>> reporter: the 46-year-old man was on his way to work at 10:20 last night when the giant oak fell at the precise moment his suv was passing under the canopy of trees on south kelly root. he was about to start the overnight shift, running machinery that makes wine labels. he died less than a mile away. >> everybody is very sad. alex was one of our best workers, and people are just crying. they can't believe what just happened. >> reporter: they knew something was wrong when he was late for his shift. his sister went out to check the accident. >> the sister left to come and check the scene, and she came upon the scene, that it was in fact alex. >> reporter: just yesterday, alec was talking about his plans for next weekend. >> never been to the oakland coliseum and this coming up weekend he was going to take his son to the oakland coliseum and

they were going to ride b.a.r.t. and he was just mentioning at lunch he had never been to the coliseum. >> reporter: the storm also brought down other treed and power poles in the napa valley, thug close utility lines. >> what are the odds a tree -- you're going 45 miles-per-hour down the road, and a tree is going to land on you a heavy enough tree to cause serious damage. >> reporter: the man is from vallejo, his brother, sister, and nephew, also work at the plants where today's shifts were being notified of what happened here last night. >> alan: more than 13,000 pg&e customers lost power during the storm. the worth outams were in the north bay where 9,000 customers are still without power. another 1350 outages are scattered across the south bay.

pg&e says it has crews working around the clock. utility hopes to have most of the power restored by this evening. the wild weather has made for a busy day of cleaning up for cruises along the -- cruise -- crews along the peninsula and in the south bay. it was tough day for some homeowners and a good day for arborists. >> the winds and rains were strong enough to bring this sign crashing down and topple trees. but for their south, wasn't until the sun came up that the real damage became clear. along the peninsula, powerlines came down along with trees, trees, and even more trees. this video sent to ureport shows a tree that just narrowly missed a house in belmont. >> extremely wet and dangerous right now. a lot of debris down on the roads. heavy big puddles.

so drive slow and be safe. >> reporter: this is a mess neighbors woke up to. >> sounded like the roof was going to come off. it was amazing. sounded like a plane taking off or something-didn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you hear the same thing? >> i heard it. it was pretty amazing that came down. but, pretty bad. blocking the whole street. can't get through. >> reporter: this 70-year-old month ray -- monterey pine will cost the homeowners $1,500 to clean up. the storm caused headaches around the bay but not for this arbor wrist. >> a good day to be in your line of work. >> a good day, yes. >> reporter: the water levels had nowhere else to go but up. the reservoir is almost full from the rain in the mountains, but with the water being push out faster than it comes in, observers don't previc a spillover and say the rain is a

good thing. >> we welcome this rain because we need it for water supply. it's helpful to end the rainy season with full reservoirs so we can use the water all summer long, all fall, until next rainy season. >> alan: the winds have died down but we had some huge gusts. leigh glaser here to talk about that. >> leigh: we'll get to that. let's turn our attention to live doppler 7hd. it's not quite over yet. the frontal system has actually stalled, moving very slowly towards the east. we have some heavy showers making their way into the east bay. antioch, brentwood, rio vista getting ready to get hit with moderate rain, check out north of milpitas. this batch of rain moving towards the east and will continue to move in towards the fremont area in the next 10 to 15 minutes. let's do take a look at the peak

wind gusts. this happened right after the front moved through between the hours of 1:00 and 2:00 in the important. point san pablo, 70 miles-per-hour win gusts. novato, 60 miles-per-hour. angel eye -- island, 60 wind gusts. so clearly with the saturated soil, with these heavy, heavy winds, you can see why we had so much damage. more rain in the extended forecast. that's coming up. >> alan: let's take a look at the sierra, where whiteout conditions shut down traffic from auburn to the nevada stateline. it's citizens re-opened but chains are required on i-80 and highway 50. this is a look at i-80. you can barely see the road. see soda springs exit, you can see an eye -- icicle hanging.

>> a mill bear family is recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning. pg&e check the home and found the floor's furnace was not properly ventilated. the gas has been shut off while pg&e workers examine the problem. >> san francisco police are investigating a possible hit-and-run after man was found dead at market and 8th street last night. police aren't releasing any information about the car that may have struck that victim. investigators say they want to hear from more witnesses who can tell them exactly what happened. in san francisco, police are investigating a shooting that left a man and a woman critically injured. it happened just after 2:00 a.m. outside the el toro night club. a man and his 20s shot the two victims, then ran off. police say the male victim has life-threatening injuries. up next, the attack on libya.

libyan guns fire back from tripoli. new reports that bombs have hit moammar gadhafi's compound. more survivors rescued a week after the earthquake and tsunami in japan, and reports of progress in the effort to gain troll control of a leaking nuclear reactor. a new jersey jer

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>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: they gunfire continues in lib cramp the u.s. military says the bomb bartment so far, which includes tom -- tom ahawk missiles are degrading gadhafi's forces. >> we now have the capability to patrol the air space over libya, and we're doing just that, shifting to a more consistent and persistent air presence. the no fly zone is effectively in place. >> alan: a building on gadhafi's compound has been hit by a cruise missle but they're not specifically targeting the leader. mike mullen says the main goal of the operation is to protect civilians. in japan, officials have declared two units at the

struggling nuclear power plant under control. both units have cooled down after operators pumped cool water into storming -- storage pool. however pressure in a third unit rose today. the japanese government is advising people living near the plant not to drink the tap water. a ray of hope was a remarkable rescue sunday, an 80-year-old woman was pull from the rubble where she and her grandson had been trapped for more than a week. she had apparently been pinned under in the refrigerator. fortunately for her she survived on food from the fridge for nine days until her grandson managed to pull himself out. he called for help from the roof of the flattened house. >> a few signs that life is returning to normal. nissan plans to resume auto and parts production at five japanese factories on monday and

plans to resume vehicle production on thursday as long as supplies last. the industry still faces rolling blackouts and foundation -- infrastructure problems. >> two cell phone companies plan to walk down the merger aisle. and it's officially spring. leigh glaser has more on that. >> mike: march madness begins for the men. we have your details coming up

>> alan: at&t says it's buying t-mobile. they're paying $39 billion in stock and cash. it would make at&t the biggest cell phone company in the united states with 29 million subscribers and decrease the number of wireless carriers from four to three. the deal will no doubt face intense scrutiny from federal regulatears. >> today city officials closed off the embarcadero from

fishermen's wharf to the mission. the event featured biking, skating, tai chi, dance lessons. there are seven more events planned later in the year. >> many viewers have sent in your videos and photos from the storm. here's the lighter side. a squirrel taking shelter from the rain inside a feeder. this is sent to us by tammy in redwood city. thank you. if you have any pictures or video used like to share, upload them at ureport.abc7news.com, or e-mail us at ureport@kgo tv.com. >> leigh: we're going to get into another very active pacific weather period monday, tuesday,

and definitely wednesday and thursday of the upcoming work week. a beautiful shot there. looking over the bay from our high definition east bay camera. a nice break today. and by the way, 4:21 today, we actually changed seasons. we're now in springtime, so happy spring to you. speaking of spring and showers we have going on, live doppler 7hd still picking up some moderate pockets of rain towards the concord area, walnut creek, heading over towards the east there. you can see a little closer look here. oakley, starting to pick up a little rain, also the livermore valley area, fremont, san jose, light rain, more developing off the coast. it will be the scattered variety overnight tonight and in through your monday as well. there's the little cell moving in towards milpitas. temperatures 48 in antioch, 55 in oakland, 56, redwood city.

san jose, 56. clear patches overnight. showers and isolated thunderstorms expected for our monday. we'll see a few sun breaks, too, and then it looks like a heavy rain system will be possible as we head into tuesday night, and throughout the day on wednesday. i want to take you back to last night. this is the cull -- actual cold front, classic comma, very tight here, denoting a very strong storm and this is about 1:00 in the morning, and that's when those winds picked up, and then this barreled through. stalled through the central valley area so still seeing quite a bit of rainfall, and this activity right back here, this area of low pressure will pin wheel moisture in our direction off and on. you can see he moisture here, just going to be lifted up and we'll continue with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms monday. overnight tonight, some of this

will ease up, get a little break, and for the 6:00 a.m. monday morning commute, scattered at best. a nice break monday night, and then the forecast models want to bring in another stronger system by tuesday afternoon. this may be a little early. we'll update this for you tomorrow. it's going to be a very active, active weather week, indeed, for us coming up. lows tonight, clearing, a little cooler, napa, 4 2. 48 for san francisco. not a total washout tomorrow. isolated thunderstorms and sun breaks, temperatures in the mid-50s for the peninsula. 55, downtown san francisco, north bay, temperatures, mid-to-low 50s. petaluma, 53. 57 for oakland. interior east bay, a little sunshine, showers, 56 for concord, and watson vl tomorrow,

56 degrees. a break monday night, tuesday morning, and then see another system barrel in a little sooner, maybe tuesday night, rain and wind thursday, showers friday, and maybe more next stuff next weekend. >> alan: might as well stay inside and watch the national tournament, and shu is their talk about that. we're running out of west coast teams to root for mike mike washington facing north carolina. the huskies has 18 ncaa wins in its history, the same number of final four appearances for north carolina. michael jordan checking out north carolina. second half, tar heels down one but barnes hits three of his 22 and they're up two. 20 seconds left. washington down fur. suggs buries the triple. five second left. huskies down three. the desperation heave from half court. no good but goes off a tar heel.

officials say it goes out-of-bounds with .5 of a second left. the clock says there should be a half a second more. but isaiah thomas can't get a three off. north carolina advances, 86-83. >> in the west, top-seeded duke facing michigan. second half. blue devils in control. smith with a 10-0 run. duke leads by as many as 15. but the wolverines rally. tim hardaway, jr., down. irving, the freshman, pulling up and down, his first feel -- field goal of the game puts duke up. michigan had chance. morris pulls up, oh, off the rim, and duke will survive, 73-71. the sweet 16, duke will face arizona, the wildcats edge alan's long -- horns.

>> the warriors getting a double-dose of dallas, losing in the oracle, going for pay back in the big d. early going, david lee with a nice look. eight first half points for udo. mavs got half in the second got hot in the second half. thin dirk nowitzki. 12 first-half points. dallas up 42-23. warriors cut it to single digits. the pretty reverse. then it's rice for three. golden state 51-43 at the half. mavs lead right now in the third quarter. complete highlights at 11. cactus league baseball. a's and giants in scottsdale. bam -- bumgarner got a

double-play off bart. you i'm ready for the reel deal. split squad action. giants fall to the cubs and in phoenix, the a's come up short against the d-backs. 4-# the final. >> let's head south to indian wells where novak djokovic facing the top dog, ravenna -- rafa nadal. djokovic has not last a match this season. rafa, unleashes a wicked ace. in the second, djokovic rallies. nadal gets it. then the overhand slam, goes up 5-3 and takes the set. novak steam-rolls from there. djokovic, this year's aussie open champion, continues his dominance, winning in three sets, undefeated in the season. >> in golf, transitions in

florida. a two-hours race. on 12, webb for birdie. good. drops to 15-under. 17, gary woodland, beautiful touch. ties webb at 15-under. then on 18. woodland with a gutty par putt to remain tied atop the leaderboard. drains it. 4-under 6. simpson ran into trouble on 18. this putt to force a playoff. no dice. gary weed land, another first-time winner on the pga tour, gary woodland. and sorry to say your texas longhorns -- longhorns -- >> alan: tough.

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>> alan: no stopping "limitless" at the box office. opened at number one with $19 million in ticket cells. the film stars bradley cooper as a struggling writer who takes a pill that allows him to tap into his maximum brain potential.

coming in second was rango. made 15.3 million and last week's number one, "battle los angeles" fell to third place with $14.6 million. that's it for us. thanks for joining us. see you at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc. [ female announcer ] we make it little and black.

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