Avenue thats the offramp, bridget section brake lights towards the highrise up and over towards foster city hayward no significant delays eastbound moving nicely towards hayward. 680 corridor from 580 to 24 northbound over 15 minutes. 580 into Castro Valley from pleasanton over the dublin minutes. Jlpu 87 northbound towards 101 moving at the limit. Todays storm well start feeling that this morning if you are leaving any time soon, we just ran into one of ourvg;h colleas is going to be later when we start to feel it. Heres a look inside. It is crowded, lots of people traveling for the christmas holiday, everyone is being well7woc behaved, things are moving smoothly, you are not seeing the delays to the chicago area or to the middle of our country which people were very worried about. Ef we were there when ÷u2 one man news. On timea x, all right reporter what is your reaction to that . I thought it would be delayed so im happy it is on time. It seems to be very calm i doesnt look that crowded. Or b i apctioo . . Positive, im also glad it is not pouring down rain. u0n reporter yeah, look at the weather in chicago ouch this is what people are worried about this is what people thought was going to cause them headaches today out of sfo only delays out of sf newark and philadelphia in front of the airport this is where it comes and goes weve seen jams of cars right now itt doesnt look bad lots of people trying to get out of here for the christmaso6sss holy season, this is a busy travel day Officials Say the flights now are fine. 10 00 this morning when we start seeing delays into this evening he says regional flights up and down the w awp coast because oaec our bay area v now but he says theres a low ceiling because of that the faa says out, between 9 and 10 you might have problems, check your flight, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Moyz continuing coverage on the storm now hitting the bay area. c]ourself any time with live doppler 7 hd, go to8q. . Abc7 ns got come. Abc7news. Com. Minutes from the start of a moment of silence in connecticut. Today marks one week since a gunman walked into sandy hook elementary and opened fire, 20 students were killed, six adults died. Connecticut governor malloy is asking the entire nation to join his state in the moment of silence to honor those victims. Church bells will ring 26 times. Since last friday the Sandy Hook Community and the entire nation has been coping with the tragedy backtoback funerals have been taking place all this week in connecticut. Latest services took place yesterday for benjamin and jesse, both were 6yearsold. More services are scheduled for today and tomorrow. Abc news will air a will stream it live on abc7news. Com. New this morning, president obama responding to an online petitionzwp ehlling fr stricter gun laws in the wake of the School Tragedy in connecticut. Heres a portion of his comments moved to the white house website, just after 3 00 this morning. The president i will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts. Because if there is even one thing we can do as a country our children, we have a responsibility to try. Earlier this week, president obama appointed Vice President biden to head a new Gun Control Task force to form new policies in response the president will take part in this mornings moment of silence for the victims. He will be doing so from the white house. 7 45 our time, the National Rifle association will hold a News Conference to spoken to the School Tragedy. Nra executive director said this week todays News Conference is to discuss how the nra can make meaningful contributions to prevent future mass shootings. The group has stayed mostly quiet immediately after the tragedy last week. Nra didnt release first Public Comments until four days after the shooting. Police investigating a car tho a series of robberies. Ss reported in antioch on highway 4 at g street. Witnesses say the driver crashed the car after a chase with police. Suspect ran but÷ck r was caughtd bitten by a police dog. Incident happened around the same time that a series of convenience and Liquor Store Robberies took place they were reported in brentwood and]nip antioch overnight. Traffic and weather together, next. Live look at live doppler 7 hd, you see the blue and yellow and red, indicating rain and intensity, meteorologist mike nicco tracking that. Impact the storm is having on the morning commute. Ahead, smartphone map likely to get you lost. Welcome back. Heavy rain in the north bay i wanted to show you the winds they were a concern up to 13 gusting to 23 mountain view, santa rosa, 31 Half Moon Bay for trees to start top lidge, 40 50 miles per hourj f toppling, 40 to 50 miles per hour. The rain is getting closer dwk o napa, novato and san rafael. Heart of the bay 7 00, south bay 9 00. At san rafael it is raining you can see this hazy look at the headlights southbound wet roads in san rafael take your time this morning it is going morning. Light, minor delay for cash paying toll folks on the right. Caltrain northbound 101 train, 18 minutes delayed leaving millbrae, that was five minutes ago. All other mass transit on time. 6 12. p8co next, smartphone Mapping Service that is more likely to get you lost. Ahead, the brands on top in new test from [ inaudible ]. Welcome back. Y the steadier rain the green now making its way down to 37, novato down to 101 san rafael,v tiburon getting sprinkles sausalito and belvederepj cvxy w 580 richmondt ÷t san rafael brie about tojywf get wet. Off to the east we can see napa still a little k÷ light ran American Canyon down to vallejo you should be getting rain in the next 20 ua7m minuter so. 6 15. A just released study finds what many smartphone users have been complaining about. Apple phapl apple maps has work to do. Company compared apple maps with google earth and bing the company searched for 1,000 different businesses across the country to see which service proved to be most accurate. Crowd flower found apple maps has a 3. 4 error rate,bjiy bing, 1. 3, google lowest 1. 1 . The error rate for apple maps skyrocketed to 30 when it searched for businesses in the United Kingdom no comment from apple. Today sneaker collectors across the country are trying to get a pair of nikes newest air jordans just releasedq zl online an hour ago and sold out at newpark mall in zqh new, 300 people are in line now. Yesterday hufrpbtsville, Alabama Police had to use pepper spray on an unruly crowd waiting in line to get 36 bands which secured a right to buy a pair officers were call after numerous fights broke out. The jordan retro 11 retails for 185. A reliable stove is crucial any time but especially during the highway days during the holidays. Michael mine any and0l . W consumr reports tell us which brands are the best. Reporter with the holidays coming, every cook needs a reliable stove survey finds some brands have been much more likely to break down than others. Repair man vinny says, ranges always seem to stop working just when you are about todzd5m. People call in a panic because their stove is broken and they want it fixed quickly. Reporter Consumer Reports and electricv. Epk ranges boughtn the last five years, finds big differences in reliability. For instance, popular brands like kitchen aid and genair most repair prone. We do this survey every of individual models, you are much lesso repairs if you buy from a brand with a good record of reliable. Reporter the most reliable . Hot point, General Electric and whirlpool. Gas range, hot point, ge and kenmore. Pro style rangers that can cost thousands. Surveyed more than 500 readers who owned them. Higher for these ranges repair in the last five years more than a third need to be repaired. 9 need to be repaired three times or more. Reporter that means you needing vinny if you skip a pro range and get a regular stove from one of the more reliable brands. Consumer reports says repazjc for pro style ranges average rnz 100 more and harder to find a qualified repair person for the pricier ranges. Im michael finney, 7 on your side. Doppler it is working south. It is. It is on the move as we talked about it would be, 101. n. San rafael and mist and spray kicked up by the cars as we look at 2rvem traveling out of the north bay heading towards San Francisco where dry right now. Live doppler 7 hd i want to show you the leading edge of the lighter rain in the form of blue and green and it is right now reached the San Pablo Bay shore down to tiburon, belvedere and now also into sausalito no matter where you are on 101 it is going to be wet. lco leading edge of heavier rain, light to moderate, heavier old adobe road, cotati, spring hill road, santa rosa heaviest rain starting to move across Petaluma Hill road and out highway 12 heading to the east we have more on the way in fact marin county about to get slammed by heavier rain we are starting to see a little push to the south and east. The heart of the bay at 7 00, San Francisco and oakland and starting to slide southward down in the south bay by about 9 00. If you can get out now you are going to have a dry commute. 2eh the Morning Hours. Waves of showers this afternoon. Heavy rain possible again tonight through sunday well have rain in the forecast the only day we dont have rain, monday. Heres the timing, traveling today shopping, school, whatever, you can see the yellows showing up well here at 7 00 from 80 down through oakland and San Francisco, see how it moves into the7÷i z south bay by 9 00 . The front still north. Well still have heavier rain around noon along the front and then it becomes scattered waves of showers during the afternoon. Evening hours overnight, heavier rain back in the north bay by midnight into the heart of the bay by 4 00, out of the south bay bye82 8 00, tomorrow during the day we will receive the latest amount of rain, you may be able to get out tomorrow more so than today and sunday, sunday warm front, when you have warm fronts it is an allday rain it starts at 8 00 and you can see it keeps raining until 2 00 up in the north bay, 5 00 in the south bay. Up to eight inches north bay mountains, six inches santa cruz mountains, three to six north bay, one to two the smallest amount in the south bay. Temperatures stuck in the 50s all seven days, monday Christmas Eve completely dry. East shore freeway leaving El Cerrito Richmond towards berkeley and emeryville getting busy, bunching up where 580 and 880 merge. A bit of congestion. Things open towards the berkeley curve into the macarthur maze. San joses headlights snaking northbound on 280, 17 overcrossing out of the santa cruz mountains, no problems, as you make your way from san jose towards cupertino nice ride. First reports of a car off the Embankment West 37 at mare island right now not seeing slowing well be following that. Out of santa rosa into novato getting rain about 35 minute drive, east shore freeway carquinez into the maze not bad drive, 20 minutes. North 101 san jose from 280 up to 237, 20 minute drive. 6 22. Today marks one week since the School Tragedy in connecticut. Ahead, abc news special report as sandy hook and the nation mark a moment of silence. Vu o track the rain now falling across parts of bay area a l o will go to street level to show the areas getting hit the heartesque. The hardest. You can see rain to the west moving to the northeast you will have sprinkles now steadier rain by 7 00. Looking at. 80 north rain and snow fresno and yosemite by the afternoon, 4,000 western slope, east of chico and reading 1500 to 2,000 around i5. Be careful today. 6 26. The warriors are proving they are successful off the Court Head Coach mark jackson was at pay 30 for the firefighters annual holiday toy at pier 34 the firefighters annual holiday toy the warriors are back home tonight against the a2 bobcats. Police out enforce looking for drunk drivers during the holidays. Checkpoint this evening. Officers from throughout the county will staff the location as part of their avoid the 23 dui campaign. C . B3srutes from the start of a moment of silence in connecticut to honor victims of the tragedy at sandy hook elementary you are looking live inside the United Methodist church in sandy hook where bells will ring 26 times to honor the victims. Report with the Good Morning Americakpwplgua n moments. Those 26 bells for the 20 Elementary School children who were killed and six of their teachers, administrators, the school principal, all the adults being called heroes in the wake of this Tragic School shooting that has changed the face of the country. Gunman also killed his mother then took his own life. Again, this is where the bells will ring. Similar ceremonies going on in several states among them. Governor malloy will lead this event coming up in just a couple of minutes. We are getting word from announcer had is an abc news special report. Tragedy at sandy hook. Good morning im George Stephanopoulos we are joining you share in a moment of silence for the youngibe childn and women killed in newton, connecticut one week ago. Sandy hook the sight of the tragedy the whole country stricken by the news you see in newtown t flagshe. F9 flying at halfstaff today, 9 30 eastern town in newton the bells will ring 26 times once for reach life lost. Linsey davis is outside that church. Reporter good morning. Certainly heavy rain and wind this morning in newtown, connecticut. We are stage in the midst of puddles of sorrow we are outside of Trinity Episcopal Church where so many funerals took place this week also where those 26 bells will toll for 26 times of course for the 20 children and six women murdered inside the sandy hook Elementary School down the street on the steps of the town hall where the governor, lt. Governor and first elect women of newtown have gathered to pay tribute to the lives lost. Back to you george. We are just about to hear those bells. The National Cathedrals bells will ring 26 times in washington. The Movement Moment privately inside the he was live in newton. He will not appear before the cameras today but he is observing that moment of silence. Ince. And in newtown, the community has gathered to remember at Trinity Episcopal Church. [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] [ bell tolling ] 26 tolls of the bell. [ bell tolling 26 lives cut short in sandy hook. The president open observed this moment privately he said 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults together we will carry on and make our country worthy ofe;n their memory. We are going to return now to Good Morning America and our other regular programs. Thanks for watching us. Im George Stephanopoulos in new york, have a good day. That was a lot of bells, too many bells. Indeed. Welcome back to the abc7 morning news. 6 37 on this friday morning. We are also following a big local story. Thats right the weather kicking off what looks to be a three day long very wet storm. Good morning. Light to heavy north bay nearly an inch of rain overnight in santa rosa, yellows and oranges there. Lets start near st. Helena back warm springs road north of glen ellen cotati old adobe to petaluma moderate rain and light to moderate towards petaluma marshal road and point reyes, also around guerneville up the highway gender fort ross moderate to heavy rain there there is flooding in forestville right now on 116. The rain is now getting close to the Golden Gate Bridge, also towards richmond making that southerly push going to be here in the heart of the bay by 7 00, in the south bay by 9 00. Friday light at the bay bridge toll, no metering lights yet, minor delay for cash paying folks not too bad, lanes carpool lanes flowing5 nicely not even backed towards the first overcrossing, just now to the caltrans parking lot. No problems westbound upper deck, san mateo bridge looking good, a little crowded westbound towards the highrise bunching up on the flat section towards foster city,f6b 17 minute drive from hayward towards san mateo, westbound 37 past mare island car off the road waiting for a tow truck, three miles past mare island one lane in each direction, they will be having to get a tow truck in you might delays in a bit. North 101 railroad avenue, spinout right lane possibly due to hydroplaneing and flooding in the area, take extra caution, left lane north 880 at broadway changing a tire, please be careful. This morning as you heard, the bay area is getting ready for the first in a weekend of storms. Terry mcsweeney is live in petaluma where the rain is falling steadily. Reporter yeah and it has been for the past two hours and counting. Water is rushing didnt the gutters, dont see any 8 e localized flooding, everybody seems to be behaving. Pictures of the rain coming down on petaluma boulevard, of course everybody is talking about the weather when theres an extreme event not that extreme, rain. A lot of people talking about the end of the world, the end of the mayan calendar comes today, i talked to a viewer about it. I know that the rain is justhloj part of the seasons, i guess. Reporter mike nicco predicts a lot but hes not predicting the end of the world. Yeah [ laughing ] reporter i guess i got a courtesy laugh he was predicting it might be the end of