Also be prepositioned ahead of the storm in places where outages are expected. You can track the weather with the abc7 news app. We have live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts to get any weather updates on your phone or tablet. Developing news this morning in solano county. Public Health Officials with trying to calm fears at a tuberculosis case at a high school. More than 200 students and staff may have been exposed. This letter went out to parents yesterday after the person tested positive last week. Now, the school is not saying if the person affected is a student or a staff member, only that he or she is affiliated with the high school. Officials say they may have been at the school for a few days. So they plan to notify everyone that came into contact with this person. A Public Meeting for concerned parents is scheduled on tuesday. An unexpected aboutface for oakland city leaders who issued a new policy only to then retract that new policy a few hours later. Heres abc7 News Reporter lisa amin gulezian. Reporter the directive lasted all of four hours before the city administrator stepped in and retracted the policy. At 2 00, oaklands assistant police chief ordered all officers to report by email any illegal parties like raves or unpermitted Living Spaces in warehouses. The report has to include specifics and be completed the same day. This follows last years ghost ship fire where 36 people died. Recent reports indicate Oakland Police knew people lived and partied there illegally. The Code Violations were never documented. The police union is upset. Theyre not engaged in building Code Violations. This terrible tragedy should not lead to work in police officers. Reporter this email said the directive was districted prematurely and has been retracted. The confusion is frustrating michela gregorys family. San francisco, richmond, and san jose all have reporting policies in place. In oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. New details emerging this morning about what caused that massive crater in the main spillway at the oroville dam last week. A new cal fire report blames rain water erosion for the gaping hole in the concrete chute. It found that heavy runoff from days of rain along the sides of the main spillway undermined it and then caused it to collapse. Video shot on tuesday showed the sides of the main spillway also starting to break away. On top of that, as you know, major erosion was triggered when water was released over the backup spillway and that is what led to the evacuation of 188,000 people. Those mandatory evacuations are now over but there are many people who dont want to go back home. They fear more problems with the rain were getting today and the next several days. A highly decorated war veteran evacuated from his home in nearby uva city returned to find that more than two dozen of his medals were stolen. He was awarded those medals for heroism and valor during the vietnam war. He has ptsd and has a hard time talking about it. He had hoped the medals would be a secret until he died. A lot of things went on and you try to bury it and thats it but the medals were to be passed down to my family and then they could sort out what grandpa did or grandpa didnt do. I dont know why someone would want to take that from somebody. Take a part of their life away. Who can blame them for being so upset. For almost 50 years, he kept his records and medals locked in a black case in the back of his closet. Now hes opening up about his military experience because he is hoping to get these medals back. And this morning, we are tracking news from Washington State coming into our live desk. We can tell you that i5 has reopened through the south part of the state. It was hit by a massive mudslide near woodland late yesterday about a half hour north of portland. It closed i5 in both directions and crews worked into the night to get it back open. It was a big mess. The hillside came down in the rain covering all lanes there and a man in a pickup truck even was trapped in that slide, but he was able to get out unharmed. The state is now sending engineers to survey the hill. As soon as the sunlight comes up to gauge the situation going forward. A man is in custody for the murder of a driver near San Franciscos civic center. We first brought you this story as breaking news wednesday on abc7 mornings. The victim crashed his suv into a parked car after getting shot in the head. Sfpd officers captured the suspect in oakland Late Wednesday night. Police have not released a motive. Police in belmont have put out this sketch of someone accused of four home burglaries all in one day. Witnesses think hes in his late teens. February 1, he was seen running away from a home on chula vista drive and police think he then broke into another home on chula vista. Today, Senate Republicans plan to use their majority power to confirm trumps nominee to lead the Environmental Protection agency. They are ignoring calls from democrats to delay the vote until scott pruitt releases thousands of emails he has exchanged with oil and gat executives. Pruitt is oklahomas attorney general and critics are questioning his close ties with the energy industry. Yesterday, a judge gave pruitt until next week to release those emails. Retired vice admiral bob harward has turned down the job of National Security adviser. He cites his family as the reason. He denies reports that he turned down the offer because of chaos in the west wing. He would have replaced Michael Flynn who resigned monday. Washington states attorney general believes the federal government is conceding defeat after President Trump revealed that hes going to issue a new executive order on immigration next week. In fact, yesterday, the Trump Administration announced it will no longer fight the federal court ruling that suspended the travel ban. The president says his new executive order will address the concerns that caused a federal judge to suspend the ban in the first place. Last week, a threejudge panel of the ninth Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco unanimously ruled the president s original travel ban appeared to violate the u. S. Constitutions guarantee of due process. The intensity of rain is picking up rather quickly and so are the winds. Look at the peninsula. From the south bay to the peninsula all the way up into half moon bay, about 15 to 21mileperhour gusts and theyre going to get faster at 6 00 this morning, through 6 00 this evening so we have a 12hour window of the areas you see shaded in yellow which is the peninsula, south bay, and east bay, of some damaging winds up to 50 miles per hour. So, trees coming down and Power Outages possible. This area, look at that. From brisbane all the way to San Francisco across the bay bridge over towards piedmont, oakland, out towards san leandro, this is marching north ward. This is the moderate rain, part of the downpours and windy conditions that are going to make for hazardous driving conditions morning commute. Evening commute will be lighter. Temperatures today in the upper 50s to low 60s with the heaviest of the rain falling this morning but its still going to continue into the overnight hours with scattered light showers and temperatures in the mid 40s to low 50s when you wake um tomorrow morning. I promise the weekend is not going to be a complete washout. Ill have an hourbyhour look at that coming up next. Lets get a look at the morning commute with alexis. It is going to be a soggy one. Heres a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see that rain really coming down so weve got a lot of road spray kicking up. Not the easiest commute. But if youre heading out this early, we dont have any major slowdowns. 101, couple issues here. Southbound 101 south of the airport there weve got a solo vehicle spinout crash, blocking the left lane, sounds like we have a second crash in the same area and that is partially blocking the right lane. Northbound 101 on the off ramp to whipple, vehicle lost control and went into some trees and bushes there on the shoulder. So one of those days, youre going to want to slow down and drive for conditions. Well take a look at a couple mass transit issues coming up. The thought of a strike sends chills through any b. A. R. T. Commuter. Now a bay area lawmaker is proposing a plan to make sure a walkout doesnt happen again. And the best ballet students on the west coast come together under one roof on the peninsula. The two minutes that will make or break their dancing careers. And were headed to break at 4 40. You can see all the rain on the lens this morning. That is going to be the story that is going to be the story for your morning commute. Youre up with us at 4 42 and heres a live look at the very wet Golden Gate Bridge as we get hit with another roun of rain. Mike nicco is tracking that storm for you with live doppler 7. Hell be back in just a minute to tell us when rain is going to fall where you live. And this latest round of storms could delay plans to reopen an oakland street thats been closed for a month but a landslide. Abc7 news was on Westover Drive on the Oakland Hills as city crews worked to prevent any more damage. Theyre now, as you can see, installing a plastic tarp and aldridge system. Happening today, a move that might make b. A. R. T. Riders happy. According to our media the east bay times, state senator glazer from orinda plans to submit two bills, one thamd ban b. A. R. T. Strikes outright and another that limits their effectiveness. That second bill essentially allows nonunion b. A. R. T. Workers or managers to operate trains during a strike. Currently, all b. A. R. T. Operators are union members. Glazers goal is to prevent strikes like those in 2013 that could potentially cripple the city. This is interesting. California lawmakers will soon consider a bill that would make november elections a state holiday during general election years. Thats when we vote for the president , senate and other high ranking offices. Assemblyman evan lowe of cupertino authored this legislation which would give schools and state workers a day off. This would not be a requirement for private businesses. He says the bill would allow more people to participate in the electoral process and help boost voter turnout. On the peninsula, young ballerinas came olgt under run roof for whats being called the olympics of ballet. Wayne freedman explains their dancing dreams are now on the line. Reporter in san mateo this week, its become very serious for anyone who aspires to professional dance. Do you see the intensity of Solana Delizos face . Are you nervous . Sort of, yeah. Reporter how about her mother out front . She started in september working on this. Reporter for dancers, this is almost the equivalent of an nfl draft but more graceful. It is the youth america grand prix, the best ballet students in this region each get two minutes on stage to prove they belong in new york city, competing against others from around the world. Charles darwin, eat your out. These kids have come from all across california, from as far away as utah. Theres a lot to the stake. Were talking about the royal ballet in london, france, germany, new york. Reporter this woman founded the competition which awards scholarships to 30 Ballet Companies which train and then turn out the stars of our future. Around 7 00 p. M. , Solana Delizo took the stage for her contemporary number. Youre watching a tenyear dream on the line here, and she looked good to us but the judges announce who moves on until sunday. You might have to go to school away from home. Yeah. Reporter sorry, mom, if she wins, could be lonely days ahead. In san mateo, wayne freedman. I like that dance teacher. Creme de la creme de la creme de la creme. Just the talent in that room. Theyre going to be dancing through the rain, im afraid. I cant even touch my toes, mike, so give us some good news. Well talk about a little bit of the rain going on. You can see in walnut creek right now that its a little bit of light rain thats starting to intensify. Same thing as you look across the bay bridge. Downpours and gusty winds this morning. Random shower this weekend. Our heaviest rain is slated for monday morning. Its a holiday. Hopefully a lot of you wont be out and about. You can see from san ramon, danville, going across to 680, down to san leandro, this is all pushing to the north so get ready up around hercules, benicia, vallejo, youre about to get pounded. Same thing happening in San Francisco right now from 280 all the way up across the Golden Gate Bridge. Its moving into mill valley and this will keep moving up 101 so get ready san rafael, some puddles and ponding are on the way. Heres the area of low pressure with its counterclockwise flow. You can see the moisture its bringing up from the south and because weve added some strong winds, weve also upped the scale to a 2 for this storm, so moderate with moderate to heavy rain, gusty, possibly damaging winds. Here we are at 6 00 and you can see Santa Cruz Mountains, east bay up into the north bay, thats where all that heavy rains going but theres more behind it all the way through 9 00 so well have steady light rain with periods of moderate to heavy rain through at least noon and then you can see it gets a little more random as we head into the afternoon and into the evening hours, but with that southerly flow, its the Santa Cruz Mountains that are going to be the big player in marin county. As we head towards the overnight hours, you can see the area of low pressure start to pull away. Well keep scattered showers in the forecast and then by tomorrow afternoon, well get a little bit of drying before some more random showers show up on sunday. The heaviest rain is going to be monday morning and then well have lingering storms for tuesday into wednesday and finally by thursday, were drying out. Nowhere near dry right now as we take a live look at the bay bridge and very soggy as you come into San Francisco. I do not have any high wind advisories yet but as mike has been telling us, those winds will be increasing so i will keep an eye on that. It is a little gusty so both hands on the wheel. No major slowdowns yet if you are just about to start your commute. I want to talk about mass transit this morning. Ace rail limiting their service again today. In fact, even more so than what they thought yesterday so ace 3 the only trip out this morning. Ace 6, the return trip this afternoon. Reduced service here. Reduced capacity for San Francisco bay ferry line, several of their vessels have been damaged by debris in the bay so they are running on smaller vessels this week. And a bus bridge in place so keep that in mind too. Well take a look at drive times coming up next. The faa investigating a collision between two planes at Sky Harbor International in phoenix. About 8 00 last night, a frontier plane pulled away from a gate and clipped the wing of a Southwest Airlines plane that had just arrived in oklahoma city. Both planes were going slow, taxi speed, so nobody got hurt, and the planes are now taken out of service. Right now we want to let you know about a special report tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Several people have contacted the abc7 news iteam to investigate why big rigs keep rolling over in their south bay neighborhood. The iteam dug for answers and uncovered a series of accidents at the exact same spot. What caltrans did to the road before the crashes and what its doing now after the iteams dan noyes started asking questions. His investigation tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. March of dimes asking you to help mothers and babies. They are kicking off their major fundraising walks here in the bay area. And youre going to see a familiar face. That is our own coanchor Natasha Zouves emceeing the march for babies event in San Francisco yesterday. The gathering is the first step in organizing teams for the annual walk and the cause couldnt be more vital. Premature birth is the number one cause of death for babies in the u. S. Last year, the walks raised nearly 90 million. The walks are happening in april and may all around the bay area. If you want more information, how you can walk and make a difference, we have posted the link on our website, abc7news. Com and natasha was definitely feeling under the weather but she was a trooper and made it through but thats why jessica is next to me today. We hope shes getting rest this morning. Guess what . Dance cam mom is back. You know shes my favorite. I know. This time, though, shes getting some help from one of the biggest names in dub nation. Passengers from sfo to new york about to get a special perk. The airline thats about to give you free meals. And unusual visitor makes an appearance in walnut creek, why it has bird watchers chirping but first this mornings tech bytes. At t is the latest to join verizon in offering unlimited data plans to all wireless customers. Sprint says its cutting prices on its unlimited prices and tmobile upgrades its plans today. Fortunes new list of most admired companies include several tech giants. Apple is number one, amazon is second. Alphabet is seventh, facebook and microsoft tied at 9. A town in the netherlands is using lights to get the attention of smartphone users who are constantly looking down. The lights are embedded into the ground at crosswalks and they emit that green or red light that you see there depending on the traffic light signals. Some have criticized the system for rewarding bad behavior. For rewarding bad behavior. Todays storm is level 2. That means moderate rain, so gear up before you go out, and drive safely. Track todays storm any time on the abc7 news app. Download it now. 4 54. Heres a live look at San Francisco international airport. We are keeping tabs on any delays that could pop up because of todays rain. If you are flying delta in or out of sfo, you could soon get a free meal. You heard that right. Airlines giving meals . Whats going on . Starting march 1, delta will begin providing free meals on flights between San Francisco and jfk in new york. And yes, that does include passengers in economy, which is called the main cabin on delta. Delta is doing this for a dozen routes that are either particularly long, particularly competitive, or both. Theyre making a ton of money right now, so its about time to pass it back to us in the back of the plane. I love that news, especially as my stomach starts to rumble a little bit this morning. No kidding. So its raining, and people should just stay at home and forget it. Drink some coffee, have some bisc biscoff cookies with them. Love those things. All youre hearing is negativity about the rain but yeah, it does have a good positive spin. Look at this. None of us in a drought anymore except for way down near gilroy, barely in a drought. In fact, only 1 of the state is in an extreme drought. Exceptional. The worst category, nobody. And most of the rain from the storm right now is falling over the draughtstricken area. The heaviest stuff is starting to move into the north bay. My biggest concerns with this storm, hydroplaning high, moderate for urban and creek flooding, trees down, Power Outages, i dont expect any river flooding. Alexis, you say the winds are hitting the bridges now. We have a high wind advisory just in for the bay bridge. Really not going to be an easy commute. Youre going to have reduced visibility and both hands on the wheel this morning. Thats the only bridge so far but that could change throughout the morning. 680, 15 minutes, southbound 101, about 54, and already seeing delays build out of santa cruz. Northbound 17, 36 minutes and that of course due to the slide at vine hill so one lane open both northbound and southbound as you get around that closure. Well take a look at some other soggy areas coming up. Alexis, i dont think youre ready for this. Dance mom, shes back. Shes at the allstar game in new orleans and look who she got to dance with. That the robin schreiber, whos become almost as famous as steph curry at this point. The nba tweeted this for us to enjoy. Who knew that steph could get down . Yeah. I like it. I like it too. You know, hes got the moves on the court, though. Abc sports director larry beil is in new orleans for the nba allstar game. Warriors star steph curry, kechb durant, klay thompson, and Draymond Green are all part of the west conference team. Larrys reports from new orleans begin tonight. Next at 5 00, state lawmakers trying to make changes on how a powerful painkiller is prescribed. Police in San Mateo County need your help to find this bank robbery suspect. Robbery suspect. The woolly mammoth high winds, heavy rain, boy, is this a familiar sight in the bay area, and youre looking at it again. This is the bay bridge, obviously, as people are making it through that wed roadway. And this is the same system that just dumped a lot of rain in southern california. And this is what it looks like right now on live doppler 7, that big green mass just hovering over us. The exclusive