. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> oakland unified school district is working on contingency plans for classes after teachers announce a strike date today. hello and thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. we begin with the developing news on the oakland teachers strike. >> loose pena is live at headquarters in oakland. >> reporter: thank you. that is right. the strike is set for next thursday. around 1:30 the oakland teachers union announced 3000 teachers

will walk out of the classroom next thursday. this could affect 37,000 students here in oakland. now let's go back to how we got here. this decision is after a fact-finding report where a union representative and a district rep and a chairperson for the state went over both sides of the conflict. let's hear from the sides. >> and i've taught in oakland for 20 years, in that time we have seen years of underfunding. the unregulated growth of the charter school industry and district neglect that has starved our schools of necessary resources. >> we asked them to come to the table and we have a comprehensive proposal and we hope they could come to the table and we believe we could head off the strike. just because there is a date doesn't mean that strike has to happen. >> reporter: tensions are high. on thursday they are preparing to offer classes using school

administrators and substitutes. we heard from the spokesperson they are holding out hope to somehow not fall into the strike on february 21st. bringing you the latest will oakland. >> a look at union demands. teachers want smaller class sizes. more counsel and nurses in schools and a 12% raise over three years. the district said it can only afford a 5% raise over three years. oakland unified said it faces a budget shortfall that could reach $56 million by the 2020 school year. there are still widespread problems throughout the bay area caused by this week's stormy weather. and the north bay bore the brunt of the damage today. look at this mess in whit -- whitaker. a large tree came down on a house. it has been red tagged. utility crews were rewiring the lines down. there is a state of emergency because of all of the damage

during the week's relentless storms. >> in marin county, you have so many hills and so many creeks. there are unfortunately events that bring us beyond what our capacities are and we feed -- wd to look to our partners for mutual aid for the state and federal government. >> another tree on fell on lucas and some have been without power for three days. abc news was in mill valley where a tree came crashing down. you could see there it ended up tangled in power lines on richardson way. pg&e has been notified. and take a look westbound lanes of highway 37 are closed southeast of novato because of f water on the road. the road will remain closed for another week and drivers are being rerouted on to 101. our storm coverage continues with abc 7 news reporter

jewelina foertson. >> it is hard to picture by looking at the mess behind me that 75-year-old susan gordon slid 200 yards under all of this debris but she did and she still can't believe it either. susan gordon doesn't look like what she's been through. many wouldn't have expected her to even survive sausalito thursday morning mudslide but to have just scratches and bruises, incredible. it seems like the whole world has questions for her now. what did it sound like? >> a big roar. ke tumbled and tbl and tossed and smashed into things and tumbled and tumbled until it stopped and i was knee deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: gordon was inside of her duplex that slid 200 yards downhill and crashed into another home. a neighbor heard her screams.

>> he found me and said wave your hand and i was waving my hand. >> reporter: the process to get her out was nothing short of painstaking and until she sat down with us she hadn't seen the wreckage. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. you've gotta be kidding me. i went through that. >> reporter: she lost everything, including her cat peaches. >> my friend that i share the house with said she was the angel that saved you. >> reporter: gordon has plenty of others coming to her rescue now. the work to heal her and sausalito is well underway. eric and dion, we watched the couny step up t help an her $38,000. and on monday the sausalito city council will hold a special meeting at 9:00 to declare a local emergency to allow them to receive funds for all of the clean-up work that needs to be

done here. live in saucealita, abc 7 news. >> amazing. thank you. right now some areas are getting a brief break from the rain. looking live outside from the emeryville camera and you see some clouds out there but also breaks in the clouds. abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma said we are not finished with weekend showers just yet. >> eric, we're seeing sunshine here and there but still widely scattered showers on live doppler 7. so we'll zoom into the action. and we have showers move through san francisco and south along the peninsula. right now rain through burlingame and we'll track this line of light showers as it sinks to the south and to the east. so foster city, you'll see more rain around 5:13 and palo alto likely around 5:32 and sunnyvale through your neck of the wood the at 5:48 this evening. so on the storm impact scale, we do stay unsettled the next 24 hours. so we're going to see scattered showers on and off even into our sunday. and there is the chance that

when the showers pop up we could see hail as well. we definitely saw that earlier today. this video from napa. look at the hail storm that just popped up in the north bay earlier today and you could see those stones just bouncing off the ground right there. kind of accumulating in spots and that is the threat the next 24 hours. we'll go hour by hour and time out the rest of the storm and show you a dry stretch on the seven-day when i see you in a few minutes. >> it is a wild sight. thanks. well white-out conditions have made driving in the high sierra down right treacherous as caltrans crews did avalanche control work. chains are in effect for enterstate 80 and 50 but caltrans is holding traffic because of spinouts and poor visibility. if you are attempting to drive over the mountains, do expect significant delays. snow seekers who wanted to spend this president's weekend

in the sierra, a drive took double for some and triple the time it normally takes. i-80 was closed to drivers resorted to highway 50 including laura anthony sending this tweet, it took her family 14 hours to get from the bay area to tahoe last night. she eventually made it. she tweeted this video not too long ago. it looks like the long drive was worth it. you can check weather conditions where you live with live doppler 7 on our website and the abc 7 news app. just click the blue live bar at the top and also enable push alerts to get weather and news updates sent to your mobile device. well just ahead, we are getting our first look inside of the orpheum theater after a scare left the audience there scrambling. coming up, how the performance led to panic and confusion during the show last night of "hamilton." >> and checking out the commissioning in the bay area of the

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gunfire took the live of a young man in bay point. contra costa responded last night to a report of a medical emergency on lancaster circle and were told someone was shot. investigators will only say the victim is an 18-year-old man and say it is an ongoing investigation. well the show must go on and it did today for "hamilton" at the orpheum theater in san francisco following a terrifying incident that sent the audience running in panic. we look for the first time inside of the theater. >> please exit the theater. [ sirens ] >> well you hear the alarm there. a medical emergency caused chaos and forced an evacuation during the final act last night. police say somebody called for help which caused panic and then

a gunshot was heard and that was on stage and part of the musical but someone yelled gun and people rushed out of the theater. there was no gun except for the one on stage. one person suffered a heart attack and two other people were hurt. abc 7 news was at the orpheum theater today where a 1:00 p.m. show was held today with no p>> when i saw the news this morning, i was thankful that we hadn't come last night. >> another performance will be held tonight. well america's newest warship is ready for service. ♪ ♪ >> the star-spangled banner playing as dignitaries were there at pier 32 with the uss tulsa was commissioned, an independence class and combat ship docked in the city ahead of

the big ceremony. >> the symbol at the uss tulsa provided is what we need today is the navy the nation needs to fight and win. >> the city and county of san francisco, i would like to welcome you all -- >> the mayor was among the dignitaries that helped commission the tulsa. it is home to 70 officers and sailors and home port in san diego and it means shallower waters. >> i could count onner now that. >> and i'm good for something. >> up next, how an entire team of young soccer fans. >> steph curry is everyone where in charlotte and he is loving -- >> and curry -- >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. shower continue for part of the weekend but drier weather is on the seven-day. we'll detail that in the full forecast after the break.

a professional soccer team became superstars to a group in salinas. the earthquakes delivered more than 3000 worth of goals, balls, cones and lights and other equipment to the ac milan youth soccer club in salinas. all of the equipment was stolen from the coach's truck. the league focused on underserved youth. it is free for players and uses volunteer coaches. a mother who lost everything in a fire is feeling the love thanks to her daughter's little league team. a car crashed into shannon blackwell's victorville home and set it on fire and the little league team found out and began fundraising. one 9-year-old boy was saving up his allowance to buy a transformers action figurer and instead he donated it. >> but i just figured that it is a whole -- a whole house and it

is just one single little action figure. so might as well give it up. >> well said, young man. his $20 gesture brought shannon to tears. the team is raised $4,300 so far. and shifting to the weather right now. it is been busy in the weather department. >> yeah. did it rain last week? >> a little bit. >> rain last week, we had inches of rainfall across the region and showers right now and the next 24 hours will be widely scattered as the storm system begins to depart california. out there right now, some of us seeing sunshine. others seeing showers. so we'll zoom into one shower that is kind of slowly sinking along the peninsula. just moved through san mateo and light rain around san carlos but all snow in the sierra. the the past hour still getting hammered with snowfall. that winter storm warning is still in effect until tomorrow morning so still expecting more

accumulating snow but the snow over the past three days has added up in the sierra. look at the snowfall totals. you see the three-day column. look at those numbers. feet of fresh powder and squaw and sierra at tahoe, seeing 70 plus inches of snow in the past three days. north star and heavenly from 60 to about 64 inches of snow even mt. rose, 30 inches of snow over the past three days. and tomorrow they'll likely add on another foot of snow in many of the resorts. just wild winter weather out there right now. temperature-wise, in the 40s and in the 50s. so it is certainly a cool afternoon out there. 48 in fremont. about 50 in san francisco. 51 in mountain view but down to 49 in santa rosa. we still have a high surf advisory until about 9:00 today. wave heights 14 to 17 feet high. so rip currents are strong right now. so stay away from the ocean water as we have that active current. overnight tonight, a lot of cloud cover overhead.

we'll still be tracking some scattered showers here and there. temperatures pretty much mid-30s to lower 40s as it will drop to over the next 12 hours. so here is the bigger picture and with satellite, inundated with scattered showers up and down the california coastline. there is the snow in the sierra. as we widen out the picture, another weak rip offal energy moving on shore between portland and seattle and that is going to slide down the coastline the next 24 hours. and continue that chance of a shower here or there. so on the storm impact scale, it is a level one light system the next 24 hours and scattered showers. hail possible. we've seen that today so likely we'll see that again tomorrow and snow is possible in our higher peaks like mt. hamilton or mt. tam. tonight it is quiet. a brief break in the activity and then tomorrow morning we'll see another wave of energy move on shore by 4:30 in the morning. there you could see showers and it is really just on and off throughout the day. so tomorrow afternoon, if you do have outdoor plans, i wouldn't

cancel them just know that you'll see a shower for maybe ten or 15 minutes and you'll have to move inside. so highs on the sunday, it is a cool day once again. temperatures kind of topping out in the 50s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll track the scattered showers for you tomorrow and then look at what happens on monday for the holiday. dry weather. sunshine. and that continues into tuesday. our next chance of wet weather is wednesday evening and then look at thursday and friday and saturday. we have a chance to dry out. so showers next 24 hours and very light but you could see hail like we saw today. >> what are you going to do with yourself during the sunny days? >> sleep. catch up on sleep. >> good plan. thanks. >> best basketball players in the planet are in charlotte, including some from the warriors. >> steph curry not sleeping dur -- he's supposed to get caught up on rest but when you return to your hometown you have a lot to do. we go live to catch up with the

a big night in charlotte for day two of the nba all-star weekend. the dunk competition is coming up after the three point shooting contest which is stef against seth. and he was everywhere yesterday. >> i don't know if he's tired but we're exhausted trying to keep up with him. stef is trying to soak up every moment, every minute of all-star

weekend in his home town. last night he decides he's going to go see his alma mater play at davidson. so then what happens? well, he decides i'm going to jump into the student section at davidson and enjoy their victory over st. joe's. he's hanging out with a bunch of kids that are wearing their speedos. i mean, you tell me what superstar in any sport is doing that. stef is just loving every minute of this. >> i didn't get to do that when i was playing or jump in the student section so i -- i wanted to get that experience. the kids with the speedos, a. for effort on trying to distract st. joe's from shooting the free throws. but the energy in the building was unbelievable. it was kind of -- it is surreal every time i go back there just in terms of humble beginnings. i try to enjoy it to the fullest

yesterday and get the win and going to the student section and go crazy and just enjoy the home coming. >> so tonight we have brother versus brother. stef versus seth. there are six other guys in the contest. so there is no guarantee that one of them will win it. but we also will have a cameo from daddy dell and next hour we'll tell you who klay thompson thinks will win the three-point shootout and it might surprise you. that is next newscast at 6:00. for now, live from charlotte, larry beil, abc 7 sports. mindi. >> and i understand there is a lot of money on the line between stef and seth. the a's held the first full squad workout of the spring giving the manager his first opportunity to speak the entire team about expectations following last year's 97-win season. the a's are built around a core of young talented players.

the shortstop siemian is the longest player and is not a big talker but will set the tone this year. >> i do -- like i said, i've been here for five years now. so that is the most in the clubhouse. there is guys who are older than me but i feel like being here and knowing how things operate here will make me a leader. >> the trick now is to -- with going into a new ballpark to keep our younger core guys and he seems to be a leader amongst those guys so it is nice to have a guy that goes about the business in the fashion he does and he wants to play every day and is ready every day and takes great care of himself. so maybe not the most vocal guy in the world but certainly he goes out there and leads by an example. >> and as far as that bet between stef and seth, it is not a one-time payment. i'll tell you that. it is going to go on forever. >> pricey. brothers. when they get

new on abc 7 news at 6:00, a ride share driver asks sheriff's deputies to investigate a shoe box. wait until you hear what they found inside of the sneakers. venice is holding a celebration to kick off the carnival season. >> this is the opening water parade for the pre-lent festival and it pays homage to dreamers and travellers all over the

world. looks great. >> i want to go. >> that is it for abc 7 news at 5:00 and you all have to work so tonight, breaking news. the major twist into the alleged attack on actor jussie smollett. police now saying they urgently want to speak to the actor. that new information has shifted the trajectory of their probe. police letting two men go who were earlier called potential suspects. also breaking tonight, panic at the airport. the attempted breach at a security checkpoint. panicked travelers and their children taking cover in stairwells, heading for exits. fears the suspect was armed. what police are now saying. factory massacre. the gunman about to be fired bringing his smith and wesson to a work meeting, killing five colleagues. the police chief now saying he should have never had that gun. deadly winter pileup. car after car, truck after truck plow