many of the evacuees from various towns have headed to shelters in places like colusa and chico, anywhere that's out of the way. >> my daughter wanted me to get a place to stay for maybe three to four days until they work this out to see if it's going to work. >> reporter: all of them well aware that there's another round of rain headed their way. >> i wouldn't say that everything's going to be fine. because you know, we know a storm's coming. we don't know how big it is. >> i don't think we're out of the woods for a while yet. the weather has been phenomenal. thank goodness we didn't have full reservoirs to begin with. we are getting a unique perspective now on the situation in oroville this morning. look, chp releasing this video that shows what the dam looks like at night using night vision. a flight crew says the infrared cameras help them see the dam and spillways more clearly. the agency has three helicopters and two airplanes currently

patrolling at oroville. and of course the question on so many minds this morning, how did this crisis get this bad despite the warning signs? >> jessica digging into details of a federal investigation. >> yes, everyone wondering how this crisis could have happened and that is what the review will now tackle. it is being ordered by the federal energy regulatory commission. it's the same agency that rejected the idea of reinforcing the emergency spillway back in 2005. when critics suggested it could fail. at least five experts, we'll take a look at damage, give recommendations as well, but listen to this. because of that controversial history, there will also be forensic analysis done by a third party and that generally is a branch of forensics that looks into whether any fraud was committed or manipulation of data. back to you. a closer look now at the dam

from the center of the mess. the oroville dam, 770 feet tall, beating the hoover dam by almost 50 feet. lake oroville has a capacity of more than 3.5 million acre feet. that's enough water for about 6 million california families for one year. it is the second largest reservoir in the state, shasta is the biggest. this weekend marked the first time the emergency spillway had ever been used. abc7 news was in downtown oroville last night, which for the most part looks like a ghost town. only a few businesses remain open. local police are among the few cars on the road checking to make sure that looters don't move in while thousands of residents are away. many business owners doing what they can to protect their livelihood before being evacuated. scenes like this are pretty common in oroville and many other threatened communities. you see store fronts lined with sandbags. the county has set up several sandbag locations. we are staying on top of the dam crisis and sending out updates as they happen on our abc7 news app. you can download it for free.

make sure you enable push alerts to get the updates as the they happen. president trump's new security adviser, michael flynn, is out. he resigned after growing concerns over his communication with russia and for misleading the vice president. abc news reporter stephanie ramos has the latest in this stunning shake-up. >> reporter: natasha, there is drama coming out of the white house. i one day, general michael flynn received support from the white house. then it was said that the president was evaluating his situation and then comes flynn's resignation over a possible breach of the law. general michael flynn was one of the first to endorse president donald trump. he was one of the president's first appointments after the election. but now, the national security adviser is the first to go, less than a month on the job. he faced mounting questions over a phone call he had with the russian ambassador, discussing u.s. sanctions placed on russia by the obama administration for

suspected meddling in the 2016 election. before trump even took office. flynn said he didn't. vice president mike pence then said the same. >> what i can confirm, having spoken to him about it, is that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the united states took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. >> reporter: but multiple sources tell abc news the topic of sanctions did come up and the fbi and the department of justice acting attorney general sally yates who was fired for trying to block trump's immigration order, sents a warning to the white house, krnld that a high level official count in a public lie could be subject to blackmail. despite calls for his firing from democrats, trump's councillor, kelleyanne conway showed white house support for flynn. >> general flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president. >> reporter: hours later, flynn was out, in his letter writing,

unfortunately, because of the fast pace of event, i inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. in that letter, flynn also says he apologized to the president and vice president. now, among those being considered to replace flynn are retired general david petraeus and also retired admiral robert harward. back to you, reggie and natasha. the president has named keith kellogg as acting national security adviser and kellogg does have ties to the bay area. he earned his bachelors at santa clara university. he worked for defense companies, including oracle. a fremont b.a.r.t. station is not even open yet, no trains, no passengers, but it has plenty of staff. >> we're talking about full-tie staffers. several employees there, including two janitors, cleaning an empty station. abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us at the warm springs

b.a.r.t. station. >> reporter: good morning. the lights are on and there are actually people home here at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station but no passengers and no trains. we saw a few workers walking around here about a half hour ago. according to "the chronicle," b.a.r.t. has been staffing the warm springs station full-time with eight workers even though no trains will be running for at least two months. the warm springs extension project is a 5.4-mile b.a.r.t. extension. b.a.r.t.'s website says only a small amount of relatively minor work remains to be complete. but why staff it with someone here every weekday from 4:00 a.m. to midnight and a little bit shorter hours on the weekends? "the chronicle" quotes b.a.r.t. officials as saying the union contract allows employees to sign up twice a year in january and august and officials put the warm springs station on the august list thinking it might have opened before now, but it didn't. this is what they're paying their employees here.

the five station agents see more than $73,000 a year and the dispatch supervisor salary is more than $89,000 a year. they have two janitors on their staff here and sometimes they go to other stations to clean up there. b.a.r.t. says more testing needs to be done here before they open. the warm springs b.a.r.t. station. reporting live in fremont, matt keller, abc7 news. san leandro police are asking for the public's help in tracking down the driver who shot and killed another driver. you can see the map. police found the victim in the parking lot of kaiser hospital where his wife had driven him to. she tells detectives that her husband go into an argument with another driver. that person opened fire as both cars traveled down the street. >> the woman who's identifying herself as his wife slid over in the -- up against the driver, the victim himself and actually operated the vehicle. >> she drove the kaiser and staff found her screaming for

help. doctors pronounced her husband dead. two young children in the car were not hurt. san francisco police are alerting people about an uptick in aggravated assaults. two men at a 34-year-old woman from behind. they knocked her to the ground. police are urging everyone to be aware of their surroundings especially if you are by yourself. and an accuweather this morning, valentine's day shaping up to be bright and beautiful before we track the return of some wet weather in the seven day forecast. live doppler 7, all clear in terms of precipitation. we do have an issue with fog. santa rosa good morning, you are dealing with low visibility. fog, patchy, will be an issue this morning. temperature-wise, aware doing okay. 52 right now in san francisco, good morning, 47, san jose, 49 in oakland, and concord current

currently checking in at 49 degrees. bright skies into the afternoon. and if you have evening plans, leave the umbrella at home. just grab the light jacket. it's a dry night and temperatures slowly falling through the 50s. you look at our chances for rain the next seven days and they dramtly increase, starting wednesday in the north bay and everywhere on thursday. much closer look at that coming up. let's get a check of the roadways. i want to take you down to the santa cruz mountains. another tough day, especially for that northbound traffic. of course the northbound side of 17 still blocked by the slide from last week at vine hill road so traffic sharing the southbound side, one lane open in both directions, just a slight delay on the southbound side right now. but on the northbound side we saw a five-mile backup and those drive times were ugly. expecting the same thing today. also again today, no ace service and they've actually extended that through tomorrow. so no iace service tuesday and

wednesday because the tracks are in bad shape. driving in the santa cruz mountains is never easy, but storm damage is turning it into a big headache. the new challenge drivers are facing this morning. the move san francisco supervisors will consider today to take a stand against puppy and kitten mills. we're going to head to the break. break. here's a live l

i'm tracking a story at the live desk this morning, a deadly crash on 580. and it looks like at this point the victim was walking on the freeway. i was trying to get my video up here for you, but i think it might take a little bit of work there, so i'm going to get back to that story for you in just a moment. there is an investigation underway right now by california highway patrol. happened in pleasanton overnight. send things back to you. one person dead and investigation underway. the freeway, though, in pleasanton, 580, back open. crossing the santa cruz mountains, getting more difficult by the minute now. mudslides have reduced traffic on highway 17 to just one lane in either direction and now there's a new sinkhole has forced the closure of the main alternative to highway 17. it's closed indefinitely.

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more on the headache it's causing for commuters. >> it's sinking and it's not a good situation for us right now. >> reporter: this is a new sinkhole caused by a historic landslide. the road is closed but is signs are not enough to stop some drivers. the road is a primary alternative to highway 17. >> it's a major crisis to have that road closed. along with 17 down to two lanes and along with bear creek so we are definitely suffering this year. >> reporter: greg took these photos. public works says geologists have examined the area and it will not be a quick fix. >> we're asking for forgiveness right up front. >> reporter: highway 17 is at the heart of the problem, a mudslide near vine hill road has closed the northbound lanes. repairs are on hold following the death of a worker last week. another big problem in the santa cruz mountains. highway 35 is closed because of a massive washout. drivers are using black road to get around it. so are looky loos trying to see the gaping hole.

people who live there say the road cannot handle it. >> you combine that extra traffic with the roadbed where there's some major cracks and we're very concerned. >> reporter: authorities don't know when these roads will open again. 4:45 now and happening today, a move to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats in san francisco that are not from animal rescue organizations. the san francisco board of supervisors plans to vote on legislation to amend the current health code. proponents say the mills promote large-scale breeding and produce unhealthy pets. the legislation also prohibits the sale of dogs and cats who are under 8 weeks old. this is my favorite story of the day. happening today, a chance for single people to release their frustration about valentine's day. hundreds of lonely hearts once again expected to pack san francisco's justin herman plaza around 6:00 p.m. for a massive pillow fight. do not do what that lady just did. they don't want you to bring pillows that have feathers in

them and you can see why because it causes a big mess and the people have to clean it up and guess who has to clean it up? the city. and guess who pays for that? us. so please don't do that. pling another kind of pillow. bring something to cover your mouth and bring a garbage bag so that you can help clean up so that the rest of us don't have to pay for it. >> this sounds really fun. >> but have fun! >> wearing your mask. how am i supposed to meet someone if i'm wearing a mask with a garbage bag picking up things? >> i know i'm not going to see you with a pillow so don't even try it ft good morning to you, drew. i heard you're going to lady and the tramp it. >> i'm going a indulge in a lot of fast food and go into a proper food coma. good morning, everyone. live doppler 7. dry in terms of precipitation. cloud cover off the coast. visibility down to two miles santa rosa. that's our only issue. look at this, gorgeous for

winter. lots of sunshine, mild temperatures, 63 in san francisco today, 67 in san jose, 65 the high in oakland. and 66 the high in napa. so our dry pattern will last at least through wednesday. on thursday, bringing back the storm impact scale, it's a 1. moderate rain for the morning commute so future weather as we get you into the hour-by-hour forecast, wednesday, clouds will be with us. not until early thursday, here comes the rain so prepare thursday morning, the morning commute is going to be a slow one. accuweather 7 day forecast. enjoy valentine's day. it's dry. sprinkle late on wednesday and wet weather returns on thursday. let's check with traffic. taking a look at our traffic cameras here today, i'll give you a live look outside at the south bay, 101 and 880 starting to fill in just slightly. so no major issues, no incidents reported for the san jose area at the moment. and a quick check of drive times. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, you're up to 45 minutes, southbound 680, wide open there,

dublin to mission bouleva south, about 14. also until the green at 16 minutes. if you're starting on 205 in tracy, there's a collision. i'll talk about that just before 5:00. san francisco sinking millennium tower is now the target of more lawsuits. the latest come from a group of nine homeowners. the suit goes after millennial partners for allegedly withholding information on the risk of the building sinking. they claim the developer was aware that the structure has sunk and didn't let prospective buyers know that. it acauses the transbay partners authority of making it worse because they're constructing the sales force tower next door. another attempt to demolish a shuttered ice skating rink. shut down nearly four years ago now. san francisco-based spi holdings bought the land with the condition to keep the rink or turn it into a similar spot.

they have tried to bring in retail spots but impassioned rink supporters sway city to nix the idea. some workers at google's self-driving car project have quit. how they say they got too much of a good thing. stuck at the happiest place on earth, why disneyland visitors found themselves unable to leave the popular park. it doesn't look like much but this parking lot in safrgs is getting a whole lot of attention. but first, this morning's "tech bytes." in today's "tech bytes," the wireless wars heating up. >> just a day after verizon brought back unlimited data plans, t-mobile matched that deal. >> and they went beyond that. offering two lines on a shared plan for $100 a month. that's $50 less than verizon. >> and apple stock opens today at a record high, boosted by investors optimistic about the 10th anniversary iphone later

this year. >> not many user upgraded last year but the 7 brought new converts into the apple fold and both groups may be ready to upgrade this year. >> and a super drone big enough to carry people is ready to take its first passengers. >> the chinese drone has now made more than 200 successful test flights. test flights. >> it flies itself with

disneyland will be back open this morning after a fire

destroyed nine cars in a parking garage. it started late yesterday afternoon. the fire caused about $180,000 in damage to the cars in the structure. seven park employees were treated for smoke inhalation and hundreds of visitors and employees were just stuck outside the parking lot, unable to reach their cars for two hours. investigators still trying to figure out how the fire started. they do not think it was arson. disney, of course, is the parent company of abc7. construction is going on at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital despite the opening of the new medical center. abc7 news was at sf general as mayor ed lee signed an agreement to build a new research medical building. officials say it will attract top doctors who are researching obesity and researching diseases like aids and tuberculosis. >> we've done a lot of work in hiv and aids to transform it from a death sentence to a treatable disease, and we're -- we have efforts now to work on

prevention. >> the research building is actually going to be built on top of this hospital parking lot and it's going to cost nearly $200 million. just in time for valentine's day, a new survey uncovers widespread cheating among couples. it's not what you think. this is a netflix survey and it finds that just about half of couples who follow a series together are secretly watching those shows ahead of their partners. >> what are they watching? >> 63% of cheaters say that they would gladly do it more if they knew that they would get away with it and get this, 14% think that netflix cheating is worse than having an actual affair. those people need a reality check. >> calm down. >> but i have had this discussion with someone i've been in a relationship with before. it was a big deal. we had to have a major conversation about it. >> about what show? >> what show is so important? >> thank you. >> "homeland", modern family kwoez, you got to watch it

together. >> i give you one shot. we got one date and if the date doesn't work out, i'm going on. i am going to see that show through. >> did he say we're going on a date? that's exciting. >> valentine's day. food coma. we have some issues with fog this morning, we're clear in terms of prescription precipitation but the north bay, down to quarter of a mile this morning but this afternoon, look at this forecast. valentine's day, it's going to be mild, it's going to be sun-filled by 4:00. we're nearing 70 degrees inland, got some evening plans, no worries, clear skies, temperatures in the 50s. that's the weather. now alexis, do you watch netflix without your significant other? you know what? usually i'm asleep and he's the one watching it without me. we go to bed so early on this show. i'm definitely the lame one. so i just give him permission to move on ahead. here's a look at our one and only blocking incident this morning, westbound 580 just past the 205 merge, three-car crash is blocking the fast lane so the far left lane and you are definitely heavy out of tracy,

especially on 205 there, 16 miles an hour, 14 miles an hour. drew just telling you about the fog in the north bay. at the golden gate, we are looking clear. meal kit company blue apron is opening a west coast hub in fairfield. the new york-based company expects to open its new center next year and it could create more than 1,000 jobs. blew apron already has a fulfillment center in richmond but the one in fairfield will be three times as large. the company ships about 8 million ready to cook meals every month. you're going to not believe this story. employees of google's self-driving car project are leaving because they're getting paid too much. >> what now? >> bloomberg reports some long-time safrz had their salaries and bonuses multiplied based on the performance of the project and bloomberg says those veteran employees made so much money, they didn't need the job anymore. so some of them have now left to

start their own self-driving companies. i've been wondering why it's called waymo and it's because they are waking way more than you are and i am. next at 5:00 a.m., if you're having any back pain, doctors are saying you need to back away from the medication. an alarming number of dogs in the bay area are getting sick and the rain is being blamed for this contagious disease. and here at the live desk, i amtraking breaking news for now out of denver, a deadly train crash there. i'll have more, images for you next. while everyone's watching the lake oroville dam, we looking at one right here in the bay area. what water agencies are doing now to protect it. and a live look outside at 4:57. where is everybody on this valentine's day? valentine's day? they must be

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we have a round the clock rush to plug up the eroding spillway at the oroville dam. >> state officials are releasing as much water as possible as we inch closer to another round of storms. a lot of news to get to. good morning to you on this valentine's day, tuesday, february 14. >> we all go to bed too early to do anything fun on this day, so this is our valentine's day with all of our friends. >> that's a nice way to think about it. >> including our special guest, drew tuma, in for mike. >> mike is under the weather today but it's going to be beautiful on this