our way. the exploritorium looks beautiful, 12-hour day planner and we are warmer and a lot of upper 40s to low 50s from noon to 4:00, clouds and you could need the sunglasses, and it is warm, upper 50s to low 60, dry but at 10:00 it changes. sue? >> freeways are in good shape this thursday morning and here are the drive times for the bridges, 580, richmond-san rafael from the east bay to san rafael unten minutes, and san mateo bridge at 15 minutes, from side positive side, hayward side to the san mateo side, and dumbarton is under ten minutes, westbound, looking good and we will check to see if the metering lights are on and look at the golden gate bridge next report. >> we go to breaking news now in oakland where a car was sheared in after following a deadly crash. look at the mangled mess if the streets, the crash took place before midnight near mcarthur boulevard and maybell.

can you see the other half of the car a block away. it is not clear what caused the crash. a portion of the area is closed so a wanting if you are in that area. the take an alternate. >> this. objection crews will resume searching for a picing certainer at rodeo beach in marin. amy hollyfield is where he was washed tout sea. there is a if you warning out this morning. >> they are telling everyone they need to be extra careful in the the waves with the conditions just tough right now, very intend for surfers and search-and-rescue crews. here is video from sky 7 of the search last night, they had to put an end to it because thives were so huge. 8-10', too dangerous for the search-and-rescues. they got the call at 5:30 yesterday afternoon a searcher was missing. a couple of people saw the unconscious man in the water and pulled him to shore and started

cpr but a huge wave came and pulled him back to the water. they have not released his name, estimating he is in his 40s but officials have put out a big blanket warning to everyone saying that el nino system is bringing a high surf and king tide and it must be met with a lot of caution. necessity do plan to be out here this morning again to try and look for him. a new wanting for anyone considering buying a hover board, the consumer products safety commission is causing for a complete suspension of any online sales, and our reporter is here now, amazon is already offering full refunds? >> thank you is right, and, the chair of the consumer products safety commission said it doesn't matter if it is a $500 or $5,000 model, hover boards are not safe enough to sell. the commission started

investigating hover bars last month after a series of fires including a fire this week in santa rosa. no one was injured but two dogs died. >> the commission is lacking into a total of 40 reported fires involving 13 models of hoverboards made by 12 different companies. they are investigating the risk of falls saying they do not account for the difference between a 50-pound child and a 150-pond adult. >> they are designed in a manner that makes them take off when people are not ready for it and that is a hidden hazard and can create dangerous falls. >> amazon is offering customers full refund if they run the hover bar the economy six knowing others to follow suit but if despite all of the warnings you land on keeping or piling a board, the commission recommends you always have a fire extinguisher when you charge it, or use it. >> they have heard so were about it, no more fake cameras on

bart. bart said they will put working ones on all trains days after bart revealed that many of the onboard security cameras are decoys. it came to light after bart was unable to provide video evidence of a deadly january 9 shooting inside a train. images of the suspect came from cameras at the west oakland bart station instead. bart is end diagnosis the decoys saying they were crime deter ends. >> a federal judge ruled a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of andy lopez can go to trial. the 13-year-old was slot and killed outside santa rosa by a sheriff deputy in october of 2013. the deputy said that he thought the airsoft pellet gun that lopez was carrying looked like an ak-47 assault life goal. the jury trial is scheduled to begin april 11. >> santa clara county officials propose adding more beds to the new jail for inmates with acute mental i willness reporting officials will ask the board of expressers next month for

another floor to house mentally ill inmates. right now there are only 105 beds but this will double the number. the beating debt of a mentally ill inmate underscored the need for better person tall health treatment at the jail. >> ntsb are looking into human and mechanical factors while they examine the greyhound bus that crashed in san jose. we have picture of eight investigators getting their first look at the wreckage at a tow yard near the c.h.p. office in gilroy. a camera was recovered from inside the bus and they are checking to see if it recorded useful information. the bus crash traveled between northbound 101 and highway 85. maria or the advertise of sly -- maria ortiz of sly mass and fely olivera dried. >> the governor brown will deliver the state of the state address and will concentration on issues dear to his heart. two are the $15 billion twin

tunnel plan to shift water from the delta to southern california and $68 billion plan to build a bullet train. >> the new cross road bridge over the napa river opens at 10:00 a.m. this morning. the original bridge was demolished after sustained severe damage during the 4.1 earthquake in may. this is video of what it look like. new bridge costs $7 million and was primarily funded by the federal highway administration. >> bay area law enforcement you determined this kind profit we saw this week on the bay bridge will not be repeated during super bowl week. accord, to the mercury news law enforcement plans to be vigilant and high are fill so you will see a last police presence. activist say necessity would be shocked if super bowl weekend want by without a protest. the agency has not received notice of a protest. >> some of the expected 100,000 people coming to san jose for

the super bowl will be trapped wherever they go 100 yards. that will allow markets to know what visitors like to see and do and how long they will do it. a tech company is behind this work and while the information will not reveal your identity, it can tell which devices belong to bay area users and which belong to super bowl visitors from out of the town. >> a popular ferry service from the north bay is suspending service. you can get around during the closure, though. >> really bad with the on the east coast, even impacting president obama we with chaos for the morning commute. for the morning commute. >> you can share your video

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>> it is 6:so on thursday and the chance of rain the next seven days is 40 percent chance today and that is in the north bay late this evening. and all of us have 100 percent chance on friday and saturday and nothing after. here is a look at san jose, at 280 at 17, we have had fog in the distance but it is dissipating with cloudy and 50. inland we will have quiet

pattern at 6 is to 65 and small craft advisory physical 9:00 at the cost, and a few breaks in the cloud deck around the bay and low-to-mid 60s. not much fog and hour by hour look at friday and saturday's rain coming up. >> stack up at the bay bridge toll plaza all sold out. if you will, 6:11, with metering lights on at 5:49. stacked to the maze. from highway 24 it is slow to the toll plaza and interest san francisco. so far, the east shore freeway and 880 are looking good on the approach. it is nice and smooth at the golden gate bridge four lanes southbound direction at 21 minutes from novato at this point and that will begin stacking up here in a little while. we had an trace delay from tracy and update that in a couple of minuteses. >> snow is crippling the east coast with record breaking blizzard possible this weekend. last night president obama's

return to the without was delayed after his staff was forced to change plans because of weather. have have state police responded to more than 750 crashes, nearly 400 calls for disabled vehicles. >> i drove home from work and i am not used to driving in snow society was rough. it took an hour to go four miles. we decided to walk. it is icy. >> washington, dc, snow teams are tripling the number of plows ahead of the storm with 15 states under winter storm were withs from north carolina to boston. >> around the world if china new, authorities have sent 700 tents to a north province hit today by a big earthquake. the chinese new agency reporting it as 6.4 and the u.s. geological survey said it is a 5.9. local fishes are reporting 50 homes were damaged lasting between one and two minutes.

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san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> interesting poll taken showing support for the commuter shuttle buses we see. the survey found that 62 percent favor letting the remain employee only shuttles rate in the city. by not without restrictions. 72 percent those surveyed favor regulating where the shuttle buts can travel and pick up passengers. >> they want get cars off the road and they want a clean -- get emissions out of the air and see this as an important tool. >> the poll taken by the bay area council next week the board will consider an appeal to the computer shuttle program and on upons say it was approve without an environmental import report. >> if you ride the tiburon ferry you feed to find a new way to get around if february. they are success spending terry service for two westbounds for dock maintenance. the closure starts on february

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why who is reporting the toys generated sales topping $700 million last year and more toys are on the way. disney which owns the "star wars" franchise said last week that new toys and collectibles are being shipped to toys. disney is the parent company of abc7. >> i own a bb8 and my dog is terrified. i thought they would be friends. >> fadable. a new creature in his universe. sue, how the traffic? >> light. it is the calm before the storm. tomorrow, we do have a couple of hotspots but we will tack about bart, 45 trains on time and ace table was delayed 20 minutes so expect that ace train three on time and muni is looking good this morning and brake lights through walnut creek making the turn at north main to highway 24 if you travel highway 4 to 24 expect 10 minutes delay and through the respond valley it is

looking pretty good, past highway 24 into the dublin/pleasanton interchange. we is the lake tahoe report coming up in a minute. >> get the skis ready. another dumping is coming. nothing on live doppler hd which is great, and no fog in east bay hills camera, so jumping into the highlights, mostly cloudy and dry in the day and it will be wet and breezy tomorrow through saturday and dry and brighter and piled on all next. our intensity, last time we had rain we had a lot of oranges and yellows and just a lot of light to dark rain it will rain tomorrow and on the storm impact trail from light to severe at "1" to "3" this is a "2" but not as strong as the "2" from yesterday, and half to .5" of rain in the south bay and is" in the north bay. at 10:00 tonight light rain in the north bay and the study rain is move through during the commute tomorrow and you do not notice you do not she were

yellows as we head through the afternoon hours you could get a break at 5:00 but by the end the commute on friday we have more of the wet weather rolling in through 10:00 so have the wet weather gather and look at saturday, more waves of rain and showers so same storm will hit lake tahoe where it is i i don't it and dark, moderate snow, i would not try to travel this tomorrow or saturday but if you leave today and head back hole -- home on sunday, good. my seven-day outlook shows "2" for to storm and the only storm, when we get to sunday it is dry. >> it looks like now is a great time if you can sneak out. squaw valley has excellence base and no chains required and nice drive of four hours and seven minutes and alpine is further than squaw valley and both are owned bit same span so i like to refer to them as squall pine. 50 is wide open with no chains and a three hour drive and trip

rouse driving tomorrow and right now, a nice bay here with a good ride on 80 and kirkwood at 88, wide open, and 80 to north star three hours and 20 minutes with no chains. that is the lake tahoe report today. >> you will like this photo, gorgeous, right? this was taken at mount a.t.m. -- mount tam and love the photo and whatever filter you are using because it and making us look great this morning. do not chase waterfalls but, please, take pictures them using #abc7now. you can see what i did. >> i know you have wanted to be a zoo cooper. here is chan, the san francisco zoo needs help, you can count animals art after the census. 2000 animals live at the we zoo. the zoo is encouraging visitors to count how many animals they

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> get ready. it is shaping up to be another rocky day on wall street. you are looking at the new york stock exchange overnight asian marketsen down again and they are reaching bear market territory. >> we are done. the overseas sell off cake after the markets thanked yesterday. >> down 500 points at one point and late if the day it ended at 249. and jane king is tracking the stock market roller coaster. >> good morning, i am gnash nab -- natasha zouves and i am reggie aqui. >> it is not a bad day but we are going to see rain in the weekend. >> while you were talking about that, now i know how people feel when i talk about rain during the commute. disgusting. annoyed. it is quiet.

but 24 hours from now well have rain in the commute:ryville camera is great and the bay water is calm. not is folky. 45 and milder. noon to 4:00, cloudy and 58 to 62 and cloudy at 7:00, mid-to-upper 50s and rain is coming in around 10:00. sue? >> a look behind you of the bay bridge and i saw brake lights and metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza and slow traffic from tracy this morning in the westbound direction and that is fairly typical be if you traveling eastbound 580 near 205 a big pothole if the slow rain and six or seven cars off to the right shoulder and westbound direction is looking at 40 minutes from tracy to dublin interchange. >> look at this car sheared clean in half after a deadly crash in oakland with a mangled mess. to took place before midnight and to get an idea of the speed

and the impact you can see the other half of the car a block away. it is not clear what caused this crash and a portion of mcarthur boulevard is closed this morning. >> this more fake surveillance cameras on bart. bart is changing their policy of decoys on the trains. matt keller is if fremont with what prompted this move. matt? yes, the public has spoken. they don't want fake cameras on bart trains, they want the real thing. this came to light last week after bart revealed they did not have video evidence of a shooting on a train coming from the west oakland station and requireds could not movie it. bart defended the fake cameras but the public pressure is causing them to change their minds. >> for were's safety, you know,

[ inaudible ] >> we hear loud and clear the public is unhappy we were ewing decoys so today we are announcing we are committed to as quickly as possible buy and outfitting every train car with a woring camera. they will likely reveal video to reviews later but not in real time and the cost and funding and how long it will take have to be worked out. we are hearing from the family of the second victim identified in tuesday's deadly grab crash in san jose. 75-year-old maria ortiz was a beloved grandmother to 13 grandchildren. she was if mexico before going back to salinas. she and fely olivera died in the crash. or grandson wonders if driver fatigue played a role. >> if he felt he could not do job he should not do the drive.

>> investigators are trying to determine if the camera recovered recovered information to help figure out what caused the crash. abay area lawmaker is demanding more local control of tour buses after several yours in san francisco. >> local governments my want to do more weather in san francisco or los angeles or any other part of the state can not do it because of restrictions in state law. a bill would take away the restriction and let cities set up their own tour bus inspection programs. the c.h.p. only inspects 30 percent of tour buses because they do not have enough resources. >> you can hear the chaos and emotions high at a police commission meeting in a controversial police shooting in san francisco. protesters want police chief fired over the death of mario woods and they are demanding the officer are charged with murder.

mario woods raise add knife but cell phone video raised questions when they opened fire. a few officers spoke but most walk out of the meeting in frustration after being shouted down. >> obviously, we cannot have a dialogue where people can discuss their feeling back-and-forth without being shouted down, our police walking out it was a way of dethatting themselves from our community. >> the mother accepted mario woods high school diploma and want as federal investigation into the death. >> in santa cruz a man is under arrest in vandalism involving smashed store front windows much the 26-year-old broke weapons at three businesses including a deli and art studio and did more than $5,000 in damage. police arrested him shortly after the vandalism. they say he was drunk. >> a 77-year-old woman faces d.u.i. charges after the crash that hurt two women in santa

rosa. they were walking along the sidewalk near the individual acknowledge market and hit yesterday afternoon. an 8 pa-year-old woman is in critical condition and the second victim is 91, she is expected to recover. the driver told them her dog was on her lap and she was distracted and backed into the sonoma county jail on suspicion of drive under the influence. >> a race against time for u.k. schools, scram bowling to make room for the largest undergraduate enrollment boost in years according to the "los angeles times" with 6,500 additional students added to the fall roster forcing the school officiallings to find more housing and to expand the support services. if november, regions approve a plan to add 10,000 instat undergraduates the fiscal year three years. , three people are caught shoplifting at a store in san francisco in fillmore district and police need your help to identify the three would walked into the store.

you can see they grab purses and they run out of the store. if you recognize these people please call san francisco police >> in pleasanton, people need your help to find these three men who robbed people store. the surveillance video shows they are making their way away the table and though grab the iphones and make a run for it. this happened on thursday fight. anyone with information should call the pleasanton police department. >> this morning, santa cruz county sheriff are looking for the person would set ten cars on fire. the deputies found the cars burn under a carport at park avenue if southern california yesterday morning. you can see the scorched out cars. it caused $100,000 in damage to the vehicle and the carport. known was hurt. an hour later firefighters found more vehicles on fire a block away. they were able to quickly put the fire out. vest empires think the same person set both of them. >> tesla said a faulty design

behind delays in shipping their s.u.v. delays. the model wowed the experts with the falcon winged doors and according to the mercury news tesla said the hinge design leaked oil and stays shut. tesla claims it paid the company $3 million. the swiss company said their investment is worth more than that. >> 6:39 on thursday. i want to give you heads up from little rock, arkansas, memphis, nashville, up to washington, dc and new york, philadelphia, winter storm warning, even some blizzard watches for baltimore, washington, dc, and new york. the reason why, check out the snow tolls if you are traveling there, don't. 3' of snow in washington, dc and 2' of snow in baltimore and winds whipping those into drifts that could be 5' or 6' or 7' highway and better in

philadelphia, 7", and 4" in new york. chain your plans now before you are stuck in the airport for a couple of days. the exploritorium is hooking beautiful with areas hosting some of our super bowl festivities mostly cloudy, and a little bit of sunshine braking through from time to time, and 62 to 66. check out the color philadelphia unrise at 280 and 17 in san jose. mostly cloudy and 50. rain on friday and saturday and dry on sunday. hour by hour look at this coming up but first, will tell you abut the only commute it is quiet. >> moderate. we have much pas of areas of low traffic but why have any major accidents which is great news, and 580, tracy to dublin is moderate drive of 43 minutes and highway 4, antioch to concord under 30 minutes and same with san rafael to san francisco a nice drive and metering lights were on at 5:49 and the slow traffic from hercules to richmond into berkeley and

emeryville, stacked up for 50 minutes from highway 4 getting through the backup and san francisco. expects delays. that is typical. a bit busy. and on the 8 positive approach, 580 and 880. we will check with mass transit next report. >> the uproar over the lack of diversity in the oscar nominations is bying up steam. first, jada pinkett smith announced she is boycotting the show and spike lee said he would not attend, and rest republican -- reference we sharpton has joined this and george chin any said african americans have a point, and now will smith, an oscar nominee is chiming in. oscar nominee is chiming in. >> there is

religious disharmony and that is not the hollywood that i want to leave behind. >> they promise the academy is taking dramatic steps to change the makeup of the member s >> volvo said they will is a death proof car to a few years using technology. all the sent for a missing surfer off the marin county surfer off the marin county coast and the warning for anyone

walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. developing news, the search for a surfer missing at rodeo beep will resume. amy hollyfield has the detail on the search and a wanting for anyone heading to the beach. amy? friends and family members of the missing server arrived to do their own search. they say the picing man is dan defon and lives in san rafael, an avid surfer and his friends and his wife are just devastated and the people he was surfing with yesterday are even here this morning to look again. she searched, rescue crews were looking last flight and called east search into the evening because the waves were too big

it was too dangerous. though the go the call at 5:30 a surfer was missing and a couple people saw him unconscious in the water and pulled him to the shore and gave him cpr but a big wave came and knock him over and took hill back out into the water so they lost him. officials have put out a big blanket wanting for everyone to be very careful around the ways and the el nino conditions which are just very big and they have the king tide, the high sub, and it is a condition you want to be careful around. we saw rescue crews pull into the parking lot so the search is about to get underway again. uber x pickups an option. you have to go upstairs to the departure level to be picked up but this is a big deal. l.a.x. was a notable hold out against uber x as taxis lobby to

block the service. the pick-up will start at l.a.x. at 8:00 this morning. >> asian stocks collapsed against overnight. twitter stock had a wild ride because of a rumor. jane king has those stories. >> hello, reggie and natasha not so crazy as yesterday but the dow turned lower but we started higher today so it has been forever since i have said that and right new we are down 50 points and the dow get a boost as the current industrial bang said they will increase their economic stimulus and that gave us an early boost but having trouble holding on to it. shares sold on a report that news corps is taking a stake in the country but it was shut down quickly and the report came from the "new york post," which is owned by then. twitter's batter stock could make it a take over target. sell drives cars are safer but

volvo wants to take eight step further and pledging to eliminate all degrees and serious injury in the cars in four years. the company will integrity new and improved current crash prevention technology in the cars. rite-aid will deploy thousands of pee cons -- beacon the deals to shoppers so they can track the shoppers' travel through the store. now, a way to push coupons and promotions. we will fine out if warriors power forward draymond green and steph curry will start together in the nba all-star game. the vote closed on monday, and at last count, green was more than 12,000 votes ahead of purse forward for the third and final front curt spot. steph curry topped all guards. voting rules are unveiled at 4:00 p.m., and all star remembers are revealed next thursday.

>> the worse will be back at oracle arena tomorrow night fresh off another blow out victory, last night steph curry leds dubs with 25 points, scary for the worse with draymond green took a shot in the face and had to leave the game. he returned later open. he said after the game he was okay. the warriors went on to hammer the bulls 125-94 and now they are 39-40. incredible. the warriors became the 5th team to win consecutive road games by 30 points. >> milpitas is holding a contest giving fans a chance at winning a pair of tickets do levi stadium. to enter, you have to visit any local business in milpitas between now and january 31. take a photo of yourself, tweet or use insurance gram using # shopmilpitas50. you have for include the gulf -- the full name of the business. >> and lieutenant governor has organized a condition test to

win super bowl tickets on his facebook page a minimum $5 donation is required. the money will help fund new gun control ballot measures. >> tickets in short supply i would not be surprised if a left people are looking for both offers. >> i would go. if they are free. >> at forecast. >> hope i have a winning forecast that day and mostly el nino and we get the super bowl. king tide is an issue today, tomorrow, and on saturday although the tide is not so high the winds are more conducive to flooding and saturday it peaked at 10:48. you can see brakes in the cloud cover and colorful sunrise and look how dry it is. cloudy, look the sunglasses, and

our warmest day this week, and on deck tomorrow and saturday and several dry days before the next storm in the mud. storm impact trail is "1" light and "5" is severe and this is a "2" because we will have half an inch to 1" of rain and gusts around 35 to 45 miles per hour not so strong as tuesday. tuesday may have peaked at a back "3". the rain is moving in and tomorrow during the commute from 4:00 to 7:00 to 9:00 with not a lot of yellows and oranges and we get break in the afternoon and during the evening commute we will have more showers start to show up and those waves of showers will continue through saturday and they are going to bring snow to the sierra. do not travel there friday and saturday we have a winter storm watch from 4:00 tom morning to 4:00 on saturday afternoon. 36 hours of snow. for us, rain on saturday evening and sunday and monday and tuesday it is dry. bar has 52 trains running on schedule this morning and ace train was delayed by 20 minutes

and ace train is green, because after five minutes it will be a moderate orange. right now, four-minute delays for train number three from tracy. buses and light rain from muni, no delays. a from way to go. busy across the san mateo bridge if your traveling take you 880 from 238 to 880 across the span on 92 westbound to 101 in san mateo and 30 minutes now so it is heavy. macarthur maze is starting to bunch up with 20-minute delay to the toll plaza from all approaches. >> we will get you caught up with seven theys you need to know before you go. stay tuned.

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>> if you are just joining us, seven things you need to know. (1), a car was sheared in half in a crash in oakland overnight. the investigation is underway right now in the laurel district. there have no indication on the cause of the crash. a portion of mcarthur boulevard is closed this morning. (2), ntsb have begonna greyhound bus crash with a camera recovered to check to see if it recorded any information. (3), after so many hover board fires, the government now is investigating a number of

companies that make them. this is federal authorities recommending suspending all hoverboard sales until there is testing of the devices and amazon is offering a refund. (4), uc schools move ahead with plans to make room for the largest undergraduate enrollment boost in wreath at 6,500 new students. officials are looking for more housing, hiring additional faculty, and, expanding support. (5), millions of americans on the east coast are bracing for record-breaking snow fall this weekend, with crews clearing roads after light snow fall created a traffic nightmare. virginia state mess responded to 750 crashes and nearly 400 cars for disabled vehicles. >> that was 2" of snow and they are getting 2-3'. >> don't go there. (6), at home, the fiscal year three hours, nothing is falling from the sky, and, in fact, we are cloudy so some sunshine.

temperatures are going to be in the upper 50s. (7), tracking a moderate commute this morning with the usual hotspots and the backup for 20 minutes and to the wine country we go with the accident overturned blocking the last lane. >> we continue now on-line and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices and see you in 25 minutes with more news and weather and traffic.

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good morning, america. blizzard watch. a massive storm heading to the east coast. the nation's capital paralyzed by snow and ice right now causing wreck after wreck on the road. drivers stuck for hours. even the president's motorcade trapped by gridlock. schools closed with more than two feet of snow expected in some areas. breaking right now, pointing the finger at putin. the russian president accused of using a radioactive poison to kill one of his most famous critics. will he be charged with murder? take a look at this. a pickup truck out of control on the highway rolling over and sending a passenger flying into the air. how he walked away from this frightening wreck. and an abc news exclusive. will smith speaking out for the