it's 5:00 a.m. welcome to monday, martin luther king, jr. day. january 15th. >> for those of you getting up this morning, we join you. >> we're here. >> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. that's meteorologist mike nicco's department. >> good morning. it's monday morning, waking up in a fog. literally. i've overlaid the visibility. down to 1 in santa rosa. concord and fairfield. 3 in hoof man bay. the fog is going to get thicker the next couple of hours. here's a look at 101 and 880 in san jose. you can see how cloudy it is for you. that dense fog will be around

through the morning commute. 44 to about 51. it's pretty mild out there. as you look at your temperatures at noon, hovering around 60. may be a little bit of sunshine. that would be the extent of it today. then at 4:00, 57 to 62 with cloudy conditions. then showers move into the north bay at 7:00. we'll have more on that coming up. first a look at that morning commute. what are you watching, sue? >> the bainbridge toll plaza is not shrouded in fog. we have a fog advisory around the area. the altamont pass and the bay bridge. just a backup for the cash-paying folks in the right lane. under 30 minutes from hercules to san francisco. we have a traffic alert. a full freeway closure at 4:45 this morning. chp decided that it would be about two more hours until they can reopen this. police activity is the culprit. it's south 280 at alemany. a sigalert is in effect. there is a detour in place. i would avoid this if you can. take 101.

we will check with jess now with a live update. >> now breaking news from the live desk. >> yes, sue we want to get more of that breaking news. shutting down southbound 280. in fact, abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson just arrived there on scene. tiffany, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, jessica. if you look behind me, you can see cars are starting to stack up here. a road crew went by putting down the cones. this all started when the san francisco police department called the chp saying that they had received word from some victims that they had been shot, at 280 south and alemany boulevard. it was at 3:23 this morning that chp started their investigation of that shooting here at 280. now, we just spoke to a chp spokesperson about those victims. take a listen to what he had to say. >> there were several victims, anywhere between three to six.

>> all in one car? >> at this time we unfortunately, don't know. we're just investigating and collecting evidence and making the proper arrangements to get this investigated properly. >> reporter: now, the chp is here on scene. they are looking for that evidence. the entire highway is shut down. they are redirecting traffic off of alemany boulevard. they are allowing it to get back on 280 about a mile or so south. those victims, anywhere between three and six individuals, drove themselves to the hospital this morning. no word on their conditions at this point. again, there is no word on the possible suspect or shooters involved in this incident. but if you are driving south on 280, you can expect this detour for at least the next two hours. fortunately, traffic is light given that this is a holiday monday. live in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> tiffany, thank you. 5:03 now. we're hearing from a

d.r.e.a.m.er just released from border custody. he's a student at uc san diego. he came from israel as a child under daca. now, he and his roommate mistakenly crossed into mexico in otay mesa. when he tried to re-enter the country, border agents took him into custody for five days and he thought the worst. >> you know, i got so far. i got to ucsd, great school, math, computer science, great subject to study. i really felt like i've been robbed of something. >> he was released on friday. the immigration debate is heating up in washington and in the courts. the federal government is once again taking daca renewal applications. that comes after a federal judge in san francisco ordered the trump administration to resume the program. abc 7 news reporter carlos saw said owe explains what this means. >> the past few months have been

uncertain times for many, including this man. >> it's definitely very, very exhausting. >> he was brought to the u.s. from mexico when he was ten. having graduated from uc berkeley in 2016, he's one of 800,000 covered under the daca program started by president obama. last year, the trump administration announced it would be ending the program. >> one of the biggest fears i have, i'm going to see some of my friends be persecuted. >> on tuesday, a federal judge in san francisco ordered the administration to resume daca. they've complied. as of last night, the federal government once again began accepting renewal requests for those looking for protection from deportation. there is a bigger fight mounting in washington. negotiations over a comprehensive immigration bill fell apart this past week. president trump tweeted daca is probably dead because the democrats don't really want it. they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our military. south bay congressman row kana

addressed the issue during a town hall meeting. >> our first priority has to be to protect the daca kids. the judge did his job showing that the trump administration doesn't have the right to take away something that has been promised. >> for others, they're holding out hope that a bipartisan bill reaches the president's desk. >> the immigration system, everyone is responsible and should accountable for it. not just democrats, republicans or independents. >> carlos saucedo, abc 7 news. a united airlines flight that left san francisco at 2:20 yesterday afternoon still right now on its way to paris. that's because it was diverted late last night. i want to show you here the flight path it took. you can see united flight 980 was just about to leave north america when a passenger's medical issue forced that plane

to reroute to dulles international. landed about 10:00 at night. i want to show you where it is right now. it is over the atlantic. flight officials did not specify what the medical issue was. the faa is investigating, but you can see that flight finally on the way to europe. it's expected to land at 7:00 this morning after an 11-hour delay. >> hopefully everyone is okay. jessica, thank you. the nation honors the birth of martin luther king, jr. in the bay area, that means the celebration train is ready to roll. >> cal trans celebration train leaves at 9:45 this morning. it arrives in san francisco at 4th and townsend around 11:00. passengers will participate in a march near the gardens where there is an arts and music festival to honor dr. king. for other events, you can visit abc 7 news.com.

> really mild for that train ride today and that celebration. we'll start off at 9:45. probably about 50, 51 degrees. then we'll warm up into the upper 50s by the time it concludes. under a main i cloudy sky. >> right now, in the east bay, you can see the valleys in the blue there. in the mid to upper 40s. up in the hills, mt. diablo in the mid to upper 50s. 50 in san francisco and hayward. los gatos, 59. really mild and humid air out there. that will translate into some rain. we'll have to wait until mainly the evening and overnight hours for that. here's a look from mt. tam up high. at the beach today, poor because of the high surf advisory. don't turn your back on the water. exercising, humid and mild today. foggy this morning. not too breezy or choppy. 12-hour planner for san francisco. 8:00, 49. bip noon, 57.

upper 50s through 4:00. mid-50s from 6:00 to 8:00 with a stray shower. 43 this morning in the north bay. showers develop with 56. 57 at 4:00. stray showers more numerous at 6:00 and 8:00. mid-50s there. this is after temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s in most neighborhoods. palo alto, morgan hill and santa cruz in the 60s. you can see the green out there tonight. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. when i come back, we're going to talk about this 1 on the storm impact scale. it's a light scale but it will bring light to moderate rain and mess up a commute. >> speaking of messed up commutes, it is a light holiday morning but we have a full freeway closure. this is a live shot of 280 southbound at alemany boulevard. this was an overnight shooting apparently and police are on scene doing an investigation. at about 4:45 this morning, they estimated two more hours. that gives us about an hour and a half still to go. you can see the orange.

that's fog that will be affecting your drive. we'll talk about that in a second. southbound 280 on the maps. the purple means full freeway closure and a sigalert in effect. we do have, due to this fog, an accident with an overturned vehicle. southbound 680 near marshview. vehicle is off the roadway. emergency crews may have to block a lane to get it out of there once again it is overturned. we'll be back in a few with a look at the mass transit for the mlk day coming up. a north bay supervisor questioning a plan to put a bike lane on the richmond san rafael bridge. it would create a bike lane on the upper deck. according to the supervisor damon connolly thinks space should be used for considers. bikes should only be allowed during nonpeak hours and weekends when traffic is slower. transportation officials will discuss accommodating both cars and bikes. we have new developments about mark wahlbergs to donate his million dollar film fee

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except for the north bay, where we could have up to half an inch. hour by hour after this. developments over pay equity involving michelle williams and mark wahlberg. >> williams is applauding her co-star for donating his film fee. wahlberg was paid $1.5 million to reshoot scenes of the movie, all the money in the world that originally included disgraced actor kevin spacey. williams was paid just $1,000 for the reshoot. wahlberg will donate his paycheck to the time's up legal williams' name. michelle the actress issued a statement saying the most powerful men in charge they listened and they acted. if we truly envision an equal world, it takes equal effort and sacrifice. we have new details on the close call for 50 people headed for a casino ship off of florida's gulf coast. the boat caught fire and passengers had to jump into the cold water.

here's more. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, dramatic video off the coast of florida shows a shuttle boat engulfed in flames forcing passengers to jump into the port richie canal and swim to safety. it was headed to a casino boat in international waters three miles away when the captain noticed smoke from the engine room. witnesses described panic as the boat crumbled in the fire. >> it happened so fast. i can only imagine the fear they had. there was people jumping because it engulfed in a matter of four minutes. the whole boat was gone, like in flames. >> passengers abandoned ship 100 feet from the shore jumping into that ocean water, which in 43-degree weather is cold enough to cause hypothermia. we'll have the latest at 7:00 a.m. i'm diane ma said owe, abc news new york. new at 5:00 a.m., we just

got these pictures from police of an alleged armed gunman. look at this. they're looking for this person at this very minute. the suspect reportedly robbed a 7-eleven near pleasant hill and bodega. happened about 1:30 this morning. police say the suspect walked into the convenience store, pointed the gun at the clerk and then took cash and other items. then took off. he was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt. in fact, they think it was some sort of camouflage print. he was wearing gray sweatpants and a black full-faced mask that you see in in picture. if you know anything, call police. >> you cannot see anything. >> really obscuring it. martin luther king would have been 89 years old. >> there are events to honor him today. the east county branch of the naacp hosting a prayer breakfast at the martin luther king, jr. junior high school in pittsburg. >> it starts at 8:00 a.m. and

free to everyone. you can find a full list of events on our website, abc7news.com. martin luther king, jr.'s daughter september out this tweet saying happy birthday, daddy. she will be at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. as is the custom for most presidents, president trump is not expected to participate. but bernice hopes he will observe the holiday. this has become very popular. i'm not sure why. life imitates art. that's true of some have discovered the google arts app. >> it's a new feature on the app analyzing your cell feed and attempts to match it to a painting on display in one of the partner museums. >> you know, not necessarily always the doppelganger. this is you, reginald. >> your biggest match, 40% match is jimi hendrix. right. which makes zero sense. love jimi hendrix, but do we

look at all alike? come on. >> google is saying it's using experimental technology. ranked at the top of the free app list. i feel that this app struggles for people of color. i think that may be more of a commentary about art in general lacking a representation of people of color. goodness gracious, there's some weirdo owe. >> it's fun to try. free to download. i think google may be trolling us. >> that's also true. >> let us know. you're never more than seven you're never more than seven minutes a quay quay quay quay qa forecast. >> there you go. >> i'm going to try mine. but i'm not sure i'm going to let everybody know. we'll see how it turns out. good morning, everybody. let's talk about today. we have a weak storm on the way. it's pretty quiet. look at the flags on the ferry building not moving at all.

we have a stagnant air mass. it's kind of compressed because of high pressure pushing down on it. it is a spare the air day. the air will be cleaner. the showers will taper heading towards tomorrow morning. we'll have several live rains coming through the extended. here's a look at the gray clouds increasing. not much green anywhere right now. in fact, even as we head through 9:00, it's mainly foggy and cloudy. there may be a little bit of a thinning in the cloud cover as you can see by noon. a few stray showers up around mendocino county. towards 4:00, a few stray showers up in the north bay. 7:00, a stray shower about anywhere except the south bay and inland east bay. heading into the overnight hours, you can see this. by 2:00 in the morning, that's your moderate rate. the yellows and oranges. it becomes lighter as it heads to the heart of the bay at 4:00. it will exit the south bay by 9:00. let's talk about our commutes. during the evening commute, everybody looks pretty dry

except for santa rosa northward. at 4:00 in the morning, from san francisco northward, we're going to find slick streets. by the end of the commute, everybody is going to have wet streets tomorrow morning. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll turn into a mostly cloudy afternoon. partly cloudy on wednesday and then another light system thursday, friday and possibly sunday evening. we're going to try to squeak in a dry weekend. here's sue. >> we have a sigalert. a traffic alert at 280 southbound in san francisco. freeway shooting earlier this morning has the entire freeway shut down. you're taking a live look at the alemany exit. that's where traffic is being diverted off. then back on again about a mile or so south. so a heads-up there. until 6:45 this morning, they hope to have this reopened. tiffany wilson is objen scene wh more. we have fog advisories out there. if you are traveling this

morning, the mass transit, b.a.r.t. is starting at 6:00 a.m. with saturday service and free parking i should add. that's a nice deal. larkspur ferry expanded. the ace trains are running 3 and 5 trains leaving in about 20 minutes or so out of the central valley. at least train 3 anyway. bring their remote control car literally on the freeway. look at this guy. just exited. that was his exit apparently. >> 2018 is off to a weird start. this is a remote control car speeding on a freeway. it closely followed a white pickup truck before both exited at the same time. we don't know where the little car was headed or why they did this. but, all right. a pennsylvania man let the whole world watch what happened after

he drove into a flooded highway in pittsburgh. >> this is video after his truck was submerged in an area infamily known as the bathtub. he thought it was only 2 feet deep and could make it through. his truck definitely stopped running. he shared the experience on facebook live. >> here we go for my own stupidity in doing this stuff. hi. when you see a lot of water, do not go through it. it's totally unbelievable. what a dingbat i am. >> a dingbat, yeah. mike and sue tell us this all the time. you cannot tell how deep that water is. do not go through it. rescuers eventually used a raft to get him to safety. >> glad he's all right. your chance to get a free pass to one of the 40 redwood state parks. starting at 8:00 this morning, you can get free passes for admission on saturday, february 10th. the save the redwoods league says it's doing this to celebrate the 100 years of saving california's iconic redwood forests.

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fluid. so heads up there. maybe even further delays. number 3. we're watching three different scenarios play out today. the first is our 18th winter spare the air alert. burning is banned. a high surf advisory at the coast and showers are on the way. number 4, the fcc now slamming the government in hawaii for that false alarm about a missile attack over the weekend. the agency says hawaii did not have proper safeguards. number 5, thousands of people attended a vigil last night in memorial hospital sont those who died in the mudslides. number 6, president trump denying using profane language to describe haiti and african countries. he said he's the least racist person reporters have interviewed. number 7, today is martin luther king, jr. day. celebrating the life of a civil rights leader. the annual celebration train

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>> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc 7 mornings. good morning on this monday, january 15th on mlk day. hope you're doing well today. >> if you're off this morning, you're never more than seven minutes from the accuweather forecast. hey, guys. let's talk about the fog out there. it's dangerous around the altamont pass. pour toe la avenue, cannon boulevard, all those areas down to about zero.

we're 1 around fairfield. not much better in concord. it will be with us throughout the commute. let's look at the 12-hour planner. 44 to 52. it's milder with that extra humidity in the air. 59s across the board. mainly cloudy and hazy at noon. 58 to 62 with a few spotty showers around the north bay. a better chance across the north bay at 7:00. 55 to 56 degrees. talk more about the chances of rain in the accuweather seven-day forecast. here's sue. we have a traffic alert out of the chute on this martin luther king day. this is in san francisco, chp and the sfpd have a freeway closure at alemany due to police activity. apparently pullin off of the alemany at the detour there. either the chp, patrol vehicle hit a car or a car hit it. but it is disabled and leaking fuel right at alemany and congdon as soon as you make that detour. heads up there until 6:45 they'll be in lanes.

jeff has a live update now. >> announcer: now breaking news from the live desk. >> here at the live desk, we want to get to the breaking news shutting down 280. let's check in with reporter tiffany wilson. she is on scene for us this morning. tiffany? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. some of the flares have burned out behind me. but you can see all of the cones that are lined up along 280 directing all vehicles off at alemany boulevard. chp has the freeway shut down for a shooting investigation. this started shortly after 3:00 a.m. when chp received a call from the san francisco police department reporting that several victims had driven themselves to the hospital and said they were shot at 280 south and alemany boulevard. chp says there are anywhere from three to six shooting victims. officers are still investigating if the victims were in one or more cars. >> unfortunately, at this time i don't have that information regarding as to where they shot, if it was car to car or just a

pedestrian shooting at another vehicle. we currently don't know those details at the moment. >> reporter: now, here you can see live, some drivers are a little bit confused by this. one person getting off and avoiding the detour. chp is here on scene helping them get back into that detour again. if you're coming southbound 280, you must exit at alemany and this is expected to last for at least another hour and a half. so it should reopen around 7:00 a.m. live in san francisco, tiffany wils wilson, abc 7 news. it's 5:32 now. we celebrate the achievements and message of dr. martin luther king, jr. the celebration station leaves san jose this morning and matt keller is there for us live. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. this is a very popular and free event. but if you want to ride the celebration train for martin luther king, you need a ticket and the event is already sold

out. now, the first train leaves san jose at 9:45 this morning. it will make stops in palo alto and san mateo before heading to san francisco. once there, people can take part in the march or go to the guard especially for a full day of festivities. 2018 is the 50th year since the assassination of dr. king. this year's theme is the urgency of now. the foundation says there's been a return to intolerance and despair that's given a voice to some of the nation's worst instincts. >> i think a lot of people were optimistic about how things were eight years ago, nine years ago. not so sure anymore. >> reporter: north cal mlk will spend the entire year in projects to reflect on society, where it has come and where they want it to go. if you want more information, you can go to abc7news.com. matt keller, abc 7 news. a man who tried to jump over

the side of highway 101 in san francisco is in custody this morning. officers saved his life with the help of good samaritans. >> a helicopter landed in the northbound lanes to help the officer on the ground. this started just before 5:00 p.m. last night when drivers callbout a barefoot man running across the freeway. when an officer approached him, the man tried to jump over the side about 30 feet above the ground. >> the traffic stopped. i just dropped down and tried to go over and help. and he climbed back over and they detained him once that happened. it's like, you know, was crazy, man. crazy. >> that man now undergoing a mental health evaluation. search teams will try again today to recover the body of a south bay high school tennis coach from a lake. tyler knee and a skydiving instructor fell into a lake in new zealand last wednesday. this video is from the new

zealand herald. he was the varsity boys tennis coach at archbishop high school in san jose. both of them were wearing life jackets. president trump denying that he used profane language to describe haiti and african nations during an oval office meeting. >> facing backlash, president trump finally addressed the growing firestorm. talking to reporters, he says he's the least racist person you will ever interview. the president said some are coming to his defense. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word and it's a gross misrepresentation. >> he said put me down for one or more europeans to come tho to this country. why don't we get more people from norway. that's exactly what the president said. >> civil rights activist and georgia congressman john lewis thinks the president is a racist. he also says he will not attend the state of the union address later this month. air bnb responding to the

vulgar comments. >> according to fortune magazine, they're launching a $100,000 digital campaign to promote countries. they shared photos of destinations in those countries. it wants to encourage more travelers to visit these special and beautiful places. meanwhile an agreement costing air bnb thousands of hosts. they have until tomorrow to do so or be kicked off the site. an estimated 6,000 hosts failed to register as of last thursday. air bnb and other sites reached an agreement last may. san francisco wants hosts to be permanent residents and it's designed to prevent landlords from turning homes into full-time hotels. the fcc is slamming the government in hawaii for that false alarm about a missile attack calling it absolutely unacceptable. the agency says hawaii did not have safeguards in place to prevent the transmission of a false alert. the employee who pushed the

wrong button on saturday sending the warning out to millions of people and freaking them out has now been reassigned. future drills have been temporarily suspended and new protocol will require two people to send out a systemwide alert. i saw that push alert. i was like, what? what is going on? thought maybe something happened in north korea. thankfully, falls alarm there. got your heartbeating. >> most of us cooler this morning unless you're in the coast and the south bay. mid to upper 40s. pretty nice morning. we could be in the 20s and the 30s. pretty much mid to upper 40s elsewhere with alameda and san francisco at 50 and 54 right now in daly city. here's a look at the san mateo bridge. looking westbound. it's dry and fog-free. but there is really thick fog in our inland valleys elsewhere. caution in you're going to be out there. mass transit, we do have a chance of evening showers, especially across the north bay. on the bay today, we'll say

caution because of the fog this morning. got light breezes. in the east bay, we start at 49 today. mostly cloudy. by noon, mostly cloudy 56. pretty much cloudy during the afternoon hours and temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. mid-50s this evening with a few stray showers. on the peninsula, mostly cloudy and 48 at 8:00. by noon, 58. notice the low 60s during the afternoon hours with a sliver of sunshine. then mid to upper 50s during the evening hours. storms coming in tonight through tomorrow morning. moderate rain in the north bay. light rain for the rest of us as it heads southward. we'll wake up to less than a quarter of an inch in most areas. up to a half an inch in the north bay. this is one of several storms coming our way over the next seven days. we'll talk about that coming up next. here's sue. traffic alert right out of the chute this morning with a full freeway closure. here's a live look at alemany. the exit off of southbound 280 with an overnight shooting. police are out there investigating. they say it's until at least 6:45. detour in place.

it is a mandatory detour. it exits off of alemany and put you back on southbound 680 -- pardon me, southbound 280 about a mile down the road. avoid that if you can. it is pretty much holiday-like with martin luther king, jr. day. back to the bay bridge toll plaza. look at that. not a problem here. you do have fog advisory for around the altamont pass and very indonesia bridge. we'll check on that next. this next story making international headlines. as many as 47 people hurt after the floor of the jakarta stock exchange simply collapsed. i want to show you video of the moment it happened. take a close look here. witnesses say they felt a tremor before that second-floor mezzanine gave way. police in indonesia ruled out the possibility it was a bomb that caused the floor to cave in. meanwhile, a group of college students were among those on the

floor when it collapsed. the building was evacuated as a precaution. already trading has resumed this morning. but right now, there is a big investigation under way into exactly what caused the floor to just cave in. >> also working on this story at the live desk. comedian aziz ansari responding this morning to allegations of sexual

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we're back. coming up on 5:43 this monday morning. here's a look at the snow pack. it's tiny. 25% of average. 11% of our yearly average. the smallest amount is across tahoe. look at today. absolutely nothing coming that way but clouds and 55. showers ready in eureka. low to mid-60s there. 70 to 73 for san diego, l.a. and 80 in palm springs. look at this. light amounts of snow tomorrow. it begins as rain. our next storm thursday. but if that moderate to heavy snow begins friday, we could get a foot to 2 feet of snow. does that perk anybody's ears up? i hope so. comedian and actor aziz ansari is responding this morning to allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by a woman he briefly dated last year. in a statement, ansari says he apologized to the 23-year-old

photographer after she told him she had an uncomfortable sexual encounter with him at his apartment. she claims he was aggressive towards her. the woman texted him the day after to let him know she was upset with his behavior that night. the woman came forward after she saw ansari wearing a time's up pin at the golden globe awards last week. jessica, thank you. it's 5:44 now. a community meeting is set for tomorrow for those left homeless by the mudslides. thousands attend aid vigil last night. the death toll climbed to 20 yesterday after they found the body of a 30-year-old man. his 6-year-old son and his father-in-law died in the mudslides. the man's 2-year-old daughter is among the four people still missing. authorities say it may be weeks before a stretch of highway 101 in montecito reopens. about 77,000 cars a day use that roadway. significant progress on cleanup and recovery following the october wildfires. state officials tell the press

democrat cleanup in coffey park is expected to wrap up in about two weeks. the rest of sonoma county should be cleared by the end of next month. 1800 lots have been cleared. that's about a million tons of debris. the north bay wildfires killed 40 people and the flames key destroyed more than 6,000 homes. a quarter to 6:00 now. a live look. you can see the morning light illuminating the martin luther king, jr. memorial in washington, d.c. right now. people already there to honor his legacy and message. the nation honoring the great civil rights leader today on his birthday. there are events all across the bay area, including the celebration train, very famous, from san jose to san francisco. abc 7 news reporter matt keller already telling us this morning that's sold out today. we have a list of events on abc7news.com. as the nation honors him, a new exhibit in san francisco highlighting the achievement of african-american baseball players. >> that's right. it's called the game of color. it's on display until march 18th at the san francisco main library and features

photography, memorabilia and artifacts. it spans the first negro league and the african-american players who challenged the baseball establishment in the '60s and '70s. when you see this, doesn't it look out of a fast and furious movie. this is real life. a car stuck in the second story of a building. this happened early yesterday morning in the orange county community of santa ana. a car hit the center median on a street, flew into the air and slammed into a dentist's office. you're going to see the video that proves that's how it happened. did you see this? launches straight up. witnesses say the driver was speeding. you can see that it barely missed hitting another vehicle. that accident started a fire. now, a witness says the driver got out and was hanging from the side of the building. a man pumping gas nearby heard it happen. >> i heard a big boom. and it hit that -- hit there and it got launched.

>> firefighters rescued the driver and extracted another person out of that car after they put out the fire. both had minor injuries. police think the driver was on drugs. >> i've never seen that. >> it's amazing they survived. restrictions on so-called smart luggage are going to affect some airlineser. >> they contain lithium-ion batteries. travelers can only bring them as carry-on luggage if they remove the batteries before they're checked. passengers should check for specific restrictions. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco has a look at the day ahead. >> thank you, reggie, natasha. hi everybody. here's a look at san rafael. some of the haze is hanging around. the fog isn't nearly as thick as around santa rosa. we'll go from fog to hazy, cloudy conditions for most of us. there will be a few stray showers across the north bay

today. the light showers will move in tonight in the north bay. they may be moderate when they get there and move into the south bay by this time tomorrow morning. several weak storms will follow that for the rest of the week. for highs today, we'll start in the south bay. you have the best chance of seeing any sunshine breakthrough the shroud deck. you're in the mid-60s and the rest of us 58 to 62 degrees. as far as the morning lows tomorrow, they'll be around 47 to 53. pretty mild. but you can see it's going to be rain for tomorrow's morning commute. here's a look at the energy as it heads ahead our way. this is going to bring us light rain amounts as the energy heads up more towards the pacific northwest. let's go through an hour by hour. by 9:00, hazy and cloudy. by noon, maybe a little thinning out there. you may need sunglasses in areas. you can see a stray shower around mendocino and lake county. light showers continue through 4:00. maybe stray showers during the 7:00 hour. north of the san mateo bridge. here you go. here's the moderate rain, the yellows and the oranges moving

into the north bay. the heart of the bay at 4:00. exiting the south bay by 9:00. so if you're an early riser in the south bay, you may get through the morning commute without any rain. all right. we'll take a look at the rainfall totals coming up in my next hit which is less than seven minutes away. first let's look at the forecast. mostly cloudy to partly cloudy webs. light storms for thursday, friday and sunday. here's sue. we're going to a live look. southbound 280 at alemany where we have a full freeway closure due to police activity overnight. you can see the chp officer there moving some cones around. you are not allowed to stay on southbound 280. they are exiting you at alemany and getting you back on 280 about a mile down the road. they're hoping about an hour from now to have lanes open. we'll check back with the chp in just a little bit in the abc 7's tiffany wilson is there with a live update. no delays at the toll plaza. it is martin luther king holiday

light. our traffic maps are showing that. there is a fog advisory over the altamont pass. you are having some slowing as you emerge up to the altamont pass itself and down into livermore with slowing there and fog is very thick also on the benicia bridge. so heads up. breaking news from the live desk. >> breaking news from florida. we briefly told but this earlier in our newscast. a fire engulfed the shuttle boat off of florida's gulf coast. we have learned that one person has died. that's according to a hospital spokesperson. only moments ago, there's still about 14 others injured. the shuttle boat caught fire as it was making its way to a casino. no word on why that happened. whether it was from the fire a itself. several people jumped in the water. back to you. jessica, thank you. test driving a tesla. abc tests the road with the new abc tests the road with the new model

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if you're worried about when the rain gets to your neighborhood, let's take a look at it. start the evening ukiah will be wet waking up tomorrow morning at 4:00, half moon bay, san francisco, northward, we're going to have slick streets. by the end of the commute, all of us are going to be wet. look at the rainfall amounts.

less than a tenth of an inch for most of the bay. then the north bay, we could have a quarter to half inch of rain. we'll look at other advisories coming with the storm next. mike, thank you. can you imagine how scary it was to be in this plane. no one was hurt. but investigators trying to determine why the passenger jet slid off the icy runway. this happened in turkey. it nearly plunged into the black sea. you can see this dramatic video from a drone that captured the crash scene. the pegasus airlines flight went over the cliff as it came in for a landing. 162 people made it out just fine. one of the two pilots told investigators that the plane's right engine suddenly started to speed up and that pushed the plane towards the sea. >> could you fly after that? it would take a while, right? >> some of them are saying they think it was stuck in the mud. that may have stopped it. protesters in oakland are sending a message about the affordable housing crisis directly to mayor libby schaaf. they pitched tents and camped on

the front launch her home this weekend. her annual state of the city speech challenged residents to offer spare rooms to people in need. they say it's not a viable solution. >> the people out here are struggling, they're not capable of opening up their houses. if anything, if the mayor wants to open up her houses, she's right here. she can let me stay in there for a while and let me get on my feet. >> the protesters want her to shift half of the resources to homelessness. >> schaaf wasn't home. but she said she's working every day to alleviate the housing crisis. there's a story we're trying to wrap our heads around. >> if you lie in bed thinking about what you need to do, good news for you. researchers in baylor university had students spend writing down things they had to do or things they've accomplished. the to do list group fell asleep

nine minutes faster. i don't know if that means they have boring things to do or what. boom, right out. >> here we go. this is live. obviously, chp patrol officers southbound 280 near alemany where they still have a full freeway closure with an overnight shooting. investigation is going on until 6:45 this morning. avoid this area. 101 would be a great way to go. there is a detour in place. other than that, we've got fog and pretty light traffic out there for this monday, martin luther king day. mike snoo? >> walnut creek, you can see the fog hanging out this morning. it's going to be around throughout the commute. it's going to turn into haze. everybody has moderate air quality. but inland could have poor air quality. that's another by product of the storm that's coming. this is the third one if you will. the high surf advisory. up to 20 feet possible

afternoon. the worst is yet to come. thanks, mike. next at 6:00, we're tracking the breaking news and tiffany wilson live with the closure of 280. more on the daca -- we're tracking a united flight from san francisco that had to be diverted last night. didn't quite make it across the atlantic. those passengers still trying to make it to paris this morning. make it to paris this morning. plus, the reason

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livermore right now where we have the visibility hanging around zero. that means it's less than an 8th of a mile. most dangerous off the altamont pass. in pittsburg, that's one of the areas where thick fog also. let me show you other areas. weir down to a mile in in in ini i'll let you know about delays as soon as i know. pretty mild this morning. 44 to 52 degrees. just mainly cloudy and haze out there at noon and 59. 58 to 62 with thicker clouds and less sunshine at 4:00. then some showers develop from our next storm at 7:00. we'll talk more about that and spare the air coming up. here's sue. >> self-a sigalert, a traffic alert. closure for police activity for an overnight shooting in san francisco. southbound 280 at alemany remains shut