controversy over this video showing a samtrans dropoff. 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 oakland. the thickest fog will stay up in the north bay. here's my day planner i put together for you. we're frosty in some inland areas also. 34 to 41 at 7:00. dress warmer. we'll be around 50 to 52 with just limited sunshine at noon. mainly gray at 4:00, 52 to 54. some rain starts to move in the north bay. for today it's a 1 on the storm impact scale, tomorrow it's a 2. we'll talk about that coming up. hi, job. >> we're looking at westbound 80 in emeryville. two car crash here. one raled over and lan on its tires. two lanes are blocked. people are sweeping the debris out of the road. there is a tow truck trying to get this car out othe way for everyone. this will impact our commuters. the backup has started, ek

extending moor than tmore than miles right now. this is right near the ikea. ace 1 is at 16 minutes behind schedule. also here, we have our drive times, antioch to hercules, 33 minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 15 minutes. building a better bay area means digging into issues surrounding homelessness. new this morning, we're learning about something that samtrans is doing. it appears that buses are dropping homeless people off in san francisco with nowhere to go and there's video showing it happening. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with this story. good morning. >> good morning. this is happening here at drum and washington. this is by the embarcadero towers. take a look. some security guards saw it happening, they decided to roll video of it. we have that video. they noticed samtrans buses would come to the end of the

line and the driver would tell everyone they have to get out. the security guards say then they would 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. it sounds like his story will come as a surprise to many. >> i didn't realize it was happening. clearly not a great thing. i can imagine other towns don't want it, san francisco, what do we call it t a rshgit, a sanctu? they seem to embrace it. i don't know. i'm glad i work here and don't live here. >> phil matier asked san francisco supervisor aaron peskin about the practice, he called it unconscionable saying it appears agencies are playing musical chairs with the homeless. this comes as san francisco is spending millions trying to deal with the homeless population it has. the city just opened a $4

million navigation center for the homeless on the embarcadero, that is just a few blocks away from here. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. abc7 news and building a better bay area contributor phil matier was the first to break this story. he will join us live on set to take a deeper dive into all these details at 6:30 right here on abc7 mornings. you can always see phil's column in the "san francisco chronicle" on wednesdays and sundays. there's a new solution chen it comes to relocating a mile-long homeless camp along the joe rodota trail. this is part of building a better bay area. the sonoma county board of supervisors voted to move the encampment near the los guilicos park. it's remote but not a fix. >> los guilicos will be a waste of time and money. nobody can go out there. people are trying to get a job.

they can't be all the way out there. >> county's goal is to have the trail cleared by the end of the month. the facility to house the homeless is expected to have 60 portable units. happening today, governor governor newsom will be in the central valley to talk about his plan to deal with homelessness. he'll meet with people struggling to get off the street. he'll hear from those who work to house and assist the homeless. it's part of the governor's week-long tour across the state. he was in southern california yesterday. today he makes a stop in fresno. he'll tour a recovery facility that offers social services including mental health. today the house will hold a historic vote to send articles of impeachment against president trump over to the senate. the articles accuse president trump of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the house is expected to name impeachment managers who will act as prosecutors. after the vote the houseman j

managers will walk the articles across to the capitol. senate leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will likely begin next tuesday. supreme court chief justice john roberts is due to preside over the senators. no sitting president has ever been convicted. this is set to be the third trial of an american president joining andrew johnson and bill clinton. richard nixon resigned before he could be impeached. >> thanks. president trump held a keep america great rally in milwaukee on the same night as the first democratic debate of the new year. thousands of trump supporters packed the arena. the president fired up the crowd as he talked about the recent military action that took out the top iranian military general, blamed for killing hundreds of americans. your voice, your vote. the iowa caucus is less than three weeks away. last night six democratic candidates took the stage in iowa for their seventh debate. they weighed in on everything from climate change to health care. senator bernie sanders addressed the comment that he said he never made.

he denies that he ever told senator elizabeth warren in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency. >> anybody who knows me knows that it's incomprehensible that i would think that a woman could not be president of the united states. >> i disagreed. the only people on this stage who have won every single election they've been in are the women, amy and me. [ applause ] >> the incident getting the most attention happened after the break, when the senator extended his hand to warren and she appeared to rebuff it. parents convicted of certain crimes in san francisco could avoid jail time. for has its critics. >> reporter: san francisco's new da knows what it's like. his parents went to prison when he was a baby for being getaway

drivers during an armored car robbery in new york state. >> and i saw so many other children over the decades who were separated from their parents due to incarceration. >> it's why bodine announced the creation of a diversion program for parents who are primary caregivers to their kids to help reduce the physical and emotional problems that come from a child's separation. nonviolent offenders are eligible, but must go through a program that may include everything from parenting classes to drug treatment. >> if they do that for a period of between six months up to two years, they can earn a dismissal of the criminal charges. >> jonathan madison thinks it's a great idea. he ministers to inmates most weekends at the county jail. >> i think nothing could be better than actually get them treatment, get them time with their children. that's how you're going to reduce the rate of recidivism. >> critics say the new law is too broad and could risk public safety. >> many people will no longer be going to jail that really puts the public at risk from repeat drunk drivers and other serious criminals, just because they

have children. >> other counties in calornia have the option of adopting the new law. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. it's 5:09 on this dry wednesday so far. look at these systems. up to 16 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. and there could be freezing fog, black ice possible at minimum you're scraping ice off your windshields if your car is outside in place ps like american canyon, napa, lake berryessa, clear lake, santa rosa, petaluma, novato and san rafael. that's a lot of neighborhoods that could have freezing fog on elevated surfaces. 32 in san ramon. also 34 in redwood city. getting close to frosty conditions there. milder in alameda, san francisco, daly city, 42 to 45.

38 at 7:00. 45 at 9:00. low to mid 50s this afternoon with not much sunshine. east bay valleys, 34 at 7:00. still 49 at 11:00. 55 at 3:00. still dry at 7:00. the south bay will stay dry the longest, 38 this morning to 43 at 9:00. a little more sunshine, a little bit longer that will push you up to 56 at 3:00. the clouds will gather and drop you down to 48 at 7:00. timeframe for that rain and what to expect coming up next. jobina? >> moving to emeryville now. we were following that two-car crash, one of which rolled of and landed on its tires. no injuries there. that's been cleared up. it was westbound 80 near 580. be prepared for some delays. speeds are low at around 16 miles per hour. ace 1 still behind schedule. 17 minutes behind. 16 trains running for b.a.r.t., no delays there. no delays for the ferries operating on the winter schedule. live look at the golden gate

bridge, things are moving smoothly. things are light at the bay bridge toll plaza, i'm willing to bet that's because people were caught in that mess on westbound 80 in emeryville, that crash has now cleared. coming up next, 7 things to know as you start your day. >> i thought, like, it was smoke or something. >> turns out it was not smoke. a delta plane dumped fuel all over school playgrounds dousing dozens of kids and adults. the investigation into how it happened. meghan markle on the

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if you're just joining us, good morning. here's 7 things to know. the first is what's going to happen tonight and tomorrow. the strongest most potent storm we've had in nearly a month, a 2 on the storm impact scale will bring us moderate to heavy rain, standing water, gusty breezes up to 50 miles per hour. the threat of thunderstorms, small hail and snow down to 3,500 feet. the chronicle reports that samtrans is dropping off homeless people in san francisco after picking them up at sfo. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier broke the story and will join us at 6:45. number three, union city's fire station 30 will officially close its doors at 8:00 this morning. city leaders say not enough

people are using the station. a group of homeless moms evicted from an oakland home for squatting are vowing to keep up their fight for affordable housing. two women were arrested yesterday and released hours later. number five, this handshake that didn't happen at the democratic debate in iowa. it appears that senator elizabeth warren rebuffed bernie sanders handshake after a contentious debate. number six, so far things are moving relatively smoothly on the roads, not so much for mass transit. anyone taking ace 1 this morning, expect a 16-minute or longer delay. number 7, it is official. ken jennings is the greatest jeopardy player of all time. he won the tournament last night scoring a $1 million prize. you can hear from ken jennings at 7:00 on "gma." next week transportation officials in san francisco will vote on safety improvements including protecting bike lanes along the embarcadero. this comes after a 69-year-old

woman crashed her e-scooter into a cement truck on monday in the embarcadero. she's in the hospital with life threatening injuries. police are investigating that crash. they say it's not clear which party hit the other. this morning the los angeles unified school district is waiting for the all clear from health officials before opening several schools. the faa is investigating an incident that left kids covered in jet fuel. a delta plane dumped fuel on several elementary schools yesterday as it returned to l.a.x. because it was having engine trouble. this happened in los angeles county. the flight was headed to shanghai when a pilot reported a stalled engine compressor. some of the kids were playing on a playground during the fuel dump. medics treated more than 60 kids and adults for skin and lung irritation. the fuel was described as a mist. >> so what happened was that a plane was coming over and it was throwing gasoline. and it spread it on my friends and on me. then it got in my eye, and i'm

blurred. >> that's terrible. >> the faa says procedures call for fuel dumping over unpopulated areas but experts say a pilot can stray from that rule if there are safety concerns. in today's "gma" first look, dramatic video out of nor carolina shows a storm ripping apart this school gym. geo benitez has a closer look at what happened. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, lucky to be alive. >> it took me a second to process what was going on. and i looked. i was like, my goodness. this is not good. and i started yelling to my students, run. run, run. >> watch this terrifying moment from union intermediate school in clinton, north carolina. 21 children playing in the gym as a storm raged outside. then overnight the teacher sharing her harrowing story with "gma." >> i said to them get down and

cover your heads and they did exactly that. my kids were absolutely amazing. >> the national weather service saying it was a micro burst with winds up to 85 miles per hour that moved through the area and caused that damage. coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll hear much more from those lucky survivors. with your "gma" first look, i'm geo benitez, abc news, new york. >> that video is incredible. glad they're fine. to the latest on the royal exit. meghan markle was spotted in canada for the first time since she and prince harry revealed their plans to step back from royal duties. >> meghan is jumping into her new life in canada. the downtown east side women's center in vancouver posted this picture on facebook saying look who we had tea with today. the dup chechess visited the ce to talk about issues affecting the community. harry is expected to join his wife and son as soon as lease

done finalizing a deal with the queen. >> she looks happy. >> she does look happy. >> happy for her. hi, mike. >> hi. let's talk about how stressed we will be tomorrow at this time. right now everything is quiet in san rafael. you're kind of the oasis around some of the fog out there. temperatures about 35. clouds on the increase. showers will develop this evening. moderate to heavy rain will be tonight through tomorrow morning. more weaker storms coming through the extended forecast. for your highs today, we'll go from napa at 51 to 57 in san jose and also in morgan hill. a little bit cooler in lake port and yucaipa. you will get a little bit of rain late this afternoon. now for tonight, it's not going to be nearly as cold as this morning. you may want that as a trade off for what you're dealing with tomorrow up in the north bay. 38 in lake port. everybody else in the low to mid 40s. heavy rain coming down late tonight through tomorrow morning. most of us in the 40s.

the great effort est instabilite over the ocean. as these storms ro s roam they come over the land around 101 to san mateo. then south of there, a little less likely. 5:00 tonight, a chance of light rain in the north bay, some embedded showers. the heavy stuff up in mendocino county at midnight. heavy rain rolling in. at 4:30 we start the commute it won't be easy up in the north bay. by 7:00, it's moving into the heart of the bay. by 12:00, we're still looking at plenty of scattered showers as we head into the afternoon and evening hours with locally heavier rains and gusty winds there. so stormy day tomorrow with snow down to 3500 feet. 1s on the storm impact scale for saturday, monday and tuesday. >> thank you. good morning. live look now in san jose. this is 87.

things are starting off nicely at 5:20 this morning. moving over now to the richmond-san rafael bridge, we're not seeing any slowdowns as people approach the toll plaza. good news for the most part on our roads at the moment. drive times here, we have a slowdown in tracy to dublin, that drive time, 41 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. also 15 minutes to get from highway 101 to cupertino. ferries on the winter schedule, no delays there. b.a.r.t. has 23 trains running now. ace 1 has been the problem with 16 minutes behind schedule. reggie and kumasi? >> president trump is slamming apple for refusing to unlock iphones that belong to criminals. apple declined requests from attorney general william barr and the fbi to unlock two phones. they belong to a 21-year-old man who killed three sailors in a shooting last month at an air force base in pensacola, florida. trump said that apple will have to step up to the plate and help our great country. a major milestone for a bay area bike sharing system.

and the 49ers give back ahead of the big game against the packers t

if you're in the blue, you have two-thirds to nearly an inch. in the green, more than an inch. like the santa cruz mountains, east bay hills and most of the north bay. my biggest concerns with this storm are ponding on the roadways. that's my highest concern. there's a possibility of a small window tomorrow morning when the cold front comes through that winds could gust up to 50 miles per hour and could down trees and power lines. everything else is on the low to nonexistent side. it will be driving and the roads and the urban flooding that will be a big issue tomorrow. >> thanks. a milestone for bicyclists in the area. the bay wheels bike share system passed its 5 millionth ride. the bikes are available in san

jose, san francisco and the east bay. there will be more than 3,800 bikes available electric and nonelectric. today the 49ers are back at practice to prepare for sunday's big game against the packers. ahead of that match-up they took time off to honor mlk junior. >> he believed in it so much when he grew up to teach he taught that message to the world. how cool is that? >> this is fun to watch. yeah. >> they look happy. >> some of the niners teamed up with the children's literacy non-profit called reading partners yesterday. they shared in the fun of learning at san antonio elementary school in san jose. some of them read to a kindergarten class, others provided one-on-one tutoring lessons to older students. >> it's an extremely important week but this is also extremely important. making sure the kids understand the importance of education, the importance of learning, having fun and growing up the right way. >> i'm sorry, our players play football well and are articulate and read to kids. what are the packers doing?

the 49ers take on the packers this sunday at 3:40. ps, we have sour dough sam on midday live today. watch out. >> okay. >> always fun to have him. a bay area culinary pro put a new spin on basketball skills. >> he joined the harlem globetrotters a the chase center. look at this. >> i wasn't ready. so restaurant owner and world pizza cup champion, tony giamanni, did i say it right? i had to put some respect on his name with all he's doing out here. he met up with the team between games on sunday and traded tricks with the globetrotters. first player from china. and he's best known as one of the best freestyle basketball players in the world. >> that's awesome. >> okay, tony. >> look at that. >> i want to watch this some more. >> looking at his skills. >> that's who we need to have on

midday live. >> mm-hmm. tony, come on, you're invited any time. bring some of your pizza, please. >> if you can make it vegetarian, even better. coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including "jeopardy's" greatest of all time. ken jennings talking about the huge win. at 8:00 this morning, it will be closing time for fire station number 30 here in union city. the mayor says the station is closing because of underutilization. we want you to hear from those concerned residents in the city that say they want this station to stay open. that's coming up in a bit. 98 years old, and still going strong. the beloved national park ranger in the east bay w

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this east bay fire station closing for good in a matter of hours. >> it's a puzzle to us. >> what led to the decision and the concern about what the closure could mean for you. >> six democratic candidates go head to head in the latest presidential debate. but one of the most talked about moments of the night happened after it was all over. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> jeopardy champion, ken jennings crowned the greatest of all time. he's talking about the big win this morning. also happening now, mike is tracking this storm. it's moving into the bay area tonight. so we'll tell you when you need to be prepared for all of this rain. >> good morning. it's wednesday, january 15th. >> so when should we get ready? >> this time tomorrow. >> oh. >> it's going to it be a really

tough commute tomorrow. live doppler 7 is clear right now. tomorrow it will look like a stop light. it will have greens, yellows and reds all over it. right now we have a few issues with fog. visibility one to two miles at our reporting stations. you will find thicker spots. exoratorium camera shows san francisco one of the milder spots right now. 43 de al lot of us in the 30s. 50, 52 at noon. 52 to 54 degrees. then light rain starts to develop in the north bay heading towards 7:00. mid to upper 40s. a 1 for this evening, but a 2 for tomorrow on the storm impact scale. more on that coming up. here is jobina. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. good morning. that commute tomorrow will be rough. we will accept our nice ride this morning. a live look at the san mateo

bridge. a few brake lights as people make their way westbound. no real major issues to report from the chp. so, san jose, 280, good morning to everybody in the south bay. things are looking good down there. i'll leave you with some drive times. santa rosa to petaluma, 13 minutes. castro valley to the maze, 13-minute ride, and 280, 680 to highway 85, 13 minutes. i should have said 13 across the board. reggie and kumasi? >> thank you. new overnight, california highway patrol took one man into custody after an apparent chase in san jose. >> so you can see a patrol car perform a pit maneuver on a white dodge challenger. the man stopped his car at a gas station on mckee road and capital expressway, that's where he was taken into custody. the chp has not released over information. >> happening today, a fire station in the east bay will no longer answer your call for

help. >> it's shutting down and some neighbors are sounding the alarm about it. julian glover is live in union city with more on this. >> good morning. >> six to eight minutes in additional response time, that's what the local fire union is warning of with the closure of firehouse number 30 behind us here. set to stop answering calls at 8:00 this morning. that has neighbors concerned about what will happen the next time they pick up the phone and dial for help. we are hearing the fire station is closing because of underutilizatio underutilization. that's what the mayor is telling us. they say the firehouse was averaging less than two calls every 24 hours, and something had to give. the firefighters working here will still be with alameda but have to reach out to other stations for placement going forward. neighbors we spoke to are worried about the decision.

mike augustine says the decision will put the public in danger. >> it's a puzzle to us, to the firefighters, especially with the public safety tax they are already collecting from the citizens who pay the money to maintain the fire houses that they have. >> the mayor says the majority of calls for help were medical calls from this station. the city now considering moving ambulances or other emergency services to the station as it closes at 8:00 this morning. not closes but stops answering additional calls this morning. we should point out an additional concern from that representative from the firehouse, the firefighters association saying with the city the size of 75,000 people in union city, with the fire stations being so spread out, he's concerned about those response times, how quickly they'll be able to get to someone calling for help. for now reporting live in union city, julian glover, abc7 news. in the east bay, advocates

say the eviction of 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-old b.a.r.t. 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. he ordered another evaluation. he's expected to get that report today. six democratic presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail this morning after tiptoeing around a tax in 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. good morning. the six top democratic candidates weighed in on everything from the drone strike in iran to health care and trade. they refrained from bitter attacks even when elizabeth warren and bernie sanders talked about the comments he says he never made. >> in the seventh and smallest democratic presidential debate yet, six candidates took the stage, candidates speaking about climate change. >> in australia there are literally tornadoes made of fire taking place. >> reporter: and health care, with former vice president joe biden hitting

bernie sanders for not being candid with 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 are spending the night in a school gym and

the city says this is a sign of success. in the south bay, a big expansion in the works at mineta san jose airport. we also have a concern over our big rain that is about to hit us. >> an expansive storm that promises moderate to heavy rain, possible delays at the airports tomorrow. right now, frost is an issue and colder temperatures outside the frost. it's 34 in menlo park. 37 in redwood city, foster city. 39 in belmont, san mateo. look at that, half moon bay, 36, san bruno, daly city, pacifica in the low 40s. 40 in concord, antioch, oakland. 45 in san francisco. the rest of us in the 30s. the possibility of freezing fog in fnapa at 30, and santa rosa t 31 degrees. walnut creek, 36 degrees as we look south on 680 towards 24. scraping some ice if your car is inland and your car is outside.

cold and then cool on mass transit. dry during the day. calm but breezy later on. starting at 9:00. most of us are home by then. tomorrow morning, breezy with rough water and gusts up to 35 miles per hour. north bay, 34 with fog at 7:00. fog will be around at 9:00. mainly cloudy the rest of the day. near 50 for a high. rain rolling in by 5:00. east bay, 39 at 7:00. 43 at 9:00. dry through 7:00. san francisco, in the 40s through 9:00. mainly cloudy, 53 at 3:00. rain right around 7:00 in san francisco. jobina? >> good morning, everyone. starting off with an issue on the dumbarton bridge right now, heads up for anyone in this direction. it is counter commute. a stalled car blocking one lane. this is eastbound 84 past the high rise there. counter commute, so not expecting a major slowdown. some people do take the bridge going eastbound.

mass transit here, we have ferries running with no delays, 35 trains running for bart, all on time. ace 1 still behind schedule at 16 minutes, it will continue this way. we are looking live now in san rafael, 101, nice move right there. we're going to bring you to emeryville, looking at 80, headlights moving towards the maze and the bay b

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here's a look at what's going on across the state today. you can see that we have the best chance of wet weather up across the north bay with more sunshine down across southern california. that's where the temperatures are going to hit the 60s. talk about the kids, if they're leaving today, no need to worry about the wet weather gear. dress them warmly this morning. temperatures in the 30s. in the 50s this afternoon. we have snow coming to lake county and also the sierra starting tonight through thursday. a couple of feet in lake county. up to three feet in the sierra. >> thank you. part of building a better bay area means recognizing solutions to big challenges like homelessness. in san francisco, a program to help homeless students appears to be working. it's a shelter for sfusd students and families. this is at buena vista horace mann school. several nights a week stayover

programs are set up at the mission district school. homeless families are given food, access to showers and lockers for their belongings. on any given night about 30 students sleep inside the school gym. >> here we are working together to make these kids be successful in the schools. >> city hall says nearly two-thirds of the families who left the program are now on the path to secure housing. 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 the project's climate impact. just last year san jose added six new gates and a temporary terminal but they would like to build a new terminal c with 12 gates. with expansion comes concern that more sfligt flights will more pollution. >> rather than having airports sitting out on the apron after they landed waiting for a gate to open up, because we're gate con

constrained, idling their engines, with a more efficient facility we with move planes and people through here more efficiently. >> the comment period for the environmental impact study is still under way. in the east bay, famous park ranger betty read 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. back to work nonetheless. 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. she's so humble. i'm sure everyone will come and see her. she's a bay area treasure for sure. >> yes, indeed. this morning we're hearing from the greatest "jeopardy" player of all time. >> ken jennings won the tournament after fighting off some of the toughest competitors

in "jeopardy" history. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> okay, ken. he defeated brad rudder and james holzhauer in jeopardy's greatest of all time. he received $1 million in prize money. the money brings his total "jeopardy" winnings to 4$4.3 million. he is talking about it on "good morning america." >> this -- the winning episode taped a month ago. you managed to keep it secret from your kids. >> my wife knew. i told her immediately. my kids didn't know. my parents didn't know. i thought it would be more fun for them to have the surprise. >> my dad has a million dollars! surprise! >> that's a good surprise. >> you can hear ken jennings full interview at 7:00 after

abc7 news. you can watch "jeopardy" every week night starting at 7:00 p.m. >> were you rooting for him? >> now, reggie -- >> what? >> i thought the best person would win. >> okay. >> i feel like he was a little, like, confident the whole time. >> all right. he should be. james holzhauer is the shadiest of the players. i'm disappointed he didn't win. he likes to rub it in. right, mike? >> he did. he answered the question from not ken but the other guy's answer, the answer was his hometown. and he made fun of him as he was answering it. i'm like, wow. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on in san jose. it's clear, no rain this morning. tomorrow morning, absolutely. 36 when you step outside. clouds on the increase today. evening showers, especially up

in the north bay near the coast. moderate to heavy rain, ponding on the roadways tomorrow. we have some weaker storms sprinkled throughout the seven-day forecast. today it is warm, we will have rain move in to the north bay after the sunsets. until then, you can see how cloudy it gets with temperatures ranging from about 51 to 57. heavier rain coming in tonight. that will keep temperatures up. we'll be in the 40s when we wake up this tomorrow, down in the peninsula coast, 5:00, light rain, embedded showers. by midnight, some of those light rains are moving into the bay. the heavy stuff is moving into the north bay. yellows, oranges, reds, that's the moderate to heavy rain. we're talking hours of this falling on your neighborhoods. 7:00 in the heart of the bay, 9:00, east bay and south bay. towards noon, transitioning over to the scattered showers and possible thunderstorms, locally gusty winds.

rainfall, 5:00 tonight, not much. by 10:00 tomorrow and the rest of the day, three quarters of an inch to more than an inch. my accuweather seven-day forecast -- sorry, we were supposed to have the seven-day forecast. friday will be dry. saturday, monday and tuesday are 1s on the storm impact scale. jobina? >> thank you, mike. we have a new crash we're following in american canyon involving one car and a big rig here. it does not look like injuries have been reported. this is eastbound 80 past american canyon road. expect delays in that area. also moving down further to the dumbarton bridge, a car is stalled, eastbound 84 past the high wise, blocking one lane now. this is the counter commute. a heads up for people headed that way. blocking one lane now. going live right now to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see things are stacked. metering lights came on at 5:20. so expect delays at the toll plaza. once you make it through that,

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number one storm concern tomorrow, standing water, whether it's in parking lots or on the interstates or the highways that you use to try to get to work. that will cause a lot of spinouts. there's a small window during the morning hours where the winds will gust up to 50 miles per hour, that could down trees and power lines. we have plenty of capacity for

our streams and rivers. i don't expect any of that to ov overflow. the winds increase out of the south heading into the evening hours. you can see the front to the north. the strongest winds are with the front gusting up to 35, 40, even 50 miles per hour up in the mountains. we have no worries sunday. we're in between storms with partly cloudy conditions, kickoff, 62 degrees dropping down to 56. go niners. >> yes. let's do this. good morning. we have a couple crashes to talk about right now. going to start off with a new one. multiple cars involved here, westbound 80 before gillman street in albany. you can see that yellow line forming on our map. one lane is blocked at the moment. moving up to american canyon, eastbound 80 past american canyon road. a crash involving a big rig and a car here. injuries are involved.

fire department is on scene at the moment. two lanes are blocked there. we'll keep an eye on that for you. this is the counter commute direction. traveling on the dumbarton bridge, eastbound 84 past the high rise, a car is stalled still blocking one lane. a live look at the golden gate bridge, things are very light. >> thanks. oakland is cracking down on ill lev illegal dumping and littering. abc7 news was at san antonio park as the city launched oak town proud. officials say they don't have the manpower to clean up every block, so they're turning to 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. you can't buy a baby yoda toy just yet but you soon will

be able to build your own. >> build a bear will start selling stuffed animals based on the little green character from the disney plus show the mandalorian. no release date has been given. build a bear's ceo says baby yoda should be available sometime in the next few months. disney plans to release a plush yoda toy sometime this spring. hasbro has a talking baby yoda also in the works. >> cool. what, friend? >> your reaction. >> cool. >> it's cute. >> okay. yes. >> let me be. next at 6:00, there's controversy over a video that is showing a samtrans dropping off people in san francisco, so we're going to show you what some are calling a shuttle for homeless people. also parents who commit crimes could avoid jail time. the personal experience that sparked the new d.a.'s decision.

and we'll leave you with a live look outside. a little bit of fog. we'll be right back.

right now at 6:00, a bay area transit agency caught dropping off homeless from the peninsula in san francisco. and now officials are questioning what is really going on here. good morning on this wednesday, january 15th.

>> first we're tracking the next storm. future radar shows rain is hours away from us. mike has the timeline and what areas will be hit the hardest. >> starting with live doppler 7, you can see the comma shape developing as this storm starts to mature as it bears down on us. w have a while today before anything really starts to get heavy and measurable. enjoy the day. right now it's really cold out this morning. we have frost, we have fog. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. even some low 30s in our deepest inland valleys. 41 at the coast. limited sunshine today. 50 to 52 at noon. mainly gray at 4:00. 52 to 54. calling it a 1 this evening as light rain and a few showers develop, 45 to 49. tomorrow's storm will be a 2, moderate. i'll show you that heavy rain coming up. hi, jobina. >> good morning. happy wednesday to you. a couple crashes to talk about. startiff