live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> the bay area is back on storm watch today. a live look at some of our bridges shows conditions on the roads right now, some spots are slick and we're tracking scattered showers that could pop up throughout the day where you live. thanks for joining us, i'm matt keller, kristen sze will be in later today. rain ushered in the friday morning commute in several parts of the bay area. this video in san francisco's financial district shows people donning their umbrellas. also see people wearing rain jackets and hoodies trying to stay dry. commuters in the north bay also saw rain. this video shows the commute along highway sausalitoausalito

earlier this morning. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the potential for wet weather for the rest of the day. hi, mike. >> hey, mike, hey, everybody. see how slippery it's going to be when the showers come around. the amount of rain they're going to drop makes them pa a 1 on th storm impact scale. up in the north bay, where aye got live doppler 7 centered right here from mt. st. helena. see the rain from santa rosa down toward petaluma and yountville. we also got a nice slug if you're traveling anywhere on 80 from fairfield, crockett, hercules down to oakland, over the san francisco, daly city taking 680 to san bruno, it is wet right now and going to continue to be bet for the next half hour to 45 minutes. as we head through the next six hours the showers will push off to the east. i see a little bit of a drying as we head toward the ven eveni commute. a nice weekend on the way, too,

coming up. >> track the forecast on the go all day with the abc 7 news accuweather app. search accuweather in the app store to download it now. we're getting a new look at what happened when pilots of an air canada plane failed to abort a landing attempt at sfo. abc news obtained video from the airport's control tower. footage shows what air traffic controllers saw. >> reporter: a routine message started the controller's conversation with air canada flight 781. >> 781. >> reporter: the situation changed quickly last month. controllers asked the crew to go around. >> 781 go around. >> reporter: nobody on board responded to six requests in 40 seconds. >> 781, go around. >> reporter: the controller asked the united flight that landed before the air canada jet to move quickly so it wouldn't be in the way of another united plane landing on the adjacent runway. >> 2065. left center -- without delay, please. >> reporter: while that united

plane hurried, the air canada jet landed and finally responded to the tower. >> that's pretty evident. >> the faa is investigating an air canada flight that nearly missed hitting another plane at the sfo. the pilot was confused. pg&e is suggesting in court files it was another company's electrical wires that might have caused the destructive tubbs fire. pg&e made a claim in response to attorneys. the utility did not identify the third party. cal fire is investigating the possible role downed electrical wires had in starting the deadly inferno. north bay firefighters trying to bring back normalcy to the area. they've been collecting bicycles to deliver to fire victims. abc 7 news reporter is in mill valley with what they still need. janine? >> reporter: math, it's a great way to start a friday. check this out.

all these firefighters for the past hour have been working in the rain loading all of these bikes. hundreds of bikes into their trucks here now. . now it's going to head to santa rosa. all the bikes used and new, they're going to give them away. collected 600 bicycles to give out to family members burned out of their homes in the recent north bay fires. today they're going to fix the bikes that need repairs, going to be delivering them tomorrow between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at the sonoma county sheriff's office in santa rosa. the bikes will be handed out to adults and children with addresses listed as destroyed on the official damage inspection report from cal fire. >> hopefully it's a good thing for them, bring back normality to their lives and let them ride their bikes around the area they live. i know i'd want a bike if i lost it. >> reporter: mike's bike's, franklin plumbing, local fire departments and chp came together to organize this event.

their goal was to collect 1,000 bikes so they still have more donations to come in. f if you have a bike that needs to be used or needs fixed up, drop it off at fire stations in marin county, southern marin or the cal fire station in santa rosa. it's going to a good cause to help people that lost everything. reporting live in mill valley, abc 7 news. >> all right, thanks, janine. speaking of banding together for north bay fire victims, last night, metallica, among the musicians who performed at the benefit concert at at&t park. ♪ ♪ metallica closed out the five hour marathon concert with sand man in front of 40,000 fans. all the performers played for free to be part of the fundraiser and thank the first responders. metalli metallica's guitarist nearly lost his sonoma home. the flames stopped at his front gate. >> just want to thank all the

first responders, everyone who helped four weeks ago, i was a victim of the fire. i just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone. >> band together raised more than $15 million. happening today, data honor our veterans. the official veteran's day holiday is tomorrow. since it falls on a weekend, many places are observing it today. ark abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in richmond with more on a special event. happening there. amy? >> reporter: as you can hear, this is a fun event a celebratory feeli ining as theyt to celebrate the veterans and take this opportunity to help them. look at this resource book. it can get very complicated sorting through this. they thought why not bring them together and help get some of their questions answered as well? it's veteran's day with a twist. there will be the usual lunch and speeches from politicians. but organizers of this event in

richmond hope these boots they provided for different agencies will arm veterans with information that will help them improve their lives. >> they're here, they can go around, learn about job opportunities that are here, mental health services that might be here, supportive services for their families that might be here. >> reporter: chevron organized the event here at richmond's craneway pavilion. veterans we spoke to say they really appreciate help navigating what can be a complicated process. >> i'm always looking out to see what kind of benefits or -- i haven't discovered yet. >> reporter: they stay it also feels good to be recognized. >> being a vietnam vet, it took -- it took me 50 years to hear the words, welcome home, veteran. you know? because it was an unpopular war and we didn't receive a welcome home when we came back. it's good. >> reporter: army veteran henry torres says all this help is great but he's also grateful just for the chance to visit

with all these people. >> gets veterans out of their home, doing something, some kind of social event. i go swimming three times a week and walk around point richmond twice a week. other than that, it's pretty much my social life you might say. i like events like this, you know? >> reporter: there's still time to get down here. if you know someone who would enjoy this, everyone's going to be here until 1:00 this afternoon. live in richmond, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. an olympic hopeful making shocking allegations against her coach. the alleged sex scandal rocking her college campus. and turning it into a legal battle. then a pig problem in one east bay community. how neighbors plan to deal with the issue they say is terrorizing them. and raising a toast to the weekend at the san francisco ferry

we're tracking breaking news in san francisco. abc 7 news confirmed a mountain lion has been sighted near diamond street and duncan street. sky 7 was over the scene a short time ago. san francisco police officers armed with rifles are pursuing the mountain lion right now. they tell us they have the animal surrounded. authorities received a call around 10:00 this morning after someone spotted the animal. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get one on the abc 7 news app. new details this morning over the sexual misconduct

allegations against louie c. kay. five women have come forward with claims against the comedian saying he pleasured himself in front of them or asked them to watch. in a new just released statement louie c. kay took advantage of the fact he was widely admired, used his power irresponsibly and can hardly wrap his head around the scope of hurt he's brought on his victims. dozens of homeowners in san ramon doing unexpected landscaping thanks to uninvited guests. here they are in action. wild pigs. they bulldozed their way through several propertiy ies hunting f grubs. the white there is not snow, that's actually grass being dug up by the pigs. an emergency community meeting was held yesterday to come up with ways to fix the problem. one community plans to use ecofriendly means to degrub the ground. to an explosive court case pitting an olympic hopeful against her own coast. abc news correspondent deborah roberts spoke to the woman at

the center of the case part of a "2020 primetime special" called track and fears. airs tonight. bailey gibson claims she was coerced into a sexual relationship with her track and university of arizona. carter claims it was consensual and bailey initiated it. carter has been arrested and charged with four counts including assault and stalking. he pleaded not guilty. i spoke to roberts about the case. what does the university say about that, do we hear from them? >> tonight you'll also hear about the university of arizona, did it do enough, how did it handle this situation, was it involved? we'll lay out the case of how this whole sordid saga unwound. >> "2020" airs at 10:00 an abc 7 before abc 7 news pat 11:00. creating jobs to take facebook into the future, launches a flu small businenew team and gives us the inside scoop in today's money report. live look outside at our sfo

camera. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking showers. his full accuweather forecast is next. the abc 7 storm impact scale, today's storm is level 1. that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's

if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, we got you covered. jessica castro from abc 7 mornings has ideas from partners at hoodline. >> an ancient world full of pyramids and dragons and i'm not talking game of thrones. head out to golden gate park this weekend. celebrate art from city of

water, city of fire. one of the most important cities in the ancient americas and now unesco world heritage site. in fact, the ruin pyramids are a huge tourist attraction just outside mexico city. but you don't have to travel that far this weekend. just head to the d young museum for a new exhibit making its worldwide debut. >> we need to assure about an ancient culture, not only something that's extremely relevant but also the exhibition is also very powerful and kind of intriguing. i think that's what you'll see here with this major exhibition. >> get this, some of the artifacts in the show have never been seen in the world. not even in mexico. this weekend also enjoy some interactive art. there's art the and crafts for the whole family. and musical performances. it is free to enter the museum this saturday. tea lovers, listen up. sf international tea festival starts this weekend at the ferry building. you'll be able to taste local

teas and teas from all around the world. there's also seminars and classes including learning how to blend your own chai tea. tickets cost $25 for the day or 30 bucks if you want to get in early. and if that's not your cup of tea, how about discovery day at at&t park saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00, or the 36th annual armenian food festival saturday in lake shore ? i have more options on our website, abc7news.com. find the hoodline section. i'm jessica castro, abc 7 news. have a great weekend. a fun way to get around the bay area for free, ford go bike is hosting a free ride promotion. it kicks off a larger partnership with clover first data company. clover first is a point of sale platform. to get the free day pass, sign up on ford go bike's website or on its app. comes with unlimited shorp trt s for a 24 hour period at stations in san francisco, san jose and the east bay. not sure everybody is going to be out riding their bikes today. >> i was thinking does it come

with an umbrella or rain shield? >> need the shield from the water flipping back up at you. that's the thing you'll be needing. >> definitely have showers. we're tracking them with live doppler 7. hi, everybody. keep the umbrella handy all the way up until the evening commute. see emeryville right there, one of the moderate showers rolling through. see the rain drops rolling down the lens. the visibility is pretty low. scattered, light to moderate showers possible today. a brief break between storms tomorrow. get ready for more wet weather sunday into monday. and, again, possibly wednesday into thursday. here's a look at that on live doppler 7. you can see looks pretty healthy, doesn't it? covers the entire bay bridge. puddles are probably develop in there, need to slow down a little bit. down in the south bay, seeing sunshine right now. that's about to change as storms will try to climb over the santa cruz mountains. they'll leave most of their moisture there. you could over the next hour or two see a few spotty showers as you can see them, they're very freckled in nature. by 4:00, they're mainly in the

inland east bay and south of the san mateo bridge. thath we could have the beginnings a wet commute. during the commute up to 7:00, the timeframe there, everything kind of fades away with the sun setting. then the clouds start to open up a little bit. it will be cooler this evening than last evening. here's a look at rainfall totals. see some of the rain shadowed areas like san mateo, redwood city won't see much, in the south bay, couple hundredths. some areas maybe .015 as you can see in richmond, maybe up to a third in the north bay. here's a look at what happened this morning. you could see we had a little bit of sunshine. then the clouds start getting thicker. starts getting a little darker. then the rain just unloads on top of us. this is from the exploratorium camera during the morning commute this morning. now, as we head into the afternoon hours, you may see a little sunshine, especially across the north bay, the closer you are to the coast. temperatures around 63 to 67 this afternoon. there it is, there's the sunshine down in the south bay. i know, you watch our forecast sometimes you go, he's got even talking to me when he talks rain. i promise you, there's still a

chance for you as we head over the next couple hours. otherwise here's your 12-hour -- your accuweather 12-hour day planner. see that we've got scattered chance through noon to an isolated chance at 4:00 to just about no chance from 9:00 and temperatures already starting to drop into the 40s by the time we get to midnight. all right. huskies in town to take on stanfo stanford. it won't be raining but it will be chilly. 58 down to about 55 degrees. in fact, tonight, temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s in our deepest inland valleys. mid 40s to low 50s for the rest of us. look at the sunshine for veteran's day. increasing clouds. dry during the day sunday. monday's morning commute and wednesday, possibly both of those commutes could be wet, matt. >> all right, thanks, mike. now to today's morning money report. facebook is launching a new program to help small businessowners and people looking for work improve their digital skills. social media giant will be visiting 30 cities next year. this morning i spoke to the director of facebook's north america small business team about the program.

when you say visiting, what does that mean, is facebook coming to town? >> facebook is coming to town. that's a great way to put it. if you're looking for a job and need digital skills, we're going to help train you on those. if you're a small business and you need to reach new customers, we can help you do that. >> so far, facebook has unveiled five cities. none are in the bay area. it's still looking for 25 more. if you like to pitch your city, go to abc7news.com, there you'll find a link with the information on how to do it. amazon is expanding its presence in whole foods stores. starting later this month amazon popup stores will appear inside whole foods locations across the country. shoppers will be able to try out amazon devices and learn about services like prime and prime video. timely friday, quhoyou knowt th

coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, the unexpected effect of the north bay fires, the effect it's having on wineries in the east bay. a landmark deal that could turn the port of oakland into the biggest hub of its kind on the west coast. the story tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. now it's time for our favorite segment of the week, perfect pet. as promised mike is back to

introduce us to a new friend. mike? >> all right, matt, hi, everybody, our perfect pet is a sweet kitten from the sfraan francisco spca. let's introduce you to honey, she's six months old and still has plenty of kitten energy. volunteers at the shelter tell us honey is very outgoing. and likes to meet new people. so she won't hesitate to come and say hello. when you enter her kennel. she's been at the spca since june, that's longer than any other cat so they really love to find her a home. honey is learning new tricks. this is my favorite. and she even knows how to walk on a leash. >> look at where -- the bed is the golden gate bridge. >> i didn't even notice that. >> pretty cool, huh? >> i like that. >> you know they got their thing coming up, macy's also in union square coming up for the holidays. >> nice. >> when they have the pets there. let's talk more about how to make honey part of your family. call the san francisco spca at the number on your screen 415-522-3500. somebody was saying she looked like, he, she, looked like matt

cat, i should take her home. >> can always say you're spending time with your honey. >> i like that. >> pretend you have someone there to hang out with. from all of us here at abc 7 news, thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is snex. news continues on abc7news.com and abc 7 news app. i'm coming home, honey. see you later. >> meow.

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