sailing the seas day and night. they knew where they were going, by watching the clouds move in the sky or the way their boats rocked. that's how the waves and stars would speak to them. guide them. sometimes, you can find your way in the world, by getting lost in it. let your legend begin at aulani, a one-of-a-kind disney resort in hawaii wednesday, january 17th. it's 5:00 in the morning. glad that you're with us. >> yeah. we were talking about in and out during the commercial break. we're having a good start to the day. >> when are we not talking about a burger? >> we'll take it. at 5:00 in the morning, we're ready. >> yeah. get off the secret menu, too, maybe something fun.

anyway, let's talk about no secret what's going on here this morning. look at that thick fog. highway 4, one. most dangerous rides this morning. visibility is down to nearly zero from discovery bay all the way to concord. let me broaden it out. it's getting that way through the altamont pass and livermore. petaluma to -- look at half moon b bay. this is the way it looks in walnut creek. you can barely see the cars traveling on 680 there. my accuweather 12-hour planner, 46 degrees with a cooler and foggy start. gray and hazy at noon. 57 to 59. may be a little bit of sunshine breaking through the canopy of clouds at 4:00. 57 to 62. not too chilly this evening. light jacket. 52 to 55. let's find out more about the commute from sue. >> we have a b.a.r.t. delay, baugh they're recovering from earlier track maintenance on the dublin lines. be aware. the end of recovery phase. the orange, the fog mike has been talking about in the north and east bay, the altamont pass,

roadwork is out there. it's slowing the reverse commute eastbound until 11:00 this morning. westbound we are seeing our typical slowing out of tracy for about a 40-minute drive up and over into livermore and dublin, pleasanton at this hour. thank you, sue. on to developing nus news. there may be a sweep in northern california to crackdown on sanctuary cities like san francisco. >> amy holly field is live outside fran city hall with the details. amy? >>. >> reporter: hi, reggie. san francisco would be one of the targe being accepted. school leader will be at the news conference. they plan to ask them to overturn a decision by the court in san francisco to keep protections for undocumented students. the parents of 13 children who were locked up in a filthy home in riverside county have not said why they did it. the children range from 2 to 29 years old. they were kept out of public schools and mostly hidden from their neighbors. it's similar to jaycee

cornell barnard looked at the parallels and talked to the woman who helped free dugard. >> it looks like the others on this street. but inside, officials say was a house of horrors. 13 siblings were held captive in the house found with chains and pad locks by their own parents. david and louise turpin. both now in jail. a 17-year-old escaped through a window and called 9-1-1. neighbors say they rarely saw or heard the kids. all were home-schooled. >> i don't understand how people can be so cruel to kids. it mirrors the case near and dear to my heart for sure. >> retired uc berkeley police officer alley jacobs is talking about the jaycee dugard case. the 11-year-old kidnapped in 1991 by philip and nancy ga rit owe who held her captive for years where she gave birth to two daughters fathered by ge

rate owe. >> he came to get a permit for a religious rally. he met with jacobs who felt something wasn't right. >> i called the parole officer who promptly told me that he didn't have any children. >> that call led to police finding and freeing jaycee dugard from her prison. this is the antioch neighborhood where jaycee dugard was held captive. it looks about the same as it did in 2009, except the house itse itself. >> new owners bought the house tearing down tall fences in the backyard where jaycee lived. alley jacobs believes a tip from the neighbor could have ended the nightmare for victims in both cases. >> if you feel something is off, you need to do something about it and say something. >> philip and nancy are now serving life sentences. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. police have arrested a dozen people part of a violent criminal street gang. here are mug shofts people arrested they are accused in at least 30 carjackings, robberies and other crimes.

the group is accused of firing an ar-15 during a carjacking. >> we had 18 reported carjackings in the month of december. we have not had a single one since our roundup. i'm not going to say every carjacking is attributable to this group. but that's a measurable impact i would say. >> the suspects were arrested january 10th. many at a home on lotus street. it appears to be the hub of the operation. a double blow to survivors who lost their homes and lost trust in their insurance companies. now, lawmakers are proposing a package of eight bills to help victims get back on their feet. it includes a proposal extending the time to rebuild and collect full replacement costs from 24 months to 36 months. another lets homeowners avoid the requirement, some say, forces them to relive the tragedy by having to itemize every single item lost in the fire. we'll start by talking about temperatures. look how nice it is on the north bay. low to mid-50s in most

neighborhoods. cooler in vallejo. 48 and 47 for you. let's take a look at the rest of the neighborhood. 48 lafayette. fairfield, cool spot. san ramon 47. we've got newark at 51. redwood city, 55. san francisco and san carlos, 54. daly city, 53. i was going to show you some of the surf from santa cruz. but the fog is too thick. so we've got that and the high surf warning developing during the evening hours. breakers up to 40 feet possible. exercising, dry today, out and about, cool this morning, mild this afternoon. let's go around the neighborhoods in the east bay valleys. fog really thick at 8:00. through 10:00, temperatures in the low to mid-50s there. we'll break out into mostly cloudy afternoons. 60 to 62. mid-50s, 54 at 8:00. peninsula will go cloudy 51 at 8:00. 10:0055. mostly cloudy at noon.

58. a few 60-degree temperatures from 2:00 to 4:00. back in the upper 50s this evening. also, now, several chances of rain coming up. i put the storm impact scale on them. give you an idea what to expect. a light storm for thursday into friday. still watching that moderate storm for sunday into monday and then lingering showers on tuesday. we'll wrap all that upcoming up in the seven-day forecast. first let's talk about the commute with sue and see what's catching her eye this morning. >> the east shore freeway, what's catching my eye is that there's no fog across the commute and through berkeley into the macarthur maze. a stream of headlights headed in the westbound direction and moving at the limit, which is great. as you merge into the bay bridge, toll plaza, we're seeing a slight delay for cash-paying folks. otherwise, no metering lights yet. they typically come on in 10 to 15 minutes. we'll monitor that for you. we'll check your mass transit. once again, a recovering ten-minute b.a.r.t. delay out of san francisco due to earlier

track maintenance. other b.a.r.t. trains on schedule this morning. your cal train and ace train out of the central valley running on schedule. here's a live desk. i'm watching a courtroom in lansing, michigan. in about an hour impact statements will continue in the sentencing hearing for the former usa gymnastics doctor and victims spoke in court yesterday against larry nassar. he pleaded guilty to seven cases of sexual assault. women described how he sexually abused them, many say it was when they were children. >> you used my body for six years for your own sexual gratification. that is unforgivable. >> you broke and shattered a lot of girls. >> prosecutors said they have scheduled 98 of 125 victims to address the court through friday. accusers include olympians simone biles, aly raisman and

mckayla maroney. reggie and natasha, it's staggering. 98 expected to come forward and give a testimony. >> that is so sad to see all of the champions get up there and tell these horrible stories. speaking of mckayla maroney. she had previously reached a settlement over her case but would have faced a $100,000 fine if she spoke. >> they will not be going after her if she speaks. christy teigen had offered to pay the fine if it was enforced. the u.s. olympic committee and michigan state university where nassar served claiming the nondisclosure agreement she signed was illegal. invasion of privacy? >> technology advancing very quickly. this is no exception to that. a man got a tattoo that's also an audio clip. why

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more on the accuweather seven-day forecast. now a live desk update. new at 5:00 a.m., h and m is now appointing a diversity leader after the company was accused of racism over this ad. it shows a black child dressed in a hoodie reading "coolest monkey in the jungle." h and m made the announcement on its facebook page. they say the move is to show, quote, it's commitment to diversity and inclusiveness is -- >> they said it was unintentional. it's based in stockholm, sweden but a global brand. many say celebrities have decided to sever ties with the company because of the controversy surrounding the sweatshirt, including a bay area rapper, g easy. lebron james, diddy and the weekend. back to you. jessica, thank you. uc berkeley asking the campus to take part in a survey about sexual violence and

harassment. the school says the survey is privately funded. they'll ask about beliefs surrounding harassment and abuse. the city of berkeley is considering a community surveillance program but wants public input. the program would include license plate readers, thermal imaging technology for firefighters and blis police body cams. there's a web page to leave comments. you can see it at abc7news.com. smart train officials are awaiting -- the marin ij reports there's growing concern that they won't complete the project on time. federal officials provided smart officials with a letter that allows the agency to continue building the tracks to larkspur. but smart says it hasn't received any funding. a $20 million grant from the federal transit administration's small starts program was announced nearly three years ago. happening today, officials

rom facebook, youtube and twitter will testify about terrorism and social media. the senate committee on commerce will hold that meeting and look at steps social media platforms are taking to stop the spread of propaganda on the internet. the hearing will be live-streamed and we have more details on abc7news.com. if your wi-fi hasn't been working as it should, google home or -- may be to blame. signals from google devices are knocking routers off line. there's no official solution yet. the best work around is to unplug your device when is you're not using them. >> some technology that can turn tattoos of sound waves into audio clips you can listen to. ohm a few tattoo artists are doing this. one is in cleveland, ohio. one client requested a sound wave from his late father. >> getting a memorial tattoo of someone's name or death date and images that represent them, that's all great and cool. but this sort of takes it to the next level. >> skin motion is the l.a.-based

startup behind these tattoos. it creates a wave pattern of the audio clip that you submit. that pattern is tattooed and you can use it to scan your tattoo and listen to it over and over again. i like that. i think there's a poignant use for this for missing lived ones >> you could just play it, right? >> i guess. >> you don't have -- >> it's a permanent reminder. >> then you don't have a tattoo. a change at the san francisco public library. >> replacing bar codes on books and other checkout materials with radiofrequency tags. the tags will allow patrons to check out faster by using self-serve checkout stations. project expected to cost $3.6 million. the library commission will hold a hearing tomorrow on the budget. 5:17. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. that means you, meteorologist mike nicco. >> it's going to be a great day out there. a little bit of fog out there. high clouds that will dim our

sunshine. you can see the fog trying to push in to san jose and the south bay right now. this is 280 and 17 where temperatures are running in the mid-50s. mostly cloudy and hazy today. my first high lie. that storm arrives tonight. the stronger storm arrive sunday. let's talk about what's going on outside. you can see the clouds and the canopy getting thicker as we speak this morning as i overlaid the clouds on live doppler 7. here's what it does to our temperatures. keeps us 59 to 61 degrees. ukiah, the warmest spot. santa cruz at 65. remember, we've got that dangerous surf down there. breakers up to 40 feet possible starting tonight. for tonight, we don't cool much thanks to the cloud cover and the infusion of moisture ahead of our next system. in fact, some of that moisture will come down in the form of light to moderate rain during the overnight hours. about 47 to 52 is our spread. let's put it into motion. we'll start tonight at 9:00 where we'll have showers out into the north bay. notice the steadier rain at 4:00

when we start the morning commute. most of the steadier rain stays in the north bay until 9:00. there will be random showers ahead of that. you can see the canopy of green there. by midday, it's moving into the east bay and also into the south bay. it will still be there as we start the evening commute and it will turn over to scattered showers by the time we get to 7:00. then we'll have off and on showers friday also. rainfall amounts, you can see they're going to get up around a quarter to possibly a half inch. that will keep things slick. say thursday evening through friday's evening commute. a little bit of a break. it gets wet and windy sunday with showers lingering from monday and tuesday. my ak weather seven-day forecast. sue? >> thanks. i thought we would touch on the richmond-san rafael bridge. traffic is flowing very nicely here. you have an 8-minute drive with no delays on the span. here's a couple of drive times for you. we are seeing, of course,

typical delays from the central valley up and over the altamont into the dublin pleasanton area. just under an hour at this point. antioch to concord at westbound 4, a busy commute. pretty moderate at this hour. san rafael to san francisco is fog-free and a good ride. it is also very good across the golden gate as you got four lanes in the southbound direction. take a look at the orange on your screen. that's fog affecting your commute. we go to the altamont pass where in the eastbound direction, we've got slowing due to paving work that's happening there until 11:00 this morning. so both directions are very slow this morning. now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> big breaking international news. south korea is saying the two rival koreas have agreed to form their first joint olympic team and march together in the opening ceremony next month. as you may know, the winter olympics will be held in south korea. the agreement happened only

moments ago during talks between those two nations. athletes from the two koreas will march together under what's being called a unification flag. the koreas will reportedly field a single woman's ice hockey team. not quite a done deal yet. the move does need to be approved by the international olympic committee. but boy, big news from the korean peninsula. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. a project to prevent wrong-way drivers out of of the testing phase being implemented across the state. it uses wrong-way signs and special red reflectors on highway exit a radar camera will send a photo of the vehicle to law enforcement. >> makes sense. in today's gma first look from white outs to black ice, helping drivers handle dicey conditions. >> here's reporter diane ma seed owe. >> in the first look. nearly every day since christmas. >> go, go, go. >> commuters throughout the

country have been dealing with slick, snowy roads. >> here bee go. >> bang. >> even in places that don't often see these conditions, like tennessee. >> it's purely traction. it's like a skating rink out there. >> now automakers are trying to help, adding special features for driving in winter conditions. we went to chevy's test track to see how their electronic stability control works on ice. a computer tells each wheel whether or not to brake to get the vehicle straight again. slick hills can be challenging also as many drivers have learned the hard way. several automakers have a driver assist system, like we saw on this ford vehicle. coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have a live demonstration on how to stay safe on the ice. with your gma first look, i'm diane ma said owe, abc news, new york. the seven things you need to know as you start your day. there's a new push to separate california into two different states. a brother

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it's 5:25 on this wednesday. whether you're just joining us or headed out the door, here's seven things to know before you go. the visibility is creating in places like santa rosa, down to zero. can't get any lower than that. elsewhere, it's zero in places like concord. our inland east bay is very thick. the moisture will turn into rain starting tonight with another storm sunday. number 2, from our live desk. breaking news from the korean peninsula. the two koreas reportedly decided to form their first joint limb i can team and they'll march together in the opening ceremony next month. the joint team will be a women's ice hockey team. the chronicle reports i.c.e. agents are looking to arrest at least 1500 people in san francisco and other northern california cities. number 4, an investigation under way after at least seven students reported feeling

symptoms of being drugged at a stanford frat party. the incident took place during an open house at sigma chi friday night. number 5, the warriors will update the public on progress of construction of the chase center at mission bay. today marks one year since the warriors broke ground. work now about 40% complete. number 6, we're following your wednesday morning commute whereas mike mentioned, fog is an issue. we do have eastbound roadwork that is really slowing things down over the altamont pass. look at that. you see under five miles an hour in the eastbound direction and westbound, typically slow from the walmart on 205. number 7 this morning, limited edition air jordans sewn with blue denim will be on sale at the levi's store in san francisco. levis sent everyone home with numbered bands so they don't lose their place in line. that is what they look like, my friends. >> denim on denim. the power of music. a brother and sister are in perfect harmony in utah. >> you make me

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>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. it's looking great out there, mike. >> there's moisture in the air but it won't translate into rain. one of the drier days moving forward. so i opened the weather window on walnut creek to show you how thick the fog can be. you can see the headlights on 680, the taillights moving southbound. winds are fairly calm, if not blowing a little bit offshore. some will work its way into the bay. it's going to create a gray, hazy day. temperatures starting out about 48 to 52 at 7:00. by noon, 57 to 59. by 4:00, pretty comfortable. 57 to 62. still pretty mild at 7:00 this evening. 52 to 55. that's your accuweather 12-hour planner. we'll look at tonight and tomorrow's storm coming up. first, how about that commute, sue. >> delays building at the bay bridge toll plaza. 5:23 was the magic time for the metering lights to turn on. look at the carpoolers, not a care in the world. cruising by that big old backup. 80 westbound from hercules to

san francisco now at 29 minutes. that will be building, of course, now that they've turned on the metering lights. it's a little sluggish on the upper deck in san francisco. be prepared for that. we'll check back in a few on this earlier b.a.r.t. delay to see if it's still happening. >> thank you, sue. developing knaus from stanford university. students say someone drugged them at a fra terpt. >> some can't remember much of the night. mark keller is live at stanford for us. matt. >> reporter: good morning reggie and natasha. this is the sigma chi fraternity house where it took place last friday night where seven people reported having symptoms. this is from the sanford daily. at least five members from the pi beta phi sorority, two men's of the rowing team suspect they were drugged. sanford daily cites an e-mail memo from the staff to sorority members saying they experienced unusual symptoms aligned with that of someone taking a b

benzodiazepi benzodiazepine. it functions as a minor tranquilizer. it's commonly known as the date rape drug. a suspect was invited to the party and a member of the dartmouth college men's rowing team. stanford university says the incident is being investigated. matt keller, abc 7 news. very concerning. thank you, matt. california lawmakers are looking into changing the state's home-schooling law following that shocking case of those children shackled in southern california. >> we've been reporting this terrible story. 13 children found in a filthy home. ranging in age from 2 to 29. they were kept out of public schools and instead were home-schooled by their parents, david and louise turpin. the riverside county sheriff's % office tells the l.a. times that had the children attended public school, they would have had interaction with teachers every day and teachers would have noticed their emaciated bodies. now a live desk update. >> i'm keeping track of things

on capitol hill right now for you because former trump campaign manager, corey lewandowski set to testify before congress today and he's expected to face several questions from the house intelligence committee about russian election interference. all of this coming one day after former white house strategist steve bannon refused to answer questions about his time in the trump white house. and on the trump transition team. a source is confirming to abc news that bannon has also been subpoenaed to appear before special counsel robert mueller's grand jury. back to you. >> thanks, jessica. uc berkeley student detained by immigration officials will have a bond hearing today. luis a more a was stopped december 30th. he has been in the u.s. since he was 11 when his family arrived from ecuador. he has overstayed his visa. chancellor carol chris says the university is working to help him. a student group working on his

behalf says they've received very little support from cal. city leaders in san jose and santa clara reached a truce to allow two massive developments to move forward. it clears the way tore santana west, across from santana row and city place near levi's stadium in santa clara. lawsuits filed prevented construction on the two projects along the common border. concerns over traffic and lack of housing were the central issues behind that dispute. san francisco voters will decide if they want to spend $100 million a year for affordable housing. it's planned for the june balance lot. it would hike the taxes to 2%. five members of the board of supervisors are sponsoring the measure, which had support from the late mayor ed lee. on the goodman library in downtown napa, they're finally complete. the library was damaged in the 2014 earthquake. you can see some of the damage here. $1.7 million project including a new roof, repairs to the

interior walls and trim. the library was built in 1901 and still has many of its original fixtures, including most of the original shelves and woodwork. the goodman library is the oldest continuously operating library in the entire state. happening today, former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is going to announce the recipient of his final $100,000 donation. he posted a video on instagram saying he was excited to share the news. so far he's made 31 toe nations totaling $900,000 for those fighting towards social injustice. he made a $1 million pledge in september of 2016 to help organizations that work in oppressed communities. who would do this, right? the search is on for whoever killed hundreds of thousands of bees in monterrey county. >> someone knocked over dozens of hives and then sprayed them with diesel fuel. last weekend. the attack killed more than 200,000 bees. those bees are being kept on

property in prunedale. the beekeeper says this cost him $50,000. >> supposed to be the money i select next month for the rest of the year for my family. >> i just feel really bad for alfonso. he worked so hard in trying to support his family and everything. and then somebody does something like this. >> he could use the money right now. his wife is due to have a baby next month. let's go to the east bay and talk about temperatures. 49, really dangerously thick fog. 51 to 53 for the rest of the east bay. it's mainly cloudy right now. but fog will move into your day. especially in hercules and those air yeas. we've got 53 in mountain view. 57 in san jose. 54 in san carlos. 52 in novato.

here's a look at -- i should say san rafael. >> what we're seeing is ayala lack of fog compared to just to the north where it's dangerously low to petaluma. watch out for that on the roads. that's my caution on your commute planner. mass transit dry for now. on the bay, foggy and hazy. a little bit of caution exercised there. your 12-hour planner, starting out cloudnd a 50 at 8:00. noon, 55 and cloudy. may see a little break of sunshine. we'll be around 56 to 58 degrees all the way through 6:00. back down to 54 by 8:00 this evening. up in the north bay, foggy and 50 at 8:00. still foggy at 10:00 and 52. transition to cloudy conditions at 55 at noon. maybe a little break of sunshine. 58 to 60 by 2:00 and 4:00. back down to the low to mid-50s in the evening hours. we have even more danger at our coast today. high surf warning. the swells, they're impressive at 15 to 20 feet. look at the breakers they turn

into. 40 feet. beach erosion, strong rip current, yeah, definitely out there. don't turn your back on the water. let's talk about the storm tonight and tomorrow. rain and showers. breezy at times. i think we'll stay out of danger there in that surf that's going to continue. we'll talk more about this in an hour by hour fashion. coming up, first, we're thinking about time frames. how about how long to get to work. here's sue. >> we're going to san jose right now, mike and give our commuters a little bit of love. 280 at the 17/880 crossing. making their way, the headlights towards cupertino and wolf raid and race road, a nine to ten-minute drive. looking good in san jose. we checked on b.a.r.t. they had a track maintenance delay. that has has been cleared. we have 47 trains running on schedule throughout the system. cal train running on time. ace train number 1 headed into fremont and ace train number 3

headed on time into lathe rop.r. the orange representing fog and a slowdown in the eastbound direction on the altamont pass. we'll tell you about that in few minutes. 49 alzheimer's patients are at another facility this morning after a fire started. it started in dryer at a country place. it caused the spirinklers to go off. it could be some time before the residents are allowed to return to their assisted living facility. five years later and ann curry is breaking her silence. she's talking about matt lauer and her comeback to television >> you want to hear that. >> bullet train continues to rack up an unbleeflable bill. how much money the delays are how much money the delays are costing this massive

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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) all right. california forecast time. we're excited about what's going to happen tomorrow and possibly over the weekend and into next week with snow coming to the sierra. a lot of sunshine down in the southern part of our state for the afternoon hours. low to upper 70s there. upper 60s -- upper 50s to low 60s through the central valley and 56 in tahoe. here's a look at what's going on

thursday. tomorrow at noon through 4:00 friday afternoon, a foot down to lake level. 2 feet possibly. even three feet up in the mountainous areas. the passes will be covered as the snow drops down to 4,000, maybe 3500 feet. here's a look at my tahoe forecast. we've got saturday our best day for travel as snow develops sunday. it becomes moderate again monday and getting up there friday is going to be difficult also. reggie, natasha? >> thank you, mike. ann curry now speaking about her painful split from the "today" show five years ago. >> she's talking also about matt lauer in a new issue of people magazine. the seven-time emmy winner left after one year of getting the top spot next to matt lauer. here's the bombshell part of this. she says she wasn't surprised by the allegations against her former co-host. lawyer, chbof course, was fired november of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.

>> i feel outraged. i feel empathy for the victims. for the first time in my life, i actually have real hope that we will see a day when women will finally be on bound and unleashed upon the world. >> as far as i can remember, she's the first co-anchor of news that said such a thing. >> i think you're right. >> she's not surprised, right? >> curry is returning to reporting with a new dock u series called we'll meet again and hits newsstands on friday, people does. the first lawsuit connected to the deadly mudslides in santa barbara county. a transformer sparked the thomas fire last month leaving the forest area above montecito without vegetation. the suit also claims the water mains owned and operated by the water district failed during the storm, adding millions of gallons of water to the mudslides. officials say 115 homes were

destroyed and 242 damaged. the cost to build the high-speed rail line in california jumped by $2.8 billion. the overrun is blamed on delays and higher than expected costs. the high-speed rail system is currently under construction in the central valley. the overall cost of the project is now around $67 billion. it was initially projected to be 40 billion. the train is expected to take riders between san francisco and los angeles in under three hours by 2029. happening today, the warriors will update us on the progress of construction going on at the future home in san francisco. today marks one year since the warriors broke ground on the $1 billion chase center at mission bay. last yeerks head coach steve kerr and kevin durant represented the team at an elaborate groundbreaking ceremony. work is now 40% complete. warriors officials say they're on target for the completion date. the arena is set to open for the 2019-2020 nba season. people talking about this on

my facebook feed this morning. there's another effort to divide california into two states. the founders of new california want to split the coastal areas an sacramento away from the rest of current-day california. you can see the map. they say california is a failed state and governed by tyranny. a split would need the approval of the state legislature and then congress. burger enthusiasts prepare to rejoice. shake shack finally taking a bite out of the bay area. >> the popular chain will open in palo alto this fall and plans for more locations in marin and san francisco. shake shack will take over the wells fargo bank attached to p.f. chang's. it will feature shake shack classics, including the shack burger, the crinkle cut fries, hand-spun shakes and frozen custard. >> like so scrumptious. it's mouth explosion. >> i think it's amazing. i'll go anywhere there's a shake shack. >> do you think it would work here? >> sure. i mean, shake shack will work anywhere. >> she's a real ambassador for

the brand. shake shack currently has 100 location as cross the country. there are only seven in california and of course, none in the bay area. >> it is great. there are a lot of in and out loyalists talking on the web right now. shake shack burger is double the price. it's apples and oranges. i have to say their fries are creamy on the inside. i could talk about it all day. but we can't. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast and meteorologist mike nicco is up right now. >> i'll jump into the forecast then. we'll leave that kind of in the drive-through, i guess. one way to say t look at this storm. it's like a thousand miles wide because it is so huge and so strong. that's what's kicking up the dangerous surf and it's going to bring us rain starting tonight. today, though, mainly cloudy once the fog starts to lift. you can see that haze hanging around san francisco from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. mostly cloudy afternoon.

that's my first highlight. for tonight, fog forms mainly in the east bay valleys and rain develops in the north bay and a stronger storm for sunday and monday. temperatures today warmest around santa cruz at 65. san jose at 63. same thing at morgan hill. ukiah at 62. the rest of us 61 to 59 degrees. tonight is going to be milder with the cloud cover and the extra moisture in the air. about 47 to 52 degrees. all right. let's start off at 9:00 tonight where we'll see a few random showers moving across the north bay. but the steady rain moves in by 4:00 tomorrow morning. you can see it's mainly green. every once in a while, there's an impulse of moderate rain. by 9:00, it moves out of north bay, it's mainly all green. it's fairly light rain. it starts to hit all of our neighborhoods through the lunch-hour to 4:00 when it transition toss scattered showers. the scattered showers will continue up until friday evening. rainfall amounts, let's go through it. you can see about a quarter of an inch in the south bay to a half inch in the north bay. my seven-day forecast, the storm

ranks 1, light on the storm impact scale. get a break saturday, have some fun outside while it's dry. it gets wet and windy with a moderate storm sunday and more showers by day end tuesday. here's sue. the altamont pass in the reverse commute direction, eastbound, here's what's going on. they have the grant line off ramp closed for paving in the eastbound direction. so traffic is solid. look at those feeds. under five miles, under 6 miles an hour in the eastbound direction. westbound is also slow as we zoom in here. you can see closer. north flynn all the way towards the grant line area is completely socked in. not only just with fog but bumper to bumper traffic as well. your westbound commute, that's your normal slowdown and you're looking at about an hour drive westbound from the central valley into dublin, pleasanton. thank you, sue. new at 6:00, getting lost at sfo could be a thing of the past. the big changes that could be coming to the airport.

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welcome back. coming up on 5:53 on this. it's going to be a fairly dry wednesday. most of january, 9 of 16 days have had measurable rain.

most of the days have been pretty light. as far as our deficit, it's still out there and growing a little bit for the rain season which started october 1st. we're anywhere from 59% of average in santa rosa to 74% of average on the peninsula. we'll dent this a little bit with our next two storms. more on that coming up. reggie has more news. authorities say a bright light that roared across the midwest was a meteor. video from the detroit area shows it flaring across the sky. it could be seen as far away as chicago. people thought there was lightning outside. you can see why, right? they saw a flash and heard a big boom. the usgs said it was so loud, it shook the region like a magnitude 2 earthquake. >> flight announced in the bay area. alaska airlines will debut -- everett north of seattle and a new terminal being built at the airport for the new flight opening in the fall. the most west coast nonstop

destinations of any airline and virgin -- the two now officially considered a single airline by the faa and plans with virgin branding will change to alaska by april. sfo is now the first airport in the country where passengers can receive emergency alerts on their cell phones. alerts say they've received permission to receive alerts on their -- the new capabilities take the airport's emergency capability to another level. several other airports received approval but their systems are not yet operational. walmart is helping customers get rid of they're going to provide packets free with opioid prescriptions filled at its 4700 pharmacies in the u.s. in the small packets made by disposer x, they contain a powder poured into prescription bottles. when mixed with warm water, that powder turns the pills into a

biodegradable gel that can be thrown into the trash. >> it's an interesting use of technology. >> it is. we have a huge problem in the country. it seems needed. the chp released video we want you to see. >> this is not of a crime or a crash. it's several whales putting on a show. they spotted them following a shot in july. it's off the golden gate bridge. >> so cool. i'm glad the helicopters get to look at something nice other than crashes out there, right? 680 with a couple of drive temps for you. mike has been showing you how foggy it's been. it looks like a drive time there. from santa rosa to the city. a 53-minute drive. if you're traveling from highway 1 at the coast northbound. not bad at all. jammed up at the bay bridge. metering lights were turned on at 5:23 this morning. you're looking at a really

increasing ride from hercules to the city. at 34, 35 minutes. that is also gaining in delays because of the metering lights. we'll check back in a few. i'm going to talk about the storm coming up, and that's 2 on our storm impact scale for sunday and monday. that brings light to moderate rain, half inch to inch and a half and gusty breezes that may cause some damage. that's something we're going to keep an eye on. that's the wildcard right now. here we are sunday night. this is the rainfall from the first storm. let's add on to that and see what happens by monday morning. you can see we're up to a half inch in the south bay. inch and a half in the north bay. by the time we get to monday evening, 2/3 of an inch in the o south bay. an inch or more from the san mateo bridge. good soaking on the way. nestle is selling the u.s. candy brand to the company behind nutella. they're paying $3 billion to

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the altamont pass having visibility to nearly a couple of hundred feet. be careful traveling through there. we've got the same dangerous visibility in concord, santa rosa now a mile in napa. that's going to be around through the commute. here's the way it looks in walnut creek. southbound on 680. here's the 12-hour accuweather planner. still pretty mild and foggy out there. by noon, gray and hazy, 57 to 59. filtered sunshine. 57 to 62 at 4:00. low to mid-50s at 7:00. one of the drier days moving forward. sue? >> is soupy an official weather term? >> it is now. >> we have a lot of folks jamming in to drive on the westbound direction from