grammy-nominated rapper and entrepreneur nipsey hussle. >> he was shot in b o owns in l angeles yesterday afternoon. two other people were also hurt. r.lice say the suspect ran to a hussle wasn't a household name, but he was to his legion of fans very much an inspiration. hussle used his fame to give back to the community. the 33-year-old invested in many community projects. golden state warriors stephon curry got emotional after last night's game. >> i got to know him last year and had a great conversation we what he stoodfor, what his message was. senseless crimes that don't need to happen especially with a guy doing what he was doing. definitely tough. >> and other celebrities including lebron james and rihanna have also posted tributes online. you can view a collection of them on our website, abc7news.com.

it's now 4:30 if you're just waking up to us. good morning. we start with mike ties. you can see this is moving off mainly to the east, maybe a little bit due north of east, but should stay away from us. there is a chance of sporadic light showers in the north bay today. while the rest of us are going to have more clouds than yesterday, temperatures still very mild. 61 at half moon bay. lake port, 62. everybody else around 63 to about 69 degrees. here's a look from mt. tam. you can see it's pretty clean right now. mid to upper 50s at 7:00. upper 60s away from the coast at noon where we'll be 60. we'll hang out in the upper 50s at the coast. cooler by 4:00 as the cold front starts to roll in and bring us a chance of a shower, mid-60s. look at a live shot from the east shore freeway making your way from golden gate fields to the mcarthur maze and it's looking good. you can see the gabs between the headlines there and it looks like a little bit of road work

on the right-hand lane, the left side of your screen. we'll take a look at one little problem. we have slow traffic out of tracy and over the altamont. the slow lane partially blocked before the lawrence expressway in sunnyvale. heads up there. the sensors are not showing much slowing. hopefully they'll get that moved out shortly. we'll check back in just a few. everyone's favorite topic, taxes. don't change the channel just yet. these are changes you should really know about. >> especially if you buy a lot of your items online. live for us in redwood city, jobina fortson. >> reporter: big box stores like this one behind me no longer dominate over online businesses which is part of the reason for this change. if you buy something online and no matter if that business is based out of state you will have to pay california state taxes. businesses that make more than $100,000 in annual sales from

california or companies that conduct at least 200 transactions are included in this. it's possible these rules could change, though. lawmakers are trying to push a bill that would raise the threshold to $500,000 so small businesses don't have to collect and get as hard of a hit. >> this is something that has been in the works for a while since the supreme court decision of last year. it was an exception that was made for online retailers at a time when ontime retailers were the minority and brick and mortar sales was the dominant platform. now it's the opposite. >> reporter: to top it off, sales taxes increasing in 51 cities across the state including redwood city, unincorporated parts of sonoma county and several other spots across the bay area. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. now to the former nevada lawmaker who says former vice president joe biden inappropriate touched and kissed her. >> she's now describing the encounter as awkward and disturbing.

abc news reporter sabrina marshall is live for us. >> reporter: this scrutiny comes not just in the era of the me too movement but joe biden undecided on the campaign is leading democratic candidates in the polls. it's this campaign rally from 2014 that's raising new questions about former vice president joe biden. >> i feel joe biden put his hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head. >> reporter: nevada politician lucy flores was running for lieutenant governor at the time. speaking out now that the kiss on the back of her head made her feel uncomfortable. biden said that was never his intention. in my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, i have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of support and comfort. and not once, never, did i believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested i did so, i

will listen respectfully, but it was never my intention. >> i don't believe that it was a bad intention. >> reporter: no other woman has complained publicly but biden's physical contact with women has raised questions in the past such as this image with incoming defense secretary ash carter's wife. overnight stephanie carter said in a blog post on medium she's reclaiming the photo writing, the joe biden in my picture is a close friend helping someone get through a big day for which i will always be grateful. the 2020 candidates who have spoken out believe flores but question whether this instance alone should disqualify biden from running. serena marshall, abc 7 news. thank you. in the east bay police are looking for surveillance videot beating. >> some of these images are graphic. frederick is missing three teeth, has a fractured nose and palate and ten stitches in his live. he was waiting for his food at this denny's early yesterday morning.

he says a door dash delivery employee berated employees for not having a to go order ready. he told the man to calm down, and he says the man then punched him in the face and ran away. >> i remember him being over the top and rude and made me as a waiter feel really offended on their behalf. i was just trying to stand up for people who can't stand up for themselves in that situation. >> in a statement doordash says we are investigating the alleged incident and will take action as appropriate including deactivating the dasher from our platform. your credit card information may be in the hands of hackers. they may have targeted customers at restaurants in san jose, campo as part after nationwide data a sleuth discovered more than 2 million people had their credit

cards stolen. a road closed because of a reopen. sausalito boulevard was closed off after a huge mound of mud and debris came crashing down a hillside. it happened after days of rain. the slide destroyed at least two homes and damaged four more. one woman barely escaped when the torrent of mud swept her home off its foundation. she came away with scratches and bruises and was the only person injured in that slide. thankfully the rain we have this week will not create situations like that again. we have several chances, but they're mainly on the lighter side. hi, everybody. look at these temperatures in san francisco. 53. that's the coolest and that's right around castro, mission. to the sunset, degrees. we have santa clara at 48.

let's take a look at what will happen with your commute. you can see it's dry on the western side of the bay bridge as we look east from our south beach camera. 50s this morning to 60s to near 70 this afternoon, even with cloud cover. mainly dry, a stray shower today and a ferry ride with light breezes. here's a look at the peninsula. you can see clouds dominate. we'll get a little bit of sunshine. 54 at 7:00. 62 at 11:00 and mid-60s during the afternoon hours. a look at the east bay valleys, mid-50s to upper 50s through 9:00. 70 from 1:00 to 3:00. what a gorgeous evening to have dinner on the back porch. a look at the south bay, 53 this morning. you will also flirt with 70s this aerno. i ow is two avid gardeners we had a great day. >> we were in our separate yards. >> i think yours is better than me. >> we planted yesterday. it was so pretty. >> it was so nice yesterday.

talk about the commute. >> right now pretty good. quiet. a couple incidents, as always. we'll check out the bay bridge toll plaza, a couple slow lanes, the cash paying lanes now. no metering lights are on. afah the way to go or if you can car-pool as well. a great way to get across. slow traffic out of the central valley. heads up there in the slow lane. you might have to swerve to avoid that. an accident in sunnyvale not seeing slowing north 101 before the lawrence expressway blocking the slow lane. >> sue, thank you. ride hailing companies are changing how we get around. we'll show you some of the great lengths drivers go to make ends meet and help build a better bay 'sec popular cat food. one unwanted ingredient could harm your pet. plus that horrible live stream that drew outrage,

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some issues at our beaches. a long period of very strong waves, increased risk of sneaker waves all the way through this evening, so be careful if you're heading there especially temperature 65 today in monterey. you can see eureka some showers, some rain. all those people that are on spring break up in tahoe will get rained on today. look at the midges p

a look at my forecast. there's still plenty of snow up there though it will get rained on today a. wintry mix for tuesday and more rain sunday. >> mike, thank you. i know you have some cats. here is a warning for pet owners about a cat food recall. nestle purina petcare says one of its products may be contaminated with rubber pieces. it's muse wet cat food natural chicken and it has a best by date. the production code number on your screen 80941162. and the company has asked ret l retailers to remove the affected product from store shelves. as part of the ongoing commitment we're focusing on how ride hailing companies are changing the landscape in a new so-called gig economy. fares for uber and lyft in san francisco are the highest in california, and that's

attracting drivers from outside the bay area who oftentimes sleep in their cars between shifts. traffic reporter alexis smith followed one driver who does just that. [ alarmhis u wel only identify because he fears uber will kick him off the platform if he talks to us. >> i'm getting up to start my day. >> reporter: though he has a home in the sacramento area, ray slept in his car at this ride share lot in san francisco. he is one of many ride hailing drivers who travel from outside the bay area to work for lyft and uber and who sleep in their cars to survive. >> you look at the map of san francisco right now. whenever it gets busy, it will light up red. it's like a surge, but we only get a dollar amount. >> reporter: he hopes to make extra money from surge pricing.

>> i have early people catching flights, getting ready to go to work. >> reporter: ten minutes after he set out, ray made his first stop in the miss district. after that, he kept driving through the morning commute. >> i will run probably now until 12:00, 1:00 this afternoon, so that will be nine straight urs,>>eporr: w caught u withy a sh sacramento? >> i've been doing it now about four years. everybody comes to san francisco and works because you make more money in the bay area than you do anywhere else. >> reporter: sacramento is a hugely growing area. there's tons of traffic there, too. it really makes that big of a difference? >> a lot of people drive in sacramento. we don't have trouble with parking. >> reporter: he says he made $105,000 last year driving for uber. but if you take away costs like new tires and brakes and $18,000 in gas, his real take-home pay is about $65,000. what do you think uber could do to make it better for drivers?

>> treat us like employees. we're not really independent contractors. independent contractors get to do what they want to do when they want to do it. >> reporter: he says uber penalizes those who turn down pool rides that aren't as profitable as drivers. at noon ray headed to san bruno to take a break including a sto the airport staging lot waiting for his turn to pick up a passenger. >> i start my afternoon at the airport. i will just go wherever it takes me. >> reporter: rain had started up again by the time it was time to sleep. >> i sleep in my car certain nights. the hotels are so expensive, you would use the money up you make driving. a lot do it not just only here, they sleep up at mcdonald's, rest area on 280. they're all over the place. they're not homeless. they're just coming down here to

work. i sit back with my blanket, my pillow, and sit in my passenger side seat and catch me a nap. i will get started again in the morning. >> reporter: alexis smith, abc 7 news. >> and stay tuned to abc 7 this week. we'll have ride share stories each day on our platforms, and we invite to you share your ideas about building a better bay area and see what your neighbors think by building our conversation on our facebook group. you can talk about these problems that you see or ideas and, of course, on twitter as well. we have the hash tag on instagram, too. interesting to see those folks sleeping in their car. so many times i use uber or lyft and i talk to the driver and they do say they come in from really far away. >> i hear sacramento a lot. i take it every morning, and i didn't consider they had been sleeping in the car overnight. >> how tired are they when they're driving you around? >> yeah. >> kind of a scary thought. >> tough reality to make a buck.

let's talk about weather and it will be tougher to get around. as we head through the week, i think the heaviest rain will be thursday into friday. we have a chance today, even though it looks very clear from the east bay hills camera. mostly cloudy today. a random shower across the north bay. the rest of us will get better chances of showers tonight, even some thunderstorms possible and periods of rain and dry weather all the way through my seven-day forecast. temperature tod fn half moon bay to santa cruz at about 70 degrees. most of us around 63 to 69. very comfortable, once again. it will be comfortable tonight. low to mid-40s as a mild air mass will sit on tophance of we weather. the area of low pressure out to our west. most of the rain in the green you see is to the north. there are some a better chance of rain. you could see at 7:00 this morning all the way through about 6:00 this evening, the best chance in the north bay for some showers, and then at 7:00 they start to move down into the rest of the bay and they remain periods of rain all during the

overnight hours through tomorrow morning's morning commute and all day tomorrow, also. we'll take a look at the rainfall estimates. let me do that in the next weather. we're running short on time and i want to give you the full seven-day forecast. we have rain possible today. a better chance tonight and tomorrow. a little bit after break wednesday and thursday. and then a small atmospheric river for friday and saturday. right now those storms are ones, also. sue in very few cars coming through the toll plaza for an eight-minute drive to san rafael from the richmond side of things. we'll look at our traffic maps, slow and go for about a 35-minute ride over the altamont into dublin/pleasanton. your drive times westbound on 580, westbound on 4 looking good, and from san rafael across the golden gate bridge less than 20 minutes. >> thank you, sue. facebook considering new limits on who can live stream. >> it comes in the wake of the

live stream of the terror attack in new zealand. details in this morning's "tech bytes." facebook may limit who is allowed to live stream. >> sheryl sandberg revealed the plans to make it harder to post inappropriate content. it comes after the alleged mosque shooter live streamed the attack in new zealand. nearly 47,000 listings have been removed. >> that's about 72% of the daycare professionals listed on care.com. it follows the report that hundreds of providers on the site were not licensed as claimed. and finally, google is getting in on the april fool's fun. >> you can play snake on the app. just open the menu, hit play snake, and pick up passengers around your city to make your train grow. those are your "tech bytes." >> have a great day. >> happy april fool's day. a flying elephant takes on

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all right. the red sox in town all the way from boston to take on the a's after they took three of four from the angels. so that's nice to see they're back on tck a .500 now. 60 at 10:07. a slight chance of a shower. don't let it keep you from

going. a man whoars old because of transplant is looking to find the bay area family who donated the heart to him. he first went into cardiac arrest 23 years ago. he kept having repeated heart attacks. his doctors determined he needed a new heart right away. >> i asked my nurse, i said, honey, how much time do i have to live? she said, you really want to know? yes, please tell me. and she said, well, probably a week. if a heart doesn't come in within a week, you're going to be gone. >> a heart came through from a 44-year-old palo alto man. jack received the transplant in november of 1995 at theow g t t has bee to him and say thank yo tay in the east bay oakland's public libraries will be open more hours. the main library in downtown oakland and the branch on 81st avenue will be open seven days a

week. the main library will be open from 10:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night mondays through thursdays. it will also be open noon to 5:30 on fridays and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 evening on on weekends. mike? let's take a look at what's going on from the roof camera. looks pretty quiet. the flags are kind of still this morning. temperatures willve wies yesterday. but watch out for the tree pollen. it's climbing. oak, pine and sycamore. uv index will be moderate. promised.ll as we'll reset it at 7:00 this e a 7:00 there could be rain across the north bay. look at that, just a couple hundredths of an inch, enough to make it wet and slick. we have a better chance of widespread showers and

thunderstorms. notice how they're on the light side about 0.2 in calistoga to barely 0.02 in san jose. that's why the storm is a 1, light, on our storm impact scale. back to sue and traffic. san rafael, it's moving nicely past the north gate mall. for your drive from novato to the golden gate bridge is just about a 20-minute drive with no stalls or accidents and no fog out there. just as mike said, some high clouds. to walnut creek with the taillights headed southbound past north main and making the turn on 24. you're looking at an eight-minute drive from concord to the 24 interchange. a little slowing over the altamont pass. we had an earlier accident that has been cleared. the live remake of "dumbo"

soared. >> the disney film cost $170 million to produce and disney is the parent company of abc 7. "us" slipped into number two followed by "captain marvel," "five feet apart" and "unplanned." >> i went to see "dumbo" and everything was evacuated because of a bomb scare. does he getit with his mother or doesn't he? next at 5:00 a.m., a plan to repair potholes in oakland. why some people who live there aren't happy. and new overnight, crews respond to a fire in the south bay, the area that burned. nk? idol" co