>> flores has two other children. she's currently living in san francisco with a relative. she's seeking asylum to the united states. we did reach out to the department of homeland security for comment on this case. but we have not heard back. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. very emotional. it's 4:30. if you're just joining us, let's get a quick update on weather and traffic. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> thanks, matt. a few sprinkles trying to move into the sonoma and marin county coast. this morning is going to be relatively dry. there's a little bit of fog out there. that's about it. the main player, you can see it spinning offshore. it's still hours away from us. so we're looking at a dry embarcadero in san francisco, unlike yesterday morning. a little bit of fog, especially in the east bay.

47 to 51 at 7:00. we're nearing 60 at noon with our brightest part of the day. increasing clouds at 4:00. but still 57 at the coast. mid-60s for the rest of us. by 7:00, that's when the showers and the thunderstorms arrive. temperatures still pretty mild. 55 to 59. we'll take a look at the storm impact scale in the commute planner next. here's sue. >> we're slow out of of the central valley again this morning. fairly typical for your ride on the westbound side. corridor over towards livermore. you can see the red sensors there. again, a full freeway closure. this is southbound 680 over the sunol grade from andrade to sheridan. this is roadwork ongoing for a couple of days. th expo ve it picked up by 5:00. we'll go up to vallejo- pardon me, vacaville. an overturned big rig blocking the right lane. this is in the reverse commute eastbound 80 near cherry glenn. they are trying to get a big rig tow truck to get it up and out of there.

we'll be following that too in a minute. crews are repairing a water main leak in fremont. the alameda county water district poebsed these photos of the scene near brown road. the latest update on twitter, repairs began around 9:30 last night. they've notified affected businesses. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. that includes helping you figure out tricky recycling rules. we told you about an east bay garbage company told to stop issuing signs to customers who recycle the wrong way. now the company is asking permission to start issuing the fines again. here's reporter kate larsen. >> in december, 7 on your side's michael finney reported that garbage and recycling company were public services where customers were recycling incorrectly. there were bills for $26 having contaminated materials in their recycling. these people had no idea what they did wrong or how to correct the alleged recycling error.

richmond issued a cease and desist letter requesting public services stop citing customers and refund the money they collected from fines. they say that international recycling material buyers like china, are now rejecting contaminated loads. they say that garbage like dirty diapers, kitty litter, food scraps, construction debris is being disposed of in the recycling bins. republic services says the contamination level ranges between 15 and 45%. public services gave three options. option one, is continue cart audits and a notice with a type of contamination. option 2 would be to audit, tag and leave tun serviced to deal with the following week which could be more costly to customers. option 3 is to do nothing which could result in $10,000 fines to communities who don't recycle enough of their waste.

republic sfrss says our reporting has been helpful to get the word out to what they're calling a recycling crisis. they say don't be surprised in your recycling and waste company starts inspecting your trash and issuing fines. in richmond, i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. happening today, attorneys for pg&e will be back in federal court in san francisco. they will try to convince a judge not to order dramatic steps aimed at preventing equipment from causing wildfires. the judge is overseeing a criminal conviction against pg&e following the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion in 2010. earlier this month, a judge ruled they have to trim trees and -- pg&e claims the judge's proposals would endanger lives and could cost the utility up to $150 billion. this all comes one day after the utility filed for bankruptcy and it could soon cost all of us. >> we're still paying for the

last bankruptcy in 2001. it's the dwr bond charge on your bill. most think we'll be paying for this one as well. your lights will stay on. pg&e secured about $6 billion in financing to keep operating. but the company does not want to be liable for any more wildfires, which means it may shut off power more often to prevent fires caused by downed lines. pg&e filed for chapter 11 because the utility faces up to $30 billion in liabilities. wildfire victims' lawsuits will be consolidated and likely pg&e faces billions in claims. some people who lost their homes will still move forward with their lawsuit. >> they have a responsibility to us as customers, as human beings, and they're walking away from that. >> an attorney representing 4,000 wildfire victims says the case will now be heard in bankruptcy court. if you have a question about pg&e's bankruptcy, send it to

us. look for the story on abc7news.com, scroll down and you'll find a form where you can submit a question directly to abc 7 news. this morning, u.s. intelligence chiefs are warning the biggest threats facing america today are isis, iran, north korea and election tampering. that new report contradicts president trump's claims on the same issues. serena marshall has details from washington. >> the directors of the fbi, cia, nsa testifying go tgreates threats facing america. the crisis at the u.s./mexico border that the president has been declaring a national emergency over. >> isis, north korea, iran and russia, those are the biggest threats facing our nation is cording to u.s. intelligence chiefs and much of what they said contradicting their own commander in chief. when it comes to north korea, the cia director believes the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear armed missile that would pose a

direct threat to the united states. >> a vastly different assessment to the president's proclamation following last year's summit. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. on iran. >> in a short period of time, the world's leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapons. >> from the director of national intelligen intelligence. >> we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities which is necessary to produce a nuclear device. >> the most significant threat, china. the fbi director saying their use of economic espionage is so widespread, nearly every fbi field office has an open investigation lirngd banked bac ca ororctic air. millions of americans. it's so cold in some spots that there's no mail service.

that includes iowa, nebraska, wisconsin and illinois. >> also in chicago, crews are setting fires on commuter railroad tracks to keep switches from freezing. >> that's crazy, isn't it? cold completely changing your life. let's take a look. this is the temperature. this is not what it feels like. this is the actual thermometer reading of 22 below in chicago. 27 in minneapolis. 32 in fargo. even omaha and st. louis below zero at 13 below and 4 below. we're at 53. that's our temperature. good 70 degrees warmer. now, here's what it feels like. 45 below in chicago, minneapolis, 47 below. we're even down in 14 in oklahoma city, 9 in nashville. 23 below in cleveland. that is a life changing cold that will be around today and tomorrow. then it's out of here. looking at 40s and 50-degree highs this weekend. a swing of nearly 80 to 90

degrees at laos on a feels-like scale. for us, let's talk about the storm impact scale. if we had a 1.5, this storm would be it. a chance of lightning and thunder with this storm. right now, everything is quiet. you can see on the roads, patchy fog. low visibility in the stops for mass transit and dry during the day on the bay. here's the 12-hour planner for the bay. notice sunshine and mid to low 60s. the rain comes in between 7:00 and 8:00. north bay, sunshine. reaching the low 60s this afternoon. rain starts rolling in around 7:00 or 8:00. our last stop will be san francisco when the rain hits a little sooner after reaching 60s and sunshine about 6:00. that's when you need the umbrella. the back half of the evening commute could be a little wet in san francisco. right now, it's pretty dry. what are you>>t's y pretty qui cmute so do wt it. adlights ihet shore freeway from golden gate fields

into berkeley and emeryville and the macarthur maze. let's check the bay bridge. here we go. looking great headed into san francisco. no delays. about a 25-minute drive from the top of the corridor. hercules into the city. so we've got slow over the altamont pass and a full freeway closure for roadwork. i'll update that in a couple of minutes. thank you, sue. facebook research that involves accessing browsing history. how much the social media company reportedly paid people for their information. also, this mission district landmark closing after nearly 100 years. what may be going up in its place. plus, a lazy day at the beach f

and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. than the one next door. while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warrior project. we do have a lot of guys that have post-traumatic stress disorder. being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there.

just because you've left the military doesn't mean your life is over, because when these guys are coming home, i'm kind of leading and training them, instead of for combat, i'm leading and training them to heal. and if i come away with anything from the wounded warrior project, it's them giving my life back. my name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but i'm okay.

she's like, have we ever had a 5? >> we've had a 4. january 8th of 2017. dense fog in the central valley once again. like a broken record or groundhog day if you will, if you like the movie. 10:00 this morning, visibility down to as low as 200 mid to upper 60s there. monterey, look at san diego 65. l.a., 70. heavy snow. trying to get up there friday, it's changing from rain to smno. the heaviest will be saturday.

thanks, michael. congress wants to know why prescription drugs are so expensive. hearings were held on the issue. representatives from the health care industry and health policy makers were on hand for the senate finance committee yesterday. a mother whose child has insulin dependent diabetes testified. her son secretly rationed his insulin to save the family monday and almost died. i'm heartbroken to know that my son felt he was a financial burden to us. money over life is not the choice we want him to make. >> this was just the first in a series of hearings scrutinizing prescription drug pricing and finding ways to lower prices. new research reveals the negative effects of too much screen time for toddlers. a study in the journal jama pediatrics found staring at screens could lead to poor development as early as ages 3 to 5. the study also warns kids could run into problems with communication, motor skills, problem solving and social

skills. experts at the american academy of pediatrics recommend parents limit preschool age children to just one hour a day of high quality programming. you can once again discover alcatraz's criminal history at night. the night and behind the scenes tours started back up yesterday. partial government shutdown brought an end to the tours. there's nothing like a lazy day on the beach. you're seeing an unexpected outcome of the partial government shutdown. elephant seals have taken over drakes beach. there were no park rangers and the point reyes national seashore. they saw it as an opportunity to claim it as an area. they're even getting comfortsable in the parking lot. some pups are just days old. the road leading to the beach remains closed. scientists are working on a way for the public to safely observe the seals. that's what a dad does in his house when the couch is free. take over.

>> yeah. take the opportunity. everybody else is out of luck. >> is that what you look like, too, matt? >> exactly. shirt off. >> i did that yesterday. my wife is like, what are you doing? laying on the couch. she's like, that's my spot. you snooze you lose. or if you move. move your feet, lose your seat. let's talk about weatherwise. we've got wet weather out there. an early look of when it's going to come in. that may tip you off if you look at the time frame. that's 10:00. a couple of items we need to talk about this storm. one of those is the fact that it slowed down. right now, we talked about showers possible. you can see point reyes. there's a radar return. i have not heard that's reaching the ground. for the most part, it's going to be pretty dry this morning. especially compared to yesterday morning. this is kind of the big story. look at the fog. san jose from 280 and 17 here. it's coming up from gilroy, morgan hill in that area. we'll have a mixture of clouds and sunshine. mild and dry during the daylight

hours. it will be stormy tonight with puddles around for tomorrow's morning commute. friday's storm will be stronger with chilly weekend showers. highs today from 60 at half moon bay and san rafael to about 66 in san jose. tonight's going to be another mild night. look at the temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. here's what i'm thinking. storm moving slower. it stays more offshore. we're not going to get hit as hard as what it looked like yesterday. 5:00, pretty quiet. quiet through most of the evening commute. around 9:00, we start to see the waves of showers come in. by 5:00, in the morning, they're becoming more scattered. they hang around through the morning commute. by the time we get to noon, they're gone. we'll see a little more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. the cooling trend begins. we've got our strongest storm still coming in friday evening. we'll take a closer look at that and the weekend next. here's sue. >> we're going back to the richmond-san rafael bridge where

we have crews blocking the left lanes or the fastrak lanes. the right lanes are getting by. yesterday we had a late pickup. we're going to be watching this for you this morning. then yesterday we also had an accident out there. it was kind of a mess on the richmond-san rafael bridge. we'll keep our eye on it. full freeway closure southbound oun 680 the sunol grade. that's due to roadwork as well. the purple at a standstill. there is a detour in place. allow yourself extra time to make the move. we'll go to vacaville where there's a big rig on its side blocking the right lane in the eastbound direction of 80 near cherry glenn. i'm not seeing a lot of slowing here. they're waiting for a big rig tow truck to get on scene. >> sue, thank you. facebook is paying people as young as 13 years old to access their browsing history on their smartphones. tech crunch reports this has been going on since the year 206. facebook pays users up to $20 per month to install an app called facebook research.

the app tracks web searches, location information and private messages within social media apps among other data. it's similar to another facebook app that apple band last year. following the tech crunch report, facebook will shut down the ios version of facebook research. the app will continue to run on android, though. apple is facing its first lawsuit over the recently discovered face time bug. >> here's this morning's techbytes. >> in today's techbytes, the first lawsuit stemming from the face time bug. >> the glitch allows you to hear the person you are face timing before they picked up. a houston lawyer said someone listened to sworn testimony. >> the company will issue a fix for the bug this week. the face time drama comes as the first drop in revenues and profits in more than a decade. >> beweak iphone sales are part to blame. it became the first company to reach the $1 trillion mark.

the maker of roomba is coming out with a lawn mower. >> the automatic mower will use beacons to set up a perimeter. there will be an hour run time. a change since i was a kid. >> have a great day. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, it's been around for nearly a century. now luka rave 'ol for the thousands of wounded warriors returning from battle, wounded warrior project has developed the warriors to work program, a unique program that helps wounded warriors translate their military experience to the civilian workplace. the warriors to work program also works with employers to find the right job for the right warrior. contact wounded warrior project at findwwp.org. welcome home the brave.

th for wounded warriorsgram and their families to build new lives together. when my dad left, i was, like, this big, but now i'm, like, this big. my dad got a master's degree in human resources. thanks to warriors to work that my dad has a terrific job. when the warrior project helps them by, you know, giving them another start. now that my dad's home, i get a lot more hugs. i'm really proud of him. find out more about wounded warrior project at findwwp.org. welcome home the brave.

coming up on 4:53 a a pretty dry morning so far. this evening the window opens. it's a window of 7.5 hours with waves of showers, thunderstorms, briefly heavy rain. by 4:00 in the morning, it's just about over. but look at this. some of us up to half an inch to three quarters of an inch. look who gets the least amount. the north bay. more on friday's storm next. thank you, mike. the ss marin food bank is reaching to hit a hidden population of hungry students. they partnered with city college of san francisco to open a food bank on campus. students can register to receive fruits, vegetables and other items for free. campus organizers say many students are spending so much on sky high rent and education, it leaves little left for food. >> knowing that san francisco is one of the most expensive cities

to live in, you just imagine when you go through college that you're broke. ten times more if you live in san francisco. you know, you really can't have performance in the classroom until the basic needs are met. >> the food bank is at the campus health center. it is open on tuesday mornings from 9:00 to 10:30. a san fracisco landmark is getting ready to close this spring after nearly a century serving italian treats in the mission. lucca ravioli, a company announced it will close for good april 20th. they've operated for 94 years. the owner wants to retire. he plans to sell his building, possibly making way for housing. all right. we're back. that was a lot less than seven minutes. here's a look at the storms today. here's what you can expect. showers, heavy at times. lightning and gusty winds. especially starting friday through the weekend. look at that snow level. down to 3500 feet this week.

that means places like tamalpais. no, 2500. if you go north of there, some of the sonoma county mountains, berryessa possible and diablo. friday, heavy rain and strong winds. half inch to 2.5 inches of rain and a chance of thunderstorms. so as we fast forward to 7:00 friday morning, we'll see increasing clouds and as we head throughout the day, the north bay has the best chance of rain until we get to 4:00. we're all heading out of work early possibly, heading out for the evening hours and look at that moderate to heavy rain that's going to fall on us friday evening. here's sue. we're taking a look at the san mateo bridge if your travels take you from hayward to foster city. about a 15-minute drive across the causeway and up the incline section, the high-rise over towards foster city in san mateo. full freeway closure due to roadwork. southbound 680 to sheridan. there is a detour in place. give yourself plenty of time. supposed to have that picked up

by 5:00. we'll follow it for you. up and over the altamont pass. take a look at that. we've got slow traffic. about a 45-minute ride from tracy into livermore and dublin. >> thanks, sue. the music world is mourning the loss of james ingram. the his cause of death has not been released. super bowl halftime performer, maroon 5 is break frg tradition. it will not do a news conference before the big game. >> several twitter users think it's so they don't have to answer questions about the controversy surrounding colin kaepernick. a statement from the nfl says in part, quote, as it is about music, the artists will let their show do the talking as they prepare to take the stage this sunday. the nfl is promising social and digital content of the band's preparations up until the game. and that's not stopping the blowback, though, on social media. many acts turned down performing

at halftime this year in support of kaepernick and other players who protested during the national anthem. there was even an online petition urging maroon 5 to drop out. rapper's big boy and travis scott will join maroon 5 for their performance. next at 5:00 a.m., addressing a traffic problem on the iconic part of lombard street. where you can share your thoughts. we have almost the highest gas prices in the country. the investigation into a mystery charge that may be ballooning that price. a little dog finally rescued after weeks on the run. how the animal

my name is jedda and my favorite thing about the grilled chicken club is the multigrain bun. it's toasted and then you get the cheese. so if you but really slowly you can literally taste every level of the sandwich. i don't eat very slowly, but if you do. my name is leslie. well i love the grilled chicken club sandwich because the grilled chicken. like, it's actually been on a grill. as soon as you grab it to go take your first bite, it's like just like, "psscheew". insanely good.

i want to know what's it for. where is it going? >> is there something behind the high gas price this is california? the investigations into a mystery surcharge that may be upping the price for all of us. is anybody surprised at that? >> it's wednesday, january 30th. >> thanks for joining us. we're tracking your commute and looking at the skies this morning. there's more rain in the forecast, right, mike? >> yes. we'll start with the storm impact scale to give you an idea what to expect when it arrives tonight. showers, briefly heavy. a tenth of an inch to -- we're going to get more rain as you head south instead of north with this particular system. there's still that chance of lightning. here's a look at the storm. you can easily see the definition, the curl in the clouds out to the west and the clouds of sunshine that we'll deal with mo r for most of the day. stoorg from 40s to near 50