nice shot of the golden gate bridge problem-free so far so good. more details in a few minutes. keep the rain gear out for a while. 6:01. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. let's begin with breaking news in walnut creek. fire crews on the scene of a house fire that involved several burning cars. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene. he joins us from greenway drive. >> reporter: i see a house that is smoldering right now. this is a story that could have been much worse. look at what remains of the garage. fully engulfed by the time firefighters got here, there's a car inside that garage and there three in the driveway, all of the cars are damaged. the one in the garage, i'm thinking is destroyed because that garage is toast. a few minutes ago we had a flare-up on the roof of the garage. you can see firefighters still spraeulg. the good news is this -- white smoke meaning the fire has been doused. starting 5:00 this morning. crews got out here as fast as they could. a family of four, husband, wife, two children live inside with a couple of dogs. the silver lining is that everybody got out okay. a little bit more of a silver lining, talking to the battalion chief he's telling me they confined this fire not garage. the garage is gone. but the house suffered only smoke damage. according to one firefighter it was minimal. hard to believe their garage could burn so fully and still firefighters able to save the main structure of the house, four cars damaged one completely lost. the cause of the fire nobody lows. they have no idea how it started. got a moment to talk to the homeowner he didn't want to talk a lot. he and his family did get out safe, so did the pets. in walnut creek, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. we are coming up on 6:03. new information this morning on the domestic violence charges against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. stunning claims in his arrest warrant that may strengthen the case against the sheriff. amy hollyfield is live at city hall. >> reporter: according to the affidavit ross mirkarimi went ballistic and was pushing and grabbing and shoving his wife on new year's eve. according to the affidavit, his wife iliana lopez went to a neighbor's house and said she wanted to document everything that happened including using videotape so she would have evidence in case mirkarimi ever tried to get custody of the couple's son. a key piece of evidence is a videotape of lopes showing a bruise on her arm where she says mirkarimi grabbed her. according to records, mirkarimi told lopez he could take theo away because he's a powerful man in the court documents, another neighbor backs up the story and legal analysts say this is important. it makes the case stronger. especially if mirkarimi's wife refuses to testify. >> the victim, the spouse cannot be compelled to testify. but other witnesses can. if they come forward and they are sworn as witnesses and refuse to answer questions, they can be held in contempt of court until such time as they decide to testify. >> reporter: according to the affidavit here's how the fight started. the family was on the way to a restaurant when lopez asked to visit her native venezuela. the victim stated ross mirkarimi started to scream, f-you, f-you, you are trying to take theo away. the victim stated ross mirkarimi stated something to the effect she didn't dessert to have eat. one final note, mirkarimi's wife says, this has happened before. ross mirkarimi denies the charges against him, denies these allegations. he says he plans to fight them in court. he's due in court tomorrow. he has no plans to step down as sheriff. his wife is staying by his side saying she has no complain against his husband, that this is a private matter. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. today 1500 oakland city workers will begin receiving pink slips as the city looks to balance its books after losing millions in state funds. 1500 notices will go out only 200 employees will be let go. city workers do not know who will be laid off because of seniority rules. oakland is trying to make up for the loss of 26 million dollars in redevelopment funding which takes effect february 1st. richmond city council passed new guidelines last night allowing the police department to be more reluctant or choosing in the future before responding to mutual aid requests like the ones that involved occupy oakland. the new guidelines asked the chief to consider whether police will be dealing with protest -- the mayor brought the resolution forward after richmond police were called to help break up an occupy oakland camp in october. the resolution does not technically give the police chief any new authority. opponents of the new 49er stadium say they will submit the needed signatures to call for any awe referendum to try to block the proposed stadium today they must do so before noon. the group says they will deliver more than 4500 signatures. pushing for a new ballot measure that could previously the loan approved last month by the stadium authority. city officials say even if the group has the necessary signatures no ballot measure is coming because the city believes the ref -- referendum is illegal since vote areas proved the stadium when they passed measure j in 2010. the group is saying voters passed that measure without knowing about the 850 million dollar loan that was going to be needed. >> going to be interesting. >> we haven't used the rain gear all winter now it is going to be out there doing heavy duty work the next few days. >> right. also be sure you grab that heavy parka. >> some areas still freezing cold not as cold as it was yesterday. good morning. women come to wednesday, a day of trance -- welcome to wednesday, a day of transition. freeze warning continues for santa clara and salinas valley some area in the 20s throughout the morning up to 9:00 you can see most areas around the bay are warmer than yesterday. the exception hayward the same redwood city about one degree cooler 13° warmer in fairfield, 10 napa those were the cold he spots yesterday as far as san francisco and oakland two to four degrees warmer. 34 san jose. subfreezing los gatos, mountain view, red with wood city, livermore, napa, novato and santa rosa 32°. storm track to our north, we are going to see increasing clouds and pretty mild temperatures still be in the mid 50s in most neighborhoods. a scattered of light rain possible in the north bay valleys, for the most part dry today, a little drizzle possible tonight heavier rain tomorrow, another wave friday, saturday looks like a break for the game sunday before more rain monday and tuesday. we are looking at a good wednesday morning commute. so far, so good this is a live look at the east shore freeway 80 you are in good company, so far no problems reported. as you funnel into the toll plaza, macarthur maze, everything is looking good, metering lights still off on the right of the screen some drivers slowing, cash paying drivers everybody else seems to be moving nicely, we want to welcome our new waze community this is how you get involved with our traffic reports here at abc7 real-time info provided by traffic spotters. we are in sunnyvale we had reports of black ice in the area 237 connector eastbound to 101 we have an abc reporter there she in the area we don't have any problems so far just be aware there is black ice on the road caltrans has requested for signs to be turned on. eastbound 237 to 101. if you would like to get involved, download the free waze app. you can learn more by going to abc7news.com/waze. looks like folks are in a good mood based on their icons. 6:09. massive snow storm that has one airline cancelling trips to the pacific northwest today and what it means for bay area flyers. new proposal considered now that could mean health care for every californian. why critics say it has a big downside. úúúúúúúúúúú@@úúúúúúúúús a view from the east bay towards the bay bridge cool morning and the rain is out there and it's steadily moving this way. mike will tell us when it will an >> state lawmakers considering a bill that would provide all californians with health care at a price call unacceptable. under the california universal health care act you would pay the state instead of a private company for health coverage. legislative committee estimates the plan would cost 200 billion dollars. san francisco senator is response son are ing the bill. >> there is -- is sponsoring the bill. >> there is more than enough in the system if we take out this wasteful middleman which makes billions in profits and their business motto is denying us health care. >> it will force rationing of health care throughout the state of california. it is hadn'ting over our personal lives bothereds to' -- it is handing over our personal lives and bodies to a government that cannot balance its budget. >> a similar bill in committee last year. if you are planning to fly seattle or portland today the weather may delay or cancel your flight, 8 to 10 inches of snow in the forecast alaska airlines has cancelled 38 flights into and out of seattle and portland. southwest is cancelling flights every airline is passengers to call before heading to the airport. i should have said southwest was cancelling flights as well. the forcasters have said today's storm could be the biggest in the pacific northwest in 25 years. alaska and southwest both cancelling flights call ahead if you are flying to the pacific northwest. >> that includes portland also seeing wind gusts along the oregon coast up to 70 to 90 miles per hour. even northern california is getting a rough go. we'll get our wind gusts probably friday. won't be that fast but they will come in with the second storm. the first storm tomorrow. good morning we are looking down from mount tamalpais in the north bay, looking south at san francisco this morning. all is quiet, not much of a wind. temperatures you see outside is actually what it feels just updated these. let's take a look at who is subfreezing now upper 20s napa, novato, livermore, mountain view. 30 los gatos, 31 fairfield redwood city, everybody else mid to upper 30s to 41 san francisco. monterey bay temperatures freezing in monterey when is the last time we saw that? 30° there, trifecta of 33, santa cruz, watsonville and celineness, 23 gilroy. three things you -- you need to know about in fast changing forecast transition day kind of quiet, scattered light rain possible in the north bay today even pockets of drizzle in mostly cloudy conditions tonight otherwise dry until soaking rains start tomorrow once they start, they don't end until well into next week. we'll get breaks here and there, when it comes down it going to come down at a good clip. today radar return in the north bay for the most part increasing clouds and temperatures in the mid 50s around the monterey bay mid to upper 50s as you head from the bay and inland more sunshine here that's why temperatures will be two to three degrees warmer. tonight with the cloud cover and winds off the ocean, it will be warmer, ocean temperature warmer than our air temperature even tonight mid 30s to mid 40s around richmond, san francisco, oakland, san mateo and half moon bay. two areas of high pressure now holding us away from those dangerous winds and the wet weather. that next system comes in tomorrow, followed quickly by another system friday, another system saturday. we get a break sunday and monday and tuesday looks like more rain in the forecast. let's try to time this out. this morning into the afternoon you can see a few radar returns around the extreme northern parts of the north bay higher elevations in the mountains you may get a few sprinkles. tomorrow morning we start to see the rain slide down through the north bay moving through the heart of the bay by noon all the way out of the bay, heaviest rain by 9:00. overnight through tomorrow morning, quiet pockets of light rain. heavier rain moving into the north bay at 3:00 friday. exiting quicker by 8:00 friday evening that's the system that will have the gusty winds. we'll get a half inch in the santa clara valley to a couple of inches of rain in our mountains thursday and friday, more rain saturday there the possible break sunday for the game. good morning. pretty nice commute, usual slow spots specifically now traveling out of the central valley 205 towards livermore, slow traffic for new that area. we've got our drivers saying 23 miles per hour. it is about 20 minutes now once you get over the altamont not too bad towards the dublin interchange, highway 4 slow typically out of antioch once you past 242 or towards 242 speeds pick up to a little above the limit. i wanted to check out our new waze -- actually san rafael first. southbound 101 past lieu -- lucas valley road to problems across the golden gate bridge into san francisco. our new waze traffic app cool thing, way for to you get involved we ask to you use caution and have your passenger use this if you can. slow traffic out of the central valley heavy traffic reported here as well as over the altamont pass heavy traffic westbound 580. here's a traffic spotter, cruising easy, 40 miles an hour past livermore. to join you can download waze from itunes app store, android market learn more and get involved abc7news.com/waze. 6:20 now. how would you like to get away from the cold? free trip to a warmer climate. that's what two bay area flyers will win today if you are ready to go today. interesting contest that could have you packing in a hurry. sorry for the scare. the accidental button push that had a plane full of passengers preparing for a crash landing that wasn't coming. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real 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need to know if you are hoping to get tickets to the weekend's nfc game here at the stick when they go on sale today. >> good luck there too. >> plus, more pipeline problems, new admission from about a critical miscalculation of gas lines. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live in walnut creek. an overnight house fire has burned a family of four out of their home into the street on this bitter cold morning. the story of the burning house and four cars that went with it, coming up in a live report. >> >> flight delays, phoenix, newark and laguardia, make sure you use that flight tracker. we also have cancellations into seattle and possible delays into portland. abc7news.com at the bottom.úúúúú the opening bell is ringing to star the trading day. wall street futures slightly higher on hopes the international monetary fund will get a cash infusion. the ims director said the fun was looking for ways to increase buyer power to deal with europe's debt crisis. the latest on early trading live from the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes. breaking news or developing news rather in walnut creek. fire crews are on the scene of a house fire that involved several burning cars. terry mcsweeney joins us live from the scene on greenway drive on this bitterly cold morning. >> reporter: a family of four has been forced out of their home it is freezing out here. the family got out safely as did their two pets. firefighters still on the scene as you can see behind me. they are inside the garage that is a centerpiece of the fire. did it start there or in the cars in the driveway? they don't know yet. the concern is to make sure things don't flare-up. look at video from a short time ago when things did flare-up. the roof of the garage sparking up again. this fire began 5:00 this morning. walnut creek firefighters got out here, the garage the cars they don't know which started first. they were pleased to see the family of four had gotten out, and the pets save too. -- safe too. >> damage was kept to the cars in the garage. some impingement on the interior of the house but we were able to keep it to left side of the building. >> reporter: it is pretty remarkable that they were able to keep this fire which so completely burned the garage, to that side of the house. they are saying as you heard, smoke and water damage perhaps in the living area of this home. as far as flames, they did not get through into the home. back out here looking at the damage to these vehicles pick-up truck, two cars in the driveway. they are damaged seriously. there is a car signed that garage that is blackened. again, good work by the contra costa firefighters. everybody out safely. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. pg&e admitting the company wrongly classified more than 300 miles of its natural gas transmission lines similar to the ones that exploded in san bruno in september of 2010. yesterday the utility filed a document with state regulators admitting it ransom segments at a higher pressure than federal recommendations. regulators ordered to review lines running through densely populated areas after the blast which killed eight and destroyed 38 homes in june the company said it failed to properly classify 172 miles of pipeline. federal monitors say response to protestersers is raising concerns about the department's ability to follow accepted american policing practices. that assessment came as part of a report released yesterday. federal monitors say they've begun an investigation of police activity specifically connected with the department's response to occupy protests. monitors say they are looking at the department's force during the protests and whether officers had been adequately trained in crowd control policies. the report notes the department made very little progress in the last two years in instituting court mandated reforms in the wake of a previous police corruption scandal. >> this morning activists layout more plans for friday's occupy wall street west protest. organizers said they will target financial institutions and attempt to shutdown san francisco's financial district. demonstrators have announced plans to start the day long protest at 6 a.m., ahead of the opening of the stock market at 6:30. protests will end with a mass march and rally at justin herman plaza at 5 p.m.. organizers predict it will be the largest street protests of the financial district since the anti-war demonstrations of nine years ago. 6:34. this morning opponents of the new 49er stadium say they will drop off enough signatures ahead of a noon deadline as they try to stop the project from going forward. the group says they will deliver more than 4500 signatures to the city clerk today. they want to previously the 850 million dollar funding loan approved last month by the city's stadium authority. the group wants voters to decide in a special ballot measure whether the plan is a good one. >> i love professional sports. i love the 9ers. i don't want a bad deal and i don't want to pay for it. >> i think we are on the right track we feel firm in our legal opinion k city officials say the petition can't be -- can't be illegally done because voters approved when they passed measure j in 2010. >> today 49er fans will be trying to get the few remaining tickets. season ticket holders get the first shot at 10 a.m.. 1 p.m. any leftovers available to the public online or by phone via ticketmaster they will likely sell out in a few minutes as they did when the divisional tickets went on sale. 49ers will be practicing today preparing for match up with the giants sunday 3:30. >> there will be a special family there. two new parents will be going to sunday's game for free courtesy of 9ers' president jed york they submitted the winning entry via twitter to grab four tickets as well as feel passes. the winning treat: -- tweet. -- the rooftops of all four embarcadero buildings are now lit up in honor of that >> sounds great. i totally forgot to mention an important detail that aligent flight you can win from oakland to if he fix departs 2:10 p.m. today only -- that's why you have to show up at oakland airport between 11 and noon to win. >> md-80s -- [ unintelligible ] let's get a check on the weather forecast. good morning everybody. we are looking at freezing temperatures possible still in the. k valley farther south the more likely you -- you will see those freezing temperatures even into the salinas valley those hang around until 9:00. for the rest of us temperatures warmer than they were yesterday except for hayward and half moon bay one degree cooler redwood city, san jose, los gatos the same. north bay biggest change 12 in fairfield, six in napa, nine in santa rosa, one in oakland and san francisco. we have 30 three in fremont, san jose and santa rosa everybody else upper 20s to low 30s antioch 27°. let's break down today not much of a change through 8:00, a few high clouds, i want to make a beautiful sunrise, take a picture and send it to u-report if you can. by noon increase in clouds low to mid 50s throughout the afternoon increasing high clouds. today and tonight mainly dry. tomorrow morning into the afternoon same thing friday, saturday, monday and tuesday when all the wet weather starts to fall. traffic will be interesting then. let's find out how it is now. >> it will be interesting. we are bringsing for it. right now -- we are bracing for it. right now a ferry has a bus substitute for the 7:30 departure due to engine problems. we checked with other mass transit, no delays, good news. light commute. moderate out there. slow traffic. accident in sunnyvale north 101 at ma-- at ma detail blocking right lane. -- matilda, blocking right lane this app is providing real-time information from your fellow drivers you can see an incident there you have it thanks to apple jack reporting for us would you like to get involved with this you can become a traffic spotter go to the android market or itunes app store and download it for free and learn more at abc7news.com/waze. our time now is just about 6:39. >> trading is underway on wall street now a live report from the new york stock exchange, straight ahead with the new problem that has forced crews to halt their search-and-rescue operation aboard this massive capsized cruise ship. what new recordings show the captain refused to do as the ship was going down. >> the money matters that will bring the vice president to san francisco today. why it could mean traffic troubles for thousands of drivers. >> reporter: the against against sheriff ross mirkarimi is now been made public. court documents have been released. they give a lot of details of what he's accused of doing. i'm amy hollyfield, you will hear some of those details, coming up. 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have shifted the vessel. there are still at least 22 people believed to be missing from the capsized cruise ship, including an american couple. the bodies of five passengers were recovered yesterday. the death toll is at 11. the ship's captain has been placed under house arrest as he faces possible manslaughter charges for abandoning his ship with passengers still aboard. yesterday new recording appears to capture him refusing orders from the coast guard to go back onboard. >> he is a coward. we are fighting for our lives. he's more concerned about himself. >> my lasting memory will be of those who were standing on the deck with their life jackets on waiting to be rescued and there were no more boats. >> crewmembers say the captain was eating dinner when the ship ran aground and he he was long gone when the evacuation order was given. vice president biden will be in san francisco today for a fundraising luncheon. the democratic event will be held at the bentley reserve on battery street in the financial district. tickets from $2500 to $10,000. the funds will be allocated to president obama's reelection campaign and the democratic national committee. officials say parts of battery street may be shutdown during the visit. drivers are asked to avoid the area if possible. governor brown set to deliver his state of the state dress in sacramento this morning. he will push his -- address this morning. he will call for less testing for students. katie marzullo live in the newsroom to fill us in. >> reporter: tax increases and education sure to make up the bulk of the address. voters passed prop in 2010, the government doesn't need lawmaker support of his plan he needs voters to get the initiative on the november pal lot. he is expected to largely ignore the legislature in his speech, especially the republicans who oppose his tax hikes. the plan is a five year, 35 billion dollar tax increase some is sales tax, some is an an income tax increase on the wealthy. he has infrastructure projects on his agenda, including high profile 100 billion dollar high speed rail project. the top education adviser says he will pitch less testing in schools. governor brown has long criticized the current amount of standardized testing. we would like to see more classroom hours spent on instruction. the curriculum expanded beyond math and english to include more history and science. the state of the state address starts at 10 this morning. then he's immediately leaving sacramento to pitch his plan in person in southern california between today and tomorrow he will hit l.a., burbank, irvine and san diego. we are asking our friends on facebook what they think are the biggest problems facing california to join the conversation go to facebook.com/abc7news. katie marzullo, abc7 news. it is 6:47. >> investors liking the headlines from yahoo, a day after co-founder jerry yang's resignation. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with the bloomberg business report. good morning. yahoo shares getting a boost on those headlines about jerry yang resigning this gives the new chief exec scott thompson more power to sell off its stake alibaba and yahoo japan that is what investors are liking about yang's departure. sources flushing out apple's plans to beef up educational content for the ipad. software chief will make the presentation that focuses on tools that will make interactive textbooks for the kindergarten through 12 grade crowd digital textbooks are cheaper and take up less space in the backpacks. couple things that should be pushing stocks higher i guess they are a little. goldman sachs posting a big jump in profit, mostly on cost cutting not robust business. imf planning to increase funds it has available to lend by half trillion. world bank cut its global growth forecast. barely moving markets dow up 13, slightly in the green across the board. bloomberg silicon valley index higher. california public employees retire system faking another step back from the real estate business selling its interest in 28 housing developments including 16,000 un home sites the largest public pension plan says it is one of the last largest holding in housing. the buyer including a japanese investment group. [ unintelligible ] i'm jane king, bloomberg news. more news now, 6:49. wikipedia and several other pop laugh sites are off-line this morning in a pro -- popular sites are off-line this morning. the online encyclopedia will display only this page until midnight tonight. google which also opposes the measures has put a black banner over its low to call attention to the issue. the proposals target websites that allow users to illegally download movies, music and software. critics say the builts are overly and can hurt the tech industry and infringe on free speech. still cold, not as cold as yesterday. >> some areas 10, 15° warmer that would be in the north bay where he had the coldest temperatures yesterday. beautiful sunrise from mount tamalpais as we come up on 6:50. high clouds move in, they are keeping some areas above freezing like santa rosa 33, antioch 37, also concord -- excuse me oakland and half moon bay 41 san francisco 33 fremont and san jose everybody else in upper 20s to lower 30s. no teens like we saw yesterday. we are freezing in monterey, look at that 30°, 33 santa cruz, watsonville salinas gilroy 23. scattered light rain possible in the north bay pockets of drizzle tonight for of us otherwise fairly quiet as we transition from record cold temperatures to a warm core system that will have a lot of soaking rains in our future, starting tomorrow. today, a few scattered light rain in the north bay otherwise increasing clouds and temperatures pretty much in the mid 50s down around the monterey bay clouds take longer to get to your neighborhoods more sun and warmer weather, mid to upper 50s tonight clouds keep us all above the freezing mark, mid 30s to possibly mid 40s. again, the best cans of rain to our north. you can see why right now this ridge is holding strong and keeping all of the wet weather to our north up around crescent city and eureka. series of storms will punch through that high later today and tonight then the waves of rain coming in. storms coming in even a little farther south than we are further south than us that's why they are going to be warm and have so much moisture we are talking green an inch in many areas, half inch in santa clara valley up to two to three inches in the north bay mountains. seven day forecast, heaviest rain will come in about 2:00 in the north bay tomorrow and slide south through 7:00. then we get a break and the heaviest rain friday comes into the north bay 3:00, exits the south bay 6:00. friday's rain will move faster, heavier and it will be breezy. if we have any problems it will be friday. saturday rain once again. right now, it looks like the skies just stop for the game sunday before more rain begins monday and tuesday. have a great day here's sue. >> nice of the skies to stop in time for the game, appreciate that. pretty light traffic problems. one issue the hot spot right now is in sunnyvale southbound 101 matilda accident blocking two right lanes not a lot of slowing in the area, hopefully they get that out of there as quickly as possible. bay link ferry out of vallejo this morning, engine trouble. there's a bus for the 7:30 departure. vallejo ferry, no other mass transit delays or problems. 101 live shot in san jose, looks good, that earlier accident at matilda, toll plaza metering lights turned on traffic backing up towards the west ground overcrossing. our new community-based traffic app you can follow your fellow drivers you can see that accident on 101 southbound in san jose thanks to apple jacks. if you would to get involved it is free go to the itunes app store android market or sign up at abc7news.com/waze has all the information. recapping our top stories: firefighters remain on the scene of an early morning house fire in walnut creek that has left a family in the cold and destroyed four vehicles. >> terry mcsweeney is live at the scene on greenway dry >> reporter: a family of four out in the cold this morning. husband and wife and two children, their two dogs also got out okay. you can see behind me what is left of this portion of the house, the garage just burned into blackness. up on the roof you see a couple of firefighters digging through the roof looking for further hot spots three damaged cars, inside that garage, a vehicle i couldn't tell what it is, it is that badly burned. pictures from earlier, flames coming from the roof. firefighters got a call of a home on fire, they came out, the garage engulfed in flames. the car inside burning. the three outside smoldering. they thought they had it knocked down in half hour. the good news is everyone got out okay no injuries to firefighters that we've heard of to this point. the cause of this fire, did it start in the garage, with the vehicles in the driveway? they don't know. the cause under investigation. that's the story from here. for our other stop story of the morning we go to amy hollyfield in san francisco >> reporter: getting worse here for sheriff ross mirkarimi. the court documents for the case against him have opinion released. they give a lot of details about the -- case against him so many many that some analysts say the case appears to be stronger than first thought. according to the court documents iliana lopez says her husband went ballistic on the night in question he pushed, pulled and grabbed her and threatened to take custody of the couple's 2-year-old son saying he could pause he's a powerful man. his wife has said this has happened before. another point that legal experts say is important, investigators say they have found another neighbor who backs up the story. there are now two neighbors who could be witnesses in the case. ross mirkarimi denies the allegations, says he will fight the three charges against him. scheduled to be in court told. he does plan to continue to work at city hall as the sheriff. his wife says she stands by him. that she has no complaints against her husband. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. now time for our final check on weather and traffic. bracing for the cold and the rain. >> let's talk about the rain. this morning into the afternoon you can see a few radar returns around northern sonoma even overnight that would be the best area for rain still a little drizzle here and there. 12:00 rain moving into the heart of the bay heaviest from 2 to overnight drizzle through tomorrow -- 2 to 7 overnight drizzle through time morning. heavier rain and stronger winds 3 to 7:00 tomorrow. hot spot remains 101 in sunnyvale san jose area accident southbound 101 at matilda blocking two right lanes. so far no major slowing past the scene hopefully they will get that cleared out. final shot bay bridge toll my tering lights on and traffic backed to the west ground overcrossing. thank you for joining us for this edition of the abc7 news. >> we'll be back with a update at 7:24. keep track on twitter and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. have a great day enjoy this beautiful morning. see you back here tomorrow.