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>> lights are out but you will still be paying the tolls. sue hall will have much more on the effect this is having on traffic. >> the storm arrived last night and didn't let up overnight. new video from highway 17 in santa cruz county on your right, stormy conditions topple trees causing delays for late night drivers and rain coming down fast in santa cruz at thef(2t boardwalk about an inch the past hour. >> only expected to get worse as the morning commute picks up. right now straight over to mike and live doppler. there's rain out there, a lot of it, falling in some areas you can see yellows in the eastern sections, contra costa and alameda counties let's zoom there livermore through the altamont pass towards tracy, basco road towards brentwood and oakley out of the sunol grade you are going to run into heavier rain mission boulevard towards fremont boulevard.
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on 680880 south into milpitas around -- alum rock the storm heading towards ruby avenue, over the last hour, nearly an inch of rain in santa cruz yellows there all the way up towards ben lomond and boulder creek where we could get eight to 10 he inches of rain. there's a little bit of a lighter radar return over the north bay right now. it looks like we'll still have waves of showers through the 10:00 we are going to get our heaviest rain and fastest winds gusts up to 55 miles per hour at sfo it is breezy and wet. bay bridge metering lights out, power out on the upper deck, very interesting to see everything dark when you go past the toll, they are taking your tolls, you can look here cash paying folks a little
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slow otherwise no major delays coming into the bay bridge, fastrak working you will be still paying tolls even though power is out on the span. san jose accident north 87 crews on scene right lanes getting by very slow northbound 87, still major problems on the dublin pleasanton interchange, big rig leaking fuel, cleanup crews there, very slow up and over through livermore, bart would be your best alternate to get around this from the central valley, multiple reports of problems on 880 at 23rd, high with a stall and accident serious multi-car accident three lanes blocked westbound 84 off the dumbarton at newark boulevard, southbound 680 mission accident, southbound 680 at 84 an accident tough drive all around the bay area this morning i am -- this morning. kira klapper live in
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los gatos. >> reporter: >> we can hear keira but we can see the story, the rain is coming down heavy, coming down side ways in the south bay they have lots of power outages 15,000 total around the bay area,, waking up without power are more than 4800 customers don't have electricity in san mateo county, nearly 4,000 in marin county. in santa clara county, 2500 customers tone have power, more than 1800 in napa county, there's the -- big ones massive tree fell across a busy road in mill valley this morning. >> between 2 a.m. on to miller avenue. we want to show you the big problem which is some of the
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flash flood warning expires in eight minutes for sonoma county specifically in area in green around petaluma that is for penngrove stream which is overflowing its banks. we did get a little break light to moderate rain back in the area going to funnel into the stream and keep it at its bank full if not spilling out a little that's the key to the forecast, heaviest of the rain east bay the heart of the bay into the south bay still going to have waves of showers after this system winds gusting to 43 at sfo, only napa up around 30 everybody else starting to drop down fastest of the winds are starting to subside hopefully that means no more power outages. major delays bay bridge upper deck, power out there, this is metering lights they will not be turned on this morning because of this power outage, traffic very, very slow upper deck. behind the toll looks like here not such a bad delay, once you get past the tolls on the upper deck,
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bumper-to-bumper, high winds there, wet and extra caution this morning. finally westbound 580 earlier big rig accident at dublin interchange cleared, damage is done, very slow from the altamont pass. newark boulevard three lanes blocked with flooding going to be a tough commute give yourself plenty of time. we will get back to keira clapper in los gatos. reestablishing the sound to bring you the latest in the south bay. >> you will see pit in a couple of minutes. ahead, rescue off the coast of mexico, the bay area help to save an injured cargo ship worker. holiday toy danger. coming from overseas, the new alert you need to know.
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welcome back. 6:11. >> we continue on storm watch. kira klapper live in los gatos. >> reporter: good morning. just when we thought it couldn't get any worse the rain is pick up, the wind is picking up, it feel like you can see the rain is coming straight at us wind coming from every direction, sideways from the top, feels like it is coming from the ground sometimes. we have seen two transformers blow this morning. the main concern off of highway 17 the morning commute, traffic picking up, so are cars' speeds. you would think in weather like this, drivers would be taking heed, dryers are used
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to the drive, they do it everyday, they can probably to it in their sleep. -- probably do it in their sleep. you would hope they would be cautious in weather like this. there are signs warning drivers to slow down, trees down pull pulled to the side not blocking the road, but a good sign what this weather can do, there's a lot of standing water, we hope our viewers heading out to work or school on this friday morning take heed, proceed with caution, plan ahead for extra time this morning, that's the latest from los gatos. kira klapper, abc7 news. [ inaudible ] >> right now we have on the phone line with us, tracy with caltrans to fill us in on the questions we have. >> good morning tracy thanks for joining us. what is going on out the roads? >> basically we have a lot of the wet roads and we are
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asking motorists to please slow down and give plenty of distance between you and the car ahead of you and focus on getting to work safely. >> tracy, one of the outages or one of the dangers comes from the out takes we see it here on the about -- out ages when it here on the bay bridge and richmond san rafael bridge what is happening with those maybe the cause and when is the estimated time for getting them back on? >> we contacted pg&e and our for caltrans to investigate what is the source. as you can see the lights -- i'm sorry, it is lights affected are the streupblgss of lights. so, we are asking motorists to drive slowly, carefully and give plenty of follow distance. as soon as we get to the bottom of the problem and
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resolved we will. >> string of lights on the bay bridge, metering lights are not working, what about the tolls? >> i don't have any information on that at this point. from what i understand the tolls are working fine i can look into information on the metering lights. >> what about the workers on the bay bridge? >> the workers on the bay bridge, a specific -- >> assuming they are not working this morning and not in the high laces where those wind gusts are severe? >> correct. -- with any of our construction projects we look at safety of the motoring public and our workers and we want to make sure that everybody is safe and secure during times like this i have not spoken with anybody at the bay bridge construction project at this point but i assume they are not working. >> i'm sure we will be talking more today, thank you for talking to us this morning. right now in other news,
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merchant seaman who suffered a serious head injury, 300 miles off the coast of mexico was able if get treatment at a san diego hospital due to quick work by the 129th rescue wing of the california air national guard based at moffett field this is air national guard video of the rescue of the seaman. you can see him being hoisted up by a rescue helicopter. the man was pulled off his vessel and flown to mexico, then put on a cargo plane to san diego where he was treated at a trauma center. two advocacy groups issuing new call on prisons to grant early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners. they are making the call on a new report released this morning the group says sometimes justice requires compassion, even for people who broke the law. they go on to argue keeping incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners behind bars is unfair and costly to the country.
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federal authorities have a big warning for parents, be careful what you buy your kids. this year customs and consumer product safety commission have blocked a record number of dangerous toys from hitting store shelves some had electrical or choking hazards. customs officers testified a shipment of toys out of the book for lead contamination. >> showing a high content of lead in these rubber tires, something that children could inswreft and that would be harmful to their development. coming up, at 7:00, the red flags, what parents need to know before being toys. what need to know before you hit the roads really wet out there, really windy and lots of accidents. >> mike is just getting new rain totals. >> especially around santa cruz nearly an inch in an hour more than eight inches around the napa dam, very
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impressive rainfall totals we've talked about possibly getting 10 to 12 inches in the north bay we are well on our way in that one area. good morning, storm living up to the hype we'll stay on storm watch, today, tomorrow through sunday. this is the second storm who having through bay bridge this morning the icon not visible as it should pittsburgh in our morning commute without the light there is as we look from our roof cam. live doppler looping the last couple of hours, we are getting a little break in the north bay, down to light rain there, moderate to heavy rain, yellows mainly in the extreme eastern sections of contra costa alameda santa cruz up towards san jose los gatos where you see keira some of the heavier rain falling now, as we look at the bigger picture this storm is going to come at us in waves, heaviest wave this morning as
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we head through the mid-morning to afternoon hours we are still going to see waves of showers roll through, right now through about 9:00 is when the heaviest rain going to move through, 9:00 maybe a little late, just wanted you to know most commute is going to be tough, you can see the cold front moving through the heart of the bay at 7:00 over the next 45 minutes or so, through the north bay into the heart of the bay, notice how slowly it moves by noon, settled down -- [ unintelligible ] we don't see much yellow through the afternoon and evening, just persistent -- i wouldn't say persistent on and off light to moderate waves of showers that will roll through will keep things a pain as we head through the evening and through tomorrow, we'll see the same pattern roll through very moist and unstable, that next cold front, see it coming into the north bay sunday morning into the heart of the bay from about 7:00 to 10:00,
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moving through the bay cold front by noon out of the bay by about 5 or 6 in the evening a little break north to south late sunday still looking at four to eight inches north bay three to six peninsula, 2 1/2 to five east bay, two to four inches south bay flooding still going to be an issue as we head through the weekend. stormy conditions mainly sunday morning we could have thunder there also monday we get a break, tuesday rain back into the north bay all of us get lighter rain wednesday. a lot of traffic issues this morning please give yourself plenty of time. bay bridge power out upper deck no metering lights this morning, bumper-to-bumper traffic as you make your way up the incline things pick up slightly before the tunnel, expect major delays, even though there are no metering lights you can see traffic
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very slow as folks are taking extra time to get across the bridge, windy, wet conditions all the way around the bay area. if you can, mass transit great alternate. bart on time, muni, caltrain everything on time, bart especially for your commute out of the central valley, early early accident westbound at the dublin interchange gone, very slow traffic over livermore reports of a problem with the big rig eastbound 580 past greenville. 6:20. >> mike has been talking about a flash flood warning in petaluma with one stream in particular exceeding flood stage. katie marzullo has rushed to i'm rob nelson.
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welcome back. 6:23 on the abc7 morning news. heavy rain around the bay area causing flooding concerns in the north bay, gusty winds toppling trees, power lines, thousands in the dark the penngrove creek in petaluma is an especially important point now. let's check in with katie marzullo. >> reporter: we are inching our way there we just arrived in downtown petaluma you can see lakeville street behind us rain steadier but later than in marin where we were earlier the ground is soaked, puddles everywhere. it is the national weather service that has issued a flash flood warning for here
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in petaluma they are talking about the penngrove stream they say it has exceeded its flood stage and is rising continuing to rise when they issue a warning like this it means it is either already flooding or the flooding is imminent. main thing to remember if you are in these flash flood zones, do not drive through standing water or moving water, no matter how shallow it looks that is incredibleably dangerous that's how people get swept away and rescues need to be done. flash flood warning here in petaluma issued by the national weather says. we are headed to penngrove stream we hope to bring you pictures of that as soon as we get there. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 6:25. >> petaluma, east bay, south bay, you name it, the storm is hitting us hard. live team coverage continues at 6:30 the storm arrived last night rain has been falling steadily and hard in places at times, want gusts are incredible.
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meteorologist mike nicco ahead with live doppler to show you where that rain is headed next. also, protecting hopes in the north bay preparations to make sure all this wet weather doesn't lead to more fallen trees. good morning. we are busy chp over 77 accidents active now on bay area roads. you want to take extra time this morning. no metering lights although you can see at the bay bridge traffic jammed power is out on the upper deck. the tunnel lights still on, strand lights out, metering lights off, you are still required to pay your toll, fastrak is working, expect major delays upper deck. bart might be a really great option this morning all the way around. we'll be back after the break with more on this busy traffic morning here
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breaking news on the bay bridge you can see a change within the past few minutes, a string of lights on the bridge is back on it has been off the entire bridge lights have been off for about the past hour or so they are making progress right here. thanks for join us i'm eric thomas. i'm kristen sze. team coverage continues still a lot of power outages because of conditions. mike tracking the storm. you since got a new update about that flash flood warning. >> extended another three hours. looks like penngrove stream is going to be a nuisance until at least 9:15, flash flood warning for the area you snow green pretty much petaluma where the stream rolls through. anywhere near that stream is going to overthrow and create
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a little flooding if not a lot by 9:15 in the general area of the stream. here's a look at live doppler, light rain here, we just had moderate to heavy rain roll through moving east along 12 from sonoma to 29 in napa, some of the heavier rain on napa road heading towards napa looks like 3rd avenue and 29 into the northern sections of american canyon. wind advisory for the north bay until 7:00, wind advisory elsewhere east bay hills, santa cruz mountains, monterey bay until 11:00. winds starting to subside, 50 mile per hour gusts at sfo earlier, near 70 on top of mount diablo now 20 to 25 in most neighborhoods, 49 sfo one of the reasons why we have three and a half hour flight arrival delays. flash flood watch through the weekend for the entire north
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bay, san francisco, peninsula coast santa cruz mountains and northern sections of monterey bay we also have rough surf until tomorrow morning dangerous rip currents and 19 toot waves stay away from the beaches. -- 19 foot waves stay away from the beaches. a live shot of the bay bridge western portion of the span lights are back on again traffic flowing nicely it is busy, if you want to take a look at eastern portion they are still working on getting lights on, caltrans sign keeps blinking no stringer lights on the eastern portion of the span very heavy, know metering lights heavy upper deck past the incline towards the tunnel, speeds pick up a bit. behind the toll plaza as we mentioned traffic backing towards the macarthur maze and
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beyond the west grand overcrossing. new problem fortunately eastbound direction of 58 he would "sig alert" and multi-car accident -- involving a big rig past greenville avenue westbound continues to be slow because of earlier accident dublin pleasanton interchange slower than normal bart great alternate out of the central valley flooding all around the bay area. problem westbound 84 off the dumbarton with flooding in the three lanes at newark boulevard, 680-24 judges major flooding there, overturn -- junction, major flooding there. overturn northbound 880, problem coming into san jose north 101 from morgan hill past cochran all lanes blocked with multi-car accident, hov lane is the only lane getting through, expect delays north on 101 into san jose. sight for sore eyes in the
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last minute those lights coming up on the bay bridge hopefully making things a little safer for commuters. >> all back on for motorists they have not come back for the aviation lights. if you want to see where the rain is reeling -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: i think the only thing i can do is laugh because it is relentless the rain, the wind, it is coming directly in my face it has been there way for two hours, it is nonstop, now adding to the mess here off of highway 17, cars more and more cars as people head out on this friday morning to work, school, you would think with conditions like this standing water, windy conditions, trees down on the side of the road, not blocking the road on the side of the road, you would think people would proceed with more
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caution, take a look they are blazing through the rain this morning. we hope our viewers will proceed with more caution than these folks out here. also, behind us there is an on-ramp people are whipping around the turn we do hope people get to work and school safely there morning. my photographer has no other choice than to wipe the lens, he's doing an incredible job. we've seen two transformers blow, no other problems. we hope that everyone is safe out there this morning. reporting live from los gatos, kira klapper, abc7 news. other weather related news. tree fell across a busy mill valley road before 2 a.m. on to miller avenue at camino alto in front of the safeway it blocked westbound lanes of miller for a while crews cut it up so traffic can get through. stay with us, we'll go live to
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katie marzullo in petaluma with the warning about flooding there. crews around the bay area are expecting a busy morning cleaning up downed trees as wind and rain pick up and continue, rain not only saturates the ground it waters down trees making them prone to toppling over in these winds several downed trees in the past few days. over saturation, old oak they are big once the water gets in the leaves the weight tips 'em over. >> in marin crews chopped up a downed tree last night. north bay expected to bear the brunt of the rain through the weekend in santa rosa officials say they have a well designed drainage system to handle heavy flooding but the emergency operations center is ready for trouble just in case they say problems would likely be to the west of the city or southwest end of santa rosa. stay with abc7 news on air and
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online for continuing coverage of the storms. track the rain yourself with live doppler on abc7news.com. 6:35. traffic and weather together more information coming up next. live look outside this is the bay bridge where lights have just come back on after being out for over an hour. the good news, the wind gusts are dying down a bit even at sfo. already they are having arrival delays of three hours and 34 minutes. the supreme court and prop 8, the decision expected as early as today that could lead to the return of same-sex marriage in california.
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welcome back. here's a look at the it -- look at the latest on flash flood warning extended to 9:15 right here we have light to moderate rain still on the old adobe road, corona, mcdowell, petaluma to skillman lane going to continue and add to the problem that's why it was extended another three hours. strongest radar returns now through the altamont pass coming down out of that descending into milpitas on 680 and 880, winds continue to calm fastest now gusting to 43 sfo most of us 25 miles per hour or slower, fastest wind , heaviest rain now through 9:00, showers for the rest of the afternoon. chp just telling me over 90 active incidents on bay area roads now, over 30 are accidents. once again, flooding, standing water, high winds, take extra time, take mass transit if you
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can or stay home. we've got heavy traffic on the bay bridge because of earlier power outage, no metering lights this morning, jammed getting towards the incline on to the upper deck portion by the tunnel things pick up on the western part of the portion of the span into san francisco this is behind the toll as folks are' waiting to get on the span you have to -- pay tolls and fastrak is work. jam out of antioch eastbound 580 "sig alert", westbound earlier problem has things very slow from the central valley up and over into dub lynn pleasanton, -- dublin pleasanton, bart best bet here. next live and north bay to see how conditions are now as storm number two hits the bay area. the sgs sgs marriage decision -- the same-sex marriage decision expected today. the dow is up a whooping
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welcome back. this is live doppler 7 hd, heavier rain yellows, moderate rain still in the east bay south bay into the santa cruz mountains starting to get green once again heading towards the north bay even once this front pulls through we are still going to have waves of showers throughout the afternoon. if you are traveling from bakersfield north that's where you going to run into the valley rain and mountain snow.
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we still have winter storm warning above 7,000 feet, sue said you need changes if you are on 50. 45 and raining at lake level in tahoe. live doppler telling one part of the story about the rain intensity. kira klapper telling another live in los gatos. >> reporter: good morning. it is still raining, still windy here in los gatos this morning. the rain has been coming horizontally at us all morning now it is coming from every direction i don't know what is worse. more importantly, the streets, the roadways this is highway 17 as the friday morning commute picks up. earlier this morning, there were fewer cars, it seemed to us that cars were whipping through not paying attention to the fact that there's standing water on the roads, trees down on the sides of the
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roads, now that the traffic is picking up, it does appear as though people are slowing down a bit, we appreciate that we want everyone to be safe this morning. if you are like us and you have to be standing out this morning, please bundle up, wear waterproof clothes it is a cold and bone-chilling rain this morning. kira klapper, abc7 news. 6:44. state emergency officials say the stormy weather is a reminder that all of us have to be ready for power outages, flooding or any type of natural disaster now is the time to stock your emergency kits. three day supply of food and water for our family as well as a manual can opener. guidelines for that it can and plan are posted on our website, abc7news.com under see it on tv.
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let's check in with josh elliot. hello everybody there in the bay area, great to join you here as always, coming up, frustrating search, interesting story, one of the fbi's most wanted men eluded capture for eight years with an uncanny ability to blend in anywhere. we'll look at a dangerous human chameleon, next right here on "good morning america." breaking news out of the south bay, police investigating a homicide. they got a 911 call interest a home on whitney near beck avenue. a woman told dispatchers someone had broken into the house and when police got there, they found the woman's husband dead that woman was rushed to the hospital her injuries are nonlife-threatening. this is breaking news we'll continue to follow it. oakland police investigating beating of a severely autistic 16-year-old
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girl found after being missing for days. shyanne white was found on a bus in san francisco last night after walking away interest a car center tuesday evening. staff members followed her not fruitvale bart station but then lost her. the tribune reports it is not clear why staff didn't restrain or stop the girl when they were following her. white's father who lives in southern california says his daughter has been at that are for about six months. the at fate of same-sex marriage could be decided at the u.s. supreme court today. the justice will debate whether to let stand an appeals court ruling declaring prop 8, the ban, unconstitutional. if it lets that ruling stand same-sex marriage will be legalized within days. legal analyst dean johnson says it won't set a national precedent. >> only issue in front of the court in the prop 8 case, is whether or not california's proposition 8 violates equal
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protection. the issue of same-sex marriage in the broader sense of a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage, is really not addressed by the prop 8 case. the supreme court decision could come as early as this afternoon. to make sure you are alerted as soon as it comes down, download our app you can find them all at abc7news.com/apps. jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with a look at what the stocks are doing. good morning. here unexpected drop in consumer spending in october partly because superstorm sandy kept people from getting to work or shopping. after that report a muted start, dow, s&p and nasdaq all unchanged for this final trading day of the month. bloomberg index looks a little higher, a little lower i should say.
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cisco on the acquisition trail announcing intention to buy technologies for 141 million dollars the deal may allow cisco to compete more effectively with competitors. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. 6:48. >> this storm is hitting us. just a few looks what the is happening outside. first lake tahoe, they are getting -- that later. right now the bay bridge where the good news is the lights are back on. they had been out, still investigating the cause at least drivers have that. lake tahoe, the snowfall there at -- >> heavenly. >> chains required on 50 now. >> live look back here golden gate bridge cars off the deck you can see it is definitely wet and you can see shaking a little, still kind of -- mike seems to be looking
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at a trend winds dying down a bit. that's been the good news so far the winds are starting to taper. let's give you an update on what is going on in petaluma we still have that flash flood warning expires 9:15, what's going on is we have willowbrook creek that is now starting to flood, at petaluma park is what we are getting. that's what is going on right there. that's going to continue old redwood bridge is where we are seeing flooding now. please be careful if you are in that area. some of the rain is returning light to moderate over the petaluma area and that's going to continue for the better part of the morning. that's why that flooding is outkr there. east bay valleys, some of the heavier rain around livermore, towards mount diablo and brentwood to the south around mill milpitas, he'ding from
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fremont to milpitas heavier rain around santa cruz where we had -- nearly an inch of rain between 5:00 and 6:00, strongest part of the storm this morning, off and on showers later this afternoon through saturday before storm number three comes in and makes it really interesting sunday morning thankfully most of us won't be on the roads like we are this morning because it is going to be almost as intense as what we are seeing now. front moving through the bay area, steadier, heavier more intense rain east bay and south bay to santa cruz and monterey bay from 7:00 until 9:00. 10:00 we start to see tapering, showers are still back-building behind this cold front staying through the afternoon, evening, overnight tonight he will lose a lot of intensity but they will be a nuisance will keep things wet through saturday afternoon. winds start to be an issue
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saturday night into sunday morning ahead of this next cold front when the heaviest of the rains starts to move into the bay between 5:00 and 7:00 and exits out of the south bay by 1:00, a little clearing by the end of the day. rainfall amounts most impressive north bay 10 inches in the mountains, eight inches santa cruz mountains, four to eight inches north bay, the rest of us two inches in the south bay, six inches around the bay itself. once we get past sunday, monday we get a break, tuesday light rain in the north the west of us -- the rest of us will get light rain wednesday. very active on the roads puddling, flooding, high winds, very dangerous driving. back to the bay bridge, still working on getting the eastern lights back power outage this morning, no metering lights heavy on the lower portion by as you get to the incline section funneling to the upper deck once you get to the cantilever and towards the tunnel speeds pick up a little. still very slow behind the
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toll even though there are no metering lights on lots of folks coming into san francisco and it is very wet bart great alternate, muni, caltrain on time, delays pinole capitol corridor trees fell down on the tracks, single tracking one major delay for has transit "sig alert" eastbound 580 big rig accident off the side of the road slow eastbound, alternate would be the altamont pass road in the eastbound direction. westbound continues slow, we had an earlier big rig accident dublin pleasanton interchange cleared for about an hour, still you can see very slow again from the central valley up and over the altamont. coming into san jose north 101 earlier accident past cochran cleared, the damage is done, you can see slow traffic towards morgan hill north 101 whipple injury accident in two left lanes, north 280 cesar chavez word of a stall
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live look from our rooftop camera past the embarcadero at the bay bridge where the lights are back on skies very grey and wet with our rain still coming down in most parts of the bay area. we've been telling you about flooding at the penngrove stream in petaluma where katie marzullo is now. >> reporter: getting closer we are at the intersection of corona and old adobe. traffic moving freely and more cars than i would expect this time of morning through this intersection, that's good news for now. overall, not good for petaluma
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this morning there are reports of flooding all over and multiple streams and creeks and different things flooding their banks mike just mentioned willowbrook creek flooding also penngrove stream include flooding and the national weather service has issued a -- flash flood warning for petaluma this morning. flooding is happening everywhere rain steadily coming down. main thing from the national weather service when you hear about a flash flood warning be careful, do not drive through moving water no matter how shallow it looks, whether or not it is a low crossing area that you have used a million times not smart it doesn't take a lot to move a car off the road. flash flood warning issued for petaluma in fact for all of sonoma county. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 6:56. >> as mike has been telling us that flash flood warning period has been extended. until 9:15 katie gave
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great advice, turn around, don't drown is the man heavier rain starting to move east of the bay area and through the -- south bay more showers on the way rest of today, tomorrow, another ron of heavy rain sunday morning. back to the bay bridge toll, no metering lights this morning due to earlier power outage, traffic jammed past west grand overcrossing very slow on the incline things mass transit great way to get around. north 101 whipple accident over 30 working now. >> thanks guys for the hard work. thank you are -- thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news back in 20 minutes. >> we'll have the latest on the storm. we are always on abc7news.com.
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