live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> chaos at city hall over a shocker. there's a new mayor suddenly tonight. after a heated debate and a vote. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lynn. mark farrell was elected by the board and sworn in tonight. >> he unseated london breed who has served since the death of ed lee. >> katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: the new mayor held a press conference moments after being sworn in. it's clear that he was trying to diffuse a tense situation that followed hours of heated public testimony. san francisco city hall erupted as supervisor mark farrell unseated act are mayor and bord president in a final board of supervisors vote of 8-2. >> i, mark farrell. >> reporter: he was sworn in in quick fashion and will hold the office until june. >> to me, it's not about politics. it's about moving the city forward and the continuity of our government. all i can say is, that i will work to represent every single san francisco resident. no matter their race, ethnicity, their religion. it doesn't matter. my job for the next six months is to make sure our city government continues to function. >> reporter: the supervisor called for the vote for interim mayor because breed was acting as mayor and board president, following the death of ed lee in december. it raised concerns regarding separation of power. breed has already declared her candidacy for mayor in the upcoming election. tonight's vote shocked her supporters. >> what london represented as mayor is an opportunity for us to rise up and take an active role in our prosperity. >> reporter: breed addressed concerns about racial motivations for her unseating. >> at this point, i don't want to dwell on this particular element because it sadly has brought out the worst in some people. and so what i am trying to do as the leader of this city, is bring out the best in people. >> reporter: farrell did not file to run in the upcoming special mayoral election, so his term will end in june. it's likely now he will appoint a new supervisor to take over his district 2 seat. then that person will have to run in a regular election. live in san francisco, katie utehs, abc7 news. >> katie, thanks so much. san leerndro city council voted to place its top city administrator on paid leaving, following allegations of sexual misconduct. his leave will happen as a third-party investigator reviews sexual misconduct claims made by the ceo of the davis street resource center. rose johnson claims that he pressured her to have a sexual relationship with him in exchange for public funding. a with wet and windy storm is heading our way. drew tuma has the details. >> you'll notice the rain and wind picking up tomorrow afternoon. live doppler 7 with satellite showing you our storm system that is approaching the coast right now, already bringing showers to medford, oregon, and this cold front will sink to the south and bring us some rain tomorrow. on the storm impact scale, a 2 coming our way on wednesday, with light to moderate rain, breezy conditions and significant snow coming to the sierras. the morning commute will feature dry skies, but take the rain gear with you, as the showers will be developing through the early afternoon. that means the evening commute will feature light to moderate showers, ponding on the roadways, as slick spots. prepare for the evening commute to be much slower than this previous evening commute today. we'll talk about how much rain to expect and how much snow will fall coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> and a great time to remind everybody, you can track the storm with live doppler 7 on the abc7 news app. you can enable push alerts to get weather advisories right on your phone or tablet. new tonight, a pair of earthquakes shook the bay area and the central coast. 3.6 and 2.7 struck just before 10:00. the epicenter was near watsonville. people called in, saying they felt it from santa clara to san francisco and even in marin. these kinds of earthquakes can be terrifying if you live on a fault line, as so many of us do here. there is help to help keep your home safe. the state is now offering financial assistance to retro fit homes in certain communities. here's cornell barnard. >> reporter: an early warning system may help keep you safe but it won't protect your home in an earthquake. this home slid off its foundation in the '94 quake. so did this one. >> reporter: shawna worries about future quakes in the bay area. a program by the city of heyward, now offering grants to owners of single family homes, to help pay for seismic retro fits on their home's foundations. >> they can get the entire cost of the retrofit paid for if they qualify. >> reporter: a retro fit can cost 3 to $7,000. the state is now offering its own grant program to residents of 21 bay area cities, most at risk for quakes. >> this is the access to the crawl space, where we do all the retrofit work. >> reporter: howard cook shows us how this home was correctly bolted to its foundation. he's a former fema inspector who owns a country specializing in seismic retrofit. he said the heyward fault and overdue for an earthquake. >> if you don't bolt your home, you're going to lose it, and end up in a homeless shelter or living with relatives. >> reporter: the state is most concerned about older homes, build before 1979, wood-frame construction with the raised foundation. >> i think it's beneficial to someone who can't afford it but need it. >> reporter: the deadline to apply for the retrofit grants from the california earthquake authority is february 23rd. we've got a link on our website, abc7 news.com. cornell barnard, abc7 news. meantime, a major earthquake rattled alaska overnight, triggering tsunami watches and warnings for the entire west coast. that quake measured a magnitude 7.9 and hit at abo:00 and hit a a.m. sirens and alaska went off and people were told to head to higher ground. monster waves, thankfully, never happened. there are no reports of any damage or injuries from the earthquake. we've learned tonight that two students killed during a shooting at a kentucky high school were both 15 years old. witnesses say another 15-year-old opened fire this morning at marshall county high school and southwestern kentucky. 14 were shot, 5 remain in critical condition. police arrested the shooter after he ran out of ammunition. they did not release details about a motive. gunfire in san francisco's bernl heights neighborhood killed one person and wounded another at 5:00 at ridgeland avenue and lease street. police are looking for a suspect who ran from the scene. the fate of superior court judge aaron persky will be up to voters this june. the effort to recall the judge who sentenced stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for sexual assault, gathered enough signatures. the recall is now on the primary ballot. abc7 reporter katie the story. >> reporter: it's a victory for the committee to recall judge aaron persky. committee chair and law professor michelle dobber said it's part of a national turning point for women. >> we need to make sure that we have a legal system that takes these crimes seriously upon. and judge per ssky has a long pattern of not doing that, and that's why he'll be on the ballot in june. >> reporter: she sentenced a swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious women on campus. the santa clara county registrar of voter now says the petition's signatures are valid. >> the recall petition had 113% sufficiency, we certified today the recall petition. >> reporter: persky's attorney said the recall effort does not comply with the california constitution. saying, it's unlawful and in defending the constitution and in the independence of judges, we are protecting the rights of all citizens. the matter now goes to the bord of supervisors on february 6, they'll vote to put it on the primary ballot. >> just ahead, a would-be thief had high hopes of being a high-seas hijackers. >> he had his eyes on this vintage beauty ofa a boat, but ran into one big problem. >> and we say goodbye to an author from the east bay, whose writing was so impactful steven king called her a literary icon. and some surprise oscar nominations and a few bay area picks that were no surprise at all. >> but first. >> a look at jamie kimmel live. >> thank you, dan and dion. here's what we're working on at this hour. how often do people mention "breaking bad" to you? >> every use pantene shampoo together with 3 minute miracle daily conditioner. their pro-v formula is like a multi-vitamin. making your hair 2x stronger see the difference when you add 3 minute miracle daily conditioner. i'm never gonna be able i'll take a sick day tomorrow. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days... moms take nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. a transient is in the marin county jail on charges he stold a 350-ton former army tug boat that had been converted to a yacht. they found him on the tug boat monday morning after they were called to see why it was a drift in the middle of richardson bay. authorities say krandal cut the boat loose, hopped on board and drifted off. the owner was away, but a neighbor at the harbor quickly alerted him. >> i'm staring at the text thinking, what could he mean, this makes no sense. how could it not be in its mooring? it has ten lines holding it to the dock. i called him immediately. >> the coast guard intercepted the boat and took krandal into custody. the boat was built in 1955 for the korean war, but never deployed. it was converted to a four-bedroom yacht in the 1990s and now up for sale for $1.5 million. one of the last century's most influential fiction authors and a berkeley native has died. ursula la gwin sold millions of books, featuring strong female characters. her most favorite books, the left hand of darkness and the earth sea series, she's received dozens of national and international awards. the library of congress named her a living she went to berkeley high school. her parents were professors. stephen king tweeted today, ursula was one of the greats. not just a science fiction writer. a literary icon. god. speed into the galaxy. another tweeted, her words are always with us. some are them are written on my soul. i miss her as the deepest and smartest of writers. she was 88 years old. tonight we know the nominees for this year's oscars and one movie is leading the pack in nominations. >> danya bacchus has the story. >> that things looks human. >> reporter: "the shape of water" is leading the race for oscar gold with 13 nominations, including a best-picture nod amongst "lady bird," 3 billboards outside ebbing missouri and "get out." a tweet, you know when you're on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly try. i failed at that. daniel kaluuya nominated with timothee chalamet. incredible performances for women this year, with saoirse rowan an, frances mcdormand, margot robbie, sally hawkins and meryl streep. for supporting actress -- >> mary j. blige. >> reporter: the nine-time grammy winner joined by lessy manville, octavia spencer, laurie metcalf, and allison janney. >> i bd not be more excited. >> reporter: supporting actor could be a sure shot for sam rockwell. who has already won the sag and golden globe award in this category. he's up against woody harrelson willem dafoe, christopher jenkins and rachel morrison for "mudbound" is the first ever woman nominated for cinematography. >> well, there's a pretty strong local flavor to the oscars this year. >> disney pixar received three nominations, disney is the parent company of abc7. daily city native sam rockwell is up for his role in three billboards outsi billboar billboardsi. >> and ladybird, got a total of five nominations. >> for a complete list of the nominees, head to abc7 news.com and watch the oscars live only on abc7 sunday march 4th. jimmy kimmel, once again the host. >> and the oscar for best seven-day forecast goes to? >> you're just winning brownie points, drew tuma. >> if you like rain, you'll love tomorrow. the next storm is already approaching the region. for most of us that rain will arrive in the afternoon tomorrow. the active sweep by live doppler 7. right now, it's quiet. a live look from our camera, showing you calm and clear conditions across san francisco. the clouds are building overhead, and in about 12 hours, the rain will be here. we bring back the storm impact scale to rank our storms from 1 to 5, light to severe. gives you a good idea what to expect. the system that arrived tomorrow, it's a 2, a moderate storm system, we're tracking light to moderate rain. there will be some pockets of heavier rain within this cold front. it will bring breezy conditions as well. 20 to 35-mile-per-hour winds, especially in the afternoon. and in the sierra, we're looking at significant snow, a winter storm warning in effect there. we'll get to the details of that in one second. temperature wise out there now, ahead of the storm system, we have cooled off into the 40s. in a lot of spots right now. 41 in napa. same in half moon bay. 48 in heyward. san santa rosa, 41 degrees. over the next 12 hours, the clouds will continue to thicken. we'll have some areas of fog, especially in the north bay. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the upper 30s to mid 40s. storm impact scale, this is a 2, a moderate system that we're tracking. a little bit more rainfall than what we saw yesterday morning. and those winds will have an impact in the afternoon. so let's time this entire system out for you. wednesday morning, watch the time stamp. 5:00 in the morning, the morning commute is a-okay. dry conditions. but take the rain gear with you, because the showers will be developing through the morning and into the afternoon. by 11:00, rain north of santa rosa, but pops of yellow and orange, that's the heavy rain along with that cold front. by 1:00, that's when we expect the drops through san francisco, over into oakland, into concord, approaching san mateo as well. later in the afternoon and into the early evening, by 5:00, that's when the rain is in the south bay and san jose, into liver mo livermore as well. by the day's end on wednesday, it's already out of here. but it will bring us a pretty decent soaking in the next 24 hours. future tracker rainfall showing the highest amounts in the north bay. but area wide, likely a good estimate is a half inch of rain, maybe less in the south bay and inland as well. but still a decent soaking for this time of year. the winter storm warning is in effect wednesday at noon through friday morning in the sierra. look at the snowfall totals expected. likely widespread one to two feet. higher spots could see up to three feet of snow. so winter weather lovers going to love that. the seven-day forecast, rainy and window wednesday, especially in the afternoon and evening. a scattered shower on thursday. then we'll dry out, brighten up for the weekend, bring in warmer area. mike nicco will continue to track the storm tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> thanks, drew. it's so hot in australia right now, you'd take water from anyone, even a human. >> the at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. >> this is just fascinating. look at this rare encounter with a whild koala bear in australia. extreme heat has hit southeast australia and recently a cyclist spotted a koala looking lethargic. >> he 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