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

will be partly cloudy skies and mid-50s. east shore freeway past golden gate, fudge into nneling mcarthur maze no wait yet. if you have to be up at 5:00 a.m., great time to be on the road at least on that section of the freeway. this is southbound 680 near north main, making your way to highway 24 for about an eight-minute drive from concord into walnut creek. >> thank you, sue. breaking overnight pg&e filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. yesterday a protest erupted during california public utility emergency meeting focusing on pg&e. >> stop this now standard. >> commission members approved the plan to secure new loans and obtain credit. that speeds up the process for declaring chapter 11. pg&e revealed its plans to do so

earlier this month. the utility said it's facing $30 billion in liability following several deadly wildfires. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have much more on the breaking story at 5:30. as part of our commitment to building a better bay area we're digging into issues like homelessness. >> part of the solution of ending homelessness in our area is knowing how many are living on the streets. today a count is happening in the south bay. abc matt keller is joining us live from san jose. matt. >> good morning, jessica and reggie. 400 people signed up for this homeless census. many gathering in san jose at salvation army. they are leaving to go out and do that count. this should last until 8:00 this morning. they want to be out in the field while people are bedded down and not moving around. that's why they are doing the count so early. why is it done? this is required by u.s. department of housing and urban development of all jurisdictions receiving federal funding for housing services for people

experiencing homelessness. santa clara showed 7,394 homeless persons, 4,350 live san jose. community organizations will help collect information on people living in shelters, transitional housing as well as people sleeping on the streets, cars, abandoned properties and other places. mayor liccardo is taking part in this account. >> we believe here in san jose that everyone counts. too obvious we disregard and ignore people who are on our streets and parks, behind the store. we need to ensure everyone counts and we're keeping track. >> santa clara county also does a survey of homeless individuals after the census is completed. that helps them understand the demographics of people living on the streets. those service l at the reports from 2017, the last time they did this count, matt, thank you.

abc is committed to building a better bay area. conversations about your community use the #betterbayarea. new this morning, police searching for a man trying to searching for a man trying to lure a girl into his lincoln road and starr avenue. she ran away. they released a photo of a dodge van. he was in his 50s with a dark gray beard. any information call val between columbus and hyde saturday night the 32-year-old man going to the argonaut hotel when a group of men attac him near the back door to the hotel. officers say the victims punched, kicked, threw the front of see's candy store on beach and hyde before the

attack. >> alone walking around this neighborhood, especially at nighttime, it's terrifying, especially a group of people sitting and waiting to do something, then it's like really terrifying. >> officers are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify suspects. the victim remains in the hospital. police say he's improving but in very serious condition. >> happening today in washington, d.c., roger stone president trump's longtime political adviser heading to federal court on charges related to russia investigation. stone is accused of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements. he'll be arraigned on a seven count indictment brought by special council robert mueller. the self-proclaimed dirty trick sister is expected to plead not guilty. stone faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. the president will deliver his state of the union address a week from today. >> house speaker nancy pelosi offered president trump a new invitation to deliver the speech in the house chambers on february 5th. he replied in a letter saying it

would be, quote, a great honor to accept. the speech was originally scheduled for today. the partial government shutdown prompted the delay. democratic presidential hopeful kamala harris touted the power of truth and unity during a town hall meeting with voters in iowa. >> enough with these powerful forces trying to sow hate amongs spoke about her support for medicare for all, new gun safety measures and her opposition to the death penalty. se also addressed the question about critics who think a man would make a better nominee. >> in my entire career i heard people say when i ran and ran as the first woman who would win, people aren't ready, it's not your time, nobody like you has done that before, i haven't listened and i would suggest nobody should listen to that kind of conversation. >> as a senator, harris said she supports border securityut

will not vote for president trump's wall under any circumstances. speaking of president trump, a new abc news "washington post" poll looks at president trump's odds at winning the 2020 election. >> it happens mr. trump has enough support to secure the republican nomination. the poll shows he's the clear favorite among republicans and gop leaning independents. about two-thirds said the gop should nominate him. about one-third said the party should nominate someone else. president trump's lead is less certain in the general election. only a quarter of registered voters polled say they would definitely vote for president trump in 2020. just under 15% said they would consider voting for him. more than half said they would definitely not vote for him. the poll shows there's no clear front-runner for the democratic nomination. about 40% of democrats and left leaning independents have no opinion on who should be the party nominee. as you see on your screen, 9% want former vice president joe

biden. senator kamala harris raepgs seco ranks second with 8%. we have light rain. notice from 5:00 through 9:00 it will hang around as it moves ever so slowly southward. so the north bay will clear out first. the south bay will see the last see the rain leave us between 9:00 and 10:00. you see it's not a lot of rain but enough to put a sheen on the road as you can see right here on the golden gate bridge. all this caution for the rain during the morning hours. the rest of the day is absolutely gorgeous with more sunshine and yesterday increasing sunshine and temperatures almost as mild. maybe 2 or 3 degrees cooler. still in the low- to mid-60s this time of year, pretty nice. we've got 54 with the rain taper by 8:00 east bay, near 0 at noon, 55 by 8:00. in the north bay 48. a little bit cooler at 8:00 but 59 at noon then low 60s this afternoon.

down to 51 during the evening hours. our last stop will be san francisco where it should be dry by 8:00 and 56. we'll ramp up to near 60 at 4:00 and drop into the mid-50s as we head into the evening hours. all right. we've got a lot of rain coming up in the accuweather forecast. i'll see you with that but let's get to sue to talk about the commute. >> bay bridge toll plaza it is raining. can you see big drops coming down on the screen. you're looking at mild and light conditions on the roadways. of course that first rain after a couple of days, things are very slick. use extra caution, watch your speeds this morning. go down to san jose, highway 87 past sap center. headlights headed in the northbound direction moving nicely there. we do have slow and go, about 40 minutes over altamont pass. we've got a main practice in redwood city on el camino or so avoid that area.

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have some heavy downpours. if not, a little bit of lightning and thunder. i'll give you an hour by hour look at that coming up. >> thanks, mike. developing news, four houston police officers in the hospital after they were hurt in a shoot-out at a suspected drug house. the governor of texas described it as being, quote, horrific. the officers faced gunfire when they served a search warrant yesterday. police shot and killed two suspects. this morning two officers are in critical condition. three others are in good condition with one already released from the hospital. a tip from a neighbor initially led police to that home. in today's "gma" first look the urgent search for a girl reported missing in tennessee. >> she vanished from her home the night. >> in "gma" first look the parents of 14-year-old savannah lee prewitt speaking out pleading for help in finding her more than two weeks after she vanished. prewitt who was home schooled, last seen january 13th, heading

to bed around 11:00 p.m. just before 5:00 the next morning, her family discovering savannah was gone, her bedroom window open and some of her clothes and bedsheets missing. police say so far there's no evidence she's in direct danger. authorities believe the teen may have traveled roughly 140 miles from her home in madisonville, tennessee to corbin, kentucky. her cell phone pinging. the prewitts clinging to hope she'll return soon. >> we'll miss you, we love you. >> we'll have more on the search at 7:00 a.m. abc news, new york. a woman in the south bay says she was targeted for having a disability that isn't obvious. she says she used her handicapped placard to park in a handicap spot. when she got back to her car it was covered in dog feces. the story now from san jose. >> shelley nicole said dirty

looks come with her disability placard. on saturday the visibly healthy realtor parked in a handicapped spot while showing a home to clients. >> we were in there for a few minutes. when we came out there was poop all over the car. >> we blurred it. >> they decided to smear dog feces all over my car. >> this was violent and so crude and so cruel to do that i just felt like i needed to do it in hopes the person that did it will actually feel the video and feel kind of poopy themselves. >> she says it goes back to the lesson, never judge a book by its cover. she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012. it makes her difficult to walk. her mother-in-law was involved in an accident that put her in

the hospital paralyzed. >> i left and went to see my clients after seeing her suffering. >> she shares this message with the person behind the poop. >> consider the fact disabilities aren't always visible. they don't realize what it took for me that day to get up and meet clients and go around. >> in san jose, abc 7 news. new this morning former governor jerry brown has been starting to get his pension. $120,000 a year. our partners at cal matters.org report he's getting nearly $10,000 a month after service. he served a record 16 years as governor. he retired january 7th and moved to a ranch his family has owned for about 150 years. and just say no to winter. >> that's the slogan for a group trying to build up one workforce attracting them away from cold

winter cities. >> you can actually work for world-class companies and have a meaningful career without freezing every day. just say no to winter and say yes to a life full of possibility. >> okay. the campaign is based in san diego. it targets workers 27 to 37 years old who study science, technology and who live in new york, boston, and chicago. city officials say there are 84,000 job postings for s.t.e.m. related jobs in san diego for mid level positions. the organization is posting ad-in boston subways. >> as you know, my family lives in southern california and i was down there last week. the weather -- >> it was gorgeous. >> it was really nice. >> if you live in chicago and you're dealing with that weather, i don't know, it's enticing. >> >> for one of us it worked. came here from minnesota. never doing that again. >> minnesota. >> never going back. >> i wouldn't mind going back

tomorrow just to feel that 50 below windchill. >> really? >> yeah. >> you can have it. >> the average high this time of year in san diego is 65. they get less than 11" of rain a year. that's pretty nice. >> they have those pandas, pretty cute. >> you can see them all the time. you don't have to wait for them to come out in the winter. take a look what's going on. they pretty much have the most tranquil weather beside hawaii in san diego. >> 101 and 880, a few sprinkles for you. light rain the rest of us are getting coming your way. partly sunny and mild this afternoon. increasing clouds and patchy fog and soaking storms and chilly showers as we head through the extended forecast. 61 today at san francisco, richmond, san jose, morgan hill, santa rosa and ukiah on the warm end. tonight another mild night, mid to upper 40s with a litte bit of fog and clouds increasing

ahead of our next storm that comes in tomorrow night through thursday night with moderate rain. the rain totals will be up around a two storm but everything else will be pretty quiet. not expecting gusty winds, much flooding at all, maybe localized ponding if you get caught under a thunderstorm. you can see right there from 4:00 all the way to 4:00. there is a 12-hour window starting tomorrow afternoon through thursday morning of the wet weather. let's see how it falls at noon tomorrow. not much. by 9:00 all of us are wet. the heaviest of the rain starts to fall after 9:00 through thursday morning. that's when we'll wake up to possibly some ponding on the roadway for thursday's morning commute. wednesday's evening commute not good. thursday's morning commute probably worse. then we get to friday. that number two where our evening plans are going to be washed out by some heavy rain. sue. >> all right. take a look. i wanted to show you the mcarthur maze. chp reporting a problem.

we don't see it on this particular shot of our camera. it's eastbound 80. one accident, incident by gillman. there's another one at the mcarthur maze supposed lid. could be one in the same. i'm not seeing it here. we'll check back with chp. nonetheless if you are traveling in that area westbound 580, eastbound 80 hets up you may see something blocking the slow rain. elsewhere take a look, redwood police department telling us a water main break. that's right at camino real and redwood. avoid that. here is a look at slow traffic with an accident over the altamont west of 205 after mountain house blocking the lane. >> thank you. roku has launched premium subscriptions. the new service gives the option for two dozen premium channels including showtime stars without having to download additional

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hi, good morning, it's tuesday january 29th. >> 5:29 in the a.m. thanks for being here this morning. you may notice it's a little wet outside as you get ready for your day. mike, what's going on? >> a little weak disturbance rolling through, bringing us sprinkles to light rain making your commute possibly a little longer, a little more challenging. highway 4, discovery bay to brentwood all the way to hercules, altamont pass, sunol grade getting wet. light rains trying to make it into the south bay our neighborhoods. a fast mover, northwest to southeast. it will be here unfortunately for the entire morning commute except for in the north bay so. once it passes, though, we're going to see increasing sunshine and feel mild temperatures once again. it will not be raining at noon

with temperatures near 60. light sea breeze keep us in the 50s at the coast, the rest in the 50s at 4:00, you'll need sunglasses mid-50s at 4:00. heavy rain coming up. richmond san rafael bridge, roadwork on the right-hand lanes. the bay bridge toll plaza, cars moving along but metering lights as you can see have been turned on as of 5:21. delays starting to build there. the accident westbound 205 blocking the lane of traffic with major, major drive this morning out of the central valley for an hour and ten minutes already into livermore. slow in the eastbound direction, too, due to roadwork over the nt for chapter bankruptcy. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollywoodfie hollyfield live in the newsroom. >> they announced it.

a lot of disappoint. one manager call for an entire new board of directors at pg&e. these protesters not happy about this. she shouted down the public utilities commission yesterday in san francisco which voted to approve pg&e's plan to vote for bankruptcy. >> what we need is a public agency. a public takeover of these monopoly utilities. that's the only way we're going to have utilities that are accountable to the people over profits. >> this filing means fire victims will have little chance of getting punitive damages from pg&e or taking their claims to a jury. here is a statement from pg&e released overnight about the filing. we are fully committed to enhancing our wildfire safety efforts as well as helping restoration and rebuilding efforts across the communities impacted by the devastating northern california wildfires. the prediction is this process will take years to resolve. it will be complicated and

likely will mean higher rates for those of us who pie our electricity from pg&e. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you. we alerted you to pg&e's announcement just minutes after it happened with a push alert from abc 7 news app. you can download and customize to get news when it happens. chaos erupted after a vote to close a middle school. emotions ran high last night's meeting as parents, teachers and students fought to save roots academy. they voted 6-1 to close the school. they say roots academy has poor test scores and fewer than 200 students. meanwhile union reps met to begin a strike vote. 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 wants a 12% salary increase over three years but the district says its growing deficit won't allow that. abc news spent a week focusing on the teacher crisis in the area. these stories are part of our commitment to building a better bay area. focus on solutions and improvements on issue we face here. go to abc7news.com to learn more. the woman accused of a hit-and-run in oakland that left a teenager critically injured is scheduled to appear in court. she faces multiple felonies for the january 2nd crash. police say 14-year-old carlson rigding his bike in the fruitvale district when conner's car hit and dragged him for several blocks. if you would like to help the family with expenses, we have a link on our website, accused ofa san francisco grandmother is expected back in court today. yesterday he told a judge he was

not guilty. 18-year-old keonte kidnapping, robbery, aggravated assault. he's being held without bail. family members of the victim attended the hearing. they say it's been a trying 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. gatrron faces charnls for other 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. congress has just 19 days to hash out an agreement for a permanent deal with the president. the white house would not rule

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. one thing both sides have agreed on, a date for the state of the union address. president trump will give his speech on the house floor one week from today. that's february 5th. abc 7 news was outside the federal building in oakland as government employees returned to their jobs yesterday. they should receive their back pay soon. also getting that paycheck, 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 everyone pay processed. >> i did notice they were a ttle more perked up. nusua a >> abc 7 news was at san francisco's hyde pier when it

reopened. some ships are off limits until crews can inspect damage from the storms from a few weeks ago. >> take a look at live doppler 7 as you're never more than 7 minutes away from our live doppler forecast. you can see the rain rolling through the neighborhoods. everyone is getting touched. let's see how long it hangs around. the clock in the right-hand corner. by 8:30 it pushes out. lingering in higher elevations on either side, santa clara, san jose as we head through the morning commute. a couple of hours it should be out of here. here is what it leaves behind, barely enough to be measurable, but enough to be slick out there. this is less than .001" of rain but you can clear say everything is wet. that's why everything is caution this morning because of the wet weather. your commute home much easier, much dryer, and possibly sunglasses. you'll definitely need the sunglasses if you leave before the sun sets. ithastos, down to 54, mostly

cloudy at 8:00. peninsula mostly cloudy from 8:00 to 2:00, more sunshine at 4:00, help us jump to 61. 54 with increasing clouds at 8:00. in the south bay you have a chance of wet weather through 8:00. you'll be mostly cloudy most of the day but you'll still reach low- to mid-50s. motly cloudy and 55 at 8:00. mother nature giving us a little appetizer this morning. wait until you see tomorrow's evening commute. it's going to be pretty tough with a lot heavier rain. >> thanks for the warning. >> yes, exactly. i'll show you that coming up. how about this morning. >> we have slick roads. extra caution is advised. take you for the macarthur maze. chp reporting an incident eastbound on 80 near gillman, also westbound 580, which is eastbound 80 in that direction. it's a little confusing. i'm not seeing it on the vision of the macarthur maze. if you do get out there tweet

me @sue hall traffic. things moving nicely there. a real grind out of the central valley, an accident westbound near mountain house parkway adding to things. eastbound there's roadwork slowing things as well. don't forget in redwood city there's a water main break. this one the pd there is saying stay away from el camino real while they repair that water main break. coming up the iphone feature apple disabled because of a big security problem. steph curry signs his shoes after a win last night. the priceless reaction as he hands them over to a fan. >> as we head to commercal, a live look outside with abc 7 live look outside with abc 7 news now, you can see a live

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palm springs. pretty quiet in lake tahoe now. we'll have snow through tomorrow morning. look at the heaviest of the snow falling this weekend. >> mike, thank you. a 20-year-old woman in custody accused of hitting and killing a san francisco state university student. leila gonzalez in jail held on $50,000 bail. police believe she was the driver who hit and killed 21-year-old angelina saturday evening. this was in redondo beach. she was home visiting family for her winter break. 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 background you see one man getting into two cars, one right after the other. police say the burglaries happen saturday between midnight and 7:30 in the morning. the thieves got into unlocked cars and also smashed the windows of some locked vehicles. if you recently bought nectarines at costco, check the label. there's a recall because of

possible wisteria contamination. they are recalling nectarines. wisteria leads to deadly infectionings in young kids, elderly and people with weakened immune systems. so far no illnesses report the. we have mayor information about this rule on our website, abc7news.com. millions of americans bracing for record breaking cold. temperatures could plunge to 30 below 0 in some spots and this comes after a powerful snowstorm. video from milwaukee, wisconsin shows drivers digging out of this freshly plowed snow. a 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. >> we are looking live now in chicago where it is only 2 degrees. >> yikes. >> at sfo nearly half of all flights were delayed on canceled

yesterday. there were more than 20 delayed or canceled today. we spoke with some travelers who were visiting the bay area from chicago. they are getting ready for the negative degree windchills. i don't know if we're going to survive 25 below. bundle up. lots of clothes. >> layers and layers and layers. >> we're used to it because we live there. i was really nice to be here and get away from it and be with no ice and snow, human temperatures. it was nice. >> not used to that, it is way cooler than we're used to. in north dakota some parts will experience temperatures as low as negative 81 degrees tomorrow. as you said, mike, you rely canno h expos in. d allfthat, all nine yards. >> you have to breathe through your nose. if you breathe through your throat, it will literally freeze your throat. i tried to run out of the newsroom in minnesota, do a live

shot and run back into the news. it took my breath away. i got out there and couldn't talk. i didn't have a coat on. i thought i could stand this for five minutes. it really took my breath away. >> do you still have that video? >> of course i do. i like to keep embarrassing things. it is dangerous. about five minutes and your skin will freeze. let's show what's going on tomorrow morning. the standard of the day, we will feel 90 to 100 degrees warmer than what they will feel in places like chicago, 42 below. look at detroit and cleveland. 36 and 33 below. their high, this could be a record setting cold high temperature of 14 below in chicago. that's as warm as it gets tomorrow. back here at home, quiet in san rafael, mostly cloudy now as some of the rain sliding south. partly sunny conditions, cleaner, no more spare the air.

stormy pattern. stormy pattern. weekend snow levels, arctic air in the neighborhoods. if you're flying that way, may be delays. still above ample, mid to upper 40s tonight, still above average. becoming mostly cloudy, patchy fog tomorrow morning. moderate rain, thunderstorms possible. a third to an inch of rain. a third to an inch of rain is more comprehensive than a number one storm. all those other parameters i've shown you on twitter are going to be on the low side. in fact i'll show you the work sheet coming up soon. i'll put it on my twitter page. here we arhe beginning ofhe right as the evening commute. look at all that yellow, orange and even red through at least 11:00. then it starts to move off to the east. by 4:00 thursday morning, it's gone. but the leftovers for thursday morning commute, a lot of ponding on the roadways.

friday's storm even more impressive. guess what, it comes in right during the evening once again. scattered showers this weekend. it's going to be a chilly one. sue. >> all right. we finally found this accident we've been looking for thanks courtesy to the caltrans camera. this is eastbound 80 right there at the 580 macarthur maze. that car spun around blocking right lane. you can see chp on the lane. traffic getting by there. expect delays, macarthur maze east 80 right at 580 where they come together there. we'll take a look elsewhere overall. we've got a slow commute out of the central valley. you may want to consider mass transit with the wet roads mike is talking about. 48 bart trains on schedule. no problem with caltrain. ace trains 1 and 3 are on time. >> thank you, sue. a disturbing reaction to a new ted bundy movie has netflix giving out dating advice. some users on social media are romanticizing the notorious serial killer after zac efron

stars as the convicted rapist and murderer in the new biopic. it's called extremely wicked, shocking and vile. netflix tweeted out this message saying there are literally thousands of hot men on the service, almost all of them who are not convicted serial murderers. dating advice from netflix. >> okay. that's good. >> apple is promising to act fast to fix a new iphone bug that could let people listen in on you were conversation. >> the bug was first discovered by a twitter user and then 9:00 to 5:00 reported on it. it happens when someone calls a user and adds themselvesfeur even if the person doesn't answer, the caller is able to hear audio and possibly see video from the recipient. pretty scary stuff. apple says they are going to release a software upd to fix the bug. in the meantime do what i've done and turn off the feature

entirely. a new feature could be coming to snapchat. the app, which is famous for vanishing photos and videos may allow permanent posts. snapchat is considering revealing identities with public posts. they are weighing privacy concerns before making the change. snapchat is trying to attract more users. new this morning we're expecting an update from nooif time swimmer nathan adrian after he underwent cancer surgery. he's battling testicular cancer. he had surgery at ucsf cancer hospital. adrian and his wife have been posting updates on their instagram stories sharing these photos from the hospital. he says he's optimistic about his diagnosis and plans to tokyo ue training for20 warrior star steph curry made a union fan's night. >> after beating the pacers, he signs his shoes. you see him walk over to the young girl, there he goes, and gives his shoes to her.

you can see her face. she's just ecstatic. they are on an 11-game winning streak. they return to oracle against 76ers. >> it was a good reaction. he picked the right person. new at 6:00, bay area banking on new legal cannabis industry. first, a new use for old water. the proposal to recycle it at breweries and wineries.

all right. let's focus on tomorrow's storm at noon. everything is pretty quiet. by 7:00, though, you can see just like this morning most of us driving on slick streets.

after 7:00, that's when the heaviest of the showers start to roll in. by 9:00 thursday morning, we're looking at nearly a half inch of rain in most neighborhoods. up to an inch in the north bay. thankfully comes without dangerous winds but does come with a chance of lightning and thunder. a slight risk of that tomorrow. we'll take a look at our next storm for friday coming up. give it back to reggie for more news. >> thanks, mike. a new bill would make animal cruelty a felony across the country. republican and democrat in house sbloud t introduced the bill. the person could face a fine or seven years in prison or both. all laws have laws against animal cruelty on state level but this would give prosecutors more on the federal level. canada has given a green light to cannabis dispensary. it wants to open a shop on montgomery drive. the location has raised concerns. the kiwi preschool and child

care is located nearby. santa rosa does not allow cannabis stores by middle school or high schools but no mention of elementary schools. brewersries will start using recycled water. >> don't worry, not in your drink. they will allow it to clean equipment and other manufacturing purposes. >> we have a major water shortage and we need to make recycling easier. >> he said 7 gallons goes into the process of brewing beer and a lot is for cleaning machines. >> we're following your tuesday commute. it's a wet one mike has been telling you about. this is caltrains showing you macarthur maze with the car spun around wrong way. eastbound 580, at the 80 junction. the right lane tow is about to pull it out of there. hopefully not an issue much

longer, eastbound 580 and 80 on the macarthur maze. super slow commute at the altamont pass for an hour ten-minute drive westbound 580. >> here is a look at live doppler 7. best radar returns, altamont pass, sunol grade, dublin grade, all the way down into milpitas, east palo alto, san mateo and south san francisco. now, as far as friday's storm, moderate to heavy rain. there as potential for damage and thunderstorms and more flooding out of the storm than what we're going to be dealing with tomorrow afternoon and evening. notice it comes in earlier at 10:00 but then it just keeps coming in through the evening hours. look at this, at 10:00 we're just starting to get moderate to heavy rain. by saturday morning it starts to taper, scattered showers. a chilly weekend with snow levels down to 3500 feet. >> thanks, mike. "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 kugler 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 right near france and switzerland. it will pay you up to $10,000 to move there. you have to have a child and at least a $6800 salary. also just last week officials in sambuca and italy announced they would sell homes for just $1. but buyers have to commit to spending $17,000 on renovations.

this is to get folks to move there, repopulate and have kids. >> i don't understand why it's so hard to get people to move to italy. you had me at pasta. >> and wine. >> and the people are not bad looking. next at 6:00, breaking news we've been tracking all morning. what pg&e ceo is saying about the company's overpass bankruptcy file. >> an alarming encounter near local middle school. why police want to find this van. the 2020 presidential race already under way. does president trump have enough support right now to secure the republican nomination? the poll this morning. >> as we head to commercial break, a live look outside. you can see the embarcadero in san francisco. there is wet pavement out there there is wet pavement out there as sue

public utility has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> pg&e making it official overpass as it faces billions of dollars worth of claims tied to two years of deadly wildfires.

the company is seeking approval for a $5.5 billion financial deal. they claim to have less than $2 billion in cash. in a statement john simon says he is focused on creating a more sustainable foundation for the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable service. we've been updating this breaking news on the abc 7 news app since it broke just after midnight. download the app to get push alert updates as they happen. at 6:30 abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have reaction from one of pg&e's biggest investors. they aren't happy about the overpa overnight announcement. >> good morning to you tuesday january 29th. it is 6:00 a.m. >> thanks for joining us outside. there is rain, you can see the sheen on the road, damp conditions and more rain headed our way this week. here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> n a