the drizzle drifting around that area and keeping it wet. temperature 50 to 58, so dress for mild temperatures and dress to stay dry this morning. a little break as we head towards lunch. 59 to 62 your temperature. isolated showers at 4:00, and then the moderate shower start invading our neighborhoods at 7:00, 55 to 61. how about the commute this morning? here's alexis. we had this crash for well over an hour and still don't have it clear and a few details from chp. southbound 101 before poplar avenue, two different situations. that's in three right lanes, the two left lanes are open down to 7 and 12 miles per hour approaching that and you are a little over a two-mile backup right now, and that's the biggest issue. we have another problem on the san mateo bridge and we'll talk more about that coming up next. new this morning an off duty san jose police officer has been injured in a frightening crash in the east bay. >> the crash shut down both

directions of highway 84 at ruby hill drive overnight, and tiffany wilson is live at eden medical center in castro valley. tiffany? >> reporter: natasha, that off duty san jose police officer is lucky to be alive. his suv slam spwaod tmed into a and then he was trapped inside with the flames. you can see the horrific aftermath of the accident. the officer's personal suv is mangled, but the big rig stopped for construction on highway 84 at ruby hill drive and the off duty officer slammed into the back of it shortly after mdnight. and the san jose police officer was pulled from the rescue and he was taken to the eden medical center for minor injuries. all lanes ere closed in both directions and took about an

hour and a half to be cleared up. remarkably that after was seen walking out of eden medical center a short time ago and a san jose police officer was waiting for him in the parking lot. live in castro valley, abc7 news. crews are mopping up after a two-alarm business fire in sonoma that broke out just after midnight on fifth street west and stud hrae. the fire started in the back of the building in the kitchen area and nobody was hurt. oscar munoz, united's ceo, is going on good phoerp"good americ america", and apologized for how that situation was handled. >> that's not who our family at unite is and you saw us at a bad moment and this will never -- can never happen again on a

united flight. that's my premise and promise. my words fell short of truly expressing what we were feeling. and that's something that i have learned from. >> munoz said he felt shame when he learned of the incident. a passenger is still in a chicago hospital being treated. he has hired an attorney. the passenger cannot be at fault in any way. one of the aviation officers involved has been placed on paid leave. a full review of the incident should be completed by the end of the month. >> and supervisor jeff sheehey is asking a policy to be drafted banning officers who work at the airport from forcefully pulling passengers off a flight because of over booking. >> when there are policies that have passengers forcefully removed from their seats, this bad business policy is not

something that we -- that our police department should participate in enforcing. >> you just heard the united ceo refer to his first words about the passenger, and he initially described him as disruptive and belligerent in a memo to employees, and now he is saying, quote, no one should ever be mistreated this way. a new report proves what everybody already thought, construction is to blame. and traffic is impacting construction projects are on the rise. for example when a construction site needs to close a street, alley or zone, they must apply for a special traffic permit and those permits have doubled since 27 to nearly 4,000. and first street, southbound between market and harrison street. and harrison street between

division street and the embarcadero. investigators are being accused of dragging their heels in the investigation of a man hit and killed by a bus. the family says they are being kept in the dark about the status of the investigation. the 60-year-old was found fatally injured on march 23rd. he recently retired from the bta. he worked there for 37 years, most recently as a light rail dispatcher. a man who posed as a doctor and sexually assaulted woman at a peninsula hospital will spend the night in khaeul. he was sentenced yesterday. chow posted an online ad looking for models and he told the two to go to saw assaulted them. he will be registering as a sex offender.

here at the live desk i am tracking a developing story out of florida. one person has died. we just got this video, and the person died was responding to the semitruck that was off an overpass in pwoebg it was not the driver of the actual truck who fell, it was a tow truck driver responding to the semitruck driver for help. the driver said he was trying to make a you turn on the ramp when he caused the truck to flip over. you can see what a huge nightmare they are dealing with on their morning commute. a huge backup right now. back to you. >> look at that traffic mess. thank you, jessica. the drought may be over but there are still water worries in the north bay. the north bay is so clogged up boats can't get through. and netflix is saying hello

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morning. 51 in los gatos, and 59 in san jose. most of us around 54 to 58 degrees. you see the spread everywhere, with san francisco 53, and same thing in lafayette, and 55 in palo alto. and 61 at half moon bay. you can see san jose 101 and 80 dry. your evening commute for the most part will be dry, too, and you will be drier than the rest of us, and you can see wet stations, mass transit, and breezy if you are on the water and on the road, both commutes will be wet. tonight 45 to 52 degrees. not quite as mild as this morning and still having showers tonight. i will go hour by hour for the next few days coming up next. here's alexis. >> when you showed the san mateo bridge it was dry 30 minutes ago, and now we have rain drops on the lens and looks soggy on the pavement as well.

slow down and drive for conditions. traffic moving better. we have a disabled tractor trailer in the right lane on westbound 92 before the high-rise. keep an eye on that one because i believe they pushed that out a few moments ago. highway 4 to walnut creek, seven minutes. and then westbound 580, tracy to dublin, you are in the yellow at 45 minutes. netflix is trading tax breaks and moving its production back to hollywood. he said all the move something tough on families and grinds on the talent. the streaming company will instead invest in california with a $6 billion production budget. city hall could soon be san francisco's newest financial center. why one supervisor says it's time to create a city-owned bank. a bank robber on the run. the critical mistake this guy

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extremist connection after three explosions near a german soccer team's bus yesterday. investigators say they found a letter overnight near the scene that makes reference to isis and one suspect has been taken into custody and they are releasing new details this morning about the pipe bombs saying one was full of metal pins that got wedged into the bus's headrests. they were leaving for a champion's league match. one player was hurt and had to be hospitalized. what would possess somebody to leave all that cash behind? maybe if you were a robber and police were hot on your trail. a suspected bank robber was caught on a security camera bicycling from the scene and dropped some of the loot and ran back and picked some of it up. this happened last week. the suspect still on the loose. no word on how man

off with or left. you can see a fire ripping through a boat. this happened in victoria, british columbia on monday. by the time the fire department got there the boat was completely destroyed but the owners escaped and paramedics did have to take one to the hospitala the cause of the fire under investigation. and then today san francisco's board of supervisors will talk about what can be done. those neighborhoods include west portal, mission terrace and an area near 17th and folsom streets. the board members are asking the commission its short and long-term plans to look at issues causing flooding. large storms this year brought more than rain and wind, they brought runoff, debris and lots of silt. there is so much, in fact, the

petaluma recover is now choked off and boats can't even use it. so little water in the river there are no yachts at the petaluma yacht club. boats have been stuck in the mud and trapped under the dock and last weekend people were actually holding hands across the river. a memorial day event had to be canceled the conditions were so bad. >> we are renowned for the party on memorial day, and i had to say we don't want you to come because i don't want you to damage your boats. officials are exploring the possibility of establishing a public bank. yesterday the supervisor asked the budget analyst to update the study on phaou tphemunicipal ba. it could provide a place for those in the cannabis industry to deposit their money.

state law prevents a county from giving loans to people. and then the water berankra broken the record yet? >> i have not heard. a chance of snow today and tomorrow, and so we will break it by the end of the week, no doubt about that. here we have our fill of wet weather. looking south on 101, about 0 2 0.02. look at the area of low pressure coming our way. and we have drizzle falling in the east bay hills. and that 680 towards 24, this afternoon into the evening hours, heavier but brief showers. showers are possible tomorrow but will be dry on saturday and sunday. sunday, monday and tuesday are trending wetter and earlier. as we get closer to sunday we will give you an hour by hour look at that. today's weather, storm impact scale is a one because the rain is not going to cause flooding

and the breezes are not going to cause damage. from 7:00 to noon, we will see a thinning out of the moisture and you can see the green becoming less prevalent on the map as we head towards lunch. still an isolated shower here or there. by 4:00 or 5:00, a rogue shower out ahead of the cold front where you can see the moderate rain and yellow here moving through. and then out of the south bay by midnight, and then waking up tomorrow morning with isolated showers that will hang around through about, say, 9:00, and you will start to see them push off to the east by noon, and then they are out of here by the afternoon hours and we will see the sunglasses then. leave about 0.1 of an inch in the south bay. temperatures are back where we should be on saturday and then starting on sunday morning, especially in the north bay, rain rolls in and we have a chance of scattered showers that will be light on the storm impact stale.

want to take you back to the san mateo bridge. i thought that disabled tractor trailer was in the clearing stages but i did just see chp trying to get through the backup on westbound 92. it's still partially blocking the right lane before you get to the high-rise. we have wet conditions there as well. not looking good for the westbound 92 commute. you are jammed well past that toll plaza. dumbarton bridge does look better if you want to look at the alternate. southbound 101 before avenue, it is beginning to thin. the only issue coming up in the last few minutes, westbound 80 into san francisco, a crash reported around fremont. i will look into that and have an update coming up around 6:30. we are getting close. the tax deadline less than a week away right now. and michael finney explains how can you get a credit for solar panels. another hit for uber.

the san francisco based company losing another high profile manager. today's storm is level one and that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive keep an umbrella handy and drive safely.

6:23. welcome back. we have new details on the exodus of top management staff at uber. uber's head of communication and policy is leaving the company according to a business insider. she joined uber in 2015 after a long stint at google, and insiders said she struggled to get uber back on message after allegations of sexual harassment inside of the company. seven other executives have left the ride-hailing company in recent weeks. self driving cars could be the way to go in more than a decade. according to a new study, up to 25% of all in the u.s. could be done by self driving cars by 2030. the study finds the cars could double discretionary income for

the average resident over the course of a year. time to ask finney. and law vaughn from south san francisco has a question about solar panels and taxes. >> michael finney has her answer. >> we did upgrades to the home by doing solar, and how do we claim the tax rebate because we own our home in hawaii but live here. >> you will be able to submit a claim for the tax credit and not a rebate when filing your irs taxes. as long as you bought the solar panels for your home even if you don't currently live in it, you need to look at the residential energy credits, form 5695, and it's on the irs website and it's easy to find, but to make sure you get to it, i will post a

lynn oklahoma oink on our websi abc7news.com. a new video out of china showing how robots are taking over jobs that were once performed by humans. >> a video released by china daily shows robots sorting packages at a warehouse in eastern china. the machine scans a code and it identifies its destination and seds it in the right direction. it's like "tron." a >> i just keep waiting for one of them to collide. it's credible. and then the calls to suspend rules that allow airlines to over book flights and more with the exclusive interview this morning. the million-dollar effort put on hold. right now a live look at the nation's capital. sean spicer speaking out, saying sorry for the comments on

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>> announcer: this is "abc7 mornings." >> thank you for joining us on wednesday, april 12th. i am matt keller, and reggie aqui is off today. >> new comments from sean spicer coming up in a moment. >> coming up in a second. >> we have alexis smith back in the house. >> and mike nicco bringing the rain. >> you gave her a golf clap. >> yeah, a golf clap for alexis. >> didn't want to go overboard. here's a look at what is going on outside. we do have drizzle and pockets of light rain out and about. the air is super saturated below 5,000 feet and that's why you are going to find areas like this, the san mateo bridge, wet like this as we look off towards the west. drizzle, light rain this morning. mainly dry at noon and a chance of an isolated shower, 56 to 61. showers start to develop at 4:00, and so do the breezes.

our best chance of moderate showers will be right after the evening commute ends at 7:00 through about midnight. but it is wet this morning so let's find out how that's aff t affecting the commute, and here's alexis. >> overall, not bad. westbound 80 as you head into san francisco we have reports of a disabled vehicle around the fremont exit. that person is saying she is r partially blocking the right lane and now we have stop and go traffic from treasure island and then congested at the bay bridge toll plaza, and those metering lights came on at about 5:24 this morning. on top of that, san mateo bridge is slow and we'll take a look at that coming up next. new developments this morning in the united airlines fiasco. the airline's ceo just went on camera in an exclusive. >> amy?

>> reporter: yeah, he is promising this will never happen on a united flight again, but in talking to some passengers this morning it sounds like it might not be enough. the ceo sat down this morning for an exclusive interview with "good morning america." he apologized to the passenger who was dragged off that united flight, his family and the others onboard. the travelers tell us this morning they are ready to move on from united. this was the first time the ceo has spoken on camera since the incident. >> i felt -- the word of shame comes to mind. as i think about our business and our people, the first thing i think is important to say is to apologize to and his family and the passengers on flight. >> i am glad he apologized. i already have a ticket and i was not going to cash it in and

i will make the decisions in the future to possibly fly another carrier. >> munoz first came out and stood by his employees thanking them from going above and beyond failure and he says he it being does not plan to resign despite some calls for him to step down. amy hollyfields, abc7 news. a southern california man is claiming a similar experience on a united flight from hawaii to los angeles he paid $1,000 for a first class seat because he needed to get home in a hurry and before the flight left he said united told him he had to give up his seat for a higher priority passenger, and he ended up in the economy class sitting between an arguing married couple. united offered to pay the difference between the two tickets but they have not apologized. chris christie is calling for the secretary of

transportation to suspend regulations that allow airlines to over book. he called the practice of bumping passengers off flights uncon shkaupb shacon shawable. >> if they over book they should have to offer the passengers something that induces the passenger to voluntarily give it up, and the risk should be on the airline, not on some poor passenger who happens to draw the short straw. >> here in the bay area, san francisco's supervisor jeff sheehey is asking the city attorney to draft a new policy. it would ban sfpd officers from forcefully removing officers off the flight because of over booking. >> now where rex tillerson is in a tense face-to-face meeting with russian's foreign minister,

hrauf rauf. through a translator, lavrov said he had lots of questions about the trump administration's ambiguous ideas. >> translator: it's important for us to understand your intentions and the intentions of the u.s. and the real intentions of the administration. >> our meeting today comes at an important moment in the relationship so we can clarify areas of common objectives. >> tillerson blamed russian for being incompetent or complacent in syria's attack against its own people, and meetings between the two are expected to last all day and they will speak again this evening during a joint news conference. there are calls for sean spicer to resign after his remarks about bashar al assad and adolph hitler. he described the dictator as worse than hitter and said this. >> somebody has despicable as hitler who did not even sink to

using chemical weapons. >> this ignores the use of gas chambers during world war ii. and under efforts to clarify, calling concentration camp holocaust centers, and he appeared on cnn to apologize. >> i mistaknly used the holocaust and there's no comparison, and i apologize and it was a mistake to do that. >> so far president trump has not commented. sean spicer is speaking about it, and i want to show you the live look in washington, d.c., and he's discussing his comments and it's a live look with an interview with greta. he said a few moments ago, he said, quote, let the president down. he said it was not a good moment for him personally or professionally, and so spicer speaking candidly this morning,

and he's showing a lot of remorse in the interview. i will keep listening in for you. our team is working on turning around the comments for you on tape and i will have that for you in just a few moments. matt, back to you. this morning the red cross is helping 60 people forced out of their apartments by a fire in san francisco. firefighters evacuated the building after the fire broke out around 9:00. it started in a basement in a storage area. there's a massage parlor on the bottom floor and residential units above. and support is pouring in for a child killed at a san bernardino school. a gofundme page has raised more than $9,000. both victims were honored at the school last night.

mourners sang and burned candles in honor of martinez and smith who was killed by her husband. and smith was a special education teacher. the school's principal said the two worked well together. >> she cared deeply for her students and she was a very good teacher. jonathan, precious. precious. he was easy to love. >> a 9-year-old was also injured in the shooting and he is recovering, and police say he is in good spirits. and then the ac transit board of directors will vote on whether they are going to transport students from schools in the oakland hills. bu the district said it could no longer pay after losing funding from the state. the transit agency will try to determine if it's financially

possible to absorb the cost of transporting the students. the board will meet at 5:00. and santa clara county put a $1 million rebranding campaign on hold. the money would have gone towards creating a logo and advertisement to ratchet up the county's profile. the county needs to reassess what it needs. supervisors agree the county has a marketing problem and often people don't know what services the county provides for them. let's talk temperatures. san francisco at 52, and castro at 56. pretty mild there. a lot of us in the mid to upper 50s. 57 in santa clara. pleasanton at 55. richmond about 53. belmont, 56. today at 62 in half moon bay and santa rosa. san francisco at 62. the rest of us at 63 to 66 degrees. temperatures dropping tomorrow. 56 in san francisco to antioch

and san jose and napa at 61. here's a look at sfo, and not reporting delays yet but looks like they should. if you are on the water today it's going to be breezy, out and about and have the umbrella with you. good thing with the rain, the pollen will be down today. 45 in santa rosa, tonight to 52 in oakland. cooler than this morning. here's a look at the next seven days. a chance of rain, and we'll talk more about the next 24 hours and this weekend coming up next. here's alexis with an update, and san mateo looks busy. >> good news. we had a disabled tractor trailer on westbound that finally cleared but we have residual delays that remain but all lanes are back open. the backup did spill out on 880 approaching the bridge, and maybe some take the dumbarton bridge instead. down to 24 miles per hour, and

12 miles per hour around the toll plaza for san mateo bridge, and hopefully that will start to thin out. that's one of the soggier routes right now. we have disabled vehicle around the fremont exit as you get into san francisco and that's blocking the far right lane so a little delay there, and westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze 37 minutes, not significant but slowing you down a little bit from treasure island. next traffic update coming up at 6:50. marijuana on demand. how people in san jose can now get cannabis delivered straight to their homes. san jose police officer recovering aft

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storm impact scale, and today's storm is level one and that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc7 news app. get it now. both directions of highway 84 are back open after this crash destroyed an suv overnight injuring a san jose police officer. abc7 news reporter tiffany is live at the medical center where that officer was treated.

tiffany? >> reporter: remarkably that san jose police officer has been seen leaving the hospital. take one look at the video and you will realize he is lucky to be alive. california highway patrol says the off duty officer was driving his personal suv when he slammed into the bang of a big rig on highway 84 near ruby hill drive. the truck was stopped for construction. the suv bursts into flames with the officer trapped inside. chp officers already on scene put out the fire and pulled the officer from the wreckage. he was taken to eden medical center for minor injuries. the highway reopened this morning and when that officer walked out, there was a san jose police officer waiting for him in the parking lot. live in castro valley, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. a north bay women's cycling team is asking for the

pleading for that. the bikes learned to an olympic medal winning team. they are offering a reward for information leading to the return of the bikes. a new home model springing up at the campus of san jose state. they are just 238 square feet, and for some of us that's less than one room but the tiny homes have the basics. >> appears room and a bathroom right there, so not much else you really need. i have worked with a room and a bathroom and i think i can prepare myself well for this. >> this is a temporary fix for somebody that is waiting for section 8 housing with a voucher. >> a grad student believes tiny houses can help solve the problem of homelessness. his plan is ten villages throughout san jose each with 30

homes. the homes may not be plush but they are shelter. a live desk update with jessica castro. >> right here at the live desk we want to go back to the white house secretary, sean spicer. he wrapped up his interview with cnn, and he is at the museum conference happening right now, and that's what you are seeing, and a panel is now onstage, but press secretary sean spicer just spoke. he was comparing his statements about syria's president to hitler, and they asked him about those comments when he was up onstage just a few moments ago, and greta asked him what the president's reaction was to his comments, and we want to listen in on that. here you go. >> did the president say anything to you last night? >> i did not talk to him -- i did not talk to him this morning. >> any message through anybody from the president? >> i don't get into private conversations. again, this was my mistake and

my bad that i needed to fix, and so i am not going to get into any additional conversations that i may or may not have had, but i will say this is mine, mine to own and apologize for and mine to ask for forgiveness for. >> spicer also said he felt he had let the president down and that it was not a good day in his personal history. that event still going on right that event still going on right now at the the so-called san francisco based uber for pot is expanding to san jose. >> customers can use the app to get anything from joints to edibles delivered in about 20 minutes. eaze works with local dispensaries to make the delivery and operates in about 100 california cities and now covers the entire bay area. trump administration expected to lift the federal

hiring freeze today as one of his first acts in office, president trump froze federal government hiring except for some military public safety and national security positions. budget director says many jobs will remain unfilled as the white house looks to overhaul the federal government and workforce. the white house says it's part of a larger effort to save taxpayer money. san jose is investing in new technology to manipulate traffic signals so first responders can get to emergencies faster. firefighters are required to arrive to 95% of emergency calls within eight minutes. right now a third of traffic lights use technology to turn red lights green for first responders heading to an emergency. the city council voted to upgrade the system so all traffic signals will do that. >> your route is pre-identified for the fire truck to follow and signals that are in the way will be automatically pre-empted to green so the fire truck and

surrounding traffic can move through the intersection. >> the upgrade will cost $600,000. the fire department says it won'troblem entirely and says as the city grows they will need to build more fire stations. was step out the door this morning you may see wet roads out there. mike, what is the deal, right in the middle of our morning commute? >> yeah, mother nature doesn't care what time it , does she. having drizzle and light rain everywhere this morning. during the evening hours, we will have a chance of moderate showers rolling through, so we will have something to keep you dry at the game. i don't know if it's going to slow it down. it may suspend it for a little bit while it moves through, but won't cancel the game. dress warmly also. our best radar returns from san francisco across the bay bridge, 24 out towards 680, and then southward, but it is very light. enough to make it, you know, a little slick this morning, and some issues could develop. we will talk to alexis about

that. here's the area of low coming in tonight. and so we will look south on 680. showers tomorrow, but dry on friday and saturday. sunday, monday and tuesday, unfortunately trending with wet weather. and then the rain will not cause flooding and the breezes we have this afternoon and evening won't cause damage. from 7:00 to 9:00, all the way to noon, you can see a definite decrease in the coverage. a rogue shower possible, and then 6:00 the cold front rolls in, and then move into the heart of the bay between 8:00 and 9:00, and then moving out of the south bay by 1:00. and all the way up until 9:00 they will start moving off to the east at noon and then seeing sunshine tomorrow rainfall amounts, 0.1 of an

inch. sunday, monday and tuesday, those storms will be light on the storm impact scale also. taking a look at the roads here this morning, we're looking good, actually. didn't mean to fly by that one so quickly but that was 101 san rafael. also want to zoom into the central valley. no major problems, leaving the tracy area so far today, 10 miles per hour, and 17 miles per hour as you approach altamont pass and that's typical. we have seen lighter than average volumes tomorrow, and a lot of folks on spring break so that is helping. richmond across san rafael bridge, just nine minutes. 28 minutes across san mateo 28 minutes across san mateo bridge

6:54. here are the seven things to know before you go a horrific crash involving the san jose police officer in the east bay. you can see the suv mangled after smash into the back of a big rig in pleasanton. the officer is expected to be okay. number two, an abc news exclusive. oscar munoz said h munoz said hd when she saw a passenger being

dragged from his seat. and the city is being asked to draft a policy to ban officers from forcefully removing passengers from flights because of over booking. it's a damp start to our wednesday. we have drizzle and light rain touching all of our neighborhoods, including our bus stops. it's warm, 50 to 58, by morning standards. more rain coming this evening. number five, traffic overall has not been terrible. we only had a handful of incidents and one new one for the north bay. southbound 101 before spencer avenue, a solo rollover vehicle crash. i am just starting to see a little backup on the southbound side. the nfl playoffs begin today and the sharks are fighting for the stanley cup. sharks kick off round one of playoffs tonight in edmonton. and the series comes to the center on sunday.

look at the situation this dog got into. the pup got his snuck a dryer vent, and the firefighters didn't have to use vaseline or anything, they just massaged the skin and pushed his head back out and hopefully he learned his lesson. >> a little too curious. abc7 news continues online, twitter, facebook and on all your mobile devices. >> we will be back in 20 minutes with a news and weather update. "gma" is next. have a good one.

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