the negotiations in san ramon. we begin in san rosa. three people have been found dead inside a home. the victims are a woman and two young children. sky 7 was over the scene. and abc 7 news as learned the father of the children found the bodies when he came home around 12:30 today. investigators are on the scene trying to figure out how the two children died. the napes hames have not been h released. and we are seeing scattered showers after some heavier rain earlier. lear is sandy patel with the latest. >> and let's check out live doppler 7. showers are light and scattered. in the north bay around lucas valley and are forest knolls, a little slippery out there. in the east bay from martinez to

vine hill, a little slippery. and we are seeing some returns. and you will recall just before sunrise, we had drenching rain this morning. and is this a level one. just a light system. than a quarter of an inch. and so expect more showers, could be moderate pockets. 11:00 p.m., still going. in the morning commute, showers are spotty. more in a few minutes. after days and days of rain, some streets in the way area look like swiss cheese really because of all the teeth chatter willi ing potholes. and unhappy drivers have been bouncing around. eric.

>> reporter: and it still didn't look like the smoothest right you've seen, but believe knee he this is a vast improvement over the way it was earlier. we watched public works crews out here filling in holes, but but folks were getting angry. you call this driving? >> no, it is kind of like the ski lifts. >> reporter: the earth is pull be up from under you and then the car is going up in the air. >> rediidiculous potholes. need to be fixed. >> reporter: and if majif makes suspension feel like it is going 12 rounds. julia saw my tweet about the problem and came out to describe her encounter. >> thankfully the car in front of me slowed down and i realized

why. >> so i think fair to say people call to complain, people don't like potholes. we understnd that. >> reporter: public works says it is a problem that crops up whenever we have a really wet winter and in the usual places. 19th avenue, gary boulevard, vanness. >> in a dry month, we might fill 350 potholes. in the month of february, we are looking at 1800. >> reporter: almost a six fold increase. public box sworks tries to get within 72 hours of getting a complaint, but that is impossible when you have rain day after day because you can't patch the pothole in the rain. but they are trying to keep up. eric thomas, abc 7 news.

and so highway 17, a pickup crashed. the driver was not hurt. one lane was blocked while crews rear cleared the crash. and hundreds of nails had to be kleined up cleaned up after a crash. and police say one of the drivers tried to flee the screen and was arrested on suspicious driving under the influence. in you are headed up to the sierra, there are chain controls on interstate 80. and also in effect for highway 50 and east way highway 88 is closed near kirkwood due to avalanche control. winter weather advisory is in effect in tahoe where they expect to get a foot of snow overnight with winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour. noaa just announced today that this winter was america's wettest on record.

drew tuma is here with more. >> yeah, and i'll preface it by saying winter hasn't officially ended, but we think winter ends at the end of february. so records from december, january and february if you melted all of the snow and combined it with all the rain across the united states, on average each locate saw about 9 inches of liquid plea srecipita and that set the record. you can see the bright colors especially on the west coast, the deep purples and blues, that is a lot of rain in a short amount of time. and we saw the effects. this is the russian river that flooded last month. all that rain really does create problems in our area.

but this is what we looked like today. you see the lush greeneries on the hills an all this rain and all the snow does mean a great resource of water when it comes to the summer time. we'll try to find drier times in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> this north bay church pretty. sums up what we're all think ppg whoever keeps in-rain, please stop. this is in mill valley. you can take the live doppler 7 with you wherever you go. custom size to get the forecast where you live. oakland has settled its teachers strike and now another district is trying to avoid one. it has been a long day of negotiations in the a aresan ra valley. laura, there are indications that a tentative do he will eal?

>> reporter: negotiations are still going on, but there are positive signs. and there is a meeting settle for the high school here tonight at 7 on::00 for parents just ins there is a strike. but there have been breakthroughs in recent days and the hope is that san ramon valley will avoid what oakland just endured. compared to oakland, it is relatively quiet here. >> i hope that we may be getting closer to reaching a tentative agreement. but we are in it for the long haul. >> reporter: the issues here are of the same as in oakland. even if the districts themselves differ greatly.

neck on lain in oakland they fo were financial mismanagement and the charter school movement has diverted resources away from the public schools. but oakland, san ramon valet and eve valley and every other district have one thing in common, california districts are at the bottom of the country. >> we're the fourth lowest in the state of california. >> reporter: but san ramon valley schools get tremendous support from parents, $17 million per year. >> that goes to create a lot of things that we wouldn't be able to have otherwise. music programs and science programs as an example. >> reporter: and what more? average salary is $77,000 per year. that is about $13,000 higher

than teachers in oakland are paid on the average. no matter where teachers work in the bay area, they are tarredly afford to live where they work. laura anthony, abc 7 news. and two power outages a had a major impact and pg&e says neither is their fault. she ever ron sa chevron says a power outage caused glaring which sent out a level one. that is the lowest level. and then at richmond high school, it forced the school to cancel but p gg&e says their equipment was not the cause. abc 7 was in gentleman with pan town for the launch of the neith next set of improvements in the road upgrades.

they are designed to improve bus service. work is expected to continue through the spring of 2021. and as part of a commitment to building a better bay area, abc 7 news is taking a deep are look at the concerns you are facing including high represent. businesses are not immune to the issue. a legendary information commune cookie factory in china town may be facing concerns. >> reporter: this small cramped store has been in the chinatown alley for 57 years. a popular spot. for children, pampts rt of thei field chtrip. >> i like seeing the note.

>> reporter: and kevin says each cookie is made from the hart. >> we don't just crank it out a million a day. i do one by one. >> reporter: and three big antique machines churn out about 15,000 cookies a day. the recipe known only by his mother. >> right now it is floating, not sinking. it is floating. >> reporter: he is worried about future rent hikes. three years ago it was $1400 a month. now he says that it is more than double. >> it is the issue that even has to face. the issue that is getting worse and worse. >> reporter: and he says san francisco's minimum wage of $15 and rising cost coming business has also hurt him. mayor breed promises to help. >> it is really important that we protect small businesses like this one. so we will do everything we can. >> reporter: as a legacy business, the city says chan qualifies for rent rent stabliz

grants and other benefits. my fortune says don't lose hope, everything will be okay. i hone this is their fortune as well. >> and still to come, alex trebek, the vow he is making after he announces that he has stage four pancreatic cancer. and we on told you about a man who lost a million dollars in the crime called sin swapping. and now the fbi has a warning.

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sad announcement from alex trebek. he says he has stage four pancreatic cancer. >> normally the prognosis is not very encouraging, but i'm going to fight it and keep working and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival ratedisede >> according to the american cancer society, the one year relative survival rate is 20% and the five yr rate7%. take dick infus trebek says he has to beat it because he has three years left on his contract. let's hope he does. we have posted more for are on our website

heavy rain could be partly to blame for the 21 horse deaths at the racetrack. the famous track is now suspending racing. and marci gonzalez has the latest. >> away they go. >> reporter: this world renowned racetrack now closed indefinitely after 21 horses tied hee died here in more than two months. santiago it is included in several well-known films and set again to host the breeze ebreeders championship, shuttered as they try to figure out what is causing fractures and at least one heart attack. >> we love these animals. we don't send them out there thinking something bad will happen. >> reporter: santiago ani knit shut down for two days last week because of concerns.

>> like the national highway traffic safety administration. we look at everything. >> reporter: and it was deeped soe deemed safe, but then two more died and so they say that the health and welfare is our top priority. further testing will confirm the soundness of the track and the decision to close is the right thing to do. mean enforcement to investigate. pla marci gonzalez, an nbc news, l angeles. and mike and i will fchael . >> and the crime is called sim

swapping. and i talked to a man who lost is million dollars. criminals convince mobile carriers to switch your account to the criminals phone. and then they get your financial service provider to send a new password. and then they have the two parts of a two part authentication and then they gradrain your account. fbi says place a pin on your mobile account and along that any changes must be done in person at a physical location. the fbi says much of the information used in the scam these recent scams was taken from social media accounts. so don't share so much. and the plant in lordstown, ohio has produced its last vehicle. the last cruze rolled through the line today. this is the first of four major plans set to close. more than 4 thourkts empl,000 e

accepted transfers to the other plants. and blockbuster is closing its only store in australia at the end of this month. once that goes, the only block buster remaining in the world is in bend, oregon. blockbuster first opened in 1985 and had 9,000 stores worldwide. facing stiff competition from services like netflix and red box, the code declared bankruptcy in 2010. the blockbuster michigan in oreg organi oregon says the store won't close anytime soon. >> just a few years ago weeds a weeds all go to blockbuster. things change. >> and more rain is on the way. we'd all go to blockbuster. things change. >> and more rain is on the way.

>> graduate,yeah, a good night movie. we have dark skies and showers. still wet roadways. south bay and peninsula as well. shoreline boulevard. >> spotty light variety. same thing in the north bay. we get you toyou down to street, heading in to la fayette, across 24, showers right now. most of the action associated with this storm has pushed off to the east and north. about your the ar but the area of low pressure is spinning off the coast so we keep the showers in the forecast. let me show you the rain totals. your rainfall close to 2 inches, san francisco received just over an inch.

oakland .75. these are 48 hour rainfall totals. san francisco over an inch of rain. so definitely big change between hayward a hayward. and this shark tank seeing blue signs of what is to come. not exactly blue from our tahoe camera, we are seeing snow. chains are required on all roi s roads except 80. and it is snowing right now, they are seeing thundersnow in the region.except 80. and it is snowing right now, they are seeing thundersnow in the region. 1 to 2 feet is expected above 6,000 feet. so i'd hold off until the storm has passed. it is cool out there and still slippery. showers off and on through tomorrow. a light storm this weekend.

and daylight saving time begins sunday morning. up want to set your clocks forwaone hour forward. and so tomorrow scattered showers. breezy at times. 6:00 p.m. tonight through 7:30, light to mad roderate activity. hit or miss for the morning commute time. showers will keep going through the afternoon. but you will see some breaks an clouds. a lot like this afternoon. and then it winds down later on in the day. additional rainfall total pretty much everyone quarter of an inch or less. tomorrow morning major sure of your umbrella but. you will need a jacket. tomorrow a few showers around. breezy. and the 7 day forecast, level one for tomorrow, brighter skies friday. a light level one system saturday.

it will bring us rain. and then you switch the clocks forward one hour and sunday you get a chance to dry out and get outside and enjoy the extra hour of daylight. dry monday, level one storm. but the temperatures will moderate. back up into the 60s. it has been cooler than average here. >> and wetter. >> yeah, it felt like winter. >> we're complaining. thanks. history will be made, coming up what is unique about nasa's next spacewalk. >> and a part of the bay area we've all traveled through that made cal fire's list of are the ross spring dress event is here-finally! so you can say yes to the biggest selection of the season. yes! or stop and ask yourself, "can i afford both?" at these prices, oh, yeah. or find a look that's, like... wow ...at a price that's, like... whoa. that's yes for less. seriously, 20 to 60 percent off department store prices!

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a look at the response and one person some are blaming. all that and more coming up at 6:00. and in the south bay, palo alto police force apparently doesn't carry as much weight as it used to. >> and we mean that literally. about 20 officers took part in a weight loss challenge. and michael foley lost 50 pounds in three months. >> the department regularly holds a challenge to drop some weight. agent foley says this is the first time he's stuck with it for the full three months. >> i feel much better. i had some choices i needed to make and change the way i was eating. and i just took a serious assignment, stuck with my plan. >> his they will ahealthy eatin practic plan meals before hand. and he has 30 more pounds he wants to lose. >> they look great.

world news i go is next. tonight, the breaking news involving a broadcasting giant. "jeopardy!" host alex trebek revealing his very personal battle. trebek saying he's been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. >> i have some news to share with all of you. >> tonight, his message to everyone right here. also developing at this hour, the singer r. kelly, and his explosive interview. >> is this camera on me? >> jumping out of his chair as he tries to defend himself against allegations of abuse. and tonight, we've just learned r. kelly has b is behind bars. the breaking news involving michael cohen tonight. the president's one-time fixer and attorney. what he has now given lawmakers. what he alleged during his secret testimony today on the hill. the major storm moving across the country tonight. the passenger jet struck by lightning, forced to turn back. and when this now hits the