There. 52 in hayward, 54 in san jose. Your forecast today calls for a few lingering showers, and partly cloudy skies. Mid50s by noontime. Pretty much for everyone. And a fairly uniform spread today with upper 50s to near 60 degrees. A mix of clouds and sun. And well be dry tonight. Were talking about a with clou from one of the strongest storms weve seen this year coming our way for two days next week. Stay with us, ill have your accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. 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 on thursday night. Abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs has more. The family in hercules is still coming to terms with what happened to them. 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 hercules 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 dispensaries on mission had temporary signs up. Dispensaries like this are waiting for word from officials. Once they get the green light, 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 report of e. Coli breakouts. 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 bugs. Otherwise i would avoid it until we know whats going on. The cdc is trying to track the source of the illness. Northern california gets its romaine from Imperial County or yuma, arizona this time of year. We talked to several restaurants who locally source their legal lettuce. They believe it is safe to eat. Changes could be under way changes could be under way for californias alert system following the north bay fires. 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 fires 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. Heres what she said. 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. Mayor lee died unexpectedly y last month. 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. Lisa is here. Weve got a break in the weather but it will be returning in a big way shortly. Yeah, its about time, right . We havent seen any really significant storms in a while. We had some pretty good ones in november. But here we are, early january, exploratorium camera, 51 degrees. Leftover showers in the south bay, a dry weekend, and then yes, a level 2 on our storm impact scale. Ill have the details coming up. All right, lisa, thanks. It could be worse, right . 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The future is for the unafraid. All because of you coming back with a shot of the abc 7 exploratorium camera. You see the bucky ball, according to our director jerry. Thats what the name of it is, apparently. Apparently the bucky ball has got a big back story that we really dont have time to get into right now, but it is mesmerizing, lots of beautiful neon lights on it. Well talk about the weather, big system coming up in just a few days, lisa argen will have that for us in just a few minutes. The man found not guilty in the case of kate steinle was sentenced on his own gun sentence conviction. He was sentenced to three years but will get credit for time served. Abc 7 news lyanne melen more. Hes not getting released right away. Reporter it was the maximu sentence for his begun possession conviction, three years. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate served beyond that. 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 federal 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 possession of a weapon based on the brief and momentary holding of a gun and throwing it into the water after it accidentally discharged. Reporter it will now be up to civil rights attorney tony sera 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 a popular San FranciscoCoffee Roaster is being sued for harassment by several employees. According to the chronicle, the owner was accused of sexually assaulting multiple women and creating a toxic workplace culture. The store has explicit sexual references on items such as coffee mugs. He has not responded to the lawsuit. New details about former 49ers linebacker aman 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 restitution to the victim. He was facing a misdemeanor Sexual Battery charge for groping an unconscious woman. According to the mercury news, th District Attorneys Office said there were legal and factual challenges to the case. Someone from florida is 450,000 richer. Matching all numbers for the Mega Millions drawing last night. While there were no jackpot winners in california, somebody in daly city matched five of the six numbers. The prize is worth over 1,800,000. The semi Winning Ticket was sold at this 711 store in daly city. 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 area. Abc 7 News ReporterKatie Marzullo has that. Good luck. Thank you. Reporter its modern a slip its more than 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 almost a billion dollars if you win both. That would be kind of awesome. Reporter massive back to back jackpots. It would be nice to win it. Reporter the 711 in san jose is also a lucky store. 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 dream 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, they would not budge in the thick ice, no way. 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 eyelashes. Abc News Reporter eva pilgrim has details. Reporter people chiselling out from a record breaking cold. In situate scituate, massachusetts, 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. Reporter Officials Say it was the highest tide ever recorded in boston. If anyone wants to question global warning, see where the flood zones are, those zones didnt flood 30 years ago. Reporter dozens of rescues along the massachusetts coast. In marshfield, a National Guard vehicle bringing people to safety. There was cars outside almost completely underwater. There was water coming in the back door. Reporter a front end loader retrieving a woman from this front porch. In 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 at this Apartment Building in perth amboy. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Hi there, everyone. Saturday morning, leftover showers east of livermore in the upper elevations picking a little bit of rain here and the hills here picking up an inch and threequarters on your way to the altamonte pass. Were looking at scattered showers from mt. Hamilton south of san jose, highway 101, down towards morgan hill. You can see the summit, highway 17 could be impacted. So these are going to linger the next hour or so. In the mountains, the rain will be ending. Its been in the upper 30s here. The snow level has been we will above 8,000 feet. The next system coming in will bring snow late monday into tuesday. Rain first, though. 52 in concord, 43 in novato, 50 in san mateo. As we look outside here, bay waters look calm. Well have those showers ending this morning. And then looking at partly cloudy skies this afternoon. Our next storm system arriving late sunday into early monday. Its a level 2 on our storm impact scale, taking us right on through tuesday. So spending time outside today in the east bay valleys from pleasanton to dublin to walnut creek, starting out at about 50 degrees at 8 00, mid50s by 10 00. Upper 50s noontime. And topping out in the low 60s with partly cloudy skies, some high clouds. It should be a nice afternoon. Then dropping through the 50s quickly after 4 00. So bringing in our storm impact scale from monday, its a 2. Rain heavy at times, 1 to 2 inches for most of us. 2 to 3 inches in higher elevations. Wind gusts up above 1,000 feet. Well be anywhere from 35 to 50 miles an hour. While youre sleeping, sunday night the rain begins. By 4 or 5 00 in the morning, youre getting going for the morning commute. Boy, take your time, because as we go through the day, the rain just increases. 2 00 in the afternoon, were still wet. The evening commute on monday, still very rainy. Overnight hours on monday, rainy. Then this turns to snow overnight monday into tuesday, looking at still rain on tuesday morning. Its not until about 1 00, the north bay begins to clear out. And then the evening commute, we should see drier conditions in the south bay. About a foot of snow as this system pushes through the mountains. Rain first, then snow, into monday night and tuesday. So thats some good news. Preliminary rainfall estimates here, about two inches in San Francisco. And look at the south bay, nearly that. We have two systems coming in, a subtropical fetch and a system from the north. With those merging, rainfall amounts look to be fairly uniform. We could see upwards of three inches in the hills. Highs today under partly cloudy skies, looking at about 60 degrees in oakland, fremont, and palo alto. The accuweather sevenday forecast, we have a dry weekend. Late tomorrow night we could see some showers. The clouds increasing tomorrow afternoon. Download the accuweather app, boy, will that be honor dandy m