>> good morning, everyone. a few changes quickly with live doppler 7. the satellite image, the clouds have mochltd in, especially at the coast where wefrm some patchy fog. right now temperatures are in the 50s and up earn 40s. san francisco's currently 52, but santa rosa and livermore are in the upper 40s as well as loss gate os, san jose at 54 degrees. here's a view of the bay bridge and what you can expect for the day. we'll still see the coastal fog linger by about 9:00 this earn montgomery then everything clears by lunchtime. and temperatures will be mild

once again inland near 80 degrees, around the bay mid 70s, and at the coast mid 60s. so, you may notice it could be a touch cooler depending on where you are. sunset at 7:34 tonight and still a pleasant evening overall. but we have some big changes with a pretty decent storm coming towards the end of the week. i'll tell you more about it, chris. >> fire crew have knocked down a 2-alarm fire in oakland. the fire started 3:45 this morning at 39th avenue near macarthur boulevard. oakland fire sent a tweet saying there were reports of people jumping out of the windows. crews also say heavy smoke and fire filled the top floor of the building. we are still waiting for word on any injuries. developing news now out of pittsburgh, police are investigating a shooting that left multiple people hurt. it happened just before 11:00 last night on madelein street nur alturas avenue. contra costa fire tell us they

treated seven people but right now it's not known exactly how many people were shot. three ambulances and two medical helicopters were at the scene to transport victims. no word on any suspects. new evidence could lead to a killer and missing daughter. last night people gathered at mclaren park in san francisco where the body of nicole fits was found last april. there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to her daughter's return. abc abc 7 news reporter tiffany p>> reporter: family want to scoop her into their arms, hear her laugh, see her smile. >> i believe she is still alive. >> reporter: the toddler was missing last april after her moment failed to show up for work at best buy. nicole's body was found a few days later in a shallow grave in mclaren park covered with a piece of plywood. no one has seen arian a since.

her aunt has a theory. >> i do believe someone is caring for her. i believe that the whole reason that this happened is because someone wanted ariana. >> reporter: one year since nicole was seen alive several people gathered for a vigil. they shared a renewed hope for answers. san francisco police confirm they recovered a car possibly connected to the case. the fbi is now testing it for evidence. >> it makes me feel great. it's one step closer to having ariana home. >> reporter: that is not the only hope. contest a is optimistic it could lead to the killer and abductor as well. >> it gives me hope that it's going to soon, hopefully soon lead to the people who are responsible. >> reporter: nicole called ariana her butterfly. family and friends pinned butterflies to their jackets. the bright bold beautiful colors reminding them of ariana.

>> this right here is our hopes and prayers that she gets home safely. >> reporter: in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> new clues have also emerged in the search for pearl pen son. she vanished near her home in vallejo in may of last year. and now investigators believe the 15-year-old may still be alive and is possibly being held by human traffickers. they have new evidence to focus again on the town of jenner in sonoma county. the santa rosa press democrat reports suspected kidnapper was captured by surveillance cameras at a gas station in bodega bay the day after she vanished. that man fernando castro died later that day in a shoot out with police in santa barbara county. 5:04 is our time in antioch. a freeway accident sent more than a dozen people to the homt. the victims include seven children. we're told at least four people suffered very serious injuries along westbound highway 4 near

lone tree way. three badly injured children had to be flown by helicopter to trauma centers in oakland and sacramento. >> with the incident being spread out on highway 4, we had all of our resources on the highway. we could quickly triage and transport those patients from the ambulance to the helicopter. it was the quickest method to get them to the hospital. >> the highway patrol says at least two cars collide at around 6:15 last night. officers closed all westbound lanes on highway 4 for about 90 minutes. 5:05 is the time. san mateo congresswoman jackie spear hosted a town hall meeting with the former ambassador to russia. abc 7 news reporter was there for the event and has the story. >> reporter: former ambassador gave residents a unique perspective on the russian interference in the 2016 election. the behavior of devin nunez took center stage. >> the smart behavior of the

chairman cannot be squared. >> reporter: according to the "the new york times" and the washington post, nunes was provided top secret information by two members of the national security council and then briefed the president about that information. mcfall has also served on the nsc and held top secret clearances. >> i don't remember -- i mean i was there for three years. i don't remember a single time that we ever briefed on intelligence, raw intelligence that we were showing a member of congress. >> reporter: this weekend nunes was met by hundreds of protesters in his fresno home district. >> devin nunes' behavior is not working for the people, but he's working for the president and that's not his job. >> there is no evidence of collusion with the president of the united states and the russians. >> reporter: congresswoman spear served on the intelligence committee request nunes. >> chairman nunes has to go. i don't think -- there is no way that he can actually chair this investigation. >> reporter: ambassador mcfall says this is all a distraction from the real problem. russian hacking.

>> they look at what's happening now and they say, mission accomplished. >> reporter: the controversy engulfing nunes is tied to unsubstantiated claims by president donald trump that the o obama administration wiretapped trump phones during the election. bc 7 news. >> president trump's former national security advisor did not reveal the fees he earned from speaking to russian groups. michael flynn's personal disclosure form did not show his 2015 speaking engagements including one for the russian government's television network r.t. he turned it in just a few days before he resigned over contacts with russian ambassador. he amended the form to include all his speeches. last year he earned $1.3 million in total speaker fees. the san francisco gay men's correspond us honored one of its own members during one of its

performance. abc 7 news was at the performance friday night. the 39-year-old collapsed midway through their paradise-bound performance. doctors were not able to revive him. >> he was a larger than life persona. he was not only a singing member, he was also our office manager, a member who welcomed all of our new members into the correspond us. to say that he was beloved by everyone is probably a huge understatement. >> he sang as a bear atone in the back row and known for his beautiful voice. his legacy is giving more than he took. 5:08 is our time. anger and disappointment, parents at albany high school are upset after a meeting about a racially filled instagram page was canceled. the meet was supposed to be a chance for parents bhoz kids were targeted to talk with the parents of kids of students responsible for posting the offensive pictures. cornell bernard has the details.

>> we looked forward to this meeting to be the adult examples that our children need to see. >> reporter: these parents came to albany high school to begin the healing process. their kids the target of recent racist social media posts. >> at this point there is no resolution. that's why we came today. >> reporter: but the meeting never happened. a chance to talk with parents whose kids are responsible for starting a racist instagram account which targeted minority students. the page was removed after being up for nearly two months. >> for the parents to says, you know what, we're willing to meet with you, talk it ought, we're willing to try to figure this thing out. and then not to show up, it's just -- it's terrible. >> reporter: parents got an e-mail from the principal the meeting was canceled, no explanation given. many showed up hoping it would happen. his sister was pictured in the attack. >> she shouldn't have pob worrying about this at 16.

not if someone is putting a noose around her neck. >> reporter: along with his players, he was targeted. >> i've been a coach over ten years. do have this happen, not just to me, but to the young ladies is unforgivable. >> reporter: students responsible for the instagram account were suspended. >> they should all be expelled. >> reporter: a unity rally was held friday held by the black student union. these parents want to hear from those responsible. >> an attempt to heal the wounds, we have to get together and talk. >> reporter: the meeting may be rescheduled for a later date. so far no response from school district officials. in albany, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> 5:10 is our time. smokers in the golden state have to dig a little deeper now that tobacco taxes have gone up. abc 7 was at a tobacco shop on poke street in san francisco. smokers have to pay an extra $2 taxes per pack. many consumers had sticker shock when the higher taxes went into

effect yesterday. >> a lot of people, whoa, walk out. they look at the numbers and walk out. >> don't even buy a pack? >> don't look at me, don't talk to me. >> reporter: you're not sure how much -- >> i'm not sure. >> taxes will also go up for people who use other forms of tobacco. the owner of a barn restaurant doesn't plan to pass the higher cost to his customers. >> i'm here for long time and i have like steady customer and some customers are here twice a day. >> backers of higher taxes say it will drive people to quit smoking or to never use tobacco in the first place, much of the new tax revenue will pay for health programs in california which includes anti-tobacco education. all right. 5:11 the time. frances, you're certainly delivering on your forecast. broke in a sweat yesterday. >> we have a mild day ahead as well. but, chris, i have to warn you guys we have a pretty good storm

coming towards the end of the week. i'll tell you more about that. enjoy the weekend while you can. you can see in this live shot a little bit of patchy coastal fog that will cool some neighborhoods down. >> nfrances, thank you. the death toll continues to rise after heavy rains cause several rivers to overflow in colombia. we'll have the latest. >> don't count these girls out. they are a force to be reckoned with on the ice. >> and in the south bay a girls hockey team gets ready for a state championship game today. against an (voand exceptional customerity pre-ownservice,les... head t to your neiborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... flip your thinking about buying your next one.

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watching this breath savers protect mint neutralize the plaque acids in my mouth. i can't see anything! that's because it's working so hard. hey, what are you guys doing? karen. we're neutralizing. maybe i want to neutralize. you ever think of that? developing news this morning overseas in south america, at least 193 people are dead after flooding caused by intense rains in colombia. 220 people are still missing

this morning and many of those are feared dead. on friday night an avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a city of 40,000 people while everyone was sleeping. the colombian president blames climate change for triggering the avalanche. we are days away from the opening of the new apple park in cupertino. we're getting a new look at how close it is to being finished. duncan sinl field shared this new drone video take a few days a go. construction still going on, some apple employees expected to move into the $5 billion campus this month. the late apple founder steve jobs said the new campus would be the best office building in the world. abloney season has been pushed back and shortened this year. the season traditionally started april 1st every year for the past four decades. this year it will start on may 1st and go until june 30th then pickup again august 1st to october 31st. the month of november is also

cut from this season because the red abloney population is low. the department of fish and wildlife lowered the allowable abloney catch from 18 to 12. an all-girls hock ee team from san jose will face-off against a team from san francisco to be the champions of california in what is otherwise an all boys tournament. abc news was at sharks ice in san jose when the junior sharks under 12 girls team played a boys team from san francisco. one of the players' mothers explained how going to a sharks game inspired her daughter. >> mom, can i please give hockey a try? of course i said sure because i thought it would never last. and 18 months later here we are. she's on a team going to state championships. >> the girls are learning the game from a 13-year nhl veteran former sharks defense man mike raf key. >> the run we got in the nor cal

playoffs here has been exceptional it surprised me actually, but i mean, they belong here. >> and what a great experience for them to learn from him. the junior sharks lost 3-1 against the saber cats. the two teams will play for the state championship. 5:17 is the time. from a team of little girls hoping to win big to the stunning women's basketball upset that shocked the sports world friday night. >> william on the drive. pump up. she goes! >> incredible. mississippi state ended uconn's 111-game winning streak with the buzzer beater in the final four. after the game, "good morning america" co-host robin roberts, a mississippi native, addressed the team in the locker room. >> i just want to say bless you. keep listening to the staff. keep listening to your heart. and i have never -- i can't remember the last time i've been

this happy. thank you. thank you for carrying it on. no, thank you for elevating women's basketball the way you have. >> this afternoon the bull dogs will get a chance to finish their dream run if can beat south carolina in the national title game. you can watch the game at 3:00 p.m. on our sister network >> good morning. it's 5:18. notice the change right now with live doppler 7 and the satellite image, we've got coastal clouds right here and patchy fog as well. that is going to change things up a bit. there is a beach hazard in effect and this is through tomorrow morning, especially for west and northwest facing beaches. there could be large breakers, sneaker waves and rip currents. that makes it dangerous to be on the beach. it will be pleasant out there, but just be extra careful. here's a look as former roof camera, notice the flag not blowing so the wind still not bad. you can see the beautiful bay bridge in the background. in san francisco it is currently 53, oakland 54, mountain view 52

degrees, san jose a 4 and low.50s as well through gilroy and half moon bay. this time we're looking from sutra. you notice some of the patchy low clouds and fog right there. some numbers are still in the 40s like santa rosa at 48 right now, and livermore at 49. most other areas are in the low 50s. and here's what you can expect for today. we have some patchy coastal morning faug that will be clear by about midday. then we'll see some slightly cooler temperatures for the coast and around the bay with that fog. rainy, though, and win be difficult. get ready for that by the end of the week. we're going to bring our storm impact scale back to the scene. we are expecting a 2. this ranks 2 out of 5. a moderate storm friday. half an inch to inch and a half. the winds will really pickup friday afternoon into saturday. so, that's something also we're going to be concerned about. here's a look terrain chances.

we've got great weather sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, you're going to enjoy temperatures above average. then notice thursday night the rain chances pickup, into friday, that's our storm impact level 2. and then continue into saturday as well. i'll show you the forecast animation. so, thursday night 6:00 we're mostly dry. it starts to creep into the north bay first by midnight. we'll see some widespread rain. the darker green shows the heavier rain, yellow much heavier rainfall. friday morning could be a messy commute with heavier rain falling now towards the peninsula and the south bay. and then it starts to clear out by saturday. we could see some more light showers continue into the weekend. highs today are going to be nice. if you enjoyed yesterday i think you're going to like today as well. mild for inland areas even 80 near santa rosa, napa, lots of 70s as well for the inland east base communities. low 70s in oakland. san mateo, 70 degrees.

san francisco 69 degrees. so, average high is 68 in san jose. notice we're above that for the next few days, and then look at temperatures drop friday and saturday with that storm coming in. lows tonight will be mild as well, upper 40s to low 50s, and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have the summer like spread. 60s at the coast to near 80 inland. tomorrow will be a little bit breezier and cooler, but mild pattern overall tuesday into wednesday. and then that storm moves in thursday night into friday bringing us some pretty gusty wind friday night into saturday. notice how temperatures plummet by about 20 degrees. so, 80 today for inland areas then 60 next weekend. so, enjoy it while you can. >> it changes so quickly. frances, thank you. just ahead, feathers flying in the pacific northwest. why this pillow fight was all for a good cause.

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crossing the golden gate bridge. they moved the money to the right account and now her toll tag works. fast track added, ms. folks was assisted by the service center in resetting her online pass word so she can now access her account via the website. >> thank you very much. i was just so glad for someone to put the money in the right place. >> reporter: quin said the website was difficult to navigate so fast track reminds everyone there is an invoice button to pay a golden gate bridge toll, or a citation, and another page to manage a fast track account. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> 5:26 is our time. the feathers were flying in a massive pillow fight in seattle. it was all part of international pillow fight day. people were encouraged to wear costumes or pajamas to make the fight extra authentic. the fight isn't just about hitting people with pillows. organizers collected donations from participants then matched those donations. all the money went to homeless

shelters. it was just one of dozens of cities around the world to have pillow fights yesterday. still to come on abc 7 mornings, it is the rich est cabinet in decades. a look at new financial disclose ures, answering questions in the white house, but leaving many more. also ahead, a gristly discovery in a northern california lake days after authorities arrest a man

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it's great to have you with us. i'm chris nguyen. a quick look at the weather, here's meteorologist frances. hi, frances. >> good morning, chris. we have another beautiful day. right now we are contending with patchy fog and low clouds off the coast. you can see with the live doppler 7. temperatures are right around where they were yesterday, low 50s to upper 40s at this time. 48 in santa rosa, san francisco

is at 52. oakland 54, as well as san jose. here's what you can expect. so, we have some coastal fog that will linger through the morning hours while temperatures start to climb up into the upper 50s by 9:00. by noon the clouds clear and we'll see plenty of sunshine. it will be mild inland. once again near 80 degrees around the bay. mid 70s and at the coast mid 60s. a pleasant evening as well, but some big changes on the way with the accuweather 7-day forecast. i'll tell you more about our next storm. chris? >> frances, thank you. we now have a fuller financial snapshot of white house senior staff. a trove of financial disclosure forms are spelling out the astounding wealth of the president's team. it all adds up to at least $12 billion. abc news reporter david wright has the details. >> reporter: rare glimpse inside the rary identified world of donald trump's west wing. the collective net worth of the president's senior staff and

cabinet officials, at least $12 billion. trump's son-in-law jared kushner alone details a real estate and business empire worth up to 740 million benefiting him and his wife ivanka. both are unpaid white house staff members, but ivanka trump retains her stake in the newly opened trump international hotel here in d.c. the property her father frequently visits. her stake valued at 5 to 25 million. >> that hotel is full of conflicts of interest. it's going to be an ethics quagmire. >> reporter: the president's controversial chief strategist steve bannon lists assets worth up to $54 million, consulting has clearly been lucrative for him. advisor kellyanne conway and her husband worth up to 40 million when trump took office. among the most modest members of the senior staffers spokesman

sean spicer lists real estate holdings valued at up to 5 million. chief of staff reince priebus lists a million or so, and half a million a year as head of the inc. >> an ethics nightmare. >> reporter: now part of a watch dog group suing trump over his refusal to divest business interests. >> a lot of people work, in this white house have substantial investments in privately held companies and we need to know much more about where they're borrowing their money or we're not going to know what the conflicts of interest are. >> reporter: president trump vented his outrage at the ongoing probe into russian meddling in the november election, an investigation he's previously called a witch hunt. trump tweeted, it is the same fake news media that said there was no path to victory for trump that is now pushing the phony russia story, a total scam. but this weekend angry constituents taking a different view face down the republican

congressman leading the house probe, calling the watch dog a lap dog. republican devin nunes used to work for the trump transition team. he's been accused of diverting the focus towards trump's claims that president obama spied on him. >> there is not a better person in the house of representatives to do this investgation than me because i've been the one who has been warning about russia for a long, long time. >> reporter: david wright, abc news washington. >> and if congress and the investigated russia's -- ash carter and senator john mccain come to this week. you can watch their full interviews on this week at 8:00 right here on abc 7. happening today, congresswoman jackie spears hosting an ian poulter against the trump agenda to help take back america. there will be a resource fair where people can meet with organizers and grassroots organizations who are working to flip the house of representatives next year. the event is free and starts at

noon at the san mateo county event center. what should have been a fun time in a hotel swimming pool turned tragic in michigan. one 13-year-old boy died and other children needed to be revived after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning. the odorless colorless and lethal gas even sickened first responders. abc reporter chuck see bert son tells us more. >> reporter: first responders to this small town michigan hotel pool became a mass casualty scene. >> i have a report of six to seven people unconscious. >> reporter: carbon monoxide killing a 13-year-old boy and ad sickening others. they began falling ill. >> my mom hurried up and wend down there, when she arrived, the kids were surrounding the pool passed out, throwing up. >> they were pulling bodies laying them side by side.

>> reporter: hotel staff helping police up out of harms way. >> they opened the doors and called 911 right away. >> reporter: more than 16 times what is safe coming from a faulty pool heater. every year there are 400 deaths and 20,000 admitted to emergency rooms for carbon monoxide poisoning. the hotel telling abc news they are working with officials and their highest priority is the safety of the guests. they are trying to determine whether the hotel had carbon monday ieks i'd detectors. abc news new york. >> there is a new discovery? shasta county. divers found a human leg attached to a cinder block in whiskey town lake yesterday. they believe the leg belongs to a woman named bridget jalk objects. police arrested her husband after he admit today weighing her body down and dumping it

into a lake. >> there is no indication this is natural decomposition. it appears there is a dismemberment. the coroner's office will do the autopsy and try to determine how she was dismembered. >> police say while they cannot positively identify the body as jacobs yet, based on their investigation they are confident it's her. we are learning more now about a house explosion at kirk wood near lake tahoe. investigators suspect propane might be to blame for friday's early morning inferno and they say this year's massive snow fall could create an explosion hazard at other vacation homes in the sierra. one fire fighter encourages homeowners to keep an eye on their heating and ventilation systems especially if they use propane. >> just the normal protection for your homes, and then also for your propane meters to make sure they're completely exposed and dug out because they do vent. >> nobody was in the house when the fire started. it happened to be the second house fire to burst into flames

along the same street during the past week. police officers across california aren't making as many arrests. the los angeles times reports from 2013 to 2015 police statewide took the fewest number of people into custody in nearly 50 years. the exact reason is unclear, but some police -- some people in law enforcement say there are staffing shortages and some officers have lost motivation for the job. police have been under more scrutiny from both the public and their supervisors after national protests against police brutality. the director of the l.a.p.d. union blames proposition 47, the statewide measure passed in 2014 that made some drug and property crimes no longer felonies. new this morning just in time for some summer reading, all san francisco public library branches will be open sefven das a week. they will have enough staff to

stay open starting in june. the expansion of open hours will benefit communities throughout the city. that includes more opportunities for partnerships between the library and organizations that serve young people. still ahead, on abc 7 mornings, good eyesight and a head for heights can land you a pretty unique job helping fight fires in california. but you better like it because this job is volunteer only. as we head to break here's a live look outside from our abc 7 exploratorium camera at pier 15. beautiful shot of this part of san francisco's sky line. get ready for another enjoyable day in the weather department. frances returns with the

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abc 7 news was in san francisco for a unique celebration of the start of spring. this is the city's largest holy celebration also known as the indian festival of colors. the california college of the arts, people painted their friends and fraem with nontoxic dyes to mark the change of seasons. they also raised money to educate under privileged children in india. the event sold out. looks like a fun time-out there. we saw the sun out there yesterday. what can we expected to? >> it's going to be another t-shirt day like we saw in san francisco. it is going to be a touch cooler along the coast and in san francisco because of this patchy coastal fog which you can see right now. the live sutro tower camera. we have a nice day ahead, but another storm is heading our way. i'll tell you more about that with the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> frances, thank you. also the national championship final is set for the final four

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in sports it's finally opening day for the g men. madison bumgarner face the chase field in arizona. first pitch is 1:10 p.m. back here at home six games left in the regular season, the warriors will try to move closer to securing the western conference top seed. golden state takes on the wizards at oracle arena. tip off is 5:00 p.m.. the stage is set for tomorrow's national championship game. yesterday both final four games came down to free throws ed in the final seconds. here is mike shumann with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> well, the men's final four in phoenix where the oregon ducks were the only pac-12 team remaining and trying to make the first title games since 1939, the first ncaa tournament which they won. north carolina lost last year to villanova on the buzzer beater.

he can't believe what he's seeing. north carolina led by 10. eight minutes to play. oregon came back despite missing a lot of open three's. but tyler dorsey gets the amazing roll here with 42 seconds to play. ducks within one. north carolina then missed four straight free throws in the final five seconds, but oregon could not get a rebound. 77-76, north carolina winning and carolina coach roy williams knows they're fortunate to be there. >> what goes through your mind when you're in the last five seconds and you watch your players miss four straight free throws? >> oh, jump off the building, something like that. feel very lucky, but that's okay. it doesn't make any difference. we're still one of two teams playing monday night. >> all the guys felt bad. we had 5.8 seconds, we had time to get a look. we just didn't get it done. >> the semi-south carolina trying to punch out gonzaga

second half. turn a 14 point deficit into a two-point lead off the floeter. but gonzaga weathered the storm. zach collins three gives them the lead for good. 14 points, 13 boards, six blocks for collins. karnowski slams the door on any chance of south carolina's come back. he had 13. gonzaga is in the final game. continuing to silence all doubters. >> we heard everything. the conference, we haven't played tight games. we've heard everything. 37 to one playing the last game of the season, it's a blessing. i couldn't be more happy to be playing with these guys. >> ecstatic to be still playing and to be playing the last game of the year is just crazy cool. >> all right. a little baseball. bay bridge series is over that means the regular season is upon us. it also has bragging rights involved with our local 9s. it's all giants this year, the win in oakland a three game sweep of the a's. the all about the a's but dad

has to make sure there is sun screen on the ears. doubles to right. a's are up 2-0. it disappears in the top of the fourth. crushes this andrew offering. he knew it was gone. a grand slam, giants take a 4-2 lead. bottom six, josh begly just misses tying it up. off the wall for a double. jeff dekker scores 4-3. giants put it away in the seventh. clears the left field wall for two-run shot. 6-3 giants, that's how it ends. jientsz hosted giants. that's the way the ball bounces. we'll see you tonight at 5:00 abc 7. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> live doppler 7 showing us some of the patchy coastal fog and low clouds just off the coast right now. that's going to cool things down

in parts of the bay area. there's beach hazard in effect through tomorrow morning. this is mainly for west and northwest facing beaches. we could see large breakers, sneaker waves, rip currents. so, fur heading to the beach, the temperature will be pleasant, but look out for some of these dangerous conditions that could sneak up on you. right now temperatures are in the upper 40s to low 50s. so, if your house overheated now is the time to open up the windows and let cool air in. 48 in santa rosa. 52 in san francisco. san jose 54 degrees, los gatos 47 degrees right now. here's a pretty shot as we look towards the transamerica tower and some of those low clouds pulling in from the coast. we'll have to deal with local patchy coastal morning fog. it will clear by midday and slightly cooler numbers for the coast and the bay due to the fog. get ready for a rainy and windy weather. that's going to happen at the end of the week. so, we're going to bring back our abc 7 exclusive storm impact scale. we rank each storm from a 1 to 5. the storm on friday is going to

be a level 2. it's a moderate storm. rainfall ranges anywhere from half an inch to an inch and a half, and then gusty winds which could cause some possible down trees and power lines so look out for that. the chances of rain for the week are zero through wednesday. we're going to have pleasant weather through then. then thursday night that's when the rain starts to move into saturday, the storm level impacts to 2, kind of lingers into saturday. i'll show you the forecast animation. thursday evening we're still mostly dry but we'll see an increase in cloud cover. friday morning heavy rain in parts with green and yellow. it could be a bit of a messy commute. the rain continues throughout friday into the evening hours and the heavier rain starts to move south. and then some showers will linger into saturday. but the other concern is the strong gusts that we will see with this system. so, friday night, look at about midnight, we're talking about 40

plus mile per hour winds through the north bay. and then it still remains heavy. in fact, by friday morning, it goes up to 50 miles per hour in parts of the north bay and then 30 miles per hour in parts of the south bay. and then continues through the afternoon. so, the winds will definitely be a concern with this upcoming storm. for today, though, highs are going to be quite pleasant, much like yesterday, mild inland, some 80s for you, north bay upper 7 0s and east bay valley. 79 in san francisco, 78 in san jose. so, overall sunny day ahead. summer-like spread with temperatures ranging from 80 inland to 64 at the coast. it's going to be a little bit breezy and cooler tomorrow. you'll notice a slight change, but we are still above average. the mild pattern and sunny weather continues through wednesday. then thursday evening showers move in and notice friday, temperatures tumble into the 60s

even upper 50s with the strong gusty winds that continue into saturday. so, just be prepared for that and enjoy the very pleasant weather we have for the next few days. >> with our ever-changing weather, a reminder to download the abc 7 news app. >> thank you. we update the forecast and you can look at it any time you want with our news app. >> gooding information, frances, thank you. time now 5:51. looking for a few good men or women for volunteer job. the requirements, good eyesight, no aversion to heights and driving skills. here's abc 7 with the story. >> reporter: the road is narrow, winding, twisting, turning, frightening. this goes on for miles. up mount hamilton past the observatory, and by foot you go higher to this tiny box perched atop a water tower, 4385 feet above sea level.

it has a name. >> ka person cuss peak. >> reporter: cal fire says it needs volunteers to staff this summer. people commit today stopping fires who don't mind solitude and heights. >> you can see san francisco on a good day. >> reporter: scanning 15 minutes with binoculars. then they'll use the tried and true finder to pin point smoke. cal fire will teach you how to use it. >> the history of this place hearkens back to another era before satellites, before cell phones. there used to be 600 look outs like this up and down the state, all within sight of each other. do you lament the loss of this network? >> not really because now everybody has a cell phone and people call in all kinds of smoke all the time. >> reporter: if this sounds appealing, cal fire would love to hear from you. sure, the place is small, but it's big on history and almost 100 years old and not without at

least one creature comfort, we might add. >> we are going to have a microwave here so you can make popcorn in the afternoons. that's a highlight. sold. >> reporter: in santa clara county, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> and if you're interested, we've posted the information to apply on our website. abc 7 news.com. coming up, ready to run, what's on tap for the annual running festival in the east bay?

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welcome back. here are the winning numbers from last night's $60 million power ball drawing. 9, 32, 36, 44, 65, the power ball number 1. a ticket purchased in arizona matched all six numbers to win the jack bought. wednesday's night's drawing resets to $40 million. happening today, thousands of runners will take to the streets of oakland for the annual running festival. the day features five races of all distances, marathon, half marathon, team relay, 5 k and kids fun run. opening remarks start at 7:00 this morning with the marathon and team relay races following at 7:10. runners take off from east shore park and grand avenue in macarthur boulevard. the awards ceremony will be at noon. next on abc 7 mornings at 6:00, more than a dozen people including children are injured after two fully loaded mini vans collide on an east bay freeway.

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