good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> strong rain is sweeping through the bay area right now. it backed up traffic all day long, you can see wet roads there that led to a big back up for drivers trying to make their way home to the east bay. >> the power pole fell into a building in lafayette sending live wires into the street. 30 workers were nearby. pulling

down lines today and shut down the road in both directions. >> taking a look at the water hazard in the financial district. both drivers had to navigate around puddles. in santa clara county, a rescue just north of summit road we'll take you live there in just a moment. >> first latest on the weather. it's been a dicey day all over the bay. >> yes. despite the inconvenience scomb problems caused by the rainfall it's just the rain we've needed. here is a movement of the rain, so it's winding down but another outbreak of rain developed. this is a smaller area reaching from clover dale to clear lake. some could sweep south ward. now, let's skip over to seera. there

is some light snow right now. we expect snow levels to drop. winter weather advisory until tomorrow morning. back to the bay area, how about these rainfall storm totals? over an inch and a half in mount st. helena. san jose with nearly three quarters of an inch of rainfall. in spots totals could increase just a bit. looks like heaviest is over for now. we'll have rain and showers to follow evening and overnight hours. thank you. >> abc7 news was the first reporter to tweet photos of the car that went off a cliff in the

santa cruz mountains. david? >> reporter: you can see the traffic is backed up at best, it's creeping at worst in a dead stop this, is because of an accident happening about two and a half hours ago. let's show what happened. as we look at video shot just minutes ago, a lexus sedan skided and dropped 50 feet down a cliff on the east side of highway 17. patrol tells us the car overturned, and the driver and three passengers sustained major injuries the car was badly smashed and appears to have hit a tree. three occupants had to be brought up and they sustained major injuries and rushed to two hospitals the fourth occupant received less severe injuries. rain was heavy around 1:30 nochlt other vehicle was involved. patrol says the driver appeared to have

been driving too fast for conditions. >> vehicle went into a slide. coming down the hill. collided with the right concrete barrier and overturned and went to the right side for the east side of the freeway. >> what kind of a drop? 40? 50 feet? >> approximately 50 feet. >> southbound highway 17 traffic leaving san jose towards santa cruz kept open. vehicles did slow down at the accident scene. northbound traffic diverted and took a detour, it's been a slow drive for anyone towards san jose. traction means you will lose control. reopening of the northbound lanes you can see this creeping along here has been complicated by efforts to get the car up the cliff and on

to the roadway. tow truck trying to do that because the car was lodged against a drain. so, they're going to try it again. live on highway 17, david louie, abc7 news. >> it's a virtual parking lot. on highway 17, the storm knocked down this tree early in the morning on santa clara county side blocking one lane for an hour. >> take a look at this. there is wet cement. these are pictures. two children were on board the bus at the time. the bus, as you can see has been towed away. the storm caused big problems in the south bay. 15,000 pg&e customers lost power overnight. most customers had had their power restored but the utility is reporting still about a thousand customers without electricity in

that area right now. classes at san jose silver creek high school were cancelled today. students were sent home with a warning to be ready tomorrow. >> particularly my classroom, we're going to have our tests but basically you've got an extra day to study. not getting out of it. >> the power was restored this morning. a thousand customers still powerless. >> the storm system is bringing snow to the tahoe area right now this, is a live look at the camera. the area is getting rain at lake level, snow at higher elevations a winter weather advisory is in effect for areas above 7,000 feet. >> check out this picture of a huge puddle at paul avenue in san francisco. you were stuck in this coming to work. >> i was coming to where headlights were. there was flooding on the approach to 280,

reduced to just one lane of traffic. just a mess out there. >> and water fell, right? >> yes this, could be really bad i need to move quickly. >> it forced chp to shut down lanes we'd like to see your photos. e mail them to us. and you can put our radar in the palm of your hand with the weather app. free for your iphone or an droid smart phone down load. >> more now on a story abc7 news broke yesterday mystery man saw a person lying in a san francisco hospital stairwell who two weeks after lynn spalding disappeared has come forward. >> we learned what the witness told investigators now, vic lee with the story you'll see only on abc7. vic? >> reporter: our sources told

us the man is a doctor from inda. he's not licensed here but ucsf confirms he's working as a researcher at that hospital. investigators were hoping he can provide important information since he seems to be the only one who saw lynn spalding during her 17 day disappearance. unfortunately that, did not happen. october 4, 2 weeks after lynn spalding disappeared from her hospital bed a nurse heard a mystery man knocking on a locked door of an emergency man the man told the nurse he saw a person in the stairwell. he then left quickly never identifying himself. the nursing supervisor notified a sheriff's dispatcher said deputies would check it out but sheriff mirkarimi admitted they dropped the ball. >> there is no indication anyone was dispatched to that

stairwell. >> police distributed this flyer said they're looking for the mystery witness the researcher says he came forward after he saw it on a bulletin board a source says the researcher told them he was on the 5th floor of the stairwell and said the person was lying between the three ready and 4th floors and added he didn't do near or touch, or move the person that, he didn't know if she was dead or alive. investigators say spalding was dead by that time, and that her body would have been badly decomposed he said he didn't detect that. investigators tell thaws is the extent of what he knew. police say they've now completed their probe. the only thing they're waiting for is a medical examiner's office on the cause of death. hank harris is a family lawyer. >> i'm curious to certainly read the medical examiner's report when we get it it's outrageous we don't have it

yet. >> investigators tell us the medical examiner is waiting for the toxicology reports. vic lee, abc7 news. officials in san francisco international airport released preliminary findings today from a review of the emergency response to july's crash of asiana airlines crash. three people were killed the airport commissioned the review. and auditor found the airport about d.a good job but called for better communication between personnel and public. the emergency alert system for staff failed and web site crashed the airport didn't do enough to keep restaurants open for stranded passengers and called on working with local hotels to deal with price gouging. the findings did not match in the death of a passenger run over by a fire truck in moments after that crash. >> one person is in custody and police are still searching for another man after an armed robbery and a hostage standoff today. just after 11:00 this

morning police responded to a report of an armed robbery on 83 ready avenue. both suspects took off. one ran into an apartment building where he held a hostage at gun point before running away, again. police are still searching for the second suspect. >> happening now, thousands of uc workers are taking part in a one-day strike this, is video outside ucsf. protests taking place through 7:00 p.m at five centers and nine campuses including uc berkeley and santa cruz the union accusing administrators of unfair labor practices and low staffing levels. some hospitals postponed treatments and hired replacement workers. >> sports news, 49er linebacker ahmad brooks lowered the boom on drew brees. the nfl fined him

$15,000 for this hit. it outraged niner coaches and fans including current espn analyst ray lewis who thought it was a clean hit. monday, lewis blasted the call, vowing to pay half of any fine received so ray will be putting his card to good use. this mixed opinion on the whole thing i don't think it's a penalty. i think it was a clean hit. but that is the nfl. >> i'm curious to see if ray lewis will come through. >> he's got plenty of money. yes, he'll come through. >> holiday cheer heading overseas. packages put together today. >> calling on thrill seekers where you can catch the world's most extreme water slide. >> then a new option for people suffering from back pain. >> and scattered showers as you can see. the green indicates

areas where it's waning right now. spencer christian is coming up with the complete accu-weather forecast. >> taking a look at our emeryville camera. this is mcarthur maze. it's slow going on a day like today. perhaps better for drivers making their way through san francisco or back into the maze.

a jet blue flight heading for boston was forced to land in orlando after an emergency landing slide inflated inside of the plane. still no word on why it happened. >> bay area volunteers got together to send care packages to troops stationed overseas the groups americans supporting americans packed up today in hillsborough. sent to members of the u.s. army's 101 is the airborne division. hillsborough police captain says some items they're sending are hard to get overseas. >> things from home, but also magazines, games, different food item that's can make the journey there. some comfort items like q tips and wet wipes are in popular demand over there. >> volunteers have sent out about 3,000 of the care packages since the program started.

>> on to business news. there is tension between google and microsoft. it's on the rise. and twitter moving into tv. >> yes. cory johnson is here with this afternoon's after the bell report. >> reporter: yeah good, afternoon, larry carolyn. twitter making a push for tv. company now announced it will overhaul the mobile app devices but the search filters will include tweets to the trending section. it's going promote tv shows based on buzz generated on twitter. residents getting a second chance on google fiber. people living in 180 fiber neighborhood who's passed on signing up for high speed network can now opt in one of the packages updates may be come together nation's phone system as well the agency will begin a quote, diverse set of experiments to overhaul the nation's telephone system allowing phone calls to

be made in similar the way internet data is transmitted. stocks closing down today, s and p lower and your bloomberg silicon valley also falling today. and tensions between microsoft and google growing deeper. microsoft selling merchandise with slogans from the scroogled campaign if you're in a market for a mug that says keep calm while we steal your datea, well, you're in luck. >> good to know, thank you. >> spencer, been a busy day. >> oh, my gosh. >> with weather cut ins. >> massive traffic jams and flooding portions of roadways and power outages. rain is moving out of the bay area for now. we have scattered showers and you can see rain is east

now. so this is becoming more wide spread now. reaching from clover dale over to clear lake. and beyond. so we'll see if that works down into the central part of the bay area tonight. taking a look at blue skies from our camera here in downtown san francisco. temperatures mid to upper 50s in los gatos. 54 half moon bay. beautiful view of the sky. looking at western sky. temperatures upper 50s from santa rosa to napa and novato. and there is a break in the clouds there these are forecast features, scattered showers into early morning hours. there is a clearing trend and windy conditions into friday. taking a

look at moisture that is well east. so we'll start at 5:00 this afternoon. during evening hours, could be pockis of light rain and maybe moderate rainfall but by afternoon, we'll see clearing out and drying out. there is a wind advisory in effect from thursday evening until saturday morning. the sacramento valley, winds could be gusting as high as 50 miles per hour. and bay area tonight scattered showers, lots of clouds around. clouds into upper 40s tomorrow, we'll see partly cloudy skies, partly sunny after possibility of morning hours.

nice mild range inland and around the bay. upper 50s to about 60s on the coast. here is the accu-weather forecast. looking at this sunny, mild period ahead starting on friday. actually starting late tomorrow. continuing throughout the weekend into next week. but by wednesday of next week, thanksgiving eve, we may have rainfall. we'll keep an eye on that. >> we won't be too sure until the end of the week. >> thank you. >> sure. >> up next, singer in chief. first lady reveals a secret about her husband's vocal talents. then, after 4:30... >> it's a music video crushing

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president sings at home all the time. the first lady says he sings in the bathroom and says he's got swag but when it comes to dancing, not so much. she's got more of the skills as far as the relationship goes, there. >> thrill seekers should plan on being in kansas city, kansas next spring. >> the world's tallest and fastest water i had slide will open to the public. >> check it out. it's a megablaster, german for insane. look at. that it's straight down. >> yes. in kansas city, the folks say it will be 17 stories tall, exceeding height of the current record-holding slide in brazil. those brave enough to try will hit speeds of 65 miles per hour. anything but the slide, please. >> that is like bomb's away from

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taking a look at live doppler seven now a fast-moving storm blew through the bay area, flooding streets, leaving behind plenty of standing water. there are scattered showers that are expected into the night. taking a look at traffic now, you're looking at interstate 80 in beshgly. you can see it's heavy in both directions as you'd expect on a soggy day like this. >> one more live look. traffic going back to the east bay. that is backed up considerably. but the sun is out. you can see standing water there going to cause difficulties but the roads are drying out. we're making progress here. especially compared to noon or 1:00 in the

afternoon. it's welcome. storms bring concerns. >> abc7 news is live in flood-prone city where officials are working to protect homes and businesses. >> look we are wr we are. normally in winters in big rains, this place is flooded the water, flowing the water is higher. it's low tonight. residents want to keep it low they have a plan to keep it low. but it's a plan being debated and debated heartily. another day, another rain storm. another new story from san anselmo. the town flooded at least three times in 100 years.

last did $1.6 million damage. the town sees this section of memorial park as a key >> i would say as a community we have a flood problem. and that we have to look at solutions. >> the town wants toechl pose a creek, sink baseball diamonds, build birms and create a water detention basin. it's controversial. dan says this isn't a not in his backyard issue. he and other critics see this as a flawed and ineffective plan. >> it's 3.8% of the creeks you're going to spend $17 million on 3.8%? >> 3% is all of the water in the creek and out of the

not just an issue of whether residents want to prevent flooding but how, and why? you can follow on twitter, getting tweets from abc7 news weather team as well as power outage information. >> an abc news exclusive uncovers al qaeda operatives living here in the united states. slipping through the cracks of a refugee program. >> the city of bowling green seems far removed from concerns about terrorists until fbi discovered that two al qaeda terrorists from iraq have been resettled here two years ago as refugees and caught trying to obtain weapons to be used to kill more americans. in this

video, being seen publicly for the first time this morning.. >> i think they wanted to kill meshes and wanted freedoms america provided to them. >> before coming to kentucky. two part of an al qaeda connected group carrying out dozens of attacks on u.s. soldiers in iraq. >> he had killed them. >> one roadside bomb killed four members of the pennsylvania national guard.. >> i think these two individuals are evil. >> yet, the two terrorists were able to get through what an abc news investigation discovered was a flawed u.s. system of background checks both had been detained by iraqi authorities on suspension of being insurgents. >> i would say the system failed. >> a big break through in this case came from this warehouse outside washington. an fbi repose tori of 100,000 bombs used against american targets around the world.

>> this is a box that contains a device. >> reporter: fbi officials were able to match the fingerprints recovered in iraq eight years ago with one of the men in kentucky. >> you can see that here. >> what is that like? >> it was like a finding a needle in a hay stack. >> fbi says there could be dozens of others in the u.s. whose fingerprints may be on the parts stored here. >> we're currently supporting dozens of current counter terrorism investigations like that. >> dozens? >> correct. >> you're looking for prints of people in this country now? >> correct. >> and you can watch the full investigation tonight on world news at 5:30 as he digs into the flawed background checks that may have allowed dozens into the u.s. >> same-sex marriage now little in the state of illinois. the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage. the governor signed a

bill making it the largest state in the mid west to allow same-sex marriages the law takes affect in june. illinois allowed same-sex unions since 2011 but lawmakers say they didn't have the votes until now. >> president obama handed out the presidential medal of freedom to 16 distinguished americans today. former president clinton was among those to receive the highest civilian honors president clinton credited, mr. obama, rather, credited clinton's service as governor of arkansas and two term president and his work after leaving the white house. >> he doesn't stop. he helped lead relief efforts after the asian tsunami. hurricane katrina. the haiti earthquake. his foundation helped to save or improve lives of hundreds of millions of people. >> other honorees were oprah

winfrey, journalist ben bradley and baseball hall of famer bernie banks for a list of recipients go to abc7 news.com and look under see it on tv. >> there was a somber tribute to president kennedy today. the widow of the late robert kennedy was there friday marks 50th anniversary of the assassination. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 the label on some of costco bibles starts a debate about religion. how the store is responding to that. but first.... boys don't have all of the fun. message some young girls have about princess toys their parents give them.

>> now that the wettest day in the day area in 11 months is winding down, what can we expect next? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> a viewer sent this picture of a soaked patio in atherton. the plants are glad to have the rain. we invite to you sent your weather photos to us. >> taking a look at traffic right now this, is walnut creek. 680. you can see northbound traffic is heavy there those cars are packed but moving. stay with us.

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girls, great. >> kudos, right? let's check on the forecast now. >> i can use background music for the weather. here is live doppler seven hd. look at the bulk of the heavy rain. we have areas of trailing showers we may have showers and pockets of rainfall during overnight hours, in the north bay we have this area of rain from clear lake down into parts of sonoma county. looks like it's moving south. wem we can get more rain out of this before the system is done with us. nationally tomorrow, looking at active weather picture. snow into the upper mid west. and showery over in the southeast. in parts of southern california in fact from central part of the state south, that includes interior and the coast. we'll see wet weather and snow over the sierra. with about 5 to 10 inches of snow expected into higher elevations tonight and into tomorrow. tomorrow,

here in the bay area, drying out with partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies by afternoon coming after maybe early morning scattered showers. high temperatures climbing into low to mid-60s around the bay and inland. and on the coast. we'll see highs into upper 50s to around 60. we'll dry out for a while. nearly a week. but looks like middle of next week we may have more active weather and rainfall much needed. >> yes. >> right. >> it's much needed >> thank you. >> okay. >> still ahead new device being test that had could bring relief to people suffering from debilitating pain. >> at the tablet computer is on the wish list you'll find more choices than before. i team up

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fiction on bibles. costco says it was a mistake. the pastor says he was offended and his picture continues to stir debate on both sides of the issue. we want to know what you think. go to facebook.com/abc7 news. >> for patients suffering from pain, options include powerful painkillers or surgery but a device here in the bay area could offer a safer solution. >> gently. >> this former nurse says she's been fighting pain for decades since undergoing ankle surgery. >> when it really hurts, it's a burning, stabbing, pulsing pain. >> great to see you. >> she's turned to this pain specialist who believes he may be able to bring her relief with the help of an investigational device now in trials. it's a nuro stimulator called axiom

developed by spinal modulation. >> so any type of pain could be treated with this type of technology. >> he says electrodes send pulses targeting a nerve area known as dorsal root during the first page, participants are implanted with a device targeting another area on the spine. >> and every day, we communicate to trprogram the device, they'l let me know yes. i love this device. it's helping or nochlt i don't love this. it's not helping my pain enough to move forward. >> reporter: if proving effective the next step is implanting a permanent system. high resolution imageing is used to guide the procedure, which doctors say poses little risk to

the patient. >> and it's reversible. that is the beautiful thing about neuromodulation. >> lanita received her implant after we met her, she's hoping long term relief will change her life. >> that pain could be controlled that i can go back to doing things i really like, volunteers for girl scouts and working with kids. and things like that. >> reporter: the trial is known as accurate study. one note, all participants who experience a benefit with either neurostimulator are eligible to receive a permanent version at no cost. >> san francisco gold dust lounge evicted from its union square location. today, it's celebrating it's 80%. visitors will find a new ceiling mural recreated by a student.

she spent several months painting and did it laying down for hours at a time. >> toughest part was getting perspective right i had to be here painting up close about eight inchs from the ceiling then get down on the floor to make sure that the color was right the perspective was right. >> the original gold dust mural was painted in the 50s by a film crew hired by singer bing crosby. >> tablets are sure to be on everybody's holiday wish list. which is the best? consumer reports partnered with michael finney to find out you have your tablet of choice with you.. >> i do. >> you're an expert in this area. >> they're calling this tablet christmas throughout retailing this, season, tablets are bunked to be a top gift item. just in time for black friday, consumer

reports released ratings of close to a hundred tablets. if you're shopping for a tablet you have plenty to choose from. ipad air weighing in just a pound with a slender profile, ipad air is the lightest full sized tablet tested making it easy to hold for reading or watching movies. apple made it thinner and lighter they didn't sacrifice screen quality the screen looks just as good. >> the ipad air earned highest score for any tablet ever. it starts at $500 for wi-fi only. if you prefer android tablet consumer reports recommends newest version of the samsung galaxy note 10.1. starting at

$550. >> what is unique is that it come was a stylus and a set of apps that work with the sty luchlt -- stylus. >> if you want to save money, kindel fire is a good option. just $230 you don't get as many features but you get a tech support button. consumer reports also just tested newest small tablet from iepel, ipad mini. it's better than the previous version including a longer-lasting battery. now, thousands of black friday sales begin the day before black friday, thanksgiving how do you know which ones are the best? how can you get in on them? i'll have answers tonight on abc7 news at 11:00 when we continue to look at black friday all week long. >> those are frightening images there. >> yes. >> i know.

>> yes. >> coming up next, a priceless gift for a young leukemia patient. >> san francisco reveals what it cost to celebrate bat kid for a day. >> i'm cheryl jennings. coming up at 5:00 the storm top yeld a power pole in lay fa yet. neighbors kept out of homes over concerns they may be electrocuted. plus, this incredible crash. why the driver is ca

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>> last week the city was trance formed for a 5-year-old cancer survivor. now we have the cost. >> the bill and the buzz. >> bat kid being had modest. no super powers? how did he save a damsel in distress? foil the riddler? the penguin? there is no question miles scott made our day. make a wish foundation made it happen with the help of donations and sponsorship. people were so head over heels for bat kid, estimating 20,000 people gather toed see mayor ed lee give him a chocolate key to the city tochlt accommodate the crowd the city spent money the san francisco chronicle reports most of the $105,000 went to this tv screen and staging. the money will come from convention center fees. carol writes priceless. not only for bat kid and everyone involved but for everyone in this country. i know my faith in

humanity was restored. and on twitter, james called it a bargain. there were 400,000 tweets on friday. reporting 4% were considered negative questioning the use of taxpayer dollars. this morning justin tweets i think bat kid was a misuse of city funding on paper but worth the sense of community. it seems so called negative comments kwum a compliment. and antonio posts you ut can't put a price tag on bat kid. >> keep comments coming or join on our facebook page. >> it was an mazing story. >> absolutely. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00

>> abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. cars off a cliff, trees knocked down. power lines at a tilt. >> the most rain since last december wallops the bay area. we have live team coverage. >> i'm sandhya patel. we made it through a drencher but live doppler seven hd is still tracking showers. i'll have details. >> about half an hour west of santa rosa, the storm caused a 150-foot redwood tree to come crashing down. >> and in san francisco, a downtown down pour sends drivers and pedestrians dodging water. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> the bay area has not seen

this much rain in a day since december 23rd of 2012. we have reporters showing you weather and traffic problems around town. >> let's begin now with sandhya patel. live doppler seven hd. >> yes. looking at live doppler seven hd you'll see areas of moderate to heavy rain. and some heavier returns showing up here this, may be heading into your direction. so be aware of the fact we have scattered showers around. and here are the storm totals impressive. more than an inch aconsiders the bay area. and san jose, three quarters of an inch of rain. right now we're taking a look. i'll be back with a look at that and how long you're going to need to hang on to

umbrellas. dan? >> well this was a scene in alame alameda. >> tonight there are sporadic outages throughout the bay area. a thousand pg&e customers are in the dark tonight. outages caused a number of problems today. abc7 news is live now from highway 17. near the summit there has been a bad traffic accident. david? >> well, dan it only takes one accident to snarl up traffic. about 1:30 this afternoon this, happened. a lexus sedan going northbound just skidded and lost control the car landed down a 50-foot cliff and struck a concrete road barrier. you can see the damage. it took out a tree. four people inside were injured