dpm bay area. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc7 mornings. >> it's saturday, march 17th. good morning, and thank so much for joining us. i'll chris nguyen. we are waking up to more rain throughout the bay area.let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >> it is a one today. we still have showers that will rotate through the bay area. with this system we are looking at not only the showers but a possible thunderstorm throughout the day today. snow levels anywhere from 2500 to 3,000 feet. we are going to see a dry second half of the weekend but look all the showers out there right you no. rotating along the coast and into the east bay. we will take you into san ramon. 680 from walnut creek to pleasanton looking at wet

weather. moving through the diablo range. more weather posed to move into south san francisco from half moon bay and the santa cruz mountains. in the mountains, still snow going on in the mountains. but this winter storm warning expires right now at 5:00. 46 in hayward. 38 in morgan hill. so we've got the rain to talk about this morning. and some more heavy rain as we get into next week. chris? >> lisa, thanks. breaking news out of san francisco. one person is dead after a one alarm fire broke out at an adult video and bookstore in the south of market district. it started just after 2:00 this morning on 6th street between mission and mena. firefighters believe the business was open at the time, saying it may be a store. it's unclear what sparked the

flames, crews say 6th treat between mission and fulsome closed while they investigate. there is the threat of of a lamps in the sierra where a hiker were richmond has been lost since wednesday. tom mu lrky disappeared near bear valley. he is one of nine siblings, we are told 30 members of his family are helping with the search. they are holding out hope that his outdoor experience will keep him alive. >> reporter: at an impromptu family gathering in albany family members cling to each facebook update and the each other for support. >> he loves the outdoors. hiking, catching, skiing, he has been doing it for decades. >> reporter: even for the most skilled outdoorsman, a mighty challenge, mother nature. tom was reported missing by his wife after a day of skiing at bear valley at alpine county. >> that's the biggest problem is the weather. makes it hard for him to be

audible to be found. >> reporter: these photos show helicopters stranded in the snow of a a storm blew in thursday night. >> these members have to be prepared for avalanche conditions. they have to be trained not only to read potential avalanche areas. >> reporter: a team of seven from marin search-and-rescue deployed and faced treacherous road conditions. 80 shut town for hours with caltrans reopening to gridlock late friday night. >> monitor the weather conditions. if you have to come up to donner pass make sure you are prepared for the conditions. >> reporter: tom's family holds out hope passing out these players hoping tom's gift of the gab will be his saving grace. >> if he will have gotten on the ski lift that day he would have tlked to whoever he was on the ski lift chair with. we are learning more about the stanford law school graduate who was killed in a helicopter crash in iraq on thursday. 37-year-old air national guard

member christopher zanetis left an impression on classmates and professors. katie marzullo has the story. >> he was such a vibrant presence. i have difficulty speaking of him in the past tense. >> reporter: this stanford law professor is still in shock over the debt of christopher tripp zanetis. he called him a brilliant lawyer and a wonderful human being snoots' hard to believe how much he did in his life. >> reporter: he was searching with with the new york air national guard. he and six others were killed when their helicopter hit a power line and crashed in iraq. in addition, he was a fire marshal. he joined the fire department after the 9/11 attacks. he was also an intelligence consultant for nato. >> he will say i have to miss class i have been summoned to peru to to an earthquake helicopter rescue. or, sir, i will have to be a day

late on a paper. i can't tell you why. let's say it's part of my job with nato intelligence, they summoned me to europe. >> he knew zanetis through the law organization. >> somebody argued they should replace the most interesting man in the world with tripp. >> reporter: joking aside. >> he was the most genuine and warm and kind person you could meet. >> reporter: add to that, modest, humble, and now desperately missed of the at sanford, abc7 news. attorney general jeff sessions has fired the former deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe. mccabe responded with a blistering statement and the president is taking to twitter. serena marshal breaks town the firing. >> reporter: with only two days until his retirement, the former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, fired. the decision left to attorney general jeff sessions following an inspector general's office

finding he allowed fbi officials to speak with a reporter about the clinton foundation probe and misled investigators who asked him about it. mccabe came to the department of justice to plead with an official not the fire him before his retirement day sunday. suddenly becoming the acting director of the fbi he denied a white house claim that because of james comey the morale of the fbi was low. >> the majority of employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to director komi. >> reporter: for months he was faced with the president's wrath. fbi deputy director andrew mccabe was racing the clock the retire with full benefits. 90 days to go, the white house replied, his pension stripped away. >> in a statement, mccabe said

he called for my firing, called for me to be stripped of my pension after more than 20 years of service and all along we have said nothing never wanting to distract from the mission of the fbi by addressing the lies told and repeated about us. no more. the president responded last night saying andrew mccabe fired. a great day for the hard working men and women of the fbi. a great day for democracy. sanity moanious james comey was his boss and made mccabe look like a choir boy. he knew about all the corruption going on at the highest levels of the fbi. michael flynn spoke publicly for the first time since he pleaded guilty for lying in the russia investigation. >> what i'm not here to do is i'm not here to complain about who has done me wrong or how unfair i've been treated or how unfair the entire process has been. >> that was flynn's only comment about the guilty plea during a

campaign event in riverside con. a bay area congresswoman is giving president trump some credit when it comes to the topic of international trade. peninsula lawmaker jackie speier stopped by the abc7 broadcast center yesterday. she said the president raised an important issue about how her current trade agreements with china impact our national economy. >> we to need to hold them accountable more. we have like a 2.5% tariff for automobiles come from china. they have a 25% tariff for automobiles going from the united states. so there needs to be greater fairness there. >> congresswoman spehr is a founder of the professional business woman's conference. abc7 is a proud of that event which will be at the moss coney center on april 24th. new details about the fed streen bridge collapse in florida that killed six.

an engineer working on the project left a voice mail with the florida department of transportation on tuesday saying there were cracks found on the north end. crews were working on that section when it buckled. here is part of the voice mail. >> oblsly the cracking is not good and something needs to be done to repair that. from a safety issue, we tonight see there is any issue there. call me back when you can. thank you. >> the fbi employee was on assignment and missed the voice mail. gain, crews were working on the north end when it collapsed. a break in caught on camera. both cats that got away have now been found. katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: a hair raising break in at oakland's cat town n adoption center is shown on this

footage. >> when i saw the person and the indifference to the cats i was enraged. >> reporter: the executive director anne dunn says two cats were gone when she got in. one of the escaped cats ran down the block to this construction site and when workers started their equipment in the morning it startled her out of her height hiding spot and they caught her. >> i heard my whole life that the construction industry can be like herding cats and today it definitely was. >> the intruder tried to get into the cafe awe but it was locked. >> shocking that somebody would break into a cat cafe. >> reporter: they are fund-raising for security window to prevent future break ins so the felines don't flee until they are adopted. get your green ready for the largest st. patrick's day event west of the mississippi. the parade in san francisco starts at 11:30 this morning at

margaret and second. more than 5,000 people are expected to answer the. there is a festival at civic center plaza that starts at 10:00 a.m. until 5:00. there will be entertainment, food, arts and crafts and much more. meteorologist lisa argen is here now tracking the weather for us. will the rain hold off? >> the rain is still going to be around. tomorrow looks to be our dryer day. scattered shores alone the coast and in the east bay right now. san francisco trippy at times. 46 degrees. 39 in danville, 38 in santa rosa. we are not done with it yet. we do get a break, but then a stronger system heading our way the milled of next week. and boy, march turning out to be quite the miracle. i will have the details with my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. also ahead, the first time a kidnapping survivor breaks her silence. denise huskins talks about the abduction that voyage police once called a hoax.

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only on abc7 news, the couple at the center of the kidnapping case that voyage police called a hoax are finally speaking out about the ordeal. three years ago denise huskins was abducted from her boyfriend aaron quinn's home and raped twice. in an interview with "good morning america" husk ins describes what she thought while being dragged blindfolded by matthew muller. >> i'm going to hear a gun shot and that's it or i'm going to get pushed of a cliff. >> muller a serving a 40 year sentence for kidnapping. this week, the d.a. added new charges including forcible rape

and false imprisonment. voyage is paying the company $2.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit. you can see the entire exclusively interview monday morning on "good morning america." new video show students posing with a gun that was accidentally discharged by a teacher in a classroom. there is also a picture showing the student pointing the gun at a camera. this teacher was giving a gun safety demonstration when a semiautomatic gun was discharged one student was hurt. he has a wall of pictures and a rack of medals. james smith ran ever los angeles marathon ever held held. tomorrow will be no different. >> reporter: when it comes to the l.a. marathon, not much has changed over the years. it's still 26.2 miles of it's still open to anybody who pays the entry fee. and it's still the place you

will find james smith applying the course. >> it sound stupid. it is. i acknowledge that. it's not the most intelligent thing i've done in my life. >> reporter: that's because most of the people you see here do one l.a. marathon. smith has done them all. >> i stuck to it. i have been running since 1972 and done probably oh, in excess of 100 marathons. this will be the 33rd l.a. marathon that i have done. >> reporter: it's probably important to note that smith turns 81 next week. the retired superior court judge used the do seven marathon as year but these days he only does the l.a. run unwilling to relegate his status as a legacy runner. one of only 48 47 people who have run every l.a. marathon. sort of wish i missed one earlier on. but i didn't and it's good for

me. >> reporter: it fatherly killed him in 2011 when he fell and hit his head. >> i had a subdural hematoma and ended up three days in intensive care. >> reporter: and his wife. >> she is 57 years -- she's put up with me. >> reporter: and she will have to put up with at least one more marathon. a victory for smith not measured by the stopwatch but by the finish line. >> i don't care if i have to time myself with a calendar. i just want to finish it. >> good look to james. happening today, oakland police officers and other volunteers will shave their heads to help children battling cancer. >> david, david, david! >> this is the 11th annual st. band rick foundation head shaving event.

they hope to ray $2,000 today. the children's hospital is the host for the each it starts at 9:00 at the children's hospital oakland research institute on martin luther king jr. way. happening today tall ships will bring marry time history alive. the hawaii chieftain and lady washington will be open to the public for on dock tours and sailing adventures. both sailing ships serve as classrooms given adults and children a look at maritime trade from the 17th and 18th centuries. both ships are available for tours through march 25th. good saturday morning. we are looking at scattered showers. live doppler 7 right now, you can see the rotation moving west to east as the showers move alone the coast pushing into the east bay. not a whole lot going on in the north bay. this is going to be sort the trend the next couple of hours. a little pink here.

rain/snow mix in perhaps the higher elevations. from san ramon to dublin looking at showers. 580 and 480. slick roads out there. highway 1. half moon way, montero down towards possess ka daro and la honda. more of this pushing on shore. mountain view looking like wet weather. 280 in the santa cruz mountains more enhanced rainfall. in the sierra nevada it is snowing. blue canyon and truckee. but the winter weather advisory and the winter storm warning has been lifted. still about three inches sore so expected throughout the day today. an avalanche warning through 7:00 this morning for the back country. it doesn't apply to the established ski areas but certainly dangerous conditions here in red. these will be roped often, of course. if you are heading up to, wow, four the five feet common from homewood to squaw. sierra at tahoe, 51 inches.

45 inches from the three day snow total and still a few more inches on the way today. we have got for snow on the way next week. highs today in the mountains if you are headed that way, could see some snow showers, 31. i don't have night lows near 7. tomorrow will be a dry day, partly cloudy with just a 20% chance of some snow showers. back home, it's chilly but we are looking at the colder night being tonight when these clouds begin to clear out a about it. right now 45 in oakland. 46 in san francisco. 38 in santa rosa as well as morgan hill. colder start. 5 degrees colder in the east bay. 1 degrees colder up in napa. you get the idea. we are certainly this this cold pocket of air as this system continues to rotate through today. some showers, sunshine, the possibility of a thunderstorm. dry and milder tomorrow and monday. enjoy it because tuesday and wednesday we are looking wet again with a 2 on our storm impact scale. today, low snow levels, 2500 to

300,000 feet. by 9:00 or 10:00 you can still see shower activity. as we go through the evening hours not much there at all. plan on small amounts throughout today, anywhere from . 3 to .2. they will be hit or miss. we are also looking at the possibility of the st. paddy's day parade perhaps getting a little bit wet with cool numbers n the low to mid 50s. 56 in oakland. showers around salto. 56 for you and santa cruz. the accuweather seven-day forecast shows the scattered showers today. one on our storm impact scale. cold start tomorrow. partly cloudy. warmest day of the week will be monday. showers tuesday. wednesday looks to be a soggy day with perhaps 3/4 of an inch of rain. download the accuweather app to keep up to date. >> a good tool. lisa, thanks. just ahead, sharing the road. the new evident to make

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if you are looking for something fun to do this st. pad rick's day weekend we have got you covered. alexa smith with abc7 mornings has some ideas with our partner at hoodline. >> it's time to break out the bagpipes and your favorite green attire. st. patrick's day weekend is here. san francisco is home to one of the largest and most well established st. patrick's day celebrations in the country. the annual parade and festival had happen saturday rain or shine. expect a big crowd, music,

dance, and lots of family fun. the parade begins saturday morning at 11:0 at market street and the festival kicks off at 10:00 at civic center plaza. grab your blanket and friend and return to the presidio. it's free to attend on the beautiful main parade ground. and you can enjoy 25 mobile food vendors. there will be cultural performances the last sunday of the month that capture the diversities of san francisco. the picnic is hosted he have sunday through october 21st from 11 to 4:00. create large scale temporary art on the beach. it's time to tap into your creative side with fellow creators and come away with an experience you will never forget. the tickets are on a sliding

scale. a specific location will be given once you make your reservation. go to our website, abc7news.com, and we will lirch you up with hoodline. san francisco is working to keep a healthy distance between cyclists and cars starting in the mission district. crews have incalled white picket style barriers along critical areas on valencia start. they are skinned to discourage cars from pulling off the street to load and unload passengers. >> eliminating conflicts with people blocking the bike line and people who are unloading so that people who are biking or driving have their own separate lain and can get a longer roadway. >> cyclist say the double parking problem has grown in recent years with the popularity of ride sharing services such as lyft and uber. still to come, could

fast-food be slowing down. why the local food service industry may be at tipping point. >> reporter: there are worries over what could happen to a classic north bay cafe. it's owned by the community and run by a restauranteur but big plans to

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more showers are offshore poised to move into highway 101 and 280 from menlo park down through palo alto and sunny veil. boulder creek and the santa cruz mountains also looking at wet weather of the this the mid 30s. and 38 in morgan hill. forecast today calls for some showers this morning. possibility of a thunderstorm later on with peeks of sun. in the mid 50s. it will be a cool afternoon. by tonight the showers wind down and we will see a dry evening if you have saturday night plans. chris? lisa thanks. pg&e and responding to several lawsuits filed against the utility after the north bay wildfires. according to the press democrat the company is challenging the claim of the lawsuits noting that the official cause hasn't been determined. pg&e says the fires were the result of unprecedented weather events including drought heavy rain and a high wind events.

survivors of the fires accuse the utility of not maintaining power lines and not preparing for high wind. thieves hit the victoria's secret store four times in just one week. on thursday works women grabbed merchandise is got away in a waiting car. last friday, it was hit again, but this time the speeding getaway car hit another car and flipped over. palo alto police arrested a man and a woman from oakland. then on sunday three women in their 20s stole 100 bras worth more than $6,000. and on monday, 50 bras were taken, worth $1400. pressure is growing to raise pay for low wage workers in order to recruit them if businesses don't, some are finding themselves short staffed. abc7 news reporter david louie look at a dilemma created by a strong economy. >> reporter: silicon valley's red hot job market means people are working but it's taking higher wages to fill some jobs. >> we have a de facto minimum of $15s an hour just to get even

unskilled labor to commit to showing up for work and continuing with the job. >> reporter: bill new felled and his wife linda own and operate express employment a staffing agency in san jose. they told abc7 news it takes two to three weeks to fill some jobs when it used to take 24 hours. but the pay has to be higher than san jose's minimum wage of $13.50 because of the region's high cost of living, especially rent. >> it's going to be very difficult for low wage workers. and it's going to be very difficult for businesses that rely on low wage porkers. >> reporter: piology abrptly closed three of his restaurants in san jose but owners did not respond to our requests to confirm it did so because of staffing shortages. there is concern the south bay ay have reached a point where some traditionally low wage businesses can't afford or aren't willing to way wages that cover the region's cost of

living. >> we are proo probably going to see a migration of certain businesses out of the bay area. hopefully not a huge my fwrags but it could happen. >> reporter: jamie underwood is starting a new job after having a child. she is getting paid more than she expected. >> i exceeded my expect aces. i thought i would be starting at 13 or 15, and they got me up to 17. >> reporter: it trickles down to the consumer level. customers who go to stores or restaurants where they have cut back on staffing or can't fill positions will find service slower. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. bart says it has no power to do anything about controversial ads placed at several of its stations a. group called problemives for immigration reform have posted ads th. they call on the visa program to be recalled. bart issued a statement saying

it doesn't endorse the campaign but that it quote complies with free speech laws that allow advertisers to express a point of view without regard to the view point. bart must post the ads to comply with the law. in marin county a ballot of old versus new. a. it's happening in mill valley, involves a local landmark and an old train station turned bookstore and cafe. wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: if you know mill valley then you probably also know there may be no place in town more friendly and welcoming than the old depot. >> it is a place to hang out. >> reporter: today a bit more. >> it is a compete disaster. >> reporter: think community lightning rod. >> the story changed 55 times already. >> all we want to do is create a beautiful little european cafe. >> reporter: depending on who you ask, paul is either a visionary or a villain for buying the existing depot cafe and bookstore and trying to

improve them. gerald believes the latter. do you believe anything that h said today? >> i wasn't listening to everything he said. i heard him speak before. >> reporter: the depot is owned by the city of mill vaechl it's the only building the city leases out as a private business. it's historical. do you see that sign up there? it says northwestern pacific. it is the old railroad that crisscrossed the north bay long before the golden gate bridge. commuters used to board trains right here. the depot today is an old building needing upgrades. the concern among longtime locals that after the investment in those changes they will be priced out. >> the issue is turning a community center into a building for maximum profit. >> reporter: can a cafe and a community center coexist? >> yes. >> reporter: can you make that promise? >> it's all over italy. that's what all their cafes are. >> reporter: but this isn't italy, it's marin county, where

those opposed to the chain signed a petition and will ask the city council to act on it in a meeting april 2nd. in appears that san francisco's grub steak restaurant will cease to exist as we currently know it. the restaurant in a rail car has been around since 1967 in the poke gulch neighborhood. it's particularly popular with the late night crowd. according to the chronicle the owner filed a permit to demolish it. the rail car was once part of the east bay rail system. the mercury news reports the social media giant filed for building permits for a 465,000 square foot building and bridge in menlo park. facebook could employ more than 2,000 people in the building once it's complete. this is the next part of a two-phase project. the first phase, building 21, is scheduled to be built later this year. on word on when the second

phase, building 22, will start. a high school student in san jose is about to have a piece of his hard work put into use on the international space. abc7 news reporter jonathan blume has more on the winner of a contest that encouraged young engineers to reach for the stars. >> reporter: it may be the most unusual wrench you have ever seen. its designer is happy. >> i just found out i won the future engineers competition. >> he just learned his tool will be 3d printed aboard the international space. >> i think it's functional enough they could use it. >> reporter: the competition encouraged students to make one tool that does two things. >> in space everything is about saving every gram or every space that you can. >> reporter: his tool combines a ramp wet a set of wrenches. he started with the shape. >> i pickeding in up and observed how my finners fell

onto the objection. >> reporter: he spent days and weekends making one iteration of the tool after another. even after he found outr out he won he was still making changes. >> it's beauty. engineering and art all together. we are proud of him. >> reporter: the head of future engineers said it's the first time there have been two contest winners. the other one is holer for removable bits. >> you are able to print the tool bit separately. >> reporter: the two could work together. >> what kid wouldn't be excited about doing something on board the space. >> reporter: that's why valley christian has been entering this contest since made in space put the first 3d printer in orbit four years ago. >> stem and science and technology. >> reporter: ansel has been trying to win the contest for years. >> i won three 3d printers for the school so far and currently a trip to washington as well. >> reporter: he has been asked for one here on earth. >> he said can i get one for my

garage? i could use this now. still ahead on abc7 mornings, next, only abc7 news gets inside the new home of the golden state warriors as the upcoming chase center mark as major milestone in the construction process. first a live look outside from our emeryville camera. these drivers getting an early start to their day on the bay bridge. lisa argen

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sweet. baskins robbins has a special st. patrick's day milk shake this afternoon combining mint chocolate chip and ario cookies and creams. you can get a free sample. you are encouraged to create your own milk shake by blending your two favorite flavors together. >> weather wise we are waking up to wet roads out there this morning. >> scattered showers, for sure. the roadways will be slick out there. we won't be done with the shower activity until the middle of the day. so it's going to be kind of a hit or miss afternoon out there. 46 in san francisco. it's 40 in danville. we've dot a chilly night on the way and a break in the rain for a while before a lot more comes our way. i'll have the details next in my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> lisa, thank. also ahead, the upset of all upsets in the men's ncaa tournament. top seed virginia falls to unbc.

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march mad seasons coming back the san jose next year according to our media partner the mercury news early round games will come to sap center instead of seattle because the arena there will undergo a two year renovation project starting later this year. the south bay venue hosted the west regional games last march. in sports, the injury ridden warriors are back in action tonight in phoenix. golden state faces the suns at talking stick resort arena there. this weekend the second round of the ncaa tournament begins. last night march madness reached a new level.

mike shumann has the details in this modern's sports report. >> good morning. the men's ncaa tournament has never had a 16 seed beat a number 1 seed, especially the top seed, 0 for 135 in this matchup until last night. umbc or university of maryland baltimore county the 16th seed upset the top seed virginia. a wild night for the umbc bench. tied at the half. the retrievers ran away with it in the second half. lyles 23 of his 28 in the final 20 minutes. fans can't believe what they are seeing. final minutes, lyles to lamar for the hammer. the umbc and virginia benches are stunned but for completely different reasons. umbc wins by 20. 74-54 to become the first 16th seed to pete a number one. they will earn a berth this the sweet 16. the war without steph, klay

and kevin durant. durant has a fractured rib. out at least two weeks. steph on the bench keeping an eye on everything. dubs playing hard early. check out the hustle from nick young. keeps it alive, gives it to cook. started out hot, 1 points for equip in the first quarter. second quarter, casseby landing on west's foot. obvious pain. high ankle sprain. that's going to be a couple of weeks. tied at 52. cook, a career high 25 for him, and a career high five threes. and look who is giving the kpid a hug and advice. mr. curry. dubs by 2 at the half. but the kings wouldn't go away. kings up three, 15 second to go. nick young now for the tie. blocked by willie cauley-stein. and he gets it back for the jam to seal it. 98-93 the final.

the kings have won both meetings at oracle this season. sharks in calgary for the best night of cain's career. first period, no score. cane whips it past smith. and teal takes the lead. second period. sharks down 2-1. cane, his second of the night. still second period. tied at 3-3. first career hat trick for evander. and the sharks lead 4-3. but cane is not done. in the third, pavelski takes a shot. cain tips it in for the fourth four-goal game in sharks history. sharks win big, 7-4 that's a big win this the playoff chase. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann i'll see you again tonight at 5:00. have a great day. now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good saturday morning. we have certainly had a lot of rain. are you through with it yet? not quite. we still have another day where we'll have some scattered showers amount of live look outside from the exploratorium

camera. clouds here in san francisco. today featuring just scattered showers. tomorrow is your dry day, as well as monday. and then we'll get back into a light system on tuesday. it look like the stronger system comes in wednesday into thursday. and some forecast millions predicting at least 3/4 of an inch with this mid-week system. yes, march is really turning out to be somewhat impressive. and we'll take it. here's a live look from our golden gate bridge camera where most of the rain is south of the north bay. really on the peninsula. you can see live doppler 7 right now showing the green rotating through the peninsula into the south bay. we will take you closer in. we have had showers in to the east bay. higher elevations perhaps snow. as we look towards 580 in livermore this continues to push into the ata mont pass. and skoerted showers.

woodside, pour tolla valley, pallo looking at wet weather. into santa cruz mountains. more robustly. looking at scott's valley and into the sierra nevada, chains still a good idea. this is winding down though. we are looking at just a couple more inches of accumulation. still an avalanche threat through 7:00. we have had a lot of snow in the past couple of days. it is dangerous out there. make sure you keep that in mine and take the chains with you. 37 tomorrow. chance of snow, 50%. back home, we are looking at chilly numbers. it's going to get even colder on the. 46 san francisco. 45 in mountain view, 38 in santa rosa right now. live look outside where we will enjoy a little bit of sunshine today, some showers, possibility of a thunderstorm. but our dry day is tomorrow and monday before a wet weather pattern continues to plague much of the bay area tuesday through thursday. today, 6:00, notice the showers.

by 11:00, 12:00, they are widely scattered. even a little sunshine could provide a thunderstorm. but the evening looks dry. amounts? look at the north bay. really nothing there. anywhere from a couple of hundredths to .2. as we go through tuesday, check it out, 3:00, here's some rain. it continues into wednesday morning. and then comes a heavier rain wednesday night into thursday. again we are looking at the low snow levels and more activity for much of the middle of next week. so the amounts -- this is preliminary but boy is the interesting as we go through wednesday and thursday. check it out. we could see another 3/4 of an inch in san francisco. highs today, 55 on the peninsula as well as richmond. 54 san francisco. the accuweather seven-day forecast, scattered showers today, maybe a winnie mix for st. patrick's day. sunday and monday dry. our heaviest rain looks to be the middle of next week.

but that could change. download our app to stay up to date with the showers and the temperatures and what you can expect in your neighborhood. >> we have been asking for the rain. mother nature finally delivering and it now we have two weeks of rain this we are getting nice breaks, which is important. >> we will take it lisa thank you. abc7 news got an exclusive tour of the future san francisco home of the golden state warriors. the $1 billion arena in mission bay is no longer just a jumble of steel and concrete. work remembers now pouring concrete for the interior parts of the arena. news anchor eric thomas has the story you will see only on 7. >> what we are going to unveil summer of '19 is going to become a special place for san francisco. >> reporter: the gelden state warriors' billion dollar baby is really starting to take shape. >> it's like watching your baby grow? >> well, unfortunately, the gestation period is a lot longer than nine months. >> reporter: it's more like five years to fund and raise the

chase center in san francisco's mission bay. each a casual look shows that more and more pieces are being add each day. the latest addition, new seats. >> we are actually right where the seats will be installed. and we are in the upper bowl. >> reporter: the team president took me on a tour of the progress construction crews are making. when it's all said and done the chase center will hold about 18,000 fans. about 1,000 fewer than oracle rein. it will feature 44 suites and 60 teater boxes. speaking of theater seating a little rearranging will allow the arena to seat 4,000 fans in a more intimate concert setting. >> when you arrive you are going to feel like you are come to a culture event much more than a sporting event. >> reporter: obviously sports take top billing with a team that won two out of the last three nba titles. fans and players will be in close proximity. these seats will be in the upper

pole. i'm standing over what will be the executive offices and the practice facility will be back there. and the president says season ticket holders from oracle arena seem willing to travel. >> results are early but something close to 90% of our existing season ticket holders who have had an opportunity to visit and choose their seats have chosen to do that and become season ticket holders here. >> reporter: when the war are idle, the arena will be able to host 150 other events per year, shows, concerts, and family events n. san francisco, eric thomas, abc7 news. next, man offing band and irish pride, where you can catch the other big st. pat

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good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc7 mornings. >> it's saturday, march 17th. good morning, and thanks so much for being with us. i'm chris nguyen. we are waking up to more rain throughout the bay area. let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. she is tracking live doppler 7 and the storm impact scale. >> hi everyone. it is a one on our storm impact scale. that means scattered showers today. the possibility of a thunderstorm. and we still have low snow levels, anywhere from 2500 feet to 3,000 we had. here is the activity loop of the peninsula, the south bay there, and into the santa cruz mountains where we are seeing the most rain from san matteo 280 right now along skyeline boulevard. south san francisco, foster city. and highway 35 into