so for details, let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah. dan. right now you may need those shades, but later on, you're going to need those umbrellas. once again. let me show you live doppler seven right now. earlier this afternoon, we had severe thunderstorms rolling through parts of eastern santa clara county. they did have. you can see their downpours associated with it moving just near gilroy, heading out towards san benito county. now as we look at live doppler seven right now all is quiet. but that will be changing once again as another system is coming in. it's a level one on our storm impact scale and it will get in here later tonight, going into tomorrow as we go, hour by hour, 9:00 this evening, some spotty showers showing up, heading into 430 in the morning, even some higher elevation snow over mount hamilton. keep those umbrellas handy because those showers continue really at 730 in the morning and really into the early afternoon before all is said and done and into the evening hours. it is gusty right now, 32 miles an hour in san fr

meteorologist sandhya patel has the timing for us. sandhya. >> yeah. it's going to be later on tonight. ama and dan. let me show you a live picture right now. you know, the focus of the wet weather earlier today was in san jose. but look how pretty it looks right now. the sun is setting there. gorgeous view. 14 hundredths of an inch so far in san jose. got six hundredths in mountain view, parts of the east bay and the peninsula picking up between 4 and 5 hundredths of an inch. livermore four hundredths along with palo alto. looking at live doppler seven. so the first system is pushing into southern california where they're getting some rain. the second system is off the coast, and it's basically a cold, unstable air that's coming with it. so do expect some more showers. possibility of thunder. certainly thunderstorms across parts of northern california right now and chain controls on most roads heading up to tahoe. as the snow is falling in the sierra. looking at live doppler seven here, you can see some radar returns off our coastline, so we're clearl

i'm meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandy. >> yeah. it's going to be an unsettled pattern the next couple of days. and let me show you a live picture from our sutro tower camera. the winds have really dropped off. was a gusty start earlier today. a beautiful view from downtown san francisco. let's look at our rain chances. they're going up starting tomorrow. best opportunity for wet weather is going to be wednesday, thursday and sunday night. as we look at live doppler seven, here is this first system that is really not going to bring a whole lot to us, other than some drizzle and spotty showers right now. you will notice that on live doppler seven looping it, most of that moisture is still off the coastline and evaporating before it actually reaches land. temperatures at this hour in the 40s and the 50. live view of emeryville camera looking at san francisco and the bay bridge. it's beautiful. tomorrow. drizzle. isolated showers. midweek. we're looking at scattered showers. and then friday into saturday it's going to be sunnier and mi

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i'm meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandy. >> yeah.s going to be an unsettled pattern the next couple of days. and let me show you a live picture from our sutro tower camera. the winds have really dropped off. was a gusty start earlier today. a beautiful view from downtown san francisco. let's look at our rain chances. they're going up starting tomorrow. best opportunity for wet weather is going to be wednesday, thursday and sunday night. as we look at live doppler seven, here is this first system that is really not going to bring a whole lot to us, other than some drizzle and spotty showers right now. you will notice that on live doppler seven looping it, most of that moisture is still off the coastline and evaporating before it actually reaches land. temperatures at this hour in the 40s and the 50. live view of emeryville camera looking at san francisco and the bay bridge. it's beautiful. tomorrow. drizzle. isolated showers. midweek. we're looking at scattered showers. and then friday into saturday it's going to be sunnier and milder

coming right up. >> very good sandhya. thank you.ours ago, the los angeles city council rejected a bid by former fire chief kristin crowley to get her job back. crowley was fired after january's fires. at the hearing, she spoke out on a lack of resources because of city budget cuts. >> as for the 1000 firefighters who allegedly were sent home prior to the fires, we did not have enough apparatus to put them on because of the budget cuts and lack of investments in our fleet maintenance. >> crowley's supporters say she was used as a scapegoat by los angeles mayor karen bass for talking about the lack of resources. public records obtained by the los angeles times show the mayor's aides received an email warning of severe fire weather before the fire started, but that message was not relayed to the mayor before she left on a trip to ghana. >> still ahead, a shooting on an east bay freeway. we will have details and the latest on the installation of hundreds of freeway cameras around the bay area. >> plus, it's not until october, but today,

hi, sandhya. >> hi, there. yeah, we do have some showers coming our way, but we don't have to worry about it being a washout for the weekend. it's a level one system that is over the pacific heading in our direction. it is already sending us westerly swell. beach hazards statement is up tonight at 9:00 until 9 a.m. saturday. breakers up to 14ft. it becomes a high surf advisory tomorrow morning until monday night, as those breakers build up to 19ft. so here's a view from our santa cruz camera. and the surf is rough, so be careful if you're going to be at the coast now, make sure you have your umbrellas if you have saturday night plans, because we're going to see some scattered showers moving in late tomorrow night and then continuing heading into your sunday afternoon. uh- we will see the possibility of thunder as well. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast to let you know how the rest of the weekend is shaping up in just a few minutes. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks very much. all right. coming up here, we'

let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the weather. sandhya. >> yeah. you know what, dan and ama, there will be some rain on oscar sunday. but like you both said, i mean, it is covered. so we're talking about 60 degrees down there in los angeles. a wet conditions expected, the same system that is going to bring us some rain today. we had record highs to talk about san jose tying the last record set back in 1924 of 77 degrees. santa rosa breaking the old record 79. look at that oakland 74. a tie for today. say goodbye to the mild spring like weather, because here comes a storm system on live doppler seven. we're already seeing a lot of fog out ahead of it. some higher clouds as well. here's a look at visibility. it's down to five miles in half moon bay. earlier tonight it was about a half a mile, so be careful as we take a look at some live pictures. sutro and exploratorium showing you the fog just shrouding san francisco temperatures right now, anywhere from the 40s to the 60. here's a look at the storm impact scale. we have a level one tomorrow night i

all right okay. >> thank you sandhya. and you can track the wet weather this week using the same live doppler seven tools that sandhya and our weather team use. head to abc seven news.com or the abc seven bay area app. and that's where you can get the full forecast. >> an attempted kidnaping along san francisco's embarcadero. and tonight san francisco police say no arrests have been made. a good samaritan say they helped a grandmother fend off a woman who tried to take her two year old granddaughter. this happened on friday night. here's abc seven news reporter j.r. stone. >> the attacker was screaming, that's not your baby. this is my baby. don't take her. and then, you know, forcibly hitting her. >> alyssa zions is describing what happened in this area along the embarcadero last friday, when she watched a woman begin screaming, then attacking a grandmother and her two year old granddaughter, forcing the grandmother to do all she could to protect the child. >> she was like throwing her whole body into protecting this bab

all right okay. >> thank you sandhya. and you can track the wet weather this week using the same live doppler seven tools that sandhya and our weather team use. head to abc seven news.com or the abc seven bay area app. and that's where you can get the full forecast. >> an attempted kidnaping along san francisco's embarcadero. and tonight san francisco police say no arrests have been made. a good samaritan say they helped a grandmother fend off a woman who tried to take her two year old granddaughter. this happened on friday night. here's abc seven news reporter j.r. stone. >> the attacker was screaming, that's not your baby. this is my baby. don't take her. and then, you know, forcibly hitting her. >> alyssa zions is describing what happened in this area along the embarcadero last friday, when she watched a woman begin screaming, then attacking a grandmother and her two year old granddaughter, forcing the grandmother to do all she could to protect the child. >> she was like throwing her whole body into protecting this bab

let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the weather. sandhya. >> yeah.ou know what, dan and ama, there will be some rain on oscar sunday. but like you both said, i mean, it is covered. so we're talking about 60 degrees down there in los angeles. a wet conditions expected, the same system that is going to bring us some rain today. we had record highs to talk about san jose tying the last record set back in 1924 of 77 degrees. santa rosa breaking the old record 79. look at that oakland 74. a tie for today. say goodbye to the mild spring like weather, because here comes a storm system on live doppler seven. we're already seeing a lot of fog out ahead of it. some higher clouds as well. here's a look at visibility. it's down to five miles in half moon bay. earlier tonight it was about a half a mile, so be careful as we take a look at some live pictures. sutro and exploratorium showing you the fog just shrouding san francisco temperatures right now, anywhere from the 40s to the 60. here's a look at the storm impact scale. we have a level one tomorrow night int

larry. >> thank you sandhya.ar sunday it's almost here, but it's not over even after all the awards are given out. >> that's right. there's also oscar monday. up next, a preview of kelly and mark's biggest show of the year. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. >> i'm luz pena. >> i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with. >> real answers. >> to help 8:00. countdown to the oscars with robin roberts followed at nine by 2020. and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. you know, it's not just about oscar sunday. there's also oscar monday. that's the morning after the oscars. kelly and mark hit the oscars stage to bring you the stars and all the best moments. reporter joelle gargiulo has a preview. >> and the oscar. >> goes to. >> march 2nd. belongs to oscar for the 97th annual academy awards. but the day after. well, that belongs to kelly and mark. >> come to this place for magic. >> they take over the dolby theater just hours after the oscar winners accept th

sandhya patel is back with the forecast. >> yeah.e doppler seven. right now. we have a lot of cloud cover out there, but moisture is showing up off the coastline. we'll eventually see some showers or drizzle tomorrow. that's basically how it looks 50 and 60 for your afternoon highs. i'm going to show you the timeline of what's going to happen. there is a front coming in our direction. best opportunity for seeing the wet weather out of it will be on wednesday evening. and then you will notice the sierras picking up snow. this continues really into thursday before the system is out of here. another storm. this one looks more organized and more widespread. rain is sunday night. going into monday certainly will bring some more mountain snow. so let's talk about the rainfall projections taking you all the way out to a week from today. not expecting a ton of rain here. about a third to three quarters of an inch. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. a few showers tomorrow. it's a level one for wednesday and thursday. we are

world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us appreciate your time. i'm dan. >> ashley, i'm ama daetz. we'll ♪ ♪ ♪ tonight, breaking news. we're tracking this new major cross-country winter storm. 115 million americans on alert for dangerous driving. blizzard conditions, high winds from the midwest to the south, the great lakes right to the east coast. and the real tornado threat. tonight, we're also watching. ginger zee is standing by to time out this storm. also tonight, the new images here, the

but that's changing, right, sandhya? >> that's right. you're going to want to ski as the new snow comes in ama and dan this weekend. all right, let's take a look at a live picture and savor this view from our san jose camera. post-sunset view. the sun is going down shortly after six these days, and we do have a gorgeous view to enjoy. temperatures today were in the 60s and 70, by the way. that's all changing this weekend. showers are coming in. it's going to be much cooler. rough surf, building, risk of rip currents. and next week the pattern remains unsettled. so we take a look at live doppler seven, and you will notice the focus of the high clouds from san francisco to the east bay and the south bay. that's all in association with the low that's heading towards southern california. and you can see it there. this is the system that we are watching for the upcoming weekend. it is sending a westerly swell in our direction. beach hazards statement goes up tonight at 9:00. it runs until 9 a.m. saturday. current wave heights are 4 to 9ft. th

abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking this level. one storm moving in san diego. >> yeah. dan, tomorrow morning, as you wake up or as you head out the door, make sure you have the umbrella. because we do have showers coming in on live doppler seven. some of those radar returns just southwest of the bay area, all in association with this level one system that will move in in just a matter of hours. we go hour by hour, 5:00 in the morning. notice the rain starting to come in from the southwest. it's going to start to lift northward by 8 a.m, so slippery roadways for the commute could be slow going at noontime. we're still looking at those showers. the breeze will be picking up, especially as we head towards the afternoon hours along the coastline 2527 miles an hour. there's even a possibility of thunderstorms on thursday as you look at the thunderstorm risk. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming right up. dan. >> thanks, sandy, very much. >> new details tonight on a crash in oakland that left a car nearly split in half a

i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have the forecast coming up.ering your questions. we'll have those answers next at six. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> and we begin with new developments. a 19 year old is under arrest for yesterday's shooting on southbound 880 in oakland. the chp shared this picture of the gun recovered from his oakland home and believes it was used in. the shooting. happened around 7:30 a.m. near 16th avenue. the driver was not hurt and later told investigators the suspect was possibly driving in his neighborhood. oakland police officers located the vehicle, which was parked and unoccupied, and staked it out. they moved in when two people returned and arrested, one on charges including attempted murder. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. there was another east bay freeway shooting this morning, this time on highway 24. it is the second shooting on this road in two weeks. >> all westbound lanes were shut down for an hour, backing up traffic for miles. abc

abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking this level. one storm moving in san diego. >> yeah. dan, tomorrow morning, as you wake up or as you head out the door, make sure you have the umbrella. because we do have showers coming in on live doppler seven. some of those radar returns just southwest of the bay area, all in association with this level one system that will move in in just a matter of hours. we go hour by hour, 5:00 in the morning. notice the rain starting to come in from the southwest. it's going to start to lift northward by 8 a.m, so slippery roadways for the commute could be slow going at noontime. we're still looking at those showers. the breeze will be picking up, especially as we head towards the afternoon hours along the coastline 2527 miles an hour. there's even a possibility of thunderstorms on thursday as you look at the thunderstorm risk. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming right up. dan. >> thanks, sandy, very much. >> new details tonight on a crash in oakland that left a car nearly split in half a

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right, sandhya? >> that's right. kristen and larry, let's take a look at a live picture. right now you're probably looking outside going what? showers. we're seeing some peeks of sun from our mount tam cam, but trust me, we do have some coming in earlier today. as we take a look back at this morning, we did have some spotty showers. really light stuff, just enough to dampen the ground, but now we're just dealing with cloud cover and some sun in between. there is a weak system that is going to be coming in, and that's what's going to bring us some showers going into tomorrow. right now on live doppler seven, we do have the cloud cover from sfo camera. you can see it creating a little bit of filtered sunshine there. upper 50s san francisco, oakland 54. in half moon bay you're in the low 60s san jose, hayward, redwood city from our walnut creek camera. also seeing just the clouds filtering the sunshine. temperatures mid 50s around petaluma, upper 50s, santa rosa, napa, fairfield. you're at 61 right now in livermore. and from our kgo roof camera seeing some peeks of blue ther