That fog lingers until 9 00 p. M. Thisper 50s 50s lower 60s. Jobina is tracking that fog. It will take an hour to get out of the altamont due to fog and crashes. One cleared at livermore, we have another in tracy, this is westbound 580 past grant line road. No serious injuries reported. Speeds down to 9 and 12 Miles Per Hour in the area. Moving over to the san mateo bridge. Very dense conditions out there. Its been coming and going almost as it moves in and out of the area. Albany to the maze, slowdown at eight minutes. Developing news, hundreds of american troops are deploying to the middle east to defend the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. It faces a Third Straight day of clashes with pro testtesters. Service members say theyre ready to hit the ground running. Theyre pretty motivated, and they want to get out there and find out exactly were were doing so we can make it happen. More than 100 marines have already been sent in. President trump had threatened iran with payback after an attack by the malitia is a group killed a u. S. Contractor. Kim jongun says he is ready to take shocking actual action to show his frustration with the u. S. On the slow pace of nuclear talks. He made the comments during a fourday meeting in pyongyang. He also warned he will unveil a new strategic weapon. Kim says north korea will never give up Nuclear Powers because of what he describes as increasing american hostility and threats. Thousands are escaping australias wildfire ravaged areas. This is the eastern coast as the military is stepping up to help those evacuated or trapped. Its a matter of extreme urgency along the south coast of New South Wales and in the state of victoria. There are long lines of cars leaving towns and the danger zone. Conditions are expected to deteriorate this weekend bringing high temperatures and strong winds to fuel those out of control bush fires pushing them into populated areas. It is imperative that you look out after yourselves, your responsibility is to look after yourself and your families and you owe it to those men and women fighting these fires, keeping you safe, to do exactly what firefighters say. More than 12 million acres of land has burned. At least 17 people have been killed. More than 1,400 homes have been destroyed. The navy brought in 1,000 person ship for Mass Evacuation of areas in victoria. Thats where 4,000 people are feared stranded now. Thank you. A california Highway Patrol officer is recovering from exposure to fentanyl. This happened along highway 17 in campbell. That officer complained of disneyness and called for help. A Fire Department hazmat team responded. The officer was sent to the hospital as a precaution. I dont know during the investigation if someone opened a package or done Something Like that. For some reason the officer didnt feel right, so mainly for precaution is all it really was. The officer was taken down to make sure. The driver who was pulled over was arrested on drug charges. Fentanyl is a highly addictive and dangerous synthetic opioid that can be lethal in small doses. This is the year for the real i. D. Deadline. Thats a federally compliant identification card it means you can use it to pass through airport security. Our old california drivers license dont meet the new standards. If you want to get a real i. D. , you have to go to the dmv in person, you need a birth certificate, passport, two documents confirming your address. The deadline to do all of that is october 1st. Happening today, the state department of water resource also conduct the first snow survey of the year. The survey is a key indicator for the states water supply. A sizable snow pack thanks to a month of storms in december is a good sign for the survey. Last month it measured 113 of average, roughly 40 higher than it was the same time in 2018. A warning about projectiles that already damaged dozens of cars in monterey county. The new location where another case was reported. A new option for food delivery. The competition that may be coming for Companies Like grubhub and uber eats. And youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. Tracking a dense fog advisory for parts of the Central Valley and Solano County until 10 00 a. M. This morning. Fog in spots. Dense. Livermore down to zero miles visibility. 580 through the area, want to add more time to your good morning. The time is 6 08 a. M. Were tracking pockets of dense fog. Its also mild out there this morning. As you step outside, in the 40s if not mid 50s. 54 in Half Moon Bay. 51 in the city. 45 in oakland. San jose, good morning coming in at 48. As we go hourbyhour later on today, a nice day to be out and about after that fog lifts. Well have a lot of sunshine and temperatures responding into the upper 50s to lower 60s by noon. The next three days, today its nice, morning fog to afternoon sunshine. Well find cloud cover increasing tomorrow. Theres a chance especially in the north bay at night of a sprinkle close to midnight. Could linger into the Early Morning hours of saturday. Otherwise the Daylight Hours of saturday is dry. Temperatures in the 50s to low 60s. Lets check the roads with jobina. Good morning. Thank you. Were taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Were at 609 this morning. Metering lights are not on. We expect them to stay off. Traffic is light in the area. If youre making your way from it the east bay into San Francisco, now is a good time. San francisco, 101, live look here. Not seeing fog in the area, which is good. We are in livermore and also some areas of tracy following a crash here, westbound 580 past grant line road. Not blocking, but it is causing a slowdown. Cars are in the center divide. Tiktok security concerns, why the app is now banned on some phones. 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I dropped off my food. I jumped to try to grab the dog and break the leash. Initially it didnt work out. I go back at it again. The dog is screaming. Im like my god, the dog has seconds to live. They struggled to free the choking animal for several tense moments before the leash finally snapped. The doctor said he checked out the dog and it appeared to be fine. Thats the second time weve seen a dogs leach gsh get caugn a door like that. Both times someone saved it. The u. S. Army is banning the u. S. Of tiktok on government issued phones. The Defense Department considers the makers of the app a cyberthreat. The pentagons 23,000 employees are urged to uninstall the is google getting into the food ordering business . Food Delivery Companies are keeping an eye on the tech giant after food ordering tabs started popping up in Google Research results. It could put pressure on fwrub h grubhub and uber eats. Its like a day at the beach, kind of at San Franciscos union square ice rink. This was the polar bear skate. It was yesterday. This is a new years tradition. Look at this person. I love it. Button up that coat. No, dont. It was mild. Its too cold. Unhuh. Let everyone see. Hes going to freeze. Yall are funny. People braved the cold. They wore their wildest and most inventive beach attire. The ice rink is open through the 20th. Thats cool. I thought we missed it. Yeah. Okay. So just to fill everyone. We had a party, it was supposed to be a skating party, but we didnt make it to skate. We didnt make it. We were having too much fun. I cant believe there werent more people out there in skimpier clothing. In this town . Its the day after new years. People are tired, hung over. Maybe skating is not the first thing they want to do. Thats true. Live doppler 7. Rainfree today. Were not fogfree. Dealing with dense fog in spots. Weve been tracking this all morning long. Napa down to 2 miles. Livermore has been the Biggest Issue this morning. You can see visibility is very low there. Jobina has been tracking a couple of accidents throughout the morning. That is probably due to fog and low visibility. Take note of that. Were seeing temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Not cold for this time of the year. 54 in Half Moon Bay. Thats mild on the coast. 45, good morning, the current temperature. Well look at the 12hour planner today. Dense fog in spots early on. Sunshine into the afternoon and temperatures respond accordingly. Upper 50s to lower 60s. Your sunset at 5 02 p. M. Those sunsets getting later and later is 59 in the city today. 69 in oakland. 62 in san jose. As we get into late friday, theres a chance of a shower. This is 7 30 tomorrow night were dry. Close to midnight we could have a sprinkle in the north bay. This front falls apart early saturday morning. Not a huge issue. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Fog to sun today a chance at night tomorrow night. Then you look at the extended forecast, a lot of sunshine, dry conditions. Temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. Lets check out the roads. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, drew. A live look at emeryville. Hello to everyone there thats on 80 now. Its filling in merhere. Im not seeing serious slowdowns. It will take you about eight minutes to get to the maze from there. San jose, 87, mice and clear ride. We usually see that around this time of the morning. Mass transit updates for you, ferries are running on a winter schedule. No delays there. B. A. R. T. Has 49 trains all on time right now. Ace all trains with no delays. Taking you back to this crash that has been a problem for our super commuters in tracy. Westbound 580 past grant line road, two cars involved here in the center divide. This is something we definitely dont see causing traffic problems in the bay area. Look at this. My goodness. Tumble weeds clogged up a Washington State highway on new years eve. The state Police Reported hundreds on state road 240. They say the road was closed for 10 hours because of that drifting debris. Crews finally cleared the road with snowplows. Thats wild. Good morning america is coming up at 7 00 on abc7. Ginger zee has a live look at whats ahead. Good morning. Hi. Great to be with both of you. Coming up on gma, were going for the first winter blast of 2020, it was a mess on the roads, especially in the pacific northwest. We will talk all about travel. Any sto new storm headed up fro south. And we have an abc news exclusive. Alex trebek and his wife are speaking out revealing that there was a pain he knew that led to his cancer diagnosis. So you will hear about that and how its changed their lives forever. And how so many of you are helping them. Plus weve got an exclusive first look at u. S. News and World Reports top diets for 2020 that time of year. Dr. Ashton is here. Get ready for wasabi. The top dog at the American Kennel ClubNational Championship is here live. His hair is unbelievable. Seriously. I think it was fabio and cousin it combined is what whit johnson called it. Its good. It looks like something from a star wars movie. Does it . It does. The it does. It would give baby yoda a run for its money. If we paired them together, the internet would explode. Well see you coming up soon. Thanks. A major milestone today for [ dramatic music ]ing ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back good morning. Two issues were tracking for you this morning. First, fog dense in spots, especially napa and livermore. Half mile and quarter mile of visibility. Were tracking it a High Surf Advisory until 9 00 p. M. Later on this evening. Breaking news, julio castro is ending his bid for the presidency. His announcement moments ago. After a yearlong campaign, hes put a video on twitter. Ill expand it for you so you can see. Despite struggling in polls, he remained a contender and policy on immigration and fighting poverty. He is the former housing secretary and mayor of san antonio. He was the only latino candidate in the race. Castro championed progressive policies but did not find his footing in the polls. Projectiles are now damaging cars in a second location in monterey county. On friday, a truck was hit on hall road near las lomas drives, about six miles from highway 101 in prunedale where about 66 cars were hit near san juan road since february. Investigators believe the attacks in both locations are connected. The chp says it has more officers in the area and theyre doing everything they can to find whoever is responsible. Drivers are worried. Its dangerous for people, epecially driving 55, 60 Miles Per Hour, you know. They get hit the most recent attack was on 101 on monday. Investigators are not revealing what type of october is hitting the vehicles. Airbus has edged out boeing when it comes to the Worlds Largest plane maker. Airbus delivered 863 jets last year after hustling in september to ramp up output, thats more than the 800 planes delivered by boeing. Boeing struggled in 2019 with several high profile setbacks including the 737 mac grounding a max grounding and delays to the 777 x program. Kona tanaka of japan turns 117 today. Guinness World Records verified her standing. They say she was born prematurely in 1903. Thats the same year the Wright Brothers achieved first flight. Shes still six years shy of the record for oldest person ever. Coming up at 6 30, a small earthquake at the south bay late last night. What we know this morning. If you plan on coming out to the beach today, beware. Its calm behind us now at Half Moon Bay. The National Weather service extending a High Surf Advisory talking about 11 to 14foot waves. What else to expect if you come out to the beach. 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The toughest part for her when it comes to handling his illness. Dangerous waves and powerful rip currents. We saw all the traffic coming over here. We were wondering whats going on. Now we know. The warnings with the High Surf Advisory in effect right now. Good morning. Its thursday, january 2nd. Were still saying happy new year. Yes. Hppy new year. Indeed. Hope youre having a great start to your 2020. Though its hard to see 2020 this morning. Visibility is an issue. Been tracking fog all morning long. We continue to show these numbers, the fog is dense in some areas. Visibility in miles, and what you notice, napa and livermore, napa down to a half mile of visible. Livermore, dense fog, a quarter mile visibility. Jobina has been tracking a couple of accidents near livermore this morning. Probably because of that fog because its hard to see in some spots. Dense fog this morning, lifts at about 9 00, 10 00 a. M. , that leads to a sunny afternoon. Temperatures reaching the upper 50s to lower 60s. Lets check the roads with jobina. Good morning. Good morning. We are following that fog. Heres a live look now showing the san mateo bridge. You can see