Compared to yesterday. 50 to 54 at 7 00. Got some 70s in my accuweather 7 day forecast. Ill see you in a few minutes with that. Its a lot better than it was at this time yesterday. We had the metering lights flipped on around 4 52. Today, not so much. Everybody cruising through except it looks like we have a stackup in the cash lanes on the lefthand side. Right side looks okay so if you are paying cash and just about to head out the door, i would stick to that side. Westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, green, and San Francisco to sfo also until the green at 9 minutes. Little stop and go traffic out of the Central Valley. Protests are expected in san diego today outside of representative darryl ices office. The republican introduced the initial draft to replace the Affordable Health care act last month. Now that the plan has been unveiled publicly, abc7 News Reporter lilian kim looks into what it mean for california. Reporter if House Republicans succeed in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act, millions stand to lose their Health Insurance. Under obamacare, about 20 Million People, 22 Million People got health care, and i think more or less over a few years, more than half of those will eventually lose that. Reporter but speaker of the house paul ryan says the American Healthcare act will help drive down costs, encolonel competition and expand access to care. The bill would immediately eliminate the individual mandate, repeal the Obamacare Penalties and subsidies over three years, create tax credits instead to help americans buy insurance and limit federal funding for medicaid which in Alameda County alone could affect thousands of people. They said whatever they replease obamacare with was going to be better, and this really makes it a lot worse for people in Alameda County, california, to across the country. Reporter the bill is no slam dunk. The big question is where lawmakers from red states with big Medicaid Programs will support it. Once people have something, its really difficult to take it away. I mean, you know, so, i think its going to be a hot potato. And here is a new cnn orc survey out just this morning and it shows that the country is pretty evenly split when it comes to at least one big part of obamacare. 50 of those polled say they oppose are moving the requirement to obtain coverage, otherwise known as the mandate. 48 are in favor of it. The main question surrounding president trumps new travel ban this morning, will it pass the legal test. President trump signed the order yesterday. This time, iraq is not one of the six nations targeted. Anyone with a visa granted before january 27 can still travel to the u. S. As for refugees, the order will not prioritize them based on their religion. A law professor at the university of texas says removing language that gives priority to religious minorities helps address concerns but with the focus on muslim majority countries, it still leaves the appearance that it is a muslim ban. Civil Rights Groups say it is still discriminatory. The people who are impacted by this are members of our community, theyre part of us. And so we cant just sit by and let this ban go forward. The state department, homeland security, and Justice Department officials defended the new order as a necessary measure to improve public safety. They say the countries implicated have some sort of ties to terrorism. New this morning, San Francisco mayor ed lee has approved four new positions in fact Public Defenders Office to represent immigrants in danger of deportation. Three new attorneys and one paralegal will be hired to start working on april 1. The Public Defenders Office says having an attorney means a person is seven times more likely to have a successful outcome in deportation court. The board of supervisors hopes this years budgets can make these positions permanent. Here at the live desk, want to show you some new pictures of those four missiles launched by north korea into the ocean waters near japan. Plus i do have new details from the white house. President trump spoke to the japanese Prime Minister and acting south korean president today, said his administration will take steps to deter and defend against north koreas ballistic missiles. And all three countries agree to continue reiterating to north korea these actions have dire consequences. Also want to point this out for you. Kim jong un, seen pretty happy while launching those missiles in these images, so smiling in some of these photos that we are just getting into our live desk. Reggie, natasha, back to you. New this morning, concerns about facebooks response to sexually explicit material, particularly as it involves images of children. A major News Organization shows its investigation shows facebook does not properly moderate images even after it is told theres a problem. Abc7 News Reporter kate larsen is live in menlo park outside of facebook headquarters. Reporter natasha, reggie, you know, the bbc says that facebook actually reported their journalist to police after the News Organization sent examples of explicit content to a facebook executive in the uk so that that executive could are review those images in question. This happened after the bbc used facebooks report tool to flag more than 100 pornographic and exploitive images of and about children, but according to the bbc, only 18 of those 100 images were removed. Facebooks automatic replays back to the bbc said the other 82 did not breach community standards. Now, facebook later provided a statement saying they removed the illegal content from their site and that, we take this matter extremely seriously and we continue to improve our reporting and take down measures. Facebook has been recognized as one of the best platforms on the internet for child safety. Now, facebooks rules also exclude people, sexual offenders, from having their own pages, but the bbc is reporting that they reported five pedophiles to facebook and that those pages were never removed. Were going have more information about this investigation in our next hour. Live in menlo park, im kate larsen, abc7 news, back to you. New details on the case of two suspects accused of shooting at an off Duty Oakland Police officer last week. The east bay times reports both suspects have been charged with attempted murder. One is scheduled to return to court today. Both are accused of firing at that off duty cop last wednesday on interstate 880. That officer was not hurt. The family of a missing man from livermore needs help finding him. Police released this photo of 50yearold dwight meyer. He left a letter for them on thursday saying they could find his car at the walmart in livermore. They did find his car there but no signs of him. New pictures this morning after a driver crashed into an ampm in concord. Look at that. The car is all the way in the store. Police say the driver accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake, setting that car into the market on willow pass road. Thankfully, no one got hurt. Of course, always a reminder to be careful when you are parking your car. Happening today, Benicia City Council will take another ptry at figuring out what they want to do regarding the states legalization of marijuana. In november, voters approved prop 64, which calls for recreational pot to be legal. Benicia, like several communities, is weighing complex issues such as health and safety, policing and the impact on youth. The Council Members do agree marijuana commerce would increase tax revenue. The council will meet at 7 00 tonight. We have some video from northstar showing you how much snow theyre getting. The resort has received 618 inches of powder for the season and that is nearly double last seasons total and its not even over yet. New video shows the Staggering Amount of the white stuff, another 3 feet since sunday. Squaw valley and Mammoth Mountain plan to stay open through july 4. Were getting our first images of lightning storms thanks to a satellite from nasa. That is lightning and thunderstorms across the earth. The geostationary lighting mapper is the first of its kind, more than 22,000 miles above earth and watches the western hemisphere. Nasa says it can help forecasters give better warnings when a storm is getting stronger. Also help monitor areas where lightning causes wild fires. And its awesome eye candy too but it does serve a great purpose. Good morning, everybody. Lets check out the temperatures here in San Francisco, some of our warmer spots from ocean beach, the wait a minute. See that castro and mission just changed to 44 along with glen park, sunnyside, coming through the ferry buildings, 46, heading to the financial district, 47, 44 in belmont, daly city, little cooler in pleasanton and santa clara. Palo alto at 38 and American Canyon and petaluma, 39. So dress warmer this morning. Rebound today. Get close to average, about 58 to 64 degrees, look at tomorrow, some 70s show uing up inland in the north bay, also the east bay. Youll get to 70 for thursday with some mid 70s in the north bay and inland east bay, mid to upper 60s around the rest of our neighborhoods but it is going to come with a price. The tree pollen, ash, cedar, juniper and pine is going to be out of control the next couple of days and lows tonight in the low to upper 40s. Well take a look at the chance of rain, see how close it gets tonight next. Still, no major incidents to talk about here this morning. In fact, were seeing mostly green on our traffic flows. Theres one spot where its not and that would be the Central Valley commute. So our tracy super commuters there, westbound 205 to 580, down to 17 miles an hour and 19 miles an hour as you approach altamont pass. You could see lane closures on the eastbound side as well. Road repair going until about 9 00 this morning but that is very light on that side. Live look outside at walnut creek. Yesterday we are soggy and slow, a lot of folks were already slowing down at this time. Today, we are wide open, everything moving along just fine. Well check on mass transit coming up. A bay area airport may be facing a curfew with a potential changes to quiet, noisy planes. Also, shocking video shows a man shooting out of a car and right next to him, a mom and her young kids. Wow. 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In todays gma first look, a viral podcast details how Richard Simmons hasnt been seen in public for more than 1,000 days. The question, where is the fitness icon. In this mornings gma first look, sweating to the oldies for decades, short shorts, and that smile. February 15, 2014, simmons didnt show for class, hasnt been seen in public since. Many friends say they havent heard from him. The serial star podcast missing Richard Simmons from a former friend trying to figure out whats going on. I havent talked to anybody who thinks Richard Simmons is fine. Reporter simmons pr agent of 27 years told us we didnt cooperate nor collaborate with in podcast. The truth is that richard is fine and willingly enjoying his life outside the spotlight. While still working behind the scenes to help those millions who desperately need his love and assistance. These unfounded attempts to diminish the legacy of this true american treasure are simply shameful. And coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well have more Simmons A Simmon simmons. Interesting development from amazon, it is dropping its fight against a subpoena issued in a incident occurred cay. The defendant James Andrew Bates said he wouldnt mind if amazon shared information that may have been gathered by an amazon echo. He pleaded not guilty to firstdegree murder of the victor collins. Amazon said it has handed over the material. A hearing is set for tomorrow. Two people in Santa Clara County are recovering from a possibly e. Coli infection. Its believed they got sick from eating soy nut butter. The product is im healthy soy nut butt we are a useby date of august 2018. 12 people in five states have been inif he canned and four have developed a form of kidney disease. People often show symptoms three or four days after eating it. It can lead to consequences for people who are very young or old. San mateo county officials have announced they may impose a curfew to address kpants about noisy planes. Airport neighbors in palo alto, sunnyvale, theyve all said theyre being impacted. The county board of supervisors will consider noise abatement solutions at its next meeting in july. Those restrictions could include restricting the number of aircraft taking off and landing, and a complete ban on noisy aircraft between 9 00 p. M. And 6 00 a. M. Renowned feminist Gloria Steinem was in San Francisco with some advice. Speaking to hundreds of women yesterday, she urged them to use the same enthusiasm they had during the womens marches to organize at the local level. Listen to yourself, because inside you is this unique person who could never have happened before and could never happen again and you know the situation around you and you know what needs to be done. She urged people to keep calling and emailing Congress Members to preserve reproductive and womens rights. The raiders have a new source of financing to pay for a new stadium in las vegas. An nfl source tells abc7 news bank of america has outlined a funding plan to the leagues stadium and finance committees. Even if a move is approved later this month, that stadium is not expected to be built before 2020. The raiders have options to play at the coliseum for two more years but may need to find a temporary home in 2019 if they move. Oakland mayor libby schaaf said, we made a sound economic case for keeping the raiders in oakland. This is a traffic stop unlike any other. A College Student in arkansas proved his sobriety to Campus Police in a pretty unusual way. An officer pulled the student over who suspected a student of dui. Body cam video shows the student proving to the officer that he was not impaired by juggling. And i knew i could prove that i hadnt been drinking, especially with some juggling clubs in the backseat. Its just more fun when you can juggle and have some fun with the officers instead of just a standard traffic stop thats boring and scary. I try to make as much fun as i can but this was absolutely the most fun ive had. Im glad that he thought so. The student was not ticketed. The officer told him that he should not drive below the speed limit to avoid getting pulled over. That is so funny. That is great. The cirque excuse. Did you see how the smoke house bbq was hiring . They could use him. Look at you noticing the details. Yeah, yeah, i try. Good morning, everybody. Heres a look at sfo. Speaking of details, how about no delays because theres no rain and hardly any low clouds out there. Mix of sunshine and clouds all week as the storm track is to our north but close enough that we cant completely get rid of the cloud cover. Spring highs inland but cool breezes will develop at our breaches in our beaches, not our breaches, and trending dry through the weekend. All right. Heres a look at whats going on. You can see the storm track to the north, some wet weather, notice its moving pretty much west east like ours was yesterday so while we were sleeping the storm track moved to the north. Here we are at 7 00 in the morning through 5 00 in the evening, pretty much stays up around mendacina county. May dip down to the extreme northern parts of Sonoma County but stays up to the north. Lets take a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. 60 to 62 degrees at the beaches but low to mid 70s around the bay and inland, especially thursday, friday, mild saturday, sunday, and monday, could be our longest stretch of dry weather this entire year. I am definitely ready for that. And were looking okay as far as the roads are concerned as well. Zooming in on our traffic maps to the south bay, youve been really quiet this morning. Maybe just a little bit of a backup forming there, northbound 101 as you get past the 280 680 split but no locking incidents to report. Slowly filling in here for bay bridge toll plaza. No meritering lights yet. And a quick check of mass transit. Looking okay this morning. Ace rail, 1 and 3 out on time today, no issues reported for b. A. R. T. And youve got about 38 trains in service and San Francisco bay ferry if youre on the harbor bay, San Francisco route, just take note the gate eclipper card readers still not working and theyre saying that probably will be that way through friday. So that could just add a couple extra minutes to your commute. Next traffic update, well take a look at the fog. The future is here, alexis. In this selfdriving bus im showing you now. Taking a test drive in san ramon. The bus, which is made by a french company, doesnt have a Steering Wheel or brakes. What could go wrong . Cameras and lasers help navigate the bus and avoid people and other vehicles. It can go as fast as a normal bus but right now, its taking the lanes at bishop ranch Business Park at cable car speed so about 1n hour. The bus seats a dozen people. Company officials hope to have it ready for public use by the end of the year. They dont want to just put the brakes on just in case . The backup cant hurt. Volkswagen also unveiling a selfdriving concept car. Its name is sedric. The big reveal came at an auto show in switszerland yesterday. Looks more like a sky resort cable car. It has no Steering Wheel or pedals either, not going to be a driver. Riders sit across from one another to help freshen the air, there are air purifying plants. What . Right now, sedric is only a Technical Concept but volkswagen hopes to make this a technology in the future. Why are they all so boxy . The designer said, no driver, make it boxy. Next,the seven things you need to know to start your day. Also, baby fiona loves swimming in the poom but her handlers are facesing a new challenge. This baby video trumps that giraffe any day. Plus more proposed hes got the cash. Hes got a condo. Hes got a car. Hes got a career. But that still doesnt mean he gets you. Time to shine. Orbit. Whether youre just joining us or headed out the door, these are t seven things you need to know before you go. Bbc claims facebook failed to remove dozens of sexualized images of children. Number two, opponents of president trumps new travel ban are once again vowing to show up at airports across the country. The president signed that order yesterday. This time, iraq is not one of the six nations targeted. Number three, some good news weatherwise, its dry and check out these temperatures. Its time to spring forward into some warmer weather. Were going to be 4 to 8 degrees warmer from the mid to up erp 50s yesterday to the low to mid 60s and some 70s coming in the accuweather 7 day forecast. Number four, off to a really quiet start on the traffic front, so we certainly will take that as long as it lasts. We do have fog in the north bay, however, it was pretty thick a few minutes ago through the novato stretch, state route 37 looks like its thinned out just a little bit on live doppler 7. Make sure youre driving for conditions this morning. Number five, breaking news here at the live desk. British pop singer George Michael died of natural causes. He died of Heart Disease and a fatty liver, according to a coroners report just released a few moments ago. Michael was 53 years old. Number six, parts of the central u. S. Are waking up this morning to damage and no power after roughly 30 tornados hit three states last night. No one was killed, but hundreds of homes have been left damaged. Number seven, free pancake day at ihop. The chain offering a free short stack in exchange for a donation to charity. Since the day began in 2006, ihop has raised more than 24 million for charitable organizations. Well take a short stack, medium stack, i will take all stacks. I know that you know where the nearest ihop is so i will be tapping your fwran for that information. Why you may not want to rely on the waze app during your commute today. Incredible images someday, gus will invent this thing and change the world. This is the thing that could change gus world. And this is the doctor that could cure that thing so he can grow up to invent this thing. Sutter health. Proudly caring for Northern California, birthplace of pioneers. Hey, good morning, welcome to tuesday, march 7. How much money would i have to give you to go over to ihop and get us some free pancake s. Not that much. Good morning to all of you, thanks for joining us this morning. Alexis, pancakes . Im in. Thats all i can think about now. Really . Yeah. Is on the brain. Thats good. Lets talk about weather. Sorry. Couldnt think of a sweet transition right there. There grow. Weve got good news around novato, at least at the reporting station. That fog is roaming around 37 and 101. Be careful around there. Let me show you whats going on for our east bay hills camera. Look how quiet it is this morning, you can see the reflection of the bay bridge in the water. It is colder, definitely dress warmer this morning. Mid 30s to mid 450z. Mid 50s by noon, already as warm as yesterday. 60s at 4 00 and then low to mid 50s at 7 00. Not a dry a dry day but not one of total sunshine. We do have the bay bridge metering lights on pretty early this morning, 5 22. Not as early as yesterday but of course thats because we had the crash yesterday. Today, really no rhyme or reason. That is just filling in pretty early this morning. So unless youre in the car pool lanes, youre going to have a delay. Westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 47 minutes, westbound 4, antioch to con word looking okay and southbound 101, san rafael to San Francisco, youre in the green. Fremont is tired of waze leading you on to side streets in search of a shortcut. This is the latest bay area city to push back and try to beat these traffic apps. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in fremont with this lowtech solution. Hey, amy. Reporter hi, reggie. Its a sign telling you, do not trust your app. They are trying to outsmart your app. This is on via san dimas right off mission boulevard in fremont, which is a main thoroughfare. The sign says you cant turn right on mission during rush hour, which is how you would get back on to interstate 680. City planners are trying to make the detours your apps send you on unpleasant. Residents have been complaining their neighborhood streets are clogged with cars that are trying to avoid freeway congestion. The city has put restrictions in place but officials admit it is hard to stay one step ahead of these apps. Again, some of the navigation applications are smarter than we are, so they adapted. When we made a left turn restriction, they districted people to go straight and into another neighborhood so weve had to, again, be very mobile ourselves and adjust on the fly. Reporter they have the Police Department involved. Officers are citing drivers who turn when they arent supposed. To they think their efforts have made a difference but say the relief is probably temporary as the apps keep looking for alternatives and as drivers keep passing through here, residents are just getting more and more frustrated but these drivers are trying to get around congested interstate 680 and also highway 84. Live in fremont, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Happening today, state and federal officials will begin inspecting homes and properties hit by devastating flooding in san jose. Today marks two weeks since the coyote creek overflowed its banks and sweat through the bay areas biggest city. According to the mercury news, us cost at least 100 million in damage. Todays inspections are the next step in securing emergency aid. Abc7 news went to the rock springs neighborhood to see how the cleanup is going. Some roads still remain closed and some apartments still off limits to renters. Volunteers are needed, especially people who speak spanish or vietnamese. A relief fund for victims is now up to more than 6 million. Residents are being told to register to receive money at the shirakawa community center. Drone video revealing the work underway right now to repair the main spillway at the oroville dam. The department of Water Resources posted this video. It shows crews working on the left and then do you see the water that is spilling on the right side of the screen . Crews are working to reinforce the concrete underneath the main spillway so more of it doesnt break away. The next step is going to be filling to gaping hole that opened up. We dont know how long this work is going to take. Hi, everybody. I want to show you these live images just coming into the live desk right now. These are parts of missouri and kansas hit hard overnight. These live images specifically coming in from oak grove, missouri. That was one of the worst, hard hit areas where you see all of that damage. Can you see that wood, it looks like parts of those homes, the roof of that home right there that youre seeing from the aerial view, totally ripped off and that is what folks are dealing with this morning. They are cleaning up. Also wants to show you new video of kansas where an airport was slammed overnight as well by severe storms and a lot of damage there, not only to the planes but not hangers. No one was injured in this particular place but in oak grove where we have those live images coming in, there were 15 people reported injured and so they are dealing with a lot, not only with those injuries but all of that cleanup, a lot of homes, about 20 homes damaged overnight. So, mike, want to check in with you because boy, when you look at these live images, they are stunning. As they always are when you have a tornado that comes through the midwest. Yeah, and it just choose up and spits out everything it finds and rearranges houses and peoples lives, unfortunately. Tornado threat has lessened considerably. Your looking at arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, and then going up into the parts of tennessee just east of memphis, severe thunderstorm watch. Could have hail, winds, and isolated chance of tornado. This is more of a squaw line where you get those Straight Line winds and heavy rain and hail and as we head through the next six hours, you can see its the deep south, the Tennessee River valley into mississippi, alabama and also in georgia that will have the best threat of severe weather. If youre trying to get into washington, philly, baltimore, new york or boston, could be delays because of rain there. Reggie, natasha . Thank you, mike. Now to politics. House republicans have finally unveiled their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The plan would immediately eliminate the individual mandate which requires people to get Health Insurance or face a penalty. Over the next three years, obamacare subsidies and taxes will be repealed. The plan would also create tax credits to help americans buy insurance and limit federal funding for medicaid. As expected, democrats are highly opposing this plan. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the plan will do massive damage to millions. Another big issue facing the Trump Administration this morning, the president s claims over illegal wiretaps. Fbi director james comey is going to speak a Cyber Security conference today. Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dispute the claims. The new leader of the Democratic National Committee Says the wiretapping allegations are just smoke and mirrors. In order to deflect attention from the fact that Jeff Sessions should be fired because he lied under oath in a senate proceeding, you create a division. Thats one of the oldest tricks in the book. President trump has also signed his revised travel ban. This time, iraq is not one of the six nations argument targeted. Anyone with a visa granted before january 27 can still travel to the u. S. As for refugees, the order will not prioritize them based on their religion. An Appeals Court blocked the first travel ban order that was signed in january. The new travel ban is already leading to protests in the bay area. The small group of people rallied against it at sfo last night. You can see this video posted online by the group, refuse fascism. Org. Law enforcement officials from Northern California are calling on all state residents to oppose legislation that would make california a sanctuary state. Sheriffs from kern, king, and sacramento counties went to the state capital to argue against senate bill 54. That bill would prevent Law Enforcement from sharing information about criminals with federal officials. According to the sheriffs, dangerous career felons will be released on to our streets if that happens. Happening today, the Alameda City Council will consider a resolution calling for president trumps em peachment. The resolution cites several reasons. The resolution is similar to one that Richmond City Council Passed last month. Happening today, googles proposed new mus in Mountain View could be coming closer to reality. The city council will discuss whether it will grant the tech giant permits to build its office near shoreline theater there. These renderings show what the Charleston East campus will look like along highway 101. If approved, the building will have a canopy roof to allow a lot of Natural Light in. The council is expected to vote tonight. Commuters in the north bay will find out in two weeks if theyre going to be paying more to get on a bus or ferry service. The board of the Golden Gate Bridge district is going to meet march 24 to consider upping the fares. The district face as deficit over the next five years. The proposed increase would cost commuters another 25 to 50e cents a ride and if this is approved, the hike will take effect july 1. That is the same day the bridge toll is going to go up another 25 cents. Just want to let you know we had a magnitude 3. 3 earthquake in the northern part of Sonoma County, depth of about two miles, very sparsely populated area and if you felt it, let us know. Sends it to us, how should you do that, through social media, that would be a good way to go. Abc7now. You can hashtag that. West of cloverdale, since the deputy was about 2 miles, you could feel the shake ago lot more than you could if it was a lot deeper than that. Lets talk about temperatures, anywhere from about the same in san jose to possibly 6 degrees cooler in napa but where its cloudy in santa rosa, one of the warmer spots compared to yesterday. Mid to upper 30s, redwood city and also Half Moon Bay and then the rest of the peninsula, low to mid 40s, other neighborhoods along the east bay shore at 42, 36 in san ramon, livermore 37 and napa at about 39. Highs today about 58 to 64 degrees with increasing sunshine as you head south. Now, if youre commuting, its going to be foggy in spots of the north bay just for the morning. Watch out for the pollen if youre exercising. Once again, keeping an eye on this 3. 3 magnitude earthquake. Good morning, mike. And yeah, we are so quiet this morning. Just checked. Weve got 6 incidents on the boards, four of those are overnight road work and then just minor issues on surface streets so definitely enjoying it while it lasts this morning. Heres a live look at san jose, 280 and 17 and as you can see, that is wide open there in both directions. If were seeing any delay here in the san jose area, its northbound 101 between the 280 680 flit split and 880 but that is just that normal delay starting to fill in and then a little bit of a backup through morgan hill on northbound 101 as well. Quick check of some drive times here this morning. Wide open through walnut creek, southbound 680, just six minutes there from highway 4 and westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13 at nine minutes. Westbound 580, tracy to dublin, even you are not too bad, still in yellow at 48 minutes. Well talk about mass transit coming up next. Were going to check in on an adorable baby hippo just because ek. This is an update from the cincinnati zoo. She was born premature and just look at her now. This is the little nugget fiona. She is growing so fast that they installed this ramp so she can get all by herself because shes a big girl. She looks tiny but shes 73 pounds. I mean, she packs a punch. Yeah, tiny for a hippo, i guess and thats up 29 pounds from when she was born. Getting a little too heavy for her care staff to lift in and out to the pool so that ramp is there. Look at her ears i cant. And now i want a baby hippo, which would be a huge mistake. Another story. A hiker found a blind dog in the woods. He thought she was dead. It turned into an emotional and incredible rescue story. And the state has hundreds of millions of dollars happening today, voters in Sonoma County are going to decide the fate of a marijuana tax. Measure a would impose a 10 tax on businesses that grow or sell medical and recreational pot in unincorporated areas of the county. Supporters of the tax say it could generate up to 15. 5 million in revenue a year. The money could go to county services. Richmond police found an illegal pot growing operation after arresting three people and recovering a gun. Four people were walking on a roof of a home and climbing into a window. When officers not there, they arrested three of the four suspects. The fourth person got away. Officers then searched the house and found 250 marijuana plants. Police say its a good reminder that if you see something that doesnt seem right, you need to report it. Stocktons former mayor remains in jail this morning after pleading not guilty to charges involving the mishandling of public money. A judge refused to reduce Anthony Silvas 1 million bail yesterday. The judge said silva is a flight risk. Fbi agents arrested him on sunday. He embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from a youth organization. A significant portion of money flowed from the stockton boys and girls club account, specifically into Anthony Silvas personal pang bank account. The alleged theft happened from 2010 to 2014 while silva krold the Bank Accounts for the stockton boys and girls club. The university of california appears ready to limit the number of out of state students admitted to the uc system. It will consider limiting the number of undergrad who are not from california to 20 . And that limit would be the first ever for the tencampus system. The university has been under pressure from state lawmakers to give californians top priority as scathing state audit last year found the university had double the number of out of state students over the last five years. Those students pay a much higher tuition. The dying art of shoe shining is getting new life in San Francisco. A brandnew shoe shine stand on Market Street will open tomorrow and this replaces the one by the montgomery b. A. R. T. Station that was destroyed last year. Architecture firm thing one designed the new stand for free and provided photos. Ten volunteers put it together. Shoe shiner salim bay will be attending tomorrows opening. He is still recovering from injuries suffered in the accident. The state is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed insurance benefits. Money that it would like to give out to the people it belongs to. Its returned 119 million so far in unclaimed benefits but it still has 356 million just sitting there. Insurance companies dont always notify families they have money coming or they lose track of beneficiaries. If unclaimed, the money is handed over to sacramento. You can check if you have any of that money coming to you, especially that guy in that aloha shirt. You have a feeling they have a few bucks for him. We have a link posted on our site. Our always popular 7 on your side tax hotline returns this afternoon. Today, irs agents along with enrolled agents and cpas will be here to answer your income tax questions. Our phone lines open from 4 00 to 8 00 p. M. But you do not have to wait to ask your questions. You can submit them right now on facebook and twitter, go ahead and post and use askfinney. This is my favorite story of the day. It truly is a canine miracle that happened in the santa cruz mountains. A blind dog was found alive after disappear frg seven nights. Sage is now resting up at home and her family thought they would never find her. The yellow lab wandered away from hers Boulder Creek home on february 24 and everyone searched for days, no sign of her. Then on saturday, a neighbor out on a hike spotted sage. He thought she was dead. But then she lifted her head. I jumped in the spring. I was super happy and i put hi arms around her and hugged her and carried her up the mountain. I was hugging everybody, his friend, him, my son, sage, you know, it was just amazing. Well in honor of ore survival, a friend made seven Custom Leather leashes, one for each night she was missing. Theyre going to be raffled off at a fundraiser for the humane society. A lot of us here on the team have soft spots in our hearts for dogs and im just so glad sage is okay. Hi, mike. Yeah, i couldnt have said it better. Way to say it, reggie. Let me show you the colors that are developing on our tower tam right now on top of Mount Tamalpais. Well have a mixture of sun and clouds the rest of the week. Possibly our longest stretch of dry weather this year. And its not going to be quite as warm this weekend but its trending dryer and still pretty mild so while we were sleeping, the storm track moved up to the north, this is where the coldest air is. You can see the approaching high clouds that are going to keep our sunshine dim and its not going to be that deep blue sky that, you maybe want, but its going to be dry and the brighter as you head down towards the south bay and thats why some of the warmest weather is there, 63 in fremont, palo alto, san jose and morgan hill at 64, little bit cooler in San Francisco at 59 and some 60s around santa rosa, richmond, to concord at 62. Lets take a look at low temperatures tonight. Say low to upper 40s, not quite as chilly as this morning. Heres a look at whats happening around the state, mainly cloudy in tahoe, low to mid 60s around sacramento, fresno, low to mid 70s down in southern california. Look at this, pretty dry and warm across tahoe, all the way through monday. Our accuweather 7 day forecast, look at this 70s hit inland tomorrow around the bay and inland for thursday and friday and then 60s where we should be for saturday, sunday, and monday. And it has been just a really quiet start to our Tuesday Morning commute and nothing wrong with that. We will enjoy it here for as long as that lasts. One new minor issue for the trivalley. Southbound 680 just before sunol boulevard sounds like a minor collision on the righthand shoulder. So we normally have some stop and go traffic as you leave dublin and head through pleasanton as it is, maybe slightly slower with that collision on the shoulder. Golden gate bridge, we were really soggy yesterday. Today we are totally dry. Of course the widening has already taken place there on that southbound side so plenty of room if you are heading into the city. Muni, no issues for you. B. A. R. T. 44 trains in service and San Francisco bay ferry, the only issue were hearing about, very minor, the card readers not working and that will likely last through friday. Check some drive times coming up next. Alexis, youre not ready for this. I know that youre not. Heres a sentence that you probably didnt think youd hear today. A pregnant womans reenactment of a pregnant giraffe is going viral. Erin of South Carolina wore a giraffe mask. The giraffe captured on live webcam. Erin is obsessed with watching april like so many of us. Her spoof unexpectedly got 23 million views in just 24 hours. Hey, everybody. Im erin dietrich, the pregnant giraffe lady. Now its like a race, whos going to have the baby first, me or april . I want to have it on the same day. Were like friends. She says this video was just meant for a few friends. So we want to check in on april now. We want to bring you a live look of how shes doing. She must be so ready, so tired of being pregnant at this point. The race is on, the world is watching, who will deliver first. She is hiding her face from the camera for she is sick of seeing herself. Like she cant even take all of this attention. Its just a pregnant giraffe, right . It is. Theres nothing like its not an alien giraffe it have approximate whole world is watching. New at 6 00, the multimillion dollar facelift plan for San Franciscos chris southeast field. Would you belie well, startup is showing off just what it can do in 24 hours with a 3d printer. Take a look at this. Apis cor constructed an entire house in one day. It is 400 square feet and it features a bedroom, a bathroom, and a hallway. Designers made the home out of a concrete mixture and they say it will last 175 years. The homes cost 10,000. Look pretty futuristic. They have windows, insulation, electrical, and plumbing. Thats like a tornado shelter. Possibly. No points for, like, architectural digest sort of look on the outside. Not if its underground, no. But it was pretty cool looking, no doubt. Hi, everybody. Lets talk about clear lake. Yes, its still flooding up there, 9. 24 current stage, flood stage 9 feet. The warning continues until thursday. Let me show you whats going to happen to our temperatures. Today, about 1 to 3 for most neighborhoods as the spring warmth starts to run. Now ive been saying we possibly have the longest stretch of dry weather starting today. The last time we had seven days in a row was the end of january. Alexis . Okay, taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights on since about 5 22 this morning. So honestly, pretty early. As far as that normally goes, usually its a little bit closer to 5 30. President oba westbound 80, and southbound 101, San Francisco to sfo in the green at 9 minutes. Just got good news for marin county drivers. Ill talk about that at 6 00. Rising rents in the bay area, 7 on your sides Michael Finney shows us how to find the most affordable neighborhoods. Plus facebook being accused of not doing enough to fight sexually explicit content. The report raising new concerns about online safety. And at the live desk, we continue looking into those missiles launched by north korea. What were they targeting good morning, and welcome on this tuesday, march 7. Thanks for being here. Hope you are doing well this morning. Team is all here and were talking about dry temperatures this morning. Dry temperatures . Dry weather. That kind of works. Mid temperatures. The faster we can say it, the better. All those things and more. Sol let me tell you about it. Novatos been pinging queen about a quarter of a mile and two and a half so theres fog roaming around that area and trying to head into the San Francisco area also, about 1 mile right no so be careful if youre traveling 37 or 1. Check out the rainbow of colors from Mount Tamalpais this morning. Doesnt that look great . We do have more clouds on the way this afternoon. Dress warmer this afternoon, temperatures up to 6 degrees cooler. Just as warm as yesterday at noon and warmer at 4 00, 56 to 60 and 7 00, 50 to 54. Lets see if that commutes just as nice. It sure is. Nice commute so far this morning. Some fog in the parts of the north bay that typically see it so sears point on 37, novato, you are going to be dealing with that reduced visibility
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