field with soaked players and drenched spectators. tonight like everyone else, they're feeling the impact of this storm. >> we've been waiting for this view for a while, and with the storm upon us, it's all about the timing causing damage and not through yet. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll go hour by hour to show you how long this stormy weather will last. abc seven news at ten starts right now, so building a better bay area moving forward,

finding solutions. >> this is abc seven news. >> we've already had a lot of rain tonight and it keeps coming. >> it does. here's live doppler seven tracking a storm that is not done with us yet today. in fact, is just the beginning. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us for this special edition of abc seven news. as we track the weather that is affecting all of us now, this storm ranks level three. that makes it strong on the exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale, the atmospheric river is packing a real punch all over the bay area. that's why we have live team coverage for you tonight. yes, we will start with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. >> she is tracking where the worst of the storm is right now. sandhya. yeah, and dan and right now it is hitting the south bay and the santa cruz mountains. that atmospheric river just bringing in a source of moisture that is steady and that is coming down hard. so as we get you into street level radar here

in the santa cruz mountains, you will notice from uh- summit area, boulder creek, heading into san to the south bay, cupertino, los altos, sunnyvale, san jose area. we are seeing some heavy rain at this hour and that is extending up along the peninsula across san mateo, san francisco. we are seeing some moderate to heavy rain right around mission street and going into the east bay. we are seeing some downpours as well. from san leandro across highway 185, the north bay, you have had your share so far. venado up in the stars.and loma, northern part of sonoma county, close to five inches of rain. saint helena area. you are getting downpours right now as we widen the picture here for this level three storm. even had thunderstorm arms off the northern california coast. this storm continues to just funnel moisture in. we have a number of flood advisories and warnings in effect that flood warning for parts of the north bay until early tomorrow morning. they've

already seen creeks and streams overflow and there are flood warnings on the russian river at hopland and the navarro river at navarro. that's because they will rapidly rise. and going into tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we'll be reaching that flood stage or exceeding flood stage, that level three storm with that atmospheric river. not completely done yet. we're going to see that drenching go on at 1030 tonight. 1130 tonight. and then you start to notice it easing a bit as we head into the overnight hours. the rain will turn more over to scattered showers. still a thunder chance. winds are 38 mile an hour uh- over the higher terrain, gusting right now. level three through tonight. downpours strong winds, flooding, wind damage, rough surf and that thunder chance remains in the forecast. so the biggest concerns urban flooding, shallow landslides, trees down and power outages all high river flooding heading into that moderate category, we do have that flood watch for the entire bay area. high wind warnings for the coast and hills, wind

advisories for other parts of the bay area. both until 4 a.m, and a high surf advisory until tomorrow afternoon, with large breakers. i'll be back to let you know how much damage has been done and what's ahead. as we head towards the weekend. dan all right, thank you sandy. >> intense. now we showed you this briefly minutes ago an absolutely soaked soccer match. they played in novato earlier this evening. the rain was just coming down in buckets as you can see. plus, of course the wind. and abc seven news reporter tim johns is live in novato. he went there to find out how people are dealing with the heavy downpour. tim >> yeah. dan, you know, when it rains like this, one of the most at risk populations is, of course, the homeless here in marin county, though, officials take extra steps to ensure that those who are on house remain as safe as possible at the ritter center in san rafael, staff tell us that in addition to food, they hand out things like blankets and ponchos. whenever a big storm system like this heads our way, the center serves some of marin county's most vulnerable residents every

single day, but says bad weather makes their job even more difficult. one helpful thing, though, is the partnership they have with the county itself. ritter center staff tell us every time there's a severe weather alert, county officials notify them ahead of time so they're able to prepare, giving them some opportunities to pick up tents, mylar blanket kits, clothing, tarps, all of those things that if they aren't able to get into the shelter that they can use to help keep them safe. the ritter center is currently hosting a wet weather campaign to try and get donations from the public during this storm season, and if you at home would like to donate to that campaign, you can do so through february the 13th. in novato. tim johns, abc seven news okay, tim, thanks very much. >> in the east bay, people in danville hope that prep work will make a difference. public works crews were out earlier today trimming trees and securing power lines. they've been doing a lot of work since last winter, when danville's

small streams overflowed, and that led to about three feet of flooding and overwhelmed drainage systems. so in addition to the prep work, they can do, contra costa county is encouraging homeowners to get involved as well. make sure that they're cleaning up leaves, clearing their drains and gutters, and checking their properties for any trouble spots . and another reminder that we hear a lot this time of year. do not drive through standing water . if you don't know how deep it is or what's in the water, and everyone is getting in on the rain tonight, for some people they are treating the wet weather as an opportunity to get out and get things done. we continue our coverage with abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez. she is live for us tonight in san jose. hey, lauren. hi ama and dan. >> you know, we're seeing some steady rain here. we haven't seen any major crashes due to weather, but we're going to continue to keep a close eye on the roadways. earlier tonight, we were in downtown los gatos, where we managed to find people out grabbing dinner or running errands. we spoke to one

resident who put his poncho on and said, going downtown tonight was ideal because there wasn't as many people as there usually is. we also went to saratoga, where it was harder to find people walking around. we did speak to one woman who just moved to the bay area from the east coast last month. my father in law said that it was a level three on tv, so we've talked about that rating system a little bit. >> i said it seemed very interesting. right now it feels relatively manageable, but i'm trying to also stay updated and. >> now, earlier this morning, the santa clara county fire departmentrillionesponded to a fallen tree that trapped a girl inside a home in saratoga. she was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. we'll have video of their response coming up tonight at 11. reporting live in san jose. lauren martinez abc seven news. >> all right, lauren, thank you so much. >> all right. look at power outages right now in the bay area. this is according to pg

and e. most people don't have a problem. that's really good news. so far. and the places that do have outages only affec abt 100 customers in each area. so far, relative speaking so good in terms of power outages in the bay area, a bart pittsburg center station did lose power earlier today. the station had to close about 630. it was back open by seven and train service was back to normal . but about an hour later, power went out between the coliseum and oakland airport stations. >> you can track the storm with the same live doppler seven that sandia uses. all you have to do is search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. all right, still to come here on a busy night, a deadly plane crash. >> and now we know who was on board. how long it will take for the ntsb to figure out what caused this crash. >> plus, would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people? >> tough times for tech leaders. on capitol hill today. and yes, we did hear an apology. also ahead. >> it's very, very difficult.

but very, very important to go a hard journey ahead for a local man whose friend was taken captive by hamas and next, a live update from the shooting that shut down lanes on 280 today for hours

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and it had good reviews. i've been taking prevagen now for five years and it's really helped me stay sharp and present. it's really worked for me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. keep an eye on tonight's level three storm. that is a strong storm on our impact scale. we're taking a live look at the impact on traffic as well. on your screen is a live view of the bay bridge toll plaza on the right hand side. as you can see, pretty empty, but traffic is moving with no problems. on the bay bridge at this moment. and as you look at live doppler seven on the left, you can see some heavy rain still coming down and that's going to continue. well, a scary situation tonight on the san francisco freeway as a chp officer shot a person who was walking on interstate 280. this happened right near mariposa street just before 5:00 this afternoon. all lanes of the freeway were closed for nearly five hours for the investigation

. they are now back open. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is live in san francisco. j.r what have you learned about this incident, dan? >> southbound lanes of i-280 opened up within the last 45 minutes. they were closed nearly five hours, creating somewhat of a mess for folks trying to get out of the city. now, i do want to go to what it looked like earlier this evening. chp says this incident along the highway happened around 430 this afternoon. an officer responded to a report of someone walking along. i 280. officials haven't said how this played out, but during chp radio traffic, the dispatcher said the person was armed with a knife and was not complying with the officer. a short time later, at least one shot was fired. we spoke with neighbors in the area. >> i may have heard a shot. i'm not. i'm not sure. it sounded like something happened. and then i noticed on the 280 that there was no cars going southbound. it's unfortunate for them. it's unfortunate for the

commuters. it's unfortunate for the community is pretty quiet now at this point. >> it is unclear if the condition we don't know the condition of the person shot. we know the officer is okay tonight. we also don't know if this individual that was shot was unhoused. neighbors tell me there at times there have been a number of encampments in that area. chp does say they should be releasing new information on this case at any time. and we'll certainly update you tonight at 11:00, reporting live in san francisco. j.r. stone abc seven news j.r. >> thanks very much. >> denny's has abruptly closed one of its restaurants in oakland, citing crime and safety concerns. the location is on hegenberger road, right near the coliseum complex. now this is the same area of the in and out restaurant that announced it was closing in march. denny's released the following statement. quote. denny's has been honored to serve the oakland community over the last 54 years, closing a restaurant location is never an easy decision or when taken lightly.

however, the safety and well-being of denny's team members and valued guests is our top priority. end quote. and the in-n-out has been at its location in oakland for 81 years, and is the only one in the city. the restaurant is profitable, but there was concern for the safety of customers and employees as the company cited car break-ins robberies and other crimes as reasons for the locations closure. its last day of business will be march 24th. >> some developing news regarding yesterday's deadly plane crash in concord. we've learned the pilot was the only person on board, and he was identified today as 75 year-old berkeley man. the ntsb says he was in a two seat homebuilt plane. it nosedived at the intersection of dimond boulevard and concord avenue that's near buchanan field airport. investigators are following up on several witness reports, daetz, that the aircraft might have experience some sort of engine trouble right before the crash. >> we're we're looking at the pilot. we're going to look at the airplane and then the environment that he's, uh,

actually flying in that day. >> no one else was injured in the crash. a prelim report from the ntsb should come out in about three weeks. >> we are on storm watch tonight, and we have been all day. the santa cruz mountains are getting hit hard tonight by this level. three storm neighborhoods like soquel village, rio del mar flats and felton grove have been notified about the danger of flooding. it's something people in felton grove already know well. after storms last january, past floods left behind high water marks on a stop sign. everyone is hoping that this storm won't be severe enough to leave a new water mark . >> the ground is already saturated and there's nowhere for that water to go, which is why we're concerned about flooding. >> and of course, there's the concern trees may fall. santa cruz county leaders are hoping people took precautions today to secure them. >> all right, let's turn our attention back to the full forecast as we continue to watch this level three storm. on the impact statement scale moving through the bay area. >> that's right. meteorologist sandhya patel has been tracking

it all day for us. sandhya. yeah. ama and dan it has been a soaker and the winds have kicked up this afternoon and this evening. >> this morning as well. it was pretty windy. let me show you live doppler seven wind gusts so far tonight. pine mountain fire road was gusts to 70 miles an hour max peak wind gusts, if you will. mount diablo 61. as we look at live doppler seven right now, we are getting pounded across parts of the bay area. i'm going to get you into street level radar here from the peninsula burlingame, san mateo, east third avenue, getting some downpours cause the santa cruz mountains getting hit hard along with morgan hill, gilroy area. as we get you into street level radar, seeing some moderate to heavy rain right around san jose, alum rock, milpitas and we pan around to the east bay. you will notice around central avenue, oakland, piedmont, emeryville. it is heavy rain as well. kentfield you've been hit hard. san rafael, north san pedro road. we do have some moderate rain falling at this hour. we're going to take a look at the storm reports, because tonight we're adding up all of

the reports. and so far 42 includes debris flows. we've seen mudslides, flooding heavy rain obviously non thunderstorm wind damage as well. when you take a look at the rainfall so far venado 4.43in of rain. this is just a sampling san francisco almost an inch and a half kentfield nearing that three inch mark. oakland is 7/10 san jose. you're the last to get this heavy part of the storm. so you're still at 2/10 and concord 4000/100 of an inch of rain. your temperatures right now in the 40s and the 50s. this is a warm storm. so we're not expecting a cold night. but from emeryville camera, you can pretty much see the rain hitting the ground. the roadways are wet tonight. the headlines, stormy weather continues tomorrow. showers thunder chance this weekend we have another storm arriving. potential for it to have an atmospheric river with it. so on our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale, this is a strong level three through tonight downpours with strong winds, flooding, wind

damage. these are some of the concerns as rough surf and thunder chance remains. so we go hour by hour 11:00 tonight you will notice that the heaviestrillionain is the east bay and the south bay. the intensity of the rain lessens by 1230, but still seeing some pockets of moderate rain and then at 4 a.m, as some of you early commuters begin, we'll see scattered showers. still some wetrillionoadways. keep in mind it takes a while for the water to run off, so you may still have some areas where there is ponding on the roadways. 7 a.m. the south bay and the east bay are still seeing scattered showers, and then by the time we head into the lunch hour, we're going to see more showers developing, some sun breaks there could mean enough instability to trigger a thunderstorm or two. this pattern pretty much carries on into the afternoon and the evening hours with the current storm, so additional rainfall with this system will range anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about 8/10 of an inch for our wetter locations. the winds right now are the strongest along the hilltop

areas, and as we go hour by hour. 11 p.m. tonight. still gusty in spots, not nearly as strong as what we've seen earlier in the day. mid night, still gusty in some areas and then by the time we head into the wee hours of the morning, the winds will let up and that advisory and the warnings will expire. winter storm warning until 4 a.m. saturday. heavy snow expected 1 to 2ft three feet for the peaks. when you factor in the gusts, travel is going to be really difficult to impossible. the snow levels 6 to 7000 tonight, but dropping as we head towards friday to about 3500ft. even lower. tomorrow is going to be 4 to 5000 and friday 3500. that's below past levels. you're going to need to carry chains and be prepared because it's going to be a rough go over the weekend. 40s and 50s. on those temperatures, we will have scattered showers in the morning. same thing in the afternoon. can'trillionule out an isolated thunderstorm or two 50s and 60s on your high temperatures. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to keep it at a two tomorrow. biggest

concern is we're still going to have potential for flooding as the ground is saturated and some of the rivers like russian river at hopland, navarro river at navarro are expected to exceed flood stage. minor flooding is expected. level one for friday. rain and breezy chance of some showers on saturday. heavy rain, gusty winds with that next storm coming in sunday. it's a two right now. may need to get bumped up to a three uh- monday and tuesday. level one and we still have a lingering chance of showers on wednesday. certainly going to be cooler weather ahead as well. so really, dan and omar, i think this is the time when, you know, we see some of our wettest weather here in the bay area and our atmospheric rivers impact us, and that's certainly playing out. this one has really pounded us. yeah. >> this february coming up is our wettest month. >> yeah, absolutely. >> all right. thank you sandy. >> all right. well happening today is national hot chocolate day. where is our hot chocolate for this storm? americans

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visibility. now conditions across the bay in oakland are much better, with about 30 delays and five cancellations. also, mainly because of the weather. this is a live look at the abc7 news oakland airport camera now down to mineta san jose international airport. there were 26 delays and two cancellations. you're looking at a live picture of the sjc airfield right there. >> all right. let's go to washington now. meta ceo mark zuckerberg apologized to parents today at a hearing on capitol hill about protect children online. >> zuckerberg was among a group of top tech ceos questioned on the topic. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has some key moments a personal apology from meta ceo mark zuckerberg to families for harm. >> the platform may have caused. >> would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people? >> no one should have to go through the things that your families have, have suffered. and this is why we invest so much and are going to continue doing industry leading efforts to make sure that no one has to

go through the types of things that your families have had to suffer. >> the senate judiciary committee grilling executives of meta x, tiktok, snap and discord saying they failed to protect young users on their platforms. did you or ever and everyone else at snap really failed to see that the platform was the perfect tool for sexual predators? >> senator, that behavior is disgusting and reprehensible. we provide in-app reporting tools so that people who are being harassed or who, you know, have been shared inappropriate sexual content can report it. >> snapchat's ceo not alone in highlighting tools on the social media platforms aimed at safeguarding children from harm and illegal content, a commitment is ongoing and unwavering because there is no finish line when it comes to protecting teens. but senator lindsey graham saying what's needed now is results, not more discussions. >> even if you're waiting on these guys to solve the problem, we're going to die waiting. >> a sentiment that crosses party lines when a boeing plane lost a door in mid-flight several weeks ago, nobody

questioned the decision to ground a fleet of over 700 planes. >> so why aren't we taking this same type of decisive action on the danger of these platforms when we know these kids are dying? >> senators pushing each executive on a number of bills lawmakers say would make a difference and create accountability. >> stand behind your product. go to the american courtroom and defend your practices. open up the courthouse door. until you do that, nothing will change. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news or weather coverage. >> as we continue. we knew today's storm was coming and some used the advance notice to get prepared. that's why we got a view like this. we'll explain what you're seeing next. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. the storm continues to hammer the bay area. we are not through with it yet. how much longer? we're going to have to deal with this storm? and what's ahead in terms of watches and

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sfx: bubblewrap bubble popped sound. well live doppler seven is having a very busy night tracking this atmospheric river, bringing rain and wind to northern california. >> the worst of the storm hit after the sun went down. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel has been tracking it all day and is here with an update. sandhya. >> yeah, and dan and let's take a look at live doppler seven, because you will notice that the focus of this storm is on the east bay and the south bay. even though we're still seeing some heavy rain across parts of san francisco. so i'm going to get you into the east bay first from san leandro to oakland, heading

into across danville, san ramon, walnut creek, concord. we're going to go into street level radar pleasant hill. you will notice some heavy rain falling right now when you take a look at some of the rain rates, about 6000/500 of an inch per hour, looking at the santa cruz mountains, they've been seeing some moderate to heavy rain as well. san jose area picking up right now, san francisco seeing some pretty good rain from the sunset district down towards pacifica. and as we pan around to american canyon vallejo, you will notice across seven 8-80 seeing some pounding rain as well. now looking at some of the flood alerts. so most of this area is a flood advisory, but this area here is actually a flood warning. you will notice that these other areas in the lighter green are flood advisories, and they're in effect because they've already seen minor flooding. urban flooding will continue as the night goes on. a lot of reports of storm damage. we're going to get you in a little bit closer. daly city closest city water over the roadway. a vehicle was extracted. never cross flooded

waters. that is just a must. obviously you may never know how dangerous it could be down in the santa cruz area, south bay, debris flows near saratoga mudslide blocking the northbound lanes. so these are the kinds of hazards you'll have to deal with. lightning has been showing up off the northern california coast tonight with this level three storm. that atmospheric river still with us tonight. and we're seeing what roadways from our san jose camera. gusty in the hills 38 miles an hour in the east foothills right now. and atlas peak we go hour by hour, 11 p.m. tonight. you're still seeing some pockets of heavy rain that continue at midnight. and then finally, hopefully, you can sleep better. the rainfall intensity and coverage starts to let up. you'll see scattered showers for the morning commute. those showers are going to be pretty much around into the early afternoon and evening. we do have a flood watch for all areas that are shaded in that darker green. it's a flood warning for parts of the north bay and also for russian river at hopland and

the navarro river at navarro, both expected to exceed flood stage. as we head towards tomorrow, we had warnings in pink wind advisories for the rest of the area, and that is because of the fact that those gusty winds continue. possibility of more downed trees and outages. that is until 4 a.m. tomorrow. this is a strong level three storm through tonight. downpours gusty over the hills, flooding wind damage continue. rough surf and still the possibility of thunder. so the biggest concerns high likelihood of the continuation of urban flooding, shallow landslides, downed trees and power outages and river flooding. and we still have that high surf advisory until 3 p.m. tomorrow. so i'll be back with another update in just a little bit. dan and anna. >> okay, sandhya, thanks so much. all right. check out the water. rushed through oroville dams primary spillway today. the california department of water resources planned this release. it's meant to help with flood prevention, protecting neighboring communities downstream. this water is rushing down into the feather

river. the agency says the lake is currently at 76% of capacity. >> they were bracing for the worst in vallejo and parts of napa county. we found people loading up sandbags in vallejo this afternoon. the memories of what happened last winter were still fresh for one woman. she would like to avoid more problems this go around. >> got a flood in the garage last year and it messed with everything. everything got like all wet and soaked. it messed with like we have exercise equipment in there for the vallejo flood and wastewater district. >> says it is all hands on deck for this storm. they are ready to work through the night. crews spent the day trying to clear as many storm drains as possible. the oakland zoo was closed today and will be closed tomorrow and friday as well because of the weather. it sent out a video update this afternoon and the san francisco zoo closed at 1:00 this afternoon because of the weather. it has not said what it plans, what its plans are for tomorrow. >> we'll keep you updated on that. in the south bay, effects

from the storm started early this morning. one family had a really frightening encounter, and abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes found that officials are reminding everyone one to stay ready. >> frightening images from saratoga wednesday a large redwood tree toppling onto a truck, trapping a girl sitting inside. she was waiting on her father. who? justrillionun back into the home. she amazingly suffered non-life threatening injuries. the national weather service reporting 30 to 60 mile per hour gusts. at the time, officials saying the cause could have been those high winds and saturated soil. we're expecting to see moderate to heavy rainfall here in our county, and we have been preparing for this storm since maybe two weeks ago. >> so where do you live right now? >> pastor scott wagers is an advocate for the unhoused. he says many in those communities don't have access to weather forecasts and can be caught off guard by storms in it's days like today, where people end up caught unaware to the weather when it's cold, when it's hot, when floods come, you know the unhoused are the most vulnerable

. wagers have been handing out clothes and supplies throughout san jose. encampments to help them stay ready. >> and we need to do it quickly because, you know, tonight's going to rain. it's going to rain tomorrow. and the people living right by the water, imagine living down there with rats and with, you know, with all, all the things that come, all the other diseases that come with being unhoused. it's just a tragic thing. so we're trying to we're trying to make a difference. santa clara county says it's also opening warming shelters and providing outreach to let unhoused know. >> aboutrillionesources camp set up along the waterways are often a big concern when rain is expected, but valley water is hopeful. >> we're not expecting any widespread flooding, but we do ask, you know, it is mother nature and she can be unpredictable at times. so we're asking everybody to be ready and flood ready and information on how to be flood ready and get alerts straight sent straight to your phone can be found at prepare fcc.org. >> of course not everyone may have that kind of access. so san jose police announced this afternoon that they are going to be going around on loudspeakers to let unhoused people along

waterways know that they should clear the area. we'll continue to track all developments as the storm continues to roll through. right now, live in san jose. zach fuentes abc seven news. >> all right, jack, thanks very much. we're tracking the storm with live doppler seven. you can as well. you see the qr code there on your screen. it's really easy to use take out your phone and use the camera to scan it. that will take you to our website, abc seven news.com, where you can stream live doppler seven again. scan the qr code. it will take you right there. bookmark the page so you'll have it easily accessible any time itrillionains or any time you need it. >> counting the unhoused in san francisco, volunteers hit the streets last night and they are aiming to get the number right. y it really matters to help build a better bay area. and remember, abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want. wherever you are. >> this is abc. 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at

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>> berkeley resident erin cotler will visit the site of the music festival in israel, where his friend hirsh goldberg, poland, was taken hostage by hamas. hirsh is originally from berkeley. he was severely injured and was last seen alive in hamas custody headed to gaza. aaron who is a ceo of upstart, a national jewish nonprofit based in oakland, also plans on spending time with hirsch's family. >> so my friends john and rachel hirsch's parents, we all grew up together in chicago and then lived together here in berkeley. um, and they've been in israel now for a bunch of years. what they keep saying is, you know, hopefully when i get there, i'll be able to welcome hirsch home with them, uh, as they're as they're praying for every day. and if not, i will be there to do whatever i can for them. >> palo alto resident randy benowitz recently went on a similar trip with nearly 20 people. it was organized by thet jewish learning. she was melton's international president and visited places hamas attacked, including the location

of the music festival. >> we saw cars piled up like you would see in a junkyard in the us, except they were burned cars that had been burned by those young people who were trying to escape the attack and were, um, were burnt alive at you. i could hardly breathe while i was there to be perfectly honest, i. i couldn't imagine what it must have been like. >> the melting group also volunteered with humanitarian efforts while they're now as far as hirsch. unfortunately his family has not gotten an update on him. aaron is taking cards and letters from people here in the community to hirsch's family , so they know people here in the bay area are thinking about them. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. well we are still on storm watch tonight as a strong level three storm rolls through the bay area. >> sandy is tracking where the worst is now and what to expect for your morning commute. but

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santa clara, we are seeing some moderate to heavy pockets of rain, even on the peninsula. from la honda to redwood city, palo alto, belmont, s carlos, foster city, san francisco. so the rain has eased a bit, but still moderate in pockets. as you will notice right around south city and we really look around parts of the east bay where hayward, union city, livermore, you're finally getting your share right around dublin boulevard. uh- heading out towards the delta area as well. we'll notice around american canyon, vallejo, martinez not completely through with this system. we do have a number of warning and advisories. so let's start first with the flood warning. that is in effect for parts of the north bay, as they're already seeing flooding occurring. there are also flood advisories. these are all different times, but the lighter shade of green are flood advisories as they continue to see the flooding. now rainfall so far half an inch in san jose. sorry that oakland was supposed to read 7000/500 of an inch.

highest totals kentfield over 2.5in. ben lomond more than three inches. napa topping an inch. santa rosa kentfield both topping two inches. it is a strong level three storm with that atmospheric river, that moisture plume extending all the way out towards the hawaiian islands. it has really just pounded our state and we are going to continue to feel the effects of it here in the bay area. 11 p.m. tonight. still looking at those downpours midnight. you might be kept up if you're a light sleeper. as the rain continues to go on. but as you go down for sleeping overnight, the rain does ease up and it will become less widespread. so we're looking at scattered showers through the morning, through the afternoon. that level three storm through tonight, downpours gusty over the hills, flooding continues. wind damage continues. rough surf and thunder. chance going into the morning. tomorrow afternoon you're looking at 5060. there will be some sun breaks. there will be some clouds and some showers. but watch out for those downpours. now looking ahead to the next system, friday is just some light rain as we head into

saturday. still a chance in the morning and then here comes that next storm. the focus is going to be on the south bay, the santa cruz mountains in southern california. potential for an atmospheric river certainly lowers snow levels in the sierra that is going to continue into monday, and then showers continuing into tuesday. so hang on tight. accuweather seven day forecast. there will be some breathing room, breathing room in between but showers. thunderstorm. chance to morrow. level two, level one friday chance of some morning showers saturday. that's your best bet to get out. heavy rain, gusty winds. level two sunday one on monday and tuesday. and that's pretty much going to be a showery pattern. a chance on wednesday. so ama and dan we are going to be in for quite a stretch. wow. >> all right thank you sandy. >> all right let's move now to the homeless point in time count. that's happening in cities all across the country. and of course here in the bay area it's essential to secure federal and state funding and getting the number right is important in terms of building a better bay area. last night, abc

seven news reporter lyanne melendez went with volunteers to count the unhoused in san francisco's tenderloin. we're going to go to larkin, and eddie started larkin and eddie on this clear, mild night. >> groups of volunteers are ready to comb through the streets of san francisco to find and count the number of people who are unhoused. >> what do alejo's some of them be at the pier, some of us will be under bridges. >> i say we go. what do you think? go like this. and then down and then up. sounds like plan. plan. all right, let's do it. >> each group is assigned to a specific area. the question are you homeless is never asked. that's not how the point in time count is conducted. and instead they do a side inspection at times offering resources like in the case of this woman. then they jot down whether they think the person is confirmed, suspected, or if no one on the block is unhoused. how do you know she's homeless? >> uh- well, that's a good question. i'm assuming it's

because he's out here and she's sleeping, but it helps that many of the volunteer hours and people working for the nonprofit code tenderloin know many of the unhoused in the tenderloin neighborhood, or were once homeless themselves and know who's who. >> two weeks ago, i was homeless , sleeping on the concrete just like she was. so a lot of them. i do know del seymour is out counting tonight himself. >> once homeless for 18 years. how should people approach the unhoused tonight? >> no different than you would approach someone if you're walking up the front stairs of their home. so this is their home? yeah. there's no such thing as encampments. those are for yosemite. these are dwellings in san francisco. >> the count runs from eight in the evening to midnight. right. because that's when people are believed to be settled in for the night and less likely to be moving around. people in cars and in city shelters are also counted. the purpose of this nationwide count is to determine

if the number of homeless people is going up or down. the results will impact services and federal dollars, but no one is expecting the numbers to be entirely accurate. for example, as they go by a closed tent, they'll never really know how many people are inside, so they are counted as one individual. well, it's impossible to get an accurate count. >> yeah, in no way can you know this is the closest that we can get to you know, a perfect count . >> as a result, some groups are undercounted. margot caswell is with the ucsf benioff homelessness and housing initiative. >> homeless families do everything that they can to stay out of the public eye because they're really worried with good reason that their children will be taken from them. young people are also undercounted because many are couch surfing or staying with friends. >> we know the number from last point in time count was a little over a thousand youth experiencing homelessness, and

we know that number is much higher. >> that's why volunteers in the haight-ashbury neighborhood conducted their count in the mid morning hours, when young people are more likely to be hanging out on the streets. >> we'll split up, have one team go this way and the other team on this side. we'll meet up at the end and get a count back in the tenderloin. >> on this evening we counted between six and 21 unhoused people on each block, including forrest bein, who had just claimed a spot on the sidewalk to set up his new tent. >> i had to do with the addiction, you know, and the choices i make and how i live. but i've learned a lot through being homeless and my journey is just as important as anybody else's. i believe so. >> so in the spring they will have the first set of numbers, but it won't be until the summer when they have the final report. that's when san francisco will find out how many people are homeless. lyanne melendez, abc seven news.

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stores across the country. the retail giant says it directly employs about 1.6 million people in the u.s. meantime, attention bargain shoppers. one of the biggest sales of the year is underway in the east bay. the white elephant rummage sale is being held at oakland's fruitvale district. it's all donated goods with low prices. there are 17 departments and organized heirs can name them all. >> next to womenswear is linen accessories. i hope i'm not forgetting any departments as i do this sewing household boutique jewelry. surprisingly like kind of anywhere you look, there's something good. >> there's lots of good furniture here and uh- great clothes as uh- great little tchotchkes and things like that. >> the sale supports the oakland museum. an admission ticket is required and can be purchased for $5 at white elephant sale. .org white elephant sale org. the sale runs through march 3rd.

>> all right. speaking of spending money, we've been reporting that super bowl tickets to see the 40 niners take on the chiefs are the most expensive ever. the average cost for just one ticket is above $9,000. i mean, you can still find some in the $6,000 range. reasonable right? well, if you're thinking of shelling out that much money, you better make sure the ticket is legit. ama galvin, a spokesperson for the better business bureau, warns there are a lot of scams out there. please don't buy tickets if you have to venmo anyone or using any form of cash uh- applications for the same reason is that it's not a trusted or insured transaction. >> so those are red flags to look out for and then be wary of advertising that you may see again, a lot of times they start on social media. you know, i've been seeing some pop up, um, a huge 40 niners fan, by the way. so i've been seeing some for really cheap jerseys or like 75% off. the tickets are really cheap and it's all in all just a big you know, i like to call it

a bowl of cereal, but with scams when it comes to events like this. >> yeah, good point. she says be especially careful around tickets being advertised on social media. as she mentioned, those. those are usually too good to be legit. >> all right. coming up next, a mystery off the coast of canada. the few clues about where this shipwreck may be came from. stay with you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball... or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. existing customers can get a free line

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>> some locals roped off the wreck to try to keep it from drifting away. waves just continue are crashing against it. some experts are speculating this could have been washed ashore as a result of hurricane fiona. back in 2022. now to safety concerns surrounding the boeing 737 max airplane. >> the max nine model of the airplane is back in the air after the faa gave approval for airlines to resume. operator the fleet after door plug inspections, but one former boeing manager says he would quote, absolutely not fly a max airplane. ed pearson, who is now executive director of the aviation watchdog group foundation for aviation safety, says there's a quality control issue at his former employer, pearson joined abc seven news anchor kristen sze on getting answers earlier today. >> you know, there have been supply chain issues. there's been issues with removal of quality control inspections, if you can believe that even in light of the two crashes. so these things are all warning bells and you know, we were hoping that this alaska accident, it traumatic, you

know, accident, you know, because of these people were traumatized. we would hope that they would stop and really do a thorough assessment of what is wrong and what do they need to do to fix it. and really, the opposite occurred as we expected . they just patched it up and said everything's good. and it's not. >> we still has concerns clearly. all right. that is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news, i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> abc seven news at 11 starts right now. a night of nonstop rain. this atmospheric river is packing a punch. >> flooding in the north bay toppled trees farther south. we are across the bay area tracking it all. >> it has been a soaker and the winds have kicked up a street hazard in san francisco is the talk of one neighborhood. >> the curious hole. needing the abc seven news i-team to figure out what's happening. >> plus, the first ever reparation bills for slavery. california makes a historic