richmond is on the toll plaza and it is still raining but not so heavy as it was. in the day planner today, we will have our best chance of showers through the morning hours and by noon the clouds on and we hid the upper 60s but most of us will have wet weather right now on a broader >> because of the rain we are tracking in backups. you will be met with more traffic trying to get an the backup. you will find more road closings. san rafael along 101 much slower in the southbound direction and a look at walnut creek and starting to build as you making the drive down highway 24. >> as mike tracks hane we can show you how the north bay is get hit -- tiffany? >> as we crossed the golden gate bridge at sausalito rain was falling and then it was absolutely dumping. look look at video the cars were slowing and the rain was pouring. we are outside of the ferry terminal and the rain has slowed with not too many drops. there stillwater on the roadways but cars seem to be traveling at the usual speed. 6:02. students will be back in class today forking -- following a shooting at campus. a person not associated with the school was shot and wounded. two juveniles were detained after being identified as connected with the shooting. the high school was put on lockdown for two hours and students were finally released several hours later. >> the supreme court will hear argues in a san francisco case involving police and the mentally ill. six years ago a only was shot by police in a brown home while holding a knife and threatening officers saying the police violated her 4th amendment rights by failing to reasonably accommodate her skit friendia say they should have called for backup and moved slowly. court will decide if she can proceed with a civil suit against the department. >> happening today, state senator is unveiling new legislation to protect maureen wildlife after a spill to respond to a spill involving a nonpetroleum based substance similar to the mystery goo that contaminated 500 sea birds in january in san francisco bay. it authorizes the office of spill prevention to borrow up to 500,000 from the oil spill prevention fund for rescue and rehabilitation of wide life affected by a spill. >> the race to the white house is on and republican senator ted cruz of texas announced his candidacy on social media last night becoming the first person to make it official from any party much we have the latest great washington. >> official kickoff of the 2016 presidential race has begun with a tweet from republican senator ted cruz of next, a tea party favorite and conservative fire brand. >> the appeal came with a video message. >> it is going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make america great. >> ted cruz is the first politician of the two major political parties to declare a run for president in 2016 and spent some of the day preparing to officially announce his bid later today at liberty. he has been known as a divisive figure who spearheaded the fight against medicare that led to a 16-day government shut down in 2013 after 21 hour the senate floor. >> he may not be the only republican contender rand paul is announcing in two weeks. >> maybe a different kind of republican, the kind of republican that could win an election. >> former florida governor jeb bush is near the top of any polls. >> i have a great record, i am not embarrassed and will not change who i am. >> new jersey governor chris christie former senator santorum and texas governor perry are campaigning but not yet in. ted cruz will have a harder time raising money from the traditional moderate base and the supporters disagree. >> you did the same thing over and over and over getting moderate republican you cannot bin. >> ted cruz will raid $40 million to $50 million so he can stay competitive in a crowded field. california governor brown is being very vocal about his lack of support for senator cruz calling cruz "absolutely unfit for office." ted cruz is a global warming concepts ice would says science does not back up the climate. 90 percent of scientists say they agree there is global warming. santa clara will continue banning commercial pot growing and changing or throw out the current ordinance that allows some marijuana to be grown for patients. neighbors complained of the environment and quality of life cons and now the supervisors are looking at banning commercial cultivation, increasing the business tax and allowing only individual patients to grow their pot. >> homeowners say government is going too far with a proposal to require them to retro commit their wood burning fireplaces and the proposal is from the bay area air quality management district in an effort to protect the environment and by dissension people. >> homeowners would be required to pay the cost retrofitting their fireplace if they decide to sell or rent out their homes and the costs could be up to $3,000. the district wants all wood burning fire places to be replaced by gas. >> today companies, utilities and individuals that have gone above and beyond the calm to conserve water will be honored, the silicon valley conservation awards coalition will hand out a dozen awards to those who have innovated to conserve water during the drought. the 49ers will be awarded for their use of recycled water at statement along with alameda water district and the county of san mateo. >> and now you and see we are moving into the western section of the contra costa and alameda and moving across morgan hill and coyote and headed into the high country just near this area and probably missing gilroy. there are a few more scattered showers behind that for the morning commute so if you do not get rain you will see rain on the street or highway you are tabling. be prepared. and low-to-mid 50s on the peninsula, and mid-to-upper 50s on the east bay shore and hose is 54 and 52 in san ramon and up to napa as he head into the afternoon hours we will see sunshine and chance of a stray shower but not so much as this morning and upper 50s at the coast and money 50s elsewhere. >> we have a look from emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge pouncing up and again an indication of a slight wind gusts and it should not affect the drive across the bridge and it is looking heavier in terms of traffic and the tail lights are bunching up toward treasure island and as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights were turned on and we see heavy backups away from the macarthur maze and that drive will take 15 minutes on head into san francisco and the big remembers are here, in sunol, we have wet conditions with a four car crash not blocking they lanes another to cause major delays and foothill is the best way to get around it and to you are going to another area there is another problem ahead. >> a special treat for game of thrones sang, san francisco is the heart of the beloved series. why san francisco? hbo is hosting 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(scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. coming up on 6:14 on monday morning, a look at the bay bridge, east eastern span from emeryville camera you can see heavy traffic getting into san francisco and we will explore the traffic there and around the bay area with leyla gulen coming up. leaders from around the world are sending their condolences to singapore after the loss of the first prime minister. he was at the helm for more than three decades and is considered the founding father of singapore, with the national flag at the embassy in beijing has been lowered to half-mast. today is a week long period of national orange. he died at age of 91 is credited nor turning singapore interest low crime and little corruption. >> a set of identity aol twin brothers gearing up for a mission for mark, the mark and scott kelly have agreed to a year long study looking at the effect of trace pavilion the human body. the husband of gabrielle giffords. the twin will stay a year on the space station much the big difference will be their heart scott will be taller because he will not deal with gravity. and he is set to launch on friday. >> a family in gaza is raising eyebrows for choice of a family pet adopting two lion cubs. the father bought the cubs from a local zoo and right new they are 2 1/2 months old and the father admits knows they will be dangerous but right now his kids and the neighbors love playing with the curbs so he said "what's the problem." not sure about their equivalent of child and protective services... >> incredibly strong. >> we have guru -- furry friends of our own. >> so execute! we have puppyies brought to us by the friends of alameda animal shelter, and the san francisco spca for responsible adoptions. >> a hockey game just broke out. >> checking. >> checking the boards. >> you can see #puppieson7. use that to tweet or post your photos. such a cutie. >> we are going to have them in the 6:45 and then marin and the peninsula humane society from 6:45 until...9:00 a.m. and from 9:00 to 11:30 we will have silicon valley humane society we and another group the east bay spca until 11:30. you can watch this all day. >> we are covered all of the bay area, you have in discuss. >> we are chomping at the bit to go play with them. >> we will see if we can find a friend and glad everyone is shareing. >> right now it is playing in the rain. >> grab an umbrella from arlington boulevard headed to the east bay hills just between san pablo dam and castro ranch road that is the moderate rain headed to pleasant hill and concord and 6ia eight and 242 connecting or splitting depending where you are moving and that will set be more wet next half hour. 101 heading through the santa clara valley to san martin light rain for you. those are the two big players with a few light showers developing over the ocean and the energy that is responsible for these is moving through and a and request we have our best chance of any heavier showers and widespread showers through the end of the commute. three-quarters mile visibility and fog in santa rosa. sfo has no flight arrival delays with the pens look looking dry. as we look at the light shower stretching back on the bay bridge to the north of there where we can see the rain from emeryville north so much with out coming down 80. unsettled weather today and tomorrow and scattered light showers and sun so grab the sunglasses and it will be warp as we head to the weekend. the scattered shores are starting to taper as we head to the noon hour and the clouds open up for sunshine and warmth and irritation of the atmosphere and stray shower is possible but notice there is not were physical we get do overnight and that is mainly across the north bay and all of us could wake up to drizzle tomorrow morning and clouds are prevalent tomorrow but the energy is not to create the showers. upper 50s along the coast and the rest of us are in the mid-to-upper 60s today and the seven-day forecast shows two- to four-degrees warmer tomorrow and a string of 70s at the coast thursday through saturday and a string of 80's around the bay thursday and friday and aing center of 80's inland wednesday through sunday. be careful indeed is good advise. we have several problems confined to sunol and pleasanton. here is a look at the drive along 680 the time on 680 has more and more minutes tapped on to the commute because of several problems, southbound 680 at highway 84 is where we have the four car crash and beside being on the shoulder it can cause delays. if you are thing of getting off of the freeway do not get off here because we have another vehicle on its side after dodging a falling tree. just up ahead, or further back, southbound 680 at sunol we have a two-car crash and chose delays are extending away from 580 so the drive is 32 miles per hour is the top speed and it will take you 25 minutes away from the dublin interchange to sunol government and westbound a 80 another crash involving a big rig with a lane blocks and heavy backup an hour from tracy to dublin. arnold schwarzenegger saved the day and how the form former governor is a source of inspiration for a man on a fitness quest. >> taylor swift and porn, the reason the star is being linked to a new industry this morning. >> first showing you a picture of the golden gate bridge and the deck looks possible a little wet from the sprinkles. weather and traffic during the entire commercial break. 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[ m'm... ] [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® >> good morning, 6:23. >> cute. >> yes puppyies on cameras set up, and spreading the message of responsible adopting so we thank our spca partners for bringing in the cuties this morning. ready for your love ready for great home in the bay area and putting on quite a show. ready for a body slam. there are wrestling dogs going on. we will check with what is coming up on mechanic per 59 7:00. >> good morning dan. the race to the white house has officially begun and the senator from texas is announcing on twitter that he is running for president and now ted cruz is the first major candidate to officially enter the race in 2016. that is next on "good morning america" soon. >> we will see you at 7:00. >> taylor swift has the internet buzzing of what is a far cry great her squeaky clean image buying up several porn domain names. her representative said she is taking ownership the image and does not want to be southerned with important so she is buying up sites that use her name before anyone else gets them first. but getting to them first, fin can buy a dough main so she may not be the only sleep celebrity trying to scoop them up. >> and arnold schwarzenegger talking about a people talk he gave to a man who was out of the gym. >> arnold schwarzenegger wrote a response including "i'm proud of you, you took the first step and fell, so get back up and take the next step keep moving forward." >> do not listen to those laughing at you, you will show them. >> that is right. >> morning news continues at 6:30 with the top story. >> a string of police shootings and what san francisco police chief is doing to calm the fears >> how a young boy has been landed in the hospital after plague at the school. >> a new building would help places like the international bird recuse -- in is in a new bill. >> tracking showers and moderate rain moving through the east bay and stretching back to san francisco. we will talk how long this will last and how many more chances before the 70s and 80's return to the forecast. >> leyla gulen from the traffic center with a look at walnut creek southbound 680 starting to slow down on the damp roadways and we have a ten minute drive from highway 4 to the 24 junction but the real problems are further down 680 headed to sunol with more details when we ♪ ♪ ♪ live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, it is 6:29 on this monday looking from the sutro tower camera to san francisco, a lovely picture with showers moving through the bay area. some of you are probably done. some have to wait longer. we are here to talk about that. >> and other things. leyla gulen is tracking and i warmer risk tom. mike, tell us of the scattered showers. >> we are best showers at south of 24 headed over to lafayette and pleasant hill and walnut creek and concord and toward heck lease. this is heading to walnut creek and danville and san ramon and parts of oakland still have a few showers and light sprinkles cross san francisco. walnut creek shows wet and about to be wetter as we look at the day planner hanging out in the upper 40s and by noon the clouds will open and dry at 58 to 62 and a stray shower is possible but it will be brighter this morning. 58 to 65 and fairly dry this evening at 52 to 62 in the evening. cool. >> leyla gulen you have several problems? >> we do involving multiple vehicles and overturned cars. they are slipping and sliding but no opportunity if you are stick in this. that is the bay bridge toll plaza. 17 minutes gets you from the macarthur maze to san francisco and you can see the roads are wet, so be careful. it does not appear there should be hydroplaning but traffic is slowing down to the north bay. happening today california could soon add extra protections for wildlife in the wake of a mystery goo that affected birds in the future and the bill would have the burden not falling only on nonprofits. leylaamy hollyfield? >> yes this is about the money and helping nonprofit agencies including the international bird rescue organization in fairly. this is in response to want in john remember the birds that turned up covered in a mystery goo. officials figured out the state has a system to respond and pay for an oil spill but there is no money available to pay for a spill any other substance. this places a huge burden on the nonprofit agencies and several hundred difficulties in with lawmakers surprised to hear there was no immediate state response and the nonprofits were doing the work. they saved 154 birds but it cost the center in fairfield $150,000. two senators want to change that. they want the state to help they will close a gap a loophole in the law to keep this from happening in the future and hold a press conference this morning to announce this new bill and explain how they plan to do this. >> two santa clara police officers are on leave after shooting and skilled an armed robbery suspect, the third officer involved shooting in the bay area in eight hours. the other two where were in vallejo and richmond. cell phone video shows the police outside the 7-eleven after 2:00 a.m. yesterday and moments earlier two officers drove into the parking lot to find a robbery in progress. they say the suspect had a gunpointed at the store clerk and fired a shot. the officers fired and the man was shot. the store clerk was not hurt. >> a fatal shooting involving san francisco miss is the focus of a townhall meeting shooting am list brown after driving the wrong way down pine street last tuesday. show crashed into several vehicles and drove on to the sidewalk. officers say they fired at her for their safety and the safety of others in the area. the meeting takes place in st. luke's church on clay. >> a nine-year-old fell through the roof of a school in the north bay. the boy crashed through a sky light on top of hamilton elementary school in novato yesterday. firefighters say the child was playing with his friends and medics decided the injuries were serious enough to send him to a specialized trauma center at children's hospital in oakland. a nine-year-old with a closed head injury fall 30' to cop crete. >> the e.t.a. is 27 minutes. >> you are quicker to get him to ground than weighing on open -- than waiting for a helicopter. >> he had injuries to his head and back. >> video captured a tragic car accident that took the life of a father of four young children in concord. the fear was on the -- the gather was on the way to work and he was broadside by a speeding truck and he is crossing concord. driver of a speeding truck ran a red light and slammed into his car killing him instantly. officers arrested the driver 18 years old, for vehicular man lawsuit but released her spending the investigation. the family is devastated. >> a sweet, sweet person and a great husband and i think we as a family think that god has taken an angel from us. >> the family said he was like a father to everyone with ten siblings and a wife and four young children. >> the san francisco airbnb law is unworkable. the city law is aimed at regulating short-term tourist rentals in private homes and apartments and san francisco's planning department circulate add memo at a board of supervisors committee meeting and said airbnbs called hosting platforms not required to give cities the name of those renting out their homes. if you do not know who is doing it you cannot afford it. >> we celebrate "national puppy day" and adorable rescues are hoping you will take them home. these cuteties are looking for a forever home teaching up to get the puppies adopted. they are from the san francisco spca and the alameda animal shelter. we will stream the pictures for you on the camera until 11:30 this morning. these are a mix and are cute as can be. >> our viewers are excited. thanking for sending in photos of your dog you can see cuties and interesting ones. >> keep them coming, we love to see adopted pups and a snapshot of your favorite friend by tweeting or instagram them with #puppieson7. >> you can catch us with information on the agencies to adoption with live streaming until 11:30 this morning. >> water troubles are getting worse with a report on how dangerous the drought really is and what could send it more out-of-control. >> hot buy or disappointing dud? the factor that has some predicting how will with the apple want will do. stay tuned. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. coming up on 6:41 with light rain falling in walnut creek and the east bay has seen half an inch in danville and .2" and in palo alto were if you are headed to the high country law 9:00 this morning we could get up to 1" of snow above 6,000 feet and it will be breezy and the waves around 3' on lake tahoe. as far as the temperature, 47 there, and 60 in monterey and accident in sacramento and 88 in palm springs. this is as cool as it gets if lake tahoe at nearly isn't record highs thursday, friday and saturday. tell us about are your friend. he is precious. >> he is a sweetheart. we cover the heavy traffic on the san mateo bridge with this angel, lester a retriever lab door mention, two -- lab mix two months old. you can adopt hip. try to get a look at his facings he is such a sweet angel calm all morning and loves to play and cuddle and most loving. shall we do traffic? >> the may question bridge headed out of hayward into foster city and a look at the golden gate bridge nice and clear and moving along at top speeds and who are we going home with? >> suddenly, traffic does not look so bad. >> the driver's license of the future, the high-tech solution california is considering to take the hassle of grabbing it before you run out the door. >> a look at puppy cameras for "national puppy day" and we have it streamed for you all morning as we hope to get some of cuties adopted. >> first day in the snow with abc7 with remark and weather together throughout the entire commercial break and here is the san mateo bridge. >> covering walnut creek burlingame campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. were. few days in the spring and what are we talking about? >> rain. >> mike has been tracking it all morning but we will check with our reporter who is tracking it through marin county. >> that is right you can see the rain is in longer falling but there are a lot of put peoples and -- a lot of commuters are dancing around the puddles. from 101 you can see there is no way to stay dry with the rain pouring down. we were in san francisco it was dry and over the golden gate bridge around sausalito the rain started to fall and heavy through 5:30 this morning. this video great richmond showd the 580 and 80 intersection the rain came down heavy along that stretch of the bay area and that was closer to 6:00. we specific to several commuters would say this rain took them by surprise. >> i had a sleep over with my grandson and i did not have an umbrella so i worried one. >> i was shocked. i didn't expect it. >> if they did not expect it i know it has been in the forecast for several days and many of the commuters say they were thrilled to wake up to rain and they hope it continues to fall in the early spring because we so desperately need it. >> the world firstest the biggest water shortage in 15 years and.com could be 9 first to get offer of digital driver's license. jane king has these stories in the money report. jane? >> we are watching the nasdaq. it is striking distance of an all-time high close we have not seen since march of 2000 of the the nasdaq so far trading low wherever in morning but the dow and the suspect suspect -- and the s&p 500 are higher. as the economy grows the world will be thirsty and at current warrant usage rate the world will have 40 percent less water in 15 years than it needs. part of the reason is the rising living standards as the middle class grows in emerging countries. california taking a look at digital driver's license you would have your driver's license in your smartphone rather than in your wallet. the state has a way to pilot test later this year. 60 percent of iphone users do fought want the apple watch. this survey was done by reuters but that means 40 percent of the 100 million activity iphone users are somewhat interested which is nowing especially since it is not even out. as you probably know by now it is "national puppy day" and we are talking puppies all morning. >> we have new puppies from the marin humane society and all the puppies are up for adoption if you are head the out the door to work or school drop by to have a forever puppy. >> if you cannot watch at help can you log on to abc7news.com and click on the puppy camera and this is what you get, we are live streaming the camera all morning to 11:30 and use the app on your smart phone tablet or commuter the download the free app by searching wax abc in -- watch abc sour bosses if your employees are watching all morning rather than doing work who can blame them? >> it is hard to resist as you see them playing. >> our executive produce are came up with this and got all six of our perfect pet partners here at some point today. >> awesome thank you for sharing your pictures. love it. if you are taking your dog or pet out, it will be wet. >> be ready for wet weather around walnut creek and lafayette and pleasant hill and concord. here is a moderate shower. i am brown nosing is that what you are saying? >> you can see of 80, north main street walnut boulevard headed to antioch and as far as what is going on, berkeley piedmont, oakland, alameda, still seeing light rain headed to san leandro and hayward and alamo and danville and men and dublin and pleasanton could get a shower in the next half hour and quarter-mile in santa rosa is what we have right now. and this is the shower activity with billowing of the clouds and the higher clouds look right at the rain shower moving across walnut creek from our sutro tower camera. unsettled today and tomorrow ask scattered light showers and sunshine from time to time and it is going to be really warm from wednesday into the weekend. notice the scattered showers to noon as the energy that creating the showers moving to the northeast and we will have to rely on the sunday to create warmth and buoyancy for a few stray showers and another bit of energy cops through the north bay during the overnight hours with scattered to light showers and tomorrow not so much sunshine or buoyancy in the atmosphere and still a stray shower is possible but not so many as we are seeing this morning. as far as temperatures upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60s. wake up tomorrow with the commute mostly outside the north bay and it should be dry and easier, and we are in the upper 40s to low 50s so cooler than this morning. on wednesday, the 80's come inland through sunday and 80's around the bay on thursday and friday and 70s at the coast on thursday friday and saturday. show does not have the adorable puppy but she is still adorable. >> are you talking about me? >> or the traffic. >> or the track, if puppy in my aways. he is going to go fast, pick up the phone and adopt that one. >> walnut creek the drive is wet. it is slow. that is around highway 4 to the 24 junction and from the east bay hills you can see highway 24 stretching toward 680 how heavy the headlights are and remark is slowing from lafayette to orinda to the caldecott tunnel and no accidents. we had a couple of accidents on 580 and they are cleared to the shoulder and it is taking on minutes to the commute at one hour from tracy to dublin and highway 4 is slow at 37 minutes to go from antioch to concord and 101 holding steady at unanimous minutes if san rafael to san francisco with no actions and problems in the south bay. >> we are back with seven things to know before you go. >> first show you a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza keeping weather and traffic through the entire commercial break so you do not miss a here are seven things to know before you go. still tracking showers moving near san mateo and headed for redwood city. watch out for that. and long the east bay. these are going to be a nuisance if the commute. this afternoon, though, it will be dry. >> the bay bridge toll plaza shows heavy traffic and 15 minutes from the macarthur maze to san francisco and san jose is 87 but we have an accident at 280 and another crash there. san francisco police will address the fatal officer involved shooting from last tuesday night at a townhall meeting tonight. police shot alice brown because officers feared for they've safety. the bay area saw an additional three officer involved shootings over the weekend. >> the national park service closed a trail after a aidely after a deadly cliff collapse. two officers fell 60' and one died. the other is in in critical condition. >> and the state can now respond quickly to a marine spill similar to the mystery goo that contaminated on sea birds in january. atexas republican senator cause cruz will formally announce he is -- senator ted cruz will formally announce he is running in 2016 announcing during a speech at liberty university. >> seven, today is "national puppy day" and what better way to celebrate than find puppies in need find forever homes. >> so sweet. >> thanks for joining us. check out my breakfast! eggs... sausage... ham... bacon... cheese... and sourdough bread. uh, mine's easier. get a load of jack's loaded breakfast sandwich. what's on it? 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