. >> item number nine was withdrawn so we'll now call item number 10, appeal 14-020, sunny moon versus the building of inspection. protesting the issuance on january 23 to j and l development of an alteration permit. >> my name is sunny moon. i'm a little nervous. >> relax, take a break. >> i have a little bit of an anxiety issue. sorry. i have -- okay, i live on bruno hill and my house is located behind 47 prospect avenue and last year, march 2013 there was some major reworking and regrading of the rear yard at 47 prospect. >> could you speak up more? a little bit closer. take a deep breath. >> there was some major reworking and regrading of the yard on 47 prospect where large quantities of dirt were moved 3 feet down and i think 5 feet deep in and it was all pushed up and then there was also some room in the sidewalk -- >> i'm sorry . >> the sidewalk was moved up as well. this is my house on 666 win field so this is from 49 prospect, which is their next door neighbor. so this is the reworking of the soil and the grade. so by july 2013, they've added a new deck, they added a new secon

that's when we went back with sunny moon and repeal the process. here we are today. they've agreed to remove the deck, however the grade is materially changed, the height of the deck is a lot higher than it should be so we're asking for your support on up holding the appeal. and also, you know, i think there should be fines and penalties for the developers and investor who is are trying to flip this property and pass this on because that's all their care about is money. that's the best way to send the message that this is not okay. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> i'm a little nervous. i'm sunny's tenant. if i could use the overhead, please. going up the /stpaeurs to the deck would be able to look directly into my living room window. anyone standing on the deck would be able to look directly into my bedroom window. i've lived in this unit for over ten years so i've seen what the property of the backyard looked like ten years ago. and the property was overgrown. it was rose bushes and rose mary bushes and concrete. and the grade was way below the deck.

looking at 67 in half moon bay. sunny day downtown san francisco well above ample at 69. 65 daly city and in the north bay we go with mid 70's around santa rose. 72 san rafael. vallejo. calistoga in the east bay oakland richmond 72, 74 fremont inland spots a little breezy in the hills. temperatures low to mid 70's walnut creek 74 livermore 73 degrees look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. and you have to take a look carefully here. you don't see a rain drop in sight. really those temperatures will come up into the 70's next few days mid 70's in our warmest spots. saturday and sunday low to mid 80's inland. well above average. temperatures at the coast in the low 70's. might want to hit the beach for the weekend. i will tell enthusiastic much i took a look at the records and we will be flirting with a few record high pressure for the weekend. i'll be back with the wake up weather in a little bit. >> we'll see you then. >> all right larry off mike is in with sports. >> whether do you have for us. >> barry bonds. remember

looking at 67 in half moon bay. sunny day downtown san francisco well above ample at 69. 65 daly city and in the north bay we go with mid 70's around santa rose. 72 san rafael. vallejo. calistoga in the east bay oakland richmond 72, 74 fremont inland spots a little breezy in the hills. temperatures low to mid 70's walnut creek 74 livermore 73 degrees look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. and you have to take a look carefully here. you don't see a rain drop in sight. really those temperatures will come up into the 70's next few days mid 70's in our warmest spots. saturday and sunday low to mid 80's inland. well above average. temperatures at the coast in the low 70's. might want to hit the beach for the weekend. i will tell enthusiastic much i took a look at the records and we will be flirting with a few record high pressure for the weekend. i'll be back with the wake up weather in a little bit. >> we'll see you then. >> all right larry off mike is in with sports. >> whether do you have for us. >> barry bonds. remember

looking at 67 in half moon bay. sunny day downtown san francisco well above ample at 69. 65 daly city and in the north bay we go with mid 70's around santa rose. 72 san rafael. vallejo. calistoga in the east bay oakland richmond 72, 74 fremont inland spots a little breezy in the hills. temperatures low to mid 70's walnut creek 74 livermore 73 degrees look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. and you have to take a look carefully here. you don't see a rain drop in sight. really those temperatures will come up into the 70's next few days mid 70's in our warmest spots. saturday and sunday low to mid 80's inland. well above average. temperatures at the coast in the low 70's. might want to hit the beach for the weekend. i will tell enthusiastic much i took a lookc at the records and we will be flirting with a few record high pressure for the weekend. i'll be back with the wake up weather in a little bit. >> we'll see you then. >> all right larry off mike is in with sports. >> whether do you have for us. him. ry bonds. r greates

the caldecott and so there may be a hint of an offshore breeze but it is going to be sunny and nice today. 41 half-moon bay and 37 a breeze at fairfield and also antioch as well. nothing much compared to what we had yesterday. looks good for sunshine, sunny and nice, a cooler morning not too bad for others. wall to wall which means 60s and upper 60s and a few lower 70s, here is sal. >>> good morning, we are looking at traffic that is getting busier and you can definitely tell, and you can see it at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a delay and a drive time of 30 minutes. most of the time it should be spent waiting and also we have some weighting at the bridge. let's go onto the 101 freeway and this is north 101 coming up to the 880 split. it is not stop and go and you can still get a drive time into the 280 split. if you are looking at the contra costa commute, we are coming in over concord and then you will see traffic which is moving along slowly west 80 at central and it has backed up into livermore and i'm sorry into richmond i should say. if you look at the south bay and east bay, the traffic has

moon day. foggy start, sunny finish. otherwise mid-40s everywhere. including fairfield, fremont, san jose.eed to update you on the drought. this is the update. it is not good. gone from a severe drought to extreme drought in the north bay. the highest level is called exceptional drought. that encompasses all of it south bay and encroaching on san francisco, oakland, contra costa county, now included in that exceptional drought. clouds in pacifica tomorrow. after sunshine. you will not hit 60 tomorrow. forecast on sunday, another morning with fog. afternoon with sunshine. highs close to but not hitting 60 degrees. this ridge of high pressure is in the perfect spot to do two things, keep the rainfall to the north and give us a light to moderate onshore flow. 15 degrees warmer inland. in the summer it will be 40 degrees. cooler at the coast. the ridge isn't moving much. it will move tuesday, when it does it will go to the south and west. and allows something else to move in, an area of low pressure from the gulf of alaska. it will hang out and give us rain chances. we could use every drop. th

little breezy in the hills, vacaville, gusts at 31 and 38 to 52 and the coolest is half- moon bay and it will be sunny and temperatures low 70s a few clouds up towards the sierra nevada but that is the only place they are favoring. 41 3-year-old carlos41 novato and it is a far cry for everything we saw. we saw 25, up in oakland hills overall, everything is going up and over a quiet pattern. 19 in chuckee. sacramento at 52 and 50s into lake county and a hoe hum pattern, sunny and a nice day, a cool morning and lots of sun today, breezy on the hills overall 60s and 70s. santa rosa gets 75 and that should say hello under that cloud. and the weekend looks nice and very quiet. >>> it may be forced to scale back the number of campers who visit because if they were making reservations they needed to put things on hold. the camp was evacuated during the rim fire. the camp was damaged during the fire and the creek may not have enough water. >>> they settled their lawsuit against the beastie boys. the hit song girls as an and them celebrated am it and used it without their permission. two sides killed and publi

moon bay. and at sfo, mainly sunny skies giving you a look at the forecast this evening. will be partly cloudy to mostly clear. mild. cool inland valleys. tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy. mild to warm. temperatures mid-70s inland. >> still at home a message the tea party leader thinks libertarians might just be willing to accept >>> a local school teaching kids a lesson on monthed wrern conveniences. >> new at 4:30 >> michael finney taking your questions will answer them here live just a little bit later. you can contact them on michael finney. >> a first look at afternoon commute. it looks grim in downtown san francisco on the skyway. bumper to bumper in both directions whether oncoming vehicles going towards bay bridge. stay with us. back with more on abc7 news in just a moment. >>> a big mess overnight in the east bay. a car carrier hit a fire hydrant in san leandro. nobody was injured. just a lot of clean up. >> it's so much water wasted. >> what do you get when one darling of the tea party ventures into liberal territory of berkeley? >> well, shockingly you get civ

moon way bay. so definitely cooler. if you're going up there nice, sunny weekend on tap. it's 70 in napa. and breezy and clear, warmer weather and record highs are possible. high pressure regaining strength. so tomorrow it's a land breeze bringing warmth to the coast. this system gets closer west coast. high serve advisory noon sunday until kl a.m monday. so just enjoy the coast but be careful. tomorrow morning starting out clear. and you might need a layer. it's going to be on the cool side. it's shorts weather. 78 in san jose. 68 in daily city. mid-60s coast side. 78 santa rosa. east bay, 72. and inland spots more like spring than winter. could see records on sunday st. patrick's day cooler. temperatures coming down thursday into friday. the st. patrick's day is sunday. if you're going to be here, it's going to be goris. warm. >> ideas for your weekend. it's a finney friday free stuff, up next >> running of the bulls american-style. that is at 6:00. we'll be right back >>> today is a special day for math lovers it's pi day. what the fuss is all about. who doesn't like pi? whether it's a

we'll see a few sunny breaks this morning, 59 in san jose. los gatos, half moonay 57 degrees, upper 50s for oakland and san francisco average highs this time of year should be in the low 60s, san francisco upper 60s in san jose. here's san jose right now where you can see it looks overcast, but we will look for some of that sunshine to filter through, 57 in concord, it's 58 in livermore with cool spots santa rosa at 54. so yes it is anywhere from 6 to 10 degrees milder this morning than we were yesterday. we had plenty of 40s yesterday. sticking to our tower camera shows the cloudy sky, the chance of a shower north today, this is far north of the north bay, and then showers tonight through the overnight hours, and by the morning commute we'll see leftover showers in the south bay, but the front weakens considerably as it heads to the south and temperatures warm quickly behind the system for offshore winds. so high pressure is still keeping the front to the north. it eventually will begin to tag south due to that mechanism that area of low pressure, and once that

half moon bay reporting 18 miles an howsh. for today, sunny, a little cool but temperatures are rebounding but it will be breezy and brisk. 65 already in oakland. 65 walnut creek. you have low 60s in fairfield, napa, upper 50s to low 60s for areas along the north bay, novato stretching into san jose. along the peninsula, 59 redd wood city -- redwood city. for the afternoon, some of us will go to about 70. napa, 70 for this afternoon as well as san rafael. upper 60s for oakland. mid- to upper 60s for san francisco. the inland east bay checking in. 71 for you pleasanton. san jose, you will go to 72. 73 for morgan hill. 74 for santa cruz. the extended forecast here, notice all of that sunshine. and take a look at the temperatures for the second half of the week, we are going to warm in the -- into the low to mid-40s in some areas. overnight lows will be chillier with the dry air in place and the mostly clear skies. could have a little bit of patchy fog during the early- morning hours. but with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. we even have an

afternoon it is short sleeve weather. 77 gilroy and sunnyvale and sunny on the peninsula. 73 redwood city. palo alto, on the coast half moon bay. 69 and not as warm as today. you can see the high clouds filtering the sun in the north bay. sonoma and vallejo and a really nice, mild day. oakland and union city. inland spots will be warm, well above normal. 75 concord and 76 livermore. it is breezy and cooler for your friday. the weekend is going to be mild. not much change. chance of rain, middle of next week. carolyn, dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >> how about those munstangs? >> this is a great story. cal poly finished with 10 wins and 19 losses. not only did they figure out how to make the ncaa tournament, but they won again tonight. during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ the cal poly basketball team thought they would have is a trip. they captured the big west tournament and tonight won a first four game. before they could think

afternoon it is short sleeve weather. 77 gilroy and sunnyvale and sunny on the peninsula. 73 redwood city. palo alto, on the coast half moon bay. 69 and not as warm as today. you can see the high clouds filtering the sun in the north bay. sonoma and vallejo and a really nice, mild day. oakland and union city. inland spots will be warm, well above normal. 75 concord and 76 livermore. it is breezy and cooler for your friday. the weekend is going to be mild. not much change. chance of rain, middle of next week. carolyn, dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >> how about those munstangs? >> this is a great story. cal poly finished with 10 wins and 19 losses. not only did they figure out how to make the ncaa tournament, but they won again tonight. the cal poly basketball team thought they would have is a trip. they captured the big west tournament and tonight won a first four game. before they could think about a date with wichita state they had to deal with murray. he went off for 38 points. but he was a one man gang. meanwhile, 10 players scored for the munstangs. the most family muss alum, weird al. 81-69 and probably the first team w

half-moon bay santa rosa p- everything is down in southern california and it is sunny and warm. a cooler morning and one of our employees walked in and said burr it is cold out there. upper 60s close to the coast and bay, here is sal. >>> good morning, we are off to a good commute, i think you will like what you see headed out to the mark art mace. and drive -- mcarthur maze. you can see traffic is light and it is less than ten minutes in to san francisco, from the entire east bay and community, you can see traffic is moving along nicely. 541 let's let's go back to the desk. >>> fires are still on the scene less than two days after the scene. katie is is there and worried now that demolition on some of the unstable parts happen. >> it is so dense, so tall and there are still hot spots to continue with. they monitored that huge debris and there are many crews on on scene. demolition workers turned off their emergency and we are told they were able to stable lies areas -- stabilize areas and they will determine an oregon of the pulled initially started and are still finding hot sp

afternoon it is short sleeve weather. 77 gilroy and sunnyvale and sunny on the peninsula. 73 redwood city. palo alto, on the coast half moonay. 69 and not as warm as today. you can see the high clouds filtering the sun in the north bay. sonoma and vallejo and a really nice, mild day. oakland and union city. inland spots will be warm, well above normal. 75 concord and 76 livermore. it is breezy and cooler for your friday. the weekend is going to be mild. not much change. chance of rain, middle of next week. carolyn, dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >> how about those munstangs? >> this is a great story. cal poly finished with 10 wins and 19 losses. not only did they figure out how to make the ncaa tournament, but they won again tonight. the cal poly basketball team thought they would have is a trip. they captured the big west tournament and tonight won a first four game. before they could think about a date with wichita state they had to deal with murray. he went off for 38 points. but he was a one man gang. meanwhile, 10 players scored for the munstangs. the most family muss alum, weird al. 81-69 and probably the first team wit

moon bay 71 degrees. and san jose. 71 napa. east bay hills, clear skies clear, gusty tonight. sunny skies and warmer tomorrow. and when i say further warming i mean wait until you see what is coming up. this is what is providing warmth. i know it's winter next opportunity for rain, just chance of rain will not be until march 21st. tomorrow morning low 40s to low 50s. 72 milpitas. 71 downtown. sunshine in the north bay. mid-70s in sonoma and napa, east bay. above after rinl temperatures oakland, hayward 73. inland you're going to need plenty of water it's going to feel mild. saturday, sunday into 80s. cooling off for st. patrick's day going into tuesday. unusually warm. we're going to hang on to that into next week. dan? cheryl? >> thank you. >> sirens racing to the scene here. >> this is 4th >>> a major fire m a site that is under construction. >> this fight. a woman near elana who works nearby. >> tell me what you saw. what happened? >> it happened about five minutes ago. there is a ton of fires around. there is smoke. it is getting blocked off by fire trucks. there are flames. >> good job on describing this

mostly sunny skies and at the coast we will continue with the possibility of a patches of fog. half moon bay 51. and mid-40s in walnut creek, concord, you are waking up with 47 degrees and the cooler spots. 44 in napa, novato. and santa rosa has patchy fog as well. >> san jose we have 50 degrees for the southbound bay as well. san ramon 56 and castor valley checking in at 50 degrees. there is the fog. right at the coastline. oh, beach and the sunset district. little bit of gray outside your door this morning and slips closer to pacifica and this is the case because we have the onshore breeze out there. it is going to be strengthening as we get into the afternoon. let me show you why, we have the system here that is beginning to break the ridge down just a little bit. see how we still have a bit of the curvature there. right over northern california. this is the system that will be sliding all the way into northern california by tomorrow morning. here is the sunday morning. the forecast and future model not being able to pick out the patchy fog. but midnight it does. look what is happenin

moon bay . el cerrito is 52. the bay bridge and over to berkeley, sunny and warmer is what we will have with breezes fading laterternoon into the evening hours and extended dry period is what we have, high pressure is become dominating 9 eastern pacific and the warm of the difficulties are coming at us this weekend. today, not too bad if you like the spring, mid-to-upper 60's along the coast into san francisco and low-to-mid 70's elsewhere. cooler tonight with lack of wind. 41 in santa rosa and napa and fruit in palo alto and morning -- morgan hill. up to 50 in san francisco of the heater could work tonight if it did future come on last night. while you were sleeping, high pressure found a friend. here is a clockwise flow with the warming trend. the seven-day forecast shows a couple of degrees warmer tomorrow with the wind subsizing on thursday and high cloud or two with temperatures a lot like tomorrow warming on friday and saturday and sunday looking to be the warmest but the coast is taking a run at 70 degrees, not too bad. notice all seven days are beginning to be dry. by the end of the week you by have to t

moon bay. 71 in napa. novato and fairfield here is our first forecast looking from sutro tower towards golden sunny inland tomorrow but not to suspect on the second day of spring. >> still ahead staggering number of people still facing foreclosure and help that is now available. >> a teenager arrested for climbing to the top of the new world trade center. >> uncertain future for some south bay college students after receiving devastating news about their school. >> and taking a look at traffic right now. in san jose, this is the guadalupe parkway. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >>> we're monitoring the situation in pitsberg. this is highly industrialized area there the fire is heading into the direction of what appear to be storage tanks. we're trying to find out if that facility will be threatened but sky 7 hd will remain ov

sunshine through half moon bay and pacifica. call it partly sunny there. and east bay warmer today. union city 70. 72 castro valley. head inland, mid-70s return. the accuweather seven-day forecast will keep it mild and warm today and tomorrow. rain approves tuesday into wednesday. in fact, everyone will see it. scattered showers thursday and then the next system is looking like the second half of the weekend and that would be, yeah, the last weekend of march. so that's exciting. and about one to two feet in the sierra nevada with the tuesday-wednesday system. >> wow. that's different for us. nice. well, you know spring is officially here in the bay area, and we want to thank everyone who sent us beautiful weather photos. it is easy to share your pictures with the abc7 weather app. you can also e-mail them to ureport at kgo-tv.com or post them to our facebook page. takes book.com/abc7 news. >>> up next, a group of bay area kids learns from a world chess master who is also just a kid himself. >> today and tomorrow are the final two days for a mortgage relief event for struggling homeo

moon bay. sunset district upper 60s in the north bay. just mild, sunny and 66 degrees. upper 70s in santa rosa and napa. oakland, newark 74 looking at the accu-weather forecast, low 70s to low 80 and st. patrick's day cooler weather, more cloud cover still a beautiful weekend ahead. >> thank you. i like it. 3.14, blah, blah, blah. a stray dog cinderella story. he wandered on to a baseball diamond during spring training. >> that is a 6-year-old. she has an idea to so i was basically uninsurable. now that i've got coverage, my doctor is a phone call or an e-mail away. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. >>> take a look at this dramatic rescue. this is a horse being air lifted out of the canyon the horse and woman fell 50 feet down the train the husband became sick and couldn't get out either. the horse needed to be tranquilized then put into a harness and attached to a chopper. >> a very young entrepreneur about to swim with the sharks >> tonight she'll pitch an idea on abc's sh

sunny skies. sunshine, warm weather towards south bay. oakland 72 degrees 67 half moon bay. if you like this weather, look at santa rosa and napa. this will be warmest of the next seven days we'll have the possibility of rain in the accu-weather forecast. we'll take a look at that at 5:00. hope you join me. >> thank you. >> and still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 san francisco's plan to remove graffiti and get those responsible to pay up. charles not having coverage stressed me out. i literally haven't been to a doctor in 15 years. i had a car accident when i was uninsured, and i declined medical assistance because it was gonna be too expensive. as a result, i deal with back pain on a pretty regular basis. after it had built up for so long of not having insurance, i couldn't believe that it was just that easy. it was just nice to have a plan that was a reasonable monthly premium. i'm in because i don't want to put a price on my health. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. a man who doesn't sta

and 67 in napa, santa rosa. 63 for half moon bay and along the peninsula, you are included, we've got 61 redwood city, 65 in mountain view. along with the sunny conditions and the warmer temperatures, we continue with the breeze. san jose still reporting 14 miles per hour at the air with gusts to 20. livermore reporting 10 but that gust still to 17 miles an hour and hayward reporting a 15-mile- an-hour breeze with gusts reaching to 21. not as widespread with the winds today. but still you can see the gusts are still out there just a bit. we'll continue to relax as we get into the afternoon. ridge of high pressure continuing to well, strengthen. as it does, those winds are going to calm down. we've got the high pressure in place. you can see sort of how it pushes the flow around that high pressure and the clouds out of our way. and again we're with mostly sunny skies for your afternoon with subtle changes in the forecast for the next few days. so sunny, nice, mild, lighter winds for today and slightly warmer temperatures, about sums it up. afternoon highs expected in brentwood, 2. 70 for vale. 70 in berkeley. 70 for novato. 64 for pacifica. sl

moon bay. and breezy along the coast. most areas into 70s. oakland, union city, 71. you're gooding to be mild and sunny. temperatures going up bayside and inland 80 degrees for spring thursday then cooling off over the weekend. >> thank you. >> well just ahead here we're going to preview the new season of "dancing with the stars". sounds out with a twist, perhaps a samba. a samba. i gotta go deposit a check, transfer some money. so it's your uncle's turn. what? wait, wait, wait... no, no, no, wait, wait. (baby crying) so you can deposit a check... with the touch of a finger. so you can arrange a transfer in the blink of an eye. so you can help make a bond... i got it. that lasts a lifetime. the chase mobile app. so you can. hey. hey. [doorbell rings] what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >>> california lawmakers agreed on something in sacramento today. lawmakers

moon bay. and breezy along the coast. most areas into 70s. oakland, union city, 71. you're gooding to be mild and sunny. temperatures going up bayside and inland 80 degrees for spring thursday then cooling off over the weekend. >> thank you. >> well just ahead here we're going to preview the new season of "dancing with the stars". sounds out with a >>> california lawmakers agreed on something in sacramento today. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle paying homage to her humble roots in virginia coal country. >> never in my world vision i can do this. it's an incredible personal honor. to me. atkins laid out a list of priorities including dealing with the water infrastructure and prison overcrowding problem saying her personal passion is housing for the homeless >> dancing with the stars kicks off it's 18th season tonight with a twist. this season, switching things up over the next nine weeks this season features a roster of stars including olympic gold medallists and a former child actress. whole thing is so fun especially when it's out of your comfort zone. another change will be finalist erin andrews

moon bay, west northwest at 11 and it's a little breezy around napa. pretty calm night education perfected for the bay area. tomorrow afternoon looks partly sunny. temperatures in the low 60s . there will be a distinct nip in the air. low pressure giving us the storm today will let it get pressed down. so the showers and then it is dry tomorrow. but then, on monday, we get an even more potent storm coming into northern california bright and high for the morning commute. so to summarize it, showers in tonight. partly sunny tomorrow. then more rain coming into the bay area pretty good starting early monday morning. tomorrow, we will be in the low 60s , and the extended forecast, a potent storm on monday after a break on sunday. then monday gets wet. tuesday gets wet. wednesday, we get partly cloudy skies. a little bit of a break wednesday. but the first time in ages with the latter half of the week looking wet, we have more rainy days than dry days. it's almost a first for this year. so expect wet. that's weather. in terms of a restroom update from the coliseum, betty, were you going straight into sports? >> we are brian. it wasn't a pretty scene

half moon bay, moss landing flirting with some 30s. it will be sunny and highs. 60s, upper 60s. san jose fits the fill. 71. 44 to start, though. there are a lot another 40s. there's still a couple of locations. napa valley had a northerly breeze. some of the higher elevations. it's been cut in half compared to yesterday. 52 your morning trifecta. livermore, half moon bay 39. santa rosa, same up here. napa airport 49. they have a hint of a northerly breeze. overall, except for the clouds up towards reno and north of tahoe and truckee, looks like flirting around carson city. nice weather on the way. there will be a lot of sunshine. top to bottom. everyone in on the sunshine. 60s, upper 60s, a few low 70s. >> we do have a couple of problems on the commute. one getting to the san francisco airport. that would be southbound 101 at millbrae avenue. this crash has been blocking three lanes for a time and traffic is backed up into south san francisco. this is bad news if you are trying to catch a flight. you know how rushed you can be. you have to go through security and please give you

charge, by the coast sunny, 70s inland and it is all really nice, a little cool for some, i could sure use some next week. thought they are watching us. 030s and 40s and 50s to half- moon bay. that is a far cry from yesterday when were held up. it will be breezy for some but it is just in areas may be favoring some of the usual suspects but overall, a cool morning for some. 36 is cold, breezy 70s and 60s, do i have the floor panel? yes, i do. i showed those temperatures twice. san rafael 73, novato 74, walnut creek livermore danville and oakland downtown, a beautiful 72. that is the spirit 70 and 73 in mountain view. maybe a few patchy fog and maybe it is good to go in -- into your area. >>> and one deal they are hoping to bring in more glass users. >> a disabled teen takes his wish to the oval office, his meeting with president barack obama and his idea for a new branch of the military. . >>> prosecutors say patrick william brennan intentionally set more than a dozen fires during a five-day period in january. that includes a massive fire that destroyed a huge warehouse brennan has a history of setting fires in areas as far away as the grand canyon. now they helped to

sunny breaks. 74 in los gatos. look for 66 in millbrae and mild mid 60s from half moon bay. sunset district, 63.p in the north bay with more cloud cover, a few sprinkles. near east bay, look for 68 in oerg land with 70 in fremont. and you head inland, more 70s. 2 72 in pleasanton. accuweather seven-day forecast, rain arriving not until late tonight. leftover morning showers. breezy winds monday afternoon into tuesday. gusty higher elevation winds and look for that steady pattern of sunshine, warming temperatures. numbers anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above average. if this holds true, next weekend we could see some 80s around the bay. abc 7 news is another great weather resource for you to follow following live doppler 7 hd, following conditions rain or shine. we'll be posting things from time to time about the waerg and always some interesting facts to check out there. carolyn? >> close to the 80s, oh, my. >> yeah. >> all right. >> thank you, lisa. >> most people would be happy about that across the nation. not us. >> no, no, we don't need it. thank you. >>> it is one for the history books. the

moon bay. from the east bay hills, in the berkeley hills we had 59-miles-per-hour gusts and thunderstorm threshold is 58 that is how fast it was. sunny. windy early. then it will be dry and calm as we head to the overnight hour and 20 degrees cooler inland and the warmth peaks this weekend. temperatures as we look at the sunny san jose is eight to ten degrees warmer-than-average and you can see the sun will society at 7:14. elsewhere, the upper 60's to nearly 70 and low-to-mid 70's not rest of us and we may not feel that warm around the bay shore blowing east cold water. santa rosa and napa upper 30's and palo alto and livermore and morgan hill and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 40's. as far as what is going on, the low pressure down around southern california and the high pressure to the north, the pressure grident, the difference of the pressure between the two is what created the strong winds with the wind flowing from the high to low pressure and that will bring us the 50 shore wind and keep the storms away from us for six or seven days. you can see on the seven-day forecast temperatures fluctuate through friday and then it wi

sunny on friday and throughout saturday, we'll see sunnier skies return here across the bay. temperatures in the low to mid 70s. cool at our coastline from san francisco to half moon bay. now let's take you to next week. we've been watching these rain prospects closely. it doesn't look extremely good right now for major rain throughout next week. i think the leg acy of what's going to happen will be colder temperatures, especially in san jose with 60s. cloud cover on the increase with the best chance of rain for the entire bay area as we go throughout wednesday at this point. i hope things change, but right now it looks like we might only need the umbrellas a little bit over the next eight days. >> thank you, jeff. >>> we're going to update you on that breaking news in pittsburg. this is off highway 4 at the willow pass road. this is a three-alarm fire near the old pittsburg natural gas power plant. that is a nonoperational gas power plant that's the gad noods here. no homes, no structures are threatened, but sit a three alarm fire that is very active right along highway 4. >>> want to show you some video. police in santa clara are trying to track down this man in

sunny, mild again, highs in the 70s. on the peninsula, low- to mid-70s. mid- to upper-60s at the coast. half moon bay, look for a high of 68. mid-70s across most of the north bay. low- to mid-70s in the near east bay, mid-70s with 76 at fairfield and walnut creek. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. look at the weekend highs, low- to mid-30s. on saturday and sunday and low 70s on the coast. that's warmer on the coast than summertime weather is. it will still be mild on mooned, saint patricks day, tuesday and wednesday the slightest chance of rain. we may see a significant chance of rain. >> don't forget to wear a green tie. >> thank you. this is a line you will like. stig still to come on abc news at 9:00. you could call eight latteo money. money. >> up next, the special safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. right now, fresh driscoll's strawberries are just $1.99. make it an extra scoop. breyers ice cream is only $2.88. and arrowhead water

sunny skies, 50 degrees, 46 in redwood city. good morning to you. san francisco, 53. it is 49 in half moon bay. a little bit of patchy coastal fog. view looking a bit hazy. and the numbers here have been cool. from the low 40s, napa center, 51 in fairfield, and for our friends out in the east bay valleys, upper 40s with concord coming in at 49, 47 in livermore. here are our forecast highlights. more or less, pretty clear this morning, much warmer over the weekend. and that will allow for temperatures to flirt with records. we have to be well into the 80s, though. we may touch 80, morgan hill, los gatos, the rest of us pretty close, though. and we will look for the weather like this to stick around for the second half of the weekend. there is well out in the pacific and they're going to get closer and closer. so by tomorrow, noontime, into monday, we've got the westerly flow, 12 to 14 feet. these continue to build to about 7 feet right now. and then, possibility of sneaker waves. so dangerous up there. and it's going to be beautiful. but still, you have to be careful. gusty santa ana winds in so

moon bay. all upper 50s and low to mid 50s. upper 60s to maybe close to 70. mostly sunny an saturday. be a slight warmup. more so on sunday and monday. >>> the ceo of general motors has a date with a congressional subcommittee. marley will testify on gm's recall. because of a problem with the ignition switches. at least 12 people died in accidents related to those faulty switches. congress wants to know why the recall didn't start until this year despite customer complaints as far back as 2001. >>> the head of netflix calling on lawmakers to fight for stronger net neutrally rules. last night they confirmed netflix is paying com cast to stream its movies more quickly and such agreement should be illegal. netflix will continue to pay to make sure the members get high quality video streaming but he says the internet should remain open to everyone. >>> uc berkeley is the first public university to hire its own wikipedia residents. kevin will advise other students and professors on editing articles for wikipedia. it could also provide nor diversity in the people editing the open source onl

reaching when i do that. 39 half-moon bay, it is close, a lot of the 39s and there are some readings under calm conditions kicking up and it will be another beautiful sunny day, beautiful brisk breezy for some, just pockets of it. a few mid-70s, here is sal. >>> steve, i just got an e-mail from the valley transit authority and some of the bus service has been delayed in downtown san jose due to police activity, i am just going to read part of it. detail bus and light rail service between st. james and santa clara. the convention center stations while buses are being rerouted and this is in san jose and if you take the buses we will be watching more. let's go to live pictures, i want to show you 880 north looking good here in oakland and the drive times are low in fact they are pretty good from oakland coliseum up to downtown and back. it is still less than ten minutes coming into san francisco westbound and this is as good as you are going to get for the morning. if you are driving southbound traffic looks good, santa clara valley all the freeways are looking good and now 5:02 let's go back to the desk. >>> we will begin with new information about a long

sunny skies across the bay area. that is about it at the moment for clouds it's cooler now than last days of winter and sfo is milder and half moon bay, milder. here is a live view looking along embarcadero. 59 degrees in san francisco now. low to mid-60s in oakland and redwood city. 63 in napa. 70 in fairfield, concord and livermore. by afternoon, sunny, mild to warm. high temperatures 60s at the coast to mid-70s inland. >> spencer, thank you. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 don't hate the irs. details on what the agency is calling the largest phone scam it's seen. >> the case of the $4,000 puppy. >> who says 7-11s never close >> michael finney taking your questions now and will answer them here live. you can contact michael on facebook.com/michael finney abc 7 or on twitter. >> spencer gave us a peek during weather updates there. this is a traffic in back with more in just a moment. >>> a 75-year-old man is okay after driving his van over an enbankment and into the bay the man able to get out of the van on his own. he told police his gas pedal got stuck. they had to bring in a tow truck to lift the van out of the water. pol

sunny skies at this hour ask around the bay area. 79 in santa cruz. here in san francisco, a high of 72. so spring like weaer on the day before spring begins. and 62 in half moonay how about this view looking towards ocean beach 72 insanity ra yoesa. another live view from our exploratorium camera. over the bay, blue skies we'll see high clouds continuing to move throughout the bay area overnight. it will be dry, mild this first weekend of spring. high clouds continuing to push through tonight ask tomorrow. here is a forecast animation for you. filtered sunshine and we'll see a frontal system approaching us but creates moisture and we'll have a little bit of rain. if we get any, it's expected to be light. and tomorrow a mild day. partly cloudy. high temperatures mid-70s. 75 in morgan hill. 74 mountain view. mid to upper 60s on the coast. we'll have mid-60s on the north bay coast inland, mid-70s. mid-70s inland east bay here is the accu-weather forecast. clouds mid week ask a cool down wednesda a slight chance of rain not bad for first few days of spring. >> not at all. >> coming up next where to turn if you need help making a mortgage payment. it could save yo

moon bay. you can see low hanging clouds there over the bay. another live view these forecast features we'll see areas of showers and thundershowers overnight. sunnyaks occurring tomorrow afternoon mild and a slight chance of showers developing again on sunday. afternoon. here is a will being at our storm watch image during the front that passed through today that intense low pressure system off shore with stormy weather. focusing south ward just a bit there is a flash flood watch in effect until morning for a wide area againing in monterey bay and moving south ward several more inches of rain there. and high surf advisory in effect until 8:00 this evening. and looking ahead, rainfall totals, on top of what we've had is another inch of rain possible in south bay mountains a winter weather advisory in effect for tahoe area. so overnight, low temperatures low 50s overnight, tomorrow, morning showers give waying to partly sunny skies into afternoon, we'll see high temperatures climbing into mid to upper 60s near the bay and inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. again, showers may redevelop. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, a slight chance of shower

moon bay. you can see low hanging clouds there over the bay. another live view these forecast features we'll see areas of showers and thundershowers overnight. sunnyreaks occurring tomorrow afternoon mild and a slight chance of showers developing again on sunday. afternoon. here is a will being at our storm watch image during the front that passed through today that intense low pressure system off shore with stormy weather. focusing south ward just a bit there is a flash flood watch in effect until morning for a wide area againing in monterey bay and moving south ward several more inches of rain there. and high surf advisory in effect until 8:00 this evening. and looking ahead, rainfall totals, on top of what we've had is another inch of rain possible in south bay mountains a winter weather advisory in effect for tahoe area. so overnight, low temperatures low 50s overnight, tomorrow, morning showers give waying to partly sunny skies into afternoon, we'll see high temperatures climbing into mid to upper 60s near the bay and inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. again, showers may redevelop. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, a slight chance of show

moon bay five mile visibility. we are looking at about a half-mile in santa rosa. throughout the day today still sunnyfor most. the cold front will graze the extreme northern california and that allows for the offshore flow to weaken and the wider range of temperaturessed to. i will explain in detail coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. residents of the crimea peninsula are voting on a referendum to decide whether to breakaway from ukraine and become part of russia. as abc news reporter alex tells us, the vote comes as more russian troops move into the area. >> the crisis is deepening. violence in eastern ukraine as pro-russia demonstrators stormed the ukrainian security building. fears are now growing. large scale russian invasion. moscow is saying it is considering calls to intervene. with pro-russia protest growing in the east. russian troops are amassing long the border. to the south, russian forces already control crimea's peninsula. we went to a rally supporting sunday's referendum, asking crimeans whether they want to join russia. the answer expected to be an overwhelming yes. the u.s. calle

sunny skies at this hour ask around the bay area. 79 in santa cruz. here in san francisco, a high of 72. so spring like weather on the day before spring and 62 in half moon bay how about this view looking towards ocean beach 72 insanity ra yoesa. another live view from our exploratorium camera. over the bay, blue skies we'll see high clouds continuing to move throughout the bay area overnight. it will be dry, mild this first weekend of spring. high clouds continuing to push through tonight ask tomorrow. here is a forecast animation for you. filtered sunshine and we'll see a frontal system approaching us but creates moisture and we'll have a little bit of rain. if we get any, it's expected to be light. and tomorrow a mild day. partly cloudy. high temperatures mid-70s. 75 in morgan hill. 74 mountain view. mid to upper 60s on the coast. we'll have mid-60s on the north bay coast inland, mid-70s. mid-70s inland east bay here is the accu-weather forecast. clouds mid week ask a cool down wednesday. a slight chance of rain not bad for first few days of spring. >> not at all. >> coming up next where to turn if you need help making a mortgage payment. it could sav

degrees cooler at half moon bay and novato is 13 degrees cooler and concord is continue degrees cooler with calm conditions and beautiful morning develop on the exploritorium cameras. sunnyand warmer today. spring starts at 9:57 on thursday morning and a cooling trend coming this weekend but the transition does not involve rain like yesterday's transition. from mount tamalpais this morning, all the way down to the san mateo bridge, because of the:air, richmond is 69, just like yesterday, and oakland is 71, two degrees warmer and danville is 73 and san francisco is 67, a three-degree butch -- bump and we have 12 hours and four minutes of sunshine pushing us into the low-to-mid 70's but richmond is in the upper 60's and low-to-mid 60's along the coast. tonight, cooler than this morning, and upper 30's in napa and santa rosa and low-to-mid 40's elsewhere. a look at what is happening, the cold front is sliding away and high pressure is relaxing so it is nut is busy today with the winds. clockwise flow means the wind this high over the water means the storms are an from us for two weeks when we have the next chance of rain. we settle to near normal averages for the weekend. >

sunny and winy early and then it will be dry and humid and warm. clear, calmer and cool and the warmth weaks this weekend. mostly low-to-mid 70 from half moonest of the bay shore and inland. tonight, upper 30's are possible when the winds calm down and low-to-mid 50's into the south bay and money 40's for the bay shore and to the coast. the areas are high pressure shows a calming influence today and offshore wind will bring us temperatures warmer-than-average through next week. it will be dry each day. it will be nice for st. patrick's day on monday. driving high-profile vehicle you need to be careful. >>> we have downed trees and big rigs swerving in and out of lanes because the gusts are so strong. we will look what is happening across our bridges starting with richmond and san rafael with active cars pulling to the toll plaza at only 13 minutes to head across the water. the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic backed up from the maze with c.h.p. issued high wind advisory moving into san francisco. keep both hands on the wheel. here is the san mateo bridge, 14 minutes to make it to the peninsula but it looks dark, and the lights are out on

moon bay, upper 50s. 57 degrees. tonight we have clear skies out there. a breeze with winds around teen 15 miles per hour. looking towards alcatraz, golden gate bridge, sunny and warm. next week sun and clouds. temperatures trending down. st. patrick's day fraid in san francisco -- parade in sphraen. -- parade in san francisco. 60s at 11:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m -- 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 70 degrees. nice weekend. high pressure still in command of the weather. the sinking air, that is warming air. you will notice the change tomorrow. temperatures up 4 to 8 degrees. that will translate to low 80s inland. 70s around the bay, san francisco, oakland, san jose upper 70s. here is the forecast tomorrow, fog off shore and same deal into sunday. probably sunday we will have more of a breeze that cools off the coast bay side. all the rain remains off shore and no rain clouds in the five- day forecast but the fog comes back monday morning and we are expecting cooler temperatures. highs tomorrow, everybody goes back up. santa rosa 79. mid-70s fairfield and vacaville. oakland 75. temperatures check in 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. san jose 78. sunnyvale mid-70s. san francisco