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wet wednesday, for sure, from alameda, san leandro and castro valley and hayward back to dublin on 580 across the san mateo bridge to san mateo from san carlos to redwood city, where our best radar returns are. you can see what it left behind over sfo where we will have flight arrival delays. temperatures are warmer this morning at 46 to 52. we will hang out in the mid-to-upper 50s by noon. most of us dry by 7:00. more rain is on way. >> in san jose, i want to tell you that ace train one is on time leaving stockton at time at 4:20 and headed for vasco. they expect to slow the trains through niles can corner so you could have delays in arrival but ought is looking good and on time. in san jose 280 at 880, that is looking great with no delays. southbound 80 toward 24 at the limit not a problem. we do have lingering road work,
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approaching the dumbarton bridge on 880, both eastbound and westbound 84 near thornton to 880 that will be picked up any time. well look at that and other incidents. highway wind on the bay bridge. more on that in a few. >> developing news on the peninsula, and it is gross. a neighborhood already stricken with raw sewage overflows backing up into people's homes now faces new problems. janet o is here with what neighbors are dealing with. >> good morning, this is something no home unwants do deal with, jason and his fell are staying as a hotel and he get a call of more flooding in his house. look at this new video, as city crews try to clear out the sewer line. he said the toy health overflowed and water could be seen in his garage. he said the to story house is just a mess, a sinky mess. the problem started on monday
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when homeowners say raw sewage spilled into their homes. a private contractor was fixing a private sewer line that conducts to the city line and forgot to put a cap back on which head to rocks and other debris coloring it. five homes as a result were flooded and the contractor himself, said he had 3" of water in the house and the ongoing swiss has just left him in disbelieve. >> never experienced this before. i ask people that work in the city before, they have never seen figure like this before. i talk to other people, other contractors, and this...it doesn't happen. >> right now, he is waiting as the private company vacuums the sue average out of the house. the company is parked outside his house at this hour he said he is just trying to enwhich up the mess so his family can get back in but does not know when that will happen. the company's sewer rat, they
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did the initial work, they have not commented on the situation despite the if county that the neighbors and even the city is pointing the finger at them as of now. >> and now, jacket, as we have reported ace train is back in service this morning following the monday's derailment. all ace train, 4:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the evening are expected to run traveling at reduced speed. agency officials say a mudslide pushed the tree on to the track causing the derailment. >> sheriff on the scene said it was a near miracle that no one was kill. four people were seriously injured in the derailment. a passenger decided to take a nap during the trip from santa clara to pleasanton and did not sleep for long. >> suddenly, bam, boom, boom, two loudjects, reality, just like amazing, it was ridiculous. lits every, emergency vehicles. >> i could see people.
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coming off the window, the damage to the window and i heard "help, help," people were rushing to help. >> 200 passengers were on board and all nine were taken to the hospital. >> we want did get back to breaking news from seattle, nine firefighters hurt in a massive explosion this morning. we are here with what has been learned. >> we just received good news, all of the firefighters would have been injured, the injuries are minor. it is hard to believe that looking at pictures and video we have been seeing come in. the firefighters were checking out reports of a gas leak at a mini matter in seattle and the building exploded an 2:00 this morning, crews are still there right now putting water on what is left. you can see there is just a big pile of debris. the blast badly damned two maining buildings and shattered were withs of others. the video from a view other
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shows what a witness saw as he came up to the scene, apollo her the explosion from several blocks away and people have been evacuated are being kept away from the scene. the firefighters were taken to the hospital and a department span said that they should all be okay. >> we glad to hear that. the berkeley police department is stepping up their efforts to catch a sexual assault suspect. police say a man what attacked and raped a female cal student on saturday could be connected to three other assaults. this is video from one of the previous incidents of a man wanted for are questioning. officers are passing out flyers to students near the campus but they are aware. police want the community to be looking out for the suspect. >> we went out and created a crime alert plier to to flyer to alert people. >> this opinion may have hit four times if you have information, contact the police.
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>> bernie sanders scored a stunning upset for democrats in michigan primary and some are calling i the biggest political upset in modern history. >> the hunt is on for delegates. bernie sanders with the stunner, now adding a major victory in michigan. a state both democrats and republicans courted. >> this has been a fantastic night in michigan. >> bernie sanders already looking ahead to super tuesday part 3 with contests in florida, ohio, illinois and in month, and hillary clinton just as excited, winning the condition test in mississippi by a wide margin making eight clean sweep across the deep south. >> on the g.o.p. side donald trump defeating in mississippi. >> celebrating the big win at a rot in florida, flanked water and wipe. >> senator cruz crew battleing it out for second place in michigan with john kasich and marco rubio falling short not
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big of the prizes. >> on the d side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will tackle the issues in florida tonight at the 8th debate. and now the next three hours you can see the pockets of rain rolling through the neighbors and down into the south bay we will have wet weather. you can see the light rainfalling now on walnut creek as we look south on 680 heading to 24 so be careful. today, well have our best chance of light rain through the lunch hour and it will taper as we head and the afternoon and the ride home should be drier. the temperatures in the low-to-upper 60s. on thursday we have heavy rain across the not by. that will start the slide across the rest of our neighborhoods on friday. the notice are significantly cooler upper 50s to let 60. half an hour ago i showed you the rainfall intensity for tomorrow and friday in santa
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rosa, and it was yellow and orange and for san jose you do not see it. all the rain will fall in the north bay until we get to friday mid-morning and it will hit the south by. the russian river could crest at mood stage on saturday morning. sue? a look at san rafael, south 101 as you make your way beyond the parkway and the civic center traffic is moving nicely head the in the southbound direction at 21 minutes to san francisco from novato. here is what the golden gate bridge hook lie, sprinkles are happening, and across the waldo grade there was thick fog. we will check to mike to see when that improves green is good on the road sensors the valley. >> thousands of people from one side of the bay to the other, and next, the major roll that ferries will play when the big
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one hits. >> the manhunt is over for the man accused of kill give people man accused of kill give people in two states, a snafu that
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>> the storm-impact scale is level "1" light rain, so keep umbrella many. track the storm on the news app. download it now. >> fremont. palo alto.
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north bay. and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a passive manhunt for a suspect wanted in a two state killing spree is now over. authorities are arrested the man in missouri after midnight. he was wanted for shooting and killing a man in that state and four others in kansas. investigators say he is from mexico and was in the united states illegally because of a major mixup after an arrest in september. he was mistakenly released after immigration officials sent the retaper to the wrong holding facility. he will appear in court this morning. >> happening today the body of follow first lady nancy reagan will lie in repose for public you having. thousands of people are expected to pay respects at the reagan presidential library. hillary clinton isful aring to southern california to attend the funeral on friday. former president george w public, his wife laura and former first lady rose lynn carter are among the inviteed
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guests. >> the man are considered the 5th beatle has died, 90. >> the bay is preparing for the next big earthquake with a new response detailing the important role that ferries will place. the transportation authority has released a new report, saying they can help survivors get to a safe location. they can help first responders and disaster welcomeers get an the bay area after a massive evening. to help you prepare look at the page on abc7news.com. you will have guidelines for stocking your earthquake survival dip and developing an emergency plan for your family. >> san francisco supervisor wants the city to declare a state of emergency on homelessness. on mission street the superviseers stood in front of a homeless shelter to announce his land. the emergency deck -- declaration would speed up the
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opening of centers. >> this center allows them to get housing and services, substance abuse, mental health. it has worked and it has created housing for 300 people. >> the only navigation center is in the mission and he wants three more opened in the next six months. he wants san francisco to pay for it with emergency reserve funds. the director of the mayor's office office housing said the mayor is working to open two new centers. >> apple's new space shift campus is coming together in cupertino as crews installed glass panels on the roof. right now, construction is about 33% complete, and the building will feature a feeder serving as a venue for future launches and will be finish by end of the year. 13 the employees will work this opening next year. >> meteorologist mike nicco we are waking up to wet roads. >> you need something else, an umbrella. wet roads this morning.
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get used to it. i have six days worth of rain in my seven-day forecast. we will start out in the not by, scattered height rain through the napa valley headed over to sonoma and petaluma and now hitting the dumbarton bridge and sliding south into the south bay, is the next batch of light rain move across the peninsula and the another bay shoreline. this is moving a little bit south of east right new and a few more developing off the ocean that will roll through and 101 at 880 it is looking dry compared to elsewhere, and the next half hour you are going to be wet with the light rain. we are starting ten degrees warmer this morning and you do not need the heavy coat. a wet pattern after six days of rain with the potential for flooding tomorrow and friday. we will tack about the storm-impact scale "1" is light, "5" is severe. we do not have that tomorrow with the storm.
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but it is a "2" with heavy rain and flooding. at 5:00 tomorrow morning, you can see yellows and oranges in the north bay, they try to slid down spot heart of the bay and they stop at the dumbarton bridge, run to the north where it rained heavy in the nighttime into friday and the rest of us late morning through the early afternoon and our chance heavy rain. wait until you see the discrepancy in the rainfall total. we will start in the south by, san jose, two-thirds of an inch and three-quarters or more around mountain view and livermore and 1.5" to 2" and 3-6" across the not pay. that is why we are going do have flooding conditions. the winds are breezy on friday with the saturated soil and some of the trees will lose their foot asking we could have power outages. light rain lingers through saturday and sunday. sue? >> slick roads, extra caution is add vased. 580 is moderate right now and
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tracy to dublin is 35 minutes and antioch to concord is not bad, highway 4 westbound and san rafael to san francisco at 17 minutes. we have reports of an accident the east shore freeway and headlights headed westbound to the macarthur maze with reports of an accident on the slow lane at powell street a little bit outside of our camera, so use caution trash in the eastbound non-commute is moving nicely and not bad in the when direction. a slowing from the central valley up and over the pass and we will look at the bay bridge backup or lack love in a couple of minutes. >> a judge has resulted against a group of central valley farmers who pose the high high-speed rail and filed a suit to stop the construction. they asked the judge to block state from spending any money on the. they allow financing to go open
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look at our rain chances. the next six days are full of wet weather. with the hest falling tomorrow. and friday. i will have an hour-by-hour look and rainfall totals ahead. >> following your help day morning commute, this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we have very minor delays. it hurricane like it is raining. prepare yourself for shake roads. slow it down. give your self plenty of time. >> in seattle nine firefighters were hurt in a mall gas explosion this morning. we have learned the injuries are minor. dogs are searching for any other possible victims. >> four, folks in milbrae are dealing with more raw sewage problems. a hell owner said the home got flood overnight first start on monday when raw sewage spilled support hems. >> ace train is back in service. crews took the train cars off the tracks if officials canyon where the derailment happened on monday. they checked the tracks for
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damage. nine people went to the hospital after the derailment sending a car into a creek. >> bernie sanders is carrying a last momentum into the debate don't with hillary clinton. bernie sanders upset hillary clinton yesterday in the miles per hour primary and donald trump took three of four contests losing onlyize he to ted cruz. >> seven, people would take know theys of food and post it, scientists say they probably enjoy their food more. taking a photo and pesting it takes time so that delays how soon they eat and psychologically makes them enjoy it more. >> okay. >> now, israeli police are own high alert after a stabbing attack on an american student. vanderbilt student was on a school strip south of tel aviv in joppa carried out by a palestinian who ran through the traffic stabbing as he ran. the attacker was shot and killed. all the other vanderbilt
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students and staff are safe. vice president biden is if israel to meet israeli perez near where the attack happened. the attack was condemned and condolence were offered to the family. >> massachusetts chipolte has shut down after four employees got sick with the norovirus and will undergo a full sanitization and no customers have reported being sick. chipolte said they were not sure if they were sick with norovirus but they will remain off the job until they refer. the rain implemented new safety procedures last year after dealing with multiple food borne outpractices including e. coli and norovirus outbreaks. >> the jury in the hulk h sex tape could be in for more explicit graphic details on with was going on. he is suing gawker media for
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posting the video. hogan said that he did not necessity he was filmed when he was having sex with his then best friend's wife, and the best friend knew about all of this happening. gawk are said the publication was a legitimate scoop because he had talk about his sex life in forums on radio. >> 50 crept rapper is expected in court today ordered to explain several instagram photos of him with piles of cash. he has file bankruptcy. he said they are not real and he is not hide assets. a jury ordered him to pay $7 million to a woman who said he posted her sexting own line. >> did you lose a little piglet? it caused a december in san francisco in the mission district. she was spotted in traffic near
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19th after 7:00 a.m. yesterday. people tried to capture the piglet before animal care and criminal arrived. look who final captured her? the brother from society of st. francis which is a patron saint of animals so it is very appropriate, and they nicknamed the piglet janice and show was not hurt. >> if your name is janice you should be insulted. >> i think the piglet is document. >> very cute. >> if i what the power i would allow it to come to my he. >> do you have the power. >> another full 90 minutes of news including anger over closure of a catholic school in san francisco and parents say they have been betrayed. >> we have more on the ace train crash with causes for new safety equipment and sensors could have prevented the crash from happening. stay tuned.
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developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> if you are headed out the door, is what you are in for. live doppler hd is showing us the rain falling across the bay area right now. good morning, thanks for joining us. i am matt keller. we are coming up on 530 and i am reggie aqui. we start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> on the peninsula, from san mateo to sunnyvale we have light rain falling. we did have some cross the bay from hayward to milpitas and that stretches enran east bay valley. i can so a hilt bit of light rain and some water on the san
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mateo bridge as we are on the eastern side. through my 12-hour day planner get ready for drizzle and rain through 7:00 and i will turn to pockets of rain by noon and it will fade by 4:00 with temperatures today in the mid-to-upper 60s and warmer. have a big storm coming for parts of pay area the next 24-48 hours. sue? >> the emeryville camera showing us the east shore freeway and the head heights headed in the eastbound direction and at the same time lits headed to the macarthur maze with an early accident eastbound at powell street which is new cleared and traffic is looking great. slow traffic from the central valley, speeds of 25 miles per hour up and over the altamont pass, and it picks up to 70 so want your speed there. ready ways clear in the express plane is opened at 5:00 this morning. coming from antioch, it is slow. headed to concord. it is 20 meant -- 20 drive. >> ace train service is become
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up and running and getting it back was a huge effort. they are putting the trains back on to the tracks year. crews only had one full day to get the drilled cars out of the canyon. amy hollyfield is in blast were this morning. the commuters are ready to ride again. amy? >> the first train will be arrivingen so. we will be going through that area where the derailment happened. passengers say they do not feel any nerves and are not we ared. they feel safer on a train than a car and are happy to have service back. here is a look at what crews cleared yesterday. the ace train derailed on monday night. after hitting debris on the track from a mudslide. nine people were hurt. the victim are on the minds of passengers this morning. >> everyone's heart goes to the people injured and hope everything goes okay. i am glad things are running.
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trillion not derail me from using train again. it is something that happens. best of luck to everyone. >> you investigators will check the train's recorder to see the speed, check the brakes but it looks like mother nature is to blame if the accident. the tracks appear fine. they will be slowing down through the area this morning to make sure. ace train is trying to figure out what could be done to prevent an accident like this from happening saying it laps to meet with union pacific about installing fencing with sensors on that stretch of the canyon alerting engineers of a should slide or fallen trees if they hit the tracks and they are used along the river in the sacramento valley and western colorado. for the latest derailment news, download our news app.
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>> we will look at the practicing news from seattle: nine firefighters were hurt in a massive explosion. a helicopter is above the scene. this happened three hours ago at a mini minimart. with the crews sill there working on the fire. crew were already at the store checking out reports of a gas leak when it exploded. the building now is leveled. the blast blew out witnesses on buildings -- windows on buildings several blocks away. did fires have been released and seven are treated for injuries we understand are not life threatening. they will be out of treatment by end of the day. more news as it comes in. >> a store emhighway he if san jose is shot and still fights off robbers with a baseball bat last night at sunny's quick stop at locust before 10:00 a.m. two armed robbers enter the
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store, shot the clerk, who has non-life threatening injuries and police are looking for the robbers. >> bernie sanders is bringing a lot of momentum to the democratic debate after a huge upset over hillary clinton in the michigan primary. the result astonished the most veteran of political reporters. the margin was not huge, bernie sanders bet hillary clinton by only 1.5% which is 20 the voters but it is the fact that he won and came from so far behind. >> i take this opportunity to thank the people of michigan who repudiated the palms that had us 20-25 points down a few days ago and repudiated pundits who said bernie sanders was not going anywhere. >> on republican side, donald trump won three primaries last night in michigan, hawaii, and mississippi. the next big primary is tuesday weapon voters in ohio and florida go to the polls. >> donald trump rolls on efforts
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to derail the campaign have come to silicon valley. apple c.e.o. tim cook and elon musk from tesla are part of the effort of the republican party to dump trump. >> it soup lick a movie script, billionaires and top republicans and heads of the world's largest tech companies hold a secret meeting on an island to hatch a plan to take down donald trump. to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. this forum is private and was off the record but some dill are starting to lake. it is reported that technical c.e.o. including tim cook and larry page and elon musk were there meeting with g.o.p. heavyweights like karl rove and paul ryan. this is annual men speaker praise institute, and it was all about trip trump and how to derail the campaign. hen froms focus group results to pick apart trump's weaknesses
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and found this people do not see him as presidential or someone they want their kids to lack up to. the for run has been held on sea island and exclusive reor the off the coast for years and last year this were a lot of familiar names including florida governor bush, and senator ted cruz and new jersey governor chris christie would has endorsed donald trump. oakland police are investigating why their officers mistake especially arrested a double amputee would later died in custody. officers arrested melvin stub on saturday when his wife was funded if their home. the jailers sent stubs to the infirmary to be treated for low blood sugar. the coroner determine his wife had died of natural causes. >> closing arguments in a wrongful delegate trial filed against former san francisco police officers. a few years ago police shot and killed alex nieto carrying a
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taser. officers said they mistook it for a gun. the trial featured conflicting testimony from experts on the use of force. the jury should receive the case at noon. >> parents students at st. mary's in san francisco's chinatown are angry. the archdiocese announced they were suspending school operations. >> the community has raised over $15 million! what the hell happened to it? >> the angry crowd let their be known you but the archdiocese said the enrollment is dropping. >> i am devastated the community want given an opportunity to participate in remaining a cop instructive solution. >> we last someone with would come in and residents par of of -- part of the facility, the enrollment was lower than last and we cannot revert even if we work closely. >> school's cultural programs and preschool and saturday
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language school will continue to operate. >> a cliff near rodeo beach in marin, a man is stuck had outlines in the criminal let sickle, the 33-year-old man spent machine nature there and 18 hours before he was spotted. a highway patrol helicopter went in for rescue, but how do you get there? three took a shortcut on the bench do get to his car and the tide rose and trap hip. he did not have a cell phone to call for help. >> good thing it was not raining. >> now the next six hours, watch our scattered ran transition up to the not bay during the afternoon. it doesn't mean we are out of the clear but that is where the best chance will be this afternoon. if we are walking dog we have our best chance of rain and bicycling you will find the dry roads this afternoon, and
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kayaking is breezy only water at 10-15 miles per hour. the golden gate bridge shows the light rain has let up and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s with the rain tapering and heavy rain across the north by thursday and friday and temperatures are dropping back into the mid-to-upper 50s for friday. the intense difficult of rain in santa rosa we are maxing now some areas with a lot of yellow and orange. that means there is a lot of rainfalling across the in the by -- north by through friday so that will public the russian river to flood steam by saturday morning. it could be higher than that if we get 6" of rain. i will show you that hour by hour. >> it is ten members since they turn on the metering lights, and. diagnose up on 5:38 and traffic staging up to the overcrossing and if you can car pool that is the way to go. morning after morning we see the cars whizzing by. drive times antic to hercules,
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40 minutes, and westbound and highway 4 to the maze to 80 westbound is from under 20 minutes and highway 85 to the airport, or highway 87 to 85 in the antiin san jose is under ten minutes. the traffic is looking good but typical slowing from the central valley and out of antic to concord. we just saw that. we will look at accidents or stalls in the south bay that could be occurring in a few. >> thank you sue. from sick and starving to getting a second chance. next, where the abuseed days were found and the shelter is trying to find them new hems.: trying to find them new hems.: -- new
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. the storm-impact scale, today's storm is level "1" keep the umbrella handy and drive safely. when you get unusual weather where you live take a photo. or video. share it with us and we could use it on the air or abc7news.com. >> police need your help to track down this man. on saturday, he robbed a wells fargo bank after 4:00 p.m.
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he is described as beered black man at 20-30 years. >> how can you resist this face, these dogs are looking for new homes. there are so many animals part of an animal cruelty investigation in the east bay. this dog is recovering alongside several friends at the animal shelter. she is one of 19 dogs cramped tide in cages in a u-haul truck parked on the street in bay respondent. animal control officials say the dogs were sick and starving. sheriff deputies arrested a couple who kept them as pets charming them with animal cruel estimate. >> very bad. some mang, aoperations, some with tumors. >> this is biggie. he had surgery and malnourished but is referring nicely. all the dogs need now is a good home. the shelter has on-line pictures and we have a link at abc7news.com.
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>> the 19 need as new member of the family. >> san jose officials are asking residents for money to fix the city, the city council approveed a 25 cent sales tax measure for june on the ballot and could result in $40 million a year for 15 years. city first say san jose is experiencing a fiscally tough last ten areas and they need the money to restore services. a survey shows that many residents want the money spent on public safety. >> the cost of having the car towed in san francisco is dropping because of the board of supervisors. you see words like unhigh and unfair and robbery and the superviseers say they would not approve a contract between the municipal transportation agency and a tow company, a charge is farly $500, and the expense of a ticket, matt has agreed to lower the cost by $75. >> shortly many of you are controlling through amazing
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photos of the solar eclipse on social media. >> total eclipse chasers on alaska airlines flight 870 got this shot. it took a lot to make the shot happen. that is why it was headed from anchorage to honolulu, the heirs began calculating an to enter superintendent the path of this a year ago and had to re-route the flight and they also had to change the timing of the flight to make sure passengers got this gorgeous view. boy did it pay off. >> this is a little overwhelming so much beauty they get this and they land in hawaii. >> it does not seem fair. >> living the life, going from alaska. they have to deal with the cold winter there. we are dealing with a rainy under to our winter. >> pineapple pipe line setting up offshore can coming our way tomorrow and for friday. speaking of hawaii they will send us wet weather. now, what is going on as the
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storm door opens we have scattered light rain through the north bay and inland east bay neighborhood near pittsburg headed down concord and through the san ramon valley interest pleasanton and the pass getting light showers with the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge and 237 about do get wet and if you head through the santa cruz mountains it is light rain. 280 and 17 it is still dry. but any minute drops are developing and light rain is moving through so be careful. we tack about light rain that is tapering and holding back to the north and moderate-to-heavy rain tomorrow and a few trees will fall across the north by. our storm-impact scale from "1" is light which is today's storm and tomorrow is a "2" borderline "3" because of the heavy rain across the north by. 5:00 tomorrow morning you can seat yellows and orange
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developing and as it heads and the heart of the bay it falls apart only to re-develop again tomorrow evening across the not by where it stays all night. with yellows and orange. and at 5 o'clock on friday morning in time for the commute, half rain for the rest of us, and by friday evening it is over. look at the totals it lebanons, the low -- it learns, .5" to 2" an the bay and santa rosa is 6". that is why we are worried abut the russian river at guerneville and worried about localized flooding of streams up this, and paing lots and roads and the trees. saturday and sunday light rain spilling and monday and that is "1", light. >> not much on the san mateo bridge with the drive looking if at 5:48 and traffic is flow nicely to thely rise and you are looking at 18 meant drive from the toll plaza to foster city. not too bad.
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our traffic map, friend is good, red is slow from the central valley and a hurricane at the speeds here you are slowing down to 17 miles per hour and it pecks up a bit at 45 and when you are in livermore, it looks great, but, westbound 580 before 680, the slow lane is blocked with an accident and i am seeing show traffic to dublin/pleasanton interchange. mass transit options are ahead in a couple of minutes. >> michael finney is answering questions about buying a new car. >> but first, a police officer would make as remark stop and it seemed normal and it turned incredibly violent. so fast. >> when you see news without live take a photo or video with live take a photo or video with # abcnow.
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>> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, expect a wet commute. this is the richmond-san rafael bridge and we are seeing light rain across the bay area this morning with stronger storms headed our i for thursday and friday in the north by. republican, you can use the free abc newsup to track weather power by el nino and enable push alert and we have resources to help you plan for the storms at abc7news.com. >> most of us have needed help at some point at the airport maybe with the luggage or next on checking flight. sfo is coming to the resolution cause. the airport is introducing airport butler program this
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morning. there has never been one in the rest of the country the travelers can prean v.i.p. services to make flying easier. >> fill be easier to get to sincy from the north by with flights from santa rosa to las vegas in may. the airline will fly to phoenix, arizona, with service between sonoma and orange county next week. >> and this video starts off normal a traffic stop and white car stops, the police officer is ready to get out of car and the next morning in michigan is skirty. watch what happens. >> what is up, man? bang, bang, bang, been, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. >> gunfire. >> after he points the gun and starts to shot, he keeps firing as he goes down the road and a high speed chase happened and
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the suspect ditched the car, runs into his mother's home a mile from where he was pilled over. hours later a stand offens when a police dog bites the suspect and takes the man down. as for the officer? he has a temporary hearing loss but other then that he is doing just fine. >> this is not good news for drivers in the bay area, the arrival of some are could signal gas prices to rise. refineries are reducing production for summer blend. gas prices have been stable since february other than in concord and oakland where the gas has jumped 30 cent a gallon recently. >> a sea otter that just gave birth is ready to had become out. the mother will superpower the next few days teaching her pup how to dive and collect food and other skills they will need to survive in the wild. the mom started grooming the pup immediately after birth.
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it helps to keep the pitch warm in the water. >> scientists say they have never seen a live birth up close before. >> the numbers are still below average for most, only san jose and ukiah at 101% of agency for the rain season starting october. the pine apple pipeline is coming at us tomorrow and friday so we will be getting so much rain cross the north bay. todays it is if monterey and yosemite north, scattered showers and mid-70s in los angeles to mid-80s in palm springs and the winter mix today and tomorrow and turning to moderate snow and light snow on sunday and moderate on monday. more snow coming to the sierra. >> we do have requirements on both 80 and 50 for chains so it is snowing in the sierra. bart has 48 trains running on time if you travel golden gate
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bridge the bus route 24 out of fairfax has been canceled and the 6:20 a.m. bus is canceled and next is in 15-20 minutes but the 6:20 is canceled. ace is become up and running. guys? >> this is it. we were on the embarcadero in san francisco as crews started to demolish sinbads that shut down four months ago. the porter evicted restaurant and the instrument owner and sinbads will be replaced with an expanded ferry terminal. >> the dance company is shutting down, the silicon valley ballet which has faced financial obstacles. the ballet school will likely continue under new management. >> if you need another ron to love chocolate, a study suggests
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it could make you smarter because it increases blood flow to the brain that can best brain power. it could be if for your heart and protect your skin. >> are is my snickers? >> would thing that includes nuggets. >> a firefight in the east bay with a huge flame encountered at a tow yard. >> in see at, a local business >> in see at, a local business blows up and we are getting day
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we had a short break from the rain and it is back in the bay area. a hook at the golden gate bridge where we have seen wet roads all morning along. it is going to be a damp commute for a lot of us. good morning, coming up on can a.m. >> i am reggie aqui.
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>> i am matt keller were we have bigger storms heading our way and meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the forecast. mike? >> good morning, yes, an appetizer, a light portion compared to the overstuffing thanksgiving-like rain we will have tomorrow and friday. the north bay is where it is all going to fall and just scattered height rain and, also in the east bay and heading down into the south bay, a better rain pictures right now is the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge near the toll plaza and my 12-hour day planner starting off mild, mid-40s to low 50s and in the mid-to-upper 60s as the rain tapers and heads north cannot evening must of us dry. >> we look new at our emeryville camera and the east shore freeway between golden gate field and emeryville and into the macarthur maze it is looking good here but you will find metering lights are turned on this morning at 5:39 and traffic is stacking to the maze for a good solid 10 or 15

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