That breaking news out of burkely, a crash shut eastbound lane, several vehicles involved. Ambulances arriveed to help with those injured and traffic is backed up to the bay bridge. Its unclear at this time when lanes will reopen. Well keep monitoring it. Hello, thank you for joining us. Tonight a driver was shot and traffic stopped for hours along highway 242. Police are looking for the gunman that put a man in the hospital. Lets get to sergio live with details on the shooting and backup, sergio . Reporter this happened around 3 45 in the afternoon with plenty of vehicles on the freeway but Police Say Two witnesses have so far helped them with the very generic description of the suspect vehicle, a white suv. Investigators hope more witnesses will come forward. Police arrived within minutes of the 911 calls that shut down highway 242 after 3 45 today. Drivers were diverted off the freeway as police combed over the asphalt looking for clues that may help track down the shooter, police say the victim was able to drive himself to the hospital in concord. The victim was struck a couple times to his upper body. There was gunshot holes on the left side of his vehicle. Reporter officers talk with him briefly before he went into surgery but he could only give minimal information and only a couple witnesses could describe the white suv. That freeway at that time was probably packed with cars and probably multiple witnesses that saw what happened but didnt want to call or report it and we strongly encourage witnesses that saw it to call our dispatch center because we would love to talk to them. Reporter highway 242 was shut down for a couple hours. It was reopened before 6 30. Police dont have a motive and dont know if this is somehow connected to other freeway shootings that happened recently in the east bay. In concord, sergio canto cantoo the skies were gray with heavy and gray cloud and the sun not able to breakthrough and tonight those clouds remain but they are going to get darker and heavier overnight. Drew tuma is tracking it with live doppler 7 h. D. Tracking the showers starting to move on shore at the hour. Live doppler 7 h. D. Will show you most out region dealing with heavy cloud cover and zoom into the north bay where you notice light returns around hills burg and slide to the south along the peninsula where you do notice live doppler indicating drizzle. For the most part a lot of it barely reaching the showers. The wider view, these showers will sink to the south. So when can you expect your first drop . Between now and 3 00 in the morning, the heart of the bay area and south bay the last location between 6 00 and 10 00. Hour by hour and well let you know how long the showers stick around and how much rain you can expect. Thank you, drew. Indias fourth largest city is under water after the heaviest rain in the century. At least 270 people have been killed in and around. Schools homes and other buildings remain flooded over. Tens of thousands are affected but there is assistant headed their way. Lisa joins us live from the newsroom with more about the bay area effort to help with the response. The flooding shut down the International Airport and more than half the city is still under water tonight. The rain received by u. K. Was received within a day. Reporter the most rain they received in 105 years and people are suffering. Homes have been swept away, many families remain trapped on rooftops. Life in the States Capital has come to a standstill. This is actually my friend scott. Reporter its the most expensive thing he owned but he managed to escape the deadly flood water for three days those living in the u. S. Had no idea what was happening back home. Power was out and phone lines were down. There was a sense of helplessness. You want to do more and knowing you cant get that information is traumatic. His parents, grandparents and uncles live there. They are fine but heavy rains havent stop. More rains are predicted and were concerned because we want to make sure the relief is not impact. Reporter thats why he started this go fund me page to support the relief efforts. Nearly 25,000 have been donated. 470 people donate in three days. Reporter the money will go to three different nonprofits on the ground. Tell me how things are going for you. Reporter tonight i spoke with a woman by phone that talked to me about the first days of the disaster. The only thing we knew is there were so many people stranded and they had no food, no food, no money, nothing and it was a really bad thing. Reporter now at least some help will arrive as soon as next week. To support the relief effort, go ahead and head to our website. We have a link to the go fund me page at abc 7 news dabc7news. Co a fire gutted a home and killed more than a dozen animals in san jose this afternoon. The fire broke out near alan rock avenue around 3 15 p. M. No one was hurt but two dogs unfortunately died. The family raises chickens and 11 chicks perished, as well. It took about 45 minutes to put out the fire. Investigators are looking to find out what sparked the fire. A terrible accident took the life of a bright oakland teen with a fallen tree limb crashed on top of him last night on lake merritt where jack lewis and his friends gathered for a birthday party. Cornell bernard has the details. He was a really, a really great guy. Claire brooke is dealing with the unbelievable loss of her good friend jack lewis. It doesnt feel really real. Reporter claire says she and ja jack came to celebrate a birthday. There were three people sitting on the branch and jack sat up to hang on it and it fell. Reporter police say the 16yearold was crushed by the e enormous weight of the tree limb. Flowers and condolence cards left at the site and tree and broken limb removed overnight. He was just always so full of life and joy and he never had anything bad to say about anybody. Reporter in a statement the mayor said yesterdays tragic accident was a heartbreaking loss for our city. I join with oaklanders across the city in expressing my deepest sympathy. Jack lewis was a junior and a guidance counselor said the school staff was notified today and said lewis was thinking about going to college. He was a super hand some dude. He was super happy to see me and everyone. I feel sorry for the family. Reporter some parents say many trees have been impacted by the drought. I go up to diamond park and see trees there dying so i get more concerned about that. Reporter the city says public works crews will examine the tree to find a possible cause why the large branch broke off. In oakland, cornell bernard. Thank you for that, cornell. Today San Franciscos police chief understands Community Frustration after the Deadly Police shooting of a man in the bay view neighborhood. A at a town hall meeting there was calls for the chief to be fired. When the chief tried to speak up he was shouted down. Police say he had a knife and refused several commands to drop it and moved towards the officer. They say another cop then fired at him in selfdefense. People have a right to be upset but even people in the meeting said there is so many great cops out there and there really are. Woods was wanted in a stabbing. His mother told abc 7 news he suffered from Mental Illness and needed help. Well tonight a man who helped make kitchen ware cool has passed away. Chuck williams founder of Williams Sonoma died of Natural Causes today. This is video of the tribute. Williams said a trip to paris inspired him to open a store in 1956. Selling the same cookware used by top european chefs two. Years later he moved the store to a larger location in San Francisco and expanded nationwide and he sold the company in 1979 but remain involved. He was 100 years old. Well, still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 00, new details on the San Bernardino attackers and the wifes link to an isil recruiter and what could chance form your next trip to the mall and later, a recordsetting return to the family it left behind ye this Holiday Season theres a movement of foot to make shopping in stores as easy and personal as the shopping online but how personal is too personal . Jonathan bloom spoke with two Bay Area Companies trying to shape the future of stores. For every mall shopper browsing windows, youll find another browsing the web. Ill do my Research Online but chance act in the physical store. Reporter they call it web rooming, the opposite of showrooming where you browse on the store and buy online and for retailers, it means adjustment. If this is an imaginary door, im welcomed with a sign that says hello. I hit one of the beacons, this screen will become personalized to me. It uses your Online Shopping history to taylor the experience you have in the store, magic link, the phone in your pocket. This right here is a Blue Tooth Low Energy beacon. Beacons talk to your phone so retailers know who you are and where you are. As you walk towards the department, youll notice this particular light box lit up with this shoe. They know what you like and need. Your size . Yes. And if something doesnt fit, ordinary ae size to the dressin room. These technologies can make shopping a dramatically better experience but retailers need to be careful. These tools could cross the line into feeling creepy. Frankly, i dont think consumers have any idea how much information retailers have on how they shop and what they buy. A consumer psychologist say they want a better experience in the store for some its a fair trade. They are used to getting things fast and easy like shopping online and want that in stores. Things like reviews and ratings on the shelf. Send a direct message to my wife with that book. Jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. California ski resorts are opening more thanks to snow this week. We were sent this video of skiers enjoying the weather today. Half of the runs are open and 14 ski lifts are up and running, more snow is expected by next week. I wish reggie were here. With the next system, going to see minimal snow in the see y see yar ra overnight tonight. Live doppler 7 h. D. Showing you we are tracking the next system moving on shore, first seeing light drizzle in the north bay right now. I see returns of green on live doppler 7 h. D. Around hills burg and santa rosa and very light drizzle at this hour. Line up the picture and show you the story were tracking. There is a front offshore and will slowly sink to the south and east and as it does sink south of the golden gate, its going to weaken rather rapidly. Well see a wide range in terms of how much rain you see depending on where you live over the next 24 hours. Out there right now, temperaturewise with a south wind and a lot of cloud cover were holding into the mild side of mid 40s to low 50s. Overnight tonight temperatures not going to fall too far from where we are now. Down to 51 in San Francisco, 49 oakland and 45 san jose and well drop to 47 san rafael. This one is a light system moving on overnight tonight and really has minimal impact on our area. Future weather, as we go hour by hour, sunday 4 00 much of the rain still confined to the north bay around santa rosa. Watch what happens as it dips to the south and east it breaks apart and light showers by 8 00 in the morning and south bay unfortunately has a hard time getting its act together by 10 00. I think the south bay is going to see minimal if any measurable rainfall out of the next system and by the afternoon mostly cloudy skies. In terms of rainfall, the winner with this system and once you get south of the golden gate you notice the rain totals drop off and our computer model saying san jose not going to pick up any measurable rainfall. The key points to take away, the majority of the rain will fall overnight tonight. Highest amounts in the north bay and lightest in the south bay that will lead to a cloudy afternoon and dry evening for sunday. Highs on sunday with limited sunshine in the morning, rain showers, up to 60 san jose and 57 the high for nasa. As we take a look at sunday evening sun down at 4 51 in the afternoon we say happy hanukkah with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Happy hanukkah to the friends celebrating the holiday. Fast forward into thursday. This is when we see a better system getting organized by 7 00 in the morning, steady showers and those showers could likely continue into thursday evening, as well. Well fine tune that. The accuweather sevenday forecast shows you tomorrow morning showers and grabbed a cup of coffee and need the umbrella. Afternoon is dry and clouds and sunshine and mild afternoon tuesday with increasing clouds on wednesday. Next chance of rain would happen on thursday and a third chance coming on saturday. Thursday and saturday better chance for snow. Three chances in seven days, ill take it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Coming up next on abc 7 news at 11 00, the talk this is steven and nancy pain along with their cat ginger. This is a picture provided by the Humane Society. Ginger vanished eight years ago. A Good Samaritan brought her to the Humane Society on wednesday after seeing the cat hanging out around his workplace. Luckily ginger was micro chipped helping the shielder find them. Eight years is a new record for reuniting a lost pet with its family. Today santa devoted his day to the dogs. At the center for compassion for santa paws annual visit. Cute. For the seventh year the peninsula Humane Society and spca Adoption Center are hosting this event to raise money for animals up for adoption. This year is way busier. Great to see so many people with pets taking pictures with santa. Photos are 20 each and if you missed saturday, you can go next week. This guy named ted tweeted at me saying usc lost. Thanks, ted. I have to do it. The stan fford cardinal headed the rose bowl and handle the trojan in the championship e a a broken guitar while the rainwater washes away who you are we go over the mountains and under the stars we go over the mountains and under the stars [ ] 1 12 and a convincing win. The cardinal led the his man trophy candidate christian mccaffrey. The pass to kevin hogan, 11yard touchdown, 133 cardinal at the half. World cup in the third. Ronald jones 27 yard touchdown run. Look at him go. Trojans take a 1613 lead. Sanford will answer and hogan threw for 144 yards and ran for 18 yards and the sevenyard touchdown. Turning point of the game, 13 seconds left and doubtful with a game strips the ball. Thomas scoops and scores 35 yards. Stanford 2716. Usc got to within five and mccaffrey took over. All purpose yards and he and kevin hogan became the first two players to run, throw and catch a touchdown 28 yards here. Stanford wins the pack 12 title for a third time 4122 the final and well face iowa or ohio state in the rose bowl. Huge honor. Its a huge honor. I wouldnt thank my teammates enough and ask to be around a better group of guys. Weve been through so much and put ourself in so many difficult situations for moments like this and to see it come together is a blessing. I think this is the best one yet just because this team has fought through so much and faced so much adversity the past two years and throughout this season and just continue to fight and battle back through it. And well find out tomorrow who they face in the rose bowl. Worries and matinee looking for the nba record 21st straight victory. No andrew bogut for this one trailing 105 early. Steph curry and top of the key three. Seconds later from the corner. Good. 160 run and currys fourth three of the first and warriors up and 16 points in the first. Move to the fourth, warriors down one and corner three. Clay went for 26. Just under five minutes left. Kyle lowry and raptors in front 9695 and less than three minutes to go. 102100 warriors. Lowry, the raptors guard baseline and foul tied at 106 goes for 41. Curry 6 of 6 on free throws. Finished with 44 points and warriors up three. Five seconds left. Corey joseph dribbles out of bounds and warriors hold on to beat toronto. Seventh 40 plus scoring game this season, 21st straight win to start the year is a record across all four of the major professional sports leagues. After losing friday night, sharks hosting the lightning. Dangles around brent burns and he had two in the game. Sharks lost four of the last five 43 that final. This sports report brought to you by xfinity. Well take a tour of the rest of the day in College Football tomorrow at the black hole playoff ramifications later in the newscast. So sorry for your trojans. Yeah, yeah, yeah, tried to bring it out in the end but too late. Too late. They started slow which is unusual and playing well but didnt happen. Thank you. Appreciate it. Still to come at 11 00, a subway stabbing caught on video in london. Why this is now a terror investigation. More than pretreasure discovere the piece of history that may have been discovered this week and rain is great change comes from doing the right thing. Like the radical idea that health isnt an industry. Its a cause. So we do things differently. We combine care and coverage. And believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. So forgive us for not going with the flow. We just think the flow should go with us. Which makes us rebels with one cause. Your health. This is violet. Shes been waiting for this moment for awhile. A moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios. Because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today. Good evening and thank you for joining us. An update on breaking news we showed you at the start of tonights newscast. Look at this accident that blocked the road for about 45 minutes. All lanes are reopened and drivers have faced delays coming off of the bay bridge. Concord Police Search for evidence after a man was shot while driving along highway 242. This afternoons shooting forced police to close southbound lanes until about 6 30 this evening. The victim drove himself to the hospital. Hes expected to survive. Detectives believe the shooter may have been in a white suv. A fire gutted a home this afternoon. No one was hurt but the fire killed two dogs and residents raised chickens and 11 chicks died in the fire. No word on what sparked the flames. At least 18 patients died after flooding knocked out pow tore a hospital. That caused breathing equipment to fail. This comes as a monsoon caused unprecedented flooding in the region. Tens of thousands remain in