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Another day. The detective wrote back quote, yeah, but you shouldnt have had sex with me after i was knocked out. Mcdonald then texted that he did nothing wrong. He has not been charged in the case. The tide was unusually high across the bay area today and that was a very big concern for residents of a peninsula Mobile Home Park that is still waterlogged after heavy rain earlier this month. Thats right. Abc 7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana is live in belmont with a look at whats happening there. Reporter belmont mobile home residents were able to get back into their homes in the last few days but they have not been able to get there using this main entrance because as you can see, there is a series of cubes that have been set up. This is the temporary drainage system to help address one of the problems as to why the mobile home flooded. Cal trans crews and San Mateo County crews are still trying to address some of the other problems associated. The drainpipe leads back to this contraption of hoses and pumps. Its supposed to trap runoff that residents say rushed in from the other side of this freeway sound wall. They just dont maintain that stuff. Reporter leo has lived at the belmont Mobile Home Park for 17 years. He says last weeks flooding is the worst he has ever seen. His neighbor red, who has lived here 20 years, agrees. It was at the top of my highest porch and if someone had walked through it or a car surged through it, it could have splashed into the house. Reporter san mateo public works and cal trans Officials Say there were a number of reasons why the flooding was so bad here. One reason was a buildup of debris over the years along u. S. 101. We did see a cal trans crew dredging out the creek that runs right along the freeway sound wall. He was worried todays high tide might cause another flood because of what he says is a badly maintained drainage system. Theres a door thats supposed to when the water floods, supposed to lift open the door, but the door is completely shut and rusted so it doesnt stay open. Reporter we found one of those drainage doors. It spills into Belmont Creek and Redwood Shores lagoon. The high tide didnt cause any problems but at low tide, we saw that the door is rusted shut. Right now, residents are simply trying to clean up from the flood. He, along with his neighbors, have been told to inventory all of their damaged property but its not yet clear who they should give those lists to. San mateo county Officials Say they will have more information about that in january. San mateo county officials are going to be hosting a homecoming dinner for residents of the belmont Mobile Home Park just down the alley here so residents will be able to get dinner and may also get a few more of those answers. In belmont, im Sergio Quintana, abc 7 news. The king tide left some areas of marin county under water this morning. Happened around 11 00. This is shoreline highway in mill valley near highway 101. The water was a few inches deep here. You can see drivers were able to navigate through without serious problems. At 6 1 2 feet, this was the highest tide of the year. Commuters heading home in the north bay wont have to deal with the mud slide that caused headaches during the morning drive. Sky 7 hd captured the scene above southbound 101 just a short time ago. All lanes are open this afternoon after the slide closed two lanes this morning. A water saturated hill dumped the mud on to the highway about 2 30 in the morning. Cal trans crews cleared the mud slide just before 11 30. Dense fog made for a difficult commute this morning. This is what it looked like along the embarcadero in San Francisco. The fog didnt stop the ferries from running but the boats had to run a little bit slower. There was a 20minute delay on some routes. The fog blanketed the city with only the hills and the taller buildings in view here. This is from the mount tam cam. The chp reported that vif visibility was down to less than 100 feet in some places. You can see here it was just pea soup in places. Heres what it looks like now from the east bay hills camera as this first full day of winter turned out to be quite mild. Spencer christian is live outside with our first look at the accuweather forecast. Certainly doesnt feel like winter today. It does not at all. If this is winter, i will take it. Things are looking really nice outside right now. You cannot hear my mike . Here it is. It fell. My mike fell. Can you hear me now . All right. Lovely day, lovely first full day of winter. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have mainly sunny skies around the bay area right now. Low clouds near the coastline but not along the coast. All that fog has burned off. There will be more fog developing tonight. A live view from emeryville camera. Under mainly sunny skies right now, its 63 in San Francisco and oakland. 65 in redwood city. San jose, 62. 60, morgan hill. 59, half moon bay. Heres a beautiful view looking down towards ocean beach. It is 68 right now at santa rosa. 61, napa, novato. 67 apiece in concord and livermore. Heres the fog forecast. Starting 7 00 tonight, we will see the fog increasing in the Central Valley during the overnight hours and pushing in towards the delta but it will be pulling away from the coastline by about 9 00 tomorrow morning so we probably will not have widespread problems with visibility and lingering fog tomorrow morning that we had this morning. Shaping up to be a lovely day tomorrow if you are not in the Central Valley. I will have the full accuweather sevenday forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Spencer, thanks very much. The Highway Patrol officer charged with emailing nude photos of two women he arrested is close to accepting a plea bargain. Sean harrington has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally copying Computer Data and although a deal is still being worked out, his attorney told the judge today there will be a change of plea. Harrington is accused of searching the phones of two women he had stopped and sending the pictures to himself and to other officers. A 17yearold driver was killed this morning in a crash that left his pickup truck dangling over the highway 4 overpass in brentwood. This happened after a headon collision with a utility truck. The 17yearold girl who was riding in the pickup is hospitalized. The utility truck driver wasnt injured. Investigators are looking into whether the pickups driver fell asleep before drifting into oncoming traffic. A trio of Armed Robbers stole some very precious memories when they held up a newly wed couple and their photographers. It happened saturday during a postwedding photo shoot outside Oakland High School where the couple met. Our media partner, the oakland tribune, reports three men robbed the couple, flower girls and five others hired to take pictures and video. The robbers got away with nearly 14,000 in equipment. The photographers hope the pictures are returned to the couple at the very least. Can you believe that. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, coach jim harbaugh reacts to the latest rumors about his uncertain future with the 49ers. Plus a south bay charity handed out thousands of toys to needy children today but the need is still great. How you can help out. New at 4 30, a plea from new yorks mayor today as the city mourns the death of two officers killed in an ambush. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. He will answer them here live a little later. You can contact michael at facebook. Com michaelfinneyabc7. And on twitter, atmfinney. Checking your traffic on this monday, the San Francisco skyway is at a crawl both directions. On the righthand side, traffic approaching 101 south. On the lends fthand side is trc going to the east bay. It is slow going. We have an update on the condition of the window washer who survived that fall from an 11story building in San Francisco last month. Just an incredible story. Pedro perez has now been moved to a Rehabilitation Center to begin physical therapy. Since he isnt working his family is asking for help to make ends meet during this really tough time. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has the story. Reporter its been a month since this familys life was turned do you understand. Upside down. Pedro, an experienced window washer, fell from an 11 story window in San Franciscos financial district, landing on this moving toyota camry. It helped break his fall. He miraculously survived but was badly injured. Just as surprising is that perez is now talking and ready to start physical therapy. The family talked to us from oakland. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] his spirits are good. Hes really eager to get up and move. Reporter his family says perez doesnt remember the accident. His medical bills and physical therapy will be covered but today, the 58yearold san leandro resident worries more about how he will be able to provide for his family. The family says they are going through some tough times. While they are getting some money, workmans comp doesnt cover what he made. His wife is working fulltime and his daughter dropped out of college to take on more hours as a caregiver. Insurance, clothes, groceries, we need to pay the rent. We are barely scraping by. Reporter the family says they will celebrate christmas and have dinner at the rehab center with their dad, who is eating again. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] he asks for food from outside the hospital. Hospital food isnt very good. Reporter given what they have gone through, they say they are fine with postponing christmas. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. The federal Aviation Administration is out with a new campaign urging drone users to fly safely. Excited when they unwrap the box and find an unmanned aircraft. How do you make sure you stay off the naughty list . We want you to know before you fly. The short video offers a variety of safety tips. If you have a drone, fly it below 400 feet and not near airports. Take a lesson before your first flight. Today, 49ers coach jim harbaugh had an opportunity to respond to a report that his future with the team is to be decided imminently. Predominant speculation has the niners firing harbaugh or trading him to another nfl team. Jay glazer, go back and asked his source for more clarification, but i havent participated, i dont intend to now. This has been a good 12 months of this kind of thing. What will happen, will happen. What wont happen, wont happen. Let the organization have the floor on that. Its also been reported that michigan has offered harbaugh a six year, 49 Million Contract to return to college ball. A san jose charity needs your help to make sure children in need receive gifts this holiday season. Sacred Heart Community Service Today began giving away some 17,400 toys and books to the parents of 5800 kids in need. This morning, the organization said it fell 4200 toys short. The Community Responded right away. Just giving back to our community, taking care of people that are hard up right now. And basically give them a start for the new year. Each child gets two toys and a book. Close to 700 volunteers helped make this massive giveaway happen. 1200 toys have been donated since this morning and another 8,000 in cash. To donate, head to sacred Heart Community center on first street in san jose. St. Anthony foundation in San Francisco is hosting its annual christmas curbside donation drive. Volunteers are collecting food, new socks, clothes, blankets, money, whatever you can give. Its going on through wednesday. Volunteers will be using the donated goods to make gift bags to give to guests on christmas day. We invite you to join us and give where you live this holiday season. Abc 7s Parent Company disney recently donated 10,000 to toys for tots to help deserving bay area children have a brighter holiday. You can find out how to help toys for tots through a link on abc7news. Com toys. A massive storm could disrupt Holiday Travel plans as a Record Number of americans prepare to hit the road. It may not be the White Christmas people dream of. Abc News Reporter Emmitt Miller has the story. Reporter with some 99 million folks hitting the roads and another 45 million traveling by air, Mother Nature may put a wet blanket on holiday plans. More than 140 million americans are expected to travel between now and january 4th, the highest levels in more than a decade. Blame gas prices, which are at a five year low. My own personal belief is because gas prices are down, people have a little bit more money in their pocket and are willing to travel a bit more. Particularly longer distances. Reporter the same weather system in the Pacific Northwest that brought 75 mile an hour winds to Southern California and heavy snowfall to colorado and utah to me i would rather deal with snow than wind. Reporter may cause travel headaches on the roads and flight delays. On Christmas Eve, the storm is expected to gather strength, lashing areas from tampa to boston. I wouldnt characterize it as a travel nightmare but theres going to be delays. No big storms but there will be a little snow from minneapolis toward green bay and along the east coast, a little bit of rain, little bit of drizzle and were worried about fog. With only the mountain areas expected to see snow, this promises to be a mostly wet, not white, christmas. In los angeles, Emmitt Miller, abc news. There you go. Christmas is looking pretty good so far. It may not be a White Christmas but we will roast chestnuts over the open fire. We are indeed. Tomorrow is going to be even warmer than today. We are expecting possibly some record highs tomorrow. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have mainly sunny skies right now on this mild first full day of winter but of course, we have had the king tide to contend with. Coastal flood watch remains in effect until tomorrow afternoon at 3 00. Minor tidal overflow near high tide time is possible. Low tide will occur this afternoon at 5 40 at the golden gate, then tomorrow, high tide, 11 44 a. M. Be on the lookout for rising coastal waters. Heres a live view from the east bay hills camera looking towards the golden gate right now on this lovely afternoon. Forecast features, pockets of dense fog will form overnight. Record highs are possible tomorrow, quite a few, as a matter of fact. Chance of showers on wednesday, Christmas Eve. Heres the satellite image showing High Pressure the dominant feature in the weather picture bringing us this unusually mild weather, even warmer tomorrow. Next chance of showers will be from this system which is steaming in our direction. We will start the forecast animation wednesday morning at 7 00. Notice how the clouds increase and by 3 00 in the afternoon wednesday, Christmas Eve, you see showers and light rain developing in the north bay, swinging down past the golden gate through the heart of the bay area by 4 00 p. M. , then beginning to move through the south bay and Santa Cruz Mountains by 6 00 p. M. Should be all over by wednesday night. It will be a nice smooth ride for santa and the reindeer. Looking to tonights lows, we will see cool weather in the north bay valleys, mid 40s will be the lows there and upper 40s to low 50s elsewhere. Tomorrow, sunny and warm day. Upper 60s in the south bay, san jose tops out at 67. That will be a record high for tomorrows date, as will 71 in gilroy. On the peninsula, mid to upper 60s, up to 68 at Mountain View and if that occurs that will be a record for tomorrows date in gilroy. Mid 60s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco, a high of 66 tomorrow. Upper 60s to around 70 in the north bay tomorrow. Santa rosa at 70 would be a record high for the date. 67 in san rafael. Over on the east bay, upper 60s. We expect 67 at oakland. That would be a record for tomorrows date. Mid to upper 60s inland. The accuweather seven day forecast, chance of afternoon showers on wednesday which is Christmas Eve but should be over by wednesday night. Thursday, christmas day, looking cooler, sharply cooler, with highs only in the mid to upper 50s. But it does look like it will be a mainly sunny and dry day and then we will get sunny and pleasant and dry weather right on through the weekend and into early next week. Its a lovely week shaping up. We need a break from all the rain, drenching rain we had last week. Looks like we will get that break. Excellent. Thank you, spencer. Coming up next, certified ace on the golf course. The lucky shot this 103yearold made and hes not done yet. Plus later, how many helium balloons does it take before you can fly . New after 4 30, one mans thrill ride. British singer joe cocker has died at 71 after losing a battle with lung cancer. He was known for a memorable woodstock perf