From hayward over to san mateo. East shore friday frai, bunch can where 580 merges into 80. Golden gate field and on into macarthur maze. No delays at bay bridge. 680, 16 itself and embarcadero a stall blocking the offramp. 580 where it continues, three right lanes until 9 00 this morning, westbound sluggish out of tracy up over the Altamont Pass and definitely slow through pleasanton. Developing news were following from overnight, two Early Morning earthquakes off the coast of southern california. First quake registered 6. 3, a strong one that hit at 2 36 this morning. Second a quake probably an aftershock hit roughly the same area 15 minutes later and measured 4. 7. Both of quakes hit 150 miles southwest of catalina island. A tsunami warning has not issued. Students returning this morning to two cupertino schools after a bomb scare yesterday will notice extra security in place. Terry mcsweeney is live at montevista high school with details for us. It appears that this entire thing that went on yesterday was a hoax but sheriffs deputies not taking any chances. They are going to have additional deputies at montevista high and also at Lincoln Elementary something that begin four miles from here in san jose. Take a look at message that started this entire thing, at linbrook high school a spraypainted threat about a bomb and threat about a teacher. That threat led to Santa Clara County sheriffs deputies closing down montevista and Lincoln Elementary. Bombsniffing dogs were called out. They checked out the campus. A room by room search went on. Shortly after the 11 00, it was the all clear, just a hoax but the Sheriffs Office is also interested in protecting the teacher in case there might be some truth to this. A couple deputies are providing protection. It wont be a laughing matter if they find the persons that spray pained that message. That person or persons could be facing a felony. This morning, both monte vista high and Lincoln Elementary will be open for business but as i mentioned additional sheriffs deputies will be on campus just in case. Terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. Fire investigators hope they can get their first look inside a gutted business to see what started a massive fire in fremont. Fast moving flames engulfed the business near 680. They do Metal Fabrication work for the Semi Conductor industry. Nobody was hurt. They urged people to shelter in place. Well hear from a man that tried to put on a fire in a live report from Amy Hollyfield coming up at 6 30. San jose police have revealed the identity of a young man who was shot to death earlier this week. 18yearold john cody sonne brg was found shot inside a pickup. It first it appeared he was hurt in an accident because the truck jumped a curb. He died at the scene. Detectives dont know why someone who want to kill him but they add his death is not gangrelated. New this morning, a federal court will hear barry bonds appeal of obstruction of conviction early last year. They have set oral arguments for february 13th. A jury convicted of him one count to give evasive answers when he was asked whether he received drugs that required a syringe. They deadlocked on three other charges. His lawyers the answer was accurate and not meant to obstruct justice. The city of San Francisco is judge to dismiss a lawsuit. They filed a motion to threat debatethroughout in morning. On they expect it to dismiss the case. Nudity ban takes place in february 1st and only allows nudity allows in bay to breakers and certain functions. Find out how high they will have to turn on the car heaters this morning. Well have sue hall. Live look at San Francisco and embarcadero area, just gorgeous. A myriad of reigns reasons to tune in. Safety warning for parents, common household appliance that could be putting your kids at risk. That is where it is staying in the air and evaporating before it reaches the ground. The air is so dry underneath it is taking it away. The air is so cold, we are still under a frost advisory from 2 00 to 8 00. Temperatures in mid 30s to 40 inland and upper 30s around the bay. Pretty light out there for a friday morning. That is how we like it. We have a live looblg from the bay bridge, metering lights have just been flipped on. Carpool lanes are getting by and minimum delay to the west grand overcrossing. Bart, muni, caltrain, everybody is running on schedule. A great way to get around. San franciscos city streets where waze traffic app. This is van ness and earlier accident at fell. That has been cleared according to the San FranciscoPolice Department but it looks like slow traffic from broadway all the way to fell in southbound direction. You can navigate your commute by downloading a free app or google play. New this morning, a safety warning for all parents out there about the dangers about that tip over. Record number of the kids are getting hurt by falling television in their homes. 43,000 kids are injured this year and the falls last year were actually deadly. 84 of the injured children are now nine years old are younger. As families swap out older tvs the old tvs are moved to other parts of the home without a proper stand. New this morning out of vallejo example to see more Police Officers while you are out doing Holiday Shopping. Vallejo Police Department will be conducting special holiday perhaps at Shopping Centers and downtown. They will be Walking Around or riding bike. Their goal is to make themselves more visible so customers feel safer. Still ahead, cabs will face tougher regulations, how it will keep passengers from taken for a ride. A political shuffle is on after a key candidate for secretary of state drops out of running. And important deadline for the healthcare initiative. With some states are choosing welcome back. Live look at doppler. Clouds are taking over and radar getting active. As we zoom in notice this circle around live doppler. Even with the radar returns riding across it. It shows me its not reaching the ground. Water is evaporating before it reaches the ground. Rain is still possible through 7 00. Mid 40s and isolated shower possible by 4 00 and hit the low 50s. Better chance of measurable rain tomorrow with scattered showers sunday into monday. New this morning, celebrations are continuing in north korea after the countrys First Successful satellite launch. This is video from the state organized rally held in north korean capital. They filled the Public School praising the launching of missile carrying the satellite. They have been target of blistering outrage from world leaders. It reached a resolution barring the country from having any missiles. Familiar names are being bantered around. Katie marzullo is live n the newsroom what happens now that susan rice has taken herself out of the running for secretary of state. They are meeting with susan rice in private. Publicly he has reluctantly. All signs point to john kerry of massachusetts. He has had no comment on that. On f kerry gets the job his senate seat becomes available. Its likely expected outgoing senator scott brown would run in that special election. Ambassador rice has been a controversial figure because she made statements that the deadly terrorist attack in libya was a spontaneous reaction to an antimuslim movie. She says she is stepping aside because her nomination process would be a distraction the country does not need right now. President obama is saying he wont let rice go far. An outstanding job, she will continue to be one of top members of my National Security team. Reporter other openings, secretary of defense, former senator chuck habelgel seems to have the edge there. C. I. A. Director, acting director michael morale and john brennan are considered top contenders. One last note on senator kerry. Some say he is a shooin for secretary of state but he will likely face questions about past support for syrian president assad. New this morning, today is decision day for states to notify washington if they will run their own Insurance Markets under hell overhaul. 19 states have turned down the administrations invi station to set up Health Insurance exchanges. That leaves the feds with a huge task of doing it for them. On the other side, 17 states including california, washington, d. C. Say they want to set up their own markets. Walgreens drugstores have agreed to pay a huge fine to settle a lawsuit filed in in alameda county. They are going to pay 16. 5 million after they say they illegally dumped dumped waste into trash bins. They dumped patients records without shredding them first. They were found to be violation of the law. This settlement covers more than half the counties in california. New york city leaders are trying to protect cab passengers to be taken for a ride. The mayor has signed a measure into law facing operators to make timers clearly visible to passengers and charge by the minute. They say some cab operators charge by the block and pass on to surcharges. A texas family paid more than 400 to go 14 blocks. Abc7 honored recipients of profiles excellence awards last night. They have celebrated the bay areas rich cultural diversity. Cheryl jennings hosted the event right here at abc7. Each of the 15 people honored made important contributions to our community. You are invited to view recent episodes of profiles of excellence at abc7news. Com. So inspiring and check it out. Wf 18. Who is coldest. That inspires you to wear a heavier coat. Well take a look at that and also take a look where the rain is showing up on live doppler 7hd. It is dry here in San Francisco. As we look from vallejo street down the embarcadero towards the Ferry Building all the way to the bay bridge. Tweet me what is going on in your neighborhood. Ask mike nicco and check out live doppler 7hd. Not a lot of radar returns but most of it not reaching the ground. Air is too dry and greens out over the ocean. That is where we have light rain falling and that is where were going to have the best chance of measurable precipitation is near the ocean. Couple of chances, one moving through right now and another with that weakening low pressure on up to the north, radar returns is dissipating. Lets talk about those temperatures. With the clouds rolling in. They actually gone up a few degrees. 34 in livermore. Everybody else in the low to mid 40s. Monterey bay, mid to upper 30s to 41 in monterey. Check out that frosty 32 in gilroy right now. Todays rain best over the ocean. Better chance of us seeing measurable rain tomorrow and a couple more chances next week. As for today. Here is a look at the cold front. You see it coming on down towards us, limited in moisture as we talked about. There is our break. Chilly night with possible frost in inland valleys. Next storm coming in for saturday and sunday. Then behind that, you can see one more storm coming in. Next storm coming in, a little farther to the south. We will see temperatures moderate as we head through the weekend and into next week. Cloud cover this morning. A chance of sprinkles to some very light rain through the noon hour. Then look at that at that scattered shower. Overnight clouds clear, it will be cold again tonight as we get more clouds around 7 00 or 8 00 tomorrow morning. By 11 00 you can see the scattered rain start to move in to our neighborhoods and just be scattered rain throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Not enough to cancel any plans. Its not going last hopefully very long and definitely wont drop heavy amounts less than a tenth of an inch. For sunday, very scattered and very light rain. Noticed the temperatures in the forecast, mid to upper 50s. After barely escaping the 40s today. Up to 60 on monday. 80 freeway and 80 east shore, as you make your way past gold gated fields, this is eastbound direction, you find bunching up around 580 and then things pick up as you make your way to ago arthur maze. We have a stalled truck in lane number two farther east toward the fairfield area. Metering lights on the bay bridge toll plaza. Carpool is getting by no delays, but backed up to the 8080 overcrossing and a little sluggish as you make your way westbound. This is 280 in the northbound direction, past the 17 interchange and to the cupertino area. Everybody is at the limit at you make your way in the northbound direction. Well go back to a stall at 16th avenue still blocking the offramp. Eastbound 24 before the caldecott tunnel, yellow sensors we have a stall there blocking lane number two, second lane from the left. North 101 past tully this is an accident clear to the shoulder no injuries involved here. Still ahead, a new deal that could allow an historic plates in mount diablo to shine brighter. Shooting stars during the geminid meteor showers. The end of an era, six seasons. Clouds are set okay a jersey shore. A pop culture sensation the show has become. Today laundry and katie. They are all here and we will be assessing the situation, as well. Paula fari friday morning, we have sunshine during the afternoon hours, and temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. Definitely well below average. Couple chances of rain, moving down toward us and some mountain snow. In tahoe we have a chance of snow showers today but a couple of inches of fresh powder for you on sunday. Enjoy that. We have rain if you are headed that way. Drier tomorrow and better chance of rain on sunday. Look closely at this shot of the stars from nasa. It shows last nights geminid meteor showers, it was at peak last night. The event happens around this time as the earth passes through the tail of an asteroid that creates a shooting star. That was appearing before dawn. You still have a chance to get out and see it. And Conservation Group is going to restore the peak that sits in the east bay after signing an agreement. They report the group save mount diablo they want to fix the light on the peak that overlooks large sections of the bay area and Central Valley. Its lit once a year. December 7th to honor pearl harbor victims but it is suffering from age and lack of maintenance money. It was built in 1928 designed to nine shoo inhigh enough to help ships and airplanes navigate. Student return after a bomb threat. And a mother who left her newborn on a cold San Francisco street is due in court today. Criminal charges she is facing. Plus a new Crime Fighting strategy, two bay area cities are hoping to take firearms good morning, 6 30. We made it to friday. If you cant climb to the east bay hills to look how the bay looks, well give you a live picture to avoid all the trouble. And the cold. And cold conditions. That is big story this morning. Good morning, im kristen sze. Im eric thomas. Tell us more about the cold. 30s inland and even 30s on the peninsula to low 40s around. One of our cooler mornings. Clouds are coming in and reached the maximum cooling. We see some stuff falling from the clouds on live doppler 7hd but its not making it down into our neighborhoods. If it does few sprinkles in the morning. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s. It will be sunny by noon. Still clouds out there and scattered showers possible in the afternoon hours. Clouds are on the increase right now. They will start to decrease, a quick moving storm. Well have partly cloudy conditions with some chilled sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. Down at the coast, best chance of seeing measurable rain. Low to mid 40s there. Tapering by noon. Mid to upper 40s and stray shower and mid to upper 40s by 4 00 hour. Looking west from the san mateo bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is getting busier on the san mateo bridge with brake lights happening westbound up towards the highrise. Everything is moving. Were looking at about 15 minute right from east bay to the peninsula. Stall on eastbound 24 before the caldecott tunnel, bottling the right lane, noncommute direction we have a stalled pickup truck and westbound 37 at lakeville, an accident on the shoulder and to san jose north 101 past julian that one is also on the shoulder. More on developing news weve been following this morning, a strong earthquake off the coast of southern california. 6. 3 quake hit at 2 36 this morning, 160 miles west of catalina island. It was followed by an aftershock and these numbers have been revised and those are the latest. No reports of damage or injuries. People said they felt it across orange county. One man said the quake rolled for about 25 seconds. Employees at a site of raging industrial fire in fremont. It gutted c and H Enterprises a Metal Fabrication planted near 680. Amy hollyfield joins us with a look what is left behind today. Right now the goal is to keep people out of the buildings. They have a Security Guard here making sure that no one gets in. Its just not safe. So firefighters are waiting for an engineer to come and check it out ones it is daylight before firefighters go in and look for a cause. It caught fire around 1 45 yesterday afternoon. Firefighters say it was an intense fire. The roof collapsed and they werent able to go inside. There were about 60 employees in the building when the fire started and one tried to put out zbleirtd i tried to help but it caught on too fast. There was nothing i could do. It was fully involved when we arrived. We had fire through the roof and out the. Kristen no one was hurt. Everyone got out okay. Firefighters did ask people in the area to shelter in place as a precaution. They wanted to try to keep the fire just to building but they wanted tow be careful. They worried about possible Hazardous Materials burning in the fire. Everything was fined and kept it contained to the building. They do precision welding and fabricating. There is a sign there is combustible and Flammable Materials inside. The director of operations for the company says that the company has good insurance and it will cover the lost wages and salaries of the employees. There will be extra security