live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. victory for sanctuary cities tonight. a judge has blocked an order from the president that would have cost two major bay area communities billions of dollars. good evening. i m dan ashley. and i m dion lim in for ama daetz. the decision stems from a lawsuit brought by santa clara county and san francisco. it means the president cannot withhold their federal funding. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in san jose with reaction. katie? dan, dion, president trump can appeal the decision to the ninth circuit court. but a santa clara supervisor called the ruling a legal knockout punch. it s one of those issues where you look to your left, you look to your right, and you realize if anyone is going to lead, it s going to be us. santa clara county filed a lawsuit to stop the trump administration from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities. a district judge handed santa clara a win on monday issuing a permanent inj
lawsuit to stop the trump administration from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities. a district judge handed santa clara a win on monday issuing a permanent injunction. every step of the way, the county of santa clara has won on this case. and this is really an almost fatal blow to the administration on the issue of detention of immigrants without due process. the term sanctuary city has come to describe a jurisdiction that won t allow local law enforcement to hold someone in custody on behalf of immigration and customs enforcement. santa clara county stood to lose $1.7 billion in federal funding. san francisco had $2 billion at stake. san francisco also sued the city attorney has released a statement that reads in part, president trump might be able to tweet whatever comes to mind, but he can t grant himself new authority because he feels like it. san jose immigration material merle kahn applauds the decision. i the courts are doing what they need to do. the
live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. victory for sanctuary cities tonight. a judge has blocked an order from the president that would have cost two major bay area communities billions of dollars. good evening. i m dan ashley. and i m dion lim in for ama daetz. the decision stems from a lawsuit brought by santa clara county and san francisco. it means the president cannot withhold their federal funding. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in san jose with reaction. katie? dan, dion, president trump can appeal the decision to the ninth circuit court. but a santa clara supervisor called the ruling a legal knockout punch. it s one of those issues where you look to your left, you look to your right, and you realize if anyone is going to lead, it s going to be us. santa clara county filed a lawsuit to stop the trump administration from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities. a district judge handed santa clara a win on monday issuing a permanent inj
but much stronger in southern california where there was heavier rain and stronger wind than here. some of the heaviest in santa barbara county which received 3 to 6 inches of rainfall. there were deadly debris flows in montecito. let me give you a look at montecito. more than half an inch of rain resulting in the fatal debris flow. in ventura county, a portion of shutdown of highway 101. dead dead drew tuma has more of that. it s not only the amount of rain, it s also the intensity of the rain falling that can cause issues. we got soaked here the past 36 hours. finally, it was a slow start to the rainy season. but totals across the region. some of the hardest hit spots. 3.47 inches in san francisco. the south bay, you are not out of the woods with this storm. you saw 2 inches of rain. where do we take a look at the percent of normal and where we stand for the rainy season so far to date? you can see the heaviest rainfall, look at that, in southern california. we re talki
caused by rains. it s caused 13 deaths and they re looking for 24 people still missing. this is montecito in santa barbara county where the thomas fire burned last month. it s a neighborhood swamped in mud with a flow so powerful it ripped apart some homes. it inundated highway 101, completely shutting it down. mud and floodwaters buried roads in los angeles county as well. the mudslide comes out of nowhere. out of the bushes here. pushes me over three to four feet. many were taken by surprise at the ferocity. in areas near l.a. and burbank. across the storm battered area at least 50 people have been rescued by air and dozens more on the ground. emergency responders called this the worst case scenario following last month s wildfires. we have team coverage of the effects of the weather in southern california and in the bay area. drew tuma is adding up how much rain we ve received. but first a check in with spencer christian who is tracking the system across the st