The mayor heads today to china from tourism to pandas. The topics of discussion expected over the weekend, plus. But it probably be a year to 2 or 3 years that were going to be in this. And that means winter. Winter winter slide set back in the Santa Cruz Mountains, residents left with few options of getting around. As the county reports, there is some progress being made. Good morning everybody. Its saturday, april 13th, im stephanie sierra and we begin with the weather and that level one system meteorologist Francis Dinglasan is in for lisa today. And francis, how long is the rain going to be sticking around . Stephanie its going to be around through the weekend, so two days to be exact, but the heaviest rain will be falling in the next five hours. Heres a look at live doppler seven. So we have some widespread rainfall all across the bay area right now with some heavier rain towards fremont. And youll see how big this system is. And this is going to stick around through tomorrow, but it will taper to showers this afternoon on our exclusive storm impact scale. Its a level one light storm today. Rain expected with brief downpours, gusty winds. Theres even a chance of thunder and hail this morning and this afternoon. And with the chance of the thunder and hail is also some snow on our highest peaks. Future forecast shows rain wide band moving through this morning 5 00 even into 7 00, so the heavier rainfall is the areas of yellow and darker green, and that pink and white that is snowfall. Thats possible on some of our highest peaks around the bay area. Even by 11 00 this morning. Still heavy, but moving more towards the central valley. And then this afternoon, even though we get breaks, will still expect showers through tomorrow. And ill have the details of how much to expect in your neighborhood. Stephanie francis, thank you. Today, mayor london breed is flying to china for a week long visit. President xi jinping extended the invitation during last years apec summit. Abc seven News ReporterTara Campbell asked the mayor what San Francisco will get out of it. San Francisco Mayor london breed making an appearance at the chinatown night market friday ahead of her trip to china this weekend. Im most excited about going to china and bringing back pandas. Im like, fingers crossed, i want to see a panda in person in china too. But breeds trip is about a lot more than bringing pandas to the San Francisco zoo. Im also excited about what this means about our relationship between San Francisco and china, and what the future holds. The mayor, hoping to drum up business for the city, traveling with asian business and Community Leaders to several cities, including beijing and shanghai, making sure that were making a connection to businesses to make investments in San Francisco, were going to be meeting with airlines to talk about some more direct flights. Shes also going to meet with several universities to talk about campus partnerships. So were definitely going to be talking about Exchange Program as well as satellite campuses. Everythings on the table. And from Business Owners to lawmakers, people at the night market are getting behind the mayors visit, having more International Tourists for our city. I think its very helpful. We do have a lot of asian uh, a lot of people from china, its good for her to go there and visit. And also, i know shes, looking forward for the panda. San franciscos relationship with china and with east asia and south asia is an incredibly important state. Senator scott wiener says despite significant political disagreements with the government of china, breeds trip is still important. The people of china are so deeply connected to the people of San Francisco and we need to keep those crosscultural ties strong. Tara campbell, abc seven news. Now to this. Multiple lanes on eastbound 580. In livermore are currently blocked after a big rig carrying nearly 22,000 pounds of wood overturned last night. Lanes one and two are currently open, and heres a live look from 580 right now. It happened near the North Livermore off ramp, and chp says the crash did cause some minor injuries. Its not known when all lanes will be back open. The wet weather this weekend could mean setbacks for people in the south bay, cut off by a landslide that hasnt stopped moving. The main road into their neighborhood is still crumbling. Dozens of families live off mountain charley road near highway 17, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Abc seven News ReporterLauren Martinez shows us the damage that keeps getting worse. So this used to be connected to the end of the driveway over there. Don farris and his wife charlotte, live in one of five homes now isolated by a massive landslide. They park their car off mountain charley road in los gatos and use a makeshift trail to hike home. But all this has been kind of crushed up. Im trying to catch my breath. According to the county, this landslide is still active. Theyre seeing 1 to 2ft of movement weekly since it started at the end of february. On friday, a Geotechnical Team used a drill rig to install an inclinometer. Its about a 70 foot deep boring that enables us to see subsurface movement so we can detect where the slide plane is. The county says theyll be collecting data on saturday, monday and next week. Not only will it measure subsurface ground movement, but well have instrumentation in there to measure groundwater elevations as well. The data will help crews figure out what type of repairs are needed. To me, its encouraging because this is some action thats taking place. The biggest concern to farris how will the county get the funds to repair it . But it probably be a year to 2 or 3 years that that were going to be in this. And that means winter. Winter winter. Farris said his neighbors are helping each other out. One of the oldest is 85 years old. One of the youngest is benjie, who is almost two. We cant go anywhere. I mean, we wouldnt be able to move anything. So were here. They do miss having friends or family over. I mean, my dad is. I told him he wants to come in a few months. I dont know, i told him youre going to. Youre going to hike because he seems to be okay. So well see. For now, its wait and see for these residents. Were still kind of in shock, trying to make the adjustments in terms of, okay, how do we how do we navigate this in the Santa Cruz Mountains . Lauren martinez, abc seven news in the north bay, a teenage boy who was out for a swim has died. The boy and another teen were swimming at steelhead beach with a group on thursday when they got into trouble in the water. The other swimmer was rescued but the teen disappeared. His body was found yesterday afternoon. Officials say the recent rain led to high water levels at the Russian River and the current is very strong. Theyre asking the public to be careful. A major rat infestation has part of a nursing home shut down in the north bay. Sonoma county Health Leaders discovered the gross situation just last week. An inspection report for north bay postacute in petaluma says the county found rat droppings all over the place and bags of food with teeth marks the county shut down the kitchen while the nursing home gets help from pest control. The inspection report says the company will bring in meals from another nursing home nearby. North bay postacute did not have a comment for abc7. Californias wildFire Insurance crisis is getting so bad, the state cant get coverage for fire stations. It came up this week as part of a cal fire budget discussion. Cal fire told state lawmakers it could not get coverage for two fire stations because no insurers would take them, citing wildfire risk. Its an obstacle for cal fire as it tries to pay for renovations at those facilities. Lawmakers called it ironic and crazy. I mean, we cant get in Fire Insurance at a fire station. Its going to be manned by firefighters. Thats thats where we are in california. Thats to me is just crazy. State farm is planning to drop thousands of homeowners across the bay area this summer because of fire risk. The Insurance Company says its necessary for its financial solvency in the event of a big fire. The city of San Francisco is celebrating completing recommended police reforms. The goals were initially set out by the Us Department of justice back in 2016, and intended to Better Connect police with the communities they serve, an objective police chief bill scott says theyve accomplished now were starting to see use of force going down again. Weve increased diversity in hiring and recruitment. That was one of the five areas of focus. Despite the progress, some think the celebrations are premature. The Public Defenders Office said racial bias and Excessive Force still exist within sfpd. Uh. We cant forget that the Racial Disparities in terms of who gets stopped, who gets searched and who has force used on them are still, grossly problematic and they still exist. But mayor london breed says the work will continue to balance reforms with Public Safety for San Francisco. As we head to break, lets check in with francis. Good morning. Okay good morning. Stephanie. Heres a live view at the Oakland Airport where you can see the runway is wet. Its going to feel like winter this weekend. Some heavier showers will be moving through this morning. Ill let you know how much rain you can expect. Plus, there is a warm up in the accuweather seven day forecast. Francis. Thank you. Rain hinders repairs near big sur again. What changes are being made on highway one starting today . But first new this morning bay area biotech workers take a hit. The latest companies to lay jardiance its a little pill with a big story to tell i take oncedaily jardiance at each days start as time went on it was easy to see im lowering my a1c jardiance works twentyfour seven in your body to flush out some sugar. And for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. Serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. A rare, lifethreatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. Stop jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction. You may have an increased risk for lower limb loss. Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of infection in your legs or feet. Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Jardiance is really swell the little pill with a big story to tell you see a stalled vehicle there blocking the right lanes as people take it slow. This morning its 512. New this morning, south San Francisco based Biotech Companies genentech and sanofi are expected to lay off hundreds of workers. Genentech will lay off more than 430 employees from its headquarters starting june 5th. Its all part of a plan to wind down production, and French Pharmaceutical Company sanofi says its closing its facility at two tower place. That closure will affect about 100 employees starting on june 3rd. And the south bay, a business in downtown san jose, is struggling after their third major break in this year. The latest involve their safe being stolen, and now the owners are demanding the city make some changes. Abc seven News ReporterDustin Dorsey explains how the city hopes to curb crime downtown. Since 2017, guildhouse has been an entertainment destination for gamers in downtown san jose, but its also been a hot spot for crime. Eight break ins total three this year, and the latest has founder kevin wick at a breaking point. Its a bigger problem than it should be, and the reason were talking about it now, in the past, weve always kept it under wraps. And, that wasnt working. And the event on march 26th was different. Just after closing down for the night, owners say burglars cut a hole through the back door of the guild house Surveillance Footage captured them stealing their safe. Coowner david faria says the thieves evaded security put in place after previous break ins, including a motion sensor on the door that was cut open. The sensor is only gets out here. It doesnt get directly under the door. They were under it and they went straight through our storage room into our office. Every time weve had a break in, weve increased our cameras, weve increased our, closing procedures, weve increased our locks and it just is not helping. Besides the loss of stolen goods, it cost a repair damage and beef up security. Its somewhere in the ballpark of 50,000. Were a small business. Small businesses operate on very thin margins. This is just one more hit that, you know, we didnt want to take. Theft has been a major problem in the sofa neighborhood. Wick says. Academic coffee, original joes and touchstone climbing have all been burglarized this year. City leaders met with guild house owners friday in an attempt to tackle the problem. Were going to keep pushing hard to properly staff our police department. Im going to continue to advocate for the rest of the system to hold people accountable, particularly when they are repeat offenders, as weve talked about before. And well continue to lean into Technology Like the crime capture program. After repeated attempts to stop the problem on their own, these owners hope anything can make a difference, not because we want to make it feel like san jose is not a safe place to have a business, but because we want to make it better in san jose. Dustin dawsey abc seven news theres some exciting news for swimmers in walnut creek. The city plans to build a brand new pool. The latest design consists of a new olympic sized pool, a smaller pool and a playground, and plus some new offices and locker rooms. The project could cost around 77 million. The priority for the Aquatic Foundation was to see that the needs of the community are met. Well, theres a huge need for facilities that can host competition. There are few and far between. Believe it or not, most of the facilities in the bay area are older facilities, so well see if it happens. The city council is expected to vote on it next week. If approved, the council will Commission Additional renderings and get a better idea for when construction will start. Oakland first fridays is back and the event took a three month break because of some financial problems, and then skipped last week because of the rain. Abc seven news anchor dan ashley has the fight to keep the event going. Despite all these challenges. The music, the food, the crowds, theyre all back on telegraph avenue for oakland first fridays. This is where we celebrate, this is where we have fun. And its a safe space for a city thats about to lose its last Pro Sports Team and seen restaurant closures along hegenberger road because of crime. This event is an oasis. First fridays wasnt here, then it would just take away like our pride and joy of the city organizers expect 30,000 people at todays event. First fridays has been around over a decade. It started as an art crawl. Now its a place to come, eat, sing and shop. Theres a lot of stuff thats going away from oakland, so this definitely needs to stay at first friday definitely needs to stay for rafael yousef, first fridays is an important way to connect with customers and make a living. I have a lot of customers. The only waiting for me a once a month to come here. But financial problems forced oakland first fridays to shut down in december. The Koreatown NorthgateCommunity Benefit district organizes this festival. It spends about 45,000 a month to put it all together, and loses about 10,000 every month. We were living off a grant and pptp loans and things that we were actually had from the covid situation, so we balanced that out for a couple of years. And it just we watched the money dwindle. Last year, kono ended up nearly 100,000 in debt. It used the three month hiatus to raise money. It needs 150,000. So far, its only collected less than 37,000. Dan ashley, abc seven news. Organizers are looking for a corporate sponsor now, and theyre also hosting a Golf Tournament in june to raise funds. Well if youre a weekend planner, starting today, you will be required to make a reservation. If youre planning to visit Yosemite National park on the weekend. Officials are using a new system to limit overcrowding in response to hours long backups at entrance stations. For now, it only goes for the weekends, but it is expected to expand to seven days a week for a few weeks in the summer. You can reserve your visit ahead of time on the parks website. Crews are still working to fix a part of highway one that collapsed a couple weeks ago near big sur south of the rocky creek bridge. Caltrans hopes to complete repairs to stabilize the edge of the road by memorial day. Daily convoys escorting drivers are canceled today because of todays rain, and convoys are expected to resume tomorrow morning at 7 00. And speaking of that, rain, it continues today with more on the way. Francis is tracking it all. Whats the latest