moving on shore. heavy downpours, strong gusty wind expanding and continuing into the overnight and early morning hours. the morning commute tomorrow will be another messy and slippery one. we still have a flash flood watch in effect until 10:00 in the morning for all of the bay area. larry and kristen. >> in the south bay, crews are bracing for a busy evening. >> reporter chris nguyen is live at anderson reservoir. chris? >> reporter: a break from the heavy rain for now. but crews with both the city as well as the water district are prepared to respond to any potential flooding. check this out. one of the things they're doing now is releasing water from anderson reservoir that's to prevent it from reaching capacity. steady rain throughout the day in san jose keeping these crews on the go. the department of transportation barricaded off this sinkhole at bailey and santa teresa to make it safe for passage. >> we know that we have a significant amount of storms coming. >> city leaders appeared with valley water to outline the emergency action plan. >> it allows us to push text notifications to all cell phones within an affected area. we have purchased and ready to deploy loud speakers for warning purposes. >> they faced disaster as water released caused coyote creek to flood. local officials estimate the flooding caused $73 million in damage. valley water has since led efforts to remove downed trees and invasive vegetation in the creek. >> all of our sandbag stations have been fully stocked. in addition, cities operate an additional 19 sandbag sites. as of this afternoon, anderson reservoir was over 37% of capacity. there should be enough space to capture all of the projected runoff. garrett's home nearly flooded in 2017. he's glad to see the city and water district working together. >> it's scary. you don't think living in such a big city like san jose, something like this could affect you. but with a reservoir that big so close to home, you have to think about it. >> lessons learned as crews are put to the test. >> all the planning done. communication ready in multiple languages. it's a matter of implementing a plan versus trying to create a plan. >> reporter: quite the scene behind me. if you haven't done so, the city is encouraging residents to download alert scc. that's the county's mass alert system via text. we're live at anderson reservoir. i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> chris, thank you. rain and strong winds brought down a 60-foot tree in san jose blocking part of hillsdale avenue for hours. the homeowner where the tree was upright and came down, he saw his fence bend and then the tree slowly came down. fortunately, nobody was hurt. they got the tree out of way just after 11:00 this morning. this is a picture of a mudslide tweeted by the santa cruz chp. right now only the left lane is open there. more of old la han da road in san mateo county crumbled dun a hillside today. the ground under old la honda road began sliding during another storm earlier this month. it's going to stay closed until it can be rebuilt. flooding forced one driver in sonoma county to escape from her stranded car. she was stuck driving into floodwaters along valley ford road in bloomfield. a van couldn't move after hitting a log floating in the water on green valley road in sebastopol. others made it through the flood. >> wayne freedman is joining us live in sonoma county and watching the water levels rise there. wayne? >> reporter: the santa rosa creek is behind me where the water has been rising all day. we're up here for a reason. that walkway, officially now closed by the city. they're worried that it might overflow its banks for the first time since 2005. let us begin with assistant fire marshal paul roehn that will. >> we don't want the public by the creek. >> it's a preventative one. we've seen more than a few closures around the area already. julie took one look at it west of petaluma and wanted nothing to do with it. >> there's a lot of rain. >> yeah. >> have you seen people try to go through it? >> no. >> we did, though. a quarter mile watery attempted by one truck that looked and sounded like a boat that somehow made it across even though another car did not. flooded or not, there was no easy driving today. as the rain picked up, so did business for nearby wrecking yards along highway 101 near petaluma. and yet -- this caused the biggest disruption. a eucalyptus tree fell across both northbound lanes on east washington boulevard. it hurt nobody but it scared quite a few. >> as far as i know, it fell fast, yeah. >> lucky that nobody was underneath. >> exactly. no reports of any cars hit or damaged or anything. >> reporter: so as we come back live looking at santa rosa creek again, we have dodged bullets so far in the form of billions of raindro raindrops. but this is just to start. look for santa rosa creek to keep rising and for this walkway to remain closed for some time. we heard a few moments ago, that there are power outages in the north bay. specifically in stinson beach. roughly 1,000 people have lost power. that's the latest according to pg&e. live in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. a lot of storm impact. wayne, thank you. lots of rain came down in san francisco today. it caused quite a few problems. >> abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is joining us next. she's live on alemany >> reporter: this had to be the most chaotic northbound. especially northbound on alemany boulevard. towards 101 and 280. right across from me is the alemany farmers market. good news. this area northbound has reopened. again, it was closed for several hours. but let me show you what it looked like a few hours ago. this is what was going on. people tried to drive through the floodwaters and some cars got stuck. one man called it a river. now, water got into the tailpipe and eventually into their engines and that was it. they could not move. no the flooded area and decided to get around it by driving on the grass. well, that grass is so very, very saturated that their cars got stuck in the mud, deep mud. now the only way out of there was to be towed. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven vehicles stuck right now. >> trying to get back on 280 north -- excuse me, 280 south. got stuck in the dirt. >> reporter: have you done that before? >> no, this is the first time. >> reporter: well, that was an expensive shortcut. here's video of 280 southbound near cesar chavez. parts of that interstate were so flooded that it caused a major backup. not far from there on toe land street, several cars got stuck because of the floodwaters. some took a major risk by driving through here. now, as you can see over here on -- on alemany boulevard, a lot of the mud here, look how deep that is. can you see that? of course. that's why they got stuck. good news. behind me, they've reopened alemany boulevard northbound because they cleared some of the drains. those were completely clogged. of course the water started to recede once they moved that. i don't know if your honowe if the sound. a truck was trying to remove some floodwater. that is southbound. looking much better. i think they've cleaned the area. good news northbound open to everyone. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> you can do traffic control in a second. you're all over it. yes. go that way. in san pablo, the rain flooded this cul-de-sac in the rolling wood area. runoff from nearby hills tends to collect on this low-lying street and it overwhelms the storm drains. this time water covered most of judith court including the sidewalks. the water stopped short of the houses which are fortunately on on up slope. >> as you can imagine, it's affecting travelers. this is live look at sfo. airport officials tell us 365 flights have been delayed. yeah. another 142 have just been canceled. most of today's delays and cancellations affect those short haul flights. abc 7 mornings will be on early again tomorrow to bring you extended coverage of the strong storm. join us beginning at 4:00 a.m. meteorologist mike nicco will have the hour-by-hour forecast and traffic reporter alexis smith will have up to the minute road conditions and live drive time traffic. >> i imagine she'll be very busy again tomorrow morning. your driving was 90 minutes. >> usually takes 50. didn't even witness an accident. it was just slow. >> much more coming on our wet weather later this hour. more rain is ahead. just ahead here, our b.a.r.t. week continues. >> we'll get some of your questions answered with b.a.r.t. board president bevan duft at this. >> how this cannabis product is going mainstream. >> coming up on 4:11. this is 680, walnut creek. northbound traffic coming at us here. i don't see any rain on the roadw roadw roadway, which is good news. usually that's the heavier traffic. southbound is mo shshow me homecoming. baby sloth videos on youtube. amy, do you uh mind giving someone else a turn? oh yeah i made myself a little comfortable here. i got a pizza for amy! yes, that's me! xfinity lets you search netflix, prime video, and youtube with the sound of your voice. and i don't have my wallet, so. that's simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet and tv for $40 each a month for 12 months when you bundle both. click, call or visit a store today. we're hearing from b.a.r.t. today about our day on the system. it's part of our b.a.r.t. week build a better bay area initiative. on tuesday, six reporters and producers spent the entire day riding the system from the first train in the morning until the last one at night. documenting everything they saw, the good and the bad. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the lafayette b.a.r.t. station with reaction from b.a.r.t.'s top brass to our reporting. laura. >> reporter: hi, we understand that many of the issues highlighted are pervasive issues. b.a.r.t. riders who use the system every day see this every day. we thought we should shine a brighter light oon them with a goal of trying to help build a better system to the bay area. it happens all day every day. at b.a.r.t. stations throughout the bay area. fare evaders jumping over gates or just going through them. it was easily documented by various news producers and reporters in our dawn to dusk coverage of the b.a.r.t. system. fare evasion seems to top the list. upgrading the existing fare gates could cost a 15 to $20 million. replacing the entire system more like 200 million. >> it is a work in progress. little bit over a year ago, we had no inspectors. >> the inspection teams are new and b.a.r.t. is adding more of them. police chief rojas says a larger crackdown would take many more officers than the 35 typically working a day shift. >> the cost would be astronomical. it's equivalent to having a police officer on every corner. if you look at us having 40 stations up to 60 trains on the system, that would be over 100 officers on one shift. >> besides fare evasion, our crews found a host of other issues. many trains and stations appeared clean and orderly. but in some locations, we found piles of trash. >> what type of drug was it? was that crack? >> no. this was fentanyl. >> blatant drug use and many people who appeared to be homeless. >> what i see is this homeless crisis that is pushing its way into the system. people are seeking shelter and when they feel that they don't have anywhere to go at the county level, they're coming into b.a.r.t. we're doing a bunch of things to tackle that problem. it's extremely difficult as a transit agency. >>. >> reporter: i'm not very tall, nor are the gates. you can see how it's easy to get through without paying a fare. studies are under way by b.a.r.t. to figure out how to fix this fare evasion problem. whether to build surrounding fencing around these gates or to replace them altogether. live in lafayette, i'm laura anthony, abc 7 news. laura, thank you. yoing joining me now to look at the problems with b.a.r.t. is board president bevan dufty. thank you for coming back. i know you were on midday live. we got a slew of e-mails from b.a.r.t. riders with their complaints and issues. kristen says, it's been four hours since you were on. how many have you seen? >> i did make an inquiry about the chief of police. there was a -- would they be willing to make a citizens arrest. i don't think that's appropriate. we should be stepping in and solving problems. i'm hoping to clear that up so people don't get those kind of messages. >> is the app working as well as you had hoped? >> for me it has. i used it one time. i had a bad situation on a train with someone being very loud and threatening towards people and two stations later an officer came on, used really good deescalation techniques and the individual got it together and did better. but i think ultimately what we're focusing on is b.a.r.t. is a transit agency and we have societal problems, we have a homeless crisis in the bay area. we have mentally ill people that really need services, care and support. we have to rely and partner with our city agencies and county agencies in the b.a.r.t. region. we're working hard. we have the san francisco homeless outreach team in the four downtown stations. this month they start at 16th and 24th. we started in contra costa county. they have excellent service there is. >> to the point of problems, one of our riders wrote in about drugs. i'll read you the question. every night at civic center, people are doing drugs. people smoke every time i ride b.a.r.t. which is twice a day. numerous times i've been confronted by people threatening me. the b.a.r.t. alert does absolutely nothing. totally worthless, end quote. >> well, i would like to talk to that person and hear more specifics that i would look into. as you know, i pulled out a folding chair and table. i sat in the civic center b.a.r.t. station. it's a very different station. you go in that hallway, people are not shooting up. you're hearing classical music. i think people are impressed. one of the things larry, that we saw is we have a bad experience, it sticks with you. when you have a mundane experience and you're playing candy crush and you get to work and start your day, you're not thinking about that being a success. it's not an excuse. i recognize that we have to be rider focused and do a better job. this is a roadmap. i really appreciate it. i think it's really exciting what you've done to give the riders a voice and to communicate through kgo. >> one more question on fare evasion. laura touched on it. i could look past the delays and i understand equipment breaks down and what not. what i can't overlook are the fare evaders who pass through the gates every day. i do not find it's fair for us to pay and others hop the gate. i know you're going to try to install higher barriers. >> on the b.a.r.t. board, there are nine of us. there was not even a law about proof of payment. so the only time an officer could cite someone was if they saw them vaulting a rail or jumping a fare gate. we're going to come out in march and have recommendations on how to improve the gates and make the system have more integrity to it. it's going to impact how riders feel. they don't like to see people beating the system. it makes them feel less safe. it's something we have to tackle this year. i'm hopeful we'll be able to do some things. we've been increasing the pressure on some of the gates. here in embarcadero, there are a set of gates you can't push apart. that's part of the roadmap we will be following. >> incremental progress is what we're looking at here. i should pass along to you. w have 100, 200 e-mails here. the first thing bevan said is can i take these? i know you're trying and i appreciate you coming back in. an encore visit or glutton for punish. ment. >> i hope kgo does it again. >> if you'd like to join our conversation, go to abc7news.com and click on the building a better bay area b.a.r.t. week link. scroll to the bottom of the page and submit your comments and they may be read on air. now your accuweather forecast. this has been a stormy day. live doppler 7. there's a little break. the storm eased up a bit. less there's a lot developing offshore. here's a view of the golden gate bridge. no rain seems to be falling at this moment. it will be a stormy morning commute again tomorrow. look for a mixed wintry precipitation friday through sunday as colder air comes in. we'll have cold showers down low and light snow up in the higher elevations. a drier pattern begins early next week. right now we're dealing with the rain and there are flood concerns. russian river is expected to crest about 6 feet above flood stage friday morning. friday morning at 7:00. that should produce moderate flooding. that will be near guerneville. also the navarro river in mendocino county expected to crest tomorrow at noon ten feet above flood stage producing moderate flooding. our current storm still ranks 3 on the storm impact scale. a strong storm. it will continue to produce through tomorrow morning. an additional half to inch of rain. that will produce flooding in more areas. they will be gusting 45 to 60 miles per hour. relatively calm conditions with a lot of wet pavement and saturated soil. temperatures ride now at clear lake and napa. low to mid-50s everywhere else. forecast animation, starting at 10:00 tonight, at that point we'll see widespread moderate to heavy rain across the north bay. the early morning hours, shortly after midnight, the rain will expand to other parts of the bay area. once again, getting into the morning commute tomorrow, look for more widespread rain and pooling and ponding and slippery roadways will be greeting morning commuters. but the storm will start to wind down and weaken in the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow. that's good news. additional rainfall totals ranging anywhere from a half inch in the peninsula and between 1 and 2 inches addition additional in the north bay. we have a high wind warning until 10:00 for the areas in brown. these represent the higher elevations in the bay area. at bay level, these areas in yellow represent areas where the wind is a wind advisory. that's in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning as well. once again, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. there's the possibility of downed trees and power lines and power outages. on we go to the wind gust animation. at 4:30 tomorrow morning, at the commute is getting under way. gusts 35 to 50 miles per hour. but the wind will begin to ease up a bit going into the mid-morning and midday hours and continue tapering off tomorrow evening. in the sierra, winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 p.m. expect three to six feet of snow there. the temperatures will be in the mid-50s for the most part. highs tomorrow in the upper 50s to near 60. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. happy valentine's day tomorrow with still stormy pattern with us through much of the day. then the colder air comes in as i mentioned friday, saturday and sunday. each of those days, we have storm activity ranking 1 on the storm impact scale. showers at bay level. some light snow in the higher elevations. finally monday, presidents' day, we start with dry weather and that will last at least a few days. >> all right. >> that will be welcome. >> thank you, spencer. new details about the firehouse cat kicked out of its adopted home. could she be getting a reprieve. >> the bay area pooch making a it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during the ultimate sleep number event. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground running. only at a sleep number store. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 24-month financing on all smart beds. only for a limited time. 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plans to take up the issue formally at the next fire commission meeting. in the meantime, a member of the fire department is caring for edna at home. a fine showing for a pooch at the prestigious dog show. >> bono is a havanese. this is a fun breed. >> oh, the handsome fun dog there is bono. he's from menlo park. he finished as the runner-up in the westminster kennel club dog show in new york. bono made the finals after winning the toy group. yes he was named after the lead singer of the rock band u-2. the dog who won was a fox terrier named king. with a name like that, you can't really lose. >> i kind of like bono. bay area. >> totally. we return to our coverage of the storm hitting the bay area and the next one coming. plus the flooding causing problems from the north bay to the south bay. this is eric thomas. >> we lost eric there. >> problems in weather like this. a roundup of east bay weather problems when we return. spencer will be back live with a look at live doppler 7 still 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our share of problems. maybe not as much as other regions, but we've had the high water, the trees down and of course, we've had nervous people watching to see what the next storm will bring to them. at the end much homestead avenue in walnut creek this morning, public works crews were busy cutting up and disposing of this huge tree that fell and blocked part of the road. the good news is no one was hurt and because the tree was actually on a private part of the road, traffic disruption was minimal. it was a reminder of what this kind of weather can bring. more public works crews were busy in castro valley where a 12-inch water main broke causing part of that street to collapse. unfortunately, this suv fell partially into the hole. the driver was not hurt. but the car had to be towed out. east bay mud says about 100 customers have had their water shut off while the repair work continues on the main. in pleasanton, nervous neighbors are keeping a close eye on a rain swollen creek on foothill avenue. in 2017, the arroyo was owe roading and carrying away parts . th h $4.5 million effort to sho the creek. everyone hoped the problem had been solved. but a year and a half later, a couple of homeowners fear it has not. >> we contacted water this afternoon for reaction to what a couple of the homeowners are saying about what's happening now. we have yet to hear back. now back to castro valley where that water main broke and caused that big hole in the ground. crews have been working to fill that in and we understand from east bay mud that they hope to have the water turned back on to about 104 customers who live nearby, by sometime this evening. live in walnut creek, eric thomas, abc 7 news. eric, thank you. roads all over sonoma county are underwater this afternoon. several cars and a school bus became stuck when drivers tried to cross flooded streets. amy hollyfield shows us some young good samaritans to the rescue. this scho bus was carrying morninghen it went off the road and got stuck in floodwater. two high school students driving to school in their pickup truck saw the bus and stopped to help. >> the kid was about our age, around 17, 16. he was screaming a little bit. he was definitely shaken up. >> this happened on liberty road in petaluma. the bus driver was quiet about the experience but they pieced together what they think happened. >> i think the water was too deep to see the yellow line and another car was coming. you can't see the middle. >> the two good samaritans stuck around to help the officer with traffic control. >> there's so many flooded roads right now. they couldn't get a second chp. we figured he needed help because there's confused cars every direction. >> this wasn't the only trouble spot. rain created road hazards all over the county keeping these two busy all morning. >> there's another flood on skill man and a dodge challenger got stuck, died in the middle. we had to push him out. it's been pretty bad. >> here's another one of those stalled cars. this is in sebastopol. the chp says the water is too high to tow it. they also had to get going because they had owe so many other calls to respond to. dispatchers say the calls have been nonstop. in sebastopol, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news >> there's lots of standing water all over the bay area right now. it could soon get worse. abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the problem and what you should and shouldn't do. > we've seen a lot of heavy rain with our strong storm that is moving through the region today and a lot of that water has ended up on our roadways. in fact, abc 7 news was in the north bay. look at that water on the road. this is what you should do as a driver. if you encounter flooded-out roads, turn around. you do not know how deep that water is and it doesn't take much water to add insult to injury. so we're going to show you with our abc 7 news vehicle what just a little bit of water can do. what we have seen happen throughout the day today with our strong storm. look at this. only 6 inches of water can knock over an adult. we have seen that in some spots, especially the north bay. had a lot of rain in a short amount of time. compound that, if you get a foot of water. that can easily stall a vehicle. if you see water on a roadway and you try to drive through it, it only takes a foot of water for your car to stop. once your car is stopped and that water continues to rise, look at that only two feet of water can easily wash away a small vehicle. a really good idea today and the next several days, if you see water on the roadways, turn around, don't drown. do not try to drive through the water. now your forecast with spencer christian. >> those are really important tips from drew. there's more rain on the way as you can see. hour o so.ast into the north bay and t cruz mountains. we still have flood concerns. flood advisory is in effect for urban and small stream flooding until 10:00 friday morning for this area south of ukiah along highway 101 and until 9:30 south of hillsburg through santa rosa into marin county. on to flood warning. the napa river near st. helena. above flood stage tomorrow morning producing flooding along the banks and napa river near napa will crest tomorrow morning also. it still ranks 3 on the impact scale. a strong storm through tomorrow morning. follow the timeline on the forecast animation. we expect heavier steadier rain redeveloping overnight producing hazardous conditions for commuters tomorrow. here's the seven-day forecast. tomorrow is valentine's day. but this weather is no gift. it starts to get colder. storm activity ranking 1 on the impact scale. most will have showers and light snow in the higher elevations. monday, presidents' day we start to dry out with three consecutive days of dry weather, which is music to my ears. >> at least one day out of the three-day weekend, right? >> that's right. you're talking about snow. the storm system blasted redding with several inches of snow. one of the followers reported 10 inches falling in the area. strong winds knocked out power to thousands also. cal trans is working to open northbound interstate 5. that's north of redding. it was closed after several vehicles got stuck in the snow. about 45 minutes ago, cal trans said it's still trying to reopen the freeway and the traffic backup there now will take at least two hours to clear. wow. >> another look at live doppler 7. one of several features you can use on the abc 7 news app. green means rain. it can customize the app. you get just the forecast where you live. new at 4:00, five people were hurt after a plane experienced severe turbulence and made an emergency landing in reno. a passenger shared this video with us. you can see the contents of a food and drink cart scattered in the aisle there. this happened on the delta flight from orange county to seattle. passengers said the plane did two nosedives before the emergency landing. three of the injured passengers were taken to hospitals. scary. the growing cannabis craze. cbd becoming a huge industry. just what is it? does it work? how does it work? marin county history hitting the stage. the stage. we'lcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. it's black history month and we want to shine a spotlight on a play making its way in the bay area. >> you think i'm talking about hamilton, right? it could be. i'm talking about marin ship. a play based on the events that gave birth to a marin county town. our guest is felicia gaston. welcome. >> hello. >> happy to be here. >> you're the executive director of performing stars in marin, right? >> yes. >> you're doing marinship. we think of hamilton about the founding of our nation. but marinship is the founding of marin city. >> actually marinship was founded by the vector corporation, they were commissioned by the u.s. navy to construct, transport vessels for the people who worked in world war ii. marinship bask con strubted, marin city was being formed because they needed housing for all the people coming from the south. many of the residents and particularly the black residents came from louisiana, georgia, arkansas, texas and the marin housing authority and the government constructed temporary housing for the workers. >> so it was really because of this shipyard and the need for workers that drew such a migration. i compared this to when the chinese came to build railroads, right? there were jobs here. that brought the migration from the south. african americans. >> it was more than african americans. at that time marin city, about 1943, there was about 6,000 people and it was heavily integrated. there was caucasians. there were blacks, there were asians and latinos. as a matter of fact, marin city was held as the most integrated shipyard in the west coast. >> of course, felicia, nowadays we don't think anything of such a diverse area. it wasn't typical, right? especially with the housing discrimination issues. >> at that time, no. it was all integrated after the war ended. most people were able to move out of marin city. but the blacks were not able to purchase homes. there were restricted deeds by real estate. that's how marin city was formed and that's why it has a strong history of the culture and -- yes. >> many different threads that make up that beautiful fabric that is marin city. a documentary was made about the shipyard and the play that you're doing with kids right now is based on that documentary. tell us about these very special child actors that have put together this play to honor the history. >> actually, the original play was conceived in 2006. we had our child actors at that time interview the seniors who were still living. we took the voice recordings and gave it o a script writer and she put together the children's play. children actually helped to write this play. >> wow. >> they were 7 to 11 at that time. now they're in their early 20s. >> this is the second go around. >> this is actually the third go around. we did the second production in 2017 for marin city's 75-year anniversary. >> how fantastic. i know you're directing it as well. congratulations in advance. the first show is this friday at mt. tamalpais high school. there are two shows for the public, too. >> yes. that's friday, february 22nd at bay side martin luther king school in marin city and the third one will be at first missionary baptist church. all during black history month. >> thank you. we'll put that information on our website for our viewers. >> thank you. >> congratulations. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. great. thanks, kristen. >> kids look fantastic there. three little letters seem to be everywhere. just what is cbd and why is it all the rage now? closer look head ahead. i'm michael finney. trouble with your e-mail account can be maddening. how cbd infused foods and drinks. patches, powders, oils, they're going mainstream. >> all claiming to improve wellness. maggie rulli takes a closer look. >> they're the three letters that seem to be everywhere. cbd. >> i enjoy it. it calms me down. >> i like it to sleep. >> it takes the edge off. >> the first question everyone has is will it get me high? the answer is no. >> so what is it exactly? >> cbd is the part of cannabis that does not contain thc. there's no psycho active component in straight cbd. >> scientists are researching the effectiveness on just about everything. testing to see if it helps with headaches, chronic pain and skin conditions. >> however, we don't know what the side effect profile with long-term use of cbd use could be. my medical professional opinion is that cbd is generally low risk with some possible benefits. >> despite the fact that research is limited, now cbd is being put in coffee. >> people were wrapped around the building. >> candy, soda, beard oil. >> cindy got into the business about six years ago. now her products are found in hotel mini bars, grocery stores, across the country advertised on the menu in high end restaurants sniept it's very exciting. evidence of how it's gone mainstream. >> the demand from customers is growing. but the laws around selling are kpli stacomplicated. >> it's confusing. >> it's a gray area thing. >> the sale and purchase of cbd products intended to be ingested is illegal in the united states. a recently passed farm bill may eventually change that. in the meantime, the federal government has said they're not going after casual users for now. >> i think we have a lot to learn and we'll be seeing that occur at breakneck speed. maggie rulli, abc news 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the goldbergs, then schooled and modern family. then single parents followed by match game and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. another change in store for academy awards sparking outrage from some in hollywood. four awards will not be given out live during the show. abc 7 news reporter marci gonzalez has reaction from academy members. >> the drama isn't just behind the big screen as hollywood prepares for its biggest night. the oscars producers were dealt a controversial change. the winners in several categories will be announced during the commercial breaks. >> here are the nominees for achievement in cinematography. >> among them film editing. cinematography. >> for achievement in film editing. >> as well as best live action short and makeup and hairstyling. all now cut from the live broadcast as part of the goal to keep the awards to just three hours. >> it's not just because the show is more palatable for an audience. it also affects the ratings. the longer the show goes, the more people go to sleep. >> in an e-mail to members, john bailey promised the winning speeches will be shown later in the broadcast. still, the decision is facing some outspoken backlash. guillermo del toro says cinematography and editing are at the heart of our craft. the mastermind behind one of the most nominated films, roma tweeting no one single film ever existed without cinematography or editing. russell crowe calls it a fundamentally stupid decision. >> the four categories will be streamed live online according to the academy president who insists the show is still honoring the achievements of all the awards. marci gonzalez, abc news. los angeles. and remember, abc 7 is the only place to watch the oscars. the awards will be handed out on sunday, february 24th. at 5:00 p.m. you can get the latest news with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, personalized push alerts. you can get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. it comes especially in handy with all the storms that we've been handy the past few days and another one coming. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. we've never seen it this flooded. this is bad. >> coming down across the bay area today. the downpours leading to flooding, ton ld trees and power outages. >> b.a.r.t. is responding to issues plaguing the transit system we've been highlight object as part of our commitment to building a better bay area. what the agency leaders are telling us about homelessness and fare ziern taking a look at live doppler 7 as we have a lull in the downpours. the heavy rain is not over. it will start hitting hard again in just hours. >> all this wet weather has caused two major issues. toppling trees and flooding. things could get worse as more rain comes. raising water levels and further saturating the ground. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. live team coverage of the rain hitting us. sandhya patel is here. >> our reporters are fanned out across the bay area. once again with lyanne melendez in san francisco. lyanne? >> reporter: well, alemany boulevard northbound was closed for several hours. i can tell you, these are the bad guys. the rocks, pebbles, debris, twigs like this cover the manholes and let me just tell you that it was a mess out here. i counted seven one, two, three, foru five, six, seven cars that got stuck one way or another because of the waters as people tried to pass by here water got into their engines and you don't have to be a mechanic, right, to know that cars don't move

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