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Bay area from abc7. A popular Shopping Mall turns into a crime scene. A woman tries to get her stolen phone back, and an offduty chp officer steps in to help, ends up beaten and choked unconscious. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. This happened at bay street in emeryville. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley is there live with the latest. Leslie . Well, the attack happened at 8 00 friday night here at this busy Outdoor Shopping Center right out in front of a sephora store and the amc cinema complex behind me. And police say it was all captured on surveillance video. A young girl in a white top can be seen approaching a group of eight juveniles here in this pedestrian only plaza. She demand they give her back her cell phone that she claimed they stole from her 30 minutes earlier. They started pushing her and violently shoving her, according to emeryville police. A witness who later identified himself as an offduty chp officer intervened to save the victim from the group och wf juveniles. The group then turned towards him and became violent with im. He was punched. He was kicked. He was taken to the ground. As whe minute. Emeryville police say when he regained consciousness, he pepper spray on the suspects. Police employed by a nearby apple store arrived and a 14yearold and 16yearold were arrested. The offduty officer eventually drove himself to a hospital. Shoppers today expressed surprise and concern. That would lead me to question my safety, especially eight people on one person. So there are two suspects in custody, but six juveniles still at large. Police are asking for the publs wer lp here, black friday shopping in thave taken cell phone videos or cell photos that theyll share with the police department. In emeryville, im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. Leslie, thank you. The rain made bay area roads hard to navigate. In solano, the chp tweeted out these pictures of a big rig collision at travis boulevard on westbound 80. The overturned rig closed one lane for hours. At one point, all three lanes of northbound 87 over julian street in san jose were flooded. Take a look at that. Traffic is now finally moving more smoothly. And as we take a live look at San Francisco international airport, hopefully passenger theres have a good book or something to pass the time. You need patience. The weather is delaying flights in and out of the airport. Some arrivals as much as four hours. Its been a real mess. With the rain c7 news sappenig right now. Yeah, dan. As you take a look at live doppler 7, you will notice just a couple of showers popping up on our radar. Most of the action has pretty much quieted down. But i will take you into street level radar where were seeing some light spotty showers around pacifica, sharp park road across 35. As we widen out the picture, the storm system has kind of parked itself off the coast and istus j leeth ctre thr is focused on ehere we got some lift from the hardly anything at all. Over 7 inches in kentfield. Over 5 inches santa rosa, ben. 59. San jose. 43 in the last 72 hours. Its a level 1 for today and tomorrow. Spotty showers, less than half an inch expected. Ill let you know when the storm moves out and another Atmospheric River arrives coming up. Thank you. Our Rainy Weather really did hm unincorporated town of venado west of healdsburg saw 11 inches of rain. Liz kreutz is live in san anselmo in marin county with moe on the impact in the north bay. Liz . Good evening, or i should say very wet evening to all of you, although as bit of a break here in san anselmo in marin county. It has not been like that throughout there. And you cee san anselmo by s looking at the creek through town. The creek levels have gone up. And we do know more rain is on the way. On cecilias culdesac in novato, the rain has been nonstop. Over here we have my scientific weather station available at your nearest ace hardware for 2. 99. Cecilia is no scientist, but she enjoys tracking how wet it gets in our backyard. The answer for today, quite a lot. That was bonedry on thursday. And now i mean, its got a maximum of 5 inches, and its spilled over. Its the same story throughout marin county. Novato pd posted these photos on facebook showing flooded roadways near is an marin high and on alameda del prado. By the time we drove the w a the streets were reopen. Still, even more rain is on the way. On highway 101, signs are up alerting people to watch out for flooding. In san anselmo, the rain has caused the creek to rise. Traffic, car problems, busier. At sol food in san rafael, the rain is also having an impact. The rain has definitely increased our number of deliveries. Everybody is staying home. Nobody wants to leave the office most part, people are taking it all mose try to hibernate when its raining. I couldnt take any more hibernation. I needed to get out and get some daylight and enjoy a little bit of relaxation. Plus it might only get worse. Cecilia is getting her sandbags ready. If these storms keep up, because the ground will get saturated, and then we get into a little trouble here. Now here in san anselmo, there is always a concern of flooding here with this creek. At this point, the levels are at a point where thats an immediate he saeaf r inches of. And thats only going toay enjo you can. Live in san anselmo, liz kreutz. Wont last long. Anyone headed back to the bay area from South Lake Tahoe is going to be delayed. A rock slide on highway 50 near echo summit. It happened around 1 00 this afternoon. The Highway Patrol is conducting oneway Traffic Control until the boulders are removed, but theyre sizable. Its expected to be around 6 30 before they have the rocks out of the way. Even so, chains are required on. The Placer County Sheriffs Office is urging people to drive ith extra cautios evideo showing the wet and slusy roads are that andreitions in n. Officials are asking drivers to slow down and be aware of snow removal equipment in the area. You can always track the rain and snow on live doppler 7 with the abc7 news app. Sunnyvale police are warning people to be extra vigilant about auto and home breakins between now and the new year. Today the department began deploying what it calls its holiday burglary suppression detail. A team of officers specifically focused on stopping breakins. Check this out. The Department Released this photo showing tools typically carried by an auto burglar. As always, theyre reminding everyone not to leave any of your valuables in your car. Its too tempting for the thieves. One person who always knows about car burglaries is the guy who fixes car windows. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman looks at a problem that seems to be an epidemic. Okay. What is t medina. If you spend a few years in the north bay, youre likely to visit marin auto glass and tell her your tale of woe. I listen to just about every story, yeah. Often the stories begin like this. Im going to be right here for a second. So im going to look at my car. My dogs r then the stories end with broken glass or a towel and descriptions similar to these. What was in that backpack . Well, i had my work stuff. And of course every credit card, my debit cards, my veterans card, my new license. She would not show her face because she was embarrassed about not reading these warning signs in the parking lot of a novato restaurant. Local police give them away for free, but auto breakins have become a statewide issue, up 90 in the last year. You got to lock your car, make sure that youeid h yvaluables, or youhe fsee. Fy in this car we have groceries. And over there, a purse. I mean, sometimes people are outside of their car for not even 15, 20 minutes. It happened to me. Back at marin auto glass, eddie lewis told us 90 of his work has to do with repairing break him, anne a silva drove in. I just had a yellow water bottle in the back seat, no clothes, no nothing. Why would they want that . I dont know. But we do know this. She is out 300, and thats not easy for a college sde in novato, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. Well, now to san jose where a program has changed a mans life. From living alongside the freeway in the dirt and the mud to having my own little studio, just unbelievably fabulous. Thats the face of success, and he is at the intersection of homelessness and health care and winning. Plus travel tuesday. Its like black friday and cyber monday, but with the focus on cheap flights. 7 on your sides Michael Finney takes a closer look. Plus, get used to the rain. Its definitely sticking around. Which day could see the most rain. Sandhya wil doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Two hot button irans here and across the state are Affordable Housing and health care. Those issues and the solutions are deeply linked in a program called the hope center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The clinic has seen 358 patients in 1,066 visits. Out of that, only one person has returned to the streets. Today a chance to celebrate the success of those really remarkable numbers. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has more on the efforts to helpa in san jose,ne hand. The medical people, the social worker, all of them, they all helped me tremendously. David webb is getting checked up at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center hope clinic, which provides primary care, mental health, and social services to people who have or are experiencing homelessness. Webb recently found housing in cupertino after being homeless for nearly nine years. Its so tough to be able to crawl up out of that pit, out of that lifestyle. Its a Culture Shock to go from a homeless to having my own studio apartment. Since opening six months ago, the clinic has seen a 99. 7 success rate in keeping its clients off the streets. I feel really lucky to be able to do this work every day. I go home feeling like i really helped people in my community. Much of the bay area has shifted toward a housingstwhir when paired with s gaticeres st success. This year saw the opening of Second Street studios in san jose, the regions largest Permanent Supportive Housing Development for formally homeless people. Ts started moving into a similar project called villas on the park. Hope clinic medical director grew up in san jose and was homeless for a time as a child. The work he does here is personally meaningful. Having the exflibit room to of patients the way that we would really want tot there a ie connecting all these services that we actually could do this. Breaking the cycle of homelessness one person at a time. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Have you heard of travel tuesday . Its said to be the travel equivalent of black friday or cyber monday. It sounds tempting, right . But does it live up to the hype . Thats when what 7 on your sides Michael Finney has been looking into. He is here with more. From what i can figure out, this is three years old. Oh . I remember vaguely. Do you remember this . I dont remember how long its been around. I believe its three years old. I have spent a great deal of time over the past couple of days looking for travel tuesday deals, and im finding a lot more chatter than actual deals. Now Delta Airlines and emirates, for instance, are offering super deals on travel tuesday, but they started today. So is travel tuesday little more than travel leftovers . It depends on who you talke tra yearto travelsd cyber monday put together, but scott kais of scotts cheap travel says if you are looking for airline tickets, any day can be a great day to buy. Is not one single day of the year, not one single day of the month or the season to book cheap flights. The good news is that every day cheap flights are popping up. I misspoke. Thats scotts cheap flights. Scotts has the reallya airlined trip from San Francisco to multiple locations in hawaii, cost only 258, and he says they do not need advertising to sell. So here is what im asking people to do. If they get, if you get a deal on travel tuesday, let me know about it. Okay. Im trying to track this. Is this a real thing or not. Keep collecting that evidence, michael. Youre on the case. Thanks. All right. Time to check back with the forecast. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here. Were looking at a shower or two here and there on live doppler 7. Most of the action has shifted on, but its not done yet. Seng we wre roadways. John daly boulevard, daly city, south San Francisco, tracking this moisture for you. It will be heading towards San Francisco, 5 30, 6 00 into emeryville at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. So dont put those umbrellas away just yet. 50s, 60s on the temps. We were in the mid 50s to the mid60s. In the sierra, this is turning to snow. The snow level has been steadily rising as this system. Still, some travel issues up there with the heavy snow. Winter storm warning until of p. M. Today. Above 6500. Xpect an additional 3 to 6 akths. Offandon showers through wednesday. A short break comes thursday morning, and another storm arrives on friday. So on our storm impact scale well keep ate 1. Spotty showers, less than half h nc ispots. As you take a look at the hourbyhour forecast, youll see what happens. 6 00, a few showers develop. Nine p. M. , there are a couple of random showers through the region. And at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow, around commute time, there will be some spots where you may need the wipers. Same thing around 9 00 a. M. Its not going to be a widespread event. The system has stalled off the coast. While it continues to head towards Southern California off spin up th occas io 0lp. M. Tom orrow night youll see in the south bay. But on wednesday, i think as that system gets closer and moves south, we have a better chance of seeing more widespread shower activity in the Morning Hours before that winds down and we get a short break, and then another Atmospheric River arrives on friday. Now in terms of the rainfall totals through wednesday afternoon, were expecting anywhere from a of an ew inch in places like redwood city to ahi trd of half moon bay. First thing in the morning 40s, 50s. There will be damp roadways out there. Allow yourself a little extra time to get to where you need to go for work or kids g tngo afte temperatures are actually going to be rising. Its going to be a milder day tomorrow. You will see some sun along with clouds. He low 60s. As i mentioned, a shower here and there still in the forecast. So the accuweather sevenday forecast will reflect that spotty showers level 1 for tuesday. Scattered showers, level 1 for wednesday. Thursday there is a chance o rain, but the level 2 system, the moderate strength storm with an Atmospheric River event coming in on friday is what were watching. That one will bring us heavier rain, stronger winds, and it will keep it on the wet side for saturday. It is going to be rainy and breezy in terms of rainfall estimates. Friday, the wettest spots could see between 1 to 1 1 2. Higher elevations could see several inches. Stay tuned. Biggest difference, that system is not expected to stall, like the current one. 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The buck got tangled in holiday lights last week. The marin Humane Animal Service decided not to try to catch the animal because its still able to graze and run and will naturally shed his antlers and lights soon. Animal services say this is a good reminder to make sure your holiday decorations are secure and high enough away from wildlife. Another reminder. The park service wants to remind us that everyoe should k slugs in muirno woods. The creatures enjoy wet and cooler conditions, which have been missing for months. Now that the weather has turned, youll see them out there. The park service wants everyone to avoid squishing them as they hike through the area. The slugs play a Critical Role in breakin lgog dsn and branches. So theyre very important for the ecosystem. The as begin a week of giving, and it started with a surprise visit. Thats next. But first, we want to thank richard from alameda for this picture of a possum in a persimmon tree. Thank you, richard. 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Its part of the organizations season of giving. Piscotty teamed up with the as mascot stomper to treat the firefighters to a pizza lunch and sign a few autographs. Yeah. Swing by and say hello and meet their wonderful dog here. Its really cool. These guys are the real heroes. Its awesome to come by and say hello and thank them. There is a lot of mutual admiration there. The station search dog apparently appreciated the visit as well. Afterwards piscotty and stomper took time to check out the fire engines in case something heats up this year like maybe a pennant drive . Thats our report. World news tonight with david muir is next. We appreciate your time. For all of us here, thanks for joining us tonight. There are those who will say thatoo fat. too skinny. Too hard. Too soft. Too old. Too much. Too unexpected. Too limited. And to them we say too bad. Because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. Tonight, the deadly storm slamming the northeast. The states of emergency in effect right now. The 24hour nightmare for americans trying to get home after thanksgiving. More than 700 accidents reported in new york state alone. Heavy snow and dangerous ice from philadelphia to new york, up into boston. 13,000 flights delayed in 24 hours. 1,700 canceled. And authorities on the scene tonight of that plane crash in bad weather, killing nine members of the same family. Also tonight, the school scare today. The chaotic scene. The student who brought a gun into school. Officers confronting the teen. They say he then pulled the gun ou t. Tonight, the use intellans alrey defending igthene cepr esttiden their owre