Sheriffs deputy here protecting the scene until investigators get back out here at first light to finish processing their crime scene. Officers now in their 15th hour on this investigation. According to the east bay times, they were called out here because of a fight in the street. And they followed a trail of blood to a home where they found a 41yearold man dead inside. They are classifying this as a homicide and are actively looking for the killer. They havent said how the man was killed. Sheriffs deputies are asking anyone with any information to call the alameda Sheriffs Office. Reporting live in san leandro, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Amy, thank you. Lets get back to that weather. March certainly roaring like a lion on the east coast. A monster storm all the way down to virginia and this is a live look at white hall, pennsylvania. The storm expected to dump one to two feet on snow on the new york city metro area and wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour. The good news here, a significant change in the storm track overnight has the worst of it missing the major cities. Still, mountainous areas from pennsylvania to massachusetts will be facing whiteout conditions. Five states already under an emergency today. And from the live desk, i want to show you a quick look right now across the nation, 5400 flights right now canceled. This is on flight aware. Com. I want to show you that misery map that we always keep track of and look at this. Newark has the most cancellations right now, followed by laguardia and boston. You can see thats where the storm is right now when we look at this map and listen to this list. American, delta, virmgen, jelt blue, southwest and spirit all under travel advisories and they are waiving change fees so you may want to consider that if you have a flight today or tomorrow. Southwest canceling nearly all of its northwest schedule for today. So, frankly, you might be forced to. The future of our health care has leaders taking sides in our Nations Capital this morning. Republicans argue their bill to replace obamacare would slash an estimated a new report estimates tens of thousands of americans would lose their coverage. I should say tens of millions. The report from the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found 14 million americans who have Health Insurance would lose it by next year under the republican plan. That would grow to 24 million by 2026. This is a remarkable figure. It speaks so eloquently to the cruelty of the bill that the speaker calls an act of mercy. We disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. In the north bay, 2,000 people filled the marin Veterans Memorial auditorium for a town hall meeting. They talked about this very subject, the future of their health care. Congressman Jared Huffman is vowing to stop the repeal of obamacare. Right now, my job is to fight. And thats what were going to do. Congressman huffman says there are deep flaws and problems in the republican plan. The Justice Department is now asking for more time to provide any evidence that the Obama Administration wiretapped trump tower phones during the 2016 campaign. The House Intelligence Committee wanted any shred of proof of evidence by yesterday. Well, the Justice Department made a lastminute extension request and the house and the senate both preparing to investigate. Former president barack obama has denied the allegations through a spokesman. President trump has signed a new executive order. It mandates an evaluation of every executive department and agency to determine whether money could be safd. This is being called a comprehensive plan for reorganizing the executive branch. The president said, quote, billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results for hardworking american taxpayers and not even coming close. Vallejos police chief is ordering a complete investigation into this officer seen in this disturbing video punching and hitting a man with a flashlight. According to police, officers were called to the gas station on friday because 23yearold dejuan hall was scaring employees. The owner of the station told us hall was trying to buy a bus tukt to sacramento and when his credit card got declined he got angry. The station owner says the man began pointing his fingers at employees like he had a gun and began shouting, im god. The Police Department has not told us if that officer will replain on duty while that investigation continues. Haepg today, the contra costa board of supervisors will vote whether to spend thousands of dollars to buy tasers for the Sheriffs Office. The purchase order for those tasers . 800,000. The Sheriffs Office says tasers have been proven highly effective in subduing combative suspects. If this is approved, the money will also help cover Officers Training costs. The board is expected to vote at 9 00 this morning. Stake take a look at this cell phone video of dirt bikers riding around this apartment complex in San Francisco. Frustrated neighbors say the bikers are endangering safety and creating too much noise. This is a story we first learned about from hoodline. This is happening in the lower haight. Heres abc7 news reporteder medically wood. Reporter the Instagram Account shows bikers using the staircase. Its a concern. I mean, weve started seeing them probably in the last six months or so. Reporter lower haight residents shared concerns at this meeting. Weve been aware of the problem for a very long time. Reporter lieutenant Michael Nelson with sfpds northern station attended the meeting to answer residents questions. I empathize with the public, i really do. Reporter Law Enforcement is attempting to catch these dirt bike herbs at their start or end point. Chasing them through San Francisco is not an option. Our policies are very restrictive and its for a good reason. I do have confidence that the police can deal with it by moving slowly and trying to identify people. Reporter though it may be difficult to identify individual dirt bikers in this video, police say pictures and videos are helpful. The Law Enforcement advises residents to keep their distance and instead zoom in. If theres an immediate danger, call 911. Please do not, do not approach these guys. Reporter lieutenant nelson says holding these dirt bikers accountable is a work in progress. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. Stepping up efforts to protect residents from wild fires. For the first time in ten years, the board of supervisors updated the Community WildFire Protection plan, this according to the marin ij. The program aimed at increasing awareness of fire risks and identifying hazards. 69,000 homes are at greater risk of being burned in wild fires because of their proximity wild vegetation. Lets take a look at the peninsula and look at those temperatures around daly city, pacifica, and san bruno. 57 to 59. Low to mid 50s until you get to menlo park, woodside and Half Moon Bay. Lets take a look at neighbors, palo alto 52, mid 50s from san jose all the way up to oakland, 52 in concord, 49 in san ramon. Los gatos up in the hills about 64. Coolest right now along with Half Moon Bay, santa rosa at about 46 degrees. Today, its going to be even warmer. Look at these 80s around concord, antioch, 82 in livermore, look at oakland, 75, redwood city, 78, Half Moon Bay about 67, but it will cool a little bit in the afternoon when the sea breeze kicks in. In fact, you can see, upper 50s along the coast in San Francisco, low to mid 60s around the bay and mid to upper 60s inland and a little bit of a rebound 60s around the bay and low 70s for thursday. Mass transit, mild to warm today, good on the road, a little hazy sunshine and a light breeze. Its going to feel nice if youre on the boat. Quick look at whats going to happen with the lows tonight. More fog out there so a few more instances. Lets see whats going on with the roads this morning. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Still wide open this morning, of course, we expect those metering lights on to flip on, i should say, in about 20 minutes. That usually happens around 5 30. Quick check of traffic maps. We are filling in for the Central Valley commute. Westbound 205 to 580, 21 and 18 miles an hour approaching the Altamont Pass so that is the norm for trade secrcy drivers. New crash on westbound 4 just been 242 in the concord area. I will check those details and have an update on that. Bay area city Just Launched a service to help streamline petitions for rent increases. Plus because you have weeping mothers, weeping mothers. One woman who strongly voices her opposition as lawmakers take another step in making california a sanctuary state. California a sanctuary state. Thats the sound of antioch firefighters tackling what they called their biggest challenge during a fire yesterday. As you can see, they had to use circular saws to open doors at the Storage Facility near hill crest avenue in sunset drive. A fire broke out there around 6 30 p. M. Four units caught fire there as well as the nearby pickup. No injuries were reported and investigators still do not know what started this fire. And look what happened in tahoe, the weight of all the snow ended up collapsing a homes roof. This happened off the kings berry grade near stateline, nevada. Since there hasnt been snow in the past few days, officials believe the melting water added enough weight to cause that collapse. Fortunately, nobody was home when that happened and that story, a reminder to everyone from tahoe to new york that snowstorms can pose a real danger to homes. Absolutely. In todays gma first look, we see the damage it can cause. Reporter with a blizzard barging in, so is a concern for many homeowners. Roof collapses. Videos of roofs caving in are automaticallyi accumulating as fast as the heavy snow. 4 million in damage has been caused. In idahos Washington County this winter alone. The snow is stacking up and we need to do all we can. Reporter theres no nationwide standard, roofs are generally built to withstand at least 20 pounds per square foot. A pressing concern this morning as one foot of snow can weigh anywhere from 3 pounds to 21 pounds per square foot. Worse yet, 1 foot of ice can weigh up to 57 pounds a square foot and coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well have tips to keep your family safe as this massive storm hits. Fremont just proclaimed its a compassionate sanctuary cities and it intends to protect those who live, study and work regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation. Officials say they realize the city is at risk of losing its federal funding, which was a threat from the president. That meeting didnt look too heated but this one certainly was. Lawmakers one step closer to making california a sanctuary state. The bill would ban police and sheriffs deputies from arresting or detaining people just for immigration violations unless a judge issues a warrant. One resident who opposes the bill emotionally testified about victims from crimes committed by violent undocumented immigrants. Because you have weeping mothers, weeping mothers, not only in california but throughout the United States now. Its not here. Its everywhere now. The bill will need twothirds Senate Support in order to be heard for a vote on the assembly floor. Happening today, hundreds of tech workers in the bay area expected to walk off their jobs in an effort to promote diversity, inclusion, and civil liberties. The tech stands up event corresponds with pi day today with employees set to leave work at 2 00 in the afternoon. Organizers say the rally will make a strong statement in support of the values that drive silicon valley. A hazmat crew is working overnight to clean up mercury spilled in antioch. It was discovered yesterday morning. Part of the street remains closed off to traffic during the cleanup. The epa believes the mercury may have been thrown in the trash, then spread down the street in a garbage truck. Our media partner, news, reports this is the third spill in the same neighborhood. The city introduced a new service for its rent Adjustment Program that allows both sides to file petitions online. Nearly 70 of the citys 100,000 rental units are currently covered under the program. The webbased service complements the existing paper filing system. The new site also allows Property Owners to request a larger than normal rent hike. We post add link to the service on our website, abc7news. Com. City college of San Francisco is planning to koez its fort nicen campus. The landlord of the space proposed a 48 rent hike over the next five years and wants a quarter of the colleges space there. The campus houses many art classes, including painting and photography. Classes will have to relocate to the mission and ocean campuses starting next school year. And new this morning, the fda has approved a new drug that can act as treatment for women with advanced breast cancer. The drug works to slow the spread of cancer by blocking two proteins. It is taken with an older cancer drug. Now, a study found that both drugs taken together reduced the risk of death of cancer from getting worse by 44 . And thats compared to only the first drug. We see a lot of top ten lists but this one dominated by the bay area and its for good reason. Wallet hub has announced the list of the nations happiest cities. Fremont coming in at number one. The survey examined 30 key indicators of happiness. And as you can see, it also includes san jose, San Francisco, oakland, and santa rosa. Well, very nice. And you know, its hard not to be happy. I was surprised by how much the sunshine affects peoples mood, you know . Walking around. Yeah, absolutely. Seasonal effective disorder. Its a real thing, especially when you go up more into the Pacific Northwest where they get so many days without sunshine and all that rain. Hi, everybody. So far, were looking pretty good. Inland, heres a look at san rafael, 101, looking southbound, no fog right here. Going to have a another mild to warm day with mainly sunny conditions, navigating fog the next couple of mornings and a weak storm wednesday, little bit better chance of wet weather sunday and monday. Heres a look at the area of High Pressure thats sending the storm track well to the north and dives into canada, takes all that up into new england. Thats why theyre having that nasty noreaster while were having a slight chance of weather. At noon, you can see the increasing clouds from north to south, still dry across the north bay except for in lake county, and you can see by midnight, its almost gone. There may be a rogue shower but by 7 00 thursday morning, your commute is looking dry. Heres a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. Little cooler tomorrow, warming trend for thursday and one of the warmest days will be st. Patricks day, friday. My maps dont have much green on them. Yours sure do this morning. Although we do have one red spot, unfortunately. I want to take you back to that newish crash on westbound highway 4 before 242 in the concord area. Weve got two vehicles involved in this crash. They are blocking the middle lane so i was able to confirm that. Weve got emergency crews on the way, including an ambulance. No issues with the bay bridge commute this morning. Youre looking good from the metering lights, all the way into San Francisco. And then a quick check of some drive times here as well. 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