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can be seen throughout the city. school leaders are speaking out and so is the man that the demonstrations were about. good morning to you, it is thursday, february 2. i'm natasha zouves. >> thanks for joining us, i'm reggie aqui. we'll have more on the fallout from those protests in just a second but first, our other top story, another storm moving in. yeah, storm watch. hi, everybody. let's go to live doppler 7. i have it up on the north bay. that's where we're seeing some yellows and oranges, some moderate rain falling down into rohnert park to petaluma, all the way down to big bend. and as we zoom on out, you can see it's moving from southwest to northeast. in fact, look at some of the puddles right here on the roof camera. a quick look at your 12-hour day planner, waves of rain all day. alexis. and we've got plenty happening on the roads this morning as well. one of our quiet spots, the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights yet, so everything looking okay for the moment. of course right around 5:30 is when we should have those lights flipped on here for the metering lights this morning. we do have a b.a.r.t. issue already, though, and this is on the richmond line about a

10-minute delay, they have some type of track issue between richmond and dell norte stations. that delay pretty minimal. i will update you if that extends any further. we have two rollover crashes coming up this morning. happening right now in washington, d.c., the national prayer breakfast is getting underway. president trump is there, along with vice president pence. they arrived moments ago. >> 3,000 people expected to attend this right now. i wonder if we want to listen in and hear if trump is speaking yet. all right. this is a tradition that dates back to 1953 and is organized by the fellowship foundation and features a variety of speakers. of course we'll keep monitoring. this we'll check back in as soon as he starts making any public comments. and speaking of mr. trump, the president has been threatening to take away money from uc berkeley because of last night's violent protests. >> he tweeted this morning, if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on

innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds? >> amy hollyfield is in berkeley with how this all started last night. amy? >> it looks like we're having some video issues. we'll get back to her in just a moment. during the protests, you may have seen some folks dressed head to toe in black clothing and ski masks. the question, who are they? and why were they there? >> jessica has been researching that side of the story for us this morning. >> yes, they are often labeled anarchists but the garb and the strategy actually has a name. it is called black block, and it's a tactic, and here in the last few minutes, i actually read a great "washington post" article released this morning to gather some insight for you. these folks often mistaken for a group, but in reality, those protesters are striving to remain unseen, so oftentimes, those folks want to use violent measures or destructive measures

like we saw last night when a mobile light pole was lit on fire and they dress in all black to appear organized and protect their identities. there's a long history of black block tactics. one author, who's regarded as an expert in the field, says the subject or that tactic actually dates back to the 1970s in germany, but more recently, we've actually seen the same strategy used during the protests at president trump's inauguration in washington, d.c.. so, there's some insight for you on who exactly some of those people were. rggie, back to you. >> thank you, jessica. there's another debate that's going on this morning about all the chaos that unfolded last night at berkeley. free speech and where it crosses the line. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on that. >> reporter: hours before the event even. >> no trump, no fascist usa. >> reporter: it had all the trappings of gearing for conflict and confrontation. as though how much or what?

>> i'm not making predictions. >> i think part of free speech is hearing opinions that you don't believe in. >> reporter: when the conflict did arrive, it did so in the form of polytechnics and smoke and strife and anger, not only about the speaker and about what he might say but also about his right to say it. even here in the birthplace of the free speech movement. >> well, i'm carrying my sign. it said, the first amendment is for everyone, protects all speech, even milo. >> yes, free speech should be allowed but where do we draw the line when it crosses into hate speech? >> reporter: some people came here actually hoping to hear the speech. kiara was disappointed when the university canceled it. >> i think the people watching tonight should look at the people protesting and look at what color hat they're wearing. it's certainly not red. >> reporter: as you can see, she was wearing red. as we continued the interview, she paid for it. in a free country, with free speech in this iconic place, no

matter what a person's politics, that happened. ma'am are you all right? >> yes, i am. thank you for asking. >> that was wayne freedman reporting. so, when milo yiannopoulos finally got to a safe location, he went on facebook live to express his thoughts about last night's protest. >> it turns out that the progressive left, the social justice left, the feminist, black lives matter, the hard left, which has become so usually antithetical to free speech in the last few years is taking a turn post trump's election where they will not allow free speech on campus. >> we sent out push alerts on the abc7 news app as the protests turned violent. you can download the app for free, and enable push alerts so we can send you the latest updates as they happen. some of you may be waking up to rain this morning as mike has been telling us, he's tracking a 1 on the storm impact scale today. > matt keller is monitoring conditions in the santa cruz mountains. hey, matt.

>> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. our light showers turned to a little bit of a drizzle right now here near los gatos at the base of the santa cruz mountains. but we did just have our first crash of the morning here on highway 17. it's the northbound lanes. one vehicle involved and now they're waiting for a tow truck. now as we look at the northbound lanes here, heading into los gatos, you can see that traffic is moving smoothly right now, but we all know when it's wet outside, highway 17 can be tricky. now here's video we shot about half an hour ago, driving southbound on 17 through los gatos. right as you start heading up the mountain. caltrans signs are warning you, slippery, wet roadways, reduce speeds and that could be key, especially so early in the morning. there are mudslides or debris in the road from overnight, you may be the first person to drive up on it. past month has been rough for people driving on highway 17 and many other roads in the santa cruz mountains. mudslides and debris, blocked roads for hours and sometimes even days. the good news for all of this

rain, filling up our reservoirs here in the santa clara valley. i'm standing in front of lexington reservoir. you can't really see right now because it's dark but the good news, it's at about 85% of capacity, which is very good for this time of the year. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc7 news. the associated press reporting this morning that president trump threatened to send u.s. troops to mexico if that country's president doesn't stop the, quote, bad hombres down there. that quote was found in a transcript of the conversation the president had with mexican president pooent. it reads, you have a bunch of bad hombres down there. you aren't doing enough to stop them. i think your military is scared. our military isn't so i just might send them down to take care of it. the excerpt offers a rare look at how the president is conducting dip lomsy. several house democrats are calling on president trump ore move chief strategist steve bannon from his post on the

national security council. in a letter to the president, the house democrats expressed concern about bannon's past political statements and actions. they say, national security depends on the full understanding that our nation's interests, not political calculation, that is driving your administration's decision making. check out live doppler 7. up on glen ellen, over towards napa and up towards yountville, all those areas probably seeing ponding developing right now. same thing as you're around guerneville road in santa rosa. you can see live doppler 7 up there, updating, showing that this moderate rain is slowly moving to the east so watch out. as far as temperatures, not quite as cold as it was yesterday. inland, we're about 47 to 49 degrees, very narrow margin there. we're even milder around oakland at 54, san jose, and mountain view at 52, san francisco 51 and then some upper 40s in santa then some upper 40s in santa rosa, novato, and also pacifica.

about 0.04 inch fell so there are damp spots on the road this morning but not as much as we're going to deal with across the north bay. for the next three days, we have periods of rain and showers. the heaviest, we've already had today. they'll be light. we'll have a heavier batch tonight through tomorrow morning. then it will become lighter just like today and even lighter chance of showers saturday, so don't cancel any plans, especially if you're outside of the north bay. that's where the best chance of rain will fall. in fact, temperatures will hang in the upper 50s, low 60s. through the weekend, those chances drop. our next storm arrives for monday and then decreasing chances of rain through tuesday and wednesday. i'll give you an hour by hour look coming up next. good morning, mike. we've had quite a few crashes this morning, most of them solo vehicle spinouts. in novato, southbound 101 just before rowland boulevard, that

cleared as well as the fatality investigation right around atherton so all these end ramps open in the novato area but we have a new rollover crash in the rohnert park area and you can see heavier stuff on live doppler 7 just pushed through. state route 116, just to the west of stony point, just one lane partially blocked, no major delay there at the moment. quick check outside at our richmond-san rafael bridge camera, this is on the richmond side before you get to the toll plaza. it is soggy out there this morning so really want to drive for conditions today. we'll take a look at some drive times coming up. investigators are looking into a cold case about the death of this 17-year-old girl. they're now hoping this sculpture can help them get some leads. >> some homeowners in the bay area just filed a lawsuit against an east bay loan provider. the claims that they're making. it is 5:11. abc7 news now shows you what's happening traffic-wise and also weather-wise during our commercial break. commercial break. we are leaving

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court right now during a hearing for the wife of the orlando nightclub shooter. abc7 news was at federal court in oakland yesterday where prosecutors claim noor salman knew her husband was going on a deaddy attack and tried to give him an alibi. prosecutors say the couple went to downtown disney in florida which would have had more impact, an attack on disney or at a nightclub. her attorneys say prosecutors lack solid evidence. >> we were surprised at the presentation of the government's case. we frankly expected more. we now know there is no more. >> salman's lawyers asked for bail to be set but the judge instead ordered her held for psychiatric evaluation. santa cruz police are asking for help solving a cold case spanning more than three kekds. it involves this young woman. police are looking for information from anyone who might have had contact with her as she traveled through the santa cruz area around 1993.

her decomposed body was found the following year. at first, officials could not identify her so they created the model that you see on the right. police say the 17-year-old was traveling along california's coast from pacifica to santa cruz when she died. in today's gma first look, a film maker shooting a shark documentary is missing after diving in the florida keys. >> here's abc. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, a desperate search. he's the film maker who fiercely defends the ocean's top predator. 37-year-old rob stewart seen here in a trailer from his award winning movie "shark water." but now the coast guard is desperately searching for stewart after his sudden disappearance tuesday afternoon. right as he was working on his sequel, "shark water extinction." this photo captures him on his boat the day before he d disappeared. stewart and four others were diving when at the end of the dive, he came to the surface and signalled he was fine, but as

the boat turned around, he vanished. >> i grabbed a mask and a pair of fins and jumped in the water to see if i could find him. >> reporter: his parents are heartbroken and trying not to lose hope. >> if god cares, he's going to bring him back to me. >> reporter: we'll have the latest detailing coming up at 7:00 a.m. factories in california may soon have a new incentive to reduce industrial pollution. lawmakers introduced the buy clean california act. it requires state agencies to evaluate and manufacture's environmental record for making purchases for infrastructure projects. supporters of the bill say it can play a big role in helping the state reach its goal of reducing toxic emissions 40% by the year 2030. we are in the second day of february and this month marks black history month, a time to honor icons. african-american students and their families are now demanding education. they gathered alongside lawmakers at the state capital yesterday to demand more funding

for charter schools. more than 500,000 california students are enrolled in charter schools throughout the state. one of the lawmakers believes it is easier to hold charter schools accountable for students' grades. >> if a public school starts failing kids, we don't shut it down. we continue on the path that we're going. but when a charter school does not meet its needs, we have the authority to shut it down so we have more authority over charter schools than public schools. >> last school year, charter schools enrolled 2% more african-american students than public schools. a group of bay area homeowners is suing their loan provider. they're alleging they were duped into home mortgages at far higher interest rates than they should have paid. alamo based apm mortgage is being sued in federal court. we obtained an internal e-mail written by a mortgage loan specialist allegedly bragging about closing mortgages at considerably higher rates than customers should have paid. in a statement yesterday, rpn denied those allegations and

said the complaint is without merit. a live look at live doppler 7 behind us right now. we have an expert on hand. here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you, natasha, reggie, high, everybody. i do have some good news for some of us. san mateo bridge here, everybody driving on it, it is drying out rapidly as we look off to the west. that and the dumbarton bridge are our two driest bridges right now but you can see light rain spilling out of woodside, heading right towards the dumbarton bridge so it may get a little wet. also got live doppler 7 honed in up here, you can see pinole valley road, also highway 4 a little wet but the heaviest stuff is just heading through northern napa and up into yountville. you can see the yellows and oranges there. you can see spray coming up from the cars so my accuweather highlights.

wet pattern lingers through wednesday. here's a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. in fact, you can see the wet weather lingering all 1, light, on our storm impact scale. when we come back, we'll take a look at how much rain to expect. thanks, mike, taking a look at our traffic maps, one new issue in the south bay. connecter between state route 85 and 87, five vehicles are involved in this crash, at least one lane is blocked right now and it is just contained to that ramp. so fire and ambulance have been called to the scene. not sure if we have any injuries so far this morning but i know at least one vehicle lost control and then that was hit by another vehicle. quick mention of b.a.r.t. here this morning. our only mass transit issue this morning but about a ten-minute delay remains due to a track problem between richmond and del norte stations. southbound 680 through walnut creek about 14 minutes into dublin, southbound 101 from santa rosa to san francisco, 55 minutes and northbound 17, it's soggy but in the green between

highway 1 and los gatos. little more on those driving conditions coming up next. cyclists at the are about to get a boost. the ferry will be outfitted with an escalators to make it easier for tourists to get their bikes off the boat. officials say the system will cost $15,000. it will be installed in one of the older ferries as a pilot project and could be on board within six months. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. plus an audit from the oakland police department is revealing surprising numbers about who they're recruiting. and queen bey breaks the internet. how her big pregnancy news sent shock waves around the world. as we head to i can show you the world shining, shimmering, splendid tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide

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following a violent night of protests on campus. also in the nearby businesses on shaddock avenue. meanwhile, clean-up begins. number two, protesters were upset about the scheduled appearance of the controversial writer and speaker milo yiannopoulos. number three, our next storm is here, and you can see it on live doppler 7. waves of rain, light to moderate, all throughout the day. and got a chance of rain all the way through wednesday next week. and number four, of course that is going to impact the commute this morning. taking a live look at richmond 580 just before you get to the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza. it is very soggy out there this morning. so slow down, drive for conditions, we've had about a dozen crashes, two of them rollover collisions and almost all of them have been solo vehicle crashes. and number five is a major breaking news update from our live desk, the hostage situation at a delaware prison appears to be over and one hostage is dead. the other one that was also being held this morning is freed

but hospitalized. i'm gathering more details. i'll have much more in the next half hour. number six, the inspector general of homeland security says it will review implementation of president trump's immigration ban. >> that is limiting entry into the u.s. from seven muslim majority countries. >> the ig's office says it will review how it was rolled out, also response to complaints. number seven, you know those new chips, it turns out it may not protect you any more from fraud than the old strips we used to use. a new study finds frauds has actually gone up in the last year so that's not comforting. >> beyonce, though, making it a double. and people losing their minds about this this morning. >> it turns out beyonce's pretty popular. did you know that? she posted this photo on instagram and now this has become the most liked instagram picture ever. >> ever, ever. >> as of this morning, her pregnancy announcement that she's having twins has

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those were not our students. that's not our students' behavior. >> you just heard the uc berkeley response this morning after a peaceful demonstration turned into a night of destruction. protests against a controversial conservative bright bart editor spill into the streets of berkeley and at some point, it turned into an all-out riot. we're tracking the rain moving into the bay area right

now. guilty or not guilty ood mo to talk about. >> i'm natasha zouves. we do have a lot of get to. let's check in first with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hey, natasha. yeah, that's a huge headline, a week's worth of wet weather, not going to rain the entire time but you will get wet, at least every day starting today. you can see san mateo there as you come off the bridge through belmont, redwood city, atherton, even the dumbarton bridge starting to get a little bit wet. our best radar returns moving into san francisco all the way up 101 to san rafael and even if it's not raining, look at sutro tower bouncing around. temperatures are going to be mild, mid 40s to mid 50s this morning, upper 50s to low 60s but have your umbrella handy at any time today, it could rain. guess what time it is? 5:30 on the dot and that means, yeah, those metering lights have flipped on for the bay bridge toll plaza right on cue this morning so we got that in a couple moments ago. that is starting to fill in through the maze. no blocking issues for the bay

bridge commute and drive times looking good. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 38 minutes for you, westbound 4, antioch to concord, still in the green, and southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, you're also in the green at 17 minutes. but if you are coming from the north bay, new crash to talk about. that's coming up. now back to berkeley. a story that is making headlines across the world. a protest got so heated, so violent, its images have now gone everywhere. >> now the president is responding this morning, making threats against uc berkeley. let's get right to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield. amy? >> reporter: hi, natasha. yeah, the commander in chief himself tweeting about berkeley this morning saying if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, and then in all caps, writes, no federal funds, question mark, implying that possible federal money will be pulled from the university. he doesn't elaborate. here's a look at some of the damage left behind from these protests that happened last night. busted atms here at the wells

fargo on shattuck. so were the windows, they are now all patched up this morning. there's graffiti painted here on the walls. here's video of the windows being broken. this was posted on twitter. this vandalism happening at several different businesses in berkeley, some banks and at the starbucks. notice that the vandals are all dressed in black. the university did come out and condemn the violence. >> this is not a proud night for this campus, the home of the free speech movement. we've got our work cut out for us in the days ahead. this is going to be an event that's going to be difficult to process. it's going to have a lasting impact. >> reporter: they were protesting the appearance of m ir lo yiannopoulos. he was here to make a speech. the breitbart editor was whisked away, though, off the campus safely and his speech was canceled. he later said, the left cannot tolerate free speech. that was his response to what happened. police tell us one person was arrested, no injuries were

reported. the campus was on lockdown until late last night, but we want to let you know that has been lifted so classes are expected to go on today as normal. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. and look at what happened to this woman in the red hat in the middle of an interview. pepper sprayed in the face. she was there hoping to hear yiannopoulos speak and was speaking with abc7 news reporter wayne freedman when the protester reached out and did that. the she told wayne she was doing okay. >> what about milo yiannopoulos? he went on facebook live and he slammed what he called leftist protesters and the police response. unfortunately, we don't have that sound for you. we'll try to get that up for you a little later on in the show. we did send out a push alert on the abc7 news app as the berkeley protest turned violent. you can stay on top of breaking

news with the app. it is free to download. you can do it right now. new this morning in the north bay, chp investigating what appears to be a deadly hit and run accident on highway 15101 in novato. investigators say the body of an elderly man was found at atherton avenue. officers found various car parts on the freeway. they believe a small light gray or silver car may have been involved and are now analyzing the pieces. investigators hope someone saw something and will give them a call. mountain view police need your help this morning finding a missing 12-year-old boy. christopher moreno was last seen yesterday at grand middle school in mountain view on castro street. detectives say he was wearing a white sweatshirt with the word walden on the front. anyone with information is asked to call the police department. we are getting more information about a now-deadly hostage situation at a prison in delaware. >> finally came to an end just moments ago, and jessica tracking all the new details at the live desk. and the details i've been

gathering from our colleagues in the area say that hostage rescued is alert and talking but she is hospitalized. meanwhile, that other hostage was found unresponsive and is dead. police stormed into the prison just a few moments ago and that second hostage was pronounced dead at the scene. i was able to get some more information. we know that police were able to secure the prison just a few moments ago. in fact, we showed you these pictures earlier and we were watching as inmates were made to lie face down on that paved recreation area, and now delaware state police are still there right now trying to secure the maximum security prison as a whole. this is happening in smyrna. the situation has lasted more than 24 hours and obviously a huge investigation is now the next step. those two other hostages released yesterday, there was a total of four, so we have two this morning, two released yesterday, they are recovering. they also sustained some injuries. i will let you know as soon as

we get any of the major updates from the area. at last check, also still 82 prisoners held inside the prison itself, so they have a lot to deal with. back to you. the san francisco police department is suspending ties with the fbi's joint terrorism task force. that announcement comes amid growing concerns of spying on muslim americans by the new trump administration. the ten-year jttf agreement was set to expire in march, and that's when policy could be revised. >> donald trump was very clear that he was going to be targeting muslims, he wants mass muslim surveillance, part of the work done with the fbi jttf could feed into this horrible muslim registry they're talking about. >> the fbi released this statement. these san francisco jttf continues to be committed to working with our state, local, and federal law enforcement entities to uphold the constitution and protect the american people in all communities. a jttf partnership could be reinstated with review by the police commission at a public meeting. the release of an oakland

police department audit requested by mayor libby schaaf last may is revealing strategying details about the recruitment process. among the findings, 17% of officers that were reviewed had been fired from a previous job. nearly half of the officers were not hired by at least one other law enforcement agency after going through the application process. the majority had failed oral and written tests. alameda police are investigating the deadly shooting of a burglary suspect by an off-duty contra costa sheriff's deputy. the deputy tells police that he found the man trying to break into his home yesterday morning. so the deputy opens fire, he wounds the man, and the suspect died later at the hospital. neighbors were ordered to shelter in place as police were searching the area for another possible suspect. they didn't end up finding anyone. investigators haven't said if the man who died had a weapon. >> it's 5:37. this morning, san rafael police are warning residents about a pattern of home burglaries. investigators say all of the burglaries happen during the day

when residents are at work. the burglars took jewelry, other valuables, and easily concealed items. the police say it appears the burglars watched the residents leave their home and in some cases hit multiple houses on the same street. officials are asking residents to be vigilant about people and cars they don't recognize in their neighborhoods. then morgan hill police warning about a rash of car burglaries there. burglars have broken into 20 cars in just the last week. this is a photo of one break-in posted on the department's facebook page. police remind drivers to park in well-lit areas, lock your doors and keep anything valuabe out of sight. you'll have a chance to weigh in on oakland's superintendent search. the school board plans to hold several group input sessions. the board will start taking applications for the job february 27 and it hopes to have a new superintendent in place by may 10. today is groundhog day. >> just about an hour ago,

punxsutawney phil made his official prediction through a translator, of course. phil made it clear he did see his shadow so we are in for another six weeks of winter. there he is. hoist him high like the lion king. records dating to 1887 show that phil saw his shadow 102 times and forecasted an early spring just 18 times, including last year. let's get to the real expert now. hey, mike. who's that, chattanooga chuck? general beauregard in atlanta? chuck in chattanooga didn't see it. he's saying spring's coming early. whatever. here's a look at what's coming on. we have spring-like temperatures out there. you can' right through the altamont pass we had wet weather roll through so please slow down. you can see the richmond-san rafael bridge, golden gate bridge, green, saw some light rain falling on there. mill valley, bridgeway road, all those areas getting wet. and you can see behind it there was a little bit of a break but

that area of low pressure is still spinning out here and we're going to have waves of rain, light to moderate during the morning commute, it's orange, going to be our tougher commute during the day because of hydroplaning and ponding. breezy conditions will continue. in you're heading up to the skrr sierra, we're under a winter storm warning. you can see during the day today, it's pretty lights. it's tomorrow when the heaviest of the snow is going to fall and eventually 25 inches in donner to 26 in kirkwood. as far as temperatures, 48 right now in orinda, low to mid 50s for the rest of the east bay and you can see we have upper 40s to mid 50s just about everywhere. we'll top out today in the say mid 50s to low 60s, wet and seasonal, minor cooling tomorrow. more 50s than low # 0s a little bit of a warming saturday because we have less of a chance o rain saturday than we do today and tomorrow. and i'll show you the rest to the weekend coming up next. alexis. good morning, mike. the weather conditions really impacting the commute this morning.

lot of crashes, almost all of them solo vehicle spinout crashes and unfortunately we have a new situation and several other vehicles hit it. southbound 101 just past state route 37 again in the novato area. third crash of the morning along this stretch. right lane blocked at the moment so fire and ambulance are on the scene, at least one of the vehicles involved in this crash is on its side right now. so, sounds like this one's going to take quite some time to clean up. also have the collision still in the south bay. the northbound 85, that is now fully blocked and that one is due to a five-car crash. southbound 680 looking okay. haven't had any trouble reported in this area but man, you really do want to slow down and drive for conditions this morning. our earlier b.a.r.t. issue is improving. some big updates after president trump makes comments about australia and iran. they are both responding this morning. self-driving cars are improving at a rapid pace, what

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today's storm is level 1. that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. 5:44 now and happening today, activists are planning a protest at uber headquarters in

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and i've said it many times before. relocations are painful. and you want to be intelligent, thorough, and you want to make sure that we do it with a great deal of sensitivity. >> the commissioner also announced the raiders will play the patriots in mexico city next season. it's the second year in a row the silver and black have been scheduled to play south of the border. the match-up will be considered a home game for the raiders. all right, we're going to take a look at that 1 on our storm impact scale this morning, just some light showers so far in the bay area. hig hi, mike. >> here's one of those areas, richmond. you can see puddles developing as we're looking to the east so the traffic is coming at us heading west right into the toll plaza where a little hydroplaning is possible. you can see 680, light rain falling here. we'll have steadier rain this morning to waves of showers as we head through the afternoon hours. accuweather highlights shows an umbrella needed through wednesday with our lightest rain falling this weekend. here we are in pleasanton,

livermore, the sunol grade, 580, 680, all getting wet right now. you can see the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, some light rain falling there. beach park road the heaviest of the rain as it moves away from the peninsula and across and starts to head over towards hayward and in the northern parts of napa, we just had some moderate rain roll through. watch out for some standing water on 29. so mainly, light showers today, breezy all day, variable driving conditions in the south bay, it's actually getting pretty dry right now. but as you see through the day, the yellows start to go away by 9:00 and just waves of green at noon. again, at 5:00, even some isolated, but then, look what happens tonight. just like this morning, when you were sleeping, 2:00 to about 7:00, that's when the moderate to heavy rain rolls through for friday. friday's a 1 also but then so is saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday then we'll start to dry out wednesday. here's alexis. good morning, mike. of course whenever we get rain

we get a lot of crashes to go with it so probably not going to be an easy commute for you today. want to take you back to the rollover crash in novato, southbound 101 past state route 37. sounds like a total of four vehicles involved. initially a vehicle lost control, spun out in the fast lane, that was then hit by another vehicle and that ended up in the far right lane so we've got one vehicle on its side. we know that the left lane is now open at least that right lane is blocked, possibly a couple lanes down and you are jammed at about 11 miles per hour getting through that stretch so i expect that to get worse before it gets better this morning. bay bridge toll plaza slow as usual. metering lights on for about 20 minutes. quick update on b.a.r.t. that issue has been resoldiered still about ten-minute residual delays but that should be improving quickly. yet another rollover crash in the fairfield area. we'll talk about that next. there's some new dmv numbers that appear to show self-driving cars are improving at a pretty rapid rate. the data counted amount of times

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the dublin office also has a charming outdoor courtyard. how about we start with one of our drier commutes, san mateo bridge as we're looking west, not too wet but a few sprinkles are starting to develop. 101 and 880 where we had rain earlier, looking pretty quiet also. so driving, heaviest of the rain this morning is going to fall. have an umbrella if you're going on out and about as we'll be dodging drops all day and on the water when it's not wet, it's going ton breezy. here's a look at our advisory. 40 to 50 miles per hour gusts above 1,000 feet. so far, i haven't heard of any damage. hydroplaning is my biggest concern today, then trees down and low concerns for power outages, small creek flooding and river flooding. hydroplaning definitely a factor. southbound 101 in novato just

past state route 37, we've got the left lane blocked, possibly a couple lanes down at the moment. that's due to a multi-car crash. one vehicle spun out and was hit by several other vehicles and one of those cars landed on its side. also, westbound 80, a vehicle lost control, went off the roadway and flipped over and we just got a new problem on the nimitz, didn't even have time to finish making this map but it is on southbound 880 right around stevenson, several vehicles involved and we have at least one lane blocked so an update plus drive times coming up at 6:00. the final frontier arriving in oakland. >> abc7 news was there to preview the exhibit "star trek." the original tv series launched in 1966 and the exhibit has been on tour since last year, features the creations of artists from all around the world. leonard nimoy contributed a montage of vulcan hands before

he passed away. new at 6:00, major retailers joining forces against president trump's proposal to tax imports. plus the violent protests at berkeley could be blamed on a single group. what we learned this morning. allegation a violent crash caught on camera in georgia. wow. a jung child thrown from that car and now police are looking for the man behind the wheel. here's a live look outside. here's a live look outside. abc7 news now, our way to kee

now at 6:00, president trump is responding after protests take a violent turn at uc berkeley. the chaos spreading into the streets and leaving local businesses with a big mess. but first, we're on storm watch. live doppler 7 showing where the abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco says you're going to want

an umbrella. >> yes, you do, reggie. you'll want to keep it all the way through wednesday. let's look at some of the heavier rain. moving across to san mateo and all the way over to hayward right now so that san mateo bridge is about to get a lot wetter. in fact, look at the waves of light, even the few moderate showers out there. that will be the case through the morning hours. and it's going to be breezy as we'll morph over to waves of showers by noon. we'll keep periods of showers going through 4:00 and we'll round out your 12 hour day planner with more showers at 7:00. alexis? noticing a theme there this morning, mike. and yeah, we've got a lot of wet pavement out there, taking a look at the golden gate bridge. if you're coming from the north bay, you look okay at this point, although you do have that wet pavement north of here, though. we've hat several crashes in the novato area so more details on that in a few minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 24 minutes, about 14 across the bay bridge and san francisco to sfo is still in the green. about