let's check on the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's start taking a look at the storm impact scale. you can see a one, light to moderate showers, outside chance of thunderstorm. it will intensify through the afternoon hours. it will be a little breezy at times. i'm not expecting anything in the way of damage. let me show you what's going on right now. we'll do down to the south bay where as alexis just showed you, a little sheen on the road. mo sheen coming as the water coming from the south. here is how it looks, 87, damp spots. other areas damp. 47 to 51 with showers, heavier from noon to 4:00 when we hit low- to mid-50s. it will start to taper as we gather our breath before the 3, strong storm hits tomorrow. >> thank you, mike. taking take look at the roads we don't have any issues.

that's good. deserted richmond side of san rafael bridge. folks approaching the toll plaza, not a lot of company at this hour. we are enjoying it while it lasts and enjoying drive times westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze in the green still 17 minutes. no bay bridge metering lights in sight. that should happen about an hour from now. 8 ants to san francisco. san francisco to sfo looking good in the green at 9 minutes. developing news in the raiders. remember we told you about the team playing their final game at the coliseum last month. forget that, maybe. >> turns out the door could be cracked open for the raiders to return for one last season. abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield live in alameda. hi, amy. >> hi, good morning. lots of zigging and zagging. as you know exercise tifs have looked around for the last season they have here. now it looks like they are going

to give another look at their old home. the executive director of the coliseum authority has told our media partner the bay area news group that there is a possibility that an agreement can be reached for the team to play last season at the coliseum in oakland. the raiders backed out of their lease last month after the city of oakland sued them. the team has looked at oracle stadium in san francisco where the giants play. they have considered levi's stadium in santa clara, even the stadium at cal. but once they have exhausted all their options, they are planning to sit down one more time with the coliseum and talk it over. the report doesn't say when that meeting could happen, speculating it could be as early as this week. the nfl wants to know pretty soon, maybe by next month, where the raiders will be playing. they do have a deadline coming up. the raiders only have one more season left here in the bay area before moving to their home in las vegas. they have just got to figure out

where they are going to play those games. live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. it will be interesting. thank you, amy. now to pg&e's moment of crisis. the company is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. >> they say power won't go off but utility bills may go up. when they filed ten years ago the bills did get bigger. it may affect how you get your electricity. we spoke with mayor london brie about that. >> were you surprised to see pg&e start bankruptcy proceedings again? >> no. >> san francisco mayor london breed laughing not because she thinks it's funny they filed chapter 11 bankruptcy but because it's not unexpected. >> i think it's unfortunate but we are prepared to do what's necessary in san francisco to continue service. >> mayor breed asked the san francisco public utilities

commission to study the impacts of a pg&e bankruptcy, including buying pg&e equipment and infrastructure and municipalizing power in san francisco. >> we are looking at every possibility. for example, san francisco has as clean power sf program. we provide the power and pg&e distributes the power, clean power to our customers. so a distributor potentially who knows. >> in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. pg&e's bankruptcy is going to continue to create questions and we're committed to continuing coverage on that. you can find the stories we've already done online, on twitter, facebook and abc7news.com. the company accused of faking samples and falsifying the cleanup at the shipyard is facing new trouble this morning. the justice department is suing tetra tech. federal lawyers have filed three new lawsuits. those will replays whistleblower lawsuits by former technicians

hired by tetra tech contractors. the suit claims in addition to the employees faking the test several higher level managers are responsible. a district judge will meet with attorneys and defendants next month. the remaining third of the 800,000 federal workers will not get paid today as the government shutdown enters day 25. that includes up to 53,000 members of the coast guard, the only military service branch working without pay. thousands of coast guard members are deployed around the world oppose active duty. president trump is making it clear that he will not back down, telling a group of farmers to stick with him despite short-term pain. several businesses offering help to federal workers during the shutdown. they include banks offering special credit programs and special loan payments. we have news on our website, abc7news.com. a confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee william barr. he'll face questions about

president trump and the russia investigation. parr says he's willing to let special counsel robert mueller complete his work. barr would replace jeff sessions who he fired in november. sam liccardo will attend his first city council meeting since he was hit by a car. he tweeted a photo with his staff at city hall yesterday. you can see he's wearing a brace. a car hit liccardo while he was riding his bike on new year's day. he broke his sternum and vertebrae. has he to undergo months of physical therapy. >> never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. let's take a look at temperatures. mid-40s to 50s until you get to oakland. the warm spot at 53, our cool spot looks like about 46 in antioch, brentwood and pleasanton. pretty nice start this morning, you just have a dodge a few drops. right now not hitting the bay bridge, at least western spans.

they will as we have on and off showers today. more coverage than we had yesterday and a little heavier amount. today is one of our calmest days on the bay but it will be wet from time to time in mass transit. just prepare for that rain. here is a look at east bay valleys. at 8:00 cloudy, from 10:00 on a chance of showers. scattered at 10:00. more numerous from noon to 4:00 and tapering around 6:00. we're hanging in the low 50s just about all day. peninsula low- to mid-50s. 50 to 54. 8:00 cloudy. a good chance of rain from 10:00 to 4:00 and then it tapers at 6:00. our last neighborhood south bay pretty much cloudy at 8:00. some rain in the santa cruz mountains for sure at 8:00. at 10:00. you can see at 2:00 and 4:00, rain going sideways, a little breezy then. by 6:00 we're going to have 53 degrees. all right. let's talk about a 3, a strong storm on the impact scale. first here is alexis.

>> thank you, mike. we are still very quiet on the roads. no complaints in the traffic center. westbound 80. if you're coming from emeryville we're starting to fill in a little bit as folks head to the maze or downtown oakland area. no problems to report this morning. we just haven't had anything significant. drive times finally flipped over into the yellow here. westbound 580 tracy to dublin but just barely. you've got a little stop and go track but that is it. westbound 4, antioch to concord 14 minutes. 101, san rafael to san francisco you're in the green at 16 minutes. a local college football player broke his leg and discovered a much more serious issue. now he and his family are turning to the community for help. >> paying for college usually means racking up a huge

. if you to travel down south, i hope you fare better than those that got closed because of the snow. 12 to 24" possible above 6500 feet. that winter storm goes until tomorrow morning. look at this water coming to the shore. erra.how it turns to show in the orm warning.o travel thursday

of snow will fall, 3 to 5 feet just thursday alone. >> thank you, mike. in the east bay a laney college football player is fighting a hard battle against cancer. ramon sanders broke his leg. it was then doctors discovered he had bone cancer. >> his family needs help with medical expenses. how the oakland community is rallying around them. >> i won't let anything bring me down and i won't give up on whatever i'm doing. >> ramon sanders is known as a fighter among his friends and family. last november the 19-year-old pro his femur while playing football for laney college. it turned out to be more serious than a simple broken leg. his father, also named ramon, spoke to us outside ucsf children's hospital. >> we were really surprised. the bone is going to heal. six to eight weeks he'll be back

on the football food, then they came with that news of him having cancer. sanders are to return to the hospital. some of his teammates had now play for laney college have visited him in the hospital to try to lift his spirits. teammates like joshua allen said his absence has been felt on the field. >> the team rallied around him a lot. he's like family to us. >> hopefully people send love an prayers to the family. i hope he knows deep down we all miss him every day. >> his community is organizing a fundraiser for the family to help with medical bills and other expenses. the event will take place february 17th at everett and jones barbecue in oakland. >> i have a whole lot of people in my corner that want to see my succeed. >> belen menendez, abc 7 news. we've linked it to our

website at abc7news.com. some staff members at marin county school district may be out of a job this year. the district is proposing to reduce its budget by $3 million. that means librarians, kitchen, custodial and contracted athletic staff could be laid off. other recommendations include cutting evening classes and reducing computer purchases. there will be a community meeting tomorrow night at redwood high school. we are fog to be exploring the teacher crisis all week long on abc 7 as part of the commitment to building a better bay area. we would love for you to be involved. join the converation by the #betterbayarea. usc students could get help paying them all together. they would get covered in exchange for a percentage of their income over a period of ten years. it would start six months after

they graduate. the pilot program would be open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. a hearing on the proposal could be held as soon as next month. >> that's an interesting you ha beneficial to do it that way or just the traditional way of taking out loans. i guess it's probably on an individual basis. >> there's some schools that don't even have loans anymore, so that's an even better way. >> there you go. >> if possible. avoid the debt all together. >> son, why didn't you pick that school? >> too late, mike. >> a little bit too late. too late and too many tens of thousands of dollars. >> don't think about it. >> think about the rain. get into your zone. >> actually over 100 now. >> breathe deeply, verydeep. >> make an intention for the day. >> some of us need this just for the rain that's coming, too, you guys. just the drip, drip, drip. you can see from east bay hills

it's kind of quiet. we have showers with a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm. it's trending dryer and mild. 55 in fairfield, antioch, oakland, san jose. santa cruz about 59 degrees. another mild with temperatures upper 40s to low 50s with a little bit of a lull in the shower activity. here we are. you can see it. it's just spotty out there once again. here is a look at thunderstorms that are going to bypass the bay area and head to mendocino county coast. let's jump in tomorrow. still a 3 with heavy rain and thunderstorms and gusty winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour. i think we'll have flooding and downed trees. 6:00 this morning you see some yellow out there. notice the better chances going to start at noon all the way up through 4:00. then look at that. we start to taper by 7:00.

7:00 tomorrow morning, not much. noon not much. 3:00 on. look at that. for the evening commute. thunderstorms start to roll around 9:00 and then by part gone. more rain, a 2 for thursday. friday, saturday, dry and sunday starting to trend dryer also. alexis. >> thank you, mike. we're enjoying dry pavement for now. we don't have major incidents to talk about now. really off to a quiet start this morning. san mateo starting to fill in for westbound he 92, no significant delays traveling between hayward and foster city. lighter than that on the eastbound side. driving looking got web 80, albany to the maze. southbound 880 fremont to san jose 15 minutes. 280, highway 101 to cupertino. that should take you about 11 minutes. i am hearing about a

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for free tips to help you save, go to ♪ feed the pig today's storm not too bad. it's a 1. that's my my concerns are low for flooding, trees topple, power lines down, small stream flooding. look tomorrow,ni, very high. downed trees very high. flooding on roads, power lines down, small stream high probabioofllity for that. tomorrow is no joke. all right, mike. a surfer has san francisco firefighters to thank for saving his life. he lost his board and got stranded. a firefighter paddled out to

help him. the firefighter and boater waited for coast guard to pick him up. the surfer appeared to be just fine. a bay area lawmaker wants control over dangerous streets. state senator scott wiene to beef up safety. 9th presidio in san francisco, part of highway 1. the bill would require caltrans to make syet adding bike lanes and sidewalks while doing improvements to the road. >> here is a headline you're probably paying attention to, we are drinking more. a new survey found americans guzzled more beer, hard liquor last year compared to the year before. wine consumption up 5%. premium beer is becoming more popular. we spent a combined $253 billion is upal $12 billion for 2017.

being driven to drink, mike. that's what's happening. >> by this weather? >> by a lot of things. by a lot of things. >> look at area. all of our neighborhoods under a threat of thunderstorm. not only tthursday. let me show you how much rain is going to be out there, at least the potential. 9:00 tomorrow mornin we've gotg, a few light showers less than a tenth of an inch. look what happened by the end of the day. we're nearing an inch, three quarters around the bay, inch and a half to 2" in the north bay. that's how strong the system is going to be. we have a chance of thunderstorms thursday. look at the totals. everybody up to an inch and a quarter to nearly 3" in the north bay. wednesday is going to be tough. thursday is going to be almost as tough. here, mike. we've got a look at the roads here. in fact, i have a new issue if you are using bart this morning.

a delay at bayfair, richmond and daly direction due to equipment problem on track. it's minor. we will keep an eye on that and make sure it doesn't get longer. drive times, too. overall really good, southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, santa rosa to san francisco 51, highway 1 to los gatos okay through the mountains. that's 23 minutes. i'm hearing about a new issue on the bay bridge. we'll check that out next. >> alaska airlines going on a hiring spree. the company plans to create ,000 new jobs, maintenance, technicians, airport operations and service workers, flight attendants and pilots. alaska airlines say most of the openings will not require previous airline experience. about three-quarters of the positions will be based in washington state. san francisco is considering a proposal to eliminate library fines. the san francisco chronicle reports mayor london breed signaled her support for a plan that would drop fines for overdue books because of the impact it has on low income

residents. citizens who have more than $10 in fines have accounts blocked until it gets paid. on thursday the library commission could recommend to end the system. the final will be up to the board of supervisors. steph curry auctioned off a pair of his used sneakers. the price, $58,000. curry signed the custom made pair that featured images of the moon. they became known as his moon shoes after he caused a social media storm by joking that the moon landing was staged. the mope will go to s.t.e.m. courses. >> those shoes look like good conditions. any old shoes of mine, trust and believe you do not want. >> he probably wore them 10 minutes. >> next at 5:00 a.m. catching a flight today? how the government shut down is affecting the bay area. a push for change the name

of a school district. the fallout at pg&e files for bankruptcy. where to go to get your questions answered. we take a live look outs. we have rain coming later today and a big storm for tomorrow. right now we're looking pretty dry and pretty quiet. we will enjoy it while it lasts.

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breaking news right now at 5:00, the death of broadway legend carol channing. a look back at her life and ties to the bay area. good morning. it is tuesday january 15th. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. pretty quiet now. not going to stay that way. let's check in with mike nicco. >> carol channing and that voice. >> it's a big loss. >> the voice. you always knew it was her. the storm impact scale. mother nature talking a little bit today also, light to moderate showers, isolated thunderstorm is possible and breezy at times. our radar returns across south bay, santa cruz mountains, in the hills east of santa clara valley you can see yellows there. we've got thunderstorms off sonoma county coast. those are going to stay off the coast. maybe clip the mendo