live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good friday morning. thank you for joining us at 5:00. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. yes, you are facing sprinkles. that is nothing compared to tonight. >> and yesterday was a good appetizer, giving you an idea of what it will be like. it is for like what will happen as we head through the 48-pour respond of this next.

this morning, we have sprinkles. mid-to-upper 40's in the north bay through fairfield and antioch and los gatos and hayward and everyone else around 50 to 52. the warm spot half moon bay at 54. live doppler 7 hd shows scattered sprinkles, and you can see the moist flow coming in from the west and that will bring us a chance of light rain today. today is a lull between the two storms but it will be wet but light. now the friday morning commute. >> we have friday lite so far. it is polar opposite from yesterday. as we look from our app we can see san jose is uneventful at 101 with top speeds moving up to sunnyvale and 280 is accident free. along the peninsula and we look at dumbarton and san mateo

bridge, traffic is running smoothly. now, away from hayward to foster city you can see the traffic is running smooth with no accidents, no stalls to block any lanes and so far, friday lite. >> we have breaking news from san jose where police are investigating a stabbing outside a downtown hotel. police say a person was found stabbed in the neck in front of the marriott after 3:00 a.m. it and believed the person may have been stabbed in a parking garage a block away and walk or taken to the marriott hotel where they were taken to the hospital. yesterday morning, a man was fatally stabbed in the same area outside of fairmont hotel area and it is not known if the two attacks are connected. >> developing news in richmond where employees are wondering if they will have jobs when they show up at business that sells a unique walk in bathtub.

authorities raided the offices yesterday. amy hollyfield has more on the story. amy? >> yes, eric. employees are worried. today is payday. they are concerned that rather than a paycheck they will see more of this: the scene of state investigators raiding the business. they say they will be back today. they are not talking specifics but have a search warrant for an ongoing investigation. no arrests have been made. employees say it feels like something fishy is going on and the company changed their call are i.d. so calls could not be traced. the company is known for the tv cheryls with local and national celebrities promoting the easy access bathtubs. myees wonder what this means for them. >> this is bad because we have to feed our families. we barely make enough money here anyway. we don't know what we will do

tomorrow. >> complaints include false advertising, failure to get permanents and overcharging customers. this is according to the contractors' state licensing board. we tried to fine the owner at home and an office he has listed in san a blown but he was at neither location. >> the possible cause of a commercial building fire in san rafael is a sign, the firefighters say they had a tough time getting to the fire near the 101/580 split in a remote area on the vacant building. the sprinklers were still functioning. >> bank of america is apologizing and investigating after a woman who worked for the lt. governor got an unbelievable

junk mail from the bank. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that story. >> that mail is generating plenty of social media buzz including a new facebook page. it is "lisa is a slut mcintyre page." here is what happened. bank of america sent her a credit card offer with the envelope and letter addressed to "lisa is a slut mcentire." she is a freelance writer and shocked by the maim which was sent to her mom's house and she started write, tweeted bank of america about the name-calling and the back responded saying "we're incredibly sorry this happened and are researching to take action." and the said "we are vetting and will reach out to you." according to her twitter feed,

the vice president of communications did call her and told lisa that the offensive middle name was added to her account between 2004 and 2008 and they are continuing to investigate. the big question this morning unanswered: how did to happen? hopefully if the bank gets back, she will tweet. she is refusing interviews. happening today, san francisco district attorney, along with other officials, will introduce a bill aimed at cracking down on cell phone thefts. the bill requires small phones and other mobile devices to have a "kill" switch that renders them inoperable if lost or stolen. in san francisco alone more than 50 percent of all robberies involve the theft of a mobile device. in oak oakland it amounts to 75 percent of robberies.

>> the "wall street journal" reports that hackers infiltrated target computer system by accessing the electronic. billing system of a refrigerator contractor who is working with the secret service to figure out how the hackers accessed the network. >> mastercard and visa will introduce credit cars with security chip to thwart thieves. rather than the swipe and sign they will insert cards and enter a pin number. >> police are looking for the help in identifying a man would held up a wells fargo bank in fremont yesterday afternoon. the robbery happened afternoon at the wells fargo with employees saying this man entered the bank and handed over a letter demanding cash and the suspect was able to get away with undisclosed amount of cash describeeding a black man in his early 30's.

>> jackie speier is gather up for the big fight on capitol hill involving the growing economic inequality hurting the middle class and researching including spending a night in a homeless shelter on friday. the democrat says that she met people at the shelter who have had long years before losing their jobs. she said every member of congress should meet homeless so they can appreciate who they talking about rather than just rattling off numbers. >> the san francisco planning commission has approved apple plan for landmark store on union square. a glass wall with 44' high sliding glass doors is a fee too of the store planned which is two stories tall, not three, and the fountain designed by the late san francisco artist will be the main feature of a new plaza in front of the store. the original plan to remost -- remove the fountain drew public

outcry. do you though where your umbrella is? >> i hope so. you will need it all weekend. or stay inside. don't venture out. live doppler 7 hd shows the south bay has piedmont road at alum rock with a few springs from milpitas and santa clara and san jose in the mountains and should be out of there in ten minutes. vasco road to mount diabolo, marsh creek to clayton you can see a few sprinkles will continue sliding off to the east so watch out. discovery bay and possibly brentwood getting a few drops. especially on the peach and cherry trees. a little bit of radar runs around san francisco and napa. from sutro tower you can see the clouds are not so heavy as yesterday with the air lightening up so we are seeing sporadic rain and warmer air moving in. the best chance of steady rain

at lunch is to the north spreading to the south at 4:00 and by 7:00, all of us are dealing with wet weather. notice the temperatures do not change when the sun is setting this is a very warm punch of air and with the rain our fells are going up. here is the three day forecast: flooding rain likely tomorrow especially in the morning hours and that will taper, the flooding, to gradual rain, light-to-moderate through sunday and dry by monday. despite the pockets of sprinkles, it looks like traffic is smooth. we taking you to antioch with an area of green indicating where the rain or sprinkles could be affecting the commute. you can see we are at top speeds and clear commute from antioch to concord. in hercules and i-80 a nice

yesterday we had a nasty sig-alert. westbound highway four from antioch to concord is 14 minutes. kristen and eric? >> thank you. washington, dc, takes away to ensure the safety of infant formula. the threat america cup organizers are making to san francisco as they consider the location of the next big

covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5:14. the arrest of a southern california firefighter by a c.h.p. officer is sparking a heated online debate between emergency personnel. a firefighter was responding to a freeway accident this week when a c.h.p. officer asked him to move his truck out of the freeway lanes. the fireman refused and kept helping victims he was handcuffed and stuck in a squad car for half an hour. today on "good morning america" the outcome of the fire chief's meeting with the head of the c.h.p. about this and how the two agencies will move forward. >> america's cup organizers are threaten to pull the race from san francisco in 2017 saying negotiates are not going well

with the city extending the deadline to announce the next venue from march until summer including considering hawaii, san diego, and possibly rhode island. san francisco hosts last year's event which cost taxpayers more money and brought in fewer visitors than expected. there was a deadly tragedy. the mayor says they want the races back but not at any cost. the dow roars back. expect gas prices to rise with the temperatures. here is america's money report. good morning, topping america's money, investors will pay close attention to the government's new jobs report. that comes after the best day of the year is far with foreign markets trading higher. something that could weigh on consumers coming weeks is rising gas prices. aaa says prices will go up as refineries shun -- shut down for

winter maintenance. the f.d.a. is out with new requirements to ensure the safety of infant formula and designed to make sure that formula makers test third products for bacteria before being distributed. >> there will be a massive league by the lego movie featuring four million unique lego bricks. that is america's money. >> this is the last day for google's trial ferry service liven -- linking they will meet with transportation officials to discuss if the service is worth continues. >> the new movie "monument men" opens nationwide telling the true story of a special team assembled at the end of world

war ii to save many of europe's priceless treasures from nazi destruction. a woman has a special connection to the real monument's men related to the leader who was played by george clooney. >> he was my grandfather. that is where i got my name, and they make reference to how he was prim and proper and dapper and i remember that very much. >> she only learned about the monument's men when the become came out in 2009 and got a premiere invitation from the film producers and from the real monument's men foundation. >> they learn how to be soldiers quickly because they were art experts. >> and up in age compared to the soldiers. my wife wants to see it. i wondered if she wanted to see it for the history or for

clooney and matt damon. >> both. both. both. >> good weekend for the movie? >> absolutely. good morning, we will start with a look at the clouds over us right now and jump into what is going to happen. hawaii on bottom left of the screen and clouds all the way to san francisco is the pineapple pipeline, the river of moisture will bring us a big soaking this weekend with urban flooding. that means, the streets are parking lots and we have our best chance of flooding and a slight chance of creek flooding and mud and rock slides in the north bay. river flooding, wind damage, not a big concern with the system. even though we could get 8" to 10" in the project bay mountains. live doppler 7 hd shows light rain in the eat were section of alameda and contra costa county and that is slide off to the east. in san jose, yesterday this was

full of water at 87 near the shark town and this morning it is clean. we will have a camp and gray sky which will let the water out in intermittent levels but the north bay at noon you will have steady light rain during the afternoon hours with flooding rain tomorrow. we will have waves of rain through sunday. here is how it looks: not much going on, quiet, clouds are streaming in ahead of the system. that is what it will bring us so much wet weather. you can see it. a thousand miles of water waiting to parade across the bay area. this is how it dances or walks. can you see by noon we are starting to see light rain along the shore and we will have intermittent light-to-moderate rain in the afternoon and into the evening when you see the yellows and that moderate rain moves to the north bay overnight and will stay there moderate-to-heavy rain at times

through the morning hours and it stars to taper a little bit by noon and it stays light for the rest of us and light-to-moderate up north in the afternoon and evening hours. you can see how the north bay is pounded and by 9:00 sunday we are seeing a little bit of a break. up to 8" in the north bay and most of the bay area will get 1.5 to 3". seven-day outlook shows beyond this, we will have sunshine and warmer than average temperatures tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. be safe. it is look like friday lite. one incident is a stall at the 880 connection. that where we are having problems but we are seeing some delays over the altamont pass and not like usual but you can see plenty of green on the map.

the drive into san rafael to mill valley and sausalito all running on time and san francisco away from sfo, top speeds and no incidents to report with pockets of green affecting the commute, maybe not, but daly city and 280 is moving along fine, as well. with no problems to report. >> thank you, leyla gulen at 5:21. seven things to know. >> forget the doghouse the popular beagle finding a home on california license plates. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge.

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this is abc7 news. >> hello, hello on friday. thank you for joining us. >> and now the forecast, we are in the lull between storms. >> we are. we all rain into moisture this morning but it was little and that was the key. you can see it on live doppler 7 hd along the diabolo range to livermore is where we see the better radar with light rain on vasco road and headed from the altamont pass to the west through live more you could run into a little bit of line rate. from the exploritorium, notice the clouds are future is low as yesterday. today, intermittent light rain through the only hours will become more steady in the

afternoon and this evening, all of us are going to have wet weather and that is the beginning of the storm. the entire weekend storm starts to come in. temperatures in the 50's. leyla gulen? >> we hope there is not a repeat year. that was terrible. this morning, so far, it is the opposite, nice and quiet. we have a couple of areas of construction and this is a project that will last until 3:00 this afternoon, a lane will be blocked off on the lower deck of the bay bridge at the tower, and that could slow down the traffic if you are trying to make it out of the city so you could see the bottleneck there starting to slow things down. as we take a look at drive time traffic a 29-minute commute and i-80 westbound from four to the maze is a different story than yesterday and 16 minutes gets you influence and 87 nobody to the san jose airport is under ten minutes. the maze shows from berkeley to 580, traffic is running smoothly to the bay bridge and not a

problem in sight. >> thank you, leyla gulen. the bay area is in the lull between the storms today and we got a taste things to come yesterday when .8" fell and tonight, robust storm will move in. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is in san mateo where sandbags are being represented. >> we have been seeing light drizzle this morning but this week the city of san mateo set up the sandbag stations to resident would need them. rain is needed everywhere. residents in the mountain could not be happier. the river is flowing. the amount of water is near historic lows. this is where residents get their water. rainfall is crucial to replenish the ground water. in the north bay the russian river is to bad shape and should be raging this time year. the fish populations need more to survive. crops and cattle depend on it.

everyone in the bay area agrees it is not enough to get us out of the drought but rain could not come at a better time. >> it helps but today we have received 4" of rain since october first and normally we hock at 30" so over 10 percent of normal. >> rain from heaven. >> not that much? >> ry little bit couples. >> the storm is prompting a warning from the california highway to use caution the roads. they will be slippery. slow down. >> the winter weather is impacting lights in and out of the bay area. san francisco international shows 30 flights have been canceled today and 23 are delayed. neither oakland or san jose are reporting any delays so far this morning. >> the stormy weather is welcome in us for lake tahoe ski resorts but it could be too little too

late. ski shots have suffered all winter. they are cutting prices to boost the sales. business is picking up in berkeley last night. >> if it doesn't snow, we don't do business. period. it has been a bad year. we cannot make it up. we missed the heart of the season. there was no weather in december and january. >> operators say more snow is needed before they can swing into "full operation." they picket to get 2' of snow this week. you can track the rain on abc7 news weather app which makes it easy to share photographs of how you are, withing or dealing -- how you are welcoming or dealing with the rain. >> the office of a bay area company has been raided by federal investigators. safeguard tubs are promoted by actors and celebrities with

investigators hauling arrest boxes of papers. the state license board says the company that markets and installed the tubs has numerous complains including false advertise asking failure to get permits and overcharging customers. >> this must be something shady going on because it seemed like a shady place. >> the owner of the company could not be found following the raid. investigators would only say that they had a search warrant. >> the trap gender teen charged with battery after a school fight admitted to starting the fight last year captured on cell phone video at hercules high school and says she acted in civil defense against a bully. 200,000 people signed a petition asking the prosecution to drop the charges. she now is entering a justice program, if completes, the charges are dropped.

>> there are two more traffic accidents involving pedestrians, most seriously happened yesterday afternoon where a 67-year-old woman was hit before 3:30 suffering life-threatening injuries. the driver is cooperating. >> early in the day a woman was hit by a taxi while jay walking. >> mail is getting a lot of attention this morning because of the way it was addressed. the letter replaces a freelance writer's middle name with a very offensive phrase an offer for a bank of america credit card. both companies have apologized to her and said that they are investigateing. katie marzullo will have much more on the story at 5:00. >> the labor department released the jobs report for john, -- john with the unemployment

dropping .1 drop from the previous month and the lowest rate since 2008. employers added 113,000 jobs. we will see how it impacts wall street in an hour. is to deal with sprinkles this morning but that is nothing compared to what is coming. mike? >> easier this morning getting around. so, would you say polar opposite compared to yesterday? you saw right there the novato and napa show the visibility increasing and that is good news we are not seeing with the fog not so heavy and that is what we have this morning, through about noon, with intermittent drizzle, maybe a light rain and shower that will be hit and miss and a dry commute compared to this evening all the way through sunday evening. next 12 hours, best chance of rain is in the north bay but twirl spread across all of our neighbors by 4:00 and coming

through 7:00. our temperatures when we reach low-to-mid 50's we stay there all afternoon through the evening and the better part of overnight with flooding rain possible and the best chance tomorrow morning is mostly streets, parking lots, make sure the storm drapes are clean and the gutters are clean. we don't want the gutter backing up. finally a break on sunday -- on monday after rain all day sunday. >> we have some areas with sprinkles. the altamont pass could slow down the commute when people seat sprinkles on the windshield they could slow down. be careful. keep space in front of you. from tracy to the altamont pass, 45 miles per hour. the slow down is at vasco but picks up at the dublin

interchange and smooth sailing at castro valley. 680 walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 15 minutes and the santa cruz mountains is 24 minutes and san golden gate bridge is clear away from sausalito with no problems. necessary, the battle for access to a popular beach kicks up new political muscle.

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part of the property. >> a task force at san jose state university is looking how an alleged hate crime against the black student went on for months. the task force held the first of six meetings last night. a report released found that the university didn't break any of their policies in the way it handles the hazing of the black student but there are new questions why no one investigated after the students allegedly hung a confederate flag and barricaded the victim if rooms and put a bicycle lock around his neck. students are concerned this could happen to others. >> he is unbefore us. we hi. the victim never wanted it come forward the report shows other students knew of this and stayed quiet. the next meeting is official 21. >> google's doodle is

commemorting the start of the olympics with a silent statement against russia's anti-gay laws. the logo depicts athletes again a rainbow colored backdrop. under that is a line from the olympic charter saying and i quote, "the practice of sport is a human right." what do you think of the art? go to facebook and let us know. >> several demonstrations recently in san francisco protesting anti-gay laws in russia and activists are landing a protest today outside the russian consulate in pacific heights. they are aiming to show solidarity with gays in russia. >> we have all the latest olympic results for team u.s.a. and the team us are following. on air we will announce a spoil are alert if you don't want to know you can turn around. our social media we post results but you have to click on a link to see them so you are not accidentally finding out the

results. we are at facebook or on twitter and of course always online at abc7 abc7news.com or m if you are were watching the lick picks but want to know the news at 11:00, you can download the news app if your iphone, ipad or droid. in the northeast, crews are working to restore electricity to 500,000 people still without power in pennsylvania and maryland. many residents are heading to the shopping laws and public libraries and shelters to stay warm. you can see the ice storm there caused power lines to come down and that is what triggered the problem. president obama has declared a state of emergency for

pennsylvania with travelers to new york city may not seeing the bright lights normally seen at times square with businesses there and in the theater district asked to turn off the lights to conserve power. >> storm is expected to dutch -- dump 6" of snow in oregon. yesterday the snow dropped 10" in places and one person was killed in a pileup. the last back-to-back snow event not region was in 2008. >> in the bay area it is shaping up to be soggy at pro bear james hahn. he celebrates with a chest bump jimmy walker shot 66 in a

shots back from the leader, a rookie. by the way, if you had tickets yesterday, they will be honored today after the rain delay. >> what do you do to week when it is rains out a couple more times on the southern edge of the shield so it will not be heavy enough -- it will be heavy enough to have more delays or postponement. the moisture is streaming through the area with scattered light rain for the morning hours. notice the clouds are not hanging so low as this time yesterday and they do not have so much moisture and they are not showing as much energy in san francisco. most of us will be dry because of that. today will be damp and gray with rain in the north bay and spreading south through the day.

as far as flooding rains, the best chance is tomorrow. we will have the waves of rain through sunday. we are not going to get a break for 48 hours. you and see a few radar returns to the north with clouds increasing as the storm system develops. it stretches from the bay area to hawaii which is going to funnel all this atmospheric river of water our way. with the floodgates opening and the heavy rain and the big soaking, urban flooding, streets become rivers, parking lots become lakes, creek flooding is a possibility and we got close with the rain yesterday with the crook down in the south bay almost reaching their banks so you have an idea that, yes, a quick public of rain could cause creek blooding and mud and rock slides and river flood, and wind

damage is not likely with the storm. at 7:00, it is quiet and by noon, water is starting to lineup and march our way. the system is coming in from the west and by the evening hours you can see the moderate rain is picking up, moderate rain overnight and the not bay and the moderate rain will fall over the rest of the bay area on saturday morning through noon and we could see the flooding. in the afternoon hours, the moderate rain conditions across the north bay and heavy at times through sunday morning and the rest of us are in light-to-moderate rain and sunday afternoon, into the evening, finally, a cold front sweeps down and bring in dry air and take away the energy. check out the rain totals. the south bay is an inch to .5" and 4 to 10" in the north bay. seven-day forecast shows this looks us monday and tuesday,

when, and thursday, a lot of sunshine and warmer-than-average temperatures. >> when you say pineapple express it sounds so refreshing. >> it will be other than the flooding. >> be careful. that means for the drives who are needing new wipeers you may want to do that dead and check the tires. it will be dangerous and make like what we saw yesterday. it was a mess. hopefully the weekend people will not take to their cars. stay inside. rent a movie. this is rain near hayward at castro valley so along 580 to 238, slow down the speeds. the richmond and san rafael bridge is quiet with a few cars funneling in the toll plaza and headed to san rafael and not going to take you much time with no accidents to report.

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>> spring training is around the corner but oakland a's fans can meet the players starting tomorrow at 10:00 and at the coliseum but unless you have a ticket you are probably out of luck much the website shows the

event is sold out and you can get autographs from current a's and former players and take part with players and the front office staff. >> after the season they had last year, i don't think any of the fans mind if they get wet, so be it. >> they will be represented. they are smart. they are watching. if you are traveling, wet weather and high elevation snow across the state. today is mostly above 80 until we get to the evening hours and mid-to-upper 50's through the central valley and low 60's an san diego and los angeles and at the sierra the sooner you get there the better because the storm warnings starts at 10:00 and snow levels around 3,000' to begin with and 2 to 4 feet of snow above 7,000 feet so all passes are snow packed in the evening through tomorrow afternoon. leyla gulen?

>> we have chain requirements on 80 and 88 and 50. i will have the full report coming up in a little bit but right now, 48 bart trains are running on time and a.c. transit has in delays and use train one and three is,ing good. the drive shows a pole in the roadway blocking one lane westbound 80 before you get to lincoln highway at the scales and it could slow traffic to the interchange. this is the drive through walnut creek southbound 680 to highway 24. rank is flowing smooth. no new designs. all details are ahead. the late philip seymour hoffman will be mounted behind closed doors today. a private funeral for the actor is held for 400 people in manhattan the church that hosted the funerals of jacqueline kennedy, and lena horne.

he was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose if -- in his farm the. >> there is new video of the justin bieber d.u.i. arrest showing him being searched by an officer during the booking process. justin bieber was arrested last month after drag racing in miami. through his attorney he pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanors including driving under the influence. >> emotional appeal by a grieving father is leading to changes at facebook. >> my son passed away january 28. in 2012. we can't access his facebook account. i have tried e-mailing different things but it airport -- ain't working. we just want did see his movie. that is it. >> the father wanted to see his

son's, back movie and facebook released the feature that creates clips of the snapshots and activity highlights. facebook contacted the father and said they would make a video. facebook is working on ways to help other grieving families. >> next on abc7 news authorities raid the headquarters of a well-known bathtub maker and workers could get bad news today. >> san francisco woman received a very suggestive middle name on a credit car application.

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>> i am eric thomas. >> it will soak all weekend starting this afternoon through sunday evening. all the great, sunny, warm weekends we have had this winter, they are over. we will pay the price today. our day planner for the bay neighbors are cloudy and a few sprinkles through 7:00. rain will be here by 4:00 and the evening commute will have steady rain. we have sprinkles inland at 7:00 a.m. and rain arrives in the afternoon and becomes steady in the evening. at the coast we have drizzle. the rain arrives at noon and gets steady and heavy in the afternoon toward the evening and low-to-mid 50's. hoping for light traffic. >> it is light. compared to yesterday. it is light compared to anything. we don't have accidents do report.