you open a window. look out! they're going. well, that's not good. >> yeah, not good at all. first, we showed you the video of this mid-air scare that involved a damaged wing. now, at five, we're hearing from passengers who were on that flight that left from sfo that made that emergency landing in denver. >> this is one of the few times that, you know, community and businesses are fighting back. >> business owners in san francisco taking legal action against the city over the controversial valencia street bike lane. the immediate change is they're now demanding president biden will be in the bay area later today, his first visit since the apec summit back in november. san francisco streets and sidewalks temporarily transformed into rivers and small ponds. take a look. stunning scenes across the

city during yesterday's downpour . drew's tracking the changes today. >> hey good morning. it is wednesday, february the 21st. >> we want to begin with a check of our weather. drew >> it was a lot for a lot of people yesterday. now we have one more day of the showers to deal with and then we get some dry weather this morning. though fog is an issue in a lot of spots, especially across the city and in the north bay. look at our rooftop camera at kgo along the embarcadero, very foggy along the embarcadero. you typically could see some of the lights of the bay bridge. you can't see that this morning. look at visibility right now. we're down to zero miles in novato, a quarter of a mile from petaluma, napa through concord and livermore. so it's our valleys this morning. and across the city, you're dealing with low visibility live doppler seven. we also have some widely scattered showers out there this morning. and that's the theme today. we're on the tail end of our wet pattern. so we have a level one today for those widely scattered showers, a brief downpour is possible, but it's really minimal issues today. we're just trying to get this storm out of here over the next

24 hours. so here's future weather showing you as you head towards lunchtime and into the afternoon. you could see 1 or 2 showers popping up, but then after the sun goes down, we're done with the rain. we'll take a closer look at the drier pattern coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with gloria and see how the commute is going. >> good morning. well, i know drew, you mentioned it. the fog. this morning is the big thing. if you're driving low visibility, check this out. this is a live look outside right now at our bay bridge camera. and you could see barely even see actually the cars there, the lights on the lower left hand side of your screen. but it's so hard to even make out the cars right now because of that fog and chp has issued a fog advisory for the bay bridge throughout san francisco. it's pretty foggy in a lot of areas as well. we also have a solo car spin out that we're tracking right now. this is in san rafael, and this is over at northbound 101 at central san rafael. and so that is causing some delays in that area. three lanes are currently blocked. so we'll keep monitoring that for you amanda. >> all right. thanks so much gloria. part of niles canyon road in alameda county will be

closed until at least friday after it was damaged during recent storms. you can see what happened. part of the road there collapsed on monday. the impacted section is between old canyon road and main street in the sunol area. caltrans says it will assess the road on friday to determine if it can be reopened to one way traffic, at least until the rest of the road is repaired. >> people in san francisco are continuing to clean up this morning after that intense storm yesterday dumped nearly an inch of rain per hour this is what it looked like at franklin and green street yesterday, when water just started coming up through the manhole covers over in hayes valley. a pretty similar situation when there was so much water, it turned the middle of this intersection into a small fountain. one man said. floods came in while he was dining at a restaurant on hayes street. >> yeah, all over, all over. the water was like uh- rushing in like a big wave. >> the flood roads did not appear to stop people from driving through the pools of water, though. reminder this is

a really bad idea. you never know what's beneath that water. yeah >> of course. and your voice, your vote and the race for the white house president joe biden kicking off a three day visit to california with stops right here in the bay area. mr. biden is expected to attend a series of campaign fundraisers throughout the state. and right now, we go live to abc seven news reporter lena howland. she's in san francisco with more on this good morning. lena >> good morning amanda. protesters are expected to gather here at alta plaza park today while president biden attends a series of campaign fundraising events in the area. this group is demanding an immediate cease fire in gaza. president biden arrived in la last night. he is expected to fly into sfo this afternoon before taking a helicopter over to marina green. today, the san francisco chronicle is reporting he's expected to attend two private campaign fundraisers hours before heading to los altos for another fundraiser on thursday, according to park news

. the fundraiser tonight is being held by the getty family, where speaker emerita pelosi is expected to be there. they say tickets are reportedly set at $100,000. a person in the la times is reporting thursday's fundraiser in the los altos hills will be held at the home of robert and danielle klein, and it will be co-hosted alongside former state controller steve westly. but after the u.s. vetoed a widely supported un resolution demanding an immediate cease fire on the gaza strip, a group of about 150 protesters rallied yesterday at the montgomery street bart station in downtown san francisco. they want the u.s. government to reconsider a $14 billion military aid package approved for israel. the same group of demonstrators from the palestinian youth movement are expected to be in san francisco during president biden's visit today, they will be doing a protest rally and march here in pacific heights that's expected to start right around 5:00

tonight. live in san francisco. lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you for that, lena. this morning we're learning more details about the emergency landing of a flight from sfo on monday after the plane's wing suffered some damage. we first told you about this yesterday morning here on abc seven morning's gloria standing by at the live desk with this and a passenger saw this happening. and what was the response from the pilot? >> good morning. julian. united airlines flight 354 left sfo bound for boston, but it diverted to denver after that damage was discovered on the plane's wing. so now we have video that shows the extent of the damage. check this out. a passenger took this on the flight. they say they were a bit concerned after takeoff when they felt the plane shake, and a little while later, a pilot walked down the aisle, saw the damage out the window, and went back to the cockpit. united airlines has confirmed the plane was diverted because of an issue with a slat on the wing of the 757 aircraft. passenger kevin

clark says he's still thinking about what happened on that flight. >> he actually went through some incredible turbulence, you know, probably half an hour after he came on and talked about it. and that's when i really got panicked because i'm like, boy, if this wing is flopping now and this turbulence, what, you know, what's going to happen. so i kept looking out the window, looking at the edge of that wing going, well, i don't see any more parts missing yet. that's good. that definitely was good. >> and the plane landed safely. the passengers were put on another plane headed to boston and all 165 people on board were okay. the faa says the cause of the incident is still under investigation. so julian thankfully everybody's okay. yeah thankfully so. >> gloria. but as we've been talking about this incident this week on that united flight is just the latest in a string of mid-air incidents across the country. here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> this morning. the faa is investigating multiple mid-air incidents across the country, including in new york, where

this single engine plane made an emergency landing on a busy long island highway. very, very shocking. >> see a plane go down, the pilot facing engine trouble, was trying to land at a nearby airport, but didn't make it. >> no one in the plane or on the ground was seriously injured. meanwhile an american airlines flight was forced to return to albuquerque after a man allegedly tried to open the plane door after takeoff. videos show passengers wrestling the man to the cabin floor, then then using duct tape to restrain him. blaze was one of the first passengers to wrestle him down. >> he already had the safety mechanism down. he had both hands on the lever and he was like yanking it and he's a big dude and he had it, you know, pretty well pulled. and we i don't know if you could hear it, but i could hear the actual difference in pressure. there was a whistling. >> the man was taken into custody after the plane landed. the fbi is now investigating. alison kosik abc news, new york,

new developments the city of salinas is restarting the search for a new police chief, just a week after vallejo's interim police chief was said to have accepted the job. >> you may remember there were reports last week that jason to had been picked for the job and was about to resign from the vallejo police department. the city of salinas never confirmed. tom was the person local media outlets in salinas say the process is restarting because of the way the candidates were identified. they had originally applied to be assistant chief when that position was filled. the rest of the candidates were moved into the pool for chief and. >> and just at the end, i determined that we need to look at at everyone, not just the finite number that i had identified for me in middle of january. >> according to open vallejo, which first reported tom's hiring in salinas, there were some concerns about tom's actions while on duty in

vallejo. there were also concerns from salinas community members because the city is in the middle of hiring a permanent city manager in antioch, a retired pittsburgh police chief will step in as the chief of that police department. brian addington has been named antioch's interim police chief. he's retired or he retired from his pittsburgh role in may 2022 after serving for nine years. he will now replace former chief steven ford, who stepped down last year amid a racist texting scandal case against the police department. addington starts his new role on monday, according to antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe, the current interim chief, will return to his previous duties. we have some new developments in the battle over the controversy. >> center bike lane on san francisco's valencia street. a group of business owners have filed claims against the city. now, the group says the lane has caused a big impact on their businesses, including lost revenue, and they're now demanding the immediaemal of the lane and compensation for financial losses it may have

caused. >> we kind of want people to pay attention to what's going on here and treat this as the emergency that it is. we have lost a lot of merchants and we're continuing to lose merchants. >> abc seven spoke to one cyclist who says he benefits from the center bike lane regularly and does not want it to go away. >> i feel safer, i ride with my one year old. i feel like i can see what's happening because i'm not worried about getting doored or run over. >> the city now has 45 days to respond to these claims. if it denies them. business owners have six months to file a lawsuit against the city. we should also note sfmta is already considering changing the design into a side running bike way. >> 511 will take you outside. we're dealing with thick fog across the city. parts of the north bay and the east bay. this is our south beach camera pointed at the bay bridge. you can barely make the cars headed into the city this morning. a dense fog advisory has been issued for the valleys of the

north bay and the east bay. i would also include san francisco in this as well, because we have some pockets of thick fog across the city. this will linger until 10 a.m. there's just a lot of moisture left over in the atmosphere from yesterday's rain. it has condensed into that fog this morning. it's also a colder morning. going to feel that chill in the atmosphere. we're starting out in the 40s across the board. as you step outside. the morning commute will feature that fog in areas. early on. we'll start to see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the late morning and the early afternoon. and once we get a little bit of sunshine, that creates instability and that will create the chance of an isolated shower this afternoon. we're still under the influence of this low pressure for one more day. southern california getting inundated with heavy rain l.a. under a flash flood warning this morning. for us locally, it's a level one for widely scattered showers. minimal issues. we're almost done with this storm system. so as you take a look outside the golden gate bridge has that fog this morning. dense fog advisory early on, some isolated showers in the afternoon. and then after

the sun goes down, julian, we are drying out. i want to show you the seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> i can't wait to see it. thank you. drew well, who's going to substitute for the substitute? still to come, the shortage having an impact on school districts across the country. >> and a new approach at addressing mental health issues for teens in the south bay. how one facility is hoping to give the practice a more homey feel. >> and dragons may be known to fly, but these dragons will float in san francisco's chinese new year parade, the preparations and safety protocols ahead of saturday's now with a sweet new twist - cinnamon sugar churro. dunk, bite and savor them any time of day. or all day! it's totally up to you. only for a limited time. welcome to jack in the box! is it possible to count on my internet only for a limited time. like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support.

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conversations about mental health, music, even healing. grammy award winner rhymefest and mistah fab were also there in attendance. some bay area royalty right there and celebrate community black history and culture this weekend with abc seven. yeah, you get to join me ama and zach fuentes as we bring you the black joy parade. it's streaming live from oakland on sunday at 1230. you can watch it wherever you stream abc seven news for all those details. go to abc seven news.com/black joy parade. we hosted it for the first time last year, abc being the media partner, it was so much fun. despite the rain and the brutal cold that we've had last year. >> and drew, you've been bugging you all week asking you how is the weather going to be sunday a lot better than last year? oh, fantastic. a lot of sunshine, maybe some late day clouds. but we are looking at a very nice weekend on the way this morning though, we're dealing with dense fog. we've got some dense fog advisories in effect across the north bay. the east bay, the

city not included, but i would include the city because look at sutro tower. we got a lot of fog out there this morning, and it is thick in spots. so just be careful the next couple of hours until that sun gets up here. it's a totally different story in the south bay. a live look at san jose. we don't have fog. we have a little bit of cloud cover overhead. one more day of showers. the level one storm today for isolated showers. nothing like the downpours. we experienced yesterday. then tomorrow dry weather is back. the sun shine is going to return and it looks like the next significant storm not headed our way until the first weekend of march. we're going to get a nice dry pattern in here starting tomorrow. here's live doppler seven. a couple of light isolated showers out there, and as you get some heating later on this afternoon, that could initiate some more isolated showers. a winter weather advisory still in effect for the sierra until about 10 a.m. this morning. snow is falling, but this storm will be wrapping up and ending throughout the afternoon. back here at home today to level one for widely scattered showers. a brief downpour possible. we're expecting minimal issues, nowhere near the intense

rainfall we saw across parts of the area yesterday. here's future weather 1130 this morning. there you can go. some light isolated showers continuing that chance into the afternoon. once that sun goes down, we lose that instigating factor. so look what happens. this system is out of here. and our skies will start to clear out. so temperatures today will get you into the upper 50s. lower 60s. with that chance of some showers. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. one more day of showers and then look what happens. we get a dry pattern here. finally sunshine is back tomorrow. milder weather to finish out the week we'll see a chance of an overnight shower early monday morning. that chance is really low, but the weekend looking fantastic. gloria. >> yeah, you know the big thing today is the fog. very foggy out there, especially here in the city. so that could affect your visibility as you're driving this morning. check out our live camera here at the golden gate bridge. and it's almost hard to even see because of that fog. so just be very careful when you're driving. this morning, the fog again impacting visibility on your morning drive. we're also

continuing to follow this crash. this is in san rafael. and this is causing some delays because three lanes are currently blocked. this is over at northbound 101 at central san rafael. so just keep that in mind. if you drive in this area you will have some delays. right now guys. all right. >> thanks so much gloria. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> and the oldest student ever in cal's mba program. >> now he's set to graduate. what led him to go back

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that will allow you to get that ballot to participate in the march 5th primary. >> number four, the white house will announce major sanctions against russia on friday in response to the death of alexei navalny, according to national security spokesperson john kirby. kirby says the sanctions will also hold russia accountable for its ongoing war in ukraine. >> number five, a group of san francisco business owners have filed claims against the city demanding the removal of that controversial valencia street bike lane. the group wants compensation for financial losses. they say the lane has caused their businesses. the city now has 45 days to respond and number six, a live look outside at our bay bridge camera and see if you can make out the cars there. >> the lights very hard to see. that's because it is very foggy out there. chp has issued a fog advisory for the bay bridge, so be careful when you're driving this morning. >> number seven, tinder says it's activating its advanced id verification system in the u.s. by the summer, users will have to upload a valid driver's license or passport and take a

video selfie in order to get a blue authenticity check mark. that'll be interesting. well it's never too late to go back to school. one retired bay area doctor decided he had more to accomplish in life, and now he's set to graduate from cal's executive mba program as the oldest student ever, 76 year old doctor peter fung is in the graduating class of 2024 at uc berkeley. after retiring from practicing medicine two years ago, he decided he wanted to run for the santa clara board of supervisors and figured getting an mba would help him. >> i closed down my clinical practice in january of 2022, and said uh. and within a month i got so bored, doctor fung is also the board member of the el camino health district and leader of the hospital's stroke program. >> one of them, at least his professor, describe him as tenacious. >> he was an active participant in class and doesn't look like

he's in his mid 70s. >> doctor fung will graduate with classmates generally in their 30s, the same age as his own children. >> a new proposal would offer free books on drug recovery at san francisco public library branches. if approved, san francisco would be the first city in the nation to do this. the library launched a pilot program in april to distribute recovery materials at three public library branches. since then, the city says more than 2600 books have been given out in today's gma first look, school districts all across the country are struggling to find substitute to cover classrooms when teachers call out sick or take days off. here's abc news reporter morgan norwood in this morning's gma first look. >> the nationwide substitute teacher shortage intensifying with many school districts from coast to coast scrambling to find fill ins. >> in some instances, is again the district that has 2700 teachers. uh. we may have as

much as 300 teachers who are absent each day. >> while demand has traditionally exceeded supply for substitute teachers because of the pandemic, 20% of requests for fill ins have gone unfilled. many districts leaned on substitutes to help fill vacant teaching positions, and now the pool of available subs shrinking for when teachers take days off. >> what we've seen post-pandemic is a strong increase in both vacancies and teacher absence, which means subs are teaching more than ever before and coming up at 7 a.m. >> more from educators about what this shortage means with your gma first look, i'm morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> not one but four films all about one iconic band coming up at 530. the biopics now in production and when they will be ready for audiences and new data from san francisco is highlighting statistics in the city with

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bay area today. now at 530. the demonstrations planned to coincide with his visit and the race to become the republican nominee, is heating up on the other side of the country. >> how former president trump and nikki haley are using the days leading up to the south carolina primary to be arrested and detained in russia? >> the charges, a los angeles native is now facing in moscow. >> good morning everyone. it is wednesday, february 21st. we want to get right to meteorologist drew tuma with a look at the forecast. >> and drew, you've been telling us all morning long dry weather, huh? finally on the horizon, one more day, one more day of the showers today. >> this morning, the issue is dense fog. a live look at our south beach camera. you can see a little bit of the bay bridge. we have a dense fog advisory. in effect, i would include the city in this because we have low visibility across parts of the city. the valleys of the north bay and the east bay included until 10 a.m. for good reason.

look at these numbers down to zero miles in some spots. concord livermore, between a mile, a half a mile and a quarter of a mile. just be aware of that with a lot of low cloud cover out there, some widely isolated light showers, mainly in the north bay this morning. we'll keep it at a one. we're almost done with this storm. we're on the tail end of it. so widely scattered showers today. it's a level one. we're thinking minimal issues. we're not seeing any downpours like we had yesterday. dense fog early on, giving way to that isolated shower in the afternoon. once the sun goes down, we are done with the storm and we are drying out. let's see how the commute is going with gloria. good morning. good morning drew. >> yeah, you know, it's really foggy out there this morning, so definitely be careful. that could impact your visibility as you're driving. a look at our drive times for this morning right now from tracy to castro valley. it will take you 55 minutes. and we are following a crash here in san francisco. this is a solo car crash that we're going to zoom in and show you where that's happening. this is on northbound 101 to the eastbound 80 connector, and one lane is blocked right now. so this is causing some delays in that area. we'll keep monitoring

that for you throughout the morning, guys. thank you so much. >> gloria. your voice your vote. president biden is waking up in los angeles this morning after kicking off a three day california campaign tour yesterday. today, he'll head to the bay area for a series of fundraisers. abc seven news reporter lena horne is live in san francisco with those details. good morning, lena. good morning amanda. >> as president biden makes his third visit to san francisco in just six months now to focus on campaign fundraising. we know that protesters are expected to gather here at alta plaza park today for a rally and march. they are demanding an immediate cease fire in gaza after the u.s. vetoed a widely supported un resolution demanding an immediate cease fire on the gaza strip, a group of about 150 protesters rallied yesterday at the montgomery street bart station in downtown san francisco. they want the u.s. government to reconsider a $14 billion military aid package approved for israel during a

stop at an event in oakland, senator laphonza butler expressed support for the sometimes disruptive protests. the fact that they are not letting us forget, that they are not letting us turn our eye away . >> i think that is, again, an expression of what it means to be in this country, in a democracy where they can actually do that and do it safely for themselves and for others. and i support them continuing to make sure that they are raising their voices. >> the same group of demonstrators from the palestinian youth movement are expected to befrancio during president biden's visit today. today, president biden arrived in los angeles last night. he is expected to fly in to sfo this afternoon before taking a helicopter over to marina green today, the san francisco chronicle is reporting he's expected to attend two private campaign fundraisers before heading to los altos for another fundraiser on thursday, according to park news. the

fundraiser tonight is being held by the getty family, where speaker emerita nancy pelosi is expected to be there. they say tickets are reportedly set at $100,000. a person, the l.a. times is reporting thursday's fundraiser in the los altos hills will be held at the home of robert and danielle klein, and it will be co-hosted alongside former state controller steve westly and back here live at alta plaza park. we know that demonstrators are expected to rally and march here in the pacific heights neighborhood. that's expected to start right around 5:00 tonight. live in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> okay. thank you so much, lena. the south carolina primary will remain a three person race as former south carolina governor nikki haley is vowing to stay in the race. gloria's at the live desk with more on this. and gloria, president trump still showing a huge lead in the polls right now. >> he is julian, the former un ambassador says both former president trump and president joe biden are creating division in america. she adds that the tone at the top matters, and

it's one of the reasons she is staying in this race. now, haley is planning to stay in even past super tuesday next month, despite having a steep hill to climb to catch up with trump. the latest polling from abc news partner fivethirtyeight shows trump with a 30 percentage point lead over haley in south carolina, her home state. >> you're not supposed to lose your home state. shouldn't happen anyway. >> why do you think she's staying in the race? >> um, i don't think she knows how to get out. >> trump has had to split his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. a judge last week fined trump $354 million for defrauding lenders. new york attorney general letitia james has said that she is prepared to seize trump's assets if he is unable to find the cash to cover the fine. trump has already secured 63 delegates from iowa, new hampshire, the u.s. virgin islands and also nevada. haley has just 17 delegates so far, and 50 delegates are up for

grabs in the upcoming south carolina republican primary. that primary is set for saturday, and of course, we will be covering that. amanda. >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. and the leading four candidates vying for california's open senate seat faced off in their final debate before the march primary. >> would you vote for a resolution that said israel has to impose an immediate cease fire right now? no conditions, unconditional ceasefire, end the war. congresswoman lee. yes. okay. mr. schiff. no. mrs. porter, no. mr. garvey no. okay >> democratic representatives. barbara lee of oakland, adam schiff and katie porter joined republican former baseball player steve garvey. they weighed in on topics ranging from foreign policy to climate change to the economy. with two weeks until california's primary three a new poll from emerson college shows a shift in the senate race. adam schiff remains the front runner, but republican candidate steve garvey is now in second place. he has seen his support grow along with katie

porter, who remains in third. barbara lee is in fourth at 9. of course, the top two advance to the general election in november. >> if you missed the voter registration deadline, conditional voter registration starts today. >> any voter can come down to any of our 100 plus vote centers , or they can come down to our office office and they fill out a conditional voter registration . >> people will then be given a ballot and can return it with a conditional voter registration envelope. if you already registered, visit register to vote. okay dot gov to check your status and confirm that address. only 52% of eligible californians voted in the last primary election. officials want to significantly increase that number this time around. >> in california and sweden, are renewing their commitment to international climate collaboration, governor newsom joined a swedish delegation to sign the renewed partnership between the two governments at a ceremony in sacramento yesterday

. he says a lot more has been learned about the climate crisis since the first partnership was signed in 2017. >> we have agency we can shape the future futures, not just something experience. it's something to manifest. it's our decisions, not conditions, that will determine the fate and future of this planet as it relates to the issue of climate official say the aim of the renewed partnership is to broaden and develop relations in the areas of innovation and emerging technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence . >> mayor london breed used a visit to a senior center in chinatown to highlight her efforts to fight crime. the mayor did not directly refer to new statistics that will tell you about in just a second, but she told seniors at the lady shaw center that the city is, quote, finally seeing the light when it comes to improving safety for asian americans. breed says asian hate crimes are down by more than 90% since 2021, though of course, hate crimes are not the only types of crime affecting this community. >> accountability matters and

making sure you are supported and cared for matters, and that is the work that we have done and will continue to do so. >> mayor breed, along with district attorney brooke jenkins and police chief bill scott, also took the opportunity to warn seniors about blessing scams around lunar new year. that's where thieves trick people into handing over valuables to be blessed by claiming they're facing a harmful spirit, new numbers appear to show that overall crime continues to fall in san francisco. data released by maryland and breed's office show larceny crimes like car break ins and retail theft dropped 39% in january, compared to january of 2023. property crime dropped 32. burglaries and robberies dropped 20 and 11, respectively, and violent crime fell by 11. the mayor has previously claimed that overall crime in 2023 was at its lowest point in the last ten years. other than the

pandemic year of 2020. well, this weekend, san francisco will celebrate the year of the dragon and ahead of the festivities, we're getting a look at plans for security. >> sfpd says additional officers and deputies will be at the parade and around chinatown. community leaders say the year of the dragon is already looking very positive. >> the first day of the new year, february 10th, was actually the most significant level of visitors, as i think a lot of us have seen even before the pandemic, we had a nighttime level of activity on that saturday night that actually none of us can remember seeing. and maybe a decade or more. >> the chinese new year parade starts at 515 saturday night at market and second streets. organizers say it's the largest celebration of its kind in the world. plans for an old shopping mall in cupertino still ahead. what neighbors think about the proposal to add more housing, new music by beyonce means new charts being topped by beyonce. >> the wave. she's already making in the country music scene. after releasing just two

singles during the super bowl. but first, we check in with drew. good morning. >> we are tracking dense fog out there. we'll take you to our richmond-san rafael bridge camera on the richmond side. you can see some low visibility out there. dense fog advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. this morning. you'll also notice it is a colder morning compared to yesterday by about ten degrees. and a lot of cities we're starting out mainly in the 40s across the board, so certainly want that heavier jacket with you this morning. live doppler seven showing you not as active as we have been the past couple of days, but we're still tracking widely isolated light showers out there, mainly in the north bay this morning. but later on this afternoon we'll still track that chance for some wet weather. here's the bigger picture low pressure still influencing our weather pattern today. one more day of showers and then we'll start to dry out. southern california taking the brunt of the heavy rain this morning. flash flood warnings are in effect for la back here at home, a level one today for widely scattered showers. we're expecting minimal issues.

nowhere near the amount of rainfall we saw in some areas yesterday like san francisco. here's future weather later on this morning between 11 a.m. and about 5 p.m. that's the best chance of finding an isolated shower once that sun goes down, we are done with the showers and the storm is out of here, so we'll track those isolated showers today. upper 50s to lower 60s. look at that dry pattern on the seven day forecast coming up in about nine minutes. but we're just getting started. everything going well? oh yeah. let's take a look at this knee. because it's the work behind the scenes, that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! for all that is me, for all that is you. kaiser permanente.

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on charges of treason for allegedly collecting funds for ukrainian organizations and openly supporting kyiv. also this morning we're learning more about a former fbi informants links to russia. he's now being charged with lying about bribery claims involving president biden and his son, hunter. abc news reporter perry russom has more

on what documents are revealing about that informant. >> this morning, the former fbi informant accused of making false bribery claims about president biden and his son hunter, has been released on bond. alexander smirnoff is seen here in the blue hoodie leaving court in las vegas yesterday, a judge released him under the conditions that he restrict his travel and hand over his passport and wear an ankle monitor. smirnoff is charged with lying to the fbi, claiming the bidens accepted millions in bribes from burisma, a ukrainian energy firm. federal prosecutors say smirnoff has now admitted that officials affiliated with russian intelligence were involved in passing along that story, which prosecutors say was fabricated. house republicans have used smirnoff's bribery allegation as a justification for their long shot effort to impeach president biden if he volunteered himself, if he came to them and said, i can help you with this, that's another hallmark of russian operations, where they'll pick somebody and say, hey, go to the fbi or go to this organization, tell them that you have information, then

we've got them on the hook. >> so, yeah, this is all very, very consistent with how the russian intelligence services do business. >> meanwhile, this morning, the biden administration says it's aware of a los angeles woman now being detained in russia. russian authorities arrested ksenia karelina, a russian american ballerina, on suspicion of treason after she donated about $50 to support ukraine. she could face 20 years in prison, her former mother in law says karelina was visiting russia to see family. >> if we don't help her, we can say goodbye to her. if we do not protect her. as an american citizen, nobody else will. >> it comes as president biden promises to impose new financial penalties on russia for the death of putin critic alexei navalny. the sanctions are expected to target kremlin defense industries and other revenue sources. >> we'll have a major package announced on friday, perry russom, abc news, washington. >> the major league soccer season kicks off today, and this will be lionel messi's first full season with inter miami

after joining the team late last season. the tickets are getting pricey now. the average cost for messi's season debut today. $185 a piece that is a 585% increase increase than the team's first home game last year, when tickets were just $27. the first game for the san jose earthquakes is saturday at home. it will be against fc dallas. >> all four members of the beatles are getting their own movie, according to variety. the four scripted films will show each of their points of view. >> all of them will intersect and end in the band's 1970 breakup, paul mccartney, ringo starr and the families of the late john lennon and george harrison have granted full life story and music rights for the movies that will be exciting. they are set to be released in theaters in 2027. >> before tsay is making history again, her new song, texas hold'em, debuted at the top spot of billboard's hot country songs chart. she is the first woman to have topped both the hot r&b hip-hop songs charts since the

list started in 1958. her other new songs, 16 carriages, is number nine on the chart. they will both be on beyonce's next album, which will be released on march the 29th, and it looks like it's going to be a country album. >> yeah yeah yeah, i keep on replaying all of just both of those songs, which leads me to say, drew, this ain't texas. >> so what is the weather up? >> listen, i live in texas. i can relearned a two step. yeah. i'm ready. get the line, dancer. ready to go? yeah. we should have known when she had, like, space cowboy as a renaissance. yeah, yeah. get that cowboy hat back out. >> yeah. the songs are good, too. >> i love them. it's going to be a good month next month. weather wise. we are still dealing with showers for one more day. we had some intense rainfall yesterday across the city. probably noticed some flooding. we had about an inch and a half of rain yesterday, a lot of that falling in a really short amount of time creating issues. a similar setup in napa, but then outside of those areas we did see rain, but not nearly as heavy as a couple

of locations. today we still have light isolated showers in the forecast. we're at a level one today for tomorrow dry weather returns. we start a dry pattern with that sunshine back and it looks like our next significant storm. probably not moving in here until the first weekend of march. we get a good long pattern of rain free conditions this morning though we are dealing with light isolated showers, mainly in the north bay right now. we'll take you to tahoe. we are seeing those snow showers, a winter weather advisory is still in effect this morning into the afternoon. the showers are going to wrap up, but we've seen some good snowfall. our snowpack is at 85% of normal for this time of the year. today it's a level one. we're expecting minimal issues. none of those intense downpours like we saw yesterday. here's future weather. i think the best chance of finding a shower between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. after the sun goes down. we are done with that chance and this storm is out of here. so today we'll get into the upper 50s, lower 60s. not everybody is going to see a shower, or they're just going to pop up as

you reach kind of peak daytime heating overnight tonight, we'll see those skies clear. we will likely see some patches of dense fog developing once again. we'll dip into the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast after today. it's a nice pattern. we can finally dry out into the weekend. we have dry conditions late at night sunday into early monday. the chance of a light shower. but again, our next significant storm. not for a few weeks. gloria you know, if you're driving this morning, the big thing today is the fog. >> if you look at our overall map where you see the white, that's where it's foggy right now, the city also a lot of fog. and we're continuing to follow a crash here in san francisco. and this has just been upgraded to a sig alert. so it's going to take a little while to clear this. this is on northbound 101 to the eastbound 80 connector. and speeds right now are down to 26mph. we also have some flooding in san jose that's also causing some delays. there this is on northbound 101 to the northbound 880 connector, and speeds here are down to 17mph. and because of the wet weather,

the trains are running at slower speeds today on bart. so if you take bart, just give yourself a little bit of extra time today, guys. >> okay. thank you. gloria. coming up new at six. falling space junk and old satellite expected to crash into earth in just a matter of hours. where it will land exactly is pretty much anyone's guess at this point. >> but first, working to clear encampments in the midst of a series of. sto you want the lowe's-est price. did you say lowest, or lowe's-est price? it's basically the same thing. if you find a better price somewhere else, we'll match it. get the lowe's-est price,

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vallco town center after the mall officially closed nearly a decade ago. the mall acted as a community center where people could gather and meet, and now newly approved plans by the city aims to bring back that sense of community. it has housing uh. >> it has retail, it has office space and, you know, i think it will it will be a hub for our civic and social activities. and in a few years, when all this comes to pass soon, this empty lot along stevens creek boulevard and wolf road will transform into the rise. >> it's the largest housing project in cupertino's history. nearly 2700 units, including 50% affordable housing. there will be plenty of retail and office space, as well, but mayor sheila mohan says the emphasis is on giving people a place to live. >> it recognizes that uh- times have changed. the city has changed, and it attempts to accommodate the changing needs

of our city residents. >> we spoke with say it's about time that the land was developed after sitting empty for so long, but not everyone is on board. >> it's important that we do something, but i think apartment complexes is they have already so many. i would probably do more like an indoor or like an outdoor space, like a park kind of thing. then apartment complexes. the reality is, cupertino actually needs more housing. >> mayor mohan says this brings the city closer to meeting housing requirements handed down by the state. >> we have to come up with 4588 units in this housing element cycle. this modification uh- plans for about 2700. so that's a big chunk. it's more than 50. >> mayor mohan hopes construction can start as soon as possible, so the community can benefit from all that the rise will offer cupertino probably one of the most exciting things to happen in our city in a while in cupertino. dustin dawsey abc seven news.

>> 555 this morning, i just want you to be aware that we do have some thick fog out there getting reports from people on social media that this morning it is getting a little bit tough to drive. and part of our north bay valleys, even in the east bay as well, across the city too, we have some dense fog, visibility in some areas down to a quarter of a mile. that's a huge portion of the north bay, and also through concord, down through livermore and even hayward. right now, seeing a little bit of that fog. so be aware of that, a little bit of a slower morning commute. we're mainly dry this morning, but we are dealing with that dense fog probably until about 10:00. we'll start to see a little bit more sunshine pop out here. we'll see those numbers in the 40s. climb coming through the 50s. so just be aware that we have that advisory early on this morning. could see that fog clearly from our rooftop camera here at kgo along the embarcadero. so here's the day planner. we'll keep that fog in the forecast early on by 9 a.m. we're still underneath that advisory. that advisory lifts. and then we get that sunshine. what that will do. it heats up our atmosphere and it will

create instability in the form of showers. but the showers throughout the afternoon are going to be widely scattered. most of us remain dry a few. of us will see the showers. it's a level one light storm on the storm impact scale, but once that sun goes down, we lose the instigating factor for the showers. so we are done with this storm. temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. tomorrow so drier weather finally returns . amanda. and that continues through the upcoming weekend. all right. >> thanks so much drew. new at six. president biden set to forgive more than $1 billion of student debt. the overnight announcement from the white house and american airlines set to raise those checked baggage fees. >> how much it will cost you then the severe storms causing permanent damage to the capitola wharf. >> some businesses there will now have to be demolished then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries. living together. working together.

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