"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in foster city with the man that police are now looking for. pete, what do we know? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus. we're standing in front of the san mateo foster city school headquarters where they've made that decision to increase their police presence around schools as a result of this threat. let's show you guys the picture of that man inside the big five store on el camino real back on friday. according to san mateo police they're saying a customer reported the man after overhearing him telling an employee he was going to purchase a firearm and threatened to shoot up a school with it. now, police say he also asked the employee what would be a good shirt to wear while he was doing this. you are looking at a surveillance picture of when he was inside of that big five. police say when they did arrive on friday they were not able to locate him. i want to show you some information on his description. you just saw the picture, but he is described assen adult white male in his 30s, 35 years old, and he appears to be transient

activists are holding a ral lil outside visa headquarters in foster city. abc7 news' matt keller is there. >> reporter: you have a big grum outside visa's headquarters in foster city in front of a visa sign at one of the they are here demanding major credit card companies like visa, mastercard, american express stop doing business with retailers who sell assault living. >> they have the power and, thus, the responsibility to help curb, even stop the sale of assault weapons across the united states. >> if people want to own them, there should be as many speed bumps, impediments to owning an assault grade rifle as there is to buying a car and having insurance for it. >> reporter: this comes after the school shooting noo parkland, florida, where gun control groups have put more pressure on private companies to change gun-selling policies. walmart and dick's sporting goods announced changes to their policy. payment processors like paypal and applepay have already banned using their services to buy firearms. we've reached out several times to visa this morning a

parts of foster city including the areas near the san mateo bridge, are also threatened by massive flooding. uc berkeley research found treasure island is sinking at a rate of a half inch per year. by contrast, sea level rise is climbing at one to 2 millimeters per year. bergman says his estimates don't take into account extreme weather events, so the effects could be even worse. >> that's terrifying. >> reporter: jackie kim owns all of's restaurant in foster city, where she lived for 22 years. >> it's been here for so long. i am sure there is always remedies to fix it. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >>> the hunt is on for a hit and run driver who killed a bay area teenager near elmont drive and vallejo at around 4 pm this afternoon. police say for some reason, a gmc suburban rolled backward onto the sidewalk, hitting a pedestrian, which was an 18- year-old girl. the suv overturned, and the driver ran away. anyone with information is asked to call police . >>> a trail has become so popular it's become a race track and some say it's a safety hazard. maria medina is in mountain view tonight.

parts of foster city including the areas near the san mateo bridge are threatened by flooding then. uc-berkeley research found that treasure island is sinking at a rate of a half inch per year! by contrast, sea level rise is climbing at 1 to 2 millimeters per year! bergman says his estimates don't take into account extreme weather events so the effects could be even worse. >> that's terrifying! that's scary! >> reporter: jackie kim owns olive's restaurant in foster city where she lived for 22 years. >> been here for so long. i'm sure there's always remedies of, you know, how they will fix it. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> let's check the forecast. >> it's going to be wet. so just not too much, not too much to see much ponding going on. enough for umbrellas and windshield wipers. some green showing up here in some areas. there's a few areas that -- it's a light drizzle that doesn't show up on hi-def doppler. right now east of lexington hills and north of boulder creek, scotts valley just a very, very light amount of drizzle that's coming through across some of

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in san mateo foster city school district this morning to show us who police -- they are looking for right now. pete, talk to us about this man. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. yes, they are still looking for that suspect as we speak. we are standing here in front of the san mateo foster city school district building where they sent out that message to parents yesterday saying they were going to increase the security presence around the schools in the district, even saying they are going to lock all gates and doors throughout the day, but they are looking for this suspect. let's show you a surveillance picture that was sent out by san mateo police regarding this suspect. they say a customer reported that the man -- reported that they overheard the man telling an employee he was going to purchase a fire arnl and threatened to shoot up a school with that firearm. police say he also asked the employee what would be a good shirt to wear while doing so. while police arrived they said they did an extensive investigation and w

foster city 39. low to mid-40s for san mateo, belmont, and the upper 40s at pacifica, daly city.eady 55 in half moon bay. 36 right now, palo alto and livermore. san ramone, one of the cool spots. oakland, 37. san rafael, 41. napa and santa rosa dress for 35. look at the gorgeous sun rise developing as the cool colors of the night take over for the warm orange of the sun rise. light breezes on the bay. exercising cool to mild. it will be mild today. here is what i will talk about when we come back, a 1 on our storm impact scale for wednesday night through thursday morning. i'll see you with that. let's see what alexis is tracking. >>> i have good news and bad news for our east bay commuters. we finally have the all clear on this crash westbound 24 right around the 580 merge. that was there for over an hour or so, three vehicles and no injuries. took them a long time to get rid of that one. a crash on the backup at broadway. it was all contained to the shoulder. however, they are saying the fire department is blocking the left lane. things are definitely slow if you're coming from

foster city... alameda and union city. scientists say the increased flooding has already begun.rn of the century it will be much worse. the yellow on this map shows the area at sfo expected to flood at the start of the century due to sea level rise but when you add the rate at which the land is sinking the flood zone increases dramtically. with water covering about half of the runways and taxiways. scientists say some options to solve the problem include building levees and raising the land itself. ( james ) new this morning... a mountain lion was spotted early this morning in the dearborn park area. the san mateo county sheriff's office says the big cat was in a tree. fish and game were called in... but the lion ran into the woods. ( darya ) the marin county health department is warning people ánot to eat recreationally harvested shellfish. that includes oysters... clams and mussels. a recent sample detected a toxin called "p-s-p." the samples were taken near point reyes national seashore. the toxin can make people sick...and cooking the shellfish does not get rid of it. state-

at visa headquarters in foster city.that they stop doing business with retailers who sell assault-style rifles. >> the fbi paid best buy's geek squad employees to work as informants. best buy says its employees report child pornography that the company prohibits looking for anything else. >> number 5, you may soon see an extra lane in both directions on the richmond-san rafael bridge. there's a new effort under way to add a westbound lane. officials want to study the idea as they get ready to open a third eastbound lane. >>> janitors on strike in downtown san francisco as part of international women's day. they're fighting to join the service employees international union. women make up the majority of janitorial workers in the u.s. >>> number 7, meghan markle and prince harry celebrating international women's day. girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math. by the way, it's a fun new fact for you. the coat markle is wearing from j. crew is already sold out this morning. >> for sure. >> not a surprise.

matt keller has more in foster city. >> reporter: good morning. the rally is scheduled for 11:00 this morning. not only that, organizers are planning on delivering petitions with more than 144,000 signatures. the rally will take pace here at the visa headquarters in foster city. members of the campa demanding credit card companies like visa and master card, stop doing business with retailers who sell assault rifles. groups say paypal and apple pay have already banned using their services to buy firearms. this comes after.school shooting in parkland, florida where there's more pressure on private companies to change gun selling policies. walmart, dick's sporting goods recently announced changes to their policies. including raising the minimum age to buy a gun to 21. we have yet to hear back. reporting live in foster city, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> i quickly want o show you something that caught our attention on social media. starting to trend online. the cast of abc's hit show modern family sending a message of support to parkland, florida. >> w

south san francisco, foster city. and highway 35 into woodside, even cupertino, a few areas of wet weather. the santa cruz mountains from davenport to santa cruz, it is certainly soggy out there. cool numbers in the north bay with some dry conditions. upper 30s. 45 half moon bay. and your morning looks like this. the scattered showers, mid 40s san francisco. we are going to keep it cool with the showers in the forecast today. chris? >> lisa, thanks. >>> breaking news out of san francisco where one person is dead after a one alarm fire broke out at an adult video and bookstore in the south of market district. it started just after 2:00 this morningan on 6th street between mission and mena. firefighters believe the business was open at the time saying it may be a 24-hour store. it's unclear what sparked the flames. crews say 6th street between mission and fulsome is closed while they investigate. >>> there is the threat of avalanches in the sierra where a hiker from richmond has been lost since wednesday. tom mullarkey

parts of foster city including areas near the san mateo bridge are also threatened by massive flooding uc berkeley research found that treasure island is sinking at a rate of a half inch per year. by contrast, sea level rise is climbing at 1 to 2 millimeters per year. bergman says his estimates don't take into account extreme weather events so the effects could be even worse. >> that's terrifying. that's scary. >> reporter: jackie kim owns olive's restaurant in foster city where she lived for 22 years. >> it's been here for so long. and i'm sure there's always remedies of how they'll fix it. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >> according to the study, groundwater pumping is another major contributor to the steady sinking. >>> mary lee is joining us now. we have quite a weather system. >> storm after storm actually. for next week, get ready for a lot of rain. i'm tracking a couple systems that will bring the wet weather and the chance for isolated thundershowers as well. let's get right to a live look outside. we did have a few showers earlier in some spots. a little bit

. >>> happening today the san mateo foster city school district will have extra police at schools this morning. >> this comes after police say this man went into a big five sporting goods store on friday and told an employee he wanted to buy a weapon to shoot up a school. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in san mateo with the man that police are looking for now and how big a threat this man might be. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus, yes, we're standing in front of the san mateo foster city school district where they made that decision on sunday to increase security presence around their schools as a result of this threat, but here is what san mateo police is doing as far as getting the public's help in trying to find this suspect. let's show you a surveillance picture of when that man that they're looking for was inside of that big five sporting goods store this past friday. now, according to police they're saying a customer overheard him telling an employee he was going to purchase a firearm and threatened to shoot up a school with it. in fact, police

parents dropping off kids at schools in san mateo and foster city, you are seeing more police around. >> that extra law enforcement is a precaution it's being taken after some threats were made last week. ktvu's allie rasmus live in san mateo to explain the concerns. allie? >> yes, well the threats apparently didn't name any specific schools. >> reporter: though that should be a relief to parents but they were apparently made by a man who walked into a big five sporting goods store on south el camino real in san mateo last week and apparently started shouting to get a gun to quote shoot up some cools. given -- schools. given the environment it was obviously concerning and police want to talk to the man and ask him about those threats. they circulated this photo from the surveillance video they are still trying to locate the man and speak to him about it. the man is described as being about 35 years old, witnesses in the store at the time say he appeared to be transient and we don't know anything about the condition of his mental health but the people working in the store at the time a

most built on landfill are sinking faster than otherssotsan francisco airport, treasure island, foster city, union city, and some smaller areas, alameda, bay farm, oakland airportburgmann says increased flooding has already begun and by the turn of the century it will be much worse. the yellow on this map shows the area at sfo expected to flood at the turn of the century due to sea level rise but when you add the degree to which the land is sinking the flood zone increases dramtically with water covering about half of the runways and taxiways. in foster city the same the flood zones due to sea level rise alone, and now when you account for the sinking of the land.sotif i lived there i would be very worried, clearly these low lying areas along all coasts are at great risk standup dan kerman/uc berkeley 140-150burgmann there's still time for decision makers to do something some options include building levees or sea walls or raising the land itself certainly easier said than done. at uc berkeley day kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) new tonight at 8. police in the east bay are searching for three m

the three locations in san jose and cupertino, pahlly al toe, foster city, daly city, and newark are all gone. according to the mercury news, one employee cited staffing issues saying it was hard to find enough employees to keep the cupertino restaurant going. >>> a judge has refused to eliminate bail for a student at san jose state university who is accused of sexual assault. he's accused of assaulting three male classmates while living in dorms on campus. in each of those cases they knew each other and two of the men were reportedly drugged. >> it was definitely a surprise. especially seeing how they live in the building where it happened. >> it was very shocking. living in cva it's one of the dorms that are only tailored to upper grad students or graduate students or professors. >> he was in court yesterday to face the assault charges but he did not enter a plea. he is being held at the santa clara county jail on $210,000 bond. >>> at least six people are confirmed dead in the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in florida. the recently installed walkway suddenly fell to the ground ye

just one area that will be impacted sotthose areas are san francisco airport, treasure island, foster cityion city, oakland airport and and a number of other smaller areas this is foster city 's flood zone in 2100 due to sea level rise and this is it when you add in the sinking of the land. sotmost of those areas are built on landfill so this is artificial material put in place to increase land area, and landfill compacts and that has gone on for decades and continues today.standup dan kerman/uc berkeley 120-130 burgmann there's still time for decision makers to do something some options include building levees or sea walls or raising the land itself certainly easier said than done. at uc berkeley day kerman kron 4 news. (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero... joining us now is chief meteorologist lawrence karnow... lawrence karnow...lawrence meteorologist now is chief joining us 4 news.day kerman kron at uc berkeley day kerman kron 4 news. (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero.

most built on landfill are sinking faster than otherssotsan francisco airport, treasure island, foster city, union city, and some smaller areas, alameda, bay farm, oakland airportburgmann says increased flooding has already begun and by the turn of the century it will be much worse. the yellow on this map shows the area at sfo expected to flood at the turn of the century due to sea level rise but when you add the degree to which the land is sinking the flood zone increases dramtically with water covering about half of the runways and taxiways. in foster city the same the flood zones due to sea level rise alone, and now when you account for the sinking of the land.sotif i lived there i would be very worried, clearly these low lying areas along all coasts are at great risk standup dan kerman/uc berkeley 140-150burgmann there's still time for decision makers to do something some options include building levees or sea walls or raising the land itself certainly easier said than done. at uc berkeley day kerman kron 4 news (grant) (grant) marin county's health department is warning people not to e

there is an increased presence at the foster city school district today. parents were notified in an email last night. >> the way that things are happening, you just cannot call it an overreaction. after getting an email, it was like okay, let's talk about this again. keep your eyes and ears open.>>reporter: parents at parkside elementary told us that the incident has prompted them to talk with their kids about being aware of their environment and being safe. we have contacted the san mateo police this morning to ask them whether they have been able to locate the man from that big five store who made the threats. a short time ago we heard from a sergeant who said she would be reaching out to the community with more information. hopefully, later this morning, we will have an update on this investigation. >>> organizers of saturday's national march for life say they will build on the success of their event by pressuring congress to pass new gun control laws. hundreds of thousands of people around the world took part in demonstrations against gun violence. se

foster city... alameda and union city. scientists say the increased flooding has already begun.ry it will be much worse. the yellow on this map shows the area at sfo expected to flood at the start of the century due to sea level rise but when you add the rate at which the land is sinking the flood zone increases dramtically. with water covering about half of the runways and taxiways. scientists say some options to solve the problem include building levees and raising the land itself. ( darya ) the marin county health department is warning people ánot to eat recreationally harvested shellfish. that includes oysters... clams and mussels. a recent sample detected a toxin called "p-s-p." the samples were taken near point reyes national seashore. the toxin can make people sick...and cooking the shellfish does not get rid of it. state-certified ácommercial shellfish are still safe to eat. ( darya ) a new federal report says opioid overdoses are on the rise. they jumped 30 percent last year. recently... three men died in san francisco after they reportedly overdosed on fentanyl. the op

san mateo, foster city, san carlos, ralston avenue heading into bell mopt, and further down the peninsulao the south bay from cupertino and saratoga and lose gatos. cambrian park you're seeing receipt roadways. how much rainfall? ben lomond 84/100s of an inch a third of an inch in santa rosa. 1100th oakland. antioch 2 to 400th of an inch. temperatures now unbelievably mild as we do have a south wind. we have 50s and 60s, feeling mug i out there is what people are reporting on social media. golden gate bridge camera, this is what you can expect for your morning commute. wet conditions for the morning commute. p.m. you'll be looking at showers and possible thunder tomorrow. and a colder storm arrives mid week. here's what you need to look out for for your morning commute planner. if you're driving it's going to be bad, wet and breezy. choppy waters if you're taking the ferry across the bay. definitely need the brelz. slippery areas if you're walking to work tomorrow or taking your kids to school. overnight impact scale, light level 1 system. light to moderate rainer breezy to gusty and ther

we're talking about large areas of a shoreline including sfo, foster city and treasure island. dramatically increasing the risk of flooding. researchers say that this is because those areas are built on landfill that was not densely compacted. meanwhile other parts of the bay face a lesser risk since they are built on mud that compacts over time. they are sinking only two millimeters a year, about the thickness of a nickel. >>> this morning, plans to add a third westbound lane on the richmond/san rafael bridge are moving forward. the bay area toll authority's oversight committee has approved a study to see if that extra traffic lane is reasonable and what it would take to make it happen. the cost to do the study, $100,000. >> so that should help traffic in the future but right now how are things? >> over at the richmond/san rafael bridge right now, traffic is light and it remains in the green. it is very early. only 6:15. but you know, for those who commute, that's a big deal. things are looking good. we'll keep our fingers crossed for you but we are having problems along highw

. >> reporter: meantime a protest in foster city was aimed at making it harder to buy assault weapons at any age. about two dozen people rallied outside visa headquarters calling on the credit card company to stop doing business with stores selling assault weapons. >> it's a simple ask. visa, don't let people use a visa credit card to buy weapons of mass murder. >> these are 150,000 signatures from folks around the country. >> reporter: amid tight security a box full of signatures supporting the effort was hand delivered to a visa representative inside. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: visa later denied the protesters' requests saying, "we do not believe visa should be in the position of setting restrictions on the sale of lawful goods or services." organizers plan to keep the heat on visa. >> i think they'll have to face the consumers who are disappointed by their inaction. >> reporter: and say the issue may ultimately be decided by the marketplace. in foster city, len ramirez, kpix5. >>> our other top story, president trump blasting oakland's mayor calling her decisi

. >> the fight for gun control comes to visa headquarters in foster city today. this is happening at 11:00 this morning on metro center boulevard. advocates for gun control will rally and also deliver more than 100,000 signatures to the credit card company. they are demanding that the company stop processing payments from retailers that sell weapons. >>> coming up next, so many people using amazon these days the company is now starting a discounted membership. for a particular group of customers. >>> the list keeps getting longer and longer. new nonstop flights from san jose international airport. . >>> here's your business headlines stocks traded down early sparked on gary cohn's resignation. but canada and mexico may get exemption from steel and aluminum tariff. unemployment filings today ahead of tomorrow's big job report. the dow falling yesterday. the nasdaq rising 24 to 7396. breaking deal news. heat insurance cigna is buying express scripts in a deal. that represents 31% premium to express scripts wednesday closing price. health care companies are consolid

woodside 31. 36 in foster city to hayward at39. that's pretty cold in foster site. for us, sunshine on the men -- city. for us, sunshine on the menu. temperatures bumping up. the cold is moving out. and so look for warmer weather today, highs in the low 60s for many. a few near 63, 64 around san jose. all right. sal, what do you have for us. >>> we have the first signs of slow traffic

that means parts of foster city, sfo and across the bay in union city, might only be access he will by boat by the year -- accessible by boat by the year 201 -- 2100 in we knew it was happening but we didn't have observations showing where the sinking is happening and how fast. >> we need to be thinking a lot about solutions and can't do things the way we have been doing them. >> some of the residents may be a little alarmed to find out their homes could be under water within a few generations. dr. burgman is suggesting building a seawall and levees to help save and preserve the communities. >>> we are coming up on the 5:00 hour. and after skipping a trip to california in his first year, as commander in chief, president trump will visit the state next week. coming up, we will tell you when and where the president will be visiting. >> good morning. we do have traffic that's doing pretty welcoming around the corner to the bay bridge toll plaza so far so good. >> overnight rain was okay for some. not much for others. but, it's on its way out of the picture here. we will have a little brea

san mateo, foster city, san carlos, ralston avenue heading into bell mopt, and further down the peninsula into the south bay from cupertino and saratoga and lose gatos. cambrian park you're seeing receipt roadways. how much rainfall? ben lomond 84/100s of an inch a third of an inch in santa rosa. 1100th oakland. antioch 2 to 400th of an inch. temperatures now unbelievably mild as we do have a south wind. we have 50s and 60s, feeling mug i out there is what people are reporting on social media. golden gate bridge camera, this is what you can expect for your morning commute. wet conditions for the morning commute. p.m. you'll be looking at showers and possible thunder tomorrow. and a colder storm arrives mid week. here's what you need to look out for for your morning commute planner. if you're driving it's going to be bad, wet and breezy. choppy waters if you're taking the ferry across the bay. definitely need the brelz. slippery areas if you're walking to work tomorrow or taking your kids to school. overnight impact scale, light level 1 system. light to moderate rainer breezy to gusty and

research done at uc-berkeley found areas like treasure island, foster city and the san francisco airport could be at the greatest risk. the study found the sinking in these areas is happening more quickly and combined with rising sea levels it could nearly double the area of land mass that will be under water by the year 2100. >>> to start the day, we had a little bit of rain but it's cloudy out there. >> we have a few clouds out there but also we'll get a break and see that sunshine as well so a little mix of everything and there are some areas with very, very light drizzle. taking a look at hi-def doppler definitely noticing it's cleared up. you may see darker clouds in the mountain range but no measurable precipitation. but we did have a decent amount overnight. to the north the rain is coming down. there's a chance some of this will come to our area but not until late, late tonight or early tomorrow morning. as far as 24-hour rain totals go, mill valley saw a good amount, almost three-quarters inch. healdsburg three-quarters three-tenths. oakland and richmond got a .25" of rain. righ

campbell and moving northeast, to san jose at 11:05, and morgan hill, 11:33, you can see showers over foster citymoving in to oakland in to 11:29 and berkley through 11:39 tonight. i will show you where the heaviest rain is located that will impact your morning commute. it 138 miles out here off shore. we are waiting on this here for things to begin to pick up. the early timeline over the next several hours. he shows scattered rain in to 1:00 a.m. and north bay rain picks up at 4:00 a.m. and a widespread rain across the bay area. we will look at it hour by hour, coming up at 11:19 and sierra snow totals could be epic. we will total it up for you. >> it will be dicey tomorrow morning. here's what we will do, we will start our morning news cast, 40 minutes early, traffic could be a mess. we will have the live coverage at 4:00 a.m. >>> we are following some breaking news out of san francisco. niece radio live pictures from our photographer/reporter trying to drive across the golden gate bridge. northbound traffic is slow going this is all because of a deadly crash that happened around 9:00 p.m. this

. >> reporter: meantime a protest in foster city was aimed at making it harder to buy assault weapons people rallied outside visa headquarters calling on the credit card company to stop doing business with stores selling assault weapons. >> it's a simple ask. visa, don't let people use a visa credit card to buy weapons of mass murder. >> these are 150,000 signatures from folks around the country. >> reporter: amid tight security a box full of signatures supporting the effort was hand delivered to a visa representative inside. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: visa later denied the protesters' requests saying, "we do not believe visa should be in the position of setting restrictions on the sale of lawful goods or services." organizers pla k

. >> the san mateo foster city school district puts its 21 campuses on heightened alert, putting teachers, parents and students on edge. cara's sixth grader didn't go to school. >> do you think you feel sick because you're nervous about what's p been going on or do you really feel sick? he said i really feel sick. >> reporter: some middle school parents showed up at a school board meeting. they didn't want to talk on camera but pointed out this line in the community alert, it says all gates and doors will be locked, but barell doesn't have a gate or perimeter fence, a security measure parents say is long overdue. >> i think it probably is this day and age, yes. some of the kids are changing classes on the sidewalk around here. >> reporter: the district says the plan is to install it this summer. >> barell middle school will be our last school to have complete fencing and it has taken an extended period of time because of the ada rules. >> while its expected to be business as usual as schools, some parents say they are eagle to see campuses as secure as possible. >>> a developing story out

westbound those taillights moving away from us, we are in hayward with this camera heading over toward foster city. we will show you what things are like on all sides of the bay coming up. >>> plus it's a match up everyone is talking about this morning. "today" show's savannah guthrie taking on tennis superstar roger federer and bill gates in san jose. it was all for charity. we will break it downplay by play all coming up. plus savannah and al will join us live in the next hour just warming up on this tuesday morning. you're watching "today in the bay." -- breaking news >>> 4:44 in the morning. a little bit of breaking news as we take a look at our earthquake map. there was a 3.6 earthquake six miles east of gilroy that just happened. if you have any reports of damage, we would love to hear about it. you can e-mail us at nbcbayarea.com or on twitter as well. >> some pretty dramatic new video to show you this morning that has and a happy outcome that you really have to see for yourself. it shows a girl dangling from a chair lift at big bear mountain ski resort in southern california. she's being h

. >> few heavier pockets of rain now across the peninsula into foster city through 5:14. we are tracking a wet week ahead. i'll have the full breakdown of each and every day. that's in six minutes. christoph ended. it stood for years -- in san jose )s city hall..unto this weekend.. >>> the long saga over the christopher columbus statue ended. stood for years since the late 1950s in city hall. but no longer. this weekend it was removed. it now has a new home, that many consider a last resort. let's bring in nbc bay area's correspondent in san jose at one of the italian american communities. robert. >> well, raj, a lot of people are wondering whether people will ever see it. here. at the cultural center. san jose. fourth street. a facility generally not open to the public. mainly rented out for events. not a prominent spot for a statue. it's bane long, strange trip for the statue. the once iconic figure at city hall is wrapped up waiting to be put on display. >> it has to be in that corner. >> kent berelli said the group is ready to take the statue, wasn't happy it was exile

this will track in to san ma take toe, 11:29, and foster city, 11:35 and in to hayward, things picking up after midnight. we are watching things in morin, napa and sonoma counties. you see the wild fire burn zones highlighted. widespread coverage here of rain in the burn zones and that is where we could see mudslide issues through the next 24 hours. let's go ahead and show you what we can expect. >>> 3:00 a.m., widespread coverage of rainfall, as we go in to 5:00 a.m. we are looking at heavier pockets for the east bay, north bay and for the peninsula, and by 7:00 in the morning. it's why the commute is going to be difficult. heavy rainfall for the north bay, all the way through the south bay. we may undergo a break tomorrow. another round of wet weather will be coming our way for tomorrow night. and that is how we get to the totals that are basically an inch here from the south bay, to the east bay, right over to san francisco. higher totals possible here from the peninsula, and consistent with what we have been seeing lately. sierra snow, busy arrested warning in affect, maybe 64 inch

today they'll deliver the petitions with more than 144,000 signatures to visa's red quarters in foster city're holding a rally today demanding major credit card companies like visa and master card stop doing business with retailers who sell assault rifles. this comes after the school shooting in parkland, florida, where they've put pressure on private companies to change gun selling policies. payment processors like paypal and apple pay have banned using their services to there's a letter written by survivors who -- other acts of terror using guns in the u.s. today's rally is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. reporting live in fobser city, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> happening today, three bay area lawmakers will announce a bill raising the minimum age to legally purchase long guns in california. they're proposing raising the minimum age from 18 to 21. they're set to make the announcement in sacramento later this morning. >>> warriors head coach steve kerr will take time off the court next week to talk about gun violence. he's scheduled to speak with ro khan khanna. the town hall is set for

activists gathered outside of the headquarters for visa in foster city. they claim visa can slow assault weapon sales by simply not processing payments from retailers which sell assault weapons. advocates delivered a stack of petitions with more an 100,000 signatures. >> they could go along way to stopping or slowing the sale of assault weapons around the country with a single change to their terms of service. >> and we're not asking people to give up their guns. but there is no need for assault rifles to be in our communities. they do not belong where we live. >> the activists say if visa and mastercard act, other credit card companies will be pressured to follow. >> the president has made it official. there is now 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum. now fear this announcement will prompt a trade war with countries like china. the bay area is reacting to the president's new tariffs, which could have a major impact here. scott budman has more. >> reporter: san jose is a cost of manufacturing is all about the steel. the warehouses always busy and work

. >> reporter: the san mateo foster city school district put its 21 campuses on heightened alert, putting teachers, parents, and students on edge. carol's sixth grader didn't go to school today. do you think you feel sick because you're nervous about what's been going on, or do you really feel sick? he said, no, i really feel sick, mom. >> reporter: sick with worry. some middle school parents showed up at a school board meeting. they didn't want to talk on camera but pointed out this line in the community alert. it says, all gates and doors will be locked. but morrill doesn't have a gate. it doesn't have a perimeter fence. a security measure parents say is long overdue. >> i think is probably is in this day and age, yes. some of the kids are changing classes on the sidewalk out here. >> the district says after years of delays, the plan is to install it this summer. >> borel middle school will be our last school to have complete fencing, and it has taken an extended period of time because of the ada rules. >> reporter: while it's expected to be business at usual at school tomorrow, some pa

piology, shut down in san jose, newark, foster city, daly city. >> dangerous form of protest, or merely vandalism. the case of cut bike brakes that put a woman's life at risk in oakland. >> plus punished for taking part in the national school walk-out. a south bay parent, says a teacher unfairly, disciplined his daughter. >> rain moving over los altos in 30 minutes. also pushing into mountain view as well. we are tracking how much is left for this weekend. and heavier rain, back in the forecast next week. full details in about 10 minutes. >>> school policy or violation of the first amendment. a teacher pun ushed his daughter for taking part in wednesday's national school walkout. nbc bay area's correspondent joins us live from los gatos with of what the students' parent are doing about it now. anoushah. >> the student's father says the teacher gave her an f on a quiz he scheduled on the day of the walkout. in order to discourage other students from participating in it. dad says that that f, knocked her grade down from an a in the class to a b-plus. they say they are pulling her out of t

researchers say the problem of sinking started as soon as progress dictated portions of the bay front foster cityasure island and sfo were filled in for development. >> we knew this was happening but we didn't really have observations showing where the sinkings have remained past. >> reporter: by skype the doctor says he spent the better part of the decade using saturday m light images and hands on measurements to map the problem n blue, local land subs tans or sinking is at at rate of a thickness of a nickel annually. yellow shows incursions from see level rise at a 10th an inch per year. combined and by the end of the century, it's a red alert for large areas unindated with water. >> by 2000, large areas in these places will be flooded and we are looking at average sea level he. >> he don't see infratruck sture -- infrastructure to support a move away from that. there would be chaos to try to respond to that. >> reporter: many residents living at or close to the bay say they have known fill areas were gradually sinking but their alarm to learn adding in rising sea levels could put the propertie

locations that closed are thethe three in san jose and in cupertino palo alto foster city, daily -- daley city and newark. one employee cited staffing issues in silicone valley saying it was difficult to find enough employees to keep the cupertino restaurant up and running. there's no official announcement or explanation for the closures. >>> judge refused to ally the nate bail for a student who is accused of sexual assault. 21-year-old, a 4th year chemical engineer student is accused of assaulting three male classmates while living in dorms. in each case he and his victims knew each or and two of the men were reportedly drugged. >> it was a surprise, especially seeing how i live in the building where it happened. and also that it happened multiple times. >> it was very shocking because living in cva is one of the dorms tailored to upper grad studentswith or professors. >> he was in court yesterday to face the assault charges. he didn't enter a plea. he is held at the santa clara county jail on $210,000 bond. >>> 6 people now confirmed dead in that collapse of a pedestrian bridge near a u

. >> historically foster city has not been in a flood zone degree nation. >> it's believed san mateo the most vulnerable area to sea level rise in all of california. some projects do run into controversy. such as a plan for a storm water capture facility that requires excavation at the park. >> even though you're going to return to your park afterwards, you're go -- is. >> the hard lifting starts now and is expected to take decades to address. in brentwood city, david louie, abc7 news. >> and it's believed working together on projects could help efforts to get state and federal funding. >> private offiautopsy reports the shooting of stephon clark. >>> the widow of the orlando nightclub shooting is acquitted on charges that he helped in the attack. noo r noor salman is on her way back to california. >>> new details out of sacramento tonight, a private autopsy on stephon clark reveals he was shot eight times, mostly in the back. >> the mayor is urging the community to stay peaceful following todays autopsy report. >> reporter: a day after an emotional funeral for stephon clark. stephon

how about 44 in menlo park. 47 at foster city and redwood city. pacifica 48. half moon bay, 41. the rest of us, bell mobt, san bruno, daly city. san carlos, 50 to 53 degrees. 50s from hayward, fremont. napa at 43 degrees. total sunshine and near record warmth. it looks like it's going to be pretty good whether you're doing yard work, exercise or headed to the beaches. 55 at 8:00. look at that. 64 at noon. nearing 70 from 2:00 to 4:00. back to 58 by 8:00. how about the north bay. even warmer. but you're starting off cooler. 47 at 8:00. 71 by noon. nearing 80 from 2g to 4:00. about 60 degrees at 8:00. we'll drop into the upper 40s to low 50s. hopefully the heater won't be costing you any money tonight. here's a lebs lexialexis. >>> quiet forespring break. i think that's helping. westbound 205 to 580, at the merge, a two-car crash off on the shoulder. you are down to 8 miles an hour approaching that out of tracy. up to 15 or 20 past that and head towards altamont pass. look at the south by. you've been really quiet this morning. 101 looking at 880. it's a little stop and go south o

they delivered petitions with more than 144,000 signatures to visa headquarters in foster city.ompanies like visa and mastercard have the responsibility to curb and stop the sale of assault weapons across the united states. >> people want to own them then there should be as many speed bumps and impedestrianments as there is to buying a car and having insurance for it. >> payment processors like paypal and apple pay have already banned using their services to buy firearm, visa has not yet responded to our requests for comment. >>> fremont's police cleahief w retire. he join the department in 1987 and worked his way up through the ranks before becoming chief in 2013. fremont city leaders will begin a search within the police department to find his successor. cannabis has been legal in california pour mofor more than months now, but a church that uses pot for its services has been raided. >> reporter: at the church of hundred harmonies there are two doors, one for the temple hall, a small sanctuary with pulpit and chairs and the other for sacraments. there's a wide variety for peop

they delivered petitions with more than 144,000 signatures to visa headquarters in foster city.aim companies like visa and mastercard have the responsibility to curb and stop the sale of assault weapons across the united states. >> people want to own them then there should be as many speed bumps and impedestrianments as there is to buying a car and having insurance for it. >> payment processors like paypal and apple pay have already banned using their services to buy firearm, visa has not yet responded to our requests for comment. >>> fremont's police cleahief w retire. he join the department in 1987 and worked his way up through the ranks before becoming chief in 2013. fremont city leaders will begin a search within the police department to find his successor. cannabis has been legal in california pour mofor more than months now, but a church that uses pot for its services has been raided. >> reporter: at the church of hundred harmonies there are two doors, one for the temple hall, a small sanctuary with pulpit and chairs and the other for sacraments. choose from at prices for

know im part of the saturation traffic enforcement program some we're out there in san mateo and foster citynforcement on distracted drivers ok so make sure if you need to use your cell phone it has to stay on the mount and you can only use it with a single swipe or tap of your finger it was a traffic crackdown in san mateo where more than 160 people received tickets for everything from seat belt violations the only people benefiting from police stopping people like this is the state making money off fining people for not wearing their seatbelt to cell phone in fact more than one hundred drivers were ticketed for cell phones and i tried to let them tell their side of the storyso we at right next to you and you were on your phone, what happened you didn't see us i did see you i was trying to get my directions oh i almost forget to mention, i'm riding with officer brandon smith of the pacifica police department who was really good at spotting cell phone violations remember the driver i show you who smiled at the camera while holding his phone? listen ini notice that you looked at me and smiled

san mateo bridge slow into foster city, 23 minutes. southbound a 80 is -- 880 in the red.have an accident that still has one lane blocked near stephenson.>>> right now on doppler we are seeing widespread rain this started around 5 o'clock this morning and now has officially arrived across the south bay. sunnyvale will be dealing with heavy rainfall. right around highway 101 as well. we will notice this through many areas across the east bay as well through fremont. about one quarter inch of rain per hour. 680, 880, the major thoroughfares will be pretty slick out there this morning. a lot of the east bay near oakland and alameda. we will continue to track this. >>> judge aaron persky is appealing a court decision that would allow voters to possibly recall the judge through a ballot. is expected in court this morning. he has been in the spotlight after his highly controversial sentencing of a stanford university swimmer convicted of raping. we are -- rape. we are live at the courthouse. >> reporter: today he is expected to ask for an appeal of the court decision to even all

than the one we had. 30s and 40s, more 30s on the temps. 36 in los altos, low 40s near fremont and foster citysan mateo at 40 degrees. enough of a breeze to stir up the atmosphere. it could be colder if it wasn't for that. cloud could have already beginning to pop up in mendocino and lake county. widely scattered showers later today and 50s and 60s on the temps, but a day where i think in the morning looks pretty good. in the afternoon, we can see thunderstorm activity developing and really cold system will drop in. next week looks warmer. >> okay. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> 5:49 is the time right now. looking for something to do in the bay area? whether you are in cheese or beer or hot rods there is something for everyone. >> reporter: heading into the weekend, here is what is happening around the bay. on saturday, people will take to the streets for the march for the live event. the goal is to create safer schools and public spaces in light of recent shootingsment several places are taking part in the movement. you can find them online. >>> in the north bay, enjoy the 12th annual c

foster city and palo alto as well. berkeley and saratoga both had .89 and walnut creek had .58.ng through but when this comes in the cold air will lift and then we get a really intense band to the north. from eastern solano county back toward napa, american canyon, hidden brook and vallejo andover san pablo bay into marin county it is relentless. mill valley as well so no wonder they're getting over three inches. other locations occlude lafayette and also the eastern contra costa county. also into danville my good friend bob from danville this looks intense for you. that should be lit up on your tv and hayward into castro valley and san mateo that is where we have the moderate and heavy rain. it is kind of stalled out over the san mateo bridge so that is why they are getting more but also into san bruno and san francisco. there is a line to the north cutting through parts of northern marin county, southern sonoma county into napa county. san helena as you saw had over two inches. north of the it is a little more quiet. big-time gusting up to 40 miles per hour in the delta even a

woodside 31. 36 in foster city to hayward at39. that's pretty cold in foster site. for us, sunshine on the men -- city. for us, sunshine on the menu. temperatures bumping up. the cold is moving out. and so look for warmer weather today, highs in the low 60s for many. a few near 63, 64 around san jose. all right. sal, what do you have for us. >>> we have the first signs of slow traffic out there. it's 580 westbound and as you drive on altamonte pass it's the tracy super commute. and we will see it here. traffic is going to be slow on 20 5. early birds are out. truck traffic is coming into the bay over the altamonte pass. once you make it into livermore, looks pretty good driving across to the dublin interchange with no major issues. and this is a look at interstate 880. dry weather is our friend. we don't have a lot of incidents this morning. traffic is moving along pretty well. and at the bay bridge, getting a little bit of a crowd especially in some of the outside cash lanes. 5:01. now back to the desk. >>> this morning, san francisco police want to talk to former 4