>> announcer: good morning north bay. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc 7 mornings. hello to you. it is monday, february 18th at 5:00. >> thanks for joining us. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the day ahead. good morning. i think a lot of people like to see this. a completely dry live doppler 7.

however, all that moisture in the ground seeped out in the form of fog in the san ramon valley. temperatures below freezing, black ice could be an issue there. a lot of frost. temperatures get farther away from the bay droppingear freezing if not in the upper 20s. 36 in the bay to 40 at the coast. if we hear of black ice, alexis and i will let you know here or through social media. sunshine by noon. dress for temperatures around 50 to 52. it will be cooler than average under mostly sunny sky. by 7:00, mid to upper ho40s. let's get it over to alexis and check on the traffic for this holiday. >> we have a few issues to talk about, mike. i'm double-checking with our partners at waze. so far, no reports of black ice. potential for that here this morning. good news. southbound 101 before cesar chavez, we had the mystery collision where a motorcycle is down in the roadway. they didn't know where the rider

was. we didn't get any updated information on that. all lanes are open. we have a multicar collision westbound 80 near appian way. last we heard from chp, we're diverting traffic around there. we're just getting an update from chp. ish uk a sig-alert for westbound 80. all lanes are blocked. more on this coming up next. alexis, thank you. on this presidents' day, oakland gets ready to welcome our last commander in chief. >> it's a part of my brothers keeper event. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in oakland. matt? >> reporter: yes, jessica. very big dmagames will be here. former president obama will take center stage. >> i grew up lost sometimes in a drift. not having a sense of a clear path. >> reporter: this is the first national gathering of the obama

foundation's my brother's keeper alliance that supports boys and young men of color. president obama launched this llowing the shooting death of trayvon martin in florida. it inspires them to -- warriors star steph curry and singer john legend will join mr. obama on tuesday for a town hall. michael coogler and ryan jordan will be featured speak eshs. it's invite only and taking place at the oakland scottish rites center. it's on abc7news.com. reporting live in oakland, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. take a look at this new video showing the remote location in the north bay where a hot air balloon was forced to land. this was taken from a california highway patrol helicopter. there was no danger or emergency. but the weather caused the balloon to land on skaggs island. the tourists have quite the story to bring home. >> jobina fortson has details

from vallejo. >> what you're seeing is a hot air balloon being pulled from the marshlands after something went wrong and then right. >> at no time was there -- you didn't feel you were in danger. he made the best decisions with what he had to work with today. >> a pilot from sonoma ballooning adventures had to do quick thinking. they started in sonoma. at some point the winds got strong. what happened was not a crash or crash landing by ballooning standards. what happened is called a rip-out or dry landing. >> in this case, this is an unfortunate not greatly accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot to put the balloon down. better than in the bay or a lot of houses. >> to put things in perspective, that is skaggs island.

a chopper brought them to -- it's about seven miles away. >> i was confused what was going on. i didn't know there was a balloon involved. it came from over there, came over here. >> no one was hurt during the ordeal. sonoma ballooning adventures says their pilot did everything by the book. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. in san francisco, two businesses affected by the gas line explosion on february 6th are getting help from the city. the sf gate reports hong kong lounge 2 and huckleberry youth programs can access up to $10,000 each through the small business disaster relief fund. they were in the building that suffered fire damage at geary and parker. 21 people worked there. about half have new jobs. the city's office of workforce development is helping the remaining employees find new work. they were shifted to the nonprofits other locations. audience members who rush out of performance of hamilton at the orpheum theater will be

invited back. here's a look at the scene. the orpheum released a statement saying that the audience at friday's performance will be invited to return to see the musical. they missed the end of the show after a woman suffered a heart attack and at the same time somebody reportedly yelled gun. many people ran from the theater in a panic. police say there was no gun. officials are warning drivers to stay off the roads in the sierra right now. several feet of snow. white-out conditions and blizzard-like conditions are making it difficult along highway 50 and interstate 80. the cal trans cameras give us a good look. chains are required along all sierra passes. >> circus-circus, we're headed to take my kids there. i think i should have flew. >> 80 and 50 are open. but drivers are required to have chain controls. abc 7 news reporter and avid skier laura anthony made the trek to tahoe this weekend. >> she left on friday. unfortunately, it took her 17

hours to get there. she tweeted video from crystal bay saying the snow is causing more problems than just on the roads. >> this is laura antho news. i'm now at crystal bay, nevada. right by the state line between california and nevada. and i can tell you we haven't seen this much snow at this location probably since 2011. this is going to be something everybody up here is going to have to watch out for. we're getting this removed pretty soon. the snow accumulations on roofs of the buildings here become kind of precarious. we're going to get that taken care of here pretty soon. the snow continues to fall. >> meanwhile, southern california is showing the impacts too. the 5 over the grapevine is closed because of heavy snow and several crashes. this is video of ft. day hone.

chp tweeted before 6:00 last night. they tried to keep the freeway open but too many spinouts led them to shutting it completely. >> 17 hours to get to tahoe that. pains me to hear. >> yeah. i don't know how i could do that. i don't have the temperament or the patience. >> no. >> no matter how much i love skiing. no matter how much i love anything to sit in a car for 17 hours for it? i'd go bananas. go crazy. let's talk about what happened up there. once she got there, sounded like she had a great time. why not? anywhere from 6 feet at sierra tahoe to nine feet at homewood . that's i s week it there now, you got a lot of pow pow up there. 31 at menlo park. at pacifica a

40. 36 at -- 30 at san ramon and livermore. watch out for black ice and fog forming in those areas. 33 in santa rosa. here's a look from sutro tower this holiday. just dress for a winter chill. no, you don't have to worry about wet weather. if you're thinking about exercising, it will be dry all day. sunny and cool and not breezy on the bay. we'll get up into the mid-50s during the afternoon hours. but drop down to 48 degrees at 8:00. here's a look at the north bay. 33 still at 8:00. there's still going to be frost around. 44 at 10:00 and mid-50s from noon to 4:00. 52 at 8:00. the last look, you can see the east bay, everybody dropping from 41. i should say climbing to about 53 back to 48 at 8:00. a whole lot of dryness out the roads this morning? >> i'm surprised. we've had pretty significant issues even though it's a holiday. a lot of you are off da

the volumes are light. that hasn't stopped collisions from happening unfortunately. we have a sig-alert in the east bay. westbound 80 before appian way. multicar crash sounds like someone speeding is going 90 miles an hour. they spun out and caused this collision. as many as eight vehicles at least stopped in the area. i think three were involved initially. all lanes are currently closed. you're being diverted off on to appian way. according to the partners at waze, this is causing about a 30-minute delay. pinole valley road. that's the detour you want to take. that's going to save you about 25 minute. quick check outside. here's an example of the lighter than average volumes. most places, san mateo bridge new york city delays westbound 92. thanks, alexis. sausalito is planning to hold a meeting to declare a local emergency after a mudslide caused all this damage on thursday. one woman had to be rescued from the debris and nearby homes have been red tagged. the emergency declaration will allow the city to receive state fund for the cleanup effort. heads up for drivers who use

the richmond-san rafael bridge. repair work on the upper deck is supposed to begin at 9:00 p.m. tonight. crews are doing a permanent fix after -- it forced official toss shut down the bridge for several hours. cal trans installed the metal plate as a temporary fix. drivers should be prepared for lane closures during the overnight hours and work is expected to wrap up by tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. mentes day deals. the sales you'll find today. unique trend. an expo in san francisco. is colin kaepernick h

yeah. the sun comes back and the rain moves on. but it drags some cold air down with it when it came from alaska. temperatures anywhere from 3 to 7 degrees below average from the mid to upper 50s today. mike, thank you. pope francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse is under way at the vatican. the pope has summoned bishops to rome to help them chart a way forward after abuse by priests. the scandals eroded catholics' trust in the vatican and church leaders like bishops. organizers will meet with a dozen survivors later this week. they traveled to italy to protest the response to abuse

and -- in gma first look, multiple administrators connected to greek life at louisiana state university are on leave this morning. >> it comes after fraternity members were arrested on hazing-related charges. here's steve osunsami with more. >> in gma first look, louisiana state university is coming down hard on hazing, placing at least three administrators on leave while the school investigates claims that they ignored reports of violent hazing from an alleged incident that put these nine fraternity brothers in handcuffs. according to police reports, pedges of lsu's closed delta kappa epsilon fraternity say that last fall they were told to lie down on broken glass, were forced to sit in an ice machine for more than half an hour and, among other things, punched and kicked in the chest and stomach request steel-toed boots. this isn't the school's first hazing incident by any means. lsu freshman max groover died in 2017 trying to pledge at a

fraternity. this has stew dense and parents asking if administrators should have stepped in sooner. more on the school reaction. i'm steve osunsami. if you ever wanted to feel high on love, enterprising business people don't want you to do it alone. abc 7 news was at the westfield shopping center in san francisco for the first-ever cannabis wedding expo. made possible with the legalization of marijuana in california, more couples are incorporating pot into their weddings. the ceo of the expo says there's something for everyone. >> anyone who is looking to incorporate cannabis, whether it be internally where the bride can throw a joint before she walks down the aisle and you have bud bars and infused treats and cannabis bouquets. >> he says the biggest hurdle to overcome for most couples is letting their families and guests know about the marijuana-themed menu.

i guess it depends on your family and your guests. >> presidents' day is usually a time to honor our nation's leaders but also a consumer holiday. >> there's massive sales across the board, including the alexa enabled devices. car dealers are enticing buyers with presidents' day sales. you can find steep discounts with other retailers like best buy, lowe's, j.c. penney and mattress companies. it's usually the first sale opportunity for the new year. the oscars are coming up on sunday. we're getting a peek at what the dolby theater will look like for the big event. the designer posted image of the stage design on instagram. >> wow. >> the world is filled with too many straight lines and rigid pinking. so he went really round. it represents inclusion and community. he says there will be 40,000 real roses on stage. he calls this piece, the crystal cloud. abc 7 news anchor dion lim will be there to see it.

this week, she's going to cover the preparations leading up to the show. you'll be able to vote on which dress she wears on the red carpet. uh-huh. i'm going to go with number 2. >> okay. >> dion will be reporting from los angeles on friday. you can only watch the oscars here on abc 7. the awards will be sunday at 5:00. that stage looked beautiful. it looked like a wave with the sun behind it. >> yeah. >> switch it up a little bit. >> that's how the sk looked yesterday as it was setting. we had the gold and the deep blue from the cloud and the sdmoe and the hail falling. i like it. i like that a lot. plus all the fine actors and all the awards. weatherwise, let's see if this is an award winning forecast for you. here's a look at walnut creek. it's 30 degrees where we had some of that hail and snow yesterday. as the sun was setting. today all of us will be bright and mainly blue.

if you're dealing with frost this morning, the thingest in years. you have to deal with it. one chance of rain through the senn-day forecast. this is a differnt chance. this isn't for us. look at this, even in the central valley. the temperatures are cold enough, they may be getting a mixture of sleet. not sleet. but snow and rain right on 99 as you head towards delano. you can see heading towards lost hills, a little bit of wet weather and mixture of snow there. same thing in the grapevine right now. for us, completely clear. we'll have a few clouds because there's so much moisture in the air. a bright day with temperatures around 53 to 57 degrees. tonight another frigid night on the way. even 20s up in the north bay. to getting close in the san ramon valley towards livermore and morgan hill. redwood city, the coolest spot around the bay tonight as it always is. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. mid-50s tuesday. a chance of rain for wednesday.

it's a very light chance. almost so light we didn't have the storm impact scale on it. temperatures mid 50s and below average through oscar sunday. alexis. good morning, mike. i have an update for the biggest issue of the morning. the sig-alert in the pinole area. westbound 80 we had all lanes closed. full closure there before appian way due to a multicar collision. started off with a vehicle speeding at 90 miles an hour. lost control and caused that crash. eight vehicles total involved and they had to divert everyone off to appian way. we got word that one lane opened up. still have three lanes closed. san pablo avenue, definitely the way to go. we've got a 23-minute delay. it's going to cut most of that off of your commute if you take that surface street instead. definitely recommend that. a quick check of drive times. we're holiday light. check this out. westbound 580. tracy to dublin. no one going to work today. 24 minutes. that's great.

enjoy that. antioch to concord in the green at 14. san rafael to san francisco, looking kbragreat at 17 minutes colin kaepernick and eric reid reached a financial settlement with the nfl in their collusion case against the league. now kaepernick's attorney is making predictions about which team his client will end up on. the agreement came just days before kaepernick's case was set before an arbitrator. after he began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016. the amount they got from the nfl is confidential. reid is currently under contract with the panthers. kap is still without a team. now that the case is settled, his attorney felt strongly about one team in particular. >> i think you're going to see that somebody will step up and do the right thing. i will tell you besides the panthers it would not surprise me if bob kraft makes a move. >> bob kraft is the ceo of super

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5:25, it you're just joining us and headed out the door door, the number one is breaking news in napa county. a driver is dead after a depply involved shooting on henry road. no word won what led to the shooting. it may be dry but that's because any moisture there is freezing on a lot of things. there's thick frost out there. temperatures are running. look at this, 33 in santa rosa. 27 in danville. 32 right now in palo alto. get ready to scrape some siice your car is outside. a sig-alert in the pinole area. it's improving. down to the slow lane block now. westbound 80 before appian way.

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hi. good morning. it is monday, february 18th. >> yes. welcome. if you have to work today we get it. if you don't, hope you're enjoying your bed. >> happy presidents' day. let's talk about the cold conditions that make you want to stay in bed, absolutely. here's a look at live doppler 7. completely dry. as it will be today and tomorrow. here's a look from tam. here's a little bit of a breeze out there. so temperatures feel a little bit cooler than already freezing

cold and inland neighborhoods. 32. 36 around the bay. 40 at the coast. chilled sunshine during the afternoon hours. a deep blue sky and clean air will envelope us with temperatures running in the low to mid-50s. by 7:00, look at that. mid-to upper 40s. it will cool quickly during the evening hours. how about that commute on a holiday? here's alexis. >> overall, reallylight. couple. one is long dpon. the other in the clearing stages. we still have a sig-alert before appian way in pinole. eight vehicles involved in a crash. we did have all lanes blocked. down to the far right lane. the slow lane blocked. that is start to go recover and unwind. our worst point at about 25-minute delay down to eight minutes right now. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. we may make it without having to turn these on. nice and light here at 5:30. north y.averenewse a man was shot and killed by a

napa deputy. >> officials say it started with a traffic stop around 11:00 last night. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield with the latest. >> amy. >> reporter: jessica, this is a very rural area. there's a chp officer blocking henry road. no one is getting through here. the scene is further down that road. we're presuming. that's where they are doing their investigation. this happened last night really right before 11:00 last night. the deputy contacted a vehicle. that's what the spokesman said. that's how they described what happened. just said that they contacted the vehicle and then the deputy says shots were fired. they did say that the man in the car was killed and that he had a gun. he had not identified the deputy and they haven't released any more information about why the shots were possibly fired. why they originally contacted that driver. we're still waiting for those

details. they tell us that no one else was involved. no one else in the car. no one else out here to witness what happened. sheriff's department says no one will be making any comments this morning. possibly all day. these details were all they're going to be releasing at this time. reporting live in napa county. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy x thanks for the update. a santa rosa family is furious after a driver hit their 7-year-old girl and then took off. >> that young girl is going to be okay. a warning that the surveillance video you're about to see may be disturbing. the hit and run happened saturday evening on louis krohn drive. two children were seen running across the street and then you see a black sedan comes into view and hits hazel ann launching her about ten feet into the air. she lands on the street. she screams and is able to get up and runaway to her friend and brother. >> she's okay. thank god. that's what i'm most grateful

for. it could have been so much worse. but it's still wrong. if you would have stayed there, we could have worked this out. >> obviously, emotionally traumatizing, though. hazelann was checked out at the hospital. she has bumps and bruises on her legs and head. police say there is a 2500 reward for information leading to the driver's arrest. a bombshell administration from ousted acting fbi director andrew mccabe is sparking an investigation. mccabe claims justice department officials discussed plans to remove president trump from office using the 25th amendment. here's reporter mona kosar abdi. >> andrew mccabe says it's around whether president trump is fit to serve or should be removed from office. this morning, calls for a congressional investigation after former acting fbi directo there were high-level discussions to remove president trump from office. >> discussion of the 25th amendment was simply rod raised

the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. >> in a 60 minutes interview, mccabe says deputy attorney general rod rosenstein raised the issue in may of 2017 after the firing of then fbi director skbrams co james comey. >> the deputy attorney general was definitely very concerned about the president, about his capacity and about his intent. >> rosenstein denies the discussions took place but senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham says his panel will investigate to determine who is telling the truth. president trump firing back on twitter saying mccabe, quote, is a disgrace to the fbi and our country. mccabe has since down played his words. he never had extended discussions but rather, participated in a conversation that included a comment from rosenstein about the 25th

amendment. mona kosar abdi, abc news washington. a senior adviser is hinting that he might be willing to use his veto power if congress votes to disapprove of his national emergency declaration. steven miller says the president is going to protect his declaration guaranteed. democrats are planning to introduce a resolution disapproving of the decision. it's likely to pass congress with several republican senators saying they're going to vote against the president. in the east bay, all eyes on oakland unified. teachers now say they will strike beginning this thursday. teachers are demanding smaller class sizes and a 12% pay increase over the next three years. the district says it can only afford a 5% raise over three years. if there is a strike, oakland unified says it will hold classes with substitute teachers and school oakland unified schools are expected to stay open during a possible strike, the city of oakland says it will

open recreation centers to help out parents. 15 rec centers will be open from 8:00 to 3:00 monday through friday. the teachers union will provide volunteers at the centers and meals will be provided for students. another option for parents are public libraries, they'll be open during regular business hours. the city is asking that children 7 and younger be with a parent or care-giver. ac transit may reduce its service to schools detour routes and temporarily close bus stops during the strike. sausalito planning to hold a meet to go declare a local emergency. it comes after a mudslide caused all this damage thursday. one woman had to be rescued from the debris and four nearby homes have been red tagged. the emergency declaration will allow the city to receive state funds for the cleanup effort. severe storm damage prompted marin county officials to proclaim a local state of emergency. abc 7 news was in san anselmo where crews spent sunday clearing damage from a

landslide. this was the section of francis avenue scenic avenue and summit road. flooded lanes near novato could reopen by wednesday. this according to the marin ij. engineers spent the weekend analyzing embankments and levees. a levee breached near the highway on friday. county engineers say the floodwater needs to recede before the full extent of the damage and any potential fix can be determined. drivers being rerouted on to 101. new this morning, walmart shoppers hoping to get groceries in the north bay will have to find another store. videos shows empty shelves inside the wall nart on lincoln avenue in napa much signs posted in the store say the delivery trucks have been delayed due to the bad weather. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> big story outside. how cold it is and the thick frost that is waiting for you in some of the neighborhoods. 14 degrees cooler in places like brentwood, 12 in concord and livermore much. up in the north bay, ukiah,

sebastopol, calistoga, 32 degrees or cooler. heading over to the city and napa, mild43. tiburon, a little cool for you. 4. 39 el sobrante. freezing cold in redwood city. 32. cupertino 34. lafayette and san ramon, 31. there is some fog in the san ramon valley with temperatures below freezing. black ice definitely possible. san mateo bridge quiet this morning. frosty inland and that possibility of black ice. watch out for that. mass transit, it's cold this morning. cool this oofafternoon and brig and dry on the bay. this morning by 8:00, see the frost thaw. 47 at 10:00. mid-50s from noon to 4:00. back down to 46 at 8:00 under the stars. whole lot of sunshine in the south bay. 45 at 10:00. 51 to 54 from noon to 4:00. 45 at 8:00.

our last stop. low to mid-50s this afternoon. back in the 40s by 8:00 with a lot of stars. you haven't seen black ice last time i told you. we haven't had any reports. it's possible with the freezing temperatures out there. had a lot of ice on my windshield this morning. that took a while to melt off. i still don't have my scrapers. i have to blast my heat until i can use my wipers. it's okay. still made it in on time. we've had one significant trouble spot here. this is in pinole. want to take you to an update on the situation before appian way. we have a sig-alert down to one lane blocked due to a crash. however, just hearing from chp, we now have new problems. westbound 80 same place. right around pinole valley road, it started off as a disabled vehicle. couple vehicles crashed into it. a vehicle collision. that was in the same place as the first problem. the backup was recovering. it looked like it was about to clear out when we got the

secondary issue in there. an alternate recommended if you can use san pablo avenue. that gets you around this almost fully. you shouldn't have any issues with that backup. everyone else looking nice and light today. a quick reminder. we've got a lot of mass transit agencies on different schedules today due to the presidents' day holiday. ace, sunday schedule. only 3 and 5 will run. muni on a saturday schedule. thank you, alexis. chicago police are trying to do a follow-up interview with empire star jussie smollett after a twist in the investigation in his reported attack. abc news has learned that two brothers arrested and released in the attack say smollett paid them to stage it. at least one of the men appeared at an extra on smollett's show "empire." police have not verified this information. smollett's attorney released a statement saying he, meaning smollett, has been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrator that jussie played a role in his

own attack. nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying. los angeles-based project doesn't buy it. they're calling for the actor's arrest. >> so for smollett to say that he was a victim of racism and hate crime and we believe it is a lie certainly is an injustice to the true victims of racism and hate crimes. >> who the [ bleep ] makes something like this up or adds something to it or whatever it may be. >> the actor claimed two men beat him, yelled racial slurs at him and tied a noose around his neck. smollett is from santa rosa. a blast from the blapast. what happened when a man tried to turn on his apple computer from the '80

we talked about it. it was going to be a magnificent week for snow in the sierra. let's see where we ended up after seven days. anything more than six feet at sierra tahoe to nine feet at homewood and squaw

days. no wonnder it took laura anthon 17 hours to get to tahoe. that's too much. you can see spotty snow showers in the sierra and the grapevine and even in the mountains around san diego today. temperature will reach freezing tomorrow in tahoe. we're below freezing once again. 10 degrees below average. a chance of light snow wednesday. mike, thank you. former president barack obama and singer john legend will joined steph curry in oakland this weekend. >> it's an all-star lineup. this is the first national gathering of the obama foundation's my brother's keeper alliance. it supports boys and young men of color. the mbk rising event begins at oakland scottish rite center today. it's not open to the public. but we'll bring you updates here and on abc7news.com. now to a story only on abc 7. an adopted woman meets her

biological aunt in livermore for the first time. >> it's a meeting 17 years in the making. >> i never thought i would see this. >> no. >> patricia pope ran to greet her niece jackie bridges cameron at sfo on friday. jackie had been searching for her biological family for nearly two decades. she found patricia through a dna test after countless e-mails and phone calls, they met face to face. >> my only blood relative before this was my son and i had to make him. you know, it's -- okay. i don't want to start crying. >> jackie and patricia plan to spend the rest of their lives making memories tgt. >> very nice. apparently everything old is new again. >> urban outfitters selling vhs tapes for 40 bucks. the store is offering a five-pack of random movies on its website. there are different bundles you can buy, like '80s romance, '90s

comedy and 2000 rom com.co one person writes wow, i just moved and these are perfect for my new rad pad. another person said the vhs set looks good next to his crossly turntable and polaroid camera. >> i really like the jetsons movie. when i did my internship in new york city, our tv had a vhs player and had only one movie. my friend and i bought justin's movie. that was the only movie we could watch. the only thing we could see on our tv. >> i'm surprised you like it. >> that's why you like it. a nostalgia thing for you too. now it's making more sense. it couldn't have been just elroy. >> elroy is cute. >> he is cute. >> very nice. we've got a couple in our house. sad to say. >> i meant players. >> i have a regular vhs player,

an -- i don't know why we still have them. i need to clean out. >> we got rid of the players. we have the actual movies, too. >> if you need to borrow one, let me know. i'll bring one into work. all the big, bulky parts. what's going on at 5:48 this morning. time to update the electronic. i wanted to show you the frost in my house. not only was it thicker than any frost that you had to deal w but look at how beautiful it was. that's on the trunk of my car this morning. the feathery nature of that frost. the pictures are more astounding than that. that was absolutely gorgeous. i had to take some time. i was a little late to work so i could take that picture. this isn't san jose. this is the san mateo bridge which is dry right now. mostly sunny today with a dry pattern holding through tomorrow. that means we'll be clear and cold with frost forming in the same areas tonight. a chance of light showers wednesday. our storm is sliding southeast ward away from us.

dragging in cooler and cleaner air. that's why temperatures are below average. 53 at half moon bay. santa rosa, napa. antioch, fremont. san jose and palo alto. tonight, you can see 20s around santa rosa. ukiah, lakeport. 20s in the san ramon valley with the fog. that's why i'm worried about black ice there. 32 to 42 is the spread around the bay. >> here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. what you're seeing are temperatures below average even through oscar sunday. we'll be in the mid-50s. frost tomorrow and that cold air that comes in wednesday squeezes out a few showers. bringing us frosty mornings thursday and fr alexis? >> mike. one main trouble spot in pinole. we can't seem to get away from this location. first problem was before appian way in the clearing stages. at one point, we had all lanes

blocked down to just one lane blocked now. behind that, you're seeing red. westbound 80 before pinole valley road. we had a disabled vehicle from the first problem. two vehicles hit that truck. now a three-car crash they're working on clearing. that's blocking one lane. hopefully they clear it soon. that's our biggest trouble spot today. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. 5:50 and no metering lights. this could be one of the days we don't have to turn those on. this is all thanks to the presidents' day holiday. thank you, alexis. facebook executives are being called digital gangsters by a new report by british lawmakers. they say facebook broke privacy and competition laws. they say it should be regulated. they were looking into fake news. facebook tried to block the investigation and they accused the company of not stopping russia's attempt at

manipulating. >> samsung is done with blu-ray. it will no longer make blu-ray players to sell in the u.s. blu-ray sales account for 5% of disk sales in the u.s. a majority of people who use disks buy dvds. more people are also turning to streaming services like netflix and hulu. a man got a blast from the digital past. >> all about old technology today. that's the theme of the show. he found his old apple 2e compute ner his parents' attic. to his surprise, it still works. the computer asks if you want to restore a saved game. this is very touching. he found a letter from his late father on a floppy disk. the apple 2e was first released by apple in 1983. >> that floppy disk said lemings on it. you never played that. oregon trail. >> that was our little treat. >> at school. >> at school. >> and everyone would die from dysentery. >> we had a lot of -- ox.

we sure did. memories. new at 6:00, a health alert for men. the reason you m want to do pushups this morning. first, the nba all-star game. we'll hear from two-time mvp kevin durant. first,

let's take a look at what's going on. 9:00 wednesday morning. see a few light showers across the sonoma county coast, even snow up in lake and mendocino counties. there's another cold core system comes down.

the best chance of shoers remains in the north bay. one or two very random. you can see over the east bay hills and the diablo range into the evening hours wednesday and then that will switch back over the ocean as you head into the overnight hours thursday. so very, very weak storm. very light rain potential. less than a tenth of an inch. it reinforces the cold air over top of us as we head into the weekend. alexis? >> taking a look at the roads. i've got good news and bad news for pinole drivers on westbound 80. good news versus. westbound 80 for appian way, the first sig-alert. an eight-vehicle collision has cleared. a new sig-alert behind that one. westbound 80 near pinole valley road, a disabled vehicle in the back of that. two vehicles hit that. the two left lanes are locked. two right lanes open. a back yun about halfway to highway 4. a football player diagnosed

with cancer is getting an outpouring of support. the 19-year-old defensive lineman broke his leg during practice in november. that's when doctors told him it wasn't just his leg he had to worry about but also lungs. since then, he's had one round of chemotherapy and one surgery. he wants to get back to school and back to playing football. he hopes to one day play in the nfl. the nba all-star game was steph curry's homecoming but kevin durant is the one who shined. >> durant walked away with the all-star mvp for the second time. durant led team lebron to victory over team giannis. both teams combined for 168 three-point attempts. there were spectacular dumps and drives. curry and durant talked with abc 7 sports director larry beil after the game. >> it was a blessing to be representing the warriors and actually go out there and accomplish the goal of getting mvp and bringing it back to the bay area. i'm excited about that.

>> an opportunity to play against each other. you have fun with it and compete. obviously k.d. winning mvp was great and he gets to bring that home. we had good moments out there. >> the warriors are back in action thursday night against the sacramento kings. new at 6:00, golden girls fans get ready. the special event about to set sail in honor of the hit '80s sitcom. new video of a hot air balloon landing in the north bay. why officials say this wasn't an emergency. plus, the event bringing stars like former president barack obama and john legend to the bay area this week. getting the day started

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