thursday, march 15th. thanks for making time for us. >> we're glad you're waking up with us. we're pretty quiet right now. nice to see, mike. >> it's going to be a nice commute. still a few damp spots. but for the most part, a pretty dry morning. that will change throughout the day. hi everybody. let's start with the storm impact scale and give you an idea of what to expect today and tomorrow. waves of showers and breezy at times. snow is possible down to 3500 feet and a chance of lightning and hail across the north bay much the rest of us tomorrow.

you can see storms starting to encroach upon the north bay. that's where they'll mainly be throughout the hours. they'll be widespread by noon into the evening hours keeping us in the 50s once again after starting chilly in the 30s and 40s. here's someone who knows how to use a heater. >> i did. i cranked it up at home and in my car. extra chilly. likely you're going to have more of the same. we don't have issues on the roads. checking on an incident. westbound 580 before eden canyon road, a semi and sedan collided about 30 minutes ago. that smaller vehicle went up on the shoulder. i am keeping an eye on that. a quick check of the south bay. san jose, highway 87 around the airport, we're looking at dry pavement and no issues. thank you, alexis. developing news from san jose state.

police are looking for more victims of a man accused of multiple sexual assaults. >> matt keller is live on campus with information about the student police arrested. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. university police say the suspect lived here at campus village a on campus at san jose state and the crimes were committed here as well. we're waiting to see approximate there are more witnesses or possibly more survivors related to this investigation. the suspect is 21-year-old luis -- a fourth year san jose state student. the investigation started on march 3rd when they were contacted by one of the survivors. police learned of one or two additional survivors. they say he and the victims knew each other. he was charged with sexual assault, assault with the intent to commit sex crimes, false imprisonment and sexual battery. he's in jail on $210,000 bail. he's scheduled for a court appearance later this morning. reporting live at san jose

state, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thanks, matt. thousands of young people vowing to build on the gun violence. >> yesterday classes stopped across the country as high school students walked out in solidarity against violence one month after the parkland, florida, school shooting rampage. another protest is scheduled in washington on march 24th. organizers say it's expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. another school walkout is planned to mark next month's anniversary of the columbine high school shooting nearly 20 years ago. >> in washington, the house of representatives passed the first school safety measure since the parkland massacre. lawmakers approved of the stop school violence act by a vote of 407-10 yesterday. that bill authorizes $75 million a year to fund security training and purchase items like metal detectors, stronger locks and

new communication technology for campuses. navy investigators are trying to determine the cause of a jet crash that killed two crew members on board. it happened off the coast of key west. an f-18 -- was on approach to land and crashed into the water about a mile east of the runway. the pilot and the weapons systems officer managed to eject. they were recovered by later died. president trump has tweeted his condolences. president trump apparently lied during a recent meeting with canadian prime minister justin trudeau. an audio obtained by the "washington post," the president boasted that he made up facts about a trade deficit. he said the u.s. runs a deficit without knowing if it was true. trade officials say the u.s. has a trade surplus with canada. the president also bragged about his decision to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un saying, quote, nobody would have done what i did. in yountville, a community

finding strength together. it's been a week since -- abc news reporter kate larsen has details. >> reporter: in yountville, the community greeted each other with hugs. some came with friends and families. others came alone with a bouquet of flowers and balloons. >> i brought balloons, i brought three red balloons because they're for love. the three women who passed away. i brought a pink one for the unborn baby that passed away with the mother and the white roses are for insurance. >> >> reporter: with no schedule or agenda, about 100 people gathered just to talk and heal. >> i think there's a real mixture of feelings. >> dick tiff lives at the veterans home and came hoping to get more information about the shooting committed by albert wong who was recently removed from a ptsd program. >> the more people talk, the more rumors get started. the rumors are pretty rampant.

>> napa county sheriff john robertson was here and he told me he hopes the empathy and compassion from the community continues. local firefighters also joined the meeting. >> that's the number one thing we're trying to do, get everything back to normal. we don't want to forget the three ladies that lost their lives. >> christine loeber, jennifer gonzalez shushereba and jennifer golick were killed where they were trying to help. now pathway home is closed indefinite indefinitely. in youptville, kate larsen. beginning at 6:00 p.m. at napa valley performing arts center at lincoln theater. crews who fought the fire -- a study by the firefighters union is examining blood samples from nearly 180 responders. they're looking for dangerous metals and potentially cancer causing chemicals that fire crews may have ingested from the smoke. in part, because their equipment

was geared for wildfires instead of burning buildings. >> these firefighters are exposed to the same contaminants that urban structural firefighters are exposed to but with a lower level of personal protective equipment. >> researchers at the university of california are helping with the analysis. the union told a meeting at the fire commission that it expects to have preliminary results to present by the middle of next month. neighbors in berkeley could weigh in on the prospect of building housing at the b.a.r.t. system. there's been a push lately to use that space near transit centers for affordable housing. what has not been addressed is where the cars go that currently use that lot to park. let's talk about temperatures. look at mt. diablo at 3800 feet. it's 29 degrees. that says a couple of things. if any showers develop before the sun comes up, may dust it

with some snow. i think they're going to stay to the north bay. it's cold enough in the middle parts of the atmosphere for hail again today. let's look at temperatures. look at the san ramon valley from 36 in danville. we've got san ramon, dublin, pleasanton. pleasant hill at 37. livermore at 39. concord out to brentwood, around 42 to 44 degrees. anybody else that cool? up in the north bay. we've got mid to upper 30s santa rosa. novato, napa. 36 in vallejo. san francisco 45. san carlos and hayward at 41. here's a look at 87 near mineta san jose international. this evening, get ready for bet commute. cool this morning but wet likely if you're taking mass transit in the afternoon and evening hours. rainy at times on the bay. highs today range from about 49 lakeport, 51 in ukiah. the cool spots there. 54 to 58 degrees for the rest of us. here's a look at the north bay.

starting at 8:00, all the way through 8:00, my 12-hour planner, you have a chance of rain. temperatures in the 40s until noon. barely in the 50s this afternoon. back in the 40s by 8:00. san francisco 48 with scattered showers at 8:00. off and on showers and low 50s through the evening hours. tomorrow morning, not as cold as this morning. still a chill out there. upper 30s in the north bay. taking a look at the accuweather seven day forecast, find a dry day. that's coming up. it's quiet this morning, too, mike. here's a live look at golden gate bridge. we had a couple problems yesterday from the north bay. today we're incident-free for that commute. southbound across gold ep gate bridge, you should not have any trouble over slowdowns through that stretch. bay bridge toll plaza starting to fill in. we've got, give or take ten minutes until the metering lights flip on and things back up into the maze.

it looks like a stack up in the cash lanes off to the right. overall, looking good too. a nice quiet start. ace 1 out on time with no delays. 43 b.a.r.t. trains this service. it will be chilly on the ferry service. no delays. normal service here so far today. >> alexis, thank you. a new starbucks is about to open. that's not big news. but where it's opening is. george lucas breaks ground on a billion dollar dream. we want you to have a better day. here's a feature only on abc 7

we're back at 5:13 on this thursday. look at these temperatures in the afternoon hours. anywhere from 7 to 10 degrees cooler than average. we should be in the low to mid-60s. lucky if we get into the mid and upper 50s. more on the showers that are on the way coming up next. sdpln now bre >> announcer: now breaking news. breaking news coming in. a wild car chase that ended in a crash in richmond this morning. look at these live images coming in from the scene. the car crashed into a fire hydrant. this is near san pablo and kirk lane. the car has some damage to t you can see that fire hydrant is spewing water all over the streets. really gushing. a really high spewing of water

there on to the streets. and amy hollyfield, our reporter is on the scene gathering more details. we'll check in with her shortly. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. three armed robbery suspects are in custody after a wild pursuit that had san francisco police cars driving on sidewalks near at&t park. here's the video. police cruisers drove around the ballpark and on the promenade along the embarcadero yesterday. officers searched the area around delancey street. they captured three suspects. investigators believe there are no other suspects on the loose. it's 5:14 now. in gma first look, the family of a former dnc staffer is suing fox news because of a discredited report about his death. >> they intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the family. >> fox is responsible for the hell they've created. >> for the first time joel and mary rich sharing their story,

telling abc news how the trauma of losing their son seth to murder turned into torture when they say fox news published a bogus story about it based on a conspiracy theory. >> i want the people who started the lies who are responsible for the lies held accountable. this has got to stop. >> rich, a 27-year-old staffer for the democratic national committee shot and killed in 2016. >> he was shot twice in the back. best police can figure is it was a robbery gone wrong. >> we'll have more of our exclusive interview coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look, i'm tom llamas. several automakers being sued over allegations they knew about problems with takata airbags but waited years to issue recalls. documents from previous legal action against general motors, fiat, chrysler, volkswagen and

mercedes. the plaintiffs say the companies knew about the problems but didn't take action at the time. the suits also claim that car owners paid higher prices for the vehicles than they would have if the deficit was disclosed. at least 22 people have died and 180 people hurt from the bags. cryptocurrency like bitcoin and -- it's part of an updated advertisement with sams -- google is targeting fake news advertisement that lead users to sites that sell scam product like diet pills and supplements. google owned almost half of the advertising market. something brewing at a national park. a star best of your recollection is brewing there. the base camp eatery. employees say it will offer more eating options for guests. >> you're in a national park because you want to be healthy and hike. we're trying to replicate menu

items for that. >> hate to see a starbucks here. i would just think it would be a commercialization of the whole park. i don't think it is a very good idea. >> tell us how you really feel, jackie, right? good idea or not. it will begin serving coffee and food tomorrow. >> all right. snow is piling up in the sierra and more is on the way. this is what it looked like last night on highway 89 near squaw valley. be careful if you plan to drive up there the next day or two. people who made it up there had a powder day. this is video from homewood. he tried to use a snow-covered tree as a ramp. that didn't work out for him. the good news is he landed on a lot of snow. >> he's okay? >> i'm glad we showed it twice in slow motion, too. >> embarrassing. >> to get the full effect. >> don't do anything in the snow that's dumb.

we'll play it in slow motion and shame you. >> there's more chances to do dumb things in the snow as a winter storm warning begins at 5:00 this evening through 5:00 saturday morning and up to 6 feet of snow possible. we're seeing the first signs of that storm come ashore. you can see around sea ranch ft. ross, cloverdale, ukiah and guerneville and heelsburg. in the next half hour, you'll be wet before everybody else. few storms off the coast. there's a slight chance we could have some across the north bay today. here's a look at the big picture. the low spinning up to the north yanking down all that cold air. this is a cold core system. that's why we're likely to have hail again. very pea-sized hail and thunderstorms more likely tomorrow. 680 as we look south from walnut creek, periods of showers through at least saturday. chance of thunderstorms, that spreads tomorrow. dry weather for sure sunday and

monday. we're looking up at the north bay for light to >> some scattered showers around that become widespread during the afternoon an especially during the evening hours. unlike the quiet night we had last knight night through now, storms will hang around around temperatures will be a little milder. still chilly in the 40s. tomorrow, scattered showers all the way around up until 9:00 when they become more isolated. there's a few showers possible saturday. but it's not going to be a washout. sunday and monday, dry for sure. look at the temperatures nearing the mid-60s. near 70 monday and a spring storm will try to keep the hail from us tuesday and wednesday. hi alexis. >> good morning. a lot of folks are hoping that rain stays away for all the st. patrick's day festivities on saturday morning. we'll see. your green attire may be getting soggy there at times. want to take you into one of our only trouble spots this morning. the westbound 580 to castro

valley boulevard, we had a three-car collision, a semi involved and a couple smaller vehicles. sounds like they have cleared that semi out of the area. just ran up on the hillside. it never was blocking any lanes. it's something to keep an eye on this morning. richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. you're looking great. overall, drive times looking good too. highway 4 to the maze. another ten into san francisco and no delays if you head out of the city and towards the airport today. alexis, thanks. 5:20 now. in a galaxy not far away, george lucas broke ground for his long awaited museum. the museum of narrative art. the $1.5 billion project is being built in los angeles at exposition park next to his film school and alma mater, usc. lucas and his wife originally planned to build it in san francisco. we almost had it. and they committed to economy at one point. the couple could not reach an

agreement with either city. it will feature star wars memorabilia. >> i wanted a special museum that was a work of art in itself. >> george said i want an iconic building, i want a child to look at this building and say i want to see what is inside of that building. >> lucas and his wife are paying for the museum. it's expected to be completed by the end of 2021. >> looks like the shape of a bowling pin. that's what i see. i don't know. i'm sure it will be fun. next the 7 things to know as you start your day. bragging rights for bay area restaurants. see who is on the latest least of james beard nominees. the cost of getting a uc emg indication is about to become more expensive for thousands of students. the storm impact scale. it's level 1.

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5:23 f you're just joining us, here are the 7 things to know before you go. number one from the live desk. a wild car chase through the east bay ended in a crash right at the border of richmond and san pablo. the car crashed into a hydrant. it's still spilling on to the street right now. it was gushing earlier into the air. so things have calmed down a little bit. all of this happening near san pablo avenue and kirk lane. >> number 2, tracking more showers. though mainly in the north bay for your morning commute. enjoy the dry streets as you get around this morning. be ready during the evening commute. that's when more showers and hail hit our neighborhoods. >> number 3, the san francisco police commission approved guidelines for tasering use within the police department. it is more restrictive than what the officers' association was hoping for. number 4, classes are canceled at san leandro high school after a shooting threat was discovered on campus.

the message was found scrawled on the boys' bathroom wall yesterday. number 5, new evidence that a second lawyer is linked to the scandal involving adult film star stormy daniels. the evidence is from a lawsuit meant to keep daniels silent about an alleged affair with the president. number 6, off to a fairly quiet start. a live look outside at walnut creek. 680 moving along fine. a 28-minute drive to make it on to the bay bridge. >> number 7, beyonce and jay z fans will get another chance to get tickets on monday after ticketmaster crashed during the pre sale for their on the run tour 2 concert. the couple's only appearance will be at levi stadium in santa clara. good luck. several bay area restaurants in the running for one. highest honors. >> the james period foundation nominated a chef in los gatos for outstanding chef. his only competitor is napa

valley chef christopher kostow. he's got the restaurant at meadowwood. he's up for the best new restaurant which he opened last year. >> we operate our own farm. we grow our own vegetables. that's a centerpiece of what we're doing. that is going to become more and more common in restaurants and in the home. >> other local nominees, kwins for best restaurant, zuni cafe for outstanding service. noteworthy, benu, best wine program and insit u inside sf momah for outstanding restaurant tea sign. >> it will be may 7th in chicago. we have a list of nominees. >> i'm not surprised. we show up a lot on this list. pretty amazing. >> i thought you meant you and me personally. >> no. we have to save up to go to all of those places. we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news, including

details about the puppy that died in the overhead cabin on a united flight. update on the peeping tom. breaking news after a car crashes into a fire hydrant. a giant mess on the streets right now. we'll have a live report next. it's 5:27. here's a live look outside as we get you

5:29. almost 5:30 in the morning. we're almost at the weekend. welcome to thursday, march 15th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we're talking rain once again today. >> yes. later on for most of us. it's pretty quiet right now. hi everybody. get your umbrellas ready and get ready for a wet commute across the north bay. we'll try to sneak in a dry

commute for most of us south of the north bay. here's a look at the storm impact scale. waves of showers. breezy conditions. snow possible down to 3500 feet. chance of lightning and hail also. here's a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. it's a chilly one this morning. probably the coldest morning this week with mid-30s to mid-40s at 7:00. low to mid-50s from noon to 4:00 when the showers are more domina dominant. here's alexis imt. >> good morning, mike. got wofford a b.a.r.t. delay at 24th -- worth of a -- i'll keep an eye on that. it's in all directions. mostly green conditions on the traffic maps. we have one new minor issue in the maze. westbound 580 ramp to eastbound 80. we've got a disabled vehicle reported. emergency crews are heading there to take care of that. in the meantime, the metering lights for the bay bridge toll plaza flipped on. it happened at 5:21 this

morning. now breaking news. we continue tracking breaking news of a chp chase that ended in a crash in san pablo right along the border of the richmond city limits. a car actually took out a fire hydrant. we saw that water gush into the air for quite a long time. abc news reporter amy hollyfield is on the scene. amy, things look better now. >> the water just stopped spewing jessica, but it was such a sight. we have to show it to you. let's roll the video when we pulled up in san pablo. just a huge tower of water shooting into the air. it caused a lot of flooding out here. it's quite a mess actually. there's flooding in the food max parking lot and san pablo avenue. water is not the only issue either. there's a light pole that came down. a tree came down. we have crashed cars here in the road. so they've got a lot to clean up. the chp tells us this started as

a pursuit on the freeway in the oakland area and then ended here. san pablo police are on the scene but they refuse to give any details. the sergeant says they captain tell us if anyone is hurt. any details about this water. although they did just get it shut down. if any arrests were made. all we know is san pablo avenue is closed. you want to avoid this area in front of the casino. food max on the other side of the street. this is shut down. they have crews working on the situation. getting it cleaned up. looks like this could be shut down for a while. still a wrecked car here and downed light pole. quite an explosive wreck that happened here. hard to tell what hit first. but boy whrks it hit that high drapt, is set off a chain of events and a huge mess. reporting live in san pablo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. classes are canceled at san leandro high school because of a

shooting threat on campus. the message was scrawled on the bathroom wall yesterday. students and parents panicked as the school was put on lockdown for three hours. san leandro police secured the campus. police say the message said i'm shooting the school tomorrow. i'm sick of this. better not come. >> it's 5:33 now. a criminal investigation has been launched into the death of a dog on a united airlines flight. that investigation coming as we're learning of another incident. united accidentally shipping a woman's dog to japan instead of kansas. >> he's probably so scared and freaked out. probably hurting too because he doesn't have his medicine now either. >> passenger says she was given a great dane instead of her dog. the german shepherd. united said the dogs were accidentally put into the wrong kennels. it comes hours after the death of a french bulldog. the bag that he was in had to be stowed in the overhead bin. >> she took him out and opened

the thing and got the dog. animal cruelty task force could file charges based on the findings of the investigation. meantime, united says it will begin issuing brightly colored tags to customers. so that flight attendants could easily recognize the pets. >> r.i.p. toys "r" us has officially told employees it is closing or selling all 800 stores in the u.s. the store at the plant in san jose was one of 180 marked for closure in january. news that all of the stores will be closing was almost too much to bear for parents who wanted their kids to grow up as toys "r" us kids like we did. >> i wanted that tradition of bringing my son to the toy store to play with the toys. now he can't do that. >> actually the surprise. going there my whole life as a kid and every gift you wanted came from toys "r" us pretty much. >> retail experts say the toy

industry will struggle in the short-term. but mom and pop toy shops will ultimately fill the void. there's no word from toys "r" us as to when the closures will happen. we're talking about 0,000 jobs nationwide. >> uc regents expected to increase tuition for thousands of out of state students. the 3.5% hike would add thousand dollars to the tuition that is paid and bring tuition and fees to $40,000 a year. it's expected to raise nearly $35 million. the regents say they may raise tuition for california residents if state lawmakers don't give the university more money. two undocumented farm workers are dead after their car overturned trying to escape immigration agents in kern county. the man and woman were killed when the suv crashed into a utility pole in delano tuesday morning. the man matched the skpripgs de of a wanted person. turns out he was not the warranted person. >> the chase started when they

tried to contact the driver and he sped off. officials say the man was convicted in 2014 of driving under the influence. the woman had no prior encounters with i.c.e. they leave behind six children. happening today, a san francisco jury is expected to begin deliberations in the case of a police officer known as the hot cop of the castro. christopher coors is charged in a hit-and-run crash in north beach. two men were seriously hurt in the crash. his lawyer argued that coors ran because he was in danger from a mob that had gathered to recognized him. prosecutors contend he ran to avoid a blood alcohol test. a vote to ban fur sales in fran is set to happen next week. the examiner says the supervisor's committee is moving the legislation forward despite opposition from stores. business leaders say it could lead to job and tax revenue loss because shoppers will go outside the city. officials say the attorney's office suggested the ban would each apply to online purchases for delivery to san francisco addresses.

it might be dry across most of our neighborhoods, but it is cold. look at clear lake, 34. same thing at rohnert park. we've got 36 right now in napa. also santa rosa and petaluma. 45 in bodega bay. san rafael 43. the warm spots across the north bay. we've got mid to upper 30s in san ramon, lafayette. brept wood and tracy at 45. alameda, san francisco, 45. san carlos, 42. 39 right now. kup cuperti cupertino. welcome to our coldest morning. would you rather have the cold or drive through showers. that's what's going to happen tomorrow morning. look how dry it is on the embarcadero. notice the flags. they're not moving. not quite breezy right now. if you're going to be out and about, have the umbrella. have the waves of showers. they will increase heading through the morning into the afternoon hours. if you're out exercising, you may get rained on. at the beach, there's definitely

going to be wet weather. blustery conditions from time to time. 54 at half moon bay. one of our cool spots along with vallejo and fairfield. the rest of us at 55 to 58 degrees. upper 40s to low 50s. around 4,000 feet up there. that's where the snow is going to fall. on the peninsula, pretty dry day at 8:00. starting at 10:00, all the way through 8:00 -- mostly cloudy in the east bay. 42 at 8:00. by 10:00 through the rest of the day, into the evening hours, low to mid-50s also with a chance of getting wet. now the showers will hang around again tonight. temperatures from 39 at santa rosa to san francisco and san jose. about 48 degrees. i'll tell you what, it was so relaxing driving on dry streets this morning, not having to wore about the breezes. that's going to change this afternoon. you've had a lot of good news. >> pretty quiet commute so far. hoping that continues as we have a break in the weather anyway.

checking out the emeryville camera. westbound 80, traffic heading towards us, trying to get to the maze. that's moving along just fine. westbound 580 connector to eastbound 80. we have reports of a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. i've been watching the traffic sensors and haven't seen delays. trace toy dublin, that one is starting to fill in. not bad for that area. concord in the green at 18. san rafael to san francisco in the green at 17 minutes. a little bit of good news to pass on about b.a.r.t. we had that ten-minute delay at 24th street station due to an earlier equipment problem that was fixed. things are on the mend. a new twist in the stormy daniels scandal. we're live with a link revealed between the trump organization and the former porn star. a man is caught lurking a man is caught lurking outside of a

let's focus on the state for a moment. the showers will let up a little bit in the afternoon hours down in los angeles and san diego. low to mid-60s there. same thing in fresno. low to mid-50s chico, sacramento. 57 in monterey. the high country where we just got rid of a winter storm warning and nor starts at 5:00 today and goes through 5:00

saturday morning with 2 to 3 feet up to 5 feet of snow in the past levels. in fact, look at the ski resorts in some of the snow levels. even down the to lake level, about 2 feet of snow. quick look at the seven-day forecast for tahoe. the only dry days will be sunday and monday. thanks, mike. the scandal involving adult film ab tres stormy daniels and presidenttrump is not going away. there's new evidence that a second lawyer with ties to the president is now linked to this alleged affair. >> that evidence comes from a lawsuit designed to keep daniels silent about the incident. abc's tara palmieri joins us live with more. good morning, tara. >> good morning. these now documents show a connection to a trump organization lawyer. overnight, documents provided to abc news marked highly can have depgs reveal connections between

the trump organization and trying to silence stormy daniels. daniels has called the $130,000 nondisclosure agreement she signed for her silence hush money. the white house and trump's personal attorney michael cohen have tried to distance the president from the pact signed days before the election. cohen said he used his personal funds to pay daniels. a restraining order against daniels for breaking her agreement draws another line to the president because it's signed by trump organization lawyer jill martin. earlier this week, daniels said she would wire the $130,000 back to the president to break the nondisclosure agreement. the president had one day to accept the offer. she's called it null and void because then candidate donald trump never signed it. >> why is that so important? is she trying to sell her story? >> she's not trying to sell her story. she wants to set the record straight. it's about the truth, about a search for the truth. >> this could be a very long battle.

daniels has launched an online fundraiser to help cover her legal expenses while she fights to tell her truth. reporting from washington, tara palmieri, abc 7 news. thank you, tara. berkeley police say home surveillance video helped them arrest a man suspected of being a peeping tom. you'll watch him in the act right now. police released this video to us. the victim reported seeing the suspect peeping into her window two weeks ago. so after that incident, she installed security cameras in the yard and this is what it picked up. police say he returned a week later and was captured on video. yesterday morning the victim reported seeing him again. look at him trying to peer into the windows. police were able to arrest him near her home. 5:45 now. happening today, passengers at sfo may encounter protesters. airline food workers are fed up. this is a live picture from the airport. airline catering and terminal food workers are joining a national day of action protesting low wages. workers say they get paid as little as $8.20 an hour and pay

federal income tax. united, american and delta do not pay income tax despite earning millions. beyonce and jay z fans hope things are sorted out after a ticket sales drama left many fans empty handed. >> here's them performing during their first on the run tour. fans were so excited when they announced there would be a sequel to the tour that they actually, it looks like, kind of overflooded the website or something happened. ticketmaster crashed during the pr pre-sale yesterday. tickets were gone in a few seconds. fans will get another chance to buy tickets on monday. the only appearance in the bay area will be september 29th at levi stadium in santa clara. >> be ready on your computer. >> oh, yeah. even then. we saw what happened with hamilton and they had dates that

lasted six months. one concert? >> good luck. >> wonder if they put pad time for two concerts. >> they usually do. i'm not saying i know that's what's going to happen. >> i need to look. >> you didn't call beyonce. >> no. she's not answering my calls right now. so weird. >> she's busy practicing, rehearsing. >> she doesn't need to practice. she's perfect. see if i can do better in the forecast. showers across the north bay. pink is a wiptry mix at 4,000 feet. get ready. it's about on you and it's going to be light. same thing towards cloverdale and ukiah. look at that. down to bodega bay. it's starting to fill in, backfill a little bit along this chunk of energy which means it pushes into marin county probably in the next hour or so. we'll continue to so that slide south. right now, san rafael as we look

south on 101, dry. the showers spreading and produce the possibility of hail once again. i found a couple of dry days sunday and monday. that's it. every other day has a chance of rain. 7:00, there you go. you can see the showers spreading all the way down to the south bay by lunch and then more waves come in. the yellow signifies brief downpours and small hail, pea-sized hail like yesterday. thank you to all of you who sent us video of the hail falling in your neighborhoods. like petaluma and concord. 7:00 this evening, you can see a likelihood we'll end the commute wet. more scattered light showers through lunch tomorrow. may be a break tomorrow evening before more showers roll through during the overnight hours and hopefully, saturday we're trying to trend a little bit drier. 1 for st. patty's day. drying out and warming up. feels like spring monday. the next storm tuesday and wednesday is more spring-like.

no chance of hail or snow with that storm. it's a 1. >> i do want to take you up to a sig-alert. it's out there a ways. point ray is station, we have a serious accident. state route 1 fully closed at cypress road. they're estimating they'll have everything back open a little more than an hour from now. about 7:00 this morning when they wrap up that investigation. be aware if you're headed in that direction. you will encounter a detour. a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights flipped on at 5:20. the south bay has been quiet. no issues to speak of right now. we've got that dry pavement and smooth commute here. 101 and 880. things slowly starting to fill in. that's about it. now a live desk update. >> yeah. this just coming in. the north korean foreign minister is visiting sweden. it could mean the scandinavian

country will play host to a meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. the north korean foreign minister will meet with the swedish counter part and did issue a quote saying that the talks will, quote, focus on the consular responsibilities as a protect for united states, canada and australia and will address the security situation on the korean peninsula. sweden does have diplomatic relations with north korea since the year 1973. this is interesting. it is one of only a handful of countries with an embassy there. it could be the bridge we'll see. singer katy perry kissed a contestant on "american idol" and he says he did not like it. >> benjamin glaze is downplaying backlash aimed at perry who was a judge on the show. the 19-year-old took to instagram to say he did not think he was sexually harassed. the singer says he was

uncomfortable when perry kissed him on the lips during the season opener. glaze says he had never been kissed before. >> he was saving it for his first relationship. >> that's what he said. a bay area school successfully talked their kid into not leaving campus during yesterday's marches. >> chp officers encounter a disor yepted man walking on a bay area freeway. the perfect timing that reunited him with his family. a new

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. it's 5:54 right now. here's the newest update. this just came in from the storm prediction center. they've put the entire bay area from morgan hill northward into a threat of thunderstorms today. more hail is on the way. a 93-year-old man is back safely with his family this mrning thanks to some highway patrol officers in san francisco. it's quite a story. officers found him walking with his walker along interstate 280 on tuesday. one of them spoke to him in cantonese and he mentioned something about chinatown. so they took him to chinatown. but the man wasn't able to remember where he lived. so the chp brought him to a san francisco police station and his family happened to be making a missing person's report at the same time. >> wow. it's 5:54 now. the state of oregon using an interesting tactic to lure tourists up north. >> it's interpret by great that

they posted it to youtube of various landmarks around the portland area reimagined to look like animation of a movie. that's what it looks like to us. you can see dragon boats racing. horses running through mountains and swimmers enjoying a warm afternoon near mt. hood. >> that looks pretty cool. so far, we're looking at fairly smooth thursday commute. i do want to show you emeryville camera. we've pointed it towards the maze. trying to find this disabled vehicle reported about half an an hour ago. that traffic coming toward us are likely already past it. doesn't look like it could cause delays. i'm keeping an eye on that. our bridges looking good. richmond-san rafael bridge. another 13 minutes across the san mateo bridge. dumbarton bridge in the green at nine minutes. let's check in with mike nicco. the smooth commute has a lot to do with the dry pavement. >> it's going to remain dry for

most of us. here's a look from sutro tower and a dry san francisco and east bay shoreline right now. spring, we're putting on hold again today as temperatures will be 6 to 10 degrees below average in the mid to upper 50s. now by 7:00 this evening, you can see not everybody is going to get wet today with the waves of showers. overnight, tomorrow morning, the commute will probably be a little tougher with wetness left over. as we head towards friday evening and into saturda, another quarter to a half inch of rain in the north bay. calling all you snuggie owners. you could be getting money back. the company has settled with the federal trade commission to pay more than $7.2 million in misleading advertising since 1999. all-star marketing group promised buy one get one free deals but didn't disclose the additional cost to customers. we have details about the potential refund at abc7news.com. most people will get about 30 bucks. next at 6:00, an investigation into san jose

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to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. sky 7 is live over lake merit as police search for a woman missing inside the water. you can see a boat in the water. large law enforcement presence on the shore. we are working to get more information. i'm tracking things at the live desk and we'll have an update in a few minutes. >> jessica, thank you. good morning on this thursday, march 15th. it is only -- you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you very much reggie

and natasha. we'll start with a storm impact scale. give you an idea of what to expect. periods of showers with local breezes. local downpours. even lightning and hail possible today and tomorrow. here's our current look at live doppler 7 next to the storm on mt. st. helena. it's moving off to the east. the north bay will be wet during the morning commute especially from petaluma northward. the rest of us, check it out on the east bay hills cameras. pretty quiet out there. it's much colder. our coldest morning with mid-30s to low 40s. we'll stay in the low to mid-50s until the afternoon hours with more showers spreading down to the south bay. they'll hang around during the evening commute which will be a little wetter than this morning. speaking of the commute, let's go to alexis. >> this is in point reyes station area. it's fully closed. it was tdue to stay fatal crash. chp