heading out towards rio vista area, light to moderate rain around highway 12. if your travels are taking you there, just keep that in mind. in f.you'll notice south of gilroy around highway 101 there is a pocket of light to moderate rain. so... with that storm yesterday, we set record rainfall. san francisco just over an inch and under a quarter there. oakland 1.26. records there. these are daily records. san jose 82/100ths. i'll tell you when the rain thread and possibility of thunderstorms ends in just a little bit. >> thank you very much. and we received a lot of pictures of the storm from viewers around the bay area, take a look at this one. this is by tom robinson. it's got a fish eye look. you can see lightning strikes on the left hand corner and on the right, take a look. bay bridge looks like it's

just disappearing. anthony sent twous pictures he shot about sock last night, he took this one in menlo park. you can see the strike here and this is a picture from a different angle. looks like it hit something but didn't. thomas mcdonald shot this picture of hail in his backyard that is unusual. and also in, san francisco international airport 60 flights cancelled and one flight had to turn around after being struck by lightning. vic lee joins us with that story. what an event for those people. >> oh, yeah. well, cheryl there is a bit of wind but as you can see, it was a clear day. and the plane was about 45 minutes into the air. passengers experienced

something scary. here is what happened in their own words. united flight 930 took off, passengers were nervous. >> this is bumpy and i covered my eyes. >> all of a sudden there was a mighty bang. the kids started crying. >> and there is a big..., big flash. and a bang. and... then, within seconds, the oxygen masks fell. >> exit sign popped. emergency sign popped. >> when the lightning popped i woke up. i might not need coffee ever again. >> there is a lot of "oh, my god". >> this passenger said there was an erie silence peem were waiting to hear what is going to happen next. >> viviane says the captain spoke. >> he just said ladies and gentlemen we've just been

struck by lightning. that was it, really. >> i don't need fire works displays on the wing. no. >> as an engineer i figured plane, fuselages are protected from lightning. only negative is where circuits got fried. >> the captain told passengers everything was all right and the plane returned to san francisco. >> did you have a couple pints afterwards? >> i'm going to have to. >> and most boarded another flight on this friday. friday the 13th. >> before i was scared that oh, we're going to land on tri the 13th now we're going to fly off on friday the 13th. i don't know what is better. >> this passenger said not to worry. >> being chinese 13 is a lucky number sclam. >> -- ! >> that is right. i can tell you. there are three other flights struck by lightning as they approached in san jose last night. all three plains landed safely. i can tell you that these are

experiences, trust me that, people will never forget. my wife was a flight attendant many, many years and will never forget the time lightning struck her flight. she said it came from the front of the plane traveled through the aisle between the seats of the passengers and all the way to the back of the plane. and this was like decades ago. she still reminds me of that. scary stuff. >> i had it happen on a plane. it's scary. thank you very much. a powerful storm took the live of a little girl in santa cruz. authorities say the 6-year-old was playing in the surf on a beach near pleasure point. she was hit by a powerful wave that pinned her under a log, poor thing. young girl air lifted to stanford hospital. sad to say she died from her injuries. >> and the storm saturated the ground with several hillsides giving way. one about 7:00 this morning.

the soil developed a consistency of pudding and it took down trees. crews are still checking to see whether a home suffered damage. and near moraga, canyon road is open to traffic. the rain caused flooding and triggered a rock slide. sky 7 was overhead today. crews started to clean up the mess. it took heavy equipment to clear boulders blocking the road. >> crew as considers the bay area are dealing with a lot of downed trees up rooted by wind and rain. into santa cruz mountains, massive oak snapped and crashed with a mile and a half off highway 17. and no power lines and no one lost electricity. this scene is similar in berkeley. crews are cutting up this giant fallen tree. and it looks like it narrowly missed self homes on prince street. >> a storm brought a lot of snow to the sierra.

about one to two feet of snow overnight this, morning the snow still falling by afternoon, the skies were clear. abc p ever 7 joins us from soto springs. >> there is a line set up here to close up or start gearing down and there is a then a gift fell from the sky. the he stoshl brought up to two feet of fresh snow to spots in the tahoe basin. for some that means they can extend the season by a few more weeks. donner ski ranch says it's looking to stay open until may. later closings are good news since there is no snow in december and january. >> there is a conditions that are excellent. people are interested in skiing. now is the time to hit. >> the new powder attracted visitors from far away. many thought this would be the last chance to play in the snow.

this family traded in a tropical 85 degree weather for chilly sierra. it took them two and a half days to drive up here. >> to get my son into snow. yeah. that is the only reason. the snow. >> it doesn't snow near puerto vallarta? >> are you kidding me? no. >> for these residents it provided an excuse for a road trip. >> we don't get this in so cal. i wish we did. it's a great opportunity to be here. >> the fresh snow was too little, too late for some ski resort. many will close up sunday after all, it's spring. borreal using a record six million gallons of recycled water to make snow to keep visitors happy. >> we're closing with new snow but know everybody in the valley starts to think about golfing and boating and everything like that. sho so it's been a good season

we're going to close up shop. >> and donner ski ranch told me they closed last year on july 10th but last year was a very, very plentiful snow year, so much different than this year. >> thank you very much z what beautiful pictures, there is storm watch coverage continues online. be sthour check out latest video at pictures from many of our viewer autos we're developing severe weather news out of the southwest. we've first reported this on abc 7 news at 4:00. a tornado touch down near the university of oklahoma. roofs torn from homes and buildings. the national weather service says that is part of a powerful storm system expected to rumble throughout the region. >> a bizarre ending to a search for a kidnapping suspect in oakland today. this morning near embarcadero oakland police spotted a man

wanted for kidnapping and qau. he and a woman ran into jack london inn. after three and a half hours that included a room to room search, officers walked out with the suspect. he had tried to disguise himself. >> the suspect did change clothes and into womens' clothing and did try to disguys his appearance to evade police detention. >> you can see him there. the suspect female companion was also taken into custody. no word if she's a suspect herself. >> police say they have found a body of a codough mefto fourplex where a gunman shot two people. a sheriff's deputy and lock smith were killed. the deputy tried to evict a tenant from one of the apartments. that started a day-long siege lasting until s.w.a.t. teams fired flash grenades into the town house last night. that started a fire apparently. investigators say they're sure

the body found inside was a still unidentified killer. >> it's been a month today since sierra lamar disappeared from morgan hill. today, deputies spent the second day diving into reservoirs looking for clues. abc 7 is live tonight at chesbro reservoir. >> right. and they've spent most of the day here at yu by. s reservoir, but these two are getting the most interest because they're ones closest to seera lamar's home. out of about 2000 sonar images, the dive teams honed in on about a dozen that pro accused objects that were curious, they wanted to rule them out as phone shall evidence in this case. six divers from the sheriff's office are navigating murky waters. they don't mind the heavy rain but the team is keeping an eye

out for strikes. >> we don't want to be bringing ourselves into has yards but we're being mindful. >> the search involves checking out eight items of interest captured by this sonar. this image is unrelated to the sierra lamar case but gives an idea of what the team is working w item on the right turned out to be a car. >> this might not be one image. it's often a combination two,, three image autos yesterday, divers ruled out five items of interest at chesbro reservoir. >> there is a large rock formation. and valves. and a lot of wood. and tree trunk autos each object deemed worthy of investigation is relocated using gps and a dive of 40-100 feet is required this cage dropped into the water acting as a family marker. >> there is a cage that we can see. then, we bring it closer to

the image we're looking for. until the divers have a very short distance. >> the dive operation follows a month of searching. the long land and watt yemplt each outing an effort find evidence bringing home the 15-year-old, sargeant moore has been working this case since day one. >> we're here to do a mission at hand and a search has been coming out. and they'll be out this weekend areas in morgan hill. large communities are searching for saturday and sunday. abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. >> just ahead here it's friday. that means we have some free stuff for you coming up. >> i'm wayne freedman at the ballpark. opening day finished on a high note and a loud one. >> also... a car thief caught

in the act. how this call landed him in jail. abc 7 news continues in one minute.

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the giants won 5-0, glad to report. you're looking at a live picture. stands were packed and it did not rain at aum. -- all. wayne freedman is there live tonight. take me out to the ballpark, wayne. >> we had an appearance by kbrin stow injured last year on opening day. and we had large clouds and a loud crowd also had airplanes, here is the story. if not for uniforms here is

the field. we had a suspension. >> with that the commander revealed the time our fashional anthem was finished today. why would that matter? we'll get to that on this, symbolishic of holidays. >> it's opening day. our happy new year. >> there are many traditions on stake. and he begins his 14th season. >> how do you know they've been here before? >> i'm assuming. >> and now enterert stadium. >> then this comes back to you. beginning with the first sensory overload. green grass, are you beginning to feel sentimental? >> this is like my home. it's this green. >> this is what filled it. an american flag as national anthem began. >> on the dot.

on the dot. >> with that two f 18s with a piece of music running one minute and 40 seconds. planes use computers to turn at just the right moment. and they then arrive right on time. a perfect strike on this, the first of many days we hope they'll score. how fast were plains going? about 10 miles and if you're feeling sorry for pilots because they didn't get to see the game. they drove here and they saw a doozy. >> thank you very much. we hope everybody enjoy hd game. this is cute there are fans

sending us pictures. check this out. this puppy is a fan. right? we want to see your team pride. send us your photos or e mail us. >> that is wonderful about having baseball back. fortunately not a rain out today. >> partly sunny skies out there. showers just in time for games to get under way. there are hours out there and there is a a view from san jose. they're seeing some cloud cover, still. there is a possibility of showers. there is blue canyon starting to pick up snow. there is a snowfall and anywhere from a half foot to just over two feet of snow. there is a lightning strike

that are not here right now. as i show you where we're seeing showers you'll notice mostly into north bay here around petaluma and napa, we take you down to street level. there is expressway commerce boulevard light rainfall. and shifting a little east here we do have moderate rain here. out towards vaca valley road, alamo drive going keep that into atmosphere. so we'll keep showers around. sierra nevada snow beginning to develop. if you're traveling to tahoe, until 8:00 tonight. chains required on state route 88 and 4. numbers into 50s, 48, fairfield. cool afternoon and breezy as well. gusty winds at oakland 33 miles per hour look at sfo.

gusting to 40 miles per hour. there are showers and reports of small hail today. slight possibility of thunderstorms. once sun goes down it should be diminishing. sunny, warmer for weekend. there is some rain there. this is a trough, until it goes through we'll keep a slight risk of a thunderstorm. there is high pressure dry, milder. so tonight's forecast animation, a few showers at 7:00. 9:00 p.m. mostly down towards south bay. you'll notice other than maybe an isolated shower into early morning hours pretty much done. temperatures heading up. into sierra nevada winter

storm warning until 8:00 tonight there is a overnight readings you'll feel chill in the air. in the morning you'll need a sweater, inland areas temperatures into upper 30s, low to mid-40s, we're going with a milder day. upper 50s to mid-60s, sunny skies and temperatures into upper 50s to low 60s, good looking weekend, enjoy it. it's warmer, spring like back to seasonal spring weather. then bringing in a slight chance of showers. and this is mainly a north bay event at this point. >> still ahead finney's friday free stuf stay tuned for that and a response perfect apple to fixing charges on e books. the company claims it's the opposite.

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coming up in half an hour for the first time the sons of a berkeley murder victim speak out on why the police were not sent to help until it was too late. >> i'll be reporting on a new campaign against child abuse that teaches children to protect thefl selfs with a single message. >> a suspected car thief called 911 four times in two weeks leading police to him. >> this is since august, are you cool with that? >> the driver pulling up next to the cartelling them i'll jump out and jiggle the key. that is street slang for use of a shaved key he admitted his cell phone sometimes dialed 911 for no good reason. he says he'll probably get a new phone once out of jail. probably a good idea.