sandhya patel has the latest live dop rear 7hd. sandhya? >> as we look at live doppler 7hd you will see some green because we are still tracking some rain. this is storm number one and it is starting to ease up. we are seeing some rain around highway 101 san jose, morgan hill area. as we take you around down toward the south bay you can see very light returns around north first street and sunnyvale, mountain view and grant avenue. this is street level radar. as we pull out a little more, we have returns. it is very spotty around san francisco. in the east bay we are also still tracking some light showers and up to the north around where our radar site is located, some showers. in the sierra, chain controls right now are still looking at snow at the highest elevations. this is our view from our heavenly camera. the snow has been falling and it is windy up there. a winter storm warning until 10:00 tomorrow morning. tahoe by the way and truckee are reporting rain. it has switched over to rain there. 50s and 60s and southerly wind playing a par

sandhya patel has the latest live dop rear 7hd. sandhya? we look at live doppler 7hd you will see some green because we are still tracking some rain. this is storm number one and it is starting to ease up. we are seeing some rain around highway 101 san jose, morgan hill area. as we take you around down toward the south bay you can see very light returns around north first street and sunnyvale, mountain view and grant avenue. this is street level radar. as we pull out a little more, we have returns. it is very spotty around san francisco. in the east bay we are also still tracking some light showers and up to the north around where our radar site is located, some showers. in the sierra, chain controls right now are still looking at snow at the highest elevations. this is our view from our heavenly camera. the snow has been falling and it is windy up there. a winter storm warning until 10:00 tomorrow morning. tahoe by the way and truckee are reporting rain. it has switched over to rain there. 50s and 60s and southerly wind playing a part in k

sandhya patel has the latest live dop rear 7hd. sandhya? at live doppler 7hd you will see some green because we are still tracking some rain. this is storm number one and it is starting to ease up. we are seeing some rain around highway 101 san jose, morgan hill area. as we take you around down toward the south bay you can see very light returns around north first street and sunnyvale, mountain view and grant avenue. this is street level radar. as we pull out a little more, we have returns. it is very spotty around san francisco. in the east bay we are also still tracking some light showers and up to the north around where our radar site is located, some showers. in the sierra, chain controls right now are still looking at snow at the highest elevations. this is our view from our heavenly camera. the snow has been falling and it is windy up there. a winter storm warning until 10:00 tomorrow morning. tahoe by the way and truckee are reporting rain. it has switched over to rain there. 50s and 60s and southerly wind playing a part in keeping u

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hi sandhya. >> we are talking record warmth. the temperatures will reflect more like april may time period than february. check out this view. the sun was going down and there were a lot of high clouds around. it really created a beautiful sunset tonight when the clouds were coming through. we have fewer clouds when we check out live doppler hd. those clouds are high level stuff. we are not expecting moisture or rain. you will feel the chill tomorrow morning. look at this, already in the mid40s around napa and santa rosa and 48 in half moon bay and 49 fremont. bundle up tomorrow morning, 48 in livermore. from the exploratorium camera, a lovely view of san francisco. the skies are clear and a buy warm up tomorrow. -- a buy warm up tomorrow. records possible by week's end. hazardous con diss just in case you decide to head to the coast to enjoy the warmth. high pressure is build and the set up is the wind will come around and it is a strong ridge in place. offshore flow, the wind coming from the land and bringing the warmth down t

. >> and i am abc7 news sandhya patel. we will add a little spring-like warmth to your day. >>> covering novato oakland and sunnyvale and all of the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> some very sad and surprising news for this industry tonight. bob simon, the long-time "60 minutes" correspondent and cbs news reporter died in a car accident in new york city. the crash happened in manhattan. the towncar he was riding in hit another car and then spun out of control. simon's career spanned five decades from covering the war in vietnam to a piece on "60 minutes" this past weekend on the academy award nominated film" selma." the award-winning newsman was 73. >>> chemotherapy helps save the lives of thousands of cancer patients every year. and now researchers believe they have developed a technology that could make chemo treatment had far more effective. eric thomas learned how it works. >> teresa just settled into retirement when she received a frightening diagnosis. >> the ct scan showed a tumor on the left kidney. >> cough, heada

. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. cloudy in the morning. i'll let you know when the overcast skies may be replaced >>> this is abc7 news. >> most people are trying to lose weight would expect to break a sweat. but a researcher in southern california has a different idea. in fact, he recommends chilling out, literally. olympian michael phelps averaged eating 12,000 calories a day and never gained weight. but surprisingly, exercise wasn't the only reason. >> michael phelps would need to do about 10 hours of continuous butterfly strokes to burn 12,000 calories a day. >> the uc irvine professor believes it was triggered by the chilly temperature of the pool and its affect on a substance in our body known as brown fat. to take advantage of the effect hayes designed the called shoulder. it is an ice vest developed to help patients lose weight. >> it enduces comfortable mild cold exposure and our trial shows it burns 500 calories a day twice a day for an hour each. >> for awhile they know that you produce heat as you burn calories and the same is

sandhya. >>> a bay area formal wear company is closing up shops. they just told employees yesterday and tonight people are scrambling to find tuxedos in time for weddings and other events. >> jennifer's brother is getting married next saturday when she took her sons to be fitted for their tuxedos she got some bad news. >> they wouldn't be able to do my brother's wedding. >> the district manager tells us all six locations like this one in campbell are closing. the company filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy, but the owner didn't follow through with the plan so the next step is liquidation. >> i am surprised and sorry for them. they have really excellent dedicated employees. >> enter the manager of texty dough fashions in san jose. >> the brides are in a total panic. >> he has had a dozen phone calls and scheduled multiple emergency appointments. >> we will work with the wedding party. we will work with them and make sure the price they pay is comfortable. >> jennifer has been able to replace all eight tuxedos with the help of tuxedo fashion. >> i told my

. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. your morning will start off with a chill and fog. i'll let you know about changes coming later in the this is abc7 news. >>> the san francisco zoo may be losing its three chimpanzees that have entertained visitors for more than four decades. >> it is a blow to staff who cared for the chimps for so long and for fans of the zoo. >> dan noyes is here with an investigation you will see only on abc7 news. >> dan and ama, in public zoo officials say sending the chimps away is one of the options being considered. in private police tell me it is a done deal. the chimps are moving because the zoo hasn't made them a priority. the san francisco zoo has three elderly chimpanzees. mini and maggie arrived 45 years ago after being caught in the wild. the only male spent 10 years in entertainment, a circus television and film before he came to the zoo. he is the oldest male chimp in any american zoo believed to be in his late 50s and well past a chimp's normal life span. >> our male has arthritis and so he is on glue co saw mean pills. >> he has a d

a -- sandhya patel. a cold low is coming of >>> this is abc7 news. >> an update now on a fire that burned through one of the world's tallest residential buildings known as the torch tower. the fire is out and investigators are trying to figure out how it started. high winds spread the flames quickly through several of the 79 floors. thousands of people were evacuated in the middle of the night. >> many bay area law enforcement vehicles have cameras that record license plates. you know that. those records go into a big database to help catch criminals. >> did you know repoe trucks also have them and they are helping out the police? michael finney has that story tonight. >> private companies -- you are -- private companies use these cameras. it records not only your license plate but where you are and at what time. then they share store and sell this information with virtually no oversight. someone is following you. >> everybody wants to know what we are doing. >> tracking your car and taking photos and re

. >> sandhya patel is here with our latest. hi sandhya. >> hi, ama and dan.e some changes possibly in the form of wet weather. we are tracking a few patches of fog and clouds out there. temperatures are if the 40s and the 50s. the cloud cover will holdup the numbers in some areas. you can see san francisco pretty well. it is locally windy and a slight chance of showers and a better chance going into your saturday. we had temperatures in the 60s and 70s in many parts of the bay area. look at what it was like in owe december saw tebz text. this -- in odessa, texas. this was my surprise when i opened the door. coming home to napa on friday. and here is what it will look like. tomorrow we will see another mild day with high pressure in control. on friday things are really going to change. tracking a cold system that is originating in the gulf of alaska. it is pushing down toward canada and this is temperatures look like in western canada. 35 in juneau and 43 in vancouver, and that cold system limited in moisture, will work its way down across the sierra producing

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hi sandhya. >> we are talking record warmth. the temperatures will reflect more like april may time period than february. check out this view. the sun was going down and there were a lot of high clouds around. it really created a beautiful sunset tonight when the clouds were coming through. we have fewer clouds when we check out live doppler hd. those clouds are high level stuff. we are not expecting moisture or rain. you will feel the chill tomorrow morning. look at this, already in the mid40s around napa and santa rosa and 48 in half moon bay and 49 fremont. bundle up tomorrow morning, 48 in livermore. from the exploratorium camera, a lovely view of san francisco. the skies are clear and a buy warm up tomorrow. -- a buy warm up tomorrow. records possible by week's end. hazardous con diss just in case you decide to head to the coast to enjoy the warmth. high pressure is build and the set up is the wind will come around and it is a strong ridge in place. offshore flow, the wind coming from the land and bringing the warmth down t

. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. your morning will start off with a chill and fog. i'll let you know about changes com this is abc7 news. >>> the san francisco zoo may be losing its three chimpanzees that have entertained visitors for more than four decades. >> it is a blow to staff who cared for the chimps for so long and for fans of the zoo. >> dan noyes is here with an investigation you will see only on abc7 news. >> dan and ama, in public zoo officials say sending the chimps away is one of the options being considered. in private police tell me it is a done deal. the chimps are moving because the zoo hasn't made them a priority. the san francisco zoo has three elderly chimpanzees. mini and maggie arrived 45 years ago after being caught in the wild. the only male spent 10 years in entertainment, a circus television and film before he came to the zoo. he is the oldest male chimp in any american zoo believed to be in his late 50s and well past a chimp's normal life span. >> our male has arthritis and so he is on glue co saw mean pills. >> he has a direct connection

sandhya is here with the latest on what is to come. sandhya. how about some spring like weather. look at live doppler 7hd. here's the sign. no rain here but we did 7 rainfall in inches. not a few hundredths over the last couple days. last 2 storms you can see more than 8 inches up on mount saint helena where this is located. under half foot in the santa cruz mountains. plenty of couple of inch written total here half moon bay out toward livermore move it field. san jose close to 2 inches. same thing for oakland. inch and a half in san francisco and almost three inches in vacaville. when you look at where we stand santa rosa, 101 percent of normal. san jose 134 percent of average san jose 134 percent of average. yes it's great that we are above normal for the season to date but after 3 dry years we need a lot of storms before we start to see any dent in the deficit. snow up in the sierra this is kirk wood where 18 inches fell in the last 24 hours. people enjoying the fresh powder and really the rae sorts reporting anywhere from half foot to 2 feet of snow. of course at the higher

. >> 7 news meteorologist sandhya is tracking the storm but that. >> live doppler 7 hd like you haven't seen tonight days. finally seeing some moisture moving in. i'll take you in a little bit closer here and show you where it has been raining. we get some very light rainfall around point arena. ukiah area seeing rape. i had a viewer tweet me it's pouring in mendocino as you can see some yellow showing up there. sea ranch very light returns. flash flood watch up now through 6:00 a.m. saturday. for the north bay creek streams could rapidly rise we look at flooding in poor drainage area mud slide rock slide pretty good possibility and wind advisory tomorrow morning at 4 until 4 saturday. we are looking at gust 50 to 60 miles an hour taking down trees and power lines certainly a possibility. i'll be back with the rainfall estimate look at the second stomach and how they will differ in a few minutes. >> despite the storm warning some people are going to spend the night outside a popular brewery. alan joins us live in santa rosa to explain why. alan? >>reporter: of the people want the first

. >> sandhya patel is here with our latest. hi sandhya. >> hi, ama and dan.ave some changes possibly in the form of wet weather. we are tracking a few patches of fog and clouds out there. temperatures are if the 40s and the 50s. the cloud cover will holdup the numbers in some areas. you can see san francisco pretty well. it is locally windy and a slight chance of showers and a better chance going into your saturday. we had temperatures in the 60s and 70s in many parts of the bay area. look at what it was like in owe december saw tebz text. this -- in odessa, texas. this was my surprise when i opened the door. coming home to napa on friday. and here is what it will look like. tomorrow we will see another mild day with high pressure in control. on friday things are really going to change. tracking a cold system that is originating in the gulf of alaska. it is pushing down toward canada and this is what the temperatures look like in western canada. 35 in juneau and 43 in vancouver, and that cold system limited in moisture, will work its way down across the sierr

. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. cloudy in the morning. i'll let you know when the overcast skies may be replaced by rain. is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. right now find our best-buy rated c2 queen mattress starting at $599.99. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> this is abc7 news. >> most people are trying to lose weight would expect to break a sweat. but a researcher in southern california has a different idea. in fact, he recommends chilling out, literally. olympian michael phelps averaged eating 12,000 calories a day and never gained weight. but surprisingly, exercise wasn't the only reason. >> michael phelps would need to do about 10 hours of continuous butterfly strokes to burn 12,000 calories

sandhya is here with the latest on what is to come. sandhya. how about some spring like weather. look at live doppler 7hd. here's the sign. no rain here but we did 7 rainfall in inches. not a few hundredths over the last couple days. last 2 storms you can see more than 8 inches up on mount saint helena where this is located. under half foot in the santa cruz mountains. plenty of couple of inch written total here half moon bay out toward livermore move it field. san jose close to 2 inches. same thing for oakland. inch and a half in san francisco and almost three inches in vacaville. when you look at where we stand santa rosa, 101 percent of normal. san jose 134 percent of average san jose 134 percent of average. yes it's great that we are above normal for the season to date but after 3 dry years we need a lot of storms before we start to see any dent in the deficit. snow up in the sierra this is kirk wood where 18 inches fell in the last 24 hours. people enjoying the fresh powder and really the rae sorts reporting anywhere from half foot to 2 feet of snow. of course at the higher

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sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was. it continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beac

. >> 7 news meteorologist sandhya is tracking the storm but that. >> live doppler 7 hd like you haven't seen tonight days. finally seeing some moisture moving in. i'll take you in a little bit closer here and show you where it has been raining. we get some very light rainfall around point arena. ukiah area seeing rape. i had a viewer tweet me it's pouring in mendocino as you can see some yellow showing up there. sea ranch very light returns. flash flood watch up now through 6:00 a.m. saturday. for the north bay creek streams could rapidly rise we look at flooding in poor drainage area mud slide rock slide pretty good possibility and wind advisory tomorrow morning at 4 until 4 saturday. we are looking at gust 50 to 60 miles an hour taking down trees and power lines certainly a possibility. i'll be back with the rainfall estimate look at the second stomach and how they will differ in a few minutes. >> despite the storm warning some people are going to spend the night outside a popular brewery. alan joins us live in santa rosa to explain why. alan? >>reporter: of the people want the first

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hi sandhya. >> we are talking record warmth. the temperatures will reflect more like april may time period than february. check out this view. the sun was going down and there were a lot of high clouds around. it really created a beautiful sunset tonight when the clouds were coming through. we have fewer clouds when we check out live doppler hd. those clouds are high level stuff. we are not expecting moisture or rain. you will feel the chill tomorrow morning. look at this, already in the mid40s around napa and santa rosa and 48 in half moon bay and 49 fremont. bundle up tomorrow morning, 48 in livermore. from the exploratorium camera, a lovely view of san francisco. the skies are clear and a buy warm up tomorrow. -- a buy warm up tomorrow. records possible by week's end. hazardous con diss just in case you decide to head to the coast to enjoy the warmth. high pressure is build and the set up is the wind will come around and it is a strong ridge in place. offshore flow, the wind coming from the land and bringing the warmth down t

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. >> 7 news meteorologist sandhya is tracking the storm but that. >> live doppler 7 hd like you haven'tnight days. finally seeing some moisture moving in. i'll take you in a little bit closer here and show you where it has been raining. we get some very light rainfall around point arena. ukiah area seeing rape. i had a viewer tweet me it's pouring in mendocino as you can see some yellow showing up there. sea ranch very light returns. flash flood watch up now through 6:00 a.m. saturday. for the north bay creek streams could rapidly rise we look at flooding in poor drainage area mud slide rock slide pretty good possibility and wind advisory tomorrow morning at 4 until 4 saturday. we are looking at gust 50 to 60 miles an hour taking down trees and power lines certainly a possibility. i'll be back with the rainfall estimate look at the second stomach and how they will differ in a few minutes. >> despite the storm warning some people are going to spend the night outside a popular brewery. alan joins us live in santa rosa to explain why. alan? >>reporter: of the people want the first taste of

sandhya is here with the latest on what is to come. sandhya. how about some spring like weather.ok at live doppler 7hd. here's the sign. no rain here but we did 7 rainfall in inches. not a few hundredths over the last couple days. last 2 storms you can see more than 8 inches up on mount saint helena where this is located. under half foot in the santa cruz mountains. plenty of couple of inch written total here half moon bay out toward livermore move it field. san jose close to 2 inches. same thing for oakland. inch and a half in san francisco and almost three inches in vacaville. when you look at where we stand santa rosa, 101 percent of normal. san jose 134 percent of average san jose 134 percent of average. yes it's great that we are above normal for the season to date but after 3 dry years we need a lot of storms before we start to see any dent in the deficit. snow up in the sierra this is kirk wood where 18 inches fell in the last 24 hours. people enjoying the fresh powder and really the rae sorts reporting anywhere from half foot to 2 feet of snow. of course at the higher ele

. >> sandhya patel is here with our latest. hi sandhya. >> hi, ama and dan. we have some changes possibly in the form of wet weather. we are tracking a few patches of fog and clouds out there. temperatures are if the 40s and the 50s. the cloud cover will holdup the numbers in some areas. you can see san francisco pretty well. it is locally windy and a slight chance of showers and a better chance going into your saturday. we had temperatures in the 60s and 70s in many parts of the bay area. look at what it was like in owe december saw tebz text. this -- in odessa, texas. this was my surprise when i opened the door. coming home to napa on friday. and here is what it will look like. tomorrow we will see another mild day with high pressure in control. on friday things are really going to change. tracking a cold system that is originating in the gulf of alaska. it is pushing down toward canada and this is what the temperatures look like in western canada. 35 in juneau and 43 in vancouver, and that cold system limited in moisture, will work its way down across the

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sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was. it continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beac

thank you sandhya. >> all right. still to come on 7 news at 9:00. really cool fight month of work on the earthquake new stadium come . >> this spring the san jose earthquake will kick off the new season in the new stadium and today we got a cool look at the construction. time lapse individual row from the team shows 100 million dollar stadium rising from the dirt in spectacular fashion. earthquake fans ready too. team already sold more than 11 team already sold more than 11,000 season tickets. 18,000 fans first match will be friend fans first match will be friendly on february 28. season home opener will be march 22. >> tonight at 11:00. 7 on your side michael finney will be here with a fit bit follow-up exploratorium company has just released 3 new activity trackers to replace one that if cause terrible rash. same complaints cropping up again we discovered hundreds of reports on social media from fit bit user claiming they broke in and out rashes. >> super red and itchy. >> we are so soyrt happened to you again. >> mechanical investigates the lates

sandhya is tracking a series of storms. >> that's right. as you look at the leif doppler 7 hd right now no moisture. that is all going to change. we need the moisture in the sierra. state wide snow pack at 22 percent of average year ago. it was 16 percent so actually it's im practice. from last year but we still need a lot more. spotty snow fall above 8000 pet friday afternoon. snow level through the weekend with the rain snow mix between 8 and 9,000 feet. and so they are only expecting mixed precipitation tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon it's dry here. mild mainly 60's and you look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast we cool it down a little bit as the rain comes if thursday into the north bay. it gets wet and windy for the entire bay area friday and weekend is definitely looking like an indoor weekend with showers lingering into monday dan. >> we welcome it. thanks very much. >> tesla long overdue model x getting a work out in alameda. >> the amateur individual i don't ever had car on i phone. making circle on the old runway at the alameda nav

. >> i am sandhya patel. a series of warm storms will soak parts of the bay area. a look at the time >>> a huge fireball when a commuter plane plowed into an area. witnesses say the jeep was stuck under crossing gates and the driver tried to cross in front of the on coming train. the driver was killed and 12 others were hurt. 650 were on board. >>> well coming back here, the cost of living in the bay area continues to climb. you have seen the prices. not only are the home prices surging, rents are as well. rents are op a whooping tift 2% since the year -- 52% since the year 2000. abc7 news reporter has the story. >> if you thought trying to buy a house in the bay area was bad try renting. >> across the country rents are higher than they have ever been. >> rents in the bay area are among the highest in the nation. >> in the bay area, take everything to an extreme. >> skyler olson is a senior economist. >> rents in the city of san francisco are up almost 18%, higher than last year. >> according to zillow the median rent in san francisco is just under $4,000. that's p

while today was nice sand why is here with some changes sandhya coming our way ichltd yes. already under way right now. let me show you what it looked like today. we did have a record in oakland. 75 degrees. previous record was 73. warm enough around san rafael napa, santa rosa low mid 70's 72 san jose 71 livermore along the coast 59 in half man bay where the fog was sitting and we saw quite a bit of it rolling in this afternoon from our emeryville camera. let's hope the trend of cooler weather continues because san francisco average temperature so far for this winter 56.8 warmest winter ever with 55.7 back in 1969 and 1970 so this may end up going down as the warmest winter ever once we close-out this calendar. i'll be back this winter i should say back with the detailed look at the changes coming right up. amma. >> all right sand why thank you. >> bay area family is struggling with unbearable emotions and financial stress. the mother is battling a flesh eating bacteria why. family shared the story only on abc 7 news with reporter david louie. mrs. lee was diagnosed on feb

sandhya has the latest on the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. it's the winter that never was.continues as we look at live doppler 7hd look of rain here just some high cloud at this hour. i do want to show you the record for today. downtown oakland hit 79 today. 79. previous record was 70 set in 2006. oakland airport tie at 69. mountain view also a tie 73 degrees and salinas airport tied old record set back in 1971. came in at 82 degrees. in case you wonder how warm it got where you live. here are other cities. 71 santa rosa, san francisco, antioch 72 degree ins san jose. 80 in santa cruz. half man bay 73 degrees and napa you got up to 71 as well. so pretty warm around the bay area good. 9 to 19 degrees above average from the monterey bay to the bay area. temperatures right now all in the 40's and 50's except we have some mild spots. fremont have some mild spots. fremont san francisco, currently in the low 60's. from our sutro tower cam are step outside it's feeling unusually warm out there. warm through the holiday weekend. more record high likely and watch out at the beaches

he is a human atmospheric river sandhya. he is making it rain. he finds area 51 right there.s win it 128-114. here is steph. >> we have enough talent on the team. to come off the back to back it says a lot about who we are. >> a balmy 28 degrees in calgary. traffic and weather together. >> he is counting goals and going by him. chris russell in the second period. the goal makes it 2-0 and mason raymond max it three goals in a 9-minute span as the flames beat them 3-1. the super bowl patriots held their victory parade with 7 tift,000 of their best -- with 750,000 of their best friends. rob gronkowski is making friends. reality show waiting to happen right there. tom brady is soaking it all in. >> thank you guys. thanks for all of your support. look at this! let's go! >> let's go indeed. and an amazing shot on the victorian open in australia. richard green with the tee shot and it is so far off line the ball hits the rim of a green side bunker and then bounces back into the hole for the eighth on a par you are -- on a par

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he is a human atmospheric river sandhya. he is making it rain. he finds area 51 right there.e enough talent on the team. to come off the back to back it says a lot about who we are. >> a balmy 28 degrees in calgary. traffic and weather together. >> he is counting goals and going by him. chris russell in the second period. the goal makes it 2-0 and mason raymond max it three goals in a 9-minute span as the flames beat them 3-1. the super bowl patriots held their victory parade with 7 tift,000 of their best -- with 750,000 of their best friends. rob gronkowski is making friends. reality show waiting to happen right there. tom brady is soaking it all in. >> thank you guys. thanks for all of your support. look at this! let's go! >> let's go indeed. and an amazing shot on the victorian open in australia. richard green with the tee shot and it is so far off line the ball hits the rim of a green side bunker and then bounces back into the hole for the eighth on a par you are -- on a pa ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered veg

he is a human atmospheric river sandhya. he is making it rain. he finds area 51 right there.14. here is steph. >> we have enough talent on the team. to come off the back to back it says a lot about who we are. >> a balmy 28 degrees in calgary. traffic and weather together. >> he is counting goals and going by him. chris russell in the second period. the goal makes it 2-0 and mason raymond max it three goals in a 9-minute span as the flames beat them 3-1. the super bowl patriots held their victory parade with 7 tift,000 of their best -- with 750,000 of their best friends. rob gronkowski is making friends. reality show waiting to happen right there. tom brady is soaking it all in. >> thank you guys. thanks for all of your support. look at this! let's go! >> let's go indeed. and an amazing shot on the victorian open in australia. richard green with the tee shot and it is so far off line the ball hits the rim of a green side bunker and then bounces back into the hole for the eighth on a par you are -- on a ♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere

. >> time to put that jacket on sandhya. >> right here. >> good for you. >> i'm ready.ve my coat. i have my umbrella. we have some changes coming. you may be trading you in the shades that you need right now the hazy sunshine, for a heavy colt coat and umbrella, a cold storm coming. not going to produce big-time rain which we really hoped. you look at live doppler 7 hd we have clouds right now ahead of the system we are waiting for. here is a live look from east bay hills camera. i want to give you quick perspective, san francisco's average temperatures so far this had winter 56.9 about a degree higher than the warmest winter on record which is 55.7 back in 1969 and 1970. so still watching san francisco's temperatures, could be the waerms on record. san jose camera showing filtered snipe right now 60s in san francisco, oakland, 62 sap jose 57 half moon bay temperatures today, upper 50s, low 70s still running two to six degrees above average. beautiful view from lake tahoe camera, they will be getting snow up in the sierra, where all the moisture going to be going. mid-6

. >> sandhya here with the weather. >> you have to pack on the layers tomorrow morning.we have the chilly conditions again. i let you know when you get to thaw out and when showers visiting us coming up. >> and fighting crime on line. how bay area business owns are using social media to catch shoplifters. you. >> continue repair work to fix a train cross. >> we get you ready to go. 8 80 interchange see how traffic is quite stuck here. >> latest news weather traffic on abc 7 morning news. >> there's a lot of work ahead to recover from a 6.0quake severely damaged parts of that a -- napa 6 months ago today. thousands of js still need to be repaired. >> more than 100 still red tagged. wayne with a look at napa long road to recovery. >> napa today is a matter of recovering in stages. not than like exploring the rings of a tree. on first street they separated by less an city block in some cases. with big plans. >> 183 key luxury boutique hotel. >> 6 months after the quake napa isn't so much a phoenix rising as community banding together against difficult odd together against d

. >> sandhya is here with the weather. >> the weather is going to get chilly by morning. i'll let you know exactly when we will be tracking possibly some showers coming up. >> and the cost to keep a small california farm running during the drought when the only well nearly dries up. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. sz is. >> 6 moab versus ri of the nap valley earthquake. a lot of rebuilding but as wayne found out wine country has a long way to go. >> if napa appears fully looking very closely. the devil reside in the detail. >> it's all around us. >> old courthouse advice rated. center building propped up. prognosis. >> this project two years. >> but in most of napa the scaffold are gone. businesses reopened. most not all. this safeway remains closed and former employee get fewer hours at another store. they have

while today was nice sand why is here with some changes sandhya coming our way ichltd yes. already under way right now. let me show you what it looked like today. we did have a record in oakland. 75 degrees. previous record was 73. warm enough around san rafael napa, santa rosa low mid 70's 72 san jose 71 livermore along the coast 59 in half man bay where the fog was sitting and we saw quite a bit of it rolling in this afternoon from our emeryville camera. let's hope the trend of cooler weather continues because san francisco average temperature so far for this winter 56.8 warmest winter ever with 55.7 back in 1969 and 1970 so this may end up going down as the warmest winter ever once we close-out this calendar. i'll be back this winter i should say back with the detailed look at the changes coming right up. amma. >> all right sand why thank you. >> bay area family is struggling with unbearable emotions and financial stress. the mother is battling a flesh eating bacteria why. family shared the story only on abc 7 news with reporter david louie. mrs. lee was diagnosed on feb

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. >> of sandhya is here with the weekend rain total you. >>reporter: those weekend rain total are not numbers that you are going to forget very quickly. let me show you live doppler 7hd we talk about the non-existent rain on our doppler right now. that wasn't the case friday through monday. we picked up rain and it was over 8 inches near our radar site on mount st. helen santa rosa over 4 inches of rain and santa cruz mountains half a foot exploratorium about inch and a half close to 2 inches in oakland just over that in half machine bay. moffitt field livermore san jose 1.71 inches. now all calm on the golden gate bridge right now but really windy as you know with the second storm that came through. here are some of the peak wind gust. patterson pass sunday 80 miles an hour. 72 saint pablo. los gatos the 69 and 55 miles an hour winds. we have some mainly changes in our weather forecast for this week. i'll be back with some details coming right up. >> okay thanks very much. despite getting a lot of rain from the last storm we are no means o

while today was nice sand why is here with some changes sandhya coming our way ichltd yes. already under way right now. let me show you what it looked like today. we did have a record in oakland. 75 degrees. previous record was 73. warm enough around san rafael napa, santa rosa low mid 70's 72 san jose 71 livermore along the coast 59 in half man bay where the fog was sitting and we saw quite a bit of it rolling in this afternoon from our emeryville camera. let's hope the trend of cooler weather continues because san francisco average temperature so far for this winter 56.8 warmest winter ever with 55.7 back in 1969 and 1970 so this may end up going down as the warmest winter ever once we close-out this calendar. i'll be back this winter i should say back with the detailed look at the changes coming right up. amma. >> all right sand why thank you. >> bay area family is struggling with unbearable emotions and financial stress. the mother is battling a flesh eating bacteria why. family shared the story only on abc 7 news with reporter david louie. mrs. lee was diagnosed on feb