the east bay, a little clearing there. also seeing that heavy rain starting to move out of the milpitas area. san jose reporting rain as well, and we're seeing band of rain sitting near accept -- santa cruz. some of the heaviest rains have moved through. we have another second area of heavy rain that will move in tonight. >> alan: all this wet weather has led to minor flooding and accidents, we're in oakland at third and washington tonight with more. >> reporter: alan, we're getting a break right now. the rain has stopped for the time being, but it hat -- left behind some minor street flooding. that's a block or two off jack london square. the sewer is a little clogged,

and it's piling up on the street. we want to alert you to a dangerous situation on 880 south. we shot this video less than an hour ago. there are several lanes flooded near broadway. this is 880 south. cars come flying down 880 and are stunned to find two maybe three lanes, covered in way, several inches team. -- inches deep. drivers getting on, getting nailed, not expecting the heavy rain, and going from 40-50-miles-an-hour down to 10. so this is 880 southbound near broadway. chp working on 38 weather-related accidents. there was an accident on 880, the broadway offramp, an accident in oakland hills. a pickup truck rolled over on i-80 and apian way.

in oakland, the rain has stopped. but as you heard leigh say, we'll be getting more. abc-7 news. >> alan: and gunshots rang out at the san leandro b.a.r.t. station today where a juvenile was shot b.a.r.t. police were first to respond, and authorities will only say the young victim had been shot in the leg. san leandro please tracked down a few suspects and used a taser on one of them. the juvenile's wound is not expected to be life-threatening. >> the ninth circuit court of appeals is set to hear argument whether proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage is constitutional. here's more now. >> reporter: a major rally to protest prop 8 was rained out bought small group ignored the weather. they have together for 23 years and are legally married. >> the free tom to marry is so important to live families.

>> reporter: proponents have to prove they have the right to appeal a state judges ruling which found a 2008 law unconstitutional. league analyst dean johnson says their right to appeal will take up the first hour of the hearing. >> usually we don't allow somebody that has that sort of abstract interest, as opposed to a personal interest, in a matter, to pursue a federal lawsuit. so they're going to have a difficult argument as to standing. >> reporter: judge vaughn walker allowed the group to present evidence at the triecialg but -- at the trial, but that may not translate to the appeals court. one on prop 8's defenders believe they have strong legal standing. >> the united states supreme court recognizes where a state court eye lous propoke meanted to intervene when the attorney general refuses to uphold the law. jerry brown decided not to defend prop 8 when it was ruled unconstitutional last awesome same-sex marriage advpcates

worry the supreme court has alight of reversing many of the nine circuits rulings. both dean johnson and jim campbell believe the case is headed to washington, dc. >> the decision whether or not to take any case they're asked to, and we can only speculate, but i do believe that if the court strikes down proposition 8, that the supreme court will take a serious look at this case. >> reporter: hundreds of people for and against prop 8 were expected to show up here at federal court tomorrow morning. abc-7 news. >> alan: the federal court is allowing crams to broadcast the proposition 8 proceedings live. and eric thomas will host a webcast starting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow right here at abc7news.com. >> governor schwarzenegger is calling an emergency special session of the legislature on monday to address the state's budget deficit. he says the state cannot wait until the next imor, --

governor, jerry browrntion brown. >> take office. >> i took an oath to serve until january 2011 so why stop working in december. >> alan: the state faces a possible $6 billion deficit. the governor says the bottom line is, have to make more cuts. after yesterday's stalemate in the u.s. senate the future of your tax rates is still in limbo. saturday's vote, which prevented democrats from ending bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, has set the political stage for the next round between own expoab the -- between obama and the republicans. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> the vote preventing democrats from ending bush era tax cuts --

>> now it's time for the games to stop and progress to be made. >> reporter: what the negotiate you'res continue working on, the length of possibly extending all bush era tax cuts, and help for americans who have been out of work for a long time. >> the recipe would include at least extension of unemployment benefits for those who are unemployed, and an extension of all of the tax rates. >> reporter: what's not on the table say republicans, the tax cults for the country's top income earners. >> this argument is over, david. >> we're not raising tacks -- taxes on anybody. >> democrats say that doesn't sound like my prey -- compromise. >> all he talk was bat the need to come to them. that's not how you compromise. >> reporter: chances are some kind of deal will get done. >> they're pretty high, unless republicans decide that they

really want to blame the democrats for having the tax cuts run out, and then pass it next year with a new republican congress. >> reporter: time is running out. taxes are set to good up for all income levels at the enof the year if a compromise is not reached. abc news, washington. >> alan: a woman who spent near lay week stranded in the santa cruz mountains is said to be in good spirits and will likely be released from the hospital today. debra kole link 38 years old, was rescued yesterday morning, alert, but weak and tired. after going six days without foot. the sheriff's department said it wasn't feasible to launch a full scale search, so a neighbor went looking for her and found her on an unmarked trail. she injured her ankle and tumbled into a ravine while jogging on her own. up next, plan that would require some employers to hire san francisco residents. also, wikileaks founder, the

man without a country. some u.s. lawmakers are calling him a terrorist. the foreclosure option where ten homes sold for a single

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>> alan: supporters of wikileaks founder julian assange say he may apply for asigh numb -- asylum in switzerland, several web companies have dropped wikileaks after the site released thousands of classified u.s. diplomatic cables. today assange told a spanish newspaper that he has also been receiving hundreds of death threats. mitch mcconnell joined a growing chorus of republicans who are calling him a terrorist. >> i think the man is a high-tech terrorist. he has done enormous damage to our country and needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law, and if that becomes a problem, we need to change the law. >> alan: supporters of wikileaks say they're creating mirrors of the web site, meaning copies stay on the

internet. >> the city of milwaukee, wisconsin, has started a program to reduce the list of forked home. as a result, ten homes soldier -- sold for one dollar. there are 2,000 homes in foreclosure and 6500 filings, some homes are going for less than $20,000. one realtor says after you fix it up, with taxes, the mortgage would be about $500 a month, or less. san francisco officials are pondering a proposed new lieu -- law that would require at least 50% of workers hired on city project would have to be san francisco residents. san francisco chronicle reports the board of supervisors is set to vote on the local hire rules. the new rules would be phased in overtime. in the first year employers

would be required to hire 25% of their work force from san francisco. if you're looking for work, check out our next job fair. it's next tuesday, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the winham hotel in san jose. >> a group attempted to adopt out hundreds of rats. and leigh glasser will be here to tell us how much more rain is coming our way. >> mike: stanford is going bowling, it has a citrus flavor.

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>> alan: rodents may not be your fate favorite things but they make great pets. nearly 1,000 were put up for adoption today. they were rescued from a hoarding situation. neighbors complained because the rats spilled into their yards. the show turned to north star rescue to find homes for the rats. and andy's pet shop had space for them. >> actually very special with humans. they love to interact with people. they want to be your buddy and play with you. >> alan: 13 families have adopted two or three rats, which means there's a lot left for you to adopt. other rescue groups are going to take some of the rats later this week. leigh glaser, do you like rats?

>> leigh: well, they're okay. they're okay, yeah. i like them probably not running around in the house. >> alan: i'd like to see the sun. >> leigh: has it been pouring out there in the last two or three hours, half to inch and a half in some areas. a little break in san francisco, the rooftop cam, the cloud deck, even some fog out there. the live doppler 7hd right now showing you some of the heavy rain that sweeped in earlier this afternoon, and is now starting to push out. we're seeing a few breaks here and there in the north bay, a little rain being reported. petaluma, east bay, you're in a nice break right now. we're still seeing some rain near the peninsula, loss -- los altos, milpitas, and you can see more bands redeveloping off the coast, and this is all moving in our direction. so a little bit of a break now,

but showers will continue to be in our forecast overnight tonight. could be heavy at times. also, some gusty south wound are -- south winds, and then another shot of rain for the bay area mid-week. this is pretty much the storm system. we talked about this last night. you can clear hill see, boom, the heavy rain is here. this is our little break. you can see the leading edge of the front is right here. all of this has to swing in here before we see clearing and that's going to take place overnight. by 8:00, that's when that secondary band of actual cold front will start to bring more band of heavy rain across the bay area, and it will be with us off and on this evening, and behind it some strong southerly winds. tomorrow, some moisture around the bay area, and then once we get on the back side of the front and the drier air moves in, we'll start to clear things up, and tomorrow afternoon well

return to sunshine. the winds up. wind advisory up to 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, mainly at the coast, and the coastal hills. in fact, just in the last hour, point reyes reported a gust of 47 miles-per-hour. so clearly the winds are up out of the south, expected from 20 to as much as 45 miles-per-hour. a winter weather advisory until 7:00 tomorrow morning for the sierra nevada. 6 to 12 inches of snow above the 7,000-foot area. lake tahoe, 41 degrees, so the snow level very high. lows tonight with more of a southerly stretch of moisture over us, in the mid-up to ker 40s, so definitely a mild evening tonight, and tomorrow, remember, we'll start off with rain tomorrow morning, and then as the front passes, we'll see clearing skies tomorrow afternoon. generally mid-to-upper 50s, few 60s. oakland, 60. al -- 58 for hospital --

monterey. looks like a dry forecast on tuesday, and then more rain on wednesday. they want to keep it mainly north of the golden gate bridge. it's a system to watch. thursday, showers for us all, and then right now looks like high pressure will bring us a dry weekend next weekend. watch out 0 for the heavy rain. >> alan: the parade in san jose escaped the rain. colorful and lively holiday parade in san jose today drew thousands of spectators. the san jose holiday parade, a local favorite, complete with marching bands and floats. a number of civic organizations have been investing a lot of time customizingizing their flo, and an appearance from the cat and the hat and his friend thing 1 and thing 2. the theme of the parade is toys, disprurs traditions, and giants

teammates torres and romo were in the parade today. >> mike: nothing like the giants' parade. >> alan: baseball season over, football. >> mike: san diego has won eight straight at home against oakland, but the raiders lit up the bolts. chargers had also won 18 straight games in december. first quarter, cam -- campbell fools everyone and walks in. then campbell to ford in the corner. 14-0. second quarter, more from the raiders. it's easy. bush powers in. bush had 95 of the team's 251-yards rushing. 21-3 oakland at the half. the chargers strike back you knew they would in the fourth, rivers to gates. san diego cuts the lead to eight. raiders trying to hang on. third and one. watch the play fake from campbell. san diego thinks they stopped michael bush, but instead it's

campbell long to murphy. gain of 37 yards. sets up darrin mcfadden. his 97 yards. raiders stay two back of the chiefs in the 28-13 win, improving to 6-6. sometime 49ers in green bay. wearing their throwback unis. packers, a free play on the penalty. aaron rodgers to jennings, 7-6 packers. later, smith, great catch and better move. davis, a career high 126 yards receiving. 14-13 packers at the half. third quarter, big play biting the niners. driver woke up with food poisoning and this is a seminar how not to tackle could someone please bring this man down. 61-yard on the score. more from rodgers, perfect strike to jennings, six catches,

122-yards. third and goal, rodgers to jennings again, aaron threw for 298 yards and three scores. niners lose. >> as we predict last night. stanford is headed to the orange bowl to face acc champion virginia tech. the cardinals won 11 games for the fir final in school history led by andrew luck. their only loss was against oregon who will be playing auburn for the national title. jim harbaugh has turned this program around in his fourth season, and today he is excited for the opportunity. >> we are very sited to -- excited to be going to the orange bowl. traditional bowl. our players deserve all the credit and we couldn't be happier to be playing virginia tech in the orange bowl. one of the hottest teams in the country, won their last 11 games. great challenge.

and now we can start to prepare. >> mike: warriors in oak d.c. -- in oklahoma for an afternoon delight. the thunder open the game with thunder. 18-2 run in the second, steph curry trying to get his team back in it. transition. the warriors were down at the half. oklahoma city too much inch the third, westbrook, the bucket and the foul. right now the thunder lead. highlights at 11:00. >> final round of the chevron world challenge. tiger woods blew a four-stroke lead. never done that on sunday. woods looked like he was going to win for the first final in 2010. he will make that birdie putt. mcdowell, 20 feet to force sudden death, and he drains it. head to the playoff. back on 18th. mcdowell, another 20-foot birdie. are you kidding me?

sinks it again. tiger would miss his 15-footer, and graeme mcdowell wins the chevron world challenge. >> stanford women lose the ncaa sock soccer tight toll north -- title to notre dame. and it could have been florida state that lost to virginia tech yesterday. that would have been fun. >> virginia tech a really good team. >> mike: a tough test for stanford. >> alan: thank you very much. coming up, some are calling "tangled" the best family movie of the season.

>> alan: a long-haired damsel in

distress took over the box office. it had more than $20 million in ticket sales. this is its second weekend in release. the seven installment in the harry potter sears slipped down in spots. and it was tie between burlesque and the movie unstoppable. that's it for us. thank you for joining us. see you tonight at 11:00. you can check us out at captioned by closed captioning services inc.