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now at five, a full weekend of wet and windy weather now bleeding into the start of your workweek, flooding and power outages forcing some school closures this morning. p-g-and-e's crews working overnight trying to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers across the bay area . >> now, cleanup will continue on toppled trees in several neighborhoods, some of those trees coming down on occupied vehicles, sending people inside to the hospital. southern california also being hit hard by this atmospheric river. >> governor newsom declaring a
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state of emergency in multiple counties and more rain is headed their way. >> but that rain did not stop the 2024 grammy awards show. we have the major highlights from last night and including a surprise announcement from one of the night's big winners. >> you are. i left all of you off the group chat last night because jobina and i were on fire and i just didn't want to bother you on a sunday night. >> i was looking like, where was my recap? >> actually, the grammys were the best grammys that i've seen in maybe my life. oh my gosh, it was so, so surprising. fun, interesting. good. meanwhile, you have no power. >> i was to say i lost power yesterday. still without power this morning. so i missed a lot of the grammys. and then finally towards the end, i started streaming it on the ipad. i was able to get wi-fi, but sometimes we don't even get wi-fi when we lose power. so yeah, but i love the tracy chapman luke combs. that was one of my favorite moments from what i got to see. >> we'll get into it, but let's
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talk about this weather. yeah. >> so we still have winds to talk about. the heaviest, but the worst of the storm is done. but we still have to deal with some scattered downpours this morning. here's live doppler seven. we'll take you down into the santa cruz mountains. santa clara county. we do have scattered downpours that are stretching into fremont this morning into dublin and livermore. so while we're through with the worst of the storm, we still have to deal with leftover scattered showers and downpours this morning. take a look. we do have a few lightning strikes associated with this line, so it's not out of the question. we could have a thunderstorm this morning. winds have backed off tremendously, but they're still gusty in spots. we're gusting to 23 in santa rosa near 20 in oakland. but this is nothing compared to the winds we had gusting 60, 70, 80mph yesterday evening. but we still have high wind warnings in effect until 8 a.m. look at the wind forecast to pretty active through about 9 a.m, and then they drop off dramatically so that would be very helpful to crews later on this afternoon trying to get out there and restore the power. we'll keep it at a level two this morning
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until about 8 a.m. showers and thunderstorms in the forecast, gusty winds and please do watch out for debris on roads. we've had a lot of trees come down the last 24 hours. a lot of limbs everywhere. let's check in with gloria and see how that commute is going this morning. >> yeah. you know, drew, you mentioned it. but if you're like me and you were in an area that was hit hard by the storm, definitely watch out for those tree branches on the roads this morning. i know when i was driving into work today, there was a lot of debris on the road. branches, leaves. so look out for that and maybe give yourself a little bit of extra time this morning we're going to get a live look outside right now at our bay bridge camera. and there is a sigalert in effect there. and that's because a big rig hit a guardrail and split in half. and right now the lane right there on the off ramp is blocked. there are some delays because of that. so we're going to keep monitoring that for you throughout the morning and keep monitoring the bay area roads. because of the storm as well guys. thank you gloria, with a severe weather is impacting p-g-and-e's. >> so many people like gloria waiting for the lights to come back on this morning after more
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than 320,000 customers lost power yesterday during the peak of the storm. now still a mess this morning though. look at this outage map right here. this is from p-g-and-e's. the different colors represent different clusters. so if you look here and you see the green, it means there are up to 50 customers who don't have power. the yellow means up to 500. and then orange is up to 5000. so we see a lot of that concentrated up in the north bay. a lot of that in the south bay around palo alto and even further south, we see significant outages across the bay area. we saw winds whipping across the bay area yesterday. trees toppled and power lines down in the east bay. two trees came down on this home in berkeley, and it was a really close call in walnut creek when a tree fell on a residential building. six people were displaced. now in san francisco, more aftermath with trees down throughout the city, across streets and on power lines. >> we've got outages, of course, all across the bay area,
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including in san francisco and the east bay and other places. but the hardest hit right now appears to be the north bay, the peninsula and the south bay, p-g-and-e's says crews will continue to make repairs and to get customers restored as soon as possible. >> another major impact of these storms flights at san francisco international airport. here's a live look from the tarmac right now. abc seven news reporter lena howland is at sfo this morning. so, lena, tell us about the delays in the cancellations. >> hey, reggie, good morning to you. according to flightaware, there have already been a total of 36 delays and 27 cancellations so far today. but going inside of sfo, we just took a look around and you wouldn't really be able to tell it was pretty empty in there. pretty slow. and it did kind of seem as if most people found out about these delays and cancellations yesterday, or well before their flights were supposed to leave, but it was a much different story out here yesterday. here's a look at the long lines, folks saw. it was
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one delay after the next with people trying to pass the time by playing cards and watching football, others getting pumped up about their san francisco 40 niners headed to the super bowl this morning. the airport had a much different feeling it was cleared out other than a few people we saw sleeping on couches next to the united ticketing counter. we talked to one traveler from the bay area this morning who's 11 a.m. flight to burbank today was canceled yesterday during the storms. luckily, he was able to get rebooked on a flight five hours earlier, landing at lax instead. >> i was thinking yesterday with all the delays and everything, that's why i got here extra early. i was thinking that there might have been a backlog from yesterday, but this is really surprising. >> yeah, like, where is everybody? yeah, they're still at home. >> they are. they're taking the later flights now. >> and even our own sports and news crews headed out to cover the super bowl in las vegas. got stranded at sfo when their flights were also canceled
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during the storms. luckily, they were able to get rebooked on a different flight out of oakland. instead, they just had to race across the bridge to get there in time. so this is a very good reminder to anybody who is traveling today to make sure you check your flight status before you go live at sfo. lena howland , abc seven news. thank you. lena >> caltrain is warning of possible delays during the morning commute because of downed trees. this one caused officials to cancel train service between millbrae and sunnyvale yesterday. caltrain says crews are stretched thin, and that could cause even more delays during your commute today. now, the storm is leaving behind a trail of damage in the north bay. toppled trees, flooding, power outages is the cause of all sorts of problems, including some schools having to close today. so here is the list from the sonoma county office of education. they all report storm related flooding or power issues. fort ross elementary says it had damage to a part of its school, and as abc seven news reporter, cornell bernard tells us, novato residents are dealing with a lot of high water
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. >> when i left to work around 2 a.m. this morning, the street was bare. came back uh- eight hours later, and next thing you know, we got water up to our ankles. some parts may have even maybe even close to your knees. >> sergio melendez can't believe how fast this flood water rose on armstrong avenue in novato. some brave drivers decided to venture past the closed road signs, but folks living in the novato rv park are feeling stranded. >> i got a lot of cars stuck in, a lot of people trapped in, you know, everybody's got stuff to do. um we're all just kind of being held against their own will. >> across town, flooding left garden court inundated. >> we woke up and it was all flooded out here. >> the water about 2 to 3ft deep and coming close to homes. some cars stalled out. neighbors say it's runoff from nearby novato creek. >> once there's a drain pipe here and once it starts coming backwards, we're done. you know, it's not. it's not draining anymore. >> we found slow traffic on northbound highway 101, where
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the left lane was under water. caltrans on scene trying to drain it in santa rosa. firstrillionesponders say the driver of this crushed car survived after a redwood tree fell onto northbound 101 near todd road. >> we received a call of a tree down onto a motorist and our crews arrived on scene along with santa rosa fire and found a motorist trapped inside their vehicle with a redwood tree on top of it. >> the driver was hospitalized with serious injuries across sonoma county, there were dozens of downed trees reported, some which struck homes and power lines in bodega bay. this tree fell and damaged two neighboring homes. with the wind that is coming through and throughout the rest of the day, um, we are just going to be extremely busy with these hazardous conditions. >> i love these chickens. >> girl back in novato, benedetta dalbesio was trying to keep her backyard chickens safe and dry. >> my chickens don't like it. no, no, they're in their coop
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going. what the heck is going on? it's crazy. >> yeah, you got to keep the chickens dry. caltrans using those electronic freeway signs asking drivers to avoid travel sunday and monday. it is very hazardous out there. the wind and rain has been relentless in the north bay. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> now let's look at southern california, where seven counties and san luis obispo county are under a state of emergency as they are being slammed by this weather. look at this video out of santa barbara county, where a road is a river in total, 400 million people across the state are under flood alerts. here's abc news reporter brian clark. >> that storm bringing with it torrential rains, life threatening floods and damaging winds and mudslide. >> and it's going to be very slow moving. >> and there are some initial indications now that it may stall out monday into tuesday near la county, 40 million people in the state under flood
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alerts. >> in los angeles county, numerous evacuees, nation warnings, officials creating emergency shelters for people and animals. >> the la river has already started to rage and this was coming from almost nothing in our ago. the atmospheric river like a firehose into los angeles for the next two days, in addition to the rain, the sierra nevada could see snowfall that will be measured in feet. >> evacuation orders issued in santa barbara county, where they've already received 300% of their normal rainfall for this time of year, the governor's office has put 21 swift water rescue teams on standby and is readying the california state guard for rapid deployment. brian clark, abc news, new york. >> it has just been a mess across california. look at some of these wind gusts that we had. pablo point in marin county had a peak wind gusts yesterday of 102mph. loma prieta 98mph. los gatos 87. even in the city, we had winds gusting over 60mph to
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similar story in half moon bay and in the oakland hills. so many areas yesterday saw winds in excess of 50 60mph. even stronger in our hills. that is why we have massive power outages across the region this morning, and in those winds are slowly backing off. but we still have some downpours to deal with through the east bay this morning we have this line of showers worked through fremont on their way through dublin into livermore this morning, so we will be tracking scattered downpours throughout the rest of the day. a flood watch is still in effect for the region, but we have a flood advisory because a lot of standing water on our roads from the city down to the peninsula and the santa cruz mountains, this until 9 a.m. this morning. so it's a level two today, a moderate storm for those showers and downpours. thunderstorms and winds are still gusting. please watch out for debris on the roads this morning a lot of trees came down. let's talk about the winds. they're still gusty right now. by midday lunchtime. this is 12 p.m. they're backing off significantly. and then into the afternoon they turn very light,
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which is great news for crews. they can finally get out there and repair a lot of these lines when it comes to rain, scattered showers and downpours throughout the afternoon. so keep the umbrella handy and watch out. we could have some isolated thunderstorms popping up highs going into the upper 50 to near 60 degrees. reggie drew thank you. >> the 40 niners are in las vegas this morning just days away from super bowl 58. some of their most dedicated fans braved the rain to send them off more production issues for boeing. >> the new issue facing the company to rework some of its planes arrested at the grammys. >> the strange twist at last night's awards for the best rap when your child has moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay for them to show off.
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workers flagged mis drilled holes on 50 undelivered planes. reuters reports that there was a spacing problem on holes drilled on the window frames. boeing says the mis drilled holes pose no immediate flight safety risk. the company also says all 730 sevens can continue to fly safely. >> the one thing to keep in mind whenever something happens in aviation involving an airliner is that more than 50% of the airliners around the world are boeing products. >> boeing has been under pressure since the mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 max nine jet last month. that incident prompted the faa to ground the planes for weeks and order new inspections. the ceo of boeing says they plan to take several days this week to work on those misaligned holes, and it could delay the delivery of some new planes. so of course, we will stay on top of this for you, kumasi. thank you gloria. well one of the biggest winners
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at the grammys had his night cut short by police. >> s rapper michael render, also known as killer mike, was arrested shortly after winning three grammy awards, including best rap album. la police say that render was involved in a physical altercation outside the arena where that show was held. after coming off stage, he was arrested and taken in for booking. well, the grammys were full of surprises, incredible performances and really touching tributes. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt taylor swift music's biggest night was all about music's biggest star. >> for me, the award is the work all i want to do is keep being able to do this. >> celine dion making a rare appearance to present taylor swift with the album of the year award, her record setting fourth win in the category. earlier, while accepting another award, she announced a new album, my brand new album comes out april 19th. taylor making history on a night dominated by women, you should know i need someone to
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hold me close, deep within i'll never know. dua lipa kicking off the show with a brand new song. >> flowers maurici and miley cyrus taking home her first grammy started to cry, then remembered i just want my first grammy. >> letting the crowd know it as she performed her hit song flowers before going on to win record of the year. you got a fast car. >> i want a ticket to anywhere and it was tracy chapman getting her flowers. performing her 1988 hit fast car with luke combs. >> in another moving moment of the night, stevie wonder performing a duet with the late tony bennett. this is mine. you can't take it. and annie lennox paying homage to sinead o'connor with a haunting rendition of nothing compares to you. nothing compares to you and fantasia bringing the crowd to its feet, celebrating the life of tina turner. yeah. billie eilish took
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home song of the year for what was i made for? from the barbie movie, but i want to try i and then it was time for a different billie to take the stage. the piano man debuting his first new song in 17 years, did i wait too long to turn the lights back and the legendary joni mitchell making her grammy debut after winning the grammy for best folk album. >> i really don't know. life at all. well andrew news, new york. >> it was joni and tracy for me. >> they really jammed that show with a lot of people. >> oh my god. and it was just unexpected moment after unexpected moment. and whoever produced this, the flow. you deserve a grammy or a tony uh-
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an emmy. >> emmy uh. and he got. yeah. >> i just feel like the energy you had these high moments and these really, like, softer, like touching moments. it felt really balanced with the different genre of music, like something for everybody. >> it was very emotional. i like that. i love jay-z, shady speech and blue ivy was so pretty. blue ivy is gorgeous. >> i like miley cyrus too. that was a fun, upbeat performance. like that song. excellent flowers is such a good song. no no, it's well, that's not true. >> well that's okay, we can get to those later. >> we'll break it down. right. >> look, i didn't a lot of people didn't love the way that miss taylor swift received that grammy last night from celine dion. >> from celine dion. >> it looked like she snatched it. >> we're hearing a lot about that. a lot of people are saying she like, snubbed her. >> it wasn't great. it wasn't great. >> there was no hug. >> people are saying because of her health condition. >> oh, like she could not receive.
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>> that was not going to happen. but it still just i wanted more. okay >> like a deep eye gaze. like a uh.huh or a deep bow. >> a deep bow, an icon. thank you. >> you're right. friend, let me see. >> celine, the queen is queen. >> oh, man, i wish i watched this. i got to go back. we have to go talk about the weather because we are still dealing with strong winds out there. heavy rain in spots. the big headline this morning is that the worst of the storm is behind us, but we still have some gusty winds out there. the high wind warnings are still in effect. they got extended until 8 a.m. this morning. flood watch still in effect. this until 10 a.m. this morning. we saw some downpours out there. we also still tracking heavy snow in the sierra that winter. storm warning still in effect until 4 a.m. tomorrow, will be measuring this storm and feet of new snow once it wraps up. tomorrow, let's show you live doppler seven this morning. it's really the south bay and the east bay getting hit by some of these scattered showers and downpours. we had a couple of lightning strikes, no new lightning strikes over the past 30 minutes, but thunderstorms are possible throughout the afternoon. heavy snow still falling in the sierra. that will
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continue through the day today. the wider picture. here's our strong area of low pressure. in fact, this low pressure was the strongest we have seen since about january of 2010. so it has been years since we've seen this storm this strong, that's now affecting southern california with heavy rain at a level two until 8 a.m. today for gusty winds, thunderstorms possible. please watch out for debris on roads. we had a lot of trees come down yesterday and there's probably still a lot of them lingering. here's future weather midday. we'll track some showers and downpours. again, not out of the question this afternoon we could hear a rumble of thunder. see some lightning. the winds will back off around lunchtime and into the afternoon. they will be calm. so some good news there. upper 50s, near 60 degrees for your daytime highs. here's the accuweather seven day forecast level two this morning. we get a break tomorrow. partly cloudy skies, then a light level one system for showers wednesday into thursday, and then a much better weekend on the horizon saturday and sunday. gloria >> yeah, because of the storm, you definitely want to be careful out there on the roads this morning. you might come across some debris on the road.
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i know i did this morning. some leaves, branches, also sand in some parts where i was driving. so just be very careful out there. this is a look at our overall map here in the bay area. and you can see a lot of green, but also some red, some yellow. that means some slow spots here in the bay area. we want to zoom in and show you something that just cleared up right now. we just showed you a little bit ago over on the bay bridge. this is on westbound 80 before harrison street, and there was a big rig that hit a guardrail there and split in half. and the lane in the off ramp were blocked off. but that has since cleared. however, traffic is still moving a little slower because of that, traffic is recovering. but again, you might have some delays in that area because of that. then look at our drive times for this morning from tracy to castro valley. that's our slow spot right now. that will take you 56 minutes, guys. thanks, gloria. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> free parking in san francisco, the temporary program happening this month in th
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stay for those downpours. watch out for debris on area roadways for two. >> the chp has issued an extreme wind advisory on the upper deck of the bay bridge, and this is a live look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. you can see that the flags there are blowing in the wind, so be careful when you're driving out there this morning because of the wind and the debris you could see on the roads. number three here is a live look at sfo. >> right now we are learning there were more than 200 delays yesterday because of the weather. flightaware says there are already more than 30 delays there right now. oakland and san jose in much better shape. remember for there have been widespread power outages across the state and the bay area. >> the power is slowly coming back on in our neighborhoods. p-g-and-e's just released an update saying 235,000 people are without power. that's down from a high of 678,000. >> number five, the state of emergency in seven southern california counties this morning, as the region is bracing for even more intense rain, evacuation orders and
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warnings are in effect for thousands as the region is dealing with flooding, mudslides and hurricane force winds. >> number six house speaker mike johnson says a senate bill to overhaul the immigration system is dead on arrival. if it reaches the house, the bipartisan bill includes tougher immigration and asylum laws, but it also includes funding for israel and ukraine. >> number seven, the 40 niners are in las vegas this morning ahead of super bowl 58. the events get underway tonight with super bowls opening night. it's a celebration, a big one for fans, and we'll also get to see players and coaches new details about a plan to boost business in san francisco's chinatown during lunar new year celebrations. >> the portsmouth square garage is offering two hours of free parking this month. supervisor connie chan proposed using money from an apec relief program to pay for this. the board has not yet approved the funds, but the garage started offering free parking anyway. on the first of the month, community leaders hope this will help encourage people to visit the neighborhood, which they say has
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it could be dead on arrival by the time it reaches the house. now, at 530. how far? right. republican owens could derail the proposal. >> and several california counties under a state of emergency this morning, reports of toppled trees, flooding, keeping crews busy all around the state. >> tens of thousands of us still don't have power on this monday morning. p-g-and-e's crews working overnight to address the issue. >> good morning everybody. it's monday, february 5th. >> let's check on the weather. hi, drew. >> hi. good morning. the big headline is that we're through the worst of the storm, but we still have a couple of effects. this morning. we are still tracking downpours on live doppler seven. the heaviest rain now falling in the south bay and in the santa cruz mountains. we see some pops of red, indicating the heavier rain that's around morgan hill this morning. some downpours working through san jose up into fremont as well. winds were a huge issue
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yesterday. we were all hearing them. they were gusting well over 60mph. they are backing off this morning, not nearly as high, but they're still gusty. high wind warnings are in effect until 8 a.m. this morning, so take a look at the wind forecast. we're breezy through this morning. and then after about 9 a.m. those winds are really dropping off and into the afternoon. those winds are pretty light, which is great news for crews out there trying to restore power to thousands of us this morning. we'll keep it at a level two until 8 a.m. today for those showers. the potential of a thunderstorm is there as well. we have those gusty winds right now. they will weaken. and please watch out for debris on the roads. a lot of trees came down the last 24 hours and we still have to clean a lot of that up. temperatures today will go into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. let's check in with gloria and see how the commute is going. >> yeah. you know, if you're going to get on the roads in the next half hour or so, definitely be careful out there. as drew was mentioning, there's a lot of debris on the roadway. it's still dark. it may be hard to
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see it. you may come across some branches on the roadways. so just be very careful. this morning i know i experienced a lot of that as i was driving into work today. so give yourself a little bit of extra time today. we're going to go outside to our bay bridge toll plaza camera, and you can see it is very busy out there already. and usually it seems like it gets a little busy just a little bit later, but it seems to be pretty packed this early on, so definitely more traffic out there at this time of the morning. and if you look there at the camera, you could see the flags are blowing in the wind. the chp has issued an extreme wind advisory for the upper deck of the bay bridge, and says box trucks can overturn turn. so be very careful when you're driving this morning with those winds. kumasi. >> thank you gloria. this morning, 40 million people across the state are facing some type of flood danger. we saw the brunt of it here in the bay area yesterday, but in southern california it is far from over. evacuation orders and warnings are in effect in some areas as the water is rising. abc news reporter andrew dymburt has a look at the situation this morning.
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>> the historic storm bearing down on california is bringing torrential rain, life threatening floods, punishing winds and mudslides. 40 million people are under flood alerts. several months worth of rain could fall by wednesday. >> i barely got through. we got easily a foot of water here. the streets across santa barbara are filling up santa barbara's airport shut down last night, inundated with water. >> road conditions also treacherous. this suv on the five freeway skidding onto the shoulder, then flipping over. flash flood warnings on the map. >> winter storm warnings for feet of snow in the sierra nevada. and that slow mover goes north for a little bit. but it's about what? look at the timing. never stops pumping moisture toward los angeles. eventually, orange county and san diego rare hurricane force winds reaching up to 80mph toppled trees and ripped down power lines. >> 900,000 power outages were reported overnight. this tree slamming down onto a parked car in north hollywood in santa rosa, north of san francisco. a driver was seriously injured when a tree crushed his vehicle. first responders needed more than an hour to free him.
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>> the solo driver that driver sustained major unknown injuries and was transported to a local hospital. >> andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> san francisco emergency crews had their hands full with cleanup caused by the weather, and included a landslide near market and denver streets that slide toppled a tree, landing it on the westbound lanes of market street. the fallen tree blocked traffic, but at last check, no injuries were reported. high winds, whipped construction tarps protecting a high rise building in san francisco's russian hill neighborhood. one of our viewers sent in this video to the newsroom yesterday afternoon. you can see some of that plastic sheeting detached from a corner of that structure. because of the breezy conditions . oh, that a chance out there. >> if you're wondering about the wind speeds yesterday here at the pittsburg marina, that you're looking at, they reach 45mph. some of the strongest gusts were in point rays 85mph
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there. and the santa cruz mountains saw gusts nearing 100. the storm left one family in pleasant hill with quite a mess to clean up in their front yard. this toppled tree, large enough to cover the yard and go into the street. that's one of several spots in the east bay dealing with the cleanup this morning at a different location, a vehicle got tangled in some power lines that were knocked loose by the strong winds. >> a 9-1-1 call for a car in the guadalupe river yesterday led to seven people being rescued. san jose fire crews were called out because someone reported the car near highway 87 and taylor rescue teams were not able to get to the vehicle, so they put up a drone to see if there was anybody inside. they found out that it was empty, but the drone did spot three people on an island in the river. rescuers were able to get them out safely and then the drone spotted four more people on an island. a little further down the creek at autumn parkway and coleman avenue. they were able to be
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rescued as well. firefighters say that neither of the groups were connected to that original call for the car. a water main break caused major flooding near homes in emeryville, so take a look at this video released by emeryville's police department showing a flooded adeline street and a pair of geese. >> the department wrote, quote, the geese might be the only ones enjoying this flood. they also named the geese gucci, goose and duck, duck, goose. so that happened. of course, the only break, the break, only amplifying the rain and wind issues. crews are addressing in the east bay. the national weather service forecasts pea sized hail and winds up to 55 miles an hour for parks across california impacted by the storm . 27 state parks are closed today, including angel island and big basin state parks. here in the bay area, muir woods is also closed and in emeryville, marina park is closed and definitely because of tree damage, other parks are facing facing partial closures. >> lizzo going to court. how the
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artist artist is reacting to the latest ruling by a judge amid sexual harassment allegations. plus. >> it was a 40 niner faithful sendoff. hundreds of fans in the wet weather to see their team off as they depart for las vegas for super bowl 58. but first, another check of the weather. >> hey good morning. look at these incredible wind gusts we experienced over the last 24 hours. pablo point in marin county, the highest wind gusts recorded in the area at 102mph. elsewhere, we had numerous cities gusting over 60mph. some over 80mph. that's why we're seeing so many issues with power outages this morning. but we are seeing those winds backing off. thankfully those wind gusts are nowhere near as strong as they were yesterday, but still, a high wind warning is in effect until 8 a.m. this morning. we are tracking scattered downpours out there. we're not done with this storm. we're through the worst of it, but we still have some scattered downpours. you
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can see that in the santa cruz mountains in the south bay, some heavy rain this morning in spots. that's why we'll keep it at a level two this morning. low pressure spinning right here. this low dropped to about 978 millibars. what that just means it was one of the strongest storms we have seen since 2010. now it's affecting southern california with heavy rain just stalled over la. a level two until 8 a.m. this morning. showers even thunderstorms are possible. gusty winds to. please watch for debris on the road. we had a lot of trees come down and we're still cleaning up from that this morning. winds we have some great news. they're backing off this morning. by midday there late into the afternoon they are less than about ten. even less than five miles per hour across the region. we'll get a break in the storms tomorrow, but more rain is on the seven-day. we'll s
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the country's immigration system, and gloria, some lawmakers are already against this bill, calling it dead on arrival. >> good morning. kumasi senate negotiator have unveiled the $118 billion bipartisan agreement to overhaul immigration policies. now the bill includes $20 billion for immigration enforcement. the hiring of thousands of officers and increased screenings for fentanyl and other drugs. and it also includes $60 billion for ukraine $14 billion for israel and 10 billion in humanitarian aid for people in gaza and the west bank and ukraine. house speaker mike johnson says the bill does not go far enough. senator james lankford responded to his criticism, saying i'm a little confused how it's worse than i expected when it builds border wall, expands deportation flights, expands ice officers border patrol officers, detention beds, uh- how it creates a faster process for deportation. president biden is praising the deal, writing get
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it to my desk so i can sign it into law immediately. customs and border protection says encounters have dropped by more than half. december saw record numbers when agents encountered nearly a quarter million migrants. reggie aqui kumasi ashley. >> thank you. gloria. p-g-and-e's says right now, more than 230,000 customers still do not have power here in the bay area. we want to take a look at the p-g-and-e's outage map. and you can see how significant the impact is around the bay area. the colors represent different clusters. the green means up to 50 customers don't have power. yellow up to 500, and the orange . we can see a lot of that right now in the north bay and the peninsula that means red, i should say orange means up to 5000, and red means more than 5000. people don't have power. abc7 news reporter lena howland is live this morning in daly city with a look of things there. hi, lena. >> hi, kumasi. good morning to you. we are in a daly city
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shopping center where, as you can see all around me, here we are completely in the dark. every single store in this shopping center is without power. and that includes this gas station right behind me here. this also includes several different traffic lights in this area, which meant we had to go through quite a few different four way stops. just to get to this live shot location. here off of westborough boulevard and keller boulevard. now, yesterday we saw winds whipping across the bay area. trees toppled and power lines down in the east bay. two trees came down on a home in berkeley and a close call in walnut creek when a tree fell on a residential building display, forcing six people in san francisco more. aftermath. with trees down throughout the city, across streets and power lines, as we've got our full complement of crews out working to restore power as well and make repairs. >> and we can do that at night. also, we will continue to make repairs and get customers restored, p-g-and-e's says crews
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are working on outages all across the bay area, including in san francisco. >> the hardest hit right now appears to be the north bay, the peninsula and the south bay and back here live we do. we did just get new numbers from a spokesperson for pg and e. they are saying here on the peninsula there are still more than 56,000 people without out power. so far. it does appear as though the south bay appears to be the hardest hit, with more than 72,000 people without power in total across the entire bay area. that number we are seeing more than 230 500,000 people without power today. so of course we're going to continue to stay on this and track these outages for you. for now, reporting live in daly city, lena howland abc seven news thank you. >> lena, the final round of the pebble beach pro-am tournament had to be called off because of severe weather over the weekend, a few of the professional golfers posted videos on social
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media showing the conditions that they were up against. p-g-and-e's announced excuse me, pga announced late sunday that golfers would not continue to play. the tournament has been declared done after 54 holes, with wyndham clark the winner >> we are now just six days away from super bowl 58. the 40 niners are in vegas this morning getting ready for a long week of preparations ahead of their matchup against the chiefs team. >> touchdown last night. we're not quite sure who this was holding the niners flag out of the cockpit window, but hey big spirited here in the bay area the team got a very warm sendoff by the faithful. abc seven news reporter ryan curry shows us the fans that braved the rain to wish them good luck. a sunshine the moment the 40 niners left levi's stadium to embark on their journey to las vegas. >> we're looking forward to this game and hoping to win another
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game. we're going to win this other game, but make no mistake, the hundreds of fans who showed up had to tough out the rain, so i knew it was going to be pouring down rain. >> just warm up, put your stuff on and come, you know, send our team off to vegas bus by bus. >> the 40 niners, players and staff members left the team headquarters for the san jose airport, where it was also a damp takeoff. soon they will try and bring a sixth lombardi trophy to the bay area for these fans. five isn't enough. i've been wearing it now since 2012, but it's definitely well past its prime. >> we need to retire it and we're going to get that number six here in vegas and i feel we're going to do it. >> we're a different team than the last time we played uh- kansas city. >> several blocks were lined up with ponchos, umbrellas and a ton of red and gold leaf. the chiefs beat the chiefs. chanting, screaming and showing the team why being faithful is so important. this here in the rain is going to be, i think, special for them. >> like it's pouring down rain
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and they're still here supporting us because we're the faithful. >> they know we're behind them. they know that they can draw energy and vibes from us, and they want to produce that and get that six super bowl for not themselves, but for the faithful. they the team really responds to the faithful, the faithful spent sunday preaching to the team to win next week in santa clara. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. if you're out there in the rain, then you're real dedication. >> yeah. >> of course. thank you for being out there for us. >> and also bless you. >> bless you. they are definitely faithful. that's for sure i love it, it's a week. >> how fun. ready? exciting. okay weather wise we're through the worst of yesterday's storm. still some lingering effects. still have a high wind. warning this until 8:00. so two more hours. but we are through the worst of the wind gusts. those winds are backing off this morning. still a flood. watch in effect. we saw anywhere from 1 to 3in of rain yesterday, and a lot of cities. our hill saw 3 to 6in of rain with some downpours out there this morning, so we could have some areas of new
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flooding on our roadways. winter storm warning still in effect for the sierra this until tomorrow morning. we're looking at additional 1 to 2ft of snow above 7500ft. once the storm wraps up tomorrow, we'll measure that new snow in feet will keep you will keep you updated on those totals tomorrow. here's live doppler seven in winter mode, showing you that snow falling currently across the sierra. locally, we're just seeing it all in the form of liquid. sometimes it is heavy, especially across of the south bay. the santa cruz mountains, where you see the pops of yellow and red. right now we are seeing some downpours, so a little bit slower of a commute around san jose, livermore as well. morgan hill, gilroy, you're seeing some of the heaviest rain this morning. we'll keep it at a level two until 8 a.m. that's when the winds will really back off. we'll see those showers start to die down a bit. we'll still track some isolated showers and even the chance of a thunderstorm throughout the afternoon today, but they're not widespread. tomorrow so we get a break from everything. the winds are calm. there's no rain in the forecast, but the sun does pop out on tuesday, so looking forward to that today. winds early on calming down this
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afternoon. the chance of an isolated downpour today. we'll have those temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees for daytime highs. now our next rain maker is coming here on wednesday. it is quick and it's weak. it slides down our coastline, low pressure bringing us some light showers. nowhere near the intense storm. we had yesterday. rainfall totals pretty much less than a quarter of an inch, but we will see some rain showers moving through on wednesday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast a level two this morning for scattered downpours is dry tomorrow. there's those light showers wednesday into early thursday and then we'll get a nice break. friday partly cloudy and then over the weekend. so much better than this past weekend. lots of sunshine and near average temperatures. gloria >> yeah, you know, depending on where you are, if you're driving this morning, you may come across some showers, maybe some debris on the roads because of those branches or trees that have fallen from the storm, maybe even some strong winds. so be very careful out there on the roads this morning. we're going to go live outside to our san mateo-hayward bridge camera, and you can see there are some
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slight delays there just from the traffic this morning. it looks like the roads there are still slick as well. so that's another thing you may encounter this morning. some slick roads and then a look at your mass transit for this morning. so far everything is running on time. bart's capital corridor and ace guys. >> thanks, gloria. new at six. the city trying to go greener by hiking parking fees for people driving suvs. >> but first, a packed stadium in hong kong angry with soccer superstar. i always miss this. >> let drew lionel, lionel messi the reason many are demanding their money
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dancers accused her of weight shaming, harassment and discrimination. lizzo moved to have the case dismissed on friday. an l.a. county judge ruled the case could go and advance to trial. he did dismiss some of the allegations. a spokesperson for lizzo says they plan to appeal the elements. the judge chose to keep in the lawsuit. lizzo denies all the accusations the hong kong government is demanding answers after soccer star lionel messi did not play in a sold out soccer match. >> 40,000 fans hope to see the world cup winner play for his club inter miami, but messi stayed on the bench the entire match. the hong kong government provided more than $2 million in grants to the match organizer, and their decision pointed that he didn't play some fans paid up to $600 for a ticket. >> they weren't cheap. uh- most expensive football ticket ever in hong kong, i believe. however i am, i am not super disappointed that he didn't play
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because i know he's suffering from injury and he's getting older, so he needs more rest. >> the miami coach said the decision not to play messi was made late because of an injury. messi could return to china next month with argentina for two friendly matches in today's gma first look reality tv star mike the situation sorrentino of jersey shore is sharing a video that shows him and his wife saving their son from choking. >> here's abc news reporter stephanie ramos in this morning's gma first look for jersey shore star mike the situation sorrentino and his wife. >> this was, quote, the scariest moment of their life. >> he's had this pasta for the past year and a half. um, but i guess it slipped down his throat and he didn't show it the family having dinner thursday night when romeo begins to cough, mike springing into action, grabbing his son and patting him on the back, lauren grabbing an anti-choking device and putting it on romeo's face.
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>> and this morning, the situation is speaking out to gma . >> i was in crisis mode. i was acting, uh, i was trying to be calm for my family and for my child. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more with mike. the situation sorrentino and what you need to know to keep your child safe with your gma first look, i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, new york 555 this morning. >> live doppler seven still showing you we are tracking downpours this morning. even the potential for some lightning we have that off the coast of monterey this morning. so we are still dealing with scattered showers throughout the afternoon, but thankfully the winds have really backed off. the flood advisories in effect for the city. the peninsula, the santa cruz mountains. we have a lot of standing water out there this morning. we have showers moving through still over some of these areas. just be aware there could be some standing water. hydroplaning is a concern this morning. also debris on the roads because we had a lot of trees come down and encouraging
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news when it comes to our winds, they're nowhere near as strong as they were yesterday and they'll continue to weaken. high wind warnings in effect until 8 a.m. you can see later today into the afternoon. the winds are very light for most of us. they're less than ten miles per hour, so that's great news for crews. they'll be out there and work on the lines today. they've made significant gains on our power in the overnight hours. we'll keep it at a level two until 8 a.m. today. that's when we saw those gusty winds. the potential for a shower, even a thunderstorm to pop up again. watch out for debris on the roads. we're still trying to clean up from yesterday's mess with all those trees coming down. flood watch in effect until 10 a.m. today. as we track those showers moving through, just be aware we could have some localized flooding on our roads over the next couple of hours. >> kumasi thank you drew. new at six world cup 2026 when levi's stadium is set to host games for the biggest sporting event in the world and the fast food restaurants already saying they're going to hike prices in the coming months, then the surprising appearance of music legends celine dion at the grammys amid a major health battle. >> so good to see her first this live look outside along the
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now at six hundreds of thousands without power across the bay area right now, some could be in the dark for several more hours. we're monitoring the areas where things are the worst, and it's not just the bay area.

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