live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 5 o'clock a.m. i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. >> we are halfway through the week. second day of march. right to a quick check of the wet with changes. >> hopefully you know where the umbrella is. you may want to knock off the dust. also, live doppler hd is showing high clouds with purchase -- patchy fog.

today, we are mild this morning especially across the north bay at 44 to 54. 62 to 70. the fog is fading to high clouds and sun. thick are clouded by 4:00. by 7:00 we have the rain moving in the north bay. sue? >> a look at san jose, if your travels take you highway 87 beyond the s.a.p. center and julian street off-ramp you are in good ship. no problems here. headlights headed northbound. golden gate bridge shows the barrier mover and zipper truck moving the barrier so you have four lanes in the southbound direction. fog free and if you are headed through the robin williams tunnel, it is official now. the drive times coming up. >> pretty cool, sue. we all could be doing thing that tip-off thieves to target our car. a warning to drivers in a county about burglars targeting you long before you could specific.

>> our reporter is in san carlos with what you need to do. matt? >> here is the problem. you go to the car, put in a bag, a coat over it and think you are hiding it but the bad give is actually watching you and when you leave they steal your stuff. this is happening here in san carlos and many other communities in san mateo. most of the incidents are between 5:00 and 8:00 at night. victims put their purse or wallet or brief case or lug am under a seat or coat threing laptops or electronic devices in plain you have or putting shopping bags if their car and then return to shopping. this is happening buy the thieves are packed in the parking lot and being people as they exit the vehicle. do not leave anything of value in your car if you areshipping. put packages in the vehicle, drove off and find another place to park. in you see anything suspicious,

call police. >> thank you, matt. the biggest test in the presidential race before the election did future town up man surprises. >> hillary clinton and donald trump have solidified their march to the democratic and republican nomination. it was a very super tuesday for hillary clinton. the former secretary of state, senator and first lady won alabama, arkansas georgia, tennessee, texas, virginia and mis-- mismass, bernie sanders won colorado, mismass, and vermont. >> it was a good super tuesday for donald trump cleaning up: alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, virginia and vermont all went for the again front runner. texas increase cruz won the home state along with oklahoma. florida senator marco rubio scored his first win of the my -- primary sent winning minnesota. >> trump said his focus going forward is clinton. no one said they will be

dropping out of the race despite the super tuesday results. next up in the going race, caucuses in maine, kentucky and kansas and a primary in louisiana on saturday. but florida in two weeks is what a lot of waiting for. >> democrat national convention and bernie sanders are looking to weekend caucuses and the showdowns are in kansas, nebraska, and maine along with the primary in louisiana. >> clinton supporters are happy with the win. republicans in san francisco watched the going fold continue to narrow. >> it will be interesting to see when, perhaps, carson and kasich drop out where their support will go. >> pros and cons for everyone but i will support our party nominee. >> california voters have to keep waiting because as you know june 5th is our primary and in some ways we are the afterthought. >> astronaut scott kelly is on the way back to houston after a year in space. the in six far from -- the

mission is far from over. it is significant that mark has a twin brother. >> absolutely. overnight scott kelly returned to earth with thumb's up and despite the freezing weather he said that the fresh air felt "great." he now is en route to houston to reunite with his children, girl and begin brother tonight. mark kelly has had the same series of testifies on earth as scott kelly performed on space and now nasa will compare their health to determine what zero gravity does to the human bed over the long long -- body overg term. ness calls it a significant step to a mission to we mars while in space scott shared observations with the world. he tweeted a thousand figures from the international space station, had the first lettuce grown in space and ran experiments on everything from robots to rodents. >> leaving the amazing facility because i will probably never

see it again. >> what do you want to do now? >> he cannot wait to get home and jump in his pool. >> scientists plan to collect post flight medical data on both scott and mark, his brother, for up to a year. >> on east coast, crews are working as we speak to contain an ethanol leak after a freight train derailment in new york on lake erie. the tanker is intact but it is leaking. crews say they have the situation "contained." homes have been evacuated. others have been told to "shelter in place." we will monday for the story on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> a high school could ditch mascot because some say it is rooted in racism. our media partner reports that the debate surrounding this mascot called colonel r-e-b

which is redrawn. he was dressed in all white when the school decorateed campus with confederate flags. in the 1990s he was changed but some say that is not enough. it is still offensive and the school board is deciding. >> a new top cop in san jose this morning. we were at san jose city hall as the city manager swore in the police chief garcia as the interim chief for two months after the departure of chief in january. he thank his family and made a few jokes directed at his kids. >> madison, just so you know this is just an el will be rat plan to make sure that every boy knows what your dad does. >> cheffer. saying, boys don't mess with the chief. the chief started woring with the police department in 1992. >> in santa clara county, chances are you get your

drinking water delivered through a huge my line and the pipe line need as major fix. silicon valley's largest water provider will have to spend at least $20 million to drain, test, and are pair the critical pipeline that runs through the county. it delivers up to 40% of the drinking water for two million people. it failed last summer and may have more hidden problems. the water district is now launching a full inspection and repair plan for 31 miles of the pipeline. >> disappointing results from tallying the snow pack, the sierra snow pack is 83% of normal levels with record breaking warm temperatures and a dry february ate away at what was a well above normal snow mack. it provides a third of the california water. >> the big question, will we have a good march? >> i think is, absolutely, but just how warm will it be and snow vs. rain?

it look like a lot rain to lake tahoe and changing to snow. 45 in woodside and menlo park and palo alto at 47 and 48 and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50s on the peninsula and east bay shoreline down to 50 in los gatos and 45 in livermore and concord and antioch at 52 and half moon bay at 46, and napa, 48, but mid-50s, santa rosa. no fog around santa rosa with the thickest in napa. high tree pollen but everyone else is okay. a look at 280 and 17, no fog in the south bay temperatures in the mid-60s to low 70s and when we get tonight through tomorrow morning steady rain, showers for thursday, and friday afternoon and more rain coming in the weekend forecast. sue? >> yes, i will go to the san mateo bridge a clear shot, direct from hayward to foster city with the flat section holding westbound to the high-rise to tell -- toll plaza

at 14-15 minutes. green is good. the road sensors show no major slow downs and northbound 680 between pleasanton and walnut creek will be picked up at any time and we come back with the north bay commute in a few minutes. >> more trouble for bay area entrepreneur is ordered to pay the driver a small nor tune. >> the key to the fight could be driverless cars, but are driverless cars, but are machines ready to give u

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fremont, appeal, north and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. bay. >> this ship cannot get a break. a storm battered cruise ship back in new jersey after another squall and a neurovirus outbreak cut short the providing a. anthem of the seas reached the home port this morning. it departed two weeks ago for a telephone day drip to the eastern caribbean and return on friday but, instead they are back two days early the ship that had the big problems at sea with the huge storm and had to turn back the first time. >> former san francisco tech company c.e.o. convicted of domestic violence has been ordered to pay the former chauffeur nearly 500,000. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the labor commissioner stayed the 33-year-old will have to pay the driver for a c.e.o.'s worth of work. he originally faceed 45 felony counts for beating his

girlfriend but pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges in 2014. he now is serving three years probation. >> most americans still have doubts about the driverless cars. a survey conducted by aaa found 75% would not feel safe in the cars. the same survey did give advocates a reason to be hopeful: 60% like features in sell driving cars such as automatic braking and self parking. supporters say the self-driving cars are safer than cars with driving because they can not get distracted or drive while tired or impaired. >> today is "read across america day," celebrated each year march 2nd the birthday of dr. seuss. this is video of the first lady reading "cat in the hat," and created bit national education association. the goal is to encourage children and teens to pick up the old fashioned books and read. >> just read.

>> i take that advice. >> it has been a while. >> we are addicted to the screen. >> it is hard to not go outside and do stuff because of the sun. >> but now wet weather...plenty of excuses to curl up with a book and hot chocolate. it will be colder by sunday with snow levels around 4,000' so winter is coming back. but it is quiet. on live doppler hd we have fog. a few high clouds. from the exploritorium you can see pier 15 at the embarcardero it is taken "beverly it morning fog. partly sunny and dry. tomorrow, it will be raining and we will be here to get you through the commute. thursday through sunday we have a chance of rain. with the heaviest rain coming this on saturday and sunday. the timing is not great but we need it. look at our storm impact scale from "1" light to "3" severe, and how much to expect, the

storm will be light with rainfall amounts less than 1" and the winds are not afactor. at 5:00 this evening, the increase in clouds and the dry commute is by 9:00 light-to-moderate rain moving in to the north bay and notice the yellows are hang and longer than yesterday and as the case yesterday the latest computer models have juiced up the storm and you can see by 4:00 all of us are wet and by 7:00, half of the bay is wet and the northern half is getting scattered showers and residual moisture on the road and by 9:00 we are transitioning over to scattered showers isolated by the time we get to afternoon. .25" possible in the south bay and 456 an inch in the bay and three-quarters in the north bay. my seven-day forecast shows scattered afternoon showers on thursday, and rain rolls in on friday and it is heavy on saturday with thunderstorms possible on sunday. >> sue? >> the commute is slow. if you drive out of the central valley. from tracy to dublin a moderate

drive of 38 minutes. highway 4 is not bad. antioch to concord under 20 minutes and if you drive from san rafael to the city you are looking good. walnut creek southbound 680 beyond north plain to the 24 junction from highway 4 to highway 24 southbound you are looking at eight minutes, fought bad. san rafael, southbound 101 leaving novato beyond the civic center to central san rafael all the way to san francisco looking from novato at 22 minutes to get across the golden gate bridge with roadways relatively clear. back if a little bit with a ramp closure in the fremont area. >> this is a moment, everyone, the caption on the "sports illustrated" cover featuring warriors draymond green, steph curry and klay thompson. the magazine released the video of three having fun during the photo shoot. the article provided an inside look into the unique team

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us or headed out the door here the seven things you need to know. we have rain. >> it is approaching. it will not be until tonight. we have light-to-moderate rain. this is just the first storm. a stormy weekend is on the way. with thunder. hail. gusty winds and maybe flooding. all details coming up. >> two, following the-day wednesday morning commute it is light at the bay bridge toll plaza with 15 minute drive into san francisco from golden gate field. if you are approaching the dumbarton bridge we have closure you need to know about. >> pan accused of killing a richmond police officer in his vallejo home last month and expected to be formally charged with murder today. 30 contrary old robert vega is acan youd of gun down officer gust ve ga s, his son's grandfather. >> the park voted to close the chabot gun club because taxpayers will be stuck paying

millions to clean up lead pollution. the on are has a career to close -- a year to close it down. >> hillary clinton and toronto maple leafs -- donald trump are closer to the party's nomination wrapping up big names from the deep south and new england on super tuesday. >> astronaut scott keller is back onth after a year in space. he now is en route to houston where he will reunite with family and friends. >> if you like netflix and instagram, this could be the perfect job for you, looking for masters to visit tv and movie sets in europe document them in instagram photos you are pay $4,000 for two week of work, expensives are all paid, and we have a link on abc7news.com. stay tuned. thattor. >> kidnapping survivor duggard will are a new memoir "the book

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abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> a passive earthquake just hit near sumatra island. we have the epicenter here, a relative report is saying that the earthquake is a 7.9 earthquake.

all the most important thing is, the possibility of a tsunami. there is a tsunami wanting for the area in sumatra, 7.9 earthquake that struck off the west coast of the indodesian island. >> people all over social media saying they felt that on the island and in this area is we will continue to bring you updates true the store as we get them in. also, make sure to physical us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> we will toen with local news and get over to meteorologist mike nicco because we have weather in our area. >> yes, the first is fog. it is thickest at the reporting station in napa at quarter-mile, but there is false elsewhere as we can see from the exploritorium at pier 15 take over san francisco. temperatures are mild this morning at mid-50s to mid-50s in the 2012 and we will be 62 at the coast and mid-60s to 70 forest us, and high clouds increasing as the fog fades away. we will be in the 60s this afternoon, dry through 7:00. at 9:00 the rain will be here.

sue? well look at the east shore freeway getting busy. if director plans take i through the richmond and emeryville and berkeley and golden gate field to the toll plaza we have ten-minute delay as it slows down on macarthur maze. we have green, pretty good and slow traffic from the central valley and if you are coming highway 84 we have a ramp closure, 84 at 880 so take the parkway to get around to the dumbarton bridge closed million 6:00. we will check the metering lights of the bay bridge if a bit. >> this morning, a lot of chatter and hard feelings after a castro valley gun range is ordered to shut down. the east bay regional park district said they have millions of reasons it cannot keep the place open. amy hollyfield is near lake chabot with the decision. >> todaying be a different day at the gun club, probably

sentimental knowing it is now going to shut down. members tried hard to save it. look at the town out that showed up at the meeting. supporters trying to fight for the clip but the regional park district board said they needed to be closed because of the contamination from the lead. you would think it was a victory for environmentalists but they were not happy because the board is giving the club a year to shut down. >> we are a public agency and supposed to be stewards of the land. we are letting lead continue to go and the environment. all the board vote the unanimously to close the chabot gun club. it has been here 50 years. many said this is more than a place to shoot guns. it and a community. the board said it wrote be too expensive to keep the lead out of the soil and the water. >> interesting story. >> hillary clinton and donald trump are a step closer to their

party's presidential nomination coming off commanding super tuesday wins. our correspondent is in washington, dc, to break down all of the action. >> good morning, natasha. this super tuesday the results are in. ted cruz has won three states. bernie sanders won four states. but the victor, really, is hillary clinton and donald trump, each carrying seven states. >> thank you all so much. what a super tuesday. >> with these super tuesday rules it look increasingly likely that the november election will be a matchup of hillary clinton and donald trump >> i will go after one person. that is hillary clinton. >> clinton marching forward on a clear path to the party nomination keeping one eye on her democratic competitor, bernie sanders, with won vermont, oakland athletics -- oklahoma and minnesota but

already taking on trump. >> america never stopped being great. >> on republican side, ted cruz won the home state of texas and oklahoma. >> thank you. thank you. >> marco rubio won the first state, minnesota. ensuring race for the g.o.p. nomination will stretch on. but the night belonged to trump. he was a bit more gracious to the competitors than recently. >> i congratulate ted on the winning of the texas. he work hard on it. and i know it was a very tough night for marco rubio but he had a tough night but he worked hard. >> cruz feeling victorious with his texas win urged voters to think of this now as a two man race. >> at the race remains divideed. donald's path to the nomination is more likely. >> ted cruz really hoping that the fellow inares will drop out of the race and unite behind him to defeat donald trump. so far county no one is interested in taking him up on

that offer. it look like there is a possibility we could head into a brokered convention on republican side. >> thank you, natasha. >> it is estimated that clinton has 1,09 delegates including 42357 super delegates who are not bound by the popular vote, senator bernie sanders has 376 degrees including 22 super delegates and roughly 2,400 are needed to win the nomination. more than 4,700 are still up for grabs. moving to the republican side, trump now has 279 delegates and senator ted cruz is secretary with 155 degrees and marco rubio has 82 delegates. more than 1,200 are needed to win the nomination and nearly 2,500 are sometime available -- still available. >> "politico" reporter said the republican establishment is now in a panic mode saying that

trump's success could break the party apart. the party and the voters are at odds. >> a last major republican donors and leaders are in a panic tonight. wondering if they should stick with this guy, fight him, or whether they have to accept the will of the voters who are at this point very far away from what the republican party stands for. >> on the democratic side, clinton could have more delegates right new but bernie sanders has awakened a new generation of democratic voters and said eventually clinton is going to be grateful for that. >> we have complete super tuesday limits and reaction on abc7news.com. >> closer to home, the san jose city council member wants voter in the south bay to give a almost motion, he run for the 17th congressional district seat held by fellow democrat mike honda, after spending nine

years on the san jose city council. he said voters need an alternative. >> the man accused of shooting and killing a richmond police officer inside the officer's vallejo home is expected to be formally charged. 30 year old robert vega appeared on murder charges two weeks ago. vega is the father of officer gust vegas' six-year-old grandson, saying he was lick a member of the family and called officer vegas "dad." >> new detail on a fight club inside the san francisco jail. a lawyer is arguing that the "fights," everyone so inmates could let off steam. the prosecutors say the three forced inmates to fight each other and all three turned themselves in. one is accused of preparing the inmates for the fight saying and

i quote, "deputy allow two inmates to wrestle to settle a minor dispute, in retrospect he should not have, they were incarcerated career criminals he allowed to let off steam." >> we know a bed found near bodega bay two days ago is a missing santa rosa attorney. the coroner has identified the remains as "steven mitchell." he was reported missing by his wife the day before valentine's day and investigators do not believe he was the victim of foul play and the coroner is new working to determine how he died >> this is the man searchers are looking for at half moon bay, 25-year-old michael dwyer's family reported him missing when three did not come home from brisbane at the beach. crews were with the sheriff at the beach yesterday. the jeep was found at a nearby beep. >> san francisco supervisors join forces with angry dog

owners to fight the national park service. we were at city hall as the supervisors rallied outside. park leaders want to limit dog areas in the recreation area saying it will make the place more accessible for non-dog people. that includes crissy field and ocean beach. >> they have come out and said, we are go diagnosis have more areas where you have to keep the dogs onleash something that would be acceptable, but, they did not do that. >> do you have something to say bout this, the national park service is still accepting public comment and they will do that through the end of may and a decision is expected by the end of the year. >> use coming up on 5:40 and the east bay shoreline temperatures, show we are starting off at fremont at 50, all the way up to san leandro at 57, and inland, castro valley, cooler at 49 and you will find the fog around there, especially orinda with musten at 47,ism at 45 account

50s around brentwood and antioch and concord up and down the bayshore to san jose, and 47 in los gatos and pacifica at 54. a mild start and if you are doing the garden, today is the last dry days and same with hiking and mild conditions. this worries for walking the dog. here we go with san rafael, some of that fog is leaking out of the napa valley over toward you and it will be thicker the next couple of hours so be careful. upper sin to mid-70s with increasing clouds, and rain tomorrow morning, showers in the afternoon, more showers on friday evening and a stormy weekend coming up in my seven-day outlook. how is the commute? sue? >> in certain areas, yes and no, we go both way with the meters lights at 5:29, so traffic here is stacked up toward the macarthur maze and just under 20 minutes from give give to -- from golden gate field to san francisco. across the waldo grade, we have four lanes in the southbound direction.

they are moving at the limit. a problem spot for you is at san jose 280 southbound apparently three cars involved in an accident here with debris all over lanes and two of the cars are on fire so emergency crews are trying to head there expect delays southbound. this and more in the next report. >> a driver causes a big mess at an east bay shopping center, and what to expect today if you are headed there to shop. >> the supreme court is hours away from taking up the biggest away from taking up the biggest abortion case in nearly a

>> novato, oakland, sunnyvale, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> watch closely if the commute takes you across the golden gate bridge keep an eye out for that green sign. the tunnel is now officially the robin williams tunnel renamed north of the golden gate bridge. the state legislature approved the name containing last summer to on the late comedian who lived in marin county. supporters raised $3,000 to put signs on both sides of the tunnels. >> a lot of love seeing the tribute. we do not love seeing this a car that plowed through a part of a panda express in walnut creek is getting towed away. we were over the scene of the

crash yesterday. a man was on the other side of the service door at panda express washing dishes when the car came through. he said an elderly driver andly wife, who by the way, are regular customers, got out of the car and looked like they were in shock. >> the woman was shaking. the old man is like, a little bit... >> the man was taken to the hospital as a precaution. two children were in the back of the car. they were not hurt. officials believe the driver accidentally hit the gas pedal rather than the brake. >> check out this reaction by a dump truck driver, it looks like a mess but it likely prevented a bigger disaster in oakland. reports say the truck lost its brakes coming down a steep hill on 73rd avenue year and veered the truck into the buses and a against and the front wheel came off before it collided with the s.u.v. no one was hurt. if the driver did not veer off the road she likely would have

run into homes or cars backed autopsy the intersection below. >> lawmakers want to require a lower alcohol limit for ron de-- ondemand drivers. .04 is their new .0 8 which would match commercial drivers. the bill will have to pass the senate and assembly before holding to the governor's desk. >> with the storms on the way here is a sign of what could be come: pg&e crews finished cutting up an uprooted pine tree last night which is precariously leaning over highway 116. the tree took down some power lines and the highway was closed in both directions for several hours. >> that is the down side of having the storms outside is we need the rain. >> we need the rain. at the of the weaker trees have been shaken out by early winds so hopefully we do not have issues but it is possible to have downed trees over the

weekend. good morning, everyone, a look at live doppler hd and over the next six hours there is a chance of sprinkles along the mendocino county coast. we are dealing with patchy fog and it is thick over the bay bridge as we hook from the east bay hills calculate a, the fog will give way to increasing highs and mid-level clouds as we are ready for the rain tonight and then the storm door opens and this weekend, likely a wash out. if you have outdoor plans have a backup inside and the storm impact scale, goes from "1" light to "5" severe. you can expect rainfall amounts to be more impressive but they are still in the light category for this storm because the winds are nonexistent. you can see the clouds increasing to the evening commute, a few showers are possible in the north bay before the steady and light-to-moderate rain around 10:00 and it looks like we are getting more rain, more yellows in there than what we saw yesterday as we head into tomorrow's commute with a little bit of clear on the back side with light showers across the

earth bay and while the steady showers will completely diminish by 9:00 and scattered showers at noon into the afternoon hours. rainfall amounts from .2" in the south bay to half an inch for the rest of us to three-quarters inch in the north bay. my seven-day forecast shows this is nothing compared to the moderate storm coming in for the weekend. sue? >> we will go to san rafael with a look southbound 101 tail lights beyond the civic center and to lincoln and central san rafael disappearing in the fog so heads up if you are traveling this morning. this is san jose 280 at the 17/880 overcrossing and north bound not too bad and southbound 280 in the cupertino and san jose area, here is what is going on, we have all lanes blocked, southbound 280 near the lawrence expressway. c.h.p. has issued a sig-alert with debris in the lanes fire is on the scene and we are sending sky 7 up to look at this crash. for now, you can use stevens

creek boulevard to get an it with no estimated time of opening again, southbound, 280 at lawrence expressway, a sig-alert in affect. we will check on this and check to see the bay bridge commute in a few. >> happening right now, the security will take up the biggest abortion case in nearly a carter century arounding a texas abortion law requiring two things, that $s have admitting privileges at local hospitals and, two, the clinics upgrade their facility to hospital-like standards. the supporters say it will protect women's health but some say it is a disguise and attempt to hamper rights to aobama administration willing massive rallies are outside the supreme court. if the supreme court lets the decision stand it will shut down all but ten abortion clinics in texas. >> we have a great update do share about the little horse that fell in a big way over valentine, this baby horse was stuck in a ravine and the rescuers named it valentine

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the abc news app on go on your schedule news that lives without -- where you live. >> two women from uc berkeley sharing their stories after taking the stage with lady gaga at sunday's oscars. ♪ you don't know >> anyone who saw even a moment of that performance knew how gripping it was for the audience in the theater and the home. uc berkeley students were behind lady gaga along with 50 others including a former cal student who was there. >> i did not expect so many people would be moved in the way they were. >> it was very emotional we were all holding each other's hands tightly and i was in teared before the curtain came up and we walked off stage, celebrities were standing to hug us.

>> lady gaga said she a sexual abuse survivor and other celebrities have now come out on social periodia to reveal their survival stories. >> good news if you love to send time along the sonoma county coast: fees will be a thing of the past rescinding the daily use teach in bodega and five public access points with money used to covert lost revenue. officials are increasing pressure on state foils to drop plans to charge fees at pore locations along the coast. >> now a check with sue and the sig-alert. >> yes in cupertino and san jose area, all lanes blocked southbound 280 multi-vehicle crash here and sky 7 is on the way with the sig-alert with debris not lane needing a kleinup so for now, southbound 280 at the expressway all lanes remain blocked.

the alternate is plan 85 depending where you are headed, so try to avoid this until we get further information. we will be back with an update on this and more in a few minutes. mike has the forecast. >> thank you. good morning, everyone, check out what a medium-range model is forecasting, each day starting tomorrow, through the 14th, almost 14 consecutive days, with rain. now, just one of the model guidantses, we will look at it but it is wet through monday. near record high at 58 in lake tahoe and 93 in palm springses and check out the dumping of snow coming to lake tahoe this weekend, up to 1-1.235' of and mother snow next week monday and tuesday. natasha? >> appreciate it. thank you. >> there is a warning of something that could be in your refrigerateor if you blot blue cheese at whole foods check the brand. the company is recalling maytag

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> glad you are with us at 6:00 a.m. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. wednesday, march 2nd. we have an incoming storm, but, first, sue has a traffic alert.

sue? >> yes. a sig-alert. in cupertino-san jose area. southbound 280. before the lawrence expressway. all lanes remain blocked. the accident involves three cars. fire and emergency cruise are on the scene. the purple means full lane closure to wolf road. there is a sig-alert. highway 85 will get you around this depending on the destination. we hopefully have that next report. right now, though, mike has the forecast. >> fog, too, thank you. it is patchy but it is very thick. half moon bay in napa up for quarter-mile so moving an the san pablo bay and highway 37 and 29 and 12. you can see on the roof camera the fog invading san francisco. 44-54 milder this morning. 12-hour day planner partly cloudy conditions. we transition to high clouds by noon. the clouds are