with breaking news. >> it's a problem that we have been tracking for almost seven hours now. we want to get to this breaking news. a dump truck crash damaging a bridge overnight, forcing the partial closure of highway 101 in palo alto. and abc7 news reporter matt keller is live there for us now with the work being done to reopen the road. hi, matt. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. yes, since i last saw you guys about a half with the chp and they are still waiting for that structural engineer from caltrans to arrive here from sacramento. so, as you said, this happened just before 11:00 last night so it has been about seven hours and counting for caltrans to get their expert out here. meanwhile, traffic is starting to get backed up here in palo alto. you can see the damage done by the bed of the dump truck in our video. the chp says the driver dropped off his load just a little ways up 101, investigators say the most likely scenario is the driver just forgot to put down the bed and it crashed into the overpass, ripping it off the

truck. officers say the driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out for a possible broken nose. the hope now is to have these lanes opened up by about noon. of course, we'll keep you updated. reporting live in palo alto, matt keller, abc7 news. we have also been in contact with officials on this. they say caltrans structural engineers will work on what happens next. basically, they tell us that when they get to the scene, that's where matt is, they're going to be using scissor lifts to look at a closer look at the dang here and look at this video that we have. the engineer will probably knock off some of the loose concrete to check out the extent of the damage, like if any rebar is broken. best case scenario, the overpass is structurally sound. if there's major damage, though, they will need an emergency work order and get someone out there to replace the iron or steel girder holding up the bridge frame work. no word on how long that emergency process could take.

reggie, natasha, back to you. we're going to go to alexis now with a look at how it's impacting your commute so far. >> yeah, it actually has not been a major factor for the commute until just a few moments ago and it's not terrible yet but this is the first time i've seen a backup since we started this morning, actually since that crash happened about 11:00 last night. so southbound 101 at embarcadero road, we've got less than a mile but it is starting to fill in with those two left lanes blocked and those two left lanes still open. so, just a quick look at all turnitins here. if you are coming in the southbound direction, north palo alto, i would definitely stick to el camino real. we'll take a look at drive times up next. let's check in with mike nicco. good morning. good morning, alexis. hi, everybody. we'll start with live doppler 7. showing it is bone dry out there. but it will be active tomorrow, sunday, and monday. so, make sure you use our news app if you have some outdoor plans. here's a look from the roof camera, colorful morning developing already. temperatures a little bit milder

from the mid 30s to upper 40s another 7:00. we'll hang around 54 to 61 at noon, 54 to 60 at 4:00, not quite as warm as yesterday or as bright but a very nice evening, 51 to 53. more on the rain and the review snow heading to the sierra tomming up. it was a shaky start for b.a.r.t. this morning fortunately it is quickly bouncing back. >> let's go to amy hollyfield at the hayward b.a.r.t. station. >> reporter: rough start for b.a.r.t. this morning, reggie. they lost communication with their switches in their hayward yard so they couldn't get the trains out of the yard to kick off the morning so there was a delay and some panic as they tried to figure out what to do. they were worried this was going to ruin the morning commute. this would impact trains that go to richmond out of hayward, but they solved it and listen to what they had to do. they had to hand crank them to get them out of the yard. so, b.a.r.t. going old school this morning. officials say they don't know why this happened.

but they did get it all resolved. trains are now running on time for this friday morning. so, good news for all of you b.a.r.t. commuters and gold star for the b.a.r.t. employees that got these things out of the yard. reporting live from hayward, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. that's the way we like to see problems ed thank you, amy. developing news now, president trump is coming to the defense of embattled attorney general jeff sessions who is recusing himself from any probes related to the president and russia. mr. trump went on a tweet storm last night, calling sessions an honest man. he said the ag did nothing wrong and claims democrats are overplaying their hand. many democrats are saying sessions' recusal isn't enough and they are demanding he resign for lying to congress under oath. >> we've got to get to the bottom of it and an independent prosecutor as well as a full and independent congressional investigation is the best way to do that. >> what i want is a full accounting and a bipartisan way of what contacts the trump campaign had or didn't have

because it will serve to put this to bed once and for all. "the washington post" first reported wednesday that sessions met with the russian ambassador twice during last year's election. sessions didn't mention those meetings during his january confirmation hearings and said yesterday he doesn't believe he discussed political matters with the russian ambassador. speaking of the russian ambassador, he had meetings, several members, i should say, of the trump campaign. mr. trump's own son-in-law, jared kushner, met with the russian official in trump tower in december along with former national security adviser michael flynn. remember, flynn stepped down shortly after he got confirmed. kushner is now a senior adviser to the president. we have new details on the robbery of a young boy at a b.a.r.t. station. his family is now suing the agency. a 12-year-old boy was robbed at the station as he was going home. the robber came up from behind, put a gun to the boy's back and then demanded that he walk to an area where he knew surveillance camera doz not point. the suspect took the boy's

backpack. according to our media partner the east bay times, the boy's family claims the robber took advantage of gaps in the station's security. the suspect still has not been found. after snap went public, st. francis high school made out with big bucks. the company's app allows users to post messages. the school bought 2 million shares of snapchat early on. good move. they sold 2/3 of the shares for about $22.5 million. their remaining third is worth just over $16 million so that means the school has nearly $40 million in holdings. people walking along san francisco's embarcadero are about to see some big changes at pier 29. plus angry parents are demanding answers from a north bay school board. they say a hazing investigation is leaving their children under a cloud of suspicion. it is six minutes after 6:00 on this friday. here's a live look at tahoe this morning. morning. keeping an

okay, i want to take you back to palo alto where we have that big mess overnight. doesn't look like too much happening right now on southbound 101 and embarcadero road but that's because we're in the waiting mode here.

just waiting for that structural engineer to come and tell us if this overpass is safe or not after it was hit by that dump truck that had the bed raised about 11:00 p.m. last night. two left lanes are down, two right lanes open. little bit of a backup but you can stick to el camino real or 280 is wide open at this point for some alternates. westbound 580, we had a couple krarkz, sounds like those are off on the shoulder at this point and just a slight delay and a quick check of dloorive ts too. about 20 minutes across the bay bridge and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo is in the green at ten minutes. let's check in with mike nicco now and our last day of sunshine. want to get away. made me think about that when you said sfo. it is the weekend. i'll have your tahoe forecast coming up next. lest folk where you're milder this morning. everybody in the low to mid 40s

until you get to los altos hills. upper 30s in lafayette and danville, 36 in novato. temperatures today will top out 58 along the coast into san francisco. the winds not blowing offshore and the dimming of the sunshine is going to cool us. 60 to 64, pretty close to average. colorful sunrise is not disappointing from tam cam. tonight's temperatures, milder because of the clouds so we're getting warmer at night, cooler in the day. mid 40s to low 50s and a quick look at chances of rain saturday, sunday, and monday. guess what i'm going to do? give you an hour-by-hour look at that next. we have new details this morning about pier 29 in san francisco. plans to make it retail store front are finally moving forward. right now, the bulk head building at pier 29 is in disrepair. two years ago, the port commission approved a 15-year lease to make a portion of it retail. well, since then, activists say

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it is 6:14. angry parents are demanding answers from a school board in the north bay. last night, many of these parents and students left a school board meeting still feeling in limbo, waiting for a conclusion to an ongoing hazing investigation. this incident during which players were inappropriately grabbed took place in the team's locker room last november. it's left 11 members of the team disciplined, some suspended from school. many parents say the investigation has gone on too long and has left most of the team and coaches under this cloud of suspicion. >> please give us a definition of what hazing is. let us know what's an assault, what's not. >> i know for a fact that some of my teammates did not do what they were accused of doing. that you are ruining their lives. >> school board members offered no details last night. the board president says the incident is still being investigated by police. the bay area is now home to one of the top five deadliest

national parks in the country. 85 people died in the golden gate national recreational area between january of 2006 and last september. the entire national park covers parts of san francisco, marin, and san mateo counties. the study found the top cause of death was drowning, followed by car crashes. a piece of history in vallejo is going away. sky7 was over the mare island smokestack. a report indicated the smokestack was damaged by the napa quake. residents challenged that conclusion. some tried to save it with an online petition. it didn't get enough signatures to stop developers from taking action. an australia man proposed to his girlfriend on a commuter train where they met ten years ago with a little bit of help from the train operator. >> today brian has a special question he'd like to ask hannah. >> oh my goodness. look at that.

a train staff member captured the moment on camera. hannah, the now fiancee did not suspect a thing. she said yes, i'm assuming. until the operator mentioned their carriage number and says their names. agency says several employees helped bring the plan to life. thigh they're tweeted out this photo saying, the couples who commute together stay together. >> have you ever -- well, you're married. >> have i ever what? >> if your husband wants to do another lop proposal to you, we need to hear it and see it on camera. >> okay, fine. i'm one of those, i did not want it to be a public thing. so, he did not propose -- he proposed to me at home but you got to love that they met on mass transit too. that is awesome. quick check of our traffic this morning. our main issue today has been on the peninsula and we've been tracking this since 11:00 last night. southbound 101 sat embarcadero road, two left lanes down and that sig alert where we are waiting for a structural

engineer to give us the okay on that overpass that was hit but a dump truck that accidentally had the lift still raised and a lot of witnesses saying that driver hit that at full speed so not a terrible delay there but it is a little less than a mile and you're down to about 21 miles per hour approaching. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. that is full as usual. those metering lights on right around 5:29 this morning. earlier stall on the bridge but that is long gone at this let's check in with mike nicco. pretty sunrise shots today. i propose that you hashtag those, #abc7now. here's a look at san jose, 101 and 880. you can see the haze of the early morning sun in the distance. clouds increase, highs decrease today. they're proportional, inversely. chance of weekend rain and thunderstorms and first signs of spring warmth. the storm track is getting closer. what it does for today is brings us these clouds and pushes the warmest part of the air mass away from us so yesterday's above average temperatures, one and done.

saturday and sunday, light to moderate rain from a fast moving storm that will bring us the chance of a thunderstorm sunday and snow leveling down to 2500 feet. wake up tomorrow morning, scattered, light showers and that will continue throughout the lunch hour with the best chance of anything steady being up across the north bay and you can see by 5:00, some yellows in there, some moderate, but look how quickly this moves from the nrth bay and out of the south bay. and about a five-hour time span, then the cooler air mass and yo can see the showers and snow saturday night into sunday morning, wake up with a dusting on diablo possibly, even up around some of the higher elevations and then scattered showers all throughout the day sunday. so we wake up tomorrow morning, most of us dry and then you can see by sunday, about 1/4 to 2/3 inch of rain. at the same time, this is going to be snowing heavily in the sierra. we're talking 10 inches of snow above 3,000 feet and then 1 to 3 feet above 5,000 feet so those passes are going to be packed with snow, especially sunday.

we have moderate snow saturday, heavy snow sunday, light showers monday and then we have a drying trend tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. for us, our coldest days will be sunday and monday in the 50s, 60s return tuesday and then look at those 70s wednesday and thursday. let's go back to the cold snow and bring in alexis for the toyota tahoe report. good morning, mike. actually, let me flip over to the right graphic here. basically, mike telling you, you need to go today. today is great as far as travel is concerned. that's going to change. starting tomorrow afternoon, that's changes. so no chain requirements. 80 is wide open. the only reason i have yellow there for 50 if you're heading to heavenly is because we have a traffic down to one lane each direction around bridal veil falls. that road is coming apart. just lost a tiny bit with some of the sunshine we got. 80, 50, 88 again, 50 is the only place you'll have a little slowdown and that is due to to damaged roadway.

sugar bowl, sierra and kirkwood with healthy totals. today is the day to go. maybe cut out of work early and have a great weekend. the northbound lanes of octavia street in san francisco are about to change. sfmta plans to block off a section for about a week starting march 31. as reported by our partners t hoodline, it's part of a test to see if the area could be closed off permanently. >> this section already sees frequent closures for street festivals and other events. during the closure, sfmta plans to hold at least two public meetings and there are plans for several events. well, it's true the tax deadline ask almost here. what you can do if you have any trouble with the irs. plus a traffic stop one state trooper won't soon forget. how this officer ended up how this officer ended up covered in

this is so bizarre. look at this. a nevada patrol highway -- a nevada highway patrolman, ibds, narrowly escaped injury when a beer truck lost its load. you see that? it sent a wave of suds just

flying at him. the trooper had stopped a car for speeding. that car had all its windows down and as you can imagine, the interior got drenched. the incident happened in june. the nhp just released this dash cam video. a car had cut off the supply truck, causing that crash. the driver who was stopped was let go without a ticket. newly introduced legislation in congress could end the federal criminalization of marijuana. the bill sponsored by a republican congressman would allow states to decide whether pot, both medical and recreational, is legal there. now it is illegal on the federal level and is actually in the same category as heroin. the white house has likened legalized recreational marijuana to the opioid epidemic. it is time now to ask finney and this morning, there's a question about the irs. >> she spoke to us at our askfinney event in daly city. >> i've been trying to appeal with the irs about my penalties, but what is the best way for me

to do? for them to abate it. >> hi. if you received a letter from the irs allowing you to appeal, then you can go directly to the office of appeals section of the irs website. now, that's an independent organization within the irs. now, if there is no mention of an appeal, and you only got the bill, then you should contact the irs employee you've been working with or call the irs taxpayer service. terracita, good luck, take care and you also might want to call an attorney before you call the irs. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone or tablet, share it on social with #askfinney. a bad smell in the east bay, what's causing a foul odor and why you shouldn't be too concerned. plus this is the breaking news we've been tracking on the peninsula. what is being done right now to get all the southbound lanes of highway 101 reopened in palo alto. and while those couple of

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and this is the breaking news. southbound 101 partially closed in palo alto because of a dump

truck crash. >> two of these lanes could be blocked through the entire morning. abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us on 101 at embarcadero road. more from matt right now. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. i just talked with the chp. and they gave us more information about the extent of this damage. underneath this overpass is a 27-foot crack and you can' the chunk that is out of the overpass here, so a big, big mess and it is slowing down traffic here in the southbound lanes on highway 101. northbound lanes are also slow as a lot of people are checking it out, seeing what happened here. now, take a look at this video. you can see what happened this morning. the damage done by the bed of this dump truck. it slammed into the embarcadero road overpass on southbound 101 at about 10:50 last night. chp says the driver dropped off his load at the construction project just up a little ways on 101 and investigators say the most likely scenario is the driver just forgot to put down the bed and it crashes into the overpass, ripping it off the

truck. officers say he was taken to the hospital to be checked out for some minor injuries. now crews are waiting on a structural engineer from caltrans to arrive on the scene from sacramento. once here, he'll get up in a scissor truck and check out the damage. he'll decide if repairs need to be done immediately or if they can wait or if they're going to have to get an emergency work order. that is the worst case scenario. i talked with the chp. they say if that happens, repairs could take days. reporting live in palo alto, matt keller, abc7 news. now we're going over to alexis with a look at how that's impacting the commute. are you seeing a backup? just starting to see a backup, yes. it took a while. we're seeing friday light volumes or lighter but as matt mentioned, we're down to about 13 miles an hour approaching that and that backup stretches for about 2 miles. ooirm not seeing any significant delays on the northbound side but matt mentioned maybe a little bit of onlooker delay as folks are just wondering why those cones are up and what all those trucks are doing so a quick mention of alternates

here. el camino real is looking good on the southbound side and if you want a faster drive, southbound 280 is an option if you're coming from palo alto and heading from the southbound direction and likely at least noon as you heard matt mention there until we get those lanes fully back open. we'll take a look at a couple other slow spots in less than fen. right now let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. let's start with live doppler 7. while we were sleeping, the first signs of a change in our weather rolled in and these are the high clouds that are bringing the gorgeous, colorful pictures i have been putting out on facebook and twitter, #abc7now. this is the way it looks from our exploratorium camera. there went our sea gull buddy. 54 to 60, still enjoy a coyoquiet evening. many democrats calling for attorney general jeff sessions to resign, saying it's not enough to recuse himself from any investigation regarding the president's campaign and russia. that recusal comes after the

justice department confirmed that sessions met with the russian ambassador twice during the campaign. the big issue for many lawmakers is that sessions didn't disclose the meeting during his confirmation hearings in january. sessions says he did nothing wrong, saying the meetings were a perfectly reasonable thing to do as senator. the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the american people is grounds for him to resign. >> this morning, a spokesperson for russian president vladimir putin calls the controversy a witch hunt. president trump says that he fully supports his attorney general. 6:33 now. happening today, an alleged county sheriff's deputy killed in a tragic accident will be layed to rest. deputy michael foely was hit by a prison bus last week. happened around 6:00 a.m. the deputy driving the bus didn't see foley in the morning darkness. the driver was actually friends with him. foley died from his head

injuries a day after the accident. he was in law enforcement for 37 years and was working to put his son through college. law enforcement officials from across the state are expected to attend today's service. it is set to begin at 11:00 this morning at the concord pavilion and it is open to the public. this morning, a top administrator at a south bay center for homeless teens faces charges of possessing child pornography. santa clara police arrested 63-year-old david bruce lang at his home yesterday. lang once volunteered with the sunnyvale boy scout troop. for the past five years, he's been the chief financial officer at the bill wilson center. the center says he did not work with children. the agency says lang has been suspended pending further investigation. police are trying to determine % if lang victimized any children. shell refinery officials in the east bay are monitoring their systems this morning just in case a random odor comes back. shell says the smell was originally caused when an additi

additive was offloaded yesterday. the add dif gives natural gas its distinctive smell. shell received reports from people in the area who could smell it hours later. so they're keeping an eye on any issues this morning. they do say there is no leak and no impact on public health. san francisco's public defender's office is set to become just the third in the nation to start defending immigrants in danger of deportation. the city gave the green light for public defender jeff adachi to hire threw new immigration attorneys and a paralegal. this is far short of what he wanted. the money comes from a budget surplus in his department and is only paying for the salaries through june. he actually asked for four times the number of new staff than he got. there are about 1500 immigrants who are currently detained in the city without representation. mayor ed lee has the final word on approving the new positions. this morning, two strangers share a new friendship after teaming up to save a man who jumped into the bay. that heroic rescue caught on this cell phone video.

a distraught man jumped into the water. these two good samaritans couldn't ignore what was happening in the water. one of them happens to be a former life guard. the other, just simply having lunch at pier 23. >> he started calling for his dad. delirious. and he started going underneath and the water going into his mouth and he really was -- looked like he was going to go under and not come up. >> all of a sudden, his head kind of dropped below the water and i was -- i knew it was time to kind of hop in. >> medics rushed the victim to the hospital where he is recovering. >> thank goodness they were there. oakland council member rebecca kaplan is proposing the policy that gives city officials free tickets -- our media partner says kaplan says the city could gain 400 thoulds a year by selling the tickets to the public instead.

her proposal would use the money on homeless services. last november, oakland's public ethics commission started an information into the policy. for the first time in nearly two years t warriors are on a losing streak. last night's loss to the boelz snapped their record. the previous record was 95. last time the warriors lost a season regular season game in a row was in april of right now, markets are open on wall street. i have the big board up. you can see it's up 24 points right now, up 27 points. and snap, that's the big thing that we're talking about this morning. they are, at last check, still trading at $24. they were up about about $26 in premarket trading. it had a blockbuster opening day yesterday for the ipo but already, two wall street analysts giving us a sell rating and the stock was at $25.47 for

premarket trading this morning, up from its initial price of $17 yesterday. this morning, those analysts are warning it will likely drop. one of them giving a target price of $10 a share. they cite slow growth and tough competition from companies like facebook and instagram. of course, we will be watching as trading gets going throughout the day on wall street. more on that right now, jess. snap executives evan speegal and bobby murphy have a way to go before matching facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. snap has 150 million users which sounds like a lot until you found out facebook has 2 billion. the company lost a significant amount of money last year and a tech writer says making money off the snapchat app is going to be difficult. >> the problem he has is how does he get more advertising. 98% of the revenues come from advertising so the question is, if you're losing $500 million, which is what they lost in 2016, how do they get more revenue.

they have to have more ads and that could affect users. >> that's not to say these guys aren't rich, okay? speegal is climbing his way up the forbes 500 richest. he actually now has a bigger bottom line than president trump. i was going to take you back to our biggest issue of the morning and that is, of course, on the peninsula here. southbound 101 at embarcadero road. that is where we have the two left lanes closed due to that serious crash that we had overnight, the dump truck with the bed lifted, most likely the driver had no idea that was up, hit that overpass and they are waiting for that structural engineer to arrive and tell them that all is safe. there's a 27-foot crack in that overpass, though, so obviously they have to wait until they get the go-ahead. we've got about a two-mile backup on the southbound side a little bit of a backup on the northbound side and i should say that off ramp from northbound 101 to embarcadero road is closed since that overpass is closed. taking you over to san jose here. southbound 101 just before tully road, getting reports of a new

rollover crash. it sounds like that's blocking the left lane so that's the southbound side. we do have our typical delay there on the northbound side and as mike has been mentioning this morning, really pretty sunrise shot. the traffic not so pretty here through the bay bridge toll plaza. those metering lights on -- have been on, i should say, for a little bit over an hour. we'll check on drive times up next. right now, let's get over to mike in the weather center. thank you very much, alexis. nice to see you all this morning. check out these temperatures on the peninsula. about a nine-degree spread from woodside at 36, menlo park at 37, to you can see palo alto and also pacifica at about 46 degrees. we've got 45 right now in hayward. 42 in concord, 36 in san ramon, san jose 37, and look at this, about 36 in santa rosa. so i'm not seeing any frost this morning. highs today a little bit cooler, back to average due to the dimming of the sunshine from the clouds and the fact that the winds aren't blowing offshore like they were earlier. 58 in half moon bay and san francisco. 60 to 64 for the rest of us. check this out. it's from sutro tower this morning. you can see the wonderful colors

developing with that sunrise. 2 to 7 degrees cooler today, back in the upper 50s to mid 60s. as far as mass transit, good. milder this morning. quiet weather on the roads all day today and light breezes if you're out on the water. quick look at tonight's temperatures. highs are getting cooler. lows are getting warmer because of the cloud cover. i know you want to hear about that rain. i'll have an hour-by-hour look at the weekend forecast coming up next. police have a warning for people in three east bay communities. the crime spree that has neighbors on edge this morning. forget calling out or using an app to order pizza. how maybe you could soon do it with your feet. and we're going to take a look at that sunrise from our mt. tam cam. you can look at mike's weather you can look at mike's weather forecast and

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new this morning, a small fire at trump tower in new york was quickly put out by firefighters. flames broke out around 2:00, our time, on the 47th floor. there are reports of one minor injury, but no evacuations. b.a.r.t. is getting back on track this morning. it was a bit of a rough start. >> let's get to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live at the hayward b.a.r.t. station. >> reporter: hi, reggie. i'm watching riders get here this morning. they have no idea what had to happen to get these trains running for them this morning.

it was quite a scramble. so, b.a.r.t. lost communication with its trains in the hayward yard. the switches went down. so, they couldn't get the trains out of the yard. they were very worried it was going to ruin the morning commute. these would have impacted trains that go to richmond. but they solved it. they had to hand crank them to get them out and then the operators had to drive the trains rather than relying on the computer so b.a.r.t. having to go old school this morning. they don't know why this happened, but they did get it all resolve and had so the trains are running on time for this friday. got off to a little bit of a delayed start this morning when they first got rolling but now everything is back to normal. reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. thank you, amy. two people are in custody this morning suspected of firing at an off duty oakland police officer on interstate 880. this happened wednesday night near the 16th avenue exit. the officer's car was hit but he was not hurt. in recent months, dozens of drivers across the east bay have

had similar scares. san pablo police activated three new freeway camera on i-80 to help with their surveillance. pittsburg also put up 14 cameras to catch crimes in progress. >> we had two shootings on the freeway and there was a lack of witnesses and a lack of witnesses that were able to recall accurately what had happened. >> the contra costa county d.a.'s office hopes to awireles cams. in contra costa county, authorities are warning residents about a string of home burglaries. three homes were hit on tuesday night in the southern burton valley area of lafayette and the residents were home. these burglaries follow four others in orinda last week. police say in all the cases the thieves got in through unlocked doors and windows. so they are advising you, you've got to keep those doors and windows locked, even when you're at home. also install alarm systems or security camera and report any suspicious activity. take a look at what fremont police found after they arrested two people suspected of stealing mail.

officers confiscated hundreds of pieces of mail stuffed into two pillow cases. fremont police tweeted out the photos. they have not released any detailed about where the mail was stolen from or where they found it. they say detectives are are still actively investigating this case. the cost of your costco membership is about to go up. the warehouse club is raising the annual fees for the gold star and business memberships to $60 and that is going to start june 1. that's an increase of $5 ft an executive membership is going to cost $120 up from $110. this comes as costco reported second quarter earnings and revenue that fell short of wall street's expectations. when i want a $7.99 large pizza with pizza hut, i can order with this, this, and now from my pizza hut pie tops. >> pizza hut running this promotion. they made 64 pairs only of these pie top sneakers, you push the button and it uses bluetooth and geolocation to get your favorite

pizza ordered quickly. before you get too excited, pizza hut says most of these will go to influencers and the media. only a few will make their way to the general public. basically just a marketing device and to that, we say, mission accomplished. >> because we just helped them. >> we did. let's get some help with our commute this morning. hi, alexis. >> good morning. you are probably going to need some help on the peninsula today. although it's not terrible. but we have had this major issue since about 11:00 last night. southbound 101 at embarcadero road, we had that crash involving the dump truck that hit the overpass so we are seeing a delay. we've got the two left lanes block on the southbound side. northbound 101 off ramp to embarcadero road is also closed because that overpass is fully closed while they check that out. it's got a major crack and some of that concrete was chipped out of that overpass so 13 miles an hour on the southbound side, 24 miles an hour on the northbound side. and matt keller said chp is on the scene. they just made him move out of his location so hopefully that means they're getting ready to do something. we'll see. but i know that engineer or the

structural engineer still had not arrived. southbound 101 just before tully road, a rollover crash this morning. they do need a tow truck here today. so that should be blocking for at least another 15, 20 minutes and a quick check of drive times, not bad out of the central valley. westbound 4 antioch to concord and no problems in the north bay this morning either. let's check in with mike nicco with a look at our forecast. some changes this weekend, mike. yeah, wet weather that's going to enhance the situation on clear lake, that flood warning has been wush pushed back to sunday. we came on the air at 4:27 this morning. the current stage was 9.68. we're down to 9.66. gives you an idea of how slowly that let out is. let's look at petaluma. right along 101, road, really thick fog. dangerously low visibility. that will start improving around

9:00. gorgeous picture from our exploratorium. high clouds and sunshine. periods of rain tomorrow through monday but periods means it's not a steady rain. 70s building into next week's forecast. still a 1 on the storm impact scale with light to moderate rain. lightning possible sunday and snow level down to 2500 feet. wake up tomorrow to scattered showers and then the north bay will see the steadiest of the rain through noon and then it starts to move into the heart of the bay about 4:00 or 5:00. you can see yellows out there, moderate pockets but look at this. by about 10:00, it's already out of here and we're into that cooler air mass that's going to bring us the scattered showers through 8:00 sunday morning. could be some snow on diablo and hamilton at that time. and then we'll have another chance of snow, hail, and thunderstorm, notice how scattered they are as we head through sunday afternoon. rainfall amounts are going to be very light and when we wake up saturday but by the time we get through sunday, 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain is possible. lingering showers on monday. our two coolest days sunday and monday in the 60s.

some 70s away from the coast wednesday and thursday. uber is changing its tune when it comes to following state rules regarding self-driving cars. uber will apply for a state permit to test its self-driving vehicles on public roads. this decision comes weeks after the dmv shut down uber's program because it didn't have the proper permits. uber officials claimed they didn't need them and moved to test vehicles to arizona. well, since then, it has brought five of its cars back to san francisco and it now says the self-driving systems in the cars are disabled. they will only be using them for mapping. a library worker at fresno state university was essentially paid $22,000 to play online games and watch youtube videos when he was supposed to be working. the case is one of ten highlighted in a new report on misuse of state resources. investigators say that worker had fresno state spent about 85 hours a month last year visiting youtube and gaming sites. fresno state recommends his supervisor give him more work

and limit his internet use. the report says california spent $40,000 investigating whistle blower tips in the second half of last year. the palo alto museum and zoo is getting millions of dollars to rebuild its facility. $25 million in grants and donations which is almost enough to double its sides. you're looking at the rendering that shows part of the new additions, including a free fort, canopy walk and insect exhibit. the museum and zoo gets kids interested in the natural world at an early age. construction set to start next year and it's expectsed to be open in 2020. we're back in just 90 seconds with the seven things you need to know before you go. absolutely. first our photo of the day. beautiful sunrise just like we have this morning. if you haven't yet, follow us @abc7newsbayarea, you can get a lot more photos like this and please share your photos and video with #abc7now. 6:52, let's see what voouz 6:52, let's see what voouz looks like this

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it says 6:54 if you're just joining us or about to go out the door, here are seven things you need to know. a structural engineer from sacramento is on their way to palo alto to inspect the highway 101 overpass, it was hit by a dump truck overnight. the sudden ripped the bed off the truck. number two, obviously that is going to be a traffic concern well into the day today here. we've got about a 2-mile backup on either side of the road approaching that 101 at embarcadero road. looking at our alternates, el camino real looking good and

southbound 280 wide open. b.a.r.t. says it has fixed a switching problem at the south hayward b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. lost communication with the trains at the yard early this morning. commuters were sew traini trains are back on time. watch out for foggy bus stops around petaluma. 34 to 50. after school, not quite as warm as it was yesterday. don't forget periods of rain, not an all-day rain this weekend. number five, the vice president's office is responding to reports that mike pence used his personal e-mail account for state business while he was indiana governor. his office says he didn't break any state laws and other governors have done the same. number six from the live desk, snap opened up trading on wall street when i walked over here, stocks were at $26, up slightly from yesterday. but investors warn it could all be hype with sell ratings as low as $10 a share. number seven, today is

national unplugging day. that means put your phones down, keep your eyes up, keep your fingers a little break from texting. a study finds americans spend about three hours a day on our phone, tablet or computer. >> just three hours? >> that has to be higher. >> just 3/5 of us have a tablet in your hand. >> it's like half your job. >> reggie probably spends three -- 2/3over his day. >> oh really? >> bye. >> thanks for joining us. have a good one.

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good morning, america. president trump calls attacks on his attorney general witch hunts as they demand jeff sessions to resign. saying his decision to recuse himself from that russian investigation is not going far enough, they say. >> i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. also this morning, new questions about other members of trump's team communicating with russia. bitter winter blast. a deep chill moving across the country days after record heat and windchills dropping to zero. now the entire east coast nearly 150 million people bracing for the deep freeze. manhunt for a murderer. the search for this suspect intensifying accused of killing those two indiana teens on a hike. a former nfl star is donating thousands to help.