entire and will be reduced from time to time. the temperatures are milder, 54 in san francisco. 48 in novato and throughout the rest of the day we'll have a lot of cloud cover hanging on through noontime. there may be a sprinkle in the north bay but brighter elsewhere, highs near 60. sue? heading outside to the san mateo bridge. we do see brake lights across the causeway. no stalls or accidents. a lot are trying to get from hayward to foster city. we have about a 17-minute drive time across the span. take a look at our traffic maps. you can see the red and slow traffic out of tracy into livermore. we have some fog over the altamont but that was as a result of an earlier accident that's now been cleared. to the north bay all the orange on our map does represent fog and that's limited visibility like lisa has been mentioning. a motorcycle down left lane. this is oakland north 880 near 7th street. we'll come back and take a look at malfunctioning signal lights

in vallejo coming up. sue, thank you. we are tracking the close call at sfo. an aeromexico plane was about to land on the wrong way on a runway. >> this comes six months after a near mishap with air canada. matt keller? >> reporter: good morning. another close call here at sfo. an aeromexico plane was cleared to land but about a mile out an air traffic controller spotted trouble. >> aeromexico 668, go around. >> aeromexico 668, going around. >> reporter: aeromexico 668 had lined up on the wrong runway. instead of 2a right was heading 2a left. on it was a virgin american flight filled with passengers. the faa says the pilots were using a guidance system in poor weather. they will be interviewed as part of the investigation. >> this is a human error and we have humans in the cockpit so we are prone to this sort of thing.

what is important is to understand how many backup systems and here the backup systems worked. >> reporter: this is the second close call at sfo. in july an air canada flight mistook a crowded taxiway for 2a right. the plane flew as low as 59 feet before the pilot aborted the landing. the airline has yet to respond to our request for a comment. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc 7 news. this morning the search for survivors continues in santa barbara county following tuesday's dangerous flooding and mud flows in burn areas. the death toll has gone up to 17. and there's at least 17 others still missing. one of the hardest hit areas was montecito. and this morning the "los angeles times" reporting county officials decided not to send an emergency alert to cell phones warning of those mud slides until after the flooding had already started.

officials do say more than 200,000 e-mails and other warning messages were sent out but they elected not to use that push alert system to cell phones out of concern it may not be taken seriously. >> we're hearing from the man who recorded the moment the wall of mud closed in on his home. >> he saved a driver and warned his own family in santa barbara county. the video is unbelievable. >> turn around! the flash flood is right there. the flash flood is right there. get out of here, go. oh, my god, mom. close the door. get ready to go out. wake dad up. >> this is unbelievable. the man who shot the video says he, his parents and family dog

took shelter in a hallway until they were able to get to safety in thigh high water. >> terrifying noises. it sounded like 100 people with huge logs slamming into the house every three seconds. dear friends of mine, like my gardener's family, his wife and kids, we don't know where they are. >> and we have heard stories of people who are still unaccounted for and so the search for survivors continues this morning. new developments in the north bay that could delay cleanup from the october wildfires. >> two government contracts are facing challenges right now. a burlingame company received a contract for sonoma county and a minnesota company got the contract. a company from florida is questioning whether crews will be able to meet the target dates for finishing the job. officials want to complete debris removal by the end of february. some new details on the i.c.e. raid that targeted 7-eleven stores in the bay area

and across the country. >> 21 people were arrested. inspections happened in napa, santa rosa, sebastopol and santa clara looking for employees in the country illegally and stores who hired them knowingly. they called it a compliance inspecti inspection. an immigration attorney has this advice for workers. >> if you are not authorized to work do not form an i-9 as it can preclude you from ever immigrating to the united states and from ever being able to naturalize. states as well as washington, d.c. this is the largest immigration operation against a single employer since president trump took office last january. a mental health patient is back in hawaii after escaping from custody and flying to the bay area. >> randall saito faces criminal charges after leaving the hawaii state hospital. he just walked out of the facility before boarding a commercial flight to san jose in november. stockton police captured him

three days later of the he was acquitted by reason of insanity. targeting guests during wedding ceremonies. >> a photo petaluma police released of a suspect. she stole wallets bridesmaids left in a room during a wedding on saturday and took a woman's wallet from a room at another church a week earlier. boy, is that a clear photo. police say as she was using a stolen credit card. a high-speed chase that led police through the desert has an unexpected ending. it started in mesa and headed east. take a look. after realizing there was nowhere to run, they rejoined and embraced for quite a while. the two suspects are now in custody. here at the live desk tracking a warning for parents that's just coming out this morning. dozens of apps on the google play store could leave your children exposed to pornography. i'll have the story coming up. the effort to recall the judge who sentenced stanford

swimmer brock turner is taking a major step forward. what recall organizers will do today. good morning to you. a live look outside from the exploratorium camera. you can see the fog here in san francisco. temperatures are milder, though, in the 50s. when we come ba

6:0. it appears a large number of santa clara voters want a controversial judge out. >> this is the campaign to recall judge aaron perskey, that they've collected the 100,000 signatures needed to put the recall on the june ballot. a campaign is expected to turn in those signatures today. he gave former stanford swimmer brock turner a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an intoxicated unconscious woman outside of a campus frat party. turner is appealing his conviction. good thursday morning to you. a lot of moisture left over from recent rains, extensive cloud cover and temperatures are about the same as a dew point. petaluma, napa, just a mile at concord and we have four miles. the temperatures are milder, mid and upper 40s.

mid-50s from san jose, 52 in mountain view. so we're looking at the low overcast. if you're heading out on the bay the ferries may be impacted. the winds are calm. exercising later on pretty good. a sprinkle in the north bay. it looks good. a few peeks of afternoon sun. temperatures in a narrow range from the upper 50s to low 60s. 61 in san jose. 58 for you in santa rosa. maybe a renegade light sprinkle there throughout the day. and we'll talk about the next several days coming up. sue? walnut creek, chp getting reports of two separate accidents, one at treat and one at north main. both are reportedly blocking the left lane and you can see some brake lights. this is our live shot here at north main so we are seeing slow traffic making your way from concord to the 24 interchange. give yourself extra time. we'll get more detail in the next couple of minutes. orange on your screen represents

fog and the vallejo area and american canyon has been very thick this morning. we've had a couple problems westbound near american canyon but they are cleared out of lanes. if they're out there, it's tough to come up on the vehicles real fast and you don't see them in the fog. a motorcycle down north 880 near 7th and chp is on scene not blocking a lane as of yet. we will check back on this as well. >> can you imagine you have a huge tech conference and the lights go out. we'll show you the moment it went dark. >> new developments in the outrage surrounding social media star there's only one national orange juice brand that only uses 100% american oranges. simply orange and tropicana ship in juice fromverseas. ly florida's natural grows all ofur orang. great taste. naturally. when y have a cold, stuff happens. ♪

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just in to our live desk this morning, parents, listen up, a warning about a disturbing hack targeting our kids with pornography and it's called adull swine, a code hiding in 70 popular children's game apps on google's play store. it displays ads with pornographic content and scares users into installing fake security apps. can also get users to send premium text messages at your expense. they have been downloaded between 3 million and 11 million times. unfortunately, there is no way to know if an app your kids

download is infected but you can download a mobile security or anti-malware app. >> a lot of parents will want to know about that. new developments involving logan paul. youtube taking steps to discipline paul for posting a disturbing video. >> limiting his earning power for showing a video of an alleged suicide victim in japan last month. paul has since apologized saying he's ashamed of his actions. the 22-year-old has been removed from youtube preferred, that connects top channels with brand advertisers. they are holding off on plans with a movie on paul. he is still on youtube. hasn't been pulled. state regulators expected to decide whether to close diablo canyon, california's last nuclear plant. the public utilities commission is expected to vote to shut down the nuclear plant when a pair of federal operating licenses

expire in 2024 and 2025. it would allow pg&e to close the san obispo plant and give the utility about $140 million less than it wanted to retain staff over the next seven years. quite a moment at the consumer electronics show and it's being blamed on the weather. >> there's some irony. interviewing the head of go pro. >> the prices that our company was built on. that will never happen with your go pro because go pros are so reliable. >> he seized on that moment like a pro. >> as if go pro hasn't been through enough. >> the power was out for about two hours. some booths the only light coming from cell phones or computers. as for the cause organizers say the heavy rain vegas saw cause add transformer to short

circuit. >> the irony of it all. you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here is meteorologist lisa argen. no rain here. >> the rain has ended everywhere but a good deal of cloud cover and fog with all that moisture left over. we have a weak weather system heading to the north that could provide a few sprinkles in the north bay. we're seven to eight degrees warmer in hayward and oakland with plenty of 50s. no 30s to speak of. it's 54 here as well as san jose and gilroy. so the clouds giving us that extra blanket, slightly milder. the visibility not bad in the city but the fog will be with us for the next couple of hours. 45 by the delta. 53 in livermore. 51 in concord. we're looking at the one mile in conco concord. a quarter mile in the north bay. and the sprinkles in sonoma

county clearing out with more sunshine in the east bay. the fog comes back later on tonight. 61 in san jose. looking at 59 in redwood city. numbers in san francisco 58. it should be a mild afternoon but more clouds in the north bay. sue? checking back with walnut creek. we had an accident in the left lane. two cars involved and chp was looking whether it was treat or north main. similar locations. you can see brake lights at north main where our live camera shot is. delays approaching the caldecott tunnel. we'll look at that drive time in just a second. i wanted to update you the signal lights at highway 37 and 121 are now functioning again. they have been off and on most of the week but are now working again. you will see slow traffic. orange does represent thick fog so heads up. a quick look at our drive times. highway 680 from highway 4 to walnut creek, ten minutes.

and there's your drive up and over the altamont pass on 580. >> thank you, sue. tonya harding has moved on with her life more than two decades after her infamous incident with nancy kerrigan. >> a special will air here called "truth and lies -- the tonya harding story. "she talks about how she's picked up the pieces in her life. >> i'm not going to let people stop me from doing what i love. people always telling me i'm not going to amount to anything, not going to be anything. i'm fat, i'm ugly, i'm stupid. and, yeah -- >> you're going to prove them wrong. >> absolutely. i may be mroblond but i didn't l off the turnip truck backwards. >> it airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. so many people already talking about this. >> the movie in theaters right now, i saw it yesterday, it's

amazing. i can't wait to watch the show tonight. first volkswagen and now ford being sued for faking emissions tests. and at the live desk i'm tracking new accusations against actor james ranco. several former students now accusing him of sexual misconduct. first a look at what's ahead on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. good morning. coming up on "gma" as the flu hits schools and work places across the nation how you can keep yourself protected and the surprisingly short time it can take for an entire office to get infected. plus, the group that should really wear those protective masks. masks.

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♪ all because of you ♪ ♪ good morning to you. fog and some haze. quarter mile visibility in napa, petaluma with two miles on the coast. a mile in concord, and we have some fog in the south bay. with the cloud cover it's 52 in oakland. as well as mountain view with upper 40s in the north bay. new this morning, new sexual misconduct allegations against actor james franco. five women now say the golden globe winner accused -- accusing him of inappropriate behavior a cord to go the "los angeles times." the article features an in-depth interview with actress sara

caplan a former student. four of the women are said to be a former student. one says he was her mentor. and franco has denied previous allegations by two women. no comment on the newest accusations. back to you. an uber driver found dead in a hayward warehouse. that case is now a homicide investigation. >> officials confirm the remains last june are that of piseth chhay. he vanished mother's day. bob tang was named as a suspect yesterday. they believe he fled to cambodia. chhay's wife tells abc 7 news the family is deeply saddened. customers are suing ford, accusing the company of rigging the software on some trucks to pass emissions tests.

>> reporter: che >> the model years in question 2011-2017. ford is denying those allegations. so far u.s. regulators have not accused the company of doing anything wrong. massive penalties after revelations it cheated on emissions tests. >> the start of restaurant week in oakland. >> you'll be able to choose from a prefixed menu ranging from $10 to $50. you can search based on how much you want to pay online. we have all the information for you on abc7news.com. the reason an advocacy group is calling on how the raiders hired new coach jon gruden. >> the latest victim of erosion. and the very newest information on those deadly southern california mud slides right now a frantic search still under way. bay area teams are on their way to help out.

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good morning. it's january 11th and a thursday. that's not so bad. >> it's very foggy out there, though. this is true. it's not raining but it is

foggy. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here is lisa argen. >> i feel you're raining on my parade. [ inaudible ] >> i'm with you. close to the week. a little bit of fog there impacting your morning commute. the extensive cloud cover keeping it milder. the typical spots but concord only has a mile, two miles on the coast and the fog extends down into san jose. numbers are mild in the low 50s. by 1:00. some filtered sunshine in the east bay, more clouds in the north bay. cloud cover tonight and a live look at the embarcadero. i'll have my accuweather seven-day forecast. speaking of fog, a look at emeryville. you can barely see the headlights heading into the mcarthur maze. once you get to the toll plaza, it's foggy there.

expect some limited visibility if you come up on it pretty fast. there's a look at your drive time from westbound hercules all the way in to san francisco, about a 16-minute delay to pay and then head on into the upper deck into san francisco. orange on your map does represent fog and that is affecting your commute. we do have a new accident reported north 101 before embarcadero. details coming up. at the live desk, still tracking the situation in southern california. the death toll rising this morning after those devastating mud slides. at least 17 people are dead. 17 others believed to be missing around the town of montecito in santa barbara county. hundreds of people are still stranded and roads cut off. here is maggie with more. >> reporter: rescuers going door-to-door searching for survivors in southern

california, placing an "x" when it's all clear. >> i didn't think it would ever turn into something like this. we've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: powerful mud slides. flying over the damage. you look out there, you can see all of these homes completely surrounded in mud. new video shows the mud slides' power and speed. an empty car in burbank bobsledding down the street as a muddy mess washes downhill. >> oh, my god, mom! >> reporter: marco and his family scrambling to safety as a wall of mud hits their home. >> close the door. get ready to go out. wake dad up. >> reporter: the farrell family some of the lucky ones, surviving the ordeal. but the death toll is rising, at least 17 people have been killed. including the founder of a catholic school. and this morning pictures is your facing of some of the

missing. 12-year-old sawyer corey and her sister morgan. peter last seen at his montecito home. and ken who hasn't been hurd from since tuesday. >> this is unbelievable. >> reporter: at least 400 homes damaged or destroyed. and the evacuations still ongoing. it could take weeks or months to restore drinking water. also from our live desk, i want to show you this. we have learned that marin county is sending a search and rescue team to montecito. they said the crew drove overnight. they are there now helping in santa barbara county and also what you're seeing on your screen california air national guard members based in silicon valley already down there and they posted these photos of what they are seeing from their helicopter. the end of an era for a neighborhood falling into the ocean. >> the last red tagged house on

esplanade avenue is coming down. amy hollyfield is live there. amy? >> reporter: here since the house. the demolition crew will take it down in about half an hour. you can see just how close it is to the edge, the backyard and the back patio are gone. they have fallen into the ocean and the city fears the house will be next. in a purchase agreement the city of pacifica took over ownership and will demolish it today. former homeowners say they'll be he here. >> it was my dream home. every spare minute, every vacation, every day off, every spare dime, nickel and penny. we loved it. we love doing it. it was something we did together. >> reporter: the couple says this is their favorite place on earth.

they bought the house in 2009. they worked hard to save it. they hired an engineer to move the house 30 feet back from the cliff. they were wanting to relocate it but never found a suitable lot. so today it will be demolished and they say they will be here to watch it come down and to say good-bye. reporting live amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. now the effort to expand rent control across the state discussing repealing a law that prevents cities from imposing rent control on housing built after 1995. the bill was introduced last year, but it was put on hold because of strong opposition from landlords. a couple who purchased a private street is suing to get it back. michael chang and his wife filed a suit claiming the board of supervisors went beyond its authority when it overturned the

sale of presidio terrace. they purchased the street for $90,000 in 2015 at a tax auction. the sale came after the homeowners association failed to pay $994 in back taxes. more people are sick from e. coli linked to romaine lettuce. >> infections have killed two people including one here in california. dozens more across the country and canada have gotten sick. consumer reports is advising people stay away from romaine people stay away from romaine altogether. >> we think it's important to refrain from eating romaine lettuce. >> washing e. coli tainted fruits and vegetables will not remove the harmful bacteria. a fifth person has died from the flu in santa clara county.

>> the number of flu cases has spiked since the beginning of the year. it's been a particularly rough season in california. statewide at least 29 people under the age of 65 have died as a result of the flu. that's around three times higher compared to this same time last year. >> governor brown plans to ask the trump administration to block the expansion of offshore oil drilling in california like he's already done in florida. a plan revealed included six new leases for drilling platforms off california's coast. florida received an exemption tuesday after its governor complained about possible environmental damage. "the sacramento bee" reports california may take legal action to stop offshore drilling. good morning to you. extensive cloud cover and some of this in the form of fog impacting your commute. quarter mile visibility, napa, petaluma, just over a mile in concord.

so high pressure is in control. the state is dry today but a weak weather system will ride over the ridge allowing for more clouds in the north bay, a possible sprinkle. a live look outside you can see the embarcadero. it is foggy. if you are on the roads or taking the ferry, the fog will probably impact you. but the winds are light. mass transit looking good. by the afternoon we'll get into some sunshine. 53 in hayward. 54 in san jose as well as san francisco. mid and upper 40s in the north bay and if you're spending time in the east bay values today you will have the cloud cover. upper 50s in oakland. 59 in napa and maybe a sprinkle north. good morning, sue. >> we do have the fog as lisa is mentioning.

that's where limiting visibility. back to the peninsula. one report says the accident is involving a garbage truck in the northbound lanes. another in the southbound lanes so we right now are not seeing any slowing either way. heads up through palo alto and so forth. you may be seeing that accident. if you do, let us know at sue hall traffic when you have a safe time to tweet. a look at mass transit looking great this morning. 56 trains running on schedule. muni not reporting many delays. new at 6:00 a.m. from our live desk "time" magazine unveiled their newest cover and let's just say it's pretty fiery. this is the animated version.

it begins and it looks like flames. keep watching. and then those flames turn into president trump's hair. with simply the words year one. the cover is meant to play up what they claim was tumultuous year one for the president and alludes to the book titled "foyer and few-- "fire and fury" "time" will look back at his first year in office. >> "time" is getting creative with covers to get attention. it seems to be working. it seems unlikely -- that is what president trump is now saying about the possible meeting with special counsel robert mueller as he continues his russia investigation. >> so abc news confirmed mueller told the president's lawyers he is likely to request an interview with the president. when asked if he wanted to meet with mueller, the president

hedged. >> i can only say this, there was no collusion. everybody knows it. >> investigators are closing in on a daca deal to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. the president insists congress must agree to fund his wall along the border with mexico. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promised to deal with daca before the end of the month. an advocacy group is asking whether the raiders violated the rooney rule that says teams have to interview minority candidates for senior coach positions. this group promotes diversity in the nfl, expressed concern raiders owner mark davis came to an agreement with gruden before the team interviewed. the general manager says he interviewed two minority candidates. a heads-up if you're traveling to mexico. there are five areas now on the highest travel warning list. and at the live desk i'm

tracking a major announcement from walmart this morning. what the retailer is about to do for millions of employees. plus, a blast from the past. circuit city could be making a comeback. today at 9:00 on "live with kelly and ryan" uma

good morning to you. some fog and sunshine returning to southern california. some rain along the extreme north coast that could slide into our extreme north bay with possibly a few sprinkles. the sun coming up. this is mt. tam. fog below. no new snow headed your way. low 50s the next several days. we are tracking a close call at sfo. >> it comes just six months after a near mishap with another airline, air canada. matt keller live for us at sfo this morning. matt? >> reporter: an aeromexico plane was about to land on the wrong runway. air traffic controller noticed before it was too late. >> aeromexico 668, go around. >> reporter: on tuesday morning aeromexico 668 was about a mile out when the controller spotted trouble. the faa says instead of 2a right the plane was heading to the

runway next to it and on it was a virgin american flight filled with passengers. the faa says the pilots were using a guidance system used in poor weather to help with their approach. >> the runways are fairly unique because they are very close together. that means visually you can kind of get mixed up more easily than if the runway was a mile away from the other one laterally. >> reporter: this is the second close call. in july a plane flew as low as 59 feet off the ground before the pilot aborted the landing. the pilots will be interviewed as part of this investigation. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc 7 news. 6:46 now. a heads-up for anyone with plans to travel to mexico. >> warning americans not to travel to five states including two with popular tourist destinations. they've all seen an increase in crime and drug violence including sinaloa and guerrero,

home to acapulco. the alert puts them into the same category as somalia, yemen, syria, and afghanistan. and the state department is saying americans should also reconsider travel to jalisco an important area because so many of us travel to puerto vallarta. it has lifted restrictions to cancun. the identity of a man whose car was hit by a boulder. >> only 22 years old. sky 7 flew over the deadly scene along monticello road yesterday. a two-ton boulder hit the victim's toyota on tuesday evening and knocked it down an unstable hillside. firefighters had to wait to remove his body until a caltrans geologist made sure the hillside was safe. berkeley police are hoping someone recognizes the two people on the left side of the screen, although it is very

dark. they say that they shot and robbed a man. the victim is recovering from wounds to the leg after being attacked on vine street near bonita avenue on december 5th. both robbers wore dark colored hooded sweatshirts and drove what appeared to be a white chevy impala. girls may have delays in language development if their mothers take acetaminophen during pregnancy. >> so often recommended to women as safe. it is the ingredient in drugs like tylenol and nyquil. 750 women were tested for levels during pregnancy. researchers evaluated language abilities at 2 1/2 years old and found girls had higher rates of language delays. similar delays were not seen in boys but they develop language skills more slowly. new this morning, walmart says it is boosting its minimum wage to $11 an hour.

it also says it will be giving employees a one-time $1,000 cash bonus and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits. a lot of workers benefits announced only an hour ago. the retailer says the changes to compensations and benefits will impact more than a million hourly workers in the united states. walmart says the wage increase will start next month. back to you. now to your morning money report. part of bay area history will vanish today. >> virgin america becomes part of alaska airlines. alaska bought burlingame based virgin today. it will operate under the same federal license. they will be considered a single airline by the faa. come april planes with virgin branding will be changed to alaska. they launched with a large operation at sfo. >> the ceo of go pro says he is

open to selling the company making the comments during an interview in vegas. he says the go pro is not actively pursuing a sale but a spokesperson says they're working with jpmorgan to explore options. stock hit a low when they said they were cutting 20% of staff. ♪ welcome to circuit city where service is state-of-the-art ♪ the ceo made an announcement in las vegas saying it's relaunching next month. circuit city has been out of business for nearly a decade -- wow, i'm getting so old -- will come back on line and launch retail stores at a later date. it will begin february 15th. >> all right. ♪ welcome to circuit city you are never more than seven minutes away from our state-of-the-art forecast. meteorologist lisa argen. all right, thank you.

good morning. live doppler 7, extensive cloud cover, some fog impacting your commute in the north bay. mild visibility in concord. less than that here. three miles on the coast. five to six miles from oakland to concord. we're milder, though, in oakland as well as san jose. low clouds and high clouds. temperatures in the 50s from the city. gilroy and san jose. and from our east bay hills camera the low clouds here and the high clouds. some time before we scour all of that. 48 in novato and 48 in napa with 53 in livermore. your highlights today areas of fog. dry and sunnier conditions. rain is coming back next week. so highs today in a narrow range. you could see a sprinkle just washing out as it hits sonoma county. the clouds will reveal more sun today and where we have that numbers will be milder. 60 in livermore.

61 in san jose with 59 in oakland. so the accuweather seven-day forecast clouds and fog this morning. sunshine for the east bay. another nice day friday, saturday. holding steldy on sunday. cloudy for martin luther king jr. day. taking a look now, live to san rafael where the taillights are headed southbound past the san pedro road and the civic san pedro road and the civic center. you see brake lights. to walnut creek now we have brake lights, reports of an accident in the left lane at one point earlier so that's the reason for some residual slow traffic. emergency lights are blinking. they are still out there not blocking a lane. the reason for some slow traffic.

some areas of fog and orange is represented on our screen. we'll take a look at how it's affecting your north bay drive. california secretary of state criticizing the plan to add a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. >> millions of people will not participate in the census if they have to answer that question. he says it's a clear retaliat n retaliation. >> anti-immigrant, anti-a lot of things california prides itself on. it's pretty blatant in my opinion and we have to push back. >> in an accurate census count could lead to california missing out on billions of dollars and possibly the loss of congressional seats. the ground is still moving from last year's storms.

>> one lane is still closed. the first of several major storms was ravaging the bay area and several places in the oakland hills are still showing the damage left behind. >> it's pretty dangerous. a lot of times out here doing anything. >> on aiken drive has been closed for weeks. there are tarps but no permanent fix. a big snake looking for a loving home this morning. >> rocky balboa who is a boa constrictor has recovered from a broken jaw. someone discovered rocky on the side of highway 2 near the crystal springs reservoir in october. rocky is about four feet long right now.

will probably grow a little -- okay, a lot -- to about six feet long. you can contact the peninsula humane society. >> i love the name rocky balboa. >> got it. >> i guess we won't see him at your place. >> hopefully someone else's. our instagram photo of the day. please to us at abc 7 news bay area and see more photos like this one. use the #abc7now. a live look outside with abc 7 news now. our way of giving you some

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6:58. if you're just joining us or heading out the door here are the seven things to know before you go. search and rescue efforts are still under way this morning looking for survivors following the deadly mud slides in santa barbara county. the death toll has gone up to 17. there are still 17 people missing in montecito. number two, the faa is investigating why an aeromexico plane nearly landed at the wrong runway at sfo. an aviation expert tells abc 7 news the close runways could be the reason. number three, a cliff side home in pacifica is slated to be demolished because of ongoing erosion.

it's the last red tagged property on esplanade avenue. scattered fog across the bay. two and a half mile visibility. the coast a quarter mile in napa and petaluma. this afternoon partly cloudy, near 60 today. and number five, we're following your south bay commute. right now the solid stream of headlights heading in the northbound direction on 280. accident second lane from the left near winchester. number six, walmart raising its hourly wage to $11 an hour plus it's expanding parental leave and issuing bonuses thanks to tax reform. number seven, coca-cola introducing a makeover for diet coke. starting next month you'll see a skinnier can with these four new flavors and they are ginger lime, feisty cherry, zesty blood orange, and twisted mango. >> very instagramable. >> and if you don't like it you can blame what we blame everything on now, millennials. we're back in 25 minutes

with an update. >> we love you millennials. get out of here. go. >> good morning, america. race against time. oh, my god, mom! >> new video showing those terrifying moments trapped in the mudslides. the fast and raging rivers of mud carrying away this car with people inside. the devastation and death toll growing this morning. as rescuers search for survivors. and now that dangerous storm system moving east. dozens of states from the dakotas to maine facing alerts right now. what are you doing? >> this teacher now telling her side of the story after she was handcuffed and arrested asking why the superintendent was getting a raise but teachers weren't. >> you just pushed me to the floor. >> all the outrage and fallout this morning. murder mystery. police discovering the body of that ivy league student who went missing over winter break.