dog, papo, is pleading for his retur return. >> we're worried he's lonely, scared. we just want him back, no questions asked. >> police think the man who stole the van tried to sell the dogs to people and they were detained. san francisco will unveil the new parking lot to allow people who live in their cars to park safely. mayor london breed and other city leaders will be at the site today near the balboa park b.a.r.t. station. the lot will open by next week. it will hold 30 vehicles for a 90-day period. the site will also have case managers, portable toilets and a portable shower available three times a week. >> the time is 4:30. good morning. we'll start with a quick update of weather and traffic where you live with mike. >> let's look at the fog. it's thicker and more widespread than yesterday. a few showers out there, that

will make things interesting and challenging for the morning commute. here is walnut creek. looking down 680, looking down towards 24, there's some fog waiting for you. here's a look at our roof camera, the embarcadero wet, a few puddles out there from the showers that hit us during the overnight hours. when you step out, day planner shows some showers around, 52 to 54 at 7:00. showers become more scattered to random as we head throughout the day. you may need the umenyiora from time to time. then the showers will pick up in intensity and also in coverage heading towards 7:00. temperatures still very mild in the mid to upper 50s. we have more chances of rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll be back in a minute with that. jobina? >> breaking traffic news. the highway patrol is investigating a fatal crash on interstate 280 in cupertino. it happened in the southbound direction at the lawrence expressway off-ramp.

this is video from the scene. two cars were involved. a person inside one of them may have been evicted from the vehicle. officers performed cpr on the vehicle, it did not work. the chp shut down the off-ramp. back out here, we do have live look at 880 at the coliseum, those headlights moving southbound for everyone, just to give you perspective there. smooth ride down, and we do not have issues in san rafael either. this is a live look at 101, clear ride there as well. just want to move on to our drive times here. we have walnut creek to dublin, 13-minute ride. santa rosa to san francisco, 47 minutes. highway 1 to los gatos, 20 minutes. the man accused in last month's deadly stabbing on a b.a.r.t. train is due in court. 39-year-old jermaine brim stabbed oliver tyrone to death when williams tried stepping in to stop brim from stealing the shoes of a sleeping passenger.

major a major newcomer to the 2020 race is touching down in san francisco today. michael bloomberg is joining former governor brown to attend a climate change convention. it follows bloomberg's recent endorsement from another big name, san jose mayor, sam liccardo. >> mike bloomberg has shown he's willing to take on big oil, he's willing to take on the gun industry, he's willing to take on big soda, coke and pepsi. >> liccardo will join bloomberg's team as a california campaign co-chair. bloomberg is skipping early voting states to focus on states like california that vote on super tuesday in march. a recent uc berkeley poll found bloomberg to be favored by 2% of the state's likely democratic voters. we are following the latest on a deadly shootout in jersey city, new jersey. investigators are treating the attack at a kosher grocery store as an act of anti-semitism.

the shootout happened yesterday afternoon. six people including a police officer were killed. two others were injured. detectives say it's still unclear exactly what sparked the chaos. officers say shots were initially fired after two gunmen ran and took cover in the grocery store. what came next is what you're seeing now, an hours-long battle turning the area into a war zone. >> shots, right there! >> every time any approach is attempted or anyone comes out of cover, he opens fire. >> one 13-year veteran was killed along with the two gunmen and three hostages inside the grocery store. dozens of schools in the area stayed done lockdown for several hours as this went on. the new jersey superintendent said he felt that decision gave police less interference. you can watch his interview on "good morning america" coming up at 7:00.

kumasi? >> thanks. affordability is one of the big challenges in building a better bay area. high costs are driving out one of san francisco's biggest conventions. oracle usually holds its open world conference at the moscone center but next year it's moving to vegas. oracle blames skyrocketing hotel prices and street conditions for the move. the city's tourism says open world's departure will cost san francisco about $64 million a year. california is expanding an investigation into the catholic church's s.e.ex abuse scandal. the move it's making to get answers. 1600 weapons off the street thanks to san francisco's gun buyback program. the impact it's made on saving lives. and aeeishia and steph curr honor their three kids. >> first it's 4:35 and we'll

look at the weather with mike nicco. people need to watch out for rain again today? >> yes, we have some rain, some leftover slick spots because of the rain last night and we'll have rain increasing heading into the evening hours. for your bay area commute, no matter what you're taking, just be prepared for random showers. the possibility of getting wet today. let's look at live doppler 7. you can see the best chance is on the peninsula. the east bay, the hills, the dublin grade, the sunol grade, up into mount hamilton. let's see which way this is moving. almost west and east, almost a northerly jog. could get up around highway 4, around byron and discovery bay and antioch. re is the north bay. it will be quiet until the evening hours. that's when we'll get our better chance of showers. the east bay valleys, they have a chance of random showers throughout the day. by 7:00, an uptick in that chance. also for the east bay, we have a chance of showers throughout the

day. just not a lot hitting on our forecast here. that means most of the day will be dry. we'll hit 62 at 3:00. looking at the peninsula, we have pretty quiet conditions, just random showers. starting out in the mid 50s, going to 62. one of the last stops will be san jose. we'll top out in the mid 60s in the afternoon hours. and one last look. here's san francisco. random shower possible, better chances by 8:00 and 10:00. again, another evening event on the way after lingering showers this morning. let's talk more about the commute. hi, jobina. >> want to give an update here. the jackknifed big rig on northbound 101 that was blocking the transition to northbound 880, that crash happened 2:00 this morning, this is video you're seeing now, that has cleared. i just want to give an update to you all. coming pack out here to the studio, looking at our maps here, we're seeing some green,

which is good news. i want to update the issue we were following in san jose, a deadly crash there, this is southbound 80 past wolfe road, that has cleared as well. that was a terrible situation there. coming out to a look look in emeryville, 80 beginning to fill in as people head towards the maze. same thing for the san mateo bridge, no problems over there as people head to and from the peninsula. checking in on our drive times. albany to the maze, 4-minute ride. fremont to san jose, 14 minutes.

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little milder this morning. temperatures around 50 to 52 degrees throughout the inland east bay neighborhoods. blackhawk, 48. mount diablo, 46. 48 in san carlos. 46 in los gatos. everybody else in the 50s and grab the umbrella. dense fog in the san joaquin valley. that will hang around until 10:00. you can see it does eventually melt away, 57 in fresno. 59 in sacramento. a rain-chilled 55 in chico, 58 in eureka. more sunshine, mid 60s to near 70 in southern california. here's the seven-day forecast

for ka hoe. tahoe. a little bit of a mix today. rain light. rain thursday, snow friday, saturday and sunday. >> the university of california system is facing a lawsuit over s.a.t. and a.c.t. scores. >> groups say using them as an admissions requirement is illegal, unconstitutional and discriminatory. amy hollyfield is live in uc berkeley with more on that. >> officials on this campus are already showing signs of getting rid of the s.a.t. and the a.c.t., now the issue is headed for court. plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against uc say the standardized tests are bias against poor and minority students. they say if colleges use these tests as part of the admissions process, then the universities are illegally discriminating against some students. uc berkeley's chancellor and chief academic officer have already said that they support dropping the test scores as part of the required admissions

process. more than 1,000 colleges have already made the change. the group that filed the lawsuit is made up of students,ed a vo ka s ed advocacy groups and a school in compton. the attorney general is planning to hand subpoenas to half of the state's catholic diocese. this is according to the "l.a. times." the office is issues notices to diocese in sacramento, fresno, orange, san jose, los angeles, and san francisco. the california catholic conference says it is not clear why the subpoenas are coming saying the diocese have been voluntarily sharing records of any clergy s.e.cex abuse. 22-year-old joseph wells and 20-year-old adama diop are accused of robberies in lafayette and oakland. and now they're facing 26

counts. the bay area news group reports the victims were inside the homes and separated so they wouldn't know how the other was being treated. the robbers used guns in and at least one case restrained the couple. the men are facing kidnapping, grand theft and carjacking charges. the semiannual gun buyback program will be held this saturday. it recovered over 1,000 guns over the years. >> reporter: the walls of the conference room are covered with photographs of young men who died. reminders that they were all shot to death. the youngest, this 12-year-old killed by a stray bullet. >> one gun that is not taken off the streets will kill somebody and can destroy everybody. so let's save as many lives as we can. >> reporter: since 2014, rudy corpus, a victim of gun violence himself has been doing that. this is his ninth gun buyback.

since then, his group, united players, has removed more than 1600 firearms off the streets. he displayed some of them at a news conference today. >> had one of those guns that's on the floor not been taken in a gun buyback, it might very well be an instrument that might have taken someone's life this year. >> reporter: mayor london breed promised anonymity. >> come out and bring your guns. no questions asked. >> reporter: you'll get 100 bucks for a hand gun, $200 for an assault weapon. >> the scream i heard on that phone, i don't want anybody to ever have to hear the scream that i heard on that phone. >> as a mother having to deal with christmastime, he's not there. his birthday, he's not there. >> reporter: and, by the way, the santa clara county gun buyback program will also be this saturday at the gilroy corporation yard. vic lee, abc7 news. thousands of families in the bay area will get a life saving gift this holiday season.

nearly 4,000 smoke detectors and cash bon mon cashin mon carbon monoxide alarms were donated. the donations help address a social justice issue for seniors and low income residents. >> balance whether you're going to pay a bill or save your life with a smoke detector is not fair. the large amount of donations of smoke detectors as well as carbon monoxide detectors that kidd has provided is life changi changing. >> this is the tenth year that abc7 had the honor of partnering with the save a life campaign. it was interesting to be out there and talking about the different impacts on peoples lives they make. they go around and make sure people have working smoke alarms, detectors, and so many people don't. they think they might, but it's expired. >> it's a good reminder for all of us. let's get a reminder of what

the weather is like today from meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's look outside from our east bay hills camera. you can see there's a little bit of fog trying to encroach upon san francisco and the peninsula. the east bay shoreline around emeryville, berkeley and oakland is clear. there is the possibility of fog moving into your neighborhoods and periods of showers throughout the day. less fog and more showers are tonight. the chances of wet weather extend into saturday. here's our temperatures today. mid 50s to near 60 in oakland, san mateo, fremont, palo alto, san jose, livermore, warmer around morgan hill and santa cruz. 62 and 63. tonight will be another mild night with lows not far off our average highs for this time of the year. low to mid 50s. the area of low pressure spinning up in the gulf of alaska. look at that moist flow. a lot of humidity in the air, just not a lot of energy. we'll have chances of rain, but most of the storms will be a 1, like today's, with showers more

likely during the evening and overnight hours. light amounts, but it will keep everything slipper you wanting to keep your umbrella handy. showers tapering off by noon. here they are developing off the coast and some yellow in it for the evening and overnight hours. you can see the showers still light, but more widespread tomorrow morning than this morning. then they start to taper heading into 5:00 thomorrow afternoon. friday, one last push of rain on saturday that will introduce us to cooler weather, highs in the low to mid 50s. at least we'll see some sunshine sunday and monday. another storm, a 1 also, on tuesday. >> thank you, mike. good morning. starting off with the map here, we just have this one patch of red here through the altamont pass. everything else is green. looking good on the roads this morning, especially in the south

bay where we had issues. moving to a look at the richmond-san rafael bridge, live here, no problems. nice, light and clear. san jose 87, same story here. things are moving, empty roadways down there. checking in on our drive times, all green across the board. santa rosa to petaluma, 13-minute ride. castro valley to the maze, 13 minutes. want to remind everybody, a commuter alert for southbound highway 1, this low chclosure d repaving work overnight from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. between daly city and holloway avenue. one mile of the roadway will be closed for the next two weeks. so, we've been wondering who the time pen of the year wrson going to be. it was just announced. and it is greta thunburg. >> she is just 16 and just such a voice when it comes to

speaking out about climate change. the biggest thing people remember when she was talked to the united nations, she's forceful, memorable. really just speaking out despite her age about what she feels passionate about. >> she has made a name for herself. she has been to the bay area, she's been galvanized on a billboard here in union square. so there's some connections to us as well. interesting to see who they've chosen. there is word that the justice department will review google's plan to buy fitbit. >> and walmart is getting ready to test driverless grocery deliveries. >> the justice department is reportedly tracking google's purchase of fitbit. >> published reports say the feds are worried about antitrust issues. the deal could make fitbit competitive with apple and samsung in the fitness tracker market but watchdogs say it will give doing google more data abo.

>> walmart will test driverless grocery deliveries in houston next year. the company is teaming up with neuro, the same test driving with kroger and dominos. and the world's first electric commercial flight. >> this seaplane in vancouver, canada lifted off using an electric engine. it has a range of about 100 miles. harbor air hopes to have a

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looking at potential rainfall today. it's light to nonexistent outside of the north bay. during the evening commute, it will be drier than the commute this morning in most neighborhoods. you can see the rain for thursday. anywhere from a tenth to a quarter inch. the rain that comes in tonight through tomorrow will be a little more widespread and a little more impressive. we'll look hour-by-hour at the rest of the rain cing up. b.a.r.t. is offering a chance to share your thoughts and concerns directly with the new general manager. we showed you the most recent one from a few weeks ago. robert powers continues his listening tour going from station to station listening to riders questions and comments. today he will be at fruitvale at 7:00 a.m. and the west oakland station at 4:00 p.m. there's a new development at a break in at a san jose floral

shop. police say they arrested jeffrey welch in connection with the burglary. surveillance video shows two suspects entering the floral shop last friday and the business reported at least $10,000 worth of items stolen including a valuable flower urn. the woman seen in the video still has not been caught. another sign of love for a high-profile bay area couple. >> ishia curry is showing this photo on social media. it's a picture of the couple's new matching tattoos. the wolf, butterfly and horse represent each of the couple's children. ishia said each symbol has a deep meaning to the curries but she said that's their business and she did not share. just for them. >> good for them. >> it's cute. >> i like it. here's a look at our zonal flow. notice a lot of east to west moving rain as we head from friday morning into the early afternoon hours. just a chance of showers for

your friday evening forecast. most of saturday is looking quiet. sunshine then. saturday afternoon and evening, one last push of wet weather. sunday we wake up to fog and a bit of sunshine in the afternoon hours. in fact, look at the rainfall amounts out of this particular system. friday through sunday, some areas nothing, up to a quarter inch. jobina? >> good morning, everyone. good morning to walnut creek. we are taking a live look at 680 as people start their smooth ride into work or wherever they're headed. things are looking good there. and they are also looking good reflected in -- oh. i thought we were going to another camera. our mass transit update. just a reminder of our new service on the smart train in larkspur and downtown novato. this is going to help with our jam ups that we see on 101 during rush hour. this starts on saturday, december 14th. this is the first new track added since 2017. thanks. coming up a service many of

us use to deliver food is branching out to another department. the partnership getting clothing to your door in less than 24 hours. the hearing today that will look closer at what may have contributed into two plane crashes. and staggering new statistics

. staggering statistics about pg&e in a just released poll. and a look at future radar showing more wet weather in the bay area. meteorologist mike nicco has what you need to know before you head out of the door this

morning. good morning. it's wednesday, december 11th. >> we'll get to those stories in a moment. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. checking in with mike this morning. >> keep the umbrellas handy the next four days. we have waves of light showers that will impact us through saturday. a few leftover showers this morning. more likely tonight. everything kind of damp and slippery. live doppler 7 showing the best radar returns in the southern half of the bay area now. they're scooting off mainly to the east, maybe a jog northeast. look what they leave behind. here's sfo and the peninsula, it's wet this morning. temperatures in the low to mid 50s through 7:00. showers are less likely from noon to 4:00. so the coverage will decrease. that will help push us into the upper 50s to low 60s. but then we'll increase showers are once again as we head towards 7:00. we'll take an hour-by-hour look at that coming up. let's get to jobinaut