live where you live, this is abc 7 news. now at 11:00, we are marking exactly one month since the devastating fires in the north bay, all day here on abc 7 we are honoring the victims, the survivors, and the heros. and we're looking at their progress on their road to recovery. but first, we're tracking another storm headed for the bay area, live doppler 7 as you can see, lit up with a lot of green this morning, mike says most of that rain isn't hitting the ground yet, but that could change by the evening commute. thanks for joining us today. you're going to see kristen later on today. let's take a live look outside right now from the golden get bridge to sfo, san jose, skies a

bit gray this morning as those clouds are moving in. meteorologist mike nico tracking that approaching storm, so mike, when exactly are we going to see the rain? >> that's a great question, reggie. we already saw a little bit up in the north bay, about .1 in santa rosa, but that's been it so far. we've been too dry for the rain to make it down. if you've been following live doppler 7 on our app, it's probably showing green across the north bay all morning, but it's not until the evening hours when we start to get this rainfall. it is talking about today and tomorrow. wind gusts, 35 to 45 right below the threshold for damage. there may be possible issues with the burn areas in the form of toxic ash. i'm not looking for debris flows out of that. to about tenth of an inch, and all of that is rain, it's just most of it is evaporating before it reaches the ground. it's the next wave you see that's going to come in and bring us the today issier, light to moderate rain during the

evening and overnight hours. and that low will bring us scattered showers for thursday and friday. east bay hills planner been just some scattered sprinkles to light rain from noon to 4:00, and then today issier rain at 9:00, then light to moderate rain during the midnight hour. notice those temperatures, reggie, still in the 50s to near 60s. mild night. hour by hour and how much rain to expect, coming up. >> mike, thank you. and you can track the forecast on the go all day long with our abc 7 news accuweather app, you're looking at our exporatorium camera from the city and all across the bay, all you have to do is just search accuweather and the app store to download that app for free right now. one place where they're watching the forecast with interest today, the fire affected areas of the north bay. add water to all of that fire, debris, and some are fearing we're looking at an environmental issue. amy hollyfield live in santa rosa, amy. >> reporter: hi reggie, they want help from the public.

if you see your storm drains are clogged, they want you to call it in. you should see these straw waddles blocking a lot of the storm drains and sandbags. especially here in the fire zone. that is an attempt to keep toxic debris from getting into the drains. they suspect that ash from this neighborhood is toxic, but they don't know for sure because it hasn't been tested and they have been making some progress. look at these signs we see all over the neighborhood showing that the epa has been here and removed household, hazardous waste from this area. but they won't truly know until they can test the run-off from here, which they should get from this rain. >> this rain, we are anticipating collecting samples from the storm water run-off so we can determine what's in it. are there heavy metals? what's the toxicity? we'll know more after the rain and after we analyze the samples. >> reporter: there are clean-up crews here this morning, but not many, they seem to just

preparing for the rain and staying away because of it. the last rainstorm we just had, didn't hit this area as hard as expected, so they did not get enough run-off to test. this storm will be the true test. hazardous run-off isn't their only drn, they're worried about erosion, there's no vegetation left to stop it. this could create flash flooding. and then there's also that sediment that would build up in the creeks that would keep the fish from getting enough oxygen. they have a task force watching over all of this, but they're asking the public to watch too, saying we are all in this together. we're reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> so true, thank you. on this one month anniversary of the north bay fires, we are looking back at some of the terrifying first moments when the atlas peak fire broke out. many will little time to react, and that included some wineries. >> reporter: this is what white rock win yard looked like before the fire, drone view 7 shows us

what it looks like after, it was destroyed. the winery dates back to the 1870s, making it one of the oldest in california. several homes above the property were also levelled by the fire. when the family that owns the winery returned to the ruins, they were relieved that their livestock and family dog survived unscathed. and about 80% of their wine made it too because it was stored in caves. abc 7 news is dedicating today to special coverage, one month later. our coverage continues later in this newscast and online at abc7news.com. we have developing news in the roads in the north bay. a stretch of 101 closed after a crash north of fieldsburg. let's look at the traffics map now. northbound 101, that's not far from the municipal airport. the chp reporting a big rig is leaking fuel. police there say two garbage trucks are involved. a sigalert has been issued.

chp does not have a time when that stretch of 101 is going to reopen. new this morning, a move to prevent shootings similar to one that took place in sutherland springs, texas, senators diane feinstein and 22 colleagues introduced a bill to ban the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of military-style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. the gunman in the texas shooting used a semiautomatic rifle in sunday's massacre. also new this morning, former news anchor and boston massachusetts is accusing actor kevin spacey of sexual assaulting her son in a bar when he was 18 years old. >> kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink, and when my son was drunk, spacey made his move and sexual assaulted him. >> she says the assault happened in 2016. the news anchor said a woman in the bar must have seen what happened because when spacey left to go to the restroom, that

woman suggested the teenager leave immediately. he did leave, but didn't file a police report until last week. the mom says out of embarrassment. new details now on the yahoo account scanned that will tarnished the sunny valley based company, their former ceo marissa meyer told lawmakers today even the best defended companies can fall victim to state-sponsored hackers. meyer and the current and former ceos testified before senate committee examining recent data breaches that affected mills of us. meyer told lawmakers that strong collaboration between the public and private sectors is essential in the fight against cyber crimes. >> aggressive pursuit of cyber criminals as the doj and fbi exhibited in yahoo's case could be a meaningful deterrent in prevents future crimes like these. >> meyer apologized for the thefts which occurred during her nearly five year tenure at yahoo. the company recently admitted that the 2013 cyber attack affected all of it's customer

accounts that is nearly three billion in total. bart's rollout got stopped in the tracks. trant failed a key test on friday. matt kell earl live at the warm springs station in fremont with what happens now, matt. >> reporter: reggie, it's been a bumpy road for bart trying to get these new trains rolling, but there's still hope that the cars can make it by the holidays. bart's fleet of the future promises to be quieter, cooler, comfortable, and easy to use. but the future is not now after failing a test run with the california public utility's commission on november 3rd, bart says only three of the ten cars were recognized by the control car, blocking the doors to the trailing seven cars. the cpuc says the operator was unable to open the doors at the platform stops. >> it sucks, but it's fine and everything too. i just wish that better cars come too because sometimes the

old cars are dirtier. not that sanitary as well, so i just want something to, you know, come cleaner as well. that's what i want. >> reporter: bart's plan is to have 20 new trains in service by the end of this year. diagnose the issue and give the detailed written explanation on the cause of the failure and how it's being corrected and then new tests will be run. bart says that thanksgiving rollout of the first new train and service is still possible, passengers say the sooner the better. >> it'll be nice to have good cars, clean cars, so it'll billion nice to get that going quickly. >> they're a little bit aged and but it's a convenient service, yeah, but i would love to see some newer cars. >> new cars would be great. they're not always the cleenlest, and the temperature's not always the best. sometimes it's too hot or too cold. so that would be nice. >> reporter: long-term bart is hoping to have the current order of the fleet of the future in place by the end of 2022. reporting live in fremont, matt keller, abc 7 news.

>> matt, thank you. from a tragedy to triumph, there are countless stories from the north bay and some of them involve four legged friends. a look back at how these companions became heroes during the devastating fires as we mark the one month anniversary. mike is tracking rain. live look at the camera shows gray skies over the bridge. find out when you could see storms where you live coming up in mike' she's getting a big surprise. >> wishes do come true! >> see it next "right this minute."

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it's just so random. >> it's tough. >> these people are losing their homes. >> this is an enormous fire. >> these are very rapidly burning fires. >> this is truly one of the greatest, if not the greatest tragedy that california has ever faced. >> it's like a bomb went off in this whole area. >> the whole thing is surreal. >> everybody's house is gone. >> this is a beautiful neighborhood. >> it was a great neighborhood. it's going to be a lot of work getting it back. >> everybody wants to help. >> now back to our coverage of the north bay wild fires one month later. we all know the bay area loves animals, so you can imagine the sheer joy when families found out their dogs, their cats, even in one case, their goats, in the aftermath of these fires. here's my co-anchor from abc 7 mornings with some of these happy reunions. >> here pup. >> reporter: findi ining izzy a and well. >> come here, baby.

>> oh my god. >> izzy. >> oh my god. >> hey baby. >> hi puppy, hi sweetheart. >> reporter: so many happy reunions of people and their pets. the robinson's found their dog at the humane society after getting separated during the fire storm. >> thank you! thanks to his instinct to protect. >> reporter: can't forget about milo the cat. the entire neighborhood burned down, but somehow, milo was found alive, huddled underneath a car. ed says he lost his home, but he feels grateful milo is here today. >> izzy is here. >> reporter: her family says

this was one of the greatest moments of their lives. just when they thought they lost everything, they found izzy, their miracle dog. >> izzy, come here baby. >> oh my god. >> izzy. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> izzy's story was shared countless amount of times and so was the next story. about a young man who embraced the game that he loves a as pleasant distraction after the flames that destroyed his entire collection of baseball memorabilia. his name is loren gentlelady smith, and he clutched what had been a stack of baseball cards in what was his home. the nine-year-old oakland athletics fan wrote the team a letter after his home was destroyed. the a's responded with a care package and other teams from across the country did the same. loren finishes little league season over the weekend and his mother shared these photos with us. kansas city royals pitcher scott alexander also paid loren a visit last weekend. still to come on abc 7 news,

from the streets, to the skies? how uber is taking the way we get around straight into the future. also how to be a smart seller if you're looking to unload a use card. our morningeport has tips you can try today to have people lining up to buy. here's a live look outside, nice picture right now ofown san francisco, meteorologist mike nico is tracking rain in our forecast, that is coming up next.

and now to the morning money report, uber, get this, wants to fly. uber took to twitter this morning to share a sneak peek at what uber air will eventually look like. yes, we are, in fact, talking about flying taxis. uber will operate the software that passengers use to book the trip. the company will take a commission, but it'll actually be aviation manufacturers who will supply the helicopters or planes. the l.a. times reports that l.a. will be one of the first cities served by uber air, we don't know when it will be in the bay area, but they're saying they could use it for the olympics eventually in l.a. that'll be interesting to watch. nearly four million used cars are sold in the u.s. each year. if you're looking to sell yours, kelly blue book says there are three things you can do to get the highest price. >> know it's value. don't sell and find out later that you gave it away. windows are key. look out the window, it can psychologically make the car feel newer. >> and the third tip, treat the

pictures like a dating app profile pic. uh-oh. your car shod nbe the picture. kelly blue book says those three tips could get you a 5% price bump. now your accuweather forecast with mike nico. >> well, i have to make my car with 240,000 milesen to look sexy. >> that's what they say. >> i don't see that happening. some day i'll try, i guess. >> it's lighting. it is, i mean come on. it's all i need. speaking of lighting, look what i captured this morning, you know red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. let's look at what's going on. and you can see the by the time lapse right there that we definitely have a red sky this morning, you can see it's beautifully reflecting off the bay there, and that was the beginning of what could be a stormy evening and overnight hours. here's a look right now. let me show you the difference right now. see how this is a little diffused right now and a little diffused over there. that's some of the moisture leaking out of the clouds in the

form of some sprinkles right now. and that's moistening the atmosphere and leading toe a better chance of light to moderate steady rain, tonight after being gray with scattered showers today. let's look at our temperatures. we're 52 in santa rosa, just had some of that light rain, look at clear lake, only 49 the further south you get the closer to the warmer air. it's 65 right now in san jose. our destination, about 64 to 68, 60 at half-moon bay. stay in the 50s at lake port. all right, let's talk about tonight. not as cool as the morning, temperatures about 50 to 57 degrees. the green shield opens up and morning commute. going to be wet, but not going to be steady rain wet. here's a look at what's going on right now with live doppler 7. let me broaden out and let me show you what we're doing. here's the appetizer if you will, it's moistening the atmosphere with the sprinkles and light rain. that's keeping us from getting

too much rain. you can see the light green to moderate yellow. steady at 4:00. in the evening commute, it's going to be most affected. we'll have more scattered showers developing for the rest of us. then by 4:30 this the morning when we start the morning commute, it starts over to scattered showers and south bay neighborhoods. then by 9:00, it turns over to scattered showers. let's look at the rainfall totals beginning to the evening commute. could have slick streets by the end of the commute, napa and possibly and san rafael, then overnight, all of that rain falling on the rest of us. about 1500ths of an inch in the south bay. up to a third around the bay, half to inch in the north bay. winds are going to pick up, at noon, 15 to 20. they'll be about 15 to 25 at 5:00, then at 10:00, they max out at about 20 to 30 miles per hour which is usually below any damaging level. what it will do is take some of

those leaves and take them off the tree so it may not be as pretty around the neighborhood tomorrow. here's the seven day forecast. scattered showers thursday, less of a chance, scattered showers friday. how about that? saturday veteran's day looking nice, then sunday night into monday. that could make monday's morning commute wet just like tomorrow mornings. >> aha, a lot of ones in the forecast. >> looks a lot worse than it will be. >> okay. that sounds good. i think you know this guy's work, car, worked on frozen. we're talking about john lassiter, that's him in the middle. and who are those people next to him? major stars. we're going to talk about the surprise they

coming up at 4:00, our special coverage of then north bay fires one month later continues at 4:00. we're going to talk to a man we met the first day of the fires about his recovery and why going back to his property was so important to him. also gateway to silicon valley. new tour of a long time project, what it means for mass transit to the south bay, that's tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. and man am i jealous if you happen to be at this fundraising gala last night for the walt

disney family museum. abc 7 news was in the presidio for this event. this year the head of pixar studios, john lassiter, and there his shirts are like the giveaway for him. he's wearing the wild shirts. he was honored with a lifetime achievement award. so his movies include cars, toy story, and frozen. funds raise nurtured the next generation of creative talent. >> this museum means so much to me and everybody who works in animation, everybody who loves walt disney and all the films he made and parks he made and everything. it's really a special place. and so proud to be here and be honored by the museum. >> everybody's shocked when adina and kristen bell made surprise appearances and they sang songs from

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