district. it's been agonizing for students and staff the last several months. thern looking at eight schools to possibly close in the area. there were several community forums held that many parents and children attended. the district said they were forced to make this difficult decision because it is struggling financially. many families moved out of area which led to the drop in enrollment. in a newsletter, he says, "i understand this will take time and that a profound sadness will be felt with the closing of schools. we are owl committed to doing all we can to make these changes as smooth as possible." in the coming months, families will get a letter telling them what their new school is and once enrollment in finalized, that's when teachers and staff will find out where they are going to be reassigned to. reporting live in san jose, janine de la ega, abc 7 news. thank you. it's 4:30 now. let's get a quick update on

weather and traffic where you live. starting with meteorologist mike nicco. >> good news on live doppler 7. there's no fog this morning. so let's talk about your accuweather 12-hour planner. you can see that about 48 to 54 at 7:00 this morning. maybe a touch milder than yesterday morning. a gorgeous sunrise with a few high clouds to add some color. we'll be mostly sunny at noon and early sign of spring. 67 to 69. we'll be in record terror i at 4:00 with 70 to 72. a gorgeous evening at 58 to 61 degrees. let's see what else sue is watching for your commute. >> i'm watching that groundhog. that's pretty cute. we've got better news on the peninsula. the overnight accident that happened on the two left lanes open for a time. chp said the lanes reopened. better news there. not so good at the east shore freeway. we have a sig-alert in effect.

a couple of cars getting into it partially blocking a lane. traffic is backed up beyond richmond parkway. they are doing a traffic grade from highway 4, meaning they're slowing folks down so they don't come in hot to that accident. we'll be watching this one. they say 30 minutes before it's out of there. >> federal immigration officials are demanding dozens of businesses in northern california prove their employees are legally allowed to work in the u.s. >> san francisco, san jose and sacramento, they were given three days to turn over employee documents. the move is similar to a january 10th operation at 7-eleven stores in the area. religious leaders gathered in san mateo to stand in solidarity against the threat of i.c.e. raids. they're committed to protecting immigrants facing detention and deportation. today, president trump is expected to declassify a controversial gop memo. republicans argue that fbi

conduct -- >> other statements are misleading and includes cherry picked facts. serena marshall joins us live from washington. good morning. >> good morning, matt, natasha. the president, we learned, read the memo yesterday. he's expected to declassify it today. a senior administration official tells us they doubt there will be any redactions. >> president trump likely to give the go ahead to release a highly controversial gop memo, his own fbi director warned against making public. the fbi took the extraordinary step earlier this week of opposing its release. the union representing fbi agents thanks director chris wray for his support and for standing shoulder to shoulder with them. former fbi director james comey also defending the agent i in a tweet writing all should appreciate the fbi speaking up. in the long run, weis ls and liars never -- the memo written by republicans on the house intelligence committee purports

to show the justice department acted inappropriately when it sought a surveillance warrant fr a campaign adviser suspected of being a russian agent. speaker ryan says it's not an indictment of the fbi imt. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. >> the memo is expected to be released later today. this morning the president is up tweetsing, accusing top leadership as the fbi and the department of justice of political bias against republicans. remember, those top positions were appointed by the president. live in washington, serena marsha marshall, abc 7 news. b.a.r.t. police detectives hope that video from one of the train cars will help identify a suspect in an alleged sexual assaults. a 27-year-old woman says it happened on wednesday night. she boarded a train at the 16th street station in san francisco and then fell asleep. when she woke up, a man was touching her phi thigh and openly touching himself. she didn't tell anyone about it initially. but posted about it on twitter.

the supportive responses convinced her to go to police. the san francisco police officer's association is criticizing the current use of force policy after an officer on bike patrol was hit by a car. the undercover officer was attempted to arrest two suspects involved in a car break inin alamo square yechltd one struck the officer with a car while trying to escape. it's so frustrate the sfp officers that our use of force policy prohibits us from shooting at a suspect in a vehicle even if they're trying to kill or injure innocent civilians or officers. an officer suffered a critical head injury after being hit on bike patrol. the use of force policy was changed in 2016 after a series of officer involved shootings. the search continues for a -- an officer was trying to pull over a man for speeding in hayward when the driver put the

vehicle in reverse and hit his motorcycle. the driver sped off. the deputy fired his weapon at the man, but authorities don't know if he was wounded. 4:36 now. berkeley police warning people to be on alert. four people were robbed. their laptop near bancroft way. police don't have any detailed descriptions of the three suspects and the victims were not hurt. an anti-war memorial in the east bay could soon disappear. it was over the display of 4,000 white crosses in the lafayette hillside yesterday. the memorial was founded in 2006. she died. now her son is selling the five-acre lot. >> my marching orders are to liquidate. i'm telling it. if we can turn that into a permanent more dwral with the cross, then great. otherwise, that might be the end of it. we shall see. >> the public has somewhat adopted or is involved in this

now. i don't think he has a right to just take it away. >> charles clark offered to donate the hillside to the city. but officials don't want it. the city council will consider the next step for the property and potentially for the crosses a -- california school -- public schools built before 2010 will be tested for lead in drinking water by july of next year. high levels of lead have turned up in some schools in san francisco and oakland. even at low levels, lead can cause learning disabilities and behavior problems. the governor signed a bill to test older schools last year. hi everyone. this just in. did pux tawny phil see his shadow or not. i can tell you he did. he emerged less than ten minutes ago. right before the start of our newscast. as always, the groundhog, if he sees his shadow, that means at least six more weeks of winter. more winter for the country and

it's been a brutal winter for a lot of the country. i want to turn things over to mike. mike, a lot of people are saying oh, no, more winter. >> if you look at the short range forecast, the next two weeks, it's going to be colder in the eastern part of the country. i wonder how he saw the shadow when it's cloudy with snow flurries this morning. just saying. that's the warm spot in san francisco, west portal. 51 in sunny side. glenn park at 52. ocean beach at 51. through the ferry building, 57. golden gate, 53. heading to downtown is about 56 degrees. a view from mt. tamalpais. a good air quality morning and good weather for the roads. dry, sunny. have the sunglasses. nothing extreme if you're taking mass transit. peaceful on the bay. let's look at the 12-hour planner. we start at 51 degrees. 60 at noon. i should say 10:00. 64 at noon.

67 at 2:00 and 4:00 with a mixture of a few high clouds and sunshine. definitely bright day. under the stars, we'll fall back to 58 by 8:00. as far as the south bay, 52 at 8:00. 67 at noon. i know you were looking at these temperatures. low 70s from 2:00 to 4:00 and back to 61 by 8:00. we'll take a plook at how much longer the warm temperatures will last in my seven-day forecast. here's sue. >> let's go to the richmond-san rafael bridge. looking good with the light conditions into marin county from the eastern side. the east bay side. if you look to the right of your screen, you can see that blinking warning light. that's in the eastbound direction. it says merge right. there are left lanes blocked coming off the bridge on the richmond side. so just be aware that there's roadwork out there. otherwise, we'll take a look at this problem that was out on the peninsula southbound 101 near holly. that has been cleared out of lanes and been there for quite some time overnight. we have an issue on the east shore freeway westbound near appian way with a sig-alert.

partially blocking the lane. the traffic is stacking up to highway 4. they estimated about 30 minutes. that was about 15 minutes ago. we're watching that for you. this morning, more women coming forward accusing disgraced doctor, larry nassar of sexual abuse. he's looking at more prison time. the full story is next. your garage could be a deadly obstacle. what a north bay state senator wants to do to keep you safe if disaster hits. disaster hits. the important cause for

let's take a look around the state today. the 80s in laos angeles and springs. low 70s, mid 70s, look at that. redding near 80 degrees. 63 today in yosemite and 54 in tahoe. as we talked about, the snow pack is starting to shrink. 17% of average for the entire year. here's a look at heavenly in my seven-day forecast. average high is 43. we'll be 54 today. that's the coolest temperature. near 60 by thursday. right now, keeping my eye on a courtroom in michigan today where disgraced dr. larry nassar could be arriving at any moment. in an hour from now, another sentencing hearing for nassar will resume in michigan.

this is some video from what's already happened. this is a former olympic team doctor's third and final sentencing hearing. he's facing another long prison sentence. nassar has already been sentenced on federal child pornography charges and sexual abuse that took place while he worked at michigan state. this hearing expected to last into next week. back to you. jessica, thank you. a north bay lawmaker trying to put a bill in the books to help you escape your home in the case of a disaster. it has to do with your garage. reporter kate larsen has the story. >> reporter: at least 43 people died in the fires. presumably unable to escape. senator bill dodd of napa is trying to make sure more californians with drive out of their garage when the next disaster strikes. >> i saw in my own neighborhood some real issues with garage doors and people with trouble

getting out. >> when the power goes out and your clicker doesn't work, most people have to manually open their garage doors. >> i'm 5'7", i have high heel boots on. it's still really high for me. >> somehow you have to push the door open. it's very heavy. i'm using all my strength to try and get it open. i still don't quite have it all the way open. >> that's where senator dodd's bill comes in. >> any garage door sold in the state of california, whether new construction or replacement, would be required to have a battery backup. >> the battery included in the $200 models online would kick in with the power failed. >> there's a lot of elderly folks unable to leave their homes. it's just another measure of preparedness for a disaster event and/or when it's raining and the power goes out and you need to leave your house. >> the senator hopes to sign it into law this year. kate larsen, abc 7 news. an injured chp motorcycle officer wants everyone to know

he's on the road to being back on the chop. >> this picture was posted of officer martin len way in his cheel ware yesterday. a driver suspected to be under the influence hit the officer during a traffic stop. you may notice we're wearing red today. we're doing it for a cause. >> we would like to invite you to wear red today. it's to raise awareness for women heart health. it's part of the go red for women campaign. heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the u.s. the good news, about 80% of cardiac events may be prevented by lifestyle changes, healthy diet, exercise, limited post your wearing red today. you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> you can get out and exercise. going to be gorgeous out there.

we'll start our chance much record warmth today and last through the weekend. things are going to bloom this weekend. watch out if you have allergies and a chance of rain. we're a day into the future from yesterday. i want to show you the microclimate and give you an idea where the records will be. 74 in san jose. record high possible in redwood city, sfo and half moon bay. no records around san francisco. 71, still pretty warm. across the north bay, we're close. but 71 to 74 doesn't get us to record territory. along the east bay shore, richmond 73, oakland 72. potential record highs there. as we move into the east bay valley, 75 in livermore. potential record highs. tonight, 46 in santa rosa. most of us in the upper 40s to low 50s. a few mid-50s in san francisco and the coast. here's my seven-day forecast. warmer tomorrow. pushing 70 to 76 degrees.

head off to the beach. sunday, almost as warm. maybe 2 degrees cooler. maybe a degree or two cooler for tuesday, wednesday, thursday. but upper 60s to low 70s. how about roads this morning. sue? >> problem spots. let's go right now to the east shore commute. right now from hercules into san francisco, about 33 minutes. it's a little longer than usual. it's moving nicely along this stretch. the reason for the flight delay is because of this sig-alert out there. it is southbound. westbound 80 near appian way and looks like chp is in the process of clearing that. you're slow from highway 4 to the richmond parkway and appian way due to this accident partially blocking the left lane. sue, thank you. if you haven't pre-ordered your flame thrower from elon musk, you're out of luck. they've sold all 20,000 flame throwers that were available. $500 each.

the pre-orders generated $10 million in sales. musk's tag was that they were guaranteed to liven up any party. he jokingly tweeted out that they could be useful when the zombie apocalypse happens. it concerns me that 20,000 are out in the world that weren't before. a lot can go wrong. >> at least we have protection against the zombies. hunter pe eer pence is chans game. >> marvel's stan lee is out of the hospital. the message for his fans. are you missing a wedding ring? where this was found in the bay area and how to get it back if it's yours. tonight apartment 11:00, the eye team responding to complaints from tenants about the -- dan noyes has been investigating about reports of slow pace of repairs. the investigation tonight at 11:00 after 2020. now techbytes. in today's techbytes. apple is reporting the biggest

quarterly profit of all-time. >> the most valuable company made more than $20 billion last quarter despite a drop in iphone sales. that drop was offset by the higher price of the iphone x. >> cash reserves hit a record at $285 billion. amazon has posted the largest quarterly profit in history. >> the record holiday sales and mms of new customers from the prime service. super mario is coming back to the big screen. a new animated movie featuring the legendary video game hero is in the works. the japanese company teaming up with illumination. the u.s. movie studio behind despicable me and minions. >> you shouldn't call yourself that. despicable me. >>

we're back at 4:53. you may want to stake your claim early in the sand. record high temperatures possible. nearly total sunshine today, tomorrow, sunday and for the better part of next week also. take the sunscreen. i know it's february. you'll need it. here's matt. thanks, mike. marvel comics legend stan lee is out of the hospital following a brief health scare. the 95-year-old had shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat. helped create spider-man, iron man, the x-men and other characters for the marvel series. spoke to our sister station and is surprised by the attention he received. >> i figured a little checkup

wouldn't be bad for me. in fact, it turned out to be pretty good. it got me a lot of publicity. i didn't realize the whole world was worried about whether i was in the hospital or not. >> lee plans to get back to his normal schedule over the weekend, traveling and meeting fans. four thieves managed to steal an atm from a gas station in fresno county. investigators just released the surveillance video. it happened three weeks ago. you see the four men break into this gas station and they tried to steal an atm and a safe there. all they could manage to do is load the cash machine into their truck. the store manager arrived just five minutes after the alarm went off. the suspects were already long gone. police found the atm later without the cash inside. if you're missing a wedding band and have been to point reyes national seashore. a gold ring was found on the side of mt. mission road in marin county on wednesday. that's according to anna dodge

who posted this photo to the west marin facebook page. she would love to return the band to its owner. >> it looks like the one ring from lord of the rings. am i showing my geek this morning? >> maybe somebody doesn't want that back. >> hey, mike. thought you were going to go into a little my precious or something. let's talk about what's going on weatherwise. if you want to be outside this week, let me tell you what to expect. tree pollen is pretty low. the mold supports are low. the uv index is moderate. we've got juniper and cedar. the prime pollen is out there. the air quality is going to be good to moderate. not only today, tomorrow, sunday and also monday. no spare the air. you don't have to worry about that. >> we'll talk about record high temperatures. give you an idea. here's sue. >> we have an ace train delay about 13 to 14 minutes behind

leaving tracy. just a heads up. ace train number 3 has not left the central valley. this is ace train number 1. checking in, the bay bridge this morning. we have a little delay for the cash paying folks on the left-hand side. otherwise, traffic is getting through without delays, hoping for friday light. we'll see once the metering lights get turned on. we do have slow traffic out of tracy as usual with about a 25-minute ride. good news for your east shore commute. westbound 80 near appian way. the sig-alert has been lifted. we're in recovery mode. a san francisco bar is looking for a missing mascot. >> connecticut yankee. posted photos to facebook yesterday after someone stole the bar's lucky rob gnome gough ski. everyone likes to sit near the gnome and buy it beer as a good luck charm. the barmaid this milk carton missing ad for fun. but it's offering four seats to

whoever seats to whoever returns rob-gnomekowski before the game. pence and wife alexis showed off the cafe to news media. it's located in houston where pence used to play. i'm assuming it's the corral since it's in houston. i'm going to call it the corral. one stop shop for those who want a drink and play board games and video games. >> we'll be presenting to you a lot of board games and card games and comic books. we also have a content studio in the back. we're going to be able to host like gaming tournaments. pence will soon leave for spring training in arizona where he will play a new position, left field. next at 5:00, co-founder will probably not be -- >> if you were affected by the north bay fires or the smoke directly or indirectly, local

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