Or not they met their goal. Good morning. 6 00. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday. Also the first day of april. Today is a meteorologists dream. We dont get many of these, do we, in the bay area . Im sorry they cause you so much issues. I was right with you during the evening rush hour. Took me 1 1 2 hours to get from los gatos back to my house. Heres look at scattered showers that are still moving through. We have got wet weather again today. Right now were kind of in a lull from now all the way through noon. Scattered to isolated around the bay with upper 40s to mid 50s. Heavier 4 00 through 7 00. The evening commute once again is going to be the toughest part. Around our inland neighborhoods, best chance of scattered showers through 7 00 up north. Still a little bit of a lull at noon. Again during the afternoon, evening hours well get our thunderstorms here. Waves of isolated showers through noon. Heaviest showers before 4 00, tapering by 7 00. As we take a look right now at whats happening. In the north bay along eastbound side ofni highway 37 at 121, thats where we have an overturned vehicle on its roof right now. Weve had a few of these accidents so far this morning so be careful because there is still a risk of hydroplaning. In the the sierra chains are required along 80, 88 and 50. Live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights just turning on. You can see traffic funneling in from the transition roads out of oakland. A look from emeryville, it is starting to look quite a bit sluggish as you make the westbound push towards verb sure island. Continuing our storm watch coverage now, police are on the scene in oakland where this large tree has fallen and is blocking lanes near the zoo. It is at scotia avenue and golf lanes road. It didnt appear to cause any damage. No cars have hit it so far and no reports of Power Outages from the downed tree either. Police are waiting for city crews to come and cut the tree apart so it can be hauled off the street. People in a berkeley neighborhood will be looking for contractors this morning maybe after a redwood tree hit by lightning explode. The 75foot tall redwood he tree is now about 20 feet high. It was during yesterday afternoons thunderstorms when the lightning bolt struck the tree. Debris was scattered over three blocks. One neighbor happened to be looking at the tree when Mother Nature paid that visit. It was like an explosion. It was literally explosion. It was like a bomb going off. It was violent and the shockwaves like i could feel it in my chest. The house war the tree stands has been redtagged. Other homes suffered broken windows and roof damage. Some neighbors even took away pieces of the tree as souvenirs. Another Lightning Strike hit a tree in sausalito. This time the force was so strong it shattered windows and a sliding glass door in one home and damaged a deck. Another home 20 feet away also had its windows blown out. The blast also knocked out power to 1,000 pg e customers. They all have it back now. From the sierra this morning, 20 search and rescue crews are looking for a missing snowboarder from the bay area. Andrew finklestein disappeared yesterday in the castle peak back country near forest hill. The Nevada CountySheriffs Office says the 25yearold became separated from his companions when Stormy Weather set in. Officials say finklestein is an experienced back country skier and he was dressed for the elements, but he didnt have any food or water with him. Track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7 hd on our abc 7 weather app. Download it on our website, abc 7 news. Com apps. The midnight deadline has passed for insurance enromt under the Affordable Care act. This morning obamacare is on track to hit the white houses original target of 7 Million People with a surge of signups yesterday. A senior officials says more than 4. 8 million visits were made to the health care. Gov website yesterday and 2 million calls were made to call centers raising optimism that the goal would be met. The cover cal website was overloaded and people could not complete their policapplication. Anyone who started their Application Online but didnt finish will be able to finish online. If you didnt get started, youll need face to face help to enroll by april 15th. The accept tral figukeith j as a political consultant and fundraiser. Described as the crucial link between a chinatown crime send yacht and he. As he left San Francisco federal court he went before the judge to discuss his terms of release on bail. He faces charges of corruption and gun running. Pchlts Pleasant Hill police hope the public will lead to the apprehension of a Home Invasion robber. He uses a gun to force his way into a home sunday night. Now we have this sketch. Described as a white man in his mid 30s between 511 and 61 with a dark beard and dark clothing. He forced his way in, locked two women in a bedroom, robbed the home and stole a car. A silver 2013 volkswagen passat. New this morning, a brandnew station for caltrain riders opening today in san bruno. Nick smith is there with what commuters can expect. Reporter you know, i got on the train at the new station just because i wanted to give you an idea of how easy it was. Youve been on the caltrain before so thats not new. What is new is the new elevated platform. We did have an opportunity to shoot some video earlier. I want to give you an idea what have it looks like. This new station is at 833 san mateo avenue. Had this is a 155 million project. There are now elevated caltrain tracks at three separate crossings in san bruno. According to caltrain the gradeseparated crossings provide safety to pedestrians and motorists while easing traffic congestion. The idea was to make it easier for commuters to get on an off the train. They know this may cause some confusion for commuters getting on at that stop so they do have agents there to give directions and let you know where you can and cannot get off. Again this new project is finally completed and they are excited about it. It is 1 of 3. Well get back on the train and go back so that we can actually get to where we need to be for our next live at 6 45. Coming up ill actually have an opportunity to speak to some of the commuters getting on at that stop to see if they notice the change or they are excited about the new changes. In im not sure where i am i think im near almost san mateo. There you go. Im going to send it back to you guys in the studio. Dont miss your stop youre so focused on doing your live report there. 6 08. Happening today, the San Francisco board of supervisors will take up a boxy issue. Talking about utility boxes belonging to at t. The company has installed dozens across San Francisco in recent network. However, many neighbors have complained about them calling them an eye sore. Now the chronicle reports there will be new legislation introduced to give neighbors more opportunities to weigh in on where the boxes are located. Under the proposal at t would interest have to try harder to place the boxes on private property or in alleyways. Coming up on 6 09. More rain today. Same storm system. Right . Yep. Coming in this three different parts. We got the first part yesterday. Rainfall amounts around halfinch to an inch with higher amounts in our higher elevations. Right now Altamont Pass, little light showers heading from tracy west into livermore. Rodeo and crockett is where were seeing Pretty Healthy rain. Weve got the Richmond San Rafael bridge with a pretty had healthy shower over it right now. South around morgan hill heading up towards coyote we have light to moderate rain. Thats going to be the case as we head throughout the afternoon hours. This is coming in tonight today for thunderstorms. This is coming in tonight for more showers. Dont forget were seeing snow, at least radar wise, on mountain hamilton right now. We have a brandnew accident westbound 580 right at grant line road. You see we already have plenty of traffic there heading in the westbound direction. It is going to take an excess of 40 minutes to head away from tracy into dublin. The accidents arent done with the santa cruz mountains. A brandnew one northbound along highway 17 near the summit. One lane is blocked. Approaching electilexington hil slowing down. Mass transit running pretty much on time. 6 10 now. New this morning spy games. Man convicted of passing along secrets from the u. S. To a for gin government could soon and free man. And a story that made national headlines. A General Motors suv erupts into flames during the middle of a test drive. This morning the california man behind the wheel is talking about the scare. But first, Mother Nature not done with us yet. Another live look here at live doppler 7 hd. The storm that brought lightning to the bay area is still bringing us showers. Well be back with how long this weather will stick around. 6 14. New this morning, a man who spent more than 30 years in prison for spying on the u. S. For Israeli Intelligence may finally be close to being released. Jonathan pollard was a civilian analyst for the u. S. Navy in 1985 when he was convicted of passing secret documents to israel. Successive u. S. President s have refused to release him despite intense lobbying from proisraeli groups. But now the Obama Administration is reportedly considering letting pollard go if israel will agree to continue troubled middle east peace talks into 2015 instead of dropping out. This morning we have some eyeopening Surveillance Video of an Armed Robbery in San Francisco. The video is a little out of focus but you can definitely see whats happening. Two men point a gun at the victim yesterday. The victim handed over his wallet, money, credit cards, cell phone and laptop. One of the suspects boom. You saw that . He hit him in the face causing him to fall down. A fourdoor sedan drove up and picked up the suspects who are still on the run this morning. An Orange County family nearly kill while test driving a brandnew suv is speaking out this morning. An eyewitness shot cell phone video capturing the moment the vehicle caught fire in anaheim just last week. John and judith and their two sons were test driving a 2015 gmc yukon when it began to smoke. They were able to get out just a few seconds before it explode. The car was on fire. As we were walking away, the car was just catching on firing with going up into smoke, tires are popping. We arent sure if parts are going to start flying around. We dont know. Never been in this situation before. Three other similar incidents were reported in the same model leading gm to recall nearly half a million suvs on friday. New this morning if youre drinking less soda you are definitely not alone. Just released numbers show americans cut back on their soda consumption again last year. U. S. Soda sales dropped 3 in 2013 extending a trend that started nearly a decade ago. Diet soda sales are also falling nor so than full calorie sodas. Worries over artificial sweeteners are being blamed. For example, topselling coke slipped. 5 last year but diet coke sales plunged nearly 7 . Dont worry, people are still drinking a lot of sugar. They are going for the Energy Drinks and things like that. Lot of caffeine. Yeah. What . Caffeine . Whats that . Heres mike with a look at the forecast. There is a lot of precipitation. The lightning will wake you up, forget the caffeine. Mother nature caffeinated those storms yesterday. The same today and tonight. Coming up on 6 17. We just had had a thunderstorm rolling just south there up on the Sonoma County coast. It is dissipating. You see over the heart of the bay, everything is pretty quiet. Getting a little bit of a break for the morning commute. As we zoom out, the parent low still swirling but sinking southward towards us. Heres this afternoons chunk of energy thats going to come down and create some possible thunderstorms with small hail once again. Behind that we have the big parent low. A little broader circulation thats going to come in tonight and bring us another round of showers, thunderstorms, small hail and the snow level dropping from about 3,500 feet this morning to possibly 2,800 feet tomorrow morning. If youre heading out of the peninsula, temperatures mid to upper 40s, mainly dry. A lot of mid to upper 40s around all of our neighbors. Santa rosa about 42. Half moon bay, the only warm spot around 50. It is fairly dry this morning especially compared to last nights commute where it was just coming down in buckets and ponding there. Showers, thunder hail today and tonight. Slight chance for a smaller amount of rain thursday night into friday. Mid to upper 50s today. Another cooler than average today. Tonight even cooler than this morning with upper 30s around na napa, santa rosa, clover dale. Scattered showers through the noon hour. The next chunk of energy comes in around 2 00 through about 6 00. Thats when well have our best chance of thunderstorms with small hail and brief heavy rain. Midnight you can see the area of low pressure stays mainly offshore but it is going to hurl some showers at us. May not be raining tomorrow morning, but our streets will definitely be slick from the rain overnight. Well get another quarter to threequarters of an inch, double that in our higher elevations. Sevenday forecast warming trend even with the slight chance of a shower thursday night, into friday. 60s and 70s with almost total sunshine saturday, sunday and monday. As wet and rainy as it is in some places, we are seeing pretty moderate accidents. We va brandnew one in the santa cruz mountains. We also have this, one lane blocked at the summit. It is causing some delays. We had two earlier accidents there that have cleared. Slow down this morning because we are still seeing a lot of hydroplaning and spinouts. The Altamont Pass westbound side of 580, a crash involving a big rig is also blocking your lane. Your drive out of tracy, it is certainly bumper to bumper into livermore. Toward the dublin interchange it starts to ease up once you get towards 680. You can see the rain falling right at the richmondsan rafael toll plaza. Another look at the bay bridge tolls. That drive is stacking up away from the maze but you can see some of the lanes starting to thin out just a little bit. 6 20. New questions this morning surrounding one of the most pour. Ful women in silicon valley. New at 6 30 why Facebook Cheryl sandberg sold half of her stock in the menlo park company. The speculation this is causing about her future. But first, good foods gone bad. The seemingly Healthy Foods that are anything but nutritious. Theyre thinking about their retirement. Theyre asking questions like. Can i afford to keep my home . Will i be able to pay all my expenses . Where will i live when i get older . Thousands of homeowners 62 and older have discovered that a reverse mortgage helped to answer these questions. And i think one reverse mortgage is the best company to work with. Call one reverse mortgage to get your free reverse mortgage guide and dvd. It explains how a governmentinsured reverse mortgage works. Its free and theres no obligation. A reverse mortgage is insured by the government, there are no monthly mortgage payments required, and you remain the owner of your home. Call now to get your questions answered with no obligation. 6 23. Another reap this morning to Pay Attention to the labels when you are at the grocery store. Some versions of seemingly Healthy Foods arent so healthy. They fool you sometimes. Consumer reports has partnered exclusive with 7 on your side to reveal the worst offenders. Good morning. There is a growing problem in ur supermarkets good food gone bad. Im not talking about wilted vegetables or rotten meat. These are once Healthful Foods that have turned into something thats no longer something so good for you. Air popped popcorn is one of the healthiest snacks around, full of fiber and low in calories. Sglp but the minute you soup it up with sugar, with salt, with cheese, thats when you run into a problem and you take a Healthy Snack and you render it unhealthy. Peanut butter is good for you food. Its mostly peanuts and it is loaded with protein. But jeff has come out with hazelle nut chocolate to spread on your bread. Check the label. The leading ingredients are sugar and Vegetable Oil and it provides far less protein than peanut butter. White turkey and chicken meat are some of the best sores of lowfat protein, but if you buy it packaged like this oscar mayer oven roasted turkey breast, watch for added sodium. Just two ounces has 510 milligrams. 21 of the daily limit. Lowfat yogurt is another healthful food but look out if it is topped with chocolate balls or cookie crumbles. This yogurt has 26 grams of sugar and six grams of fat. Beware of packaged smoothies. Even if they make lots of healthy claims. This is what its called. But this is what it is. When you read the nutrition facts label you find out that it actually is about 500 calories per bottle, and 34 grams of sugar. Youre better off making your own smoothies or topping your yogurt with fresh fruit. You can control the sugar and keep those foods that are good for you good for you. Consumer reports says Something Else to be wary of at the supermarket veggie chips. They are often made out of potato flour. They can have as much fat and sodium as potato chips. Im michael finney, 7 on your side. Land mines at the supermarket. 6 25 now. The abc 7 morning news continues at 6 30 with the days top stories. Brewincluding breaking news. This is new video from a few hours ago. Just outside the nations capital. Live in berkeley where shattered glass and a splintered tree mark the spot where lightning hit a tree and sent it exploding all over the neighborhood. Neighbors describe their reaction. Tracking a thunderstorm moving from crockett towards