pulling their kids out of class over a canceled tan -- trip to see santa after a parent complained that it excluded her child, who is jewish. matt keller has efforts to get the school to reverse the decision at the top of the hour. >> fremont man will be back in court next week for a bail hearing on charges that he was trying to join an overseas terrorist group. the details are from abc reporter in the newsroom. >> fell arguments arrested the 22-year-old preparing to board a plane to turkey where they thought he would cross the border interest syria. this is adam in an undated photo arrested in the summertime and now he has been indicted by a federal jury and charged with trying to provide information to a subsidiary of al-qaeda.

his parents alerted authorities his son was becoming radicalizeds and contacted embassy in cairo when he disappeared during a family trip. neighbors called him quiet and are surprised by the allegations . >> i am literally shocked. i know all of those kids in the neighbor. most of them, if not all, were born here. >> the f.b.i. gathered a lot of fed by listening to the phone calls. he called america "the enemy," and said he wanted to fight with extremists. his attorney said that his client is innocent and he was simply trying to board a flight to turkey when arrested. thank you. san francisco school leaders say children were never in any danger from a threat posted against the district. five employees received maim threat on wednesday night. the message resembled one that led to the closure of all public schools in lows anxious on -- in

los angeles on tuesday and nothing was found in the 130 public schools. >> friend of the couple who carried out the san bernardino massacre is headed to court. enrique marquez was arrested for supplying two assault rifles used in the shooting and charged with plotting takes in 2010 and 2012 with suspected shooter syed farook. the f.b.i. said that the two planned to shoot people at riverside community college in southern california. and bomb and shot cars on a freeway during rush hour. neither plot was ever carried out. the first family is planning to stop in san bernardino today meeting with victim families before heading to hawaii for a 16-day vacation. >> c.h.p. is reassuring drivers strait stretch of east bay freeway is safe despite three shootings there in less than two months. >> new cell phone video shows police helping a young man shot

in san pablo yesterday. he ran to a continue any's after the s.u.v. he was riding was riddled with bullets by a pass car. another person in the car ran from the scene. officers closed westbound 80 exit for several hours to search for evidence. >> in november a man was shot and womaned on that same stretch of 80 a week later, then, another plan was slot and killed and the female passenger was wounded. police believe all the victims were targeted and not hit at random. >> a lifesaving kidney donor program at ucsf is open hold after the death a donor last month under circumstances the university is still investigating. the suspension affects only person-to-person donations, liver transplants are not affected and ucfs kid these transplant program is one of the busiest on the west coast performing more than 350 procedure as year. >> happening today, congress aproblem a fell spend bill that

earmarks $20 million for the smart train line paying for a link in downtown san rafael with slow train service late next year. the link to the ferry terminal come as year after that. >> a vice move concerning the eastern span of the bay bridge a panel has decided to consider install a corrosion fighting system on the flooded foundation of the main tower. vote came three months after the opinion el rejected the same plan and the reason for the about face is the idea is now backed by federal officials and california's own bridge consultant. the panel claims it closed the first ones pause so much has been spent. >> new lawsuit against ucfs is accusing the university of making an illegal agreement for the warriors, and the allowance claims they give away state prosecute for the warriors new mission bay arena. opponents worried that building a major sports venue add

percentent to the children's hospital campus could cause major traffic problems for pages would need help. the mother of a child with a us heart condition is a plaintiff. >> a lot of people, maybe children who why not been born with will need million access to the hospital. it is something you do not anticipate before you actually are in a situation where you need to get to ucfs. >> they said they have not received the lawsuit yet so they have "no comment." >> san mateo county got slapped with a federal lawsuit. that is according to the mercury news, claiming that the absentee voting system excludes blind and visually impaired voters because there is no alternative for people who cannot read a paper ballot the case for most counties in the state. other areas outside of california have offered screen read technology. >> hillary clinton has a big lead ahead of tomorrow night's third democratic debate. in the "washington post" when she leads bernie sanders now by 31 percent points, 59 percent to

28 percent, among the democrats registered to vote. on the other hand, the poll shows there is notable weakness on honesty and trustworthiness for hillary clinton. >> she faces rivals bernie sanders and martin o'malley next democratic debate tomorrow in new hampshire and abc david muir and mar martha are moderating. >> thursday of "star wars" die hards have been packing the theaters overnight enjoying the new "star wars" film "the force awakens" and katie marzullo caught up with some of the first die hard fans in san francisco. >> it was amazing. >> the first fans stream out of the theater with rave reviews 689. >> amazing. >> a big twist. you have to see it to believe it. >> epic night for moviegoers and for the owner of the new mission

theater. he is dressed at the princess. >> she my favorite character that is human. >> a businessman and a fan, the forces with with him. >> you we are opening on opening day for the biggest movie all time. >> will hads were happy to break it in. >> coming together. it is a cool time to be a nerd. >> the bottom line on opening night is: did the movie lip up to up to -- live up to the hype? >> it was impact packed. >> ent lend. >> j.j. did a great job. i was surprised. >> it was really amazing. anyone out there who is doubting j.j. go see it. please. >> if to see cars i glue up with, and i was 10 or 11 years old and seeing them all back on the screen again, it was great. >> there is this new character her name is "ray," and she was awesome.

>> it leaves me speechless. i am going again. >> despite what you might think theaters are not sold out on opening night with tickets available for the shows between midnight and 2:00 a.m. and that was the case for theaters across the pay area. you will need the forth with you if you driving into san francisco and the bay bridge. right new i would avoid it if you can. we have a paint spill on the san francisco side. you can see the harrison off street is shut down and foes are diverted off at full some so what happened, would knows, some sport of a paint truck lost the load and paint on cars and clean up is estimated to be another two hours. they are letting folks on to the bay bridge and you are diverted off but if you can avoid it, take bart into the city or, perhaps, the san mateo bridge coming interest san francisco this morning.

mike? >> sue, we will talk about a quiet pattern. especially compared to what you are dealing with. next three hours we could have a few sprinkles in the north bay but north of santa rosa. most of us get through the commute without any weather worries. the exploritorium shows the cool looking clouds over san francisco and we will tack about the afternoon microclimate and get ready for the rain today because it will get to you eventually. temperatures are in the upper 50s to around 60 and we have a mild southern breeze ahead of the cold front and right now it is 42 degrees in walnut creek southen 680. saturday we have morning showers and by the afternoon hours all is fine. light rain all day sunday and heavy rain as we roll in to monday. an hour-by-hour look at that and how much to expect coming up. >> thank you, mike. >> "star wars" interrupted. necessity, the scene forcing california moviegoers to rush out of "the force awakens" during the big premiere.

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>> walnut creek, campbell, burlingame, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back to traffic center. sue is looking at a sig-alert on the bay bridge off on the san francisco side. all lanes are closed because of a paint spill. cans are in the road. paint is splashed open cars. you can see the off-ramp is closed. traffic is diverted off at fremont. the lower right-hand side of the scene you can see the flares. traffic is stacked up. on the western portion of the bay bridge. they are allowing cars on the span but expect major delays. take bart or use the san mateo bridge. >> we will keep checking back. that will be a big problem. it is 4:43. someone turned to the dark side and forced hundreds watching "star wars" to evacuate a theater, a fire alarm went off 30 minutes into the showing of "the force awakens" in los angeles. there was not fire someone pulled the alarm. it is the second time it has

happened at theater this week. after a last confuse, fabs were let back in to finish watching the film. >> "star wars" fans try to set a world record by creating the largest live saver battle on the planet, 13,000 are expected to join forces in several united states cities including in san francisco. the meeting place is at one embarcardero center from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and the franchise is owned by disney the parent company of abc7. >> amazon shoppers are going a little crazy this holiday season. 39 percent off all online purchases are being made on amazon.com . that is more than wal-mart and target and others combined. u.p.s. has rented u-haul trucks to deliver the holiday packages and the number of u-hauls spark questions to police. the department put a pentagon on the face book page telling neighbors not to be alarmed if they see the drivers in u.p.s.

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remain with the company. >> if you is not signed up for health insurance under obamacare the city of oakland and ready to help you with that. oakland is one of 20 cities in the nation to take the white house healthy communities challenge. the mayor schaaf and federal officials will join cover california representatives in register people for health insurance. the city that enrolls the most people between now and the end of john will get a visit from the president. >> that looks like fun. headquarters in brisbane, australia, kickoff the famous annual slip and slid today for the opposite. employees go down the slides built along an office corridor and the newspaper reported tradition was kept under wraps until 2014 has been carried out for six years and no one has

been hurt. >> embarrassed? yes. >> we dope do it because no one wants it clean it up. >> clean up right now. >> we hope so, check in with sue on the latest on the paint spill. >> yes, guys, the c.h.p. has all lanes closed at the harrison street side of the bay bridge with traffic diverted. the right hand portion of the screen, cars and trucks are moving off to the fremont street exit. until they get the paint spill cleaned up. a sig-alert is issued and the department of transportation is on the scene and caltran is cleaning this up but 6:30 is when the lane will be opened. bart and the san mateo bridge will be the best alternate. avoid the span. they are letting cars on span at the toll plaza but, again, jammed up on the san francisco side because of the paint spill with all of lanes blocked. back in a couple of minutes with an update. mike?

>> yes, good morning, everyone, two big weather stories the first is the impending rain and the second is up to 11 degrees warmer. if you can get and san francisco, or weeing up here, temperatures in the upper 40s to ocean beach, and the ferry building at 50 degrees and same at the financial district, pacifica, and richmond at 51. we knew it would be warmer because of clouds. sure enough, we have a few mid-30s pleasanton at 35 and santa clara at 37 and palo alto at 38, along with tracy and pittsburg at 39. now, a look at live doppler hd you can see mendocino and willis where the light and steady rain is. through through the morning rush most of us are fine other than a spotty light shower is possible cross the north bay. in the south bay, it is clearer with stars as we hook cross 87 near the shark tank. steady rain arrives today. a brief bake tomorrow and wednesday. otherwise every over day has a chance of rain. all the way through christmas. here is a look at 9:00, you can

see the steady and light-to-moderate rain moving into cloverdale and by noon it is in the north bay, and, now, by 2:00 or 3:00, it will come in to the central base so it could be slowerren thatter can. by 5:00, it is in the south bay, but, notice, it is stretching back into the north bay and if you are trying to get out of town and is 80 at lake tahoe, it is wet the entire way and when you hit the incline it will turn over to snow, probably at 10:00. by 7:00, we are still looking at spotty showers around the central bay with light rain in the south bay and by 9:00, the light and steady rain is over and we have a batch of scattered showers moving in around 1:00 and that will linger until 8:00 tomorrow morning, and we should see increasing sunshine, and rainfall amounts with the first system are going to be heaviest across the north bay, and then we will have a lighter system weeing in on sunday at 10:00 in the north bay to all day around the rest of us, and still looking at quarter to half an inch in the south bay and .75"

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fremont street off-ramp or at least the harrison street off-ramp is affected, a spill of paint cans causing trouble on the bay bridge this morning. amy hollyfield is caught in the traffic jam this is causing and amie, what do you see? >> eric, we are on the bridge head into the city and we are almost at a stand still. it is a crawl at times. we are moving. but sometimes we come to a complete spot. it is slow going. it did not start go until after we get through the treasure island, we zipped through the toll plaza just fine and we are getting confident thinking it would not be too bad but at treasure island we relied we had a problem the you will get through it, it is not a complete standstill. that is the good news. there is some movement. but you will be delayed. you want plan for that. for sure. when we get to scene we will have pictures to give you some

information. we are just working our way toward that destination but we are get closer and we will get you a report on there with pictures just as soon as we can. do plan for slow downs up here if you are headed interest this area from the east bay. >> did you see freeway message plans that alert you to the paint spill and the sig-alert? >> yes there is a sig-alert telling people to be prepareed. please continue to tweet and dot good reporting you do and keep us posted. >> sure. >> right now, if you have a second to check it out, i am, ifing very intimate with the suburban in front of me. >> oh, boy. >> thanks, amie. all the metro poll tan mission

report shows two-thirds of us drive alone each day to work so more cars are on the road. average commute team is now 30 minute each way with each person driving an average of 23 miles a day. this is positive news, 12 percent of commuters relied on public transit last year highest since 1960 of the bay area has the second highest rate in non-auto commuting of any major metropolitan area so more biking and walking. video a link at abc7news.com. >> more on traffic and sue hall is watching that situation on the bridge. >> sue? >> the c.h.p. and caltran is saying 6:30 before it is clean up. that will majorly affect the friday morning commute. harrison off-ramp is closed and the lanes are blocked with paint cans and cars were splattered and now they decembered at fremont. i would suggest if you are coming to take the bay bridge for the next couple of hours

take bart into san francisco or one of the alternate bridges, san mateo is looking good or the richmond-san rafael bridge. again, 6:30 is the set time of opening. mike? thank you for watching that. if you like the rain, this is your day otherwise walking the dog or hiking is poor because it will be wet and slippery. tomorrow, the saturday shopping...the last day to do it, on the weekend, it is one of the last other than sunday, it is going to be dry with temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s. you can see the rain coming down to 80 by 1:00 or 2:00. if you are headed to lake tahoe by 9:00 it is going to start raining with the snow developing. as we head through the weekend and into next week, check out my forecast, we have light-to-moderate snow tomorrow, our heaviest snow is christmas eve. that will be festive. guys? >> it sure will. thanks, mike. new at 5:00, planned parenthood

takes the fight over controversial videos to court, and what they are asking a judge for today. >> work to replace a century old bridge on the peninsula could impact your weekend plans. stay tuned.

abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> at 5:00 the commute is off to a terrible start in san francisco. that is the breaking news. you are looking at lie picture of the harrison street off-ramp with a t