in oakland and is following this developing story. cornell? >> reporter: eric and dion, now it's a waiting game. ballots were delivered for counting and it looks like this vote could be a close one. teachers told us they plan to vote no. >> we are powerful. join us and vote yes. >> the teacher's union posted that message on facebook as teachers lined up to vote on an agreement to put them back in the classroom on monday morning. >> i will vote yes. i think it's really important this ta gets us in the right direction. ousd has been mismanaging its funds for decades. >> i know that's not as much as people were hoping for. >> it includes an 11% pay rise

with a one-time 3% bonus, and a decrease in class size by one student and a cap on case loads for psychologist, nurses and counsellors. not everybody likes it. >> how are you going to vote today? >> i'm voting >> i am strongly opposed to the tentative agreement. i would characterize it as a complete sellout as teachers. >> others say they are willing to continue their strike. >> if the vote is no, i'll continue to fight and continue to lead. this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: the voting count continues, we're told by union reps. it could take hours to count the

ballots, and if it's rejected they will be back on the picket line. we'll let you know what happens. we're live in oakland. >> we will be waiting. thank you. you too can keep up-to-date the vote by downloading the abc7 news app. in the north bay, sonoma county residents learned for the first time after the russian river flooded their homes and businesses. abc7 news was there when several agencies informed people of what they could do to help. sonoma county vest >> i think for a lot of people in a lot of ways, there was funding

>> it was phaurpbhelpful. >> flood survivors also began learning today about the process to obtain permits so they can get to work, rebuilding damaged homes and businesses. power has been restored to people after a slide and trees took out a pg skpfp& e breaker miles west of tkpwurpbville. long lines at the local assistant center for residents affected by recent storms and flooding. residents showed up at the former bank of america building and state agencies as well as not profit organizations like the american red cross and salvation army. >> everything i own and everything i ever loved is gone. all my clothes. i am officially homeless.

all i have are the closed i have on my back. >> it will be open 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. next saturday and officials say they will stay open longer if needed. as the north bay tries to recover during this dry spell, there's more rain in the forecast. >> we certainly seem to be in the pattern. want to get a check with our meteorologist on the timing of this next storm. drew? >> we are not getting much of a break in our storms. we have one exhibitiiting and a on its way. for much of the day today it was widely scattered. it was hit or miss drops across the entire area. the good news, the rain is moving out but the clouds are going to stick around tonight. outside walnut creek mainly overcast skies right now, and rainfall, although it was persistent in a lot of spots today, it was really light in nature. from san francisco to milpitas,

to tquteof we will show you the arrival by rain and where it ranks on the storm impact scale when i see you. severe weather left at least 14 people dead in alabama. the hardest hit area is lee county, which is to the east of montgomery. the sheriff there says at least one tornado roared through destroying homes and injuring dozens of people, and some include children. a dozen tornadoes have been reported across alabama and georgia. reverend castillo was placed on administrative leave in january. our partners at the east bay times report the oakland diocese learned castillo may have flood the country. he was last heard from on february 20th.

oakland police gave notice to the diocese saying he had been located but would not say but he is not in the united states. and then peter drew of concord died while skiing last weekend. this memorial video shows his fellow cadets trekking through the snow with his photo on backpacks. they say he was phenomenal and an inspiring leader and will be missed. the incident surrounding his death is still under investigation. new york congressman jerry nadler says he will be seeking documents. this is what congress is now looking for. >> the chairman of the house judicial committee says they will be issuing document

requests on monday. >> from the white house to the department of justice, don donald trump jr. to begin investigations to present the case to the american people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of powers. >> following the explosive testimony from president trump's former attorney, michael cohen last week, nadler said they will initiate the proper investigations. >> he implicated the president in various crimes. >> impeachment, according to nap lure, -- nadler is a long way down the road. nadler has been talking about impeachment before he became chairman. >> there's nothing the president did wrong. >> nothing? >> in this process, to be impeached? show me where the president did anything to be impeached? >> the president defending himself saying cohen is a liar

and his testimony proved no collusion. he tweeted i'm an innocent persecuted by some very bad people. >> that document request was made five weeks ago. the anti-vaccination debate led to a new law in california. now amazon got caught up in the middle of it. what the company decided to remove from it's i prime video platform. a piece of history that landed right here in the bay area. why traffic in the

remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent.

than the one next door. your favorite restaurants now it doesn't matter dash. where you are. ♪ it doesn't matter what you're hungry for. it doesn't even matter how many you are. ♪ restaurants come to you. delicious at your door. download doordash. first order, no delivery fee.

amazon pulled several anti-vaccination dock m anti-vaccination documentaries. schiff wrote he was concerned amazon was recommending products and content that discouraged parents from vaccinated their children. while the movies may be gone books and dvds are still available for purchase. last month governor gavin

ne newsom announced plans to scale back the rail project. the "los angeles times" looked at area to build, and that estimated to cost between 16 and $18 billion. with constuntly increasing cost, "the times" reports the project will likely run out of cash. big changes and bigger detours are on the way for macarthur's maze, and cal transwants to hear your opinion about it. cal transis considering several ideas, including lowering existing roadways, raising overpasses and even replacing some ramps completely. the work will begin in 2022 and may require complete closures. you can find a link to find an online survey. something truly out of this world has landed in the east

bay. >> see what is drawing a huge crowd. meteorologist, drew tuma, is coming up with the accuweather forecast. look at all them just sleeping there, those sealions. we'll be right back. the final regular of the regular season in the

when it comes to reducing the evsugar in your family's diet,m.

coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org

three tiny rocks from out of this world brought lots of spectators today. >> dozens of visitors snapped photos of this moon rock on loan from the space center. >> the 3.87 billion-year-old moon rock was in the surface area during the apollo 16 mission in 1972. speaking of things that are out of this world, check out this video from canada. a man in calgary decided to

demonstrate how cold it was and ended up with this, a plate of pasta and folk suspended in midair. >> he said it took ten to 15 minutes for the whole thing to freeze after taking the noodles out of boiling water. >> it looks like a joke. and you can put wet jeans out and it looks like jeans are standing up. >> i have seen that. we don't have that issue out here, but we have rain on the way, drew. in the month of february, we have had storms back-to-back. the rain tomorrow will be brief. we have a fair amount of cloud cover overhead, and the light showers have been diminishing as the storm moves off to the east and gets out of this. and the clouds, they are going to stick around really for the next 24 hours.

so limited sunshine on your monday, but we do have some encouraging news in terms of your sunsets. the sun went down about 6:05 this evening, and next weekend daylight saving times begins, and that means the sun is going down extra late, at 7:12 in the evening, and then april 1st, the sun sitting at 7:32 in the evening. the daylight hours will be getting longer in the weeks ahead. out there right now, we have been stuck in the range in the mid and upper 50s, and that's where we will see in the next hour or so before the clouds keep us in the 40s. we will full about 5 or 7 degrees from where we are right now, and we can also see some fence dog developing in our sheltered valleys in the north bay, so we will keep our eye on that and we could encounter that first thing tomorrow. it's a dry day on your monday but a lot of cloud cover from time to time. we may be able to skaequeak out

few sunshine here and there, and it's only 54 tomorrow, and 60 in san jose. 58 in santa rosa. 68 the high for concord and antioch. rain returns to the forecast on tuesday. so does the storm impact scale. it's a 1 storm impact scale. future weather, 9:30 in the morning, the best first thing on tuesday and the system will begin to move into the bay area. as we go into the afternoon and evening we expect the showers to be more widespread in coverage, and then late tuesday night into early wednesday morning the system is going to get a bid more energy into it, so we will upgrade it on the storm impact scale wednesday morning to a level two moderate system. we will likely track showers and

downpours at times, so we will keep our eyes on smaller streams and creeks. won't take a lot of rain to see those overflow. good news is the rivers look to stay within their banks. winds will gusts 20 to 24 miles per hour at times. mostly cloudy and dry tomorrow. rain returns on tuesday. strengthens on wednesday morning. we dry out before our next storm arrives on sunday night. now for sports. >> standard going down to the wire against the big dogs of the back 12. the huskies at maples pavilion. this monster two-hand flush, and all store is 16. 34 seconds remaining, and the huskies go up three.

standard responds. sharma is blocked but it goes to oscar dell sylva, and it's a one-point ball game. and the three is no good, and that's your ball game. washingt washington, survives. the seventh ranked cardinal women hooping it up against washington, but with more success. carrington turning defense into offense and gets the easy bucket. wilson with a three at the buzzer. carrington was 8 of 11 shooting to lead the way with 19 points. a rare three coming up from the corner. she also had eight boards. williams had 13, including three from behind the standard cruises to the easy victory. they have the number two seed in the pac 12 tournament next week. cal women on the road, and this was the christina show. she ends it with a bang. the senior had 32 points, 30

rebounds -- that's right, 30 rebounds, eight more than the entire cougar team and that tied the pac 12 single game record and her 30th street double-double which is the longest streak in the country. she became the first 30-point, 30 rebounder in more than 15 years. they are the seventh seed. cactus league action, the a's taking on the angels. mike trout with a two-run shot. and next is albert pujols. he goes yard. he made it 3-0, la. oakland's lone run came in the seventh inning. the angels win it 4-1. the giants also lost by the final of 9-3 to the rockies. nothing turns heads faster in the nfl than speed, and we saw plenty of it today at the

combine. this is mississippi state's sweat. he's 6'5". he runs the 40-yard dash in a time of 4.41 seconds. that's the fastest time for a d lineman in 13 years. he was faster in 21 of 23 running backs at the combine this year. there was a 4.80 and a broad jump that was good. look at this putt from off the green. perfect read for the birdie. and then 18th hole, the long putt for eagle to give himself the lead. a little too much on. clubhouse leader at eight under. mitchell never upon a pga tournament, and the victory on 1. he gets his first win and a nice

prize. looking good. came up a little short but a lot of people were rooting for the old guy today. >> old guy? >> 56 years old -- >> mature. >> very mature compared to the other players. >> thanks, they say you should always listen to your heart.

and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland.

believe this is how much fabric is thrown away by some clothing manufacturers? we take you inside san francisco's zero waste boutique and that is changing the fashion industry one garment at a time. we are watching for the tentative agreement that could bring an end to the week-long strike for the teachers today. "dragons" are ruling the box office for the second straight weekend. >> it held off "a madea family funeral" for the top spot.

so far it has made $375 million worldwide. >> alone in north american theaters it made $30 million, and "a madea family funeral" was a close second, and this is supposed to be the last of the tyler perry franchise. >> supposed to be. >> uh-huh. >> and then "battle angel" game in third this weekend. that's it for abc7 news at 6:00. we'll see

♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating) and now she's ready for the catwalk. life, lived jason's way. chase. make more of what's yours.

♪ >> hi, everyone. welcome to "bay area life." i'm lizzie bermudez. you know, the bay area has so much to offer -- everything from food, entertainment, interests and lifestyles, and we've got plenty to share with you today. on today's show, we're enlightening all of our senses. a sneak peek at the tony award-winning musical "hello, dolly!" >> in a word, "hello, dolly!" is joy. it's pure joy. and then, on top of that, it just has such heart. >> then lighting up the night with an enchanting exhibition. >> it's delightful, it's whimsical, and, really, his intention is to let people come together and have a joyous experience together. >> and summer-camp fun. >> they have all their lines memorized. they've created all their costumes, all of their sets, and it's just this really funny, great little production. >> but first, social-media influencer brett cap shares his favorite healthy recipes. >> it doest