all the joints. >> the bridge is safe. it's open to traffic. it'spublic. the only reason we're replacing these right now is out of a precautionary measure. there's no physical or damage that can be seen at this time but we're replacig them just to be cautious. they predict the upper deck work will take about three months and the lower deck repairs won't start until next year. so keep in mind right now this is impacting the upper deck. these repair hours are going to be from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. every night. although, take a look right now, from what we've seen so far, we haven't seen a lane closure. possibly they wrapped up a little early. we wanted to give you the heads up to keep this in mind as you plan for the next few months. reporting live from richmond san rafael bridge, amy hollyfield,

abc 7 news. 4:30. if you're just waking up, good morning. here is a look at weather, traffic and mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. a look at doppler 7. it's dry. i overlaid the clouds, they are increasing. not much sunshine, a little fog to start around 12, 29, 80, 37 all the way to florida street and vallejo. now, looking at san francisco, the flags aren't moving much at all, still relatively calm. a little sunshine possibly. may need sunshine time to time. the cloud deck is definitely out there. look what it does to temperatures, nice at the noon, low- to mid-60s. we stay at 50s at the coast, mid to upper 60s at 4:00 and we're still dry during the evening commute, mid-50s to 60. once we get to midnight, the rain is coming back. i'll show you that soon. here is alexis. >> we have a significant problem if you're trying to get out of tracy. we didn't have lane lours closu

until a few moments ago. the semicaught fire, made it off to the shoulder. it's in a bad spot. emergency crews are there taking up three right lanes, westbound 580 before north flynn road. just one lane getting by. yeah, that is causing but a 45, 50-minute delay. that is spilling over to 205. as you know, not many great alternates, ace rail the best. to the maze 18 minutes, in the green, 8 minute drive across bay bridge and san francisco. 101 san francisco to sfo in the green at nine minutes. >> thanks, terrifying moments for a family after home video reveals a shooking surprise. >> a prowler entering their sleeping baby's bedroom. abc 7 news reporter is in vallejo with the chilling details. >> mine and my sister's reaction, we got chills. >> schendelle bohulano got chills after she realized her

sister and kids weren't alone sunday morning. the home security revealed a man wearing a hoodie on the prowl inside the house while they were sleeping. >> he came in here. he seemed like he knew where he was going. >> the man first seen on a neighbor security camera walking by the house several times before breaking in through the backyard. >> slid this and reached over to unlock the sliding door. >> inside he tries to remove one of the security cameras in the living room. most shocking at all, the man is seep upstairs peeking spot bedroom of a 4-year-old girl and 1-year-old boy while they slept. >> i'm like there's a random stranger in the house looking inside my 4-year-old niece's room. the prowler then got to work stealing electronics from the house, computers and ipads. >> he went back inside, went out, carried more stuff and put it in the trunk. >> the man whose face is hard to see in the footage made three separate trips without waking anyone. luckily no one was harmed.

the family now feeling violated and afraid. >> your house is supposed to be a safe place. it's not supposed to be in any type of danger. >> that security camera did not get a good shot of the car he was driving but apparently he left behind a pair of gloves. police are now analyzing those for dna evidence. meantime the family says they plan to upgrade their security system. they also plan to don't a very big dog. in vallejo, anz news. in the east bay, three highway shootings in three days have the chp on high alert. in each case investigators say the victims were targeted. gunfire killed an antioch woman along highway 4 in concordon saturday. officers blame gang violence for the death of destiny hillary. a driver in livermore was not injured. yesterday morning a vehicle shot at on interstate 880 in

richmond. they say the shootings are not connected. they have arrested the third person involved in the possible terror tack that left three people dead and five injured. a gunman opened fire on as track. several hours later the police took a 37-year-old into custody. he's being held on suspicion of manslaughter. this morning the motive behind the shooting remains unclear. the prime minister of new zealand is vowing never to speak the man accused of murder at two mosques. she will do everything possible to deny him the attention he wants. she also say she will push for new gun control laws. 50 people died in the attack in christchurch. prosecutors have charged that suspect with murder. he has not entered a plea and demanding to represent himself. in texas authorities say a huge chemical fir could burn f two more days before it's out. chemical and a tank at a plant outside houston ignited on sunday. in fact, we showed you this live

on good morning las vegas -- excuse me, wrong show. abc 7 mornings yesterday morning. i was thinking about las vegas. chemicals in a tank there on fire. the fire eventually engulfed six other tanks. emergency responders are spraying foam and water on the flames around the clock right now. authorities say that the air around that plant, though, is no longer dangerous. that's a relief for some residents. the tanks contain chemicals used for nail polish remover, glue and paint thinner. a memorial service is planned for saturday for the murdered son of an oakland city councilmember. victor mcelhenney died after being shot during a robbery on march 10th. no arrest made. he's the son of councilwoman mechan. the ceremony saturday at temple

hill. my accuweather, 50 right now walnut creek, low 50s highway 4. everyone else upper 40s in inland east bay neighborhoods. check around the bay, low- to mid-50s vallejo, san francisco, down bayshore into the south bay. a little cooler in pacifica, 49. mid to upper 40s. that's how you should dress up in the north bay. here is a look at the western span of the bay bridge. it is dry. a little fog in the north bay for your commute. so a little bit of a caution there. for mass transit and ferry ride, everything ought to be really quiet today. in fact, let's take a look at the north bay. at 7:00, 47, 9:00, 51. we get to near 60 at noon. a lot of cloud cover all day. mid to upper 60s, close to average even with lack of sunshine. stuck in the 50s through 9:00. cloud cover as we reach mid to upper 60s from 1:00 to 5:00, down to 62 at 5:00. let's see if we're try all 12 hours in san francisco. yup, with increasing clouds we

break out of the 50s at 9:00 and hang out in the 60s for the afternoon. closer to midnight, that's when the rain starts to roll in. tomorrow's commute, not going to be as easy as today, at least not as dry. let's find out this morning. let's bring in alexis. good morning. >> good in we're looking good on golden gate bridge. southbound 101, looks like zipper trucks have been through. take that back. i don't think they have been through. you do not need any room on the southbound side. we're not seeing heavy traffic in either direction. we are seeing heavy traffic out of tracy. i think the sensors may be exaggerating this a bit. we do have a semi that caught fire westbound 580. tracy to dublin is calculating 2 hours 25 minutes. so we've got the three right lanes blocked, only one lane getting by. i don't think they will have to have that many lanes blocked for very long because the semi made it to the shoulder.

they are probably cautious while they get that fire tapped out. keeping a close i. westbound 4 antioch to concord, 101 self-to san francisco looking great at 16 minutes. >> thank you, alexis. democrats are morning a year away from picking a presidential candidate but they are already planning debates. there's one that's guaranteed encalifornein cal. >> getting your car toed can ruin your day. a big change in california's towing

this tuesday morning. watch the clouds blanket almost the entire state today. we'll still be in the 80s in palm springs, a little cooler arund disa around san diego and los angeles. sacramento 77. and fresno. we've got a winter wind advisory starting this evening through 11:00 tomorrow. we're looking at more than 24 hours of snow above 6,000 feet. not very heavy, 4" to a foot. it will blow sideways at times making travel difficult. we'll have a chance of thunder with tomorrow's wintry mix. a wintry mix thursday and friday and snow in tahoe. >> thank you, mike. the race for next year's democratic nomination well under

way. this morning we are learning that california will host at least one primary debate. the human rights foundation and ucla will co-host the debate on october 10th in los angeles. right now there are 15 presidential candidates. only candidates who receive 1% of the vote in three separate national polls or receive donations from 57,000 people in 20 states can take part. an effort under way for towing companies. ban cities from towing vehicles with five or more parking tickets. also if registration is out of date or the car has been parked on the street in the same spot three days. says it hurts them the f paying not going to help that debt. towing should be used tore traffic and safety reasons, not

to push poor people furthe into poverty. towing fees can run up to $1500. he says current laws don't serve any safety purpose. today we'll learn about two more events happening at brand-new chase center in san francisco as reveal week continues. te warriors announce the first event ever at the new arena will be september 6th. it will be a reunion for san francisco symphony and metallica. the two musical acts came together for a live album 20 years ago. both say this is a symbolic home coming. >> it's a beautiful opportunity. we're super proud after 38 years there's still cool things like this on the horizon for us and we're able to explore and have some fun with new friends. >> chase access starts at noon, the general public can get tickets on friday. abc 7 is going to be following every event during reveal week. you can get each announcement

sent to your phone if you download april ross news app. you can customize places you're in. let's you know about breaking news around the bay area as it happens. here at abc 7 news, we are counting down the days until national puppy day. we're celebrating on friday. >> this has become an annual tradition for us. we're just three days away. can you join us friday morning beginning at 4:30 a.m. and we tell you how to give an adorable puppy a forever home. we'll be streaming puppy cam on abc7news.com and abc 7 news app. we want to see your puppy pictures. share them online, puppies 7. i don't know if we made this clear, the puppies are in the building. the puppy cam is upstairs. we put them in a they run around alln. productive for

station. >> there's three partners, you can watch them. i heard it's a great stress reliever, have them in the corner of your computer and watch them every once in a while. it's going to be a fun time and hopefully we find a lot of forever homes. a good day to walk your dog, no rain in the forecast. mount tam mostly cloudy, not as warm. chances of showers, wednesday, thursday, friday. the weekend is now trending a little dryer. so highs today 59 at half moon bay, 65 at santa cruz, the warm spot along the coast. most of us in the mid to upper 60s. you can see we get to 70 at san jose, concord and morgan hill 71 for warmer spots. tonight there you go, green and yellow showing up, light to moderate showers. temperatures very mild in the low- to mid-50s. most neighborhoods santa rosa northward upper 40s. here is a look at our system. you can see pretty impressive

looking rotation right there. it's going to create cooler conditions as that canopy of clouds dims the sunshine a little bit. it will make us wet tomorrow. just how wet? how about one on the storm impact scale, light to moderate showers, a quarter of an inch to three-quarters. double that in santa cruz mountain. you can see by midnight scattered showers start to develop. as the low draws near, those increase and the intensity hang around all through the morning and afternoon hours into wednesday night. then they will taper a little bit as we head towards thursday especially after the morning. another system comes in friday, friday night and it will start to clear out saturday and milder sunday before another one on the storm impact scale hits monday. notice temperatures only today and possibly sunday reach 70 again. alexis. >> all right, mike. we do have a traffic alert now. unfortunately it's not sounding like the semi fire is going to clear on westbound 580 in a

really bad spot before north flynn road. chp issued a sig alert a few minutes ago. three lanes block, one getting by. no estimate for when those lanes will reopen. i know the semi initially made it to the right shoulder and emergency crews arrived. they blocked off the rest of those lanes. we are talking about major delays. our partners at waze are calculating about an hour and 30 minute delay. down to 2 miles an hour on 205, 7 on 580. you can bet those surface streets 205 and 580 starting to jam up. ace rail or delay your trip. that's the best advice this morning. the good news, the major problem. bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of a lineup in the cash lines but that's it so far today. >> thank you, alexis. apple has introduced two new ipads but without the usual fanfare. >> walmart is ready to challenge apple with a cheap ipad rival. this isecbytes. >> in today's tech bytes, new

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>> that's fascinating. we'll have to change the nursery rhyme from three blind mice to two blind mice. >> i like that. i like your thinking. tomorrow will be hard to see because of the wet weather. wet streets, more showers, even a possible thunderstorm. locally heavier amounts of rain during the evening commute tomorrow. here we are at 7:00 this evening. we'll set the counter for then. by the time we get to 9:00 tomorrow morning, everybody is pretty wet. just enough to make it slick. today you can see the totals get to a quarter in the santa cruz mountains. for today santa cruz southward and central valley into the foothills that have the best chance of a thunderstorm. tomorrow we have a chance of a thunderstorm mainly in our easternmost county. it's going to be a wild day tomorrow. let's find out about the commute. hopefully it's a little tamer. here is alexis. >> it's not. not if you're trying to get out of tracy, a major traffic alert.

all lines are blocked temporarily due to the sig alert fire. sig alert westbound 580 before north flynn road. we did have the left lane getting by until a couple moments ago. chp hopefully working on getting this cleared. boy, this is really tough. let's take a look at how long. spilled over to 205. nine miles. trust me, you're barely moving. this drive time it would hours 16 minutes. tracy to dublin. not worth that in my opinion. i would take ace rail or delay. 680, dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 14. northbound 85, highway 101 to cupertino coming in at 15 minutes. thank you. a special tree going up in a historic north beach neighborhood. they helped plant the tree near washington square yesterday. it honors this man san francisco poet and

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coming up at 5:00 a.m., good morning tuesday march 19th. never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco says there's rain in the forecast again, mike. >> coming up tonight and this time tomorrow and all day tomorrow we have a chance of rain. right now just a little bit too much moisture in the air in the form of fog around napa, petaluma and santa rosa. this is the way it looks in san rafael. drive into south 101. very mild morning once again. 48 to 52 at 7:00. we're going to stay in the 50s at the coast while we'll reach 61 to 64. just a little bit of sunshine getting through the cloud deck. by 4:00, the clouds are thicker. that will keep us mainly out of the 70s in most neighborhoods, mid to upper 60s. by 7:00, 55 at the coast and 61, still pretty comfortable.

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