good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> 5:00 a.m. maybe you are back at work already or just starting to get up or you are going to make it a better start to the new year on tuesday, january 2nd. >> we've been watching the traffic examination, are they around or are they not? >> it's quiet right now. >> these people take off weeks at a time. i don't know who they are, but they take off weeks at a time. >> says the man who just took a week off. >> true. touché. >> well deserved and you look great, you look well refreshed. i like that. >> it's an illusion. >> here is a look at live doppler 7, so is that rain you see on the left side of your

screen, it is evaporating before it reaches the ground. let's talk about my accuweather 12 hour planner. 7:00 this morning, 40s to low 50s, by noon we will be flirting with mid 50s to near 60, by the afternoon the clouds will get thicker, by 7:00 mid to upper 50s. there may be a sprinkle or two, but the big story are the two systems that are coming and one of them starts tomorrow. i will have more on that coming up. i think a lot of the kids are still out of school this week, that may mean a little bit lighter traffic. we will keep our eye on it. a little bit of a delay for cash paying folks at the bay bridge toll plaza but no metering lights yet. once you are on the span it looks great. we do have a little slowing up and over the altamonte pass. let's take a look at drive times. right now looking great. 30 minutes westbound on 580 tracy to dublin. antioch into concord westbound 4 is looking great. if your travels take you from san rafael into the city clear shot across the golden gate

bridge. we're tracking breaking news out of the south bay. firefighters have knocked down a fire at a cardboard factory in santa clara. this started at 2:00 this morning near della cruz boulevard. crews are still putting water on the flames. firefighters say they're going to be tearing apart piles of cardboard to make sure nothing is still smoldering inside. the plant manager confirms all the employees are accounted for. firefighters will remain on that scene for the next several hours. our abc 7 news reporter matt keller will have a live update at 5:30. new year, same bad air. we are on a streak of spare the air days in the bay area. in fact, today marks the 18th just this season. amy hollyfield live for us on treasure island. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, it's because we have that stagnant weather that's hanging around over us and that is what is causing this bad air. guess what is the worst offender

when it comes to pollution? this may surprise you. you may be thinking it's possibly cars, it's not, it's fires in people's fireplaces, but no fires are allowed today. those people with asthma or heart issues, they are at risk and they are encouraged to stay inside. if you do go outside they say you should not exercise out there. stay in. and a fire in your fireplace can really impact those people who have those health issues. >> wood burning is the number one source of fine particulate pollution in the wintertime and accounts for 40% of the pollution. on road vehicles are only about 13%. >> with the fires that we had up in the north bay and then down in southern california and then the stagnant weather, 2017 is going to go down as one of the worst years for air quality. we haven't set a record for spare the air days yet this season, but it's not out of the question. here we are on day 18. 30 in one season is the record.

reporting live from treasure island, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> certainly a record we do not want to break. happening today, the two suspects in the deadly ghost ship fire are due back in court, derick almena and max harris scheduled to be arraigned in oakland. last month a judge ruled the two men should go on trial for the deaths of 36 people. each of them faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say almena and harris essentially operated as managers of the property. both men remain in jail despite numerous attempts to have their bail lowered. two people hurt by gunfire on new year's eve are recovering. in san leandro a 22-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet shortly after this toast at a house party. the victim didn't even know she had been shot. >> everything going fine and then we heard some gunshots, like this. actually, she didn't care too much and then she had gone to the toilet and she see the

injured -- she got bleeding. >> the injuries actually didn't require hospitalization. in oakland just after midnight on sunday a man was hit in the arm by a bullet. every new year's eve police warn against firing guns at midnight. a 38-year-old woman is oakland's first homicide victim of 2018. police responded to a report of a shooting in east oakland yesterday morning. they found the woman dead inside her home. our media partner the east bay times says a man was detained as he was trying to leave the house. the cannabis business already booming in the bay area. recreational pot is legal in california as of yesterday. katie marzullo has the story now from santa cruz. >> it looks like gold. >> reporter: sara tripp was a medical marijuana patient until now. she said legally buying pot without a prescription is better. >> i think that it changes because it's more open. i hope that it's easier for people to discuss that it's not

something that's as at thas tab >> reporter: kind people's called january 1st the end of prohibition. >> 6:00 a.m. this morning folks lining up from as far away as florida, finland, new york. >> reporter: the line averaged 30 to 50 people all day long, giving the owner a good idea about what the future holds for his budding business. >> i think we will see at least a twofold increase in the adult use market as consumers now have the ability to come into the store without going to a doctor. >> reporter: marijuana is legal but it's not a total free-for-all. customers can only buy one ounce of flower or 8 grams of concentrate a day. >> with these scissors i dub thee free. >> reporter: harbor side in oakland sold its first gram of product at 6:00 a.m. claiming to be the first recreational sale in the state. in san jose buddy's customers could barely contain themselves. >> i'm 56 years old and i really never thought this day would

actually happen. >> reporter: recreational marijuana is subject to a state excise tax of 15% combined with city and sales taxes customers are paying more than 30% in taxes at the register. in santa cruz, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >> state lawmakers will face a growing sexual misconduct candle when they reconvene tomorrow. it will bring gates to increase protections against victims and people who report sexual misconduct. to assemblymen from southern california have resigned after women accused this have of groping and other misconduct. also allegations against another assemblyman and state senator. all four have denied the accusations. a new year means new laws. one allows schools to donate uneaton fruit, milk cartons to other food banks. in the past schools were not allowed to do anything with it other than tost it away in the garba garbage. another law requires schools to provide lunch to students even

if their parents fall behinded on paying. >> i understand that we are all strapped for resources in our school districts, but at the end of the day we can't penalize people for not being able to afford to eat. >> before this some schools had served students a snack in lieu of lunch if their parents were behind on payments. san francisco unified has always provided lunch whether or not the parents have fallen behind. there is can earn this morning over privacy issues related to google's street view technology. stanford researchers are able to make predictions about how people vote based on millions of images captured with street view. those images collected information like car makes and models and 39,000 voting districts. the data was cross-referenced with information from the census bureau which helped researchers accurately predict voting patterns. experts say this image-based project could help fill gaps in current data. let's talk temperatures. it's pretty mild outside this

morning thanks to the cloud cover. we are anywhere from 41 in walnut vehicle to blackhawk at 47. there is some mild air out there. in fact, it's 50 right now in san carlos and pacifica, san francisco 53. we're pretty close to 50 in los gatos and san jose. vallejo 52, 41 santa rosa and 44 in oakland. coastal flood warning continues because of the king tides up around 7 feet. all these areas in that lime green if you are near the bay shore up until 1:00 there could be some areas you are used to walking on or driving on that are covered by water. here is a look at what's going on with my activity planner, once you get out into the bay it looks nice. light breeze and a shop. watch the air if you're exercising because of the spare the air and pleasant

temperatures today. the chances of rain are greatest with our first system wednesday and thursday, they taper friday, then again sunday. more on that next. let's see if we've got a light commute to start the new year. sue? >> take a live look at walnut creek, taillights southbound 680 past main on the way to 24, you are looking at an eight minute drive from concord pleasant hill on to highway 24. from 24 to oakland and the caldecott tunnel about an eight-minute drive there as well. take a look out of the central valley, a little red there, that's our typical morning commute but usually not as bad as we've seen. today is a spare the air day so you might want to consider mass transit. bart is running on time, no delays on muni on their rail or buses and ace train number 1 did leave stockton on time. after the break, the way the miss america organization is now making history. and an update from carrie underwood about a recent fall. the reason she's telling her fans that she may look different the next time they see her.

coming our way. let's focus in on the first one with our exclusive storm impact scale. it's a one, it's light because it's not going to be widespread, it's going to be light to moderate showers, but the chance of thunderstorms meaning we could have local heavy rain and maybe gusty breezes and small hail. right now rainfall estimates

about a third to possibly three-quarte three-quarters. i will have an hour by hour look at that coming up next. new york city set to repeal a plan to put up new barriers to prevent terror attacks with vehicles. the most recent was in october when a man drove a truck down a bicycle path near the world trade center killing eight people. the suspect left a note pledging support to isis. vehicles have been used more frequently in attacks, most notably in london, nice, france, and barcelona. there is new movement against sexual harassment. >> prominent actresses are form ago group called times up. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look reese witherspoon, mick oel kid man and jennifer lawrence joining forces with behind the scenes "power players" like shonda rhimes all in an effort to fight sexual misconduct in tinsel town. calling itself times up taking out a full page ad in newspapers

across the country including "the new york times" writing now unlike ever before our access to the media and to the important decision-makers has the potential of leading to right accountability and consequences. ashley judd a member of times up tells diane sawyer of his experience with harvey wine tine. >> it's abject terror. >> we will have two men coming up live at 7:00 a.m. i'm kendis gibson, abc news, new york. the resignation of minnesota senator al franken becomes effective today sending the state's lieutenant government to the upper house of congress. franken resigned december 7th in the face of more than a half a dozen women accusing him of sexual misconduct. he had been in the senate since 2009 when he beat his republican challenger by slightly more than 300 votes. minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will be worn? today.

former fox news anchor gretchen karlsson is getting ready for a new role. she will lead the miss america board of directors after a scandal about former winners prompted several pageant officials to resign. this is the first time a former pageant winner has been named as head of the organization. karlsson was crowned in 1989. she has become a prominent voice against workplace sexual harassment. her lawsuit against roger australia led to his departure in 2016. new details about a nasty fall carrie underwood took. she's warning fans she might look a bit different. in a blog post underwood says that fall in november outside her home required her to get 40 to 50 stitches in her face. she says she is grateful it wasn't much, much worse. after the incident underwood's publicist said she had multiple injuries including a broken wrist and cuts. south korea welcoming talks with north korea about its participation in the upcoming winter olympics. in a new year's speech kim

jong-un says that he is willing to send a delegation to the games next month in south korea. the north korean leader declared hope for a peaceful resolution with our southern border. south korean officials are proposing a meeting next week. it would be the first high level talks between the two countries since december of 2015. basically don't fly east. nothing really bad happened, it's just super cold. more than 200 million americans are feeling the effects of extreme temperatures, it's taking over much of the east coast and as stephanie a ramos tells us it's not warming up anytime soon. >> reporter: so far 2018 is off to a bitterly cold start across much of the country with record setting low temperatures and dangerous winds. the high temperature in chicago on new year's day, just in new york city, 9 degrees at midnight for the ball drop. the cold temperatures relentless. from frozen fountains to several spinouts or icy roads. watch as this emergency

personnel worker almost gets hit by a car as he slips on the ice. >> you are afraid to stop somebody that hits you, afraid to keep going. >> reporter: so many people layering up to battle the cold temperatures that are feeling more like below zero from the midwest to the northeast. the deep freeze is expanding into the deep south and another arctic blast is expected to hit the midwest to the northeast later this week. today some kids are getting an extended rihn ter break, a few schools in new england and other parts of the country are either wansling school or starting a little later because of the extreme cold temperatures. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. definitely grateful for our weather on new year's eve when we were looking at new york and all the people shivering away in times square. >> on twitter florida was trying to take all the credit for being warm and we were like, not so fast. it's not too bad out here, either. we got lucky. let me show you the current temperatures. this does not factor in the winds. it's down to freezing in new

orleans at 25, look at that, minneapolis, 10 below. it's 0 in st. louis. even 13 in atlanta, those people are freaking out. here is a look at what's going on back here at home. in walnut creek where it's 45 degrees right now, mostly cloudy, mild, highs remain, but so does that little -- that logo just won't go away, that's the winter spare the air logo, the summer one you may recall is blue. tonight thicker clouds, a few light showers out ahead of at least our first of two storms, that's coming through our extended forecast. highs today about 63 to 66 degrees, even with the lack of sunshine out there. places like ukiah and santa rosa may hit the upper 60s. tonight a mild night. low to mid 40s in the north bay, mid to upper 40s for the rest of us, even a 50 in san francisco. here is our storm, the pattern is changing, the moisture coming up from the south, right now it's up too high in the atmosphere and will evaporate before it reaches the ground. you may see an active radar on

our app, it's really not going to start reaching the ground until tomorrow morning. you can see scattered showers during the morning commute and more scattered showers as we head through the evening commute. that's when we will have a better chance of thunderstorms. that chance will taper during the overnight hours and stay off the coast and up into the north bay. and then we will get another wave thursday night into friday. we will also mark that a one on our storm impact scale. once it passes it looks like it's going to be dry right now for saturday, sunday, monday with temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. let's see what sue is watching this morning. we're headed to a couple of the bridges. take a live look, this is the richmond san rafael bridge, a couple calls coming through the toll plaza there. the right-hand side of your screen would be the fast tracker, the left-hand side of your screen is the cash paying folks. they're moving all at the limit. to the san matteo bridge, everybody is doing just fine. a little bit busier here with your westbound commute getting under way with a 15 to 17 minute drive from 880 in hayward across

the flat section up the high-rise and over towards foster city looking as a pretty good drive this morning. overall green is good, we have our regular commuters out of the central valley for about a 25 minute drive, tracy, westbound 580 up and into dublin pleasanton. on to health news now. the opioid epidemic has the justice department implementing an aggressive new approach that cracks down on doctors. the strategy is to go after md's that overprescribe. the doj's opioid fraud and abuse detection unit is trying to stop overprescribing doctors by combing through data. like how how often they prescribe the drugs and if any patients die after the prescription right ide filled. one mom is celebrating a rare occurrence. >> twins born in two different years, one baby in 2017, the other in 2018.

maria was originally due january 27th but at 11:58 p.m. joaquin was born near bakersfield, his twin sister was slightly breached, had to be delivered via c section and took a little longer so she was born at 12:16 a.m. on new year's day. >> i feel happy because i just had my two babies. >> and here is the photo of the staff who helped deliver the twins at dlan know hospital. joaquin was the last baby born in kern county and her sister was the first. o cf1 o >> looks like mom is so tired. >> she is sea tired. give her a moment. can you not interview her the day after. give her a second. >> she's just like do we have to do this photo shoot now. next the seven things you need to know as you start your day. >> could chocolate go extinct. the reason we may have to say bye-bye to our favorite. the reason a lawsuit may change voting in the city.

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5:25. here are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, this breaking news in santa clara, firefighters have finally knocked down a big fire at a cardboard factory. they will be putting out hot spots for several more hours. number two, new year and a new pattern is emerging, but we have to wait until tomorrow. from tomorrow morning through thursday morning anywhere from a tenth to about two-thirds of an inch of rain and another storm on the way after that. number three, the chp expected to announce the charges for the man accused of killing an officer on christmas eve in hayward. officer andrew camilleri died after a suspected impaired driver hit his patrol car. number four, two people in the east bay suffered gunshot wounds during new year's eve celeb lagss, a san leandro woman was grazed after this toast, an oakland man was struck in the arm. police are searching for the suspects. number five, a two hour

computer system outage caused backups and headaches for international travelers across the country. federal officials say the outage was not deliberately caused. number six, we are looking at light conditions headed back this tuesday morning. if you are headed to work bay bridge toll plaza we just have a little bit of a delay in that right hand cash paying lanes, otherwise no metering lights yet and traffic is flowing nicely into san francisco. number seven, are you feeling lucky? no one won friday's mega millions drawing, tonight's drawing is worth an estimated $343 million. chock co who will licks, hope that you are sitting down right now. >> everything is bad. why are we changing this -- we may be in for a global chocolate short annual. the sweet treat could vanish from this planet as early as 2050. some of the biggest producing countries like africa's ivory coast, the revelation has led

scientists to start working with the mars company to try to save the cacao plant from disappearing. >> everyone is trying to raise their game so that they can be suppliers to the higher quality chocolate makers. >> we have peru, ecuador, bolivia, brazil. bali we have beans, fiji we have beans. >> uc berkeley is working with mars to try to develop more resistant cocoa beans. >> it's the only thing we have left. can we please keep chocolate on the planet? coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including a live report on that massive fire. and why it will not be a happy new year for retailers across the country.

let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. coming up at 5:30 on this tuesday, january 2nd. we are all here. jessica and alexis are not. but we wish them a happy 2018. >> you, too. it's going to be a better start to the year. we're seeing a changing pattern coming up, but still dry today. >> still dry today but this one had the stat of the day. >> 90% of the country is at freezing or below. isn't that insane? >> be thankful. >> california is the best. >> she asked me. yeah, that's exactly right. us, florida and maybe arizona about the only ones. >> let's take a look at our temperatures before we get you out the door and a look at live doppler 7. that next storm starting to roll in with the increasing grayness there and even radar returns at about 15,000 feet. that's going to be the case today but that's not going to reach the ground. if you are using our app and i do encourage it over the next several days with that storm coming in, just know that it may show green from time to time. the air is too dry underneath.

43 to 50 at 7:00. as we go through your accuweather 12 hour planner, low to mid 60s with mainly cloudy conditions from noon to 4:00, mid to upper 50s, if you are heading out during the evening hours. let's turn it back over to sue. just stare at this long line of traffic, very mesmerizing, it's moving along, better than a glacial pace. it is moving at the limit. this is 80 past the golden gate fields and on into the berkeley curve. not bad at all. still no metering lights yet at the bay bridge toll plaza. overall green is great. still getting a little bit of red which is our typical slowing out of the central valley for about a 25 minute ride into dublin pleasanton. still not bad at all. back to our breaking news in santa clara. a massive fire at a cardboard factory. >> firefighters continue to put water on hot spots there. matt keller is live on the scene for us. matt? >> reporter: good morning. interesting developments out

here in santa clara. about a half hour ago firefighters stopped putting water on the cardboard piles outside of this manufacturing plant, but probably in the last 15 minutes or so they started up again. they were evaluating what to do when they stopped the water streams, but apparently they found something that they didn't like and now they're putting a lot of water on it. we're counting six streams out here on matthews street on that cardboard. there are also liquid propane tanks they're keeping an eye on. they're putting water on those just to be extra safe as well. here is new video that was tweeted out by the santa clara fire department. it shows the huge flames firefighters encountered when they arrived on the scene around 10:00 a.m. this is the california paper board corporation by manufacturing cardboard on matthews street. all the employees are okay. it's burning in the stacks of cardboard on the storage area on the outside of the building. it could have been a lot worse. >> well, the stacks themselves are the normal height, they are about 15 feet, it's four foot

stacks, that's as high as they go, but the amount that was accumulated in the yard was about a third of the normal amount based on the holiday weekend and not normal operations as far as what they're used to. >> reporter: four to five poles of high voltage lines were hit. eventually the power was shut off here. once firefighters are done with the water the hard work will begin. firefighters will have to take those piles of cardboard apart, make sure nothing is smoldering inside and that could take several hours today. a newly refurbished history streetcar derailed after colliding with a truck in san francisco. this happened at third and mission bay boulevard around 8:30 last night. muni says the truck made a turn in front of the streetcar and you can see what happened, that truck ended up on its side. no one got hurt. the chp expected to announce the charges for the man accused of killing an officer on christmas eve in hayward. a suspected impaired driver hit

and killed officer andrew camilleri while he was sitting in his patrol car on 880. camilleri's partner was also hurt. the suspect's name was not been released. he is still in the hospital and will be booked once he is released. developing news out of the east bay, two suspects on the run after police say they robbed a pleasant hill gas station. this happened last night between 6:40 and 7:10 at the mobile gas station on oak park boulevard. surveillance cameras captured these images of the suspects. police say they both had handguns in their waist bands. they got away with some cash, cigarettes and food. a truck driver making deliveries lost control on a busy san francisco street hitting two pedestrians and a car with a family inside. this accident shut down 21st avenue and geary boulevard for several hours yesterday evening. the family of five inside the car had minor injuries. two pedestrians on the sidewalk, though, were hurt. a 79-year-old man underwent surgery for internal bleeding. he is in critical condition. a 66-year-old man is recovering

from a broken rib and a punctured lung. >> as soon as i looked back and saw that my kids were okay, they weren't dead, like i -- i ran -- i got them out of the car and then i ran over to see the guy that got hit because he flung about 10 to 15 feet. >> police say the truck driver tried to make the turn on a red light. he has been detained. it's unclear fell be facing any charges. police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a woman crossing 98th avenue in east oakland. this scent happened at 5:00 a.m. yesterday morning near sunnyside street and the car kept driving, leaving the scene of the accident. the pedestrian has not been publicly identified. police closed the intersection for eight hours to conduct the investigation. north bay fire victims are being victimized again and this time it's by fraud. some property owners in mendocino county say they've received fraudulent bills from what it says is a state sponsored fire debris removal program. authorities say if you get one of those bills, don't pay it and notify the da's office right away. this is all a scam.

no reports of the fraudulent activity in sonoma county. fire victims there should still be on alert. in developing news with recreational cannabis legal in california customers may not have to go to a dispensary, they could get their weed delivered right to their front door. the proper rx collective in oakland delivers medical marijuana to customers and it wants to expand to regular users. proper rx was formed to serve patients who are marginalized with unequal access to medical marijuana. >> people don't have cars, some people are not mobile, some people aren't able physically able, so having a delivery service that is able to come straight to their door is really beneficial. >> the company still needs to get all the proper permits in order to legally deliver recreational pot. if proper rx gets the green light there will be a one ounce limit per customer per day. concord city council members will discuss the possibility of implementing district based elections. >> it is in response to a threat

from a malibu based attorney. according to the east bay times he sent letters to cities demanding they conform to the california voting rights act or face a lawsuit. the attorney claims at large voting systems are discriminatory and prohibit protected classes like latinos from influencing the outcome of an election. fremont and martinez received similar letters. martinez began transitioning to district based elections earlier this month. small businesses in san francisco hurt by the central subway's year long construction delay are getting much needed help. abc 7 news was in chinatown yesterday where the first checks went out from a compensation fund set up under late mayor ed lee. the san francisco examiner reports 15 businesses received more than $82,000. merchants along union square and fourth street will also be compensated. the central subway will run from chinatown through south of market and is expected to open next year. let's open the weather window on 280/17 in san jose. looks like a gorgeous morning for you quite out there.

right now all of our air quality is moderate but there is a potential for it to become poor, especially in our inland east bay neighborhoods and also down in the south bay. we are under our 18th winter spare the air alert. wood burning ban all the way up until midnight. temperatures right now mid to upper 40s, about half of the east bay, you can see san leandro, alameda 50, richmond at about 52 degrees, oakland one of the cool sports at 44, 49 at saj. same temperature at pacifica. 48 in san carlos. here is a look at walnut creek this morning. dry for now on the roads, mass transit cool this morning, but not too chilly and mild this afternoon. if you are going to be out on the bay we have the flooding due to king tides and thought all the way up until about 1:00 this afternoon. let's take a look at the east bay. starting off 47 at 8:00, by 10:00 we are at 54, we are going

to get to near 60 by 4:00, but back in the mid 50s from 6:00 to 8:00. north bay we will start off at 42, near 60 at noon, mid 60s by 4:00. everybody has been talking about it. it's almost here, it's knocking on the door and we are going to let it in wednesday and thursday and another storm possible after that. more on those chances of rain coming up. how about your chance of a night commute through the north bay. pretty good right now. we've got those taillights headed southbound on 101. if your travels take you from novato through san rafael into southern marin you are looking at a 20 minute ride straight shot over the waldo grade and across the golden gate bridge. it is fog free and accident free this morning. taking a look at our traffic maps we do have some red which means slowing up and over the altamonte pass, that's a typical morning commute time. we will look to mass transit for you as well, if you are headed out right now it is a spare the air day, so bart, by the way,

bart will have a lip bill the of a fare increase today, heads up with that, right now 48 trains on time. muni and ace trains out of the central valley a great way to go. happening today the parking lot at the hillsdale cal trains tation in san matteo will shut down, this is part of a construction project to elevate the tracks and put a new station in by next year. there are temporary lots by east 28th avenue and east 31st avenue. that's off south delaware street. >> sfo, jfk, hartsfield jackson and many more. coming up, the outage that caused long lines at airports nationwide. the reason there is a good chance apple could buy netflix and what that to mean for apple users.

we're talking snow or the lack thereof. 9% of the yearly average. not a big deal, that means you have plenty of months to make it up. 27% of today's average, yeah, that gives you an idea just how dry the winter has been so far. a lot of cloud cover across the state today, 70s and 80s in so cal, 60s for the rest of us, 50s in the mountains. that's not exactly what you want this time of the year. here is a quick look at my seven-day forecast. things do change for tahoe. showers late tomorrow night, light wintry showers thursday and friday and light snow for saturday and sunday. not a lot, but we will take what

we can get. i will be back in just about seven minutes with a look at our next storm hour by hour. here is reggie with more news. happening today, the man accused of making a prank call that led to an innocent man's death in cast could make his first court appearance. police say 25-year-old tyler barris called 911, describing a hostage situation at a home in wichita on thursday night. police fatally shot a man who came out of that home. investigators say barris was squatting, that's when someone reports a hoax emergency that prompts a large police response. some more details are eme e emerging in the deadly plane crash in costa rica. berkeley based back roads organized the tour group on the plane. investigators say strong winds or mechanical problems likely caused this plane to go down on sunday in guanacaste. it's about 130 miles northwest of the capital of san jose. ten americans and two crew

members died. to nine of the dead are members of two families. brews and irene steinberg and their three sons. also killed mitchell and leslie weiss of tampa, florida and their son and daughter. >> you never want it to happen to somebody that you know and they were a good, good family. >> the tenth american was 33-year-old amanda geissler, a travel guide from wisconsin. the crash took the lives of the costa ricaen pilot and so pilot. >> angry, tired, frustrated some of the feelings a lot of the international passengers were going through yesterday when the passport system was out for two hours across the nation. niece are photos from hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta. the blue passport kiosks are empty. border protection agents had to use backup procedures to process the passports and that took up to four hours. >> none of the passport machines worked. we all had to stand in line for

hour hours. >> frustrated. >> worst airport ever. terrible. tsa, a joke. >> wow. >> they are not holding back. these are pictures from lax. sfo was also affected. federal officials said the outage did not appear to be malicious in nature. commercial aviation reached a milestone in 2017. considered the safest year in the history of modern jet aircraft. there was not a single death because of a jet crash anywhere in the world. that's according to the flight safety foundation which tracks airline incidents. the report excluded crashes of military cargo or single engine aircraft. 2018 expected to be a tough year for retailers with a slue of store closings already expected. business insider reports that more than 12,000 stores are expected to shutter nationwide this year up from roughly 9,000 last year according to cushman and wakefield. last year was a record year for store closings and retail

bankruptcies. sears, jcpenney and macy's closed stores. some retailers have expansion plans, t.j. maxx and ross. do you know what is doing well, tech. a mega merger could be brewing in silicon valley. apple could buy netflix. that deal would be made possible because of president trump's tax cut which would allow apple to bring about $220 billion back into the u.s. from overseas without a major tax hit. apple has tried for years to get into tv and movies and analysts say buying netflix would be a accept in that process. now to some really scary video about what a lot of americans are dealing with this morning, icy roads. take a look at your screen. that's an officer in hearst, texas, you can see him walking carefully on slippery payment and he falls here and then that car loses control and comes so close to hitting him. you can even see him as we play this again the officer move his arm to keep it from being run over. that officer was okay, no serious injuries and thank

goodness. >> that was way too close to call. it is way too cold in all of the country except for here, mike nicco. >> exactly. us and florida, we are basking in the 40s and 50s in morning while everybody else is sub 32 degrees if not even colder. i like our winter weather so far even though it's been a little dry. here is a look from pier 15. beautiful picture of the embarcadero center there. my accuweather highlights, limited sunshine as the clouds increase, poor air quality. sprinkles and mild overnight and several weak storms ahead in the forecast. for today temperatures, look at this, 63 to 66 and this i with hardly any sunshine, but we will have a light breeze coming out of the south that will bring us some warm weather. temperatures in the 70s and 80s in so cal today. 50 in san francisco, the rest of us in the mid to upper 40s tonight, a few low 40s in our deepest valleys of north bay. here is that low, you can see the clockwise/counterclockwise nature, see how it's bringing up

this milder air. most of the cloud cover at about 15,000 feet. we have to wait for the deeper moisture to get in tonight and tomorrow and bring us that chance of showers and thunderstorms. it's a 1 on the scale even though you throw thunderstorms in here because the rainfall amounts will be light, the winds will be light and there's just not expecting a lot of damage from this, no flooding whatsoever. now, you could have some moderate to heavy intensity rains that won't last very long out of these storms tomorrow through thursday morning. during the commute tomorrow you can see showers develop by 9:00 and just scattered showers throughout the day, even though a clap of thunder and small hail possible. as we head towards thursday morning you can see the best chance of showers starts to move into the north bay. thursday night into friday another storm is coming in, but it's also going to be light on the storm impact scale and right now i'm keeping the weekend dry but that could change as signs are starting to show some rain for sunday. hi, sue. good morning. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza.

we have the metering lights that were turned on at 5:35 this morning stacking things up in the center fast track lanes, but the cash lanes are moving right on through as are the commuters in the hov lanes there headed into san francisco. so those delays will start to build at the bay bridge toll plaza. right now you are looking at about a 30 minute or so drive from hercules along the east shore freeway all the way into san francisco. we've got some red sensors coming out of livermore and -- pardon me, i should say out of the central valley into livermore. drive times, a little bit of a delay at the bay bridge because the metering lights have been turned on. once you get to san francisco still a breeze headed towards sfo, that is your destination from san francisco under ten minutes. apparently google street view is revealing a lot more about us than we originally thought. next at 6:00 what stanford researchers are finding out. if weaning yourself off your phone is your new year's resolution, stick around, we have some tips that could set you up for success.

plus we will introduce you to the first baby born in the bay area in 2018.

notice some sprinkler systems going off over the break, you can probably turn them off now. we're going to get at least a tenth to a third of an inch out of the first storm that comes in wednesday morning through thursday morning. we have another storm that's going to make some commutes wet thursday night into friday. i will have an hour by hour look coming up. this is a sight, forget fireworks how about ringing in the new year with these frozen bubbles. this is new york yesterday where it was so cold at 13 degrees

this girl's bubble froze right on the wand. this is also in michigan, 12 degrees there and the bubble explodes into shards because that is just how cold the air is. >> when you have to come up with these experiments because it's so cold, it's sad. with the start of the new year you might want to be on a digital detox. some people have become so attached to their phones that they are putting them down for a moment. there are actually some apps to help you through this tough task including timed blackouts that lock you out of all of your apps except for texting and calling. here are some tips to break the habit. turn off notifications. don't respond to work e-mails when you are at home. unfollow or unfriend toxic people and posts. create rooms in your home that are tech free. and go for a walk without your phone. sue, these are easier to say than they are so follow. >> i hear you. i doing for walks without my

phone from time to time and as soon as i get home i have to check it. yeah, that's okay, we sometimes head to areas that are out of phone service so that's good, too. we have a nice flow of traffic across the san matteo bridge. it's getting a little busier for a 20 minute drive across the flat section up towards the high-rise and over towards foster city if that is your ultimate goal, foster city or san matteo from hayward it's looking pretty good. elsewhere we will take an overall look at your traffic maps, still with slowing, that's typical up and over the altamonte pass. no stalls or stents, it's pretty quiet. weather wise it is also, but that's going to change quickly. tomorrow and with a second storm so the first storm starts ending thursday around noon, as you can see that rain across the north bay. we will look to the west and that next storm starts coming in during the evening commute thursday. we could have moderate intensity showers during the overnight hours and into friday morning and a lot of snow hopefully heading to the sierra.

i got my fingers crossed for that. now some incredible video showing the rescue of a badly hurt mountain biker from over the weekend. the biker fell and suffered several broken bones and a head injury outside of walnut creek. this happened saturday. the contra costa sheriff's office helicopter called to airlift the victim from a remote trail to a waiting ambulance about a half mile away. a fire captain and flight rescue technician helped guide the injured biker from the trail to the ambulance where he was taken to the hospital. nothing fun about a labor lasting 48 hours but it certainly came with a big reward for a san francisco couple. here is why, an adorable bundle of joy was the first area baby born in 2018. just two minutes after midnight at ucsf medical center. his due date was december 31st but it wasn't easy. samantha powell's contractions started on saturday. doctors and nurses put on new year's hats to finally welcome in the baby.

>> there was everybody here, everyone came in at the end and was wearing hats and so excited and very fun and personable. just made it really great. >> they both look great and the baby will likely be very used to hospitals because his father, martin, is a cardiology fellow at ucsf and his mom is a psychiatrist at cpmc. >> she just looks like she's doing so great shoo she's together. >> after 48 hours of labor. good for you. >> mentally very strong. new at 6:00, if you received an unwanted gift card as a present, you will want to hear the best ways to cash in. also it's the new age cold rush, how much the state is cashing in on the legalization of cannabis. carrie underwood

good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. good morning, coming up on 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday, january 2nd. a lot of you returning to work today, so welcome back. >> we will ease you into it. it's all going to be great, a

great start to the new year. jessica off today, alexis off, sue hall in, great to see you, and mike nicco bringing us changes to come but dry today. >> i wanted to show you some other places in the country that would be a little more jarring, getting up this morning, look at those temperatures. we are the 10%, i love the stat sue came up with, she goes are we really the only ones that aren't freezing? yeah, there's us and oregon and florida. that's it. you can see a few radar returns today, but that's going to evaporate before it reaches the ground. here is a look at my 12 hour planner, mild this morning, mid 40s to low 50s, temperatures near 60 at noon, low to mid 60s at 4:00 and mid to upper 50s at 7:00. dry all day today, but tonight is when our system comes in. it's getting busier if your commute takes you to the bay bridge. we have metering lights on at 5:35 this morning. your delays are starting to build a little bit from