>> now on abc 7 news, winter weather. just about everything in the bay area, including snow, and there is more to come. plus, the difference you will notice at santa rosa high school when students return monday after deadly stabbing there. and come out today and support a former oakland police chief laurent armstrong. -- leronne armstrong. abc 7 news starts right now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> welcome our short stretch o dry weather certainly ended today. the rain comes down in walnut creek, and we are in for a wet weekend. thanks for joining us could i am dion lim. a mixed bag of weather today

today seven downpour city city. happened right before the bay bridge six exit. that is hail in the oakland hills. you can see in this video shared with us, ice accumulated. it also melted a short time later. we even saw snow. it felt in napa county on highway 29 near calistoga. it started just after 10:00 a.m. and continued for a couple of hours. >> i have never really said anything like it. i mean, i've heard snow like this happening here before, but that is way up at the peak. i've never seen snow this low in elevation. dion: caltrans had several snowplows ready to go and started clearing the highway once that snow started falling.

a enough, let's get to abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian. you say the round of stormy weather is not over yet. spencer: indeed. as you know, low elevation of snow, let's get you right to live doppler 7. you can see scattered areas of precipitation, a few areas of showers between san rafael and the storm on the inclusive -- exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale, snow levels below 1500 feet in some spots. here's our forecast initiative taking us into the evening hours which would be relatively quiet until 11:00 tonight when the stronger front peaks through, weather and rain, snow in the higher elevations. winds fairly quiet for the early evening hours tomorrow, but tomorrow night, another round of

rain. i have the complete accuweather 7-day forecast in a few minutes, dion. dion: thanks. dangerous and impossible. those words used by the national weather service to describe conditions today in the tahoe area. here is a look at conditions on i-80, highway 50, and highway 89. a total white out there. chains are required on a stretch of 80 as well. tahoe has received more than 12 feet of snow over the last week, and the sierra nevada is under a winter storm warning through 10:00 a.m. monday, with several more feet of snow. you can really see the snowflakes coming down in myers, near south lake tahoe. the fresh powder adding a new layer to the growing snow bank. a reminder now that you can always keep track of the weather conditions as the storms moved through the bay area, and you can access the same live doppler 7 our weather team uses. it is available on the free abc

7 bay area app. families of homicide victims of homicide groups are calling for former police chief leronne armstrong to be rehired. lena howland has more. lena: two weeks after the oakland mayor fired chief leronne armstrong, saying -- >> i have decided to fire chief leronne armstrong from the city without cause. lena: violence intervention organizations, nonprofits, and families that have lost loved ones to violence on the streets of oakland are pushing back. >> we like chief armstrong, because he cares about this community, he cares about us, he truly cares about us and our pain. who else cares like he does? lena: this comes as oakland police say they are investigating a string of islands after they say four people were killed in four separate shootings last weekend

alone. >> every 24th is called bloody friday. we lost several of our loved ones, so many shootings over the weekend. >> we need somebody that is in there that knows what he's doing. lyanne: armstrong was originally put on -- lena: armstrong was originally put on federally paid administrative leave after charged against one of his sergeants. now organizers are pushing to hold a town hall with mayor sheng thao about the fallout. >> we are asking the mayor to be accountable with the things she was going to do. you say you're going to take care of the community? here we are. lena: chief leronne armstrong released a statement, saying i thank them for their support of me, my policies to get victims reduce violence and improve public safety in oakland. while the search for a new police chief is underway, armstrong's legal team already fired an appeal to dispute this

firing last week. in oakland, lena howland, abc 7 news. dion: in the north bay, police will be at mcgovern high school in santa rosa as students return following a deadly stabbing there. the police chief issued a statement today, saying he picked three police officers to welcome students and staff back on monday. it follows the deadly stabbing at the school on wednesday of 16-year-old jaden pienta. officers arrested a 15-year-old student, accused of the stabbing, along with a second student. chief john cragin will also say he will attend an upcoming listening session scheduled for tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the freeman event center in santa rosa. as part of san francisco's effort to battle the overdose crisis, more than one dozen leaders are in new york city to look at the nation's first sanctions safe consumption site. san francisco is hoping to open three sites by the end of the year, but the city attorney is pumping the brakes, citing legal

concerns. abc 7 news reporter tara campbell has details from report. tara: there are two safes consumption sites in new york city, one behind me. both are operated by a nonprofit called on point. >> we are making sure the function is getting to the right place. tara: the purpose is clear, save lives and connect drug users to services they need, from treatment, medical care, a shower, and laundry, has operated two safe consumption sites, one in harlem and another here. using under the supervision of a ready professional, ready helpvee. from city supervisors to the san

francisco fired apartment, public health, and the nonprofits hoping to operate safe consumption sites in san francisco. lydia is the executive director of the project. >> i think the thing that hit me the most is the amount of care and compassion here and the amount of services that are offered that guests really need, that the people really need, and so it is amazingly impressive, and i just cannot wait to bring services to san francisco. >> as one hoping to operate one of these sites, what is your biggest take away from the operation here? lydia: i think the biggest take away is how intentionally everything is done that this is not a fly-by-night operation, this operation is very intentional, it is very skilled, and the people here know what ar and a half ago, on points

staff has received and reversed more than 700 overdoses. it has also connected more than 2200 people to treatments. another point of interest for this group percent for cisco is what is happening on the street outside of the safe consumption sites. how is it impacting local neighborhood? in new york city, tara campbell, abc 7 news. dion: new details on that oakland ransomware attack targeting the city of oakland. hackers have reportedly released some of the information they have gained for we are getting new and probation -- new info about the hackers themselves. and dark no more. the light

dion: the city of oakland is trying to determine what stolen data ransomware attackers have released. officials say if they find the files to contain personal permission, they will notify the people affected. "the chronicle" reports responsible ta.lley thattack since fairbury eight and has disrupted the parking ticket and licenses.

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in the snow in the california mountains and people who have been snowed in for days. a live look where we are. spencer prepares us for a stormy weather pattern ahead. stay with us. >> and from san francisco to here in l.a., coming up in sports, the warriors take their five-game winning streak on the road. first up, not so sunny southern california, but steph curry could be on the way. we will have more on his potential returns and a p alex! mateo, hey how's business? great. you know that loan has really worked wonders. that's what u.s. bank is for. and you're growing in california? nch enra?

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dion: take a look at this. people in san bernardino county in southern california are running out of supplies and patience because of conditions for it highways into the san bernardino mountains are closed due to a severe dumping of snow. areas are getting more than six feet in just the last week. two gas stations even ran out of fuel and stores left sold out of food. some residents have been stranded in their homes for more than a week now. one family says they are about to run out of protein -- propane, leaving them with no heat. >> i assume that we are going to be in some pretty dark times here. it is cold! >> it feels like it is the end of the world or something, like we are just being completely ignored and forgotten about. dion: the california national guard, they are going dodoor arr, checki ridts

sh homes. caltrans says it has been plowing roads around the clock. i mean -- spencer: pretty miserable. dion: there really are no words. to see that home very to its roof? spencer: it is so sad. we have had nothing like that. we have more snow coming our way, too. dion: it is a strange pattern. spencer: a very strange winter weather pattern for all of california. here is live doppler 7, as you know, we've had rain today, some occasional downpours, a few wet spots, but no areas of widespread rainfall. taking a look at our surface wind speed, breezy through gusty out there. 45 mile per hour gusts at sfo right now. . it is breezy across the region. quite a bit cooler or colder, if you like, then it was at this hour yesterday. looking at temperatures about three degrees to 80 degrees cooler across the bay area than this time yesterday -- to eight degrees cooler across the bay area than this time yesterday. showers around the bay area.

san francisco, oakland, palo alto, san jose, half moon bay. nice look at the golden gate, where we have a nice blue sky. there will be pockets in the late-night hours. currently temperatures are barely above 50 degrees santa rosa, napa, fairfield, concord, livermore. 48 degrees at nevada right now. one more -- novato right now. one more live view at and rebuilt it winter weather will continue to market this unsettled weather pattern continues into next week and more heavy snow is headed to the sierra. the current storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale is a level 1. snow levels down below 2000 feet across the bay area, so weav quite a bit we have a slight chf thunder in this unsettled atmosphere. so our forecast at 5:00 this

afternoon, going into the evening hours, mainly quiet except for a few scattered showers. bringing a wave of heavier rain and snow late tonight just before midnight. early tomorrow, we start today with pockets of showers, continued snow and higher elevations. later in the day and into the evening hours tomorrow, things quiet down a bit, but another wave of rain will come in late tomorrow into monday morning. so our rainfall totals, estimated by tomorrow night, just over half an inch to one under one inch, so not a soaking, but we will be wet. overnight lows come upper 30's and linda low 40's elsewhere high temperatures around 50 degrees, maybe about 52. in the sierra, a winter storm warning in effect until 10:00 a.m. monday. heavy snow come about three feet to five feet likely above 3000 feet. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. this is a truly unsettled pattern. through tuesday, we are posting level 1 rainfall and snow

activity. a few showers on tuesday like mix of wintepripitation on monday. wednesday, a slight chance of rain. we might have a dry day on thursday, but again, this is the unsettled pattern. we expect more rain likely next friday and saturday. >> now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. chris: welcome to site of the warriors-lakers game at crypto.com arena only on abc 7. good news, stephen curry and andra good allah listed as probable. early this week, i m stephen curry as he met up with some of his biggest fans, bringing in a shock they will never forget. today, a shopping spree with rakuten. >> i've seen the warriors a.

these amazing opportunity to bring them here, obviously , withrakuten, give them an amazing us. . >> 20, 30 kids from the black cultural stone. -- zone. been part of the foundation for a long time. they have done amazing work in oakland, supporting them. >> i'm ready to see surprise. stephen: this is an opportunity to have an amazing supply -- surprise we can bless the kids with. revealing the jersey customization. just trying to bring joy bring memorable experience as to kids that deserve it. >> my heart stopped for a minute.

i was just, like completely, it was just shocking good stephen: being here in person, interacting with the kids, we've all had times when we are going through, something that six with you, hopefully something like that happens with their interactions, and we can find amazing ways to do it. chris: that was a lot of fun. don't miss tomorrow's warriors-lakers game on abc 7. tip-off 12:30 followed by after the game, i will be here in l.a. with coast reaction. john moran is suspended after flashing a gun during a he released a statement, apologizing to his family, coaches, a wo game j morant.

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dion: abc 7 news cut the annual tulip festival in san francisco. 80,000 people filled up the square this afternoon. san francisco's mayor london breed kicked off today's event. she received a bouquet of tulips r. pliaslso able to grab

r. pliaslso able to grab a more paper being crumpled music: “i wish” by skee-lo boom! sound of paper balls landing in bins office workers cheering music stops why do we shoot baskets with paper balls? for the same reason we play scratchers from the california lottery. because a little play can make your day. logo scratches on

the nba's biggest stars are on abc tonight, like joel embiid. you know he's going to put up numbers. he scored at least 20 points in 22 straight games. launching his mvp bid this year against a two-time mvp, the greek freak, giannis antetokounmpo. he's milwaukee's all-time leader in points and assists and blocks. this could easily be a playoff preview. we're ready to count it down on abc right now.