>> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. this is "abc 7 mornings." good morning, everyone, i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, cornell, good morning to you, happy new year. hi, everyone. we're starting out with showers south of san jose. most of you are dry. you can see around gilroy, castroville and highway 5 around the central coast, looking at some wet weather. highway 101, san martin, still some wet weather. you see that white, unfortunately temperatures in the upper 30s in the sierra nevada, raining at the truckee and tahoe airport.

visibility four miles at the coast, downright danger us in petaluma with zero mile visibility. 51 in fremont and oakland this morning. we're from 12 to 16 degrees colder in the north bay. grab the jacket if you're heading out the door, there's a leftover shower if you're far south of the valley. upper 50s in inland valleys. we'll talk about the next significant chance of rain in the next few days. a fake 911 call, a practice known as swatting, that had deadly consequences in the midwest recently, terrified an east bay family a week ago when a s.w.a.t. team descended on their home. hercules police are investigating the 911 call. we're also learning about a different incident in castro valley. abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more. >> as soon as i got to the front door, i could see all the spotlights shining onto me. >> reporter: a swarm of police officers, weapons drawn, filled

this quiet herculs street surrounding an unsuspecting family. a mother, father, two kids, and grandparents, walked out of their home with their hands up on police command. >> my son just kept asking, why are there guns pointed in my face, why is my daddy arrested, what's going on? >> reporter: days after christmas, a caller made a fake 911 call targeting their address. >> indicating there was somebody in his house. he said he had heard shots and his mother screaming and that he was hiding in his bedroom. >> reporter: the young father went outside in his bathrobe. police told him to open it. >> i was like, hell, no, i'm not reaching for anything. >> reporter: the family says hercules police traced the call to a cellphone with a 213 area code, that's southern california. hercules police tell us this is an open investigation. the hoax call, known as swatting, also happened in kansas the next day. there police shot and killed an

unarmed man as he moved his hand to his waistband. similar scenario, but a different ending. >> why were we targeted? this is a sick prank. >> reporter: police are looking into the possibility the cases are connected. a southern california man was arrested in the kansas incident. in hercules, katie utehs, abc 7 news. we're also hearing of a similar incident in castro valley. investigators are blaming a dispute over videogames for a fake 911 call. the alameda county sheriff's department says a caller reported a hostage situation at a home on grove way just before 9:00 thursday night. the person demanded a ransom be paid or the hostages would be killed. investigators quickly determined it was a swatting call. they say this is the second call at the same address since last may. we're just hours away from the beginning of recreational pot sales in san francisco. on friday, seven dispensaries were given the go-ahead to sell

recreational pot. here is abc 7 news reporter lonni rivera. >> reporter: it's a monumental day for harvest on geary dispensary in san francisco. >> we just received an e-mail about an hour and a half ago from the state of california authorizing us to sell adult use cannabis. >> reporter: the sale of recreational marijuana became legal on january 1st. san francisco had to wait until now because the city didn't iron out its regulations in time. >> we get to serve a much larger audience. >> reporter: grassroots on post street also got its permits. these dispense rharies on missi had temporary signs up. dispensaries like this are waiting for word from officials. they're expecting a mad rush this weekend. some customers with medical marijuana cards support for access for adults. >> what the state has done, which i do appreciate, is it's kind of de-escalated all those fears. >> we have to pay a higher tax

now, which is fine, i support paying taxes as well. >> reporter: harvest will open by 9:00 a.m. in san francisco, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. earlier this week u.s. attorney general jeff sessions said he would get rid of obama-era policies not to interfere with states' marijuana laws. "the sacramento bee" reported on friday a southern california lawmaker proposed a law that would make california a so-called sanctuary state to protect users against federal investigations. the nation's largest food service company has stopped using romaine lettuce after a breakout. canada found 58 cases of e. coli in the u.s. and canada, including two deaths. most of the patients reported eating romaine lettuce beforehand. compass group, which supplies food to hospitals and school cafeterias, told its distributors to use other leafy greens. san francisco health officials suggest staying away from any uncooked food linked to e. coli.

>> cook it. if you know it's contaminated with something, cook it, it will kill all the otherwise i would avoid it until we know what's going on. >> we talked to several restaurants who locally source their legal us lettuce. they believe it is safe to eat. changes could be under way for california's alert system following the north bay firestorm. legislators are proposing allowing every county to adopt up to date wireless emergency system, and updating how the system is used and how alerts are sent out. the fire destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 40 people. acting san francisco mayor london breed was asked whether she plans on entering the mayor's race. she had this answer. >> i've been inspired and i've decided that after careful consideration and just taking all of the things that i've been

thinking about over the years and the work that i've done in the city, that yes, i'm going to do it, i'm going to run for mayor. >> a total of 24 candidates have filed paperwork to run for the open seat, including former san francisco board of supervisors president angela alioto. the deadline to file to run is tuesday. a special election will be held on june 5th. happy new year to lisa, i haven't seen you in forever. a little bit of rain passing through. >> that's right, we're in a break, we're going to enjoy a dry weekend before things really change early next week. a live look outside from our exploratorium camera. 52 degrees here in the city. we're in the mid-50s in the south bay, but just 40 in the north bay. so showers and moist air lingering in the south bay. and we're getting set for a pretty nice couple of days before we see the strongest system of the year head our way.

>> awesome, thanks, lisa. not so much back east, also ahead, the arctic air not letting up there. you see strangers band together to help others. and big jackpots mean big dreams. somebody here in the bay area is at least a

unlike ordinary toothpaste, colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums. giving you the confidence of a healthier mouth. colgate total. be totally ready for life. the man found not guilty in the case of kate extently was sentenced on his own gun sentence conviction. he was sentenced to three years but will get credit for time served. as abc 7 news'. >> reporter: jose ines garcia zarate served beyond three years. >> he's actually spent around 400 days longer than the maximum

sentence. >> reporter: technically he should have been released. instead he was turned over to the u.s. marshal. garcia zarate was recently indicted by a grand jury for violating state immigration and gun laws for possessing the gun used to shoot steinle. >> this is a vindictive prosecution. >> reporter: his attorneys tried to delay this action and had requested a new trial. >> and essentially he was convicted for potissession of a weapon based on the brief and momentary holding of a gun and throwing it into the water after it accidental discharged. >> reporter: it will now be up to civil rights attorneys to argue that in federal court. >> we can bring a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. >> reporter: garcia zarate was found not guilty of murdering 32-year-old steinle has she was walking along pier 14 on july 1st, 2015. the jury agreed with the defense which argued that a single shot

killed steinle after the bullet ricochetted off the ground, traveling 78 feet before striking her in the back. >> we treated this case as we would have any other similar case. we're comfortable that the system worked the way it was meant to even though we're disappointed with the outcome. >> reporter: in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> zarate is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court monday morning at 9:30. the owner and founder of coffee roaster is being sued for he was accused of sexually sexually assaulting multiple women and creating a toxic workplace culture. the store has explicit sexual references on items such as coffee mugs.

former linebacker ackman brooks will not have to register as a sex offender after prosecutors agreed to a plea deal under which brooks only needs to perform 100 hours of community service and pay re restitution to the victim. according to the "mercury news," the district attorney's office said there were legal and factual challenges to the case. someone from florida is $450,000 richer. while there were no jackpot winners in california, somebody in daly city matched five of the six numbers. the semi winning ticket was sold. one employee told us people were buying tickets by the bucket load. >> people were buying $40 worth and higher, just lottery tickets.

i've never seen anybody spend that much on tickets. >> in fact, a ticket feeding frenzy took place all across the bay ea. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has that. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's modern a slip of paper. it's a glimmer of hope. >> it's amazing. even if you don't win, to dream about winning, it's a positive attitude. >> reporter: roy domingo bought his tickets in santa clara, at a store with a winning history. >> it's about melmost a billions if you win both. amazing. >> reporter: massive back to back jackpots. >> it would be nice to win it. >> reporter: this store is san jose is also lucky. customers like jesse sanchez were dreaming big, but practical. >> get my mom a housing. >> i tell my husband there's $5.3 million or whatever. i just want $1 million. >> reporter: first you've got to beat the odds. >> i do, i'm as deserving as the

next person. >> reporter: just remember this expert advice. >> whoever signs the back of the ticket is the individual that has to claim the ticket and the proceeds. >> reporter: the deream isn't over yet. the powerball drawing is saturday night. in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. the east coast is expecting record cold weather this weekend. the temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees below normal. a winter nor'easter already buried the region. in boston a bus became stuck in the slush. neighbors saw it, couldn't move, and they grabbed shovels to dig it free, then pushed it back to a more cleared-away part of the road. in new york, these ferries couldn't be pushed free, no way. they would not budge in the thick identification. overnight, temperatures were 3 degrees there. if you want to see low temperature, check this out. mt. washington in massachusetts, negative 85 degrees, including windchill. "the new york times" sent reporters there who said it was so cold, the air froze their e

eyelash eyelashes. >> reporter: medical schools chiselling out from a record breaking cold. crews were racing to clear roads. >> this entire street was all ice, kind of like this. >> reporter: in winthrop, after the storm surge inundated streets, they were rushing to get the water out of their basement. >> as you can see, there's lots of water pumping out. hopefully we get it all into the drains before tonight's high tides. >> why is that? >> because in high tide there's nowhere else for the water to go. >> if anyone wants to question global warning, see where the flood zones are, those zones didn't flood 30 years ago. >> reporter: in marsh field, a national guard vehicle bringing people to safety.

>> there was water coming in the back door. >> reporter: a front end loader retrieving a woman from this front porch. new york city, kids trudging back to school through the snow. >> more than a foot of snow falling here in parts of long island. take a look with our drone cam, there's so much snow. with these subzero windchills, it's not melting anytime soon. >> reporter: overnight, fire and ice in newark, new jersey, driven by high winds. >> that fire quickly spread to two buildings to the left of the original fire building and also across the street. >> reporter: at least two firefighters injured. the storm taking at least eight lives, including a 13-year-old girl, killed by carbon monoxide poisoning it is the apartment building in perth amboy. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. hi there, everyone. saturday morning, waking up to scattered light showers here in the south bay. still a good deal of moisture offshore. we're around highway 101, just

south of san jose. so from mt. hamilton, gilroy, hollister, picking up some wet weather. santa cruz, monterey. as we get closer, it will sit here for the next hour or so, getting into partly cloudy skies for your day. in the sierra nevada, boy, it's rain in the upper 30s from truckee to the tahoe valley airport. to get down to kirkwood where they have an higher base, they'e looking at a little bit of snow. still pretty moist in the south half of the bay. but the north half, we're in the low 40s, chilly in santa rosa. we're talking about some showers early, mainly south. partly cloudy skies. our next system is a level 2 on our storm impact scale. it comes in on monday and doesn't exit until late on saturday. a look at your 12-hour planner, about 8:00 we'll be in the 50s in our east bay valleys.

the sun will be out. 10:00, mid-50s. upper 50s by noontime. high temperatures in the low 60s for concord, dublin, pleasanton. then the numbers will begin to slide with partly cloudy skies. so we bring in our storm impact scale. level 2 headed our way on monday. with rain heavy at times, 1 to 2 inches most areas. 2 to 3 inches in the hills, north bay, santa cruz mountains. we're looking at wind gusts of 35 to 50 miles an hour along the coast and the upper elevations. we start our forecast animation at 2:00 in the morning monday morning. and as we go through your morning commute, boy, we've got the rain coming in steadily. and then by 2:00 in the afternoon, it's not letting up. by the evening commute, 7:00, still widespread rain. into your tuesday morning commute, we still have rain getting a little bit lighter in spots. by 1:00 on tuesday, scattered showers, still many showers around. and by the evening commute on tuesday, looks like things are clearing up. so preliminary rainfall estimates bringing in almost 2 inches of rain in san francisco.

about the same up in north bay. so you can see much of the bay area getting a big impact with this system. but these numbers will likely change. so make sure to check back with us. highs today underneath approximatio cloudy skies. the seven-day forecast, early showers in the south bay, then partly cloudy. a chance of showers late overnight on sunday. then, boy, monday, it's going to be a tough go getting to work all throughout the day. the evening commute. and then tuesday, the system will still be with us. it eventually winds down and looks like we're getting back into a dry pattern mid-week. download our accuweather app. you can track the rain and temperatures hour by hour. >> a little break before monday and tuesday, we certainly need the rain. >> boy, do we ever. >> lisa, thanks so much. ahead, a philadelphia father using a cheesesteak in a unique way.

it's winter sports time. see what they do for fun next "rig

if you're an animal lover, we have perfect bay area events for you. natasha zouves from "abc 7 mornings" has teamed up with our partners from hoodline. >> whether you're a dog person, a cat person, or a disney person, there's an event for you this weekend. that covers all of us. first is something i didn't even know is a thing. >> he's the boss and he knows it. >> wow. >> wow is not. it's not every day you get to walk a 17-pound house cat.

he's certainly a head turner. i find out walking a tabby who is strong of will is not like walking a dog. his owner is a real deal cat owner. he's one of the cats that gets dressed up for this event. >> bought a harness and said we're doing this. they just adapt within a couple of minutes. this is his chance to go outside. no risk of getting hit by a car or a run-in with a raccoon. >> when all else fails, you can build your upper body strength and let him hitch a ride. bring your cat and a leash to lake merritt this saturday. if dogs are more your style, check out this event in san francisco. sf doodles is all about sharing

this mix of golden retriever and poodle. if the line where the sky meets the sea calls you. ♪ the castro theater is holding a sing along on sunday at 1:30 p.m. see the movie with the lyrics right on the screen. disney is the parent company of abc 7. we've posted all the info on our website. natasha zouves, abc 7 news. a transit project more than 20 years in the making began its final phase. abc 7 news was in martines yesterday where city officials wielded golden shovels in a groundbreaking for a new pedestrian bridge to link the martines amtrak station with a new parking lot across the tracks. it's the last piece of a decades long transit hub project that has brought martines a new train station, parking lots and bus stops. >> from the amtrak station over

here to the parking lot is 110-foot steel bridge with an elevator going across the u.p. tracks right over here to the parking lot. >> the vice mayor tells abc 7 news that next on her list is bringing ferry service to the martines marina. a father has been measuring his son's growth using cheese steaks since 2015. it was a joke at first but became a tradition. dad put the tradition on hold fearing his son would hate cheese steaks for the rest of his life, you don't want to do that. still to come on "abc 7 mornings," some very scary moments for passengers on board two planes in canada. what sparked this fire and emergency ev vaevacuations.

sfx: stair creak sfx: clink sfx: deep breath sfx: grunt sfx: tinny headphone music

sfx: feet shuffling sfx: slice sfx: gasp sfx: inhale. exhale. sfx: lights scraping on roof sfx: metallic scrape sfx: grunt covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care.

let's get up and get going. this is "abc 7 mornings." good morning. we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather. here is meteorologist lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hi, cornell, good morning to you. we have some showers in the south bay, fog in the north bay, and temperatures are dropping quickly behind this system. where we have the rain, you'll unless that from hollister to salinas and santa cruz, this is where the numbers are in the 50s. the atmosphere is moist. we have more moisture being pulled in here from the system that is trying to push to the south. look at that line where the fog is, half mile visibility napa, 3/4 mile in santa rosa. no visibility at all in petaluma. three miles on the coast. numbers look like this. low 40s north bay. mid-50s south bay. 51 in fremont and livermore. and your 12-hour day planner shows numbers in the upper 40s

to low the 50s by 7:00. by 1:00 this afternoon, we're partly cloudy. low 60s north bay. about 57 fremont. as we go through the evening, once again with the cloud cover holding us in the 50s. so looking at a dry day, a dry weekend, our strongest storm of the season arrives on monday, cornell. >> thanks, lisa. an investigation under way this morning in canada after two planes collidd on the ground parking a fire and emergency evacuations of passengers. take a look, a sun wing airlines plane on the left clipped a west jet airlines plain in toronto, causing problems that and smoke pouring out of the sun wings jet. on the right you can see passengers being evacuated. sun wing says its plane was pushing back from the gate when the collision occurred. at least one person is being treated at a local hospital. new fallout over the explosive new book about the white house. the president tried to stop its

release but the publisherer rushed rushed it to bookstores wednesday. here is abc senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: as for questions, president trump wasn't having it. >> we're making america great again. thank you very much. >> reporter: the new book "fire and fury" taking his white house and it seems all of washington by storm. at bookstores, long lines. within hours, empty shelves. the president now lashing out at author michael wolfe and former chief strategist key bsteve ban, disparaging the president and his family. the president tweeted the book is full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. look at this guy's past and look what happens to him and sloppy steve. wolfe stands by every word and tells abc news everybody in the president's circle things he's unfit for office.

>> they all say he is like a child. what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification. it's all about him. they say he's a moron, an idiot. let's remember, this man does not read, does not listen. >> reporter: wolfe paints a portrait of a mentally unstable man, saying the president often repeats the same stories every three minutes, and recently at mar-a-lago, failed to recognize lifelong friends. >> i will quote steve bannon. he's lost it. >> reporter: these incidents not confirmed by abc news. but the white house now forced to answer questions about the president's mental stability. >> it's disgraceful and laughable. if he was unfit, he probably wouldn't be sitting there. this is an incredibly strong and good leader. >> reporter: their strategy, to disparage wolfe as someone who had limited sources and limited

access. the president tweeting, i never spoke to him for book. but wolfe says whether or not the president realized it was for the book, they did spend about three hours together during the campaign and in the white house. cecilia vega, abc news, washington. "fire and fury" is one of the hottest books in the bay area. abc 7 news was at the book passage where the book is literally flying off the shelves. the store owner tells us she wants to read it but can't get her hands on it just yet. 40 copies arrived yesterday and each one is already reserved. >> it's a phenomenon. because it has such a political momentum behind it, everybody has poured out wanting to get a piece of this book. >> if you're thinking of going to the library for the book, there are 900 people on the waiting list at the san francisco public library, a record for hold requests. san francisco bay's twitter says blocking a world leader

from twitter would block information that people should see. twitter is addressing why it hasn't banned president trump's tweets. twitter states the platform helps advance the global public conversation. blocking a world leader from twitter or removing their controversial tweets would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. twitter has faced regular calls to ban mr. trump since he was elected in 2016. among other things, critics have accused the president of inciting violence with his tweets. the white house told guess it wants $18 billion over the next ten years to build a border wall. the president made the wall a major campaign promise. some wall prototypes are set up near san diego. this is video from earlier this week. the video completed, border with mexico would have a wall or physical structure by

2027. democrats have repeatedly said they will not pay for the wall. president trump is demanding the wall in exchange for protecting young undocumented immigrants. >> he's scared but he's also helpful. >> scared but hopeful, the feelings of luis mora, a uc berkeley student now detained for being in the country illegally. the 20-year-old has been in the u.s. since he was 11 when his family arrived from ecuador. he was arrested last week by u.s. border patrol agents for overstaying his visa. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: luis mora's attorney shared this facebook video that's part of a campaign to get him released from custody. he and his girlfriend were driving back from a party on december 30th when they made a wrong turn and ran into a temporary immigration checkpoint. >> when they asked him for his papers, luis was honest, he told them i'm not an american

citizen, i'm from ecuador. and they took him in. >> reporter: mora came to the u.s. as a 11-year-old. his visa expired. he's now a political science major at cal. the department of homeland security has the authority to set up a checkpoint anywhere, any time, within 100 miles of a coastline, border or airport. in essence, in the majority of california. mora's attorney visited him at the detention facility where he's still in custody. >> for me it broke my heart to see him sitting across the table and having done nothing wrong whatsoever. he's not a flight risk. he's not a security threat. he's not a criminal. so there's no reason to hold him on taxpayer money. >> reporter: uc berkeley released a statement saying we are looking into the matter to determine everything we can do to support and assist the student during this difficult time. senators camilla harris and dianne feinstein where want representative barbara leigh are making calls on his behalf.

>> it's scared but hopeful. >> reporter: leslie brinkley in berkeley, abc 7 news. yesterday was a rainy winter day. it looked more like spring training in the heart of the fire zone in santa rosa. dozens of kids would lost their homes in the october wildfires took part in a special baseball camp. a current member of the oakland a's and a formerson fr sformer giants player stepped up to provide the community relief. >> reporter: the sonoma county fire zone, a rainy day, and baseball. they're three elements that most of us would find difficult to blend together. but not here. the epicenter and santa rosa were 200 of the region's most enthusiastic ball players showed up for a clinic. 56 of these kids came from homes that burned in the north bay fires. >> we had 220 registered and we had to turn away 50. >> reporter: he helped brainstorm this event helped by

an all star coaching lineup. yes, that is marcus semien of the oakland a's, among others. they're all pros. >> these kids are the next generation. >> reporter: for everyone, this day provided a break from the stress of fire recovery. mason locks plays at a high school. his mother admits to being conflicted. >> it's a humbling feeling. i'm usually the one giving to others so it's hard to be the one taking. >> reporter: san francisco firefighter tony neal lost his home while saving others. >> it is ironic, yes. >> reporter: he walked his sons through a base running drill. talk about treasures this burned. >> i had a buster posey signed baseball on my wall. >> reporter: it is just stuff, as fire victims inevitably say. but as years pass, these young men and women are likely to have a new treasure. memories of this day. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> great story. still ahead on "abc 7

mornings," dozens of traps are being set all over santa rosa's coffey park to catch missing cats lost in the north bay wildfires to reunite them with eiet the remarkable people behind these rescues. here's a live look from our emeryville camera.

we're still quite a ways away from sunrise, but check out this gorgeous shot from the abc 7 exploratorium camera at pier 15.

rain is returning, and lisa argen will have all that information coming up in just a few minutes. happening today, a south bay bakery offering free holiday treats to celebrate epiphany or three kings day. from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. this morning, one bakery is giving away slices of pink cake. the ring-shaped bread is part of a tradition for many latino families celebrating the day three kings came to visit baby jesus. a similar king cake is eaten during mardi gras, sounds good to me. we've gone rain coming back but a nice weekend. >> that's right, still lingering showers in the south bay this morning. we're watching and tracking those for you. at sfo, no delays. it's 52 degrees. a little bit of fog. but more fog in the north bay. partly cloudy skies over the weekend. we're tracking the strong storm headed our way for two days next week. i'll have it for you, coming up.

>> lisa, thanks so much. also next, while many of us are playing mega millions, jon gruden hit his own jackpot. okay mcdonald's. i see your one, two and three dollar deals. tell you what, i'll raise you five. introducing value jack's way. five great ways to save. like i tell jack jr., it's all about big values, jr. prices. that's value jack's way. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away)

like jack's one-of-a-kind going breakfast pockets for $2 each. three of jack's famous tacos and a small drink for $3! or a classic bonus jack combo for $5! it's like i tell jack jr., it's all about big values, jr. prices. it's a great morning to be on the san mateo bridge, take a look at that, no traffic, awesome. we're looking at a really nice weekend, actually. and not so much for the early part of this next week, though. rain is returning. lisa argen will have all the details coming up just a bit later. in sports, warriors looking to win their third game on the road this new year. kevin durant is listed as questionable after suffering a strain to his calf earlier in the week. golden state takes on l.a. clippers at the staples center this afternoon, tipoff at 12:30

p.m. raiders are expected to sign jon gruden to one of the longest coaching deals in nfl history next week. abc 7 sports director larry beil explain. >> good morning, everybody. leverage, it's a wonderful thing. jon gruden had all of it. a raiders team desperate to win. an owner who needs to keep his local fans interested and get his vegas fans to buy those personal seat licenses. that all adds up to a reported ten-year, $100 million deal for gruden to come back as head coach of the raiders. they've got a news conference scheduled for tuesday when gruden will be introduced for the second time as the coach of the silver and black. the $100 million is more than any nfl player has ever received in guaranteed money in one contract. gruden of course coached the raiders from 1998 to 2001. mark davis hoping he can recapture the glory. >> reporter: the raiders back loaded the money, which means once they moved to las vegas,

jon gruden won't have to pay any state ataxes in nevada. and now jon gruden will be introduced tuesdays as the raiders head coach. he'll take over a team he last coached back in january of 2002. >> it seems like an eternity ago. the sharks stopped four of five games in ottawa. a wraparound off the stick of craig anderson and in. 5-2 sharks on number 12. what happens in the third? complete collapse, scores three times. they tie the game at five and go to overtime. this is the opening face-off of overtime. let's get our heads in the game. 2-1. game over, drive home safely, and the sharks fall 6-5. how about the home of the sharks in san jose? the women's figure skating championship.

check out 19-year-old brady tennel from illinois. flawless performance, finished with a final score of 219.51, to earn her first ever title. she earns a spot in the winter olympics next month for team usa. women's college hoops, number 24 stanford taking on arizona, second quarter, march that snezik with the steal, going the other way, traffic, up and in. carrington, ten points in 22 minutes. fourth quarter, that is alana smith with a bank shot. stanford, 61-43, through a 3-0 in conference play. number 23 cal coming off ucla facing arizona state, ranked 25th. three seconds left, asia thomas drives, beats the buzzer, she got a team-high 25. couldn't get any closer. kiana ibis with 26. cal loses their second straight,

80-71. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. hi there, everyone. saturday morning, and finally picking up some rain in the south bay. a live look outside. and we're dry. this is the view from our sutro tower camera. not much going on here in the city. but we're looking at that rain ending throughout the morning hours in the south bay and then a dry weekend for everyone. boy, we've got a big storm on the way, just a slight chance of a shower in the overnight hours on sunday, after a dry weekend. and then a 2 on our storm impact scale comes into play on monday, and it lingers into tuesday. and the rest of the week does look dry. so outside this morning, you can see from the roof camera that it is quiet out there. just a little bit of wet pavement. and we'll be looking at conditions improving throughout the north bay where we have some fog this morning. and as we go in closer, live doppler 7 picking up some scattered showers from san jose,

morgan hill, and gilroy, mainly along highway 101, mt. hamilton is wet. we're widening the perspective, taking you into the mountains where it is raining heavily from the tahoe valley airport to truckee, blue canyon is wet, even mammoth looking at some rain. snow level at 8500 feet, it will come down to 6500 feet. by that time it's behind the main source of energy or rain and there won't be much accumulation. maybe just a little bit icy over the passes. 53 in concord, it's 51 in san ramon, 41 in novato and santa rosa. that's where the fog is, and where we typically see it. some showers in the south early this morning from about san jose along the central coast. then we're partly cloudy this afternoon. our next storm is a level 2. we talked about that earlier, but the rest of the day today features the clouds decreasing, but also some high clouds around. so by 10:30 you'll notice we're more into the sunshine. if you are headed east, watch

out for those slick roads from the san joaquin valley, the sacramento valley and the sierra nevada. 1 to 2 inches most areas, 2 to 3 inches in upper elevations, mt. tam, east bay hills. wind gusts in upper elevations from 35 to 50 miles an hour. monday morning, you're still sleeping, getting in the car, waiting for the bus, getting the kids off to school. and boy the rain comes. it's with us all day long. the evening commute as well on monday. the overnight hours. and then into tuesday morning, still with us, trying to become more scattered throughout the afternoon hours. looks like the evening commute on tuesday looking better. here are the initial rainfall estimates of about an inch and a half. you can see everyone close to two inches here. this is through tuesday evening. wouldn't that be nice? highs today underneath partly cloudy skies, looking at numbers in a fairly uniform range. upper 50s to near 60s. watch out for that fog early in the north bay.

showers in the south bay. low 40s tonight with the patchy fog. 30s in the north bay. and the accuweather seven-day forecast looking at the dry weekend for the most part. and then bringing in those two days of rain, the heaviest rain looks to be on monday. we could see an inch on monday, an inch on tuesday. >> wow. >> yes, that's kind of the way things are going, it's the extremes. >> rain, break, rain. but a nice break this weekend, i can put the umbrella away for a while. >> that's right, do some cleaning up. a research and rescue mission continues for cats lost in the north bay wildfires. hundreds of volunteers working around the clock to reunite these felines with families. >> reporter: erica is hoping to catch a flat wicat with fish fl food and a trap. >> they're out here, you know, alone and scared. and they need to go home. they want to be home. >> when i caught my first cat, i was hooked.

>> reporter: jennifer started pet rescue and reunification all by herself. >> the goal in the beginning was just to feed the animals while everybody got collected. >> reporter: most lost dogs were found after the fire. but many cats took off running. now hundreds of volunteers have joined her from napa to santa rosa, looking for missing fee lines, and yes, finding them. >> i would say we've caught about 70 and we've probably reunited about half that. >> oh, my goodness. you are the best news since the 9th. >> reporter: the organization's facebook page is full of smiles and lots of happy reunions. >> hi, cosmo! >> reporter: but catching a cat isn't easy. first cameras are set up outside the traps to see who is stopping by. sometimes they get lucky. the food has to be just right. >> one cat likes cheetos. so we're trying that, where he's been sighted, but we haven't caught him yet. >> reporter: if a cat isn't microchipped, volunteers make every effort to find the owner,

even posting pictures at a kiosk. >> we call and say, we have your cat, and they don't expect their cat. they figured it was gone. >> this is that one piece we can give them back. they've lost everything else. >> reporter: she believes about 100 cats are still out there. she'll keep working until they all come home. >> we do have a link to the organization's facebook page on our website, abc7news.com. coming up, the olympics still one month away, but the south bay playing host to a winter fest where you can meet some of this year's athletes from team usa.

okay, check your tickets. here are the winning numbers from last night's $450 million mega millions drawing. 28, 30, 39, 58, 70, mega number 10. somebody from florida matched all six numbers. one lucky person in daly city matched five of the six numbers, winning $1.8 million. tuesday night's jackpot resets

now to 40 million bucks. don't forget tonight's powerball drawing is an estimated $570 million. the odds of winning powerball, about one in 292 million. download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts. we'll send a push alert when the numbers are announced. happening today, a chance to meet some of the team usa's olympic athletes at the winter fest in san jose. the event comes just days after the women's figure skating championships which was also held in san jose. merrill davis, charlie white, olympic champions in ice dancing, will be on hand, as will freestyle skiing champion jeremy bloom. fans can participate in the curling challenge and bobsled boomerang while enjoying the fun of the hershey's s'mores mobile. the event begins at 3:00. coming up on "abc 7 mornings" at 6:00 a.m., a s.w.a.t. team descends on a quiet east bay suburb after a fake 911 call. the terrified family sharing their story.

and recreational pot sales begin in just a few hours in san fran

>> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. this is "abc 7 mornings." good morning, everyone, it's saturday, january 6th. i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen today. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, cornell, hi, everyone. it's mild if you're not seeing rain, and it's chilly in the north bay. live doppler 7 picking up scattered showers around the east bay hills, south bay, san jose through gilroy, highway 101. as we go in closer, you can seat from mt. hamilton, the summit, highway 17, 85 impacted. and the main activity is pushing into the valley there. we're left with fog in the north bay, a mile and a quarter visibility. nothin i