we will get it to you as soon as we can. they sraopbt told us haven't to arrests. while you were sleeping, selling land to google. san jose city council unanimously approved that plan. >> it came amid a chaotic meeting. at one point protesters chained themselves to chairs. >> dozens filled the room. eight demonstrators were arrested. many are concerned about rising housing costs and gentrification. google wants to build a mixed use office and retail village. good morning to you. if you're just waking up, let's get a quick check of weather and

traffic where you live. hi, mike nicco. >> hi, jessica. live doppler 7, the best radar returns over over the richmond, san rafael and bay bridge. this storm is still pumping up plenty of moisture from south to north. expect the waves of showers from south to north throughout the morning and early afternoon hours. here's a look at some of the drops falling on the bay bridge toll plaza. it will be damp this morning. the wetter of our commutes today. 44 inland. low 50s elsewhere. low 50s noon to 4:00. showers become scattered to mainly random by 4:00 to almost gone by 7:00 where temperatures are mild, low to mid-50s. a look at your commute planner coming up next. here's alexis. good morning, mike. even with the rain out there, we don't have a lot of current incidents. we definitely have several overnight. live at emeryville, eastbound 80, at the university off-ramp, we had a two-car crash that

happened at 3:00 this morning. they did push both vehicles off to the shoulder of the off-ramp. tracy to dublin, 3 3 minutes. you're in the yellow. dublin to mission, 16. 101 to cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. happening now, a national day of mourning is under way as family, friends, dignitaries and everyday americans get ready to honor the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush. a live look from the capitol rotunda where mr. bush continues to lie in state. to lie in state. it will >> emily hill has a preview of that service. emily. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. as of 30 minutes ago, the cal

top police in washington cut off the line outside the capitol building. we are getting a new number for visitors who went to the capitol to pay their respects. to pay their respects. some 42,000 people thousandings eager to pay their respects to the 41st president. the bush family returned to greet the public. greet the public. sports icons, dignitaries, and everyday americans li. >> if there is any president if i want to pay my respects to is the man that cast the law that ensures i have the same freedom as everyone else. >> reporter: and this moment. bob le held to deliver a touching salute to his former political rival. earlier in the day, president

trump and melania stopping by blair house to personally share their condolences. at the national cathedral, president trump will join all living presidents and first ladies, along with a host of world leaders, putting aside politics, to honor a president and patriarch before he makes his final journey home to houston. and president george w. bush will eulogize his father. an interesting fact about sully the service dog, sully could technically be at that service at the cathedral if the family wants. and that is because of that americans with disabilities act that the elder bush signed into law in 1990. on capitol hill, abc 7 news. >> the u.s. postal service is

suspending regular mail tkreufrtkreufr deliveries and will be closed.wn we are honoring the memory of president bush. we will be suspending delivery. some select deliveries will still be delivered today. we will be streaming the service on our website, abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app and facebook. new, a flight from oakland to paris had to be diverted. officials say a disorderly intoxicated passenger forced the plane to stop. the norwegian air shuttle flight took off from oakland just after 8:00 last night. it had to be diverted to the minneapolis/st. paul international airport in minnesota. police took the person off and took them to the hospital for special care. the plane took off without

issue. special counsel robert mueller said adviser michael flynn provided substantial assistance and therefore should not do jail time. he gave firsthand information about contact between president trump's transition team and russian officials. but exactly how he helped, we're not so sure because it is redacted from a court filing. you can see the tech blacked out. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators. he is due to be sentence indeed two weeks. on the peninsula, a cracked and leaning pg&e power pole is still standing in pacifica. neighbors are worried it's one storm away from coming down. it was months ago marked for replacement. residents are frustrated. called the city. crews examined it yesterday but said it will get taken care of early next year. the reason they are giving is there are other power poles in worse conditions than this one

that need more immediate condition. >> they said, well, you can tell there's not a lot of slack on this line. i said it's not this one i'm concerned about. it is this one over here seems to have a little bit of slack on it. >> we reached out to pg&e for a comment but have yet to hear back. oakland city council will decide to limit police searches on people on parole and probation. officers have to refrain from immediately asking if a person is on probation or parole. they have to document in writing why they believe the person was involved in a crime. they can conduct warrantless searches for anyone on parole and probation with a search clause. you are never more than 7 minutes away from a accuweather forecast. noe valley, sunny side, sunset,

upper 40s. 50 to 52 across the rest of san francisco. 47, daly city. a little bit of a freeze blowing mainly offshore. at least at the surface. but above that it's coming from the south and it's keeping us really moist. we have a really saturated column of air. not a lot of energy to squeeze out the moisture. we are having scattered light showers. puddles on the roads. mass transit, you will need your umbrella more likely this morning than this afternoon. slower breezes out on the bay. east bay valleys, 48 this morning. a chance of scattered showers. sunshine starts to poke through as we head in the afternoon hours, pushing us into the mid-50s. north bay, a chance of showers up until 2:00. then they become quickly scattered. it gets a little bit cooler. we drop from the mid-50s down to 48 by 8:00. our last stop will be the south

bay where we will have a chance of scattered showers through 4:00. upper 50s. then stars and clouds by 8:00 at 52 degrees. all right. we have already traveled through it this morning, so we know what to expect. puddles, wet, showers. how are people handling it? >> it's going okay right now. we did have several khreubgcolls overnight. nothing causing any significant delays or blocking any lanes. live doppler 7 up on traffic maps. we can zoom in and check out areas getting quite soggy. we have darker green and even a little bit of yellow on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. we'll take a quick check outside. the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see, yeah, a little bit heavy here. a lot of drops on our camera lens. a little stack up in the cash lanes on the left side. so far, though, that is not really slowing you down. of course we don't have any

metering lights on yet. that should happen 5:20, 5:25 this morning. next traffic update in 10 minutes. thanks, alexis. the me too movement prompts a radio station to drop a popular christmas song. the composer says they have it all wrong. >> video catches a power line

geus surf brewing at our beaches. west to northwest swells that will create sneaker waves and long run-ups on the beaches. stay away if you can. through friday morning. they didn't give us a specific time. when i get that, i will update it. thunderstorms possible. showers up to lake and mendocino counties. a little bit of snow in the sierra. just a little bit, though. here's a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast for tahoe. snow showers today. a couple inches of accumulation. we have easy travel. no snow thursday, friday, saturday is, sunday. it looks like monday we could have a light wintry mix. >> nervous moments in the north bay. a downed power line set fire to trees. >> it happened in the diamond area of sonoma. it is making neighbors take a closer look at fire safety.

>> reporter: you could hear the crackle. >> i walked out, stood here for a minute and saw the multiple smoking trees, dialed 911. >> reporter: bart hanson lives in the diamond a neighborhood. his video shows a power line igniting tree branches early monday morning. the neighborhood lost power for several hours. it is sparking fresh debate about tree clearing, overhe images of cars stranded in the camp fire still feel fresh. richard cooper lived in the community of some 200 homes for more than 50 years. >> when you get fires like we've had, i don't know where a safe place would be. >> reporter: cal fire says it's not evacuating villa grove street, the only access to diamond a. instead, residents should evacuate to the diamond a community center where a large

open space provides protection. cal fire is cutting fire breaks in the area. pg&e is working on tree clearing in extreme areas first. then will work in elevated risk areas like diamond a. we're hearing from a usc professor with family ties to the composer to the classic composer of baby it's cold outside. >> radio stations here have pulled the song. the story started when he and his wife would leave lavish hollywood parties. years later, it became a movie about a man pursuing a woman and a woman pursuing a man. the song was sung in both directions. north says her uncle and others would likely not understand today's interpretation of it. >> he would want music to bring joy to people. i think he would be heartbroken that people think of this as a

negative thing. >> bay area radio station koyt is running a poll on whether the station should bring back the song. and you can vote until monday morning. happening today, cheesecake lovers rejoice. >> the cheesecake factory giving away free slices of cheesecake. i don't want you to just get one. you have to use doordash and use the promo free slice. they are giving away 40,000 slices for its 40th anniversary. >> don't go in demanding cheesecake, alexis. >> we can sit here and eat it. >> it's one of those comfort food days. with all the rain out there.

it's damp, cold this morning. walnut creek, where the 680 is starting to get drier. 101 and 880 down in san jose. you can see spray kicking up from the tires there. waves of showers today. they will taper this evening. dry weather tomorrow through saturday. a little bit warmer. our next chance of rain rolls in sunday and monday. high temperatures, mid to upper 50s. san jose, morgan hill, santa cruz about 60. and way up here in lake port, 49 degrees. we have mid to upper 30s. lake port, santa rosa, ukiah. low to mid-fourth in the east bay valleys. mid-40s in our other neighb a l of pressure starting to make its final jog to the south. showers will taper as the main energy source moves away from us. we have a chance of light to

moderate showers. here we are at 7:00 this morning. we will go through 9:00. still light showers out there. as we head up to the lurch hour, they are few and far between. the evening commute they start to taper. most of us will be dry. you can see the rainfall amounts by this evening. a couple hundredths to 0.2 inches of rain. no more storms and 60-degree temperatures even reaching the coast saturday. more likely the brighter day this weekend. rain moves in sunday to monday. i'll show you that coming up next. alexis. >> all right. good morning, mike. even though we have the wet pavement, very few incidents to talk about today. hopefully that means a lot of folks are driving for conditions and we can keep it pretty decent at least during the morning hours. this is definitely one of our soggy areas. moderate shower pushed through the richmond-san rafael bridge. a lot of road spray kicking up for several of you today. going to have to use those

wipers. check out for standing water too. man transit looking good. bart, 27 trains in service, no delays. ace 1 on time. and normal service on the ferry. the pop singer justin bieber canceled his december 5th concert due the a bruised vocall chord. the 37-year-old srpinger postpod in fresno also because of vocal issues. starting today, mobile phones will finally have internet. here's "techbytes". in today's "techbytes", for the first time ever, cubans will have a chance to surf the web from their phones. >> the country is allowing full cell access until tomorrow. up until now, they could only get state-run e-mail on digital devices. they didn't have whole internet access until last year.

>> remember when facebook was considered the best place in the country to work? not the case anymore. >> tech giant slipped to number seven on glassdoor's best places to work. tkpwaol google, linkedin and apple was on the list. take a look. it is now a toy. ♪ baby shark >> a shark doll sells that. it sold out on amazon. it happened in three days. those are your "techbytes". >> that's the first time i heard it. can it be the last time i heard it? please.t'stinr . >> sadly. good-bye, jimmy kimmel. oscar has a new partner. lawmakers are taking the lawmakers are taking the next step.

there's a high likelihood of hydroplaning this morning. even standing water on the roadroad roads. you'll find a moderate chance of that. trees toppling, power lines down, the breezes apart there for that. and not enough rain for small stream floodg. for hydroplaning this morning. mike, thank you.

san francisco cracking down on garbag law will force hotels, restaurants and other big businesses to pass recycling inspections every three years to make sure they are sorting their trash for recycling. if the business fails, they will have to hire trash sorters for a year. they are trying to cut in half the 660,000 tons of garbage going to landfills right now. state senator scott wiener is allowing high density housing near public transit stops. they are changing zoning laws to make it easier for builders to build larger apartment complexes near bus stops and parking lot stop. it limits building heights to five stories and eliminates minimum parking assemblyman of san jose has introduced a bill to eliminate

standard time. two 30s of the state legislature and a governor have to sign off on it. then congress has to approve it. and that is not a sure thing. a similar effort by the state of florida is currently stalled on capitol hill. you are never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. 8:00 sunday morning, waking up to partly cloudy conditions. now, as we head throughout the afternoon and evening hours, scattered showers becoming steady rain. then sunday night into monday morning, steady light rain moves over all of our neighborhoods, south bay, inland east bay. into monday morning, evening hours, that's when the rain and showers hit all of us. by tuesday morning, it's gone. so this is going to be a quick hit. let's see the potential for rain right now. it's pretty impressive across the north basement more than an inch. down to 0.2 in the south bay. we will tweak that as we get

closer. here's alexis. thank you, mike. checking out the roads this morning, you think we would be busy with the scattered showers for the modern commute. so far we are looking pretty good. live doppler 7 on top of the traffic maps. so you can see it is pretty dry right now out of the tracy area. that is reflected in our drive times or speeds i should say. 205 to 580, 19, 20 miles per hour. that's really not bad for that stretch of roadway. it is looking quite soggy at the bay bridge toll plaza. a stackup in the cash lanes. fast track users apart seeing any issues. no metering lights yet. that should happen at 5:20. alexis, thank you. kevin hart confirms he will be the host of the 2019 show. he is taking over for jimmy kimmel. hart says he will make sure to make it a special one. mark your calendar for february 24th. the placid county sheriff's office is reporting another bear

break-in. the department showed this of a mama bear and her cub left behind after they broke into a west lake tahoe rental they were gently urged out of the house. bears are getting ready for hibernation. we have done so many of these stories. i'm starting to think they are roaming around everywhere. they are. package thieves struck in san francisco. the the extra protection mail carriers are offering this year. a contentious battle overland in san jose comes to andy. a look aside the capitol where president george h.w. bush is lying in state. >> let's take a live look now here in the bay area. a live look at downtown san a live look at downtown san francisco, the financial

good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday, december 5th. you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco has our look ahead. >> yeah. we will start by showing you steady light rain across the north bay, st. helena and santa rosa. light rain from sfo to san mateo. crossing the bridge will be a little wet. rain falling in the santa cruz mountains. the storm is a 1, light. in fact, it will get lighter throughout the the accuweather 12-hour planner. the most challenging part of the day to get around will be this morning with the widespread scattered showers. they will become isolated