live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a rainy wednesday morning thanks for joining us, i am eric thomas. >> it looks like a rain where they come in waves. >> not everyone is getting it right new but we are here in san francisco and looking down at the stream developing on the embarcadero and the richmond-san rafael bridge it is wet there as we look at the richmond side.

light-to-moderate rain from novato down toward oakland and alameda and that is headed to the northeast and it will go right up 80 but more showers, light to moderate are developing upstream and that will be the case through the usually afternoon. even if you are not getting rain you will today. >> perfect timing for a morning commute. at macarthur maze traveling to 5 yale on 80 it is wet be as well, i have a new report eastbound lower deck of the bay bridge we have a stalled vehicle at treasure island, so look at other areas of the bay area, it is dry more than the other areas as mike has been telling us and moving to the south right now. >> thats, gives. the rain is bearing down on us in the bay area and it is backing the morning drive. matt keller is on the peninsula with more on this. matt? if you on the peninsula the none part, be prepared for the

possibility of sure or rain, we were driving up 101 from san jose to san mateo and we saw intermittent showers loan the way and a now sprinkles but not much, it is north of us, a look at the golden gate bridge and they have rain and people headed from marin to the city are dealing with showers and rain. also, as they head to sfo check out the picture travelers are ready to hop on and board their flights this morning and most of the flights start at 6:00 so be prepared for the possibility of delays and just make sure you are checking with your airline to make sure director night is taking off on time and we don't have word of delays. we got those sprinkles on our windshield driving up from moffett field in mountain view and here in san mateo not much going on right now and we are keeping an cry on it on the weather app and you can track that on your smartphone and get

that on any of the apple itune stores or google play. you can download it and traffic the rain. >> thanks, matt. regents later today will vote on tuition hikes that could mean 25 percent hikes for students the next five years. students obviously are not happy with the idea and they plan to protest. knick is in the newsroom with more. >> good morning, this topic is so heated at least one local young is planning to bus stuffs to the mission bay campus to boost student presence if the regent meeting. students are sounding off and this is the seen yesterday, the regents will vote today on there to pass a fee hike raising tuition by 5 percent each year for the next five years if state funding remains as expected. if annual funding falls below 4 percent, the current level, students could see a higher

tuition increase but there are signs the regents are hearing student outrage. janet napolitano said she would back off a proposed tuition hike if they increase funding by $100 million next year. caught in the middle? students would say tuition hikes in any form in any amount are a burden. >> our voices will be heard and whether they will be held to account. >> we will get rid of you and raise hell. >> governor brown expected to be at the meeting after a bill was vetoed that would have added $50 president saying tax revenues were not strong enough to support the spending. because of existing financial aid plans available to students, the tuition hike if aprove would not affect most in-state students with less than $150,000 of household income. we will follow the story and

have updates throughout the day. >> happening today, facebook shuttle drivers are set to vote on whether to unionize. protesters rallied at headquarters in menlo park yesterday showing their support for the bus drivers who shuttle employees to and from the company each day working split shifts is a biggest complaint and they claim that drivers wait six hours define picking up and dropping off facebook employees without being paid and facebook contracts with loom transportation for buses who said they play an hourly wage among the highest in the industry with full medical, vacation, sick days. >> there could be a big solidarity demonstration when the month in grand jury makes the decision in the michael brown case. organizers for the demonstration say they understand some people could be angered by whatever decision is made but they

encourage protesters not to get violent. the mayor says protesters have nothing to fear from police. in suburban st. louis there is a subject of sales among first time buyers. brown, an unarmed black teen was shot to death by a white police officer and the grand jury is deciding whether to indict the officer. >> the weather is freezing cross the nation with record breaking cold is socking in millions of americans this morning. we are in washington, dc, covering the winter weather. good morning, freezing temperatures in all 50 states and another blast of winter on the way. the snow has paralyzed parts of upstate new york 5' in 36 hours. >> a snow emergency in buffalo new york with residents dying out after the lake effect snow

dumped 6' of snow and six people are killed and the whiteout conditions buried cars and san franciscoed drivers and this morning, officials are still not sure everyone is off the road. >> you can see it is white everywhere: cars are stuck, we are not going anywhere. >> 130 mile stretch of the new york state through way was shut down trapping a college basketball teal on the bus. >> we have difficulty obtaining enough tough trucks to clean the roads of cars abandoned. >> construction vehicles were brought to clear snow while people waited for help from the national guard. millions are buried in snow. >> horrible. backbreaking. snowplower doesn't do anything. in michigan the semi trucks crashed one flipped. both drivers survived. >> people are worrying about the large piles when it melts there could be heavy flooding.

this is bringing bone chilling cold. yesterday was the country's cold of the november morning since 1976. >> how cold was it this morning? about...14 or 15. >> in atlanta the wind chill drop to the teens and kansas city hit a record low and forecasters say more records will be shattered. >> the national weather service is predicted 2'-3' o those areas getting them to 90 90-100" of snow, a year's worth of snow in fur -- four days. buffalo bracing to two more days of snow. thank you. snow. don't miss it. don't want it. can go without it the rest of my hive. >> he was in the studio with the

picture of snow behind him. >> a perfect set up. across lake erie and parallel to the water, the temperatures are in the 30's but the air temperatures with in the teens so there is a lot area of snow and why they got 5' a perfect setup. at home, we will go toward the san pablo day spilling across novato and 37 from san rafael to the american canyon and you can see coming through eighth, hercules and down to richmond, we have light-to-moderate rain falling on 80 and as you come from the caldecott tunnel a is where light-to-moderate rain pulls out of oakland and emeryville headed to orinda and pleasant hill and walnut creek and concord. walnut creek southbound is wet.

light rain. it could get heavy. we will all be wet by around 7:00 even rain headed to the santa cruz mountains. will it make it to shows? that is the key. no chance of showers through 4:00 with upper 50 and low 60's by 7:00, though, we will be dry. >> showers on the golden gate bridge but what do you think? does it look less now? it has let up. >> still looking at the water getting kicked up by the vehicles as they drive across the bridge so they are not out the bridge so they are not out of the woods yet. side further to the there is a solo spin without in the dirt and c.h.p. is there and they will bring in crews,

message crews and hopefully no injuries were sustained. highway 4 westbound antioch to concord, from san rafael to san francisco is 18 minutes. >> a new hollywood hunk engaged and called the sexiest man alive. >> new allegations, sexual allegations, against bill cosby. >> stay up on weather and traffic throughout the traffic throughout the

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this is abc7 from the san francisco area and the east bay. it is 5:continue on wednesday. if you are looking for a job there are 2,200 available at the next job from noon to 4:00 p.m. so bring your resumes and your umbrellas. >> the san francisco conserve to of music is asking for help after two valuable guitars were stolen from the school. they released this surveillance video showing a man with jeans and a red sweater and snowcap leaving the school with the guitars november 9. the instruments have been appraised for thousands of

dollars and one worth $25,000 and the other valued at $5,000. the student would secured the guitars in a shared locker reported them missing. a roast is planned this welcome at levi stadium prior to the game between the 49erers and work red skins. sunday, american indian groups stage a demonstration like this one wanting the washington's owner to get red of the nickname which they find offensive and racist. he has refused. the profits start in santa clara at 8:00 am with a prayer and that is followed by a march to levi stadium with a demonstration before the became. netflix is postponing an upcoming stand up comedy special featuring bill cosby after yet another woman came forward with allegations he sciencually assaulted her. net flex announced the postponement yesterday but did not spell out why. former model said that he sexually assaulted her following

a 1982 dinner meeting in lake tahoe hotel and two other women made similar allegations. his attorney said that he will not dignify what he called decades old discredited allegations by responding to them. through a publicist he also said that he agreed with the netflix decision. >> recall involving millions of airbags will involve a lot more vehicles. >> here is america's money report. good morning, topping america's money the major airbag recall got bitter. in to states, defective airbags have exploded blamed if five decks. >> the natural turkey federation is fitting back against reports of a thanksgiving turkey shortage. >> farmers are producing 235 million of them this year, more than enough to satisfy demand. some major super markets are offering big discounts. >> a couple items more expensive

>> a couple items more expensive than a turkey. ring? >> you can deliver that in the bently? with the 520 horse power... >> with your favorite twitter co-worker you can get a hashtag ring. >> not going to happen. >> good luck. >> just drive safely. take it slow. the roads are wet. exactly. you may want to grab the cheap umbrella this or. from hercules, crockett, across highway 4 to martinez and pleasant hill and concord we

have our light-to-moderate rain headed across the san pablo bay to sears point to vallejo american canyon and benicia we are going to get an uptick in the intensity of the rain the next 10 minutes. can you see this is traveling northeast and it will head up 80 to fairly and dixon. dillon bench is close but petaluma and santa rosa petaluma and santa rosa with wet. sprinkles are headed to the south bay and you will get "rain faded," out of that. on the richmond of the san rafael bridge the rain is coming down steady but not so heavy as

before and you can see light rain fill falling in yes crack southbound to the san ramon valley so waves of showers and cooler today, a brief break tonight before a faster moving system bringing more intense rain tomorrow. it will be more rain but just fall shorter. a quick look at temperatures, the territory bay is on the upper 50's and the rest of the us in the low-to-mid 60's. still, fought bad. upper 40's to mid-50's which is companily clouds and possibly a patch or two of fog and clouds are the big rule. cold front is just new getting here so we will have showers as we head through the mid-morning to early afternoon. here is thursday and friday system can had a lot more rain and each successively one should have more rain. scattered showers at 7:00 and noon and by action it is starting to taper and in the evening and overnight we have

clouds and 9:00 just headed into the northwest corner sonoma is the next system and a cold front light-to-moderate rain and by noon in san francisco and across to oakland and by 5:00 or 6:00 i is exiting the south bay. the first system is semi 1" and up to three quarters in the north bay mount town and we will double that on thursday bringing more intensity of rain and the possibility of a thunderstorm we have clouds on friday. wet on saturday. dry and warmer on sunday, monday and tuesday. leyla gulen? we start off in san jose where it looks like it is dry along 87 headed beyond the tank. northbound traffic is your headlight and southbound traffic and tail lights all moving along without a problem the we have future heard of issues in san jose. i saw grab lights -- flashlights on the shoulder and southbound traffic is building over to highway 24.

10 minutes gets you from 4 to 24. we had this early accident on the eastern span, the lower deck at treasure island involving a taxicab blocking when lane with a brand new crash westbound eastern span here with two vehicles involved and left lane is blocked. northbound highway 101 south sfo, a solo spinout into the dirt and we have spots of drizzle falling so be careful driving to the airport. straight ahead seven things to know use start your day. and this your's sex of the man is a hunk with or without his shirt on. >> we are showing you weather and traffic where you live with abc7 with the picture in san francisco showing some rainfall

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broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is wet wednesday. we mentioned it was going to be that way. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> we are happy. we need the rain. but be careful. >> north of san mateo bridge we have seen the bridge but south of that we are dry near the shark tank, only a few sprinkles but rain moving through the santa cruz mountains and although it is not raining across the golden gate bridge you can see there is plenty of moisture kicked up by the cars. most of the main band is around concord headed to pittsburg and bay point and headed up from vallejo and american canyon and dixon, north of the san mateo bridge, that is where the action is but it is moving into the santa cruz mountains and could get into the south bay the next hour in the form of light rain. be careful on 101 and 280 and over to richmond-san rafael toll plaza you can see how wet

it is. the rain has stopped. it is slick. we have had a couple solo spinouts. mostly they have cleared. bart is running. 42 bart trains are running on time. >> good deal. san francisco police are looking for the arsonnest who set several vehicles on fire in the castro neighborhood. amy hollyfield is at scene. look at this car: you can see the plastic bumper and cover away the lightmented from the fire burning next to it. the third car that was damaged and two cars appear to be set on fire, a jeep and a van. they were burning at 2:00 this morning between 18th and 19th. ones say it was quite squarey to say it was scary to see

cars burning at the same time. i work the grave your at 7-eleven and it is slow and to get action like that, it is exciting but too close to home. he grabbed the fire extinguisher and tried to put it out but it wasn't working. police say no one was hurt. the fire department got the fires out quickly. they have not made arrests or given descriptions of a possible suspect. they also have not said what the motive could have been. this morning, a group of uc students is planning to protest the university -- protest the u california with hundreds protesting at uc davis campus to protest a tuition hike. the board is scheduled to v

on the proposal of janet napolitano to raise tuition by 5 percent each year for five years 69 the governor and lieutenant go are planning on attending. oakland unified school superintendent will under veil a plan to approve schools the next six years. the oakland tribune got a preview of the plan. by 2020 the goal is to raise the graduation rate from 67 percent to 85 percent and increase third graders reading at grade level from 38 percent to 85 percent. wilson wants to basketball teach are pay and make them feel appreciated so they stay and grow their careers in oakland. he became the new superintendent in july. san jose pastor is recovering after being attacked right outside his home on communications hill in san jose. the pastor was attacked last weekend when he and his wife were returning home. many come to this area to use

the stairs for exercise but are not allowed at night. he andly wife saw a car stopped under the "no parking," side and toll the officer he might want to move so he did not get a ticket. >> he came with me and hit me forehead to forehead and i tried to pick up my wife and he hit me with a pipe in his fis testimony. >> he suffered a black eye and bruised ribs after being hit with the smoking pipe. the pastor and his wife are seen being lone to the ground. the attackers and the four friends drove away. a driver is in custody after leaving c.h.p. on a high speed chase in the east bay and you can see the car moving through traffic in berkeley last night reaching speeds of 100 miles per hour and officers say they tried on stop the driver in albany for speeding and the chase conditions on to 580 before

ending at 73rd and lockwood in east oakland. >> officials in santa clara county want know why their county was the slowest in the bay area to report election results. the board has requested a report by john explaining why santa clara was the last of the nine counties to finish counting all the votes from election day. among the problems was a glitch preventing people from seeing updated results until 9:30 election night and a tallly was not in until the next morning and an information technology manager resigned the day before election day. >> repair of expansion joint on the bay bridge could be slowed down. necessity will -- the upper deck will be closed until 5:00 tomorrow morning each day six days a week until february with

the joints repaired that were first installed back in 1936! >> a week into crab season and it could be the best ever. 400 boats have been delivered a steady stream of crab to pier 45 and many have been waiting to deliver and crews are pumping in oxygen to keep the catch alive. >> we do nut have facilities toen load anymore. >> what do is to do? sit on the crab and keep them alive. >> >> does not look like much crab in eureka or crescent city so everyone came here. >> a crew from fort bragg called in 30,000 pounds in they days. they are getting $3 a pound. when it is shipped, boiled, and cracked and put on the plate it is $10.95 a pound.

some have crashes for a -- for thanksgiving. >> happy for you, not so happy for the crab. >> in napa you can see 29 and 121 coming together with light-to-moderate rain and redwood city road to jefferson secret in the next few minutes, right along 12 over to 80 we have light-to-moderate rain to american canyon road and you should dry out at american canyon in the next minute. same if you are in bay point headed to the delta in the next few minutes. we have light rain behind it along 80 from crockett and help lease and richmond and down to emeryville but as you head to san jose you can see 87 is still

looking dry. sprinkles are on the way. upper fete to -- 40's to mid-50's and showers continuing with waves of light showers noon to 4:00 and it will taper during the evening commute with clouds. you will not need the rain gear after 6:00 this evening. >> we start off with app westbound highway 4 through antioch and fought too far from 160. we are seeing a buildup traffic so thank you for reporting this. we have had accidents here and there this morning. so far they have all been cleared quickly. you can download the exclusive app and join our group. westbound 205 an accident is possibly blocking one lane and

the rest of the ride is seeing areas with possible wetness on the road and it is slowing down as you push to livermore. here is drive time traffic and this is how long it will take you, 36 minutes, highway 40 with 30 minutes from antioch to concord. secret surveillance the uc police officers claim their bosses eavesdropped on them even in the bathroom. >> and barbie is in computer engineers but some say it sends the wrong message. >> the rain and clouds to affect the travel in the bay area. we will keep you informed or keep you in the know. keep you in the know. stay with

>> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. 5:43 on a wet wednesday morning. you can see the rain as we look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza with things backing up. fast track is getting through. this means it is treacherous. be came. we are watching the roads for you. you can see what is showing up on live doppler hd where you

live any time with the weather app which is free on the app store or google play with more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> a newly filed lawsuit claims the police department installed a surveillance video system to record officers private consideration according to the conceal lawsuit filed by a police union say it happened on the campus of uc irvine with recording devices put in offices and hallways and baths and were powerful enough to pick up the ks through the walls recording everything you could expect people to talk about in a work environment including finances, relationships and working conditions. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. >> big changes are coming to one of the busiest corridors, transportation leaders have approved a long-awaited bus rapid transit project along van ness calling for converting one of the three lanes to bus only

lanes in both directions from mission to lombard. when it is completed you can no long are town west on van ness and they will eliminate 100 pack spaces with construction on three year project is underway next year and the goal is to reduce bus travel time by 30 percent. >> san francisco's glide memorial church gets a special delivery for that of giving with vegetables green using composite made from the green bin program. the donation is part of the efforts to reduce waste and encourage a farm to table practice bringing fresh and healthyed if to those in need. >> abc7 and disney will give $75,000 to local feeding america food banks but they need more help. research shores one in six friends and neighbors in the bay area go hungry each month and

temperature our spencer christian will be live in santa rosa at the remain fired if bank and we hope you join us and give where you live. you do not have to labor your house if the rain seems daunting you can make a $10 donation by texting "feed," at 8007 that could be the best way to donate. >> what if you want to give more then $10. >> let us know after you try donating. >> people my want to give more than ten. >> the rain is here. the ten dollar umbrella would be useful. we have scattered light showers. i will show you the bay because we have focused on the forth by where the heavy of the rain is and in san that cruz mountains we have light-to-moderate rain

moving in but when it is at the edge of the mountains, the down sloping win is what we call rain fade when the air sinks, it stabilizes. when it rises, it destabilizes so we are getting all the rain in the santa cruz mountains and hardly anything in the santa clara valley other than sprinkles and scattered light rain. it is there. you will get some and there is more to the west. there is where the cold front is and we will keep an cry on the fact we will have chances of rain through the morning. even if they have left you, you can see it is lick and wet. looking from the east bay hills, its with raining, if it was heavy we could now see this clearly so we are in a lull so i am calling it waves of showers. a break tonight. faster moving system tomorrow. wet on saturday but dry on

sunday for the weekend. today, upper 50's. to low 60's in the north bay valley. the rest of us are in the low-to-mid 60. it is going to be cooler. but closer to average. tonight is mild. upper 40's. to mid-50's. with patchy fog and not a big concern. the front is to the west and the natural lift will keep the showers in the forecast for today. our break is a fast moving system with moisture is compact and saturday's storm looks more impressive. the storm should have more rain with it. our radar returns show scattered showers through lunch until 5:00 but notice the coverage is tapering and overnight, mainly clouds and by 9:00 we are beginning to watch next batch the rain move into the not bay through the heart of the bay during the lunch hour and out of the south bay at 4:00 or 5:00 the evening commute has a drying trend thursday. >> the rain totals today .1" to

a third of an inch, and thursday's going to be the coolest with upper 50's to low 60's and low-to-mid 60's through sunday and warmer on monday and tuesday of next week and absolutely more dry. >> we have 46 bart trains on time. ace train one and they are on time. for delays if action taking ac transit. the toll plaza camera is not working. we have traffic moving into the city. we have had a couple of accidents but they have cleared. the metering lights have been turned on and we have delays coming away from the maze. so far, so good, through berkeley on i-80. if san jose, 32 miles per hour at alum rock with slowing

pulling away from the 280 and 680 split with the rest of the san jose moving along without any problem and all the green is an indication of where you are at top speed. a new barbie pick if young kids is causing controversy. >> it shows barbie in computer engineers but a few pages in, barbie admits she needs her friends "brian and steven" to make it happen and then she get as virus and she needs the boys to come to the rescue. >> unfortunately, barbie is a little behind the times so it sounds like that could be happening. >> they are trying to fit in with current issues but what they doing is reaffirming a stare crow type that a girl cannot do it on her own. it is wrong. >> it sells for $4.99 on amazon

and has attract add lost negative cacs like "please, please, please don't buy this book." we reached out to the makers of barbie but there has been no response. >> what if they made one of the two friends a girl you who is solved this problem. >> you want barbie to be seen as the carbon -- the solver. >> a warning emergency that drivers could see at berkeley gas stations. >> a new twist on trucks, the driver is not serving up food but making hollywood dreams come true. >> you can keep tabs on rain and the sloppy traffic through the commercial break with abc7news.com and looking at the back car at san francisco with wet roads and live doppler hd showing other shots up there. showing other shots up there. stay

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the city of berkeley is considering global warming labels on gasoline pups in the city wanting people that burning fuel contributes to global warming part of a plan to reduce emissions in the city by 33 percent the next six years. advocates say it could make a difference from the carbon footprint but opponents say it violates the first amendment. san francisco is drafting a similar ordinance. the warriors celebrated the holiday with 250 underprivileged kids and families. they were supposed to take a bus back if rush hour so they figured it would take forever so they decided to ride bart back

together. all together. they posed for pictures with other teammates on the train with a bunch of stunned but thrilled passengers. how lucky. >> can you imagine sitting there with all the 6' 9" and 6' guys are trying to get away from you. >> good morning, everyone, the ferry ride coming into san francisco, the day is calm but there is a breeze. we will have scattered light hours and lake tahoe has not made it there and it will snow only at the highest elevations mostly from the west which will be rain producers. you can see egg -- see everything falling. in the mid-to-upper 50 through the central valley until fresno and check out the wet winter weather today, tomorrow, and saturday if lake tahoe. >> we will let you know if the

chains are required. we have heavy backup in the far right hand lane as you pull in toward the tolls and make it across the bridge. we have a new accident southbound 101 at lincoln avenue two lanes are blocked and we have a little bit of slowing through marinwood to san rafael continuing in the south with wet conditions. slow down your speeds. be careful. >> a man from canada did not expect a sky high fee on a recent flight. that is what he got, a charge of $1,171. he racked up the wi-fi fee on a singapore airlines flight. he is seen in a youtube bought a plan for $29 and visited 155 pages and down loaded a power point presentation cost him. the wi-fi provider says the graphic shows passengers their data use at all times but he

fell asleep. >> he is giving a presentation and he is the c.e.o. of a company so i think he can reasonable afford to pay that wi-fi charge. >> i think so, too. next, new details on the blizzard battering buffalo and other areas of the east and northeast and a massive clean up under way to get people moving and the all night efforts to safe college girls stranded on a highway. >> did you cap the sex of the man alive? we have that story ahead. and the embarcadero in san francisco is all wet with showers and rap moving through the bay area. we will leave these shots up we will leave these shots up through

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the first of a series of storms hitting the bay area and meteorologist mike nicco and live doppler hd are tracking where the rain is talling. new this morning, two cars cash fire in a quiet bay area neighborhood. what police are revealing about the investigation underway. uc students are promising to show up as regents consider a possible tuition hike. details on how much more they would have to pay and who is coming out against the hike. thanks for joining us on this wet wednesday. mike has been watching live doppler hd. where is the rain now? good question. the best radar returns are moving across the north bay from the coast to 80 and east of that headed to fairfield. around the bay, scattered light showers and some showers from the santa cruz mountains are starting to make it through the south bay so waves of showers is