good morning bay area. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. good morning and thanks for joining us sunday january 13th. i'm chris nguyen. lead argen is tracking live doppler 7. >> showers later on tonight we'll be tracking overnight. quarter mile evivisibility ivisi concord. temperatures in the 40s. san ramon into the 30s. 38 in livermore. so chilly in the valleys. and a good 8 degrees cooler there. about 5 degrees cooler in north bay. partly cloudy, mid to upper 50s. make some low 60s throughout the afternoon. dry throughout the day. the rain is going too move in late. and that allows for the atmosphere to get primed for text in stronger systems still

on stop throughout the day on monday and through the upcoming workweek. chris? >> lisa. thank you. hundreds gathered to remember fallen davis police officer natalie corona. hours before the candle light vigil police released a letter from the suspect. he wrote the police department had been hitting him with ultra sonic waves. he ended the lettersying he can't live this way anymore. the letter was inside a backpack he had dropped. >> reporter: all of this was inspired out of tragedy. >> i didn't know natalie and her family. but i like so many others i followed the story. >> reporter: a story that made stephanie plan a vigil for a stranger turned hero. overnight natalie corona was ambushed from behind while working a traffic crash. investigators identified the

shooter at 48-year-old kevin limbaugh. they say after firing once he reloaded, fired again just barely missing other and then walked home where police hi say he took his life. >> the community really is going to come together. >> they did. felt like all of davis showed up to central park with messages of hope but still carrying the weight of sadness. >> she was too young to die. >> reporter: that same emotion all over the stage. as stranges, family, friend, family. appeared one after another in front after the silent candle lit crowd. officer corona's cousins recalling her love of service and law enforcement. >> she proved herself to me every day. >> i wanted to be just like her. i wanted to be as strong as her. i wanted to be as dedicated. >> reporter: officer corona's academy classmates and davis p.d. family tried to share their best funny stories. >> -- which is our lunch and -- [ laughter ] it seemed like the laughter

helped. but only for a moment. officer krooens memorial will be held on friday and it is open to the public. reporting in davis. davis. davi. jabina fordson. abc 7 news. >> we created this badge as a way to remember her. the easiest way through the nbc 7 facebook page. police investigating a deadly crash involving a the motorcyclist in san jose. around 8:40 last night on silver leaf road between south view court and south view drive. a man lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a parked box truck. the victims name has not been released. this is san jose's third traffic-related death of the e new year police in antioch are investigating that cities first homicide of 2019. a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound on pepper treeway near sick mother drive just before 2:00 yesterday afternoon. the 28-year-old fairfield resident died at the hospital.

police say there has been a confrontation between him and another man right before the shooting not. arrests have been made. also in antioch. a crash left two teenagers dead and four others hurt. they were in a honda suv that slammed into a tree. the chronicle reports there were five girls in the car, two 13-year-old, three 17-year-olds as well as a 16-year-old buoy. the four survivors have moderate to critical injuries. investigators say excessive speeding on the wet roadway is the most likely cause. the communicate is rallying for justice in support of a 88-year-old great grandmother the victim of a heinous crime. abc 7 kate larson attended a vigil where the community and

city leaders discussed to how to prevent more violence in the future. >> reporter: music, prayers and dancing at the community vigil for a grandmother brutally beaten and left for dead at a playground in san francisco's visitation valley. >> on life support and when we visit her every day it is just joyous to see the little twitches, signs of life. >> haung's granddaughter, because her face is shattered with a broken hand, face and ribs she cannot hug her grandma. so she sends her thoughts. >> the is overwhelming. >> >> reporter: sf p.d.'s captain said the crime was originally called in as blare tuesday but that changed when family and police found haung in the playground where she was

likely on her morning walk. >> the one of the more shocking things i've ever heard and spending tile with the family in san francisco general hospital it is an overwhelming experience. >> reporter: she says her family's been victimize by many blaers and robbery over the years.urglaries and robbery ove years. members of the community are all in favor of more policing here in visitation valley. it is just a question of what form it comes? the san francisco police officers association is pushing for a mobile command unit and a new substation in the future in visitation valley. there is a $10,000 award for a arrest and conviction of whoever assaulted grandmother haung. one dead and four others in critical condition after what appears to be a mass drug overdose in a chico home.

chico police believe it was caused by a mix of the dangerous opioid fentanyl with another substance. four people are still in critical condition. two others were also taken to the hospital as a precaution. 6:07. not north bay, police say a man tried to burn town a convenient store with gasoline and a lighter. it was all caught on tape. quinnel bernd is in novato with this story. >> reporter: he surrendered peacefully to police six hours later. police followed him from this circle k convenient store where he had argued with assistant manager kumar. >> said you have to prepay gas. money. he was so angry he go outside. take a gas can k from his truck. came inside the store. pouring gas all over in the store. >> police say it was all caught on the store security camera.

watch as roman wal tough the aisles, dousing the floor with gasoline as kumar calls he comes back into the store with a lighter and a piece of paper and tosses it on the floor. >> what did you do when you saw that. >> i was so scared. i don't want to go close to to him. stayed away. >> okay. luck think there was no fire. the gas did it police followed him to nearby gas station where he refused to surrender. >> they were able to talk about what's going on with him. >> police say roman was having family troubles. he agreed to surrender after asking police for a cigarette. instead they gave him a vapor pen to smoke. police did not find a weapon in his truck. >> thank god i didn't fight with him. >> reporter: san jeev kumar is

relieved there was no fire and no one got hurt. in novato, cornell bernd abc 7. family, friends and community members gathered at the commonwealth club in san francisco yesterday to celebrate the life of former kgo radio host ray taliaferro. taliaferro's family, former mayor jordan and many of his colleagues spoke. >> ray was a remarkable personality. a great man and a man that gave so much to this community. his work with the leukemia society. naacp. in so many levels ray taliaferro made a difference in the life of people of the san francisco. >> 79-year-old taliaferro was found dead last month. police do not suspect foul play.

public taking matters into their own hands to reopen a dog park. after the group sf dog agreed to fund trash clean up and port potty may not. it will across the group about 1500 dollars per week. dog walkers saying getting the park opened turned out to be a big priority. >> if they could try to get funding released so this parking lot could be opened again. especially because we could still use it but we just couldn't get it into it safely. >> sf dog is holding a fundraiser to raise more money should the shut down continue. it is day 23 of the stoppage. south bay. a 23 fixed until tomorrow evening at the earliest. santa clara county road crews are looking into the whether ma. right now traffic is being

routed around. you have to wonder if the rain we've been getting played a role in that situation too. >> definitely. i would think so. good morning, we are looking at three systems moving into the bay area. the first will be the weakest. that happens late tonight. a live look from our camera where we're about 50 degrees in san francisco. the third system will be the wettest and strongest. i'm time them out next. also the catholic diocese of santa rosa names dozens of clergymen tied to sex abuse. and a northern california town has come up with a pretty creative way to prevent

don't miss the grand opening of thin burlingame.decor if you have never been to a floor & decor, you have to go to the grand opening. hardwoods, laminates, tile or stone. holy smokes, this place is huge! i'm on a budget and i was able to go to floor & decor and save a lot of money. you will be blown away by this experience. the pros come here, i come here. if you love your wallet, and you love your home, you have to go. floor & decor. now open in burlingame, 101 & broadway in the old gokart racer building.

welcome back everyone. a live look outside from our san mateo bridge camera. thanks so much for waking up with us on this sunday. no rain for now but lisa is tracking changes ahead. she'll have more in the full accuweather report. the catholic diocese of santa rosa released the names of 39 members of the clergy who church leaders say sexual abused children or faced credible accusations of abuse. eric thomas has the details.s >> reporter: the santa rosa diocese sent this news release to 140,000 paris paris paris pap news media.

many are stunned by the number. >> it is shocking that we only knew of 16 names before today. and now we know of somewhere between 40 and 50. >> the abc 7 news i team has investigated several of the priests who were named in the 1995 report on father gary timmons led to a prison sentence. also father austin peter keegan, found working at an orphanage. timmons, keegan and two other priests. don kimble and francisco ochoa abused 63 of the 100 named victims. there weres also names left off the list. >> and that is demoralizing. i think it doesn't serve justice or the unknown survivors that these names have been left off the list. >> reporter: one name on the list is that of disgraced former radio host bernie ward. in 2008 a victim came forward

with accusations of abuse. the bishop says he's making the information available in pursuit of transparency. but mcnevin notes the list wasn't released until 23 of the 39 priests and deacons were dead. >> it is an intentional strategy to try to suppress reports and to avoid as much law enforcement involvement as possible. the current bishop of the diocese robert vassa says in the news release they have no desire to hide or cover anything up. and that is why a seven member review board including a retired probationary officer and two retired judges were appointed. calling attention to what hay they is a lack of state funding for public education.

yesterday, abc 7 news was at a plaza in oakland where teachers unions held a rally. many stood in solidarity with teachers in lactic acid who aoc contract dispute. >> there has to be a change and we're hoping by this rally we'll get us all together for legislators, superintendent, school boards, county offices to talk about that as well as teacher unions and other labor unions. >> teachers say they want commercial property owners to pay their fair share of property taxes to help fund public schools. skyrocketing housing prices, healthcare costs and student loans. bay area teachers are facing tough choices just to make ends meet. starting tomorrow. building a better bay area will take a closer look at the challenges and possible solutions. tune in for "builting a better

bay area" starting monday. you have heard of gofundme. but now a northern california town has launched a goat fund me effort to help fund a herd of goats. a goal of $30,000 to rent goats to clear brush from city-owned land. aimed at preventing wild fires around 450 akers of green belt. the vice mayor says if her city doesn't step up she doesn't think anyone else will. sunday morning. live doppler 7 looking at clouds around. not too much. a dry day for the most part. rain moving in late and towards the midnight hour looking like san jose and the coast most likely. 49 in oakland. 46 in napa. we have fog in the inland east bay. also in the north bay. 38 in livermore and san ramon a chilly 39. and santa rosa, and a live look outside. looks damp from the roof camera but we are dry. partly cloudy, a chance of light

rain tonight and then looking at the storms picking up in intensity towards tuesday, wednesday and thursday. so we're bringing in our storm impact scale. for monday a level one with light showers. they will be widely scattered and we're expecting only about 1/10 two 2/10. the bulk of the day today is dry. towards 11:00 we could see a few showers develop. more likely towards the monday morning community. 9:00 in the morning, you can see how scattered they are. monday evening a few more showers but all in all this system is not turning out to be anything very impressive. so from early -- i should say late tonight to late monday night looking about .09 in san francisco. .05 in redwood city. monterey through early monday morning. picking up through monday, you will notice in the afternoon we've got wet weather. the evening commute but it is

really the tuesday, wednesday -- here we are wednesday at 2:00 in the afternoon. into thursday is when the systems get stronger. progressively stronger. and the winds will be with us throughout the middle of the week and the lat ert part of the week. still looking at 1 1/2 to two inches in the valley locations and perhaps 3 to 4 inches in the higher elevation north bay. that translates to powder. anywhere from two to three feet. so the storms once they get going come tuesday, wednesday and thursday really not going to get a break in between any of them. so now is the time to get out there. and clean out the drains and the gutters. and get prepared for a pretty wet three daytime period of some very heavy down powers at times. 60 in oakland. palo alto a mild 60 degrees. the accurate seven day forecast.

monday some wet pavement. scattered showers. a level one on the storm impact scale. download the app and live doppler 7 will help you navigate, tuesday, wednesday and thursday with the rain, wind and pretty good down powers. a break on friday and maybe some more showers on saturday. all coming down at once looks like midweek. and we'll get through it. just that slow to start today. that's why the level one and bringing it in tomorrow. just ahead, welcoming the new year takes on many forms. a unique celebration right here in the bay area.

your but as you get older,hing. it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

eva pilgrim joins us from new york to tell us what's coming up at escap7:00 an morning america. >> a dangerous storm making its way east as missouri recovers from heavy snowfall. what to expect the rest of the weekend. and shut down reaches day 23. government workers feeling the pressure. and americans attitudes towards the border wall shound. and finally the first female referee set to make history again in just a few hours. how she'll break another barrier today. all coming up on gma. in the how south bay.

a historic home by san jose university is moved to a another location. the school wanted to move to it make room for a new building. those are photo of the home being transplanted. it moved about a mile away. streets in the area were shut down all day to comeaccommodate move. abc 7 was in san francisco yesterday at the asian art museum for a japanese new year celebration. the free event offered a traditional painting and drumming ceremony. and the pounding of rice into sweet cakes. visitors also tried their hands at paper folding for prosperity and luck in 2019. still to come on abc 7 mornings. new details on the missing wisconsin girl found alive after being taken from her family's home in october.

be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. the last day to sign up is january 15th, so don't miss out! because you never know when life... ...will change. get covered today.

good morning everyone. i'm chris nguyen. starting the half hour with ae . lisa argen is tracking the conditions. >> a the walnut creek year it. 49 san francisco and oakland. 7 in mountain view and half moon bay. mid 40s, san jose.

42 santa rosa. you have fog and by the delta it is in the low 40s. chilly in the livermore valley at 38 degrees. you can see the visibility and miles worst up in the north bay from santa rosa and a look at 450s in the 10:00 hour. dry throughout the afternoon. partly cloudy skies near 60. and by the evening the clouds increase. we are going to see some rain move in from the south. just about a 30% chance today towards the overnight hours but then the rain gets going with several systems right on through the week. and we'll talk about amounts and timing next time we see you. chris? >> sounds good, lisa thanks. there is no no end in sight to the longest shut down in history. thousands of americans not getting a paycheck on friday. in watch where president trump's take on the twitter to

negotiate. >> reporter: the longest shut down in history show nothing signs of ending soon. trump tweeting i have do have a plan but no word yet on what that is. besides democrats giving in on his request for a wall. for his part the president says he'll never back down. >> i swore to protect our country. >> reporter: releasing this campaign style video on twitter and asking democrats to come back for more negotiations. even though it was the president who walked out of the last meeting. >> a temper tantrum by the president, i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine. i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> reporter: but while the politicians are at an impasse every day americans are caught in the cross-hires. >> it is a matter death for me. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of federal workers receiving empty paychecks. oliver garcia a family of four is selling his camper and car to make ends meet. >> we could make up some cash to

pay for the mortgage. >> kelly chachb, furloughed from the department of the interior says she's out of money. >> with 2 hubz dollars, i can't paw my student loan. my federal student loan. the government gave me this money to go to college and i can't pay it. my rent and car insurance and car payment. across the country it is snowballing. a concourse close at miami international airport to make sure there are enough tsa agents to instead staff the other secu check points. as the government shut down becomes the longest in american history this weekend, senate minority whip dick durbin and house minority whip steve scalise. >> another democrat is throwing her hat into the ring for

president. castro announced his bed yesterday. he made the announce in san antonio, texas where he previously served ads mayor. son of a mexican immigrant and yesterday in his speech criticized trump for crisis of leadership. chilling details about the missing 13-year-old wisconsin girl who escaped from the man accused of kidnapping her after killing her parents. jayme closs seen here in a photo spending her first weekend free since october. also our first look at home where the girl was allegedly held captive. abc news reporter alex perez says investigators still do don't have an answers. >> reporter: a first look at jayme closs's return home. a posing with her dogs. a beaming smile. love her so much reads another post with her aunt. >> we said we'd never give up and now we got her. >> reporter: and new details

that brave young girl's harrowing escape after 88 days in captivity at this isolated home in wisconsin. the alleged captor jake patterson left the house before she took off rubbing into the jamie nutter who was out walking her dog. >> crying and said "i need help. i don't know where i am. i'm lost. please help me". >> reporter: investigators say the 21-year-old is unemployed and has no criminal record. patterson killed her parents last december and then kidnapped the girl. >> saved his head. so there was no hair left behind. he tried cover up his forensic footprint by concealing things on his body. >> reporter: but the motive, a puzzling mystery. why do we think this suspect target targeted jayme and her family? >> the why is the big question. i just know that jayme was the target of mr. patterson.

he didn't know the closss. he had no contact with the closses that we've been able to uncover at this time. >> reporter: her aunt saying in part it lab long road but we are family strong and we love this little girl so much. that was alex perez reporting. patterson is due in court tomorrow. authorities say he's the only suspect. police are calling a 9-year-old massachusetts boy a hero after calling 911 to save his sisters life. >> location of the emergency? >> my sister, he's not really talking. >> joshua joseph was in his home when his 6-year-old sister joann collapsed. his grandmother was baby sitting but doesn't speak english. e trade to help and called his dad at work. >> i think she's having a

seizure. okay son i'm not home. just let's call 911. >> that is exactly what joshua did. staying on the tone with a hp r an big medic points can lead to an early death the especially if you have chronic conditions. according a study by the university of lancaster and the university of glasgow in the uk. they tracked appointments for three years between 2013 and 2016 and then compared them to patient medical histories and death records. the key is missing more than two appointments a year. people with long-term physical conditions that miss that many died at three times the rate of those who made their appointments. researchers also found that patients with mental health conditions were eight times more like likely to die if they miss aed that many appointments. still ahead this morning.

unexpected turn put the brakes on a an experience. howicre aay first outside, dry to start. looking at rain in the forecast.

what'with coverage havinthroughout your home? how about having internet that can help you save on wireless phone service? xfinity gives you the fastest speeds from america's best internet provider to stream on all your devices. plus, with xfinity mobile included, you can switch your wireless carrier and save hundreds of dollars a year. now that's simple, easy, awesome. get started for $29.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how you can get xfinity mobile included so all you pay for is data. switch today.

time now is 6:38. here's a live look outside from our tower camera. lisa is tracking changes for

your workweek forecast. she'll break down when we can see the most rain coming up. happening today a colorful three kings celebration in the south bay. the childrens discovery museum is hosting the 21st annual event. marking the 12 days after christmas when the kings arrived in bethlehem. featuring a live camel and donkey. also arts and crafts activities and live music. tickets $15 for both children and adults. also today america's sweete sweetest race. the annual hot chocolate run in san francisco. derrick hot cocoa while running a 5 k or 15 k. starts in goegt park. run along the highway and back to the park.lden gate park. run along the highway and back to the park. toppings including marshmallows, chocolate chips and m&ms. a great cause there and definitely folks not running for

time this morning. >> no. running for the sugar. or the sugar helping them run. whatever it takes. >> absolutely. >> good morning. a series of wet weather maker storms headed our way. not today though. live from the roof camera, partly cloudy in san francisco. 49 degrees. fog in the valleys and much colder. about 10 degrees colder liv livermore. also a great weekend so far for local athletes in the playoffs. jared goff is heading to the nfc

but when's the last time you shared a moment like that?ore, or felt like this? or screamed, like...

that? it's time to make some magic for as low as $70 per person, per day.

welcome back. we're checking the coast on this sunday morning. here's a live look outside from santa cruz, from the coast tot sierra, wells is bay area. lisa has you covered. full foerkts in moments. in sports called them the road warriors the remainder of the month. they play 7 of the nest 8 away from oracle. they face the mavericks this afternoon in dallas at 4:00 p.m. today the nfl divisional playoffs continue. yesterday two teams advanced to the championship. their conference championship games. abc 7 sports anchor mindi bach has the highlights in this morning's sports report. >> good morning everyone. a big nfl weekend for a few local players. jared goff was one and done with

the rams last year in his first playoff appearance. saturday night another cal guy helped get he and the rams to the championship. lebron james was at the coliseum. the king's said he's an cowboys fan but he's shot knowing allegiance there. the rams ground game took over. the other cal guy vallejo's own c.j. anderson, will not get stopped at the goal line. l.a. takes a lead. todd gurl is back. that's a good thing. breaks for 35 yard touchdown. he has 115 on the fourth quarter, ezekiel elliott that rs ilia at o. anderson --. game highoura win 30-22 and wil

either the saints or eagles in the conference title game. it was snowing in kansas city between the colts and chiefs. first quarter, tyreek hill, on the end around. look at the speed. 36 yards for the score. kansas city scored on its first two drives. no jitters whatsoever for patrick mahomes in his playoff debut. he dove in to give kansas city a 24-7 lead at the half but this was not a good night for stanford's former player andrew luck. the chief's defense shut him down. the colts offense couldn't get anything going. k.c. rolled and will host the nfc title game next week. the senators clobbered the sharks earlier in the season making many wonder what happened to the teal. the sharks have won six straight

recently. late in the second period. no score. sharks on the move. joe pavelski is going to send it home. his 26th of the year. team thiel up 1-0 after two. 2-1 in the third. and burns gets it and joe thornton pushes it through. his ninth of the year. martin jones made 27 saves, and the sharks win their sixth in a row. 4-1 the final over the senators. it was rocking on the hill top. big test for 14-2 usf as they hosted gonzaga. midway through the second half the dons down three. senior frankie ferrari hits from distance. he played one of his best games. having a season high 21. great move there. the dons led late. they went basket for basket until the end. the zags showed why they are ranked 5. this clutch three to give them the lead for good. and hatch murphy ra makes it a 6

d wit a minute to go. it was really fun to watch. more nfl action today. we have the eagles visiting the saints. also the chargers visiting tom brady and the patriots. tom brady 7-0 against philip rivers and that l.a. team. also the warriors in action. we're going bring you all the highlights today starting at 5:00. until then have a great day. hello everyone. check out the view from mount tam. not only can you see the beginning of what's going to be a nice day but you can see the fog in the valleys too. not only the north bay few or our friends in the east bay. the livermore valley waking up to fog. dry conditions. it is not going last long. by the midnight hour showers move in and spread the showers throughout the day on monday. a level one system. widely scattered showers. not impressive. about a quarter of an inch.

and tahoe, temperatures about 18. trucky in the 20s and high today about 40. live doppler 7 we do have clouds and fog as the atmosphere cools, it just descends into the valley there is. and just has a hard time getting scoured out. but we will see sun today and as we look into the pacific you will notice that we have the storms stacked up. and we will get into three systems throughout the first part of the week. and then by the end of the week we're dry. so we'll time them out for you and check out what you can expect in terms of totals. 49 in san francisco. 37 from east bay hills camera you can see mount diablo here and the fog. sun up at 7:24. sets at 5:12. 41 for santa rosa. cool towards livermore slipping into the 30s. 48 degrees in santa cruz going for a high of 60 today.

afternoon showers for monday. so you are dry today at the beach, partly cloudy. we'll look for a chance of rain late tonight and then getting progressively rainier and windier throughout the week. tuesday, wednesday and thursday. the winds are really going play role here by the middle of the week. this is today. no rain. by 1:00 tonight the moves into the coast and sous bay. spreading north throughout the morning and afternoon. evening. monday evening, showers around the bay. rainfall totals from late tonight into mondayouple hundre tenth of an inch. make 17/100 in santa rosa. a beach hazard statement until early monday morning. wave heights pretty high. dangerous conditions especially at ocean beach. a bit soggy monday morning. and the afternoon, showers around tuesday. this is when conditions pick up in terms of the rain. by wednesday we're adding in the

winds and the heavier down pours into even thursday. friday when we get a break and rainfall amounts from an inch and a half to two inches into the valleys and the yellows indicating perhaps 3-4 inches, higher elevations and the north bay. not only the rainfall increasing through the middle of the week but it is changing into snow in the mountains and that is some good news. 2-3 feet from tahoe city to south lake. highs 60 in oakland. partly cloudy and a dry sunday afternoon. the only chance of showers will be coming late tonight towards midnight and the accuweather 7-day forecast shows a wake up to level 1 on the storm impact scale on monday for monday morning commute. give yourself a little extra time but it is really every day after that that things will get a little worse. tuesday, wednesday and thursday. download our accuweather app and check out live doppler 7. >> great advice. thaw. a danville man wanted to donate a unforgettable experience, that day driving around an racetrack.

unexpected turns put the brakes on everything. until 7's michael phinney stepped in to help. >> he wanted to give his wife renee something different so for her birthday he gave her the gift of speed. >> she loves to derive fast, and i so thought she would enjoy a dayton performance track down in california. >> reporter: dean bought her a day at the bmw performance center near palm springs. unfortunately after three years the couple determined getting down south would be too difficult. they decided to donate their gift to a charity auction at the bethhime congregation in danville. but the auction winner wasn't able to use it either. >> we found out tlofs an expiration on the back of the card glued to the certificate we received. >> reporter: dean is a former vegas backup singer and music singer at the congregation so

he's fairly well known to everyone at the charity auction. >> it was kind of embarrassing when you donate something and then you are told that you really didn't donate anything. >> dean wondered why the gift certificate would have an expiration date since he thought that was prohibited in california. >> it applies to both cards and paper gift certificates. and it makes clear that when a consumer has received a gift card from a particular merchant, the funds on that gift certificate or card will not expire. >> reporter: he contacted 7 on your side for help and we contacted bmw. it agreed to allow the auction winner to use the certificate, saying "we are tlid this gift certificate made it into the hands of someone through the support of charity." we asked bmw if it agreed that expiration dates on gift carted were not allowed in california. the company told us bmw takes compliance very seriously. it is always reviewing practices to make sure we are in line with all federal and state requirements.

dean is just happy the whole matter is settled. >> it was a win for everyone. thank you very much. >> reporter: dealing with gift carts does not specify penalties for violations. so it is difficult to enforce without going to court. i'm michael finney. 7 onned your side. it is

so we don't want you to pay yone cent more than you need to for health care. at covered california, you can get health insurance at a lower cost. in fact, enrollees pay an average of $5 per day. see how little it costs to get covered. visit coveredca.com today.

happening today in san francisco a tradition unlike any other. a crowd of people will take over bart for "no pants day." participants plan to start at the mccarthy ore daly city stations this afternoon and then head to san francisco city hall to make their way to an afterparty. new york based improv everywhere. a frank and humor collective is hosting the event. this is the 11th annual event in san francisco and i'm sure they are very happy they won't have to deal with the rain for the day. >> little chilly out there for no pant look. good morning everyone. looking at a beautiful sunrise pictures from mount tam. the colors there. the fog below. 49 san francisco. 47 in mountain strew and east bay hills, just as nice with 40 in santa rosa, upper 30s in the livermore valley. little fog but then partly cloudy with 58 on the peninsula. low 60 frazer fairfield to san

jose and the accuweather seven-day forecast. the impact scale early night tonight and early morning moornd a level one. and ramped up tuesday, wednesday and thursday with heavier rain. and gusty winds. counting the rain in inches. totals perhaps 2 inch this is the valley locations to up waerds of 4 in the higher locations in the coastal hills. something to watch. >> thanks lisa we appreciate it and thanks to you. i'm chris nguyen alongside argen. a live look outside as the sun gets ready to rice. good morning meramerica is next. abc 7 returns at 9:00 a.m. see you then.

metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression,

and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai. diarrhea is common, may be severe, and may cause dehydration or infection. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection. verzenio may cause low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infection that can lead to death. serious liver problems can occur. symptoms may include tiredness, loss of appetite, stomach pain, and bleeding or bruising more easily than normal. blood clots that can lead to death have also occurred. talk to your doctor right away if you notice pain or swelling in your arms or legs, shortness of breath, chest pain or rapid breathing or heart rate. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant. common side effects include nausea, infections, low red and white blood cells and platelets, decreased appetite, headache, abdominal pain, tiredness, vomiting, and hair thinning or loss. i'm relentless. and my doctor and i choose to treat my metastatic breast cancer with verzenio. be relentless. ask your doctor about everyday verzenio.

good morning, america. this morning, winter blast. the deadly storm marching east. ten inches expected in our nation's capital. the havoc on the roads that left in the midwest motorist stranded, planes grounded and a bitter blast to follow. firing back. president trump attacking a shocking report that the fbi launched a counterintelligence operation to see if he was working on behalf of the russians. >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. plus, the shutdown stalemate. who do americans blame? the results of our new abc news/"washington post" poll this morning. jayme's journey. new pictures as the teen recovers from here nightmare ordeal, as we hear from people who knew the suspect accused of