wheel in that direction. we have more tips for driving on black ice. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains. matt keller. >> people like matt. he did a good job and they saw mt. diablo covered in white. they had to close roads to snowiest areas because of the icy conditions. >> 4:30. hopefully you're not playing hookey today. let's check our weather and traffic. let's start with mike. >> thanks very much, jessica. let's talk more about what's going on with live doppler 7. looks quiet until you head to the monterey bay and the peninsula and into the salinas valley. rain and high elevation snow that will stay away from all of us. look how clean the air is. visibility is going to be absolutely gorgeous this afternoon. so if you like to hike on some e

some of the snow that's barely left and you can see forever today. this morning, 30 to 37 around bay. 43 at the coast, a total sunshine at noon. below average again. we should be around 60. grab that coat this evening under the stars. we'll drop into the mid and upper 40s. pretty quiet here. how about the commute? let get a check with alexis. >> we're quiet in most areas. we had a closure of westbound 605. i believe it's back open before the 580 split. the damage is done. about a 30-minute delay. 14 miles an hour just before that 580 merge. we'll take a look at the drive time too. one hour seven minutes tracy to dublin. in the green at 13. southbound 101 san rafael to san francisco also looking good in the green at 16 minutes. thanks, alexis.

president trump called for unity while doubling down on his immigration stance. >> for an hour and a half he rejected -- moef more from washington. >> good morning, jessica and reggie. president trump went into his second state of the union address with a low 37% approval rating largely due to the partial government shutdown. he gave it no indication of avoiding another. >> that sounds so good. >> largely, stick to go script for an hour and a half. the president delivered his message to a divided congress with his greatest political adversary, nancy pelosi over his shoulder. >> together we can break decades of political stalemate. >> pelosi and many democratic lawmakers wearing white. several erupting in cheer when

president trump celebrated the amount of women in congress. >> the president also garnering collective applause for his call to end revenge politics. >> we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution. >> and any hopes of any found unity came to a halt as trump maintained his hard line immigration stance in the face of another possible shutdown. >> simply put, walls work and walls save lives. offering the democratic rebuttal was former georgia gubernatorial candidate, stacy abrams. >> the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states. >> as she criticized the president, she too hoped to find common ground. >> and the president said he wants people to come into this country in the largest numbers ever, legally. we found out that the president actually set the lowest cap in history for the refugee admission program. live in washington, mona coes

randy, abc 7 news. we have a fact check on the president's speech. you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. happening today, san francisco police try to update a string of cold case murders that terrorized the city's gay community in the '70s. this is a sketch of the serial killer. he was dubbed the doodler. he's believed to be responsible for as many as 14 murder in an 18-month period from 1974 to 1975. last year cnn reported sfpd sent dna samples to be tested. if he's alive, the suspect would be in his early 60s. this morning, we're hearing from the family of the father of seven killed in a head-on crash in san francisco. >> he died sunday when a wrong-way driver got on highway 101 at ninth and bryant. she drove 2 1/2 miles before hitting etimad's car head on. family and friends said their final good-bye as he was laid to rest yesterday. the muslim community center is

coming together to help the etimads promising to put them on a stipend and that i pair rent for a year. his 13-year-old son remembers his dad going to college in the morning and driving for uber at night. >> i just feel bad for my dad. we all miss him. >> the driver who crashed into etimad is identified as 21-year-old kayla wilson. chp officials are looking into how she ended up driving the wrong way. new this morning. >> the mother of a man shot and killed by oakland police officers have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against four officers. attorney john burris is representing job joshua's mother. they're holding a news conference today. >> they received a report that he had a semiautomatic gun. they asked him to put the gun down but he didn't. opened fire they recovered a gun

that he may have been holding. they want the district attorney's office to charge the four officers with murder. >> wee expect to hear from oakland unified school district superintendent later this morning about what the district is doing to prevent a teacher strike. teachers are trying to rally the city's support. >> we know that public schools are the heart of the community. >> abc 7 news was at oakland city hall last night where the teacher's union president spoke during a rally who spoke before the city council meeting. they want support and request for a 12% raise over three years. the district offered a 5% over that same period. oakland unified members show there are 2300 teachers in the district and more than 36,000 students, not including those a district authorized charter schools. students will stage a sickout friday morning. this is video from a walkout at oakland tech last week. kids from that school, skyline,

met west, among others are expected to join. organizers say the goal is to show support for their teachers' demands. the students plan to march from oakland tech to the district office. meanwhile, it's game on for high school athletes in oakland. the school district announced sporting programs cut last summer except for bowling are running again. thanks in large part to donations. in one neighborhood they have four weeks to leave. they banned them from parking overnight. frustrated neighbors told us about it in november. campers tell us they cannot afford to pay rent anywhere. homeless services will now be contacting those campers. it's freezing cold on the peninsula. look at menlo park, 32. redwood city 35. i think you'll get down to that temperature as we head through

the morning hours. cooling left. everybody else in the low to mid-40s. let's look at san francisco. 44. half-mo moon bay, the warm spot 36. 29 in san ramon. there's thick frost there. frosty and 32 in livermore. getting frosty. pretty close in napa. about 33 degrees. notice the winds. 13 at sfo and 24 at half moon bay. factor in that windchill when you dress this morning. here's a look at what should be south beach this morning. since it's tahoe, we'll talk about how it's quiet up there right now. >> we'll have that in the next forecast. the roads here, a little caution. there could be black ice. as far as mass transit, just dress for the chilly conditions this morning. not as breezy on the bay. here's a look at the east bay. we stay in the 40s. low to mid-50s by noon, 6:00. same thing in the north bay. start at 34. 42 at 8:00.

low to mid-50s from noon to 4:00. my last stop is san francisco where we break out of the 40s. we hit the mid 50s by 2:00 and 4:00 under a mostly sunny sky. we'll talk about our chance of rain coming just in time for the weekend. the first one - - >> this will help black ice with the -- >> a traffic joke. i'll take it from here, mike. we're looking at san mateo bridge where things are very light on westbound 92 just past the toll plaza. before you get to this point, we have the emergency road repairs. the two right lanes are closed. westbound 92 between hesperian and industrial. they're hoping to have this done by 6:00 this morning. we had a big pothole open up. rebar was exposed and they're definitely trying to get that done as quickly as possible. mass transit, looking good this morning. b.a.r.t. 25 transit services. that 5:00 a.m. service will begin. we'll have more information on that shortly.

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let's take a look at what's going on across the state. it's much quieter unless you're near the coast or theig elations around san diego and up in the sierra where we'll have snow showers today. low to mid-50s in the area. low 60s near southern california. if you're heading up, today will be slippery, tomorrow in the sierra will be dry. snow for friday and saturday. caution if you're headed that way. here's a look at what's going on in lake tahoe. quiet this morning at heavenly.

we've got light then moderate for friday and moderate sunday between light on saturday. it will be tough getting up there and back this weekend. >> thanks, mike. here at abc 7, we're committed to building a better bay area. that means digging deeper to find solutions to challenges we face like the cost of living. hr consulting firm robert half surveyed workers and hiring professionals in 28 cities, including san francisco. it found 64% of people in bay area would consider an out of state move. 40% say it would be because of cost of living, et cetera. >> i was ready for a change of lifestyle, a different pace. we have a daughter who is younger than two. i was looking at one-hour commutes. time throug the day i worked. i wouldn't even see her for

several days at a time. >> a poll last year by the bay area council found many people moving out of state are headed to texas, oregon, like brendan, nevada and arizona. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. what issues do you see where you live and what would you like to do to make them better? use the #better bay area and join in the conversation. one of the miss fear yus and witty characters is coming out with a book. karl the fog said after 8 1/2 years of throwing shade on twitter, i'm taking my drama to paper. the book, not clear what it will be about. his real identity is a mystery. the book is set to come out in may. >> what will they do at the book signings. it should be dry ice. you go there and there's a box of dry ice. >> you just interact with that? >> yeah. there's a pen there for you to sign it. >> sign it yourself. >> yeah. it would be so good. happening today, passengers

at sfo are in for a treat. >> a new observation deck to see karl the fog opens up today. here's a live look at the sfo cam. the deck will offer international passengers a chance to go outside once they go through security. the observation deck offers a place to sit through great views and it's part of the upgrade to the international terminal. the terrace aloe indicated at the end of boarding area g. >> i think that's nice to get a little bit of fresh air when you're traveling, especially if it's a layover. you've been traveling for a long time. >> international terminal too. >> you just finished doing your yoga. >> yeah, right? >> exactly. fresh air. >> breath of fresh air. i like t you can see karl. >> you can breathe all the jet fumes. >> i don't think that will be in his book. >> probably not. >> he's very witty on twitter. >> he's good.

>> don't you want to know who it is, mike. >> absolutely, i do. >> it's mike nicco. >> oh, my gosh. >> that would be exciting if he was. >> that would be amazing. >> you guys would be like why are you holding back during the show? why do you save your good stuff for twitter? we know you're not that funny. okay. move on. east bay hills, it looks pretty nice out there this morning. albeit, it's chilly. grab that heavier coat this morning. by the afternoon hours, sunglasses and temperatures. just below average and comfortable around 50 to 55 degrees. tonight is a chilly one. look at all these 30s. lakeport and ukiah in the 20s. 42 in san francisco. 40 half moon bay. slight chance of tule fog in the central valley in the north bay. >> black ice could be an issue again. look where it is, in the gulf of alaska. another core system. chilly showers on the way. they start friday morning up in the north bay at 4:00.

as we head throughout the morning commute, it looks like everywhere but possibly the east bay valleys and the south bay will be dry. you'll get yours as we head throughout the day. you can see green and yellow. light to moderate showers throughout the day. they become lighter during the evening hours. the storm is a 1 on the storm impact scale. but it will have a snow level. it's going to be just a little bit above our highest peak. maybe 4,000. 4500 feet. the best day is saturday. sunday comes in with a snow level around 3500 feet. not a repeat of yesterday. darn. here's alexis. >> thanks, mike. er good. not a repeat of yesterday on the roads either. fortunately, we're definitely happy about that. not many issues this morning. we're looking at extra heavy traffic due to earlier roadwork. all lanes westbound of 205 shut down before 580.

i believe they got things back open on time. that is having a really hard time bouncing back. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze. no slowdowns there. you're in the green at 17 minutes. 9 across the bay bridge. san francisco to sfo looking good in the green at nine minutes. tesla is cutting the price of the model 3 sedan for the second time this year. it now starts at just under $43,000 before incentives. tesla issued a statement to the tech website electric saying it cut the price by 1100 bucks. the customer referral program is ending. that program ended up costing tesla a lot more than they anticipated. new this morning, a san francisco-based ice cream company will be opening the first location in berkeley. >> humphrey slocum will be serving up artis mal scoops at -- they chose the berkeley location because of its place in the food world. it will be their fifth location. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, could elon musk's hyper look be

coming. the talks with the boring company. >> back together again.

never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. our first storm korms in friday with a chance of showers. a chance of thunderstorms anywhere from a third to three quarters of an inch of rain and

a snow level at 4,000 feet. it has two more acts that hit us on the weekend. we'll talk about that next. >> thanks, mike. abc 7 has a commitment to building a better bay area. that includes looking at solutions to to improve transportation. san jose mayor sam liccardo believes a hyper loop could link diridon station with mineta san jose airport. it would carry passengers through tunnel underground. they've been in talks with elon musk's boring company for 18 months. the boring company is experimenting with tunnel transportation right now in southern california. >> there have been no decisions to work specifically with the boring company. we've been exploring the technology. that is, is this real or not? >> right now, four agencies, vta, cal train, ace and amtrak provide rail service to south bay commuters. but they don't run directly to the airport. and speaking of trains that do

run directly through the airport, b.a.r.t. starting on monday, big changes if you're an early morning commuter. >> instead of trains running at 4:00 a.m., they will roll out at 5:00 in the morning. for the estimated 2900 people who will be affected, will have more shuttles taking them. the reason for the later start is because b.a.r.t. will be getting a retrofit project of the transbay tube. >> this is going to be the installation of an inner steel liner. its critical point for the tube and an upgrade to our water pumping system so we can get bay water out to evacuate waters if needed. >> the project will take four years to complete. it will withstand any major earthquake. hopefully worth the wait alexis. >> this is going to be a big adjustment for folks who use b.a.r.t. i've heard from several people who have to change their schedules and maybe their jobs

here. so we'll definitely be on top of that monday morning. we're looking at a sig-alert in the east bay. westbound 92 between hesperian and industrial. we've got emergency road repair that started around 2:30 in the afternoon. they issued a sig-alert. the two right lanes are closed. rebar was exposed. we had a major pothole open up. we're working on getting that done. estimated time of reopening is 6:00 a.m. we've got red approaching scene. it will be a tough spot if it goes into the commute. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're looking at a stack up on either side. metering lights at 5:25 this morning. >> let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. i have been checking. no reports of black ice today. >> awesome. glad to hear that alexis. >> i'm going to talk about rain, liquid falling from the sky. friday morning, you can see in

the morning. the rest of us as the day unfolds, look at this. nearly a third to 2/3 of an inch of rain out of that first system. we have to update to a 2 moderate light. saturday is fairly quiet. random showers in the evening hours. the storm that comes in sunday, we'll start to push our totals up over an inch in most neighborhoods. so my concerns, as we head through the weekend, friday hydroplaning and flooding on the roads. those will be the most intense storms. downed trees. maybe more saturday and sunday. snow on our roads and mountains. no because the snow elevation will be in places like discovery peak, mt. diablo and mt. hamilton if we see some snow. >>

>>. a mother otter and her pup are back together this morning after this reunion along the central coast. the city of morrow bay shared this video on facebook. s technology played a role in getting them back together. a fisherman found this pup by itself. wildlife pups recorded the cries and played them for otters on the speakerment one aughter appeared drawn to the sound. they figured out it was likely the pup's mother. then they threw the baby at mom. >> we just showing video o someone throwing a baby pup in the water and act like it's normal? okay. i'm glad they're back together and i'm glad we say it's likely the mother. not really sure. >> yeah. >> if she wants the baby, good. next at 5:00 a.m., college students join the political conversation. their reaction to the president's state of the union.

>> i started getting emotional and that was like, i want to go home. >> also, a couple stuck in the snow with no cell service and the top of their jeep broken off. how did they survive the five-day ordeal. what you can socially reverse on the social networking site.

are so thick... so fluffy... so delicious... (whisper) karen, karen you've got to try this ...they're just too good not to share l'eggo your eggo you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. it's a cold one today. meteorologist mike nicco is here. hi, mike. >> just walls separating you