live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. get ready for some rain. live doppler 7 hd is tracking the storm moving in the north by. mike nicco has the timetable for the wet weather. water floods a san francisco neighborhood leading to a mess and clean up efforts. >> a deadly accident in the east bay. what to expect heading out the door this morning. >> thanks for joining us. i am matt keller. >> i am kristen sze. breaking news in fremont. a remain noally busy better section is shut down after a deadly overnight accident. nick has an update. nick? >> good morning. a car and a motorcycle broken into hundreds pieces. four hours after the initial response fremont police continue

to investigate a fatal motor accident at fremont boulevard. look at the video shot a few seconds ago. the collision between a mini cooper and motorcyclist was reported after officers were flagged down by passing drivers. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. it appears alcohol was a factor. the driver of the vehicle has been identified as 23 years old from emeryville arrested for suspicion of d.u.i. before police could make the arrest he ignored police requests to stop the car and took off down fremont and crashing the car into a pole. >> the suspect jumped out of the vehicle and ran into a field. the officers gave chase and took the suspect interest custody were the vehicle caught on fire.

>> heavy debris continues to liter the intersection with many evidence markers as investigators gather evidence. this started at taco bell a mile and a half up the street where police initially made contact with the suspect. they asked him to stop and he ignored the requests and this intersection is where the suspect clashed with the motorcycle. you can see the debris. this intersection will be closed for a while and neighborhood businesses are affected. this mcdonald's would usually be open but they closed because the area is closed. big impact. thank you for the report. leyla gulen? >> nick said the intersection could be closed until 9:00 this morning could severely impact

the commute. you have a couple of alternates including thornton and el dorado from the east bay to connect to the nimitz which takes you to highway 84 and then the dumbarton bridge. it is not affecting traffic, 56 miles per hour through young city and fremont and the dumbarton at 61 miles per hour so top speeds and starting with the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are turned on and at look at san rafael, still drive, pushing to the southbound direction with tail lights away from 580 toward san francisco will take you, now, 20 to 23 minutes. the rain is on the way. and mike nicco is on his way. >> live doppler 7 hd shows moving down afternoon the coast

including cloverdale in the next half hour and you should be get wet in 45 minutes. we will breakdown the next 12 hours, partly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 40's and rain moves in by lunch. it will be light. it will hang around until 4:00 and by 7:00 it is again. inland, we have rain to the north after the 7:00 hour through the 9:00 and it will shift to the east bay inland by noon and the south bay by 4:00. at the cost is our best chance of rain to the north and it will sink through the heart of the coast and be gone by 7:00. it will be 5- to 10-degrees cooler than yesterday so even if you do not get the rain it will be cooler than it was. greater amounts of rain in the forecast. matt and kristen? >> a result seen in san francisco when a van hit as fire hydrant.

water is shooting up about 75' into the area in the middle of the night in the ten door line a driver crashes into a fire hydrant. this happened before 1:00 o'clock this morning and witnesses say a man driving a car crashed into a minivan and the tax knocked over the fire hydrant and the driver of the car was taken into custody open suspicion of drunk driving. on the peninsula, a five hour long stand off kept neighbors from their home into the night and burglaries are still use with amy hollyfield in palo alto to show us what happened. kristen, police thought the men were still inside the home and they had surveillance video showing the men inside the house and police tried to coax them out and they surrounded the home and tried to get then out of there for five hours. at 11:30 the s.w.a.t. team stormed inside and found an

empty house. they think someone was in there and the home owners interrupted a burglary at 6:30. >> show was out of the home and returned home and noticed the rear door of the home appeared to have been forced open. at the same time she heard a door slamming from inside her home and there should not have been anyone else inside the house. >> the homeowner pulled up a live speed of -- live feed of the pug particulars in her room and police thing it was not a live feed but the burglars escaped immediately before the police arrived. in the mystery of flight 370, officials are defending their decision this morning to

text family members saying there were no survivors of the flight. katie marzullo has more on that and why the search was call off. >> a lot going on. first, officials say that the rain and wind is making it too dangerous to search today so the effort resumes tomorrow. relatives of passengers marched at the embassy and rushed the gate. they got a text stating "plane is lost beyond a reasonable doubt with in survivors." >> they are devastated and furious. >> from the beginning they hide everything. [ inaudible ] >> the airlines say they sent the text to ensure the relatives did not hear this from the media first. the c.e.o. of the airlines says the conclusion is businesses on satellites showing the last

location. >> there is no land mass so we can conclude it must have been downed. >> and outrage as the search continues, they are giving each family $5,000 covering hotels and transportation and he wills and other spends but pleasures say families can sue for damages and could end up getting millions. >> australia has announced they will waive visa fees for family who want to go to australia. we are following the story on air and online with reporting continues on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. >> mike, the rain is moving close to the north bay? >> it is. it is not there yet. i don't think it will be there for most of us until after 7:00 but sea ranch is getting close.

we need more than 1" in livermore, san jose, and mountain view and 12" in oakland and san francisco and 12.5" at sfo and 19.5" at santa rosa. corner of sonoma county we are seeing light rain on live doppler 7 hd and today's rain will be light. tomorrow morning we will be deeping with heavy showers and thunder liking into thursday morning and by thursday afternoon into friday we will have a break before more rain this weekend. >> a stall has been reported in oakland this turned into an accident westbound a 80 at 980 with two lanes blocked off not causing delays for folks leaving oakland. it does not appear to impact the commute.

as you head away from berkeley toward emeryville, 60 miles per hour to university avenue and it loads up and you get to the bay bridge tolls the metering lights were turned on and highway 24 is move along there from orrin can. everything is building 580 to 101, san rafael to san francisco, still under20 minutes and more cars are on the road. coming up, the glitch forcing starbucks customers to find a new way to pay for the coming cup. >> 74-year-old woman who spent three decades in a california prison is released. the deal giving her freedom for the first time in years. and sheryl sandberg says no way over a plan

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good morning on this tuesday morning at 6:13. can you see both sides of the bay from the gorgeous picture. we have some clouds, not a lot, but that will change as the rain starts to push in and that will happen shortly. we will talk to mike nicco about the timeline. >> a california woman is free after serving 32 years for her role in a 1981 killing. the 74-year-old mary virginia jones walked out of jail before midnight. she was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole in a killing committed long side her boyfriend and she maintained he forced her at gunpoint to help him. the prosecution conducted a new investigation and agreed to accept a plea of no contest for involuntary manslaughter. >> i did not willingly participate if -- in this christmas -- crime but i blear

-- but i believe this will be in my best interest. >> san francisco company, square, is signing a lease if santa clara south of highway 237 that will be the first south bay office for the company which needs the space to recruit more spended engineers and designers. square has market sweet -- street headquarters in new york, and lap that, and canada. >> google asked share sanburg to limit how many face back fires from google. in the filing, sailor -- sheryl sandberg said she was asked to limit her recruitment of google employees and she declined. this new filing is related to a

lawsuit from silicon valley workers who argue apple, google, and intel, and adobe limited recruitment to keep wages low. starbucks is responding to the glitches that customers are expensing with their smartphone app which customers use to pay for morning company. since they updated it some customers have had log in issues so they have been forced to switch to cash the how is not wide spread and they tell the "wall street journal" this is not uncommon when a new app is issued with ten million customers using the mope app. >> do not deny a person in the morning their coffee. >> we are not denying there be rain but it will not be so much. today. >> today, it is the going of the storm, the appetizer. live doppler 7 hd in the

northwest corner shows the area north of sea ranch is getting light-to-moderate rain. you can see the lows responsible to the north and that is the center of energy headed to the north so our rainfall amounts are light until the lows send another bit of energy through this time tomorrow when we have heavy are rain. we are in the mid-to-upper 40's in the south bay with clear conditions. increasing clouds to the north but clear for most of the morning so we are at 40 in calistoga. mid-to-upper 40's around lafayette and danville and newark and cupertino and san carlos. the only areas around 50 are san pablo and san francisco and alameda upped -- jumped from 51 to 52. from mount tamalpais, it is clear, with light rain on the way today can it will be cooler

for all of us, and heavy rain, thunder is possible, and our best chance of rain this weekend is saturday. upper 50's along the coast and heavy rain tonight and milder in the upper 40's to mid-50's. the morning commute is starting dry with rain in the north bay by 9:00 and heart of the bay by noon and the south bay dug the remainly afternoon hours and falling apart on the end of this system. a break in the early evening and by 12:00 you can see the scout showers are out there ahead of the rub of moderate to-rain that will be around this time tomorrow morning with the commute tomorrow the toughest the entire week for weather. we could have thunder. heavy rain. with scattered showers in the forecast through noon thursday.

the first wave rolls through today and rain fade to the south, and .5" to 1" in the lower elevation. it is dry thursday night into friday and sunday it will be dry. >> we are mentally prepared for the rain tomorrow. as we start off with mass transit, we have 48 bart trains running on time and ace train works -- ace train, one, three and five, all on time. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo, no delay for flights, and 11 minutes. from 238 to the maze is 13 minutes. 101 northbound away from south san jose to the san jose airport is it will minute is 12 minutes.

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has three daredevils in serious trouble this morning. >> five hours after fremont police made contact with a driver they suspect of driving under the influence, they are at the scene, still, of a fatal accident. live doppler 7 hd shows light-to-moderate rain on the north bay with a couple of chances of rain in the fence fence and one is this weekend. >> it is looking busy and we have a problem if fremont with the alternate routes and brand new crash in san jose.

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breaking news in fremont, a deadly accident has shut down a by difficult intersection and nick joins us with what is happening right now. nick? good morning, more than 30 evidence markers and you can see the debris stretches 75 yards more than five hours after the initial response fremont police continue to actively investigate a fatal motorcycle accident. look at this video, the collision between a mini cooper and motorcyclist was reported after officers were flagged down by a passing driver. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. alcohol was a factor. the driver of the vehicle has been identified as 23-year-old from emeryville arrested for suspicion of d.u.i. but before police could make the arrest they say he ignored requests to stop the car and took off down fremont and crashed into a poll.

>> he traveled through intersection headed northbound on fremont boulevard the motorcyclist was lively traveling westbound and they collided in the intersection. there is motorcycle debris all over and it is a horrific scene. debris literred the intersection and two dozen evidence markers peppered up-and-down fremont boulevard as investigators continue to gather evidence. look at the scene, investigators are still here and they know everything they immediate to collect has to be done this morning before they can on the intersection with area businesses affected and the mcdonald's and 7/11 remain closed. with the intersection closed we check with leyla gulen. in fremont, the intersection

which is major, connects you to the dumbarton so you will want to avoid that intersection and you can reconnect to the nimitz right here. according to our waze app, thornton is the good alternate. northbound 880 is blocked and in oakland northbound 880 at 23rd avenue a possible dump truck fire in the engine blocking one lane and we have delays headed in the number direction through oakland. here is mike nicco. >> here is live doppler 7 hd sea ranch with we have light-to-moderate rain and that is picked up very well on the live doppler 7 hd on mt. st. helena and then you can see this is moving to the southeast at 15- to 20-miles per hour so it puts it in places like santa

rosa in the next two hours. the north bay will be the best chance for rain in the morning. it will slide into the heart of the bay to lunch and through the south bay during the afternoon and be gone by 7:00. the big thing you will notice is rain light but temperatures are 5- to 10-degrees cooler than yesterday with the half rain in the seven-day forecast with more news. in san francisco a neighborhood is waking up soak after a suspected drunk driving accident. the crash showed water shooting 75' into the air before 1:00 o'clock this morning. ones say a driver crashed into that minivan which knocked over the fire hydrant account drive was taken into custody on suspicion of drunk driving. the scene thousand is cleared and roads are open again. >> new developments in the mystery of flight 370 with winds

and heavy rain halted the search for the missing jetliner in the south indian ocean with family members marching on malaysian embassy demanding answers. without hard evidence many do not believe their relatives are dead. officials announced no one survived the flight and this morning the airline is stepping the decision to text the new to family members saying they wanted to hear the news before the rest of the world. we are following the mystery of flight 370 on air and online with reporting continues at twitter. >> three volunteers with the red cross headed to washington state following a deadly landslide. the volunteers are from morgan hill, sunnyvale and wood side and will provide food and shelter to residents after the landslide an hour north of seattle. 14 people are confirmed dead and 176 more are miss, but authorities say many those could be false alarms. we are hearing a ran tick call

for help moment after the landslide hit. >> there are no houses. >> any injuries? >> people are yelling for help. >> thick mud coughs -- cover as square mile. >> in virginia a sailor and a civilian are dead after shooting at naval station in norfolk. the civilian shot the sailor on the destroyer, docked at norfolk at 11:30. officers shot and killed the senate. officials say the civilian was authorized to be on base. the station was put on lockdown but it was lifted. man was shot last night in richmond at 9:00 on main avenue. officers found the man suffering from wounds. he was taken to the medical center. police say a black vehicle was seen speeding away. nod would on the identity of the

victim. a san francisco community plans to meet with police chief suhr about a shoot that left a man dead. people who attended the vigil say police should not have used deadly forced. someone called 9-1-1 saying a man was acting strongly and holding what they thought was a gun and friends of the victim say it was a taser he carried because he was a security guard. three daredevils jumping off the freedom tower in new york city are facing charges after filming the jump off one world trade center or freedom tower and posted it. the jump happened in september but they just turned themselves into police yesterday. they face bug three, reckless endangerment and other charges. >> we never meant to upset

anyone. it was a simple thing, positive, simple thing. >> it is six months after the fact. we are shocked they spent that were time and energy continuing to pursue something they knew was not a terrorist act. >> defense attorneys say the three and another man on the ground are all experienced base we jumpers and did not endanger anyone. >> a s.w.a.t. stand off forces people in the presence to ever vehicle bit their -- to we vehicle wait their homes. >> who's who gather for a photo and tackle important international issues.

>> i want to show you how much rain we need to get to average, 8" in the south bay to 19.5" in the not bay. it will not happen. we get a lot of snow but we are 23 percent of average and the season ends soon. april 1. near 90 in palm springs. 80 in fresno. home 60's through monterey. heavy snow in the sierra and 2'

at 7,000 feet at lake tahoe. >> if you are dragging yourselves, get going as soon as possible because we have plenty of traffic. here is a look at 580 from the a pat through livermore to the dublin interchange taking you 49 minutes. in oakland, at 23rd we have a big rig dump truck that caught fire with oakland fire department putting it out with top speeds and a dim. a look outside at the richmond-san rafael bridge the toll plaza is loading up. >> time now is 6:41. anthony weiner's bid for mayor did not work out and the new job for the former congressman. a palo alto neighborhood

evacuated. a police stand off kept families out of their homes

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on this morning for burglar whose forced people in palo alto to evacuate their homes last night. amy hollyfield has that story. it was a tense night in palo alto and the home was 51ed by police for five hours. police say a woman came home and interrupted a bug hear at her house at 6:30 and they say she noticed a back door was open and she heard a door slamming and called police. she and the officers were able to watch a live feed of the surveillance video from inside the home on the smartphone and they could see two men inside the home. police called out the negotiating teams. at 1:30 the s.w.a.t. team decided to enter the house and found no one was this. it turned out the video was not live. they think the gives escaped right before police arrived. they discovered how they got in forcing open a rear door and

they are not sure what they took contract house and no arrests have been made. a southern california high school principal is on the defensive this morning saying the school is not racist after students posted a controversial photo on twitter. here is the picture. it shows seen colors holding a confederate flag on the football field. some say it is tough to tell if it was a frank orationist move. the superintendent says the students were all disciplined but would not specify how. >> anthony weiner has a new job as a columnist for "business insider," on political page running on the last friday of each month starting this week, after resigning from congress and lost in the mayor's race after admitting to exchanging racy photos and text with a woman he met on-line. >> at the among security summit

in the netherlands more than 30 countries are pledging to turn international guidelines on nuclear security into national law pushed by the netherlands, the united states, and south korea. the three countries announce on the close of the to da summit that 35 nations have signed up. experts want broader involvement. some say she need to get the rest of the summit members to sign up especially russia. >> trading is underway on wall street. the big board shows the dow is up 1308 points a 16385. google glass is trying to shed their geek image working with italian eyewear company to give the internet connected eyewear more stylish look and mass appeal. it is described as looking like cyborg might wear.

if you are a boss and you want your employees to work harder try to make them happier or give them a sugar boost. giving people chocolate and showing videos of stand up comedy raised productivity by 12 percent, but a boring video did did not perform so well. >> we have had bosses would had chocolate in the office and welcomed anyone to grab some. >> the secret is waiting when they go out of the office and grabbing one. >> that is what i did. it is not "stealing" because that is what they want. >> mike? >> we will show you what is going on, everyone, the rain is now moving into the northwest corner of sonoma county and you can see it on live doppler 7 hd

with yellows and oranges and moderate rain. you can see several areas of low pressure over the pacific and they are going to send us self waves -- several waves of energy so we will all be dry but the north bay through the morning commute. we have mid-to-upper 40's in the east bay valley and he 4 and mid-50 in brentwood and antioch and pittsburg and 37 in santa rosa and 38 in napa and down to 478 in san jose and mid-40's in oakland and hayward and fremont and san carlos around 45 or 46 and 47 in fairfield and 44 in los gatos and 51 this san francisco. look at that, all the colors on mount tamalpais this morning, love to be up there watching the sun and the rain from the northeast. cooler for all of us with heavy rain tomorrow and thunder is possible and our best chance of rain this weekend is saturday, highs today, ten degrees cooler

and home 60 in most areas with the would areas in the upper 60's where you are the last to see the rain and holding steady at 60 at coast and half rain tonight and temperatures are milder tomorrow morning upper 40's to mid-50's. the commute is starting dry and headed to 10:00, getting steady light rain in the north bay and moving into the heart of the bay it will move through at lunch and exiting the south bay in the afternoon and weakening considerably. you will get rain fade this as the system comes down. 2:00 tomorrow morning you will see the next wave showers and we wake up with moderate or heavy rain or thunder. i am concerned with the commute tomorrow because of the wet weather. at noon, scattered showers and to wednesday evening into thursday morning they will be very, very scattered. look how light the cold prompt is county rain fade to the south

at his than .1". tomorrow we have the heavier rain at 1" to 2" in the mountains. the fence sentence shows shower possible on thursday morning and thursday afternoon and friday, dry. saturday the temperatures are in the 60, as they are for seven days. caltrain is canceled because of mechanical problems and northbound 309 makes all stops. northbound 101 leaving south san jose we have slow and go traffic and bumper-to-bumper traffic leaving 280/680 split. the interchange is 280 and 880 with bunching up of traffic and northbound highway 8 a at 40 miles per hour and it loans beyond saratoga avenue. we have an update on this, a big-rig fire a dump truck that possibly caught fire and that is cleared with all lanes re-open

and we see a pocket of traffic northbound 880 at 23rd avenue and hour bay bridge toll plaza looks like the fast track lanes are moving through and we have a stalled vehicle blocking one lane. ahead, seven things to know before you go.

we will look at lake tahoe where you can see a beautiful shot. it will get snow in the mountains over the next few weeks. >> as we hand things off to "good morning america" here are seven things to know: breaking news in fremont with the intersection of fremont boulevard and dakota will stay closed for a few more hours after suspected drunk driver hit and killed a motorcycle rider. the 23-year-old suspect crashed into a pole and tried to run away. >> the san mateo bridge will take you 18 minutes but as we take you to the map at the intersection fremont boulevard is closed until 9:00 and then it is causing an impact on 880 off the freeway in thornton and on the freeway, el dorado is the best alternate. >> we are street level in sonoma

at highway one, with light rain detected on st. helena which is weakening but light rain coming our way with temperatures in the 60's today and lit rain in the north bay through the commute and the heart of bay in the mid-morning to mid-afternoon exiting the south bay by the evening. >> a suspected drunk river is under arrest after causing the mess in san francisco, adipisser with water shooting 6 stories into the sky after crashed into a taxi and forcing the taxi into a fire high dramatic. >> malaysia airlines is defending a decision to t family members thatted missing crane presumably crashed and the c.e.o. said they needed it do something force so reallies depth hear it from the media. the townhall meeting in san francisco about a deadly police shooting with friends of

28-year-old victim say police should not have used deadly force on him on friday. the townhall meeting is tonight at 6:00. >> the stanford women's basketball team is in the sweet 16 for the 7th year in a row. the 2nd seeded cardinals defeated florida state, and stanford will face the next opponent at home on sunday. >> a lot of cardinal ride in the bay area. >> see you in 25 minutes.

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