radar dome there down to bodega bay, dylan beach, point reyes. that's the most widespread rain. there's still scattered showers for the rest of the us. it's a storm impact scale of 1 today. thunderstorms with small hail, especially this morning. alexis and i know it's pretty windy this morning. 25 to 35 mile per hour gusts out of the south. in san rafael, it's raining here. 52 to 56 at 7:00. same thing at noon. 57 to 61. then that initial line moves off and we'll have a chance of showers during the afternoon hours. by 7:00, this round is over. but there's more coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. here's alexis. lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. that is the norm until they get a few more lanes open. no issues if you're using fastrak. not quite as soggy as the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. that was an area where we were

looking wetter this morning. it's definitely spotty. not a washout. but you want to drive for conditions. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, still in the green. 31 minutes for you. westbound 4, antioch to concord, also green at 13. no delays, southbound 101, 17 minutes, san rafael to san francisco. thanks, alexis. affordable housing is a challenge in the area. >> people in berkeley can only afford to live in rvs will soon be banned from parking them in the streets overnight. the city council approved the ban after a tense meeting with residents and rv dwellers last night. they will now have to come up with specific rules to implement the new law before it's enforced. many have been parking overnight on 8th street near harrison street for the last year. they feel harassed and pushed out by people who live and work in the area. >> i'm trying to pay back my credit cards and student loans.

that's why i live in an rv to pay back my debt to society. >> we have human feces in our dumpsters, students have been threatened. students don't feel safe going to their cars at night. >> the city will work to find locations where the rv owners can move and provide them with homeless services. finding st. louiss to the bay area can be -- we invite you to share your ideas and see what your neighbors think by joining our better bay area facebook group. in the east bay, two people in custody. started with a police chase in oakland and ended with a crash last night. the car ended up stuck in this tree and officers arrested two people inside the vehicle. it is unclear why police were trying to stop the car. no one there was seriously hurt. happening today in the east bay, thousands of people can expect to get a text alert this morning as part of a test of the earthquake early warning system

at 11:00. an alert will be sent to phones in an area east of lake merritt in oakland. the aim is to see how long it takes to get the warning once emergency officials send it. the system is intended to give people at least five seconds notice of a quake. there is concern, it isn't fast or accurate enough yet. people will be asked to complete an online survey to determine if the test was successful. we have a link on the website. abc7news.com. an i team report reveals that a palo alto couple accused in a scheme faces new charges. federal prosecutors indicted gregory and amy colburn on money laundering. they believe it's in retaliation for their demand for a preliminary hearing. we're also learning about rick singer, the man who admitted to orchestrating the scheme. another says at one point they had the same client trying to get into college. >>ev get it to 100%.

he said it was a dn'o worry. >> that client's child ended up attending usc. his parent is now charged in connection with the scheme. singer told him, with enough time, it will blow over and things will be fine. happening today, boeing will meet with more than 200 airline pilots, technical experts and regulators to explain how it plans to safely put the 737 max back into service. boeing is ready to distribute a sot ware update to fix an issue with an automatic safety feature that's blamed for the crash suspected in another. in an unrelated incident, a max 8 being moved to california yesterday had to make an emergency landing in orlando, florida. the airline says there was a problem with an engine. valero shutdown of the

refinery in benicia is fueling a spike in gas prices. the plant released excess emissions last weekend that prompted a house alert forcing parts of the plant to temporarily shut down to fix the problem. the increase is expected to last for at least a week or long take a look at live doppler 7. near eden willow glen, san jose, mineta san jose reported light rain there. mid to upper 50s. a mild morning. los gatos, the hills 49. mid to upper 50s about everywhere. san pueblo at 52 degrees. a look at the bay bridge, which is wet. had to use the windshield wipers crossing that this morning. wet at times taking mass transit especially in the morning commute. same thing for driving.

there could be puddles possible if some of the heavier showers develop as i'm anticipating. ferry ride, still breezy and choppy. the north bay, best chance of wet weather through 1:00. an increasing sunshine, upper 50s this afternoon. east bay, best chance of rain from 9:00 to 1:00. you'll hit the mid-60s this afternoon when the sun finally breaks out. for san francisco, our best chance of wet weather is now through about 12:00. notice you're seeing a few lightning bolts to 10:00 and 12:00. there is a chance of thunderstorms today with small hail. that's where the ponding would be possible because of heavier rain down to the thunderstorms. we'll keep an eye on that. want to bring in alexis. you ran into some of that rain, right? >> just a little bit. there wasn't too much until i got into san francisco. then it was a little heavier. certainly certainly could be part of your commute today. here's a live look at walnut creek. southbound 680 slowly starting

to fill in around treat boulevard. things are still cruising along at a decent pace. light volume pretty much all the way around here this morning. mass transit off to a nice start. trains for b.a.r.t. began at 5:00 a.m. ace 1, i know there was a tough day yesterday. they were late getting out in stockton. nothing like that today. ace 1 is on time. no delays. normal service, no delays for muni. san francisco is cutting the number of car break-ins. modern technology getting the credit. a smoothie debuts on a campus. a job killer or cool artificial

look at the big picture, you can see that area of low pressure still sitting and spinning off the coast. that's why we'll be unsettled today and tomorrow. across the entire state, showers will try to push in to southern california. they kind of fall apart. 83 in palm springs.no gointeo feet of snow possible n the higher peaks. starts at 5:00 this morning. about 19 minutes ago through 5:00 thursday morning. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. moderate to heavy snow today.

snow showers and temperatures reaching the 50s by sunday and more rain coming next week. thank you, mike. the family of a man shot and killed by san francisco police has reached a settlement deal with the city. san francisco will pay an undisclosed amount to the mother of mario woods. officer shot woods 21 times in december of 2015 after they say he refused to drop a knife. footage of the shooting went viral on social media and spurred outrage. the settlement comes days before a wrongful death lawsuit was scheduled for trial. the board of supervisors has to approve the agreement. city-owned parking garages have seen break-ins drop by 72%. city leaders credit a new system that includes updated ticket machines, gate arms, light and high definition cameras. better tech means a better use of time for garage staff. >> now they're free to move about the facility to assist

patrons if they need help paying with their tickets, if someone needs help being directed to the proper stairwell to find the place they're going. they can help with that. they can do light janitorial work and be roving the garage to look for suspicious behavior and point that out as need be. >> the city owns 20 parking garages, nine already have that new equipment and work is in progress to add it to five others. if a soft opening is any indication, the opening of shake shack in larkspur is going to draw big crowds. friends and family of shake shack's team members were the first to envoy shack burgers, i, there will be menu items specific to this location, including the larksburg. >> that's a vanilla custard with

marshmallow sauce and crispy crunchies. >> we've been working on this very, very hard. for the last four months. we've been, like, we did a lot of training and finally just last week we had all our team members get trained to better serve the community here. so we can't wait to open our door for public. >> the first shake shack opened in palo alto in december. >> does it have robots? silicon valley is automating the food world with artificial intelligen intelligence. a startup called blended launched a smoothie making robot. abc news reporter kate larsen went to test out the new tech getting a mixed reception. >>bles -- >> chef b isn't a chef. not of the human variety. it's artificial intelligence that can blend up to 45

smoothies per hour with a robot arm that blends and prs with precision. >> repetitious mundane task. what you do in the process is create high paying jobs. tis is what robotics -- >> he's the ceo and co-founder of blended. it's out of sunnyvale. he's testing it on the usf campus. >> we met a student enjoying his frst a.i. smoothie. >> it's creating a lot of other jobs and opportunities that will further -- >> she's also a first n year student and disagrees. >> blended things just crash and a lot of people ended up getting the -- you have to question the reliability of it and whether or not it's actually the moral thing to do for people that are looking for jobs. >> they've hired five students to educate customers about the

technology. in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. in the east bay, legendary chef alex waters and her daughter having a personal trove of treasures sale. they are apparently putting them out for bargain prices for the public this weekend. the pair will be hosting a flea market in the parking lot of waters famous restaurant chez panis on sunday. singer, her daughter, a closing and accessories -- clothing and accessories designers said the event will have decades worth of treasures from the high to the low. waters will be there to sell and sign her iconic hats and books. also, it's been a while since we've been there as evidenced by the ano sw h long 's b institution. >> will they have rain for the

yard sale? >> no. a shower moved through alamo and danville on 680 and also danville boulevard and ka minnow ramon. but it has moved on and dried up. here's a look at some of the rain that has fallen on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. showers and t-storms increasing. they'll be heaviest this morning. lighter this afternoon and evening. the chance continues through tomorrow. we've got the dry and warmer pattern for the weekend. highs today, upper 50s in san mateo, santa cruz, half moon bay. san francisco. richmond, san rafael. ukiah, lakeport 56. everybody else around 60 to 64 degrees. not as warm as yesterday. it will be cooler, mid-40s to low 50s instead of the low to mid-50s we're dealing with now. here's a look at 7:00. pretty much see the outline and watch as it moves through. we have yellows and oranges and reds during the morning commute

up until noon when it starts to push into the east bay and the south bay. you can see during the afternoon hours, it kind of moves away from us. a little bit of sinking behind the cold front. we'll clear out the clouds and stabilize the atmosphere a little bit. a few light showers and that will continue during the evening, 11:30. notice overnight, the southerly wind continues. the low draws near and tomorrow morning, look at that, through the day tomorrow, waves of showers. they possibly in the north bay could be thunderstorms also. here's a look at my seven-day forecast. a 1 for today on the impact scale. same tomorrow. spring sunshine for friday and spring warmth saturday and especially sunday. a slight chance of showers on mo. alexis? >> i want to show you the emeryville camera. we've got a couple of traffic breaks running on either side of isthtate 80 around gilman. if you're coming from berkeley or trying to get there. not sure what's going on. we don't have any word from chp.

i noticed the westbound side is being held as well. we're trying to get to the bottom of this. both side of the roadway are stopped right now. as i said, we don't have any mention of a collision in this area. maybe debris. i don't know right now. i will try to get to the bottom of it and have an update in a few. also, i've noticed this camera bouncing around a bit this morning. it is quite breezy. as of right now, a high-wind b and the dumbarton bridge. i drove across the bay bridge. it was windy. i'm a little surprised they haven't issued one for that. they will later in the morning. golden gate bridge, six minutes for you. 9 across the bridge into san francisco and westbound 92. should take you 13 minutes. thank you, alexis. verizon will be releasing a new tool in the fight against the dreaded robo calls. >> a cam captures a baby's first words. hey google. >> here's techbytes.

>> in today's techbytes x good news for people sick of spam calls. >> verizon is introducing a free robo call blocking app. it uses a list of known spam numbers to identify certain calls. before this, there was a paid version that cost $3. digital -- taking over. retailers are cutting back in the greet being card aisle thanks to an uptick of electronic well wishes. each christmas and valentine's day haven't helped slumping sales. a california family's nest cam captured their baby's first words. >> hey google. >> google. >> cleo. >> oh, my goodness. it was not traditional mama or da da. first words, >> welcome to the tech age. those are your techbytes. >> that makes me cringe. that makes me cringe. google? hey, google. >> hey google.

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commute weatherwise. there could be ponding on the roadways and breezy conditions alexis and i have been talking about. there will -- the new spill way at the oroville dam in butte county could be used for the first time next week. it's been two years since the old main spill way failed. the structure underwent a $1 billion reconstruction effort. the state department of water resources says it's now ready to be used and may see first flows next week. the levels are projected to hit 850 feet next friday which could trigger the use of a new trans. community leaders raised the flag at president county centerc yesterday. including a new gender health center and temporary housing facility for the lgbt community.

>> santa clara county was the first to create an office of lgbtq affairs. >> my hope is that we are a model for other counties in santa clara and certainly across the country. >> this year marks the 10th anniversary of the trans-day of visibility which will be celebrated on sunday. do you ever wonder what it's like for a rat in a maze? check out the small sierra west of truckee. the streets look like mazes. in fact, the walls are 25 feet high in places. at the nearby soda springs ski resort, there's almost 21 feet of snow at the base. up on the mountain, they've received 43 feet of snow, mike. >> heavenly a couple days ago are going to extend their extended opening -- not opening. but the closing day. it is crazy. sometimes they can't find places to put the snow. 155% of average. back here at home, chance of thunderstorms everywhere today. a chance of thunderstorms from santa rosa, napa northward

tomorrow. let's take a look at what's going on as far as the rainfall. reset the clock at 7:00 this morning. as we go through the day today, because of the scattered natures of the showers and the possibility of thunderstorms. we've got them all over from less than a tenth in oakland to .6 in fremont. .2 in san jose. redwood city to a quarter in calistoga. it's not going to be a solid rain event. with the showers out there, they become heavier in the north bay. richmond possibly nearly an in oakland a tenth of an inch. especially this morning and again tomorrow. let's get a check of the commute with alexis. >> good morning, mike. mystery not solved. i think it's going to stay a mystery. traffic is moving again here on 80 through the emeryville stretch. so just about ten minutes ago when we last looked at this, we had traffic held by chp on both the eastbound and westbound sides of 80 around gilman. not sure what that was. there could have been debris. i didn't see a crash.

we definitely didn't have one recorded with chp. i guess the good news is, they're moving again. residual delays. flipping over to the traffic maps and heading into some roadwork here. eastbound and westbound 580. the eastbound side scheduled to wrap up at 5:00 a.m. this is between the toll plaza over to the marin county side. the westbound side, they're saying they probably won't be done until 6:00. i am seeing that backup eastbound, westbound looks okay for now. we'll look at a crash in san francisco coming up next. thank you, alexis. the port of oakland is switching to some prius style power. >> they plan to convert cranes to hybrid power. the massive cranes are the work horses of ports nationwide. they straddle rows of containers, lifting boxes on and off trucks. san jose's japan town getting a first slice of pizza. j-town pizza company had a soft

opening yesterday. the crowds came in almost immediately. the building where the pizzeria is located is historical. it has some history. it's more than a century old. one served as a boarding home for japanese workers. j-town will serve new york-style and artisan pizzas. in keeping with the neighborhood, they will offer meatball egg rolls. >> i like a place where you can get a slice of pizza and an egg roll. >> me too. measles alert. the places an infected person visited here in the bay area. the backlash after prosecutors drop charges against act act actor jussie smollett. >> are

good morning. we have a health alert in santa clara county. we'll tell you where a tourist may have exposed other folks to measles. we'll get to that story in a moment. good morning to you. it's wednesday, march 27th. it's dark outside. >> yes. sometimes we go to full black. right now, full light with mike nicco >> that light is shining on the storm impact scale. showers heavy at times. especially this morning, where thunderstorms with small hail are possible. winds are gusting 20 to 35 out of the south. watch out on the east-west bridges. little tug at the steering wheel. down in the south bay, willow glen to eden vale on