Strong we were lucky to be alive. Flooded out. Residents lose just about everything when a wall of water sweeps through their homes. Good evening, im kristin zee in for dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We do have live team coverage. Abc7 news is in millbrae, Wayne Freedman in sonoma county. By begin in santa cruz county, ich took a hit from the storms that began on friday. Katie . We have experienced scattered showers today, but the force of the storm is evident by the amount of debris on beaches behind me, and by the mess that Business Owners and oem owners are cleaning up, today. It hit without warning. Robin shows us the mess in her friends home. It was so high, it filled up the drawers. The river rose rapidly during saturday nights rain storms. Then, i heard it sounded like water fall down here. And i was like, holy crap. Reporter they tried to grab things from the lower level. It was so strong, so strong, that i just thought leave it. I got my prius to the top of the driveway, and it died. Reporter the debris flows to the ocean. Today, county workers tested water for e coli. Its not safe to be in the water three days after its been raining. Levels are high at this point. Businesses are just now drawing out from sat rating swells. It is seeping through underneath the door. We had to shut down a little bit early. Reporter kirby is overwhelmed. I lost my dads computers and trying to handle his estate. I need into his computers. The paper work is a disaster. Reporter in santa cruz county, abc7 news. Flood rivers covered green valley road today. One driver got stuck and the ducks are just casually floating by. A tow truck arrived to help bring it back. A creek flooded this roadway. Drivers continued through, and the water didnt just flood roads, but the land around it flooded. The creek often floods during heavy rainfall. Bay area storms are back, and the drought is on the rise. At least in parts. Crews released water today from lake mendocino, which feeds the Russian River water shed. Wayne freedman joins us with the details. Wayne . Reporter good evening, when the photographer and i pulled up and saw that, the word simultaneously out of our mouths were wow. We have been here last thursday, and friday, there was bare river then, not anymore, but it has had help that is significant. It had become a very hong walk. This was lake mendocino in august, 2014. It was frightening then. And now . Who would have thought what a difference big rain storms can make. Just ebb, flow, and everything. Today, a milestone for the First Time Since 2012. The army corps of engineers is releasing water from coyote dam. This is what 1450 cubic feet per second looks, and sounds like. That would fill a swimming pool, how fast . Within 2, 3 seconds. Mike manages this region and the lake level has surpassed water supply requirements, this is about flood control. It comes out to dam safety. We have to keep room for future storms. Reporter it may sound like a mixed message to residents who cut consumption by 20 due to the california drought. The water agency says in the eyes of state, nothing changed. They need to continue to use waterefficiently. One advantage, all of the water is going into the ocean. Do you know what comes back up following water . Steelhead. Look. Yes. There is a large fish battling to move upstream just below. At the adjacent hatchery, this is a busy season as steelhead swim into traps and department of fish and wildlife source them, producing 250,000 hatchlings a here, maybe more, with this release, were hoping it will be better. A bonus that came with the rains. From mendocino county, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. Its been a busy last few days for the weather team. True. Drew tuma is in with just how much rain we have. We have a lone down pour that wont quit. Exiting vallejo, moving into america youll ease, well slide to the south and light showers into san leandro and hayward. Union city likely seeing showers and the showers moving into fremont but that is it. In terms of rain look at seven days, concord receiving 73 of their rainfa oakland, 80 and that is 76 of normal now. Sierra snowfall, look at this. Over four feet. Were tracking several storms in the next several days and three of them will achieve a two on the storm impact scale. Thank you and a reminder, you can use storms in the sierra. Thanks to storms, a lot of fresh powder hit the area today. And raw sewage seeping into houses, its affecting homes in millbrae. Sergio is live with the latest. Sergio . Reporter the sewage started backing up saturday afternoon and the city of millbrae tells us it may be connected to a private contractor working on a sewage project right there. Four different homes, four different homes affected. Before peter could show us damage in the house, he had to put Hazardous Material booties over his shoes because though crews have done quick work, a few rooms are still smeared with grimy sewage. He says the back up of waste water into his home seemed like it was never ending. After 4, 5 hours, the whole house starts bleeding with sewer waste. Reporter waste water filled up his washing machine, flowed out of his air vents, and destroyed nearly everything inside ten rooms of the house. At least five homes were affected, including jason chens. It was really nasty. Reporter hes clearing out whatever survived and will be staying elsewhere. The smell is unbearable. Crews began to fix the problem. And another neighbor says this may been caused by weekend rain and private work on a sewage line. The rain pushed debris into main lines. I think the weather is a sewer line that caused the problem. Similar story by phone. A he said the private contractor left a cap unsecured and rain water and debris clogged up the city line. The private contractor has not replied to my calls for comment. You can use the free abc7 news app to receive breaking Weather Information any time. A 6yearold boy is being treated in oakland after being run over by stolen car this morning in castro valley. This is the driver wanted for injuring the boy. The Highway Patrol says the 29yearold Daniel Morris ran away from the scene. The boy was on his way to Marshal Elementary School when the ford fusion ran into him. His left leg was pinned against a telephone pole and a neighborhood heard the impact. So i went to my bedroom window and i saw the guy get out and run. Down the hill. The ford was one of five stolen vehicles from the Livermore Ford dealership in a stunt overnight. A crew broke into a box and stole cars one by one, over 90 minutes. New at 6 00, 6 uc santa cruz students have been arrested in a drug sales ring. All are part of a fraternity or sorority on campus. The Police Seized packages of ecstasy. Officers found about 5,000 tablets of the drug they have a street value of 100,000. The six students face charges of conspiracy and possession of controlled substance for sale. New developments in the case of current and former San FranciscoSheriff Deputies accused of running a fight club involving inmates. We have the evidence that the da says it has against those deputies. Melanie . Reporter according to the 100 page statement, that evidence includes interviews with other inmates, recorded phone conversations from inside of the jail. The alleged ring leader in this, former deputy is accused of having used threats of physical violence and in one case, sexual harm to force inmates to fight one another. Former San Francisco sheriff deputy and Current Deputy eugene jones entering not guilty pleas in connection to an alleged jail fight club. He told the inmates to say they fell off the bunk if they got injured. They were forced to fight inmates nearly twice his size. Were you running a fight club . His Attorney Says the d. A. Is creating a smoke screen. This is a situation for political reasons to cause the distraction over the incredibly high crime rate in the city. You know these are serious allegations and i think mr. Stern is trying to down play them. The d. A. Says deputy new may have used threats. Including theyd be hand covered and maced. News Attorney Says that is not how they went down. They started out over a disagreement over who was in better shape. Deputy jones is accused of looking the other way. Hes scared to death. Hes a Law Enforcement officer. This is in the supposed to happen to him. Standing back, watching for a few seconds, then, telling people on the floor to get back in the kitchen. A third deputy is expected to appear in Court Tomorrow morning. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Just ahead, remembering nancy reagan, her legacy and the movement she started in the bay area. Also, experts tackling the zika virus, see what areas in the u. S. Are the most vulnerable. And warrior going for their 45 victory tonight. And what makes ora cell so and what makes ora cell so and what makes ora cell so it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Flags are flying at half staff in honor of former first lady nancy reagan. President obama honored her by saying she redefined the role of first lady. One of the defining legacies is just say no. E said the words the first time in oakland, visiting students in what was long fellow Elementary School in the early 80s and a few years later she recounted a day that started the movement. In oakland i was asked by a group of children what to do if they were offered drugs. I answered just say no. Soon after, those children formed a just say no club. Mrs. Reagan would return to celebrate just say no clubs growing around the country. Critics called at approach simpli simplistic, they admit she brought attention to the problem. So when nancy reagan campaigned in 1980, 1984 and spoke about what the president believed, how he feels about certain issues what kind of person he is, were inclined to believe spouses when they do those types of things. Mrs. Reagan will be buried this friday in Southern California at the Reagan Library next to her husband. The public will be allowed to visit wednesday and thursday. Battle lines against the zika virus are being drawn in south america. They held a symposium today in San Francisco. More on the possible impact here in the bay area and around the country. Cooler temperatures and ways to control the mosquito population almost guarantee the zika virus will not spread in San Francisco and the bay area, ucsf had a simp pose yum to talk about risks elsewhere. The states we worry about are texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida. And the virgin islands. Health and humannr services expects the caribbean island of puerto rico to get hit hard in the up coming months. Cases are doubling every week. Announcing all blood in puerto rico is being imported from the continental u. S. Until we can continue testing. Two companies to build these tests and get them implemented as soon as possible. The zika virus is usually transmitted by a mosquito and can lead to birth defeekts we have 40 million americans traveling to zika pandemic countries. It can be transmitted sexually and that happened in the u. S. So far, as of this morning there have been 14 reported cases where the infected male passed on the virus to his female partner. They have blood in their sperm to give you an idea of how sick they were. Blood centers are asking people not donate blood if theyve traveled to zikaaffected countries in the past 28 days. Spencer christian is off today. Andrew is here, drying off. At least for 24 hours, then, well track another round of rain throughout the night into wednesday morning. So there is a loan down pour. So timing out this line that is developed in the east bay, it faces south about 15 minutes and 45 minutes if this holds together. Youll seeight showers developing. Youll notice it felt cooler today compared to the weekend. This is why a cool north wind, 45 Miles Per Hour gusts right now, 38 in half moon bay, keeping temperatures limited into the 40s. 55 in San Francisco. The same in san jose, holding a 54 in napa and fairfield. Temperatures, 53 degrees, well have spots in the north bay, dropping to 30s overnight tonight. Under clear skies most spots drop into mid and low 40s. As we plan out tuesday, much of the day will be dry, youll notice cloud cover throughout the day. 64 in oakland, up to 58 in San Francisco. And 60 in napa and antioch up to 63 degrees, tomorrow morning 6 00 mainly clear skies and dry across the region. Throughout the day increasing cloud cover heading into evening hours, notice showers beginning to develop first in the north bay and try to stay south around the midnight hour. They labelled the storm a one, late tuesday night and into wednesday morning. Late wind and rain and half an inch of rain in most areas. So future weather picks it up while many of us are sleeping. Down pours are going to stick around first thing monday morning. And approaching the lunch hour, we may get breaks in the rain but the next seven days we have very good rain chances, storms will be one on the impact scale, then, they strengthen by friday, and saturday, sunday, theyll achieve a two ranking and a monthed he rit storm because they will have heavier rain associated with it. The next seven days a lot of locations will be approaching four inches of rainfall getting through the next seven days so we can see Flooding Issues again approaching the weekend. The accuweather forecast shows you tomorrow, well track chances at night. Light rain moving in wednesday morning. Another storm moves in and its breezy, more waves of rain along with gusty winds. And scattered showers one week from today. Thank you, drew. Just ahead, the search for the suspect wanted in two gun store heists in the bay area just miles away from each other. The abc7 news app on the go, on your schedule, on one screen. All of the weather, traffic, and parents are demanding an investigation into who fired a bullet that hit a school today in San Francisco. It happened around 10 00 this morning at visitation valley school. A stray bullet went into a kindergarten classroom under construction. A viewer sent us this picture, you can see the bullet hole there. Police say two drivers were shooting and thankfully, nobody was inside at the time. Police say the same group is responsible for a pair of daring break ins. Police today release theed this video of the group, jumping a fence at the gun room. Early saturday morning. The burglar broke a window and after that, the same group is believed to be responsible for the break in. The owner of the store told the press democrat the thief took 12,000 worth of guns. Including an assault style rifle. Construction of San Francisco new Transbay Center reached an important milestone today, abc7 news was in the south of market area as dignitaries revealed the first awning that are designed to let in plenty of light. Tprovide shelter to the publc and provide education on math and science, San Francisco being the heart of silicon valley, it couldnt be more fitting. This is an artists rendering of what it will look like. Just head on abc7 news at 6 00 the noise being made today in oakland after police and fire radios went silent, again. Tough times for a library system. Millions in fines so why are officials ready to forgive and forget. Later your chance to witness jawdropping images of a total Solar Eclipse from around the world thanks to the so what happens when Police Radios arent working . Agencies add a hard time after the radios went silent for part of the night. And this is not the first time that it happened. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee explains. In several months, oaklands Public Safety radio system had three failures. Police and fire had to use other means to communicate with dispatch and each other. Radio Systems Consultant david cruz says outages put Public Safety at risk. There are periods when nobody can get on the air. Friday night, radios shut down, again, this time, for 11 minutes. Sounds like there is a problem somewhere in the network and they dont know how to fix it. They dont understand what is going on. The radio system had a rocky history of glitches. The unimaginable happened in july, 2012, when president obama made a visit to fox theater. A new radio system had been installed but officers had problems communicating on their radios. At the time, david cruz was hired as a consultant to help solve the glitches. A major problem, he found, turned out to be signals from cell phone sites bleeding into radio channels, causing disruptions. Still, over the years, oakland radios have continued to experience problems. The Public Schools police force overseas 90 campuses. We have had outages and monitored radio system. Opd tried to work with us. The goal is to transition into the county wide radio system. Long time critics like the police union say oaklands system is on its last legs and the transition cant come soon enough. Vic lee, abc7 news. Oakland City Administrators Office provided abc7 news with a statement, blaming friday nights issue on a malfunctioning control channel. And, adding, quote, it is our top priority to maintain Radio Communications and transition to the new system as soon as possible. Today, an expert in Police Procedure said San Francisco police made a mistake when they shot and killed alex nietto. This is about recklessness and indifference to the sanctity of life issues and failure to deploy the proper tactics. The 28yearolds parents have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. One issue, did police use Excessive Force when he was shot last year. I think that the officers did a very good job from the testimony, about assessing and reassessing what is in front of them. And stopping as soon as they felt they reasonably could. Today, neittos mother said she was proud of her son, who received his Associates Degree in criminology. That blistering attack from mexicos president saying his country will not pay for trumps proposed wall, and likened the bailin yars tone to that of adolf hitler and moussolini. And trump maintains his lead after splitting the races p four states over the weekend. Trump has 384 delegates, ted cruz, 300 following victories in kansas and maine. Marco rubio has 151. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads with 672 pledged delegates and bernie sanders, 477. Four more contests are being held tomorrow, republicans will be caucusing in hawaii and have a primary in idaho. There will be primaries in michigan. Kids learn two rules about the library. Keep voices down and bring back books before they are due. There are problems with that second rule and the city is taking action. Would you like your receipt . No. No. This one payment he would rather forget. Library fines . Yes. How much . Just 6. Steve says he hasnt learned to bring his books back. What is the fine ever paid . 36. San jose has steepest fines. The city council raised them in 2009. Recession, i think in san jose you have to consider that during those years, libraries were closing. Now, the city has 6. 8 million in unpaid fines. Its a huge amount of money that could pay for Code Enforcement and Graffiti Program in the city. If they can collect it. But with 40 of the cards now suspended, its not likely. When they add up, they can become incentive to stay away, meaning books stay missing and people are missing out on their ability to use the library. This is a 28 million facility, open six days per week. We want people to use it. Some city leaders want to give amnesty for people that can find and bring the items back. That is worth a lot of money. I want to see the books back in the library. Some are impossible to replace. Amnesty wont help for books that are lost or ruined. I oh 20 and have been paying it off. There could be alternatives. Volunteer at the library and pay down fines. For kids, some have had programs for kids to read. Reading is what theyre all about. In san jose, abc7 news. Just ahead on abc7 news at 6 00, Michael Finney on the big inventives offered to get you to inventives offered to get you to switch credit narrator breakfast. Dishes. Dinner. Dishes. Marriage. Dishes. Divorce. Dishes. Sleeping. snoring sputtering dishes. Not sleeping. Dishes. Life. Dishes. Death. Dishes. Existence. Dishes. Dishes, dishes, dishes. Every dish, every time. Only finish has the power ball to take on anything. What will you do . Ctric nissan leaf. How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. Banks are sweetening the deals with credit card sign up. Here we have the banks pulling out stops to get you to switch to one of their cars. Benefits are high, but Customer Loyalty to old banks are higher. You can see the offers everywhere. Cash back and bonuses. If you have a regular card that doesnt reward you, you can do better. And yet, a new survey says most car holders are ignoring those deals. 25 million americans have stuck with the cards for ten years and many come in the mail. I am probably missing out but you get many of them. If youre just buying things youd ordinarily buy, you can pick up a really nice bonus and treat yourself to a vacation. There are millions of consumers that are sticking with their own cars. People feel loyalty to the bank. Not be loyal to them. First, many give you a bonus, only after spending money. Like this offer of 50,000 points, but only after you spend 4,000 within three months. That is dangerous. And can induce someone to spend more than they would have. Overspending may cause penalties. Like its just an introduction thing. And then then, you get a higher rate. Im relaxed. I just stick with my cards that i have. Okay. Now, remember, it can harm your Credit Rating temporarily. And you should avoid closing old accounts because those are the ones that boost your store score. Now, join me tomorrow for our 7 on your side hot line. Experts will be here from 4 00 until 8 00 and you can you can leave your questions in advance on social media. Its never too early. Yes. Thank you. Sure. It is your last chance to witness this wonder. Darkness. Moving across the earth at 1500 miles an hour or faster. Next, meet the researchers traveling around the world to bring us an amazing look tomorrow evening youre going to be able to experience a total Solar Eclipse. Yes. Drew tuma is here with a preview. Wow. Yes. Were excited about this. It is taking place at 5 38 tomorrow afternoon. To help us see it, scientists from the exploratorium traveled around the world to provide an unparalleled view of the event. If youre a kid, just looking up can be a thrill. And soon, adults may experience that same feeling. This coolness factor is off scale high. I have seen ten Solar Eclipses and they thrill me to death. Whats happening today, the moon is on line between the earth and sun. They are rehearsing for a live show, it will create a shadow hundreds of miles wide, turning day into night. Darkness. Moving across the earth at 1500 Miles Per Hour or faster. And the blue sky that you see melt as way and reveals a night sky behind it. Its spectacular. The exploratorium is preparing to go to the eclipse, covering thousands of miles across the south pacific. The destination is a remote island, a tiny island in the middle of the eclipses path. The ribbon of near total darkness. The journey starts with 4,000 pounds of gear and a 24 hour flight. And they will turn the eclipse into a live web cast. And with that, the best place to watch may be in our backyard. So this is only second best to being there in person. And if you can imagine its a sunny, warm day on an island, and all of a sudden, it goes tonight. Its a wonderful experience to see stars and planets in the middle of the day. If youre not careful, they say, you may never look at the sky in quite the same way again. And the exploratorium opens for a Free Viewing Party tomorrow at 5 00. We have information on abc7news. Com. If you cannot make it, do not worry. Youll see the eclipse as it happens at 5 30 here on abc7 news, world news tonight will air at 6 30. Were tracking at least down pours, isolated in nature, but theyre there. Showing you a zoom in now to street level and this cell is seeking south. You notice san jose in the path of the down pours and this is it in terms of wet weather. And if clouds increase throughout the day and a scattered showers chance later in the day. Tuesday night into wednesday, night rain and wind and just a half inch in most areas. The accuweather forecast shows you tomorrow, most of the day is just dry. Its cloudy and into evening we have wet weather. That continues wednesday morning. Another storm, thursday, and stronger storms friday, saturday, and sunday. Thank you drew. Hoping for something heavenly tonight as well. Warriors hope to bounce back from a rare loss tonight and make history. Yes. Abc7 news is live in oracle arena. Mike . Reporter playoff atmosphere tonight. Well have hello, im live at oracle arena. The shocking loss in l. A. Tonight, yesterday, against lakers tonight, theyre hosting the magic here at oracle. Horrible yesterday, had 20 turnovers, suffering the sixth loss of the year, tonight against the magic, they can set a record with the 45th victory at home. Steph curry told us yesterday that playing here at oracle is like no other place in the nba. We have a great home point advantage in our crowd and atmosphere, just the noise level and we have established a identity at home that we dont lose. That is, i mean, obviously helping to defeat any game if we dont play our game, we dont lose at home. I think that is with any championshipcaliber team, that is when they dominate through the season. As players you know every night you walk into oracle, whether the spurs, 76ers, whoever it may be, its going to be every night and that is exciting. Tonights game will be the first appearance for san jose native aaron gordon. He missed last years game with a broken foot. He says he went to his first warriors game when he was eight. And ever since, he wanted to play here and tonight its coming true. I remember coming here and its a dream come true. College hoops, sant clara broncos firing basketball coach after nine years. He went 139 and 159 over all, never finished higher than fourth. This season, the broncos win 11 and 20, finishing six and lost in quarter finals. And up with of the greatest players is to strap on a helmet, Peyton Manning is retiring after 18 years in the league. Hes going out on top to win over panthers here in santa clara. And only quarterback to go to four super bowls with four head coaches and win two super bowls with two teams. Five time mvp. And he is a first ballot hall of famer, today, gave a very emotional speech, thanking coaches, teammates and staff but he got emotional when it came to his family. A week before the super bowl our daughter asked me, daddy is this the last game . Yes, the last of the season. I sure do want you to win that trophy. I do, too, moseley. And that is what were going to try to do. Then, she asked, daddy is this the last game ever . I refer football. I love the game. You dont have to worry if i miss it. Absolutely. Absolutely, i will. And now,raymond green has been sick hes going to try to play and warriors hope not to lose back to back games for the first time this season. We need that win tonight. Thank you, shu. Some people tried to get to the game on bart now are facing delays. This is the crowd in San Francisco. So if youre waiting for someone to come home, they may be late tonight. Be sure to join us at 9 00, local Officials Say this shouldnt be happening in a drought. Why the federal government released thousands of gallons of water today and a club drug bust in santa cruz. 100,000 worth of mdma was seized. Were gathering details on the students accused of operating this drug ring. That is it for this edition of abc7 news. Thanks for joining us. Good night. It took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Oh, look whos back reporting for duty. Oh, look whos back reporting for duty. Hey, guys. All hey. Hey, pam, ah look what i can do now that shes no longer pregnant. Bam, bam, bam, bam. Are you glad to be back . Yeahyeah, i mean i could have used another week or three. You still had eight weeks more than we did. Well, its not exactly a vacation. Hello, everyone. Hey