hese pictures of hail in the east bay. and in the south bay, fans at the san jose quakes new stadium covered their heads and then ran for cover. drew tuma is tracking the storms withlive doppler 7hd. >> where you are seeing the downhours you're seeing hail, lightning, and hearing thunderstorm. live doppler 7hd will show you not everybody is seeing wet weather, but where it is the rain is coming down in buckets. we'll zoom into street level. a stronger cell just moved across the bayhearts and now on to the peninsula. even a lightning strike just south of san francisco. time this line out for you, the wet weather will be moving into san bruno in four minutes millbrae, 14 minutes, and heads up on that. light around around mountain view, palo alto, and sunnyvale. what to expect now until 9:00 the scattered downpours that could contain lightning, small hail and flooding and then the showers diminish.

this isn't the only chance of wet weather over the next couple of days. >> san jose has experienced some of the most dramatic weather today, including some snow. tiffani wilson is live. >> reporter: katy, it's not quiteoff to break out the sleds or skis but enough for a good old fashioned snowball. just be glad you're in the studio because i have pretty good aim. the residents here were taken by surprise when they looked out their windows and saw the mix of snow and hail covering the nearby hills and also their own homes and cars. this car completely covered in snow. looks like it belongs in the midwest, not here in san jose. we spoke to one couple that has lived here for 25 years. they say this is the first time in 20 years that they've had weather like this. >> this is big.

to see snow here. >> reporter: and back out here live. you can see a lot of the snow still left here on the grass and then the good thing, if you follow me down here you can see a lot of the runoff water certainly very needed in these drought conditions. so, the folks we talked to, they're thrilled to see the snow. they just say they hope it sticks around long enough for the grandkids to come over and play. live in south san jose, abc7 news. >> very fun. thank you. and you got drew and i shaking in our bootize in san francisco windy weather closed part of the great highway. you can see sand covering the southbound lanes between slope boulevard and skyline. that stretch is expected to stay closed through the weekend. new at 6:00, an antiisis rally outside the federal building in san jose

demonstrators are honoring or of the docks christians who were recently kill. sergio quintana has more. >> this is the latest effort by the syrian christian community in the bay area and their allies to raise awareness of the attacks on their communes in the middle east by isis militants. dozens turned out for the demonstration here at the federal building in san francisco. several men dressed in orange jump suits and solidarity with the 21 coptic christians who were beheaded by libya this month. this week more than 200 syrian christians in northern syria were kidnapped by isis militants and are feared to be held as slaves or hostages. this group is showing their support for their communities in the danger zone. some have family there. >> what we want to convey is you have people in the u.s. these people most of them come from you, from the middle east, and we are doing all our best to support you. >> reporter: this group is calling on the united states

government to do something to help. they want the u.s. military to consider arming assyrian christians in syria and their kurdish allies in iraq and they're hoping the u.s. will pressure countries like turkey to allow refugees fleeing isis to seek safety there. now, last night an assyrian church in san jose held a prayer vigil for those who were kidnapped by isis militants this week. they're planning a larger event later the next month. reporting live in san francisco. abc7 news. >> developing news in san jose. the search is on for two drivers after a high-speed crash killed a teenager and injured another. pollution say two cars may have been racing this morning. cornell bernard is live in san jose with the details. >> reporter: friends of the victim just arriving at the scene of the crash lighting candles, saying prayers. they'll say the young man who died here was known as vladimir.

police still need to speak with two drivers who took off after this terrible crash. >> late at night we'll hear cars racing motorcycles racing. >> reporter: she lives on hillsdale avenue feet from where the terrible crash happened. two cars may have been street racing. >> sounded like someone crash into the wall of rite aid. >> james brown heard the crash around 3:00 a.m. after police say a speeding car slammed into a light pole ejecting three teenaged passengers. one of them struck the window of this rite aid and died. >> so sad when you hear of kids that age and getting killed, basically. >> reporter: police say alcohol played a part in the crash as two cars were speeding, possibly racing on when they approached meridian. one driver lost control, slamming into the light pole. both drivers left the scene before police arrived.

>> running away is like, oh my god. >> all awaken bed the noise not knowing where the cars will hit and the sense of terror. >> neighbors say street racing is something they say too onhere. she won't let her kids near the street alone. >> there's accidents right in front of my house, and there's a lot of drunk driving. >> two passengers remain in the hospital with serious injuries. the search continues for the two drivers. in san jose, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> the mother of the newborn baby boy found dead near the sacramento river in knight's landing has been arrested in connect witch his defendant. 23 year samantha green was found disoriented in the area on february 17th. investigators founds the boy of her 20-day-old son the next day in heavy brush. the coroner says the infant appears to have drowned or died of hypothermia. family members believe greene was abducted but investigators found in evidence of a

kidnapping. >> a firefighter was injured in a two-alarm fire in san jose. fire broke out on the second story unit just before noon. investigators say a cooking fire got out of control. two people escaped with their dogs. fire crews were able to knock down the flames within half hour and stop them from spread put one firefighter had a showed injury. >> a dangerous rescue and abc7 news was there. a warning for pet owners after firefighters had to pull a man and his dog off a cliff. snow leaving people stranded. how the bad weather across the country is

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>> warn fog pet owns after a dangerous rescue this afternoon. we were there when san francisco firefighters pulled the man and his dog from a cliff face. frank stark says he was walking his dog when the dog fell awful the cliff and he immediately ran over to the edge. >> when she went over, i came to stand at the edge, and the ground just sunk in underneath me and i fell in right behind her. >> scary. but starks and his dog are okay. firefighters say if your dog goes over a cliff never try to rescue it yourself, call 9-1-1

immediately. thousands of flights across the nation cancelled today because of an ice storm at dallas-fort worth international airport. one of the nation's biggest airline hubs. sfo had 16 flight cancellations this morning. to and from dallas-fort worth there has been one cancellation as san jose airport this evening and one flight delay out of oakland international. the southwest is expecting recordbreaking snowfall overnight. just a few hours amtrak will close the san francisco ferry building bus stop for good. the ticket office and bus stop will be relocated tomorrow morning. the transbay temporary terminal will open in the morning about a half mile south the ferry building location and amtrak will share the space with greyhound. coming up next at 6:00 things are finally looking up for sierra ski resorts, look at the fresh snow. we'll tell you how much has come

down and what you face getting there. >> we have seen hail and thunderstorms. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. >> when billy bean had a fire sale he sent his catchers packing. he has high expectations of himself and someone necessary

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>> take a look at this tahoe enjoying fresh snow. kirkwood mountain resort says it's received up to ten inches of snow since yesterday afternoon. this video is provided by the resort. chains are required on interstate 80 but no driving restrictions on highway 50 right now. you can track the sierra snow anytime by download our abc7 weather app. it's free on apple's app store ore google play. whether it's snow, rain or hail, we want to see the weather where you live so send us your weather videos and e-mail, you can send them to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on our abc7 news facebook page or share them with us on twitter@abc7 news bay

area. meteorologist drew tuma receiving some pictures of his own. whacky weather out there. >> first we're getting pictures of hail and now that the sun is setting, gorgeous sunset pictures. live doppler 7hd showing you a rather active picture so we'll press in a little closer. just had a cluster of showers work through sunnyvale, but moving north want to show you a heavier downpour working through south san francisco at this hour , even bringing lightning. so i want to zoom in just even closer. look at this. when you see really dark red, that's heavy downpours and an indication that hail is likely coming out of the cell right now. this is pressing to the south and west right now. so i want to time this out for you, show you where the cell is headed. the heart in nine minutes reaching south san francisco and will move into pacifica in 35 minutes or so.

so the storm is packing lightning and small hail. so take note of that. speaking of hail, weather where you live. this picture southeast of san jose. he hail blanketing the region like it was snow. right now this hail is causing issues along the peninsula at this hour. so sierra snow to talk about as well. it's a cold storm a winter weather advisory in effect until 8:00 saturday, tonight one to two inches inches of snow at lake level, two inches at 7,000 feet. right now it's a mixed bag temperaturewise. 52 in mountain view, 51, san jose, 61, san carlos, 58, oakland, the same in concord at this hour. satellite and radar shows you here's the system spinning right over us right now, bringing thus showers and heavy downpours and lightning. now we're tracking storm number two, generating some energy in the gulf of alaska and this will

dip south and bring in wet weather for monday. so future weather, tomorrow, lots of sunshine on the way getting into monday. the morning the clouds increase firth from north to south and then the showers move in. by 10:00 monday morning, light range along the peninsula and even the south bay and then monday evening, nip anyone is fair game for a sprinkle. we then begin a warming trend in the bay area. overnight lows tonight, clear skies in the north bay. napa falling to 35 degrees. 42 in palo alto. 49, san francisco dropping to 45 in oakland. highs for your sunday, a much brighter day on the way for the second half of the weekend. no rain in the forecast and temperatures rebounding nicely into the 60s. 63 the high in san francisco. 66 napa. 64, san jose. 65 antioch. accuweather seven-day forecast a dry day tomorrow. monday, springs back in. by tuesday, that storm is out of

here and we're turning to sunshine and milder temperatures in the upper 60s. getting into wednesday, high pressure builds in so that means more sunshine on the way, and then the heat pump gets turned on so thursday, a mild march day, rather warm around here on friday with temperatures in the 70s, and then everyone sees 70s a week from today. we're calling it beach weather. right now locally heavy downpour, so see lightning? stay inside and wait it out. >> this sports report is brought to you by bank of the west. >> the weather is all over the place but the one thing i know is shu is just coming off spring training. >> we'll talk a's. the a's traded away two starting catchers this season, derek norris and john jaso. to vote has a food issue so thingly who came over from the white sox is the new man behind the plate. he told me this is a loose clubhouse which is conducive to quick chemistry but getting to know the pitchers and the way

they operate ice different story and josh agreed when i asked him the same question. >> it is tough. you definitely want to get to know them as a person but just kind of getting used to their stuff and the movement. that's going to take some time. you might catch the guy in one sideline and not catch him for two more weeks. so i'd like to catch everybody here every day, but it's not going to happen. so, it might be a little rough at the beginning, getting in the games and seeing guys i haven't seen yet. so just roll with it. >> if josh seems a little distracted it's for a good reason. >> my wife and i are expecting a baby girl any minute. so i'll mace few days of camp for that. i guess that will be a big surprise. >> she has the trainer's phone number and she'll call him and he'll run out and grab me. >> oh, boy. going to be exciting. the san jose earthquakes officially opened the door at their new ava avaya stadium

against the l.a. galaxy. the quakes sold 10,000 tickets for the soft opening making sure everything is working, scoreboard check. before the cross goings off omar glens for the goal. quakes win 3-2. preseason is over. not good. season begins in one week. first regular season home game is march 22nd. >> thought we were a little bit frazzled at the beginning of the game. guys got caught up in the moment a little bit. and you can understand that. i thought the competitive nature of the group is good. >> now the real fun begins and the real test begins. it's amazing. looking forward to the 22nd 22nd when it's real. >> with four games and five nights now is a good time for the warrior bench players to get playing time however they'll have to wait until monday because the nba suspended him for one game. he was ejected from the game again this raptors following

this incident with tyler hansboro. the warriors practiced in toronto before heading to boston. even though the performance may have earned the team a day off, coach steve kerr does not want his item to get complacent. >> a great regular season. we know that the playoffs are much tougher. everybody is good. everybody is in tune. so we have to continue to strive to improve. the work we put in each day even if it's just film session or a shoot-around it's important because it all adds up. >> cal women on the road facing oregon state. bears trail by 14 at the half. but cut into the lead. the budget in transition. three-ball killed cal. wheats 7-9 from beyond the arc. she had 23, and wiesner wide open three. the beavers made 15 three-pointers, oregon state are the pac-12 champs. bears finished 13-5 in conference play. >> rugby. cal hosting utah on homecoming.

cal showing why they've been the best. russell webb from happen valley hong kong. a little shake and bake for another try. cal crushes the utes 82-5 and they are 11-1 this season. this sports roth brought do you by bank of the west. if i ever had a regret i didn't have a child while i was a player. and for josh to be going through this anticipation has to be something else. neither one of you know what i'm talking about because you're both still children. >> oh! i'll take that compliment. thank you, shu. >> next at 6:00 how some bay area teenagers are coming together to hel

join us tonight on kofy tv 20. fast moving flames in the east bay spread from one portable toilet to nearly 100. investigators think the know how it started. teenagers from all over the bay area are coming together to help out in the communities where you live. today they put together small hygiene kits for project homeless connect. 800 young members of the which ouch of jesus christ of latter-day saints took part in oakland. this is the church's big service

project for the year. each bag has deodorant, toothpaste toothbrush, socks and a bar of soap. >> one of the youth and their mom was in the city, and amazingly they were walking bay homeless man and saw the man pull out the kit. so the youth was like just absolutely blown away by it. we can do something here together as a group. >> looks wonderful. the kids put together nearly 2,000 kits today. that is it for abc7 news at 6:00. for drew and shu i'm katie marzullo. thank you for watching. see you at 9:00 and 11:00. we leave you with a live look from the mt. tam cam facing ocean beach. we just saw a lightning strike so we're keeping an eye on this, drew is tracking the storm cells and we'll have more tonight at 9:00 and 11:00.

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