cloudy and hazy. spotty sprinkle possible through the morning commute. scattered showers at noon become wdespread at 4:00. if you're headed out this evening, plan on rain. let's check on the roads with alexis. >> good morning, mike. overall, starting out quiet. expecting a friday-like commute. i'm keeping track of the fog too. i have the visibility layer on top of the traffic map. we have a bit of fog in the central valley there. if you're headed into the tri-valley. we had a dense fog advisory for altamont pass. it's start to go thin out a bit. altamont pass is usually a different story on its own. very specific area that tends to fog up. i will keep an eye on that. a quick check of drive times. they're looking good, too. 680 walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 50. highway 1 to los gatos, 21 minutes. alexis, thank you. the government shutdown is now

officially tied with the one in lapse ever. >> it's very likely that will be surpassed. as the standoff between president trump and democrats over the border wall continues. abc news reporter serena marshall live in washington with the latest. >> reggie, jessica, good morning. yesterday the president traveled to the u.s./mexico border where he paraphrased that famous quote by harry truman saying the buck stops here. the buck stops with everybody. this as federal employees are starting to feel the effects. >> the shutdown showdown on par to be the longest government spending lapse ever. the president not backing down. telling sean hannity, an emergency is looking likely >> i would do that. i would actually say i would. >> reportedly considering a redirection of funds from disaster relief projects like the california wildfires and the hurricanes that slammed florida, texas and puerto rico to the

border wall. using the army corps of engineers to build it. that sounds more like a fence following his visit to the border thursday. >> we have no -- over 90% of our traffic occurs in those areas. >> you don't have to say anymore. that's it. that's it. >> the need he said because death is pouring through. the mayor of mcallen disagrees telling matt gutman. >> what was the murder rate in mcallen, texas? >> zero. >> zero. 800,000 work ners the crosshairs. the president insisting they're with him 100%. >> they want us to win this battle. these people want us to win. >> for those missing a paycheck today, it's their lives on the line. >> the bills keep coming. they don't stop. >> you have 30 days to get your payment in full and after 30 daeept you tohe creditors. >> life and death for me. i have to pay out of pocket for my medical insurance and for my

medication. >> their absence from the job being felt across the country. >> beginning tomorrow, saturday, an airport will be closing down a terminal to redirect tsa agents that are available to busier checkpoints. live in washington, serena marshall, abc 7 news. in the north bay, craft brewers are seeing the effects of the partial government shutdown. the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau has to approve labels for new beer. moonlight brewing company in santa rosa has a new beer they want to get out, but the label is not approved. labels are using approved in five to seven days. there's likely to be a huge backlog when the government reopens. a lot is happening on the government shutdown. enable push alerts to get the latest on your phone with the abc 7 news app. officials say an extraordinary amount of oversight is to blame for the steel beams at the sales force transit center.

it's been 108 days. a cause has not been identified. experts are looking at access holes cut go the girders after the beam was rewelded together. officials also say the inspection process did not catch the cracked beams. materials for repairs have been ordered. once they arrive, they will have a better idea of how long the repairs will take. the california department of justice is attempting to block the sale of two financially struggling hospitals in santa clara county. the county is ready to spend $235 million to save o'connor hospital in san jose and st. louise regional hospital in gilroy. officials say it's a small price to pay to relieve overcrowding and expand the public system's reach. the plans were recently put on life support, though, as california's attorney general filed a stay on the hospital sales. the move was a surprise to santa clara county executive jeff smith. >> essentially, they are trying

to accomplish something legally, but they're going to end up closing two hospitals. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, the ag's office says california's doj is, quote, committed to advocating for conditions that in communities have access to health care services. santa clara county not agreed to some conditions as part of the sale, including 24-hour emergency rooms and operating rooms. you're never more than seven minutes away from from. so far we don't need the umbrella. 50 around pleasant hill and lafayette. everybody else in our east bay valleys. still a touch of fog hanging around in the mid to upper 40s. same temperatures in the pay shore into the south bay and up into the north bay. fairfield, vallejo, novato and san francisco a little milder. walnut creek south on 680, you can see some fog out there right now. it's not widespread enough for a

dense fog advisory. nor is it going to hang around centered on when the rain comes in, like the evening commute. we have the best chance of driving on slick streets. we have a small craft advisory shout of the bay bridge today. it's going to be breezy and choppy there. east bay, let's time it out. pretty dry up until noon. there could be a random shower. our best chance of rain is 2:00. especially 6:00 and 8:00. in the north bay, we start a little quicker. a random shower at 8:00. look at 10:00. scattered showers and then from noon on, we have a better chance of steady rain. cooler temperatures there. mid-50s. and in san francisco, any time around 8:00 on, we have a chance of scattered showers that will become steadier by 4:00 with temperatures, look at that, climbing into the upper 50s this afternoon. getting off to a quiet start weatherwise this morning. how about traffic? >> it's friday. nobody works on friday, mike. especially at 4:36. except us. >> we're the only ones.

>> we're here for you. >> i guess there's a fewoll plaza. not even seeing a stackup in the cash lanes this morning. i don't think we'll get those metering lights on. it's a little after 5:30. typically what we see on a friday. we'll stay tuned. cash lanes and fastrak users are not seeing any users. quick check of drive times. looking great here too and our barometer this waerl, always the central valley. tracy to dublin. up to 27. we'll take it. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard in the green as 16. no delays on northbound 85. 101 to cupertino, wide open at 16 minutes. >> thanks, alexis. a big investor takes ton google after its handling of a sexual misconduct case. the videos and memos he says proves his case. >> they try to clear up confusion for the real i.d. there's only one date to

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. fog it retreating to the san joaquin valley. that's where it will remain until 11:00 this morning. 1.2 million people having to deal with the tule fog. >> closer to the cost, you can see the showers. even a chance of thunderstorms. that's down around l.a. and san diego this afternoon.sierra.

the news gets better. we're up to 90% of average. while it's quiet right now, you can see from heavenly, let me show you sunday night. that's when the light snow begins. light to moderate monday, tuesday, wednesday and then heavy snow for thursday. we may even be above afshlg ver the end of next week. a loud boom captured the attention of people in the south bay. it happened yesterday at 3:30. >> as soon as i get up to the door, a boom is shaking the door and the windows and everything. i'm like, wow, it sound like a sonic boom. >> others heard the loud boom as far south as gilroy and as far north as the hillsdale shopping center in san mateo. nobody reported anything significant. that mysterious boom is still a mystery. google and its parent company alphabet has been sued with the sole purpose of changing the culture there. the giant tech company has been

marred by claims of sexual harassment and yesterday a stockholder filed what is called a derivative suit on behalf of other shareholders. reporter lyanne melendez has more on what it all means. >> a derivative lawsuit brought forward by a stockholder claims that the many sexual harassment alss against google harmed the tech company's reputation affecting the price of the stock. the claim says the board, including the two google founders, covered up all of these cases. the attorneys representing this stockholder who goes by james martin, presented their strongest tool against google. >> we have gone and obtained the minutes from the google shareholder meetings. we got them. we reviewed them. >> they include discussions about allegations made against andy rueben, a senior executive accused of sexual harassment, yet google gave him an $90

million exit package. >> they interviewed the google security team who said we found sex bondage videos on mr. rubin's work computer. do you think he was fired that year for having sex bondage videos on his computer? not at all. >> more meeting minutes were obtained in which other cases of sexual harassment were discussed and payouts were awarded. the suit filed in san mateo county superior court seeks to change the power of the board by hiring three new directors and implementing a one share -- right now the two founders control the vast majority. google did not return our request for comment n san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. sack maent owe and washington are trying to clarify confusion about california's real i.d. cards. the department of homeland security says the state has until april 10th to show it's

complying with the new federal standards for driver's licenses and i.d.s. on wednesday, dhs mistakenly tweeted the date was april 1st. the original deadline was january 22nd. once enforcement starts in october of 2020, you'll need a real i.d. license or a passport to fly within the u.s. there's a lot of confusion about these i.d.s. how to get one. what you need and what it means. if you search our website, abc7news.com or our news app, you'll find everything you need to know, including how it's nearly impossible to get a real i.d. appointment. good luck. a nightmare commute home from lake tahoe is inspiring a challenge. >> we have traveled a total of 13 miles in seven hours. >> that was abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow last sunday. it took her 12 hours to get back to the bay area. it got us wondering. is there an easier way to get to

lake tahoe? that's a question we hope to answer today. melanie is going to fly to reno and take a shuttle to lake tahoe. meantime, we'll have someone drive the trip. that starts during our 5:00 a.m. hour and end on the midday. follow us online to see the results of whose trip is faster and whose trip is cheap he shall. >> melanie is like a glutton for punishment. she just did that horrible trip and now she's going back? >> she's flying this time. >> that's true. >> taking that portion of the trip. conditions are much better this morning, too. they shouldn't have major issues. fingers crossed. >> we've had people miss work before because of that commute trying to get back on sunday and not able to get back. i feel for her and everybody that tries to do it even though we tell them not to. let look at what's going on. i put something together real quick. this is more for the fog this morning if you're traveling to

80, 50 or 88, if you're flying should be no issues. i can't wait to see their reports. san rafael, a little bit of fog lingering. that's quickly erasing from the sky as the next system rolls in. it will build some breeze ds and showers today. showers taper tonight but we've got plenty of rain in the extended forecast. highs today, comfortable. mid to upper 50s in the north bay where the rain will settle first. the rest of us in the upper 50s to low 60s. tonight, another semi mild night. we should be in the 30s and 40s this time of year. in the mid-40s to 50 with scattered showers. here's a look at the storm track. you can see two distinct storms there. one comes in today, lingers through tomorrow. the other one comes in sunday and monday. there's even more if you go back towards china and japan just waiting to come and bring us some rain. our best chance of thunderstorms today, you can see are pretty much north of los angeles up to the big sur coast. here at 7:00, a few random sprinkles possible.

you can see even a few scattered showers as we head towards the lunch-hour, especially across the north bay. one or two of those may pulse up and become moderate. so there will definitely be slickness on the roads. nothing compared to what we're dealing with this evening. green and yellow. light to moderate rain rolling through. that will taper heading towards tomorrow morning. there's a chance of scattered light showers tomorrow afternoon. some sunshine and showers. and then by the time we get to 8:00 tomorrow evening, you'll have to worry about wet weather. sunday to monday, the one tuesday and thursday are now moderate storms. that's when we could see damage. alexis? >> thank you, mike. we're enjoying the dry pavement for now and we have a smooth commute right now. honestly, that's about it. wehave construction at westbound highway 4 at 680. looks like they opened back up. that was scheduled to be a full closure until 6:00. they're planning to get that

done by 5:00. i'm not seeing any delays. if you want to take an alternate, you can head south on 880. four minutes for your drive time. southbound 880 fremont to san jose. in the green at 15 minutes to northbound 280. highway 101 to cupertino is actually going down. in the green as well. >> thank you, alexis. netflix may look to new software to crackdown on a account sharing. >> gm is ready to challenge tesla. techbytes, cracking down on netflix account sharing. >> artificial intelligence to look for fraudulent activity that analyzes vieavr thari penfor co no word if netflix plans to use the software. general motors planning to challenge tesla by coming out with an electric cadillac. according to reuters, cadillac is the lead electric vehicle.

after the production of the chevy volt.foal announcench thi delivery? >> the robot delivery dog has been unveiled. it climbs stairs and rings bell. it dumps the package on to the porch if no one answers. those are your tech byte. have a great friday and a great weekend. how can i have a great week after seeing that? >> it can climb stairs and ring your doorbell. >> and murder you. probably not. oakland is beginning to rival san francisco for popular restaurants. promoting them starting today. >> it's one thing to move. but an entire house? starbucks is taking the opioid crisis head on. what customers may soon see at some stores.

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aayre lawmaker wants t asieroran to vote. there's a bill that's been introduced to make election day a state holiday. it falls on the first tuesday i a pai d off. it's unclear how it impacts businesses. a historic house being moved to make room for a science building on the san jose campus. >> it houses student government. crews will move it about a mile away to the new location next to the business tower. the process could take up to eight hours. 4th street between san carlos and san fernando will be closed for most of tomorrow. the mid century monster. the sculpture was installed? the early 1950s has been in disrepair and fenced off. local nonprofits raised money to fix it. renovation will take eight to 12

weeks and the sculpture will be painted green which is actually the original color. speaking of green, everything is turning green around here, isn't it, with all the rain? by noon, we have a chance around half moon bay san francisco in the north bay of a couple of hundredths of an inch. to make it a little difficult, about as difficult as during the evening hours when we get up to a quarter to a half inch of rain possible. overnight, a couple of hundredths from the scattered showers and drizzle. same thing, tomorrow will be mainly dry with some random showers here and there. make sure you download our app and use our radar and future radar features if you'll be out and about. >> hydroplaning is the biggest issue. have to push it up to high. trees, power lines, flooding. small streams, not expecting any of that from this storm. heading out the door right now, here's alexis. >> not a lot to worry about at the moment, mike. that's definitely good news. i want to show you our favorite cell camera yesterday.

we were socked in. today, that is not the case. we're not seeing any delays on the southbound side of 101 either. in fact, checking that drive time getting into san francisco from san rafael, that is in the green. should take you about 16 minutes. mass transit also off to a great start today. b.a.r.t. normal service. 33 trains in service right now. muni, no delays. same thing for capital corridor. so far so good. thanks, alexis. starbucks making a controversial decision to make coffee safer for -- installing boxes for the safe disposal of syringes in the bathrooms at locations. starbucks workers expressed concern about discarded syringes tossed away in waste cans. they say it's a growing problem since starbucks ghana loug anyone to use its restrooms. on social media, some are asking if the boxes will encourage more people to use drugs in the bathroom? in the east bay, today is the start of oakland restaurant week and now it's ninth year.

runs for ten days for people to take full advantage of dining deals. more than 100 restaurants are taking part this year. they are offering prefix menus ranging from 10 to $50 a meal. there's an interactive dining experience to take part in events behind the scenes and learn about the food. restaurant weekends next sunday. >> next at 5:00 a.m., no pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers today. we'll show you the impact it's having in the bay area. >> chaos on the tarmac. passengers fed up with waiting on the plane after their flight was diverted to oakland. find out what led to two arrests. >> we're continuing to follow breaking news in davis. a police officer shot and killed. the suspect found dead. we have a crew in davis with a live report also a live look outside at the golden gate bridge right now. it's very early still. you can see not a lot of cars on the bridge. traffic and weather up throughout the break. stay with us.

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good morning east bay. rain returns to the bay area today. a live look at the embarcadero. >> the storm has not hit yet.

it's on the way. you have that to look forward to. good morning to you. it's friday, january 11th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco has a look head at the forecast. >> here's a look at the forecast. the storm is 1. expecting up to an inch of rain. both are mainly in the hills. much lower and slower as we head into where we live. there was fog during the overnight hours. the winds are starting to pick up. most of that is starting to dissipate. we're not going to have a repeat of yesterday. here's a look at the exploratorium. looks pretty nice from pier 15. mostly cloudy with a slight sprinkle. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s from noon with scattered shores to more widespread showers at 4:00 and 5:00. >> good morning, mike. very quiet. we have not had any incidents this morning. we're seeing