right now at 6:00 live dopp 7 is fired up her on abc 7 news and on our news app tracking another storm that's taking aim at the bay area. >> don't get caught off-guard. rain started in far north bay overnight. you're looking live at the richmond bridge. right now you can see roads are dry out there. that is going to change. >> it is coming. >> good morning on this tuesday january 8th. it is 6:00 a.m. never more than 7 minutes away from accuweather forecast. mike nicco has your day. >> show you the storm they be the accuweather planner i put together. the storm is 2, a threat in the north bay and mountains, potential for flooding and damage there more than anywhere else. could be some trees down and power outages. here is a look at mark west

springs, porter creek road, santa rosa between sonoma, silverado trail. that's writ will stay overpass hours. may not make it down to san rafael where it's quiet. look how mild, 57 at 7:00. scattered and light our possibility of a shower at noon, near 60. quiet at 4:00. then the flood gates open during the evening commute. how about the morning commute. hi, alexis. >> hi, mike. we're doing well. definitely enjoying dry pavement while it lasts. looking at congestion in walnut creek 680, a lot hitting the brakes north of 24. an earlier issue, a disabled semi partially blocking a lane for the first 45 minutes of the commute today. that has cleared. nothing blocking. you're seeing normal volumes that are back as of yesterday. 680 walnut creek to dublin in the green. southbound 101 santa rosa to san

francisco. still well under an hour at 53. highway 17, 1 to los gatos still in the green now. thank you, alexis. now onto breaking news, sears is warning of going out of business. >> we've been warning of impending death for a long time. less than an hour ago it is company will ask the judge to allow it to liquidate. matt keller live in san jose. matt, a lot of us grew up with sears. this is a big change. >> yes, it certainly is an iconic brand. it filed for bankruptcy back in october. there was hope it could be saved from liquidation but that's unlikely. reuters reporting in the last hour sears holdings will ask for bankruptcy to proceed with liquidation after it could not reach an agreement with lampert. he attempted to have his hedge

fund take over hundreds of successful stores and save 50,000 of 60,000 jobs but it did not meet creditor approval. lampert expected to offer improvements to his bid today. he acquired kmart in 2003 and sears in 2005 and merged them together. if sears closes, the bankruptcy will be the second biggest ever in the retail industry. it has more than a dozen stores, appliances, outlets and auto centers here in the bay area. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. if sears got into liquidation, it would be the latest in the stripping of major retailers to close up shop. >> threats go topher a few of these. last year we saw a big one, toys r us and osh, they closed their stores. in 2017 sports authorities and 2011, borders closed business nationwide. >> a lot of big brands we grew up with. police in naacp crediting a

middle school student for informing them about mass shootings in two schools. the suspect attends one of those schools, river middle school. detectives said they found evidence the boy intended to target vintage high school as well. the suspect has been in custody since being arrested last week. police also say the suspect threatened to kill the boy who gave officers the tip about the deadly plot. this morning we're hearing from the attorney of the jogger who claimed another woman bit her. the story we've been following since friday. a jogger and dog owner got into spa fight at chabot park on thursday. john o'connor represents the jogger. the jogger's name is cyndi stainner. he said his client pepper sprayed alma cadwalader. >> the next bite would be skin. she did not spray directly at the dog but above the head. she has experience and knows any animal will be distracted. she said the dog owner threw

her client to the ground and bit her. the dog's attorney said the dog didn't do anything and the bite was self-defense. police arrested the dog owner. the alameda county d.a. has not made a charging decision yet. north bay, investigating a sewage leak caused by last weekend's storm. it happened sunday on broad moor avenue. 50,000 brands of sewage got into storm drains and possibly creeks. officials will report the spill to state regulators and conducting water test toss make sure water is safe. happening today oakland mayor plans to spend the first day in a day of service. she kicked off the second term by taking the oath of office. the mayor will focus on charities has help the homeless, delivering food to an encampment near the border in emeryville.

>> the first day on the job for california's governor newsom. last night a big bash at the governor's mansion to celebrate. the crowd seemed to be on a political high. before the party gmpbl sues om set the tone for education. education, homelessness, immigrant rights. he's pushing for california to become the first to provide health care coverage to union, undocumented adults through medi-cal. >> we will be bold. we will aim high and we will work like hell to get there. >> newsom has already signed an order giving the state more leverage negotiating prescription drug prices. his budget will be released later this week. kevin hart is apologizing for homophobic comments that caused him to step down as host of the oscars. find out why he says lgtbq community should forgive him. plus your last chance to eat at a popular south bay hoffbrau. it's closing after four decades. >> i want to show you side effects of the storm coming in.

first are gusty breezes pushing our winds up to 4 5 to 60, 1:00 today to 11:00 tomorrow. today to 11:00 tomorrow. heading to the beach, dangerous

we'll start with temperatures, 50 menlo park, 57. low- to mid-50s east bay down to south bay up to 40s, low 50s in the north bay and east bay valley. it's pretty quiet outside. i've got caution if you're out and about exercising, bay play. we've got rain, breezy conditions and choppy conditions on the water, too. east bay you're pretty much cloudy all the way up until noon, then scattered showers start at 2:00 with heavier, steadier rain as we head from 7:00 on. for the north bay 8:00 this morning. a slight chance of light rain. look at the better chance of scattered showers from 10:00 to 2:00 and then heavier rain around 6:00 and 8:00 and for san francisco we're pretty quiet up until lunch. then we have a chance of scattered showers from 2:00 to 6:00 with heavier rains and

faster wins from 7:00 to 10:00. alexis. >> head back to highway 17. we had one crash clear, good news, 17 near the summit. north of there we've got a new problem. that one is blocking right lanes, northbound 17 near redwood estates. it's not terrible but definitely a delay approaching that scene at 13 miles an hour. definitely keeping a close eye on that. that was a tough commute as well. westbound 80 to the maze still in the green. 12 minute drive through the meeterings lights on bay bridge. san francisco still in the green. a restaurant closing up shop today. >> there was a big crowd at harry's hoffbrau. today is the last day. after serving meat and potatoes, there used to be several in the bay area. after today, the only other locations are in redwood city

and san leandro. >> almanac beer closing its tap room. the mission district location is ending. it will officially close next saturday after four years in business. the alameda location will remain open. the owner tells the chronicle the company has another project in the work in alameda. >> pg&e dealing with multiple controversies. theres a report the utility company could move out of san francisco. >> in case you missed it governor newsom's son stole the show during inauguration. >> such a cutie. as we leave you to break, there's a live look at sfo. there is rain in our forecast. if you have a flight out today, you better check those times. we might see delays later. okay searching for a way to help stop your cold sore? only abreva can get rid of it in... ...as little as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. abreva starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. abreva acts on it. so you can too.

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happening today former arp congresswoman gabby giffords headed back to capitol hill on the eighth anniversary of the shooting that nearly killed her and left six others dead. giffords will join nancy pelosi and california representative mike thompson to introduce a bill that would require background checks on private gun sales. the legislation is expected to pass a democrat controlled house but it is unlikely to advance in the republican controlled senate. kevin hart is apologizing again to the lgtbq community.

in yesterday's episode of sirius xm, straight from the hart, addresses krrt tweets, homophobic slurs. hart says he's grown since the comments were made 10 years ago and hopes the lgtby community can forgive him. he backed out of hosting the oscars after the tweets surfaced. he said he will turn down the job if offered again. he addressed the tweets on ellen geenlg and will also tomorrow. pg&e will considering moving outlet of downtown san francisco. they currently own 1.7 million feet of office st. pete near beal and market. they are looking at other sites around the area. selling its san francisco headquarters could help pg&e avoid bankruptcy. it could also help the company dodge a city tax on large businesses to fund homeless services. tesla's new manufacturing plant in china is officially

under construction. china's television provided have video of elon musk and local dignitaries breaking ground on the carmaker and their huge factory in shanghai. the ground breaking kick starts an aggressive plan to eventually make half a milk vehicles in china. that's more than those produced in fremont. tesla hoping to have production by this summer with model 3 sedan beginning by the he said of the year. this the moment getting a lot of attention. during gavin newsom's inauguration yesterday, that's his 2-year-old son dutch wandering up on the stage during the governor's speech with a pacifier in his mouth and blanky in his hand. eventually his mom and brother gave him encouragement to take the exit. governor newsom joked this is exactly how it was scripted. >> it's tough, probably, to do

some public speaking while you have your child right next to you. >> he was holding him nor a little while. >> it was cute, but a lot of work. >> go halfway, just come the rest of the way, enjoy it. be with dad. >> nice family. >> they had that tarp over the ceremony yesterday in sacramento because there were some clouds in the air. today we'll really see rain. >> for them also mainly during the evening hours. there's a chance of a light, random shower like we have during the day. for the most part this is an evening and overnight event. here in san jose you're going to see the least amount of rain as you would expect. that's 87 south of san jose. you can see it right there there are brighter lights. light rain, then evening storms right. right from wet weather thursday and more chances friday. here is a look at high temperatures today. we're going to have upper 50s in the north bay and low 60s everywhere else. look how mild it is tonight. 50 in cloverdale, ukiah, you're

always cooler than everybody else. 51 and 55. painting the north bay with a few light showers. that's where the green is. notice random showers best in the north bay until noon. a little break in the afternoon hours, clouds opens up a little bit. that gives the atmosphere more energy. look at that, yellows, oranges, reds, downpours moving onshore in the north bay 5:00 reaching neighborhoods by 9:00. after 9:00 they become more scattered during the overnight hours through tomorrow morning. then you can see as we head from 9:00, scattered showers throughout the day tomorrow. once we get to 6:00 they start to taper. so let's take a look at the rainfall totals. sorry. an inch in the north bay. that's where i think the greatest amount of damage is possible. the rest of us will get a quarter to three-quarters of an inch south bay northward. there's your break thursday. we'll get a little bit of a break saturday afternoon. before that and after that,

we've got rain friday and sunday. alexis. >> thank you, mike. we do have a minor issue at the bay bridge toll plaza. it sounds like a disabled vehicle is partial ply blocking the second lane from the right. we can't see it on camera here. just be on the lookout for that. not causing immediate delays. sounds like chp is on the way to assist. typical backups as you approach the maze unless you're using carpool lanes. taking you to central valley, very heavy, 205 to 580, 17 miles an hour, three earlier crashes that cleared very quickly but damage was done. also some roadwork on the eastbound side of 580 that has you down to 7 miles an hour. a quick check of drive times this morning, southbound 680 walnut creek to dublin. still holding on under an hour. 101 to san francisco. we did flip over spot yellow for that crash in the santa cruz mountains northbound 17 highway 1 to los gatos coming in at 29 minutes. >> thank you, alexis. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7.

>> our fave, ginger zee a look at the morning ahead. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, thank you. my faves, too, great to be with both of you. president trump taking the showdown to prime time. u've heard that already. set to address the nation tonight. new this morning vice president pence is joining us one-on-one as the government shut down hits day 18. more trouble for kevin spacey shortly after leaving court facing that charge. our legal team will break it down. try to follow this. a woman who met her boyfriend a decade after giving birth to his child. she fell in love with her donor. they are sharing their love story. celebrity chef jamie oliver showing us how to make a feast

with five ingredients, whip it up under 20 minutes. >> i'll stay home for that. you get up on this schedule so early, i'm whipping up lunch. >> wait a second. jessica, you moved onto the food thing after she dropped the bomb on the donor and ten years later. >> you should see the story. it gets weirder. >> can't wait to see it. thanks so much, ginger. >> it wasn't computing in my head. >> it's a lot. it's a lot to process. >> i know. >> i can understand why you went to the food. makes sense. >> also i'm hungry. >> new at 6:00 improving your health in the new year claiming you can reverse medical conditions like heart disease with simple lifestyle changes. with simple lifestyle changes. london bre

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right now at 6:30 tracking rain across the bay area. another storm moving in as you're waking up. mike has that storm's track. >> governor newsom gets down to business. we'll talk about his first executive orders and the important meeting on his agenda today. >> president trump set to address the nation taking the border showdown to prime time. what democrats are now demanding as the government shutdown reaches day 18. >> first straws, now receipts. the change that could be coming to a checkout line near you. taking receipts but digital. >> reggie, how are you going to show them your receipts. >> i always have the receipts but they are all up here. you know what i'm saying. i always provide them, evidence. >> okay. we are watching the skies right

now? >> uh-huh, yeah, we absolutely are. there's a little bit of rain out there. let's take a look. let me get you set up for what's going to happen. 2 moderate on the storm impact scale, north bay, lighter amounts to south bay. gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour. wind advisory, fastest winds start at 9:00. updated that this morning. through 10:00 tomorrow. everywhere except for the valleys. that's where the fastest winds will be, valleys around 20 to 30. also the high surf advisory, 9:00 tonight, tomorrow night. 24 hours of breakers up to 24 feet. rip currents and here is a look at light rain out there. we'll have periods of light rain through the morning hours, then a little more scattered at noon. almost nonexistent at 4:00. then 7:00, flood gates open. here is alexis. >> good morning, mike. we did have an issue come and go in the south bay but we're still looking at residual delays northbound 101 through san jose. this is our camera 880, north of

here near great america, we had a crash, two lanes, pushed to the side. just got the debris cleared as well. everything off the shoulder. damage done, 280, 35. a little update northbound 17 santa cruz mountains giving you the thumbs-up,ur second crash along that stretch has cleared near redwood estates. we'll check out that drive time next. >> as mike just told us, we have that level 2 storm on the way. you saw that wind advisory on the maps. east bay officials are watching people to watch out as we have dangerous road conditions later tonight and also the trees that could get knocked down with heavy winds. >> the warning comes as memorial on the uc berkeley campus continues to grow for a man who was killed by a falling tree abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there. amy. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. there are flowers left behind for 32-year-old alexander grant of novato. this is where he was killed

outside the greek theater. we have cell phone video taken after the tree fell onto the parked car on gayley road. grant was inside the car and was killed. people on campus are now questioning the trees here whether they need to be examined. >> i'm not surprised, a eucalyptus. i know they are not a native species. i think they should be strategically removed, not entirely but a lot of them need to be cleared out. >> reporter: school officials say they are now reviewing their tree assessments. they are also going to study this tree and see what they can learn from it, see if it can help prevent in the future. this huge tree is still here. it was a giant eucalyptus. they still need to get it out of here. they have a break in the weather now but we understand there's more rain on the way. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy.

the next storm moves in track the weather where you live with abc news app. customize it and watch any time. >> new this morning kamala harris talking about the possibility she might jump into the race for president on 2020. the bay area native is on "good morning america" and george stephanopoulos didn't waste time asking about the presidential bid. >> a secret running for president you haven't announced yet unless you want to say right now. >> i'm not going to right now. >> answer pt question, what can i bring to the white house no one else can bring? why should i be president now? >> there's so much happening if the world right now. there are a lot of people that rightly feel displaced. it's clear to me what we need is leadership that has a vision in the future where everyone can see themselves. >> harris is out with two books

"the truths we hold" and a children's book, "superheroes everywhere." you can watch her this morning on "gma." disappoint for people trying to visit muir woods. it's closed because of the government shutdown. it's blocked off and signs are telling would be visitors the park is closed to the public. while the shutdown is in its day. president trump is planning to speak live from the oval office tonight. thousands of workers will miss their paycheck. the president vowed to keep parts of the government closed until they allow funding for the wall between u.s. and mexico. it could last days, months, even years. vice president pence pressed the president, his case during an interview with abc news white house correspondent jonathan carl. take a listen. >> is he really prepared to keep the government shut down that long? >> i think president trump is

prepared to do what's necessary to address what is a real humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. >> you can see much more of that interview with vice president pence coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00 right after abc 7 mornings. democratic leaders demanding equal time to spontd to president trump. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer said in a joint statement, if president trump's past statements are any indication it will be full of malice and misinformation. abc news will have live coverage of president trump's address to the nation. it is set to begin at 6:00 this evening. the special report expected to last about 15 minutes. >> investors waiting to see which direction pg&e's stock goes today. the company stock has dropped more than 22% yesterday. pg&e could face at least $30 billion in liability related to november's camp fire in butte county. on friday reuters reported the

company is exploring bankruptcy options. and the cause of the camp fire has not yet been determined but the first flames that crews spotted were under an active pg&e power line. san francisco is looking into more funding for affordable housing. the chronicle reports mayor london breed wants voters to decide on $300 million affordable housing bond. in a plan announced yesterday she says she wants a measure on the ballot by march 2020. the city's capital planning committee has to sign off on the bond proposal and the board of supervisors has to approve it before it would ever get to the ballot. >> never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. look at temperatures, 53, 52, a 58 in ocean beach. that's the warmest. every else low- to mid-50s except for here in the 40s. drops fell richmond, san rafael bridge. there are periods of rain in the morning hours. the heaviest during the evening commute. you'll still run into one this

morning. small craft advisory so choppy and blustery on the day today. mass transit, be ready to get wet. have wet weather gear handy. a slight chance of a shower, mainly gray through 10:00 and from noon on you can see scattered showers becoming steadier during the evening hours. for the peninsula, we're mainly gray through noon. a random shower possible. a better chance from 2:00 all the way to 8:00 when it becomes steadier and heavier. then let's take a look at what's going on in the south bay where it's mainly gray through 2:00. again, a random shower possible, scattered showers from 4:00 to 6:00 and heavier rain moves in at 8:00. by heavier rain, i mean thunderstorms are possible today. we'll talk more about that coming up with the rain out there and everybody heading back to work. how about the commute. >> we are looking soggy. right now at the bay bridge toll plaza, can you see drops on the camera lens and folks turning wipesers on.

starting to see wet pavement. we have a disabled vehicle blocking the second lane from the right on that far side of the toll plaza. one of the cash lanes, can't see it on the camera. they are working on getting a tow truck to the scene. if i were you i'd head to the left side of the toll plaza and you should be able total through there faster. i want to check out drive times. 680, walnut creek or 101 santa rosa to san francisco. 35 minutes northbound 17 highway 1 to los gatos. not as bad as yesterday along that stretch but we had two separate collisions along that route. both have cleared so we're starting to recover. mass transit has been looking great all morning. normal service, no delays for bart, 53 in service. no delays for san francisco bay ferry. >> thanks, alexis. bike riders can breathe a little easier on one of the most dangerous streets. they cut the ribbon on a bike lane. a protected lane part of a

larger project. kim believes the changes could have a big impact on hiredship. >> as a fledgling cyclist, i know people aren't going to get on their bikes unless they feel safe cycling through a city. one way we can do it is have a protected bike line infrastructure. mta says the bike lane stretches 2 1/2 miles. pedestrian safety improvements have been added to intersections. tickets for bottlerock today. the twist for people attending this year. there's been so many ups and downs with the stock market. look at that, significantly up this morning at the start, 277 points. we'll look at it again when we come back. breaking news we're talking about the future of sears. the company announcing they want to liquidate. >> a imagine stick sight in austria, horses running in snow. the

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together, we will make this happen. need to impeach is responsible for the content of this ad. north of 80 today, a chance of scattered showers with them being heavier around eureka and crescent city down south, sunshine and upper 60s today. look at the snowpack. we jump 13% over the weekend to 84% of average. compared to last year that is so good. we were 27% last year. with that 84, look at that.

that's more than triple of it. pretty close to that. how about that. here is a look at what's going to happen, midnight to midnight. tomorrow night a foot of snow in sierra. snow covered roads, low visibility. try not to travel there. wait till thursday, friday, saturday, sunday night into monday more snow. >> thanks, mike. now back to breaking news. sears planning to go out of business. >> the company announcing this morning they will ask a judge to liquidate. live in san jose with how the live in san jose with how the iconic company got to this point point. >> reporter: jessica sears employs 68,000 across the u.s. including some at east ridge mall. their jobs are clearly at risk as we find out more today. reuters reporting sears will ask a bankruptcy judge if it can proceed with liquidation after it couldn't reach an agreement

with eddie lampert. he wanted his hedge fund to take over more successful stores but didn't meet improve. he's expected to offer an improvement today. the judge could give him more time to improve on his bid. bankruptcy not due until monday. sears has dozens pf stores in the area. if the judge rules in favor of sears sources tell reuters the inventory of appliances, fixtures will be sold in fire sales. abc matt keller. governor newsom will spend the first day in office speeding up responses to how california responds to wildfires and other disasters. the governor will meet with safety officials in the sierra foothills. this afternoon's meeting follows a series of deadly wildfires in northern and southern california last fall. governor newsom set the tonight

for the new administration yesterday when the democrat delivered his inaugural address and he took aim at the trump administration. >> at a time when so much of america is divided, we are united. we will offer an alternative to the corruption and the incompetence in the white house. governor newsom issued one of his first executive orders yesterday. it aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs and expanding access to health care. you can hear highlights of governor newsom's inaugural address on our website, abc7news.com. in the east bay oakland city council elected rebecca c to serve as president. she's the first lgtb to serve in the role. duties will be appointing counsel members to committees. she ran twice, finished second in 2014. thousands heading home after

supporting clemson and alabama in the championship. clemson fans a lot happier heading home. >> having a little bit better of a morning. abc news was inside levi's stadium when fans proudly wore their colors. alabama and clemson fans knew each other pretty well before last night's kickoff. they have met three times for the national championship. fans wearing clemson orange left santa clara smiling. their tigers beat alabama's crimson tied 44-16. >> came to the game. got the win, taking it back to the carolinas with us, back to the east coast. >> they spent millions at hotels and restaurant. during the game animal rights activists made a political play. they tweeted out police took zoe rooster in custody after she went to the field demanding

animal rights ♪ thunder >> the thunder and lightning happens. >> the game's halftime performance on treasure island featured imagine dragons and lil wayne. and that is lil wayne. abc 7 news anchor hosted the free halftime show. it was held 40 miles away from the game while college marching bands perform at levi's stadium. >> people say he looks like scooby doo when he dressed up like a human and tried to get on a plane. oh, lil wayne. if you haven't seen imagine dragon, haven't seen them in person, they will be back in the bay area for bottlerock and tickets go on sale today. dual headliners every night. friday imagine dragons and logic. saturday night will feature young and farrepharrell william. fumbleford and sons and santana will close out. dozens of other acts, spearhead,

and one republic. three-day passes do on sale in just a few hours and it happens at 10:00. now morning report, big blow at the shared office company we work. >> japan's office building backing out of a deal to invest $6 million. the plan would have left softbank with a majority stake in we work. both companies could announce a smaller $2 billion investment today. the exact reason for the change is not clear. the deal did face a number of hurdles including opposition from other investors. >> amazon is america's most valuable publicly traded company. the seattle-based retailer is valued at $797 billion edging out microsoft which is now worth $784 billion. this marks the first time amazon has held that top spot and ends microsoft's brief return to number one after it surpassed

apple in november. either way those seattle-based companies are doing pretty well. >> they are. taking a look at trading got under way we're up in the green 262 points. yesterday was another wild day. the dow shot down 134 points before spiking up to 50. we've really seen a roller coaster the last month and a half or so. it closed up right around the century mark. again, a lot of folks just wondering if it's going to stay in the green this morning because we don't know. >> up and down. >> happening today a state lawmaker from san francisco will introduce the nation's first bill aimed at pushing businesses away from giving customers printed receipts. assembly democrat says up to 10 million trees and 21 billion gallons of water are used to create receipts which then generate 686 million pounds of waste. his proposal would require california to give customers electronic receipts unless they ask for a printed one. his bill is part of a nationwide

skip the slip campaign. we were chatting about this upstairs earlier when i got to work. i was saying i do like to have my receipts sometimes. >> okay. >> when i'm tracking how much i'm spending. >> okay. >> oh, you do that. >> mine end up jammed into a pocket in my purse and then i see them like six months later when i finally clean it out. >> i have a lot of those as well that i trash right away. especially when i travel, and we have so many tourists that come to the bay area, i like to keep track and have my receipts. >> ceipts. are you casual with your receipts that you go by the short name. >> i also like to have a seat at the table. >> i like several seats. >> for mine, a lot of the companies ask now do you want a receipt most of the time. no, unless it prints and i have to take it home and shred it anyway. yeah, somebody tried to steal my identity a few years ago.

the exploratorium, you can see how calm but this afternoon small craft advisory, overnight gale warnings, choppy. when that storm comes in, it's going to be a doozy. until then light random rain. the showers will taper tonight, mild lows and more chances of rain through the extended. all right. here is a look at today's temperatures. a lot of 60s out there. well warmer than it should be for this time of year. lack of sunshine, until late in the afternoon hours. north bay will have most of the cloud cover and best chance of rain in the 50s. all mild, low- to mid-50s. that's pretty close to where our highs are going to be this time of year. gives an idea how mild the air mass is. random rain out there. you see in the north bay, better chances as we head toward lunch. look at the clouds, south of the bay bridge where we may get sunshine. that's going to add energy the storm needs for yellow zones,

oranges, scattered widespread showers with scattered thunderstorms in them that will stay scattered through the morning commute tomorrow. a little more isolated as we head toward the day tomorrow. then by 6:00 they start to leave us. a quarter to a half inch of rain from the south bay up to san francisco, oakland, towards concord. north bay a half inch to an inch. that's why we have the two. plus the wind advisory starting this afternoon and we've got the dangerous surf at the coast. the next three storms, friday, saturday night and sunday not as strong. that's why they are 1s. alexis. >> thanks, mike. we haven't had a lot of issues on the board this morning but definitely some slow spots. here is one of those still in recovery mode in san jose 101 near great america parkway a crash off on the shoulder. that drive time is improving though from 286 to highway 85 down to 26 minutes. we're just over 30 minutes last time we checked. it is slow progress but at least it's progress. really have not improved much here getting out of tracy. three earlier crashes, all three

cleared very quickly but we have not been able to bounce back. 9 miles an hour on westbound 205. eastbound 880, heavy traffic, roadwork, down to 4 miles an hour. traffic heavy on either side of the roadway. >> look at this, hyundai reveiled plans for a car that can walk. the company released this video of what the car called the elevate would like look. it can unfold legs to climb over difficult terrain or over a wall. it can help with rescue missions. critics say it's too futuristic. for now elevate is just a concept. can you imagine alexis being, wow, that car was walking down the highway and going sideways. >> and climbed over. >> climbed over the retainer wall. >> the future will be wild. coming up, seven things you need to know before you go. >> follow us on abc 7 news bay

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if you're just joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know. weather out there, best radar across north bay we've seen, being me and alexis. golden gate bridge, richmond, san rafael, santa cruz mountains, the storm will be stronger. number two, a memorial is growing on the uc berkeley campus after a man was killed by a falling tree. it happened in the middle of sunday's storm on the east end of the cal campus. the victim was sitting in his car. number three, president trump will speak to the nation this evening to press his case to build a wall along the southern border. the government shutdown in its 18th day with president and congress embroiled in a debate over the wall. number four, gavin newsom's first day on the job after he was sworn into office. this afternoon he'll travel to colfax to announce executive action it is meant to speed up the state's response to wildfires. number five, sears plans to ask a bankruptcy judge if it can liquidate. 6,000 people still work at the

store and could lose their jobs if the chain liquidates. >> number six, reports from chp we have a new crash with injuries south on 880 in auto mall parkway. at least one lane blocked. emergency crews heading to the scene. number seven, what was lil wayne wearing? the rapper performed at college playoff national championship show last night donning a -- we'll call it a unique outfit. people online are comparing it to the hamburglar among other things. i just saw a tweet that said the muppet. it is wild. >> the temperature out there, treasure island. >> do not excuse that outfit choice. >> it wasn't that cold. >> 58. >> did somebody give him the wrong forecast. >> he thought it was going to be really cold. so he layered. >> alexis, it's never the temperature to wear that coat. >> it just doesn't match at all. then the sparkly glasses.

>> only if you're e.t., when he gets dressed up. only then is it the right temperature. "good mornin good morning, america. president trump set to address the nation just hours from now and take the border showdown to prime time. the democrats will respond. and now vice president pence joins us on "gma" this morning. what democrats are now demanding as the government shutdown hits day 18. and there's breaking news. hundreds injured after two trains collide overseas. the search for survivors right now. happening now. a fast-moving storm barreling from the midwest to the northeast bringing over a foot of snow. massive waves washing away a lighthouse and now millions facing a messy commute this morning. new trouble for kevin spacey, pulled over by police shortly after leaving court with a not guilty plea to sexual