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As we look at the east bay, san pablo road, it is coming down hard across 680, walnut creek, danville boulevard, concord. In the south bay, spottier showers, but steady from san jose to coyote, heading into the santa cruz mountains. This is just the beginning of whats to come. This storm is a vigorous storm. Its going pick up more moisture off the coastline here and impact the entire state. Look at this moisture train. Atmospheric river is what its tapping into. Its a strong level three on our exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. Tonight, tomorrow, heavy rain, urban flooding, one to two inches in the valleys, three to four in the hills. Winds are gusting about 33 miles an hour in fairfield. Weve seen 50mileanhour wind gusts in the hills. A high wind warning until 10 00 a. M. Could take down more trees and powerlines. Rapid rises are expected on streams and creeks. Do not cross flooded roadways. The high tide als will lead to e flooding across the region. Ill be back with a closer look coming up. Long night. Sandhya, thank you very much. We do have Live Team Coverage spread across the bay area tonight. Well start in south bay. Wy. Reporter yeah, dan, ama, the rain has beence before 9 00 tonight. Its not the rain i wind, but the win thats paired wit. Ive had to adjust my stance to remain upright as weve been preparing for this broadcast. As we mentioned, more weather is on the way. Now, the city of san jose, they take winter storm preparations in the summer. How is that for preparation . All that work is made more difficult when debris clogs leading to flooding. Flooding is a possibility tonight. The winter storm is expected to intensify. Good news for san jose. The citys Transportation Department has about 20 crews standing by to respond as the storm growtime, you can still t safety into your own hands. One south bay neighbor was taking no chances. He filled his truck with sandbag after sandbag. Suffered quite a bit of flooding in the last strong storm. Im not even ready. Im just concerned about what happened last week. I dont want to be flooded wen. Reporter six sandbag stations are spread across the south bay. Helpful tools provided by the santa clara water district. You can see the rain still continuing to fall. It has been pretty steady, intensifying at times. But that wind, i have to tell you, that is kind of you can see it right now. Its whats really, really bothering me tonight. Still struggling to keep up, but im reporting live in san jose. Amanda del castillo, abc7 news. Youre doing a goo of staying upright, amanda. It is really intense. Thats what it looks like if the south bay. Lets turn your attention now to the east bay. Reporter katie utehs is in fremont where there has been a power outage tonight. Reporter people in this neighborhood have been without power going on five hours now, and the wind picked up, as well, which is making that tree trimming behind me a precarious job this evening. But that tree is the culprit of this power outage as the limbs got tangled in the lines. Now, im told the delay in restoration of power is because pg e is expecting the worst of the storm to hit overnight. So they staffed crews to start at midnight. So there was some delay in getting folks out here to work on those trees. No word exactly on when theyre going to restore power here. The outage here canfield drive started around 6 00. W the winds so they out fire. E nd i looked like two power line were hitting each other within a tree. As it did, it just sparkled like fireworks. Reporter fortunately, theres no damage to my property, just an outage. The pg e outage map shows small Power Outages in union city, pleasanton, and of course, here in fremont. Pg e does have a very helpful, interactive map on their website where you can check outages and estimated restoration times. Abc7news. Com. Katie utehs, abc7 news. Katie, thank you. Now to the north bay. Jobina fortson is live at the park and ride. It closed thunderstois morni because of flooding. How are things now . Reporter the winds have picked up, although this area is not experiencing flooding at the moment, the threat is still there, which is why you see these yellow barricades set up along the lowlying areas of the parking lot here, along with the sign thatets drivers as soon as they pull into this lot, letting them know of the risk in this area. About ten minutes up the road, the health and wellness campus set up a Severe Weather emergency shelter. We stopped by and did see people come in. The shelter has food, a space for 80 people to sleep, and they are not at capacity. Tonight, people can check in as the storm is affecting the areas they may be inhabiting, the creeks and rivers and such, and theyll be asked to leave by 6 30 in the morning and a shuttle will take them for breakfast if they like or leaving on their own. Reporter and while riding around the north bay, we did observe people, lots of people on the road, driving rather quickly for the conditions out here. So remember, everyone, please slow down on the road waist. Reporting live, jobina fortson, abc7 news. Thank you so much, jobina. Taking a live look at sfo, where windy weather is proving to be a headache for flyers. More than 400 flights delayed, 90 canceled. Now, if you were planning to drive to tahoe, dont travel to see sierra. A winter storm is in effect through monday. And you can check conditions on the abc7 news app. Stay with us. What are thousands of golf balls doing in the Pacific Ocean . Dan noyes and the iteam investigate, taking you off the coast of pebble beach. 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There is a lot of green, that means a lot of rain. Sandhya will have your full forecast in just a few minutes. A potential danger to wildlife is working beneath the waters of the monterey bay marine sanctuary. Its been there for a hundred years and only now coming to surface because of the curiosity of a teenage girl. The problem is golf balls, tens of thousands of them. Dan noyes is here to explain why the top public golf course in the country is part of the problem. Take a look at this picture taken of what is supposed to be protected waters. That is a california sea otter, and its not holding a clam or muscle, its a golf ball and its a serious issue. Pebble beach is where the rich and famous come to play golf. It sits directly on the california shoreline, just steps away from the most environmentally sensitive waters on the west coast. But look below the surface and this is what youll find. Seeing the sea floor covered in trash was a straight shot to the heart. Reporter the coast has been part of alex webers life since she was is born. She went diving and was stunned at what she found. We would dive and pick up 2500 golf balls and two weeks later we would pick up another 2500 golf balls. Reporter she wondered just how many golf balls are there . The more we researched, the more we discovered, no one has ever looked at golf balls in the ocean. She said she had read some of the scientific articles that came out of my ph. D. Work. Reporter she picked up with researcher matthew soboku to determine how big the problem is. Its so rubbery. I said lets put together a report and try to publish a scientific article of your own that states the scope of the problem, the intensity of the problem, and what we can do about the problem. Reporter with ma shoe overseeing her research, alex went to work collecting golf balls in the ocean and on the beach new three coastal golf courses, sorting them by their condition. We start with Something Like this, obviously with the polyurethane shell and the gloss. As that breaks down, it loses the paint and the shell. Reporter over time, the balls roll around on the ocean floor and break into pieces. This rubber band that was in this golf ball, theres 275 yards of it. That will continue to unraffle and get tangled up in the kelp, so it sits on the surface of the ocean. Reporter the balls had been deteriorating for decades. Pebble beach has been a course since 1919. Its not the problem of golf balls constantly being hit into the ocean, theres 100 years of golf ball pollution out there, and thats continuing to wear down. Reporter that waste could potentially impact wild life, including fish, the sea otter and sea lions and coastal birds who may eat tiny pieces of plastic. Theres not a lot of study done on the chemical compounds in golf balls and how that affects organisms consuming this material. Until alex looked at this problem, no one had really studied this problem and its potential effects at all. Reporter after two years of work, alex and matthew published their paper that concluded post of the balls came from pebble beach. They found more than 35,000 in the water off the golf course. When alex added those balls to ones collected in the same area by the marine sanctuary and pebble beach corporation, the total found went up to 50,000 golf balls. Since then, weve collected approximately 20,000 additional golf balls. The fact there were so many offshore in certain locations was new to us. Because unless somebody dove in that area and brought it to our attention, we didnt know. Reporter pebble beach is now telling caddies and golfers to make sure their balls stay out of the ocean. They have worked with the monterey marine bay sanctuary and aquarium to identify key areas to clean up. We now have a collection planned to go 18 years this time to 11 separate locations, and pick up golf balls that are accidently hit into the ocean. Reporter the marine sanctuary agreed to work closely with the course to make sure the cleanup is done right. Were going to be looking over their shoulder. Reporter the sanctuary protects 276 miles of california coast. Its been interesting to get to the bottom of the golf ball issue and realize there could be other areas on the coast that we need to look at. Reporter alex will be heading to Uc Santa Barbara to study marine ecology. Golf courses should be responsible for picking up these balls. Reporter its really not over yet. The California Coastal Commission Says plastic golf balls in the ocean is not acceptable. Theyre looking at all options to clean them up and keep it from happening. Good for her. So sad to see. But a great change from her work. Absolutely. Thats true. She does have a bright future. Thanks, dan. We have a lot of rain to talk about tonight. We do a whole lot. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here. Lets check out live doppler 7, our is tracking rain right down to the street level. It has picked up in intensity in the south bay. Willow glenn, evendale, story road, santa clara, cupertino, mountain view, seeing steadier, lighter rain. In the santa cruz area, light to moderate at this minute. Inland east bay, deer valley road, wilbur avenue, yes, it is intensifying. So the storm is starting to push in, and thats why were seeing darker green shades. It is turning to a lighter rainfall in some areas like fairfield, but that will change as the night goes on. San francisco heading into san bruno, daley city, right around fulton street, balb in the sierra, chain controls on state route 4. Do not try traveling up there. This is why winter storm warning until 4 00 p. M. Tuesday. 5 to 10 feet of snow is expected by tuesday. The heavy snow, gusty winds will make for low visibility. So travel is not recommended. By monday, the snow level will be dropping to 1,000 to 2,000 feet. Tonight, windy with light rain and snow. Tomorrow, all snow sunday, monday, with windy conditions. So 40s and 50s right now. Look at the flag, just really flapping in the wind. This is from our kgo roof camera. The camera is even shaking, so the wind is picking up, as well. From our san jose camera, we are looking at a wet view with clouds looking towards the shark tank. Raindrops on our exploratorium camera. Wet, windy, with thunder tomorrow. Cold storm on sunday, looking at snow over the highest peaks monday and tuesday. You heard right. This is a level three storm. Two to four inches in the hills with the damaging wind gusts. Weve seen trees go down, Power Outages still a possibility. Hydroplaning on the roadways. Its a high likihood between tonight and tomorrow. Pockets of moderate to heavy rain. You start to see the downpours in the region. Dont be surprised if a thunderstorm or two rumbles through. Itses eases a little bit. You get a little bit of a break un sames through here, between 4 30 tomorrow afternoon with heavy downpours g00 p. M. , it lets up. Most areas are going to be in the one to twoinch category. Sme spot hs be les will be less. Winds are going stronger. Weve seen a 50mileanhour wind gust. 60 marineman wi 60mileanhour winds. Starting to ease up as we head into the afternoon hours. Still gusty along the coast, but nowhere they are the wind intensity well experience tonight. Stormy morning, 40s, 50s. Stay inside if you can tomorrow morning. Wait until 11 00 a. M. When things calm down. Tomorrow afternoon, stormy conditions along the coast for the rest of you. 50s, 60s, scattered showers. And the sevenday forecast. A strong level three for our storm impact scale. Rain, wind, thunder tomorrow. Colder storm level. Not as much rain or wind. Mixed precipitation monday. Snow over the hills. Same thing on tuesday. 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Heres steve kerr. We just need to bounce back. Last night was a tough loss. But weve been in a good place for the last few weeks, and i thought we got a little scattered last night at both ends of the floor. I give philadelphia a lot of credit. They earned it. Tomorrow is just about, you know, getting back to playing the way we have played over the last couple of weeks. Nba tonight, rockets and nuggets. The ws in denver finished tied for first. Thats Malik Beasley with authority. Denver scored 83 in the first half. Defense optional for the rockets. James harden barely got to 30. We have more dunking. This is torrey craig. He had 22. A lot of highlights for the nuggets. Denver rolls 13622. Theyre tied for first place with the ws in the west. The lakers want to acquire Anthony Davis from the pelicans before next week. L. A. s first offer, according to espn, lonzo ball, kyle kouzma, a first round pick and a signed kareem jersey. I made that last part up, but the pelicans are said to be underwelled. Super bowl. Nobody knows how jared goff will react. He says hes trying to get psyched up. Just trying to treat it like any other game. You can get caught up and make it the biggest game of the year, but just try to be yourself and not make it bigger than it is and have fun with it. Be your best and prepare as best you can. See if he can do that. Abc 7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. Ive been flipflopping all day. Rams, 3431. Who bets against tom brady. Only an idiot. You said it. It should be a good game. I think goff will hold it i think goff will hold it together. No matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy . Thats because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. So, try febreze fabric refresher. Febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. Use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. Fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. Nro for whole homereness. Winds are ramping up, and the rain is coming down. It will get heavier overnight. Tomorrow be prepared for thunderstorms, rain, and wind. Thanks, sandhya. Be sure to tune in tomorrow starting at 5 00 a. M. Nguyen lisa, and cornell. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. For all of us, we appreciate your time. Jimmy kimmel is next. Tvs number one daily viral video show, right this minute. Special delivery but we know theres a risk. When packages are left on someones door. A family is shocked when the culprit is busted. Pooch pilot. Hes taken taking out hih frustrations. Back window. Side window. What happens when a stickler for parking getting a sledge hammer . Shes waited eight long months. The emotions. The military home coming that will bring a tear to your eye. Plus the buzz word for your chance to win a new ipad mini. And colin fir perfects the treadmill, but thats no guarantee of success. Oh, yes, the cam has picked up all kinds of interesting things when packages are left at someones door. We are in utah. Here we have somebody who drives up, rolls down the window, drops the box. Work smarter, not harder. No. Youre supposed to get out and deliver the package. After the car goes away thats when a package thief shows up. The car is not even out of the driveway. Like gimme, gimme. A bone . And the thing is, what do you charge this dog with . Pooch pilot. At first, he sniffed around, sniffed around. Finally you know what, im going to carry the box away and really try to get into it. And the dog does that because the people who ordered the phone thats in the box said, hey, you said it would be delivered guaranteed today and they said, well, it was. It was, so they went and checked the cam and realized that the family dog stole the phone. They found it on the property. They had to go looking for it, but the box was torn up. The receipt was torn up. Accessories was torn up but the phone was fine according to the dogs owner. Hey, this pooch stole our hearts instantly. Check it out. That dog is coco. A yorkshire terrier. She is being held by Ashland Davis and this is the first time her daughter is meeting the puppy. Today, this is how nick reacts whenever he sees cookies. So cute. The eyes get wide. Her hands are wide. And then this is what is stealing peoples hearts. Her reaction. The animal came to life. Yeah. Shes just happy. Mething as cute as me is in the house and i get to play with it. Give me that puppy. Super cute. Its a very familiar area to us on right this minute but normally people are wind wind wd in the french alps and on the glaciers. You can hike down to the glacier and we can all hike. Check it out. They have everything set up, the ladders are all there. Walk down the ladders. Its fine if you hold on real good. Exactly. Once you have hiked down to the glacier, all you have to do is keep going down. This is Mikko Matthew with his crew. You will see right here they just take that rope down into the crevasse. The guys are all about the expedition. All about going to places that are difficult to get to. Exploring and watch the point of view footage from mikkos camera. He descends into the crevasse. If you have any kind of claustrophobia, now might be a good time to turn away. Down, down and down he goes. It gets darker. He does reach some sort of end to this crevasse. But getting out you might imagine not quite as easy as getting in. At this moment it looks like mikko is having a difficult time so he can reach up and stab again. He struggles. He works hard at it. Then just manages to climb out of this deep glacial crevasse. Its one heck of an aenre and one amazing thing to get off your bucket list. In you ever wondered what the inside of a glacier looks like, there you have it. Ls of excited family waiting here in tennessee for Service Members to show up so they can give them big old smooches. But we are following amanda shoemaker and her 2yearold son and theyre waiting for their father to show up. Feels like time slowed down. Youre waiting for the doors to open and you know that time going backwards. For them its been eight months. Hes been in afghanistan but on this day he gets to come home. Once they finally make it outside you can see the anticipation. The emotions on her face as she is waiting there for her man to come close. There is a moment where they finally see them walking on to the tarmac. They cantse wait until theyre cleared and eventually they walk inside. Everybody is clapping and cheering and once they get the release orders. Yeah, everybody is anxious for the guys. You should thank the families because theyre going through it too. Yeah, mom has to hold down the fort by herself. She has to be mom and dad. They have been together for a really long time. Apparently they ended up dating their senior year in college and got married shortly after graduating. You can tell they have been in love ever since. Its time to give away another ipad mini. To enter you need fridays buzz word, be at least 18 years old and a legal resident of the u. S. Stay tuned for the ipad mini give away. I was about to where in croatia . This guy is under pressure. Yeah. Somebody fooled around right here. In the crosswalk. Yes. Was it not intentionally . Oh, so messed up. A broken down car and they went to get help. Who knows how it got there, but its there. This dude is not happy about it. I cant tell. So he got out, he was like back window, crack. Side window, crack. And the side window, crack. Crack. He did it, he left. Police are looking for him. Theyre still investigating. Now these dudes are crashing and bashing windows for a purpose. Because its fun. Yeah. Its a lot of fun when you add