they were shot by veteran wong before he took his own life. we will have live coverage of the memorial at 6:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. it is 4:30. if you're just waking up to us. hello there. quick update on the weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> thanks, reggie. we'll start with the 12-hour planner today. we're going to see stars up until about 6:45 when the sun takes over the skies. temperatures in the mid-30s to 40s. maybe a degree or two warmer than yesterday. i don't think we'll see the frost that we saw yesterday inland. look at these temperatures by noon. no umbrella needed. in the upper 50s. a touch of spring as we hit the mid and upper 60s. we'll round it out with increasing high clouds. still a comfortable evening. here's alexis. >> so far so good, mike. mass transit off to a good

start. a little bit of fog in the north bay. we're looking at dry traveling conditions. really one of the only slow spots this morning. westbound 5 to 580 out of tracy. 37 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour. as we approach the -- the fill in. a quick outside at emeryville. towards the maze, no delays this morning. we possibly have tire treads slowing you down in oakland. that's next. alexis, thank you. a bizarre incident in oakland. the chp says a man jumped from a tree bo tinto the path of an oncoming car. they found him on the ground near the fruitvale exit off 580 in oakland. according to a witness, the man jumped out of a tree and directly into the path of the oncoming car. that exit was closed for an

hour. a san francisco supervisor is demanding an independent investigation of the fire department's response to a massive building fire. flames whipped through the upper floors on union street and columbus avenue saturday night. this is the damage left behind. smoke and water damaged the six businesses located on the ground floor, including restaurants, bars and a liquor store. aaron peskin says firefighters were slow to pour water on the fire and says he was unable to reach the chief as the emergency unfolded. fire chief joanne hayes white says firefighters were concentrating on battling flames inside the building and making sure no one was trapped before spraying water from the outside. the deadly bridge collapse in florida. a moment of silence will be observed and the first lawsuit is expected to be filed. a moment of silence this afternoon, the moment the bridge fell and killed six people on thursday. members of the florida international university community will hold a moment of silence. police believe all the victims have been recovered but they

plan to search one less time. as for the lawsuit, it will be filed on behalf of one of those injured. the attorneys wouldn't specify which victim. president trump had a barrage of angry tweets blasting the russia investigation. despite the outbursts, the white house said that mr. trump is not considering firing mueller. reporter arlette saenz has the details. >> good morning. president trump spent the weekend out of the public eye but fuming over twitter. his latest attacks on the russia investigation are entering new territory. >> president trump is steering his fury over the russia probe in a new direction. his latest target, special counsel robert mueller, calling him out for the first time by name. the president tweeted, the mueller probe should never have been started and that there was no collusion and no crime. witch hunt. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are issuing a warning. don't fire mueller. >> if he tried do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency.

>> this would undoubtedly be a constitutional crisis. >> the white house confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel. he took aim at andrew mccabe who was fired on friday days before his retirement. mccabe denies hi wrongdoing. sources say mccabe was interviewed by mueller's team and gave investigators personal memos of his interactions with the president. >> the president tweeted he spent little time with mccabe and never saw him taking any notes. he's calling mccabe's and comey's documents. quote fake memos. no leaders including president trump have reacted to vladimir putin's overwhelming victory in the election. he won another six-year term. it makes him the longest serving

leader. the main opposition leader was bars from the race. tensions between russia and the west deepened in recent weeks after the poisoning of an ex-spy in britain. the u.k. government blames it on russia. they're holding the first of three presentations about their body cam program and you're invited. the purpose of the meeting was to inform the public about how and why officers will begin wearing body cameras on duty. congress recently launched the program and want the public to see the cameras and ask any questions. the meeting is at 6:00 on galindo street. should be a half hour. the office will reopen after being closed for a month because of flood damage. on february 7th, dmv workers discovered a water leak in the building. it happened after thieves stole $50 worth of copper wire in the roof. that caused thousands of dollars in damage.

let's talk about what's going on outside as mentioned, we've got a storm coming. that's tomorrow. let's talk about more of that fog that alexis touched upon. visibility down to a quarter mile in ignacio. how about novato boulevard. lucas valley. a little bit of fog right now. about two miles visibility in santa rosa. t mid to upper 30s through most neighborhoods. we have 42 in concord. 41 in antioch. here's a look at the bay bridge from the east bay hills camera. look at this. everything is good today. roads, dry as this week. ferry dry all day. let's jump into our temperatures this afternoon. 64 in san francisco. richmond, 63. 70 in san jose. at the coast, about 62 at half

moon bay for the cool spot. take it up to lakeport at 61. here's a look at the east bay shoreline. 42 at 8:00 this morning. 51 at 10:00. at noon, at 56. in the low 60s at 2:00. mid-60s by 4:00. back down in the 50s by 8:00 with increasing clouds today. but they will be high clouds. still need the sunglasses. san francisco, we'll touch 60 today around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. otherwise, mid to upper 50s. a quick look at the lows tonight. how about temperatures in the 40s once again. even a few 50s around the bay shore and down into the south bay. notice there's a little bit of green starting to move into the north bay. that's how quickly things are going to change. the north bay is going to get wet tomorrow during the morning commute. still a lot of cars on the road for a monday morning. for my commute. >> it was pretty typical monday so far. few incidents on the roads so far. that's definitely good news.

one incident to report via chp. we have a large chunk of tire tread on southbound 880 before fifth street in the oakland area. people from the maze and headed down into downtown oakland stretch there. it has been reported by several people. chp is on the way to the scene. a quick check of the south bay. quiet this morning. 101 and 880. light volumes. enjoy it while it lasts. busted p red handed thieves caught at costco. a horrifying turn at the a horrifying turn at the cirque du soleil.

62 in monterey. 70 in fresno. 72 in l.a. 77 in palm springs. all of us getting covered by high clouds in the afternoon hours. want to show you the next storm. 5:00 or 7:00 tuesday. just 1 to 2 inches. we go to wednesday, about 6 to 11 inches. but it's thursday into friday and into saturday when it will start really starting to pile up. 2 to 3 feet and more snow.

it's going to be wet heavy snow. this is your heads up. a sinkhole in alameda means a traffic impact this week. >> one lane is closed right now. but expected to get worse soon. matt keller is there live. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. bad news for your commute. it got more difficult to get off the island in alameda. >> always a lot of traffic that way. now it's going to be worse. >> reporter: an underground storm drain failure created a sinkhole on the oakland side of the posey tube. they won't finish work until the end of the week. it's closed to drivers until 10:00 and both lanes closed until midnight. one lane will be closed through the workweek. >> usually it's not a problem for me. just now trying to get to emeryville, it is. >> let's get it fixed as soon as possible. >> reporter: the posey tube is

one of the main arteries. there are options like fruitvale and state route 61, the bay farm island bridge. of course, you can avoid the roads altogether by taking the ferry. ac transit created several detours. for affected bus lines, get the details on abc7news.com. reporting live in alameda, matt keller. abc 7 news. two trains collided and derailed in kentucky overnight. i want to get you the latest from our live desk. this morning, authorities are saying four people were injured in this accident. the trains caught on fire after last night's crash in georgetown north of lexington. authorities told neighbors to evacuate out of caution. they thought something spilled after the collision. firefighters since put out the fire and evacuees are now allowed to return home. i'll be tracking the story throughout the morning. back to you. a horrible accident in florida this weekend during a performance at cirque du soleil. this happened saturday night

before a packed house in tampa. 38-year-old, an aerial strapped specialist fell from an unknown height to the floor and he died sunday morning. on his instagram page, he posted this video of his solo act. cirque canceled the remaining two performances in tampa. a congressman has choice words to arm teachers. it was a town hall yesterday. a teenager asked him about the possibility of teachers carrying guns in the classroom. that idea was floated following the shooting at a florida high school. huffman says he's received lots of feedback. >> i will tell you everywhere i go the answer is loud and clear from students and educators and parents that this is a really dumb idea. >> huffman also told the crowd, the idea of arming teachers really is a distraction from the main issue of assault weapons. abc 7 news was at the farmers market on claremont

avenue where protesters confronted mayor libby schaaf of her decision to warn of the i.c.e. raid. she was there to meet and talk about issues. she listened to protesters as they made their case. she also heard from neighbors who support her action and discuss protection of undocumented immigrants. skiers and snowboarders made the most of a relatively clear weekend to enjoy several feet of fresh powder. >> as much as 4 feet of snow. this is video from squaw alpine. more snow, by the way, on the way this weekend. that looks really great. >> that means rain for the rest of us, however. be aware of that. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather foreca forecast. mike nicco, not today? >> no. today is one of the nicer days. may touch 70 in a few neighborhoods. soak it up while we can. look what's spinning several hundred miles off our coast. that's another area of low pressure. does it look familiar? it's coming from the south.

not as cold as last week's. but it's definitely going to produce prodigious amounts of look at how nice it is from the mt. tamalpais camera. brightest and warmest day is today, for the week. unsettled and wet tomorrow through saturday morning. then drying sunday and warmer next week as we get back to spring. 4:00 tomorrow morning, you can see how cloudy it is. rain in gilroy. monterey bay. a few sprinkles across the north bay. by the time we get to 9:00, you can see the wall of water starting to step on land from the ocean and then it's going to rain lightly through the morning hours tomorrow. it will get more widespread and heavier into the evening hours. here we are at 11:00, you can see light to moderate rain continuing. light rain through wednesday morning. to the 7:00 hour, wednesday and then to the 5:00 hour wednesday night. that's when we start to see

moderate rain kick in. the heaviest rain will be wednesday night and into thursday morning. so wake up tomorrow, most of us on dry streets. by 9:00, there may be a little drizzle out there. light rain. by the evening commute, for sure we'll all be dry on wet roads tomorrow evening. the storm is a 1. i'll expand about that in the next weather. wednesday is a 1. that heavy rain for thursday morning is going to neighboring it a 2 and most likely our worst commute this week. here's alexis with the commute. >> we're looking great tonight, mike. we're looking at average volumes for a monday basically incident-free since we went on the air here at 4:30. here's a live look at the bay bridge. no delays for folks heading into san francisco. we've got 35 minutes or so before the metering lights are flipped on. mass transit off to a quiet start. i did want to follow-up with what matt mentioned. the delays and detours. due to the posey tube roadway repairs. 51a, 96, 851, o andw will all be

incompetent packeted due to the roadway repairs. allow extra time leaving alameda today. alexis, thank you. thieves are arm loads of stolen laptops and vacuum cleaners literally walked into the arms of police. it happened at a costco in seattle last week. this was caught on video. officers responded to reports of shoplifting in progress. they arrested a woman sitting in a car pulled up to the store's emergency fire doors. they say that was a get away car. officers were waiting when a man and a woman loaded down with stolen property kicked those doors open. the suspects tried to make a run for it. but police nabbed them. they had been spotted shoplifting from that store before. the parent company of tinder and ok cupid taking a competitor to court. >> here's techbytes. in today's techbytes, love has found its way into court. the parent company of tinder and match.com is suing the female friendly dating app bumble claiming patent infringement.

the co-creators are former tinder employees who set up a virtually identical app. apple working on screens at a secret manufacturing facility in silicon valley. >> in the past, apple got screens from another company. the first one will be in the watch. not for a few years. apple scheduled a media event next tuesday. >> it's going to be students and teachers. the announcement comes amid widespread speculation that apple will unveil its new ipads sometime this month. >> lots of speculation. ipads. those are your techbytes. >> have a great day. a routine patrol turns into a whale of a surprise for a chp helicopter unit. >> five months of searching is over. a feline reunion brings comfort to a family who lost everything in the north bay fires. this is not what they meant by drive-through. what went wrong at a taco bell. national public i day is

four days away. on friday, we'll be live streaming puppy cams to find homes for local puppies.

it is quiet in tahoe right now. let me show you the week ahead. we've got sierra cement. look at the snow level. 8500 feet tomorrow. 7500 feet wednesday.

heavy wet snow all the way down to the lake level thursday and then some snow showers for friday and saturday. up to 3 feet is possible this week. look at this crash in danville. a driver plowed through the front of the taco bell yesterday morning and smashed tables and booths. eventually, landing near the counter where you order. police haven't said if anyone was hurt. the driver was shaken but appeared unharmed. they shored up the ceiling to keep it from collapsing. there's going to be a groundbreaking ceremony for an iconic san francisco building. the geneva car barn and powerhouse. 117-year-old structure is located near the balboa park b.a.r.t. station at ocean and san jose avenues. it's been vacant for nearly 30 years. san francisco red tagged it after the quake in '89. the recreation and parts department put together money to turn it into a youth performing

arts center. the fluffy feline went missing after his owners moved from berkeley to sonoma. they lost their home. they spent five months helping in a search for pack i and other missing pets. two women found him and placed a craigslist ad. >> when we saw the pictures, your heart starts beating and you can't believe it. we knew it was him. >> such a sad and compelling story with the fire and them having to have had -- flee in the middle of the night with nothing but the two cats and one of the katsidis appearing immediately. you feel your cat has been found because you've been so emotionally involved in the situation with the owners. >> happy ending. packey's owners invited the two women who found packey to their home for a sonoma lunch and a visit with the cat that brought them together. all right. never more than seven minutes

away from your accuweather forecast. let's focus on tomorrow's storm. it's mainly light rain. but it will increase and then spread. it will increase in intensity and spread from the morning into the evening hours. quarter, a half inch of rain is possible. the evening commute will be the biggest one affected by this. all right. we're unsettled all week up to saturday. so i thought i'd show you the potential rainfall. inch to 1.75 inches. an interesting week. so far this morning, not much. here's alexis. >> the two usually go together, mike. we'll enjoy it while it lasts. zooming in to our only incident. we have reports of tire tread. now a large bag was involved there. some of that debris flue out and hit the windshield. chp is on the scene hopefully getting that cleared shortly. here's a live look outside. walnut creek southbound 680 towards 24. nice light volume so far today.

we'll look at drive times up next. chp chopper got a surprise over the weekend. >> the air patrol posted this video to the facebook page last night. a crew was on patrol over marin county and spotted a whale. it's the first one they've seen from the air this year. it's moving slowly heading north up the coast. >> a 12-story building in ft. worth, texas is no more. the building imploded at 8:00 a.m. yesterday. it opened in the 1950s as luxury apartments. for 20 years, it's been an assisted living center. no word on what will go up in its place. did you ever take part in a random quiz on facebook? next at 5, a whistle blower says that's a tactic his former company used to get your data and it's connected to president trump. protecting the embarcadero seawall. we're getting details about

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thank you for waking up with us on this monday, march 19th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. i think if people want drier weather you experienced yesterday, we have it today. it will be warm today. warmest and driest day all week.

live doppler 7 showing hardly a cloud out there. south on 680, enjoy the dry commute. here are the numbers today. 7:00, mid-30s to mid-40s. by lunch, in the upper 50s. pretty mild there. by 4:00, we'll have high clouds roaming in. still bright enough that you need the sunglasses. 60 at the coast. let's end it with a 7:00 temperature. 55 to 60 degrees. rain comes in tomorrow. we'll talk more about that next. here's alexis with hopefully a good morning commute. >> oh, my goodness. nothing going on on the roads. it's always a good thing. slow down to show you a stack-up in the cash lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights should flip on in 20, 25 minutes. for now, you should be fine in fastrak or carpool. take it back. two slow spots. westbound out of tracy. 55 minutes in the yellow to castro valley. 85