on the right, interstate 101. no rain yet. >> the storm arrived hours ago. you are looking live at rain drops of our camera. >> drone view 7 captured ominous clouds. >> here is spencer christian with the forecast. >> expanding rather quickly and it will hit other parts of the bay area over the next few hours. as you can see we have a large area of green there. look at what is happening to our north. in fact all the way up to the coast into british columbia. this storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. and we will see increasing wind as well. forecast animation taking us into the early evening hours this is how we look at 7:00 p.m., by 11:00 p.m., all of the bay area will be receiving

some rainfall. yellow and orange indicates the heavier to steady rainfall. very wet soaker over night. strong wind advisory in effect until tomorrow evening. could produce downed trees and pour lines. challenging driving conditions. the storm is going to intensify to a level 2 which will be heavier tomorrow. closer look at that in just a few moment. since we have dealt with a lot of storms pg&e is offering reminders of storm safety. flashlights are safer than candles. freeze water now. before the winds pick up, tie-down outside furniture to

prevent them to blowing into power lines, people, or power lines. >> recommended evacuation for parts of santa barbara. 20 were killed. rain is expected to hit there tomorrow and could cause more mud slides. we currently have plenty of water in bay area reservoirs. much of the water is from last year's rainy season. not counting on mother nature helping out this season. eric thomas is live in emeryville with the story. >> reporter: water managers will take anything they can get. this rainy season has been a bit of a disappointment. later this year that will be the real test >> although our water supply is looking good, definitely a dry

year. >> reporter: andrea poke says reservoirs are close to 100% full that is because of the rain of 2017. this season, only 44% of normal. bruce kurchenbalm enjoying fishing has noticed. >> reservoirs are all filled up and this year hasn't been so much rain so kind of low. >> reporter: supplies are nowhere near the lows we experienced during the drought years before 2017 when californians were forced to take extreme conservation measures. that is why water managers will reassess the situation in the spring >> better tell our customers do we need to do more than conserve

as a way of life. do we need to request voluntary conservation. >> reporter: as for our fisherman bruce, he says why worry about something you can't control. >> it will even out in the evening. >> eric thomas abc7 news. >> be sure to get the weather forecast app. it is free. ongoing issues with immigration and custom enforcement agents having arrested 150 people in california since sunday. >> do you support i.c.e.'s recent actions. the results right now on the bottom of the screen. 58% of you say yes. >> we would like to hear from you. laura anthony was in oakland

today where it is clear the gloves are off between the mayor and i.c.e. >> reporter: it is a full-blown war of words between oakland mayor libby schaaf and top officials of customs and immigration enforcement. >> trump administration and i.c.e. has already stated they are targeting california. >> reporter: this morning i.c.e. director appearing on the fox news program chastised schaaf's warning. >> this is a whole new low. i can't believe it happened. >> reporter: 150 arrests in various arrests including this one captured by cell phone. 50% of the arrests were of people with criminal records. >> i.c.e. has targeted and

really unleashed a campaign of psychological intimidation that we have been seeing over the last several days. >> i believe it is essential that we stand together and make clear that we know i.c.e. is not keeping us safe. >> what she said is no better than a gang lookout yelling police. >> reporter: irresponsible decision may have played a role to capture more than 800 people in the bay area i.c.e. described as criminals. i.c.e. interim director claims the justice department is looking into her warning broke the law. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. in san francisco hundreds were outside of the i.c.e. buildin buildings demanding an end to deportation raids. >> regular people being torn away from people who need them.

>> i am undocumented and i am fearful that this country has determined that the detention of immigrant folk is constitutional. new, we obtained a letter sent to the agency. and i.c.e. has responded saying in part, i.c.e. respects the rights of all aliens and removal proceedings to hire and consult with a lawyer of their choice. a local politician has no authority to make demands. let's check the poll asking do you support i.c.e. actions recently in the bay area. 59% of you saying yes, 41% saying no. we would love to hear from you.

go to abc7news.com/vote. the fbi has joined the investigation into a number of suspected attacks on tech employee shuttle buses on freeways between san francisco and be the south bay. chris nguyen has more on the surprising tactic investigators are using to try to solve the case. >> reporter: when you are on the road, anything can happen in a split second. >> especially like a speeding bullet you can't anticipate them coming towards you. >> reporter: since mid-january the chp says 20 charter buses have been hit with bb guns or a rifle. >> they are looking at the damage on the buss and the windows and trying to identify what angles the project isliles coming from. damaged windows dented exteriors of the vehicles.

>> reporter: coaches carrying apple employees working in cupertino. rerouting shuttles. but the chp says the attacks haven't stopped. >> sometimes it appears it is from a moving vehicle and sometimes from a stationary site on the side of the roads. >> the message is clear, if you are the shooter out there, it is a matter of time we will catch you and prosecute you to the full extent of the law. >> reporter: $10,000 reward offering leading to the arrest of the people or person bay area residents hoping this will be resolved. in the south bay chris nguyen abc7 news. an officer involved shooting

happened on crowley lane. no officers were hit. neighborhoods streets are still closed for the police investigation. deputies from the solano county sherlso responded. extra security measures remain in place tonight at san jose state university following a threat to police determined was not credible. someone wrote graffiti inside a woman's bathroom threatening to shoot at the school. new details about threatening graffiti at a sonoma coat school. arresting a 16-year-old student. the message was discovered yesterday at analy high in sebastopol. a writing analysis was used to

fieb finding the student. three suspects and there are doubts whether he is telling the truth. that story is next. details on abrupt resignation of one

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. last week, only abc7 news reported that one of three suspects in a case of a wealthy hillsboro woman cut a deal with

prosecutors. they say that suspect is lying. >> former body guard and trainer for hillsboro resident lee. >> reporter: after his testimony at trial, adelea will be be be e on parole. lee orchestrated the murder. they also believe addela is only guilty of exposing a body. >> he wanted a deal. >> reporter: tiffany lee's attorney tell abc7 news add sequeella is trying to save his own skin. >> did you shoot keith green?

his answer was no. >> reporter: lee's attorneys would not respond to questions. but they did pose a >> mr. addela and others were seeking a gun. >> reporter: district attorney said polygraph tests are not reliable. >> these are inadmissible. well torq the east coast no emotional day for students at stoneman douglas as students returned to class today. students from nearby school and a number of off duty police

officers welcomed everyone back. returning to the campus as difficult as it was, was seen as an opportunity for healing. >> i think today was more about being together. being, feeling like you are not dealing with this by yourself. >> classes were optional day. but the superintendent said 95% of students returned to class. walmart is raising the age of buying guns and ammunition 21-years old. earlier today, the ceo of dick's sporting goods announced a new gun sale policy. and is now making the policy permanent. removing the same weapons from

35 field and stream stores. social media people against the new policy spoke out. people we spoke with in person are pleased to see a private company take action. >> i think it is great. do something. even if it is wrong, do something because it ain't working out now. >> they are listening to the public and their outcries for some sort of change. if it is not going to come from a government standpoint, then we have to make change from the private standpoint. >> san mateo supervisor shared his support with a statement that reads in part the company should be saluted for putting lives over profits. we are on storm watch today because of a series of storms approaching the bay area. >> bringing us badly needed rain. >> leading up to tonight's

storm, we have seen several weeks without rainfall and that has led to a deficit. santa rosa more than a foot of rain below average. this time last year santa rosa was more than two feet above average. that feast or famine pattern. p. san jose six below average. the drought monitor not surprising. we do have dry conditions. tonight we are tracking rain, some much needed rain with a strengthening storm at this hour. with more on that here is spencer christian. >> here is a look at live doppler 7. raining right now in the north bay. now, it is spreading rather rapidly and it is going to hit other parts of the bay area.

this is a look from our abc7 rooftop camera. mid-50s in mountain view and san jose. 50 degrees at gilroy and half moon bay. check out this view from emeryville. traffic doesn't look good nor does the sky. 50 degrees up in santa rosa where it has been raining already. novato mid-50s. one live view at the golden gate. these are our forecast features, rain and wind intensifying late tonight and overnight. we will have wet and hazardous morning commute. and high elevation snow and a chance of thunder will mix in with all other elements tomorrow. current storm during the evening hours ranks only one on the storm impact scale. for the evening we will see

showers spreading rapidly wide spread. increasing wind also in the late night hours. overnight it will look like this. indicated by the yellow and orange there, it will be windy and overnight lows mostly in the upper 40s. as the storm intensifies, it will receive a ranking of two. moderate intensity, wind will gusts over 40 miles per hour. we might even see a thunderstorm or two. 10:00 tonight, this will be the picture. pushing southward and east ward down into the peninsula and into the east bay. 3:00 in the morning this will be the picture. it is going to be a wet and slow and hazardous morning commute along with gusty wind. middle of the day we will see the storm breaking up into waves

of rain. and it is not going to end tomorrow. we will see more rain coming in and snow in the higher terrain especially up north. and it will be gusty. wind gusts starting this evening continuing overnight. rainstorm 25 to 35 miles per hour or higher at time suspects that is not going to change until we get to friday morning or so. we are estimating rainfall totals will range an inch and a half to rain to over 2 inches at the wettest location. and snow in the mountains and northern sierra. especially the snow will be heavy there with accumulations expected to range from three to five feet up to seven feet. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. lots of stormy weather saturday morning. calming down on sunday, oscar sunday and milder on monday with a chance of rain.

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>> announcer: live where you live. this is abc7 news. live doppler 7 tracking storm one. it is a light storm. moderate is in the forecast for tomorrow. >> let's bring in spencer christian with the details. >> a couple of days of stormy weather coming our way. the rain has spread it from the north bay from san francisco into the east bay. periods of steadier downpour. ranking one on the impact scale. wide spread rain later tonight and increasing wind. notice during the overnight hours it is going to intensify those yellows and indicating heavy downpours. strong gusty winds and by then, the storm will rank two on the impact scale. stronger storm more details on that little bit later.

update on those red fire emergency call boxes found all over san francisco. >> lyanne melendez noticed towels and tapes covering up the boxes. >> today a hearing to determine why and what it takes.take >> reporter: today hard numbers from the city. 2300 fire emergency call boxes throughout san francisco and ad are currently working. >> my hope is that we can actually systematically figure out how to bring these things into the 21st century. >> reporter: some built in the 1860s. they were instrumental during

the 1989 earthquake. >> so you repair one part and it may not stayed repaired. >> reporter: when one breaks the city puts a cover over the box alerting the public to call 911 instead. so many are in need of repairs the city ran out of covers using towels and tape. now these orange plastic bags not in service are being used instead. >> not all of the street box calls are for fires, some are for vehicular accidents and also for medical attention. >> reporter: the city is looking

to retrofit them. at an estimated cost of $5,000 to $6,000. >> we would do it overtime. >> reporter: boston new york and san francisco are the only cities in the country using this old technology. lyanne melendez, abc7 news. if there is something where you live that you want us to look into, use for a complete list abc7news.com. during which hicks said she had been required to tell quote white lies for president trump. but she denied lying about the russia investigation.

in a statement the president praises hicks for her work. two men living 3,000 miles apart recently discovered they are family. today they met for the first time. reporter david louie was at san francisco international airport for a touching >> i am excited. >> reporter: only recently did they know they were half brothers. >> oh, god. it is unbelievable. >> reporter: rick posted on social media that she was looking for a jeff clark and that brought him together. >> i was talking to him on the phone and did one facetime call. >> reporter: they like the same food have similar mannerisms and

laugh a lot. >> also your birthday. >> yes, sir. >> i'm a birthday present. >> reporter: rick will get to introduce jeff to his son, daughter and grandchildren. >> and just sit and bond. >> reporter: jeff's wife tammy credits social media for all of this to happen. >> it gives other people hope not to have to go through one of the tv shows you can do this through social media. >> reporter: the next ten-days exciting for these brothers. but one more important mission to find a half sister they know is out there too. comparison shopping isn't just for buying things like drugs. "7 on your side" michael finney has an example we can all

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though the trump administration is saying they are getting rid of president obama environmental act. >> jonathan bloom was there today as epa officials spent hours listening to the public. >> reporter: this polar bear costume may be realistic in more ways than one. climate activists say the costume is awfully warm. >> the polar bears would like to make comments on impacts. >> reporter: not the only neighbor from the north. >> director of the oregon department of quality. >> i am here to urge the epa not to repeal the clean power plan. >> reporter: calling for a one third reduction of power plant

in one year. announcing in october they plan to repeal it. >> clean energy is already the cheapest on the grid in many cases. >> reporter: listening session is one of four across the country. epa officials are doing a lot of listening and very little talking. >> we'll take a quick break and reconvene at noon. >> reporter: issuing a statement saying the clean power plan would have serious economic impact while doing little to help the environment. >> telling this president to keep going with fossil fuels. we will fight to make sure that dirty fossil fuels remain in the ground. >> reporter: and they say they will do it for these kids. across the streets officials kept listening. >> i know that in washington, d.c. the people are listening to something else which is

>> reporter: in san francisco jonathan bloom. just a one on the on the one impact scale but it may be a two tomorrow. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now.

do you have a realistic view of what a prescription should cost you. >> that question came up to michael finney. >> this castro valley woman was quoted three prices for the extract same drug. $20, $40 and $680. she takes meds for high blood pressure and no longer a member of kaiser permanente, she still had her prescription on file. >> 90 days ago, the cost was

$40. a couple of days ago i was told it would be $680. >> she was shock sand concerned. the pharmacy suggested she check prices at costco. >> i went to costco and got the prescription for $20. my question to you is why is this happening? >> reporter: a good question brought to kaiser permanente, telling us in part our pharmacy benefits and services are designed with the kaiser permanente members in mind. under federal law we are limbed in our ability to offer that pricing to those who not eligible as kaiser

>> it is not even close to that. >> reporter: he says kaiser like most pharmacies has a member price and a retail price. any organization selling a drug can charge whatever they want. so consumers should shop around. check prices for drugs and of the copays. sometimes he says drugs can be purchased below the price of your copay. >> the biggest problem we have in this country with prescription drugs is this poisonous myth that all prescription drugs are incredibly expensive and the reason this is a poisonous myth is because it is not true most of the time. >> kaiser permanente told me it is concerned about the growing price of prescription prices.

i will post a link to check it out. if you have questions or concerns, you can go to my hot line monday through friday 10:00 to 2:00, (415) 954-8151 you can reach me at abc7news.com. if you have a copay of $20 or no, you can often beat that price. >> the bay area is a beautiful place. and viewers prove it. >> check out these four pups. with a caption waiting for the storm. and added >> raining in the north bay and pushing down into san francisco.

this storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. it produces wide spread rain. overnight it is going to become quite gusty and the rain heavier as you can see the yellows there. morning commute is going to be a rough one. overnight lows in the upper uppu thunderstorms are possible and we will feel gusts over 40 miles per hour. the forecast animation shows you the picture. beginning to wind down for a brief period in the early morning hours. more rushes in later in the day. cold air comes in tomorrow morning producing a wintry mix. on the accuweather seven-day forecast not going to begin winding down until sunday. dry day on sunday. more chances of rain tuesday and

wednesday. >> on to sports, warriors news tonight. >> yes, kd. >> kevin durant,

>> announcer: abc7 sports with larry beil. >> tonight against the wizards, rolling themselves without their star john wall. young warrior fans in the crowd. first basket of the game, mcgee with a block. durant scored 16 points in the first quarter, steph, the alley-oop. mike scott, not to be confused with the pitcher for the astros. wiz gets the lead. dubs led by two at the break. i would like to see more from kevin durant. and he looks back and says something to somebody.

he says i got 25 points. draymond with the one hand hammer. warriors leading 85-70. jon gruden has been pouring over game film. gruden spoke today at the nfl combine in indianapolis. the plan is to feature cooper in a bigger role. as for mar shawn, he can can can to get his name called a lot. >> he is still a beast. one of the reasons i am excited to be with the raiders, we think cooper is going to be a great player much he will point. he is a gamer and he likes the

bright lights and he will be a headliner. >> reporter: san jose made the playoffs on decision day. all right, we turn the page new head coach michael starr came from europe. the quakes they are pumped for games that count. >> need to change something up. years of not doing things theright way. we started to make things off the field, and now it is time to cash in. >> we will have so much fun. good guys and good players and hopefully we will have something big going on. >> guys are excited. guys are fit. and we have a good pre season. good group of guys and guys are ready to go. >> i am bouncing around and jumps up and down. probably have to safe that energy for the weekend.

but ready to go. >> giants playing the williamson providing a blast. brewers at one point down 10-1 bottom nine. kyle jenson got the error. this time a blooper off of jordan johnson. brewer scored seven runs on the bottom half of the ninth. game ends in a 10-10 tie. a's taking on the cubs. this is off of kyle matt olson, young, strong, powerful. that is why you bring your glove. but the cubs ended up winning

the game. the warriors looks like they turned the page. defensive intensity. they need it. >> the break was good. >> join us tonight on what he said that left her grinning. >> frustrating delays. a bay area social worker says some veterans with cancer have not been getting care they need as quickly as they should. >> at 8:00 it is the goldbergs, followed by speechless. at ten designated survivor. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11. >> that's it for this edition. look for breaking news on twitter. i am kristen sze. >> and i am dan ashley for spencer christian, and larry beil. we appreciate your time. see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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