good morning on a tuesday, february 28. glad you're here. >> not just any tuesday. but fat tuesday. hit it, mike, come on. >> laissez les bons temps rouler. >> we're going to g that all morning. y it. >> that means i'm hungry. >> cold and hungry to start this morning. >> yes, yes, let's let the good times roll on the fact that we'll have a lot of sunshine today and warmer weather. it's not going to feel like new orleans but it will at least feel more we should after being so chilly and wet this month. we're going to wrap it up. look at this. nothing on live doppler 7. i even put the fog layer and you can still see nothing. here's a look from the exploratorium. let's talk about your temperatures. got to dress warm this morning, 31 to 47 from inland to san francisco. mid 50s at noon, mid to upper 50s at 4:00 and upper 40s a little bit of a chill if you're heading out for 7:00. all right.

here's a look at our commute. hi, the only red we're seeing on our traffic flows here this morning is of course out of tracy here, so westbound 205 to 580, and we just got reports of a new collision that's involving a semi and a smaller sedan. sounds really minor, though, it's off on the right-hand shoulder and that's before you get to grand line road so i will keep an eye on that, plus we'll take a look at drive times comi coming up. the ntsb investigating a plane crash with a south bay family on board. it left three people dead and two in critical condition. the plane was on its way to san jose when it crashed into several homes shortly after taking off from riverside. you see this home surveillance video and there, the big explosion. officials say the survivors are two women in their late 30s or early 40s and it's amazing, isn't it, when you see this skroo, that two people were able to get away from this crash. the pilot's neighbor in san jose tells us he and his wife left for anaheim friday to attend

their granddaughter's cheerleading competition happening at disneyland. the neighbor says the pilot is in his 70s and is very experienced. >> it's horrible. you know, especially when you couple together that they were going to a cheer competition and this is supposedly a happy time and then just to have a tragic incident like this. >> just so sad. and officials are expected to give another update at a news conference at 11:00 this morning. of course we'll bring that to you live on our midday news and streemg it for you on our abc7 news app. also looking at a terrible set of circumstances in pittsburg that end a woman who was trying to respond to a car crash. >> so police were telling us she was walking to the scene of an accident when she herself got hit by a car. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live near willow pass and loftus roads this morning. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. yes, she was 77 years old. she came here to this intersection to check on a loved one when she was hit by a car.

relatives had started arrive hearing to this intersection in pittsburg. we are at willow pass road and loftus road when they heard their loved one had been involved in a crash. as the 77-year-old woman was crossing the street to check on her relative, she was hit and killed. police say the driver who hit her cooperated with their esn't look like drugs or y it alcohol was involved. this happened just after 7:00 last night. police then found themselves with two investigations working here, with two crashes back to back. but they have cleared and reopened the intersection. reporting live in pittsburg, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. terrible. thank you, amy. there are investigations this morning across the country after bomb threats forced evacuations at jewish centers and offices. this is video from the evacuations near saelt. three of those bomb threats happened here in the bay area, specifically in san rafael, palo alto, and the san francisco office of the anti-defamation

league. abc7 news reporter katie utehs has the story. >> people are fearful. they're angry. they're upset. >> reporter: people evacuated the anti-defamation league's san francisco office, following a threatening phone call around 4:20. >> they said they had a bomb, they had plant add bomb and they planned to kill us. >> reporter: police shut down market between grand avenue and kernny street. >> that's really scary to hear there was a bomb threat. >> reporter: within a har off, the jewish community center in palo alto got a call too. classes canceled, children evacuated. >> and to have them have to be evacuated because of a threat that they may be blown up is terrorizing and fear inducing. >> reporter: more than 20 jewish facilities across the country received threats, including the community center in san rafael. >> one of 20? that's very saddening to hear that. >> we'd like to see a

action put in place and this demanded leadership and it demands leadership from the top. >> reporter: police evacuated hundreds of people before a bomb sniffing dog gave the all clear. >> we had people evacuated and that were sheltering in >> reporter: the adl reports more than 90 threats or incidents of anti-semitism within the last two months. happening today, the white house is promising an optimistic vision from president trump tonight when he speaks in front of a joint session of congress. >> he is set to call for a budget that includes $54 billion in increases in defense spending and that same amount cut to other federal agencies. those cuts are said to target the environmental protection agency and foreign aid. president trump also expected to talk about repealing and replacing the affordable care act. a growing number of democrats are bringing young undocumented immigrants to see the president's address tonight. a half dozen house and senate democrats are hosting immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. former kentucky governor steve

beshear will be delivering the democratic response. keep it right here on abc7 to watch president trump's first address to congress tonight. new details on the white house's stance against recreational marijuana. attorney general joegs says he believes violence surrounding sales of the drug in the u.s. sessions says he does not think america will be a better place with more people smoking pot. sean spicer said the justice department is going to increase enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuana. we have some breaking news just coming in from new jersey. >> jessica tracking this at the live desk. >> a huge sinkhole there has opened up. it's causing huge problems in hoboken, new jersey, take a look at this photo we got into our live desk. this is from the new jersey transit department. i also want to show you some stuff from our abc news reporter out there in hoboken. you can see the streets are flooded in this neighborhood. i also want to show you another video that he just sent out of this car being taken out of that

sinkhole. it is causing massive problems right in the heart of rush hour this morning as people start heading into work and so i'll be keeping an eye on this for you as the situation progresses there on the east coast. that video is stunning. new drone video from the state department of our resources shows us the first unobstructed view of the oroville dam's damaged emergency spillway. engineers have shut off the water for seven days so crews can clean out debris. it will also give geologists the chance to check on that erosion problem a. potential spillway failure early this morning force add mass evacuation near the dam. the oroville dam has helped put one question front and center, certainly. how are we going to pay to fix the state's infrastructure problems. governor brown says the state needs $200 billion to fix water and transportation infrastructure. democratic lawmakers are proposing to raise gas taxes. governor brown says funding will need to come out of residents'

private capital but republicans and taxpayer advocates say this is not an excuse to raise taxes. >> the politicians need to suck it up and start prioritizing our tax dollars to pay for things like dam repair and dam construction, water storage, and highways. they need to do that without raising taxes. >> they say existing funds like truck weight fees can be used to offsetosts instead of being used to pay off bonds. and the award for biggest potential culprit behind an oscar, oops, goes to brian. he is the price water house coopers accountant who handed out the wrong envelope sunday night. the academy is now looking into whether a tweet that he posted minutes before may have played a part in the mix-up. he posted a picture of best actress winner emma stone with her oscar statue. meantime, jimmy kimmel is giving his account of the snafu. the host says his initial plan

was to end the show from a seat next to matt damon. >> we noticed some commotion going on and matt says, i think i heard the stage manager say, they got the winner wrong. the stage manager is on -- the stage manager is never on camera. it's very unusual but we're sitting there and you figure, the host will go on stage and clear this up and i remember, i'm the host. >> that's good. kimmel says after the show, warren beatty showed him the envelope faye dun away read. she reported split. the academy is now vowing to take action. is faye dun away okay? where'd she go? she got a party to go to? the l.a. times has a great photo of reaction from the crowd. look at this. matt's face, michelle williams and busy phillips aghast there. salma, wayne johnson bewildered. >> he has the best reaction. >> i love his face, always, and for once, you cannot read may recall streep's face. kind of inscrutable.

>> i don't know. i think i'm reading shock. >> absolutely. wide eyed moment for everyone. >> that's real. >> now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> you could smell who the rock was cooking or what someone else was cooking. it was not good. not good. 34 woodside, 38 right now in menlo park, we're having a lot of fun this morning. i hope you are too. low to mid 340s on the peninsula out towards the coast. we've got 39 right now in hayward and fremont, 40 in san jose, sierra lamar, 34, some frost 38 right now. let's take a look at the next three days, upper 50s to 61 degrees, 58 to 61 today. 59 to 64, we're back to average tomorrow and 60 to 69 degrees thursday, likely our warmest because we've got a storm that's coming in and it's going to start to take our temperatures back down but that will be in the weekend. again, cold tonight, 30s and 40s our last frosty one.

here's alexis. good morning, mike and so far, so good for the tuesday morning commute. here's a live look outside at golden gate bridge. the zipper trucks have already been through and we did have overnight road work. southbound 101 as you approach golden gate is wrapped up. live doppler 7 totally quiet this morning and even the visibility layer we're not seeing any of that fog that we had yesterday morning. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, minor crash right around grant line road on the shoulder, no injuries. but you are up to 45 minutes as you head from in the central valley. westbound 4, just 14 minutes and southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, looking okay there too at 18 minutes. we'll talk about some weather-related closures coming up at 5:20. this is one of the most memorable videos from the storms that hit california. now we're hearing from the firefighters who drove to the scene in that truck. look at this. an east bay wildlife center says they're rehabbing and releasing beavers for the first time in 20 years. what is causing this new wildlife movement.

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5:14. new this morning, at least one person was seriously burned in a fire. firefighters responded to a call at 9:15 last night to an apartment on san pablo avenue. the battalion chief says the apartment is an assisted living facility for people with special needs. a man suffered second and third degree burns to the upper part of his body. the cause is under

investigation. you might remember this video. we're going to show you again. do you see that? the fire truck just falls right into that washed out freeway in so cal. that happened 11 days ago and for the first time, we're hearing from the firefighters involved in all this. the truck was on interstate 15. the firefighters were all outside the truck, thank goodness, when it went off the edge. now we're learning what they heard and saw just before that happened. >> my first instinct, i thought our back tire blew and we were fish tailing off the road. >> it was just violent scraping, grinding, and then when we hit the other end, it was pretty violent jolt. >> that's when i looked out the window and i saw the rushing water, you know, probably a good 30 feet below us and i think i yelled, you know, there's no road. it's gone. >> that is crazy. the firefighters say the truck was stopped on the freeway when they realized that road was giving away. they all managed to get out of there before it tumbled off the side. >> that video. all right, if you are

considering buying a home here in california, you're not going to like this. according to consumer financial services company bank rate, california is the toughest state for first-time home buyers. buyers here face low affordability, tight inventory and high unemployment, rounding out the top five worst states for first-time buyers are hawaii, new york, louisiana and mississippi. buying is best in iowa. >> not moving there. sorry. >> take a look at these photos of a proposed sky scrape ner san francisco. notice there is an open rooftop public space 36 floors up. these pictures of the glass high-rise are the first we're seeing of the building proposed by famed i built the academy of science building and golden gate park. the city will look at his proposal on thursday. >> looks affordable. >> for sure. voters in marin county will soon get to decide whether to extend and increase the sales tax to help pay for

transportation projects. the tax passed in 2004, it's a 20-year half krent sales tax increase. the tax will continue to 2024 but officials want to ask voters if they are willing to extend that tax as soon as the november 2018 ballot. tesla ceo elon musk is sweetening the deal for fremont factory workers as he continues to try to persuade them not to unionize. musk told workers that the united autoworkers alliance is with car companies and it's only interested in taking money from workers. he disputed allegations about the company's long hours at the fremont factory and to win over his workers, musk told them that he would throw a party once the model 3 reaches volume production. that would come complete with a tesla electric pod car roller coaster and fro yo. >> what?

electric pod car roller coaster? >> i'm focused on the fro yo. he has a different plan that's out of this world. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, he's launched rockets, landing the reusable first stage on land, and on an ocean barge, so when asked by two people, can we fly to the moon, elon musk said, yes. despite the fact that last year and the year before, his company spacex spectacularly lost two rockets, would you ride to the moon? >> i think they are entering this with their eyes open, knowing there is some risk here. they're not naive. >> reporter: the plan is two launch people in 18 months on a slingshot journey past the moon and back to earth, the first deep space travel in nearly 50 years. the two citizen astronauts getting the view the apollo astronauts a round trip ticket is more than $200,000.

we'll have more on the audacious plan coming up at 7:00 a.m. abc7 news new york. steph curry offered, let's say, a unique reason why he had a career low last night. >> yeah, so the warriors still beat the 76ers in philadelphia. that's what matters here. but curry went 0 for 11 from three-point range. that is a career worst. he jokingly told reporters, quote, the weatherman said it's like a low pressure system that was coming in. i forgot to adjust for the thickness of the air. curry is basically saying that you need to listen to meteorologist mike nicco. that's what he said. that's what he's saying. >> sure, i can help him with his shot. not. that is awesome. maybe durant's gotten into his head a little bit about the weather. here's a look live doppler 7. you can see over the past six hours, absolutely nothing. let's move on and show the roof camera. look at the flags barely moving. high pressure on top of us, sinking air that's going to keep the moisture in the ground at

bay so get ready for a very bright day, even brighter than yesterday and a little bit of a warming trend today that will last the next couple of days. still going to be clear tonight with one last chance of frs and then it's trending wet for saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. let's jump into that for a second. we're going to have moderate showers, little breezy, i think damage is going to be minimal. minimal flooding, minimal wind damage at most right now. now the wettest model is starting to show rain come in about 11:00 saturday night. steadier rain. we'll have some isolated showers out ahead of it. the heaviest rain during the morning hours sunday and then it clears up for sunday afternoon but another storm could be on its heels for monday and tuesday so you see by saturday afternoon a couple of hundredths of an inch, by the evening, and then you can see the heavier rain come in. again, this is the wettest model showing 3/4 inch of rain but the grid on this model is so wide as we get past the couple of days you have to widen them so it's not as finely tuned as something that will be two or three days out so we'll keep an eye out. today, tomorrow, thursday and

friday a lot of sunshine and 60s. that's all we need to know right now, mike. thank you. talking a look at traffic this morning, real looking pretty good. i want to head down to highway 17. no issues right now, but we do have some overnight road work, each night this week so northbound 17 actually closed between sugar loaf and glenwood from the hours of 6:00 p.m. until about 5:00 a.m. the following morning so it's all wrapped up for today but during that time, while crews are working on the northbound side, all traffic shifted to the southbound side and that means one lane getting by in each direction so just a few early morning delays. also state route 113 in solano county closed and that is due storm damage and going to last until saturday, march 3. live look outside at the bay bridge commute coming into san francisco, that is looking just fine. we'll see if those metering lights are flipped on come upg next. for the second time this year, lindsey wildlife in the east bay has released rehabilitated beavers back into the wild. >> take a look at this video of

the beaver being released near pittsburg there, just moving out slowly. that's where she was found a week ago in a carport, cold and lethargic, she had to be put on antibiotics and transferred to sonoma county wildlife rescue, which has special pools for healing the animals and she makes it back to the water there. lindsey says both of the beavers they helped probably got swept away in the storms and couldn't find their home streams. next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. if you struggle with math, we may have found a tutor for you. this high school student accomplished something only 11 students in the world have done. there's a new bill being there's a new bill being considered in

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cheerleading competition in disneyland. number two, president trump will make his first address to a joint session of congress tonight and lay out his plan for the country. the white house is promising an optimistic vision. you can watch it live right here on abc7 at 6:00 p.m. and number three, from the live desk, russian/u.s. relations are at an all-time low since the cold war, that's the word from russia's deputy foreign minister who spoke just a few moments ago and reiterated denials the kremlin hat contact with trump aides regarding sanctions. and number four, we've made it to the last day of february, a day where only seven were completely dry. look at all this rain. i have a lot of sunshine, warmer weather, coming up in your accuweather 7 day forecast. and number five, all of that nice weather is translated to a pretty smooth start to our commute. here's a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. slowly starting to fill in. if it hasn't already, i think we will get those metering lights

switched on in the next couple minutes. number six, big news for i phone fans, the "wall street journal" reporting the iphone 8 could come with the same charging port used by the google pixel and other high end android phones. today is fat tuesday and new orleans is, well, what did i say this morning about this live shot? >> quiet and a lot of trash. >> bourbon street is still waking up. thousands of people will pack the street in a few hours. the party lasts until midnight and that is when lent begins. right now, a whole lot of trash to clean up. a san jose high school senior celebrating an extraordinary achievement. for the second time, he earned a perfect score on the a.p. calculus exam. >> didn't we all know someone like this in high school? it wasn't me. this is an ton chow, who attends evergreen valley high school, he is one of only 11 students in the world to earn every possible point on the exam.

chow also got a perfects score on the exam during his junior year and he is simply amazing. >> you know, i went to evergreen high school last year to profile a student there. there's a bunch of smarties there. it's -- they really put me to shame. >> we got the smarties here in the bay area. we do. coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the top uber engineer forced to resign. also pg&e adjusting how it charges for your electricity. charges for your electricity. why it says the b

well, it's 5:30 on this tuesday, february 28. thanks for being here. >> how do you say that it's cold outside? portuguese? thank you. how sad is it that when we woke up this morning, i was thinking of jessica saying that for some

reason. i don't know why. anyway, it's cold outside. >> do it again. [ speaking foreign language ] >> what she said. your turn. i'm kidding. >> it's cold. that's all i've got. >> brr. >> not nearly as fancy. sorry. >> there was frost on the windshield this morning. >> yes, actually, there was, and i keep joking that's why i was 20 minutes late to work but not really. i had to get gas also. here's a look at live doppler 7. yes, it is freezing cold in our valleys because of the lack of clouds and the moisture you can see on live doppler 7. let's talk about what to expect today over the next 12 hours. we've got alllow 0s to mid 40s. the frost will start melting right around 8:00. noon we'll be in the mockingbird 50s, 4:00, and then back around 50 by 7:00. a bright day, one you'll want to have the sunglasses so you don't squint and get a headache. alexis. grab those shades this morning, mike. and i want to take you out to our tracy commute. it sounds like we've got a

couple issues now as you leave the tracy area so westbound 205 to 580, one crash just before you get to grant line road and the other one just after grant line road. the first crash, i should say, those vehicles are off on the shoulder. the second one, that's not clear yet so we're working on getting in touch with chp. in the meantime, definitely slowing down approaching that. down to 8 miles an hour. update on this, this really is our only slow spot this morning, that's coming up at 5:40. we expect to get more information from authorities this morning about a plane crash involving a south bay family. >> the plane had just taken off from riverside when it crashes into homes. three people are dead. two women survived. abc7 news reporter lonni rivera is live in san jose. >> reporter: natasha, southern california fire officials are now saying two of the survivors are women believed to be in their 30s and 40s. both are in critical condition this morning. that's new information because they first said they thought

they were teenagers. the victims are a pilot and two others who died in that crash. now, here's a look at some home surveillance video which captured the plane going down after taking off from riverside airport. it shows a plume of smoke and then cell phone video captured the fire. investigators say the deceased victims were ejected from the plane into a house. two homes were destroyed in the fiery crash. >> right now, we have helped five families. we don't know how many have been displaced. >> reporter: the ntsb will continue to search that riverside neighborhood, but they believe everyone has been accounted for and no residents were killed. meantime, the pilot and two others were attending a cheerleading competition at disneyland. they were expected to be back yesterday afternoon. now this community is grieving their loss. we're live in san jose, lonni rivera, abc7 news. and we are hearing officials are going to hold a news

conference this morning at 11:00 in riverside. we'll bring that to you live as it happens on our midday news and stream it for you on our news app and abc7news.com and you can download our app and enable push alerts to be looped in as the story develops. developing news in pittsburg now. police investigating a terrible accident that left a woman dead. it happened just after 7:00 last night near willow pass and loftus roads. two cars collided. a women inside a nearby home recognized one of the cars in the accident and then she was hit by a third car as she crossed the street. the two drivers who collided are expected to be okay. the third driver who hit the woman is cooperating with the investigation. jewish centers across the country are on high alert following a new wave of bomb tletsz. there were more than 20 of these just yesterday including three right here in the bay area. you likely heard about the one in san francisco. it forced police to temporarily shut down market. someone called and threatened the anti-defamation league there and within a half hour, jewis

centers in palo alto received threats. no devices were found at any of these locations. the anti-defamation league have been more than 90 saint semitic incidents in the last month. one week since deaf stating flooding slammed san jose leaving behind $73 million in damage and that number is considered conservative and is expected to climb as more investigations are done and damage is uncovered. abc7 news was in the rock springs neighborhood last night where city crews were giving notice that stranded cars will be towed but fees will be waived. city leaders said they need to clear the streets so they can keep cleaning up piles of debris. today, the city council is expected to approve an emergency ordinance waiving city permit and inspection fees fsh clean-up and repair. >> our initial estimate today is that approximately $50 million worth of private property damage was done and about $23 million

of public sector damage was done. >> the initial estimates will help the city begin the process of applying for state and federal aid. police in pleasanton investigating a shooting on westbound 580 around 7:00 last night. officers got a report of a shooting on the interstate between hacienda drive and hop yard road. the victim says it was an incident of road rage and a passenger in a silver toyota coralla fired at him. the city will discuss the ongoing battle between homeland security and its police department. leaders are meeting tonight to discuss current guidelines it faces as a sanctuary city. it also expects to get an update from the police chief when the council meets at 7:00 p.m. the chief says he was duped into targeting undocumented immigrants during a raid on gang members two weeks ago. homeland security says that police knew in advance that it would detain any foreign nationals encountered in the

raid. ten suspected gang members were arrested. another 11 detained for immigration violations. state lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit communication between local law enforcement officers and immigration agents. supporters say its aim is to protect students and children covered by president obama's d.r.e.a.m.ers program. opponents say the measure would prevent i.c.e. agents from going into california jails and prisons and deporting the thousands of undocumented felons inside. the bill will face a vote on the senate and assembly floors and will need two-thirds support to pass. oakland fire chief teresa deloech reed is on leave for the second time this year. the department will not say if this is performance related. reed was on leave since late january to help care for a sick relative. she came back last week and then left again friday. in the wake of the deadly ghost ship fire, she's been heavily criticized for her department's lack of inspections. no word yet on when reed is expected back at work. the fallout from sexual harassment allegations at uber

has cost one of its top engineers his job. sengal is the man seen on the right here. he was forced to resign because he did not disclose a sexual harassment investigation involving him when he worked at google. sengal denies those allegations. his resignation comes a week after a former worker said uber ignored her complants that a manager had pressured her into having sex. the search is on for a man who sexual assaulted a santa clara university student. the attack took place sunday morning near campus at lafayette and poplar streets. police say the woman was not physically hurt and she did not know the attacker. there isn't a good description of the suspect. police are still looking for wbss. happening today, a federal judge will hear arguments on whether to stop the final bit o dakota access pipeline. the oil pipeline has been the scene of huge protests and arrests since last spring. president obama suspended the work but president trump ordered construction to resume.

two native american tribes say the work will desecrate land that they consider sacred and destroy their water supply. the pipeline is intended to carry oil from north dakota to illinois. happening today, president trump will address a join session of congress and the country. white house advisors say the theme of tonight's address will be optimism. the president expected to lay out his vision for the nation, including health care and the military. among people who will will sitting next to first lady melania trump tonight will be three family members of people killed by undocumented workers. president trump is also expected to talk about repealing and replacing the affordable care act. >> the government should not stand in your way in delivering needed reforms and services, and it won't. it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. >> there are reports there will be multiple protests right outside the capital. and you can watch president trump's first address to congress tonight right here on abc7.

we'll bring it to you live at 6:00. some of our coldest neighborhoods in the san ramon valley. freezing cold in san ramon, 31, pretty close in dublin and danville and 33, lafayette, pleasanton at 34 along with black hawk, pleasant hill, livermore 37, and then some low 40s on highway 4 and pittsburg, antioch, brentwood and around concord. 45 in san carlos and san francisco. san jose, 40, we've got 38 in vallejo and napa, santa rosa 39 degrees, pacifica you're at about 42 degrees. look at these temperatures. about 58 to 61. about 4 or 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. still a little breezy at the coast but a lot warmer than yesterday. 57 for half moon bay. let's look at tonight's temperatures. our last chilly night. we'll have mid 30s to near 40 degrees. we'll have upper 30s to mid 40s around the bay and out towards the coast. let's take a look at our snow

pack, giant snow pack, 188% of normal for yesterday's date. it comes out at 8:30 this morning. i'll update it on twitter. @mikeniccoabc7. just a few clouds in tahoe yosemite. no more record rain in san diego. more than 2.5 inches yesterday. here's a quick look at my seven day forecast. look at that great skiing conditions. all the way through saturday and then powder coming sunday and monday. alexis? that sounds good. i want to take you out to the central valley. we've got a few more details for this -- two separate crashes, westbound 580 right around grant line road, the first one is very minor, off on the shoulder. the second one is just before grant line and it sounds like we've got as many as five vehicles involved in this. the left lane is blocked. they are running a traffic break so traffic temporarily stopped there and it sounds like we've got some large boulders or maybe one large boulder in the left lane and i'm guessing that

probably had something to do with the cause of this crash. so still working on details. we are working on getting in touch with chp but you can see you are getting heavy there. and a quick check of drive time. our automatic color code there should be in the red. it's gray there for the moment, i believe, because traffic is stopped. so tharkd change there in just a few but you're up to 51 minutes, tracy to dublin, southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard, about 18, and northbound 85 betwen 101 and cupertino, you're in the green at 16 minutes. stop me if you've heard this one. expect to pay more on our pg&e bill. who i whooi those who use less electricity are going to see their bills go up. also, why can't we save all this rain water? researchers have one idea that would use preapproved funds. and the nation seems transfixed by this giraffe. you're looking live at this mama who's about to give birth at any moment. moment. could happen now or

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explaining that by saying those who use more electricity subsidize those who use less. >> i don't understand. all right, if you live in alameda county, water rates are also going up tomorrow for the 18th time in 19 years. rates will go up 20% follow bid a 5% increase next march. the water district says the increases are needed because it is facing a $60 million budget deficit. repairs need to be made to much of its 900 miles of water mines. the district says 42% of the money will go towards paying down retiree's pension and benefits. water releases means millions of gallons of rain water are flowing right out into the pacific. researchers say much of that rain water could be soon used to recharge deplaited aquesti aacquit infers. >> right now, our surface reservoirs can store, but ground

water storage capacity is much higher. so 20 to 30 times our current surface reserve water capacity. >> one way to recharge ground water is to flood crop fields. however, only certain crops can tolerate that. vineyards are one place where it could work. take a look at this video. this is surveillance and it shows a man tie ago cord or something around an atm and watch. it gets dragged out using an suv. we first told ow about this incident yesterday. it happened around 2:30 in the morning in san rafael and police are still trying to find the guy who did this. abc7 news was at the marin airporter on anderson drive where you can see the damage done from that theft. the doors boarded up, caution tape all around the building and glass everywhere. police say on sunday, two men were seen until the same lexus suv tampering with a trailer just down the block. >> i didn't see anybody in particular other than some cars parked here that probably shouldn't have been and maybe

looked like they spent the night. >> police found the atm around 11:00 yesterday morning in richmond. investigators haven't revealed how much money was taken. caltrain has extended the deadline for work on a massive electrification project. the trump administration has put off a final decision on a $647 million grant for the project. the caltrain tracks would even be used by high speed rail trains. republicans do not want more federal funds spent for the high speed rail program until there's been an audit of the budget. happening right now, new orleans celebrating fat tuesday kind of. i mean, pretty empty out there. just some trash rolling around, some people maybe making their way home after a long night. >> yeah. the struggle is super real right now for them. >> the french quarter will be packed in a few hours. >> they are cleaning up, though. you see that? >> there you go. >> fat tuesday, the culmination o. city's carnival season.

the party will last until midnight when lent begins. >> have you ever been for any of the fun? >> i haven't. but it looks like -- look. people are actually doing this. >> there they are. the beads are being thrown. >> it isn't even 8:00 in the morning and people are in neon green and beads are being thrown. i'm glad we could get this alternate look up for you. >> mike says this is the family friendly one, which makes sense because it's only just before 8:00 in new orleans. the crazy stuff happens when it gets a little later in the day. mike's been there. i've been there. and that's all we're going to say about it. at least on camera. bay area native marco rub ali is revealing more about his big oscar win-he told jimmy kimm kimmel a pretty funny story. >> funny thing, i was in austin, texas, when i got the call that i was nominated, and they're two

hours ahead, my grandmother livin the bay area so it's 5:30 in the morning in the bay area. i said, grand marx i got nominated for an oscar. she goes, she's in the hospital? and i said, no, grandma, i got nominated for an who's oscar? >> where is grandma? she lives in the bay area. we need to find her. >> that is so funny. now, he is the first muslim to win an oscar, born in oakland, raised in hayward, and he attended st. mary's college in moraga. >> he's just such a fine actor and i'm so glad he's been recognized for his work. so well spoken. so well spoken, even after the mess-up at the end and how he wanted to feel happy but he couldn't because he knew it would take away from the other folks in "la la land." just amazing. let's talk about a flood warning really quick. we've had this ongoing for

several weeks because clear lake is not getting any lower. not any time soon. the flood warning's been extended to thursday now. we're about a foot above flood stage at lake port. here's a look at the east bay hills camera. let's talk about something a little calmer and quieter and that's today through friday, brighter, dry, and each day's going to get a little bit warmer. chilly tonight. milder mornings are are ahead. in an unsettled pattern, we're looking at a storm or two for saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. right now they look like a 1 for saturday and mund. some moderate showers, a little breezy but not damaging breezes and not flooding rains the way it looks right now. saturday at noon, looking pretty quiet, most of the day pretty quiet, there may be a shower here or there, stray, but the steady rain comes in at 11:00 through about 10:00 sunday morning and then it starts to clear out. initial estimates and i think this may be overdone just a little bit because you don't even see the rain shadow in the south bay. in fact, it's showing the south bay is some of the wettest area so i think this is a little

heavy but it gives you the potential, 3/4 of an inch of rain sunday. here's a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. why do i keep talking about that? let's talk about tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, all that sunshine and temperatures nearing 70 by thursday. alexis in. oh, yeah, that sounts sounds good and i want to take you to the tracy area. little more clarity. we did talk to chp. we do have the two issues on the westbound side. one is on 205. the other one, westbound 580 just before you get to grant line road. those are both minor issues so that delay we're seeing on 205 to 580 approaching altamont pass is a pretty typical delay out of tracy. the place we have the boulder is actually the eastbound side of 580 just before you get to grant line road. that is blocking the two left lanes right now. we've got the two right lanes open. and it sounds like about five vehicles were involved in a crash there. can't say if the boulder caused that but boy, if i had to guess, i would say that has something to do with that. so keeping a close eye on that situation. also we've got the bay bridge metering lights on, that would about 5:31 this morning and i

don't have any other major slow spots. we want to show you another live look at the animal adventure park in new york where you see the giraffe, april, who is pregnant right now, and we have been keeping an eye on this live stream from the zoo throughout the morning. at time, you can actually see the baby kicking inside her belly. april is 15 years old. a lot of folks very excited about the possibility of seeing the birth online. in fact, it's getting a lotted of attention. at times, more than 58,000 people have been watching the live stream. actually went up last week, but some animal activists complained it was sexually explicit. it got taken down but it's back up this morning as she gets closer to the big moment. right now, she seems pretty calm. >> i'm still trying to process the last sentence that you said. okay. new at 6:00, how a popular kids craft project could be leading to a nationwide glue shortage. also, imagine playing tennis with a friend and serena

with a friend and serena williams shows up wanting to

this is such a fun story. serena williams can beat you at tennis, even when she's wearing boots. sunday night, two men in san francisco's dolores park found that out when out of nowhere, the tennis great walked up and asked, hey, can i play you. and they could not believe it. look at them. incredulous. williams' feign s fiance, who i cofounder of reddit took this for her snapchat. she announced, you never know when i could be coming to a tennis court near you. >> she could wear win that game in boots.

she's actually been in san francisco quite a bit because of her engagement and we welcome her here absolutely. >> she can come into this studio any time. >> please come. >> we're big enough. we can set up a court in here. but she would have to hit in the singles lines and we get to hit in the doubles lines. >> that's fair. >> and we would get at least a love 15 start, possibly. here's a look at what's going on. we'd still get killed. mt. tam this morning. temperatures are climbing today. we're about 3 to 4 degrees cooler than average. yesterday we're about 8 to 10. pollen, trees, going to be pretty big but joey's not sneezing yet so i know most of you allergy sufferers haven't felt the brunt of spring yet and here's a look at our roof camera. let's talk about being on the road, mass transit, and being on the water. all green. at least good from the weather perspective. let's see how they are from actually getting out there on the road. alexis? we are mostly in the green this morning. we are looking pretty good. here's a live look outside at the south bay, 101 and 880. that inbound side starting to fill in a bit but not too bad

all things considered for the south bay. no incidents report frd you this morning. westbound 580, tharacy to dubli you're in the yellow, we've had a couple issues around grant line road, including a problem on the eastbound side so i'll talk more about that coming up. westbound 4, antioch to concord coming in at 23 minutes, you're in the yellow and southbound 101, you are in the green at 17 minutes. new at 6:00, the self-driving robots we've been seeing cruising some streets in san francisco could soon face some new restrictions. plus new details about how shasta county woman is recovering just months after she was kidnapped from her neighborhood. new drone video showing us new drone video showing us just how badly dam

and kboorgood morning to yo. it is just about 6:00 a.m. >> thanks for waking up with us the whole team here. mike, it was a cold start to the

morning but at least we have sunshine. >> we do. it's a pretty nice start. it's at least dry and no fog so we're doing pretty well in that respect. let's talk more about what to expect during the day as i overlay the fog layer and ten mile visibility. that means unlimited so let's move on and show you the golden gate bridge, which is dry this morning and then we'll overlay your the hour day planner. 31 to 47 so yeah, it's chilly inland, a lot of frost in some of our deeper valleys. by noon, just about total sunshine, dress for 53 to 57 at 4:00 and back into the upper 40s by 7:00 under star filled skies. let's find out if the commute is following the weather this morning. hey, alexis. well, it is with one exception. i want to take you to tracy. that's where we have some trouble this morning. eastbound side of 580, that is the counter-commute for this time of day. just before you get to grant line road, we've got a large boulder blocking that far left lane and that resulted, i think,