a storm is expected to bring rain tonight. yeah. >> and this system could last a while. here's a look at current conditions both in the bay area and across the state. at the top of your screen. live pictures from san francisco and san jose. on the bottom, that's santa cruz and zephyr cove at south lake tahoe. >> there's only one more week of winter. spring starts next tuesday, march 19th. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is tracking the rain tonight and tomorrow morning. >> sandy. yeah, and this system is coming in just as the last one dan and arma moved out this morning. we did have showers in the south and east bay that next system is already bringing wet weather and snow to the mountains up in northern california. we've seen a few showers as far south as the ukiah area. most of this is actually evaporating before it hits the ground, but that will change as this light level one storm is on its way. and just in a matter of hours, we'll start to notice wet pavement here. so 7:00 tonight, north bay is getting the rain. by 11 p.m. it's starting to move into san francisco. parts of the east bay. and while you sleep, you'll

see some of that wet weather continuing tomorrow morning, though plan on a slower ride as scattered showers will be around between 4 and 8 a.m. those winds will pick up, but not terribly strong. it will get a little breezy tomorrow as that front comes in and behind the front. we will continue to see breezy conditions on our storm impact scale. this is a light level one rain arrives and spreads tonight. scattered showers for your tuesday and breezy at times. we do have a major shift in the pattern. i'm going to be back to tell you all about it coming up. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks very much. you know, it's been one year today since the town of pah'-ha-roe in monterey county was flooded by a levee breach. many people were evacuated from their homes for weeks. some were not able to return at all. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with those still affected by the flood. >> memories of a terrifying wake up call as a flooding disaster unfolded around midnight when they went around knocking on our doors that we needed to leave

because the levee had actually broken and they didn't know how much time we had left to actually get out safely. now, a year after the pah'-huh-roe levee breach, some residents tell us their neighbors are still living in hotels. residents tell me that there is still mud and debris here in the streets from more than a year ago, something they say is a heartbreaking reminder of what they've been through. >> we still feel forgotten sometimes. i here we are a year later. we haven't had any street sweeping. >> like most of the community, ruth ruiz and her family were evacuated from their home. what they came back to two and a half weeks later was devastating. >> it was just a disaster. we had lost everything and the recovery is ongoing. >> dimos la ropa todo this woman telling us that she lost all of her furniture, clothes and other belongings. >> she's one of the many residents who lined up at the local catholic church hours before a food distribution started. some of the other people we spoke with had been able to get aid through fema. >> comida pues ropa para uno. >> this man telling us he was

able to buy some food and clothes with the federal aid. but many, including pah'-ha-row undocumented residents, don't qualify for federal assistance. monterey county is working to fill in gaps. this month, they launched the pah'-ha-roe unmet needs disaster assistance program. >> we don't have any residential , requirements like the federal government does. so in other words, people do not need to be u.s. citizens to apply for this. >> the county received $20 million from the state for the program, 10 million to go directly to households and businesses, the other ten to go to infrastructure and community improvements to prevent a repeat of the levee breach, though that work is still being done, ruiz said many residents still live with a sense of panic after what they've been through. >> every time you see it, like it's going to be raining for a few days, it's that trauma. you just think back that it's going to happen again. >> in pah'-ha-row. zach fuentes, abc seven news a parachute is credited today with helping a family survive a small plane crash in a rugged area. >> take a look at this. rescuers say the plane went down friday in a heavily wooded area on the mendocino, humboldt county line. a family of three, including a

two year old child, was on board. first responders say no one was seriously hurt thanks to the aircraft's built in parachute system. >> people in shelter cove and whale gulch witnessed a plane lose power and start to head towards the mountains, and shortly after that, one of the kind of miracle miraculous things was, that plane was equipped with a built in parachute. so the plane was able to slowly float down, into the forest below. that's the first time i've seen it in person. >> the family is from santa rosa. it's unknown at this point why their plane went down just minutes after takeoff. a new warden is now in charge. after a major shakeup at the federal women's prison in dublin. this just hours after fbi agents seized computers and documents from the facility. this prison has been the center of a sexual abuse investigation involving former staff. here's abc seven news reporter ryan curry. >> fbi agents going into the federal prison in dublin carrying boxes, sources tell abc news. investigators took computers, hard drives and documents the fbi didn't say why

they are searching the prison, but this site has been the center of an ongoing investigation of sexual misconduct. >> it doesn't surprise me, given what we've heard from people in dublin for the last like few months and even years, as the fbi says they're conducting court authorized law enforcement activity, but they wouldn't share many more details. >> other than that, the bureau of prisons says there's been a change in leadership since the old warden is gone and a new one is in place. the bureau of prisons, releasing a statement saying recent developments have necessitated new executive employees be installed at the institution. we can't confirm ante mckinney has been assigned as the interim warden at fci dublin, effective immediately. >> they referred to it as a rape club. >> former congresswoman jackie speier says she was looking into the conditions during her last few months of office. she says the prison denied her access to inmates. >> and i came to the facility. i wanted to speak to certain inmates there because i was told that they had been raped and

they resisted letting me meet with them. >> at least eight employees, including a former warden and chaplain, have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. five have pled guilty and two were convicted at trial. emily shapiro with the california coalition for women prisoners says survivors she spoke with had to endure horrifying conditions. >> like a few times when we've gone in to visit people, after we've left, we've heard everyone that had a visit was strip searched. and so when you're coming to talk to people about the sexual abuse you've experienced, and then you're getting strip searched for talking about it, that can be very traumatic. >> both she and the former congresswoman are calling on the department of justice to investigate the entire system, to get rid of abuse against women. they say no one should suffer abuse while incarcerated. >> there has to be a performance review that is rigorous and robust so that if you are a prison guard and are of the old culture that somehow tolerated

that kind of conduct, you needed to be terminated in dublin. >> ryan curry, abc seven news, uc berkeley jewish students and supporters staged a march in a rally on campus today. >> they're calling on the university to enforce its policies and make sure that jewish students can walk through campus and feel welcome and have equal rights to free speech. >> the administration's continued complacency only emboldens those who want to hurt jews. >> today, the university responded to the jewish group's call to remove yellow tape that had blocked sather gate for weeks. now, the palestinian group that put up the tape quickly replaced it with a banner, which someone unaffiliated with the march then walked through soon afterwards. the university says it will allow the banner to stay, fearing that using law enforcement to clear it would, quote, create turmoil. it's been almost a week since california's march primary, and the only statewide measure on the ballot is still too close to call. >> proposition one would use

billions in bonds to provide housing for the homeless and the mentally ill. currently, yes, votes are outpacing no about 50% to 49. voter turnout for the election is just 26% so far. that's the lowest turnout in about a decade. ballots are still being counted. mailed ballots can take up to a week to arrive and are still valid. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey takes a closer look at turnout around the bay area, county by county, and what could improve it. >> almost a week since super tuesday and the votes are still coming in at the santa clara county registrar of voters office. even with plenty of work to do, the overall turnout was not quite as super as the county wanted so far, we are seeing about 30% turnout rate as of all the ballots that we've counted thus far. >> we still have about 57,000 ballots that are still yet to be counted, despite more counting, santa clara county will likely see lower turnout than the 2022 primary. >> there was hope that vote by mail would increase participation, but data from the

california secretary of state's office shows declines across the bay area. san francisco, santa clara, san mateo all with modest dips. alameda county, meanwhile, saw total voters cut in half, so we usually see lower turnout in primary elections versus the general election. >> but this primary was particularly low, maybe even a record low for turnout in california. and frankly, we're seeing this, you know, across the country, san jose state political science professor melinda jackson says low turnout leads to results that don't truly represent the population, a concern of the latino coalition of silicon valley executive director gabriela chavez. >> lopez and her team worked hard to turn the turnout tides around before the election. she's disappointed to see such low numbers. it's just not a top priority for folks. >> people are trying to put food on the table. they're trying to make money in order to live here in silicon valley. so voting tends to be put on the back burner for many folks and many working families, which we

understand. >> chavez lopez wants to see changes made to increase turnout, maybe eliminating the primary and moving to a ranked choice voting system where voters rank candidates by preference, streamline that process, and meeting voters where they're at is something that ranked choice voting does. >> the city of oakland has it. the city of sacramento has it. so i think, as the center of innovation, i believe that san jose could do something similar, anything to try and increase participation. >> on the heels of another low year in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and we are keeping track of every local race from super tuesday. the results are on abc seven news.com. >> happening today, vice president kamala harris is hitting the campaign trail here in the bay area. she landed at sfo executive terminal from los angeles just after 1 p.m. today. san francisco mayor london breed and california's lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis greeted her. the vice president spoke at a lunch at the fairmont hotel this afternoon. the first of two campaign fundraisers. president biden, meantime, spoke

at the national league of cities conference in washington. he talked about bringing order to the border through a bipartisan bill that would hire more security agents, more immigration judges to handle a backlog of cases, and more drug detection machines to stop fentanyl from entering the states. >> we have to end the games. we have to deal. this deal is about a win for america, your cities and towns. you all face the issue every single day, so it matters to you, your community, to tell your members in congress to show up. show a little spine and pass the bipartisan border security bill. >> he also spoke about the federal budget he released today, saying it has a plan for 2 million more affordable homes, including a building, renovating and converting empty building space into housing, housing and urban development. secretary marcia fudge, meantime, announced today that she's going to retire later this month. this is only the second time a cabinet secretary has left during the biden administration. president biden thanked fudge

for her service and called her time at the department transformational. fudge is the second black woman to lead the hud. she spoke with abc seven news reporter julian glover for the abc seven originals documentary called low balled, which highlighted systemic problems with the appraisal industry and led to change at the federal level. >> your home is valued for $25,000, less than two doors down from you. how does that happen to the hud secretary? >> you know, because i live in a black neighborhood. >> award winning documentary is available on demand. find it on the abc seven bay area app or low bald dot abc. >> coming up next, can wider freeways solve bay area traffic problems? one expert says that's not a long terme solution. also ahead 207 now that's really school. >> but there's a reason this bay area family has a landline and they're fighting to

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new research is proving what we already know, right? traffic in the bay area is bad. transportation analytics company inrix found drivers lose 97 hours a year sitting in traffic in our area. so that's bringing up an age old question. could widening freeways help ease the congestion? a uc davis researcher looked into that question. she found that bumping freeways from three lanes to four would only be a short terme solution. she says it's a simple issue of supply and demand. >> we add capacity, we reduce the effective cost of driving

because we make things go a little bit faster and people make choices that lead to more driving. in total, they may make trips that they wouldn't have made otherwise. they may choose more distant destinations. >> bay area transportation planners are currently considering widening 101 from south san francisco to the city in order to add an extra express lane. we need to do as much as we can. traffic is pretty brutal. >> definitely. all right. let's get to the weather because that rain is coming back. >> it is. meteorologist sandyha patel tracking that for us. sandy. >> yeah. and we're going to get a little more snow coming back into the picture. dan and anna, let me show you a live picture from zephyr cove tonight where we are seeing snow on the ground, 102% of average for the snowpack right now on live doppler seven, we are seeing some moisture up in the clouds, but that's not actually hitting the ground. the front is still up in northern california, where they are seeing some rain and snow showers. the pacific northwest getting that wet weather. we will see it in the matter of just a few hours. last

night. if you recall, we had some rain and it continued into this morning for parts of the south and east bay. so rainfall so far last 24 hours, san rafael picking up 6000/100 of an inch. half moon bay three quarters of an inch. about a quarter in san francisco. oakland six hundredths in san jose and fairfield only three hundredths of an inch in livermore. a live view from our sutro tower camera and the clouds are stacked up mid to upper 50s san francisco, hayward, oakland right now, san jose 59 and san mateo is at 56 degrees, still dry on the golden gate bridge. that will be changing 54 in santa rosa, 52 petaluma, you're in the mid 50s for concord and livermore. and a nice view from santa cruz. camera tonight. our next round of rain arrives wednesday and thursday. gusty offshore winds will develop and that will bring us warmer weather. much warmer as a matter of fact, for mid to late week. but it is certainly something that will be keeping an eye on as those winds could knock down a few trees tonight. it's a level one going into tomorrow. rain arrives and spreads this evening. scattered

showers for your tuesday and it will be breezy at times. so 7:00 tonight. the rains in the north bay by 10 p.m. you're starting to see that wet weather in the east bay parts of san francisco while you're sleeping. 2 a.m. light to moderate rain passing through with the front and then scattered showers behind the front. 5:00 tomorrow morning going into 8 a.m. so there will be some damp roadways for the commute. 11 a.m. still some spotty showers and then early in the afternoon, we'll call it isolated showers before this system moves on. in terms of rainfall, we are expecting additional about 15 hundredths to a third of an inch of rain. some of the wetter spots could pick up up to a half an inch in the mountains. this is a winter weather advisory until 5 p.m. tomorrow, 4 to 8in above 5000ft higher over the peaks, and they are expecting gusty winds up to 40 miles an hour. your morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s. i would grab the umbrella before you leave because we will have those spotty showers around tomorrow afternoon. we'll even see some sun breaks, so we'll call it 50s and 60s for your

highs. the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a level one for tomorrow. scattered showers expected. bright and breezy on wednesday. those winds ramp up on thursday and the temperatures will come up as a result of the offshore winds. certainly springlike weather with low to mid 70s friday saturday sunday. saint patrick's day and above average temperatures continuing into monday. so this could be the last system for a while before the seasons change. ama and dan. all right. >> thanks, sandhya. >> well, a new study suggests that an extreme weather event may have taken a deadly toll on a key population of whales. >> abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian has more on heating oceans and the humpbacks . >> humpback whales may put on a majestic show off our coast, but deep at sea, they've been falling prey to a changing ocean environment that could be a threat in the future. a new study now estimates that some 7000 humpbacks may have starved to death in the northern pacific, with their population dropping as much as 20% over

roughly a decade. >> what that implies is either lower rate of reproduction or mortality rates are up, or both, and i suspect it's a combination of both. and so the paper argues that it's a basically starvation. >> peter roopnarine is with the california academy of sciences institute of biodiversity, 8-80 while he was not involved in the study, he is very familiar with an ocean phenomenon that may have played a deadly role a marine heat wave known as the blob, so strong it's believed to have increased temperatures in the northern pacific by as much as ten degrees for several years, devastating the ocean food chain. >> fewer resources, less food. all of the consumers out there are competing for this food, and they're both. the whales now are competing directly with those other organisms. like many of these fish, i've seen humpback whales lunge feeding out here. >> gray whales passing through from time to time.

>> becca lane studies risk factors for whales at the marine mammal center in marin county. she's quick to point out that humpbacks frequenting the bay area coast belonged to a different migration group from the northern pacific population profiled in the study. but she says warming ocean temperatures from alaska to california have also strained the food chain for populations here, including humpbacks and gray whales, often pushing them closer to our shores. >> we are seeing them try to have more flexibility in what prey they go after, which often means that they come further inshore, which means that they're further or they're closer to human interactions like vessel strike and entanglement. >> lane, along with a number of other groups, have helped to develop warning systems designed to keep coastal whales safer from ship strikes. while out on the deeper ocean, researchers believe changes related to climate change could increase stresses on humpback populations in the future. >> these anomalies, like the blob, these heat waves they are

predict to and this seems to be coming true. predicted to become more intense, perhaps increasing the urgency of understanding and combating the effects of climate change in san francisco. >> spencer christian, abc seven news. >> and that marine heat wave known as the blob had a destructive impact along our coast. as well. >> it really did. the marine mammal center says it treated a record number of animals near its height in 2015, including a thousand starving california sea lion pups. >> get off your phone next. how many teens think they have too much screen time and what their parents think when asked the same question about their chevy silverado with the turbomax engine and best-in-class standard torque. and the chevy silverado hd with up to 14 available camera views. do more in a chevy truck, get yours now. get $5000 total value on silverado ltz

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at&t to end landline service for thousands of californians. san mateo county officials are meeting with representatives

from the utility today to talk about this proposal. abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow found one family who says even in 2024, they need their landline. >> the beauty of woodside is certainly something to talk about. come on in. but talking by phone from woodside is another story. brianna vail has lived here 29 years, and she has the relics to prove it. >> we have wired and a landline here, and it's a candlestick phone, an antique phone, and it's a wired. so you can dial the rotary to zero seven entertainment purposes, we do use a modern phone. >> the vail family needs a landline. >> we do have power when the power is out, because we have a generator that powers the whole home. >> but the generator doesn't power the wifi router. this is my new generator, which the vales need to use a cell phone inside their home. >> we have about an hour and a half of time and then the wifi goes out. we have no television, we have no computer. we have no

phones. we have nothing. >> san mateo county district three supervisor ray mueller says county officials are meeting with at&t to better understand what's going on, according to the california public utilities commission, at&t has submitted two proposals to remove its obligation to provide voice services in its service territories. >> it's about someone who's sitting there in a natural hazard scenario, with a fire bearing down on them, or completely cut off in a storm system who may have other ailments. not being able to reach out and call 911 because they have no means of communication, they're completely isolated. >> so last year we had an eight day outage. there are seven days we would not have any kind of communication for police, fire or ambulance. >> we're getting up in years and we think it's important for us to be able to call for medical attention and fire department and police. >> last month, at&t wireless network went down for customers across the u.s. thomas steed is the chairman of the association of belltel retirees. >> it's the entire electrical grid in the united states went dark. your landline phones will

still work because our central office generate our own power automatically. >> in an emailed statement, at&t tells abc seven news it is not canceling landline service in california, writing, quote, no customer will be disconnected and we're working with the remaining consumers who use traditional landline service to upgrade to newer technologies. but that broadband internet goes out in these natural hazard events, which is why opponents like the vail family say landlines should be here to stay. the san mateo county board of supervisors meeting is open to the public at 9 a.m. tuesday. there's also a california public utilities commission virtual public hearing on the 19th in the newsroom. melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> did you spot the panda? it's the unofficial mascot for the company. ringing the closing bell. infrastructure it's called an education technology company based in utah. stocks ended today mixed as wall street looks ahead to the latest consumer price index that will be

released tomorrow morning. today the dow was up 47 points. the nasdaq dropped 65 and the s&p was essentially flat. >> history was made today for sweden after 200 years of neutrality and non-alignment. the nation is now officially a member of nato. sweden's flag was raised at nato headquarters today to cement the country's place as the 32nd member of the alliance. >> now we are entering a new era. we will transform from following nato to being nato. i do look forward to this important task. >> russia's invasion of ukraine prompted sweden to seek nato alliance. sweden's membership completes a strategic ring of native territory around the baltic sea. the country now benefits from the alliance's collective security guarantee, a vowed that an attack on one of them will be met by a response from them all. >> where were you four years ago? it was on this day, march 11th, 2020, when the world health organization declared covid 19 a pandemic. it was days

after the grand princess cruise ship docked in oakland, with 21 people on board, confirmed to have the virus. on march 19th, 2020, california became the first state to issue a stay at home order for all residents. by the time the first vaccines were administered in december of 2020, more than the virus had claimed more than 319,000 lives. and now covid is responsible for killing more than 1 million people in the united states. abc seven news contributor doctor alok patel joins us in the studio today to talk about the lessons learned from the covid pandemic. >> being cognizant about the fact that we have a scientific fact of what a virus can do, but the fact that there are so many different sectors of society and preparedness and surveillance really does look completely different. >> he mentioned the importance of preparedness right now, as the cdc is wrestling with a nationwide measles outbreak, cases have been reported in 17 states, including california, a san francisco program aimed at

helping the unhoused return to their hometowns is front and center today, mayoral candidate asha safai is calling on the board of supervisors to make the program law. >> but mayor london breed tells abc seven news reporter tara campbell it's an unnecessary move that will only bog down the system. >> it's a program designed to help unhoused people in san francisco return to their loved ones in other communities, making the connections and even buying the bus tickets. homeward bound began in 2005 under then mayor gavin newsom, and monday supervisor asha sapphire led the way as the rules committee took the first step in making it law, which would require annual reporting. >> and we ensured that the human services agency, along with department of homeless supportive housing, are elevating this program and putting it front and center as part of the toolkit, the mayoral candidate says the city has been letting the program falter since the covid 19 pandemic served. over 11,000 people from the life of the program. unfortunately,

around 2018 2019, under mayor london breed, it got buried in the bureaucracy and it stopped being utilized. >> but mayor london breed says it's an unnecessary move. >> i don't even know why there's even any attention or wasted time on whatever the supervisor is doing, because it's already happening. >> the mayor says. the pandemic hit the program hard. it's something nonprofits also saw homework found slowed down as a program during the pandemic because, public transportation wasn't accessible. >> you know, we weren't able to put people on busses and, and get them to where they they wanted to go. >> meanwhile, the mayor says changes they made last year are helping the program recover. >> this year, we've helped over 300 people actually reunite it with their friends or family members in other places, and she's confident they're on their way to pre-pandemic levels. in my state of the city address, i

made it clear that we are making a commitment to help reunite 1000 people within the year, and we are on track to do that. >> the rules committee is expected to pass the homeward bound legislation next week, putting it up for discussion by the board of supervisors. tara campbell, abc seven news coming up next, turning oscar gold into green money, winning the oscar for best documentary short turns out to be very good publicity for the l

its highest rating in four years, and the fun didn't end with oscar night this morning at the dolby theater, a special taping of live with kelly and mark for their after the oscars show, people started lining up overnight to sit in the audience . some lucky contest winners got front row seats, including peter and ken, along with service dog gigi from san francisco. >> it was fun to be up front. you know, see? see, kelly and mark up close. >> it was fun just being here in this theater where all those people were all those stars were

last night and just sitting up front and getting to see kelly and mark. it was really fun. >> he's actually been a winner on their regular their phone out contest multiple times. so it's kind of exciting to be here in person. >> you can watch live with kelly and mark every weekday at 9 a.m. here on abc seven. >> the last repair shop won the oscar for best documentary short. it beat out three other bay area nominees in that category, including a story of two fremont grandmothers and their filmmakers, a filmmaker grandson, nai-nai and wei po. the last repair shop is about the last remaining workshop that services instruments for the los angeles unified school district. >> donations and support are now pouring in after the oscar win. reporter anabel munoz, from our sister station in los angeles, has the story. >> directors chris bowers and ben proudfoot are still holding on to their oscar statuettes, but they're eager to share them. >> we are the custodians of this thing, but it belongs to the whole group of people, and it

also belongs to the people in the film. >> they're filmed. the last repair shop won the oscar for best documentary short. the film features the handful of technicians who repair instruments for lausd students, and the children who play them offer vulnerable testimonies about the impact the instruments have on them. i think that recognition just means so much, but also the fact that we made this film about people that weren't thinking about being seen in this way, and to have them be seen by this community, i think means, even more. roosevelt high junior and saxophonist ismael calcano and palms middle school sixth grader and violinist portia brinker walked the red carpet with the directors. portia you brought your violin. >> what does that tell me? it's for pictures. >> so brinker led the way to the stage when they won the oscar. >> bowers, a composer from la, has worked on tv shows, documentaries and films. it's his first oscar.

>> each of those moments felt like a pretty long time, and i watched it and it went by so fast. but other than that, i think just trying to keep up with porsche going down the proudfoot is from nova scotia, canada, and this is his second in 2021. >> they were nominated in the same category as co-directors and i don't know what came over me. >> i just reached out and grabbed steven spielberg's hand and said thank you to him because he's who inspired me to be a filmmaker. >> their work is moving people into action. they launched a campaign to raise $15 million for the repair shop. they described the film as a love letter to l.a. and say the award belongs to it, too. they plan to leave one statuette at the repair shop for some time, and take another on a tour of lausd schools. >> it is la's oscar, and we're happy to hang on to it, but we hope to be able to share it with everybody over the coming weeks and months. >> annabelle munoz, abc seven news. from the winners to the red carpet to the local connections, find your oscars recap at abc seven news.com.

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before taxes are due. united way bay area is sponsoring this helpful opportunity for you to get your questions answered by tax professionals by sending them in right now, go to abc7 news.com. click on seven on your side and you'll find the form right there. then watch on friday here on abc seven. >> gas prices are going up in san francisco. it's now 505 per gallon according to triple a, that's $0.33 higher than a month ago, and nearly the same price as a year ago. triple a says blame. the combination of higher demand and tighter supply. >> all right, take a look at all

the snow in the sierra right now because of our recent storms. this is palisade tahoe. the resort says it usually gets 400in of snow in the winter. so far, it's up to 324in. that's 27ft of snow. wow in total, it's been a pretty good season up there. >> yeah, and maybe more snow coming. >> yeah that's right sandy is talking about that. that as well as rain here. sandy >> absolutely. there is more snow coming. and dan and anna a couple of inches fell over the last 24 hours. they do have a winter weather advisory in the sierra until 5 p.m. tomorrow. as they're expecting several more inches. certainly snow moving across parts of the northern california mountains, across the northern sierra. we do have some showers, rain showers, that iss up to the north as well. right now, all that moisture you're seeing here locally is not hitting the ground, except in places like ukiah. this light level one storm will bring us rain. so in the next few hours, do expect the roads to start turning wet first in the north bay at 8 p.m. and then at 11 p.m. san francisco, the east bay, while you're sleeping, the

rain is falling. at 2 a.m. we'll get most of it out of here. but tomorrow morning, the commute will still include scattered showers between 5 and 8 a.m, isolated for the afternoon, and then the system is gone. so it is a level one on our storm impact scale. tonight through tomorrow, rain arrives and spreads scattered showers for your tuesday. breezy at times. here are your highs for your tuesday. partly to mostly cloudy 50s and 60s. look at wednesday bumping up those temperatures into the upper 60s. by thursday, offshore winds develop. we go to the low 70s and by friday we're talking mid 70s, well above average for this time of year. accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one. tomorrow we dry out. we warm up just in time for saint patrick's day weekend. oh yeah, really, i mean mid 70s. it's going to feel like spring a little early. >> ama and dan we'll take it. >> yes we will. thanks, sandy. >> all right. chris alvarez is here with sports chris. >> all right. so you don't think football in march but over the weekend you had brock purdy got married. very cool. and fred warner had a baby boy today or

recently. so we're not going to talk about that. we're talking about other stuff about football. when you think march madness basketball usually comes to mind, but football free agency opens up the moves the niners are making, alo

march madness nfl style is underway. the new league year

officially begins wednesday afternoon, but today deals can be agreed to in principle. eric armstead and the niners couldn't come to terms on a restructured deal, so he's going to be released. he was the longest tenured niner, while the niners tendered a one year deal to wideout jauan jennings. former bills pass rusher leonard floyd has agreed to a two year, $20 million deal with the 40 niners. he won a super bowl with the rams a few seasons ago. last season in buffalo, tied a career high with ten and a half sacks. within the last hour, the niners agreeing to a two year, $18 million dollar deal with former panthers defensive end yetur gross-matos. the niners will not pursue free agent chase young this off season. russell wilson got the quarterback carousel started last night. he's going to pittsburgh. former vikings quarterback kirk cousins headed to the atlanta falcons. four years, 180,000,100. that guaranteed cousins tore his right achilles in week eight

last season. he missed the rest of that year. he's coming off an injury. he played well against the niners last year. running back saquon barkley staying in the nfc east. the former new york giant is headed to the philadelphia eagles, agreeing to a three year, $37.75 million deal. his average annual salary now second among running backs, just behind 40 niners star christian mccaffrey, former raiders running back now josh jacobs is headed to the green bay packers. four year, $48 million deal for him. the 26 year old former first round pick had a career season two years ago. in a related move, the packers released starting running back aaron jones for the second straight game. no. stephen curry for the warriors as he recovers from an ankle sprain. it's going to be reevaluated tomorrow for the second straight game. warriors taking on the spurs. the western conference worst team beat the dubs by 13 saturday night, and now they have victor wembanyama back in the lineup. klay thompson back in the starting lineup. warriors 21st different lineup this season. didn't see wemby the other night, but here he is here. that's just way too easy. left handed push shot early on. then the start of the second. that's like when i dunked on my nerf hoop when i was a kid. he doesn't have to jump. chris paul to tj d for the

alley oop. cp3 had 11 points, four rebounds in the first half in place of steph brandon the santa clara kid to klay. splash spurs led by two at the half. third quarter now trace jackson davis little fake handoff and the dunk oh my with authority as larry biel would say. and then moments later in the fourth chris paul to tj d throws it down. it's nice to be tall and can jump. warriors up 92 to 78 in the fourth quarter. they need to win these games down the stretch. all right. high school state basketball tournaments wrapped up this weekend. congrats to the oakland high girls basketball team. they won the d five state title over montgomery on friday. meanwhile the oakland tech boys, the ama mater of nba star damian lillard, won the d2 state title over centennial bakersfield. congrats to all the local teams that made the state journey. that is quite a ride and thanks to our friends. speaking of ride up at sonoma raceway, their repaved their course. excuse me that was complete. and today they held first laps, a drive for charity event. this is pretty cool. so participants got a chance to drive around the track and proceeds went to charity vintage car racing takes over this coming weekend up

sonoma, the annual nascar weekend coming in june. towards the end of summer. abc seven sports is sponsored by your northern california honda. dealers look like good weather up there today. up in sonoma? no, it was perfect because in between storms other than the showers in the south and east, bay this morning. >> chris, you feel the need for speed. >> yeah, i think there's a little bit of a limit though. everybody wants to drive really fast. i think. yeah, you gotta take it easy a little bit like normal. yeah >> thanks, chris. >> all right. tonight on abc seven at eight. it's the bachelor at ten. bad romance, a special edition of 2020. then, of course, as always, stay right here with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. you can get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news. we thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel, chris alvarez. >> all of us here. we appreciate your time. have a great evening and we'll see you again at 11. p

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