o. good morning south bay. let's get up and get this is abc 7 mornings. now at 5:00, prepare for wet weather as you head out the door this morning. here's a look at live doppler 7. mike nicco is telling us how long we can expect the stormy weather. stick around. good morning. it's wednesday. march 6th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. that is certainly a good thing today. all eyes on the sky. hi mike. >> we'll start with some of our earlier commuters coming down 80 from fairfield, cordelia, american canyon, vallejo. you can see heavy rain, a nice downpour for about, it looks like 20 miles there. that means it's going to be like driving through a river. san rafael 101, laurel grove avenue as you head towards 101 and 580 and san quentin. heavy . as you head towards the -- in san francisco, it's still a 2 through the morning hours with our heaviest rain, the best

chance of standing waterment thunderstorms are possible this morning. more likely as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. so here we are heaviest will taper starting at 7:00. scattered showers at noon. then we'll have a chance thunderstorms at 4:00 and 7:00. we'll have localized ponding on water on the roadways tlen. right now, we've got it everywhere. let's bring in alexis. >> not a great commute for you if you're headed out the door. the metering lights are already on. 4:51 this morning. i'm pretty surprised that they are on this early. we had an earlier collision around treasure island on westbound 80. but i honestly didn't think that was enough or causing enough of a backup to turn the metering lights on. either way, they're on. here's a look at things. carpool lanes are open. if you're using cash or fastrak, you'll have a wait. you typically can breeze through that's why you leave early. not today.

the maze at 19 minute. 14 across the bay brim and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, still in the green at ten minutes. thanks alexis. this level 2 storm is forcing cal trans to postpone key repairs. amy hollyfield is live at the richmond bridge with the work that is now being put on hold. good morning, amy. >> reporter: >> all right. we apologize for audio issues there with amy. we'll check in with her shortly. you can download the news app or track the weather on the go by accessing live doppler 7 and customizing app to get the forecast where you live. the sonoma county health officer declared a local health emergency because of hazardous waste from flooding. the storms scattered household hazardous waste along waterways, road sides and public and private properties. flooding and storm damage impacted 2500 homes and businesses along the russian

river. the county is asking residents to place their household hazardous waste on their property near the road. trained staff starting collection for disposal. a special collection will take place on saturday. in an unexpected turn of events, a man impersonating a federal officer pulled over an off-duty agent and tried to give her a ticket. authorities arrested 49-year-old alex taylor of san jose. he's accused of making at least two unauthorized traffic stops on south bay highways while pretending to be a drug enforcement administration agent. they say in december he pulled over an off-duty agent, claimed to be a dea agent and even wore a fake badge. when the off-duty agent challenged him, he drove away. investigators say he pulled over a tow truck in november and tried to pull over cars on 280 and highway 85 last week. friday, agents staked outside his home, saw him wearing a fake badge and they arrested him the very next day. new details this morning

about a man who was reported missing in monterrey. >> he's facing rape charges in scotland. kim gordon's son reporting him missing after he went swimming at a beach. investigators think he may have faked his own death. he faces two dozen charges, including sexual assault of a child and five counts of rape. the sheriff's office says the federal deputies are not searching for him because he didn't break any laws when he came to california. >> he's out on bail for these possible sexual assault charges. although, it looks like it's not a violation of his bail to be traveling. >> really? bough. the sheriff's office says he's not back in scotland for a court date, a warrant will be issued for his arrest. a man reunited with someone he -- a chance encounter brought the two back together.

reporter lisa amen gulezian has the story. >> these two are strangers but share a common tragic moment in sonoma county in 2007. a speeding driver crashed into the car and then 4-year-old christian flores was riding in. he was with his mother, older brother and another couple. >> he was the only survivor. he was cleared from the car just enough that his torso and his head were reachable. but he was trapped. >> then deputy crist for thorpe who has since retired from the sheriff's office was first on the scene and pulled out christian. the toddler lost an arm and had third degree burns over 90% of his body and lost all of his family members in that car. now fast forward 12 years. >> it was just pure luck. christopher thorpe was at this les schwab getting his tires rotated and noticed a young man

who looked familiar. someone he hadn't seen since 2007. he walked up to him and asked, are you christian? and the answer was yes. >> if it weren't for him or -- i wouldn't be be here. >> thorpe was still shaken by the chance encounter so he gave christian this. the medal of valor his department gave him for saving the young boy that day. >> he deserves that better than anybody else. >> the medal will be passed on once again. christian plans to place it below the -- his older brother who died in the crash that day. lisa amin gulezian. >> incredible story. back to storm watch. we're on a 2 on the storm impact scale. >> it's affecting construction work. we want to check in with amy hollyfield at the richmond bridge. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. we're in the middle of a downpo downpour. it's raining hard here. this has forced repair crews to

postpone their work. they were going to be doing work on the bridge. but they decided to wait a few weeks until they can get reliable dry weather. which we haven't had in a while. while the bridge won't be getting attention, there will be crews keeping an eye on highway 137 in novato. a hotspot for flooding. you can see that from this drone view 7 video that was taken last month when the lanes had to be closed because of water. now that it is raining again, officials will be watching this spot again. novato city leaders say cal trans has put measures in place to try and keep this from happening. >> they have about six large pumts deployed out there. again, when you get too much rain and there's not enough place for it to go, obviously, they're going to have to close it down if it floods for public safety. >> reporter: here is this heavy downpour for at least the last hour. novato city leaders say they

won't be surprised if they experience flooding from this storm. there's been so much rain all season and like he was saying, there's nowhere left for the water to go. it's been a long winter of rain. officials say they -- in novato they have been cleaning storm drains like crazy. they've cleaned out more than 200 of them. they say they've done all they can to prepare but it keeps coming. reporting live in richmond, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. all right. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast really wet nddvisory for gusts up to 45 miles per hour today. are possible. the rain is falling steadily on the embarcadero. our activity planner, exercising, caution. our heaviest rain is now. it turns to showers into the afternoon hours. heading up to the high country,

poor to almost dangerous because of the heavy, wet and blowing snow. we just had heavy rain move across pour toe la road in page mill and 280. eventually, that will make it to los altos and mountain view. look for more ponding there. we're tracking one near burlingame and san bruno. that's going to make 280 and 101 like driving through a river once again. here we are on the bay bridge toll plaza where a downpour is hitting right now. into piedmont and broadway. this is going to hit orinda in about five minutes. lafayette, heavy rain and more ponding at 5:21. walnut creek, concord and clayton.ou're in the north au'vefaintbay, rain 10:00.nd thenrsnd r thel orms at 6: 10:00. a break from noon to 2:00.

then scattered showers and thunderstorms starting at 4:00. i'll have an hour by hou look at that coming up. thanks, mike. a soggy commute and a windy one. here's the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge where we heard from amy hollyfield. in the last few minutes, they issued a high-wind advisory. it's going to be breezy out over the span. the san mateo bridge here this morning. yep. not going to be ideal here as you grab the skis and head out the door. we have a crash on the northbound side of 280. cesar chavez. a solo spinout. i'm seeing that backup on the southbound side as well. i'm not sure if that's people slowing down or another problem there. i'll double-check. another update at 5:20. >> san ramon valley school district's board of education and the teachers union are hopeful the two sides will -- representative frs both sides

met monday to discuss and develop a framework to get back to the negotiation table. last week, 98% of the teachers voted in favor of authorizing a strike if necessary. sticking points have been reduced class sizes and teacher pay. today is ash wednesday. this is video of the service at the vatican last year. the tradition began in the 6th century as a way for them to prepare for easter. it's the mark of a cross on the forehead. lent begins on ash wednesday and ends easter sunday. a strong storm turns a regular vacation into a nightmare. how cruise ship passengers describe this experience. the future of the golden gate

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i want to show you this as you wake up this morning. you might be seeing some pretty incredible images in your social media feeds like these. a lot of people captured photos of lightning storm last night from santa barbara to hollywood. national weather service recorded 1500 strikes in just five minutes. that's very midwestern-like. lightning hit a delta flight headed from l.a. to seattle

forcing it to return to lax. there were power outages across the region. some see that and get scared. some of us see that and say, wow, that's beautiful. that's pretty powerful. a lot of energy. here's a look at what's going on back home. live doppler 7. you can see a lot of green with embedded yellows and oranges. we have steady rain to moderate heavy pockets. that means a lot of roadways are like driving through standing water. alexis and i will have more on that coming up. all went flying down. >> ooh, that's bad. passengers on this norwegian cruise ship are continuing on their vacation after a pretty scary experience. several people were hurt when a storm hit as the ship left new york on sunday. the ship fought 115 mile per hour winds and it tilted the ship 40 degrees on its side. a lot of people said it was chaos. >> it was sheer panic. screaming, blood down people's

faces. it was like a scene out of the titanic movie. it was so scary. >> yikes. at least eight people were taken to the hospital during a scheduled stop in port canaveral, florida. all have since been released. there was no damage to the ship. be hard to get back on that thing, right? >> wow. in gma first look, we're hearing about a family caught in an aftvalancheavalanche. in the gma first look, a new glimpse of that massive avalanche barreling suddenly down a ten-mile canyon in colorado on to the highway below engulfing this white truck that disappeared under the rush of snow. >> the moment i saw it and i thought, oh, no, this is it. what's going to be, you know? >> he and his family were driving on colorado highway i-70 and within second of the daughter spotting the avalanche plowing towards the road they

were overtaken. the slide of snow is likely a category 3 avalanche according to the colorado avalanche information center and packed enough force to demolish a house. >> you could see debris and stuff across the window. incredibly, they escaped unharmed. we'll have more on their survival story at 7:00 a.m. i'm janae norman, abc news new york. new this morning, san francisco's only fortune cookie factory is facing an uncertain future. it's in china town and was featured on localish. according to the chronicle, it's dealing with a huge rent increase. three years ago, it was about $1400 and now the rent is almost $6,000. co-founded the cookie ys his factory in 1962. he's unsure how long he'll be able to keep the company running. >> it is a staple in this community. that's hard to hear.

>> sad to hear different note, congratulations to an east bay woman who won the jeopardy all-star game. >> here name is larissa kelly. she's going to split a $1 million prize with her teammates. >> operators. >> we are team brad. >> okay. team brad. that's brad runner and david madden. they won the grand prize on yesterday's episode following a ten-day battle. that means they beat ken jennings' team. impressive. it featured past winners who competed on teams and don't miss it on midday live beginning at 11:00. kelly is going to be live in our studio to talk about her experience. jessica prepared a jeopardy game for us to play. >> they call me alexis trebek. >> she looks very good. >> i thought so. >> i'm going to stump you, reggie. >> are you?

>> alexis against me and kristen sze. -- larissa against me and kristen sze. >> i guess i'll be tracking rain. >> i thought you were keeping score. >> i can do that. test my math skills. i've got five fingers. that will work. we've got rain out there. steady rain. some of it heavy. look at this afternoon. it's more scattered. that's when we transition over towards a possibility of thunder. upper 50s to low 60s from the north bay to the south bay. colder tonight with the north bay seeing clearing. in the low to mid-40s. patchy fog is possible while the rest of us have a chance at scattered showers. we're in the upper 40s tomorrow. here's a look at sfo. the standing water on the tarmac. and also on the runways there. we're going to have delays. accuweather highlights, rain, then showers. that means steady rain to off and on showers and thunderstorms today. more chances tomorrow and the weekend. but next week is trending drier and warmer. a little more spring-like. here's a look at burlingame.

san bruno, you can see there, light to moderate rain falling. heaviest rain right now through the altamont pass. through vasco road, livermore. here's an right on vasco road, on 680 pleasanton, through the sunol gried, we've got moderate rain moving through. wind advisory as well. we'll keep an eye on that for trees down. at 7:00, we've started to transition over to scattered showers and that will continue through 9:00. by the time we get to lunch, we have moderate ones out there. still yellows and oranges. during the afternoon into the early evening hours, notice a lot of green for the evening commute. here's the chunk energy at 7:00. our best chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms at that point in time. that will move on. you can see a little clearing developing in the north bay. so additional rainfall starting at 7:00 this morning. we could get up to another quarter of an inch possible.

that will keep things. >> accuweather seven-day forecast. a 1 for tomorrow. a break friday. 1 on the storm impact scale. change those batteries in your smoke detectors. set that clock an hour ahead before you go to bed saturday night. alexis? >> that's an early start for the bay bridge. metering lights on since 4:51 this morning. we confirmed that it was due to the hit and run collision. westbound 80 around treasure island. boy, i didn't think the backup was bad enough to flip on the lights that early. obviously they did. we've got a backup at the toll plaza as you enter the maze. carpool lanes moving along okay. a wait longer than normal. the rain is blowing sideways. we have a high-wind advisory. richmond-san rafael bridge. getting out of tracy, not as bad as yesterday with the late construction. today, rain for you, though. westbound 205 to seven miles per hour. 13 miles an hour once you neighboring to 580.

that yellow and orange, that's hef toy moderate rain moving through that stretch. still in the green at 14 to dublin. northbound 17, highway 1 into los gatos, about 25 minutes. new this morning, muni plans to lower seats on its trains. the examiner reports riders are mostly satisfied with the new trains, like the one in this video. but people shorter than 5'4" say their feet dangle above the floor because the seats are too high. sfmta may want to lower the seats by 2 inches and it may also add front facing seats for people with disabilities. they will formally vote on the change in may. it's good for me. i'm short. >> yep. i've never had that problem. >> never. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your

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good morning if you're jurs joining us. look at all this rain, light to moderate at times. steady through the morning commute. hydroplaning. we can't get any worse with that. that's what's going to happen today. a small chance of trees down above 1,000 feet through 4:00 this afternoon. the storm tapers to a 1 tomorrow. number 2, wet and windy commute. not a fun one today. we have several incidents on the board. doppler 7 on top of the traffic maps. starting northbound 280 near cesar chavez, it has been pushed off t theshoulder. a live lookhe richmond-san rafael bridge. cal trans is postp upp deck of work will resume when dry weather is expected for a few weeks. pg&e crews are working in the rain after a power outage in los altos left a handful of

customers without electricity. workers say it was caused by an emergency issue and hope to have the power back on in a few hours. police and protesters squared off last night during the sacramento city council meeting. officers took out their batons when confronting angry protesters following the state attorney general's decision not to charge the officers in the death of stephon clark. it's ash wednesday. start of a six-week period of lent leading to easter. this is video from the vatican. many catholics will have ashes smudged on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. number 7, an eye-catching home in san francisco is up for sale at $1.5 million. it's a along the gray highway. it's the work of dutch artists. pete mondryian who inspired the paint job. unique. >> yep. >> pricey. >> avocado prices, speaking of, going up. >> according to a new report

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now at 5:30, a stormy start to the day across the bay area. a look at live doppler 7. meteorologist mike nicco is timing it out for us. will the raiders play the 2019 season at the coliseum. what's happening today and how soon a deal can be finalized. uber reveals the weirdest

things that passengers left behind in their cars and we'll tell you five of the craziest items on their list. >> uh-huh. some of you are not paying attention to your life. good morning on this wednesday, march 6th. >> some of those things are pretty big and need help. >> and in some cases alive. >> they can't survive on their own possibly. >> that's called a tease. >> let's talk about the weather and jump into it. let me reset the clock. storm impact scale this morning. the heaviest rain is falling. thunderstorms are possible but more likely this afternoon and evening. wind advisory above 1,000 feet. we've had pay few reports of trees down and the possibility is there until 4:00 this afternoon. here's a look at checkers drive. jackson street as we move from san jose towards alum rock. 680, 101 there, we've got ponding on the roadways and coming out of 17 out of santa cruz mountains, you'll drive right into a moderate shower on university avenue, wedgewood avenue where 17 and 85 meet each

other. san mateo bridge, a moderate showerheading to hayward at 5:50. dublin and pleasant ton by 6:05. that whole area could have more ponding on the roadways. here's a look at 680 south. heaviest rain this morning. scattered showers at noon. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms from 4:00 to 7:00. here's alexis. good morning, mike. we're looking at a busy bay bridge toll plaza. we had the metering lights on extremely early today. 4:51 the official time. there was a crash around treasure island. it's long gone at this point. we have the backup at the maze. not a great start here. it's windy, too. several wind advisories in effect for the east-west bridges at this point. we've got a new problem in hayward. northbound 880 before 8th street. sounds like one to two-vehicle collision blocking the two middle lanes right now. a slight backup on the northbound side. onlooker delay also.

thanks, alexis. as mike mentioned, we're on storm watch this morning. >> we're checking out any problems you may be facing in the south bay this morning. reporter matt keller is live in los altos. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. here we are in los altos. since i saw you about an hour ago, pg&e have made repairs. 25 customers were without power, but they've restored the electricity in the area in los altos. the rain keeps falling. check out the water here on the roadways. this is going into a storm drain and a lot of water on the roads. so be careful out there. this is what you could see also. a tree came down across the off ramp of southbound 280. crews had to cut the tree up to remove it from the roadway. a lot of rain in the area at the time. take a look at the rain in the santa cruz mountains. it was coming down hard in scott valley. lot of

drivers dealing with a wind advisory. winds at 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts reaching 50 to 60 miles per hour at the highest peaks and ridges. we've seen chp officers on the road. make sure you follow the speed limit and be careful of that standing water out there on the highways. reporting live in los altos, matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. you can download the abc 7 news app to track the weather on the go. you can "access live" doppler 7 and customize the app to get the forecast where you live. tensions running high in sacramento after the attorney general of california decided not to charge police officers in the death of stephon clark. >> last night, police took out batons when confronting protesters at a city council meeting. >> i need you all to please, please put your batons down. you are traumatizing them. >> public comment quickly devolved into chaos at that meeting. the outcry has been ongoing since saturday when the sacramento district attorney cleared two officers who shot and killed 22-year-old stephon

clark last march. the outrage increased on monday when sacramento police arrested 84 people in a freeway overpass at the end of a peaceful march. >> we have to do better than this and do it in such a way that removes the officers who still remain on duty in our communities. we don't want to -- >> sacramento's mayor called for an investigation to the police response to monday's protest saying he wants to guarantee the right to peacefully protest. happening today, the oakland alameda stadium authority will meet to review a possible lease deal for the raiders to play at the coliseum for the 2019 season. coliseum authority scott mckiffin tells us that any deal won't become final until next friday at the earliest. the proposal calls for the raiders to pay $7.5 million to play at the coliseum next season with an option if the new stadium is not ready.

san francisco will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking. they're upgrading the 38 geary route by adding bus-only lanes and more bus stations and traffic signals. the project focuses on geary and o'farrell. it's been two years since transportation officials approve that project. the 38 gary route serves more than 54,000 passengers a day. tesla is laying off more workers at the fremont plant. our media partners at the mercury news report an additional 81 workers are being let go. the announcement comes a week after elon musk announced tesla would be closing showroom stores and shifting to online sales. >> in the east bay, an oakland man faces arraignment for an attack on the uc berkeley campus. zachary greenberg faces three felony counts. he punched hayden williams in o.

he says greenberg attacked him unprovoked. new overnight, north korea is rebuilding a missile launch site enacted since last summer. take a look at the satellite images. a washington think tank called the center for international studies beyond parallel got them on saturday. they show a rocket launchpad processing the -- a rail transfer point. president trump and north korean leader did not reach an agreement to denuclearize after the summit last week. michael cohen returns to capitol hill for a fourth day of testimony behind closed doors. >> this as the white house refuses tommtee any information about whether president trump ordered granted top secret security clearance against the recommendations of intelligence officials. cnn is reporting that he pushed for hisau get an independent

responsibility. a very solemn one. to do oversight. >> the president did not respond to questions about those security clearances. instead, he lashed out at democrats who launched at least half a dozen investigations on capitol hill. he calls it a disgrace. hi there. we've come to the weather center a little earlier than usual. we'll come back to this. i'll have alexis join me when we do with a look at your traffic. i'm looking at the maze in emeryville. it is raining. look at all the spray being kicked up. poor conditions. stay inside if you're taking the ferry. it's wet and breezy on the bay. want to show you the north bay. we have a lot of green. the moderate rain pushed off to fairfield. up 80 towards dixon. around moraga on pinehurst road, a downpour that will leave water behind. as you head from 94th avenue,

104th avenue from oakland towards san leandro, we're seeing ponding on the roadways there. that's going to leave some tricky travel on 880 and 580. look at san jose. right there on west santa clara street. also on south 7th street, you can see a nice moderate shower. now, the winds on the bay are going to stay up to 30, 35 miles per hour until 9:00 this evening. so both commutes are going to be breezy. the one this morning will be the steadiest with the wet rain. you can see scattered showers. from steady rain to scattered showers to 10:00 in the east bay valley. a little bit of a break in the early afternoon hours. we have a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms. south bay, we've got a chance of rain until noon. a little bit of a break this afternoon. then this evening, though, scattered showers and potential thunderstorms develop and then here we are in san francisco where we've got a chance of rain all the way up until 6:00. maybe a little drying as we head from 8:00 to 10:00. pretty much patience, rain gear,

umbrella and just slowed down. my goodness, it was tough getting to work. >> of course, there was people flying by. >> i saw the same truck. spun out on 24 ended up on the ditch backwards. >> that didn't look like a great way to start the day. probably not what you want to do. however, we have several collisions to talk about. let's look at traffic maps in oakland. a two-vehicle collision, westbound 580 around lakeshore avenue. not much of a backup yet. one vehicle is blocking the right lane, one on the left shoulder. chp on the way to assist. live doppler 7, plenty of rain in the area, too. northbound 880 before 8th street. we briefly had all lanes blocked due to a solo vehicle spinout crash. everything is back open according to chp. a backup on the northbound side. the typical delays on the southbound side as well. maybe a day to take mass transit so you don't have to drive in it. no delays. ace, however, is experiencing mechanical issues once again. ace 1 is delayed about 20

minutes. muni looking good. normal service, no delays. thanks, alexis. a bay area community considers putting up more cameras. how they would be different than the ones already installed. >> a 15-year-old determined

5:43 on this wet wednesday. you can see here we are south f of -- a lot of water there. as you head out from danville, towards the open country, vasco road. if you like to use the cut through, it is very wet right now. this heavy cell is moving towards byron. in about ten minutes at 6:02, it will be in discovery bay. here's a look around. what's going on. today, we've got rain everywhere in the lower elevations with 50s and 60s. 74 in palm springs. we have the heavy wet snow. two to three feet possible until 10:00 tomorrow morning up along the western slope of the sierra. tahoe at heavenly it's quiet. they're getting ready for more snow and flurries from friday, saturday, sunday. >> mike, thank you. on the peninsula, 900 san mateo county workers will be walking picket lines again today. social workers, therapists,

veterans and those who care for the elderly began a two-day strike yesterday. human services employees are now the only labor group out of 11 without a contract. workers say the county's proposed contract isn't in line with the region's rising cost of living and they say they can't afford to live in san mateo county anymore. the county intends to provide most services during the strike. but a handful of health clinics will be closed. in the east bay, piedmont is considering installing more license plate reading cameras. the proposal is to keep a lone trial camera at grant and oakland avenue and install more at other intersections. they have them at 15 city intersections right now but the new cameras are different. they're not going to transmit images directly to local law enforcement. the video would only be used in criminal investigations. the change is intended to address the privacy concerns of residents. >> a new study confirms what historians suspected for decades. there are hidden buildings and

tunnels underneath the prison yard on alcatraz. >> archeologists didn't want to disturb the land so they used radar and laser scans to identify buried structures as well as underground ammunition magazines and tunnels. historians believe when alcatraz was built, workers did not demolish existing buildings. instead, they buried them and built the prison on top. it's published in geophysics magazine. a young girl is using her love of fashion. >> the high school sophomore launched a company to help save elephants. angelina lew started her company ivory tease in 8th grade. two and a half years later, her cause continues on a bigger platform. >> what most impacted me was the fact that they experience the same emotions just with like we do. for example, when an elephant was poached, there was this video i saw of the elephants

that were alive coming back to be that gravesite essentially and like mourning the loss of their fellow elephant. >> angelina says 20% of funds from ivory tease go towards fostering an elephant in kenya towards a wildlife trust. many people accidentally leave their phones or wallets in an uber. but some people leave strange things. >> uber's 2019 lost and found index includes a list of 50 most unique lost items. here are just five of them. an 8-week-old coffee colored chihuahua. come on, folks. you left your dog in uber. six chicken tenders from 7-eleven. >> i'd leave those, too. >> that wasn't an accident. >> it actually was improved from sitting in the uber. >> a full set of 18 carat gold teeth. a lego champinship wrestling

belt. i googled that. as the story came up. i think it's like a faux championship wrestling belt but built out of legos. >> a pack of harrah long with a brown brush shaped like a foot. >> that's weird that it's in your possession to begin with. >> a good lace front with human hair is expensive. i'd be mad if i left it -- >> foot shaped brush. >> that's a '70s thing. how old is that? >> is it? >> i think it was. >> my sister had one, i think. >> we have to find out more. >> google that, too. if it's the rock's championship belt. either/or. i'll jump into the weather while you do that. >> san mateo westbound, an abyss of moderate rain. you can't each see the taillight

as you get not each a third of the way across the bridge. the rain is so heavy. rain to showers and a chance of thunderstorms later today. more chances of showers tomorrow and rain this weekend and next week. hopefully some spring weather in the form of dry and warmer sunshine on the way. today, 57 to 62. our temperature range this afternoon. the north bay clears out a little bit. you're the driest overnight. you have the chance of fog with temperatures in the low to mid-40s. the rest in the mid to upper 40s. hesperian boulevard near where i was showing you that camera coming off as you head east on the san mateo bridge, that's at where the puddles are developing. napa valley, airport boulevard between napa and american canyon between 12 and29. i bet puddles are developing there. we're starting to see the transition from the steady rain to the scattered showers. that's going to continue during the morning commute. here we are at 7:00. future radar. by 9:00, another push as the cold front finally pushes

through. in the they're scattered but moderate at time. minor ponding possible. in the by noon, they're very light. no more yellows and a lot of real estate between them. then as we head into the evening commute, 4:00, all the way to about 7:30, 8:00, another push. that's when we have our best chance of thunderstorms from 7:00 on. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. the storm is a 1 tomorrow. most of the showers will be outside of the north bay. everybody kbets a little sunshine friday. but temperatures still in the 50s. saturday and sunday have a plan b as we have a light storm that will rain on us. alexis? >> not a fun commute. i'm going to tell you. brace yourself right now. we're looking live at emeryville pointing towards the macarthur maze. plenty of road spray. wipers will be on high even though the rain is starting to thin out a bit here. it's not as heavy for most of us. yeah. just so much water on the roadway, you're going to have disability issues. want to take you north of there. westbound 80 past gilman street,

we have a new collision that's blocking one lane. you're heavy. that's backing up into the richmond area. some type of metal debris was in the lane near regatta boulevard. sounds like two vehicles hit that. they had to pull over to the shoulder with flat tires. chp on the way to the scene. westbound 580. tracy to dublin in the red. 53 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard filling in at 23 minutes and northbound 85. 101 to cupertino. coming in at 17 minutes. thanks, alexis. more foldable phones on the way. reports say samsung is expected to follow-up its galaxy fold with two more foldable hand sets. one of the devices is said to fold away from you. the other would be a vertical fold. i was never good with origami. i don't understand what that means. if you do, great. the phones expected by early next year. call it the tire of the future. goodyear has designed a tire metropolitan to help cars fly.

concept art for the goodyear tire was unveiled at the geneva motor show. it has spokes to allow the wheels to flip upward and propel a car into the air. aviation experts question whether or not it's going to work. goodyear says it's meant to spark a discussion. >> i'm not ready for the future. >> i'm ready for the 6:00 a.m. show. r. kelly's first interview since his arrest. he's directly addressing the sexual assault allegations in a dramatic way. >> lots of people talking about that. backlash over kylie jenner's new title. is the billionaire makeup mogul really self-made? how forbes is defending that. >> announcer: the abc 7 storm impact scale. today satisfies storm is level 2. that means moderate. drive safely. track the storm any time on

never more than 7 minutes away. i'm in the south bay. south of 280. 82 and 101, the streets populate automatically. access road. that's pretty need neat. this is in alum rock any minute in the east foothills in two minutes. mears a look at concerns. very high for flooding on the roads. moderate, above 1,000 fee. through tomorrow morning, our best chance of rain is outside of the north bay.

that will continue up until is storm isght. alexis? we're looking at a busy bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights on at 4:51 this morning. extremely early start. that was due to an earlier crash in treasure island. that is long dpon. definitely have a backup into the maze unless you use the carpool lanes. flipping over, improvement in oakland. westbound 580 around lakeshore avenue. we had a two-vehicle collision. had to temporarily stop all lanes. they cleared the vehicles off to the grand off ramp. things are looking better. taking a look at drive times at 6:00. thank you, alexis. a warning about motorcycleer makeup sold at claire's. three different products could have asbestos fibers in them. eye shadows, contour pal lats and eye shadows. if swallowed or inhaled, it could lead to lung damage and cancer. they've pulled the products from store shelves and you can head

to abc7news.com for specific product information. kylie jenner is name the youngest self-made billionaire. does she really deserve at that title? many people say her success isn't self-made. >> since the age of 11, she's been on her family's reality tv show, keeping up with the kardashians. by the time she started her makeup line, she had a social media following. someone tweeted, can someone explain to me she's self-made. hard working sure. but not self-made. >> haven't we gone over this. having succeeded in life unaided. >> forbes says she is because she built her own fortune and did not inherit the money. kylie's supporters say she used it with the money she earned from modeling. >> okay. going to process all of that and hopefully never think about it again sdmiefrnlts new at 6:00,

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now at 6:00, a close eye on live doppler 7 this morning. more rain moves across the bay area. >> your commute this morning going to get messy. the roads are very wet after overnight downpours. good morning. it's wednesday, march 6th. as you can see, we have live doppler 7 fired up this morning. we're wearing yellow because it's the only suny. >> w know some of you are n abc. you're interested in what's

happening with the stom. here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi mom, dad, nelson everybody else watching us. we appreciate it. here's a look at walnut creek, an area where the rain is steady. heavy rain headed towards fairfax. moving across laguna. heading swords san rafael and lucas valley. that could clip larkspur. 280 57bd 101 and willow glen, you can see down to street level, heading towards carl street. moving to the northeast at 30, 35 miles per hour. in the transition from the steady rain over to the scattered showers already happening. until that does, we'll stay at the 2. after the morning commute ends, we'll drop to a 1. untos starting at 4:00 ning.n as and especially at 7:00. let's talk more about that commute. hi, alexis. >> good morning, mike. not likely