a raging none california wildfire doubles in size in one day. the latest black eye for the nfl, another player arrested and accused of domestic violence. good morning, everyone, thursday morning. we have rain. we will find out who is seeing the rain. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the live doppler hd. the heavy rain is falling across the santa cruz mountains. we have a lot of upsloping. we had up to .5". in santa clara valley the rain fade event is happening on the peninsula. best radar is cross the north bay. that does not mean you will not get rate elsewhere. you can see you are coming into wet conditions. drizzle here if san francisco. our best chance of drizzle and

light scattered rain is through morning at 9:00 and it shifts to the for the through 2:00 and it helps by 5:00. we will start off with this. we have a report that caltrain has hit a vehicle on the tracks in san francisco. trains are stopped. this is parallel to 280 the south of at&t park is where we have the accident. it looks like southbound 104 is waiting in san francisco. a tow truck is on the scene. we do not have word of injuries. northbound highway 101 a solo spinout. there are slick and wet conditions. 3,700 east bay residents are without power. officials blame the rain in seven cities with most customers affected in saab pablo and

richmond. a couple transformersing blowing out after midnight. 12,000 customers were without power at 2:00 a.m. pg&e estimates all power is restored before noon. amy hollyfield will have a report at 6:30. the rain is making for slick roads in some areas of the bay area and matt looks at that part the story and joining us. wet out here. drizzle. showers. on highway 17, slick roads. half an hour ago we got a report this was a spinout and two vehicle accident. we drove by north of the summit. we saw only a pickup truck on the shoulder. it look like it will not have any impact on traffic on highway 17. traffic is movely quickly here

at the summit. check out this video, it is drizzly and showery. there has been half an inch of rain in the santa cruz mountains that helps with the fire. it is dry. the water levels in the santa clara water district next to bear creek road is only 15.2 percent of capacity. other reservoirs are 36 percent of capacity but as the morning goes on the roads are slick and more cars are here so you can expect there to be issues. we will monitor this all morning long. developing news, firefighters are hoping to gain real ground on a federal on or about wildfire in el dorado county bumping on highway 50, the king fire has doubled in

size in 24 hours and thousands of homes are threatened. nick? we watch this. several bay area armies are among the 3,500 firefighters working the fire that burns eat of sacramento. 88 fire crews would being to get control of the blaze that is only 5 percent contained chewing through everything in the path and leaving smoke so thick that visibility for craws is reduced to zero. the king fire is burning along highway 50 near the american cap corner river with flames sweeping 20' to 30' high in the air. it charred 2,800 acres and this reservoir was not enough to stop the fire that now is threat being 2,000 homes the mondaytory evacuation orders are this place. crews, withing to cut fire lines south of the reservoir found

themselves in danger. >> get out. get out now. we had three minutes. we get most equipment out. there are five or six pieces that are probably melted. >> hot shot crews cut lines and flames have been able to burn so quickly because of the try conditions in the densely forested area. drought making the dry branches the perfect fuel. crews are using air tankers and helicopters to drop flame retardant and water over areas too difficult for firefighters to reach. so far, two people have been injured and the governor declared a state of emergency clear the way for federal funds to pay for fighting the fire. firefighters in the town of weed are getting the hand on the wildfire with flames 60 percent contained and the fire also has

been very destruckive, 150 homes have been destroyed. 3,000 people been evacuated. highway 97 is closed and the cause of the fire is under investigation. there is a $10,000 reward. aair cardinals running back was released in the last huron bail after being arrested for domestic violence the latest scandal in the nfl. this is video of the court appearance for dwyer for assaulting a woman and an 18 in old child in july. he denies the charges. he has to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and can future have any contact with the victim. criticism of is growing against a 49ers for allowing mcdonald to play while being investigated for domestic violence. san jose police arrested the defensive end for hitting his

pregnant fiance august 31. he only has been arrested and not charged. the congresswomen calling for him to be benched. >> why hasn't he been benched? anything for football. i'm an avid 49er fan but this is disgusting. >> he should not have played. the coach says authorities have not been keeping the team updated on the investigation. he stands by the decision to allow mcdonald to play while the investigation lays out. the c.h.p. has issued a silver alert for a missing northern california woman. the 76-year-old woman was last seen at the nursing home yesterday in clear lake. she took a taxi to the local wal-mart and vanished. the silver alert is in mendocino and napa and sonoma counties.

today, the university of california board will meet at san francisco's mission bay campus to discuss proposed ventures a $250 million fund to pursue investment funded by uc research that will seek to generate risk adjusted runs by investing in commercial tunes springing from research at the university's ten campuses and three national laboratories. officials say in tuition or state funding is used. if approved, the fund will launch next year. richmond and around walnut creek and mt. diablo all seeing an increase of .01" the last hour so that is more than likely drizzle than anything else. we will look at the richmond-san

rafael bridge on the richmond side it is wet. it looks like it is trying to dry with more people driving on it the more friction that cretes heat that will dry the road but it is wet this morning and you will find that in all areas. drizzle to scattered light rain. in the afternoon we will see the chance of showers move into the north bay and temperatures are from the 60's in san francisco and extent for most of us and we could hit the 80's around gilroy and an job and live more and through the weekend a warming trend is on the way. in the san mateo bridge remark is moving long fine so no problems maybe just a few extra roads but though wetness that could cause slippery conditions. on the peninsula you should be in a decent state. headed over to san francisco, however, we have a stalled vehicle on the transition from southbound 280 to southbound 101

, sounds like a super shuttle. do not get out of your vehicle on the road. to the north we had an incident with caltrain and a vehicle but everything now seems to be resolved with no word of injuries. we are a day away from the biggest iphone launch of the year but apple c.e.o. tim cook is focusing on something else, a new open letter issued to customs. >> duchess kate facing pregnancy pain with a new announcement made by the palace

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rebels. house officials say the picture of president poroshenko in the oval office will be worth a thousand words particularly the russian president vladimir putin and is likely to press the president for more military assistance to fight the rebels. the second pregnancy is as tough for the dutchess arrest the first. she will not make a trip to malta because of continuing acute morning sickness. the decision was made on the advice of the doctors according to the palace and previously announced she is suffering from serious issues with regard to medication and other nutrients. a day before what could be the biggest iphone launch ever apple c.e.o. is tag about something else: privacy. he is taking a swipe at rivals

at the same time. he is discussing apple privacy policy saying apple takes a different view than other companies saying in part "we don't monetize the information you store on your iphone or read your e-mail or information for market for you," a jab at facebook and google would have been criticized. we have linked the letter to our website. apple has announced they will no longer unlock iphones for police even with a search warrants tied to the release of the new operating system reworking the encryption so it cannot unlock those protected with a pass code so it will be impossible with a court order for miss to access information on phones including photos and e-mails and recordings.

the rain is going on. hope your wipers are working. i wanted the dust off before the rain started so the windshield wipers did future have to work on that as well. did yours work? >> you have rain on the peninsula? yes. >> i missed out. >> as did the south bay. they are not seeing anything. in walnut creek traffic has slowed. the headlights are reflowing off of 680 from the south with drizzle to light rain falling at 24 and 680 and 580 all wet this morning. the bestiary car return is to the north much is getting scattered light rain but the peninsula and the south bay.

when air hits the mountains and coming from the south it creates the lift needs to create clouds and it does the opposite on the back side the mountains descending so you get no rain in the valley and san carlos. golden gate bridge has southwest wind at 13 miles per hour and fairly dry other than drizzle. it will be wet if most of us during the commute and dry in the evening with clouds and fog and dry and thing warmth through the weekend. our weak cold appropriate is cop -- cold front is moving through us with the biggest change today right now, with scattered showers and by noon it transitioned to the north bay but fades by 5:00. there is a chance to get warm weathers maybe a thunderstorm in

the north bay but it is very, very slight. you can see the clouds rolling in and tom we will get the sunshine. we have accumulation at .1" in santa rosa. the valley is mostly dry. around .1" that is in the higher elevations where we do not live. you can see it happening loan the east bay shore. the santa clara valley a lot of rain fade there because of the santa cruz mountains taking up the rain and we have had .5" in the santa cruz mounta it ns, 70's around the bay and 88 inland and more of the temperature on friday and saturday and sunday warmer-than-average. we have a cool trend when autumn starts on monday. the heat and friction of the tires on the road and it looks like the toll plaza is drying

out and some patches of creditness. we have wet conditions through the santa cruz mountains and an accident with a brand new crash eastbound 380 to the southbound 101 connection and another solo spinout. people do not realize how slippery it is. you do not need the hard downfall of rain to create these continues. be very came. especially headed influence the north bay where we have the rain. as we check with the santa cruz mountains, northbound highway 17 we had an early crash and that is on the shoulder and we have heavy delays approaching the reservoir. wal-mart likes to rollback prices but are you really getting a good deal? "7 on your side" teams up with "consumer reports" to find out what to put in very cart and what to put in very cart and what to leave ou

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look at this -- oops, we had a bug crawling on the camera. look at this shot from the exploritorium of the bay and the bay bridge and the clouds looking ominous. they are causing scattered showers. mike will tell us about that ahead. we will check with what is

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good thursday morning at 6:29. this is a damp san francisco international airport. the plans are running but we do have an hour and 36 meant -- minute arrival delays so check

to be sure. we will get more from meteorologist mike nicco and the weather. the rain. >> the rain fell in the santa cruz mountains is the most impressive converter for half an inch. matt was out there covering the accident, i do believe on highway 17. that is why we were watching the rain. i will show you the totals, scots valley hat -- had .25". the reporting stations with the steady rain, and it is light, scrows and napa and hit-and-miss and intermittent in richmond and we have had drizzle

5:00 it is gone. leyla gulen? traffic congestion on 680 is slow and we are at 13 minutes away from highway 4 up to the 24 junction so it is slow. it sounds like things are dry but when you head through the caldecott tunnel and in south san francisco we have an accident involving a skipout blocking a lane and eastbound 380 to the 101 connection so if you have a flight for catch at sfo it could be delayed. 780 has an accident a spinout and the drive through vallejo is very slow. we are also seeing delays making the commute through the san rafael area with delays because of usually skip intermediates and we -- delays

the drive beyond 380 is moving at 30 miles per hour is all for a top speed. pg&e crews are trying to restore power with 3,400 customers in the dark and you can see the affected areas in the east bay with officials saying this morning, the light rain could be to blame. covering this story we will check back in a couple of minutes. developing news, word that highway 50 has been closed again in el dorado county because the weather has changed. the king fire exploded in size yesterday skyrocketing to almost 29,000 acres compared to 12,000 acres 24 hours ago and 3,400 firefighters are battling the claims and 2,000s are threatened. mandatory evacuations are

expanded and the five day old blaze showed in signs -- any we had a short period when highway 50 was opened but now we get word it is closed again. the personnel fighting the fire are from the bay area. a team here and from san francisco left on when. the two teams are on the line with teams from utah and idaho and los angeles. >> the fire in weed is posing problems because the fire has deyou haved 150 homes and three were injured. evacuation orders for 3,000 are in effect. >> thousands of tourists are stranded in mexico.

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sparking polls and fires. the dust builds up during the dry months and rain hits and it causes equipment failures. therein 12,000 customers in the dark after midnight this morning. the problem is clusters along the 880 corridor in richmond and albany. richmond is dealing with must power outages. pg&e is making progress but there will be some who will not have their alarm clock going off this morning. thank you, amy hollyfield. the fate of the united kingdom is at stake as voters in scotland decide whether to become an independent country.

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happening now, rain is on the summit and we will go to the santa cruz mountains where early drivers are facing slick roads. the continuing push to find missing teen sarah

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opening the weather window on drizzle falling on the golden gate bridge with a wind at 13 miles per hour so watch out for rapidly changing conditions. in walnut creek you can see a nice shower rolling through. 24 and 680 still are wet. north of 80 we will find our best chance of rain beyond 9:00 this morning and even a thunderstorm is possible around lake tahoe but not enough rain to help the fire out and the lightning will not start. we have southern swells hurting marin county and the marin county beaches and santa cruz. if you are going to the game the wet wet is over by 12:35 with clouds and low 70's. leyla gulen? this is san mateo bridge. it is barely moving. you are going to take about 15 minutes from hayward to foster city. the drive is slow. pack your patience.

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uncertainty to the market. >> kohl's will hire 67,000 seasonal workers 15 percent more than last year. they have 1,200 department fors and they will hire 10,000 in the distribution centers and credit operations. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been tracking late summer and early fall rain. it is making for slick roads matt is join us from the santa cruz mountains. what are you doing, matt? i am merging. merging on to 17. it is usually more dangerous because the speeds are faster but we have had problems because of "drizzle mess." showers and drizzle and a mess.

we had an accident at 5:29 to c.h.p. when a car spun out and ran into another car. we saw it on the side of the road but they had to get a tow truck in to get the cars off the side so we are running into traffic here north of the summit. that is the issue for people coming from santa cruz into los gatos and the san jose area this morning. dealing with the wet weather and slick roads and first rain of the season you can expect the slick roads and the commute for the people in santa cruz will be slow. that is good on 17. look at the video we shot this morning. showers and the national weather service tweeted they have some reports of half an inch of rain in the santa cruz mountains and

that is significant. it is consistent. it is drizzles and showers but in the higher elevations you get more is .5" makes sense and that is good news up here. it is dry. they concerned about fire danger and everyone thinks to the summit fire we covered but this happened in may and september so it could be worse and any rain, obviously, it helps. if you are driving on 17, take it slow. it is always dangerous. be careful. reporting live on highway 17. look like matt was careful and you can see it is wet. >> everyone was driving slow and most people do not slow down for the rain the first of the year but they have had the most up to half anism in some areas and quarter inch in other areas and check out live doppler hd the

radar does not tell the story. the wet weather is shallow below 4,500' and the radar is offer it because the radar does not bend so even if it is above 4,000' it is looking above what is happening. you can see half moon bay and novato with the lowest so they are probably seeing the heaviest crazy ill and light rain at .04" in napa. sfo is an hour and 36 point flight arrival delays and san jose, as usual, is saying, what rain? there is a little bit. you can see this. here is the cloud deck. that is rain. that is finally starting to fall in the santa clara valley. wet morning commute and then dry for the evening and clouds and fog but dry tonight with possibility of drizzle along the coast and warring -- and warmi

trend is coming. we have an uptick in the coverage of the rain. that is because of the cold front moving law and adding to the lit needs to create the wet weather and when it passes by noon most of the wet weather is with the low pressure in the north bay. the low will weaken in the afternoon. showers, then, will fade. there is a remote chance of isolated thunderstorm across the north bay. tonight, you can see the cloud cover with drizzle. tomorrow, it is nice. we could get .1" in santa rosa and the southwest facing areas we will have .1" above in the eastern santa clara

valley. seven-day forecast 60, 70's and 80's, coast and bay and inland and warmer than warmer-than-average weather this weekend. coming from marin through sausalito into san francisco, there are wet conditions and wind. the light is reflected off of the road. it is slick. the oil has been building up because it is dry and people do not realize how slippery it is. it is not causing too much of a tack on to the commute but it looks like 580 westbound tracy to dublin is 50 minutes. highway 4 westbound antioch to concord is 39 minutes and a cash involving a jack knifed big rig is cleared but now a bart delay, a bart delay. we did have 52 trains on time

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the rest of us. the rain is still over walnut creek looking southbound on 680, showers hanging around through 10:00 and up to 2:00 in the north bay and we will see sunshine late this afternoon into the evening. we have a bart delay five or ten minutes in downtown san francisco and in the east bay because of equipment problem plan ahead. richmond-san rafael toll plaza has conditions that are drying. that could come and go. watch out for slick conditions. >> 2,700 pg&e customers are without power right new. the rain caused a couple of transformers to blow. at one point 12,000 had no customers. pg&e sometimes all will be restored in a few hours. >> in el dorado county, the winds have shifted and the

highway 50 is closed and now is 27,000 acres. there is state of emergency. barry bonds is headed back to court in san francisco getting another chance to appeal the obstruction of justice for lying to a grand jury having the steroid scandal. >> should scotland be scott-free? voters be decide whether to become an independent state. they began casting ballots a few hours ago. we will get a final check open weather and traffic. we are looking at the wet weather everywhere with flight arrival delays into for and they can pop up any time and now moving into the south bay. it is slick. be careful.

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