Up on live doppler hd and the southwest wind with the humidity hanging around and so will the chance of scattered light showers as we thread throughout the day. To the south bay you can see the nice waves of light rain with no flooding from the showers. But 280 at 17, it is wet this morning in the midtoupper 50s cooler than yesterday morning. Light showers through the afternoon and lowtomid 60s and it will turn to a little drizzle in the evening. Dress for midtoupper 50s. Fewer incidents shopping up on the computer. A welcome sight. This is berkeley westbound, 80, the headlights looking thing as you make it to the maze. At the pays we have one accident eastbound 80 at the westbound 580 connection which is a solo spinout. Speaking of san jose, you can see 101 pulling away from 880 up to the san jose airport you will not be late. In the news. Dont shoot. Dont shoot. Dont shoot. Protesters in palo alto and San Francisco and oakland hit the streets angry after a new york city grand jury decided not to indict a white Police Officer using a chokehold owner risk garner an africanamerican man who dayed. First we will take you to new york city on Staten Island with pore on the reaction. Carolyn . This is where the deadly arrest took place in july. Candles have been lit, a sign is posted we we as people here and across the country react to the grand jury decision. If new york city, protesters blocked part of a major highway facing off with police in protective gear some marching through the streets of midtown others lay on the floor at Grand Central station with the arrest caught on tape a white new york city Police Officer putting garner, an african american, in a chokehold as he tried to take him into custody. Police confronting the unarmed father of six would suffered from asthma for selling loose cigarettes. The medical examiner ruled the death a local side caused by compression of the let and chest but a grand jury has decided officer did nothing illegal. [ inaudible ] less than two weeks after the decision in ferguson, protests again erupting across the country. President obama addressing widespread anger for a second time and attorney general erect hold are announcing the case is not over yet. I am here to announce the Justice Department will prewith a federal civil rights investigation into mr. Garners death. The officer at the center of the case issued a statement saying i feel bad about the death of garner with condolences rejected by his widow. I do not accept the apology he is feeding his kids and my husband is 6 u. S. 83 aways were made overnight but protests overall did remain peaceful. The Police Officer remains off the force and could face discipline. In the bay area, the c. H. P. Says officers are prepared after 200 protesters shut down highway 101 in palo alto. Dont shoot. Dont shoot. Dont shoot. They blocked both directions of 101 off University Avenue for ten minutes if reaction to the grand jury decision. Stanford University Students organized the profits and c. H. P. Along with palo alto and East Palo Alto and Menlo Park Police moved in and cleared the freeway. Local protests broke out in San Francisco and oakland. The voices of manners filled air of downtown oak moving toward city hall at 9 00 people. Oakland police say a few bottles were thrown at officers but were mostly peaceful different than after last weeks ferguson, missouri, grand jury decision. Protesters hit the street in los angeles. This is video from overnight. It appears this demonstration stayed peaceful. In missouri a state senator is getting attention if this tweak saying and i quote, do we have the kkk infiltrating Police Departments throughout america. He want on to say if a statement that everyone has a right to be angry when young africanamerican men in the country are dying at hands of law enforcement. We will have continuing coverage on the grass decision on grand jury decision and the chokehold fallout. Good morning america will have wrapup of the decision and fallout at 7 00 a. M. Other news we want to take you to florida, the launch of orion on hold for the third time this morning. It is still on the launch pad. You can see cape canavaral with the space capsule scheduled to launch after 4 00 this morning two hours ago and the first will not happen because of a boat in the area and then there were wind gusts so there was another hold and this hold is because of a problem in the fuel valve. It is possible this could be scrapped all today. We will see. The flight window will close at 6 45 this morning and orion one day could take astronauts to mars. If the when closes they will have to reschedule. Meteorologist mike nicco has been telling us, the worst of the storm to hit the bay area is over but the cleanup remains. A huge sinkhole is open in San Francisco in the Inner Richmond district and you can see crews have remained on the scene all might and it is not cher when the hole will be patched up. Amy hollyfield joins us with this story. It is huge. Seeing this makes residents nervous. Workers are worried, too, watching to all night to make sure that no one gets near it. The street gave way yesterday as a drivers tire hit a previously patched up piece of asphalt and it opened. The driver is okay. Residents are scared and frustrated saying it feels like the city has ignored a problem. This is couples with a very old sewer system and it is not a good combination. When the sewer pipe collapsed with the storm water, not sewage, storm water, when it collapsed it pulls or sucks the road into it and that compromises the street and lets the water pipe hang there, exposed. Residents have been through this before. In may of 2013 they dealt with this sinkhole. Residents say they think it is time to pay serious attention to lake street. The supervisor agrees and wants to see the street evaluated. As far as this hole crews are not sure how long it will take to repair. You can always look at live doppler hd and see where the rain is on the smart 15 or tablet and all you have to do is download the weather app there could be rain on sunday for the 49ers game. We check with meteorologist mike nicco to see if that will happen. The best chance is in the north bay. Right now the game is going to stay dry. This morning we have a hard time staying dry with the humidity and the fact it is turning into light rain from alum rock through downtown san jose and willow glen and to saratoga and los gatos and Los Altos Hills and Mountain View all the way headed over to freeway and another spot around napa and American Canyon headed back to big bend. Those are the hot spots so far this hour or right now. Fells in the mid50s to 60 in mill valley so the north bay is run cooler but mild by december standards. 60 in redwood city is the standard. San rafael shows the fog is here, the rain looks like it has tapered for now and light shows are still in the forecast for all of us today pus of the humid air and upper 50s to low 60s at coast and lowtomid 60s for the rest of us. Moving forward you can see sutro tower showing a cloud deck that will yield showers and tomorrow we have showers and storms and flooding and heavy rain with a brief shower on saturday morning and sunday is dry. Because of the rain we have the last couple of days the Cable Car Service is scrapped. Today it looks live the cable cars are running again with the exception of the mason line which is down and shuttles are provided for service physical they can get the cable car back in service. As we look at the bay bridge toll plaza remark is loading up and metering lights are on and we are at 15 minutes to get from the maze to San Francisco. Walnut creek southbound 680 is busy as you get closer to main up to 24 it is slow going. We have a new crash southbound 280 at saratoga no san jose, a skipout is blocking one lane and it is quiet. No delays. For sundays football game, the 49ers and the raiders, we are already wearing the silver and black to billion it out. You could think the flu shop is protecting you from getting sick but it may not be the case with a justreleased warning from the centers for Disease Control. A stroll are saved when a toddler strapped in a stroller rolls down the train platform right on to the train tracks. More weather and traffic all morning and the maze shows traffic is bunching up. We will check with leyla gulen on that. Cape canavaral has the launch of cape canavaral has the launch of the a oh try these guys shouldve gone to my place, cuz right now, i have two breakfast croissants for just four bucks. Theyre both made with a freshly cracked egg and melting cheese on a buttery, flaky croissant. Try the supreme with bacon and ham, or the sausage. Theyll fill you up for whoa hey what are you doing . You cant make a commercial for your restaurant at my restaurant not if you keep interrupting me, i cant. Discover all the naturally moisturizing flavors of burts bees lip balm. Covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. You are looking at cape canavaral, where the orion spacecraft was supposed to launch at 4 00 a. M. Our time but it has been delayed three times. Once because a boat sailed into a security area and was removed. Once for the wind. Now, for a valve that is being fixed. If it is not fixed by 6 4 they will have to scrub the launch for today. A toddler if a stroller is seen rolling on to the train tracks on tuesday in australia. Here is the replay of the frightening scene, a man believed the grandfather looked away when this happened. The stroller rolled down the platform on to the tracks and the grandfather jumped down to save the little girl. Bystanders helped out. The toddler was saved and suffered facial injury. The centers for Disease Control is warning the flu shot you got to fight the virus may not work as well as you think. According to the centers for Disease Control the vaccine is fought as effective against the strain of the influenza virus because it has mutated. Half of the influenza samples checked and analyzed from october through november were different than the virus strained included in the vaccine. Centerses from is saying get the vaccine. That is good. It should provide some protection. Here is what they are saying. If you are in a High Risk Group doctors recommend in 48 hours of developing flu symptoms you start on anant flu medication for children under two, people over 6 a and people with medical problems like Heart Disease and lung disease and you develop the systems call the doctor and get them medication. Chief health and medical editor will have much more on Good Morning America at 7 00. There is some guesswork in the followlation but it is better than nothing. You cannot plan for mutation and now watching up with dry conditions out there. Yesterday was another record setter for rain but today we still have chances, better chances tomorrow and more chances nbc week as the next 714 days wetter than average. The winds are the big story fought because of the speed but how they are blowing from south to north. They are not beginning to be as gusty as yesterday. They are pumping in moisture and you can see the winds less than ten Miles Per Hour and most areas on live doppler hd and the winds have led to patchy fog. One mile in santa rosa. Concord continues to improve and you are up to 4 at Half Moon Bay stuck around three and no delays at sfo. The area of low pressure responsible for showers to the north and the heavy rain is with it. We will have light scattered showers on live doppler hd coming from southwest to northeast throughout the day today and an area that is raping the most is on 280 and 17 with the most is on 280 and 17 with flashing lights. And light showers today, with showers and thunder and local flooding tomorrow afternoon, and light showers lingering on saturday but dry and bright on sunday. The cold front is moving to the west and that is the lifting mechanism that brings the buoyancy needed. Right now we have top position right now we have top position drizzle and more fog tomorrow. By noon you are okay. After the lunch hour, the waves of showers developing with yellows and oranges and possible locally heavy thunderstorms with small hail and localized gusty wind. Wind. We will have. 1 to the mountains. Saturday afternoon and sunday, dry and sunday evening, rain. The rest of us get rain on monday. A break on tuesday and wednesday and lowtomid 60s all seven days. Good eye. In san jose a solo spinout in the Center Divider and the flooding lights southbound are the tail lights headed to 17 and it was just reported further to the south near saratoga avenue but it is near the connection and the headlights have been spun out and facing the wrong direction so c. H. P. Is there hoping no one was injured. San rafael shows the drive is foggy in the southbound direction up to 580 and the traffic is slowing smooth and to the north you have a stalled vehicle southbound highway 101 it is heavy delays through petaluma approach lakeville highway. It is now 6 20. 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And how much is for administration and fundraising. Your Favorite Charities may not be rated because they are too small or too local. What doesnt mean you should not give but do more research. Check out the Charity Website to see the mission and accomplishments and consider volunteering first. Is a great way to ask questions and get to know the charity from the inside. Another way to go, give to a Nonprofit Fundraising federation such as unite the way, committing out the charity it represents before allowing them to participate. The morning news continues at 6 30 with the top stories. We are watching the Kennedy Space center in florida. This is the orion spacecraft. There are only 18 minutes remaining in the launch window otherwise the launch will be scrubbed. There could be more protests after demonstrators shut down part of highway 101 in palo alto. A look at live doppler hd showing scattered light showers and fog for the morning and heavy rain and thunderstorms are possible as we head into the weekend and next week. In the traffic center, san jose along 280 flashing lights are off to the right side of the scene and that is an accident on the shoulder with traffic in the northbound direction building and we have a couple of problems. Heres some news you may find surprising. Were for an open internet for all. Were for creating more innovation and competition. Were for Net Neutrality protection. Now, heres some news you may find even more surprising. Were comcast. The only isp legally bound by full Net Neutrality rules. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. This is the Kennedy Space center in cape canavaral, florida, where the orion spacecraft is on the launch. We have a new launch time of 6 44 but if they cannot get the launch going by that time they will have to scrub the launch for today and reschedule. We will show you that launch as it happens if though get it off on time. Good morning, thanks for joining us. They have wind gusts but they have to look through the entire layer of the atmosphere. We have gusts, put is strong as yesterday but pumping too much moisture into the air and the air is giving it up in the form of light showers between the dumbarton bridge and 237 on the salt flats to saratoga and los gatos and milpitas and fremont and dublin and san bruno and millbrae and from san rafael scattered in nature until napa and our thickest fog is quartermile at fairfield a