the charity is based in emeryville and is marking 25 years of service.invited me to travel with them to see where those supplies are going -- to hospitals and programs helping families with disabled children. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> carmen cortez founded peru niñez in lima to help families with disabled children or mothers who need surgery and don't have anybody to care for their children. it's sort of like a ronald mcdonald house, designed to keep families together during a medical crisis. peru niñez is the only place of its kind in all of lima, which has a population of nearly 10 million. peru niñez can only serve about 22 people right now. it's expanding because the need is so great. it helps support itself by selling food on the streets. carmen's commitment and passion for serving these families inspired a bay area charity called vida usa to help her. she lets vida know what she needs, and they help in many ways, such as providing state-of-the-art whirlpool baths to help with physical therapy for people like this young man. he can barely walk beca

including stores in east palo alto and emeryville.t of cars, rockets and solar panels... apparently isn )t enough for elon musk. >>> building a fleet of cars, rockets and solar panels apparently isn't enough for elon musk. he is now showing off his newest product. that's elon musk himself using the flame thrower. a flame thrower. he posted this video to instagram with the caption that says don't do this. there's also a website now where you can find out how you can do this. you can preorder the flame thrower. it's 500 bucks. there's also a $30 fire extinguisher for sale on the site in case things get out of hand for the flame thrower. musk appears to be making good on a promise he made on twitter back in december. he said he would start selling the flame thrower if he sold 50,000 boring company hats. apparently he did. >>> many breast-feeding mothers can tell you it's tricky to pump at work, but for some it's close to impossible. a new state bill is in the works designed to make things easier. the bill is set to debut tomorrow at a co

capitol corridor delays between oakland and emeryville. delays building. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) breaking news this morning... we have learned that 15 people are now dead and at least 25 others are injured after mudslides tear no major hot spots. capitol corridor delays between oakland and emeryville. delays building. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) breaking news this morning... we have learned that 15 people are now dead and at least 25 others are injured after mudslides tear through southern california.( darya ) this morning crews are looking for a number of people who are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. people in several cities were woken up yesterday morning to rivers of mud and debris flowing through their neighborhoods.( james ) this after heavy rains drenched areas that were devastated by wildfires. the town of montecito was one of the hardest hit areas.( darya ) several people were killed and at least 6 homes were wiped completely

. >>> right now we're watching a rain soaked commute around em y emeryvil emeryville. how much of this will carry through friday and the weekend ahead, a look ahead. sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. open enrollment ends january 31st, so don't miss out. because you never know when life... ...will change. get covered today. documents that outline the case against an alameda county jail guard -- >>> just into our newsroom we've obtained the court documents that outline the case against an alameda county jail guard accused of setting up an attack on an inmate. the deputy apparently boasted to another deputy and we quote, i told those six guys to take care of him and make it look like he fell in the shower. the inmate had reportedly threatened 28-year-old deput

we have some in the east bay from emeryville. concord looking at the fog. half-mile visibility by the delta. right now the south bay is okay but there is haze out there. as we widen the perspective with the dirty ridge of high pressure keeping us dry, but it's so well offshore allowing for the clouds to stream in today. not getting too warm. the overnight lows were held up because of the cloud cover. 53 in san ramone. 52 in walnut creek. the cool numbers in the mid-40s in novato. throughout the day today you'll notice the clouds, and then there's a weak weather system to the north that could provide a few sprinkles for sonoma county up to which will ets, clover dale, even novato could get a brief sprinkle. a lot of cloud cover here. peeks of sun elsewhere. once again we'll do it all later on tonight with the fog in the valley and throughout the bay area. but we have more sunshine on the way for the weekend. your highs today for this thursday, 59 in oakland today. 58 in san mateo. not a whole lot different than yesterday. in fact, temperatures will stay cool

accused of breaking into homes in emeryville.onded to an apartment on adeline street near the home depot monday night. the property manager says he saw the men on a surveillance camera and called 911. police say when they showed up... the two guys took off. eventually... david chavez and samuel morales were arrested. police say the two burglarized the same complex last weekend. ( james ) first came a ban on plastic bags... now plastic straws could be next. according to the "be straw free campaign" -- more than 500 million straws are used in the u-s every day. the bill deals with dine-in restaurants. it's aim is to start a "straws-upon- request" policy. the bill could be heard by a legislative committee next month. ( james ) san francisco supervisors have voted to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day.to indigenous peoples day. by changing the name.. the city will honor native american people and codemn their colonization. los angeles and minneapolis have already renamed the holiday. ( darya ) a dog found tied up at a ceme

accused of breaking into homes in emeryville.e responded to an apartment on adeline street near the home depot. the property manager says he saw the men on a surveillance camera and called 911. police say when they showed up... the two guys took off. eventually... david chavez and samuel morales were arrested. police say the two burglarized the same complex last weekend. ( james ) first came a ban on plastic bags... now plastic straws could be next. according to the "be straw free campaign" -- more than 500 million straws are used in the u-s every day. the bill deals with dine-in restaurants. it's aim is to start a "straws-upon- request" policy. the bill could be heard by a legislative committee next month. ( james ) san francisco supervisors have voted to change columbus day to "indigenous peoples day." by changing the name.. the city will honor native american people and codemn their colonization. los angeles and minneapolis have already renamed the holiday. ( darya ) a dog found tied up at a cemetery is now recovering at the h

. >>> we're seeing a few high clouds around san francisco, 63 right now. 65 emeryville.in the forecast and almost no chances of rain. we'll explain that when we come right back. a prominent russian opposition leader was arrested in moscow today, as protest demonstrations he calledor >>> a prominent russian opposition leader was arrested in moscow today as protest demonstrations he called for took place across the country. ale al alexei navalny was arrested after police raided his moscow offices. russia is nearing its march 18th presidential election and navalny has been banned from running. >>> ice jams triggering flooding in pennsylvania. the national weather service has issued a flood advisory warning for the south central part of the state. record low temperatures earlier this month have frozen the river. rising water levels threaten to flood neighborhoods there. crews are on standby in the event that residents are forced to evacuate. that is some serious weather. >> that's winter. >> that is what winter actually can look like. >> most of the country actually seeing c

this is view from emeryville. the sun has set. it is 57 in san francisco and in oakland.ntain view, 54. gilroy, 59, 54 at half moon bay. this is another view of the post sunset sky. the temperature readings, 60. it's been pretty mild all day. mid 50s in napa and novato. one more look, these the forecast features. dry and mild weather. the wet pattern begins monday and we'll have periods of rain throughout the week. it will be a rather wet week. and a foggy night tonight. here's the forecast animation shows some high clouds moving out but some fog remaining. dense fog oh in the central valley and in the strait. as we get into the early morning hours, we will see the fog moving away from the bay and the coastline. but some of it will linger see about the afternoon hours. most of the area will be sunny. there will be some lingering fog. the overnight lows in the mid to upper 40s. chillier where the lows will drop into the lower 40s. the day planner tomorrow, it shows lingering fog and maybe a few clouds at 7:00 in the morning. by noon, most of the fog will have dissipated bu

a nice shot from emeryville. showers, mist and drizzle mainly south and east. partly sunny for the rest of you, the rest of the afternoon and a stronger system comes our way on wednesday. all the wet pavement will bring fog and low clouds. some of it dense tonight, in the 40s. those are your overnight lows. we bring in your storm impact scale for wednesday afternoon. it's a two, light to moderate rain. anywhere from a half inch to inch. rain. 20 to 40-mile-an-hour winds. it will get quite gusty around here. looks like it's going to come in for the morning commute. this looks like a timeline. it could change. by the noon hour we have a wave of change pushing through. the wednesday afternoon commute looks wet, scattered showers behind it. it's a colder air mass. and it looks like significant snow in the sierra nevada. this is a preliminary estimate of anywhere from three-quarters of an inch of rain to perhaps an inch of rain wednesday night. so, highs today underneath partly sunny conditions. 58 for you in san francisco. look for 57 in palo alto. 60 in san jose u

moderate showers moved through emeryville, piedmont and oakland. as i broaden this out what you're going to see are more waves of rain, moderate to heavy at times all throughout the day. in fact, you just can't escape it. temperatures will be in the 50s today. there's the possibility of thunderstorms as we head through the evening. more on that coming up. sue looking at early accidents. >> all right, yeah. we have a lot of spinning water, standing water, i should say, and we're going back to the east shore freeway where this accident is westbound at gilman. you can see the emergency lights at the top of your screen. the cars are starting to stack up. it is in the two left lanes, the fast lane and the second from the left. the green means it is raining where you are. now they have all lanes blocked here with a solo spinout temporarily blocked. we're seeing some slowing as you approach it. also right there at the scene of the accident. and this earlier problem, here it is with gilman, westbound 580, the backup to the 580 merge onto 80. a sig alert in

a live look outside on our emeryville camera.beautiful shot there, all clear skies as you can see, but we could see some wet roads this morning as you head out. >> that was your "america's got talent" clip. >> send that to the producers. >> our talent is juggling carpools. >> you're my agent here, mike. >> it is good to have you with us this morning, of course, marcus washington singer extraordinaire, kris sanchez tone deaf extraordinaire in for laura garcia. >> and i'm in for kari hall as she took her friday off yesterday. >> you get to watch her tonight. >> she had to sleep in today. she missed the rain overnight which is great but we are not in the clear just yet. satellite radar right now is showing a coupling ring

looking live at interstate 80 from our emeryville camera

. >>> they are cartless in emeryville. the home depot hit with a wave of shopping cart theft leaving customers scrambling to find one. where are they and who has them? we are joined live at emeryville home depot. do we know where the cart are going? >> good question. the folks here at home depot have a pretty good idea of what is behind the cart snatching. as can you see, this cart coral here is pretty empty. these days finding a shopping cart is hard. >> you expect a cart. if you want a cart you can't find a cart. it is very disappointing. >> that's what customers of the home depot store say they've been faced with over the past few months. home depot says someone's been stealing shopping carts. leaving customers wrangling over wheels. >> one day i was like, i had a cart and two people arguing with me over the cart. and i got them in the car and left and they were still fighting over the cart. >> home depot says carts started disappearing when homeless camps came up. we spotted many carts around the neighborhood. >> if i

berkeley kensington, emeryville, marin county, southern marin county and the peninsula. they are taking the bulk of the precipitation. the wind is not an issue yet but it will be later on. alameda 3/4 inch, san mateo 2/3, palo alto 1/2 inch. mill valley more than this even. oakland airport .58, danville 1/2 inch, brent ville .44. this is the area with the most rain. vallejo 3/4, menlo park .45 and union city .44. marin county with .56 inches in daly city as mother nature delivers my birthday gift that is what antonio had to say. well, happy birthday antonio. you can see the heavy rain in marin county. we have an update on kentfield within the next couple of minutes so i would bet they have 3/4 inch. based on what we have seen in these other areas this will be a system where we have a couple of issues. one of them the flash flood watch for the burn areas. certainly down into southern california as well but for napa and mendocino county sonoma and lake county. the wind advisory starts at noon and we have a winter weather advisory but that is later tonight into tomorrow. th

winds picking up process there is the view in emeryville, 55. san jose still stuck in the clouds. you can see some light rain as that moisture moves from the north to south down the santa clara valley towards the mountain. you see the flag in fremont. 55 degrees. blustery outside. and we'll see the winds past midnight easing a bit into tomorrow morning. if the winds stay up likely we won't see too much in the way of widespread fog. in terms of the showers auto by allen rock, every green, into the foot hls you can see the rain moving north to south. the reason the south bay never cleared out. it's on the northern fringe of the storm moving through southern california. shower shutting down heading to tomorrow. morning temperatures in the 40s. maybe lower 40s in the negotiating bay valleys. and high temperatures climbing close to 60. unlike today where we had clearing. we see increasing clouds again and slightens chance of showers. 57 in livermore. 59 in oakland. peninsula temperature in the upper 50s. and more upper 50s in the san francisco and north bay. but cool and cloudy wednesd

emeryville, that was a gorgeous sight earlier, 54 degrees and we'll take you over to dublin where it's 49. east wind blowing in some of that fog-cooled air down into the tri-valley and right now 56, cooling in san jose with partly cloudy skies. wind direction offshore, high pressure in control of the weekend. this is sort of a fog machine in the tri-valley. tomorrow morning we'll likely see visibilities at times maybe dropping to less than a mile around solano county and concord. areas of low clouds, lots of 40s to start, closer to 50 in san francisco, low 40s around livermore and concord. afternoon temperatures interesting tomorrow. areas around the south bay have a chance at upper 60s, maybe even close to 70 for your sunday. cooler around livermore, antioch, peninsula, palo alto, daly city, close to 60s. north bay temperatures climbing into the low 60s. so during the day we go from the low clouds starting off the morning, to a few high clouds through the day. no worries about rain for sunday, then your holiday plans through monday morning, a chance at some lighter rain, at times, mai

after he was hit by an amtrak train in emeryville.it happened around 6:40- this morning near powell street, near the emeryville amtrak station. authorities say, the man was walking near the station when it happened. police say, he was knocked to the ground. he is expected to be survive. (steve) a second person was hit by an amtrak train in richmond today... this one fatal. it happened around four this morning on the union pacific line at 22nd street... that's near the intersection of broadway and carlson boulevard. officers recovered the body. union pacific is conducting the investigation. (pam) (bamvo) there are more than a dozen confirmed deaths .... and an unknown number of missing ... from the dangerous mudslides in southern california. (steve) officials say hundreds of people are trapped in one neighborhood and parts of highway 101 have been closed. omar jimenez has the very latest. rescue after rescue, as deadly mudslides in southern california continue to effect hundreds.mos: feel lucky. thank god they came and rescued us at 4

following the rules and supporting our community.in fact the company plans to open the city of emeryville's first ever marijuana dispensary in the months ahead that city's mayor is disappointed with the change in federal policysot john bauters/mayor of emeryville 100-110i think its regrettable that the attorney general and the administration are making that choice, i think we have learned from the last 40 years war on drugs that's a backwards policy that doesn't benefit anyoneemeryville's mayor says he's encouraged both state and local officials are standing together to defend california's law legalizing cannabis and will play no part in federal attempts to shutdown these businesses sotemeryville is open for business and will remain open for business until they come and forceably do it themselvesstandup dan kerman 132-142ultimately it looks like it may be up to individual federal prosecutors to decide how to enforce this new policy.just this week, the u.s. attorney for the northern district of california announced his resignaton. the trumo administration will appoint his replacement. dan ke

not much wind out there tonight near emeryville. as we move forward to tomorrow morning, we will see patchy fog. no signs of rain, at least, for new year's day. morning temperatures in the valley. 40s and 50s for most to start the day. mid-60s for places like san jose, east san jose. closer to 60 in oakland. 65 in pleasanton and palo alto. north bay temperatures in the low 60s. tomorrow is another spare the air day. from the north bay, the coast, as we get into wednesday, thursday, and friday, the swiwi is going to pick up and the rainmaking a comeback. scattered showers for thursday and friday morning, and early saturday a little more rain comes through. one of the trends for the weather model tonight may make next weekend look dryer. for the sierras maybe a foot or more above 6,000 feet. when you add both of these weather systems up, the most rain we certainly have seen in six weeks time. second system rolling in on friday. as we go over the next few days hazy skies continue. next weekend, may not be as rainy. >>> so north bay exp

>>> a look at our emeryville camera.the headlights at the bottom of your screen. so fog is really an issue this morning. taking a look at the san mateo bridge. not a problem traffic wise but we do have a traffic issue in vallejo where it is very thick fog i'm speaking of, and problems with a big rig accident near american canyon. we'll update that in a couple of minutes. >>> lisa and sue, thank you. the end of an era for a neighborhood falling into the ocean. the last red tagged house in pacifica is coming down. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in pacifica. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. here sits the house. one last look of it right here behind me. this is the last few hours that it will be here. it's fenced off, and later this morning it will be gone. here is the view from sky 7. you can see how close to the edge it is. the backyard and back patio are gone. they have fallen into the ocean and, of course, the city fears the house will be next. in a purchase agreement the city of pacifica took over ownership

emeryville showing a slick view find out how long you will see views like this, look at the forecast coming up. >>> thank you. recreational marijuana set to go on sale tomorrow in san francisco, seven dispensies are cleared to sell recreational pot after receiving state permits, four locations have received those permits tonight. customers have to be at least 21 years old. >>> jeff sessions announced a plan to rescind the obama era policies to not interfere with state's marijuana laws. a southern california lawmakers proposed a law to make california state perfect. >> it's for the states to take care of. public safety and general welfare are for the states to take care of. >> more than two dozens state legalized marijuana. so far california has few potential allies to join that fight. >>> herculean police looking for another indicate of swatting where someone pranks unsuspecting people. incident happened on december 27th police converged on a house after receiving a 911 call from a man reporting gunshots in his home. investigators say the man said quote they're coming, dispatchers he

let's get a look at our live view of emeryville and it is such a gorgeous start to the day.'re going to have a really pretty colorful sunrise, so we're getting ready for that. as you get a look at the seven-day forecast it's up at the bottom of the screen showing very warm weather. as we get ready anéq,q out the door for school this morning it's only going to be in the mid 40s. we will see a mix of sun and clouds as we go throughout the day with a high up to 63 degrees. as you pick them up from school and eventually heading up to 66 degrees today. 63 degrees in concord and 65 napa and oakland, san francisco 64 degrees. here is that live look we're starting to see bright orange colors in the sky. as you look out the window standing in front of the closet like what do i wear today because it is a cool start you do want to make sure you have the layers like a hat and a jacket. and then this afternoon as it warms up it will be a good day for some short sleeves and some pants. then the rest of the week we will she more weather like that, cool mornings and warm afternoons. as of n

here he is playing with kids in emeryville.ki) it was part of a "get fit, train the mind" campaign. curry visited anna yates elementary school where nearly 120 students competed in a relay race and played basketball. (grant) curry also participated in meditation and yoga with the kids--- so they could focus better in school. (grant) next at 5:30... a bay area youth pastor is behind bars... accused of sending inappropriate images to a young girl. now police believe there may be more victims. (vicki) and after the break.. a dog is found in bad shape after being tied to a fence in vallejo. the latest as authorities are trying to find who did it. (grant) tonight at 5:30... the humane society of the north bay is currently taking care of a dog that was found tied up to a fence at a local cemetery. (vicki) kron 4's camila bernal spoke to the dog's vet and explains what happened. this is cemy short for cemetery-the place where he was found31:25 this particular dog was found chained to the cemetery in sacramento street with an electrica

two miles in observing, emeryville, three-quarters in concord. throughout the day we'll look for improving conditions. we'll see upper 50s noontime. sunshine by noon. and then by 4:00 we are looking at lower 60s. another look at the embarcadero. certainly give yourself extra time. a sunny weekend on the way. sue? >> extra time, too, if you're come up the peninsula. we had northbound 280 it looks like they have finally cleared that accident. they had the full road closure in the northbound and a partial closure in the southbound direction. we were looking at solid purple for a while. that does reflect the solid closure. looks like that's the best way to get into the city. northbound 101 near kehoe reports of a camper shell in lanes and a car hit it. debris and an accident blocking the three left lanes. beyond belmont in the northbound direction. if you can get to 280 since it has cleared trousdale that's the best way to head north. >> a huge fire displaced 16 people including children and pets. this broke out at 12:30 at an apartment complex near

following the rules and supporting our community.in fact the company plans to open the city of emeryville's first ever marijuana dispensary in the months ahead that city's mayor is disappointed with the change in federal policysot john bauters/mayor of emeryville 100-110i think its regrettable that the attorney general and the administration are making that choice, i think we have learned from the last 40 years war on drugs that's a backwards policy that doesn't benefit anyoneemeryville's mayor says he's encouraged both state and local officials are standing together to defend california's law legalizing cannabis and will play no part in federal attempts to shutdown these businesses sotemeryville is open for business and will remain open for business until they come and forceably do it themselvesstandup dan kerman 132-142ultimately it looks like it may be up to individual federal prosecutors to decide how to enforce this new policy.just this week, the u.s. attorney for the northern district of california announced his resignaton. the trumo administration will appoint his replacement. dan ke

here's a look from emeryville. we have 57 degrees at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield and livermore. we have a view from livermore with clear skies. it will be rainy and windy by tomorrow, scattered showers thursday and then a drier milder pattern will move in for the weekend. we'll see areas of fog over in the central valley over into the delta in some locations. locations will range from the upper 30s in the north bay to about 40 in other locations. rain is on the way, the approaching storm ranks 2 on our storm impact scale. the rain will be light to moderate with the occasional heavy downpour. and there will be significant snow from sierra. 8:00 tomorrow morning, that there will be rain in the north bay and down into the peninsula and over the east baby midday and then sweeping farther into the inland during the day tomorrow. this storm will start to wind down and break up into showers by late tomorrow night into thursday morning. rainfall totals we estimate will range anywhere from a half-inch down around sa

sot john bauters/mayor of emeryville 116-123we're a young city and we recognized the economic, medicinal and social benefits of having cannabis be legalized as a communityemeryville's mayor says he's encouraged both state and local politicians are standing together to defend california's law legalizing cannabis. sotwe will go about our business, cannabis is legal in california as far as we are concerned and voters approved that and as a local elected official my job is to help fulfill the voter mandate and we will do that.144/we will do that (dan flash)ultimately it looks like it may be up to individual federal prosecutors to decide how to enforce this new policy.just this week, the u.s. attorney for the northern district of california announced his resignaton. the trumo administration will appoint his replacement. now to our four zone forecast. taking a live look outside at s-f-o.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now with the forecast lawrence karnow: another storm brought more rain to the bay area today. showers continue but wind down through the night. you can

emeryville.'s looking just fine. wanted to show you our traffic map showing light conditions. we still see slowing from tracy up and over the altamont pass. that's typical. your east shore commute westbound 80 from hercules into the maze, 18 minutes. another 11 minutes to get through the bay bridge toll plaza and into the city. 29 minutes, not bad. we'll keep that in the green. looking at a ten-minute drive once you get into the city to get to the airport. >> thank you, sue. if you expected the jackpot to fund your retirement, keep getting dressed for work. no one matched all six numbers and they are 1-42-47-64-70 and 22. that means this friday's drawing could reach $418 million. that is the fourth largest jackpot in mega millions history. and while you're at it, might as well try your luck at another insane jackpot if you're into these things. tonight's powerball jackpot is estimated to be $440 million which is the ninth largest in at that game's history. >>> at the live desk apparently presiden

high clouds outside, no fog, emeryville, 53. san jose, try not to be distracted by the seven-day forecast. 70s showing up for the second half of the week. 53 with high clouds in san jose. offshore wind pattern, a sign of high pressure in control of our weather. rain chances going away. temperatures going up, even with the clouds that will be, at times, on the increase during the day tomorrow. morning temperatures, 40s. and a few upper 30s and the wind sheltered valley in north bay. the trend mostly mid-60s, and a chance of warmer spots, including santa cruz, south of san jose, climbing close to 70 degrees. a lot of cloud cover during the day. unlike the weekend with a lot of sunshine. midafternoon tomorrow, a blanket of midand high-level clouds. this is also a futurecast detecting rain. you'll notice here, the rain never passes south of lake county or mendocino county. tuesday, partly cloudy skies and mostly sunny conditions for the afternoon. the attention turns to the cloud cover as we get into early wednesday morning. this is

in emeryville, we had 69 in oakland today, 56 in napa, 54 in know vad doe. concord 60, so everyone well above average today. expecting the high clouds to continue through the overnight hours and into tomorrow, but that's not going to keep us from warming up even more so, we're talking 70 at the coast for your monday, lots of high clouds, though, sunny and above average the entire week, we don't have any rain in sight. so we're talking 61 in yosemite today, record-breaking heat in southern california, mid and upper 80s, we're parched, we need more rain and we're not going to get any. this column here, san francisco, sfo, this is where we were today, 12 degrees above average in oakland, 9 degrees above average in san jose. not a big fluctuation for the week ahead, a pattern change for the cooler weather. so certainly not as cool as it's been with the increasing clouds, that will help us from getting too cool, but we could see just a little bit of patchy fog. 6:00 tomorrow, you'll notice more high clouds, partly cloudy with mild afternoon conditions again. we'l

the bay bridge from our emeryville camera. thanks for waking up with abc7 news.wson returns in a little bit with a full accuweather forecast. >>> the roads have been especially dangerous for chp officers. the most recent accident was yesterday morning in which two officers were injured during a chase in hayward. also in hayward, an officer on christmas eve another officer was opinioned under a car after being hit on highwa 4 on january 15th. and a few days later an officer was hit in san jose n. three of those crashes officers say driving under the under the influence is believed to be the cause. as medically woodrow explains this has prompted chp to beef up enhanced enforcement. >> reporter: they are enhancing patrols for impaired drivers. out of four crashes involving chp officers three of them involved drivers suspected of being under the under the influence. one of the crashes was fatal. >> it is ban tough monday. >> reporter: christmas eve, a husband and father was killed when a suspected drunk, and possibly high driver slammed into his patrol car on shoulde

emeryville... east san jose... san jose and union city. this is part of a plan to close 182 stores.the company says that some of these stores could be saved if they are able to renegotiate some lease terms. the going-out-of-business sales are expected to begin sometime next month. (pam) an east bay man is safe tonight after a "real life lassie" alerted his owner to the man's near- drowning. an elderly man fell into the water near the pittsburg marina, while taking his early morning walk. "moe's" barking awoke his owner -- who came out to find the man struggling in the water. the owner helped the elderly man to safety. pittsburg police posted these photos of moe -- saying, the man was very grateful for his new "barking buddy." (pam) america's largest demographic is now 55 and older. the senate aging committee held hearings on what being in this age bracket is like. coming up: expert advice on navigating critical decisions and aging well (steve) sacramento gymnasts are reacting to the abuse some of their olympic heroes went through at the hands of larry nassar. why the atheltes say th

jimmy kimmel is hosting once again and we would be remiss if we didn't congratulate emeryville basedr for "coco" a nod for best animated feature. >> and song. >> congrats. >>> a bassist from metallica may be honored with his own day. >> cliff burton helped the band bring thrash metal to the mainstream. >> souza is trying to have february 10th declared as official cliff burton day. >> i saw him when i was a little kid on east 14th one day. i didn't realize it was him. this big, tall dude with all this hair. >> souza asked the municipal advisory council to support the effort. the board unanimously voted yes to forward that on to the board of supervisors. burton was just 24 years old when he died in a tour bus crash in sweden. he was elected posthumously to the hall of fame in 2009. now on to your morning money report if you are thinking of installing solar in your home, it may get more expensive. >> president trump has approved a 30% tariff on imported solar panels, most of which come from china. solar advocates warn that 50,000 to 60,000 american jobs could be at risk. the city requir

you can see how things are going here on interstate 80 in emeryville. boy! slow going especially as everyone heads towards the vallejo direction. >>> here's milpitas on highway 238. the headlights heading in the commute direction. the eastbound direction. the taillights going westbound. stay with us as we continue to track the storm. you can always download our free ktvu weather 'for the latest on the conditions or follow bill and the rest of the weather team on twitter, facebook and instagram. >>> we have new information tonight on the fight over the immigrants known as "dreamers." the president says his immigration plan will allow protections for younger immigrants to, quote, morph into citizens in 10 to 12 years. the president said it, didn't clarify it but he said the full plan is due out next week. the immigrants known as dreamers were brought into the united states illegally as children. there are about 700,000-plus living in the u.s. facing possible deportation. >>> meantime, the white house has escalated its fight with sanctuary cities including san

from our emeryville, 34 still in livermore and napa. 38 in concord.wy scene we like to see in the sierra nevada. it was 19 there last hour. looking at 30s and 40s threw the next hour or so. then we will rebound to the 50s by noontime. low to mid 50s by the afternoon at 4:00. dry today, dre tomorrow, and rain moves in late tomorrow in the north bay. the rainiest days will be monday, wednesday, and thursday. and we'll see how much rain we are going to come up with this week. >> an update to the breaking news in martinez. fire officials in contra costa county say the victim of an apartment fire has laned. it happened on farm lane. the fire grew into a second alarm but is now under control. we are working to gather more information is we will keep you posted on our website, abc7news.com. >>> our time is aroaching 8:31. as congress deals with a government shutdown, democrats and republicans are pointing their fingers at each other. and get this, the shutdown itself could cost the country's economy $38 million every hour. abc news reporter maggie rulli is l

this is emeryville. heading westbound to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is thick out there represented by the orange on our traffic map. we do have a new accident, this on the dumbarton in the eastbound direction and is just before the toll plaza blocking the right lane of traffic. right now traffic conditions are light. so i'm not seeing a lot of slowing. they're going to try to get the tow truck and try to push it out of the road before it affects your drive. >> tesla model 3 will appear in a showroom at the stanford center. >> all the people who put down $1,000 deposit will be able to see one of the cars and sit inside of it even if it isn't exactly theirs. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington is there. good morning. elissa. >> reporter: some of the earliest orders went in in march, almost two years ago. the doors open here at tesla at 10:00 a.m. abc 7 news did get a peek yesterday, though. the model 3 is being shown at just two california locations here in palo alto. now today the difference is the p

in emeryville, we had 69 in oakland today, 56 in napa, 54 in know vad doe.everyone well above average today. expecting the high clouds to continue through the overnight hours and into tomorrow, but that's not going to keep us from warming up even more so, we're talking 70 at the coast for your monday, lots of high clouds, though, sunny and above average the entire week, we don't have any rain in sight. so we're talking 61 in yosemite today, record-breaking heat in southern california, mid and upper 80s, we're parched, we need more rain and we're not going to get any. this column here, san francisco, sfo, this is where we were today, 12 degrees above average in oakland, 9 degrees above average in san jose. not a big fluctuation for the week ahead, a pattern change for the cooler weather. so certainly not as cool as it's been with the increasing clouds, that will help us from getting too cool, but we could see just a little bit of patchy fog. 6:00 tomorrow, you'll notice more high clouds, partly cloudy with mild afternoon conditions again. we'll take you to th

. >>> cartless in emeryville, shopping cart thefts. who is taking them? home depot said they started disappearing after homeless encampments starting showing up. some say it's symptomatic of the housing crisis. >> if we can't find a shopping cart, crossed some threshold we shouldn't have crossed. >> home depot has more carts on order and looking for ways to keep them from being taken. >>> all or nothing for elon musk, new $60 billion pay package for tesla ceo depends on how much he can grow the company over the next decade. announced plans to stay on as ceo but be paid only if reach huge milestones and eventually worth $650 billion. >>> steph curry with notable wardrobe choice against the knicks. legend has it, the first voyagers arrived on canoes, sailing the seas day and night. they knew where they were going, by watching the clouds move in the sky or the way their boats rocked. that's how the waves and stars would speak to them. guide them. sometimes, you can find your way in the world, by getting lost in it. let your legend begin at aulani, a one-of-a

dramatic from emeryville. mid-50s at napa, novato and fairfield.live view from higher up in the east bay hills, forecast features. hazy, dry and mild tomorrow. rain likely on wednesday with possibility of isolated thunderstorms as well. wet pattern continuing to friday. tonight high clouds over bay area. upper 30s in some north bay locations. around the bay, mid-40s. san mateo. upper 40s along the coast. tomorrow is much like today. more haze, more clouds, low 60s at coast. low to mid-60s around the bay and inland but some rise into the upper 60s. quite mild. another view of the western skies. look at air quality tomorrow, another spare the air day. poorest is inland east bay and santa clara valley. moderate in other regions. approaching rain. storm moves in wednesday, continuing to thursday morning. light to moderate rain, ranks one on the impact scale. may be some isolated thunderstorms. rainfall from .3 to .7 inches of rain. may be more, over an inch in coastal mountain range. noon an wednesday, rain pushing onshore. reaching all parts of the ba

temperatures in the 50s tonight as we take a look at a live picture from our emeryville camera. this is what you will encounter from tonight's rain and tomorrow morning's showers. slippery road ways. next storm arrives on friday and a dry pattern setting up for the weekend. our next system will be on friday. it's a light level one system. breezy at times and highest totals will be in the north bay. hour by hour we go. tomorrow morning's commute, around 5:00 a.m. you will notice, 7:00 a.m. in the general vicinity at 8:00 a.m. and as we head in to the afternoon hours. those showers that were primarily focused in the north bay will start to be more scattered and in other areas for the evening commute, 5-7 p.m. and it will continue until friday morning when the next storm comes in. that will bring another round of rain, and it will carry over to scattered showers friday night. rainfall totals taking you through friday night will look like this. anywhere from about a tenth to .15 of an inch in the dry estimate spots all the way to .75 of an inch lt. and so, we will see more rain in i

clouds passing across the bay area, and that's ee's why we're getting gorgeous picture from our emeryville camera. south beach cam showing you another beautiful view as the high clouds are just filtering that sunshine. 67 in santa rosa right now, in livermore, 64 degrees in napa, concord, a little bit of a breeze, which is why parts of the coast cooled down today. favorable weather for most of you in the morning, for viewing that super blue, it is going to be a celestial event. still our conditions for the rest of the week and record highs are possible this weekend. fog is really going to be problematic, right around the delta and parts of the north bay, you will be seeing patches of dense fog, definitely be aware of that, 30s, 40s to start off your morning. and high clouds will be around as well. temperatur temperatures will be in the 60s, then look what happens, spring is in the air on friday, temperatures will be in the mid 70s for some soft warmest inland valleys. saturday is beach weather, when you have 76 degrees, you know it's going to be warm. as you check out the accuweather 7-day

and the fog has been pretty bad in parts of emeryville and oakland this morning, so be careful headingisibility there as well as up in santa rosa. improvements from petaluma. a mile in napa. livermore, seven miles. as we look at our 24-hour temperature change, it is much colder, do you notice the difference? from six to 18 degrees colder this morning. a final stop here, on top of vollmer peak looking back over the berkeley hills there. you can see how pretty it looks. there is fog, partly cloudy this afternoon. next storm system coming in on monday. here we go, ranking our storm systems from 1 to 5 over the winter. 2 is a pretty decent one with rain heavy the atimes, winds gusting to over 50 miles an hour. that's above a thousand feet. your monday morning commute, it's rainy for everyone. gets pretty heavy in the afternoon. it continues through your monday evening commute, your tuesday morning commute, tuesday evening it starts to dry up a little bit, and the snow begins to small in the mountains. so general rainfall amounts, about two inches for everyone. if you're in the higher eleva

emeryville... east san jose... san jose and union city will all be closing.hat some of these stores could be saved if they are able to renegotiate lease terms. going-out- of-business sales are expected to begin sometime next month. (pam) coming up.. first it was a sheep .. now scientists clone an animal which is closer to humans .. so could human clones be next? (grant) after a decade of trying -- it seems like nobody will be taking home google's $30 million dollar "lunar x" prize. none of the research teams will be able to launch their lunar rover project by this year's march 31st deadline.(pam) privately funded groups were tasked with pulling off a soft landing on the moon. teams from the u-s, israel , japan, india, and one international team- all participated. but the contest was frought with challenges -- from technical issues to fundraising -- and the deadline had been extended twice.(grant) while nobody won the grand prize... organizers say they paid about $6 million to teams for reaching milestones along the way. (pam) scientists in china have successf

you can see the university avenue overcrossing here and into emeryville. plaza which -- let's check. metering lights are on. filling in with the carpoolers moving along just nicely. you just have about, still under a 30-minute drive from hercules into san francisco along the 80 corridor. we'll check back. delays will be building once the metering lights take effect for the backup. about a 45-minute ride up and over the altamont pass. otherwise, traffic is flowing nicely throughout the bay area as we gear up for the friday commute. we hope it stays light. >> sue, thank you. speaking of your morning commute and evening commute. b.a.r.t.'s new trains with the bells and whistles finally debuting today. >> we're happy to have them and hopefully you'll get that whiff of a new train smell today. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live at the b.a.r.t. station in walnut creek. >> reporter: gorge, reggie. big day for b.a.r.t. riders. the ones we talked to said they're ready for a new ride. take a look at the new cars. ten brand new cars added to the fleet. the plan

this is the view from emeryville looking back from san francisco. see the outline of the high clouds there, but basically clear viewing conditions for the fireworks. 46 in santa rosa down to 39 in napa. mid to upper 40s in concord and livermore right now. and a live view from sutro tower. this is unobstructed. if you're here on the embarcadero, you should have a pretty good view. high clouds, good fireworks viewing. brighter skies and dry conditions tomorrow, which is new year's day, of course. and a rainy pattern beginning midweek. overnight look for some patches of fog to form near the coastline, out over the bay locally. but mainly clear skies in our inland areas. tonight is a spare the air night, tomorrow will be a spare the air day. poor air quality just about everywhere else. that will take a look at conditions in the afternoon tomorrow. we'll start the day with a few clouds. it will get brighter going into the afternoon hours. highs will range from the 60s on the coast and bay and then we have rain coming midweek. the storm that's approaching

as you look from our emeryville camera, all the way across the bay, visibility is poor out there, so foggy areas, breezy for your thursday and friday, and a stronger storm is coming your way on sunday. tomorrow morning watch out for that fog, it will be heavy in spots, temperatures low 40s to low 50s. afternoon highs will be upper 50s to low 60s, a little more sun in the south and east bay. more cloud cover in the north bay. that's your transition day from a level 1 storm to a level 2 storm. this will be a cold storm, bringing us rain anywhere from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch. dangerous surf wednesday night into thursday. hour by hour, midnight thursday, rain begins knocking at the door, still in the south bay, mainly mendez seen know county. cold showers across the entire bay area, by the afternoon, very scatter in nature by the evening, the pink indicating a mix of rain and snow, so some of the higher elevations looking at mixed precipitation. friday morning, still some scattered showers for the morning commute and that carries over into tuesday night. most areas will fa

--las autoridades en emeryville detuvieron a dos adolescentes por presuntamente atacar a una mujer parabarle su bolsa.. --esto ocurri ayer en el centro comercial ''bay street''.. cuando la policia escuch gritos y descubri a la victima persiguiendo a cuatro jovenes quienes le habian arrojado una bebida para luego golpearla y quitarle sus pertencias.. --los conductores que circulaban esta maÑana sobre el puente de la bahia en direccion a san francisco, se encontraron con este cartel colgado en el tunel que conecta con la isla ''yerbabuena'''.. y que decia.."peligro..ciudad santuario adelante''.. --al parecer fue colocado por ''identity europa''.. una organizacion de supremacia blanca.. que ha sido catalogada como un grupo de odio por el ''southern poverty law center''.. --una persona perdi la vida esta madrugada en medio de un incendio que se desat en un conjunto de apartamentos de santa clara. --melissa hernandez tiene los detalles sobre el siniestro. nunca haba visto un incendio aqu cerquita y pues fue algo muy triste, nos anunciaron en la iglesia que alguien haba fallecido... un hombre

here is a dramatic view of the western sky from emeryville. lots of clouds there but sun is breaking through as well. temperature readings in the low to mid 50s at santa con co concord and livermore. these are our forecast features, mostly cloudy for fireworks viewing. but clouds at high and mid level. so the view might be pretty good. partly cloudy with sun breaking through to tomorrow afternoon and dry for new year's day. and we have a rainy pattern that will develop by midweek. now air quality has not been good lately. today is a spare the air day. air equality is porous. tomorrow, central bay and inland and east bay and in santa clara valley. let's look at overnight conditions. fog at the coast and in the central valley as well. partly cloudy off the bay but clearer in inland areas. inland lows in upper 30s. low to mid 40s just about everywhere else. few upper 40s along the coastline. and tomorrow, as we get into the midday and afternoon hours, we will see skies becoming and sunnier with linerigering h. this month, december, has been the f

live look from emeryville camera showing you the sunsetting in about 20 minutes or so, ahead of thatunset, we have mainly clear skies and pretty comfortable temperatures for this time of the year. widespread 50s on the board. 5 in san francisco, 5 in oakland, 58 in san jose. cool spot is clear lake, 47 degrees. overnight tonight, it will be a cool night away from the coast, just not as cold as you were last night. we'll have clear skies early on and after midnight a couple of cloutds starting to bubble up. 44 the overnight low in san francisco. dropped to about 39 in san jose, 40 in oakland. chilly in the north bay. napa dropping below that freezing mark with an overnight low of 31 degrees. here is live dopplar 7 along with satellite. the setup we have. high pressure and control right now brought us the clear skies, the dry conditions, billion you look off to the west right now and this is our next storm system. you can already see showers impacting seattle and portland, and this system is going to be a quick-moving one. it's not going to linger all too long. the 12-hour planner on y