Rain mostly in the north bay, but well also see some pop up near antok. And in the next several hours it will continue to rain throughout the Morning Hours into this afternoon where well start to see some scattered showers. And then get ready, rain moves in once again tonight for our next big storm tomorrow. Rainfall potentials over the next couple of days range anywhere from 2 inches to 4. 5 inches. Of course, that major storm, that were gearing up for tomorrow, ill tell you all about that and what you can expect and be prepared for some Power Outages. Cornell . Incredible. Frances, thank you so much. Berkeley Police Looking for a man they believe viciously stabbed one person to death and injured another. 24yearold pablo gomez jr. Of Southern California is believed to be armed and dangerous. Police found a body in a house on ashby avenue after discovering a seriously wounded woman on ridge road. She is listed in stable condition. A motive for the stabs has not been released. A twoalarm fire two hours ago. Firefighters found flames burning through the roof. Strong winds swirled smoke around the house making it hard to see. No injuries reported. An investigation under way to determine the cause of the fire. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst. Residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains are bracing for lots of rain and wind from the coming storm in an area thats already saturated and vulnerable to damage. Katy shows us how folks are trying to stay safe and dry. Seemed like there was so much uncertainty that it wasnt worth waiting around to find out. Reporter the Equestrian Center sits right on the banks of the river. They will move all 70 horses to higher ground. 82 was disas trout. About three foot over your head where youre standing. It gets pretty radical. Reporter with just hours to go before the rain starts falling, cynthia rit naur was hoping to fill 20 sandbags to protect her santa cruz home. 20 years ago it came down and slowly crept up and got almost up to my knees. So were not going to do that again this year. Reporter the city of santa cruz is providing free bags and sand and encouraging residents to be prepared. Have plenty of food and water, any essential medicines on hand, have a battery operated radio, plenty of backup batteries. Reporter also flashlights and a full tank of gas. Officials are asking people to stay off the roads if they can. For its part, the city has had crews inspecting and cleepg pump stations, catch stations and 67 miles of storm drains. Humans, horses and homes placing for impact. Were hoping for the best but expecting for the worst. Reporter now the waiting game begins. Abc news were in ansellmo. The creek looked pretty calm yesterday. Locals fear heavy rains could push the creek above its banks and into their homes and businesses. The creek extends on anselmo avenue. Touchwood, weve been lucky. Weve always dodged a bullet. But i kind of have a feeling my luck is about to run out. Crews rushed to fortify the banks of Copeland Creek to keep them from overflowing near pengrove. The city prepares for the storm. Sergio has the details. Reporter San Francisco Public Utility Commission crews started assembling and filling these flood barriers, hoping to channel water away from homes in this floodprone intersection. Were piloting them, still looking at how effective they are. And trying to determine if this is something were going to roll out on a larger basis. Reporter the puc crews will be on call 24 hours a day through the weekend to keep an eye on the barriers. Theyve also deployed these large vacuum trucks to clear out storm drains that get stopped up. At kansas and marin streets, sandbags are packed and ready for pickup. Theyll also mobilize lots of personnel. Arborists will be out, general laborers to help clear debris if that needs to be done. Well also have our engineers and street inspectors on call if theres a mudslide or landslide or big sinkhole. Reporter to make sure crews get to where theyre needed, extra dispatchers are being brought on to field 911 emergency calls as well as 311 calls. Theyre also opening up extra beds for homeless shelters. Go to the city Dropin Center at bryant and 5th street. Pacifica, the Municipal Pier closed around 10 00 last night. It will stay closed through at least until monday morning. They want to keep people safe as the storm gets more powerful. National park officials are concerned the heavy downpours could bring flooding. The park hasnt seen since 1997. All roads leading into the valley park closed sunday to keep people safe. This weekends rain could dump up to a foot of rain in that area. Live doppler 7 will be changing, and you can track the approaching storm with the abc 7 news app. Enable push alerts to get advisories sent straight to your phone or tablet. Two people at the civic center b. A. R. T. Station in San Francisco were stabbed with a machete by a man who ran away. It happened just after 8 30 last night. B. A. R. T. Police closed the market and 7th street exit after the attack. But the station remained open. The condition of the victims is unknown as well as a motive. The man who was rescued earlier this week after he was trapped between a b. A. R. T. Car and platform has died from his injuries. 31yearold jeff de la fuente was stuck at the b. A. R. T. Station. Katy talked with his longtime girlfriend. He went to work. Reporter an apparent accident during wednesday nights commute is hard for dorothy mack to comprehend. The b. A. R. T. Station, how do you get pinned. Reporter her longtime boyfriend somehow stumbled in front of the train. He became pinned at the waist between the platform and second car. Rescuers deployed air bags to push the car off of him. Transporting de la fuente to the hospital. Conscious and talking. The doctor said that he fought he fought to stay alive. He really did. Reporter he worked at the b. A. R. T. Station as a mechanic, but also drove a cab and made many friends while doing so. I just want his family to know he was loved. By many. Reporter b. A. R. T. Police are investigating. But a spokesman said the death appears to be accidental. He was aspiring to be a lawyer. He was scheduled to take the test in february. Reporter born in berkeley and reared by a single mother, de la fuente spent part of his childhood in the philippines. His mother plans to bury him there following a local funeral. Friends have set up a go fund me page to help with the funeral expenses. Frances is here. Were tracking the storm. You can call this an epic storm, right . We havent seen anything like this in over ten years. Very windy conditions. A high wind warning. In fact, were getting gusts up to 40 miles an hour right now in half moon bay. Ill have the complete forecast coming up. Also ahead, Colin Kaepernick keeping his promise to donate 1 million to charity. How hes helping people off the field now that his season is over. First, the strike is over. The price of crab is now set. The catch . Well, you may not see much in stores just yet. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Good morning. Check it out. Slow wet drive for the north bay. The look from the san rafael cam as the rain falls. And will continue for really the next many days, i think. The epic storm hitting the bay area right now. Frances will be along to tell us more about that. Fresh crab will soon be showing up in bay area restaurants again after the end of a strike that kept the entire west coast dungeness crab fishermen out of the water. 2. 87 is now the agreedupon price. San francisco crabbers were making 3 a pound but say the loss is worth it after the unity showed by west coast crabbers. The problem now with the storm approaching is when to fish. 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is keeping his promise to donate 1 million to a charity by the start of the next nfl season. It addresses social issues and racial inequality. According to the chronicle, the charities are listed on the website capper nick7. Com. He does more than hand out money. He was handing out shoes and clothing at bay area shelters. Revered by the establishment will be taking over the supervisors seat vacated by scott weiner when he was elected to state senate. Were introduced to jeff sheehy. The mayor didnt appoint a person. He appointed a family. Reporter known as a progressive, 59yearold jeff sheehy has retaken the term family values. He made it clear that supporting families would be hon his new agenda. If we dont do right by our kids, were not creating the right future for the city. Reporter the texas native has spent years defending gay rights. Jeff sheehy pushed city hall to do business only with those Companies Providing domestic partner benefits. Under mayor gavin newsom, sheehy has led the city towards the goal of reaching zero cases of new hiv infections. He will be the first supervisor living with hiv. I will be the lgbt supervisor. Reporter sheehy also spoke about an issue that some city officials have grown tired of addressing public safety. At least two or three times, immediately outside my window, theres been a car with a broken window. Reporter many in district 8 say homelessness and Affordable Housing are two of the most pressing issues. I cant tell you how many people have told me theyre so afraid their building is going to be sold and theyre going to be out on the street. I have to see what we have in terms of proposals and start digging in and getting the work done. Reporter sheehy will be sworn in monday by mayor lee and on the job on monday. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. Firefighters in vallejo had to rescue a man whose car slammed into a power pole last night around 8 00. Police say the 22yearold driver was speeding when he lost control of the car. He lost part of his leg in the accident. Officers say alcohol was involved in that accident. The government can be sued for a death in San Francisco. The chronicle reports the same federal judge ruled stein les family cannot sue the city of San Francisco. She was shot at pier 14 in july 2015. The gun used had been stolen from a federal agents unlocked car. Her suspected killer is an undocumented immigrant. The first three victims include two 65yearolds, one in napa county and the other in solano county. The Health Department issued a public warning urging everyone whos more than 6 months old to make sure they get a flu shot. The flu virus is now widespread through all nine bay area counties. Good morning. You may have heard the rain pounding overnight in santa rosa. We already got over half an inch of rain since midnight. Still quite a bit of rainfall through parts of the north bay right now. But winds are also going to be a factor. Right now we have winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour in half moon bay, Mountain View and almost 40 in san jose. The winds are coming from the south. Thats where the storm is coming from. Right now, heres a live view of mount tam. Raindrops and wind there. San francisco 50 degrees. San jose 52 degrees. Weve gotten the least amount of rainfall in the south bay. The storm impact scale ranks a 2 today, moderate storm, 2 out of 5. Weve got the morning downpours and by this afternoon well have scattered showers, very windy conditions with 60mileperhour gusts possible in the Higher Elevations. Were expecting anywhere from a quarter of an inch in parts of the south bay to an inch and a half in some of the heavier locations like the north bay. A wind advisory in effect until 1 00 this afternoon for the areas in yellow, all along the coast and parts of the east bay. Winds from the south 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour with 45mileperhour gusts possible. So the concern here, downed trees and Power Outages, get ready for that. It will be even tougher tomorrow. Its higher in the upper elevations, so high wind warning there where gusts can reach up to 60 Miles Per Hour. Thats in effect, and this afternoon for some of the north bay mountains, and also the east bay hills, it continues through tomorrow morning. Get ready for the big storm tomorrow. On our storm impact scale, this ranks ooh 4, a major storm. We havent seen anything like this in over ten years. The heaviest impact will be between midnight and 10 00 a. M. Well just get pounded by rain. Heavy rain, powerful winds. So we are expecting flooding and wind damage as well. Be prepared. Other concerns that are high, stream and creek flooding, debris flow over the burn scar areas where weve had some of the recent fires. Hydroplaning will be high, so avoid driving if you can. Power outages, looking for that as well as the river flooding, that will also be a concern. A Flash Flood Watch takes effect today. Stream and roadway flooding for all the bay area. And that continues through tomorrow. Then heres how it plays out. The heavy rain moves in midnight. You notice the pockets of red and orange, thats the heavy rain, and it continues throughout the Morning Hours, into the afternoon. Finally, we get a little bit of a break tomorrow night. But there will still be heavy showers around the bay area. Potential rainfall could be up to 10 inches, even a foot in the Santa Cruz Mountains. 2 to 3 inches throughout most of the bay area. Up to 4 1 2 around the bay and possibly up to 6 inches in the Higher Elevations of the north bay. Of course, were keeping track of a couple of rivers that are expected to flood. Napa river, st. Helena, it will crest tomorrow, 4 00 in the afternoon. It will be above flood stage. So nearby areas will be flooded. Gurnsville, the Russian River will flood as well. Its expected to crest monday afternoon. It will be above flood stage tomorrow night. Moderate flooding expected in the area. Get ready for a wet and wild weekend with all the rain and the wind. For today, storm impact scale 2 out of 5. Rainy and breezy. Tomorrow will be the toughest day weve seen in a while. Heavy rain, gusty winds. That is going to be a 4 on our storm impact scale. This is a major storm that Everybody Needs to be prepared for. Get ready for some Power Outages as well. Weve got wet weather all week long, with another fairly strong storm on tuesday. That ranks a 3. You can always stay up to date on the changes and what to expect with the abc 7 news app. Public safety officials have really good advice. If you dont have to be out tomorrow, it may be a good idea to stay home. Definitely have your cell phone charged before you go to bed tonight in case theres a power outage tomorrow in your area. Find the flashlight, make sure the batteries are working. Just ahead, the wild card matchup for raider nation. Abc 7s Wayne Friedman is there, and looks ahead to todays game. Knows how it feels to seees your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. But what if you could turn things around . What if you could love your numbers . Discover oncedaily invokana®. Its the 1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. 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Reporter what does this have anything to do with nfl football . Blastoff for the playoffs. This is taller than a football field is long. Back in the days when they built this thing, a Football Team named the oilers played in the astro dome which now abeers darved by nrg stadium next door. Logically enough that new stadium contains a store selling Houston Texans gear. At this point we thought we would wander into just another souvenir store. They sell the requisite jewelry and shot glasses and team colors. Then we met tammy krause who runs the place and wanted us to see something special. They are going crazythis, yeah. Really . When we first got them in, they dared me that i couldnt sell these. We sold five of them in one day. Reporter the ensemble, the jacket, shirt, bow tie runs roughly 200. Put this on. Yes. Try this on. Reporter no. If only to demonstrate how ridiculous a northern californian might look in this getup, we appeased her, briefly. Cant get it off fast enough. Reporter to which we might add, things are big in texas, but not big enough. From houston, Wayne Friedman, abc 7 news. Watch your head there. The raiders game is on abc 7 today. Wayne friedman, of course, is in houston for the wild card game against the texans. Live coverage starts at noon here on abc 7. Wayne might even try on that texans blazer again, who knows. Wayne will have reports from texas this evening plus a complete wrapup with postgame interviews on after the game. Tribute to Debbie Reynolds and carrie fisher. Honoring the mother daughter duo who died one day apart last month. They made their broadway debuts in the musical comedy irene back in 1973. They were buried side by side in los angeles yesterday. Still to come onabc 7 mornings. Im kenneth in ft. Lauderdale where the airport is planning to resume operations this morning. After a deadly shooting rampage. The latest coming up. The president elect gets briefed on the investigation into russian hacking of the u. S. Election. What hes saying about it now. First heres meteorologist drew tuma to explain the concerns of the storm heading to the bay area. Im abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. Since the implementation of the scale, we never had a storm ranked 4, but that changes on sunday. Its really going to be heightened between midnight and 10 00 a. M. With heavy rain and powerful wind gusts. Concerns we have this weekend, a lot of rain in the short amount of time, stream and creek flooding possible. Also debris flows over the burn scars. Hydroplaning is likely. Please travel safely. Gusty winds, Power Outages likely, even river flooding is cause for concern. I would encourage you to download the abc 7 news app, download the abc 7 news app, track the rain anytime heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. 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The rain is coming down throughout the bay area. Many of you are waking up to rain falling steadily. Heres cell phone video of what it looked like in san rafael earlier. Lets get right to frances dinglasan. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Weve had so much rain over the last few hours. Rainfall totals have crept up. Live doppler 7 showing whoa it looks like the last three hours. We had snow falling over tahoe indicated by the white and pink. I just updated the rainfall totals since midnight. Over half an inch already in santa rosa. Almost half an inch in San Francisco. You notice in the leeside of the rain, or rain shadow in san jose, only. 6. It ranks 2 out of 5. A moderate storm with morning downpours and afternoon showers. Windy, gusty conditions up to 60 Miles Per Hour in the Higher Elevations. Rainfall amounts to only quarter of an inch in the south bay, all the way up to an inch and a half through parts of the north bay. Over the next couple hours, well still see some widespread rainfall, 10 00 this morning, into noon. Heavier rain indicaed by yellow. And it will continue. The afternoon, just a brief break before more rain moves in toward this evening. And get ready, its going to get really wet later tonight into tomorrow, where we have an even bigger storm ahead. Cornell . Frances, thank you. In florida, authorities may release the motive behind a deadly airport attack. A man who claimed he was being forced to watch isis videos opened fire on people waiting at a baggage claim area. Heres more details. Kenneth, good morning. Reporter good morning, cornell. Local and federal authorities just gave an update moments ago. They say the suspected gunman is cooperating but theres still no clear motive. And terrorism has not been ruled out. Investigators say they now know the suspect came to this airport just to carry out the attack. Chaos and carnage in the baggage claim of ft. Lauderdale airport after a shooting rampage. And this morning authorities are holding 26yearold esteban sast yag oh for the crime. We have not ruled out terrorism. Reporter but investigators admit they dont know why santiago suddenly opened fire. A herd of people just started running down the way and trampling over people. And security yelled, everybody hit the floor. Reporter that warning too late for some. This woman was fatally wounded. The urgent calls for help. Travelers looked on in horror as the gunman let loose a hail of bullets. Im looking at a man and a woman, and the man pleading profusely and the woman who just says help, help. He did nothing but swing the gun and shoot. Reporter heavily armed s. W. A. T. Teams rushed to the scene, hundreds ran for safety. The terminals were evacuated, some marching away with their hands in the air. Santiago threw down his gun and surrendered to police without a struggle. The fbi said he approached them in alaska last november. He was taken into custody by the local police and transported to a medical facility for a Mental Health evaluation. Reporter santiagos aunt in new jersey told media in spanish the exearmy reservist had issus when he return from iraq. He gave an update on the victims. They have identified the five people who were killed. Inside this baggage claim at terminal 2 behind me. They also say it was six victims, eight, who were shot. Those people who were injured are still in the hospital at this hour. Reporting live in ft. Lauderdale, abc 7 news. Cornell . Kenneth, thank you very much. Abc 7 news was at sfo where we talked to several stunned passengers when they found out about the shootings. Six flights to and from ft. Lauderdale were canceled last night. Check with your airline to make sure your flight hasnt been canceled if youre headed there today. President elect donald trump makes no secret he wants a better relationship with russia. Thats why he rejected the conclusion from intelligence agencies that moscow influenced his victory. Reporter the classified briefing took place at trump tower. The nations top intelligence officials, there to explain in detail why theyre convinced russia tried Everything Possible to influence the november election in favor of trump. A declassified version of the report released later in the day read, we assess russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u. S. President ial election. The goal . To help president elect trumps election chances by possible by discrediting secretary clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him. George stephanopoulos discussed the matter with president obama. Bottom line, this time, Vladimir Putin got what he wanted. Well, look, i think that what is true is that the russians intended to meddle, and they meddled. Ill be honest with you, george, a lot of the things that i have concern about is the degree to which weve seen a lot of commentary lately where there were republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in Vladimir Putin than fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. That cannot be. Does that include the president elect . Well, what i will say is that and i said this right after the election we have to remind ourselves were on the same team. Vladimir putin is not on our team. Reporter before the classified briefing, trump repeatedly cast doubt on the russian hacking story. Afterward, he released a statement that didnt even mention putin. Trump did concede that russia, china and others are consistently trying to hack a variety of american institutions. But rejected any assertion this might have influenced the election results. David wright, abc news, new york. Thats the president elects team getting ready to take office. First Lady Michelle obama thanking all of her supporters. She got choked up yesterday while delivering her final public remarks from the white house. I want our young people to know that they matter. That they belong. So dont be afraid. You hear me . Young people, dont be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. So i want to close today by simply saying thank you. Thank you for everything you do for our kids. And for our country. Being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my life. First lady hasnt announced her postwhite house plans just yet. New this morning, president obama using his weekly address to discuss his fair well speech to the nation. The president will make the speech in his hometown of chicago. Mr. Obama said when ordinary people get involved and come together, things change for the better. Its whats at the heart of democracy. The president talked about one of his high water marks during his eight years in office. Together weve achieved what eluded politicians in both parties for centuries. Weve moved 20 million more americans to uninsured to insured, ending days of discrimination up to half of americans who have a preexisting condition. And secured new rights and protections for everybody with health insurance. President poobama will make s Farewell Speech to the nation on tuesday in chicago. Still ahead on abc 7 mornings, the salute that appears to go unnoticed then something magical happens. The guardsman and his toy soldier. Heres a live look from, well, we think its the golden gate bridge. Lots of rain on the lens there. Rain falling all over the bay area. Its going to intensify as the weekend we are a military family. They travel a lot. Every four years when we got restationed you think its going to be the biggest change in your life but theres always more changes to come. The first thing that we would do when we would get into our new place was set up the beds. And when i go to t. J. 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The guard later came back and offered to give marshall and his mom a tour of the castle. Pretty cool. That doesnt happen too often. Were tracking an intense storm. In fact, youre tracking the intense storm. It hasnt happened that often either. Were thinking the storm this strong was probably over ten years ago. So hoers a live look at lake tahoe camera. There is notice today. That snow is going to turn into rain tonight. It will be a miserable drive back. And weve got a major storm with possibly up to a foot of rain tomorrow. Ill have the details coming up. Wow. Be careful driving out there. Next, the warriors blew a 24point lead and ended up in overtime with the grizzlies. Giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Anything with a screen is a tv. Name your price tool phase. Stream 130 live channels. Plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. 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Heres larry beal with highlights in sports. Reporter good morning, everybody. The warriors lost only five games all season long. One of the teams that beat them came to town last night. The grizzlies defeated them 21 in memphis last month. Steph curry coming off a win against the trail blazers. 17 in the first quarter. Hangs and reverses for the score. A couple of buzzer beaters in this game. Look at kevin durant going oneonone. Drills a 3427 doves. Just before halftime, Clay Thompson wide open. Beats the buzzer again, 6755 warriors at the half. Third quarter, curry for three. The fans were yelling mvp doves up 19 going into the fourth. Memphis, Zack Randolph with 27. Look what i found there. Steph would finish with 40. Makes it a fourpoint lead. Ten seconds left, Mike Connelly beats green. Rises, fires. We go to overtime tied at 111. Daniels turnover, knocks down his fourth three. Connelly again. Finishes with 27. A stunner as the griz come back to beat the warriors again 128119. Womens college hoops, 20th ranked cal hosting number 16 oregon state. Cals defense kind of shaky in the second and the third. Look at briana brown. Freshman ma kayla. Theyre now 132. Stanford beat oregon by 21. For the first time in his tenyear nfl career, donald penn will miss a game and it could not come at a worst time for the raiders. A rookie quarterback starting his very first nfl game with everything on the line for the silver and black. Just the name of the game. You see things like this happen a lot. Anything can happen. Anything can change at the drop of a hat. Just always got to be ready. And whether its out on the practice field, getting mental reps, you know, now getting reps, youve got to approach it, approach every single day. Its raiders and texans with the pregame on abc 7 starting at high noon. The kickoff at 1 20 p. M. Thats a wrap on morning sports. Have a great day, everybody. Im frances dinglasan. Weve had a ton of rain this morning already. Live doppler 7 showing you widespread scattered showers all throughout the north bay. In fact, in santa rosa, almost. 7 of an inch since midnight. Areas of heavy rain as well indicated by orange and red, especially in some of the Higher Elevations. San rafael tough drive along 101, where theres also limited visibility as well with some of the fog in the valleys. San francisco currently 50 degrees. Almost half an inch of rain this morning. Oakland 49 degrees. San jose, 52 degrees. And they havent had much rain yet, but there has been some very strong gusty winds in san jose. 39 Miles Per Hour. Also in half moon bay. Strong gusts throughout the day as well. On the storm impact scale, todays storm ranks a 2. We have downpours during the Morning Hours. By afternoon well see some showers still pretty heavy at times. Windy conditions as well. With gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour. Especially in the Higher Elevations. And rainfall totals will range anywhere from a quarter of an inch to some of the rain shadow areas like the south bay all the way to an inch and a half in some of the north bay locations. Even a little bit more in some of the mountains. Theres a wind advisory in effect until 1 00 today. Winds from the south 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. But gusting up to 45 miles an hour. The areas highlighted in yellow all along the coast and parts of the east bay, watch for downed trees and possible Power Outages today. In the Higher Elevations theres a high wind warning. And this is where gusts can reach up to 60 miles an hour, above 1,500 feet. That expires this afternoon for the north bay hills. East bay mountains and Santa Cruz Mountains, that continues through tomorrow morning. Now, get ready, on abc 7 storm impact scale, tomorrows storm is going to be a 4 out of 5. This major storm is something we havent seen in about ten years, or over ten years. So the heaviest impact will be between midnight to 10 00 a. M. Well just get pounded by heavy rain, and powerful winds. Its going to be continuous throughout the Morning Hours. Flooding and wind damage likely. So get ready for that. And try to avoid driving if you can. Heres some of the major concerns. Were looking for stream and creek flooding, thats a high risk. Debris flows over the burn scar areas where weve had the recent areas. Hydroplaning is likely as well. Thats why i suggest avoid driving especially tomorrow morning. A Flash Flood Watch that starts today. So the areas here in green, which is basically the entire bay area, were going to look out for streams and roadway flooding, debris flow as well. Especially through the Santa Cruz Mountains. And that koits through tomorrow night. Heres how it plays out. By midnight tonight, well see some of the heavier rain, the orange and yellow. The major storm continues. What youll notice is the red popping up nonstop through the Morning Hours, and then continuing past noon into the evening where we finally still see some scattered but heavy showers at times. Were also looking for rainfall to possibly reach a foot in the Santa Cruz Mountains, two to three inches in parts of the south bay, three to four around the south bay. As expected, rivers will be flooded. Napa rif above flood stage. Were keeping an eye in guerneville where the river is also expected to flood tomorrow night. And it will crest by 4 00 on monday. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Rainy and breezy today on the storm impact scale, were giving it a 2. But tomorrow is a major storm. Storm impact scale ranks a 4. Rain all week long, with another strong storm heading our way on tuesday. So get ready and be prepared. Because its going to be a very messy one. This morning, coming in it was super windy. I cant imagine what its going to be like tomorrow. Yes. Both hands on the wheel if you have to drive. I would try to avoid is if i could. Jubilation in downtown oakland. A parade for the warriors. Not the golden state basketball team, but the high school Football Team. Abc 7s News Reporter has that. Reporter a parade for the warriors. Not the highly paid professional basketball players, but rather the high school Football Team from west oakland. They won the citys firstever state championship. An inspiration to the city . Yeah, of course. You get up every day with power, with love, with focus. Reporter last month they upset heavily favored la jolla country day in the 5a championship. Its phenomenal. We aint ever been here before. This is a first time for us. Were all excited. The fact that our school probably doesnt even have 400 students, and they made it all the way to state, and they won, this is a school p champions, im telling you. Reporter you have made oaklands star shine even brighter. Reporter after a city hall rally, the players rode a bus and trolley through downtown in the west Oakland Community that doesnt always have great reason to celebrate. One of the dangerous places to be. And making it to a state championship first in history, its a blessing. An honor. And it feels good. To put a positive, you know, note on our city. Reporter its an accomplishment, a victory, a moment these young men, their school, and their city wont soon forget. Yeah we are family, man reporter in oakland, laurie heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea that sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Its baking season. Warm up with pillsbury. Protein. Protein proteiny protein. Proteiny protein . Protein proteiny protein. At least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. New greek 100 protein. From yoplait. Gear heads and curious alike, the auto show in san jose. 35 manufacturers packing the Convention Center with hundreds of vehicles. This is video from last years show. If you feel like getting behind the wheel, chevrolet, fiat, ford and toyota offering free test drives. The show opens at 10 00 a. M. If youre taking a test drive, please, be careful out there. The rain is here. Yeah. Try not to drive tomorrow morning. Live doppler 7 showing us the downpours weve had over the past few hours. We almost got an inch of rain in davenport since midnight. Check out the rain totals. Lnt. 7 in santa rosa, just from this morning. The storm impact scale for tomorrow is 4. This is a major storm. We havent seen anything like this in a while. Heavy rain, flooding, and wind damage likely. And its going to be a very messy week ahead. But tomorrows storm, the most severe and dangerous. Stay home if you can tomorrow, right . Mmhmm. Be careful. Thank you for joining us for abc 7 mornings. Raiders game on abc 7 today. Wayne freedman in houston for the wild card game against the texans. Live coverage starts at noon here on abc 7. Kickoff at 1 20. Wayne will have reports from texas this evening, plus a complete wrapup with live postgame interviews on after the game. Stay dry, everybody. Take care. Jack hannas wild countdown is sponsored by nationwide insurance. Hi, everybody, im jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo. And welcome to wild countdown. Ever since my first job as a vets assistant, ive had a huge respect for veterinarians. Do you think shes being good . Shes being very good. Id hate to see her if she was bad. They all have a tough job. But what if the patient is a 360pound gorilla . Oh, jack. The worlds fastest land mammal . Get out of here or a herd of wild antelope . The problem is we must be