people who come and rent the kayaks, probably more than 500, they say, on a weekend. they will lose $20,000 to $30,000 worth of business this weekend. >> the rain that's going to start some time this evening and tomorrow and into the weekend is forcing us to cancel a lot of our trips and even potentially need to close down completely during the peak of the storm. >> reporter: the restaurant fish in sausalito is also expecting a slow weekend because of the storm. e aecorder thereonnko c a fish. when it's raining. they are prepared. theye tngo y ucack their staff. fish this weekend. again, quite a surprise for the springtime, not something that they expected. we're also hearing about brides who were all excited about outdoor weddings planning to move them indoors, something

they probably didn't see coming for may. no rain yet but keeping an eye out this morning. the first sign of rain drops. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much, amy. several cities are offering free sandbags and they include hillsborough, millbrae and burlingame. okay, it is 4:31. if you're just joining us it is going to be raining for a little while. still kind of gathering its wits like most of us do in the morning hours and trying to wake up and win this area of low pressure, starts to hook up in the mid morning into the afternoon and evening hours. so if you want a dry commute, leave now. you can see kgo from our studios here looking down from the embarcadero. some scattered showers at noon

and then those heavier, steadier showers into the early evening hours, a small threat of a thunderstorm. notice our temperatures stuck in the 50s and 60s today. let's get back to alexis with the dry commute so far. >> yes, sure is. we're looking good because of that as well or likely adding to that here. decent driving conditions. a emeryville, slowly starting to fill in. folks heading to the bay bridge or downtown oakland and europe not going to have any significant issues. drive times are looking good so far, too. walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes. 50-minute drive santa rosa to san francisco. and just getting reports of a new crash right around the summit. highway 1 to los gatos still in the green at 22 minutes. a bill for a near total ban on abortion passed in alabama overnight. it is on the governor's desk

right now who has six days to be the most restrictive abortion bill in the country. we have learned the aclu of alabama is planning to sue and at the live desk looking into what this means for roe v. wade. it makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions with up to 99 years in prison, and the measure only exempts women at serious health risk and in cases of rape or incest women would have to carry their pregnancies to term. the author hopes to appeal the conservative -- appeal to, i should say, the conservative majority supreme court and challenge roe v. wade. >> trying to keep it just as it was was to address the issue that roe v. wade was decided upon. >> i apologize to the women of alabama for this arcane law. >> look dreed as hand maids from "the handmaids tale" protested

yesterday. if this bill becomes law in alabama would take effect in about six months. all right, jessica, thank you. san francisco is one step closer to banning police from using facial recognition technology. the boormd of supervisors voted 8-1 to approve the stop secret suany.th b wld applyo departmexcept sfo and the port. right now police use the technology for license plate readers. "the examiner" reports mayor london breed has not decided if she supports the ban. in the east bay richmond police are investigating another fatal shooting. the shot spotter system detected gunfire at chancellor avenue and 16th street about 5:00 yesterday. officers found a man suffering from at least one bullet wound. a police spokesperson said they had no suspect or any idea what happened before the shooting. it has been a violent week in richmond. on sunday gunfire wounded four people in a span of just 90 minutes. new hope this morning if you want to buy a home.

the california association of realtors says almost a third can afford a median priced home in the state. the association puts the price at $545,000. this is the first time housing affordability has been above 30% in more than a year. and the survey finds affording a home in the bay area depends on where you want to buy. it is the lowest in san francisco at 17%, and it is 46% in solano county which makes that the most affordable place to buy here. 4:35, and this morning dub nation feeling confident after the warriors trounced the trail blazers in game one. >> steph curry dominated scoring 36 points and draining nine three-pointers. the dubs beat portland 116-94, taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. as abc 7 news report er it could be a first. >> reporter: a huge round of applause wearing an oakland a's jersey.

portland fans were thrilled to see him. >> it would be fun to see him do well. for me it's always a blessing. >> reporter: the first for the curry family and the nba where two brothers faced off on the court during the conference finals. to commemorate steph and seth's parents did a coin toss which parent would wear which jersey. >> mom wins portland! dad wears golden state. let's get it. >> reporter: they ended up wearing hybrids of both team's jerseys. >> they can't help themselves. they both were clapping, so they have to fix themselves. >> everyone in the arena -- >> reporter: and a first of its kind move got fans up on their feet sport meant every person took home a google mi-invent o going to make a splash.

>> reporter: 20,000 were given away n. oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> that's a pretty good walk away prize. game two is tomorrow night at oracle arena. the shift then shifts to moda center for games three and four. game five back at oracle arena next wednesday if they need it. the subway facing more delays. what's behind it and when the trains will finally start rolling. there's an effort to name a south bay street after former president obama, but the group behind it says red tape is hampering them. and at the live desk we just got an update from colorado where the student hailed as a hero in the recent school attack will be honored today, and the two suspects are returning to court. >> and that is all ahead. first, it is 4:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike, we are tracking rain. it's not reaching the ground. if it is, it's more likely just sprinkles. it will increase in intensity as

we head through the morning commute and the evening commute will be the most t of us. central part of the bay starts to get some wet weather. you can see just offshore even some yellow starting to develop. it looks like we're going to get a tougher commute as we head throughout the day. right now looking from south beach on the bay bridge, all is quiet. the roads, mass transit, the ferry ride all going to be wet or getting wet, all going to be gusty, also. watch out if you're driving. we'll have a south wind coming at us up to 20 to 30 miles an hour. break it down in the north bay. we're in the 50s through 1:00. a few low 60s this afternoon, back into the 50s by 7:00. a chance of rain increasing from 7:00 to 9:00. how about the east bay. we've got a chance of some rain this morning and then some showers develop from 11:00 to 3:00. the heavier showers from 5:00 to 7:00. temperatures in the low to mid-60s here. and for san francisco light to

moderate rain from 7:00 to 9:00, back to light rain at 11:00. heading out for lunch and then the rain gets heavier during the evening commute starting around 4:00 in san francisco. so if they're heading out right now, i haven't seen any rain on our tower cams. i know you're looking, also. what else are you seeing? no wet pavement, no wipers. all that have is good news if you're doing the early morning drive here. 101 and 880 in san jose slowly filling in on the eastbound side. so far that is looking good. i want to take you to the santa cruz mountains as well. we have a little stretch of red past the summit. we have reports of a two-car crash. sounds like one of those vehicles is still partially blocking the slow lane and there's debris scattered across both lanes. i'm just seeing that backup fill in. emergency crews are heading to the scene.

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some of our earliest commuters, walnut creek to 24 and you're driving on or you will be dry pavement for now. as we head throughout the day ponding on the roadway is my biggest concern. a moderate chance of that. trees and power lines down very low. heavier rain event like this in the winter so it could catch some of that water and the way that water could bring debris down to the ground. a very nice comma shape from monterey northward. we have rain, mainly clouds and

sunshine and temperatures 68 to 70 in san diego. also towards los angeles and don't forget midnight tonight we're going to get nearly a foot to two feet in sierra. some new developments coming in on the school shooting near denver, colorado. the two students accused of killing their classmates and hurting eight others expected in court today. 18-year-old devin erickson and 16-year-old alex mckinney will hear their charges they're facing. and this is new video of erickson during his first court appearance last week. authorities say that he took two handguns used in the shooting from his parents. we should also note that we have learned today there will be a celebration of life held for 18-year-old kendrick castillo, and he was the kid who died after lunging at one of the suspects. back to you, reggie. thanks, jessica. in the south bay local community organizer is petitions for a barack obama boulevard in san

jose. los angeles recently unveiled a street in honor of the former president after a two-year process. the san jose group started about the same time but it says it's being slowed down by city hall. renaming a street in the city requires the signatures of more than 50% of residents plus utility bills to prove who they are. organizers also need the name and address of any affected property owner. >> anywhere you live in this country especially here in a diverse city like san jose, we want to send a symbol to our chirp that anyone can become president. >> the process was much easier 30 years ago. >> an update on san francisco's subway project. the opening is expected to be delayed and we're now getting a price tag for major cost overruns. reporting lyanne melendez has the story. >> reporter: people in chinatown referred to the central subway

as the never-ending project. it was supposed to be completed by december 2019 but the oversight committee reports it's projected to be finished by february 2020. the san francisco municipal transportation agency still stands by its december 2019 deadline. by the way, that's one year after the very first original completion date. tutor perini corporation said the sfmta has known since at least 2016 that the project was not going to be open to the public on time because of the delays that sfmta not tutor perini has caused. keep in mind the project began in february 2010. it's supposed to take passengers from the fourth street caltrain station to right here, the heart of chinatown, but this 1.7-mile extension has seen delays.

>> delays. >> reporter: the reporal transit administration on may 8th states that the project management oversight committee is concerned there may be an additional cost increase of $102 million. and according to the sfmta if this project is not finished by december of this year, the contractor will be fined $50,000 per day. >> i wasn't emotionally ready for that "delays," lyanne, but thank you. street closures start saturday night. muni service is being rerouted along the race route. bay to breakers is one of the largest, most popular footraces in the world and, of course, the big question this year is will it be rained out?

mike nicco? >> give us some insight. >> that would be so depressing. >> you don't want to see people without clothes or with hardly any clothes on running in the rain? >> those costumes and wigs don't hold up t all the way through a least sunday. about 69 in san jose and morgan hill. that's as warm as it gets. tonight you notice the showers aren't quite as plentiful and temperatures are a little bit cooler than this morning. 49 in clover dale. ukiah, san rafael, livermore 51. morgan hill, redwood city, half moon bay, 52. you get an idea. here is a look at our system coming our way developing right now. so we're going to watch it develop and turn a steady rain into moderate to even heavy showers as we head into the evening hours. there's an outside chance that en .ould hear some thunder and

let' go through and here you are at 7:00 in the morning, you can see yellows and oranges starting to develop. the later you wait to get out on the roads the more likely they're going to get wet this moves into the north bay by 9:00 and then we'll have some light showers up until and through noon into the early afternoon hours and then you can see by 4:00 if you're trying to head out that's when the widespread moderate to heavier showers are rolling through right in the heart of the evening commute. 7:00 as we head deeper to the evening hours it starts to pull away. our fastest winds will blow in during -- starting around lunch. is you can see that heavier rain into the evening hours is when we get up to the 30 to 40-mile-per-hour gust range. we have a two for today. only a one for thursday. barely a chance of rain friday. then it comes back saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday.

taking a look at the roads. i think i've spotted our first sheen on the pavement here and this is at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you look closely under the street lights, we have a light rain falling and it looks like there's a little reflection. a little stackup in the cash lanes. no metering lights. hopefully much, much longer until those turn on unlike what we had yesterday. trains begin at 5:00 a.m. for b.a.r.t. ace 1 is late, about five minutes. that's due to an earlier freight issue out of stockton. no delays for caltrain. thanks, alexis. disney is grabbing a bigger piece of the market. >> and scientists are using technology to make tomateholder service. comcast will sell its 33% stake to disney for at least $27 billion. disney is the parent company of abc news. and there's a new trend among teens who get their phones

taken away. >> they're getting so-called burner phones which are prepaid disposable phones or any phone that can work on wi-fi. in almost every high school there's now a kid who sells burner phones from their locker. scientists have found the key to more flavorful tomatoes. >> most are advicing the gene that gives them flavor. they've lost it after years of tinkering by breeders. the new research can now be used to make them tastier. those are your "tech bytes." >> there are tomato breeders? a food geneticists. >> that's the term? kids have burner phones? >> i know. also, anytime you're buying a burner phone, that is the moment you need to just take a moment, question your choices. >> shut everything t wn,d ier> chase center has thousands of jobs to fill. when they'll be taking headlin outside lands and what other acts will be coming to golden

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i found another area of rain reaching the ground. we're showing some green to even yellows as you head back to concord. th i nd/san rafael bridge, the richmond side. you can see some sheen on the roads there. nearly a half inch in the blue, more than an inch in the green.

the chase center in san francisco is hiring. the warriors' new home will need about 2,500 workers when it opens later this year. there will be three job fairs next month. it's for curran employees at oracle arena. everyone else can go on june 22nd or june 24th. the locations are still being determined. single day tickets for san francisco's outside lands music fest go on sale tomorrow. >> organizers released the daily lineup. the festival is august 9 through the 11th. friday will feature 21 pilots, childish gambino. paul simon closes out the festival on sunday along with kacey musgraves. we have the full lineup onor everyone at this concert series.

>> if you knew every single one of those acts, i will give you a medal. there's at least one i've never heard of. >> there is one i did not know, today. mike. it's been a while since we've had to deal with wet pavement. not looking at much of a backup, >> i'm just hoping it doesn't rain. when is it again? northbound 17 past the summit. >> in august. a two car crash is blocking the >> it will rain, mike. >> probably this year. right lane and sounds like a tow here is a look at the embarcadero in san francisco from the radar perspective, it's truck is arriving. quite a bit of damage to one of green. the look from our tower cam. the vehicles. you can see it's wet. if you dreamed of a home in the rain is starting to make it italy, here is a chance. down to the ground. several towns in sicily are selling homes for just $2. there is a catch. homeowners have to renovate the by the time we get to 3:45, the homes within three years andaxe. rain is going to start unloading. let's hope it's a quick game at altogether that bumps the oracle park. purchase price to between $2,700 the same thing for the watch party, it looks like rain will and $4,500. be possible, gates open at 4:00. still, with the prices we're used to, this is part of an the game starts at 5:00. effort to repopulate areas pretty empty right now. bring your wet weather gear. >> it looks kind of old. sharks at the blues. all right. let's get over twet. >> rustic. it's rustic. >> okay, cool. next at 5:00 a.m., like to are you hearing anything yet? ride in silence? there's a new option on uber, no new collisions. it is looking soggy around our what you can now tell your cameras. drive for conditions driver before they even arrive.

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mike is tracking this storm that will soak the bay area today. good morning. welcome to wednesday, may 15th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we need to get straight to mike. >> our first moderate shower showing up. i wept down to street level to show you near franklin canyon road and highway 4 we could have some slippery spots already and that's right between 680 and 80 and heading over to benicia and should be there within minutes. that bridge is about to get wet, also. here is