that they've been taking in all along while they've neglected their tree trimming. >> reporter: another big development in all of this. the ceo, geisha williams, stepped down. she resigned right before this major announcement. also in the statement from pg&e this morning, its employees will continue to their health care benefits during this chapter 11 process. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. we sent out a push alert as soon as we found out about the confirmed filing for bankruptcy. a crash that left a woman injured at 10:00 last night at great slo boulev cvolv. there's tir missing in the

front. you'll see it here in this video. also damage to a patrol car near the stones town mall. it's unclear what happened. we have calls in to the police department for better information. we'll pass it along as it comes in. it's 4:31. good morning. here's a quick update on your weather and traffic. hi mike. >> reggie and jessica, everybody. here's a look at the storm impact scale. it's a light storm with scattered showers. less than a half inch of rainfall. winds very light at 10 to 25 miles an hour. light as far as storms go. a few radar returns. we have a few sprinkles developing this morning. as you look from wouldn't bfrom tam. we have showers in my accuweather will forecast. 51 to 41 degrees. 52 to 55. showers at noon, showers at 4:00. 51 to 55. showers again possible at 7:00.

49 to 53 degrees. again, it will be light, though. because we've got a 1 on the storm impact scale for today. we've got a 3 coming at us later this week. good morning, mike. still very quiet out there. the visibility out there added to the traffic map, a little bit of action happening this morning. seeing mostly dry pavement at this early hour and not any major visibility issues either. overall, ideal if you're headed out the door. here's a quick check of the central valley. westbound 205 to 580. 35 miles an hour. as far as that stretch goes, that's pretty good. drive times looking good too. richmond, san rafael, eight minutes. nine-minute drive across the dumbarton bridge. >> details emerging about a public memorial service for natalie corona. this will be held friday morning at the activity rec center at uc davis. the 22-year-old rookie officer was gunned down on thursday on

scene of a traffic accident. the suspected gunman took his own life a few hours later. the police chief would like to see as many people as possible attend friday's memorial. we have created this badge to sharon line as a way to remember officer corona. go to the abc 7 news facebook page. in the north bay, the bishop of the diocese of santa rosa is expected to answer questions about the list released this weekend of 39 former priests and deacons who are credibly accused of sexual abuse. on saturday, the diocese named 39 former members of the clergy who church leaders say abused or sexually abusing children. in 1995, the eye team investigated several of the priests named. the diocese will hold a media briefing about the molestation cases. house leaders are meet to go take the unprecedented steps of calling president trump's

interpreters to testify. this as they fire back on the here's eliza they tried to subpoena the interpreter last year and it was quickly shot down. democrats in charge, they want to revisit that option. >> this morning, democrats once again reviewing their legal options hoping to subpoena the interpreters who were present during the private talks between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. abc news learning the renewed interest stems from a report in the "washington post" claiming president trump went to, quote, extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with russian president vladimir putin following their meeting. >> i couldn't care also. i'm not keeping anything under wraps. they say he confiscated his own interpreter's notes and shut out

members of its own administration. democrats say they want answers. >> there's so many questions raised. raised. why is he so vladimir putin. republicans are standing by the president who is blasting another separate report in "the new york times." the paper writing after james comey was fired, the fbi opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether the president was acting on behalf of the russians. >> white house officials call the accusations in "the new york times" absurd and the "washington post" reporting, quote outrageously inaccurate. elizabeth hur. new york. cal trans -- closing part of highway 1 near big sur. it includes the area buried in a mudslide nearly two years ago and took 14 months to rebuild that roadway. at noon today, cal trans will

close highway 1 near mud creek. geologists and engineers will decide when it's safe to reopen it. mike? as you can see here, the radar is pulled up. let me animate it and show you that area is going to get inundated with a lot of rain today. i can see why they'd do it out of extra caution as it could let go once again. here's a look at what's going on back here at home. let's talk temperatures. dress for the mid to upper 40s. not only in the east bay valleys but everywhere else. taking place in hayward, vallejo, san francisco and in the low to mid-50s. dry at least on the western span of the bay bridge as we look from southeast. but that could change at any moment over the next couple of hours and throughout the day. we have waves ofe ferry. me thing if you're taking mass transit. cool temperatures and wet conditions.

now, it could rain at any time. the computer models are saying over the next 12 hours where i have time frames, noon and 4:00 will be the best in the east bay. as far as the north bay, noon, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:00. just happens to be at those hours. it is showing the best chance. now, for san francisco, we've got 10:00, noon and also around 4:00. but don't be surprised like everywhere else that you'll find random showers in between those areas also. those temperatures in the mid to upper 50s today. pretty close to where we should be. it's not wet yet. but it's going to get wet. let's see what the dry roads are leading to this morning. >> not much. going to be quiet today. hoping we can hold on to that for a while longer. 101 and 880 in san jose. the traffic coming toward us is the inbound side of traffic. it's busier this time of day. northbound 101 between 680 and 85. checking that drive time. still in the green at 11 minutes. we're also looking good here as

far as mass transit is concerned. b.a.r.t. normal service. about 26 trains in service right now. no delays for you. normal service on muni. capitol service, normal service, no delays. crews repaired damage from a sinkhole in milpitas on the montague expressway. a deep hole formed friday evening near trade zone boulevard. crews thought it would take until tonight to get it fixed. but they worked around the clock all weekend to get it done. engineers think an underground pipe caused that damage. a landlord says he found the perfect tenants for his studio apartment and he's renting it out for these guys. two little cats. teachers going on strike this morning in l.a. thousands of parents trying to figure out what to do with their kids. the new iphones may be a

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heading down south, look at this. winter storm warning above 5,000 feet from the mountains in palm springs, bakersfield to fresno. that is today andhe sohowards us. that'sscpshe nn e and why our rain will be lhter than the southern part of the state. if yling the high countray is one of the

best days to go. the snow gets heavier tuesday, wednesday and thursday. i bet they that's how heavy the snow is going to be. let me show you what's going on. evening snow today, then heavy snow and gusty winds for thursday. we're talking several feet of snow by thursday. >> thanks, mike. a federal judge in oakland blocking new birth control rules from the trump administration. new regulations by the trump administration would let private and public companies opt out of providing no cost contraceptive coverage for religious reasons. yesterday, a judge blocked those rules from taking place in 12 states plus d.c. those are the areas suing the federal government to block the regulations from taking place. the judge declined to block the rules nationwide. >> happening this morng, los angeles public school teachers will go on strike. 30,000 teachers will hit the picket lines starting at 7:00 a.m. affecting some half million

students. they've hired substitute teachers to keep schools open. they rejected an offer friday united teachers los angeles calls it woefully inadequate. no new talks are scheduled and teachers are arguing for a raise and smaller class sizes. >> bay area teachers struggling to make ends meet. better bay area will look at the many challenges they face and possible solutions. tune in for building a better bay area today on abc 7 news. a silicon valley landlord thinks he has the purr-fekt tenants. >> they don't make a lot of noise and they aren't people. joe bin affordson are. >> welcome to the cat he a.

digs. >> this is louise, tina and their crib. >> they don't drink or smoke or play loud music. >> he couldn't be happier with the two tenants renting the 425 square foot studio behind his home for $1500 a month. but before your jaw hits the floor, the average studio in san jose rents for around 1900 bucks according to rent cafe. >> lifelong vision or dream to have cats as tenants. it just worked out that way. he was going to use the space for airbnb. but his friend's daughter was leaving for college. with her father moving, they needed a place for her pets. >> i don't have that high standard of wow, my cats need a whole house for themselves. this was how it turned out. >> victoria's father pays the rent. once word got out, the criticism rolled in. for people. toue

>>small. there's not much use for it. >> i stay in there sometimes. my dad will stay in there sometimes. it's a shared little space. >> that doesn't seem to be permanent. she's a freshman and hopes to take the cats once she moves off campus. until then, louise and tina have to abide by their lease. jo bin affordson. >> reggie's face. >> i couldn't believe this was actually a story. i was talking to alexis. she confirmed that what happened in front of me was real. >> yeah. i'm still processing it, too. i need a few more minutes. >> cats living in an apartment by themselves. >> for $1500 a month. >> someone is paying that bill. >> we're a little speechless. >> even me. >> i'm going to have to watch that again. i was busy putting this busy

forecast together for you. here's a look at what's going on. it's quiet in walnut creek. we've got light showers with mostly cloudy conditions. chance continues tonight and more and stronger storms on the way. here's a look at today's temperatures. 56 to about 58. need a little cooler in livermore at 55 degrees. pretty close to where we should be. tonight will be mild by mid-winter standards. mid-40s to mid 50s. green out there and yellows and oranges and yellows and oranges showing up by this time tomorrow morning. you see speckled spots if you will of light rain. most of it not even reaching the ground right now. here we are at 7:00. mainly gray as you look at the cloud there. i always like to stop it and let you know what's going to happen in the lunch-hour. we have a chance of scattered showers there. i like to stop it at 4:00 when the evening commute starts. hitting the peninsula coast there, we could see an uptick in the 4:00 and intensity of the showers.

overnight, it's pretty quiet. then we get to 4:00 tomorrow morning and look at that. that's where more widespread moderate showers come through. then we'll continue that until 5:00 tomorrow afternoon and then we'll start to quiet becae dnesday'doozy. >> hydroplaning my main concern. that's really for tomorrow morning's commute than today's. i bumped up wednesday to a 3. we have heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way. i'll show that you next. here's alexis. >> thanks, mike. enjoying the mostly dry pavement for now. i have live doppler 7 on top of our traffic maps. you're seeing mostly light. he said some of this not hitting the ground. just sprinkles at best. you can see a little bit along golden gate bridge. i'm not seeing anyone with wipers on. no road spray. a mostly dry commute as you head out this morning and checking that drive time, it's still wide open. san rafael into san francisco looking great at 16 minutes. we'll head back to the central

valley coming up next. thank you, alexis. this morning, we're getting a look at cadillac's first luxury electric vehicle. instagram is pitting kylie jenner against an egg? here's the segue. in techbytes, cadillac revie previews the electric luxury vehicle. >> no name yet. but it goes up against tesla and jaguar. >> cadillac will lead the entire electric vehicle effort. >> the new iphone may be months away. but leaked details have apple fans drooling. >> it's released three new phones this year. the next generation will have triple rear cameras which have some wondering if apple will introduce 3d technology. >> an egg dethroned kylie jenner for instagram. >> this picture of an egg has more likes. it was posted by world record egg earlier this month with the sole mission to break jenner's

record. >> the egg cracked it. >> those are your techbytesment. >> good yokes today. >> nothing today is making sense to me. 23irs that cat story and now this egg thing. i'm done. >> the internet is weird. >> it's so weird. winter is coming this spring. we finally know when the final season of game of thrones will start. the battle over where the raiders will play their final season in the bay area is turning into a game of politics. a homeless man is an unlikely teammate for nfl player trying to get to a playoff game. the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm a hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there.

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i want to give you a quick peek of what's coming at us. this is what's going to be a wednesday. i need to change that. 3. it's going to be serious. i'll show you more coming up next. local politicians are calling one another to influence where the raiders should play next season. it will be the team's last season before moving to las vegas. the chronicle reports oakland city council president has called several san francisco supervisors urging them to oppose the team's plan to play at the recently renamed oracle park, home of the giants. but oakland mayor libby schaaf is leaning in another direction. schaaf doesn't mind letting the raiders play in san francisco as long as the giants allow

coliseum workers to staff the games. the raiders are considering other venues as well, including wembley stadium in london. >> there's a big change in fire protection on the peninsula. firefighters raise the american flag and california flag in belmont yesterday. it's now home to the new san mateo consolidated fire department. the agency combines departments that had served san mateo, foster city and belmont. firefighters say they will help them respond more quickly. the three departments are the latest to merge in san mateo county. >> good news. game of thrones fans, the date has been set for the premiere of the 8th and final season. hbo announces the show will return on april 14th. there are only six episodes. some are expected to be longer than one hour. the last episode is scheduled to end on may 19th. but the season isn't the end of the game of thrones story. a pre-quel is under way starring naomi watts and it takes place

thousands of years before the events of game of thrones. though, don't worry. a lot more to look forward to. mike? >> thank you very much, jessica. we're at 4:54 on the dot. let me show you what's coming tomorrow. chance of thunderstorms for about all of us and better chance on wednesday when that stronger storm battles through. 5:00 wednesday morning, pretty quiet. just precursor, showers, if you will. as we head towards noon x take a deep breath. after noon, look what happens. look at all the oranges rolling through the red. it looks like we're going to have nearly 12 hours of heavy rain and the potential for thunderstorms and this could be the result, okay? rain potential. this is not a forecast. this is potentials. we get closer. we like to fine tune the forecast. we have the potential for 2 1/2 to nearly 5 inches of rain by thursday. alexis? >> okay. we'll have sto get ready for that. we're looking at a mostly dry

commute. i'm seeing heavier traffic as you get into san francisco. just checked in with chp. i'm wondering if we have a disabled vehicle or something like that blocking a lane. i will continue to look for that. as of right delay as we check out this drive time. 17 minutes for you. we're still in the green there. westbound 80 across the bay bridge into san francisco at nine minutes. it's not a big enough delay to flip it into the yellow. southbound 101 to sfo. looking great in the green at ten minutes. gas prices going down. the average price of gasoline dropped 12 cents a gallon over the last three weeks to $2.31. analysts say a decrease in crude oil costs may be the reason for that decrease. here in the bay area, according to aaa, a gallon of regular gas cost $3.35 in san jose and

in san francisco. sara thomas is the first woman to ferb shat an nfl game. she was on the field in the game between the patriots and the chargers. thomas made headlines when she became the first woman to officiate a major college bowl game. she attributes to an immense amount of training. a football player make it to a big game. going to get a championship showdown. this is helper dave. several people were stuck in the snow while heading to arrowhead stadium in kansas city saturday. dan cochran used his suv to get them going. chiefs lineman jeff allen was one of them. he turned to social media to find him and thank him. >> 40 highway. i was down there and i see a bunch of people stuck. i started helping people get unstuck. dave happens to live inside

his suv. he's going to attend next sunday's afc championship game featuring the chiefs and the patriots courtesy of allen. >> that is sweet. next at 5:00 a.m., what's being done to help federal workers in the bay area during the government shutdown. >> the man accused of kidnapping a wisconsin teenagers heads to court today. we have an update on the teen. the deadline for sears. the big decision the company faces to save it from going under. here's a live look outside at 4:57.

let's get up and get going. this is abc 7 mornings. grab that rain jacket when you head out the door today. rain is once again in the

forecast. >> here's a live look from the east bay hills camera. mike nicco is tracking our storm for us this morning. >> good morning on monday, january 14th. >> let's check in with mike. hi there. >> hey guys. like groundhog day. we keep reliving the same forecast over and over and over again. but this time, it's going to get heavier as we get deeper into the week. here's a look at the scattered showers today. just a 1. a light half inch of rain and light winds. you can see thunderstorms near l.a. and santa barbara. we're not seeing any of that. just a little bit of light green right now. for most of us, it is pretty quiet. the chances of showers start to increase through the morning and into the afternoon and evening hours. temperaturewise, low 40s to even mid-50s this morning. we'll be in the low to mid-50s noon to 4:00. just a touch breezy at 4:00. but nothing i don't think you can handle. by 7:00, still showers and still pretty mild, 49 to 53 degrees. while we've got the dry streets, get out there. first, let's listen to alexis

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