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all right, get your you may have just won $225 million. the winning ticket was sold here in the bay area. good evening. i'm dan ashley. ama is off tonight. the winning ticket was sold in san mateo and it is worth $225 million, as i said. here is the lucky spot. the key market on south norfolk street. the store owners are also big winners. they get a million bucks just for selling the ticket. >> just excitement and really shocking. >> it is exciting. we were getting ready to go to bed. we decided to jump up and do this. >> oh they may not sleep well tonight. the numbers, 7, 14, 21, 2, 4, 41 and the powerball 26.

and there is another newly minted millionaire nearby. a winning superlotto take cet was sold in stockton and that was worth $11 million. more breaking news, more serious, a battered surfer feared dead was plucked from a rock. tiffany wilson was the only reporter on the scene as that man was pulled from the water. she is live from ocean beach tonight. tiffany? >> well, dan, it was a very dangerous and dramatic rescue. huge waves, spiting rains, wind, flares and at one point they called in the fire department as they thought they would scramble out to the rocks to save the surfer. then the incredible news. the u.s. coast guard had the surfer on board. tonight the surfer made it back to shore and his friend did not. after a frantic 9-1-1 call they september a helicopter and boats to search the black waves. they found the 24-year-old man huddled near the cliff house.

using flares for lights, a dramatic rescue. the man is hypothey are mick and badly battered and barely alive. >> it is nothing i experienced before. happy he is okay now. >> this is video of him being taken into california pacific medical center. >> what was going through your mind when he was out there? >> panic. >> earlier this afternoon, a surfer pulled a swimmer out of similar churning water. his father washed up close to shore. >> he was caught in the tides. we did have a um could of people go in and -- we did have a um could of people pull him in. >> his eyes were open and they were kind of rolled back in his head. he wasn't making any movement. >> the father and son from daly city are experienced swimmers. the boats are in critical condition. now both are in critical condition. she swam in the same waves. >> there was a rip that took three guys out far. >> to thrill seekers these

towering, twisting waves are part of the attraction. >> you are kind of addicted to the experience. >> one wrong move and the water can be unforgiving. >> i shutdown and didn't know what to do. >> luckily his friend got a second chance. at ocean beach, tiffany wilson, abc news. >> the same storm that is bringing rough surf is bringing significant rain to the bay area tonight. here is a live look from our exploratorium camera. you can see the clouds hanging over san francisco. meteorologist sand yaw patel is -- sandhya patel is tracking the storm with live doppler 7hd. nice to see something to track. >> absolutely, and to say we have record rainfall for the day in crescent city and eureka. in the bay area, live doppler 7hd, we do have rain falling and a lot is falling below the radar beam. i will show you where it reaching right at this point around ukiah and the sea ranch area. very light returns as i close in here. you start to notice that there is some moisture up stream

just south of mendocino. this is more moderate rainfall coming in. we will watch for pockets of moderate rain. so far the heaviest has been along the north coast. as a matter of fact the records so far for crescent city, just over two inches of rain there. you can see there eureka 2.62 and happy camp where the wildfire has been going on for quite some time obviously they are getting over an inch of rain there. here in the bay area, this is a slow-moving system. it is going to dump on us. we will see some moderate pockets of rain during the height of the morning commute. back with the timing and the details in a few minutes. dan? >> sandhya, thanks very much. we have a wet few hours ahead, and the entire bay area will soak up every drop like the bone dry sponge it is. here is cell phone video of the rain coming down in san francisco a short time ago. and it is not a moment too soon. the drought left some areas desperate for even this bit of relief. cornell bernard is live in santa rosa tonight. cornell, it is literally a

drop in the bucket. >> yeah, dan, still a long way to go. some light rain is starting to fall here. the wind is picking up and hopes are high that we will get some relief from the drought. not everybody wants it. the first rain drops are falling and cindy torres couldn't be happier. she has been hoping and praying for an end to the long, hot, dry summer. >> i have been actually doing some rain dances. and i have been praying really hard. i am hoping whatever we get, even if it is just a little sprits, i am happy with that. >> we need the rain. the soil is quite parched right now. >> grant davis is watching the skies. he is the general manager of the sonoma county water agency where supplies are vanishing. the russian river is running very low through heelsburg, but look at this. lake mendocino, once a major reservoir, now reduced to a virtual desert. it would take 32 inches of rain to bring it back to normal. >> we need a series of storms to come through the rest of

the season and to get back to anywhere near where we will be. >> i mean, there is not a lot of activity left. >> rain is making him nervous. he is a wine maker with one mission, get all of his grapes harvested before moisture causes rot, and time is running out. >> we really need the rain, but those of us in this business would like to see the rain wait another week. >> others say bring on the rain now. in santa rosa, cornell bernard, abc7 news. you can track the stormy weather in your neighborhood with the abc7 news weather app. download it free at abc7news.com/apps in the app store or on google play. do that when you have the time. happening now, a mountain view neighborhood evacuated after a gas leak scare. people still cannot return to three buildings near california and north rangstorf avenue. other people were told to stay in their homes, but they have since been cleared. pg&e crews responded, but they could not find a leak.

mountain view police are still investigating the cause of that odor. new details tonight, back to square one for police in concord investigating the case of a deadly stabbing. two men arrested for the crime. they are free tonight. charges against 25-year-old carlos brasher and 18-year-old dominique mosonni were dropped and they were released from jail this evening. we are waiting for word on why the charges were dropped. today marks one month since the napa earthquake. businesses and homeowners are still cleaning up. the signs of the earthquake are everywhere, but so are the signs of recovery. napa estimates the damage from the 6.0 earthquake is about $300 million. federal money has arrived for the city and thish -- and the infrastructure. when the earthquake hit 9-1-1 operators received hundreds of calls. many were just asking if there was an earthquake. >> 9-1-1, what are you reporting? >> my whole house is shaking. >> that is called an either quake. >> i am in sonoma.

did we just have an earthquake? >> yes, we felt it here as well. >> did we have an earthquake? >> yes, we did. >> do you have a fire? >> no. >> yeah, no, it was an earthquake, a big one. i need to let you go. be safe. >> should we leave and go home? >> what? >> should we leave and go home? >> it is up to you. >> a lot of calls like that. according to the chp, many of the actual emergency calls took at least five minutes to transfer to the proper emergency center because they were day luged with nuisance calls. only call 9-1-1 in an actual emergency when we need help immediately. lifted luggage. next on abc7 news, thieves and even airport workers caught on camera stealing your bags. the simple thing you can do to protect yourself and your belongings. and blind cited by a bear. look at this. the incredible story about how this california woman survived a vicious attack. and be are tracking this storm. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. how the wet weather will affect your morning commute.

stay with us. all of that is coming up. first, here is jimmy kimmle. >> here is a sampling of the nonsense we have in store for you tonight. >> there is a woman who posts on twitter and tumbler. she looks at pictures like this one and she makes knit versions of you.

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you arrive at the airport baggage claim only to real estate your luggage is missing. not lost, stolen. tonight new pictures from one of the country's busiest airports. david curly reveals clues in the video that make you a potential target.

>> watch the man with the backpack. cameras catch him entering the airport. he never took a flight, but he goes to baggage claim. all of a sudden he has a bag, and he walks out using the airport train system as his get away. tonight phoenix police put his face on a wanted poster. >> baggage theft from checked or carry on bags is a big business. it amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. >> he is right in. denver, another caught on tape thief grabbing a bag. in 2009 up to a thousand bags stolen in phoenix stacked at this couple's home and they pled guilty. it is not just thieves on the outside. under cover cameras caught airline workers rifling through bags for cash and valuables. over the past 12 years the tsa has fired more than 500 workers for theft. adding it has systems now that help it catch bad officers. in baggage claim you will see the cameras and the signs. what you won't see anymore is an airline employee checking bag tags before you leave. airlines cut those positions to save money. >> i think it stands to reason

when you have less security at the bag claim area you are going to have more theft. >> there are steps you can take personally to reduce the risk of your bag being stolen from one of these carousels. remember the video of a black bag stolen? there is a sea of black bags. buy a different color. you may notice it easier if someone grabs it. lock your bag and get to bag gej claim before the bags arrive. one last tip, don't buy a fancy bag. thieves see an expensive bag and they think expensive things are inside. abc news, washington, regan airport. >> that makes you mad watching that video. a warning about a one-day strike that will likely put a crimp in your commute. the golden gate bridge labor coalition says one of its 13 unions will walk off the job on friday and will likely impact the commute. unions that make up the group are ferry workers, bus mechanics and some bridgeworkers. they have been working without a contract since july. the republican challenger took on governor jerry brown and his support for high speed

rail today in southern california. neil cash car reposted this photo on twitter asking supporters to come and smash a toy train at a burbank gas station. in return the first 100 people would get a $25 gas card. governor brown currently has a big lead. polls show brown is ahead 21 points as the election inches closer. a central coast woman is recovering after being attacked by a 6-foot tall black bear. it happened while emily miles was taking a walk near her home. the bear started taking swings at her and slashing her like this. you can see the scratches. at one point it pulled her down and sunk its teeth into her thigh. she then started yelling. the barebacked off. miles thinks it may have spared her life. no doubt it did. wow. a new life begins for emaciated horses rescued from a morgan hill ranch. this is a story you will see only on abc7 news. the video shows people picking

up the horses at the department store -- pardon me. the non-profity qien rescue center raised money to buy the animals. they say the horses are not abused or neglected, but they are under weight. their ribs clearly visible here. the poor things have not eaten enough. the operator of the ranch says the horses were brought there by someone else who could not feed them. they are now heading to a ranch in san benito county where there is a pasture set aside just for them. well, dads give the shirts off their backs, or in this case the shoes off their feet for the kids. alan and his wife spotted a man wearing just one shoe at the oceana airshow in virginia beach. then they looked down and spotted this child sleeping on the ground using a shoe for a pillow. they snapped the pictures which are going viral. he didn't get a chance to talk to the dad, but thinks she a top contender for father of the year.

well, did you just win $225 million? tonight's winning powerball ticket was sold in san mateo and here are the numbers, 7, 14, 21 21 -- 24 rather, 7, 14 -- is it 21 or 24? >> 21 and 24. >> 21 and 24, 41, the powerball is 26. let's go and talk more about this rain. it is finally arriving in the bay area. sand yaw patel. >> dan, after dry, dry period of time, last week's system brought us some showers, and today we are dealing with the first storm of fall. live doppler 7hd is live ut for a change from ukiah to cloverdale. we are seeing some rain and some is coming in in the form of drizzle around sfo, oakland, concord, half moon bay just earlier tonight. you are seeing rain around cloverdale and ukiah and fort bragg. it will get here, but it is taking its sweet time getting here as far as the widespread

rainfall. flash flood watches are up for parts of northern california until tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. happy camp area has been receiving quite a bit of rain. as you look at the current wave heights, the storm is still churning up the waves 10 to 14 feet. there is still a risk of rip currents even though there is not an official statement from the national weather service. just be careful out there. sfo cam showing you a pretty good visibility there. during the morning commute you may be encountering some delays if you are flying out of there for business. 63 in san francisco and 67 in oakland. still mild in san jose. close to 70 degrees. 63 half moon bay and three-quarter mile visibility and fog there. emeryville camera showing the gray skies across the bay. 63 in santa rosa. check out fairfield. it is 70 right now and really warm. livermore 67 degrees. this is our view from our exploratorium camera. a neat view of the clouds in the financial district. it is going to be a wet morning commute with a few showers lingering on friday. here is the satellite and the

radar. we have been watching this cold front just bringing heavy rain to northern california. it is slowly, i mean slowly sagging south which is why it has not brought all of that rain to the bay area yet. here is our time line. 11:00 p.m. north bay and rainy morning commute. the yellows are indicating moderate pockets of rain. give yourself the extra time for the morning commute. it is not only going to be slow going, and we will have reduced visibility due to the moisture moving through the area. by 3:00 p.m. you will see the sunny breaks and then as we head to friday a few more showers showing up near the coast at 5:00 a.m. isolated showers are possible on friday afternoon and evening as the trough associated with the cold front goes through here. rain totals through friday night will look like this in the north bay mountains, half an inch to an inch. santa cruz mountains half an inch to three-quarters. quarter to about half. now, we are obviously wanting this rain around the major

wildfire that has been going on. the king fire in el dorado county, they are expecting half an inch to three-quarters of an inch. that should help those firefighters. tomorrow morning it will be muggy and mild. temperatures in the low 60s and maybe even mid60s around san rafael. pockets of moderate rain. a slow going morning commute. like i said, give yourself plenty of time tomorrow afternoon. the rain is long gone and could still see an isolated shower around the santa cruz mountains. temperatures will come down, upper 60s to the upper 70s for your thursday. accu-weather seven-day forecast showing some isolated showers for your friday and then we will go with back to our dry, milder weather. dan, we often talk about the drought. it has been three dry years. a couple of storms is not going to do it. we need a lot more rain. >> we need a lot more rain and we really need snow in the sierra. >> exactly. >> that makes a difference. larry beil is here with sports. >> i don't have rain. i have tears. >> that is moisture. >> it won't hurt.

>> right now it is clayton kershaw's world and we are just breathing his oxygen. the dodgers' ace made sure the bubblely would flow at the giants' expense.

the giants were hoping to keep the champagne in the bottles. the dodgers on the other hand trying to clinch with their ace. he got it done in so many ways. two on for the giants and kershaw was caught saving a beauty on a tim hudson grounder. kershaw struck out 11 in eight innings. the giants did breakthrough. the next batter is hunter pence. and arias is safe 1-0. kershaw can pitch and field and hit.

his first career triple brings in crew ford. the roof falls in on the 6th. puig and high, deep and aloha. l.a. scores five in the frame to go up 5-1. puig an amazing athlete. testing his arm and puig spins and fires and blanco is toast. it was a 9-1 game in the 9th. brian wilson, former giant, gets blanco to ground out and the dodgers are the nl west champs for the second year. giants still need one more win or a milwaukee loss to clinch a wild card spot. a's and angels, you know, ladies they love gold lycra from my experience. 3-0 in the fifth. a flare to right and i got it, i got it, i ain't got it. it should have been the second out, but instead one out and pujols hits a sack fly to right and scores jimenez. angels up 4-0 on lester. they are not helping themselves out on the field.

they did stage a late rally. coco crisp. a's down 5-4. a big swing and miss ends the inning. huston street, the former athletic strikes him out in the 9th. kc is tied with the royals on top of the wild card standings with four games to play. have the 49ers lost their identity on offense? what has happened to the running game? that is what frank gore wants to know.

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chase has just come across the bay bridge into san francisco. a driver would not pull over for a stop in castro valley. the chp is involved in this pursuit. it has dumped into the city streets of san francisco. we have updates on abc7 morning news and on twitter at

abc7 news bay area. but that is all for the moment. right now on jimmy >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- patrick dempsey. from "good morning america", lara spencer. and music from jeezy. with cleto and the cletones. and now, from now on, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. that's very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching, thank you for coming. that's very nice. ev