live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> friday! >> good morning, at 5 o'clock a.m. i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. >> mike, we hours away from rain. >> yes, good timeline. for most of us there is a few scattered showers across the not bay in the northern part of sonoma county, it will take a few hours to get to our neighborhood and through the morning commute we will have a few scattered light showers across the north bay. here is how the day is going to unfold. breezes are picking up, clouds are increasing, and mainly dry

outside the north bay and best chance of rain is noon in the north bay spread cross our neighborhoods by 4:00. it weakens considerably. it will be a light rain. notice the temperatures are around 60 degrees. frances, tell me of the accident you are following. >> an injury crash in walnut creek and emergency crews are en route. that can slow things down. this is northbound 680 near olympic boulevard. i put a sensor if the area to check so 60 at -- 68 miles per hour, and friday traffic light southbound near main street heading for highway 24. that is looking good to the bay bridge toll plaza. also fine in the san jose and early crash cleared on south 101. guys? >> frances, thank you. good news if you drive 580 in the east bay the new express lane that goes through dublin and pleasanton and livermore opened early this morning. here is what you need to know before you start using the lanes. matt? >> yes, open for business, a

little bit early on this friday. the two eastbound express lanes are now open and you can see they will not have a big impact on the morning commute just heavy traffic heading when this morning and this afternoon, be ready with the new fast tram transponder. this video is of the lanes through the tri-valley corridor as dublin, pleasanton and livermore and no cones blocking them. you need your fast track tag to use the express lane and you can designate if you drive by yourself or as a car pooler with two or three-plus people. solo drivers pay up to $13 depending on congestion. c.h.p. officers are watching to make sure this are no cheaters and can check your trance responder after being pulled over. >> it will show where they entered the corridor, where they exited, and what the transponder was set to the at time. >> a westbound 580 express lane is scheduled to open up for the monday morning commute, and if

you are caught cheating, a car pool violation in alameda county confidents you $500. >> good do know. this morning, an honored richmond police officer, family man and cherished member of the community is laid to rest. a public moment -- memorial morning for gus vegas. the 15-year veteran was shot and killed inside of his home last week. the father of his six-year-old grandson is charged in the murder. he is survived by his wife, ten children, and 20 grandchildren. a memorial fund for the family has stretched beyond the $20,000 goal. as of this morning as you can see there are $20,4925 donated to the campaign started by the richmond police. we have information on how to donate at abc7news.com. >> the public memorial is set to start at 10:00 a.m. this morning at the richmond memorial

auditorium on civic center lazy. if you plan to go get there early because the packing is limited. >> a memorial for the officer is follow by a private burial. >> in berkeley, police believe they have video they want you to see of the man they say has been sexually assaulted women near campus. police confirm they are investigating three attacks, the first happened last thursday. then on tuesday, two more happened in 20 minutes of each other. now, the surveillance video shows a man police believe is the attacker in all of the cases and they say he is being chased in the video by one of the victims. all of victims are asian women would were walking home alone near people's park. the suspect is described as being in his 20s, between 5' 9" and 6' tall with dark curly hair or dreadlocks. >> nyla parler mess are look -- hayward police are look for a missing 22-year-old woman seen on saturday at a party at

jackson street. police have not said what she was wearing when she was last seen. she weighs 18 pounds. the radar tower in santa clara county is going to be saves. the commission voted to recommend the radar tower be laced on the inventory of historic resources. according to the mercury news it is in danger of being torn down. however, with the historical inventory the tower is protected inventory the tower is protected from being reyes >> now, a pile of wood and plastic of demolition marking the end of a six-year fight to bring a building down and neighbors are wandering, what is next? here are the details. >> it was a moment many people did not want to miss. >> i called my husband, i could see it from the balcony.

run down, take pictures. >> neighbors came identity to see the demolition of the apartments. >> look at that. how many times in director life will you have an opportunity to wake up in the morning and have the pacific ocean gist cbsing at your feet? >> all that is slept are piles of wood, plastic and appliance, a building that ever sentally lost its battle against neighbor. >> been here since they had 30-40 more' of cliff there. each year i have seen it go more and more. >> the building was red tagged six years ago because of the erosion of the cliffs along the avenue but official say they granted the demolition permit last week after a contractor cleared the building of asbestos, the work is being paid for by the prosecute owner. >> however, questions remain of what will happen next to the adjacent properties manage by a different owner would recently

declared bankruptcy. it was red tagged in 2010 but the city has approval to take emergency action if necessary. this building is teetering and some are hopeful it is not another six years. >> i tell my friends we are clinging to the edge of the continent by our fingertips. >> did you notice the heater kicking off last night? it is much colder outside this morning. look at the mid-to-upper 40s increase orinda, and union fremont and fremont and nearly 50 the rest of the east bay shoreline neighborhood and 53 at richmond and we have 51 in san francisco, 50 at pacifica and everyone else is in the 40s with pleasanton a cool 1309 at 41 and los gatos at 43 and napa is 42. now, at look at sfo where we may have delays later today when rain starts to roll in, and it will be high unless it rains on

top of you with mold matter, and air quality is if. rainfall intensity before the evening commute and it will be light. here is what is going to happen in the upper 50s to low 60s with the last push of wet weather, dry tomorrow, and a warm trend through the weekend and interest next week. i will show you how much warmer and hour by hour look at rain coming you. now, mass transit. frances? >> we are watching trains because of so many delays yesterday on ace train. train one is on time, with no delays on bart, but heads up tonight at 10:00 p.m., there will be 20-minute delays from south hayward to fremont because of the maintenance, also, dock maintenance is going on for thebly and gold, tiburon, san francisco ferries and bus bridge is in place. you may need extra time. matt keller said eastbound 580 with the new car pool lanes is delay free, 73 miles per hour, and what we are seeing is when slowing the usual slow and go at 20 miles per hour into the altamont pass so the drive time from tracy to dublin is still

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fire-nado sparked possibly by a land mower with high winds causing problems for the crews near kansas city. can you see the winds whipped it into a small tornado of flames. firefighters were able to get it under criminal. >> the f.b.i. tells abc7 that the agency has not ruled owe the possibility of a third militant was at citizen of the san bernardino shooting rampage with 14 killed and 20 wounded affluenza teen holiday party in december. yesterday, the fbi searched the home of the brother of farook, a shooter, and officials did not comment on the nature of the search. >> a lot people are tag about this, a louisiana sheriff is the latest social media star after in extremely blunt message to local gang members, captain higgi in whichs directed this to seven gang members of the gang who are at large. one if particular was singled out. >> you think men like these are

afraid of an unedge educated 125-pound punk like you that has never won a fair fight in your life and holds your gun side ways? i will meet you on solid ground any time any where, i will not wake away. >> he said that his men do dumbbell expresses with weights heavier than many of the suspects. >> if you look to replace your old wood burning fireplace, pollution regulators want to help. they are ready to offer home owners thousands of dollars to cover the cost of replacing old fireplaces with cleaner heating devices. the gold is to reduce wood smoke. $3 million is available this summer with details on how and when to apply for the program not announced yet. >> and el nino-influenced storm brought a last fresh snow to the sierra. this is the scene at donner lake with trucks stopped, traffic

creeping along in the snowy and slick conditions. further to the east the c.h.p. sent us these photos showing a police s.u.v. in deep snow there. and this shows a closeup of how snow packed the roads are right if you. the abc news app is the perfect way to keep tabs on the storm in real time with live doppler hd on the phone and see the storm moving into where you live. that is free app by enabling push alerts. >> people are excited about more snow and rain in the bay area. all the snow fall is measured at 8:30 each morning and jumps 3 percent from wednesday into thursday with heavy snow. we will get more snow today. about 2:00 to 8:00 so it could look like the pictures we saw. be careful. rain here from the same storm and in the northern part of sonoma, sprinkles for the commute, and there could be a few sprinkles elsewhere but the real deal will come in this afternoon and san jose, one of

the least likely areas to see the measurable rain, 280 and 17 is 46 degrees and partly cloudy sky and light showers and the cool of the afternoon temperatures today, dangerous surf, we have it right now and it will relax if you are headed to the beach to injury the warm weather it is fought this saturday or sunday and dry weather and warmer weather. storm impact scale is "1", light , to "3" severe and back to "1" light rain less than quarter of an inch and breezy conditions this morning into the afternoon. the dice surf until 8:00. you can see we have light showers across the north bay where they stay from 7:00 to possibly 9:00 and there could be a few sprinkles elsewhere. look at bigger green map at 9:00 in the north bay, yellows and oranges and it could be a pulse of moderate rain and notice that goes away at the storm moves into the heart of the bay in the afternoon hours and notice the shield itself starts to dissipate as it heads into the south bay during the evening hours.

that is why if you head out this morning, you will not need the umbrella, quarter inch of rain in santa rosa and .1" in san francisco. my seven-day outlook shows tomorrow we have temperatures in the 30s and 40s to start and end up in the mid-60s, close to average. 70 at the bay on sunday and low-to-mid 70s on sunday. spring is coming back. >> the remark is recovering from the early crash in walnut creek and this was on northbound 680 at olympic, cleared from the left lane. there was brief slow but now we are close to 70 miles per hour. slowing in the southbound direction, either, i will take you to a few camera shots and you can see and enjoy the friday "lite" traffic, san mateo bridge , westbound out of hayward into foster city across the span of 14 minutes and if you are head to the richmond and san rafael bridge not too many folks and to the toll plaza and up to

the lake tahoe area right now no chains are required but you will reasonable need them later on this afternoon if you are heading there this weekend. reggie? >> thank you. a new app hopes to give muni rider as better prediction when the next train or bus is arriving if san francisco. it is called swiftly launched yesterday. it will compete with muni's next bus that uses g.p.s. data on the buses and trains to predict when they will arrive. if you have cable you pay like this news the ftc voted to allow consumers to get cable tv using something other than a cable box. that means viewers could soon be able to get cable from apple tv boxes, google droid and roku when the technology catches up. a final vote is a few months away. wal-mart workers raising the minimum wage from $9 to $10 hour including some managers which is one of the largest ever

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light & fit feel free to enjoy. >> today's storm is level "1" so light rain. keep the umbrella handy and drive safely. track the storm on the news app. you can download it now. >> 5:22. here's the seven things you need to know before you go. mike? >> winter is coming back this afternoon with a chance of light showers. i will give you the hour by hour look at that and the dry and warm weather that will take over this weekend and interest next week. >> a public memorial is held this morning in richmond nor police officer gus vegas who was killed last week in a domestic dispute at the richmond memorial auditorium at 10:00 a.m. >> berkeley police believe that this man caught on surveillance video is a suspect in three recent sexual assaults near campus. all three victims were asian women walking home alone.

>> traffic is friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza and look out for heavy traffic in san francisco tomorrow evening for the chinese new year parade. elsewhere we are looking good around the bay area. >> five, good news if you drive 580 in the east bay, the new eastbound lanes through dublin and pleasanton and livermore require the use of a new fast track toll rag so you can use for free. abig yahoo news the company has formed an independent committee to explore strategic alternatives. yahoo said it will determine if proposal are in the best interest of the company as they try to recover. >> valentine the baby colt rescued from a fremont ravine is closer to fining a forever home. the owner came forward and signed custody of the comet to o -- of the cold to the city. >> ethan couch is heading back to court, the affluenza teen. the judge will decide if he is tried as an adult.

if the case is transferred, he is assigned a new judge who set the terms of the ability -- adult probation when he turns 19. he received probation for killing four people after being argued he was coddled by his parents. he took off to mexico with his mother and put his prohibition at risk by appearing on video at a party the. >> bill cosby is demanding money from the woman whose accusations led to the only criminal chances file against him accusing her of breach of contract. he said a 2006 lawsuit barred her from voluntarily discussing the case with law enforcements. she met with the police in philadelphia as they re-opened the case. he wants her to pay back what he gave her in the settlement. >> if you own a drone, listen up, time is ticking. you have until 8:59 to register your drop with the f.a.a. and avoid huge fines. anyone 13 are older with a drone is required to register.

the fee is only 5. the poll started in response to safety and privacy concerns as drones become more popular. >> health news nor all of the men out there, new research is out on the effectiveness of testosterone as we age. researchers found that men 65 and older supplied with testosterone gel found modest improvement in sex lives, and strength and mood. this is encouraging but abc7 chief health and medical editor said there are risks. >> there have been other studies raising concern of heart attack, stroke, and prostate cancer, and this study was only a year so it is not able to answer the question, if it works is it truly safe? we need longer studies to address. >> only men with extreme locos toss drone were -- low space testosterone were part of the constituted didn't.

>> and look at this, 43 at 20' tall saved from a presidential museum that closed in 2010 and money is being raised to restore the sculptures. >> the philadelphia police department has a solution to kanye west's $53 million debt problem. >> put on a badge sending out a tweet. we are hiring kanye west you can be debt free by the year 3122. yes, it would take a thousand years fore west to pay off his death under the department's starting salary. officer scan area. >> doesn't look bad. >> we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including a police officer fired after a social media rant and know has his job back. the reason he is being allowed to return to work. >> a terrifying helicopter crash caught on camera in hawaii and a redwood city man was able to redwood city man was able to help the victims

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, happy friday. we will close the week out right. i am natasha zouves. >> i hope so. i am reggie aqui. it is friday, february 19. over to meteorologist mike nicco with more rain. >> good morning, everyone. light showers showing up north of live doppler hd and it is show up to ukiah. the rest of us we have to wait until the morning in the north bay and the afternoon around the bay and evening in the south bay. you can see how clear it is this morning and cooler at 40 to 50 and 12 how day planner light rain in the not bay and mid-to-upper 50s at noon and rain in the heart of the bay,

mid-50s to upper 50s at 4:00 and a sprinkle possible in the south bay by 7:00. frances? >> a crash out there and not even slowing you down, and this is in walnut creek, north 680, at olympic, and the right lane could still be blocked but traffic is flowing well southbound looking good, too, and how good is it? in san rafael, southbound, it is fine, and 101 in the north bay, 101 all the bay to the south bay and also northbound 101, just under 880. we will check the bay bridge toll plaza next which is getting crowded. >> richmond police officer gus vegas will be laid to rest today after he was shot and killed if his home last week. last night the family said he would have been bowled over by the outpouring of love from the community. amy hollyfield is in richmond with the good buy. amy? >> they have picked this large lovely building for the public memorial service the richmond people auditorium next to city

hall. in the city where the officer served as a police officer. he lived in vallejo where friends and families gathered last night. he worked for the richmond police department for 15 years. the only thing he loved more than be a police officer was his family. his lord ones say the support from the community is helping them get through the sad time and they manage that he would have been flattered by all of the attention. >> we are laughing because his picture and three is looking back smiling and we said, he is probably thinking, all of this for me? that is how he was. >> the officer is survived by his wife, ten kids and 20 grandkids and shot to death in his home. the man charged in the murder is the father of one of his grandchildren. richmond police officers will escort his body from the vallejo funeral home to richmond starting at 10:00 a. if you are

going to be here this morning, they recommend you get here early because parking is almost ed. >> thank you, amy. c.h.p. is expecting delays along the 16-mile procession route between richmond and vallejo and it will run from vallejo to westbound 780 and westbound 80 to richmond and over the richmond memorial ought term. the public memorial begins at 10:00 a.m. and as we mentioned if you would like to attend, you are urged to get to the richmond memorial auditorium early because parking is limited. the memorial for the officer is follow by a private burial. >> berkeley police need your help to get this man off the street. he is not caughted after attacking three women. the image was captured on video. >> police are hoping by releasing this surveillance video they will be able to identify the attacker and make an arrest.

look at suspect: he is described as african men or east indian man with curly hair or dreadlocks. in his 20s. surveillance video captured him as he was being chased by one of his victims, the unit two parking lot at uc berkeley. the victims reporting being grabbed and pushed to the ground before being sexually assaulted. the three victims are asian students walking him alone near people's park and the william had never seen the suspect before. >> we do believe that these are all connect asked this is why we sent out the community alert. >> for your safety police say be aware of your surroundings, travel in well lit areas and walk with a friend. if you want to see the surveillance video or share it with a friend head to our abc7news.com. john it, an update to the agree news we brought you at 4:30. >> at least 30 members of isis have been killed in libya this

morning following an airstrike by american war planes. the airstrike hit an islamic training catch believed linked to two terrorist attacks in too any is -- tunisia. the target was the man who land them and he was likely killed. you can follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. another store, a store in walnut creek will be closed today and this is why. the driver of this s.u.v. slammed into the awning in front of the store last night and it took out some support booms. that s.u.v. now is the only thing that is holding up the awning. firefighters and contractors sured it up to try to stop it from. coming down completebly. no one was hurt. >> a federal soft gator is headed to pearl harbor to figure out what happened here. we will loop this so you can see the helicopter crash. you have to check this out showing the moment a tour helicopter carrying five people crashed into pearl harbor in

hawaii. a family four was on board. it happened yesterday near the uss arizona memorial as the sight see others watched in horror and a few jump into the water to help including a man visiting from redwood city. >> two people jumped down and i jumped in and there were three people in the water, this was a woman in the water, not hurt. >> we want to know what happened to the people? we know a 15 year old boy was critically injured. people there say he was trapped underwater for several minutes until a man cut him out of the seatbelt. two adults were rushed to a nearby hospital. they are now stable. the other member has been released from the hospital. the pilot was treat the add the scene. >> alpine meadows will open after being forced to cosy because of high wind, snow, and three avalanches. one of the after launch pushed a bus into the garage door and

another trapped three employees inside the car while open way to work. fortunately, no one was hurt. but alpine meadows was closed for several hours. a woman who lived 50' away from the first after launch slept right through it. >> i missed all of the excitement but as long as fin was hurt that is all that matters. >> the thursday storm dropped 2' of snow on the slopes. >> a san jose police officer fired after threatening black lives matter protesters is getting the job back after appealing the firing. he will be assigned to a desk job. in december of 2014, white tweeted "threaten me or my family and i use my god given and law appointed right and duty do skill you." a heard of group who called for removal calls the conduct outrageous. >> he is toxic to this department. had department has enough other issues going on than having him

on the job is a black eye for the department. >> as for the police yawn the president said that it is our hope that the office tensive social media comments at the center of the personnel action are never repeated. >> right new police in east palo alto are asking for your help to find a teen would could be in trouble. on saturday, 15-year-old was dropped off at a petaluma target shopping center so she could spend time with her boyfriend, her family has not seen her since, the police discovered the boyfriend, 19-year-old andrew new man was convicted on domestic violence and false imprisonment two years ago. he cut off king bracelet he was ordered to wear. the family is concerned because she is without modification she needs to take. the couple are in a 1998 green volvo with license plate on the scene 3-w-p-d421. >> facebook and twitter are joining google in backing apple in the phone battle with the

f.b.i., the government wants apple to create software that will give investigators access to an iphone that belongs to a san bernardino shooter. the c.e.o. tim cook will fight the order saying he would degrade security and make users more vulnerable to spies and cyber thieves. in statement, facebook said it will file aggressively against requirements. companies would weaken security of their system. twitter c.e.o. tweets "we stand with tim cook and apple and thank him for his leadership." the developer of the first commercial antivirus program said he can encrypt the information in three weeks and he will do it for free. he said that if he and his people can not accomplish that, he will eat his shoe live on national tv. >> east bay drivers, new express lanes are now open in alameda county. the lanes run in both direction between dublin/pleasanton and livermore and the eastbound lane just opened this morning, but

the westbound lane will open on monday. we will give you a look atism right now the lanes do require the use of a new fast track toll tag, with solo drivers having to pay up to $13. the new fast track trans lets officials know how many are allowed in the car. if you cheat you could be charged more than $500. >> it is hard to get out from the covers to morning? it is cooler. american condition beyond, napa, santa rosa at 42, a few 50s, 52 in san rafael and tiburon and right now, 15 in alameda and san francisco and 69 in daly city and 50 and redwood city is 50 the upper 40s around san carlos and newark and san jose at politicians and san ramon, 40 degrees and a cool spot. if you are doing the outdoor activity today, sailing is not great because it will be wet. running, best do it this morning because of wet weather this

afternoon. same if you walk the dog. walnut creek is partly cloudy right now at 43 degrees and southbound 680, as we head through the morning hours northbound bay is rain, and the rest of us get it to a lighter extent as we head into the afternoon and early evening. the temperatures are below average, upper 50s to low 60s and tomorrow we have high clouds and sun and low-to-mid 60s and check out the 70's coming in the forecast on sunday. we have a few issues at our cost this afternoon and hour by hour look at our rain next. frances? >> yes, we are getting a few calls sent to the c.h.p. of the new accident in the antibay 580 on the connection to 680. we will let you know when we find out and bay bridge toll plaza with metering lights is backed up to the 880 evercrossing and hoping it would be lighter than that for friday but there is a delay. san mateo bridge, westbound traffic is on the right, fine, out of hayward and mass transit, bart recording no delays and they still using because bridge

for the tick republican san francisco ferry and ace train, well, one to three minutes late. >> we will take 1-3 minutes late compared to yesterday. getting towed is bad enough but finding out how much you have to pay to get it back is worse. you could get a break in a city. >> we are 24 hours away from the start of voting that will shake up the race for the white house the lot minute appeal to those the lot minute appeal to those who

>> the abc7 storm impact scale is level "1" which means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. los altoses antioch, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. there is nothing pleasant about getting your car towed but if it happens in san francisco you will get a break. starting april 1, tow fees are dropping $22 from the current dropping $22 from the current file of $500 -- price of tow company. >> probe is facing criticism for not attending the funeral of supreme court justice antonin scalia. the white house press secretary said the extensive presidential

security detail would be disruptive so instead president obama and the first lady will pay their respects today. we will bring you a look from the funeral home in fairfax, virginia, where the body resides. the casket will lead for the drive to the supreme court. justice scalia will lie in row pose in the graham with a private ceremony at 6:30 our time and then open to the public. a funeral mass will be held tomorrow morning. >> this only we hear from vice president biden who said it is very possible donald trump could win the g.o.p. nomination saying his ability to win should be taken seriously and he adds you will be surprised if donald trump actually won the general election. donald trump is facing a new fight a day best provide marries -- before the primaries in south carolina with the pop saying he is not a kristen on the flight back from mexico. last night on cnn anderson cooper asked about the war of

words with the holy father. >> a moment when you first saidt you note, maybe i will have to ask for, for giveness? >> look, look, no. i have a lot of respect for the pope but i would say he was much misinternetted. >> new poll shows donald trump's lead is shrinking in south carolina. the survey finds that donald trump was 28 percent of vote texas senator ted cruz at 23% 69 in january donald tru was ling points a neighborhd want to install an electric gate to security their complex. there were two senrs that were assaulted. a 70-year-old was attacked by three young men on super bowl weekend knocking him down and pump him in the face. that attack and anothe happened in a park out of the private community of 100es. they threatened to others.

[ inaudible fought lock it up. you can come in but only people this have a right to be here. >> the city of jose is planning saying gates are not open under the reviewed plan approved five years ago but the planning manager said they could consider allowing the gate because the original request by the community cited traffic rather than claim concern. >> the warriors return from the all hard break in portland against the trail blazer practicing yesterday before flying on organize, they will try to extend the 11 game winning streak. though need to go 25-5 in the final 30 games to break the all-time record of 72 wins in a season. tip-off in portland is at 7:00 people tonight and tomorrow they take on the clippers. you can see it here. all the coverage starts at 5:00 p.m., with tip-off at 5:30. >> good news for "good morning america" fans we know when gin

december zse will return march 14 in the studio. look at this little guy, adrian, she and her husband had him in december he is two months old, happy birthday, and show said he has gained a pound a week and wait until you hear the hilarious response of how fatherhood is taking a toll toln ben starting here at 7:00 a.m. >> >> now we have a few issues, maybe a little ugly at the beach this morning. >> ugly thing to talk about, so we have attractive from ginger and ugly from mike nicco. >> high wind advisory until 8:00 a.m. and the swells are 12-15' and rip currents are possible.

after 8:00 today they will taper and you can enjoy the warm sunshine. a few light showers around cloverdale and lakeport and clear lake. you can see healthy looking storms moving down on crescent city. this is the storm that will head to us. mostly in the afternoon and evening. the north bay it will get to you in the morning hours. after the 9:00 hour. from emeryville you can see how clear it is. a weak system, light rains continued dry weather and warm are than average but we are not quite to records. the storm impact scale is from severe "5" and no major "4" but a couple of "3" and here is how it plays off from 5:00 this morning until 7:00 scattered showers. 9:00, steady rain, to noon, and until 4:00 it falls apart as it

heads into the south bay in the evening and my rainfall totals possibly .25" in santa rosa and a couple hundredths on the peninsula. my seven-day forecast shows tomorrow back to average after the 30s and 40's and 70s an the bay and sunday the rest of us monday through thursday. frances? >> an accident in the dublin entrepreneur. c.h.p. arrived. this is westbound 580 to southbound 680. a three car crash is blocking the connection. the backup is starting to show up in the traffic sensor. 18 miles per hour. 33 miles per hour. we will see what the drive time is westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 34 minutes. that is growing. if you are head southbound dublin to mission boulevard in fremont locking if through the sunol grade at 16 pents. the early crash northbound 680 near 24 is cleared and southbound is fine. through walnut creek. approaching 24. guys? >> michael finney has important information for anyone trying to

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>> parent, how many would go notes if your child showed this video? a high school student in houston shot it on the cell phone last week. see how close the train came to crashing into the school bus. the driver stopped and was on the tracks and the children began yelling and screaming for the driver to move up. force hit driver did move up. and barely missed the train by

literally inches. many students complained to the parents what took under the she with the school, and the driver is no longer working for the school district. >> new technology is promising to make your drive smoother. ford is showing east pothole protection technology on the 2017 fusion sports sedan, saying the shock absorber system automatically stiffens when it detects a pot hole allowing the vehicle to be elevate asked coast on, rather than drop into the hole. ford said the fusion is the first mid-sized car in the price range that offers that feature. >> i need that. and i needed this, baby horse rescued in a ravine is getting closer to fining a forever home. how cute is this? the fremont police put the photos online of valentine doing well and you can tell he loves the stuffed animal. the owner came forward and signed over custody to the city.

we have been following valentine's progress. for more individual reand pictures and how to help, go to abc7news.com. >> baby horse, dollmation puppy -- israelmation pupp -- dalmatian puppy. >> year of the monkey? chinese new year parade is tomorrow and it will be in the upper 50s at 5:00 and mid-50s bit end at 8:00. here is what will happen today, 82 at palm springs and upper 60s in southern california, showers north of sacramento and snow in the sierra, and we have a winter weather advisory starting at 2:00, to 8:00 with the western slopes and you could need the chains with 2-4" of snow. my sent seven for lake tahoe it is the only day with snow and it will be warmer-than-average start on sunday. frances? >> we will check out the bay bridge toll plaza and metering lights were turned on at 5:30 so it is backed up now beyond the 880 overcrossing.

heavy. hoping for something lighter. if san jose, northbound 280 fine, we have not had too many slow downs in the north bay or the south bay but we are keeping an eye on the drive time westbound 580 from tracy to dublin at 34 members and it was go toking be worse but the usually trash is yeared with bart reporting no delays. there is a bus bridge for the tiburon and san francisco ferry and ace train is only two minutes late. >> a rare baby dolphin in argentina is dead after beachgoers took it out of the water and took selfies with it and continued it do so a it died. it happened early this month a man is taking the baby out of the water and letting people poke it of the river various ride the smaller species of dolphin, experts say it appears the baby overheated while out of the water and the whole crowd is getting eviscerated online.

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(vo) you can check on them. you can worry about them. you can even choose a car for them. (mom) honey, are you ok? (child) i'm ok. (announcer vo) love. (mom) we're ok. (announcer vo) it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> happening right now big changes to the drive along part of interrogate -- interstate 580

with new express lanes. >> good morning, guys i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. >> it is friday! we tack about the commute in a second but first, mike nicco is tracking the rain headed to the bay area. all the key is it is heading here but not here. the commute is dry. a few sprinkles around clear lake and the next three hours you can see the steady rain is getting into mendocino county but it will not be into the north bay until 9:00. the rest of us this afternoon. you can see in the day planner, clouds this morning and cooler conditions, 40s and nearly 50, and circuit at noon and upper 60s at 4:00, and you could not need an umbrella at 6:00. >> ran says? -- frances? >> a shot of westbound on the right beyond the toll plaza, a little bit of slowing, under the speed limit on southbound 80 through hayward, but, that is it. here is the golden gate bridge traffic is light out of marin