It didnt stay solid for very long. In berkeley, they saw hail. It pelted this back jarred deck for several minutes. A child was able to mash them together into a chunk of ice with all of the hail he could get. Kind of a snowball, right . Kind of. The viewer who shot this video said he saw a mix of hail and snow. Less than two hours ago thrk is a time lapse of falling hail. Lets get a check with spencer christian. It didnt last long. But it did happen. We are not seeing much at all in the way of moisture showing up there. Just little small patches of green. And this is what happened over the last few hours. The system did produce isolated hailstones. Freezing rain, even snow. All of that did happen over the period of about two hours or so. What is coming behind it is frigid air. A freeze warning in effect tonight. That darker blue color there, away from the coast and the bay shoreline we recolle shoreline. We will see low temperatures. Hard freeze in solano county. Protect pets, plants and pipes. We expect record lows for the day. So be prepared for deep freeze. More details coming up. You didnt need a thermometer to measure the cold snap downtown San Francisco today. Clearing registers on the knit scarves and puffy jacket. One family from argentina their first purchases were for something more practical. We expected to have warm weather and yesterday we went to the shopping to buy jackets because we were freezing. Brisk winds have visitors and locals bundling up. Still plenty of extra Space Available on the chilly upper deck. Thanks but no thanks. In concord freezing temperatures are expected overnight and residents covering their pipes and plants while the citys homeless shelters. Reporter i do see dark clouds not far away. The homeless shelters will be doing outreach today. Most folks i talked to today saying they are ready for this weather. Hikers are bundled up for a sunny but chilly walk. Saying the cold air felt good for a change. Feels like a winter time instead of already spring in february. I am hoping the cold brings rain. We need it drastically. Reporter the cold isnt always kind to plants some are at risk to dying if not protected. More of these soft succulent plants are going to be the most vulnerable. Reporter showing us how the nursery is preparing for freezing overnight temperatures. We will cover certain plants with frost blankets or wheel them inside and make sure they are well watered. Reporter covering citrus, succulents and younger pants. Heaters are the third most common cause of home fires. The biggest mistake is not giving heaters enough space. They set them up thinking there is no way to start a fire. But they can absolutely start a fire. Reporter recommending keeping combustibles at least three feet away from heat source. And check your Carbon Monoxide and fire alarms. Take a look at the top left side of your screen. Drivers do not need to use chains on i80. But are required on 50. Kristen sze shows us how conditions are surprisingly good considering how little natural snow as fallen. Only a week ago the sierra snow pack rivaled the low of three years ago. What a difference a weekend makes. This past weekend a foot of snow fell on the Higher Elevations of many tahoe resorts. Look at the fresh powder. Later storm was much appreciated two 3. It has been a tough year but the mountain Operation Team has been working hard. Reporter working hard to make snow. Record cold temperatures headed our way should help with additional snow making. Encouraging news for businesses that rely on skiers and snowboarders. Many having their end of the season sales. 36 out of 42 lifts are running today and with another storm, smaller one, coming midweek, these conditions should hold through ski week. Incredible images there. We love seeing photo and video of where you live. Add the abc7now. Firefighters rescuing a man 20 minutes ago. A rescuer attached a harness and walked a man to safety. In the meantime, rescuers say another tragedy could have been prevented. A man trying to save his dog off a cliff instead fell to his death. Scenic area attracts dog walkers and people spending time with their families. It could be dangerous. Ice plants will be slippery with the moisture. So that is why i can see maybe someone is falling when they are on ice plant. A Highway Patrol helicopter picked up the victims body. Then his body was transported and his dog was not hurt. The park service suggests calling for help if your dog needs to be rescued from a cliff. Students will have their first full day of school on wednesday one week after a gunman killed 17 people on campus. Today the suspect made his second appearance in court. Granting an order to release documents from a 2016 state investment. The records show that cruz had cut his arms and posted injuries on snap chat and said he wanted to buy a gun and struggled with depression. For the first time we heard from the that took in cruz. We didnt know. We had rules and he followed every rule to the tee. How well did you know him . He was very polite. He seemed normal. And kimberly, can you take us back to that day, was there anything unusual out of the normal with his behavior before that day . No. The only thing that was maybe different was that he didnt go to school. He usually drives him to school in the morning. And he didnt go. Today students rallied in front of the white house. Laying on the ground for three minutes, the time the suspect reportedly took to buy a rifle. This video. A legal gun owner. He worries about who would get his gun if he sold it. What if who ever buys this weapon, their child gets ahold of it and bring it is to school and shoots a bunch of people. Can i live with that . I dont think i could. This video has been viewed more than 11 million times. Parents used this for a teaching moment. Here is abc7 news reporting wayne freedman. Reporter enter new momentum from the left coast playing on me too, these kids and parents are saying we too. We have to stand up and demand Congress Make changes. Reporter that sentiment resonated with rene. We need to start acting like adults so that kids can be kids. It could have happened to any of us so we need to do something about it. Reporter parents had to walk a fine line with this event today. It was a matter of empowering their kids but not frightening them. Everything counts. Reporter with everything including the people, the painting, the act of supporting florida while being here. I was putting my hand marking shaped like a heart for like the symbol for like kids. Reporter today it was all about symbols. I think it is about the injuses and how corrupt our government is. Reporter and maybe a start of a new story generated by an old one. A number of actions being planned across the company. Calling for a nationwide walkout or 17 minutes on march 14. More than 1. 6 million has been donated to the gofundme page for the victims of the shooting. We have this link on abc7news. Com if you want to share your support. The first steps are being taken in san jose to bring californias high speed rail to the bay area. Pushing those crosswalk button, do any good . Our abc7 news app has enhanced live feas and more construction of the 85mile section of the rail work has been sncentered in the fresno valley, but that is about to change. Reporter this 4700foot via duct will carry trains into fresno. Now ground is being broken for the First Physical work in the bay area. Crews are boring into the ground to extract soil samples for analysis. It will help the high read Train Authority to select the alignment for the tracks. The first Passenger Service to link the two valleys is projected to be in 2025. This is the first step. Environmental review and Land Acquisition will follow. It will be one to two years before a final alignment is drnl determined. The projects have created jobs for about 1700 construction workers. Similar economic stimulus is expected as the work in bay area rolls out. Because the work is adjacent to major roads temporary lane closures will result. High speed rail remains a concept shown in computer animated video. Each phase of construction brings it one step closer to reality. You can expect to see operations like this. Over the next couple of months in santa clara county. That poll was conducted for our media partners. 79 of 431 registered voters said they supported the development that would combine jobs housing and mass transit. Critics worry the expansion could worsen the citys Affordable Housing shortage. Susan fowler wrote about her experiences as a former engineer at uber. As a result the Company Fired 20 employees and managers quit. Fowler was among the women appearing on time magazines cover honoring the silence breakers who came forward to speak out about Sexual Harassment in the work place. Moving on, as you know, temperatures have dropped. Abc7 meteorologist gives us perspective of our weather to areas across the country. 8 Million People are affected across the state of california freeze warnings posted frost advisories stretches as far south as san diego. Tomorrow there are signs of spring on the east coast. New york city a high of 65. 74 in atlanta. Look at that 11 fargo. 25 in lincoln and where these two clashing air masses meet you are going to find precipitation. Rain near chicago. Snow near rapid city and this is a soaker of a storm in the next 24 hours. On the cold side of that system, minneapolis stretching down to denver, 6 inches of snow falling with this system. Unfortunately, it is not the rain we are talking about locally. It is the record cold. Mo are on that is spencer christian. Definitely going to be cold tonight. We have mostly clear skies right now but have clouds moving through the area. Right now things are getting calmer and quieter. This is the view from sutro tower. This is the view from the east bay hills looking west ward. Napa 42. Novato 48. One more live view looking at the the skies in emeryville. We will see sub freezing temperatures the next two mornings. Record lows likely in numerous locations and the possibility of mix of rain and snow showers. Frost advisory. Then, we have a freeze warning in effect for all of the remainder of the bay area during the same time frame. Low temperatures range from 25 degrees to 32 degrees. Bring in the pets and protect plants and pipes and a hard freeze warning. Lows in those areas will drop as far as down to 22 degrees overnight. It is going to be brutally cold in the bay area. And these locations with the asterisk next to them are low temperatures we will be predicting for new records. Not only do we have cold weather coming on. We will see high temperatures ranging upper 40s at the coast to low 50s right around the bay and mid50s. And looking ahead to wednesday morning, we will get more precipitation perhaps more than we had today. Just before sunrise down into the golden gate and perhaps into San Francisco. We will see showers shifting down into the santa cruz mountains. So, here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Freezing cold. Potentially record low temperatures in the next two mornings, slightly more seasonal range of temperatures on thursday. Even then a chance of mixed precipitation and at the end of the week over the weekend, we will see not only milder, but less cold. It will be less chilly. We need a new banner just less chilly. Okay. Just ahead, there is a first time for everything. Time for everything. Next, the [thinking] mexican spices . [thinking] nacho cheese sauce . They dont want these coming out. Whos they . The burger people. They they nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong ] a parade to honor black History Month never existed in San Francisco until now. Today the Bay View Community came together to remember the many contributions of africanamericans. Lyanne melendez followed today parade. The first anal black history parade. Sounded so good. So loud. I am black and i am proud. Reporter San Francisco bay view neighborhood has never had a parade to honor the growing history of africanamericans. Today those attending this event wanted this to be a celebration of how far they have come. Everybody has to come representing and learn to be educated more about, you know, not only africanamerican history, but culture and history. Stand proud and know about it. Reporter as far as parades are concerned, this one was relatively small. Finishing at the bay view opera house. Along the way, parade followers enthusiastically. We have to do a better job in communicating better and loving each other. Reporter supervisor london breed was the only candidate. Messages of hope throughout the event, organizers say this is the first of many more parades to come in the bay view. In San Francisco, lyanne melendez. Do the crosswalk buttons in your community actually do something . That story next. This may not look like a scene of a crime, scones, lattes and under cover officers. Police in berkeley arrested six people saturday in a cafe sting operation. Thieves stealing laptops. More than twodozen laptops have been taken in the last few months. The crime spree and the effort to stop it. Reporter laptop thefts are on the rise. 26 in the last two months alone. We made it a priority. Reporter just before 8 00 p. M. Saturday night, officers working in an under cover capacity here at cafe strada. Officers stopped a get away video on College Avenue near russell street and arrested six people. Three adults and three juveniles. They also seized additional stolen property from other crimes. That is good that they are taken seriously. That is surprising to me. Reporter like most students, madeline works on our laptop outside cafe strada. It is Campus Culture to say will you watch my laptop and go get my stuff. Reporter it is not just people leaving their laptops unattended. Be aware of your surroundings and back everything up. It doesnt work perfectly but it is better than nothing. Reporter consider placing tracking devices. In berkeley, melanie woodrow. The only active wildfire in the state of california, the pleasant fire is burning near bishop. In 24 hours it burned more than 2200 acres. 25 contained. The fire led to some evacuations but most have been allowed back home. Do crosswalk buttons work or maybe just a placebo. Isnt that interesting. 7 on your side Michael Finney has been looking into this and has surprising results. Reporter downtown santa rosa. Pedestrian are pushing the crosswalk buttons for no good reason at all. They dont work. Neither do the buttons at second and e. In santa rosa all crosswalk buttons but three do change traffic light patterns and those three are said to be up graded to be fully functioning. When you push it, do you think it works . Yeah. I dont think they do. Reporter when we asked the city of San Francisco about crosswalk buttons here is what we were told. Everything has a purpose. 259 of them you push a button and it can change the pattern. Reporter 1,200 signals minus 259 leaving 941 intersections where crosswalk buttons do what . Well, light up the walk sign and trigger the audio meant to help the visually impaired know where to cross. The buttons dont change the timing and dont put the pedestrian in front of the line. Make sense. Traffic is complicated and often computer control. One person pushing a button cant be allowed to change things. In san jose pushing the button doesnt do much on major thoroughfares. Pushing the buttons adds time for pedestrian to cross. Lets look at pushing the button more than one. I see people tapping it. It is like beep, beep. I dont think it does anything. Reporter they are correct. No morse code involved. It doesnt help pushing it more times. Reporter doesnt say more people waiting. Absolutely not. Reporter we checked the bay area to find out who other cities handle their buttons and i posted on abc7news. Com. Knew it all along. Thanks. Is the cold weather going to warm up a bit . Two movies are being heralded as break throughs for boy, what a sight to be hold. Erupting today on the indoniecian island. No deaths or injuries have been reported. However authorities have issued notice to Airlines Flying in the area. A lot of talk about the National Anthem. Pop star fergie is under fire for what some critics call an off tune performance. Share your opinion. Abc7 News Reporter has the full report. Reporter singer fergies jazzy interpretation of the National Anthem had some in the stadium including Draymond Green laughing. Some say it is the worst since roseanne barr. She wanted to be memorable while maintaining the songs integrity. This one song, we all know and i am going to sing my heart out. So i think her version to me was disrespectful. Reporter fergie released a statement saying in part im a risk taker artistically but clearly this rendition didnt strike the intended tone. An associate music professor a leading authority on the National Anthem and he calls it a flexible vehicle that allows for interpretation. But thinks that fergies version made it off key. A sexy rendition is not what we want for our National Anthem. The National Anthem should be sung with reverence and respect. Reporter fergie says she tried her best. 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