patrol. the b.a.r.t there will be a new ambassador program looking for safety issues. they will radio those in. the new chief says he thinks all of this will make a big difference. >> the 12 on monday, and the ambassador program, that will give me 22 more bodies that will increase our presence in system. >> he is also hoping to add 25 more police officers to the b.a.r.t. force. they're hiring over at the b.a.r.t. police station. passengers should see a difference in the system from the police department. we will ask passengers what they think about all these changes. amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

it is now 4:30. >> let's check in with mike. >> visibility is three miles right now. we'll keep an eye on that. it could get thicker heading through the morning commute. rest of us are in the mid to upper 40s. as we head into the afternoon hours, rain in the north bay. light rain developing this afternoon. the rest of us will see increasing clouds. 55 to 57 degrees. we'll have a storm impact scale and an hour-by-hour look at that coming up. >> good morning. happy monday. a commuter alert. we want to talk about the posey tube, full closure weekdays, 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. a live look at the golden gate bridge, everything is moving smoothly. things are stacking up at the

bay bridge toll plaza. drive times, santa rosa to petaluma, 12 minutes. castro valley to the maze, 13 minutes. 280 to highway 85, 11 minutes. a group of moms is asking for supporters to join them at a west oakland home as they face eviction. >> on friday, a judge ordered the moms out of the home on magnolia street. wedgewood properties is offering to move the moms out and cover two months of shelter and assistance. the women have declined that offer. the sheriff's office says deputies will enforce the eviction. >> i think these ladies are trying to bring a broader scope of the housing crisis in oakland. >> the women stole the house. it's time for them to leave. we're hoping they leave in a voluntary and peaceful manner. it's the right thing to do. >> supporters are asked to show up at 6:00 this morning and each morning this week.

in the north bay, residents are nervous after an arsonist hit the area twice. >> reporter: an explosion followed by flames in this car woke up many in the neighborhood. >> i heard this big boom. i looked out the window, i saw the flames. >> ran over. jumped the fence and tried to wake the people up. >> inside the home was bob kennedy, who says saturday's incident was the second arson attempt to his property in the last week. >> he probably be back. and he did. that morning at 1:00, he threw another one. same m.o. same material. hit the garage door came down on the concrete and burst under the car. >> three days prior kennedy found a suspicious device on his

front porch. >> i realized it was a molotov cocktail. opened the lid and there is a rag and smelled of gas. so i went to my video recorder. >> several cameras are on his house caught a suspect throwing the device that landed on his roof. >> when you go for the roof, to me that's attempted homicide by arson. and i take it very seriously. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, the police department said in part, based on surveillance video, the suspect appeared to be wearing a hooded sweatshirt or jacket, light colored pants, athletic shoes and a backpack. he was seen riding a mountain bicycle. while police search for the vehicle, he bought more cameras and is staying up wondering who

is f >> are you sleeping at night? >> i'm sleeping close to the door where i can hear out front. it's not comfortable. but you have to do something different. >> in santa rosa, abc 7 news. a change of venue is set in the case of john cowell. he was accused of stabbing nia wilson. prosecutors say he stabbed wilson to death in july of 2018. cowell said he was insane at the time of the stabbing. developing news in the iran crisis. mark esper is admitting he has seen no hard evidence that iran was planning an imminent attack on four u.s. embassies. officials agree they had intelligence indicating danger. esper says the administration assumed the embassies were being targeted. the house voted in favor of a

war powers resolution. at the live desk, queen elizabeth is preparing for a royal meeting to discuss the future of the crown. prince harry and his wife, meghan, announced a desire to step back from royal du >> it shows there is a real and genuine desire to accommodate the sussexes, to make them happy. they've clearly been unhappy and nobody wants that. >> meghan, who has returned to canada, will join the discussion by phone. one of the key topics is expected to be money in the conversation. harry and meghan have said they will work to become financially independent. >> thanks. only the green bay packers are standing between the 49ers and the super bowl. the packers defeated the seahawks yesterday to advance them to the nfc championship game on sunday. according to the chronicle, the oddsmakers favor the niners by seven points.

tickets are going for a steep price. ticket master shows the cheapest tickets are on the upper deck at $380. the most expensive are in the vip section at the 50-yard line. this price might surprise you. $10,000. good to our facebook page and show your niners pride with this badge. also send me $10,000. >> we don't have a tap for that. >> we don't? >> no. >> maybe somebody wants to gift it to me. there's a new wrinkle in pg&e's settlement with wildfire victims. who could be sending them the huge bill if the utility can't pay up. >> thieves hit a high school robotics team twice in weeks. the community refuses to let the bad dieguys win. >> and we're counting down to the oscar nominations. >> first, it's 4:37. i'm over here with mike.

looking at temperatures that i think are cold. they are warmer than yesterday. >> they are. we were in the 30s yesterday at this time. we're in the 40s in the south bay. it's mostly cloudy. 41 in morgan hill and santa teresa. 38 in san pablo. 38 in sebastopol. low to mid 40s in the knot bay north bay and the east bay. here's a look from south beach, the bay bridge is still damp. that will continue to dry the more cars we get on there. mass transit, chilly to school. a little breezy at times this morning on the ferry it 12-hour planner for the north bay, a little bit of fog, 39. 43 at 11:00.

low to mid 50s from 5:00 to 7:00. 7:00, widespread light rain. for the east bay, dry most of the day, 48 at 9:00. sun and clouds and mid 50s from 11:00 to 7:00. san francisco, 48 at 7:00 this morning. a mix of sun and clouds and 51 to 54 from 9:00 through 7:00. the next storm rolls in tonight. we'll look at that coming up. here's jobina. >> good morning. a crash involving one car in san ramon. it's rolled over and is on the right hand shoulder. this is southbound 680 before crow canyon road. there is a stalled car on the right hand lane of the lower deck of the bay bridge. that's stopped. hopefully they can get that cleared up for everyone. 80 looking nice as people move in. all those headlights towards the maze. no major

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by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen. we have rain in the lower elevations of the high country. it turns into snow, around eureka is where the next storm is. snow will taper in tahoe. if you can leave later, good to go there. 55 in fresno. mid to upper 60s across southern

california. seven-day forecast, a couple feet of snow for the sierra. we haven't had a good healthy snow in a while. looking at thursday for that. thursday is a two, until we get to that, we'll have a 1 on the storm impact scale from this evening to tomorrow morning. >> developing news in the philippines, authorities are warning a volcano near manila may be hours away from an explosive eruption. to touristsaptured explosion. manila's international airport is closed to flights. there are no immediate reports of injuries. >> california wildfire victims could be on the hook for billions of dollars owed to the federal government by pg&e.

fema wants the company to cover the costs of washington's response to the wildfires in 2015, 2017 and 2018. if pg&e can't pay, the agency tells the "san francisco chronicle" it would bill fire victims for the nearly $4 billion. the money would come out of the $13 billion settlement pg&e reached with the victims. fema says it doesn't want to do that but it has to. a consider is expected to consider that issue next month. a san frncisco high school robotics team is giving the community a huge thank you. thiefs broke into their shed and stole tens of thousands dollars of gear including a laptop with all the programming code they had written. this is the second time thieves hit the team. they raised more than $13,000 on a gofundme page.

in just about 45 minutes, many hopefuls will find out whether they made the list for the oscars. >> some of the fan favorites include with the "once upon a time in hollywood." the film had three winds at the golden globes. renee zellweger and jennifer lopez are slated so snag a nomination. the oscar nominations will be announced at 5:30 this morning. stay with abc7 mornings because we'll bring it to you live. we're also going to be streaming the nominations live on abc7news.com as well as on our abc7 news app. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> here's walnut creek. had some rain last night, there's a chance of showers,

especially today and tomorrow. a lingering chance tomorrow afternoon. our storm, the strongest one starts wednesday and increases in intensity on thursday. unsettled for this week. high temperatures this afternoon, 48 in lake port. the rest of us 55 to 57 degrees. tonight, 37 in lake port. 39 in yucaipa. low to mid 40s in the manafor f the storms are coming through the gulf of alaska and down towards us. tonight's storm, you can see it unloading some rare and heavy snow. we'll have a video for that coming up soon. here's a look at our future radar. during date quiet.

you can see the rain by 10:00 moving in. by the time we get to 7:00 tomorrow. scattered showers. that's the way it will be tomorrow afternoon. sunshine, clouds and a few showers. not enough for a storm impact scale. showers return wednesday night and get heavier and windy. partly sunny friday. mid 50s. a chance of showers saturday. sunday is looking the driest this weekend. >> good morning. happy monday to you. things are moving on the lower deck of the bay bridge. the chp is moving a slow break to get things moving. 87 looking good this morning. albany to the maze, 4-minute ride. fremont to san jose, 13 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino, 10

minutes. >> it looks like gm is bringing back the hummer. >> and samsung is bringing a smartphone with removable battery to the u.s. from gas guzzler to no gas at all. >> general motors is reportedly going to bring back the hummer name but it will be an all-electric pickup truck. it will be announced during a super bowl commercial are lebron james. >> samsung's next phone will be the galaxy s20. it will be unveiled in about a month. samsung is officially unveiling the phone with a removable battery. >> galaxy x cover prowill allow you to swap a battery with a fresh one. >> so many pretty phones for all those pretty selfies.

>> oprah is in the middle of her 2020 tour. soon she'll be in san francisco. >> we'll get a sneak peek at what to expect thanks to tamron hall. this is video from oprah's st. paul, minnesota tour. >> i'm at a stage in my life now where i don't need or want for anything. it is about using my life in a purposeful way to help everybody else lift theirs. >> okay. >> oprah will stop in san francisco at chase center on saturday, february 22nd. kate hudson will join uhe you can catch that interview with oprah at 1:00 this afternoon on abc7. a san francisco hotel is applying the saying time is money to its meals. what it may cost you to linger longer. and it looks like meghan

markle is joining the kdisney family. the job she just landed. and this fella

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and i think we can't let that happen." vo: as president, mike will lower costs, and protect americans with pre-existing conditions. mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. here's our precipitation, at 1:00 this afternoon, nobody with measurable precipitation. by the time we end the commute, there is a chance for the peninsula coast and in the north bay, a couple hundredths of an

inch of rain. tomorrow when we wake up, a couple hundredths of an inch up to 0.15 inches. let's talk about thursday real quick. storm impact scale for the morning hours, the morning commute will be a bear with rainfall, a half inch to an inch. gusty winds and scattered downpours. reggie? >> part of governor newsom's proposed budget includes $20 million to buy a huge cattle ranch in the east bay and turn it into a park. the property is southeast of livermore. at 80 square miles it would be one of the largest new parks in decades. the land went for sale in july for $70 million and there's been no takers. guests who linger too long over breakfast will face an additional fee of $30 per hour

at the fairmount hotel starting this week. phil matier wrote about this yesterday in the chronicle. demand for breakfast is high at the hotel's restaurant. the congestion pricing fee is in effect for three days during the jpmorgan health care conference. that fee is per person and includes tax. there's a bonus. there's a $50 minimum for breakfast not including the 18% surcharge. >> i think it comes almost to $65. >> if you don't stay past your time limit. >> that's enough. >> enjoy your pancakes. while the world waits for the meghan and harry saga to unfold, meghan markle may become a princess after all. she signed a voice over deal with disney, the parent company of abc7. any earnings from the role would go to a non-profit benefiting

elephants in botswana. video surfaced this weekend of the couple meeting bob iger last year. harry talks about his wife's experience doing voiceover work and iger appears to be interested. >> i don't think she'll voice over a princess, though. that would be too weird. >> would it? >> do you see her doing that? i siee her doing something more action oriented. a traditional princess role, i don't think that's going to happen. >> you don't think she'll throw shade that way? >> i don't think so. tuesday will be quiet. heading into the evening and overnight, you can see the steady light to moderate rain moving into the north bay. 3:00 in the morning it moves out of the north bay. so during the heart of the commute, the heaviest rain will be in the north bay first and

then moving into the bay at 8:00. then exiting the south bay as we head up towards noon. cold enough for snow in hamilton. we have a winter storm watch for mendocino counties and lake counties. look at that snow in the sierra, that's a winter storm watch, one to two feet of snow. he would need it. snow pack is down to less than 80% of average right now. jobina? >> happy monday. good morning to you. a crash we're following -- not the crash yet. going to this. this is eastbound 80 before san pablo avenue. i understand a shopping cart fell into the street. there's debris on the road. the chp is running a break there. southbound 680 before crow canyon road, a rollover there on the shoulder. this is in tracy, this crash, this is westbound 205 before

11th. we have a two-car crash. injuries have been reported. a 100-year-old tortoise is being hailed as a hero of its species. look at diego. he fathered over 800 children and brought the from the brink of extinction. he was brought to the islands from the san diego zoo in the 1960s. there were just two males and 12 females on the galapagos, and now, thanks to diego, there are 2,000. an alert if you purchased baby tylenol sometime in the last few years. getting your share of a $6 million settlement may be easier than you think. i'm anser hassan, mike pompeo will be here making his first of three bay area stops. a mom says she got a disgusting delivery from amazon.

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now at 5:00, mike pompeo will be in the bay area today. it's already wet in some spots from rain that moved through last night. mike is tracking a new round. he'll tell us the next chance for showers and when a stronger storm is expected to move in. fwo good morning. it's monday, january 13th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike. >> we haven't had a good storm in weeks. we'll get one, but it won't be until wednesday and thursday. right now we have the aftermath of last night's wet weather with the fog forming