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 valentine's day. one issue this morning, live

doppler 7 is tracking some patchy fog into the north bay it's santa rosa that has the current issue, less than 2 miles visibility but the good news is it won't linger for too long. east bay hills looking beautiful on this early morning valentine's day. your forecast, look at this. some early morning clouds, giving way to afternoon sunshine and that is not a mistake. this is a mild day around here, most spots away from the coast going into the 60s. you have some evening plans, look at that. by 7:00, clear skies, plenty of stars, and we are dry. you can leave the umbrella at home if you have date night on this valentine's day. temperatures not all that bad. we're into the mid 50s, between 54 and 57 degrees so the light jacket all you need later on tonight. that's weather. let's check traffic. good morning, and we are looking okay. on the bay bridge toll plaza. there i am. hello. still no metering lights. that happens, of course, right around 5:30, so still no issues if you are coming across into san francisco and doing that bay bridge commute this morning. this would be in the red.

it may flip in a second. tracy to dublin, definitely our slow spot this morning, crash in the left lane just past that 205 merge. westbound 4, 15 minutes and just 18 minutes, southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco. we do have issues with mass transit today. i'll talk about that coming up. the mandatory evacuations remain in place this morning for 188,000 people living below the oroville dam. >> everyone is stressing. the dam itself is safe. the concern, of course, is over the dam's emergency spillway which is still at risk of failing. crews are racing now to fill a giant hole that opened up. they hope to drop the lake by 50 feet before rain comes back this week. right now, it is down 10 feet. fema has mobilized a 24-hour task force to work with other agencies. evacuees being told to be prepared to be out of their home for days, possibly even weeks. and we don't know yet from the white house on whether it will grant governor brown's request

for emergency funding. meteorologist drew tuma watching the storms right now. >> the spormz are going to hold off until thursday morning so mother nature is cooperating at least for the next 48 hours. future weather, taking you into the oroville area, we're tracking three storms. the first one will raf thursday morning and you can see with that pop of yellow, 7:00 in the morning, that is some heavy rain that is falling. then we see another storm move in friday evening as well and then a third one moves in sunday evening. so the issue is more rainfall is on the way. potential rainfall, look at this, could see anywhere from 2 to perhaps 3 inches around the oroville area so something they're watching very closely, guys. a federal official reveals that the oroville dam has been running under a series of temporary licenses for about ten years now. its old permit, which is good for 50 years, actually expired in 2007. the state department of water resources applied for a new

50-year permit before -- the old one expired. the federal agency says it just received all the information it needs this past december. there is no word this morning on why it took so long to gather that information. lurnt governor gavin newsom toured the operation yesterday and he said the emergency is a wake-up call. the shasta dam in reading has similar problems. many evacuees are staying in shelters. others are turning to hotels while they wait this emergency out. and look at this. abc7 news was in fairfield where a big family from uva city was staying. they shared with us their evacuation story. >> gand ma lives across the street, ran across the street, told her and all my cousins. it was a pretty hectic scene because you don't know what's going on. >> did you want to go? >> all 40 members of this family are staying in the same hotel. the utility company provided a few hours of escape for evacuees and offered $400 tickets for a

free movie -- i should say say, offered 400 tickets for a free movie. with nationwide attention on the oroville dam, we wanted to check one out that we pass every single day. wayne freedman has more on the safety of a much older dam. >> reporter: this is a view people around oroville dam may have wished they could appreciate tonight but it happened more than 100 miles away. >> this is going to take us down. >> reporter: we're at crystal springs reservoir where an oroville-type crisis is highly unlikely now. >> it survived the 1906 earthquake. >> reporter: dan wade directs dams for the san francisco public utilities commission which operates crystal springs and others to supply local drinking water. in 2003, they embarked on a $4 billion system-wide upgrade. this just one of many. >> we've upgraded our infrastructure so it can withstand what we think is out there under the worst case scenario. >> reporter: the crystal springs reservoir dam was a wonder of the world when it opened in

1888. the largest concrete dam ever built back then but a study showed its original spillway would be insufficient for handling worst case storms. so as part of the upgrade, the sfpuc raised the dam by 9 feet and more than doubled the size of its spillway. the dam can now drain. >> we can let more water out more efficiently and faster. >> reporter: can you let water out faster than water comes in? >> we can let water out faster than water comes in, in the maximum event. >> reporter: could you do that before? >> no. >> reporter: and now, crystal springs reservoir can hold 15% more water than before. imagine that a dam 80 years older than oroville and apparently safer. in san mateo county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. our coverage of the oroville dam emergency continues on the abc7 news app. make sure to enable push alerts and we will send you breaking updates straight to your phone or tablet. bay area congressman eric swalwell is calling for more

investigation into national security adviser michael flynn's resignation. flynn admitted to discussing president obama's sanctions against russia with russian's ambassador before those sanctions were issued. congressman swalwell says he's putting a plan in place to get to the bottom of this scandal. >> i have every single one of my democratic colleagues supporting my call for an independent bipartisan appointed commission to look at what russia did during the election and also what we can do to make sure they never do it again. >> "the washington post" reports that justice department warned plu president trump about his conversation. meantime, the president has named keith kellogg the acting chief. he earned his bachelor's degree from santa clara university. new this morning, palo alto police need your help to find a man and his accomplice who they said tried to steal a woman's purse over the weekend. this is a sketch of one of the

suspects. they say they he tried to grab a woman's purse on saturday night. she fended him off by throwing her hot cup of coffee in his face. police say he then pufrmg punched her, hopped on a bicycle and then rode away. we are getting word about breaking news in colorado. >> jessica is following this from the live desk. jess, there's a train crash involving amtrak? >> that's right. a passenger train hit a car on the tracks in denver and the driver of that car has died. that information came down just minutes ago. i want to show you these images from our colleagues in denver. there were passengers on the train. they had been putting those folks on buses for about the past hour or so. you can see how badly that car in front of the train was damaged. completely mangled. still no word on why the car was caught on the tracks and this will take hours to clean up. a huge investigation now underway on the deadly crash. an alarming warning for all

of us who own dogs. vets all over san francisco are seeing a rise in a potentially deadly problem. >> and they're saying this all goes back to the rainy weather. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. >> reporter: well, natasha, when you're here at the dog park, you want to avoid standing water. they're saying that this disease, this bacteria, can live in water. so you don't want your dog drinking from the puddles that we have right now because she could catch the disease. one veterinarian's office here in san francisco says it has seen five cases of in the that's few months. they usually see one or two a year and they think it could be because of the puddles we have now. a 13-year-old cattle dog named gertie died from it. her owner wants to get the word out to other owners. she's too emotional to talk on camera but she did talk over the phone. >> it came on pretty hard and

fast, which is the scary part. before you even know you have it, it's too late to do anything about it. if i can save one pup from going through this horrible fate, and one owner from the heartbreak i went through, then i did >> reporter: symptoms include lethargy, decreased appetite and vomiting. the victim we met said it came on very fast. there is a vaccine and vets are recommending that san francisco dog owners go ahead and get it for their pets. it doesn't cover all the strains, but it is the best preventive measure that we have. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield. abc7 news. good morning. time now 5:10. right now, live doppler 7 showing you we're precipitation free. an issue in the north bay with a little bit of fog but it has improved over the last 15 minutes. santa rosa, visibility up to about 3 miles so patchy fog just a little bit of an issue this

morning. oakland, san jose, san ramon, all in the 50s so just a light jacket needed. do not need the rain gear today. look at this forecast for valentine's day. bright skies into the afternoon. you have some plans later on this evening, we are dry. leave the umbrella at home. just have the light jacket as temperatures fall into the 50s. rain chances go up dramatically as we head into thursday. we'll detail the storms headed our way in the full accuweather forecast coming up. let's check on the roadways with alexis. i feel like i need to add some hearts on my traffic cameras this morning. i am slacking. i think you are going to like the commute. this is southbound 680 through walnut creek. no brake lights yet so we are wide open and no incidents. mass transit, we do have issues, though. no ace rail service today or tomorrow. they have extended that. all the way through tomorrow and again that is just due to those tracks being in poor shape. lot of slides, lot of debris, so they're still working to clear that. capital corridor, they are saying expect delays again today as well due to the freight

rerouting and then harbor bay on the san francisco bay ferry route, reduced capacity vessel once again today and that is due to a mechanical problem on another vessel. we'll take a look at a crash out of the central valley coming up next. if you have back pain, doctors a saying don't reach for the pills. there are new guidelines being release. and the bay area has the best housing market in the country? country? at least that's what

wear back at 5:14. oakland raiders linebacker al don smith is reportedly under investigation for a domestic violence related incident. san francisco police confirmed smith was mentioned in a report taken over the weekend. details are not being made public. "usa today" reports this is a domestic violence issue. police say smith and the reporting party are cooperating. the raiders have declined to comment. they're actually forbidden to contact smith under rules of a suspension handed down in 2015 after several unrelated incidents. in today's gma first look, since admitting his cheating during his reign over cycling, lance armstrong has faced a series of lawsuits. here's abc. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, lance armstrong, the one-time sporting icon who was mostly disappeared from public view in recent years, but who now hosts his own eclectic podcast now faces a new challenge. a federal judge ruling monday

that the u.s. government's massive $100 million case against armstrong will move forward. the u.s. government claims the postal service wouldn't have paid more than $32 million to sponsor armstrong's team if it knew he was cheating. the civil suit claiming the doping of athletes and cheating to win is inconsistent with their objectives. but armstrong argued he brought them far more value during years of good publicity, asking the judge to throw the case out. coming up at 7:00 a.m., dan abrams weighs in on the case with your gma first look, i'm neil car linsky, abc news seattle. abc 78 news was in san francisco south of market area as tech workers protested the president's immigration plans. they want to speak out for immigrants of any visa status, asking for more protection and a pathway to citizenship. >> some processes are not only illegal, they're malicious, they've caused so much personal harm to people, i am actually angry to see what people had to

go through because of this one person. we all belong here. we're not going. we are unafraid. >> organizers say they are working with the seiu, a large union, to help cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and others fight for their rights. if you've thought about putting your house on the market, now may be the time. the bay area is the best market in the country for home sellers thanks to high home appreciation is limited inventory. here are the top five holt spots. berkeley, san mateo, redwood city, pleasant hill and fremont. if you plan on selling, you may not want to wait. there are signs it is slowing down. san francisco city officials will be holding a ground breaking ceremony for the renovation of civic center. rec and parks is working with the trust for public land to remodel two 20-year-old playgrounds. these renderings show what the area and the playgrounds will eventually look like. designers want it to be more open to visitors. today's ceremony starts at

11:00. if you or someone you know suffers from back pain, listen to this advice from a doctor in new hampshire. take two aspirin and don't call him in the morning. here's why. according to the american college of physicians, new guidelines suggest that before doctors prescribe painkillers, they should ask patients to try alternative therapies. they include exercise, acupuncture, massages, yoga, so basically, this study is suggesting you wait it out and be active. researchers behind this study say they want to reframe how patients and doctors think about prescription drugs, which are blamed for fuelling a national addiction crisis. one southern california couple is getting married today on valentine's day, but they're going to be celebrating their love in a different way. instead of throwing a week-long lavish indian wedding the santa monica couple is rallying behind a cause dear to their hearts. they're donating all of their wedding money, $20,000, to fight child hung ner africa. >> you could give a day's

rations to a child in a conflict zone. >> what money we would have spent on a wedding by putting it into something that really -- it's not just for one day. these school meals are providing nourishment. >> that's incredible. the couple hals launched a campaign encouraging family, friends, community, you, to join the team. they call it a million meals for love. the couple says this way, they can honor their love and start their lives together by helping others. >> i hope they're going on a honeymoon at least. something. a weekend get away. that's very generous but they need to do something for themselves. i'm just looking out. >> hey, drew. >> good morning, reggie and natasha. on this valentine's day, got a beautiful looking forecast. live doppler 7 along with satellite, we're dry, a few clouds off the coast may try and bubble up early on in the morning but besides that, it's a dry day ahead. good morning, south bay. 44 right now in santa clara. we're holding at 46 and right now, san jose, good morning, at 47 degrees. the wider picture around the

bay, san francisco, the mild spot, so to speak. good morning, 52 right now, 51 in alameda, 43 in danville, currently checking in with a temperature of 46 degrees so your day plan, a few clouds early on this morning but a nice looking forecast, lots of sunshine through the afternoon. mild inland going near 70 degrees, along the coast, ample amounts of sunshine going to the lower 60s. evening plans tonight, just a light jacket, leave the umbrella at home with clear skies. the rain does return on thursday. so the storm impact scale, it's a light system, just prepare thursday morning, the morning commute will be slow if that rain coming down. accuweather 7 day forecast, it's dry today for valentine's day. a sprinkle late north on we say but the storm door really opens on thursday but showers in the forecast through next monday. that's the weather. let's check on the roadways with alexis. and i have stepped by valentine's day game up here. yeah. we got a heart on our traffic

maps. yeah. all right. maybe not feeling westbound 205 to 580 if you're trying to get out of tracy. collision blocking the far left lane just past that merger. sounds like a tow truck has been called to the scene. here's a quick check of that drive time. it is heavy. you're just under 1 hour now. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 54 minutes, westbound 4, antioch to concord, green at 16 minutes, and southbound 101, saefrl to san francisco, also in the green. and bay bridge toll plaza just starting to fill in. we should have those metering lights on within the next ten minutes. we do have pretty big mass transit issues today. i'll talk about that next. >> i'm kind of mesmerized by your graphic. it has me under a spell. and speaking of valentine's day, love in the air, and we've got an exciting announcement about a woman who will soon be looking for love right here on abc7. >> spoiler alert, everyone. you may have seen this on social media. the new bachelorette has been revealed. she's going to be making history as the first ever

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it's 5:24, these are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, crews racing to repair the oroville dam's emergency spillway. there is some good news. they are making progress on lowering the dam's water level. it's now down 10 feet, and it was 8 feet overnight. 188,000 people still remain under evacuation. number two, from the live desk, the feds are calling for an independent review of the oroville spillway crisis. it will be headed by the same agency that rejected the plan to reinforce the emergency spillway 12 years ago. number three, 188,000 evacuees are still out of their homes. and as you can see, many of them are just doing the best they can. camping in their cars at nearby shelters and at amp grounded. and number four, meteorologist due tuma, enjoy today's sunshine. it's the brightest day we have for the rest of the week. your valentine's day forecast looking great into the evening

with clear skies, comfortable temperatures, leave the umbrella at home. and number five, traffic looking pretty good so far this morning. no ace rail service today or tomorrow. so that has been extended and that, again, just due to the terrible condition of the tracks, washouts, rain, and rapid snow melt, so you are going to have to seek alternate transportation yet again today. a major shake-up at the white house. national security adviser michael flynn is out. he stepped down last night after apologizing for discussing sanctions against russia before they were issued. and for lying to vice president mike pence about it. number seven, dog owners in san francisco are being advised to consider getting your pet vaccinated against leptospirosis. that's a potentially deadly bacteria. the recent rain is helping it spread and there have been five documented cases in just the past two months. >> important for dog if you have not found the right person yet, may have instead of looking for love, you should be looking for the person that hates the same things you do. >> that premise is from the new

hater dating app. it connects you with people who hate the same things you do. the app's creator tells "business insider" he came up with this idea after reading a study saying people who dislike the same things form closer bonds with each other. >> you're say if anything you both hate mayonnaise, you're going to have lasting love? >> i happen to hate chocolate mixed with mint. so i know that there's someone else out there. >> who are you. >> i know. very controversial. >> we're back with another full 90 minutes of news. b.a.r.t. has no estimate on when it will open the warm springs b.a.r.t. station so why is it fully staffed. also road rage ends in also road rage ends in gunfire at this bay area

a lot of water still needs to be released from the lake oroville dam before the next round of rain.

meantime, 188,000 evacuees are just playing the waiting game, including one little boy who did get quite the surprise. >> good morning to you, it is tuesday, february 14. did you see we also showed video of people camp dmg their cars. >> they're doing everything just to get out of that mess. >> and this could last weeks for them so gosh, you have to feel for them this morning. hope you're having a good day so far on this valentine's day. drew is here for mike, who is under the weather and you have a nice day for us. >> one issue this morning, guys. live doppler 7 is tracking some fog and it's really kons trapted in the north bay. it is dense. petaluma right now, half mile visibility. santa rosa, 3/4 mile visibility so that's an issue this morning. elsewhere, we're fine. 10 on the board. you're unlimited in terms of visibility. outside we go. live look from exploratorium camera. gorgeous looking skyline. look at this day planner for february, valentine's day. it's mild and sunny into the afternoon and yes, temperatures area-wide going into the 60s. all right, that's weather. let's get a check of traffic with alexis.

good morning. just getting reports of a new crash in the sunol area. southbound lanes of 680 just before you get to andrade. initial calls saying nine to ten vehicles involved. not sure how many lanes are blocked right now. waze shows a lot of reports of a major crash in the area. that's pretty much all the information i have for now. ten minutes from now, i should have a lot more details for you there. and a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. in those last few minutes, the metering lights have been flipped on. also want to show you highway 17 out of santa cruz, that is getting quite busy so next traffic report at 5:40. new numbers this morning. the oroville dam crisis. the water level has dropped two feet in the last seven hours. >> that means it's about 10 feet below the lip of the dam is the goal is to get down by 50 feet ahead of the approaching storms. 188,000 people living below the dam are still under a mandatory evacuation. the emergency spillway is at risk of failing and crews are racing to fill a giant hole that opened up. >> we're going to continue to work on the challenges that we

have with this facility. as indicated, we're working to really dig down into the reservoir and move as much water out of that reservoir so we have space for the storms that we expect to come in as well as the snow runoff later this spring. the white house has yet to respond to governor brown's request for emergency funding. we are getting a unique perspective on the situation in oroville this morning. chp releasing video which shows what the dam looks like at nigh, using night vision. i'm wondering if we can get to that video. the infrared cameras help them see the dam and spillways more clearly and keep an eye out for any new problems. here it is. the agency has three helicopters and two airplanes currently patrolling in oroville. and a closer look at the dam at the center of the mess. the oroville dam is 770 feet tall, it is the tallest in the nation, beating the hoover dam by almost 50%. lake oroville has a capacity of more than 3.5 million acre feet and that is enough water for

about 6 million california families for an entire year. it's the second largest reservoir in the state, shasta is actually the biggest. this weekend marked the first time the emergency spillway had ever been used. all this is a huge problem for 188,000 people who got chased out of their homes are very little notice. they have no idea when they're going to go back to their house. many evacuees left the area and are staying in towns to the north and west. really anywhere out of the way of potential disaster. officials say once they know when the evacuation order is going to be lifted, they're going to announce a plan for people to return in an orderly manner. manner. ♪ happy birthday and of course life goes on, even when you're not at home. an evacuee caught this moment on camera. this is in the oroville area. chp got word that a little boy was celebrating his birthday so they threw him a party. the man who filmed it said that he saw officers walking in with balloons, so he decided to pull out that camera.

one woman and her family are deciding to stand their ground in downtown oroville. she says she is not surprised to hear the spillways are compromised because of all the rain this winter. >> no thoughts of evacuate something. >> no. i have family that lives farther up and outside of town, so if anything were to happen, we would just slide that direction further but i think we're all right here. >> she says the backside of her home leads into a hospital parking lot so her family can get there quickly if they need to evacuate. abc7 news was in downtown oroville last night. only a few businesses remain open and local police are among the cars on the road. they are checking to make sure looters don't move in. we have new details from the alameda county sheriff's office. they are taking in 579 inmates from butte county. sergeant ray kelly tells "the chronicle" that it does require added guards and personnel so there could be overtime required. sky7 was in dublin above the

santa rita jail. it took 80 people and five buses to transport the inmates. chp provided an escort for the school buses. we will keep an eye on the situation in oroville and send out updates through the abc7 news app. if you download it and enable push alerts, you'll get updates on your phone or tablet. one florida county is racking up a huge bill. >> all of that thanks to president trump. jessica tracking this story at the live desk. >> this story just coming in. it's an unexpected cost of this new administration for palm beach county in florida. get this. they now have $1.5 million in overtime costs since his election in november. and it's all because they have to help the secret service whenever president trump goes down there. the sheriff has said he's confident the money will be reimbursed by the federal government but who knows. the county has requested the money back after trump's initial five-day visit to mar-a-lago in november. but here's the catch. he keeps going back, like this past weekend, hosting japan's

prime minister shinzo abe. and apart from november, the total is 16 days he's been down there so that bill just keeps increases and increasing. president trump is going to have to name a new national security adviser following the resignation of michael flynn. he stepped down last night after reports he misled white house officials about his contact with russia. in the resignation letter, flynn said that he held noum rouse calls with the russian ambassador and gave, quote, incomplete information to the white house about those discussions. flynn also says he apologized to the president and the vice president. among those being considered to replace flynn, retired general david petraeus, and retired vice admiral robert harward. the president has named keith kellogg acting national security adviser. kellogg has ties to the bay area. he earned his bachelor's degree at santa clara university. after he left the military,

kellogg worked for defense companies, including oracle. san leandro police are asking for your help in tracking down the driver who shot and killed another driver. it happened two blocks from interstate 880. police found the victim in the parking lot of kaiser hospital because his wife drove him there. she tells detectives that her husband got into an argument with another driver and that person opened fire as both cars traveled down the treat. >> 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 him to kaiser where the staff found her screaming for help. doctors pronounced her husband dead in that parking lot. two young children in the car were not hurt. san francisco police are alerting people about an uptick in aggravated assault. in fact, one recent attack involved two men hitting a 34-year-old woman from behind and knocking her to the ground. she was crossing hayes street at the time. police are urging all of us to

be careful, be aware of your surroundings, especially if you're out by yourself. a fremont b.a.r.t. station is not even open yet. there are no trains, no passengers but it has plenty of staff. >> that is raising a lot of eyebrows. we're talking about full-time staffing, several employees, including two janitors cleaning an empty station. abc7 news reporter matt keller live at the warm springs b.a.r.t. spags. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. this may be the best looking b.a.r.t. station you will ever see. it looks very nice here in warm springs, everything is new. that's because only a few people are coming here every day, and they're getting paid to do it. check out this new video we shot this morning. few workers walking around, but no passengers, and no trains. 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 here for at least another two months. the warm springs extension project is a 5.4-mile b.a.r.t. extension south from the fremont b.a.r.t. station.

b.a.r.t.'s website says only a small amount of relatively minor work remains to be completed but why staff it with someone here every weekday from 4:00 a.m. to midnight. "the chronicle" quotes b.a.r.t. officials as saying the union contract allows employees to only sign up for station postings twice a year, january and august and officials put the station on the august list thinking it might have opened before now. b.a.r.t. spokesperson told "the chronicle," imagine if we were ready to open in november but didn't have staff and had to wait until february to open. that would have been poor planning. of course they are not open right now. b.a.r.t.'s website still has no exact date for the opening. reporting live in fremont, matt keller, abc7 news. and good morning, time now 5:39 a.m., live doppler 7 showing us wear rain-free this morning but we are dancing around a bit of fog early on today. it's dense in spots, especially in the north carolina rigbay ri. petaluma, when the number gets

to less than 1/4 of a mile, that is very thick fog so that's an issue we have on the roadways and we'll continue to monitor that. take a look at temperatures right now. most spots are holding in the 40s. hayward 48 degrees, 47 in the south bay at san jose, 45 novato, 43 in santa rosa with fog and antioch, good morning, waking up to a temperature of 42 degrees. on this valentine's day, we're going to have a bright afternoon on the way by noon. we have bright skies, a few high clouds with temperatures very comfortable for this time of year. clear and dry into the evening. the same cannot be said as we head into wednesday night, especially in the north bay. that's our first chance of rain but everyone gets that rain coming thursday morning so prepare for that. let's take a look at traffic. good morning, drew. i want to take you back to the sunol area. multi-car crash on southbound 680 just before you get to andrade road. initial calls into chp saying nine to ten vehicles involved in this. only a couple of them are blocking, it's in the center

lane, but clearly that backup is growing quickly. so avoid that. 580 not looking too bad if you want to take the long way around. or use some surface streets as well. also not looking good at this point, highway 17 at vine hill road, mudslide blocking the np lanes. the southbound lanes are being shared so one lane open in each direction. same thing we saw yesterday. at least a five-mile backup if you're coming through the scotts valley area and those are pretty heavy speeds so some extensive drive times and we'll check on that. live look outside, westbound 80 looking okay as you head towards the maze. on top of that, new crash for the san jose area and some good news for the central valley next traffic update coming up. vandals destroyed an east bay school soccer field last month but now they're getting some high. >> houred help to make it like new again. san francisco supervisors taking a stand today against puppy and kitten mills. as you get your valentine's as you get your valentine's day into gear, keep

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it's not even raining this morning, and crossing the santa cruz mountains is just getting more difficult by the minute. mudslides have reduced traffic on highway 17 to just one lane in every direction, and now, a new sinkhole has forced the closure of the main alternative to highway 17.

soquel san jose road is now closed. >> 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. >> public works say that there's no immediate plan to reopen the road, and it's asking for patience from commuters. a man faces charges this morning in connection with an attack in an auto shop in palo alto. police say david oakley was angry because he didn't get the part he wanted. so, they say he tried punching a worker at o'reilly auto parts and then hit a customer with a carburetor cover. police say oakley hit a car as he drooef away. officers say he put up a fight when they arrested him. happening today, a move to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats that are not from a rescue organization. the san francisco board of supervisors plans to vote on a law. the goal is eliminate the number of pets that come from puppy or kitten mills. the legislation also prohibits the sale of dogs and cats who

are under8 weeks old. millennium tower is the target of some new lautsz. the latest comes from a group of nine homeowners. the suit goes after millennium partners. they claim the developer was aware that the structure had sunk significantly and failed to let prospective buyers know. the lawsuit also accuses the transbay joint powers authority of mag fi nooiing that damage with the construction of the sales force tower next door. another attempt to demolish a san mateo ice rink. it shut down four years san francisco bay's spi holdings bought the land with a condition o keep the rink or turn it into a similar recreational spotted. spi has tried to bring in retail shops but impassioned rink supporters swayed the city to nix the idea. the developer has a new plan now and the planning commission will hear it this evening. also happening today a schans for single people ore

lease their frustrations on this valentine's day. hundreds of lonely hearts are expected to pack justin herman plaza around 6:00 tonight for a massive pillow fight. this is video from last year and we're showing it because do not do what that lady just did. they do not want you to bring pillows filled with feathers because it makes a mess and then city workers have to clean it up and we have to pay for it. so they're asking you to bring a pillow that doesn't have feathers in it. maybe bring something to cover your face because you know someone is going to bring pillows with fetsers. and a garbage bag so you can help clean up. make it good so they can keep having this from year to year. how about that. >> i don't understand this event. i don't understand why you'd want to do this. just saying. hey, drew. at least we have the weather for it. >> it's fun. i went two years ago. >> was it a good time? >> had a blast. >> you are so lovely. you would have a blast doing almost anything. >> feathers? come on. it's so much fun. get into the face with a pillow, little aggression gets out,

everybody has a happy valentine's day. >> don't bring feathers. >> that's going to happen. live doppler 7 will show you along with satellite, mainly clear skies, a few clouds working into cloverdale but we are rain free. peninsula and san mateo, waking up to 47 degrees, redwood city and foster city, daly city, you're at 50 degrees. wider picture, inland a bit cooler, 44 this morning in antioch, 47 in san jose and the same in oakland. your day plan ordinary reason this valentine's day, looking bright, looking beautiful. by 4:00, we are going back into the 60s, mild day 68 degrees so enjoy this bright day because the rain is going to come back on thursday. storm impact scale, it's a 1 on thursday but what we are tracking, it's the timing once again. it's going to come for the thursday morning rush so expect some moderate rain and a slow commute coming on thursday morning. accuweather 7 day forecast, i'll

show you what's going on. bright and beautiful day today. sprinkle late north after sunset wednesday and the storm door opens for everyone on thursday. that's wetd. let's check traffic. good morning. and taking a look at our traffic maps, i have a little bit of good news if you are trying to get out of the tracy area. just had a crash clear there and it was blocking for a little over an hour at this point. so obviously we've got a backup out of the tracy area but all lanes are back open, down to 6 miles an hour on 205, 11 miles an hour as you get closer to altamont pass. also i mentioned a crash in san jose. it's actually in south end of san francisco. northbound 280 just before the 101 merge, sounds like a few vehicles were racing before this, and we've got a couple vehicles that spun out there, facing the wrong way. and we've got the right lane blocked in that situation. quick check of drive times. looking great out of walnut creek this morning. southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes, southbound 101, santa rosa to san francisco, contactually an hour. you've got some foggy stretches

there and northbound 17, look at that. 1 hour 41 minutes. so that really tough commute out of santa cruz continues. we'll take a look at a sunol crash coming up next. alexis, someone's racing at 5:50 in the morning? okay. some 49ers team members are heroes to kids in walnut creek. but not for their play on the field. this is the niner crew known as the sod gods at levy's stadium. they're making sure a vandalized soccer field is once again a safe place for kids to play. someone drove on to the wet and soggy field last month. they tore it up doing donuts. the niners jumped in to help and so did parents and volunteers. >> they sent the grounds crew out to do some top seed and soil. >> they don't have to be here and they're here because, you know, they just want to help out in the community and make a difference in the community and we're so grateful. >> a go fund me campaign helped raise more than $10,000 for a fence so that this hopefully doesn't happen again. that's great to see. new at 6:00, an uber driver goes

above and beyond the call of duty. how he was able to save a woman from a violent attack. but first, netflix and cheat? netflix says nearly half of the dumbs they polled admitted to cheating. you have to wait to see what this means. this means. plu

welcome back, and happening right now, a big investigation right now, a big investigation at the airport in a man got sick and died but the whole world is watching because that man may be the older brother of the north korean leader. this is a picture from there, an information going on right now

and at this point, only south korean media is reporting that it could be the brother of the north korean leader. to be clear, police have not confirmed the man's identity, but south korean media is reported that kim jong-nam was assassinated at the airport using poison need ms. very preliminary but i'll let you know as soon as law enforcement gives out an official i.d. if you've ever visited disneyland, you probably parked in this parking lot before. take a look at the smoke there. disneyland is back open this morning after a fire destroyed nine cars inside of the parking garage. all started late yesterday afternoon. this is the mickey and friends parking structure. sorry about this wrong video. fire caused about $180,000 in damage to the cars and the structure too. seven park employees were treated for smoke inhalation, hundreds of visitors and employees were stuck outsid of the parking lot, unable to reach their cars for hours. investigators still trying to figure out how the fire started.

they do not think it was arson. as you get ready to put in a hard day at work, you're not going to believe this. employees of google's self-driving car project called waymo are leaving because they're getting paid too much. bloomberg reports some long hoff time staffers had their salaries multiplied based on the performance of the project. some veteran employees made so much money, they didn't need the job. so, they left. and they're starting their own self-driving car companies. how about that? you get so overpaid that you leave with your knowledge and start the same thing somewhere else. >> i like what you said. it's called waymo because you're either making way mo than you. just in time for valentne's day, a new serve uncovers widespread cheating among couples. >> listen to this. not what you think. it's a netflix survey and it finds that about half of couples who follow a series together are secretly watching their shows ahead of their partners. 63% of cheaters say that they would gladly do it more if they

knew they wouldn't get caught. and get this. 14% say that netflix cheating is worse than having an actual affair. i don't know about that 14%. >> okay, drew, here's where i am on this. you get a free pass unless it's "homeland" or house of cards. either one of those things, we're getting a divorce. >> then you're debt to me. i burn your mattress. >> do not cross natasha. oh my gosh, my bed is one of my favorite possessions. there goes my mattress. so i'll watch shows with natasha in realtime. live doppler 7 showing you the issue we have this morning is fog in the north bay. petaluma down to less than 1/4 of a mile. when you get that low, it's dense. be aware of that. good morning, everybody, waking up to temperatures mainly in the 40s and your valentine's day, it's bright, it's beautiful, and it's warm. by 4:00, everybody is going into the 60s, a mild winter day. that's a look at weather. let's see how the roads are going this morning. taking you into the sunol area, we have a pretty serious

crash, as many as ten vehicles involved in this one. southbound 680, before you get to andrade, two right lanes blocked at this point. you're jammed almost all the way back up to 580, 12 and 13-mile-per-hour traffic. bay bridge toll plaza, you are congested as usual. slow, half an hour later and it will be for several more hours. i do have an important mass transit note to talk about. we'll do that at 6:00. next at 6:00, the emergency in oroville, what crews are doing right now to protect the dam before another round of rain arrives. plus the reason the dam has been operating with a temporary license from the federal government for years now. and a big warning if you have a dog, the dangerous have a dog, the dangerous bacteria sho

now at 6:00 a.m., around the clock effort to lower the level of lake oroville crews work to

shore up two damaged spillways. and the goal here is to prevent more damage as we are getting ready for another series of tomorrows to move in. they want to save thousands of homes and businesses that could be in danger if the spillways fail. good morning to you. >> happy valentine's day. we have the whole team here. mike nicco a little under the weather so happy to have drew tuma here. >> getting a brief break from the rain. today, valentine's day, absolutely gorgeous. expect lots of sunshine and really comfortable temperatures. live doppler 7, we're getting the all-clear. we are rain-free this morning. outside we go, a live look from the exploratorium camera. clear skies and a quiet morning. valentine's day, that is a sunny afternoon and a mild afternoon, temperatures going some five to ten degrees above average into the 60s. let's check on the roads with alexis. it is starting to get busy out there today. on top of that, you can't take ace trans