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thanks. so much for being us here. >> we want to first get a look at our forecast. drew. >> yes, some areas yesterday saw a lot of rain in a short amount of time. today that is not going to be the case. we still have showers in the forecast but they will be widely scattered. the immediate concern this morning is dense fog. an advisory in effect for the valleys of the north bay and the east bay. i would also include san francisco in this because visibility is quite low in some spots. live doppler seven this morning. we have widely scattered light showers out there, and that's really the theme for today. we're almost through with this storm. it's a level one. on the storm impact scale for those scattered showers. we're expecting minimal issues. nowhere near the intense rainfall we saw yesterday. so fog this morning giving way to scattered showers once the sun goes down. we are done with this storm. hi, gloria. >> good morning. drew well, i know drew mentioned the fog this morning. that's definitely going to be an issue if you are driving, because we're seeing very thick fog here in san francisco and in other parts of the bay area. this is a live look from our san mateo-hayward

bridge camera. and you can see that it is really hard to even make out the roads or anything because of that fog. so from the toll plaza to foster city, it will take you 12 five minutes. right now be very careful when you're driving just because it is hard to see out there. and then if you look at our overall map, the white areas, that's where the fog is this morning. we're also following a sigalert. this is over in vacaville. there's been a two car crash on westbound 80 before allison drive. julian >> the fog was definitely heavy coming across the bay bridge also this morning. thank you. gloria 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 streets yesterday when water started just coming up through the manhole covers there over in hayes valley. a similar situation. 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 of her. all of her time. the water was like uh-

rushing in like a big wave. >> the flooded roads did not appear to stop people from driving through this pool of water here. reminder this is a really bad idea. when the roads are flooded, you never know what might be beneath that water. other parts 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 just collapsed on monday. this impacted sections 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 until the rest of thatrillionoad is finally repaired, and you can get drew's latest forecast and track the rain anytime with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. >> 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 to live to lena howland. she's in san francisco this morning. good morning. lena >> good morning amanda. protesters are expected to gather here at alta plaza park today while president biden is expected to visit a series of fundraising events for his campaign in the area. this group of protesters is demanding an immediate cease fire in gaza. president biden arrived in l.a. last night. he is expected to fly in 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 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. so they want the u.s. government to reconsider a $14 billion military aid package approved for israel by 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 starting here in the pacific heights neighborhood that's expected to happen right around 5:00 tonight. live in san francisco. lena howland abc seven news. >> okay, we'll be following that throughout the day. thank you so much, lena. a woman's live in boyfriend is accused of shooting and killing her three year old son in santa clara. we first

told you about this story yesterday. neighbors say they heard a single gunshot shot at an apartment and saw police respond. and a crying woman run from that building. police arrested the suspect nearby in the area of poinciana drive and white oak lane. officers recovered a gun from the apartment. they say the boy's mother called 911 after that shooting. >> 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 todd had been picked for the job and was about to resign from the vallejo police department. the city of salinas never confirmed. todd 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 a assistant chief. when that position was filled, the rest of the candidates were moved into the pool for chief 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 firstrillioneported to us hiring in salinas, there were some concerns about todd's actions. while on duty in vallejo. there were also concerns from the salinas community members saying because the city is in the middle of a hiring or i should say just 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 police or police chief in the interim. 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 this morning. >> we're learning new 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 the story and showed you the video yesterday morning, a gloria standing by at the live desk with more on this and gloria passengers there describing what they saw and how the pilots responded to this. >> they are julianne. united airlines flight 354 left sfo bound for boston, but it diverted to denver after that damage was discovered on the plane's wing. and now we have new video that shows the extent of the damage. so check this out . a passenger took this on the flight, and they say that they were a bit concerned after takeoff when they felt the plane shaking and a little while later, a pilot walked down the aisle, saw the damage out the window, and then went back to the cockpit. united airlines has confirmed the flight 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. >> that 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 in 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. >> and the plane did land 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, amanda, just good that everybody is okay. yeah. >> of course. thanks, gloria. still to come? why? the mayor's office is scrapping plans to build a sober living facility in san francisco's chinatown. >> and business owners fed up over that controversial valencia street bike lane. several officially filing claims against the city, asking for compensation.

>> 609 this morning, early on, the story will be the dense fog we are dealing with out there right now. a dense fog advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. once the fog lifts, we have the chance of a shower. we'll talk about that chance coming

but you're and your dew point are exactly the same. so that means your humidity is at 100. and that's when clouds can form or fog. and that's what we're seeing this morning. visibility in novato down to zero miles. so dense fog this morning, some light isolated showers out there right now in live doppler seven will keep that scattered shower chance in the forecast throughout the day. today to level one. we're not anticipating issues. no intense downpours like we saw yesterday,

but still, showers are in the forecast. we'll get into the later portion of the afternoon there. you can see peak daytime heating. those isolated showers. watch what happens. the sun goes down, the showers are out amanda. and that starts a dry pattern. beginning tomorrow, all right. >> thank you so much. drew. still to come, an option for teens in the south bay who are seeking mental health treatment. then a closer look at the security preparations for the chinese new year parade this weekend in san francisco. and as we head to break, we will give you a live look outside. it is 613, calm and serene when your child has moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay for them to show off. show off their clearer skin and noticeably less itch with dupixent. because children 6 months and older with eczema have plenty of reasons to show off their skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, they can stay ahead of their eczema.

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lean on san francisco's valencia street. a group of business owners have filed claims against the city. the grouyshe

lane has caused a big impact on their businesses, including lost revenue.y e now demanding the immedirene and compensationr 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. >> but abc seven spoke with one cyclist who says he benefits from the center bike lane regularly and doesn't want it to go away. i feel safer. >> i ride with my one year old. i feel i bike, i can see what's happening because i'm not worried about getting doored or run over. >> the city has 45 days to respond to the claims if it denies them. business owners have six months to then file a lawsuit against the city. we should also note sfmta is already considering changing the design into a side running bikeway and a new mental health treatment center for teens is opening in the south bay. teens will stay in this redwood city

home where they can receive individual group or family therapy sessions along with clinical oversight. it will be available starting today for 12 to 17 year olds for 30 to 45 days at a time. the facility by delightfully behavioral health comes at a crucial time, experts say. 1 in 6 of our youths is struggling with a mental health disorder. >> sometimes i think, especially parents are struggling with a teen that's having having problems like they don't even know where to turn and may not even know that we exist, and that there's residential facilities like this in the last ten years, emergency room visits among young people for mental health reasons nearly doubled. >> that's according to a report in the journal of american medical association mission in oakland. lady gaga's born this way foundation co-hosted a panel on youth mental health with senator laphonza butler. it gave youngsters an opportunity to make their voices heard. lady gaga's mother shared her personal story and why this crisis is so important to her.

>> the urgency of early intervention and education to train and equip young people is. that's one thing that i would change if i had a magic wand. >> i think it's it starts with caring about other people and being able to level and empathize with them that we can open, open up the conversation about mental health. >> the born this way foundation says california has the second highest rate of anxiety and depression in the united states. >> a plan to put a sober living facility in the heart of san francisco's chinatown are now being scrapped. it would have gone up in the north beach hotel on kearny. there was considerable pushback from the neighborhood, and the city heard their concerns. in a statement yesterday, the mayor's office said it will look for an alternate location. >> jury selection begins today for one of the trials related to the deadly shooting on set of the film rust. the armorer on the set will be tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter and

tampering with evidence. hannah gutierrez reed has pleaded not guilty and says she's not directly to blame for the death. prosecutors say they'll present evidence that she loaded a live round into the gun that killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> we finally have a winner. the name of the newest falcon to team up with annie at uc berkeley's tower has been revealed. archie is named after archie williams, a cal alum who won olympic gold in 1936 and flew air force planes during world war two. 40% of the votes went to archie galen. amanda's favorite was second place. archie appeared with annie a short time ago after her previous mate lou mysteriously disappeared. not mysterious like like mysterious. >> yeah. like whodunit. it's a telenovella at this point. it really is. but did she want to keep him around? still remember they said a season? or isn't that what the experts said, right. she did kick him out.

yeah except for valentine's day. >> and then, you know, summer comes around, right? be a little single. >> and let's go outside. >> it is foggy in spots. we've been tracking that all morning long across the city. here's our rooftop camera. you can see that low visibility, a dense fog advisory is in effect for the valleys of the north bay and the east bay until 10 a.m. this morning. now today we have one final day where we have to include showers in the forecast to level one. we're not anticipating any intense downpours like we experienced in spots yesterday. tomorrow we are done with this storm system. dry weather returns and that will set the stage for a pretty dry pattern. our next significant storm probably not until the first weekend of march, so quite some time. here's live doppler seven this morning. we are just tracking scattered very light showers out there. we still have a little bit of energy in our atmosphere the next 12 hours, so that's why this afternoon we have to include the chance of a shower. snow is falling in the sierra winter weather advisory is in effect this morning. that snow will wrap up this

afternoon. back here at home. level one for widely scattered showers. a brief downpour is possible, but we're not anticipating any issues with flooding like we saw yesterday. in fact, our flood watch has been canceled across the region. here's future weather showing you. we get you into the afternoon. you get that peak daytime heating, the sun kind of adds a little bit of energy to the atmosphere here. creates some of these showers around 3:04 p.m. and then once the sun goes down, we lose that instigating factor. so we are done with this storm system tonight. and that means tomorrow is dry temperatures. today we'll get you into the upper 50 and lower 60 overnight. tonight we're dry with mainly clear skies and numbers in the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast level one today. and then that dry pattern begins tomorrow. heading into the weekend, very late sunday into early monday, a chance of a light shower, not getting a number on the storm impact scale. gloria, you know it is very foggy out there in some areas this morning, so be careful when you're driving. >> there is a fog advisory right now for the bay bridge, and this is a live look outside at our bay bridge toll plaza. camera

and the metering lights flipped on at 541. so traffic definitely is starting to build here. we're also continuing to follow a sig alert. this is in vacaville. this is creating a big backup there. this is a two car crash on westbound 80 before allison drive. so right now the speeds are down at 23mph. guys all right. >> thanks so much, gloria. good morning. america is coming up at seven right here on abc seven. >> and sam champion has a look at what's ahead. >> good morning amanda. hey julian. nice to see you guys. middle of the week. so we've got a lot going on. let's get going. coming up the story. we're all following this morning. the former fbi informant in court accused of lying about president biden and his son hunter. there are new allegations by government prosecutors. this morning. also this morning, a new mid-air scare to talk about. and we have questions for boeing. plus our series the science of you what women should know about the new at home menopause test, and how it may actually be very helpful to you and meet an impressive 14 year old who's trying to help teach other kids about financial literacy. what we can all learn

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morning is a dense fog advisory for the valleys of the north bay, and the east bay also crossed the city. we are seeing some thick fog. we're watching our numbers closely. they're kind of ebbing and flowing this morning. at some points we've been down to zero miles visibility right now. the worst spots novato, napa and livermore, down to a quarter of a mile visibility. here's our exploratorium camera. you see those clouds kind of on the eastern half of the bay bridge this morning. so a dense fog advisory until 10 a.m, then an isolated shower this afternoon. we're at a level one after the sun goes down. we are done with this storm. julian >> love to hear it. thank you. drew a new drone firstrillionesponder program will be integrated into emergency calls in fremont. city council approved the program to improve faster response times to

emergency incidents from crimes in progress, fires, traffic accidents and reports of dangerous subjects. a remote controlled drone will launch from fixed locations throughout the city anytime a 9-1-1 one comes on to dispatch it was first explored by fremont police and fire in 2022. it's the first joint public safety drone program in the country. well, this weekend, san francisco will celebrate the year of the dragon ahead of the festivities. we are getting a look at the plans for security. there as 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. 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 street. >> organizers say it is the largest celebration of its kind in the world. celebrate community black history and culture this weekend with abc seven. join me ama daetz and zach fuentes as we bring you the black joy parade streaming live from oakland on sunday at 1230. watch it wherever you stream abc seven news for all the details go to abc seven news.com/black joy parade. we had such a great time out there last year, and we hope to see you out there again this year. coming up next at 630, vying for votes, the main senate candidate squaring off in another debate. and a california ballerina is now in custody in russia, accused of treason. the so-called illegal activity she's accused of and here at 627, we take a live look outside on this wednesday, we'll take a short break. we'll be back

now at 630. thousands of americans are waking up to news their student loan debt will be forgiven. we'll tell you who takes advantage, according to a new announcement overnight from the white house. >> then two bay area schools set to reopen today after a tree fell on their campus yesterday in the heavy storms. drew is back to explain whether we'll see any more of this today. >> and don't be alarmed. but there is an old satellite falling to earth today, and experts aren't exactly sure where it's going to land. >> don't be alarmed. i am kind of very alarmed. what good morning everyone. it is wednesday, february 21st. >> we start you off with a look at the forecast with drew here on this wednesday. and finally we can see the light at the end of this rainy tunnel. >> also, i'm glad the earth is three fourths ocean, you know, so the odds are it's going into

the ocean. let's go outside. live doppler seven visibility. right now we have issues. a dense fog advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. for the north bay and the east bay. you can see why we're seeing areas like novato, livermore down to zero miles. visibility we also have some fog over the city right now. just be aware of that live doppler seven. some light isolated scattered showers out there. it's a level one today. we're not going to see the downpours like we saw yesterday. flooding is not a concern today. just left overs from the storm that will exit over the next 12 hours. from our exploratory camera. a mix of sun and clouds out there, dense fog early on giving way to an isolated shower this afternoon. most of us remain dry and after the sun goes down, that storm is out of here. let's see how the commute is going with gloria. good morning. good morning drew. >> good morning to everyone. it is super foggy out there. this morning. so if you are driving just be very careful out there on the roads. this is a live look from our richmond-san rafael bridge camera and it is hard to see out there and check out our overall map where the white is. that is where that heavy fog is. so if you look at these numbers here, the show you

the shows you the visibility. so zero miles in livermore for four miles and half moon bay, ten miles in mountain view, also in san jose. so it is going to be tough to see on the roads today. so again, just be very careful. look at your drive times for this morning from tracy to castro valley. it will take you 66 minutes. amanda >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. you're 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 howland 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 do know that protesters are expected to be out here at alta plaza park today for a rally and march in that same area where he's expected to be at for campaign fundraisers. 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, a 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 be in san francisco during president biden's visit today. president biden arrived in los angeles 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 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 in the la times is reporting a 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 a former state controller, steve westly, and back here live at alta plaza park, where protesters are expected to hold a march and rally 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. >> thank you so much, lena. new this morning, another 153,000 people will see student debt

relief starting today. that brings the total number of americans approved for relief to nearly 3.9 million. the borrowers are those enrolled in the newest student loan payment plan called save. anyone enrolled in save who took out less than $12,000 in initial loans and has been paying them down for the past ten years or more, will have their debt forgiven. >> the south carolina primary will remain a three person race, as former south carolina governor nikki haley is vowing to stay in the race. glory is at the live desk with this, and this comes as former president trump is showing a huge lead in the polls currently. gloria good morning. >> julianne, 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 the race 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. >> but 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 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 to new hampshire. the us virgin islands and 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'll have the latest on that. amanda, thank you so much, gloria. >> the leading four candidates vying for california's open

senate seat faced off in their final debate before the march primary. >> see, 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. mister 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. and with two weeks until california's primary, a new poll from emerson college shows a shift in the senate race. adam schiff remains the frontrunner, but republican candidate steve garvey is now in second place. he is seeing 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 on 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 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 have registered, you can visit register to vote aka.gov. that way you can check your status and confirm your address. only 52% of eligible californians voted in the last primary election, and of course, those election officials want to significantly increase that number this time around. california and sweden, they're renewing their commitment to the 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 back 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. >> officials say the aim of this renewed partnership is to broaden and develop relations in the areas of innovation and emerging technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence . new numbers appear to show that overall crime is falling in san francisco. data released by maryland and breed's office shows crimes like car, break-ins and retail theft dropped 39% in january compared to january of last year. property crime dropped 32. burglaries and robberies dropped 20 and 11, respectively, and violent crime fell 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, and mayor breed used a visit to a senior center in chinatown to highlight her efforts to fight crime. the

mayor did not directly refer to those new numbers, but 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 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. 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. >> this morning, the biden administration says it is aware of a los angeles woman who was being detained in russia. russian authorities arrested ksenia carolina for treason after she donated about $50 to

support ukraine. the 33 year old ballerina has dual u.s. and russia citizenship. however, russia does not recognize dual citizenship. it considers her only russian. she could face 20 years in prison. she is expected in front of a judge next thursday. that's the 29th. the white house plans to announce new sanctions against russia on friday to hold the country accountable for the death of alexei navalny, national security spokesman john kirby did not detail what will be in the sanctions package, but he did say the sanctions will also try to hold russia accountable for its ongoing war with ukraine . navalny, a russian opposition leader and critic of russian president vladimir putin, died in prison last week. >> the former fbi informant accused of making false bribery claims about president biden and his son hunter, has been released on bond. a jail released alexander smirnov under the condition that he restrict his travel hand over his passport and wear an ankle

monitor. smirnoff is charged with lying to the fbi. he claimed the bidens accepted millions in bribes from a ukrainian energy firm. federal prosecutors say smirnoff admitted that officials affiliated with russian intelligence were involved in passing along that story. prosecutors say it was all fabricated. house republicans have used smirnoff's bribery allegation as a justification for their long shot effort to impeach president biden. >> new developments in the deadly shooting after the kansas city chiefs super bowl celebration, two men charged with murder in the shooting were strangers who started firing their weapons after starting an argument. that's according to newly released court documents. both missouri residents have been charged with second degree murder and several weapons charges, according to records. both men were shot, then taken to the hospital after the incident, a 43 year old woman died and 22 others were injured as a result of the shooting. coming up here on abc seven mornings, the airline that is

increasing the fee for your first check bag by $10 and we are giving you a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we are down 110 points. it looks like another update on how the markets are doing next. >> then the town hall in capitola, a year after those severe storms damaged the wharf. >> 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. >> 643 you're taking a live look. this is the san mateo bridge and we are complete socked in with fog. this morning. we have a dense fog advisory in effect for portions of the north bay. the east bay. i would include the city in this as well, because we are seeing fog here to this until 10 a.m. so low visibility is your first issue this morning. later today, we do have the chance of a couple of isolated showers. you'll also notice it is colder out there this morning compared

to yesterday by about ten degrees. we are starting out in the 40s. live doppler seven this morning. some widely scattered light showers, mainly in the north bay right now. and that's the theme today. it's a level one. we are almost done with this storm widely scattered showers. we're expecting minimal issues. none of those downpours like we saw yesterday that did cause flooding across the city and in parts of the east bay. future weather showing you by 330 this afternoon, there's that chance of an isolated shower. but once the sun goes down, that chance is done and that storm is moving out. we'll get you your highs into the upper 50s and lower 60s today, a dry pattern begins tomorrow. we'll show you that on the seven day coming up in ten minut

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on top of a major storm that hit the wharf last year, causing nearly $250,000 in damage. david morris owns one of the shops that will be taken down. he says he's worried about how the move will impact his family and his employees. they've stood behind me. >> we fight, we argue, we cry, we laugh and they don't have a job to come back to. if i don't have something back out there. the boat and bait shop, along with the wharf house restaurant, will be demolished. >> both have been redtagged since january. the north bay saw its share of flooding from the storms. a woman had to be rescued in forestville after getting stranded in a car. a number of other roads are under water and people are being told they should be ready to evacuate because of the potential for more flooding. >> be prepared. we want to really preach resilience in our community, says have a go bag, have a plan, check on your neighbors, your elderly neighbors only and laguna high

schools are expected to reopen in sebastopol today. >> yesterday. they had to close after a tree came down on campus . >> 647 right now it's time for your morning money report. if you fly american airlines, you may want to skip checking that bag. the airline has raised its checked luggage fee from 30 to $40 for the first bag. it's $35 for people who prepay online. america's biggest rivals delta and united, both charge $30 for that first bag. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange now as trading gets underway, you can see things are falling here. we're trading about 117 points down on this wednesday morning. >> banknotes featuring king charles will begin circulating in june. the new round of notes featuring the king will only count for five, ten, 20 and 50 pounds. they'll only replace those that are worn and to meet any increase in demand for notes, the notes with queen elizabeth the second will circulate alongside that of king charles. he will be the second

monarch to be featured on the bank of england's banknotes. educators of color are coming together as a part of the golden state warriors black history month celebration. the warriors shared this video from the launch of the minds right program yesterday. its goal is to increase the retention of male educators of color in oakland and san francisco schools. people took part in conversations about mental health, music and healing. grammy award winner rhymefest and mistah fab were also there. >> it is never too late to go back to school, as you know and 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 might help him. >> i coached on my clinical

practice in general. three of 2022 and within a month i got so bored. >> doctor fung is also the board member of the el camino health district and a leader of the hospital stroke program. his professors 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. >> uh- to tenacious and tenacity . definitely the words that come to mind. >> congratulations doctor fung, that's awesome. >> inspiration. never too late to switch it up. you want to go to business school? do it. why not? very cool for him. got it. all right, let's go outside this morning. it is fog. that is the big concern. early on. here's san jose right now. 101 and 880. you can see we have low visibility right now. it's not

just here. it's in the east bay, the north bay, even across the city. a dense fog advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. one more day of showers in the forecast. the level one today for wide scattered showers out there. dry weather returns here tomorrow. have sunshine and that dry pattern will last for quite some time. the next significant storm meaning heavy rain probably not until the first weekend of march . here's live doppler seven along with satellite still under the influence of this low pressure that's making landfall in the pacific northwest and southern california went under a flash flood warning in l.a. early this morning, similar to what happened across the city yesterday. it's a level one today. we're not expecting any flooding issues today, just some scattered showers out there, maybe a brief downpour, but it won't amount to much to cause concern. here's future weather as we get into the peak daytime heating. that's when we'll find the chance of those showers by about 3:04 p.m. once the sun goes down, you lose that instigating factor. so after sunset, we're done with this storm and we enter a dry pattern. finally, today, we'll

find those temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. tonight we are dry. will likely see some areas of dense fog developing once again. it's chilly too, those numbers dipping into the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast level one today and tomorrow we are dry and that dry pattern continues into the weekend. late at night, sunday into early monday morning. could have a light sprinkle. not getting a number on the storm. impacts on those temperatures in the 60s. gloria, you know if you are driving this morning, be careful because the fog is so thick in some areas, it may be hard for you to see. >> check this out. this is a live look mateo-hayward bridge camera. you could barely even see any of the lights from the cars, unless you look super close. and that's because it is completely fogged out here from the toll plaza to foster city. it will take you 16 minutes right now and then check out our map right here where the white is. that's where it's really foggy. so if we look here in livermore, zero miles of visibility, very hard to see there. areas like half moon bay seeing visibility of four miles.

so just drive extra carefully today because of that fog, we're also continuing to track this sigalert this is over on westbound 80 before allison drive. and this is in vacaville creating some major delays there. amanda. >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. a new proposal would offer free books on drug recovery at san francisco public library branches. if approved, san francisco would be the first in the nation to do so. 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 distributed. >> 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. and tickets, they're getting pricey. the average cost for messi season debut today is about $185 a piece. that is a 585% increase in 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, they'll be playing 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. they are set to be released in theaters. in 2027. your kids of the gold rush and round, round, round, round, second round. >> by now, you probably know that's beyonce's new song, texas hold'em, which debuted in the top spot of billboard's hot country songs chart. she is the first woman to have topped both that and the hot r&b hip-hop songs charts since the list started in 1958. her other new song, 16 carriages, is number nine on the chart. they. will both be on beyonce's next album,

which is expected to be released on march the 29th. >> look out for space junk a dead 5,000 pound european satellite, is falling back to the earth and is expected to burn up the atmosphere and burn up in the atmosphere. i should say today that the satellites mission officially ended 13 years ago and has been gradually making its way back to earth since 2011, experts say. the biggest fragment that could land would weigh about 115 pounds. the european space agency says any fragments that reach the planet's surface won't contain any harmful substances, and will most likely fall into the ocean. that's the great news. and up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> and of course, you can watch all of our newscast live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, and amazon fire tv and roku. download the app and start streaming now. and as we head to head to break here at 655, here's a live look outside

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advisory in effect until 10 a.m. this morning for low visibility. we are also at a level one today. a light storm, because we have some leftover showers we have to deal with this afternoon. a brief downpour is possible, but minimal issues are expected. not expecting any flooding? look at that fog from our golden gate bridge camera. we'll show you that fog early on, giving way to an isolated shower this afternoon after sunset. the rain is out of here. >> number two, if you are driving this morning, it is super foggy out there so may be hard to see. this is a live look right now in san jose and if you take bart, just keep in mind because of the wet weather, trains are running at slower speeds. so expect delays. >> number three, president biden will return to the bay area later today as part of a three day trip to california. he is set to attend fundraisers in san francisco and los altos. yesterday, he arrived in los angeles. number four, if you are not registered to vote starting today, you can fill out a conditional voter registry

option. >> this will allow you to get a ballot to participate in the march 5th primary. >> number five, 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 six, a group of san francisco business owners. they filed claims against the city demanding the removal of the controversial valencia street bike lane. the group wants compensation for financial losses. they say the latest caused them. the city has 45 days to respond. >> 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. >> so you're going to get kicked off if you don't do it by by, by by, you're not going to get me. >> listen, that blue check has

already disappeared. and so many on so many other platforms now they're like, we're going to bring it back. >> it's going to be a way to say that you're real. hopefully. yeah, i think you are dating online, though. >> i think that makes sense. you want to make sure that it's a real person. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> you need the video. uh- >> good morning america. new allegations about the man at the center of house republicans attempt to impeach president biden. charged. the former fbi informant accused of lying about the president and his son in court. the special counsel suggests he had ties to russian intelligence. the american ballerina detained in russia, charged with treason. and the white house plans to announce major new sanctions against russia. what we know about the harsh penalties.