several blocks around that hotel are blocked off according 4th and lou ward streets where we are right now. you can see lots of police and barricades and of course secret service. the president arrived on air force one as sfo before 6:00 last night and he was whisked away to several political fundraisers, the first in sea cliff and then in pacific heights at the getty mansion where 75 guests paid $35,000 for a chance to get the president's ear. blocks away there were protests, demonstrators voicing opposition to the proposed keystone pipeline running from canada to the gulf coast. >> it is too late. we need to be reforming our next policy and economy. >> if you can still remember being part of the 99 percent, that is good, after you are elected. >> the president returns to the

intercontinental hotel at 9:00 p.m. last night by motorcade. today, a fundraising brunch in atherton at $32,000 a plate and a $5,000 lunch reception in atherton. if you are attending that and you want to upgrade it is an extra $5,000 to get your picture taken with the the president ane is scheduled to depart at 1:40 today. live in san francisco for abc7 news. >> gilroy police are investigating a double shooting that left a then-year-old-- 37-d man dead near the el vote elementary school. officers found the victims when they arrived at the scene. the 37 year old died at the hospital. the second rim is -- victim is 30 years old and is hospitalized but is expected to be okay. >> there are local leaders joining a rally by hospital

workers at the uc medical center protesting the decision to cuts nearly 300 positions at the medical center. the "san francisco examiner" reports that the medical center says the staff reductions are made to prepare for costs associated with the affordable care act signed into law by president obama in 2010. a report last week by the workers union claims that there are documented problems in the medical center ranging from preventable infections and skyrocketing executive pay. >> new crime stats are out and it is not looking good in san jose where there is a significant increase in property crimes. police figures show there were 1307 more burglaries the first two months this year compared to last year same period. there was 53 percent jump in vehicle theft. police blame staffing cuts. most of the burglary unit has merged with the patrol decision which is still too small. many residents are having burglar alarms install.

the alarm was a luxury but now it is a necessity. >> we have not seen figure like this in my 30 years. it is like every day we get name rouse calls and any want the systems installed. now. >> the alarm industry says posting signs can deter burglars. >> this morning, chevron says all they need is federal and state approval to re-open the richmond refinery damaged in a massive fire. last year's august fire damaged a crude oil processing unit. the fire spewed black dense smoke in the air and thousands sought medical aid because of breathing problems. a spokesman confirmed for abc7 news that repairs to the damaged unit are now complete. the spokesman also says that chevron has new safety and management policies in place company-wide. the east bay lawmakers will hold a public hearing at richmond city hall tomorrow. >> time for a look at the weather and maybe a question to

mike about how long the rain will be with us. mike? >> a great question. steady rain is through the morning commute and then it becomes scatter showers and you can see how much rain is falling as you head to the toll plaza we are getting ponding in the one area, the little dip before you get there that gets a pooling of water. we have had up to .2" rain in oakland and from alameda through oakland, and berkeley and albany to hercules and that whole area is seeing light-to-moderate rain with the yellow. if you are coming off the bum -- dumbarton bridge it is tapering and the heavy rain is moving over the city to milpitas and toward 880 where it hooks to 101 in san jose. broadening the picture you can see the entire flow coming at

us, the back edge of the instead -- steady rain could push through by 9:00 and it will be over by then. we will have scattered showers. at noon the showers will taper in the afternoon and the evening hours. by tomorrow, we still have a chance of a shower in the forecast and the same through the weekend but nothing like what we are dealing with now. leyla gulen has the commute. >> good morning, as we look through berkeley we have a band new accident along westbound 80, and it sounds like a couple of lanes blocked and we have backup as you make the drive in the wive direction. here is a look at our travel times, we are looking at a busy drive along 580 westbound between 205 to castro valley because of an early wreck with a big risk so 34 minutes it will take to reach 680. we are still in good shape, 15 minutes ahead between antioch and concord and 80, 14 minutes to go between highway 85 and

237, and we can see pretty decent conditions out here and this is along westbound 80 so when you pass the accident you are looking clear as you make it to the macarthur maze. katie and eric? >> still good news out there. >> north korea is raising tensions with the united states another notch. >> next, the new threat from the north and how the united states is responding we are live in washington. >> the new sponsor stepping up to make sure the hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy.

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>> fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> the storm watch continues on this wet thursday morning with conditions in the north bay. abc7 news reporter kira klapper is live in san rafael. we saw the water on the roadway earlier. >> eric, it is the same thing right now from 40 minutes ago when you first checked in, the rain has been falling steady. it is not a hard pelting rain but it is steady. we are drenched. the breeze is picking up and it is getting cooler. to the roads, behind me, 101, you can see people coming north. there is a lot of standing water. i hope people will drive pore slowly.

they are speeding down this hill toward lucky drive and hitting the brakes as they hit the standing water. obviously there are a lot of opportunities to hydroplane. we do not want to see people doing that. hopefully you can give yourselves extra time before you head out this morning knowing you will need to slow down in the wet conditions. our meteorologist, mike nicco, said this will last through the morning. if the commute is at 7:00 or 8:00 you will have to mutt -- put up with this, hopefully you will be moving more slowly than the people behind me. >> thank you for the update at 5:12. the threats from north korea continue with word the military has been cleared to attack the united states with nuclear weapons. the united states says they are poised to respond despite doubts over north korea's ability to mull east threat. we are in washington and are joined with the latest on north korea's volatile words. >> good morning, katie. the game of cat and mouse

continues. south korea this morning said that the north has moved a dangerous immediate range missile to the east coast. >> the north korean military this morning says an attack on the united states would be unrelenting using nuclear weapons and in the streets north korea says they are ready, vowing with these signs to be human bonds. top u.s. officials say the threat is serious and north korea has the world's 4th largest military. >> some of the actions they have taken the last few weeks present a real and clear danger. it only takes being wrong once. i don't want to be the secretary of defense who was wrong once. >> the pentagon is surrounding the korean peninsula with layers of missile defense sending two guided missile destroyers and land-based interceptors to guam. an attack on the pain land is considered unlikely officials fear a move by kim jong-un could inflict serious damage on south

korea. >> we should always be concerned when someone is threatening our homeland and threatening our allies. it is causing instability in the region. >> north korea yesterday shut down this border crossing to a joint industrial complex cutting peaceful economic ties with the south. korea analysts say new satellite images show the north has resumed construction on a plutonium reactor that was shut down. still, the top united states commander says he is confident that the threat will subside. >> we need to turn it down a few notches. >> more than 28,000 united states trans are station oned in south korea and this morning officials say they remain on high alert. reporting live in washington, for abc7 news. >> thank you for that. the wildest foot race on the west coast has a new presenting sponsor, the race will be presented by craigslist, with the c.e.o. saying he is tickled

ping because it celebrates the unique character of our colorful city. he also says he is happy two san francisco institutions are working together. the previous sponsor dropped out this year. the 102nd bet amount brakeers event is on sunday, may 19th and i cannot wait to welcome leyla gulen. >> nothing says welcome like the beta breakers. >> it is a full frontal "hello." >> now, it is 5:16 this morning and here is a look at walnut creek 680 is showing ponding on the road. hopefully people are driving carefully. this is a brand new accident near walnut creek. live doppler 7 hd shows this is where 24 comes from lafayette and you take that, the right

hand turn to alamo and the left hand turn to walnut creek and concord and light-to-moderate rain falling in downtown croak correct and stretching right up 680 and it branches to 780 and headed to 80. watch out because that is where the better radar returns are. you can see pier 15 in san francisco we have 53 degrees and in the low-to-mid 50's in oak, san jose, palo alto, and mill valley. from sutro you can see the slow clouds and expect delays possible at sfo and we will keep an eye on that, oakland and san jose, as you can see the visibility is low with the low clouds hanging around. 49 at santa rosa and napa and los gatos low-to-mid 50's. here is what will happen with the forecast cycle. grave day, especially during the morning when we have the steady rain with scattered afternoon showers and some sun. there is a shower chance this weekend but do not change your plans it is just a slight

chance. we have warmth in the forecast beyond this unsettled pattern next week with 70's and 80's in the forecast. today, mainly in the low-to-mid 60's and upper 50's at the coast. headed to the game, a shower is possible but the bulk of the system is moving away and we will see grabbing conditions from 12:53 and the mariners and a's were what up their set. tonight, a sprinkle is possible mostly cloudy with fog and upper 40's to low 50's. here is what is happening. the steady rain is moving out by 7:00 and the steady heavy rain is still showing lighter rain through 9:00 and we transition over to scattered showers by noon and the scatters showered hang around in the afternoon and they taper headed to the evening and overnight hours we will get a .1" to .25" in the south bay and double in the north bay. tomorrow, the temperatures are the same as day and we will warm up a little on saturday, sunday and monday with a slight chance

of a shower and look how row buff the warmth is tuesday and wednesday with 70's and 80's away from the coast. leyla gulen has the traffic. >> an accident on highway 4 to pittsburg from antioch blocking a couple of lanes. you are very packed out here moving from concord. the crash along westbound 80 shows c.h.p. moving it if this area with slowing coming away from valley avenue. very heavy conditions moving through berkeley and to the macarthur maze. and 680 as you make the drive through walnut creek down to 24. eric and katie? >> leyla gulen, thank you. >> for good news at the biggest metro areas. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >> and the louisville player injured in a horrible accident, the remarkable recovery he is

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>> welcome back, everyone, more fall out from the lulu lemon pants fiasco, the cheap product officer is stepping down. according to the company the departure of the woman is part of a plan is reorganize the product team. the company pulled the pants

from store shelves because they were too see through. they now say they figured out the problem was due to incomplete testing and the style change in the pants pattern. >> good news for the manager, good news on the job front. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning, it continues to look up for job seekers hired since a number of openings increased 8 percent in march and climbed 23 percent compared to a year ago much the top 50 metro areas saw job growth across every tremendous. investors say looking at a developing situation in mobile, alabama, carnival troubled cruiseliner broke from the moorings while being repaired. something not going down is how much people in developing countries weigh with the average man in mexico, brazil and chile is gaining weight faster than the average. this is high calorie offerings from fast food chains and in

mexico 15 pounds heavier in 2010 than in 1995. mexican women put on 19 pounds. mcdonald's says the average customer only eats its food two or three time as month. at the new york stock exchange for the bloomberg business report. >> keeping an eye on the storm this morning with live doppler 7 hd. >> some of the pictures show the rain is still coming down. >> in san jose, we are looking at 87 near h.p. pavilion you can see it is dark and wet. actually, that is 280. that is what we are looking at. rainfall totals so far are more than .1" in san francisco and oakland. almost a quarter in santa rosa and .1" in union city. san jose shows heavy rain toward allen rock and sliding to 101 coming out of the santa clara valley and heads south and

milpitas around the parkway we have heavier rain or light-to-moderate rain falling and that is going on through most of the east bay valley. we have and lining up along the peninsula coast at half moon bay so watch out on the peninsula we could see an uptick in your feign fall causing more ponding on the roadways. speaking of the commute, here is leyla gulen. >> as we look at this map we do have plenty of blue. that indicates heavy rainfall especially through oakland and berkeley we are seeing pretty heavy downpours. i will take you out to santa rosa southbound 101 beyond sierra we do have a report of a solo vehicle spin out hitting the shoulder and it is not blocking lanes, we do not see delays. look at blue on the map, that means heavy rain is in the process of moving over to 101. as we head to the east bay along four westbound an accident identity there, and move to the

shoulder but we are looking at heavy delays coming from antioch and finally a quick look at the drive along westbound 80 checking in on that, it looks like it is causing a huge backup is not out of the lanes yet but it is packed moving through berkeley and the macarthur maze. >> the university of louisville basketball player would broke his leg in a horrific accident on national tv is already on the mend. josh elliott talked to kevin wale and he is up and moving four days after the scariest injuries basketball has seen. we have chosen not to show you the accident because of the graphic nature. he broke his leg in two places during the game against duke and ware has not seen the replay on television and says he never will. >> i feel like if i see the video it will hold me back mentally from recovering from this. the last thing i want is if i am trying to be on the court.

>> he says he will be back. you can hear more on "good morning america" after our newscast at 7:00 a.m. >> good to see him doing all right. >> happening right now, president obama waking up in san francisco. ahead at 5:30 the busy morning planned before he departses the area. >> new accusations at a daycare center rocked by a teacher abuse scandal. >> live doppler 7 hd shows mike nicco tracking the storm and leyla gulen watching the cop

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, we are happy to have you joining us. i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. get the umbrella ready because it is raining. here is mike with the forecast.

>> it is raining as we talked about it would be, a steady rain coming down on storm watch. it has let up a little bit on the san mateo bridge but if you look at lower left happened side you can see some of the rain hitting the ground. we still have the light-to-moderate rain but not so heavy as it was before. now what is going on, the green is taking over our neighborhoods and it is light-to-moderate. yellow is moderate in the east bay valley but headed up 80 to sacramento and vallejo and another strip of moderate rain right now moving closer to the coast in the north bay. there you go, we are going do have steady rain through the commute with embedded heavy spots from time to time. be prepareed. that will be through 9:00. then we will have scattered showers for the day. now traffic with leyla gulen. >> we are tracking the weather related to the roads. as we look back at santa rosa

the blue area which indicates very heavy rain was really to the west of 101 and now it is starting to creep closer and closer. we already have an accident in that area southbound 101 beyond sierra and it is blocked one or two lanes at a time but not causing any slowing. i want to take you out to the berkeley area and the drive down westbound 80 an accident is still there causing heavy backups. you will slow down out of east richmond so make sure you give yourself extra time if you are in that area. when you pass the crash, this is a live picture from westbound 80 and your drive is slow but it is still moving with no accidents moving to the macarthur maze. >> if the weather cooperates, president obama will board air force one in a couple of hours for a pay of fundraisers the second day of the trip to raise money for the democratic party. abc7 news reporter cornell

bernard has more. >> good morning, it will be a busy wet day fundraising on the peninsula if the president. several blocks around the intercontinental hotel where the president is staying are blocked off. this is as close as we can get at 4th and howard with lots of police and barricades and lots of secret service. the president arrived on air force one at sfo before 6:00 last night. he was whisked away to several political fundraisers, the first at sea cliff and then in pacific heights at the getty mansion where 75 guests paid $35,000 for a chance to get the president's ear but blocks away there were protests, demonstrators, voicing opposition to the proposed keystone pipeline which would run from canada down to the gulf coast. >> all you do is write a check.

that easy. our how much are you writing a check for? >> for $5,000 and he is worth every bit. >> how is that good for the average person who does not is $5,000 or $33,000? >> it is tell, tell, and this is not a system you will hear me defend but you are not going to change it unless you take back the house of representatives. >> their political contributions they say were well spent and the president returned to intercontinental hotel at 9:00 p.m. last night after a lucrative evening and today a fundraising bunch in atherton at $32,000 a late and a $5,000 lunch reception also in atherton. if you are attending and want to upgrade you can pay an have a $5,000 at the lunch reception to get your picture taken with the president. he departs the bay area at 1:40 today and we are live if san francisco for abc7 news. >> oakland police say an officer

shot and wounded an remain ad robbery suspect after the suspect refused to stop. the armed robbery was reported shortly before 10:00 last night on clay street near 10th street. officers say they spotted three people matching the description of the suspects a block away at jefferson and 10th. police tried to stop them and an officer shot one of the suspects. his injuries are not life threatening and the officer was not hurt. >> an east bay pre-school under investigation for a teacher taping the hands and feet of a student who wall street not take a nap is facing more trouble. the website reports that the administration at the christian preschool sent a substitute teacher pinched and squeezed a chide's arm. the incident happened in february before the more recent taping incident. the school confirmed that the incident occurred in an e-mail to parent that read and i quote, "it is unknown when the incident occurred but it was alleged to have happened in the month of february of 2013 and the staff member was if longer employed as

of late february 2013." the man accused of plowing his car in a san jose walmart store over the weekend is due in court later today. the 33-year-old hamid zaid will be arained in santa clara county court this afternoon, and police said he rammed his car through the double glass doors at the story road walmart on sunday and began attacking customers. he was out on bail for a similar incident that happened last year. new video shows the car being driven by zaid crashing through the front of a car wash in san jose in december. police say he was high on methamphetamine. two months earlier documents show zaid tossed a chair through a window at an irish pub. >> east bay drama teacher accused of molesting two underage girls will appear in court this morning. he was a teacher at walnut creek when the incidents occurred. he was charged in february with abuse involving two girls students at the school.

he entered not guilty pleas to four charges two misdemeanor and two felonies. city employees could face charges after they failed to report the suspected sexual abuse to police after they found out. >> family and friends are paying a touching tribute to a college student killed in front of his san francisco home. the 19-year-old was shot in front his home in the mission district early saturday morning. last night, his family, friends, and former high school football teammates gathered in front of the house for a prayer service. he was an athlete and honor student at archbishop riordan high school before leaving for lewis and clark college in portland. >> he was one for sportsmanship and the team is rallying behind him and lifting the family members who were grieving. >> investigators think the shooter mistook him for a gang might be. so far, no one has been

arrested. >> new report being released later this morning is expected to shed new light on why an oil tanker hit a tower of the bay bridge. the san francisco board of pilot commissioners will release findings from the investigation. the january 7 collision occurred when the vehicle collided with the tower of the bridge on a foggy monday morning. the hull of the vessel was crushed but the inner hull stayed intact so no oil leaked from the tanker but the crash damaged a bridge fender. ntsb is investigating. >> the cal women's basketball team takes off for the final four in new orleans with a send off at 10:30 on the berkeley campus. they take on louisville in a national semi final game on sunday the first final four appearance in the history of cal women's basketball. congratulations, ladies! >> are a safe trip.

have a great time. >> now live doppler 7 hd shows san mateo bridge it is still light but it is coming down, the rain. the moderate rain is along highway from concord, bay point, pittsburg, antioch, oakley and brentwood and this is crossing the delta and headed into the central valley. we do have gist to the south of can dole stick heavy radar return right down to bay shore boulevard to the airport at sfo which we will keep an eye open for. i can see the steady rain moving across the neighborhood from southwest to northeast from 7:00 to 9:00 we will see the steady rain tapering and transition over to scattered showers but we will stay with scattered showers for the better part of the mid-morning to mid-afternoon hours.

as we head to the afternoon, into the evening, you can see there a dry push so the showers will taper and our best chance of heavy rain and steady rain in the morning commute until about 7:00. as we move forward, in the unsettled pattern with the storm systems sliding to the north we will have scattered sprinkles in the forecast and a light chance of a shower saturday and sunday with nothing to cancel plans over. now the commute from leyla gulen. >> good morning, everyone, we are tracking the drive as you make it to daly city along northbound 280. we have a report of a crash at highway one pacifica off-ramp possibly blocking one lane. we have plenty of rain in the area. look at this, it is shaded in blue and we have the heaviest downpours. we have a report of a brand new accident blocking middle lanes northbound 880 at 29th causing a bit of slowing as you make it up to alameda. if you moving from richmond

westbound 80, the crash has been cleared off the freeway and who are still dealing with residual backups. but it is showing speeds picking up and the traffic diminishing at berkeley. san jose northbound 87, the hold lights moving to the off-ramp, we have a smooth drive. drive safe. >> coming up, a story you will see only on abc7 news, big wheel fun in san francisco turns into a big accident. the crash sending a woman to the hospital. >> the tech world attention is on menlo park this morning what we are learning ahead of facebook's big mobile

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good thursday morning. a federal investigation is underway after a nest belonging to a pair of rare birds was removed from a crane at the port of san francisco. here are photos of the ospreys last year when they arrived. they were near extinction and set up a nest 180' above the pir on a crane. according to the "san francisco chronicle"s workers tore down the nest triggering an investigation by the u.s. department of fish and wildlife. the port claims it was perfectly justified and following the law in destroying the nest. >> only on abc7 news a popular annual event if san francisco turned tragic over the weekend when a spectator was seriously injured during the bring your own big wheel race. 45-year-old woman suffered a serious head energy when she walked in front of the racer whose could not avoid hitting her she was rushed to the hospital and had emergency

surgery. >> my wife was there taking pictures and she thought it was over and walked across to see my daughter. orgs did not want to appear on camera but told abc7 news that the driver felt terrible. neighbors say they have done a good job with safety by insawing bales to separate the spectators^. >> rumors about facebook. this is talk that they could unveil a new droid product. speculation is centered on a phone, a smartphone with facebook deeply integrated at a time when more than what of facebook billion users access it on a mobile device. abc7 news reporter will tweet real time developments from the announcement this morning scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

we will update the story at abc7news.com. >> mike nicco has the forecast rain. >> the rain will stick around from 7:00 to 9:00 and hopefully by the afternoon hours the commute back home will be dry. that is the plan right now. san mateo bridge shows the rain still falling and it will continue to fall in the 7:00. right now live doppler 7 hd shows we have been watching the east bay where we had the heavy rain and we are showing 24 connecting with 680 from the san ramon valley at pleasant hill and concord with light-to-moderate rain. heavy showers moving toward dixon and sacramento and we have guerneville headed toward santa rosa, petaluma, you are all

going to see an uptick in the intensity of the rain the next 25 to 30 minutes from light-to-moderate rain. watch out for ponding. low-to-mid 50's san francisco, oakland, walnut creek and palo alto and mill valley. as we look at the bay bridge you can see light rain still falling here and temperature in santa rosa and napa and fairfield and livermore and union city, also in the low to mid-50's. gray sky for the morning and a little bit of sunshine as we transition from steady rain to scattered afternoon showers with a chance of a sure this weekend, but just a chance and a light shower if anything develops. next week, you want 70's and 80's in the forecast, and some of that could creep to the coast and we will have that in the middle part of next week. today, we are going to have scattered showers developing in the afternoon, the broken areas of green not the wide-spread shield we have this morning with steady rain and low-to-mid 60's

away from the coast with patchy fog tonight and mid-40's to low 50's like what we are dealing with this morning without the steady rain. by 7:00, the heavy rain is moving off to the east and the transition to scattered showers by 9:00 will continue through noon and become less numerous headed through the 5:00 hour and you can see overnight a lot of moisture hanging around and we will wake up to cloud cover. we will get .1" to quarter an inch and double in the north bay and half that in the south bay. the seven-day outlook shows a chance of a scattered light show friday, saturday, and sunday as the storm system is close enough to dip in the north bay and bring us wet weather. monday is the last chance and the 70's and 80's and a lot of sunshine for tuesday and wednesday. leyla gulen has an update. >> good morning, everyone, as we start the drive northbound along 880 to alameda and oakland we have a problem at 29th it is a

car wreck that is blocking one lane and we are looking at backup much the drive is slow to the maze and toward the bay bridge with plenty of heavy rain where you see areas shaded in blue we are seeing heavier downfall and green in this area through san jose where we are seeing moderate rain. you are seeing northbound 280 to southbound 17 a crash out there that is also blocking a label so watch out for that. this is the commute through walnut creek as you make the drive down. 680 and toward 24 we are looking at clear conditions and traffic is not slowing down at all. finally, here is a look at the drive through san rafael with plenty of tail lights and north of there, from santa rosa and guard petaluma we had a report of a crash blocking a lane southbound along 101 so heavy rain if that area and you just want to make sure you are very careful out there. >> and we want to welcome you to

the team leyla gulen on of behalf kristen sze. i am just keeping the seat warm but the first time you have been here you have seen all of our weather, sunny, gorgeous, and now the rain. >> i could not get over how beautiful it was after spending summers here before and i could not believe how cold it was! when i came it was sunshine and beautiful sky and the cloud and the rain is nice. i do like the change in climates here. it is beautiful. >> wait physical july and august if you like cold weather. >> good to see you looking so alive and awake this time of the morning because you are putting the rest of us to shame. >> welcome, leyla gulen. >> coming up, the new financial twist in an effort to rename sfo in honor of gay rights' pioneer

harvey milk. >> a new trend a drugstore change is reporting. >> busy week for the electric car company continues with a

>> the debated over how much it would cost to rename sfo has land back where it started. airport officials said it would cost $4 million to change all the airport and highway signs if the facility was named after supervisor harvey milk. he was assassinated after becoming san francisco's first openly gay elected official. caltran then claimed they could do the work for $350 to $720,000. the airports spokesman is telling abc7 news that the figure is $4.1 million. >> the rolling stones are bringing their 50th anniversary tour to the bay area

. >> the stones 50th and counting tour is stopping in oakland and san jose next month. they have nine cities lined up. they will play on sunday may 5th at oracle and the pal beyond -- pavilion may 8th. top tickets are going for as much as $600, plus fees. on sale monday morning. hard to believe they are senior citizens. >> mark your calendar! >> that song will be stuck in my head all over. >> you mean "start me up." >> the drummer is, what, like 73? 73. >> a look at the light rain that falls on the san mateo bridge this morning, rainfall is healthy chip in some areas and we have doubled how much we have received last hour .5" at

petaluma and quarter in oakland and union city and .2" in san francisco and san jose is getting rain at .1" but receiving the least. the steady rain stops at 7:00 to 9:00 with a shower possible. do not let that deter you from going to the game with first pitch at 12:05. the back edge of the steady rain is moving toward us and through the central veal you will run into steady heavy rain and high elevation snow during the early part of the morning and the afternoon hours. we will be around the low-to-mid 60's for chico and sacramento and 77 at fresno and the rain misses this area and 72 in los angeles and 93 in palm springs. leyla gulen? >> as we look at the drive along east bay we starting to see heavy rain pouring and that is where we are seeing more accidents, we have a report of a brand new accident that happened

north of the or one we have been talking about northbound 880 at 29th still blocking a lane. right now we are starting to approach that area at 55 miles per hour and speeds are down to 24 miles per hour the closer you get to the wreck and up ahead, a new accident occurred so it is busy and plenty of blue in oakland and that is making very trench -- treacherous drive with flooding in the roadways so stay in the center lanes and avoid the areas that could cause high -- hydroplaning. >> some called it shacking up and now you can call it "commonplace." nearly half of young women say the first time they lived with a guy they were not married. the results are a change from 1995 when only 34 percent moved in together ahead of a wedding. experts say people are living together as a "testing" ground

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toward treasure island and that area. it will head over to oakland. watch out for that. as we slide down you can see to the east of portrero district 280, that area is getting light-to-moderate rain. that is starting to head further to the south. if you are on 101, the rain is pulling away from burlingame on 101 headed out, airport boulevard, and to the water so that is going to head over toward the east bay, so from oakland and alameda to san leandro and hayward you can see an uptick in the rainfall rates the next 20 to 25 minutes. the green means light rain, steady rain, and you can see the yellow is in the embedded areas of moderate rain with ponding on the roadways. we will see if it is causing any accident. >> as we take you back to 880, that is the hub of activity, and that is due to a couple of

crashes and flooding. we are getting a report of heavy rain in that area, the blue on this map, that means we are seeing heavy downpours and the green means it is raining and affecting your commute and we have two accidents along northbound 880 at 29 and one ahead at high and that is causing heavy backups and you are looking at 55 miles per hour slowing down to dow and more as you get closer to the accidents and as you creep up just a little bit further toward the macarthur maze that is where we are seeing flooding almost causing a big rig to crash so be careful. as you take your drive to the altamont pass, we down to 29 miles per hour crawling as you make it down towards livermore and we do have a report of an accident out there, as well, on the eastbound direction and that is before you reach livermore so be very careful out there. >> our storm watch coverage continues from the thought bay now, showers falling this after midnight, and abc7