part of a larger threat. snow and ice hitting the east coast and the driver to work is already turning dangerous. nothing like that here but dangerous driving is coming our way. very soon. wipers, check. tires, check. rain, check. >> you don't need a rain check for the rain. absolutely. 1.5 miles in novato and we still have a last fog found up-and-down 101 and everyone else and doing okay but we seeing an increase in clouds. day planner is partly cloudy around the bay and upper 30's to low 40's with a few lower 30's around redwood city and in the low-to-mid 50's with the sky becoming gray in the afternoon and light rain developing at

7:00. inland we are cool and freezing cold in the 20's to mid-30's this morning so maybe some frost to scrape off the car. low-to-mid 50's with increasing clouds and sprinkles around 7:00 and we will get our better chance of rain at 8:00 or 9:00. the coast is cloudy through noon from the mid-40's to the mid-50's and gray by 4:00 and we will be with the by 7:00. leyla gulen? >> there were a couple of issues as we started off in san francisco where we had a pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of grove and van ness. it is new re-opened. we had a couple of accidents on the freeways. they have cleared. the drive in san francisco is moving look just fine southbound direction approaching market street. richmond and san rafael bridge

traffic is building but not like the follow toll bridge, with traffic heavy leasing the maze to san francisco and the san mateo bridge the commute is fine but it is busy to cross the water toward the peninsula. more on the breaking news in san francisco where police are investigating a crash on van ness avenue where we find our reporter. the root -- rod just re-opened? >> southbound van ness is now open. police are with respecting up the investigation of a hit-and-run that left a man fighting for his life in his 50's. the man was crossing van ness inside the crosswalk toward city hall and he was instruct by a vehicle headed south on van ness. the man was treated by paramedics at the seen and rushed to the hospital. the suspect vehicle left the seen and has not been found by

police. it is described only as a dark-colored sedan or s.u.v. >> lots of debris remains on the scene from the accident, most of it has been cleaned. the victim was pulling a recycling bin when he was struck. the victim is in critical condition. police are checking to see if surveillance video cap toured the -- captured the accident on tape. >> breaking news from alameda where a firefighter suffered minor injuries battling an apartment fire this morning. the blaze broke out after 4:00 at a two-story complex on santa clara avenue. residents were evacuated and the fire has been contained. the firefighter was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >> in the east bay, hayward police say a woman would was shot by officers at an apartment complex has died from the wounds

the police shooting happened in hayward at 7:00. police were called to the summerwood programs to conduct a welfare check on a 62-year-old woman who lived there. she pulled a handgun and refused orders to put it down. an officer fired and she was hit and pronounced dead at the hospital. the officer who fired shot has been with the department a year. amy hollyfield is at the apartment complex and will bring us an update on the investigation in the next half hour. >> new information on the sniper attack on the power station with a government regulators saying it was domestic terrorism. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that story. >> a professional job and possibly a rehearsal for something bigger, a serious finding from the man who was the chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission at at the

time. last april, around 1:00 o'clock in the morning someone went interest an underground vault and cut service to most of gilroy and then snipers opened fire on the substation shooting for 19 minutes. they knocked out 17 transformers that give power to the silicon valley and then disappeared a minute before police arrived to investigate and no one has been arrested. in an interview with the "wall street journal" follow regulator says that this was a terrorist attack and says if it was copied across the country it do take down the united states grid and black out were of the country. folks re-routed the power to avoid a black out but it took workers 27 days to get the substation repaired and operating at full power. he says "this is the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred in the united states." a spokesman for the f.b.i. in san francisco says to the "wall street journal" the bureau does

not believe this was a terror attack but reviews evidence. east palo alto will not be outsourcing police services. the city council voted 4-1 against the proposal. the idea came as east palo alto tries to close a $1 million shortfall. 100 people attended the meeting mostly against outsourcing. an after school counselor accused of selling marijuana to elementary school students is expected to be in court. the 20-year-old diaz was arrested at willow glen elementary school. he was a dutior with the "think together" program. a spokesman said he passed two federal background checks before being brought on. he faces two charges of selling marijuana to a minor. >> man tried to run over an

officer after officers chased a stolen car yesterday afternoon. the drive got into a crash on 3rd but officers approached he drove the car at them the an officer opened fire but he sped off. police found the stolen vehicle abandoned. officers searched several buildings with guns drawn but did not find the subject. the snowy conditions people are waking up to on the east coast this morning. this is westchester, new york, outside of new york city, at 5:00 a.m. as the commute was getting underway and you can see how much snow fell in that area with quite a bit coming down the second storm to hit the east coast this week and another expected this weekend. >> deadly pile up on the pennsylvania turnpike.

a tractor trailer slammed into three big rigs. one was killed. the road was icy. >> a jetliner was stuck in the snow in kansas city, stranded on the taxi way yesterday. snow is causing plenty of travel headaches. there are 2,200 flights now canceled. here is a look at some of the problems facing the east coast as far as snow is concerned. the pictures from our sister station in the boston area outside of boston, look at the big snow drifts, probably from snowplows pushing snow off the road on to the side. you can see, man, they have a lot of snow there and a little bit of flurry activity is happening right now. it is a mess. >> kids enjoy it but the

drivers, certainly not. >> they know how to drive it better than most of us. it will be an issue. we have live doppler 7 hd and you can see the yeah of snow in chicago into the northeast and we will bring it back home headed it bart here are the stations and the temperatures you will stand in: 33 in walnut creek and dublin/pleasanton is 34. oakland is 35. 39 in hayward. fremont is 41. pittsburg and san francisco is 44. 45 in daly city and sfo at 49. this is how it looks in san jose: it is dry. tomorrow you will be driving through rain. temperatures today are three to six degrees cooler-than-average headed throughout an increasing cloudy difficult. we will have light rain when the sun sets along the coast spreading across our neighborhoods through tomorrow morning with a few lingering

showers thursday afternoon but mostly dry and friday will be dry but the friday evening plans will develop and an all-day rain is on the way for saturday and possibly on sunday. >> hope you enjoy the wet weather and remember how to drive in it. >> allow me to be the first to wish you happy. national weather person's day which is also national pancake day. >> my two favorite things! >> your sell and pancakes. >> wait! >> westbound highway 92 at high-rise a stalled vehicle is not causing slowing but it is blocking a lane and northbound 238 is building around 580 in the westbound direction toward the nimitz and speed does pick up and the drive interest dublin at the interchange is becoming up and before you get there it is moderate traffic in the westbound direction is busy and 680 is fine northbound to

highway 24 and 680 southbound to the 24 junction is where it is getting busy at 14 minutes from highway 4 to 24. >> it is getting rough, razor sharp wit on display. >> the battle of the c.e.o.'s microsoft for salaries. >> without drink or bathe in this water? >> that is water? hard to believe the hotel guests face this in sochi as the games are

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hate crime investigation after a mosque was targeted by >> we are lend how much microsoft new c.e.o. is taking home in pay. satya nadella is getting $1.2 million salary which is 80 percent more than what he made previously. satya nadella will get a stock award worth $13.22ment. apple c.e.o. received $360 million in stock queen he was appointed. >> there are a number specific threats aimed at winter olympics in russia. a muslim insurgent group threatened to strike which has launched other attacks in

russia. >> some rots covering the game in sochi are finding things are not quite ready. a reporter checked and a hotel on monday and sent out this tweet and i quote, "my hotel has in water and the front desk says do not use on your face because it contains something dangerous." this is sochi 2014 and then another photo saying and i quote, "water restored, sort of. i now know what is dangerous, and what dangerous face water theres like." also, i just watched my face with avion look i am a car -- kardashian. >> you cannot drink it but you cannot wash in it. >> these are the people would will write about the olympics and you want to be on the right foot with them... >> the media is happy they put

out go reports and the olympics are successful because the atlantic games were successful but the media hated it because of the traffic. >> and a little bombing. >> i was there. >> and the weather? >> how about the gift of rain? >> that is what we need. i would give up all the gifts you are giving for much needed rain. >> satellite radar shows clouds on the increase and another beautiful sunrise coming and i will try to capture those clouds and put them on twitter with more success than i did yesterday. we had an interface problem yesterday. thickening clouds. dry in the day the

saturday into sunday and possibly thunderstorm. low-to-mid 50's along the coast and a lot like yesterday. tonight the temperatures milder in the low-to-upper 40's through foam morning. 5:00 we are starting the commute and everything is dry with stray shower possible and at 8:00 the rain moves in and by midnight we are getting rain and light-to-moderate rain and raining everywhere again and by noon it is more scattered and in the afternoon it is mostly cloudy. we will see a shower or two possible in the north bay which is the case through friday until we get to 7:00 and you can see scattered showers developing and starting to move in for friday evening festivities. rainfall with the first storm .5" in the north bay and half inch in the east bay. if you think that is impressive, look at the next storm: friday, the rain is coming. saturday, all-day rain.

sunday, all-day rain. monday, it shifts to the south. by tuesday it is over. this is what we have been waiting for across northern california, if this model very officials red, more than 6". yell slow more than 3". darker green is two. we could get 2" or 3" of rain which could double or totals for rain that started july 1 which is how impressive the system is. the rain stops on monday afternoon into tuesday we will be back to sun and 60. the wet weather is coming. >> we have a four-car crash reported at the interchange and westbound 80 at highway 12 we have a lane blocked and we are seeing a little bit of slowing as you make the approach so slow traffic there and hopefully they will get it moved to the

shoulder. the drive time traffic at the altamont pass 580 tracy to dublin and 39 minutes and 23 minutes ahead westbound on highway four from antioch to concord and 101 is clear and holding strong at 17 minutes from san rafael to san francisco and from emeryville camera toward the bay bridge pushing to treasure island, heavy and you can see the taillights looking slow at 15 minutes from the maze to the city. coming up, the reality show contestant ready to milk a big bid if congress and the pass natural story he hopes to get a vote. >> the biggest names in entertainment and experts will tee it up at pebble beach.

good morning on wednesday morning. those headlights headed toward you the richmond-san rafael stole plaza westbound the remark is moving right along and who are checking traffic all over the place with the information coming up. >> we will check with a look at "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good morning, the desperate search for a missing virginia police can't who van ired never showing up to a birthday party

on saturday. we have the latest on that investigation next. it is 6:24. former american idol star clay aiken is officially trying his hand at politics. >> if you only know part of my story that begins with the golden ticket that still seems unbelievable to me to this day, you might wonder what would qualify me to run. >> he is running if congress from north carolina, a democrat, releasing this video on the website and trillionsly life story including growing up with domestic violence. high rose to fame by finishing second in season two of "american idol." >> the form neighborhood watchman acquitted in the shooting death of trayvon martin is stepping into the limelight again. george zimmerman announced he will participate in a celebrity boxing max against rapper say the fight was his idea and said he is a huge boxing fan and used to hit jim -- gyms for boxing

type training. >> hollywood celebrities will tee off for charity at pebble beach today. yesterday was the giants against the 49s with a ringer. the quaterback smith is now with the kansas city chiefs but he joined the old team for the shootout and he helped with the chip shot off the green and dwight clark makes the putt. the giants' pitch are should have triad three corner bank but he didn't so he did not make this putt but the 49ers and giants raised $100,000 for charity and the giants won. >> peyton manning will be there, but russell wilson will not because final preparations are under way in seattle, the super bowl victory parade starts at 11:00 this morning and tens of

thousands are fans will turnout stretching through downtown through the home turf for a rally. barricades are set up. loyal fans have staked out the perfect spot to catch the parade and seattle will schools will not be closed but they are certainly expecting a lot of parents to write absence notes. >> the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. including a police pursuit that ends in a deadly wreck. hair police say any shot can killed ascot-year-old woman last night because she refused to drop her gun. necessary, you will hear what an eyewitness says happened. in the traffic center you have a lot of company as evidence of the bay bridge toll

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 6:29 on this wednesday. from the cameras, looking at both sides of the bay, a gorgeous picture with the sun ready to rise. it is dry now. it is going to change. it will change big time. who is going to talk about that? >> would? >> the guy who is celebrating national weatherman day. >> you mean mike nicco? him! >> thank you for the greetings. we have dry conditions. a few clouds. they make for a colorful sunrise. i will be getting poured ons on the roof. you will need an umbrella. the fog is moving but it has improved with novato at seven miles. we have been as low as three quarters of an

three-quarters of a mile with fog lurking. the clouds will increase at low-to-mid 50's and gray by 4:00 and when we get to 7:00, the rain is on the way. it will be rain for probably 12 hours, maybe continue hours with the first storm. the second storm will be more impressive. we have the check on the only commute with leyla gulen. >> good morning, everyone, we are taking you to the four car crash blocking one lane westbound 80 at highway 12. we have delays in the westbound direction. pushing in the westbound direction 101 from novato to lucas valley we have reduced visibility because of fog only one or two miles' visibility. southbound to the golden gate bridge you can see the traffic is clear.

outside right now at san jose the drive on 81 is moving along better than 101 which is packed but 87 is accident free and at top speeds. developing news from hayward where a 62-year-old woman died after being shot by police. officers say she threatened them with a gun. amy hollyfield is near the scene with the the details. hayward police say she refused to drop the gun when they told her to. we spoke with an eye witness who backs up that account. police say the 62-year-old woman called 9-1-1 several times so they stopped by to check on her. this is the summerwood apartments on foothill boulevard. she had a gun and she would not drop it. she held it in a way that made officers feel threatened. a woman walking her dog tells us she saw the whole thing.

>> she was coming counsel the stays and he said drop the gun, drop the gun and they had all the guns out telling her to drop the gun. she should have dropped it. >> did you see her gun? >> yes, i did. >> the police officer would shot the woman has been with the police department for a year. they have not released his or her name. they want her family members notified. >> the police department and district attorney will investigate the officer-involved shooting. thank you, more breaking news, the driver responsible for hitting a man in a crosswalk in san francisco is still on the run and the victim is in his 50's and fighting for his life. he was pulling a recycle bin across van ness avenue at grief street -- at grove steve and he

was hit by a dark u.s. >> a man was hit and killed in san francisco yesterday crossing a boulevard identified at 78 -year-old. we are overhead moments after the accident. low women in the car suffer minor injuries but otherwise unharmed. this is the second pedestrian death in the city this year. transit officials yesterday held a meeting to discuss making streets safer. >> a police chase ended with a deadly wreck that started in the city. officers say the driver lost control and crashed near highway 780 slamming into a tree and died at the scene. it started at 10:00 when the bliss chased the car. the crash closed the lanes on 80 and 780 but all lanes now are

re-opened. >> oakland firefighters are on seen of the vacant grocery store destroyed by a large fire with flames racing through the building at 54th avenue that started at 9:00 last night, the fire grew to throw alarms before the crews were able to bring it under control. the fire was so intense the firefighters were ordered out of the building for their safety and there is no word on what sparked the fire. >> the story of the murder of a three-year-old napa girl is more disturbing. police say the girl was stored in a suitcase and freezer. police found the body of kayleigh slusher and arrested her mother and her mother's boyfriend. sara krueger and ryan scott watcher could face the delegate penalty if an autopsy determines she was sexually assaulted. police victimmed the apartment

to check on her but did not report anything official. >> we have a child who died and i don't know...everything i know tells me there was nothing that was done incorrectly. that doesn't mean the system doesn't fail. >> sara krueger and warner will return to court in two weeks. san jose police are certaining if three men who business toll -- who pistol-whipped their victims in seven robberies october 22 at 3:30 in the morning. they carjacked a victim and robbed the others in the stolen s.u.v. over the next few hours. the california public policy center has a website that displays some of the largest salaries and pensions paid in the state. the site shows in alameda county an administrator was paid $720,000 in 2012.

in santa clara, 40 doctors at the medical center in san jose made from $500,000 to more than $750,000. two fire captains in richmond earned $400,000, half in overtime pay. the pension payouts, five retire crows of the piedmont police and fire pension system collected over $300,000 in 2012 and more than 95 former government workers in the state took home more than $250,000 each in total pay intermediates for pensions. >> a possible act of terrorism in the bay area and the pg&e substation at center of the threat. >> but, first, man who went into hiding after serving jail time for a deadly bart shooting reappears. here is a look at lake tahoe.

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than we should be. you can see the clouds increasing from the west and the rain will move in probably around 7:00. temperatures are near 60 through the central valley and low-to-mid 60's to the south and the seven-day forecast shows all the snow, with lit snow tomorrow and snow will start on friday evening and the quick are you get there, the better and the heavy snow fall on saturday mixing with rain at lake levels on sunday and monday and on the slopes it will be snow and hopefully we will measure it in feet. if you are headed up that way, hope you injury it. >> a couple of problems including in san jose with a big rig. they were getting off the freeway and knocked down a traffic signal and power presidents westbound the ramp is shut from southbound 880. we have wires that are lying cross lanes so c.h.p. did not want vehicles to exit.

they want them to grab 288, get off at -- continue long southbound 880 and get off at hamilton or at winchester. there are a couple of alternates but it is going to backup your commute. last week's funeral for bart police sergeant tom smith was attended by 2,000 mourners including the man convicted in the 2009 shooting of oscar grant at the funeral. the ton says he knew tom smith and wanted to pay respects. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and now working in sales in the state. c.v.s. will no longer sell cigarettes in the store. the c.e.o. of the pharmacy chain revealy he is making this bold decision. >> the bay area pg&e could have been at the center of a

covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all bay area, this is abc7 news. from vandal imto possible terrorism, a former federal regulator is public with a new theory of the snipe are attack on a pg&e substation in san jose

last year. katie marzullo has that story. >> not everyone agrees but the man who was the chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission at the time is calling the attack "serious domestic terrorism." in april at 1:00 o'clock a.m. snipers opened fire on the station shooting for 19 minutes. they knocked out 17 transformers that route pout we are to the silicon valley and cut telephone cables, cutting service to most of gilroy. whoever it was vanished a minute before the police arrived. no one has been arrested. in an interview with the "wall street journal" the follow regulator calls it a "professional attack," and "possibly a rehearsal for something bigger." he says and i quote, "it is the most significant incidence of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has occurred in the un." the f.b.i. does not believe it was a terror attack. you it details in the death

of philip seymour hoffman with four people being arrested in new york, three men and a woman. they are held on drug charges tied to the death. police found 350 bags of heroin if their apartment and are trying to determine if it is the same batch as that found in half man's apartment. he was found dead from an overdose on sunday. he withdraw $1,200 from a grocery store a.t.m. hours before the death. twitter has the earnings report the first since they went public. the storm has perform strongly since it made the day but on the stock exchange in november with shares surging from the initial public offering at $26 a share to the current price of $66. today's fourth quarter report give investor as look at how quickly twitter is adding users after the close of trading. investment company says that it will move a thousand jobs out

of san francisco in the next three to five years, with a spokesman saying that san francisco will continue to be the company's headquarters for charles schwab but the high cost of business is a factor. >> trading is underway on wall street and we can see the dow is off 50 points right now at 15,394. >> the large of the drugstore chains, c.v.s., will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products by october 1 and will lose $2 billion a year but the c.e.o. says they are lying to help the customers stay healthy and launching a program to help them stop smoking. >> samsung is posting a february 24 event at the mobile world congress in barcelona where there is speculation the company could show the first details of the galaxy s5 smartphone. last year, they introduced the

galaxy xs4 with sales topping $100 million last year for the chief rival to apple and the iphone. being single isn't chief. a survey finds that singles spend around $60 a month on dating-regulated activities and food or drinks or events, spending around $700 a year to find mr. or ms. right. >> i bet the dating costs are a lot higher in the bay area. >> i am glad it is mr. and ms. rather than and mrs. i have seen something we have not seen since december of 2012 a significant storm is coming. the timing is bad because the entire weekend could be wet

including the lunar new year's festival. it is a family fun event and they do some evens inside the court yard. author on the southern edge of the wet weather. yesterday was the best day they will have down this. live doppler 7 hd shows tracking the clouds and you can see a deep well of water coming our way from the southwest and making the right turn over-the-top of the ridge and headed right for us. san jose, good morning, at 87 near the shark tank and the drive this morning, but tomorrow morning that will be wet. thickening clouds dry in the day and rain tonight through tomorrow and light-to-moderate and unsettled wet weather on friday evening through sunday and could throw in a clap of thunder or to open saturday. low-to-mid 50's on the coast and mid-to-upper 50's a carbon copy of yesterday. tonight you can see the rain which is milder and low-to-mid upper 40's. at 5:00, you can see the light rain is trying to develop long

the north bay and all of us will be spreading eastward in the evening and the sooner you get out and the more likely you are dry and by anyone we have rain that will continue through 7:00 in the morning as we head to noon and it becomes scattered and mostly clouds during the afternoon hours but you can see the extreme northern part of sonoma county. overnight into friday if we see rain it will be in the same area and friday noon we will have a bet we chance of seeing scattered showers across the in the bay and friday evening, be ready for wet weather that is coming back. check out the totals with the first system we are looking at half an inch to inch in a quarter in the north bay, and peninsula, is quarter to throw quarters and same in the south bay and the system that comes in this welcome, i want to show you the rain totals quickly, we are going to get in the yellows and oranges and the red in not by up to 3 to 5" and the rest of us could get from 1.5" to 3".

an impressive storm. it is a couple day away. when that passes monday afternoon into tuesday the sun comes out and temperatures back in the 60's away from the coast. it will be a big one. >> we have a sig-alert in san jose because of the big rig that hit a signal and power poles northbound and southbound 880, the off-ramp certainly is shut down and the on-ramp to southbound 880 is shut down because of wires that are lying cross the roadways. if you are traveling expect to see delays at 280 looking packed approaching the intersection so you can continue south along highway 17 and get off at hamilton but the sig-alert is around for quite some time and they don't want traffic to head in the westbound direction. >> aheads seven things to know with you go. >> morning news runs in 60

good morning at the exploritorium camera looking congressous as folks drive in with the lovely sunrise this morning. as we hand thing off to me america, seven things to know before you go. number one, the search is on for a hit and run driver who left a man in his 50's in critical condition in san francisco. the man was in a crosswalk near city hall and van ness and grove was closed for much of the morning but it has reopened, the latest incident of pedestrians being hit by cars in the city. >> hayward police officer is on paid leave after shooting and killing an armed woman at an apartment complex last night. officers were asked to check on the well-being and they say she pulled a handgun and they fired at her and she died at the hospital. >> a follower regulator at the

energy department believes the san francisco has a rehearsal by terrorists at pg&e plant. >> and they are try to determine what set off a big first that set off a fire at a vacant grocery store that grew to three alarms before crews got it under control. the flames were so intense that firefighters were ordered out of the bidding -- building for their safety. >> a major storm is leading to thousands of flight chance layings and delays nationwide with 2,400 flights already have been canceled. chicago o'hare, and philadelphia, and all three new york area airports are hard hit. sis, bundle up and be ready for profit with low-to-mid 30's throughout the valley and through livermore and brentwood

is low-to-mid 40's and in 20's in some neighborhoods to the north and upper 30's to low 40's around the bay shore and to the south bay, with a color sunrise from mount tamalpais this morning, and increasing clouds and dry through the daylight hours and when we get to 6:00 rain is on the way. seven, traffic is on par for wednesday morning commute leaving the berkeley curve to san francisco and tell take you 18 minutes but the problem is in san jose with a sig-alert around for several hours northbound and southbound 880 the ranches -- ramps will be shut down because of a big rig that put out a signal with wires laying on the roadways. >> thank you for join us.

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