north bay and the peninsula coast and the bay shoreline down to highway 237 periods of heavy rain, especially across the north bay which means small creeks and streams will flood. yellows and options are moving across the northern part of san bernardino may county that will slid spat heart of the bay and it will take until noon to get here and the south bay may not get rain as it remains heavy north of the san mateo bridge and southbound, more rain in the overnight hours. >> if you are up at 5:00 a.m. we have pretty good conditions out there road wise, 580 tracy to dublin at 30 minutes, and highway 4 is looking great into conquer, westbound, 15 minutes. and san rafael interest san francisco under 20 minutes. no significant delays. our traffic map is looking great with a drive from the central valley, and we are going to come back in a couple of minutes and hook at the mass transit options on thursday morning.

just a few. >> rain is headed for the for the by is pay extra careful to the roads, we will get a view of what it looks like from abc7 news amy hollyfield. how does it look, amy? >> good morning, matt, we have rain in met plume. that is where it saturdays -- started south of petaluma we get the wet weather. the windshield wipers are getting the first work out. it is more than drops were it is more than a diesel. it is a nice rain. not sheets of rain but going to be a wet commute up here in the north by. we are headed north on highway 101 and you will want to give yourself extra time and make sure you also grab the rain gather. the tort bay is expected to get the most rain did you the storms. we will spend the money here looking at things and checking it out so stay with us. from highway 101.

>> the army corps of engineers is releasing water from the lake with the russian river expected foe rise quickly the next two days at 14' yesterday. it could be just shy of glad stage by saturday morning. >> the drought has been around longer than what we would like to see but flows like this in yours back they were calm this time of year. very calm. that is probably a rather low flood release. >> a flash flood warnings is in ever if until sunday evening. >> in san francisco, two large trees have been tagged for removal. there is concern they could topple. a woman would live by the trees has been warning people not to park by they. >> demolition of an farm building on a cliff is put on hold because of all of the rain and now it is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning. the city representatives say they will likely wait until next

week to tear down the farms. the city took emergency action after cliff erosion threatened to send the building to the beach below. can you track the wet weather with apple app and google play. if you ride bart chances are you have had to stand while someone takes up more than one seat. that can now cost cash. janet is at fremont bart station with a look at the action bart is taking. >> yes, matt, if you are a person would likes to take up more than one seat on bart, you could be fine the $100. bart board directors will be discussing the new ordinance later this morning. it could put an end to man spreading, pitting your budgets on a seat, sleeping or sprawling across several seats. you get the idea. the director proposed the ordinary finance saying as bart is more crowded, they want to curb bad manners.

some say we do not need anymore laws and others hope that this will not system out the homeless. the first offense could be $100. the second $200. offenses after that, could be as high as $500. the bart board of directors is vote on the ordinance later. >> when it involved man spreading, what do you think of bart's crowded trains? we would lake to hear from you # dearbart. this is video from the bart strike in 2013. share your videos and comments by thatting them using # #dearbart. the man suspected of gun down a passenger on bart in january is last. if youly row pleaded video to help identify him. the suspect is walking into the pittsburg bay respondent station^. the second clip shows the murderer after shooting 19 year old carlo romero of antic on the

bart train. there is no video of the shooting because bart cameras were not welcoming -- working. >> new details in the murder of shelly titchener. court documents reveal that police knew the for so taken from the water near the fremont shoreline last month was her two days after it was found. the report also said that the officers found her purse containing her driver's license. authorities identified the remains a week later. paul titchener, her husband, is a suspect in the murder and he jumped to his death off the bay bridge the same day authorities found the purse. >> police have arrested a man they say spray painted racist graffiti at a school district office. here is a look at the evidence that load to the arrest. >> an employee with the san leandro unified school district went to work on monday to discover a disturbing message, racial lucks along with the word

s "white power," spray painted. the person would took this foe to is distributing it to inform the public the. >> it is fought okay to go to work and be sunned to what the remain employee saw. the lieutenant from the san leandro police department said that the officers checked logs and found sell were stopped in the area and officer that point they narrowed it down to a twin-year-old man with a criminal record. >> they found him, less than half a mile away, he was riding a bmw-style bicycle that appeared to have been friendly spray painted in red and white colors, the colors used at district office. police not identifying the suspect. the motive is it known. neighbors are relieved to hear of the arrest. >> i have lived here 3 years and we don't like to hear about that we have little crime in our neighbor. it is fought clear what the suspect will be charged with. police are helping to quips the

d.a. to charge him with a felony . >> good morning, santa rosa, gone done from river road, and the parkway to sonoma where we are seeing light-to-moderate rain, and the leading edge of the light rain now is trying to slide south of petaluma and napa where amy hollyfield was just at in petaluma, down to 37 so springers there and possible in mill valley. in walnut creek it is mostly cloudy and about 5 degrees and dry as we look south on 680. today, heaviest rain is falling in the north bay and it will make it as far south during the afternoon hours as the san mateo bridge. peninsula, south bay, a history you are not getting any rain during the daylight hours. friday, the second push of the storm comes in and this time tomorrow, that is when we will have half rain just about everywhere, and we will have light showers on saturday, most of those are falling during the

evening hours. now, i showed you half an hour ago the rainfall intensity the next 24 hours is impressive in santa rosa and look at the difference of san jose, not impressive at all, if any. but we still have the russian river. we will keep an cry on it. the latest forecast is that it crests below flood stage at 31.5'. >> sue? >> who are tracking the mass transit commute for today. it hooks like ace train one is on time and bart is running 38 train open time. we are looking good. slow traffic, otherwise, it is green. the sensors are showing everything is at the limit and we will check on the usually accident in the santa cruz mountains southbound 17, that has been clear the from the lane s and we have road work for a few more minutes northbound and southbound 680 from walnut creek to the 680/580 junction in the dublin/pleasanton area and checking the drive out of

antioch it is slowing and highway is looking pretty good. >> hair pulling, shoving, kicking on an airplane mid-flight much item that sparked the fight in a few video that is going viral. >> steph curry being steph curry with the latest incredible buzzer beater as the worse buzzer beater as the worse continue the look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait.

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duties according do a senator after the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia republicans declare they would not consider a a rement until after the location. >> st. patrick's day is an the corner and we are helping you get into the spirit. "7 on your side" will anchor our coverage of the san francisco st. patrick's day parade and that is this saturday at noon on air with live streaming at abc7news.com. and open our news app and the question is, will the rain train be in the parade? >> no, no, no rain train. is a slight chance of drizzle and otherwise it is dry. >> really? >> they lucked out. the luck of the irish. >> lucky charm, something. moving on, and i had lucky charms for dinner. >> oh, boy, are you 20? >> with my son. >> moving open, the weather. live doppler hd shows

rain around river road and east side road and this is the rain train we talked about where the rain rollover the same area hour after hour after hour and so far, theory car estimates are .2" to .3" in the hills mostly. the rain gauge in the valleys and so far they are not picking up anything. yet. but it is reap the ground. east bay hills camera, you can see the breezes that are out there, watch out, up to 30 miles per hour. moderate-to-heavy rain through the next 36 hours and that means flooding is lightly and power identity averages and storms on sunday and monday and tuesday. first storm is today cross the northern half of the bay 1-2.5" and flash flooding possible 69 tomorrow, the rain is heavier in a shirt amount of time with pore run off and flooding potential and faster winds, a possible

"3", which is stronger. through noon the rain stays mainly in the north bay and from noon to action it is sitting on 80, interstate 80 from san francisco to sacramento and well get lighter written to the south of that and that is where the moderate to half rain is going to set up and you can see during the evening hours it tries to make a push into the south bay and overnight it will make a push through most of our neighborhoods and we will turn it over to scattered showers and even a thunderstorm is possible as we head to friday we afternoon and in the evening it starts to full apart. now, let me show you the rainfall totals they are impressive, across the for the by, and look at that, nearly 3" in santa rosa and napa to 2" in novato, and possibly in san francisco and 1.5" in oakland and it tapers quickly to two-thirds of an inch in livermore, a third to .5" from mountain view to san jose. my seven-day forecast shows setting the hour ahead on

saturday night, and rain the smoke debtor batteries. monday morning it will be wet. >> the richmond-san rafael bridge shows reports of a fire near the toll plaza and one of the buildings there, but, traffic-wise it is move nicely. we do not see any delays. we will check back with that report and the c.h.p. still looking good with slow traffic out of tracy at this hour. we have road work in daly city northbound 1, the ramp to 280 is closed until 6:00 this evening because of repair work and drive in antioch is great to pittsburg, we have green streaming through the screen which is good so everyone is at the limit. we check on the north bay drive coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. a zookeeper took on a special responsibility where she works, putting "mom," on resume. amanda has been around-the-clock mother to an or continued baby

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commute in the north by. san rafael is looking pretty good. in delays here. golden gate bridge also looking great. we will have an update on the thursday morning drive if a few. >> people who is gone through floods in the past are ready for the week's storm, novato fire protection district is urging people to be prepared. especially for power outages and threats of flood. >> bart police are hoping you recognize the man in this video just released, giving a new look at man suspected of killing another passenger on a bart train in january. no video of attack because cameras on on the train were not wobbling.. >> two gun men opened fire at a backyard party in pittsburgh with five killed. >> nancy reagan will lie if repose in simi valley today allow the public to pay respects. form first lady will be buried tomorrow. next to her husband. >> seven, steph curry's latest buzzer beater is getting replayed over and over.

a 55' half court shot helping warriors cruise to a win over the jazz. >> the mountain police chief is on wrong side of the law named in a sexual harassment lawsuit. the female dispatch claim he and others simulateed sex agent of the she was s.w.a.t. leader at time and promoted to chief in 2014. he has "no commend." city manager wrote an open letter saying a recent investigation "learned of pat behavior by some police department employees inconsistent with the standards we specific." >> a drone captured the devastateing rain left behind by rain in louisiana with 3,500 homes evacuate because of the bayou approaching the to which the levee and will be hit with 3 more inches of rain today. they have died in louisiana,

oklahoma and texas from flooding. >> what could cause some women to suffer multiple miscarriages. researchers in england say lack of stem cells in the womb could be to blame. they have studied donated tissue samples claiming the lining is detective before the progresscy. though will work on new intervention to improve the womb, lining and help women who are trying to have a baby. >> we hope 2016 is a more worry free year. the study finds american were stressed out last year about pup, work, and health. accord to the american psychological association, 24% of adid yous were highly stressed in 2015 compared to 18% a year earlier. last knit during the d debate the focus for many was not on topic like immigration or health care or cuba. something were more more...fashionable. blowing you on social media. >> it was the color of bernie

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> grab the umbrella. grab your rain jacket. live doppler hd is tracking the storm that is set to hammer the bay area today. right now it is mapping toward the not bay and it is in the north bay. we are tracking what this moops for you as you start your morning. good morning, thanks for joining us. i am matt keller here for natasha zouves. >> it is thursday, manner 10. at 5:30 we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning to you. look at clear lay, lower lake, to hidden valley lake. that is where the best radar is. the leading edge of the radar from petaluma to napa, but, moments of rain has been from santa rosa and st. helena north, hitting our rain gage. here is a look at san rafael you can see on 101 it is still dry. as far as our day planner, rain through the north by at 7:00, it will move into the bay by noon. and it sits in the bay from noon through 4:00 and you could try to make a quick appearance in

the south bay during the evening hours but we will have a better chance everywhere tomorrow morning. i look at the latest flash flooding guidance next. sue? >> san mateo bridge, looking good right now at 15 minutes drive from 880 at hayward to 101 in san mateo, and 5:29 this morning, it is fought bad, we will check out the golden gate bridge a zipper truck making it four lanes in the southbound direction fog free over the waldo grade and two lips northbound, and the drive times heading out highway 4, westbound, 830 into the maze for 20 minutes at 87 in san jose, to the san jose airport, looking good, and back with the bay bridge update coming up. >> mike has been telling us the heaviest rain will essentially sit for a while over the not bay and some parts could see self edges of rain in just the next couple of days. amy hollyfield has more. amy? >> yes, we are getting wet here,

it started in petaluma north on highway 101, and you can get a look at the intersection at old redwood highway where it is not coming down in a heavy downpour we are not getting sheets of rain but it is a nice study heavy solid rain. how is that? it is not sprinkles. it is not drops. but it is not sheets. you will want to prepare for a wet commute were here in the north bay, adding extra time to the driving time this morning because you will want to slow down and do not forget the rain exercise. i checked with the c.h.p. and they have not reported any problems. we did not experience any issues as we were drive on highway 101. they do want to remind everyone to slow down and leave space between you and the car in front of you. it is wet. >> today's rain means that demolition of a cliff side apartment building in pacifica is on hold and it is now

scheduled to start tomorrow morning and city representatives say they will likely have to wait until next week to tear down the programs on the avenue. the city took emergency action after cliff erosion threatened to send the building crumbling. can you track the wet weather with the news app and download it for free and inairline push alerts to get update on severe weather. >> bart police want you to see new video of the murder suspect would shot can killed a pan on a written. it is now a in after the killing and that man is still on the run here is what the video shows. >> this is the first time that we are seeing actual video of the suspect and bart has only released still photos until now. the video shows the suspect inside two different bart stakes, first, walking law pittsburg by point where he perioded the train back on january 9, police say he shot and killed a teen ager as train pull up to the west oakland station, second video shows the gunman quickly exiting, and what we are not seeing is video of the actual murder.

bart has admitted that a lot of their onboard cameras are fake or do not work. people would ride the train hope the new video finds that person responsible. >> a lot people could have gotten hurt and it is sad the guy love his life riding bart. i don't know what the situation is but it was sad and unsafe and they need more cameras, more state more police, and we ride the bart all time. >> crimestoppers is offering $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest. we still do not know a motive or how the men knew each other. >> developing news in pennsylvania, five people are dead and three others are wounded after a shooting in suburban pittsburg, at at least two gun men are still lose this morning, and investigators say the shooters am beneficiaried a -- ambushed a party in the back yesterday. there were 20 gunshots. final were killed. >> we get inside look at what

passengers and first responders faced inside the ace train moms after derailing. the alameda county fire department released the know theys, the floor of the trip on the right side of concern. the train hit a tree on the the tracks on monday, and first car planned on its side, in alameda creek. and nine passengers ended up going to the hospital. >> ace resued service teen stockton and jose yesterday morning for the first time since machine's citizen. >> the police in san leandro have arrested a man they say spray painted racist graffiti at a school district office, the 21-year-old was taken into custody after a mile from the building and the employee found racial slurs and symbol on the front. person who took photo wants to remain anonymous much the suspect's identity is fought released but people hope the district attorney charges him with a physical any. >> the man suspected of assault and hurting a san francisco police and stealing a car is in custody this morning. we are at 2nd and market

street moments after police took the 28-year-old roy hood into custody. a few neighborhoods is where the chief cases but it was getting too dangerous. >> the plans for a pick path on the public maybe are move failure. this is another workshop in the fall to anywhere oh the choices for a possible path between treasure island and san francisco. the images provided by the we group represent the top three: first, a sweeping descent from fremont. the second is a four story tall series of loops from the so the side of the bridge. lastly, a six story tall series of loops from a path over the upper deck that can cost up to $300 million and would be paid for by bridge tolls. if it passes the legislature it could go to the voters by 2018. >> met of us love low gas prices but they could be bad in the

long run because the low prices hurt road improvement projects with gas tax collection down seven shovel ready projects are likely to lose their funding. that includes a regulate to make the roads smoother. it includes the widening of highway 84, and highway 92 and 101 interchange and the part extension san jose, the meant transportation commission said that the projects will lose funding for at least file years. >> the candidates in the race for the white house have their eye on the rise in several swing states next today and one, florida, was the host of the d debate. bernie sanders and hillary clinton accuse the other of failing immigrants or pandering and growing that republican presidential candidate donald trump should be anamed of regards on immigrants. >> i was the first to call him out. i called him out when he was calling mexicans rapists and he was engaging in let rig that i fund deeply offensive. i said "bas temperature a."

>> help membership are never going to elect a president woefuls pens conditions. >> along with florida voters in four other states hold to the will positives on tuesday include the swing state of ohio. >> here is a look at our flash flood watch with periods of heavy rain across the not bay and industrying down the bayshore line to highway 237 in the south bay and along the peninsula coast. first thing we see are flooding roads, parking lots and small creeks and streams. the if news it does taught hurricane like the rivers are flooding. the fiscal year threw hours you can see the yellows and oranges and the moderate rain falling across the perth bay. if you have outcar activities you can get them in most areas before noon and after that it will be poor for riding the motorcycle and jogging or walking the dog because of the wet weather. from our exploritorium at pier continue you can see it is

cloudy in san francisco and mild. temperatures are 58 degrees. we are 59 in not by today and 61 in san francisco and mid-to-upper 60s elsewhere. tomorrow, when the stronger cold front moves through temperatures are falling into the upper 50s and we will have a chance of scattered light rain through the day but most of the rain for saturday is going do fall in the evening. the rainfall expensety for santa rosa you can see the yellows, all through the morning commute and up to the 11:00 hour and waves of light rain for the rest of the afternoon and overnight and theship river at guerneville crests open saturday morning at 9:00 and 1' below blood stage. >> the eastern span of the bay bridge and check identity the tail lights on the incline section through the tunnel we are seeing brake lights right through the s curve to the tunnel and the metering lights were on at 5:30. car pool if you can.

the lanes are getting by without delay interest san francisco at 15 minutes from give give to -- from golden gate field to the city. it is 35 minutes from tracy to dublin. we will check the mass transit options in a few. >> next, the first time we hearing from the wrong bay area man now accusing his adoptive parents of using him as a sex slave. >> also from the classroom to the pick account line the strike the pick account line the strike threat looming over look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait.

>> the abc7 storm impact scale is level two so moderate rain, so gear up before you go out. and drive safely. track the storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. >> we are learning more about map sexually assaulting women near the uc berkeley campus. here is video we have been slowing you. according to the police chief he told the city council members that he believes the suspect lives close to where the attacks took place. the most recent attack happened on saturday and the chief is alarmed they are continuing. the suspect must know that there is video out there of him circulating all around and he is described as hispanic male in his 20 or 30's and if you have any information on the suspect contact the police. >> library at san jose state

university is making changes following an attack on a woman inside a bathroom. the man emerged from a stall and grabbed a woman around the neck in the second floor strength of the dr. martin luther king library. the come was able to fight man off. officers chased man down and arrestedly. library workers have moved two large shelfs and a screen near the bathroom entrance to increase visibility. they are look at other measures to increase safety. >> a physical up to the exclusive investigation, a few weeks ago we uncovered a los gatos couple facing charges for sexually abusing thissen ma, their adopted son. the victim is now 23. he filed a civil lawsuit on tuesday. he is now telling his story for the first time. 16 years ago, dennis gasoline was an orphan from russia. he thought he was given a second chance. dennis flynn now said his adopt ive parents are facing 44 criminal charges. according to the court reports, denis said ralph flynn abused

him shortly after lifing in the united states and carolyn for instance, the adoptive mothers joined in when he was then. >> a last fear. i had just gained something that is what i believed was a different. >> a and carolyn flynn's attorney declined to comment because of court orders. both said they may not be representing their communities in the civil litigation. >> denis is sharing the story to be a voice for other survivors. >> the union representing faculty at city college of san francisco will announce results after strike authorization vote. they are not happy with the salary negotiations. they are in mediation. the authorization allows the union negotiating team to call for a strike if there is no fremont. the teachers have had no contract since july. >> heads up, everyone, in the north bay. you be hit by rain person --

again and again today. >> and bodega, and guerneville and to northern santa rosa, that is where the line is right new. the line of the rain moving over the same area over and over again. it is not move southbound at all. if you live in the south bay the clouds are open. sun will come up. you will need the sunglasses, 101 and 880. two strong systems today and tomorrow flooding possible and breezy at times and weaker systems own saturday and sunday and monday. first storm is today and stalls over the san mateo bridge so anywhere north of there we will have 1.5 to 2.5" of rain and flooding is poll. tomorrow the storm move through with prier heavy rain and faster winds on a local scale and that means flooding and mudslides and damage so it is a "3".

at pack, through noon, the storm stays in the north bay and comes down along interstate 80 from san francisco and sacramento during lunch and it stays there for five hours. it will sit this and you can see it tries to make a push in the evening to the south bay and another cold front moves through tomorrow that is when we get the wet and windy commute. much more difficult than this morning's commute. we will transition to showers by noon tomorrow and scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are possible on friday evening. look at the difference in rain paul tolls from 3" in santa rosa and napa, 2" of in san francisco, and barely .5" in san jose and maybe a third in mountain view and you will have a rain shad zoe this. we will have a break on saturday and rain moves in on saturday evening, set back the clock, rain on sunday into monday morning.

spring ahead. 43 train on time. bart is the way go. no delays with muni. ace train one is rolling into fremont. ace train 3 is off on time headed headed to lathrop. southbound 680 is not a problem from highway 4 to highway 24 is 15 minutes. the north bay shows green on the map representing rain for the commute. the blue is potential for standing water. flooding is possible. the green on the roads is good news and we are at at the limit. >> the development in the session into a knife found at o.j.'s foam home and the athlete is reacting to claims the item could link him to the murder of his ex-wife. >> grabbing a can of coke or

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walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning, this is a look from our explore storm camera, drive right now in san francisco but the north bay is getting pounded by rain this morning. we should expect to see persistent rain in the city by the afternoon. we want did see how the storm is impacting where you live sharing pictures and video using #abc7now. we could use them on air or

online. >> thousands are expected to say goodbyes to former first lady nancy reagan in southern california in repose at the reagan library in simi valley. yesterday, 3,000 people came to pay respects. >> she captivated all of the people of america and became a first, first lady and was involved in things and backed her husband. 100%. >> mr. and mrs. reagan did so much for the country, i had close friends that worked in the secret service and body gars and police officers that drove them away, and he did so much for te country and my family. >> nancy reagan will remain in repose until tonight and laid to rest tomorrow at the library next to her husband. >> laura anthony is headed to southern california for services for mrs. reagan and you can watch the life report tonight at 5 o'clock and 6:00. >> weight loss drug that reduces the risk of heart problems is not delivering.

it is doing the opposite. the f.d.a. approveed the drug in 2014 and research suggested i was good for heart health and now the journal said that the component of the drug could officer heart rate and blood pressure. more studies are in the works to link or dispell the core legislation. >> vitamin d is no for arthritis in the knees, and slow the progression of knee osteoporosis is controversial. researchers are found an improvement but not enough to avoid fee replacement surgery. >> state lawmakers are looking to add two crept tax on each ounce of sugary beef programs. if passed, a a 12 ounce costs 24 cents extra. it will raise $3 billion for obesity and other programs.

obesity and other programs. >> berkeley okayed a one all the marin humane society shows a frightened dog developing back to life acting be reunit mid with her puppies the she excited. her tail is wagging. she was turned into the shelter and the humane society had to convince her previous owner to let them take the puppies, too, because they are too young to be away from their mother. >> and tomorrow is perfect pet. can you take one of those home yourself and i let you know later today who is coming in and what they bringing. >> look at this, nine consecutive days with someone in the bay area receiving measurable rain. right now, the past radar returns are over bodega bay, and 116, and rainfall amendments so

far at the higher elevations have been .4" but lower elevation less than .1" there is good news. it is wet. but not sloppy. it is not standing. across northern california, drawing a line from san francisco to reno on 80, that is where the rain and snow is. as we hold into the afternoon hours. down south, 77 in fries necessity, los angeles is 73, and palm springs is 89 degrees. this is not much white developing in the storm heading into the sierra, a very warm storm and you step outside you are going to feel the warmth. right now, we have increasing clouds across lake tahoe and it will be wet and windy headed into the afternoon and tomorrow it is colder, with snow might being in and we see accumulation in the higher elevations and snow showers on saturday and notice, for sunday and monday we have moderate-to-heavy snow with

potential for flooding and the storm impact scale for today and tomorrow coming up next. sue? >> it is not bad. we have slower spots, look at the east shore freeway a stream of headlights, beyond golden gate field at the top of the screen through berkeley to emeryville and looking at 15 minutes into san francisco. and here is what is awaiting you stacking to the macarthur maze and metering lights were turned on at 5:30 and on span it moves nicely into the city. over all we are hooking good with slow traffic and we will look at the central drive commute, speeds slowing to 15 miles per hour apring the altamont pass and it increases and looks good at limit into dublin/pleasanton for 35 minute driver from tracy to dublin/pleasanton. we still have road work north we to northbound 280 the ramp is closed until 6:00 so a tumor minutes and i will check with c.h.p. and see if that is re-opened next report.

>> the california supreme court has taken a major step toward open access centralling oral arguments (o) line in may. cases heard in san francisco are streamed first, and los angeles sessions coming later. word is they trying to work out technical limitations in los angeles, the top judicial officer said it is part of the effort to maintain access, fairness and diversity despite himmed funding. >> california supreme court said governor jerry brown can work on a land to release prison inmates while that is challenged in court. the governor wants to release nonviolent felons early to meet a court order to reduce the prison population. last month the efforts were halted after a lawsuit alleged that the governor's proposal had been changed after it was approved. both sides will rent their argues to court by end of the month. >> we get our first look at an accident involving a google self driving suvs and the valley transit authority released the video showing when the worst s.u.v. hit side of a bus in

mountain view on valentine's day. cameras show reactions of passenger and bus driver after it happened. both google car and bus suffered damage. google has accepted partial responsibility. >> the nasa's next mars mission is alive. space agency is shooting for a 2018 launch of the we spacecraft. it will study the interior. the lander was spiceed to take off but there was a problem that should be fixed in time for the next available launch window which arises every two years. >> national park service celebrating centennial with special coins. we were at the facility in san francisco as the first coins were struck the mint will reduce 750,000 of the half dollars. on one side you can see a hiker. on the other, a chide -- child. >> we want to capture a broad

speaker expectative with yosemite and yellowstone, natural areas and historical sites that tell our history. >> other mints will produce gold coin with john muir, president roosevelt and yosemite. the silver dollar has yellowstone and a special dancer . >> next, freeing up space on the commute, bart officials meeting today on a plan to punish people would take up more than one seat on the train. the decision could change what you do. >> rain coming down in the not by with teach coverage on the by with teach coverage on the series of storms and what you

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we are tracking the storms headed into the bay area, and some of it right here. live doppler hd is show the rain in the north by, and this video

proves what we are seeing on radar. a look at the wet roads and showers a few minutes ago. everyone can expect to see rain over the next few days. >> good morning, at 6:00 a.m. i am reggie aqui much. >> i am here for natasha zouves, i am matt keller. we check with meteorologist mike nicco and what is happening. mike? >> good morning, pat, reggie, all eyes on the efficient bay, as we hold through the storm it is the bayshore line down to highway 237 adding to the flash flood watch in affect now through 6:00 p.m. on sunday. this is the potential heavy rain across the north bay. we will have flooding of streets and parking lots and creeks will flood. here is a look at clear lake with heavy rain rolling through but so far have not heard of debris flows from the fires we have our