Todays storm has brought downpours and hail mixed with sunshine. Spencer christian joins us with more. Weve seen a little bit of everything today. Heres a live look at doppler 7 to show you whats been happening. Widely scattered showers, light nligh lightning and thunder mixed in there, walnutsized hail in the afternoon hours, all throughout the afternoon, small peasized hail. Right now were looking at very widely scattered showers but the potential for some unusual weather occurrences. And the possibility of hailstones and high elevation snow. Heres a little animation starting at 7 00 this evening going into 10 00 tonight. We well see widely scattered showers. We could see snow mixing in. And then during the overnight hours the storm dissipates and gives way to mostly sunny skies to start the day tomorrow. Ill show you what will follow that in a few minutes. Abc7 news was in walnut creek this afternoon while it was raining. Remember the rule of the road. If your windshield wipers are on, the lights should be on. But theres no law that says what color your umbrella should be. Any shade will do. We created at that time lapse video from our tower camera in south beach. Isnt that nice . It is. But look at the chanain chains. This is from the cal transcamera. And it snowed atop mt. Hamilton. They got a little snow. The National Weather service in the bay area tweeted this one. The observatory sits at elevation of 4200 feet. Hail pelted the historic flight deck of the uss hornet. This was shared on their facebook page. Many visitors today stayed out of the elements, staying dry inside the hornet instead. And dan video. He says he heard thunder, too. To show us the weather where you live, add the abc 7 now. And make sure youre in a safe place when you do that, please. New developments after a twomonth investigation, the cdc says the recent e. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over. They have dropped the recommendation. There have been no new cases over the past few weeks. Works hard for the money nurses held an informational meeting to protest statewide staffing cuts. The California Nurses Association has been negotiating for the past eight months. The union says proposed staffing cut would hurt the quality of care in the uc system. Has this seasons flu reached its peak . Some say the intensity of new cases has tapered off somewhat, but they caution its too early to be optimistic, because there could be another surge. Lean Lyanne Melendez was in concord where they are really pushing the flu vaccine. Reporter the mt. Diablo Adult Health Education health fair is a yearly event offering flu vaccines. Its been a very difficult flu season. Reporter so far they have seen seven people die from the influenza virus. The state number is 74. Beth decided not to wait any longer to get the vaccine. Its free. As bad as the flus been, i dont really want to catch it. Reporter now the Contra Costa HealthDepartment Says new cases have slightly tapered of o. That comes with a big warning. Because the flu virus is so unpredictable, there could be another surge. Its hard to know what the trend is until we have a few weeks of data. Reporter influenza viruses are skon tantsly changing. The flu shot can still protect you even if its not perfect. Its not too late to get a vaccine. Good hand washing, covering your sneezes and coughs, staying home if youre sick and staying away from sick people as much as possible. Reporter and so far, the centers for Disease Control and prevention described this flu season as moderately severe. In concord, leanne littlmelendec 7 news. Youll find all the information on the website, search the word flu. The Oakland Department is announcing it mistaken reporter an internal audit found the department mistakenly rejected as many as 25 new visa certifications last year. We acknowledge that there was a mistake. Were apologetic for that. Reporter they survive certifications for new visas if the applicant has helped the department in an investigation. I it allows someone to remain in the United States for up to four years. The whole intent of the law is to get our victims to report the crimes and not be fearful of contacting the police to let us know whats going on in the community. Its very easy to exploit and abuse and victimize people who have no status in the United States, because theyre afraid to call the police. Reporter the alameda public defenders unit caught the mistake. Whether they were arrested for a crime or defended in a crime or convicted of a crime, thats not their job, their job is to only certify whether someones been helpful towards prosecuting a crime. Reporter diaz was allegedly rejected after he helped police as the victim of a carjacking. He felt badly because an opportunity was denied in this country that is his home. Worstcase scenario is that someone is deported and they should not are behave been. Reporter they will revisit 2016s applications which is when the spike in rejections began. The white house released President Trumps plan on immigration today. It offers a plan for citizenship for Daca Recipients which covers about 1. 8 Million People living in the United States. People must meet requirements for work, education, and good moral character over the course of 10 to 12 years. And it includes a trust for the border wall. It would eliminate the visa lottery system and limit family mi migration. Sam liccardo announced hse submitting his resignation from an Advisory Committee because the pervasiveness of big telecom. He said in a statement he feels the outcomes of the committees actions are predetermined, due to many of the other representatives connections to wireless and cable corporations and their allies. New details on the terrifying missile alert in hawaii which turned out to be a false alarm about two weeks ago. The person who sent the alert is not cooperating with the investigation. That information was revealed today during a Senate Hearing with an official with the fcc security bureau. The hawaii Emergency Management facility says it has encouraged employees to cooperate. But it is up to each individual. Jerry brownish issued his se of the state address. Reporter in his final state of the state address, governor jerry brown wasted no time defending some of his projects, including the 52 billion transportation plan. Fighting a gas tax may be a good policy. I will work to repeal any effort that gets on the ballot. Reporter some republicans say it puts too much of a strain on the lower and middle class. People should not have to pay 12 cents more per gallon of gasoline. Its just wrong. Reporter but Bay Area TransportationOfficials Say the gas tax is needed to fix our crumbling roads. Many applaud the governor for taking a hard stance and also understand his desire for highspeed rail. He laid out a vision for the future that will continue to pay dividends. Highspeed rail, while controversial, we need more than planes and cars for this state to succeed. Reporter the governor spent part of his 30minute speech thanking conspiracy responders for their work during the wildfire emergency. The level of service that hes given, the importancethat hes placed on things that matter to californian, Like Fighting for climate change. Reporter Governor Brown taking a moment to soak in the final state of the state and closing it out with a clear message. The spirit of democracy never dies. Its alive in this chamber in the hearts of californians and in people throughout the world. Reporter kris nguyen, abc 7 news. There is a disturbing case of animal cruelty, and this case, the animal did not survive. Who is responsible for the death of a river otter. Plus. A month after this classroom fight, the victim still hasnt gone back to school. Tonight youre going to hear from her and her family about what they need first. And sky 7 just arrived over breaking news. This is a live shot of a twoalarm fire in san carlos. Were going to pull out. This is on industrial road by harbor boulevard. You can see a pancake business there. We are getting more information. Well have more, actually, thats house of wreckers, and what is my faith favorite color . Purple. Where is the craziest place i had sex . A circus. [cheers] jerry dont you just want to have my job . [cheers] jerry next springer. Youre looking at evidence of injuries that caused an animal to go blind, lose teeth and event lay haually have to b down. These xrays belong to a river otter. They dont know who shot the otter or why, but they hope someone will provide some bit of information that leads to the shooter. Reporter john says its not surprising to see a river otter or two when they walk their dog near heather farm park. What is surprising is that anyone would want to hurt one. It really broke my heart to think that somebody would actually kill and just try to maim one. Reporter but someone did shoot and maim a male river otter like this one found wandering around the field. It was struggling to breathe, coughing, just obviously not well. Reporter the otter was rushed to the lindsey Wildlife Hospital where these x rays were taken. They show a half dozen bbstyle projectiles possibly from a bb gun. Fish and wildlife thinks they likely came from a shotgun. Either way, the animal had to be put down. He had broken teeth and something going on in his mouth that wasnt right. His left eye was completely blind. And in the wild, thats just not a recipe for him to be able to survive. Reporter what makes this even harder to understand is that river otters all but disappeared from Northern California for decades. Now theyre making a come back and this happens. Its really forfyinhorrifyins when Something Like this comes in. People dont understand what theyre doing when they do Something Like that. Reporter the fish and wildlife has started an animal cruelty investigation, they are asking for tips from anyone who might have information. In walnut creek, derrick thomas, abc 7 news. We now know the of a man to die on a maui beach. Michael malynni was found unresponsive on saturday. Hed been snorkeling about 20 yards offshore. On thursday, beachgoers found a 20 year old face down in kneedeep water. Their cause of death have not been released. We want to show you this, sky 7 over a twoalarm fire that was burning off south harbor boulevard. That is an auto repair facility. House of wreckers is the name. It looks to be well contained. No reports of any injuries. Well bring you updates as they become available. Sky map7 showing you industrial road does have closures in that area. In santa rosa tonight there is an i ha very big deal about little house. If youve been to coffey park since the fire, you know there isnt much there. And you also know the exception. Heres Wayne Freedman with the story. Reporter maybe you noticed a rainbow that appeared to end in santa rosa today, good place for it, especially the ruins of coffey park where many residents remain in a bit of fog. Its a place of promises, but mostly flat, scraped, mud and soot with an exception. On this lot, a future going up, rather than a past burned down. So youre coming in through. Reporter coffey park area resident giving three bedrooms, two baths, rising before your eyes. The first and only house to start reconstruction in coffey park. Be aggressive when you have to be. Reporter he has navigated the red tape and insurance with guile and fortune. Lucky. Reporter and he hired a contractor out of lake county, one with more than a little experience at rebuilding burned homes the last couple years. Rob williams first advice . Ignore femas cleanup offer. Saving the foundation in my driveway, having big excavators cracking t. Reporter after testing, that foundation proved good. He had gone to fema, they would have tore it out. Reporter and then . He would have been just like all these other lots, waiting. Reporter instead, this. Construction began the first of january. By may, rob williams says it will be finished and hell be on to the next one. Did you ever get the feeling you were building a symbol . Yeah. By the amount of traffic coming by every day. Reporter everyone amazed by this little house resolutely pushing up from the sun and soot. Today at the end of a rainbow. In coffey park, wayne friedman, abc news. Lets talk about the weather forecast. Kind of strange day out there. We had a little bit of everything. We did have variety. The spice of life, right, spencer . This it waswas a spicy day. At least we had a lot to talk about. Things are much calmer now, but as you can see, there are Little Pockets of scattered showers around the bay area, and any one of these Little Pockets of showers at some time could produce an isolated thunderstorm or hailstones, but right now things look pretty calm from sutro tower looking out over San Francisco where it is 52 degree 52. 51 at Mountain View and 46 at gilroy and half moon bay. Partly cloudy skies at emeryville. Napa, 49. 51 concord and 48 at livermore. And one more view from the south bay camera. The forecast features are these. We may see more scattered showers tonight, theyre likely to occur. Well see partial clearing tomorrow and a drier and milder pattern over the weekend. Whats left of this storm and its still here ranks one on the storm impact scale. Through tonight we could see scattered showers. There is the possibility of isolated hail or thunderstorms and highelevation of snow as elevations drop to 3,000 feet. Heres animation. Notice going into the later evening hours well see scattered showers, into the south bay into the east bay. Further north up around ukiah, we well see snow. In the weef the morning well see the storm fizzling and winding down. And for the morning commute, mainly dry condition, maybe an isolated shower but mostly dry, and the day will start with mostly sunny skies, and that will lead us into a mostly sunny and milder weekend. Overnight, its going to be quite chilly in the inland valleys. Look for temperatures in the low 30s around napa, santa rosa. East bay, mid 30s at livermore. The chill will be widespread. Looking at tomorrows highs, mainly mid to upper 50s, except down the south bay it will be a little milder with a high around 60 degrees at san jose. And in the sierra, it is still snowing, and this winter storm warning remains in effect until 10 00 tomorrow morning. We expect an additional six to 12 inches of snow, maybe up to 18 in the higher peaks, and the wind is gusting, 4060 miles per hour. Heres accuweather sevenday forecast. Partly cloudy tomorrow. Temperatures begin rising over the weekend. By sunday, well see high temperatures in the mid60s around the bay shore line and the inland. Up to 60 around the coast, and early next week look for highs in the upper 60s by tuesday and thursday of next wiebeek. February arrives. It will arrive under sunny conditions and mild conditions. Well, is the end of the world approaching . We hope not sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. Open enrollment ends january 31st, so dont miss out. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Thats the consul general of australia raninging the closing bell in celebration of australia day. It was a good day for the dow. It closed at 26,392. The nasdaq and s p were pretty flat. It was one year ago that the dow closed above 20,000 for the first time ever. The world is closer to doomsday according to the bu bulletins atomic scientist. The last time the clock was this close was 1953. The year the United States and russia exploded hydrogen bombs, now there are new concerns about Nuclear Tensions between the u. S. And north korea. We need dialog with north korea. At the very minimum channels of communications, but we need multiple channels of communication. Now the further est the cloc has ever been has been 17 minutes in 1991. We will look at what it will take to create a system to warn us before the next earthquake hits. Coming up, 7 on your side. Coming up, 7 on your side. And well hello, im vincent, this is livingston, ive got a huge house and no friends. Join me every saturday for creature features where we show spooky movies, have interesting guests and livingston cooks up something delicious. Dont you . I try, sir. Popcorn. I like popcorn. All right, live doppler 7 is tracking what remains of a light storm ranking 1 on the impact scale. Its brought the bay area, rain, hail, lightning and thunder and rainbows today. Its interesting stuff for sure. Lets check back in with weather anchor spencer christian. Were not likely to see any rainbows tonight. We had them today. As dan pointed out, we have widely scattered showers at the moment. Through tonight we can expect widelyscattered showers and possibly some hail or thunderstorms and high elevation snow as cold air is continuing to spill into the bay area. Heres our forecast animation taking us into the late night and overnight hours. You can see the scattered showers will taper off in the wee hours of the morning before the morning commute begins. So commuters should be greeted by mainly dry pavement and improving conditions. Were about to share with you a highly disturbing scene. A recent fight at an east bay high school. A teenaged girl was being attacked while many classmates stood and watched. And now the victim and her father are speaking out about what happened. Laura anthony has the story from pittsburg. Reporter a fight, more like a beating that happened inside a Pittsburg High School classroom last month. Two girls attacked another while as many as ten other students stood by. Some of them physically blocking anyone trying to break it up. They were pulling my hair and hitting me. Reporter 17yearold sisneros is the one who was being attacked. She admits she had a verbal dispute in the days before the fight, but she didnt deserve this. I was hoping somebody would get to me. I could hear somebody say stop, stop, dont do that. Let me get through. Reporter the fight goes on for nearly a minute before a teacher pushes past the crowd to break it up. Idas father has seen the video but could only watch it once. I was floored by it. Its like ten people around her and not letting the teacher to break up the fight. I i feel bad. Reporter pittsburg unified sent us a statement. We cannot comment on specifics of this incident due to student privacy laws. In general, any student involved in a physical confrontation faces serious consequence. Ida hasnt been back to class at pittsburg high since the attack. She says the district expelled the two girls who attacked her, but her family says thats not enough. I just feel that everybody who was involved in it should just not be at that school anymore. Because its just not safe. I was a kid, too. I had fights, but it was a fight between one on one. Not ten against one. Reporter in pittsburg, laura anthony. Two earthquakes hit off Northern California about 100 miles away from fern dale. The second quake, a 5. 0 hit less than an hour later and there were no reports of damage. The early earthquake Warning System is one step closer to deployment, but it might take another three to seven years for cell phone alerts. It leaves the u. S. Behind japan, turkey and other countries which already have National Alert systems. The other systems in the world were built after ladies and gentlemen of the jury large, damaging events. Full deployment is due to a lack of funding. It seems there is no end to the ways the internet connects us all. Stranger to stranger in many cases. An east bay man thought he had been scammed online. Turns out his money went on a crazy odyssey across the globe and it took Michael Finney to track it down. This is one of the wild els storiesivy ev stories ive ever worked on. In this case, a typographical error sent money to the wrong place. All gary tucker wanted to do was buy floorboards he saw advertised on craigslist. 7500 for about 500 square feet of flooring. He never dreamed a simple transaction could take so many twists and turns involving a company in england, a stranger in boston and an orphanage in china. It all began when gary tried to pay for the flooring through paypal. However, he typed one wrong letter in the sellers email. I put one too many gs. So the money did not go to the craigslist seller. It said i made a75 payment to clee yoes creations. So gary clicked on it. Little knit animals. The website belongs to a company in england that sells knitted scarves and animals. I contacted them to say hey, i made a mistake. He asked for a refund, he didnt get a response, so he asked paypal for help. We investigated on found something surprising. Wow, thi incredible. It turns out the cleos creations in england did not get garys money. Instead, the money went to a dormant paypal account belonging to a guy in boston. We talked to the man in boston, and he told us he opened that paypal account ten years ago for his little daughters jewelrymaking business. That business was also called cleos creation, which is why it got mixed up with the company in england. Oh. Reporter turns out the little girl was raising money for an orphan and in china where she had been adopted. Wow, that is an incredible story. The man in boston did get email demands from gary. He thought it was part of a scam. I thought it was the same about them. Once he confirmed gary was for real, the man in boston reeved the 75. Gary said the truth softened his heart. Almost feel like i could send some money to that orphanage. What a good guy. Paypal did not say why it listed the knitting company in edge land on the little girls fund raising account in boston, pay paul do pal says it does its best to make sure all information about buyers and sellers is correct. I want to hear from you. The 7 on your side hot line is open. You can also reach out by facebook and abc 7 news. Com. Whats in a name when it comes to San Francisco . Quite a lot. Next, whats at the risk if you call it frisco. Plus. Get your skis and snowboards ready. Im Jonathan Bloom a report from the new york times, President Trump wanted to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller back in june. The paper reports the only reason he didnt but backed away was because the Top White House lawyer threatened to quit rather than carry out the order. The times says this is the firstknown time the president tried to fire mueller. President trumps attorney declined to comment on the times report. San francisco is a melting pot of native residents. A survey was released about the multitude of names people use when referring to the city. The survey found 75 called the city San Francisco. 1 say san fran. Its explained why is it such a big deal . People really get irritated when you give them a nickname they dont like. And when people explain frisco or san fran, and theyre not from here, its irritating, because theyre implying a sense of intimacy that doesnt really exist. Isnt that a good point . Yeah. The survey found that for people outside the bay area, san fran was the number one choice of nickname. People who live locally found frisco to be the most annoying nickname and that does kind of rub you the wrong way, doesnt it . Yes. We did our own poll at abc 7 news. Com vote, asking what do you call the city. This is a live poll. San francisco,le 88 , frisco, 8 san fran, 4 . We appreciate you taking part. As we move on, look at a string of dry days ahead. Spencer will have the sevenday forecast. This chp dash cam video gives you a heartstopping like at the mudslide in montecito. The cruiser was being washed away until the officers were able to safely drive away from the mud. Really scary. Their this is a drones perspective of some of the damage left behind. Two people are still missing, a toddler and teenager, 28 people have died. What goes through my mind are the people who died across the street because they couldnt get out. The water was so forceful that during the night, i think they were sound asleep and probably drowned. That woman says it will cost her around 500,000 to repair the damage done to her home. She like many of her neighbors are determined to rebuild. Abc 7 was in mill valley after a tree fell onto a house. The people who live here got out safely and brought in a tree company to chop up and clear away that tree. Well, it is what skiers and snowboarders have all been waiting for, and that is a healthy helping of snowfall on the sierra in time for the weekend. Jonathan bloom went to a local ski shop where theyre working overtime to get ready for serious powder days. It was nice to see the wet falling out of the sky again. Reporter the rain in marin means snow in the sierra, and that means a flurry of customers flocking to ski shops. Brandnew board. Reporter while some skiers suffered on the slushy slopes, others practiced patience. Its coming down up there now. Thank god. Reporter youve been waiting for this. All season, i have a season pass. Lets use it. Reporter all hands on deck, tuning and waxing in time for the weekend. And well stay late, well do anything we have to do to make sure we can get their equipment ready and get them on the slopes in time. Its a limited window, you want to get there when the snows soft, the powders good. Reporter its a chance to sell new accessories. How about using magnets. Reporter and we do mean hot. How about socks. Were going skiing in kirkwood. North star. Reporter before you get on the mountain you have to get to the mountain, no matter how welltuned your gear is, it wont help you with that part of it, you might need one of these to protect your melon on the drive. The snowplows are out on the roads and chain restrictions are in effect. Traffic is bound to be slow unless you leave early. We sell a model of ski called the sick day so you can call in your work and say im taking a sick day. Reporter just dont mention its a sick day for the sick powder. Abc 7 news. [ coughing ] the bay area is a beautiful place, even in a storm. And viewers prove it every day. Look at all the rainbow pictures people captured today. These photos all have a abc 7 which helps us find them and feature them on television. We really appreciate them. Maybe fewer of these rainbow days ahead because the drier days ahead. Ill be impressed if somebody shows me a picture of a pot of gold. We have widely scattered showers right now. That will be our pattern going into the late night and overnight hours. Overnight lows will be down at the freezing in the north bay valley locations. Mid to upper 30s in other inland locations and about 40 around the bay, and tomorrow under sunnier skies. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. It will get milder going into the weekend. Speaking of cool, its still snowing in the see area. Another six to 1 inch2 inches m fall above 3,000 feet. Starting over the weekend, a bit of a warmup begins and next week well see high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s and a dry pattern will prevail all the way through next thursday. I like to piggyback on your comment, i dont want the picture of the pot of gold. I want the pot of gold. The pot itself. Not just a visual representation. Its an interesting day for the warriors. I love the whole play ground,i ground,iground. They make sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. Open enrollment ends january 31st, so dont miss out. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Good evening. Steph curry and lebron james have made their picks tfor the allstar game. No more east versus west. This is a pickup style. Lebron had the first pick and he took kevin durant and kd confirmed that tonight before the ywarriors game, so he gets reunited with his old buddy russell west brobrook. Lebron took kyrie irving. One other note about lebrons team. Look at the size here, Anthony Davis and Demarcus Cousins are 7 feet tall. Kevin durant is essentially a seven footer. Thats just a gigantic squad. Stephs team, he took the greek freak with his first pick. And hes very guard heavy. James harden of the rockets, and damian lillard, the pride of oakland, who was lobbying to be a part of the allstar festivities as well as Klay Thompson and draymond green. So he got three out of of four warriors with steph. Lebron has more size. And the captains talked about their draft strategy. Our gm called me this morning, asked me what my algorithm was and what kind of look i had. Hes like, hey, this gm job isnt that easy. We get to pick from i mean, a lot of allstars. We dont have to figure out guys with potential or guys coming out of college or overseas. We get to go after, you know,22t allstars when we do our draft. It will be fun. 17 years ago, Vince Mcmahon screaming, this is the xfl. He announced hes back the league he started in 2001 that folded in 2001. Do not expect to see he hate me on the field. Hell have fewer gimmicks, straightup football. He hopes the games will be shorter, no wrestling tieins and players will have to stand for the national anthem. The games will begin in 2020. The xfl will start with eight teams with a goal to expand in the future. New xfl will be fan centric with all the things you like to see and less of the things you dont, and no doubt a lot of innovations along the way. We will present a shorter, fasterpaced, familyfriendly and easiertounderstand game. Dont get me wrong. Thats still football. But its professional football reimagined. Since were launching in 2020, we have two years, which is plenty of time to really get it right. This is the xfl i just want to hear that. The pro ball will be sunday. Derek carr will be there. Took the spot of tom brady whos kind of busy with the super bowl. Carr was hoping hed be preparing for the super bowl. We have a rough year, man. Were going to miss coach del rio. We love him. The raiders will be moving on. Theyll move on without us players. We got to move on. Coach grudens our coach and were exsighted to pl were excited to may with him. Tiger woods back in action. Three birdies, three bogies. Tiger with an even par 72. Tony finnal shot a seven unde 6 65. A you go with the size or the shooters . Steph wants to spread the floor. Thank gosh whats his name is going to fix possible. Vince mcmahon. The xfl. Join us on jacable channel 1. The Harvard UniversityStudents Society now set to include women for the first time ever. The Trump Administration tonight offering a path to citizenship for daca r11 00, wh democrats are not happy over the new proposal. Coming up at 8 00, greys anatomy, scandal, how to get away with murder. And that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news. Im christine zee. Im dan ashley. We appreciate your time. We appreciate your time. Kyle almost there. Just another second, mr. Alzate. Its our new sixman tent. They claim you can put it up in 30 seconds. Kyles been at it since lunch. Maybe he needs those five other guys. Internet sales have been terrible with this. How do you sell a tent nobody wants . We should ask the rep that sold you a thousand