good morning. almost 5:01. i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. it is a friday morning. man did we have weather overnight still in the bay area, some of it. lisa argen is tracking the storm. >> line that went through last night right now it is to the south of us. the worst weather around san luis obispo, central coast look at all the lightning strikes this is a very strong line of thunderstorms with hail, damaging winds, pressing north and east closer to home in the south bay raining from san jose to campbell through cupertino sunnyvale and east java drive shield of rain north into the east bay peninsula up further north heavier rain north of moraga, american canyon heavy cell right here benicia, the only place it is not raining marin, sonoma and parts of napa.

we continue to see moisture throughout the day we still have the three is going to push through that means potential for more thunderstorms later today, including a wet giants' game. here's a live shot of the san mateo bridge, wet and slippery conditions await for your compute to work this morning. flooding has been reported towards the san mateo bridge southbound 880 at a street, apparently in the left lane. look out for that. we've had quite a few accidents east bay and north bay, they've been cleared but there's new problems on the peninsula. also, mudslide northbound highway 1 at devils slide, two feet, chp at the scene. the lane is open, trying to clear it quickly they are slowing traffic in the area. new crash northbound 85 at 101, 101 at 92 and northbound 101 at whipple. they say you are safer on a plane than the highway. tell that to passengers of a plane hit by lightning after

leaving sfo last night. terry mcsweeney is live at the airport with what happened and reaction from a passenger. >> reporter: experts will tell you it is safer to fly than to be in a vehicle on the ground and it is a fact according to the experts. doesn't moon it want scary last night when a jet bound for london was struck by lightning. take a look at the storm that did it. united flight 930 south -- out of sfo, 30, 45 minutes out of sfo here comes the lightning slams into the left side of the aircraft. oxygen masks dropped down. there's a burst of light in the passenger area of that jet. very scary, here's what one pang michael o'neil told us how he -- one passenger michael o'neil told us how he felt. >> i felt like everything was under control and in good hands. the plane felt like it was

flying okay and everything was okay. we are flying back into a lightning storm because we are flying back to where we took off, where the lightning was. i was a little bit like maybe we should just keep flying to london. >> reporter: it came back to sfo, made it back safely. you are looking at video of the lightning storm in san leandro. passengers are going to try to get london again 3:00 this afternoon, united has scheduled a flight for that time. you know they are watching the forecast. i couldn't help but hear lisa argen talking about thunderstorms this afternoon and i think if they get here and you hear that they are anywhere near here and you have been on a plane that just last night was struck by lightning you are going to have deep second thoughts about taking that flight. again, flying in lightning is safe. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. in addition to lightning, saturated ground, gusty winds

brought down trees and knocked out power in parts of the bay area. sergio is on the storm watch with more on that at the bay bridge toll. >> reporter: the storm is something that is constantly changing in the last few minutes it has eased up a bit. rains have stopped, winds have calmed. those heavy downpours did cause a tree to come down in the oakland hills last night. it happened around 8:00 on glen court drive near are rehead drive the tree came -- near arrowhead drive, the tree came down, taking some powerlines with it. pg&e cleared the line and restored power. throughout the rest of the bay area rains have made for a soggy and sometimes slick commute. you've heard about the spin-outs and some of the problems this morning. so far no serious problems. the storm has knocked out

power for a number of other customers overnight in san francisco and concord and this morning there does remain about 720 customers who are without power. pg&e crews tell me they should have that power restored sometime between 7 a.m. this morning and 10:00. in oakland i'm sergio quintana, abc7 news. we have an amazing picture sent to us last night. ed of san francisco says he was testing his camera when he shot this picture of lightning bolt striking all four towers of the bay bridge's western span. incredible! if you have photos or video please send them us to. to ureport or e-mail them at kgo-tv.com. stay with abc7 for continuing

news coverage. breaking news, in modesto new overnight developments at the scene of a 20 hour police standoff with a suspected cop killer. late night fire is now out burning in the apartment where the suspect was holed up following shooting deaths of sheriff's deputy and civilian. police say the fire was likely caused by tear gas and other devices that s.w.a.t. teams use to get the suspect to come out they still don't know what happened to that suspect. >> what we need to do is determine who the suspect is. pick apart his life to try to determine a motive. what happened that led up to this shooting. and then from there, we need to honor and bury our deputy. 53-year-old modesto sheriff's deputy robert paris was kill.

investigators have not released the -- was killed. investigators have not released the name of the suspect who was killed. we are following breaking news in contra costa county. health advisory cancelled after reports of a fire at the conoco phillips refinery this morning. health services received reports after 1 a.m. at the refinery haz-mat crew was to monitor the air they say no health impacts are detected. the fire was put out. police have been searching for vandals who have been slashing tires in pleasanton. the first reports came tuesday morning from residents in the harley gate court neighborhood. wednesday police received reports from a dozen people with slashed tires. >> when you have it and you only know it is you and find out you get a slash you think is somebody out to get me.

when i heard there were other neighbors i figured this was somebody who obviously is having fun slashing tires. >> vandals hit 30 cars a few weeks ago in another pleasanton neighborhood. police have made no arrests in that case. >> muni is cutting back on overtime. the controller's office says muni is on track to spend 60 million dollars on overtime this year, nearly double the 32 million dollars the agency budgeted. muni has stopped paying overtime to replace drivers who call in sick, instead their buses will stay parked. this practice started two weeks ago, it does not affect train service. another look at the weather. i'd say bring an umbrella but that may not do it. it is a meteorologist's dream. lisa argen tracking the storm. lightning thunder east bay dublin hayward heavy rain pushing over to verona road,

livermore valley, a line of pretty good rain into the east bay all over the bay further north we've got more moderate rain coming down north of vallejo around american canyon highway 37, 121, shields of rain from pittsburg back west through pinole, richmond, is , little break now. rain from 101 back towards 280 along the coast it is not raining in the north bay around marin and sonoma. another look at south bay and you will notice mountain view, san jose, campbell, morgan hill, lots of wet weather. thunderstorms along san luis obispo, pismo beach and the rain cuts off here. we'll continue to see the rain ease through the morning. by sunrise conditions calmer, chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. look at that seven-day. frances, i imagine it is not friday light out there so many problems this morning because of the wet and

slippery roads. here's a live shot of i-80 in berkeley look out for windy conditions across the bay bridge. accidents on i-80 out of solana county into the east bay. chain requirements in the sierra. live shot of 101 san jose. you want to slow denial and give yourself extra time you -- slow down and give yourself extra time. you want to avoid being one of the spin-outs. all of these accidents are solo spin-outs north 68 occur ham where we are seeing heavier rain, -- north 101 whip pill, north 101 eastbound 92 another spin-out. these are all -- s be olo spin-outs you want to avoid turning into one of these accidents. flooding in all the lanes of westbound 380 as you head to 101 towards sfo look out for that.

chp at the scene of this mudslide highway one at devil slide they are trying to clean it up as soon as possible the lanes are open in both directions. look out for that as well. flooding has been cleared in hayward southbound 880 at a street a little better towards highway 92. 5:12. next, major donation that will mean badly needed financial aid for thousands of north bay college students. facebook a open book? how you will know more about what the social networking giant knows but. the billion dollar fundraising drive to save levees and businesses in danger of being underwater. 3q lysol knows the soft places we love

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the firm tried this before two years ago, giving users access to photos, posts and messages, privacy advocates say it didn't go far enough. this new archive will include previous user names, friend requests and other data. san francisco's levee system is crumbling. a 10 year plan has been launched to shore it up. here's the levees the only thing keeping the water out is the levees which were built more than 100 years ago to create salt ponds. the area is ripe for disaster should a quake strike. senator feinstein is spearheading the drive. >> big earthquake in new zealand, in south america. so our time is going to come. the probabilities are up. and we have to get cracking and protect ourselves. >> the corporate campuses of facebook and google are next to land drained from the bay and could face severe damage

in the levees give way. 5:17. we've had all kinds of weather overnight. >> heaviest south and east bay still thunder and lightning out there with heavy downpours. we are getting on the back edge of it. here's southbound 101 in san jose where we have more rain, you too will be in the clear by sunrise for the short term. we still have thunderstorms out there for the afternoon the possibility, take a look can you see where not raining? raining everywhere dublin 580, 680, 880, union city and hayward lightning strikes and we'll 10 to see the rough weather for the next 30 to 45 minutes up through benicia, concord, heavier showers american canyon and vallejo looking now in the south bay, moderate rain san jose, cupertino, also los gatos and back west a little bit of a break on the peninsula notice lighter shades here, still

rain down through san mateo, redwood city, where not raining is up to the north this is why this rain as it continues to shift east you will get your break too later probably throughout the next hour or so, the sun coming up in another hour and a half. the worst weather south around san bispo, we are looking at what we saw -- san luis obispo where we are looking at that rain that pushed through. oakland, san francisco, cool much cooler air mass behind that strong line of storms, breezy winds at times once you get the downpours you are getting winds gusty to 20, 25 miles an hour, calm here, santa rosa, napa not raining. we are looking at showers throughout the morning, rain, possibility of a thunderstorms. we've got sunshine on tap you know what that does? it will further destabilize the atmosphere as the low continues to spin in off the

coast, over the bay today. after that things are going to calm down throughout the later afternoon, evening compute looks good. here's that strong line of storms and the low to the north and west of us. with it, comes that cooler air. we are going to look at in fact already breaks in the cloud cover, this morning the heaviest line continues to shift east and then by 8:00, 9:00, scattered showers, little more rain developing with by the noon hour, sonoma and marin. and the ballgame could see scattered showers, sunshine it will be cool by that time, wind shift in the afternoon northwesterly winds keeping it cool throughout the day only in the low 50s to start out and mid 50s by the end of the day. today like yesterday temperatures cool, sky partly cloudy, scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm, the heaviest organized area of rain will be behind us within the next hour or so. if you are leaving for work you may want to leave a little

later, once the rain has pushed through which it continues to do this morning. having a hard time keeping track of these new accidents. three new ones while lisa was just talking this gives you an idea what you can expect for your ride to work. live shot san mateo bridge, visibility is limited, roads slick with the rain we are seeing a lot of spin-outs. live shot 680 walnut creek wet and slick. southbound traffic here moving, light towards highway 24, but i think that's the problem. with the light traffic and the slick roads, we are seeing a lot of accidents. we've had several north 101 durham may still be blocking left lane. north 101 whipple earlier spin-out now they are saying there's flooding as well. also, south 101 julian in san jose, another crash reported. i'll try to keep you posted on all the accidents this morning. if you are heading towards sfo,

look out for flooding reported in all the lanes eastbound 380 to southbound 101. in addition to that, we have some problems on highway 1 at devil's slide, mudslide blocking northbound lanes that they are trying to clear now. those are some of the problems this morning. of course, you can stay on too much it by going to abc7news.com. 5:21. cold weather? what cold weather? giants' fans prepare a warm welcome home for the men. game one of the layoffs takes wind out of the sharks but they are not singing the blues. the national scrabble championships. four bay area students will be minding their z's and

this afternoon a sell-out crowd will watch the giants play their home opener against the pirates at the giants return home after playing the first six games on the road. yesterday a no-hitter in the sixth en route to his first win of the season giants used clutch hitting. wilson survived 9th final out with the bases loaded. giants hung on 4-2. cain will make the start today first pitch 1:35. fans are gearing up for the home opener. you can see the giants' faithful have a lot of imagination. you can bet the stands will be

filled with unique characters this afternoon. we want to see your team pride. upload your fan photos or e-mail us. stanley cup fever starting to heat up following last night's double overtime thriller. sharks trailed the blues 2-1 late in the 3rd, when the tying goal was scored sending the game into over time. the goalie kept the sharks alive in the first overtime making 14 of his 40 saves, then half last scored the game winner ending -- then havlat, the first game of the best of seven series game two is tomorrow night. four bay area middle schoolers are representing california in the national school scrabble championship in orlando, florida today. the youngsters took part in their last practice game

before heading out yesterday. peninsula 6th graders are competing as one team, across the table two from sunnyvale make up the bay area scrabble club which have won four state championships. >> we've been practicing for this moment. >> he's the stronger player. >> yeah, because i have one extra year of experience. >> they compete today and tomorrow with dozens of teams from across the country all hoping to bring home the national title. >> experience is everything, as we know. fire at an east bay if he ryne prompts authorities to urge neighbors to keep their windows closed. thunder and lightning, pounding rain, hail, it is still not over. we are live at san francisco international airport where a lightning strike forced a jetliner to make an emergency

landing. also following breaking news in modesto, massive fire breaks out in an apartment where police think a suspected cop killer was holed up. why the search for missing morgan hill teenager will take authorities to the bottom of a bay area reservoir today. good morning. moderate rain through the east bay and south bay with gusty winds the worst weather is south of the bay area heading into the sacramento and san joaquin valley, central coast. if you are headed out of town, watch out south and east of us, this morning the weather will improve temporarily before we get back into thunderstorms this afternoon. check out more weather information at our flight tracker, abc7news.com.

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and north bay. -- [ inaudible ] active weather morning here in the bay area. thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. >> i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. we have team weather coverage. covering the damage, trouble and continuing storm. >> we start with meteorologist lisa argen. another 30 minutes to an hour of moderate rain here in the east bay. take a look from the san ramon valley through dublin,

livermore, calaveras road moderate rain, lightning strikes and hail throughout parts of the sit bay, more rain through san jose, los gatos on the peninsula, a break from san mateo, belmont, wood acre that break continues to the west. north and east benicia, vine hill road, more wet weather through the next hour this will continue to ease up, more rain for your friday afternoon. there's just so many accidents to keep track of this morning. a lot of solo spin-outs through san jose southbound 101 at julian, accident where a car swerved off and hit bushes this is northbound under 880. also another new crash in san jose southbound 280 on the connector ramp to highway 17 and 880. couple problems in the southbound bay. live shot of i-80 in berkeley, as you head towards the bay bridge toll, look out for windy conditions on the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and also the richmond san rafael

bridge. look out for mudslide highway 1 pacifica, devils slide flooding on the connector ramp from 380 to 101 numerous accidents on 101 on the peninsula. nervous passengers at sfo will board another flight to london this afternoon. their original flight had to make an emergency landing last night after it was struck by lightning. terry mcsweeney is live at sfo. we've heard from one of the passengers this morning. >> reporter: we are going to hear more from him shortly. united flight 930 out of san francisco bound for london, packed flight, 30, 45 minutes out, all of a sudden it ran into that lightning storm that of us saw last night. take a look at pictures of that lightning storm. tough enough to watch when you are on the ground, amazing to look at. if you are on a flight and it hits year jet, wow!

lightning did exactly that hit the left side of the plane last night on flight 930. oxygen masks dropped down. passenger mike o'deal described the scene. >> you could feel the -- feel the lightning hit the plane, just a giant flash, everyone watching movies and stuff, it was overpowering how bright the flash was. i looked around and i sort of continued about my business. but i was definitely shaken and everyone sort of looked at each other like what was with that? >> reporter: wow. the pilot dumped fuel, flew back to sfo through that storm, made it back safely safely. passengers are going to try again at 3:00 this afternoon. i was reading on a website scientific american website, it says, that the aluminum skin of those jets absorb the current, keep it away from the inside of the jet.

it keeps it away from the computers in the cockpit. it keeps it from the fuel lines in that jet. in fact, it is very safe to fly through a lightning storm and most jets have been hit by lightning but there have been no crashes as a result in decades. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. right now hundreds of pg&e customers remain without power because of last night's storm in san francisco more than 300 customers lost their electricity around midnight in concord, about 750 homes and businesses lost power during two separate outages last night. pg&e says customers should have power restored between 7:00 and 10:00 this morning. this morning the fire department says a tree that blocked a street in oakland hills has been cleared. this tree collapsed and took didn't powerlines with it around 8:00 last night on glen court drive near arrowhead drive. parts of the tree came down on

the hood of a car. already saturated ground got more rain causing roofs to give way. -- causing roots to give way. pg&e quickly restored power. crews are still cleaning up a lot of raw sewage that overflowed in san francisco yesterday. homes, restaurants and businesses on folsom street were damaged. the same flooding happened in this neighborhood in 2009. the public you fillties officials made only minor repairs but need a -- permanent fix. stay with abc7 news for continuing storm coverage. check abc7news.com for street level radar with live doppler if you have photos or video of the storm them us to. -- send them to us. breaking news from contra costa county. a health advisory has been lifted after an incident at the conoco phillips refinery in rodeo this morning.

health services received reports of a fire after 1 a.m. at the refinery. a haz-mat crew has been sent to money or the air, they say no significant health impacts are decked. breaking news out of modesto. following -- new overnight developments at the scene of a 20 hour police standoff with a suspected cop killer. a late night fire is out that fire was burning in the apartment where the suspect was holed up following shootings deaths of a sheriff's deputy and civilian who had come to evict them. list say the fire was likely called by their devices the s.w.a.t. team used. they don't know what happened to the suspect. 53-year-old modesto sheriff's deputy robert paris was kill. the civilian's name has not been released. we'll have a live report from the scene in 15 minutes. dive teams will be back in the water today searching two south bay reservoirs for

missing sierra lamar. both reservoirs are close to the 15-year-old's home. divers are searching for any evidence connected to her dies appearance. her parents reported her missing a month ago today after she didn't show up for school. another search set for tomorrow and sunday. another bizarre twist to the problems surrounding state treasure bill lockyear and his wife nadia. the chronicle reports that his wife sent an e-mail to another paper the mercury news, suggesting she was in distress and blaming her husband for hooking her on to drugs. hayward police went to her home where nadia said she was fine. she told a reporter she drafted part of the e-mail but everything about her husband was added later. a spokesman for bill lockyear says the accusations are false. nadia lock year is blaming e-mail on her former boyfriend who is under investigation in

connection with a possible assault on her. time to check in with lisa argen. we've got some pretty good rain in the east bay, moderate to heavy from san leandro to hayward, dublin, 580, 680 through union city and fremont. also the south bay looking at pretty good rain from campbell, morgan hill, san jose wet as well as sunnyvale and cupertino. here's where the rain line begins to shift. it is shifting out of alameda into berkeley, you can see the back edge of it here still rainy up through american canyon and 80. sonoma, marin, parts of napa, dry that is going to be the trend throughout the morning hours, san francisco, a break. the rain continues to shift east throughout the morning hours. we are going to see the roughest weather south of the bay area today. we still have an area of low pressure that going to push through the bay area this afternoon that is going to bring scattered showers, possibility of a thunderstorm, breezy winds northwest 20

miles an hour, with temperatures just in the low to mid 50s, dress accordingly, go giants! get for a sunnier, milder weekend. still looking at showers out there live shot here san jose northbound 101 headlights, wet and slippery, south 101 julian an accident, also crash san jose southbound 280 connecting to 880 blocking a lane. accident northbound 680 near mission boulevard south mission boulevard blocking the left lane as well. i also want to show you live shot of the san mateo bridge, traffic seems to be fine an krls the span there has been flooding -- fine across the span there has been flooding southbound 880 to 92 connection ramp flooded on 101 flooding reported in redwood

city. also, here's a map of some of the areas for you to show you some of the flooding so there's flooding reported on 380 to 101, look out for mudslide highway one at devils slide. also flooding reported north 101 at whipple, accident at holly blocking a couple of the left lanes. you want to give yourself extra time and slow down this morning. >> is that good advice. frances, thank you. 5:40. police need your help tracking down two bank robbers. the photos investigators want you to see, next. ross mirkarimi suspended san francisco sheriff, is laying blame for his legal woes. why mirkarimi says the charges against him are way out of line. ♪

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supervisors must now decide whether to remove him from office. this morning oakland police need your help tracking down two suspected bank robbers. the first man robbed a west of the bank branch and chase branch last month, nine days apart he only got month from one. the second man robbed two bank of the west branches two hours apart, also last month he did not get any cash. no weapon was seen in any of the robberies. $4,000 is being offered for the -- for at rest of either man. suspending of high school promise expected to soar. live to modesto, where a police standoff involving a suspected cop killer takes another violent turn. newly discovered hazard that may keep a california power plant shutdown longer. former governor schwarzenegger wants to write a biography. why he needs your help. ♪

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good morning. moderate band of rain continues to work east throughout the east bay and the south bay. thunderstorms are still a possibility this afternoon, but the roughest weather right now is south of the bay area around san bispo pushing into the san joaquin valley. -- we will see a break towards

sunrise then the possibility of more rain this afternoon. the rest of the forecast coming up. >> reporter: we just got information from modesto police about what happened out here. basically, initially, the sheriff was saying the suspect was presumed dead inside that four-plex. now they are saying the suspect is still out standing that being said they have not made their way in the home to see if the remains of the suspect are there or if you he made -- or if he may it out. we go to video now of this whole thing that break out last night. you are looking at the fire.

this complex caught fire last night 12 hours into the standoff. the sheriff saying that he believes that when the s.w.a.t. team was firing incendiary devices that being flash bang grenades and tear gas it may have ignited with flammable materials inside that four-plex. it burned the entire if you are-plex to the ground. they had guide idea he was inside the entire time -- again they are still considering him to be out standing. video of the swat situation itself this whole thing started 11 a.m. yesterday when stan list laws county -- stan nil laws county depend city. one why it miss told us that suspect -- one witness -- suspect shot the deputy in the head as he was trying to reason with him and did not gift deputy a chance to reach

for his weapon it happened real fast when the s.w.a.t. team moved in when the standoff and fire happened after. they got the fire out 2 a.m.. a lot of questions remain we work to bring you those details. 5:50. the company which operates the troubled san onofre no pow -- power plant investigators have found more unusual wear in the steam generators the plant has been shutdown more than two months. the regulatory commission is trying to determine why the tubing is eroding at a fast rate. san on -- san on no is located -- arnold schwarzenegger is working on his autobiography and wants your help. he's asking twitter followers and facebook fans to tell him what they want to read about in the book. he's already received 2,000

responses. topics include body building, movies, politics and sex. it has been a year since he came clean about fear father -- came clean about fathering a child with his housekeeper. time for a check on the weather. trailing of the storm. >> you are right we can see it pushing east and south good news if you want to leave later this morning when it is not raining. pretty good downpours in the east bay right now a look outside san francisco has a break as well as peninsula and north bay. not so for folks in the livermore and tri-valley, 580 and 680 and 880, doppler shows a band of light to moderate rain at times. be careful out there, this is the back edge of it. take you further south into the south bay and you too had the rain from sunnyvale, cupertino, campbell, san jose

light rain. further west and it sort of shuts off around vallejo and american canyon. you had pretty good downpours, we saw lightning this morning and west into sonoma county and napa and marin county, a break. look what is up to the north and west. we still have the core of the low that is going to move over the bay area this afternoon. 47 in fremont, much colder this morning. 46 santa rosa. we've had downpours we've had breezy winds out of the south up to 20 and 25 miles an hour around oakland and san jose. once you are not in a downpour those winds ease up. morning rain and the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorms, a lot like yesterday, sunny breaks. by this evening, things calm down, the trough moves out and we are looking at high pressure to build in. last night, 7:00, there's that strong band of rain this continues to shift south into san luis obispo right now, the worst weather moving into southern california there's

the low to the north and west of us that too is gonna push across the bay. here's the way the rest of the morning is going to play out. the rain easing up towards sunrise. we are still going to see more showers throughout the mid-morning hours in the afternoon, they could be anywhere, popping up with the heating of the sun, we still have the possibility of a thunderstorm through about 5:00 and then things really begin to quiet down. the emphasis shifts further south and east, but game time 1:35, scattered showers, partly cloudy, cool winds, out of the northwest. shifting and increasing a little so it will be breezy numbers in the low to mid 50s for the afternoon. coming out of the ballpark it should be chilly, you shouldn't run into this. this is more for the mid-afternoon but this morning, the most moderate rain in the east bay and south bay continues to shift east. we are going to see a little break here. but then we could see more active weather, then warmer

through tuesday, could see more rain showers by the middle of next week. frances, probably need five minutes for this report. yeah to cover all the accidents. lisa was right about today, very much like yesterday. numerous accidents on bay area freeways. most of them solo spin-outs. want advisory for the bay bridge. look out for ponding. eric said he didn't find the usual big puddle that he typically finds towards the toll. wind advisory for the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and richmond san rafael bridge. this is right now in san jose, headlights north 101, this is 880 across your screen there are a few accidents in the south bay. 680 in walnut creek, traffic this friday morning has been light, but because of the wet and slippery conditions we've just seen a lot of accidents this is southbound traffic towards highway 24. here's a map the red flashing circles are areas where we

have accidents. there's mudslide highway one at devils slide look out for that traffic using southbound lanes in both directions flooding reported 380 at 101, north 101 at whipple, south 880 to 238, earlier flooding reported southbound 880 at a street look out for other flooding northbound 680 at jacqueline you see some of the other accidents in the south bay and east bay. >> frances that was a mouthful, thank you. americans may be giving up on trying to save money on every little thing. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. are you spending more on expensive make-up and sandwiches again? that might mean you have frugality fatigue. an analyst -- say middle income and high end shoppers give up on trying to save on everything. spending on high school promise, families with teens

are expected to spend a record $1078 on the prom this year up 20% from last year. parents can blame the pressure to spend on the influence of celebrities, reality sv and social media one thing people are spending less on video games. sales of hardware and software plunging 25% in march. jpmorgan chase reported smaller than expected drop in earnings thanks to mortgage lending because of government programs encouraging homeowners to refinance. at new york stock exchange i'm jane king. >> a warning about mosquitoes and the potentially deadly west nile virus. authorities confirmed the virus in a dead bird in pleasant hill. control officials say the find is unseasonably early. last year the first bird found to be infected with the virus was discovered late john. it means the public should be extra dill vent about

preventing the spread of the -- extra diligent about preventing the spread of the virus by getting rid of standing water. about 4,000 of the specialty plates have been purchased so far, the money raised is earmarked for spay and neuter programs. the bill still need as from the state assembly and governor brown. just ahead, health scare for contra costa county overnight. what happened at an east bay refinery that prompted a community alert. waiting for a bus that never comes. staggering plan muni may be using to keep over time costs down. >> i >> wild weather sparks a scare in the air. hear from a passenger whose plane was forced to return to sfo after being hit by lightning.