all throughout the region before noon. ten once head to noon and this changes to plain rain after we warm up, we're still going to have heavy rain this afternoon. the big picre right now, an area of low pressure moving up the eastern seaboard. all this pink is that but mainly freezing rainith a little bit of sleet mixed in. hey rain back toward west virginia. let me go ahead and zero in on this. yousan see i just getting ready to move into portions ofo warreny through winchester. slick spots starting there. and even throughhe south, we could see some slick spots as this advances to the north and east. temperatures right now holding at that freezing mark in the shenandoah valley. all around the i-95 corridor, we're abovefr zing. i don't think there's going to be as many widespread issues around the district andi-95 corridor as there is going to be to the west. are still going to have areas around here spotty areas, that are going to be on th slick side. winter weather advisory up for almost everybody east of -- i'mf sorry,

we're have unhealthy air at noon.atures drop into the mid to upper 50s with clouds on the increase as the rain is on the way. we'll talk more about that. here's

we'll be dry up to noon. after noon the scattered rain develops by noon.he rain begins. in san francisco, just pretty cloudy. a little misty through 10:00. then rain from noon all the way through 3:00. scattered rain from 4:00 to 8:00 with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. this is just one of three storms coming our way. alexis.lk about that first. it's been pretty busy this morning. >> it has and it's not even rainy yet. you're up for what is likely a busy week on the roads. i want to take you back to the bay bridge toll plaza where it looks like one emergency vehicle on the scene. we have a collision between a semi and a honda. it's hard to see with all this traffic. one person out of their vehicle walking around. there's the semi, there's the honda and i believe a flatbed tow truck. hearing chp is stuck in the backup. they're trying to get to this as well. we definitely have a backup. longer than average as you approach the metering lights. those have been on since 5:26 this morning. pretty typical for that time, for those metering lights but lon

the rain stays away at noon.we head up into the evening hours and overnight, the first lighter wave moves through. thanksgiving day it tapers at least during the day. at night, some of you may be shopping. look what you're in store for. light to moderate rain through friday morning. then it's just about over. the snow in the sierra, this will definitely suppress our poor air quality and definitely help put out or contain some of those fires around the state. it will drop temperatures out in the 70s. >>> good morning, mike. a major traffic alert this morning. all lanes northbound 101 shut down at railroad avenue due to a flipped double trailer u.p.s. semi. we are not seeing major delays ailroad t ea watcit looks like they are star to put cones up and sweep the roadway. i'm hopeful to get lanes open shortly. bay bridge toll plaza starting to fill in. of i don't believe we have the metering lights on. new listerine® ready! tabs™ aren't gum, mints, or marbles. seriously, what is this? if you guessed they're tabs that

south bay, next 12 hours, it's dry through noon.er noon the scattered showers come in with steadier rain from 4:00 to 6:00. east bay valley, we're dry until 10:00 and scattered showers at noon. steady rain at 2:00. a little lighter at 4:00. scattered showers this en we t out at 60 but drop into evg hours. in san francisco, we're in the mid to upper 50s the entire day with the steadier rain starting around 11:00 to 2:00 and changing over to showers by 4:00. this is just one of many storms in my accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll have that coming up. i want to turn it over to alexa because we already have issues. >> we've been tracking this one since we went on the air at 4:30. we have a four-car crash. westbound 580 at the 80 split in emeryville. you can see we have the last tow truck on the scene. i believe the other three vehicles have been towed away. i'm seeping a couple in the e-parking lot next to the toll bridge plaza. folks on the split to emeryville are doing okay. once you make it to the toll plaza things have ramped up.

starts noon tomorrow through noon friday. the green where all the major fires have been lately. we still have smoke to deal with it in the san joaquin valley. you can see the next storm encroaching. 68 to 71, san diego to los angeles. up towards fresno. mid-60s through the central valley. 59 in eureka. tahoe, 56. heavy snow starting at noon tomorrow with snow showers thursday and lesser snow, amountwise, friday. >>> breaking news involving facebook. users around the world are reporting an outage involving the social networking giant. it seems to have been going in and out this morning. >> some of us have it, some of us don't. seems to be centered on the east coast. our news room just checked and the site does seem to be slow to load this morning no matter where you are. instagram having problems so we'll keep you updated with any developments on that. >>> we'll turn to the smokey skies over sfo. it's making it harder to get out of bay area. >> smoke-related delays combined with the increased holiday traffic could make things

noon at 1:00 should be done. bundle up and cool for your sunday. >> perfect, thank you. >>> 7:19 recreating the san francisco skyline. the new lego set and the landmarks it features. >>> first, new information about a stanford educated scientist who says he created the first gene edited baby. >>> the year 1969 today opp traffic jams, what a year it was. a lot of great music that year. this one is requested by jerome watson." every day people" man, i got good requests. if there's a special song you want to hear from 1969, let us know. i play your requests every friday. often we have a theme like today, 1969. use the hash tag ktvu on twitter twitter, facebook or instagram. >>> governor elect gavin newsom heads to mexico city for tomorrow's inauguration of the incoming president. lieutenant governor toured an immigration detention center near san diego yesterday saying more needs to be done to help. >> there's bus loads of folks coming that ice is bringing to some of these shelters so he's not necessarily knowing wh

we will reach upper 50s at noon. back to about 55 degrees by 6:00. 58 by 3:00. -- by 8:00, excuse me. north bay, in the 50s through noon. back to the 40s this evening. peninsula, 52, increasing clouds. notice we're in the upper 50s from noon to 2:00. drop to the mid-50s at 4:00. down to 51 by 8:00. a sneak peek of what's coming at us tonight and tomorrow. a 1 on the storm impact scale. i'll have that in a minute. here's alexis. >>> very quiet morning on the roads. we still don't have any significant incidents to tell you about. we are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. flags are whipping around again today. only have high wind advisories for sana te'o and dumbarton. metering lights on 5:25, closer to 5:30. mass transit looking good. 37 bart trains with no delays. ace 1 and 3 on time out of the central valley. should be a nice day to ride the ferry. normal service, no delays for san francisco bay ferry. >>> here's something that's not terrifying at all. your home device could predict the health of your relatio

the heaviest will be moving on until we get to 10:00 to noon. then another chance of heavy storms rolling through. most of friday is going to be dry until late during the evening hours and through saturday morning. we get a break sunday. more rain monday and tuesday. here's alexis. >>> all right. good morning, mike. yeah, basically one message to pass along as we have live doppler 7 on top of the traffic maps. slow down for conditions. we have had several rollover and spinout cracks. san bruno ramp to northbound 280, rollover crash. three people inside the vehicle. they were all able to get out okay. we have wet roads here. roads spray kicking up. that is probably our ar area. santa rosa to petaluma, 14 minutes. is castro valley to the maze, 13 minutes. and 680 the we have soon scooter boards and now this, an electric try sickle. it was parked on market street last week. riders pedaled to navigate vemo. it looks like a small vehicle. you can ride it on bike lanes or roads and you don't need a driver's license to use it. i will stop talking and g

so let's take a look at the south bay, 63 at noon. mid-60s through 4:00 with increasing high clouds. and for the east bay, 50 this morning, low 60s to mid-6 0s. 62 to 63, noon through 4:00. back in the upper 50s by 8:00. all right. we made a great dent in your rainfall deficit with last week's storms. another dent tomorrow through thursday. i will show you that. first with everybody heading back to work and school, how are we doing? >> overall, only looking at a dozen incidents on the board. we definitely have a lot more heavy traffic than we did last week any of the days with so many of you off for the thanksgiving holiday, not the case today. southbound 880 past a street, a minor collision involving two vehicles. it is off on the shoulder. traffic is a little stop and go from state route 238. that is an area that's pretty heavy as it is. we had an earlier crash 680, sunol boulevard. that cleared 10 minutes ago. delays from 580, 16 miles per hour. take a look at this. westbound 580, 37 miles per hour. 5 miles per hour on 205. and 14

mid to upper 60s at noon. mid to upper 60s, 70s, isolated at 4:00. into the 50s heading out at 7:00. all right. take a look at your activity planner if you decide to venue venture outside. here's alexis. >> back to northbound 101 in the north bay, this is a sig-alert. all lanes are currently shut down at railroad avenue. that's where traffic is bng forc of it is 30morning, huge backup. it sounds like they will be able to open one lane shortly. we have a semi that flipped over shortly after 4:00 this morning. unfortunately it caught fire. we have major injuries as well. we have jobina fortson arriving on scene as well. they should be able to give us more information. it sounds like a delivery truck, double trailer delivery truck, semi full of packages. this will likely be here sometime this morning. good news, that's our only major problem. westbound 580, we are filling in through the central valley. tracy into dublin. that's our first one in the yellow. 41 minutes. central valley, 680, dublin to mission. >>> fi v got chance to hear from first respond

rain easily here by noon. it rains off and on all the way through the 10:00 hour with temperatures right around 59 degrees. in fact, not a change in the howboutkidding. about tenhours. >> it's a consistency quiet morning. we know that's not going to happen but it's dry at least right now. >> it is dry but we're off to a pretty busy start. we were able to find this camera -- this crash on our emeryville camera. we spun this around. this is 580, westbound 580 before you get to the 80 split coming from the oakland area. there you go. yeah, we've got four vehicles with their hazards on. chp just arrived on the scene. not sure about lanes that are blocked. this is just as you're entering the maze area. pretty light right now trafficwise. iment not seeing any big backup due to this. an update on the situation getting out of tracy. we just have the shoulder blocked but westbound -- 580 at the 205, we have a motorcycle crash. don't know about injuries but a it does not take much for folks getting out of the central va

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what are you watching and what will we learn at noon today? >> reporter: push ahead to noon. that is the deadline we're operating under that all candidates, supervisors of all 67 counties here in florida have to give final tallies to the secretary of state here in tallahassee. overnight a few legal developments. i'll leave lisa green to be the ultimate arbiter in a little bit. basically three things we're looking at. two filed by rick scott in palm beach county and broward county saying the problem they don't know how many votes are left to tally. a fair question. a point in the race they should still be tallying the votes, provisional, absentee ballots and those votes, but broward county and palm beach county folks have not been able to exactly say how many votes are left. basically the legal action rick scott took in the middle of this week and they were supposed to have it done by 7:00 last night. in palm beach county the supervisor would not comply. broward county, partially complied but still missing pieces to that puzzle. the rick scott campaign has legal wins under the

we'll jump up into is the 70s biff noon. mid to upper 70s at noon. down to 59, quick cooling by 8:00. in the south bay, how about 53 at 8:00. mid-70s from noon through 4:00. down to about 65, 8:00. we'll take a look at the winds and the dry air and the reason we have the high fire danger coming up. now to alexis with the commute >> yeah. we're doing okay overall. 4:41 in the morning. pretty light. we had a carr fire that briefly had all lanes stopped northbound 680, martinez bridge, north of highway 4. that is tapped out. fire crews still on the scene and they are blocking the far right lane. seeing a little bit of yellow in the area. it's not causing a huge delay right now. san mateo bridge, westbound 92, nice and light. eastbound light as well. drive times coming up next. >>> keeping a close eye on many races, including the fight for affordable housing. billions of dollars on the line. >>> also, the days of springing forward and falling back may soon be numbered. that's ahead. but first the results of some of the bay area congressional races. take

by noon, just about all of us wet down to the san mateo bridge.the evening hours, everybody else gets their rain. a tenth to a third of an inch. nearly half an inch into the north bay. all right. we're going to get more rain wednesday. it's also a 1, light on the storm impact scale. the storm tuesday will be a moderate storm with heavier rain, windy conditions, and even thunderstorms. right now it looks like the weekend will be a little bit dryer, though. alexis. >> thank you, mike. two earlier problems on southbound 880, milpitas. and great american parkway, those are gone. 880, slowly filling in. overall, all green on our traffic maps. no complaining for the commute today. a quick check of westbound 80, between university and ashby, a three-car crash. chp updated us that the two left lanes are blocked. good news, no injuries. i know emergency crews are there. hopefully they will get at least one more lane open shortly. a quick check of drive times. santa rosa, to petaluma, minute minutes. highway 85 looking great in the green at 11 minutes. >>>

and then by noon, before noon, that's when the rain starts to hit your neighborhoods and hang around for the afternoon and evening hours. an hour by hour look coming up. >>> holiday traffic won't peak until this afternoon. if you want to leave now, it will be a great time. we have clear roads. you have to make sure you are being careful as you take a live look at san rafael, 101. no incidents. and drive times, hey, we are doing pretty well so far. we are totally in the green. so wherever you're going right now, it should be smooth sailing >> a popular music spot is closing. hear why the owner is blaming greed. >>> a new crime-fighting tool in the south bay. what two canines will be looking for when they go on transit patrol next week. >>> another live look at your rainy wednesday. a live look at the city of san francisco. financial district looking nice. keeping a tab of weather and traffic up for y >>> unhealthy air locked into the san joaquin valley at least until tomorrow because the rain will take forever to get there. flood watch today and goes through noon friday. 48 hours of t

low to mid-60s at noon. low to mid-60s at 4:00 too. slightly cooler thanks to high clouds that will dim our sunshine, along with all the smoke. over to alexis. let's see what's going on this morning. >>> starting off with a rollover crash on the 5th street exit. the roadway is open. that was really quick work. hopefully it will start to thin out just a bit. if you want to be safe, use harrison or fremont so you don't get caught in the backup. highway 4 to the maze, in the green at 17 minutes. 11 minutes across the bay bridge. not impacting the drive. stpropb to sfo, you look great, in the green at 8 minutes. >>> thank you, alexis. as the air quality slowly improves in the bay area, although mike told us it might get worse again, some school districts are planning to reopen today. >> other schools like uc berkeley, san francisco state, and the contra costa district say they will stay closed. we're updating a full list of school closures on abc7news.com. you can also find them on abc 7 news app and on the ticker running at the bottom of

. >>> new at noon, pets separated from owners left behind finding temporary home. many have been transferred to oakland. some of them are having a hard time breathing and barking after being exposed to toxic air in butte county. >> some of the shelter dogs we have do have an upper respiratory infection or like a cold. if they're exposed to the air quality then it's really just basic therapeutic supportive care. emoysowa remind people here in the bay area to limit their pet's time outdoors. if you notice them wheezing, take them to the vet as soon as possible. we have a full list of latest bay area school closures on our website. check the air quality index in your area and find information on how to safe stay in these conditions. >>> president trump is expected to visit the burned areas in butte county tomorrow. he signed an emergency declaration at the request of the state. we mentioned the number of medium missing has jumped to 6 -- number of people missing has jumped to 631. the authorities did a review of calls and missing persons reports. search and rescue tea

delightful 68 at noon. down to 61 at 6:00. as far as the east bay valley, some of our warmest temperatures, 54. we're 20 degrees warmer at noon at 74. by 6:00, we're 64. last stop, the south bay. 55. total sunshine. low to mid-70s this afternoon. look at the quick dropoff to 60 by 8:00. you'll need a jacket then. a bone dry accuweather seven-day forecast. let's see what else is going on with the morning commute. >> not too much so far this morning. off to a quiet start. the san mateo bridge. nice light volumes. east side light. it usually stays pretty light for the entire morning drive. mass transit looking good. 20 bart trains in service, no delays. ace 1 on time. ac transit, not hearing of any issues there so far today either. normal service, no delays. we do have road work slowing you down in a couple of hours. we'll head back to that coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. dorms for adults. unique housing coming to one of the most expensive markets for renters. >>> no parking on the water. >>> no parking on the water. >>> fremo

scattered through noon. we get a break from 2:00 to 4:00 before scattered showers develop again around 6:00. east bay valleys, we have a chance of scattered showers through 8:00. a little longer break from 10:00 to 4:00. maybe even 6:00 before the steady rain returns at 8:00. here we look at san francisco. best chance of rain, scattered from 8:00 to noon. 2:00 to 4:00, pretty quiet. 6:00 to 8:00, we go from scattered rain to even getting some steady rain to heavy downpours and thunderstorms tonight. you think this morning is bad, and it has been. you have been on your toes the entire morning since getting in here tomorrow morning the weather will be even worse. >> oh, boy. can't wait. >> you have been warned. >> right. wet pavement here. we are looking live at walnut creek. no incidents. boy, we are looking heavy on 680 near north main. the fog has settled in. some mist perhaps, raougsed visibility as well. i want to zoom into the central valley. westbound 580, sounds like one vehicle lost control, spun acro

east bay valleys, 54 this morning o. 20 degrees warmer at noon at 74. to upper 70s during the afternoon hours. back down into the 50s biff 8:00. 58. 54 in the south bay. 71 at noon. mid-70s this afternoon. back to 64 under the stars at 6:00. jacket needing 59 at 8:00. i'll show you that coming up in the 7-day forecast. how is the monday morning commute. hi, alexis >> good morning. we have several issues to talk about. good news in a couple of areas. back down to the south bay. northbound 101, mckee road. we would a crash involving a couple vehicles is. it has cleared. only partially blocking the off-ramp. it wasn't a major issue. you are just seeing a little bit of delay from the 280/680 merge. i will thin out now that that is fully clear. pretty early start this monday morning. metering lights at 5:19. unless you are using the carpool lanes, you will have a wait into the maze. 880 flyover, things are barely moving. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, in the yellow at 36 minutes. 16 minutes across the bay bridge. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, s

we should stop at 73 at noon. that's our average high.we're going to blow through that ceiling and hit lee 80s and drop back to 68 at 8:00. hard to believe it's november 1st. i will show you cooler weather in the accuweather seven-day forecast. alexis has been following a sig-alert. >> another busy morning. sig-alert eastbound 80. counter commute side of the bay bridge. the secondary collision within the tunnel approaching the first scene. the san mateo bridge, starting to see brake lights near the toll plaza right around the high rise. reports of a three-car crash blocking the left lane. sounds like none of the vehicles are driveable we will need tow trucks too. next traffic update in just about 10 minutes. >> alexis, thank you. oprah is hitting the campaign trail. the message is she's trying to send to voters. >>> abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo called this the del castillo called this the coolest proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulanc

saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we visit the university of california-riverside's citrus variety collection which houses more than 1,000 varieties of citrus and has been at the forefront of u.s. agricultural research since the early 1900's. >> this is another citrus relative that doesn't look exactly like citrus. they're called australian finger lime, they're micro-- the cool thing is, when i cut it in half. with my knife. you open it up. the juice vesicles come out like little bubbles and -- you can see the seeds as well but they look like caviar. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we explore the historic mission inn, host to u.s. presidents, celebrity, and major social gathers, including the wedding of pat and richard nixon. >> in may of 1903, just about three or four movants after the mission inn opened, president teddy voozeelt el -- roosevelt was here in southern california. frank miller, who built the mission inn, invited him to come here and he spent the night here in that room. at that time it gave the epithet of the presidential suite. that's histor

mid to upper 60s from noon to 4:00. down to 58 at 8:00.we look at the peninsula, starting off at 49 at 8:00. 67 at noon. we will hang around upper 60s most of the afternoon. 56 at 8:00. east bay valleys, we're in the 30s now. 42 at 8:00. 66 at noon. pretty much 60s all day. look how quickly we drop to 52 by 8:00. chilly morning out there. bundle up and wear the mask. there is some rain in the forecast. at least a chance next week. that's coming up next. let's bring alexis in. it is an observed holiday. are we having light traffic? >> yeah. i'm surprised how light it is so far this morning. yeah, we will certainly enjoy that while it lasts today. looking at our traffic maps with the visibility layer showing is a lot of smoke. that is really in the central and tri-valleys right now. southbound 880, right around 23rd avenue, all lanes open following the full closure overnight. in the meantime use 580 as long if you're not in a big rig. >> north baytown mourns a victim of the southern california mass shooting. how they are honoring her today >

no matter what time you look at the clock, noon, nothing. let's go into the afternoon. 2:00, 3ing, 4:00, nothing. then we go into the evening hours and the stars start to come out. a fog-free day means temperatures warmer than average. fairfield, 80. mid to upper 70s in the north bay, east bay valleys, mid-70s in the south bay. 67 from san francisco, 72 in fremont, 63 at half moon bay. tonight's temperatures, maybe a touch cooler than this morning. low to upper 40s from santa rosa 42. 52 in san francisco. 40s in the south bay. here's a look at my accuweather 7-day forecast. if you like today, you'll love tomorrow. great weather to get out and vote. can't wait to see all of your pictures of everybody that votes. a little bit cooler as the sea breeze comes back weapons, thursday, friday, saturday. sunday slightly warmer. each and every one of those days warmer than average. >>> all right. i'll start off with good news in the oakland area. we had a full closure of 880 overnight for the overpass demolition at 23rd avenue. they wrapped it up ahea

live coverage begins at noon eastern. when the new congress starts in january the democrats will control the house and the republicans the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> this weekend c-span cities tour takes you to riverside, california. with the help of spectrum cable partners we will explore the riverside literary scene and history saturday at noon eastern on booktv, we visit the university of california riverside citrus valley collection which houses more than 1000 varieties of citrus and has been at the forefront of us agricultural research since the early 1900s. >> another citrus relative. it doesn't look exactly like citrus but they are called australian finger lines, micro citrus, the cool thing is when i cut it in half with my knife and you open it up, the juice comes out like little bubbles. you can see the seeds as well. they look like caviar. >> on sunday at 2:00 pm eastern on american history tv we explore the historic mission in, host to us presidents, celebrities an

winter advisory for everybody in purple until noon. that's when we're expected to warm up or we change over to plain rain. s until theck spots. let's time it out. we'll start this morning 6:00 a.m. it's 6:20 right now. the pink is the frozen reecipitation. e go. we start to see the warm air sh in by 8:00. there could be pockets of reezing rain but mainly it' going to be confined to the northern shenandoah valley up through hagerstown. at 1:00, everybody changing to plain rain. it's some of the colder areas, western maryland holding on to precipitation. that's where we have the winter storm warnings. everybody should, everybody should be just plain rain warm enough for plain rain into the middle part of the afternoon. heavy rain at times. we could even have ponding, flooding out there. i s back o to the west in winchester a couple days ago. we wwe looking at s on the ground. it's going to melt and we could have flooding issues with all th leaves and the drains. everything out of h 7e by0 or 8:00 tonight. we're dry into sunday. quick, i

low to mid-60s at noon. let's get alexis and find out about the morning commute. >>> good morning, mike. we're doing okay so far today. we had earlier trouble on the bay bridge. rollover on the fifth street off-ramp. that is long gone. they clear at 5:00 af residual . really back into the maze. metering lights at 5:19. pretty early. things looking okay the rest of the way into san francisco. the central valley commute, westbound 205 to 580, it is busy. a hit and run crash with injuries off on the shoulder. that is not helping things. drive times coming up at 6:10. >>> breaking news in the north bay. the u.s. coast guard is responding to a boat off the coast of point reyes. the fishing boat is in distress. they don't have any other information. we'll keep monitoring this and bring you any information as soon as we get them into our newsroom. and you can find that also on our abc 7 news app as soon as we get info. >>> as we have been saying, the air quality is still bad in the bay area. school districts plan t

the area in green from noon tomorrow to noon friday because o the fires up there. as far as the rest of us, we have a chance of some really heavy snow along the sierra starting tomorrow and going through thursday. we're talking up to a foot of snow. if you're thinking of traveling into the sierra tomorrow, do it early in the morning. we've also got rain up and down the west coast for tomorrow. everywhere else if you're traveling pretty should be pretty good other than snow around philly, d.c., new york and boston. >>> spoiler alert if recorded "dancing with the stars" last night. >> this morning one couple is celebrating their title as mirror ball champions. >> the big moment, radio host bobby bones and his partner charna win it all. they hovered near the bottom of the judges' leaderboard all season long but they managed to win. the top three will be on "good morning america" and the "dancing with the stars" tour kicks off next month with a stop here in the bay area in march. >> i didn't know who that person was until alexis told me who it was. >> bobby bones. >> y

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throughout the morning up into noon maybe you get off at noon and go vote. a few mid-70s inland. if you wait until after work we'll be back in the low to mid-50s. as polls close we are in the upper 50s to low 60s. absolutely nothing weather wise to keep you from exercising your right. tomorrow lab lwill be a lot lik today. you can see that easing of high temperatures. we'll be a little warmer than average away from the coast all the way through sunday. it goes out to tuesday and wednesday right before thanksgiving. >> you try to enjoy it but also keep your fingers crossed for rain to start soon. >> thanks. >> you bet. >>> we have details this morning on amazon's nationwide n for second maheadquarters. according to the washington most amazon may be setting up shop in northern northern virginia. it is in second talks just outside washington d.c. the seattle based retail giant announced it was looking to open a second headquarters in the u.s. bringing as many as 50,000 new jobs. >>> amazon is waving purchase minute muchlt last year amazon shoppers without prime memberships thatted t

there will probably be activity until about 11:00 or noon and then a break until about noon to 6:00. lots of tropical -- our system is moving, once the door is ajar. then you set the stage for the next system to fly in here. the first system usually shows up later. the next system shows up sooner and that's what we are going to see oppressive amounts, boulder creek, over two, monterra, half moon bay almost 2 1/2. pacifica nearly two, pacifica hills. vallejo, almost an inch and a half, berkeley in there as well, clayton, our good friend brody along marsh creek road, 9.8, and san mateo had 2/3 of an inch. pretty good rain for the first system in weeks. snow in the sierra. looks like only a couple more hours and then things should start to calm down. winter storm warning until 10:00. lots of activity to the south. temperatures 40s and 50s, i don't think they will change too much, maybe a little bit cooler but probably not. east bay temps all mostly in the low 50s, couple upper 40s, brentwood in there. next system has a better tap and going to give us more rain tomorrow, 60s on your temp

we will push mid-60s to mid-70s by noon. breezy this afternoon. temperatures will actually fall to 60 at the coast by 4:00. the rest of us 70 to 75. by 7:00, 53 to 62. here's alexis. >>> all right. good morning, mike. yeah, things overall are looking great. checking out the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. that is starting to ramp up here this morning. carpool lanes, no issues. paying cash or using fast track, you will have a little bit of wait. drive times looking good. one exception, central valley 580, tracy to dublin, one hour five minutes. antioch to concord in the yellow at 22. southbound 101, san rf yell to san francisco, in the green at 15 minutes. >>> a victory for lieutenant governor gavin newsom. >> come january, he will be sworn in as governor of california. let's take a look at the election resulteds. the former san francisco mayor beat republican john cox with 59% of the vote. overtphaoeultd, newsom tweeted he's honored and privileged to serve as california's next governor. newsom took the stage in los angeles

the fog is back there. 68 to 74 at noon. 73 to 81.

look at the totals in red as we go from morning to noon. maybe briefly as those wind speeds pick up, some of the smoke goes offshore. as the wind speed starts to ease in the evening hours, notice how it fills back into the bay area. maybe short term relief early in the morning. coming up we'll let you know when to move the smoke out and if any rain is in the forecasro. thank the air quality definitely top of mind for many people trying to enjoy their weekend. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live at stanford with a look at the impact for people attending tonight's game, marianne. >> reporter: well, the smoke was so bad tonight that we saw quite a few people come into this game wearing masks. >>> tonight helen put on a mask and headed to the stanford football game even though the smokey air is making her cough. >> the smoke from the fires is really bothering me. i have asthma, so it's making me cough, and also it's making my eyes itch. >> reporter: she's so concerned, she even brought a back-up mask. the poor air quality forced this group of

mid-60s at noon. low 60s at the coast. we'll be back into the 50s by 7:00. all right. let's turn it over to alexis and get another update on the commute. >> we are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. yep, it is smoky once again today. we have a lineup in the cash lanes on the left-hand side. looks like not much of a stackup on the right-hand side. no issues using fast track. metering lights should turn on 5:25 this morning. tracy to dublin, 45 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, still looking good, in the green t mites. >>> as we have been saying all morning, the bad area is lingering all across the bay area. one of the worst places to breathe in the air is livermore. >> drivers may want to be cautious because the smoke looks almost like fog. matt keller is live in livermore. matt? >>> good morning, reggie and jessica. the smoke causing visibility issues all across the bay area. be extra careful when you hit the roads. >> when you come in 580 and come down the grid, the visibility has gone to a minimum now. i can't see very few ahead of you. it's gotten pretty

finally by noon they start to rotate off towards the east. for friday, we'll look at a mainly clear day as far as the wet weather goes until the s sunse sunsets. chilly showers sunday, another chance of rain monday and tuesday. when the door opens, it really opens. >> he we certainly need it, though. thank you, mike. wet roads in san jose, as mike mentioned, typically that is not our soggy area. today we are looking at 280 and 17. a lot of drops on our camera lens. a lot of road spray kicking up too. boy, we have had our fair share of incidents already this morning. one of our rollover crashes, the vehicle on its side. mclaughlin in the san jose t i d they are blocking two left lanes. slight delays we did have did thin out the past few minutes. westbound 205 to 580, 22 miles per hour. everybody needs to slow down and take it easy today. >>> thanks, alexis. google ceo has agreed to testify in front of congress next week based on colobeing biased >>> google's boss getting ready for the hot seat. >> google ceo will testify before a house committ

overnight until noon on saturday. here are the temperaturesight now.f you are east of interstate 95. keep an eye on hagerstown, martinsburg, front royal, this is ahea where we'll see the heaviest amounts of freezing rain. why is that? here a futurecast everyone. we show you 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. 9:00 a.m., where you see the pi is where w expect freezing rain to be falling. heavier rain down to our south. as we continue throughout the afternoon again, it warms up. moderate rash, ping, traveling, going to the malls, keep the hands on the wheels everyone. it will be raining until it clears out saturday night and we look forward to a very nice sunday. here's the forecast for tonight. degrees is all about location, location, location. depends where you e. it will be cold and cloudy. wintry mix, freezing rain. sleet in the morning. north and west of d.c. as i said, if you're traveling to the malls, going west, maybe taking that early departure from the washington area, this may be the time to spend a little bit more time with us until about noon before areas t

north bay, 44 at 8:00. 66 at noon.70 at 2:00. down to 47 by 8:00. and here's a look at the south bay. 46 at 8:00. 67 at noon. down to about 55 at 8:00. so a little bit of a roller coaster in temperatures. i want to bring in alexis and ask her a question. we have kids off school. >> yeah. >> poor air quality. so maybe people working from home. friday light possibly? >> i think so. and the holiday next week too. so folks heading out a little bit early. i guess if there is any good news for your commute it will be likely lighter than average. live at the san mateo bridge. boy, we can see all the smoke and the haze lingering under the streetlights. it's really obvious there. as mike mentioned, put your venting system on recirculating that air throughout your vehicle so you are not breathing in fresh smoke. wear a mask. bart, 24 trains in service, no delays. vta, offering free rides today to just offer some breaks from the air quality. muni also offering free rides. definitely check before you go. those are options for you today. back to you guys. >>> al

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mid to upper 60s noon to 4:00. 51, need a coat, at 8:00. a lot of sunshine, albeit murky. 42 this morning. 66 at noon. mid to upper 60s through 4:00. also 51 at 8:00. and along the east bay shore, 48. mid to upper 60s, back down to 55 degrees, a little milder, at 8:00 for you. all right. track that changes of rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. how's it going, alexis? >>> we don't have any major issues. our biggest problem was overnight road work that had the nimitz shut down between 23rd and 29th. all clear from chp. caltrans said they were able to wrap that up. time, 5:01. that thinned out very quickly. no residual delays. definitely looking good. bay bridge toll plaza, very smoky again today. we are hearing about a crash in lanes three and four. that would be the left-hand side just on the other side of the carpool lanes. no significant delays yet. keep an eye on that. >> sa l >>> alexis, thank you. a man in one of the most publicized trials has died. robert noel died in june. and he his wife were convicted of the fatal

about 69 at noon. low 70s this afternoon. down to a cool 58 by 8:00. wuns that sun sets with this dry air, it will cool off quickly. >>> we've got a look at the roads right now in walnut creek southbound 680 north of north main, if you look closely you can see flashing lights toward the middle of your screen. we have a crash reported in the left middle lane. sounds like chp is just arriving. definitely heavy. that's starting to spill over onto 242 in the concord area as well. a little better news for the san mateo bridge commute. westbound 92 near the high rise, we have a disabled vehicle reported in the middle lane. that's gone and that backup is starting to thin he toll plaza. >>> check your pantry because there's a recall for this cake mix. there's a possible salmonella contaminati contamination. conagra issued the recall for four kinds of duncan mix. the fda says the cake mix may be linked to five cases of salmonella. >>> new at 6:00, a health alert for anyone who uses energy drinks. >>> here's something that is pretty cool. two sisters born on the

east bay temperatures, let's go from 8:00 where it's 50. 64 at noon. we'll hang out in the mid to upper 60s at 4:00. back to 60 at 6:00. by 8:00, 57. notice the constant all day, not only the haze but the high clouds. one reason it will be cooler today. 45 up in the north bay at 8:00. 20 degrees warmer at noon. you'll hang out in the mid to upper 60s at 4:00. we end back in the 40s at 8:00 this evening. in the south bay, we start at 47. we'll be in the upper of 60s from noon to mid-60s at 4:00 to 57 by 8:00. i am still tracking two chances of rain that will hit around thanksgiving. first let's check out the commute. >> we're still keeping an eye on our biggest slow area. that is in oakland. hopefully this will thin out soon. caltrans is saying they are done with the roadwork southbound 880 at 23rd. we still have a 20-minute delay as you get through that stretch. if you are just about to leave and you're not in a big rig, i would take eastbound 580 instead. we should be at full volume today after veterans holiday yesterday. south bound 580 dublin to mis

by noon, 63 at the coast. 69 around the bay. 73. it will be mild midday. it will be maybe a touch warmer away from the coast at 4:00. then fall into the 60s and near 50s when the polls close. let's see what else alexis is watching fute.ot whole lot, whi good thing. we've had a rough start getting out of the central valley. not today. i'm not seeing that roadwork on 205. that's just been brutal out of the tracy stretch. 25 miles per hour. and 19 miles an hour. once you get to 580, hopefully that will be a much smoother commute. we have roadwork on the east side of 580 wrapping around 7:00. >>> your voice, your vote on this election day. polls open in california at 7:00 a.m. across the country, voters are already casting their ballot for one of the most consequential midterm elections in history. >> this election will decide whether republicans or democrats take control of congress and senate. more than 500 million americans are expected to vote. you're looking at voters at a polling site at the brooklyn museum. abc news reporter stephanie ramos is live for

we'll get to 69 at noon. warmer this afternoon. low to mid-70s around 2:00. dropping into around 70 at 4:00. look at this, 58 under the stars at 8:00. our last stop, let's go to the north bay. 52 this morning but we've seen there's some other areas that will be cooler than that at 8:00. look at these mid to upper 70s at noon and down to 54 by 8:00. enjoy the wonderful, quiet weather. we have a fire danger coming our way. i'll show you that coming up. here's alexis. >>> enjoying a nice, quiet start on the roads as well. very few issues on the roads right now. hopefully we can hold onto this for a while longer. we have a little wait in the cash lanes on the bay bridge toll plaza but it's not terrible. we're waiting for those metering lights to turn on. yesterday it was 5:19. probably a similar time today. overall, though, we're looking at some pretty decent drive times. slight delays getting out of tracy today westbound 580 into dublin, 45 minutes. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 15. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino in the green at 15

it looks to be done around noon.going to the big game, i would prepare for rain in the morning and then bundle up in the afternoon because after that wind kicks in, you will feel it. this will be the coldest every scene of the season so far. a lot of cloud cover. not much else. mostly cloudy for the forecast 40s and 50s. if you 30s up north but on the peninsula, a lot of 50s. 30 in truckee. 34, ukiah. cloudy, mostly cloudy to the north. that is the system that will swing in and it has a lot of cold air. late tonight in early tomorrow morning to the north, lake county and swings through tomorrow morning by 9:00 and then it should be done by noon. maybe a little left over at noon but after that we should be good to go pick that's when that wind kicks in it will be snow in the mountains. 50s, mainly upper 50s and low 60s under mostly cloudy skies. making it a break sunday and monday. increasing clouds on tuesday. >>> civic center park in san francisco is becoming a winter wonderland. we tell you about the winter activit

the fact that they did meet that noon deadline is important.g next is to hear from the secretary of state that we are officially in recount mode. >> steve, just explain to me if this is how it works. you pass your paper ballot into an optical scanner, it takes a picture of it and transmits that data electronically. is that the thing that people are worried is sitting in trucks some where being sent to tallahassee? >> reporter: correct. those ballots are then kept and stored in a box and when the recount begins they'll run all those same bollots through the same machines. they'll separate the ballots that don't read. at the end of that process, if the count is inside of a .25 of a point, they will manually inspect those ballots. >> there was a deadline for people to get in their provisional ballots to, essentially, make the status of those ballots official. what do we know about how far elections officials have gotten in curing provisional ballot statuses? >> reporter: as of 5:00 yesterday, voters had to cure their provisional ballot, prove that

pittsburg, 54. 50 in the north bay. 73 at noon.near 80 degrees during the afternoon hours. about 64 at 8:00. upper 60s to low 70s. not quite the a 80s we had yesterday. 61 heading out this evening. why not? a lot of great places to go. in the south bay, same thing. 55 this morning. upper 70s this afternoon. 66 under the stars at 8:00. now, if you liked yesterday's warmth, it's coming back tomorrow. but that's it. a cooling trend in the accuweather seven-day forecast. alexis will tell us about the commute. >> yeah. we have slow spots to talk about right now. start off with the bay bridge. a disabled vehicle off on the shoulder at the harrison exit. stop and go from treasure island right now. a quick check of the central valley. west bound 205, 11 miles per hour. 12 miles per hour on 580. road work eastbound 580 as you approach altamont pass. stop-and-go traffic. down to 29 miles per hour. overall, it's been a good day for mass transit. 57 bart trains in service. no delays. ace 3, 5, 7 currently on time. capital corridor, an earlier

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