prioritize in the next budget and she's calling on other city officials to make sure that it happens. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena is live in san francisco where business leaders are echoing the call for improvements. luz? >> reporter: that's right. this is where the majority of shopping takes place in san francisco. and also where you can see homelessness crisis in almost every corner. the mayor of san francisco says that crisis is going to be the focus of the upcoming budget. when speaking about cleaning the streets of san francisco, we had to start here. >> clean up, it's a lot of trash, lot of homeless. >> reporter: this is what he does every day. he's part of the city's tenderloin cleaning team. we interviewed him before noon, and what he said next might surprise you. >> i believe today was almost 22. >> reporter: 22 needles? >> in the morning, yeah. before my lunch. >> reporter: in a press conference about improving from conditions, we asked mayor breed, how would you describe the current state of our streets? >> well, they need improvement.

>> reporter: an improvement she hopes to achieve by calling on city departments and the board of supervisors to commit every spare budget dollar towards -- >> homelessness, mental health s.f., as well as people who are struggling with substance use disorder. those will be our priorities because we want to make sure that we change what we know people are frustrated over. >> reporter: a lot of the frustration is coming from business owners who, according to the san francisco chamber of commerce, are concerned about our streets. >> our level of street care is not great enough, and that we need to up our game when we can all step up and be part of that. >> reporter: oracle reits entitlely announced it will move its world conference to las vegas. one of the reasons, poor street conditions. do you think san francisco is falling apart? >> i don't think it's falling apart, but i think it could if we don't be more careful and take bolder steps. >> reporter: the oracle open world conference will cost san francisco an estimated $64

million a year. according to the mayor, san francisco, they already have other conventions in line to take that spot. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luz. before you go, obviously it is an ambitious plan. what exactly is being done to try to accomplish it? are you hearing specifics? >> reporter: honestly, nothing new. to be specific, they're saying that they're going to increase the street cleaning teams and have more pit stops. bathrooms open 24/7, we have three in san francisco and also more big belly trash cans around the city and new beds in navigation centers like the ones we're going to have in the waterfront with 200 beds. back to you. >> all right, luz, thank you. >> abc7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil ma tier is here. now, phil, what's your take on all this? >> interesting. i went to the press conference in union square. this is part announcement what they're going to do and part damage control. the fact that oracle pulled its convention out of san francisco cost the city $64 million in lost tourist and convention

business. >> big hit. >> this is a $9 billion industry in san francisco. it's right up there with tech as one of the largest employers and blue collar employers. when conventioners say no to san francisco, it's big news. the mayor had to react. now, when you go to these conferences -- you've all been to press conferences. you're up there. they have everybody up there. at the front of the line we're going to have more police, more street cleaners. at the back of the line are the people that actually work on it. they say what we really need to do is change behavior because i don't care how clean you keep the streets, if somebody is passed out when you're walking there or drugged out and they've gone to the bathroom on themselves or on the street, your impression is the city's a mess. >> right. >> it's not going to work. you can't play catch up. you have to nip it at the source. go ahead. >> do you know that they're spending $94 million a year cleaning the streets of san francisco? >> yeah, they just increased it. it's amazing. >> amazing, isn't it, dan? >> you'd think it would be spotless. shows how big a problem it is.

>> they go out there spotless, then a couple minutes it changes. >> don't you think san francisco has a few years to play with in that it hasn't lost its leading place in the bay area yet? >> it's not lost in the bay area yet, but we're in a much bigger world. i mean, let's not kid ourselves. >> compete ing with las vegas. >> las vegas, and not just for conventions. businesses as well. tourist dollars as well. people living as well. we are not -- it's no longer san francisco, san jose, oakland, maybe danville, san ramon. this is a new york, los angeles, las vegas. >> i hear people increasingly we all do from all over the country, the impression of san francisco is negative. not that they've been here a long time. >> and seeing. >> let's talk about the navigation center as one possible solution. >> that's what the mayor is also trying to do. this is going to be one of six navigation homeless shelters being set up around the city of san francisco. you can see the map there. they're all pretty well spread out in the southern part of town. a lot of industial areas as well.

but this new one is different, and this is really going to get the eyes of the country on it because it is situated right on san francisco's embarcadero, right on the waterfront. and if you look around there, what you see, it's on a parking lot by the port. but next to it are some of the most expensive condaleeza omini the west coast. who are going to be living next to a navigation center, it's going to be clean, orderly and not have an increase in crime. >> this is why it was so controversial. >> it was. >> we remember the woman who was stopped in the doorway, couldn't get in her doorway, the pricey building. she's moved away, not convinced -- >> the mayor knows this is going to be watched. and she knows her name is is on the line and building any other shelters is on the line. what's she doing? she's going to have special clean up crews in a two-block radius. set up a safe zone two blocks around it. their own designated foot patrols out there. >> how much does this cost? >> well, they figure it will cost 7 to $10 million a year to

operate. i would throw another one on top of that for police and all the other services that are going to be headed in that way. but if you lose $67 million in one convention -- >> politically it's money you have to pay. >> it's a business decision. >> thanks, phil. >> phil will be back with us in 30 minutes for an exclusive look at the future of san francisco's transit and traffic issues. see you then. >> new transit chief. the first supported -- it will be used to house formerly homeless people. adobe services is behind the project. the city of santa clara has more than 300 people who are homeless. the county has more than 97 people living on the street. a total that's second only to san francisco. and in the north bay, sonoma county officials will announce emergency response measures for the homeless crisis in their community. sky 7 was over an enkamment on highway 12 near the sonoma

county fairgrounds. the plan includes the creation of short term indoor and outdoor shelters near the fairgrounds. an estimated 3,000 people are homeless in sonoma county. >> a court decision that makes it harder for cities to clear homeless encampments will not be reviewed by the u.s. supreme court. juice advertises today left in place a ruling that struck down a boise, idaho, ordinance. that ruling by an appeals cord held that boise could not make it a crime for homeless people to sleep on the streets when no alternative shelter is available. that court found that the ordinance violated a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. so what do you think it will take to help the homeless? we want to hear your ideas. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >> a little girl is safe tonight after police say she was taken from her home in san jose by her father leading to an amber alert. video shows the moments some good samaritans surrounded the man in cambria 200 miles south of san jose.

the suspect identified as victor magana locked his keys inside the van at a gas station. his 2-year-old daughter was safe inside. he was accused of stabbing the girl's mother last night before taking the child. neighbors say they could hear the mom screaming for help. >> my roommates were saying she was yelling help, help, he's going to kill me. and from there one of my roommates peeked from the window, saw her hopping over the fence right there. >> slummped over in a car, she' hospitalized in critical condition. >> it's happened again. since the start of the year more than 60 vehicles have been hit by froejeproject tiles on the h. six vehicles were hit in a six-minute span. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story now from monterey county. >> reporter: tonight danger on the roadways. the california highway patrol confirms at least 62 vehicles have been hit by projectiles in monterey county since february, including six calls on saturday

night. >> we're lucky that we haven't had a big smash up. >> reporter: the majority of cases have been reported on highways 101 and 156 through prune dale and aromas south of gilroy. monica said her husband's vehicle was struck earlier this month and has a message for the culprit. >> i feel sorry for you because if this is what you look forward to, shooting cars on the road trying to hurt people, you know what, that's pretty pathetic. >> reporter: no fatalities for now, but a number of drivers have been hurt by flying glass after their windows shattered into pieces. despite that, the c.h.p. is still urging drivers to keep their windows rolled up as they travel through the area. if your vehicle is hit by a projectile, the c.h.p. says to pullover when it's safe to do so and immediately call 911 to report your location. >> it's extremely important for our investigative process that we get out to the scene as soon as possible so that we can inspect the vehicles for evidence. >> reporter: the c.h.p. believes the projectiles aren't coming from a traditional firearm. >> we have a full-time task

force, additional patrols in the area. we stake did seriously. >> reporter: the award fund leading to an arrest has been upped to $15,000. >> pay attention to overpasses as i come under them and i watch the cars next to me. if somebody else gets hit, you don't know if they're going to start weaving around in the road. >> reporter: the public hopes this comes to an end before tragedy strikes. >> the police are on it. they want to catch these guys. >> reporter: in monterey county, chris nguyen, abc7 news >> all right, a lot more to come. do you have fast track in your car? it can be one of the fastest ways to a pole plaza. >> but what about when it goes wrong? it has for thousands of drivers and 7 on your side is helping them get justice. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. after a sunny day today, the clouds are rolling back in ahead of our next storm. we'll break down the timing when the rain arrives in the accuweather forecast ahead. >> thanks, drew. get out your phone and vote. we want to know how you deliver your gifts by post office,

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lawsuit claiming fast track has wrongly charged thousands of motorists with tolls and penalties. >> the toll authority that runs fast track is trying to ban the media from entering the courtroom during much of the trial. abc7 news 7 on your side dion lim has more. >> reporter: you can't cross the bridge without paying the toll. for many cars tolling mistakes happen. >> it wasn't my license plate, it wasn't my car. >> fast track made a mistake u. >> i had to track down the vehicle. >> reporter: they are among scores who came to 7 on your side after fast track charged ca them with toll evasion. they switched to all electronic toll taking in 2013. the following year, a quarter million motorists got toll evasion penalties five times the previous rate.

at issue, they are supposed to receive toll invoices in the mail. in this lawsuit, they claim thousands of motorists never received their invoices mostly due to dmv address mistakes. the suit says fast track didn't try to find the motorist but piled on penalties. >> the policy was if the mail went out and came back up deliverable as addressed, they shredded the mail and impose a penalty. >> reporter: the fast track program director regina who testified the return invoices were indeed shredded and follow-up penalty notices went to the same incorrect address. michael of santa rosa, a lead plaintiff, says he tried to dispute huge penalties. >> they sent me a notice rejecting the appeal and informed me that i owed $1,900 more in fees. and i was like, what is going on? >> reporter: now the golden gate bridge district and toll authority say they have improved their system for handling returned invoices and customer disputes.

however, the agencies are also trying to keep those policies a secret from all of us. >> what they have said to the judge is that people would not pay their tolls. >> reporter: a judge has allowed the agencies to seal court documents that contain the public policies. now the agencies are seeking another court order, shutting the public out of the courtroom during testimony this week. the bridge district and toll authority would not agree to an on-camera interview. but in court documents, the agencies called the policies inside information. they seri veelg it to the public would be enabling them to game the system and avoid paying correctly assessed tolls and violation penalties. gut ride says the reflects the general outlook that motorists are inclined to cheat. >> it's troubling the tolling agency have this view of motorists that they are out to get them as opposed to having the view that motorists are constituents and what we should be doing is assuming the best intentions. >> reporter: for michael finney and 7 on your side, i'm dion

lim. >> 7 on your side will be in san francisco superior court tomorrow to object to closing the courtroom to the public when the public's business is at stake. >> we'll follow-up with you on that tomorrow. let's turn our attention now to the weather forecast. the gray we've had is going to stick around ask rain is coming. >> that's right. let's check in with drew tuma for the time line. >> the clouds already arriving tonight. tomorrow not nearly as bright a day as it was earlier today. live doppler 7, it's a quiet evening at hand. we don't have to deal with any rain tonight. we're still about 24 hours away from our next storm arriving. sutro tower camera on this monday night showing you we have good visibility. we're fog free. but we do have high clouds streaming in from time to time ahead of our next storm system. we bring in the storm impact scale, it's coming back this week, a light level 1 system we have here. and the rain really holds off until wednesday morning. so wednesday itself is an on and off rainy day with the light to moderate showers. rainfall totals throughout the day likely winding up to a

quarter and three quarters of an inch of rain. and the winds will turn gusty. strongest along our coast line, about 15 to 35 miles per hour. so bring back the rain gear starting wednesday. here's what we're looking at the next couple of days. tomorrow what you will notice, much more cloudier than what we had today. tuesday is a mostly cloudy day ahead of that storm, with rain returning early wednesday morning, and that's one of two storms we are tracking. unfortunately it looks like the weekend is going to wind up being pretty wet as well as another storm moves in on saturday. overnight tonight, it's a mixture of stars and clouds out there. coldest temperatures away from the coast line falling back into the 30s.s. 36 is overnight low. 40 the low in oakland. tuesday tomorrow you do not need the rain gear. we are dry in the daylight hours. starting off in a chilly note 30s and 40s. throughout the day limited sunshine. a lot of khloe kardashian cover throughout the day.

temperatures still normal this time of year in the mid and upper 50s. highs on tuesday under that mainly cloudy sky, 56 in richmond and san francisco. about 59 in san jose. up to 57 in santa rosa. the same in concord and half moon bay just slightly cooler than that, coming in at 55 degrees. so we'll time-out that rain for you. future weather showing you 1:00 early wednesday morning while a lot of us are sleeping, that light rain arrives in a west to east fashion. it likely intensifies for the wednesday morning commute. 6:00 a.m. wednesday morning as we are going out and about early on, we'll likely be dodging some downpours. those pops of yellow and orange you see on your screen. as we head into midday and into the afternoon, the showers will begin to taper and wednesday evening it several will wind up dry. but the wind associated with this storm, you'll feel them starting late tomorrow night. especially along the coast line by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. we're seeing the winds over 30 miles per hour, and even through early wednesday morning area wide we'll likely see the wind gusts well over 25 miles per hour at times.

total rainfall with this event will likely see a lot of spots at least get an inch or at least, say, a quarter of an inch of rain. most spots could get half an inch of rain. it is a healthy amount of rain. thankfully it's going to be light to moderate in nature. flooding is not an issue with this storm system. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. 7 days for you, cloudy and breezy on your tuesday. wet weather returns wednesday with the wettest period in the morning. rain moves out, clouds stick around thursday and friday. there is our next storm arriving saturday evening. it lingers into much of the day sunday. scattered showers even into monday next week. >> thanks, drew. >> sure. >> all right, pg&e has just hours to come up with a new settlement over several wildfires. >> what activists want to see out of the deal after the governor

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utilities company to emerge from bankruptcy before a june 30th deadline. >> governor newsome said the plan did not meet state law. the utility company insists it does. here's abc7 news reporter kris reyes with why some are in favor of taking this slow road to a solution. >> i think it is terrific that governor newsome rejected pg&e's proposal to end bankruptcy because it was inadequate. >> reporter: mark is just one of many advocates that want to see pg&e held accountable for crippling power blackouts and wildfires in recent years. another group demanding accountability camped out in protest at pg&e san francisco headquarters monday afternoon. i'm here with the power to live coalition because disabled people and seniors have been dying because of fires and power outages. and that has to stop. >> reporter: on friday, governor newsome rejected the utility company's restructuring plan saying it did not comply with state law and that it did not go

far enough in improving safety, corporate governance and the company's financial position. pg&e had this to say. we our restructuring plan meets the requirements of assembly bill 1054. we will continue to work diligently in the coming days to resolve any issues. >> it's more important to reach a settlement that is complete rather than reaching one just to make it quick. >> we are so glad that te governor is paying attention to this issue and holding pg&e accountable. and we need more of that. we need the california public utilities commission to also step up. >> pg&e's equipment has been linked to the devastating fires of 2017 and 2018. if they can't reach a new deal with fire victims, well, they stand to lose access to the state's wildfire liability fund. in san francisco, kris reyes for abc7 news. >> and coming up next, new on abc7 news at 6:00. >> when we look at solutions to congestion, there are only two.

>> abc7 news contributor phil ma tier takes a walk through san francisco streets with the city's new director of transportation to find out what those two options are to fix the gridlock. >> tis the season. >> i'm dion lim in san francisco with all of the shipping deadlines you need to know about and how the business is changing.

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>> announcer: now, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> from the roof of our abc7 news studio in san francisco, we're looking down at the embarcadero with light traffic tonight. but in general, traffic is something where we definitely have room for improvement. but is there really room to build a better bay area? >> today san francisco's new transit chief jeff was sworn in by mayor london breed to start his job. >> he faces a massive undertaking previous leaders struggled to make work. dealing with the street and bus and rail system that struggles to keep things on schedule. >> now abc7 news is working to find solution s to these problems and we ask contributor phil matier to help us build a better bay area by asking tumlan

what he expects to be his priority. he has a big job. >> he does. it's a big city out there. we decided to take him out onto the city streets to have a look at what's really going on rather than the theoretical. here's what we found. what have we got here? >> we have the most transportation intensive block in the entire western united states. everything comes together right here. and chances are everything stops right here. it's the gridlock center. >> that's right. because this is where we store the q for the bay bridge in the evening peak. >> so what we have here is pedestrians, buses over here. >> that's right. >> cars, all competing along with motorcycles and construction crews and everything else, bike lane. >> parking and buses coming into the transit bay bus center. >> it seems to be working really great. >> as you can see, we have a geometry problem here. we've got, what is this, 80 feet >> right. >> how do we move a growing san francisco in a street that's not

going to get any bigger than 80 feet? i look at all this car congestion here and i imagined just the people. all of this space is taken up with 14 people. so all of that street space is moving 14 people, fewer people than are right here on the sidewalk. but like it or not, those 14 people are in those cars and they're staying here. and for all the efforts to get people on buses, you and i know that statistically it's stayed pretty much the same. >> absolutely. because we have a supply and demand problem. i charge people $2.50 to take the bus. it's free to drive. >> that's so wonderful to have my 200 square feet of space for free, driving in my own car, listening to my tunes. >> so, are you supporting a charge or downtown or charging more for parking or charging people to drive their car? >> so, when we look at solutions to congestion, there are only two. we can destroy the region allie economy, troid

its problem or supply and demand. >> is that a yes or no? >> the only thing that works is price. >> that's interesting. one of the things right here, we see bikes, bicyclists and scooters. those are new modes hitting the streets. but they represent only 2 to 3%. here we have a scooter guy. hey, you're supposed to be on the street, not only sidewalk, okay? you're supposed to point that out. >> i don't start till monday. that stayed at between 2 and 3%. are we giving too much to the bikes? >> so, in fact, we're seeing a growing number of people using bikes in places where we provide some protection. so in these scary bike lanes on howard street where i've provided no protection at all from the people taking up space in cars, we're not getting that high of a ridership. in places where we're providing real protection like a first-world country would, utilization is skyrocketing. >> one of your biggest problems is you don't have enough bus drivers or mechanics.

what are you going to do about that? they can't afford to live here. >> it's actually one of my top priorities. one is solving the bureaucratic problem, allow us to hire more quickly. two, struggling with the fact we're increasing driver pay, the cost of housing is increasing even more rapidly than that throughout the region. >> is there a bus system or transit system in the city, in the world you think we should be -- >> there's a lot of cities around the world that i'm inspired by. i love looking at what hoover is doing and how rapidly they have brought down rates of driving in a city that looks a lot like san francisco. >> do you think it's going to be ease toy get around without a car here? >> i hope so. it may be more expensive, but it certainly should get easy. >> history has shown you can have a lot of good ideas, a lot of energy, but you have to have the buses and trains running on time or else -- thank you, that is the definition of it. heeds never run a mass transit agency before.

i asked how he planned to planned to improve on time performance. he said we need to get more buses, more drivers and more lanes for them to drive in. aside from that, you got any quick solution? this is not easy. 48 square miles. it's become -- the population in san francisco has grown terrifically daytime and nighttime. it's one of the few cities in the country where there's more people moving in than moving out. it's getting more crowded. >> there's not much room on the streets. >> they're not going to get any bigger a. bigger. >> it sounds like we're moving toward charging a fee to drive downtown. >> thank you. what we call congestion pricing. what would you think of this, a toll coming in over the bay bridge. what about a toll getting out? there's only a 2 or 3 or 4 streets you can get out of san francisco's downtown and onto that bay bridge. what if there was a toll on the way out? >> lot of people won't like that. >> they won't. dan, here's the politics of that. how many of those people that don't like driving out of san

francisco in a crowded rush hear vote in san francisco? >> right, they don't. >> they don't. >> that is an issue. >> that's the politics of mass transit. it's the masses for you out there coming in and out of the city versus those who are here to stay and vote. >> vote. >> a complicated task ahead. >> it will be interesting to see how he does. >> that was a great conversation. >> it was, phil. thanks. remember you can read phil's column in the "san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. thanks, phil. >> you're taking a look at live 7 here monitoring what appears to be a house fire. through the dark you can see some smoke and now you can see firefighters there at the scene. looks like the main fire is out, but yeah, a wisp of smoke still rising there. that's santee river court. a large presence of firefighters and police. several surrounding streets appear to be closed off as well. we don't have a lot more details than that, but we'll bring you more information as we get it on our website, on air and on our news app. >> very active sooecene as you

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thousands of kaiser mental health employees are on strike here and across the state. progress has been made regarding employee salary and benefits. those on strike are demanding kaiser hire more staff to ease their current work load which would allow for the quality health care that kaiser is promising. >> teenagers who are struggling with depression, trauma, serious anxiety should not have to wait three to five weeks in between appointmets to get care. >> we've invested $500 million in additional staffing. i know that we've put another $500 million into the budget for next year. i know that we've invested $700 million in new facilities.

>> unless the two sides agree to meet, the strike will go through friday. >> new proof out today about the dangers of e-cigarettes. a u.c. san francisco study finds using e-cigarettes in creases the risk of developing chronic lung diseases. this includes asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. they say they use both e-cigarettes and regular tobacco. >> the real question isn't are you better off with a cigarette or e-cigarette. the real question is how much worse is it to add e. significant are t cigarettes to your cigarettes. the answer is it's pretty bad. >> tracking 32,000 adults from 2013 to 2016, the research says current and former e-cigarette users were 1.3 times more likely to develop chronic lung disease. while tobacco smokers increased their risk by twice that amount. >> well, it was clear and cold today as we take a live look from our east bay hills tower

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santa has more than elves helping him out at christmas. the post office, u.p.s., fedex, lots of hands helping get gifts from point a to point b. how do you deliver your gifts? >> we have a poll open at abc7news.com/vote. you can see u.p.s., fedex and online. >> some say in person. dion lim looks at what's changing on the shipping scene. >> reporter: it's beginning to look a lot like the busiest shipping week of the year. the u.s. postal service delivering more than 800 million packages across the country. >> just here in the city of san francisco, last week we delivered 750,000 packages. >> reporter: this knob hill

station alone handles 35,000 packages a week during the holidays. contributing to purchases like online retail from amazon. with the deadline looming december 20th and priority deadline the very next day, san francisco is doing what it can. even bringing in around 50 carriers from across the state to help. >> it's a special detail so they basically flew us all up here just to assist and help out, deliver the mail and make sure everything is -- customer service is excellent. >> reporter: while the u. sps is running at maximum capacity, independent shippers are as well for another reason. >> this is incoming. >> reporter: l.p.a. in presidio heights is shipping. there are boxes everywhere thanks to an increase in porch pirates. >> people get a lot of thefts around here so they'll have everything sent here instead and have us collect it so there is someone to sign for it and watch over the package. i would say ten years ago we didn't have this many packages sitting around.

>> reporter: loyal customers still choose to ship from this location no matter what time of year for that sense of community. >> they know everybody and everybody knows them. dogs, kids, everything. >> reporter: as witnessed by cocoa here who has joined her owner to do some last-minute shipping, we should point out that u. sps, they say they are in dire need of career carriers. and you can apply online, at their website. we have a link to it at ours, abc7news.com. in san francisco, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> interesting. okay, let's look at the results from abc7news.com/vote. we want to hear from you. >> all right. so 46% of you say you deliver your gifts in person. followed by the post office. and then -- >> u.p.s., fedex, 18% online, 16%. many options these days. >> makes for a great job. >> true. always increase hiring this time of year. we want to hear from you. >> whether by trains, automobiles or planes, aaa predicts holidays will set records this year.

let's give a live look at san francisco international airport. increase seen this holiday season up 5% from last year. now to the roads. live view here of the golden gate bridge. not too heavy right now. a record setting 105 million americans are likely to drive to their holiday destination. aaa says the holiday season starts saturday and goes through january 1st. >> and drivers are getting an early christmas present. gas prices are on the decline, dropping more than a penny per day in the past week in california. the state average is 3.62 per gallon. that's according to aaa. depending on where you are in the bay area, you could pay less. it won't be in san francisco as usual. it's the highest at $3.74 a gallon. 3.65 in oakland. and down to 3.56 in san jose. if you're traveling, gas up in the central valley, modesto has the cheapest gas anywhere we've found in the state, $3.39 a gallon. >> all right. but drivers may not like this news. the roads are about to get slippery again. >> yeah, meteorologist drew tuma

is tracking the weather for us tonight. drew? >> yeah, especially wednesday morning's commute. that's when we do anticipate a slower than normal rush as rain moves in thanks to a cold front a ploeching the west coast. live doppler 7 today, beautiful sunshine. high pressure in control, suppressing any cloud cover. that's giving way to the cold front from the west. first look at the cloud cover then we'll find rain moving in. overnight tonight, we'll find the clouds thickening while we sleep. chilly temperatures at the coast. dropping to the 30s. not quite as cold as last night. nonetheless a chilly night on the way. low to mid 40s around the bay shoreline. tomorrow it's a pretty cloudy day. limited sunshine. numbers bounce back into the mid and upper 50s by the afternoon. so 58 in oakland. 59 in san jose. 56 in the city. 57 in santa rosa. then we track the rain returning early wednesday morning. the storm impact scale level 1 light system with light to moderate rain especially during the wednesday morning commute. rainfall, quarter to three

quarters of an inch and wind gusts from time to time 15 to 35 miles per hour. the accuweather seven-day forecast, looking at the next 7 days, cloudy, breezy, wet weather returns wednesday, the wettest period in the morning. clouds stick around thursday and friday and another storm will move in here over the weekend. it's a light storm, but it lingers for saturday, sunday and evening to monday. >> all right, drew, thank you. we're ready. >> on to some nfl football, 49ers and raiders. >> let's recover from a bad day yesterday. >> last-second agony. 49ers on the win that got away and the raiders, the franchise that got away. coach jon gruden on the finale that w

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>> announcer: now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. when this decade began, nobody in their right mind would have guessed that the golden state warriors would win team of the decade honors. things are not going that well. but the award was given to the warriors organization today. but before we get to that's correct let us start with a flash back from 2011. >> everyone in the nba, as i'm sure you know, looks at this franchise today as really the sleeping giant. but the buzz out there outside of the bay area is that there's something happening here that is going to be very special. >> sports business journal, this is what they do. and the honor is for success on and off the field, championships plus business operations, the warriors have excelled in both

obviously. five finals appearances, two titles, two steph curry mvp awards, construction and opening of their new chase center. warriors were voted number one atop 122 pro franchises in american sports. the president rick welch joined us at 4:00. >> i don't think this would have happened without the basketball team that really set the standard for winning this decade with those three championships. so, you know, i think all the way -- steph curry to erik house enin the equipment room, ticket staff, broadcast staff, everybody has a hand in winning something like this. >> heart breaking loss for the 49ers that gives them very little wiggle room in their final two games. bottom line remains the same. you beat the rams and the seattle seahawks in seattle in the regular season finale. the niners would have the one seed in the home field. you can understand the niners having a letdown after the falcons against playoff contenders. atlanta found a way to

orchestrate a last-second drive. george kittle upset with himself. the falcons won by a matter of inches. leaves the niners in second place in the nfc west at 11 and 3 with a loss that may provide some fuel for saturday's game with the rams. >> i wish i could play right now. it's a sour taste i'd love to get out of my mouth. but we have 24 hours. flush it and we're back to work. >> again, the number one seed is the primary goal for the team. we want to get that buy, the first round buy like i said before. thank god it's a short week, move on to the rams in a short weekend and go handle business. >> that game saturday. now to the raiders who finished their oakland tenure in classic raider fashion. they disappointed yet again. when they had a chance to win and leave everybody with a feel-good moment, raiders have had a winning record only four times in the last 25 years. they gave up the game-winning touchdown to a bad jags team in

the final seconds. a sad good-bye to the die hard fans who loved this team so much and a ma thet i can one for people throwing things on the field, equally pathetic is tone deaf owner mark davis. he said he felt no nostalgia because the team moved before in 1998. all the legends in the past together. at least coach jon gruden gets if >> i was disappointed with the loss. i'm proud of my team, our team. our guys played hard and disappointed for the raider fans that we couldn't deliver a win. but once again, i thank all our fans and the support that they gave us yesterday, throughout time has been awesome. >> more nfl news. seattle seahawks wide receiver josh gordon suspended indefinitely for violating the league's substance abuse policy yet again. gordon who played his fifth game with seattle just yesterday after he was waived by new england has been suspended now six times since 2013.

still nothing official, but reports have giants icon madison bumgarner signing with arizona for a modest five-year $75 million with 15 million deferred. that's a deal the giants easily could have matched. 17 million a year for a front line starter with madison bumgarner. getting upwards of 30 plus million. the giants offered four years, not five. what this move really tells you, letting kevin pillar leave the giants are in full-scale rebuilding mode. i understand you don't want to overpay for past success, but i'd rather have a winner in the clubhouse teaching young guys how it's done than having to face madison bumgarner as a division opponent. it will be interesting when the d-backs come to town in early april. mad bum against buster posey at the plate. best friends. >> come on, come on. >> it is what it is. pro sports. >> that's true. thanks, larry. join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. breaking news from san jose, a

neighborhood is closed off because of a house fire. we'll have the latest on the fire fight. >> and w ickies and more, we're on the blue carpet for the premiere of "star wars" rise of sky walker. >> nice film. that is this edition of abc7 news at 6:00. look for breaking news whenever you like on the news app. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. for larry beil and the entire abc7 news team, have a good night. >> we'll see you again at 11:00.

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