Wintry weather. I am dan ashley. And i am dion lim for ama daetz. Snow, rain, hail, all across northern california. You can really hear the rattat of the hail coming down in walnut creek and you can hear it it in larkspurr as well. And they can this out. Those are snowflakes falling on mount volmer. We captured this just about 30 minutes ago. Lets bring in the expert. Weather anchor spencer christian. We have had lightning strikes and thunderstorms as well as the hail and wind. Active weather especially in the east bay. Just south of tracy along interstate 5. White and pink indicates snow. Lets take a look at the fremont area. Reports of hailstorms and downpours along interstate 880. All of the local highways there. Just pouring over there in that area. Swinging southward this active weather. And we will see it moving down through milpitas and down to san jose. And points southward. The storm still ranks one on the storm impact scale. You will notice a little mix of snow indicated by the pink and the white there. But it is going to dissipate quickly after 8 00 p. M. Or so. And fall apart. And then it will start to calm down by midnight giving us hope for the sunny day tomorrow. Sounds good. Meantime, hail piled up in sacramento. Check out this video. A dog frolicking around. Now from the air, the layer of hail looked like snow in sacramento. This is just hail. It is not snow dpchl y, you can tire tracks. Now several drivers got stuck in a huge traffic snarl. Sacramento fire tweeted the picture here. Earlier you can see snow blanketing interstate 80. Up by donner lake. Chains also required on highway 50. This video taken near twin bridges. Where sky 7 knew over snowcapped hills. A few miles away from mount hamilton. Janine de la vega gives us the view from the ground. Reporter a pretty picture and not one we are used to seeing in the south bay. Certainly a surprise for these cows that were grazing in their once green pass sure. Ten miles away the hillside covered in white. It was coming down pretty hard. Reporter the ground was slushy and wet making Road Conditions dangerous. Cal transcrews closed it. Turning away dozens of people who wanted to play in the snow. We were escorted up. Those who lived on the mountain worked on the observatory. First snow of the season. Snowball fights, any of them happen this morning . Maybe. Short ones. Yeah, short skirmishes. Reporter cal trans crews tell us they are going to be back up. Any time the temperature falls be low 35 degrees they come here. I am janine de la vega. We pulled this footage from our archive from half moon bay. It snowed but didnt stick to the ground. This is at a gas station at 19th and taraval. Dont forget you can get the Weather Forecast any time on the abc7 news app. We updated it. So you can customize the forecast to specific places you are interested e abc7 news app available in google play and apple stores. New details in the Emergency Alert notification saying. Saying Sonoma County emergency system was not up to the task. Finding that specific procedures for using alert and Warning Systems were not as coordinated as they would have been but the county lacked timely reliable and coordinated awareness as to the scale, size, and scope of the fires. Adding that the system could have sent an amber style alert but didnt. In Sonoma County 24 people died and 5100 homes were destroyed by the fire. Governor brown signed new legislation. Department of Water Resources is now required to inspect dams annually. A huge hole formed. 188,000 people had to be evacuated. More than 7500 homeowners beat californias deadline for retret fitting grants. The money comes from the states earthquake brace and bolt program which targets houses before 1949. Controversial decision by the mayor. Some are applauding the mayor, and others are outraged by her opinion. Laura anthony has the story. People are angry about a lot of things in america. Reporter oakland mayor libby shaf stands firm about her warning. I felt it was my duty to share the information i had particularly because i was sharing information in a way that was legal. It was not obstructing justice. The creepy mayor of oakland ought to be the first one that gets cuff for treason. Reporter many her office has received. The Oakland School district sent out its own Robo Services trying to reassure families. We are a School District that stands behind her family. Reporter the mayor says she did receive input legal. The number of calls into an emergency hot line has tripled since saturday. We have had a lot of calls on the hot line people wanting to ask questions and verify the numbers but no reports of i. C. E. Action. Reporter one i. C. E. Arrest in napa county on sunday. In the meantime a set back today for the Trump Administration over daca. The decision doesnt mean the justices wont eventually hear the case, it just prolongs it. Over all, it still leaves everybody in this weird uncertain space. They dont know how to plan for their futures. We need a permanent solution. Todays decision takes pressure off of congress to act on a permanent solution for daca and the 700,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the u. S. As children. The u. S. Supreme court came to a decision that could deal financial blow. Shouldnt be compelled to pay partial union fees. The union argues that the employee should. Members of bay Area Labor Union joaned together for a rally today. Make no mistake this is an attack orchestrated by wealthy special interest. To drive down wages and benefits and silence working families. The ruling could impact states like california which allows socalled fair use fees. Senator Diane Feinstein has failed to win the backing of California Democratic party. Tonight inside a multimillion tlar condo for sale in San Francisco. Agents say it is a bargain. Plus. A long time bay area family a long time bay area family gets created in a b [thinking] mexican spices . [thinking] nacho cheese sauce . They dont want these coming out. Whos they . The burger people. They they nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong ]. Alameda police were at Lincoln Middle School after students and parents reported a threat. Turns out the threat was for a school in Tacoma Washington. Reporter Alameda Police officer spent the morning at Lincoln Middle School. A video where there was a threat to shoot up the school. Reporter while the school was not placed on lock down, some parents picked up her students fearing the worse. You think it is a joke, you see comments. Reporter the threats spread rapidly. Initially Alameda Police investigators could not find the video. We have zero evidence this was going to happen. Reporter Tacoma Washington related to a threat at Lincoln High School in washington. The lincoln middleschooler who posted the video did not do anything criminal. No known threats related to alameda or schools parents were notified by the incident by phone and by email. Floridas governor has launched an investigation on how Law Enforcement responded to the shooting on valentines day. 73 governors have called on rick scott to suspend sheriff scott israel. The president told american governors who he would react. I really believe you dont know until you test it. But i believe i would run into it even if i didnt have a weapon. And i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. President trump called for raising the minimum age for buying a rifle from 18 to 21. Tonight california senator dianne feinstens campaign is downplaying. Reporter has never had a credible challenger but in this campaign, the lack of an official Party Endorsement and her margin votes could expect a fight. Respected but not revered among delegates who are increasingly more liberal than she is. In the race for United States senate, the vote was no consensus. Reporter feinstein has served in the senate since 1982. Assistant professor of Political Science at cal state east bay believes the 84yearold moderate could be in trouble. The California Democratic party is becoming more diverse and more millennial and she has not been adapting quick enough. Reporter feinstein angered some democrats when she seemed sympathetic to donald trump. Her challenger says she is out of touch with progressive values. Deleon came close with 54 to her 37 . Feinsteins stop strategist tells me i dont think this is a critical moment in this campaign she has a big lead in all the polls and a big financial advances. For my opinion, San Francisco, the state of california and our country is lucky to have dianne feinstein. Reporter likely to battle it out in the general election in november. In the news room, carolyn tyler. We have pretty much seen it all. And it has been a wild day. Spencer christian is here tracking the forecast. It is going to stay that way for a bit. Broad area of green there. Whites and pinks indicating snow. Wintry weather here. Reports of hailstorms. It is 46 degrees in San Francisco. Oakland 45. Another dramatic western looking sky in our sutro tower. Santa rosa 45. One more view of the western sky from our exploratorium camera. Windy and chilly overnight. Sunnier and milder conditions tomorrow and a stormy pattern begins late wednesday. Still looking at this evenings storm which rarnks one on the impact scale. It starts to wind down over the next couple of hours. Could produce a wintry mix. And overnight starts to clear out a bit. Windy and cold. Below freezing. Right around the bay shoreline we will see lows in the upper 30s and going to be windy. Wind gusts animation we will see gusts ranging from 25 to 35 miles of the coast. Morning compute mute going to b. Wind advisory in effect from 9 00ton to 10 00 in the morning. Gusts could reach 50 Miles Per Hour at time. Then another storm coming in ranking two on the impact scale. Snow over the hills. Likely once again, here is the animation. Starting midday about 1 00 p. M. Wednesday. Overnight thursday the rain becomes more wide spread and becomes heavier and we will see snow mixing in into the higher elevations. We expect a lot of snow in the sierra from this storm. And a good amount of rainfall here in the bay area thursday and friday as well. Snow in the sierra. Friday evening by 8 00 friday night, anywhere from two to four feet of snow accumulating. Here is the accuWeather Forecast. Skipping ahead to wednesday because tomorrow is sunny and boring. Rain beginning wednesday afternoon. Rainy and windy thursday and friday. Maybe mix precipitation continuing into saturday. Finally things dry down in time for oscar sunday. You weather folks get excited when there is weather like this. We do indeed. Not much to get excited about this winter, this is it. The future of good monday on wall street, the do you rose nearly 400 points closing around 2500. Ending today 32 points higher than it began. The Weinstein Company is moving closer to bankruptcy. The studios board of directors saying they tried to avoid bankruptcy but a deal on a proposed sale, that fell apart. The me too movement has hit the Animal Rights movement. Allegations of Sexual Harassment at the largest Animal Protection company in the country. Social media helped. I think donald trump had something to do with it. We were so angry and women that we had no idea suffered harassment. We found out they did. Reporter two high profile leaders at the Humane Society has resigned. Exclusive report tonight at 9 00 and 11 00. We look forward to that. Rain, wind, and snow, we have seen it all in the bay area. Who is seeing the worst of the storm right now. Check out the view of 55 stories up. The floor below you is who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Well, we continue to keep an eye on that weather you are seeing right now. This is live doppler 7. More heavy storms are coming in in the days ahead. High rises continue to rise in price despite that the tower is sinking. Now tests in 2015 showed the building sunk 16 inches since it opened in 2009. The owner in one unit put it up for sale at nearly double. Why so high . Reporter here is the man who grows weary of explaining that is okay. You cant tell visually that it is leaning. Reporter we are riding a fast express elevator 55 floors up. This is the millennium tower. If you follow the ratings, greg is the 28th ranked in the nation. Corner condo with all of its visual accouterments. 2,709 square feet. 550 feet in the air. 5. 5 million. And this is a bargain. The challenge is finding the buyers that understands the opportunity. Reporter selling for 30 less than the peak price. They may not understand that an engineering fix is purported to be in the works. Reporter meantime dont fix this. The master bedroom feels like you are an elevated aquarium. So does the master bath everybody can see in. Thats why there are shades. Reporter moving ones. Dont expect to come waltzing in to look unless you are pre qualified. The people coming to tour they can afford it. Reporter no riffraff. Does it come with oxygen . You seem it be doing fine. Reporter wayne freedman, abc7 news. Pretty funny. New at 6 00, taking a different approach to placing children in the foster system. Announcing a new program with the goal of placing children with relatives instead of strangers. 84 of children are placed with relatives than better outcomes. Whatever i need, they are always there for me without a doubt and i am very, very grateful for my grandparents for everything they have done for us. It will help locate family members of foster children which was previously a big obstacle in the process. A Study Released there could be a link between e cigarettes and having a heart attack. Some say it is too early to draw real conclusions. Reporter inside his office, professor stan grant has a growing collection of cigarette packs. Covered with images of what smoking could do to you. You get a lot of cancer causi causing chemicals and other things that you dont get with ecigarettes. Reporter but latest study shows vaping could have Health Consequences of their own. Doubling in the risk of having a heart attack. Reporter those who smoke regular cigarettes has three times as many heart attacks. The first evidence of a major clinical adverse events associated with the cigarette use. Reporter there are those who take issue with the conclusion that ecigarettes causes heart attacks. We dont know if these people used ecigarettes before the heart attack. Reporter they dont follow subjects over a series of years. Not that ecigarettes are causing heart attacks. Reporter another study is needed. And that utsf is hard at work trying to understand how vaping affects the body. There are still enough there to be doing a lot of damage. Reporter in San FranciscoJonathan Bloom abc7 news. Still ahead, at 6 00 7 on your side Michael Finney helps a family trying to keep their house they hav please keep your shoes on stop messing with your sister hey hey dont make me come back there so . Feels really good. Yeah, im gonna buy it. vo Customer Service that goes the extra mile. Enterprise makes it easy. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. [thinking] mexican spices . [thinking] nacho cheese sauce . They dont want these coming out. Whos they . The burger people. They they nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong ] you get to decide what kind of king you are going to be. Black panther stayed number one this weekend. Giving the marvel movie 400 million in first tendays. Disney is the parent number of both marvel and abc7. 12 communities will benefit from donation oakland is one of them. Lmds lyanne melendez. Reporter oakland has three centers. They have Seen Technology that they havent previously seen and that will help provide, i believe, some of the impetus for them to get involved in our stem programs. Reporter students here learn some of the skills to pursue stem degrees and careers. And those skills will expand from a donation from disney. The movie takes place in a fictional location, the most no logically advanced country in the world. The technology in the film has inspired Young Audiences so it is fitting that we show our appreciation by helping advance stem programs for youth especially in under served areas of the country to give them the knowledge. In reality, according to a u. S. Department of commerce report only onequarter of women hold jobs in stem fields in the United States. Cal stanley hopes these kids will see themselves in these characters. The kids can get a feel for the technology seeing themselves there and seeing themselves behind the scenes going forward. Reporter in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Very inspiring. Lets talk about that snow, wind and rain and spencer will have the sevenday forecast next. Stay with us. Track todays storm a it has been a roller coaster of emotions for a family in richmond who spent the last year fending off foreclose sure. Michael finney is there with the story. This family got creative in a last ditch effort to stay in a home that has been with them for generations. Days after thanksgiving and four generations of one family are enjoying a sunny day outside their home in richmond. Two youngest grandchildren. Along with their mother. And then grandma betty along with great grandma george. Grandma has been in this home for 43 years. Betty suffered severe nerve damage and couldnt walk in 2015. A few years after her daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Life could happen where they could no longer afford their mortgage. Reporter they had been working with wells fargo. They gave the family a modification six years ago but could not find any other options for the family when they got behind in the payments again. The bank sold the loan to an investor early last year and foreclosure proceedings began last year. My children need somewhere to stay. Reporter Bsi Financial Services took over the loan. Turning to their 98yearold great grandpa for help. I had to do it. Reporter what he was able to do was qualify for the mortgage through a gi bill. Great grandpa george could buy the home so the family could keep living there. Oh my goodness, we are going to save the house. Reporter it had already postponed the sale of the house six times to allow the family time to find other remedies. Bsi denied receiving documentation the loan had been pre approved. The company demanded full payment in full within 24 hours. We told them they had a buyer. Reporter the family now packing up and ready to vacate. Bsi sold the home to an investor. The investor plans to flip the home and resell it. For latoyia, this is about the children. They ask me every day, do we have to move . Do we have to move . And i tell them, we have to. Reporter there is good news. Great grandpa purchased a home in vallejo. And says everything is going to be fine as long as they are together. Now, i want to hear from you. The 7 on your side hotline is up on week days from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Telephone number is 415 9548151. You can also reach me on my Facebook Page and through abc7news. Com. The bay area is a beautiful place to live even on stormy days. Alex shared this video of rain coming down in fremont. Nice shot. Spen spencer is back with an update. Here is a look. Check this out. The green represents the rain but look at all the snow we are having. The area of white and pink there. Mixed precipitations all up and down the diablo range. Berkeley hills, just a few minutes ago falling atop mt. Tam as well. This storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. We could see more showers and smother hailstorms. Overnight it will be cold and windy mostly clear. Lows dropping down below freezing. Tomorrow a dry day. Little milder today. 60, maybe low 60s and the mildest inland locations. Thursday and friday we had another storm coming in and it will be stronger than todays interesting developments. Rainfall of 12 inches. Snow over the hills. Snow levels come down to 2,000 feet. Just about a full week of active weather with exception for tomorrow. And then wind down in time for oscar sunday. I think Mother Nature wants to make sure you are on your toes. Got me dancing now. On to sports. I canceled my golf game on thursday. Sharks making note on trade deadline. Warriors hit the road for three ga announcer sports with mike shuman. And will add much needed offensive support to their depleted forward group. 20 goals this year. Buffalo received prospect. Unless cane doesnt resound with san jose. Kane was the first over all pick but had off ice behavioral problems and traded him. Warriors hitting the road for final east coast team. Steph curry did not fly with the team for personal reasons but did play tonight. Former warriors flanking comedian tracy morgan. 14 points in the first 18 at the half. Kevin durant also 18 in the first half. Clay thompson didnt shoot well saturday because he was busy playing defense. 12 at the half. Dubs trail by one. Third quarter, we have seen this before. Steph stops and pops. Everything is going your way, mcgee fumbles the ball. John stewart cant believe it. They go on to win 125111. West brook called zaza a dirty player after the game. Got tangled up. Pulling patchchullia. 5,000 fine. The decision drops green back to 14 ts and a little more breathing room. Picking up a technical. Both received technicals for a shoving match and they still strand. Good news for the giants today. Family would like to thank the baseball family for well wishes and concerns. Please to support that he continues to make significant progress. The nfl is demanding reimbursement from 2 million for jerry jones for court costs. Jones threatened litigation over roger goodals contract. A fine to be levees on jones by goodall. Thanks. Join us tonight at 9 00 on kofytv 20. We are about to share our streets with robot cars. Changes coming to the richmond bridge. Drivers are concerned how they affect the commute. At 8 00 it is two hours of the bachelor followed by the good doctor at 10 00 and stay with us for news at 11. Gym a we appreciate your time. I am dan ashley. And i am dion lim for spencer and shu thanks for watching. Have a great night. Good morning, kyle. Oh, good morning, sir. Hey, morning. Whoa check out, mr. B nice threads chuckles uhoh, did somebody die . No, were having a meeting with Billie Cassidy this morning. Should be here any minute. Its my lucky dealmaking tie. Well, you look very sharp, sir. Thank you. Anytime youre meeting an old flame,