happening now, brutally cold and below zero windchills are paralyzing major midwest cities. at least eight people have died from the cold weather. in chicago, temperatures registered at minus 23 degrees causing sea fog to rise from lake michigan. the coldest windchill in the country was in minnesota, which hit minus 66 degrees. the governor is asking residents to turn down their thermostats to avoid overstraining the system. yikes. it's unimaginable. it's hard to tell people to turn the heat down at a time like that. >> we're grateful to be here and not there. >> absolutely. we're dealing with wet weather this morning. mild temperatures, most of us in the low to mid-50s. the exception los gatos at 48. santa rosa at 49. clear lake 47. ukiah at 45. let's look at what's going on in san jose. here's a look at 101 and 880. we have steadier rain falling right now. as we head through 7:00, we'll

have a diet of rain mainly in the south bay and fog developing up in the north bay and also the east bay. now cloudy around noon. we'll jump from the low to mid-50s to 60 at noon. another mild afternoon. we'll go from wet this morning to sunny and 59 to 62. by 7:00, we're clearing out and cooling down around 55 to 58 degrees. let see what other hotspots alexis is following this morning. >> i don't have too many, mike. that's good. folks are driving for conditions at this point. as we've been saying the south bay the foggiest as we head out the door. 101 at 880, picking um. hydroplaning is a possibility. we have reports of some flooding in areas too. i'll i'll talk more about that in a few minutes. right now, i want to show you relatively light drive times. westbound 580, trace toy dublin. holding on to the green for a few more minutes at 33 minutes. westbound 4, antioch to concord. no delays southbound 101, san

rafael to san francisco looking good at 15 minutes. thanks, alexis. we're tracking breaking news. multiple cars are on fire there. you're taking a live look at it. you can see a big response. many firefighters on the ground already, at least a dozen cars are said to be on fire. this is all happening on a top deck of the parking lot for terminal c. according to our sister station in new york, wabc, no one has heard. newark airport is a major hub for united airlines. this doesn't appear to be impacting airport operations right now. we'll have updates throughout the morning. it's also very cold in newark this morning. they're kind of battling this fire under conditions that are not ideal. tourism is a key industry in the bay area. for some who live near tourist hotspots, it can ruin the day-to-day lives. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area which means we dig into the issues where you live. according to theil

virs cam t san francisco in 2017. spending more than $9 billion. last year, more than 26 million people were projected to visit and spend $9.5 billion. tourists can put pressure on the people living near these must-see attractions in the area. that is why the world famous lombard street is one step closer to a new reservation and ticket system. >> last night, abc 7 news was at a community meeting where russian hill residents gave feedback. the san francisco transportation authority has two of them. both would require both to make a reservation and either charge $524/7 or up the >> i have a tourist take down a lamp pole last summer. >> tour itists are the happiest i've ever seen. i drive down the street every day. i have no problems getting down. more of the city is kept out of this, the better off we are.

>> doing nothing is not an option. we have to find some way to deal with the traffic congestion. >> san francisco residents would not have to pay for a reservation. the legislature must approve that charge and if it all goes through, the reservation system could be in place by summer of 2020. you can be part of building a better bay area. you can point out some problems and also solutions. in the east bay, a richmond man in jail on a $2.5 million bail. he's accused of trying to sexually assault two young girls. police arrested freddie penate-melara. he approached the girls and grabbed one child's arm. she broke free. then the suspect grabbed the other girl, pinned her to the ground and choked her. he ran when one girl's father became aware of the attack.

>> he was going to sexually assault one or both of the children. a federal judge berated pg&e saying the company puts profits ahead of safety. u.s. district court judge william alsup said they made excuse toss turn off electricity during times of high fire danger. the judge is overseeing a criminal conviction against pg&e after a deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno in 2010. t we tried to get a response from the interim ceo after a court hearing yesterday. >> to the consumers who worry about the wildfires for this coming season. mr. simon, the judge is clearly worried about this. >> in court, pg&e said it was not able to complete tree trimming near electrical lines because of lack of qualified tree professionals. the hearing came a day after pg&e filed for a chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

the kplok clock is ticking r congress to keep the government open. the president made clear in a tweet, no wall, no deal. in a new interview president trump blames paul ryan for reneging on a prooms mise to gi him the wall. please don't do that. we'll get you the wall and then he went lame duck. house members left washington dbs and won't return until tuesday, the same day as the state of the union. president trump told the daily caller part of the speech will be border-related. governor newsom will decide whether charles manson's younst follor will stay in prison. she received a life sentence for the murders of grocery is he ske executive and his wife in 1969. van houten was 19 at the time.

this is the third time the parole board side wd her. but former governor jerry brown refused to release her. in the north bay, nearly 100 marin general hospital workers plan to go on strike tomorrow. union organizers say 20 engineers and 65 imaging technicians will protest the green hospital demand that they pay hundreds of dollars more a month to keep their health plan or accept a lesser plan. the contract expires today. the imaging technicians have been working without a contract since october. let's look at live doppler 7 showing you where the extent of the rain reaches north. it's in san mateo bridge, belmont, redwood city right down 82 and 280 and 101 into the south bay. the heaviest of the rain is over for the south bay right now. but you have plenty of puddles left over from the moderate rain that came through the labs couple of hours. we have scattered showers moving through the east bay right now. if you're coming through the altamont pass, it's wet also.

680, walnut creek, everything is pretty much wet from the overnight rain as we expected. your commute really heavily favored towards this morning with slick conditions for the roads, umbrella if you're taking mass transit. a wet morning out on the bay. here's a look at the east bay. by 8:00, we're starting to see mostly cloudy conditions. low to mid-60s from noon all the way through 6:00. 57 at 8:00. you'll need the sunglasses eventually up in the north bay. we'll turn to partly sunny afternoon. noon 64 at 4:00. for san francisco, cloudy at 8:00. a little drizzle and we'll see full-on sunshine by 4:00 and 61 degrees. pretty mild temperatures once again. we've got a bigger storm tomorrow. we'll talk about that. want to hope you had a great time off. >> thank you. >> the commute back wasn't very kind, was it? >> not wasn't. we've got soggy conditions and a few collisions as well. want to take you to the

peninsula at northbound 101 just past whipple road. my icon is covering up that little red in the area. it was a two-car crash that turned into a three-car collision. we had flooding in the lane. they're working on towing a couple vehicles out of the way right now. that is one of two significant issues on the roads. the other one, we're down to flares here on westbound 92 for the san mateo bridge. we had a solo vehicle crash. someone hit the barrier. we're seeing a minor delay on that approach from the toll plaza. next traffic update in about ten minutes. my favorite vegetable i zucchini. >> coming up, warriors star draymond green gives health advice to kids in oakland. on super bowl sunday healthy eating goes out the wi

low pressure bringing us rain. going to slide down the coast and move into so cal as we head into the afternoon hours. low to mid-60s there. mid-60s through the central val which sunshine as you head up to tahoe. let's look at the snow pack today. 101%. it is shrinking but that's about to change. we have a winter storm watch starting at 4:00 tomro evening through 4:00 monday. that's the entire weekend.

one to three feet of snow at least. four to five feet of snow is possible. here's a look at tahoe. it's pretty quiet. but the heavy snow hits hardest saturday. if you head to tahoe, this is the way it looks right now. it's pretty quiet right now. by that 4:00 time frame, though, the snow will start to accumulate. make sure you head up there as early ws you can to friday. getting home sunday. it's going to be difficult also. mike, thank you. in four years, there will be a bed for every homeless person in san francisco, at least that's mayor london breed's goal. she was in the mission district where the mayor gave her state of the city address ye increing. she wants to use $185 million of extra property tax revenues to reach her goal. >> there is, as president clinton said, nothing wrong with

san francisco that can't be fixed with what's right about san francisco. >> breed also announced a new position. the director of mental health reform to better coordinate the city's mental health services. can be a challenge for parents to get children too eat healthy. but when the advice comes from a golden state warrior, different. draymond green spoke to the children. >> draymond green has come a long way. >> growing up as a child, i always wanted to play in the nba. it was a far-fetched goal. >> he ate junk food. potato chips and candy, drink juice, that was about it. >> probably never thought he'd eventually give nutrition advice to children. now that he plays in the nba -- >> orange juice. >> my favorite vegetable is zucchi zucchini. >> a recommendation that means

more coming from your hero rather than your parents. >> whoa it's him. >> they're super human figure toss me. >> he hopes the story resonates with the students at the elementary school in east oakland. to some students, you're their hero. to get an opportunity to meet you and touch you, it goes a long way in the belief in themselves. >> a get fit event hosted by the warriors, kaiser permanente that included nutrition and games. >> meant to be inclusive in part of the classroom learning. >> it was really fun and it was a good experience. >> favorite fruit and veggies are a matter of personal taste. >> my favorite veggie is spinach. my favorite fruit is watermelon. >> there's one thing we can agree on. >> use your platform to help better someone else. >> katie utehs, abc 7 news.

let's do a turn, shall we? getting fit to getting free pizza. pizza hut will give free pizza for a year to parents of the first baby born after kickoff on super bowl sunday. >> the pressure is on. the company will also give the parents tickets to next year's super bowl. pizza hut officials say they can fuel the parents through 365 sleepless nights. to enter, parents have to tweet a photo of the newest arrival including the exact time of birth and tag pizza hut. >> do you think families are planning c-sections? >> i hope not. >> scheduling it to get free pizza. >> or the tickets to the super bowl, more importantly. >> delivering on a sunday. c section. >> let's talk about what's going on. good luck to those folks. way past that. let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see the area o low pressutohe south. it continues to move away from us. as it does, it's going to take

that threat of thunderstorms with it. for the afternoon hours, we'll have low 60s in about all neighborhoods. santa rosa, ukiah about 63 degrees along with oakland some of the warmer temperatures. lows tonight in the upper 40s to low 50s. pretty comfortable out there. little bit of fog will develop. could sneak into the east bay. here's a look at the bigger system coming at us tomorrow. notice a much longer plume of moisture. that stronger storm is going to have faster wind. let's look at the potential with that storm. here it is. yep, we've got a general area of thunderstorms over top of us. it's a 2 on the storm impact scale with heavy rain and the key to this one is the strong winds. look at the rainfall totals. half inch, 2.5 inches. winds that could gust up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. i'll show you that in the next weather. let's focus on the timing. 7:00 tomorrow morning, cloudy, light rain, especially in the north bay, before we get to noon with some heavier rain moving in

and steadier. you can see the yellow moving in at 4:30 into the north bay. that will spread across the rest of the neighborhoods as we head into the evening hours. overnight, it pushes to the east and wake up with a chance of scattered showers towards saturday morning. then saturday afternoon, we'll still have showers around. a cold rain possible super bowl sunday with a shower possible as we head back to work monday and drying out in the 50s next week. alexis? >> taking a look at the roads this morning. it is soggy. we fortunately don't have too many problems. but we have a new issue on the bay bridge. the westbound 80, i believe it's just in between the two cameras. i'm not seeing anything in the bay bridge toll plaza or the south beach camera. it sounds like we've got a disabled vehicle in the left lane. you can see the haze and a little bit of mist and lowered visibility under the streetlights. we're not seeing major delays due to that.

just about a nine-minute drive across the bay bridge. no metering lights on yet. that should happen in 35, 40 minute or so. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, you're still in the green at nine minutes. tesla announced when the newest car will hit the market. >> here are today's techbytes. >> in today's techbytes, tesla set the date for the next electric vehicle. >> the model y is coming in 2020. it will be bigger than the model 3. no word on a cost. puma coming out with a self-lacing sneaker. there's a motor on the tongue of the shoe. you swipe up to tighten and down to loosen them. they'll cost but 330 bucks. a new scientific achievement that could affect the american workplace. >> researchers developed a robot that taught itself how to play jenga. it can sense when to push and pull at certain blocks. it could be a key step in

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>> announcer: today storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy. track the storm on the abc 7 news app. download it now. a lot of residual moisture on the roads this morning. we're going to add to it starting friday. here we are at 9:00 in the morning. not much going on. as we head into the evening hours, look at how heavy the rain falls through the overnight hours. we wake up saturday with an inch to 2 inches of rain in most neighborhoods. now, we have damaging winds. i'll give you a time frame for that next. thanks, mike. new this morning, health care provider aetna will pay nearly a million dollars in a settlement with the state. they will pay $935,000 for sending thousands of letters that revealed patients' hiv status through the window on the envelope. the settlement -- they mustust implement new training at a privacy risk assessment for

three years. three bay area walgreens stores could have pharmacy licenses revoked. they're accused of having a pharmacist perform without a license. the map on the left shows fremont, milpitas and san jose. the state board of pharmacies says the woman handled more than 700,000 prescriptions between 1999 and 2017. she no longer works for walgreens. the company says it has reverified the licenses of all pharmacists nationwide. the chief financial officer at tesla is retiring again. the palo alto-based company announced that he will retire. he served from 2008 to 2015 and starting again in 2017. the vp of finance will take over the role. elon musk says he will stay on the job to become a senior adviser for tesla tore years to come. here's a look at my storm

concerns friday into saturday. we'll have pretty intense rainfall rates that would cause puddling and flooding on the roads. the winds getting up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. trees toppling and power lines down. moderate and small stream flooding will be low. noon friday, they pick up around 10 to 20 miles per hour. fabser along the coast. they peak about 10:00. 35 miles per hour for most of us. even 50 along the coast. they do taper overnight through saturday morning. it's going to be a breezy saturday also with 25 to 30 mile per hour gusts. easily, we could have the most damage to the storm. >> the south bay this morning, not looking too terrible. you can't see the wet pavement on state route 87 south of mineta san jose airport. certainly has some slick roads out there this morning. the ramps, the curbs, slow down and take it easy. hydroplaning could be an issue. we're looking excellent so far

today. b.a.r.t. trains in service. 1 and 3 out of the central valley on time. if it's not a typical day at work. that's an elephant seal they're trying to coax over the highway and on to the beach. look how fast it can go. that surprises me. they grabbed the animal's attention with red. the elephant seal made it back on to the beach. >> the guy on the left. >> looks so good. >> a great impression of an elephant seal. good for them. new this morning, a survey finds trader joe's is the top in the country. >> the survey found that they were the best at balancing price and quality. 7,000 households were surveyed to determine the largest grocery stores and costco ranked second behind trader joe's. here's the list. amaz amazon, excluding whole foods.

sam's club was 7th. sprouts market were 8th. alexa, what do you think about that? >> she's our expert grocery store. >> i am okay with t.j.'s. i like them. >> approval from alexis. coming up next at 5:00, w're staying on top of breaking news. a huge fire at an airport parking garage. fire crews dealing with dangerously cold temperatures gripping millions this morning. uber's new office where 300 employees are getting ready to move in. a lot of super bowl support with both quarterbacks from the bay area.

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good morning east bay. let's get up and get going. this is abc 7 mornings. now at 5:00. get ready for wet roads. live doppler 7 tracking rain around the bay area this morning. let's take a live look outside from the tower cameras. you can see our bridges in the area are wet this morning. careful on the roadways as you head out. of course, grab a jacket and umbrel umbrella. good morning. it's january 31st. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi guys. this is sandhill road and woodside. broadway street in redwood city around santa clara and benton street. all the areas getting rain right now. it extends down into the deep parts of the santa clara valley in the santa cruz mountains. it will be there for several hours. look at the thunderstorms heading towards santa barbara this morning. that's where the most intense rain will be the rest of the day. mears a look at 280 and 17. the