Turn here still remains at just over 20 minutes so not bad at all all the way in to southern marin looking great. A straight shot. No delays from the east bay to marin county for a nineminute drive this hour. Thank you, sue. The first rain in 2018 almost here and were expecting a 1 on our storm impact scale. King tides have arrived as well. Possible flooding today. Amy . Reporter good morning, reggie. The warning is here, look at this electronic sign warning of high flooding here at the Manzanita Park and ride. The warning says expect high water through friday. The highest tides this time of year. Some may consider them a nuisance but a Science Teacher says we should study and respect them. The king tides in particular are important because, as they like to say, the king tides of today are going to be the regular high tides of tomorrow because of sea level rise. Reporter a king tide walk along the embarcadero. An expert taught how the tides work. There is rain in the forecast today. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Thank you, amy. You can keep track of the changing weather conditions with our accuweather app, free to download. You can monitor the forecast on the go. These two men dressed in reflective vests are not city workers. Theyre frauds. Back on december 18th they tried to open the locked slider glass door. If you have any information on these two, please call police. 6 03 now. Police are stepping up patrols at a private middle school where a teacher was sexually assaulted. This is Surveillance Video of suspect. The assault happened around 6 30 at Harper Middle School as the teacher was preparing for the first day of School Following winter break. She called 911 after the assault. Matt keller will have more on the stepped up Police Presence in our next half hour. More details about a man facing murder charges in the death of chp officer andrew camilleri. It was rearended in hayward. That driver was mohammed ali. Jonathan velasquez was hurt. They say ali was drunk, high, and driving more than 120 miles per hour. Every driver on the road needs to realize he or she cannot and must not drink, smoke, take drugs and get behind the wheel of a car. Chp report claims he threatened his wife before getting behind the wheel. This is a sign of the times. One of the highest honors in the Restaurant Industry is changing its criteria. Talking about the james beard award. It will now consider chefs behavior and character. This comes amid misconduct charges against prominent people in the Restaurant Industry. Members of the awards committee sent a letter to judges this week saying this is about taking meaningful steps forward to end a culture of silence and complicity that has allowed this to proliferate. Bear in mind that Award Winners are held as role models. Nominees will be named in march and awards handed out in may. After a bus crash in stockton. Two others were hurt. On the east side of town. Crashed into another car and both drivers were among those 13 hurt. An update on the hospitalized this morning. Our abc affiliate in sacramento reporting all of those injuris are minor so thats good news. Jessica, thank you. 6 06 now. Happening today department of home security. Devastated by the october fires. Nearly 15,000 Residential Property claims resulting in almost 7 billion in damages according to the state insurance department. Now theyre taking aim at another form of transportation, tour buses. San francisco skyline could be changing again. The twisted proposal to bring new housing to soma. And good morning again. They linger into friday and one more tuesday. Well focus our attention hour by hour on what to expect out of the next storm up next. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is 6 06. We keep up information throughout the break so youre always in the know. Woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away marin county wants to trim the length of tour buses near muir woods. The board of supervisors is considering an ordinance that would outlaw buses longer than 30 feet on muir woods road. The current length is 36 feet. Thats the limit. Officials say its become a safety issue. Longer buses cant make sharp turns without crossing over the center line. They will assess how well vehicles maneuver the twisty route and found 30foot buses are able to stay within the lanes. 6 10 on this potentially wet wednesday. Right now 45 in menlo park. Nearly 60 in pacifica. Upper 40s from oakland, down into san jose. Mid40s in our inland valleys. Concord at 47. 56 in napa. Heres a look at sfo. Clouds are too high in the sky right now for it to cause any delay. Were on time. Sure, some showers, also. Take an umbrella if youre out playing. High temperatures stay milder than yesterday, or cooler. 58 to 61 degrees. And tonight just as mild as this morning if not milder. Mid40s to mid50s. Were tracking our storm. Its going to bring us some showers and lightning and thunder. More on that next. Here is sue with a look ahead. Whats going on in the east bay . A solid stream of folks trying to make it wherever theyre going to work and points beyond on the east shore freeway. A lot of headlights. But everybody is moving nicely all at the limit. They have turned the metering lights back on at 5 35 this morning. They did the same thing yesterday and were turned off by 7 00 a. M. If your drive does take from you hercules into San Francisco or any points, theres your gauge, 35 minutes from highway 4 into the city. Guys . Sue, thank you. A new warning about hundreds of apps you may have installed on your phone right now, how they could be listening to you even when you arent listening them. From tkos to thc, mike tyson making a move into the cannabis business. A live look at sfo. Were keeping live weather and traffic conditions on your traffic conditions on your screen throughout the but on the inside, i feel like chronic, widespread pain. Fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. Fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. Im glad my doctor escribed lyrica. For some, lyrica delivers effective relief for modera to even severe fibromyalgia pain. And improves function. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behior, swellin trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. Common side effects dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those whove had a drug or alcohol proem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain, i can more with my family. Talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. Welcome back. I want to show you brandnew video just coming in moments ago showing a teen driver trying to mow down pedestrians in melbourne, australia. Cctv obtained the video during a Court Hearing yesterday. It was taken last september. It shows the car speeding before running through red lights and almost hitting pedestrians, other vehicles, and cyclists. The 15yearold suspect has a disability. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder, reckless conduct, and two counts of assaulting an Emergency Service worker. Police ruled out any links between the suspect and any militant groups. He is due back in court on january 31st. Jessica, thank you. The utility that delivered water to Contra Costa County could soon be charging more. Now the public is being asked to weigh in. The Water District wants to raise rates. The rate increase would go into effect next month. A familys monthly water bill, for example, would jump 3. 51. A public hearing at 6 00 on concord avenue in concord. Look at what may be coming to San Franciscos soma district. Its like an optical illusion. Two twisting towers are in the works to be built at fourth and townsend streets across from the caltrain terminal. This picture gives you an idea what it would look like. It looks like four towers but its two. They will peak at 39 floors and create more than 900 residential units. He is a former heavyweight champ and actor of sorts and has one of the most recognizable voices on the planet. Soon a california marijuana entrepreneur, mike tyson. Here is what hes up to acco according to blast. Com. He and his partners broke ground on a 40acre cannabis resort in California City which is a remote Mojave Desert area. An oasis to grow weed, an edible factory, a supply store, a premium glamping area, amphitheater and a Cultivation School to teach new growers. Dont know when that is expected to open. Whats he giving Evander Holyfield right there . Was that delivery . Anyway, i wonder what mold hell put his edibles in. Dont want to go there either, huh . We have rain in the forecast, mike. How about that rain . Lets talk more about that. The storm impact scale is a 1, light. This storm we have several chances of rain. Theyre just not very heavy amounts of rain. Theres not much wind so were not expecting any flooding or any damage out of it. The fact once you throw in lightning, it gets everybodys attention. And thats the case. Its possible were the only part of the country today that has a chance of thunderstorms. Lets roll into it by looking from our east bay hills and what you see from accuweather highlights, sprinkles and then showers today. Showers tonight. Best chance of lightning and the Second System arrives tomorrow with possibly a more prodigious punch of wet weather. The low coming at us from the south today, the other low from the east tomorrow. Thats why its going to be sharper. It will have a bigger temperature contrast. So here we are at 9 00, pretty quiet. By noon you see the showers breaking out. Scattered showers and they become more numerous during the evening commute and after 8 00 they become more scattered in nature across the north bay and tomorrow theyre scattered up until 10 00 in the evening. And thats when the next wach of wet weather comes in all the way through friday morning and then it dissipates friday afternoon. So that storm will be a 1 on my storm impact scale. We will clear out for saturday, sunday, and monday. Theres a slight chance of more wet weather by tuesday. Thats the accuweather sevenday forecast. How about the commute, sue . Over to san jose and take a look at 280, the headlights in the north direction just past the 17 overcrossing, getting a little bit busier but an eight to nine minute drive. To cupertino well hop over to the other side of town. Theres 101 and the headlights in the northbound direction at the 880 crossing there and, again, everybody is moving at the limit. A quick look at our traffic maps. A solid red line over the Altamont Pass for about a 45minute ride. As we zoom in on the south bay, freeways are pretty green here. You make your way all around the south bay. Well keep our eye on it and hope we still have wednesday light. Sue, thank you. A boat sunk in the Berkeley Marina and people are not surprised. Abc 7 news at the marina as divers work to raise this boat. A deck hand named the camelot said it was in bad shape already and should have been scrapped years ago. Divers believe its wooden hull likely rotted through. The owner has another newer boat and was using this for storage. The next story is kind of creepy. Apparently hundreds of apps are listening to you through your smartphone even when youre not using them. These apps use software from alfonso, a startup that collects tv viewing data for advertisers. More than 250 apps are available in the google play store. The software identifies audio signals and tv ads and shows and then matches that to places that you physically visit by using gps. Most of the Technology Apparently found in games for children. Morning breakfast is about to take an interesting twist. General mills decided to shake things up by mixing things up. Were talking about cereal. New mashup options. They include Peanut Butter chocolate blasted shreds. Wait. Theres a cereal called chocolate blasted shreds . Lucky charms, frosted flakes. And cinnamon toast crunch blasted shreds. What . Whats hamming . The shreds kcereals are sweeter versions of mini wheats. Wasnt wondering but okay. Frosted flakes is not a trademark term. Any cereal maker can use it. Well. Blasted shreds. An uninvited guest forced to plane to evacuate. How some people are preparing for a major change at the airport. First, ginger zee. Good morning. Coming up Winter Weather from florida to maine. Yes, i said florida. Some airlines now waiving fees. We have team coverage. I will track the latest threat all coming up only on gma. Lets talk about our chance of rain. Through 4 00 you can see this will start falling at 11 00. The commute will be dry. By tomorrow evening you could see anywhere from a tenth to possibly a quarter of an inch and then the second wave comes in and hits the north bay. Up to an inch of rain for you. Thank you, mike. An uninvited guest disrupted a flight from oakland to portland. Someone spotted a rat jumping from the jetway into the plane. Alaska airlines quickly evacuated the entire plane yesterday. All 110 passengers were rescheduled on flights leaving last night and today. Alaska says the plane is out of service while mechanics check for damage and an exterminator looks for the rat. Most of us use our drivers license through airport security. The dmv will accept applications for new state i. D. S because starting in 2020 your drivers license will not cut it when boarding a domestic flight. An act passed by congress in 2005 requires licenses used to board u. S. Flights be equipped with enhanced security features. They will have a california grizzly bear. Not everyone, though, may need one. If you have a passport, a military i. D. , some other type of federally approved document, you can check the tsas website, you dont need a real i. D. Drivers license to get on a plane. Its not that easier to carry around a passport. The dmv will start taking applications. Its hired 300 new employees to help with processing the applications. If youre a burger king breakfast buff, a few extra bucks could be coming your way. A federal lawsuit alleging some locations charge higher prices when customers use a coupon. The coupon was a buy one get one free deal with a croissantwich breakfast sandwich. Customers can get a 2 burger king gift card. Dont spend that all in one place. Buy yourself something pretty. People with receipts who prove they were affected can get 5 cash. You have to file a claim by january 18th. Details on our website, abc7news. Com. Now you know. Next, rain on the way. How officials in the south bay are preparing to prevent any flooding in an area hit hard last winter. A School Employee attacked on campus. How police are keeping your kids safe this morning. Trusted their soaps for years. 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Happy new year officially especially if youre going back to work today. Mike, what does it look like . Quiet right now. From our westbound commuters from the east, a little bit of fog out there. Over the ocean you can see theres some green where the rain is right now. You have to be careful around Discovery Bay and tracy where the fog is thickest this morning. Lets talk about my accuweather 12hour planner. Some mid50s. Some sprinkles possible. The rain really starts to get going around noon and then in the afternoon and evening hours it becomes more intense and thats when we have a chance of some lightning and thunder. Temperatures in the 60s until 4 00. Mid50s at 7 00. So far so good. San rafael on 101 just a couple of brake lights as you make your way past the parkway up to san pedro. Overall your drive from san rafael, north san rafael where were looking all the way into San Francisco just over 20 minutes. Thats not bad. Getting busier with the bridge, these lefthand lanes here are the fastrakers. Traffic is backed up just a little bit here. Once youre on the span its a smooth ride over to san rafael. Sue, thank you. San jose police want to you take a look at this video of a man they say sexually assaulted a School Employee. It happened inside the classroom. Matt keller is live with that video in san jose. Matt . Reporter reggie, check this out. Police are making their presence felt. You see two patrol cars are parked here at Harker Middle School keeping an eye on everyone coming in to the campus. Now heres the video they hope will help lead to an arrest. Police say this man sexually assaulted, robbed a woman in a classroom at about 6 00 yesterday morning. An hour before kids showed up for class. Our media partner reports the victim is a teacher. The video we have we believe the suspect responsible for the robbery and saulexual assault. We believe he was on campus. Reporter the school is cooperating with authorities. The safety and security of our students, faculty and staff have always been paramount and we regularly review all protocols for any additional ways we can help keep our community safe. Police say patrols before, during, and after school and theyre living up to their word this morning. Matt keller, abc 7 news. From the live desk this morning we are learning of the death of the president of the Mormon Church, thomas monson. He was the 16th president of the church and has died after nine years in office. He spent nearly five decades in Church Leadership and was well known prior to becoming a bishop he served in the u. S. Navy near the end of world war ii. A Church Spokesman says monson died yesterday at his home in Salt Lake City and was surrounded by family. He was 90 years old. The next Church President has not been named quite yet but is expected to be russell nelson. Back to you. Happening today the second session of the 115th congress will open with a swearing in of two faces new to them, both democrats. One is doug jones of alabama. He narrowly defeated President Trumps candidate roy moore. The second is tina smith, the Lieutenant Governor appointed to replace al franken. Franken announced his intent to step down amid multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct. The state legislature is reconvening amid calls for lawmakers to deal with the growing Sexual Misconduct scandal. The state senate has to decide how to handle allegations against tony mendoza. He has refused calls to step aside amid a misconduct investigation. At least one republican wants to introduce a measure to expel him. The legislature will consider measures to boost protections for victims and people who report sexual harassment. One is hotels would need to provide panic buttons. Hotels to impose a threeyear ban on guest who is harassed someone on property. A survey by a Hotel Workers union found 58 of workers in chicago said they had been sexually harassed by a guest. A fire at a cardboard factory is continuing to be a focus for firefighters. More than 24 hours later still watching for flareups because of how tightly packed the cardboard is. Take a look. Firefighters found several bales on fire when they arrived on scene. Employees were evacuated safely. No one was hurt. Firefighters were concerned about the hot spots still. Investigators still trying to determine a cause. A los angeles man accused of making a call that led to the death of another man is set to make his first court appearance. He is accused of reporting a fake murder and hostage situation at a home in wichita, kansas after a video game dispute. Officers ended up shooting and killing a man as he came to his front door. Authorities want to bring him to kansas to face criminal charges. Investigators say the dispute involved a 2 bet. . 35 now. The first snowpack survey will take place today. One year ago the snowpack measured below average, about half the normal amount. By the end of march after all of our snow and rain the snowpack measured 183 of normal. Weve had little measurable rain since then, though. Water managers use measurements to help anticipate runoff from the mountains during the spring snow melt. Heres a rare treat for the folks in sunny florida, supposedly. Those are big, fat flakes of snow falling in tallahassee. We cant get snow but florida can. Thats how upsidedown our weather is right now. This is earlier this morning. I have dialed live doppler 7 down and you can see tallahassee when we go to that. Even jacksonville and places along the georgia coast, brunswick. Jekyll island, those beautiful areas, savannah, hilton head, all getting a little bit of snow today. Those people are going crazy. As far as our 24hour change at home were a little bit warmer so lets throw up the numbers and here you go. Once you get into the hills, everywhere else were in the mid40s to low 50s. Traffic looks to be smooth as we look southbound 680. Let me get you through the commute planner. The roads will be wet during the evening commute. Also have an umbrella handy for the evening commute on mass transit and the bay. King tides will hit about noon today. Look for some flooding around the bay shoreline. Well talk temperatures and an hour by hour look at the showers and thunderstorms coming. That drive on 680 does look good. They did turn the metering lights on. The same thing yesterday. They stayed on until about 7 00 a. M. You are stacked up now to the mcarthur maze. Still not a bad drive from hercules into San Francisco. Slow traffic out of the valley. No stalls or accidents westbound but a lot of folks trying to make their way. 47 minutes westbound, that commute into dublin. Highway 4 is looking good. San rafael commute continues to bridge. Thank you, sue. If you expected the Mega Millions jackpot to fund your retirement, keep getting dressed for work. 142476470 and 22 as the mega ball. This fridays drawing could reach 418 million, the fourth largest in Mega Millions history. While youre at it you might as well try another insane jackpot that you also wont win tonights Powerball Jackpot estimated to reach 440 million, the ninth largest in that games history. A special search and rescue mission under way. The volunteers working around the clock to reunite missing feline with their families. The boost to paychecks. Chris hemsworth, Millie Bobby Brown and katie mixon. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away the abc 7 storm impact scale. Todays storm is level one. That means light rain. So keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. Track todays storm anytime on the abc 7 news app. Download it now. Lets see if the storm will head to the sierra. We need some snow up there. Electronic measurements show were 25 of average. 9 of the yearly average which ends april 1st. You can see the wet weather coming ashore, not quite making it to the sierra until after the sun sets. Mid to upper 60s. 73 down in l. A. In fact, a look at whats going on right now with my tahoe sevenday forecast. Showers returning this evening. A couple of inches thursday, friday into saturday. A couple inches on tuesday. The chance of rain and snow much greater than the amount thats going to fall. You can say the same for us. Our storm today and tomorrow is one on the impact scale. Heres reggie and natasha. Mike, thank you. Todays forecast an unwanted reminder of a disaster that hit a san jose neighborhood. Abc 7 news was along coyote creek which is still recovering from the massive flooding. Water released from Anderson Reservoir overflowed the creeks banks. The Water District says its preparing for the upcoming wet weather. As soon as the storms happen, our crews go out there and inspect trash racks, blockage. It gives me confidence. Im not 100 sure. We have to prepare just in case. The Water District says Anderson Reservoir is at 26 capacity and does not pose an imminent threat. We are expecting the light rain and king tides have arrived as well. Abc 7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield is tracking places preparing for possible flooding today. Hi, amy. Reporter they have a sign here at the park and ride lot warning of basically a king tide season telling you to expect high water here all the way until friday. Heres what it looked like earlier this week. The entire park and ride lot and the road here off highway 101 was flooded. King tide is not a scientific term but is the term used to describe the highest tides this time of year. Science teachers encourage us all to appreciate the tides. I think its really important to get outside and Pay Attention to the things that are predictable and natural in our world. The tides and the sky, the effect of the celestial bodies on the water around us, are all things available to us as city dwellers. Reporter the exploratorium hosted a king tide walk along the embarcadero. An expert taught everyone how the king tides work. You can see the water coming up on the sidewalk. There is rain in the forecast today. So king tides are expected to be even higher. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. A good remindtory keep track of the changing weather using our abc 7 accuweather app. As soon as i get rid of this message that you dont want to see from someone, updates from our weather team and monitor the forecast on the go. Is it mama . It isnt. Okay. No. Potential diplomacy between north and south korea this morning, theyve agreed to hold talks next months Winter Olympics are safe. The tweet was in response to leaders saying during a recent speech that his Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times. Foreign policy experts say mr. Trumps taunting could backfire. One of these tweets will set him off and he will hit that button. No u. S. President has bragged so openly about the power they hold. Legal recreational pot may be new. Teens are too young for pot is an old message. Its okay to have edibles. They wont hit me that hard. Fact or fiction . Public Service Announcements started running on social media. Teenaged brains are still developing and are more sensitive to damage from drug exposure. The citys Health Department does have good news, though. Teens in San Francisco are less likely to try cannabis than those nationwide. We want kids to know that they have good company in making a choice not to use these substances. And the Health Department wants teens to know cannabis is still illegal if youre under 21. This morning the search and rescue Mission Continues for cats lost during last years devastating wildfires. Working around the clock to try to reunite them with their families. Erica whitmore was at coffey park overnight putting out fish flavored food. Jennifer started pet rescue and reunification. I would say weve caught about 70 and reunited about half that. Oh, my goodness. You are the best news since the 9th. The organizations Facebook Page is full of those smiles and happy reunions. She believes about 100 cats are still out there and says she is going to keep going until all of them come home. And now your Morning Money report. The holidays are over. U. P. S. Says it expects to handle 1. 4 million returns today and 6 million this week. The boom means a lot of people are not going to schools to return those devices. 750 million packages between thanksgiving day and new years eve. U. S. Regulators blocked a Chinese Investment firm from buying dallasbased transfer Company Money gram. The billiondollar deal would have added 350,000 locations around the world. Southwest Airlines Says its going to give its employees a 1,000 cash bonus in celebration of the new tax bill. Bonuses are set to go out january 8th to all fulltime and parttime employees. A number of Companies Announced similar bonuses for employees since legislation was signed into law including at t, comcast and bank of america. Forecasters say theres at least two more days of ice cold weather. It makes it feel like your face will fall off. Winter alerts for cold and snow. New england could get as much as 6 inches. And near buffalo, one person killed and 22 cars crashed in a Chain Reaction multivehicle accident. You couldnt see a gosh darned thing in front of you. A whiteout. I still cant feel my fingertips. Its just cold. Its so cold. And this really stunned me. What youre watching there is from chicago. Fire is being lit to keep the rail switches from freezing. Those frigid conditions in the southeast resulted in several airlines issuing travel waivers. Allowing passengers that are booked on flights today and thursday to cancel without the normal fees attached. You have to rebook your ticket and travel by next monday. It impacts 14 airports in the southeast. The largest charlotte, north carolina. Take a look at the weather right now and im so relieved were not experiencing the cold the rest of the country is. Especially when you talk about savannah and areas you go to for warm sunshine. Their airport closed because of the impending snow thats on the way. So deep in dixie. They are getting frozen precipitation. Right now it doesnt look too impressive as we see holes in the clouds from san jose, 101 and 880 camera. Showers will develop today and bring us cleaner air. No spare the air today. Showers, even some lightning tonight. Tracking one more system for tomorrow night. Heres today. That low we were following yesterday ever so slowly getting closer to us. Some showers, even thunderstorms off the coast right now. Thats the first way. The second wave will come in tomorrow night when the low from the gulf of alaska rolls on in. Both of them, unfortunately, moisture starved. Mainly gray and dry out there. As we head to noon you can see some showers developing off the coast and then that will race onto the coast during the afternoon hours and linger through the evening commute. You saw some yellows there. So some localized, brief, heavy rain with localized gusty conditions possible. All in all not a very strong, widespread storm. Overnight scattered showers possible especially over the ocean and into the north bay. Tomorrow some scattered, light showers. At 10 00 tomorrow evening the secondary push comes in and i think heavier, also. Rainfall amounts could be around a tenth to 0. 2 in the south bay. A third to half around the bay. Over an inch with the Second System coming in. It will exit friday afternoon and well look for some sunshine and seasonal temperatures in the 50s for the weekend. Hi, sue. Lets take a look at the san mateo bridge where some brake lights are happening across the flat section up to the high rise. A 25minute ride from 880 to the hayward side of things through industrial and on to the causeway through the toll plaza and all the way over towards san mateo. Give yourself extra time. Busy this hour. You can see on our traffic map we have the red sensors coming up and over the Altamont Pass on 580. Thats nothing new. This has been out there for quite some time, a stall south 11 after University Near the embarcadero. I am seeing some slow traffic now southbound until they get that car out of lanes. It is a pretty dangerous situation. So stay to the left if you can. That is partially blocking the right lane. A fireworks snafu in houston. Someone celebrating new years dropped a lit fire work into the cars trunk which was filled with hundreds of fireworks. And most of them ignited, as you can see. They shot across the parking lot sending some running. Others ran towards it to get a good video for their phone. A woman in the car made it out unhurt. Thats the good news. The drive to collect signatures in california for a ballot measure that would repeal the gas tax increases has come to a temporary halt because its so successful. Organizers say they needed to briefly halt signature gathering to catch up on verifying all of the signatures. The gas tax jumped from 18 cents to 30 cents per gallon on november 1st. Drivers are facing a new vehicle fee of at least 20. The petition drive is more than 250,000 verified signatures away to qualify the measure for the november 2018 ballot. Police are investigating an atm theft in mountain view. Investigators say they received a report of a burned machine near the google plex yesterday morning. Then they received a report of a burglary at michaels restaurant onshore line boulevard. Police say the suspects ripped the atm through the front door using a stolen flat bed truck. It was found about a quarter mile from the restaurant. No one has been arrested. Excuse me, officer, can i get directions to a drug deal . Thats basically what happened in Northern California in one town and here are the pictures to prove it. Officers with anderson pd say they knew something was up when the driver of this bmw parked illegally and then walked over to a patrol car to ask for directions to a Mobile Home Park in the area. After exchanging a few words police searched the suspects car and discovered the suspect, this man, chris lee, was on his way to sell marijuana and apparently got lost. The Department Says its officers are always willing to help, just make sure youre not illegally possessing loaded firearms and drugs. A pro tip. A good wait to start the new year. The coachella lineup will be water cooler talk this morning. It was confirmed that eminem and the weekend will join previously booked beyonce as headliners for this years event. And this image of the lineup will probably be clogging your facebook feed, big names. A big surprise according to sfgate. Com writes beneath the weekend jamiraqua, no keisha, no big edm act but everyone else who exists is performing. True. 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