>> yes, i can. >> reporter: wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> that's so awesome.re dedicating the week of building a better bay area coverage to fremont. we are looking at the issues that impact the bay area's fourth largest city including housing, jobs, diversity and more. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's check in with mike. >> good morning. hopefully everybody is doing okay. here's a look at san jose, 87 where it's mostly cloudy. the clouds are giving up nothing. we have a major pattern change today. it is a temperature change. it's not a pattern that will push us into any wet weather any time soon. in fact, the complete opposite with critical fire weather tomorrow and thursday. here's the cold front that is finally breaking down the high that brought us another round of record high temperatures yesterday. unfortunately, no rain here. it will leave a little bit of snow on the western slope and also the sierra. we have a winter weather wednesday evening. so 27 hours of possible snow there. we will be dealing with

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman was down with a camera to try to capture their essence in pictures. these are the people on the front lines of the housing battle. >> reporter: in fremont, like many large cities, there are people for whom the living comes day to day and where they find it. >> for the longest time in fremont, we didn't want to admit we had big city problems like homelessness. the test of a good community is how well it takes care of those who have the least. >> reporter: louis grew up in fremont. he has developed low-income housing for 5,000 people in six bay area counties. >> there the only reason that we develop is that it is a need. so we're based on a mission. our mission is to really end homelessness. >> he's definitely a blessing. >> reporter: she and her boyfriend have lived in laguna commons three years. >> no matter how badly you mess up in life it is what you do after you make the mistake that counts. >> a one bedroom apartment, a kitchen, even a pet. this comes from a nonprofit working with landlords and government subsidies. >> they are going to give you

live in petaluma, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> wayne, they pulled this event together pretty fast. how did they do that? >> oh, it's pretty good, actually. walk over here with us. behind me, this is an auction table. and there are some 50 items here, dan, and they've come from businesses in sonoma county who just got together and donated stuff, everything from beer to wine to jewelry, even some neon signs. and they did it fast. i think the key here is that sonoma county has been through this before. sonoma county knows how to take care of its own. >> so true, wayne. well said. thank you very much. >>> abc7 and our parent company disney are giving $15,000 to five bay area food banks this holiday season to help them serve the community. >> yes so proud to do it. this morning abc7 news anchor kumasi aaron presented the sf food bank with a $15,000 check to buy fresh produce. >> in san francisco and marin, one in four neighbors is at risk of hunger. yes, the food bank serves 30,000 households every week. >> in an expensive place like the bay area, struggling is what a lot of people have

abc7 news reporter wayne friedman has been on the road. as you can see from this video taken by his news truck, it's a slow drive, especially on that two-lane highway. the thought of having to deal with not just the rain but snow in the sierra changed some travel plans. we found a few people today who decided they would be better off staying at home instead of trying to navigate through a snowstorm. >> we typically go up to south lake tahoe, but with this big snow event coming in, it doesn't make sense to get stuck in the snow and then on saturday and sunday another event coming in being stuck in the snow coming back home. >> for those who decided to stay a little closer to home, a few decided in the north bay to stock up on things like tarps and rooftop patches, which may come in handy. for those who decided to head up to the sierra today, well, they might be thinking twice about it. here's why. there were so many crashes between truckee and alta on interstate 80, the chp had to hold traffic in both directions for about two hours. it reop