. >> good morning, bay area. >> good morning, it's april 8th, thank you so much for joining us. we start out to a wet start. we have a check of live doppler 7 with our meteorologist lisa argent. >> hi, here's a look at live doppler 7. you whether notice we are looking a at some of that green, into the sea of nevada. elsewhere, looking at the showers offshore that will continue to push through the bay area today. here's a look at the current numbers, it's 48 in nevada, 40 in santa rosa. a one on our stormy scale. so that means we will look for the rain. in fact, there won't be a lot. less than a quarter of an inch,

with the possibility of some thunderstorms with hail, low snow levels and when that rain pushes through later on this morning, we are looking at some gusty winds. so this morning, it's cold. we have a frost advisory in effect for tonight. look at the numbers anywhere from 7 to 12 and 10 degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this time. so grab the jacket the rain isn't over yet, in fact, we are looking at the possibility after the second half of the weekend dry. >> lisa, thank you. the storm made for a messy night throughout the bay area. this tree came down in the driveway on greenwood lane and ojai drive last night. no word if the downed tree caused any damage to that home. heavy rain padded the south bay overnight. this was the scene in san jose, drivers are reminded to slow down when it's raining and to avoid driving through standing what under the circumstances to reduce the rick of getting

stuck. inville w villejo, the person ho abandon their vehicle. the water wasn't too deep, it was obviously too much for this abandoned vehicle. no one was hurt. these april showers are causing headation for residents throughout the bay area. we have the details. >> reporter: a few strong sales swept through marin county causing minor flooding along some roads and highways n. sonoma county, storms caused challenges for drivers on highway 101 in petaluma, i talked with these people before they head out. they hope not to have the same issues. brian said he had to pull someone out of the ditch. >> i do it usually once a month or so. whenever there is rain, people on windy roads, take the corners too fast. keep the chain in the hookup. >> reporter: they were able to

get dinner during the storm. no umbrella tonight? >> no umbrella, we've taken a chance with hoods. >> reporter: in downtown petaluma, one resident says she's done with the rain. i know we need it, but i think we have enough. >> we're going to get our first up close look at homes damaged by landslides thursday. two slides hit five homes in the oakland hills. debris is still moving. three of the homes have been red tagged. a wall of mud four feet deep covered outside walls and a lot of it came inside as well. no injuries to report t. red cross is helping those affected families. sky 7 shows the damage done to a kfc in newark t. tree crashed down onto the restaurant. no one was hurt. the tree has been removed. it's actually now chopped up on the side of the building. yum brands has not announced how

long the kfc was closed. as we have rain today, cleanup is under way for high winds and damaged yachts on the bay. abc 7 news reporter katie younis has the story for us. >> reporter: this picture shows a sinking barge that now rests at the bottom of the bay. high winds took it down. the barge was in place for maintenance work on the transbay, too. it's owned by vortex marine construction in antioch. >> the drivers use as their base. they drive down to see metal pieces that attract erosion so it doesn't get corroded. >> reporter: the coast guard says the barge is still tethered to anchors, so they're not worried about it moving. booms are out there as fuel leaks we main a concern. gusts up to 60 miles per hour also pounded sail and power boats in place for a boat show if richmond. >> lines were snapping. it is absolutely chaos. and enough to mention it was

dangerous. >> reporter: cleats ripped off docks and docks and vessels. the power show sustained damage. >> and half had to actually be toads out because they had damage to the holes. >> obviously, we have millions of dollars of invent ore hire here, which is quite scary. >> are there any storm damage discounts? >> no. >> but for the boat show we have phenomenal promotion. >> the boat show and bay cleanup will go on through the weekend. katie euan ice, abc 7 news. >> as always, you can download abc 7 news app to track the rain with live doppler 7 and be able to receive those push alerts. developing news, san police are trying to figure out how a fight outside a bowling alley sent one person to hospital. police say a juvenile was shot and stabbed. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. police are interviewing several

witnesses to find out what led up to the suit and whether it could be gang-related. no one else was hurt. the family of a missing center county woman is pleading for her safe return. yesterday they joined law enforcement for a news conference. a a 20-year-old was last seen leaving a friend's home march 30th. investigators have searched the home and that's where her truck and phone were discovered. >> we firmly believe in our hearts that valerie is alive and needs our help. ali, if you are hearing this, we have come together from right across the country. we love you. and are desperately doing everything we can to get you home safe again. >> the fbi is offering $5,000 to help find her. now to developing news out of sweden this morning, police have arrested a man in connection to a deadly the truck attack that killed four people

and injured 15 others. a hijacked beer truck slam into a crowd of pedestrians outside a stockholm shopping center yesterday. we have learned a swedish prosecutor has identified a person as a suspect of terrorist offenses by murder. of the 15 injured people, six have been released, but one child remains in the hospital. the washington post reports president trump's decision to order a strike on syria came after he had a strong emotional reaction to pictures of children killed in the chemical weapons attack. abc news reporter kenneth mokeen is on capitol hill with the questions president trump is facing. >> reporter: congress is asking what's next? 59 tomahawk cruise missiles launched from two u.s. war ships in the mediterranean, striking the syrian airbase. the president and his team at his mar-a lago skate giving the green light after the deadly chemical weapons attack. >> it choked out the lives of

helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death. >> reporter: syria and its allie russia calling the strike an act of aggression, saying only help isis fighters. the pentagon notified the russian before the attack. did they warn military forces? they are investigating whether russia had any involvement in the chemical attack. >> the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. >> reporter: congress agreed action needed to be taken, lawmakers asking for a comprehensive strategy. the senate's top republican defending president trump. >> i think this strike was sikh simply about don't use chemical weapons again. >> reporter: democrats and some republicans criticized the president for taking action without congressional approval. >> you got to bring this to congress with a plan that tells congress what is involved, what's the ends game. >> reporter: gop congressional leaders say vice president pence will likely be the point person

over the next few days to brief congress on the broader strategy on syria. abc news, capitol hill. abc 7 news was in san francisco for the first bay area protest against the action if syria. just after 5:00 last night, about a hundred people gather and stood with anti-war signs and criticized president trump's decision. they say they believe a missile attack could be the beginning of something larger. >> they need to prepare the people of the united states for yet another war. >> protests like this one happened in more than 20 u.s. cities yesterday. a walk for peace is planned at the golden gate bridge tomorrow at noon. lisa, you are keeping track of some slick roads out there? >> that's right. we had a decent system yesterday. gusty winds, heavy rain. for the most part, we are

looking at a break this morning for the early morning. more rain on the way. so we'll time it out. 47 in pacifica and livermore. is that not only an end to the rain this weekend, we are looking at more rain into next week t. details are coming up. lisa, thank you. also ahead, a bizarre a shark stranded in the sapped and good samaritans trying to help. goggle, new accusations they are unfairly

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we'll get a check of our meteorologist lisa ar gentgent coming up -- take a look at this, this shark washed up on shore, beach goers whipped out cell phones and shared photos of the shark on social media. these are some of the photos we found on instagram. this is all happening at pleasure point. we have more on the desperate attempt to get this shark back into the water. >> a rare shark dangerously close to the beach. the young adate male appeared near pleasure point. it was struggling and clearly distressed. it attracted a great crowd. >> of course, i'm going to come down here and check it out. >> reporter: onlookers stood helplessly watching. rescuers from the shark research foundation arrived on the scene and tried to help the shark, which was roughly eight-to-ten

feet long book into the ocean. >> we were able get it uprighted. and into the watt. it turned around, it was aimless, it didn't know where it's at. >> reporter: there were numerous attempts, as darkness fell, they watched the health deteriorate. >> defense dead, it was gross, it had red on its fins, it was washing up, hitting the rocks. >> reporter: shark speculators say a hook caught in its mouth or came down with an infection, which affects the nervous system. the state fish and wild life lab want to study the shark. in santa cruz, abc 7 news. a stranded whale off california could be well tonight. they have a piece of metal stuck in its head. they aren't sure what it is. they want to get close to see if he is in danger. >> the feeling is it is causing swelling around the proceed

hole. it makes it difficult for the an male to open its mouth. >> that would mean the animal couldn't feed. volunteers are posted along the coast this weekend with binoculars. the 49ers arrested a quarterback on suspicious of violence abc news was outside the jail. police say when they were called to his santa clara home, a woman brock was dating had physical injuries. this is what he said to abc 7 news reporter as he left the jail. >> what happened? what happened last night? >> no, not to concerned about it. >> brocked a been with the ers sin ersers sin9ers since his rookie season. google systemmatically discriminates against women when

it comes to pay. it's a part of a labor department accusation that the pay diskrem crep paness -- -- discrepancies across the work horse. they made this statement. quote -- >> governor jerry brown declared the california drought emergency over. he lifted the emergency for all counties except fresno, kings, tulare and tuolumnement he says it may remain a way of life for californians, he declared the drought emergency in 2014. officials later ordered mandatory cons vacation for the first time in state history, last year they relaxed the rules after rainfall was close to normal. with the storm hitting the bay area, that means plenty of snow in the sierra. if you are driving to the sierra, changes are required and

on highway 50. at sugar bowl resort, it was whiteout conditions yesterday. skiers and boaters enjoyed the fresh powder. sugar bowl is expected to stay opened until at least april 23rd. now youring accuweather forecast. >> here's a look at live doppler 7. more showers are offshore. these will be moving in throughout the next couple of hours. meanwhile, 30 degrees, we still have a winter storm warning here, now the area of low pressure, another one that's coming in, is associated with some pretty cold air. so we could see a possibility of a thunderstorm, maybe some hail, low snow levels. still, a winter storm warning until 6:00 tonight, anywhere from three-to-six information. above 4,000 feet. gusty win here, so yeah, incredible how much snow we've gotten. so looking at the numbers in the 40s here. 44 in walnut creek.

45 in dan victim. elsewhere around the bay, looking at 30s in the north bay. we do have a frost advisory tonight, so that colder air really settling in the next 48 hours. 40 on the peninsula as well as san jose. here's a look outside, cold showers, sunny and cool tomorrow the second half of the week looks dry. we are looking at more rain chances next week. beach hazard statements throughout the morning hours. very high waves here. dangerous from sonoma to monterey. let's check your rainfall hour by hour as we go through about 6's, 7:00, it pushes into the north bay, nothing yet in the south bay. we will see scattered showers around hamilton, could even see that snow there. lake county looking at snow lovers. by 1:00 in the afternoon, things will be clearing out. amounts anywhere from a tenth-of-an inch in nevada to just a little over that on the peninsula. so overall, this system winding

down. but we're not done with it yet. we will be looking at temperatures on the cool side with that rain moving in. upper 50sing looking out over the frost advisory. overnight tonight, temperatures dropping off into the 30s. the water impact scale today. looking at the clear and frosty temperatures. sunny skies tomorrow. looking at milder days, come monday and tuesday. >> anywhere from a half inch in fremont and everyone else an inch to three-and-a-half inches. >> oh my goodness. >> up towards hempfield in the

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the bay area, you can see the thunderstorms in the southern sierra. also we have still a winter storm warning in the mountains, you can see all of that snow, if you put it into motion, you notice we are still looking at some activity that will sweep through the bay area. temperatures are cold, 39 in santa rosa, it's 46 in napa, 52 in oakland, 48 in san jose. maybe some breezy winds, low snow levels. >> that means the bulk of the activity will be in the morning, after the noon hour, things will settle down. a chance of thunderstorms. rainfall less than a quarter of an inch. most of that will fall on the north bay t. coastal hills and we'll talk about those snow levels once again anywhere 10 to 15 degrees this morning. when that cold sector, definitely a chilly weekend. the second half looks dry, today we're looking at the showers, cool temperatures, mainly in the

50s. >> lisa, thank you. when you see unusual weather conditions, take a photo and share it with us using the #abc7now. we can use it on abc 7 news.com. underneath the waters of the san francisco bay lies vengeance. that's the name of a barge which sank early yesterday morning. the barge replain mained on the transbay, too. it was not damaged but there is a retail that could leak into the bay t. coast and drivers divers will be out. wayne freedman has more. >> it is a drama that played out, a few feet from bart riders. passing through a sunken barge resting on the bottom. >> at the time it was a shipping

channel or commercial operations. >> reporter: the barge belongs to marine construction of antioch, by bart hired to do maintenance. they did not return calls, bart meantime answered all questions. >> the barge has extra cableing. it's what the drivers use as their base, they drive down to the place where metal pieces attract corrosion so the tube doesn't get corroded. >> reporter: after being overrun by whipped and waves, it sunk, but it has been leaking a small amount of diesel fuel. sens hence the yellow containment buies from the department of fish and wild life. could the leak be a problem? >> it's possible. at this point with the amount of action, the bridge is staying away. rig right now, it's not a huge cause for concern. >> reporter: not huge, no, but when a barge is 112 feet long and 50 feet of water, not small

either. vortex marine construction has hired a salvage company that the coast guard says this barge will remain submerged from buena island. wayne freed pap, abc 7 news. 5:32 is our time. happening today the thousands of filipino and american soldiers who died during the baton death march will be remembered today for its 75th anniversary. more than 10,000 allies fighting were captured and forced to march 85 miles without food or water to a prison camp. veterans will be commemorated. it starts at 8:30 in morning. the u.s. supreme court is now back at its full compliment of nine justices, after the senate confirmation of neil gorsuch. they applied new ground to get the man they wanted. they invoked the so-called nuclear option, which reduced the number of votes. one said it was a politics

period that led to disagreement. >> here is some straight talk. the real reason why most of my friends on the other side opposed judge gorsuch's nomination is president trump nominated him. >> the nomination of neil m. gorsuch of colorado to be an associate justice of the trooem supreme court of the united states is confirmed. >> gorsuch will be sworn in as the 113th justice on monday. he fills the seat left vacant by the death of an on the nine scalia 13 months ago. a bipartisan group sent a letter to leaders urging them to reverse the so-called nuclear option and bring back the filibuster. many are concerned it would give the majority party the ability to ram bills through without finding bipartisan solution, it was signed by dianne feinstein.

it's been five days since the u.s. began taking makes for it's h 1 program. and the cap has been reached. >> that cap mended by congress for fiscal year 2018. it's the fifth year the cap has been met within five days. h 1 b visas are limited. last year 236,000 foreigners applied. california had the highest amount of indications. the trump administration voiced concerns with abuse of the visa. following his meeting with the chinese president, president trump in his weekly address is reflecting on this tweak's summit with his chinese counterpart xi jinping. mr. touch says their conversations were open and candid. he explained that one of the reasons he was elected president is because of how he advocate fodder the national interests of the united states. >> it matters both economic and military. we understand that a strong

america is in the best interests of the world. >> that is why it is so important that as we strengthen international partnerships, we ensure these partnerships deliver real results for americans and the american people. >> president trump also says his decisions will be guided by the country's values to ensure peace and safety. . fish and wild life officials caught a 140 pound mountain lion in los angeles, prompting evaluation of nearby homes and a walkout of the school. police say they found the animal about 30 feet up the tree in a back yard. they used a tranquilizeer dart and removed it to take it to a safe locate in the foothills. residents in the area say they have seen a mountain lion is rare. a gook him executive will be deported from the united states. he served nearly two years in the santa cruz county jail after

pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges. police say she injected her client with heroin on board his yacht. when he started to overdose, she stepped over his body and left. they ruled her convictions were ground for deportation back to her native canada. she is currently being held by immigration acts and will be deported as soon as immigration officials make file arrangements. over a dozen churches in oakland come together to help those displaced by last week's fatal fire in west oakland. four people died in that fire. the survivors who are living at that three story apartment building lost everything they have. pachtor debra avery and reverend joseph simmons are leading the effort to help them. >> what happens after the immediate part of the emergency is that everyone is concerned about where are they going to stay tonight and where are they going to eat tonight and down the line, all of those urgencys fade away.

>> this won't end in 30 days. they will have other needs that need to be met. >> the pastors have a facebook page that will tell you more about their mission and how you can do nate or otherwise help. we have a link in parts of oakland, crews will do track maintenance. the merritt will be closed all day today and tomorrow. bart says it could add 20 to 40 minutes to travel times. 5:37 is our time. still ahead on abc 7 morning, the latest treatment for a debilitating childhood disease wasn't created. it was discovered by doctors at ucsf. they found it by using fish. more in a bit. first from our emeryville camera, a live look outside, you can see traffic is moving just fine over the bay bridge. lisa argent will have the full

accuweather forecast in a few minutes.

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that before? that's very cool. anyway. >> still a winter storm warning through this evening. we have a roof camera, it's 49 in the city. 11 degrees cooler up in the north bay. so we're in the cold air behind the main system that brought all that heavy rain last night. so you talk about more showers this morning, a dry second half of the weekend. and a somewhat week ahead, can you believe ? your accuweather 7-day forecast ahead. brandon bell, last two home runs for the giants. will it be enough to overcome another rough game for the bull

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weekend. in sports, later tonight, kevin durant finally makes his return to warriors. golden state faces the pelicans the giants will send matson bum gaertner to the mound. san francisco played the padres at petco park. first pitch is at 4:00 p.m.. here's abc 7 sports director with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning, everybody the giants have played five games so far, they've held the lead in every game t. record is one and four. the painful pitching continued yesterday in san diego. matt cain making his 2017 debut, it did not gin very well. he had a homer on the fourth pitch.

margot homered. the padres had four and a brandon bell's grand slam. here's the reaction. in the 7th, an early lead. doesn't get a single out he gives the padres the league where's the beef? i got your beef right here. speaking of grand slams. he gave up eight runs in two innings. it was 8-0 texas in a flash says chris the long awaited return of kevin durant will come

tonight he is letting his knee he'll uheal up. durant has three games trying to get his winds back. he will have no minute restriction and is ready to go. >> i can't focus on how i feel. i just want to go out there full throttle. to be awake. it was different. >> but seth curry doubtful with a knee contugs. ricky fouler from the sand, up and down for two on eagle. 1st round leader is minus 4 still in a high fowler misses the birdie on the 18. you got a four-way tie at the

top, hoffman and sergio and pieters all at minus four. have a great weekend, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argent. >> good morning, everyone, heavy rain last night. check it out within the next hour, not only some showers we could have thunderstorms with hail. in sierra, nevada, winter will not give up here. temperatures around 30, a winter storm warning. looking at those thunderstorms. so once again we have a system that is still hanging on the main event moved through. we have another piece of energy off shore. it will arrive within the next hour. so the sierra snow continues through 6:00 tonight. three-to-six inches, above 4,000 fee. an additional foot above 6,000 feet. looking at gusty winds, not able to make it to the mountains.

a better bet would be in the beginning of the week. we are looking at not only temperatures in the 40s here, so it's cool. we got 30s in the north bay. >> that will be the rule into tomorrow, really cool temperatures head our way. >> that cool air prompted a frost advisory for the north bay. that's tonight, right after tomorrow, it's 46 on the coast. 49 in san francisco and a live look outside, cold showers this morning. the possibility of thunderstorms with hail, sunny, clear tomorrow. we have one dry day and would you believe more chances of rain into next week. so it looks like we are looking at the cool showers extending the next several days. this is for the morning hours. with those big waves. very dangerous conditions. let's timeout the rain, shall we? here it is 6:00. the model is pretty much

verifying at 7:00, we're in san francisco, up through sonoma, rain as it pushes to the east. still this morning, 9:00, we got the wet weather out towards our east bay, on the peninsula, half moon bay, into redwood city. we see breezy winds. by the afternoon, things setsle down. here it's 1:00 and a few isolated showers, peeks of sun. the amounts will be light. we are looking at a quarter of an inch from livermore, in san francisco, so just some pesky rain to perhaps mess up your saturday plans. it will be cool, too, 56 in the city, 60 in palo alto, 58 in oakland. 59 in fremont, so looking at that frost advisory i mentioned before from midnight until 8:00 tomorrow, marin in through napa, temperatures in the 30s. so the pro time for the morning low shows the chilliest morning tomorrow morning, sunday, and then by monday and tuesday,

notice lows in the 40s. so those temperatures modifying like they should in april. the accuweather 7-day forecast, the impact storm today, they increase to the abc 7 news app. wednesday, thursday, more rain, it looks like we could see dry weather on friday. at this point nothing would surprise us, right? >> all right, good information, thank you. and a break through by researchers at ucsf is providing hope for children with a devastating condition and the unsung heroes. don't actually look at them live. they swim there. abc 7 news ashley has the details. >> reporter: watching 8 kweerld piper wood with her family. you might not suggest she lacks a severe form of childhood epilepsy. this shows what happens when a storm of electricity sweeps across a patient's brain. >> she launches into a full body convulsive state and really

intense aggressive shaking. >> reporter: now researchers at ucsf are testing an experimental drug showing exciting promise. the tale of how they discovered it is something of a high-tech fish story. >> they're small and the hard part may be catching them. >> reporter: research assistant kyla hamlin is floating a special drug screening machine. not with microbes or chemicals but tiny zebra fish. they are bred in the lab and genetically altered to have seizures. >> nobody is using seizure fish to study ep lency. we started with the tools ourselves. >> neuroresearcher says the machine's design came from trial and error in the ucsf lab. it allows them to put test drugs in the water with fish. once loaded in cameras with tracking software project them onto the screen and help alert researchers if a drug is interrupting the seizures. the process is so fast.

>> fact we've screened about 3,000 drugs in a little over three years. >> reporter: they've already produced small hits. one of the drugs managed to reduce the freakcy in a pool of nearly half a dozen patients. >> these are drugs already out there. we know something about them. they have been approved for other types of disorders. >> reporter: for piper's family the promise of a new drug is life changing. >> it's inspirational. it gives me hope. >> reporter: and part of the credit may ultimately go to a bay area innovation that puts a humble fish on the cutting edge of research. dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> the drug being tested was originally proved for weight loss. the main effect so far is loss of appetite. next an annual right of spring in japan, celebrating its 50th years ago we will tell you what is going on with more abc morning. . high school in turmoil,

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>> the california public utilities commission is starting a new ipad learner program for those with speech disabilities. yesterday abc 7 news was in the lpt living center. that's where a demonstration of voice options was under way, showing people how to use the various speech applications on the ipad. >> the ipad is easy to use. it's becoming ubiquitous and offers people to be heard

independently, to be understood and more a part of the pain stream give and take of the immigration. >> the program is free. clients can borrow ipads for 30 days to see if it helps them communicate f. so, they can arrange for long-term loans of the ipad. happening today, the foreign california cherry plos some festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. more than 200,000 people are expected to attend the two weekend of festivities, featuring japanese culture. there will be plenty of food and music and martial arts. it's all starts at 11:00 this morning in japan town. the festival continues next weekend. next on abc 7 morning, at 6:00 a. bizarre sight. a shark stranded and good samaritans looking to help. >> here's a look at live doppler 7. you see not much green on the screen. thunderstorms though to the east

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clear, taste-free, benefiber®. >> it is saturday, april 8th. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. we are seeing slick roads around much of the bay area. here's lisa argent. >> hey, chris, good morning to you. there is more rain along the coast. here's live doppler 7. can you see the green. as we go in closer, you will notice we have rain around highway 1 there. a little more around higgins canyon road. as we go towards the east around 280. looking at wet weather around san mateo. we widen the perspective. most of the heavy activity is slow. another impulse pushing through the bay area. 51 in