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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 13, 2024

Advisories are all gone from the National Weather service. There may be some from the chp. Heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains and down to the south. You can see not too much in the way of orange and red for us, but wow, look at the Atmospheric River just pounding parts of monterey and all the way up to modesto, gilroy and merced. Right now, our winds are still coming out of the south. Theyre still gusty, just not expected to cause much damage. Heres our planner for today. Low to mid 50s now. Near 60 from noon to 4 00. Mid to upper 50s at 7 00 with tapering rain today. We will be faced with a difficult ride. This is interstate 80 through emeryville. Things are slowing down. There have been quite a few accidents. Lots of spinouts. A high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge and the bay bridge. Heres a live shot of 680 in walnut creek, this is southbound traffic moving past geary and highway 24. There was a solo spinout on eastbound 24. Just a heads up, we got reports of a possible wrongway driver on eastbound 580 near seminary and highway 13. Look out for that. It has been a difficult ride this morning. Lots of accidents. Youll find standing water and splashing water. Be extra careful, give yourself extra time as well. Thanks. So we know this weather is creating a travel headache for a lot of people from the wind and rain in the bay area to snow in the sierra. Amy hollyfield is live along 580 in livermore with a look at how things are moving. Hi, amy. Good morning. Here is a look at 580 in livermore. Hadlights are going towards oakland and San Francisco. It is rain hearing and it was really coming down a few minutes ago. Were getting a light rain right now. The roads are wet. Traffic is moving okay. Were not seeing any issues. It definitely is one of those mornings where you will want to slow down. It was definitely a rough weekend for travelers. Chain controls were in effect on interstate 80 in the sierra because of the snow. Yesterday was a busy day as people returned home from their thanksgiving holiday. How are the roads . Pretty slick. The rain is making it more slippery out there. Its cold. I saw the snow coming down, thought it was best to get them on now before anything bad happen happens. Look at this backup. This is i15 out of vegas towards california. Authorities are saying there was a 20mile backup of thanksgiving travel. What a rough trip for those people. No matter what you went through yesterday, think about that situation. And now its back to work time. Time for reentry to the rain in the bay area. Just take it slow and bundle up. The wind is making it kind of chilly out here. Reporting live in livermore, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. Nasty weather across the country is causing big headaches for travelers hoping to get home from the thanksgiving holidays. On the east coast its been slow going in parts of new england and frigid messes have been blamed for several deaths there. Reporter this morning Winter Weather alerts for millions of americans getting back to business after the thanksgiving break. The storm that hit the west coast and midwest is making its final stand on the east coast. Several major cities will see the first snow accumulations of snow today including new york, philadelphia, and boston. Drivers should use extreme caution on the road and avoid traveling if they can in area of heavy snowfall. People in albany, new york are bracing for up to a foot of snow. Stephanie ramos is there. The State University of new york is one of several colleges cancelling classes on monday. Reporter in carthis car pind beneath a truck. And this plane skidded on the taxiway in buffalo. Several airports across the country reporting delays and cancellations. Drive to get here was crazy. Reporter in south dakota blizzards turned deadly when a plane carrying 12 people crashed shortly after takeoff. Nine people were killed including two prominent Business Executives from idaho, two children and the pilot. In minnesota, snow drifts buried these cars in duluth after more than a foot and a half of snow. Plows struggled to keep up as people abandoned their cars on the highway. Already dumping snow in parts of washington state. Weather closed Point Reyes Lighthouse again. The park service shared this video of the wind howling topping 40 Miles Per Hour forcing the cancellation of yesterdays events. The weather also knocked out power to the visitors center. A livermore home known for its holiday display hopes to have the lights back on by tonight. The wet and windy weather knocked down a tree limb leaving some damage. This light show on hillcrest avenue has been a holiday tradition for 37 years. Were told the tree limb smashed about 35,000 of the 70,000 christmas lights. Stay with us on abc7 news to track the stormy weather. Our meteorologists use live doppler 7 and you can, do. Down lo load the abc7 news app. Happening today an Elementary School in union city will resume class after the thanksgiving break. This is the first time students will be back since two boys were shot and killed in that schools parking lot. A Community Healing ceremony was held yesterday. Detectives say they have not ruled out Gang Activity in the shooting. The 11yearold and 14yearold boys were gunned down while sitting in a minivan in the middle of the night. Theres been no arrests. Students at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita areclare heading back to school. For the first week back campus access it limited to students and staff only. A Board Rules Committee will vote on whether to expand regulations that prevent landlords from evicting tenants living in buildings that were built before 1979 without just cause. They want People Living in buildings after that same year to receive the same eviction protections. Expect big deals today for cybermonday. That also means a busy day for the fulfillment center, amazons, that is, outside of the bay area. This is from Amazon Center in tracy. Abc7 news went inside last year as employees rushed to fill orders during 2018s cybermonday. Expect the same today. Amazon says they have 800 employees per shift. Abc7 news will be back inside Amazons Fulfillment Center later this morning and well bring you those reports on midday live at 11 00 a. M. And on abc7news. Com. Hi, mike. Hi. How are you doing . Doing some shopping today . Yeah. Maybe buy some wet weather gear or a new umbrella or something. Discovery bay, highway 4, thats where one of the downpours is now. Same thing on the altamont pass. Expect standing water if you are commuting in those areas. We have heavier showers moving to the northeast and heading towards 101 around mill valley and san rafael. Expect your intensity of rainfall to pick up. Here we are on the san mateo bridge. It looks quiet. Nearly an inch and a half on the eastern side. Looking to the west, if youre out and about today, exercising, yard work, keep those drains clean but have the wet weather gear for the other activities and the steadiest rain will be in the morning. It will be more scattered in the afternoon. You can see this on the peninsula, steadiest rain through 9 00, 10 00, just a chance with temperatures near 60 for the afternoon hours. South bay, well have our best chances of rain through 11 00. Temperatures will hold at 50s. Just a chance in it the afternoon hours. North bay, a chance for all 1 hours starting at 7 00. Well be in the mid 50s. The east bay, we have a chance up until 1 00, then less of a chance this evening with temperatures falling into the upper 50s. San francisco, we have a chance all the way through 5 00. Thats a pretty big window. In the east bay valleys, we have a chance through about 3 00. Another big window. Temperatures in the upper 50s. We have more rain just about every day in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Here is frances. We have lots of spinouts on the freeways this morning. Heres a live shot of interstate 80 through berkeley and emeryville for headlights moving westbound. As you look at the bottom of your screen, notice splashing as the cars are driving through. You can see its getting crowded on westbound 80 making your way through emeryville. The ride on 680 throughweek is looking good, but theres a spinout past this live shot. We had a couple spinouts on highway 24. Not causing major delays at this point. Heres a live shot of 101 in san rafael, visibility is limited. Its a tough and slippery ride this morning. Thanks. She was a feisty yet beloved face on one of the most pivotal tv shows of the 1990s and 2000s. Shelly morrisson has died. She died from Heart Failure at an l. A. 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Everybody is getting read with our steady light to moderate rain. The heaviest rains are down to our south. Thats where it will stay. Well become more scattered heading into the afternoon hours. The commute it morning will be the toughest. Thanks. Number two heres a live look at sfo. Expect more weather delays today. 60 of the flights at sfo were delayed or canceled yesterday. Windy weather and low visibility cut the runway capacity in half. Number three, snowfall is making driving treacherous in the sierras. And number four, we have slick roads, ponding, windy conditions on the bridges and also a possible new hot spot in oakland, southbound 880 at 980, a big rig accident in the left lanes. Number five, repairs are under way at Regional Medical center in san jose after a water leak inside the hospital. It happened in an area used by administrators and no patients befo were impacted. I saw this yesterday in what was possibly a super bowl preview. The 49ers lost in a heartbreaking field goal kick to the baltimore ravens. If its any comfort, the niners gave ravens one of their toughest challenges all season long. Number seven, time to shop online. Cybermonday deals are here and a lot of retailers have already been offering discounts since black friday it keeps rolling. Some Norwegian Cruise Line passengers are being truthed tr flulike systems for the second time in a week. Passengers were evaluated after the ship reached los angeles yesterday. All of the recent patients declined treatment. Earlier this week s passengers were diagnosed with with four had to go to the hospital. Pat sajak appears to be in good Health Following his emergency surgery. The 73yearold was spotted at a Washington Capitals game over the weekend. He was sitting courtside with his daughter. Sajak had surgery last month for a blocked intestine. His cohost vanna white took over the show for a few days. In todays gma first look, Lori Loughlins daughter is back on youtube. Olivia jade is talking for the First Time Since her parents were charged in the College Admissions scandal. In this morning gmai lough is speaking out. Hi, everybody, its olivia jade. Reporter in the twominute clip the 20yearold chooses her words carefully, not addressing those bombshell federal charges leveled on her parents earlier this year. Prosecutors accused them of paying 500,000 in bribes and fees to get olivia jade and her younger sister as students. Stud. Following the steps of her father, the rising makeup landed lucrative deals . So what does this do to her brand . All that coming up at 7 00 a. M. Im lindsay davis, abc news, new york. Apple is holding a press invite in new york city today. But exactly what is being announced is still under wraps. This is the invite apple sent to reporters. It shows a gold app icon and the tag line loved by millions, created by the best. Apple says the event will honor its favorite apps and games of the year. You may remember apple held a september event where it debuted the iphone 11 and a new watch series 5. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. We have a lot of rain that mike is tracking right now. Yeah. We really do. This has lived up to the billing. Nearly twoinches in walnut creek. Found a lot of standing water on the roadways when i came in. If youre one of the earlier commuters, thats what you can expect. Periods of rain, steady this morning then more scattered this afternoon. Thats what will happen tuesday, wednesday and thursday. No more Atmospheric River. No more hours upon hours of rain. Thats possible friday, saturday and to a lesser extent on sunday. Storm door remains open. Temperatures this afternoon, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. For tonight, it will remain mild also. Thats what happens when you have the cloud cover and the southerly wind this time of year. 46 at lake port. Oakland at about 52 degrees. Heres the area of low pressure that induced the Atmospheric River. Any thunderstorm also stay out over the ocean today. The Atmospheric River, you can see the heavier rain down to our south will stay down to our south. You can look and see as we go through 7 00 to noon, the coverage shrinks. The yellow and moderate rain shrinks. Heading into the afternoon hours, well get a few more showers here and there. Most of it is light to moderate. We wake up tomorrow morning, mainly with slick conditions out there because of the showers. For the most part, the afternoon on tuesday will be fairly dry. Heaviest rain in the south bay or the southern half of the bay area for wednesday. Rain returns thursday night. It gets heavier friday and saturday. Thanks, mike. Lots of drivers are spinning out right now. Theres some slick roads, ponding as well, water splashing. Heres a live shot in san jose of 280 and highway 17. Headlights are northbound 280, thats coming out of the Santa Cruz Mountains. A second spinout has been recorded at the summit. At meridian, there may be a spinout blocking two left lanes. Its a difficult drive in the north bay, visibility is limited. Taillights move southbound there past lucas valley towards 580. No major problems. There was an earlier overturned crash in novato that has been cleared. Theres a high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge and the by bridge which is backed up to the maze. Tracking an accident in oakland, southbound 880 approaching 980, this involves a big rig blocking two left lanes. Its not slow yet, but what is slow is westbound 580 approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. Happening today, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to london for the nato summit. Today mail have a reception with Queen Elizabeth ii at buckingham palace. President trump is scheduledtor a oneonone meeting with french president Emmanuel Macron and germanys angela merkel. President trump will be in europe when impeachment hearings resume on wednesday. The Supreme Court is taking up a gun rights case today for the first time in nearly a decade. Theyll hear arguments in a case that began as a challenge to new york citys pro hib big on carrying a licensed locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits. The rule was already repealed in july, but the justices are taking up the case any way. This has concerned gun control advocates who fear the courts conservative majority could use the case to question gun restrictions across the country. Recreational marijuana is now legal in michigan. This new law went into effect yesterday. Now, this video shows the line outside of a dispensary in ann arbor stretching down the street. Some people even camped there overnight so they could be there when the doors open. The dispensary stocked up their inventory well in advance. Were expecting to see double what we typically see in a hash bash. Last year michigan voters approved legalizing marijuana for those 21 and over. My best friend goes to michigan and she was saying how excited people were. I wasnt ready for that video. All right. Up next, an enchanting experience as the new harry potter play officially debuts in San Francisco. One actor explains what its like to be part of the global phenomenon. And a stanford student shines on shark tank. The warm feelings of home this season. With country fried turkey, handbreaded and fried til crispy, and topped with holiday herbed gravy. Our take on a festive favorite is back. And its only at cracker barrel. So, come on home for the holidays. Come on home to cracker barrel. Lets talk about my concerns for the rest of today. You will see hydroplaning and standing water this morning. Downed trees and power lines. High Wind Warnings and all those are gone. The Flash Flood Watch is gone. Lets look at whats happening friday through sunday. Could it be another Atmospheric River . The rain totals say yes. More than an inch to three inches. More coming up in the next half hour. Tahoe ski resorts are celebrating this weekends snow. Squaw valley Alpine Meadows shared this video with us. The resort said they received 9 inches of sn

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