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morning. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. a new storm has blown into the bay area bringing rain, isolated flooding and fierce winds. before it moves on it will touch just about every community. this is what residents are seeing in san jose. >> the latest on the storm's path now from meteorologist lisa argen. good morning. we are looking at the system exiting the bay area. showers generating behind it. that's why we have the flood advisory until 5:45. hopefully, you slept through you didn't, here's the heavy rain, south of livermore in the hills, mines road, from 101 down to morgan hill, san martine, prunedale and watsonville, heavier rain. highway 121, 37 even the richmond san half yell bridge should be getting rain now as well as the golden gate bridge

lighter, still winds are gusty. we have four injury accidents in the south bay, including two overturned accidents. here's a live shot of northbound 280 near highway 17 south of -- out of the santa cruz mountains bear creek blocked because of a downed tree 17 still open. northbound 280 flooding reported at bird and there's a new injury crash northbound 280 approaching 11th street. let me show you the maps. there's a new injury accident north 280, 11, south 101 alem rock overturned crash. northbound traffic heavy for most commuters, couple injury accidents on 680, overturn truck north 680 capital heavy there, south 680 also another accident not causing too much slowing at this point. 6:02 now. this morning east of the bay area residents are cleaning up after a tornado touched down in san joaquin county. a viewer caught this image and

sent it us to. the twister packing 100 mile an hour winds destroyed a shed, tipped over a 53 foot trailer and buried a pick-up truck six miles south of stockton. it also shot sheet metal, splintered wood and other debris across fields narrowly missing a home. >> it got to the shop, lived the shop up like one piece was like a bomb went off and bursted everywhere. the homeowners, four kids, his wife and parents were all home when the tornado hit, fortunately, none of them were hurt. as we deal with rain and wind the sierra is getting inches of new snow. this is what you can expect heading over i-80 this morning, wind driven snow and slick roads, be careful. chains or snow tires and four wheel drive are required on i-80 and highway 50. stay with abc7 for continuing coverage and check

abc7news.com for street level radar. hours from now, rain or shine, santa clara county will dig in for what they are calling one of the most important transit improvements in south bay history. terry mcsweeney joins us live from san jose to plain -- to explain. there's a hint behind terry, a bart car. >> reporter: that kind of gives it away. take a look at a bart train here in san jose, many said that was never going to happen. and it has happened, it just needs some tracks to run on now. you see the tent behind the train, that is where south bay politicians will be gathering today, to put shovels in the ground and get the party started, as far as getting bart to san jose.r7az take a look at what some say this going to look like when it is said and done the biggest public works project ever in silicon valley kicking off today this is phase one of construction. it is going to be linking fremont to east san jose.

there's a price to pay for this. drivers are going to be inconvenienced. bart tracks going to be put in that means a lot of streets will be dug up, including major ones, mission boulevard, dixon landing road, warren avenue, cato road all impacted. cato road is going to be dug down about 16 feet, it is going to be closed for nine months some inconvenience, yes. but the long term look mayor reed says it will be worth i. >> companies looking at the long term can see they are going to have a way to get their employees to work that is different than they have now. part of the optimism of the valley that he we are investing in this infrastructure and helps people make decisions to keep the jobs here itch >> reporter: already planning phase two of this -- project, bart will tunnel under downtown san jose to the caltrain depot in santa clara. first things first. groundbreaking today for phase one of this project. senator feinstein is going to be congressional

representatives and mayor reed of course. they will be breaking ground on what some said couldn't happen, bart coming to san jose. project is supposed to be done 2015, 2016. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. this morning the bart board of directors will begin discussing what to do with the projected budget surplus of more than 30 million dollars in the next fiscal year. the agency is thinking about using the money to invest in underfunded areas that would include expanding service on the richmond to daly city line, car replacements and improving train interiors. the board will also consider hiring 56 new employees to help cut down on overtime. fairfield police are looking for suspects in a double shooting that left within dead and another critically injured shortly before 9:00 last night south of -- outside of a bar on the 600 block of park erode near --

parker road near sis air force base. this morning -- san jose police released new picture of a suspect wanted in with bank robberies in the south bay. 25-year-old ryan wells used a note to rob the credit union tuesday morning. they believe wells used the same modus operandi to rob banks last week. wells is described as a transient, 5'10, 180 pounds if you see him, call police. 6:07. i noticed terry reporting from san jose at one point had an umbrella, then he ditched his umbrella which guess to show how this weather is moving around. >> even when it leaves the area we get a break and then another storm system, right lisa? >> right, what month is this? we are stacking 'em up with rainfall totals up wars to a half inch in the north when

the front pushed through -- south from a quarter to a third after inch now it is exiting the bay area. there are showers behind it, we are not out of the woods yet. right here you can see marin county, golden gate bridge and bay bridge getting into the act after the passage of the cold front. it is -- it is exiting the east bay, south bay, hills of the livermore valley, altamont pass through san jose, watsonville and 101 looking better here around morgan hill, around watsonville, a little break as the system slides east into hollister this is what i was talking about 121, 37 and if you are headed out of marin county now the golden gate bridge could be wet as well as the richmond san rafael bridge scattered showers throughout the afternoon today, upper 50s to around 60, maybe a thunderstorm. guess what? this time tomorrow we're gonna do it all again with some pretty good rain out there. look for a pleasant weekend.

thank goodness the system is exiting because we've had so many problems. good news, not much of a delay at the bay bridge toll, there are wind advisories for the bay bridge, richmond san rafael and golden gate bridge. there's an accident eastbound 580 north livermore has turned into a car fire traffic slow westbound out of the altamont pass. several injury accidents in the south bay, including a couple overturned accidents. north 101 heavy. there's an accident south 101 alem rock overturned box truck at north capital. north 280 look out for another injury crash and flooding in the usual spots. 6:09. she is being called the miracle baby. just ahead, the incredible child who made it all the way to the morgue before anyone knew she was alive. court ruling hours from now that could have a massive effect on thousands of bay area restaurant employees and

millions of other workers, statewide.

good morning. 6:13. you are looking live from our roof cam. i don't need to tell you that's the bay bridge in the background. embarcadero in the foreground, beautiful yet ominous clouds. lisa argen will keep us posted on the storm. moving quickly as we understand. less than four hours from now, the california supreme court is expected to

release a ruling that could affect millions of workers. the court is set to decide whether state law requires an employer to simply provide meal breaks to employees or whether it must also ensure those breaks are taken at certain times during the workday. the case was filed in 2004 by restaurant workers employed by the company that owns chili's and other entrance. by not ordering breaks employers were taking advantage of employees who don't want to leave during busy times. this morning mayor lee is planning to announce a program that could mean as many as 5,000 summer jobs for city youth, a combination of positions within private businesses and city government. the program is a collaboration with the unitedway of the bay area. 2500 summer jobs will be made available for young people 16 to 24 and private businesses will match that of course lisa argen is the woman of the hour because she has to tell us where the

rain is falling, where the wind is blowing. >> that's every hour. >> you are right is hour by hour in the past couple of hours, it was a quick-mover there still is rain out there winds have lightened up considerably, urban and small stream flood advisory has been allowed to expire this is the golden gate bridge not looking bad now we have showers north of here towards the richmond san rafael bridge. right now i want to show you how quickly it came down within the last three hours to the north from a quarter continues to half an inch of rain in just two hours. in parts of the east bay, north bay and san jose, picking up at the 5:00 hour not to be out done a 10th to 15/100 there. live look from the showers behind the front to move into el cerrito, berkeley, albany, we are not done yet. these will be the widely scattered lighter shower to the north highway 121 from

sonoma moving into american canyon turner parkway and exiting san rafael and highway 101 novato. there's the front, you can see the reds and the yellows and how it moved through within the past two hours or so right now it is in the hills of the livermore valley heading towards i-5 and tracy. in the south bay, 101 still wet from morgan hill, gilroy, hollister, prunedale low 50s now, upper 40s in the north bay, and tomorrow we are going to do this again, same time, same place. we'll be looking at totals anywhere from 3/4 of an inch to an inch and a half from today's system and tomorrow's system. we have a little bit more to go, once again, it will be a quick mover, colder, better chance of thunderstorms tomorrow there's the front, headed into the central valley, the san joaquin valley behind it a little break, partly cloudy skies on tap for today and we'll look at those showers being generated behind the system.

by 11:00 this afternoon, it is a mixed bag, evening a few showers and once again, 3:00 tomorrow morning, a strong cold front pushes through and we've got the leftover showers and cold air behind it snow levels down to 3,000 feet, the last system the exiting one and the one that going to move a little quick werth coldest air, one to three feet above 6,000 feet for winter storm warning through tomorrow, upper 50s to 60 today, car been copy tomorrow. mid 60s saturday, 70 sunday and monday. that's what should be happening from mid to late april. good morning. chp has issued a traffic alert for this crash on eastbound 580 at north livermore. i want to show you with the waze traffic app, the slowing it is causing, which is in the westbound direction for most commuters. 31 miles an hour, approaching north livermore. then it is heavier out of the altamont pass 22

miles per hour. seven miles per hour, traffic on basco road heading into livermore. we've got heavy traffic, also really really slow before you get to the altamont pass even out of tracy, 22 miles an hour. drive time now from 205 to 680 is about 34 minutes this is information you can get by downloading our free traffic app. we have more commuters turn this on, you will be able to see slowing on alternate routes. i want to go to the south bay where we had heavy rain earlier and still quite a few accidents. there are a few injury crashes, including two overturn accidents, north 680 approaching capital heavy with an overturned box truck. north 101 jammed overturned crash in the southbound direction at alem rock injury crash north 280 at mclove lynn causing slowing, you just -- mclove lynn, causing slowing you just need extra time. there is flooding approaching

the toll, and also at the bay bridge toll, metering lights on, back up beyond the end of the parking lot. 6:19. in argentina a newborn nicknamed the miracle baby was found alive in the morgue, 12 hours after doctors declared her dead. the baby girl was born earlier this month, three months premature weighing just 2 1/2 pounds and showed no signs of life from the delivery room she was sent to a refrigerated hospital morgue where she was placed in a coffin that was nailed shut. her parents went to the morgue to say good by and when they opened the box they heard a whimper. mom thought she was hallucinating. then they saw the baby move. experts say the time in the refrigerated container may have helped heard cling to life. >> temperature lowering so quickly acted to protect the baby because the brain doesn't need as much oxygen. >> girl was named spanish for

light miracle. the parents say she is fill in intensive care but in good condition. "good morning america" will have more on this coming up at 7 a.m.. i think the word miracle applies in this case. a bite of apple means a boost for amazon. coming up the immediate been fit thousands of e-book readers will get because of a new lawsuit. dramatic video as a suspect and los angeles police shoot it out on one of southern california's busiest ts

take a good look at this deadly police chase and shootout shutdown a section of 101 in los angeles, l.a. police rammed the suspect vehicle late last night. moments later the man jumps out and appears to begin shooting at police. you can even faintly hear the helicopter pilot saying no, no, no. police returned fire, killing the man. police are only describing as a 19-year-old male. the freeway is expected to stay closed until at least -- there's the no, no, there's the chase and gunfire. the road is going to be closed until at least 8:00 this morning while detectives investigate this this morning it appears a new lawsuit against apple could mean good things for amazon customers.

amazon cutting prices on e-books for kindle and kindle app. today amazon will slash some popular books to less than $10 a piece. the announcement came after the department of justice said it is suing apple and five major publishers for alleged price fixing. apple is accused of working with the publishers to drive up prices. apple has no comment. charge is murder in the second degree. the latest as a neighborhood watch volunteer accused of shooting an unarmed black teen is hours from a court appearance he believes he shouldn't have to make. volunteers hope they will fan a morgan hill teenaged girl missing for a month. busy, wet morning in the bay area. i'm on storm watch this morning. i'll have a live report coming up, all about weather, up next.

>> that was a couple hours ago. since then we've picked up a half an inch of rain in san francisco. that's 2 1/2 hours, a third in napa, over that in santa rosa, a 10th in san jose, the cold front has exited the bay area that doesn't mean the rain is gone. out our flight track you are headed out of -- check out our flight tracker if you are headed out of town

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you by mancini sleepworld. good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. there was a heavy rainstorm that blew through the area a a little while ago. heavy rain and gusty winds. >> that rabbit. >> good morning. we have rain from airport boulevard, american canyon, a viewer just called, hail coming down. around turner parkway, watch out east bay in berkeley right now 580 and 80 pretty good cell about to move into el cerrito, albany, and we are looking at the heaviest rain to have exited the bay area with thet5 scattered showers. late of problems out there

at the bay bridge toll traffic is backed up beyond the end of the parking lot, windy across the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge and the golden gate bridge. check out the accidents in the south bay a couple overturn crashes north 101 jammed overturn one in the southbound direction at alem rock north 101 jammed because after over turn crash new accident north 87 taylor. you get the idea a lot of accidents. "sig alert" issued for this eastbound crash westbound traffic heavy through livermore. 6:31 now. the rain moved in fast overnight bringing heavy winds and isolated flooding. amy hollyfield is in san francisco looking at some of the problems drivers have been facing. >> reporter: a lot of problems. the storm has caused quite a few issues. we are in the city now and getting a break. check out what we experienced earlier this morning. the rain was really coming

down. this is on the bay bridge sheets of rain made it tough to see and the winds. surprise spots of standing water out there, all good reasons to have your hands 10 and 2 on the we'll today. chp seeing a lot of flooding, patches of standing water that will surprise you they will seem to come up out of nowhere they say they are being reported all over the bay area high street on ram, 880, northbound 280 at mclaughlin. in some cases they get out a sign, maybe try to get the water off in most situations you are on your own you need to be aware they are there. they could sneak up on you, so be careful. they have a tree down in santa clara, minor collisions they are responding to,

spin-outs. you need to be aware there are some surprises out there. the rain came down really hard this morning and the wind was really blowing. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. a reminder to stay with abc7 news for hourly updates on the storm all day long. check abc7news.com for street level radar with live doppler 7 hd we invite you to e-mail us your weather video. new this morning, sierra lamar's family has created an official website dedicated to finding the missing morgan hill teenager. the page will post new information and search details. it is also a place for friends, family and community members to leave messages. we have a link on abc7news.com under see it on tv. lead investigators began pouring over sonar images yesterday. those images show parts of two reservoirs near where the young girl may have been taken.

more than 100 volunteers have searched looking for the 15-year-old. she went missing a month ago when she didn't show up for school. the florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed and you armed$ái! black teenager is set to appear in court on a second degree murder charge. george zimmerman turned himself in to authorities last night in connection with the shooting of trayvon martin. he claims it was self-defense. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. he is also worried about him getting a fair trial. >> -- fair there's been a lot of information flowing a lot premature maybe inappropriate. >> we just want add arrest and we got it. >> trayvon's parents -- expressed relief. zimmerman's attorney says he will push for his client's release on bail. the justice department is still investigating whether to charge zimmerman with a hate crime. suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is on the offensive

again. his attorney has filed a motion to disqualify the office of city attorney dennis herrera from representing the city in the reinstatement hearing the motion argues that herrera drafted the charges and advices the ethics commission and cannot act independently before the commission. mirkarimi's reinstatement hearing before the ethics commission is set for a week from tomorrow the conflict of interest hearing is the day before. state lawmakers say they intend to make university police departments more accountable in the wake of a report blasting the actions of officers against student protesters. the report says the uc davis police used excessive force when they pepper sprayed students who were protesting with hikes last fall. the report criticizes c administrators for creating the environment that allowed it to happen. the task force is recommending a review of the school's police department. the two officers who sprayed the protesters and the police chief are on paid

administrative leave while the incident is investigated. latest plan to build a bullet train is pecked to be approved -- is expected to be approved a few hours from now the rail authority says it needs to move as quickly as possible to start laying tracks to meet terms of a federal grant for the initial phase of the project. lawmakers are still discussing the timing some say it is i am practice cal to think they could hold hearings and rush through a budget by the end of spring. time to check in on the weather. :36 it is moving around. >> is it still wraining out there? >> reporter: a little. we had hail, benicia, 680 this line sliding south and east vallejo wet, hercules, san pablo wet weather, elser rhee to albany, grizzly peak

boulevard, san pablo dam road and 80 wet time of it through albany and skyline boulevard this morning. more showers offshore not as much as we saw earlier. here's a look at south bay from hollister to 101 and exiting prunedale, gilroy wet weather to give you a sense of how quickly this moved through, this is 3:00 this morning now in the central valley, looking at pretty good snow in the sierra nevada. we are looking at mid40s, low 50s now. sun breaks and -- sun breaks and clouds today with scattered showers another system this time tomorrow will buy totals upwards to 3/4 of an inch to an inch and a half right now we are behind the system, scattered showers activity throughout the rest of the day low 60s out there and one more system to go that comes in right there overnight tonight quite a few problems out there. glimpse of 101880 in san jose

northbound traffic heavy approaching alem rock with an accident southbound. here's another live shot 280 and highway 17 in san jose. there are a few problems on 280, flooding reported northbound at mclaughlin. there's an accident in the same spot. someone reported more flooding southbound 280 at winchester where that almost caused a crash. if you are coming out of santa cruz mountains, a tree down reported on bear creek road near highway 17. also reported another tree down bear creek road at skyline, a couple of problem spots. in addition to that, i wanted to show you a few more live shots. san mateo bridge, flooding earlier at the toll plaza. toll plain number 7. also, -- toll lane number 7. north bay commute looking fairly nice here through san rafael. there is a new crash in santa rosa south 101 eastbound 12 also south 101 at petaluma

boulevard south. be extra careful this morning. hopefully, you will an individual being one of those accidents. -- 6:39. new activations that wells fargo is neglecting homes in minority neighborhoods. the latest on early trading live from the new york stock exchange. here's a live look you can see now dow is up 36 points. they want it as soon as they can get it. the decision marin county officials are practically begging george lucas to reconsider. how mother nature may be derailing a missile launch 8tgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgñgp

good morning. showers are falling behind this strong cold front that dropped anywhere from a 10th of an inch to half an inch of rain in san francisco in two hours. today we are looking at scattered showers, winter storm warning in the sierra and rain in the southern sierra and snow as well. 4 -- 6:43. developing news, the first window for a controversial rocket launch by north korea has passed without word of a liftoff. north korea said would it launch an observation satellite sometime between today and monday between 7 a.m. and noon, their time. north korea told journalists that fueling was underway yesterday. the u.s. and other international leaders consider

the launch an attempt to test long range ballistic missile technology. let's check in with josh elliot in new york to find out what is coming up on "good morning america" after our newscast. >> good morning josh. >> eric and katie good morning. katie when you said 4 -- i said they are saving a lot of daylight out there on the west coast. i'm glad my math is not off, although it usually . you just mentioned the north korean missile launch. we have our eyes on that. as you have been covering a lot today. we'll have the latest on arrest of george zimmerman in florida. he's facing second degree murder charges. this morning we'll be talking to his new lawyer and to the parents of the young man that he killed trayvon martin. stick around for that. also, he tell me it is all the -- they tell me it is all the rain, a new kind of manicure.

what need to know before your next appointment. i'm very late on my next appointment. also, ashley judd's face-off with the media. firing back at critics. the real reason her face looks different and why she says it is about women everywhere. we really have to get some, you know male centric topics here. how about this, i'm a big fan of this. i was in evida in high school we have the cast of the new show performing live here that cast does include ricky martin. they will be performing right out there military island for an audience of thousands and passers-by as well. stick around it is going to be a heck of a show right here this morning on "good morning america." >> i think josh meant to say he was the tallest person in evida in high school, right? >> indeed back row of the chorus. you can always see my head

floating above all the other normal heighted people. new hints of good news for the bay area housing market. >> jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with the latest on that good morning. foreclosure filing in the san francisco, oakland, fremont area fell 7% in march compared to february. they fell 33% compared to a year ago. the tomorrow number down in march. the number of foreclosure starts they've again to auction, [ unintelligible ] a lot of those properties may flood the market starting later this summer. meantime, wells fargo in the headlines on how it allegedly deals with property in foreclosure in minority communities. the bank is facing a probe

into claims it is neglecting foreclosed homes in minority neighborhoods. the complain was brought by the group the national fair house ago lyons. wells fargo says it treats -- foreclosed in a fair manner without regard to race. [ unintelligible ] best buy's former ceo facing an investigation by the company's board looking into allegations that the exec used company resources during an inappropriate relationship with a female employee, all according to the star tribune. dunn resigned earlier this week and cited a mutual agreement on the need for new leadership. we are positive weekly jobless claims numbers came in disappointed today first time this weeks. bloomberg index is trading up.

live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. thank you jane have a great day. >> 6:48. this evening the sharks open the stanley cup playoffs in st. louis. the 7th seeded sharks won four straight games to end the season but the second seeded blues beat san jose in all match-ups. the first to games are in st. louis with sharks hosting games three and four next monday and thursday puck drops 4:30 today a >> this morning giants' fans are wondering what is wrong with tim lincecum after he got knocked around for a second straight start he trouble looking comfortable on the yesterday. rockies scored six runs it was the shorest outing of his career. rockies beat the giants 17-8. the to meet again this

afternoon. meanwhile, oakland a's won a thrilling game at the coliseum over the royals. gohes hit his second homerun of the season. the game went into extra innings in the both top of the 12th he got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in the game winning run. the a's won 5-4. >> see, you can win a game without much work just stand there and let 'em hit you. lisa argen working hard to keep track of the storm. >> it moved through quickly still showers around the front we are looking at within more system before it is behind us, -- at one more system before it is behind us. doppler shows a pretty good cell right now east of vallejo, watch out benicia and 80 we've got the wet weather through columbus parkway, sliding to the east into 68 owens the next couple of minutes. a -- 680 within the next

couple of minutes. pleasant hill and concord, north of walnut creek scattered showers san pablo dam road you can see a little here around southern marin some offshore some exiting the south bay as well from morgan hill to gilroy, 101, we are looking at showers pushing into hollister, up towards 5 now. 50 redwood city, 49 napa, winds have died down they were gusting to obvious 35 miles an hour ahead of the front -- to over 35 miles an hour aide had of the front and appear canning the cold front. right now they are much lighter. still an unsettled weather pattern we are not looking at the flood advisory or heavy downpours. we'll save that for this time tomorrow when the next front comes in the rest of the day scattered showers and then we are looking forward to hopefully, drier and milder weather for the weekend. by this afternoon, you will notice we have pockets of showers, sunshine out there. i think the better chance of

thunderstorms comes after this system tomorrow. today there's a slight chance this system has the colder air, another quick-mover, early morning hours, maybe you will sleep through it again. by the afternoon, we are doing it all again. the giants' game of course will go on as planned and probably will not be heavy downpours just hit or miss showers. then it gets chilly. behind the system very cold air changing the rain to snow. right through tomorrow evening one to three feet above 6,000 feet, 6 to 12 inches at lake level. pretty significant. the rest of the day partly cloudy, scattered showers, 40s today, slight chance of thunderstorms north bay into the 50s later. low 60s by the afternoon. it has been like groundhog day this week, don't you think? we'll be looking at fast forwarding into spring over the weekend. at least we are not seeing as many new accidents in the past 10 minutes as we did

earlier this morning. things are still backed up at the bay bridge toll to the 880, over crossing 15 minute wait to the metering lights windy across the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and richmond san rafael bridge. live shot 680 walnut creek, flowing heavy out of antioch before you get here, we've had accidents in the east bay. "sig alert" for this crash eastbound 580 north livermore. the chp hopes to clear it around 7:00. it has caused slowing westbound the drive time from 205 to 680 right now is about 40 minutes that's a pretty slow ride as you head out of the altamont pass. south bay quite a few accidents, including several earlier overturn crashes north 101 heavy approaching alum rock, north 680 recovering approaching capital. slowing as well north 87 approaching taylor with a crash north 280 at mclaughlin

look out for that as well you will need extra time. 101 san rafael good southbound, there is very heavy traffic southbound approaching petaluma boulevard south because after earlier crash. is it a sequel or prequel? the story is going round and ron. marin county officials desperate to win back george lucas and his digital moviemaking complex. he announced he was pulling the plug on the project after a long fight with homeowners. he says he's selling the land to developers to build low income housing. the county supervisor is willing to approve the plan without any restricts and another supervisor says the board will join with lucas to fight any lawsuits filed by homeowners. no response from lucas. recapping: the damage done before a new storm roared into the bay area overnight, leaving flooding and a lot of problems for drivers. >> terry mcsweeney join us live with the latest.

>> reporter: i'm stage in a ditch by the side of southbound 101 right now just to give you an idea where a car ended up, upside down about an hour ago, one minute ago they towed it out of here. we have video of what the car looked like when it was in the ditch. talked to the chp they say it happened 5:30. i was here, i can tell you it was pouring rain. chp says probably a combination of rain and speed. bad combination. notice to drive , when it is raining, really back off. they are suggesting perhaps the driver of that car did not back off. the good news is that driver walked away after sliding out of the vehicle, walked an away from that upside down silver hahn they had to first of all right it, they had to close southbound 101, they closed it

straightened up, undid the tow truck, and towed it out of here. all systems go now although slow. southbound 101 moving very slowly now. a lot of chp out here in case you have ideas to do something else. number of crashes all morning. things are call now. no wind and no rain, at least right now. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. hopefully those images will remind people of what can happen when you are not careful. a line of showers from vacaville through exiting american canyon, vallejo, benicia, concord and walnut creek, watch out pittsburg, 80 very slick as well as 680. a few more showers generated offshore. the bulk of the activity is out of the bay area but as terry said it is quiet in the south bay moving east of

san jose. we have another cold front this time tomorrow, once again, another half inch to 3/4 of an inch, then we are drier and sunnier for saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, partly cloudy wednesday. be careful out there, we have minor flooding and still slick roads. frances has the details. oh yeah, we had a lot of problems this morning. live shot of the bay bridge toll, still a wind advisory for the bay bridge, richmond san rafael and golden gate bridge even though things have calmed a bit. traffic backed up towards the 880 effort crossing which i can show you with the waze traffic app this is information you can have available while you are commuting. i wanted to show you another slow spot southbound 101 approaching petaluma boulevard south, very heavy traffic there approaching this earlier crash. there's a traffic spotter getting ready to join that back-up. also want to take to you westbound 580 traffic heavy out of the altamont pass into livermore, 22 miles an hour

because of an accident eastbound, which should be cleared soon. thank you for joining us for this edition of the abc7 news. >> we'll be back with a local update at 7:24. >> have a great day. stay dry. stay dry. we'll see you later. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc