rainy one in the bay area. good morning on this monday, march 20th. 4:59:57. >> very specific. another expert in specificity, mike whoever stole it flipped is morning. these are not related situations. we have more trouble in the south bay. more on that in less than ten. >> thank you. right now, we want to get to concord. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is out there live. >> we arrived at the sig alert alexis has been talking about. >> hi. good morning. look behind me, feels like there are damaged cars almost everywhere you look out here. six cars involved in this accident. some have already been towed away. the ones you see here, loaded up on tow trucks. they'll making good progress out here. the scene should be cleared soon. they just opened all of the lanes here. they have the cars tucked away on a shoulder and in an area

right on the onramp median. lanes are not blocked right now. they just got it opened up. traffic is still sluggish as the backup unwinds itself. but this is opening up nicely soon. you should be able to count on this for your morning commute. you're looking at southbound 242 at concord avenue. this accident happened at 4:00 this morning. oh, there they go. there goes the last remains of this accident. so this scene is now clear. they're going to get the flares picked up here and the officers will be clearing out, and so will we. we want to keep this area safe and get it reopened for the commute. it happened at 4:00 this morning. no injuries reported. surprisingly and miraculously said the officer. they were surprised. six cars all banged up but all towed out now. reporting live in concord, amy hol hollyfield. >> we appreciate it. >> announcer: live desk update. >> south bay police investigating a burglary

suspect. officers arrived to patrick henry drive in santa clara last night. police called in a helicopter and canine unit to help for the search for the suspect. he was found inside a building. they arrested the man. not clear what he was trying to take. 49ers fans are dealing with the news that one of the team's most iconic players, dwight clark, is battling als, lou gehrig's disease. clark will forever be linkedis moment, known as the catch. this is from january 1982. joe montana found clark in the end zone to cap a come from beliend wb behind win against the cowboys for a championship win. the catch propelled them to their first championship. he played nine years for san francisco. he suspects playing football may have led to his disease. he addy scrisaid, quote, i can' play golf or walk any distances. picking up anything over 30 pounds is a chore. the one piece of good news is

that the disease seems to be progressing more slowly than in some patients. while i'm still trying to wrap my head around the challenge, i will face this disease over the coming years. the only thing i know is i am going to fight like hell and live every day to the fullest. moments after the catch, 7 colleague, shoem mawas the fi congratulate clark. >> what are your thoughts when you see the play and think about the news today? >> well, 35 years ago, matt. it was something that bonded us for the rest of our lives, winning the super bowl. then to see it today, i've known for a while that dwight has had als. to see it in print, to come from here, it was just devastating. and it was almost crushing to see it in print today, though we've known it for a while. >> in a statement, joe montana said, jennifer and i are saddened by the diagnosis of dwight. this is a difficult time for dwight, kelly and all of us who love him. former teammate jerry rice said,

we know him for the catch but he's a great individual who cares about people. i love this guy. >> read the statement on abc 7 news.com. we have the statements from the team and als resources on that for you. developing news out of santa cruz county, where police are gathering clues to an unfathomable tragedy. a man shot and killed his 8-year-old daughter and turned the gun on himself. 3:15 yesterday afternoon. an outing at the mall turned deadly. >> at this point, the family was together in the mall for a period of time. at which point, the father walked outside for a while with the 8-year-old daughter. the mom was concerned, as i mentioned, that he was potentially suicidasuicidal. she called for the police. >> when police arrived, the mom and family members led them to a black kia, where both bodies were found. authorities are trying to find out what triggered the violence. the clock is ticking for thousands of anxious bay area families. they are waiting to hear if

their kids got into the school of their choice. there is a glitch in the san francisco unified assignments being mailed out. >> we're waiting. >> in limbo. >> reporter: she can't think about anything else but where her 5-year-old daughter will start school in the fall. she was hoping to hear by now, but first round school assignments have been delayed by the san francisco unified school district. >> been a long process, and this is -- it's been really, really hard for us because, you know, touring all the schools, heart wrenching. a lot of time put into it. we just need to know. >> it makes our family very nervous and a little concerned. >> reporter: this mother told us via facetime her son wants to play baseball at a public school but he's been accepted by private schools and deadlines are looming. >> they have dates coming up just this week that we have to accept or decline.

it is very hard to not know yet from the school district, you know, that he has an assignment within the sfusd. >> reporter: parents choose from 130 schools in the district. there are 14,000 applications. the number is average but staffing emergencies have delayed the process. this notice was posted on the district's website. the assignments would be late. >> our computer system is working fine. it is just taking a little bit longer to go through all of the checks to make sure everything is accurate. >> reporter: no guarantee families will get their school of choice, even if that school is in your neighborhood. >> do you have any other options? >> private school or moving out of the city. >> reporter: the waiting continues. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. the stage is set for what could be a fiery showdown today on capitol hill. fbi director james comey will testify before congress and is expected to dispute president trump's allegations of wiretapping by president obama.

comey's testimony is part of an investigation into how russia interfered with last year's presidential election and to address the lingering question of whether anyone on the president's team may have e helped. the republican health care plan is headed for a vote later this week. house speaker paul ryan says he'll compromise to get more coverage for seniors. many moderate republicans expressed fear the plan is too harsh on older people. seniors not eligible for medicare stand to be the biggest losers. happening today, president trump's supreme court pick will be on capitol hill for the start of his confirmation hearing. neil gorsuch could be in for intense questioning. the president picked the colorado judge to replace the late justice antonin questioning starts tomorrow, and the senate is expected to vote on his nomination next month. california senator diane

feinstein is labeling neil gorsuch on an extremist on reproductive rights. he's consistently sided with corporate interests. senator's office claims his record on cases involving birth control show president trump is keeping his promis to choose a pro-life extremist. >> announcer: accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> the weather pattern is changing before our eyes. low to mid 60s throughout the inland neighborhoods. dress for temperatures in the id to upper 50s in the bay. san francisco. hayward, 54. cool spot with san jose, 53. san carlos, 57. pacifica, 51. napa, 53 along with fairfield. golden gate bridge, quiet this morning. this is one of the first areas it could get wet into the afternoon hours. activity planner today, walking the dog, dry this morning but wet this afternoon.

exercising, comfy. breezy and wet p.m. on the bay. look at the tree pollen, high. oak, mulberry, pine, cedar, june fer, willow. anything you can dodge? grass pollen, as well. temperatures today. about 60 in santa rosa to fair field, livermore, 68. tonight, another mild one. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. more green on the map during the overnight hours than the day. look at the chances of rain the next seven days. we'll take a look specifically at monday and tuesday hour by hour. then the rest of the accuweather seven-day forecast next. alexis? i want to take you back to concord. we've got just a lot happening there this morning. i want to take you first to the former sig alert. that's where we had amy hollyfield reporting live. southbound 242 past concord.

six skrevehicles in the crash a they totally cleared that. delays if you're heading down on 242 from state route 4. westbound state route 4 southbound 242, it is clear. it was a stolen vehicle and whoever stole it flipped it. it is no longer a blocking situation but another problem. jet another one,wetbound 4 before port chicago highway. three vehicles involved in a crash. another ssig alert, 101 near first. you see 880. i'll show that next. a convenient store owner comes face-to-face with a robber, all caught on video. the heartbreaking motivation behind his bravery. attention, shoppers. the high end department store targeted by hackers and the information that may be at stake. only on abc 7, the ability to watch weather and traffic throughout the commercial break. we'll be right back. the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level one. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive

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right now for a former teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old student. >> abc as the details in today's gma first look. >> reporter: in this morning's first look, the frantic search intensifying for a missing tennessee teen and her former teacher, accused of kidnapping her. authorities now sending out a nationwide alert. >> please, please come home. >> reporter: school officials confirming the 50-year-old, cummings, was 15-year-old thomas's health science teacher. the teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the teen, a claim he denied. thomas was last seen at 7:30 a.m. march 13th in a restaurant in colombia, tennessee. >> they planned this for some time before disappearing with elizabeth. >> reporter: the pair was tracked to alabama before the trail went cold a week ago. coming up, nancy grace and former fbi special agent weigh

in live with your gma first look. abc news, new york. an internet -- take it away, reggie. >> an internet data company report that data from saks fifth avenue was there for the taking. ids for tens of thousands of customers were many plain text on the store's server. anyone could have access to the data. it is normal to encode the information to prevent hackers from stealing it. this is the wrong video. the store took the data down while it works on a solution. apple's mystery wireless device. last fall, apple applied for an unspecified device. according to a business insider, it appears to be a badge reader that attaches to a door, most likely for retail use. there is a user manual and photos of the device yesterday. the best possibility for the use? apple's knew campus, set to open next month. the reform efforts will remain under the microscope of

the department of justice. the office of community oriented policing services is expending its oversight of the ongoing reforms through june. the cops office started reviewing the department early last year before the former chief resigned. they've been implementing recommending forms since last fall when the assessment was released. governor brown is asking for additional help for the storm recovery. including the oroville dam and other structures. this follows three other petitions asking for federal help. those were granted for earlier storm damage. the wet weather not done with us yet. let's get to mike nicco. >> hey. hi, everybody. let's start with the storm impact scale, just a one for today and tomorrow. light showers, it'll be breezy at times. not expecting damage or flooding from either of these.

pthere is a chance for thunder n tuesday, spilling into wednesday's forecast. that's the middle highlight, the chance of lightning and thunder. gray and cool today as the first day of spring is a transition for us back to wet weather. heavier rain and wind is possible friday through saturday. a look at the pattern. remember the area of high pressure that brought us the warmth last week and held off for the rest of the weekend, with the ina and out of sunshin? the storm will ride to the north. the best chance of showers will be in the north bay into the noon hour. then we'll have some slide across the rest of our neighborhoods during the evening commute. from 5:00 to 7:00, it definitely spreads out. during the overnight, yellow rolls in. tomorrow morning, we're going to wake up with another slickness on the roads. we'll get a little break after the morning commute. from 9:00 to noon, one system dries out. the other system starts to move in with scattered showers and thunderstorms, best across the

north bay. wet weather, during the evening commute, 0.2 inch, which could be slick. overnight, 0.2 to 0.5 inch in the south bay and north bay. not much into wednesday evening. wednesday evening into thursday, that's when we'll have the possible showers and thunderstorms. small hail, lightning there. slight chance thursday evening but a better chance with a 2, moderate storm, friday, that'll taper to a 1 on saturday. alexis? we have had three trouble spots in concord this morning. two sig alerts. i'm not sure what's going on up there but we have delays due to this. newest issue, westbound 4 before port chicago highway, three vehicles involved in a crash. sounds like no injuries, we have the three right lanes blocked. one vehicle is stuck on top of the other. that could take a while to clean up. no estimate on the lanes reopening. southbound 242 past concord, that was our first sig alert of the morning. that's up to 28 miles an hour, almost fully cleared out.

we saw that clear up there near the top of the hour with amy hollyfield. northbound 101 at first street, the two right lanes are blocked along with the ramp. a tow truck is on the scene. no bay bridge metering lights yet. still flowing well. we'll head back to concord next. happening today, the latest form of transportation for bay area ferry customers will be on display in san francisco. the bay area water emergency transportation authority ordered seven of the 400 passenger vessels. the first on display at pier 9. all of the boats, which are catamaran, will be used for the ferry service over the next three years. the seven things to know as you start your day next. >> so long to sitting in traffic. we'll unveil the device of the future that could be the ticket for all of us. new questions about the ghost ship fire investigation and who knew what when. what's happening today that could give answers. heading to break at 5:20 in the morning, we leave you with the morning, we leave you with abc 7 news now.

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5:23. here are the seven things you node t-- need to dwight clark is battling als. he has the nervous system disorder. there is no cure for als. he hauled in the catch, vaulting san francisco to its first super bowl title following the 1981 season. >> number two. hasn't been a smooth start, especially in concord. one of the sig alerts. westbound 4 before port chicago highway. the three right lanes are blocked due to a crash. 25 miles per hour. 8 miles per hour approaching. >> number three, we have a trade off coming this week. the pollen is just out of control right now. but wet weather is going to take over just about every day this week. with thursday and sunday being our lightest days. >> number four, treat boulevard is back open after a woman was

found lying in the street unconscious overnight. it is not clear if the victim was hit by a car or suffered another injury. >> number five. a man shot and killed his 8-year-old daughter and then himself. police say the man was with his wife and family at the capatola mall yesterday and wandered outside with his daughter. the woman told officers her husband was suicidal. >> number six. big day on capitol hill. james comey expected to set the record straight on the president's wiretapping claims. neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation hearing today. >> p number seven. uber lost two top executives. the vice president of mapping plans to step down just hours after president jeff jones said that he was leaving the company. >> tesla will discontinue the cheapest version of the model s sedan as it ramps up for the less expensive model 3. >> customers were told april

16th would be the last day to order the base model s with the 60 kilowatt an hour battery. most customers are ordering cars with larger batteries. sick of sit lg ting in traf? in dubai, this photo posted of the driverless drones. the goal is to have taxis in the air in july. they're small enough to sit in a parking space. a chinese company is building them now. this is the latest of the kpee s companies working to put vehicles in the air. the clark wood center held the princess project's event. several chapters are throughout california. they collect donated prom dresses and give them to students in need. just provide a student id. >> our goal is to make them feel

special, beautiful, loved. they shop with a fairy godmother, a personal shopper. we help them say yes to their prom dress. >> bay area organizers expect to give away 1600 dresses this year. sign up to get your own dress. >> so great. prom dresses can be so expensive. you wear them one time. >> exactly. >> great for all those kids. coming back with another full 90 minutes of news, including more on dwight clark's shocki shocking diagnosis and why it is probably related to his time on the field. governor brown heads to washington, d.c., his first since president trump took office. live look outside with abc 7 news now. embarcadero is quiet now. embarcadero is quiet now. abc 7 is

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first day of spring, monday, march 20th. welcome. glad you're here. >> got plenty of sun over the past week. >> yeah. >> i hope you stored it up in your body. won't get a lot this week. >> good way to put it. absolutely. clouds will be dominant, and they're going to let go of the goodies starting later on this afternoon. they'll continue all the way through possibly saturday. let's talk about what's going on right now. you see the swirling mass to our west, increasing the clouds and making it mild this morning. as we look from the exploratorium cam at pier 15, you see the clouds in the south. you can see 59 to 62 at noon with the showers developing. it'll be a little breezy with more showers at 4:00. increasing through 7:00 with the temperatures around 59 to about 64. the warmth is going away, also. let's find out about the morning commute. been very active already. yeah, a lot of issues so far this morning. web is in the south bay. northbound 101 at 880. we have a sig alert near first

street. the two right lanes are blocked with the onramp from brokaw. you're jammed down to mckee. that's starting to get significant there. we also have a lot of trouble in concord. here's a look at the drive times. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 53 minutes. antioch to concord, 48 minutes, another sig alert. i'll talk more about that in a few minutes. southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, in the yellow at 18 minutes. yet traffic update at 5:40. >> announcer: a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. >> a gruesome accident left a man with severe burns. firefighters responded to a call at the public storage facility on south buchanan circle before 1:00 last night. they found an rv in flames and a naked man. his clothes had been burned off. >> it did look like either clothes were burned off of him or he wasn't wearing any to begin with. definitely, you can tell he has significant burns though. >> that man was taken to

buchanan field in concord then flown to a burn center. witnesses heard an explosion inside the vehicle before the fire. the victim suffered really bad burns. second degree burns to 80% of his body. we don't yet know a cause. 49ers legend dwight clark suspects football led to his als diagnosis. the two-time super bowl champ disclosed his disease yesterday in a letter. his friends and former team's management is responding. we're live in santa clara. >> natasha, clark says he can't -- he started feeling symptoms in 2015 and now he can't run, he can't play golf, he can't walk a lot of distances. he doesn't want to speak publicly about this, but he did write a letter. in the letter, clark wrote, i've asked if playing football caused this. i don't know for sure, but i certainly suspect it did.

and i encourage the nflpa and the nfl to continue working together in their efforts to make the game of football safer. clark was on the receiving end of the catch, one of the most famous plays in nfl history. in 1982, it helped the 49ers get to the team's first super bowl. clark went on to become a pro bowler and now has his 49ers jersey retired. he said in an open letter again that he started feeling the symptoms of als a couple years back. a professor of neurology at ucfs told us als is a rare disorder to affects the nerves and muscles. affects 1 in 100,000 people and is not genetic. >> i think any time a public figure comes forward and announces they have als, it raises awareness. we see more patients coming in to be diagnosed. we see an increase in funding for research, which is so critical, to try to get at the underlying cause of the disease.

>> 49ers president jed york released a state m sment saying quote, i was deeply saddened to learn of dwight' recent diagnosis. as a member of our family, he will receive the full and unconditional support of the san francisco 49ers. we will stand alongside dwight and his family as they wage this battle. now, doctors don't know what causes the disease. drugs can slow the progression of it. but there is no cure. reporting live from santa clara, abc 7 news. >> thank you. abc 7 sports anchor mike played with dwight clark. he spoke with matt keller about how clark isn't the only former player dealing with hardships possibly related to the game. >> dwight clark said that maybe football has something to do with the diagnosis. >> well, he's not sure but thinks it probably does. als, dementia, parkinson's and, you know, alzheimer's are things we're all dealing with. all dealing with neurologists now and basically finding out, i don't want to say our death sentence, but we're all finding

out what we're going to be dealing with down the line. i said it earlier. '30s, we talked about the glory days. '40s, injuries. '50 ss, we can't remember an '60s, weav're going through the challenges. >> ronnie lott played with clark and said, quote, to live with another one of my best friends struggling with a disease like als is devastating. i'm asking all of us to not only send prayers but asking you to do whatever you can to fight this disease. >> we have full coverage of clark's story, including his complete letter, on our abc 7 news app and website. now, thousands of anxious bay area families waiting on pins and needles to hear if their kids got into the school of their choice. a glitch at san francisco unified is preventing those assignments from being mailed out for at least 14,000 students. district officials tell abc 7 news staffing emergencies delayed the process. letters are expected to finally go out today. officials say there is no

guarantee families will get into their school of choice, even if the school is in their neighborhood. the stage is set for what could be a showdown on capitol hill today. james comey will testify before congress and is expected to set the record straight about president trump's explosive accusations of illegal wiretapping. the top republican and democrat on the house intelligence committee agree it never happened. >> was there a physical wiretap of trump tower? no but there never was. >> no evidence to support the president's claim he was wiretapped by his predecessor. >> bay area representative will be on capitol hill today for the hearing. also focus on the investigation into how russia interfered with the presidential election. and to address the lingering question of whether anyone on the president's team may have helped. the republican health care bill will be put to a vote on thursday and congressional leaders are trying to make the bill something moderates can get on board with. they're doing that by increasing coverage and lowering the cost for seniors. older people not eligible for

medicare stand to be the biggest losers if the plan isn't changed. democrats say no matter the changes, the plan is a disaster. >> $600 billion taken from working class families in our country. middle class and those who aspire to it. to the top 1%, $600 billion. robin hood in reverse. some people call it ryanhood. this is trump. >> the bill faces challenges in poet the house and the senate. despite republican majorities. governor brown headed to washington, d.c. today for the first time since president trump was elected. the governor will be there until thursday for a series of private meetings. one of those is with the nuclear threat initiative. the non-profit group works to prevent attacks with weapons of mass destruction. brown joined the board in january. new details now on the shake upat uber. hours after the company's president resigned yesterday, its vice president of mapping also announced plans to step down. the "new york times" reports

mcclendm mcclendon is going to leave march 28th but stay on as an adviser to the company. his moves comes just after we learned jeff jones is stepping down at president. he's only been with uber for six months. jones's decision comes after a series of problems within the company that includes the ceo caught on camera yelling at one of his own drivers over uber lowering its rates. >> what? >> what? >> come people don't like to take responsibility for their -- >> [ bleep ]. >> kalanick apologized and promised to get leadership help. a an e-mail said jones didn't see a future after kalanick was searching for a new chief operating officer. uber released this statement. we want to thank jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best. uber is putting more testing miles on the self-driving cars. not everything is going smoothly. internal documents show humans had to take over for the

computer at every single mile to keep the cars either driving smoothly or to avoid a possible crash. the cars are getting more experience on the road. for the first time, they drove more than 20,000 miles last week in pennsylvania and arizona. that's up from just 5,000 miles in january. >> announcer: now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> temperatures are mild this morning thanks to the cloud cover. when we stretch in the east bay, 51 in castro valley and san leand leandro. 55 in richmond. head into the hills, about temperatures, pretty much the mid to upper 50s. santa rosa, 51 right now. let's look at what's going on outside. pretty dry. dry morning if you'll be on the road for your commute planner. on the water, it'll be breezy but not until this afternoon. caution if you're taking mass transit, also. showers are coming this afternoon and evening. here's a look at today's

temperatures. little cooler than yesterday. 59 at petaluma. 63 to 67 just about everywhere else. half moon bay, 52. tomorrow, more cooling. 60 in season francisco. wednesday is one of the coolest days. this is spring. it is the other side of spring, isn't it? upper 50s to low 60s in most neighborhoods. lows tonight, mild. mid to upper 50s. notice, more green on the man. let's look around the state real quick. 89 in palm springs. 68 in los angeles. 54 in tahoe. showers from sacramento northward. the serven-day forecast for tahoe. thunder snow possible for tomorrow and wednesday. more snow friday, saturday and sunday. alexis in. >> we've had a lot of headaches this morning. early trouble spots. i want to take you back to highway 4, the westbound side, the busy side. this time of day, port chicago highway, we've got a three-car crash. sounds like major damage done to

the vehicles. still blocking the three right lanes. as i zoom out, the backup up to seven mile, all the way to pittsburgh. doesn't take much along that stretch. two earlier trouble spots in concord are no longer blocking. other major problem in san jose. northbound 101 at first street. we still have the right lanes blocked along with the brokaw ramp. down to 12 miles per hour. you're extended beyond the 280/680 split. the bay bridge metering lights flipped on. we'll look at drive times next. a teenager takes a dare to the extreme. the unbelievable risk he took that has paramedics saying he is lucky he survived. the battle brewing in the ghost ship fire investigation. the reason prosecutors and the city of oakland are going head to head. 5:40. here's a live look at downtown san francisco. a pretty picture. a pretty picture. you can experience a

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>> announcer: a live desk from a bc 7 mornings. >> a chase in the east bay caught on video. a driver led chp officers on this high speed pursuit through hayward. witnesses say the driver refused to full over on southbound 880. kept on going all the way to san jo jose. then they had to call off the pursuit because the suspect hit

surface streets and was going very fast. we've reached out to the chp for more information and are waiting to hear back. the district attorney's office is expected to release more information today about an investigative report on the ghost ship fire that killed 36 people. there was a three week delay in getting the report to the da. a retired superior court judge is asking why the report wasn't delivered to the da at the same time it was given to the city attorney. >> why was the report given to the city attorney and, secondly, why did the city attorney hold on to the report for at least three weeks? if charges are filed, any good defense attorney is going to jump all over this. that is the delay and what was going on with this report. >> county prosecutors can start considering possible criminal charges in the fire. no official cause has yet been released. we are hearing from one of the women asked for proof of residency before she was served her food at a southern california restaurant. this happened last week when the

24-year-old, her sister and two friends decided to try the saint marc pub cafe in huntington beach. the waiter repeatedly asked to see the group's ids to make sure they were american citizens or he said he wouldn't serve them. >> i said, did you ask me this? i literally got chills down, like, throughout my entire body. i was in a complete state of shock. i think we all were. >> they complained to the manager and walked out. the restaurant since fired the waiter and apologized, saying that behavior is not representative of the restaurant and won't be tolerated. a teenager in australia is recovering from severe arm wounds after he jumped into crocodile infested waters on a dare. he was bragging he could swim in the river, known for saltwater crocodiles. others in the hostile usualed him to do it.drinks,

he was lucky to escape before the crocodile could drown him. i want to take you to northbound 101 and 880. we are starting to look better here in the south bay. this is one of our three sig alerts we've already had this morning. all lanes just reopened a couple moments ago. this was northbound 101. right around first. i can flip over and show you where this is on the traffic maps. the ramp to brokaw was also closed but opened a couple moments ago. you are south of the 280/680 split. not recovering yet, westbound 4 before port chicago highway, si dp alert. a three car crash. doesn't sound to be any injuries. we have the three leaps blocked and those are stacked up on top of each other. that could take a while to clear. tracy to dublin, not great. 55 minutes. just under an hour. westbound 4, antioch to concord, 1 hour and 16 minutes.

san rafael to san francisco on 101, in the yellow at 18 minutes. mike nicco? the rain isn't here. i don't know what is going on with the roads. >> the driest commute of the week is what we're dealing with now and you're already busy. sorry to hear that. winds will be an issue this afternoon. in the hills, that's where they are right now. south 14 to 21. cloudy, cooler today. the wet pattern begins this first day of astronomical spring. thunder possible tuesday and wednesday. why not throw that in? spring storms. stronger storm in the form of faster winds and heavier rains friday and saturday. the southerly winds are bringing moisture up from the south. most in the central valley or over the ocean. here's the area of low pressure in the cold front that's going to increase our chances of wet weather as we head into the noon hour and especially the overnight hours. the first storm is a 1 on the storm impact scale.

it is going to be light. even though we'll have showers and breezy conditions, i don't expect damage from either of those. from 7:00 to 9:00, pretty quiet. by noon, there's some showers lining up off the coast. mainly in the northern half until we get to 5:00. then we'll start to see the rest of us into the wet weather. especially once the sunse sets. toward 7:20, yellows develop. moderate showers are possible. waking up to slick streets tomorrow morning. by 9:00, we're seeing the last push of wet weather go through. tomorrow will be dry besides the scattered showers and thunderstorms that look likely in the north pbay right now. 1 for wednesday. the least likely day of rain is thursday. friday is a 2, moderate. saturday, a 1, light. sunday is looking like the driest day. we'll look at rainfall totals for your neighborhood next. >> thank you. as we know, the bay area full of foodies, right? now new technology is helping restaurants stay profitable even when those foodies flake on

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5:52. opening state ms begin today in the murder trial of william schultz. the man charged with the 2015 stabbing death of a 9-year-old, during a sleepover at the boy's discovery bay home. he was 18 at the time and confessed to the killing just to see what it was like, he said. a mental health expert evaluated him the day before the stabbing because he was displaying dilutional behavior. the da's office won't seek the death penalty. the sonoma county sheriff's office needs help finding a missing man. 68-year-old david elliott. last seen thursday morning. he somehow got away from his caregiver while hiking in sonoma regional park. he suffers from dementia that

could affect his sense of direction. if you see him, call the sheriff's office. menlo park fire station is expected to be completed by the end of the year. take a look at the drone video of the work being done right now. the new station is being built downtown on oak grove avenue and hoover street, where an older and smaller station was just demolished. speaking of demolition, wow. caltrans is going to demolish the south portion of pfeiffer canyon near big sur. crews tore down a different part of the bridge over the weekend. it's opinionbeen a month since bridge has been closed. a steel bridge is going to replace this damaged one and could be ready in six months. >> announcer: now a traffic alert from abc 7 mornings. >> not a great start in the concord area. want to take you to westbound highway 4. only current issue. we had a couple earlier trouble

spots. before port chicago highway, we have the three car crash blocking the three right lanes. as i zoom out, we are just jammed into pittsburgh, maybe beyond at this point. over seven miles and averaging 14 miles an hour there. 2 miles an hour the closer you get to the crash screen. you are just crawling along. also, drive times. 101, santa rosa to petaluma, no delays. 580, castro valley to the maze. but we're recovering 101, 280/680 to highway 85. the crash near brokaw cleared. not a lot of issues just a couple nasty ones. bay bridge metering lights have been on since 5:27. let's check in with mike nicco. the sunshine is going away and the rain is coming back. we've had a nice month so far with sunshine. only five days with measurable, wet weather. you saw that dry stretch from the 8th to the 15th. a little drizzle the 16th. friday, saturday and sunday, we're tell rifrelati

there may be slick spots, especially in the north bay for the commute this evening. look how much more rain falls during the overnight hours. through tomorrow's morning commute. about 0.2 in the south bay to 0.5 inch in the north bay. more as we head into the evening hours. if you're heading to the sierra, winter weather adviserer from 1:00 tomorrow morning to 1:00 wednesday morning. 4 to 8 inches of snow at 6500 feet, near lake level. 12 inches up to a foot along the crest. probably some delays. >> thank you, mike. unsuspecting adele fan got the surprise of a lifetime after being pulled out of the crowd. as you're about to see, pulled up on stage. >> yeah, yeah. >> thank goodness. this is wade and chris. adele brought them on stage after one burst into tears when she opened her final concert in australia. to her surprise, wade asked

chris to marry him in front of the packed stadium. he said yes. adele says it was not planned. she had no idea there would be a proposal during her show. dprach sesame street introducing a new character, julia, with special needs. autism affects 1 in 68 children according to the cdc. a more recent government survey puts the estimate even higher. in her first appearance on sesame street, julia ignores big bird, who thinks she doesn't like him. other muppets tell him she does things a little differently. you can see julia a huge chunk of concrete fell on the bay bridge. dwight clark announces he has als. how those who played beside him on the field are coming to his side again. 5:58. here's a live look outside.

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>> announcer: good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> welcome to monday. welcome to the first day of spring, administer 20march 20th. great to see everybody here, except jessica, who is off. >> enjoying the day. we get to enjoy showers, mike? >> absolutely. into the afternoon and evening hours and through this time tomorrow. just about every day this week, we have a chance of wet weather. great for the pollen. wait until i show you that. >> we'll start with alexis and a traffic issue. >> traffic alerts galore this morning. highway 4, just got good news in. on the westbound side, this is just as you approach port chicago highway. had the three right lanes blocked. this was due to a multi-car crash. sounds like they were stacked on top of each other. boy, this is going to take a long time to recover.

eight mile backup. you're jammed all the way to pittsburgh. not a lot of fun. also improving, northbound 101 and san jose. 880. really starting to pick up the pace. we had a crash in the two right lanes and blocking the off ramp around first street. that was there exactly an hour. not a great start to the monday. let get back to mike now. you have the rest of the forecast. good morning, mike. good morning. 2 1/2 hours into spring and you have the most active part of our entire cast so far. >> oh, boy. >> going to get active also here. near the foothills, a little wet weather on live doppler 7. winds are in the hills now but they'll come down throughout the afternoon hours. mild, 49 to 55. throughout the 12-hour day planner, chances begin at noon for wet weather. scattered and light at