Right new, caltran engineers are dealing with the disability of a hillside after a rock slide was triggered unnerving the commuters on highway 101 in marin county. Cornell is at the exit where cars were damaged. Scary moments and a car was undriveable after rocks this side and larger came crashing down on to the freeway during the rain. It is not the first time. The morning commute was off to a slow and soggy start with rain a welcome sight but it created a hazard with large rocks and gravel comes down on southbound 101 near the tunnel overnight slamming into several cars. The impact shredded the tire and broke a rim in two. Headed to work and came around the corner and the boulders came down the hill and i hit a boulder and it blew my tire and blew my rim to pieces. Scary . Very unsettling. His car had to towed. Hours later the mess was cleared but c. H. P. Was keeping an eye out for more movement of earth. Slides are not usual and last year, rocks came down on us near the same spot during a live report on the abc7 news. A lot of rock is now falling on to the freeway and we have been told by the c. H. P. To move. A bus driver is always looking for road hazards and rock slides when it rains in marin county where nature and freeway often collide. You have to be very cautious and respect the rain. Slow down. You could get very hurt if you dont respect the rain. This is a shot of traffic on the golden gate bridge. No one was hurt. Caltran is away of the rock slide. They say they plan to survey the area over the next couple of days to determine if rock slide fencing needs to be installed. Live in sausalito for abc7 news. The rain conditions along the san mateo bridge right now with cameras showing it looking dry. What is going on, mike . You have the umbrella . Yes, there is still a light drizzle in San Francisco. From the top of the Broadcast Center this is how it will be around the bay the rest of the day. Most of the height rain has moved off, but you probably know, more is on the way. Here is what we have received. We had rain fade around hayward at only a third of an inch but in san jose and redwood city and livermore half of an inch. And twothirds in concord and San Francisco and san rafael. 1 in santa rosa and that is what we billed. Mother nature was following along with what we called for. The rain is moving away and we have a last bit of energy. The bulk will go north of us but it is a possible the north bay could have a scattered shower and the rest of us will be damp in the afternoon with only drizzle and a moist flow from the west. There is the weekend storm, 16 of rain. The healthy dose of rain does not mean the officials are easing up on the call for water. Katie . There is a lot mist coming down on us at the dublin and San Ramon Services district and this is where they treat the wastewater to be used for jobs that do not require clean drinking water. In this drought it is a program they are hoping to expand. This is the view for viewers in san ramon this morning, hard rain, wet roads and friend tick windshield wipers. In castro value it makes for dangerous driving conditions but the wet weather is a welcome changed for the parched earth. It is not enough, though. We usually get 20 of rain each year. Here at the Treatment Plant last year in all the year we only got 3. 8 so we got here less water than what the desert normally gets. Water officials cannot make the rain but they can make the most of what they have which is recycled water. Where you see purple hydrants and hookups it is repsyche cold. It is used for landscaping and contractors can use it. The Dublin Services decisions is looking to, expand so the benefits can trickle to homeowners. We have had people to ask for recycles water to irrigate the trees because they may have to let the grass die. But no one wants their trees to die. That is not going to happen overnight, the district is talking with state agency and looking into the regulations because they need permission to make that treated wastewater available to the public. Thank you, all lanes of interstate 80 through el sobrante are reopened after a semi truck accident that made a mess of the morning commute. A big rig headed eastbound jumped a Center Divide and jackknifed around 5 30. It hit a small car hid on westbound 80 destroying the car. The driver survived. The truck blocked several lanes in both directions for the bet we part of four hours. It took crews time to haul off the truck and clear the roads. San Francisco Police are investigating a crash at the landmark cliff house restaurant. The driver hit a parked truck before hitting a pole and a concrete planter box at 4 00 this morning. The driver was taken to the hospital. Police are vetting vetting investigating whether the driver was drinking. The cliff house said it is business as usual. The rains for thed the at t pebble beach pro a. M. To be suspended. Early this morning rain and winds made firstround play difficult. Spectator passes for today will be honored tomorrow. They expect to resume play tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first friday celebration in oakland is called off because of the storm. It would not be too much fund to hold an outdoor music and art event in the rain. They will resume hopefully next month. There is a problem for travels flying out of the bay area. This is sfo where you can see the tarmac is still a little wet from the rain and they have reported delays of up to two hours because of the low clouds. So far, 37 flights have been canceled out of San Francisco international this morning, and mostly shorthaul flights up and down the west coast and oakland and san jose airports are not reporting any cancellations. In downtown san jose, palm trees were swaying in the dreary windshield wiper weather with the rain stopping for a photographtory shoot video but the gray clouds give you a good idea of what is in store for the south bay. This is the scene in santa clara this morning under all of the water. The trail is closed for flooding north of scott boulevard. Can you track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7 hd on our abc7 news weather app which makes it easy to share photos of how you are welcoming or coping with the rain. Can you download it on our website at abc7news. Com app. A water main break has knocked out water to about 600 residents of the marina bay area of richmond. A 12 water main broke this morning. Crews from the east bay municipal utility district are on the scene repair the damage and Water Surface should be restored to the customers later today. East bay mud says this does not do any damage to the neighboring apartments. San jose police are investigating the citys 5 the fifth homicide of the year when a man was stabbed to death overnight in downtown san jose after midnight outside the fairmont hotel. The man died at the hospital. Developing news, an east bay pastor faces sex charges involving a 17yearold run away. The investigators say he lid two underage girls at his home and at the contra costa Presbyterian Church in san ramon. They have charged him withing have an unlawful sexual relationship with one of the teens. Police say he met one of the girls at the Salvation Army korean corps in San Francisco. A task force looking into alleged racial problems at San Jose State University holds their first Public Meeting tonight. It comes on the heels of factfinding report released on monday of alleged bullying after black student by his white roommate last fall. The report found that the university is slow in keeping the School President informed and that it failed to follow its own policies. The task force holes the first of six hearings to work on ways to prevent this from happen again. The meetings starts at 5 30 and we will stream it on our website at abc7news. Com. Ribboncutting ceremony marks the come lotion of construction work along marins sir Francis Drake boulevard with the work on the fivemile stretch has been going on for a year and a half with crews repairing pavement, cleared storm drains and fixed retaining walls. The project was decided into three phases to deal with the Environmental Concerns along the roadway and carries a last tourists from marin county to the coast. How a bay area man became the states newest millionaire with a single tweet. 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A top olympic official reassured the athletes and the public they are prepared to deal what terrorist plot involving toothpaste tubes that could hide explosives. The warning was issued that there was credible information terrorists could try to smuggle explosives on to the planes and the russian authorities making every effort toen sure the safety of those attending the winter games in sochi. The first round started today and the Opening Ceremony is tomorrow. Back here apple plans to build the flag ship store in the heart of union square goes before the San FranciscoPlanning Commission at noon today. This is a new rendering of what the store would look like the they bought the building to build the new store and the initial design did away with the decades old fountain by the late San Francisco artist but a big public outcry sent apple back to the drawing board. The new design keeps the fountain but moves it a few feet. There will be a new brief on the arena for the warriors along the waterfront. Early this month, a coalition of environmental and neighborhood groups turned in 21,000 signatures hoping to qualify a measure for the june ballot. The measure would require any proposed height limit increases along the waterfront to be approved by city voters and the arena was to bibility on pier 30 and 32 and would be 12 1 2 stories tall, eight stories higher than allowed under the regulations. Last weekend the warriors said the arena would not open in 2017 as hopeed. Efforts to save a quirky San Francisco land landmark paid off, three diner heads will be restored after supports raised 48,000 to preserve and store the hads. This video was provided by the owner on the kick starter website which have been fixtures at the chain which closed in the 1980s. He hopes also, to display them at city we veterans. All right, our meteorologist, mike nicco, keeps coming back for more on the forecast. Still drizzle and that is how it will be for the better part of the afternoon, the streets will still be slick for your activities this afternoon through the evening. That was the bulk of the first storm. The second storm is coming in and it will take all weekend to dump the rain. I will have a timetable coming up and a look at the snow that will fall in the sierra. My, thanks. In Northern California couple would won this mountain of money by sending out a single tweet. Plus, the harley that had a higher calling and just finish add high class at a paris auction covering santa rosa berkeley, san jose and all the bay area. I have seen a lot of big smiles all around the mountain. It is great to have snow coming down. Great for skis and snowboarders is the react at heavenly Mountain Resort after lake tahoe received 2 to 4 of snow in the mountains and they are expecting another 4 or more this weekend. That is a lot. Four feet . Holy could you. And president s day is ski weekend. Mike . A last snow. The only issue is the system is so warm and so moist that the snow levels will start to rise saturday night into sunday and that will take away some of the lower elevation snow. In the midandupper level parts of the mountains we will measure it in feet. Good morning, still using your umbrella and you will probably want did keep it around. The wet weather will be moist for the better part of next 96 hours. Not much is showing on live doppler 7 hd and drizzle is low to the ground and it tends to be overshot, the radar, and you can see a scattered shower or two is possible in the afternoon. With the heavy steady rain is over but that doesnt mean we will dry quickly with the flow hanging around. It will be out there, at left until that next bit of energy comes in tomorrow night. It really starts to bring us some heavier rain. If you are headed out theys are in the midtoupper 40s in the north bay and San Francisco and everyone else is in the low 50s and Half Moon Bay is the warm spot at 54 degrees. This is how it looks looking back to downtown you can see how low the clouds are hang because of the moisture. Maybe a scattered showers today, and the weather, the wet weather is coming this weekend so have an alternate plan to bring your outdoor actives inside the minor flooding is possible saturday early midmorning to midafternoon when the heaviest rain is falling. San jose is looking dry this and a few breaks in the clouds, but it will stay cloudy the better part of the day and as we head to emeryville you can see how hard it is to see in some spots and why we will deal with the flight arrival delays for the better part of the day. At noon, watch all the steady rain moving away and see the next batch of Energy Moving across the not bay and a scattered showers and the rest of us have drizzle and fog. The best chance of rain tomorrow in the day up across the not bay and maybe a random shower dipping to the south bay in the afternoon, when you get to 8 00, the evening plans are wet and that is the moderate rain that stays around through noon and into the better part of the afternoon hours especially in the north bay as we head to sunday, another wave of yet more wet weather. 2 to 6 possible in the in the bay and 2 in the valley and the south bay will get 1 to 2 of rain. The sevenday forecast shows monday and tuesday and wednesday the storm moves to the north and could bring you a stray shower. If you are headed to pebble beach, you will see more of this. We will see if they can get the whole tournament in before sundays closing. Back to you. Not a big deal, john, but you just won 1. 5 million. They were pretty excited, Northern Californias newest millionaire, john and his wife were surprised with 1. 5 million in cold hard cash during Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. 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