Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. The strongest storm in years is inching closer tonight. Here is a live look from our roof camera. The high surf is already lashing the coast. While there is no rain yet, city officials are telling people to prepare for high winds and very heavy rain. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama dates. First, the protests in berkeley and in oakland. This is video from sky 7hd, and you can see hundreds of protesters marching through the streets. Yes, just moments ago the crowd surrounded Oakland City Hall and there were concerns it would interrupt the meeting. Right now they are near 17th and castro. They are pro tegs the decision not to indict a white Police Officer in the chokehold death of an africanamerican men and other cases of alleged police brutality. Alan wang has been walking with the crowd tonight and he joins us live on the phone. Alan . Ama and dan, in the past few minutes, the protesters marched from Oakland City Hall to interst
Store closed and the floor covered in two inches of water. As i came to get my meds, here i am. Reporter cvs employees told him to drive to another store after the weight of the rain caved part of the ceiling. Inspectors deem the building potentially unsafe. Before dawn in san jose, a woman drove through an underpass submerged in water. Her car got stuck and she had to wade in three feet of rainwater to get to dry land near the s. A. P. Arena. For some the storm brought headaches but also brought an unfamiliar and welcome sight in los gatos the reservoir is full. There is still a long way to go even with all this rain. The majority of the reservoirs in Santa Clara County are still less than 30 full. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. We saw michelle handing out sandbags in Mountain View. It has been getting dangerous here the past two daze. We have seen more rain in two days than we could even come close to getting in about threemonth period over the past year. As you
Police officer in the chokehold death of an africanamerican men and other cases of alleged police brutality. Alan wang has been walking with the crowd tonight and he joins us live on the phone. Alan . Ama and dan, in the past few minutes, the protesters marched from Oakland City Hall to interstate 980. Thats where police were waiting heavily armed with less lethal weapons that shoot rubber bullets and beanbags. I am told the chp commissioner has been out here tonight as police are prepared to arrest a lot of people. The march was peaceful from berkeley until oakland until the protesters made a break and started running to the freeway. They made it to mlk and 40th where several climbed a hill and got on the westbound highway 24th. Traffic came to a halt and the protesters performed a die in and set off fireworks. Police immediately made arrests. Meanwhile, the rest of the crowd cheered while blocking the intersection of mlk and 40th. Police threatened teargas and even fired rubber bulle
He tells me a big part of the spike is that the flu shot isnt doing the job. In years past its about 80 effective. This year 52 effective. Covering half the flu antigens. I still recommend a flu shot. Lessens the symptoms and the swert of the illness. Reporter while treating the flu with tamiflu medication has been successful the doctor warns a shortage of that drug could cause added problems. If the number of cases keep spiking eventually well have a shortage. Reporter the staff here and at area hospitals are not taking any chances. They recently put up these signs. They have new visiting policies telling folks that if they are under 16 they are not allowed in and no more than two visitors per patient. Now we have posted more information on our nbc washington app when it comes to the cdcs most recent report when it comes to flu deaths. You can find that again by logging on to our app. In alexandria im david culver. Latest flu activity map from the cdc shows widespread activity across
Some concerns in newark as well as atlanta with flight delays. So temperatures they will be dropping as we go hour bay hour. By 11 00 oclock still above freezing in many spots. But once again overnight and by tomorrow morning were looking at numbers below freezing. When i come inside, well talk about how chilly it stays this week and also a warmup in that seven day forecast. Iain and lucy . Scott thanks. Come back in. Its a little warmer in here. Meantime temperatures are dropping and after a day full of freezing rain and downpour that is can spell some problems for anyone heading outside. Our Shawnette Wilson is live near 30th street station with more on that tonight. Shawnette . Reporter okay, iain. So just a little bit ago i did notice a person or two almost slip and fall, but again nothing too difficult trying to get around here. We know the worse is the still to come. So the conditions at this hour the rain has stopped here in center city. But, of course, the roads and the streets