Help the Small Business. On abc 7 news well see if Small Business saturday is bringing a boost to areas that could really use it in the north bay fire zone. And im meteorologist drew tuma starting the weekend off on a warm note but were tracking downpours on your sunday. The details ahead on the accuweather forecast. Whos in charge . Depends on who you ask. The Government Agency in a tug of war and leadership fight. Abc 7 news starts now. Announcer live where you live, this is abc 7 news. A plea to shop small today with a lot at stake for business in the north bay. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. We begin with a look at Small Business saturday, happening now in an area where it can make a big difference. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in Sonoma County where businesses have been in need of customers, and today those wishes were answered. Business pretty brisk in sonoma today, cornell . Reporter yeah, eric and dion, you wouldnt believe
Up around altima, from 20 to 25 miles an hour. This is a 2 on the storm impact scale. We have a couple of waves of energy that will be moving through the bay area. This first one this morning and another one later on tonight. With it, the brief heavy downpours, the gusty winds and the rainy conditions. In fact, were going to add in a chance of thunderstorms to your afternoon forecast. 50s and 60s right now. Low 60s around noontime. By the afternoon, with a few peeks of sun that could fuel the atmosphere for a thunderstorm and still showers around for the evening hours. Ill time it out for you in a few minutes. Carolyn . Thank you, lisa. You can keep track of the changing weather conditions where you live with the abc 7 accuweath accuweather app. You can monday tort forecast on the go. We have breaking news this morning. Oakland police say theyre responding to several sideshows in west and east oakland right now. And here is a look at one of the active scenes at high street and coliseum
Anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees. Thats compliments of the southwesterly gusty wind. Were in the low 60s from oakland to concord. 64 in san jose. The wind gusts primarily above 1,000 feet near the Oakland Hills, mt. Tam. A wind gust of 36 miles an hour spring valley. As we go through the Morning Hours. You notice 8 00, 9 00, the line of showers from vallejo through San Francisco and along the peninsula. The core of the system later on tonight that will continue to bring gusty winds, heavy downpours and in between we could see an isolated thunderstorm. Your planner throughout the next 12 hours shows the rain and wind developing through the 8 00, 9 00 hour with 50s and 60s. By noontime, were still looking at some rain. By the later afternoon, were mild. Still ahead of the main system with a possibility of a thunderstorm and then tonight showers. Well talk about the week ahead, coming up. Carolyn . Lisa has been updating all morning long. So you want to keep track of the changing weather con
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