i drove from san jose. the roads were wet but no major downpours. it is picking up. here is a look at the summit in the santa cruz mountains. a light shower up this. always dangerous when the roads are wet on 17 going to and from santa cruz. of course, as the rain picks up there is a concern for mud slides and tree paragraphs in the roadway and it is very dangerous when you drive in the mount tins. we expect the rain to pickup. we expect localized flooding, streets, parking the ons and it happens in milpitas, as well. i have been here during the major storms and the flooding is severe depending on the locations. do not drive through standing water. >> we. check back. thank you, matt. it is aing isy start to the morning cross the bay area. look at the golden gate bridge at 2:30 this morning in san

francisco. wed windshields are getting another work out today. lesser to the tollbooth you can see the signs reminding drivers to slow down. we see photo or video of where you live so post it #abc7now. we could use it on air or on abc7news.com. >> we are tracking a major disruption to the bay bridge with 25 protesters making bail. some were welcomed with cheers and applause after being charged for triggering a huge traffic jam. our reporter is at at the toll plaza with more on the developing story. >> all westbound lanes were blocked by the 25 protesters who wanted to make their voices heard. [ inaudible ] >> many of them chained themselves to each other and to the cars blocking all traffic. this happened yesterday afternoon near the eastern span

tower with c.h.p. arriving shortly laugh and they used bolt cutters to bracket apart and were arrested for unlawful assembly and obstruction of justice much a group said they organized the protest claiming to be part of a nation help wide martin luther king jr. day protest. >> we are elected fills, city officials, our state officials creating policies that tell us our lives matter but they care about it and we are human beings and we cannot be killed in the streets with immunity. it is time for the world to change. we will not stop fighting until it does. >> the group obviously had a lot to say but c.h.p. said the group had every right to exercise their first amendment a rights but not on the bay bridge. they are welcoming with the district attorney to prosecutor the protesters. >> two public hearings have been set for a new use of force rules

for san francisco police. this follows the fatal pose shooting of mario woods last month. mayor lee called for a review of the policies 689 demonstrators heckled the mayor off the stage during the martin luther king ceremonies demanding he fire the police chief. >> if you could not leg on to twitter you were not alone. # twitterdown. that is friending and twitter is suffering widespread issues. this is the error message this popped up, so there is no word on the cause of the problems. i can not see my notifications. twitter said they are "working toward a resolution." >> new details in the deadly bart train shooting. the victim and the suspect were on the same because before bart at the pittsburg bay point station much the two men had some sort of interaction but it is not clear what.

it carried over on to bart victims were identified at 17 -year-old carlos romero of antioch. police are still looking for the suspect seen in this surveillance video. >> we have new video from a witness would captureed tense millions lead up to the arrest of an off-duty santa county sheriff deputies who was arrested at a jack-in-the-box accused d.u.i. and brandishing the weapon. the just release the video shows a man with hands in the air and police have guns drawn. a witness would wants to. anonymous said it looked like a major crime scene. all the officer would looked look he was in charge gave instructions to lee and his friend if they move or make sudden movements they will shoot. >> other witness say the police were called after lee was angry because the order was take too

long. >> in success searching for two people who fell from the cliff into the ocean at santa cruz. firefighters rescued who from a cliff but could not find the twoors would were lost in the water. the keg coast guard property in helicopter to help the search. so far no sign in the ocean. >> a man tried to take pictures of the southeast along the san francisco coast. he is safe. he was caught by the incoming tide. it came in before 3:00 p.m. and watched the man into the frigid water. you can see how rough the waves were. he and two rescueers struggled against them. he walked to emergency responders. >> group of san francisco supervisors and local merchants will demand the city be reimbursed for the costs of hosting the super bowl promotional events. that cost is now risen new is up to $5 million. in addition to the police the city has toll summer chaps that the lazy and along city streets

you are no longer allowed to set up shot. >> the board of supervise will hear a report on the exact of super bowl 50 on county airports. officials at hayward executive expect to see 120 more private jets than usual so they. double their staff to hand democrat the business. with so many more expected airports are closing extra runways to park all of the planes. all the help in san francisco for those earning minimum wage, a delegation of legal and health care workers are scheduled to submit voter signatures to qualify a ballot initiative that raises the minimum wedge. receipt new california pays $10 an hour for most employees and several cities have set high are rates than that. >> prime minister repairs to a seawall in pacifica are on homed because of a storm hitting us now. in pacifica, crews dropped more boulders into the breach yesterday while looking for a long-temperature solution. they wait in the storm passes before making permanent repairs.

the placative hole opened at beach boulevard on saturday. this is the four the time it has broken since being built in the 1980's. >> a san jose couple has preparations paying off for our storms. they took a $6,000 plunge and invested in three customized rain barrel storm tanks. each tank holds 530 gallons and they full. >> i don't thing it is possible to score too much the you can empty it in the garden although the garden does not need it for growth but it will refill and the ground level sippings when you lose the water so we can prevent that from happening. >> if $6,000 is too much to top off your pool and water plants contractors say home owns can start small with a $continue -- $200 barrel. >> you need the rain barrels, a good time to store up. >> my dad has them hooked into a

sprinkler system. >> here is a look at the yellows and evening ons, the moderate-to-heavy rain up to vallejo from pacifica, we have another push intense rain and you can see over the next six hours we have severallens whats, the yellow you can see but after we are beyond 10:00 this event is over and the fiscal year six hours takes us up to 10:30 and you can see the yellows start to taper as we get between 9:00 and 10:00. we should be out of the steady rain by noon. here is look at walnut creek where it and disy on 680 and the best chance of rain in the afternoon is the peninsula and the east bay but it is in the higher elevation like the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains, and notice how mild it is upper 50s to 60s and moderate rain falling in san rafael south open 101 we will have a break on wednesday and thursday and another strong storm on friday.

>> speaking of rain from marin county a look at the golden gate bridge where it is wet. right new they have three lanes in the southbound lane and extra caution over the waldo grade with pooling and flooding that is the scene and here is the overall lack the green on the map representing the rain for tuesday morning commute. we will look at the trouble spots, westbound 4 east 160 an accident blocking the lanes and they pick up into the concord area. and in oakland, northbound 880, two hers blocked with a superpower out and this is right near oak street making your way to downtown oakland. back with a look at the bay bridge in a couple of minutes. >> next, relief for red light cameras, california drivers may soon be getting a break from the pricey tickets. ♪ hotel california >> a lot of people are so sad about the loss of one of the

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the group mothers against drunk driving will be at hearing. >> never a good idea to run a red lit. particularly if there is a camera that catches you an, extremely expensive ticket. some say it is way out of proportion to the violation. change could be coming. >> it happened in a flash. a second keith was turning right into the bart parking lot and the next he was out continues the next he was out continues 500 -- 5, un-- >> egregious. >> we do all right but i thought it could damage someone who doesn't make that much money, someone who is an hourly employee. thai is the concern of state senator jerry hill. >> many people may $3,000 a month, $2,500 and you take taxes their net take home pay, this is a fourth of what they take home.

>> he introduced legislation to cut the fin for california stops in half. >> to have the punishment fit the christmas. >> vanessa wishes it was in affect working here and received two tickets in the same month. >> your heart sank? >> the $1,000 is more than her monthly paycheck. >> i got both in the mail and i thought, my gosh, i make pretty good here but $1,000 is a lot for a movement >> she used savings to cover the deal and the governor vetoed a proposal to reduce the fine. the senator hill is optimistic it will pass this time around. >> it is time to roll out the carpet in san jose, the san jose sharks celebrate the 25th anniversary with former and current players. they are a boon for san jose, man say the team has brought everything to the city except

the stanley cup. i did not write that. that is is not my story. >> it is an on wound because they have been so close the last few years. >> it could happen. >> it is not over. >> the kings will get there. >> i saw a blob of orange and yellow headed toward --. >> heading that way. they will were most affected. i am worried about the santa cruz mountains after 7:00, with mudslides possible. for all of us can see in the green everywhere but solano and the peninsula coast you are if green and under a small stream and urban flood advisory so there is a ton of standing water flooding of low lying areas and especially poor drainage area and a new crooks could get higher but it is really the streets, the overpasses, or the underpasses, the paing lots, the

big deal. our storm impact goes from (1) to (3) and light to severe, so we have moderate to heavy rain and three-quarters to 1.5" in most areas and higher than that in the higher elevations. standing water and minor flooding. right now you can see the moderate-to-heavy rain on 680 from concord to walnut creek and across 24 and lafayette and orinda and all the way from berkeley. it is cross the bay bridge into friend and all way down to south san francisco so we see what is coming at us and you can see more yellows and oranges right into the heart of the bay. notice, san jose, a legal less and less across the north bay so it is our major arteries, richmond san rafael bridge, most affected from now through 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 it stars to shift to the north bay and into the south

bay and by 10:00 or 11:00 you can see it is starting to dwindle and there is a small chance of isolated afternoon showers in the higher elevations. it will be mostly cloudy on when. more sunshine on thursday and another number storm on friday. sue? >> we have wet conditions but light conditions at the bay bridge and you see in metering lights. a few sprinkles on the lens and a lot of standing water on the road. give yourself plenty of time. this is fuzzy pus of the wet lens and eastbound the tame lights headed to golden gate field i saw the flashing emergency lights so be aware that a lost foes are solo spinouts on the shoulder and the center divide because of wet roads, take it slower. with the friend on map identifying where the heaviest rain is affecting your commute this morning, this accident just now cleared to the shoulder and it was westbound highway four east of 160 and i do not see

slowing into antioch or pittsburg but the standing wart and potential for hydroplaning. we will look at flooded areas next report. >> if you are a cold play fanned or you -- fan or fast you could be in the superbowl move time show. >> can you stay a step ahead of catching a fold? first the tech bytes. >> and now nation book has announced the popular instant peopling app challenging an annual subscription free is now free to use. >> microsoft is planning to bring the word flow keyboard to inpope and droid devices and is planning to make the swipe detect keyboard available later this year. >> word flow won a world record in 2014 for on being the fastest software. >> good news for mine craft, the

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everything is going to be poor in the morning but better headed into the afternoon. look at the slug of moisture. as it heads into the southern part of the central valley, everyone is going to get rained in bakersfield and we will have heavy snow from 6:00 this morning until midnight on the western slope of sierra. >> we have changes required on 80 at this hour not on 50 yet. we will follow that. i am highlighting the flooding and ponding and pooling areas and there are more than just three these three but the more sever areas are broadway and lucky drive and eastbound 80 at 7th and san francisco, you can add van ness and south van fess at 101 and 80 in san francisco which is ponding so extra caution. we will check on the oakland accident next report. >> police are now investigating a second gas station robbery in sonoma. the suspects wore bandannas, one

with a gun. we showed you the surveillance video during the midday news yesterday. the gas was hit at 3:00 a.m. and two hours after this robbery, masked person held up a petaluma gas station. they are trying to figure if the crimes were committed by the same two machine. >> a new study of global warming could blow your mind. the man made heat energy absorbed by the oceans has doubled since 1987 equal to the energy created by a hiroshima-style bomb exploded every second for 75 years. republicers say that is really bad news because the warmer the owes get the less heat they can absorb so more heat stays in the air and on land. that is not encouraging. >> protesters should down rush hour traffic on the bay bridge and why they may not be too worried about their punishment.

>> tough questions about safety pg&e's throughs of miles of gas pipeline. >> we will take a break but is a look at embarcadero and it is wet. wet. weather

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[♪] ♪ take the time ♪ in your life ♪ just before ♪ it passes by ♪ then you'll know ♪ to keep it slow ♪ so here we go [♪] ♪ here we go live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. we wanted rain. we are getting rain. another storm is moving across the bay area. that means the morning commute will be a challenge. we have our weather and traffic tomorrow working hard on in. we start with mike nicco. >> inland east bay is seeing the greatest amount of wet weather. that is where the