we're looking at a situation in emeryville. we're holding all traffic westbound 580 at the 80 split. this is a four-car crash blocking the left lane. we do have a backup from about highway 24 and we'll slip over to our traffic maps and take a look at that. it's starting to unwind. we were in the red. now it looks like we're back in the yellow and maybe not backed up to highway 24 at this point. no word on injuries but it's starting to improve. that is definitely our biggest issue so far today. southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek. good news, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, that accident on the shoulder has cleared and you're in the yellow at 37 minutes. >>> apple stock dips after president trump talks about potential iphone tariffs. >> if you shopped on cyber monday, you helped shatter a record. >>> the trade war with china could raise the cost of your iphone. >> president trump tells "the wall street journal" he'll go ahead with tariffs he's already announced if he capital get a deal. he may add morel including 10% on app

folks on the split to emeryville are doing okay.e you make it to the toll plaza things have ramped up. metering lights flipped on, official time 5:26. everyone with the exception of those using the carpool lanes will have a bit of a wait. traffic maps in the east bay, san pablo avenue closed between road 20 and el portal drive. we hear this is a fatal collision. it was the end of a police pursuit. we do have a crew that should be arriving on the scene very shortly. as soon as we have more information, i'll pass that along. next traffic update coming up in ten minutes. >>> there's a new effort to stop car break-ins and it's hitting home for the politician taking action. >>> a south bay woman suddenly collapses on thanksgiving day and now she wants to find the holiday hero who helped save her. >>> siblings stick together, especially these two who show teamwork makes the dream work. >>> and a live look outside this morning at the embarcadero in san francisco. rain is in the forecast. rain is in the forecast. we welcome to emirates mr.

emeryville. you can see it bouncing around in the wind. as soon as i said last time we only had a high wind for richmond-san rafael, chp also issued one for the bay bridge. definitely needs it. incident was very gusty on my commute in. the berkeley curve, eastbound 80, off 580 interchange. we will flip this camera around and see if we can get an eye on that. >>> people displaced from the butte county fire may soon get to go home. >> what new documents reveal on facebook. >>> i can't get over the name of this pig that is now up for take it in. >> it's such a great name. a great look outside as we go to commercial break. it is 4:39. we have rain in our forecast for the entire >>> good morning to you. we have got a 2 on our storm impact scale. a moderate storm. looking at down you powers throughout your morning commute. thunderstorms and dangerous surf. thunderstorms firing north to south. closer inspection from fort ross, sea ranch, heavy rain moving in. and over to american canyon and fairfield looking at scattered showers. redwood cialto.

the game stop, that was a popular stop in san francisco and one of the big draws in emeryville was best buy. the premium outlets in livermore were also targeted. debra was in the store where people were in the spirit of the shopping center. >> 1, 2, 3, black friday. >> at target, it's go time. and a few hundred people were waiting when the doors open. holiday shopping officially under way. >> i came down to be a part of this, the big rush. >> this dad immediately faced with a barbie's dilemma. this or the bar by camper. >> it's tough, it's important. >> for many people in line, no question. >> a 55-inch tv for $199, yeah, we made the trip. >> with electronics jammed, the hot selling tvs were lined up by the dozens in the frozen food. >> $399 versus $549. >> $399. >> this manager has seen 10 black fridays, even though online bargains attract early shoppers, for some there's no substitute for being here and braving this. >> we had a ton of shipments in for today. this is the best deals you'll see all year. the guests are excited, it's not a competitive thing, everyone is here to have a go

a live look at emeryville on 80, a two-car crash on eastbound 80 at powell in emeryville. and the first and second lanes are blocked there. so a heads-up as well. but overall things are light around the bay area as far as traffic goes. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, the i team investigates a small collar colliding with a bus e. brace yourself as you watch this. >> now the driver of the car wants to know why he is being blamed for causing the accident when he had a green light. another video from on board the bus that helps tell the story. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> samsung is reportedly working on a smartphone that will include six cameras. >>> and the fcc getting tougher with robocallers. and here's this morning's "techbytes". >>> in today's "techbytes", samsung's big san versery celebration. >> the 10 galaxy phone will have six cameras. three other models will be launch indeed february. >>> federal regulators want to take new measures to stop unwanted callings and texts. >> they want to create a group of phone numbers designed to cut down on robocall

pretty heavy from berkeley to emeryville. metering lights on early.the san francisco side of the bridge. capital corridor, 520 delays 26 minutes between oakland and emeryville due to a mechanical issue. >>> good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >>> ginger zee is back with us after her whirlwind tour going to every single disney park. it's nice to see you again. >> it is so nice to be here in times square. thank you, reggie and jessica. great to be with you on amon morning. i'm feeling good. a hope you are too. record cold is on the way for so many folks as the holiday travel rush gets under way. if you are coming east, get ready for single digit windchills. to travel. when will be the best time to hit the road and sky. we will that have answer. >> also ahead aches new twist in the alleged go fund me scam. the exclusive new audio. the woman at the center of it claims she recorded. why she says she was the one who was duped. her lawyer is here. >> garth brooks, one of my favorites, always. mariah carey as well. it is mariah monday. i

a live look from our emeryville camera.across the bay, visibility is fine here, but we do have some fog in santa rosa. watch out. there will be dense patches of fog in the morning. rain arrives tomorrow afternoon, more wet weather on the way friday night into saturday. tomorrow's storm is a level 1, light on our storm impact scale. expect light to moderate rain, breezy conditions at times. about a 10th to half an inch for most of you, and high surf along the coast line. so hour by hour we go, 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, rain is still well north of the bay area. by the time we head into 9:30, we're seeing some pockets of downpours around mendocino county. it's going to take its sweet time sliding south. into santa rosa by 11:00 a.m. you have to wait until 12:30 before all of the north bay sees wet weather. beyond that into 3:00 p.m. before the east bay and parts of the south bay start to see some showers, this system is going to start to dissipate. so it's going to be very scattered in nature for the afternoon and evening, and light

that story straight ahead. >>> i'm spencer christian from emeryville.at the haze continuing to plague the bay area. we can see the setting sun. i'll have the accuwea >>> today we're live at a blood drive in san francisco. >> back to "7 on your side's" michael finney. michael? >> reporter: it's like a virtual blood drive. it's not just today and not just here. it's all over the bay area. all over california as a matte of fact. i'm at -- the old pacific -- blood centers of the pacific. you've heard about them. they changed their name a couple months ago, in september i think. with me is fred mcfadden. he's telling me something that i think is amazingly interesting. there is a need for blood but not for the reason people think. it's not that it's being used, it's that it's not coming in. >> exactly. particularly as we move into the holiday period, thanksgiving coming up, christmas, new year's, hanukkah holidays, folks get busy. many regular blood donors go on vacation and they're not able to donate. we need a continuous flow of blood donors even during the

another live view of the setting sun from emeryville. that is stunning.ng. one more view of the setting sun from the east bay hills camera. forecast features, mostly sunny and mild tomorrow and monday. next round of rain comes tuesday. that's a wet day followed but a couple of wet and windy days end of the week. calmer weather, we'll enjoy it while we have it. overnight, a few passing clouds, chilly up in the north bay. low 40s at cloverdale, santa rosa and napa. most other locations, mid to upper 40s. tomorrow, sunny day, high temperatures about 60 on the coast, low to mid-60s around the shoreline. 63 in oakland. high of 62 in the north bay. 65 in santa rosa. 64 in the east bay at livermore. now, let's talk about that next storm coming our way. it will arrive on tuesday, ranking only 1 on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity. it will bring plainly light to moderate rain, beginning early in the morning in the north bay and it will start sweeping southward and eastward during the remainder of the day. all parts of the bay area will get some r

this is from the emeryville campus. this is not changing too much. an air quality advisory through friday, spare the air alert through friday and if you have noticed, both of these has been extended by several days. so we'll have to see what happens by friday, to see if that continues into the weekend. hazy skies tomorrow morning. chilly temperatures. 30s and 40s. definitely want to bundle up across the bay area for your wednesday morning. we are going to hold onto some haze as we showed you with the air quality advisory and spare the air alert. chilly temperatures. eventually, we could be talking about the chance of rain fall, eventually. we'll talk about the timing on that coming up in just a few minutes. >> looking forward to that, mark, thank you. >> we'll come up at 4:40 and sit down with a respiratory therapist. i don't know about you but i know a lot of people have questions about the long-term effects of this smoke and our air quality. we will ask her some of those questions at 4:40. >> certainly taking its toll. >>> the devastating mpire is

look at the view from our emeryville camera, the traffic flow is just fine. what we could see, but look at the smoke. >> i know. >> the air quality is really tough right now. >> all right. lot of people talking about the air quality. >> it's bad the next few days. i think that by the weekend, we should see some improvement because of a shift in the wind and our temperatures staying the same with our inland areas, in the upper 60s, morning temperatures in the 40s and san francisco 65 degrees for the high on saturday. more clouds moving in on sunday. if you're planning to head out of town, maybe going to the see gentlemen rah, he sierra, squaw valley highs in the low 50s and morning temperatures dropping back into the 20s and 30s. going to be cool there as well, if you're going to russian river valley, upper 60s on friday, and once again hoping for some improvement in the air quality, and our wildfire danger saturday and sunday, looking at highs in the mid-60s. for santa cruz it's going to be in the mid-60s all weekend long. saturday is going to be the coolest

eric thomas is live in emeryville with this story. they've had to work hard, eric. >> reporter: they have. and they've had to work long hours, including coming in at 1:00 this morning. there are waste water tsunasuerd there are rainwater sewers, or there could be untreated water that goes into the bay. >> our water went to 87% of average. >> reporter: that's the good news after our recent rains. the bad news, leaky underground pipes allow that rainwater to go where it's not supposed to. >> when we have a storm like this, the water ends up rather going to the storm water system, ends up going into the waste water system. >> these are large pipelines. >> reporter: eileen white runs the main waste water treatment plant in oakland near the bay bridge. she says a good soaking like this can really challenge the system. >> on a normal day, we see about 50 million gallons per day. when we have wet weather events like last night, we'll see flows up to 300 million gallons. >> reporter: that's a six fold increase, and why crews were called out t

live look from emeryville tower cam. east of highway 80, north of paulo street, heard popping noises before the power went out. updates here and at abc7news.com. >>> "new york times" reports that sheryl sandberg asked facebook staff to dig up dirt on george soros who criticized them in january. sandberg asked staff to figure out if billionaire democratic o flan philanthropist could gain anything from the attacks. >>> chilling new video from inside the camp fire. you'll see dramatic body camera video of rescue in middle of tht firestorm. >>> what is changing for google project. what's a gig of data?ll' a gig goes a long way. that's why xfinity mobile lets you pay for data one gig at a time. and with millions of wifi hotspots included, you'll pay even less for data. or if you need a lot we have unlimited too. plus, get $200 back when you buy a new smart phone. it's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store today. >>> dramatic new body camera video shows what some survivors had to go through to make it o of the de

quick check of emeryville. there we go. a traffic break running right now. chp approaching a collision. that is really in the gore point between the split at the bay bridge and downtown oakland. one vehicle is off to the shoulder. two car crash with injuries. they are sending an plans to the scene. next traffic update before 5:30. >>> a push to let on free city college tuition. the rules committee didn't initially pass the measure. then the committee chair rescind sinned his no vote. so they will revisit the issue on monday. if this passes, it will go before the full board next month. >>> next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. >> we have all heard of sleep walking. there's even sleep eating. but how about sleep text something an alarming new trend. >>> if you are tired of your pets ruining your ornaments, we may have found the best tree for you. >>> best story of the day. a live look at the bay bridge. so i got an offer and now i'm thinking... i'd like to retire early. oh, that's great sarah. let's talk about this when we meet next week.

delivering invitation for people camping out in interstate 880 in emeryville. they were treated to this fancy thanksgiving feast complete with fine china and table cloths. >>> new this morning, several dozen people were killed in twin terror attacks, the first arm separatists were in southern pakistan, that triggered an hour long shootout, police officers and assailants were killed. 35 people were killed in a bombing in northwest pakistan. most of the victims were minority shiite moslems. the prime minister condemned the bombing calling it an act of terrorism. >>> the fire is chose to full containment in butte county, but one more death was confirmed and that raised the number to 81 people. it's burned 240 square miles and 19,000 buildings were destroyed including 14,000 homes. the fire is 95% contained. recovery crews are working nonstop and did not slow down even on and holiday. >> we haven't taken a day off. we have 820 people in the field who are continuing our search efforts, and we have over 100 law enforcement officers who are protecting those areas that

ktvu's life in emeryville, frank? >> bring it on. that's what i say. breaking news: it's raining out here. it's coming down at a good clip. it's been 49 days since anybody was able it say that in this area. we're finally getting rid of the smoky air in the bay area. however, it's one of the busiest travel days of the year, 52 million plus will hit the roads for the holiday. of course, get away day before thanksgiving. roads are slick and loaded up with cars, but most of the drivers say, never mind the traffic, it's just nice to breathe again. >> you know, i'm excited, it's all nice, and you can breathe now. >> plenty to be thankful for. >> plenty of family, clean air and the rain, we needed it. >> in that order too. >> in that order, exactly. >> a little bit of traffic, not a big deal. >> no, no, i'm off today, i'll good. >> you're good. >> and would you trade the traffic and for good clean air. >> you can see the air at all for weeks now. >> yeah, this is definitely a welcome change of pace pays. >>> i caught up with san francisco's police chief with

takedon of emeryville. scrolling through twitter and -- >> i thought gosh, what is stopping me. >> reporter: don raced to the nearest target and bought as much turkeys that he can carry over to the church. they are now accepting donations. we will have full information on nbcbayarea.com. i am melissa colorado nbc bay area news. >> best holiday of the year. people step up. >> and we have our drive going on at safeway. >>> let'sring in jeff ranieri now. i don't know whether to give you a high-5 or hug you. >> we can do a fist bump for now. enjoying the fact that there is no smoke across the bay area. this will bring flood concern in northern california, but we will get to that. it is nice to soak in the fact that we are not seeing smoke. after 14 days of smoke and unhealthy air, it is amazing to go outside and be able to breathe. in san francisco, 60 degrees. let's take you to storm ranger. and the bulk of the heaviest rainfall has moved into the central valley. i think we will be on alert tonight for hit and

we're live in emeryville, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much.ity official said there's no corner of the bay area that's escaping this. this is the live look from san jose camera looking towards downtown san jose, there are biddings there, put you can't see them. drew tuma is here to let us know how long the smoky air will last. >> the air quality is terrible across the region. that live look behind me, you should be able to see the san francisco skyline, but you cannot. the air quality right now anywhere from unhealthy to very unhealthy. i can't stress this enough. if you do not have to be outdoors, stay inside. unfortunately the air quality the next two days through monday afternoon will be poor. i think it will fluctuate between poor and unhealthy. the air quality is not improvng through monday afternoon. now we have a new concern, a red flag warning will go into effect at 10:00 tonight, bring in some very gusty and dry winds, bringing our fire danger to very high levels overnight. detail the red flag warning, show you the winds coming up in a

through the east bay showers near emeryville, alameda, oakland, getting the wet weather as we start offrain along the coast at highway 1. we're watching the activity here. cars using the wipers and wet roads out there. 40s and 50s in the area right now. here's the air quality numbers right now: as we go through the day, better air quality for all of us across the bay area. widespread rain through the morning and afternoon. better air quality for all of us that second system brings more rain for friday and flooding concerns near your recent fires. as much as 8 inches of rain in the fire zones. but here's this area of low pressure that's going to bring a cold front our way. so the first rainfall in 7 weeks. it has been a long time for sure. it gets going at 9 a.m. as we head through one to two p.m. we see the orange and red colors there with the possibility of brief heavy downpours but could see some isolated thunderstorms as well especially as the front pushes across the bay area. scattered showers, then tomorrow morning a few showers to start off the day and then for most of the day for

reporting along i-80 in emeryville dan thorn kron4 news. (grant) it's going to take a lot more rain to help south bay reservoirs that altogether are filled only a little more than a quarter of capacity.(vicki) the bay area did get some rain last week, but it was not enough to saturate the ground for any run off ... kron 4's ella sogomonian reports from san jose... where water officials hope upcoming winter storms can help us out. sot: ella sogomonian// "im standing at the calero reservoir in san jose which is one of serveral sources of water for santa clara county. although this along with the rest are pretty low this time of year water officials here tell me theres no reason to be too concerned and theyre welcoming this next round of wet weather."calero reservoir is one of ten serving santa clara county along with ground water sources that provide tap water for the community.right now it stands at 35.9% capacity and altogether the reservoirs in the area are only at a 27% average for capacity but santa clara valley water district spokespers

no, i didn't make a bomb that was used against police cars in emeryville. didn't. >> what about the mission, the mission police district? >> i was not involved in that either. >> and the lapd, the two giant pipe bombs? one under hollenbeck, undercover cop car, and one under the cop car in front of ihop? >> i don't have any knowledge of that that i would like to share with you. how about that? >> there's no question that the bombings were a direct response to the shootout in l.a. that's why lapd officers were targeted. the by-product of those bombs is that other people were going to be killed too. completely innocent people. what really separates the sla from these other groups is violence against people. weather underground also did bombings. but they were aimed at process, not at people. >> this group was not done. they had further intent to kill individuals and just create havoc. ( ♪ ) take a test drive { upbeat music playing ] and get a front-row seat to plenty of entertainment. the volkswagen "drive to decide" event. get a volkswagen with america's best

i had turned the emeryville camera toward the other parking lot but we consistent see a problem. there's a backup forming over the last couple of minutes, you see the fast track loading up. the metering lights were off. i did see slowing at the incline but i saw no crash. that's the good news. take another look. the san mateo bridge. you can see smoke in the air but no problems on the road. that's good news. the peninsula is clear. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> coming up, those dockless scooters falling into the wrong hands. we'll tell you about a scary incident in the south bay. >>> plus, it's holiday bonus time. one company bucking the trend of handing out cash. instead, workers got guns. uhm next, what the workers thought about it. and 9 days sinm elections .. numerous bay >>> 5:23 for you right now. now to decision 2018. nine days since the mid-term elections. numerous elections are still too close to call. that includes more than a dozen in contra costa county this morning. starting this morning, leaders began manually hand-counting those ballots. just under 300,000 peop

we have mist and drizzle. 60 and muggy in emeryville. up with the ac wrkt seven-day forecast. >> also ahead, the warriors get back on track. kevin durant helps put an end to the >>> good morning, everyone. time right now is 5:44. we are taking a live along outside from the santa cruz camera. the board walk there is open from 12:00 to 5:00 today if you want to check out the limited rides and the ice rink is open. we get a check of the forecast coming up. >>> in sports all three bay area schools in action. stanford faces ucla. cal takes on colorado at memorial stadium added 4:00 p.m. and snap state looks to close out with a win over the rival fresno state. the kickoff at 4:00 p.m. you can watch on espn u. the warriors will battle the kings toon at oracle arena. last night the dubs hoped to snap a four-game losing streak. abc 7 sports director has the highlights in this sports report. >> good morning, everybody. uncharted territory for the warriors under steve kerr. never lost four in a row until now. but as they took the court last night t

i want to see if they can bring up the emeryville camera. eastbound coming from san francisco at oakland there is roadwork causing the lanes to funnel into one. that means if you are leaving san francisco tryingto oakland where there is normally no slow traffic, there is a bunch of slow traffic and you are going to be late. get on the road early. let's bring stephen. >> -- let's bring steve i was from new york to the ohio valley to the great lakes all the way down to the deep south look at that. everything goes up and over the ridge of high treasure over the west coast. it shows no signs of backing down or breaking down anytime soon. the projection for early november is drive. there were hints that it will cool down but there is nothing that says rain yet. we are off into november. 70s and 80s today with temperatures above average. the average is 67-71 and everyone is above this. the jet stream as well to the north. it will be warm thursday and mostly sunny we get the high clouds late in the day but that's it. northerly breeze. atlas peak ha

that's near the oakland- emeryville border. >>> in butte county, crews are working around the clock toure burn scars from the "camp fire." they are facing the threat of debris, mud flows and waterway contamination. >>> cities across the bay area like oakland, san francisco and san jose are holding turkey trots to give thanks and to give back. hayward is opting for a turkey swim instead. and later tonight in san francisco, the salvation army will be delivering dinners to seniors and "meals on wheels" will deliver more than 2,000 meals. >>> taking a live look right now at manhattan, new york city, camera pointed up at the sky where we are expect to see a balloon anytime now but right now, yeah, marching bands there on the ground right on cue. the parade is under way. thousands of people are packing the streets of the city to catch it. we are going to have a whole broadcast of the parade and performances right here on kpix 5 at 1 p.m. >> a classic charlie brown is still the most popular balloon. so that's really cool to see. >>> what's not cool to see are problems on the roads. we are goi

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fairly cool out there, and then here is a look at the poor visibility that we're seeing from our emeryville camera, looking at the bay bridge. air quality will still be unhealthy today. slight impro east the south bay and still trapped in santa clara valley, so unhealthy air quality there, with a lot of smoke coming through. concord starts out in the upper 30s, then it does warm up fast. we'll be up to 57 by 10:00. we'll look at our microclimates coming up. you told me there was a traffic alert in the north bay. >> the good news is it's not the commute direction, novato down to san francisco. that part of the north bay can be critical as things get st hanging north up toward santa rosa out of rohnert park. chp closed the freeway because of a fire. there's an overturned double big rig truck there, a u.p.s. truck is on fire in the north bay. concerned about any fires in the area so we're tracking this. we have a reporter heading up there as well. north 101 remains closed at railroad avenue. take railroad toward old redwood highway north, heading upnt out. the rest of your commute shows an eas

so looking out from emeryville, we should be looking out toward the bay. nothing but smoke and the haze paying us a visit. first thing tomorrow morning another chilly start 30s and 40s. here's once again this area of high pressure anchored offshore. no big changes this weekend. this will be the change into next week. we are tracking first a change in the wind direction. more of a southerly flow that will definitely help us out especially by wednesday. and then a chance of some rainfall by wednesday, as well. in fact, take a look. the forecast model will take it into tuesday. probably by tuesday we should see improving air quality. look at the green though showing up out here in the pacific. this is some rainfall so the chance of some rainfall on wednesday. we'll hold on to that chance into thursday for thanksgiving. tomorrow highs in the 60s. hazy next week and chance of rain wednesday through friday. as we have been hearing, the masks, it's not the foolproof deal to be outside. i guess it's indoor activities this weekend if you can. >>> andre has a look a

this is from our camera over in emeryville. the smoke and haze continue to get heavier and heavier. air quality is very unhealthy right now in the blocks indicated by purple there. you can see the red blocks for the other region around the bay area, unhealthful air quality. this alert remains in effect until next tuesday and we see no improvement coming our way any time soon. this graph indicates the levels of fine particulate matters in the atmosphere. the particles that create the haze we see and pose a health threat because they get into our respiratory systems. notice san francisco have the poorest qualities in the bay area and other areas are poor as well, blocks in red. we move to along to show you another graphic and indicates how far outside the bay area to find clean air right now. red and purple dots indicate the poorest, most unhealthful air quality. orange and yellow are better but outside the bay area. the result of the declining air quality and potential health there, there's a list of school closures that include san francisco, oakland and santa fe unified school dist

this is a live picture from our emeryville cam now.ll about 30 minutes ago, 8:15, of a container on fire. not sure what was inside. here we are 30 minutes in, firefighters getting good water on it, as you can tell, making solid progress. what was once a tower of black smoke there at the port of oakland is now just a small little plume of white smoke so again oakland fire knocking down this fire that popped up just about 30 minutes ago there at the port of oakland. >>> new video coming into the newsroom, president trump spent thanksgiving morning talking by teleconference to american troops deployed around the world. he then visited a coast guard station in florida and praised coast guard members for their responses to recent hurricanes. president trump thanked all of them for their service and he called them great patriots. >>> thanksgiving is celebrated at u.s. military bases around the world and some of the first to celebrate were soldiers in south korea. more than 1000 troops and some of their families sat down for this thanksgiving

the door to numbers unhealthy, especially in the tri-valley, in the pleasanton it's 103. 232 in emeryville. the levels are very high. a spare the air day, we see levels at about 101 to so. unhealthy is 151. 200, we're seeing very unhealthy numbers this morning. and at times it's approaching the hazardous levels. it's really bad to be outside for long periods of time. as we look at what's happening, everything is all clear in terms of clouds, but we still do have the thick smoeblg. as we open it up, i wanted to show you what's on the way as we head into next week. we're already starting to see this storm system shaping up. that could help clear things out and give us rain going into the middle of next week. it's so cold and dry out there. we're below freezing in santa rosa and we're approaching the freezing mark. a lot of our north bay counties and even into the tri-valley, it's 33 right now in san martin. we're just 1 degree above freezing. still looking at upper 60s for most of our microclimates. dress in layers. a hat and scarf will help keep you warm for the early morning hours and then

i want to show you a sunset from the emeryville camera, you can see all the smoke creating the orange hues, unfortunately to the sunset tonight, we were in thing it. i know some of us are feeling it and the effects of our sinuses acting up, dry and irritated and obviously the air is dry as well and visibility is low as the smoke continues to impact us for tonight. oakland down the five miles in concord, tomorrow morning, you mayen counter problems, particularly at sfo, where that spoke could cause delays. so, keep it in mind, dew points are the measure of the moisture in the air. it's so dryst. when y -- it's so dry. your skin and hands may be dry and cracked. we are not used to this kind of dry air, 26 degree dew point in san jose right now. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s with the dry air in place. some of the valleys are going to notice that their temperatures do plunge. there could be patchy frost in our valleys tomorrow morning. 33 in santa rosa tomorrow, but the temperatures will moderate as we head towards the rest of the work week, as we are starting to see signs of change

pretty shoot from emery -- pretty shot from emeryville. hanging the christmas wreath on the opening to the item. they had a crane this morning. all lanes are back open. we don't have any metering lights yet. westbound 80, al bone to the maze, 4 minutes. fremont to san jose 14 minutes. and 101 to cupertino, wide open. >>> nasa turning to manned missions. >>> in today's "techbytes", nasa's future moon missions. >> they have selected nine companies to compete for more than $2 billion in contracts to carry experiments to the lunar surface. the first flight could take place as early as next year. >>> youtube is getting in on the stories craze. >> the video-sharing site is rolling out instagram like stories feature to 10,000 subscribers. stories which last 24 hours on instagram, youtube stories will last seven days. >>> the military is spending $7 million on an exoskeleton to give soldiers better strength and stability. >> those are your "techbytes". >> have a great day. >>> i could use that at the gym. >> no kidding. >> robot, do it for me. >>

san jose, emeryville, and mt. tam.e moment but not for long. >> it's on the way. let's go to meteorologist sandy batelle who's tracking the storm. a strong one. >> a powerful storm and it's intensifying. live doppler 7, notice lightning strikes off the coast. this storm is going to pound the bay area. it's a strong level 2 storm, moderate strength between tonight and tomorrow morning. heavy rain, damaging winds, chance of thunder, dangerous surf. can't rule out an isolated tornado or waterspout. live doppler 7 tracking moist air flowing in, showers in the santa cruz area, boulder creek. east bay, light returns around the livermore valley across 580, vineyard avenue. this is just street level radar. high surf advisory until 4:00 a.m. friday. surthe is building. breakers could be as high as 18 to 24 feet. watch out for strong rip currents. the incoming storm is prompting a number of watches and warnings. >>> a high surf advisory remains in effect right now. here's a live look at the santa cruz pier. >> while conditions o

this is a stunning sunset from emeryville.ow, orange, rust and red in the western sky there. 67 in san francisco. oakland, 65. mountain have you, 70. mid 70s at san jose and morgan hill and 60 at pacifica. 73 in santa rosa. the cool spot is napa, at least on this panel. 70, novato. 75, vacaville, concord, 79. one more sun shset shot from th east bay his camera. fire danger, of course, increases this weekend and we have a cooler pattern beginning on sunday and continuing through next week. let's look at the red flag warning again. it is from late tonight to early sunday morning for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. winds in the higher elevations may gust as high as 50 to 60 miles per hour at times and relative humidity will be dangerously low under those conditions. of course, fires can spread rapidly. during the overnight hours, we will have mainly clear skies and moderately cool conditions with overnight lows in the low to mid 50s, but in the north bay valleys santa rose you will have a low of 45, 43 at napa, so a l

here is a live look at the bay bridge in emeryville.ion in the bay there. thanks so much for joining us. meteorologist rob mayeda has a look at your microclimate forecast. i'm sorry, i forgot your name for a minute. foggy in the brain and outside. >> this is san jose, one of the spots seeing perfectly clear conditions, a gorgeous start to the morning. mid-60s later on. 48 degrees to start the day. dublin is out there. nothing wrong with the camera. it's that foggy right now, around 580 at hacienda, reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less for livermore, dublin, pleasanton, concord, 680 commute headed toward napa, visibility dropped off this morning. fog is the big story of the morning. low 60s inland, mid-60s to upper 60s around san jose today. enjoy the dry weather through tomorrow because as you see, very clearly, beginning tuesday, the rain makes a comeback, stronger storm likely wednesday afternoon and thursday, and then another round coming in for saturday and sunday. busy week ahead. >> busy week ahead. see you at 7:00 for the

this is seeing much more traffic flow, as well as look at this, this is our view from emeryville, noroblems, the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, but the clouds, we can see the city lights. >> right there, just like the strip in the middle. >> exactly. >> it's hovering. >> find out if the sun will burn that off this morning. >> we'll see the sun for a little while today, ahead of our we'll have seval rounds of rain moving in this week, and then as we go toward the weekend, saturday is looking wet, and then sunday the rain will be tapering off. as we look at san francisco in the forecast, it's also going to be turning chilly with upper 50s. i love this look at our live view of squaw valley this morning, as the sun rises. you can see that's fallen and we're going to see some more snow as we go into the weekend. by friday, that's your best day to travel there, before that snow starts falling on saturday, and then it will be wrapping up on sunday. we will see some cool temperatures for our coastal areas, with half moon bay only reaching 57 throughout the weekend, and some rain on sat

that's a look at the view over emeryville.ck smoke that has not gone anywhere, because our winds haven't been strong enough to mix that smoke out or move it away from the bay area. and then we look at these numbers that are still unhealthy. a lot of reds here showing those numbers over 100. measuring in the unhealthy category as we measure how much particulate matter that's harmful to you when you breathe it in. that's what we are seeing out there right now. look at concord. that number way up, 274. so the winds bringing it into that area, and then just sticking around. so we've seen some very poor air quality in spots as a result of our topography here in the bay area. and then when we see these levels over 100, the bay area air quality management district issues a spare the air, and on unhealthy days, it's anywhere from 151 to 200. that's mostly what we are seeing today. last week it was in the very unhealthy category all across the bay area. we're seeing some minor improvements here, and tomorrow we transition to some bette

the view from emeryville of a red crescent moon setting over san francisco. that was around 8:00 tonight. that was the view looking through the smoke. right now a combination of a little bit of smoke and fog at 59 degrees in san francisco. a high in the upper 60s. tonight, those valley temperatures cooling quite a bit. we'll see 30s and 40s to wake up to tomorrow morning. north bay could see patchy frost with smokey fog early. smog or smokey fog, call it what you will. air quality not so good for the morning. as we head for the afternoon, temperatures mainly in the upper 60s to low 70s. some of the smoke may keep our temperatures a little cooler than you expect. close to 71 in san jose. tri-valley, 68 degrees. oakland, close to 70 in fremont. and san francisco looking at highs in the mid-60s tomorrow. north bay temperatures, upper 60s, may be close to 70 around novato. the air quality is the issue here. motive we don't have a red flag warning for the local hilltops around the bay area. but wind direction here is still offshore. all of that smoke from the camp

. >> yes, heading toward emeryville. >> thank you >> the folks at the national weather service said thisabout as good as it gets. there are a couple of us talking about the thunderstorm potential. for us it is pretty good. the angle of the sun is low but there are a few sun break's. the cold system has to rotate in. the key is, it is vertically stacked with a low at the surface. this is where. if you have a barometer at home it is going down. santa rosa is 2946. that is really low and it will get lower. you have a lot of cold air coming in and steve lapse rate in the atmosphere. the ingredients are there for a thunderstorm. it's early. mostly cloudy with brief heavy rain and occasional thunderstorms. i wouldn't be surprised if we didn't get hailed today. the wind advisory goes until 4 pm. sierra snow this warning goes until 4 am with some downed trees or power issues with gusts 45-50 miles an hour. this is tricky but the snow level will go down. at last check there was some rain snow mix that might go up a little bit because of the south wind. then once the cold air arrives it will go do

our emeryville camera is looking at i-80, also looking to be wide open and here is the golden gate bridge traffic where traffic is lots of lights in both directions, something to just keep in mind. >>> traveling by car here in the bay area should be no problem the next couple days, at least as far as weather conditions are concerned. things may be problematic by next week. dry conditions now but the storm coming in on tuesday that ranks one on the storm impact scale, storm of light intensity beginning friday, tuesday morning 5:00 a.m. rain spreading eastward and southward during the day. a second wave of rain wednesday and a much stronger storm overnight wednesday into thursday so we've got quite a stormy week coming our way, especially around the middle of the week. i'll give you a closer look at the forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, spencer, thanks. >> the massive camp fire has been contained. cal fire officials say thanks to the recent rain, the fire is fully surrounded after burning for more than two weeks. 85 people were killed. 249 are on the list of those unaccounted for a

we have a crash on the counter commute of 80 in emeryville area. we'll check that out next. >>> alexis, thank you. we want to take you back to our breaking news story we have been 12 people dead in a nightclub shooting in thousand oaks. >> kabc, our sister station, has been there all night. let's check in with them. >> this is just off the 101 freeway. i want to show you behind us, staff from the ventura county medical examiner's office arrived 15 minutes ago. we have the ventura county sheriff, along with the fire department, remits from all the agencies are here this morningment yes, we did get confirmation this is where sergeant ron helus was brought. this is where he passed away after he was shot multiple times in this active shooter situation at the borderline bar & grill in thousand oaks. and so clearly broken hearts here in ventura county. we have seen many of the sheriffs deputies who have been on site leave the past 30 minutes or so. however, there is still a lot of activity going in and out of the er. not only law enforcement but what app

right now, heavy rain from emeryville, and you will notice around concord, and martinez, we are getting rainfall rates in some of the areas as high as about .7 of an inch we are seeing heavy rainfall, downpours not confined to one area. coming down, it is steady from san francisco to the peninsula. tonight, tomorrow morning. exclusive to abc 7 news. we have a strong storm that is pushing through, heavy rain, thunderstorms with hail a possibility. and dangerous surf and isolated tornado or water spout cannot be ruled out. you will notice the winds in the hills, over 30 miles an hour for gusts. sfo reporti ining 40 mile an ho wind gusts. we have been seeing debris flows and surf, and power outages. we will be looking at the morning commute time line coming up. >> thank you. >> it can be intense for the next few hours, we have crews around the bay area. >> we begin with kate larson, she is live where a power pole caught fire, kate. >> reporter: that is right, we are off highway 1, you can see the branch fell down after the rain and wind started to pick up in the area. joining me now live i

you can see from that emeryville camera the lights. earlier we saw smoke and the fire department is getting a handle on it. another dangerous situation that may distract people it the last thing i heard was, wires in the area couple getting the firefight. we will keep an eye on this and let you know. >> let's talk about some of the other commutes. traffic is going to be busy. it is going to be a little bit slow. driving on 80 westbound it looks all right from vallejo to hercules. today we expect a day where it might be a little lighter than usual because some government employees have a day off a for veterans day. looking at the commute on the altamont pass. even though there is slow traffic it's not as much is normal for a monday. there it is just after 2:05. hopefully if there is any good news from today is that we will have it lighter commute on a monday. let's bring in steve.>>> thank you, sal. a lot of smoke with no change in the pattern probably through the middle of the week. maybe some changes toward the end of the week. smoky

as you head through the berkeley stretch toward emeryville. so far so good for mass transit. 28 bart trains in service with no delays. normal service for san francisco bay ferry. >> thanks, a alexis. a new forecast predicts we will spend a lot more during the holiday season. >> fewer of us are buying new smartphones. >> in today's "tech bites", online holiday sales skyrocketing. >>> consumers will spend $124 billion online, nearly 15% more than last year. cyber monday will be the busy 6th day, followed by black friday. >>> and what's not selling like it used to are smartphones. >> a new report shows global sales have fallen four straight quarters. lack of design is among the slump. samsung is the global leader with 20% of the market. >>> a new film from orson wells debuts today on netflix. >> it is the story of a fictional director making his comeback. he worked on it in the '70s but financing got in the way. netflix helped to pay for the finished product. >> those are your "tech bites". >> have a great day. >>> as we approach the holiday seas

starwood marriott in the past four years, that includes all the sheratons like this one here at emeryville, you are likely on the list. marriott says an unauthorized party broke into a database as early as 2014 so this has been going on for a while. it affects big brands, 11 brands including the westin being the sheraton and the w hotel. more than 50% of those hacked had their phone numbers, email addresses, passport information, date of birth and credit card information all exposed. we spoke to some of the guests here and got their reaction. >> i get discounts through marriott through my work so that is one of the main reasons i tend to go to marriott hotels. >> would it affect whether or not you check into another marriott? >> for perm use, yes. i definitely would think twice a little bit. i probably still will but i want to know a little bit more about what happened to my data and what they are doing going forward. >> does it worry you that maybe some of your information might be out there now? >> it does but i'm not going to let it really bother me a lot. >> reporter: the marriott will

also moved the camera here from emeryville. you see some flashing lights that's eastbound 80 passing ashby in the area where we hear a report east or westbound, there's a crash. i don't see any traffic flow interrupted but again, those flashing lights there, and also over there on the westbound side are a reason for concern. i'll track that but so far, do you see the traffic flowing. we'll bring you the latest. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> we've seen this in the bay area paying for a faster commute. looking to create carpool lanes on 101 and 280. >> "today in the bay's" thom jensen is in san francisco this morning. >> reporter: good morning, the city or county players are looking at an option to spend about $4 million to look at just how viable these optionsor put carpool lanes or possible toll lanes on two of the wuziest highways, 101 and 280, converting existing lanes northbound and southbound lanes on highway 101 and interstate 280 through the city, specifically they'll look at about five miles of 101 from the 280 in

it's so bad you can barely see the bay bridge from emeryville. but it was not enough to keep these fans home. more than 50 plan to sit in the stands cheering on their team despite recommendations from doctors. dr. hugh harris says the tiny particles from the smoke can take a toll on your have respiratory or heart problems. >> like being around a bus or something else belching out smoke smoke. >> reporter: for those working outdoors it's tough to avoid the bad air. even some who work indoors complained about smoke problems. >> it's making my nose and eyes water. >> reporter: people snatched up masks at hardware stores. if you have respiratory problems, invest in an n95 mask. which is the type you need keep smaller particles from the smoke from reaching your lungs. extra oxygen will be on the sidelines for both teams during tonight's game. the air quality is so bad in the bay area right now that several high school sports competitions, including football, tennis and cross country have rescheduled their events for the end of the week. reporting live