Normally dont get these metering lights on for the bay bridge toll plaza until 5 30. Theyre not officially on yet but that backup has stretched all the way back there so rough bay bridge commute this morning and a really rough drive out of the Central Valley. 1 hour, 42 minutes now. Westbound 580, tracy to dublin, that is due to the emergency pothole repair. Westbound 4 still okay, and southbound 101, thats okay. Lets check in with mike. We have a few sprinkles but pretty dry. It was a nice drive in for understand this morning, not having to worry about hydroplanes. Look at the north bay from bodega highway down towards bodega avenue, pengrove and petaluma, some right light to moderate rain right now. San rafael looking dry. Closer you are to the coast, more likely youll be wet during the morning commute. Trending dry for august of us by noon. Increasing sunshine so grab those sunglasses. Low to mid 50s by 4 00, but back in the 40s, grab a coat if youre headed out this evening. One more chance of showers. Heres alexis not alexis, excuse me. You can call me alexis if you want. Heres reggie. Shes a wonderful woman, i enjoy her. Were going to piggyback off something alexis was mentioning and that is a problem that results from a pothole in the bay area. This one is causing a big problem with that commute. Two lanes closed on westbound 580 right now and abc7 News Reporter matt keller is live in that area. Matt . Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. I wish i had better news for divers this morning, but what a mess here on westbound 580. Check out the backup. Alexis says its 11 miles long. Its going to be quite a commute this morning for drivers coming from the Central Valley and yeah, blame it on the potholes. Chp is hoping to have those lanes reopened around 6 00 a. M. Now, these potholes are getting so big, theyre actually getting their own name. The chp named this sinkhole on highway 13 in oakland, steve. The rain affects the road in two ways, from the surface, where tires squeeze water into the asphalt, causing it to crack and break open and below where rain water loosens the soil underneath. Caltrans says its deplaying its crews as fast as it can but theyre struggling to keep up. In the end, drivers pay the price. They need to fix it fast because i damaged the rim, i damaged the front of my car and i had to get that fixed, the back of my car, the bumper got blown out. Yeah. This has been one of the worst seasons for potholes and other roadway damage weve seen in a long time. We havent received this much rain this quickly. Reporter all right. Caltrans says the repairs theyre doing now are temporary. They need to wait for warmer weather before doing a more permanent fix and you can make it damage claim with caltrans if your car is damaged while going through one of thepotholes. Just go to abc7news. Com. We set up a link there where you can fill out a form and make that claim. Reporting live in livermore, matt keller, abc7 news. And new this morning, a new study shows San Francisco is the states most dangerous city for drivers. San bernardino and santa ana come in three, berkeley is number four. The t study focused on large cities, weighed factors like the number of crashes, hit and runs, percentage of Young Drivers as well to come up with that rating. A busy highway for north bay drivers is going to be closed for a few more days at least. Highway 37 between 101 and atherton and going to be closed until at least saturday and that is because of flooding. Sky7 was over the area in novato yesterday. You can see how much water is blocking lanes. Caltrans tried to pump it out but nearby fields are water logged too so theres really nowhere for that water to go. Look at that car stranded there. The chp says 580 through san rafael is your best option if you need to go east out to the marin county. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District board of directors has a tough task in tonights meeting. Is that i need to convince water logged residents, many of whom saw the video of the lexington reservoir, that conservation is still a fact of liechlt the board will consider several water reduction options. Restrictions like not hosing off the driveway or watering the grass in public streed medians remain in effect. Developing news out of the east bay. Berkeley police are investigating the mysterious cause of the death of two people and their two cats found inside an apartment. The bodies were found yesterday afternoon at a complex on deacon street near web center. Police confirmed Carbon Monoxide poison does not appear to be the cause and no obvious signs of trauma. A man and a woman in their 30s lived in that unit. The victims identities have not been released. Caught on camera, Milpitas Police are hoping you recognize these two prowlers. One of them appears to be carrying a shotgun. This sur violence photo was taken last week early wednesday morning and shows the men walking through the backyard of a home on eagle ridge drive. Heres a clearer picture of one of the suspects. The same prowlers were also spotted about a half mile way in san jose. This is outside a home on lisbon court that same morning. The San Mateo CountySheriffs Office is investigating two men caught prowling a home in Portola Valley as well. Deputies arrested 19yearold jesus and 18yearold jose after a homeowner saw them in her backyard nearly golden oak. Both men from redwood city ran off when deputies got there. The suspects were caught and theyre in possession of burglary tools. Happening today, the Oakland Public Safety Committee is going to discuss whether to allow the Police Department to intercept our cell phone use. If approved, Oakland Police would use cel site semilaters, you may know them as the name si sting rays. These act as a real cell phone tower to identify phones and capture its content. The committee is going to kmeet at 6 00 ill give you the good news first. We just watching this camera, westbound 80 on the bay bridge and it looks like our multicar crashes that cleared in the last couple moment fwuz bad news is damage is done. Those bay bridge metering lights on at 4 58 this morning. That is the earliest ive seen them flipped on. Jam there had in the maze and that is is going to continue to grow. Im not sure if well gouns back at this point. The other significant problem is westbound 580, Altamont Pass, thats where we have those two right lanes down, just saw matt there a couple moments ago. I tried to put into perspective how terrible this backup is. Probably around 12 miles if youre coming on 205. But look, it has stretched down on to 580 as well if youre coming from south of there. So 11 miles per hour, 5 miles an hour, 7 miles an hour. Basically its almost 2 hours right now. So just a really, really awful commute. Theyre hoping to have those lanes back open by 6 00 if you can delay your drive this morning, i highly recommend that. Well take a look at that bay bridge again but lets check in with mike. Feeling for those people i know on 24, there are some nasty potholes you cant get around. I cant wait to see how much worse they are after the weekend rain so be careful out there. Slow down because of rain, especially big mass right there, right off the marin coast down toward pacifica and thats where thats going stay as you can see. Its more trending towards moving away from the coast than it is towards the coast. So down the coast today, thats where we have our best chance of wet weather because of the cloud cover across the north bay, a little bit warmer than yesterday while the rest of us are going to about 6 degrees cooler. We have 42, glen park at about 47 degrees, castro, west portal, all about 43 degrees, 39 down in santa clara and also in walnut creek where you can see the streets are wet but its not raining. Yellow, caution for the morning commute because of the wetness and it will be dry this afternoon on the water and out and about, afternoon sunshine and slightly warmer. Well take a look at that next chance of rain coming in the accuweather 7 day forecast. Theres concern about a growing issue that could mean budget cuts to schools statewide. Statewide. We are anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. Todays storm is level 1. That means light rain, so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. Track todays storm any time on the abc7 news app. Download it now. 5 the, welcome back. Public schools across the state could be facing major cuts because of pension costs. According to the chronicle, districts will have to redistrict billions of dollars from classrooms into retirement accounts. The reason . The amount of money that goes to the California Public employees retirement system is expected to double within six years. District Officials Say the cuts could lead to bigger class sizes and less art and music in schools. A San Francisco startup is trying something new. You cant get a job offer until youve gone through a trial week. The reason . The Web Hosting Service says it deded to shake up the hiring process because it was having a hard time learning about potential employees strictly from their resumes. Weebly tells the Business Insider around 75 of prospective employees end up getting an offer. Natasha, id never get a job. This sounds really harsh. All right. Talk about a huge stash. This is what 20 million hidden in a bed looks like. The u. S. Attorneys Office Shared this photo on twitter after federal agents found all the cash inside of a box spring at an apartment in massachusetts. A 28yearold brazilian man was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit money laundering. The hidden cash was all part of an international pyramid scheme involving a Company Called telexfre. There we go. Woo hoo the mt. Diablo summit closed to traffic and that allowed that guy to bobsled down a mountain road. Yesterdays brief snowfall covered the area with a light frosting. Lets get over to alexis smith with that big Traffic Alert. Major headache for Central Valley drivers this morning, all due to potholes. Weve seen so much of this the last couple weeks with the Road Conditions just deteriorating. So a major one blocking the two right lanes, theyre trying to get it fixed. Westbound 580 in Altamont Pass area jt past flort north flynn, significant backup so that has spilled over on to 205, 13mile backup there and if youre coming up from 580, thats another five miles. I dont expect that to get better any time soon. Bay bridge metering lights on much earlier this morning due to a crash that has cleared. About 20 minutes across once you make it on to the bridge. Getting through the maze is going to be another story. Lets check in with mike nicco now. No rain out there except for right along the coast and look at the setup of live doppler 7. Weve got a push of dry air thats going to bring us increasing sunshine. Theres 101 and 880. Seems to be doing okay. Increasing sun today and the dry afternoon. Slight chance wednesday night into thursday and then a warm and dry weekend. All right. Your storm impact scale for today, scattered showers, localized flooding, near the coasts, light breezes for the rest of us. In fact, you can see it rolling away from us in the sunshine, breaking up by 9 00 and especially noon and into the afternoon hours. All right, heres a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. Terchs going to be in the 20s to 40s tonight and then well be in the 50s tomorrow. A slight chance for thursday morning and then look at the 60s saturday, sunday, and monday. Well, this is the moment movie fans have been waiting for. The big morning, who is getting the oscar nod. The oscar nod. And who the bottom line is, for your goals, this is a strategy id recommend. This actually makes sense. Now on the next page youll see a breakdown of costs. What . Its just. We were going to ask about it but we werent sure when. So thanks. Yeah, thats great. Being clear and upfront. Multiplied by 14,000 financial advisors, its a big deal. And its how edward jones makes sense of investing. With not food, become food . Thankfully at panera, 100 of our food is 100 clean. 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When i said there was going to be disagree its lillala la lands year, natasha. Its going to be interesting after the oscars so white controversy last year, how that affects the nominations that are about to take place. Lets listen in. The Academy Awards you think you know, thats not how its always been. In 1929, there were no nominations and the winners were announced in advance. So today, were going to change things up again and were going to invite past oscar nominees and winners to help welcome this new class. And to actually walk them through the next 33 days. For that year, i was part of that small selected group of the brightest stars and i was able to bring my mother to the oscars who always wanted to be an actress, and she got to sit right next to me and be so proud of me walking on that stage. The nominees for supporting actor are mahershala aly in jeff bridges in hell or high water, lucas bridges in manchester by the sea, dev pa tell in lion and Michael Shannon in nocturnal animals. The nominees for cinematography are cinematography are arrival, la la land, moonlight and cyclsilence. The phone rang and my lawyer was on the phone. He said you were nominated for an oscar. I was by myself in this hotel room. I didnt have any family. Before i had a chance to call my mom, my door rang and the waitress came in and i burst into tears and said, ive just nominated for an oscar and she put the tray down and said, give us a hug. Documentary feature, fire at sea, i am not your negro, life animated, o. J. , made in america, and 13 best documentary, short subject, extrems, 4. 1 miles, joes violin, watani, my homeland and the white helmets. We are fortunate and of course you should with all of this, but a day after, the very next day after the oscars, the focus should be back to making films. Good films. The nominees for Foreign Language film are land of mine, from denmark, a man called uva from sweden, the salesman fro iran, tann a from australia, tony erdmann from germany. Tony erdmann from germany. The nominees for live action short are silent nights, sing, and code. When i heard my name, i think i just about passed out. And then when i heard Lenny Abrahamsons name, the director of room kwoez, thats when i really lost my mind. It was just the best moment of my life. The nominees for lead actor are Casey Affleck in manchester by the sea, Andrew Garfield in hacksaw ridge, ryan gosling in la la land, viggo in captain fantastic and Denzel Washington in fences. The nominees for sound editing are arrival, deep water horizon, hacksaw ridge, la la land, and sully. The nominees for sound are arrival, hacksaw ridge, la la land, rogue 1, a star wars story, and 13 hours, the secret soldiers of it was very early in the morning and the first thing i did was wake up my wife. I think immediately call someone that is going to take you down a few notches. Thats why i woke up my wife. The nominees for Production Design are arrival, fantastic beasts and where to find them, hale la la land, and passengers. The nominees for special effects are deep water horizon, dr. Strange, the jungle book, kubo and the two strings, and rogue one. We were making the big chill and i heard it and i as they say in england, i was gob smacked. Out of the blue. I had no clue. I had no expectations. Costume design. Allied, fantastic beasts and where to find them, florence fosterjenkins, jackie, and la land. Makeup and hair styling, a man called ove, star trek beyond and suicide squad. A score or music in a film, that is, like, to me, the most impactful and powerful music. Lets not forget about jaws, that type of power that it exudes to drive your every emotion through the film and you dont even know thats whats driving your emotion. That is powerful. The nominees for origin are jackie, la la land, justin her wits, lion, dustin ohall ran, passengers, thomas newman. The nominees for original song are audition the fools who dream from la la land, cant stop the feeling from trolls kwoez, city of stars from la la land, the empty chair from jim, the james foley story. The james foley story. How far ill go, from moana. Stay tuned for part two of the announcements. Returning shortly. Well, thats an interesting way to announce things. We havent seen that before. That sort of prepackaged thing. All right. Little sleepy, but i was really pleased to see one of our local guys made it. Who you probably know from house of cards, super excited. He grew up in oakland. And they are going to continue in a few minutes with the nods for best actress, director, and best picture. And dont forget, of course, abc7, the only