>> the roads are wet so if the rain has not hit you yet it is likely to. amy hollyfield is in walnut creek of the what do you see, amy? >> we are getting a break in the action. we have wet streets. how long has it been? it is welcome. the rain dances have paid off. this is the rain we shot pictures of that happened last night in san francisco. john is on track to be the driest ever recorded in northern california. this is a welcome sight. it will not do everything we need. it will not be enough to get us back on track. we will welcome it. we are planning on going around the east bay all morning to give you a look of what you can expect and what you can prepare for.

as we check the conditions, it is it will dry in walnut creek. >> thank you. a little bit of rain is next to nothing in terms of what we need leaving some in the north bay more concerned with each passing dry day. in petaluma the pastures are usually grown giving farmers a break on feed but one farmer is paying twice as much for hay for the could yous a whopping $10,000 a week. it is going to affect the beef, pork and sheep producer and it will trickle to all of agriculture. >> if it does not rain considerably in the next six weeks we will have mandatory restrictions. there is no other way. >> if the santa rosa areas get .25" it will still need 19"

more. >> water officials will conduct the second snow survey at echo summit much the first survey shows the water content was only 20 percent average for early january. reading show the state snow pack dropped to 10 percent of normal. you can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7 hd on abc7 news weather app which makes it easy to share the weather photos, download information at abc7 news.com .com/app. >> after school counselor in san jose accused of selling pot to students could make the first court appearance today. police arrested 20-year-old edward diaz after school got out at the elementary school. >> nothing surprises you now. >> the arrest of this man, a 20-year old by san jose police at willow glenn elementary school will make some

uncomfortable. after 4:00 p.m. on tuesday officers responded to a report a counselor with after school program sold pot to a couple of students. investigators interviewed diaz and arrested him almost immediately. the program is a california-based nonprofit to help close the achievement g.p.a. with the relationship between counselor and student is key to academic success. >> it is a sad commentary on society to have something like that happen at a school. >> diaz sits in jail on $55,000 bail and will make the first court appear an when the students return to class. in the east bay, the family of a girl would disappeared 25 years ago will hold a vigil as they have done in year's past. she was 13 when she vanished john 30th,1989 when walking

home to school. the family will walk long the same route tonight. the event is at 7:00 p.m. and proceeds to st. ray monday catholic church. 100 people took part last year. >> the oakland teen accused of killing his sister during a fight over laundry is in skill this morning. her 14-year-old boy killed her because she breathed some of the clothing. the team walked into police headquarters with family and the rare at his side. justice toliver lebanons behind a three-year-old daughter. >> >> andy lopez's shooting death is in the hands of the district attorney. he was killed in october walking with a toy gun designed to look like an assault rifle. erick gelhaus thought the gun was an ac47.

the district attorney must now decide whether to press criminal charges again the deputy. it could take 90 days to make that determination. >> oakland police hope a $5,000 reward will catch a sexual predator who attacked a little girl, a six-year old said a man grabbed her at think college now on international boulevard. she escaped and alerted an adult. the attacker is a white man, tall, with heavy build with short black hair and a black mustache and wore a gray and blue polo shirt and black shoes. >> san jose is pushing a court for the quickest possible resolution in the lawsuit against major league baseball. the san jose mercury news reports that the lawyers have asked for the circuit court of appeals to set march 24 deadline if all legal arguments that could allow judges to rule on the case by summer. san jose is challenging a federal judge's order dismissing the city's argument that the mlb

spray lated antitrust laws by laying the a's bid to move to san jose. the giants claim territorial rights to the largest city. a new poll shows governor brown is if a great position to be re-elected in november after the approval rating soared to a record high. 60 percent of likely voters approve of the way the governor is handling the job up 10 percent in a month. experts say brown gained by partisan support after releasing his new proposed budget and announce add multi-billion dollar surplus and proposed using it to pay down state debt. the poll found in the november election if it were held now 53 percent of likely voters would pick governor brown and 17 percent would choose a republican assembly man. >> the city lady will be in the bay area today and tomorrow and hold a fundraiser in san francisco for the democratic national committee. tomorrow, she will join house

democratic leader nancy people less if a women's lunch and reception at the fairmont hotel with tickets sold out at prices from $500 to $32,000. happening today, there is a public forum on a dog management plan for the golden gate recorrectional area at 8:30 this morning. the national park service show as revised land in september to cover 21 locations in the national recreation area with the rules banning dogs in san francisco at crissy field where they are now allowed off leash. the proposal requires the use of leashes at five places in marin county where dogs can run free >> if walking your dog is in your plans, we will check with oat, mike nicco. >> wet weather is on everyone's

mind. our best radar runs coming off the dumbarton bridge headed to woodside, with light rain showing up and possibly moderate rain. to the south, you can see scattered light rain through the south bay and scattered light rain from san francisco across the bay bridge toward oakland, berkeley, orinda, and to walnut creek and concord and then, possibly, to antioch and martinez and around brentwood. visibility is where you can see how heavy the rain is. it is 10 miles visibility if most areas but it is making things slick through 10:00 this morning and then i forecast clouds by monday and money 50's and same by 4:00 but with the sunshine and another batch of energy rolling through, random shower is possible starting at 4:00 through 7:00 and even through tomorrow morning. by far the lightest and most widespread rain is fulling

through 10:00. leyla gulen? >> if you are going to be skipping the slick road this morning and taking to bart or any other mass transit, you are in good shape. everything is running on time. bart has 24 trains running all on track and muni has in delays. it is slick. we have had several accidents. they small solo vehicle spinouts. they have been cleared. we have a couple of areas of construction. the construction is minimized when it is wet. we have a project east bay bridge making the trip across emeryville there are construction crews. that will loosen up around 6:00. we will pick up the cones. the drive through lafayette along 24 to orinda, it is moist. everything is running at top speed. katie marzullo and kristen sze? >> thank you, target answers the big question in a massive

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also, when you might see rain. >> in italy a court is deliberating in the third murder trial of amanda knox who is home in seattle. they her closing arguments in the 2007 murder of her british roommate. her co-defendant and, boyfriend was in court. the two were first condition victimmed of murdering the roommate in 2009. it happened during a drug-fueled sex game. the high court later overturned the acquittal. if convicted she could try to have her extradited. >> new details on the data broach affecting tens of millions of target shoppers. hackers gained access to 40 million debit and credit card numbers using stolen credentials from a target vendor. they used credentials to access the retailer systems. the personal information of 70 million accounts was also accessed. target says they have taken extra precautions for protect

the information including limiting or updating access to systems. >> the academy of oscars revoked a nomination for best original song, the shocked artist is ready to fight. ♪ i'm alone ♪ yet not alone >> that is sung by a woman with 50 percent lung capacity a quadriplegic. >> from a movie that made just 134,000 at the box office which is what made the recent oscar nomination for best song so unexpected. now, the academy has rescinded that nomination. >> i am frustrated and confused. i was devastated. >> the veteran composer wrote the song and was a governor for 18 years andent -- and sent this

letter. >> i did not campaign for the film or do anything that i didn't read in the rules. >> a competing song like "happy," and others promoted big money if your consideration ad campaign. >> the people would overlooked my song because it had no promotion or marketing and no word of mouth the. >> the academy president says "no matter how well-intentioned the communication, using a position as a firm governor and current executive committee member to personally promote your oscar submission creates the appearance of unfair advantage." >> he is a former governor and he learned how to game the s. >> if i learned to game the system i would have had a nomination before this. the last nomination was 30 years ago. >> he sent this e-mail to the president saying he doesn't think he has done anything wrong and is getting support on face book from other academy members including someone who calls it

unfair. >> bruce isn't sure of his next step but is considering legal action. >> i feel sullied and dirtied and i feel...defamed. >> the academy awards is less than five weeks away and we are the only place where you can see the oscars which is sunday march 2. >> monster tides are causing flooding in mill valley. standing water is forcing drivers to maneuver around highway one at the 101 interchange caused by a king tide that happens when the sun and moon are closest to the earth with a parking lot closed yesterday. the king tides will subside on saturday and will not run this winter. >> mike, you are a hero. you get blamed for bad weather

and should get credit. >> a little bit of rain but on the lower end of what i hoped because the storm system is moving through way too fast. if this storm had any inclination to be like the one in september we forecast to move through past and it gave us the extra rain i hoped this would have the same disposition but it doesn't. the best chance of rain is now moving away from us and you can see scattered light rain developing off the coast and that will move across us until 10:00 but i want you to focus on this patch of cloud in the pacific. that is going to make a beeline for us. that is a chunk of energy that with a little bit of sunshine will destabilize the atmosphere so we will have a chance of showers in the afternoon and overnight as the low rolls through. the dope of the moisture is moving away from us. after stepping out, it is mild. not is mild as year, in the low-to-mid 50's rather than the upper 50's and the cooler air is sliding in behind the front and

near 50 in santa rosa, napa and novato. from mount tamalpais if we had significant rain we would not see this clearly. you can see to the san mateo bridge so you can see how light the rain is hanging around until 10:00. then a scattered shower until tomorrow morning and ever so light chance of rain sunday and when it passes that is it for a while. next week should be warmer-than-average and dry. the temperatures today warm into the upper 60's to up -- actually, upper 50's to low 60 cooler than year. tonight is cooler at mid-to-upper 30's inland land and low-to-mid 40's at the bayshore. the best plume of moisture is moving south by 7:00 with a break in the cloud cover during the lunch hour and the scattered showers develop in the afternoon and the evening and the overnight hours waking up

tomorrow morning and it is clear out with sunshine breaking out in the afternoon. it will be nice for friday evening plans. seven-day forecast shows temperatures rebounding from middle 50's to lower 60's holding through saturday and the extra clouds will pull our temperatures back into the mid-to-upper 50's for super bowl sunday and monday, tuesday, and wednesday, a lot of sunshine and warmer-than-average. >> leyla? >> it is drying in santa rosa. we do not have the green areas indicating where rain fell. we have top speeds through santa rosa into rohnert park and it is still wet to the south. there are still remnants of wetness on the roads but at top speeds we have a couple of pockets with light rain. in the southbound direction along 101 through mill valley and over the golden gate bridge it is a slick drive. as we take you over to the drive

through redwood city and east palo alto eastbound and westbound highway 84 at 101 we have construction lasting until 6:00. walnut creek, southbound, 680, the tall lights pushing to highway 24 and it is on dry side but we tell you where all the wet spots are in a bit. >> chinese communities around the world are gearing up for a lunar new year that begins at midnight. koreans and vietnamese also celebrate the holiday. mainland china is shut down for the next seven days for the year of the horse. armies, trains, bus stations in beijing have seen a crush of travelers returning home for the holiday or going on vacation which is traditional spent with the family. officials in china limit the use of fireworks in celebration because of the pollution. in san francisco the holiday

periods ended with the parade on february 15th. >> cool. coming up on 4:51. >> experimental treatment that is showing big promise in alleviating deadly peanut allergies in children. >> the storm is moving across the bay area with live doppler 7 hd bringing us much

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check this out: a sight we have been hoping for. we with love to see your puddle pictures. you can post them on facebook page or share them with us on twitter or instagram at abc7 news bay area. >> no one likes water more than a good retriever. >> massive drilling machine

working to create the central subway is back. the "san francisco examiner" reports crews are digging 425 feet of new tunnel the same undercrossing where drilling took place last year. the works could take up to six days during the time and bart could run slower. >> the san jose earthquake is celebrating the 40th and was with a special celebration with a new logo and uniforms for the quakes held at the market in downtown san jose. the earthquake squares will be available for autographs kick off at 5:30 p.m. and is free to the public. the regular son begins -- season begins march 15. next year they play in the new soccer stadiumibility in santa clara. the quakes will play the first game in the 49ers new same august 2. the event is at 5:30 p.m. tonight. >> coming up on 4:55.

we will talk about the weather this morning. >> rounding the moisture around the monterey bay across the central valley and going into the sierra. that is where the rain is going to stay for the morning hours. this is how it looks from lake tahoe this morning: the snow is falling. they are trying to make a little bit of snow and they are seeding the clouds, also. temperatures are in the mid-60's in chico and mid-to-upper 60's around monterey and low-to-mid 60's in san diego and los angeles. we have winter storm wanting until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon and 2' of snow above 8,000 feet and 8" at lake level. >> we have a report of a solo vehicle spinout in hercules traveling eastbound four under the 80 overpass with a vehicle on the shoulder. it is good news. but we could see looking and slowing so the green is where we

have light rain. it is still coming down. 580 from tracy to dublin is 26 minutes and antioch to concord is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 18 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows drops on the lens with traffic running smoothly from the maze to san francisco. a san jose office park is cleaning house. sort of. dozens of trees are being removed as part of a plan to upgrade airport place off highway 101 with the city granting permission to up root 50 trees. some neighbors are shocked. the developers say they will replace the redwoods with small are trees in an effort to improve the complex occupancy rate by improving the view. on the peninsula the menlo park police department is offering a free bicycle registration program. the goal is to help recover lost or stolen bicycles.

the program allows bicycle owners to record registration information in a security database managed by menlo park police. it is bicycle is stolen police add the serial number to the stated-wide security base and it can be identified and returned to the owner. >> a new treatment to reduce peanut allergies in children is showing promising results. researchers in britain used an experimental therapy on 100 kids with severe peanut allergies. doctors started by giving them small amounts of peanut flour. after six months, 80 percent of the kids were able to safely eat a handful of nuts. the results published in the medical journal. >> finally, the rain has arrived. next at action, we are tracking the storm making its way through the bay area and the challenge it is making for the morning commute. >> also, the deep south thawing out of a deep freeze and how complete strangers came together to weather the storm that left

thousands tranned. >> investigators reveal new details of the massive fire that swept through a peninsula metal

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