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. >>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> taking a look now from our emeryville camera at treasure island, where you can see google's mystery barge, the large white structure in the center of the screen. google says it is reviewing the letter from the bay conservation development commission that oversees the bay telling it that barge needs to be moved. the project doesn't have the necessary permits and needs to relocate. the four story structure is said to be a floating study room for google. >> it look gorgeous today power hoping for rain. >> it will come back, right, mike? >> it will. good morning, yes, clean air today from the northwest and the same slippery slope that is going to develop some storms over the top of us it is always to tough to predict when it will get here but my best guess on the back side of the trough, you will want to be further ahead to see them develop first but we will watch it. here is what is going on as far as temperatures right now, we are in the upper 40's to low 50's and mountain you have is 53. you could see a

. ♪ >>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> a look from ourftop camera check out the embarcadero, you can see it looks like the pavement is wet. there are still sprinkles. the wet, wet storms are gone but we will check with meteorologist to see what you think this week. >> community groups that blame the technical industry for issues facing san francisco are planning a demonstration outside the symphony hall ahead of the crunchy awards. activities safe evictions and rising rents and loss of small business and lack of affordable housing are because of technical workers in the city. "san francisco examiner" reports they will protest outside the 7th annual crunchy award and ask leaders to live up to community benefit agreements. this is a celebration of the best in technology. >>> a star athlete is on the way to becoming the first openly gay player in the nfl. michael sam an all american defensive line plan for missouri tigers will be drafted in may. he has come out publicly. >>> the 24-year-old, 66' 2", talked about his sexuality with espn outsi

>>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the pay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning.t is 4:41. a look from the roof camera checking out the ferry building with the embarcadero looking dry. it is cold. it is windy. we will talk to mike nicco about the forecast which contains rain. >>> autopsy result could be released in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman. a memorial outside his manhattan apartment continues to grow with fans leaving candles and flowers to pay respects to the late actor. tomorrow, the broadway community will pay tribute to the 46-year-old hoffman by dimming lights for one minute. hoffman was an oscar winter and three time tony award nominee. he was found dead with a syringe if his arm and dozens of bags of her reason and bottles of pills. >> after the death a survey finds heroin use is riding in -- rising in the united states jumping 80 percent between 2007 and 2012. heroin-related deaths are up by 55 percent between 2000 and 2010 heroin is part of the same family of drugs as oxycontin but it is cheaper and more abscessible compared to prescripti

over the altamont pass, that is where we seeing slowing out there and tray city dublin is 27 minutes.hway 4 is quick drive and 101 through san rafael to san francisco moving along at top speeds. we have a sig-alert in tracy. >>> a 17-year-old texas high school student is fighting suspension after he says he accidentally property a can of beer to school in the lunch. two weeks ago he said he mistakenly grabbed the beer rather than a soda from the refrigerator. he realized the mistake he gave the unopened beer to the teacher would reported it to the principal. he was suspended and sent to alternative school for two months. >> i gave the teacher so i wouldn't get in trouble and i got in trouble. >> there has to be a great area. you cannot punish a kid for doing the right thing the same punishment you give a kid you catch doing the wrong thing. >> the school district says the principal followed appropriate protocol but the mother is appealing the decision. >> a business near sacramento is opening its doors and arms by offering hugs to anyone who needs them at a police. the cuddle connecti

. >>> covering daly city, dublin, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the arrest of a southern california firefighter by a c.h.p. officer is causing debate. this week a c.h.p. officer asked a fair fighter to move out of the freeway lane and the fireman refused and continued to help the victim he was handcuffed and stuck in a squad car for half an hour! today on "good morning america" the outcome the fire chief's meeting with the head of the c.h.p. about this change situation and how the two averages will move forward from this awkward situation at 7:00 a.m. on abc7 news. >> enough revelations from vice president biden about his future in the white house making a decision whether to run for president in to 1 by next summer. the 71-year-old says right now he can't thing of any reason not to run. >> health toys have confirmed three more flu-related deaths, do men in santa cruz county and one in his 20's and another in his 50's, a third person has died in san mateo. so 38 people in the bay area have now died from h1n1. >> the america's cup could be pulled out of area in 2015. they

. >>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning, a look at heavenly, our lake tahoe camera. you can see the snow making is in full blast with the machines. it is cold enough. our meteorologist, mike nicco, is hoping for more of the natural stuff, perhaps a foot. we will talk more about that in a moment. >> seahawks corner back richard sherman is speaking out how his team was able to dominate the broncos and win super bowl xlviii telling the blog that the seahawks were able to decode manning poe free snap cues. he uses a series of shouts which are designed to give the team an advantage but sherman says the seahawks figured out what manning hand signals meant early in the game allowing them to dominate and seattle won 43-8. google what to move the mysterious barge to treasure island. the commission sent a letter to google say they do not have the permanents and has to move it to another shipped building facility. it is a giant floating show room and google is reviewing the letter to determine what to do. >> facebook, happy bi

. >>> covering dalai lama, -- daly city, dublin, and all the abc7 news. >> heavy rain is hitting southern california and prompting fears of mudslides. >> we will go to "good morning america" and ginger in los angeles. you are ginger and i am kristen sze, same last names. >> tell us about the conditions there. >> actually, we are not in the only dry spot. i am standing next to the rails that are put up, the mountain side was blackened recently -- here comes the rain as i speak, of course -- has been blackened because of the wildfires since january and the land is scarred and the wall street comes too fast and we concerned about mudslides. the rails two divert some of the debris away from people's property. that is what they were doing yesterday. we have video showing you what has happened and what is the preparation going into the day where we know it is the going of the storm with the winds increasing. we will see heavier thunderstorms into tonight and early tomorrow. i think we could even see enough in the atmosphere to have a twit, a waterspout action or potentially very weak onshore to

. ♪ >>> covering dalai daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos and the bay area. >> this is the sceneccident westbound 205 in tracy. the rig has been cleared out of the lanes. the right lane remains closed for clean up. the headlights are headed westbound. we have a big solid backup to i-5. this is an hour and 15 minutes to get from i-5 into the dublin/pleasanton. >> we will stay on top of that. >> arizona governor brewer is praised by gay rights advocates after shooting down a bill that would allow businesses to deny service to gays. the governor brewer called the broadly worked and said it could result in unintended and negative consequences. hillary clinton among those praising brewer's decision. the former secretary of state said the rejection of "discriminatory legislation" recognized that inclusive leadership is what the 21st century is all about. >> amazing video of a good samaritan taking on an armed robber in richmond caught on video on tuesday night. surveillance video shows the robber coming into the store and he gets too close with the gunpointed at the clerk and the clerk

. >>> covering daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcomend westbound 80 a concrete truck in the center divider with lanes block,000 in both direction with concrete spills everywhere. we have speeds that now are in the single digits. you can see people are report one miles per hour out there so avoid it at all costs. >>> thank you, the presidio trust in san francisco is offering star wars director george lucas a new site for the proposed museum, next to his art exterior after regentlemanning a plan to build the plan across from crissy field rejecting all three new proposals for the site which is used by a sports basement store. he said he could consider officers from over cities. san francisco reports this a spokesman said lucas will look at the new presidio location but called it a "hail mary." >> olympics are underway if sochi and a terror warning for airlines flying into sochi with the homeland security saying they had credible information terrorists could use toothpaste tubes filled with explosives to credit an explosion after the arrest

. >>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> glad you are look at sfo. you know of the horrible winter weather to the east and the south and it is having an impact on our airport in the bay area at sfo at 59 cancellations. check with your airline if you are flying. >> the cal community is celebrating the life of a football player who died on friday suddenly. a thousand people gathered to remember the 21-year-old ted agu who collapsed during a work out. they replayed his life in pictures and video and song on the wall of memorial stadium. >> we need you. we take over the word, man. it was just his embracing of life. >> he pushed all of us to become a better person outside of football. we don't want to be remembered just if football. >> it will take six to eight weeks to determine agu's cause of death. he will be remembered by a banner outside of memorial season. >> investigators are leading to electrical short as the cause of a fire when a man was found inside the door of an apartment at a building on 23rd last night but authorities have not

. >> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> developing news this morning in the shocking death of philip seymour hoffman with tributes growing from hollywood to outside his new york apartment after he was found dead from an apparent overdose. now from new york city. >>> good morning, this is the apartment where the academy award-winning actor was found dead by his friends and police. it was an apparent drug overdose. >> the search for answers in the sudden death of actor philip seymour hoffman the result of a medical exam reveal later today. grieving fans brought flowers to the manhattan memorial. >> sad. a bright light. >> too young. way too young. so talented. >> he was found unresponsive lying on the bathroom floor of the apartment. law enforcement official says a syringe was found in his arm and there were envelopes of suspected heroin at scene. reaction is pouring in from around the world. >> we lost one one of the greate of the greats. >> it is 10 shame. would know was three could have done? >> last year he admitted he spent ten days if rehab

dublin 62. daly city 57. rain by tomorrow evening. clearlake rain, winds, 50s.te tomorrow. on sunday, partly sunny skies. monday president's day dry weather for the holiday. then on tuesday head back to work, slight chance of a shower and a general cooling trend toward the middle of next week. back out here live, they are still at it. 50 minutes in, the pillows are still flying, folks are having a good time. valentine's night and kind of snowing feathers but we are having fun even if you can't see and can't talk that weather because of all the feathers. live in san francisco. sports coming up next. ,, ,, bulldog: bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? get a queen-size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497! and get four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection. ♪ mattress discounters [ man ] i don't know if this is gonna be a first or second, but this is gonna be a medal! [ man #2 ] and it looks like we could have another one of those photos! [ female announcer ] every minute. every medal. ev

city analysts seems like just the type of company the government wants to help based in dublin and limerick employs twenty three staff in its quarter testing them for entries. but many companies is considering expanding its operations over the coming years but is very aware of the risks of doing so. we just recently taken over another. no damage done and it says send them there leave them a sign that it's all gone past that he is so opposite of what would make him think twice and placed on her biceps are still quite tired of the sewer. trading partners were to compare the two bins will be huge while foreign direct investment is very important to any economy. it's real heartbeat is small and medium size businesses. so has this action upon brought them in the car the mob might be interesting as i didn't have time to publicize this morning dead and more into small medium industries. and they have to face an incubator for the number of updates on some incentives to be very afraid though i might be passed off as either don't know that they are. one support which has been around for awhile is the

's no matter where you are going, from 52 in daly city and fremont and 53 if lafayette and san leandro and sfo and walnut creek. 54 in concord and dublinnd oakland. 55 in union city and pittsburg. it is mile. you may have to work through a few puddles to get to the train. bigger picture from the exploritorium, high pressure is starting to build with the calmness on bay. and the breaks in the cloud cover unfortunately enough clouds are out there we have an hour and four minute flight arrival delays into sfo reported by the f.a.a. drizzle and fog is possible through the morning. it will be mostly cloudy in the afternoon. it will be bright with clouds dominating the sky. storm track is moving to the north but i cannot quite take the rain out of the forecast for when, thursday, and friday but it would not be a lot. the moisture is all way to hawaii moving on and drying. that is out. the next weather system will hit mostly northern california and washington and oregon. be ready for upper 50's to low 60 and maybe 63 at livermore and santa cruz. and ten degrees cooler tonight with fog. the challenge tomorrow is the fog in the low-to-upper 40'

city 67. fremont 68. pleasant hill, dublin, upper 60s. pittsburg 69 degrees. morrow. 65 in san francisco. daly city 63. novato 70. lakeport tomorrow sunshine 70. extended forecast dry through the weekend upper 60s inland. mid-60s near the bay. we get cloudy on tuesday. rain yes rain moves in on wednesday. and a bigger soaker coming up by next friday. that is your kpix 5 forecast. dennis has sports for you in two minutes. a's..camp opened today, andn pectations >>> if you are going to vegas it might not be a bad idea to put your money on the oakland a's. camp opened today and vern glenn reports the expectations are to take the post-season to the next level. >> reporter: the odds are out. one publication is giving the a's a 15:1 shot at winning the world series. not surprising after back-to-back american west titles. the staple of this team is power. look at these guns. >> just a tight shirt. latch laugh. >> yeah. we definitely got some guys that can swing the bat and surprisingly so considering the ballpark we play in. >> reporter: here's scott kazmir and a bull

city. >> reporter: good morning. did burnt some areas of fog heading over the dublin grade in a westerly direction. to foster city. a little bit on the slippery side. haven't seen any substantial rainfall this morning at all. only a little bit of residual mist due to the low. what a difference the day makes. this was the scene yesterday. take you to snow ma county where the snow ma creek was full again, carrying debris like leftover christmas trees. it was just on thursday when you could see the bottom of the creek. you could see the rocks. but that was not the case yesterday due to the fact that in napa and snow ma since friday, have seen over a foot of rain in those particular locations. meanwhile yesterday's rain is approach out of here. . right about and inch of rain most places in the north bay. today you can dry out. the roadways are relatively dry, but be very mindful of ponding on roadways. talking about lingering puddles, talking about lingering snow flakes. got the lucky assignment today. she's on south lake tahoe's shore [ laughter ] >>> i'm certainly lucky. just substantialing out here.

temperatures if you are taking bart, we have a lot of mid-40's influence dublin, and walnut creek and lafayette and 47 at pittsburg and union city. hayward and oakland and san francisco at 50 and 46 at sfo and daly city right now. it is about one to five degrees cooler and a breeze, too, so it feels cooler. maybe dress warmer. sunny today expel be rid of the low cloudses and high clouds take over, slight chance of light rain across the north bay the next 48 hours and widespread chance for the rest of us. warmest around the bay mid-to-upper 60's and upper 60's along the coast into san francisco and warmer-than-average for some of us. widespread fog and clouds with it with temperatures in the mid-40's to 50. over the weekend we had atmospheric river on top of us and now another headed to the pacific northwest. we on the warm side of that and the north bay is closest so as we see the only influence the afternoon -- we see the morning through the afternoon, we have a better chance of light rain tomorrow and more sprinkles on thursday. friday will be mostly clouds with pockets of sunshine. saturday night interest sunday i am thinking

i was living in what seemed a rural area of dublin, the very edge of the city, and as i got older into my teens, the fields that surrounded our house were dug up and became working class housing estates. to say i knew the area would be an understatement. i knew the layers under it. music, i'm one of the billions of people on the planet who loves music. there's nothing deep opener dark to say. that. >> brown: but it stayed with you. >> di. i recently took the records, the vinyl down from the attic and reinstated the front room, the home of vinyl. >> brown: just like jimmy rabbit. >> and my kids have entered the spirit. >> brown: the new novel is "the guts,." roddy doyle, thank you. >> ifill: we have more from roddy doyle, he reads an excerpt from his new novel on art beat. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. the latest winter storm moved into the northeast, knocking out power to more than a million customers, grounding hundreds of flights and making a mess of roads. and the drug-store chain c.v.s. announced it will stop selling cigarettes and all other tobacco product

dublin, santa rosa down to 37. oakland though 46. warmer near the water redwood city 43, san francisco 48. sunrise tomorrow 6:52. there is a ridge of high pressure there but you see under the h that i have drawn there's a lot of cloud cover. not a terribly strong ridge but it's muscling that storm track far enough to the north we are going to stay rain-free for a while through the weekend into the first half of next week so it's strong enough to keep the rain away. good weather to get outside. you cannot deny that even in the middle of the drought. it's nice to be able to go to the park and have it be 70 degrees and sunny. that's this weekend. next week we get the balance. here's the odd thing. high pressure isn't moving off to the east like normal or down to the south like it often does. it's going to build all the way north into the northwest territories and yukon of canada. that being all the way up there will allow low pressure to sneak in kind of under it or to the south of it. we are going to get a pipeline of subtropical moisture and we may go from nothing to some steady soaking rainfall once again. i don

city. the commute direction showing a slower flow. the dublin is light. folks out of livermore into el charo. look at the live shot. we had a couple of cars blocking lanes for a period of time. until they got it cleared and a smoother flow passing a couple of shopping centers. and we'll get back to the map, talking about the speeds, the fog in hayward. no major problems. and no metering lights. we show you the span across the bay. a live look will show you the low clouds around the san francisco side. misty conditions throughout north bay. watch 101. a few more stories after a couple of quick breaks. >> prosecutors could file formal charges today against a benicia elementary school teefrper accused of serving pot laced food. theresa badger is set ta to be arraigned on three counts of poisoning. badge ser a first grade teacher at matthew turner elementary school. one of 20 guests. most of the teachers who attended a dinner party in benicia last november. after the party several guests reported feeling sick or possibly high. two teachers were taken to the h

is pulling away from san francisco international airport but daly city and south san francisco all ready to get a sprinkle. same for dublin and headed to pleasanton. across the north by we are looking at scattered showers from san rafael, up 101, into santa rosa. lowest visibility is 1.5 miles at half moon bay. san francisco international airport is an hour and 47 minute flight arrival delays. light showers will taper in the afternoon and heavy rain and windy and thunder tonight and scatters showers through saturday. the front moved through overnight and the thunder and lightning with thunder snow around yosemite village and a plume of moisture along the cold front where urban flooding is an issue and wind damage. a lot of the damage could happen while we are sleeping so tune in 24 hours from now and we will have that covered as the biggest part of the storm moves in overnight. at 10:00, the steady rain moves in and the thunderstorms and the winds and urban flooding potential around midnight through 3:00 in the morning it is a stormy start to the commute which is a nightmare because of the rain and by noon scattered showe

city council. he's not expected to attend the hearing. he's currently serving a year in dublinading guilty to misusing public funds. >>> the san jose city council is expending a temporary ordinance allowing people to trap and kill while pigs. the year-long extension comes after neighbors complained about the pigs coming into their yards tearing up their properties. the ordinance has been in effect for three months. but no animals have been captured so far. one homeowner says she took these photos of the pigs outside of her house last week. the city council members say the program needs more time. they are gonna ask the department of fish and game to help come up with a permanent solution. >>> 7:5. there is a new class at uc davis that's manning to keep students awake. it's a chemical engineering class called design of coffee. it teaches students how to brew, roast and grind coffee into a perfect cup. the class consist of a one-hour lecture every week and two hours of lab time. fradz are based on who -- grades are based on who brews the best cup with the least amount of energy.

a sore spot is oakland into hayward and union city and this goes back towards portions of the east bay including dublin. it's kicking up on the cars and make the visibility reduced a bit. in the south bay it's spotty throughout san jose, also lose gados but more rain fall this weekend. we'll take down to the future cast tonight and that will continue, of course, right into tomorrow morning. with that said, we are looking at a heightened flood concern for this weekend. we're joined by rob. they went up, down, what are you seeing now? >> reporter: jeff, funny you mention it. they are going up from 5:00 we're seeing water move quickly and across the rocks there as the flow of the guadalupe river moves from south to north. as we look up tom with the view, what you'll see is the coverage there of the water moving from south and north or from the bottom to the top of your screen and during the day yesterday, those water levels rose enough to reach bank full in locations near san fernando and santa clara street along the running trail around the guadalupe river. back here live, as you noticed on the radar, he

city council. he is not expected to be at today's hearing and he is now serving a year in dublin after pleading guiltymisusing public funds. >>> clay ache kin is running for congress. >> i am not a politician, i don't ever want to be one but i want to help bring back at least to my corner to represent all the people. >> he thefts this -- poeted this video announce -- posted this video announcement. >>> another cheating scandal for the u.s. military, what reportedly happened at a school for navel nuclear power reactivators. and strong demand is the united nations is making to the vatican and a consumer report came out with the best liked cars and tesla made an impressive showing to be improved with quick rise in popularity. >> >>> we have a problem north and sound bound, 880, and the ramp is closed at 880 stevens creek because power lines are down and traffic will be affected because people here normally take that ramp and will not be able to get off. 880 north and coming south you will not be able to get off at stevens creek and they have issued a significant alert. take a look put traffic area and ge

city, east palo alto, foster city and los altos hills, all getting another push of moderate-to-heavy rain. livermore, right there, tesla road, headed back to san ramon and dublin and up to walnut creek that is where the best radar returns are. the cold front is pushing through that area. look how the low just with respected up overnight and the tighter the lines are together, there are lines of constant pressure and the pressure change, the greater the pressure change and the smaller amount of real estate, the faster the winds. we still have a threat of wind even if the heaviest rain tapers, the winds are going to be an issue through 10:00. wind damage is still moderate with the storm but today beach hazards today and tomorrow. the creekmudslide, minimal, even if we get another quarter to-an inch of rain tomorrow. we look at what is going on as far as the rain. it will come in during the evening hours and we will get a break this afternoon during the evening hours, make sure you have your wet weather gear because the secondary public of showers will move in and last through noon. tomorrow afternoon we will start to see it tapering and we could get a few dries

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walnut creek to dublin is 14 miles per hours and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 41 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains is looking good. >> the sonoma county city is raising the minimum age for buying cigarettes with the city council asking the city attorney to prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21 and establish a tobacco licensing program to enforce this. the mayor says doing anything to make it harder from smoking is the least he can do from "dying a miserable death." opponents say this could on the city to a lawsuit from the tobacco industry. >> if you rely on closed captioning it is not always totally accurate. improvements could be coming. "los angeles times" says the fcc will adopt new rules to improve the quality of closed captioning. the captions must match spoken words and convey background noises and they cannot block other content. the improvements come 10 years after the commission first said they enwhatted it overall the service in response to complains from consumer groups. >>> a study finds that too much sitting is bad for older people and can increase the risk of disability. according to researchers, health problems as

city street, you will hear more about this from will tran. this has been shut down because of an investigation. 580 west, a one hour drive time out to dublin. 101s still barely backed up after an early morning multi car crash on 1 01 northbound. >> we continue to track mild weather around the bay, right now the temperatures are in the 40's heading out to high clouds. it is not too much in the well fog, we have no delays at sfo but cloudy conditions. the highs range from the upper 50s to the mid 60's and by 8:00 p.m. we may see a sprinkle in the north. you will see all of the rain to the north and i really do not think it will trickle land but we may encounter drizzle early wednesday morning and i will have full details of what to expect coming up. >> now to our developing story out of the east bay, an officer involved shooting in san lorenzo. here is where it happened, one c paseo grande neart the 238, 880 interchange. kron4 will tran is at the scene with details. >> at about 10:30 p.m. a man called the paramedics and when they arrive to help him out, they got him inside of the ambulance, he decamps combat of. they feared for their lives in the

falling in and around union city, sunol, fremont, the rain has hall tie lightened unas well as you are seeing a bit of a break in areas along the southern section of livermore. dublin still seeing light rain. along 880, you have light rain falling into the north bay. we've to the a few moderate cells in and around san rafael perhaps getting on the richmond san rafael bridge you may have it moderate. american canyon reporting light to moderate rain at times as well. gonna back up and show you southern california again getting worse than we are, the possibility of waterspouts. they have embedded thunderstorms off the coast of lom post. this has to do with a system that's offshore. i put a circle around it here and i put a six-hour times lapse. you can see it shifting. it's going in this direction and it's going closer to southern california and the center of that storm is where we get all of that energy and that's why the severe weather is expected there. we could see the possibility of a thunderstorm rolling through. we had one off half moon bay earlier this morning. but the most severe weather with the storm is expected over southern california. let's take a lack a

city and more activity crossing the bay bridge out towards san francisco and oakland. right now, the east bay covered out toward orinda, walnut creek, danville, san ramon and dublin. moving the maps to the south. a lot of cloud cover here with a few scattered rain showers. but a lot more rain in the forecast. san jose picking up quite a bit of rainfall. so far today. concord, though, nearly .25. san jose, .17. san francisco, .17. santa rosa we're adding to that .04 right now. as far as the weather pattern we've been advertising two storms. first one still offshore. this will be moving into the region for tonight. second one the rain energy with this heads towards southern california, especially by friday but this will be a rain producer for us and also a significant wind producer. here is a closer inspection. the clouds and basically that moisture tap approaching the bay area. rainfall rates will be increasing this afternoon. could be picking up, in fact, it will be heavy tonight. we're talking about some thunderstorm chances as well. we are expecting downpours especially between about 3:00 and 7:00 later on today. for today, heavy rain for the afternoon and eveni

city. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> and we can see the roads finally approaching the dublin interchange on westbound 80. for a while it was covered in fog, we could see just a few headlights peeking through. right now westbound 580 still slow from the livermore valley. that drive time is up to 23 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. also just getting word of this crash. it's on the skyway eastbound 80 getting on to the lower deck of the bay bridge approaching 7th street. that accident is blocking two lanes. traffic is beginning to back up on to 101. mass transit good idea this morning. everything so far is on time. bart all their issues resolved systemwide. good to go. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting into the city, so far no metering lights. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you. >>> new this morning, two people are being treated for injuries after an overnight fire near san francisco state university. this morning, the fire bass in a sixth floor unit of a high- rise building there. the fire department got everyone out of the building because of a possibility

dublin interchange. and in new accident on the peninsula south city is backed up the traffic. 742 is the time.k look at what's happening >>: here's a look at what's happening today here in the bay area and nationwide. the sentencing this morning for one of three men involved in a drug scandal in the east bay. former contra costa county sheriff's deputies defense--stephen tanabe, featured on the far right is convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud and extortion. he helped former private investigator christopher butler with drunken driving arrests in exchange for drugs and a gun. another man, norman of welsh, is a former drug task force commander who's also been charged in the scandal. >>: and a group of workers at the michigan humane society are waking up in the doghouse this morning. this up there for eight hours overnight. the workers said they wanted to put a spotlight on the issue of leaving pets outside and freezing cold. the gym the u.s. side says the response to thousands of calls each year about animals that have been abused, neglected or sicker injured. >>: a watch party is under way in

dublin/pleasanton is 34. oakland is 35. 39 in hayward. fremont is 41. pittsburg and san francisco is 44. 45 in daly city and sfo at 49. this is how it looks in san jose: it is dry. tomorrow you will be driving through rain. temperatures today are three to six degrees cooler-than-average headed throughout an increasing cloudy difficult. we will have light rain when the sun sets along the coast spreading across our neighborhoods through tomorrow morning with a few lingering showers thursday afternoon but mostly dry and friday will be dry but the friday evening plans will develop and an all-day rain is on the way for saturday and possibly on sunday. >> hope you enjoy the wet weather and remember how to drive in it. >> allow me to be the first to wish you happy. national weather person's day which is also national pancake day. >> my two favorite things! >> your sell and pancakes. >> wait! >> westbound highway 92 at high-rise a stalled vehicle is not causing slowing but it is blocking a lane and northbound 238 is building around 580 in the westbound direction toward the nimitz and speed does pick up and the drive interest

dublin/pleasanton at 39. followed by walnut creek at 41. concord is 42. lafayette and fremont at 43. we have hair and union city at 44 and oakland is 45 and san leandro is 46. san francisco and by bug at 49. there were a few low clouds developing over san francisco with temperatures one to three degrees warmer than yesterday and most of us in the home 60's again and move forward we have a chance of sprinkles through tomorrow morning and most of us will have a dry commute and temperatures tomorrow are the same as today and warmer on thursday and traffic but nothing like what we will have this weekend with that seven day forecast coming up, but, first, leyla gulen has the commute. >> this accident in union city put a crimp in our drive this morning along southbound 880 coming up to alvarado and it is causing the backup from highway 92 and still blocking two lanes. bumper-to-bumper traffic along mission boulevard with traffic slow-and-go traffic. southbound 680 at highway four, a stalled vehicle has one lane blocked and highway 4, however, has a slight dip in speed approaching 242 and it speeds up out of concord t

dublin, pleasanton, livermore and part of san ramon. also affected the alameda county water district serving 300,000 people in fremont, newark and union city. it gets 40% of its water from the state. and the santa clara water district also says it's taking a hit. it gets 1% of its water from the state water project and tells us that's enough to supply 10,000 households. debora villalon is live in livermore where people are already starting to change their habits, debora. >> reporter: we're at the city center where their water fountain runs on recycled water which turns off at 10:00. when water comes from one source it's not easily replaced. and the owner of this restaurant says tomorrow she might stop putting water in front of her customers unless they refuse. >> some people say i don't want water. today at dinner, i had one table that did not water. >> reporter: tonight people are still drinking it in. the state water running dry. >> i'm not sure how we can cut further than we already are. one shower a week? i don't know. >> we want to make sure our customers know they can brush their teeth and take showers. >> reporter: short showers wil

dublin, pleasanton, livermore and part of san ramon. also affected the alameda county water district serving 300,000 people in fremont, newark and union city. it gets 40% of its water from the state. and the santa clara water district also says it's taking a hit. it gets 1% of its water from the state water project and tells us that's enough to supply 10,000 households. debora villalon is live in livermore where people are already starting to change their habits, debora. >> reporter: we're at the city center where their water fountain runs on recycled water which turns off at 10:00. when water comes from one source it's not easily replaced. and the owner of this restaurant says tomorrow she might stop putting water in front of her customers unless they refuse. >> some people say i don't want water. today at dinner, i had one table that did not water. >> reporter: tonight people are still drinking it in. the state water running dry. >> i'm not sure how we can cut further than we already are. one shower a week? i don't know. >> we want to make sure our customers know they can brush their teeth and take showers. >> reporter: short showers wil

city. and checking the ride through the altamonte pass obviously not a yellow sensor in sight. so far through tracy and the livermore valley. nice and quiet continuing into 680 and the dublinnterchange. south bay also problem free. maybe a touch of slowing on northbound 280 through downtown but 101 the san jose exit so far still moving at the speed limit and mass transit is also off to a great start. all report nothing delays. that's back to you guys. >>> thank you liz. this morning a brief run for freedom is over for a convicted killer. cbs reporter ko im explains escapee was caught within just a day of digging his way out of a jail in michigan. >> reporter: michael david elliot had a brief taste of freedom. but he's back behind bars after a brazen escape. sunday night, elliot escaped a michigan prison after stealing a kitchen worker's uniform. >> that -- white uniform that he was wearing. allowed him to blend in with the snow on the ground and he made his way up to our perimeter fences and then moved them -- bent them. it appears that was the case. >> reporter: officials are trying to figure out why motion sensors didn't go off or why the electric fences did not shock el

city. there's a crash, an injury crash blocking one lane, traffic is backed up for a mile. after that the traffic does move well into dublin. 6:0 it, let's go back to the desk. >> we're following developing news in san leandro, we're following hot spots, alex savage joins us, now, from the scene. we understand you spoke to a fire victim. >> yeah, i spoke to a couple of people who live inside this two- storey condo here. they said it was a scary morning for them. it started 4:30 this morning and frankly everyone who lives inside this place it's 6 people who live inside this two story building. they made it out safely. it's all thanks apparently to a neighbor who lives on the downstairs floor. he smells smoke and he began to investigate what's going on. let me show you pictures earlier from this close up view. this two-storey condominium that has extensive damage this morning from this fire that was fully involved when the crews got here. the gentleman smelled smoke and he found out how large this fire had grown and he went upstairs and made sure everyone made it out. >> i got up to see what was going on and as i walked to m

city. san francisco has picked up .6-inch rain. burlingame light rain, san mateo. a little bit of a break in dublin. this is what i'm talking about. some of you in the livermore valley not looking at a whole lot of activity. your activity won't pick up until tomorrow. most of the activity throughout the day today will be on and off waves of light to moderate waves. we've picked up 5 inches near woodacre. we are still going to look at more. i'll still you how much more and time it out four coming up. katie. >> thank you, lisa. >>> the storm did move in last night and the rain caused plenty of problems for drivers, but that's not all. we have more from the north bay. >> reporter: moments after a crash, one driver got oust his car and looked to be on his phone. possibly culling for help. chp said standing water on the freeing was part of the water here. fire crews also respond but no serious injuries reported. at rush-hour traffic came to a soggy crowd. throughout the night rain came down in buckets and the rain rattled some residents. >> it's raining sideways, raining everything, raining up and down.

dublin has more than tripled since 1980. next door pleasanton has doubled the population as well. >> still doing okay with water supply despite the drought. they expect cities and farms to get water they need. if dry conditions continue, a few cities like may have to buy water. while they may be in good shape officials urge people of course to conserve water. >>> at what point does a convict deserve a fresh start? >> that's a big question san francisco is mulling over along with prohibiting landlords and employers from asking applicants if they were arrested or convicted of a felony. supporters say since housing and jobs are more difficult for ex-con six to find they might turn on the wrong path and feel defeated about return to society society. >> here are the details. no up front inquiry about criminal history but you could ask after the first interview or after offering someone a job. some things would be off limits completely like erased convictions or those older than seven years. this is an issue that i think people have gut reaction to. in some ways you want people to have a second chance but do you want a convict living next to you? do you want one

dublin. it has more than tripled since 1980. next door pleasanton doubled its population. >>> one bay area county is doing okay with the water supply. officials expect citiesms to get the water they need. a few cities may have to buy water from other sources to avoid a shortage. while they may be in good shape now, officials are urging people to conserve water. >>> at what point does a convict deserve a fresh start? >> san francisco is mowing over a proposal to prohibit employers and landlords from asking applicants if they were ever arrested or convicted of a felony. it is part of a nationwide movement called ban the box. supporters say housing and jobs are so difficult for ex-con's to find, having them check that box may turn them back on the wrong path feeling defeated before they get a chance to return to society. >> here are details about the proposal. no up front inquiry about criminal history. you could ask after the first interview or after offering someone a job. some things would be off limits like erased convictions or older than seven years. this is something people have an emotional reaction to initially. you like to see people get a second ch

dublin interchange. san mateo bridge traffic is frozen. frozen this time right now. [ laughter ] >> overall things look good. 13 minutes is actually that drive time leaving hayward toward foster city valley commuter, this is what it looks like at 880 and 237. so far no delay around the bend. you can see headlights to zanker road, quiet, in fact 6 minutes to sunnyvale. if you are a marin county driver, we had some better traffic right now on southbound 101 approaching sausalito and bay bridge still no metering lights. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >>> i don't know, that was just starting to get fun, liz. i was enjoying that. >> i could have kept going! [ laughter ] >> we have a cold front leaving behind sprinkles and drizzle. let's check out your hi-def doppler radar right now. you can see most of the activity towards san jose. you have some scattered light showers or light sprinkles this morning. that is going to move through rather rapidly this morning. so toward the middle of the day that is long gone. we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. but this morning, also seeing some thick fog developing into santa rosa. visibilities there down to a quarter mile. plenty of sunshine

tracy to dublin is 25 minutes and clear on highway 4 from antioch to concord at 101, nothing but top speeds from san rafael to san francisco. kristen and eric? >> thank you, now the american city with the highest rents in the country. guess what? it is not in california. we tell you where it is in america's money report. >> san francisco transit leaders weigh new ideas for the new budget. this is just the messenger. could sunday meters be a thing of the past. >> what is going up in los angeles that has concrete trucks . a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. good . get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. one of t is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> dublin, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is monday and president's day so there is light traffic into work. that is the case on the embarcadero this morning. it is dry, as well. looking good. we will check with mike and

birth we are 40 in dublin and 41 this lafayette and 44 in fremont and concord and 43 in oakland and friction in hayward and 47 in pittsburg and san lap -- san lenadro at 49. 52 in daly cityot have delays and you can see how clear the sky is over the airport right now. we will have sunny conditions and passing clouds and brighter than yesterday and warmer-than-average. with high pressure holding through monday and the wet pat end is going to come into better focus next week the three areas of high pressure is driving the storm system to the north and once in a while a passing cloud goes over the top of that area of high pressure and look how far north into the arctic circle is where the jet stream is going so it is dislodging the air mass and low-to-mid 60's at the coast and mid-to-upper circuit around the bay shore and upper 60's main land. san francisco will be at 49. here is the swirling air mass of moisture. coming our way on wednesday, the weaker of the two storms and you get a break on thursday and friday the next system comes in and it will rain from friday into saturday and maybe we will get a break on sunday. the first system is up to .5" of rain but all the gree

city, wood side and palo alto, very light rain, if anything at all. milpitas, 680 and 880, you are dry. as well as san jose. but more showers are in the forecast for you. dubliny. you've got the rain shadow effect as well through concord which means you are not looking at the rain like you are in the north bay. so the snow levels continue to rise. the winter storm warnings for 4:00 this afternoon. 38 degrees at the tahoe valley airport. done with the snow at lake levels. no more at lake level but another foot or two above 8,000 feet. the exploratorium, nice and wet. breezy southwest winds. airport delays about three hours. 53 napa, 55 livermore. emeryville, the sun coming up. a slight letup in the rain after 10:00. the most significant let-up in the north by by the evening hours. by tomorrow give it more rain in the east bay and south by. the reason being, the warm front is moving through the area mao and once we bet colder air in here and the next wave of rain we will see a little bit morin in other parts of the bay. 5 inches and over that in mt. tam, over 2 inches in ben lom. he n. got a tweet from a friend in fairfield, 2.6 inches. concord a third of an in

cities or farms anywhere in california, simply put, there's just not enough to go around. san raw blown gets almost all it's water from the state. abc news anchor ama daetz has more from dublin. >> emerald grant park gets a good soaking from the sprinklers at dublin residents are doing what they can to conserve water. >> we don't use as much water as we do for dish washing and things like that. we try to be sparing in that sense. >> we take shorter showers and don't do as much dishes or laundry as much anymore. >> but without any water coming from the state, there is worry for the future. >> i'm not originally from california so i don't know what they are doing in terms of restricting water to farms is going to look like other than hurting farmers and making the cost of groceries go up. >> at this organic produce in san francisco, fresh foods and vegetables are being stacked, wrapped and ready for transport. the owner believes growers will get by this year, but just by the skin of their teeth. >> i think this year we will see maybe a little less product or maybe smaller. i think the ones really in jeopardy are melon growers because they need a lot of water and they are in th