd avenue. investigators believe the father shot his wife in the bathroom and then killed himself. four year old twin boys were also found dead in the home, but sources tell the i-team they were likely poisoned. >> they were just like sweet little kids, you know, i just wanted to give them a hug. what could have happened? what on earth happened? and let me tell you, i didn't want to go to sleep last night. >> the san mateo coroner's office has not officially identified the victims. sources indicate the couple both worked in the tech industry. the two teens in the bay area have died doing ridiculous stunts like these for likes on social media. >> the videos from new york city are the city that you're looking

at here, and it shows what's being called train surfing. so here in the bay area, a 15 year old was found on the track sunday between the balboa park and daly city bart stations, just last month, 19 year old daniel barron died in the same area. now, some san francisco supervisors are asking bart for possible solutions. >> and this young man that died recently had done it before. back in january. so i know his mother had taken away his phone, told him that he was going to stop his instagram account. sure enough, he did it again and unfortunately it was fatal. >> our media partner, the san francisco standard, spoke to daniel barron's mother, who is now working to bring awareness to this dangerous stunt. >> the man accused of stealing a small plane, then crashing it on a beach in half moon bay, is refusing to accept counsel in court. 50 year old luis gustavo harris of miami refused a court appointed attorney during a hearing yesterday. he says he wants to represent himself in the case. harris is charged with stealing a single engine plane

from palo alto airport last week. the plane was flown about 30 miles, then made a hard landing on poplar beach park. >> passengers helped flight attendants break up a mid flight fight on a plane that took off from oakland says two customers got disruptive on board a flight yesterday from oakland to kauai. it's unclear what their tussling about over here. the plane's crew and other passengers got between the two. one passenger in particular, you can see him calming down one of the men. well, when that plane landed, though, in kauai, both men were detained. pandemonium from the competition for giant pandas continues with the director of the san francisco zoo is saying about possibly getting the animals in the future. >> and we want to give you a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange, much different from yesterday. we're up about 54 points this morning. another check on how the markets are doing next, a

major milestone a new spire for notre dame. >> nearly five years after that damaging fire. >> 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. just download the app now. wherever you stream. >> 641 this morning, the accuweather forecast. we are tracking lightrillionain making a return to the region today. live doppler seven, along with satellite showing you our next system is approaching and it's the afternoon. we'll find those showers becoming widespread. it's a level one light system. today we have those light showers, maybe a brief downpour, but for the most part, this is not a high impact storm by any means. it's breezy out there this afternoon. we'll create some slick roads. so let's go hour by hour. future weather showing you this morning. it's quiet. we have a lot of cloud cover upstairs. it's around lunchtime and into the early afternoon. those showers arrive first in the north bay and along the coast, then later into the afternoon and into the early evening. this is about 530. the showers are widespread. it's mainly light in nature, a

peppering of downpours here or there, but this system is quick moving by about 8:09 p.m. we're done with it. so if you have plans this evening, take the umbrella. you may have a few raindrops, but this storm is only going to drop about a quarter to a half of an inch of rain today. highs will get into the upper 50s and lower 60s. with that lightrillionain. we get two dry days tomorrow and friday before stronger storms move in for the holiday weekend. we'll show you that on the seven day coming up in about nine

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you. beginning now for paris's famed notre dame cathedral, workers are now removing the scaffolding around the iconic landmark. it will reveal for the first time a new spire marking a turning point in the years long reconstruction process. it was nearly five years ago when fire tore through the cathedral, some of which dating back to the 12th century. it is a massive amount of scaffolding, more than 600 tons of metal, 330ft high, made

up of 70,000 metal parts, protected the cathedral as the skilled artisans worked to restore it to its former glory. the new spire, adorned with a new golden rooster, now reimagined as a phenix rising from the ashes. >> now i can open the window. every morning i see notre dame. i see the spire. it's for me, the beautiful. and it's much better. like before. >> it could take months to remove all of that scaffolding. the cathedral is set to reopen, though, in december. happening today, the oakland a's will be meeting to consider a lease extension at the oakland coliseum. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that the team officials will be meeting thursday with representatives from oakland and alameda county. the team's current lease runs out after the 2024 season. now, the a's have been looking around for a place to play beyond this season, but they have not found it while they wait for that new stadium to be built in las vegas. presumably by the 2028 season. how quickly things

change. >> yeah, this comes as the a's just made history. after announcing the team's new play by play announcer jenny kavner, she becomes the first woman to be a primary play by play announcer in major league baseball history. she has been in the business for about 20 years. mostrillionecently serving as the backup play by play announcer for the colorado rockies. san francisco will celebrate the legendary tony bennett this valentine's day. a commemorative cable car will be unveiled outside the fairmont hotel. car 53 will run on the california line with special decorations and a plaque that, of course, reads, i left my heart in san francisco. bennett first performed that song at the fairmont hotel back in 1961. his wife, will be at today's celebration, along with several city officials, including mayor london breed. >> it is now time for your morning money report. san francisco based instacart will lay off 7% of its global workforce at a quarterly financial report. the grocery delivery company said it will cut 250 employees and authorize

a $500 million share buyback. most of the employees laid off will be out of the company by the end of march. the instacart ceo told sf gate. the layoffs will help, quote, reshape the company and help transform the industry. long terme, we're taking a live look at the new york stock exchange now as trading gets underway this morning, you can see we're up about 60 points. a big reversal after the dow lost about 500 points yesterday following the news of that poor inflation report this morning, we're getting our first look at disney's upcoming attraction, tiana's bayou adventure. >> the ride is replacing splash mountain at disneyland and disney world. disney parks shared this video of the tiana audio animatronic. the ride will feature dozens of new animatronic, including characters from the princess and the frog, of course, and new critters just for the attraction . the opening date for the ride for either park has not been released yet, but it will be

sometime this year. disney is the parent company of abc seven, and in honor of valent's nines day, a billboard released the top 50 love songs of all time. written about the ups and downs of love. >> we're going to have to talk about this. >> i saw the song that came in out on the top is an 80s classic that is still a favorite today. >> my guy and miss love, love beautiful, timeless. endless love by diana ross and lionel richie took the number one spot. i'll make love to you by boys to men is number two. so this is a family show though, guys. >> all right, number three, how deep is your love by the bee gees. >> number four. we found love by rihanna and calvin harris. >> number five, silly love songs by wings. >> and number six is i will always love you by whitney houston. >> number six. how could that possibly be? i thought it was going to be love by rihanna. >> yeah. >> what i would feel that when he's number one, i love that song. so beautiful. >> it's endless. it's timeless.

yeah. >> how about this? we need to write an email. hello all right. i have something to say. >> and love is a good song, but more of an upbeat song. so it's kind of weird to see it on the love modern love songs, you know? found love. >> mhm. yeah, it's a great song. >> uh huh. >> well what's the criteria? it just has to have love in the song title. right i guess so, right. you're looking at the list. >> yeah. >> yeah i know right guys, speaking of valentine's day, i have a few valentines for you all, so thank you. >> oh, this is for you. >> oh, i'm gonna pass it. >> amanda. thank you, thank you. so happy valentine's day. and then amanda gave us these valentine's passed out little glasses, glass is around the newsroom this morning. happy valentine's day to everybody. >> way to my heart. yeah. chocolate. right the moms coming through. >> i know the moms. it's like you got to do something fun for the kids, right? analogize day. okay, can we take a second and talk about what is required of the valentine's day preparations? >> okay, so it comes when they say, okay, if you're going to

bring valentines, remember no peanuts because of peanut allergies. >> let's actually stay away from candy if we can. so that's where these glasses came in okay? >> okay. and then super cute. thank you, thank you. >> and then beyond that bring a box decorated with the kids name on it, as well as another other prerequisite to receiving. so you're not just handing it. you're not just like, oh, here, this is for you. >> so they can put it in there. you have to have a pretty little box, okay, that's decorated now. >> and they mass market these boxes. book bag. yeah. yeah. that was 100. >> and so now you walk through target and it's also like oh a valentine's collection box. wow. pay $10. >> oh wow. $10. you can make your own too. >> they're like here, just shove it in his backpack, please, and we'll take it home. you look good. thank you. the purple hearts that you will. >> i need glasses for the weather today. >> i'm so sorry. >> you look great, sunshine. >> you look great, though. here's where i live. look outside from the exploratorium. camera it is cloudy. it's a similar story as we take a look at san jose right now we are dry, but that is going to change

as we head through the next couple of hours. so look at the rainfall chances. they really ramp up right around lunchtime and then into the afternoon. in the evening. that's when we'll find those showers moving through. it's a level one light system, so it's not a high impact storm by any means. but if you have plans later on tonight, take the umbrella with you because we will have some showers this evening. winter storm warning is in effect until 4 p.m. tomorrow. our highest peaks could pick up about two feet of fresh snow out of this system. back here at home today. upper 50s, lower 60s again. those showers really move through here this afternoon and into the evening. this storm is pretty much done by about 8:09 p.m, so it's a quick mover. that means overnight tonight will turn dry, but we'll hang on to some of that cloud cover and temperatures going into the 40s. now heading into the weekend. want to give you a heads up because these are stronger storms moving through here. one arrives here on saturday with downpours and gusty winds and then another storm sunday night to monday could have stronger winds and even more rain is possible on tuesday. so the pattern turns active once again. here's the accuweather seven day

a level one today for thatrillionain. we get two dry days tomorrow and friday and then it's a wet weekend and a wet holiday early next week. gloria. >> well drew so far looking really good out there on the roads this morning. you said we don't need them, but you know what i'm going to wear the sunglasses anyway right now. love these. thank you, amanda, for the card and the sunglasses. and happy valentine's day to everybody. it's going to be a wonderful day. and looking live outside right now looking wonderful on the roads as well. you know, it is always a little busy out there on the bay bridge toll plaza, but nothing really out of the ordinary other than your normal traffic at this time of the morning. the metering lights did flip on at 535. there is a backup to the 8-80 over crossing, and there was a minor crash there past the toll plaza. just keep that in mind. if you drive in that area and then also a little bit of a backup on the richmond san rafael bridge right now. guys >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. a night of celebration in hollywood at the premiere of shogun. the cast and crew of the new series gathered at the academy museum in l.a. to walk the red carpet. shogun is an adaptation of the best selling

james clavell novel of the same name. shogun takes place in japan in the 1600s at the beginning of the civil war, but the cast believes it will resonate with the modern audience. i think this show is relevant to us now because it's a real human story. >> it really is, and we get to meet all these different characters and the relationships , different differing relationships with each character. it's about politics and it's about war and loss and love. so so it's very much relevant in that way, both can have value in shogun premieres february 27th on fx and hulu. >> disney is the parent company of hulu and abc seven. will it be here in san francisco or will it be down in san diego? >> we're talking about the battle over getting some giant pandas, and there's a lot of competition to host the furry, black and white bears. it's been nearly 40 years since san francisco and the sf zoo had pandas. the last two giant

pandas were housed here in 1985, when then mayor dianne feinstein helped bring them here. the pandas stayed for three months, bringing the highest attendance in the zoo's history, as sf zoo officials believe they have an edge over san diego due to the city's strong asian community and maryland and breed's formal ask to china's president when he visited for apec back in november. >> we've been pursuing this relationship for over a decade, particularly with the shanghai zoo and some of our partners in china. >> if san francisco is loaned, the pandas, it would cost an estimated $25 billion dollars just to convert the space for them and an additional million dollars a year to care for them. >> pocket change for pandas? no, that's pocket change. >> nowhere close. yeah. >> all right, well, up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> and as we head to break here on this wednesday, on this valentine's day, we'll take a live look outside. a

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of the north bay. we have those showers this afternoon, and this evening could have a briefly heavy downpour, but for the most part, it's not a high impact storm by any means. but if you have plans later on, this evening for valentine's day, do take the umbrella with you. it's the afternoon and early evening we have the best chance of those showers by 9 p.m. we're pretty much wrapping the system up and we are drying out. >> all right. and number two, the governor's office says the initial deployment to help crack down on crime in oakland and the greater east bay is over, but they are planning more. the agency released information overnight, saying from february fifth to the ninth, officers made 71 arrests, recovered 145 stolen vehicles and seized four firearms linked to crimes. more operations are being planned. number three, house republicans have narrowly voted to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> the effort to remove him from office is expected to fail in the senate. >> number four, it might be harder to get a ride or delivery

today. uber lyft and doordash drivers are set to strike, and they are demanding better pay now. >> number five a live look outside at the bay bridge and you could see there's a little bit of a traffic. and then once you pass the tunnel, it really picks up number six. >> katy perry says the upcoming season of american idol will be her last as a judge. what might be, she told jimmy kimmel she's been making new music and wants to see the world and number seven special events at san francisco city hall on this valentine's day, the mayor and others will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the winter of love, marking the milestone when san francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> and the city says nearly 200 couples are registered to be married today during the city's annual valentine's day celebration of love. >> that is so that'll be fun. yeah, be packed in there. >> uh huh. it's usually busy anyway, when you go to city hall, you always see the brides with the beautiful dresses. and today, even more so. >> it's so cool. yeah great

place to get married. um, i love that for that. yeah. you got someone who knows from experience, right? yeah. that's right, i got married. >> i was getting married. there was more people getting married. >> so it's a really cool place to be seen. >> yeah. it's beautiful. >> it really is something else. you're just going in there trying to interview a supervisor, and they're just people like you mentioned everywhere. >> and you're just smiling. yeah, yeah. you don't know them at all. but you're like, congratulations, this is beautiful i love love. yeah. >> well, happy valentine's day to everybody. absolutely >> party continues on abc 77. turn on the live stream and see you there. >> good morning america. the new storms on the move right now. frozen, spinouts, accidents. the dangerous morning commute after temperatures plunged overnight. the snow from the powerful nor'easter becoming icy.