i'm cornel bernard. >> strong winds, more rain and big surf. the bay area getting ready for the next round of storms. >> also a check of concurrent conditions in tahoe. just how much more snow they expect in the sierra. abc seven news at five starts right now. can see, a sunny start, but this time lapse video from atop mount tam shows just how quickly the weather can change as our latest storm rumbles into the bay area. thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm dionne lim. be prepared for pounding rain and whipping winds. we start now with live team coverage of the storm. you see it on live doppler seven in the center. there cornell bernard has a look at some of the weather related closures. but first we get to abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian with more on the timeline. spencer okay, tell us the story right now. >> this storm has arrived. we have widespread rainfall it's spreading so rapidly now that we all in the bay area are going to feel the impact of this storm very shortly. you can see the satellite image here. how tightly wound

we're live in petaluma, cornell, bernard abc seven news. all right. >> good advice cornell. thank you. you can track the rain hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store. now to download it. an alameda county fire crew is back in service today. their effort to clean up after a recent storm was shut down by thieves, two service trucks and a buggy were broken into and vandalized last week in pleasanton. the thieves took personal items and five chainsaws used for storm cleanup, a loss of about $15,000. the department was able to replace three of the stolen chainsaws. so far, no one was arrested, and oakland police are investigating a similar incident. in that case, two workers were robbed of chainsaws at gunpoint thursday in the piedmont area. an update to a story we first brought you last night. police have made an arrest in the murder of a woman inside a home in pinole. investigators say 36 year old jeffrey kendall was taken into custody during a traffic stop late last night in the santa cruz area. a gun was discove

we're live in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. okay cornell, thank you very much. >> cal state east bay's main campus in hayward will be closed again tomorrow because the power is still out. school administrators say classes are not canceled and the university is operating remote as it did today. cal state east bay's campuses in oakland and concord are up and running and in session crews are working to restore power to more than 143,000 p-g-and-e's customers in the bay area. >> here's a live look at p-g-and-e's outage map. it shows the impact across the region. the north bay has the most outages, almost 53,000. there are also big clusters in the south bay. as you see, and along the peninsula, we do expect to get another update from pg and e at 6:00. >> now in southern california, one community and the santa monica mountains is dealing with a major mess in the aftermath of these storms, a torrential rain turned their street into a rushing river, forcing evacuations and rescues. reporter josh haskell from our sister station in los a

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard found officials are vowing to make arrests. they're just putting out some rage for really no reason at all. >> they just wanted to vandalize something, and they did. edwin karenga came to chinatown for lunar new year celebrations saturday. >> but never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. >> one young man jumped on the hood and then jumped on the windshield. and that kind of started the whole melee. >> witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows. >> then someone threw a firework inside of the car. >> nathan vandersteen says he watched the car filled with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away but it was very, very dangerous. the car could have exploded. it's just a mob mentality. everyone, all the adrenaline of the whole situation. it was mostly, i think, young teenagers who were responsible for

cornell, bernard abc seven news. some great tips and same to you, cornell. >> thank you. now, san francisco also preparing for heavy rains sf public utilities set up some temporary flood barriers along 18th street and folsom to help reduce impact and avoid water damage. one resident there says he worries about how well the street pipes will be able to drain staff will be on site near the barriers day and night, and will help with priority access. california mayor's office of emergency services is on call for the upcoming storms. the state service held a press conference today urging the public to take caution in the wet weather. >> with this heavy rainfall, significant high impact flooding is likely, including the potential for flooding on many roadways. major rises or flooding on creeks, streams and rivers, mud and rock slides and debris flows. >> more than 7 million sandbags are at the ready. swift water rescue teams and equipment, high water vehicles and emergency response personnel, personnel pre-positioned. >> the oes also added that coastal areas will see the most i

cornell bernard abc seven news and you can track exactly when the rain will arrive hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. >> just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. >> baseball is making a comeback in oakland, and now we know more about the home field of the city's new professional team, part of san francisco international airport is getting an upgrade. >> we're going to learn about the $31 million improvement project. >> it coming up tonight. the breaking news, the dramatic scene in caught and you'll see it. the prosecutor who brought the case against donald trump suddenly in court defending herself after her relationship was revealed. also, we're tracking two storms moving in the 30 vehicle pileup tonight. the images nex i am accomplishing. so i'm doing all i can to help lower my risk of breaking a bone. for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture taking calcium and vitamin d may not be enough. adding prolia® is proven to help strengthen bones and reduce spine fracture risk by 68% with 1 shot every 6 months. do

cornell, bernard abc seven news. don't forget you can get the latest forecast and track the rain anytime with our live doppler seven radar. >> just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. moving on to tragedy in minnesota. on this sunday, two police officers and a firefighter paramedic were shot and killed after an hours long standoff following a domestic abuse call. another police sergeant was also wounded, but is expected to survive. the horror unfolded at a home in the twin cities suburb of burnsville overnight. the gunman barricaded himself inside the home with a woman and seven children. police say he opened fire on two officers, then shot the paramedic who ran to help the downed victims. >> i need that ambulance to 33rd avenue and i need two additional ambulances. >> the dead were identified as officers paul m strand and matthew ruge, both 27 and 40 year old firefighter paramedic adam finseth. the gunman was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. new developments n

cornell, bernard abc seven news. yeah, even having part of a camera, you can see it whipping the wind. >> stay dry and stay safe out there for now. the storm damage is widespread in the south bay. and that includes this tree. you see, it just smashed onto a townhome at rocky creek court. abc seven news reporter lena howland says winds are a big issue there. >> the wind has really been the biggest problem for folks across san jose with debris scattered all over the area. the. just take a look at this massive tree which fell onto a home here at el grande drive and vista oak in san jose. fire officials tell us two people were inside at the time, but luckily no one was hurt. now, this wasn't the only issue. crews ran into today. take a look at this. another massive tree crashed into a town home around 730 this morning. this one happened in the area of rocky creek court on the east side of san jose. from the outside, it looks like the tree fell in the garage of the home. but one of the residents tells me it also fell into

cornell bernard abc seven news. all right. >> time now to get a check on the weather. dry now, of course, rain is back in the forecast with as much as nine feet of snow. perhaps expected in the sierra. >> that is worth talking about. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya it may be even higher by the end of the week. >> i know that sounds crazy. let's take a look at a live picture right now. ama and dan. as we look from our zephyr cove camera. certainly snow over the peaks. statewide snow pack 82% of average. i suspect that in about a week we're going to go well above average now for a m thursday until 10 a.m. sunday. the weather service is saying 5 to 12ft of snow is possible above 5000ft. 1 to 4ft above 3000ft, with those gusty winds up to 60 miles an hour, travel could be very difficult to impossible. giving you a quick look. this may be the heaviest snow of the season, so far. by sunday night, 94in at donner, 98in at kirkwood. taking a look right now at the sierra, they are seeing some snow showers, but it's nothing heavy at this point her

um, we want it off of here just as bad as he does on the sonoma coast. >> cornell. bernard.en news. >> still ahead, backlash from global leaders over donald trump's threat to nato allies. reaction from the international community and his fellow republicans for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislat

cornell bernard, abc seven news. i was wondering what happened to the hat. >> all right, we'll stay dry. stay safe out there. cornell storm damage is widespread in the south bay as well. and that includes this tree. you can see it smashed onto a townhome at rocky creek court. abc seven news reporter lena howland says winds are a big issue there. the wind has really been the biggest problem for folks across san jose, with debris scattered all over the area. >> just take a look at this massive tree which fell onto a home here at el grande drive and vista oak in san jose. fire officials tell us two people were inside at the time, but luckily no one was hurt. now this wasn't the only issue crews ran into today. take a look at this. another massive tree crashed into a townhome around 730 this morning. this one happened in the area of rocky creek court on the east side of san jose. from the outside, it looks like the tree fell in the garage of the home. but one of the residents tells me it also fell into her bedroom, comin

cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> all right. >> we have compiled our story.many good ones, like the one you just watched on the 40 niners run to the super bowl in a new streaming special. it's called the road to las vegas. you can stream it on demand right now on our website or the abc seven bay area app. >> many of us consider our pets family, but after one san francisco family's pet cat disappeared, then was found, they can't get their cat back. abc seven news anchor dion lim went in search for answers. my sister thought it was a really good idea to get her when she's still young, because then you could grow old with them and they, like, live a lot longer. high school student leanne lee may never get that wish to grow old with her cat. >> after the feline disappeared from her family's home in late october 2023. >> that made me like, really sad. she was like a family member for me, so leanne and her mom posted, fliers, reported the calico missing to animal care and control and searched this excelsior park. >> we are looking every single day. >> the fliers wo

cornell bernard abc seven news. heavy rain in the bay area means the potential for three, maybe four feet of snow at lake tahoe and all the ski resorts earlier today, we spoke with kevin cooper from california mountain resort company about the conditions you can expect up in the sierra. >> so the resorts are open at 100, and that's everything from china peak, dodge ridge, bear valley, all the way through the tahoe basin. they are open at 100. you need to bring extra layers up here because this system is going to come in a little bit warm. so definitely be ready to go because it's going to be wait, it's not going to be cold smoke. pow but it's definitely not going to be sierra cement either. it's going to be that in between. perfect to keep building the base as we march into the month of march. >> and if you're planning on heading to tahoe, leave before tomorrow's storm really hits hard to avoid the most difficult driving conditions, and you can track exactly when the rain will arrive hour by hour. in fact, with our

cornell bernard abc seven news, cornell. >> thank you. and all these storms are making a mess of bay area beaches. sky seven was over ocean beach in san francisco where you could see driftwood, plastics and other trash on the sand. and it's not just litter. water treatment plants sometimes release treated sewage during big storms and trash on the streets gets pushed into the gutters and sewer systems and ends up as trash on the beach. just a reminder, you can track exactly when the rain will arrive, hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store now to download it now to new developments out of new york. >> a harsh punishment handed down to donald trump and his adult sons in a financial fraud case. a new york state judge ordered trump and his co-defendants to pay more than $450 million. trump himself is personally on the hook for 354 million. the ruling comes after the judge found the trump organization committed rampant fraud by overvaluing its real estate empire. >> donald trump

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with the rescue team, who jumped in to help. >> it's one of those calls that once in a career, you don't expect it to happen. firefighter jonathan bowers says. >> that call came sunday in guerneville on the russian river. >> as the radio traffic started picking up, we knew we had a legitimate rescue on our hands. >> as far as i know, we have two deputies and a juvenile in the water. i don't know if we have additional people in the water at this time. >> okay. are the deputies injured? >> not that i'm aware of. >> officials say it was actually an adult woman. the two sonoma county sheriff's deputies, sergeant gary larson and deputy cody mccready, were trying to rescue from the super cold river. >> two deputies and the victim were basically clinging on to a bush in the middle of very fast moving water. captain spiegel says it's not clear how the woman got into the river. >> the district swift water rescue team launched their boats , but minutes later they knew this rescue wouldn't be easy. one thing first responders did not expect when they g

cornel bernard, abc seven news, cornell . >> thank you. in the east bay, power outages, canceled classes today at cal state east bay. the power is back on there. but for much of the east bay, the cleanup is just getting underway . >> boy, that is so true. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live with details there. leslie >> well, dan, we're here along. busy. ignatius valley road in walnut creek. serious work going on here behind me. you'll see how precarious this is. there's a power pole back there that snapped in half. it's dangling right now. we've got maybe 12 to 15 p-g-and-e's trucks out here and cranes and cherry pickers working to put a new pole up. you can see where the wood fractured and all the lines that were taken down with it literally a half a block away. there's another pole that was leaning 45 degrees right over the roof of an apartment building. lucky that didn't totally go down, but a lot of electrical problems out here throughout the east bay. power poles snapped across parts of the east bay electric city went out

cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> thanks, cornell. the surf was churning today in san francisco because of the storm. there is a high surf advisory in effect until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, and the waves could reach well over 20ft in height. it covers all the bay area beaches down to monterey. it is estimated that the severe winter storms that hit california earlier this month will end up costing the state nearly $11 billion, much of the high cost associated with storm is from the damage that was done to the state's power grid, from high winds and downed trees. and while crews are still cleaning up, more storms are moving in with heavy rain. parts of the bay area are expected to see up to six inches of rain between now and wednesday. you can track exactly when that rain will arrive and how bad it will be hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. new details tonight on the antioch library. it's going to reopen on tuesday after the county decided to close

cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> yeah, sure will. cornel thank you so much. and you can track the storm with the same live doppler seven that spencer uses. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store to download it now. >> more weather as we continue, but let's move on. we are in the countdown to the super bowl. the 40 niners will play the kansas city chiefs this sunday in las vegas or as i like to call them, taylor swift's boyfriend's team. >> yes, i mean, that's appropriate. we sent our own abc seven news team to las vegas to cover the game. the fans and the excitement all week long. let's go live to abc seven news sports director larry biel. hey, larry, how is vegas tonight? >> uh- vegas is popping. it always is. i just love taylor swift's boyfriend team. i had not heard that, but that's you know, you ought to use that as a catch phrase or trademark that. yeah that's that's fantastic. we're just a few minutes away from uh, the 40 niners taking part in opening night at the super bowl. hot topic of conversation is going to be the quote unquote,

cornell. bernard abc seven news. bernard >> thank you. you can track cornell. thank you so much. you can track the storm with the same live doppler seven that spencer uses. search abc seven, bay area in your device's app store to download it. >> now students and staff have been given the all clear after a hazardous materials scare at a vintage high school in napa and 25 students complained about nausea, headaches and fatigue inside the school choir room, six had to be taken to the hospital. >> the illnesses led to a shelter in place order on campus for part of the school day, but the source of the issue remains a mystery. >> we didn't find any any evidence of extracurricular activity, i.e. drug use and or anything else regarding that could have potentially cause this. >> p-g-and-e's did not find any gas leaks in the choir room. however, the fire department shut down the room as a precaution. city workers in walnut creek have cleared a potentially dangerous scene involving low hanging wires, a garbage truck snagged the wires and got tangled up this morning along homestead avenue n

cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> a 9-1-1 one call for a car in the guadalupe river led to the rescueven people. today san jose fire crews were called out after someone reported the car near highway 87 and taylor rescue teams were unable to reach that vehicle, so they put up a drone to see if anyone was inside. they found it was empty, but the drone did spot three people on an island in the river. rescuers brought them to safety. the drone then spotted four more people on an island further down the creek at autumn parkway and coleman avenue. they too, were rescued. firefighters say neither of the groups were connected to the original call for the car. san francisco emergency crews have their hands full with clean up jobs caused by the weather. that includes a landslide in the area of market and danvers. the slide toppled a tree landing it on westbound lanes of market street. the fallen tree blocked traffic, but there are no reports of any injuries as well. check this out . high winds, whipped construction tarps protecting a high rise building in san francisco's russian hill neighborho

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard checks in with crews in the north bay. barry. the gold ridge swiftwater rescue team fires a rope gun across the russian river. >> this team is running practice drills with swimmers ahead of strong back to back storms, which could raise river levels higher so we've established our line across the river right? >> barrett will work on making his anchor over on this side. >> this team now activated and ready for the real thing. if the call comes in, we don't practice on the public uh. >> it's imperative that we're experts at our job before the emergency happens. >> by late morning, rain started falling in sonoma county. the storms bring a threat of flooding. that's why several roads in the russian river valley are being closed. like mark west station road, where firefighters rescued a driver two weeks ago after they ignored barricades and flooded signs. >> and we'll definitely be making a presence to make sure people are obeying the rules and not going past the barricades because they will be fined. this room is all about gathering i

we continue our team coverage now with abc7 news reporter cornell bernard. and then you have this uh- the boards all the way up, and then we have the sandbags. >> jucunda egan is prepared for the storm. her home facing beach boulevard and pacifica is a fortress of boards and sandbags ready for heavy rain, strong winds and high surf and she's done some praying too. >> i have a lot of a lot of faith in god. god is going to protect me, but i do. i'm concerned not only for myself and my neighbors, but for the city. >> beach boulevard is off limits to cars and pacific pier remains closed to the public after a storm damaged the structure in late december. we found folks shoveling sand and sweeping water crews. santana is concerned about flooding so i can clean out some of this water that came in from the waves and from the rain coming in. >> lately, things have been kind of hectic in in pacifica, digital freeway signs across the bay area asking drivers to avoid travel sunday and monday due to severe weather. >> we have just a lot of equipment that's going to help

. >> now to the north bay and abc's have a news reporter cornell bernard. yeah. >> the highest number of outages that still are in effect are in sonoma county and cornell is that live in santa rosa with that story, cornell. >> yeah. dan and christine, about 5000 customers are still without power up here in sonoma county. p-g-and-e's. using this yard as a base camp to dispatch about 50 of its crews across the region. to help get the lights, get the lights on back to customers who have been in the dark since sunday. >> the storm knocked the part of our redwood tree trunk that had bifurcated. it knocked one of those trunks into our garage, and on the way it hit this power line. >> patrick morris remembers the exact time the big storm left him powerless in sebastopol. >> 436 on sunday. yep his backyard nest camera capturing the moment part of the redwood tree toppled into power lines, sending patrick's family into backup generator purgatory. >> nothing his neighbors have outages, too, so far, it's been about five days living off the grid. >> it's a hassle. i me

here's abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> p-g-and-e's says it's ready for the next series of storms to hit the bay area. >> we pre-stage a lot of the materials and equipment that might be damaged during a storm. that's stuff like poles, conductors, wires, transformers. megan mcfarland says 1.4 million p-g-and-e's customers lost power during powerful storms earlier this month. >> but this round, the utility doesn't expect a direct hit. >> this storm, you know, rain, winds, low elevation, snow in some areas, but not those heavy sustained winds that can really damage our equipment. >> we've got the candles and the batteries out, but, um, that's kind of the key concern is all the power going down dusty road lives inside the nevada mobile home park, which lost power two weeks ago. >> on top of that, nearby armstrong avenue flooded, trapping some folks in their homes. dusty expects that flooding will happen again. >> i like this that it reminds me, go get the food i need. whatever it is that i'm going to need because we may not be able to get out. >> in santa rosa, we found tree cr

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard says officials are now vowing to make arrests.t putting out some rage for really no reason at all. >> they just wanted to vandalize something, and they did. edwin karenga came to chinatown for lunar new year celebrations saturday, but never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. >> a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. >> one young man jumped on the hood and then jumped on the windshield. and that kind of started the whole melee. >> witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows, then someone threw a firework inside of the car. nathan vandersteen says he watched the car filled with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away but it was very, very dangerous. the car could have exploded. it's just a mob mentality. everyone, all the adrenaline of the whole situation. it was mostly, i think, young teenagers who were responsible for the damage and th

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard introduces you to the hosts. >> so over here, we're going to have a hot dogs stand. we will have a cotton candy machine, a popcorn machine. >> sadly, newson is getting ready for the super bowl at karma club, a free after school space for teens. she opened last summer. located inside the northgate mall in terra linda. >> you know, it's a place where uh- it gives them really like a sense of community, a sense of belonging, often a sense of purpose. >> karma club is hosting a watch party sunday, giving young people like stephanie medina a fun, safe space to see the game. >> during the big game, there's going to be like a lot of emotions and i know, like, you know, some bad emotions, some good emotions. so i feel like here you can have like a calm place where you can watch it away from drugs and alcohol. >> marin bay substance abuse prevention nonprofit alcohol justice is co-hosting the event. >> we said this would be a great place to have a safe place for teens to be able to watch sports , whether alcohol is an issue in their house or not. but, yo

just as bad as he does on the sonoma coast. >> cornell. bernard. abc seven news coming up next, the winter of love, a look back 20 years after this historic moment in legalizing same sex marriage, plus moving forward. >> finally, some relief in the south bay months after this fire on christmas day two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican, is too conservative for california. he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump, i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the costs for

cornell bernard abc seven news. well the heavy rain here at home means the potential for 3 to 4ft of snow at the lake tahoe ski resorts. >> abc seven spoke with kevin cooper from california mountain resort company about the conditions you can expect in the sierra. >> so the resorts are open at 100, and that's everything from china peak, dodge ridge, bear valley all the way through the tahoe basin. they are open at 100. you need to bring extra layers up here because this system is going to come in a little bit warm. so definitely be ready to go because it's going to be wait, it's not going to be cold smoke pile, but it's definitely not going to be sierra cement either. it's going to be that in between perfect to keep building the base as we march into the month of march. >> natalie. >> good tips there. if you are planning on driving to tahoe, the best time to go is before this evening or midday tomorrow. now you can track exactly when the rain will arrive, hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search a

our storm coverage continues with abc7 news reporter cornell bernard and then you have this, uh, the pause all the way up, and then we have the sandbags. >> jucunda egan is prepared for the storm. her home facing beach boulevard and pacifica is a fortress of boards and sandbags ready for heavy rain, strong winds and high surf. and she's done some praying, too. >> i have a lot of a lot of faith in god. god is going to protect me, but i do. i'm concerned not only for myself and my neighbors, but for the city, beach boulevard is off limits to cars, and pacifica pier remains closed to the public after a storm damaged the structure in late december. >> we found folks shoveling sand and sweeping water crews, santana is concerned about flooding so i can clean out some of this water that came in from the waves and from the rain coming in. >> lately, things have been kind of hectic in in pacifica digital freeway signs across the bay area asking drivers to avoid travel. >> sunday and monday due to severe weather. >> we have just a lot of equipment that's going to help us rescue people in diffe

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 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 ne

cornell. bernard abc seven news. >> right now, hundreds of people are waking up with no electric city in pacifica. here's a look at p-g-and-e's outage map. you can see hundreds of residents across the bay area are also waking up with no power. this morning, the orange and yellow areas you see on this map indicate the neighborhoods seeing the most outages. we'll be tracking that for you every half hour. some people decided to venture out to san francisco's ocean beach to check out the big waves rolling in. there is a high surf advisory along the coast from sonoma county, all the way down to monterey county. now, communities around san francisco are getting ready for potential flooding. tempoorary flood barriers went up along 18th street and folsom, which is a trouble spot. one resident there says he worries about how well the street pipes will be able to drain in 4-45 five years or more. >> the water is coming. what is not never do. nothing supposed. the pipes, the pipes put a big pipes in solu

. >> i'm cornell bernard. strong winds, more rain and big surf.check on current conditions in tahoe. just how much more snow they expect in the sierra. abc seven news at six starts right now. >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> a sunny start, but this time lapse video from atop mount tam shows just how quickly the weather can change as our latest storm rumbles into the bay area. thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm dionne lim, be prepared for pounding rain and whipping winds. the storm landed its first punch about an hour ago in the north bay, and you can see from these live conditions in san rafael, things are looking ominous. or we are going to be getting a check now of the weather situation with spencer uh- and talking about the winds. this is really affecting this camera shot. >> it really is down all around the bay area. our live cameras are bouncing in the gusty wind. here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see the rain is becoming quite widespread right now. and down in the santa c

i want to go to cornell bernard in marin county, which is in the san francisco area. i want to just show us what things are looking like where you are, cornell. i see the water behind you. >> reporter: yeah. i had omar. we are getting drenched. hello from the bay area, where it started raining yesterday afternoon, and it has not stopped. we've seen 2 to 3 inches of rain. we're here in the community of n navato. that's about 30 miles north of san francisco. and as you can see, this is the result of all that rain. this is one of three neighborhoods here in navato which essentially is underwater tonight, 2 to 3 feet of water here on garden court. there's another street not far from here that is facing the same situation. so much rain in such a small amount of time has inundated and overwhelmed small creeks around here. we're no stranger to rain, but not all this rain all at once. hundreds of downed trees across the bay area. pg&e, our power utility, is responding to reports from humboldt county all the way down to san luis obispo. that's hundreds of miles. a car was crus

we're live in san rafael tonight, colonel bernard, abc seven news. >> okay, cornell, thanks so much. you can track exactly when the rain will arrive. hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download that now. >> california's governor is unlocking a new effort to tackle homelessness in the bay area. today, he announced funding for the latest project home key initiative. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more on the transformation of an oakland hotel into transitional housing. >> the program you see behind me, this will be up in operation within 12 months, california governor gavin newsom announcing the latest hotel to be converted to housing for the homeless, this time in oakland, near the coliseum. it's not just a capital investment. we need to seed some of the operation supports, so we provide a sense of community and place and continuity and confidence for neighbors that this is an added value. this is not a burden for the community. >> governor newsom says over the past three years, the state has spent mor

. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news a reminder you can track exactly when the rain will arrive, hour by hour, with our live doppler seven radar. >> just search abc seven bay area and your device's app store to download it now. police have made an arrest in the murder of a woman at a pinole home. investigators say 36 year-old jeffrey kendall was taken into custody during a traffic stop late friday night in the santa cruz area. a gun was discovered in his car, kendall is now facing homicide and domestic violence charges. the woman. was found shot to death friday morning inside this home on summit drive. she has not yet been identified. we also have new details. the antioch library will reopen tuesday after the county decided to close it because of what it calls repeated dangerous incidents. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has learned. some of those incidents include sex and drug use. >> on saturday, the antioch library was closed. the list of reasons were documented in an email sent to the city. abc seven news was able to get a copy of the email. some of the concern was a couple o

my colleague cornell bernard is on the scene of that massive downed tree i just mentioned that shut down 101 north at todd road, have you heard any update on that in terms of cleanup? >> uh, so my understanding right now is, um, uh, caltrans is currently in the, the in phases of cleaning that up at this time. okay >> we'll be following it closely . and we do understand cal oes and the flood water swift teams have been activated. where will those resources be out today? what can people expect. >> so as of right now i don't know the locations. and, uh, who's been up staffing those. but currently santa rosa does not have one up staffed but, uh, we are ready to up staff one if needed at any time. >> okay. well, we appreciate your insight. thank you for joining us. >> yeah. no problem. thank you for having me. well these warnings come as water levels continue to rise. >> that's where abc seven news reporter lena howland has been all morning in san jose. tracking the changes. how is it looking, lena, with. i know you've been on this downed tree in san jose. yes stephanie. >> that's right. we a

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard found officials are vowing to make arrests.t wanted to vandalize something, and they did. edwin karenga came to chinatown for lunar new year celebrations saturday. >> but never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. >> one young man jumped on the hood and then jumped on the windshield. and that kind of started the whole melee. >> witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows. >> then someone threw a firework inside of the car. >> nathan vandersteen says he watched the car filled with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away but it was very, very dro