Not a quiet start. Cant say that. Sorry. It hasnt been a quiet start but the accidents are not impacting the speed and flow of traffic. Well take you to interstate 80. We have a couple problems eastbound 80 at Lagoon Valley. There is a jackknifed big rig blocking. Traffic is flowing in both directions. Earlier a hitandrun accident reported. It may still be out there. Heres the bay bridge toll plaza. A minor backup for the cashpaying lanes. The south bay, you see a stalled car to the right side. Approaching 880, but traffic is flowing well for head lights moving northbound. No problems on the peninsula. Here at the live desk, im tracking the latest developments in south florida following the shooting massacre at Marjory StonemanDouglas High School in lakeland. 19yearold nikolas cruz was booked into Broward County jail a couple of hours ago. This is a mugshot released within the last hour or so. Cruz faces 17 counts of premeditated murder. A Law Enforcement official says the gun used by the shooter was an ar15style rifle and was apparently purchased legally by pat least 17 people were killed in the shooting. More than a dozen others were injured. Officials say cruz was a former student at Marjory Stoneman douglas who was expelled from the school. Put your phones away. It gets me chills to see this. This moment gives you a little idea of what students and teachers went through yesterday. It captures the moment that police were arriving to clear the room. Among the chaos, confusion were parents hoping that their kids were okay. This video shows the moment moms and dads reunited with their children after painstakingly waiting to make sure they were safe. Lieutenant governor gavin newsom tweets. Our children are dying and were doing nothing to stop it. Im running out of words to describe my anger, frustration and sadness. If youre unwilling to demand reform, get out of office. He then replied to several republican leaders, including President Trump who tweeted condolences. It was simple. Then do something about it. Steve kerr has been an outspoken critic of lax gun control laws. He criticized lawmakers after learning of the florida tragedy. It doesnt seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools. Focus on the real safety issues. Not building some stupid wall for billions of dollars that has nothing to do with our safety. But actually protecting us from what truly is dangerous. Kerrs father malcolm was president of the American University of beirut. Malcolm kerr was shot to death by jihadists in 1984. This is another sad example of Shooter Training at schools is so important. Abc 7 News Reporter lilian kim has more. Reporter open Public Schools have a lockdown drill twice a year. School and classroom doors are locked, blinds closed. Recently the district added active Shooter Training. A private vendor teaches them how to run, hide and fight. 100 employees have gone through the training and more will be trained on friday. With sandy hook and columbine and aurora and pauls nightclub shooting, and las vegas and this shooting. This is an unfortunate occurrence thats not going to stop. Shots fired. Training is becoming more widespread. Just a few weeks ago a drill was conducted at napa valley college. In this scenario, local police dont wait for a s. W. A. T. Team or fbi. They go in immediately and in some cases put themselves between victim and shooter. The most important thing is for parents to take a breath. For parents, the possibility of an active shooter at their Childrens School can certainly be a source of stress. Especially after what happened in florida today. She says moms and dads should manage their own anxieties first before talking about it with their children. Dont lead them. You may be transferring your own fears and anxieties that they dont have right now on to them. Conversations bound to occur between parent and child when confronted with todays realities. Lilian kim, abc 7 news. We have put together pages i should say of resources about teens and Mental Health and bullying. All major issues on school campuses. Its at abc7news. Com. Its on our front page. George stephanopoulos and david muir are in florida. David muir will anchor world news tonight from parkland at 5 30 p. M. The Mendocino County sheriff is asking for the publics help to find a woman possibly abducted by her boyfriend last we week. The 23yearold was last seen getting into her boyfriends sedan. They were involved in a physical confrontation. Britton and her boyfriend, fallis have not been seen since. Hes wanted for a prior Domestic Violence incident involving britton. They have until april to clean up toxic heaps. In santa rosa, officials are trying to make sure all properties burned in the october wildfires are cleaned up by april 9th regardless of who is performing the work. Contractors cleared 62 of the sites, putting the government effort on track to finish in the next two months. About 1100 other burned properties exist where owners opted to manage the cleanup by hiring private contractors. An Appeals Court this accord og to chronicle. It reverses a judges ruling that struck down the law protecting teachers, other school staff and child care providers. Supporters say the law protects children from losing a relationship with a School Employee who moves during the school yearment. Check out this map. The change from 24 hours ago. It was breezy overnight. Santa rosa, fairfield and half moon bay. Youre warmer than 24 hours ago. While the rest of us, the breezes kept us a couple degrees within where we were yesterday. 37 at dublin and also in pleasanton. The cool spots, lafayette at 35. Walnut creek and Pleasant Hill at 36. Then 40s at concord. 40 in livermore and san ramon at 43 degrees. On the other side of the east bay hills, oakland, 40. Across the bay, 45 in san carlos. Pacifica 43. Dress for the same temperature in Mountain View and san jose. A little cooler in novato and napa. 36 and 37 degrees. Heres a look at the roof camera. Theres a little bit of a breeze right now in San Francisco. As we look down at the ferry building. Cool this morning. Pretty comfortable this afternoon. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Staying dry on the roads all day and on the bay, the breezes will continue to relax as we head throughout the day. Lets go back to the east bay. 44 this morning. Look at that, not a cloud to be found all the way up until 4 00. Temperatures jump nearly 14 degrees. 58 by noon. Well hang out in the low 60s during the afternoon hours. Sunsets with that dry air by 8 00 down to 51 degrees. San francisco, seeing a spread too. 46 this morning. 56 by noon and near 60 for the better part of the afternoon hours. Also back to 51 degrees at 8 00 under some of those stars. Have you missed some of the warm weather at the coast . Ill have a look at that and the rest of the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Heres frances. Mike, we have had a few accidents. In fact, the slowest traffic were seeing is heading into the altamont pass. Westbound 580 is heavy. Slows out of tracy. The drive time along that stretch is now 40 minutes from tracy to dublin. There is a crash westbound for antioch to concord. That is 15 minutes. Into hercules, westbound 4 cummings skyway, there was an earlier accident on the righthand side. No problems on 101 heading from san rafael to San Francisco. A live shot of 680 in walnut creek. Things are getting more crowded for southbound traffic approaching highway 24. Guys . Thanks, frances. New details about a deadly car crash in los angeles involving Actor Luke Wilson and professional golfer bill haas. The actor pulled a 50yearold woman trapped in her car to safety. She has serious injuries. Haas was a passenger in a ferrari that crashed into the womans car. The ferrari clipped wilsons car before hitting a pole. The driver of the ferrari was killed. Haas is recovering in his home in South Carolina and wilson was not hurt. Coming up, the biggest blockbuster of the year so far is hours away from opening. So heres the question. Are there still tickets for black panther anywhere . Well let you know. Uber is working on repairing its image in 2018. But its having an issue in the bay area. We watched an oakland raider reunite with the doctor who helped him pursue his football career. Career. A feature only on abc record 70degree temperatures we had earlier in the month, but starting today through saturday, its going to be gorgeous at the beaches. 58 today with calmer conditions. 62 tomorrow. Our warmest day will be saturday at 64. Then you can have sand blowing around with those arctic breezes that will bring us back into the 50s. Get out there and enjoy it if you can. A disturbing portrait emerging about the Florida School shooter. Heres pierre thomas. In the gma first look, several students who spoke with abc news say it was no secret the teenager in this photo was dangerous and even threatened to kill. He showed me his guns. Nikolas cruz was described as armed for a war when he stormed the high school. He had countless magazines, multiple magazines and at this point, we believe he had one ar15 rifle. Former classmates who spoke with us paint the 19yearold as trouble. News of his arrest wearing a maroon shirt, dark jeans, combat boots and handcuffed spark memories of a teen they describe as twisted. The focus this morning for investigators, any hint of motive on social media. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , George Stephanopoulos leads our coverage live from florida with your gma first look, im tom llamas, abc news, parkland, florida. Some San Francisco supervisors are criticizing the stit Navigation Center saying they traumatize homeless people. When the homeless are brought to the center, their way of being organized on the street is disrupted. He says when they leave after the 60day limit, they end up being more vulnerable. The city says just 2,000 of the citys 21,000 people without housing are able to exit homelessness every year. The San FranciscoCity Attorney is demanding uber provide data relevant to an investigation about whether it and lyft are obeying state and local laws. Last year, City AttorneyDennis Herrera issued subpoenas to the two companies for information in eight categories, including miles an hours logged by drivers and incentives. Herrera says uber refused to disclose the annual reports and fought the city repeatedly. Lyft is now cooperating with herreras request for that data. New developments about a tinder security report. A senator is urging the dating app to resolve Security Issues immediately after the report revealed vulnerabilities. Last month a report found that hackers on the same wifi network were able to take control over profile pictures the user sees and swapping for inappropriate photos or advertising instead. Oregon senator wants tinder to swipe right on user privacy and security and make fixes as soon as possible. It was a heartfelt valentines day for t. J. Carrie. He reunited with dr. Frank hanley at Lucille PackardChildrens Hospital yesterday. Carrie says dr. Hanley helped change his life and allowed him to make it to the nfl by repairing a congenital heart defect. It made him difficult to breathe during physical activity. He was joined by another one of dr. Hanleys patients. Ga minnows mother started camp taylor. Its a camp for children with heart disease. Just seeing the parents go through this battle with the kids, i think its a tremendous feat. I think that the parents are strong. The group spent the day visiting children at the hospital. Very nice. The most anticipated film of the year is much more than a movie. Its become somewhat of a movement. This is before the bulk of us have even seen it yet. Black panther opens tonight. The fact that an African American superhero is at the center of such a big budget movie is breaking boundaries. Matt keller live at santana row in san jose this morning. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning. The First Showing of black panther here at santana row is going to be at 7 00. Forget about coming to the window here and waiting in line to get tickets. Now everybody does it online. This is fandango right here. If you want to get a ticket to tonights 7 00 showing, you can see the seats that are still available. They are the blue seats there. Look, its all the first row or the second row. Youll be look straight up at the screen. The buzz may be worth it here. This is a big movie, black panther. Ticket presales for black panther are outpacing any other superhero movie ever made. Critics love it. It has a 97 fresh rating on rotten tomatoes. The even before the public can see the movie. Its already resonating with audiences. Its tapping into something that has long been overdue. Check out the reaction these sdoou students in atlanta had when they learned they ha tickets to the movie. Its creating a buzz on social media with hash tags like the black panther challenge. Raising money for children of color can see the movie for free. Marvel is owned by disney, the Parent Company of abc 7. Reporting live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. Matt, thank you. Its 5 18. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. Im never more than seven inches away from you. Its okay this week. Last week, you wanted me 700 feet away. Nice to see you. Hope you had a good valentines day. Lets take a look at whats going on today. Mother nature giving us sunshine and above average temperatures as our treat for today. Heres a look at the golden gate bridge. Its pretty calm out there. No fog to speak of. No mist. None of that. Well be powered by the sun and above average highs today. My accuweather highlights for tonight, clear, slightly cooler than this morning. It wont be as breezy. But the breezes, when they do come back, you can thank the arctic. Canada, alaska, if you want to. Our friends there are sending us the first really big blast and chill that will last for several days coming up. In fact, all the things that are blooming right now, you have to cover those in the next couple of days next week during of the overnight hours. Thats getting ahead of myself. Lets get back to today. 59 at the coast. 61 to 67 from the 61 in richmond and lakeport to san jose, 67 easily the warmest spot there. Lets look at the south bay. 42 at 7 00. Look at all that sunshine. Getting us to 60 at noon. 65 at 4 00 and at 7 00, at 56. Temperatures will top out today from 65 in milpitas to lows gas toes and 67. 65 in morgan hill and gilroy. Wall to wall sunshine. 54 at 7 00. One. Easiest graphics to make. I dont put much on it. Throw a sun on it, done. Heres a look at the peninsula. 58 in pacifica, 62 to 63 for everybody else. My accuweather sevenday forecast. Look at that. Mid up toer 60s away from the coast friday. Low 60s to near 70. Such of spring. Then the hammer falls and temperatures drop into the mid and upper 50s. With the breezes out there, it will feel cooler than that. Unfortunately, no rain. Weve had a few earlier accidents. Not much of a slowdown. One eastbound 80 for those leaving the bay area towards sacramento. An early jackknifed truck there. An earlier crash westbound 80 at core delia junction. They havent taken it off the screen yet. No delays this morning. San mateo bridge, westbound traffic on the righthand side. Good to go through san mateo and all the way through to 101 past 280 as well on peninsula. A live shot of 280 in san jose. Thats highway 17 coming out of santa cruz mountains. Also delayfree. No major problems in the south bay. Mass transit this morning, no dela delays right now. A whale watching tour was treated to migrating gray whiels a couple weeks ago. Its quite a sight. Gray whales have been passing through california making their way to the lagoons off baja california, mexico. Filed a run for governor of governor. 43yearold amanda renteria. She has ties to prominent donors and politicians. Vice President Joe Biden and president obama. Serves as the chief Operations Director for the justice department. Apple homepods are causing outrage and it has nothing do with the actual technology. Mcdonalds . Really. I said yes, why not . Nothing says romance like a number 2 meal without the pickles, right . The valenti this is arlie. And this is charlie not coughing because he took delsym 12hour. This is charlie not coughing while trying not to wake zeus. This is charlie not coughing while sitting very still. And this is charlie not coughing while getting a little too into nanas party. Because he tk delsym. Nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. Lsym. The joy of not coughing. And dont fdelsym is 1 and up. Pediatrician recommended. Therethat only uses 100 american oranges. And simply orange and tropicana ship in juice from overseas. Only floridas natural grows all of our oranges in florida. Great taste. Naturally. I needthats whenvice foi remembered that my exex exboyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him. He didnt call me back if your exex exboyfriend isnt a lawyer, call legalzoom and well connect you with an attorney. Legalzoom. Where life meets legal. Welcome back. Here are the seven things you need to know. The suspect in that Deadly FloridaHigh School Shooting was booked into jail overnight. This is 19yearold nikolas cruz. His mugshot released by the Sheriffs Office moments before our newscast. Cruz faces 17 counts of premeditated murder. Number 2, the shooting in florida is renewing the gun debate this morning. Several lawmakers around the country are now calling for stricter gun control. Meanwhile, President Trump says this is a Mental Health issue. Number 3rks the couple accused of killing a 19yearold livermore woman will be back in court today. Daniel gross and Melissa Leonardo are charged with murdering lizette cuesta, they worked torgt at a charles jr. In tracy. A woman is under arrest. Kim klopson forcibly removed a special needs student from the bus when she refused to get off. That girl suffered abrasions. Temperatures rebound today. Thats number 5. Sunny and warmer with temperatures anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees above average. Ive got more warmth coming in my accuweather sevenday forecast. Number 6, at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are turned on. Weve had a few Early Morning accidents. No major delays other than the usual. Number 7, excitement is building as marvels black panther premieres in theaters tonight. Ticket presales are outpacing any other superhero made ever made. Its owned by disney, the Parent Company of abc 7. Exciting. A candlelit dinner on valentines day sounds romantic. But at mcdonalds . This restaurant in colorado set the mood for customers. It had flowers, a candlelit table and they got fries with that. Mcdonalds pulled out the stops. Employees even took reservations. Years ago when we tried to take our family to a restaurant and had to wait 2 1 2, 3 hours. Took too long to wait. We ended up going to mcdonalds. My Guest Service manager wanted to decorate. I said why not do a candlelight dinner. That gentleman has a mcdonalds tie. Hes into it. Mayor mccheese would be proud. The general manager started getting reservations getting weeks ahead of time for this special day. Apparently theyre being serenaded. There are singers. And theyre taking reservations for this. Im not mad at this. I had a frozen burrito for dinner. I had popcorn. The change tinder is making to give women more control. Frightening moments for a Stanford University professor in the mail. She says shes used to nasty letters but this was different than normal. Were tracking new developments this morning in the School Shooting that k team usa to south korea we cant fly. But you know who can . Helping superheroes fly. United. Were into the we mentioned mcdonalds a moment ago. Good morning on this thursday, february 15th. Hope youre enjoying something tasty and nutritious this morning. How about just tasty. I used to work at mcdonalds. Me. Fry girl. First job. You learn something new every day. Mike, what about weather . Maintenance guy. I had to clean the fryers. Teach you about weather. It was a very good motivation to go to school and get an education. Lets take a look at live doppler 7. Its quiet out there. That was a first job. Heres a look at our 12hour planner. 35 to 42 degrees. Noon, upper 50s. 4 00, 56 to 63. Wall to wall sunshine today. Temperatures a little bit above average. I enjoyed my time at mcdonalds. How about you frances . Yeah. So that was my first job. My first paying job. Weve been following this crash at sigalert 80 at Lagoon Valley. It doesnt look like its causing problems. Westbound 80 approaching the core delia junction. An earlier crash may still be off to the righthand side. Westbound 4 antioch to hercules, the drive time is 33 minutes. An earlier accident as well. Highway 4 to the maze. Its slow now. An 18minute ride. No problems making your way through san jose on highway 87 and looking good across the san mateo bridge. Now, a live desk update from abc 7 mornings. Good morning. The 19yearold man suspected in the deadly shooting at a south Florida High School is being questioned by authorities right now. Nikolas cruz was booked into the Broward County jail only a short time ago. In fact, the Sheriffs Department released his mugshot just before our newscast began. Cruz is now facing charges after murdering 17 people and critically hurting five others. Abc News Reporter maggie rulli is live in parkland, florida, with the newest details this morning. Maggie . Reporter jessica, good morning. This is one of the deadliest Mass Shootings in modern u. S. History. Now investigators here in parkland are questioning students, trying to learn more about the shooter and his possible motive. Overnight, suspected shooter, nikolas cruz was booked into the Broward County jail as police searched his home looking for any clues as to why just hours earlier the 19yearold opened fire inside his former high school. This video showing the terror inside the school. The sound of gunshos too disturbing to broadcast. I heard the shots and then i saw the shooter run out by mr. Feis and i saw mr. Feis get shot. Reporter students, barely teenagers hiding under desks, fearing for their lives. We were just like praying and crying. Somebody down the hall was screaming, like help me, come save me. S. W. A. T. Teams swarm the school. He went from the third floor to the second floor. Third to the second floor. He may have a gas mask on now. Reporter in the chaos, the shooter walks right out with the other students escaping. He was later arrested without incident. Police say cruz was armed with an ar15 rifle and was wearing a gas mask. School says he was expelled for disciplinary reasons. Faculty had been warned to not let him on campus. Reporter the school here is closed through the end of the week. The town has brought in grief counselors to help the students starting this morning. Parkland, florida, maggie rulli, abc 7 news. Reggie, natasha. A maggie. Thank you for that report. Some are calling for new gun measures. President trump says this is a Mental Health issue. A new tweet where he says so many signs that he was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities again and again. It appears a hero during the shooting has died. Football coach aaron feis protected a student by jumping fween her and the gunman and pushing the student out of the line of fire. Feis was shot in the process. There were conflicting reports about his condition. But the schools head football coach says feis family was notified late last night that he had died. The miami herald reports that in addition to being an assistant coach, he worked as a School Security guard and took his role very seriously. This is the 18th School Shooting 45 days. The weapon used was an ar15 mill stair i they were used in newtown, connecticut, aurora colorado and san bernardino. We have posted this badge on our Facebook Page with the caption, sending love to florida. If youd like to express share it to express your support for the victims this morning. The couple accused of killing a 19yearold leaving her to die on tesla road is going to be back in court today. This is after an emotional outburst from her grieving family yesterday. Abc 7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield is live in dublin for us. Good morning. Reporter hi, natasha. Relatives of the suspects and the victim were all in the same courtroom together. It was tense and emotional. Theyre all expected to be back here again this morning. Here is a look at the suspects in this case. 19yearold daniel gross and 25yearold Melissa Leonardo. A woman yelled at leonardo in court yesterday, you will get what you deserve. Gross is believed to have stabbed the victim. Shes 19yearold lizette cuesta. She worked with the two accused killers at a carls jr. In tracy. She named her killers before she died. They have not said motive. Cuesta was found bleeding on the road at 2 00 monday morning. She had crawled about 100 yards trying to find help. Her father says hearing about her will to live gives him some comfort. I know how tough she was, how strong she was. Show she had thowed that, alway. Reporter cuesta was stabbed at least 20 times. She grew up in san jose, but her family recently moved to tracy and thats where she met the suspects who are engaged to be married and are expecting a baby together. They are in jail without bail. Theyre due in court this morning. Live in dublin, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. A go fund me account has been set up to help her family. You can see, since we last checked, it has surpassed the 13,000 mark of the 30,000 goal in total. If you would like to help, you can find a link to this page on abc7news. Com. A Vacaville School bus driver is under arrest this morning. Shes accused of physically abusing a special needs second grader. Kim klopson was taken into custody yesterday. Klopson grabbed the young girl when she refused to get off the bus last week. The girl suffered abrasions from that assault. The district has since fired klopson. There were some unsettling moments for the stanford law professor behind the recall effort for judge aaron persky. He presided over the brock turner Sexual Assault trial. She received a letter with white powder in it. Hazmat crews evacuated the part of the Law School Building where they tested the powder. It turned out not to be harmful. She says the note was much different than others that she routinely receives. I get threats on a regular basis. But this one was really escalating because it included the white powder and it seems like a much more direct threat of violence. A Stanford University provo says that the incident is under investigation by sanford police. She tells abc 7 news threats intended to silence or intimidate members are unacceptable at stanford. Lets open up with temperatures in the north bay, its freezing cold in ukiah and guerneville. Everybody else starting out at 34. In sebastopol, vallejo 39. 36 in petaluma. 36 right now in lafayette also. About 39 redwood city. 43, look at that, in san ramon. Tracy, all the way to san jose. Daly city, about 44 degrees. Lets look at whats going to happen today as we look from south beach across the western span of the bay bridge. Pollen potential, if youre out exercising, need to watch out for that. Lot of breezes on the bay today. Our breezes, excuse me, at our beaches, its all sunshine today. Lets talk about the peninsula. 45 this morning. Nothing but sunshine. Pretty comfortable temperatures. By noon at 56. 63 at 4 00. Then we drop down to 53 at 8 00. Lets see whats going on for the north bay. 37 this morning. You saw temperatures, thats an average. 59 by noon. Mid60s by 2 00 and 4 00 when the temperatures will be more homogenized and 48 degrees by 8 00. A quick look at whats coming at you the next seven days. Nothing as far as sunshine. Once again, were still on the record pace for the driest february ever. However, there is a big change sunday into monday. April winter chill will return. Ill show you that drop when we come back. Frances has an update. Its been quiet on the roads despite a few earlier accidents. Well take you to the south bay. This is 101 and san jose near 880. This is off to the shoulder. The tow truck is now at the scene. It has not caused any problems for taillights heading southbound and headlights moving northbound all the way up the peninsula. Metering lights on traffic is backing up past the 880 overcrossing. The fastrak lanes get backed up faster at this point. Heres the drive time on the westbound 80 stretch. From highway 4 to the maze delay, 18 minutes. The westbound ride across the bridge, a little slow. Its yellow there. 14 minutes. Southbound 101 from San Francisco to sfo, nine minutes. Mass transit, muni, b. A. R. T. , ace train, no delays. Reggie, natasha. A state senator is on leave for Sexual Harassment allegations. So why is he still introducing bills . Smaller affordable Living Spaces near public transit. It could lead to an increase in tiny apartments. Good morning. Dark and early at 5 40. Theres a lovely look at the skyline in southbound my husband is probably going to think im crazy. He thinks im going to see my sister sometimes the confidence to be spontaneous starts with financial stability. Once i heard it i was shocked. I just thought, i have to go get it its our tree see how a personalized Financial Strategy and access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Lets head to the desert. Tucson, to be specific. Theyve had a half an inch of rain while weve had nothing. In fact, were going to continue to have absolutely nothing as far as rain. Look at all the sunshine from eureka at 56. Monterey 61. Drying out in l. A. 71. San diego morning showers and 68. It will be wind i in yosemite at about 50 today. Tahoe with 40. Warmest day saturday, 52. A light wintry mix for sunday. A couple inches maybe. Breezy and 29 on monday. Get ready for that if youre headed to the high country. Police arrested a School Counselor for child molestation. 56yearold ricardo rose is on paid administrative leave at the California School for the deaf in freed mont. One possible victim has been identified. Investigators want to know if there are others. Hes worked there since 1989. Todays parent forum will be held at 12 30 at the schools library. A senator on leave because of Sexual Harassment allegations is being criticized for introducing many bills this week. They pressured him to take a leave of absence after being accused of sexually harassing three female aides. Critics say Senate Pro Tem kevin did he leon is dragging his feet to suspend mendoza in order to push his agenda before the friday bill introduction deadline. His mere presence in the capitol and his activity continuing as state senator when he should be nowhere near this building and not have any activities is a slap in the face to a lot of people that want real reform here in sacramento and the senate. State Officials Say mendoza is not violating the terms of his leave. The billings were clierd with the secretary of the senate. Mendoza denied the allegations against him. New developments surrounding the state Assembly Member who was a leader of the me too movement. Christina garcia was accused of sex um misconduct. Now shes being removed from her position as chair of the legislative womens caucus at the state capitol. Two men accused garcia of improper sexual advances towards them. Assembly member and Castro Valley native susan eggman will serve as interim chair while shes under investigation. Homeowners in the wildfire zone are dealing with what to do with thousands of burned trees getting in the way of rebuilding. Sonoma county if you own property with trees with green markings, youre in luck. Those are among the thousands of trees pg e will cut down. Theyre offering to remove that debris. Swee sent letters to 8800 customers who we thought had trees that qualify. How many people called you back . We have about 1200 logs to move or remove. The deadline is not until the 28th. Santa rosa is offering free chipping of trees, brush and waste and in coffey park next weekend. Quarter to 6 00 now. A lawmaker is proposing to fix the housing shortage by creating a any incentive. The bill would reward the construction of small and more affordable apartments within a short walk of public transit. They could calculate the number of potential units and fees based on Square Footage rather than units per acre. They could maximize space and build more overul units. Tinder is taking a page out of another apps book. Its adding a featur to leave it up to women to decide whether they want to initiate a conversation with a match. Thats similar to how bumble works. Tinder says women will have the choice whether to activate the feature. The apple homepod was just released. Some say the Smart Speaker is leaving white rings on their wood furniture. Apple has already updated its support website. It says, its not unusual for any speaker with a vibration dampening Silicone Base to leave marks on wooden surfaces. The marks often go away after the speaker is moved or you can remove it with a soft cloth, put elbow grease into it or never move it. Sdwliefrnl check out this video from virgin atlantic. Its a heart shaped flight path while traveling over the coast of england. Heres how flight radar captured it. It supports it because this was a test flight and there were no passengers on board. Youre never more than seven minutes away minutes away from from. They just released the weekly update. It looks like all of napa county and lake county and now parts of Santa Clara County are abnormally dry, which is the first step in leading into a drought. Ill put a map together. Er. The dry weather is rearing its head. No clouds. No delays today. Lets talk about the accuweather highlights. Highlights. More wamth and sunshine. Bakeport at 61. Same thing at richmond. Fairfield and livermore at 66. San jose at 67. Most of us at 62 to 65 degrees. In San Francisco, look at all that sunshine from 7 00 to 4 00. We jump from 45 to 56 at noon. If youre heading out, to 59 if youre going to the lovely parks at 4 00. Back down to 52 degrees. Heres a look. 59 eagle sooild, mission and marina at 63. Those are the warm spots. Wall to wall sunshine. Nice day to take a walk at 4 00. 67. By 7 00 were down to 55. Highs today will range from about 65 to 67 degrees. Heres a look at tonights temperatures. You can see the 30s are coming back from palo alto to livermore to concord to about the north bay until you get to san rafael at 40. Mainly low to mid40s around the bay. San francisco the warm spot, as usual, 47 degrees. Heres a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. The warming trend begins today. Add a couple degrees today and saturday. When it starts to feel like spring again, Mother Nature sends us a dose of arctic air and temperatures drop down into the 50s for highs monday with blustery conditions. Its tuesday and wednesday morning when i think we may see temperatures in the mid20s in our valley. Something to keep an eye on. Frances, what are you watching . Were tracking this big rig accident on eastbound 80 approaching Lagoon Valley. Its been out there for a while. If youre headed to the scene, towards sacramento, its causing slowing. Chp are at the scene. Theyre doing roundrobin. Looks like theyre slowing traffic down in the eastbound direction but westbound traffic is slowing as well as folks take a look westbound 80 is crowded as you continue the ride through emeryville for head lights headed towards the bay bridge toll plaza which is backed up right now to the foot of the maze about 10 to 15minute wait. Very slow drive time. Westbound 580 tracy to dublin. Its red at 51 minutes. Thank you, frances. New at 6 00, mcdonalds announcing major changes to your childs favorite happy meal. Jessica is tracking that. Do you notice Something Different about the San Francisco skyline . Well reveal it to you. What happened next, left kids shook. Weather and traffic where weather and traffic where hey hun. Look at all this extra room i have on this king size ikea bed. Are you wearing a. Duvet cover . Why yes. Yes i am. Wheres mom . We finally redid our bedroom and shes prettttttttttty into it. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Make the dream yours. At ikea, we help you live it. Theyre super. But they can fly. United. Helping superheroes fly. Hey hun. Look at all this extra room i have on this king size ikea bed. Are you wearing a. Duvet cover . Why yes. Yes i am. Wheres mom . We finally redid our bedroom and shes prettttttttttty into it. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Make the dream yours. Heres a look at sutro tower this morning. Looks like a gorgeous day unfolding. Modern amount of tree pollen from all their ash and juniper. Good thing we weed, grass and mold spores pretty low. Uv index will be moderate. Thank you, mike. Issued recalls after reports about salmonella contamination. Six pets died or got sick, including a kitten. The types of the other pets were not disclosed. The six animal cases were connected to darwins natural and zoo logic pet foods. Other Companies Issuing recalls with products including red barn, raws for paws and smokehouse. We have more on our website, abc7news. Com. This is exciting. Its never been done before. Researchers can reverse alzheimers in mice. A drug that cuts off a particular brain enzyme in mice was found to dissolve brain plaques connected to the disease. It raises hope that it could reverse the disease in humans. A study by scientists at the Cleveland Clinic was released just yesterday. It remains to be seen whether the improvements in lab mice will translate to human beings. The San Francisco skyline was more colorful last night. The developer of the Sales Force Tower was testing a public art installation at the top of the citys tallest building. San francisco artist jim campbell created this installation. It will feature cameras around the city, images from them. Its kind of in the beginning stages. I dont know what it will look like eventually. S far so good. Police officers were dispatched to the post office after reports of kids skateboarding in the streets. One of the officers took matters into his own hands. Actually, his own feet. Whoa yeah i like look at the arms in the air. Yeah. Look at me. Im the man. Surprising the skaters with a smooth kickflip. The officers moved the kids out of the street before they then showed them up. Very nice. That was a nice kick. Theres a new crash reported. Its in the bottleneck spot. Its going to slow things down. Even though the crash is off to the righthand shoulder, northbound 238 near 214, traffic is heavy from westbound 580 through Castro Valley. You notice on the connector southbound 880, its slow making your way towards hayward. Through hayward and the san mateo bridge. Once you get on the san mateo bridge, its crowded but flowing well in both directions. Mike, how is it looking out there . Is it a spare the air day . Thankfully, its not, frances. You would think with all the warm weather, wed have more alerts. But so far theres been 19. These are just the thresholds that the government looks at for what is going to be unhealthy and whats not. In the fine particulate matter of 2. R5 microns is one the worst and weve exceeded that seven times. Moving forward, were going to be good to moderate through saturday. Then that fresh arctic air comes in and everybody will be breathing good air by sunday. All right. Thank you, mike. Some feathers were ruffled in San Francisco last night. Yikes. Look at. Theres a woman in the front getting feathers out of her mouth. This looks painful to be honest. Theyre getting what they deserve. Necessity knew what they were getting into maybe. Unless you were walking home. A big crowd came together for this feathery pillow fight. Not so fun, though, the cleanup, which the city estimates will cost them thousands of dollars. If youre going to purchase one, clean up your own mess. How about that. Next at 6 00, protection for teachers dealing with the bay areas crazy housing market. The major ruling to keep educators in their homes. Im tracking the deadly shooting rampage in florida. What were learning about the at that time there are seven continents. Seven seas. But at at Celebrity Cruises, wed argue. More than seven wonders. For a limited time enjoy two free perks, like complimentary wifi and drinks. A savings for everyone in your stateroom when you book now, during the Celebrity Cruises sail beyond event. Good morning on this thursday, february 15th. Gang is all here with the exception of alexis on maternity leave. Frances is here and meteorologist mike nicco. Youre never more than seven minutes away from that forecast, mike. We had breezes last night and i want to update you on those. On live doppler 7, theyve calmed down except for santa rosa, its 14 right now. Opening the Weather Window from the east bay hills, theyre still blowing north to northeast at 15 to 26 Miles Per Hour through there. Youll still find isolated areas. The breezes wont relax today under the calming influence of sunshine. Were starting our microclimates in the morning. 35 to 42. As we head through the accuweather 12hour day planner, upper 50s at noon. 50s at the coast. Mid60s for the rest of us at 4 00. Enjoy a nice evening. 4 the at the coast. Hi, mike. A couple hotspots this morning. One on eastbound 80 approaching Lagoon Valley road. There was a big rig accident and another accident in the same spot. Traffic is very slow in the eastbound direction. 4 Miles Per Hour as you make your way towards vacaville. In the westbound direction, no problems. Folks are watching