homes. don't put the umbrella away yet. >> did you hibernate all weekend? >> we stayed home mostly. >> i went out saturday. we got an inch of rain in the rain gauge and then four inches saturday overnight and sunday morning. did get a lot of sleet because it's quite windy there in the north way. we need the rain. people lost their lives and as you mentioned, more on the way so not done yet. >> we're in a break pattern right now. our meteorologist is going to tell us now -- thank goodness for the breaks. >> after thursday morning a break into the weekend. there are signs out to the 22nd, very powerful systems to we'll take the breaks we can get. that doesn't mean that is going to happen but the message there's more on the way i would say even after this next system get ready and you can take the break while you can to maybe clean up. it's been a tremendous amount of rain already. healdsburg has had a tremendous amount of rain since january 2nd. a little bit of rain picking up around berkeley and walnut creek. not a lot but a little near highway four. after that things are starting to use up a little on the mendocino coast. i think they didn't get a lot from the last system. they are getting more from this next one. the moisture is so thick. humidity in the 40s and 50s on the temps. we have coastal flood watch out for tomorrow. king tides next couple of mornings and we also have a high wind watch in advance for the next system. all sorts of flood issues for the sacramento valley. also up towards shasta and feather river and carson river and the truckee river, all these are having issues. the good news is the snow level has come down a bit but a winter storm warning out until 10:00 a.m. thursday. maybe not as much towards the santa cruz mountains this time around but more to the north so you get up around you ukiah and clover dale, critical rainfall coming in. 50s on the temps and thursday morning rain. we will see a break on the weekend but i think tuesday and wednesday and even looking beyond i would prepare for a lot of rain. >> all right, steve, christian captain has been making his way to gurnville this morning. vision, for several hours, have you noticed the water starting recede at all? >> you know mike, it's hard to tell. the water level is so high. take a look and you can see the water here. if you look koun there to the left is where we were an hour ago. you can get a street view of it. now we're up higher so you can see this is brake here and you can see it's the only way out of this neighborhood here so people on the other side of the water are effectively isolated until the water reseeds. there's a similar story on other low lying areas around gurnville. -- -- recreed. cede. flood level here is 32 feet. residents tell me they have heard of people in the area leaving before they're cut off. >> in the evening everyone is trying to jump out of here. all night it was busy. >> flooded roads like this aren't the only problem. a large tree came down around 5:00 this morning on river road in forestville. the main access route, that tree dragged down power lines and knocked out power to homes. crews are warning people to call officials if a tree goes down especially at night because it may have energized lines. also advising people if you're out driving to be cautious. you never want to drive through anything like this. as we look over here, i'm going to ask chip to pan to the right. there are folks here, some folks coming down and seeing how close they can get to the water. like this white truck over there, you can see turning around because there's simply no way to get through the water. certainly not safe to drive through that. that's not the only danger of course. keep in mind that if you don't see standing water like this it could be wet roads and a myriad of problems out there. this morning as chip and i were leaving the station heading our way up here, we saw this accident on the mcarthur maze. it looks like a solo car spin out yesterday on our way to saint helena. the roads were slick. >> people up there should keep in mind it's not raining but as you said, there's more coming especially in the gurnville area. i'm glad to hear people were getting out of their homes and leaving because i was there 11 years ago and people weren't doing that. that's when the rescues started happening and people had to go on rafts. >> it's interesting to see how this rain has actually made our draught situation better. it's too early for that. the rainy season isn't over but maybe we'll be better after all of this. we popped up school closures you knead to know about in the north bay. the sonoma county office of education has closed a number of schools today. the harmony school districts are closed today and also the alexander school as well as forestville school and academy in forestville are also closed. right now district leaders are checking on flood prone roads used by school buses. once they have the information they'll decide if schools will be closed for the day. the storm is causing big problem in the sierra. both directions of interstate 80 remain closed this morning. the westbound lanes are shut down because of a mudslide. chp posted the photo on its facebook page. the eastbound lanes are also shut down in the same area. crews are bringing in heavy equipment to clear the #34ud but the westbound lanes aren't expected to open until this afternoon there's no estimates to when they will reopen. we know the name of a woman who was killed on saturday. >> the coroner's office says deborah mc kay was hit by the tree when it crashed to the ground. >> she lived in san ramon and no one else was hurt. we might be seeing a break in the rain but certainly hitting one east bay city very hard. take a look at the rain overwhelming sewers. flood waters were held back at businesses and driving was also difficult. a photo of a rescue happening in gilroy. emergency crews were called to get a woman out of her car on highway 101. the road was closed when water was covering the large section of the highway near christopher ranch. if you plan to fly today, check ahead at your flight online or call in. we just checked with sfo and they told us at last likely delights on flights from denver and los angeles. both airports have been having weather related delays and cancellations this morning. we checked with san jose and that airport is experiencing minor delays on denver flights. no delays at oakland. pge says close to 6,000 customers still without power because of the storm many in the north bay where more than 2400 customers are without power. 1900 opt peninsula and 1400 in the east bay and san francisco have a small number of outages. therest there's no estimate on when the power will be restored. >> i came home friday to new lanterns in the kitchen and made sure our phones were charged because losing power is something you don't want to happen. >> batteries and flashlights. >> you don't appreciate it until it's gone. >> absolutely not. we're all set. >> again, what's coming this weekend, we don't know yet. coming up, freeway connector shut down in san jose. not weather related. the shooting involve a chp officer under investigation. confirmations hearing may begin this week for president- elect donald trump's cabinet picks. the push back they're facing from democrats. we do know there is a manhunt underway the the suspect. during the search a sheriff's deputy crashed his motorcycle and was also killed this morning in the crash. vice president joe biden will be in san francisco today. he is scheduled to speak at the annual jp morgan healthcare conference at the saint francis hotel. he was in los angeles yesterday at an event for the mayor. he is heading to detroit tomorrow and then chicago for president obama's farewell address. as you know this is the start of what could be one of the busiest political weeks of the year. >> with the inauguration a week and a half away we're hearing from president obama and donald trump. >> trump's cabinet picks are heading to capitol hill for confirmation hearings. there's certainly precedent for this but that doesn't mean it's easy. nine of trump's cabinet picks having hearing this week. and democrats have to pick and choose their battles. this is dpog going to be a political war zone this week. donald trump hoping to push through the bulk of cabinet nominees. first out of the gate, alabama senator jeff sessions for attorney general. wednesday's hearing includes former exxon mobile rex tillerson picked for tech tear of state. democrats accusing the trump team for not providing complete information on financial ties for many prospective nominees. >> american people have a right to know if they're entering in the office with conflicts of interest. >> democrats decided to change senate rules in 2013 allowing for a simple majority in the senate to approve nominees. >> i'm optimistic we can get up to 7 nominees on day one like we did 8 years ago. >> i am thinking back to being a young community organizer. >> president obama trying to build the hype for his chicago farewell address tomorrow. . >> free tickets have been swept up and a day later on wednesday president-elect trump is scheduled to hold his first press conference since winning the white house in november. he will be asked about allergies of russian hacking and the lead up to the election as well as how he will handle his business interests once he takes office. in washington doug luzad er, fox news. only about 40% of americans say their families are better off than when president obama first took office. only 32% of the public says president obama kept his campaign promises. although 44% said he tried to keep the promises but failed. even the golden globes couldn't escape the subject of politics. meryl streep referred to trump and criticized him of his behavior. whether or not you agree with the actual message she delivered we're asking you this morning do you think an award show is the appropriate stage for political or personal messages? dustin writes, "yes, they're people with an opinion and use their platform to speak their opinion." opinion." uber says it plans to help some of the same city leaders criticizing the company, the san francisco company will share information about traffic patterns on specific routes at certain times of the day. the data comes from its drivers and the routes they drive. it will all be on a free website called movement open to anyone starting next month. it would help city officials make better decisions about road closures and other transit programs. mini vans start testing in california and arizona later this month. the company was originally part of google's self-driving project. they're not building actual cars but has partnered to add self-driving technology to mini vans. they have figured out a way to cut technology by 90%. a braisen shooting, police still have no leads on a suspect. 19 year old car loss rivera was killed on a train near oakland. it sparked controversy because it was not caught on surveillance camera. bart revealed a majority of trains had decoy cameras. here's the man they're looking for. bart still has not installed cameras on all trains but the agency said that should happen sometime this year. coming up on mornings on two, elvis pressly would have celebrated his 82nd birthday yesterday. the little known tribute to the king, right here at the port of we're getting a break from rain but the damage was done for much of the bay area. the mudslide causing dig detours for foeks on folks on the peninsula -- -- big. woman: college today. career tomorrow at the peralta colleges. sign up for classes today at one of our four colleges. berkeley city college, college of alameda, laney college and merritt college. classes start january 23rd. we have so many ways for you to get ahead. financial aid, thousands of classes to choose 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