southbound 680 in walnut creek, really starting to recover, 11 minutes, westbound 24, walnut creek tohat's better too. and we're down to 48 minutes now, westbound 580, tracy to dublin so little improvement by conditions still tough. >>> new at 6:00, the university of san francisco makes a plea to president trump. why the school's urging him to expand a program for its students. >>> plus the mystery surrounding a couple found dead in their berkeley apartment is taking a strange twist. why neighbors are now being asked to leave their homes. >>> it is 5:57 and it is raining this morning as you just heard from mike and alexis. keep track of live doppler 7 in keep track of live doppler 7 in the - gr"wow" means you savehome of "wo50% or more. there are three stages of wow: denial... - is this price right? - acceptance... and "boooyah." wait for it... "boooyah" has three os. ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ right now, buy two assorted frito lay party size chips and get one free. [ alarm weather.eping ] ♪ [ laughter ] cartoons. wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] ♪ [ screaming ] [ laug

why walnut creek? >> well, primarily because san jose or san mateo are not walnut creek. it's an amazing market and great community. it's been a pleasure to have the chance to develop this project here. the city has been great ask the community is excited to have us and what more could i ask for as a start? >> do you have any concerns? your other two are so popular. there's a magic that happens at the att location. are you concerned about bringing that magic across the bruj and through the tunnel? -- -- bridge. >> the magic is all about the people. customers start the magic, our staff finishes the magic. we have a great customer base in this community and we have hired a great group of people to serve them. i'm confident we can reyee yat the manlic without a stadium across the street. >> when you opened up moe moe's i remember going there -- -- momo's. did you ever in your wildest dreams realize your restaurants would be so wildly successful? seems every restaurant you have opened there are lines outside waiting to get in. >> you know, of course i never imagined that. luc

on the way to the tunnel from walnut creek. couple of tweets and just slow of take i can there. i see slow traffic appearing on other parts the east bay. this is a look from vacaville to fairfield and vallejo. westbound and eastbound traffic a little slow in vallejo when you get to the bring it looks okay. driving through. let's go to a live mechanic church of highway 24. you can see it's interpret they slow here. westbound and also eastbound approaching the or ind a crossroads. a couple of tweeters saying what is going on? the rain is coming down hard. that's just slowing people down. we don't have any major accidents. we had a few earlier move agriculture long to the bay bridge. here the metering lights are on. you can straff sick backed up already. approaching the toll plaza. let's go back to the desk. >>> sal and steve told you parts of the bay area really getting a lot of rain and strong winds right now. the drive is a tough one and expects some flooding too. we are in emoryville. what's it like out there? >> reporter: wha

a man from walnut creek says he was driving on southbound 680 with his 11-month-old daughter in the backseat when a gray dodge charger that the breaks in front of them. the father says he home and drove around. he said someone inside fired a bb gun at his car . the window was shattered that no one was hurt. >>> a 71-year-old woman recovers after a brutal attack caught on video. it shows martha montalvo's up walking monday morning when a woman and two men approached her from behind, they go after her purse, they take the purse and she shoved to the ground. the suspects were last seen in it toyota sienna driving northbound. monte rosa suffered a broken jaw and shoulder. >>> you are watching kutv fox2 news at 6:30. >>> a judge has blocked donald trump's travel ban targeting people from seven muslim countries. >> his ruling is affected nationwide. >>reporter: this is extremely rare. just hours ago the judge has stopped the trump travel ban across the entire country. a washington state federal judge has taken the step of halting the ban everywhere across the country that means it is suspended in

fred tells us this is the third year in a row that it's winter in walnut creek. the internet is swooning over this instagram picture. it's a baby monkey born this past sunday at the zoo. the little red head is a langer, annen endangered monkey. fewer than 2,000 live in the wild. its birth is creating a lot of excitement and definitely a lot of oohs and awws, as we just heard from kristen. >>> one of the iconic pieces in monopoly is about to go away. voters have rejected the thimble, an integral part of the game since being added in 1935. hasbro is holding a worldwide contest to let people choose the eight tokens to be included in the next generation of the game. hash tags, emojis and even rubber ducks. it will be announced march 19th. >>> well, it would have been a bold move for a >>> coming up at 6:00 -- >> you can't advise someone when they don't want to get your advice. >> a mass defection from a presidential commission as three-quarters of the members walk away. but one bay area member explains why he decided to stay. >>> also, this video of the storm runoff

or this one crossing the 680 and 24 freeway in walnut creek. over the years they warn about the risk. heavier trains can lead to cracks in the support. the oakland crossing are particularly problematic because they are non-redundant. >> we means if you break an important opponent and all the of the components in these non-redundant structure are important, the system is at point of collapse which means you don't have back up. >> reporter: in 1980 they engineer upped agent by five tons. they regularly inspect 2 dozen structures that exceeded standard limiting steel fatigue. they wanted green light for heavier cars. they scolded bart about unknown and lack of inspection. they said the walnut creek had no the been inspected in a decade due to inaccessibility. is a definite cause for concern at the oakland crossing. last month bart order detail assessment of 30 area construction. bart engineers would not go on camera but they say the new inspection will bolster confidence about the structure. they told us one outside engineer imbrace conclusion tha

southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek, 10 minutes, westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13, actuallyad, still in the green at 12. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, out of the central valley, 57 minutes, you are in the red. sig alert on northbound 280 in the daly city area. >>> an heirloom stolen from a walnut creek heome is back untio the hands of its owner now. it was given to her by her mother. a thief broke into her home last month and stole several items, including the wedding dress. it was recovered in pittsburg and that suspect was arrested. >>> new at 6:00, changes are coming for drivers trying to access i 580 in the north bay. >>> if this is the dog food you give your pet, there is a recall you need to know about. >>> uber looking into creating flying cars, but they're not the only silicon valley company races to put automobiles in the air. >>> we're going to take a quick break right now. live look at the golden gate bridge. bridge. it is [ alarm weather.eping ] ♪ [ laughter ] cartoons. wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] ♪ [ screaming ] [ laughter ] make everyday awesome

will hair the moderate to heavy rainfall into your neck of the woods in 15 minutes as well as walnut creek and orinda. drying out across the santa clara valley but you will see more rain as the front slides south. look at the peninsula. you're saying what rain? boulder creek to scotts valley we are anticipating up to 6 inches of rain today. rain showers now in earnest around portions of the peninsula, san mateo bridge through south san francisco. you know there will be airport delays at south san francisco, sfo due to the fact that we do have wind gusts up to 45. right now around the bayview district, rain showers are pushing out over the bay. we now have a number of watches and warnings. i'll try to walk you through it. where you see the red, that's sonoma and napa counties where we have a warning taking place. that means flooding is imminent. yellow is a watch, about the entire bay area. the blue zone in the east bay. that means we have ponding on the roads and gusty winds with the potential of downed trees and power lines. it's mild to muggy outside. winds at 35 at sfo. sustained winds

another 11 on 24 walnut creek to highway 13.dublin, 50 minutes on 580. >>> the price of parking going up at several dart stations. 50 cent increase is in effect in concord, north concord, hayward, west oakland and the coliseum. increases are necessary to improve station access and pay for maintenance. bart also says parking prices are set according to supply and demand of each station. the stations where the cost is going up, east owest oakland is most expensive, $9 a day. >>> michael jackson could have a tax bill worth hundreds of dollars. dollars. >>> it happens ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. there's only one way to travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. and that's with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. >>> happening today, executors for michael jackson's estate will face off with

bad news not walnut creek commuters.thbound 680 at north main street two-car crash blocking a lane, 30 miles per hour backed up to 242 then highway 4 not looking too bad though. moving over now to the san mateo bridge, traffic is slowing down significantly now between hayward and foster city. then the same story across the span of the bay bridge. those metering lights are on. roberta, i'll send it to you. >>> we still have rain. live hi-def doppler radar picking up light precipitation in the east bay and, in fact, we are now even seeing some moderate rainfall that has just moved past the 580/680 corridor still raining there however as it lifts to the north and to the east. pleasanton you're hearing the raindrops on the rooftops. the rain showers have now just pushed out of palo alto and you can see it across the bay here as it's making tracks towards the union city area. we still have some light rain showers around the santa cruz mountains, buying a little bit of a break at this hour around the north bay where central so

it will be great. >> walnut creek has no general bookstores. the nearest is in danville 20 minutes away. the owner of this independent bookstore says he is not overly concerned that amazon, a giant in online retail will hurt his small business. his store offers readings in educational programs. >> that could be a challenge. but you know we have been riding out challenges for a long time. >> you think you will survive it? >> i do. >> amazon opened the first stan alone store in seattle in 2015. they promoted a prime program that cts 99 dollars a year and displays electronics as kindle and echo. >> jarrett is a rare book dealer in walnut creek for 35 years. he says it is always good when a book store opens and promotes reading but ironic he says in amazon online that put a lot of independent bookstores out of business and is now adding brick and mortar into people come to go to bookstore and find what they wanted and they would go home and order on amazon to save a dollar 49 and that has led to the destruction of bookstores all over the country. >

it's been on and off rain in walnut creek. as you can see right now, we're on. the drive of a black dodge pickup truck learned the hard way why you need to be careful during this morning's commute. of an hour ago, a little before 5:00 this morning, this driver was headed southbound on 680 when, according to cp, this person hydroplaned north of monument boulevard, ended up facing the wrong of traffic on 680. two other vehicles t-boned the pickup truck. from what we are able to gather and tell, it does not appear anyone was hurt badly. as you were able to see in that video, this truck was moved to the side road and is not impacting the commute. traffic is moving quite well on southbound 680. if you look at our nbc bay area weather app, you can see here, according to our weather radar, we're roughly in this area right here and according to our weather radar, there's a lot of oranges and yellows, which reports an indication we are in the middle of a heavy south right now. we just had two tow truck drivers who pulled away in the last few minutes. not year if they are

people representing many different religions formed a circle outside the walnut creek islamic center.joined in prayer saying they stand in support of the wounded muslim communities across the country. we fall apart. shortly after the demonstration, local inter- faith leaders discussed how local groups are supporting the muslim community. the people who attended the rally say they will continue to call for love, peace and tolerance. water customers in the south bay may see their bills go down a bit. as the district has changed its requirments because of the recent rain fall. most reservoirs in the area are at or near capacity. water managers are releasing some of that water to make room for more. seismic safety regulations are keeping the anderson reservoir at about 76 percent. in los gatos, the lexington reservoir is 85 percent full. outside gilroy, the uvas reservoir is at 102-percent of capacity. the district has stopped requiring water retailers to impose fines and surcharges for water use. we are less then a day away from the big game. what you can expect to see tomorrow in housto

it could lead to delays and occasional closures. >> a live look outside at walnut cre creek. a couple cars passing there. nice weather expected today. could be a different story tomorrow. >>> it will be soggy y. kris sanchez reported out there at the bay bridge. just tweeted out a beautiful sunrise. we are looking at more rain in the forecast. soggy weather the next several days. and this beautiful weather we are seeing now, as you've heard, it will not last that long. 68 inland. >> you talk about kris sanchez tweeting out the sunrise. there have been light issues at the bay bridge. >> with the sunrise, the lighting did come back shortly before 6:00. we are seeing all bridges on your map. distraction towards the toll plaza. another issue southbound 680. three vehicles on the shoulder reportedly because of a large pothole. >> the roads are a little beat out there. >> they're crumbling. >>> almost 7:00. "today" show coming up next. back here with a live local news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. we like to deliver this kind of message. beautiful weather today

it was on southbound 680 near walnut creek. driving behind a gray dodge charger. >> the car started to slow down. and so i didn't do too much or pay attention to it until they hit their brakes. i honked my horn first and then went around it. after that i was driving on the side of it. then we were like side by side, the first shot went off. >> reporter: the first shot shattered his driver's side window. >> i hit the gas to try to speed off. when i did accelerate they shot three more times. >> reporter: his 11-month-old daughter was in the backseat sleeping. fearing she could be hit he switched to the furthest lane. he and his daughter were still a target. >> i heard three shots again when i was about to get off the freeway. >> reporter: the bullet holes turned out to be from a bb gun. he didn't want to e show -- he didn't want to show his face on camera, but hopes someone will recognize the gray charger. >> and now more cautious on just driving period, you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: in walnut creek ktvu fox 2 news. >>>

dozens of people that are living and driving through walnut creek on 680 and 24 reported a lot of wind damage. crumbling roads are to blame. bob redell live with how the rain is contributing to the problem. good morning. >>> good morning. southbound direction of 680 and both directions of highway 24, those roadways are breaking apart in this area where both two roads meet. chp tells us 55 people since december have complained of damage to their cars, whether it be their wind schilds or car body themselves due to pieces popping up from the road. it is probably on a five-mile section of southbound 680 and one mile of section highway 24. local caltrans has submitted an emergency request for repairs. caltrans maintenance are sweeping the spots on a more regular basis, still leaving drivers frustrated. >> it kind of sucks. you either fix it and it happened again or just kind of leaving it. >> if you're a driver and you find your car is damaged and you think it is is due to the roads, you can file with caltrans. we put that link up on nbcbayarea.com. bob redell, today in the bay. >>> all rig

let's talk about walnut creek this morning. there you go.of our early rush hour folks heading down a dry 680. our highs are climbing, still a little bit short of average by about 3 to 4 degrees but it's a start. here's a look from sutro tower. tree pollen is going to be high again today, ash, elm, juniper, and pine, joey's our allergy whisperer. i don't know how you would say it but he's not sneezing yet so maybe you won't. on the road today, mass transit and on the water, all going to be good. >>> yeah, the decent weather here this morning is translating to a pretty decent commute. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. still looks like a coupleedf those cash booths opened up but we are looking fine. metering lights should come on at about 5:30 this morning. mass transit off to a great start. ace 1 scheduled to head out on trains in service, no issues report there had and same thing, bta, normal service today and we haven't gotten any trouble spots reported. we do have one new minor issue if you're doing the altamont pass commute

we have rain from walnut creek through concord around 680 over into the vallejo area. also san ramon valley in the 580/680 corridor moving east. as it does so, we are going to have heavy rain and gusty winds. wind advisory in effect for most of the bay area primarily the coast and the peaks around the bay area. temperatures are mild in the 40s and 50s. later today numbers in the 50s and low 60s. 61 degrees. one of our outside numbers towards berkeley, alameda and in oakland. 62 however in the san jose area. we are going to tell you how much rain to expect and how all this will impact your weekend. right now let's send it to roqui theus. >> thank you, roberta. >>> it is 4:31. we have an unfortunate start to this morning. in novato, southbound 101 at atherton avenue we have had a car versus pedestrian incident. the person hit is dead. so this is closing down the right lane and the on-ramp at southbound 101 at atherton avenue so we'll let you know when that's opened. but make sure you give yourself extra time to get through there or take an alternate. in the same area 101

. >>> a brick and mortar store in walnut creek. we have the story. reporter: julie. amazon has opened three stores on the week and now it plans to expand in walnut creek. amazon's new bookstore will open at broadway plaza sometime this year and not far from macy's shoppers seemed happy. >> i love reading. i like to browse through books so that will be great. reporter: walnut creek has no general bookstores. the nearest is in danville 20 minutes away. the owner of this independent bookstore says he is not overly concerned that amazon a giant will hurt his business. his store offers educational programs. >> that could be a challenge but we have been riding out challenges for a long time. >> you think you will survive? >> i do. >> reporter: amazon opened the first standalone store in seattle in 2015. they promote the prime program that costs $99 and displays electronics such as kindle and echo. >> jim has been a book dealer for 35 years. he says it is good when a book store opens and promotes reading and ironic he says in amazon online that says put a lot of independent

more than a hundred people gathered outside a muslim mosque in walnut creek today.. to show opposition to donald trump's executive orders on immigration and travel. refugees being turned away... visas revoked... and worry over america's perception around the world ... were the inspirations behind this demonstration. people representing many different religions formed a circle outside the walnut creek islamic center... they joined in prayer... saying, they stand in support of the wounded muslin communities across the country. shortly after the demonstration... local inter- faith leaders discussed how local groups are supporting the muslim community. the people who attended the rally today say, they will continue to call for love, peace, and tolerance. water customers in the south bay may see their bills go down a bit.. as the district has changed its requirments. and it is all thanks to our recent rainfall... most reservoirs in the area are at... or near full... and water managers are actually releasing some of that water to make room for more. the anderson reservoir,

here's a look at walnut creek.ng too soggy here at the moment but bouncing back from an earlier crash near treat boulevard. next traffic update coming up alt at 6:00. >>> new at 6:00, new prulz proposed for the public utilities commission after the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. >>> plus breaking news in berkeley, crews working right now to clear a big tree that fell on to some cars overnight. amy hollyfield getting new details right now on how this is impacting the residents. >>> i've just learned of a history-making change for the grammy awards show, why you migh >>> coming up on 6:00 a.m., ten solid days of rain, and there is sunshiny weekend in sight. >> who is ready to soak in? all in, mike. please, do not tell me something changed. do not tell me there's a change in the forecast. >> there's not a change in the forecast. >> all right. good start. >> all right. now that i can escape the desk safely, let's talk about what's going on. i wanted to show you there is a little bit of rainfalling in an area that f

kron 4's hermela aregawi is in walnut creek with one woman's harrowing account. sereta churchill was driving home from lafayette... going east on highway 24... when she heard a loud bang.she was on the phone with her son a the time.sot sereta churchill, car hit by objectall of the sudden this huge blast. i mean i still wake up at night hearing that sound. it was just awful. and he said what happened. and i said, i think i've been shot. and of course that scared him to death. and i explained to him it was the car not me. churchill says her sunroof was shatteredsot sereta churchill, car hit by objectas i was driving afterwards on my way to the off ramp. you can hear the glass it was in so many pieces all crinkling. i'm glad i didn't have the headliner open or that would have been a different story... it had to be from somebody above either on an embankment or on the overcrossing. her story is one of dozens of incidents reported to the chp in recent months.yesterday.. just before noon...calls came in about a white volkswagen being shot at. the victim was not injured

. >>> nbc bay area responds to a walnut creek woman whose new windows didn't pass inspection. >> she couldn't get the company that installed them to fix them. chris chmura brings us her story. >>> good morning. one year ago the city of walnut creek expected joanne hernandez's newly installed home depot windows. the city said three did not meet egress requirements for the fire code. meaning she might have trouble getting out in an emergency. so joanne called home depot to tell them the windows failed. she had the company sent out a manager twice to look at the problem but nothing was ever done to correct it, to fix it. after several months, she reached out to us for our help. we contacted home depot, and it went to work immediately ordering new windows that would pass egress and arranging for installation as soon as possible. in a statement home depot told us, ms. hernandez's windows passed permitting, so we were surprised that they didn't pass inspection. regardless, we apologize for the delay in replacing them and appreciate the chaps to make this right. can we make something right

the storm left nearly 2- hundred people without power in walnut creek. it is just one of the power outages we saw today throughout the bay area. kron4's lydia pantazes is live in the east bay.lydia, any word on when their power will be restored. we showed you this video earlier in the newscast...a mudslide has destroyed a home along a quiet street in san rafael... and tonight -- more homes are in danger.as kron4's charles clifford shows us the trouble spots, as another storm rolls in. natswednesday evening, this devastated home along mountain view avenue in san rafael remained taped off for safety reasons. . so far, no effort has been made to remove the debris partly because heavy rain is in the immediate forecast and there's a good chance that the damage could get worse.the hillside behind the house is now mostly exposed dirt. the grass and shrubs that had been holding the soil together . . . are gone. the two homes on either side of the house remain are red tagged. the people who live in this home are staying with family. juan alvarez and his family li

walnut creek, brentwood, sacramento ...h.sot- "i've meet some uber drivers that come from la and san diego for like three weeks and then, uh, make their money here and then go back." making money in the city and spending it elsewhere isn't out of the ordinary... but you wonder if this influx of drivers is actually helping to curb congestion. traffic information company inrix says, on average, san francisco commuters wasted 75 hours last year sitting in traffic. in the third most congested city in the u-s.sot- "i feel like we're at least helping in the city because a lot of people like, uh, let loose of their cars because its too much to handle for them, like whether its parking tickets or not, so we're moving it in that part you know." in china... transportation agencies are mulling new regulations on t- n-c companies like uber. regulators proposing drivers live in the city they're working in... and, only drive cars registered in the two cities considering this -- beijing and shanghai. could something like that happen here?

bob from walnut creek has a bob from walnut creek has a question about airline "7 on your side's" michael. >> i have a problem with an airline and a voucher problem. aisle trying to get a refund and i need your help. >> hi, bob. yeah, this is a problem that comes up occasionally. now, if you were told you're supposed to get an airline voucher or refund and didn't, contact the airline directly. explain what they told you, your current situation, ask them why you don't have it. if they still don't help you out, call my "7 on your side" hotline and we'll look into this for you. just so that you know, we're open monday through friday, 10:00 to 2:00. bob, thanks for your question and good luck. >>> if you have a question for michael finney, he'll be inside sar saramonte center today and he is there to meet you. you might be able to ask a question live on abc7 news. you can ask those questions right now on soernl. post them using #askfinney. >>> coming up next, the rain is moving out but the danger still remains, where he we are seeing issues this morning. >>> plus the fight over president trum

kind of a gentle, consistent, light rainfall from walnut creek to morocco.ll morning, san ramon, you also have rain showers all the way to the mount diablo area. into alamo and black [null] as well. we have a high wind advisory in place . all this, shades of blue, just about every county in the bay area. we expect some of our winds southeast, 30 miles per hour and stronger at sometimes. a wave effect goes underway tonight. that's where we anticipate very rapid rises and our local creeks, and ponding on the roadways. very mindful for the morning commute tomorrow as well is the heaviest rainfall moving into the bay area. our weather watcher just went away. 56 degrees for bill man who has reported nearly a half-inch of rain in the past 24 hours. this is our live with a camera looking out towards the very cloudy bay bridge. at least the skies above the bay bridge are cloudy. you can see the flag there. temperature wise in the 50s and 60s. 61 degrees in san jose. the winds have been picking up out of the south. up to a good 11 miles per hour right now. we will se

dozens of people who drive through walnut creek have reported windshield damage. the chp blames our crumbling roads. jean ellie has more information. jean? >> 55 cars reported damage and counting. we taug to drivers tonight who haven't reported their damage. caltrans said this road is crumbling, sending rocks into windshields and it's hoping to make emergency repairs. >> a couple times, yeah, rocks would hit the windshield, no damage yet. >> like a clicking noids, just like a little pebble hitting it almost. >> drivers who use 680 south and state route 24 in walnut creek say it feels dangerous. rocks are hitting their windshields. >> that's the biggest one. and all the small ones are like just knicks. >> giovanni is one of dozens who have windshield damage. the chp has taken 55 reports since december. after weeks of investigation, the chp says there's no evidence someone is targeting cars instead it's debris on the road causing damage. >> they should really get that fixed. >> the fix will take time. caltrans says it's waiting for approval from headquarters to make

and right now in walnut creek.oderate to heavy rain late this evening and again tomorrow and then the wet pattern will linger through friday but tonight's storm is the strongest. looking at walnut creek and lafayette, alamo, and comes down through the canyon from san ramon to hayward and the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge getting wet with the sonnol grade. and you could see that the rain is light on the bridge and it is going to get lighter through 2:00 and scattered from 4:00 to 6:00 and will pick up at 8:00 and so will the breezes. temperatures tonight are in the 50s once again. after staying in the mid to upper 50s today. there is not much of a change. so here we are at noon. could you see the line sinking to the south and here at 5:00, it starts to fill in a little bit and you see some orange in there and then it stays up in the north bay through the morning hours and then it slowly sinks to the south. do you see that rain? that is the heavy rain roll you through in the heart of the bay at 8:00 to 9:

walnut creek 50 degrees. support temperatures -- wind 6- eight bad mouse per hour. san jose about 12. it has been active in the bay area and the sierra. a very healthy base out there. great conditions for today. the weekend we could be talking about more snow showers towards saturday. this cold air to our north six around. it is a drying pattern as well. a chance to try out today. and into friday. an isolated sprinkle or shower. cooler system on sunday. we could be talking about scattered showers in the bay area. snow levels coming down to possibly around the 2500 feet. as we go into the weekend. that saturday -- we're going to hold onto a possibility of sunday and monday. nothing to widespread. saturdays from scattered showers -- the possibility for sunday and monday. dry weather pattern next week. temperatures for today lots of 50s. that brisk wind in place. your five day forecast -- there is another chance of rainfall into saturday. a few showers for sunday and monday. eventually we will gradually clear out and warm up. some of the model suggesting 70s in the lon

they're awaiting experts to come see what the next step is. >>> a woman in walnut creek's new windowsot pass inspection consumer investigator chris camora has the story. >> the city of walnut creek inspected joanne's home depot windows, three did not meet egress requirements. she may not be able to get out in an emergency joanne called home depot. they sent out a manager twice to look at the problem, nothing was ever done to fix it. she reached out to us for help, we contacted home depot and it immediately went to work ordering new windows that would pass egress and arranging for installation as soon as possible home depot said her case here -- her windows passed permitting, we were surprised they didn't pass inspection. regardless we apologize for the delay in replacing them and appreciate the chance to make this right. can we make something right for you? give us a call. windows are never cheap when you are replacing them. >> now the windows are safe, and she can egress without a problem. >> absolutely. >> that's what's important. >>> something's fishy at an upscale south bay restau

he went to 7 on your side michael finney back in december at an ask finney event in walnut creek. >> if you start now -- >> reporter: it was a great night meeting so many viewers out in walnut creek, answering your questions in person. >> we decided to go see michael and let him know that we were having a problem. >> john was very frustrated. >> reporter: they came down to see me and brought their phone with them. his phone was barely 3 months old and wouldn't turn on. >> screen was pitch black. >> we had to send our phone in to samsung repair. >> reporter: that's not why john was so upset. it was the fact that samsung refused to repair it and sent it back saying that john was to blame. >> they said that was caused by my abuse. i said, what do you mean by my abuse? there's no way. >> reporter: they said the lcd was damaged because of abuse. >> oh, i was hot. i was hot. >> i was shocked, because i know he hadn't abused it. >> reporter: john protected it with a screen cover and hard case. he said he never dropped or cracked it. it looked pristine when he showed it to us in walnut creek

chilly drive through walnut creek this morning but a dry drive so we will definitely take it. southbound 680 still looking good here, maybe a couple folks starting to tap the brakes but no major delays and some good news in novato. it has been a long wait for you. that is a big thumbs up there on state route 37 between 101 and atherton, all lanes, eastbound and westbound reopened right around 3:45 this morning so use that for this morning's commute. >>> abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us as that highway is reopening. >> amy, how's it looking? >> reporter: it looks great. this is a great cut-through from 80 in vallejo to 101 in marin county and look. it is open. it is ready for you this morning. this commuting hassle of detouring is now behind you. we test drove it for you this morning, check it out. it is norm and the drive was uneventful, which is exactly what you want in your roads. so smooth, forgettable experience. this is what happened to this highway. flooding. all the rains and then the king tides was too much for this area to handle last month. the highwa

this is southbound 680 through walnut creek. no brake lights yet so we are wide open and no incidents. mass transit, we do have issues, though. no ace rail service today or tomorrow. they have extended that. all the way through tomorrow and again that is just due to those tracks being in poor shape. lot of slides, lot of debris, so they're still working to clear that. capital corridor, they are saying expect delays again today as well due to the freight rerouting and then harbor bay on the san francisco bay ferry route, reduced capacity vessel once again today and that is due to a mechanical problem on another vessel. we'll take a look at a crash out of the central valley coming up next. >>> if you have back pain, doctors a saying don't reach for the pills. there are new guidelines being release. >>> and the bay area has the best housing market in the country? country? at least that's what >>> wear back at 5:14. oakland raiders linebacker al don smith is reportedly under investigation for a domestic violence related incident. sa

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let's look at walnut creek as people are making their way. a few more people. as many as there are rain drops out there this morning. finally, if we look at live doppler 7, you can see that rain is really hitting all of us right now across the bay area. we'll check in with mike nicco in a couple minutes to see how long this is going to last. >>> 4:43 now. take a look at this. the end of the adventure here turned dangerous kayak keys. you see one dangling from a helicopter. the kayakers had to camp on saturday night in a cove. strong winds and powerful currents made it impossible for them to get back to point rays. a water rescue and air rescue team was launched. a helicopter from sonoma county provided additional support. the three were rescued and expected to be okay. >>> this is a sight we've been waiting to see in napa county. a news viewer sent us this video of the bell-shaped spillway. thanks to the wet weather this month, water finally spilled into the hole on friday after being dry for ten years. the lake was officially full on friday. last october, it w

soggy weather. 55 san francisco. 56 oakland. 53 walnut creek.'ll have a look at the afternoon highs and talk about how much rain is expected with this next system. if you are headed to the sierra, we have an advisory to talk about coming up. >> thanks rosemary. >>> a new development regarding one of president trump's executive orders on immigration. the state department had earlier revoked 60,000 visas on the basis of national security concerns. >> in the past 15 minutes, the state department has reversed that decision to cancel visas for foreigners. this all follows a ruling by a washington state federal judge yesterday. ktvu fox 2 news' christien kafton is live at sfo with more on this developing story. >> reporter: yeah, we are back at sfo. you can see right now, it is pretty much business as usual. travelers coming and going. this the scene of some of the major protests over the president's executive order. that decision a big win for washington state attorney general bob furring son who argued it would cause harm and mandate discrimination.

one of those demonstrations took place today in walnut creek. the tonight, quite turn out today. >> reporter: absolutely. again, as you mentioned, the event was planned before they lifted the ban and the hundreds of people showed up here. the entire parking lot full of people showing their support for local muslims and voicing their kernels against the travel ban. >> this is so beautiful to be here. >> coming together -- >> two, three, smile! >> at the walnut creek islamic center. >> kind of overwhelming. >> feeling like we're not alone. >> to show support fromship americans like this person who lives nearby. >> i have familiar lies are green card holders. i am concerned. >> at a time when the executive director of the jewish family and community services believes hate crimes are on the rise. >> we have been responding to the executive order all week. we were alarmed. we were horrified. >> yesterday, rosen's organization filed a lawsuit along with the aclu for three students, challenging president trump's executive order barring refugees from se

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seeing downpours near richmond, concord, walnut creek. a steady downpour for those areas as well as the delta heading through the tri-valley. the bright reds and yellows indicating brief heavy rain that could allow for some of the water ponding on the roadways. really heavy rain moving through there. but the heaviest rain moving to the hills. we are seeing that into parts of san jose. so going to see a soggy morning if you're getting ready to head out 101, south county, morgan hill, as well as through the santa cruz mountains where we have many mounting concerns with all the mudslides and debris rolling across parts of 17 and 152 and some of the roads through boulder creek and heavy rain there. heading up the peninsula, i just wanted to show you the heavy rain there. all of this tapering off late morning and early afternoon. we'll talk about the timeline coming up. very rainy east bay. >> that's right, kari. the east bay. it is worse in the tri-valley. this is not the worst of what kari had on the radar. it is bad as far as the conditions

. -- walnut creek but northwest wind -- that is a cold breeze. even with some sun we will get some in the morning and clouds in the afternoon. highs will be in the 50s. the next couple of systems we will have cold air out of the north. 50s on the high today. >>> yesterday i explained to someone and there is cloud cover is warmer because it keeps the heat in. they look at me and said that's right you are the weather guy. close enough i said. >>> don't get me started.>>> good morning everyone. is take a look at 80 westbound -- 580 westbound. the tracy super commute. we have traffic that's going to be getting busier. i will put a speed on it. that would be 14 miles per hour as you come over the altimont pass. it is getting slower out there with more people coming through. traffic is getting better. by the time you reach livermore it looks good getting over two 580 at the 680 interchange. let's take a look at interstate interstate 880 oakland north and south. there have been no major problems at the they bridge toll plaza. you can see it is flights.

it was on southbound 680 near creek boulevard and walnut creek driving behind a gray dodge charger. >> the car started to slow down. so i didn't really do too much, i didn't pay too much attention to it. until it hit its brakes. i honked hi horn first then went around it. after that, when i was driving on the side of it, when we were like side by side the first shot wept off. >> the first shot shattered -- went off. >> the first shot shattered his drivers side window. >> i hit the gas to try to speed off. when i did accelerate, they shot three more bullets in the back. >> his 11-month old daughter was in the backseat sleeping. fearing she could be hit he switched to the furthest lane but he and his daughter were still a target. >> i heard three shots again when i was trying to get off the freeway. my daughter was in the car, i had to get away. >> the bullets turned out to be from a bee bee gun. >> he didn't want to be on camera, but by sharing his story he's hoping someone will recognize the gray charger. it had tinted windows and a rare decal on the window. >> now i'm more cautious,

good morning, concord, clayton and walnut creek all in the low 70s. 60s. -- concord, clayton and walnut creek in the low 60s. we have the complete forecast featuring just how much rain to expect and how all this will impact your weekend. that's still straight ahead. but right now, here's roqui. >>> thank you, roberta. okay, it's 4:39. let's take a look at your roads. first in gilroy, we do have an overturned big rig blocking westbound and eastbound lanes westbound 152 at ferguson in the gilroy area. it's been out there for an hour so crews haven't gotten to it yet so avoid the area. northbound 101 san jose overnight roadwork, left lane open until 5 a.m. across the altamont pass here's traffic at 40 miles per hour so not the worst, and if you are traveling into the peninsula foggy san mateo bridge. i'll send it to you, michelle. >> all right, roqui. thank you. >>> the search is on for an escaped inmate in hayward. deputies say 27-year-old shawn new was supposed to be extradited to kentucky. he escaped yesterday when he kicked open the back door of a car while authorities were driving him

collision is blocking the center lane and here's a look at walnut creek on our traffic cameras. no big backup from that one but you can see it is soggy. we also have a multi-car collision in the san ramon area. >>> new at 5:00, the search for a man who threw a homemade explosive device into a california cheesecake factory. >>> the mystery surrounding the couple found dead in their berkeley apartment is taking a strange new twist. >>> plus a war of words between the president and arnold schwarzenegger and it continues this morning. i will tell you what's happening coming up next. >>> also, this student pepper sprad is now talking about the incident. incident. sh we'your most extraordinarybut withmoments happenses when you feel small. when you're completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. so what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. what if you dared to feel small. celebrate our princess anniversary sale with award winning itineraries. 7 day fares from $799. visit your travel agent or princess.com. princess cruises. come back new. [ alarm weather.eping

kpix5 hi-def doppler still tracking a few spots getting steady rainfall, antioch, pittsburg, walnut creek, clayton, brentwood, discovery bay and we have lake county, napa county, marin county, sonoma county, petaluma, american canyon, calistoga getting some steady rainfall tonight. boulder creek, santa cruz mountains more than 3 inches of rain, more than an inch in san francisco and almost 1 inch in hayward and walnut creek, but not just rain, it was the wind especially this morning in the south bay. manetta airport san jose 54 mile-per-hour wind gusts today, fairfield 53 and los gatos hills 58 miles per hour. the wettest storm is still to come. we'll talk about which take looks to be a washout with the flooding potential coming up. >>> betty yu shows us the storm damage in san jose tonight. betty? >> reporter: liz, this is an example of what we're seeing all across the south bay today. you look behind me, that 100- foot tall redwood tree came toppling down on a power pole leaving this neighborhood in the dark. pg&e is on scene tonight and we've also learned that they are bringing in extr

here you have the east bay from highway 24 out of walnut creek through orinda. we have light to moderate rainfall. so that cell that was pretty moderate rainfall there? alviso you have the light rainfall right now as well and scattered showers around the peninsula. ceiling has been lowering. flood warning in the mark west creek area, santa rosa, bass is toll graton and cotati and this is a major concern today for the second cresting this week. the russian river is at 33 feet, minor flooding but we expect moderate flooding as it crests over 36 feet. cloud cover currently as we look out towards the transamerica pyramid. receiving is 700 feet. temperatures in the 50s with the passage of the cold front. temperatures today close to average. we'll talk about the sunshine and a warmup coming up. but right now let's send it over to roqui. >> thank you, roberta. okay, it is 4:39. let's start -- let's take a look at your early-morning commute starting with the schellville area. highway 12 is closed between wathmaugh and 121 and highway 121 chosed between 115 and 8th stree

walnut creek to clayton. antioch back to blackhawk and san ramone. then you get a break. there is not a lot but on the member have its starting to pick up. san mateo. redwood city and wood side and here comes a slug of moisture that's taking aim at the san mateo coast and parts of the santa cruz coast that. will start to enhance over skyline. also in to the santa cruz mountains. it's warm for us. 50s to near 60 for some. then you can thank or blame that south-southeast breeze. almost a tropical feel. we will have that morning rain and look at the gusts at sfo. it's up to 40 there. turbo charged. hold on if you are going over there. the low is going northward. the end of that provides enough shear and lift that the possibility of thunderstorms exist. i would think noter is a better opportunity than anyone else. the message is simple. over the next several days north of santa rosa heavy duty rain. south not as much. looks like a break for part of the weekend sunday and then sunday night. here comes monday and tuesday and then we will keep it going wednesday and then into th

workers from a walnut creek business will come together to help children in need today. more than 200 workers at csaa insurance group have volunteered to sort and melt down thousands of crayons on behalf of the crayon initiative. it donates newly recycled crayons to children in local hospitals, art therapy programs and underfunded schools. the melted crayons will be turned into new ones, packed up, shipped out to kids all over the country. >>> people who call san francisco's tenderloin home are celebrating the neighborhood's survival. in 1917, city politicians shut down more than 200 bars, restaurants, and other businesses in an effort to clean up the area. over the years, neighbors fought to revitalize it. residents and business owners marched yesterday, thanking the locals for keeping the tenderloin alive. >> the tenderloin is probably the most neighborly neighborhood in san francisco. it's the tightest-knit community and we are so happy that we are a part of it. >> earlier this morning, supervisor jane kim announced legislation to make part of the tenderloin the natio

you can see in walnut creek right now that it's a little bit of light rain that's starting to intensify. same thing as you look across the bay bridge. downpours and gusty winds this morning. random shower this weekend. our heaviest rain is slated for monday morning. it's a holiday. hopefully a lot of you won't be out and about. you can see from san ramon, danville, going across to 680, down to san leandro, this is all pushing to the north so get ready up around hercules, benicia, vallejo, you're about to get pounded. same thing happening in san francisco right now from 280 all the way up across the golden gate bridge. it's moving into mill valley and this will keep moving up 101 so get ready san rafael, some puddles and ponding are on the way. here's the area of low pressure with its counterclockwise flow. you can see the moisture it's bringing up from the south and because we've added some strong winds, we've also upped the scale to a 2 for this storm, so moderate with moderate to heavy rain, gusty, possibly damaging winds. here we are at 6:00 and you can see santa cruz mountains, east

walnut creek, rain at 2:15 to 2:30 this morning, maybe a little sooner than that.is still wet there. straight showers possible today. cooler than average. it'll be dry starting tonight with cooler nights on the way and warmer afternoons. next chance of rain returns on sunday. we'll keep a storm impact scale on this because there are spotty, light showers. most of us won't see anything. the flurries will hang in the higher places. 5:00 to 6:00, still down to the south. then we'll look to the north. you can see mendocino coast, showers may stray to the rest of the bay. 99% of us, pretty quiet. by 7:00, it is almost over. during the overnight hours, may be some over the ocean. tomorrow, most of us are going to be dry. let's take a look at what's going as far as the rainfall potential. you can see once we get through this morning, there's pretty much absolutely nothing. let's talk about the temperatures tonight. even colder. we're going to have freezing temperatures in the north bay, santa rosa at 32. a few in the san ramon valley. san jose, 39. low 40s around richmond