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 have been on

for a bit. a live desk update with jessica castro. a huge investigation still under way in austin, texas after a fourth explosion in that city in the last month. we've learned just moments ago a little bit more about the victims. they are said to be two white males. that's all we know. this morning, a reward has been up to $115,000 for whoever m be responsible for these bombings. austin's mayor says the city has resources to field the tips coming in. police think that the bombing, this latest explosion was triggered by a trip wire. in fact, the austin police chief just said to "good morning america" moments ago, that this latest explosion was not only caused by the trip wire but also showed, quote, a different level of skill. the mayor of austin echoing that. schools in the area are postponed starting a little bit later today. the lockdown listed minutes ago when the sun came up -- lifted minutes ago. happening tonight, the

community will come together 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. amy hollyfield is live in yountville. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. they are expecting quite a turnout tonight. they're planning for overflow seating. the service will honor the lives of these three women, dr. jennifer gonzalez shushereba who was pregnant with her first child and jennifer golick and christine loeber. they dedicated their lives to easing the suffering of others. they were killed by a patient who then killed him search. there will be dignitaries here and also four-legged friends will be here to offer some comfort. >> several service dogs and their companions and handlers will be here at the services

monday night just in case people need an extra little hug. >> the lincoln theater holds 1200 people and they expect it will be full. for those who can't get here, they plan to set up remote viewing stations around yountville. families of at least two of the victims said they too will be here. reporting live in yountville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. tonight's memorial will be held at the napa valley performing arts center at lincoln theater. it's open to the public. there will be live coverage starting at 6:00 p.m. here on abc 7. we have another memorial to tell you about. the service for marin county sheriff's deputy ryan zirkle will be this friday at the marin center. he was 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. the chp is asking for the public's help in a possible road rage incident that injured a

woman and child. someone shot at a car driving on i-80 near willow avenue in hercules saturday night. a woman suffered moderate injuries. a young girl, 5 to 6 years old, suffered major injuries. so far investigators have not released a description of the suspect or the vehicle involved. call the chp if you know anything that could help investigators. new equipment will be used in the search for a richmond man who vanished four days ago while skiing in the sierra. the search teams tell us that a heat sensor helicopter is expected to launch over the area tonight to look for tom mularkey. he never returned to his cabin after skiing at bear valley in alpine county. family and friends describe him as an advanced skier and outdoors man. stormy weather hampered search efforts. president trump will unveil his fight over the opioid -- 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 know and expand proven treatment options. the plan is to give an option to prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those dealers who are directly responsible for an opioid death. abc 7 news was in berkeley to hear a conversation build as the urban gun violence sabbath. they discussed 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 that they're dealing with outside of the classroom. overseas data company tied to president trump's 2016 campaign is under investigation by facebook. accused of mishandling the personal information of more than 50 million americans. the company is cambridge analytica. it helps political candidates better target voters online a former employee at cambridge analytica said they would create quizzes. they were actually giving the company access to not just their data but that of all 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. bay area voters approved a sugary drink tax. who could again fit from the money. san francisco's seawall is in desperate need of repair. how local lawmakers now want to pay for the $250 million project. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> look at this. no chance of rain today or sunday. but a whole lot of soaking storms in between. live look outside at 6:06 in the a.m. there's the toll plaza. building quite a bit this morning. we're keeping weather and traffic information on your screen as we head to break. we'll be rig

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up to santa rosa. thickest at petaluma. you're at 34. 36 in novato. about 41 in vallejo. cupertino, newark. 36 in lafayette and san ramon about 35. here's a look at san jose. 280 and 17. good all day if you're doing errands, exercising, yard work. watch out for the poll en. for the kids, dress them for 30s. low to mid-50s at 11:00. then mid-60s when they head home this afternoon. let's get a look at traffic. got a couple of things to follow this morning? >> yeah. we've had only two incidents to talk about this morning, mike. it's been really quiet. this is becoming a headache for westbound 80 drivers. that crash at central avenue. that is reportedly down on the far right lane. we'll check that drive time. it's adding about ten minutes to your commute for now. southbound 680, before val sit

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obtain a gun legally. one of the people making that recommendation was the sheriff's deputy accused of doing nothing when that shooting happened at marjory stoneman douglas high school. we're learning high level political talks took place in san francisco. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster met with his south korean and japanese counterparts at an undisclosed location in the city. the conversation focused on upcoming summits with north korea and deal with the country's nuclear ambitions. president trump accepted an offer from kim jong-un to meet face to face by the end of may. there's been no official response from north korea. san francisco estimates it will collect $7.5 million from the soda tax this fiscal year and now we're learning new details on how that money may be spent. the examiner reports the tax may benefit programs in san francisco public schools and nonprofits that serve low income communities of color. an advisory committee released those recommendations on friday. they approved the soda tax in

2016. it's meant to discourage people from drinking soda, which can have bad health effects. loyola university chicago is one of -- they've won games with last second buzzer beaters and fortunate bounces. >> they have an honest to goodness guardian angel. meet sister jean. an academic adviser and the chaplain for the team. sthee has custom made nikes. just 5 feet tall, she's a tanout in the pre-game huddle and issues heartfelt advice. >> don't let those tennessee team members scare you with their height. height doesn't mean that much. >> we're discussing whether or not her scarf is harry potter realness or the colors of the team? >> both. >> the round of sweet 16. all of that is great. however. this is where it gets interesting. sister jean's bracket actually has the ramblers losing this round. >> the fact she had them going

this far -- seriously, they upset two teams. >> who gotsister jean's brackets? did they bust into her desk and steal them. i know she's like you guys are great. the brackets, i'm going to go ahead and hold them close to my heart. right? >> she told it to everybody. >> she did? >> she did. when they were interviewing her. >> because she's a woman of god. >> she is. she's very honest. >> i love that. >> she could tell you the truth. it could be the hardest thing to hear and she would say it in a lovingly way. >> give us the loving forecast. we have gorgeous weather today. it's about to get real. >> maybe she should come together and give the news of the wet weather. good luck to them. that whole bracket is a mess. good morning everybody. look at storm 1 and storm 2. storm 1 will be warm and bring us potential for really significant rain. storm 2 coming down from alaska is going to be colder. bring us a chance of thunderstorms. maybe hail. we'll keep an eye on both of

them. right now, all is quiet at sfo. no arrival delays to worry about this monday morning. my accuweather highlights, seasonal temperatures. sunshine early. high clouds late. sprinkles to light rain tonight. then waves of rain after that through about saturday morning. temperature today, 62 at half moon bay to 61 in lakeport. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. you can see that 70 around san jose and towards morgan hill. tonight, we'll be in the mid to upper 40s. a lot of 50s at san francisco, oakland, fremont. san jose. you can see the wet weather moving into the north bay and the coast first. in fact, here we are at 4:00 in the morning, even around the monterey bay. towards the 9:00 hour, look at the wall of steady rain coming ashore. it's around from noon all the way into the evening commute. you saw yellow this is there. it will be moderate at times. but it keeps coming through wednesday's morning commute into wednesday evening. also, let's take a look at rainfall totals. when we start off tomorrow morning, everybody is dry. commute at 4:00.

by 9:00, you can see it encroaching on the peninsula, the south bay. during the evening commute, everybody is driving on wet pavement. it will pretty much be that way all the way through the friday evening commute. heaviest rain coming wednesday into thursday. that's why the storm ramps up to a 2. moderate. hi alexis. >> good morning. i have some good news here for one of our only issues this morning in the east bay. westbound 80 in the richmond area. el cerrito. before central avenue, a multicar crash. just got the all clear. all lanes are back open. we do, however, have residual delays. checking out the speeds down to 25 miles per hour. 14 miles an hour once you get closer to that crash scene. i think that's going to thin out. give it another ten, 15 minutes or so. the bay bridge toll plaza, you're looking typical here for 6:19 in the morning. we've had the metering lights on since 5:23. stop-and-go traffic through the maze. but no other major incidents so

far today. thanks, alexis. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> amy robach is live from new york city with a look at what's ahead. good morning, amy. >> hey, good morning to you natasha and reggie. up next on gma, we'll continue your coverage in austin. authorities warning this fourth blast may have been triggered by a trip wire. we'll speak with the austin police chief and the mayor to tell us what they know at this hour. then the bizarre disappearance that some call the real life gone girl. accused by police of carrying out a hoax. they're now speaking out exclusively to abc news. we'll tell you what they had to say as they shared their story with me for the first time. wendy williams returning to her chair this morning after taking a surprise three-week break. what she's calling the perfect storm that led to her hiatus and a message to share with her fans about their own lives. that's all coming up on a monday on gma. >> glad she's back. >> how you doing?

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a sinkhole is causing major delays and it could last all week long. >> the couple at the center of a bizarre kidnapping that police called a hoax are now revealing new details about their ordeal. a live look outside. still pretty dark out there before the sun is coming up. if you want to get outside this week, you really should do it today. after, it becomes kind of rainy and in any case, today is the best day. >> true story. welcome to monday, march 19th. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather frecast. bringing the sunshine is meteorologist mike nicco. >> we're starting off with sunshine and warm weather and then mother nature brings the cold and the rain. petaluma, visibility down to a couple of hundred feet. be careful there. thankfully, it's confined to that area. as you can see on live doppler 7. i overlaid the visibility layer. nigh accuweather 12-hour

planner. dress for the 30s and 40s this morning. no umbrella needed at noon. a touch of spring at 4:00. low to mid-60s. still comfortable at 7:00. temperature at 55 to 61 degrees. so far, had pretty good news here. alexis has had pretty good news. how is it going? >> yes, continuing here this morning. we've got a pretty light monday morning commute. here is exhibit a in the south bay. san jose, highway 87 around the airport. we're looking at very light volumes and of course that dry pavement is helping out with that. one of our slow spot, we're still bouncing back from an earlier crash on westbound 80. highway 4 to the maze, at 32 minutes. we had an earlier collision around central avenue that has cleared. but still dealing with some of that stop-and-go traffic that's start to go thin out. westbound 80 across the bay bridge, another 13 and southbound 101, san francisco to the airport, that's looking great in the green at ten minutes. thanks, alexis. this is your heads-up. a big sinkhole in the posey tube in alameda means a big impact.

that situation expected to get worse and soon. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: natasha, bad news for your monday morning commute. traffic is starting to slow from alameda into oakland through the posey tube. this commute is going to get a lot more difficult. >> it's always a lot of traffic that way. now it's going to be worse. >> reporter: yeah. an underground storm drain failure created a sinkhole on the oakland side of the posey tube. oakland public works say they won't finish repairs until the end of the week. one lane of the two-lane tunnel is closed to drivers until 10:00 this morning. both lanes will be closed until midnight. after that, officials expect at least one lane to be closed through the workweek. >> usually it's not a problem for me. >> posey tube is one of the main arteries off alameda. there are options like the park street, fruitvale and high street bridges as well as state route 61, the baio owe you can

avoid the roads altogether by taking the ferry. ac transit has created several detours for affected bus lines. for more information on that, you can go to abc7news.com. reporting live in alameda, matt keller, abc 7 news. now, a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. a big update here. another bombing in austin, texas yesterday. two people hurt. just seconds ago, the police chief saying that the two men that were injured were either pushing their bikes or riding their bikes when these explosions happened when the device detonated. the explosion, like i said, injured those two. we know they're two white males. that's all we learned of the victims this morning. they are expected to survive. this is a fourth blast within the past month in austin. police have not said whether all of these are connected. they are warning people to stay inside much that's what they were doing throughout the night. that restriction has been lifted. but they're warning people to

stay away from suspicious packages. >> it's important right now for anyone in the neighborhood behind us to remain inside and give us time to work through this. we do have a second item in the area, a backpack that we're clearing right now to ensure that it is safe. so it is a very active scene. >> school start is delayed this morning. a reward of $115,000 is out there for anyone with information. police think this was triggered by a trip wire. they're investigating and they're calling these criminals very wily, and very smart, reggie. >> a scary situation. thank you, jessica. >> we're hearing from the woman accused of a kidnapping hoax in vallejo. denise huskins was kidnapped from her bed. her boyfriend, now her fiance, aaron quinn, of course, reported it to police. when she was found in 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 amy robach in an exclusive interview. she hoped to survive by appealing to muller's sense of humanity. so she told him a story from her past and it worked. >> when he opened the car door, this is this it. either i'm going to hear a gunshot and that's it or i'm going to get pushed off a cliff. he was guiding me. i thought i was walking to my death. then i heard a door close behind me. i pulled up the blindfold and i thought, oh, god, he is going to release me. >> muller was eventually arrested. he pleaded guilty in huskins' kidnapping and sentenced to 40 years in prison last year. the couple reached a settlement with vallejo police last week and you can hear more about

their struggle to get law enforcement to apologize coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." >> 6:35 now. a san francisco supervisor 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 and drone view 7 is showing you the damage left behind. smoke and water damaged the six businesses located on the ground floor, including restaurants, bars and a liquor store. supervisor aaron peskin says firefighters were slow to pour water on the fire. he also 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 on the outside. now to a bizarre incident in oakland. the chp says a man jumped from a tree into the path of traffic on a freeway killing himself. this happened at 8:45 last night. authorities arrived to find the unidentified man on the ground near the fruitvale avenue exit, 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 an hour. this morning, the white house is trying to squash rumors that the president wants to fire special counsel robert mueller. he mentioned mueller by name on twitter. he said the mueller probe should never have been started and there was no collusion and no crime. congress members on both sides of the aisle responded with a warning. do not fire mueller. >> if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. we're a rule of law nation. >> this would undoubtedly result in a constitutional crisis. i think democrats and republicans need to speak out about this right now. >> the white house counsel replied, quote, the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel, robert mueller. seven men face arraignment for several violent burglaries in the north bay. all the suspect are from north carolina or virginia.

the sonoma county sheriff says they broke into three homes in petaluma last monday. they tied up and beat their victims while searching for cannabis. authorities chased the suspects to novato and arrested four of them there. they caught the other suspects at sfo later that day. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. thought we'd start in san francisco. it's kind of cool in potrero hill. look at the sunset. 43. castro and mission at 45. marina at 47. bayview at 48. one of the warmer areas along with downtown. 44 in daly city. san leandro 45. palo alto and santa clara, 35. 36 in walnut creek. tracy, 40. mid-30s to upper 30s throughout the north bay. here's a look at the western span of the bay bridge. see traffic moving well on the dry roads. that's the way it's going to be today. our driest day this week. cool this morning but mild this afternoon if you're taking mass

transit. dry all day. you'll be able to stand outside if your ferry allows it. let's start with the warmest. 70 in san jose. morgan hill. behind, concord and fremont at 68. 61 at lakeport. half moon bay 62 for coolest spot. san francisco at 64. oakland about 65. here's a look at san francisco. 49 at 10:00. 54 at noon. high clouds and sunshine this afternoon. reaching the 60s by 3:00. still there at 6:00. but mid 50s during the evening hours. in the south bay, 41 at 8:00. 50 at noon. the brightest times. then the high clouds roll in. 68 degrees by 4:00. it's still 59 degrees as you head through the evening hours. in the east bay, the low to mid-50s from 2:00 to 4:00 with increasing high clouds here also. let me show you one more graphic. two things to tell. tomorrow it's going to be a milder than this morning. mid-40s to 50 degrees. notice the rain. the green you see encroaching upon the coast and up in the

north bay. we've enjoyed the dry weather this morning. we'll enjoy a dry commute this evening. but guess what happens tomorrow. >> yeah. that's all going to change. >> what do people get today? >> we're doing pretty good. >> >> good. >> only a couple incidents so far. both of them are improving. want to take you back to the other one on southbound 680. traveling between pleasanton and the sunol area. we did have metal pipes slowing you down. those were blocking for 15, 20 minutes. those are clear now and the speeds are starting to pick up from 580. 24 and 30 miles per hour. also want to touch on mass transit. again, as matt keller mentioned, ac transit delays and detours due to that wrk on the roadway inside the posey tube. any of those lines on the screen, yeah, you'll be majorly delayed or detoured due to the work. give yourself lots of time to leave alameda today. another piece of roadwork will affect traffic in san francisco. crews will be doing emergency

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we're about 15 minutes shy of 7:00 on this monday. dry across the state. mid-60s to 70 in the central valley. same thing in san diego and los angeles. very dry today. everything changes. a very wet system with a high snow level develops at 7:00 tomorrow. you can see by 7:00 wednesday, not a lot of snow. thursday it starts to get cooler. by friday into saturday, we get about 2 to 3 inches of snow. let me show you the snow levels as we look at a quiet lake tahoe this morning. 8500 feet tuesday. when the heavy wet snow will make it down to lake level thursday, tapering to snow showers friday and to a lesser extent saturday. easier to get there this week. >> mike, thanks. the sonoma county sheriff's office released video of a helicopter heading to a water rescue. the crew was patrolling saturday at 2:00 p.m. and heard a radio call to help a man who had fallen from his kayak. fortunately, another kayaker kept him afloat. the chopper crew pulled the man

into the craft on a rescue device and he was treated for hypothermia. happening tonight, yountville is going to hold a public memorial, a final good-bye for the three social workers killed. >> amy hollyfield is live outside the lincoln theater where the memorial will take place. amy? >> reporter: hi, natasha. they will be remembered here on the campus where they worked. dr. jennifer gonzalez shushereba will be remembered along with dr. jennifer golick and christine loeber. they were described as special people who touched a lot of lives. they were killed by a veteran and patient who killed himself. >> once again, just completely innocent people 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: the lincoln theater holds 1200 people.

overflow seating will be available. they're also planning to set up remote viewing stations around yountville for those who want to see it. at least two of the families of victims say they plan to attend the service. reporting live in yountville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. tonight's memorial will be held at the napa valley performing arts center. we'll have live coverage of the memorial starting at 6:00 p.m. on abc 7. happening today, two developments concerning the bridge collapse in florida. there is going to be a moment of silence observed. also the first lawsuits expected to be filed. for the moment of silence at 1:47 this afternoon local time, the moment the bridge fell and killed people on thursday. members of the florida international university committee will gather to remember the victims. they believe all the victims are recovered but they plan to search one more time. as for the lawsuit, it will be filed on behalf of one of the injured. attorneys wouldn't specify which

victim. happening today, concord police holding the first of three presentations about their body cam program. you are invited. the purpose of the meeting is to inform the public about how and why officers will begin wearing body worn cameras while on duty. police launched the program recently and they want the public to see the cameras and ask any questions they may have. it's tonight at 6:00 at the headquarters on galindo street. the farmers market on claremont avenue, protesters confronted oakland mayor libby schaaf about her decision to warn the city of a possible i.c.e. raid last month. she was there to meet with community members and talk about their issues and she listened as the protesters made their case. she also heard from neighbors who support her action, discuss protection of undocumented immigrants. a north bay congressman had choice words for president trump's pitch to arm teachers. jared huffman held a town hall meeting. a teenager asked him about the possibility of teachers carrying

guns in the classroom. that idea got floated following the shooting at a florida high school. huffman says he's heard a lot of feedback. >> i will just 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 that the idea of arming teachers really is a distraction from the main issue of assault weapons. now a live desk update. >> hi everyone. new this morning, want to show you this. two tennis greats making headlines for a huge pay disparity on the left there, martina navratilova saying she's angry the bbc paid john mcenroe ten times more than she got broadcasting for wimbledon. mcenroe earned $210,000. navratilova, $21,000. a big star, like mcenroe and if you're familiar with tennis, she holds the most single titles in

the open era. they were both ranked number one. but nafvratilova won every gran slam in her career. that's a feat mcenroe never achieved. it's making headlines. not only in the sports world but everywhere this morning. back to you. natasha? all right. sorry about that. jessica. now to the -- reuters, the names toys "r" us and jeffrey the giraffe will survive for a generation. the name will be among the most valuable ever to become available through a bankruptcy li liquidation. they often sell their names and logos to generate cash to repay creditors. tinder's parent company could not buy bumble. so now they're suing. match group claims that bumble is infringing on two patents held by tinder. the lawsuit claims that bumble

is a ripoff of tinder in every way except it gives women the parr power to make the first move. >> can we bring up the stock ex chaeng. a live look again. we're considerably down starting this morning. 175 points. 6:51 now. this is pretty great. the abc 7 morning crew got a chance to raise money. >> mike nicco and i were at a benefit called shake your shamrock. as part of the theme, irish dancers were there, of course. this was a lot of fun and a way to raise a lot of money for the ronald mcdonald house at stanford and san francisco. there we are. doing our thing. trying to help the kids who are undergoing life-saving treatments. jessica a part of the event also. because her story was shown. the little girl held by mrs. carter, just underwent a liver transplant not long agoment they're still staying in the

ronald mcdonald house. due to so many of your generosity, they're able to do that for absolutely no money. staying there is free for them. >> baby even doing well. they house so many people there. 123 families at the ronald mcdonald house at stanford. they've become really good friends with a little girl whose family -- the family whose little girl got a heart transplant on the same day as baby eden. a lot of inspiring beautiful stories. >> they get to meet other families that are almost in the same boat and bonding and being able to talk about it, it's got to be better than being isolated at home or in a hotel room paying hundreds of dollars a night. >> and shelter and food. >> all of that -- >> she was cute. she saw the monitors around the tent we were in. she kept looking at it and smiling. she was adorable. >> she was. >> the whole family. >> well done. >> thanks for allowing us to be a part of that. hopefully, we can do it again next year.

we've been a part of it for like 25 years now. let's raise money next year. you're never more than what. >> seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> i was hoping everybody could say that. we were all sitting here. here's a look at the whirling dervish of clouds. we're going to have several days of rain. look at this. mt. tam, hard to believe that's knocking on the door. we're starting off with sunshine. unsettled and wet through saturday. then drier weather for, say, sunday to next week. 4:00 tomorrow morning, sprinkles and the light rain develops as we get towards the end of the commute. it keeps raining. sometimes it's moderate. mainly on the light side. the evening commute will be much worse. so is wednesday's morning and wednesday's evening commute. let me show you the rain totals. one of the first commuters, you're fine. if you wait until 9:00, the peninsula and the south bay and north bay start to get wet. then we all get wet by the evening commute and it keeps raining by the overnight hours.

this storm is a 1. wednesday night into thursday morning, that's our heaviest rain. that's why i bumped it up to a 2. thursday's morning commute, that will have a lot of ponding on the roadways. here's alexis to talk about the dry roadways today. >> it really has been a smooth commute this morning, mike. we're enjoying it for now. tomorrow and the rest of the week may be a different story. here's a live look outside at westbound 92 across san mateo bridge. just typical stop-and-go traffic there. we don't have any incidents blocking. same thing for the bay bridge toll plaids a. the metering lights been on since 5:23 this morning. drive times, looking pretty good. the only one in the red is westbound 580. tracy to dublin, just under an hour at 58 minutes. we want your opinions. you think b.a.r.t. should allow politically motivated ads in stations and on trains? >> head to abc7news.com/vote right now. you can do it on your phone. let us know when you think. the results are updating at the bottom of your screen.

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sinkhole repairs closed it to one lane and two eastbound lanes will be closed at 10:00 a.m. be warned. alternate routes are encouraged. ferry might be the best bet. right now we're checking out the roads. northbound 101 looking great at 880. further south at mckee. we have a new crash reported blocking the right lane. you have two to three miles of backup behind it. number 5, did you notice the dry pavement and all the sunshine? today temperatures push back to average in the mid to upper 60s. it doesn't last. rain tomorrow. number 6, only on abc 7, for the first time we're hearing from the woman wrongly accused of a kidnapping hoax in vallejo. denise huskins and her fiance sat down with amy robach. the oakland coliseum dmv will reopen today. thank you for joining us on this monday. back here in 25 minutes with another update. see you soon. "good morning america" starts right now.

good morning, america. breaking news. another explosion in austin overnight. >> we now need the community to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device and do not approach it. >> the blast injuring two men just hours after authorities called for the serial bomber to turn themselves in. police warning this explosion may have been triggered by a tripwire. residents now told to stay in their homes. also this morning, president trump's new attack. taking direct aim at special counsel robert mueller. and this morning, both republicans and democrats warning the president not to fire mueller. this, as the president prepares to unveil his opioid plan, calling for the death penalty for drug traffickers. severe weather alert. hail and blinding rain pounding