so take a look. we have that video. the security guards say they see the bus come to the end of the line, then they hear the driver tell everyone they have to get out. the security guards say they then see several homeless people get off the bus and disappear into the darkness. this is a samtrans bus coming from the peninsula. phil matier is breaking this exclusive story this morning. he asked san francisco supervisor aaron pes kkin about this practice. he called it unconscionable saying it appears agencies are playing musical chairs with the homeless. this as san francisco is spending millions to deal with the homeless population it has. the city just opened a $4 million navigation center for the homeless on the embarcadero located just a few blocks away from here, where these homeless people are being dropped off. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

>> thanks. abc7 news contributor phil matier broke the story in the chronicle. he will be here live with us at 6:30 with more on what he discovered. phil is part of our team helping to build a ar. , go rning. let' check your we hi, mike. >> let's talk ay 29, looks like 80 is possibly foggy. up around 101 and 116 from santa rosa, healdsburg and guerneville up towards windsor. that fog will stay up there. the winds are light. it may drift south a bit with some of that trying to push in to san francisco. for the most part, 37 to 42, the cold weather will be the big story and that limited visibility up in the north bay. limited sunshine, 51 to 52 at noon. 52 to 54 at 4:00, mainly agregr.

up in the north bay is our best chance of wet weather at 7:00. that's a 1 on the storm impact scale. >> thank you, mike. good morning. looking at our overall map, you can see we don't have slowdowns except for that traffic coming out of tracy. our super commuters this morning. good news for anyone that's headed out the door right now. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the cash lanes are beginning to stack up slightly. it's getting busier there. no slowdowns in the area. live look at san jose, 280 here, no problems as well, just a few headlights making their way down. let's check out our drive times. walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 47-minute ride for you. highway 1 to los gatos, 20 minutes. happening today, a fire omation in the east bay willnsr neighbors are sounding the sve n union city. ood morning. when there's an emergency you pick up the phone, you call 911

and you expect someone to get here right away. now neighbors here in this union city neighborhood are worried about response time now that fire station number 30 here in new city is set to close at 8:00 a.m. this morning. the mayor of union city this fire station is closing because of underutilization that was costing the city 3$3.2 million a year. on average the city says the station received less than two calls every 24 hours, an average of 1.7 calls a day. but the local firefighters union says the closure of firehouse 30 could add an additional 6 to 8 minutes in response times while the city is backing its decision to close the station with data, coer my queio would be why in this economy when everything and everybody is doing well. the other concern i have is about response time. >> reporter: the nine firefighters working here will still be with the alameda county

fire department but have to reach out to other stations for placement. the mayor said the number of calls this station was receiving were calls for medical help so they're considering moving ambulances and other services to this fire station after it closes in a few hours at 8:00 a.m. for now reporting live in union city, julian glover, abc7 news. in the east bay, advocates say thectn on squatters from a vacant home in oakland is giving their battle to help the homeless new momentum. >> moms 4 housing rallied their supporters outside the home last night. they're vowing to keep fighting for affordable housing. deputies forced four women from the house before dawn yesterday morning. two women were arrested and released hours later. >> it was never about taking over the house. the statement and the movement was way bigger than that. that's the reason that we are standing in front of moms house today, because it was never about being on the inside. >> a judge issued an eviction

order last week. the moms say deputies used a battering ram and a robot to get inside the house. deputies say the doors were barricaded from the inside. jury selection is set to begin in the trial of the man charged in the murder of an 18-year-ol passenger. john lee cowell stabbed nia wilson to death in july of 2018. he's also charged with the attempted murder of wilson's sister. the judge rejected the defense motion for a change of venue. last month the judge ruled cowell is competent to stand trial. six democratic presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail this morning after tiptoeing around a tax and their final debate before the iowa caucuses. one of the most talked about moments of the night happened after the debate when elizabeth warren appeared to rebuff a handshake from bernie sanders. here is megan tersargsyan.

the six candidates weighed in on the drone strike from iran to health care and trade. they refrained from bitter attacked even when elizabeth warren and bernie nd h ner made. six candidates took the stage, candidates speaking about climate change. >> in australia there weare literally tornadoes made of fire taking place. and health care with former vice president joe biden hitting bernie sanders for not being candid about voters about the cost of his plans. >> i think we need to be candid with voters. i think we need to they will tem what we're going to do and what it costs. >> reporter: and the elephant in the room, sanders denied that he took elizabeth warren in 2018 that a woman couldn't win the presidency. >> anybody knows me knows that it's incomprehensible that i would think that a woman could not be president of the united states. >> reporter: senator warren responding. >> i disagreed. the only people on this stage who have won every single

election that they've been in are the women, amy and me. [ applause ] >> so true. >> reporter: the iowa caucuses are now less than three weeks away and the race is tight. the latest "des moines register" poll shows senator sanders at the top with former vice president joe biden, senator warren and mayor pete buttigieg following closely behind. a group of homeless san francisco students areig of success. in the south bay, a big ro sper from her job.s at idid.ove too that storyinos i had to scrape ice. you think i would know to put something on the windshield before i went to bed, i was so tired i forgot. >> okay. >> took me a few minutes to scrape the ice. that's what you have to do in some neighborhoods this morning.

no sympathy. you're the weatherman, you should know better. 32 in danville now. pleasanton, 34. same thing in livermore, 33. some 40s at pittsburg and antioch. 45 and 40. 39 in hayward. mountain view at 34. we could have freezing fog,an . here's aoo f t east bayee bitins of san francisco. day.gest issue d ere will mass transit, it's cold this morning. calm on the bay. a little breezy the later you are taking a ferry during the scatted showers and steady ystem light rain starts to develop. dry in the east bay from 7:00. 40s through 11:00. mid 50s this afternoon. mainly cloudy. 48 at 7:00.

san francisco, we're looking at a bit of sunshine up until about 11:00. then cloudy with low to mid 50s the rest of the day. it's dry through 7:00. we'll look at that big storm coming up next. here is jobina. >> thank you, mike. cold in san francisco and pretty quiet now. live look showing you our 280 at king street camera. hardly any -- there's one down there. that's what we're facing. great commute so far. san rafael, 101 here, live look as everyone moves down the road. we have our drive times, antioch to hercules, 26 minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 12 minutes. highway 5 to the san jose airport is going to take you seven minutes. i want to move over to show our super commuters headed out the door that the ride out of tracy, you will hit slow speeds moving through the altamont pass at 30, 28 and 17 miles per hour. that's 205 leading into 580. we will be back with more news, weat

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look as our storm moves into the northern part of our state, look at that yellow, orange and reds. for the central and southern parts, we'll see a bit of cloud cover to sunshine, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s in southern california. lake county, about to get

wintry. 8 to 12 inches above 2,000 feet. 20 inches on the peaks. in the sierra, this is where it caught my eye. travel difficult to nearly impossible. stay off the roads. 6:00 tomorrow morning to 6:00 friday morning. 24 hours of heavy, blowing snow. that's the biggest game in town. once you get to saturday and sunday, we're all skiing on that fresh powder. not all of us, but we wish we could. >> those of us who can will. >> yeah. part of building a better bay area means recognizing solutions to big challenges like homelessness. in san francisco, a groundbreaking idea to help homeless students apprs te lars inside the program and the families it's helping. >> reporter: on any given night about 30 san francisco unified students sleep inside this school fm single parent families who have nowhere else to go.

juan is 16 years old and says he likes galileo high school. he fled el salvador with his mother and someboiblings last s. they ended up homeless in san francisco and have been staying at the buena vista horace mann school for a week. >> i would be happy in a house my mom rents. >> they were threatening to kill me or my kids. i had to leave because it's not safe. they killed someone in front of my house. >> anna is juan's mother. she is seeking asylum for her family. thanks to the shelter, they're not on the streets and they have support. seven nights a week, employees from dolores street community services set up for the so-called stay-over program at the mission district school. the families are given food, access to showers and lockers for their belongings. >> she is sleeping in the gym. she has hope for better future for the kids. >> reporter: jacqueline portillo is the manager of the shelter which originally was opened just

for buena vista horace mann students in need. but it was underutilized so last year they expanded the program and occupancy jumped 60%. >> here we're making together to make this kid be successful in the school. ve exited the pre on nearly the path to secure housing. in san francisco, kate larsen, abc7 news. >> in the south bay, plans are under way to build a new terminal at san jose's international airport as travel demand is growing but there are concerns over climate impact. just last year, minueta san jos opened six new gates, but they would like to add 12 gates. the expansion comes with concern that the flights will add more air pollution from jet engines. >> rather than having airplanes sitting out on the tarmac, waiting to move in, we'll be

able to have planes move in from an environmental and customer perspective. >> the comment period for the environmental impact study is still under way. in the east bay, famous park ranger betty reese hoskin is back to work. the 98-year-old posted on facebook yesterday, hello friends, this is actually betty. five months after a stroke i'm back at work. not actually but at the invitation of tom leatherman. i'm be visiting with no work schedule to get in the way. we take whatever we can get. i'll be working from 11:00 to 1:00, if you have nothing else to do, stop by and we'll catch up. >> i'm sure people will be stopping by. >> she'll be overwhelmed. >> i'm glad she's backke >> i agree with you guys. always love to hear updates about her. she's fascinating. 4:47 this morning. here's the east bay hills.

it's clear out there. we have some fog to deal with. showers developing this evening. moderate to heavy rain tonight. there will be plenty of standing water on the roads during tomorrow's morning commute. more weaker storms coming through the extended. highs today from about 51 in napa, san jose at 57. yucaipa, mid to tonight, the heaviest rains will be up in the north bay. 38 in lake port to 46 in san rafael. the rest of us from 41 in livermore to morgan hill to about 49 in san francisco. we pared down where we think the thunderstorms will be. tomorrow during the storm, we could have the thunder and locally heavy downpours. at 5:00, once the sunsets, light rains will develop and some embedded showers are up in the north bay. during the evening hours, that will slide down to the peninsula coast. you can see the heavier rain, some reds showing up in

mendocino counties. at 4:30 we start our show tomorrow. it will be raining cats and dogs up in the north bay. by 7:00, it's pushing in to the heart of the bay, right in the busiest part of our commute. 9:00 in the east bay, the south bay. by noon we're transitioning over to that tran over to heavy showers locally. scattered showers light to moderate for the rest of the day. my accuweather seven-day forecast, the storm is a 2. i'll show you how much rain and my main concerns coming up next. >> good morning. we're following a crash, a car has rolled over, it landed on its tires. this is westbound 80 near 580. this is right at the maze near the ikea. kind of the landmark at that point. no injuries have been reported. this is involving two cars, one lane is blocked now. we're starting to see it slow people down as they make their way from 80. you can see that red line forming behind the crash icon

there. be aware, expect delays in that area. expect delays if you're taking ace 1, 12-minute delay. no b.a.r.t., no ferries now. moving over to walnut creek, 680 looking good and smooth this morning. a new report is claiming that several popular dating apps are sharing your personal data. >> scientists have created the world's first self healing robot. here is tech bytes. >> privacy problems for some popular dating apps. >> a consumer group in norway says apps including grinder, okay cupid and tinder leak personal information to os leaks including gps locations may violate european privacy laws. the companies behind the apps have not commented. third party sellers on amazon can use fedex ground delivery. the online giant had forbidden that use during the holidays saying it was too slow. now fedex ground meets it's on-time requirements.

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let's talk about what's going on sunday. big game, who's heading to the super bowl? of course the niners are. 3:40 in the afternoon, down in santa clara, 62 under partly cloudy sky, down to 56 by 7:00. >> thank you, mike. oakland is cracking down on illegal dumping and littering in an effort to build a better bay area. abc7 news was at san antonio park as the city launched oak town proud. officials say they don't have neighbors for help. mayor libby schaaf says the plan starts with the three es. >> we must educate, we must

eradicate, if worst comes to worst, we must enforce the laws against illegal dumping and littering. >> the city's also expanding its garbage blitz crews which focus on illegal dumping. the answer, the greatest jeopardy player of all time. >> the question, who is ken jennings! >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> ken had the swag. >> yep. he played that right. jennings defeated brad rudder and james holzhauer in jeopardy's greatest of all time. you can hear from ken jennings on "gma" at 7:00 after abc7 mornings. and you can catch "jeopardy" every week night right here on abc7 starting at 7:00 p.m. who did you say was going to

man.t wasoing to be the one whose name i can never remember. >> brad. >> brad. brad rudder. >> i think ken was spicy the whole time. you have to go in confident. >> he was the one saying i think it will be the other guys, not me. >> false modesty. >> yep. >> pumping them up just to tear them down. >> right. there were some fun moments where they were giving each other a hard time. rain 5:00 this evening. rain along the coast, the rest of us drizzle and showers. heading to 9:00, the north bay will get soaked. after 9:00, all the heaviest of the rain will fall. we could be anywhere from three quarters of an inch to up to an inch in the blue. then more than an inch in the areas in green. the santa cruz mountains in the north bay. it will be quite breezy heading into the evening hours. especially across the north bay.

you can see the front coming through at 5:00. look at that. gusts up to 30 miles per hour through about 10:00 tomorrow morning. not only are we going to have blinding rain, we'll have winds pushing it sideways. jobina? >> thank you. good morning, everyone. so starting off in emeryville. we're taking a live look from caltrans camera of a crash here. this car has rolled over, this is westbound 80 right near 580 for a landmark for people familiar with the area, this is near the ikea. so this car has rolled over. it's blocking two lanes. another car was involved here. no injuries reported in the area. the backup extends more than a mile right now for people traveling westbound on 80. i want to let you know, ace 1 is on a -minute de >>thanks. buy aab y fed animals based on

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showing a samtrans opoff. and you cannot say we didn't warn you. by we, we mean mike. future radar shows the storm that will hit the bay area tonight. mike is tracking it all. it's wednesday, january 15th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike. we have other issues this morning to deal with. here's the fog spreading across the north bay. let me throw the winds on there. kind of light and variable. most of that fog will stay in the north bay. a little bit will try to slip into places like san francisco and possibly