doppler 7. hi everybody. let's go down to the santa cruz mountains where we've color-coded the radar. the yellow and the blue is rain. around 1800 feet and above, the pink is a wintry mix. in the white, that is snow. you can see it sliding right across the summit now. it's heading down to look at that. it's going to hit the big sur mountains and leave more snow there. possibly 2 to 4 inches in the santa cruz mountains by 10:00. 6 to 8 around big sur. hoping snow hit that. once the sun comes up, we'll look at the accuweather 12-hour planner. 31 to 42. it's going to be near 50 at noon. feel like 40. low 50s at 4:00. low 40s with another chance of showers. by 7:00 this ound round is over. good morning. we're going to take a look at this problem in the altamont pass in the tracy area. connection to 205 shut down at this hour. there's a sig-alert due to an

overnight big rig accident. it tumbled off the roadway and is on the side. you have to get that out of there. that's what they're doing now. i'm not seeing a lot of slowing in the eastbound direction. west grant line would be the alternate to get around. for your presidents' day mass transit, most everyone is on a saturday or a holiday schedule. ace rail only trains 3 and 5 running. >> sue, thank you. we're tracking that freeze watch this morning. >> there is a chance of snow in the santa cruz mountains and reporter matt keller is ready for it. he's live along highway 17. matt? >> reporter: i am ready for it, reggie. what a weird winter this has been. i was on the other side of this mountain on saturday at the beach. it was 70 degrees. this morning, i'm in the santa cruz mountains and it is freezing cold. i'm waiting for snow. this has been a weird winter indeed. a lot of people getting ready for the cold over the weekend. the garden center in napa, workers were busy covering trees to protect them from the frost.

they say you can cover plants with a sheet to keep them warm or even use christmas lights. at a hardware store, the hot item is pipe insulation. >> it's an insulator to stop the frost from going into the pipe and freezing the water. water freezes and expands the pipe and bursts the pipe. >> reporter: while it may look simple, it can prevent a flood. another reminder, if you have a space heater or fireplace, make sure it is working properly. it's going to stay cold. the national weather service is edsu for late tonight into tomorrow morning. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc 7 news. take a photo or video and share it with us with the #abc 7 now. we can show content on the air or abc7news.com. san francisco, city officials expanded t week'shehe cold temperatures. any adult now who needs shelter

can take a vacant bed with or without a reservation. you can call 311 if you see a person in need of shelter. we have more details on abc7news.com. if you felt shaking early this morning, you weren't dreaming. a magnitude 2.9 earthquake hit in the east bay about midnight. it was centered in danville. a 2.5 hit the same area about an hour and a half later. there is no report of damage. we're getting a new glimpse of the troubled former student accused ine in parkland, the s . >> this is video of nicholkolasz fighting with classmates. he was in a brawl with several students last year. he's pictured here at his mother's fuehne ram. a student who knew cruz say he likely waited for valentine's day to carry out his plan. >> love was something that nick never understood. i feel like valentine's day miechb a trmight have been a trr

as to why he chose that day to do this. >> president trump set to hold a -- from florida this wednesday. it is set to take place at the white house, but the administration has not said if it will -- i'm sorry. our script disappeared there. >> we have new video of a single engine plane that landed in the middle of a highway in san twee yesterday after 11:00 a.m. it shows the plane hon. 101 after it made an emergency landing on the median. the plane had mechanical problems and lost power. the pilot attempted to glide to the san martin airport but quickly realized he wasn't going to make it. >> wasn't going to be able to make t i was going to set it down on the freeway. the freeway traffic started backing up. i couldn't set it on the freeway without hitting cars. i landed on the shoulder in the opposite direction. fortunately, nobody was hurt. >> that is lucky. the pilot was flying alone from

davis to watsonville. the pilot praised drivers for moving out of the way when he was go b. to come down. san francisco will hold the first annual black history month parade. the parade starts at 15k a.m. it will north along third street to the bay view opera house. the celebration featuring food and cultural activities the at the opera house. one city is out of money for wildfire prevention. san francisco cracking down after finding out just employeet company cars. >> here's more on that chance of snow in the santa cruz mountains. the area in purple right there. we could get 2 to 4 inches. not a blanket but in spots because of the scattered nature of the thunderstorms and thunder showers rolling through there. northwest winds at 20 to 30 miles per hour. that will make it dangerous to travel through there. the rest of us, hard freeze tomorrow night. more on that. looking outside at almost

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it's 6:08. new numbers revealing san francisco employes spent a lot of time speeding last year. >> technology was installed

in -- city employees drove company cars more than 80 miles per hour about a thousand times a month. for most of last year. they also idled more than five minutes, more than 15,000 times raising questions about wasted fuel and carbon emissions. the city cracked down last october and led to a drop to 400 speeding incidents in november. look at this. snow in the sierra and snow in the mountains along the coast. whether it's just south of eureka or the santa cruz mountains headed down to big sur. that's going to be the case through the morning hours. this snow will stick around in a scattered nature throughout the afternoon hours. let's talk temperatures. if you're away from that snow, it is still chilly out there. or everybody else in the low to mid-40s along the shore. along the peninsula to san francisco, low to mid-40s there. 42 in san francisco. you'll be 39 degrees tonight.

that's going to be one. warm spots. 40 at pacifica. 28 in santa rosa. 35 in napa. 40 in pleasanton right now. let's talk about what's going to happen with the highs the next couple of days. they're locked in the low to mid-50s. that's avalos in 209s to 30s. san rafael in the live shot with the taillights headed southbound past freitas parkway. chp is saying that there's a stall somewhere in the vicinity blocking the left lane. it might be a little north of freitas or north of the exit down the road. right now traffic is flowing nicely. a heads-up. that stall is blocking once again the left lane. troubles on the altamont pass are just past it near tracy with that connector from eastbound 580 to 205 being shut down. we had an overnight big rig that went off the road and on its side in the embankment. they're trying to get that righted and out of there so they

have a sig-alert issued. the transition eastbound 580 to 205 is closed for the time being. no ato. would you support a 25-cent gas tax in greece. go to abc7news.com/vote right now and let us know if you would pay a quarter more per gallon to improve our roads. go vote now, we'll update the results in a moment. here's something trending for all the wrong reasons this morning. ♪ >> so good. >> draymond green responding after becoming an internet star for his reaction before the all-star game last night. >> you can tell she thinks she's killing it. >> yeah. >> she's killing us. as we head to break, we leave you with abc 7 news now and what do we see? actual snow in i'm about to start the nature's bounty hair, skin and nails challenge. so my future self will thank me.

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6:14 now. oakland has reportedly run out of money for the fire prevention program. according to the chronicle, it's partly because voters rejected the renewal of the $55 parcel tax that paid for fire prevention activities. the city allocated about $600,000. but it won't be released until

july. some city council members want the money released earlier. many voters go online trying to learn about who is on the ballot. now in san francisco, there's cyber confusion regarding the race for mayor. if you type in london breed.com, you're going to see this. state senator mark leno's image. he is also running for mayor, but obviously not london breed. obviously, someone owns london breed.com and they want to sell it to breed for $100,000. so far, breed has refused to pay it and leno's campaign says it's not behind what's happening. the warriors are taking on another opponent, oracle the warriors believe they have no believe gags to -- obligation to continuing paying. the bay area newsgroup reports an arbitration hearing will be held in july. the decision over who should pay the debt is final. this year's nba all-star

game featured a new format, lebron james and steph curry got to pick their own teams. >> the warriors had four allstars on the team. kevin durant was on team lebron. it all came down to defense. in the end, team steph couldn't get a shot off in time that could have tied the game. so it meant team lebron won. 148-145. the warriors have a few days off until they host the clippers on thursday at oracle arena. this is what everybody is talked about this morning. one of the most talked about moments before tipoff happened. draymond green actually stars in this mess. ♪ the rocket's red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air >> keep it together. >> did you see that. draymond green giving that little smile as fergie sang the

national anthem. he could not help it. >> fergie is getting a lot of heat online of her rendition. espn's jameel hill tweeted, draymond is all of us. after the game, a reporter asked draymond about his look that went viral. he said with a smile, i was just chilling, man. to-o-n- t-o-n-e. de-e-a-f d-e-a-f. yeah. >> what they said. >> am i right or am i right? >> even i who can't sing know that was bad. i feel bad for fergie. >> she was into it. >> she owned it and she owned every bit of it from this end of the spectrum to this end of the sprek spectrum. >> we showed one of the nicer parts. >> good morning everybody. let's talk about what's going

on. start with san rafael. it's about 39 degrees under a partly cloudy sky. we'll have partly cloudy conditions everywhere with scattered showers. the key there is some of them may be snow showers like we're seeing now in the santa cruz mountains. clearing, freezing cold tonight. we'll do the same pattern about two more times this week. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can see the snow in white. the wintry mix in pink and the rain and red snow levels dropping down to around 1500 feet right now. all those places just to the west of ben low man and boulder creek is where the snow is falling. it could drop to 1,000 feet. it has the best chance of seeing the snows the most. up to 8 inches. we could get a dusting. maybe 2 to 4 inches in the santa cruz mountains. notice it dries up a little bit. from 9:00 to noon, we're seeing the driest weather. the sun irritates the atmosphere. the showers develop again this afternoon. just about anywhere in the inland valleys.

everything starts to clear out. freeze warning, that's a hard freeze. that's a killing freeze for all the areas in deep blue right there. that's why the temperatures could drop down to 25. the bay shoreline in the coast, not san francisco. that's where we could have frost. you still want to protect the plants. even if they are 15 feet tall, sue. here's a look at live doppler. my accuweather seven-day forecast. look at the temperatures in the low to mid-50s. freezing cold temperatures with another chance of scattered rain and snow showers wednesday and again thursday. >> you want to explain what we're talking about. >> i have a lemon tree at my house about 15 feet tall. i know it's going to freeze. it's too big to cover. it's crazy. makes me sad. here we go to the san mateo bridge. we have a high wind advisory and also debris on the highrise. a couple -- a lot of folks are running over that. we have a couple of cars with flat tires. just heads-up towards the highrise. here's holiday light at the bay

bridge. no metering lights. it's coming up on 6:20. a look at your drive time down the 80 corridor from hercules into san frncisco still under 30 minutes. our big problem this morning is eastbound on 580 where we had the truck in the 'em bank. ment. it's not slowing a lot of traffic. maybe because it's so light. westbound is the normal commute anyway. that's very light this morning. >> thank you, sue. >> president trump said he would support a 25-cent tax hike to increase federal spending on road projects. we wants to know if you support it. >> go to abc7news.com/vote right now and you can tell us what you think live. no registering or downloading anything. go there and click your vote. watch the poll on the bottom of your screen. >> here's a few more details. officials have been -- the increase for months to fund the president's infrastructure overhaul that was released last week. during the meeting, the

president said he would report it. the gas tax is 18.4 cents and hasn't been increased in 25 years. california increased its gas tax by 12 cents. >> i saw the numbers move while we were reading that. it looks like, you know what, we're closer to even than i expected. >> we're exactly even at this moment. >> you know who could pay for this. fergie. she got the milk money. >> an extra large chicken on the bay this weekend. we have video proof of an unusual sight. deja vu in the east bay after a fire reignites overnight less than 24 hours after it first started. i'm also getting breaking news on president trump. here's rob marciano with a look at what's ahead on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. good morning. coming up on gma, the teen survivors of the florida school shooting taking a stand against gun violence and announcing a

march on washington. this as we learn more about the missed warning signs. we'll speak live with t

we are locked into an arctic air mass.

they'll be around through friday in the north bay. we'll be close saturday, sunday and monday. some of our cold neighborhoods, the east bay valleys, freezing cold at least tuesday, possibly again thursday and pretty close wednesday, friday, saturday and sunday. the cold air is not leaving any time soon. hi everyone. some breaking news coming in from the nation's capital. president trump now open to the idea of improving background checks. that's according to a spokesperson for the white house. this news comes less than a week after the florida school shooting that killed 17 people. the white house says president trump spoke with texas republican senator john cornyn on friday about a bipartisan bill that would strengthen house, state and federal governments. it could prohibit people from buying a gun. just to be clear, this is simply a discussion at this point. back to you. jess, thank you. a mother and her preschool daughter volunteered to fight hunger in san francisco.

>> abc 7 news was at powell and market streets where they set up a lemonade stand yesterday. they wanted to volunteer with the san francisco food bank but say opportunities are limited for young kids. >> for children who are younger to give back to the community and this is something that me and my family have benefited from in the past. we're glad to be able to do it. $1 provides two meals. so all of the proceeds are going to the sfo food bank. >> alonzo told us the website offers tips for young families to fight hunger by setting up lemonade stands and holding other fundraisers like that. >> cute. facebook is not backing down from a feature catching a lot of criticism. they're strongly responding to president trump after he tweeted about the incident this weekend. plus, we're learning new information about sexual harassment allegations against a state assembly woman known as one of the leaders of the me too movement. >> an apartment building goes up

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>> let's look at what's going on outside. it's not red, white and blue. but there is white and that's some snow. the pink there. that's a wintry mix in the green. that is rain. this is one of the last showers moving through of the santa cruz mountains for this round. look at the deeper snow that's heading through the big sur area in some of the mountains there. we could get up to 2 to 4 inches in santa cruz. up to 8 inches around big sur. you can see, it's going to get quieter before more showers develop later on this afternoon in my accuweather 12-hour planner. let's go through 7:00. 32 to 36 degrees. that is chilly. by noon, we've got the northwest winds up to 20 miles per hour. it will feel more like the low 40s than 50. isolated showers during the afternoon hours. 49 to 53. >> what do you have, sue? >> the sig-alert in tracy. it's eastbound 580. the transition to 205. that's where the chp first said the location was.

now they're saying it may be closer to i-5. the eastbound 580 ramp to i-5 which is a little bit farther east or southeast if you will. so we're checking on the exact location. that ramp is closed. they're letting cars through in the gore point. there's a small chance that you could get through or a small area that you can get through. i'm not seeing a lot of slow traffic here. hi everyone. contra costa county fire just tweeting out this helmet cam video. i want to push play for you here. let me zoom in. this is what they saw when they were battling a fire at an apartment complex in martinez. let's watch it one more time. either from sunday morning or the one that reignited overnight in the same exact place. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is on scene with more on this. it was deja vu for fire crews,

amy. >> really scary situation, jessica. tp did happen twice here. firefighters had left the morning. that shows they're confident it's not going to happen again. this was the second one. the latest fire started at 1:25 this morning. this is a condominium complex on eastgate lane in martinez. it didn't take them long to get it out. just about 20 minutes. no one was in the building at the time. and no one was hurt. but it was kausd. it was a flare-up from the first fire. so two fires within 24 hours. we've had a look at the original fire for you at 4:15 yesterday morning. firefighters say this one started because of a pot that was accidentally left on a kitchen stove. five of the eight units in this complex have severe damage and can't be lived in right now because of that fire. one firefighter was hurt. officials haven't said, though, what happened. they do not think this is suspicious, saying that

accidents and then rekindles happen. reporting live in martinez, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. high winds are fueling a wildfire grown to 900 acres. this broke out after 2:00 p.m. yesterday. campers at the pleasant valley ampground were ordered to evacuate. sheriff's deputies have been going door to door urging people to leave. so far, no reports of damaged structures. the windy weather is causing problems for people traveling this weekend. that includes serious headwinds on flights from the east coast. >> what a nightmare. many passengers landing late at sfo. 19 flights have made unscheduled stops because of the significant headwinds. a plane from jfk airport had to touchdown in denver for nearly an hour to refuel. >> i have never experienced that, even the pilot was making a remark he's been with the business ten years and this is the first stopover because of

the wind and needing to refuel. >> it felt really slow, like you were driving a car up a really steep hill and you're flooring it. >> overnight the chp issued high wind advisories for the san mateo bridge and the altamont pass. gusty winds likely brought down scaffolding at a san francisco construction site. we were at church and market streets yesterday afternoon as fire crews checked on the aftermath. we're told the scaffolding came down after 3:00 p.m. fortunately, no one was hurt. it's 6:34. the search is on for two carjackers. they stole this van in santa rosa yesterday around 11:00 a.m. the driver says he was parked near west third street and dutton avenue when one of the carjackers pointed a gun at him. the victim ran and called police. officers found the van on fire blocks away. suspects still on the loose. no description right now. there is a $2500 reward for information leading to arrests. president trump is facing new criticism for attacking the fbi. in eye tweet, he suggested the

fbi's focus on the russian investigation led them to miss the signs of the shooting in parkland. students demanding an end to gun violence. march 24th. in every single city, we're going to be marching together as students begging for our lives. the president will hold a listening session with high school students and teachers later this week. he will also meet with state and local officials to talk about school safety. we are hearing from the family who took in the 19-year-old who police say killed the 17 people at a florida high school last weekment. >> nicholkolas cruz had been li with the snead family. james and kimberly snead's son was friends with cruz. they were aware cruz had weapons and kept them in a gun safe. james snead thought he was the only one with a key to that safe. the couple has a message for the families of the victims. >> i can't imagine the pain they must be feeling and like you

said, nothing that we can say is going to be any kind of help. but we're very sorry that they had this experience and never should have happened. >> you can hear their full interview coming up at 7:00 on gma here on abc 7. marjory stoneman douglas high school will remain closed through wednesday. the district says the goal is to allow staff to return to campus by the end of the week. another teenager is facing a felony charge for threatening to attack schools in the same florida county where marjory stoneman douglas high is located. the broward sheriff county office says the threat was on social media. authorities say he was i can taken into -- he said it was a joke to scare his cousin. according to berkeley

police, at cafe strad a. two men grabbed two laptops and hopped into the car and took off. other officers managed to stop the car and found the stolen laptops. the six men inside were arrested and now face several charges. now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> i do have more good news if you're traveling through the santa cruz mountains. remember we just showed you the last radar. the weather service noticed that too. winter weather advisory, canceled early. looks like we'll be in the all clear until we see -- let's focus on the temperatures. we're anywhere from 5 to 12 degrees cooler. we do have a windchill out there. so the temperatures are feeling about 5 to 6 degrees cooler than what you're seeing here. los gatos is 34. morgan hill 37. milpitas 39. everybody else in the low to mid-40s in the south bay. same thing on both sides of the bay shore, out towards half moon

bay. we've got upper 30s from lafayette, danville, livermore, brentwood at 40. you can see napa, freezing cold at 31. right now the windchill in santa rosa, 22. make sure the kids i should say anybody heading out is dressed properly. pretty sure the kids don't have school today on presidents' day. look at this. 10:00, 47. we hang around 50 for the better part of the afternoon hours. a northwest wind around 10 to 20 miles per hour. 45 by 8:00. let's go across the bay and look at the east bay shoreline. 43 this morning. 48 at 10:00. at 50, at noon, we may get to 53 by 2:00. 47 by 8:00. our last stop is the south bay. 45 this morning. 49 through 10:00. low to mid-50s from noon to 4:00. back in the upper 40s by 6:00 and 8:00. freezing temperatures and how long they're going to last in my accuweather seven-day forecast. here's sue. back to the sig -alert.

it's pretty quiet now. they've revised the location of where this is. it originally was 58 to 0205. that ramp is actually open. what is shut down is the transition from 205 or pardon me, 580 to i-5. it's a little farther southeast of where we originally thought and traffic is very light in the area. but that ramp is shut down. if you're heading south or towards l.a., you have to transition over at 132 or at carl hollow to get through. sue, thank you. it was a somber weekend of the family and friends of the 19-year-old murder victim who named her suspected killers with her dying breath. they gathered in tracy to honor her memory. she died last week after a driver found her on tesla road suffering from stab wounds. before she died, she managed to tip off authorities to suspects tip off authorities to suspects daniel gross and alys

national guard -- leonardo. we're doing a little better. we're following lizette's fighting spirit, that she never gave up. that's what we're going to do. we're going to always think about that, the willpower she had. >> the vigil ended with a balloon release. cuesta's family is still in shock but will use her will to sur is viiv as a reason to push forward. a go fund me account has been set up. you can find a link on abc7news.com. a former employee of an assembly woman facing sexual harassment allegations filed ail complaint with the state. the former staffer says christina garcia of bell gardens fired him after he refused to play spin the bottle with her. in his complaint, jay david kernikc says she was disparaging to staff and others, used vulgar language and discussed topics inappropriate for the workplace.

they say she drunkenly groped another staff member. she's denying the allegations. what led up to a huge brawl on a carnival cruise. the warriors are responding after

second phase of this arctic air mass comes in tonight. look at all the frost and freeze watches, warnings, advisories.

15 million people across the state have to protect their pets, their pipes and possibly their plants tonight mainly in the low to mid-50s out to monterey. you get the palm trees at 61. notice where the green is. that's where the showers are. mainly over the ocean near the coast. still going to be snow showers up in the sierra where we had 5 to 10 inches of snow from this particular storm. it's still going to have snw showers today. look at these temperatures. locked in the freezing during the night. a little more snow wednesday, thursday, friday. brrr. thank you, mike. we're tracking the big chill that has the bay area in its icy grip. >> matt keller is live on highway 17 in a hat. hi, matt. >> reporter: good morning. we're at 1800 feet in the santa cruz mountains. i'm sitting on a giant pile of snow. no i'm just kidding.

i'm sitting on a giant pile of dirt. that winter weather advisory was just canceled a korgding to mike nicco. we're not getting that 2 to 4 inches everybody was hoping for onhis presidents' day. of course, it's still cold and a lot of people are getting ready for that. workers were busy covering trees to protect them from the frost. they say you can cover them with a sheet to protect them pipe insulation is the hot item at a hardware store. >> to keep the frost from going into the pipe and freezing the water. it expands the pipe and bursts the pipe. >> reporter: while it may look simple, it can prevent a flood. if you have a space heater or fireplace, make sure it's working properly and going to stay cold. the national weather service issued a freeze watch for late tonight into tomorrow morning. no snowballs this morning. but i have dirt balls that maybe i could toss your way if you're

interesting. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> speaking of dirt, it's a bad transition. it was chaos on a cruise ship in the south pacific. nearly two dozen members of the same family were kicked off a carnival cruise after a wild brawl with security guards. some passengers were so scared, they locked themselves in their rooms. the brawls reportedly started when one guest stepped on someone else's flipflops. guards can be seen kicking passengers, even appearing to try to stop a bystander from recording. >> it took until the last day to ruin the trip and my honeymoon. it was terrible. >> in a statement, carnival cruise lines says "the actions seen on the video by our security team are not in line with our carnival values and policies." we're conducting a full investigation. carnival says it's offering a 25% cruise credit to the

passengers. i mean, when you get kicked off a carnival cruise -- >> what are you trying to say? >> nothing. report in the chronicle say that the third grade students in san pueblo got an invite but then came another message telling the school it would cost $85 per student who wanted to attend and family and friends would have to pay $95. there was a 75-ticket minimum. the chronicle says the story got back to warriors management and the team backed off the ticket demands. we have good news to share about two young black bears badly burned during the thomas fire in southern california. vets from uc davis stitched fish skins on to the bear's burned paws to promote healing. it worked. photos and gps tracking shows both bears are doing well after they were released into the wild. the uc davis team treated a burned mountain lion the same way after hearing about fish skins being used to treat --

>> happening today, the owner of a recently closed cafe on the peninsula will hold a silent auction and say one last goodbye to customers. >> earlier this month, after 34 years. construction happening on both sides of the cal train station has really hurt her business. the cost of real estate says she can't afford to reopen anywhere else. the silent auction is cash only, runs from 6:00 this morning until 5:00 tonight. despite criticism, facebook is moving ahead with messaging app for kids. the social media giant launched messenger kids last week on android. it was available on android. children's advocates have been pressure them to shut it down and questioning the financial ties with advisers who worked on that app. markets are closed today because of the holiday but it will reopen tomorrow on the heels of the best weekly gain. >> the dow rebounded. the gain of 4.3% means the dow

recouped about half of the losses it suffered in the recent selloff. a record setting holiday weekend for the marvel superhero movie directed by ryan kugler. north american sales exceeded $192 million this weekend. after tomorrow, it's expected to become the highest grossing movie ever directed by a black director featuring a largely black cast. >> it's almost the most successful februay opening ever. coming in second, peter rabbit with 17 million and 50 shades freed was third with just under 17 million. another critically acclaimed featuring a black star will be free in theaters today. >> celebrating the one-year release of get out. three theaters are giving away tickets for the showing. the montreal -- the bay street 16 in emeryville and the mercado 20 in santa clara. tickets first come first serve. >> you can watch to see if get out wins an oscar here on abc 7.

the ceremony, sunday march 4th. jimmy kimmel is your host. quite a sight on san francisco bay this weekend. a group of protesters set out for alcatraz with an inflatable chicken that's supposed to resemble president trump. it each came with a prison uniform and the number 00045. of course, that's a reference to the 45th president. the chicken has popped up at numerous protests around the country. they've demanded the president release his tax returns. >> it's so windy, i'm surprised they were able to successfully do that. never more than 7 minutes away from from. >> hi everybody. let's look at sutro tower. it's bouncing a little bit. northwest winds at 20, 30 miles per hour. at least gusts to that high today. the chilly breezes will be around. they'll kick up a few clouds. maybe even another chance of a scattered rain and snow showerheading into the afternoon hours. after that, freezing cold, especially in the inland

valleys, through possibly friday morning. an extended period of cover the plants, uncover the plants, cover the plants, uncover the plants. you got to make sure you uncover them in the morning or they'll suffocate. here's a look at the temperatures today. mainly around 50 to 55 degrees. little cooler in lakeport and ukiah. upper 40s there. live doppler 7, it's definitely getting quieter through the morning hours. the santa cruz mountains, a lot more bark than there was bite. i think we all felt matt's disappointment. you didn't find any snow out of those. a lot of it maybe just didn' reach the ground. it didn't even fall out of the clouds. look at this. a widely scattered shower is possible. snow levels still hovering around 2,000 feet during the daytime. could have a little bit of snow. it's few and far between. you can see by 7:00 it's gone. let's talk about tonight.

everybody but san francisco has to worry about freezing temperatures from 32 on the bay shore and the coast down to 25 in our inland valleys. here's a look. 26th and santa rosa. 29 in livermore. 30 in palo alto. 31 in fremont. can't escape the 30s tonight. my accuweather seven-day forecast. two weak storms, just like the one that moved through, hits us wednesday night into thursday. thursday night into friday, light rain or showers possible. like this morning -- other than staying in the 50s through saturday. sue? >> we're going back to san rafael where we had an earlier stall blocking the fast lane southbound 101 near lincoln. you can see right here by freitas parkway, that traffic is not affected by this. it's moving along nicely. a nice holiday light commute for you. elsewhere, we'll take a look at our traffic maps. green is great. we see that all over the place. we do have presidents' day under effect like we talked about.

b.a.r.t. is running a saturday schedule. ace rail trains on time. only 3 and 5 this morning and 2 and 4 this afternoon. a modified cal train down the peninsula. most everybody is on a saturday or holiday schedule today. the number of children killed by the flu has spiked again. according to the weekly report, 22 more children died from flu-related symptoms. that brings the total number of flu deaths in children to 84 since the flu season began in october. three out of four deaths, the children had not received the flu vaccine. but more than half of the kids who got the vaccine this season have avoided the illness. anyone visiting catalina island in southern california after a buffalo attack, it happened saturday night as a man was sitting on a log. officers say the buffalo was grazing nearby and as it came closer, the man tried to move but the buffalo suddenly charged and gored him. the man was treated at the scene and airlifted to a hospital. buffalo are actually common, they freely roam one side of

catalina. they don't usually attack humans. east bay veterinarian behind a law that would allow dogs and cats to receive mouth to snout resuscitation. right now only veterinarians are able to save a pet in need. if the new law is passed, first responders and their employers would be protected from damages and prosecution after providing emergency care. supporters say that waiting until the pets are taken to the hospital could be the difference between life and death. you may remember earlier this month, elon musk launched a tesla roadster into space. this was the last picture of it. if you are curious where it is, someone created a website to track its whereabouts. where is roadster.com. according to the website, it's a million miles from earth moving towards mars at more than 42,000 miles per hour. it has more than 137 million miles to go. this is the last time it was capturedment take a look. a telescope picked it up. you can see it moving there in the middle of the screen.

it's expected to be preserved for millions of years. coming up next, the seven things you need to know before you go. looking live outside with abc 7 news now. a look from the mt. tam camera. you can see a little bit of sunrise peeking up there.

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6:58 on the dot. whether you're just joining us this monday morning or headed out the door. search things to know. why is he starting? he's weather. we did have the potential for snow? the santa cruz mountains. that's over. the advisory was canceled. there's a chance of rain showers very scattered. maybe mountain snow showers developing again by 4:00. my accuweather 12-hour day planner. number 2, president trump is open to the idea of improving background checks for gun purchases according to a white house spokesperson. the president reportedly spoke to john cornyn about a bill that would strengthen reporting that could limit who can buy a gun. number 3, the family who took in the teen charged in last week's school shooting, tells the south florida sun sentinel they had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know. gma coming up next at 7:00. new helmet cam shows you

what firefighters say in martinez. five of the eight units are unlivable. authorities think that a pot left on a stove is blame. number 5, the last day to say goodbye. the owner is holding a silent auction after she closed her doors after 34 years in business. number 6, the sig-alert, it's eastbound 580, the connector to the southbound 5. left lanes are actually all lanes blocked on that transition. no estimated time of opening. number 7, fergie ferg catching a lot of heat for her rendition of the national anthem before the all-star game. look at draymond green. he can't keep it together. caught smiling and then laughing as she sang. >> it was santa baby and marilyn monroe, happy birthday mr. president. and cats screaming. it gave you so much. brutal. >> what's the opposite of the

glamorous life? >> that. >> what's not good morning, america. march for our lives. the teenage survivors of the florida school shooting, now planning to fight. demanding the president take action. as he faces new fallout for criticizing the fbi over the shooting. blaming the agency for missing the warning signs because they were focused on russia. monster living under our roof. the family that took in the gunman, nikolas cruz, here live. telling their story. why they let him into their home. the guns he brought with him. and what they knew about his behavior. as new video surfaces, allegedly showing cruz in a fight. now, the family's first tv interview, only on "gma" this morning. cruise ship chaos. a violent brawl caught on camera. one family accused of starting the whole thing.