this is a moment that has been long in the making. the new larkspur and downtown novato smart stations open this weekend. it will make it so much easier for north bay commuters to get t san francisco. >> it starts tomorrow but the celebration starts today. amy hollyfield is live at the larkspur station with more on that. amy? >> hi, reggie. i'm at the station, you take your train here, you park. and then you just take this foot bridge and walk over to the larkspur ferry for a lovely ride into san francisco. so the hope is that this will connect commuters who live up in sonoma, napa, northern marin county down here to their jobs in san francisco. but smart trains have had money problems. those issues have delayed the opening of this larkspur station. the station was approved by voters 11 years ago in 2008. so this is one of two new stations that will be opening. the other is in downtown novato. that will be open there as well

for smart train. services start at these stations tomorrow. they'll be celebrating with ribbon cutting ceremonies. in larkspur they'll have their ceremony at 1:00. novato will have a ceremony at 10:30 tomorrow morning. for the rest of this month the trains will have temporary schedules. in january they will get up to full speed and start their new timetable with more service. the next couple of weeks, think of it as getting used to it. january they're really up to speed. today is all about celebrating this new beginning. reporting live in larkspur, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> we're excited. i'm looking forward to it. thanks. the time is 4:31. good morning. we're getting a quick update on weather and traffic where you live starting with mike. >> let's start with our storm impact scale for today and for tonight. light to moderate rain, up to a third of an inch for our wettest areas, rough and dangerous surf.

our best radar returns, there's mount st. helena, there ithe latest data across northern mendocino county. it's moving west to each. it will stay up there. the rest of us will have mist and drizzle. fog is the biggest issue. thickest in santa rosa, petaluma and half moon bay. all of those areas under the dense fog advisory. oakland and haze wayward, visib is down to a mile. i think the weather service will have to broaden the dense fog advisory as it will get thicker the next couple of hours. the biggest challenge this evening is that it will be wet. >> the final committee vote on impeachment charges is expected in a few hours then they will go to the full house for a vote. the house judiciary committee went into recess after a 14-hour debate on the articles last night. the articles charge president trump with abuse of power and

obstruction of congress related to his dealings with ukraine. it's the final phase before the first official vote to impeach president trump. >> i want the members on both sides of the aisle to think about what happened over the last two days and to search their consciouses before we cast our final votes. >> they reconvene at 7:00 a.m. local time this morning. republicans could continue offering amendments, making for another long day. if they don't, the vote could go to the senate. the president says he wants an aggressive defense that includes live witnesses. top senate republicans say they don't want that because it would lengthen the trial. kumasi? >> thanks. it's a fund-raising frenzy for democratic presidential candidate joe biden in the bay area because there is big money in campaign contributions up for grabs. cornell barnard has those details. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden arriving at the fairmount hotel on nob hill ready to shake hands at a

private democratic fund-raiser hosted by senator diane feinstein and others. oakland mayor libby schaaf was one of 160 attendees. earlier sky seven was over the palo alto home of receventure capitalist greg sands. the events part of an in person and online biden fund-raising push happening since october. >> he's starting to put up great financial numbers now. he's done three events today. i think we were sold out in san francisco. >> reporter: he's playing a major role for democratic fund-raising this election. he believes the departure of senator kamala harris will mean more financial backing for biden. >> with her dropping out of the race i think she had a good showing. the question is who's going to

pick up most of that support and so far i think the answer is joe biden. >> but the deep pockets of michael bloomberg should not be counted out. >> he will have staying power. he can run a 50-state campaign. we'll see how he goes into the polls. >> reporter: this is biden's third fund-raising trip to the bay area and likely will not be his last. cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> happening today, the woman accused of ramming her car into a barber is set to be arraigned on attempted murder charges. antioch police say 28-year-old ruby delgadillo was upset over her son's hair cut. the encounter happened december 4th outside a barbershop. delgadillo drove at the barber after the argument. the impact pushed him through the glass storefront. the barber suffered severe leg injuries. she also faces child abuse and hit and run charges. new maps reveal the east bay and south bay are at a bigger risk of suffering damage from an

earthquake than any of us thought. this is the new hazard quake. the red is where there's a 75% or more risk of a damaging quake in the next 100 years. researchers raised the shake estimates in the south and east bays after taking a closer look at the soil. the usgs says these maps are not meant to scare people but help us prepare for a quake. this is what more than $2 million of stolen merchandise looks like. so if you had a laptop or a tablet or a phone or purse ripped off, it could be among these items put on display by the san francisco d.a.'s office. the stolen goods came from car break-ins, package thefts and store robberies. police say they turned up in electronic chop shops of sorts in their investigations. if you think one of these items is yours, we have information on who to contact at abc7news.com. three dog owner groups filed a federal lawsuit to fight for

proposed pet restrictions at the golden gate bridge recreation area. they want an environmental study of the proposed changes and on opportunity for public comment on these significant policy changes. the groups say that one change in the 2019 is a rule prohibiting dog walking entirely from two areas of fort funston. coming up next, one man's emotional appeal after his family's cross-country trip ends in the bay area with priceless memories stolen. and small spaces, big potential. these tiny homes are part of building a better bay area. and golden state park celebrating its 150th birthday in a huge way. the unique new view of san francisco it will give visitors. >> when i walked out this morning it was not raining on me but a lot of fog out there. >> a lot of moisture in the air. i had to use the windshield wipers a couple of times. in the south bay, the visibility

is three miles across the valley there. santa clara valley. it could get thicker heading through the morning. we have spotty thick fog in the east bay with temperatures from 53 in antioch to dublin, san ramon, pleasanton, livermore 57. mild temperatures, 52 in san carlos. san jose at 58, 56 in oakland right now. what we're looking at for driving today, fog this morning, rain this afternoon. caution there. it will be a damp afternoon. it will be foggy this morning if you're out on the water. it's not only over the land but over the water. it will be wild and wet for mass transit. for the peninsula, fog through 9:00. cloudy through 11:00. 59 the 1:00. then we're looking at a chance of wet weather. for the east bay, foggy, 56 through 9:00. chance of rain around 1:00.

that hangs around through 5:00. for san francisco, foggy through 9:00. we quickly turn over to a chance of rain that will continue through 5:00. temperatures in the upper 50s. a little bit cooler today. jobina? >> you heard mike mention some of that spotty and thick fog in the east bay. this is emeryville. our camera showing 80 right now. if you're with us in the morning, this is usually one of our brightest spots in the morning. so slow down if you -- no, you should slow down. after live look at the richmond-san rafael bridge, pretty empty. foggy conditions there. we have fog advisories for the san mateo bridge and the bay bridge. antioch, visibility is down to about 100 feet along highway 4 to state route 160 right there. be careful. also we want to bring you to two other spots here. at cracker barrel, we're cooking up

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. nearly 2 million people dealing with the thick fog this morning. it also goes out to the central valley, monterey bay, santa barbara. there's a lot of fog to be had. here's temperatures this afternoon. you can see the rain moving from

eureka down to monterey and y yosemite where it turns into snow. we have a winter weather advisory from noon today until 4:00 sunday morning. snow levels start at 4,600 fee and then drop to 4,000 feet. a family's pictures are missing after their camera was stolen from their parked car, now they're hoping to buy the camera bark. kirk jacobson and his family are back in arizona but still reeling from their road trip through the bay area. their digital camera with hundreds of family photos on the sd card was stolen from their suv on sunday evening as they were inside a brentwood movie theater. he stashed the sony 8000 under the seat because he knew he couldn't bring it into the movie. through an ad on craigslist, he's saying he will pay $450 for the camera and the sd card or

$150 for just the sd card no questions asked. he has a serial number for the camera. he did file a police report, he's thinking it might be hard to sell the camera, but his real holiday wish is to get it in alameda county there's a 43% jump in homelessness this year. one non-profit is helping to get some homeless people into permanent housing. eric thomas has that. >> reporter: tiny doesn't describe how snug these homes are. 157 square feet with a small kitchen and full bath. >> i pray every night that please keep me safe. >> but to someone living on the street or in a car, it may feel like a mansion. >> i love it. i'm ready to move in. >> patricia soares spent the last two and a half years living out of her car. she was one of the first people to apply to live in one of the six tiny homes delivered to the

first presbyterian church. >> this would suit me just find because of the cold, it being very cold at night and not having the provisions to shower or, you know, use the rest room. >> a $200,000 county grant and donated labor and materials went into the homes. those selected can live here up for up to 18 months while they prepare to look for permanent housing. they'll have to have jobs because they have to pay rent. >> so it's going to start at $200, and then for four month, and then go to $400, 600, 800. >> this woman runs the church's homeless assistance programs. she says the church won't ofit from the rent. after utilities are covered, what's left over will be put in a savings and returned to the residents to help pay for permanent housing. >> i love this work. i want people to be housed. i want people to have dignity. in where they live and feel proud of who they e. and so i think this is one step in that direction. >> what's worth having is worth waiting for. >> eric thomas, abc7 news.

san francisco will have one more attraction to draw locals and tourists. >> mayor london breed announced a knnew 150-foot ferris wheel f the 150th anniversary of golden state park. it will feature enclosed gondolas that can seat six people each. rides will be free when it launches during the park-wide celebration april 4th. the wheel will operate for about 11 months until march of 2021. >> we need it there permanently. i'm already excited about that. >> you like that. >> just keep it. >> $18? that's not cheap. >> how nice will it be. >> you just go around once? >> it's a slow ride. it's like -- so you can get pictures. >> doing it for the graham. i get it.

>> we should broadcast live from there. engineering. you can do it. >> do i have to pay the 18? >> i think it will be included. >> hopefully they'll pick up the tab. >> done. that will be beautiful. let's look at what's going on. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. a couple degrees shy of where we were yesterday. the rain will come in and cap our warming this afternoon. in fact, we have heavier afternoon and evening showers on the way. enjoy the relatively dry weather if you will this morning. our lows tonight, they'll be cooler as the clouds will open up. when they do, expect more fog to form. mid 40s to low 50s with a few showers lingering across the south bay. our plume of moisture is reenergized. it's up north of us, it will sink south. here is 7:00 in the morning. it's all fog and a little mist hanging in the air and there are damp spots on the roads. by noon, it's starting to get

heavier in sonoma county and also in the northern part of napa county and marin county already raining. lake and mendocino counties. you can see that move through the afternoon. once with you get through with that light rain, we'll have drizzle with showers in the evening hours. wake up tomorrow morning, it's clear out there. saturday's storm is looking much less potent. a lot of scattered showers with isolated downpours. that will fade away as we head towards sunday morning. so again, we're looking at sunday, monday, all during the day tuesday as dry. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. we have another 1 on the storm impact scale for wednesday. i'll show you how much rain to expect out of this storm coming up. >> good morning. check out the map here. we have a look at all of this fog especially through the altamont pass. very heavy. in the east bay, along the coast as well. very heavy fog in portions of antioch as well, especially along highway 4. looking live in oakland, 880

near the coliseum, you can hardly make out the brake lights as they head north. you can see the speckles of the headlights as they go south. very thick. we have a fog advisory at the bay bridge. if you're in oakland be aware of that. live look in san rafael, 101, it's much better over here. but you can certainly see that fog there as well. just take your time and slow down, please, as you make your way out the door. >> thanks. facebook could soon be under a federal antitrust investigation. >> and lyft is ready to rent you a car. here's tech bytes. >> potential new problems for facebook. >> the company is working on integrating its platforms including instagram and whatsapp. that effort could be halted by a possible ftc injunction, that would halt facebook's integration and could leave the company more vulnerable to a break up. microsoft unveiled the new look of the x-box series x. >> features include a share button on the controller so

gamers can send video clips and screen shots to friends. lyft is launching a lore cost car rental service that allows users to rent cars for up to two weeks. >> lyft claims it's not charging for mileage or extra refueling for now. the service is only available in los angeles and san francisco right now. those are your tech bytes. >> have a great friday the 13th. >> san francisco she said. >> she did. and i'm ready to look that up. coming up next, dreaming of victory. the local high schoolers hoping to bring home a championship. and a bay area college is putting a

here's a live look at the western side of the bay bridge from a building that sits right next to us. it gives you an idea of how thick that fog is this morning. let's talk about this afternoon. you can see the rain rolling in, a tenth of an inch in the south bay, two-teb dshtwo-tenths arou francisco. a couple hundredths of an inch tomorrow. today will be the wetter day this weekend. oakland's mills college is selling a rare copy of a collection of shakespeare in an effort to ease a bukt crunch bu the collection was published in 1623. there's only 235 copies left.

mills acquired the book as a gift in 1977. mills declared a financial emergency in 2017. it laid off 11 professors. the first folio is expected to go for millions of dollars. a heads up from michael finney, you have just a month left to file a claim with equif equifax. exeq the filing deadline is january 22nd. you can find out more information on the 7 on your side page at abc7news.com. the football team at oakland's mclimans high school hopes to do something only one other team has done for. >> they're ready for their fourth straight state championship win. they are a perfect 11-0 this

season. the coach says his players are ready. >> we worked all off season, worked hard. went undefeated. some of the guys first time going to the state game. some guys, we have one kid on the bus who played in all three state games. it means a lot for us. >> only delasalle of concord won four state titles. we say good luck to you all. have a good trip. >> yeah. that's awesome. so much fun. let's talk about dense fog advisory out there. you can see the areas in gray, which is the north bay, san francisco, and the coast. also into the central valley. visibility is a quarter mile or less through the morning commute. it's going to be a dangerous thing in that respect. also until 3:00 tomorrow morning we have the threat of rip currents and beach erosion. don't turn your back on the water. breakers up to 22 feet possible. let's talk about what will happen with our drought or what did happen. when the latest information came out yesterday, we are completely

eradicated from the abnormal dryness. 85% of the state was abnormally dry before the last couple of weeks. now we have this little corner up here by the oregon border that's 4% down from 85%. good run of rain. i think we had rain 16 of the last 17 days. more rain today. >> thank you. good morning. i'm sticking with the same story he is about this fog. look at all of this from the bay bridge. you can't look at it. you can hardly make out the bridge. we have a fog advisory for the bay bridge as well as the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge and the carquinez bridge and the antioch bridge. there's not one for the golden gate bridge. i do see from our camera it is foggy out there. moving down to san jose where conditions are much better, great visibility as you move along 280. checking in on the drive times, tracy to dublin, 34-minute ride.

dublin to mission boulevard, 14 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino, 14 minutes. a new show all about one specific kind of wedding. the celebrity couple behind this reality tv project. something unusual on routine patrol. the rescue this officer made on the freeway. we are one week out from our event. we have only filled the bags of half of the families who signed up. >> a desperate need for toys ahead of the holidays. the one shelf that's completely empty. and a fence fog advisory is in effect now. this is a live look outside from our exploratorium

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now at 5:00, give yourself some extra time to get to work. >> there's a dense fog advisory in effect right now. mike has that and a look at your forecast. >> it's friday the 13th of december. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike. >> try the laugh off the fact that it's friday the 13th. a couple things to be scared about out there. we have some rain skirting northern sonoma and napa counties. this is just the beginning of the wet weather that will be more dominant in the evening forecast. 2 million of us under the threat of reduction of visibility. that could be dangerous levels in the north bay, san francisco and the coast. petaluma, hayward and half moon bay. so some areas outside of the dense fog advisory are also