>> well, you could call this weather, beauty and the beast. beauty is what we've had lately. t shirt and shorts, weather warm with light winds. the beast that's going to arrive tomorrow. our first level three storm of the year. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. i'm is exactly right. a level three storm is a beast. it's a strong storm on the exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale. we're talking about heavy rain, gusty winds, possible flooding and falling trees, as well as power outages. >> abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it all. of course. sandhya, give us the timeline. absolutely. so the showers will begin as early as tonight in the north bay. dan. and as we take a look at live doppler seven, you can see the strong level three storm developing in the pacific. one thing to keep in mind is that moisture source is extending all the way out towards the hawaiian islands, an atmospheric river accompanied. this storm, and that means we are in for a drenching right now. the moisture that we're seeing locally is not actually reaching the ground everywhere. a lot of this is evaporating before it hits the ground, but it will get

here in a matter of hours. in the north bay. really light stuff tonight at 930, tomorrow morning at 8 a.m, just the north bay is seeing a few showers and then the downpours begin. 1:00 tomorrow afternoon gets heavier at 7 p.m. thatrillionain fall intensity picks up at 9 p.m. here's a look at that storm impact scale. it is a level three heavy rain, strong winds, flooding is expected on roadways as streams and creeks power outages, a good likelihood. rough surf and downed trees and the rivers will need to be watched carefully, particularly the russian river at guerneville and also the napa river at napa and saint helena, and the san lorenzo river and the santa cruz mountains. excessive rain potential for the entire bay area between tomorrow morning and thursday morning, a flood watch tomorrow morning to friday morning. flooding concerns on rivers, streams, creeks and of course, roadways. and we are expecting a high wind warning to start in the santa cruz mountains tomorrow. and a wind advisory for the rest of the area. we are going to see

outages. here's a look at the storm concerns. urban flooding, shallow landslides, rockslides, high trees downed power outages. also, a high likelihood, and river flooding is going into that moderate category as some of those rivers will near or exceed minor flood stage. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast, including rain totals and sierra winter storm warning coming up. dan yeah, this is going to be a critical time. >> cynthia. thank you. the city of belmont is offering free sandbags to anyone worried about flooding on their property. city officials are also preparing early in case they need to shut down roads and intersections that typically flood when there is a heavy rainfall, like what's coming. >> and that's not something you can do in five minutes. but what we're doing today is we're prepping the k rail, we're staging it out there, we're getting ready. if pd and public works make the call, we need to close the road. we're ready to do so in a matter of minutes. >> belmont has three sandbag pick up locations. you can find those addresses on the city's website. >> abc seven news visited p-g-and-e's maintenance yard in the santa cruz mountains, where it has stockpiled power poles,

cables and transformers to respond quickly to any downed power lines from the incoming storm. the utility is also ready to activate its emergency operations center. crews will be on standby, and that's really going to allow us to allocate the proper crews and the proper equipment to better respond to any outages. and if you see any downed power lines, report them to pg and e and have flashlights and batteries ready so you don't have to use candles if your power goes out in the east bay, some people have lived through floods before. they're making sure it doesn't happen again. here's abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley with the story. new year's day 2023. >> those who were here remember the torrential rains flooding many local east bay waterways, especially on el capitan drive in danville, where homes were inundated with water. >> the trucco family had water up to their front door and had to be rescued. >> actually, the fire department had to take us out of our house. >> i couldn't get out of my home, so that's how bad it was last year.

>> so you must still have a little bit of fear, anxiety. >> oh yes, i do. and my two next door neighbors. we all do. very scary. >> the public works department say last year's new year's storm was problematic because it swept through as all the leaves fell from the trees, clogging drainage. this time, they say the late january timing means the leaves are already cleaned out. we're in storm prep mode, as always. >> we're doing our due diligence and we're making sure that we're, um, cleaning our storm drains, catch basins, roadside ditches. we have all staff and all hands on deck sandbag stations around the county are stocked up, with officials urging residents to bag up before the heavy rains come. >> since runoff could happen quickly, with the soil already super saturated with the ground saturate and then trees are more likely to fall. danville residents say they've seen a lot of debris removed in many local towns, but say more could be done to mitigate flood risks. >> they definitely did some

work, but it needs more work. >> so you're still worried? >> oh yeah. yeah, we all are. >> the nation's chief with the san ramon valley fire protection district says along with other contra costa county agencies, they've gotten special permission from oes to have extra resources on standby tomorrow, including five extra engines and a swift water task force, just in case. in walnut creek. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news, right up to the mountains. >> the sierra certainly could use more snow from this next storm that's expected to roll through today's snow survey at phillips station in el dorado county shows the snowpack at 58% of average statewide, it is at 52% of where it should be. this time of year. and while we are seeing our share of storms, officials have an explanation for what's going on. >> most of the storms we've had this year have been on the warmer side, meaning that that rain snow transition line has been creeping up further and further uh- compared to years

past and actually during the month of january, reservoirs have actually captured about 1.5 million acre feet of storage, which puts our statewide reservoir storage at roughly 116% of average state last year. >> at this time, the snowpack was 214% of average. well ahead of where we are now. now, when the storm arrives, you can track it with the same live doppler seven that sandia and our weather team use every day. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it. do that right now so you'll be ready for the storm. >> new at six video out of south san francisco shows damage from apparent gunshots at a church. there's a large police presence right now at saint augustine church on callan boulevard in. investigators say multiple gunshots were fired at the church. this is video from sky seven. you can see several windows of the church are damaged if you look closely there, officers say no one was hit, but they have the area blocked off. while this investigation continues developing, news, streets near

buchanan field and concord will remain closed overnight as the faa and the ntsb investigate the deadly crash of a small plane. >> the plane went down at concord avenue and diamond boulevard. this was about 1030 this morning, killing the pilot. the only person on board a witness shot this video moments after the crash. the front of the plane, as you see here, severely damaged. witnesses say the plane's engine cut off right before it went down. i'm standing over there loading my truck and i heard it up, up, up, up and went straight down. >> and then boom! >> i literally hear the plane stop and stall, and then you hear him pretty much try to turn it back on. you hear the engine turn on again, and then it died again and then went down the website flightaware shows a plane with the same tail number doing a maneuver called touch and go, where the pilot lands and takes off right away. >> the pilot's name has not been released. the last deadly crash at buchanan field happened six years ago today. in fact,

third suspect in the killing of a former bay area police officer who was working security for a tv news crew has been extradited. >> marquez gilbert was arrested in kansas city and is now back in the bay area. kevin nishida was shot and killed in november of 2021. there is some confusion, though, over the alleged role of each suspect in the crime. the district attorney's office initially claimed gilbert was the shooter, while police say gilbert was the getaway driver at the time that the case was presented. >> july mitchell was identified as the shooter. like i said, we've been in communication with the da's office. um, and at this point, like i said, it's still an active investigation. but at this point, we're we're going forward with, um, should i a shooter? lauren driver. >> all three suspects in the case are charged with murder. public. comment just wrapped up at tonight's san jose city council meeting ahead of a vote on a new ordinance that would ban any large vehicles, like rvs or encampments, within 150ft of school campuses. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dawsey

has a look at what that would mean. >> things look a lot different along educational park drive in east san jose in august. we were here when the street was filled with lived in rvs and encampments. >> that was until kipp collegiate student alfredo hernandez junior called on city leaders to make a change. >> my classmates began sharing concerns about safety, such as interactions with unhoused individuals who had wandered onto campus without permission, frequent thefts, and even the presence of drugs left by trespassers. >> now, san jose city council is poised to create an ordinance that would ban large vehicles and encampments within 150ft of school grounds. >> the memo we have crafted today is thoughtful and nuanced, and gives us the legal tools we need to enforce parking violation and dangers posed to our children as they come to school and leave every day. >> the pilot program would take place at three locations in san jose challenger school and berryessa shirakawa elementary

school, and here at the kipp and independence campus. but if successful, it could expand to k through 12 schools across the city. unhoused advocate sandy perry thinks towing vehicles near a school campus will only criminalize homelessness. >> instead of working on the housing problems for the city to turn around for, uh, simply enforcing restrictions on where unhoused people can be is a wrong headed approach. it's avoiding the real problem, the city says they don't intend to leave those rvs without a place to go, a safe parking site and a tiny home community a few miles away from the pilot. >> schools will give the unhoused an alternative. council member peter ortiz was once unhoused and believes this is a solution that works for everyone. >> it's possible to work congruently children deserve to be safe on their way to and from school, and our unhoused deserve dignified housing and access to opportunity, a way officials hope to protect children and provide for the unhoused in san jose. >> dustin dawsey abc seven news.

and another topic on the agenda of the san jose city council. >> ev charging for apartment buildings. some say it's a win win. plus a minister of loneliness. >> why san mateo county says california needs a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution.

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needs. >> you know, no one wants to say , look, i feel i'm lonely with a unanimous vote by the board of supervisors. >> yes, yes, san mateo county has become the first county in america to recognize loneliness as a public health emergency. >> tsay. >> we have 45% of the people who find themselves being lonely and that suffer from loneliness. supervisor david canepa introduced the resolution he hopes will spur further action. >> he says since the pandemic, county statistics have shown loneliness. it's upload among the local population, a trend the country surgeon general says is also being seen nationwide. >> this is a problem that has been building for decades in our country. covid certainly worsened it. it poured fuel on the fire, but that fire was burning before or in addition to the countywide resolution, canepa is also sending a letter to governor gavin newsom. >> in it, he asked the governor to create a new minister of loneliness position for the state cannot says while san mateo county is leading the charge to tackle loneliness, here in the u.s, other places

like japan and the u.k. have already taken steps to address the epidemic in their own countries. if approved, the minister of loneliness would work to enact policies to help improve not just loneliness, but also mental health in general. among the public at large, creating resources for those most in need. it's an idea supported by clinical psychologist doctor andrea zorbas, who says poor mental health can often lead to poor physical health, too. >> if we're feeling depressed, we often have stomach aches or body pains, muscle aches, um, headaches, migraines. i mean, you name it. >> even though the county's resolution is revolutionary in many ways, canepa says he thinks it's just the first step in a long journey ahead. >> and what we want to do is to build on that, but we can't build on it if we don't make the investments. >> in san mateo county, tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right. we need to find out exact timing on this, whether we sure do, because this intense storm is coming in

pretty quickly now. >> meteorologist sandyha patel is tracking that for us. sandy >> yeah. around this time tomorrow night, dan and anna, it is going to be a drencher. and the winds are going to be intense as well. so let's take a look at a live picture right now. saver this moment where we actually have have calm conditions. it looks really nice from our emeryville camera as we take a look at our temperatures. we did hit records again for the third straight day. san jose broke its record set back in 1962. it got up to 73 kentfield 70 today. old record was 68. in 1976, although most areas came down, those two cities made it to record territory. here's a look at that storm. it is a level three storm that is right now aimed at the pacific northwest and the northern portion of the coastline of california. but you can see that atmospheric river extending all the way out towards the hawaiian islands. so we are going to be soaked as we head towards tomorrow afternoon and evening, especially right now on live doppler seven. most of that moisture is actually evaporating

before it hits the ground, what we call virga temperatures at this hour 5060, it's still pretty mild out there. sutro tower all is quiet right now. the headlines tomorrow it is going to be a stormy day. thursday showers. thunder chance into early next week. we're still looking at an unsettled pattern. i'll break it down for you on the seven day. in a moment. it's a level three for tomorrow. heavy rain with strong winds, flooding power outages, rough surf and downed trees. those are just some of the concerns coming up. this is not going to be the strongest storm that ever hit the bay area. it's now that the ground is saturated . it's not going to take much for those trees to topple, and it certainly won't take much to cause the flooding. so 930 tonight we have the light showers in the north bay. the rain will still be confined mainly to the north bay at 8 a.m. as you will notice. and then here comes the heavier rain at noontime, drenching the north bay parts of san francisco, the peninsula. it gets heavier as the night goes on. 6:00 we are looking at downpours, not just in the north bay, but across many parts of the bay area and

that continues into 9 p.m. as you can see here. 1130 the heaviest rain is southern and eastern part of our viewing area, and then it switches over to scattered showers thursday. but the problem is the runoff from the rainfall will be adding to the flooding concerns on thursday, and those rivers will see rapid rises. so those scattered showers continuing through thursday night. as you look at the rainfall projections, highest totals in the santa cruz mountains, nearing four inches there, 2 to 3in for many parts of the bay area and the northern portion of the area. we're looking at 3 to 4in uh, 1 to 3in from any area. excuse me. and then as you will notice, the coastal hills, you're looking at 4 to 6in of rain possible. the winds will be picking up tomorrow morning, 38 miles an hour. half moon bay, 41 point rays. that's just the start. the winds will pick up, ramping up at noontime, going over 50 miles an hour, going into the evening. strongest winds along the coast and over the higher terrain. the winds will pick up as well, and the

surf will be kicking up as well. high surf advisory tomorrow afternoon to thursday afternoon. breakers 22 to 26ft. risk of rip currents. and in the sierra this is going to turn to heavy snow. winter storm warning 10 a.m. tomorrow until 4 a.m. saturday. with those gusty winds, it is going to be rough to travel gusts up to 65 miles an hour, and we are looking at up to three feet over the peaks. temperatures in the morning with a south wind 40s 50s tomorrow afternoon it is going to be a wet and windy one with 50s and 60s. your accuweather seven day forecast level three storm tomorrow uh- two for thursday. thunder chance one friday saturday. monday. tuesday, sunday. we have a level two, so saturday afternoon evenings your best bet to get out. but every single day we have the storm impact scale ama and dan right busy and intense. >> all right. thanks, sandy. >> the san jose city council has approved an ordinance to make electric vehicle chargers mandatory in residents parking spots at new apartment complexes . abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on what it means moving forward. >> and alfonso ramirez commutes

every day from his san jose home to work in mountain view. after saving up money, he bought an electric car, the only electric car that i was able to buy was a 2015 nissan leaf. being an older car, it's not holding a charge long, requiring long daily charger. ramirez lives in an apartment building and has to find charging in public places. >> sometimes it takes me. it takes me like two hours, linda hutchins noses with mothers out front. >> silicon valley and the ev charging for all coalition. she said people like ramirez aren't just dealing with inconvenience of finding charging and shared spaces. many are also spending more money than those who live in a single family home. >> the california public utilities commission has decided that public charging is not regulated, meaning the electricity rates are whatever the vendor wants to sell them at. sell it for tuesday, the san jose city council voted unanimously to update its code. >> the current reach code requires charging stations at a number of parking spaces, and those are more expensive, both for the developers who build the buildings and for the users who charge using them.

>> so getting rid of the charging stations is a good thing, and every space will have an outlet. >> the update mandates every spot in a newly built multifamily dwelling. be ready for ev charging each spot with direct wiring to each units meter. >> if we had chargers here in the apartments in my parking spot, it would be great. it was. it will be a big difference. >> some concerns from proponents of the ordinance centered around exemptions for parking, lifts and unbundled parking spots that are not assigned the council voted in favor of removing the exemptions for lifts. concerns were also raised by a representative from the building industry association. they urged the council to adopt the ordinance with the original exemptions and also look deeper into cost implications with the motion passing unanimously, it will take effect july 1st of this year. an update from the city staff with an analysis on direct wiring and other strategies to keep costs down for residents, is expected by april in san jose. zach fuentes abc seven news. >> coming up here, know someone who left the bay area in the

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was the big winner. it lost 100. a downer. excuse me. it lost 118 points. ikea is lowering prices amazon prime now has ads and ups is laying people off. let's get you the details. ups plans to lay off 12,000 people over this year. most of them within the next six months. this comes five months after ups reached a historic pay agreement with its drivers. the ceo says the cuts will save the company $1 billion this year. it's unclear how many workers here in the bay area will be affected. amazon prime video now has ads customers can pay 2.99 a month more to avoid them, a recent morgan stanley report predicts prime video ads will generate more than $3 billion in additional revenue this year. most other streaming services have inserted ads into programing and raised prices on ad free tiers. ikea is lowering prices on some items. the company's aim is to bring pieces back to inflation adjusted price

pandemic levels by the end of next year. for example, a billy bookcase costs $69 in 2016, that price dropped to 59. in 2019, that went up to $89 in 2022. now billy sells for $69 again, so furnishing a home might cost less. >> what about buying a home? some trends are shifting. that's according to redfin. it says there are fewer home buyers leaving the bay area, ending a pandemic era trend where remote work boomed and people moved out of the bay area to less expensive places. the number is half of the peak in september of 21, the bay area had held the top spot of markets. home buyers left, but we dropped to number two at the end of last year. second to los angeles coming up next, what you could call a night and day difference at un plaza. >> see how it changes after the sun goes down. >> plus a presidential promise. what we've just learned was pledged by china's president when he met with president biden in san mateo county during the

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building a better bay area in san francisco. there is new debate about whether things really are better at a spot long known as an open air drug market , city officials say their changes, including a new skate park, are working at united nations plaza across from civic center. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to people who live nearby, and they say when skaters leave, it is a much different story >> around 11:30 a.m, un plaza in san francisco is clean. skateboarders are out enjoying the new skate park. the city opened in november. >> i think we brought some new life to it and you know, it's a desired place in san francisco, so to come. >> skate mayor breed posted on next. the city's work to improve un plaza is making a difference, but this resident who wants to remain anonymous, says there's a clear shift in this neighborhood at night. >> it's hard to tell it in words sometimes. like the footage

doesn't lie. and that's why i started recording at night. >> frankie goes out with his gopro attached to his body from midnight until 3 a.m. over the weekend, he captured what he describes as chaos, with people overdosed ing illegal activity throughout the plaza, a scene he says happened every night. >> rampant drug selling. it's basically lawless. when the police are not here, it's dangerous. it's dangerous for residents. you know, we often have to wake up people who are in the middle of overdoses just to get through our doors. um, that's a very dangerous thing to happen. and it's. it's not a new problem. san francisco invested $2 million to renovate un plaza last year, turning it from what was known as the epicenter of san francisco drug crisis to a skate park and an area for residents to work out. >> there's been a positive change during the daytime, but frankie says the crisis is still alive at night. are you concerned for your safety? >> i am, that's that's why i am hiding my identity is because,

uh, it's a small world here. it's the same thing, same people, very organized criminal element. >> monette harris is a peer counselor for the nonprofit rams. she patrols the area and is grateful for the skate park, but wants those in need to get more help. i don't feel like things are really being addressed. >> i think that they're just being a band-aid put on it as sfpd has officers on the plaza, but acknowledges they are short staffed during the day, we typically have more police officers that are working and focused in on these problematic areas. >> the staffing issues continue in the nighttime, and we are focused in on the tenderloin still, however, we're not able to conduct certain operations. >> residents like frankie want to see the change. >> 24 over seven, when the skaters are not here, it's like, uh, like zombie land. >> the mayor's office said the city will continue to prioritize initiatives to tackle open air

drug markets. our data team looked into medical incidents at un plaza and found a slight increase in potential life threatening incidents in december compared to prior months. luz pena, abc seven news at nation's flying back and forth today during a contentious hearing in congress over the possible impeachment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> republicans accusing him of lying over border security. now, this would be the first time a cabinet member has been impeached in 150 years. abc news reporter ike ejiochi has the story. >> we cannot allow this man to remain in office any longer. >> house republicans making their case today to remove homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas from office. >> secretary mayorkas has put his political preferences above of following the law and throughout the hearing, democrats criticizing the gop's attempts to impeach mayorkas. >> the hypocrisy is the least of it. your attack on the rule of

law and our democracy is the worst of it, and you better be careful about the bed that you make. >> still, republicans justifying their impeachment effort by questioning mayorkas honesty. >> he comes in here and he raises his hand, and he swears to tell the truth. and then he lies when he says the border security lies, when he says that the border is not open. >> republicans are advancing charges against mayorkas, accusing him of willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and breach of public trust. mayorkas firing back in a preemptive letter that charges against him are baseless and inaccurate, adding i assure you that your false accusations do not rattle me and do not divert me. still, a bipartisan senate bill to strengthen the southern border appears to be going nowhere, with the house speaker calling it a nonstarter. >> but from what we've seen, clearly, what's been what's been suggested is in this bill is not enough to secure the border. president biden saying he's exhausted all of his executive

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with these groups in syria and iraq. president biden has spoken to the families of the three soldiers killed, and on friday will attend a ceremony when their bodies arrive back in the u.s. >> we now know more about what came out of the meeting during apec between chinese leader xi jinping and president joe biden during that get together in woodside, the chinese president said his country would not interfere with the 2024 presidential election. it was reiterated last week when national security adviser jake sullivan was in bangkok meeting with china's foreign minister. coming up, addiction, divorce and a new direction. >> it happened to william hung. in the 20 years since he sang, she bangs on american idol and went viral. >> plus, the most streamed shows and movies of 2023. what we watched and where.

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earth. amtrak's california zephyr service from emeryville to chicago is disrupted tonight after the train hit a semi truck loaded with milk outside of denver. authorities say the collision happened around ten last night after the truck driver ignored a stop sign and drove through the crossing. the amtrak engine derailed, but the passenger cars remained upright. tonight, the train's engineer is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. three of the 69 passengers on board suffered minor injuries. neither the truck driver nor his passenger was injured. >> toyota is still in the top spot as the world's biggest automaker by sales. it sold a record 11 million vehicles last year. volkswagen came in second with more than 9 million vehicles sold. hyundai ranked third. gas prices are starting the year pretty steady. take san francisco, for example. triple a says prices currently average $4.71 a gallon. it's less than the $4.90 drivers paid a month ago, and even slightly under the

479 from a year ago. >> can you believe it's been 20 years since william hong sang she bangs on american idol, i can't actually. >> who could forget that, though? and what has he been up to since that infamous performance? >> rob reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles caught up with him. >> see him on the street? he probably wouldn't ring a bell, but see him on stage. she bangs. she bangs. >> oh, baby. >> and it would certainly ring a gong. william. >> it's one of actually the worst auditions we've had this year. i mean, everything about it was grotesque. >> it's been nearly 20 years now, but most of america who was around back then remembers when william hung. >> all right, sung, talk to me. >> tell me your name. >> or at least tried. >> i thought, why not? let's try . >> hung is now 41 years old. far removed from his american idol breakout audition. even though he was promptly booted from the competition, his performance struck a chord. >> she was like, she tossed and she tossed like she was a good

chord with fans. >> the video going viral and leading to a bevy of celebrity opportunities for hung. >> i was on jay leno, ellen degeneres, jimmy kimmel many times. >> then there was the tv show arrested development. >> we've also got a hung jury hit it mongtomery achieve. >> i hung my troc we keep my home, hung jury. >> it was perfect. it was so much so much fun. >> hung was even in a movie. daetz thank you bang to bang. but then the luster started to fade and the gigs dropped off. hung went back, got his mba in mathematics and signed on as a crime analyst for the l.a. county sheriff's department. but then he took another big gamble. literally >> i quit my job and became a professional poker player. >> but hung says that led to a serious gambling addiction costing him his marriage and nearly breaking him. today though, hung says he has reinvented himself once again, he's back doing occasional

commercials and appearances. >> please welcome william hung. oh >> and back doing crime analysis for the sheriff's department. >> in life, you just make the most out of what you're given. >> and that's a refrain hung should sing proudly. she bangs cheap bangs. >> i'm wasted by the way. thank you. >> though probably not loudly. >> yeah, yeah. >> in san gabriel, rob hayes, abc seven news. >> all right, well, a strong storm will bring rain and wind to the bay area tomorrow. sandhya has a timing so you ...katie porter's whiteboard is one way she's: [news anchor] ...often seen grilling top executives of banks, big pharma, even top administration officials.

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today, some devoted fans hit the beach for a special event. seem happy. several dozen fans spent the afternoon in santa monica waiting for a special photo op with percy jackson. sand sculpture. you see it right there? oh that is wow. very detailed. then they got a real surprise. the stars of the series stopped by to say hello and thank you to this loyal

group of viewers, because it has everything you know, it's. >> i mean, anyone could watch it. anyone of any age. >> so i feel like everyone should be exposed to greek mythology. at least, like, once in their life. you know, it's a good way to put it again. >> the season finale just dropped on disney plus and as a bonus, a behind the scenes documentary special will be available immediately following the finale. >> and while we're talking entertainment, americans spent. brace yourself 21 million years worth of time streaming content this year. wow that's 20% more than the year before. streaming is how most people watch tv now, a trend that took a while to take over cable and broadcast. but that's according to nielsen. and it's know it knows what you watch the most to the tv show suits was number one with more than 57 billion total minutes streamed its followed by bluey, which streams on disney plus. this one. well that's a good one. >> yeah. >> and then ncis gray's anatomy and cocomelon when it comes to the most streamed movies, disney's moana was number one,

followed by encanto, the super mario brothers movie was number three. elemental took the number four spot, followed by minions the rise of gru. disney is the parent company of abc seven. that's a lot of streaming. >> it is, isn't it? >> wow. and we might as well do a shameless plug for our own streaming service here. why not? right. we're all getting into streaming the abc seven bay area app lets you stream newscasts like the one you're watching right now, as well as our abc seven originals, a special coverage of events like this sf pride parade and live doppler seven. our app is available wherever you stream. >> so there you go and you're going to want to be glued to the tv for the next 2840 eight hours. >> yeah. pretty intense. a storm coming through tomorrow and actually a series of rain the next few days. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it for us. andy. yeah to brace yourselves for a stretch of wet weather. >> ama and dan. let's take a look at live doppler seven. it is a strong level three storm with an atmospheric river moving in our direction. so let me show you our local radar. there is

some moisture that is starting to show up in the northern part of our viewing area. not all of that is actually reaching the ground. it's moisture up in the clouds, but we are expecting some showers to move through here tonight in the north bay tomorrow morning. still mainly north bay except san francisco. might see some spotty showers at 8 a.m. and you will notice that by the afternoon we start to see more areas looking at moderate heavy rain by evening 7:00 to 9 p.m. you're going to see those downpours, cause as we look at our storm impact scale, it is a three downpours at times gusty winds downed trees. certainly a good likelihood as the ground is already saturated. flooding on streams, creeks and roadways. and there is a possibility of outages, particularly the santa cruz mountains, where you will likely see some high temperatures tomorrow with stormy conditions. 50s and 60s. we're not going to see records like we did today, and as we look ahead to our next series of systems friday morning, we see some showers around snow in the sierra coming down to about 3500ft. so the snow levels

starting out high tomorrow. but then lowering saturday morning. we still have some showers and then a short breather before sunday. more rain comes in and this one looks like an atmospheric river may accompany it as well. going into monday it is still wet and then we have still some lingering showers through the early part of next week. so here's your accuweather seven day forecast at level three tomorrow. it's stormy weather. it's a two on thursday. showers and thunderstorm chance. the biggest concern for the two there is as rivers, streams, creeks start to see the rapid rises in the runoff occurs. we're still going to see the potential for flooding friday, saturday level one. but saturday is your break after the early morning showers. then we have a level two for sunday. wet and windy rain continues. it's a one for monday and tuesday, so dan and emma, we're in for wet weather period this february is one of our wettest months, so it's certainly proving to be absolutely. >> thank you cindy. >> all right chris alvarez here as we talk a lot about football.

but there's basketball too. >> there's basketball too. but we'll also talk a lot about football. bay area showdown at all star weekend in the nba steph for sabrina we'll explain that. plus the lucky ladybug brandon aiyuk explains the sign of luck that might have helped him make one of the greatest catches in playoff history, to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but i know adam through the big brother program. we've been brothers since i was seven. he stood by my side as i graduated from yale,

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58 uniform matchup is set. the niners will be wearing their traditional road white jerseys with gold pants, while the chiefs will be wearing their home reds. it's a carbon copy of the super bowl 54 matchup in miami. four seasons go niners hoping for a different outcome this time around in this super bowl. and we can't see this catch enough. sorry. i'ma brandon aiyuk acrobatic diving catch in the third quarter of the nfc championship game will live on in playoff lore. for those that don't know, alma's husband used to work for the lions. so that's amazon i understand, i think. so the boy have some luck on his side. he seems to think so. tell us all about that catch before the game, a ladybug landed on my shoe. >> hey, y'all know what that means. so that's all i can say because i don't know. >> shut up. either w god, are you kidding me? you guys all right? >> so the legend of the ladybug lives on the 40 niners. gold rush found maybe that same ladybug during the nfc

championship celebration. and our good friend rita oak. uh, the portuguese artist with a great drawing today, brandon aiyuk in ladybug print. making the catch. rita is drawing the niners every day until they get to super bowl. remember she used to draw jimmy garoppolo. the warriors host the 76 ers. the top of the hour. klay thompson out with illness while 76 ers star center joel embiid will play tonight. highlights at 11 nba all star saturday night will feature stefan versus sabrina stefan curry is going to take on walnut creek's own and wnba all star sabrina ionescu in a three point challenge during nba all star weekend. in a couple weeks in indiana, curry was going to shoot from the three point line in the nba. sabrina from the wnba line. now, both players found will receive donations from their respective leagues. and i bet bragging rights are on the line for sure. warriors rookie guard and santa clara product brandon james has been named an nba rising star. he'll play on friday night during nba all star weekend. pods is in the top ten among rookies in three major categories, including points, rebounds and assists. and hey, did you see this? the warriors and make-a-wish partnered up over the weekend.

12 year old noah mcninch. he's been battling leukemia for the better part of the last three years. good news though, he is in remission, the georgia native is a huge warriors fan, and on saturday night was named the honorary team captain, which included a great message from zaza pachulia. >> i love the smile. keep, keep the smile on you. you know, because you know what? it's one of our values is joy. and you know coach kerr when i at least when i first met him he this is something he told me. if you like if you don't bring the joy every single day, you're not going to be part of this team, you know. so that's, that's so meaningful because then they helped me from the court. also, the off the court. >> and why is steph your favorite player. because i like when he shoots the threes and he gets the and ones and stuff like his night night. >> yeah. >> can you give me a night night . no okay. uh come on noah. uh, abc seven sports is sponsored by your northern california honda

dealers and a special birthday, right? ama for make-a-wish. make-a-wish such great work. >> the local chapter celebrating 40 years today. happy birthday. and i have a little story coming up at 11. >> you've been involved with make-a-wish for years. they're great. thanks, chris. they do great work. yeah, they do. >> all right. coming up tonight on abc seven at eight. it's celebrity wheel of fortune at nine. will trent followed by the rookie. i love that show. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. >> she's not just saying that, but i am not. >> i. i do all right that is it for this edition of abc seven news. i'm ama daetz i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. >> chris alvarez, all of us here. we appreciate your time. have a great evening and we'll see you again tonight at 11.

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