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heavy rain has flooded that area, forcing caltrans to close the intersection for the foreseeable future. drivers are being asked to detour around the closure. that s causing a significant traffic impact in that area. even nba players aren t immune to all the traffic we re seeing out there tonight. some members of the new york knicks are running incredibly late for their game tonight at oracle arena against the warriors. this is video from just a few minutes ago of the team bus stuck in traffic along the embarcadero. the game is supposed to start at 7:30, so a little while ago, san francisco police began escorting the bus through the city and onto the bridge. some of the knicks players are already at oracle. up to date if we hear anything about a later start time. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow joins us live from along the embarcadero. melanie, you just saw the bus go by. reporter: you know, we absolutely did and as a new yorker, i understood that need fo ....
coverage. first let s go to mark outside in the elements. i m here in oakland, right now it s a steady downpour, earlier today, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 there were impressive rainfall rates. we ve been worried about flooding. we have video from san francisco going to oakland, this is about 4:00 this afternoon, reports it took 45 minutes to get from san francisco to oakland. you can see the challenges and obstacles. rainfall rates, some spots picking up rainfall in an hour verified between a half inch to three quarters of an inch. a lot of acoupe lating water on the bay area roadways. i m sure chp has been busy of the a lot of reports of flooding and accidents. we ve been tracking the timing for the past few days, the timing remains on track. you know it s in the south bay, we can leave mark up, mark and i were looking at the rainfall accumulations in the north bay, mark, you commented there was a spike in totals around 4:00. what was the observation there. it s amazing, w ....
for the show, right? that s very nice. we all appreciate it. this is our last show before the new year. i have to say, it is weird that 2016 was only one year, i feel at least five years older than i did last year. so much arguing and fighting. people keep saying, i can t wait for 2016 to be over. but 2017, that isn t looking so great either. [ laughter ] like the movie alien. 2016 may have been the moment when the alien attached itself to our face, but 2017 is when it rips its way out of our stomachs and tears the ship apart. [ laughter ] and as if 2016 wasn t difficult enough, we get news today that america, this country, is facing a whipped cream shortage. [ laughter ] i know, just when you thought it couldn t get worse. america, apparently, there s a shortage of nitrous oxide. there was an explosion in august at a nitrous oxide factory in well, florida, of course. [ laughter ] where else do you think they make it? [ laughter ] and as a result, they don t have en ....
[ laughter ] donald trump claimed this morning that he would have done even better in the election if the winner was based on the popular vote because he would have campaigned differently. why are you complaining? it s over. you won. wait, why am i talking to you? you know what? let me talk to your father. oh, hey, listen. would it have killed you to hug him once? [ laughter and applause ] fox news s bill o reilly said last night [ applause ] bill o reilly said last night that liberals want to eliminate the electoral college because they want power taken away from the white establishment. bill, you don t have to say, white establishment. it s redundant. that s like saying atm machine. the m means machine. [ laughter ] vice president joe biden will reportedly work at the university of pennsylvania once he leaves office. apparently they had an opening for, cool r.a. [ laughter ] i know you re going to smoke your weed, guys. just roll up a towel and put it under t ....
is resolved. the landlord is telling us why he thinks the state is wrong. the property is in a rural part of san jose, a former resort with cottages converted into apartments. the state says it could impose fines and the county has been asked tone sure there is potable water or else they ll shut the place down january 15th. the tenants of kwin twin creeks properties say they ve been out of potable water off and on since november. no running water, we cannot bathe or cook. we have to use bottled water. the state water resources board is telling them to use only bottled water. the agency says the landlord was illegally using a spring as a water source and it was contaminated with e-coli bacteria. we directed the landlord to disconnect the spring. the owner says the spring was a back up, used when some pipes froze during a cold spell. he reconnected the pipes, defying the order. it s been inspected by the water board agency. reporter: the state water ag ....