had, it is out of here. we had some flakes spotted on twin peaks earlier this morning. what is to note, look at the date of when we have seen snow in the city. it all occurred on february 5th. a lot of people remember back in 1976 but in the 1,800s, we saw close to four inches of snowfall. now that the cold has moved out. the cold has settled in. it is barely hitting 50 degrees. so future weather tonight. we will see temperatures into the 30s and the 40s by midnight and even colder air will settle in tomorrow morning. we're going to detail how low it will go tomorrow morning in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good. thank you. in the south bay, the unusually heavy snow in the santa cruz mountains brought the chance for many to try something

new. some even built a snowman. >> call it a snow day. the summit off highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains was a tourist spot this morning. >> we had to savor the moment. when will this happen again? who knows? >> no need for a long drive to tahoe to take part in a snow ball fight. >> he didn't get to go to the snow this year, so yeah. we've been having fun. >> it wasn't all fun and games. the snow was serious. parked cars were covered in white. visibility was difficult for those in motion. the chp had to close it down for about a half-hour just after mi caltrans crews ce through with plows to move away the sticking snow. chp paced traffic to make sure the speeds stayed slow and safe. >> have you ever seen snow up here on 17? >> no. my first time. >> i can't remember the last time it snowed like this.

>> what was most amazing, the morning commute appeared to go relatively smoothly considering the conditions. we'll have to wait and see how the southbound traffic does during the evening commute. matt keller accident abc7 news. >> and heavy wet snow greeted travelers over the pass overnight. this is video from this morning. the snow began falling around midnight but drivers seemed to handle it just fine. no major wrkss reported. take a long at this. a sinkhole covered with snow. in the town of woodside in san mateo county. it forced them to shut down all lanes of traffic south of alpine road. no estimated time of reopening. and the storm brought up the snow plows in reno. nevada's governor delayed the owing of state offices in carson city until 10:00 this morning.

80 is back open today. chains, however, are required. and stay on top of the latest weather the abc7 news. you can check conditions where you live and enable push alerts to get the latest news as it happens. a new survey of employers asked a simple question. would you relocate for a job? the answer was a majority of workers saying, oh, yeah, they would move out of california. >> and this shows the decline in regional growth. it added fewer than 38,000 residents in 2018. until 2015, we were adding between 80 and 103,000 residents. that's part of our commitment to building a better bay area, leslie brinkley has been digging into the reasons why people are leaving and what some employers are doing to try to keep people here. hi, leslie. >> reporter: hi, not surprisingly, here in the bay area, unemployment is under 2% and that means that companies are scrambling and it is hard to

find talent. and more likely than not, you will find that workers say they're willing to bail on living here. liz and her husband are packing up to move to arizona from their long time homes in been easter a , in been eastern a and oakland. >> we've had it in california. taxes are through roof. the cost of living is through the roof. >> reporter: it is exactly what rob found in a new survey of workers and hiring professionals in 28 u.s. cities. the bay area ranked high in workers willing to leave. >> in the san francisco bay area, 64% of the people that we surveyed said they would consider an out of state move for various reasons. the most important, 40%, said that it would be due to compensation, overall compensation packages. >> so that relates to cost of living, cost of housing.

even taxation. >> everything across the board. >> that makes it tough for employers to retain talent and attract new talent to move to california. so there are perks. >> that could be anything from bring your pet to work, pet your dog under your desk, to nextible work hours. >> they say many younger people are picking up stakes. >> we did the new oregon trail coming up from california to oregon. >> but there re factors that keep people here. >> weather is always important. so i don't know if i'm going to pick up and move to chicago with some of the weather that we've seen lately. >> reporter: .to a financial adviser this afternoon who said more and more of his clients are asking him to do the math on moving out of the bay area. the most popular places to go to includary air, nevada, idaho, montana, and oregon. all nearby. in emeryville, abc7 news.

>> thank you. president trump will deliver his second state of the union address at 6:00 tonight. you can he sue it right here on abc 7. the speech was scheduled for a week ago tonight but it was postponed because of the partial government shutdown. the white house will make call for unity as he did in last year's address. a point not lost on the top democrat. >> it seems every year the president wakes up and discovers the desire for unity on the morning of the state of the union. then president spends the other 364 days of the year dividing us. souring the state of this union. >> i'm looking forward to returning and hearing the president reflect on the great strides our nation has made over the last two years and his vision for the challenges that are still before us. george's stacy abrams will deliver the democrat response becoming the first

african-american woman to do so. senator kamala harris plans to bring up what she calls pre buttal. she is do that at 4:45. it is just the latest event planned since she said she would seek the election. patricia lives if southern california but is a bay area native. she lost her home in the thomas fire last year and she was furloughed from her job as an air traffic control specialist during the government shutdown. she homes her presence will inspire both parties to address the air traffic system and help fire victims. >> please, continue to work together on a more profound level than what has been napping recent times. you know, put politics aside. put politics aside.

>> coverage of president trump's state of the union address begins at 6:00. you can stream it live and we will have it on the news app. big changes for early morning commuters starting on monday on b.a.r.t. trains had start running an hour later than usual. >> reporter: i was surprised to find out how many people didn't know about this. that this was happening on monday, even though they are constantly announcing it overhead every five minutes. you can hear it. and then they have these. these announcements, these posters all over the stations. you have these flyers which i'll showing you being handed out and now i'm telling you. >> from now on our stations will be closed. >> a few people laughed at the

thought of getting on b.a.r.t. that early. >> do you ever start b.a.r.t. at 4:00 in the morning? >> no. >> too early? >> too early. >> reporter: but finally a true early bird. have you ever taken b.a.r.t. as early as 4:00 in the morning? >> yes. i work for muni so do i really early shifts. >> reporter: wait, this is a muni bus driver who absolutely positively has to get there on time. so what are you going to do now? >> swim. i don't know. >> reporter: for the estimated 2,900 people like him, b.a.r.t. will have bus shuttles taking them to other stations, although 64% will head to san francisco. for those who park that early, you must pay in advance. there are three ways. the b.a.r.t. official app. select your station, enter your parking stall number and pay. for those who don't want to use the app, there are two more

choices. >> one is to print out a pass on our website. you'll have to do it each day. you go buy them that two-week increments if you want. or if you don't have the computer option, you can buy this hang tag. >> reporter: anyone can buy them at the embarcadero clipper station. the reason for the later start is because b.a.r.t. will begin a huge retrofit project of the transbay 2. >> this will be at critical points of the tube and then an upgrade to our water pumping system so we can get bay water out quickly enough to evacuate if we need it. >> reporter: when finished, b.a.r.t. says it will be able to withstand any major earthquake. again, there will be 15 bus lines going back and forth starting as early as 3:50 in the morning until 5:30 a.m. good luck to you on monday.

i think i'll be sleeping. live from the embarcadero >> we have the changes posted on our website. search for b.a.r.t. in the upper right hand corner to find the information you need. a search for a killer in napa. a beloved safeway checker was found beaten on a bike path last week. the clues police are following. and the investigation into the attack on actor smolett. >> you can see the traffic. it will be probably for miles. right now, people are slowly getting around it. back after this.

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in the north bay, police are looking for a man who beat a man. it happened on a bicycle path. it happened on the napa valley vine trail. wayne freedman is there. >> good evening, this is not just any murder in napa. this is a very familiar face. as you see by the flare here, douglas davis jr. when you're a long term checker,

everybody knows you by sight. when you're murdered on a trail like this, everybody feels something. she still deeply feels pain. and yet andrea davis describes this as a pilgrimage. >> i'll be there every day the rest of my life. >> reporter: wednesday night, police and paramedics found douglas on this path unresponsive next to his bicycle, beaten. >> they broke all his ribs and his collar bones. >> reporter: he was a long time checker at napa's only remaining safeway. a familiar face, a good friend to anyone who worked with him. >> always made everyone happy. >> it's real. he's not coming back. it's sad. >> as to what that here, the napa police are not saying much. >> we've fallen up on all those.

>> how difficult this must be for a daughter. >> she brought her son here today and told him about his dad. it is a loss the 1-year-old may never completely appreciate. >> i don't want people to think that's old news. >> what will you tell ayden about his dad? >> he loved you a lot and he was so excited. he was so excited to be your grandpa. >> reporter: she brought him here today to talk about him. she said she'll be here tomorrow and the day after and the day after. if we look down there, there is some people now visiting. there will be a formal ceremony here tomorrow in napa. investigators in southern california are now saying the pilot who was killed in a plane crash was not a retired police officer as they had originally believed. the pilot died. four others were killed on the ground when the twin engine

plane crashed just minutes after takeoff on sunday. officials revealed the pilot carried credentials that did identify him as a retired chicago police officer but the chicago police say he was never one of their officers. a couple back home after spending several days stranded in the snow. the 18-year-old and her boyfriend, carlos hernandez, pictured here with their families and rescue crews. they disappeared wednesday into the mountains. when they didn't return, there was a search. they were found in their jeep in the snow. >> let's see what's left of the snow. >> a snow ball fight this

morning. >> if you're hearing some crackling in the audio, that's our fault. that's not you. don't mess with your tv. that's just -- >> stay with us. >> it's like snow falling on the microphone. >> we had flakes flying on twin peaks. we'll switch over to our weather graphics. any snow we had earlier this morning. that storm system is now out of here and we are drying out our skies. another picture, east bay hills camera. if you look closely again, it doesn't happen all that often here in the bay area. that snowfall on the peaks and the snow has moved out. what is moving in now is some cooler air.

and we'll see temperatures, some of the coldest we have seen all year so far in the 20s and the 30s. number throughout right now. it certainly was a chilly day in the afternoon. temperatures were only in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. that's a struggle even to reach 50 right now. so it was certainly a cold day. that will lead to a cold night. look at these numbers. we'll drop some 20 degrees over the next couple hours. so your overnight lows, a wide aea is going to drop into the 30s. that does include san francisco. overnight, the city dropping to 39 degrees. 38 in oakland. san jose, it will get cold out there. dropping to 34. even colder in the north bay. we'll have several cities from ukiah, santa rosa, napa, dropping into the 20s.

we're watching our daytime highs. any snow we can see in our hills, it has melted. once the number crash, we could see it turn into some black ice. so use extreme caution if you're out and about on the roads. any liquid we have on our roadways will turn into ice. the things that freeze first are bridges and overpasses because they cool rather quickly because they have no insulation. black ice is very difficult to see. so please use caution. ice is not something we see all that often in the bay area. it is a cold morning. you want to have the heavy jacket. the scarf and the gloves. it will be a bright day. the sun not very fish. chilly, 40s near 50. by the afternoon temperatures, a little warmer. still cool this time of year. highs on wednesday about, 53.

52 the high in livermore under bright sunshine. our next chance for any rain will come at the end of the being. future weather by friday afternoon, we're seeing that rain possibly by 3:00 friday. this looks like a one. a light system on the storm impact scale. if you have weekend plans, we will see some on and off showers. as well as the system that moves through the neck of the woods. the next seven days, ball this cold morning. tomorrow into thursday. and then on freeway, we'll track those showers in the afternoon and evening. likely on and off through weekend and then drier skies will prevail monday

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at least ten people were killed in the fire in paris that engulfed a nine-story building overnight. firefighters scrambled to get people out. even lowering they will down from roams. the 40-year-old suspect did live in that building. people told police they heard an argument. at least 30 people including eight firefighters were injured. new details emerging on last week's tike jussie smollett. a news report said that two men got his attention when they were yelling racial and homophobic slurs. they attacked with their weapons and their teeth. a 60-year-old friend of smollett called police. when they arrived, they found

office we are stained clothing and a white rope around his neck. virginia's governor keeps resisting calls to resign after a racist photo surfaced from his medical school year book. abc news reporter maggie explains. >> right now it is cloud in the controversy. the governor and lieutenant governor are fighting back against separate allegations. the call to resign are growing louder. >> i think it is time for him to step down. >> i cannot tell you yes hasn't resigned but i am so praying that he will step down and get it behind us. >> after this racist photo, he admitted he was one of the people in the photo but then he

claims it's not him. he does say he appeared in black face as michael jackson in 1984. >> i had shoes, a glove, and i used some shoe polish under my cheeks. >> he is asking for forgiveness. >> we get to the point where we're not effective. we will revisit this and make decisions. >> next in mind, justin fairfax who said he is ready to lead the state if he resigns. but fairfax himself is under first. after an unconfirmed report surfaced about an alleged misconduct allegations in 2004. the current president of the medical school that publish that had year book spoke this afternoon and said he has noticed other troubling photos in years past, as recently as

2013. the school has launch what had they are calling a fully trans parent investigation. the state of the union is coming up in about 90 minutes. we've talked about the guests invited. president trump has guests coming as well including this young boy who has the

people enjoyed the snowfall but it brought some problems impacting drivers' visibility. the chp had to close down 17 in both directions for about half an hour as caltrans crews cleared the road. you go still see some snow-covered peaks. we showed you the shot live of mt. diablo. leslie brinkley tweeted this photo that she took from highway 24. we're not the only ones dealing with unusual weather. seattle delivered record snowfall while the southeast is getting an early spring. president trump will give his second state of the union

address to the nation in about an hour and a half. he is expect to call for optimism and unity. with the morning tweet, president trump making cheer his message for the second state of the union is all about the border. writing, we have sent additional military. we have built a human wall if necessary. if we had a real wall, this would be a nonevent. it will be a speech delivered to a divided congress and already the parties of taken to their corners. >> the story has been one of immense policy progress for our country. >> on these four metrics, the economy, health care, governance, smart policy, the state of the union is in need of drastic repair. >> reporter: president trump writing on twitter, i see schumer is already criticizing my state of the union speech even though he hand seen it yet. he is just upset that he didn't win the senate. but democrats did win the house.

the speaker who disinvited him from giving his speech last week due to the shutdown. lawmakers have just over a week before another government shutdown. his message to lawmakers -- >> get this done. that tut partisanship aside. recognize that border security is national security. >> reporter: it won't just be about security and immigration. they said he will focus the american worker, infrastructure and health care costs. with a strategy to end hiv transmission by 2030. >> force firt time ever, an african-american woman will be providing the response to a presidential address. stacey abrams speaking on behalf of democrats, sending a key message on race and gender. capitol hill. >> thank you. president trump invited 13 americans to attend document's stooub as his guests. among them, alice johnson. she had been serving a mandatory life sentence without parole for

nonviolent drug charges. kim kardashian brought her story to the president's attention. also tonight, sixth grader joshua trump. no relationship to president. he was invited because he was bullied at school because of his last name. president trump's state of the union address begins at 6:00. you can watch it here. we will also stream it live on the abc7 news app. someday, air travelers might be able to save time by going underground as they travel back and forth. right now, four agencies all provide rail service to south bay commuters. none of them run direct sbli the san jose airport. the mayor believes this could provide a quick link. we her at abc7 news have a commitment to building a better bay area and that includes looking at solutions on how we can get around a lot faster.

joining us now live with more about the vision to ease the congestion in the south bay. you drive into the airport bay. >> reporter: one big objective is to get people out of their cars. if you've been to the station lately, it is like grand central station. even more so when b.a.r.t. builds the station down. there so the mayor is simply thinking big and out of the box. here's the could not semi. as envisioned by the mayor. a tunnel that would radically cut down on the time it would take traveling between san jose's airport. >> we would be contemplating newerly newer. >> sounds familiar?

elon musk owns not only tesla but the boring company which makes tunnels, in this case, in southern california. an experiment in underground transportation. autonomous cars like the tesla would transport cars through the turnls cutting travel times and cost. he calls at this time loop. musk homes to complete hyper loops. within a vacuum tube, a project to carry passengers from washington to new york in 29 minutes. for the past 18 months, mayor liccardo and his transportation officials have been talking with musk's boring company. >> there have been no specifics. what we've been exploring is the technology. is this real or not? >> real or not, san jose is getting too crowded. certainly our city won't get any less crowded and god is not creating any more land. >> so far the feedback has been good. >> people don't take transportation to the airport because there's no straight

connection. it is something we need to study and we think it is very important. >> well, mayor liccardo will ask the city council to explore the options like hyper link. the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and feasibility. the council has yet to get to that item on the agenda but they're expected to take it on tonight. thank you. a scary story out of colorado. a runner comes face to face with the mountain lion. how a man was able to fight back after the animal attacked him. look at the snow on the highest peaks. the cold is moving in. we'll have the numbers and the forecast ahead. this is sky way in san francisco. jammed up as usual. traffic is trying to get by on the peninsula. southbound 101. get down to south bay san jose and beyond. on the left-hand side, those folks are trying to get to the

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that's when the cat attacked him. he said he choked it while he was being bitten and clawed. the wildlife experts confirmed that the mountain lion did suffocate. the magnetic earth pole is shifting. magnetic north is moving so rapidly, they had to release their five-year report a year early. the north that the compass points to is moving at a rate of more than 34 miles a year toward siberia. the update will ensure safe navigation for nasa, military services and other consumer app that's rely on gps. we'll take you to the sierra. we have some light snow showers. this is the end

a lot of snow to deal with in the sierra. back here at home, it is all about the cold temperatures at home. we'll see widespread 20s to low 30s. you want to bundle up first thing tomorrow morning. tomorrow the cold morning in the 20s and 30s. we'll start with some on thursday. bring in some cloud cover and that will usher in our next chance of rain friday afternoon and evening. tomorrow morning will be frigid. getting kids interested in reading. up next, a big announcement for the group that has the read-in

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difference between women and men. researchers in st. louis found that adult female brains appear on average few years younger than same age male brains. we've got that microphone problem happening again. >> i'm going to take it, larry. i think it is your mic so we'll let you go. we want to move. on it is black history month and 2019 marks the fifth year of african-american literature read-in week. joining us, joel mackey. tell us about reading week. >> it is an exciting event for our schools and our students, as you might imagine. when i was that age, i did not have this. i missed out. this is a great opportunity for our children to learn about mampbl history, black history, and to discover in that history people that they didn't know about. but who are just like them who

did fantastic things. who are doing fantastic things. some of them are alive right now. some of them are in the past and it is a great event for our kids to learn about people like ourselves. to realize that they can be those people in their own lives as they grow up. >> that's true. i think it is important to have role models that they see as themselves and what they can become as they grow up. >> absolutely. it is so important. i brought a couple books. i don't know if they can be shown on the screen. i think a lot of people know about this, jess owens who made a huge difference in african-american history in our world history when african-americans were not represented at all. he went to the olympics in 1936 in berlin and he shocked the world. and he certainly shocked hitler. it is more than that. it is about people that our kids don't know about.

that i didn't know about and our adults don't know about. this is a woman in harlem who was instrumental in bringing the civil rights movement to new york at a time when it was not popular. that's what african-american history and the literature does for us. it brings alive these people no one has ever heard about. >> and really opens up the kids' eyes to it. >> volunteers are a big part of this. >> absolutely. for every year we've had volunteers that have come from all parts of the bay area. this year we have over 300 volunteers who are participating in the read-in week. at over 47 schools. we have one of yours. >> yeah, spencer! he's done it in the past. that's why we're looking at video. >> he'll be reading to kindergartners and second graders.

i'm sure they'll believe delighted. >> they absolutely will. and joel, we here at abc 7, our parent company, disney, we are really proud to inspire imagination and a lifelong love of reading. through our magic of story telling campaign, with the nonprofit organization, we would like to donate 5,000 books to oakland public education fund. >> fantastic! thank you. >> talk more with the kids this will impact. >> so literature is so important to the development of young people. having access to books means so much in terms of being literate, to scat the world in ways you would not otherwise access. i'm speechless. this is a great group. the kids will be able to explore

parts of the world that they may not be able to visit. and it will come alive for them. they will learn about technology and art and mug. this is great. thank you so much. >> the key word there is access. and it really gives them tools to 35. >> thank you for coming in. we certainly appreciate it. >> thank you. you can you can help dodo go to the magic of story telling.com. you can learn how to post a shelfie, buy a book and enter the sweepstakes to win tickets to disneyland and the premier of disney's live action dumbo. modern family will come to an end next year. the five time emmy award winner for best comedy was renewed for

an 11th and final season. it premiered in 2009 with a ground breaking important trail of blended families and same sex partners. the creators of the show say there are going to be some big surprises and some big milestones in the final season of modern family. i had to grown when i said that. >> for sure. our microphones are crackling. we're talking about gas prices. michael finney has the prices. >> i'll take it from here. you guys rest there for a moment. californians pay more in gas

taxes than in refining costs, retail mark-up and transportation expenses. the federal government levies 18.4% tax on every gallon of gasoline. each state has its own tax to pay for road maintenance and whateer else they want to spend money on. california is second only to pennsylvania. on top of that, golden state has the highest gas prices overall at $3.29 a gallon. fisher-price has issued a recall for a drivable children's foy could lead the injuries. the power wheels bar by dream camper lets children drive around just like their parents do but the motor can keep running after kids take their foot off the pedal. about 44,000 campers that have this defect were soles.

fisher-price says keep it away from kids and call and schedule a repair. and going the extra mile with spending. couples plan to spend way more than their partners expect them to pay. men plan to spend on average $95. that's more than double the $41 women man to spend. both men -- >> whoa! >> both men and women expect their partners to spend more than $39. women are pretty close to that. the longer you've been in a relationship, what a surprise, the more likely you're going to save that money instead of spend it. and despite the increase in spending, fewer people are celebrating at all this year. now, i want to hear from you. the hotline is on monday through friday. you can also reach me on my

facebook page. >> what do we have to do here to get some respect? >> spend $95. the lunar new year is upon us. people celebrating with pigs and firecrackers. >> thanks, guys. we're digging into a deadly wrong way crash. new at 5:00, we'll hear from the victim's family as they prepare to bury him. how this crash could have unfolded. and we're seeing some great pictures of the snow in the bay area and more wintry weather is expected. offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call

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shared this. the fisherman found the two-day old pup by itself. they recorded the cries and played them on a blue tooth speaker. when one appeared drawn to the sound, they figured it was the pup's mother. there you go. you're looking at some live pictures from san francisco's chinatown. that's where a celebration kicked off today. here's the story. >> you didn't need a lunar calendar to check the calendar. a piglets to kick off the year of the pig. >> i am so excite to be the mayor of such an incredible city

where we celebrate our diversity, our culture. >> the mayor received hearty applause and at least one squeal. i am being upstaged by a >> reporter: the attention quickly switched from pigs to lions. as it made its way into the street to ronald 52 with another chinese tradition. the firecrackers echos off the buildings as families lined the streets. >> it is a time to get together, renewal but just celebration. >> what is your favorite thing? >> celebrating with my family. >> i like firecrackers. in the end, it even outlasted

the firecrackers. the year of the pig. >> good fun. >> thank you for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. so suddenly. >> reporter: a community mourns the man killed in the wrong way crash on highway 101. mother nature leaves her mark all over the bay area. it certainly seems like a growing trend. people fed up with the high cost of living which some businesses are doing to keep their workers from leaving town. and a big blow to the residents of the town of the camp fire. where residents can go. he was killed in a crash on

highway 101 and now the community is mourning him. this might be what led up to the deadly sequence of events. >> the father of seven was killed today when he was hit hold in san francisco. hit by a car going southbound in the northbound lanes. >> reporter: it was a sad day as the family said their goodbyes. with a prayer, family and friends said their last goodbyes. >> i'm going to miss him for a long time. >> reporter: he said he remembers his dad, driving at night for