cause. >> crews are out inspecting trees at a park in the south bay where a man was killed by a fallen tree. matt keller is in berryessa park. all the free is still down in the park. it is laying across the path. yellow tape is keeping people out the neighbors they are a huge noise. >> you could hear something breaking and a loud "boom," and you could hear all of the branches on the floor. >> this is video from sky 7, a neighbor called 9-1-1 and first responders discovered a man killed by the tree. the their father was on a bicycle ride and officers do not know if he was a victim but comforted the distraught family. the medical examiner will identify the victim. ann arborist will see if the tree was diseased but it could be a combination of water, tree

age and wind. we expect to learn more today. hillary clinton and santa cruz santa cruz declaring victory and the d side saw the closest iowa caucus in history. officials are not calling it. the iowa democratic party said votes from one precinct still need to be counted. right now, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are separated by four votes. the hillary clinton campaign said more rums not change the outcome. ted cruz won by 3 percentage points over donald trump with rubio in a close third. candidates are now in new hampshire the site of the first primary. it hatches on tuesday. >> now what is happening super bowl wise in town, getting the attention of the best football players putting a bunch woman in the mix, miss universe was at

the nfl opening night reporting for inside edition. she got her dab on and learned that from the panthers players. the broken questions showed her some moves. she was asked about the steam harvey mixup and she said and i quote, "i'm not thinking about that anymore it has been over a month." lady it will be a long life. >> true. >> in celebration of the super bowl hundreds of volunteers come together to build a lay ground in san jose. the goal is to give local children lives filled with balanced and active play. the play ground is located at the plot some river apartments. a national nonprofit is organizing the event. we are proud to be a part of the team. along with espn our parent company, disney, the housing authority of the county of santa clara, and several players from the 49ers and raiders. raiders shine and the program kicks off at 8:30 the down led

our app for one-stop shopping all things super bowl from traffic alerts, special events cross the bay. enable push alerts for instant updates. >> california hey patrol officer is recovered from injuries suffered in a crash involving the broncos team bus yesterday. the team was headed down highway 101 to the hotel and another driver made an unsafe lane change. that caused three team buses to collide and the escort motorcycle to go down. sky 7 shows a bus being towed and the c.h.p. officer has minor injuries. >> caltrain is trying to determine why a map was on the tracks in san mateo weapon he was hit and killed by a train. we were at the 25th annual crossing as police responded to the scene after 8:00 people. caltrain said he was there illegally. 500 passengers were delayed up to an hour and a half but they moved on. >> class goes on as usual at san

francisco high school despite a possible arson fire last night. it started in the basement of george washington high school at 6:00. someone set car board boxes and paper plates on first. a junior rotc group was evacuated. school leaders are assessing how much smoke-and-water damage it caused. >> highway patrol officers hope you can help them learn more about a shooting on the freeway. several cars were tangled together on the port of chicago highway 506 ramp in concord. people in a nissan are believed to open fire at another car yesterday afternoon. the vehicle sped down before hitting four other vehicles. officers want did find the car that was targeted. >> unknown vehicle at this time with no victim. the victim has not stepped forward. so far, there is no gun shot patients admitted to the local hospitals. >> all three people were hurt in

the nissan and they were arrested. a gun was found in the car. >> happening today, crews will drill a well on a crumbling san francisco hillside filled with millty million dollar hoaxes. a sliding home was demolished before the homeowner move in. the sour was traced to a looking water main that was capped by the city over the weekend the crews hope this helps determine if the leak is the only cause. >> later today we. learn about the el nino impact on the snow pack measuring the depth and water cop tenth of the snow pack near lake tahoe with run off providing california with much of the water. the last measurement shows the snow pack was at 116 percent of average. that may not be enough to relieve the effect of several drought years. the snow pack usually peaks around april 1. >> kids stranded in the sierra by weekend snow are back home this morning. 750 children from the bay area, central california and other areas of the state were supposed it come home from chump camp on

sunday. 2' of mount baker-snoqualmie made the main highway impassable. their 15 charter buses could not make the trip and officials decided to extend the stay for the kids. >> will we have six more week of win in other words. >> a usually we turn to meteorologoist mike nicco for this but today is groundhog day we will rely on the cute and cud usually punxsutawney phil. law is no shadow to be cast, an early spring is my forecast. >> high looks baffle by the woman situation. >> he is usually ignored and one day a year this happened. punxsutawney did not see the shadow so we could have anerly spring. according to u.s.a. today the groundhog has been right 13 times and wrong 15 times since 1988. >> mike, i spent way too much time watching this. it lasts forever.

>> it is quite the event. >> ridiculous. >> joey was joking, we will do it temperature. and tomorrow. and tomorrow. and dome. -- and tomorrow. >> i do have light-to-moderate rain. here is the san mateo bridge or, dumbarton bridge, and 237. we have a light to moderate shower headed to fremont and alum rock and 101 and 280 enter shes 92. maybe ponding on the roadway. i will birthday were this out and show you what will happen the next three hours. notice it is not a steady rain with pockets of light-to-moderate rain and they will build everywhere over the next three hours and look at this, the richmond-san rafael you can see only toll ride we have light rain. this is the morning event. it will be cloudy and cool and

inland east bay in the north bay topping out at 52, and san francisco to the peninsula at 55 and east bay at super bowl city, maybe a stray shower but mostly cloudy and 55. 3:00, 53. 50 at 6:00 at 49 at 9:00. it will be chilly this evening. here is a look at our roof camera the embarcadero is wet. another storm, though, tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours and sunshine returns on thursday. warm the returns on friday. wait until you see the forecast on sunday. sue? >> driving in this morning the lights and the rig and the embarcadero, just bomb. now a look at the drive times it is not bad. that is a good thing about getting out early. tracy to dublin is 30 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, looking good this morning. here is emeryville, beyond

golden gate field ready work vehicles are passing through the screen and no scenes of accidents or stalls. traffic is light. into san francisco. the green, other than roads on the map indicate rain for the morning commute and the blue is a chance for pooling and standing water. we have road work with a full closure for a few more minutes, westbound 580 to the ramp and eastbound 24, the road work will be picked up between 5:00 and 5:30. >> the rain does not mean we have escaped the drought and the water rules we are under but the conservation could be ease for some communities and not for others. >> big day if court ahead for >> big day if court ahead for bill cosby and what his t it's about time the taco...came out of its shell. unleash the power of dough.

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vote on a plan to ease water restrictions in the sacramento area. according to the sacramento bee 20 of 22 agencies are under orders to reduce water consumption by more than the state mandated 25 percent. however, the california water resources control board is calling for those orders to be eased after research proved it takes more water to keep lawns and trees alive in hot dry climates. >> bill cosby is expected in pennsylvania court where the lawyers will ask the sexual assault charges be dismissed. the 78-year-old admitted in testimony he gave a woman pills before engages in what he described as consensual sex 12 years ago. his lawyering argue he had a deal with the former prosecutor that he would not be charged in the case. that prosecutor is going to be on the stand and he previously has said the non-prosecution was never put in writing. >> beauty student have to find a new place to learn the trade

after the school was ordered to close affecting three bay area locations, castro valley, hayward, concord, napa, san rafael, san francisco, and santa clara. we they must shut down by close of business on thursday. state formals claim they are closing because of financial problems that could hurt and impact students. >> drivers in oakland will see a sign this details the local fire danger each day of the year. you could notice it on highway 13. officials say there is fire danger despite the fact that it has rain add lot in january. >> we have had quite a bit of rain it remains fire season year around in the open hims. we want people to see this. we have a captive audience as they stop at the intersection. >> the officials can push that to change the local fire danger. >> now, dub nation.

most of the world knows warriors star steph curry as being the mvp but these days he could be the bay area's most popular carolina panthers fan a north carolina native. if you can see that, he is pounding the drum in the season opener and will attend super bowl 50 on sunday. steph curry is friends with the quarterback and the coach. >> we not only rooting for the pans, a team i have supported for a while but the individual guys you know how hard they worked. what they have put into the game. and you want did see the rums from that. and be champions. >> his father is one of most popular athletes in charlotte, a fan favorite for the hornets as a player and broadcaster. >> would he do well as a football player? i wondered, does it >> he can do well at anything he does. >> cooking.

make friends. >> most in san francisco the hotels are sold out but one is available. if you have $1 million. >> sign me up. >> wait until you see the huge super bowl extras that come with what could be the most expensive suite in the city's history. i take you there later this morning on abc7 news at 6:00. >> beauty and the beast-style library. >> it is amazing. j.f.k. stayed there and gorbachev stayed. gorbachev stayed. >> you did ate their food. slept in their beds. >> right. >> can't wait to see it. >> phenomenal. now, the weather. and the super bowl. and how they are not commingle ing. that is good news. two storms. living through one now.

i want to start with this to show you i color-coded the radar. where you see pink that is mount diabolo and mount hamilton is where we see the snow as the locals right around 3,800'. some of our better radar returns are over belmont and headed to redwood city and fremont and headed toward milpitas if you come from the sunol grade headed southbound you will run interest ponding. in the north we are seeing another batch of showers around cloverdale where live doppler hd is. you are not out of the woods. in walnut creek, 680 is wet. but it is very light. if anything, it is falling from the sky. morning rain, mostly cloudy this afternoon. wet on wednesday afternoon. into the evening. drive and warming through the super bowl weekend. here is the storm impact scale. we rank the storms from "1"

light to "5" as severe, this will be "1" because it is light and rainfall amounts and light wind not expecting any damage out of this. all the way through 6:00 and 7:00 you can see more of the scattered rain showers developing across the north bay is sliding through the neighbors during the heart of commute and by noon the best chance of scattered elevations in the santa cruz mountains and in the afternoon it is mostly cloudy. rain full amounts are very light. less than quarter-inch for most us. my seven-day forecast shows wednesday's storm could be twice the amount of rain. it will be a "1" because we do not have the winds. on friday we are in the 60s and possibly 70 by sunday and into monday. sue? >> good morning, everyone. all of that for commuters means slick roads at least. give yourself plenty of time with in delays at the bay bridge. we do not have metering lights

on yet at 15 minutes from golden gate field to the city. the green means it is west of the rain is affecting the drive. we look at an accident southbound 880 at high street in oakland, good news is it off to the shoulder involving a u.p.s. big-rig and a car. i am not seeing any delays. we have road work still out there westbound and eastbound 580 twine 35th and the maze. but there is no slow traffic. that should be picked up in the next 15 or 20 minutes. >> too much need and not enough room. room. bay area poet -- pet "no room," sign but first the tech bytes. >> today stay on top of the presidential election with google.

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>> santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. a. >> american airlines is making the next flight more bearable bringing free snacks back do economy class the first time in 13 years. american is offering more free entertainment options. this is follow the trend with others. united has announced the run of free snacks. and delta always kept the free snacks even during bankruptcy. >> in the east bay and you want to add a new pet, listen up, all month long oakland animal services is cutting atransportation fees to all animals for $14. today is the last day to surrender your pets. starting tomorrow, shelters in pinole and martinez will not accept pets for a month because it is too crowded. officials have had an uptick in the number of dogs and cats. there will be a few exceptions, they will stake strays, sick and

injured but the regular surrenders, closing the doors. >> the east bay spca needs your help to find a dog stolen from the shelter in oakland. this pit bug mix was supposed to have surgery yesterday to remove a possible tumor but before that could happen, someone stole her on sunday while a volunteer had her out for a walk near the shelter. the officials say that they will gladly take her back with in questions asked. >> this is incredible, video from holland police have trained an ago toll take out drones. dutch police released this video showing swooping down, grabbing the drone and it lands back. officers are working with a raptor training company to train eagles to treat the drones as if they are prey and the talons are capable of crushing bone.

it is a low tech solution for a high together problem. >> the propellers do not injure the eagle so they are not hurt. very 8:00. i want one. >> you want one. >> i want to train a bird of prey. >> okay. like the dog who gets. >> beer during the super bowl. >> excuse me, adult beverage. >> lake tahoe has scattered snow showers and same in yosemite, 41. low 50s in the central valley with scattered light rain. high clouds and sunshine and low-to-mid 60s in southern california. we a look at the lake tahoe seven-day forecast: snow showers today and tomorrow. look at the 40s over the weekend and you may want to take the sun screen if you are headed up to lake tahoe it will be bright. >> probably a lot of folk

watching the game is it could be less crowded. we are hatching a plan. >> we have the golden gate bridge with wet roads but for delays. i saw the zipper truck headed in the northbound direction so you have four lanes headed into san francisco and two planes to marin county. green on the map represents what rain could affect your commute with slow traffic coming from the central valley and tracy area. we will look at westbound 580 the ramp from 980 to eastbound 24 closed for the next few minutes and we will check back with c.h.p. >> an pot warning for santa clara university students after a possible case of bacterial meningitis. a student fell ill on sunday and is in the hop test results are pentagonned -- are expected to return today. meningitis can be deadly. it is spread through saliva and

mimics the flu. >> revolutionary treatment is giving a baby a new chance at life. the baby was diagnosed with a heart defect while still in the womb. doctors at stanford gave him 10 percent chance to live and they began oxygen therapy. his mother was given oxygen 12 hours a day for three weeks. mom and southern the first in the world to have the treatment. >> i on lay in bed with my oxygen and talk to him and tell him, when you come out i need you to breathe, breath, fight. >> the oxygen treatment worked. he was born but his battle is far from over. his chances of survival are hire but only 50/50. he is at home and is thriving. his parents are thrilled with his progress so for. >> it is not "if," but when the next big one shake the bay area. the local agency leading the way

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