♪ we're all in this together. ♪ when you recognize something isn't right, make the call to the veterans crisis line at 1-800-273-8255 and press 1. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good tuesday morning. good morning to everyone out there. >> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco who well. now good morning everyone live doppler hd shows it looks

pore like a rash than a good radar return because most of that is not reaching the ground but sprinkles and a light show are possible in the morning and it will taper this afternoon with mostly cloudy conditions and low-to-mid 60. how about remark? >> we take you to gilroy where we have a sig-alert and back up to the bay bridge toll plaza the drive is moving nicely. that is a great drive. as we look from emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge, no delays. >> now breaking news in super bowl -- in san francisco several armed gunmen crashed a vehicle into the historic wells fargo bank before getting away and leaving a path of destruction. amy hollyfield is at the bank and the museum on montgomery. amy hollyfield? >> look what they left behind.

an s.u.v. is sitting in the lobby of the wells fargo bank. the gunman get away in a white get away and left the s.u.v. here. we are told this happened at 2:30 this morning. we are on montgomery at wells fargo historical museum. in the lob they had a dislay featuring history from the gold rush period. we are told the criminals got away with gold nuggets. they were wearing ski masks. they were armed. they held up the security guard. they grabbed the geld nuggets and got away. police are still looking for them. there is in sign of them. glass is everywhere. they have the sidewalk proposed off to make sure no one steps in it. there is glass all over the street. it is a huge mess. it left the s.u.v. hype.

i asked if the s.u.v. is reported stolen. the sergeant could not comment. it is in surprise if someone recognizes their suburban in the lobby of the wells fargo in san francisco. the gunman were last seen east headed toward the bay bridge in possibly a white ford taurus. we have break news from the south bay where firefighters have been battles a two-alarm fire that chases several people out of their homes. our reporter is at the scene. matt? >> arson have been called checking out the area. [ inaudible ] the first call came if at 3:30 this morning. >> i heard popping, loud popping and i thought someone hit a garbage can.

i looked out the window and the garage is on fire and films -- flames shooting out ten feet. >> firefighters arrived and evacuated ten from the apartment building and another home on the other side of the carport. firefighters believe a car was up in flames and spread to the other two cars. wind was blocked from reaching the carport by the apartment complex and firefighters say the wind was not a factor. that gave them enough time to get out's it spread. only unapartment is evacuated. there is water damage. the other residents are allowed back in. in the last 15 minutes we saw police cars blocking the road leaving and now all that is left are fire trucks and they have half of the lane blocked off so when you come by you will drive slowly but the road is open. the big snow storm in the

northeast, travel pans have been lifted across new york and new jersey in the past hard hour as they emerge from the worst of the blizzards. with seven states declaring snow emergencies. a city in massachusetts is reporting 22" of new snow. transit systems in the new york city area are working to get trans and buses running. they were halted overnight. one person has dayed. a exploding accident took the life of a teen on long island last night. >> the winter weather mess is leaving a ripple affect across the nation. 99 flight ms. and out of sfo have been canceled today and across the nation that adds up to 4700 flights with no cancellations listed for oakland or san jose so far this morning. you should be able to log on to facebook and instagram this

morning but last night it was different: a passive outage sent people into a panic. here is what we know. >> absolutely we are talking about 1.23 billion active users on facebook and instagram denied access for an hour. facebooken forked quickly saying it was not hacked but a glitch caused by a change that affected the configuration and was recorded for users in the up, asia the united kingdom and australia. "lizard squad," referenced the outage but did not claim responsibility. they are the group that shut down sony play station network on christmas day. instagram relies on facebook for service was affected. frustrated users sounded

a local loser said i put my phone down and talked to someone face-to-face. >> another said i am glad the service was restored so we can keep tab on friends and family in the blizzard zone. >> services are back to 100 percent for everyone curing to facebook. this is the biggest outage since december of 2010. detectives have seized $2.5 million in marijuana plants at a "grow" operation. authorities received a tip about possible narcotics activity at a building on east 2nd street. officers smelled marijuana. they found 825 marijuana plans and another 30 pounds of processed pot ready to sell. pg&e says power was being stolen

at the sight. officers are looking for the person beyond the grow operation. >> san jose city council will consider opening the first ever office aimed at providing aid to immigrants. the proposed office of immigrant affairs would help the population of foreign born residents with resources to stay in the country legally. federal action took affect in the coming months and leaders expect thousands of residents to take advantage. the office would provide city services and help immigrants with health care and provide resources on starting businesses. >> it looks like the government is setting up an infrastructure to keep tabs on you. according to a new report in the "wall street journal" the justice department has been building a database to track the movement of millions of vehicle. the real time tracking uses cameras and license plate scanners to record information open drivers. officials say the goal is to track people connected to crimes but the database raises new questions of privacy and the

scope of government surveillance. meteorologist mike nicco is surveying the weather forecast. looks like a warm one. >> it will be mild. the reason why is the winds coming from the south at 12 miles per hour at half moon bay and continue at sfo so it could be choppy on the ferry. inland we are in the upper 40's to low 50's and 51 at danville and 50 in san ramon and the cool spots and 60 in pleasanton and livermore off the diabolo rain. 62 in the financial district and 64 in redwood city and cupertino which are above the average high. the cool spot is 48 in novato and 47 in fairfield. the bay water is looking calm. next 24 hours are cloudy at noon and chance of a light shower with sprinkles this morning and through noon and then mostly cloudy this afternoon low-to-mid

60 and decreasing clouds this afternoon, low-to-mid sifts. -- 50's. mid-60 tomorrow and thursday and upper 60 by friday. >> 101 southbound pushing to 580 clear conditions. no fog. certainly not much traffic up to 580. at the golden gate bridge you can see it is clear as a bell. no delays whatever. we could see lanes change as the morning progresses. as we take you back to gilroy we are still dealing with the sig-alert an overturned trailer carrying glass causing all eastbound lanes of highway 152 to close down. the sig-alert is in affect until further notice. there is one way traffic criminal but there is an alternate.

you can see 156 to connect you to 25 to get over to 101 and we are seeing slow traffic. >> deflate-gate has been good for super bowl ticket sales. stay tuned. when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night.

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>> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. 5:13 on tuesday morning. doctors at university of california student health centers are going on a one-day strike today affecting all ten campuses. in the bay area doctors will

picket uc berkeley, uc davis and uc santa cruz the first time in decades doctors have struck against an employer. the university is charged with unfair labor practices and uc say they are encouraging the unions to get back to the bargaining table. >> there is condition fusion over the berkeley downtown post office which says the building is off the market according to the postal service. there were two lawsuits filed that the postal service was trying to sell the building without performing environmental assessments. protesters are wanting to presbyterian the building as a landmark. they have not said why the building is off the market. >> a complaint of a shoplifter led to police calling for the bomb squad in lodi. the blast neutralized the pipe bomb that officers found in the suspect's s.u.v. yesterday afternoon.

a local newspaper reports that another dangerous device was rendered harpless with a water cannon. police found loaded handgun magazines, as well. officers are questioning a woman of the explosives. she was initially suspected of shoplifting at a wal-mart. >> the winter storm on the east coast could impact the bottom line of companies. >> good morning, everyone, the northeast blizzard is not enough to stop wall street. stock markets are open but companies will feel the lot of roddive losing up to $500 million. know plow makers and generators were big winners and another business is the business of super bowl tickets. the average price was nearly $6,500. double the price at this point last year. money may not bay love but americans keep trying. this area they will send an average of $142 on valentine's

day up $from a year ago. >> love is getting more expensive. men will spend twice as much as women $190 compared to $96? come on! open up that wallet. >> we have to put up with a lot. >> that is true. >> if you take heat for jacking up prices during past disasters uber is capping their demand fathers in new york and boston. what few people are getting around using uber are paying triple the standard after paying the drivers they donate the remaining proceeds to the red cross. >> the east coast is shut down because of massive snow storm but that did not step people from trying to land a date. singles are posting on craigslist looking for blizzard boyfriends or girls to ride out the snow with dozens of ads most promising a lost movie watching and wine while others are more

forward about watt poster -- what the poster is looking for. >> if they cannot dry or take transit how do they get to the blizzard boyfriend or girl? that is a good question. >> have to be someone in your building who you already know. >> thank you is a question for our meteorologist. did the snow fall live up to the reputation? >> it did if many areas. there will be exceptions here and there but it is snowing heavy in new york and in boston toward banger tapering throughout the afternoon in new york but you have to wait until tomorrow to taper from boston to bangor so it lived up to the forecast. visibility is good as five as low as we have at concord. that is the cloud cover. noting for. the fog returns tomorrow.

radar returns are martin luther a lava lamp. this is trying to really up our way but it is running into a wall of dry air so everything that is falling is evaporated. you can see from the east bay it looks clean other than the cloud cover which will stay with us all day with sprinkles and a spray shower and less likely headed into the afternoon hours and it will be clear and cool tone soing for will return to many neighbors and possibly warm again this weekend. today is not bad with low-to-mid 60's in san francisco and oakland is 66 and 65 in fremont and palo alto and san jose and concord and santa rosa is cooler at 62. you can see the tule fog spilling in east bay and fog language the cost spilling into the north bay into the bay and

the santa clara valley is a few area that will not wake up or will -- yes will not wake up to the fog. >> this area will jog east leaving us high and dry. hardly any radar returns that are less likely at action with clearing taking place headed through the evening. that is why we are 15 degrees cooler tomorrow morning. mid-60's and partly sunny sky tomorrow and low-to-mid 60's on thursday and mid-to-upper 60's on friday and upper 60's to nearly 70 for the weekend. >> clear from hayward to foster city. no delays. no accidents. san jose, the south bay, clear conditions. this is shaded in green. as we track weather and traffic

it has not researched the ground and should not cause slippery conditions along 101 we are at top speeds to the san jose airport and along 280 to cupertino highway 8 a and highway 17 and 897. we have construction an the bay area. this project is here until 6:30 northbound 680 at monument boulevard causing a top on the brake leaving walnut creek into pleasant hill. >> separate ahead seven things to know use start your day. >> the latest on two balloonists attempting a record-breaking flight across the pacific. a community came together for a k-9 officer to help a hero dog. stay tuned.

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here are seven things to know before you go. number one breaking news from san francisco. police are searching for three masked men behind a dramatic gold heist. they rammed a suburban through the front of the wells fargo museum and made off with gold nuggets. amy hollyfield will have a report from the scene. >> two, breaking news in the south bay: arson investigators are on the scene of an apartment complex in san jose. self were ever -- several were evacuated. three cars were burned. >> social media is buzzing after facebook and instagram and tinder were off line for an hour with a billion users unable to access accounts. facebook flames an update to the system and said they were not hacked. >> why did a c.h.p. car burst

into flames? video posted on youtube shows the scene on the treasure island off-ramp from the bay bridge, two officers suffered non-life threatening injuries when they rushed to help the driving officer. >> a third location in the south bay is on the measles warning list. a man infected visited dave and buster's and went to costco and wal-mart, as well, in gilroy. there are 73 cases of measles in california. tracking the chance of sprinkles and maybe a light shower for the morning commute. so far that is not reaching the ground. we will talk how long it will last and the big warming trend in the forecast. >> it is not an easy commute. it could look so in san jose along 280 away from highway 17 it is not a problem but it has been in gilroy with a sig-alert there and a new crash in oakland

a statue at candlestick has been blessing sports teams for decades will have to find a new home. st. francis was commissioned in 1973 and be removed from the stadium bus zone. we were over candlestick where demolition begins. it is not clear where st. francis will end up. it could wine up staying in the neighborhood. >> people are going above and beyond to help a police officer save his k-9 partner. this is seven-year-old "frank," a shepherd diagnosed with lymphoma. frank has two months to live if he doesn't receive treatment. we sergeant set up a page to cover the $10,000 cost. since 4:00 p.m. when this was aired $8,000 in donation have poured in bridge the -- bring the deaths to $12,000 so now frank can get his treatment.

thank you so much to our viewers who responded. >> koching through again. another full 90 minutes is ahead and more on the east coast snowstorm.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning it is tuesday january 26. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco has the radar and the weather situation. >> we will see where the rain is reaching the ground.

there are mostly sprinkles. breezy and mild with temperatures in the 40's to 60. we will continue out if the low-to-mid 60's with a chance of a light shower this afternoon. >> how is the traffic this early hour? >> not so great. we had a couple of problems. one is the sig-alert in gilroy. a planned if you crash in deck on 580 before you get to highway 13. the bay bridge toll plaza shows cars stacking up and the fast trackers are moving fine down the middle and the cashpayers on sides. breaking news a sir is going on for armed bank robbers if san francisco and beyond after slamming an s.u.v. into the wells fargo bank at montgomery and post this morning. amy hollyfield is on the scene. amy?

>> a tow truck is here. it has the interesting dark of towing a suburban out of the wells fargo lobby. the thieves left it. they used it to program their way inside. it left a huge mess behind. towing it will probably be messy, too, with a lot of glass in the financial district. police say the men got away with gold nuggets and stormed into the history museum at 2:20 and last the s.u.v. here but got away in a white car. people who are starting to arrive for work cannot help but stop and take pictures with the smart finances. >> kind of surprised. but not really. i don't know ... the world seems crazy. it doesn't shock me. >> this happened on montgomery between california and

sacramento with three men wearing ski masks who committed to crime. they were armed and held up a security guard working here. the men were last seep headed easton the bay bridge in a white car possibly a ford taurus. breaking news arson investigators have been called to the scene of a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex at 3:30 this morning. the fire department says the car caught fire and you can see what happened spreading to two other cars. ten people were evacuated. crews kept the fare from spreading to the units but one family home had water investigators will try to determine the cause of the c.h.p. patrol car to burst into flames. it started smoke as the officer crossed the bay bridge into san

francisco last knit. -- last night. a when caught it on camera and posted it. the officer get out of the car and called for help. the trunk exploded as other officers got to the scene. an officer was hit in the arm with flying debris. another suffering smoke inhalation. ing both were treated at san francisco general. the officer who was daveing escaped unharmed. >> life is back to normal in new york and new jersey after travel bans were lifted. massive storm was lets destructive than anticipated. you can see the deep snow banks and traffic moving through the area. it looks slick and not welcoming our reporter joins from new york

city with the latest. lana? as you can see, there are no cars out here. the ban on traffic has just been lifted but new york is just waking up. >> the city that never sleeps today is hibernateing. streets and bigs and trains are shut down in new york and throughout the northeast chest. snow men outnumber people in madison square park. seven states in a "state of emergency." >> extreme snow fall. hurricane force winds. travel ban for the spire -- entire state. remain home. >> it is dangerous to be out there. it will become more dangerous. 11 o'clock for all roads to close. >> several states issuing unprecedented travel beens on all roads. in new york, the entire subway

system closed at look p.m. on monday night. here i am in the last trains running in new york city as you can see usually it is teeming with people but now empty. high clouds could down power line causing uncontrollable fire. >> we are the first responders. if we do not have the roadway systems clear fire trucks and ambulances cannot get through. >> as the storm moved up the northeast chest of the united states they are getting the brunt of it but in new york city we were told to prepare for historic storm and this is probably going to go down in history picks but more for the preparedness we did and the unprecedented actions rather than the amount of snow that

fell. thank you. a look from sfo camera as you might imagine the storm forcing airlines to ground flights more than 4600 across the united states cure flight aware. no cancellations at oakland and mineta. if you are flying call ahead. or go online and check the status. >> san francisco police want to learn more of a shooting in the mission district but they say the victim is not cooperating. officers rushed to the scene at 25th after 9:00 last night and found a man shot. he is expected to survive. he was shot in the street. officers proposed off a corner store searching for clues. no arrests have been made. >> two men have been arrested after a car racing incident that left a pedestrian dead. this happened yesterday.

recommends identifies the victim as 19-year-old woman jogging when two cars crashed and pin her against a tree. she died at the scene. the drivers were street racing and lost criminal of -- lost control of their cars. speeding has long been a problem and the city say the residents have not done enough. >> thankful to be alive and back on dry land sums up the feeling of a pilot forced to make an emergency land in the pacific near hawaii. coast guard video captured the final seconds of the scheduled flight from tracy to hawaii. the engine suddenly stopped and morton deploys the emergency parachute of the aircraft and alerted folks he was in trouble and the coast guard directed him to ditch near a cruise ship that picked him up. >> they were working the team to get me out of there and into the

boat. medical team was great. great. >> we knew ahead of time he was going to crash and that was an intense few hours. >> his plane was outfitted with a reserve fuel tank but the extra fuel never made it to the engine. morton was delivering the plane to australia so he had a edge asked shop in hawaii. >> wall street is expecting a blockbuster earnings report from apple today. they will release record 4th quarter results after the market closes covering the holiday sales from october to december of 2014. analysts expects apple to announce a profit north of $67 billion or 17 percent year-over-year return because of record iphone and computer sales during the holiday. a report says apple made more money in three months than google did in all of 2014.

>> also announcing earnings is yahoo. invests expect the c.e.o. to sell the 15 percent stake in chinese e-commerce alibaba worth $38 billion. investors have pressured marissa mayer to make the sale. she was brought on to turn around the struggling interpret company but analysts are questioning whether her methods are working. we have a wide range of temperatures including 48 at people plume to 59 in mill valley and most us in the upper 40's through mist in the north bay without the fog. 62 in san francisco warmer-than-average. 64 in redwood city and cupertino and 60 in san jose which is the average high. 53 in san ramon and newark at 58. the temperatures are anywhere

from five to 19 degrees warmer than yesterday. dress presently. in fog looking southbound on 680 to walnut creek and it will be cloudy through the morning with temperatures in the upper 40's to low 50's and a chance of a shower. that will taper by noon. with low 60's. we will be mostly clouds this afternoon. and low-to-mid 60's. rounding out the day planner mid-50's with clearing in the evening. san rafael has in fog this morning but you have it tomorrow and mid-60's tomorrow and low-to-mid 60's thursday because of the wind shift and more warmth in the weekend. >> if san jose a look at 101 and 880 toward the san jose airport the headlights headed in the northbound direction are clear conditions and everyone is driving at top speeds. in oakland we have a crash involving four vehicles blocking one or two lanes and you can

see the delays starting to build and this is before you get to highway 13. when you get there traffic is moving along pretty well but you have a bit of a bottleneck. we have the sig-alert in affect involving a flatbed truck that overturned carrying glass. both lanes now are blocked. we had one way traffic control in affect eastbound traffic 152 at love are's lane trying to pull the truck out causing a problem. no word when the sig-alert will lift. >> more legal trouble for the raiders with a new cheerleader lawsuit. the financial impact the california drought is having on the largest water district in california.

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covering novato, sunnyvale and oakland this is abc7 news. >> this is massachusetts outside of boston area where can you see a blanket of snow. quite thick. about 2'. after the blizzard came through pounding the northeast region and seven states. a state of emergency. drivers are just now become on the roads in new jersey and new york and subways and buses are square feet restarting. you can see in massachusetts it is a lonely drive with snowplows busy this morning. today those would saw the construction or oversaw the construction of the bay bridge

will meet with transportation officials days after a report claiming a supplier knew of existing problems of thors that cracked -- of the rods that cracked in 2013. the supplier never told caltrain that the same thing happened with similar rods made for a washington state bridge in 2009. raiders face another lawsuit from a former cheerleader who said they did not live up to promises. sanchez accuses the raiders of promising but not bringing media opportunities. sanchez is frustrated with a different class-action suit finalled against the raiders that includes a prepared $1.25 settlement for back pay claiming they were paid less than minimum wage of $9 an hour. >> officials have video of someone described as a "person of interest" in the deflate-gate scandal that tainted the have been republican this week. f reports the video shows a

patriots employees taking the ball from the dressing room to another room before the gape against indianapolis. this happens after the officials approved the use of the ball. espn reports tests showed they were underinflated and the owner believes they will be cleared and wants an apology from the nfl. >> santa clear says the drought has cost the agency $24 million date back to february of 2014. more than $15 million half of money, has again to conservation efforts, outreach and purchasing water. the district spent $6 million on pond clean 100 and mercury removal at dried lakes. tonight the board will get an update on state of the water supply. >> getting worried. the snow pack is 27 percent of

average. down to last year's level. >> not good. >> good morning everyone, the radar look impressive but moving in so many different directions because we are looking into the clouds and seeing the moisture in the clouds but it is reaching the ground most places. some sprinkle for the commute in some areas. the big story is the winds at 15 miles per hour at sfo and half moon bay. the rest of us are less than ten miles per hour keeping the temperatures 20 degrees warmer than yesterday and keeping the fog away. visibility is lowest in concord at five miles per hour. from the camera you can see the flag on the exploritorium getting tricky and pointed north with the southern win. it will be mostly cloudy today, a stray light shower best this morning and rapidly decreasing heading after lunch and clear and cooler and fog will return

tonight and another warm spring weekend ahead. today, low-to-mid 60's because of the southern wind and with the lack of sunshine temperatures are still above average. tonight we are 10- or 15-degrees cooler and the tule fog is inland east bay and fog along the coast in the north bay spilling interest 9 bay and the south bay may not receive the fog. the temperatures are in the low-to-mid 40's and a lot of mid-to-upper 40's around oakland and san mateo and half moon bay. the area of low pressure dropped must of the rain to the south and now it is starting to weaken and turn toward the east. as it does that it takes our rain chance. by 7:00 in the morning figure reaching -- anything reaching the ground is sprinkles at best, by 5:00 a bit of sun and

clearing in the evening and overnight. it will be cooler and fog will develop tomorrow morning. we will be partly sunny tomorrow. mid-60. low 60 at the coast. purpose to upper 60's on friday and nearly 70 saturday and sunday. leyla gulen? a beautiful weekend ahead. the metering lights are turned on on and you can see the traffic stacking up into san francisco. we have a problem in oakland blocking two lanes involving four vehicles. the backup is before we get to highway 13 westbound 580 the drive is gum up. we take you to pittsburg the new crash, pushing egg on shoulder but westbound highway 4 you could see activity into bay point. before you get there through antioch you have the slowing as cars squeeze through the

construction site and you are on the breaks. it eases up and then you have clear conditions. >> so far so good for a team of international pilots traveling in an old nasa -- balloon from japan to new zealand. they are trying to break two records. the dare devils, an learn and russia pilot have been averaging more than 50 miles per hour trying to break a distance record of 5,000 miles in 13 hours. >> the united states is reaching for the sky when spacex and being will be shuttling humans into space. >> hormone therapy doctors say is safer than they thought. >> fire and ice. a challenge for first responders

on the east coast. >> you can keep tabs on weather and traffic with abc7 news. uneventful this morning. don't miss a

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you can see them wearing the uniforms in four games starting february 22nd. >> meteorologist mike nicco, can you bring us good fortune? we need rain. >> it is to the south. the rain can get north of king city. it is stuck. if you are headed through the central valley there is no tule fog but it is wet and not coming here. it is. coming up the sierra and will hit lake tahoe with rain and snow hours. low-to-mid 60's and dry this afternoon through the central valley through monterey and mid-70's in los angeles and palm springs. for lake tahoe our average is 43 and 16 and we will be in the upper 40's to low 50's with 27 percent snow pack. that is just disheartening. >> we do have disheartening traffic. the drive from tracy we have

bumper-to-bumper traffic interest livermore so you can see the area of red an indication of the brake lights. it will be a long wait at 40 minutes from tracy to dublin. we have the accident blocking two lanes. it is causing delays. plan ahead at keller avenue you may want to take 880. >> new medical review is dismissing studies that link testosterone for men and cardio vascular risk. researchers found now evidence that problems the therapy increases the risk of heart attack stroke and death. they say increased testosterone levels could be good for the heart. the treatments have skyrocketed recently to treat everything to low sex drive to fatigue and build muscle mass. >> if you wait if a tax refund,

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evacuate. firefighters are still on the scene. >> the east coast is waking up to a blankets of snow with problems it is creating and when people could get relief. good morning, not to be a cry-baby they get our storm. again. >> thanks for joining us. >> i am eric thomas, and leyla gulen is here and meteorologist mike nicco is talking about the weather. live doppler hd shows where our wet weather is on the line south of king city to the low where we find the best radar returns and where the rain is reaching the ground. we have had some sprinkles headed into the afternoon with clouds and showers and sprinkles tapering and low-to-mid 60's today. >> on the roads this morning, it is busy. >> it is. you think mild weather but we have mild traffic and not is unfortunately, with a sig-alert and an accident in zoning and a brand new one