coming up on this 5:00 a.m. on thursday, april 5th. thanks for waking up with us. >> sue hall is here for alexis who has taken a couple of days off. mike nicco is here. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> light rain today, thankfully. tomorrow morning this time, the rain will be moderate to heavy. enjoy the weather while we have it. it ranks a 1, spreading south by midnight. tenth of an inch or less in most areas. here's a look at live doppler 7. there's no green showing up right now. looks pretty clean, the air. notice that, cloudy, cloudy, cloudy and then light rain in the north bay at 7:00. temperatures milder this morning. upper 40s to low 50s. in the upper 50s to low 60s at noon. upper 50s to mid-60s at 4:00. still mild during the evening hours. mid-50s to low 60s. let's turn it over to sue. see what's hot this morning. right now, it's pretty quiet

on the golden gate bridge. we have four lanes coop veenven your morning commute. no fog over the waldo grade. we had roadwork. that's been picked up as of now. we'll check the bay bridge toll plaza where the cash paying folks are bogged down. otherwise, in metering lights. minor delays at the tolls. sue, thank you. heads up and hands off your phone. happening today, a statewide crackdown on distracted driving. the oakland police department is putting an emphasis on enforcing cell phone and distracted driving laws. alyssa harrington live at the bay bridge toll plaza. alyssa? >> reporter: good morning. april is distracted driving awareness month. we all know what the rules are. over and over again we see people on nair phontheir phones roads. we're keeping an eye on drivers to see if we find anybody using their phones.

i've seen a couple glows with people checking a text message or e-mail. officers will be cracking down and you will get a ticket. california office of traffic safety launched a new campaign this month. it's called just drive. the goal is to educate drivers about the dangers of distracted driving. people can expect to incase in enforcement. the police is one of the agencies cracking down. officers will be looking for people talking, texting or using apps while driving. the penalty for a first-ti $16m. the hands-free law has been in effect in california for ten years. since then, the ots has done several studies and did find a decrease in people talking and texting on phones. there are still tens of thousands of distracted driving collisions every year. police say if you really need to use your phone, pull over. this is just one of two designated days this month for this crackdown. the next one will be next

friday. april 13th. reporting live at the bay bridge toll plaza, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. alyssa, thank you. now to the latest on the shooting at the youtube campus in san bruno. the. >> the employees are recovering. two women, a 32-year-old and 27-year-old were released and sent home. a 36-year-old man has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. it is still unclear what the extent of his injuries are from the gunshot wounds. >> youtube is encouraging employees to take time off and work from phone. they want to make sure wellness services are available. >> it will tighten security as a result of the shooting at the offices worldwide. >> silicon valley are looking at whether the buildings are vulnerable. many tech companies are known for having sprawling campuses. they're wide open. outdoor areas. meant to be relaxing for employees. security experts say tech companies need to rethink this approach to security. the santa clara county sheriff's

office encouraged deputies to spend more time patrolling campuses to be visible. >> always look at how to do things better. we'll be looking at what happened in san bruno and seeing what we can do to make sure that we tighten up some potential gaps that we may have. >> the sheriff's office says it routinely meets with local companies to conduct walk-throughs to identify potential access and escape routes. >> you can get the latest information by following us on twitter and facebook. download the push alerts. androd devic devices. how i.c.e. agents were allowed into jails to interview inmates. they're still trying to access county jails. >> protesters circled the santa clara sheriff's office demanding answers. >> for the sheriff to say that

mistakenly they. in ato towheed jail doesn't cutr us. >> on two occasions in early march, i.c.e. agents were let into county jails to interview inmates. it was a violation of the sanctuary policies. sheriff smith blamed human error. we're now learning i.c.e. agents continued to try to get into the jails. >> since march 26th, they have come every day to both facilities to try to gain access and they've been denied. >> it was of little consolation to protesters. >> doing what you're supposed to do most of the time is not good enough when the times that you don't do what you're supposed to do you completely break trust with our community. >> in a letter to the community, sheriff smith revealed changes made at the jails, including a rigorous check-in policy for law enforcement officers. >> instead of signing in and showing a badge, we have a dialog of why they are entering our facilities. >> community groups are asking for a meeting with the sheriff, and she's ready to meet any time. in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. it's 5:05. a man w

uc berkeley employee with ammonia is on the loose. it happened at wheeler hall at 1:35 in the morning. the woman entered a restroom and found the man inside. she told him to leave because the building was closed. that's when he followed her as she left. >> she had entered a restroom and asked the individual to leave. he didn't. so he assaulted her with a caustic chemical. >> the victim suffered burns from the ammonia and was taken to a local emergency room. cal police sent out a campuswide alert to warn students and staff about the attack. police aren't saying how he got in or why he attacked. happening today, cal train officials will hold a meeting to discuss a budget shortfall. forecasting a $25.4 million budget gap. be here's the proposal they're considering. san francisco bo need to pay an additional $7 million. san mateo, $7.6 million and vta

$10.7 million. happening today, a rally against a proposed ban on tobacco products in san francisco. people representing dozens of community groups and businesses will be picketing outside of city hall at 11:00 a.m. they want voters to say no to proposition e, banning the sale of cigarettes, tobacco and baking products. it would force many small businesses to close and create an underground market for tobacco. voters will decide on prop e in june. cloud cover, kept temperatures about 1 to 2 degrees, maybe even 3 milder than what we felt yesterday at this time. that means mid-40s around rohnert park. 44. you're kind of the exception. everybody else upper 40s low 50s. we've got low to mid-50s pretty much everywhere else. daly city at 49. kuhner continue owe at 48. -- cupertino at 48. let's look at the embarcadero,

which is dry. all of your activities can get in dry before the sunsets. once the sunsets, you'll need an umbrella if you're out and about. clean the dee brees in your gutters and the drains around your house so all this water has somewhere to go, instead of pooling and standing and causing issues there. >> gray all day from 8:00 at 52 degrees. 62 at noon. mid-60s from 1:00 through about 7:00. 58 if you're heading out at 8:00. still dry but not for long after 8:00. on the peninsula, 52. 61 at noon. hang out in the mid 60s from about 1:00 to 6:00 and 61 at 8:00. notice you're dry all of those 12 hours. but that will all change tonight when the moderate to heavy rain rolls in. the mild temperatures from 50 to 56 degrees. we'll take an hour o by hour look at how much rain is coming to your neighborhood up next. let's get sue in here and find out about that dry commute. >> pretty light for the

richmond-san rafael bridge towards the toll plaza and towards san rafael. about an 8-minute drive. not bad at all. no delays. the cash-paying lanes are looking good as well with the fastrakers. this is 280 by the 880 over crossing. the headlights are headed in the northbound direction towards cupertino. it's a good drive from the san jose valley to the northbound direction. some slowing through tracy and getting over the altamont pass. it's fairly typical. we had an earlier accident that slowed things up a bit. that's been cleared. very slow through oakland due to late roadwork being picked up and so give yourself plenty of time southbound on 880. now a live desk update. new at this year, it looks like u.s. diplomats are leaving russia. look at this. russia state news agency says that these buses you see here were carrying the expelled diplomats and that it left the u.s. embassy in moscow early

this morning. the russian news agency citing eyewitnesses. we have this video. you can see the convoy there leaving the embassy. although it's unclear from the video if diplomats were on board those. regardless, we know that russia has asked diplomats to leave and it's also closing the st. petersburg consulate. it appears it's happening this morning. all of this is after the u.s. announced last week it was expelling 60 russian staffers and their families in response to that recent poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in britain. >> yes, sir k-- jessica, thank . there's no timetable as to when the troops will come home. >> sarah sanders said the trump administration is consulting with allies about future plans. they discussed syria in a meeting with his team this week. he said he wants to bring the troops home to rebuild the u.s. a potentially dangerous

situation avoided. there is high praise for a football star who found and reported a threat to police. a protest over inequality in the uc system. the uc system. why organizers say it was

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that rain doesn't stay light for very long. it starts in the evening hours. 80% of us get wet before midnight. then the rain becomes moderate to heavy for tomorrow through saturday morning. we get a break sunday and monday. then more rain. lighter. shows up tuesday and wednesday. more coming up in my accuweather seven-day forecast. in the gma first look, a football star being called a hero. >> julian edelman credited with stopping a potential school shooting. here's gio benitez. >> in this morning's gma first look. julian edelman making a huge save off the field. after an instagram follower alerted him to a scary threat on his account. just minutes after the patriots wide receiver posted in photo on instagram. one of edelman's followers sent him this alarming direct message.

dude, there's a kid in your comment section says he's going to shoot up a school, i think you should alert the authority. that's when edelman called his assistant back in boston. she found this frightening comment. i'm going to shoot my school up, watch the news. police investigating and found that the user who posted that message lives in michigan. >> members of the police department started following up on the information. >> coming up at 7:00 a.m., what the police found at the suspect's home. with your gma first look, i'm gio benitez, abc news new york. today the prosecution and defense in the bill cosby sexual assault trial will work to select six alternate jurors a day after there were fireworks in the courtroom. cosby's lawyers allege a member of the prosecution team made a disparaging remark. they say that happened after prosecutors rejected one of the few black women considered for the case. there's a big racial disparity in the jury pool. just a little more than 4% of prospective jurors arebl than hn

the county. thousands of eggs and damag facing more scrutiny. patients at the center say the company has yet to take responsibility or adequately inform patients on how or why their nitrogen tank malfuncti malfunction malfunctioned. >> the grief and a lot of the anger that they feel is just being worsenedfaea r that they clear answers. >> a malfunction occurred at a fertility clinic in cleveland, ohio, the very same day. the attorneys say that that clinic has been more forthcoming by explaining it was human error. happening today, five disabled homeless people will try to -- a federal judge in san francisco is hearing their case today. the encampment they're living in is in the roseland area behind a dollar tree store. the sonoma county development commission had given the residents until this past

tuesday to leave. on monday, the judge ordered that the evictions not be carried out before today's hearing. >> police in southern california arrested 15 people who took part in a sit-down within the university of california system. demonstrators sat down in a circle on wilshire boulevard in west wood near ucla. the rally was set up after a recent study showed racial and gender gaps within the uc system. union reps say it showed a large gap between the highest paid and lowest paid workers as well as a decline in african american employment. the protest in los angeles was scheduled on the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. he was killed at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. thousands of people gathered there yesterday and held a moment of silence as a bell rang 39 times. once for each year of his life. 39. switch gears now and talk about weather. you're never more than seven

minutes away from your accuweather forecast. you are going to have to get ready for rain over the next few days. >> the key is get ready for it. when it comes in, it's going to be too late to try to stop it ordeal with it. let's talk about what's going on as far as the wet weather. it's all to our north right now from about, say, medford to vancouver. we're looking at walnut creek. south on 680 this morning. gray, yeah it's going to be a cloudy day. pretty mild. evening rain develops. tonight the rain spreads and becomes moderate to heavy. i have a couple of dry days in my extended sunday and monday. that means there's five days of wet weather in april? pretty impressive. let's take a look at what's going on. we've got mid to upper 60s in the north bay and east bay valleys. mid to upper 60s in the bay itself and low to mid-60s along the coast and into san francisco. let's jump into what's going to happen tomorrow through saturday morning.

drenching rain. highest totals. up to 6 inches possible in the north bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. winds will gust to about 30 to 45 miles per hour. there is that potential for some wind damage and some power outages. we start the evening commute. everything is find except for north of cloverdale. notice by 4:00 in the morning, everything is wet. you need to maybe get up earlier tomorrow. you know the commute will be slower. there will be solo spinouts. that's going to gum up traffic. this is just in the five hours from 4:00 to 9:00. we go from barely a tenth to a quarter of an coming in. already up to an inch and a half to 2 inches in most areas by 7:00 friday evening. notice the rain shadow around mountain view, san jose and livermore. you'll eventually start to catch up. everybody else is going to out-pace you. when you get to that nearly inch of totals, everybody else around 2 to 3 inches of rain. here's a look at my accuweather

seven-day forecast. the storm is a 1 today, light. dry, sunday, monday with spring warmth and a light storm again tuesday into wednesday. aren't you glad it's dry right now? >> it's dry right now. traffic is light right now. we'll get you through it tomorrow. not a problem. let's go to the san mateo bridge and check in on the commute. the westbound direction, the headlights coming in the eastbound direction. high-rise towards foster city. still just about a 16-minute drive from 880 over towards 101. elsewhere, we'll take a look outside and see the emeryville camera with the 80 freeway past golden gate fields and into the macarthur phase. you're traveling at the limit here in a lot of company. once you're at the bay bridge toll plaza, we'll check in, in a couple of minutes and see about the metering lights. mass transit looking good if you want to get out and about today. it is walk to workday. you can take mass transit and then walk from there. ssime. mahat would count.

go lden gate and ace train number 1 left the central valley on time ands i thank you, sue. 200 check stations suspected of fraud. the bureau of automotive repair -- they were looking for high-tech devices that could be hooked to a car to change the results of smog checks. agents told abc 7 news they found at least ten stations sit you need to know as you start your day. when you see green, it's time to go. how the smart restrooms can make going in public easier. let me rephrase that. going to a public restroom. >> the oroville dam will be put to the test with the upcoming storm. we have an update on repairs to the spaylwil

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facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has agreed to a second congressional hearing next week. this time in the senate and he'll appear at the senate judiciary and commerce committee's next tuesday, april 10th. a day before testifying in front of house lawmakers. number 5, you should never drive and be distracted. but today especially will be a good day to put the phone down. authorities are cracking down on distracted drivers and enforcing all cell phone and distracted driving laws. that's right. always a good thing. number 6, we are cruising right along with the bay bridge. the metering lights have been turned on. things are beginning to back up a bit. ironical ironically, if you have cash, you're in better shape than the fastrak at this hour. we'll check back in a couple of minutes. >> number 7, ditch the car, train and bike, it's walk to workday in san francisco. thousands are expected to participate. also watch out for the extra pedestrians today. >> using public restrooms at airport terminals carries the

embarrassment of accidentally walking in on somebody. what am i saying? >> is that true. >> why would that be the case? anyway. >> table that. >> thanks to tush lights, that's a thing of the past. >> giving me the giggles today. tush lights are placed above bathroom stalls. they flash green when the bathroom is occupied and red when it isn't. tush lights are getting a thumbs u at lax. >> they should do it at all airports. >> green means go. >> so-called restrooms of the future are doing head cous restroom before alerting management that they need to be clean. >> is this a solution looking for a problem? >> to be fair, i don't think you frequent many women's restrooms. it's always a crazy situation at airports. it's like, is this open? is someone in there?

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the 5:00 to 6:00 hour across the north bay and spread south up to midnight. then the storm turns into a much ferocious storm tomorrow. so here's a look at the cloud cover. you can see some of the rain out there. it's well offshore and will stay that way. here's the 12-hour planner. get used to the clouds. temperatures in the upper 40s to mid-50s at 7:00. 57 to 62 at noon. 57 to 65 is the spread at 4:00. then that light rain at 5:00. all is dry out there. hopefully, we have a good commute. >> so far so good. it's walk tott er today than to. we're checking in on san rafael. southbound 101 and parkway. it's about a 20-minute drive with no delays here at the golden gate. we have a four-lane configu configuration for your southbound drive and two lanes if you're headed to northbound this morning. continuing slow through oakland,

this is roadwork. southbound 880. you can see that long stretch of red sensors there. if you plan to drive over to the east shore freeway and oakland airport, give yourself plenty of time. we are experiencing about 10 to 12-minute delays. >> sue, thank you. developing news in the youtube attack. we're expecting to get an update on the one remaining victim in the hospital. >> we're hearing how this shooting will forever change campuses around the world. matt keller live for us in san bruno. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. youtube will be tightening security around the building in san bruno and also at all of its buildings around the world. in fact, we've seen a lot of security guards outside the building on cherry avenue. youtube had a direct message for all of its employees. take time off or work from home. the company says they're offering wellness services to everyone. as for the suspected shooter,

nasim aghdam, authorities say she went to a gun range hours before the shooting. before that, she was questioned at a walmart parking lot where she was sleeping in her car. the police chief saotyshi, susp >> she expressed that she was having family issues, relocating. she did not wantbeo the san diego area. she was up here to find a job. >> reporter: three employees shot on tuesday are recovering. hospital officials say two women were released and sent home. another man was upgraded from critic critical. matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. the family of the woman who opened fire extended apologies from their home in riverside. they said they were aware she was upset with youtube. she was a poster of vegan and at her relationship soured after

losing followers and blamed it on the company changes its filters. >> i don't know how she was [ inaudible ] all the u.s. people, all the human, i'm sorry. i can't believe it. >> atf agents carrying a box be after the search warrant. they said they would keep an af sleeping in her car. they said they warned police she might do something. >> for continuing coverage of the shooting, follow us on facebook or go to abc7news.com. enable push alerts on the news app. we'll send you the latest breaking news as it happens. now to a question on the minds of a lot of californians this morning. >> will governor jerry brown comply with the president's proclamation to send the national guard to our border with m we know national

guardsmen will work against illegal immigration and drug smuggling. >> it will be as many as is needed to fill the gaps we have today is what i can tell you. we'll go through and make sure. >> texas and arizona have given the thumbs up. national guardsmen in those states could be on their way to the border right now. california, however, has yet to make a decision. >> they have to work with the governors of each border state. in this case, it would be governor brown. we do not have a great relationship with the president of the united states and immigration. >> the national guard has been sent to the border before. in 2006 under president bush and four years later under president obama. at our live desk, we have learned this morning, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg agreed to a second congressional hearing next week. this time in the senate. it's different than the one i reported yesterday. zuckerberg will appear heang of

judiciary and commerce committees next tuesday, april 10th. that's a day before testifying at the house energy and commerce committee. just yesterday facebook announced more users than originally thought had data exposed to cambridge analytica. 87 million users' data was swept up. that is higher than the 50 million earlier. demanding greaterprivy. the group calls them the raging granny's action league. they're organizing the rally and insist they shouldn't have to be geniuses to protect their data and rights to privacy. the rally set to begin at 12:30 p.m. crews in san francisco preparing for the big storm that mike has been telling us about. this morning, public works crews putting out temporary flood barriers at 17th and folsom streets. that's a notoriously low-lying area. the barriers are lined up in

front of businesses and homes hit by flooding in the past. the interlocking plastichose ra. in the area, most likely to see flooding is outside of our neighborhoods, save solano county. i wouldn't be surprised if the north bay is under a flash flood watch or a flood watch like the central valley. where they're going to get 1 to 3 inches in the valleys. 3 to 7 inches of rain in the high country. nl gupoing to runoff. it's going to melt the snow. that's going to create more runoff. about 4 million people affected by the potential flooding out there which does include lake county. that starts at 5:00 this evening through about 11:00 sunday morning. for us back here at home. pretty great. pretty mild. low 50s through the san ramon valley to livermore. be be 57 right now. tlow to mid-50s all the way f the north bay down to the south

bay. it's also pacifica that are the cool spots at 49. right now, san francisco, 52. oakland about 54. here's a look at the dry san mateo bridge. it will be dry this evening. also, the wetness is really going to hit after the sun sets. if you're commuting late today, whether by road, ferry or mass transit, you need the caution out there, because that's when it will be wet. let's look at the 12-hour planner p 53 this morning. 61 at noon. mid-60s from 1:00 to 6:00. mainly cloudy and 59 at 8:00 with a few sprinkles. san francisco about 54. look at that. 57 from noon all the way through 6:00. some drizzle possible at about 8:00. then the light rain starts to develop at 10:00 with about 55 degrees. in fact, the light rain you see is green is only in the south bay during the overnight hours. the rest of us will have moderate to heavy rain and temperatures in the lower to upper 50s.

you're joining us for the two most active days this week. we appreciate you being here. >> we'll take it. got the u need it tomorrow. today is walk to work day. >> did you walk to work? >> no. and i don't think a lot of people feasibly can. you can maybe take mass transit and walk from there. that still counts. they're having an official walk in san francisco at 8:30 with supervisors and dignitaries at russ and howard. they're celebrating a new traffic light. it will start there and go to city hall. there will be 11 different hubs around san francisco with coffee and goodies. so if you can at least partially walk to work, it's always a good idea. get offer the roads. for our drivers today, be careful if you're driving to work. more pedestrians may be out there. this is 680 through-wall nut creek, southbound through the 24 turn and looking good. bunching up and brake lights near highway 24. otherwise, you're moving nicely with an

concord to walnut creek. thank you, sue. the iteam has identified a tesla crash from september that experts say shows similarities to the fatal crash in mountain view. a driver who does not want to be identified told dan noyes he was using autopilot in his tesla near the 880 merge when the sun got in his eyes and the car slammed into the safety barrier. one of the pioneers of self-driving technology says drivers have to pay close attention to the road even when using driver assist. >> we have to recognize, we've got to crawl before we walk, we got to walk before we run. we're still at the crawling stage with this technology. >> the driver in the september crash walked away uninjured. his safety barrier was in working order. that wasn't the case for apple engineer walter wong's tesla. it hit a barrier that had been collapsed by an earlier crash. that killed him. a tesla spokesperson tells us that autopilot is intended for a fully attentive driver and

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if you're traveling around the state today, let's look at what's going on this morning. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. monterey, sacramento and chico. chico may get wet during afternoon and early evening hours. eureka will take the brunt -- kind of breezy also. mid to upper 60s in san diego and los angeles. palm springs, warm 93. 79 in fresno andyosemite. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast in tahoe. flooding is a real worry for tomorrow into saturday due to 3 to 7 inches of rain falling in the the mountain drops down to 5500 feet on saturday. sunshine and warmer weather for sunday and monday. >> thanks, mike. that significant storm may put the spillway at the oroville dam to the test. it may be need today release water ifillw t nheee dds more r

>> it partially collapsed from intense rains. nearly 200,000 nearby residents had to be evacuated as a precaution. the dam is just 36 feetpaty rig. state water officials hoping for the best. >> definitely trying to minimize use of the spillway. we're only halfway through construction for this year. we would like to wait until the construction is complete before using the spillway. >> we'll all be watching with baited breath. >> it's in working order after the first phase of the repair was finished. the plan isn't expected to be complete until after a second phase of construction this year. san francisco's municipal transportation agency is ignoring a call by the mayor's office and is going to add 277 new positions in the upcoming years. the positions are part of the $1.2 billion budget for 2019 and 2020 that was passed earlier

this week. last year, the mayor's office called for no new positions in city departments. p jected $521 million shortfall by 2020. muniff o explsiaanicded service requires staffing. the board of supervisors has to give final approval to the muni budget. quarter to 6:00 now. a massive operation to crackdown on suspected marijuana growing houses. authorities say they're operated by a chinese crime syndicate. 500 local and state agents descended on the property. they seized more than 61,000 marijuana plants. that's worth up to $100 million in pot on the street. happening today, it is the first thursday in april. ditch the car, train and bike. it is walk to workday. in san francisco, thousands are expect today participate in the 6th annual walk. it starts at 8:15 at howard and russ streets. in san jose, santa clara's first walk to workday begins at noon

at the civic center. everyone encouraged to get out there and get healthier and save money on your commute. >> plus, it's not going to rain until later, right? >> that is correct. it will be dry during north bay little wet. >> this time tomorrow is when the brunt of the storm hits us. a lot of standing water, sideways rain coming down. tomorrow morning will be a tough one. take friday off. why not? i mean, it is a level 2 storm. san jose, 80 at 17. pretty dry. you're going to have a dry morning and evening commute. ayy.dainng to be cloudy all s may be an area that sees more sunshine. it filters through the clouds. your temperatures are milder than everybody else's today. i'll show you that in a second. moderate to heavy rain friday and saturday. weaker storms for next week. five out of seven days in my seven-day forecast that have potential for wet weather. it's april. supposed to be the beginning of our dry season. not really.

mid to upper 60s in lakeport an. look how long this atmospheric river is. it's stretching west of hawaii right moisture in the atmosphere. weather service says it's 500% of average. drenching rains, highest totals in the north bay. winds gusting to 45 miles per hour. there may be damage. i'll show you that in the next weather. you can see by midnight, it's mainly up in the north bay. you can see the yellow and the orange. during the morning commute. it continues at noon. it may let up a little bit in areas at 5:00. then it gets heavier once again. especially up in the north bay. friday night and heading into the overnight hours into saturday morning, that's the last push of moderate to heavy rain. then by saturday evening, it is out of here. so let's take a look at my

accuweather seven-day forecast. so for today, a 1. for tomorrow and saturday a 2. enjoy a mostly sunny sunday. clouds increase and so do the temperatures monday before another light storm on tuesday and wednesday. let's turn it over to sue. what do you have? >> so far so good. pretty light this morning. folks in the north bay are on sprang break today. we're going to the south. 87 with the taillights headed in the northbound direction past the sap center. the headlights headed south on 87. you can see it's moving nicely at this particular stretch of the roadway. some slowing out of the central valley. fairly typical. a 45-minute drive from tracy to livermore. an accident westbound 580 for crow canyon road. i'm not seeing a lot of traffic yet. but farther west towards rt castro valley y, yes, you're slowing there. thank you, sue.

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i mean, it sounds scary. but all right. >> a smelly problem inside of elevators at b.a.r.t. stations in san francisco. new at 6:00, the simple way officials plan to crackdown to make your experience better. but first, 98 and still going strong. a san jose judo coach who has been training students for seven decades gets a special honor today. taking it slow. why you have to wait longer to look at the new grey wolves at the oakland zoo. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. track the storm any time on the abc 7 news app. abc 7 news app. download it now.

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the final game of this series under a cloudy sky at the coliseum. 12:35 first pitch. 61. up to 64 by 3:35. with the lack of sunshine, it's going to feel every bit as cool as the low to mid-60s. look at the winds that could be an issue with the storm coming up next. here's a little bit of inspiration happening today. san jose state university will honor a coach who taught judo there for more than 70 years. abc 7 news was at the school last night where 98-year-old oversaw practice. he started the judo program in 1946 and helped to build it into the top ones in the nation. he still has a lot of advice to offer. >> when you come here, you go with your hip like this. >> can you believe he's 98? he will be honored by sjsu with a 70-year service award. he wants to return to japan in 2020 for his second tokyo olympics. >> that would be pretty awesome. the two grey wolves calling the oak loond zoo home are

closer to their debut. zookeepers have kept them out of sight to the public so they can adapt to the new surroundings. they're apparently shy and skittish by nature. they will been conducting ackley mags sessions. they'll make a public debut in late june.climation sessions they'll make a public debut in late june. apparently they're shy and skittish. north baio owe the team announced fans affected by the wildfires will receive two complimentary tickets to the june 10th game against the royals. the game will include tributes to first responders and firefighters as well asinnoisra northndfu bay. eligible fans can visit the website to signp fo abc7news.co the. good morning. up.'s check your thursday

metering lights on at 5:22. you can see it's just solid. if you can carpool, those are the cars just whizzing right by at the limit. pretty much across the span. otherwise, you're looking atehi metering lights to get to the toll plaza. and a little sluggish on the upper deck. earlier roadwork in oakland. take a look at that. very slow traffic coming around the curve past oakland. it is dissipating, though. that's better news there. another hotspot. westbound 4 due to late roadwork being picked up there. a 30-minute drive time from antioch into concord at this hour. hi mike. what's happening. >> it's kind of quiet, sue. we keep talking about what's going to happen tonight and tomorrow, especially this time tomorrow. i'm concerned. my highest concern with hydroplaning and flooding on the burn scars. i've pushed that up a little bit as 3.5 to 4.5 inches possible across the north bay.

trees toppling, moderate and river flooding low. here's a look at the winds. we wake up tomorrow morning, not bad. by lunch, around 15 to 20 miles per hour. pushing 30 on the peninsula to 35 along coast. now, as we head throughout the day, they'll stay around 15 to 25. during the overnight hours, that's when they start to push 25 to 35 miles per hour everywhere. saturday morning, you may wake up with debris in your yard or front yard. maybe some of the patio furniture is overturned. by the time we get to saturday evening it starts to calm down. let's turn it over to natasha. >> thanks, mike. pluto is not the only famous dog at disney. >> it doesn't get cuter. >> no. >> this group of service dogs went on a field trip to disneyland and there are pictures and videos. they went viral. they're members of canine companions. they're being trained to enhance the lives of those with disabilities. he loves pluto. the handlers took them to

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light rain will break out during the evening hours up until midnight. then it will spread south. about a tenth of an inch or less. here's a look at live doppler 7. a few radar returns out there. that's not going to reach the ground. it's going to help moisten the atmosphere. here's a quick look at the 12-hour planner. mid-40s to mid 50s. gray and cool at noon. 56 with scattered sprinkles and the light rain begins at 7:00. 56 to 62. all is quiet right now. how about the the east shore freeway from the stretch between the 580 merge at golden gate fields and thech in the entire bay area. you can see really living up to its name this morning. no stalls or accidents there. we do have drive times for you. tracy into dublin. just over 45 minutes to antioch into concord. late roadw