the lightest of the green. be careful up there. for the rest of us, we have to wait until the afternoon and evening hours. mainly in the north bay through the morning hours. snow levels drop from 4,000 to 3,000 sunday. it looks like it could be breezy this afternoon and evening. here's my 12-hour planner. dress for temperatures significantly cooler this morning. mid 30s to low 40s. mid to upper 50s all afternoon with the best chance of showers this evening. let's talk more about the dry commute. alexis? >> the roads not helping us out. here's a look at san rafael southbound, 101 traffic heading way from us. yesterday when we checked this camera, we were soaked and had road spray kicking up. nice break today with the mostly dry commute. maybe a stray sprinkle or two on the windshield. one of our only trouble spots before the 280 merge, we had a hit-and-run crash reported. very minor. that has cleared from the board. we'll check out drive times next. now breaking news from the

abc 7 live desk. a big update now in the hostage situation that is still unfolding. also what's called a terrorist act in southern france happening in the small town of trebes near toulouse. pwe've learned the other hostags have been freed. at least a dozen are wounded. we don't know their conditions yet. i want to show you new video from the scene. suspected gunman is supposedly a moroccan man. that's all we know from french media. the suspect is still inside the supermark supermarket. counter terrorism officials from there and the police surrounding the store. the gunman pledged allegiance to isis. i'll watch for updates throughout the rest of the newscast >> thanks for tracking that, jessica. new details about the suspect killed in a shootout that left a san francisco police officer and four other people

hurt. abc 7 news has learned it was his own family that called 9-1-1 saying he showed up at their house with a gun. surveillance footage shows people scrambling when shots rang out after police con fronted him inside of the barbershop. he had a violent past including an armed robbery conviction. the community is coming together to honor a deputy killed in a crash. ryan zirkle was responding to an emergency call when his cruiser crashed into a tree last week. a public memorial is going to be held today at the marin center veterans memorial auditorium. the service starts at 11:00 a.m. depp zirkle joined the force 2 1/2 years ago. he's survived by his parents, two older brothers and fiance. this morning, the fbi is investigating a possible attempted attack at travis air force base. a driver is dead after a car ran into the main gate on wednesday

and burst into flames. witnesses say the explosion sounded like fireworks. >> the car basically just blew up. like it was nothing. >> it kept exploding. boom, boom. kept on going. >> officials tell abc news the driver was a civilian, not a service member. they say it appears there were propane tanks in the vehicle. the driver may have ignited them on purpose. california's senate delegation is calling for an investigation into the resignation of the san francisco i.c.e. spokesperson. it followed a contentious couple of weeks where libby schaaf warned of impending raids. sweeps happened in the bay area and i.c.e. blasted the mayor for her actions. the spokesman resigned saying he could not spread false information. classes will resume at diablo valley college in pleasant hill with more police patrolling campus. >> that's because a serious threat canceled classes yesterday. this was brought as breaking

news. graffiti on campus threatened gun violence and that caused officials to close the school for the day. they did it as a precaution. they found no evidence to suggest a greater than usual risk to student or staff. a controversial statue in san francisco's civic center will not be removed yet. according to the chronicle, an attorney is challenging the historic preservation commission to move the early day statue into storage. the statue shows a native american man at the foot of a cowboy and april catholic missionary. people who want it removed say it's racist and demeaning. the attorney says it's part of history and moving it is like destroying it. it looks like a terminal at sfo will be renamed to honor harvey milk. they recommended approving the legislation yesterday. it would name terminal 1 after the lgbt pioneer. it's been a long time coming. former supervisor david campos was the first to push to honor

milk in 2014. the full board will vote on it april 3rd. a potential traffic -- an international soccer match at levi's stadium tonight. you can guess what that m >> a lot of fun but a traffic nightma nightmare. matt keller is live tracking that. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. not just the game tonight. we have a thing called football fiesta. it's outside of levi's stadium. it starts at 2:30 this afternoon. music, games, prizes and mexican team legend appearances. they're expecting 50,000 fans to watch the teams. levi's stadium is a soccer hotbed with the gold cup final being played here. some of the best international teams. tonight's game is part of what's being called the road to russia. that's where the world cup is being played this summer. the roads to and around levi's stadium can be tough to navigate whenever there's a big event at

night. especially a friday night. santa clara police expect the usual heavy traffic and delays, including on 101, 237 and 880, lawrence expressway, great america parkway and san tomas expressway. we have all the details on public transportation and parking on abc7news.com. reporting live in santa clara, matt keller, abc 7 news. b.a.r.t. has a plan to retrofit the transbay tube meaning pushing back morning trains. toys "r" us unexpectedly delaying last minute sales. when to see the amazing deals. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> 80% of us get wet today. 70% saturday. ohm 30% sunday. i'll give you the hour by hour look at that coming up. here's a look at the puppy cam. puppies from bay area shelters

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we'll start off with temperatures as we come up on ten minutes after 6:00. in the mid to upper 40s through most of san francisco.

42 in potrero hill the cool spot. 48 degrees right now in lake merced. downtown, 46. palo alto, santa clara, san leandro, walnut creek into the north bay. here's a look at the activity planner. scattered showers develop. out and about, going to be pretty good until the latter parts of the afternoon and evening hours. maybe a little typical to get -- difficult to get into the sierras. upper 50s to 60s for us. i saw a lot of green on your traffic map, alexis. that's usually good. >> it definitely is. we finally are starting to get a few incidents rolling in. but overall, still friday light this morning. taking you to san francisco, we have a three-car crash reported on the westbound 80 off ramp to fremont as you probably know if you take that, that's a pretty sharp curve and it's in the middle of that ramp. no backup on to the bay bridge

but if you want to avoid that, stick to the left-hand side of the bridge and take harrison instead. hearing about a new crash at 880 and 92 in the east bay. we'll check on that next. toys "r" us hopes to start liquidation sales at stores today. >> it was supposed to happen yesterday. the founder, 94-year-old charles lazarus died. he started toys "r" us 70 years ago and is considered a pioneer in big box stores. they declared bankruptcy and will sell or close the remaining 735 stores a meeting to remove a controversial mascot got heated last night. why community members are so upset. >> as we head to break, another look at the live puppy cam. we're hoping to find all of we're hoping to find all of these before people invite something new into their homes, we're hoping to find all of these they want to know who you are. we're almond breeze. and we only use california-grown blue diamond almonds in our almondmilk.

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it's 6:14. we're learning more about the couple falsely cuesed of a kidnapping hoax in vallejo. earlier this week, denise huskins talked about what happened after she was taken from her boyfriend's bed three years ago. now we're hearing the boyfriend's side of the story. aaron quinn says he had been getting pre-recorded messages months before the kidnapping telling him to pay $17,000 or

else. he says the kidnapper threatened to kill denise if he called 9-1-1. he went to vallejo police for help anyway. >> when the police came, they kept on accusing me of were you partying? i gave them permission to search through my house and access my e-mails. the kidnappers were e-mailing. they interrogated me for 18 hours, called me a murderer. telling me, if you continue telling us this crazy story, we're going to paint you as a cold, calculated monster. >> matthew muller was arrested three month later for huskins' kidnapping. he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. the couple says the police never apologized. this is their first tv interview. you can hear more on 2020 tonight. the school board made a controversial decision to change the mascot and logo at two schools. tempers flared but emotions strong at the napa valley

unified school district board meeting. at issue, changing the napa mascot. it's been the indians for more than a century. >> we have always held this indian symbol with high regard and everything. >> it is a mockery of my people to be used as a math mascot, symbol or any form of entertainment. >> a new mascot must be identified by february. the board also voted to change the visual logo of the redwood middle school warriors. it will keep the school's nickna nickname. we have new details about a retrofit of a transbay tube. it impacted a lot of early morning commuters. trains would start running at 5:00 a.m. instead of 4:00. leaving potential little thousands stranded. a proposal would have b.a.r.t. pay for ac transit buses to drive people between 4:00 and 5:00. the gate reports that it would actually be 13 minutes faste our

for you. the work is supposed to start no later than february and wrap up by 2022. look at what is going on. i'm trying to figure out how a bus is faster than a train. that doesn't make sense to me. >> i don't know either, reggie. the b.a.r.t. trains go pretty fast. i don't know either. yeah, i guess i share your skepticism. but hey, if it's going to be faster, that will be great. we have a couple of issues here on the roadways. what has been a really quiet commute this morning. southbound 880 just past 92. a collision in the center lane. they're working to clear that. a little stop and go through the state route 92 interchange and the car keen as bridge, got reports of a crash around the toll plaza. that is the lighter side of traffic. on the eastbound side. no delays eastbound or westbound through the vallejo area. tahoe's traveling conditions in a moment. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco.

>> alexis, thank you very much. never less than 7 minutes from my accuweather forecast. san rafael, about 40 degrees. scattered showers and cool today. still be chilly tomorrow morning and we'll have showers. spring warmth comes back next week. >> here's a look at live doppler 7 on mt. saint helena. it's picking pup sprinkles in sonoma county. if you have sprinkles, let us know. at 9:00 this morning, that's still the best chance. up until noon, may be a random shower south of there. still looking at the north bay. as we head into the 4:00 hour, all the way up through the evening and early overnight hours, that's when we have the best chance of showers. maybe even a brief downpour from time to time during the overnight hours. wake up tomorrow morning, looks pretty clear out there. at least as far as the wet weather goes. during the afternoon and evening hours, showers develop in the north bay and slide southward.

notice the coverage not as much. that coverage continues to taper as we head through sunday. look at that. do you have plans to be outside? i wouldn't change them whatsoever. these are scattered showers. that will bring the snow level down here at home to about 3,000 feet. up in the sierra, 3500 starting at 6:00 today through 9:00 sunday. we're going to have powder this time. not heavy wet snow. it's going to pile up to about 2 1/2 feet. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. our storms are 1 and they progressively get lighter. back to average by tuesday. look at the low to mid-70s by thursday. let talk about winter and how much fun in the sierra. here's alexis. >> it's the toyota tahoe report, mike. conditions going to deteriorate a bit as we get further into today. right now, it's looking pretty good time to travel. we have chains required for 89 and 88. no chain requirements currently for interstate 80 or u.s. 50. squaw, alpine, a 60 to 142 inch

base. north star, 28 to 115. the drive times hopefully not too terrible especially at this early hour. 3 1/2 to four hours with not many folks on the road at this point. sugar bowl, 3 hours 46 minutes. all right. let get to natasha's events. she's upstairs with the details on national puppy day. >> i'm in my happy place right now. i'm holding buck wheat. i'm joined by carla with the friends of the alameda animal shelt shelter. who are you holding? >> a.j. >> he's very cute. >> you have something special going onment it's not just about going home with one puppy. it's a two-fehr. >> exactly. in addition to the adorable guys we have here today, we have a special going on for shelter animals who are best friends or siblings who have come attached to each other. we want to make sure they get to stay together. we're offering a twofer.

if you adopt one, you get the second one free so you can keep them together. >> it's great. spanky was throwing a little bit of a fit earlier. he's very excited this morning. what can you tell us about buck wheat here. >> spanky and buck wheat and a.j. are siblings. their parents are about twice their size. you can expect them to be twice as big as they grow up. they're four months old and energetic and sweet little dogs that anyone would love having in their home, i think. >> do we know what mix they are? >> definitely there's chihuahua in there. we were thinking maybe the rest might be beagle or maybe a little bit of lab. we're not really sure. >> just 100% cute. absolutely adorable. i mean, spanky has a lot of energy, buck wheat here is very mellow. there's something for everyone. the goal today to get every single one of these puppies adopted. i'm very, very happy and very

mellowed out i have to tell you. >> i have to warn you, though. when you adopt a mellow dog that i thought i was adopting, they can change your personality. >> thank you. thanks to everyone sending in photos of their dogs this morning. if you haven't already, share your dog photos using the #puppies on 7 so we can share them on air and on abc7news.com. san francisco is taking steps to keep you safe while self-driving cars are being test fd in the city. the new effort to prevent wildfires. pg&e's plan to improve safety across the entire system. here's rob marciano with a look at what's ahead on "good morning america" at 7:00. good morning. coming up on gma breaking overnight. a deadly five-alarm fire on a movie set in harlem. the movie titled "motherless brooklyn" set to star bruce willis, alec baldwin and ed norton. firefighters still on the scene as they search for answers. it's all coming up on gma.

never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's a look at the projected rainfall. less than a tenth of an inch in the south bay to a quarter to a third for the rest of us. thanks, mike. incredible video out of southern cal al where a car was swept away from floodwaters. a stranger uses a rock to break

a window and help rescue the victim. thank goodness. san francisco, this is what happened in arizona -- doesn't want what happened there to happen here. they're on the same page yesterday's meeting. this shows an uber as it struck and killed a woman in arizona. the human safety driver appeared to be looking down at the time instead of at the road. dukes is testing with two people in the car. uber has temporarily suspended its tests from the city. police officers will be trained to deal with collisions involved self-driving cars. next at 6:30, a concerning increase in crashes on a vital south bay roadway. what officials say is is to blame. protesters flood the streets of sacramento after a deadly officer-involved shooting. a gunman holed up in a supermarket in southern france. still ongoing. i will have the latest on the international story next. at 6:27. we want to give you another look

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now at 6:30, a lot of tension on wall street. the opening bell rings now. >> the dow diving more than 700 points yesterday over fears of a trade war with china. will the same happen today? we're going to check the markets as trading gets under way. >> good morning on this friday, march 23rd. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> let's skbrum injump into it. it's scattered in nature. it's mainly in the north bay until you get into the afternoon and evening hours. the rest of us get a chance. breezy this afternoon and evening also. here's a look at the radar returns. it couldn't get much lighter than what we're seeing across the north bay. all the reporting stations, things pretty dry. >> the sunglasses handy today. we're in the mid-30s to 40s. low to mid-50s with a best chance of rain this evening and

overnight. here's alexis. good morning, mike. after a really quiet start this morning, we're starting to have a few more issues roll in. overall, a friday light commute. taking you into 880, the southbound side, state route 92, we have a multicar crash that's blocking the center lane. they're working to get that cleared. in the meantime, a backup forming. the bay bridge commute was another trouble spot. westbound 80 off ramp to free mo mont. they were able to clear the last vehicle. that is totally back open. no delays heading into san francisco. we have one new issue in the tri-valley. we'll check on that next. right now i want to update you on the hostage situation and what's being called a terrorist act in southern france. we know at least two people are dead, at least a dozen wounded. happening now in the small town of trebes. it's near toulouse if you're familiar with the country.

we do not know the conditions of the hostages yet. the mayor of the town told abc news the assailant was inside the billing with at least one armed police officer. the other were apparently allowed to exit. the hostages have been freed. counterterrorism officials are there right now. the suspect still inside the supermarket. again, the details are scarce at this point. the gunman reported live pledged allegiance to isis before taking those hostages. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. happening today, the community will honor a marin county sheriff's deputy. >> depply ryan zirkle died in a car crash while on duty. amy hollyfield live for us in san rafael. >> amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. he has served the community. he is also from the community. all who knew him say this is a huge loss. ryan zirkle had been about the sheriff's department about 2 1/2 years. co-workers say he was passionate about helping his community. zirkle was responding to a 911

call when he lost control of his car on highway 1 and hit a tree. it had rained earlier. so the curvy road was wet at the time. zirkle graduated from san marin high school in novato. administrators there fondly remember him. >> i would see him and talk to him and ask him how he was doing in his pursuit of law enforcement. i just thought that was perfect for him. he was just so happy with what he was doing. >> here is a look at the solemn procession we saw along highway 101 as his body was transferred to the funeral home. the funeral is at the marin veterans memorial at 11:00 this morning. zirkle is survived by his parents, two brothers and his fiance. he was 24 years old. reporting live in san rafael, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news much. thank you, amy. new this morning, a rude awakening for a pleasant hill family this morning. a giant tree fell from their yard on to their cars. you can see part of tree hit at least two cars and it's blocking

the street. the family says they heard a loud crash around midnight. >> it was dead quiet when it happened. no wind, no rain, nothing. i assume it was because of the accumulation of the rain we had weakened what roots it had. down it came. >> no one was hurt. the pg&e lines are okay. but the family will need to buy a new car. public works will remove the tree. now to the outrage that's continuing to grow in sacramento after the shooting of an unarmed man. >> they prevented thousands of fans to get into the hawks/kings games. >> officials locked the entrances and stopped admitting fans after protesters surrounded the arena. there was this body camera footage released of stephan clark in his grandmother's backyard. clark's girlfriend is struggling to find answers to help their two children cope with their father's death. >> wake up every morning to my kids asking me where is daddy?

let's go get daddy. i just tell them, daddy is always going to be with us. >> police confronted clark after getting a call about a man breaking into cars. officers believe clark posed a threat and then they fired 20 shots. they thought that he had a firearm. it turns out he was carrying a phone. now a live desk update. overnight, a huge and deadly fire that's making national headlines. it was on the set of a movie starring edward norton. a 37-year-old firefighter was killed and look at the video we have. also in the video. huge flames there in harlem in new york city. actor edward norton and others were inside when this began. they released i i a statement giving condolences to the family of that firefighter and saying quote, in part, we watched firsthand with astonishment as they charged into the smoke to make sure that all were out safely. the firefighter identified as

37-year-old michael davidson and he was a veteran of that force for 15 years. back to you. jessica, thank you. in the south bay, crashes on highway 17 are starting to return to precarious levels. our media partner, the mercury news reports 800 crashes were reported on the windy four-lane road from scotts valley to los gatos. accidents dropped to less than 500 a year between 2003 and 2014. after a $250 million campaign to make highway 17 safer. officials attribute the recent rise to aggressive driving and wet weather. pg&e is unveiling a plan to reduce the wildfire threat. the utility giant wants to add to the network of weather stations across california to monitor conditions and risks in real-time. pre veng, they say, is key. that's why during the fire season they'll be in contact 24/7 with cal fire. they also plan to hire out of state firefighters and have them on stand-by.

pg&e will require keeping trees and limbs farther away from power lines. wood poles will eventually be a thing of the past as they're replaced by other materials. hundreds of thousands of people are descending on washington, d.c. for a march to demand new gun control laws. tomorrow's march for life was inspired by the deadly shooting at stoneman douglas high school in florida. a gunman killed 17 people in a shooting rampage last mornt. marches are across the country including san jose, san francisco and others. lyft is providing free rides to 50 of the events in san jose and oakland and san francisco. they're providing $1.5 million worth of free rides. you can check the list of all the local events on abc7news.com. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's that cold air i talked about yesterday. we're up to 22 degrees cooler. let's start down in the south bay where it got a lot of upper

30s to low 40s. 43 in milpitas. that's the warm spot. let's take a look at the other neighborhoods. 44 in alameda. san francisco 46. bodega bay 44. look at all the mid to upper 30s in danville and livermore and napa, novato and >> it's dry. the roads will be dry, i think, throughout the day. we have a chance of some scattered showers. but they're just scattered. chilly this morning to cool this afternoon. then bright and breezy on the ferry. let's take care of our kids today on this friday. temperatures chilly this morning. a random chance of showers. get outside and burn off energy in the afternoon. we'll have 60s across the south bay and then tonight going to be a lot like this morning. partly cloudy with mid to upper 30s in our valleys. low to mid-40s elsewhere. now, we've been on the air a little more than two hours and we had great travel conditions.

but you're saying things are changing a little bit. >> starting to ramp up a little bit. we knew we couldn't make it the entire 2 1/2 hours and be incident-free, right? what we do have is not too major and just in a couple of spots. we mostly have green on the traffic maps. a new issue in the tri-valley. westbound 580 before isabel avenue. a multicar crash that's blocking the left lane. a bit of a backup approaching if you are coming in across altamont pass. you're definitely going to get that slowdown. southbound 880 past state route 92. trouble clearing this one. this was a three-car crash in the left center lane. that lane is blocked as well. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:23. we had a collision. that has cleared. this is looking typical for a friday. we'll look at drive times coming up next. thanks, alexis. this morning, a dam through yosemite national park is holding steady as it teetered on the brink of busting.

it flooded a california fish and wildlife hatchery. teu ol mi county. water authorities advised the dam would likely fail after rain saturated the area. the san francisco public utility commission is monitoring the situation. it says the spill way is damaged. of course, everything will now be inspected. former playboy playmate who says she had an affair with president trump is pushing back against claims that she's lying. at 6:40, here is what the big board looks like. not seeing the dropoff of yesterday. up about 52 points. plus a big change to your instagram feed that many of us have been asking for. and a live look at puppy cam. there you can see a human has invaded the puppy space, getting cuddles this

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all right. take a look at what's going on with the snow pack. since we started march, we've doubled it.

up to 52% of our average. nothing up there today. it's all going to be around lake county and northward. down in so cal, we'll have mid to upper 60s. we have a winter storm warning starting at 6:00 through 9:00 sunday morning. light, fluffy snow. up to 2 1/2 feet possible. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. the moderate snow tomorrow. a few showers monday and a touch of spring by thursday. heads up if your evening commute takes you by the stadium in santa clara. there's an international soccer match that will draw a huge crowd. matt keller is live with a potential traffic nightmare. good morning matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. i checked ticketmaster and ticket are available for $45 each for the game at levi's stadium. there's also something taking place out in the parking lot. it starts at 2:30 this afternoon. there's going to be music, games and other activities all for

free. 50,000 fans are expected here tonight to watch the mexico national team versus iceland soccer match. this is a sock hotbed with the gold cup final being played here. big names attract big crowds and a lot of traffic. santa clara police say expect usual delays here. you normally see on game and concert nights. that includes highway 101, 237, 880, lawrence expressway. great america parkway and san tomas expressway of the we have the details on parking, traffic, everything on abc7news.com. reporting live in santa clara, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. the former playboy says she had a ten-month affair with president trump before he was in the white house is pushing back that there's no truth to her allegations. she sboek her relationship -- spoke about her relationship with the president. >> someone is lying.

i can tell you it's not me. it's hurtful, but i have to understand if he were to have said he didn't do it, i guess i understand. he's trying to protect his family, his image. things like that. >> her interview is two days after she filed a lawsuit in a california court seeking to invalidate a contract she signed with the parent company of the national enquirer. ami purchased the rights to her story in 2016 for $150,000. but never published a story about her alleged affair with the president. i'm jumping in with an update on the spending bill we've been mentioning. president trump threatening to veto the bill that would avert another government shutdown in the past hour saying this. based on the fact that the 800,000 plus daca recipients have been abandoned by the democrats not even mentioned in the bill and the border wall which is needed for the national

defense is not fully funded. that's the reason he's considering a veto. the government funding set to expire tonight if the president doesn't sign this bill. by the way, it budgets $2 billion a year for ten years to fight wildfires and natasha, last year, it cost california close to $2 billion to fight wildfires. >> thank you so much, jessica. now to the morning money report. your retirement report could take another hit. fears of a trade war with china. we're monitoring the stock exchange. trading under way. 23,971. a lot of eyes on wall street today because of that order that president trump signed yesterday imposing $50 billion in tariffs on goods from china. we'll keep monitoring this. amazon is moving forward with plans to deliver packages with drones. according to the "washington post," they've got a new

patent -- it would interpret your gestures and respond accordingly by dropping a package, asking a question or changing flight path. it's going to develop a fleet of drones to deliver packages. no word on when the drones could be over your home. changes coming to your instagram feed. an update is going to prioritize newer posts. it's a change that users have been asking for since instagram changed from chronological feed to a feed based on what it thinks you want to see. they have not revealed other changes. want to check in with reggie. he's upstairs with details on national puppy day. hey, reggie. >> hey, natasha. this is my new little friend from humane society silicon valley. he has a blue eye. i might call him dodger after the artful dodger in oliver. musical theater reference much can't help it. this is kelly. my friend from the humane

society. >> this is lucky. >> he is. >> yes. very lucky. lucky 13 actually. 13 puppies here. all from the same litter. >> are they adoptable now? >> they are not adoptable. they're a little bit over four weeks old now. they will be available at eight weeks. >> very good. i know we should mention, because i know there's a lot of cat fans. we haven't forgotten you. you have a lot of kitties as well. >> national puppy day is awesome. don't forget the kitten. it is kitten season coming up. we're always looking for foster for puppies andefiniteln kitten season, fosers for kittens. >> a shout out to my senior dogs out there. we have senior dogs. >> i have a 15-year-old at home. i have a warm heart for senior dogs. >> i have a 12-year-old who is not acting like a puppy.

now we're at the same speed. i'm kind of enjoying that. i do love my artful dodger here. back to you guys. >> i love artful dodger. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist and dog lover, mike nicco. >> absolutely. good morning. natasha, hi everybody. look at the beautiful colors this morning of the early morning day. that's going to feature a chance of showers today and another chance tomorrow. a lesser chance on sunday. our best chance of thunderstorms today and tomorrow. that's really around mendocino county to a lesser extent than the rest of us. we have a lot of sunshine next week. the cold core low that will drop the snow level down to 3,000 feet by sunday. for today, our best chance of snow is going to be up in lake county. this winter storm warning is going through 6:00 sunday morning. 48 inches above 2500 feet. up to 14 inches in localized spots. let's see how it plays out. best chance of showers in the north bay through the 9:00 hour.

you see snow possible. if it bumps into the higher elevations. random showers at noon. most of us won't need an umbrella. probably need the sunglasses. they're out there and random. they'll continue through 4:00. notice by 9:00, a steadier line starts to move through the heart of the bay with a brief downpour or two. another line during the overnight hours when most of us are sleeping. we wake up tomorrow morning a lot like this morning. we see more showers during the afternoon and evening hours. roll from north to south across the neighborhoods. another push late saturday night into sunday morning. they're gone by 8:00. look how dry sunday is turning out to be. a tenth of an inch of rain. a quarter to a third around the bay and quarter to half inch around the bay. each and every storm is a 1 on the storm impact scale. back to average on tuesday. low to mid-60s. low to mid-70s by thursday. hope you enjoy the weekend. here's a lelectric lexis.

i have a couple new issues to talk about in the north bay. southbound 101 past the 580 split a mile south of there. we're creating a -- a vehicle cut across lanes of traffic. we have injuries. they are sending an ambulance and chp is on the way to the scene as well. new problems southbound 101 near trimble. waiting for sensors to catch up. we have a backup forming. dee pre and hazard on the northbound side of 101 in the same area. traffic a little stop and go through that stretch. here's the live look outside 101 and 880. maybe that little delay for the folks heading toward us and heading towards those incidents. a quick check of drive times here. westbound 580, tracy to dublin. you are in the yellow at 39 minutes. a crash near isabel. i'll talk about that next. antioch to concorde 19. san rafael to san francisco, in the yellow at 20 minutes. 6:52 now. law enforcement says this happens every day. laptop thefts at coffee shops

and cafes. a woman refused to be a victim. a woman standing near the counter next to her swiped her laptop and ran. she sprang into action and chased after the thief. misty saw what happened and followed along to help. >> super human strength. i never ran that fast before. >> i had her back. >> they struggled to get the laptop back. although taking the law into your own hands is not recommended, the alameda sheriff's office says it is impressed. the golden gate bridge eliminated human toll collectors. now they're revealing proposals force a new toll plaza. both of these would be built south of the current toll plaza past the iconic tollbooths that drivers have been cruising through for decades now. the design would hole toll taking equipment that meets california standards. it would improve traffic flow

for those coming into sf. they will consider the new designs today. abc 7 news was in the presidio at the lucas film trivia night raising funds for charity. this benefited tipping point community and the mental health association of sf. participants are all disney employees. the founder started this 25 years ago with a penny drive and it morphed into this. the event raised over $100,000 last night. look who won. that's the abc 7 news team including drew tuma holding the championship trophy. they're dressed as the storm impact scale if you can't tell. >> i wonder if we've ever won. congrats to them. looking live live at the puppy cam. we're keeping you up to date on weather and traffic and puppies during the break.

hi. it's 6:57. if you're just joining us or headed out the door, here are the search things to know. breaking news. tracking a deadly hostage situation at a supermarket in france. at least two people are dead.

a dozen injured. the gunman pledged allegiance to isis before taking the hostages. a giant tree fell on top of two cars in a pleasant hill home overnight. no one was injured. the family who lives there says the rain may have weekened the roots of the tree. a -- it will be at 11:00 a.m. at the marin center veterans memorial auditorium. the 24-year-old was responding to a 911 call when he died in the crash. number 4, thousands of fans blocked from going into the arena at the hawks/kings game. they formed a chain to protest the fatal police shooting of an unarmed african american man. number 5, an unsettled pattern. you can see behind the graphic, starting off with a lot of sunshine. sprinkles up north, random showers at noon. expect the best chance of showers this evening and overnight. number 6, overall, it's been a friday light commute. we have a couple of trouble spots, including this crash in

livermore. westbound 580 before isabel avenue. a semi and pickup truck involved, along with injuries. sounds like the two right lanes are open. it should thin out pretty quickly. number 7, national puppy day. a couple of the puppies have been escape artists. they're able to jump out easily. we've seen puppy piles all morning long. we're hoping that some of you will be able to reach out. i love that dog. >> oh, my goodness. >> perhaps consider fostering or adopting these pets who need good homes in the bay area. we'll be continuing to stream this live for you on our website and our news app. we'll do it all morning long. you don't have to leave the puppies if you don't want to. >> one of the puppy is named spanky, they were in there 30 seconds before they figured out how to break out of those cages. they are super sweet >> going to be a great workday. >> puppies after my own heart. they were trying to break the rules. >> leaving you with a look at the dozing and swe