it's thursday, february 28th. 4:59 a.m. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> mike nicco continues to look at the russian river and napa river. exactly. there is no rain up there. in the east, foothills and also in the santa cruz mountains and that's where it's been all night. there's been a few scattered showers elsewhere. nothing to aggravate this situation. we still have a flood warning for the russian river until at least saturday evening the way it goes right now. let me give you the latest i've put together. 45.11 inches. major flooding now. major flooding until noon today. and then we'll drop down to moderate flooding at 1:00. minor flooding at 7:00 and then no more flooding after midnight tonight. now, for the napa river, we're doing great. we crested yesterday evening at 26.45. we're going to keep falling all the way down to near flooding at 4:45 or we did last night. there's no flooding at all. there's still creeks and urban

areas flooding in sonoma county until about 7:45 and solano county until 11:15 this evening. we have rain for the weekend and a potential atmospheric river for next week. we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. first want to bring in alexis to talk about the morning commute. >> we've had a lot happening already today. we've got a couple serious issues to talk about. the first one, we had a triple fatality overnight in the berkeley curve. it was westbound 80 past the 580 split. seeing backup filled in here. that's our typical delay. we have been clear for 30 minutes now. that investigation is complete. they got that done before we went on the air at 4:30 this morning. i am start to go see a backup for a second major issue ts morning.0,roth other fatal th two are blocked thatinvestigation. emergency crews are there. so yeah, a couple of very serious issues on the roads already today. westbound 580, tracy to dublin

in the yellow. no delays for westbound 4, antioch to concord. >> alexis, thank you. in sonoma county, the russian river should start receding soon. the amount of damage done is hard to cover him. >> at least 2,000 homes and other buildings are flooded. thousands of people are unable to get to their towns. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in forestville for us this morning. amy? >> reporter: good morning, squl jessica. consider this one the farmhouse. they had to evacuate their guests and one guest as they tried to leave. got their rental car stuck in the driveway and had to leave it because it's too deep to tow. the inn is empty. they're losing business. this is eight miles outside of guerneville. that town is completely flooded. the view from sky 7 shows how the streets are just full of water there. an estimated 2,000 homes and buildings have flooded in the

area. there is no way in or out of guerneville except by boat. it is surrounded by water. for those who did not evacuate, officials say it's too late now. >> stay put. don't try to leave at this point. because the roads are pretty much closed. the river is still rising even as we speak. >> reporter: and those who did evacuate are not being allowed back in. in some places the water is 8 feet deep. the river has crested. it will now start receding. it isn't expected to settle back into its banks until late tonight and then officials can start talking about the cleanup and recovery. reporting live in forestville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. the nearby town of mont a rio is an island also. all roads leading in and out are under floodwaters. wayne freedman talked to residents whose only mode of

transportation is by boat. >> a rather shy person helping yet another neighbor. his name is -- why you? >> i don't know. giving back to the community. >> on a day when people watched the russian river do a slow rise. they weren't rage willing waters but persistent ones. the units don't move and people have stayed. >> we usually put stuff up above on the higher hopefully, we'll through this one. >> monte rio is downstream from guerneville and if not more flood-prone. >> we're sleeng in the house and the water came up in. it almost engulfed us. but we made it ou. they pulled us out the window, the fire guys. >> the rising high water almost anti-climact anti-climactic. >> about eight or nine feet maybe. >> now to jeremy as he took us forte tour in a canoe. he did stuff like this for people all day long.

beginning with the crossing of the river on foot to get equipment for friends. >> his last deed, helping a neighbor get to the store. then we think he called it a day. before doing so, though, jeremy went across that river once again in the dark. >> i have to. i got to get home. got my family over there. >> it will take time for these waters to recede. when they do, the problems in the region will not be over. in fact, they'll just be starting. next, the cleanup. in monte rio, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. one way to visualize how far the flooding has extended from the russian river is to take a look from above. look at this. sky 7 above mont erkts rio. our exclusive sky map 7 technology is near 5th and church streets. here's what the same area looked like before being flooded with the google earth image. you can see the russian river on the left of your screen before it overflowed and then you can

see how much that water has impacted the town. and now the entire town covered in water. you can see more of the view of the flooding on abc7news.com and on the app. customize the forecast to get information where you live and get breaking news as it happens. namly and friends will honor a danville businessman tonight. 76-year-old john moore was shot and killed on sunday. yesterday, sheriff deputies in illinois found the body of the man suspected in the murder. investigators tell abc 7 news mark sippen shot himself in the head when he saw deputies outside his parents' house. the victim's family received the news they've been waiting to hear. >> it was thank gods. >> i'm happy he's no longer walking the earth and stalking anybody else. >> john moore's family said they had a hostile past with sippen.

the family had a restraining order against him. a candlelight vigil for moore will be held at the crow canyon medical center at 6:00 tonight. it was a passionate crowd gathering to remember long-time san francisco public defender jeff adachi. while there are questions about his death, his friends, family and colleagues focus on his pursuit of justice last night. mario woods mother spoke to adachi's widow who watched with tears in her eyes. a civil trial is set in a case later this year. >> there's not going to be another one like your husband to speak for the voiceless. black, brown and poor communities. black, brown, men and women. >> adachi died friday evening after a medical emergency. a public memorial is set for monday. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we have flooding on some creeks. mark west, green valley, laguna

de santa rosa, santa rosa creek and clear lake. all of them are starting to recede and should be finished flooding by noon today. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. 51 in concord. the warm spot. also that in oakland and hayward warmer at 52. mountain view at 50. 39 at santa rosa. everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. here's a look from tam. it's definitely cleaner and drier this morning. there's a few sprinkles out there. they won't pass the morning commute. we'll say things are getting better whether you're out and about, exercising. there will be times when you need the sunglasses. the sun tries to breakthrough the clouds from time to time. that will help push us in the 50s. not quite as muggy nor as mild as yesterday. low 50s by 7:00. here's a look at the east bay where we have 50 at 8:00. 57 at 4:00. down to 52. so kien of a narrow range today because of the cloud cover.

keeps our temperatures up at night. also keeps them down during the day. start in the upper 40s at 8:00 in the peninsula and end there at 8:00 in the evening. in between, hit the low to mid-50s. our last stop will be the south bay where we start at 49 this morning. up to 57 by 2:00. down to 51 by 8:00. enjoy the dry weather today. we've got most of the day dry tomorrow. tomorrow evening, another round of rain rolls in. i'll show that you hour by hour coming up. >>. good morning mike. taking a look at the roads, couple of serious crashes we've been monitoring. the one still active in oakland. eastbound 580 near 98th avenue. the two right lanes are blocked. this is a fatality investigation. just one vehicle involved. went off the roadway and caught fire. so chp has been running traffic breaks from seminary. sounds like they needed more flares put up. i think it will improve once they're done with the breaks. it will cause delays later on in the morning. that is the counter community

direction. westbound 37 closed in novato between atherton and 101 due to flooding. no estimate on when it reopens much the eastbound side of the roadway reopened that water. really subsided there yesterday. >> the bay bridge toll plaza getting busy here. no word on metering lights. alexis, thank you. snowy, stormy conditions causing problems in the sierra. i-80 remains closed between colfax and the state line. cal trans sent out this video showing a better look at the conditions in a less-plowed area. i-80 has been closed more than a day because of the heavy snow. the frequent flyer program that was just ranked number one. also, a scooter ban at a local university. why campus police say they had to take action. is it love or something else? lady gaga addresses romance rumors following the oscars performance. a live look outside at

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here's a look at the potential atmospheric river event next tuesday, wednesday and thursday. not even close to what we just dealt with. but another inch and a half to 2 inches could cause issues with flooding. something we're going to keep an eye on. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast. it has rain, too. next. thank you, mike. new surveillance video shows an amazon cargo plane nosediving seconds before a deadly crash. kenneth moton has more in gma

first look. this morning, the dramatic dive. the last seconds of the wide body 767 that fell out of the sky near houston. this video captured by a school security camera, just a few of the final seconds of the the amazon flight. it slammed into trinity bay, demolished, small pieces of debris left. the ntsb has a longer clearer video from the county jail which the chairman of the investigative board has seen. >> it goes down and then you just see this mud rising up. so you know what's happened there. that's devastating. >> while the videos offer clues, more will be needed to determine why. the critical black boxes may be buried in the bay's mud which could mask their transmitting beacons. investigators will dredge the bay if necessary to get the search at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look, i'm kenneth moton, abc news, new york. san jose state is banning

electric scooters even a lot of students think they're a good way to get around. more than 140 lime and bird scooters were confiscated. they took action after receiving more than 100 scooter-related complaints, including from students crashing into each other. the university says students can use e-scotters to get to campus. then they have to be parked in a designated zone. bay area is a great place to be a foodie. more than two dozen local restaurants are nominated for this year's james beard strunt and chef awards. the semi finalists were announced yesterday. abc 7 spoke with some of the nominees who feel honored. >> this is a little organization called james beard. i guess nominated for us for otstanding baker. >> nice news to get this morning. i was a little crabby. my hair wasn't coming out how i wanted. then i got a text from a friend. that was nice, she got to deliver the good news. >> finalists will be announced next month and the winners will

be recognized at a gala in may. you can find which restaurants are close to you. we have an interactive map showing all the nominees at abc7news.com. lady gaga's opening up about her oscar win as well as her performance with bradley cooper. >> uh-huh. the singer showed off her oscar for best original song on jimmy kimmel live last night. pulling the trophy out of the bag. she also addressed rumors that she and bradley cooper were in love while performing the song shallow from their movie a star it is born. >> people saw love. guess what? that's what we wanted you to see. this is a love song, shallow. the movie is a love story. from a performance perspective, it was important to both of us that we were connected the entire time. >> uh-huh. >> uh-huh. extended version of a star is born back in theaters for one we starting tomorrow. i'm not saying, but i'm

saying. when you don't say some things, then it means just as much as the things that you do say. >> reading between the lines. >> that didn't clear up anything for me. >> i think she wanted it that way, too. >> very careful with her words. >> whole thing has been well-orchestrated, i think. >> we're talking about? >> yes we are. but now we're going to talk about weather. you guys stew on that and i'll talk about the weather here. san jose, 87. look how it's a little damp. it's not raining like it was this time yesterday. enjoy a better commute. clouds and sun today. more clouds than sun. cooler than yesterday. next chance of rain is friday night through sunday. your weekend plans, you might want to have a plan b indoors. heavier rain tuesday, wednesday and thursday. live doppler 7 shows quiet out there. there's a few areas of drizzle. a renegade light shower that lasts through the morning commute. then it's over. we'll mix the clouds and

sunshine and temperatures around 55 to 59 degrees. we're below average once again. here you can see the clouds are thinner. that's the gray or the lack thereof across the north bay at 7:00. it tries to push into all of the bay by noon and then more high clouds come in. we'll have diffused sunshine during the afternoon hours. you will need the sunglasses. towards the overnight hours, it becomes cloudy again except for across parts of the north bay where you'll be cooler tonight. ukiah, napa, the rest of the inland valleys, low to mid-40s and pretty much the same around the bay and towards the coast. >> during the day tomorrow, it's going to be dry. if you're one of those that stays out late fridays, we head towards midnight. the rain rolls in overnight through saturday. wet and breezy. lingering showers sunday. those are all 1s, light. mostly cloudy monday and then a 2, moderate and a 1, light for tuesday and wednesday. alexis.

>> major issues this morning. fatal crash an investigation under way on eastbound 580 and oakland. this is around 98th avenue. a sig-alert is in place. the two right lanes are blocked and still a backup approaching that scene as well. since it is counter commute direction, i was thinking it would thin out once they stopped with the traffic breaks. it's adding about ten minutes to your commute right now. you can use surface streets to get around it. walnut creek, southbound 680. looking at dry traffic cameras. certainly a nice change from the last couple of days. things are starting to fill in. our drive times, overall looking good this morning. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze. 16 minutes. 11 across the bay bridge and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo in the green at nine minutes. southwest will start flying to hawaii soon. the faa just gave the approval. southwest will begin with flights from oakland, san jose,

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caused the crash. number 4, another serious collision. a fatality investigation under way in oakland right now. eastbound 580 around 98th avenue. sig-alert in place. the two right lanes blocked. has it down to 25 miles an hour. >> number 5, president trump and north korean's kim jong-un completed a second summit in an apparent stalemate. they walked away over the insistence that they should shod president trump's former attorney michael cohen will be back on capitol hill for a third and final hearing. yesterday cohen testified that he's aware of another illegal act by the president. trump criticized cohen's testimony and accused him of quote, lying a lot. a lot of you dog owners understand this. new research shows that dogs have personalities that are gradually shaped for better or worse, by how their owners treat them. we'll have more details in that

study in the next half hour. >> uh-oh. >> a new survey reveals the impact student loan debt is having on millennials. according to bank rate.com, three quarters of millennials delayed a major milestone because of their student debt. about a third have postponed buying a home. a quarter have delayed saving for retirement and about 20% have delayed having kids. in all, 77% of millennials who have had student loan debt would have approached their college finances differently in hindsight. you can do more than just eat avocado toast. you can now wear it. >> succethe shadow 6,000 avocado toast is being sold online for $130 a pair. those are ugly. >> they're terrible. >> the shoes featured toasted leather, smashed be avocado

textured suede and red peppered flaked lining. i would not pay $130 for that. >> it's giving me teenage mutant ninja turtle vibes. we'll be back with a full 90 minutes of news including day six of the oakland teachers strike. here's a live look outside at 5:26. it's not raining and it wo

good morning to you. it is thursday, february 28th. thanks for joining us. >> okay. all of our eyes have been pointing to the north bay in the last couple of days. we're worried about the flooding. what's going to happen today, mike. >> it's going to continue to recede. good news. at least for most of them. the russian river. want to show you live doppler 7.

how it's not raining up there. it's not raining in many areas this morning. we have the flooding on the russian river. that could hang around at least this morning until 8:33 saturday. i've got a time frame that's faster from the river forecast center. we're at major flooding right now. 45.11. we'll stay in major flooding through noon and then above flood stage until midnight tonight. after that, we start to drop below flood stage. here's a look at the napa river. we crested last evening with moderate or should say yesterday morning but now we're down to 15.8. we've dropped nearly ten feet since we crested. we still have flooding on creeks and streams. you can see there in sonoma county. that's why we have the flood warning in effect until about 7:45 this morning. fingers crossed because everything is decreasing in height on our creeks and streams xtde like it had been.

here's a quick look at the east bay hills. i'll take a look at your 12-hour planner coming up next. alexis. >> filling in and getting busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. not surprised. the metering lights officially on. carpool lanes are open. efrp else sits through the backups. flipping over to the traffic maps, we have the sig-alerts, fatality investigation under way. eastbound 580 near 98. the backup holding steady there. just over a mile. the two right lanes are blocked. no estimate when lanes will reopen. it is -- one vehicle involved. a jeep off the roadway and caught fire and unfortunately, person did not survive. more coming up in ten minutes. breaking news. three women are dead after a crash on westbound i-80. it happened around 1:15 this morning near the west grand exit in emeryville. a ford escape road and hit the back of a big

rig. four people were in that ford escape. three of them died. the driver was taken to the hospital and he is in critical condition. police are investigating the cause of the crash. they do not think that weather was a factor. right now, we're looking at that flooding disaster in sonoma county. >> the russian river is expected to start receding soon. but right now thousands of people are out of their homes. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in forestville with a look at what it's like this morning. amy? >> reporter: hi, jessica. this business is flooded. its driveway is. this is a farmhouse. one of the guests here got their rental car stuck in the driveway. the farmhouse inn is not doing any business. this is eight miles outside of guerneville. that is the town most hard hit fom the russian river. look at the view from sky 7. the streets are underwater. you can't get in or out. cornell barnard spoke with one

resident by facetime who is trapped. >> it's scary. >> were you told to evacuate? >> well, they said everybody on the russian river. but this house we live in has never flooded before. we knew that the floods only last a couple of days at most before it recedes. so we just -- we didn't evacuate along with a lot of other people. >> >> reporter: the river has crested. it should now start receding. expected to return to its banks by late tonight. that's when residents really start assessing the damage and trying to recover from this flood the worst here in 25 years. live in forestville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. many schools in sonoma county are closed again today because of flooding and stornl-related issues. >> 13 school districts and charter schools canceled classes.

you see the list on your screen. any additional closures will be announce add at 6:00 this morning. you can find the closures on the ticker running at the bottom of your screen or going to abc7news.com. you can keep an eye on the forecast on the go. access features like live doppler 7. a downed power line in mountain view cut the power to thousands of people. pg&e crews are right now trying to fix the power line on el camino real near highway 85. as of 4:45 this morning, more than 7700 customers were without power. pg&e has not said when that power will be restored. new overnight, no deal between president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un. >> the two countries failed to reach an agreement on denuke larization. karen travers has the latest. >> the summit abruptly cut short. >> sometimes you have to walk. this was one of those times.

>> the white house says no agreement was reached between the two leaders but called the talks very good and constructive. last night, the president said he thought the summit with kim would be very successful. at a press conference thursday taking place two hours ahead of schedule, the president tried to put his spin on the summit. >> it was about the sanctions. >> will there be a third summit, mr. president? >> basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety. we couldn't do that. >> earlier in the day a remarkable scene. the reclusive with -- the reporters shouted questions at him as they did at the president. kim is asked if he's ready to dee nuke lar eyes. the north korean leader said if i'm not willing to do that, i wouldn't be here. >> president trump liked what he heard. >> that might be the best answer you've ever heard. >> the president continued to use praise as a negotiating tactic. >> i just want to say i have

great respect for chairman kim and i have great respect for this country. >> the north korean regime operates concentration camps with tens of thousands of political prisoners according to human rights group. kim is accused of starving his own people and ordering the assassination of his own half brother. the president jumped in to answer another question. >> we're discussing everything. >> even though he and kim jong-un did not reach an agreement, the north korean leader promised him he would not restart nuclear testing. the president says there's no plan in place for him and kim to meet again. karen travers, abc news, travel with the president in hanoi. back in d.c., president trump's former attorney will return to capitol hill for his third and final hearing this morning. yesterday the president's long-time former fixer fielded questions for nearly eight hours from all 42 members of the house oversight committee. michael cohen expressed regret for crimes he committed he said

at trump's direction. like lying to congress about the and paying hush money to stormy daniels. he produced this alleged reimbursement check signed by president trump. >> his $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. >> in hanoi, president trump reacted to cohen's testimony calling it a fake hearing. he criticized cohen's testimony as shameful and accused him of lying a lot. but the president says he was surprised cohen did not accuse his presidential campaign of colluding with the russians during the 2016 election. tourng y 6 ohe olad in solidarity with the striking teachers. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in san lorenzo. >> matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. teachers and students from san lorenzo and other districts are standing with oakland teachers. they're going to be holding a

sick-out today. pnntt rly in oa. organizers say this action is a response to a call for a mass movement of solidarity from the rank and file members of the oakland education association. teachers and students from berkeley, san francisco, albany and san lorenzo are planning. this comes after a marathon bargaining session on tuesday. >> we're hoping to come to an agreement. this has gone on certainly longer than most people hoped it would. a lot of families and students want to get back to class. >> i can say that we are still really excited for the cause. but some of us are feeling a little weary. but we're ready to go as long as it takes. >> reporter: the district's offer remains at 8.5% raise over four years. the teachers want 12% over three years. this is day six of the strike. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news.

the weather looks like with mike nicco. >> updating the russian river. it is falling. look at this. down to 44.61. it's not falling a lot. but at least it's not trending the way it was yesterday when it was rising nearly a foot an hour. it is cooler up in the bay. look at the 30s. clear lake. calistoga, rohnert park and sebastop sebastopol. until american canyon and vallejo, 47 and 48. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s in the bay shore and to the south bay. upper 40s in the east bay valleys. it's cooler this morning. up to 12 degrees cooler in some neighborhoods. here's a look at a dry 101 looking south from san rafael. the roads, there's a few damp spots sillowers. ssns lg cooler than yesterday. just a random shower this morning. for most part, dry and pretty calm. here's a look from sutro tower. it's not bouncing around like

the last couple of days. the lack of winds and drier air brought cooler weather with it. we're in the mid-to upper 40s by 7:00. 52 to 53. mostly cloudy at noon. 53 to 56 at 4:00. answered then right around at 7:00. the east bay valleys, drochg into the upper 40s at 8:00. a lot of cloud cover and sunshine. temperatures below average, 57 around 2:00 and 4:00. down to 51 at 8:00. up to the north bay. stuck in the 40s until 10:00. we return to the 40s at 6:00 this evening. in between 52 to 54. for san francisco, narrow range from 50 to about 54 degrees today under a mainly cloudy, kind of a gray day out there. at least the clouds start raini. first i want to bring in alexis for the commute. >> we've had a couple serious collisions here this morning. one is gone at this point. that was triple fatality westbound 80 in the berkeley

curve. that one is no longer blocking. but we have the situation in oakland. eastbound 580 near 98th avenue. fatality investigation under way. one vehicle involved here and the two right lanes are blocked. it is a sig-alert. down to 20, 25 miles per hour for about two miles at this point approaching that scene. that's pretty heavy even though that's the counter commute direction. state route 87. no issues here. just south of mineta san jose airport. a quick check of drive times -- excuse me, we'll do that in a minute. let's check mass transit. no delays. east bay transit, the only problem or service changes we have have to do with the oakland teachers strike. the same thing since last week. east 1 and 3 on time today. thank you, alexis. apple the division where 200 employees are out of a job. >> fedex tests what the company is trying out for a short distance si at the embarcader

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this is abc 7 mornings. let's take a look at doppler radar across the state. still a lot of cloud cover and valley rain and mountain snow. that's the way it's going to stay today. scattered showers, san diego and los angeles. upper 60s there. 65 in fresno. mid to upper 50s for chico,

sacramento, monterey. we still have the winter storm warning until noon today. another 6 inches possible above 4500 feet. here's a quick look at travel. tahoe reported about 618. tomorrow will be the best day. it still won't be that good. more heavy snow is coming in this weekend. here's a look at the tahoe forecast. moderate to light and then snow showers tomorrow. moderate to heavy and moderate to light snow sunday. we'll get a break monday with more moderate snow tuesday an wednesday. we're 150% of average and still growing. >> mike, thank you. new this morning, apple will lay off nearly 200 employees from the company's self-driving car division. >> apple confirms it sent a letter to the state employment development department about the layoffs. most are engineers working in santa clara and sunnyvale. the layoffs take effect mid-april. that coincides with falling iphone sales. revenue dropped 15% during the

last quarter of 2018. san francisco-based charlotte russe will lay off 160 employees at the headquarters in the mission district. according to mission local, the office on florida street will permanently close april 5th. charlotte russe filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. it's also closing dozens of stores across the country. first amazon and now fedex experimenting with robot delivery. they call it the same-day bot. oh, my. it's designed to make short distance deliveries with the help of a radar-like system. it's quite tall. fedex plans to test the memphis. i. >> it says hello. then you take the gift, it says thank you. >> uh-huh. >> very friendly. >> very. >> remember when it couldn't be unaccompanied. the robots. i'm assuming that rule is still in place if it comes here. >> doesn't that defeat the purpose entirely? >> it does.

>> i don't know about that robot. it goes really fast and tall as i am. >> could be a safety hazard. >> yeah. let's talk about how much better it is to be outside today than yesterday. a lack of rain in the forecast at least for 36 hours. here's a look from our exploratorium camera. the clouds will be more stubborn to get away. peeks of sunshine from time to time. it will be cooler today. temperatures in the 50s. next chance of rain arrives tomorrow and hangs around to sunday. there are hints of an atmospheric river, not nearly like what we lived through but a three-day rain event tuesday, wednesday and thursday. here's a look at what's going on through the south bay. maybe a little sprinkle in the valley. just to the south of -- you see 280 there towards 101. definitely up in the hills we've had a little bit of light shower to drizzle this morning. that's about it. here you go this afternoon. we've got 55 at san francisco

and half moon bay. 59 in san jose. morgan hill. 51 in lakeport. the cool spot. you can see the clouds. i put those on here, too. that's the main feature in the forecast. they're thinner in the north bay towards 7:00. thicker for the rest of us. they thin out towards the lunch-hour and another wave of clouds comes in and kind of takes over for the afternoon and evening hours. notice it's dry throughout the day once we get to about 9:00. temperatures not going to be -- lot of low to mid-40s until the north bay. mid to upper 30s. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. the mixture of sun and clouds today. no storm impact scale. but we return it to the forecast for friday, saturday and sunday. it's a 1 light with rain coming in around 11:00 tomorrow evening. then saturday and sunday of wet weather. we get a break monday and tuesday the beginning of the atmospheric -- light for

wednesday. the low 60s. even a few mid-60s next week. we'll take a look at that. next chance of rain coming up. >> no change with the situation in oakland. we have a fatality investigation under way for a solo vehicle crash. this is near the oakland zoo near 98th avenue. so the two right lanes are blocked. we do have a backup approaching that scene even though that is counter commute direction. we have not gotten any estimate, no updates from chp on when the investigation will wrap up. ramp to southbound 280 in san jose. new reports of a rollover crash. sounds like a vehicle flipped off the roadway and went down an embankment. we'll keep an eye on that. no lanes are blocked. emergency crews headed to the scene now. drive times, highway 4 to the maze in the green. 13 across the bay bridge and metering lights on as of 5:20 today. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, you're looking green at nine minutes. investigators released a

preliminary report about the gas line explosion in san francisco. it confirms some of what we knew. a third party contractor working on a telecommunications project damaged a pg&e natural gas line. you'll see the video. it shows you the gas main with a gaping hole. the report explains how pg&e turned off the gas. it doesn't assess if it did it fast enough. investigators say that will happen in the next steps of the investigation. >> new this morning, the milpitas library is back open after it was treated for bedbugs. the library closed unexpected friday when a visitor reported a bedbug bit them. an infection found evidence of activity but notn en fe infestation, the library has been treated. the warriors back in action tonight. they're looking to rebound tuing ssn am >> before the game, the warriors hosted four marjorie stoneman

douglas high school students, the site of the horrible massacre in florida. it was highlighted by steph curry trowing an alley oop to one of the kids. the day ended with a lasting memory from the heat's dwyane wade who is retiring at the end of the season. he makes the improbable three-pointer at the buzzer to beat the dubs. 126-125. that hurts. it set off quite a celebration by the 13-time all-star and his teammates. >> the warriors play the 76ers in philadelphia saturday and a possible nba finals preview. tipoff at 5:30 only on abc 7. >> tough loss last night. new at 6:00, an alert for parents this morning. the old challenge thas mat's mag a comeback among kids. how your pet can change based on how you treat them. >> are you listening to that, reggie? >> it's too late for my dog. >> a live look outside

such a wide range of temperatures. i'm surprised we had enough colors to display them. a quarter of an inch in san jose to nearly 22 inches in venado. even with that rain, we're not where we should be for the rain year. we're close in oakland and moffitt field. 98, 96%. santa rosa, san francisco, livermore, they're all above average. here we are friday at 7:00. the clouds mixing with the stars. notice the storm coming up from

the south. yellows. that means moderate rain there. it's going to hit the south bay and spread north during the overnight hours and continue for the morning hours saturda and then transition over to just some scattered showers as we head into sunday afternoon and i should say saturday afternoon and saturday evening. can still see green out there. random showers. we'll see how much rain we get there. since you were left out in the south bay, you're going to get a little bit more this time. as we head towards saturday morning at 9:00. a half inch to three quarters of an inch to the north bay. it's nice to see the lower amounts for you as we get towards a half inch there. may get a little bit of flooding, shouldn't aggravate the river situation at all. some areas left out of the atmospheric river may get more rain like hayward, fremont and san jose. >> we've been talking about this. the entire morning, since 4:45 when we had a crash involving one vehicle eastbound 580 near 98th avenue.

chp did confirm it was a fatality. an investigation is under way. a sig-alert is still in effect. that's blocking the two right lanes. no estimate on when the lanes are back open. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on. finally have nice dry pavement. so that you will cruise through it without any issues. cash and fastrak, the typical wait. >> the group considered by some as the most influential latin american rock band is coming to the bay area. ♪ >> first, mana performed on jimmy kimmel last night on abc 7. tickets or mana's first u.s. tour in three years go on sale tomorrow. the band will perform in an jose on september 27th. if you haven't heard of them, where have you been? mana won four grammy awards and

sold more than 40 million records worldwide since they formed decades ago. you will find all the ticket information on our website, abc7news.com. don't go to our website before i get my tickets. just kidding. we've seen dogs that look like their owners. even dogs who dress like their owners. >> now, a new study confirms that your dog may act like their owners, too. researchers at michigan state university found a dog's personality mimic their humans. extroverted people raise active and excitable dogs. >> it is the cutest thing ever. >> "good morning america" spoke to a dog trainer who sis a dog's personality is shaped by their environment. >> a shy dog living in a house with a bunch of acttgoplend gue? i guarantee that dog won't be as shy anymore. >> bottom line x researchers say

dogs have own personalities. like people, their personalities can change over time. >> aren't you always saying that woodstock is miss behaving. >> and kind of a narcissist and cares about food and ball and that's it. i don't know where he gets it. >> well -- >> no idea. >> next at 6:00, the bay area restaurants nominated for the james beard restaurant and chef awards. >> flooding in

will. testify station in the north bay. entire towns underwater as a russian river overflows its banks. >> the danger is not over yet. good morning on this thursday. february 28th. >> there are at least a dozen closures this morning. we have them scrolling on the bottom of your screen and at

abc7news.com. >> officials are to announce if there are more closures today. we'll let you know as soon as we get an announcement. >> good news. look at live doppler 7. few isolated areas. maybe a ran donnal shower. up across the north bay, quiet. we have the flood warnings. it goes until saturday at 8:33. let me show you the good news. we're down to 44.61. we're still major flooding right now. we'll get down to major flooding by noon today. if pitts anything like the nop -- if it's anything like the napa river, we'd like to see that. 14.8 at yesterday morning at 8:45. we have other flooding out there. some of the creeks and sonoma county. the good news, those are starting to retreat also. the flood