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rain and bracing for the worst of it. but let's begin with abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian tracking the conditions right now. hi, spencer. hello, dion. >> well, right now the north bay is getting the worst of it, and it's going to get even worse still in the north bay and other parts of the bay area as well. here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see that we have rain scattered all over the bay area, but the steadiest rain right now is in the north bay and as you look at our looping image with the oh well, i just skipped over it. so go to the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level two storm. most of the day. the rain has been relatively light, but it's going to get heavier tonight. the ground is saturated. we'll have some gusty wind and some occasional downpours. thus, the impact of this storm will certainly be level two when we go to the forecast animation starting at 6 p.m. between 6 and 7, we'll see an eight. rather, we'll see the rain getting much heavier starting in the north bay, which is where cornell is right now, and it will start swinging southward and eastward, covering all parts of the bay area by late tonight, 10 or 11:00 after

midnight, we'll see the rain tapering off, giving way to just a few light scattered isolated showers by early tomorrow morning. i'll have closer look at this a little bit later, dion. >> all right. sounds good. spencer. thanks to the north bay now where the storm arrived this morning and many folks were ready for a drenching. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live for us in petaluma. with how folks are coping. good to see you don't have an umbrella right now. >> hey, dion. yes. so far, so good here we are seeing a slight break in the rain, but lots of umbrellas up all over town. and like spencer says, more rain is on the way. and folks around here, well, they're ready for it . the rain took sonoma county by storm saturday. windshield wipers getting a workout on very wet roads. >> this is what we like to see. nice clean drain. >> taylor fry is making sure every storm drain in downtown santa rosa is clear and ready for a downpour. >> but yeah, we're doing a great

job. downtown parks is killing it. it's clean. >> the city worker says, with more rain coming, there's no time to waste. >> storm drains not filled with leaves. so streets aren't going to flood. the water will be able to get down into the storm drains and out to the creek in petaluma. >> neighbors living on wyndham way thought their street was flooding from the storm, but all this water was actually caused by a water main break, which took several hours for crews to repair. >> the fireman was banging on my door saying, if you want a car to drive later, you'll have to move it down the street because the street is going to be closed and uh- because a water main broke. so i started filling the bathtub in the sink and uh, shortly thereafter the water turned off in san rafael. >> umbrellas are up for many. the rain is a welcome sight. >> i think we need the rain, but maybe not all at once. i'm happy that we have it and this year's been relatively dry so far, so p-g-and-e's says it's adding

extra crews this weekend to respond to possible outages. >> they ask customers to be ready. >> charge up your cell phones now if you do lose power, you can always charge your cell phone in your car, have an extra battery pack. >> um, check your flashlights. >> make sure your flashlights are working, have batteries ready. >> in san anselmo, we found christian santana smoothing some fresh concrete in the rain after it got damaged overnight. not what you want to be doing today, i guess. right >> but i wasn't planning on doing this today. but it is what it is. >> getting word that a p-g-and-e's is responding to some power outages across the bay area in the north bay, about 100 in sonoma county, 300 in humboldt county. and we're getting word about a larger outage in the east bay in oakland affecting about 1200 customers. p-g-and-e's says it's working hard to restore the power. tonight, the chp asking drivers, take it easy out there because it's going to be wet. live in petaluma, cornell

bernard abc seven news. all right. >> and i know you will. keep us posted. cornell. thank you. in the sierra, they are expecting to get about 1 to 2ft of fresh snow by tomorrow. today, the sierra avalanche center issued a backcountry avalanche warning for the central sierra through 6 p.m. tomorrow, taking a live look at the conditions from our camera at zephyr cove. this is the south end of lake tahoe, about three miles outside of state line on the nevada side, where you can see a little bit of wave activity. there certainly looking gray. the calm before the storm earlier today, this was the scene along i-80 in truckee as crews with snow plows worked to clear the freeways and streets. caltrans is reminding anyone heading to the sierra to expect delays. right now, chain controls are required for all vehicles except four wheel drives with snow tires. as the weather woes stretch coast to coast, frigid temperatures across the country are having a major impact on everything from nfl playoffs to the presidential election. reporter rick

damigella has details. >> old man winter is roaring its frosty head across the united states, 35 states face weather advisories or warnings from storm systems stretching from california to maine. back to back winter storms are bringing life threatening wind chills and heavy snow across the midwest. >> buying some salt for my driveway so it doesn't get too icy, got shovels and gloves and boots and yeah, i'm ready for it. >> more than 240 daily cold temperature records could be tied or broken across the u.s. through tuesday. the weather is also wreaking havoc on the nfl playoffs. new york governor kathy hochul announced that sunday's bills steelers game in buffalo has been postponed. the nfl has agreed with our assessment that we need to postpone tomorrow's playoff game until 4:30 p.m. monday afternoon, and with just days to go to the iowa republican caucus, candidates are urging supporters to brave the weather conditions and support them.

>> i'm a florida boy born and bred and yet here i am in negative temperatures uh. i am not going to be canceling if people are willing to come out and hear from me, i'm going to show up all the way until the end of this caucus. >> it's going to be -15, but i'm going to be out there and i want you to go out there monday day matters. your voice matters. >> monday's iowa caucus will be the coldest on record, as the 2024 presidential election season begins. rick damigella, abc seven news now the weather across the country combined with the continued grounding of the boeing 737 max nine planes, are creating hundreds of flight cancellations, according to the website flightaware. >> more than 1300 flights into, out of or within the u.s. were canceled today at sfo, there have been 73 cancellations and nine at oakland and eight at san

jose international. cancel now. don't forget you can always track the forecast anytime with the very same live doppler seven that spencer uses. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it for free in the east bay. a heartfelt session in search of healing for a community. oakland leaders facilitated an event at the oakland asian cultural center. the goal was to build bridges and encourage support and understanding it all comes at a time when the city is dealing with an increase in crime, and the recent killing of police officer tuan lay. >> we all have to walk by faith and faith teaches us that in the darkest moments, it is always darkest just before the dawn. it's been some darkness in the land. we just buried a police officer. he gave his life. if that was the dark day that we have all seen in a very, very

long time. but that also means that there is a light out that is going to come to us. >> people who attended the event also spoke about battling stigmas and coming together to combat the hurt and pain in their neighborhoods, as multiple formal complaints have now been filed against the oakland unified school district for allegations of anti-semitism, one of the complaints outlines four separate incidents at fremont high bret hart, middle and montera middle schools. according to lawyers who filed the complaint. the district has begun an investigation. this all comes as the publication j. weekly reports that more than 30 jewish families have left the district due to concerns of anti-semitism. we reached out to the district for comment, but a spokesperson said they do not comment on pending legal matters . a gathering today at the port of oakland to protest the u.s. support of israel's military involvement in palestine. organizers say aid supplied by

the u.s. has directly contributed to the humanitarian crisis in gaza. over a thousand people blocked access to the port early this morning and again this afternoon, the protesters say the port of oakland is used to ship military equipment to israel. well, more flaring at yet again at chevron's refinery in richmond today. it was a level one incident, the lowest reportable level, according to contra costa county health. it lasted about 33 seconds at around 1250. this afternoon. the same thing happened there just yesterday, which is the video you are seeing here. chevron is investigating the cause. there is no health risk to the public at this time. the refinery is already under investigation for a list of violations in the past couple of months. and with that, stay with us. w

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level one for much of the day because the rain has been relatively light, but it has saturated the ground. so now any additional rain on top of it, which is likely to be heavier this evening, will have an impact at the level two. >> that makes sense. >> so i call it the storm impact scale. so here's a look at what's happening right now on live doppler seven. we have fairly widespread rain now, but again much of it is light except up in the northern most part of our viewing area in northern sonoma county, where we've got some downpours right now and the rain is rather widespread. and on the satellite radar composite image, you can see the pattern with waves or bands of rain swinging down from our northwest and pushing southeastward. so that's why the north bay is getting the first uh. well the first dose of this rainfall, the first drenching right now the winds are beginning to pick up just a little bit. it's breezy, but not very gusty, although we do expect gustier wind later in the evening. so let's take a look at current temperature readings as we look across the embarcadero 54 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 5357 at both hayward and san jose, mid 50s also at san mateo and half

moon bay. you can see it's wet at the golden gate and it's going to get wetter there very shortly. as thatrillionain is sweeping through the north bay right now, 56 at the moment at santa rosa, mid 50s at petaluma, napa, concord, livermore, fairfield, the cool spot at 46 degrees. and these are our forecast headlines tonight. rainy breezy with occasional downpours tomorrow and monday which is martin luther king junior day partly cloudy and drier. but the remainder of the week is going to be wet and unsettled as more rain will develop and move in by midweek. so moving along, taking a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale once again, current storm is a level two storm, so for tonight, the remainder of the night rain steady at times, occasional heavy downpours, gusty wind and there may be flooding on roads and creeks. so bear that in mind if you're going to be out. here's the forecast animation between six and 8 p.m. we'll see some of that heavier rain that's moving into the north bay right now. swinging southward down to the golden gate. and then down into the south bay and over to the east bay. and by midnight or so,

we'll see the storm winding down just a bit. and for the remainder of the overnight period, we'll just have isolated showers, some of which may linger into early tomorrow morning. rainfall totals by 7:00. tomorrow morning will range anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch, generally, san ramon likely likely to get just over an inch and way up north. at ukiah, we expect well over one inch of rain. meanwhile, it's snowing in the sierra. winter storm warning is in effect there until 4 a.m. tomorrow, and most locations can expect about 6 to 14in of new snow with wind gusts up to 60mph. obviously, travel will be difficult overnight. low temperatures as the rain tapers off mainly upper 40s to about 50 degrees. highs tomorrow, generally in the upper 50s to about 60, so not quite so chilly as the last few days have been. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. early morning showers tomorrow, then giving way to some partial clearing monday. mlk day will be a dry day with a mix of clouds and sun. tuesday rain returns and showers linger into wednesday morning, so level one storm those two days. partly cloudy,

dry on thursday. light rain develops again late friday. another level one storm continuing into saturday. so that's why we call it an unsettled week because weather is not settled. >> wow, that was so clear. thank you. okay all right. good day to stay in. think about sports instead. >> always always coming up in sports. so 40 niners resting up on this super wild card weekend. meanwhile a familiar face coaching his team in texas. damico's defense dominates. houston has liftoff into the divisional round. sports is next. all the wells fargo gives you an extra day grace period to avoid the overdraft fee. what if everything came with a grace period? like accidentally parking where you shouldn't... (driver 2) nah.. that one gets an extra day (vo) like having an extra day grace period? you can with wells fargo.

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nfl playoffs started today as the top seed in the nfc. the niners earned a well earned week off their opponent will not be decided until possibly as late as monday night's eagles. bucs game, which we'll see right here on abc seven. who does linebacker fred warner want to play next weekend? how about nobody? >> i'm excited to watch it. as a as a football fan, excited to watch and obviously seeing who we play. but but um, i hope everybody loses. you know i hope everybody loses. and then who knows. and then we won't have to play. i'm just kidding. give them the trophy now. >> uh, first game of the weekend. former niners defensive coordinator demeco ryans and the texans hosting the browns. texans rookie quarterback c.j. stroud threw three first half touchdown passes. the last to the stanford man dalton schultz. texans up 2414 at the half. third quarter same score. here comes damico's defense taking control. browns quarterback joe flacco in trouble and then threw it up. and it's stephen nelson picking it off. picks up some

blockers. and there he goes about 82 yards to the house. pick six 3114 houston next browns possession fourth and two cleveland goes and flacco another pick six. this time it's christian harris 36 yards the other way. flacco cinderella season falls flat in houston. and damico jumping around loves it texans roll 4514 likely going to face the top seed at baltimore ravens next week, but we'll see how the rest of the games wrap up. super wild card weekend ends here. catch the eagles and bucs kick off just after 5 p.m. on monday, immediately followed by after the game. we'll have plenty of 40 niners playoff coverage and we will know by then who the niners are playing in divisional weekend. warriors are getting underway in the back end of a back to back in milwaukee right now. last night in chicago, steve kerr and the legendary 9596 bulls were inducted into the team's ring of honor. michael jordan, scottie pippen unable to attend. remember when klay thompson set the all time nba record for threes in a game in chicago back in 2019? well, he had another good night last night. scored a team high 30 as the warriors begin their four game road trip on a positive

note. >> it was really cool to be in the same building as the 96 team. seeing all those guys at halftime was special, and to see them still uh- together after all these years, it's really cool and that's a bond. we look forward to having down the line as well. >> i'm lucky to be a part of it and lucky to have played in chicago. this is an amazing city and a great place to play and um, um, i'm thrilled to have been honored with the group as much as i love basketball, i mean football. >> basketball is indoor. those football games this weekend, the playoffs, the buffalo bills game got moved because it's so cold crazy kansas city. it's like -24 right now. yeah so basketball has its perks. >> nice to be told ste. and watching from inside. yeah chris thanks. well just after the break you will barely believe your eyes. the surprise encounter for one family on the slopes in tahoe

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lake tahoe. this video was shot by a woman named danielle, who was on a ski and snowboard vacation with her family. now on the very last run yesterday afternoon at heavenly near the powder bowl chairlift, she and her group came across this ice bear. danielle told me a stranger tried to approach the bear and that's when it made a run for it. we'll have much more of this wild encounter and a

wildlife experts take on how the creature reacted tonight at 11. whew. wow i would not expect that. that's pretty scary. yeah, although you know, there are ways to safely observe. >> well, the bear did run away, though, right? yes. >> don't go. don't approach. that's what i learned all right? that's all the time we have for this edition of abc seven news at five. stay with us. we're back in just half an hour for abc seven news >> >> whit: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. dangerous weather taking a toll in nearly every corner of the country. temperatures plunging across two dozen states. more than 75 million on alert as windchills dip below zero. flooding in the northeast. cars submerged, beaches washed away in a violent storm. the midwest hit with blizzard conditions. more than 1,200 flights canceled and the nfl rescheduling a playoff game as a new storm moves in. our weather team tracking it all. plus, breaking n t