feed your change. this is abc 7 mornings. now at 5:00, some east bay teachers are giving a demonstration today. what they're calling for in this sickout and what parents need to know. good morning. it's friday, january 18th. we've made it. >> we've definitely finally made it. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco, you said a little bit of rain but not a lot. >> not a lot, no. that is well behind us until we get to sunday. we'll get a decent storm sunday. around windsor, geyserville, 101 to cloverdale, best radar on mount st. helena. you can see the flow pattern is pushing these to the southeast. so all of us could have a chance of a shower this morning except for the east bay into the south

bay. a better chance into the evening hours of scattered showers. they'll be very light. have an umbrella with you. we'll see sunshine today also and temperatures that will be nearing the 60-degree mark from noon. even low 60s at 4:00. the storm is a 1. ght on the stompt >> sue? >> we have light conditions too on the roadways. the bay bridge toll plaza. take a look at this. no problems here. traffic is flowing nicely into san francisco. your drive takes you from hercules along the 80 corridor. looking at a 25-minute ride now into the city. little bit of slowing over the altamont pass. typical for the early morning commuters. as a reminder, ace train is running on schedule if you'd rather go that route. tracy into dublin looking good. marin county is looking great. >> thank you, we start with potentially a bombshell development in the russia investigation. >> a new report claims that

president trump directed his long-time attorney, michael cohen from lying to congress. according to buzz feed news, told cohen to lie about negotiation toss build a trump tower in moscow. they say president trump supported a plan to visit russia during the presidential campaign and personally meet with vladimir putin to kick-start tower negotiations. in november, cohen pleaded guilty to lying about the deal in testimony. "good morning america" will have much more on the story coming up at 7:00 a.m. after abc 7 mornings. oakland teachers are planning a one-day sickout this morning. >> this is to protest contract talks with the district. amy hollyfield joins us live with more on that. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. oakland administrators say school will be open today. so your kids still have to go to class today. there will be school. but teachers will be walking out. they say they're calling this a day without educators. they've done this before in oakland last month. we've got video of them

protesting in front of city hall. that was last month. today they're going to do it again. administrators called in substitute teachers like they did on that day, too, to keep classes open. teachers say they're doing this because they are frustrated with the pace of contract negotiations and they say they're fighting for smaller class sizes and bigger paychecks. the state stupt was uperintende ou studios last night and said they need to spend more on education. >> california ranks 45th in per people spending. in order to take our rightful place as number one, we need to come up with resources for improving education. >> reporter: in a press release about the walkout today, oakland teachers say we demand ousd prioritize in investing in students and classrooms to en sthur that teachers can stay in

oakland and students get the su need. they're going to start at 8:00 this morning. then they're going to march to school district headquarters. reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. it is day 28 of the government shutdown. tsa workers get a chance to tell gavin newsom about the struggles they're dealing w reporter kate larsen has more from oakland international airport. >> governor newsom met with tsa workers at sacramento airport on thursday who are struggling during the fourth week of the government shutdown. >> because of the shutdown and being furloughed, we're basically not getting paid. i have a for sale sign on my house on sunday. >> the governor slammed the u.s. department of labor for stating that federal employees working without pay right now are not eligible for unemployment benefits. >> shame on them. >> newsom encouraged thousands of furloughed california workers to apply for unemployment

insurance and now the governor is vowing to hel paidoveren elo owmoyhe n >> from a moral perspective, there's no debate on this issue. it will blow back aggressively on the department of labor. >> airports are helping their security workers. the food bank placed bins at oakland international airport to collect donations. they're providing lunches to tsa workers and getting assistance paying for parking and volunteers are helping tsa employees sign up for unemployment benefits. in san jose city council approved a plan to provide no interest, short-term loans. the federal employees at san jose international airport are impacted by the shutdown. workers would eventually repay the loans once they receive back pay. >> screeners are hired by -- and not the federal government. they're still getting paid despite the shutdown. at oakland international airport, i'm kate larsen, abc 7

news. fwur load federal workers can get into the san francisco zoo for free. you need to show your federal i.d. or common access card. the offer is good as long as the s shutdown. for more resources go to abc7news.com or download the abc 7 news app. fremont police are investigating three robberies within two weeks at the fremont hub. in the most recent attack on monday, police say a driver pulled up to a woman in the parking lot and demanded she hand over her purse. he hit her with a pipe when she refused and took her purse. another man who said he had a gun stole perfumes from the store. two men armed with a knife stole perfume from another store. they don't believe the robberies are related. so far, no arrests have been made. in the north bay, santa rosa police are investigating a mass tire slashing after more than 2 dozen people found their cars

leaning on punctured tires. it happened in the junior college neighborhood and the northern edge of downtown. police tell the press democrat, they received 25 reports just yesterday of slashed tires. police believe it happened at night. neighbors are home sbaurveillance video. the venue bar and lounge will be prohibited from selling alcohol for 45 days and the license will be on probation for three years. police were called to the bar several times from april 2017 to june 2018. several incidents, like fights, assaults, public drunkenness were reported. in addition, abc officials say the bar sold alcohol to minors. the national weather service confirms that a tornado touched down in fresno. >> this is a photo of it. the ef-0 happened yesterday. stormy weather continued across the street. it was the weakest category tornado. there were no reports of any

injuries. >> i think it pulled the roof off a building. that was about it. luckily it hit out in the middle of nowhere. 65 to 85 mile per hour winds out of an ef enhanced fujita scale. let talk about temperatures. some of the coolest ones in danville. everybody else in the low to mid-50s. that's what you're going to feel everywhere. los gatos 47. same thing in santa rosa. those are some of the cooler spots too. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. the wind is blowing less than ten miles per hour. high country will be poor. the conditions will improve this afternoon. but then you have to worry about black ice. along the bay, king tides today. watch out for bay shoreline flooding and danger at the beaches. it's a 45-foot breakers flew 5:00. north bay started off at 48 this morning. up to 57. you have a chance of a shower any time with a better chance during the evening hours from 6:00 to 8:00. along the east bay, we're going to see some sunshine

breakthrough the clouds pushing us from 52 at 8:00 to the low 60s this afternoon back into the upper 50s this evening. for san francisco, we've got 53 this morning to 60 at 4:00. down to 57. you have a stray shower possible any time. maybe a little better chance this evening. take a look at the weekend forecast. we have a 50/50 rain event coming. here's sue. >> emeryville, this is looking great through berkeley and on into macarthur maze. solid stream of headlights. but it's all moving nicely. down to the south bay and 280 at the 17 junction, if your travels take you north on 280 from san jose towards cupertino, an 8-minute drive. overall, just slow traffic out of central valley which is typical this time of the morning. 35-minute drive. so it's not too bad. if you take mass transit, here's a look at b.a.r.t. running on schedule. ferries and buses are looking good. the same with ace trip as we mentioned. the coliseum authority will

receive an update on the possibility of the raiders staying in oakland for one more season. last month the raiders backed out of a tentative $7.5 million lease after the city filed a lawsuit against the team in connection with its move to las vegas. happening today, abt abortion groups will hold a march for life in d.c. this is video from last year's march. organizers believe life begins at conception. they're protesting the supreme court's roe vs. wade decision which legalized abortion years ago. mike pence will give a formal address at the dinner tonight. thousands of women will take to the streets tomorrow in the third annual women's march. these are usually big events here. the first march was held shortly after president trump's inauguration in 2017 to protest the trump administration and its perceived threats to women's rights. the main marchd washington, d.c. and there are more than 100 other marches

planned for cities worldwide. there are a handful in the bay area tomorrow. in san francisco, the women's march starts with a rally at 11:30 at civic center plaza. the march starts at 1:30 down market street to the embarcadero. be aware of that if you're in downtown san francisco. >> it's created traffic congestion. mass transit is encouraged. a rally at the lake merit amphitheater. >> we're not going to leave san jose out. the march begins at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow at city hall. it's followed by a rally at arena green. everything expected to wrap up by 3:00. coming up, cat yoga. paint your pets. the new pop-up where it's all happening. >> paint your pet? all right. when is the next big quake coming? the concern about staffing after two smaller earthquakes rattled the east bay. the stunt that led to royal caribbean banning this man for caribbean banning this man for life.

they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland.

how about this for storm concerns. everything is green. everything is low. that's how light the showers are going to be today. those storm concerns will uptick a little bit for sunday's storm. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> thank you, mike. warning for plans heading to tahoe this weekend. >> the snow has been coming down the sierra. there's plows and snow blowers

to keep the road clear. it keeps piling up. travel in the mountains continues to be difficult with chains on 80 and 50 over the -- san francisco golf course cleaning up after this stormy weather. winds knocked down a huge fence at the harding park golf course's driving range. nobody was hurt. one golfer we spoke with showed up to get a few swings in without realizing the damage. >> i bought new golf clubs. it was dry in san bruno. i was hoping it would be dry up here. >> you know, i look at the driving range, that's a heck of a slice you have. >> that's more damage than i expected to see here. officials at harding say at least three trees were damaged or knocked down. the storm. no word on cost of all the damage. a pair of minor earthquakes on the hayward fault has rattled the east bay the past two mornings. scientists at at uc berkeley seismology lan have been tracking the tremblers.

others are being furloughed because of the government shutdown. for now the berkeley lab is doing more analysis and providing that information to the public. the real concern is about next big quake on the hayward fault. one that could rival or surpass the 1989 earthquake in damage. seismologists say that's coming. they don't know exactly when but they know expertise will be needed. >> not really staffed sufficiently if we have a big event. they would have to call back people really quickly. >> yesterday morning 3.5 magnitude quake and wednesday morning's 3.4 trembler were both centered in nearly the same spot near berkeley not far from the claremont hotel. >> if you've ever wanted to book a private cuddle session with a puppy. now is your chance. >> a pop-up location at 1 embarcadero center. the cat cafe and puppy cuddle

sessions are open between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. there are special events like a paint your pet night, which i have questions about. and yappy hour on thursdays. the pop-up is open through valentine's day. >> you're taking that literally, aren't you? paint your pet. >> i think there's a canvas and you paint a picture, right? >> oh. >> okay. >> spray paint out. i want to -- >> never going to stand for this. going to be so mad. >> so ridiculous. >> is that alarm that goes off at 1:30 in the morning, kills the brain cells. >> it really does. i'm using that as an excuse. >> a thousand pa polgs spca for what was going on in my brain. >> there's a lot of shade in there waiting to come out. >> i couldn't wrap my head around it. >> these guys love animals. >> why would you paint the animals. >> paint by the dots.

goodness. >> we've got got that cleared up. >> any time you can help them and we can help them, let us know. perfect pet day during the live show. tune in for that or record it if you can. a chance of showers and sunshine today. the umbrella and the sunglasses. it's a 1. unsettled through sunday and a 1. couple of weeks possible -- we get the wet pattern and stay in it and get out of it and back out in it. >> tonight another mild night with mid-40s to low 50s. all right. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can see some of the better radar returns. these are heading southeast. lucas valley, right now that shower should be on top of you. san rafael in about eight, seven minutes. it's going to cross the san pablo bay and head towards

richmond. if it keeps going, it will be into the east bay valleys by 5:45. here's a look at what's going to happen. it's going to taper a little bit and we'll have a regeneration of the showers, especially across the north bay into the afternoon hours. notice they dip down deeper into the bay. there are random showers possible during the evening hours. if you look at the rainfall totals, they are not impressive. most of them are across the north bay. about a tenth to two-tenths of an inch there. the rest of us get nothing to a couple of hundredths. >> a quarter to a half inch. if you have plans sunday, see if you can redirect them to saturday, our drier day. mid-60s next week with sunshine. sue? >> san rafael, a nice looking drive from the civic center, southbound 101. the taillights towards san rafael. if you go from novato into san francisco, it's about a 25-minute ride. golden gate bridge is clear. you've got four lanes southbound. two lanes in the northbound direction. there's your drive time all the way into san francisco.

overall, traffic flow is looking great. just a slow and go over the altamont pass a high-wind advisory for your friday morning drive. thanks, sue. the 49ers say their profit from non-nfl football events are way below projections and the team is blaming the city of santa clara curfew rule. >> this has been an ongoing fight. the mercury news reports that the 49ers expect a $750,000 profit this fiscal year from events at the stadium, including this year's college football playoff national championship. the team says it should be making $5 million a year from concerts, beer festivals and other sports. city officials say blaming the curfew is, quote, simply irresponsible and deflects from their management performance. new this morning, it's time to change your password again after a massive data breach involving hundreds of millions of e-mail addresses. nearly 773 million records, including e-mail addresses and

passwords were exposed in a data breach publicized by security researcher troy hunt this week. according to hunt, the files were collected from a number of breaches and uploaded to a cloud service called mega. that platform has since removed the data. according to wired magazine, in type of breach has happened before but never on this scale. royal caribbean banned a man for life after he pulled off a stunt that is going viral. >> this is crazy. he decided to jump into the water from the 11th deck. abc's paula faris has the details in gma's first look. [ bleep ]. >> in gma first look, one of the most popular cruise lines in the world tells abc news it is exploring legal action after this jump off a balcony of one of its ships went viral. over 140,000 views. >> 27-year-old vancouver washington resident left from

lept from the 11th deck 238-foot tall symphony of the sea he is trip while it was docked in the bahamas after a night of drinking with friends. >> i just thought it would be cool to jump off the ship. all my friends cheered me on and it just happened so quick. you know, the next minute i was jumping off the ship. >> we'll have more on the fallout from this dangerous jump coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look. i'm paula faris, abc news, new york. >> lot of thoughts going through my mind about that situation. >> he said that he doesn't want other people to do it because he would feel guilty if they got hurt. not sorry they would get hurt. he would feel guilty. coming up next, the seven things you need to know to start your day. also -- also -- >> a little girl arm

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here are the seven things to know before you go. random showers this morning. i want to show you the weekend. saturday will have random showers. sunday, light to moderate rain in the north bay and spreading southward and hanging out for the day. the breezes will uptick also to 30 miles per hour. the danger from this storm a little more heightened than what we're dealing with today. >> number 2, following your friday morning commute with the metering lights turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza. getting first reports of a spinout on the san mateo bridge. when we come back, more on that. breaking overnight, elon musk announced the company will cut 7% of its workforce that amounts to 3100 employees. musk says they can't support the size of its current staff. >> oakland teachers are planning a one-day strike calling for better wages. oakland administrators say school will still be open today.

your kids still have classes. teachers will be walking out, calling this a day without educators. number 5, a funeral will take place for fallen davis police officer natalie corona. the service is set for 11:00 this morning at uc davis followed by a 40-mile procession to officer corona's hometown of arbuckle. >> a new report says president trump told michael cohen to lie to congress. according to buzz feed news, mr. trump personally directed his long-time attorney and fixer to lie about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. number 7, demarcus cousins will suit up as a warrior for the first time tonight against the l.a. clippers. cousins has missed nearly a year because of an injury. he signed a $5.3 million deal with the wore warriors in the off-season. a little girl crafted a talent. >> she's a pint-sized barber. she's learning the skills under the guidance of her dad frankie.

he's a barber himself. he said that he noticed his daughter was drawn to the clippers when she was a toddler. of course, she still is several years away from a professional license. it looks like she's well on her way. >> i would trust her with a fade. >> would you let her cut your hair? >> looks like she has the skills. why not? >> okay. cool. coming back with another 90 minutes of news including the warning if you're holding on to

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they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland. this is abc 7 mornings. breaking news. tesla laying off thousands of employees. elon musk's message announcing the cuts overnight. paying tribute to 22-year-old davis police officer natalie corona. the public service in her honor today. also, a picture perfect

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inch in the north bay. here's the way the day breaks down. we're mild this morning, upper 40s to low 50s. we'll flirt with 60 all afternoon. still in the mid to upper 50s this evening. ziemt reports of a solo spinout on the high-rise of the san mateo, traffic is moving fine. it is crowded on the causeway. you will see brake lights about halfway towards the high-rise and it is facing the wrong way. the vehicle is facing the wrong way in the left lane. s we're going to see a bit of a slowdown there as you make your way over towards the san mateo side of things. let's take a look at bridge drive times. richmond-san rafael bridge, quick drive across the bay. there's the san mateo bridge. it's going to be increasing and the dumbarton bridge will be a great alternate. thank you, sue. breaking news this morning. tesla cutting the workforce by 7%. this is the second major layoff in less than a year. >> musk says thousands will lose their jobs as the company strug

lts to make a profit. matt keller live in san jose for us. matt? >> reporter: musk told his employees that last year was tesla's most challenging year ever. he also said it was also its most successful year. here we are now in the new year and we're seeing some layoffs. he sent this information to his employees via an e-mail this morning. it was posted on the company's website a few hours ago. said the company cannot support the size of its staff after expanding workforce by 30% in 2018. musk had previously stated that tesla had 45,000 employees. a cut of 7% would be 3,150 people. he also said the company would retain the critical temps and contractors. nearly as many as all previous years combined. but the company still fell short of its goal of manufacturing more than twice that. musk said in the e-mail to those departing. thank you for everything you have done to advance our mission. i'm deeply grateful for your

contributions to tesla. we would not be where we are today without you. checking pre-market trading. it looks like tesla stock is down more than 5.5%. reporting in san jose, matt keller. oakland teachers are planning a one-day sickout today to protest contract talks with the district. the district. a day without educators teachers and students plan to march to get the attention of leaders. in the north bay, family and mabs are mourning the loss of a man killed during wednesday night's powerful storm. >> authorities say he was trying to escape a falling tree when he got struck by a van. the marin chp tells us 52-year-old darren melvin and neighbors were waiting for emergency crews to show up to chec o dowd p a

nearby tree to crack and as melvin ran, a neighbor driving a van accidentally hit him. >> our kids go to the same school. i know that he was a good fit for the school. the whole family was. >> he was a great guy. >> the chp said the driver who struck melvin is cooperating. drugs and alcohol have been ruled out. >> tree service companies around the bay area sure are busy. an 80-foot spruce tree was knocked down by powerful winds narrowly missing a home. the first one severed power lines. a few hours later, the second one fell on top of the homeowner's roof. if you have any doubts about a tree in your yard, call in an expert. especially if it leans towards your house, car or patio. if you want to track down the next storm, download our app.

developing news in stockton. police say a san jose kidnapping suspect is in critical condition after being shot by two officers. san jose police investigators say the parolee was tracked to a home in stockton last night. authorities say the man confronted officers with a handgun. stockton police officer and a state corrections officer shot him at least once. investigators linked him to a kidnapping and carjacking case. happening today, family, fellow officers and the community will pay tribute to fallen davis police officer natalie corona. the rookie was shot and killed a week and a half ago. she was investigating a car crash when a gunman started shooting. officer corona was the only victim. the shooter shot himself after a police standoff. the service is set at the activities and recreation center at uc davis. it is open to the public. afterwards, a 40-mile procession to officer corona's

hometown in arbuckle. >> negotiators are expected back in court today. lawyers for them want charges brought against the warehouse owners and oakland firefighters and police officers. both claim they knew about unsafe conditions inside the building but did nothing. meanwhile, prosecutors want the judge to issue a gag order to stop anyone connected to the case from talking to the media. prosecutors claim it's the only way to keep potential jurors unbiased for the upcoming trial in april. they face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deadly fire in december 2016. the government shutdown is now in day 28. today federal courts run out of resources and civil cases could be suspended. meanwhile, president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi continue to exchange political blows. democrats are refu negotiate with the president until the government reopens. democrats are united behind pelosi. she advised them to have

discussions with the white house. on wednesday, pelosi suggested that president trump should reschedule his state of the union address amid the shutdown. >> could have been the week later. it could be the week later if ti word whether the president will postpone the address. yesterday, pelosi received a letter from the president denying her the use of a military aircraft to visit troops in afghanistan and allies in brussels. you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. can you remember the last time you had your heavy coat out. we could be in the 20s and 30s. we're in the upper 40s to low 50s. until you ged to redwood city and cupertino, upper 40s there. san rafael, you can see a little bit in the way of rain coming down. it's very light as we look south on 101. so the roads are going to have damp spots this morning. for mass transit, cooler to

mild. we're starting off cooler. we'll be warmer this afternoon. on the bay, it will be calmer and drier, just watch out for the king tides this morning. maybe bay shore flooding. a lot of clouds and sunshine today. not a great chance of rain. 51 this morning. look at the low 60s. we'll keep it there. from noon to 4:00, comfortable this evening. on the peninsula, mixture of clouds and sunshine also. temperatures nearing the low 60s this afternoon. back to 56 at 8:00. we'll go down to the south bay. we'll see the most sunshine and hit the low 60s from 1:00 to 4:00. you don't see a great chance of rain. in fact, you hardly saw one there. random showers today basically across the north bay. a better chance of us having rain this weekend. i'll show you that coming up. we have sue hall in here. it's a friday. i'm asking how is it? >> a couple of exceptions. the san mateo bridge, we have reportofne

car bke lights about halfway down the causeway starting to slow up over towards san mateo. your drive is about 15 minute at this point. about a 40-minute drive around the altamont pass. b.a.r.t., great way to go. trains on time. ferries and buses from golden gate are looking good. trains, ace 1 and 3 are running on schedule this morning. thank you, sue. a new feature from amazon geared for teens. how it works. how it works. whiteo

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last year, 25% of average snowfall. it was just a terrible start. mid part of the season. look at this. we made it. first time this year we're actually above average for today's date. we're still 50% where we should be for the entire ski season ending april 1st. slippery today. dry tomorrow. snow sunday and very nice conditions monday. so be careful there. here's a look around. you can see that we'll have showers to the north. sunshine to the south. that's where the 60s kick in. my accuweather forecast for lake tahoe, well, we'll get to that coming up next. there's a look at walnut creek. it's pretty quiet. guys? >> thanks, mike. sears is not in the clear just

yet. some of its creditors are challenging chairman eddie lampert's winning bid. they're suing him and his hedge fund esl. they claim lambert wrongfully painted himself as the savior of the company when he made moves to benefit himself and esl. his hedge fund won tentative approval for a $5.2 billion plan to buy sears. a bankruptcy judge has to approve the bid by next month. if you have a gymboree gift card, use it soon. the san francisco-based company filed for bankruptcy. it's asking the court for authorization to continue honoring gift cards. returns are also expected to be accepted in that window. once liquidation begins, all sales are final. a miracle for a marin county couple with the help of chp officers. the officers were at marin general hospital on a follow-up to the fatal accident in mill valley that we told you about earlier. suddenly ryan grady drove up to

the emergency room door and said his wife was giving birth. two officers alerted hospital staff while ryan and a sergeant stayed behind. kathryn grady delivered her daughter in the front seat. >> it was refreshing. earlier we were investigating a pretty bad accident. to deal with something exhilarating like this, it's the circle of life. >> the gradys say their daughter june adeline is doing well. lots of fresh powder in the sierra this morning enticing skiers and snowboarders to head to the slopes for the holiday weekend. getting there is the tough part. >> chains are required on both interstate 80 and highway 50 into the tahoe region. the weather service is warning people to stay indoors until the snow and wind subside. a blizzard warning for the lake tahoe region has expired. but dangerous conditions are expected to continue. despite the inclement weather, many will go anyway. >> i haven't driven this before,

but i know whenever my parents told me, they're like be cautious. if anything, be too cautious. >> just got chains. can't be an idiot. >> that's the sound bite of the day. don't be an idiot people. cal trans crews have been plowing the roads to keep the roads passable and spray the roads for traction. >> soon we could say that in the be traffic. don't be an idiot. use common sense. slow down and have the correct equipment. >> i checked the drive times. not bad. it's a little over three hours to get to heavenly or to squaw valley. >> that's not bad at all. >> the person leaving at 5:45 in the morning. >> it should get better as the day goes on. that's an awful lot of snow to plow. 3 to 6 feet. good luck. here's a look at heavenly where it's quiet right now. i promised you the seven-day forecast. here you go. light snow showers today and then up to a foot of snow is possible sunday. that's why saturday and monday

are your best travel days. it's going to be bone dry next week. here's a look at walnut creek. we've got a chance of showers today and sunshine. 1 on the storm impact scale. extended period of dry weather after that. let's talk about the temperatures today. 57 to about 61 degrees. more sunshine to the south. better chance of showers to the north. same thing tonight. better chance of showers across the north bay. drier in the south bay. inland east bay, temperatures in the mid-40s to low 50s. here's a look at the best radar returns. pulling out of the north bay shall heading to the southeast. san mateo, 5:54. haywa hayward, 5:59. after the 6:00 hour, we'll see the showers hit redwood city and fremont. as far as the forecast, you can see this model is just not doing a good job whatsoever. i think i'm going to stop using it. it shows the scattered showers mainly across the north bay this afternoon and the rest of us will have scattered showers heading throughout the day after this first wave pushes through. what this first wave is, it's a warm front.

once that warm front pushes through, that's why we'll have temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. in the low to mid-60s tomorrow. with the rain coming in sunday, which we'll look at in seven minutes, it's going to get cool again. sue? >> we're headed outside to take a look at the east shore freeway. not a bad ride at all. it's jammed by the golden gate field area and into the macarthur maze. your overall drive time is pretty good. the biggest delay is here at the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights were turned on this morning at 5:23. so if you can carpool, you see those cars whipping into the toll plaza. not bad at all. once you get past the metering lights, another seven-minute dive into the city. >> thank you, sue. 97-year-old prince philip is okay after wrecking his land rover. he was pulling out of the queen's estate when he smashed into another car yesterday. his suv ended up on its side.

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june. secretary of state make pompeo will meet with top negotiators in washington today. the envoy arrived in the capital last night and he's expected to deliver a letter from kim. there are signs a second summit could occur in march or april. child endangerment charges could be filed against a woman's child who tumbled out of the car. the 2-year-old strapped into a car seat and she wasn't hurt. the car seat wasn't fastened in the vehicle. the mother says her daughter must have somehow unlocked it. thank goodness for that driver in this vehicle who stopped and got out and helped that baby. >> and flagged down the drivers coming the other way saying hey, watch out. that was so scary. in the south bay, the two-month mystery of what happened to -- it has been recovered intact. police delivered the vintage sign to the history preservation

center yesterday. it vanished in early november from the corner of west san carlos and royal avenue. it turns out the man who took the sign did it out of concern it would be scrapped. we saw the demolition and was concerned that he better get that sign before it's accidentally broken or tossed into a bin. his intentions were good. >> history of san jose will restore the sign and install it at san jose's history park. lowe's bought it last year and cro closed the store. let's look at the commute with sue hall. good morning. >> good morning. back to the san mateo bridge which is now the site of a three-car accident. it was originally a solo spin out blocking the left lane. they've revised that and said it's a three-car accident. we're seeing slowing across the span for a 20-minute drive from 880 towards 101. this is 101 on the other side of the peninsula. palo alto area.

they had roadwork overnight. but our sensors have slow traffic there. maybe if you get a second, you can tweet me at sue hall traffic and let me know if it's clear, smooth sailing. i'd appreciate that. chp claims that they've picked up that work at 4:30 this morning. let's talk about the rough surf. the thunderous pounding from 25 to 45-foot. waves possible through 5:00 this evening. stay out of the water. we've got light rain. maybe a push of a moderate cell around novato on 101. that's going to continue. the chances of light rain as this air mass will be very soupy through tomorrow. you see the time frame. random showers, the best chance of steady rain saturday and sunday. wake up with steady rain in the north bay. then storm slides southward through 3:00. then scattered showers behind that into the rest of sunday. sunday, the wetter day if you have plans. make sure you download our app

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good morning east bay. let's get up and get going. good morning to you on this friday, january 18th. we're most hi dry. we've got that going for us. >> yes, we do. we're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> the chance of that changing is out there. we have scattered light showers this morning and this afternoon. less than quarter of an inch. we have the pounding waves over at the beaches. so from petaluma down to novato

across 101 to highway 37. a moderate shower there. one pulled off of san francisco in emeryville. piedmont and also oakland. look for a little more intensity out of the light showers. a warm front pushing through this morning. that's why we're seeing the rain. once we get to the warm soupy air mass, we'll spr a chance of scattered showers with the best chance across the north bay. the bay bridge toll plaza. sue is kind enough to show that. temperatures nearing 60 all afternoon. here's sue with the commute. the san mateo bridge, a three an car accident on the high-rise. the sign advises drivers of the accident. a brake lights on the causeway. give yourself extra time. the dumbarton bridge is a pretty good alternate. looking at a 20-minute drive across the span. we have slow traffic up along the altamont pass. a 45-minute ride into the dublin