the vacaville home is one of the few properties in the bay area taking bitcoin as payment. we spoke with the owner, victor delari, who has been a bitcoin investor since 2015. he's hoping to attract silicon valley buyers and the crypto currency is the way of the future. we are beginning to hear more about real estate transactions in bitcoin, especially in florida. bitcoin has been linked to drug cartel activity. as a result, the state of florida has passed money laundering laws that included more transparency into crypto currency deals. meanwhile back in vacaville brooke kimball was holding an open house a short distance from the bitcoin property. >> i think with one property you're going to start seeing it more. it's going to become a trend. tak is one and it will take off. >> reporter: bitcoin is just getting on the team's radar. if it becomes a thing, they'll find a way to make it work. if someone comes to you and said i'll pay for the house, half in cash, half in bitcoin. you say what? >> i'm going to make it happen. >> reporter: legally? >> yeah. we'll figure it out and

but moments ago, it was right over vacaville. inter7880 was get -- interstate 80 was getting a good amount of rain. same with oakley. but yes, it's winding down. concord, you're getting a break. so i'm sure a lot of people are relieved to see that it's not going to be as intense. to the south, though, union city, still seeing rain. same with freementd area, very light there. but north of mission san jose district. 680 now. good amount. let's show you our rain totals. please ignore the bars behind you. we had a live camera there, but now it's gone. look at the significant totals. mill valley, over 4 inches of rain. novato, almost 3 1/2. great, great amount. oakland almost 3 as well. we'll talk about the rain totals in just a bit. >> sounds good, neda. certainly was a wet afternoon yesterday. right now, we're just tracking wet roads, standing water, at least i had that on my way in to work. this is interstate 80, right as you're approaching powell street, heading towards the berkeley curve. and we are in the green. one crash did at

. >> reporter: this home for sale at 7226 leisure town road in vacaville is your average fixer- upperoutskirts of solano county. that is until you see in the listing seller will accept bitcoin. the -- it is one of the few properties taking bitcoin as payment. we spoke with the owner who has been a bitcoin investor since 2015. he is hoping to attract silicon valley buyers and the cryptocurrency is the wave of the future. we are beginning to hear more about real estate transactions in bitcoin. especially in florida. it has been linked to drug cartel activity. florida passed money laundering laws that included more transparency into cryptocurrency deals. back in vacaville, he was holding an open house a short distance away from the bitcoin property. >> you are going to start seeing it more. it's going to become a trend and then it's going to take off. >> reporter: if it becomes a thing, they will find a way to make it work. if someone came to you and says i will pay half in cash, half in bitcoin? >> i'm going to make it happen. >> reporter: legally? >> we will make it happen and find som

vacaville,. fold in vallejo. no major problems of the carquinez bridge or on highway 37 or on the east shore freeway. you may want to jump ahead of the crowd if you're out there right now. this is a look at the bay bridge. traffic is moving along well. at the toll plaza there is not a big delay. hopefully to keep you today will be better than yesterday at this hour when we had 25 accidents. we have a few but they're not calling major problems. >>> it's not only raining but trees are falling down. look at this. on san francisco's financial district, a close call for this muni bus. a tree crashed down pacific avenue just after 6:00 last night. muni said the tree caused minor damage to the bus but no one was hurt. the passengers were safely moved to another bus. >>> so far the storm has not caused major problems in sonoma and napa counties in the areas burned by the wildfires. a flash flood watch was canceled around 2 am. people living in burned areas had done what they can to reduce the risk of debris flow and muds

vacaville, fairfield, vallejo, these commutes are light. on the vacaville, i'm sorry, the solano county super commute, it looks pretty good. all the way in through, so we are hoping it is going to be a nice commute. and bay bridge, very light. 4:30, let's go back to the desk. all right, sal, people in the north bay are being warned about a phone scam and this one

. >>> update vacaville. let's head there on our maps. a transition from 505 to westbound 80. an overturned pickup truck was hit by a semi big rig. chp and emergency crews are on scene. they are getting traffic by there. a heads-up, i'm not seeing slowing on the sensors. there might be a delay once they get those vehicles out of there. southbound 101, a vta bus was hit by a car. it is partially blocking the very far right lane. not seeing slowing here and that is in the reverse commute but we'll be following all of this in a couple more minutes. >> sue, thank you. commuters may be riding caltrain's fleet sooner than planned. we'll tell you about the new money that's about to put it on the fast track. >> an expansion means a bright future for newly rescued cubs. >>> and the observing a's >>> and the observing a's offering fans a >>> we're back at 4:41. the snowpack, we're at about 26% of average, 11% of the yearly average which goes through april 1st. the best chance of snow way up near mt. shasta. some will try to clip tahoe and down to yosemite. it will be very light. probabl

vacaville, fairfield, vallejo, these commutes are light. on the vacaville, i'm sorry, the solano county super commute, it looks pretty good. all the way in through, so we are hoping it is going to be a nice commute. and bay bridge, very light. 4:30, let's go back to the desk. all right, sal, people in the north bay are being warned about a phone scam and this one involved pg&e bills. the rone ert park department of public safety says scammers are posing as pg&e workers and threaten to disconnect utility pole unless an immediate payment is made. officials say the scammers can make caller i.d. numbers look like legitimate pg&e phone numbers, and the thieves often ask for pre-paid cash cards. which pg&e says it never does. officials say if you get a call like that, and you have any doubt that it is real, hang up the phone, then call the pg&e customer service number, you can see it on your screen right here, or call the police. >>> time is 4:31. the san francisco fire department is under investigation, by the state because of allegations that i

the most active location is between napa and vacaville right by our radar site. we're seeing heavier showers also up towards st. helena and yountville. a few showers are heading toward morgan hill that could also produce some small mail. the showers are on the decrease, but it wasn't just rain around here. how about some snowfall? mount hamilton, this picture taken by the national weather service local office. there is some light snow in and around mount map ton earlier today with one of those -- hamilton earlier today with one of those showers. chopper 5 showed us a dusting of snow at the tippy top, always cool when we get snow around here at the bay area, only happens at the highest elevations and it did happen today, a light coating reported in the mountains. i want to show you the winter storm warning where we need the snow. we've had a foot of snow already and the snow level at 3,000 feet, new snow today, tonight and tomorrow morning when the warning expires up to another foot of snow at the lower elevations and the higher peaks could get 12 to 18 inches of

locally, concord and vacaville. same day walmart is boosting minimum wage and giving employees a one-time bonus and expanding maternity and parental leave benefits. says it's because of the tax benefits. >>> tonight, special on tonya harding, comes as movie "i, tonya" comments on her life. spoke with amy robach. >> i'm always the bad person. is it a challenge from the lord to see how far i can be pushed until i break and become nothing? you can't push me that far anymore. because i've been nothing. and i've been nothing several times. >> the two hour special, "truth and lies: the tonya harding story" here at 9:00 p.m., followed by abc7 news. >>> owner of the car went surfing. also. >>> what they say about a man who represents himself? >> yes i do. >> two men in cou okay folks! let's team up to get the lady of the house back on her feet. and help her feel more strength and energy in just two weeks yaaay! the complete balanced nutrition of (great tasting) ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. en

a little toward lake county and eastern celano and contra costa county and vacaville. also rio vista. you can see fairfield and out to the valley. down 20 altamont pass there may be a little there as well between livermore and tracy and up to discovery bay. there still some holding on toward san jose and milpitas but a lot of this has moved into the east san jose footholds and the santa clara valley. a little left in the santa cruz mountains but we are about done. southern california is not. they are now starting to get the rain. san diego has had good rain. because of the rain and santa barbara for the burned areas, they have a flash flood warning that will go until 5:30. there will be some moderate to heavy rain there. 40s and 50s for the temperatures but the cool air will work its way and. 50s for most. cloverdale, 52. i expect some of these to the north to go down a little bit. look at the breeze. it never materialized yesterday. it was almost all rain in the sierra. a beneficial system for us. we will take the rain but they could use the snow. the system is pushin

. >> they're from cal stoega and vacaville. >> where my odds are low, i can't play the odds. i have to have people ready to go. >> abc7 news. >>> tonight an east bay man is saying thanks to the very cop who's arrested him. with his family and friends by his side, they gave this certificate. he got multiple dui's before he had his wake-up call. an accident the after he blacked out behind the wheel. he has gone 27 months without a drink and he has become a speaker with alcoholics anonymous. >>> some good news on the horizon. sky 7 is above half moon bay where the national weather service says next tuesday's swells could reach 20 feet. they have reportedly alerted competitors that it could start any time next week. they'll be monitoring conditions over the weekend but the big wave tour only runs for events when waves are bigger than 30 feet. it revid the competition after a one-year absence due to the previous owners going bankrupt. >> new information on the mud slides in california. boulders and rocks the size of small suvs. we'll have the latest, next. >>> and staying connecte

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now backed to up to the 505 merge in vacaville. 47 trains running on time for b.a.r.t. six to ten minutes coming from fremont for ace train 1. 3 remains on time. >>> new at 6:00, the texas man suing air bnb over a $7,000 booking mistake. >>> first, if you thought you missed out on this extended runway in san jose, it's so popular it's getting an extended run. >>> plus, looking for motivation to keep your resolution of losing weight? >>> today's storm is level 1. that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc 7 news app. download it now. >> the rain we get today will be less than a tenth of an inch. salinas is the lowest. two-thirds in san jose. around three-quarters where we should be in san francisco and oakland. an hour by hour look when the rain gets to your neighborhood if you get some up next. here is reggie. >>> the sonic runway is getting an extension because it's so popular. it's a path outside city hall that features 24 arches filled with l.e.d. lights that respond

vacaville, we have west 80 with two crashes. 80 getting toward the bay bridge, mild slowing on the upper east shore. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> developing now, the search and rescue crews right now are desperately searching for survivors after mudslides swept through. these are some of the same neighborhoods where oprah and ellen degeneres live. these are live pictures showing the devastation left behind. >>> the san diego coast guard released video of rescuing people from the mud. here is the latest. 15 people died, up from 13. at least two dozen people are missing this morning. you see rescue crews doing what they can to get to people. the area was devastated by the massive fire last month. highway 101 is closed in that area right now. >>> "today in the bay's" kirk hawkins is live in montecito. we get to see the devastation behind you right now. >> reporter: it's really incredible, marcus. we are live on the 101 freeway. you can see behind me, it is covered with mud and debris. within the last five minutes or so, we have seen a lot of emergency officials headed through the ar

back in vacaville, he was holding an open house a short distance away from the bitcoin property. >> you are going to start seeing it more. it's going to become a trend and then it's going to take off. >> reporter: if it becomes a thing, they will find a way to make it work. if someone came to you and says i will pay half in cash, half in bitcoin? >> i'm going to make it happen. >> reporter: legally? >> we will make it happen and find somebody that's familiar with it and make it happen. >> reporter: in vacaville, kpix 5 news. >>> epic water leak at a flooded out a complex -- apartment complex. this was taken from the helmet camera of a firefighter interlock. crews arrived overnight and found a major leak in the stairwell. they had to shut off several valves to stop the flow. no one was hurt but residents on the ground floor had to be evacuated. >>> 20 people are confirmed dead in the mudslides. crews still expect to find more victims as they continue to sift through mud and debris. they are using backhoes, jackhammers and chainsaws. tuesday's slide destroyed at least 65 homes in montecit

vacaville says clear. on the peninsula, 40s and 50s. upper 40s on the coast. montero, 47.n mateo, 51. los altos, 46. easterly or no daily breeze for most. not very strong but enough to bring fog from inland to the coast. 37 in truckee and reno. ukiah, 51. high pressure deflects everything to the north for the weekend. big changes coming across the pacific. this will give us increasing clouds on monday. maybe rain monday evening but more likely late monday and early tuesday. another system is coming in on thursday. a very active week for next weekend. 60s today. mid-sixties, maybe upper 60s toward santa cruz. sunday it looks good and then expect changes early next week. especially on tuesday. >> you have a lot to watch if you like basketballs. the warriors open a five-game road trip in milwaukee. he practiced yesterday at marquette university. steff curry did participate but he is questionable for tonight's game. the warriors are coming off a tough loss to the clippers. steve kerr spoke to reporters about getting his team back on track. >> the hard thing in the nba is that

>> yeah, we do have traffic that will be waking up, so to speak, steve, if you're driving from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. traffic is off to a nice start. we don't have much going on. some parts of the area are not visible with the cameras, but the traffic is light. the bay bridge toll plaza continues to be okay as the fog moves away, the fog moves around, it continues to move around. lets go back to the desk at 4:32. >>> they're investigating whether two shootings yesterday morning were connected. the first shooting was at 8:30 yesterday morning in the starbucks parking lot at lincoln and jefferson. the person were rushed to the hospital. the shooting victim was a man in his 60s or 70s, he was shot in the chest and he is also in the hospital. >> it's unusual to have two incidents ofthis type, basically within 90 minutes of each other. it just doesn't happen. >> they arrested a man in his 20s near that second shooting scene, they also recovered a weapon. >>> the time is 4:33, the freemont police detectives recovering after being hit by a car and the person allegedly driving that ca

santa rosa to san jose and from the coast all the way out to fairfield and vacaville.e advised there's plenty of fog in the morning forecast. fog will give way to hazy sunshine. it will be warmer for most. there is extensive fog setting up shop and you can see it's widespread. 40s and 50s for the temperatures. overall we are looking for upper 40s and low 50s. 49 in american canyon. 46, occidental. kelseyville, 44. easterly and northerly breeze since the fog back in from the valley and across the bay. a dry forecast as we go into the weekend. changes will be next week. a lot of energy is coming across the pacific and that will arrive on tuesday for the first system. this weekend, fog on saturday. highs in the 60s today. sal, you have what? >>> we have the fog you have been talking about. the fog will be dense in some areas and you should try to leave the house a little early. maybe slow down a little bit. if you looking at the east shore freeway, it is taking 21 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. visibility has not in good in some areas this morning

vacaville, fairfield and vallejo as you drive into the value lay owe area, it's not a -- vallejo area. if you are driving to the milk car thursday maze, it's 18 minutes from the bridge to the maze. >>> san ramon police are looking for a shooting suspect. last thursday, officers responded to a report of a suspicious car parked on manerva way. they found the car with bullet holes and a trail of blood leaving the scene. the victim was being treated at the hospital. police are looking for 21-year- old trevor barry, he's wanted for attempted murder and conspiracy. he may be driving a 2009 mercedes with a california license plate, 6uw had k467. >>> anyone with information should call police. >>> and the boy who shot and killed two classmates and wounded 15 others will be in court. they're seeking to try him as an adult. he brought a gun to school. a 15-year-old boy and girl were killed and 18 others are injured and many are in shock over what happened. >> he pulled out the gun and then he, some kids saw it and started running. >> i just took off. >> i felt the feeling of running for my life

traffic is moving well if you're driving from vacaville, fairfield in vallejo. we don't have an east traffic yet. traffic is usually starting to slow around here but that does not happen until the next hour. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we are light. so far, so good. visibility is good in most places. we always watch when the sun comes up because things tend to change. right now it looks good. >>> today, the santa clara county board of supervisors is discussing gel reforms including replacing the main jail entirely. a plan and build two years ago, for a seven story, 815 bed jail. since then jail population has been reduced through bail reform and diversion programs. the new plan calls for a 535 bed facility on the side of the existing main jail south. a new facility would offer bigger classrooms, a new health clinic and a larger recreational area. the board is expected to set up a model for an independent jail monitor to oversee all county jails. >>> the police and often san jose is still underway. the police been the cushion with a man who barricaded himself i

suisun city, vacaville, fairfield, antioch and vallejo are the last places in the bay area where thellars or less. ( darya ) san francisco city officials have approved a stricter parking permit program for the bernal heights neighborhood. it allows only one- permit per person.... and up to two for each household for the 16 blocks of northwest bernal heights. other parts of the city with permit programs... allow up to four- permits per household. some argue that these new restrictions could cause parking to overflow into neighboring streets. there is also the issue of parking for teachers at a nearby elementary school ... as well as employees at a non-profit located in the neighborhood. ( james ) we could be in the midst of a government shutdown tomorrow... áif congress can't come up with a spending bill. congress needs to come up with a deal to keep funding the government past friday night. democrats have made their mission clear. they want to keep about 700-thousand so-called "dreamers" in the country. in exchange...pres ident trump has said he needs funding for strong border securi

sammy tovar from vacaville was arrested along with suisun city resident noah guirguis.ing the investigation police found the home where the suspects were storing the stolen property. officers were able to return most of the packages to their owners. ( darya ) a man is arrested for stealing credit cars from cars in livermore. an officer was on patrol at a shoppping center.. when he spotted a man trying to hide behind a pillar at a fedex store yesterday morning. the officer discovered that the man had items on him that had been stolen from multiple cars earlier in the day. the stolen property included bank cards... credit cards ...and electronic devices. the man was arrested and booked into jail. (james) new this morning... a japanese national broadcaster apologized on air today after incorrectly issuing a missile alert. the alert claimed north korea had launched a ballisitic missle... it was received by phone users with the n-h-k app. this comes just days after hawaiian residents recieved an incorrect emergency alert of an incoming ballistic missile. (james) in national

our hi-def doppler shows light showers if any across the vacaville area. so it's winding down. yesterday's storm now nothing but very light drizzle, if that. santa cruz seeing some areas of green but none of that seems to be measurable. barely any raindrops from what's left of the storm. round 2 is on its way so we are going to see another storm system coming through. today expect to see some sunshine across the south bay later on. but tonight after midnight i will track the next storm for you let you know how much rain is on its way. that's all coming up. >>> neda, thank you t overnight on the east coast, the -- thank you. overnight on the east coast, there was a bomb cyclone bringing with it snow and ice and strong winds. officials say schools in major cities are closed while boston and other parts of new england should get the brunt of the storm. forecasters expect over a foot of snow with winds up to 75 miles an hour. the winter storm brought snow and ice to the southeast for the first time in decades. omar villafranca reports from virginia, where power is out for thousands

santa rosa, vacaville, fairfield all reporting rain in the last half hour. scattered showers overnight tonight. a steady rain for lake and and sonoma county as soon as 7:00 in the morning, and the front working south with said the sky and lightly -- said the death and light rain around oakland -- steady and light rain around oakland tomorrow. no flooding or strong wind, but it's a sign of things to come. we have another storm after this one that will give us perhaps the wettest couple of days we've seen so far this season. more on that in a few minutes. >>> breaking news from san jose. the man you see on your screen is on jail tonight, accused of stalking harper middle school and sexually assaulting a teacher. he showed up tuesday before school started and was roaming around for a couple of hours before assaulting the teacher inside the class room. no details on who he is or charges he'll face. san jose police are hold a press conference at noon tomorrow with i did tails. >>> -- details. >>> a cloud of uncertainty is hanging over california's marijuana indus

if your commute takes you through the north bay from fairfield down 80, vacaville, fairfield and vallejo, no problems. also no problems crossing the carquinez bridge. pittsburg and hwy four , east on highway four, something just popped up. this is west of port chicago highway offramp. a report of a collision and possibly a vehicle hitting a tree. they have removed those notes in the last couple of minutes. hopefully that's a good sign that things have cleared. further south on 80, the drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze will take you about 17 minutes. 101 in san francisco just before the 80 split also looks good. >>> we have an update on breaking news from santa clara in the south bay. a large cardboard manufacturing plant in santa clara is on fire on matthew street. this is near de la cruz boulevard. this fire was reported around 3 am. here are some live pictures. this is happening right now. a huge plant. a lot of firefighters are there. we are told there are card, -- cardboard bills stacked 15 feet high inside the building. there are fuel storage tanks in the area an

fairfield and vacaville reporting heavy rain. at this 11 pm hour. looking out to san francisco at the bay bridge. we will scale back on the rainfall intensity heading into tomorrow. we cannot guarantee a dry forecast for thursday. mostly cloudy. the possibility of scattered showers. a lot happening in the pacific. the first system coming on board today. the next one will be early friday morning and maybe left over sprinkles saturday morning. tomorrow morning for the commute some clouds and maybe a shower or two. that will be the theme throughout the day for thursday. look what happens late thursday night and into friday. the next system comes on board. friday morning commute could be wet. scattered showers on friday. left over sprinkle first thing saturday. temperatures tomorrow will be in the 60s. we have a lot to talk about. the rain tonight. another system early friday. a chance of a sprinkles saturday morning. we have to keep an eye on next week. it could be busy.>>> some positive news for people who live on the marin coast. caltrans will open h

that man is expected to be okay. ( robin ) vacaville police arrested two men they say robbed a womane weekend. it happened sunday night near east monte vista avenue and vine street police say anthony doss grabbed the woman's purse and backpack. he then pushed her to the ground. police say ross ran to a car nearby... driven by amuari wilson. a person nearby described the getaway car to police... who were able to locate it. the two men were taken into custody. officer's found the purse and backpack... and returned it to the woman. ( darya ) tonight president trump will deliver his first state of the union address. brie jackson tells us what we can expect to hear. when president donald trump addresses the nation tonight he'll make his case to the america people on issues like the economy and national security.marc short: make an appeal that to do infrastructure we need to do it in a bipartisan way. and also talk about america's strength - the fact that we are continuing to wipe out isis, but that we have growing threats, such as north koreain addition, officials say the commander-in-chi

it's mostly headed up and out now the heavier cells are over vacaville. over the bay area we have widely scattered showers. but we could get a downpour or two as the night goes on. big view here shows the general tendencies of this to move from south to north and a gentle nudge towards the east. that will take it out of the bay area by 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. so far san jose has picked up a fifth of an inch. redwood city those was under a pretty good downpour and picked up .72 inch. we've got more on the next system coming in later tomorrow and yet more early next week. details coming up when we cover the forecast. >> new at 11:00 this flu season is so severe a santa cruz hospital is restricting visitors tonight. until further notice dominican hospital visitors must be 16-year-old or older. and all guests must wash their hands when entering or leaving a patient's room. >>> check this out, police are looking for this christmas day gunman complete with a santa hat. he shot into a car on eddie street in san francisco's tenderloin district after firing o

vacaville, fairfield and vallejo and it looks good on 37. the shelter-in-place order has been lifted for the area near the richmond bridge. toll takers are back there. i'm not sure when this happened, if the toll taker are wearing special equipment or if they were evacuated, but that is no longer the case. traffic is moving along well on the richmond bridge out to san raphale. rest of the traffic looks good into san francisco. 4:37. let's go back to dave . >>> we know the name of the pilot who died on monday when his private plane crashed in concord. >> 69 -year-old christopher died when his -- he was the only ores opinion in that plane. his name was christopher rampoldt and a cattle rancher called 911 and federal investigators are investigating the cause of the crash. >>> a woman injured by -- police say 55-year-old tari pointed a shut gun at police who responded to a 911 call about a home. an officer opened fire, hit the shotgun injuring the woman's hands and she retreated into the home before surrendering and she's in the hospital expecte

let's look at the solano county commute and traffic on 80 westbound looks good from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. and looks good in the vallejo and toward the carquinez bridge and over to marin county. if you on highway 24, it also looks good to the tunnel. there have been no major problems getting out to the bay bridge toll plaza. let's go back to the desk. >>> san jose police arrested five men, accused of several break-ins at small grocery stores. police called this group, the lucky lotto bandits. they would still scratch off lottery tickets and cash and cigarettes from convenience stores. they are suspected of more than 30 burglaries over northern california. along with these five men, police are looking for one more included in the pictures you see here. >>> a scary rescue at mavericks near pillar point. two men were stuck in the middle of huge waves when their boat capsized. a documentary filmmaker was shooting video of the surfers from a cliff a half-mile away. they say the waves were up to 60 feet high. the men in the boat were pulled out of the water by rescue crews. luckily,

it looks good from vacaville, fairfield in vallejo and looks good across the carquinez bridge. if you're on 37 over to marin as well. also, 80 westbound from pinole into berkeley, 18 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the means and at the bay bridge toll plaza, mostly good. one lane seems to be more crowded than others, however, traffic is doing well once you make it onto the bridge. >>> vallejo school district facing millions of dollars in budget cuts and tonight, school remembers are expected to make the first round of job cuts during a special meeting. the district needs to cut $8 million from the upcoming budget. according to the vallejo timetable, trustees will be asked to eliminate dozens of jobs for savings of $4.3 million. the biggest cut will be in teaching jobs. the district plans to get rid of 32 spots. they say they may not need to let anyone go. there may be enough retirees and resignations at the end of the year. >>> hayward police are asking for help after arresting a convicted sex offender accused of posing as a youth basketball coach. police arrested mel

westbound 80, we start there with the commute coming in from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. the solano super commute. traffic is moving along nicely with no major issues. traffic continues to look good if you hercules. if you're driving from the carquinez bridge to the maze, is about 20 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza is light. the roads are dry and that will help us with the morning commute. let's go back to the desk. >>> police in alameda have arrested a boy who they believe is behind a package theft caught on camera. look at the video. you can see a boy run to the porch, grab a box and run off across the street. alameda police did not say exactly when this happened at officers say he was arrested at a school yesterday afternoon after being identified by a resource officer. police say the boy was not alone during the theft. they say he was with a girl who officers originally thought was an adult telling him what to do but now say she is also a juvenile. she has not been arrested. >>> police in texas shot and killed a man last night after he allegedly pulled a knife on t

if you're driving from vacaville, faye field in vallejo and continuing toward the carquinez bridge it looks good. it's moving along nicely on the east shore freeway down to the bay bridge toll plaza. as we have been talking about, it's a foggy and visibility maybe bad in some areas. you may be driving in clear weather and then you are driving into fog. be careful out there. we do not have a lot of slow traffic right now. let's go back to the desk. >>> santa cruz police are searching for a bank robbery suspect. we want to show you these images. this is at the u.s. bank on morrissey boulevard around 4040 5 pm on wednesday. the suspect had a gun and ordered bank tellers to give him money. the suspect was last seen running out of the bank and into the parking lot. please call police if you have any information. >>> 30 years in prison for a man from pacifica who pled no contest to drugging and sexually assaulting 15 men. prosecutors say joseph paul courtney assaulted men he dated over an eight-year period and knowingly exposed them to hiv. prosecutors say in some cases the assaults were ta

vacaville, fairfield and vallejo -- a good drive. no major problems leaving vallejo on 37 or 80. if you're on 80 it looks good all the way down to the macarthur maze. it's taking about 20 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the maze. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza there is not a big mac a. we are expecting today to be lighter but sometimes things happen. so far so good. let's go back to the desk. >>> the man accused of plotting a christmas day terror attack at san francisco's pier 39 is due in court today after being indicted on federal charges. 26 rod everett jamerson is accused of attempting to give material support to a foreign terrorist organization and also distributing information related to destructive devices. court documents say jameson told an undercover agent who he believed was a member of isis that he knew how to make pipe bombs and he planned to set them off at pier 39 to get people to run to an area where he could shoot them. if convicted on both charges, jameson could get 20 years in prison. >>> a man is in jail, accused of breaking into a home and

suisun city, vacaville, fairfield, antioch and vallejo are the last places in the bay area where theco city officials have approved a stricter parking permit program for the bernal heights neighborhood. it allows only one- permit per person.... and up to two for each household for the 16 blocks of northwest bernal heights. other parts of the city with permit programs... allow up to four- permits per household. some argue that these new restrictions could cause parking to overflow into neighboring streets. there is also the issue of parking for teachers at a nearby elementary school ... as well as employees at a non-profit located in the neighborhood. ( james ) we could be in the midst of a government shutdown tomorrow... áif congress can't come up with a spending bill. congress needs to come up with a deal to keep funding the government past friday night. democrats have made their mission clear. they want to keep about 700-thousand so-called "dreamers" in the country. in exchange...pres ident trump has said he needs funding for strong border security - including a wall. if lawmakers

it is not raining in rohnert park, done raining in petaluma, still some rain in vacaville, fairfieldvallejo and san jose is waiting for the steady rainfall. it will hit you by 6:00 and clear you by 8:00 tonight. here's the best part. we could use rain around here, absolutely. we really, really need a lot of snow in the sierra. we are beginning to see that snow piling up. it will continue all day tomorrow into friday morning where a winter storm warning is in effect there. widespread snow totals are 12 to 24 inches, some of the higher peaks possibly seeing 36 inches of snow and parts of lake county are under a winter weather advisory for snow above 2,500 feet there. our camera is whited out by the low cloud cover, low 50s outside, raining in san francisco and oakland and will be raining soon in san jose. overnight tonight 40s, oakland 46, san jose 45, a couple 30s in our north bay valleys. the front is working its way in our direction. the front obviously is where we have the stephiest rainfall now. it will clear -- steadiest rainfall now. it will clear quickly and behind the front it

helena, around vacaville, fairfield and a new shower passing over rohnert park and santa rosa. this cell likely will contain some small hail. it's hitting saratoga and los gatos heading eventually toward morgan hill. as we zoom out to shoyu what's going on around the entire -- show you what's going on around the entire bay area, fewer showers, but the atmosphere is still unstable and ripe for the possibility of a thunderstorm or additional small hail. take a look at this. this is the radar at lunchtime in gilroy and what the rain and storm produced around gilroy. that was widespread hail in the santa clara valley down highway 101. look at that red there, the intense echo on our radar was where the hail fell around the lunch hour today in gilroy. what do we have for rainfall? we got about a 1/2 inch for vallejo and san ramon, nearly that for union city, san jose and windsor. the rain is finished it looks like by 11:00 tonight leading to a clear and chilly night in the bay area, but very active. so what comes next as we're getting close to a weekend? we'll talk more about that co

a quarter of an inch to half an inch per hour all the way to clearlake and to the east of vacaville, past sacramento to auburn, and all the way south of santa cruz. but here is the clearing line. look west of santa cruz. that lack of rainfall, that's what's working north. by 2:00 in the morning, the steady rain is finished, but man has it been pouring all day long in the top ten wettest calendar day ever in san francisco history. snowing in the sierras, but you have to go up way high about 7,000 feet to have that rain change to snow. above that mark anywhere from 12-18 inches of total snowfall. look at the rain. same shot i showed you with 6:00, hasn't let up for 5.5 hours. livermore, 54 currently. san jose 60. concord 54, santa rosa, 54, and oakland 57. lows tonight stay mild, tropical air. fremont 54, santa rosa, 53, pacifica, 53. how can we go 55 days with less than one inch of rain? and then in one day we triple that number. it is just so strange. well, we were not tapping into the tropics. now we have both in one day. a strong storm coming out of the gulf of alaska, which will c

here are some lightning strikes close to fairfield and vacaville .ck this line close to highway 37. this is a wide area of rainfall. things are starting to clear up in santa rosa. if you look at the fremont area there's just this one cell. let's zoom in on mount diablo. if those cold conditions do line up, we could have a dusting of snow above 3500 feet. that means mount diablo and mount hamilton as well. i'm showing 40s in the north bay. we will have showers and thunderstorms. we have sunshine and clouds passing by. be prepared for the weather pattern to change abruptly over the next few hours. here is the forecast model showing us another bad showers moving into the region. then as we head into the evening hours we will scale back those rain chances and set the stage for a drive friday. a cold start with partly cloudy skies. if you want to get outside this weekend, we can fully endorse that with no rain threat. temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. looking ahead at the 5-day forecast. we'll see some patchy frost tomorrow morning and more sunshine

. >> reporter: local agencies, calistoga, vacaville and napa. >> would have never thought doing these things but it's the world i have now. i have to people ready for it. >> reporter: abc7 >>> aeromexico says they will investigate why one of their flights nearly landed on the wrong runway. in statement to us carrier says investigating the events that occurred at san francisco international airport and informs that safety of our passengers and operations was not compromised at any time. faa is investigating why flight 668 lined up to land on the wrong runway at sfo, occupied by virgin america plane waiting to depart. controllers ordered pilots to abort the landing. third reported close call in last months, other two with air canada threats. >>> last home on pacifica street. deemed too dangerous to live in. bought from the family and demolished. last in block with same fate due to coastal erosion. devastated about the loss but hopeful the family can move on. >> this house as much as any of my dearly departed pets i've ever had, and if you have to take them to the vet to end their suffer

i don't want to you, traffic is okay in general as we look at the vacaville and vallejo commute.ving away from vallejo and we look at highway 101 from novato to the mill valley area to the golden gate bridge. when you get to the east shore freeway here between the richmond area and berkeley it looks good down to the maze, the metering lights have been turned on and traffic is backed up for a 10 to 15 minute delay. 5:31, lets go back to the desk. >>> san ramon police are looking for a shooting suspect, officers re-- responded to a suspicious car. they found a car full of bullet holes and a trail of blood and they learned that the victim was being treated at the hospital. they're looking for a man trevor barry and he's wanted for attempted murder and conspiracy e may be driving a mercedes with the california license plate, this is on your screen. anyone with information contact san ramon police. >>> a 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire at his high school killing two of his classmates will be arraigned later today. he's charged with two counts of murder and 12 counts of deadly

sam's clubs stores in vacaville remain open.listed for closure along with three others in southern california the came the same day walmart said they would hand out bonuses. >> parental controls on chrome web browser. new internet supervision features are in the works for later in the year. you're told to check out the new family link program for android devi devices. >> a glimpse into the very near future. this is a driverless car. no steering wheel. that will take a lot to get used to. and no pedals. they want to get them on the road next year. the plan is to have them work in a taxi like service somewhere in the u.s. this will need to pass safety tests and get approval from the u.s. government. >>> a lone bay area driver tried to get creative in the car-pool lane. still got a ticket, though, for violating the rules. >> if you're going to try to cheat you do not do it with this highly visible and noticeable chucky doll. the chp tweeted out the photo of this doll in someone's passenger seat and the tweet says this. we know jon

vacaville police are asking for help in identifying these people.bing the same store twice in just four days. during one of the robberies... one of the suspects pointed a gun at the clerk to get cash. ( darya ) the number of homes destroyed by mudslides in montecito is now up to 115. that's nearly double last week's estimate. that number could change again as damage inspections continue. the death toll remains at 20 -- with three people still missing. now... a mudslide survivor is talking about losing several of her neighbors. mary beth myers' says more than half of the people killed lived along her shared driveway. she's now urging others to really get to know their neighbors. <(mary beth myers/neighbor of mudslide victims): "it's a good time to open the gates and trim the hedges and bring those walls down and just connect across all boundaries." (andrew taylor/victim's nephew): "this was a family that just went to bed and then the next thing you know 25 feet of mud came through their house and took them out.">( darya ) among the missing is a two-y

helena, napa, in fact this heavier cell approaching vacaville right now with rainfall rates with this guy, let's see, check it out right now, a third of an inch an hour. not as much radar coverage on this panel. scattered rain out there. you will notice out towards mount hamilton that could be some snow. we are watching out for that, as i mentioned, for the higher peaks. there we go with some rainfall coverage approaching fremont and the santa cruz mountains. there is not a lot happening in san jose right now. we have some scattered rain closer to gilroy along 101 at last check. now, these rainfall totals are not extreme. we had some pretty good downpours. it depends if the rainfall hits that particular rain gauge. santa rosa reporting .75-inch. san jose about .05-inch. oakland 3.1. concord .30. here is later on this evening. we are holding on to the possibility still for scattered showers. these cells are hard to forecast with these computer models but unstable enough to produce showers at 7:00 tonight and then look what happens tomorrow. it will be dry with a mixture of sun and clou

we don't have a lot of volume right now from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo.lowing on 37 heading west out of solano county toward sonoma and marin county. you can see there is a backup -- see this backup? -- it's at the toll plaza. it's backed up to the maccarthur maze. the metering lights are on. maybe about 10-15 minutes to get through unless you are in the carpool lanes. >>> today, the santa clara county board of supervisors are discussing gel reform including replacing the main jail. the plan and build two years ago calls for a seven-story 815 bed jail. since then the population has been reduced through reforms and diversion programs. the new plan calls for a 535 bed facility on the site of the existing main jail cells which would be torn down. in the facility would offer bigger classrooms, a bigger health clinic and larger record spaces. the board is expected to set up a model for independent jail monitor to oversee the county jails. >>> the police standoff in san jose is finally over. police started negotiating with a man who barricaded himself into a ro

southeast so this will be the front direction helping to push out the fog south of fairfield, south of vacaville and davis. the southerly wind is coming. 40s and 50s at sfo and half moon bay. we are a little ways away but soon the system will sweeping with pretty good rain coming. certainly north of the golden gate in marin county from the russian river to santa rosa and points north to mendocino and lake county are looking good. hopefully the peninsula and the east bay will get a little bit. 50s for these temperatures with the cold air tomorrow for a round of showers and hail reports but the weekend is looking good.>>> the board of regents is meeting in san francisco and they will consider an increase in tuition and student fees at universities in california. that is taking place at the mission bay conference center where protesters have gathered outside. the proposed in-state tuition hike calls for an increase in $288 in tuition and a $54 increase in annual student fees. this means for an in-state student it would cost $12,972. if approved it would be two years in a row after several years of

let me a nones ate -- if you're driving to vacaville and vallejo, it looks good.way 37 as you head west out of the county. we do have a traffic commute, richmond and berkeley that looks all right. 17 minute drive from the car manikin necessary bridge. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we're learning about a deadly rollover crash in napa county. chp says one person died after an accident on highway 12 1 near waters road. this happened a few hours, about 2:00 this morning. there were two people in the car at the time of the crash. one person died and the other person was found unconscious and that person has been taken to the hospital. >>> the city -- at 10:00 this morning, the public safety and neighborhood services committee will decide the possible ban. katie tang made the proposal saying it will save animals from being killed for their fur. it would exempt secondhand and vintage stores. if approved, san francisco would be the third city in california to ban fur sales after berkeley and west hollywood. >>> the board of san francisco -- the board of supervisors