emotional tribute to a life gone too soon. a man standing watch with an american flag outside uc davis medical center overnight. his way of showing support for a police officer killed in the line of duty. >> that tribute is for 22-year-old davis police officer natalie corona. she died overnight after she was shot while responding to a traffic stop. good morning to you. it is friday, january 11th. we're going to have much more on what happened to officer corona in just moments. first, a live look at san francisco. it is dry right now but rain is hours away. here's abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you very much. hi everybody. we'll start with the storm impact scale. give you an idea of what to expect today and torm. a tenth to a half inch of rain. higher amounts in the hills. winds about 15 to 25 this morning to 40 in hills. fog near acy,orn h bn dissipating thies kick up

goudy with a sprinkle possible at 7:00. 42 to 50. but scattered showers at noon. upper 50s. more widespread at 4:00 and then it becomes pretty steady during the evening hours. pretty mild. mid to upper 50s. dry this morning. hopefully the commute is good. answers from alexis. >> it was good. just about 15 minutes ago, mike. we got a couple incidents that we do need to tell you about. one has bnt south bay. a rollover crash on northbound 101 just before you get to trimble road. it is a little bit north. two exits north of 880 here which is where the camera is. we did flip it around. the northbound side to see if we can see anything. it's a little beyond our reach. things are start to go back up. we'll look at the drive time next. we had what was reported. >> sounds like that has turned into a collision. chp on the way to the scene. i'll have an update on that as well in ten minutes. >> alexis, we want to get to the

breaking news we're tracking in the city of davis. a davis police officer was shot and killed in the downtown area. very close to uc davis' campus. her suspected shooter is also dead. 22-year-old natalie corona was shot last night while responding to a traffic crash. she had just graduated from the police academy this summer and was only on patrol a few weeks. it's a tragic death. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in davis for us this morning. amy? >> reporter: jessica, i got new information from the crime scene investigator. he tells the man who they believe shot officer corona was not involved in the car accident that she was investigating. they think he just walked up and started shooting. here's some perspective for you. we are standing at c and 5th street. ficeco happen.the car acc we believe that's h that the

suspect, the suspected killer, just lives about a half a block from here on 5th street. they don't know why he wandered over to the scene and started shooting. 22-year-old natalie corona was shot and killed last night when she responded to a car crash. it was just before 7:00 last night. she responded to the crash alone. officers were involved with a standoff with the man who they believe killed her after searching door to door for him. they sent in a robot, they used flash-bang grenades trying to get him to come out. at 1:30 this morning, police announced they found him dead by what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot. davis police have handed the investigation over to the sacramento sheriff's office. the sheriff's office telling me that, unfortunately,exrinitti t. dat theealing with their grf. >> it's a small department. it's a family unit in a lot of ways. we're all pretty shocked.

i think everybody is holding it together, trying to do their jobs very professionally. but it's hard. >> reporter: it was a three-car accident that brought officer corona to the area. investigators believe her killer just walked up on this scene and started shooting. they have not released any information about him. i did ask why they think he did this. the crime scene investigator told me they don't know. was it drug induced? they don't know at this point. they are still investigating. this is the first officer to die in the line of duty in davis since 1959. reporting live in davis, amy hollyfield, abc news. >> now, stunning the way that it's unfolded. amy, thanks for that information. >> jaw dropping. officer corona started at the davis police department in 2016. she began as a community service officer. she had just completed the

police academy in july. she was sworn in as a davis police officer on august 2nd. you see this picture here, officer corona graduated from the department field training program just before christmas. she was only on the streets working as an officer for a few weeks. she's survived by her parents, including her father, a that's him pinning the badge on to her. he was sworn in on monday as a county officer. our heart breaks for her family. we've been updating this breaking news with the news app. you can get more information as soon as we get it into the newsroom. our other big story today. it was supposed to be payday. hundreds of thousands of federal workers. instead, they go without. >> in fact, this time tomorrow, we'll officially be in longest u.s. government shut down on record. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in mountain view for us. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. today the people who are working the federal workers like the

ones here at nasa are supposed to be getting paychecks today. that's not going to happen as this government shutdown keeps them from getting paid. >> employees with the environmental protection agency rallied outside the agency's region 9 headquarters in san francisco yesterday. they were joined by nasa and irs employees as well. they say they want to work but the government shutdown has them sidelined. as many as 800,000 federal workers affected are expected to miss their first paycheck today. >> weren't able to make some of our payments today. we usually try to make them the beginning of the month and we just weren't able to pay all the bills. how am i going to deal with the rent issue? i think i have enough savings to pay for rent this month. not much more. >> reporter: the missing

paychecks are likely to trigger unemployment claims with states. there are also concerns some federal workers could resign due to the instability. by tomorrow, the funding lapse will be president longest in history at 22 days. matt keller shall abc 7 news. the reason why so many people may be getting a break on cell phone bills. >> reporter melanie woodrow's nightmare drive home from lake tahoe last weekend made us wonder, what's the best way to get to tahoe? should you fly or drive? we're putting it to the test right now. we'll get an update in a few minute. i'll take a look at the conditions they'll encounter today. look at the

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right now. whether you're out and about, exercising, south of the bay bridge, it's going to be very gusty with a small craft advisory through 3:00. also to dumbarton and san mateo bridge. it's going to be pushed around bit breezes. east bay valleys, time temperatures and rain. pretty cloudy up until noon with a random shower. scattered at 2:00. steadier from 4:00. especially through the evening hours as we drop into the 50s. peninsula at 49 this morning. random shower until noon. then steadier rain from 2:00 all the way through the evening hours. the south bay, we've got pretty quiet conditions and near 60 by noon. scattered showers at 2:00. also becoming steadier, 4:00 through the evening. let point toward the morning commute with alexis. >> we have issues to talk about this morning. we can see the backup in san jose due to a rollover crash northbound 101. a couple exits north of here, just before you get to trimble

road, there's a vehicle that flipped over blocking lane number 5. that backup continues to grow. the good news, we heard from chp. minor injuries. southbound 101 ramp to willow, reports of a disabled vehicle. now reports of a crash on the northbound side of the roadway in that same area. sounds like that ramp is just partially blocked. just getting word about a big issue, though, with cal trans. sound like a train struck a person around whipple road. more details in a few minute. >> heading to tahoe this weekend, we're finding out if it's faster to drive or fly. that's next.

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it's 6:saah. a nightmare commute is inspiring a challenge. on sunday, it took melanie woodrow st. 12 hours to get back to the bay area. it got us wondering. is there an easier way to get there, to drive or fly. >> one of our video journalists is driving the trip up to lake tahoe. he tweeted this out at 6:03 a.m. we're headed out on our commute challenge from san francisco to tahoe. good luck. >> melanie here is going to fly

and then take a shut tol lake tahoe. she tweeted out, i officially left at 6:05 a.m. i can see juan carlos sprinting to his car as i got a cab to the airport. she's joining us live by phone now. melanie, where are you exactly right now? >> okay. i just crossed the bay bridge so i'm already into the east bay. we're heading to oakland airport. i have to tell you, this is starting to feel a little bit like a reality show. one of those challenge shows. by the way, that 12-hour trip i took happens to be my birthday weekend. so this is like a birthday redo. i won't be spending a lot of time in tahoe. i'll be coming back so that we can wrap up this challenge. but it's getting exciting. there's not much traffic. i should share with you it's a light friday commute as i heard on abc 7 news as i was getting ready. we're moving along here headed to the airport. my flight at 8:25. headed to reno, i believe boarding time at 7:50 or 7:55 this morning. if you want to follow along as

i'm up in the air and as you mentioned, the plan is i will land in reno and then take shut ttle to tahoe. people want to know why are you flying to reno and not to tahoe? reno is the big airport. easier to get from reno to tahoe by the shuttle which i'll be taking, inexpensive. just under $30. versus taking a uber or lyft. there would be the option of renting a car. tahoe tourism wants to encourage people if they make the journey this way to take a rideshare or the shuttle. they want to decrease the amount of cars on the roads and help with traffic. >> melanie, i know you must be excited to put your feet up as you mentioned earlier at the airport and not be stuck in a car for so long. >> yeah. that's one thing, of course. so when i was in the car this past sunday, if you were following along and it was 12 hours, my companion and i were so intent on getting home at that point, i had to be at work

the next day, we had other stuff going on. we decided to make that trip and not stop. there was an officer directing traffic early on and i said to him, hi, i took his picture, you might have that photo where he's sort of flexing his muscles as he's directing traffic. i said how long will it be until i get back to the bay area. he suggested that i stop for dinner along the way. at one point we passed a restaurant over the mountain and said no, let's keep driving. believe it or not, for 12 hours, never stopped to use the restroom. >> oh, no. >> never stopped to eat anything. had quite a few fruit snacks and cheese puffs along the way. >> okay. enjoy the snacks and a little time off at the airport this morning. melanie, thank you. we have the results of our challenge on midday live at 11:00 a.m. you can track our team's progress throughout the morning. you can follow them on twitter and check our news app and

abc7news.com. again, on twitter, we're abc 7 news bay area. we'll be tracking all of this. how is the weather going to be getting there and then in lake tahoe itself? here's mike. >> it's going to be much different than what melanie dealt with on sunday. here's a look at what i have for i-80, 50 and 88. i'm not sure which way juan carlos is going. either way, he may run into some fog but it's patchy. for the most part, no snow, no rain and also if you're flying, it's green. there's no delays getting in and out of our airports nor into reno. a look back home. 87 in san jose, we could barely see it yesterday. fog almost dpon. showers today. scattered then steady. random tomorrow. our driest day ahead. stronger storms are on the way. maybe by thursday, 55 to 60 mile per hour wind gusts. that will not be good with all the rain we're getting and the saturation in the soil. mid to upper 50s in the north bay. near 60 the rest of us. maybe up to 40s in the

mountains. mid-40s to 50 tonight with the showers tapering. in fact, let me show you. 7:00 this morning, rain and sprinkles. a few scattered showers possible near the coast and the north bay until noon. then from 4:00 to 8:00, that's when the light to moderate steadier rain starts to move. it hangs around through midnight. then it tapers tomorrow. just a random shower with some clouds and some sunshine tomorrow. you'll have our app. it's one of those -- if a storm pops up, you'll want to she where it's going with the radar feature. here's a look at the rainfall potential. a tenth to quarter of an inch before the evening commute. a quarter to half inch is possible by saturday morning. looking at tuesday and wednesday for the most damaging stormgs storms. alexis. >> a couple big issues. one is a rollover crash in san jose. north of 101 and 880 closer to trimble roadblocking the right lane. you can see the traffic basically not moving here. just minor injuries. that's causing about a 15, 20

minute delay. we have a commuter alert. cal train giving us the update that a train struck a pedestrian. southbound train number 102 much thafrs at the whipple avenue crossing. all trains are stopped in the area. emergency personnel are on the scene. we're working to get more information right now. okay. alexis, thanks. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> let's go to ginger zee with a live look at what's ahead. happy friday, ginger. >> happy friday it all of you. good to be with you. coming up on gma, we have the breaking news about missing wisconsin teenager jayme closs. she was found alive after vanishing three months ago when her parents were murdered. a suspect is in custody and we're live in wisconsin with the latest there. also this morning, we have new fallout from a r. kelly docuseries. the lawyer for the singer is responding to the allegations right here on gma. you want to see that. plus, the new warning for parents about behaving badly at sports games.

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redwood city area, around whipple avenue. we're working on the latest on how that's impacting service as well. our tahoe commuter challenge in full swing. on the road and at the airport. who will get there first? >> i'm betting on our crew on the plane. but i also am usually wrong. >> all right. i'm going for the crew driving. >> me too. >> how this pans out. good morning on this friday, january 11th. it's 6:31. >> tracking our forecast in tahoe, mike nicco. >> we'll start here at home. rain is on the way. it will not hamper juan carlos and his drive up to tahoe. this is coming in more later this afternoon and this evening. we have a chance of a random shower this morning. the storm is a 1 light on the storm impact scale. we've got a little bit of fog. it will be around another houru. the fog really isolated. temperatures 42 to 50 under a mostly cloudy sky with a spotty

light shower at 7:00. scattered showers at noon and upper 50s. more widespread, steadier and even heavier from 4:00 to at least 7:00. still mild, though. mid to upper 50s. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. i want to take you back to sky 7. they're live over an issue involving cal train on the peninsula. this is in redwood city. you're seeing a lot of flashing lights, emergency personnel right around train tracks. sky map 7 on sky 7 right now. you can see this is off of camino real and whipple avenue. according to cal train, a pedestrian was struck at that crossing about 30 minutes ago. they have emergency crews there. we're not sure about the condition of that person. i can tell you how that impacts service right now if you're planning to commute by cal train this morning. southbound train 102, they were able to just reopen the northbound lane for single tracking. so trains are moving through the area. but it is at restricted speeds. i would definitely plan on significant delays. we have a rollover in the south

bay. we'll check on that next. now to our breaking news. a 22-year-old police officer shot and killed in the line of duty late last night. this happened as she responded to a crash in davis. not far from the uc davis campus. >> just a few announced a suspected gunman took his own life. abc news reporter amy hollyfield is live in davis with details that police have revealed this morning. amy, they are heartbreaking. >> reporter: this is really tough to hear, jessica. a crime scene investigator has told me they believe the killer wasn't involved in the car accident that the police officer was investigating. that he just walked up on the scene and just started shooting. they believe he lived just down the street from where this car accident had taken place. look behind me. you can see that officers are still actively involved in investigating this scene. she was shot and killed at 5th and c streets.

they believe he lived about a half a block down the street from there. this is 22-year-old officer natalie corona who was shot and killed. she was investigating a three-car accident when she was gunned down. officers at this time don't think the killer was involved in that crash. he just came up and started shooting. officers were involved in what they thought was a standoff with him overnight. they surrounded his home. they even sent in a robot and flash-bang grenades as they tried to force him to come out. they announced at 1:30 this morning that they found him dead inside. they believe he shot himself. officers have not released any information about him. i asked why they think he would saidwalk up and stating.the cr. we just don't know at this time. we're still investigating and still very involved at the scene. they think they'll be here for a few more hours. reporting live in davis, amy

hollyfield. abc 7 news. officer corona started her career in 2016 at the davis police department as a community service officer. >> still very new to the force. she completed the academy in july. according to a local newspaper, she was sworn in as a davis police officer on august 2nd. she just graduated from the field training program just before christmas. she had only been on the streets for a few weeks. >> she was a rising star in the department. ive known her for a couple of years and she started as a part-time employee, volunteer. i can tell you that i haven't seen anybody work harder in a part-time capacity and be more motivated to be a police officer than natalie. >> officer corona is survived by her parents. her father is a 26-year veteran of the colusa county sheriff's office. we understand he's the man in the photo pinning her badge on her uniform.

he was just sworn in as colusa county supervisor on monday. our thoughts with her family this morning. we have been updating this breaking news with our abc 7 news app. you can enable customized alerts to get breaking news as it happens. u.s. military started withdrawing troops from syria. there are reports of a convoy of ten armored vehicles leaving northeastern syria and head to go iraq. a u.s. official confirms equipment is being pulled out of syria. he did not say when it would be complete. >> president trump said in a surprise announcement 2,000 american troops would be leaving. a $10,000 reward being offered in the brutal attack of a san francisco woman. she was left in a coma after being found unconscious near her home on tuesday morning. the last few minutes, we learned the san francisco police officer's association will hold a news conference later this morning. that's where they will formally

announce that a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the attack is being offered. family members believe she was beaten by someone who burglarized her home. attempting to block the sale of two financially struggling hospitals. the county is ready to spend $235 million to save o'connor hospital in san jose and st. louise regional hospital in gilroy. now the state attorney general filed a stay on the sale. the move was a surprise to santa clara county executive jeff smith. >> they essentially, i guess, are trying to accomplish something legally, but they're going to end up closing two hospitals. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, the a.g.'s office said california's doj is committed to advocating for conditions that ensure that communities have access to essential health care e cnty has not agreed to conditions to the sale including

24-hour emergency rooms and operating rooms. we goto low 50s. in fact, no dense fog anywhere around and temperatures in the mid 40s to 50 degrees. pretty mild this morning. you see some of the clouds there. mostly cloudy this morning. a slight sprinkle is possible. the commute and the caution that i have for you is really wrapped around the afternoon and evening when the rain comes in and becomes steadier. other than the bay which has a small craft advisory, so those east-west bridges, san mateo and dumbarton. god got to watch out. hold on to the steering wheel tighter. that's when the small craft advisory expires. let's talk about time frames and temperatures. 51 at 8:00 in the east bay. noon, 59. mainly cloudy. a random shower is possible.scd. by 4:00, steadier. north bay, 8:00 mostly cloudy

and 49. but from 10:00 on we go from scattered showers to steadier showers by 4:00. we'll head to san francisco where we have a random shower through 10:00. scattered. that means a little better chance by noon. you can see it gets steadier from 2:00 through 8:00. we're starting off pretty nice today. it's always how you end that matters, though, isn't it? it's not going to end easily. let's talk about the morning commute. bring in alexis. >> we have a significant commuter will alert to talk about. we'll go live to sky 7 over the scene. an incident involving cal train. we got an update from cal train. southbound train 102 did fatally strike a person who was trespassing on the tracks at whipple avenue. this is in redwood city just off of el camino real. all trains were stopped initially. they are single tracking on the northbound side through the area now but at restricted speeds. you should expect delays up to 30 minutes. it sounds like everyone who was on that train involved in this

incident is fine. there are no further injuries there. definitely a sad update there involving cal train. now let's look at the roads. we have an issue in san jose here as well. northbound 101 around 880 just north of here at trimble road. we may have an emergency vehicle trying to get through the area. we have a rollover crash still blocking lane number 5. the far right lane is causing delays. we'll take a quick look at the drive time. northbound 101280, 680 to 85. you are in the red. that's 33 minutes. >> thanks, alexis. something went wrong with the process. that's the quote to those responsible for the closed salesforce transit center. they're admitting they didn't inspect it well. a cause for the cracks has not been officially identified. they're looking at access holes cut into the girders after the beams were welded together. officials say the inspection process did not catch the

cracked beams. obviously. materials for repairs have been ordered and once they arrive, the transbay joint powers authority will have a better idea of how long the repairs should take. it should be payday for millions of federal workers. but the checks won't be coming today. next at 6:30, how bay area workers are feeling the pinch of the government shutdown. a live look at lake tahoe. if you're trying to get there this weekend, is driving the best option? should you fly? an update on the commuter challenge coming up next. a 27-pound bucket of mac and cheese. the storm impact scale. the storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy. keep an umbrella handy. drive safely.

let's take a look at the thickest tule fog is this morning. it's in the san joaquin valley. visibility down to a quarter of a mile or less. that's what the fog advisory means. 1.2 million people are going to have to deal with that. plus trying to travel through there. look at temperatures, low to mid-60s today. the southerly wind bringing in mild temperatures. also partly sunny conditions until the showers arrive later this afternoon along the coast and start pushing up towards the

high country where we're 90% of average from the snow and we may get closer to average. we will get closer to average. it's how close. light to moderate snow on monday and light to moderate on tuesday much wednesday to thursday are trending heavier. it's going to be so much fun. before sunday. leave now. >> sacramento, washington trying to clarify confusion about the california real i.d. cards. the state has until april 10th to show it is complying with the new federal standards for driver's licenses and identification. on wednesday, dhs mistakenly tweeted it was april 1st. the original deadline was january 22nd. none of that matters to you. here's what matters. once enforcement starts in october of 2020. that's when you're going to need a real i.d. license or a passport to fly within the u.s.

obviously, there's a lot of confusion about what a real i.d. is. when you need it. our news app, abc7news.com is our website. search for real i.d. and you'll get to know what this is all about. also find out that it is extremely hard to get an appointment to get that real i.d. good luck. our lake tahoe commuter challenge is under way. this is video of abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow and juan carlos leaving the station after 6:00 this morning. there they go. a nightmare commute home from tahoe inspiredge th p 7 news reporter melanie woodrow 12 hours to get back to the bay area. got us wondering. is there an easier way to get to lake tahoe? one of our video journalists, is driving up there, at 6:36, he stayed theron the car quinn ez

bridge. need to make a pit stop soon and we need gas. this is a tweet from melanie saying that she's very happy and cozy now. look at this. i think i'll grab some coffee, pancakes while i do light reading and stretch out. she is flying to reno. she'll be taking a shuttle then to lake tahoe. that's her route. she's joining us live by phone right now. melanie, are you at the gate? >> okay. so i'm at the airport. i just checked a bag. i never check bags. i fit it in a carry-on. >> melanie, why did you check a bag? that's going to slow you do undown. >> all these tweets and phone calls is slowing me down. i checked a bag. it's like the slowest i've moved through the airport. i'm from new york. i move pretty fast. some people going to tahoe would be checking their gear, their skis, their snowboard, their stuff for the weekend. we really want to simulate the conditions here as they would

be. i did check a bag. let me tell you, the folks here at southwest, they're playing along and having a good time as i take these videos and tweets. couple of ladies that helped me checked my bag are not on twitter, but they're following our landing page. you can do that at home, too. i've been posting a link so you can follow our journey and this challenge. there's another woman that helped me check my bag and print my ticket. self-check here. she said, oh, yeah, i heard about that. i heard about this tahoe challenge. word is getting around the oakland airport. by the time i get through here, everybody will know it. including tsa. we'll see who wins. i'll go through security, kick back, grab coffee, do light reading and see where juan carlos are by then. >> we'll be following along the entire day of the we'll have the results at 11:00 a.m. on midday live. you can also track our team's progress throughout the morning on our news app and abc7news.com

as well as on twitter. abc 7 news bay area. how is the weather going to be in tahoe, mike? >> mike says it's going to be great. >> okay. i thought we were going to weather, too. i guess we're not. the government shutdown is now officially tied with the one in 1995. the longest federal funding lapse ever. starting today, 800,000 government workers will not get paid. also president trump says he will almost certainly declare a national emergency to build a border wall. the white house is considering using disaster relief money to pay for it. some of that money is intended for the california wildfires. thousands of those government workers who won't be getting paid are living in the bay area. >> matt keller is live outside nasa's aim research center in mountain view. that's where some of the folks work, although not right now. hi, matt. >> reporter: hi, jessica you have got furloughed employees

here at nasa aims. they're like a lot of other federal workers not receiving paychecks today. employees with the epa rallied outside the region 9 headquarters in san francisco yesterday. they were joined by nasa and irs employees as well. they say they want to work but the government shutdown has them sidelined. as many as 800,000 of the federal workers affected are expected to miss their first paycheck today. >> it means a lot that i'm not able to support my agency and our mission and help the state implement the rules and regulations. can't help manage. but financially, it also means that i'm struggling a lot right now. i'm not able to pay my rent. i've had to ask for an extens n extension. >> epa employees say they have two cleanups stopped because of the shutdown bringing potential risk to drinking water for thousands of people. by tomorrow, the funding lance will be the longest in history

at 22 days. reporting live in mountain view, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. a lot is happening on the government shutdown. enable push alerts to get the latest on your phone with our abc 7 news app. new at 6:00, if you like mac and cheese, i mean, really like it, you're going to love this next story. >> costco is supersizing the food. take a look. they're selling a 27-pound bucket of mac and cheese for nearly 90 bucks. that's right. it's 180 servings. shelf life is 20 years. >> what? >> eeww sch! that ruined it. you want to stock your bomb shelter. you're out of luck. we've checked the website this morning. believe it or not, they are sold out. a lot of folks are totally on board with this. >> false demand. >> i'm going to go with kindergarten c t students. once you're past a certain age,

not eating boxed mac and cheese anymore, right? >> you can use it for that. it sounded good. i'm a huge mac and cheese fan. i got the kind with the powdered cheese, not milk and butter in there. >> i'm a huge mac and cheese fan. but i like homemade, baked, the crumbles on top. >> yeah. >> no thanks. >> if it's your thing, go for it. >> we're not going to be here in 20 years anyway. robots are taking over anyway. >> there went my theory. maybe it helps preserve us longer. moving on, let's talk about the immediacy of our lives. that has to do with i wanted to go back to the challenge and show you what juan carlos and melissa may deal with. yellow on 80, 50 and 88 as they head up to tahoe. flying,se for the tahoe challenge. look at the beautiful clouds. nice formations. it's going to be a colorful

sunrise. if you take a picture and post-it on social media, love to see it. building breezes and showers. showers taper tonight. but drip, drip, drip and then deluge in the accuweather seven-day forecast. mid to upper 50s in the north bay. you see the rain first. that's near 60 degrees this afternoon. lows tonight, about 45 to 50 degrees. two storms showing up. you can see they both look pretty healthy. let's focus on the immediacy of this one. 7:00 this morning, a random sprinkle possible. sunshine. towards noon, the closer to the coast and the north bay, better chance of scattered showers. 4:00 to 8:00 is when the storms roll in light to moderate showers and waves of them at that. it will taper towards 8:00 tomorrow morning. sunshine, clouds and a ran donnal shower possible tomorrow. our best time to be outside. so a rainfall total, up until noon, pretty much nothing and

then during the evening commute, that's when it all starts to come in. my concern is hydroplaning out of this storm. but let me show you the accuweather seven-day forecast. by the time we get to wednesday, everybody will be pretty saturated and the wind could gust 50 to 60 miles per hour. thursday, we could have damage then. alexis? >> we have the commuter alert. want to go back to sky 7. they're in redwood city. you can see the flashing lights off el camino real and whipple avenue intersection. unfortunately, cal train southbound number 102 struck fatally a pedestrian who was trespassing on the tracks there. about 5:44 this morning. so an investigation is under way. now it does look like they' they'releting traffic through on one side of the tracks at this point. not letting anyone through a few minutes ago. i do know that trains are slowly single tracking through the area as well. they are saying expect delays up to 30 minute if you're planning to travel by cal train here

today. definitely keeping an eye on that one this morning. we have this rollover crash northbound 101 around trimble roadblocking the rate lane with significant delays. the bay bridge metering lights are on as of ten minutes ago. next, the seven things to know before you go. >> 6:55. here's a live look outside with here's a live look outside with abc 7 news now.

here are the seven things to know before you go. number one, breaking news. a davis police officer is dead after she was shot responding it a car crash. this is natalie corona. she was only 22 years old. authorities say it appears the gunman just walk up to her and started opening fire and then later killed himself. number 2, we're on storm watch after a colorful sunrise this morning. temperatures in the low to upper 50s. we've got rai that will get progressively steadier and heavier this afternoon and evening. it's a 1, light on the storm impact scale. number 3, president trump closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his border wall. as the government shutdown enters its third week, 800,000 workers are missing their first

paycheck today because of the shutdown. number 4, the san francisco police officer's association is now offering a $10,000 reward in connection to the brutal attack of a san francisco woman. an 88-year-old woman left in a coma. number 5, authorities in wisconsin are expected to talk about how a missing 13-year-old girl was found alive. jayme closs disappeared in october. her parents found dead. found yesterday 70 miles near her home. a suspect is in custody. number 6, looking live at sky 7. a deadly incident involving cal train. this is near whipple road and el camino real. a person was struck on the tracks at about 5:44. investigation is ongoing. expect significant delays. >> number 7, our lake tahoe commuter challenge is under way. melanie woodrow is flying to reno and then taking a shut tol tahoe. juan carlos is making the drive. you can track our team's progress throughout the morning and on our news app and on twitter and everything.

see who gets there first. >> i would like to retract my good morning, america. breaking news, found alive. jayme closs, the 13-year-old who vanished months ago when her parents were found murdered in their wisconsin home, rescued overnight. the stranger who helped save her. and the suspect now in custody. we're speaking to her family this morning, all the latest right now. also this morning, shutdown showdown. president trump threatens to declare a national emergency to pay for his wall. >> the law is 100% on my side. >> money that could be diverted as ds of ndofrelief. and now, new outrage after the government tells them, have a garage sale or walk pets to make ends meet. also, breaking this morning, a new report, the u.s. military has begun withdrawing troops from syr