student expelled. this is the latest development in the college admissions scandal. how the university says the student got in. good morning to you. it is monday, april 8th. >> thanks for joining us. yu're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. let's kick things off with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thanks, gang. we'll look at what's going on outside. in some areas it looks exactly like that. it is dark because of the fog that is out there. you can see the visibility is less than an eighth of a mile for places like half moon bay. that's starting to move into parts of san francisco. you can see petaluma has dangerously thick fog. a look at the golden gate bridge. you can see how thick it is. that's going to be around for the entire morning commute. and then we'll have 60s everywhere by noon. notice only 61 at the coast at 4:00. the rest of us hovering around 70 with showers in the north bay. those will start spreading around the 7:00 hour. a check of the morning commute

ok a a pretty busy bay bridge toll plaza at least in the cash lanes. car-pool lanes have opened up and fast track lanes are still looking good. no metering lights yet. that should happen closer to 5:20. we have some fog settling in on the span as well. once you make it to the san francisco side it's not looking bad. a quick check of mass transit off to a quiet start. ace 1 out of the central valley on time with no delays and normal service, no issues for capital corridor. alexis, thank you. new developments in the college admissions scandal. a stanford student has been expelled. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live at stanford with what led to the university's decision. amy? >> reporter: jessica, the university says the student faked her sailing credentials when she applied in late 2016. the university has confirmed some of the material in her application is false and that a

$500,000 contribution was made to the sailing program several months after she was admitted. the sailing coach has been fired from stanford. he pleaded guilty in the scandal to one count of racketeering. stanford said in a statement that this female student is no longer on campus and that any credits earned have been vacated. since she applied in late 2016 that puts her at her second year here, a sophomore. now starting all over again as the fallout from operation varsity blues continues. reporting live from stanford, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. much more on the college admissions scandal on our website. right now you can read about the bay area parents facing charges. just head to abc7news.com. developing news out of the south bay. police are investigating a shooting that injured a man in san jose, happened just after 2:00 yesterday afternoon on

russo drive and blossom hill road. officers arrived but did not find a victim. a short time later police say a man showed up at a hospital with at least one gunshot wound. no suspects have been identified. happening today the funeral for a beloved oakland priest. >> thousands gathered sunday to remember reverend james v. matthews ii. he died after an apparent heart attack. elizabeth pena has more on the life and legacy of father j. >> reporter: many knew him as father j. the man of god there for many. >> and one of the things is that he had the institutional memory. he knew everybody. it seemed he knew everybody in oakland. >> reporter: with tears in her eyes, this woman remembers him as her friend of 26 plus years who was there when her husband died. >> he gave me comfort, and he made me feel at ease. that's the type of person he was. family.

>> my daughter's godfather and he's been a very nice man, very inspirational. you can tell from the people in here today he's impacted the community and left the community much better. >> reporter: in 1974 father jay became the first african-american ordained priest in northern california. >> father jay was the first priest i ever knew who not only valued our african culture and heritage, but he promoted it. >> reporter: oakland's mayor libby schaaf spoke to the crowd of parishioners about her personal relationship with the priest. >> i had that idea back in the early '90s before i had ever met my husband, probably unusual to know who will officiate your wedding before you even know who the groom is going to be, but i can say father jay was such a force, such a force of loveepri rector of the cathedral of christ the light in oakland in 2015, father jay served as

pastor of st. benedict's church in east oakland where his legacy will live on. >> at st. benedict we'll name the hall after him because that was his hall, his parish prior to coming here to the cathedral. >> reporter: father jay's funeral will be held monday at 7:00 p.m. in oakland and his interment on tuesday at st. joseph's cemetery where parishioners will say their last good-byes. now to the homeland security shake-up, commissioner kevin mcaleenan will take over as head of the department of homeland security for now. this follows kirstjen nielsen's abrupt resignation. a source says nielsen met with the president yesterday to discuss a path forward but ended up turning in her resignation. the president was reportedly frustrated with her. much more on this at 5:30. governor gavin newsom is in el salvador.

>> he plans to learn what drives people to migrate to the united states. his wife, jennifer newsom, tweeted for their first stop they paid respects at san salvador cathedral. a reminder of their purpose, a desire for peace. his agenda includes meeting with el salvador's elected leaders this marks the first time a sitting california governor has visited central america. analysts say it provides a political opportunity. >> for the candidates in 2020 and beyond want to frame themselves as caring, and so going and making those sort of photo opportunities and carving that time out of your busy schedule is a way to show you care. >> a nonprofit organization is paying for the trip. there could be a teacher shortage because of the housing crisis. the district is asking for help.

offering below market rate housing could attract and keep employees. the city council will consider giving the district $150,000 to plan a new housing development. san francisco is working on a new plan to bet protect people during extreme heat and bad air days. smoke blanketed san francisco with unhealthy air. the newraft emergency response plan during bad air days calls for canceling permanent events during farmers -- including, i should say, farmers markets and festivals. the plan presented remains a work in progress. it will also include a list of buildings where people can go to breathe in clean air. no need to worry about that today unless the pollen bothers you. mid to upper 50s along the east bay shore and warmest is oakland. alameda at 58 degrees.

we've got mid to upp 50s everywhere this morning. dress accordingly. you can see some of the fog trying to pull in from the ocean across san francisco and trying to slide out of the north bay along the east bay shore. expect this to continue as we head throughout the morning hours. we're starting to see some signs of summer show up in the early morning fog. out and about today there's a chance of fog. and a chanc the best chance is in the north bay. i don't know if you'll need an umbrella. everything is nice today. just a bit humid for us and that's why we'll have a chance of showers later on. a look at the peninsula. 56 at 7:00. already in the 60s at 9:00. upper 60s this afternoon. by 7:00 you have a chance of a shower. for the east bay valleys, the same thing, except we'll be flirting with 70 this afternoon. looks like dry all the way through 7:00. and for san jose we'll see a little bit more sunshine. that will help push you up to near 70 this afternoon. it looks like from 7:00 to 7:00 you remain dry. you'll get yours tonight. here is alexis.

good morne y few fog and we our usual slowdown getting out of the central valley. that's it today. this started with an earlier crash. everything has been off to the shoulder for 30 minutes now. no lanes are blocked but obviously a solid line of red for about eight, nine miles. checking those speeds averaging 14 miles an hour on 205 and 580. unfortunately, that didn't recover before the volumes filled in. southbound 680 walnut creek to dublin, 15 minutes, a lot of fog along southbound 101 between santa rosa and san francisco. that is still in the green at 50 minutes. northbound 17 through the santa cruz mountains, highway 1 to los gatos. thank you, alexis. next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day and also the deadline to do your taxes coming up very soon. find out the top ten ways people plan to spend their refunds. american airlines canceling

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there could be random showers before that but the best chance of light showers tonight with less than a tenth of an inch of rain will be overnight plus really breezy tonight, also. number two, new developments in the college admissions scandal. a stanford student has been expelled after the university says she fabricated sailing credentials. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen has resigned. number four, parents are planning a human chain walkout this morning at egan junior high school in los altos protesting a new location. number five, pinterest moving closer to its ipo. the company announced it plans to sell its initial shares between $15 and $17 each. that values the company at $1.5 billion. number six,erl a quiet

start to the commute this morning. we do have some tough conditions on golden gate bridge. so far no dense fog advisory issued. as you can see we have low visibility. it looks like this across the north bay. make sure you're driving for conditions. and number seven, beyonce fans get in formation. netflix could drop a documentary on the queen next wednesday. it tweeted homecoming, as you saw there, partially in greek letters which is a nod to her fashion collection and beychella. >> which would be beyonce performing at coachella. american airlines is canceling more flights because of the grounded planes. this will impact about 90 flights a day through june 5th. if your flight is one of them, you're going to get a call or email. the u.s. and several other nations grounded the 737 max jets after two crashes killed 346 people that includes last month's disaster in ethiopia.

parents, mark your calendar. target bringing back its popular car seat trade-in program. beginning april 22nd, customers who bring in their old car seats will receive a 20% off coupon. it can be used on baby gear including a n car seat, travel system, stroller, or select baby home gear. target is partnering with waste management to recycle the old car seats and turn them into new products. the promotion runs through may 4th. if you haven't filed your taxes yet, you have one week to do it. tax day april 15th. if you've been procrastinating, you are not alone. the number of individual tax returns was down more than 1% from this time last year. the decline may be because people are still trying to wrap their head around the tax law changes. the irs is expecting nearly one in ten filers will ask for an extension this year. many people are thinking about how to spend a refund if they're going to get one. >> tax prep service h&r

commissioned a survey of 2,000 adults last month, and the top ten things americans plan to buy with their refunds. it seems incredibly random. take a look at the list we have. people want to spend money on motorcycle tires, playstation 4s, trips to the casino, trips to niagara falls, parties, lawn mowers, pay off credit card debt, which seems the most logical, buy pizza, scooters, and scuba gear. >> i want to see the methodology of this. is this a real survey? >> very east coast biased. >> very. motorcycle tires is number one? >> how in the world. >> is that in order? what's happening? >> all is not good. >> that's in order? our producer says that's in order. i don't get it. do i live in the same country? >> well, hey, all right. >> i guess we'll marinade on that. move oning we know and understad a lot better than what we just

talked about. a look at san rafael. southbound on 101 you can see the fog lurking for aftno and evening hours and the scattered showers develop and become more dominant tonight as will the breezes and then the extended trend is seasonal. if it pans out it will be one of the best weeks we've had so far this year. for today you can see a lot of 70s in the east bay, the south bay, and a lot of 60s everywhere else. and with the fog along the coast and san francisco, low 60s during the afternoon hours. also we'll have a little bit of an onshore breeze. mid to upper 40s in the north bay. everybody else in the low to mid-50s. let's look at what's going on. monday at 7:00.the cloud cover. you can see it's not solid. you'll need the sunglasses from time to time where the fog will be dominant. from 7:00 this morning until noon and then they start to slowly slide down towards the coast, the sonoma county coast and then watch the cold front. it quickly moves through and by

5:30 that's when you'll start to notice it becoming breezy in the north bay. a few scattered showers out there. the sun sets, the air cools a little bit by 11:00 and that helps us develop a few more showers. as we head to the overnight hours, the winds really kick in and we wake up tomorrow, if you're early, 4:30 we'll be on, you'll see a few showers in the south bay. look as we head into the afternoon hours. mostly sunny. lingering clouds. it will be breezy and not nearly as humid as it's going to be today. so look at our rainfall totals. up until 7:00 the best chance along the coast, san francisco, half moon bay, and then from calistoga northward and you can see overnight most of us less than a tenth of an inchnk twers threaten tonight's giants game. there may be a stray shower by the end of the game. a lit bit of shower activity moorning and then look at those low to mid-60s at the coast. low 70s.

alexis? all right, mike. we're looking good here still for the monday morning commute. we do have the bay bridge metering lights on officially at 5:20 this morning. so a little bit of fog. a lot of fog on some other commutes. things have definitely filled in here unless, of course, you are using the car-pool lanes. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 18 minutes. we are in the yellow across the bay bridge. i think this will flip back into the green now that the metering lights are on. san francisco to sfo you're in the green at nine minutes. a quick check the our traffic maps, visibility layer on. all that fog in the north bay. one incident on the board so far this morning, southbound 101. crews are still working to clear a three-vehicle collision. one went off the roadway. we'll take a look at mass transit up next. thanks, alexis. a woman from china is due in court today facing charges after a security breach at president

trump's mar-a-lago resort in florida. prosecutors say she made it past secret service agents and security by posing as a club member last weekend. agents questioned her after she was stopped by an employee. she presented two chinese passports to an agent saying she was there to go to the pool. officials say she was carrying a flash drive containing harmful computer malware. a south carolina family demanding answers in the death of a fifth grader. she died after getting into a fight at school. >> the girl's mother is partially blaming the school district for her daughter's death. here is the abc news exclusive. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look" an abc news exclusive, the mother of the 10-year-old south carolina girl who died after an altercation in her classroom speaking out for the first time. >> i had to sleep by my baby the night before she passed, and that was the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. so, yeah.

it was just hard. >> reporter: the exact cause of the little girl's death is still under investigation and school officials aren't releasing details of exactly what happened. the school district saying in a statement, we realize and appreciation that people want to know what happened. once the investigation is complete, we will release a full report to the public. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll hear from wright's lawyer about the possible league action she plans on taking. abc news, new york. memorial services for rapper nipsey hussle will take place in los angeles this week. the 33 year year was gunned down just over a week ago in front of his south l.a. clothing store. eric holder is charged in the crime. exact details about the thursday service at the staples center have not been released. los angeles police are expecting a big crowd.

check out this strong thunderstorm with the big hail, big enough to blow out the windows in this saturn. i think you see at one point in time it may even put some holes in the driver's side rear quadrant. look at that. that is some intense, intense hail out of a storm that was in grapeland. you know where tyler, texas, the rose capital of america. it's about an hour's drive south of there in east texas. thank goodness we don't have to deal with that, but we do have breezes on the way. let's jump ahead and show you the future, 7:00 this evening. it's around 10 miles per hour. once the sun sets and the colder, drier air rushes in, all of our east/west bridges will have a crosswind. the winds will be specifically -- excuse me, especially strong in the north bay with 25 to 35-mile-per-hour winds. that wind will whip up. and then the winds will be

around all throughout most of the day, even hitting 40 along the coast. after the 6:00 hour tomorrow they do start to taper but still around 10 to 20 when we go to bed tomorrow night. so -- i should say wednesday night. the fastest breezes will be tomorrow. i know you probably put out all your new patio furniture and awnings. might want to bring it in for one more day or tie it down so it doesn't blow away. mike, check this out. happening now a 6 1/2-hour space walk under way outside the international space station this is a live look right now. it all started about 30 minutes ago, so astronauts still have about six hours to go. two astronauts are taking part today and their main goal is to equip a robotcally operated arm with a new power source. amazon wants to you trust alexa with your health. the ai assistant has software compliant with hipa laws.

patients can schedule appoi appointments via alexa. they plan to partner with more health care groups in the future. okay. we'll see how that goes. a new study highlights the risk of not seeing a doctor in person. researchers in pittsburgh looked at medical visits between the years 2015 and 2016 and say that sick kids who are seen through telemedicine visits are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than kids who go to the office or clinic. many issued via telemedicine did not follow medical guidelines. it is published in the journal "pediatri "pediatrics." abc news in the east bay where animal care services and the city of berkeley held a special event from kitten cupcakes to cat headbands. everyone was dressed in their feline best. each spring thousands of newborn kittens need to be cared for.

>> always come to your shelter and adopt. the second one, if you can foster, go to a local rescue, go to the shelter and foster and then, of course, for us, donations. >> the money raised will help pay to get the kittens fixed and provide food and medicine. >> i wasn't onboard until you said it was for a shelter. okay, makes sense. it's 5:29 right now. we have another full 90 minutes of news right now. prepare for fog as you head out this morning. mike nicco has what you need to know. and preparing to protest. the demonstration families are planning at this schoo this moing. not one>> this banner will han new chase center as well. >> i was going to say, there's a school in space? >> i want to go. >> did i go to sleep and wake up in the future? >> oh, boy.

the warriors blend the past and present as they say good-bye to oakland and oracle arena. what's moving to san francisco with them. >> that protest happening in ma >> it is true. it is monday, april 8th. feels like a monday, 5:30 in the morning. how is it going, mike? >> it's foggy for some folks. on live doppler 7 i have street level views of rohnert park, down to petaluma, mcdowell boulevard. some of those areas visibility less than a mile. you can see in santa rosa and along the coast and moving into san francisco and down parts of the east bay shoreline, too. it's starting to look like spring, isn't it? golden gate bridge, you can barely see. fog is a big issue. it's a little more humid than normal today when we hit the upper 60s away from the coast at

noon and near a 4:00. showers best at 4:00 and then they'll start spreading south at 7:00 and increase tonight. i'll show you more on that coming up. here is alexis. good morning, mike. still, so far this morning, we do not have a dense fog advisory issued by chp. a little surprised by that. they could certainly late they are morning. i do have the visibility layer added to my maps as well and want to point out what mike did, much of the north bay covered in dense fog. from santa rosa all the way down to san rafael and really all the way to the golden gate bridge, we have some low visibility. so far those driving conditions still in the green. it's not slowing you down much. make sure you're driving for conditions. and we potentially will have a problem with ace 1 this morning. there is a vehicle stuck on the tracks in the livermore area. ace 1 could be held at livermore station. we are still waiting for confirmation on that. a tow truck and a track inspector is en route and as soon as i have an update, i will

pass that along. this morning we're learning exactly what led to the sudden resignation of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. >> she walked into the white house late yesterday. by the time she walked out, though, she was out of a job. live in washington with how it all went down. hi, mona. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. good morning, reggie. secretary nielsen was by the president's side on friday as he visited the california/mexico border. when she returned to the nation's capital, nielsen was out of a job. this morning akepn the trump administration. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is out. president trump announcing the news on twitter. two days after nielsen joined him on a trip border, he then went on to tweet, quote, more apprehensions, captures at the southern border than in many years. border patrol is amazing. country is full. a source tells abc news nielsen met with the president sunday to discuss a path forward and ended up turning in her resignation.

appointed in 2017 nielsen's tenure was riddled with controversy and clashes with the president. most notably nielsen was highly criticized for carrying out the administration's zero tolerance policy which separated thousands of migrant children from their families. >> the system is full. can't take you anymore. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that trump was frustrated with nielsen for not doing more to curb the number of central american families crossing into the u.s. in march u.s. customs and border protection commissioner kevin mcaleenan spoke of the rise in apprehensions. >> these numbers reflect the highest level of illegal apprehensions of any february in over a decade.idt trump tapped mcaleenan, who we just heard from there, as the acting head of homeland security. live in washington, abc 7 news. thank you, mona am happening today a walkout at a local school. it has nothing to do with unions or teacher pay. it has everything to do with

moving. >> families from across the los altos school district protesting the relocation of a middle school. reporter jobina fortson live for us at egan junior high school with more on the very heated debate. good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. it seems like the plan for a happy compromise has gone right out the window because a human chain walkout is planned for here at 8:00 this morning according to the parents that are organizing this protest. they tell us roughly 5,000 people in los altos have signed a petition against closing and relocating egan junior high school. "the mercury news" is reporting the school district and bullis charter school reached a tentative agreement allowing the charter school to have its own facility right here and relocate hundreds of students currently attending egan junior high school to a new facility in about four years. the two schools currently share the same campus. egan students would move to a planned building at the san antonio shopping center in

downtown mountain view. bullis would house all of its students here at egan's current location. both the school boards are taking public comment on the proposed agreement at separate meetings tonight. the hope is that this will all be worked out and those plans will be finalized by the end of the month. for now reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. in the east bay jury selection will begin in the deadly ghostship warehouse fire. more than 600 potential jurors will be available. the prosecution and defense will each have 20 opportunities to remove a juror without giving a reason. the defendants are charged with 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths at the oakland warehouse. lawyers claim those men are being made scapegoats for the deadly fire even though city inspectors knew about conditions at the facility. we're learning more about a crash that killed young man and badly injured his girlfriend in sonoma county. the truck they were in went off a dirt road near fort ross.

a person died after the vehicle rolled more than 400 feet down a ravine. his girlfriend broke her leg but managed to climb up the embankment. the wreck was not discovered until 12 hours later. it was raining and foggy at the time. back in the east bay a series of illegal sideshows sprung up over the week. take a look at this video from twitter. large crowds gathered to watch people spin their cars. this sideshow blocked traffic at 42nd avenue and international boulevard in oakland late yesterday. opd quickly responded to try to break up the sideshow but, guess what, that crowd just moved to another location and did the sideshow there. police made no arrests. it is the end of an era for the warriors. >> the team just played their final regularcle arena in oakla. >> and the final regular season seconds of 47 years in this

>> wow. for last night's game, the team picked the we believe jersey to pay homage to the 2006-2007 team that pulled off one of the greatest upsets in nba history against dallas. fans tell us saying good-bye to oracle is bittersweet. >> time brings about change and it's not a good change for us, i don't think. we'll go along with it. we'll go along with it. we'll support it. i love them. >> there will be more games at oracle starting with the first round of the playoffs this coming weekend. the team moves to san francisco next season. and take a look here, this banner will be going to the new chase center as the dubs unveiled it last night after beating the clippers. the 47 symbolizes how many seasons they played in oakland. >> i want to thank all of you who are new warrior fans, who have been with us for a long time, and maybe go home and thank your parents or whoever turned you on to the golden state warriors all those years

ago. >> so many generations going to warriors games. they have called oracle arena home since october 1967. it's been quite the run, mike. >> it's still quite a building over there. quite an atmosphere. it's one of the best pro atmospheres i've ever experienced. i hope that comes with them to the new home across the bay. let's take a look at what's going on with temperatures. we have 52 in menlo park. 53 in daly city. most of us 5 4 to 57 on the peninsula. everywhere you'll see the cloud cover and extra humidity in the air keeping us mild with mid to upper 50s. now you can see that fto ooze o across the east bay shoreline, a little bit trying to ooze afran. increasing fog there through about 9:00 and then we'll have mostly cloudy conditions the rest of the day. so your commute planner is just poor because of the fog. it's thick in the north bay. driving, it's going to be a little wet during the evening

commute. a little foggy during the morning commute and breezy this morning if you're going to be out on the water. north bay, fog through 9:00. a whole lot of fog in some areas. mid-60s this afternoon. best chance of showers starts at about 2:00 or 3:00. for the east bay, we're mostly cloudy through 7:00 and then cloudy with upper 60s, near 70 this afternoon. your best chance of a shower starts around 6:00 or 7:00 and san francisco is going to be pretty much mostly cloudy all day today with mid-60s, pretty comfortable highs. and by 7:00 your chance of a shower. so you can really see how this is skewed to the evening and when most of us are sleeping i'll show you that. after that, great weather. >> yeah, i know. lookg forwa tat opre bk f sprin break. breaome are. se dpo >> a mi iut and 5:20 the official time.

could have some fog once you make it to the new span. it's not looking too bad on the san francisco side of the bridge. unless you're using the car-pool lanes you will have to wait. one new problem in the east bay here, sbld 880. we've got a two-car crash reported. sounds like lanes three and five blocked right now and one of those vehicles is facing the wrong way that can take a bit to get straightened out. i am starting to see a backup through the san lorenzo stretch. drive times looking okay. this one hurts, tracy to dublin. over an hour. an earlier crash. 680 dublin to mission. no delays northbound 85 between highway 101 and cupertino. >> thanks, alexis. two college men's basketball teams who beat the odds are going to play forto gia mee tex te minneapolis. neither team has won a national

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those that do have school today, it will be mild this morning. mid to upper 50s. watch out for the kids at the bus stops. there's a lot of fog out there, and it's spreting as we speak. mostly cloudy, 11:00. mild from 60 to 65. 61 to 69 by 3:00. very comfortable. get them outside before the showers i'm tracking across the north bay move into our neighborhoods during the afternoon and evening hours. look down south.

82 in fresno. 85 in l.a. 77 in san diego. and if you're thinking about tahoe, there's something to look at. windy conditions today. a wintry mix. >> thanks, mike. san francisco is installing a new red light camera system. according to "the chronicle" it will be a few months before they're up and running. at fourth and harrison streets will go into operation this month. the others will follow this summer. te city has turned off old red light cameras in the meantime. the old cameras break down frequently and are becoming lisolete. mollars. >> ouch. that is what one new zealand official is calling facebook leaders. the country's privacy commssioner criticized ceo mark zuckerberg in several tweets over the weekend. he says facebook has not shown its commitment to making policy changes after the mosque attacks last month. 50 people died in mass shootings

which were live streamed on facebook. the uk government is proposing rules to make tech companies legally responsible for removing content that incites violent, suicide or cyber bullying. companies like facebook and google would be required to take, quote, reasonable and proportionate action to stop the spread of harmful content or face fines and criminal penalties. what's your favorite emoji? the top three most popular em i emojis. you agree? >> tears of laughter, blowing a kiss and the one with the heart eyes. it turns out women are twice as likely as men to use emojis. a phone carrier analyzed all 1.3 billion emojis to see which are used the most. >> i use this a lot. this. >> oh, with the hand out. >> i use the hand up like, hey, i'm here. >> pick me. >> i like the laughing one -- laughing hard.

no tears. not laughing so hard you're crying. >> you don't want to exaggerate. >> yeah, yeah. >> mike? >> oh, just the smiley one probably. generic. i use the rain one a lot, or i did during the winter. and we could probably use it again today, unfortunately, for those of you that are tired and read qy for more. that's more sign of spring and fall. in san jose mostly cloudy. it's about 57 comfortable degrees. watch out for the fog this morning and some scattered showers this evening and more overnight and it's going to be a breezy night, also. make sure you bring lightweight and loose stuff in or try to tie it down. seasonal and dry. get to that in a minute. the 70s. fairfield southward through the east bay. fremont southward into the south bay. along the coast we'll have low 60s and that includes san francisco. and then mid to upper 60s just about everywhere else. you see the rain in the north bay. this is what it looks like overnight.

it tapers as it moves to the south bay. it keeps us in the low to mid-50s there. the breezes and the clouds. you can see some mid to upper 50s with a little less cloud cover in the north bay. here we are at 7:00 this morning. you can see the gray. it opens. we'll need the sunglasses from time to time. by noon some of the rain is starting to make its way into sonoma county and that's where it stays during the afternoon and evening hours with a random light shower ahead of that thanks to this cold front. then look what happens overnight. scattered showers. there's just not a lot of them but they're out there. the cold air rushes in tomorrow morning with a brief shower around, maybe the santa cruz mountains and the diablo range. during the afternoon it becomes windy and mostly sunny and temperatures will be stuck in the 50s at the coast. 70s return wednesday. they hit the bay thursday and they stay there all the way through saturday. alexis? all right. good morning, mike. and i want to take you into a couple crashes that we have on the board right now on our traffic map. southbound 880 we do have reports of a two-car crash. i believe we still have two

lanes blocked. they may have it all contained to the far right lane. that is where we had one vehicle facing the wrong way. in any case you can see we do have a backup on southbound 880 that is impacting northbound 238 as well if you're coming in from castro valley. that is one of our bigger issues. the other one, a new crash, westbound 80, they're still working on sorting this one out. it sounds like chp is not there yet and they're not sure how many vehicles are involved but are sending an ambulance and we have at least one lane blocked there because you can see the backup building through the richmond area. an update on ace. unfortunately, it's not great news here. ace 1 is delayed being held at livermore station due to a vehicle stuck on the tracks. the track inspectors is about 10 to 15 minutes out. they need to tow the vehicle and make sure the tracks were not damaged. i'll keep you updated on that. ace 1 not moving. listen up, music fans. solange has canceled coachella.

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the padres in town to take on the giants. there's a threat of a shower, but i wouldn't let that stop me from going.

notice the earlier tomorrow. dropping down to 56 degrees. rainfall potential and through 7:00 this evening along the coast and in the north bay we have a chance of some measurable rain. by tomorrow morning, the peninsula less. during the day tomorrow you could see hardly anything going on. watch out after 7:00 tonight look at the winds pick up around 20 to 30 miles per hour. alexis? starting to get busy on 680. we don't have visibility issues here. we have a bit of fog. golden gate is socked in. so far looking good here through most of the east bay. we have a crash around cutting boulevard blocking at least one lane up to 32 minutes. about 12 across the bay bridge. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo looking good at nine minutes. thanks, alex it.

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weekend ever for a movie. marvel is owned by disney which is a parent company of abc 7. it's easier to list who is not in the movie rather than the famous actors who are. >> that's true. next at 6:00, we do have breaking news coming into our newsroom. there's a search right now for the parents of a young child found wandering the streets of sonoma county. this morning the very latest. saying good-bye to a beloved east bay priest, james matthew. a speeding car slams into a police suv. it is all caught on camera. a live

a stanford student now expelled after being accused of cheating to get into school. but first, a live look outside where some of us are seeing fog this morning.

more rain is on the way. it's monday, april 8. i have a question for mike nicco, has it rained every week since the start of the year, mike? >> has to be. >> i think one stretch we went six, almost seven days. >> wow. >> i think that happened maybe in february and again last month. i'll give you an answer coming up. >> we have fog as you saw there. one-mile visibility. socked in at the golden gate. look as it is slowly making its way blik a blob of clouds down the east bay shoreline and across san francisco from the coast and through the san bruno gap. temperatures mid to upper 50s. we jump into the upper 60s away from the coast at noon. mostly cloudy and showers are possible from 4:00 to 7:00 especially in the north bay.