get out your umbrella. it is dry now but by lunch time much of the bay area will be soaked. >> it is now 6:00 on this tuesday, march 20th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. the storm impact scale is a 1 for today. it's a light storm. rain and sprinkles now. rain through the morning commute. a quarter to half an inch by the time we get through tomorrow morning. radar is very active above 10,000 feet. it is very dry above 10,000 feet so we have a ton of verga out. rain falling in the dry layer and evaporating it won't take but another hour or two before it starts reaching the ground. look at the golden gate bridge, bone-dry. a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. 48 to 52. yeah, steady, light rain with embedded moderate rain and temperatures in the mid to upper

50s from noon through 7:00. alexis has other issues than wet roads this morning. >> yeah, we sure do. we have a major commuter alert, mike. b.a.r.t. riders, delays for all san francisco stations. we first got word of smoldering debris. on the tracks near 24th street mission. there are no trains moving through the area and b.a.r.t. is saying to seek alternate modes of transportation if you're coming from the east bay trying to get into san francisco or coming from the peninsula from the sfo area also trying to get into the city. very limited service. if you are going to have to get into your vehicle and drive here this morning, this is a look at what the toll plaza looks like. the metering lights have been on since 5:23. for a closer look, let's get to reporter amy hollyfield who is live at the station. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, alexis. we just got here to the 24th street station here in the mission in san francisco.

this is the command post right behind me. the woman in the white helmet is in charge, the battalion chief in charge of the operation. she says this is an active incident. i did talk to the b.a.r.t. public information officer who told me there was some smoke smoldering on the tracks. they were able to get some ventilation on it. they have some huge fans so they were able to help clear it out quickly. they did have to get people to leave the platform. i asked her about the service from the east bay into the city and she said trains could only get so many through the tube when all the trains are stopped in the city. so they are having to turn some trains around at montgomery and send them back into the east bay so there is going to be quite a delay. stay with us as we cover this story with the battalion chief telling me she is still considering this an incident still unfolding right now. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news.

breaking national news, we're tracking at our live desk federal investigators say a package that exploded at a fedex facility near san antonio is believed to be linked to the string of bombings that have terrified austin this month. investigators think the bomb was heading to austin. one person was injured, minor injuries. four bombs have been detonated in austin this month including a blast on sunday that injured two men. the bomb was rigged with a trip wire marking an escalation in both tactics and skills displayed by the bomber or bombers. and the fbi now wants to talk to the person responsible. >> we would like the bomber to reach out and talk to us. we think it's important to establish a dialogue, to find out why is this happening. >> every bomber leaves a signature. they tend to make their devices the same way every time. >> just to be clear they had no suspects at this point. there is a reward of $115,000

that has been offered for information in the case. that bombing overnight at a fedex facility, atf, fbi still there on scene this morning. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. please take a look at your screen, developing news out of fremont. police are searching for this missing teenager, 14-year-old marco gamboa didn't show up at school yesterday. he was last seen at 5:00 p.m. on carroll avenue. he's about 5'5" and 130 pounds. please call fremont police if you've seen him. this morning the santa clara county sheriff's office is investigating how five grenades, three of them live, ended up in the basement of a home. police shut down the area at green side drive near the san jose country club yesterday afternoon. sky 7 captured the moment it all came to an end. you can see a bomb squad detonated three of the live grenades. the homeowner found the grenades getting ready for an estate sale. this woman did not give us her name but said she was organizing the sale. >> she was shaking like crazy all upset because they were real. i almost fell over.

we handled them because we didn't know if they were real or not. >> they contacted authorities who closed down the street. the homeowner has not lived in the house two years and has no idea how the grenades got there. san francisco poised to become the first major american city to ban the sale of fur. supervisors are set to vote on that issue today despite criticism from retailers. it's estimated somewhere between 30 and 50 retailers in san francisco sell fur. macy's neiman marcus and saks are the big ones. a measure to keep retailers from selling furs in stores and also online. >> these are animals that are not raised for any other purpose other than to have the furs ripped off their backs for to us look fashionable. >> we wonder what next. will leather be next? cashmere? >> the city estimates the ban will cost retailers about $10 million a year in lost sales.

retailers say it's more like $45 million. they say outlawing fur will tarnish the brand of union square. the white rhino is dangerously close to extinction. researchers in kenya say the last male northern white rhino has died. the 45-year-old rhino named sudan died from age-related complications. he was euthanized yesterday after his condition worsened to the point he could no longer stand. researchers took a copy of his genetic material in the hopes some day technology will allow them to revive the species. only two female northern white rhinos remain. the san francisco police department released some promising new data showing a 31% drop in auto burglaries between january and february of this year. and it attributes the decline to progress in police efforts in the city. the department create add general crimes unit to address those and other neighborhood crimes. vehicle thefts are also down 15%. if you drive along

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until that rain reaches the ground, the big story how mild it is this morning. 10 to 18 degrees cooler. on the peninsula, 51 in menlo park to san bruno at 56. low to mid-50s everywhere until you get to santa rosa at 47 degrees. a look from the east bay hills camera. looks clean outside. err rapidand errands, exercise, it will be wet. temperatures will reach the mid 50s, possibly 60s in the east bay. low to mid-50s. notice the greens and yellows. that he is a steady, light rain. moderate impulses. we'll give you an hour by hour

look. alexis? i have a map of the b.a.r.t. lines on our traffic system and zooming in to where the problem is 24th street station is closed. there is currently no service between 24th and balboa park and then no trains are able to pass through that area. this is all due to some smoldering debris discovered on the tracks about an hour ago so very limited service from the east bay. a live look at the roads if you are going to have to drive instead. heading to the maze, that is definitely heavy this morning. amy hollyfield at the scene. we'll check back in at 6:30. 6:11 now. the median barrier along 880 is getting higher. new details as to why. caltrans is raising to 56 inches, a 20 inch increase, to comply with new height requirements. the taller barrier have benefit. the new height reduces the glare from trucks, prevents people from slowing down and being looky lous and prevents vehicles from rolling over into opposite

lanes. the higher median runs to mission boulevard a fremont. a revealing new study about gender roles is next. the best place to sit on your next flight if you want to avoid getting sick. and, speaking of that as we head to break a live look at sfo this morning. this morning. we leave up weather and there'that only uses 100% american oranges.and simply orange and tropicana ship in juice from oveeas. only florida's natural grows all of our oranges in florida great taste. naturally.

a shooting at a high school in st. mary's county. multiple people shot and injured. we've learned the scene at great mills high school is contained now. school remains on lockdown. atf is responding along with local authorities. a tweet here, on scene right now reporting three people were shot. the situation contained but unclear if the shooter is in custody or was one of those shot in the incident. i will let you know as soon as we get those. uber has stopped its self-driving car tests across the country including here after one of its autonomous cars hit

and killed a pedestrian in arizona late sunday. police say the ride hailing company is likely not at fault following the preliminary investigation. the accident in tempe claimed the life of 49-year-old elaine. she was outside a crosswalk walking her bike when she was hit. friends of the victim say she was homeless. >> i don't understand. she had a bicycle, a push cart full of clothes and whatever she had. that was it. >> uber says there was a backup driver in the driver's seat at the time but he was not in control of the car. this morning the ntsb is sending a team to tempe to investigate the accident. 6:16 now. where you can sit on a plane to minimize your chances of getting sick. apparently choose the window. in a study funded by boeing, researchers measured viruses and possible transmission and said people in the aisles are more likely to move around and come into contact with the virus.

if a passenger were infectious they think the 11 closest people in the rows around them have high risk of getting sick. the probability is less than 0.03. not good news if you're planning on taking bart. a major delay for all san francisco stations. this is all due to smoldering debris at mission station. no service between montgomery and balboa park and very limited between the east bay and montgomery getting into the financial district. they're turning a lot of trains around heading back to the east bay and can only get so many trains through the tunnel with so many being stopped in san francisco. we do have amy hollyfield on the scene at 24 getting updates from the fire battalion and b.a.r.t. on the scene. several officials checking out the tracks to see if there's any damage to them seeing when this will clear. we will have an update around

6:30. a crash on the roadways in the south bay. it's still a spinout crash. one lane is blocked, still. you are heavy five or six miles. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. we still have dry pavement but that will change. it looks like, wow, it's really raining outside but the humidity is about 11%, very dry. everything is evaporating right there. because it's at such a low level it will not take very long to become saturated. and then look at this atmospheric river. right now just south of us with local 10 inches of rain along the central coast where we have a minor chance of mud slides from big sur southward. let's talk about what will

happen here. we look up at san rafael, a place that will get wet first. dry on southbound 101. cooling today, periods of rain and temperatures up to ten degrees cooler. drizzle and light rain and mild tonight and showers, possible thunderstorms friday into saturday. here we are. you can see by 9:00 a better chance of the rain reaching the ground and then it becomes steady all throughout the day. some yellow showing up by lunch and even more as we head into the evening hours overnight. drizzle, light rain, small chances of it being moderate. tomorrow it keeps on going. through the morning commute most of us pretty dry. the evening commute, there you go. already a tenth to a quarter of an inch. everybody is driving on wet pavement. just get used to it because it's likely with another one for wednesday and then a two, moderate, for thursday with the heaviest rain. another one for friday. by saturday afternoon it clears

up. toys 'r' us will soon be gone but is making way for another classic toy store to make a comeback. new details about a massive fire in north beach over the weekend. how the city plans to help people impacted. but first here is rob marciano. good morning, coming up on "gma" breaking this morning a package exploding in a fedex facility in texas as authorities search for a possible serial bomber responsible for the first floor blast in austin. we are live on the ground in austin and our experts join thus morning. morning. it's all coming up on "gma."

miracle march? not quite. we're 50% of average for the rain year to 66% at best. >> thank you, mike. a man caught bragging about his drug sales on facebook is facing consequences. >> the marin ij reports rivera was arrested yesterday. he was already on probation for drug trafficking allegations when a probation officer found his post on social media. investigators searched his car and this is what they found. $15,000 worth of drugs including marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and what's suspected to be ecstasy. representation really matters

especially when it comes to breaking gender stereotypes. >> researchers analyzed five decades worth of drawings done by kids asked this question, draw a scientist. 5,000 kids participated between 1966 and 1977. only 28 of them. less than 1% drew a female scientist. we are seeing a shift, nowadays kids younger than 6 years old are just as likely to draw female scientists as male scientists. however, it starts to change as they get older. by the time they reach grade school only 28% drew a female scientist. researchers believe it's because they're exposed to more gender stereotypes over time and it reveals more work needs to be done. businesses are going to get some help in taking on amazon and that help comes from google. retailers will be allowed to list products across a variety of google platforms. big names including target, walmart, costco and home depot. shoppers will be able to use google's voice-powered devices

to add things to their shopping cart. that is a key feature of amazon service with its echo devices. who remembers kb toys? it may be planning a comeback now that toys 'r' us is closing its stores. kb toys is hoping to capitalize on the situation. the report says the california company that bought the kb brand in 2016 is in talks with pop-up operators to open stores in malls before black friday. the company's chief executive says the original idea for the kb brand was to relaunch it online. everything changed when toys 'r' us said it would liquidate it's stores. next at 6:30, the firm that may have compromised the information of 50 million users. the emergency meeting being called today in menlo park. also, cal state tuition may be going up again. the message students and faculty will send school leaders today. and i will have the latest on the breaking news we're watching from maryland. a school shooting this morning at a high school there with

multiple injuries. an update coming up. the latest on a commuter alert. major delays with b.a.r.t. all due to some debris that caught fire on the tracks near 24th street mission station. we're hearing the fire is out. we're hearing the fire is out. we'll talk about the

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and good morning. it is 6:20. we have a lot going on this morning. there's weather to talk about. there's a b.a.r.t. issue you need to know about. so let's start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> we'll start with dry conditions though doppler 7 looks impressive. i think some of the rain will bunch through that dry layer at 6,500 feet and start sprinkling on us and become a steadier rain by the end of the morning commute. the storm is a 1 on our storm impact scale. that means light. we'll have light rain with moderate spots from time to time. up to a third of an inch is possible by the evening commute. a quick look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. since the storm is coming from the south, upper 40s to low 50s. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s from noon all the way through the evening hours. more on b.a.r.t. from alex us. major delays this morning.

b.a.r.t. is recommending alternate modes of transportation. if you're trying to get into the city, this is due to a fire on the tracks at mission station. currently no service from montgomery and limited service to montgomery. if you are going to be driving in from the east by heavier than normal volumes into the maze and metering lights remain on. they flipped on at 5:23 this morning. back to reporter amy hollyfield live at the scene at 24th street station. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, alexis. we've watched as firefighters have exited the station. they have been going in with large tools, so it indicates b.a.r.t. workers still have a ways to go before they get this situation fixed. the fire is out. we got briefed by the assistant chief on the scene and she described to us what is happening. there was a fire on the track between the 24th station and the 16th street station towards

oakland, and they could see black, acrid smoke, coming from the station when they arrived. and there were inventory trains running at the same time and passengers on the platform. the first focus was to evacuate. they have shut down this station at 24th. what they determined was it was an overheated electrical short. this happened underneath the tracks. it was an overheated circuit. they say when trash and debris is gathered there and the circuit overheats it's a recipe for disaster. they did have all of their firefighters wearing their breathing apparatus when they handled this because of that black smoke. they got the fire out. this station is still closed and b.a.r.t. is saying you should find another way to work if you can because it will be limited service. i'm told they can only let so many trains through the tube at a time. when there's a backup that just adds to the problem so the delay will be serious until they get this cleared up.

you might want to count b.a.r.t. out as your ride if you can and find another way to get to where you need to be. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. new this morning a woman rescued from her fourth floor burning apartment in san francisco is expected to fully recover. flames broke out just after 4:00 in the woman's unit at jackson and a man who lives there spoke with abc 7. >> we heard pat on her deck screaming, fire, help. help, fire. she was on her deck screaming. and i went out to the deck and i asked her if she was okay. she said i'm fine but i can't get out because the fire is inside. until they brought the ladder she couldn't get out of her own apartment. >> fortunately firefighters got to her and an investigation is under way into the cause of the fire. >> now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. the latest on a school

shooting at a high school only an hour ago. there are multiple people shot and injured. at least three shot. the scene at great mills is contained. the shooter is among those injured and also i've learned a resource officer was able to take down the shooter. the school remains on lockdown. atf responding along with local authorities. the condition of the other victims is still unclear. we don't know if the other victims are students or teachers. we also don't know yet if the shooter was a student, teacher, or someone else on campus. developing. i will have more information as it's available. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. we are tracking more news this morning. federal investigators say a package that exploded at a fedex facility is believed to be linked to the string of bombings that's terrified austin the past few weeks. investigators believe the bomb was headed to austin. one person was injured when the

bomb went off around 12:30 our time. four bombs have been detonated in austin this month including a blast on sunday that injured two men. 12:30 austin time. that bomb was rigged with a trip wire marking escalation into both tactics and skills displayed by the bomber or bombers. developing news about the facebook controversy that has its stock taking a beating and some users actually deleting their accounts. >> this morning the company is calling an emergency meeting for employees. and this goes back to the way a political firm was able to access 15 million accounts. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in menlo park. matt? >> reporter: good morning, natasha. reporting facebook is holding an open meeting at 10:00 for all its employees to ask questions about this controversy. lawmakers also have some questions. they want ceo mark zuckerberg to head to washington to testify. this comes after a research firm with ties to the trump campaign allegedly obtained access to 50 million facebook accounts in the

u.s. cambridge analytica is accused of using that information to try to sway your vote. abc news chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis spoke with facebook's vice president of marketing and asked why we didn't know about this sooner. >> facebook learned about it in 2015. it impacted 50 million users. why wasn't more information disclosed earlier on? >> we suspended them at the time. we asked them to reassure us that all of that data had really been essentially destroyed. and they certified -- all the parties involved -- certified that was the case. we recently came to find out that may not be the case. >> reporter: facebook is promising a forensic audit and possible legal action. facebook stock dropped more than 6.5% yesterday. i'm just checking out the price right now for facebook stock down 4.39 points and that's

2.5%. reporting live in menlo park, matt keller, abc 7 news. okay, matt, thank you. real quick here at the live desk tracking that stock for our viewers and we want to show it to you here going down still even as matt mentioned that number now down 3.8 points, that's 2.2%. and that looks like it's trending down for the day and, again, that stock down 7% yesterday could be another repeat today. back to you. now a commuter alert. i want to take you back to our major issue with b.a.r.t. this morning. we still have that station closure, 24th street station is closed in the mission. that is all due to the fire on the tracks. the fire is out. we have the update from amy hollyfield a few moments ago. crews are leaving the scene. b.a.r.t. employees are entering the scene. so they have to inspect the tracks and make sure it's safe for trains to run through the area. meantime very limited service from the east bay. a lot of folks are driving instead. i wanted to check drive times. highway 4 to the maze up to 25 minutes and 12 across the bay

bridge. it will take you longer than that to get through the toll plaza. the metering lights are on. it's looking heavier than it typically would at this time on a tuesday morning. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo, you have a flight, definitely recommend driving or taking perhaps lyft or uber this morning because, b.a.r.t., you're not going to get through between balboa park and montgomery. service totally shut down along that stretch. a little bit of good news in the south bay. northbound 101 off ramp to north 80. an earlier spinout crash causing a delay that has cleared. traffic is unwinding and we're looking good up to the 880 interchange. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco now for a look at the forecast. hi, mike. alexis, thank you very much. never more than seven minutes away. let's jump right into it. you can see low to mid-50s in the south bay. the rest of our neighborhoods the same until you get to lafayette. upper 40s there. much milder this morning. matt keller just tweeted us menlo park, showers. you can see the rain is finally

penetrating that dry layer and making it down to the ground and that opens up the floodgates for more of the rain to start reaching the ground and it is moderate. look at the yellows and oranges off the coast. it is going to pick up in coverage and intensity as we head through the rest of the morning commute. right now looking at sfo. no delays but they're going to develop. the thing you have to know the commute will get worse from now on. it becomes wet. wet bus stops, mass transit stops, you name it, you've got it today. rainy on the bay but not breezy. look at this during the afternoon hours. the light to moderate rain and temperatures much cooler than this morning. about 55 to about 61 degrees. as far as tonight we don't cool much because we have the southerly fetch of warm, humid air. low to mid-50s and still some greens and yellows during the overnight hours. we'll take a deeper look at the forecast, hour by hour and the fact the rain may bleed into the weekend coming up in my accuweather seven-day forecast. natasha? a celebration of life was held in wine country last night

for the three women who dedicated their lives to helping veterans. >> it aired live here on abc and we heard many people paying tribute. >> we all loved christine and jennifer and jen. this is their gift. and it's their legacy we keep this going. >> more than 1,000 relatives, friends, and colleagues of christine loeber, dr. jennifer gonzales shushereba, and dr. jennifer golick gathered to celebrate their lives. the three worked at pathway home, a treatment center for vets with ptsd, and their lives were cut short by a veteran removed from the program weeks before the shooting more than a week ago. >> thank you, jen, christine, and jennifer for giving everything in the service of veterans. >> at the end of the ceremony relatives were presented with american flags. and you can find video of the emotional moments from last night's celebration of life on our website, abc7news.com.

6:39 now. san francisco fire investigators have concluded saturday's fire in north beach was accidental in origin. the three-story building on union street where the fire happened has been red tagged. a furious supervisor says it took firefighters 29 minutes to put fire on the flames. some neighbors are disagreeing with the charge. >> uninformed if anything. i think calling for a third-party investgation when i think -- i have pictures that show the firemen going into the main entrance. >> he got there when we were going from an interior attack to ex exterior. we were evacuating all of our members. >> mayor mark farrell activated a relief program to help the businesses damaged in the blaze. the man shot and killed by a b.a.r.t. officer is turning attention to the district attorney and the oakland police department. 28-year-old sahleem tindle was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. officer joseph mateu in january.

body camera video captured that shooting. tindle's parents claim their son was wrongfully killed and want mateu fired. the family has held several protests at b.a.r.t. board meetings. now they plan on holding a protest at opd because the department is investigating the case. they're also asking the district attorney to bringing charges against mateu. happening today students and faculty joining forces to urge leaders at the cal state university system to say no to a planned tuition increase. >> the group is gathering in long beach where the board of trustees is meeting and will demand more funding from the state rather than from their pockets. tuition will rise $228 per semester if the board says yes. according to students for quality education, tuition at the csu has risen over 300% since 2000. if you are planning to head to lake tahoe, this is your heads-up. new rules for vacation rentals. if you don't follow them, you could be fined $1,000. saying farewell to an icon

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the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level one. that means light rain. so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on

the abc 7 news app. download it now. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. and it just turned 6:45. take a look at the atmospheric river pounding the central coast right there and bleeding down into l.a. what it will do across tahoe through 5:00 friday morning. 1 to 2 feet of snow about 7,500 feet. 4 feet possible above that. here's a look. it's rather quiet in tahoe right now. the snow will be wet and heavy especially thursday and then snow showers friday and saturday. an update on breaking news in maryland. a shooting at a high school in st. mary's county roughly an hour ago. our first images from the scene. three people were hurt. i've learned all of those were students and the shooter is among the injured this is at great mills high school. a resource officer was the one

able to take down the shooter. the school remains on lockdown now and the condition of those victims is still unclear. we don't know yet how severe the injuries are. we will have updates throughout the day. natasha, reggie? jessica, thank you. san francisco's top mayoral candidates squared off in a debate last night except for mark leno. his campaign said he had some health problems. >> an unexpected gate crashing candidate filled his vacancy in what turned out to be a spirited discussion. >> stop pulling on my shirt! >> that is amy farah weiss fighting past security for a spot on the stage after she was not extended an invitation to the debate because she is polling at less than 5%. despite those rules, the moderator eventually handed her the mike. as for the other candidates london breed sparred with the former president of the board angela alioto. >> i'm going to say that i'm the only candidate that's running for mayor that actually served

as mayor during the time when, sadly, we experienced a crisis. >> supervisor breed, you are not the only one who has been through a crisis. >> the only republican on the stage, greenberg, was met with a lot of opposition for saying san francisco should not be so hospitable to the homeless population. on the other hand supervisor jane kim called out neighboring cities and counties for not doing enough. planning your weekend getaway to south lake tahoe, there are some new rules to consider if you rent a vacation home. police are cracking down on vacation home guests and owners for disturbing the neighborhood. so you could face a $1,000 fine for being noisy past 10:00 p.m., parking on the street, exceeding the maximum occupancy in a home, using a hot tub past 10:00 p.m. and leaving trash or food in a car or outside of the home. no hot tub past 10:00 p.m. >> okay, noted. on to your morning money report, mcdonald's announcing a major effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions at restaurants and offices around the globe.

>> the company will slash emissions by 36% by 2030. that's the equivalent of taking 32 million cars off the road for a whole year. mcdonald's will reach the goal by working with franchisees to establish more energy efficient equipment and increase recycling efforts and focus on more sustainable agricultural practices. here's a live look at the new york stock exchange this morning. as you can see it's the total opposite from the way we started off yesterday morning. we are now up 141 points. an icon that has greeted visitors at the boardwalk for nearly 60 years is about to go away. the ferris wheel at the boardwalk is coming down. work is under way to demolish it. the seats already off. park officials want to replace it with something different, possibly a more modern version. >> i loved riding on it. it was one of my favorite parts of coming to the boardwalk. it's sad that it's coming down. >> the ferris wheel has been featured in several tv shows and films like 1987's "the lost

boys." attention dog lovers, national puppy day is just three days away. >> on friday we'll be live streaming our puppy cam on abc 7, abc7news.com, and the abc 7 news app. that all starts at 4:30 in the morning. we're trying to help find forever homes for local puppies. in the meantime we want to see your dogs. >> oh, my gosh. >> this is jessica's dog rio. that's not what rio looks like today, right? >> he's grown up quite a lot. that was about six years ago or so. >> we're hoping you can do what jessica did of your puppy or dog. i still call my puppy a puppy use #puppieson7 so we can see it and can post it online or on tv. >> super excited for rio's san francisco tv debut. >> he looks great. >> he's super famous. >> over to you, alexis, you're dealing with a major issue with b.a.r.t. this morning. we got a significant update.

24th street mission station has reopened. >> yay! >> following that fire on the track. that's the good news. bad news it's going to take a while to recover. that's had a major ripple effect across most of the service areas for b.a.r.t. they are working to establish normal service. they are recovering but expect some significant delays, 20 to 30 minutes if you're coming from the east bay. you can still take a bus or a ferry or possibly commute instead because a lot of folks looks like grabbed those keys and jumped in the car because of those major earlier delays. here is a look at our walnut creek camera. heading to 24, boy, gridlock here this morning. we have a lot of delay that is remain. it will take a while to bounce back. we are in recovery mode. that is an improvement. not many incidents on the roadways. southbound 880 before tennyson. a crash blocked one lane that has cleared. some stop and go traffic out of hayward. mike nicco has a look at the forecast. i have a feeling the commute

will go downhill throughout the day today. i was thinking the same thing. probably will see more red on your map during the evening commute than this morning even though we do have rain out there. where is it reaching the ground now? on the peninsula and along the coast the heavier rains to the monterey bay. that's the atmosphric river that will pound parts south of us today. it will migrate up to us as the first storm will hit us today and tomorrow and the second storm will come in for thursday, friday and even saturday. here's a look from the exploratorium. the rain and mild conditions will persist from now all the way through tomorrow. here we are at 9:00. i think future radar may be undone. i think we'll be in a steady, light rain with embedded yellows. that means moderate pockets as we head through the evening commute overnight and into tomorrow's commute and through the day tomorrow also. late tomorrow night a chance of a thunderstorm. as we head throughout the day,

look at this. already a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain by the evening commute and then overnight we'll throw on another tenth to possibly a quarter of an inch. tomorrow morning's commute probably even worse than this evening's commute. now that secondary storm comes in and has more energy. it brings us wind, rain, a chance of thunderstorms, even better, hail. that will continue through friday as we down grade it from a moderate to a light storm and right now things are starting to point towards it being wet, also. keep an eye on that as i will, too. reggie? thanks, mike. no, a sex shop is not coming to sfo. at least not now. airport officials will offer two local businesses near long leases but the business that will not be getting that bid is an oakland sex shop called feel more adult gallery. that's the name. complain to someone else. the owner wanted to open the first sex shop at sfo but it doesn't meet the minimum $220,000 revenue threshold.

she asked it to be lowered. sfo says the threshold ensures that a retailer has enough business to operate in a, quote, high-volume airport environment. 6:53 now. three years ago prosecutors in manhattan decided against pursuing a sex abuse case against disgraced producer harvey weinstein and now governor andrew cuomo wants to know why. cuomo has asked the state attorney general to look into the decision. the spur for the request came from a new york magazine article which suggesed the d.a.'s office may have been improperly influenced by weinstein. time's up and a powerhouse to fight systemic sexual harassment called on the governor to investigate. happening today first lady melania trump will meet with executives from major online and social media companies to discuss cyber bullying. the white house says the first lady is looking forward to discussing both the positive and negative ways the internet is influencing children. amazon, snap, facebook, google and twitter are among the companies expected to attend the meeting. some observers question her

choice of project given her husband often berates people on twitter. a san francisco startup is creating robots to help construction crews get the job done faster. >> s.a.m., semiautomated mason can lay 3,000 bricks a day. a construction company in new york is using s.a.m. because it just couldn't find enough masons to keep up with all the work coming in. the company behind s.a.m. was founded by a former google engineer who grew up working in his dad's construction business. built robotics develops technology excavators and other machinery to operate themselves. >> no industry untouched by the future. up next, the seven things you need to know before you go. >> a live look at 6:54. we are keeping you up to date on weather and traffic

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time now is 6:57. these are the seven things you need to know before you go. a major b.a.r.t. issue all morning. things are starting to improve a bit. 24th street station reopened following a fire on the tracks. they are still working to establish normal service. expect 20 to 30-minute delays while that continues to unwind. i want to take you live to sky 7. this is over the scene of a very serious crash in san francisco.

word of this about 30 minutes ago, so we launched our chopper. five people transported in critical condition due to this collision. they had to use jaws of life to cut them out. an investigation is ongoing. number two, breaking news out of maryland. authorities are respond to ing shooting at great mills high school. three students including the shooter are injured. number three, more breaking news. we have just learned a hazmat team in texas is now responding to the fedex distribution facility where a package exploded this morning. reports there may be another suspicious package. a woman is recovering after san francisco firefighters rescued her overnight from a fire that was contained to her apartment unit. that cause is still under investigation. and number five, the rain started reaching the ground in some parts of the bay about a half hour ago. that will continue all the way through the day with moderate pockets from time to time and much cooler temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.

number six, facebook is holding an emergency meeting with employees today to talk about cambridge analytica. the political data firm with ties to the trump campaign is accused of accessing 50 million facebook profiles. number seven, remember that kind of terrifying robot dog that can open doors by itself? as you can see in the tweet amazon ceo jeff bezos took one of these for a walk and posted this picture on twitter. >> this is a walk at a conference not at his house. maybe a one-time thing. >> and there was no leash. >> no. just walks on its own. >> doesn't need one t. goes where it wants, jess. it goes where it wants. >> robotic dogs don't have a leash law. >> i guess not. >> not yet. >> technically the first day of spring today, and we do have some showers to look forward to. >> astronomical spring at 9:14:29 when the sun is directly over the equator. supposed to have 12 hours equal day and night. because of our terrain we have more sunshine. we won't see it because of the rain. have the umbrella handy.

looking live at the crash in san francisco. this is at bush and goff. five p good morning, america. multiple breaking stories for our viewers in the west. another school shooting, this time erupting at a high school many maryland. several injured. the campus on lockdown. live with the very latest. also breaking as we come on the air. a fifth explosion in texas. >> there was metal in the bomb. >> a box detonating at fedex sending shrapnel flying, this on the heels of those other blasts involving a tripwire and deadly porch packages. hundreds of bomb technicians and federal agents now spread out across the state. the desperate search for a serial bomber. facebook under fire. the scandal wiping out billions from the company's value after news that up to 50 million users