happening this morning, a on the weather scale. a wet golden gate bridge. >> along the embarcadero, rain on the lens of our exploratory yum cam at pier 13. >> let's drive even farther south. this time to san jose. it looks like it's still dry. is that right, mike? >> looks like it. >> will it last for long? >> does it look dry to you? >> did you forget your contacts today? leaning in pretty close, i see. >> i don't wear contacts. >> pretty dry for the south bay so far. >> about an hour, it will be there. they're going to have the easiest drive. everybody else, yeah, you saw what was going on outside. let's jump in to live doppler 7. you see over the bay toward martinez, we're seeing moderate showers right now. that will move north of paypoint on. el hamboro toward highway 4 and over the boulevard, stretching over the boulevard, stretching all the way to lafayette

pounded. light to moderate winds. the winds will pick up in the next couple of hours and continue through 7:00 while the showers start to taper through 7:00. i'm surprised at how well the commute has gone so far. we'll see over the next hour how this fills in. very few crashes. this is one of them. we end 580, before park boulevard, a solo vehicle spinout collision that is facing the wrong way in the far left lane. so far that's not causing delays. of course, that is the counter commute for this time of day. also, eastbound state route 37, before 121 in the sears point area, a two-car crash. sounds like that's partially blocking. a little onlooker delay. we'll check the drive times coming up next. >> thanks. we're following developing news in san jose. pg&e crews are working to turn off gas to a mobile home park after a huge fire at a home

there. >> lonnie rivera is live along monterey circle. lonnie? >> reporter: you can see the crews are wrapping up. there are only two trucks left. they hosed it one last time to be on the safe side. and now they're leaving. here's a look at the flames when the fire broke out. firefighters responded to the blaze about 10:15 here at monterey circle. it was well involved when they arrived. three adults and two teens made it out of the house. at this time, they're crediting smoke detectors for saving those people's lives. >> there were other buildings threatened by the structure on fire. we had multiple occupants to evacuate and protect with hose lines. additionally, water supply is limited in here. that was another challenge. >> reporter: pg&e crew vs. shut

off gas to the entire mobile home park. the fire was caused by gas. it burned adjacent homes nearby, but they did not damage the sbrrts. no word on how long the gas will be out this morning. live in san jose, abc7 news. >> thank you. also in san jose, the case of a man found dead in the gutter is a "complete whodunnit." officers were called to 1st street and hawthorne way last night and found a man with extensive injuries pronounced dead at the scene. police believe he was hit by a vehicle. they hope surveillance footage recorded by nearby trains will provide a clue. today the house is expected to cast ballots on the gop health care plan after president trump demanded a vote saying he is done negotiating. the president gave the ultimatum after days of coaing and

compromise. he says he will move on in the case of a no vote and let explains why they kept obamacare. conservatives want to lower premiums and scrap coverage for maternity care. moderates feel the changes are too drastic. another ripple effect of the ghost ship fire is playing out in oakland. residents of the salt lick arts warehouse on 2nd and broadway near jack london square are being evicted. unsafe living conditions were found. one tenant said it was one of the last warehouses to have living spaces. >> spaces are the only opportunity artists, musicians, performers have to live affordably in the city and be able to do creative work. >> the city says the salt lick has not been red tagged and is willing to work with the landlord to make it safe to occupy. so far that hasn't happened. a quadruple murder with a

connection to the bay area was a random act. police found four people dead in a quiet sacramento neighborhood early yesterday morning. police quickly began following leads in san pablo and san francisco. sf police detained a man that they're calling a person of interest yesterday. a sacramento tv station reports that the man's wife, her two children, and niece were all found dead in the home. police have not identified the victims, but sacramento's mayor victims, but sacramento's mayor says at least two are children. the london mayor laying flowers outside of scotland yard. this is coming after the terror attacks. you seat mayor sadiq kahn and others laying flowers at the site. there is in remembrance of police officer keith palmer killed during the terrorist attacks near the parliament building and westminster bridge.

also new, we've learned british police arrested two more suspects connected to the attack. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, 40 cancer patients in california are now suing chemical giant monsanto. the suit filed in alameda county superior court alleges exposure to the company's roundup weed killer caused them to develop cancer. the world health organization's research on cancer in 2015 determined that the chemical is a carcinogenic to humans. the herbicide has also been linked to other health issues, environmental impacts. monstorgs against the research. thanks to a missing line in a contract, a recycling company in oakland is legally allowed to charge more than $775 monthly per apartment resident for pickup. oakland is suing california waste solutions to make sure that never happens. the contract was meant to say the company could only charge less than $30 monthly to move the plastic bin to the curb and

back. oakland is asking for a jury trial to cap the recycling service at $27.85 a month. a huge flare near 680 in martinez has some drivers doing a double take. this is waterfront road. the burnoff is creating an orange glow in the sky. what is happening here? a spokesperson for the shell refinery tells abc 7 it's part of its maintenance process, the flaring system was activated overnight and burned off the excess gas. the refinery said the system worked as it should, and there was never any danger to the public. police in contra costa county hope someone recognize this man. he's robbed a bank and caught on cane of the largest credit bureaus accused of giving consumers wrong credit scores. the brooklyn bridge taupe backed up, wet roads, and rain on the lens. you know what -- it's friday. we have the team who's going to we have the team who's going to get you through

today's storm is level two. that means moderate rain. gear up before you go out, and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now.

we've already had a couple of downpours roll through. you see the red moving through. bay point right now, that's going to continue heading to northeast. more yellow developing offshore. that means another round is on the way. let's look at temperatures. low to mid 50s just about everywhere on the peninsula. pacifica and daly city, 49. low to mid 50s everywhere except for los gatos at 47. san mateo bridge, heading east, it's wetter than the west because of the friction of the tires and the heat. it dries a little quicker. there are sprinkles to light rain falling. pour on the roadways all day today with ponding possible. windy and wet on the water. a chifling rain if you're going -- chilling rain if you're going to be out and about. temperatures will warm into the low 60s today. in the upper 50s to mid 60s tomorrow. more sunshine. a chilly, cooling shower will keep us in the mid to upper 50s for sunday. a quick look at tonight's temperatures, we clear out to partly cloudy skies. mid 40s to near 50 degrees. now the rain had brought a couple of downpours to the bay

bridge toll plaza already. we saw it coming down at some points this morning. right now, not bad. it's definitely soggy. we've had metering lights on since 5:23 this morning. so extra early. overall we have seen lighter volume. i'm not sure what the reason was for them flipping that on. a little ahead of the normal time. westbound 80 to the 4 to the maze, no trouble. 15 minutes westbound 80 across the bay bridge. 101 to sfo, in the green kcomin in at 12 minutes. california residents on the verge of getting a tax rebate that hasn't happened in decades. there is a roadblock in the way. there is a roadblock in the way. a student jumps into action wiback like it could used to?

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6:15. a former u.c. berkeley student is suing a professor claiming he groped and harassed her. the suit names john searle, professor emeritus of philosophy. he abruptly stopped teaching at the university this semester after 60 years. the former student was searle's assistant last summer. she claimed the 84-year-old also watched porn at work and made sexist comments and that when she complained, her salary was cut, and she was eventually fired. a u.c. berkeley spokesperson told abc7 news the school has not seen the complaint and is not able to comment. a republican state senator says governor brown is playing a

shell game with taxpayer money which could cost us all a rebate. ted gaines of el dorado says government spending at the state and local level is at the doorstep of the 1979g it dictates any rebate over that amount should be returned to taxpayers. the governor has labeled $22 million as nowhere money to avoid triggering that limit, according to a legislative analyst's office report. the department of finance says the budget complies with the constitution. now a $3 million fine for allegedly deceiving consumer business how credit scores would be used. the consumer financial protection bureau says the penalty for experian is part of a settlement agreement. the bureau said experian developed its own scoring model which it used to generate a credit score. those scores, however, were not used by lenders for credit decisions. experian is one of three largest credit bureaus in the u.s.

and in january, the other two, transunion and equifax, reached settlements for similar allegations. a lacrosse, wisconsin, high school freshman jumps into action to save his friend who pwas choking on a lunch. >> you're going to want to see this video. this is surveillance video. ian brown performing the heimlich to save his seated pal, will olsen. the teen said someone cracked a joke as olsen put food in his mouth. he took a deep breath to laugh and started to choke. brown started to turn up when he saw his friend turn purple and blue. >> the other kids didn't do anything. i stepped up to the place, and i'll help him out. >> it was scary definitely. i could be dead right now. i'm thankful -- i can't say thank you enough for what he did. >> brown had been trained in the lacrosse police explorers program in the heimlich

maneuver. i am thankful that he jumped into action. that's wonderful. >> we were watching that video earlier. i couldn't believe it. >> absolutely. >> thank goodness that kid knew what he was doing. okay. over to alexis. she knows what she's doing. >> i do. yes. hopefully i'm not having to save indiana's life here this morning. we're doing okay on the roads. here's golden globe bridge. definitely soggy as the vehicles go by. you'll see a little of the road spray kicking up. not a total washout in most areas. but enough to cause issues on the roads. fortunately, we have not had too many. in fact, as you look at the traffic flows underneath the radar, you see we're almost exclusively in the green this morning. the one area that's going to stay dry, a sprinkle or two at best, san jose, you see live doppler 7 hovering above you this morning. so so far that has looked pretty good. let's check in with meteorologist mike nico. he had to stay up past his bedtime last night. our resident jayhawks fan is pretty happy. >> well worth it, absolutely. hi, everybody. hopefully your brackets are doing well. pittsburgh, look at this. school street, right toward pittsburgh, antioch highway, on

highway 4. we have our best downpour right now. let's look down to the south. i want to show you the santa cruz mountains. dry in the south bay. over the last couple of hours, the rain has flirted with you. really just sprinkles. that's about it. in fact, here's 101 and 880. you see how dry it rain and gusty winds until evening when it transitions to showers. sunday and monday, looking wet also. spring warmth and sunshine returns next week. here's a look at the storm impact scale. a 2 for today. we'll get about one-third of an inch of rain in the south bay to one inch in other areas. one to two inches in the north bay and the coastal mountains. gusts, 25 to 35 possible. 45 above 1,500. 7:00, the steady, moderate rain in the north bay. pockets elsewhere. that's going to shift into the rest of the neighborhoods from 9:00 to noon. still up in the north bay then. by about 3:00 or 4:00, mainly in the south bay and inland east bay. you can see the transition during the evening commute over to scattered showers. we do have some heavy snow falling in the sierra.

winter storm warning on the western slope. possibly up to a foot of snow above 5,500 feet and gusts to 45 miles per hour. we could have whitious conditions. snow possible saturday, sundays, monday in the sierra. also, we'll get a break tomorrow. warmer, cooler sunday, scattered showers. becoming steady rain during the evening hours through the commute. you see the sunshine and 70s next week. snow into tahoe. here's alexis. the toyota tahoe report. things are looking good travelwise at the moment. no chain requirements for 80, 50, 89, or 88. delay they are screening trucks on 88. north star, heavenly, everyone still has those healthy base totals even though we lost a couple of inches with those warmer temperatures we've had over the last week or two. healthy and we're getting a new round as mike mentioned. nothing to worry about as far as the snow is concerned. sugarbowl, sierra, kirkwood, looking good for base totals.

no chain requirements. yellow for highway 50 to sierra. we still have one lane each direction there around bridal vail falls. that is due to the road damage. everything go to take you around four hours, a little more than that, of course, significantly more if you're traveling during peak hours. then i think we have a quick look at tahoe now. on the camera, yeah, not looking like much snow at the moment. of course, those lifts not going yet. i'm sure they will be busy later today. >> thank you. the woman you're about to meet is like so many of us -- she walks by homeless people in her neighborhood and outside of her workplace all the time. >> what makes her so different is she's actually doing something about it. she is not a politician, she is a barber. and she happens to be my barber which is how i heard the story. i was getting my hair cut. she said that on her sometimes only day off, usually tuesdays, raquel puts a chair in front of the main san francisco library and gives free haircuts to those in need. since so many of her clients are from the tender lion neighborhood, she -- tenderloin

neighborhood she calls it tender cuts. >> i usually have eyebear dwea because i'm tearing up. they're telling stories and interacted with me. they've lived ten lives that i never would have had the strength to live. >> she does there on her own time, right. and in the year or so that she's been doing this. she and her friends have cut a thousand clients' hair. raquel, for that reason, is one of our abc7 stars. ordinary people doing extraordinary things. the full story that i put together will air today on abc7 news at 4:00 and on our social accounts. and hopefully spread the word about what she's doing. she wants to make this a nationwide effort. >> it should be. >> yeah. she's going to launch a gofundme page today hopefully get some help to do so. >> look at him getting emotional. isn't it incredible how a 10 or 15-minute haircut can restore dignity like that? >> it makes me feel like a million bucks. i know that it does the same for these people, as well. >> awesome. does it matter where you get your gas? that's the question michael finney is looking into today. something that really every

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good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc7 morningins. here comes the storm. live doppler 7 showing another round of rain moving in from the north bay right now. >> mike was about to sing the annie lenox hit, "here comes the rain again." >> almost got caught. >> you're saying it's not just rain that could be the problem, right? >> yeah. i'll leave the singing to you two. let's. do that again. yeah, the fact it's going to be moderate at times which is going to cause puddling. it will last for several hours. it will hit the commute and the evening commute to a lesser extent. let's look at live doppler 7. hi, everybody. great way to wake up on a friday with the wet weather outside. >> is it really? >>sarcastic? >> not really.

heading to the altamont pass, tracy, danville, alamo. more developing offshore. that will help up toward marin county and also possibly san francisco. there's more on the way. walnut creek, things are slow and windy, also. moderate spots, but more widespread moderate rain from noon to 4:00 when the winds will be fastest. no major issues yet toward the friday commute. that's obviously a great thing. we are starting to slow in several areas, though. here's a look at westbound 80 in san francisco on the bay bridge. metering lights on for over an hour, 5:23 this morning. pretty early. live doppler 7 on top of the traffic maps. i want to take you to one new issue in the cordelia area. westbound 80 off ramp to southbound 680. a new crash was blocking both lanes of the ramp. they have that contained to the left lane. no backup on the main line yet. i will keep an eye on that. we'll check the drive times next. >> thank you. happening today, the white house is pulling out all the stops in an effort to get enough votes to pass the republican

health care act. abc reporting president trump is negotiating feverishly for support after saying last night he was done with twisting arms and demanding a vote for today. chief political analyst matthew dowd says the trump administration is playing a political game of generationa, and if one piece -- jenga, and if one piece falls, rest will follow. >> i think it makes tax reform almost impossible. it makes the budget very difficult. it makes infrastructure plan that he has tried to say he wants to do soon, endanger it. it basically is a domino effect. >> want to bring a live look at the house floor now. lawmakers have been speaking for about 20 minutes on the health care bill. the house rules committee is also meeting on the bill right now. the vote is expected to start within the next few hours. you mentioned the white house pulling out all the stops. that includes president trump's twitter account. he has been tweeting. within just the last hour, he said, after seven horrible years of obamacare, skyrocketing

premiums and deductibles, bad health care, this is finally your chance for a great plan. also, this is notable -- going after the freedom caucus saying the irony is that the freedom caucus, which is pro-life and against planned parenthood, allows planned parenthood to continue if they stop this plan. i have been monitoring twitter for you. democrats already firing back this morning. i noticed nancy pelosi active on twitter trying to push out more no votes. back to you. >> fascinating to watch this play out today. thank you. we'll move to this -- a crackdown could be looming for people who try to cheat their way on to the san francisco side of the bay bridge. it's happened at the bryant street onramp. it looks like we are waiting to get to that story. we'll move to something else now. happening today, bart is hosting a community celebration for the grand opening of the new warm springs extension in freont. it opens for service tomorrow after three years of delays. the station extends the bart line from the fremont station. it features more than 2,000 new parking spaces and 42 electric

vehicle charging stations. today three new train cars will be parked at the station for the public to look at. the event begins at 10:00 a.m. at the warm springs station. bart has been staffing that station with six full-time employees since september even though trains aren't starting to run until tomorrow. according to "the chronicle," employees earn up to $89,000 a year and haven't done much except watch out for vandalism and theft. bart officials say they would rather be safe than sorry. developing news now. an end to an amber alert. two southern california toddlers have been found safe this morning inside a stolen car. police say carlos cortez and 1-year-old jaden cortez are back with their family, thank goodness. the two brothers were found in desert hot springs in riverside county after an intense search. the two boys were in the back seat of the car when it got stolen in cathedral city. the bittabysitter stepped out f an errand, and the suspect stole

the car. on to developing news in london. metro police have made two more significant arrests in connection with wednesday's terror attack. officials say the arrests were made overnight in two areas north of london. nine people are now in custody with one person released on bail. scotland yard says the birth name of the attacker was adrian russell. yesterday he was identified as khalid massoud, a british national. he killinged three people on westminster bridge before stabbing a police officer to death the house of parliament. he was shot and killed by police. the metropolitan police federation is raising money to help the family of fallen officer keith palmer. so far the crowdfundsing site has -- crowdfunding site radicalization reached more than $667,000. more than double the original goal. new details on the keystone x.l. oil pipeline. construction on it can now move forward. early this morning, the trump administration issued a presidential permit for transcanada to build the pipeline running between the

u.s. and canada. president trump says that it will provide 28,000 construction jobs. president obama rejected the pipeline after a wave of protests by environmentalists. developing news -- antioch police investigating a shooting now that left one person dead and another in the hospital. two people were shot in a car on contra loma boulevard in fitz fitzuren road last night. a 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. a 23-year-old man was taken to the hospital. police say both of the victims are from antioch. new details on a hate crime investigation in downtown san francisco. a muslim mother was playing with her young son at a playground when she says a man threatened to shoot them. this happened at the yerba buena park at 4th and howards in the south of market neighborhood. the woman wearing a hijab or head scarf said joshua ruana walked up and threatened to shoot her and her son. she grabbed her son and ran away and called 911. officers got there and found ruano a few blocks away.

they arrested him for making threats with a hate crime enhanceme enhancement. >> extremely disturbing. i can't imagine being on the receiving end of that. my heart goes out to her. it's awful. >> the council on american islamic relations says there's been an uptick in reported hate crimes since before the presidential election. san francisco police trying to determine if a man accused of trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl tried to abduct anyone police arrested lee eigl early yesterday after spotting his car. investigators say that on wednesday evening, he grabbed the girl near terrible and forestside in the west portal area and tried to pull her into his car. when the girl started screaming, people nearby pulled her to safety. police say eigl intended to rain the teen. the suspect's mom says she is shocked. >> every single person i've talked to, his brother, his best friend, was like, what? >> that's gail eigl. she said her son was drinking and smoking pot. she said he was driving to the police station to speak with

investigators when police stopped and arrested him. the woman accused of this parking lot roads rage outside a walmart in uni-- road rage outside a walmart in union city is in jail. she backed into a family after the store refusedto give her a refund. investigators say tips from the public helped her track down this woman. 23-year-old jessica malacoat. she is facing charges for assault with a deadly weapon. we'll start with one of our bigger cells over the marin coast. it's about 30 minutes from hitting places like san rafael, larksburg, possibly even heading up farther north. a half hour to 45 minutes, 101 will be hit with another downpour. we've got one -- you saw it there just into the oakland hills. that's going to be heading across 24, possibly orinda and maraga soon. winds will be a big issue soon. up in the north bay. we've got the wind advisory. above 1,500 feet.

gusts up to 300 feet at 3:00. for the rest of us, 10:00 to 7:00. 47 in los gatos. loss altos hills, 48. in the south bay, 51 to 53. pretty much 51 to 53 everywhere this morning. the highs today will be around 60 to 62 degrees. maybe 63 in san jose to half moon bay at about 5 degrees. lows tonight are going to be much cooler thanks to the fact of the clouds that are going to open. we'll become partly cloudy, patchy fog in the north bay. we'll wake up to 43 in santa rosa. to oakland at about 51. for an hour-by-hour look at the storm and possibly sunday's when we come back in a minute. alexis? good morning, mike. it's been really quiet to kick off the commute so far. especially quiet in the south bay. here's san jose. 101 and 880. that's one of the few areas that we have not seen any soggy driving conditions. maybe a sprinkle or two. but it will get to you eventually as mike has been telling us. flipping to the traffic maps, we briefly had a problem reported on the peninsula. this was northbound 101 in the

palo alto area. just before you get to university. sounds like we had debris reported in a couple of lanes. now it's supposedly on the shoulder. i am seeing a bit of a delay approaching that. so i will keep an eye on that and try and get more information from chp to see if that is still a blocking situation. they may be holding lanes for a couple of minutes to get that clear. drive times looking great. southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek, seven minutes. westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13, another ten. does not feel like real life here this morning. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, still in the green at just 26 minutes. we'll check out the brooklyn bridge commute coming up next -- the bay bridge commute coming up next. speaking of the bay bridge, a lot of people kind of cheat -- not kind of, they do cheat their way on to the bay bridge on the san francisco side every day on the bryant street onramp even though official at the's against the rules. well -- officially it's against the rules. well, kate larsen tells us there's about to be a crackdown. kate? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. the whole point of a carpool lane it to provide a quick

commute to reward carpoolers. that's not happening on a lot of bay area roads including right here. the bryant street on ramp. it dumps you right on to the bay bridge which is why it's such a popular back route to highway 80. so what's going to happen? the metropolitan transportation commission is talking about installing some cameras and other technology to try and bust people who are not carpooling or in clean air vehicles. then also they're talking about extending carpool hours. this is carpool lane only from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. the backup starts well before that around 2:30. they're talking about extending those hours even earlier to the midday. there is chp officers, there are chp officers out here frequently. but not everyday. they're not able to bust all of these people who are on the carpool lanes when they shouldn't be. they're also talking about similar changes on highway 101 through marin and sonoma counties. live in san francisco, kate larsen, abc7 news.

>> thank you. thieves take dozens of laptops meant to help low-income students from that storage unit. that crime ended up bringing the community closer together. >> at 6:42, here's a live look outside abc7 news now. outside abc7 news now. the way to

gear up before you go out and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. 6:45. crews have just capped a gas leak in the south bay after a late-night mobile home fire. >> lonnie rivera is live at the mobile home park at mont rea circle with a close call for the people living there. lonnie? >> reporter: that's right. pg&e crews are here on scene taking a look at all of those lawns. here's the fire that broke out last night. there were five family members inside of the burning mobile home. they all managed to make it out. it's believed to be accidental. the flames did burn the of two adjacent homes. no damage to the interiors. right now about it 0 mobile homes in the neighborhood have no gas. people are waking up with no

gas. they're hoping to have it restored by later this afternoon. live in san jose, lonnie rivera, abc7 news. >> thank you. police say a man accused of robbing a bank in san ramon last month robbed the same bank before. they tweeted new surveillance images of the man take 10 u.s. bank on crow canyon road on tuesday. they say he was holding a gun and got away with cash. take a look. these are photos of a february robbery. in the holdup, same guy. he took an employee hostage and made her walk outside with him before letting her go. no one was hurt in either robbery. the theft of computers used by underserved youth in san leandro is bringing people together. last month, someone stole 38 laptops from a storage pod that you see here. the laptops belonged to the nonprofit network for teaching entrepreneurship. a program that gives underserved students business skills and opportunities. >> these computers are what they do their market research on. it's what we start the first websites on. it's how they write business

plans with mentors. i see them use computers that none of us would look at, and it's like giving them $1 million. >> perhaps that is why so many neighbors have helped out. they heard about the story and started showing up with computers to donate. already, the organization has received 25 computers, about half of what they need to get half of what they need to get the students back in business. the tennessee school bus driver that killed six children in a crash will be in court. we've learned he will be arraigned today which means he'll be formally charged. six children between the ages of 6 to 10 died. more than a dozen others hurt. the crash happened last november in chattanooga. among the charges, the driver, johnthony walker, could get six counts of vehicular homicide and reckless assault. he was driving over the speed limit when the bus swerved off the streets, toppled sideways

and hit a tree. back to you. >> thank you. now your morning money report. gamestop reportedly closing at least 150 stores because of weaker demand for gaming scon sconsconce -- consoles and games. the move after gamers shift from physical media like disks to digital downloads. it will expand its collectibles business which has been doing well. the chain said nintendo's switch has given it a boost and could end up with the broad appeal of nintendo's wii season. amazon is adding jobs in palo alto. it's planning to lease a new building on university avenue to house software programmers. our partner "the mercury news," reports that amazon eventually plans to have up to 1,300 employees in east palo alto. next month you'll be able to send starbucks gift cards through imessage. you can find it in apple's messaging app. buzzfeed reports one in six american adults are given a starbucks gift card during the holidays.

according to sf gate, the bay area rental supermarket in an up-- market is in an trend with the bigger year over year drops in rent. has your rent gone down? >> no. >> mine hasn't. if you go further east like concord and petaluma, they're seeing the biggest increases. in san francisco, average prices for a one bedroom dropped 9% putting it at around $3,300. what a steal. redwood city and oakland decreased 15% and 5% respectively. both concord and petaluma jumped 15% making the average price of a one bedroom nearly $1,621 and $2,100 respectiveli. >> show me the money. >> thank you. show me the receipts. we here at abc mornings are suffering from a serious case of withdrawal. that would be puppy withdrawal. >> that's right. thanks to you, the viewers at home and our perfect pet partners, our big adoption event for national puppy day was a big success. hopefully you took a peek at the live puppy cam yesterday to

check out the cuties. we don't have a final tally yet. one of our perfect pet partners, the san francisco spca, said it had double the number of adoptions than it did the day before. >> awesome. we want to say a big thanks to all of our partners including sfspca, friends of the algebra mediaa shelter, humane society, marin humane society and the east bay spca. yesterday are going to be up for adoption today. go to our news app or abc7news.com and find out how to part of the fun. >> absolutely. and mike, this is an expansion of your perfect pet program which has almost a 100% adoption rate. >> we are pretty darn close. i can't remember the last time we did not get one adopted. we're going to have danica cat-trick, not patrick, but danica cat-trick -- [ applause ] -- yeah, during the midday show, 11:00 to 11:30. we'll put it on line right now which is right over there with kimberly. watching right now on facebook

live. here's the least challenging commute. at least weatherwise. dry at 280. 17 in the south bay. moderate rain on the way. windy, another storm. weaker sunday into monday and spring sunshine and warmth next week. here we are, look at all the farms near brentwood, the cherry trees, peach and strawberries. a great time. they're getting wet. the best chance for getting a downpo downpour. the south bay, trying to encroach upon you. give it another hour or two and if will be in neighborhoods. we're ranking the storms, this is moderate. .4 in the south bay to an inch for rest of us. one to two in the north bay, mountains, and gusts to 45 to 50 miles per hour. you see the steadier, moderate rain, yellow and orange, in the north bay. pockets of it elsewhere. by 9:00, the steady rain is moving into the heart of the bay. by noon, in the south bay. look from noon to 4:00, it mainly stays in the south bay. the north bay starts to clear out. and during the evening hours it just becomes scattered showers. for tomorrow, a clearing trend.

sunshine, warmer. scattered, light showers for sunday. not a washout. steadier rain during the evening and overnight hours through monday morning. spring warmth, 70s next week. alexis? i think everybody is it a three-day weekend. we've had light volumes this morning. one of the exceptions -- the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on since 5:23. getting a break in the rain. it will take a while to get through the toll plaza. drive times, westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, no issues. in the green at 20 minutes. about 18 actually across the bay bridge once you make it past the metering lights. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo, in the green. sfo, in the green. that's coming in

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6:54. these are the seven things to know before you go. mike? >> yep. one, they kicked me off the couch because weather is important today. here's why -- it is raining right now just about everywhere. outside of the south bay, hydroplaning an issue. it will be an issue for all of us during the evening commute even though the hostest of the rain will taper. the roads will be -- the heaviest of the rain will be tapering. the roads will be wet and possible ponding. two, the weather will impact the roads today. this morning, it hasn't been too much of a factor. we are looking soggy here on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. honestly, drive times looking decent. and i had less than a dozen issues all morning. nothing major. enjoy that while it lasts. three this morning, bart celebrating tomorrow's opening of the long-await warm springs extension in fremont. that station extends the bar

line from the fremont station. today's grand opening begins at 10:00 a.m. number four, from the live desk, discussions continue on capitol hill. care bill as lawmakers talking about it. the vote expected to start within the next few hours. five, the red cross is helping a family of five that escaped this gas-fed mobile home fire in san jose. the home destroyed. pg&e crews managed to turn off the gas to the park to let firefighters work. fortunately no one hurt. six, a huge arrelief. an amber alert canceled for two boys. they were found safe inside a stolen car in riverside county. they have been reunited with their family. police still looking for the suspects. seven, you might have had the chance to fly and see this stunning sight. if you didn't this year, you may next year.

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good morning, america. decision day. top white house aides issue an ultimatum from president trump. demanding a vote on the health care bill saying it's now or never. >> we'll see what happens. it'll be a very close vote. >> the house just hours from voting after a flurry of activity on capitol hill overnight. can trump close the first big deal of his presidency? breaking news, two more arrests in that london terror attack overnight and new details about the suspect. a 52-year-old british citizen would converted to islam, isis calling him their soldier. as the death toll climbs, what we're now learning about the american victim, who was celebrating his anniversary as thousands paid tribute overnight. high school hero. the incredible moment caught on camera in a cafeteria. a freshman leaps into action. to save his choking friend. the boy ea