>> announcer: good morning, pay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. 5:00 a.m. good morning on this monday, january 16th, mlk day. i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm natasha

>> mike nicco bringing us quiet days. >> a little less tomorrow and the storm door opens and will stay open starting wednesday. we have fog to deal with. santa rosa, fairfield and the san ramon valley, the fog is going to move to the east as we go throughout the morning. the flags on the ferry building show that. it is dleclear around the bay a san francisco. black ice is possible through the san ramon valley. sunshine this afternoon. how is the commute or lack thereof? >> lack thereof is accurate, yeah. light out there this morning. let's look at the east shore freeway. westbound 80 from golden gate fields to san francisco, 15 minute drive. no problems there. no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. look at the richmond-san rafael bridge. one car driving through the tolls. we'll come back and look, there is some flooding on highway 37.

we'll check that out in the next report. >> sue, thank you. the list of congressional democrats who will not be attending this week's presidential inauguration is continuing to grow. >> that includes lawmakers from the bay area. that is not stopping local donald trump supporters from making the trip. we're live in santa clara city hall. >> good morning, reggie. people will be leaving santa clara and heading to washington for the ceremony, black tie affairs and the parade. over the weekend, inauguration rehearsals took place in washington, d.c. with stand-ins walking down the steps for the swearing in ceremony. as the preps are underway, the santa clara couple will be there to see the actual ceremony. they supported president-elect donald trump during his campaign. >> super excited. this is pretty amazing and

historic. i don't even know what to say about it. when i got it in the mail, it was a shock. called him at work and he flew down as fast as he could. we got our tickets. >> he is one of an estimated 300,000 bay area residents who voted for donald trump. he and his partner, juan, will leave wednesday. they'll will there for five days. both of them say they're thrilled to witness presidential history. live in santa clara, abc 7 news. >> thank you. two dozen members of congress who will not be attending the inauguration made the decision after this weekend's war of words between the president-elect and representative john lewis. in a network interview, lewis said he did not consider mr. trump to be a legitimate president because of russia's influence in the election. >> i think there was a conspiracy on the part of the russians and others. that helped him get elected. that's not right. that's not fair.

>> mr. trump responded by tweeting that lewis was all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. the president-elect also said that lewis should spend more time in the nation's burning, crime-infested inner cities. lewis frsuffered a during the civil rights movement. dan ashley will be in washington, d.c. with live reports on president-elect trump's inauguration. >> the president-elect continued his attack on the intelligence community over the weekend. brennan told a tv audience mr. trump doesn't have a grip on russia's capability. trump said, couldn't do much worse. look at syria, crimea, ukraine and the build-up of russian ukes. not good. was this the leaker of fake news? he says it was unfair coverage caused by leaked information

from intelligence officials. one official from the east bay says they have an obligation to investigate. he wants to appoint an independent commission to look into the influence by the russian in the election to make sure it never happens again. >> it would allow congress to appoint national security and elections experts to look back with access to the classified information, declassify as much as possible, debunk a lot of the myths that president-elect trump has put out there about what actually happened and, most importantly, as i said, depoliticize this so it is taken out of congress and put into the hands of independent commissioners. >> he says he will attend the inauguration. he understands and respects his 23 colleagues who are boycotting it. antioch police are trying to find the people who started a fire in a store.

a firefighter walked a shopping cart full of burning material out of the front door yesterday. smoke filling the store on somer ville road at the time. firefighter got a call that police had lit paper towels on fire. it spread to more combustible items in the aisle. when an employee tried to put out the flames, she was hurt and evaluated by paramedics. interesting news about the gap between the richest people in the world and the rest of us. >> jessica is tracking the story from the live desk. >> hi, yes. we got new numbers overnight. listen to this, eight men hold as much wealth as the poorest half of the world. includes many names you may know. we were trying to work on getting you pictures here but we don't have those yet. i'll tell you who they are. bill gates from microsoft. orr t ortega, who owns zara. warren buffet. mark zuckerberg of facebook.

ellison of oracle and michael bloomberg of bloomberg news. the report is aimed at eliminating income inequality across the globe. saying those eight men hold as much wealth as 3.6 billion people. the report meant to shock people into supporting their campaign to close that income inequality gap. pretty interesting numbers coming out there. we'll have much more on the website, abc7news.com. >> thank you. the foreign ministry of oman announced this morning that it will accept ten inmates from the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay. the united arab emirates nation agreed to the move at the request of president obama. there are now 45 prisoners left. mr. obama has been trying to shrink the prisoner population because he hasn't been able to close gitmo out right. president-elect donald trump wants to keep it open and, quote, load it up with some bad dudes. president-elect trump says his replacement plan for

obamacare is nearly finished. he didn't giving details, other than to say it'll include health care for all. that is not sitting well with thousands of people who rallied in the bay area and across the country to save obamacare this weekend. in san francisco, nancy pelosi and singer joan biaz led thousands at city hall. a smaller rally was also at richmond. many are concerned about losing their coverage under a new system. >> i'm worried that benefits will be decreased and more of the burden will be expected to be carried by each person. >> it is long gone. they'll take six months now to design the new program, which will work for the entire country. >> republicans pushed the measure through congress. that will stop any effort by democrats to filibuster a repeal bill. san francisco mayor lee says any idea of compiling a national registry for muslims is hateful,

calling it a gestapo like tactic. he a i nounnounced he'll introd legislation to prohibit agencies from contributing to such registry. president-elect donald trump expressed his support for collecting the names of muslims. rex tillerson will not rule it out during his confirmation hearing. two people were shot outside of the hyatt in emeryville. the victims worked for a non-profit. emeryville cameras show a man being taken out of the shopping center late saturday night. police say he ran into the store after the shooting. both victims are expected to survive. police do not believe the two were staying at the hotel. police are searching for the thieves who stole computers from their co concord. they were taken from the bart

facility off of port chicago highway. police are investigating the scene for fingerprints. you're looking at photos provided by north star resort, showing some of the 15 feet of snow that's fallen so far this month. that marks the largest january snowfall in 45 years. the next storm, as we've been talking about, expected to al e arrive late tomorrow. that should dunk up to two feet more of snow on the mountains. >> announcer: now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> i was enjoying the tweets from amy hollyfield over the weeke weekend, seeing the snow. i think it wasn't that cold. sunglasses. you can get sunburn up there with the reflection. 32 in danville. fog in the san ramon valley. temperatures, freezing, if not a little below. black ice could be an issue. san ramon 3rks3, goaetting clos

there. walnut creek, 35. livermore, 43. san jose, 37. santa rosa, 43. here's how you need to dress this afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. 55 to 59. the same tomorrow. may get to 61 in san jose. rau rain-chilled air coming in on wednesday. the storm door is opening wednesday and lingering at least through sunday. and at least three times, we'll have moderate rain, if not pockets of heavy rain. i'll talk about that next. here's sue in for alexis. >> good morning, everyone. happy martin luther king day. light on the roadways as you might imagine. let's look at san jose 280 at the 880 overcrossing. a few head lights snaking on your screen from san jose to coop coopertino with a 12 minute drive by wolf road. to walnut creek, we're looking at the taillights headed

southbound on 680 past north main street, making the turn to highway 24. eight minute drive to the 24 interchange from concord. we still have some flooding on the roadways. let's look at your mass transit schedule. the flooding i'm talking about was 37. right before atherton in the westbound lanes. they're hoping to have that open. this is the holiday mass transit schedule. more details in a few. >> thank you, sue. facebook steps up its efforts to fight fake news. coming up, who it is teaming up with. adding insult to injury. why thousands of depressed cowboys couldn't leave the stadium for hours after their team's loss to the packers. 5:12. here's a live look outside. here's a live look outside. you

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here is a live look at the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington, d.c. the nation is honoring, of course, the great civil rights leader today. we have a number of bay area events going on, including the freedom train, now called the celebration train. a list of events on our website, abc7news.com. i didn't know until today, the i have a dream section of the speech was ad-libbed by dr. king, which makes it more genius. >> incredible. facebook says it is unveiling measures designed from stopping fake news spreading in germany before the country holds its national election. facebook is partnering with the media group corrective, facebook's first outside fact

checker. facebook faced criticism in germany and around the world for insufficient response to hate speech. germany's national election is set for september. loretta lynch says hate crimes are one of the biggest threats facing the u.s. in her final speech before leaving office, lynch focused on several inshushssues, including one. >> no america should feel threatened because of what they look like, where they worship or whom they love. no one. >> that was lynch speaking at the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama, where four black people were killed when the ku klux klan bombed the church in 1963. the congregation applauded lynch when we talked about standing up for voting right. in the gma first look, the developments of the young woman just reunited with her biological parents. >> she was abducted from a hospital hours after she was born. >> in this morning's gma first

look, heartwarming images of a family reunited. 18 years after kidnapped. >> i always thought about it. >> there is heartache for the man who thought he was the father. his then-girlfriend said he gave birth to their daughter when he was away. raising her from the time she was a newborn together. >> the person she called dad for 18 1/2 years is not her dad. >> reporter: dna testing uncovering the truth. alexa was, in fact, baby snatched from a hospital. williams is facing charges for the kidnapping. the man says he had no idea the child he was raising was taken from someone else. we'll hear from at 7:00 a.m. that's your gma first look. abc news, south carolina. fire season may be months away but a group of volunteers

is showing it is never too soon to get ready. abc 7 news in oakland. hundreds of adults and teens cleared plants called broom. they came from the church of god in hayward. president obama honored that group in the past. as if it weren't bad enough, losing the nfl divisional playoff game, some cowboys players, fans and employees couldn't even leave the stadium after the game yesterday. they were stuck because of a tornado warning. for three hours, they just had to sit and wait it out. adding insult to injury after a close game with the packers. the cowboys lost to green bay, 34-31, on a last-minute field goal. afc divisional championship game, the steelers beat the kansas city chiefs, 18-16. time to get to mike nicco for a check of the weather. >> hey, guys. updating what is going to happen once the storm door opens.

it is going to open big time. starting wednesday through possibly monday. i wanted to give you a heads up, snow in denver. ice in chicago. if you're trying to travel today, could be delays and cancellations. back at home, look how quiet it is on live doppler 7. let's go to sutro tower. little moisture in the air. it'll turn to sunshine this morning. milder for us today. the first of three storms arrives wednesday. wet weekend, likely, but not a washout. not as comfortable out as this weekend. first storm arrives in the evening hours with downpours and gusty winds. let's look how it rolls in. we wake up wednesday morning, mainly cloudy. as we head into the noon hour, that's when we have rain across the north bay, scattered showers ahead of it. toward 5:00, we'll have moderate to heavy downpours across the north bay. it'll sweep across during the evening hours and taper by midnight. rainfall totals, out of this

first storm, coming in around 2/3s in the bay to around an inch in the mountains. number two moderate storm for friday. sunday, right now, looks like a two, but it does have tendencies to be a strong. seven days away. it'll start raining wednesday, sue. >> thanks, mike. go outside now where traffic is, as you might imagine, light out there. beautiful look at the bay bridge with no delays, no metering lights at the toll plaza. eight minute drive from the oakland side of things into san francisco. not a bad way to go if you can this morning. we've got san jose 101 at the 880 overcrossing, head lights headed in the northbound direction. they're moving at the limit, no problems there. one problem spot we've been mentioning, this has been closed for several days now. westbound 37. there is a detour in place at atherton over toward 101 due to water in the lanes there. eastbound lanes remain open. sixth grader in iowa standing up to cancer and

bullies, all thanks to his principal. jackson johnson's grandfather has cancer. chemotherapy causing his grandfather to lose his air. johnson decided to shave his head so he and his grandpa could be part of the same club, as he puts it. not everyone thought it was a cute idea, specifically, one kid at school. >> i was going to my first class, and i had someone walk by and say, you look like you have cancer. >> the principal heard about the encounter and decided to do something about it. he let johnson shave his head at a school assembly. the principal says he lost family members to cancer and knows how important this haircut is for johnson. >> side burns still in tact and looking great. >> sharp. that's great. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. also, the surprise of a lifetime. wait until you see one boy's reaction. don't try this at home. how a daredevil powered himself across a frozen lake. abc 7 news now to keep tabs

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5:24. whether you're joining us or heading out the door, here are the serch thiven things to know you go. number one is breaking news from the live desk. a deadly shooting at a resort nightclub in moriah dplaya del mexico. the death toll has gone up to five people. more than nine are hurt. it happened at an electronic dance music festival. they're searching for the shooter now. looking for the gunman who opened fire on a mer scedes on 2 yesterday. officers have little to go on. number three, the number of democrats boycotting friday's presidential inauguration is growing. five california representatives said they will not be attending. three of them from the bay area. they cite president-elect donald trump's rhetoric on women, muslims and russian hacking as

reasons for not showing up. number four, the nation honor it is legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. his daughter tweeted this saying, happy birthday, dad. i miss you. the photo was taken at the mlk memorial in washington, d.c. honoring the civil righegt ghts. off to a slow start other than freezey fog that may create black ice. the storm door opens wednesday and lasts through sunday. three to four inches of rain coming our way. number six, following your martin luth martin luther king commute this morning with light conditions, specifically at the bay bridge. no metering lights. looking at a 15 minute drive time from golden gate fields richmond to san francisco. lefty's sports bar will announce its closing. february 3rd will be the last day. that's when the lease runs out. do not try this yourself.

let's watch it anyway file. this stunt, unusual one. i guess you have to give him points for creativity. a daredevil using a chain saw to propel himself across a frozen lake in alaska. so, again, not encouraging you to do this. but we have drone video to show that he did it. then it never has to be done again. >> ice skating plus chain saw, dangerous. we've seen touching military reunions, but one little boy in north carolina is melting hearts nationwide with his overjoyed reaction. look at this. >> what is that? >> papa! papa! papa! i missed you so much! papa! i missed you so much! i didn't know you were the surprise.

>> just like that, i'm a total mess. total mess. >> full tears on the set right now. a soldier returns from deployment hid in the wrapped box to surprise his kids. the video posted on facebook. reggie, take over this read. >> i will. i stopped having human feelings three years ago. i can say it stoically. the family asked we not share their names, but the soldier's wife says the son asked when daddy was going to come home. as you can see, was thrilled by the surprise. that is fantastic. i totally get how you're feeling right now. we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news, including details behind a sports bar in the east bay closing its doors for good. supporters and protesters aren't the only ones headed to president-elect trump's inauguration. the four-legged friends that'll be part of the pomp and circumstance. and it is mlk day. we're watching live events that are about to start in miami, florida. with some notable people and

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>> announcer: good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> abc 7 mornings. >> 5:30 in the morning. good morning. monday, january 16th, mlk day. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm reggie aqui. along with mike nicco, jessica castro and sue hall. this is a physical demonstration of the storm door opening later this week. >> i like that. it'll be the new -- what would

that be? >> i don't even know, shenani n shenanigans. >> interpretive dance. >> live doppler 7, the fog layer on half mile, santa rosa, near the airport. charles schultz around 101. for south beach, looking at the bay bridge, not too much. 32 to 34. freezing fog possible in the san ramon valley. how about the traffic this mosh morning, sue? non-existent, pretty much. things are flowing nicely. look at the san mateo bridge with a 14 to 15-minute drive from hayward. 880 over toward 101 and san mat mateo. looking good. picking things up a little bit. green is good. the orange on your map represents areas that could be foggy for your commute. heads up there. just a little blip of red out of the central valley. we're looking at a 25-minute drive time from the tracy area

to dublin-pleasanton. it'll soon be last call for an east bay sports ca s bar wit history of issues. >> crogan's is closing for good. we're live in walnut creek this morning. >> reggie and natasha, walnut creek police say they respond to crogan's more than any other bar in town. they've been here for about 700 calls in just the past five years. these calls range from disorderly conduct to public inti intoxicati intoxication, even assault on a police officer. a man was shot and killed shortly after leaving the bar last year. officials recommended cutting crogan's hours. used to stay open until 2:00 a.m. now, last call is midnight. diane operates a yoga studio next door. >> they've been quiet lately. in the past, i would have to clean up beer bottles or cans

or, also, there is a little corner by my studio that they would go and throw up in. >> the bar's owners say they're heartbroken and feel forced to close their business. they sent out a facebook invite for a farewell party, sunday, january 22nd. starts at noon and ends at 12:30 a.m. it thanks patrons for 39 years of business. live in walnut creek, abc 7 news. the chp hoping you can help track down the person who opened fire on another car in the east bay. officers say someone fired at two men in this black mercedes on 242 and concord yesterday around 5:00. the driver wasn't hurt -- actually, the driver was hurt but the other person in the car was not. at least five bullet holes can be seen in the car. police have little to go on. they need the public's help. >> we always get there after the fact, but everybody that's out there, you guys are our eyes and

you guys are our ears. we need to get these people out of the streets that are causing these crimes -- that are doing these crimes and taking people's lives. >> the driver is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. his passenger was taken in for more questioning. there have been almost 40 shootings on bay area freeways in the past year and a half. a contra costa sheriff's deputy is out of a job and facing five counts of attempted murder after firing his gun inside a house party. the 23-year-old, kyle roland, is being held without bail in a sacramento jail this morning. he was arrested early friday and fortunately no one was hurt. by the time they arrived, he was already being retrained by other people at the party. he'd just joined the contra costa sheriff's office in october and was still on probationary status. the department announced he was fired over the weekend. he's also well-known among sacramento's music community as lead singer of the kyle roland blues band. fremont police are

investigating an indent after a neighbor said he heard a woman screaming and saw her possibly kidn kidnapped. the neighbor sad it yesterday near durham and topaz way. he saw a woman's legs sticking out of a black sedan. there are no missing person's reports but police are issuing this warning as a precaution. mlk event in miami. >> several notable leaders there. jessica has it from the live desk. >> john lewis and others attending the 5,000 role models of excellence project, 24th annual scholarship breakfast. mouthful. it is happening live right now. it is getting going now. you see people speaking there. we expect senator marco rubio also in attendance. i'm tracking the live images for you at the live desk because we're waiting to see if representative lewis says anything about his war of words

with president-elect donald trump. so just this past weekend, lewis said trump was not a legitimate president. trump fired back on twitter saying lewis should focus on the burning and crime-infested inner cities of the u.s. we brought that story to you earlier. again, we're watching the live images here at the live desk just in case something notable happens. i'll let you know from here as soon as we see him talking later this morning. that's the latest at the live desk. back to you. >> we appreciate the update. let's parse down exactly what happened, as you were talking about this. the weekend war of words between president-elect trump and civil rights icon. that contributed to more members of congress declining to go to friday's inauguration. at least 24 members said they will not be attending. five from here in california. three from the bay area. the uproar all started when 76-year-old congressman john lewis of georgia said that he did not consider mr. trump a legitimate president. that due to russia's influence in our election. lewis said he will not be at the swearing for the first time in

30 years. >> i don't plan to attend inauguration. it would be the first one that i miss since i've been in the congress. >> the president-elect tweeted lewis was all talk and no action and should go back and visit the nation's burning and crime-infested inner cities. lewis suffered a fractured skull while beaten during civil rights marches in the '60s. dan ashley will be in washington, d.c. on thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's inauguration. president obama reflecting now on the past eight years. during his last tv interview before leaving office, he said he tried to never lose touch with the people. >> one of the things you worry about when you're in the bubble, and there's all this pomp and circumstance and hail to the chief, is do you lose touch with what you thought was important and what brought you here? and i am proud that i don't

think i have lost touch. >> the president says among his most prized mementos, a bust of martin luther king jr. and a framed program from the march on washington. today, americans commemorate what would have been dr. martin luther king jr.'s 88th birthday. the iconic civil rights leader will be honored for his contributions to the country and the world. many will be using today as a day of service. president obama is encouraging americans to observe the federal holiday by coming together and helping their neighborhood and community. government offices and the u.s. stock market will be closed today. dr. king's actual birthday was yesterday but the holiday falls on the third monday of january. a martin luther king day tradition will roll from the south bay to san francisco today. this is the celebration train. used to be known as the freedom train. it'll leave san jose it a 9:45 this morning. it'll arrive in san francisco at 11:00, where passengers will join the mile and a half march to the annual king day celebration. all the free tickets to the

celebration train have been handed out. we do have a list of other king day events going on on our website, abc7news.com. >> it is a great national parks in honor of the mlk holiday. national parks are free today. there are 412 national parks in the u.s. and 27 here in california. today is one of ten days this year that the entrance fees will be waved. the next will be february 20th, presidents' day. >> announcer: your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> we have great weather for the celebration train and all the activities today. as we salute and think about, reflect about dr. martin luther king jr. and all the civil rights act vis-- activists. low to mid 50s on the east bay. inland, 40s around santa rosa at 39. most of the bay in the low to mid 50s. let's look at the golden gate

bridge, where you can see the flag blowing out to the sea. some of the fog that's inland may move into the bay. we'll keep an eye on it. on the roads, fog and a little frost this morning. a light chop on the water. out and about, it'll be chilly to mild. good day. temperatures, about 55 in half-moon day. oakland to san jose, 59. moving forward, the same temperatures tomorrow, just including high clouds. rain chills us to the mid 50s for wednesday. once the rain starts wednesday, we have about three storms that'll last through monday. a timetable for the first storm and how much rain to expect coming up next. here's sue. good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. if you travel the bay bridge, today would be a great way to do it. wouldn't it be nice if this was always this light at 5:40 in the morning? a last holiday light here, not usually the case for a typical monday morning. 15 minute drive into san francisco from richmond and

golden gate area. antioch to concord westbound 4, 15 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, just under 17 minutes. reports of a stalled rv toward the caldecot tunnel. the 49ers interview another candidate for head coach. coming up, why a familiar face is drawing fire from the niners faithful. also, the powerful storms a week ago caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage thousands of dollars in damage to local

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youns abc 7 morning. police are investigating a crash between the three-wheel vehicles and a toyota sedan. this happened yesterday afternoon at 24th and south v van ness. who people inside the go cart have minor injuries. tourists often remember them at union square and fisherman's r warf to take guided interviews of the city. the latest to interview for the head coaching job of the niners is a familiar face and one fans would rather forget. bob cable, former raiders coach and current seahawks offensive line coach. cable roached the raid toeers t terrible record from 2007 to 2010. plus, he broke the jaw of an

assistant in a fistfight and was accused by three women of physical abuse. the ceo, winning with class on the day he fired the head coach manag manager. the cleveland cavaliers return for what is the biggest rivalry in the nba. the warriors lost the last four times they met, including kr christmas day in cleveland. big, physical teams like the cavs give the dubs trouble. this will be a mid-season test for the warriors. >> we're looking forward to the game, like i'm sure they are. what it means long term, probably not a whole lot. but it is a good matchup. a team that beat us last year in the finals. yeah, it means something. >> neither team had a game this weekend, so hopefully that means everyone will be mentally and physically prepared for tonight's showdown. >> warriors fans, do not forget

today is the last day to dub the vote for the all-star game. in other words, vote for players for the squad. the warriors have four candidates as depicted in these not super accurate cartoon pictures. steph curry, klay thompson, kevin durant and draymond green. >> not flattering. >> it didn't. pcast your vote on abc7news.com and look for the link. if this were me, i'd be asking, who did this? circus performers are lamenting the fact that ringl g ling broerling brothers barnum and bailey circus is shutting down. they think something is going to take its place. >> there is still an appetite for seeing people do inbelievabinbeliev unbelievable things in the flesh. >> people train to be in circus acts. performers say going to the circus is a tradition for a lot of families and are sorry that's lost. they see this decision as a sign of the times after dropping

ticket sales and backlash over the treatment of animals. the circus retired its elephants last year. after that, it became hard for ringling brothers to attract audiences. >> people are moving to a world where we want to see animals, all animals, whether in a circus, in a zoo, we want to see the animals treated the same way we'd like to see our own dogs and cats. >> animal rights groups are applauding this decision. performers say other circus shows without animals like cirque du soleil will continue to thrive. all the wet weather in northern california is going to bring in a pespectacular spring. according to the bay area newsgroup, visitors should expect amazing waterfalls, bubbling creeks, wildflowers and lush grass. livermore remains a muddy mess. it took the biggest hit from the recent storms. rain flooded beaches, campgrounds and picnic areas there. officials say it may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars

to clean up the mess and also to restore the beaches. we're getting a little breach from the wet weather but it'll come back soon. hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. couple days of dry weather today and storm and then the storm door opens and it could be through next monday. high clouds out there, little fog this morning. you can see it on live doppler 7 as i have the layer turned on. no radar returned. we're seeing haze and fog in san jose at 280 at 17. not reducing visibility. grab the sub glasses toatoda s grab the sub glasses tou! sungl. three storms throughout the weekend. we'll start with the first one on the storm impact scale. it is a moderate right now, a 2, with showers, moderate to heavy, especially during the evening hours and gusty winds, also. when we wake up at 7:00 wednesday morning, mainly cloudy from the clouds that'll roll in tomorrow. heading toward noon, scattered showers. steady rain in the north bay. it becomes moderate to heavy at

4:00. 7:00, it is in the heart of the bay. by about 11:00, it is gone. what is it going to leave behind? potent rainfall totals, especially in the mountains. one to two inches there. 2/3 of an inch around the neighborhoods. my accuweather seven-day forecast. moderate storm on friday, weakens to light, saturday. moderate, possibly strong storm sunday. something we'll keep an eye on. sue? new accident? we have a stall toward the c caldecot tunnel. the mobile home ran out of gas. westbound 24 near caldecott. i'm not seeing any big delays there. hopefully they'll get it towed out of the way. look at the drive from the central valley. a little slow traffic on 205 and 580 meet together there.

otherwise, 25 minute drive to dublin/pleasanton. we'll look at your martin luther king holiday mass transit schedules in a few minutes. >> announcer: a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. >> we have an update on the breaking news we've been following this morning. a turkish cargo plane that crashed in kurz is stan. the black box was just found. we've gotten this drone video, flying over the wreckage. gives us a better vantage point of what happened. you can see the huge plume of smoke coming from where the plane crashed. in a village near the airport, at least four people on the plane died and the rest are believed to be from this village. you see snow on the ground and the folks there looking at the wreckage, trying to save anyone. there were people injured. some taken to the hospital, including six kids. right now, officials are working on determining a cause for the crash. international investigators are heading there. they're expected to arrive tomorrow. back to you. >> thank you, jessica.

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5:53. welcome back. more than a dozen horses are in a cross country odyssey, heading from the san joaquin valley to washington, d.c. for friday's inauguration. members of the merced sheriff's posse practiced at home for the

last time over the weekend. 14 riders will be flying east tomorrow to meet up with their the merced county sheriff hope to raise $24,000 for transporting the horses by land. community members donated more than $80,000. the posse planned to be in friday's parade no matter who was elected president. tomorrow, the city council will propose a new state of the art ice rink and they'll hear comments. this is video of the bridge point ice rink which shut in 2013. a developer wanted to replace it with shopping centers but an impassioned comment from ice rink supporters swayed that. another proposal, a golf center with hitting bays, restaurant and pool tables. check this out. north star resort in truckee shared this video. that is bandit doing a practice

avalanche rescue yesterday. the dog successfully pulled a member of the ski patrol out of the snow. this special demonstration on the mountain was part of national safety awareness month. wanted to give you an advanced look at what to expect with wednesday's storm. starting about 2:00 in the afternoon, we get around 25 to 35-mile-per-hour gusts. getting up to 40 to 45 as we head into the evening hours. starting to taper about 8:00. that's our window for potential damage. look at the rainfall through monday. three to five inches out of the three storms that are coming through. if you're traveling today, 30s in the mountains. 40s to 50s throughout the central valley. mid to upper 60s in so cal. we have a lot of snow coming to the sierra wednesday through monday. sue? looks good. nice for skiers and borders. a little closer to home, mass transit holiday schedule for martin luther king day. ace trains three and five are running this morning. martin luther king day bart schedule, modified saturday,

meaning trains will be 20 minutes apart. still, commuter length, as far as the amount of cars. your ferries for golden gate transit extended holiday service. i tweeted it out. different times this morning for your ferries. @sue hall traffic. first reports of an accident in san mateo. we'll have it in the next few minutes. live streaming security camera helped a homeowner foil a break-in in progress at his house, even though he was half a world away. this happened recently in seattle. watch on the right of your screen. you'll see an intruder walk through the door of the house. the homeowner was at work in afghanistan, 7,000 miles away. he got an alert and watched this live on his cell phone. the would-be burglar stuffed the bag with electronics. the homeowner called his neighbor, who scared him off. >> i'll [ bleep ] take your head off! get out! >> that is an impassioned, good

neighbor. >> mm-hmm. >> fbi statistics show burglaries happen every 20 seconds in the country. 30% of homes have security systems. those with live streaming cameras are increasingly helping them to catch criminals. >> amazing. new at 6:00, retired san jose firefighters find out they received more money in their pensions than they were supposed to. what else is being uncovered in this decades-long issue. also, athletes run for their lives when they realize the roof is about to cave in. all of this caught on camera. after years of drought, northern california reservoirs are finally filling up. this is the before. this is the before. coming up, we'll show you

>> announcer: good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. thanks for being with us on this mlk day, monday, january 16th. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm reggie aqui. mike nicco, jessica kos

costro and sue hall. >> a lot of sunshine. a little fog. look at the half mile visibility. here's a look at what's going on from sutro tower. little hazy in this part of the bay. 30 to 43. there are some freezing temperatures inland. around noon and 4:00, sunshine. low to mid 50s. grab a coat. 42 to 49. patience on the roadways this morning, sue? not exactly. only a couple of trouble spots now. otherwise, light. we go to san mateo, northbound 101 year hillsdale. right lane is blocked with an accident. one of the responsible party members got out of the car is and almost got hit. dangerous situation here. i'm not seeing a lot of delays past the scene. rv motor home ran out of gas