traffic. it's going to cause more late to work. >> no matter what we do, it's still going to be backed backed >> reporter: b.a.r.t. will take up the issue. the board will vote on it today. these resolutions are only symbolic. the idea would need approval from caltrans. supporters are excited about the attention this idea is getting saying traffic is only going to get worse and that something needs to be done. reporting live from the bay bridge, amy hollyfield, abc7 ne news. thank you. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. the time is 4:30. if you're just joining us, getting a quick update of weather and traffic where you live starting with mike. >> a look at the fog. it's thick around fairfield and possibly sin city, otherwise it's still on the outskirts. there is a little bit of a breeze blowing offshore. some of that fog could move

through the east bay valleys, through the delta, into the san pablo bay. something to keep an eye on throughout the morning commute. here is sutro towers, pretty clear out there, mid to upper 40s at 7:00. 55 to 59 at. temperatures in the mid 50s heading into the evening hours. pretty comfortable weather. let's find out about the commute. here's jobina. >> good morning. starting off with a new crash through the altamont pass. this is going to slow down the super commuters. this is westbound 580 before north flynn road. appears to be involving two cars now. hopefully they'll get this all cleared up. you can see that backup building. moving over to san mateo bridge, this is northbound at 101 at the off-ramp to pins aveneninsula a. emergency crews are on the scene. president trump's impeachment trial in the senate resumes today with another long day of opening statements.

democratic prosecutors spent eight hours yesterday laying out their case. elizabeth hur is live on capitol hill with the latest developments. >> good morning. the house managers after spending all day yesterday presenting the facts, today they say they will be explaining how the law and constitution apply to their case. democratic prosecutors gearing up for day two of their opening statements. >> the president went to extraordinary lengths to cheat in the next election. >> reporter: on day one they spent eight hours laying out their case in chronological order repeatedly reminding republicans of the need to call for additional witnesses and evidence blocked by the administration. >> would you like me to read that to you right now? i would like to read it to you right now, except i don't have it because the state department wouldn't provide it, but if you'd like me to read it to you,

we can do something about that. >> reporter: democrats are accusing the president of engaging in a pressure campaign for his own political gain using military aid as leverage to push ukraine to open investigations into 2020 rival joe biden. >> they're at war, and they're being told you're not getting 400 million in aid you need unless you do what the president wants. if you don't believe that is pressure -- that's $400 million worth of pressure -- i got a bridge i want to sell you. >> reporter: the president on his way back from switzerland weighing in tweeting, no pressure. that was one of more than 140 tweets on this day alone, more than any other day of his presidency. the president's lawyers say so far they heard nothing new. >> i believe without question the president of the united states will be acquitted. >> reporter: so we still don't know if any new witnesses will b called, but senate minority leader chuck schumer says any

talk about a witness trade is off the table. i'm elizabeth hur for abc7 news. now at the live desk a blow in the firefight in australia. three american firefighters who were helping abroad died when their plane crashed. the water tanker crashed earlier today in the snowy menero region of south wales. australian officials have released little information about the crash victims. they say the plane crashed, a large fire -- when the plane crashed, a large fireball flared up in the wildfire. it's been difficult to get to the scene. the canadian-owned company also helped to fight last year's wildfires in california. >> that's heartbreaking. developing news on the coronavirus outbreak, sfo and other u.s. major airports are not only screening international travelers for the virus but also handing out flyers to raise

awareness. a new strain of the coronavirus infected more than 500 people, killing at least 17 in china. the city of wuhan is on lockdown. overnight health officials confirmed the first case in hong kong. the world health organization met yesterday to discuss the outbreak. for now leaders have postponed calling it a global health crisis. there's a delay in the effort to relocate a group of homeless people off the joe rodota trail in santa rosa. they were supposed to start moving to a sanctuary camp yesterday. sonoma county pushed it back to sunday because the site is not ready. officials say they will meet the county's january 31st deadline for clearing the trail. cash bail now afrancisco. district attorney chesa boudin ended that practice yesterday. from now on decisions about whether a suspect is released before trial will be based on the risk assessment. >> we will never put a price tag

on freedom because it undermines public safety by allowing wealthy people who are dangerous to buy their way out and it also keeps poor people who may be innocent or present no public safety risk to languish behind bars because of poverty. >> then governor jerry brown signed a bill in 2020 making california the first state to abolish cash bail. a referendum headed for the november 2020 ballot to overturn it paused the law until voters can decide. in the east bay, the public can weigh in on a proposal to rename an elementary school after former first lady michelle obama. the new campus will open in august. the pta suggested renaming the school after michelle obama. the meeting will start at 6:00 at grace lutheran church on bar r barret avenue. the niners are back to the

practice field. the one weapon that the chief also have to stop. is it safe to eat here? another bay area city is about to make it easier to tell. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome. a local film festival picks a focus and becomes part of building a better bay area. >> mike is with us this morning. yesterday i thought it was gorgeous. it was sunny, to me it was the perfect bay area temperature. i was into it. i don't know if we're getting that today. >> it's hard to believe it was january. >> it was. >> especially when our opponent was dealing with snow yesterday. yes. de-icing the plane, many other things to deal with. >> we don't need that. >> today will be even warmer, but probably not as much sunshine. we'll have a canopy of high clouds. it will keep us from reaching our full potential. temperatures around orinda,

berkeley at 51. everyone else at 44 to 49 degrees. san francisco at 52. everyone else in the mid to upper 40s. if you're heading out, let's talk about your commute.n prettg from sutro tower. fog will be increasing during the morning commute. if you leave now, you will be fine. everything is drin, fine, no fo there. light breezes if you're out on the bay. let's talk about our 12-hour planner, a real lack of sunshine most of the day. we go from 48 at 7:00 to the upper 50s at noon, 61 at 3:00. east bay, 47 at 7:00. topping out at 58 at 3:00. for the south bay, our last stop, 48 at 7:00, already near 60 at noon. low to mid 60s. clouds thinner, air warmer for you today. 56 by 7:00. our next chance of rain coming

up next. good morning. i want to come back to that crash i started telling you about at the top of the show here at 4:30. this crash in san mateo, northbound 101 at peninsula avenue. the off-ramp it shut down now. we do know that major injuries have been involved in this crash. it looks like four people were inside this car. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is on the way to the scene. it does not sound like a good situation. we'll keep you posted on that. drive times, tracy to dublin, 38 minutes. antioch to concord, 13 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 15-minute ride for you all. live look at the san mateo bridge, things are moving smoothly this morning. not seeing problems there or in san jose right now. this is a live look at 87. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic after the break.

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watching a few issues out in the san joaquin valley. dense fog until at least 10:00. visible less thsibility less th mile for the people that live out there and people driving through there. 60 for the afternoon hours. mid 50s for chico and sacramento. turns into snow, high-elevation snow in tahoe and yosemite. 75 in l.a.

for tahoe, moderate to heavy snow on sunday. winter mix tuesday. here's what's coming our way this weekend. the storm impact scale for saturday and sunday is a 1 with light to moderate showers. more on that coming up. you'll soon have an easier time in san francisco figuring out the safety of a restaurant. the department of public health is launching a color coded placard system for all food facilities. it goes into effect this spring. several bay area cities use these signs. this is video from alameda signs. green means the restaurant passed inspections. yellow is a conditional pass. red means the restaurant failed. the organizers of one of america's most popular film festivals unveiled its programming with issues facing our community. chris wynn shows cineest working to build a better bay area through the arts. >> reporter: cinequest returns this march and promises to be bigger and better than ever. >> welcome to cinequest.

>> reporter: silicon valley's film and creativity festival has seen a lot of change over its 30-year history. >> some of the films will touch on this very subject and psas will run before many of the shows in an effort to educate. >> the more folks that get out there and tell amazing stories and help engage and drive change, the better off we all are. >> more than 600 unique experiences are planned in san jose and redwood city this year. including 130 world and u.s. film premieres as well as dance, comedy, fashion, music and much more over a 13-day period. virtual and augmented reality is a highlight. nearly 900 actors, artists and innovators from more than 50 countries will be on hand to present work.

a prime opportunity to reach more than 100,000 people who attend each year. >> with all of the experiences we cry ate around the films with all of the technology and everything, there has got to be a story involved and everything we try to do to put it together tells a story. >> creators and audience members coming together to learn from one another. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. the super bowl bound 49ers will be back at practice after having a few days off recovering from sunday's nfc championship game. >> even though the niners didn't practice yesterday, the nfl makes teams send out an injury report. tevin coleman was the only player listed as unable to practice. he had a shoulder injury on sunday. raheem mostert will likelyof th against the chiefs after rushing for 220 yards and four touchdowns against the packers. so the chiefs know what to expect. >> stopping the rub n is stoppi the run.

our mindset is stop the run. for the third week in a row try to get off to a better start. >> both teams fly to miami on sunday. share your niners pride with this team badge. find it on our facebook page. or go to to to to >> miami was really cold yesterday. >> didn't they have the iguanas falling out of trees alert? >> they sure did. >> you know it's cold when that happens. the iguanas go dormant, can't hold on to the trees and fall out. we won't have anything like that. east bay hills, looking back at clear conditions. mild highs today. limited sunshine. it will be a high cloud deck. the sun will get through it. you may need the sunglasses from time to time. scattered showers across the north bay the next 48 hours, especially lake and mendocino

county. so small we didn't put a storm impact scale on it. we did for saturday for all of us. let's look at what's going on. a cold front to the north, plenty of moisture pounding the pacific northwest. it's dragging some warm air that has some moisture in it, that's why we're seeing the high clouds increase as we head throughout the day. let's see what it does to temperatures. 58 in fairfield, vallejo, richmond. 59 in san francisco and san rafael, everybody else around 60 to 62. south bay at 65. tonight will be mild. once again, mid to upper 40s. a slight chance of showers, especially across lake and mendocino counties. tomorrow, mild once again. 6 60s away from the coast. the rest of us get our showers saturday evening into sunday morning. another chance on tuesday. jobina? >> good morning. we have breaking traffic news coming out of san mateo. major injuries reported in this crash. it does look like only one car was involved here. four people inside.

this is northbound 101 at the peninsula avenue off-ramp. the off-ramp is shut down by emergency crews. it looks like the crash happened on a city street. we're working to pinpoint exactly where this is. know the peninsula avenue off-ramp is shut down. amy hollyfield is on the way to that scene. we'll have a live report later on in our show. moving over to the golden gate bridge, live look here. empty right now. no problems in this direction. in oakland, 880 at the coliseum, camera there looking busy. headlights moving south but moving smoothly. drive times, antioch to hercules, 28 minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 13 minutes. highway 85 to the san jose airport, 7 minutes. if you get a text from fedex about a delivery that you didn't expect, it's likely a scam. >> and president trump set a new tweet record. in today's tech bytes, a new warning about a texting scam involving fedex. >> customers have been getting text messages showing a fake

tracking code prompting the user to enter delivery preferences, but those preferences take users to a fraudulent website where their personal data and money could be stolen. and president trump set a new record for tweeting. >> he fired off 142 tweets yesterday. the second day of his impeachment trial. the most tweets he sent in one day since becoming president. and uber is testing a feature that lets drivers set their own rates. >> the pilot program is running at three airports in california. it allows drivers to hike fares as much as uber's rates but it will still match riders with the lowest fare. pg&e reaches a deal that moves it a step closer to getting out of bankruptcy and governor newsom is not impressed.

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let's look at how much rain is possible out of the system. we'll start mainly with what's going on tomorrow. today will be pretty quiet. as we roll through friday and into saturday, the greatest amount of rain up to a half inch in the north bay. the least amount of rain in livermore, fremont, the south bay less than a tenth of an inch. i'll give you a timeline coming up next. >> thank you. pg&e has gotten support for its restructuring plan from key bondholders. they've been pushing for a

different plan than the one pg&e was proposing. the company announced yesterday all sides reached a settlement. the deal clears a major hurdle for pg&e to emerge from bankruptcy. governor newsom still has reservations. he says the restructuring plan doesn't meet the requirements of a new wildfire law. he says it falls short in several areas including transparency and safety another national retail chain is closing its stores. caparas is shutting down its stores and laying off 1400 workers. they have 14 stores in the bay area. they say they failed in their effort to adjust to the reality of today's shopping environment. the website is now pushing a 20% off sale. clothing retailer express is also closing up shop in cities around the country. the company is closing about 100 of its 630 stores as part of a restructuring plan. this move comes just days after express announced it was laying

off 10% of staff members at its headquarters in cincinnati and in its new york design studio. flying with ducks, peacocks, miniature horses could be a thing of the past. the transportation department has announced plans to tighten rules regarding service animals. it intends to only allow dogs inside the cabin. airlines have long complained that some passengers are abusing rules and bringing animals on board they claim they need for emotional support. >> look at that duck. >> mm-hmm. >> how cute was that duck? the peacock. >> kumasi? we have talked about this peacock. >> look how gorgeous it is. well behaved. >> i want to know if you want it to sit next to you in 21c. >> there's other people in life i don't want sitting next to me. the peacock might be -- it won't talk to you. it won't ask you questions. >> mike? she makes points. >> you sound like you're verbally accosted every time you fly. >> aren't we though?

>> you just put your buds in, and don't pay attention to the person next to you, but they keep bothering you? >> sometimes. >> i got you. i understand. >> deodorant goes a long way, too. as a psa. >> therego... 4:30 tomorrow morning, up around sonoma county, a chance of light showers. by noon tomorrow, they're gone. by 11:30 tomorrow, we have light rain moving in to the north bay once again. and we'll wake up to a bit of drizzle saturday morning. that's about it. saturday afternoon, you can see the rain, but notice the yellows and the oranges, it will be moderate to a few downpours rolling in. if you have saturday evening plans, make sure you find a way to get inside and escape getting wet or have an umbrella with you. we'll get plenty of rain out of this system. especially the north bay and the bay. here's jobina. >> thank you. good morning. so, again, still following this

breaking traffic news out of san mateo. i was able to read the description from the chp of one of the injuries involved here. it does not sound good. this crash is involving at least four people. this is northbound 101 at the peninsula avenue off-ramp. the off-ramp is completely shut down. the crash itself happened on a city street near the off-ramp. amy hollyfield, again, is on the way there. live look at emeryville, lots of headlights moving in towards the maze at the moment. this is a picture showing you 80 here. a live look at the richmond-san rafael bridge, traffic is light in that area. albany to the maze, 4 minutes. fremont to san jose, 14 minutes. and highway 101 to cupertino, 10-minute ride there. renl now to some garbage, really. the city of san francisco

ribbon cutting for one of its new smart trash recent receptacle. they are using sensors and can compact trash automatically as they fill up. they hold up to three times the amounts of garbage. eventually 80 of these big bellies will be installed throughout the area. >> it is cool. next at 5:00, americans weigh in on the trump impeachment trial. the chinese city at the epicenter of the crown that virus is on lockdown this morning. we're at sfo with a look at what's being done to prevent it

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. good morning. welcome to thursday, january 23rd. >> a lot of news stories to cover. we want to start with mike. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> hi, guys. tracking a little bit of fog around novato and fairfield. yucaipa and out in the central valley. in novato, through lucas valley, lucas valley road and close to san rafael, it lets up. this is the camera in san rafael looking south. looking away from the fog. here's how things will play out today in my 12-hour planner, 45 to 48 degrees at 7:00. 55 to 59 at noon. just a bit of sunshine. even without a lot of sunshine we're above average with temperatures nearing 60 this afternoon. let's say good morning to