counseling -- canceling thousands of flights. and the impact we are sort -- improvement we are starting to see. >> the hotels were reserved. >> the travel issues affecting new year's fans. how the 49ers are dealing with it as the team heads to vegas for a showdown. >> rain moving over the area right now. this is what it looks like in the east bay this morning. the rainy weather continuing into the new year. >> we want to look at traffic. >> you see live dopple us. >> today is the weakest of the storms. we have a stronger system moving

in. this is live doppler 7 showing you light or moderate -- light to moderate showers. this is pressing off to the of napa. you will see a downpour in the next 45 minutes or so. it is scattered rain in the east bay right now. we do anticipate more downpours through the morning hours. abc 7 storm impact scale today and tomorrow we have light and utter it showers creating slick roads, slower than normal travel. it will be breezy at times with lower divisibility. the camera shows drops on the lands. --the lens. getting outside today without getting wet is around lunchtime. the afternoon and evening the showers intensified. we will go hour-by-hour and timeout the next -- the rest of thursday and friday coming up. >> southwest travel meltdown.

southwest has canceled 2300 flights today. that is about 50 pre--- 58% of its flights but that is down 2500 flights from yesterday and 2700 flights cheers day. we have t most impact with this. >> this airport in san jose is the most impacted airport in the bay area. as you can tell, from what appears to be hundreds of unclaimed bags in the baggage claim area. inside of the air. this flights today. and for context, that is only to less than this time yesterday morning. nationwide, more southwest flights are canceled. marking the fourth straight day

that the airline canceled more than 50% of its scheduled flights. there is a new statement on twitter late last night offering three things. an apology from corporate, -- and getting the best service possible. >> g for self-service travel changes through january 2. if you have travel plans before then, you should not have to get on a call, or stand in line, you southwest.com. i hate southwest. i waited nine more hours. i'm upset, i'm stressed. >> that was a passenger in houston after driving 24 hours from new york city. those missing bags we saw hundreds set aside and roped off at the san jose air. you can submit information on

how to receive the bags at no cost to you. out of the bay area oakland is still experiencing issues with 117 canceled flights. and 38 canceled flights at the smaller airport. >> bay area football fans are rethinking their new year's plans because of the chaos with southwest. they are planning on flying to las vegas, to see the 49ers, but they feel there is a cost to convenience. >> it was supposed to be tonight. >> can, behind the 49ers tailgate on social media talking about his canceled flight from san jose airport to las vegas. his itinerary would have included documenting this weekend's 49ers raiders fan

fair. the teams go head-to-head at allegiance stadium sunday. >> everything was bought. plane tickets were bought, hotels were reserved. it was my mother-in-law's birthday celebration. >> a long drive is not an option with the weekend forecast of wet weather. he and his family choosing to stay grounded. the southwest travel chaos impacted christmas weekend for many and new year's weekend for some now. >> travelers are affected by that and have caught on to what is going on. they are going to stay home or canceled their trip entirely. >> however rainy muster says he has been committed to the ready niner games this the schedule came out. >> we found out it was over new year's where we solidified our new year's plans we will be in vegas going to the 49ers raider game. 25 of us are excited to go. and now, [laughter]

we are worried about flights. >> his flight is scheduled saturday morning, and has not been canceled yet. but he is not taking any chances. >> spending the amount of money we did on the tickets, we have to go. we are flying united at this point regardless of what southwest does with that specific flight. >> around the bay area looking ahead to thursday southwest has already canceled several flights to las between oakland, and san jose international airports. >> i know we travel, but there are too many factors that go against us to make the trip happen for a lot of us. >> abc 7 news reporting. >> the problem with southwest started with weather delays but the flights are still being canceled while other airlines are flying as normal. how do we stop this from happening in your? flyers rights say the rule

should be reinstated. they were due regulated in 1978. until then, if your flight got delayed or canceled, they were required to get you out on the next available flight with the seat no matter the airline. >> we have a market and efficiency here. we have granted passengers going without unused seats on other airlines. we should have a policy that benefits the airlines that are most efficient and keep their schedules and penalize those who are less efficient. >> if the road was still in effect southwest would be required to buy thousands of seat for its passengers. >> knew this morning san jose police are investigating a crash that left one person hurt on blossom hill road. firefighters say when they got there the driver was trapped in the car. they were able to get the person out safely, but not without significant injuries. no one else was hurt.

this morning we are on storm watch as the next round of rain moves across the area. in sarah county warming centers will be in local libraries to help people get away from the rain and potential flooding. >> it is dry and has lots of fun things for people to do. we are welcoming space for everyone to find they need. >> warming centers are also open to the general public the hours vary by location. the oakland zoo be closed during the day today because of the rain. that in a tweet, the zoo said it's glow-fari one of fact this evening. -- still going to happen this evening. >> workers had to manually remove the ice buildup from the storm earlier this week. in the ski lift. if you're headed to the sierra, packed tire chains, extra food and blankets because travel could be difficult or

impossible. we are given you alerts through the abc 7 news at -- cap --app. you can download the app now and make sure you have the push alerts. >> 5:09 you want the app there are days of rain ahead. we are tracking another atmosphere coming by the weekend. in san jose we have drops on the lense in central bay area. moving over to napa in the next 30 minutes. scattered showers and wet roads are the biggest impact. a winter weather advisory in the sierra with a high snow level we are talking about above 5500 feet this morning. on the impact scale it is a level 1 storm for today and tomorrow with light to moderate showers. today showers take the rain with you. the max out in the 50's.

here is the rainfall estimates as you go through the next 24 hours. likely a good estimate to attend three quarters -- plan on three quarters of an inch of rain. in mandate you may get a slow down but the action ramps up again this afternoon. we will track it later today to finish out the day. the scattered showers continue on friday as well. as we head into saturday, we have a flood watch in effect for the entire bay area. we will talk about that in about eight minutes but first let's ecith su traffic. his more -- good morning, have slightly less problems than we would on a rainy thursday morning but we have a couple of issues. i want to show you a video from early this morning. this comes courtesy of lena howland who was drying -- driving southbound on 680. we've gotten word it is cleared. near highway 84. it was on the snow grade. you can see the rain coming down it is a constant for your morning drive.

we are following with drew tuma. we have issues in vacaville has been cleared. that was a single vehicle in monte vista that was cleared rapidly with no backup. and we come back to this an grade. we see a backup remaining from the highway 84 accident near highway 84. also 84 is slowing as you make your way toward 680. give yourself extra time and always slow it down when you have rain coming down. guys? >> the end of year means for one iconic restaurant. >> what royer's -- lawyers are asking for in the scandal. >> justice a new musical and show coming to the bay area based on supreme court justices.

>> welcome back. the department of homeland security is targeting margaret

-- migrants at the border if the title 42 policy had been listed -- lifted last week. the threats were not specific but homeland security officials said online chatter include disturbing discussions including getting migrants on trailers where they are poison. the surge of people at the border, has led to different conditions in border cities. >> two situations are coming together to create additional chaos in the small border communities. >> we made seven humanitarian trips. emphasis on humanitarian in food and clothes. >> that is the border relief nonprofit providing nonfinancial support including one shelter housing hundreds of migrants. >> this morning retired pope benedict is said to be worsening

as people raise prayer for him. this is a live look at st. peter's square where they gather to honor the former leader of the catholic church. the 90-year-old's condition has not improved from yesterday. he is resting at his apartment at the manikin -- vatican. and being over slo by doctors. and they had a retirement rest -- mass for him in honor of pope mary this benedict. he was the first pope in 600 years to retire from his position. talk daily he was from san francisco who met benedict years ago. >> he was the most receptive questions and hospitable. there was a human side of him, a kind and hospitable side you may not think existed because of his great intellect. >> pope francis visited

at his home yesterday. no specifics have been released about his condition. >> new developments in the massive college cheating scandal known as varsity blues. rick singer is requesting leniency and zero prison time if possible. the defense saying singer divert -- deserve six years behind bars. he pleaded guilty in 2018 to receive bribes from families. he helped prosecutors secure 53 others in this game. the parents were charged and served time at the federal correctional institution in dublin. singer will be sentenced on wednesday. an iconic restaurant on the peninsula is closing its doors this weekend. hong kong flowered joan ovary says its last day will be new year's eve. it opened in 1999. the owners say thank you for all

their support for making this one of the town's most popular eating establishments. we want to acknowledge and thank the employees for their years of hard work. >> if you're drinking dr pepper you may be missing out. the overall market is on decline. the company that owns the is the third largest soft drink maker in america. data shows from -- that is compared to a decrease with the overall soda market but they are growing. a new musical about the first women in supreme court is coming to the bay area. >> justice it is a musical that supporters -- explorers -- it will play at the moran theater company in february. it was written before ketanji

brown jackson became the first black woman in the supreme court. the director says she hopes the musical can spur conversation and bring a new perspective of how we view the country's legislative system. >> interesting. i want to know with the music will be like. >> that is key. >> will they do ballads? dance numbers? >> i hope they don't do ballads at all. but there is that one song, i made ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i am doing this. >> let's talk about the weather. weangers getti at theexeveral d. the river will slam into us early -- early saturday morning.

temperatures right now are elevated because of the cloud cover overhead. we wake up in the upper 40's first thing this morning. it is a level 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. today in tomorrow. -- today and tomorrow. tomorrow, it is more light scattered showers. the biggest issue will be slow travel and lowered visibility. a winter weather advisory is in effect area not a lot of snow in the sierra we do have chain controls. above 5500 feet may be 14 inches of snow. additional snow is coming. high 50's in the -- back home during the day. we will basically be on the either side of 50 degrees heading into friday with scattered showers tonight. and we have a flooding rat with the next storm system. the entire bay area is under a flood watch friday night into

saturday because of a heavy rain. the future shows early saturday morning the storm gets active. look at the heavy rain falling in the north bay early saturday morning. and it will move to the south as the morning goes on. rainfall totals. a lot of rain in a short amount of time. we will see more than one inch of rain possible and up to two inches depending on how slow this form -- this storm system is. scattered showers today and tomorrow. the worst of the level two storm on saturday morning. right now for the fireworks it looks dry. it leads to a bright day for new year's day sunday. next week rain is in the forecast. >> the seven things to know this morning coming up. >> musical marveled the instrument now on display at of famous fisherman's wharf museum. >> and looking outside on a rainy day people are

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for thursday. here's how the day shapes up. it is a great day with off and on showers the heaviest in the afternoon and evening. sue: we are followi commute this morning and in the bay area. nothing required on the 50 in this hour. but 88 and 89 have chain controls in the sierra in effect area >> southwest flight cancellations now top 13,000 this week. the airline says it is working on a case-by-case basis to refund stranded passengers for reasonable traffic expenses. jobina: people around the world are playing -- praying for pope benedict retired he is 95 years old and he is sick. there has not been other details about his condition. drew: the election changing results in the district advice

school board. ke hutch a a ate won. alameda county is working to certified the election and no other races were impacted. kumasi: number six, people flying from china need a negative covid test to injurey the cdc says it is due to a surge of covid cases in china and lack of adequate data from the chinese government. jobina: special honor for nancy pelosi. the san francisco federal building will be renamed the speaker nancy pelosi federal building. kumasi: in today's gma first look to moms are being called heroes after they help track down a kidnapped baby. and the woman who took him. here is matt rivers. >> in this morning's gma first looked one of the moms bringing in a baby from home, speaking out. >> i knew in my heart it was her. i do for a fact.

>> she saw a mug shot of the wanted suspect and should -- she recognized her. >> i said she looks familiar but i do not know from where. >> they met hours earlier exchanging information. >> she finally came and we pulled in front of the house and she gets in the car. >> picking the woman up in their car to bring her to justice. >> me calling her was to make sure she was still in indianapolis and i can figure out how to get her into custody area >> coming up on gma how they led her to kidnapping the suspect. >> i never thought i'd be part of this -- anything like this in my life. >> abc news new york. >> museum in san francisco fisherman's wharf has debuted a new music machine. it plays the electric piano and violin at the same time. the machine created more than

100 years ago. the u.s. patent office designated this as one of the greatest scientific of the decade. a couple in nevada city get enlisted to the museum. have you been there? this is a cool museum. kumasi: i have not but the thing that was swaying at the camera, i do not know area -- do not know. jobina: there are a lot of interesting angst to find. and you will say oh ok. kumasi: isn't this where we have an arm wrestling scene from princess diaries. jobina: i'm not sure. kumasi: i will have to look it up but i think it is. jobina: we are a few weeks away from the first friday 13 of the year. kumasi: if you are superstitious about that sort of thing, a restaurant chain is supporting comfort -- providing

comfort food. one person and a friend can stay in their fright bunker. the restaurant chain says it is transforming a nuclear missile complex in arkansas into an underground bunker on friday the 13th. get it? the scariest day on the calendar. even though i argue monday generally is the scariest day on the calendar. but you can watch movies and eat burgers and chicken fries all day long. winning a weekend stay at this is saturday. kumasi: we have checkers in the area? jobina: i don't know but i love them. kumasi: if i had the whole weekend they are out of be knocked out. jobina: i would definitely be done. but there is something if you have not had checkers fries but if you have, you know what we are talking about. there is something on there.

kumasi: they have season fries and they are alike brown. jobina: they reddish reddish-brown. i love it. kumasi: we better get back to working. [laughter] jobina: we could really get to the -- talk about food. the flavor details. i am so sorry if you have a southwest flight because they are really going through it. they are trying to work through the troubles and it is coming along. now, delta, mother delta, is also dealing with issues. kumasi: we will talk about a bay area family story about vouchers they were supposed to get work thousands of dollars. we are taking a live look outside not seeing much with rain on the camera at the san francisco ridge. we are letting you know it is raining out there

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>>building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: mallett makes mixup leading to incorrect results. and what the new winter is saying about the issues this morning. jobina: southwest workers laying out their concerns and struggles with the flight delays. kumasi: writing for free to celebrate the jobina: jobina: 1/13 birthday. here's a live look at the golden bridge area. it is getting drenched yet again. there are no more dry days and 2022. we have a forecast with all we need to know to start the day. kumasi: good morning it is thursday, december 29. jobina: we are getting over to drew with the forecast. drew: he yet -- you do not need a big mode -- umbrella, you can take

the compact one. we have a storm showers moving to the east bay. in antioch, dublin, light rain and slick visit -- low visibility and slick roadways. today and tomorrow, the showers will linger in the biggest -- and the biggest impact will be slower travel. we are wet here and we will get a brief slowdown in the showers at lunchtime. they ran up again later this afternoon and evening with heavier showers. we ask out -- max out in the mid-50's. and we have a storm to finish out the year we will talk about that coming up. kumasi: a shakeup in the oakland school board election. there was an error and now the third-place candidate is told he is actually the winter. we are reporting live from the newsroom.

>> the alameda county said the voting tally system was not configured properly. now, the is working with the vendor to provide safeguards so this does not happen in future elections. the registrar voters say through a press release that they have identified -- the candidate. and it is the district for r and earlier this month they certified the winner. now opponent mike hutchinson is claiming victory. the registrar voters have not publicly announced the winner yet, but hutchinson told us yesterday that it is him. >> without being cynical, i believe in holiday miracles. it is shocking to wake up this morning and receive a phone call at 10:30 in the morning from the alameda county had of elections

informing me i actually won the election. this came from fair vote who is a group of those who have worked on doing voting audits nationally. that led to this i have now discovered. this did not come for me as a candidate or my campaign. kumasi: a look at the results on alameda county website it is still showing resnick as the winner but the posted results are the original certified boat and they are working to recertify using the correct tally. we have not heard back from them yet. resnick would be the first transgender person elected to the school board in california. jobina: thank you gloria. developing news on southwest airline issues there are growing demands for accountability as more than between -- 2300 flights are canceled. it will be days before operations get back to normal. it is hard to believe that today is actually an and remit from

the past few days. we are live from the san jose airport of how the airline is dealing with the criticism. i see all the bags behind you are those left from passengers? >> yet the banks you see behind us are a lot of those unclaimed bags from passengers that have gone missing from this travel might -- nightmare from passengers. if you look at this monitor over here, look at the rand. we are seeing so many canceled flights. we did checking in, only five southwest flights will be leading here between now and 11:00. in total, this airport has 145 canceled light as i last checked, it for context, that is only two you are than yesterday. southwest is now pledging to repair relationships with customers and offer new resources to get the fastest surface -- service possible.yoco

cancel any flight. and if you have expenses because of hotels or food because of disruptions you can submit receipts on their website southwest.com. but the criticism of southwest is growing. we spoke with -- we spoke with a texas couple who was supposed to fly to houston but the soonest they could get rebooked was the 31st. they opted to rent a car and drive 27 hours back to houston instead. this canceled their 7 -- second vacation to, which they should have flied out for last night. >> i started to see southwest was canceling 25,000 flights or so per day. i said no, i do not trust them to get them -- get us over there by saturday. >> we need to make sure the stranded passengers get to where they need to go and they are provided adequate compensation. >> that was transportation

secretary be -- pete buttigieg the investigation into the airline is gaining momentum. if you are missing luggage, you can submit information on how to receive the bags through the website at no cost to you. they will ship to any address for free. as for other bay area airports oakland is experiencing issues as well last check they have 117 cancel flights so far. and ofc is seeing 38 flights canceled so far. if you have a flight going out this morning check before you go. abc 7 news. jobina: southwest problems are not limited to the passengers the airline workers are struggling as well. some employees are upset about long shift and extreme working conditions. randy barnes is resident of the union that represents southwest airlines. he sayshat people were

battling subzero temperatures wind and ice storms. many have been working 16 or 18 hour shifts. >> we are performing one of the most dangerous jobs of any industry. that needs to be recognized. jobina: that is a lot. he says push southwest to cycle employees in and out of the cold to prevent frostbite. and to compensate them on premium pay the requests were ultimately honored but it was not soon enough. he also says with better planning, the meltdown that left thousands of passengers stranded at the airport could have been avoided. kumasi: more airline troubled this with airline -- delta airlines. a family visiting the bay area saying the airline offered them $24,000 in vouchers to give up their seat. then, took it back after the agreement was made. david reeves said he agreed to give up his seat, his wife's

seat, and daughters seat, because delta offered them an $8,000 voucher for each seat. but the copilot never showed, so delta canceled the flight and the vouchers. >> you are not honoring the vouchers that you agree to pay. now you are canceling the flight. i thought it was bad business personally. kumasi: ok, delta offered to rebook him and pay for his hotel and rental car, there is the thing, not for his next flight. airlines are required to compensate passengers before bumping them from of flight but the terms and conditions of compensation are not regulated. we reached out to delta airlines about the situation and have not heard back yet. kumasi: the man accused of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi's husband will have a trial date. he pleaded guilty of the january 6 charges including murder, burglary, and assault with a

deadly weapon. he is accused of attacking pelosi in their san francisco home back in october. he is also facing federal charges of assault and kidnapping. he pleaded not guilty to those charges. we are keeping track of the updates on this case. you can check out the timeline on our website at abc7n a scary moment for a driver and passenger a guardrail and paling their car. they only's -- only had minor injuries. >> in 2023i am trying to get rid of the doubt in 2022. kumasi: i like these. i really enjoyed watching this last year. jobina: yes. kumasi: we are talking jobina: about good rhythms day. jobina:it was quite a run for me. kumasi: we need that. i can bring into the studio tomorrow. jobina: this is fun.

kumasi: that would be amazing you are looking at new yorkers saying goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2020 three and goodbye to bad habits. drew, have you thought more about what you are saying goodbye to? drew: i don't know. have you? kumasi: no but i like this woman who is letting go of doubt. jobina: i think it is patterns. kumasi: a man. that is so deep. my brain does not work that well this morning. jobina: i show up differently. that is my vision. drew: i am taking that. kumasi: i will take that as well. drew: here is live doppler 7 we are tracking scattered showers. we have throughout the day showers in napa county. snow in the cri we have

snow levels right now. storm impact scale this morning a level 1 for today andwe have r visibility and slow travel as we track the showers rolling through. we have a slowdown in the middle of the day and then the showers ramp up in the afternoon and evening. if you have evening plans, you want the rain gear with you. showers continue throughout the day write a as well. we have a wet pattern headed our way the next three days as we see storm after storm. the highs today, take an umbrella with you. if you have a small umbrella, you do not need the big one today. did 50's out there but the rainfall estimate anywhere from .75 inches up to one inch of rain. a stronger storm is what hit us saturday morning and flood watches for the entire region. we will talk about the storm in eight minutes let's check in with traffic

weather-related bark. systemwide. human may need more time headed that way. -- you may need more time headed that way. we had a storm blocking that lane. i see slowing leaving san francisco on the lower deck of the bay bridge. the golden gate is wet but lightly traveled at 5:43 on thursday morning. no delays here. i heard that sam got something like 16 inches of rain. the no -- north bay needs to slow down a little bit because of standing water on the roads. we have an accident were worded near woodside road. i do not cease going yet, but we will check back on t

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requiring negative covid test from travelers coming from china this starts in one week on january 5 for all air passengers two years and older. this is in response to the lack of transparent data from china and surge of cases. taiwan, japan, and italy have also imposed these measures. individuals traveling forced to sleep in their car overnight the snow was coming down at two inches per hour it ended up closing interstate 70 near denver. cars were backed up or miles and people were trapped in their car on the roads for 10 hours. for other highways in colorado were closed overnight. the state patrol is telling people to delay travel plans. jobina: we want to tell you the people who ran this car are ok -- who were in this car are ok.

that is important it was impaled by a steel guard wrote -- real. --rail. they crash into rail and it went through the car and about 23 -- 20 feet out of the other side. jobina: plastic by amazon has skyrocketed for the second year in the road. -- in a row. amazon's waste surged by 29%. they generated about 709 million pounds of rustic packaging in 2021 which is up from 599 million pounds the year before. this is concerning because much of this cannot be recycled. the report says an estimated 26 billion pounds will end up polluting oceans, rivers, and lakes. kumasi: how many of us have said new year, new me. it is that time of year again. many of us are excited to take on 2023 and our new year's

resolutions. but taking with those can be difficult. as psychologist has tips for you. she says rather than setting a broad resolution like i want to be active, break it down and get specific with smart goals. things like i want to run a marathon or i want to write 30 minutes a day. i want to cook from home three times a week. jobina: a smart goal, i hear this a lot is a goal that is specific, measurable, .ttainable, relevant, and te kuma: oa are attainable once you iden goal write itthen rake it r steps and set a reach by date. that seems pretty important. before we say hello to 2023 it is a good time to say good riddance to 2022. jobina: visitors were invited

go to times square to destroy their bad events for this year. they write down the things they want to leave in the past and they watch them get destroyed. this can be anything from a bad breakup, disappointment, and doubt. >> i am trying to get rid of a lot of doubt. i'm trying to enjoy life more. have more experiences take a dance class and -- without worrying if i'm going to be perfect. >> she is like all of us. a lot of people said goodbye to bad memories. about the pandemic. kumasi: we were talking about this the other day because we have hand wipes here and every time they disinfect, every time i open them i get taken back to the pandemic and i say oh, no. give the other one. i feel you. sometimes you just wanted to be over. and leave it in the past. jobina: i like the dance class. are you open to trying anything new? drew: i honestly have not

thought about that. kumasi: i want to do more singing lessons. drew: oh. we've already seen you seeing on the air. so that was really good. jobina: if you commit you are forced to do it and he say i survive. like she says, it does not have to be like whitney, you just do it and have fun. kumasi: now i want to take a dance class as well. she said dance class. i used to take dance lessons in oakland area i stopped when covid hit. and then -- then i might do that. i set it on the air now i have to do it. -- i said it on the air, now i have to do it. drew: here is tahoe outside we have snow falling on the camera right now. weweatrs snowillall. advisory. the storm is a quick hoover area

chain controlsfft up to 14 inches above 5500 feet. here at home we have showers. we are in the upper 40's. the storm impact scale is a one four scattered showers throughout the day today and tomorrow. the biggest impact is slower travel. take the umbrella with you. it is on and off throughout the day heavy is throughout the afternoon and evening. overnight tonight, we track the showers and temperatures on either side of if you degrees. but saturday morning we are focusing on it, we see a level two moderate storm. on the storm impact scale. this comes with the flood on our roads, we will watch the rivers closely for the flood watch it will go into effect for the entire region for the riviere -- river over the weekend. saturday morning between 3:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. we have

heavy rain in the bay area. we wake up saturday morning with heavy rain. we add up the rainfall over the next three days it piles up. a lot of areas one inches and three inches of rain. here is the seven-day forecast. on and off showers today and tomorrow. watching saturday morning very closely for the storm. saturday night it looks like the storm is out of here. clear conditions for fireworks and that is a great start for the year but then we have rain next week. jobina: a controversial comedy show disgrace bill cosby's plans to get back on the stage. to get back on the stage. kumasi: jack, the data shows that people love our more flavorful ultimate cheeseburgers. show me the data. so the data is good? the data is real good.

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1/10 birthday. it is the first transit system of any major system. trailing -- trolley lines, and now offering buses and rail lines, it is giving out free rides on new year's eve from 8:00 saturday until 5 a.m. sunday. jobina: during the onslaught of southwest flight cancellations a southwest employee took it upon herself to help restless and hungry travelers during her time off. victoria andrews passed out her own snacks granola bars and more to people waiting in line at the hobby airport in houston. she is behind the scenes training employee that she saw the situation and wanted to help out. drew: she is a good person. what a mess. live doppler 7 this morning we have scattered showers with heavy rain falling in the north bay.

closer in parts of sonoma and napa county. over to jan built you see a downpour crossing i-29. the showers throughout the day today and tomorrow. a level 1 storm on the abc 7 exclusive tour -- storm impact scale. snow is falling in tahoe. here it is all liquid. we have a slowdown in the showers this afternoon but they ramp up again this afternoon and even in. we max out in the 50's. rain totals you will find between .1 inches and .5 inches of rain today. kumasi: a criminal investigation looking into new york's newest congressman who is already admitted to lying on his resume. jobina: a hotel inwi people hang out the windows trying to escape. kumasi: on the path to cleaner

air. experts say progress is being made when it comes to pollution. jobina: a live look outside of 5:56 we have a rainy start to the commute this morning drew and sue are tracking that for you this morning. we will be right back. >> i'm hearing from victims all across the country. there ain't accounts were drained in seconds. >> i'm so happy i want to cry. i cannot be more thankful to 7 on your side. >> we will all be ok thanks to yo demi, i'm so proud of you and how you have persevered through your cancer diagnosis. never forget those who loved you so well and know that you have the responsibility to give back. love, dad. 2023 on disney+. it's going to be quite a year. now is our time.

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