. >> good morning, i'm mike nicco. looking down on a blue skies over san francisco and dry watch. floodgates tomorrow and washout is on the way for the weekend and more rain next week. >> i'm filling in for frances dinglasan. bay area freeways, they are looking good. moving at the speed limit. we have an accident on brotherhood way. i'll have details straight ahead. >> kristen: thanks so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. it's been one week since a morgan hill teenager vanished on the way to school. police revealed they found a new piece of evidence, piece of her property in san jose. that is where terry mcsweeney has been with very latest details. is this helping out providing any clues yet? >> reporter: as the clue whether it helps we'll have to wait and see. what we know is that investigators are now telling us they have found the black and pink purse, the juicy brand purse that belonged to sierra lamar. they found it last sunday but they told it about yesterday. it took them four days to figure out it was hers that led to an all-out search. take a

. >> i'm mike nicco. live look from downtown san francisco, a dry start to your monday. probably one of drier days in the forecast. when the heavy rain returns. >> so far, so good, no big accidents out there. very light traffic approaching the san mateo bridge. complete look at the monday drive still ahead. >>> good morning. >> kristen: i'm kristen sze. new this morning, san francisco police are investigating a homicide in the city's western edition neighborhood. it happened on the 11:0000 block just after 10:00 last night. when police got to the scene they found a person who had been stabbed. that person later died from their injuries. the video appears to show one man put in handcuffs. police are not confirming to us whether anyone has been arrested. they have given no motive for the killing. >> san francisco police have made an arrest in connection with five people found dead inside a home inside san francisco city college. amy hollyfield is live in the ingleside district. it sounds like new information but still a lot of questions. >> a lot of questions. check out sc

. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been looking at the radar checking it out. >> checking it out. all quiet. i'll also show you all the rain that is coming our way and snow up in sierra. how much we'll get in both places. >> do you have a golden ticket? massive lotto drawing that has people dreaming big. >> and honoring the cutest pets around. stay with us. we'll be right back. copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blo

mike nicco is tracking the storms. >> 2800 feet right into the heart of the clouds you can see how windy and wet it can be. let's go to the eastern section of contra costa and alameda skoons, steadiest rain has been up in the north bay, half an inch in santa rosa, tenth in petaluma and only one hundredth in napa. san antonio road, old adobe road and river road that is where we're seeing some of the better returns right now. and livermore up to brentwood and oakley, that is where we're seeing some of the better radar returns. all this is moving off to the east with the cold front. so as we expected this afternoon we're going to have light to moderate rate throughout the day. >> embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi took the first step to lifting his suspension from work. they say he acted outside his legal authority when he suspended him for misconduct. courts have ruled that public official cannot be removed unless they are in office. the incident took place more than a week before he was sworn in. he pleaded guilty to false imprison. >> there is serious doubts on the survival of healthcare o

mike nicco is tracking the storms. >> 2800 feet right into the heart of the clouds you can see how windy and wet it can be. let's go to the eastern section of contra costa and alameda skoons, steadiest rain has been up in the north bay, half an inch in santa rosa, tenth in petaluma and only one hundredth in napa. san antonio road, old adobe road and river road that is where we're seeing some of the better returns right now. and livermore up to brentwood and oakley, that is where we're seeing some of the better radar returns. all this is moving off to the east with the cold front. so as we expected this afternoon we're going to have light to moderate rate throughout the day. >> embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi took the first step to lifting his suspension from work. they say he acted outside his legal authority when he suspended him for misconduct. courts have ruled that public official cannot be removed unless they are in office. the incident took place more than a week before he was sworn in. he pleaded guilty to falseimpri. >> there is serious doubts on the survival of healthcare overh

for the latest we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> unfortunately, we'll be adding to that this is still storm one as good as advertised. check out the rain just the last six hours in napa more than an inch, almost an inch in san francisco closer to , half inch in oakland nearly two in ben lomond, nothing in san jose as the rain fake continues to playing the santa clara valley while everybody else is getting too much rain. zoom in you can see the heaviest rain all the way down to 237 in the south bay moving all the way up into the north bay. we do see a little light at the end of the tunnel. this storm is starting to sink south slowly. this will do two things, start to wind down the intensity of the rain in the north bay and give the south bay their best chance of seeing some rain during the afternoon and early evening hours. worried about the winds because the ground is saturated trees may be going over. mountain view 18, hayward 21, sfo 17 and 23 at half moon bay watch out in those areas for the trees. >>> the rain caused serious traffic headaches this morning, slick road

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> looks like it is going to be wet starting tonight through tomorrow snow on the way for the sierra. a little drizzle to talk about this afternoon. mild temperatures before they drop tomorrow. >>> one thousand people gathered in san francisco this morning to discuss domestic violence. one young woman's advice to parents and other teens about dating violence. >>> you want free club level access to giants' games or free airline tickets? we'll tell you the >>> this morning 1,000 health care professionals gathered in san francisco to talk about the affects of domestic violence on health. i was organized by a national organization called future -- it was organized by a national organization called future without violence. cheryl jennings was there. sheryl interviewed a teenager today who was recently on "the view" her ex-boyfriend raped her, came back and shot her in the face. she has been through 12 surgeries with more to go. she has this urgent advice for parents and teens. >> i expect not only parents to be more aware, and to, yo

. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been looking at the radar checking it out. >> checking it out.ll quiet. i'll also show you all the rain that is coming our way and snow up in sierra. how much we'll get in both places. >> do you have a golden ticket? massive lotto drawing that has people dreaming big. >> and honoring the cutest pets around. stay with us. >> cheryl: $290 million, that is the estimated jackpot for tonight's mega millions lottery drawing. it's the eighth largest jackpot in the game's history. it's been rolling over since january 24, it could reach $300 million. are you feeling lucky? odds of picking the winning numbers are 1 in 176 million. >> i'm not worried so i bought five, five in 176 million. >> there is a little rain. >> more chances as we head towards next week. what a spring pattern we are having. 41 degrees at lake level in tahoe this morning. partly cloudy and snow if you want it, head up there before sunday. they will get the bulk of their snow. powder will fall on the ski row re sorts and it will make travel the rest of the weekend. take a look what is h

. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here. >>> winds from yesterday are gone. down around 10 miles per hour or less. you can see on the radar not as active as it was yesterday. we expected a few lingering showers this morning that's what we have in the north bay and east bay hills into the valleys. as you step out, mild, temperatures from one to five degrees warmer than yesterday that puts us in the low to mid 50s with just scattered showers through the morning commute. we will see coverage of these showers disspate towards lunch hour, may see a few breaks in the cloud cover mid 50s into san francisco, san rafael, upper 50s near 60 for the rest of us. 4:00 isolated shower possible especially across higher elevations upper 50s to low 60s. here's your seven day forecast dry tomorrow and dry friday. we'll have a chance of rain move into the north bay friday night that will take over saturday. sunday looking to be the drier day of the weekend. >>> good morning. this is looking good now on bay area freeways with the slick conditions you want to take extra time, live

for the latest we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> unfortunately, we'll be adding to that this is still storm one as good as advertised. check out the rain just the last six hours in napa more than an inch, almost an inch in san francisco closer to , half inch in oakland nearly two in ben lomond, nothing in san jose as the rain fake continues to playing the santa clara valley while everybody else is getting too much rain. zoom in you can see the heaviest rain all the way down to 237 in the south bay moving all the way up into the north bay. we do see a little light at the end of the tunnel. this storm is starting to sink south slowly. this will do two things, start to wind down the intensity of the rain in the north bay and give the south bay their best chance of seeing some rain during the afternoon and early evening hours. worried about the winds because the ground is saturated trees may be going over. mountain view 18, hayward 21, sfo 17 and 23 at half moon bay watch out in those areas for the trees. >>> the rain caused serious traffic headaches this morning, slick road

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> looks like it is going to be wet startingonight through tomorrow snow on the way for the sierra. a little drizzle to talk about this afternoon. mild temperatures before they drop tomorrow. >>> one thousand people gathered in san francisco this morning to discuss domestic violence. one young woman's advice to parents and other teens about dating violence. >>> you want free club level access to giants' games or free airline tickets? free airline tickets? weif you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines

. >>> mike nicco has the forecast. nice camera shots. >> as you know, breezy, right?ng down we'll get the temperatures from him. >>> also, trouble in paradise? the new suitor shaking things up for the falcon family on top of city hall. >>> solar flare erupts overnight and headed towards earth. the effects we may see here later tonight. >>> it appears there may be a family shake-up for the famed falcon as top san jose city hall this is video from a webcam it shows clara the matriarch of the family sitting atop four new eggs the father is nowhere to be found. the papa at least we believe to be the papa esteban appears to have been chased off by a new top bird. bird watchers call the new suitor fernando the rocket and say he's been flying overhead to protect clara for several days. >> i don't know. she doesn't look too happy. >> soap opera. >> meteorologist mike nicco in now. >> bird soap opera. very heartwarming story. gosh i hope they get things settled before the kids hatch. 11:18. looking down from sutro tower not bouncing as much as did it yesterday we still have br

meteorologist mike nicco with more on the storm system. >>> we focus in on our rain then the snow and big weather in about 10 minutes. the first of the series of systems will be rolling through right now the low spinning off the pacific northwest trailing cold front coming through and push that semipermanent high pressure that has brought such a dry winter when it comes through you can see rain starting to develop ahead of it moist south to southwesterly flow right now it is a mild flow that's why we are seeing a lot of rain and mountain snow. what we are going to see by the time it gets here, take the system seriously up to five inches if north bay mountains two to three north bay one to two around the bay. i'll give you a timetable in a minute. >>> still ahead, the bay area city about to roll out a new free wifi network. >>> gas prices pump up, ironic use of the word to one of the highest levels in decades. >>> an american soldier accused of a killing spree that ended the lives of 16 civilians in afghanistan. the new threat to u.s. troops and what honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can

meteorologist mike nicco with more on the storm system. >>> we focus in on our rain then the snow and big weather in about 10 minutes. the first of the series of systems will be rolling through right now the low spinning off the pacific northwest trailing cold front coming through and push that semipermanent high pressure that has brought such a dry winter when it comes through you can see rain starting to develop ahead of it moist south to southwesterly flow right now it is a mild flow that's why we are seeing a lot of rain and mountain snow. what we are going to see by the time it gets here, take the system seriously up to five inches if north bay mountains two to three north bay one to two around the bay. i'll give you a timetable in a minute. >>> still ahead, the bay area city about to roll out a new free wifi network. >>> gas prices pump up, ironic use of the word to one of the highest levels in decades. >>> an american soldier accused of a killing spree that ended the lives of 16 civilians in afghanistan. the new threat to u.s. troops and what the u.s. says this copd makes it ha

. >> good morning, i'm mike nicco. it's dry this morning. enjoy it while it lasts. i'll tell you when the rain comes back and how much we'll get out of this next system. >> i'm filling in for frances dinglasan. everything is looking great for the bay area. no traffic delays. complete look at your morning drive. >> kristen: it's monday. all right. 5:00. thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> katie: new information as emerged on the ingleside homicide and it paints a gruesome picture. police have revealed more how the five victims were killed and arrested the man they believe did it. amy hollyfield is live at crime scene near san francisco city college. >> reporter: police are now saying that this crime scene was shocking in its brutality. they are still here. they haven't finished processing. it's still roped off and officer watching it. they have made significant progress. we have cellphone video and shows a s.w.a.t. team moving in on swons home on the street yesterday. police confirmed they made an arrest and they believe the man they arrested knew the victims.

meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the storm.ield who joins us live in oakland. you had a tree fall overnight that created problems? >> reporter: that's right. the tree is gone. i just checked in with chp they have a couple other hot spots. westbound 80 to eastbound 580 six inches of water on the road. 580 in richmond a van that had a spin out facing the wrong way they got to move that out. a few problems new york major things you want to be aware of. here's individual -- moments ago a tree was giving them problems, it fell overnight, blocked all lanes to the eastbound 580 on-ramp at coolidge they did get it cleared in time for the morning commute. the trees have been falling all over the bay area. one landed on a house. also standing water here and there in some spots this is just after the first day of of this storm. we still have a few more days to go. officials are worried that more problems are on the way. the chp says the number of calls that are coming in are definitely up compared to a typical morning. nothing major, none

for now cold morning we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco about the warm-up.also talk to frances dinglasan about traffic in just a moment. >>> the oakland city council has approved spending 3.5 million dollars to redevelop the coliseum. hopes of enticing a's, raiders and war s to stay. officials say plans to build a new stadium, hotels and 1407ing area in the 750 acres around -- around the coliseum will revitalize the economy. chronicle reports 1.6 million dollars will go to a development team that includes the dallas firm behind the cowboys' stadium in texas the rest will pay for an environmental review. it may be too late the contract expires next year. >> oakland needs those three teams. for a city of our size to have three professional teams the history, legacy, great teams they need to day. >> it is an opportunity to -- change the city for a lifetime. >> the money comes from redevelopment funds and the project itself would be privately financed. >>> building the first phase of california's high speed rail is going to cost the state more than 700 million d

. >>> mike nicco has the forecast. nice camera shots. >> as you know, breezy right?y the warm spot 67 low to mid 60s big sur sacramento check key southern california 58 fresno tahoe 37 with sun this afternoon. slightly cooler tonight mid to upper 30s inland around palo alto morgan hill santa cruz sheltered valleys could drop into the low 30s we may have scattered frost like this morning. most bay shore to the coast low to mid 40s. low pressure pull allege way high pressure starting to move in pressure gradient relaxing the difference between the high and low pressure the strength is relaxing that is relaxing the winds. i think the winds will continue to calm towards the afternoon and once the sunsets we'll get calm tonight that will allow cooler temperatures also warmer afternoons we'll have still winds to offshore winds land breeze develops it pushes cooler cloud cover air out to our west that pace going to stay away for a couple of days that -- that's going to stay away for a couple of days. cooler conditions as the pattern changes saturday with more clouds and ons

meteorologist mike nicco says the winter storm warning in the sierra begins 11:00 this morning. storm going to be tough to get up there but it is friday so a lot of people will take advantage of the new snow. more coming up from mike and sue. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai has lashed out at the u.s. saying he's at the end of his rope because of the lack of u.s. cooperation into the investigation of an american soldier's alleged killing spree. that soldier could be moved to a military prison in the u.s. as early as today. we are learning he was reluctant to go on this deployment. tahman bradley has the latest from the soldier's lawyer. >> reporter: the lawyer for the u.s. army staff sergeant accused killing 16 after again civilians is painting a better picture of the man. john henry brown says date before the shooting his client saw a -- fellow soldier's leg blown off. >> at this base he was at somebody was gravely injure the day before the alleged incident. -- way affected all of the soldiers. >> reporter: the incident has not been independently confirmed. brown descri

. >> mike nicco has the forecast. mike you play sports with the kids. >> absolutely.teady rain for tomorrow. we'll talk about when it will get to your neighborhood and how much snow it's going to bring to the sierra. >> cheryl: he is now king of the ocean. hollywood director james cameron journey and what he says it will like. >> and new research doctors say could reverse a >>> some cheers there as james cameron came out of a specially designed submarine. he dove nearly seven miles to the bottom of the mariana trench. he says he felt like going to another planet. it's featureless and like an alien world. he is the first person to reach that depth since the trench was initially explored in 1960. can you imagine the pressure. >> he is so great. you don't know. >> one mistake and you are gone, you are crushed. >> crushing, we don't have anything like that. we do have rain on the way and steady rain and rain that will bring levels up once again as we try to make up for the dry winter. first, we see a few snow showers they are still lingering that brought us a few showers

. >> i'm mike nicco. clear in oakland and fog is forming. we'll tell you when the rain gets to your neighborhood tonight and tomorrow. >> i'm lisa filling in for frances dinglasan. we've got slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound traffic backed up to the end of the east parking lot. i'll have complete look at your drive into work. >> kristen: i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. san francisco police are still at home where five people were found brutally murdered. a suspect is in custody. someone who new the victims. amy hollyfield is live in the ingleside district and you have dramatic video of the arrest yesterday. >> reporter: we do. a viewer sent it in. look at the scene behind me first. you won't believe they are still here. they are still watching over the house and crime scene tape surrounds the house. the police have said this crime scene was shocking in its brutality. here video you mentioned. it was taken over the weekend. taken yesterday by a viewer. they sent us in to us, it shows the s.w.a.t. team moving in some

. >> mike nicco has the forecast. mike you play sports with the kids. >> absolutely. steady rain for tomorrow. we'll talk about when it will get to your neighborhood and how much snow it's going to bring to the sierra. >> cheryl: he is now king of the ocean. hollywood director james cameron journey and what he says it will like. >> and new research doctors say could reverse and possibly cure diabetes. with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. >>> some cheers there as james cameron came out of a specially designed submarine. he dove n

. >>> mike nicco tracking the storm. local travel too tough -- local travel tough too, right. >>> sfo three hour flight arrival delays just because of the winds. good morning, impressive radar returns to the north doesn't that capture your eye heavy rain falling in the north bay cold front nearing the bay now. plenty of ponding on the roads 12, 29, 116, 37, that's as far south as the rain has gotten about to cross the golden gate bridge and san pablo bay and move into other parts of the bay expect increasing rain throughout the morning and check out these winds gusting from 35 at sfo to 28 in oakland and napa to 25 in santa rosa, not only is it wet but also windy and causing problems. >>> good morning. where you saw heavy rain new crash highway 116 at mira bell it doesn't look like it is blocking anything a car hit a pole. bay bridge windy, minor back-up for some of the cash paying lanes. getting there on i-80 berkeley so far, so good i'm impressed that we haven't had too many major problems yet. westbound traffic a litt

. >> meteorologist mike nicco [ unintelligible ] >> chased away by the winds we talked about yesterday fast they are slowest now gusting around 18 fairfield, 20 napa, 24 novato everybody else around 30 to even up to 40 around sfo this is just the beginning. you can see ail the areas in yellow that does not -- you can see all the areas in yellow, could be around 50 to 55 miles per hour with the fastest winds from noon until midnight. >>> 6:31. it is almost unheard off to -- unheard of to ask for a change of venue in a misdemeanor trial that's what sheriff ross mirkarimi is asking for in his domestic violence case. mirkarimi has lost a fight to keep a damaging witness off the stand. amy hollyfield is live at the hall of justice. >> reporter: she does bring a new meaning to the term airing dirty laundry. she is going to tell the jury about a fight she had with mirkarimi over finding another woman's underwear in his home. the defense is very upset she is being allowed to testify in this trial. defense attorneys are also concerned about the pretrial publicity. the defense has asked for a ch

mike nicco -- >> he probably does but he's home.of lookalike mike and it. this morning cold front, a weak one is going to slide through the bay that's why we see clouds and mild temperatures we are ahead of it still, behind it winds kick up cooler than yesterday, lower 60s for the warmest locations we are in the 70s today sets the stage for a chilly start or chilly afternoon i should say, boy we gotta a wintry weekend ahead. >>> westbound 80 the hot spot this morning because after earlier crash at powell, on the shoulder then there's a new one blocking lanes drive time from the car seenness bridge over half an hour. the waze traffic app shows the bay bridge back up extending into the maze. i may have given mike that cold that's why he's not here today. >> frances, thank you. that's it for this edition of the abc7 morning news. >> back with the local update at 7:24. keep track on twitter and talk about it @fast book.com/ abc7 news. have a great day. buy one spectrum by lg, and get one free ? with verizon 4g lte and a 4.5" true hd dis

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. >> meteorologist mike nicco joins us with more. >>> check out the emeryville camera. what this shows is how rough the bay is. a few white caps ocean pretty churned up where the fastest winds have been all morning i've seen gusts up to 48 miles per hour. we are still 37 at sfo near 30 half moon bay, 31 oakland. 32 napa. this will continue through the afternoon into the evening. in areas in yellow which does not include santa clara, east bay or north bay valley winds could gust up to 40, 50 miles per hour. there could be tree limbs and possibly downed trees between noon and midnight. more in a minute here's kristen with the news. >>> a 5-year-old girl suffered nonlife-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in san francisco this morning. it happened as the child was walking to school with her mother. the two walked out from between two parked cars and the child was hit by an suv. she was rushed to san francisco general where she is being treated for a compound leg fracture. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. authorities say no alcohol or foul play

. >> good morning i'm mike nicco. brunt of the storm isn't here yet. i'll show you when it is raining and when to expect in it your neighborhood. >> high wind advisory in place for the bay bridge. you will feel those winds as you make the drive between oakland and san francisco but so far no traffic delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. complete look the a your driver. >> kristen: i had a wet commute. you had the windy commute. you may get lucky and have both. >> eric: it was hit and miss. tell us more about that. >> hit and miss for most us except the north bay. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. north bay right now you can see just about everybody come from fairfax northward is getting rain with some pretty healthy radar returns around dry dry creek road, asking as springs road and healdsburg avenue. east bay valleys are starting to clear out. fairfield right along the delta to highway 4 out to oakley and 58032 are coming in from the altamont pass. you are going to run in into rain and southward hayward and union city. this is moving from west to ea

meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the system. >>> good news that we are drying a little. you can see the rain fat totals from the system impressive, north bay nearly two inches in santa rosa and st. helena, anyone's napa more than two others in kent field, most of the bay after an inch to an inch redwood city an inch and a quarter san jose santa clara valley 2 shapiro 10 after inch. we are worried about -- 2/10 of an inch. winds light, only 12 miles per hour. live doppler dry over the last three hours t possibility of scattered showers possible, more rain for the weekend. -- >>> with that kind of weather if you are flying out of san francisco call ahead today some flights are delayed more than an hour no cancellations now, no delays at san jose or oakland. you can go to abc7news.com for information on delays click on the flight tracker at the bottom of the page. >>> family cleaning up after last night's rain and wind sent an oak tree into their home. the tree fell on this house on cascade drive in fairfax around 7:00 last night it crushed a car three people briefly trappe

meteorologist mike nicco ahead. >>> a lot of small storms passing to our north giving us chances of raineveryday in the forecast. here's a look from vollmer peak this morning, pretty clear no flight arrival delays. >>> what happened to legendary aviator amelia earhardt 75 years ago? the role secretary of state clinton is now taking in solving this longtime mystery. >>> the boo-birds critics say derailed a wonderful moment for a basketball great during last night's warriors game what had fans turning on the team? >>> that's how things got started last night at the arena where the warriors retired a chris mullins's -- mullin's jersey. then it turned bad as co-owner joe lacob went to the mic fans let him know how they felt about the trade of ellis. mullin stepped in and then rick berry blasted back. >> when you speak of warriors' history -- [ booing ] >> as the greatest fans in the nba as everyone stated, sometimes change is inevitable and it going to work out just fine -- and it is going to work out just fine. >> he is going to change this franchise this is crazy. seriously, come on, you'r

meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the system. >>> good news that we are drying a little. you can see the rain fat totals from the system impressive, north bay nearly two inches in santa rosa and st. helena, anyone's napa more than two others in kent field, most of the bay after an inch to an inch redwood city an inch and a quarter san jose santa clara valley 2 shapiro 10 after inch. we are worried about -- 2/10 of an inch. winds light, only 12 miles per hour. live doppler dry over the last three hours t possibility of scattered showers possible, more rain for the weekend. -- >>> with that kind of weather if you are flying out of san francisco call ahead today some flights are delayed more than an hour no cancellations now, no delays at san jose or oakland. you can go to abc7news.com for information on delays click on the flight tracker at the bottom of the page. >>> family cleaning up after last night's rain and wind sent an oak tree into their home. the tree fell on this house on cascade drive in fairfax around 7:00 last night it crushed a car three people briefly trappe

meteorologist mike nicco ahead. >>> a lot of small storms passing to our north giving us chances of raineryday in the forecast. here's a look from vollmer peak this morning, pretty clear no flight arrival delays. >>> what happened to legendary aviator amelia earhardt 75 years ago? the role secretary of state clinton is now taking in solving this longtime mystery. >>> the boo-birds critics say derailed a wonderful moment for a basketball great during last night's warriors game what had fans turning on the >>> that's how things got started last night at the arena where the warriors retired a chris mullins's -- mullin's jersey. then it turned bad as co-owner joe lacob went to the mic fans let him know how they felt about the trade of ellis. mullin stepped in and then rick berry blasted back. >> when you speak of warriors' history -- [ booing ] >> as the greatest fans in the nba as everyone stated, sometimes change is inevitable and it going to work out just fine -- and it is going to work out just fine. >> he is going to change this franchise this is crazy. seriously, come on, you're doing

. >> good morning, i'm mike nicco. the next six out of seven days, chance of rain in your forecast. >> got an accident in san francisco, south 101 approaching the 280 interchange. traffic is going okay. we'll have a complete look at the friday drive. >> kristen: good morning. enjoy the freeway calm. >> eric: satisfy sergeant accused of murdering 17 afghan viflians gets the equivalent of a grand jury hearing. robert bales likely be charged with multiple charges of murder. >> the staff sergeant is expected to be officially charged with multiple counts this morning. one of them. you mentioned 17 is still a mystery at this point. they charges 17 counts of murder six counts of attempted murder and number of violations, it's the 17th count of murder is in question. from the beginning they have reported 16 people were killed. 7 adults, and nine children. investigators have now added another adult victim raising the body counted to 17 but without an explanation. one theory out there some of the bodies were buried before u.s. m

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is straight ahead with our forecast. >>> still see a little fog as weok northbound from sutro tower cool breezes on the way from the ocean today and a cold front that will bring a few light rain showers. i'll have details. >>> prince harry is quite the crowd pleaser in his first solo royal outing. the high profile mission he's on for the queen. >>> just hours from now a first ever study at how night life in. if contributes to the local -- life in san francisco contributes to the local economy will be presented. supervisor weiner requested the study in 2011, he wanted the study to focus on cultural and economic benefits of the city's night life. among the findings night life contributes 4.2 million dollars in consumer spending, estimated 80 million spending money. it created 48,000 jobs and brings in 55 million dollars in tax revenue. the study did not take into account the cost of security and policing >> if folks were to head out tonight mike are they going to need an umbrella. >> after 11:00 in the north bay most of the rain will probably fall while w

>> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >>> winds relaxed overnight still a few gusts and warming> updating the day's top stories. mitt romney is the apparent winner a very close ohio primary. he won five other states. rick santorum won three and newt gingrich was successful in georgia. >>> am is expected to launch the next generation ipad today. it is expected to be available from verizon and at&t. >>> and believe it or not, it's the end of the peyton manning era in indianapolis. he sat out the entire season last season because of a neck injury and three surgeries. >>> heavy mountain snow in the rockies and windy across the southwest. >>> and the winner of that huge lottery jackpot in rhode island has come forward. is there it's going to mean easy money for the 81-year-old woman. but other lottery winners have not done so well. with the cautionary tales, here's linsey davis from rhode island. >> reporter: if money can't buy happiness, louise white doesn't know it yet. >> i'm very happy and very proud. >> reporter: the 81-year-old came forward to collect the $336 million jackpot.

find out more i'm going to turn it over to mike knee dough our meteorologist who can give us -- mike nicco our meteorologist who can give us the forecast for the morning. >>> don't expect any more trees to fall. the soil is get saturated any gusts could cause problems. the fastest is 21 mountain view, 29 half moon bay, 17 sfo and the same in livermore, 13 san jose. best rain now from san rafael, richmond down to oakland across san francisco back up towards san rafael. the airport receiving a little rain. some to the north of the san mateo bridge. south bay quiet the santa cruz mountains are taking all of your rain. snow in the sierra we'll talk to sue and find out if you need chains there. >>> good morning. chains on both 50 and 80 more on that in a bit. for now high wind advisories richmond, bay bridge, golden gate bridge fiesty, wet and while accidents -- nasty, wet and wild. accident lane number two, we have a problem eastbound 580 at coolidge the ramp is closed. fooding highway 12 closed between napa and fremont drive that's going to be the scene for the morning wet and windy. >>> the

mike nicco. >> that is what we talk about, steadier rain would be in the north bay. rest of us will get sprinkles pretty much showing, marin county, talk about areas you can see. miller creek road. lakeville highway, some of the areas that are seeing some of the wet weather right now. definitely 101 in you traveling through there. other big story are the winds, gusting up to 30 miles an hour in oakland. 23 in mountain view and concord along with half moon bay and 12 in santa rosa and napa. novato is not reporting winds right now. here we are at 8:00, some of the lighter rain moving in mild upper 40s to low 50s. by noon, you can see a secondary push of rain starting to move down out of the south bay. this will be steady rain. rain will keep moving through the bay area from north to south during the 4:00 hours. commute home will definitely be wet for everybody. commute to work maybe not so much with scattered showers. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. seven-day forecast, lots of rain tomorrow morning. some lingering showers and dry thursday, friday and still small

sprinkles coming our way with rain tonight meteorologist mike nicco is working out a timeline for you dinglasan has your traffic coming up in a few minutes. >>> mexican officials say no one was killed in yesterday's quake in southern mexico. buildings swayed and hundreds of buildings were damaged near the epicenter in what who can . there were fewer than a -- dozen injuries reported. we talked to a san francisco resident who grew up 100 miles from the epicenter. well he says he talked to his sister and she said it was a strong quake all of his family is fine. president obama's oldest daughter milia was reported safe while on vacation with a school group. >>> caltrans says work could begin by the end of the week to make a deadly stretch safer. a head-on collision in the rain last friday killed a driver along the laurel road curve. caltrans announced yesterday it will build a temporary barrier to separate northbound and southbound traffic. it will repave that stretch of highway with a special high traction surface. >> gentleman 13 hour flight from san francisco to shanghai became a two

they are expecting several inches, four to six i'm going to let mike nicco handle the specifics. we are keeping an eye on everything. right now not too wet yet. is my understanding it is on the way. let's check in with mike to tell us the official expectations for the week. >>> obviously dress like amy appropriate with the light rain out there now. heaviest rain tonight and tomorrow this morning a nuisance, very light out there and making the roads slick. you can see the best rain returns or radar returns north bay santa rosa almost had a quarter of an inch so far. the rest of us -- this is the warm, moist flow the breeze that amy was talking about that is going to give us the on and off rain today. heavier rain to the north making a beeline for the north bay. let's talk about winds out of the southeast-west bridges dumbarton, san mateo, bay bridge richmond san rafael going to be most affected by the gusts. not only is it wet we have wind, let's find out if we have any accidents. >> there's a new accident on the peninsula, south 101 holly a transit bus blocking off-ramp. jacknifed

mike nicco has the wet weekend forecast. >> it's going to be a washout one of the days. >> and friday commute, so join us next at 4:30.ni >>> updating the top stories. autopsy results revealing that whitney houston died of drowning. but cocaine use and heart disease were also factored in her death last month. >>> army sergeant robert bales is expected to be formally charged with 17 counts of murder today. there will be other charges, stemming from the shooting rampage in afghanistan. >>> and taking a live look at the airport in roam, where the pope leaves for mexico and cuba. abc news will be with the pope throughout his trip. >>> a wet day from the canadian border to the west coast. severe storms in new orleans, nashville and birmingham. mountain snow in northern idaho. near-record warmth in the northeast. you all can get out your shorts and sleeveless shirts. >> nobody is complaining with this warm weather, right? >>> finally, from presidential politics to spring break on tv. the late-night comics are on fire. >> check it out in this morning's friday funnies. >> we're right in the m

. >> meteorologist mike nicco has our forecast. >>> a chance of showers tonight.p date you on the chance of rain. >>> frances dinglasan has traffic so >>> updating the top stories. after an early-morning police raid, police in france are closing in on a suspect in monday's deadly shooting. the man is claiming to be a member of al qaeda and also saying he will turn himself in later today. >>> powerful aftershocks rattle mexico overnight, after that powerful 7.4 earthquake yesterday. although hundreds of buildings have been destroyed, still few injuries and no deaths reported. >>> mitt romney's campaign regains momentum after an easy win in illinois. he earn urged the party to fall in line behind his bid, saying, quote, we are almost there. >>> and today's weather, now. severe storms along the gulf coast. some heavy rain into arkansas and kansas city. torrential downpours and heavy mountain snow out in the northwest. >>> and finally, a new clue in an enduring mystery. so, what really happened to amelia earhart? >> a major investigation is being launched this summer

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is straight ahead with our forecast. >>> still see a little fog as wed policing >> if folks were to head out tonight mike are they going to need an umbrella. >> after 11:00 in the north bay most of the rain will probably fall while we are sleep not much. a little snow up in the sierra too. let's take about the snow pack 34% of average up to today this time last year, we were around 127%. the it gives you an idea what a difference a year can make. whether it was la nina or not there are other factors that contribute it to. looks like a summer day from vollmer peak at the retreating fog over san francisco as we look at the satellite looks like summer with the fog hugging the coast and inland area seeing the sun the fastest breezes just making it inland cooler breezes that's why your temperatures are still mild, fairfield concord antioch livermore fremont all low to mid 60s check out where the breezes are upper 50s north bay valleys low 50s san francisco mid 50s oakland and redwood city you see the one that sticks out the most that 48 at half moon bay. mon

. >> meteorologist mike nicco joins us with more. >>> check out the emeryville camera. what this shows is how rough the bay is. a few white caps ocean pretty churned up where the fastest winds have been all morning i've seen gusts up to 48 miles per hour. we are still 37 at sfo near 30 half moon bay 31 oakland. 32 napa. this will continue through the afternoon into the evening. in areas in yellow which does not include santa clara east bay or north bay valley winds could gust up to 40 50 miles per hour. there could be tree limbs and possibly downed trees between noon and midnight. more in a minute here's kristen with the news. >>> a 5-year-old girl suffered nonlife-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in san francisco this morning. it happened as the child was walking to school with her mother. the two walked out from between two parked cars and the child was hit by an suv. she was rushed to san francisco general where she is being treated for a compound leg fracture. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. authorities say no alcohol or foul play is

. >>> right now we check in with mike nicco for the forecast. >> we still have light rain in some places> light rain here, lighter snow in the sierra, winter storm warning was cancelled it is now an advisory. snow is tapering faster. if you are traveling up that way it will improve as we head into the afternoon. here's live doppler you can see the scattering of light showers across our neighborhoods, going to be damp through the morning residual moisture on the streets. a littlesg>ñ;eh#og around napa, three mile visibility and 1 1/2 mile visibility half moon bay everybody else okay under this cloudy sky. you can see the area of low pressure pulling north, the tail end of it is moving through right now, that is going to kickoff a few scattered showers this morning, a few isolated showers, less during the afternoon. upper 50s half moon bay, clear lake, low to mid 60s of us. dry for most of thursday into friday. then rain saturday, sunday and monday will be dry temperatures below average all seven days of the forecast. >>> a few things you need to know related to the weather. tree down, bra

i heard meteorologist mike nicco say there are no reports of the lights this morning but there are more to see them coming. i'll let him fill you in on that. the solar storm is expected to end friday. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> don't start blaming everything on solar flares my typos and e-mails. >> oh come on! you took half my day away. 6:37. let's check in with mike. as katie was saying, expect problems women >> yeah, it is going to be a nice sight -- stagnant air or lack of movement will lead to warm temperatures this afternoon. visibility still unlimited. 8:00 this morning around the 20s in the napa valley, 30s and 40s for the rest of us, off to a cooler start than yesterday. look at this by noon already that still air warming into the mid to upper 50s and half moon bay san francisco and san rafael low to mid 60s elsewhere slight land breeze if you will northeasterly during the afternoon hours that means by 4:00 70 santa rosa mid to upper 60s for the rest of us watch out for the pollen tree and mold. warmest day tomorrow cold front will introduce us to more clouds and cooler cond

>> i'm mike nicco abc7 news, please. >> you said please. >> i did, twice.nk you will like it, i stick mainly to science and other things, yeah follow me, i'll follow you, let's talk. 6:50. looking at low clouds along the coast trying to move in over san francisco mid and upper level clouds hanging around now that's as we are looking to the south more sunshine going to be the case more clouds to the north more sun to the south temperatures respond to that. first what it feels like now 50 in san francisco up 101 to san rafael to santa rosa 52 there. the rest of us in the mid to upper 40s. mid to upper 40s monterey bay inland salinas, 41 in gilroy. more sunshine mild temperatures this afternoon warmest afternoon in this seven day forecast. showers this time tomorrow morning, during the overnight hours into tomorrow morning, and cool and breezy and wetter weekend weather on the way. today, the same in san jose 69, concord 67, fremont 67. san francisco 61. santa rosa 63, three degrees warmer than yesterday. low 60s along the coast, richmond low to mid 60s north

online store. [ unintelligible ] -- [ unintelligible ] >>> let's turn our attention to meteorologist mike niccoe north bay as we saw yesterday that is all going to come back tomorrow with a vengeance. another weekend, another chance of rain. especially saturday, beautiful pictures from vollmer peak towards mount diablo multi-layers of clouds out there this morning. all quiet on live doppler. we are going to move on towards our temperatures. we are going to talk about how mountain view and los gatos kind of the exception this morning, you are stuck in the uper 40s everybody else hanging out -- in the upper 40s everything else in the -- monterey bay 47, near 50 -- [ unintelligible ] over the next seven days, mild today, a few sprinkles in the north bay, rain foreall of us tomorrow, showers for all of news the afternoon. windy and cooler tomorrow, dry weather sunday, monday and tuesday for another chance of rain wednesday. another 70 today in livermore and santa cruz everybody else in the east bay valleys and bay shore mid to upper 60s low 60s along the coast into san francisco low to mid 60s in t

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is off today. meteorologist lisa argen is in with dry weather for us. >>> starting out with cloudy skies, coastal drizzle fog along the central coast 48 redwood city, fremont 50 mountain view, san jose mild start 52 napa, fog and drizzle at the coast outside chance of the shower in the north bay. basically, partly cloudy today, mild this afternoon, another chance of showers north on friday otherwise, the heavy rain and wind, brief heavy rain comes our way saturday. here's the system that will not head south, it is going to stay north, we will see clouds from this system that's why we are calling it partly cloudy. we will be in between systems today, tomorrow and then we'll look for this next system to bring us the heavy rain. to the north of us we are looking at a lot of rain so far snow pack 50% of normal. we need more snow. a foot is possible in the sierra nevada through saturday morning. 66 today in oakland, palo alto mid 60s near 70 central cost outside chance of a shower north today and tomorr

let's talk to mike nicco. >> we've seen some rain on the northern peninsula but the bulk of the rainhe north bay. scattered rain through the morning hours. then we will get steady rain in the afternoon and evening hours and tomorrow morning. dry thursday and friday. >> still a tough drive for highway 4 westbound traffic very slow. leaving antioch into pittsburgh area and metering lights are still on. >> thanks a lot. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. ♪ rocking and a rolling [ cheers and applause ] >>> the sweet spot out there in times square. >> they're a hearty bunch. >> indeed. we're listening to tina turner's "proud mary." that's the song that sherri shepherd, oh, she turned out a fun jive last night. we have carson kressley, heating things up outside. >> wasn't sherri shepherd fun last night? >> big smiles. she makes you want to smile. >> she certainly does. she is fantastic. >> carl and michelle, they just got engaged. congratulations. >> congratulations,