east bay and the north bay. it's starting to creep up along the coast. we're getting flanked almost from all sides. sorry. put the wrong one up there. meant to put san rafael up there. that was a look at tahoe where it's going to snow heavily. let's talk about back at home. 38 to 50. definitely colder this morning. 56 to 57. partly cloudy. hazy at noon. 56 to 58 at 4:00. a nice four hours of comfortable temperatures. low to mid-50s, still nice during a dry evening. how about that commute? let's bring in alexis. >> overall, not too bad. no major issues this morning. a new crash in a pretty tough spot, though. northbound 87 in the south bay. a three-vehicle collision that is blocking the middle lane. that area is pretty slow with the lane taken away. that will be even slower. we'll keep an eye on that. another typical slow spot. the metering lights on pretty late today. 5:35 the official time.

we also have an issue on highway 17. we'll head back there coming up next. oracle park, oracle park. we're trying to get used to the new name. >> i got it. >> you got it, all right? >> no, it's back. >> at&t park delete it from your vocabulary. >> the ballpark where the giants play is getting a new name. it's oracle park for the next two decades. reporter matt keller is there with a big announcement. hi matt. >> reporter: good morning, to jessica and reggie. good memories here at at&t park. three world series titles for the team. but now a lot of work has done to change it from at&t park to oracle park. they're going to be putting up temporary signs later today. also later today, they'oi coeren.hey kid, willie mays. they've announced a naming rights agreement with software

giant oracle. bloomberg estimates the deal at mon 00million. at&t issued a statement saying they had a great relationship with the giants over the years. but decided not to renew the naming rights sponsorship. this will be the fourth name since the stadium opened in the year 2000. >> unfortunately, i don't like the name. oracle just sounds like there's another oracle arena somewhere else. i don't know. at&t was all right with me. >> reporter: of course, oracle's name is on the arena in oakland. after this season, the golden state warriors are moving to the new chase center here in san francisco. the chronicle reports oracle arena will be renamed. in case you're wondering, opening day at oracle park will be april 5th. reporting live in san francisco, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> already kind of getting used to it. governor gavin newsom expected to release a budget

proposal. fire mitigation efforts and health care coverage for young undocumented adults through medi-cal. on tuesday, newsom hinted the proposal includes interesting ideas for what to do with the surplus. california has a nearly $15 billion budget surplus. a san francisco woman is in a coma after being found badly beaten. the granddaughter sent abc 7 news this photo from the hospital. she tells us her grandmother was found unconscious. no arrests have been made yet. the family thinks she was beaten by someone who burglarized her home. police think the suspects specifically targeted her and knew her routine. in the east bay, a disturbing case of animal abuse caught on camera. a danville couple is sending a warning to dog owners

[ bleep ]. >> so that is the moment the security camera, you see it right there, outside miranda's home caught her professional dog walker adam yelling and kicking her dog ollie. she saw the video after the walker complained about her dog. she immediately called wag and police but it took days for the company to follow-up. >> it surprised me when it comes to something like animal that's against the law, that they wouldn't respond more. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, wag called it unacceptable and we have since deactivated this walker from our platform. danville police confirm that he was arrested. now folks is hoping her story gets other dog owners to be more selective about who cares for their pets. survivors of recent wildfires in california say they're afraid after president trump's threat. he wants to cuta wildfire

aid unless the state improves forest management. victims of the 2017 tubbs wildfire are still living in fema trailers p they say they're upset by the president's comments. >> ticks me off, you know. it makes you feel like especially if it takes away the whole program. there's a lot of it. be out on the streets. >> meanwhile governor newsom has asked the president to double the federal investment in forest management. the state awarded a $250 million contract to clean up the camp fire in butte county and it's a controversial decision. according to the chronicle, the money is going to a company involved in the cleanup of the former hunters point naval shipyard in san francisco. two tetra tech employees admit to faking soil the justice department, whistle blowers and homeowners. the camp fire destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. happening today, we're

expecting an update on construction and the temporary closure of a salesforce transit center. they meet later this morning to discuss the transit center which has been closed for more than 100 days. two cracks were discovered in steel beams in september. officials say a repair design has been approved. now a construction schedule has to be finalized. taking a stand after the allegations against r. kelly. she's pulling their song together and hear her message for her fans this morning. bye bye babies. the birth rate in america is dropping and it could turn into a problem. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. it seems like we're never a day away from

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let's take a look at the south bay. sme of our neighborhood temperatures, low to mid-40s there. don't forget the fog. we have 50s around san francisco, nap and half moon bay. you can see the fog taking over part of the bay bridge. out and about, foggy morning. exercising. it's cooler. dress warmer. this is our one dry day to do yard work. east bay at 48.

get up to 58 by noon under partly cloudy skies. still 55 at 8:00. that's pretty comfortable. north bay fog and 49 this morning. mid to upper 50s from noon to about 4:00. at 49. then we end up in the 40s. the next stop san francisco, 54 to 57 under a partly cloudy skies sky. let's take a look at the commute this morning. very exciting day for folks in richmond who would like to start taking the ferry. this is the first day that service is available from richmond to san francisco via ferry here. san francisco bay ferry. we're looking live at the first trip. they should be leaving any minute now. that was scheduled to go at 6:10 this morning. should be about a 35-minute trip to the ferry building. so very exciting. we're going to check in with amy hollyfield here in a few minutes. right now, i quickly want to check in on highway 17. we have a crash blocking the right lane before you get to idylwild road.

that's causing a backup south of the summit. we'll check that next. new at 6:00, the birth rate in the u.s. dropped to its lowest level in three decades in 2017. that's according to new data just released by the cdc. washington, d.c. had the lowest birth rate. only south dakota and utah had birth rates high enough to maintain their populations. governor gavin newsom taking action against the dmv. what he's doing to fix the many troubles at the embattled agency. tom steyer says he's not running for president but has no more excuses with cologuard. we all make exses for the things we don't want to do. but when it comes to colon cancer screening... i'm not doin' that. but when it comes to coi eat plenty of kale... ahem, as i was saying... ...with cologuard, you don't need an excuse... all that prep? no thanks. that drink tastes horrible!

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new this morning, terrifying moments when a car slammed into a stopped police cruiser in lee county, florida. that dashcam video showing the car bursting into flames. moments later, a trooper pulls the driver out of wreck. this happened in november. florida highway patrol just release thag video as a reminder for drivers to move over when they see troopers on the road. new at 6:00, a new documentary will r. kelly chronicles allegations of abuse and predatory behavior. the singer has strongly denied uprt from s many peers. in a twitter post last night,

lady gaga apologized for working with r. kelly. she says she will now pull a song they made together. it's called do what you want from streaming services. gaga says as a victim of sexual assault myself, i made both the song and video at a dark time in my life. my intention was to create something extremely defiant and provocative because i was angry and still hadn't processed the trauma that occurred in my own life. bay area billionaire tom stier announced that he is not throwing his name into the race for president. instead, he will devote his time and money into trying to get president trump impeached. in the coming year, steyer plans to spend $40 million to continue funding an impeachment campaign. >> the debate over whether or not grounds for impeachment exists is over. he met the criteria long ago. >> all eyes are on the democratic party ahead of the 2020 primary season.

massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has announced her intention to run and many are waiting on joe biden's decision. for now, all signs pointing to senator kamala harris launching a campaign as early as next week. we'll keep you posted. new at 6:00, quite a surprise for a man in a canoe in florida this week. he was relaxing on the water. look at that. >> cute. >> began pushing him around the water. another person canoeing nearby recorded this incredible encounter. >> wow. >> i'm stunned. >> see-through canoe? >> everything is blowing my mind. >> see-through canoe or kayak. >> there's a her herd of them. manat manatee. >> look at how special that is. he wanted to seaman teas. that's why he was out on the water that day. he got what he wanted and probably much more than he bargained for. so neat.

>> call them a herd or family. there was a bunch of other ones. >> i think some are rocks and some are manatees. >> who says everything in florida is bad? >> that's beautiful. >> normally this time of year, manatees stay near the bottom of the water instead of the top where it's cooler. >> i like the canoe. that was cool. >> a group of manatees is called an aggregation. >> thank you. i would have never known that. >> they're telling me that in my ear. >> good to now. thank you. >> sorry for my ignorance. we all know better. here's something i'm well-read on. check ahead. partly cloudy, hazy and mild today. patchy fog. about the same temperatures as this morning. maybe the fog isn't as widespread. the rain train makes many stops in the forecast. >> fremont, oakland, palo alto. morgan hill at 60. the rest in the upper 50s this

afternoon. that's comfortable. tonight, you can see the widespread fog in the north bay and east bay and central valley. not as much possibly in the south bay as this morning. mid to upper 40s in most neighborhoods. storm impact scale, a 1 for tomorrow evening through saturday. rain and then scattered showers. less than a half inch of rain. it shouldn't cause damage even though we have a saturday rated soil. 10:00, first shot of radar. future radar shows up right there in the north bay. then sprinkles up until 3:00 or 4:00 when the steadier rain moves in and hangs around. waves of rain throughout the evening hours. changing over, you can see the more scattered showers as we head towards saturday morning at 8:00. here you go at 4:00. that's the last push of any showers because they're gone by the time we get to 8:00. notice the rainfall totals. by 8:00 saturday evening, about a quarter to half inch around the bay. that half inch is more likely up in the north bay. so this storm is a 1. okay? saturday, if you're going to be

out of and about have the app with. you can see where the storms are and where they're going. if you have outdoor plans, i wouldn't cancel them. just use that feature. sunday, monday, tuesday 1s. >> let's go to alexis. >> the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:35. a few minutes later than average. we're looking okay. we're jammed in the middle lanes if you're using cash or fastrak. >> a little bit of better nuss. we had a three-car crash blocking the middle lane and the right lane this morning. before you get to kirt ner avenue. that's been pushed off to the side. a 12 to 15-minute delay behind that one. we're finally in the red. tracy to dublin, it took a while. 53 minutes. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard. also filling in, in the yellow at 28 minutes. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino holding on to the green at 17

minutes. thank you, alexis. "good morning america" a coming up at 7:00. >> ginger zee is live from new york city with what's on the show. >> good morning, jessica and regg reggie. may favorite part of the day talking to you. president trump is headed to the border this morning after that dramatic day at the white house walking outs of a meeting with democratic leaders calling it a waste of time. after they said they wouldn't approve his wall. we're live on the border this morning. also this morning, an amazon founder jeff bezos getting his -- you've been reporting this. after 25 years, will the world's richest man be paying the biggest divorce settlement? >> we'll get into that. duchess meghan announcing her charity. not the one we're thinking. how she'll be giving back and foclcusing ene it's all coming up on gma, plus my husband and his co-host kellie pickler are here.

>> your husband is so good on that show by the way. >> thank you so much. >> power couple right there. biased. >> thanks. a popular national park will close today because of the government shutdown. also, the major change coming to the oscars. it looks like the awards show will have no host after kevin hart backed out. what that could mean for hollywood's biggest night. >> a live look outside with abc 7 news now. you can keep track of weather and traffic on your screen throughout the commercial break.

>> you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. look at all that fog, visibility less than a mile. so getting dangerous. santa rosa, petaluma, fairfield and a couple of hundred feet in mountain view in san jose. it will be here all morning. thank you, mike. on the peninsula, palo alto police are searching for the man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman. police release this sketch of the man. the woman tells police she was walking to her car near stanford shopping center at 4:00 a.m. monday. a man approached her, asked her for change and sexually assaulted her and took her wallet. this is the second attack in weeks. they have arrested the suspects in the two other cases. new at 6:00, the co-founder of emeryville-based pixar has a

new job. john lassiter will lead sky dance animation. he begins the new job later this month. he was forced out of pixar in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct. he admitted to making missteps and apologized for his actions. governor newsom is creating a strike team to fix what he calls a mismanaged dmv. drivers trying to renew their licenses have had to cope with long lines as the department struggles to implement the real i.d. that's the federal program requiring a lot more verification of a person's identity which you'll soon need to fly anywhere and get into most federal facilities. the department of homeland security ha given the did the mv a few more months to -- the department extended the real i.d. approval extension to april 1st. happening today, joshua tree national park in southern california is closing for a few days because of the government shutdown. the national parks service says the park needs cleanup and repairs.

it will reopen as soon as everything is completed. in the meantime, volunteers have been trying to do their part. >> this is a great opportunity for us to be here and do something for a beautiful park. >> it's probably cleaner than it has been in a long time. thanks to everybody and everybody that's volunteering. >> here's the bummer. park officials say with the lack of park rangers, some visitors have defaced the namesake joshua trees. >> why would you do that? >> it makes no sense. next at 6:30, there could be trouble for ubers planning to go public next year. this is a wild one. you have to see this. you have to see this. hate being

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>> yeah. that's near the airport. 87 south of mineta san jose. >> could mean delays for folks. it's thursday, january 10th. >> delays at sfo because of the low clouds. let's take a look at the other areas i'm tracking with thick fog this morning. good morning everybody. the rain is gone. the aftereffects or the leftovers if you will. byron, oakley, bethel island dealing with really thick fog right now. let me broaden it out and show you that petaluma and santa rosa, mild visibility are less. san jose, mountain view. couple of hundred feet. this is going to be here through the entire morning commute. here's a look at san rafael. southbound 680, it's cooler this morning. 38 to about 50 degrees. look at those temperatures from noon to 4:00 under a partly cloudy and hazy sky. 56, about 58 degrees. pretty comfortable this evening. still dry. 52 to 54. but that dryness all changes tomorrow. more on that coming up. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. i did just get good news for th

blocking a slow lane on the northbound side juste wild.atid see, we have delays behind that. we'll look at drive times here as well. southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, in the green at 14 minutes. southbound 101, santa rosa to san francisco at an hour solid. that's still in the green for you. northbound 17 between highway 1 and los gatos, you are in the red. yep, that's due to the earlier crash at 48 minutes. abc 7 news, we're always tracking ways to build a better bay area. this morning, there is a new commute option for people in the east bay. this is it. a new ferry service departed richmond about 15 minutes ago. the terminal is at the very end of harbor way south across from the craneway pavilion. that's where reporter amy hollyfield is live this morning. amy, are people pretty excited? >> reporter: very excited, alexis. they're on their way right now to san francisco. enjoying their 35-minute ferry

ride. what a peaceful way to get to work. they just left here. take a look. very first fehr toy leave richmond for san francisco on this brand new route. there were 155 people on board this morning. it wasn't all commuters. there were several dignitaries and excited city officials. all of them saying at that this will be so great for growth in richmond. commuters say this will be great for them. they're tired of fighting their way to san francisco every morning. >> this is going to be fantastic. getting out of congestion on the richmond bridge, the bay bridge. the b.a.r.t. is fantastic. but it's crowded. it's further from my house to get here. so all those things are great40 to use the route every day at first. they're hoping it grows to be about 2,000. it will run only during commute hou

hours, but they will eventually add weekend service. they're set to depart at 7:10. live in richmond, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. all seems like good news. amy, thank you am. go online to see what building a better bay area. just use the #better bay area. day 20 of the partial government shutdown. >> the president claims he has the gop support even after walking out of talks. there could be an end coming soon to the stalemate. a handful of moderate republicans met behind closed doors hoping to find a solution to bring everything together. the preded out yterdust tes aer. senarchumasd if they could fund border wall and they said no. >> he just goupt and said we have nothing to discuss and walked out. again, we saw a temper tantrum. >> demanded once again, before any negotiations could begin,

that we would have to agree to reopen the government. >> federal workers affected by the shutdown will miss their first paycheck tomorrow. many workers are already applying for unemployment and looking for part-time work. the food and drug administration has furloughed 5,000 food inspectors because of the government shutdown. they look for things like unclean conditions, bug infestatio infestations. harmful contaminations. the fda says it's working on a plan to resume inspection places that handle things like seafood, cheese and vegetables. fda administrator scott gottlieb says the agency is doing what it can to minimize risk to the public. >> on the peninsula today, family and friends will remember a teenager found shot to death in the parking lot of a belmont school. 17-year-old muhammad othman was found at central elementary school late monday night. he was a senior at carlmont high school. police have not made any arrests, but they have detained several people after surrounding a home in pleasanton tuesday

night. muhammad's funeral is at 12:30 this afternoon at burlingame center. it's a video going viral and in a second you'll understand why. a man brought a dead raccoon into a san francisco mcdonald's. chris brooks captured this shocking video inside the potrero avenue score. brooks ran outside and started recording video through the window. >> after three or four minutes, a guy picked a raccoon up and took it outside and put it in the garbage. but it was blood on the floor and on the table inside the mcdonald's. >> health officials say the restaurant closed for five hours to disinfect the dining room. inspectors say it's now safe. animal control staff removed the raccoon from the property. police responded and gave the man in question a mental health evaluation. they determined he did not need

to be detained. >> it's so disgusting. police are investigating a hoax known as swatting. this comes after someone called 9-1-1 claim to go have killed his wife, tied up his children and planted pipe bombs. an untraceable call to police prompted this large response tuesday night. officers descended on a home on emerson avenue and tlrn two unsuspecting residents inside. police determined that this was all a hoax. it was called swatting. a form of harassment or prank where someone calls in a false report to get police to respond. the palo alto daily post says one of the victims is a facebook cyber security detective. >> we take it seriously because our resources are being wasted. they're being taken away from other duties and calls that are true emergencies. police say, in addition to possible criminal charges, they could go after the call toer try to recoup some of the cost of sending out those officers. you're never more than seven

minutes away from my accuweather forecast. temperatures up to 14 degrees cooler this morning. the north bay, we have mid 40s to 50 degrees. 51 is the warm spot. 52, excuse me in american canyon. elsewhere, we've got 43 in lafayette. some upper 40s around the bay until you get to redwood city at 41. san jose 46. 51 in san francisco. 101 and 880. here's 280 and 17. you can see the fog here also in the south bay. it's going to be around for the entire morning commute and over the bay water and just dress for the cooler conditions if you're waiting on mass transit this morning. all right. let's try to move ahead and see if i can get the next couple of graphics to load up. what i was going to show you, how we like to go down into the 12-hour into neighborhoods and show you what it's going to be like. it's going to start off cooler this morning. but it will warm back into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees as we head into the afternoon

hours. that's going to be the same the next couple of days. here's what i want to show you is coming up in the forecast if you want to stick around. that's a 1 on the storm impact scale. that's rolling in tomorrow. it's the first of many. so we need to get ready for more wet commutes next week. how about this morning. >> we're enjoying the dry pavement. it's definitely foggy out there as we've been saying. i don't know that it's necessarily slowing you down too much. you should definitely ease up a little bit and give yourself extra in between. the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. you have typical delays approaching the toll plaza. not far from westbound 80. we have a three-car crash that was pushed off to the shoulder. as you can see, you're pretty heavy. almost out to highway 4. not too far from there, southbound 680 approaching the benicia bridge. pretty heavy there on the northbound side at the toll

plaza. we have reports of a large ladder in the roadway. chp on the way to check that out as well. i want to show you a really close call for boaters in new zealand. you can see them in that tiny rubber dingy. that is a cruise ship feet from the dingy. this happened last month but the video was just released. it was disabled at the time but managed to avoid being hit. the boaters are lucky they were not. >> this makes my heart drop. they are very lucky. >> you're a sailor. what happened? it sounds like the boat maybe lost power. >> yeah. the dinghy that they were on could n m was dabled and didn' a motor. they could not move out of way. the cruise ship is going 22 knots. for example, a sailboat that's about 40 feet can go 8 knots. that's a pretty big boat. so that dinghy had -- all they could do is pray and keep their fingers crossed.

>> i would have been jumping out of that thing. >> yeah. are you better on your own in the water or at least a tiny bit of protection in that little boat. >> i don't know. >> choices. >> glad they're all right. >> yes. thankfully. west elm is known for high end furniture. now they're hoping to be known for hotels and their new project is coming to the bay area. let's take a live look at the big board at the stock exchange. we're down in the red 129 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. the new game for at&t park. how soon you'll have to call it oracle park. a live look outside. traffic and weather up throughout the commercial break with sbs 7 news

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. take a look at this rare treat. that's butte county. i call it a treat because it never touched down. you can see, yeah. pretty impressive. at least this person noticed. everybody else drives around saying look there's lightning. after a tornado warning was issued, they got ahead of it. it was hit with heavy rain. wind, hail and lightning. it's hard for the weather

service to see the tornados at times. it's the makeup of our tornadoes. they're very short-lived. they sometimes don't have the classic structure of of the big tornadoes you see in the midwest and the south. good job for the weather service there. here's a look at the fog in the central valley towards the coast. coast, 9:00 this morning, at least 11:00 in the central valley. visibility less than a quarter r mile. it will be partly sunny about everywhere else across the state. upper 50s to low 60s. it's quiet in tahoe achlt bluebird ski day. check out sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday. you'll have to trust me. there's light to heavy snow on the way. thanks, mike. at the home of the giants, getting a new name. >> blk t erase memory. no longer call it at&t park. because now it is going to be called oracle park. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is there with the big announcement. it's going to take a while for people to adjust, matt. >> reporter: yes, it is jessica.

every once in a while i'll say pac bell park and that goes a way back. it may take us a long time to call it oracle park. we'll get the official announcement from the giants today. they announced they have a 20-year naming rights with oracle. bloomberg estimates the deal at more than $200 million. team won three world series titles here. while the trophies stay, the at&t signs will go. new temporary signs expected for oracle. this will be the fourth name since the stadium opened in the year 2000. >> so whatever. oracle, you know. we're going to call it the ballpark anyway. all of us bay area residents. it's just the ballpark. i think that's cool. so whatever. >> reporter: at&t issued a statement saying they had a great relationship with the giants over the years. but decided not to renew the naming rights sponsorship. news conference will be held this morning at 11:00. willie mays will be here along

with team officials. reporting live at at&t -- at oracle park. matt keller. abc 7 news. in case you were wondering, this is now the fourth name for the giants home. it opened in 2000 as pacific bell park as matt alluded to. named after the old telephone company. in 02003 it was sbc park and then at&t park and now in 2019, oracle park. >> maybe that guy is right. call it the ballpark. >> oracle does not want that. they're paying a lot of money for us to say oracle park. happening today, b.a.r.t. will discuss what to do with their old cars as they come out of commission. if you were dreaming of living in an a bartment. that's not happening. >> no, it's not. the legacy cars will be taken out of service over the next four years. the agency special projects manager hopes they can be

repurpd and possible uses include food trucks, homeless shelters. >> there's a lot of nostalgia around this. i think people interested in the concept of seeing thim being reused. we'll see what the real interest is when they come out to bid. >> but as reggie mentioned, one thing the cars will not be used for is housing. that's because they're made of aluminum and the abartments can't be stacked. they can't look like that. >> the new cars have digital signs, a third door in every ca ke and new voice for the announcements. they're also designed to be quieter. of the 775 cars ordered, only 50 are available for service right now. b.a.r.t. hopes to have 150 more on the tracks by the end of the year and all new cars in service by 2022. a wild high-speed chase in los angeles ended with an arrest overnight. police say the suspect stole

this white van. officers trailed the driver across the city starting in van nuys and into hollywood. at one point, you see he crashed into a curb and backed up into a traffic light, knocking it down before speeding away. the chase came to an end when the man hit two parked vehicles. he then jumped out the passenger side of the van. he tried to make a run for it. but that's when police caught him. a federal judge in stran issued a proposed order to restrict pg&e from using power lines deemed to be unsafe in high winds during the 2019 fire season. that proposal would require pg&e to reinspect its entire grid and remove or trim all trees that could fall on to power lines. the utility maintains 106,000 miles of distribution lines in the state and pg&e has two weeks to respond. the cause of the camp fire in butte county that killed 86 people is still under investigation. investigators determined that the utility caused 18 wildfires in 2017 and faces possible

criminal charges. pg&e released a statement that says in part, we're commit today complying with all rules and regulations that apply to our work while working together with our state and community partners and across all sectors and disciplines to develop comprehensive long-term safety solutions for the future. now your morning money report. high-end furniture company west elm is no longer just selling couches and sheets. >> they've broken ground on a new hotel in the east bay. it's going up on broadway at 24th street. according to the business journal, it's part of a mixed use development that will include a 168-room hotel and retail space. this is video provided by west elm. it's expected to open21. uber's plans to go -- there are reports that the valuation of $120 billion is too optimistic. now ceo of uber tells "wall

street journal" that going public is a desire but he noted that if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. i would be disappointed and i think our shareholders would be disappointed also but the company would be just fine. here's a look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way. we're now down 174 points. analysts say investors are getting nervous about president trump's handling of the government shutdown and the trade war with china continues to be a concern. new developments this morning about the oscars. hollywood's biggest night will reportedly go without a host after kevin hart said he will not reconsider his decision to drop out. decided to forgo riety, the filling one of the most high-profile gig this is show business. hart stepped down after past homophobic comments resurfaced and this would be the first time in three decades the show will not have a host. >> the last time there wasn't a host on the oscars was 1989. that show is remembered as one

of the biggest debacles in oscar history as it opened with a huge musical number including rob lowe singing a song with snow white. no a-lister wants to host the oscars at this point. there's nothing in it for them. >> producers will select some a-listers to introduce some segments instead of one host. abc 7 is the only place you can wa the big night is sunday, february 24th. well, we saw this coming sort of, right? maybe it's better to have a variety of people. >> we asked people during midday live which airs every day 11:00 to noon. it should go hostless, the majority of the people said yes. >> especially this year. >> it got weird. >> we can start thinking about next year. this year let's not. >> i don't think anyone wanted to jump in there after all of that. >> didn't want to be associated even if it was periphery.

i agree. put it behind us, let's move forward and have fun that night and celebrate. absolutely. >> it's going to be a dry day today. >> yes, today. do i get an emmy for that? >> you get an oscar, yeah. >> i was thinking television. i'll take an oscar, too. sutro tower, you can see the fog encroaching upon san francisco. here's a look at the exploratori exploratorium. not much fog over the bay. if you're taking a ferry, it's cleaner. mild conditions, patchy fog. same temps tonight. fog not as widespread as this morning. the rain train arrives with several stops in the forecast. 602 0 in oakland. average highs this time of year in the mid-50s. we're higher than that. you can see where the light is dominantment in the north bay, parts of the east bay. not as much around the bay and the south bay. mid to upper 40s. a wall of water coming our way and dual areas of low pressure. this comes towards us and sit and spin off the coast.

starting at 10:00 tomorrow, you can see the first chance of wet weather. those with that low and it's counter clockwise flow, we get the moist flow off the ocean all day tomorrow with the steadier rain moving in at 4:00. look at it all throughout the evening hours. now, it changes over to showers by 8:00 saturday morning. use our app saturday. there's a chance of showers. use it to look at live doppler 7. use the future radar to see where the showers are going. it may be our last dry afternoon for a while. the rainfall amounts be, most of this is going to fall by tomorrow night. you can see a quarter to a tenth of an inch. maybe a half inch in the north bay. sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday, just unsettled with light to moderate storms every day. alexis? good morning, mike. i do want to give you an update to that heavy traffic we had before you get to the benicia bridge. that was due to late roadwork. we confirmed that it has wrapped up now. that is complete.

but we're definitely looking at residual delays. not as bad as ten minutes ago. but that's starting to shorten up a bit. a pretty shot here of w creek, southbound 680. you're stop and go. not as foggy here as many of the areas around the bay area. we've got dense fog areas. drive times switching from the green into the yellow. westbound 80. highway 4 to the maze. 32 minutes. about 13 minutes across the bay bridge and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo. you're now in the yellow as well at 12 minutes. thank you, alexis. there are many venues in the bay area for concerts and sporting events. at&t park, levi's stadium, oracle arena. now new rankings from pollster magazine say san jose's sap center in the best indoor arena. sap had the most ticket sales for nonsports events between november 2017 and november 2018. justin timberlake, u-2 and c up

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before you go. number one, east bay commutrs have a new way to get to san francisco. new ferry service between richmond and san francisco kicked off this morning. a one-way trip costs $9 cash. clipper card holders pay $6.75. number 2 welcome to oracle park. the giants will make the name change official today. the team in the redwood city-based tech company have a 20-year agreement in place. number 3, governor newsom will release his state budget proposal today. it's expected to include funding for issues he promised to address during his campaign. like early childhood education and extending medi-cal to undocumented immigrants. president trump is taking his battle to the border. 'll stopncallen texas. this is now day 20 of the shutdown. it's all about being dry today as you look at the map. you see the fog. santa rosa, fairfield and san jose, visibility down to a couple of hundred feet. the fog is going to be around in just about all of our

neighborhood through 10:00. number 6, i'm talking about the fog this morning as well. check this out. boy, really thick fog in most of san jose right now. state route 87 around mineta san jose. give yourself a few extra minutes. we have low visibility. slow down and increase that following distance. number 7, one of our favorite videos this morning. this is a man who was in a canoe in florida and look at that. a manatee approaches the boat and pushes him around. he wanted to seaman teas. the canoe is super cool. you can see through it. >> like that. >> isn't that special ziechblt we learned a lot about manatees this morning. >> they are an aggregation. >> that's what you call a group of manatees. they're commonly called the sea cow. >> look at you. >> old lore says that sailors used to think that was a mermaid. that's how the mermaid thing came out.

good morning, america. president trump heads to the border this morning after talks to end the shutdown completely break down. the president walked out of that white house meeting with democratic leaders. now some republicans in a last-minute scramble to find a new deal, as 800,000 workers brace for no paycheck tomorrow. we're live on the border. new winter storm alert. as heavy snow pummels new york and causes spinouts, a fast-moving system bringing a deep freeze from the plains to the northeast and new warning this weekend. breaking overnight. the high-speed police chase caught on camera. a stolen van slamming into traffic lights, plowing through cars. how they finally caught the suspect. overnight. new footage emerges of the embattled singer r. kelly in a