Inland it is the same thing, misty temperatures and temperatures in the midtoupper 50s and low 60 this afternoon. Rain in the north bay developing by 7 00. At the coast we have mist, drizzle, fog for better part of the afternoon and upper 50s and rain hits the north bay benches at beaches at 7 00. We have accidents and fog embody our impeding our visibility. People have been reporting rain, fog in san jose so it is out there. Be careful. We have this accident highway one shaded in purple. It is in this area that is shaded in orange and that is an indication of fog. We had an early accident on highway one at Martins Beach road which is cheered. Which is cleared. Highway four at thornton avenue, with problems in oakland, too. Developing news from San Francisco, a Police Officer shooting has left one pit bull dead and a search is underway if for a second. Police say they had no choice to open fire. That is right. The search continues for the second dog believed here in Golden Gate Park after a vicious attack that happened, the entrance to the park in a picnic area. A dog was shot and killed by San Francisco police. Authorities say the two pit bulls were attacking and biting a man believed hopeless and a second man who may have owned the dogs tried to help and he was bitten. Animal control tried to get the animals. That failed so police had no choice but to shoot and kill a dog. Neighbors heard the crews for help and called 911. There was a white dog but the white dog was the aggressor and i saw the other guy get bit. Two people. One go had a backpack between he and the dog. And he was trying to get away. Police are sending for the white pit bull involved in the attack but have not located the animal. One of the bits were very bad and the man remains hospitalized in stable condition. Two cases of deadly force involving animals over the week, one on saturday if san leandro and the other in Portrero Hill neighborhood on saturday as well. This morning, a funeral is held at a Castro Valley hurt for the bart Police Officer shot and killed in the line of duty last week. Family and friends packed a church in hayward to pay respects to sergeant top tom smith would was shot and killed by a fellow officer. Officers came from as far away as texas and massachusetts. Michael maes, the officer who shot smith, will attend the funeral with the family. Amy hollyfield has details on what is expected for the Funeral Service next half hour. If you would lake to attend the service it is open to the public with Neighborhood Church if Castro Valley. You can contribute to a Memorial Fund for Sergeant Smiths family at abc7news. Com under see it on tv. President obama kicks off a fourstate trip to sell a major theme of last nights state of the union, a minimum wage boost. Katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that story the. Democratic congressman says this are too many examples of familying not being able to get ahead and joins the president in a fight to strengthen the middleclass. In southern california, republican representative issa not on board with the use of executive orders saying tonight the president laid out the vision to, again, bypass congress. This is not the american way. Courts have not supported past attempts. He will sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors and president obama demanded equal pay for women and as an example of American Dream made reference to his political foe House Speaker boehner. That is what drew our ancestors here, the son of a bar cope and speaker of the house. I appreciate what the president said but people are asking, where are the jobs . A minute and a hand standing ovation for a soldier hit by a bomb during the 10 the tour in afghanistan. The president is hitting the road in maryland and will stop in pennsylvania, wisconsin and tennessee promoting plans for the economy. The focus was on the president , but many wanted it know what first lady was wearing. She went if a conservative outfit with an oversized belt and a cross jacket. Mrs. Obama wore this before to a Christmas Event and will be in the bay area tomorrow and friday if fundraisers. There was other buzz about dr. Jill bidens cast, the last arm was in a sling with a cast on her wrist. The Vice President s wife slipped and fell last week breaking her wrist and she expected to be in the cast for sis week six welcomes. High School Students is been expelled for hacking into the Computer System to change grades and access tests. The unified school board made the decision, a photo of the meeting tweeted out by our sister station in los angeles. The principal at the high school asked the board to expel the students but the parents have said their children have been unfairly targeted and they claim is a were wider cheating scandal involving dozens of students at the school. Happening now, cold is continuing to grip the southern united states. That is making the commute chaos for thousands. In charlotte, north carolina, drivers skidded home on ice and people had to abandon their cars because it was too dangerous to drive. Temperatures remain in the 20s in the charlotte area but are expected to warm up later today. Look at this video from atlanta showing a similar scene, with cars at a standstill after midnight, sheets of ice cover the road and it is impossible to move. Drives got out of their vehicles and pushed their way home. If atlanta, there were hugs and relief a parents reunited with their elementary schoolchildren last night. Parent parents had to wait as the school bus was guided through the streets and gridlock this is a once in a ten your kind of thing and they forget how to drive or never learned and they run out of gas and automobile their car and that causes the backup. And they dont have the right kind of tires, they is High Performance tires and you dry to drive in snow with throws and it doesnt work. 42 percent of the lower 48 covered with snow because of the last snowstorm from east texas and southern louisiana to the midatlantic states. Our snow cover is pathetic 5 percent in the north and 12 percent in the central safer why. Although we will not get a lot of rare, lake tahoe to shasta will get a lot of snow, hopefully a couple of feet. We will try to get that above normal. Midtoupper 50s with temperatures to the south and through our neighborhoods with the lingering moisture in the patchy fog and mist and drizzle creating for the commute. The best chance of rain is tonight through tomorrow morning with scattered showers possible on thursday interest into friday and low 60s for most of us. We have remembers in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains long skyline boulevard with a car that hit a tree. We have possible lane blockage there. We have reports of fog near the coast where we had an early crash that is cleared. In the caldecott tunnel this is the dramatic sounding Sheriff Department but sounding accident that now is gone. A car ended up in a westbound lane near highway 13. No slowing westbound direction. That is good. Mike said this is tons of fog. 12 minutes from the maze to San Francisco with the metering lights on, on the bay bridge toll plaza. A computer buzz that has some gmail users checking their accounts. A congressman threatens to throw a reporter over the balcony. A cruise ship where hundreds are ill is almost hope with sickness on the the besis that a is that millions of people will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Covering cupertino, wine country, and concord and all the bay area this is abc7 news. Good morning, a look at San FranciscoInternational Airport. We have some fog. We have clouds. It could affect incoming flights. There could be possible delays the rain is coming. We will talk to meteorologist, mike nicco, about that. Getting busy. New york congressman Michael Grimm is stealing some spot light after the state of the Union Address for physically threatening a news reporter. The exchange at the capitol hill was caught on camera. New york reporter talked to grimm about the speech and asked the republican about a federal investigation into his 2010 campaign fundraising. The congressman refused to answer and walked away. After the reporter signed off grimm came back. [ inaudible ] grim defended the actions saying i am doubt will i am the first member of congress to tell off a reporter. The state of the union brought a lighthearted moment from Vice President biden smiling and pointing to the crowd on our left. It is clear who the Vice President was gesturing toward. The moment was a trend online and the subject for numerous tweets. The state of the union was a wig big topic for social media with in all 1. 7 million tweets about the state of the union beating the 1. 3 million last year. The voyage is almost over for passengers on an illfated cruise ship which is will life in new jersey this afternoon, the 10 day crew was cut short when 700 passengers and crew became ill. Health Officials Say the symptoms are consistent with the nora virus, and has the distinction of the cruiseship with the highest number of sick people in 3 years. And last night the American Cancer Association and stand up to cancer announced their partnership. The Cancer Society c. E. O. Says the groups first collaboration is a joint 20 million pledge to create a dream team of lung cancer researchers, the most deadly form of cancer. It is supported by several stars in the entertainment industry. The american Cancer Society has more than three million volunteer Members Around the globe. Google is assuring gmail users the bug marking some email as spam has been fixed. They notified the users yesterday affecting accounts ween january 15 and john john january 22. Though word this morning if the bug is related to the gmail outage last friday. We have drizzle. Mist. Steady rain is tonight. Tonight through tomorrow morning. The streets could be slick. They will be worse tomorrow. It feels like 14 in new orleans and 12 in pensacola and one below in atlanta with the snow. People are still trapped on highway 12 to 18 hours later. That is what happens when you department foe how to drive in it or have nows to get ready. You can see the sprinkles and light showers in the northern section of sonoma as the moisture plume is slowly moving toward us and on 87, you can see we some low visibility in the south bay and it will be humid all day today and all i have heard from a certain colleague. Light rain tonight and steady rain moves in although we moist. You could find slick streets scatter the showers and another we chunk comes in thursday night and slight chance on super sunday. Temperatures are in the midtoupper 50s and it does not take much to get in the lowtomid 60s during the afternoon. Tonight is cooler to the north and lowtomid 40s and mid40s to around 50 for the prosecute of us and up to 10 to 15degrees cooler. At 7 00 in the morning, the rain is steady and dipping down to cloverdale in the afternoon. We have scattered sprinkles or light showers from time to time. Here is the cold front, santa rosa at 9 00 into the heart of the pay by midnight and the south board of inquiry 2 00 a. M. And again by 5 00. We will have sunshine and this will destabilize the atmosphere, heat it up and the next chunk of energy comes in and thursday night interest friday morning not much to it for us but look at this, the entire time it is snowing in the sierra a couple of feet expected. We have. 1 around most of bay and. 05 itch in in the south bay. Friday afternoon, saturday, dry, sunday for the most part is dry account best chance of the slight risk is along the coast and monday and tuesday dry with a warming trend. It is foggy in oakland. A couple of accidents on 880 at the area of the accident we have one accident that cleared involving a big rig and another vehicle and a solo crash blocking one lane so we still have one lane blocked and backups coming away from the maze southbound 880 approaching 980. You can see the area shaded in on as we head through san hand drove san leandro we have 1. 5 mile of visibility. We can see the soft 87 is foggy with reports of possible rain or drizzle. Watch for the slick roads. The oil builds up and will cause slippery conditions. Crime is a wellknown issue for oakland but the mayor is not imhuge. At 6 30 the lawlessness hitting mayor quan. Hi. Im henry winkler. And i know there are many myths out there about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. There are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. You can get taxfree money from the equity in your home. You can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. The remaining money can be used for anything. Theres no monthly mortgage payments. And you still own your home call today to get your free guide and dvd. It explains how a governmentinsured reverse mortgage works. Theres no obligation. One reverse mortgage is a quicken loans company. Their licensed experts can answer all your questions. Call to find out what a great solution this can be. Dont wait, call now on this wednesday morning a look from the exploritorium camera toward the bay and the bay bridge. There is drizzle. There is mist. The real rain, sustained stuff, comes later tonight. Oprah is celebrating a special occasion today, her 60th birthday. Do not expect a big blowout. She is plan on a quiet dinner at home. The billionaire media mogul scaled back after the gift list was too big. She celebrated last week by hitting a class with 50 friends. She has everything she wanted she plans to get her best friend something because everyone likes a present on their birthday. Even oprah. The morning news continues at 6 30 with the top stories. Including mayor lee in washington, dc, the appearance from the San Francisco mayor at president obamas state of the union and the part of the speech he is most excited about. I an leyla gulen in the traffic center. It is busy behind me. We have had problems all over the bay area possibly because of fog and drizzle with the details on how your morning commute is shaping live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. It is 6 27 on wednesday. Thank you for starting your day with us. I am kristen sze. I am eric thomas. We will check for a preview of Good Morning America with josh a man walked on moon half a century ago and we can do Amazing Things with biology but i still have to hold what is the equivalent of a tin cup if my ear to hear you. I bid you farewell because i will not be able to hear you on the bag end back end but you have never looked better. Coming up here, the winter blast and i know some rain will get to you at long last in Northern California but the south is truly paralyzeed, because without the plows or salt machines the snow sticks, it gets hard, it becomes ice leaving grave yards of cars in the south stranding thousands of students at schools including one entire school in birmingham, alabama. With lots of stories. We are all on the weather team together. Reaction to the state of the Union Address last night. President obama vowing a year of action. George will look at this from washington, dc, sitting with Vice President biden for his respond to the speech and the response to that speech. It has almost been 20 years, 19 years after full house left the air . They are back and by they i mean the men. They are here for a reunion. And Rihanna Joins us in times square with a new venture to discuss. Oh my god that is the greatest show i ever heard. There you go. Already, josh. Pulling out my earpiece in solidarity with josh. They have had freezing stormy weather. We have had warm sun. It is changing. He was being really polite . Anyway, here is mike with the forecast. Oakland has quartermile visibility and Half Moon Bay and flight arrival delays to San FranciscoInternational Airport at an hour and 15 minutes. The day planner today mist. Drizzle. Fog. It is mild. I dont even have a coat on in San Francisco. Most of us are in the midtoupper 50s. Sprinkles are possible. Scattered and light. Nothing to worry about. Low 60. A scattered shower is best in the north bay. Upper 50s to let low 60s. If you headed out they will be in the lowtomid 50s this evening. The best chance of rain is over night through tomorrow morning. That is all ahead and the big snow headed to the sierras which is go news all around from the weather department. Now the traffic with leyla. Not very good. In San Francisco, we have a brand new accident on southbound 280 with two lanes blocked with two novembers. We have slowing coming away from 101 so it is impacting your commute. Skyline boulevard is shut down where we have a car down an embankment. Crews are there with cable. You could see slow downs on highway 35. At the Altamont Pass it is looking slow. 25 Miles Per Hour in the westbound direction. 19 Miles Per Hour near vasco road. This the drive cross san mateo Bridge Center cars are there and it has double since we started at 4 30 but, still, traffic is moving smoothly through the fog. Today, thousands are expected to town turnout for a bart Police Officer killed in the line of doubt. Amy hollyfield is in Castro Valley with more on the service if sergeant tom smith. They think 3,000 people could be here today to pay their respects to the bart officer. Sergeant tom smith was killed last week. The bart officer was shot by another bart officer accidentally during the search of a robbery respects apartment. Hundreds paid their respects last night at the public viewing. This was a private Memorial Service before the viewing. The officer would shot Sergeant Smith is expected to be at the funeral today. Michael maes brother spoke to abc7 about what the family is going through. Everyone is devastated. It is unimaginable. It is tough for him. And four the family. On behalf of our family i say that we are all very sorry. He says the two men were friends and golfing partners. Sergeant smith leaves a wife who is a bart Police Officer and a sixyearold daughter. Officers from other bay area departments will be filling in for bart officers so they can attend the funeral. From Castro Valley for abc7 news. The service is open to the public. Neighborhood churches in distremendous was tremendous sea or contribute to a Memorial Fund to the family by check out abc7 news. Com. President obama takes the state of the union pitch on the road include tag about raising the minimum wage at costco in maryland and talk retirement at a steel plant in pennsylvania. He got long applauses when speak of will equal pay for women. It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a madmen episode. Lets come together. Congress, the white house, businesses from wall street to main street to give every woman the opportunity she deserves because i believe when women succeed america succeeds. The president also wanted workers to set up their own retirement accounts with no new grand proposals but a prompt to make government work on of behalf of all americans. San Francisco Mayor lee was a guest of the first ahead at the state of the union and you can see mayor lee applauding on the left as the first lady entered the gallery. He supports americas reform and higher minimum wage. After the speech he tweeted i look forward to supporting the president s goals in San Francisco by doubling down aggressive affordability. Here are buzzwords economy, job s, business was mentioned 23 mentioned. War and peace got 12 mentions. 12 and education was said eight times. Thank you to the wall street journal for compile the numbers. The south bay have joined in Water Conservation effort. Santa chair santa clara voted unanimously to ask for a reduction 10 percent in the water as california slips into the drought a plea to get customers to reduce use. Some question if the request is made too soon. Having a series of storms in march, filling the reservoirs and say, never mine. When we do that we lose credibility. You do not lose credibility by being safe. The last time this move was made was in 2010. Marin county could be headed for mandatory rationing with 25 percent cut imposed april 1 if the situation does not dramatically improve. Officials made the announcement yesterday at the drought summit with cut becomes voluntary until then. Letters will go out to 930,000 house holds this week. Oakland police are looking for the intruder would broke into an 81yearold womans home and shot her yesterday morning during a home invasion. Police believe the woman was shot after surprising the robber. The neighbor heard the gunshots. He shot her in the shoulder. The bullet went through her. Through her wall. Through the common gate or fence, then it hit our house and dropped straight down. She is this stable condition and is expected to survive. Coming up, what led San Francisco police to open fire on a pit bull. First, new questions surrounding the crab of asiana flight 214 at sfo and what should have protected passengers may have put them in danger. This is South Lake Tahoe heavenly resort from lake tahoe camera. Hopefully they will get a little snow out of this system that coming our way with rain. It is needed. Mike nicco and leyla gulen are good wednesday morning where it is mild. You can see the low clouds with moisture in the air and mist and drizzle for the commute. Live doppler 7 hd is picking up the best radar to the north and they will encroach upon us deeper in the evening. It will stay around lake tahoe where we get rain with lowtomid 70s in san diego. Winter storm warning 10 00 this evening through 4 00 friday morning and hoping for a couple of feet above 7,000 feet but travel is a nightmare if you are trying to get to lake tahoe tomorrow or friday but saturday morning into sunday it will be cleared and you have the fresh snow to ski. Then temperatures are close to average in the 40s in the afternoon and the teens in the evening. Leyla gulen . We have big developments if you are commuting on sky line boulevard you cannot for an hour or two. This is at chapman road a car went over the side. The sigalert is in effect. You need to get around this area. Headed to San Francisco, this accident is blocking two or three lanes at monterey building away from 101 it is slow going. To the east bay, a car fire blocking a lane southbound 680 and walnut creek is further to the north and you can see traffic is looking slow from Pleasant Hill to the 24 junction. A report over the asiana flight 214 at sfo suggests two of the three young women who died may not is been wearing their seatbelts. The report by the City Attorney analyzed information gathered by the ntsb and other agencies saying that passengers testified the girl run over on the runway did not have her seatbelt on and a Flight Attendant never checked. City report claim she died from ejection rather than being run over by two fire trucks. The report suggests the other teen would body was found on runway may not have been buckled up, either. Another day, another firm facing wall street worries, what has yahoo investors concerned. Oaklands mayor targeted in her own city with a crime hitting the mayor and the search underway for a suspect. What led San Francisco police to open fire on a pit bug [ man ] yo buzz drop that beat remix hey must be the honey you got that medley crunch go go buzz go go go buzz hey must be the honey clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch go hey must be the honey hey you got that medley crunch hey must be the honey covering novato. Oakland. Sunnyvale and all the bay area. This is abc7 news. 6 4. The search is underway for a dog that San Francisco police say attacked two men overnight at a popular city park. A second dog was shot and killed by police. A Good Samaritan who tried to help was bitten. The search continues for the second aggressive dog which could still be in the park. The vicious attack happened here at Golden Gate Park in this picnic area. A dog was shot and killed by San Francisco police. Authorities say two pit bulls were attacking and biting a man believed homeless and a second man tried to help and he may have owned the dogs and he tried to help he was bitten. Animal control tried getting the animals but no luck and that failed police say they had no choice but to shoot and kill a dog. Neighbors heard the cries and called 911 the i saw it happen. A guy was getting malled by the bench located right here and i hear a woman screaming at the top of her lungs. Police are still searching the park for the white pit bull but have not located the animal. One of the victims bite wounds was very bad and is hospitalized. The other wounds not is serious and he was not hospitalized. 6 48. Oakland police are looking for vandals who smash mayor quans car window on monday night while speaking at a Community Meeting in the oakland hills. Nothing was taken and it is not clear if this was a breakin attempt or random violence. In 2010 while a City Council Member a robber grabbed her purse in the diamond neighborhood. The super bowl sunday the Omaha Chamber of commerce in nebraska donate 1,500 each time broncos quaterback manning says the city name before snapping the ball. Omaha. Omaha. The charity made 25,000 in the championship game and the Omaha Chamber and local businesses donated 800 he yesterday their city name shouting omaha 31 times in the championship, they believe it is a signal to the center to snap. This could be a destroy. We are not sure why me yells omaha rather than Oklahoma City but the kids win either way. Trading is underway on wall street. We can see the dow back in negative territory down 120 points. Yahoo shows the internet search giant is stuck in a rut after luring away Marissa Mayer away from google. Advertisers still spend more at google and other provide values losing 5 percent after that report. Abc7 news is sponsoring a job fair today in san jose with employers at the Double Tree Hotel in san jose with 800 jobs to offer and the event is from noon to 4 00 p. M. With details at abc7news. Com under see it on tv. Now the weather, we have been hoping for rain and we want to see your puddle pictures on Facebook Page or share them on twitter or instagram and hopefully we get more than puddles. Cool pink boots are optional. Very nice. Very impressed with that outfit. You can send them here, to, at mike nicco. To give you a laugh, it accident snow often in the south but when it does our colleague come out of the woodwork 14 reporters at our affiliate in atlanta covering the snow. As we look at the arctic air mass sliding into northern florida this morning where the citrus crops are affected, we have a sprinkle in the north around cloverdale 101 headed to middleton and hidden valley. In walnut creek it looks clear with low clouds hanging around. It will be humid all day today with a chance of scattered sprinkles and shower up north and light rain is where it will stay tonight and a slight chance of wet weather super bowl sunday and in the midtoupper 50s already and tonight is cooler with low 40s up north and 50 around San Francisco and richmond with wet weather rolling through. 7 00 this morning, cloud cover and scattered showers to the north at lunch into evening and by 9 00 it is more organized as the cold front moves in and by 2 00 moving through the south bay and by 5 00 it is gone. The rain is falling and we will wake up to wet streets. Tomorrow afternoon this is another piece of energy with a chance of showers thursday night into friday. Rainfall amounts are possibly. 1 in the south bay and half an inch in the north bay. Modify of moisture falls in the sierra. Temperatures in the midtoupper 50s along the coast and low 60s if the rest of us. Because of the fog and the moisture weather we have had quite a few accidents. This is a sigalert skyline boulevard shut down at chapman road because a car is over the side and not sure if that is because of fog but it is a possible. You are advised to avoid that area completely and use alternate routes. In the east bay, danville into san ramon is busy with report of an accident and a car fire with delays away from walnut creek and the wide area of orange is an indication of fog and it could impact your drive along 238 and very busy through hayward and 80 is getting packed in the south direction. Seven things to know before you go. The morning news returns in 60 as he hand things off to Good Morning America here are seven things to know. The funeral for the bart Police Officer killed last week in the line of duty is held this morning in Castro Valley. The procession begins at bart headquarters in oakland before the service at 10 00 a. M. Two, police shot and killed a pit bull after a dog attack at Golden Gate Park. Two dogs attacked two men last night near the entrance. One man is treated for bite wounds and the other refused treatment. Three, this morning, Oakland Police are looking for the man who break into an 81yearold womans home and shot her during a home invasion. Police believe the victim surprised the robber. She is in stable condition in the hospital. Four, president obama is hitting the road on the heels of the state of the Union Address. In maryland he will push for raising the minimum wage. He promised to sign an executive order to raise the wage if federal contractors. Santa clara county officials are asking customers to reduce their water use by 10 percent effective immediately. It is not mandatory. It is strongly encouraged. California is slipping into the drought. The last time this move was made was in 2010. A moist morning is waiting outside whether it is fog, mist, or drizzle, flight arrival delays into sfo at quartermile visibility at Half Moon Bay. We are priming the pump for wet weather. Tonight, clouds and random shower to the north and scattered sprinkles and lowtoupper 60s and spotty at the coast and near 60. 20 minutes gets you from the maze to San Francisco. That is the bay bridge toll plaza but the problems in woodside as we take you to the map, this is along skyline boulevard completely shut down with the signature alert in effect the fiscal year hour or two at chapman road because the car want offer the side. We continue in 25 minutes. Good morning, america. And breaking news, the nations ninth largest city and the entire southeast completely paralyzed at this hour. Thousands of spinouts and abandoned cars litter the frozen highways. Drivers walking to shelters. Sleeping in stores, students stuck overnight in their classrooms. Our reporter, matt gutman, close up in the massive gridlock. This entire highway right now is a sheet of ice. Call to action. The president vows to use his executive powers to attack the countrys biggest problems. This morning, Vice President biden joins us right here oneonone. The bizarre encounter caught on camera. A u. S. Congressman threatening a reporter in the capitol. The representative from new york facetoface threatening to throw him off the balcony. Ill break you in half like a boy