Visibility four miles at the coast, downright danger us in petaluma with zero mile visibility. 51 in fremont and oakland this morning. Were from 12 to 16 degrees colder in the north bay. Grab the jacket if youre heading out the door, theres a leftover shower if youre far south of the valley. Upper 50s in inland valleys. Well talk about the next significant chance of rain in the next few days. A fake 911 call, a practice known as swatting, that had deadly consequences in the midwest recently, terrified an east bay family a week ago when a s. W. A. T. Team descended on their home. Hercules police are investigating the 911 call. Were also learning about a different incident in castro valley. Abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs has more. As soon as i got to the front door, i could see all the spotlights shining onto me. Reporter a swarm of police officers, weapons drawn, filled this quiet herculs street surrounding an unsuspecting family. A mother, father, two kids, and grandparents, walked out of their home with their hands up on police command. My son just kept asking, why are there guns pointed in my face, why is my daddy arrested, whats going on . Reporter days after christmas, a caller made a fake 911 call targeting their address. Indicating there was somebody in his house. He said he had heard shots and his mother screaming and that he was hiding in his bedroom. Reporter the young father went outside in his bathrobe. Police told him to open it. I was like, hell, no, im not reaching for anything. Reporter the family says Hercules Police traced the call to a cellphone with a 213 area code, thats Southern California. Hercules police tell us this is an open investigation. The hoax call, known as swatting, also happened in kansas the next day. There police shot and killed an unarmed man as he moved his hand to his waistband. Similar scenario, but a different ending. Why were we targeted . This is a sick prank. Reporter police are looking into the possibility the cases are connected. A Southern California man was arrested in the kansas incident. In hercules, katie utehs, abc 7 news. Were also hearing of a similar incident in castro valley. Investigators are blaming a dispute over videogames for a fake 911 call. The Alameda CountySheriffs Department says a caller reported a hostage situation at a home on grove way just before 9 00 thursday night. The person demanded a ransom be paid or the hostages would be killed. Investigators quickly determined it was a swatting call. They say this is the second call at the same address since last may. Were just hours away from the beginning of recreational pot sales in San Francisco. On friday, seven dispensaries were given the goahead to sell recreational pot. Here is abc 7 News Reporter lonni rivera. Reporter its a monumental day for harvest on geary dispensary in San Francisco. We just received an email about an hour and a half ago from the state of california authorizing us to sell adult use cannabis. Reporter the sale of Recreational Marijuana became legal on january 1st. San francisco had to wait until now because the city didnt iron out its regulations in time. We get to serve a much larger audience. Reporter grassroots on post street also got its permits. These dispense rharies on missi had temporary signs up. Dispensaries like this are waiting for word from officials. Theyre expecting a mad rush this weekend. Some customers with medical marijuana cards support for access for adults. What the state has done, which i do appreciate, is its kind of deescalated all those fears. We have to pay a higher tax now, which is fine, i support paying taxes as well. Reporter harvest will open by 9 00 a. M. In San Francisco, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. Earlier this week u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions said he would get rid of obamaera policies not to interfere with states marijuana laws. The Sacramento Bee reported on friday a Southern California lawmaker proposed a law that would make california a socalled sanctuary state to protect users against federal investigations. The nations largest Food Service Company has stopped using romaine lettuce after a breakout. Canada found 58 cases of e. Coli in the u. S. And canada, including two deaths. Most of the patients reported eating romaine lettuce beforehand. Compass group, which supplies food to hospitals and school cafeterias, told its distributors to use other leafy greens. San Francisco Health officials suggest staying away from any uncooked food linked to e. Coli. Cook it. If you know its contaminated with something, cook it, it will kill all the otherwise i would avoid it until we know whats going on. We talked to several restaurants who locally source their legal us lettuce. They believe it is safe to eat. Changes could be under way for californias alert system following the north bay firestorm. Legislators are proposing allowing every county to adopt up to date wireless emergency system, and updating how the system is used and how alerts are sent out. The fire destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 40 people. Acting San Francisco mayor london breed was asked whether she plans on entering the mayors race. She had this answer. Ive been inspired and ive decided that after careful consideration and just taking all of the things that ive been thinking about over the years and the work that ive done in the city, that yes, im going to do it, im going to run for mayor. A total of 24 candidates have filed paperwork to run for the open seat, including former San Francisco board of supervisors president angela alioto. The deadline to file to run is tuesday. A special election will be held on june 5th. Happy new year to lisa, i havent seen you in forever. A little bit of rain passing through. Thats right, were in a break, were going to enjoy a dry weekend before things really change early next week. A live look outside from our exploratorium camera. 52 degrees here in the city. Were in the mid50s in the south bay, but just 40 in the north bay. So showers and moist air lingering in the south bay. And were getting set for a pretty nice couple of days before we see the strongest system of the year head our way. Awesome, thanks, lisa. Not so much back east, also ahead, the arctic air not letting up there. You see strangers band together to help others. And big jackpots mean big dreams. Somebody here in the bay area is at least a unlike ordinary toothpaste, Colgate Total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums. Giving you the confidence of a healthier mouth. Colgate total. Be totally ready for life. The man found not guilty in the case of kate extently was sentenced on his own gun sentence conviction. He was sentenced to three years but will get credit for time served. As abc 7 news. Reporter Jose Ines Garcia zarate served beyond three years. Hes actually spent around 400 days longer than the maximum sentence. Reporter technically he should have been released. Instead he was turned over to the u. S. Marshal. Garcia zarate was recently indicted by a grand jury for violating state immigration and gun laws for possessing the gun used to shoot steinle. This is a vindictive prosecution. Reporter his attorneys tried to delay this action and had requested a new trial. And essentially he was convicted for potissession of a weapon based on the brief and momentary holding of a gun and throwing it into the water after it accidental discharged. Reporter it will now be up to civil rights attorneys to argue that in federal court. We can bring a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. Reporter Garcia Zarate was found not guilty of murdering 32yearold steinle has she was walking along pier 14 on july 1st, 2015. The jury agreed with the defense which argued that a single shot killed steinle after the bullet ricochetted off the ground, traveling 78 feet before striking her in the back. We treated this case as we would have any other similar case. Were comfortable that the system worked the way it was meant to even though were disappointed with the outcome. Reporter in San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Zarate is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court monday morning at 9 30. The owner and founder of Coffee Roaster is being sued for he was accused of sexually sexually assaulting multiple women and creating a toxic workplace culture. The store has explicit sexual references on items such as coffee mugs. Former linebacker ackman brooks will not have to register as a sex offender after prosecutors agreed to a plea deal under which brooks only needs to perform 100 hours of Community Service and pay re restitution to the victim. According to the mercury news, the District Attorneys Office said there were legal and factual challenges to the case. Someone from florida is 450,000 richer. While there were no jackpot winners in california, somebody in daly city matched five of the six numbers. The semi Winning Ticket was sold. One employee told us people were buying tickets by the bucket load. People were buying 40 worth and higher, just lottery tickets. Ive never seen anybody spend that much on tickets. In fact, a ticket feeding frenzy took place all across the bay ea. Abc 7 News ReporterKatie Marzullo has that. Good luck. Thank you. Reporter its modern a slip of paper. Its a glimmer of hope. Its amazing. Even if you dont win, to dream about winning, its a positive attitude. Reporter roy domingo bought his tickets in santa clara, at a store with a winning history. Its about melmost a billions if you win both. Amazing. Reporter massive back to back jackpots. It would be nice to win it. Reporter this store is san jose is also lucky. Customers like Jesse Sanchez were dreaming big, but practical. Get my mom a housing. I tell my husband theres 5. 3 million or whatever. I just want 1 million. Reporter first youve got to beat the odds. I do, im as deserving as the next person. Reporter just remember this expert advice. Whoever signs the back of the ticket is the individual that has to claim the ticket and the proceeds. Reporter the deream isnt over yet. The powerball drawing is saturday night. In san jose, Katie Marzullo, abc 7 news. The east coast is expecting record cold weather this weekend. The temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees below normal. A winter noreaster already buried the region. In boston a bus became stuck in the slush. Neighbors saw it, couldnt move, and they grabbed shovels to dig it free, then pushed it back to a more clearedaway part of the road. In new york, these ferries couldnt be pushed free, no way. They would not budge in the thick identification. Overnight, temperatures were 3 degrees there. If you want to see low temperature, check this out. Mt. Washington in massachusetts, negative 85 degrees, including windchill. The New York Times sent reporters there who said it was so cold, the air froze their e eyelash eyelashes. Reporter medical schools chiselling out from a record breaking cold. Crews were racing to clear roads. This entire street was all ice, kind of like this. Reporter in winthrop, after the storm surge inundated streets, they were rushing to get the water out of their basement. As you can see, theres lots of water pumping out. Hopefully we get it all into the drains before tonights high tides. Why is that . Because in high tide theres nowhere else for the water to go. If anyone wants to question global warning, see where the flood zones are, those zones didnt flood 30 years ago. Reporter in marsh field, a National Guard vehicle bringing people to safety. There was water coming in the back door. Reporter a front end loader retrieving a woman from this front porch. New york city, kids trudging back to school through the snow. More than a foot of snow falling here in parts of long island. Take a look with our drone cam, theres so much snow. With these subzero windchills, its not melting anytime soon. Reporter overnight, fire and ice in newark, new jersey, driven by high winds. That fire quickly spread to two buildings to the left of the original fire building and also across the street. Reporter at least two firefighters injured. The storm taking at least eight lives, including a 13yearold girl, killed by Carbon Monoxide poisoning it is the Apartment Building in perth amboy. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Hi there, everyone. Saturday morning, waking up to scattered light showers here in the south bay. Still a good deal of moisture offshore. Were around highway 101, just south of san jose. So from mt. Hamilton, gilroy, hollister, picking up some wet weather. Santa cruz, monterey. As we get closer, it will sit here for the next hour or so, getting into partly cloudy skies for your day. In the sierra nevada, boy, its rain in the upper 30s from truckee to the tahoe Valley Airport. To get down to kirkwood where they have an higher base, theye looking at a little bit of snow. Still pretty moist in the south half of the bay. But the north half, were in the low 40s, chilly in santa rosa. Were talking about some showers early, mainly south. Partly cloudy skies. Our next system is a level 2 on our storm impact scale. It comes in on monday and doesnt exit until late on saturday. A look at your 12hour planner, about 8 00 well be in the 50s in our east bay valleys. The sun will be out. 10 00, mid50s. Upper 50s by noontime. High temperatures in the low 60s for concord, dublin, pleasanton. Then the numbers will begin to slide with partly cloudy skies. So we bring in our storm impact scale. Level 2 headed our way on monday. With rain heavy at times, 1 to 2 inches most areas. 2 to 3 inches in the hills, north bay, santa cruz mountains. Were looking at wind gusts of 35 to 50 miles an hour along the coast and the upper elevations. We start our forecast animation at 2 00 in the morning monday morning. And as we go through your morning commute, boy, weve got the rain coming in steadily. And then by 2 00 in the afternoon, its not letting up. By the evening commute, 7 00, still widespread rain. Into your Tuesday Morning commute, we still have rain getting a little bit lighter in spots. By 1 00 on tuesday, scattered showers, still many showers around. And by the evening commute on tuesday, looks like things are clearing up. So preliminary rainfall estimates bringing in almost 2 inches of rain in San Francisco. About the same up in north bay. So you can see much of the bay area getting a big impact with this system. But these numbers will likely change. So make sure to check back with us. Highs today underneath approximatio cloudy skies. The sevenday forecast, early showers in the south bay, then partly cloudy. A chance of showers late overnight on sunday. Then, boy, monday, its going to be a tough go getting to work all throughout the day. The evening commute. And then tuesday, the system will still be with us. It eventually winds down and looks like were getting back into a dry pattern midweek. Download our accuweather app. You can track the rain and temperatures hour by hour. A little break before monday and tuesday, we certainly need the rain. Boy, do we ever. Lisa, thanks so much. Ahead, a philadelphia father using a cheesesteak in a unique way. Its Winter Sports time. See what they do for fun next rig if youre an animal lover, we have perfect bay area events for you. Natasha zouves from abc 7 mornings has teamed up with our partners from hoodline. Whether youre a dog person, a cat person, or a disney person, theres an event for you this weekend. That covers all of us. First is something i didnt even know is a thing. Hes the boss and he knows it. Wow. Wow is not. Its not every day you get to walk a 17pound house cat. Hes certainly a head turner. I find out walking a tabby who is strong of will is not like walking a dog. His owner is a real deal cat owner. Hes one of the cats that gets dressed up for this event. Bought a harness and said were doing this. They just adapt within a couple of minutes. This is his chance to go outside. No risk of getting hit by a car or a runin with a raccoon. When all else fails, you can build your Upper Body Strength and let him hitch a ride. Bring your cat and a leash to lake merritt this saturday. If dogs are more your style, check out this event in San Francisco. Sf doodles is all about sharing this mix of golden retriever and poodle. If the line where the sky meets the sea calls you. The castro theater is holding a sing along on sunday at 1 30 p. M. See the movie with the lyrics right on the screen. Disney is the Parent Company of abc 7. Weve posted all the info on our website. Natasha zouves, abc 7 news. A transit project more than 20 years in the making began its final phase. Abc 7 news was in martines yesterday where city officials wielded golden shovels in a groundbreaking for a new pedestrian bridge to link the martines amtrak station with a new parking lot across the tracks. Its the last piece of a decades long transit hub project that has brought martines a new train station, parking lots and bus stops. From the amtrak station over here to the parking lot is 110foot steel bridge with an elevator going across the u. P. Tracks right over here to the parking lot. The vice mayor tells abc 7 news that next on her list is bringing Ferry Service to the martines marina. A father has been measuring his sons growth using cheese steaks since 2015. It was a joke at first but became a tradition. Dad put the tradition on hold fearing his son would hate cheese steaks