We had a pretty minor crash near grant line road that cleared, right through that Altamont Pass stretch, we have a couple large potholes in the right lane so trying to get cal trans out to clear those. Also still in the green. Next traffic update coming up. This red tagged Apartment Building in pacifica just teetering on a crumbling cliff above the ocean is finally coming down. The city council decided to demolish it last night. Amy hollyfield live with what happens next. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, reggie. Some people who live next to this building or nearby say they are ready for the wrecking ball to show up. Look at how its fenced off. Its abandoned. And the concern is that its going to fall into the ocean. This city now agrees and says its time for it to go. The city Council Voted unanimously last night to pay for the demolition. It will cost about 200,000. The owner of the building is not taking responsibility for this situation. Officials say, because he has declared bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the building has sat empty and neglected. And you know, you had squatters and ive been out here when people breaking windows inside and people staying in there and stuff. Its just not safe to have it. Reporter this cliff has eroded significantly over the past few weeks. Officials say the building could fall into the ocean at any time now. That would contaminate it, of course, with just the debris but theyre also worried about the lead and asbestos inside the building. Engineers say that cleanup would cost more than just demolishing it right now. City Officials Say this was not an easy decision. This is not easy for the city of pacifica, but they are willing to do it only because the situation is so dire. The work could start next week. That is, if the weather cooperates. Live in pacifica, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Amy, thank you. Meanwhile, officials in Santa Cruz County say much of the ground is so saturated, it cant absorb another drop of rain and they predict this weekends storm, thereby be flooding. Thats right. Crews are working overtime trying to clean up roadways, working with pg e crews who are we pairing downed power poles and keep ago close eye on the San Lorenzo River. One resident tells us she hasnt seen the river this high in ten years. North bay, drivers not slowing down a bit on todd road where there have been flooding in the road. On highway 1 near valley road, you can see drivers just made an all too typical mistake. The general rule, remember, if you cant see the yellow line, you have to turn around. This woman became trapped. She was eventually carried to safety by a milk truck delivery man. Boats cut loose from tuesday nights storm floundered on the rocks. Most of the boats came from sausalito. If you are thinking about heading up to the sr, make other plans. Eastbound interstate 80 is closed to certain big rigs near the state lines this morning. It was closed in both directions yesterday due to all the snow. Trucks blocked most of the freeway until crews were able to tow them out. There was just so many accidents. Boom, boom. And a semi was always involved. Boom, boom, boom. What were going to do is run our graders up there, clean out some spots, get them over to the side, get them to where we can get our equipment moving again. Thats the biggest thing, keep our equipment moving, the roads are going to be fine. If you insist on being a part of this mess, chains are required on i80 right now. You can track the approaching storm with the abc7 news app. We have live doppler 7 news there any time and it will push alerts to get weather advisories on your phone. New this morning, the man in this video wanted for trying to break into a Convenience Store on new years eve. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Office posted this video on facebook, it happened at 3 30 a. M. On saturday in windsor, officers say he tried to break in and drove off in a white late model sedan. If you recognize him, Contact Windsor Police or the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office. Como police need your help to find a man who spat on a pregnant employee at a fast food restaurant. This video was taken inside the popeyes Fried Chicken restaurant on december 14. It started when he started complaining about his order. He jumped over the counterand then demanded a refund. She gave him the money and he drove off but then for some reason came back, spit in her face, and then left again. 6 05 now in Bay Area Police unions are calling for the removal of student paintings depicting officers in a negative light. Our media par p the mercury news, obtained a photo of the painting. Its said to portray social injustice and called untitled number 1. It actually won a congressional art competition last year. This painting, as a result, is now hanging at the u. S. Capitol. San jose, oakland, and San FranciscoPolice Unions are calling on House Speaker paul ryan to remove it. They say this painting is disrespectful and that it could endanger the lives of officers. An skapd sex offender wanting in Washington State is in custody this morning after he made it all the way down here to the bay area. Officers arrested 35yearold george blair at a homeless camp near the North Berkeley safeway on tuesday. Police say he escaped from a Community Custody program in spokane in october and had been on the run ever since. He failed to register as a sex offender, following a california conviction in the late 90s. Hes being held without bail at the santa rita jail. The white housements to speed up plans for the californias controversial delta tunnels project. Theres a 15 billion plan this month. And that is a big step towards construction of the two tunnels that are intended to carry water from the San Joaquin Delta to the bay area and central valley. Critics say diverting that water would hurt fish and wildlife. Supporters say the tunnels would boost the water supply for 25 million californians. Its been ten years and billions of dollars in bonds meant for Flood Control and water conservation. Still hasnt been spent. What state officials are saying about it now. And with 15 days left until the inauguration, one group plans to give out thousands of joints. The message that they want to send while our next president is being sworn in. And heres a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. We are keeping track of your weather and traffic and you can too on your screen during the too on your screen during the 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. Some of our warmest temperatures opt peninsula from 41 to menlo park and then weve got the same temperature in pacifica and daly city. 43 to 46 just about every where else. San jose at 47, mid hops inland east bay. Black ice possible in santa rosa. Lot of moisture in the air that is now going to freeze on some elevated surfaces. Half mile petaluma but notice its stretching across to napa now so thats going to be around through about 10 00. Temperatures the next few days, chilled sunshine, about 50 to 54 today, same tomorrow, and then a lot warmer, mid to upper 50s with that rain rolling in saturday. Saturday at 8 00, uptick in the winds, theyll be fastest while were schlepping through 7 00 a. M. Sunday morning and then taper about 8 00 sunday evening so that 12hour time frame when well see the biggest potential for damaging winds and Power Outages. Taking a look at that fog in the north bay as well, mike, i have been asking on twitter and facebook if anybody has come across black ice. Havent heard reports of that yet but the brighter the white the denser the fog and pretty thick there, santa rosa down through petaluma and no major delays. Down to about 33 Miles Per Hour on southbound 101 just south of petaluma so be on the lookout for that. It could be a little bit longer commute for you this morning. Also, b. A. R. T. Back on time. We have new issue with vta, about a 20minute delay for light rail trains due to an earlier electrical power outage. The number of extreme storms here in california is expected to triple by the end of the century. A study out of mit says severe precipitation events in this state will become more frequent as earths scliemt warmtz. Researchers say california will experience three times the number of extreme storms and that is if the worlds average temperature rises by 4 degrees celsius by 2100. Researchers started studying this after the december 2014 storm which dumped 3 inches of rain in just one hour here in the bay area. Coming up next, were going to tell you about this monster to tell you about this monster storm that is coming this i accept im not the hiker i was. To tell you about this monster storm that is coming this i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But no matter what path i take, i go for my best. So if theres Something Better than warfarin, ill go for that too. Eliquis. Eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis had both. Dont stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Ask your doctor about eliquis. A quick update for you on a huge Oil Platform Fire this morning in the gulf of mexico. Officials now say there is no pollution as a result of the fire, which is very good news. It broke out a few hours ago. We brought it to you as breaking news, happened off the coast of louisiana. The coast guard just put it out and they used these aircraft that they tweeted a picture out here. I reported earlier they rescued four people who jumped off the platform just off the coast of louisiana. They jumped into the waters to escape. Also right now, clean gulf, which is an Oil Spill Response organization, wooerp told headed out to the platform just to be sure that there is no oil spill. Investigators still looking at a cause. With the big storm headed to the bay area this weekend, roofrz are urging you to check your roof for any leaks now. Crews were at a palo alto home yesterday putting tarp on the roof to help protect it from leaks. Contractors say leaks are not always found in roofs. When you have a lot of wind, that can create a lot of different types of leaks, not all necessarily related to the roof. Could be window leaks, could be siding and stucco leaks, chimney leaks, things of that nature. They also say not to delay when you see the first sign because once the rain comes, that can be disastrous. The approaching storm may force yosemite to close because of flooding. This is video from a flood that caused extensive damage in the late 90s. The damage was so bad, it forced the park to close for two months while they made repairs. Officials will decide in the next day or two whether to shut down the park. Theyre concerned intense rain will bring the river well above flood level. As the bay area gears up for more possible flooding a new report shows california is oiting on billions of dollars this unspent bonds that could help ease these concerns. A study from the legislative Analysts Office looks back to 2006. Thats when california voters approved 42 billion in new infrastructure bonds. Ten years later, roughly 7 billion of that has still not been issued. The lead analyst on the Research Project says ethat doesnt mean the state is ignoring the issue. Rather, the projects are complex and the permitting process between federal and state agencies takes time. In this case, a lot of time. A lot of parttime. All right. Driving tough yesterday morning, alexis smith tracking our roads today. Oh, boy, so much better today. You can see a little bit of sheen on the pavement here at the bay bridge toll plaza, but of course yesterday, oh boy, we had those heavy downpours, that high wind. Today much better. So enjoy it while it lasts and those metering lights turned on about 5 29 this morning. Not too bad, pretty average. Checking our drive times, southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek just 7 minutes and if youre continuing on westbound 24 to highway 13 that will take you another 9 minutes. Westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 47 minutes and right around north flynn be on the lookout for a couple big potholes in the two right lanes. Lets check in with mike nicco now. Weve got about 36 to 48 hour window. Heres a look at that opening in the north bay. You can see the lack of clouds but thats why we have fog and temperatures around freezing so black ice possible through about 8 30, 9 00, well see increasing sunshine for the rest of us today and its dry on the san mateo bridge this morning. Alexis tells me that traffic is pretty normal. Thats moving so slowly to the east. Dry this afternoon, increasing sunshine, umbrella, nope, sunglasses, yes. Patchy frost tonight, our coldest night, dry tomorrow and then heavy rain and gusty winds this weekend. All right, lets talk about temperatures. 54 in san jose, to Half Moon Bays 50. Those are your extremes. Not too extreme today. Tonight, much more. 26 in santa rosa to about 39 in Half Moon Bay. Well have some 20s in the San Ramon Valley also so with all that moisture, the frost can be really thick tonight. Storm impact scale. Lets jump to sunday morning. Showers afternoon and evening downpours the winds will strengthen after 7 00. And theyll continue to do so through sunday morning. Thats when well have our heaviest rain also and thats when were most likely to have our flooding concerns and damage. Lot of snow in the sierra but notice around blue canyon, only about 2 ichlks by 9 00 saturday to about 24 inches in kirkwood. The snow levels are going to be very high. All right so weve got a little bit of rain monday. Another storm tuesday. It will be moderate and it will taper into wednesday. I think we have some good news from alexis. Lets talk about that toyota tahoe ski report. These base totals, they are double what they were a week ago at some resorts. Squaw al pine, north star, and heavenly, the only problem is going to be getting there. So chains are required for 89 and 50 and i know a lot of drivers were stranded yesterday with that closure of 80. Its back open today but with restrictions. You have to have those chains. Sugar bowl, 41 to 72 base, sierra, and kirkwood, 50 to 79 inch base and i think those totals are going to go up even more once we have the new totals in today. Just plan ahead. Youve got to drive for conditions. Good morning america is coming up right here on abc7. A look at whats ahead. Amy, good morning. Hey, good morning to you, natasha and reggie. Coming up next here on good morning america, donald trump vowing to shab up the cia as he gears up for that briefing on the election hack. As republicans prepare a case to repeal and replace obamacare, our political teams going to break it all down for us this morning and then an abc news exclusive, lyle menendez, one of the two brothers convicted of killing their parents nearly three decades ago is speaking to abc from behind bars. Were going to tell you what he is saying now and then the Super Bowl Electronics show is kimming off today, we are previewing some of the hottest new gadgets, live in las vegas, not sure exactly what that guy is doing but it looks like he thinks hes flying. I do want that robot you just showed, though, because its like a nanny and also will take a look at your pets when theyre at home alone. Compelling. I need that. Thank you, amy. The inauguration of donald trump may be infused with marijuana smoke. The Dc Cannabis Coalition plans to hand out more than 4,000 free joints to people at the january 20 event in washington, d. C. And those who light up are asked to do so 4 minutes and 20 seconds into mr. Trumps speech. Thats, of course, 420, the code for consumption of weed. They are seeking equal rights for cannabis users, growers and their families and hopes to promote the legalization of Recreational Marijuana at the national level. Oaklands new police chief has a lot of work ahead of her. Everyone knows the cost of living in the bay area is outrageous but a new study just put us on the top of another list that may also drive you list that may also drive you crazy. What is going on in georgia . That is a llama on the loose, yall. The llama made its way through athens, slowing traffic along a busy highway. Officers finally corralled the animal outside of a restaurant. Workers there got it to settle down by luring the llama with carrots. Officers got in touch with the owner who came and picked the animal up. Its unclear how the llama escaped. Let the llama run free. Thats what i say. Im glad youre not in charge. Charge. Time now to 7 on your sides Michael Finney has answers. When youre looking to buy a new car, how do you know if youre getting a good deal . Hey, david, thats a great question. The best way to check prices is to go to several different websites. Kelly blue book is a good one. True car tells you the list price and what people are actually paying in your area. When you grab all that information and put it together and then youll know basically whaus what you should pay. Then its time to go to the lot or send