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The next several hours. In fact, even past noon you will have rain here. A further slide closer to the radar, you see some of the returns enhanced here. But were looking at moderate rain through morgan hill. San martin just getting into the act. Highway 1 heavier precip. This is sending more waves of rain your way. San francisco you are dry. 49 minute delays at sfo. 56 in oakland as well as redwood city. We are looking at low visibility. Half a mile in santa rosa. Just three mills with the rain in san jose. Here it is throughout the next several hours. You can see spottylike showers throughout the rest of the bay, but much, much more to come over the next five days. I will explain coming up. Chris. Thank you so much, lisa. As always, you can see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Lisa is updating it for us all morning long. Its free on apples app store or google play. We also have more Information Online at abc7news. Com apps. Time 6 02. We may not know until monday exactly how many people were arrested in protests in San Francisco that turned violent last night. At least one officer was injured with a cut to the face when someone threw a bottle at his car. The protest over the grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri turned dangerous at union square. Take a look at these images. Sky 7hd showing you police lined up around macys as some of the demonstrators tried to smash windows. They already attacked the front glass at crate barrel and the smashed in the windshield of a meter made vehicle. They moved on, marching along Market Street toward mission leaving behind more damage. In Mission Police kept protesters from advancing and officers were facetoface with protesters. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard was with them through it all. [chanting] several hundred protesters marched peacefully down Market Street, demanding justice in the case of michael brown. This is an issue for all of us. If theres no justice to be had, then theres going to be no peace. Many take issue with black friday, saying this is not the time for holiday shopping. Mike browns family is going to have a horrible Holiday Season this year, and i feel very sorry for them. But 20 minutes into the march things turned ugly. Protesters took down the light post on stockton street as they headed toward geary and union square. [whistle] but a line of police in right riot gear prevented the demonstrators from getting into union square. They show the scale and drama of the standoff. Some protesters doubled back to powell street, but police were there too. Glass bottles were thrown at officers. The Hotel Stratford manager was scared. You are thinking are they going to smash the windows to my show sell here, right . Definitely. They are smashing them, im running. Theres no way im staying here. My opinion is i get it, i get why they are protesting, its just not the right way to do it. Police were on the run again as protesters headed forward, smashing windows at macys and crate barrel furniture store. This city street cleaning truck was vandalized and all their windows shattered. Back on Market Street, police blocked the street from moving past fifth street. Several arrests were made. Caught in the middle of it all, Holiday Shoppers like vanessa. I come to spend money in San Francisco and i want to leave to go home. Its crazy, its ridiculous. The Shopping Center closed early refused to let any more shoppers in after 7 30 p. M. As the protests continued outside. In San Francisco, colonel bernard, abc7 news. Heres just one example of the damage in the mission district. This picture is from beretta restaurant on valencia street. The diner who sent us this picture the group smashed the window as they walked by. Nobody was hurt but people inside, as you might expect, were quite scared. Many who came out to protest last night did keep their demonstration peaceful. This is video taken by one of them. The protesters held up blue neonlit leather spelling out black lives matter while chanting all lives matter and chanting hands up, dont shoot. [chanting] the day of protests actually began in oakland hours earlier when a small group caused big disruptions on bart. They chained themselves together, and to two different trains at the west oakland station. When they refused to move, bart evacuated both trains and stranded people on both sides of the bay. My ancestors were in chains worst than this. I believe the message but i think it should be done in another way. It took two hours for people to unchain and arrest the 14 protesters and get the trains moving again. Meanwhile in ferguson, missouri, protesters clashed with authorities last night. Officers in riot gear, along with the national guard, moved in to break up a crowd that refused to get out of a busy intersection. 15 people were arrested. This happened just across from the Ferguson Police department, where demonstrators have gathered for days. 6 06 is the time. Another protest will be held at walmart in oakland today, following black friday with retailers nationwide. They protested in all the stores, including milpitas, to protest low wages. They want company to pay the workers a minimum of 15 an hour and to give them consistent, fulltime schedules. Im here the day after thanksgiving, the day where we give thanks for all the things we have in our lives and im keenly aware many walmart workers cant afford the holiday dinner and are making the hard choices of being at home with their families or having to work a few more extra hours to be able to afford those christmas presents coming up. Walmart said it employs more people than any other retailer and pays a fair, competitive wage. Todays protests get underway at 11 00 at walmart on Edgewater Drive in oakland. 6 07, the time. The chp is warning anybody who was at the big sideshow in oakland this week that they may soon face charges. Sky 7hd captured this sideshow as it was happening at the port of oakland late friday night. Drivers did doughnuts and dangerous stunts just a few feet away from spectators. The chp was already organized for protests so when they got the tip they rushed the port and blocked the road. Several arrests were made that night and the chp said there will be more. Officials say they plan to pursue charges for about 200 motorists and onlookers could face charges for aiding and abetting. We interviewed everyone who there. We will use the video from the helicopter. The chp impounded about a dozen vehicles involved in the sideshow, including a stolen car set on fire. The flames may have been fueled by firearms inside. Here in the bay area, shopping was less chaotic. Still busy. Shoppers got to the outlets in livermore before sunrise to get their black friday shopping started. In hayward, sky7 shows shoppers at the mall circling the packed parking lot looking for spaces. Others decided to forget about parking and reached for their phone. One Group Reported online sales were up more than 8 this black friday, and that half of those sales were made on mobile devices, which is the most of. So how about brick and mortgager stores bring in the shoppers yesterday . Estimated 30,000 to 40,000 customers shopped at sun valley mall in concord. Yesterday was clearly stronger than last year on thanksgiving day and today we dont have numbers yet, but just from the crowds weve seen and the bags we see people carrying, it looks very strong. You know how they have every ads in the morning, come get the tvs, all that stuff is gone. The goal is to keep the shoppers streaming through the doors and retailers are pulling out all the stops. People like me. She bought a purse she didnt know she wanted until she entered the store. The sales associated lady came over and said do you like this purse . If you buy it today, you prebuy it, you pick it up on wednesday we will give you an additional 25 off and i was like, okay. The sun valley Shopping Center also has the only frozen palettes in the bay area and santa claus is there too. We have to be there when the shopper wants to shop and we are prepared to do that. The attractions and deep discounts are combined to combat online shopping. If the customers ask for it, sun valley mall said they will each earlier next year on thanksgiving day. In concord, alan wang, abc7 news. Lisa, the big story rain and we are seeing it in the south bay. Yeah, and they are happy about it. Some heavy rain from san jose through santa clara. Heres a look at san jose. 52 degrees. Its raining in mountain view, sunnyvale, cupertino and it will continue throughout the Morning Hours. In fact, over the weekend into next week. Certainly what we need. Ill spell it all out for you when we return. Plus, the holiday tradition that could end up costing you more. Some reasons why Christmas Tree prices are on the rise this year. For the first time we hear from two boys rescued after being buried under a huge mound of snow for hours. Ow. My scalp hurts. My hair hurts. This is what it can be like to have shingles. A painful, blistering, rash. Look at me. Shes embarrassed by the way she looks. If you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. As you get older, your immune system weakens and it loses its ability to keep the shingles virus in check. Well i had to go to the eye doctor last week and i have to go back today. The doctors worried its so close to her eye. The shingles rash can last up to 30 days. It hurts. Its hard. Dont wait until you someone you love develops shingles. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your risk. 6 14 the time. A live look at live doppler 7hd. You see the green activity on your screen. Much of the rain falling in the south bay right now, and targets of the San Joaquin Valley to the east. Lisa argen will have the full accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. Contra costa county is expecting enough rain to be concerned about flooding. Sandbags are available free of charge to residents at five locations, but you have to bring your own shovel. You can find out where to pick them up on our website, abc7news. Com. Two boys who were trapped in a snow pile in upstate new york for more than seven hours say they heard their friends and family calling for them, but couldnt answer loudly enough. Wednesday night a snowplow clearing a new york parking lot accidentally buried the boys alive. They survived thanks to an air pocket and a Patrol Officer canvassing the area. The nine and elevenyearold cousins had gone out to build snow forts and hadnt returned home by 10 00 p. M. A Police Officer searching for them, spotted a snow shovel halfburied in the snow and started digging. He hit a boot. He was digging, we were in there. I was more in. The community rushed to help dig the boys out. Some used their hands. Both suffered from exposure to the cold, but were otherwise okay. Happening today walnut creek Tree Lighting event returns after a threeyear hiatus. Mcd by dan ashley. The Tree Lighting event will feature tasty treats, hot chocolate, carolers, of course. Santa clause. Its set in a Winter Wonderland with 8,000 square feet of ice. The Tree Lighting activities get underway at 5 00 at the walnut creek ice park in civic park. In san jose, christmas in the park kicked off last night downtown. It started with the 35th annual Tree Lighting at cesar chavez park. Santa claus brought his Holiday Cheer to the event and the santa clara big band kept the crowd pertained with holiday tunes. Dont forget, you can join Spencer Christian tomorrow for a special presentation of the pier 39 holiday Tree Lighting celebration. That special airs tomorrow at 6 30 right here on abc7. For many families, their top priority was shopping for a Christmas Tree yesterday. Abc7 News Reporter david loui looks at the post thanksgiving Christmas Tree tradition in the bay area. Seeing a parade of vehicles with trees tied to the roof is a post thanksgiving tradition in the santa cruz mountains. At black tree farms customers dont have to look for bargains. Every tree, whatever the size, is 50. Only issue is finding the right one. Do trees express any feelings as you cut them . [laughter] i sure hope not. But if they do, they will know that weve chosen it to be part of our family so hopefully its a good feeling. Five neighbors have made this trek annually for over a decade, setting out leftovers for a tailgate parties. Five families, five trees, and according to june, one goal. Big and fluffy. Thats all we look for. Big and fluffy. Thats a similar goal for shoppers looking at artificial trees. Its just as difficult finding the right one given the range of species and options. White lights, multicolored lights, short or long needles . When decorated, they look eloquent. They are designed to last several years. Holly said thinking about it as we weigh the environmental impact. They shouldnt be cutting down trees and should be using something again over and over. We have concerns at our house about creating more waste by buying Something Like this as opposed to getting a new tree year in and year out. Its a real debate we have at our house, and we havent made the decision yet. And kenneth said safety and the drought are also considerations. The last couple of years they have had a live tree, but its been so dry, eight has been dry that the tree is dried out before actual christmas day. Which takes us to the traditional corner tree lot. Douglas firs in morgan have gone up about 2 dollars five dollars because of new demand. What do you think. Your new tree . Its awesome. Its awesome . Its pretty tall, isnt it. Yep. Taller than you are. Yep. In san jose, david loui, abc7 news. , great to see the kids smiling. The rain falling down but a possible break today for people heading out to get their shopping done . Yes. Rain today and lots in the overnight hours. The biggest rain event to come next tuesday. Several wet weather makers on the way that will impact our deficit. Heres a look at live doppler 7hd where the rainfall is focused from just north of monterey through the south bay. You see snow in Sierra Nevada. Milpitas into san jose, 680 wet weather, and the moderate rain is over to the west. Cupertino, saratoga, funny available looking at some wet weather. Highway 17 very, very slick right now. Some breezy winds, the fog, and along the coast from davenport to santa cruz we are looking at moderate rain. This continues, this stretch. Moisture. Its a little impulse that sits offshore. And right on through 10 00, 11 00, and by nontime it will shift further south. We will look at the wet weather becoming more widely scattered throughout the day today. Its not to say we arent going to have any rain anywhere else, just that the focus is in the south bay throughout the Morning Hours. South look like looking at wet weather. Heavy rain in blue canyon. A rain and snow mix and Winter Weather advisory until 10 00. San francisco 57 degrees. 49minute delays at sfo with 49 degrees in morgan hill. 57 with the fog and rain Half Moon Bay, and the surf is going to be huge today. Very, very dangerous conditions with high surf all the way down the coast. The exploratorium camera with some cloudy and foggy conditions. 55 degrees livermore, 59 concord, and 56 in napa. Pretty mild as the south winds transport in the warmer air and the wet weather from the pacific. We are look agent more rain throughout the south bay this morning. Periods of rain on and off today, tomorrow and the wet pattern lasts through wednesday with the heaviest rain to come looks like on tuesday. Heres a look at our pacific satellite picture. See the wet weather over northern california. So this is the first in what will head our way. As we go through monday, thats a bigger break. But this is what is slate today move in tuesday and wednesday and really make an impact on our deficit. So taking you through the next several hours, notice south of about milpitas in hayward is all the wet weather throughout the rest of the Morning Hours. Then it sinks further south throughout the afternoon. More scattered showers throughout the day. But here we get into the overnight hours. Look what happens. Heavy rain from the north bay, across the bay. 2 00 in the morning. That will take us right through the Early Morning hours tomorrow. And then it looks like after 10 00, 11 00, maybe we will get another break throughout the afternoon. But more wet weather on the way. In the mountains 4 to 8 inches above 7,000 feet. 1 to 4 inches at lake level but i talk about the rain, snow mix and gusty winds up to 45 miles an hour. Heres where we stand right now. We are 4. 5 inches below where we should be in santa rosa. 50 could 60 of normal and an in and a quarter below where we should be in mountain view. And hopefully the deficit will be wiped out with this. This is what is expected through wednesday. One to three inches of rain San Francisco, oakland, san jose. 3 to 5 inches for north bay communities. That includes santa rosa and in the mountains we will get more snow. Highs today 59 Half Moon Bay, low 60s morgan hill. Most the wet weather in the south bay early and scattered showers throughout the rest of the day. If you are headed over to cal, bring your rain gear, it is going to be a soggy one with scattered light showers for you. More rain tomorrow. Most of it overnight tonight. A break on monday. Heavy rain on tuesday lingering into wednesday and then we will see more sunshine and moldier highs thursday and friday. You see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Its free on apples app store or google play. We have more information on our website. That gives you the forecast up to the minute. If you were holding off on washing your car, get a free wash with Mother Nature so leave it outside. I suppose you can look at it that way. Lisa, thank you very much. Coming up, getting fido to follow your commands. A way to see if he is listening to your commands. And this is a live look facing the bay bridge. See fog throughout parts of San Francisco right now. We will let you know what to expect weatherwise all throughout the show. Stay close. You are watching the abc7 saturday morning get three yearsuncer interestfree financingweekend and save up to 400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on Serta Icomfort and tempurpedic. Mattress price wars ends sunday, at sleep train. Let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together ive got some real estate here in my bag it took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw welcome back. 6 25 and a live look outside at heres paula from new york. Ray rice allowed back in the National Football league. The judge ruling out the suspension but the big question is will he be assigned to another team. And his wife is finally speaking out. Her reaction to that shocks elevator video. Many this morning we are hearing more about the terrifying snow rescue. You probably heard about it by now. Two young boys trapped for nearly eight hours after a snowplow operator unknowingly pushed a wall of snow on top of them. How they were pound and how they survived and what they are saying about that really scary night. And plus how authorities are stepping up the search for an Ohio State University Football Player missing since early wednesday morning. And right before one of the most anticipated games of the season against our tribal michigan. The Unanswered Questions that are surrounding his mysterious disappears. We will continue your coverage on that. And on a lighter note for you, chris, the force as officially been awakened. Serious buzz surrounding the new star wars trailer. Its 88 seconds long released on friday generating a ton of buzz. What clues its dropping about the next chapter in the saga. Everyone is talking about the light saber. Its pretty spectacular, bringing grown men to tiers. Are you looking forward to this . I am. Ive always been a star wars fan. I didnt get a chance to see the trailer yet, though. Okay. I think it might blow your mind. Im just going to tell you that. 88 seconds. Everyone is raving about it. May the force be with you this weekend. And also with you. Oh, thats a difference reference. Make it a good day. See you later, paula. You too. Time now is 6 28. Have you wonder if your dog is really listening to you . All you have to do is look at which why fido turns his head. It found whenever your dog turns his head to the right, it means hes paying attention and processing whatever you are saying, not just obeying your commands. The study doesnt say how much dogs understand or what they understand, but just that dogs process the sounds they hear from our voice on the left side of their brains just like us humans do. 6 28 the time. Much more ahead, including delving news in egypt. Thats where a judge has made a surprise ruling in the murder trial of former president Hosni Mubarak. Coming up, why the Court Dismissed the case. And plus, shopping small and local. A relatively new tradition happening today to keep money and jobs in your neighborhood a live look outside on this saturday morning. Our emeryville camera u see people getting a jump start to their saturday. No major delays right now. No major accidents to report. Lisa returns in a little bit with your start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. A revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. A revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. Nespresso vertuoline. Experience the revolution of coffee. Welcome back. Half past the hour on this saturday morning. Okay, the big story today, weather. Rain all throughout the bay area. Lets check in with meteorologist lisa argen. Shes tracking your accuweather forecast. Hey, lisa. Hi, chris. Its been pouring in the south bay on the peninsula and it continues. You see the yellow here grew santa clara down through santa cruz where they have picked up over a halfinch of rain. So upwards of a half to a third here in san jose to a quarter along the peninsula. But you can see the yellows here indicating the heavy rain through evergreen. High bay 101, and we will take you a little bit further westward and south. You will notice down through morgan hill the rain is a little bit lighter. It does extend up northward through menlo park. A little lighter through redwood city but you see the heavier rain on the coast. Davenport, highway 1 and you are fogged in, as well. So this inclement weather continues as the stretch of moisture pushes into the south bay throughout the next several hours. More to come. San francisco with airport delays just under an hour. 57 degrees. Some wet pavement. Not much in the way of rain north of San Francisco. A few scattered light showers and we will see that throughout the rest of the day. Three mile visibility san jose. A halfmile visibility in santa rosa. Heres the focus throughout the next couple of hours. This is just the first wave of moisture. The rest of it coming up. Chris. Thank you, lisa. 6 33 is the time. In developing news an Egyptian Court has dismissed criminal charges against former president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of 239 protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three decade reign. The 86yearold was also acquitted of corruption charges. The judge cited the in admissibility of the case due to a technicality. Mubarak was convicted and sentenced to life in prison back in 2012 but the verdict was overturned on appeal. Dismiss alf charges sparked anger from many, particularly family members killed in the 2011 protests. Mubarak is serving a separate threeyear sentence for embezzlement of public funds. Happening to the, a Memorial Service in maryland for a surgeon who treed people in africa with ebola. The doctor died at the university of Nebraska Medical Center in omaha. His body was cremated. He didnt receive treatment until nearly two weeks after he developed symptoms, and experts say that delay likely made it impossible to save his life. He was a permanent u. S. Resident but previously lived in sierra leone. It looked like state senator mark leno will not run for San Francisco mayor against incumbent ed lee next year according to the San Francisco chronicle. Leno decided now is not the time to run, despite being approached by residents upset by the direction of the city under lee. In particular, residents have voiced their concerns about rising rents and the influx of tech companies. A poll released back in april indicating that leno could have beat lee in a matchup for the mayors seat. Time now is 6 35. Also happening today, a youth football tournament will honor a bart Police Officer killed in the line of duty. The all saints Catholic Youth Organization will dedicate their tournament to bart Police Sergeant tommy smith, who was accidentally killed in january by a fellow officer while they were searching an apartment. Smiths father will also be honored. Smith attended the all Saints School in hayward and was active in Catholic Youth Organization sports. Todays memorial basketball tournament is from ten to five at the parish gym on Second Street in hayward. As you start your holiday shopping, Small Businesses are hoping you dont spend all your money at the mall or online. Theres a nationwide campaign for you to shop small. We have the details. Stores on fillmore street will stay open late on saturday, and this one, lemu, will have a fashion show. Its designed to generate excitement about a shopping event that comes after black friday and before cyber monday, called Small Business saturday. It brings special attention to the Small Business that is give the city its uniqueness. This Campaign Began back in 2010 and becoming a tradition for Small Businesses all over the bay area and throughout the nation. The Small Business Administration Says 7 out of 10 americans have heard of Small Business saturday. And those who participated last year spent 5. 7 billion. And theres a payoff. Every year the new jobs, twothirds of the new jobs are created by Small Businesses. For many Small Businesses, like cliffs in the castro, revenues from Holiday Shoppers carry them through the rest of the year. The push to shop small has made a difference. Before the shop small the friday and saturday after thanksgiving it was like a morgue around here. It was just dead. So its really made a huge impact. All these pictures of our city mayor ed lee bought stuff at cliffs as part of you a new Citywide Campaign to encompass the entire Holiday Season. It is called shop and dine in the 49. An effort to keep local shoppers local. And local dollars local. Shoppers say they get it. It makes more sense to support their jobs than some big corporation. An extra incentive to lure shoppers to San Francisco, a moratorium on disruptive construction through new years. In San Francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. Still to come on the abc7 saturday morning news. The force awakens. Fans get their first taste of attempts to breathe new life into the star wars franchise. First a live look outside from san jose. Highway 87. You see drivers getting a jump start to their saturday morning. 87 right near the s. A. P. Center. No delays if you are connecting to 1301 or 280 this morning. Lisa argen will have y i hear youre quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. Let me show you how grandma does it. Youre daddy made this when he was a little boy. This is your dad in my house, where he had his first christmas. Thanks for making the coffee. Well look whos up. Im really glad youre here, mom. Me too. Look whos here it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. 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Tickets for the remaining parts of the year wont be released until fan fest in february. Time is 6 41. Weatherwise, lisa, rain falling down throughout parts of the bay and delays at sfo . Thats right. Just under an hour. And also snow in the Sierra Nevada. With the Winter Weather advisory through 10 00, heres a look at tahoe. Its all rain right now at 39 degrees. But there are snow flurries at the tahoe valley airport. 38 degrees. We will add to the totals. This is just the first system. Most of it does wind down this morning. Ill have the details coming up. Also ahead, the heart and soul of the as is headed north of the border. Josh donaldson traded away to the dismay of many as fans. Collin resch has the a man who doesnt stand still. But jim has afib, Atrial Fibrillation an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. For years, jims medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. 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We will tell you if this was the preview fans were looking for. Lining up at theaters across the country, not for the main feature, but for this trailer. Theres been an awakening. A glimpse of star wars the force awakens. You have not seen it online . No. You are waiting to see it on the big screen. Yes, waiting to see it on the big screen, the way it was supposed to be seen. Its just 88 seconds long. No dialogue. The dark side. And one texas theater is playing the theater in a loop there. My friends are so jealous of me being able to be here. This is the seventh star wars. Since the first 30 years ago brought to you by our parent company, walt disney. Hans solos spaceship is back. Stormtrooper uniforms. The iconic light saber has been tweaked. That could be a problem. And the movie doesnt open until December Next year. This is only going to intensify. Abc news, hollywood still one year away. Time now is 6 46. Returning to weather, lisa, we are getting some muchneeded rain across the bay area. Yeah, and we are just about ten minutes from sunrise and its still very dark out there with all the clouds and wet weather. The heavy rain in san jose. Finally live doppler 7hd shows the yellow still over downtown san jose and it will continue to be rainy mostly in the south bay throughout the Morning Hours. Heres a look where the heaviest rain is in the yellow and the red by allen rock, right through san jose. Highway 101. And it is it extend to the north but theres lighter rain to the north. Westward we go and you see ben loamen over a halfinch of rain. Boulder creek heavier cells and further south around santa cruz and davenport. This will continue right on through the afternoon. We will look for the rainfall total tossed a up as we go through the next several days. Heres the steady stream of moisture coming off the pacific. Its focused on the south bay through the next several hours. We have lighter rains up to the north. You see from san rafael, around vallejo, up through sonoma. And just light showers will continue throughout the Morning Hours and into the afternoon hours. But we have rain and a snow mix from bear valley to South Lake Tahoe where the temperatures are hovering in the upper 30s right now. So it is a very wet snow in the Sierra Nevada. Not a huge snowmaker here but there are more systems to come that will add to the snowpack. Heres a look at San Francisco where airport delays continue with the low clouds. 57 degrees downtown. Its 48 in morgan hill. The cool spot Half Moon Bay with plenty of fog. 57 in coit tower. Low clouds all across San Francisco. A little bit of a break here. 55 petaluma, 59 concord. We have just seen spotty light showers throughout the north bay and east bay. More on and off rain showers to come. We have breezy south winds and the fog, reducing visibility all throughout the north bay. So more rain throughout the morning hour. Mainly in the south bay with periods of rain on and off both today and tomorrow. Heavier rain tonight. We will look for the wet weather pattern to last through wednesday with the last system coming in tuesday and wednesday. So here is the little impulse that is pushing through the south bay right now. It will continue throughout the Morning Hours. Then we will see some mostly cloudy skies on and off right rain and then the last system to hit us by wednesday and lingering, it looks like maybe even into thursday. We started out with the rain in san jose. And thats where it continues right on through 1 00. You will see 2 00 its trying to push south through gilroy and santa cruz. Heres another wave of moisture through the overnight hours. Here we are 2 00 sunday morning. Moderate rain. It continues through tomorrow morning, right through 11 00. We have light to moderate rain there. We look for the Sierra Nevada snow to really taper by about 10 00 today with 1 could 4 inches at lake level. So with all these incoming wet weather systems, we are still looking at 1 to 3 inches from San Francisco, san jose and oakland. Higher amounts in the coastal hills, including santa cruz and parts of marin county, three to five inches through wednesday. 63 in concord, look for 63 morgan hill. 59 Half Moon Bay. Breezy south winds. If you are headed over to cal, boy, it is going to be wet out there with scattered light rain. Near 60. Accuweather sevenday forecast mainly in the south bay this morning and scattered light to moderate rain throughout the day today. Heavier rain tonight and a break tomorrow through monday, and then more wet weather tuesday and wednesday. This is just ideal for us. And because we have the little breaks, we arent worried about flooding but certainly some ponding on the roadways with the typical lowlying spots. Keep those jackets and umbrellas on stand bay . Yes. Lisa. Thank you. Turning to sports, the final saturday of the regular season for san jose state and cal. At 12 30 the spartans at San Diego State trying to break a fivegame losing streak and the bears host byu, needing a win to get goal eligible. Kick off set for 1 30 at memorial stadium. This morning as fans are shocked about why another teams popular players has been traded. Here is collin resch with more in this mornings sports report. Good morning. Like death and taxes, billy bean trading away his star players, its inevitable. Josh donaldson, the latest fan favorite shipped in the prime. His career. Jay. He was an mvp candidate early last season. He hit 29 homers and drove in 98 runs. Yeah, the guy, he can flat out field his position, too. The majority of as fans fuming over the news. Bean views it as necessary going forward. In return they got beretta and a Fischer Sean Nolan and kendall graveman. And 23yearold third baseman brett lowry will replace donaldson at the hot corner. Stephsteph curry said it after , the warriors dont win in charlotte if Maurice Speights doesnt play the way he did. 411 coming into this one. Fourth quarter steph weaving, shoveling past draymong green. And brian roberts, 28yearold journeyman, 20 off the bench for charlotte. Warriors down as many as 10 and Maurice Speights takes over in the fourth. 16 straight, finished with a team high 27. Steph, 1 of 10 from threepoint range but still scored 26. Years win their eighth straight, 106101, the final. Best start in golden state history. They are now 132. An unfamiliar role for stanford friday in pasadena. That of spoiler. A bruins win and they would be heading to next fridays pack 12 championship game. A loss and arizona would get in. Bruins eighth in the College Football rankings. Thats the number 8 getting retired, troy aikman. With his accuracy the past two weeks, he completed his first twelve pass necessary the game, 14 of 15 the first half, 22yard touchdown. 1410. 51 seconds left first half. Evades the sack. Dart to kevin. 37 yards. Hogan 237 yards pass, 2 tds. Cardinals up 11 at halftime. Wright, four rushing last week. Two more fry. 2810, cardinals. And bruins stifled by the stanford defense all day. Unable to take advantage of their special teams unit as well. Trying the fake the field goal. That was picked off. Stanford dominate. Cardinals finish 75 andbeaten ucla seven straight times. Our best all around game. Our guys really wanted this game and they played like it. There were no excuses, there were no miscommunications. Our guys said we want to play this game to our best ability, and they went out and did it. Murray is ruled out of sundays game in st. Louis. He failed to pass his final concussion test this past week. He suffered a concussion last week against the chiefs. Mike shumann here at 4 00 to reappear a full slate of College Football which includes cals Season Finale with byu in berkeley. Im collin resch, have a great day. 6 54. Ahead, an imperfect proposal. A ring lost in creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth. Its fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum, tum tum tum. Smoothies only from tums. Start your morning offak, righthite and cheese with juicy, sizzly steak, stacked high with proteinpacked egg whites, melty cheese and whatever else you love, like jalapenos or spinach all on warm, toasty flatbread. Subway. Eat fresh. New this morning, the story of how a case of nerves got in the way of a perfect proposal for one alabama man. Coy winter had planned out the perfect proposal. Hes out on a bridge. He got down to one knee to pop the big question to his fiancee but he was shaking so much he dropped the ring. He and his fiancee watched in horror as the ring fell into the river below. By the way, that river was headed downstream toward a waterfall. It just bounced about three or slats over and go between two planks. Ive been planning on proposing probably since about may. Miraculously a dive team from the Sheriffs Office was able to locate the ring the very next day. Can you believe it, lisa . That was a close one. Wow. Very lucky. Good it ended well. Here we are waking up happy in the south bay with some pretty good rain san jose through cap toll law, davenport. We are looking at more rain to continue throughout the next several hours. 101. So be very careful. We have fog, low visibility, and this is going to take you down through santa cruz and monterey. Lighter rain in the north bay. On and off showers today. The heaviest in the Morning Hours. All right. Thanks again for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. The. 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