there was raises when they are declaring bankruptcy. live amy we alerted with this push alert. download the app and get push alerts where you live as it happens. >> it is now 4:30 if you're just waking up to us. good morning. here is a check oppose your weather and traffic. mike nicco starts. >> let's go back to live doppler 7 and you can see what's going on outside. it's looking like a little heavier push of rain around berkeley, 13 and 24, in towards caldecott on 580 and 880 there. should say 80. here we go down to san jose. you can see, yeah, it's trying to push into your neighborhood. so expect a little bit of an uptick. here you can see the sheen it leaves behind.

it's very measurable at all, it's light but a nuisance for early commuters. it will hang around then we'll see increasing sunshine, never completely get rid of the clouds. low 60s at 6:00 and mid to low 50s at 7:00. we'll have ig abouter storms to contend with later on. here is sue. >> full freeway closure once again on the sunol grade. you can see that purple. this morning southbound 880, an treat to sheridan. they expect to have it picked up by 5:. there is a detour in place but give yourself extra time. westbound roadwork picked up but we'r already slow. about a 35 minute ride from tracy into the livermore and pleasanton area. >> okay. thank you, sue. chaos erupted after oakland unified school district voted to close a middle school. take a look. >> emotions ran high at last

night's meeting as parents, teachers and students fought to save roots international academy. the school board voted 6-1 to close the school. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the details from oakland. >> reporter: protesters brought the oakland school board meeting to a halt. board members forced to leave the stage. >> we will not be divided and conquered. >> these parents, students, and teachers fighting to save roots international academy in east oakland from possible closure. >> y'all want to shut us down. at the end of the day, we're still a family and we're going to always remain strong. >> reporter: the district says roots academy has poor test scores and only 266 students. >> roots is a quality school. i'm tell you this, despite what you see. >> when we strike. >> we win. >> meantime union reps begin monday to begin a strike vote for oakland teachers.

teachers could be on the picket lines as early as next month. their demands have not changed. >> that our students have smaller class size, that there's increased investment in student support such as counselors, nurses, librarians. >> the union was a 12% salary increase over three years but the district says its growing deficit won't allow that. >> given our limited resources, we're going to be able to give what we can given the state we're in. >> meantime the school facing possible closure vows to keep fighting. >> this the very beginning. it doesn't matter we close, we don't close, we ain't going nowhere. >> in oakland, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news spent a week focusing on the teacher crisis in the bay area. this is part of the commitment to building a better bay area. a focus on solutions and improvements on issues we face here. going to abc7news.com to learn mayor. the woman accused of a hit-and-run that left a teenager critically injured is scheduled

to be in court today. she faces multiple felonies for the january 2nd crash. police say 14-year-old carlson was riding his bike in the fruitvale district when conners car hit him and dragged him for are self blocks. if you would like to help the family with expenses, we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. the man accused of beating a sn francisco grandmother is expected back in court today. yesterday he told a judge he was not guilty. 18-year-old man is charged with multiple felonies including attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated assault. he is being held without bail. family members of the victim, 88-year-old wang attended the hearing. they say it's a tragic time. >> our family wants this incident to be an opportunity to address community safety in both

the immediate and the long-term. >> officers found her beaten in a park in visitation valley three weeks ago. ghaith ron faces charges for crimes. we should no later today the date for his preliminary hearing. the 35 day shutdown is over. this morning we're learning how much it cost. the congressional budget office estimates it cost the economy $11 billion. as abc reporter serena marshall explains, lawmakers are trying to avoid a second shutdown. >> reporter: good morning. the government has been open less than a week. already the assessment of what was loss is much greater than expected as another shutdown looms in the future. $11 billion. that's how much the u.s. economy lost due to the 35-day shutdown of the sobering new estimate from the nonpartisan congressional budget office much greater than expected. but it wasn't just the economy that saw repercussions. ntsb says critical evidence from

22 accidents may have been lost due to the shutdown. the irs telling congress it will take them 12 to8 months to respond to t 5 m camera press briefing by the white house in 41 days, another shutdown wasn't ruled out. >> is the president really willing to go through another shutdown if he can't get money out of the democrats for the shutdown of the border wall? >> the president doesn't want to go through another shutdown. that's not the goal. the goal is security and protecting american people. >> lawmakers have 19 days to hammer out an agreement as democrats remain insistent, no money for border barriers where none currently exists. as hope for a deal lingers, both sides have agreed on a new date for the state of the union. that is now scheduled for february 355th. serena marshall. outside the federal building in oakland as government employees return to their job. they should receive back pay soon. also getting back pay tsa

workers at oakland international airport. >> it was incredible. right when we got the news, we literally had people working over 12 hour days saturday and sunday to get were's pay processed. >> i did notice they were a little bit kinder than unusual. it seemed their spirits were a little more perked up. >> abc news was at san francisco hyde street pier when it reopened. some of the ships are still off limits until crews can inspect damage from storms a few weeks ago. >> all right. let's take a look at what's going on with the system. you can see high-resolution short-term models picking it up. you can see watches northwest to southeast morning commute finally starting to exit around 9:00. by 10:00, everything should be quiet once again. we'll start to see increasing sunshine. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge, whiches just now starting to feel a little bit of the sprinkles to light rain. we use this as the backdrop. talk about caution. all this caution is for what's going on right now and through

ng commute. commut the roads, mass transit or bay, watch out for that light rain and dampness this morning. east bay valleys dry by 8:00, 51, 62 to 64, back to 8:00. low 60s this afternoon in the peninsula, 54 at 8:00. in the south bay still have another chance of light rain through about 8:00 and then you'll become partly sunny as we head into the afternoon hours. low- to mid-60s. temperatures still very mild for this time of the year. those days are numbered as stronger storms are starting tomorrow and a snow level this weekend that could be 3500 feet in the bay area. >> wow, nice. >> it's going to get cool. winter is coming back. let's talk to sue. hi, good morning. >> right now we have no issues in the sierra at all. no chain requirements or anything like that so we'll take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a little damp out as mike is saying, no thrace through the

tolls on into the incline section and san francisco, looking at a 10 minute drive total from mcarthur maze. slowdowns out of the central valley. about a 35 minute ride in and over the altamont pass. full freeway closure, 680 south between andreotti and sheridan. they are doing roadwork, bridgework as they have for the last couple of overnights. heads up that should be picked up by 5:. with he have a water main break in redwood city, right at real and redwood. they are asking you to stay away from the area as they repair the water main break. >> coming up, two men caught on camera. the crimes inconvenienced a lot of people in one area. >> the iphone feature apple disabled because of a big security problem. steph curry signs his shoes afte

all right. let's talk about what's going on. you can see heavy rain totals coming. not to the sierra. not yet. we'll talk more about that. here is a look at our fog. once again san joaquin valley, dense fog. visibility 200 to 800 feet. that's pretty dangerous especially when you're talking about speeds up to about 60 to 65 miles per hour when it takes 150 to 200 feet to stop.

here is a look at what's going to go. ou can see rain falls apart, creasing sunshine and mid-60s until you get to the southern parts of the state. 62 in los angeles. i'd say 72 in los angeles, excuse me. here is a look at lake tahoe. snow starts wednesday and keeps snowing through the weekend. >> mike, thank you. this morning on the peninsula, police want to find the thieves behind a series of car break-ins. video captured the pair in the act on the west side of san mateo. in the back ground there, you can see one man get into two cars, one right after the other. police say the burglaries happened saturday between midnight and 7:30 in the morning. the thieves got into both unlocked cars and smashed the windows of locked vehicles. >> if you recently bought nectarines at costco, check the label. there's a recall because of possible wisteria contamination. 4 pound plastic clam shells

under. wisteria can lead to infections in young people and older with weakened immune systems. we have a recall on the website, abc7news.com. >> millions of americans are bracing for record breaking cold temperatures that could plunge to 30 degrees below 0 in some spots. this comes after a powerful snowstorm. video from milwaukee, wisconsin out of this freshly plowed snow. in atlanta trucks cover the streets with salt before snow arrived. atlanta hosting super bowl liii this week. schools in minneapolis are already canceled through tomorrow. that's when the region will see temperatures it hasn't seen in a quarter century. >> they are used to the cold but not this. here is a live look at saint paul, minnesota, right now. it's a few degrees below 0. what do those frosty temperatures actually feel like. our anchor took on the challenge to find out.

>> reporter: bundle up midwest, you're in for a doozy of ridiculously cold air. tell that to people from the midwest. we caught up with people at sfo where half the flights were canceled. some call the bay area weather a cake walk. >> lovely. we're wearing t-shirts and shorts. it's 41 degrees and we love it. >> in comparison the bay area is expected to have temperatures around 58 by wednesday. piece of cake, which is why my producer decided to send me here to the marin food bank freezer. even the freezer at just 4 degrees isn't as cold as what my counterparts at our sister station are dealing with. >> i'm john garcia in the chicago area where we're dealing with snow today, however bracing for record breaking cold. windchills on wednesday could hit 50 degrees below 0. >> many public schools canceled classes. sean foley's district on weather

watch. temperatures are to dip below 30 tuesday night. >> my students were disappointed we were in school today. we did get some learning done. >> many residents are warning to avoid going outside. our hardy chicagoans, they already knew that. >> i'm going to stay home. that's what i'm going to do. >> would you take a look at that. it's a palm tree. something folks in chicago don't know anything about right now. by the way, take a look at what the national weather service in grand forks, north dakota, tweeted. they will experience windchill minus 81 degrees come wednesday. in san francisco, abc 7 news. we sent her to a refrigerator and it still wasn't cold enough. >> you don't want your food that cold. gosh, no. >> break your teeth. >> absolutely. when it gets that cold, everything freezes. your clothes freeze, your nose freezes. have you to cover everything. frostbite in five minutes or

less. >> so you're saying stay here. >> that's what i'm saying. there as whole generation of people in the upper midwest that have not felt these type of temperatures. it's been 25 to 30 years. the feels-like temperature at 7:00, 42 below in chicago. look at the high. the high for this day will be 1 below. that would be a record cold high temperature. all right. so let's talk about what's going on back here at home. here is a look at walnut creek. it is dry there. light rains headed your way. partly sunny with clean air, a stormy pattern wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday with snow levels 3500 to 4,000 feet this weekend. all right. so yeah, we have low- to mid-60s today. still a little warmer than average. we'll be in the mid to upper 40s tomorrow. storm impact scale for tomorrow's storm lingers through saturday morning. moderate rain. a third of an inch to an inch in some areas. that's level two type rain. everything else is not going to

be level two. those that come in right during the evening commute, that's when it's going to rain heaviest through about 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow morning. 4:00 tomorrow afternoon through 4:00 thursday morning, a 12-hour window of when that moderate rain and chance of thunderstorms rolls through. tuesday is going to be -- friday is going to be a stronger storm and scattered cold showers this weekend. sue. >> that's right. we had a spare the air day yesterday. at least the air is clearing out. that's nice. thanks to the rain. we look at san rafael, southbound 101, headlights headed past civic center. you're very light. no delays there. back to the richmond san rafael bridge where it's still blocking lanes. you are getting by but can't use cash lanes. everybody has to use the fasttrack. if you don't have cash, that could be a problem. don't worry. they will find you. we'll come back with roadwork in the sunol grade in just a minute. thanks, sue. the group face time feature on

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never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. "nightly new everything pretty dry. by 7:00 it starts to roll in and dampen our commute. fairly light but doesn't take much. heavier rain from 7:00 through thursday morning with a half inch, 3/4 around the bay to more than an inch up in the north bay. it's going to be our first soaker of many. reggie. >> thank you, mike. a new bill would make animal cruelty a felony across the country. republicans and democrats in the house of representatives introduced the bill last week. a person convicted of animal cruelty could face a fine or up to seven years in prison or both. all states have laws against animal cruelty on the state level but this would give prosecutors more scope on the federal level.

wineries and breweries will use recycled water. >> don't worry, not in the drinks. it will allow them to use recycled water to clean equipment and for other manufacturing purposes. >> we have a mainly water shortage in california. it's not going away. the drought will come back. we need to make water recycling easier. >> he says 7 gallons of water goes into the process of brewing one gallon of beer. much of that is for sleng the machines. >> all right. let's step back and show you what's going on. here is live doppler 7. we have light rain this morning moving from northwest to southeast. so the northern part of our viewing area, our neighbors, will get the dryer air faster while the southern part will have it all the way through the morning commute. jump ahead to friday, we jump up the scale to 2 moderate. moderate to heavy rain strong, chance of thunder. 5:00 friday morning all is quiet. by 10:00 all of us receiving rain and it just continues during the afternoon.

it gets even a little bit heavier during the evening hours. it will start to taper to showers saturday and sunday. your friday evening plans are going to be wet. sue. >> all right. take a look at the san mateo bridge where traffic is flowing nicely across the causeway and up towards the high-rise. no delays at this hour coming up on 4:55. across town, over towards san jose i should say, that's 280 with those headlights snaking up from san jose cords cupertino 880. sunol roadwork picked up. we had full freeway closure at the time. that was for roadwork and it was picked up. excellent news. slow traffic out of the central valley and 580 west. we'll check on that in a bit. thanks, sue. "black panther" is coming back to theaters. disney announced it will play for free at 250 theaters nationwide. that starts this friday and through next thursday. this is to celebrate black

history month. disney says it's also giving united negro college fund a $1.5 million grant. oakland born ryan could you goler directed "black panther." it is nominated for seven oscars including best picture. speaking of that, remember abc 7 is the only place you can watch the oscars. the awards will be handed out sunday february 24th at 5:00 p.m. a european town is hoping a cash offer will attract new residents. >> locana in northwest italy will pay up to $10,000 for you to move there. you have to have a child and at least a $6800 salary. last week officials in italy announced they were sell homes for just, get this, $1. but buyers have to commit to spending $17,000 on renovations. there are now several italian towns hoping different perks will lure new residents to help them repopulate. let's go. >> $1 for a house, can you

imagine? >> i'm in. next at 5:00 a.m., does president trump have enough support to secure the republican nomination? the new poll overnight. also an alarming encounter near middle school. why police want to find this van. just say no to winter. the new campaign telling millennials they don't have to put up with weather happening in other parts of the country right now. >> let's look outside. we do have rain in the forecast. looking nic

right now at 5:00, we're waking up to some rain in parts of the bay area. here is a live look at live

doppler 7. you can see a lot of green there on our map. >> yes. so don't walk outside unprepared on this tuesday january 29th. >> grab the umbrella. you're never more than serve minutes away from the accuweather. mike nicco tracking the forecast. >> run back to live doppler 7 and show you bridges, as. richmond, san rafael, bay bridge and golden gate bridge all wet right now. this is the way it looks the approach from the east to the golden gate bridge. i should say the bay bridge. you can see it's definitely wet. wet weather is going to hang around through the morning commute. once the morning commute ends so does rain. increasing sunshine, never completely getting rid of cloud cover. definitely a brighter day than yesterday and one with cleaner air. temperatures at the coast in the 50s. the rest of us low 50s. by the time we get to 7:00 it