papa john's. >>> melissa has a final check of the accu weather forecast.ay was first time in a while i felt like i could breathe outside because it was warm enough. >> it was nice mild, nice way to start our weekend. awful wilfully a nice break from the bitterly cold arctic air we have been dealing with lately. temperatures even warmer tomorrow walter. something to look forward to. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you dry quiet outside we will go. action cam was outside earlier today with a look at the sky with olde city cloud, pockets of sunshine and beautiful sight there. a lot of people out and about this saturday with temperatures today in the 40's. the high today in philadelphia, climbed up to 44 degrees. we have that southeasterly wind overhead, in the city sitting at 42. thirty in the poconos. thirty-five in allentown. wilmington 40. beach haven 36. upper 30's in trenton. here's satellite six with action radar we have partly to mostly cloudy sky across our region. we have a weak arctic boundary that set up shop to the north of the re

the call for accu weather in the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing we have light snow arriving by the the evening. high of 38 degrees. for philadelphia on monday as you wake up tomorrow morning, a lot of that precipitation changes over to rain. it is a good soaking on the way foreground hog day. high temperature is 41 degrees. snow sleet, and rain depinneding on your location. tuesday much colder high of 27. temperatures maryland rate on tuesday in at 43. thirty on thursday, that arctic chill on friday 27, and stay in the 20's as we get into next saturday, walter. so a lot to go over and presip type will vary depend ing on your location tomorrow night. >> groundhog looked confused. >> i have a feeling i have a idea what he will say by monday. >> thanks, melissa. >> it was a big day for local students dreaming of the bright future in the lime light. >> ♪♪ >> the the kimmel center's education department held dance, vocal and theater auditions for its show shoppers program. the weekly program allows local high schoolers to hone their skills with top theater instructors. t

the accu weather forecast showing you dangerous wind and coal on the way tomorrow, high of 19. there is that overnight low of two, even as you wake up on monday. arctic chill sticks around for presidents day a high of 22. tuesday not as cold in at 32. snow showers we have to watch out for on wednesday otherwise, high of 34. another bitter blast moves in next thursday, walter, high of 19. we are watching those snow showers and squalls tonight good still not as bad as boston. >> they will get hammered again. >> my goodness. >>> abc world news saturday is next on channel six followed by fyi philly at seven. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight and then we're back here again on six abc at 11:00. >>> for melissa magee jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." bitter blast. the blizzard warnings at this hour. the whiteouts, the wipeouts and the arctic chill from north dakota to florida beleaguered boston in the bulls eye once again. >>> breaking news. a masked g

plus meteorologist chris sowers will have your accu weather exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" continues. skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? skippy!! yippee!! look a ride! (vo) made with the funnest peanuts ever! skippy. yippee!! >>> checking another winter storm this time we will see a picture of snow freezing rain and rain. that can see a mess for tomorrow morning's commute. >>> and deadly crash, a mangled mess of metal is all that is left of a car following a crash on the roosevelt boulevard overnight. >> president barack obama respond to the beheading of the second japanese man, militant. >>> first outside to meteorologist chris sowers and accu weather tracking our next storm, chris. >> next winter storm is knocking on the door but the big story this morning is not as harsh a as what we experienced yesterday. i never saw 28 degrees feeling so good as we flip over to the numbers it is amazing the difference without the wind. when you don't that have wind whipping around it feels so much better out here. right

let's get the full accu-weather forecast. the latest hi drew. >> the wind the bigger story today. gusting really high. over 40 miles per hour. ease overnight and then storm no. 2 arrives sunday and could bring the same amount of wind witness the same amount of wind witness. live doppler 7hd we show you an active picture. lots of rain on the screen. light. pre-dominantly heavy moisture now work ing into sacramento off to the north and east. live doppler 7hd that motion over the past how are you can certainly see the tail end of the steady showers working through san francisco and that line of heavy rain is now pushing off to the north and east so we see scattered showers throughout the overnight period. but much of the heavy rain is exiting right now. as we manufacture that the sierra we are seeing snow falling across portions around like tahoe even around truckee so we have a winter storm warning that is in effect until tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. where above 7000 feet they could see up to 2 feet of snow. this certainly pa

the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast rain wintry mix ending monday.ould be a few snow squals late in the day as the arctic front barrels through this high will come early and then numbers crash. 40 degrees. tuesday turning colder, 24. wind chills in the upper teens. excuse me upper single digits low teens. wednesday clouds and sun and 42. thursday and friday another shot of arctic air 30 and 26. both days wind chills in the teens. and then saturday is quiet with a high of 35. guys? >> all right, thanks chris. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is in london, england after launching a political action committee this week which could lead to a run for president. the christie's visit to the uk is his third trip abroad in recent months. he will meet with prime minister david cameron in an effort to build his foreign policy resume. trip comes as christie considers entering the crowded 2016 republican presidential race. >>> the 2015 philadelphia auto show kick off this weekend giving car lovers a glimpse in the the future. the pennsylvania convention cen

and here is the accu-weather forecast. mild through saturday.oling down from 70s friday and saturday. then a pattern establishes itself sunday will get a warm up towards the end of the week. >> all right. thank you. >> yes. >> thank you. >> female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> from chinatown to little saigon the asian american community is celebrating the first day of the lunar new year the noise is meant to scare away spirits this is the year of the ram. and you might see real rams that took part in the celebration today. >> i bumped into them in th

and here is the accu-weather forecast. mild through saturday. just cooling down from 70s friday and saturday. then a pattern establishes itself sunday will get a warm up towards the end of the week. >> all right. thank you. >> yes. >> thank you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >>> from chinatown to little saigon the asian american community is celebrating the first day of the lunar new year the noise is meant to scare away spirits this is the year of the ram. and you might see real rams that took part in the celebration today. >> i bumped into them in the hotel. this is something they never see. so i'm glad they got to be a part of it. >> in san jose, dozens gathered to raise the south vietnamese flag in city hall. chinese new year parade will be march 7th. >> san francisco is getting ready to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 world's fair. abc7 news was there for a community celebration this saturday in the marina district. the site was one of the o

accu weather forecast showing you tomorrow, lightening snow developing. high temperature of 38. on monday, foreground hog day we have that snow sleet rain, high temperature in at 41 degrees. in the wake of the system on tuesday some much colder days, there are arctic boundaries moving in, high temperature of 27. temperatures maryland rate mid week, a high of 43. cloud, sunshine on thursday a high of 30. we're tracking a storm off shore for now by then and friday into next saturday temperatures walter will only be in the teens. we will track changes and see how far north this warmer air pushes in. >> thanks, melissa. >>> 2015 philadelphia auto show kick off this weekend giving visitors a glimpse in the near future of the industry. just one of the the reasons why the show is always a a boom to the local economy. "action news" reporter annie mccormack has more. >> reporter: a lot of people come to the philadelphia auto show to take a look at exotic cars like those ferraris behind me and concept cars but the difference with the philadelphia auto show is that a lot of people also com

here is the accu-weather forecast. friday windy and a slight chance of showers friday. better chance of showers overnight into saturday. and then drying out sunday and nice pattern from sunday until next week. >> so shows significant rain. >> faith of the chimpanzees in the san francisco zoo. lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man. wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry! now get the black & decker® 20-volt trimmer for $79 at lowe's. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >>> a group of employees is spending the week trying to learn about hackers to stop them from stealing valuable information. >> they're engaged in a cyber war game. showing them tryingo attack medical devices filled with personal data. >> these 40 employees are considered the best of the best flown in from around the world. three days they're thinking and acting like hackers and their target is health data from pharmacies. >> we're seeing the val

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>> let's go outside to meteorologist cecily tynan for all of the frigid facts and figures from accu weather cecily. >> it helps to be standing outside on a night-light tonight with a combination of the plunging temperatures and how long wind. you can certainly hear the wind tonight. philadelphia reporting a peak wind gust of 46 miles per hour newtown square 54, atlantic city 51. cape may 52. the florence and burlington county reporting a peak wind gust of 54 miles per hour. the right now temperatures are dropping very fast. it is 24 degrees in philadelphia a20 in reading and lancaster. twenty-five in millville. sixteen in allentown. seventeen in trenton. factor in the winds, the wind chill the way it feels nine in philadelphia. zero in allentown. two in trenton. feels like 6 degrees in reading and six in pamona a at the atlantic city airport. temperatures with the wind chill will continue to drop. but tomorrow morning you step outside as you go to school, to go to work wind chills around philadelphia and areas to the south in the single digits. northwestern suburbs wind chills dropping 5 de

time now to get the full accu-weather forecast. drew is here and there's a little bit of good news about rain. >> a little bit of rain. >> very little. but we get some. >> none like that. but we talk about someplace getting more than others. south bay will see most of the rain in the next 24 hours. have the umbrella handy. better of live doppler 7hd we see the immediate regis dry. you notice solth like tahoe getting a little bit of snow. talk about how much in a second. live look outside. sutro tower cam are this evening downtown san francisco. oakland. in the background across the bay. water still shaking with wednesday gusting this hour. so the forecast does call for the showers. really focusing on the south bay tomorrow. chance of thunder as well then we talk about mainly sunny dry second half. of the weekend. out there right now it is chilly in terms of numbers and the wind 49 in nap a.52 in oakland. same in downtown san francisco. 51 in free mont. danville right now cool spot at frain degrees. satellite radar shows you here's

and here is the accu-weather forecast.hs mid to upper 70s friday, saturday inland areas mid-70s around the bay. low 70s on the coast. no significant cooling until next week and we'll have highs up to 70 degrees so a warm valentine's day saturday. and a mild president's day monday. >> and mid february. >> coming up next, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. >>> tonight we put the rescue of a sea lion into context. >> the animal is just one example of a troubling trend >> it really is. by sea lion standards he should be healthier and 50 pounds heavier. at the marine mammal center. he's not an isolated case. >> this year has been different because of the animals that are much smaller, not as hardy. they're thinner than they should be. and they're unfortunately coming in in great numbers so we know something is wrong off the coast. >> researchers are performing necropsys on every sea lion that dies here they number about six per day. and they keep coming. >> scared and

and here is the accu-weather forecast. highs mid to upper 70s friday, saturday inland areas mid-70s around the bay. low 70s on the coast. no significant cooling until next week and we'll have highs up to 70 degrees so a warm valentine's day saturday. and a mild president's day monday. >> and mid february. >> coming up next, rescue of my whole life, i didn't have health insurance because i couldn't afford it. my daughter depends on me, so it's very important that i stay healthy. now that i have health insurance, i can take care of myself and my family. female announcer: get 36 months interest-free financing, and save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but only through presidents' day at sleep train. you can find a new frontier. there's nothing stopping you and a lot helping you. technology that's with you always. this is our promise. it's never been better to wander because wherever you go, you'll find us doing every

in the accu weather forecast. app gives you live radar current temperature, mowerly forecast and storm alerts as an as they are issued. >>> then please join the "action news" morning team for the the latest on the snowfall totals, school closings or delays and traffic trouble caused by the snowy road. they are on extra early to help you through tomorrow morning, starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, the terrifying moment is caught on camera, as a train derailment explode into an enormous fireball. this disaster also has implications for this area, as we warn in an "action news" investigation, just this past month. >>> from fire to ice this west philadelphia building is deathly encrusted after a long fire fight. >> reporter: i'm dann cuellar an action i have search underway for a gunman shot and killed a man inside a popular community center filled with kid and others. i'll have a report coming up. >>> we are tracking our mid-atlantic storm on double scan radar, we are getting scraped on

you can see in the accu-weather seven-day forecast we have more rain coming. through sunday we are expecting up to eight inches in the sonoma county mountains. two to four in the north bay. south bay it drops off considerably. half an inch to an inch. of course you are used to that in the bay area. spotty snow uh -- above 8,000 feet. the snow levels will be high. 8,000 to 9000 feet as we head toward the thursday friday period. mid40s to mid50s. cloud cover will be around watch out for the fog and then tomorrow afternoon it will be another mild day but not a record setting one like we had today. mountain view and salinas were at record levels. the accu-weather seven-day forecast pull out the rain gear and keep it handy. thursday through early monday we are in a wet pattern. we will have to watch out for the winds on friday. >> it is a shame there is not enough snow. thank you very much. coming up next on abc7 news forget free parking. this is the real prize. the big change coming to >>> it is not monopoly money in france. they are offering sets to celebrate the

accu-weather stephanie olmo has the forecast.d morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, ryan and mara. we begin the workweek with a winter storm now impacting the southeast region. bringing in snow across the mid-atlantic state. there are winter storm warnings and watches across this area. further south we are dealing with rain. the wet weather interacting with the colder air, that is producing an icy mix. taking a closer look where we have the icy conditions, along the i-40 corridor all the way to charlotte. exercise caution. also if you are traveling i-20. power outages are likely through the area. two to four inches expected in nashville and much of kentucky picking up six to 12 inches by the time it is said and done. the system will track north and east and produce snow across the northeast region. ryan and mara, back to you. >> all right, stephanie. thank you so much for that. >>> breaking news from the middle east where egypt has struck isis targets in libya. this comes after a group loyal to isis released video purpo

sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was.continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beaches

the accu-weather seven-day forecast mostly sunny tomorrow.nd clouds. on wednesday there is little change for the first half of the week. first we will see the clouds thicken and then on friday our first storm will arrive in the afternoon and in the evening. a break early saturday and then our second system enters the picture on saturday afternoon and could last into early sunday morning. pliek will have an update on the system at 4:30 a.m. it is a good picture to see. >> you are the bearer of good news. >> can't say the same for shu. >> it depends on who you are picking. drew picked the winner. super bowl xlvi was one for the ages if you are a patriot fan. it was a game winning touchdown for the what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home fo

accu-weather 7 day forecast. tomorrow record warmth on the way in the mid 70's. for valentine's day we look warm in the mid 70's still at spring lining warmth on sunday. holiday on monday. plenty of sunshine little change in the forecast touch cooler on thursday. wednesday thursday sunny steady pattern back in the low 70's. early april. >> yes. oh, yes. >> and no rain. >> still couple week in february and can't have a rainy march. >> storm door doesn't close end of may so opportunity to get rain but rate now. >> thanks drew. >> new video shows president obama isn't above making fun of him stovl drive a message home. >> this is fun. he remind american that the annual deadline to sign up for obama care is this sunday february faichbility in it the president and man posing as presidential aid take turns mugging in the mirror. searching for perfect selfie angle and thanking the president for inconsequential problem. >> thanks obama. thanks obama. >> this is not the first time the president has used humor to promote the health care plan. >> previous video. we say some

sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was. it continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beac

you can see in the accu-weather seven-day forecast we have more rain coming.y we are expecting up to eight inches in the sonoma county mountains. two to four in the north bay. south bay it drops off considerably. half an inch to an inch. of course you are used to that in the bay area. spotty snow uh -- above 8,000 feet. the snow levels will be high. 8,000 to 9000 feet as we head toward the thursday friday period. mid40s to mid50s. cloud cover will be around watch out for the fog and then tomorrow afternoon it will be another mild day but not a record setting one like we had today. mountain view and salinas were at record levels. the accu-weather seven-day forecast pull out the rain gear and keep it handy. thursday through early monday we are in a wet pattern. we will have to watch out for the winds on friday. >> it is a shame there is not enough snow. thank you very much. coming up next on abc7 news forget free parking. this is the real prize. th ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.

look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. this look more like spring than winter. unfortunate limit i know we need the rain we need the snow we are hurting. but those temperatures going to soar up into the low mid 70's range thursday through saturday which is valentine's day. and then on sunday you will start to notice the temperatures coming down l everyone cools off for president's day but still no rain showing up. difficult take a look at the extended model and really i think we have to wait until about the 26th or 27th of february. >> really. >> quite some time before we may see the possibility of written here. >> 2 more week. >> yes. >> all right. thank you sandhya. >> all right. still to come on 7 news at 9:00. really cool fight month of work on the earthquake new stadium come . >> this spring the san jose earthquake will kick off the new season in the new stadium and today we got a cool look at the construction. time lapse individual row from the team shows 100 million dollar stadium rising from the dirt in spectacular fashion. earthquake fans ready too. tea

sandhya is here now with the accu-weather update related roychlt it did. i'll show you doppler because you will see the fog is not only hugging the coast but it has already pushed in over the bay. visibility has dropped. half man bay 3 miles. hayward is 6 miles now oakland 8 miles. san jose reporting fog with 5 miles visibility. it was warm enough to get one record in today oakland may seem 75 degrees broke previous record of 73. pretty warm around san jose. fremont. livermore napa santa rosa. low to mid 70's. 69 san francisco. 59 in half moon bay. with fog sitting and here's a view of the fog from our kgo roof cam are. tree pollen running high. explains why you perhaps are dealing with early allergy. i'll be back to let you know changes coming for tomorrow in a few minutes. >> we hate the allergy thanks. >> warm weather likely had something to did with the human crowd on the marin coast this president day weekend. thousands headed to muir woods drawn by the sunshine and free- admission. but cloud just too much here's 7 news reporter wayne with the story.

here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. sweet sunshine on valentine's day tomorrow great mid upper 70's. spring like warmth continues in sunday evening into the hotel dion monday. not a cloud in the sky. we see upper 60's to mid 70's. it's a touch cooler here or the on tuesday. temperatures fall a couple of degrees but still 60's and 70's on board sunshine mild temperature on wednesday. l little in the way of change on thursday. steady pattern that friday of next week. temperatures next friday getting a bit closer to normal but still warm. >> february. insane. >> inconsiderable. >> thanks drew. >> local couple is sharing their story for the first time about what happened on the san mateo bridge more than a year ago. >> husband served time for domestic violence after prosecutors say he tried to throw his wife off the bridge. >> i want people to know i'm not a victim and this man has never ever ever hurt me. >> in addition why and xavier sit down with 7 news to tell their side of the story. >> dan has the interview and exclus

i'm tracking more ago particular air and next chance of snow in the accu weather seven day forecast. >>> we all want our loved ones to rest in peace. so a local couple could not get their fat are's final wishes honored. >>> we will see consumer reporter nydia han get resolution for that family in our trouble shooters report. >>> plus first full squad work out in clearwater when "action news" continues tonight. >>> well, 28 people were hurt this morning, when a commuter train in oxnard, california slammed in the truck that had been abandoned on the tracks. flames erupted as three of the train's five cars derailed. police say they have arrested the driver who left his pick up truck after he made a wrong turn and it got stuck. metro link officials believed that the train upgrades installed to absorb the impact of the crash worked as intended, keeping the cars intact and then saving lives. >>> george zimmerman will not face federal charges in trayvon martin's death zimmerman shot and kill the unarmed teen three years ago in a case that sparked national debate. a florida jury found him no

you can see in the accu-weather seven-day forecast we have more rain coming. through sunday we are expecting up to eight inches in the sonoma county mountains. two to four in the north bay. south bay it drops off considerably. half an inch to an inch. of course you are used to that in the bay area. spotty snow uh -- above 8,000 feet. the snow levels will be high. 8,000 to 9000 feet as we head toward the thursday friday period. mid40s to mid50s. cloud cover will be around watch out for the fog and then tomorrow afternoon it will be another mild day but not a record setting one like we had today. mountain view and salinas were at record levels. the accu-weather seven-day forecast pull out the rain gear and keep it handy. thursday through early monday we are in a wet pattern. we will have to watch out for the winds on friday. >> it is a shame there is not enough snow. thank you very much. coming up next on abc7 news forget free parking. this is the real prize. the big change com release a devastating avalanche of taste on your tongue. bury yourself in the flavor

accu-weather 7 day forecast it's the kind of forecast where you need shade not the umbrella. we don't want to use the shade all the time but that's what we have. a little bit of fog tomorrow morning. temperatures about the same tomorrow afternoon. then we start to see a steady climb and numbers low mid 70's middle to latter part of the work week which includes valentine's day of bright and sunny beach weather heading to the weekend there cool it down a little bit. sec half of the weekend amma and dan. >> forecast so bright you have to wear shades. >> don't mind it so much as long as the rain comes back. >> that's the hope right. that's what we are aiming for. let's hope it changes up again. >> rain at night. sun during the day. i'll order it up for you. >> thanks sandhya. still to come 7 news at 9:00. show you the one of the bay area biggest bottle neck. tonight the campaign for extra lane to try to alleviate some of the congestion. >> why the bay area salmon industry isn't too happy tonight about all the fish now fateing i turned 26, and under my parents' insurance, i just w

we will talk about that part of the story and few snow showers in the accu weather forecast. >> we will remember february. >> um-hmm. >> thanks, adam. >>> crewness boston brought in big equipment to clear away mountains of snow. february has been the cities most snowy month in 100 years. close to 5 feet have fallen. a few inches fell in washington today which was enough to shut down the federal government. also enough for hundreds of people to take part in a snowball fight in mal conn x park. >>> through the the snow, ice and brutal cold, the the season be sure to stay on top of it all with six abc.com/weather. the the hurley forecast and live storm tracker six radar will keep you prepared, in matter what winter send our way. >>> the fans are blowing tonight at philadelphia's city hall trying to dry out the water logged carpet, city council chambers. a pipe burst this afternoon leaking water in it or nate room and prompting a change of venue for tomorrow morning's law and government committee meeting. council officials hope to be back in the main chamber by thursday. >>> it happened tod

here is the accu-weather forecast. a lovely mild, dry pattern throughout the weekend.clouds in the sky and a chance of rainfall and that is something to be excited about. >> more so, twitter. colon kaeperin this case and a war of words >>> good evening. many learned twitter brings out the best and very worst of fans. 49ers quarterback trying to get better and posted a thu ads and that is what is called a recovery day. saying ab work out, hash tag, study. so kap responds are you ill literate or just ignorant. read the tweet again. if you can't do it mind your own business clown. you've got eight followers, roth your own family doesn't want to know what you're doing. get better at life. ouch. kap, come on. you can't win on twitter. and talking about the work this off season and dodging >> he feels comfortable and hopefully that transfers to the field i have no response to that. and we're trying to get ready for the draflt. >> other news, cardinals leading receiver agreed to a new contract but will stay with arizona. and jack del rio looking for impact players around the

coming up we will look closer at what we can expect throughout our holiday weekend with the accu weather seven day. >> thanks, melissa. >>> we will head to "action news" reporter kenneth moton live at 30th street station checking out on the frosty scene in that area tonight kenneth? >> reporter: walter, we are getting another blast of snowfall right now, and we're dealing with the high wind, melissa just mentioned take a live look right now at that 76, 676 interchange, drivers were forced to drop those speeds on the schuylkill expressway tonight when those white out conditions started hundreds of crews are out and about right now trying to keep these road as clear as possible. center city philadelphia was definitely for lovers, that chill was in the air but valentines night appeared to keep people in warm spirits. >> let me just enjoy the night, yeah been a great night and we will just hang out downtown. >> we will be fine. we will get through it. this is what happens every year right. >> reporter: at love park it was all about the couples, so many from out of town, not letting that satu

so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 46 degrees tomorrow. only 36 degrees on thursday. we will hit that early before the wind whip up and again snow in the morning should not amount to much. friday though bitter cold is back, high only 29 degrees good amount of sunshine, day very similar to today. sat the day it cloud up with a high of 40 degrees. the sunday looks like a messy day with snow or rain depending where you live a high of 36 degrees. machine cloud and flurries and a high of 34 and tuesday another cold day partly sunny and a high of 32 degrees. i think best day of the week will be tomorrow, 46 degrees feeling like a heat wave. >> we will take it. >>> stunning news in the world of literature, 55 years after she released to kill a mocking bird harper lee is releasing her second bow. go set a watchman is a sequel to mcing bird even though lee wrote it before her signature story. main character scout returns this time as an adult watchman is set to hit store shelves this july. ♪ norwegians are free to do everything under the sun. free to cruise at their own speed

fit looks wet, consider it icy, i will talk about this and track snow and cold on the way in the accu weather forecast, jim. >> let's switch live to "action news" reporter kenneth moton on route 202 in king of prussia kenneth, what are the conditions like there. >> reporter: jim, as would you expect work is being done by road crews to take care of the slick spots but look, it is really dangerous, and slick on these sidewalks. these parking lots and those secondary roads. tonight, that light rain and those dropping temperatures created more ice, and slippery conditions. >> we know a lot of people chipping ice off their windshields, slipping, going taking out the crash. >> reporter: tonight extreme caution continues in places like king of prussia where state crew where is tackling major roadways like 202. while we found mitch loading up to handle the smaller ones. he was spreading the ice melt in this neighborhood off of gulf road. >> if you don't have to go out the tonight don't bother going out. if you do go out be really careful, driving and or walking when you get out of the vehicles. >> re

the the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 37 tomorrow. we will bump up to 39 with light snow showers on thursday afternoon. but behind it that is when wind chills are near 10 degrees, on friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock teens to the north and west are single digit the but teens down to the the south. on saturday we will bump up to 32 ahead of the next arctic front but it could bring round of snow saturday afternoon into saturday night and wind chills are below zero here all day on sunday with a high of 19 bitter cold monday morning, but for holiday 22 some unshine and cloud and another little round of snow coming in on tuesday at three 36789. >> adam, thank you. >>> high schoolers in radnor showed their love for love for those who served tonight. valentines day coincide with national solute to veterans patients week. radnor high schoolers decided to do something special. they hosted a dinner from vets from the coatsville va medical center and each guest received a special thank you valentine on their plate. >>> power ball jackpot has jump

here is the accu-weather forecast. a lovely mild, dry pattern throughout the weekend.ore clouds in the sky and a chance of rainfall and that is something to be excited about. >> more so, twitter. colon kaeperin this case and a war of words ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >>> good evening. many learned twitter brings out the best and very worst of fans. 49ers quarterback trying to get better and posted a thu ads and that is what is called a recovery day. saying ab work out, hash tag, study. so kap responds are you ill literate or just ignorant. read the tweet again. if you can't do it mind your own business clown. you've got eight followers, roth your own family doesn't want to know what you're doing. get better at life. ouch. kap, come on. you can't win on twitter. and talking about the work this off season and dodging >> he feels comfortable and hopefully that transfers to the field i have no response to that. and we're trying to get ready for the draflt. >> other news, cardinals

sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was. it continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beac

here is the accu-weather forecast. two consecutive days of mild weather, up to about 70 degrees thursday. temperatures dropping saturday. clouds thicken and a chance of showers. there is a lingering slight chance of showers saturday then, after that dry, mild conditions again. so it feel may see rain, it will be a little amount of rain. >> lingering and slight. >> right. >> coming up the fate of the chimpanzees at the san francisco zoo. >> what is >>> san francisco zoo seems to be on the verge of losing it's three chimpanzees. >> dan noyes is here with a preview of an investigation you'll see tonight at 11:00. >> it is the oldest male chimpanzee in any american zoo, spending ten years in entertainment. current and former zoo staff tell me they should allowed to live out their years without facing stress of being drugged shipped across the country and inserted into a new group of chimps they don't know. this blogger tells me the zoo failed it's chimpanzees >> they need the zoo to make them a priority. >> why they may be

. >> time for final check of the accu weather forecast with melissa. it is pretty nasty melissa. >> we will show you storm tracker six radar 3-d and we have the snow across the delaware and lehigh valleys and couple pockets where we are picking up moderate pockets of rain, snowfall i should say across the region. we will go in tighter on storm tracker six live double scan and you can see on route 206 you have the lavenders an indication of intensification with the snowfall here just to the the north of hammington, also on route 40 to the north of mays landing. we will flip over, storm tracker has a front feature where we are able to flip over mode and track snowfall rates per hour and you can see we have seen about an inch of snow per hour south of mays landing into the south and east of millville to the north of tuckahoe we are dealing with that snowfall. the it will continue as we go throughout the rest of the evening and into the overnight the hours before we get a transition from snow to ice. then eventually rain. snow so far in newark. 4.9 inches

and inland areas upper 60s to low 70s here is the accu-weather forecast. clouds thicken rain arriving in the north bay thursday then a rainy, windy pattern friday. wet weather saturday and sunday and a chance of lingering showers monday. >> that looks great. >> yes. >> thank you. >> don't for get you can track progress of the storm on live doppler 7 with abc7 news weather app. it's a free down load. coming up next what makes my whole life, i didn't have health insurance because i couldn't afford it. my daughter depends on me, so it's very important that i stay healthy. now that i have health insurance, i can take care of myself and my family. for over0,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster

i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >>> a crisis on the coast tonight. local business owners are feeling the pinch of a slow down at the port. >> some innovative start up that's become some day household names. >> sandbags are in place toond indoorways and store fronts throughout the north bay achlt powerful pineappl is due to arrive any time now. >> so here we go. right now this storm is bearing down on the sonoma county coast. >> the rain and winds will arrive by mid day tomorrow, south bay will get wet tomorrow afternoon. >> let's turn to spencer christian. >> from this view looks like threatening. all we have right now is a bunch of clouds but widening out you can see there is rain developing to the north. wind damage may see up to ten inches of rain. we have a flash flood watch in effect for the entire north bay and a wind advisory for the entire bay area from 4:00 a.m tomorrow to 4:00 a.m saturday. winds can gust as high as 50 miles per hour or stronger with potential for downed power lines and trees. we'll see pockets of rain along the golden gate

here is the accu-weather forecast. sunny skies and milder thursday and friday, saturday. highs reaching low 70s. mid-60s on the coast. and will be an award winning day. lovely weather and you can see academy awards here on abc7. go next week. a mild and dry pattern. >> yes. >> i think so. >> yes. >> up next, a stairway bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people >>> a bill in sacramento would allow cities to curb sidewalk nuisances. a stairway on communications hill. the view is just spectacular but stairs have become home to loiterers and drug

and inland areas upper 60s to low 70s here is the accu-weather forecast.hicken rain arriving in the north bay thursday then a rainy, windy pattern friday. wet weather saturday and sunday and a chance of lingering showers monday. >> that looks great. >> yes. >> thank you. >> don't for get you can track progress of the storm on live doppler 7 with abc7 news weather app. it's a free down load. coming up next what pillsbury crescents--awesome. but now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. behold: week night crescent pizza pockets party. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. dad, but i practiced my bassoon. and i listened. i can do this. everyone deserves ooey gooey pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop! hello! i'm a kid. and us kids have an important message for our grown ups. three grams daily of beta-glucan... a soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholestero

here is the accu-weather forecast. down sunday by a few degrees. sprinkles are possible. and mostly sunny skies and dry for all of next week. temperatures a little bit lower than tomorrow. it's still mild with highs mainly a few degrees above average for the time of the year. >> thank you. >> no matter how cool next week it won't be anything like this. >> yes. female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. >>> caltrans hinted the next stage of tearing down the old bay bridge might rely on explosives large underwater pilings support the pier. the explosives could demolish tons of concrete in seconds. >> we can do it at slack tide there is no drifting of power and we can look that there are no sea lions nearby. >> several agencies must sign off on the plan. >> just be glad you're not back east tonight the temperature in new york

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here is the accu-weather forecast. a steady pattern, then milder thursday despite clouds. friday temperatures dropping there is a chance of showers friday, slight chance of a lingering shower or two, saturday, then dry throughout weekend and not much change in high temperatures. 60s for next seven days. >> we need storms. >> yes. >> lingering storms. >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> still to come an instand millionaire, hundreds of times over. >> one of the big power ball my tin man has a big toe the size of a house. the lion is small like a toy poodle. and has webbed, duck feet. my scarecrow has wooden teeth... and his clothes have tubes on them. and that's dorothy. she looks like me. everyone has a favorite movie. now people with visual disabilities... can find theirs. introducing the first talking guide. from xfinity. (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention

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