duncan's two had-hour walk from vallejo to benicia changed last october, when a benicia officer noticed and gifted him a bike. >> you still have a bike. >> yes, i do. it's at home, resting. >> a go fund me page went from $2,000 to more than $40,000. duncan used part of the money to buy a 2003 volkswagen passat. >> nothing too fancy. anything with four wheels is fine with me. >> reporter: the rest he's using to pursue a degree in criminal justice. >> and you're still wanting to be a chp officer? >> yes. i'm actually taking my general edclasses to get those out of the way so i can then focus on my major classes. >> he still works on his warehouse job in benicia, five days a week. having a car makes all the difference. >> how fast do you get from vallejo to benicia now? >> i get the question. why do i still work? it won't last forever. i mean, any money i get, i try to -- i'll either save some, or you know, use it for my needs and wants. but mostly my needs. because my wants can come later. >> he's grateful to those who have supported him, every step of the way. >> i want to tell everyone

mid-50s with sunshine from dublin to antioch and benicia. it will impact the outdoor plans. very early monday another wave of showers moves through. that's it. tuesday dry. wednesday dry, thursday we may be knocking on the door of 70 degrees. things are certainly changing they are calming down. that's your kpix5 newscast. >>> another number one title for cal in video gaming. >> and tonight on night beat at 10:00 we're talking recreational pot. today the white house indicated they could issue new regulations and tougher enforcement so far it's been a state issue. but tonight, we're asking who do you think should make the rules? the feds or the state? tweet me right now i'm at

abc7 news was in benicia where many of the units are already loaded and ready to go. pg&e is using emergency power systems more often to get the lights back on in storm outages. in fact, they've already been used in san rafael, diablo, and fairfield. >> pg&e has a plan when it comes to a storm event like the one that's coming this weekend and part of that plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on a greco. >> we can power anything from a single home, single residence, up to, say, 5,000 or >> the generating systems can also be pre-positioned ahead of the storm in places where outages are expected. you can track the weather with the abc7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts to get any weather updates on your phone or tablet. >>> developing news this morning in solano county. public health officials with trying to calm fears at a tuberculosis case at a high school. more than 200 students and staff may have been exposed. this letter went out to parents yesterday after the person tested positive last week. no

abc7 news was in benicia where many of them are loaded and ready to go.using emergency power systems more often to get the lights back on in storm outages. in fact, they've already been used this winter in san rafael, diablo, and fairfield. >> pg&e has a plan when it comes to a storm event like the one that's coming this weekend and part of that plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on aggreko. >> yeah, so, we can power anything from single home, single residence, up to say 5,000 or greater. >> the generating systems can also be prepositioned ahead of a storm in places where outages are expected. take a look at your screens. you can track wealth and get this on our phone or your tablet in the palm of your hand with the abc7 news app. we have that live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts so you get those weather updates as soon as we hear about something. >>> we have developing news this morning in solano county. public health officials trying to calm fears about a tuberculosis case at a fairfield high school. o

benicia.his way give yourself extra time. also slow on 780 off the benicia bridge. moving to the south, scotts valley highway 17 still down to only one lane in each direction between vine hill road and sugarloaf due to the massive mudslide last week and bart is on time. i'll send it to you. >> you know, monitoring something very carefully because we don't expect the bulk of the rain until this time tomorrow morning. but i'm seeing activity off the coast now in the north bay. bring an umbrella especially in the north bay this morning. live weather camera from mount vaca suggests that clouds are on the increase thickening as the day progresses. mostly cloudy. right now 40s and 50s. later today with the deck of clouds, southerly breeze 10 to 20, temperatures mild into the 60s. we have rain this time tomorrow through tuesday. ,,,,,,,, >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, february 15th, 2017. >>> chaos in the trump white house. with no national security adviser. >>> far-rea

rainfall from vallejo 780 into benicia, same into 680.tivity is lifting up from the ocean into the northeast direction. snow is now on the fly in the kirkwood area. it's a rain-snow mix around around arnold. wind advisory in effect until tomorrow morning at 3 a.m. sustained winds 30 gusts to 50s in the highest elevations coastal areas will be buffeted today. 14 currently at san francisco and redwood city. 17 mineta international airport. for the most part of the winds are 10 to 20 but will be increasing to 30. we have a wind at 10 in napa. live weather camera we are looking towards the peninsula. two raindrops temperatures in the 40s and 50s. everybody gets wet today. high temperatures into the 50s and 60s. we'll tell you how much rain to expect coming up. right now here's roqui. >> reporter: it is 5:35. let's take a look at the bay area roads. they are wet and they are slippery so you make sure as you head out the door you're prepared to drive safely. get a good breakfast. okay? southbound 101 at 37 at novato a rollover crash. we'll get

abc7 news was in benicia where many of the units are already loaded and ready to go.g&e is using emergency power systems more often to get the lights back on in these storm outages. in fact, they've already been used this winter in san rafael, diablo, and fairfield. >> pg&e has a plan when it comes to storm event like this one that's coming this weekend and part of that plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on aggreko. >> yeah, so, we can power anything from a single home, single residence, up to, say, 5,000 or greater. >> and the generating systems can actually be pre-positioned ahead of the storm in places where outages are expected. >>> you can track the weather any time with our abc7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on that app and you can enable push alerts. that way, you get weather advisories sent right to your phone. >>> and unexpected about-face for oakland city leaders who issued a new policy aimed at avoiding another ghost ship fire only to then retract that new policy only a few short hours later. yesterday afternoon, oakland's

clear for about 20 more minutes but a high wind advisory is in effect via chp for the bay bridge, benicia bridge, san mateo bridge, and i know there's one more. it's escaping me right now. you can see those gusts especially on those east-west bridges. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 50 minutes for you. southbound 101, san rafael to san francisco, you are in the yellow at 18 minutes. we'll talk about mass transit coming up next. >>> san francisco not backing down from its immigration showdown with the white house. new developments from a late-night meeting that featured actor danny glover. plus -- >> you're not doing yoga. i don't know what you're doing. put your hands down. >> that was a cart wheel. >> that was a cart wheel. an officer's body camera mmmmm >> that was a cart wheel. an officer's body camera psst. yoplait custard's back. the family favorite... protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. >>> we're back at 5:14. if you're headed to lake tahoe this weekend, you do

flights at sfo today. 15 around the peninsula. 13 in the east bay in san ramon as well as vallejo, benicia, martinez. today waves on-again, off-again showers. the driest part of the weekend will be 6 p.m. saturday to 6 p.m. sunday. and most of the rain next week will be in the north bay. the front is moving through right now. when this moves through, a lot of instability. sure, we'll have rain but it won't be a rainout all weekend long. here's your futurecast. have a bit of a break towards lunch hour, evening commute we do have some rain showers as people are trying to make tracks towards the high sierra and then tomorrow morning, a little bit of lingering activity just a pop-up shower here or there during the day. dry by about 6:00 in the evening hours until sunday and then there's that front a cold front that will blast through the area sunday night. we'll pick up easily another half inch of rain in the east bay. meanwhile we have a winter storm warning in effect for the high sierra. three feet of snow. you will need the chains, rocky has information on that. 50s, 60s across the board to

have a high wind advisory for san mateo, dumbarton, bay bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge and the benicia bridge this morning so it is gusty. next traffic- update coming up. >>> almost a dozen people passed right through security at jfk airplane. how did they make it on to their flights even after setting off the alarm? >>> hundreds line up in the rain to get a look at a ground breaking television event. we're going to take you inside san francisco's castro theater. >>> we're heading to break right now but you can keep tabs on that weather we've been talking that weather we've been talking about and our traf >>> we are checking on conditions for drivers across three of the bay area's main bridges. you can see them on the screen right now. mostly concerned about the winds this morning which are going to be pretty ferocious throughout the morning drive. no part of the bay area is being spard from the wet weather we've received this week. abc news was in danville where this jeep had to navigate a flood flooded street. the san ramon creek overfloed. anybodi anybo -- neighbors aren't taking an

abc7 news was in benicia where many of the units are already loaded and ready to go.ems more often to get the lights back on in storm outages. in fact, they've already been used in san rafael, diablo, and fairfield. >> pg&e has a plan when it comes to a storm event like the one that's coming this weekend and part of that plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on a greco. >> we can power anything from a single home, single residence, up to, say, 5,000 or >> the generating systems can

officers on patrol at a popular benicia shopping center arrested a man ...hey found him driving a stolen u-haul truck. it happened yesterday on columbus parkway at the parkway plaza shopping center. these are pictures of what the scene looked like.the man tried to run from police but officers chased him down and arrested him. they identified that suspect as 27-year-old michael clancy of antioch. he was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft. now to this kron 4 exclusive -two sisters who share the same father had no idea about one another until a quick search of their family name on facebook. after talking for one year - they reunited in person for the first time at the oakland international airport early this morning. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the touching story. two long lost sisters who had no idea one or the other existed reunited after a search of a pretty unique family name on social media. 66-year-old linda burns of discovery bay found her 61-year-old sister evamaria kinner who lives in tennessee. the two share the same father and lithuanian maiden

low 60s in vallejo, benicia, martinez. we have the full forecast coming up. but roqui theus, valentine's day plans? >> no. it's my friends birthday. we are going to go to dinner. [ laughter ] it's 6:36. let's take a look at mass transit before we get to the roadways. ace train big news of the morning. it is canceled today and this is through thursday due to weather and flood related issues. if you want to take a different form of mass transit to get to that area, sanjoaquinrtd.com will have that. harbor ferry will be using reduced capacity. make sure you get there early so you can save yourself a spot. and new mass transit rta lines are effected here. i'll send it to you. >> thank you. >>> happening today two u.s. senators are making a push to get self-driving cars on the road as soon as possible. jackie ward is live in our newsroom to break down why safety rules may be compromised along the way. jackie. >> reporter: major carparkers say they need these cars to change in order to test more cars. right now the department of transportation can exempt up to 2500

mid-60s in benicia, vallejo, all the way back to antioch actually. it was 70 yesterday in napa, today 67 degrees mostly cloudy skies with the rain arriving in cloverdale at 63. we'll tell you how much rain to expect coming up. >>> u.s. highway 50 is back open after mudslides closed it for days in part of the sierra. it's the main route between sacramento and south lake tahoe. the stretch between pollock pines and strawberry reopened late last night. >>> high level advisers close to president donald trump were in constant communication with russians during the campaign and that's according to new reports from cnn and the "new york times." it comes on the heels of michael flynn's resignation as national security adviser. last night white house officials were asked about the administration's previous statements that no one including general flynn had any contact with russians before the election. >> there's nothing that would conclude me that anything different has changed with respect to that time period. >> the communications were intercepted during r

that includes benicia valley elementary.thers argue the dispensary is needed to help patients who rely on medical cannabis. a public hearing is set for tonight at 6:00. it is taking place in the board of supervisors chamber at the civic center in san rafael. >>> we may be a little closer to winning the fight against the common cold. don't get too excited. vitamin d has long been believed to help in cold prevention. a new study found d does have a benefit, but it's pretty slight. people who took vitamin d were 2% less likely to get a cold over those who didn't take it. she's having a bad time. >> i know. >> yeah. the narrow results raise the question, why is it so difficult to kill the common cold? abc news chief medical editor dr. richard besser weighs in on gma. >> when we think about the common cold, it's caused by hundreds if not thousands of viruses so coming up with something that works against all of those is very difficult and viruses mutate so something that may work this year probably won't work next year. >> we her

for most of the bridges this morning including bay bridge, san mateo bridge, dumbarton bridge and benicia bridge. quick check of drive times. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, you're up to 45 minutes, 17-minute drive across the bay bridge and southbound 101 is in the yellow at 13 minutes but as mike has been telling us, once you get there, delays actually getting on your airplane and getting out of town. >>> yeah, i'm going to be a roller coaster of emotions as we ping-pong back and forth between good news and not so good news through the seven day forecast. start off on a downer note. delays but only 45 minutes and it's about 17 flights that are arriving a little bit late this morning. here's a look at our showers and breezes, they'll weaken this afternoon. wednesday through friday, some cooler nights and some dry days but look what happened to the weekend. yeah, i had to change it. it's going to be wet again saturday, sunday, and monday. all right, we've pulled back the intensity of the storm dramatically since yesterday. our showers, mainly this morning, our best chance of any wind

we do have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge this morning along with san mateo, benicia, and antiochridges as well. honestly, it's not as bad as a couple other morning drives this week. seeing mostly green on our traffic flows although i do have one collision to talk about. southbound 680 just past barnal avenue, we do have a collision reported blocking the left lane. so little backup there through the pleasanton area. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco, it is quiet in your world too. >> it is. it's so nice to be able to say that. look at the quiet transition from night to day with that waning crescent moon hanging over the bay as tam. showers with low snow levels this weekend. let's talk about the lack of fog out there. look at this. unelemented visibility showing up on our layer that we put over live doppler 7. so let's jump ahead to saturday and sunday. a 1. light. mainly light showers. there's a possibility of up to a half inch but that would be the exception and that's why our flood threat is minimal. wake up saturday morning, increasing clouds, about 2:00, 3:00, some

benicia, martinez, all the way across 37, hercules, some light showers there also moving through walnut creek and into concord. when i made this map, there was a little bit of light rain on the west side of the dumbarton bridge. you can see that has since dissipated but know from time to time that's going to be the case. let's jump ahead about 24 hours, tomorrow at 7:00, yellows, oranges, let me get out of the way so you can see. reds also. yeah. up there until 9:00 and it starts moving into the bay and the reds are holding on across the north bay. we're going to have flash flooding probably during this episode at this time tomorrow morning. and then you can see the yellows, the oranges, and the reds still, noon, around most of the bay and lingering through at least 5:00, so more flash flooding is going to be possible. then it starts to taper. rainfall amounts very light tomorrow morning but everything's going to be wet and then you can see about 1 to 3 inches of wet weather. we'll take a look at my storm concerns coming up in a few minutes. first let's focus in on this storm being a 3.

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