More waves of rain developing up north and sweeping south ward. By 5 00 in the morning we still may have left over showers and thunderstorms. A more complete look at the forecast later. Spencer, thank you very much. These kinds of these storms are gearing up for el nino enhanced weather. That is the spot we see flooding when it rains like this. Reggie . Reporter that is right. This is a common spot for flooding. There are signs and you can take a look at the ponding were seeing. Nothing more than just a little bit of ponding, though. People are very grateful. Responders are also grateful because this is a good first try before we get what is expected to be a heavy el nino season. A wet commute home provides a book end of a day. Short rains with a long dry spell in between. The day started with high water on 101. People facing a wet way to get to work and a tree fell at just the right time. A driver saw the tree fall in front of his car near panoramic highway. The driver wasnt hurt. Crews used this as good practice. Were getting this and working hard to be prepared. Rain gear activated, including worries about people who are higher. There is potential for land fall coming down that is scary. There are some very large tides and heavy winds and rain. You can see storm surges and a possibility of coastal flooding. So those are the things were watching going forward. The Sheriffs Department says let it remind you to sign up for alerts. You dont have to live in marin county but you know when there is a emergency going on in your area. The city delivered free sandbags door to door to people with disabilities. It also left a big mess in guerneville this morning at about 4 00 a. M. A new flood alert system could wake people before water reaches their homes, but it sent out a false alarm yesterday with no rain in site. Perhaps we should think of it as a test of the system. You can see the sandbags behind me. The creek is expected to flood. Now, its a matter of using storms like todays to test the system and improve it. The creek is notorious for flooding, as seen in this footage from 1998 but there are a lot of agencies involved. Federal and state agencies. Its complicated. This homeowner expects more flooding but. He signed up for the new Flood Warning system. Its based on what is in the channel. The text message alerts are probably most useful part. If something bad happens we wont wake up in 5 00 in the morning to realize there is water in the house. This roof line is below the levy. The first of its kind program is not without growing pains. We saw yesterday is a glitch in a sensor. The auto mated system send out a Flood Warning. Now, the joint Powers Authority is adding a humidel man and were just calibrating it because this is a new program. There is a public hearing to help people set up for the new alert system. Thank you, katie. If you see Stormy Weather where you live today and you can take a photo or video, you can share it with us with the abc7now. We may share photos in the newscast. The Santa Clara Branch of the counsel on islamic american locations or cair was evacuated because of letters containing white powder. The other office is in washington, d. C. The Santa Clara Office is closed to investigators can process the scene. A spokesperson says an employee saw the white powder, dropped it and called for help. Is this what its coming to . Trying to send packages to people that are purportedly have a dangerous substance in them . The washington, d. C. Office has been given the all clear. A test determined it was not dangerous. An fbi lab will determine what it is, however, no one was hurt at either office. Petaluma Police Arrested a man they say was drunk with his three kids in the car. The traffic stop happened last night on washington street. The man blew a. 20 on the test. His daughters are ages 16, 11 and 9. Their mother picked them up. Santa rosa Police Arrested people in what investigators are calling a major Drug Trafficking family. The suspects face federal drug charges. Four more suspects are on the loose. Agencies teamed up in a series of raids and seized about ten pounds of methamphetamine and 100,000 in cash. Good news for shoppers in fremont. Tonight, Police Say Car break ins there are down by two thirds following the arrest of 21 expected gang members. Police targeted six members of the ghost town gang. And in fremont, fewer cars are being broken into in Pacific Commons shopping plaza. It puts you at ease to know its being taken care of, then, makes you feel better. Knowing theyre not on the street makes you feel safe. Detectives say the suspected thieves look for valuables left inside of parked cars at several malls. John madden is recuperating after open heart surgery. Doctors operated yesterday to clear blockages from the 79yearolds heart. Hes expected to make a full recovery. The nfl wished him a speedy recovery. He shares two separate committees. Well, there is a Major Development tonight in the brazen attack of an east bay baby center. And Spencer Christian is back with the weather, and how long it will last. And rain here means snow in the sierra. Were live on what may be one of the biggest storms of the year, so far. A company refuses to honor a claim. Announcer youre on the right track to save big during sleep trains triple choice sale. For a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interestfree financing on a huge selection of tempurpedic models, or choose to save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. You can even choose 300 in free gifts with sleep trains most popular Stearns Foster mattresses. The triple choice sale, ends soon at sleep train. Sleep train [train horn] your ticket to a better nights sleep Orinda Police made an arrest in a brutal Home Invasion tuesday where a nanny was beaten. They credit to a camera that records license plates. Very emotional. Unbelievable. The Home Invasion happened tuesday afternoon when karen and her husband were away. Police say the 18yearold Armani Miller of oakland kicked in the door, pistol whipped the nanny and drove off with stolen goods. It took place in front of the couples 5yearold daughter. A neighbor saw what they believe is a car his accomplice drove. A older model white lexus two door parked down the street and around the corner. Police found the car this is one of a dozen cameras that takes images of cars and license plates. A crimefighting tool. Police found the black suv parked down 35th avenue and they sat on it, waiting for the robber to show up. Orinda police sent out a bulletin showing the white lexus. Guess what happened . That vehicle drove into oakland. Police arrested him. Still, the family is not taking chances. This is just happening to us, but you can never feel safe anymore. Today they were putting in a new garage door, windows and cameras. Vic lee, abc7 news. A program to help oakland teams interact peacefully got a boost today. The supervisor allocated 250,000 to the High School Outreach program. Attorneys from the Public Defenders Office go into the community and teach how to assert their Constitutional Rights in a manner that keeps them safe. So they know what to do if they get into an encounter with police. Wanting to prevent as many arefs v rests as possible that could lead to negative consequences for youngsters. She believes the program will relieve some tension growing between Law Enforcement and teens in the year. Governor brown and family have a new home in sacramento. He and his wife are moving from their loft to the downtown mansion that hasnt housed a governor since ronald reagan. The state purchased the mansion in 1903. The home will serve as their resident. Now, the snow is falling and drivers are told you better have chains. Hi, dave. For a while we had ice crystals and now, there are flakes here. You can see its deserted. You can see this shot from donner summit. Trucks and cars barely moving up there. The reason, well, you can see these vehicles having to go in, never a good sign. This is towards interstate 80. They had a accident and have had to pull those out of the way. Traffic should be blowing again now. And there are conditions so tifl for a while. Its a night where you want to have fun, but if you can avoid going now, and keep track, only come up here when you see its been clearer unless you have chains or a 4deal drive. Its going to be tough. So its beautiful. Yes. Get a hat or gloves out there. Yes. Yes. We have more rain coming in tonight, that is good news. You can see a wave of rain moving towards mount hamilton. Another area of rain developed in the north bay sweeping down to Sonoma County moving towards the golden gate. Wave heights continue to grow up to 18 feet now in bodega bay and they get higher. Were concerned with the possibility of localized flooding. High tide was predicted to reach 6. 2 feet this morning. It exceeded that by nearly a foot. In the north bay, a live view from our explore tore yum camera. Showers diminish tomorrow and the next storm coming in late saturday into sunday. Additional rainfall above and beyond what is measured by 5 00, looks looks like higher totals will be in the south bay and east bay. In the sierra, a winter storm warning and chain controls, and delays are likely. Well see from a half foot to two feet of snow in the Higher Elevations over the passes. Back to the bay area, well see mainly cloudy skies and areas of showers and waves of rainfall from time to time tapering into scattered showers tomorrow. But overnight lows reach out into the mid to upper 40 and so the start could be a challenging one. By afternoon, breaks of sunshine, cloudy skies with showers tapering off. Here is a look at the accuweather forecast well get breaks of sunshine but a chance of rain developing late and a next storm arriving overnight into sunday morning. This ranks two out of five so will be a storm dropping sharply. Cold morning weather tuesday and wednesday. And then, milder and perhaps more rain. News viewers are capturing cloudy skies across the bay today and theyre using the abc7 news. This is rachels photo of her kids reflection, isnt that cool . Good title to have. Analyzing the brain every day. One man just got an mri of his brain every day for 18 months. The results are in tonight. It may affect whether or not you want your grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i there is nothing like a john lennon song to get a crowd moving. During ability awareness night, he has trouble expressing himself but not through music. The teacher says he has perfect pitch. Sometimes he hears sound or someone plays the wrong chord or note and he tells me hey, this is wrong. He is part of a band and plays with the schools mariachi troop. A stanford professor, twice a week for a year and a half underwent an mri. This is video from the university. He says the biggest factor affecting his brain was whether he had caffeine or not. The Research Shows parts of the brain responsible for vision or movement were more connected on the days he didnt have caffeine. Stanford claims it is now the most studied brain in the world. This site in San Franciscos chinatown has been hiding gold rush history, pottery and an industrial sewing machine were found by workers digging on stockton street. They were found eight feet deep and may have been used in a basement factory destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Historians are excited about this because artifacts from the original chinatown are very rare, indeed. This is a list nobody wants to be in. The names of the extreme water users is out and includes names you might recognize. And a bay area billionaire spending his personal fortune on climate the gets to work by 8 00. Ids, and always manages to give them a healthy lunch. The newlyweds seeking out wholesome meals and exciting flavors for their new cookware. The guy who finally decided to kick 35 years of bad snacking habits. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. The east bay municipal utility district has come out with a use of excessive water users and once again there are well known bay area names on it. Yes. We take a look at who is high on the list and how theyre reacting tonight. Among the well known names, buster posys wife, kristin was shown to have used 3,000 gallons per day at their home in lafayette and billy bean was once again, mentioned. Today, you can see a repair crew, including a diver, working on his pool. His water usage this time was nearly half of what it was in october. Olympic medallist christy yam yamaguchi says a leak was the cause of her usage. And this member of motley whose manager says he has been touring for two years. These are people who violated an excessive use ordinance. Topping the list is this home owned a wine maker. According to records, that address uses more than 11,000 gallons per day. Keep in mind anything over a thousand owe per day is considered excessive. The second is mark mastro, founder of 24 hour fitness. We tried to reach him. Were looking for mr mr. Mastrov. An Investment Advisor from lay fayette came in third. He reached out to us to tell us he was startled because he has a well. He says he stopped using east bay mud for irrigation months ago. Still, we saw his meter spinning fast. According to east bay mud, the agency collected 400,000 in penalty fees since september. Its been a gloomy day across the bay area, as you how long might this stick around . Into tomorrow afternoon, here is the bay things are looking right now. Areas or pockets of rainfall, one line of shower activity. There is one little cell and we have a line of showers, rainfall sweeping through parts of marin county now, moving towards the golden gate. Starting at 10 00 this evening, well see from time to time, a band of showers and storms, one sweeping through San Francisco into peninsula. And into parts of the east bay, you can see other bands developing and so possibly, some heavy down pours when we expect it to taper off by mid day tomorrow. Thank you spencer. The series of storms killing at least two people. Heavy mud shut down parts of highway 5 in washington state. The governor declared a state of emergency. These boulders are bigger in person than on your tv screen. You just they remind you, Mother Nature laughs last and we have to be safe. Another concern is massive waves. In oregon, the coast guard says it will only send boats if there is an emergency. In the city of lights it is crunch time for a key Global Climate accord. Talks in paris are expected up until tomorrows deadline, maybe beyond. Negotiators have been struggling to narrow a draft to try to slow global warming. President obama and president hollande reiterated their agreement. Here, an american in paris spending most of his own personal fortune to study climate change. Reporter amid dignitaries, tom stieer made his fortune in banking and hedge funds. Before learning the facts we invested in every industry, including fossil fuel industries. As i understood the facts we stopped. Coal and oil are now the enmy for stier. Three he years ago, he quit his job to spend his fortune stopping fossil fuel. He hosteded the president at his home, greeted by fans but also, protestors against the key stone exel pipeline. It was a yes, were going to move to a cheen energy economy. In paris, that optimism only increased. Good news is that a lot of the work has been done. Reporter president obama had already met with chinese officials and Governor Brown spent to china. California is a great example of how this is supposed to work. Were a place with some of the most progressive policies in the world. Hes fighting what he sees as a step back. Im absolutely opposed to the idea that theyd ship coal through the bay area, to china. He told World Leaders solar will be cheaper than coal in two years and turning off lights and biking to work are not enough. Together, like implementing policies pushing the whole society at the same time to do the right thing. In San Francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. The fbi focused on a lake today, hunting for clues following last weeks deadly shooting rampage in san bernardino. Agents say they received leads about the lake but wont say if theyre looking for anything in particular. So far, agents interviewed hundreds of people, trying to learn more about the husband and wife leaders. Tonight a Senate Committee is strongly rebuking Donald Trumps inflammatory proposal to bar muslims from entering the united states. The Judiciary Committee voted on a measure saying barring individuals from entering would be unamerican. This comes despite crews disagreeing with trumps plan this week. Three u. S. Airlines are saying no to hover boards on planes. Saying some exceed the battery wattage allowed on plains. The fires are now under investigation in five states. Theyre one of the hottest gift items this holiday season. There is a lot more still to come here. It could transform the neighborhood but not everyone if San Francisco planners have their way, Public Housing built in 1941 may be replaced with almost double the number of units. This is the wondering, a proposed project. The process took another step today, abc7 News Reporter carolyn tire explain. Reporter 1300 low income residents live in the Public Housing complex. Here is the view from sky 7 hd of the 33 acres on the south slope of the hill. Tracy sim