This is the first time this season weve had a storm ranking 3 on the impact scale. So far today the north bay has seen the worst. We have Live Team Coverage spread out across the bay area. First, christian spencer. That storm is strong right now. Live dpop pler 7 you can see the rain is covering much of the north bay. It is rather heavy. As we close in we can see the rain moving in there marine county over to napa county. The orange and red colors there, moving north of Sonoma County toward the napa area, east of fairfield. Its a strong storm and it will be with us tonight and tomorrow morning producing anywhere from 1 inch to 2. 5 inhes for most of the bay year area. 2 to 4 inches in the hills. Heaviest of the rain will be in the north bay until midnight. Moving into San Francisco and oakland later tonight in the Early Morning hours. Into the south bay between 2 00 and 8 00 a. M. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 3 00 tomorrow morning for all of the north bay, especially the barn scar areas. A look at how things are shaping up tonight and tomorrow in a few minutes. Dan. One month after the forth bay wildfires people are bracing for possible flooding. Some suers melted during the fires blocking storm drains. The city has hired crews to send remotes into its either completely burned away the pipe in its fieldsobrieentirety or it hasnt burned and collapsed on itself. A Flash Flood Watch is in for north bay tonight. Santa rosa is urging people to sign up for alert. Text your zip code to 888777 for immediate notification from authorities. Laura anthony live in one neighborhood hit hard by the fires. Napa civics community. Reporter it started raining here the last few minutes or so. Napa county nonetheless has activated their Emergency Operation center. They did that this afternoon. They say partially and only as a precaution in case theres issues here tonight here in the fire areas. The fire came within 23 inches of the back steps. Reporter though his home was spared, he now has a new worry. A steep hillside that backs up to his back doors. Its a hill that looks unstable in dry weather, much less with heavy rains moving in. This is a firsttime experience for us here. The entire driveway up there, it all could come down, we dont know whats going to happen. Reporter throughout the entire area in napa county, preparations are jurntd way for the emergency that could follow the fires and devastated much of the area. Cal trans has brought in crews like these to remove debris, burnt trees and brush from the sides of highway 121 and 128. And theres work being done in places like silverado to protect storm drains now covered with fabric and surrounded by gravelled bags to keep the ash and debris flowing from gutted homes away from local water ways. The most important the most important things is to look up and look to the sides. We want to be careful of falling trees. Reporter in the meantime, david has said given what he and his wife has already been through hee not too much worried about the ran yet. Im not going to worry about it tonight. If we had a winter like last winter thered be some long sleepless nights. Reporter now david has told us he has luned up some lined up some stabilizers behind his house. He doesnt have that lined up until next week. Oak laura, thanks very much. The San Francisco spot known for flooding but every areas getting help from the city water department. Jonathan bloom live to explain whats happening. Reporter well, it was quite a production earlier today rolling out truck loads of these red and white plastic barriers around tdistrict. These are surrounding everything, covering up doors and garages, and thats the point, to keep the water out. Its a little like playing with real big legos. One that weighs 400 pounds once their full. You might say these workers are fighting water with water. These are temporary plastic flood barriers that interlock to seal out storm water. Reporter lockeding to its the public utility commissioners response. Whats it like when it floods here . Its really dangerous. You got to be very careful. Reporter the folks at ocean slash wind and door remember this flood years ago. It flooded laundry rooms and forced to start looking for options. We were one over the first in the country to roll this out. Reporter but the discovery odor of this garage insist flood stop is not a stop. After 37 years here, hahn says the water pouring into his shop ruini ruining computers isnt all from the sky. As the pnc work to modernize the suer system theyre from the run off that flooded his kitchen a few years ago. Ive seen real danger here, im glad theyre doing this for the safety of our community. Reporter the barriers and grant money are part of rain ready sf. It also part of something called adopt a rain s n where neighbors are given a tool to clean out theyre storm drain before it floods. In San Francisco shlg abc 7 news. Because of the storm, the fiery that was supposed to leave south San Francisco in about an hour will be replaced by a bus. Two stops in oakland and alameda. Fieries in San Francisco and harvard bay have not affected by the weather. Join the morning team tomorrow at 4 00 for a look at how the storm develops over night and the timing on where you can expect to see the effects where you live. New at 6 00, Charles Manson might be back in the hospital tonight. A source says his healthy is deter rating. The 80yearold who was taken to the hospital three days ago, he was recently hospitalized in january for a lesion in his intestines. The capture of this man who escaped from a Mental Hospital in hawaii. Randall sato has been held here since 1981 when he was found not guilty because of insanity in a murder trial. There are no signs of Mental Illness in the escape plans. There was premeditated, intentional, planned. This was something that was not done by somebody who was suffering from a mental defect. Its been a long europeanfully. From hun lieu lue, play wee, san jose and stockton. Vic joins us with how his journey ended. Reporter randall sato is being booked in the jail and this is where hell stay until hes expedited back to hawaii. Randal saito escaped from a hospital. He used the ail yass bill. Saito had a backpack and a cell phone and vague if his answers. [inaudible] . [inaudible]. Reporter has cab fair was 90, he paid in cash. He flew commercially from san jose. Yesterday saito took a yellow cab on a shopping trip. The cab owner told us the he had suspicion from saito. I told the dispatch this morning, i said if he calls for me i dont want nothing to do with that because thats the guy. My boss called me and he said are you sure. I said im 100 sure. Reporter saito called yellow cab for a ride to reno. Hee not answering his radio or his phone so i assumed the worst. I called the sheriffs. Zbaif him information on my cab. Reporter ten minutes later sheriffs deputy followed the cab at mcdonalds. Police swarmed the cash as it stopped to fill up on gas. They went over, pulled him out of the car, handcuffed him and put him in the back of the police car. Reporter saitos reaction was classic. When the guy was caught he said they got me. V reporter vic lee, abc 7 news. We just got this booking photo in. It is on the page for the san waukee sheriffs county office. 43yearold kevin janson neil had a protective order filed against him after he allegedly stabbed a woman this year. Detectives believe neil constructed the rifles himself from purchased parts. Today authorities found the body of a fifth victim, neils wife who had been shot to death. Her body was concealed under the floorboards over the couples home. Authorities praised the staff for their decision to put the campus into lock down, likely saving the lives of children. I truly believe we would have had a horrific blood bath in that school if that school hadnt taken action when they did. Neil was shot and killed by Police Responding today. Investigators believe his wife was killed on monday a day before the attack on everyone else. Coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00, a step towards stopping Sexual Harassment. Hear from bay area congresswoman about her plan to stop and prevent Sexual Misconduct in congress. Im michael fenny with a Homeowners Insurance add sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Live doppler 7 is lit up today as a strong storm moving across the bay area. Well continue to track this here and you can access it any time through the abc 7 act yew weather app. With the storm east by the way crews out. Abc 7 fews aint color eric thomas anchor eric thomas continues coverage. Reporter dan, were getting some on and off drizzle, a little light rain but it comes and goes there afternoon. We had some this morning as well. Wen it was dry thats when public works and residence got out and did storm preparations. The city of walnut creek spent the last two weeks finishing most but not all of its storm prep work. Thats why this huge vacuum truck was out clearing debris. Crews have been out cleaning out debris wrecks in all the water ways. Weve been inspecting and cleaning all the inlets throughout the city. That involves pulling the breaks off making sure the pipes are clear. Reporter too bad greg fell son of walnut creek doesnt have a crew to deal with standing water. On problem like nights tonight its three or 4hes. Reporter its part of the reason hes filling sandbags provided by the city. The smarter things would be to put a better drainage in. Reporter the city has sent letters out to residence asking them to be on the lock out for clogged drainage. Wed like to give residence advanced notice to keep these areas clean. Reporter we checked in with some other cities across the county. Concord were filling rock holes today. They also say they were trying to get out ahead of this storm because therm how hard it was to catch up earlier this year. Eric thomas. Abc 7 news. When you see Stormy Weather where you live take a picture or video for us. Make sure youre in a safe place before you take the pictures. Congresswoman sad down with abc 7 news to discuss her legislation to prevent and respond to Sexual Harassment in congress. Under her bill a person charged with Sexual Misconduct will be named. If a member is a harassment it will be incumbent on the member to pay back the u. S. Treasure. Were requiring that. Last month, spears shared her own experience of an unwanteden counter when she was a young legislative aid. At t may be experiencing difficulty tonight. The problems are being reported across the country and at t says it did you know know when the problem will be resolved. We have just learned that redwood city opened their Emergency Operation city because of this outage and concerns that it will impact the ability of people to call 911, they reiterate at ts recommendation, a restarting phones seems to allow people to make emergency calls. Turning our attention to this significant storm. Category three. Moving south, spencer. Heres a look by way of doppler 7. Most of it covered by green and orange, there is moderate to heavy rainfall in many locations. The more clofrl areas here in orange and red indicate where the heaviest down pours are. Over in napa and Sonoma County. In napa along highway 121. Highway 12, down pours on cruise vil road. Pushes eastward out towards parkway and fairfield. It is stormy in the north bay and thats expanding east and southward. This is a view from emoryville, partly cloudy skies over San Francisco. Rainy and wind through tomorrow morning. Scattered showers tomorrow afternoon. Risk a flooding in the burn scar areas in the north bay. Low 50s in the north by the way low to mid60s every where else. This storm ranks three on the storm impact scale. Most locations will see from 1inch to 2. 5 inches of rain. Higher elevations well see 2 to 4 inches of rain. Winds will be gusting at 50 Miles Per Hour or higher. Starting 9 00 tonight, north bay will be getting a drenching but the rain will be pushing southward toward golden gate into San Francisco. By midnight tonight the heaviest rain will be into the central part. East by the way, peninsula, still raining in part of the north bay. By 3 00 a. M. Well see the storm swinging south ward. At that point the peninsula and le sant area will be getting a pounding. The intense activity will be far to the south. The morning commute will be a mess. 5 00 tomorrow morning still raining through the central part of the bay area. Most of the east by the way but now pushing down into the santa cruz area. The rain will continue following from 7 30 to 9 30. Well see the storm clearing out by midday tomorrow. There will be pocks of showers following the main body of that storm through the afternoon and evening hours. By 6 00 tomorrow evening look for rainfall totals at 1. 5 to 2. 5. San francisco and san ramon this is going to be a soaking storm and a windy storm. Wind advisory in effect until 3 00 tomorrow morning for the hills and mountains of the bay area. Look for gust over 50 Miles Per Hour. Possibility of down trees and power lines. Some of the storm high concern for flooding in the burn scar area. Debris flows, mud slides, moderate trees. Concern for creek areas and pour outages. Overnight lows in the mid50s. Tomorrows high in the low to mid60s but cooler in the north bay. In the sierra, the storm warning in effect till 5 00 tomorrow morning. Snow fall totals 2 to 5 feet. Drive g is not recommended in the sierra areas. Well have calm conditions on friday, saturday. Clouds increase on sunday. Another storm, a weaker one we hope will come in monday and tuesday. The wimpy storms. Yeah. Can you fix one of bay areas biggest problem . Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. We are keeping a close eye on your commute tonight. Were given you a look at the golden gate bridge, okay at the moment. Plaza very slow headed from San Francisco. The san matteo bridge, east direction heading home certainly business. And rain hasnt hit yet. Remember the advice, any time it rains youll want to take it slow. Give a good distance between you and the car ahead of you and be careful. Many commuters complain about the housing prices. Who has ideas to solve the crisis. Thousands took up that challenge today by attending meetings. Abc 7 News Reporter david luey joined one of them in san jose. Reporter theyre calling it bringing people to a table over food. More than thousands gathered around the bay area breaking into smaller groups for discussions. Around the meeting a working class neighborhood. Pamela says the housing crises to her means fighting over street parking. Its not unusual for one house to have 12, 14, 20 cars associated with it. And it gets very dicey out on the street with people saving a spot in front of their house, people arguing about that. Reporter the housing shortage is real. From 2010 to 14, Silicon Valley created 183,000 jobs where only 16,000 Housing Units were built. How do we sleraccelerate som those efforts. Right now from community to community it takes five to eight years from started to finish if you want to build an apartment complex. Reporter as we join one over the brainstorming sessions a idea came up that more communal housing should be built. What will happen with all the ideas generated here . The Community Hopes to turn it into a report that will serve as an action plan. Which foundation will consider funding in the near future. While this was a oneday event its hope these conversations will lead to more discussions. In san jose, david luey. Abc 7 news. Theres been an audit into the university of californias office. Well explain next. Youll see how People Living near San Jose Creek planning for really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. 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Back to live dpop pler 7, most Activity Still up in the north bay, beginning to push down to golden gate in San Francisco. The strongest winds across marin and napa and sonoma counties right now. The heaviest right now in the north bay along highway 37 and up into napa area. On cruise vil road, up and down highway 29, silverado trail as well. Also out in air base parkway and fairfield area, heavy down pours. The storm ranks three once again. Well see anybe from 1inch to 2. 5 inches. 2 inches in the hill. Heres where we can expect the heaviest rain to fall, in the north bay through midnight down in the San Francisco, oakland area in the central part of the bay area. 9 00 a. M. Through 2 00 a. M. A closer look in a few minutes. In the south bay a big effort underway to protect homes and people in an area dpef stated by flooding near coyote creek back in february. Residence spent the day making sure some of the most Vulnerable People were ready. Chris wen with more. Reporter as the first major storm approaches the north bay. The pastor is taking heed. He checks on the homeless community. You can see the people want to hide along the creek bid. It will make since they want to live out of sight out of mind. Reporter the floods in february come to mind. No time to think, get out before you drown. Reporter in recent months officials with the santa clara water worked to prevent damage before it happened. The district is now offering complementary sandbags. We do have instruction fall video on our website that will tell you how to fill the sandbags. Reporter back at the creek the homeless are trying to prevent what happened in the past. A lot of us lost everything. Reporter the pastor is asking for items such as towels and blankets to be donated. Cut off from civilization trying to survive. And i have to go out one on one on the front lines, boots on the ground to tell them a storm is coming. Reporter doing what ever it takes to spread the word. If you need tarps and tents i can help with that okay. And you can keep track of the weather condition where you live with the accuweather app, its free to download. Right now showing me rain starts in 20 minutes. You get great information very precise and updates from our weather team. And you can monitor the forecast on the go with the accuweather app. Happening now, a hearing on stanford plans for expansion. The expansion will take place in land already owned by stanford in unincorporated santa clara. The expansion will continue through 2035. A state assemblyman said the university of california lied about an audit. Reporter the results of an independent investigation into tampering state audit of ucs finances will be released tomorrow. The board will question janet about the tampering. Lieutenant governor is on the board. The president did not conduct itself appropriately doing the state audit. Reporter a budge chair committee called for the audit last year after the budget doubled between 2007 and 2016. Campuses were told, told after they were submitted surveys to the auditor to go back and change their answers. The uc president told abc 7 nws there was no inappropriate interference. Frankly i regret it and express must regret for the way my office dealt with the surveys. Reporter last week the chief of staff and deputy chief resigned. Its hard to believe she would not have significant direct involvement in this. Reporter abc 7 news asked Lieutenant Governor if he believe pal tan know should keep her job. Yeah, im not willing to go that far. Questions on whether the state should continue to invest if an institution that deceives them. Why was everyone so intense on covering thing up. Reporter in San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. San Francisco Hall had the feeling of a lively service today. The mayor assigned a destination signing the Baptist Church an official land mark. Over the years the hosting siflt rights including dr. Martin luther king jr. Bringing things up to code can cost you. 7 on your side michael finny a painting by leonardo di vinci is the most expensive paining sold, more than 450 million. This is the salvador of mine dee Automobile Accident auctioned off in new york today. The artwork was on display in San Francisco last month. The previous top selling punting was women of also jeers. It sold for 160 million. A bargain. Commercial crab season is underway. Abc 7 news was at pier 45 today, expected to be a good year with no warnings that effected the last two seasons. Theyre big crabs, theyre 2. 5 pound crabs. Theyre full and im excited. Fisherman and buyers agree to a price of 3 per pound. Crabs should arrive in markets by friday. Were experiencing te first strong storm of the season. Ranks a three on the storm impact scale. Spencer with the update coming up after this. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Hello, im vincent, this is livingston, ive got a huge house and no friends. Join me every saturday for creature features where we show spooky movies, have interesting guests and livingston cooks up something delicious. Dont you . I try, sir. Popcorn. I like popcorn. In the north bay wild fire zones victimes are not only worried about rebuilding the home but rebuilding them to current city approvals. And that could cost serious money. Fire victims have been learning a great deal about their insurance policies over the past few weeks. Often the news is not good. You can learn from them. When all the homes in the fire zones will be rebuilt theyll be constructed to modern day standards. There will be upgrades like extra electrical outlets, plumbing and fire systems. Most city counsels demand the upgrades. Most insurance policies dont pay for them. Amy vaughan hits up the consumer groups. To me the word replace means i can replace my home. But to the Insurance Company it means, subject to the conditions and terms of the policy. Youre scaring me now. The terms and conditions of the insurance policy is typically it will put you back in the same position you were in before a loss. That mean it is insured not only has to consider what they have now but what may be required later. Sounds tough by state farm agent, jake stewart say there is a way to deal with these costs. This is add to the cost of rebuild and expense. Those coit is way thats covered through the insurance world is an endorsement. An endorsement as s an addon is an addon to your Insurance Company. In santa rosa fire victim Brad Sherwood backs him up. Hes a state farm customer. Thats where my broker gets an a plus. She says were zbing to upyour premium to make sure youre covered for this. I said wonderful. At the time i didnt know what she was talking about. Im glad i trusted her right. That tells you why you feed a good agent. You definitely need a good agent. I know what you guys are thinking, what does this cost . Not much, 50 a year around here. Check your policy, make sewer your covered and talk to your agent. Join me in San Francisco this friday ill be answering your consumer questions and ill be looking to find if you have some unclaimed cash waiting to make your holiday right. Friday in 4 00 to 7 00 here at guirardeli square. Were going to have treats to give away. Is it unusual for people to have unclaimed cash . No theres actually a lot. Thanks michael. Today Stormy Weather created for beautiful evening skies like these. Abc 7 news viewers captured these pictures around the bay area. Those are the calm before the storm pictures, spencer. Thats true, not much calmness out right now. Heres a look at what may have been a storm pushing over. You see Stormy Weather building offshore. This is a 3 on the storm impact scale. The storm for tonight and tomorrow morning its going to produce several inches for the bay area. By 6 00 tomorrow evening we expect most areas between an inch and a half over 2. 5 inches of rain. Oakland over 2 inches, the hill area 2 to 4 inches. Were watching the north bay including the burn scar areas. The rate of rainfall could be a half mile an hour. Wind advisory in effect until 3 00 a. M. In the bay hills and mountains. Wind gusts at 50 Miles Per Hour. Heres the sevenday forecast forecast, winding down tomorrow giving way to showers afternoon. Bright skies on saturday. Increasing storms on sunday. Another storm coming in on monday and tuesday. Thanks spencer. A lot beginning on in sports, baseball, football. Yeah im all ears. Well, the as make a deal. Plus, can the raiders good evening. With all due respect to Le Bron James and cavs. When the two teams meet in boston it could be rivalry. Curry recovering from a deep thigh bruise he suffered against the 6ers on saturday night. Sat out one game, went through a light practice tonight and is probable for tomorrow and once again face kyrie, the mask man. Hes well aware of how dangerous these warriors are. Theyre selfless in their approach and they have special guys on their teams. For us its about staying grounded in terms of what we want to do out on the particular. They get into this whole matchup like i got to go break that, you become impatient. Against a team like that you got to stay patient. For the second year in a row the raiders will travel to mexico city. They gave up a home game for this trip but theyll have a hundred fans. Mike shumann with our preview. Reporter whether you got to leave the country to play a football game, it becomes a challenge. I feel like were used to it now. We love our fans down in mexico, love playing with them. Radar nation is every where. Itll be a home game thats for sure. Reporter if youre going to beat the patriots you have to stop tom brady. The need to not let tom be comfortable is important. I think thats the bigger thing, easier said than done. I think they do a good job with design, people and scheme. Reporter the patriots also have a tight end that poses problems for anyone, especially a rookie safety. I feel like a lot of people try to outphysical him. Hes a big physical guy with strong hands. Its going to be tough but itll be a fun match up. Reporter the raiders will have to play solid in all three favorites. The Patriot Defense not what it used to be. We got to worry about us, and worry about me doing the right foot work and putting the ball in the right place. Running backs doing their job. If we all can just do our job from here on out well be celebrating at the end. Reporter well, the raiders will have Home Field Advantage against the patriots in mexico city. Mike shumann, abc 7 sports. In baseball, the raids were set on trading. A bunch of giant fans saying well take him. Heelly had a lot of young power so not the idea to play him. But healy can come back to haunt them regularly with the marion mariners. Stanford still clinging to homes of of of a pack12 title. The golden bears are well rested and head coach Justin Wilcox helping the team keep it all in perspective. Football and the history, thats really cool. I want our fans and student body and university to enjoy it as much as they can. For us, keep the focus on something so simple and small about preparing to play football. Every games big in my opinion. Its cool, we have the fans and your family, all hyped up about it but at the end of the day youre playing another team in our division. This is the 35th anniversary of the play, the five lateral touch down that gave cal the second win in 1982. Here it is in legos form. And joe with the cause, cal 2120. Stanford players and lea legos insist dwight was down and it should not have counted. Abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock cast know. Thanks larry. Join us tonight at 9 00 on coffey t. V. Channel 13. Were tracking heavy rain and wind along with the potential for flooding tonight. The latest forecast live at 9 00 and 11 00. Thatll do it for this edition of abc 7 news. Look for breaking flews on twitter im christian sze. And im dan ashley. And im dan ashley. See you at 9 00 and 11 00. Last man standing is recorded in front of a live studio audience. You know, i am all for technology, but it is still weird that boyd is emailing his christmas list to santa. Whats weirder is that santas still using aol. Uh, nope. He is an old white guy. We got a tree you got a tree wow mike, you know i dont believe in christmas trees
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