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earthquakes. size mow grap seismographs detected them. it hit around 6:15 last night. it was a 2.8 magnitude near alamo. the first one was a 3.0. geologists say it's not unusual. if you're just joining us, let's get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live. hey, mike. >> good morning. we'll talk about what's happening today by looking at the clouds first. here's a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. 33 to about 39 with that wintry mix following across the north bay. try to slide into the rest of our neighborhoods. the key is will it make it to the ground? in some cases, very rare that it could. we'll have an isolated chance of a shower throughout the afternoon hours and temperatures well below average. 50 at noon. 52 to 56 at 4:00. then the chance will fade as the
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sunsets at 5:55. we'll be down in the mid to upper 40s by 7:00. here's a look at the roads are sue. >> thanks, mike. we go to san rafael with the taillights are heading pabst the north gate mall and from novato into central marin. a total of a 20-minute drive. straight shot to the golden gate bridge. fog-free this morning. you have three lanes in both directions. the zipper truck will be reconforming that to 4 and 2. we'll look for that. roadwork out there, otherwise, minor slowing out of tracy at this hour. we'll check on highway 13 and a road closure when we come back. happening today, president trump will host for a listening session. officials say the attendees include people from parkland, florida, where a gunman killed people at a high school last week. it will include people affected by the columbine and sandy hook mass shootings. tomorrow the discussion will continue with local officials
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and law enforcement officers. they're not giving up. students from stone man douglas high school will rally 20d. they're putting pressure to consider a package of gun control laws. today they're scheduled to meet with lawmakers and florida's attorney general. yesterday, florida lawmakers voted to not consider a bill to ban assault rifles. students are ramping up the pressure on their lawmakers. pit's not about republicans.ts, this isn't let or right. this is a movement for humanity, for safety, for keeping our citizens alive. >> we're talking about gun safety and school safety and mental health. >> nikolas cruz has been charged with using an ar-15 assault rifle to kill 17 people at stone man douglas high school last week. >> they've refused to hear two challenges to federal laws regulating firearms sales. one upholds california's $19 fee
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for the sale and transfer of guns. in the other, the court said that california can require people to wait ten days to buy a gun. even if they already opened one and their background check was completed. a family says that new video showing the chilling moments when a b.a..t. police officer shot and killed a man proves their case. last month, is saalim will was shot. we have more on video which is graphic, we have to warn you. >> [ bleep ]. >> abc 7 obtained this body cam video. it's a recording of the original shown to saalim continued will's family by the foot. >> they insist it proves he was unarmed and shot in the back january 3rd. a b.a.r.t. police officer reportedly heard a gunshot on 7th street. when he arrived, he kams he saw continuedle and another man
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fighting on the ground. >> right there. >> you can hear the officer yelling and then firing. tindle rolls on his side and back. a gun was found at the scene not who it belonged to. >> it's clear to me, that he was shot multiple times in the back at a time it was not apparent he had a weapon of any kind. >> oakland police is investigating and would not comment on the case. in a statement, b.a.r.t. said, quote, as a police department and a transit agency, we understand that any loss of life is tragic. >> it's horrible to see anything tragic like that. but when it's your little brother, when he's not at fault, you know, it's truly more heart-wrenching. >> his family filed a claim against b.a.r.t. and hopes the d.a. will file criminal charges against the fehr. lisa a mean guen guan
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-- gulezian. a team of lawyers hired by lawmakers believe tony mendoza engaged in sexually suggestive or flirtatious behavior at least six times with women on his staff. a report finds that at one case the l.a. county democrat likely offered a 19-year-old woman alcohol inside a hotel suite during a democratic party event. in another case, another suggested a young woman take a vacation with him. his office has not responded to the report. giants great, orlando is he paid a remains in a hospital after falling in the parking lot of a gym. they received the information from his statue is outside of the at&t park. ace retired number hangs from the stand. his last appearance in january when he helped celebrate willie
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mccoffey's 80th birthday. drought era water restrictions permanent in california has been delayed. the restrictions would regulate from how much you can water your lauren to requiring hotels to ask to -- >> the state water board met yesterday. they postponed the decision until april after getting pushback from water agencies. overlaid the clouds on live doppler 7 to give you an idea of what's going on outside. it's not as chilly as yesterday. the gray signifying the clouds. of the white some snow and the green some rain. so far, no reporting stations that this is actually reaching to the ground and filling up their buckets. if you're in the north bay, let us know if you see this. i'd appreciate it. send a picture, it would be better. here's a look at what's going on. as far as your temperatures, you can see we're up to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. let's go up to the north bay where some of this could reach
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the ground in a frozen form, especially in rohnert park where it's 32. 34 in santa rosa. 36 in novato and mill valley. napa. the warm spots, tiburon at 41. vallejo 42. bodega bay at 43. ukiah, nothing reached the ground there either. here's a look at south beach from south beach at the west side of the bay bridge. mass transit, it's going to be cold again this morning. roads, there's a chance of spotty showers and not as bright if we're out on the bay today. here's a look at san francisco. we're going to be stuck in the 40s until noon. low 50s from 2:00 to 4:00. back in the 40s by 6:00. notice, a lot of cloud cover today. down in the south bay, a little more sunshine early. but the clouds will come in. you'll be in the 40s through 10:00. 53 at noon. and then mid to upper 50s from 2:00 to 4:00. back in the 40s by 8:00. we'll take a look around the state today. if you're headed to the sierra,
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a snowstorm is brewing there and another chance for us to get wintry showers in my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> no metering lights obviously yet. but we have a little backup for those folks paying cash in the right and left hand lanes. otherwise, the middle lanes are the fastrakers and they're on the fastrak. you will see a little bit of slowing, the red sensors. roadwork northbound 13 for 20 minutes or so towards highway 24. thanks, sue. low fat or low carb? a group of stanford finds out which helps you lose weight. >> bumper cars and police have the last laugh. the last laugh. walking your dog,
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let's look at the california forecast. scattered snow showers from tahoe to yosemite. scattered rain showers near the coast. just mainly dry down in so cal. 59 to about 63 there. mid to upper 50s through the central valley to monterey. 32 in tahoe. 35 in yosemite. starting at 9:00 this evening, a winter weather advisory if you're getting to the sierra.
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goes through 4:00 friday morning. about 3 to 6 inches of snow above 2,000 feet with isolated areas reaching 10 inches. they've got more guns going today on heavenly. trying to get you a decent year out of this dryness that we've had. 3 to 6 inches thursday. dry friday, tat, sunday. another storm for monday, tuesday, wednesday next week. reggie? >> thank you, mike. an arrest last night. this man taken into custody after he drove a stolen truck on to a sidewalk and sideswiped a taxi cab before he disappeared into an underground subway tunnel. this morning, police are searching for the female passengers with them. security cameras spotted the couple walking in the tunnel. it appears they were -- >> the sales force transit center in san francisco is supposed to end up being a hub for transport. transit officials want to
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educate the people about the code of conduct. that includes everything about organizing protests at the center, selling your goods and services and playing sports in the rooftop park and more. the code of conduct meeting begins at 5:30 at the transbay joint powers authority office at 201 mission street. a weight loss diet guaranteed to work for you. a stanford professor studied low carb versus low-fat. the results are in. katie marzullo has the story. >> we asked patrons at a cafe in palo alto about their diet. >> i figured out for myself, it's quantity, number one, and i think eating whole foods. >> i've experimented with different diets. i'm sort of an aspirational vegetarian. >> what if you didn't have to experiment? >> what we set out to study was comparing low-fat and low-carb, not to see which was the best
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diet but which diet was best for whom. >> he studied 600 e 300 on a low carb diet and 300 on a low-fat diet. he hoped to predict who would lose the most weight based on predisposing factors like jeannetgenetics tnd metabolism. >> the hypothesis wasn't supported. i thought i could get rich. i'd have to test and take my test and i'll tell you which diet to be on to lose weight. >> he may not have struck gold this time around, but his research shed light on the issue of dieting and hunger. >> some people got more satiated on whole grains and some on good healthy fats. maybe that's the next level of personalization. >> in the end, it might not be one factor. but a set of factors that can put a dieter on the path to success. at stanford, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. you know what i enjoy? >> what? >> every time we do a story about diets, we get to look at a bunch of unhealthy wicngs
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want risotto. >> hi mike. >> hi everybody. lerts start by looking at san rafael where the radar is showing some drops or snowflakes trying to reach the ground. it looked pretty quiet right now. it will be mostly sunny today. little less sunshine. like yesterday. we had less sunshine in the afternoon hours. random shower is possible, especially early in the morning into the afternoon hours. partly cloudy, cold again tonight. won't have as many clouds. temperatures today, mainly in the mid to upper 50s. just slightly warmer than yesterday. about 53 at half moon bay to san jose at 58. up around lakeport ukiah, going to stay in the 40s. freezing cold in lakeport, ukiah, cloverdale, santa rosa, napa. we'll be in the low to mid-30s in the inland east bay valleys.
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upper 30s to low 40s around the bay and the coast. about 43 in san francisco. here's a look at what's coming our way. let me show you the computer models show the best chance of most of the moisture reaching the ground is going to be along the coast over the next six hours. all that radar returns over the top of us. some of it is goig to reach the ground. not as much as it will reach it over the ocean. tomorrow another chance, blustery and chilly. temperatures rebound as we're quiet friday through sunday. 60s out an unsettled pattern develops and gets colder next week. >> we're headed to take a look at the bay bridge on the western span heading into san francisco. that upper deck is moving at a nice clip at the limit coming into the city from the east bay and checking in on the richmo richmond-san rafael bridge. light winds as well. the cars headed through the fastrak.
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not a -- no folks headed in that direction. we do have slowing out of tracy and up and over the altamont. a look at the drive times, highway 4 westbound at the limit. there's your drive time f. from san rafael into san francisco, under 20 minutes. sue, thank you. at&t making good on a promise to provide faster mobile internet. >> overnight the company announces which cities will be the first to get 5g here's the techbytes. >> the next generation of wireless technology. >> at&t will begin rolling out 5g wireless service in dallas, waco and atlanta. >> it's about ten times faster than 4g. the other networks promise a 5g network but at&t is the first to announce the legal rollout. legal victory for imdb. a federal judge says the website doesn't have to remove actors' ages. in 2016 a law was passed in california saying the site had to remove their ages at their
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question. the law is unconstitutional because the ages amount to free speech. a botched emoji getting a makeover before the public release. >> the emoji making folks have announced that their propose lobster will be fixed to have the correct ten legs instead of eight. >> those are your techbytes. i'm glad about that. >> me too. hope for kids with peanut allergies. the amazing treatment here in the bay area. serena williams reveals a serious health secret. the major complications she faced after giving birth. royalty meets fashion on the
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let's look at the chances of rain over the next several days. the percentages would be above 80% if -- because they're scattered showers, a 60% chance today, 50% tomorrow, 20% tuesday. that's search days away. crews are cleaning up after three tornadoes hit north texas. the national weather service says one of the tornadoes hit desoto, a dallas suburb. no injuries reported there. two other weak tornadoes tore through johnson county early yesterday morning sending at least three people to the hospital with injuries. a mother and her disabled daughter were hurt when a
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tornado demolished their mobile home. a third person was hurt when their car crashed into a fallen tree. >> serena williams almost died after giving birth to her daughter. williams gave birth via emergency c section in september. she suffered a pulmonary embolism afterwards. she spent the first six weeks of her motherhood in bed. williams is married to redick co-founder, alexis -- brazen burglars on the run. take a look at this. police are saying three people smashed through the front of one store with a delivery van monday morning. they grabbed a few items, tried to steal an atm by change it to their van. the chain broke. investigators say the same group used a pole to break into a different liquor store. that time they were able to drag the atm out of the door. it's unclear how much was stolen. a company believes it's come up with a breakthrough treatment
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to help children survive severe peanut allergies. it was developed in brisbane. they gave children daily doses of a new drug based on peanut protein. more than 2/3 tolerated two peanuts after it. right now there are no approved treatments for peanut aller erl which is the leading cause of death for -- a recruitment film after community members claimed it was too macho and militaristic. one scene shows s.w.a.t. officers with assault rifles. the video was on the youtube page in december to fill about 12 positions. some residents say it doesn't represent the police department or the sfi. the department is getting ready to reshoot the video to make it more community friendly. jeff bezos best known as the ceo of amazon. he may be known for building a
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10,000-year clock. he released video of the clock and the san francisco-based group, the foundation to build a 500-foot-long clock inside of a mountain in texas. it's designed to tick once a year. the century had advances once every 100 years. the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. he's invested $42 million in this project. it's his money. >> i have questions. hi mike. >> i have colleges to pay for. all right. here's a look at what's going on. hi everybody. north bay valley. everybody is like when are we getting rid of the cold? i hinted towards yesterday that we got another shot of arctic air next week. you can see the temperatures. we get above freezing like saturday and sunday morning. that's it in the north bay. how about the inland east bay neighborhoods. the average low is 41. we'll be above freezing about every day. we'll be really close friday.
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33. next tuesday and wednesday, 33. of course, tomorrow we'll be freezed cold and san jose, your average lis 45. only in the 40s, saturday, sunday, monday. we'll be below average. speaking of the south bay, sue, it's pretty low. 4:55. let's check in with san jose. the headlights snaking from downtown san jose under the 17/880 overcrossing and towards cupertino for an 8-minute grand total drive time. pretty easy smooth sailing. over across town to 101, the headlights in the northbound direction going underneath highway 880. here and again no conditions north or southbound on 101 at this point. we'll come back and take a look at your early morning drive times this hump day in a few minutes. >> berkeley researchers say a huge storm on neptune is disappearing. the dark spot on the screen you see is a storm when nasa's voyager spacecraft flew by it in
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1989. it was estimated to be 3100 miles across to stretch from boston to portugal. now it's down to 2300 miles. they thought the storm would drift towards the planet's equator and have a spectacular break-up. in fact, it traveled to the south pole and is slowly fading away. grammy award winning singer r. kelly has been evicted from two atlanta area homes because he hasn't paid his rent. he owes more than $31,000 in back rent. the singer paid $3,000 a month for one hours and more than $11,000 for another home. he's under investigation on allegations that he was holding women against their will as part of a cult. queen elizabeth has attended her first london fashion week event. the queen was there to hand out the first-ever queen elizabeth award for british design. she chose something to wear
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something in line with her style, looking stylish in her robin egg blue suit. >> look at her broach. that's the real deal. not costume jewelry. >> as for the clothes on the runway, it was hard to tell from her expressions, because she has basically one discussion which is similar to anna wintour. >> they were walking down the runway in o polka dot and kerchief motorcycle suits. what would your expression be? >> i'm pretty sure mine is easy to tell-all the time. >> wear your heart on your face. up next, the thousands of marijuana convictions alameda county's district attorney is ready to make go away. the military honor west point is paying to one of the florida school shooting victims sniemts one-on-one with the ranking democrat, congressman adam schiff speaks out about russia. why he says it's part of a larger threat. it's 4:58 almost. taking a live look outside at
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good morning. halfway through the week. wednesday, february 21st. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. not quite as cold as yesterday. >> still cold. no records so far. no temperatures in the 20s. but we do have 30s out there. we have an active live doppler 7. >> it's evaporating before it reaches the ground. it's verga. that's also the cloud deck associated with it -- notice the darker greens over the
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