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 to the airport, 11 minutes.

no delays, northbound 280 between highway 1 in san francisco, in the green at ten minutes. a huge investigation happening right now after a fourth bombing in austin, texas, in the last month. two people were hurt and parts of the city are on lockdown right now. i wanted to give you a quick update on what i'm seeing. the austin mayor spoke out moments ago to the abc station in austin, saying horrific events like this are surreal because austin is a safe city. i want to find out who did this and we are going to stop them. mayor says the city has resource toss field all the calls that are coming in on this. police think the latest bombing was triggered by a trip wire. police and city officials are now asking anyone with information on these bombings to come forward, offering a reward this morning of $115,000. thank you, jessica. the community will come together tonight to remember these three women. the victims of the shooting at

the yountville veterans home. >> the service is called a celebration of life. all three were dedicated to helping veterans heal. reporter amy hollyfield is live in yountville. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning. they will be remembered here on the campus where they worked. jennifer gonzalez schuss reba, jennifer golick and christina loeber. they're described as special people who touched a lot of lives. they were killed by a veteran, patient who also killed himself. >> once again, completely innocent people just there to do their jobs. really good people. they had their lives cut short by a man who was obviously having his demons and obviously had access to a powerful weapon. >> reporter: lincoln theater here at the veterans home holds 1200 people. overflow seating will be available. they're also going to provide remote viewing stations in yountville for those who want to

see the service. at least two of the families of the victims do plan to attend. reporting live in yountville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. the memorial will be held at the napa valley performing arts center. it is open to the public. we'll have live coverage at 6:00 p.m. on abc 7. we have another memorial to tell you about. ryan zirkle will be held this friday this friday. the 24-year-old zirkle a graduate of san marin high school who lived in petaluma, he died last thursday when his cruiser went off highway 1 and crashed into a tree. he was responding to an emergency call. chp making an appeal for help in a possible road rage incident near hercules that left a woman and child hurt. >> reporter lilian kim has the story. all eastbound lanes of interstate 80 shut down at 9:00 p.m. on saturday as officers investigated a shooting. a woman suffered moderate injuries. a young girl, 5 to 6-year-old

suffered major injuries. the chp says it may have been the result of road rage. >> makes you think twice about getting on the freeway or how you're acting out there nowadays. >> for people who regularly drive that stretch between hercules and rodeo, it was disconcerted to say the least. >> somebody cuts you off or whatever, let it go. you know, try to stay away from them. i don't like anybody on the side of me. >> the chp hasn't obtained any clues from freeway cameras. investigators released no suspect with the description. they're hoping for tips from the public. >> saw something at that time where they could have heard it or seen the incident as it actually occurred, gunshot going off. just anything out of the ordinary. >> the number to call is 800-tell-chp. that's 1-800-tell-chp. in road yeah, lilian kim. new equipmnt will be used in the search for a richmond man

who vanished while ski not guilty the sierra. the search teams say a heat sensor helicopter is ex packeted to launch over the area tonight to look for tom mularkey. he never returned to his cab inafter skiing. he's described as an avid outdoors man and advanced skier. stormy weather hampered their search efforts. president trump will unveil his fight for opioid drug addiction today, including the death penalty for high volume drug dealers. the president is scheduled to announce the plan in new hampshire. his three-part initiative includes multiple steps to raise awareness, cut the illicit drug flow and expand treatment options. it's expected to give an option to prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those dealers directly responsible for an opioid death. an overseas data company tied to president trump's campaign, accused of mishandling the information of more than 50 million americans. the company is cambridge

analytica, it helps political candidates better target voters online. a former employee says they would create online quizzes. when facebook users opted into the innocent looking test, they were giving the company access to not just their data but that of their friends. >> when you like things and follow things, you reveal all these little clues. if we have enough of those clues, we can start to develop a portrait of who you are. >> he adds that the company would try to pick a vulnerability and warp your perception of what's real. cambridge analytica worked for the trump campaign but denies using the data in question. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. look at menlo park. half moon bay. 36 and 39. everybody else in the low to mid-40s along the peninsula. until san bruno. at 47. san francisco, 48. san rafael, oakland, concord,

los gatos, 41. 44 in hayward. one of our warm spots. 36 in santa rosa. this is the way it looks from sutro tower. looks like a nice start to the morning to look down on san francisco. good if you're running errands. going to be quiet all day. if you're exercising, watch out for the pollen. it may be soggy. but you want to get it done today or early tomorrow before the next rounds of rain roll in. today, 62 to 63 from half moon bay to santa cruz. 61 in lakeport. evan everybody else from richmond at 63. to san jose and morgan hill at 70. let stay in the south bay. 42 at 8:00. 10:00, 50 the high clouds at noon. you hit 60. 68 warm as it gets in some areas at 4:00. still 59 at 8:00. we'll go to our east bay valleys. 40 at 8:00. sunshine and 50 at noon. the high clouds come in around noon here at 58. then you hang out in the 60s from 1:00 to 6:00. then you're down to 59 degrees

by 8:00. a quick look at the lows tonight. lakeport, 41. we've got everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. even a few 50s in san jose, santa cruz, fremont, oakland, san francisco and san mateo. notice the green off the coast and up in the north bay. we'll talk more about our next storm arriving as quickly as tomorrow morning. that's up next. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. still, not too much action over here in the traffic center. we don't have any incidents to talk about. mostly green on the traffic maps, too. we definitely are not complaining. one line of red out of tracy. westbound approaching altamont pass, we have some delays. you're definitely stop and go for, oh, five or six miles. but that's the norm. golden gate bridge, southbound 101, cars heading towards us. patchy fog in the bay. should not be an issue.

san francisco city leaders will reveal their plan to fund the seawall. they need to combat rising sea levels and withstand big earthquakes. the entire project is expected to cost $5 billion. this morning, city leaders will announce a bill to cover part of that cost. they say it would give the state a way to contribute to the seawall earthquake safety program and generate $250 million. 5:09 now. we're learning high level political talks took place this weekend in san francisco. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster met with his south korean and japanese counterparts in the city. the conversation focused on upcoming summits with north korea and dealing with the country's nuclear ambitions. president trump accepted an offer to meet with kim jong-un. there's been no official response. what's happening today that's expected to impact how much you pay to watch tv online. a couple at the center of a bizarre kidnapping that police

called a hoax will be on gma this morning. this is their first on camera interview and we have a first look. voters approved a sugary drink tax. where some of the ref enough could end up going. you want "streaming all you your favorite showsy. on the fastest internet" easy.

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for switching to progressive? [ engine revving ] you cannot hear me at all, can you? as we come up on 5:13 this monday morning, no rain today. but look at tuesday, wednesday,

thursday, friday and saturday morning. before no rain again on sunday. an active day. i'll map it out on the seven-day forecast, next. here's reggie. >> we're hearing from the woman accused of a kidnapping hoax in vallejo. she was kidnapped from her boyfriend's bed. her boyfriend, now fiance, aaron quinn, reported it to police. when she was found alive in huntington beach two days later, authorities called the entire thing a hoax. huskins says matthew muller, bound, drugged and separated the couple. he kidnapped and raped her. huskins spoke to abc 7 news amy robach. she hopes to survive by appealing to muller's sense of humanity. she told a story from her childhood and that worked. >> when he opened the car door, this is it. either i'm going to hear a gunshot and that's it or get

pushed off a cliff. he was guiding me. i thought i was walking to my death. and then i heard a door close behind me. and i pulled off the blindfold. i thought, oh, god, he is going to release me. >> police eventually arrested muller. he pleaded guilty in huskins' kidnapping and was sentenced to 40 years in prison last year. the couple reached a settlement with vallejo police last week. you can learn more about their struggle, getting law enforcement to apologize at 7:00 on "good morning america." in the first look, the married father accused of taking a 16-year-old to mexico is due in court today. here's erielle reshef. >> kevin esterly is behind bars, arrested after fleeing to mexico with a 16-year-old best friend of his eldest daughter. international law enforcement finding the 45-year-old with

high school student amy yu in this apartment complex outside of playa del carmen saturday morning. esterly hauled off in handcuffs. amy reunited with her mom in pennsylvania. authorities telling abc news she is unharmed and in good health. esterly's arrest comes after a cross border manhunt. authorities say on march 5th, he withdrew 4,000 from his wife's bank account. police believe amy flew willingly from philadelphia through dallas to mexico. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have the latest on the investigation with your gma first look, i'm erielle reshef, abc news, new york. it's 5:15. new details about what life is like for the southern california siblings rescued from that so-called house of horrors. in an exclusive interview with abc news, the attorney for the seven adult siblings says that they got a first taste of freedom last week. they were released from a

medical center in riverside county and living in an undisclosed rural home and reunited with their family dog. their parents systematically imprisoned and starved their children. the parents deny the accusation. the younger six kids have been placed in other homes. we have new details on the parkland investigation. they wanted to have nikolas cruz forcibly committed for a psychiatric evaluation. cruz indicated he want to harm others and himself and he even admitted to drinking gasoline. if cruz had been committed, it wofsh more difficult, if not impossible for him to obtain a gun legally. one of the people making that recommendation was a sheriff's deputy accused of doing nothing when that shooting happened at marjory stoneman douglas high school. the way christian center took part in discussing policies and courses of action

communities should be taking. among the ideas floated were offering more places in schools for children to open up about problems they're dealing with outside of the classroom. new york mayor bill de blasio is pay be tribute to a 9/11 -- his heroism saved hundreds of lives of the he will never -- we will never forget his service and sacrifice. he was a ferry captain at the time of the attack and ferried people. he became a firefighter a few years later at 45-year-old. he's one of thousands of cancer victims linked to the september 11th attack. the start of the trial that could shape how much you pay for streaming television and movies. at&t trying to merge with time warner for $85 billion. the justice department is suing to try to stop that from happening. at&t says it needs to merge to have a chance against mega companies like google, amazon and netflix. the government says if that merger happens, you will end up

paying more to stream. san francisco estimates it will collect $7.5 million from the soda tax this fiscal year and now we're learning where that money will be spent. the examiner reports the tax may benefit programs in san francisco public schools and nonprofits that serve low-income communities of color. a city advisory committee released the recommendations friday. voters approved the soda tax in 2016. it's meant to discourage people from drinking soda which can cause diabetes and heart disease. 5:18 now. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we should relish and enjoy today. we have great weather. >> i really think so. if you run on sunshine, today is your day to get recharged. absolutely. then the rain rolls in tomorrow and it doesn't stop until possibly saturday morning. two storms, one from the south which will be the warmer and weather storm and the one from alaska will be colder. maybe throw a few thunderstorms and small hail into our

forecast. here's a look at how dry 87 in san jose. so seasonal. sun to high clouds today. that's the transition. sprinkles to light rain tonight. in the extended, waves of rain until saturday. let's jump right in. 4:00 tomorrow morning. you can see around monterey bay and southward. wet weather moving into the north bay. all of us after the 9:00 hour. you can see this wall of water coming ashore. look at this. by noon, all of us getting at least if not light rain some sprinkles, but then by the evening commute, we'll start at about 3:00, head all the way to 6:00. you can see moderate rain in there. by 11:00 it tapers back to light rain. but then it keeps going through the morning commute friday all the way up until the evening commute. i should say wednesday. let's see what it leaves. now, tomorrow, during the commute, just about everybody dry. toward the end of the commute, some of the rain will hit the peninsula, the south bay and into the north bay. the key is tomorrow's evening commute, everybody is going to be wet with already about a

tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain. by wednesday morning, look at this. we start pushing a half inch to an inch. by wednesday evening, we're pushing more than an inch from that storm system. so that's why we're looking at a 1 turning to a 2 as the heavier rain goes in wednesday evening through thursday morning. it tapers back to a 1, light on the storm impact scale for friday and lots of clouds saturday. dryer and more sunshine sunday. temperatures get back to today's level mid part of the week. alexis. >> we'll enjoy that and so far, we've had a really nice this morning. no major issues. just one minor thing popped up. this is in the downtown san francisco area. at the mission street intersection. report of a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. chp is on the way to the scene. that area typically remains light until later in the morning. bay bridge toll plaza. not gotten official word that

they have flipped the metering lights on. if they haven't, it looks like they will be any moment now. drive times looking good. 14 minutes from santa rosa to petaluma. castro valley to the maze, 14 minutes. a new issue there i'll talk about in a few minutes. northbound 101, looking great. 12 minutes. a skron mrer -- astronomersd the strongest burst of radio waves. >> the signals were detected by a telescope in australia. they generated as much energy as 100 million suns. it's not clar what's causing the radio waves. it's a shocking discovery. it could be anything from stars colliding to mysterious, quote, dense objects. >> are we okay? >> no. >> okay. you did not win the powerball jackpot unless you happened to buy your ticket in pennsylvania. here are the numbers. the exact location in pennsylvania where the winning ticket was sold has not been

released yet. a ticket in santa monica had all five numbers, just not the powerball number. that ticket is worth $1.2 million. >> what are the dense objects? >> we're going to pretend you didn't say that. >> okay. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. a sinkhole turning the morning into a nightmare. the east bay is falling in love with this nun who is part of a march madness run. however, when you look at her bracket, we have questions. >> am i going to like this? a better start to your day. 5:22 in the morning thanks for waking

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after a fourth bombing there in the past month. police think this latest explosion was triggered by a trip wire. unclear if the bombings are related. two people were hurt last night. number 2, tonight the community will come together to remember the three women killed at the yountville veterans home. a public celebration of their lives will take place at 6:00 p.m. tonight at the napa valley performing arts center at lincoln theater. number 3, if you drive the posey tube between oakland and alameda, this is your heads up to consider an alternate route. a sinkhole closed one lane. at 10:00 this morning, both eastbound lanes will be closed. they're repairing the busted pipe. number 3, one issue in the tri-valley. westbound 580, traveling around redwood road, we have a crash involving a semi, smaller vehicle. no injuries and all is on the shoulder. no delays. number 5, finally not number 1 like it was all last week. spring is back. look at these temperatures back

in the mid-60s to 70. enjoy it while it's here. i've got a cold wet forecast coming at you. number 6, only on abc 7, we're hearing from the woman wrongly accused of a kidnapping hoax. denise huskins and her fiance sat down with "good morning america." number 7, the dmv oakland coliseum office will finally reopen after being closed for more than a month because of flood damage. all services will resume at 8:00 a.m. loyola university chicago is one of the upstarts of of the ncaa men's basketball tournament, winning games with last-second buzzer beaters and fortunate bounces. >> what many people don't know is that the ramblers have an honest to goodness guardian angel. sister jean is the team's chaplain and academic adviser. she's 5 feet tall. a standout in the pregame huddle and issues heartfelt advice.

>> don't let those tennessee team members scare you at their height. height doesn't mean that much. >> yeah. it didn't. the team beat tennessee and advanced to the round of sweet 16. but things got interesting. because bleacher report says that sister jean's bracket actually has the ramblers losing this round. >> you know, because sister jean is no dummy. >> she's a realist. >> she will inspire, but then she also understands. this time things went differently than planned. coming back with 90 minutes of news, including concord's plan to equip officers with body cams and what say neighbors can have today. today. the san francisco fire

good morning. it's monday, march 19th coming up on 5:30. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we have sunshine on the way, mike. >> we really do. put the umbrella away for a day or at least if it's dry. leave it out. you're going to grab it again this time tomorrow. live doppler 7, bone dry. let's jump into the 12-hour planner. 35 to 44. that's our temperature spread at 7:00 under a clear to partly cloudy sky. high clouds, they'll start zooming in around noon. look at those upper 50s. then by 4:00, it will feel like spring again, at least away from the coast. you'll be 60. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. by 7:00, 55 to 60 degrees. we'll talk more about that rain and several days of it coming up in my accuweather 7-day forecast. commute still good, alexis? >> it is. it's starting to get busier after crickets for the last hour. one new crash in san jose.

northbound 280 off ramp to highway 87. several folks reported a vehicle swerving before a crash. that's blocking the two left lanes of that connector. no major delays in the area. they're sending an ambulance and chp on the way to the scene as well. also, we have the bay bridge metering lights on as of 5:23 this morning. things are stacking up through the maze. >> thanks, alexis. this is your heads-up. a big sinkhole in the posey tube in alameda means a traffic impact this week. >> one lane is closed but expected to get worse and soon. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning. we are down to one lane for people heading from alameda into the posey tube. right now, we don't have any backups. that's the good news for the morning commute. it is going to get worse later today. both lanes will be closed from 10:00 a.m. until midnight. an underground storm drain failure created a sinkhole on the oakland side of the posey tube. they won't finish repairs until

the end of the week. one lane is closed to drivers until 10:00 a.m. and then both lanes will be closed until midnight. after that, officials expect one lane to be closed through the workweek. >> being that it's all week, the big concern for me and i've heard a lot of other people saying is it's always a lot of traffic that way. now it's going to be worse. >> reporter: the posey tube is one of the main arteries off alameda. there are the park street fruitvale and high street bridges, as well as 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 line. go to abc7news.com for more details on that. reporting live in alameda, matt keller, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. back to our live desk. we're tracking another bombing in austin, texas. police asking people in one neighborhood to stay in their homes until daylight there. the sun is just coming up in the

next few minutes. abc news reporter, jeff healing is there right now. >> reporter: this neighborhood in southwest austin on lockdown this morning as authorities urge people to stay inside their homes until 10:00 a.m. to give them a chance to find out if there are any other explosive devices inside this neighborhood. it was around 8:30 sunday night when the latest explosive device went off in austin. this one happening several miles from where the other three have gone off. the other explosions, two people were killed in those. two others injured in this explosion. we're told that their injuries are nonlife-threatening and should be okay. authorities say they'll have bomb sniffing dogs out here as day breaks to make sure that there are no other dangers out here. the reward stands at $115,000. jeff helding, abc news, austin. three women will -- >> the victims were mental health work eshs at a program at

the veterans home of california. dr. jennifer golick was a therapist, wife and mother to a 7-year-old daughter. dr. jennifer gonzalez was seven months pregnant. she will be remembered for her unconditional love and incredibly giving heart. christine loeber dedicated her life to helping veterans heal. this evening's memorial will be held at the napa valley performing arts center at lincoln theater. it is open to the public fl we'll have live coverage of the memorial at 6:00 p.m. on abc 7. a san francisco supervisor is demanding an independent investigation of the fire department's response to a massive building fire. flames ripped through the upper floors of the building on union street and columbus avenue on saturday night. drone view 7 shows you the damage left behind. smoke and water damaged the six businesses on the ground floor, including restaurants, bars and a liquor store.

aaron peskin said firefighters were slow to pour water on the fire. he was unable to reach the chief. they were concentrating on battling the flames inside the building and making sure no one was trapped before spraying water from the outside. now to a bizarre incident in oakland. the chp says a man jumped from a tree into the path of an oncoming car on a freeway. he killed himself in the process. this happened last night at 8:45. authorities found the unidentified man on the ground off eastbound interstate 580 in oakland. according to a witness, the man jumped out of a tree and directly into the path of the oncoming car. the exit was closed for about an hour. 5:35 now. the white house is trying to squash rumors that the president is considering firing special counsel robert mueller. the issue came up over the weekend when he criticized the investigation on twitter mentioning him by name. he said quote the mueller probe should have never started and

there was no collusion and no crime. congress members on both sides of the aisle responed with a warning. do not fire mueller. >> if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency because we're a rule of law nation. >> this would undoubtedly end up in a constitutional crisis. republicans need to speak out about this right now. >> the counsel replied, quote, the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel, robert mueller. >> no western leaders, including president trump have reacted so far to vladimir putin's overwhelming victory in russia's presidential election. putin got more than 76% of the vote to win another six-year term. the victory makes him the country's longest serving leader since stalin. the main opposition barred from the race. tensions between russia and the west deepened in recent weeks after the poisoning of an ex-spy. the u.k. blames it on roir.

several violent burglaries in the north bay. all suspects from north carolina or virginia. the sonoma county sheriff says they broke into three homes in petaluma. they tied up and beat their victims while searching for marijuana. authorities chased the suspects to novato and arrested four of them there. they caught them at sfo later that day. all right. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's start with temperatures in the south bay. look at the mid to upper 30s. everywhere until you get to the low to mid-40s in los gatos, san jose, mountain view milpitas. 35 in danville. livermore. fairfield. the cool spots in the inland east bay neighborhoods. half moon bay at 37 right now. almost frosty in novato at 33. 48 in san francisco. 40 in san pablo. here's a look at the san mateo bridge. it is dry this morning. yes. our easiest commute this week weatherwise are this morning and

this afternoon through the evening hours. if you take mass transit, it's cool this morning. going to be comfortable this afternoon. the ferries, you can stand outside today and be dry all day. let's look at the high temperatures. start with the warmest. 7 0e in san jose and morgan hill. our coolest, lakeport at 61. most of us in the mid to upper 60s. 6 to 68 degrees. half moon bay at 62. let's look at the peninsula. 42 and sunshine at 8:00. 10:00, 50 and sunshine. high clouds at noon at 56. still reach the mid-60s from 3:00 to 6:00. 58 at 8:00. let's head up to the north bay. little cooler, 36 with sunshine at 8:00. 45 at 10:00. look at that. 20 degrees warmer by noon. still climbing into the low to mid-60s this afternoon. back into the mid-50s by 8:00. the cloud cover rolls in tonight. it will remain milder than this morning. lakeport, the outlier, ukiah, 41 and 42. maybe a wintry mix in the

mountains as light rain moves into the north bay. the rest of us in the mid-40s to about 50. so the storm door opens ever so slowly tomorrow. and then we're going to have rain just about every day after that. that's coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. fingers still crossed that the commute is doing good. >> still doing pretty well. we're holding on to it. as soon as we say that, things usually -- another sinkhole. doing emergency repairs between octavia and van ness. one lane open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. be on the lookout for that once we're further into the commute. that will be a factor. also, we just checked in with matt keller who is talking about the sinkhole and repair in the posey tube. that's impacting mass transit. expect detours on 19, 20, 51a, 969, 851 and o and w.

you have to have extra time leaving alameda unless you take the ferry. all services at the office will resume at 8:00 a.m. on february 7th. dmv workers discovered a water leak in the building. it happened after thieves stole $50 worth of copper wire from the roof. that opened a hole that let water in and caused thousands of dollars in damage. a north baf congressman held a town hall on gun reform. abc 7 news was there. he had choice words for president trump. the latest local police department to consider putting body cameras on officers and when you can get questions answered.

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let's take a look around the state today. you can see 72 in l.a. 68 in san diego. mid-60s through central valley. high clouds encroaching upon all of our neighborhoods. let's look at what happens with the snow. it comes in initially very wet. it's rain at first at 7:00 tomorrow. you can see 1 inch. by 7:00 wednesday evening. about 6 to lefb inches in the highest elevations. thursday -- by friday, get to 2 feet to 3 feet.

finally by saturday. that's pretty much where we end up. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. the reason being, look at the snow levels. 7500 feet wednesday. a heavy wet snow thursday. with snow showers friday and lingering into saturday. be a little easier to get up there this friday than last friday. >> thank you, mike. happening today, two developments concerning that deadly bridge collapse in florida. first of all, a moment of silence will happen today and also the first lawsuit is expected to be filed. as for the moment of silence at 1:47 local time this afternoon, the moment the bridge fell and killed six people on thursday, members of the florida international university community will gather to remember those who were lost. police believe all the victims have been recovered. but they plan to search one last time. as for the lawsuit, it will be filed on behalf of one of those injured. attorneys have not specified which victim. happening today, concord police holding the first of three presentations about the body cam program and you are invited. the purpose of the meeting to

inform the public about how and why officers will begin wearing body worn cameras on duty. concord police recently launched the program and they want the public to ask any questions they have. it's tonight at 6:00 at galindo street headquarters. it should be about a half hour. it's 5:45. abc 7 news was at the farmers market on claremont avenue where protesters confronted oakland mayor libby schaaf about her decision to warn the city of a possible i.c.e. raid. she was there to meet with community members and talk about issues and listened as the protesters made their case. she also heard from neighbors who support her action and discuss protection of undocumented immigrants. >> choice words for president trump's pitch to arm teachers. jared huffman held a town hall meeting yesterday. a teenager asked him about the possibility of teachers carrying guns in the classroom. that idea was floated, following last month's shooting at a florida high school. huffman says he's received

plenty of feedback. >> i will just tell you, everywhere i go, the answer is loud and clear from both students and educators and parents that this is a really dumb idea. >> huffman also told the crowd that the idea of arming teachers really is a distraction from the main issue of assault weapons. the first transgender health clinic is set to open this fall. it will be located inside the santa clara valley medical center in san jose. it's the first such clinic. full-time care for transgender and gender expansive patients will be provided. not yet a set date because the county is still hiring and training people to work at the facility which will cost $1.8 million to get up and running. some of the morning crew got a chance to raise money over the weekend. >> that's true. mike and i were at a benefit called shake your shamrock in woodside. it started with irish dancers.

>> you were off stage doing the exact same moves. >> i choreographed it. i don't like to brag about that. no, i didn't. we were just there to encourage people and help raise some money. see that family right there. this is the family that the -- the carter family that jessica profiled on abc 7. we played jessica's story. after that story -- >> everybody cried. >> they have a child helped by the ronald mcdonald house. she got a liver transplant. >> at just eight months old now. that was two months ago. >> roaemarkable. >> shout out to that family. they hopefully they'll get good news that they can finally go home. ronald mcdonald house has been helping them from the community with people around them. >> great event. great cause. well done, guys. >> they have 123 rooms now. it cost about $123 a day to feed these families and put them up.

it's a lot of money. we raised a lot. there's a lot of generous people out there that helped. thank you very much. can't wait to do it next year. reggie and i have to come up with another fun skit next year. >> we can do it. >> yes. i think so. >> let's move on. let's talk about the weather. here's a look at the area of low pressure. looks familiar, doesn't it? yeah. it's another area of low pressure that's going to sit and spin near the coast and throw waves of water at us. as we head from tomorrow all the way through possibly saturday morning. right now, looks great in san rafael. brightest and warmest day this week. that's my first accuweather highlight. hopefully that puts you in a good mood for a monday morning. unsettled and wet tomorrow through saturday and drying sunday. then warming next week. back into the 70s. here we are 4:00 tomorrow morning. see light rain hitting the coast, the north bay and the santa cruz mountains. the rest sprinkles are possible. by 9:00, you can see the initial line of steadier rain moving in.

by noon, it's over all of us. even moderate times you see yellows pop in during the afternoon hours. it keeps going overnight through wednesday morning. here's the 7:00 hour. into wednesday afternoon and into the evening hours. so once that storm door opens, once again, it's going to be quite prolific. so here we are at 9:00 tomorrow morning. the later you wait around the south bay and north bay, the more likely to drive on wet streets. none of us can get away from the wet weather on wednesday. look how the moderate rain really pushes us up all the way near a half inch to an inch by wednesday evening and then one model has the heaviest rain falling wednesday night into hursday morning. that's why we bump that up to a 2. it drops down to a 1 on friday. we'll return to sunshine eventually over the weekend. but notice the temperatures still in the 50s. enjoy today's spring break, if you will. hi alexis. >> sounds good, mike. we have a couple of issues to talk with about on the roads.

overall, a lot of green on the traffic maps. we're enjoying it while it lasts. crews trying to clean up a crash involving a smaller sedan and a semi. they both went off theroadway. looking like northbound -- approaching 880 in the area. in the south bay, we have a collision with injuries. northbound 280 ramp southbound to 87. blocking the two left lanes of the connector. quick check outside. we're getting busier in walnut creek. approaching 24. we don't have any blocking issues towards the bay bridge from the walnut creek area. a new problem on westbound 80 near he will tore ito. turning back the clock on your heart. the new recommendation to keep us healthy as we age. but first, secret is out. what we're learning about apple's massive low key project going on in the south bay. chp air crews find something in the water for the first time in 2018. attention all fellow dog lovers, national puppy day

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check this out. spring is back. mid-60s to near 70 today. temperatures anywhere from 1 to 4 degrees above average on this warmest day of the week. i'll have more on the rain coming up next. mike, thank you. 5:53 now. the sonoma county sheriff's

office released video of a helicopter heading to a rescue. the crew was patrolling south santa rosa when they heard a radio call to help a man who had fallen from his kayak. another kayaker helped to keep him afloat. they pulled him into the craft and was treated for hypothermia. producing own screens for its devices at a manufacturing facility in silicon valley. >> the manufacturing facility is located in santa clara. it's just a 15-minute drive from cupertino and unmarked apple offices. about 300 engineers are producing micro l.e.d. screens. the first product with a screen made by apple will be the watch. you will not see it likely for a few years. a chp chopper crew got a surprise over the weekend. >> this is nice. the golden gate division air patrol posted this video to facebook. take a look. the crew on patrol over marin county when they spotted a

whale. they say this is the first one they've seen from the air this year. it's moving slowly heading north up the coast off of muir beach. all right. taking a look at the roads here this morning. overall, it's been fairly quiet. we have a new problem in the east bay. eastbound 80 before central avenue. blocking the left center lane now. things are stacking up into the richmond area. i'll try to have more info a little after 6:00 this morning. one of our only other slow spots, the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:23. average weekday commute for you as well. let's check in with mike nicco with a look at the forecast. you promised us on friday, we'd have a smooth commute on monday. so far that's true. >> thank goodness. because tomorrow, all bets are off. alexis and i will be very busy tracking rain and spinouts and accidents. that's usually what happens when rain moves in. it will be mainly light. especially initially.

there will be moderate spots from time to time. the evening commute will be the wettest. let's jump into the rain and keep on going all the way from tuesday to about saturday. look at all that green out there. if this comes to fruition, we're going to get an inch or two of rain. maybe even 2.5 to 3 inches in the santa cruz mountains. mike, 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 emergency fire doors of the store. police say that was a get away car. officers were waiting when a man and woman loaded down with stolen property kicked the doors open. the suspects tried to make a run for it. but police nabbed themment they had been spotted shoplifting from that same store before.

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>> at 6:00 a.m. thanks for starting your week with us. welcome to monday, march 19th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. i think you're going to like it today. >> i really hope so. if a ray of sunshine is what you need, i got it. >> need it. >> i should probably stop there because rain is on the way the rest of the week.

fog in petaluma and zero visibility there. it stretches up to rohnert park. bodega avenue, 101. old bodega road. 116. just watch out there. here's a look from the east bay hills. want to show you the 12-hour planner. starting off in the mid-30s to low 40s. upper 50s at noon. low to mid-60s at 4:00 with high clouds and sunshine. mid-50s to near 60 at 7:00. very quiet here. how about the roads, alexis? >> we have had a quiet morning so far, mike. live look at san mateo bridge. you can see things are fairly light on westbond 92. the drive times for the most part are pretty light. a couple of slowdowns here. the westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze. we have a crash in the el cerrito area. that's blocking. 16 across bay bridge. the metering lights