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 the best way to describe it

today, some lit, mostly light, some moderate, and this will last through early afternoon hours and everyone is going to be wet at some point today. we have two more systems coming and one will affect the weekend. we will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> you would think it would do a number on our roads but not so bad as we look at the san rafael camera with the drive southbound along 101 moving along but we have a brand new crash southbound at lincoln avenue blocking two lanes. we have delays in the northbound and southbound direction. the friend is an indication where the rain is affecting the commute. headed northbound you will apply the brakes. pack your patient. we will check with you in a few minutes. the damage was left behind in castro district after two cars caught fire overnight. police are revealing whether they suspect arson.

amy hollyfield is on the scene. witnesses say it looked like arson, one car was burning in two different spots. there were two cars set on fire at the same time around 2:00 this morning in the castro district between 18th and 19th. someone working at the 7-eleven saw the fires and ran to help. >> wanted to make sure everyone was clear and the car wasn't going to explode because there are other cars and properties around. don't want them to be damaged. if i could have put out the fire i would have. >> no one was hurt in the fire. police have not made any arrests and they think the motive could have been arson. the burned cars have been towed away and there is still a car

here with the plastic bumper melting so the car is damned and this is the third damaged vehicle, so, a tempts of three vehicles damageed. uc regents are meeting in san francisco today and they are slated to vote on proposed tuition hikes, a 5 percent a career for the next five careers. >> some students are not happy with the idea and plan to protest. nick, they have big name supporters? >> they do. i have been tweeting with students would plan to be there to show a full display of first to respectfully protest against a tuition hike. this top second so heated one yawn is planning to bus students to the mission bay campus for the meeting of regents. students are sounding off. this was the seen yesterday at

uc davis. they will vote whether to pass a fee hike raising tuition by 5 percent each year for five years if state funding remains at expected level. if the annual funding is below 4 percent students could see a higher tuition increase. there are signs the regents are hearing student outrage. uc president janet napolitano said she would back off a proposed tuition hike if funding is increased by $100 million. caught in the middle? students who say hikes in any form any amount would be a burden. >> we prioritized pay for administration more than faculty and teachers. >> i know our voices will be heard. >> governor brown is expected to be at the meeting and he vetoed a bill passed that would add another $50 million saying tax revenues were not strong enough to support spending.

because of existing financial aid plans available to students the tuition hike would not affect most students with less than $150,000 of household income. >> we will follow the story and i will provide you with updates. >> the san jose city council is taking a big step to help low and middle choose workers afford rents in silicon valley. they voted 7-3 to put a new fee on developers for new rental buildings and the $17 per scare foot applies to projects after june of 2016 and will build chiefer housing and is expected to john rate $24 million a year. >> facebook schultz drivers are set to vote on whether to unionize. to they get enough "yes," votes other technical companies could follow suit. protesters rallied in front of facebook headquarters yesterday working split shifts is the

biggest complaints, often waiting six hours between pickups. the contract with the company says they pay an hourly wage among the highest in the industry and full medical benefits, available, holiday and sick days. the san francisco conservetory of music is asking for the public's help after two have valuable guitars were stolen on november 9. the instruments, owned by the school, have been appraised at thousands. one is worth $25,000 and the other is valued at $5,000. a student who secured the guitars if a shared locker reported them missing. >> we get rain this morning and you can tell the road is wet but that is nothing compared to new york state. >> we have welcome rain.

this morning, around the clock clean up continues in buffalo after a year's work of snow fell in when day. look at our new video in the newsroom, public, withs crews armed with an army of pay leaders and dump trucks went to work to clear the snow, 5' of snow fell in buffalo and more is falling this morning. you can see what buffalo residents are facing right now. in buffalo, new york, the snow doesn't quit. >> the trucks are coming in and dumping all of the step here from all over the city, it is the only way to get it out and they are having a very hard time. we are talking about a very dangerous storm: six people loading their lives here in this area. >> people are expecting more snow and it could go on until at least friday. the governor cuomo from state of

new york has issued a state of emergency here and the national guard is now coming in. all snow is trapping cars on the new york through way including the niagara women's best team stuck if more than 30 hours. the teach was finally rescued overnight. the players were posting selfies and police helped them deliver supplies to pass the time. >> make the bet of a tough situation. >> i worked in upstate new york and i don't miss that snow. >> are you sure? trudging to work? >> not a bit. >> it is beautiful when it falls but a day later...ugly we have pir -- moisture falling headed to san rafael and mill valley and larkspur and

light showers moving through the north bay and right along 24 north of orinda. a last stop on eastern side of the santa clear valley from milpitas and alum rock climbing to mount hamilton we will get you wet the next 15 or 20 minutes. end the sure kill -- came through it left moisture behind. it is still slick. showers through 7:00. 49 to 58. a spread there. we will have waves of showers through noon at 58 to 62 and the showers will taper by 4:00 and there will be a few around we are only at 58 to 62 ten degrees cooler than yesterday. by 7:00, put the wet weather away in the mid-to-upper 50's. dress warmly. we have had slick conditions and a couple of accidents but it is unusual we have not had the kind of car wrecks we would

expect. kudos to the drivers. 49 bart traps -- trains are tine. we are delayed, though, coming interest great america so there could be a couple of extra minutes making it to the bay area. a.c. transit has all buses on time and 680 is smooth to highway 24 and at 24 you are at top speed the green an indication of the wet roads headed into the caldecott tunnel it slows down but everything else through oakland, 588, and 880 and all at top speeds. 880 and all at top speeds. >> bono and cause. >> and a bay area company is at

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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning. it is 6:14. we have the rain here and elsewhere around the bay area causing wet roads. this is in san jose. mike is following live doppler hd and we have an update on the rain coming up. rain coming up. >> matt damon and morgan ebola virus waiting if world leaders to take action by standing silent in a and they are demanding world leaders end the deadly outbreak.

other stars appearing in the video are will ferrell and ben affleck. >> silence is effective. netflix is postponeing a standup come by with show biz legend bill cosby with alleges he assaulted her. netflix announced the postponement and did not say why. former model told entertainment tonight he sexually assaulted her after a 1982 dinner meeting at a lake tahoe hotel and two other women have made share allegations. his attorney say he will not dignify decades old discredited allegations by responding. this is probably one of the only if los angeles stories. >> mobile photography studio offering a way to get head shots a studio on wheel call the head shot truck. >> we will be in west hollywood and anyone in that area who

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i hope so. never mine -- mind the hair. >> i appreciate the compliment. it was nice. that you for passing it on. >> in san rafael ien with dead show you the rain is moving in with waves of light-to-moderate showers and you could see the rain is on 101 with tail lights headed southbound toward the golden gate bridge where we will have a few sprinkles. from marin wood to san rafael to san quentin to mill valley the bridge is getting light rain as is the bay bridge san francisco to oakland with a light cell. we will head to the south and south of the dumbarton bridge to the salt flats and north of 237 we have a healthy shower and that will move crass the dumbarton bridge to the south into fremont and the sunol grade with more wet weather through the santa cruz mountains and headed to the south bay and more

developing over the ocean moving to all of us from the east bay hills camera it looks like and we could not see far if the rain was heavier. cooler today. a break technology. faster rain but more intensity and possibly heavier amounts tomorrow and rain on saturday and dry on sunday. temperatures are mostly in the low-to-mid 60's in the north bay where we will have the better chance of rain and you are in the upper to low sick. tonight we are in the upper 40's to mid-50's with mostly clouds and possibility of a little bit of fog, so the front is still to the west so the main triggering mechanism is out there and we will have waves of light-to-moderate showers and the next system is a fast mover and saturday has more moisture and each storm should have more moisture. scattered showers at 7:00 through the lunch hour into the usually commute and by the end of. commute we are dry and at 9:00 we have the next system to the northwest corner of sonoma and

by noon transitioning to the heart of the bay and by 3:00 or 4:00 transition from the south bay with a stray sure or two possible in the evening but we will clear out for a dry friday. .1" in lower elevations and storm number two, tomorrow, is cooler with twice as much rain and it will be a burst of rain with the possibility of thunder and it will be rainy saturday but dry on sunday. >> we have san mateo bridge that looks dry 11 minutes from hayward to foster city and you get to foster city 101 is at top speeds away from sfo southbound everything is moving along fine and if your travels take you northbound we have wet roads. from sfo up to 280 you can see where the slowing is, we have a stalled bus so be careful. the drive to hospital curve and

over to lower deck of the bay bridge is only ten minutes. we have a couple of accidents westbound 80 at travis boulevard to the shoulder, and further to the south in the eastbound direction at redwood parkway another accident blocking when lane. it is now 6:20, is handing over his crown for most sexy machine -- man alive with a new hollywood hunk. >> and yes to recycled west water and bay area customers could be next. >> we are looking at check correct and 680 like many other plays getting spore road evening showers. showers. stay

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and "thor," is a marvel character. >> i lean toward liam, a fan of the "hunger games." who do you admire more? moving right along, the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> the bay area crab season is off to a bounty of a start but there is a down side. live doppler hd shows how the scattered showers are moving with waves showers throughout the day the be prepared for wet weather. i have two more cans of getting wet in the seven-day forecast. if the traffic center, this is walnut creek with the drive not moving along so well and it is really starting to slow down at 12 members from highway 4 to the 24 junction and a brand new accident at the dumbarton bridge with the dailies ahead.

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6:29. this is the bay bridge with traffic moving carefully across the span with wet roads. we have a storm with us. if investment would be an umbrella today. mike? >> not expensive. hopefully it is in the car or backpack. have some patience at san francisco international airport with 1 hour and 45-minute delays. walnut creek had rain early. the traffic is here and the bestiary car return is from the san mateo bridge between the dumbarton and leaded to prime minister and the sunol grade and another healthy system continue this and wes carlos and another line moving ashore so it will be wet weather the entire morning commute. waves of light-to-moderate

showers. >> walnut creek is coming to a screeching halt. we were at 12 minutes and new it look 15 to 20 minutes with a (new accident over the dumbarton bridge eastbound 84 a vehicle flipped on its side and to the shoulder. however, it is enough to cause spectator slowing. the rest of the bridge is now upwater and we have waterfalling with the rain over the dumbarton and by contrast the san mateo is drying out. you are slowing down as we head over to the peninsula. >> right now we have breaking news from san jose with increases in the middle of a stand off situation with a man would refuses to come out of a home. he can have a child with we are here in south san jose a huge operation with the officers here on the scene for fine hours now as they have

started negotiations and they have the area surrounded, several streets are blocked off and residents are getting up and out and are kept from the cars. the cars cannot be removed from the barricaded area. it started last night at 9:45 with a man standing in street holding a gun with a child in the area at hayes avenue. he went back into the home before the officers arrived. police surrounded the house. no injuries have been reported. i will show you where oak grove high school is through this fence. that is hayes avenue. san jose police say oak grove high school is open. they are asking all students to enter from blossom hill roadside of campus.

new this morning, san francisco police are looking for whoever set three cars on fire in the castro, a jeep and a van burst into flames at 2:00 between 18th and 19th. the 15 december on another car was melted. investigators are at ground zero with no suspects, no description, no motive. this morning, a san jose pastor is recovering after being attacked outside his home on communications hill in san jose. the pastor was attacked when he and his wife were returning home. you can see the bruises on the pastor. many come here to use the stairs if exerts but you not allowed at night. donald fareed saw a car parked with positive stopping after 9:00 p.m. and told owner he may want to move so he would not get a ticket. >> he came toward me and hit me with his forehead to my

while i tried to pick up my wife he had a pipe in his fist. >> the 52-year-old suffered a black eye and becaused ribs. surveillance video shows the pastor and his wife being thrown to the ground. the attacker and the friends had driven away. police have taken a report but there have been no arrests. oakland unified school direct superintendent will unveil his plan to improve schools over the next six years. we got a preview of the superintendent's plan. by 2020 the goal is to raise graduation rate from 67 to 85 percent and increase percentage of third graders reading grate leached from 38 percent to 85 percents and wanted to basketball the pay for teachers so they stay and grow their careers and feel appreciated in oakland. he became the new superintendent

in july. >> wet weather could affect plans to repair expansion joints on the bay bridge scheduled to begin tonight at 8:00 p.m. they close the far right lane on upper deck of the bay bridge until 5:00 tomorrow morning and this scheduled to happen six days a week until february. the joints to be repaired installed in 1936. >> not a weekend into the crab season and fishermen are saying it could be best, ever. since kicking off an estimated 400 boats have been delivering a stream of crab to pier 45. many boats have been parked in the bay waiting to deliver and crews now have to pump oxygen to keep the cash alive. >> we don't have the facilities to unload any more than we are. >> pa do you have to do? keep them alive until the

market can take them. >> doesn't look like much crab and eureka or crescent city so everyone came here. they hauled in several thousand pounds of crab in the first three days. the crabbers are getting $3 a pound and when it is shipped, boiled, cracked and put on your plate it is $10.90 a plan to protest and we will preview the regents meeting this morning that could turn contentious as students vow to fight over a tuition hike. >> barbie bac >> a look across the bay: clouds with waves and rain and gloomy weather and traffic. you will be able to see weather

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>> we are back at 6:40. you can see the road is wet at the shark tank from a sprinkle to light shower but now is not raining in that area and it is not snowing in lake tahoe,

either, the systems coming in from the west will not bring much snow just a lot of rain and you can see the color coating on our radar and it is mostly green and yellow as it is headed into the high country so it is all falling as rain and will fall south of san behalf barbara and fresno at mid-60's to mid-70's and nearly 70 in los angeles and san diego the more bright and dry areas with mostly rain in lake tahoe and a mix tomorrow and mainly rain on saturday and temperatures are in the 20 at night and mid-40's in the afternoon. >> we saw walnut creek a moment ago and how very busy it was because we have an accident as you round your corner up ahead that is where we have one lane blocked a two-car crash and one lane continues to be blocked. that is adding to minutes of the commute at 20 minutes away from highway 4. the golden gate bridge is dry out. traffic is ending a bit. moving into san francisco. as we focus on the dumbarton

bridge eastbound side of 84 that is are we have an accident involving a rollover on the side with possible injuries and a lane is blocked. uc regents vote on the biggest tuition hike yet and a top leader is stepping in to oppose the proposal. >> from toilets to tap the latest california city turning wastewater into drinking water. >> at break, a look outside traffic and weather with abc7news.com and you are looking at the san mateo bridge with slow traffic but no rain coming down at most. that could all change quickly as the waves come in. we will leave live doppler hd up through the entire commercial through the entire commercial break

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covering burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning, uc regents are meeting in san francisco and slated to vote on proposed tuition hikes that could mean 5 percent increase each year for the next five years. >> many students are not happy with the idea they

plan to protest. >> the students are mobilizing and are planning to bus students to the motion bay campus for the meeting. students cross the system are sounding off. this was the seen yesterday at uc davis, regents vote on whether to pass a fee hike raising fees 5 percent each year for five years if funding is at expected levels. student could see a high are tuition increase but there are signs the regents are hearing student outrage and are trying to work ought a deal and janet napolitano said she would back off the hike if the state increases funding by $100 million next year. caught in the middle are students would say the hikes any follow of any amount are hard. >> why know how it will be but we will be heard and whether account is on them. >> tell them "shame," if they don't represent us we will get

rid of you. we will raise hell! >> go brown is expected to be at the meeting and he vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that would have added another $50 million saying the tax revenues were not strong enough to support the spending. because of additional financial aid lands available it would not affect most in-state students with less than $150,000 or less of household income. the rally is expected today and dozens of students from dozens of areas are there. 6:46. the city of san diego is moving ahead with a plan to purify sewer water and run it to the drinking water shy. >> the city council unanimously approved a $2.5 billion recycling plan to make the city less dependent on imported water. san diego imports 85 percent of their water from the delta and colorado river. by 2016 it could provide region

with 50 extra million gallons a day of water, 7 percent of water the residents use. >> we have an incredible opportunity to gain water independence, the ability to control our own water supply for the first time. >> santa clara water district decided in september to pursue a similar idea. a barbie book for young kids is causing controversy. the book shows barbie venturing into computer engineers to create a video game but a few pages in she said i designing it and i need brian and steven's help to turn it into a game and then she get as virus and she towns to the gives for the rescue of the virus. >> barbie can be behind the times. it could be happening here.

>> they are trying to fit in with current issues but what they doing is reaffirming a stereo time: a girl cannot do it on her own. skit wrong. the book shes for $4.99 on amazon with a lot of negative comments like "please, please, don't buy the book." we reached out to the makers of barbie but we is not -- received their response. >> the dow is off 17.5 percent to 17670. >> we have more business news a new report says most members will not be shopping either black friday or cyber monday. long lines and horror stories like being people more sprayed while keeping the casualty shopper away. the holiday shipping son is longer with many retailers offering black friday prices november 1 taking pressures off

customers to shop the day before thanksgiving. >> a report says trans fats could damage your memory. trans fats increase the shelf life of foods but they could decrease your shelf life and are to doughnuts and pancakes, cookies, all the sweet treats. people who ate the most trans fats remembered fewer words than those would ate the least. there is a link shown between trans fat consumption and aggression, obesity, heart disease and diabetes. >> we attributed our forgetting to lack of sleep but now we know it is all the doughnuts >> what are we talking about? the weather. pike? it is a vicious cycle. a verb cycle --

>> the wet weather treadmill is here through saturday. we have a lull between the waves of showers in the north bay and along the coast the next wave is slated to move in and through the heart of the bay you can see scattered to light rain falling from daly city, and colma and south san francisco and to alameda and oakland and into the san ramon valley and the dublin grade and to the south, the moisture stream is just about dried out, the santa cruz mountains are going to take all of that and keep it for themselves. another b is well off the coast and that will come through so we are going to be wet through the morning commute and you can see the light rain falling on the right half of the screen looking back across the bay bridge to oakland and this is how it looks from the other side, all the way stretching back to over the coast where the light rain is and it is coming our way.

waves of showers today and cooler conditions, four to eight degrees cooler than year. a break tone, clouds, patchy fog, and tomorrow should be dry, fatter rain arriving after the morning rush hour and it will provide heavier rain, maybe a clap of thunder, and it will be wet on saturday and best day for outdoor activities is sunday. upper 50 to low 60 in the north bay valley and low-to-mid 60's the rest of us and closer to average. upper 40's to low 50's in many areas and mid-50 around san francisco and oakland but it will be easier commute because it is dry tomorrow morning. to the west through mid-afternoon we will have waves of light showers. thursday's session is fast moving system and it is not quite is impressive as saturday but it should have manufacture rain than today and saturday will have more rain than thursday. at noon is the wet weather gear handy and by 7:00 the showers

are gone. we have clouds overnight, and tomorrow morning, know may, rain is moving through and noon through the heart of the bay and it exits by 3:00 or 4:00. tomorrow, it is the cold of the day with the front and a chance of thunderstorms and friday is dry. saturday will be a rainy day and sunday will be dry with a warring trend on monday and tuesday. >> traffic is trying to unclog itself on 680 headed into correct because of an early accident and we will have moved the accident off to the rain street off-ramp and southbound 680 was blocking a lane and causing enough delays from concord along 242 and at high 24 we have a car that went into the bushes and 64 miles per hour is the top speed but the green is an indication that rain is falling and it is making things wet and slick and toward oakland drying out at 15 miles per hour

along 24 and in emeryville, same thing with 880 approaching the maze slow down for transition and berkeley we are looking at a more crowded commute. we are back with seven things to know before you go. >> first, we are hooking at san rafael traffic on 101 and we will keep weather and traffic up through the entire commercial break. stay tuned.

>> here are seven things to know, grab wet weather gear, scattered showers today and you pay as well keep the wet weather with you, rain is in the forecast through saturday. >> two, it has been a slick commute and as we look at the bay bridge traffic is move along fine into san francisco out of daly city we have a stall muni bus at upon tray boulevard. >> breaking news if south san jose the princepathology at oak grove high school has decided to close the school until a police stand off situation is resolved. right now, officers are negotiating with the suspect in a home near hayes avenue. police say the hand as seen in the street with a child holding a gun last night. >> four, former stand toward child jason collins is retiring from the nba and made the announcement moments ago. he was the first openly gay man

to play on the four major professional teams when he signed and played for the brooklyn nets this year. >> hundreds of students are planning a protest at the board of regents meeting in san francisco which is scheduled to vote on a proposal to raise tuition by 5 percent each year for five years. >> three early morning car fires in san francisco have been ruled "arson." firefighters found empty paint cans under the torched cars if castro neighborhood. frigid temperatures are hammering half of the united states and more is. coming. five people have died in umm state new york. buffalo was the hardest hit buried in 6' of snow and could have a year's worth of snow by the end of tomorrow. >> for four day we will have three days of rain here. >> and seeing that snow should make you happy and smiling as

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