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we're in for a wet commute this monday morning. the bay area being inundated with storms and more is on the way. washed out roads, mudslides and lightning chances. this week we are tracking all of it. >> many other states dealing with more than just rain, below freezing temperatures, piles of snow and dangerous ice now being blamed for several deaths. the severe weather impacting communities across the u.s. this morning, the field of republican candidates for president whittling down over the weekend.
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>> florida governor ron desantis suspends his campaign while throwing his support behind another candidate. good morning. it is monday, january 22nd to start the check on our forecast with drew. >> it is busy this morning so we had heavy rain late last night and that is causing some residual issues this morning. here's live doppler seven over the last six hours and we were just in undated with rounds of heavy rain. we still have some pockets. this morning, mainly in the south bay, so we'll zoom on down just a little bit tighter in the south bay. there you can see we have those downpours through palo alto, cupertino. so this morning you may not find rain falling, but you may find some areas that are flooded this morning. even some trees down. we do have active flood warnings and flood advisories in effect, those areas shaded in green in the north bay, the santa cruz mountains, parts of the south bay. because we are finding standing water on areas on our freeway. so you do want to add some extra time to your morning commute. we'll keep it at a level two until about 7 a.m. the heavy rain is exiting, but we
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have some leftover problems that will persist, causing a slower morning commute this morning. so here's how it looks over the next couple of hours. we'll keep those rain chances in the forecast through about 7 a.m. after 7 a.m, we'll get rid of the showers, but we'll keep a lot of the cloud cover. so today is a mostly cloudy day. an isolated shower, perhaps in the afternoon, temperatures going into the low 60s. we have another chance of rain coming our way this week. we'll show you that in a few minutes, but let's check in with sue and see how the commute is doing. >> pretty sloppy, as you might imagine. drew. good morning everyone. i'm showing you the san mateo bridge. it's wet. a lot of spinouts. chp has about 38 incidents on the board right now. and again, most of those are spinouts due to standing water and flooding in the area. and i believe we've got a bunch of flood stories to tell you about this morning. please give yourself plenty of extra time. the rain may be not coming down as hard, but it's still standing on the roadways. they uh- earlier problem just now being cleared westbound 580, the grant line on ramp and in the center divide. >> thank you sue as you heard
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from drew, the north bay has been hit pretty hard by the rain overnight. it left fallen trees and some other problems. new video shows police blocking a section of highway 116 in forestville because of flooding. this is near tourist drive. we're told a car in the water had to be towed away. and that is not the only place we're seeing flooding this morning. abc seven news reporter lena howland is headed toward guerneville right now, where neighbors got woken up at 3 a.m. to flooding. lena how's it going so far? >> hey, reggie. so far, so good. right now we are on highway 101, heading north, bound toward the santa rosa area. right now we are in san rafael, and if you take a look at the roads right now, they are pretty clear from our perspective in the san rafael area. but we're still seeing some sprinkles come down on us right now. i do want to get to some new video just into our newsroom this morning, showing some of the flooding happening right next to people's homes in the guerneville area at around 1:00 this morning, the
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sonoma sheriff and members of the sonoma county fire department had to go door to door to alert people that fife creek had breached its banks and was flooding the small community north of downtown. we saw flooding just north of fifth street between mill street and sycamore court, as well as the north end of church street. you can see the water coming up high enough to cover up some of the tires on some cars, and you can also see it filling the front yards of certain homes that look, i mean, look at my pant. >> i know it's up to my knees. i just talked to the policeman that was sitting on the corner, and he said in less than 20 minutes, 30 to 20 minutes, it flooded out because an hour and a half ago, i looked out my door and it wasn't even. it my yard wasn't even that flooded. now it's up to my top. my step. >> one neighbor told us fife creek has been known for
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flooding for years now. no matter how heavy the rain is. and she says she wants to see some type of berms installed to stop the flooding. now we are still making our way up to the guerneville area right now. we're going to continue to update you on these conditions, but so far, so good on highway northbound 101 for now. reporting live in the san rafael area, lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena you can track the forecast anytime with the same live doppler seven that drew uses. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it. >> your voice, your vote. florida governor ron desantis dropped out of the presidential race in is supporting former president donald trump. sources say desantis has no current plans to campaign with trump. abc news reporter melissa adan is in new hampshire, where voters head to the polls tomorrow. and then there were two. >> i can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. if we don't have a clear path to victory, florida governor ron desantis once thought to have the best
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chance of supplanting donald trump as leader of the gop, now suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing trump just days before the new hampshire primary. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden. >> trump has spent much of his campaign slamming desantis. >> the problem with ron desanctimonious is that he needs a personality trait transplant. >> but after desantis suspended his campaign, a friendlier tone. >> i'd like to take time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. >> now, the only person standing between trump and the republican nomination is former ambassador nikki haley. but haley is facing a double digit deficit heading into tomorrow's primary, with 50% of likely republican primary voters supporting trump. haley, at just 39, according to a cnn. university of new hampshire poll. haley says even if she
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loses tomorrow, she's not quitting. >> we're going home to south carolina. we're going to crisscross the state that i love so much. so we're not we're not backing out any time soon. >> haley is questioning if trump is mentally fit to serve after the former president appeared to confuse her with former house speaker nancy pelosi when recently discussing the january 6th riot at the capitol. >> well, when you're dealing with the pressures of a presidency, we can't have someone else that we question whether they're mentally fit to do this. >> today, haley is expected to hold multiple rallies across the state of new hampshire. meantime, trump is expected in court in new york for the case brought on by e jean carroll. melissa don abc news, manchester , new hampshire. >> governor newsom is responding after governor desantis ended his presidential campaign. he shared this post on x, formerly twitter, writing fire sale on all ron desantis merch today in november, when they debated each other, newsom predicted the
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florida governor would drop out and endorse trump. this week, newsom will be campaigning for president biden in key primary states, while the bay area deals with rain, bitter cold continues to impact much of the country. >> the cold weather is being blamed for at least 67 deaths across several southern and midwestern states, many of them caused by hypothermia. the widespread deep freeze is creating havoc on the roads. >> there's a lot of work, i thought that the trucks and all that was going to be shoveling all night, all night, and it was going to give me some light work this morning. >> but no, the snow one. >> temperatures in the deep south have left several communities with inoperable water pipes. a boil water order remains in effect in memphis. crews there continue to work around the clock as 700,000 people are waiting for their water to be restored and take a look at this photo from the uc berkeley central sierra snow lab. >> researchers there say they've gotten almost eight inches of snow over the weekend, with more on the way. slowly, california's snowpack is replenishing as of
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saturday, snow levels are measuring at 55% of normal, and drivers have been tested in the sierra over the weekend. >> this was saturday night on i-80 near donner. the chp office in truckee posted this video showing a cruiser towing a second cruiser that got stuck in the snow. right now, chain controls are in effect for i-80 going east at applegate. >> 508 this morning. we're looking at rainfall totals over the past three days. and look at some of these totals. mount tam picking up more than seven inches of rain this morning. santa rosa more than three inches of rain over the weekend and san francisco, oakland, san jose more than an inch of rain. oakland closing in on two inches of rain and ben lomond in the santa cruz mountains. more than a half of a foot of rain. so this is why we are seeing problems this morning. when it comes to water on our roadways or smaller streams and creeks are having issues. these are storm reports just from the last 12 hours. we have numerous wind reports, but a lot of areas that have some flooding. just for example, this report coming in from oakland 580 west at
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seminary avenue, the off ramp is completely flooded. so these are some of the issues you're going to experience this morning as the heavy rain exits. we still have problems that persist because of the heavy rain over the last three days. here's live doppler seven showing you the heaviestrillionain is in the south bay, but there are some pockets of drizzle elsewhere that is leading to a pretty damp monday morning commute out there. we still have a flood watch in effect for the north bay through this evening for the potential of some more areas of flooding, but we do have flood advisories in effect on a lot of our roadways because we are seeing standing water. we'll keep it at a level two, a moderate system until 7 a.m. today. the rain will exit by then, but we'll still have some flooded roads, some trees down. just anticipate a slower morning commute. here's future weather by 8 a.m. the heaviestrillionain is out of here. later on this afternoon we may have some isolated showers, but much of this will be light and very isolated in nature. but we have another system that moves in here on wednesday. reggie we'll show you that coming up in about nine minutes. >> thank you. drew a system wide
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strike. thousands of csu faculty members are expected to walk off the job this week. the impact could have on hundreds of thousands of students. >> and a celebration on the court. stanford's tara vanderveer breaking a major record in the world of college basketball. >> the 40 niners, now just one game away from the super bowl. we're going to hear from a former niners quarterback about his thoughts regarding purdy's chances of going all the
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history with 1203, vanderveer surpasses previous record holder duke's mike krzyzewski as she started her career with stops at idaho and ohio state before joining stanford in 1985. the team is now 17 and two and plays arizona state on friday and this morning, robin roberts is going to be talking with coach about her historic feat. you can watch the interview on gma right here on abc seven. starting at 7 a.m.
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today we're expecting the bay area's new women's professional soccer team to be introduced. bay fc will host its first ever media day. several players, the team's head coach and the gm are all expected to be there. bay fc will compete in the national women's soccer league. the team was founded by four bay area soccer legends brandi chastain, leslie osborne, daniel slayton and allie wagner. they start preseason games later this week. >> the nfc and afc championship games are set. the 40 niners punched their ticket saturday and yesterday it was drama in detroit and buffalo. abc news reporter derek dennis has the highlights, and the chiefs are going to be going to baltimore this morning. >> patrick mahomes and the chiefs are headed to their sixth consecutive afc champs game after holding off the bills at a back and forth game that came down to the wire. the bills with a chance to tie it late, but then, no, he doesn't make it. grown men crying in the stands as the bills suffer. yet another
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heartbreak. the miss eerily similar to this super bowl classic back in 1991. it is no good. >> there's one one happy team at the end of the season, really. and when it's not you, when you're and you're so close, it just it sucks. >> it was the bills defense that lost this game. mahomes and the chiefs offense firing on all cylinders. it's always fun when you get to come together as a team and really just be like, y'all verse, verse, everybody and get the win. >> kelce has the touchdown travis kelce scoring two of the chiefs three touchdowns as his famous brother jason celebrating shirtless chugging a beer as taylor swift joined him cheering on the chiefs end zone. >> touchdown. >> detroit, meanwhile, cheers in the motor city as the lions move one step closer to something. >> we've never seen before. detroit in the super bowl, the lions dismissing the bucs 31 to 23 to advance to the nfc title game. elated fans celebrate in
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the streets. no lying who the last time the lions won a championship? >> i was nine years old and i've been a loyal fan since 1950. i mean, i've been waiting for this for a long, long time. >> back in buffalo, a player on the chiefs claimed the team's hot water was shut off in the locker room, but we could not confirm that overnight. the chiefs take on the ravens in baltimore at 3 p.m. eastern sunday, followed by the lions and 40 niners at 630 eastern. derek dennis, abc news, new york. well the last quarterback to lead the 49 ers to a super bowl victory. >> hall of famer steve young capped his 1994 mvp season with a record six passing touchdowns in super bowl 29. that victory over the chargers. young understands the pressure of playing quarterback for one of the most iconic franchises in the nfl. abc sports anchor chris alvarez caught up with young to talk about the challenges ahead for the team on their way to the
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super bowl. >> you're a quarterback in this long history. what would it mean for barack to bring home number six and the kind of story he has, especially obviously, being the last pick in the draft a couple of years ago? >> well, there's a movie that's going to be made. yeah and uh, because it's that remarkable. uh- i mean, the nfl today is a very sophisticated place. and to be drafted, the last pick in 2022 essentially, and end up taking the team to the super bowl within two years, is a story that no one would ever think could be written in brock's writing it right it. >> brock up next for the 49 ers. the lions. they're being led by marin native and former cal star jack goff i mean that is pretty amazing. yeah that is amazing. >> so my son played with jared. oh yeah. they went to marin catholic together. pretty exciting. so it's a whole family thing. >> that's awesome. yeah great for him. >> but brock you yes yes. >> you know, as much as i love the goff family sorry. >> gotta read for the nice. >> you know.
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>> yeah i mean we had rain for the game over the weekend. upcoming weekend looks a lot different. looks like you're 70 there. you're in the south bay. lots of sunshine. so it will be a nice game compared to what we went through over the past weekend. here's live doppler seven this morning though. we still have some leftover heavy rain. we got soaked overnight tonight and that is leading some issues this morning. we'll take a look at the wider picture. we had this storm system kind of slam into the bay area late last night, and it did bring some rounds of heavy rain. a lot of areas picked up more than an inch of rain over the last 12 hours, and that's on top of a series of storms we saw starting on friday. so we have a lot of standing water out there, and it's for that fact. we have flood warnings and advisories in effect for all areas shaded in green and in teal. just realize there's a lot of standing water out there this morning on our roads. we have some trees down, so you may encounter some of these issues as you go about your morning commute. temperature wise right now it is mild out there. we're staying in the mid 50s. this is pretty much where we'll start out as we head into the afternoon, taking a look at the storm impact scale.
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we'll keep it at a level two today until about 7 a.m. after 7 a.m, our rain chances do go down, but then they pop up in the early afternoon for the chance of an isolated light shower. we're not going to experience anything heavy later on today, but there is still the chance that we could have 1 or 2 showers linger, so today, keep the umbrella handy. may encounter one of those isolated showers. look at those temperatures for the most part into the low and mid 60s for daytime highs overnight tonight it's mostly cloudy. we'll likely see some areas of dense fog as that moisture condenses and numbers in the 40s and low 50s. now, future weather showing you tomorrow. it's a bright day. we are dry on tuesday, but then our next storm system arrives here wednesday morning. it is a level one i would just anticipate wednesday morning's commute will be wet. it will be slow, but that's the final storm we have on the seven day forecast. here is the accuweather seven day morning rain is exiting today. it is partly cloudy tomorrow. there's this morning showers on wednesday and then a really nice pattern develops here. we're drying out. we're warming up. there's that niners forecast on
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sunday. temperatures near 70 degrees in the south bay. >> sue looking forward to it. all right. right now chp has 37 incidents on the log a lot of standing water. the reason so low spinouts hitting center divides and just spinning out the wrong way landing in lanes. so please extra caution san rafael is damp and we've got flooding in the corte madera area near lucky drive is always. but also southbound and northbound. 101 near paradise drive. we're seeing a lot of standing water, so extra caution again can't be emphasized enough. 8-80 be at the coliseum. both directions are moving nicely. you can see the road is wet, and we'll take a look at some of your drive times. walnut creek to dublin not a bad drive at all. under 15 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco. that's looking great. just watch your speeds and highway 117 from the coast up to los gatos through the santa cruz mountains. still in the green this morning. >> thank you. sue coming up, the seven things to know this
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we got so and that is leading to problems this morning with flooded roadways. some downed trees will keep it at a level two. a moderate storm until 7 a.m. as thatrillionain exits and we have a slower morning commute. we have the chance of an isolated shower this afternoon, but anything will be light in nature. we'll get those temperatures into the low and mid 60s. >> number two, following a wet monday morning drive, as you make your way towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet, but the rain is coming down. you can see we've got 37 incidents on the chp log, mostly due to flooding and standing water. >> number three flooding overnight in the city of guerneville in sonoma county. neighbors say sheriff's deputies went door to door around 3:00 in the morning, warning people that fife creek was overflowing its banks. >> number four, in-n-out is closing its only oakland location next month because of crime. despite taking steps to increase safety, company officials say workers and
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customers are regularly victimized. the location has been there for 18 years. number five florida governor ron desantis has ended his campaign for president. >> he's now endorsing donald trump. >> number six, thousands of california state university faculty are set to strike starting today. their demanding a 12% raise. this is the first day of spring semester. students are being encouraged to show up to classes anyway. >> number seven macy's has rejected a $5.8 billion bid to take the company. private company officials are concerned the potential buyers cannot raise the money. developing news three major airlines are in the middle of new inspections on another boeing model coming after the faa's recommendation to look at the 737 900 air. so that plane has the same door plug design as the 737 max nine that you remember was the aircraft that had its door plug blown out mid-air. you see this video here? this was a few weeks back. alaska, delta and united
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all say they have started those inspections. and sources tell abc news this will impact 380 aircraft across the world, a somber week ahead for many along the peninsula. >> tomorrow marks one year since the mass shooting in half moon bay. seven people were killed by a lone gunman at two different farms over the weekend. we saw gun violence strike there again. last night. detectives arrested an 18 year old man they say opened fire at a farm worker housing development just south of half moon bay. one person was sent to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. we don't know yet the extent of their injuries. it's a painful reminder of the violence inflicted to that same area. this time last year. abc seven's abc7 news reporter tara campbell was at the remembrance event for that mass shooting to see how the community is healing. >> candles in hand and a community still grieving today. we remember the mayor of half
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moon bay remembering the seven farm workers killed in a mass shooting nearly one year ago on january 23rd of last year. a gunman opened fire on his former coworkers. the healing process is going to take years. >> this is just a step forward from family members to community members and local leaders, all gathering sunday. >> it is our job not only to mourn with these families for this tragic loss, but it is our job to work towards trying to resolve some of these circumstances and issues that led to this horrible event. >> and it, i think, blew a hole in everyone's hearts. uh- the tragedy of it, the senselessness of it, the mass shooting, exposing the poor living conditions, a lack of mental health services and fair pay for farm workers really tore the veil off of some of the operations in farming here on the coast side, i can tell that
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even as people walk in today, it's just like a gloomy moment. >> anyways, rita mansehra is the executive director of one of the nonprofit that's helping the farm workers families. i'm just grateful that we were able to support the families with funds for rental assistance. >> but there's so much work to do about mental health, about gun control and services for communities. >> there are so many things that they need that we have that as a community have not recognized that. and now we do. >> san mateo county signing off earlier this month on a 50 acre lot to be turned into farm worker housing and co-op, it took a tragedy, you know, for us to recognize this and we are not going to forget anymore. >> we remember them. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> renovations underway at disneyland, coming up at 530. the major change coming for one of the park's most popular attractions. and what you need to know if you're visiting any time soon. >> an atm ripped out of a concrete at anasbay bank.
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finding solutions. this is abc seven news. >> in and out. pulling out of oakland now at 530. the reason the city's only in and out franchise is leaving the east bay for a new look at a local kidnaping case that made national headlines. >> the attention it's getting in a new docu series after it was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement. >> the ongoing rain causing issues for homeowners across the bay area, a home in sonoma county, now yellow tagged after a landslide nearby. weekend, rain bleeding into our monday morning commute, roads are slick this morning across the bay area. good morning everybody. >> it's monday, january 22nd. >> yeah, and you can see that our team is on it this morning as we talk about that rain that came across the bay area
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overnight and continues to cause some problems this morning, sue hall and lena howland are keeping an eye on the roads. but first we're going to check on drew's tumor's forecast. so how's it look? >> yeah. good morning. we have a lot of leftover issues, not only from heavy rain overnight, but just from a really wet pattern that started on friday. here's live doppler seven. the last six hours, we really got soaked overnight. we had anywhere from a half of an inch to two inches of rain in a short amount of time, and that has led to some issues with water on roads, some trees down the rain right now is mainly confined to the south bay. we have some pockets of downpours moving through los altos on its way to milpitas, some lighter showers around san jose right now, but we have numerous areas that are flooded. this is why we have flood warnings and advisories posted. the area shaded in teal and green because we have flooding on our roads. some of our smaller streams and creeks, and it will take some time for that water to recede. we'll keep it at a level two until 7 a.m. today, where that heavy rain is currently exiting. but the problems persist for the morning commute because of that water on our roads and some trees down in parts of the region. looking at the morning commute, we see
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those showers through about 6 a.m. and then after that we'll dry out, but we'll keep overcast skies and even the chance of an isolated drizzle later on this afternoon. but the heaviestrillionain will have exited and temperatures in the low and mid 60s. let's see how the commute is doing with sue. good morning. a lot of solo spinouts drew. >> because of that standing water and flooding. that's our big issue this morning. take a look at the 80 freeway. this is the east shore making its way past golden gate fields berkeley emeryville on into the bay bridge toll plaza. we showed that just a minute ago. that is looking pretty good. it is wet. and this is the richmond san rafael bridge. we've got flooding. lucky drive on 101 quarter madeira. also paradise drive, and then farther south in redwood city there's some flooding. so please be extra cautious. this morning we had a couple of earlier incidents over the altamont pass. look at that drive time already this morning at 5.32 from the central valley, tracy up and over the altamont into dublin already over an hour in the red highway four is
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looking better. and 101 also into san francisco. not bad. >> thank you. sue. well, that heavy rain is leaving some of the north bay partially underwater. people living along the russian river in guerneville are dealing with flooding right now. the water is coming up to their knees in some places. we're going to check in now with abc seven news reporter lena howland, who is on her way to that area. good morning. lena good morning kumasi, we are heading up to the guerneville area now to take a look at some of the damage left behind from some of that flooding. >> neighbors saw overnight. if you take a look at our perspective here, heading up on 101 northbound, the roads are pretty clear. we're really only seeing a few sprinkles, but it was a much different story for folks in guerneville. here's a look at some of the flooding in guerneville, which for reference is about 20 miles northwest of santa rosa. this video was taken right around 230 this morning. you can see the water rushing by right in front of people's homes, and you can also see it filling the front yards of certain homes. that's why around
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1:00 this morning, the sonoma sheriff and members of the sonoma county fire department had to go door to door to alert people that fife creek had breached its banks and was flooding the small community north of downtown. residents were told to prepare to evacuate , but one local tells us this wasn't the first time. >> to me, this is just pure negligence on the part of the state. uh- for not rectifying the situation many years ago. it's not like this doesn't happen all the time. it does happen all the time. when it rains, when we have a rainy season, even a short rain like this. this is not a this is not a heavy rain. this is nothing but look. >> in response to the flooding, the sonoma county sheriff's office says the red cross has set up a response team in the safeway parking lot in guerneville. now, back here live , we are still making our way up to guerneville, heading on uh-
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highway 101 northbound where the roads are pretty clear, but we're still seeing some sprinkles, still seeing some wet spots, so be sure to give yourself some extra travel time as you are bound to run into a few wet spots this morning. for now, live in petaluma. lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, thank you, lena. now, people in guerneville have been dealing with issues all weekend. abc seven news spoke with cindy dawson. she says she's feeling anxious, scared and a bit worried after the ground gave way just feet from her hillside home on saturday. that landslide prompted sonoma county inspectors to yellow tack her home, and that means limited entry at the property. first responders say the slides about 60ft wide and six feet deep, with mud. dawson says she and her husband are leaving their house until it's safe to go back . >> got our rv out of storage and we'll be staying in an rv park until we figure out what to do in case we go from. i like to say, river view to riverfront.
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if the house decides to slide down the hill, we might end up with riverfront. suddenly that's a joke. >> she says she's working with the county and she's keeping her fingers crossed that the hillside around her home stays stable during this next round of rain. you can track the forecast anytime with the same live doppler seven that drew uses to search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. >> new details on a story we first told you about in september. a pod housing complex built above san francisco's mint plaza is still housing residents , even though the city cited it last year, according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, the development is managed by brownstone shared housing, which has not responded to the standard's request for comment. the city hit the company with permit violations because of an illegal change from office to residential housing. a hearing over that issue is scheduled for february 6th on the peninsula. the san mateo county is considering criminalizing encampments in public spaces
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tomorrow, the board of supervisors will look at a proposal to charge unhoused people with a misdemeanor if they live in encampment, where shelter beds are available. this would only apply to unincorporated areas of the county. charges will be brought if someone refuses shelter bed offers twice, according to the county. anyone charged under that new ordinance would qualify for diversion programs to possibly avoid jail time. >> in and out. burger says it is closing its oakland location, and the company says crime in that area is to blame. the port street restaurant it's located in a strip mall off interstate 880 at hegenberger drive. that exit is the only in-n-out in oakland, and it opened 18 years ago. the company says business was good and profitable. profitable but the safety of its customers and employees is their was in jeopardy. in-n-out sent us a letter explaining the decision, saying their regular car break ins, property damage, theft, armed robberies. the last day of business will be sunday,
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march 24th. abc seven news anchor dion lim spoke with a longtime customer of that in-n-out, but who says in recent years he's had to take precautions? >> i would do like i think a lot of other people are starting to do. just leave your windows down , you know, like the at least you won't walk away with a broken window. last march, raising cane's, which has a restaurant in that same strip mall, switched to drive thru only in response to car break ins in the parking lot. >> in that letter from in-n-out's chief operating officer, he writes, quote, our top priority must be the safety and well-being of our customers and associates. we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment. >> but less than a mile down the road from the in-n-out, an atm was stolen from the bank of america branch on hegenberger road. police say thieves used a van and chains to tear the machine out of the ground yesterday morning. the atm was later recovered in oakland and one person was arrested. it's
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been just over one year since san francisco d.a. brooke jenkins went into office. abc seven news anchor stephanie sierra spoke with her over the weekend about what's been done and the work ahead. >> during your first week in office, you stressed you would prioritize cleaning up the city, specifically the tenderloin. how would you grade the livability right now in the tenderloin? i think we still have a great deal of work to do in the tenderloin. >> my office is working very hard to prosecute those who continue to deal drugs on the streets there. we are meaningfully working hard to try to strategize with the department of public health and the police department and the mayor's office with how we address those who are addicted to fentanyl, who we know need our help and need treatment desperately. we are continuing to make progress. we've got great partnerships with other law enforcement agencies, but we still have a long way to go. >> now, the conviction rate in san francisco has increased for the first time in eight years, according to data from your office, 37% of cases resulted in
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a conviction in 2022 to almost 43% in 2023. it is the first time since 2016 that those rates have increased. where does recidivism stand in san francisco currently? would you say it's gotten worse, better or the same? i would say when i took over, it was at its height. >> people did not believe there was any accountability. they were being released immediately after their arrest. and so the courthouse was a revolving door. and in many ways, despite my office fighting against that, it still is for certain types of crime. that's why i've been so vocal about the judge's impact when it comes to us asking to detain certain drug dealers while their cases are open. we are still seeing that it's taking 3 or 4 arrests for that to happen, and that shouldn't be the case. >> stephanie sierra, abc seven news. we are charged with preparing our students for the world that they'll enter as they leave our school system. >> we have to make sure they're ready for that. >> a school district preparing
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students for the technology of tomorrow. so up next, how they could how they think i could be used for good in the classroom. more young people are giving up on youth sports now. >> experts say new data is revealing why. but first, a check on the weather with drew. >> hey. good morning reggie. we're at a level two moderate storm. we got soaked overnight. we still have some heavier pockets of rain in the south bay . and this is on top of what was a really wet weekend in this rainy pattern. started late last , last late last week and it has added to some problems. this morning. here are all the storm reports we have received just over the last 12 hours, and that rain has caused a lot of issues. just for example, taking down into the south bay this storm report saying northbound to 80 in san jose, the off ramp has standing water about six inches deep. these are the type of reports we're seeing when it comes to rainfall this morning. another report this in sunol on 84. there are large boulders in the roadway. so we did have some shallow landslides overnight. it's just going to be a slower
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morning commute with these problems that are persist saying thanks to the series of storms. so a flood watch in effect for the north bay. we do have pockets of standing water across the region, but future weather showing you the heavy rain is going to move out by about 7 a.m. into the afternoon. we still have the chance of an isolated shower, but for the most part we're drying out. we have mostly cloudy skies and temperatures really in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. so get used to the cloud cover that isolated chance of a shower in the afternoon. but another storm system arrives here on wednesday. we'll show utha in the seven day forecast
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parental leave. san jose state, san francisco state and cal state east bay will all be impacted. chancellor mildred garcia is urging students to show up to class despite the strike. north carolina has become the fourth state to build a guidebook on how to implement artificial intelligence in schools. the focusing on the potential benefits school board representatives say ai can support students and staff. they believe tools like chatgpt can help non-english speakers translate language. us teachers could use it to save time on things like proofreading and grading, giving them more time to focus on their students. administrators admit there could be downsides, which they're working to protect against. >> to make sure our students are able to leverage the value of artificial intelligence while protecting from temptations and cheating and doing something they shouldn't be doing academically. california issued guidance for how ai can be used in schools back in september for
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a new warning about youth sports, too much pressure on performance is leading to overtraining, injuries and burnout, according to a new study by the american academy of pediatrics. >> researchers say 70% of kids are dropping out of sports by age 13. this is coming as youth tackle football has been in the spotlight this month as california lawmakers consider a ban on the sport for kids under 12. experts say the focus in youth sports should not be on wins and losses, so parents can do a lot to support young people. >> it doesn't matter if they win or lose, it's that they're building their character and they're taking care of their bodies. >> the study recommends young athletes should not participate in more than two sports in a day , and have 2 to 3 months off from each sport every year. now to the pga tour. a 20 year old amateur golfer just made history at the american express
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tournament in southern california. here's abc news reporter danny new. come >> history in the desert. >> not many sophomores in college get to hear those words. >> nick dunlap wins the american express as university of alabama student nick dunlap becomes the first amateur since 1981 to win a pga event at 22 years old. >> so how does this work? like, do you have homework? you have to go work on now? >> probably won't do it, but yeah, i do have homework. this happened yesterday in california at the american express, formerly known as the desert classic and the hole all the way. >> and that last amateur to win a pga event back in 1991. why that would be three time masters champion phil mickelson, who posted on x after the 18th hole quote, congratulations on an incredible win. this is just the beginning. >> you're always watching the pga tour, right? growing up. and to see people win and go crazy and i just never i thought i
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could but i never saw myself in that position. >> wow. >> now one interesting wrinkle about this historic win is what happens to the $1.5 million in prize money, you see, because dunlap is still a quote unquote amateur, he can't keep that money. instead it slides down to the second place finisher. can you imagine if you'd have told me five days ago that, hey, you know, would you rather have $1 million or win on the pga tour? >> it's like, oh, i'd rather win on the pga tour. come on. so with all this winning, the question, of course, becomes could it finally be time to go pro? it is a reality. like it's a possibility. and, um, i just never thought it was going to come this soon. >> i did also ask nick about his very relatable celebration howl. >> come on. and he said, quote, my first instinct was to yell as loud as i could, end quote. and i think that's what we all would have done right in new york for abc news, i'm danny, new, one of
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disneyland's most iconic and popular attractions is shut down for months. >> yesterday was the last day for people to experience the haunted mansion. it's set to undergo a major renovation that will bring a new expanded outdoor queue to the ride. and when it opens, guess we'll see a new fountain, a gazebo and a greenhouse. there will also be a new a new exit gift shop and gardens. disney is a parent company of abc seven. that's what it's going to look like on the outside. >> oh wow. >> between this and tiana's, i know that's going to be. that's not open yet, is it? no okay. >> so for the time being, it's a little bit of a mess. yeah. in that area because they're next door to each other. yeah. right. right. but when it opens it'll be great i know. >> yeah i love the outdoor garden idea. >> yeah, that's great sense because when it gets busy, that line stretches out into the sidewalk like down. so they do have to do something. >> but as a result, if you're going to disneyland over the next few months, pirates of the caribbean is now on genie plus. okay, which is what it's never
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it usually isn't. >> yeah, you can get on that ride. >> yeah. >> pretty quickly. >> not not for long. >> yeah. >> so things are changing. it'll get back to normal later this year a little patience. >> yeah, a little patience. okay so we had a wet pattern that started on friday. look at the rainfall totals over the past 72 hours. the north bay, numerous cities, more than three inches of rain. mount tam picked up more than seven inches of rain around the bay shoreline. we had many cities approaching two inches of rain like oakland closing in on two inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains, we picked up more than a half a foot of water over the last three days. we have some heavy rain that is still in the south bay, but it is leading to issues. this morning. we have a lot of standing water in areas and some gusty winds. late last night did bring down some trees. so here's the bigger picture. you can see that storm kind of slammed us late last night. we will get to dry out a bit later on today before our next storm system arrives here on wednesday. but the problems persist this morning. we have flood warnings and flood
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advisories in effect for numerous areas shaded in teal and green. we have standing water out there. our smaller streams and creeks overflowed their banks, so it's going to take the time for that water to recede. right now, temperatures. we're starting out in the mid 50s. taking a look at the chances for rain today. we will see them kind of dip a little bit this morning, then into the afternoon they're elevated for an isolated shower or anything would be light and very isolated in nature. the heaviest rain is exiting this morning, so temperatures under mostly cloudy skies. we'll get you into the low and mid 60s for daytime. highs overnight tonight. we keep a lot of that cloud cover will likely have some areas of dense fog develop and we'll go into the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so the morning rain is exiting. tomorrow is nice. it is partly cloudy. then wednesday morning we have another storm system that will bring us some morning showers. it is a cooler day and then we dry out for an extended period. it's looking nice by friday into the upcoming weekend for the niners game temps near 70 degrees for a kickoff and mostly sunny skies. sue
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>> all right, bart is experiencing some problems. we have the connector to the oakland airport. not running at this hour due to power problems. also, the rest of the system is running slow due to the wet weather. this is 101 in san jose. those headlights headed northbound wet. as you can see, eight 8-80 overhead and they're both moving at the limit. but we've got reports of at least 45 incidents, according to the chp. most of those due to standing water and flooding speeds are too fast. folks are spinning out and causing accidents. that is the big issue for your morning drive. this is 280 at 17 and that two is running at the limit as we look around you can see the red. we do have an accident. and this one is on 680. that is near the auto mall parkway right now. also on 84 as you approach 680 flooding in the northbound lanes, that is the reverse commute. but heads up for water
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guys. >> thank you. sue ahead at six. the duchess of york sarah ferguson dealing with another cancer battle this morning. her message overnight. >> but first, new questions being raised in a decades old murder. what a former fire investigator is now saying about the scott peterson in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company
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the whole thing, but months later, evidence found during a different case proved their story was true. huskins and quinn eventually sued vallejo police for defamation. they settled out of court. the couple is now married with two children. it is such a wild story. >> i have to watch that series. in today's gma first look, a former fire investigator speaking exclusively to abc news about potential new evidence in the scott peterson murder case, here's abc news reporter kayna whitworth in this morning's gma first look, an abc news exclusive. >> is this the one that sometimes keeps you up at night? >> just days after the bombshell news that the los angeles innocence project is demanding the case be reevaluated, we're now hearing for the first time. from then, modesto fire investigator brian spitalsky spitalsky investigating this burned out van found the morning after laci disappeared in december 2002. >> do you think that evidence that was potentially overlooked
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in that van could possibly exonerate scott peterson? >> i don't have an agenda or an opinion on his guilt or his innocence. this is for me. it's a fire investigation. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more on the push to grant scott peterson a new trial with your gma first look. i'm kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles live doppler seven. >> heavy rain overnight is exiting the region, but we'll still have some isolated showers as we go throughout the day. so it's a mostly cloudy day today. the heavy rain is exiting, but still an isolated chance throughout the afternoon. we'll get those temperatures into the low and mid 60s for daytime highs. guys thank you. >> drew. new at six. what is at stake tonight as the top contenders for the senate take the stage in southern california . >> then the faa wants to review another plan to avoid more issues like the one that happened on alaska airlines earlier this month. >> and we've already seen flooding across the bay area
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