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KGO ABC7 News 500AM January 25, 2018

Heres whats leftover this morning. Temperatures runnin in the upper 40s excuse me, upper 30s to mid40s. Well be in the 50s this afternoon. Sue . Lets take a look outside as we make your way to the San Francisco from the golden gate bridge. Marin side of things. They have reconfigured your commute for four lanes in the southbound direction. Roads are slick and wet. But the sky right there is clear. No fog. Traffic is building along the east shore freeway from University Avenue on into emeryville and the macarthur maze. We had an earlier car fire on the bay bridge that had temporarily shut down all lanes. Luckily, thats all clear and good. Taking a look at the traffic map. Things are good. A little bit of green up there. Those are the showers that mike is talking in the blue on the map, those are potential for pooling and hydroplaning. Use extra caution this morning. At the live desk, lets update you on the crash i mentioned earlier. San Francisco Police investigating a crash overnight. It involved an uber car. Reporter janine de la vega is on scene. Janine . Reporter jess karks the crash scene on alemany boulevard is clear. But the car did take out a traffic light pole that is laying down on the ground right now. Its likely that public works is going to come out later this morning to repair it. Take a look at this video. You can see the car here. As you can see, it slammed into the traffic light pole on alemany boulevard near crescent avenue. You can see in the windshield, there is an uber sticker. Were trying to confirm if the driver worked for uber. The crash took place at 2 00 a. M. Its unclear what caused the driver to lose control. Weve been told by police that it may have been some sort of medical incident that he suffered. That driver did have passengers with him. They appear uninjured. The driver on the ground, he was being treated by firefighters and paramedics. He was taken to the hospital. The roads were wet at the time of the crash. Its unknown if speed was a factor in this crash. Reporting live in San Francisco, janine de la vega, abc 7 news. Thank you, janine. New developments in walnut creek. Police arrested a man who hit two pedestrians. Benjamin yeager was behind the wheel and hit two people on north main street tuesday night. Hes being charged with attempted homicide. The victims were treated for nonlifethreatening injuries. Michigan state universitys president has announced her resignation. This after being under increasing pressure for the schools handling of the larry nassar case. It came hours after the schools former sports doctor was sentenced up to 175 years for criminal sexual misconduct. Kendis gibson has the latest. Ending the career of the longtime educator. Lieu an assaye monday stepping down at the university where nassar worked for two decades. Simon saying im so sorry that a trusted renowned physician was really such an evil person. The university is being questioned about how the abuse was able to continue for so long and how the school handled the allegations. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Hours before her resignation, a judge sentencing nassar. Im giving you 175 years. Ive signed your death warrant. The court erupting with applause. His accusers saying it was sexual abuse under the guise of medical treatment. 156 women and girls, some of them olympic champions, sharing their stories of abuse. I cant even comprehend how angry i feel when i think of you. After the heartwrenching testimony, nassar still wouldnt say the word guilty. Are you guilty, sir . I have said my plea, exactly. Making a statement, somber and sullen directly to his victims. Your words these past several days, your words, have had a significant emotional affect on myself and shaken me to my core. Kendis gibson, abc news new york. Look at the front page of the detroit free press. The headline courageous and the name of every one of the 155 women who bravely came forward. 2020 will dedicate an entire hour to the larry nassar trial tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. Followed by abc 7 news at 11 00 p. M. San franciscos new mayor is standing strong against a new threat against sanctuary cities. The Justice Department says it will subpoena two dozen sanctuary city jurisdictions if they dont hand over documents showing theyre not withholding information about the immigration status of people in custody. San franciscos interim mayor mark farrell who took the oath of Office Tuesday night says his administration will be committed to the sanctuary city policy. I think its a point to be very clear up front. San francisco always has been and always will be a sanctuary city. It will 100 remain so during my time as mayor. San Francisco City attorney Dennis Herrera says the city is in full compliance with federal immigration law. We have new developments on the Pleasant Hill teenager paralyzed during a wrestling match. Ryan joseph is showing some slight improvement. The mercury news reports that the 16yearold is feeling some sensation now at the top and bottoms of his feet. Ryan has remained on a ventilator in the icu since injuring his spinal cord two weeks ago. The Athletic Director hopes that ryan can be admitted to a Medical Center in denver for treatment. Theyve raised more than 143,000 for medical expenses on a go fund me page. So you know youre going to get showered on once in a while today by Mother Nature producing more storms. But you want to dress warmer for sure and have that rain gear handy for the afternoon hours. 39 right now from danville, san ramon and dublin. 40 in pleasanton. Also in lafayette. 41 in Pleasant Hill and livermore. Mid40s out the highway 4 corridor. Mt. Diablo, 3800 feet, 33 degrees. If one of these storms bumps into it, it could leave it with a dusting of snow. Well keep an eye on that. 45 in san carlos. 47 in vallejo. San francisco 48. Oakland 49. About 39 in novato. Sutro tower looks cleaner than yesterday. Out and about, the showers will sprout. Be careful with that. Exercise and youll be dodging those showers. In the sierra, brought it down through danger. Its still pretty poor because of the blowing snow. The snow is not coming down as heavily as it did yesterday. San francisco, over the next 12 hours starting at 8 00, a shower is possible. Temperatures mainly in the low 50s. Now, as far as the east bay, pretty much the same thing. A few showers this morning. Maybe a break at 10 00. From noon to 8 00, theres still a chance of showers. Youll be in the low to mid50s. Lets find out as warm as it gets today, about 54 to 58 degrees. Little bit cooler up to the north in the 50s. But tonight, heater may run a little longer. May want to take an extra blanket to bed. Well be in the 30s on the peninsula. Also in our inland east bay neighborhood. Even frosty cold temperatures up in the north bay valleys. You will have plans this weekend. I have warm weather in the sevenday forecast. Ill show you that next. Heres sue to show you the commute. The bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights. We have a backup on the cash lanes. Traffic is getting by nicely there. Once you get it to the span itself, its looking real good. No fog to hamper your visibility this morning. Lets take a quick look at the drive times. Early morning commuters out of central valley. Looking at 35 minutes from tracy into the dublin area through livermore and over the altamont. Highway 4 looks great into concord. A straight shot san rafael into San Francisco. No fog over the waldo and smooth sailing with four lanes in the southbound direction on the golden gate bridge. Thanks, sue. New developments and the national highway Traffic Safety administration. Sent to investigate this crash involving a tesla and fire truck in Southern California. The driver of the model s says his car was on autopilot when it crashed into the fire truck in culver city. The car sustained significant damage. Fire Officials Say the car was traveling at 65 miles an hour when it hit that fire truck. The ntsb says investigators will focus on driver and vehicle factors. Were going to try something new this morning. A push for california to secede from the u. S. Is making a comeback. Would you vote for that . Take a look at the bottom of your screen. The poll opened last night. Its open right now. We want you to cast your vote. Right this second, go to abc7news. Com vote and decide for yourself in real time. Well see the numbers move as you do this. No registering involved. No app to download. Go to the website, it takes a few seconds. Well update the results in a few minutes. Im surprised that 27 who are voting say that we should secede from the u. S. Right. Moving on. President trump announced a tariff earlier this week. One company is raising prices because of it. Recent delays. A maybe today will start better knowing there may be snow in the north bay mountains. Around clear lake, lake forest in the Higher Elevations, we could have 2 to 4 inches of snow from now until 6 00 this evening. Even up to 8 inches on some of the highest peaks. That Winter Weather advisory means its going to be tough sledding if youre trying to get around the Higher Elevations of lake county. We have scattered thunderstorms in our forecast. More on that next. Hi everyone. Pretty sad images coming in from overseas. At least three people are dead, ten others seriously hurt after a commuter train derailed in italy just outside of milan. Dozens more may be slightly injured. It happened as the train was heading into milan during the morning commute. The Associated Press reports passengers felt the car shake and heard a big bang and a car crushed in on them. Two cars peeled off the rails, came to a stop at an angle. Investigators say the train came off the rails at a switch track suggesting that it could have contributed to the derailment. They are still investigating this at this hour. I will let you know as soon as we get any updates. Jessica, thank you. Its 5 14 now. Happening today, the 15yearold suspect in the deadly Kentucky School shooting is expected to be in court. Prosecutors will say they asked the judge to designate the a both students 15 years old. 18 others hurt. The shooting broke out early Tuesday Morning at Marshall High School in the small town of benton, about 120 miles northwest of nashville. A motive has not been released. In todays gma first look, youtube star logan paul returned to the site for the First Time Since he posted a controversial video. Paula faris has the details with gmas first look. In first look, a seemingly somber and reflective logan paul returning to youtube. When i found out that one in Six High School kids commits suicide, thats stunning. The 22yearold internet star usually known for boisterous antics disappeared from social media three weeks ago saying he was taking time to reflect after coming under fire for posting a controversial video filmed and shot in whats known as japans suicide forest. Ive never been so humbled in my life. In this new video, he sits down with several prevention professionals addressing his own ignorance on the graph tiff suicide. I was shocked to discover just how big this is. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , logan pauls plans to further educate himself and others about suicide prevention. With your gma first look, im paula faris, abc news, new york. It appears john kersey considering a run for president john kerry is considering a run for president in 2020. Hes strongly considering a run for office. Kerry reportedly said that there is a good chance that President Trump will not be in office a year from now. Kerry is now 74 years old. He had previously said he considered a run in 2017. Kerry ran in 2004. He lost to george w. Bush. Lg electronics raises the prices of laundry machines after President Trump signed a tariff on imported products. The company says consumers should be prepared for prices to increase by 70 to 100. Earlier this week, the president signed a tax of 20 on large washing machines. It starts at 20 for the first 1. 2 million washers imported this year. Then it goes up to 50 after that point is met. A vote to push forward a ban on fur sales in San Francisco is being delayed. Antifur advocates rallied on the steps of city hall. Theyre positive the legislation will be passed. Theyre expected to vote on the ban next month. If approved it moves on to the board of supervisors. An effort to split california off from the rest of the u. S. Is go to abc7news. Com vote and you can decide right now if you want to secede. Or not. Or not. Its changed since the last time we put it up. 28 say yes. That yes vote is actually rising. Now on to the next story. We should mention a cal exit campaign say they plan to relaunch the Ballot Campaign on valentines day. The date is symbolic because they will effectively be remembered as californias petition for divorce from the united states. If the measure is approved for the 2018 ballot and passes, californians would vote on independence in may of 2021. But independence would still be a long shot because it still requires a constitutional amendment. I jumped ahead. Sorry about that. You are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. Meteorologist mike nicco is here. Even if we voted on it, Mother Nature would say veto. Hi everybody. Heres a look at our roof camera. You can see the embarcadero is still damp. Youll find that in a lot of areas this morning. The later you join the commute, the more likely its going to be drier. Well get sunshine today. Youll need the sunglasses. But well have showers and thunderstorms. The showers will move over the ocean tonight. The rest of us cooler with fog. The rain stays away through the extended forecast and temperatures warm back into the 60s. Now, the best chance of thunderstorms right now, you can see i have the live doppler out of eureka. Its mainly south of there. But weve got a chance of a little downpour between bodega bay. Some showers moving through the north bay. Ocean beach, Half Moon Bay and another one over the peninsula within the next 45 minutes or so to aggravate the situation. Now through 9 00, you can see on mt. St. Helena, a little bit of snow in lake county and northward. Possibility also, mt. Hamilton throughout the morning. You can see by noon, still scattered showers out there. Maybe a brief downpour. Theyll be so brief, we wont get more than a tenth of inch of rain out of the system. Still scattered to moderate showers out there. Through the evening hours, the yellows go away. As we head towards the overnight hours, the green goes away except for basically over the ocean. Well wake up partly cloudy and cooler tomorrow. Heres a look at the rain totals. Less than april 10th of an inch in than a tenth of an inch over you. You could get up to a quarter of an inch. My sevenday forecast. Not quite total sunshine tomorrow. Temperatures still in the 50s. Well see more sunshine after the morning fog saturday and sunday. Look at that. Low to mid630s for sunday. The richmondsan rafael bridge, light commute so far. Puddling and ponding on the roadways. Extra caution here. About a six to eightminute drive over to marin county this morning. Overall, the traffic maps are looking pretty good. The green is at the limit. Red means slowing. The pink on the map is the potential for snow over mt. Hamilton. And pink and white over mt. Hamilton. Well take a look at your commute over the altamont pass. The green on the map is rain. The blue there is the potential for ponding and puddling. We are seeing slowing. But then things pick up into liver move. First reports of an accident north 17 before big moody curve. They also have a report maybe near the summit. Well check back with the chp to get an exact location for you. Thank you, sue. Two Fan Favorites from the warriors spent their day off making a surprise visit to the airport. They tried their hand at working for United Airlines yesterday afternoon. They attempted it push back a plate on the tarmac. Look at that dance hes doing. At the controls of the command center. Also made announcements at a gate for passengers bound for washington, d. C. Ive got good news and bad news. The good news is theres no bad news. Youre going to get on that plane. Thank you all. Hope you get to d. C. Safe. We appreciate united and everybody here. Thank you all. Passengers at the gate who looked really concerned and like on the phone and not really i know. Is it delayed or not . Not pleased. They will be back at their regular jobs tonight when the warriors take on the timberwolves at oracle arena. They must have a Marketing Agreement with united. Plans to retire after his next tour. He will make his last bay area stop in san jose and oakland. The 70yearold says he is in good health and plans to spend more time with his two schoolage children. When hes done touring, he plans to write and record more music. His bay area stops happen next january. American express Pre Sale Tickets are on sale this morning. General tickets go on sale february 2nd. I think someone correct me if im wrong, i think its called goodbye yellow brick road, the tour is called. Is that true . That would be amazing. Right on cue. Two bears back in their native habitat in Southern California after being treated for burns. A method never used in the u. S. Until now. This is a team of vets putting fish scales on the burns. The bears were severely injured during last months thomas fire using sterilized tilapia scales. It helps speed up the time needed to treat the bears. Theyve treated human burn patients the same way. This is the first time it was done like this in the u. S. Very interesting. I guess its called the farewell yellow brick road tour. Seven things you need to know before you sta

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