live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> the rain drops on the camera, this tells it all: the much needed rain is here in the north bay. >> from highway 17, you can see there was justify rain to require windshield wipers and careful driving. >> sandbags are available on the if lanes near the creek prone to overflood the banks. >> to heavenly mountain in lake tahoe you can see the skiers are

loving it. the clouds have not given way to a lot rain or snow. that is coming. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. from the bay area to the sierra, we have you covered with complete storm watch coverage. reporters are on the scene of a tree that fell on a major road and the area that flooded in marin county last month. first, though, mike nicco is tracking the storm outside the studios. mike? >> good morning, it has been wet. it has been steady rain. you are right, not measuring up to lot yet but i am feeling the breezes. up to .09" in santa rosa, the least amount. in san jose, .17" in rain so the rain has been the most at conquer at .75" and here is

where the heavier radar runs are now: pulling from walnut creek and concord at 680 to martinez to benicia and vallejo. you have some more now moving through san francisco and look what coming our way, this area of low pressure will have the instability for the stronger afternoon and evening storms and below the storms, that is lightning we are tracking. the stronger storms are over the ocean and will be here soon in the seven-day forecast. san francisco emergency crews rescued a woman who fell 10 to 20 feet by the cliff house. these are pictures of the rescue a short time ago. in word on how she ended up falling down the cliff. crews say it does not appear she was critically injured. >> folks are hooking forward to a healthy rainfall to ease the drought even those who businesses flooded last storm

are prepared this time around. >> this is what she will watch the next few days, when sick -- when sycamore creek is full, it causes a problem. resolution concerns braced for a few days of wet weather with protective gear. >> it is from to have the rain. it is great. but we have to deal with this. here we are. dressed for the rain. >> the storms will give the north bay a good soaking. >> we need it. yes. i don't want to suffer another drought. >> you can make sandbags but the fire station on harrison has plenty of san. we did not see anyone stopping by. from the looks of it, people have already prepared. >> i have a stockpile in the back room waiting for the inevitable. >> dave is feeling nervous about the forecast. his bar, the 2 a.m. bar flooded

a few weeks ago dug the last storm. this morning he is watching the weather reports and studying the tide charts. i am studying tidal charts because of where we are located. >> when the tide is high the rains are heavy and the creek swells and miller act floods. it does not all happen. he hopes he will be lucky. >> i could be in my waders tonight preparing if the worst but now i am open for business and pluggin' along waiting to see what mother nature throws at us. >> a city spokesman says they are ready. they had a meeting on monday to talk about clearing storm drains and looking for blockages and ordered 4,000 sandbags. they are watching. they will watch tomorrow morning the next high tide around 9:30. if it rains all night and the high tide comes in they are worried the water will have

independence -- nowhere to go. 100 people in the south bay are still without electricity this morning and in part because of a tree that toppled, knocking down power lines in a los altos neighborhood. now to the scene. david? >> kristen you can see and hear this are tree service crews busy working here in los altos because of a tree that fell right into this street. the tree or was a 40' high pine right at the intersection at mills avenue. the tree leaned out over the street and as it fell damage was limited to a fence with no one shut there was no damage to any homes. utility lines ran through the crown of the street and they were snagged. a firefighter said there were no reports of high winds when this happened and the area now is without power, cable, and internet service. >> this just got wet and heavy and fell over. >> how does it affect your

telephone and power? >> there was a surge and the power was back on but they shut it off. we are headed to the local shopping center to see if we and get online and do some work. >> both neighbors and a firefighter noticed decay at the base of the trunk and whether that contributed to the tree falling and the rain is still under investigation. the tree service is going to be busy would being on getting the tree cleared from the street and some city crews are going to chip away at it and pg&e crews are standing by ready to restore service along with the cable and internet services, as well, and they estimate that 130 people are without power at the time. >> we are on storm watch in los altos, for abc7news.com. >> there are 2,300 customers without power right now, including santa rosa is hardest hit with 2,700. pg&e is working to restore power with in word on when that will happen. bay area airports are being impacted by the storm.

here is what it looks like this morning at san francisco international airport. the airport was reporting delays of three hours this morning due to the winds and there are no either woulded delays at oakland or san jose international airport. >> stay with abc and we will have a live update every hour. we want to see your weather pictures and video. you can e-mail them to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on our abc7 news facebook page or share them with us on twitter on instagram. >> a memorial has been unveiled in honor of two santa cruz police officers killed in the line of duty after being gunned down by a sexual assault suspect. matt keller is at santa cruz police department. matt? >> yes, the rain hasn't stopped the few hundred from showing up to honor the two santa cruz police officers killed in the

line of duty exactly a year ago today. the memorial garden was dedicated to sergeant butch baker and detective elizabeth butter. the ceremony is still going on now. the past half hour, the chief of police who is speaking now, spoke and other spiritual community leaders. they gave remarks on what has taken place since the tragic day saying it has been a long road. sergeant baker and detective butler were shot and killed during an investigation of on you'll assault february 26, 2013. the suspect was slot and killed by police later in the day. an hour ago we watched as detective butler's long time partner and their two young children brought flowers to the memorial and they unveiled the plaques. both say we will miss you forever and we will never forget. deputy chief clark said this garden is for everyone. >> we are hoping that this garden is just a place for the entire community to remember the sacrifice and, hopefully, to reflect on who we want to be and what will the personality of

santa cruz be. >> after the ceremony, the public will be invited to look at the memorial garden and the plaques. the flags will build at half staff in honor of the only two officers ever to be killed in the line of duty in santa cruz history. the asiana flight 214 crash in de young museum in san francisco prompted new legislation in july, prompted evidence to prevent language barriers asking for federal barriers to increase medical interpreter services. katie marzullo, this will help millions across the state? >> an estimated seven million people speak limited english in california so i have come from northeast medical services in san francisco and it is held up as an example of a facility that provides good medical care for patient whose speak little or nor english. the assembly speak and the mayor

lee are pushing the bill inspire by the crash. it provides more medical interpreters on the backgrounds in someplaces and in other situations services are made available remotely. they say it doesn't do people any good to have health insurance if they didn't have access, and they cannot understand or answer questions like, where does it hurt? in an emergency landing can save lives. >> what we know for certain is that, if the accident happened in many other cities in the country, we would have had a much higher death toll. the reality that there were so many providers in san francisco who had the language skills necessary for a passenger-base that was significantly korean and chinese was the difference between life-and-death. to pay for the interpreters the bill takes federal money now being left on table and matched

state dollars 3-1 so for every $25 california spends the feds would kick in $75 but lawmakers don't know how much the bill will cost. you remember this is a day after the of transportation announced asiana flight 214 will pay a $500,000 fine for its slow response in contacting passenger families after the crash. the hottest jersey in the nba? he is not even a star as far as play but he has a lot of new fans. >> a report that is a disturbing practice with some beef in the bay area. >> you may never look at an old coffee can the same way again: a small fortune was found stashed inside the coffee tins.

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fortunate in their community. this is believed to be the biggest find of gold coins in united states history and the couple wants to remain anonymous to avoid a "gold rush" on their property. >> we will see what we have up this, mike nicco is on the roof with the rain. mike? >> it has taken a break if some parts and the thunderstorms are trolling over the ocean and heading our way, with gusty winds. we got the beginning of the storm, the worst part is yet to come and we have act two in the form of this with heavy snow in the sierra the next 24 hours. >> having trouble holding that umbrella. >> they doing more than rolling out the red carpet, the extra steps crews are taking to make sure it stays okay despite

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in the east bay develop we are seeing a tapering with the better radar runs moving through to richmond and san pablo. watch out. 80 and 580 could be wet. more so, over the next, say, 15 or 20 minutes. look where the best radar returns are from muir beach to sea ranch and this will climb over the hills and dump into we we in the next half hour to 45 minutes so there is uponning on the roads possible there. >> now we will show you what is going on with the lightning, thunderstorms with the next batch, the heavier batch moving in at 220 miles per hour away and moving at 35 miles per hour so it will hit during the evening rush so it will be much tougher. winds are sustained and we are from 13 miles per hour at napa and 13 in san jose, as well. that is half of what they are going to be as we head through

the afternoon and evening. look at the bay bridge toll plaza, tell me rain doesn't affect us? still backed up. 87 near the shark tank it is still well although it is not raining. breezy afternoon. heavy rain and windy on friday morning and scattered showers tomorrow and through saturday morning. here is what we are looking at, heavy rain through the huge is the patch moving through the north bay right new and as we head into the evening that is when more of the storms, possibly thunder with brief heavy rain that could cause ponding on the roadwes in urban flood and it will change over to just height rain through tomorrow morning's commute and that will change into showers up north, tomorrow at noon and fade by 5:00. only thursday night it will be heavy on friday at 2:00 in the morning through the morning rush hour and it will change over to just rain if the better part of friday, friday evening, manns right now hooking dry.

rainfall amounts at 1" to 3" around most of the bay, and 2" to 5" in higher elevations and want the winds, i will show you quickly they get up around 25 and gusting to around 50 miles per hour at the coast so starting this afternoon through the evening hours that is when the stressed trees may give way and we could start having issues. we will have breezy conditions on thursday night into friday morning and the heavy snow starts at 4:00 in the sierra, through 10:00 tomorrow morning thunder snow is possible up to 1' there and by the time we get to saturday afternoon, sunday, mop, and tuesday dry and easier weather to get out and do your outdoor activity. all until saturday at midday. >> rains headed for hollywood so the concern is protecting the red carpet not oscars on sunday. crews started rolling out yesterday a day early because of rain expected today. they finished this morning and added a few pop up tents and

workers are finishing up construction open smaller projects in front of the theater before the awards show. >> we are the only place where you can see the oscars on sunday with coverage at 2:00 p.m. and you can visit abc7news.com and click on "countdown to oscar sunday." you can get a printable ballot in "my pick" section so you can be an armchair judge and choose the winners. it is this sunday right here. >> still to come, a lot more for you. the most horrible photoshop fun of a family's little one.

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