Now at 11, live doppler 7 tracking the storm that will bring the bay area heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous driving conditions. Just in time for the morning commute. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The first of two storms set to arrive this weekend will arrive soon. We have dry conditions in San Francisco. That is about to change. Lets begin with meteorologist sandhya patel and live doppler 7. Were already seeing the changes on live doppler 7. Right now, light showers from santa rosa to ucia. It is measuring four hundredths of an inch of rain. Crescent city has picked up more than three inches. Ra rain fall intensify will increase. Gusts 20 to 40 miles an hour. Here is your hour by hour timeline. 11 00 tonight, you see the light rain to the north. Four to 5 00 a. M. , the north bay is getting the heaviest rain beginning to approach. 7 00 a. M. , the yellows and oranges indicate the moderate to heavy rain. 8 00 a. M. As youre getting the kids to school or yourself to work it will be challenging, especially in the south bay. Here is the morning commute planner, it will be bad. Driving will be gusty and stormy. Were looking at rainy, windy conditions if youre walking. Put your raincoats by the door, make sure you have your umbrellas as you walk out the door. Ill have a look at the weekend storm coming up as well. Thank you. Cornell bernard continues the Team Coverage for you. He is live at the north bay with the preparations ahead of the storm. Reporter dan and ama, the wind picking up here in novato. Fridays commute will be very wet. Folks hearsay they are ready for rain. It is a race against time and the elements for contractor Jeremy Mckenzie and crew. Weather proofing this novato home, repairing gutters, down spouts and metal siding. Were pushing to get everything done before the storm. Well stay until dark if we have to. Reporter it is about time rain made a come back to ease the drought. I love it. Im happy. Want more. Reporter the shelves at the Hardware Store looking bare after a mad bush to weather proof your home. Biggest seller . Tarps. By far. Last minute coverage anything outside. We bought a home and were making sure the water stays away from the house. Reporter we found carpenter Ross Peterson in the parking lot. He got a tarp to cover the new tools to keep them dry. This will get me through the first storm. Reporter in mill valley, pg e crews were busy trimming trees away from the storm. Nadia was being pro active filling her first sand bag of the season at the novato Corporation Yard just in case. I have a moment, so i was, like, i have to do it right now so i dont have to worry about this later. Reporter the rainy season is back and the bay area is ready. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news was in San Francisco. Sewers in the area of folsom between 17th and 18th street cant handle all of the water. Every time more than an inch of rain is expected in 24 hours, city workers put up barriers. That is not expected to happen but plan to install larger sewer pipes is in the works. In oakland hills, workers cleared out storm drains clogged by leaves. They raked up mounds of debris and cleared the sewer lines. It will help fill up the realize voirs. Tree trimmers were out to cut trees ahead of the storm. Abc 7 news was in the Santa Cruz Mountains where the recently contained loma fires threaten mudslides now. Theyre examining the soil to see how well it will absorb the rain. Some people are putting up sand bags to protect their homes in case there is flooding. On the peninsula, a coastal flood and High Surf Advisory will go into effect in a few hours. We continue our live Team Coverage in pacifica tonight. Lisa . Reporter you know, the warnings are no joke at all. The waves will hit about 16 feet tomorrow, in fact, some of them are already hitting the pier pillars behind me. The bay areas first big storm of the season will slam into pacifica overnight. I used to live in florida. When you get the hurricanes and things, you get the big waves so it is kind of fun. Reporter by many accounts, pacificas coastline cant take much more of a beating. Parts of splanata avenue are fragile after years of wear and tear. Part came down onto the beach yesterday afternoon. Shary captured a little bit of it on the iphone. That is it there and there is a piece of fence that just came down. Reporter she worries about more erosion caused by the storm. It will keep happening. I mean, it is just natural. It has been happening for a long time and will keep happening. I dont think we can prevent it. Reporter the unsteady hillside caused it to be demolished this year. You can see in the aerials, chunks of earth breaking away below the building. There is new fallen dirt right there. Reporter those living at Pacific Skies Estates on palmetto avenue brace themselves wherever a big storm approaches. They live right over the water. Ive seen the wave come on top of the mobile home. You know, the spray of it. Reporter and the storm is expected to cause rip currents and wave run ups. Those can catch people off guard and pull them into the water, especially if theyre in low lying areas. Live in pacifica tonight. Lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. We have an up to the minute Weather Information at any time on the abc 7 news app. Tap on the temperature at the top right corner. You can get custom forecasts for where you live or where you work. If you still need to download the abc 7 news news app, enable push alerts to get notices about the changing forecast on your phone or tab lets. Abc morning will have full coverage. Mike nico will track the storm with live doppler 7 and alexis smith will update you on any commute problems. Catch abc 7 mornings tomorrow starting at 4 30 a. M. New at 11, this video into our newsroom showing a pickup truck that slammed into a home on lone tree way in antioch. The home owner was hit by some of the wreckage and went to the hospital with injuries. The driver had been drinking. It kraumzed a small caused a small gas leak and several had to be evacuated until the gas could be shut off. A ymca youth counselor is accused of committing lewd acts against a girl who attended the program. It was at ida price middle school. They send home letters to parents notifying of the arrest. Taylor smith committed the acts last month. They wouldnt say whether the sexual contact happened at the center. New at 11, United Airlines is working to get flights back on schedule tonight after the wait and Balance Software went offline. The glitch lasts for two hours and caused united flights to be grounded worldwide, including sfo. Delays passengers tweeted the photos from a board the flights. The airline tells abc 7 news the problem has been resolved and theyre working to get customers to the destinations. Coming up, Hillary Clinton campaigns in the bay area. The fresh attacks she launched against donald trump. The fall out from the groping allegations around trump. Local Sexual Assault counselors are feeling the impact. Live doppler 7 is tracking the storm yet to soak the commute. Sandhya patel will be back. Here is what is coming up on Jimmy Kimmel Live after abc 7 news. Thank you. Im not your mother. Did you feel that . What is happening . Stupid tv. Be at enterprise, we guarantee it. Next vehicle purchase . Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. Hillary clinton brought her campaign to San Francisco today hosting a boisterous lunch time rally with supporters. She went straight after her opponent, donald trump. He has attacked immigrants, africanamericans, latinos, people with disabilities, pows, muslims. Meanwhile, donald trump was in florida spending the day on the defense against scathing accusations that he groped several women. Trump called the allegations false smears. These vicious claims about me of Inappropriate Conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. Trump says he has evidence to dispute the claims and says he will present them, quote, at an appropriate time very soon. The accusations against trump have put Sexual Violence against women front and center on the National Stage now. An activist group says calls to the Sexual Assault hotline have gone up. Abc 7 news katie marzulo has reaction from santa fe. Jessica lead said donald trump fondled her during a flight in the 1980s. He was grabbing my breast and trying to turn me towards him and kissing me. The director of programs for next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence in san jose says there is a name for that. When we arent talking about consent as a necessary factor for any sort of touching, it is a problem. Very strongly feel it needs to be labelled as Sexual Assault. Reporter the nations largest antiSexual Violence organization, rain, says calls to the Sexual Assault hotline went up 33 the weekend of the last president ial debate, a debate in which trump had to answer for a 2005 recording in which he is bragging about grabbing women. The ceo of the ywca says it is time to focus on prevention and support for victims. Weve got to end Sexual Assault full stop so i really hope the conversation pivots and that this is a tippin point in our country. Reporter at a Hillary Clinton rally in new hampshire, First Lady Michelle Obama said enough is enough. A candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women and i have to tell you that i cant stop thinking about this. Reporter trump has denied the Sexual Assault allegations and says the attacks on him are a conspiracy against the american people. Katie marzullo, abc 7 news. The third and final president ial debate arizona wednesday night here on abc 7. It will be live from the university of nevada, las vegas. You can watch it live here on abc 7 news. Airlines are responding to the danger posed by lithium batteries that catch fire by equipping planes called fire containment bags. They come in different sizes and can be sealed shut to snuff out flames. Delta, alaska and Virgin America all confirm they are equipping some of their planes with these bags. Other airlines, including united, and southwest have procedures in place already to deal with fires. Now an accuweather alert from abc 7 mornings. Good evening, everyone, look at live doppler 7 right now. Clouds have increased and light showers have moved in between santa rosa and uciah. The rain fall will increase in intensity for your morning commute and the winds will come up. If youre traveling out of sfo tomorrow morning, could see delays. A live look right now. Temperatures are in the low to mid60s from San Francisco to san jose and oakland from the sutro tower camera the camera is shaky here. One other live picture from our east bay hills camera. Visibility is fine now but the morning commute will be a stormy one. So visibility is going to be poor, you might want to set your alarm clocks 15, 20 minutes earlier, youll need that extra time. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Windy first thing in the morning when youre ready to leave to work. Temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. Not so comfortable will be the rain and wind coming through during the morning hours. 60s and 70s in the afternoon with the scattered showers. Look at the storm impact scale. A 2. A moderate strength storm for friday. Rain fall between a quarter to an inch and a half. Wind gusts 20 to 40 miles an hour. As you look here, the storm is already kicking up the surf so i High Surf Advisory and Coastal Flood Advisory begins in a few hours. 3 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. , the combination of high tides could cause flooding. Tomorrow mornings commute includes wind gusts around the bay area on the order of 20 to 40 miles an hour. The winds will ease up for the evening rush, the evening get away. Hour by hour forecast, well show you what to expect. 11 00 p. M. , we have the light rain in the north bay. Watch what happens as we head into 4 00 a. M. The heaviest rain approaches santa rosa, moves in by 5 00 a. M. , the yellow and oranges indicating where the heaviest rain is falling. It is just sitting over the north bay at 7 00 a. M. This is where you may see ponding on the roadways. It will be difficult getting around at 8 00 a. M. Especially around the time some of you are taking your kids off to school. 9 00 a. M. , still seeing pockets of heavy rain in the central bay around San Francisco and into the south bay by 11 00 a. M. Santa cruz mountains getting hit as well. That is where some of the highest rain fall totals will be. North bay continuing scattered in nature during the afternoon and evening hours for friday. In terms of the rain totals, were looking between a quarter of an inch to perhaps an inch and a quarter to a half in the north. We bring in the storm impact scale for the weekend. We have a 2. Wind gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour adding in a slight chance of thunder so here is an hour by hour look at the weekend storm. 8 00, it is crossing from the north bay into San Francisco in the east bay and it is pretty widespread going into sunday morning. Sunday afternoon is pretty wet. Not as windy on sunday and then the winds will continue to ease up. A look at the accuweather 7 day forecast. If you have outdoor activities, plan on the rain gear. 2 on the impact scale friday through sunday and well go with brighter skies, drier conditions monday through thursday. Download the abc news app. It will keep you posted on the forecast. Thank you. Well it may not look like it, but this is the start of a contest among bay area law firms. The big competition involving sports mascots when abc 7 news at 11 00 continues. I usand its the 1 brand. One can beat it for regularity. Its also my. Secret weapon. Because metamucil gives you more Health Benefits than the competition. No wonder its the 1 doctor recommended fiber brand. With a break like this, we could dowhichevers faster. Surgery means recovery time. A cast will get you back out there right away, but its bulky. And can it take a beating . How did you break it again . Roller derby. Hipchecked. Theres a rematch next week. Snarling clementine has to be there. Thats me. Okay. So what color should the cast be . Orange. 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The dodgers resorting to using their ace, kershaw a la bumgarner in the niend. Dutsty baker had his ace, max scherzer on the mound. Jack peterson to palo alto, ties the game at 1. L. A. Built a lead. Bottom of the 7, chris heisey, a two run jack. Dodgers clinging to a 43 lead. L. A. Closer jansen comes in. He is in the seventh and strikes out Anthony Rendon with the bases loses. He worked two 1 3 innings. They summoned kershaw and strikes him out. Dodgers win 43. Take the series 32 advancing to face the cubs in the National League championship series. Clayton came to me and said he feels great. Looking him in the eye, i felt good about it. The Training Staff gave the okay and so it is only fitting for clay to get the last out right there. I apologize in advance for this as fans. Today is the 15th anniversary of derek jeters flip to pasada to get jeremiah in game three of the Division Series with the yankees, totally change allied the series which the yankees won in five and to this day we say slide, jeremy, slide. 49ers coach chip kelly says he is a fan trying to deceive the buffalo bills. He announced Colin Kaepernick would start early in the week. Besides, one of our media moles would have found out anyway, right . I think we live in a society, number one, that there are no secrets. If colin took all of the reps with the ones on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, somebodys mole would have told them who was taking all of the reps. You know what i mean . I dont think when youre going to out smart in the National Football league where all of a sudden if the second quarterback is playing, hell say were screwed. I dont buy the stick the banana in the tailpipe and tell them the car is broken. It is what it is. I always liked that gag. The touchdown to hunter henry. 4 30 left, broncos down 2110. Cj anderson, spectacular effort. This touchdown gets called back on a holding call. Broncos made a bunch of mistakes. San diego wins 2113. The raiders are in first place in the afc west at 41. Abc 7 news sports brought to you by river rock casino. We mentioned the dance off with shoe. He is probably dancing at home celebrating