Remain, but for not much longer, youll be glad to know. Even though the worst of the area, it doesnt mean all the effects are over, right now, the napa river is reaching flood stage, which means its flowing its banks. We have Live Team Coverage spread throughout the bay area, our reporters have fanned out for you, to check on the impact of the weather. Spencer christian has the forecast for us. Well start with live doppler 7. You can see that the steadiest heaviest rain is in the southern part of the bay area, moving through the south bay now. Parts of the santa cruz mountains, parts of the peninsula and east bay. Even though we have showers up north over parts of the north bay. Our current storm ranks three on the storm impact scale. Its a strong storm. Capable of producing pockets of moderate to heavy rain. Flooding risk remains high. There will be gusty winds over the hills. Heres our forecast animation starting at 7 00 p. M. It will be starting to push out of the bay area, the steady rain will. Well have trailing pockets of light rain and showers moving through the bay area during the late night and overnight hours into tomorrow. We have flooding concerns that will persist for a while. Flash Flood Warnings in effect until 6 30 this evening. And up around the Russian River near gurnville. Flood warnings in effect until tomorrow morning at 8 30, a Flood Warning just expired over the area of the napa river, although it had been posted officially as being 11 10 tomorrow morning. Thanks a lot, spencer. Sonoma county once again, took the brunt of the storm, the heavy rain is causing flooding and road closures there. Jonathan, some roads look like lakes tonight. Its true. Were standing in front of lake ronert. I made that up. This is the expressway, its covered with water. Weve been watching drivers come up to the edge of the water, throw on the brakes. Some have been turning around, others try to make it through, and thats when things get interesting. Add this to the long list of calls for help from drivers who got stuck crossing a flooded road. We had dozens in the last few days, most people take a chance, think it cant get deeper than this, and it gets deeper than this. As soon as we found she was under the influence of alcohol, drugs or some combination. She was placed under arrest. Its a different kind of trouble theyre bracing for in gurnville. We get lots of water, buckets of water for the plumbing. Where im add sometimes, we cant flush our toilets and stuff, it gets too high. After years of drought, rain is good for wine country. Its nice. Its a change. It makes it hard to relax. Scared because of all the loose rocks, mudslides, now with wind and downed trees. Trees like this precarious pine on river road. Leaning dangerously over the roadway, crews were called in to take it out. And chop it up while traffic inched along in the other lane. The problem isnt so much the rainfalling now. Its like drizzle like the rain that was two days ago, that was ridiculous, out of nowhere. That rain has the ground and these workers muddy and soaked. Working yesterday, it was brutal. Yesterday was ban. All day in the mud. For these contractors called over from richmond, there is a bright side. Overtime . Oh, yeah. Double time. Now, this waters already started to recede since the rain stopped. Its 30 feet further away than it was from us just about 2 hours ago, in gurnville, they have the Russian River to contend with, thats expected to hit flood stage just after midnight tonight. And could stay above flood stage until tomorrow evening. Jonathan, thanks. New at 6 00, this video just in. The road was closed briefly because there was so much mud on it, its been closed several times since the first of the year, due to slides and downed trees. It is now open once again. In the south bay, a worker trying to clear a mudslide thats blocking highway 17 died today when he was hit by a dump truck. Another worker was hurt and sent to the hospital, david louie joins us live from Santa Cruz County to explain how this accident happened. Road crews are working in heavy rain when one dump truck one of several in the area, started to back up. As a result, two people were in the way, and one was killed, the other was injure d. Two ploys were standing by a graniterock truck. Weather conditions were hostile at the time, and visibility might have been limited. The chp said both workers were wearing brightly colored safety vests. It had already been raining for about 30 minutes. Downpour much like this, and they were going to work through the rain we were flagged down by a passerby, luckily chp was right there on scene. The medic got up here quickly, we expedited fire and ambulance. The dump truck belongs to hildebrand and sons. Their trucks along with others, have been moving dirt from a mudslide to a dumping site. Its Representative Work they have been doing not only this week, but last month. A massive mudslide crashed down at the same spot on an abc 7 news van, crushing the vehicle and injuring a photographer inside as he drove by. Its not known if the truck had a backup beeper or a rear facing camera. Graniterock said it is devastated by the death of its employee and the injury of another. It said its not had an accident in years. The slide forced the two northbound lanes to be closed, forcing computers to use single lanes on the southbound side. Granite rock has identified the two workers involved in this accident, killed was 54yearold bobby gill of los gatos. Injured was 33yearold steven wit mayor. In scott valley, david louie, abc 7 news. Thank you very much. Danville, diablo road has reopened. A fallen tree took down power lines before dawn on wednesday. Pg e had to replace damaged power poles. Danville police shared this video of the scene on its facebook page. New drought maps were just released today. See that red patch near los angeles . Thats extreme drought. Its about half the size it was a week ago, and currently includes less than 1 of the state. A year ago, 60 of california was that bad or worse. What a dramatic change had a is it. A massive mudslide that measured 200 yards, thats two football fields, caused extensive destruction in orinda. Sky 7 was over it earlier today to give you a perspective on how big it is. At the bottom of the slide this home, which bore the brunt of an estimated 180,000 cubic foot of debris. The homeowner saw the mud crashing through his home. They feared more mud would move and bury the house. I was in that bathroom behind the glass blocks, and i came out, i thought, maybe its hail. Then i saw the wall of the Office Starting to come in at me, and ran downstairs. Really scary. Mud also seeped into a neighbors backyard. Ciy Officials Say the hillside is very unstable and theyre worried todays rain will make it even more prone to more sliding. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony got inside that house, she shared these pictures and video on twitter. You can see what our reporters are finding throughout the bay area all day. New at 6 00, lawyers for ghost ship Warehouse Manager are blaming the number of deaths from last years fire on oakland firefighters. They analyzed the same city documents abc 7 news reviewed yesterday and combined with Additional Information they gathered, they claim firefighters could have saved more people. The lawyers say firefighters made mistakes and had problems with leadership. The fire last december killed 36 people. Firefighters didnt take immediate action after being informed there was smoke and people were trapped inside the warehouse. Firefighters didnt use ladders to get to the second story windows. They claimed there was no attempt to rescue people before going to a defensive fire mode to put out a fire. A fire chief wasnt at their post and arrived more than an hour after the fire started. The documents abc reviewed showed firefighters arrived at the warehouse 79 seconds after the first alarm went off. Abc 7 news reached out to the city of oakland and the lawyers. So far, theres been no response, well stay on top of this and let you know when we hear back. President trump is pledging another round in court after the ninth Circuit Court of appeals this afternoon, upheld a Washington State judges suspension of his travel ban. Its a decision that well win, in my opinion, very easily. That was audio of the president talking with the reporters inside the white house. President trump also tweeted, see you in court. The security of our nation is at stake. The Washington State attorney had a response for that. Weve seen him in court twice. And were two for two. The president s order temporarily banned travelers from seven primarily muslim countries. The three judges announced their unanimous Decision Just before 3 30, it reads in part, the government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order has perpetrated a terrorist attack in the united states. By contrast, the states have offered ample evidence that if the executive order were reinstated even temporarily, it would substantially injure the states. Lisa is live in front of ninth Circuit Court of appeals with more, lisa . Reporter not too many people braved the elements to show their support, but a few did. One person had a sign that said no ban, no ban. And another woman from syria who just arrived two days ago, had this to say about the president and the court battle. I respect his point of view, but he judge everyone in advance without any fair analysis. And thats what hurts. Im very happy that its turned out the way it has, and i hope that the Supreme Court will also see the let this stand. I cant imagine it will rule otherwise, but we always want to have that as the decision. Ill feel much better then. This just in from cnn, they are reporting that the three judges on the panel have received some sort of threats and now security around them has been upped. Live in San Francisco tonight. Abc 7 news. Lisa, thank you. The courts ruling is 29 pages long, weve made it accessible through our abc 7 news app, so you can read the judges decision for yourself. A big change coming to almost half of all bart cars. Why the plan to tackle over crowding could leave you with sore feet. A couple gets a call they believe is from their alarm company, but its not. Ahead on 7 on your side, how they say they got trapped in a contract and couldnt escape. Next, were live in marin next, were live in marin county, where people were the Hydrogen Fueled mirai. Its only emission is water. Toyota. Lets go places. You are looking at something we dont often see. Empty seats on bart. The bart board voted to begin removing seats on its cars. The plan is to ease overcrowding. Leann melendez explains its a plan that youre either going to love or hate. Seven seats were car, thats the number of seats bart will begin to remove. The goal is to modify 380 cars in total. Thats nearly half the fleet. That creates a lot of space in the middle of the train for people to move about. We dont have the same choke points we used to have. In an area where one person sits, three people can stand instead. Bart had already removed seats from 60 of its cars as part of a pilot program. Some who travel long distances didnt approve. If you have an illness, a seat makes that easier. If youre a senior citizen, traveling those long distances, its healthier to have a seat. Those who live in the suburbs who travel long distances, have to park their rear end somewhere. Those with shorter distances just want to get from point a to b quickly. Dale is one of them, he hopes this will make more room for passengers. When theres no seats available, it gets crowded. You dont have an option sometimes. And thats where it makes the biggest difference. The plan is not for george gomez of el cerrito. You like that seat . Yes, after a long day of work. The modifications should take about 2 years. The cost of the project is 2. 5 million, paid for by a grant. Now, let us know your thoughts on bart, add the dear bart when you post online. Back to our storm watch, it was a busy day in marin county, as firefighters and Police Worked to keep up with the calls. Kate larson spent the day in marin county. You know, marin county Emergency Operations tells me that they have pages of logged calls for help, but fortunately, despite the busy day, nobody here was hurt, and the sheriff believes thats because schools were out, making roads like highway 101 behind me, which you can see is moving nicely, less congested and less prone to accidents. As the wind and rain ramped up late this morning in marin. Fire departments were ready for one of the first emergency calls in mill valley. A 60 foot tree uprooted from a hillside and crashed high across morning sun avenue. Destroying this wooden garage and taking out power to the neighborhood. Fortunately, nobody was home or hurt when the tree fell, captain mchugh with Southern Marin Fire Department says theres often no warning when a tree falls. He advises inspecting the area around your house. If you see the ground starting to erode away, it can be a warning sign its an unstable area. Further north in kentfield, the high tide in combination with a deluge of rain turned a neighborhood street into a shallow lake. Big enough for tube be off the back of a volvo and boating. My friend, his dad has a kayak, and when it floods like this, he brings out his kayak. Are you having as much fun as your children . No. Id like to be inside. Says mom jennifer hamill, whos doing her best to entertain her children on the rainy day away from school. Hamill is appreciative of all the drought curing storms, but shes had enough for this season. Were done with the water, its too much. You know, we cant take any more of this. Marin health and Human Services is tired of seeing kids in floodwaters, which can contain sewage and chemicals. Kate larson, abc 7 news. What a day it is, or a week, in fact. Spencers here with when the rain may end . Its beginning to wind down now. Heres a look at live doppler 7, you can see that up in the north bay, conditions are also quiet right now, except for light rain, that extends down through the golden gate into San Francisco as well, down in the south bay, santa cruz mountains, portions of the east bay as well. We have moderate or mild heavy rainfall. We have flash flood watches in effect for the north bay, that watch will expire 10 00 tonight. South of the golden gate, it will remain in effect until 7 00 in the morning. The evening stormn the storm impact scale, with pockets of moderate or heavy rainfall. Still to fall later tonight. Flooding risk remains high through tomorrow. Gusty wind will still continue to blow over the hills. Heres our forecast animation starting at 7 00 this evening. Much of the bay area at that point will only have scattered showers and light rainfall. The steady heavy rain will be in parts of the south bay, and sweeping southward by 8 00 or 9 00 this evening, well see the steady rain pushing completely out of the bay area. Pockets of light rain and showers will follow into the Early Morning hours. That takes us to our next storm, tomorrows storm which ranks one on the storm impact scale. We may see moderate showers at times. Lets resume the animation at 11 00 tonight. Through the morning commute well see pockets of light rain and showers again. Widely scattered in the north bay. Tomorrow evening, we see areas of rain becoming a bit more organized and widespread in the north bay, and then late tomorrow night, well see pockets of downpours, scattered downpours pushing through the bay area, finally going into saturday morning, we start to get clearing after about 5 00 or 6 00 a. M. We go to overnight conditions tonight well see clouds lingering and showers had lingering as well. Low temperatures will drop into the low to mid50s in most locations. A few upper 40s in most places like santa rosa and clover dale. A chance of more scattered showers, a few peaks of sunshine. Low 60s in the mildest locations right around the bay and inland. And heres the accuweather 7day forecast. Once again, tomorrows storm will be a storm of light intensity, ranking one in the storm impact scale. We get clearing on saturday, and a chilly morning on sunday. Although it will warm up to mid60s by afternoon on sunday. It will remain dry and mild through tuesday, and clouds increase on wednesday, and next thursday, our next storm comes, in rain returns. Mcdonalds is testing out something new on the menu. Only available in the bay area, thats b vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. 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