things to what you need to do before you callou yr insurance. the red cross is searching for new places for flood evacuees to stay. shelters at james lick and evergreen valley high schools in san jose are going to close when students return to school next week. about 150 people spent the night at red cross shelters last night. san jose firefighters were at one of the shelt herbs answering questions but they couldn't actually tell people when they could get back into their homes. if you want to help out any flood victims, the city has set up the city victims relief fund. it will support nonprofit organizations. we've also posts a link to this an abc7news.com. stay with us for continuing coverage of the san jose floods. for the latest information and updates, make sure to download the abc7 news app and to enable push alerts. new this morning, one sign of storm recovery, the reopening of a popular bay area highway that's been closed for weeks. >> construction crews have been working around the clock to reopen highway 37. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us in

novato. >> reporter: hi, natasha. yes, highway 37 is open here in novato. look at that. you've got a shiny new stretch of highway to test drive this morning. we do have some pictures to show you from caltrans of the improvement work while it was being done. this is a 1500-feet section of highway that we're talking about. there's new pavement, new guardrails and a new drainage system. that is key. the hope is that we will never again see the flooding that happened here last month. a heavy rain and the king tides caused this highway to shut down. they just had to close it, there was so much water. they're hoping these improvements will make sure that flooding like this never happens this bad again. now, they say they can't guarantee it won't flood but they're hoping it won't be as often and won't last as long. the lane closures out here are not completely over with so don't be surprised if there's a lane closure here and there.

they've got to put some finishing touches on this new section of the highway, but they promise they're not going to do it during peak hours so we can tell you that the worst of the closures out here is over. reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. want to get back to san jose right now. covered in mud. people in the flood zone are checking on their homes now. many are finding scenes that are just unimaginable. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us in that mandatory evacuation zone. >> reporter: we are standing in a mandatory evacuation zone, but when you look on the ground here, there's no water, and in fact, maybe wondering where we are standing as far as coyote creek goes. this is coyote creek right here behind me. and now for everybody to get back home and to get back to normal, everyone's working on stuff out here, we've got a crew getting the fiber optics line back up and running, and let's show you that. and they're trying to get it up so they can have their internet again but even where the water receded, you have some problems.

a thick layer of mud is left behind. flooded cars line the streets in the williams street area, brian rodriguez showed us the damage done to his home. furniture is broken. everything touched by flood water is ruined. the water destroyed a backyard remodel for him as well. he says he has flood insurance and already has a construction crew ready to go to fix their downstairs. he's staying at a neighbor's house. others are staying at shelters. many people still uncertain, though, about when they're going to be able to go home, return home, and get things back to normal. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. in contra costa county, pittsburg police are investigating a deadly shootding. officers found the man suffering from gunshot wounds around 7:45 last night. he died at the scene. information on a suspect or motive has not been released. an alameda county sheriff's deputy remains in critical condition this morning after another deputy accidentally crashed into him. deputy michael foley was arriving for work yesterday

morning. another deputy driving a prisoner transport bus hit him. that deputy says he just never saw foley. it was dark outside, and foley was wearing dark clothing. he's been with the department for eight years. before that, he was a concord police officer. huge protests erupted in southern california overnight over an off-duty officer who fired his weapon during a scuffle with some teenagers. >> jessica tracking that story at the live desk. >> we should note the officer's shot never hit anyone. still, video of what happened went viral and last night, hundreds of protesters blocked streets in anaheim. look at this new video that we have. they smashed police cars. several arrests were also made, about two dozen. this all unfolded about two blocks away from disneyland. the shooting itself, though, happened on tuesday. reportedly, stemming from some ongoing issues with young people crossing the officer's property. the officer and three teens struggled, then they broke free and the officer fired his gun once. no one was seriously hurt, but

the mayor of anaheim says he's committed to an impartial investigation and there's certainly outrage after this video was released. reggie, natasha, back to you. union city police have arrested a teen accused of robbing a girl scout who was selling cookies. police say a 17-year-old confessed to robbing the girl in front of the safeway store two weeks ago. after the robbery, police bought several boxes of girl scout cookies and helped raise more than a thousand dollars. the suspect is suspected of a separate robbery just a few blocks away from that safeway. today is your last chance to have a say on a plan to raise fares for ferries, buses, and paratransit in the golden gate bridge district. the district says it needs to raise fares by 4% to close a looming budget gap. the final public hearing is this morning at the district headquarters that is next to the golden gate bridge toll plaza. the meeting is at 9:30. strong reaction this morning to president trump's decision to lift protections for transgender

students. the previous rule allowed students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their generate identity. the white house now says the decision should be left up to the states. abc's kenneth moton shows us how this could affect things. >> reporter: late night protests over a controversial reversal. president trump rescinded president obama's guidance to schools, allow transgender students to choose bathrooms based on their gender identity. >> he's a firm believer in state's rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level. >> reporter: but candidate trump said people should use the bathroom they feel is appropriate. the justice and education departments claim the obama directive caused confusion. house minority leader nancy pelosi tweeted, civil rights are not confusing. attorney general jeff sessions wanted the obama civil rights expansions rolled back. one scheduled supreme court case

involves transgender teen gavin versus his school board. >> i hope the nation as a whole moves towards love and ekwalgt and acceptance. >> reporter: the supreme court may not hear gavin's case now. the trump administration says anti-bullying safeguards for lgbt students will remain in place. happening today, secretary of state rex tillerson is set to meet with the mexican president in mexico city. president trump's deportation plan will be high on the agenda. mexico's foreign minister says his country will vigorously fight mass deportations of undocumented immigrants back to mexico. homeland security secretary john kelly is also taking part in today's talks. hey, remember those colder temperatures we talked about? there they are, up to 6 degrees colder this morning. some of us going to have to scrape some frost off our cars before we can get out and about. here's a look at the temperatures in san francisco.

41 is the cool spot. west portal at 42, castro and the mission at 43, coming through the ferry building, 46 to 44 degrees there. along at that. upper 30s in seernd, walnut creek creek 36 right now along with petaluma, american canyon about 37 degrees. highs today below average even with all this sunshine. we'll manage about 54 to 56 degrees, but if you're out in that sunshine, you'll be happy because it's dry. here's a look at our east bay hills camera. it's bouncing around a little bit. tree pollen, if you have allergies, get ready. ash, juniper, and pin to bolt bother you today. lows tonight, even colder than this morning. barely 40s around san francisco, san mateo, oakland, and half moon bay. some rain for the weekend. i'll have a detailed look at that coming up next. i actually have much better details to pass along here than i had 24 hours ago. here's a look at 101 and 880 in san jose and that's where we had

that massive closure of 101 due to flooding. if you weren't with us late in the day yesterday, right around midday, 11:00, they were able to fully open 101 in both directions so no lingering lane closures on the main highways. if you're traveling on surface streets, we do have closures there. i want to reiterate what amy told us this morning. state route 37 is open in the north bay so novato drivers very happy for you between 101 and atherton. all lanes open eastbound and westbound for the morning commute. school drinking water contaminated with lead is putting some california kids at risk. the plan in sacramento to ensure the water is safe. also, life outside our solar system. the bay area connection to seven newly discovered planets that has scientists amazed. we are going to take a quick break but you can always take a break but you can always take a look at

an update on that murder mystery surrounding kim jong-nam, the half brother of the north korean leader. malaysian police now want to speak to a north korean embassy worker and an airline employee in connection with the murder. the airline employee works for north korean airline. plus, listen to this. security at the mortuary has been tightened after someone tried to break in, the same

mortuary where his body is right now. unclear if those suspects were also north korean. meanwhile, kim jong-nam died last monday after reportedly being poisoned, trying to catch a flight from kuala lumpur to macao. we can all agree crime is bad, but there are some crimes that are just downright heartless. case in point, a high speed police pursuit in marin county yesterday. not only did a suspect put human lives in danger, he threatened this little guy. according to sfgate.com, this dog was found inside the jacket of a motorcyclist who chp officers arrested for riding the wrong way on highway 101. he was also cited for excessive speeding. the dog was taken to the marin humane society. palo alto police are asking for your help identifying two men who burglarized one home and then tried to break into another. take a look at the surveillance video. it caught the men trying to break into a house on february 9. you saw one walk up and then the few seconds later, his accomplice follows him. they tried opening a sliding

glass door but couldn't get in. a homeowner on the same block called police a half hour later to report a break in after the burglars got in through an unlocked sliding door. police think the two incidents are related. state lawmakers considering two measures aimed at making sure every school has safe drinking water. a recent survey found high levels of lead in drinking fountains at schools in the san diego area. lawmakers say this is a staid state-wide problem. one bill requires schools to install filters to remove lead at the tap. the second bill requires schools to test drinking water and report contamination to parents. lead poisoning is not treatable. happening today, crews will begin cleaning up the camp site used by people who were protesting the dakota access pipeline. hundreds of protesters burned structures as they abandoned the site near the standing rock sioux reservation yesterday. the army core of engineers ordered the camp closed, citing the potential for spring flooding.

president trump reversed an order by president obama suspending work on the which will carry crude oil to southern illinois. protesters say it will destroy the reservation's water supply. could one of these be a little bit like our planet? a big announcement in nasa. scientists have found a star system with seven planets that appear similar to earth. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman talked to bay area experts who are now scanning these planets for signs of life. >> reporter: it is a single spaced document filled with the kind of graphs and tables that only a scientist could understand, especially one who's discovered six moons and three rings in our solar system. if for him, riveting stuff. >> it's a very, very feeble star. it's a dwarf star. >> reporter: that's dr. mark of the seti institute talking about a solar system now known as trappist 1. it has 7 earth sized rocky planets and at least three of them fall into the goldilocks

zone. the trappist 1 system is small, a red dwarf, the orbits of all the planets would fit inside the orbit of mercury around our sun. it's in the constellation akwars, roughly 40 light years away. >> if the galaxy is the size of a dinner plate and here we are, then this system is there. essentially within a pencil point's distance from where we are. >> reporter: close now have find out what those atmospheres might be made of when those planets pass in front of that small red sun. intelligent life could have time to develop. in fact, dr. seth of the seti institute says they've already pointed radio telescopes, scanning 10 billion channels. what'd you hear? >> nothing. >> reporter: discouraged? not at all. before today, of the thousands of planets discovered outside our solar system, none had the potential for water. >> now we have at least three. >> reporter: so happy reading and exploring. at the seti institute in

mountain view, wayne freedman, abc7 news. natasha's afraid that aliens are going to come and attack us now. we're fine. we're fine. >> we have enough problems here on earth right now. that's all i'm saying. you know what's not a problem? someone who woke up this morning very rich. last night's $435 million power ball draw, sorry, the winning ticket, not from the bay area. >> single ticket purchased in indiana is taking home the seventh large egs jackpot in power ball history. sold at a gas station in lafayette, not our lafayette, their lafayette. the winning numbers 10, 13, 28, 52, 61 and the powerball number 2. it was the first time the jackpot topped $400 million in nearly three months. >> i got to take back what i said because what p. diddy taught us, more problems. i'd still like the chance to tackle those problems, give it a shot. hi, everybody. grab those sunglasses and a heavier coat, but put the umbrella away for a while.

look at that dry commute as we look southbound on 680. i'm on sun watch today and tomorrow. clear and cold again tonight. chance of showers saturday, sunday, and monday but don't change your plans yet. here's a look at our lone storm moving through santa cruz. remember those storms we talked about that would be lurking off the coast? there they are and they're sliding from southeast to northwest so if you're near the coast, you may get a little wet. otherwise, let's turn our attention to the weekend where the storm is a 1 on our storm impact scale because of mainly light showers, up to a half inch is possible, flood threat very minimal. you can watch it 7:00 saturday morning, pretty quiet but then this shield of rain rolls on through. it's going to be more showery in nature, not a steady rain whatsoever and it's a cold northwesterly flow from canada so wake up sunday morning fairly dry and then pockets of showers, even less so for sunday and into monday. in fact, here's what i think is going to happen this weekend. we're going to have cold showers, snow level down to

about 3,000 feet and that means the possibility of hail or grapple, which is a hybrid between hail and snow. what you're going to see is it's chilly tomorrow, a 1 for saturday, sunday, and monday and then sunshine and temperatures a little bit closer to average next week. how about good news from you, alexis? you got some? not too much going on on the roads so far this morning so we will take it. a little breezy on some bridges. we don't have a high wind advisory for the richmond-san rafael bridge, really light volumes. i just watched construction crews wrap up some overnight work on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bay bridge as well. not many issues with mass transit but we are watching san francisco bay ferry. we should be hearing from them pretty soon this morning. you probably heard one of their vessels hit a pretty big log in the bay yesterday, that damaged a propellor so afternoon trips were serviced by bus. they are making repairs overnight. we'll see if they're able to service that here for this morning's commute. i will let you know as soon as i

hear. debris in the water. all right, alexis, thank you. big finding this morning for survivors of breast cancer. the one lifestyle change that doctors think can cut chances of dying by 40%. an ecstatic reunion at san francisco's ft. fun step, the harrowing rescue that led to this happy moment but first this morning's "tech bytes." >> in today's "tech bytes," google is expanding a car pool service. >> the service works through the waze app and allows commuters to pick up extra passengers for a small fee. it will expand in the u.s. over the next few months. >> a big change is now in place on instagram. you can post a mix of ten pictures and videos as a single carousel. the limit had been five. >> friends will see a blue dot on the post, indicating it's a carousel. the feature will roll out on both ios and android over the next few weeks and apple's future ideas will come from here. its giant new headquarters in california called apple park. it opens in april and has room for 12,000 workers. the grounds have 9,000 trees.

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take a look at this video. it's a rescue of a dog that fell down a cliff at san francisco's ft. funston. that is a firefighter getting pulled up a cliff. the dog is okay. the rescuer had to deal with that drop, the wind, and calming

the scared pooch. >> you slowly approach the dog and then gain the trust of the animal to be able to secure it as we saw in this case, very close in a harness next to the firefighter. >> once the harness came off, mala got reunited with her walking group. that dog walker may be fined. exercise could be a powerful ally for breast cancer survivors. researchers in canada found that survivors who exercise cut their risk of dying from the disease by 40%. the researchers looked at 67 published articles to track what habits make a difference. exercise came out on it has anti-inflammatory effects. the review author recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise five days a week. kitchen gadget maker soda stream is recalling 51,000 carbonating bottles. the safety commission says those bottles can burst under pressure. the bottles in question are soda

stream's 1-liter blue tint dishwasher safe bottles. they have an expiration date of april 2020 and they were sold from february 2016 to january of this year. so far, no injuries have been reported. this is a sure sign that hollywood's super bowl is just a few days ago. the oscars red carpet is grazing the walkway outside the doll booe theater in los angeles. the biggest names in show business will be walking down this carpet on sunday. and you can watch the 89th oscars live right here only on abc7. our coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. >> jim: kimmel will host the oscars for the very first time. look how dry it is on 280 and 17. let's talk about our activity planner. everything's green, good. just a little bit cool if you're going to be waiting outside for public transit. enjoy your dry commute this morning and this afternoon. just watch out for the pollen if you're going to be out and about, say, walking the dog or if your yard's just grown so much. got to start doing

work before it rains again this weekend. we started dry january 1, 18 days of rain out of 31. look at what's happened in february. we've only had four days without measurable rain somewhere in the bay area. now, the drought monitor is going to be updated in about an hour. this is what it looked like last week. we had that one sliver around santa barbara that was extreme but i bet that's going to be gone. we'll have good news. if you're away from the tv when this comes out, i'll have it on social media. here's alexis. and here's a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. so, zipper trucks just came through, widened those southbound lanes for you today, and we don't have any issues if you are coming from the northbound. in fact, we have very good news here. if you missed it earlier this morning, state route 37 is back open in novato in both directions. nothing reported blocking and road work was supposed to wrap at 4:00 this morning for altamont pass. westbound 580 already heavy out of tracy, slow down to 19 miles

an hour and 14 miles an hour as you approach altamont pass so i will keep an eye on that. i think that's just normal volumes starting to fill in. we'll take a look at drive times coming up. people love nostalgia and it looks like the internet age is getting there. urban outfitters now selling this t-shirt featuring the old aol logo. aol is still around but this is associated with that dial-up internet days, you know, that noise. >> good impression. you took me there. >> one thing that is not associated with the past, the price of the shirt. it is $45. >> what? >> uh-uh. not today. >> excuse me? 45 cents i want a prodigy t-shirt. a drone gives us an upclose look at the disastrous flooding in san jose. we're going to give you an update on all the evacuations. here at the live desk, i have live images from space. i will let you know why they're so busy today on the

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