leaving a mark on the bay area. this is how things look at the hour. heaviest rain now is off shore. moving into our direction let's close in on the south bay now. is this batch of thunderstorms moving into our direction. rainfall totals today have been impressive. they've been uniform. in fact we've had record rainfall for this date. in moffett field 1.14 inches. a new record and rainfall total for this date. over an inch and a half in mill valley and around the bay area, generous totals. we'll have waves of heavy rain

now. not only is the commute messy, tomorrow morn's will be as well. >> thank you, spencer. speaking of, which rain-slick roads were dangerous this morning. chp says they fielded 400 accident calls between 2:00 and 10:00 a.m . california drivers are required by law to have headlights on any time windshield wipers are operating. and an cam trance paul avenue were closed and took crews until 1:00 to open the lanes >> in the north bay, people have been dealing with downed trees and we've had rain.

>> we've wanted it and no one is complaining too much about it. that is the creek that caused problems but know, and swirling and not a problem now. most of the day was uneventful unless you happen to be long term residents. >> things we take for granted. trees in the yard, until they fall anyway. >> it sounded like there is a minor earthquake. >> that is michael collins. he found the source, a coastal oka. >> the folks at tree masterers warn there will be more ahead. >> is this over? >> no.

wig one coming up tomorrow. >> big ones were relative today. in mill valley, they're predictable. >> every time it rains and there is a high tide. >> this is what happens when tides converge in this lot owned by the state. and sworn at by mill valley residents. bob has seen this event too many times to count. >> once it's about a foot deeper there is problems with the cars getting through. passengers get upset. >> so let's see there is something to rejoice about. cascade falls. >> dry enough for my dog couldn't swim anymore. >> today, a dog could have chosen to go swimming but decided against it. too much water. what a nice problem.

>> reservoirs are at so we still have a way to go. for anyone that worries about water woes, it is encouraging. >> in san francisco, crews had to deal with cleaning up mud and debris on the tracks. cable car service resumed just before 2:00 this afternoon. down pour caused problems across the city. we are live with a look now.

leanne? >> we decided to show you that huge christmas tree that will be lit up in a few minutes. that nicer than many of the trees we've seen today. the city had to take care of about 15 fallen trees and branchs. this fallen monterey crpress was being cut down. these trees have a shallow root system. this measured between 40 and 50 feet. >> this is about average. we have rig staff on duty. we're looking at bringing staff on overtime. >> two cars were damaged when a

limb snapped by the time we got there, the city was about to turn this branch into mulch. another fell near bush street. >> it's not every day you can see a tree in the middle of powell street. >> buses and cars had to drive around it. police waited until a crew came to remove it. >> this is been dropping for a while already. >> most trees are in need of pruning. >> we're on a kiekel every 10-12 years it's a funding issue. >> years of the cuts have reduced the am of funded needed to properly maintain the trees. >> we have wild weather there, too. >> there is damage there to cars no one was hurt by fallen trees

we want that 85 tree to stay up as long as possible. maybe light the tree >> you start start there. they're not going to hear us. >> agreed. >> we're there in spirit. >> yes. >> we know drenching today had a massive impact so how is the drive home shaping up? >> how about this? move these cars we're just stuck with afternoon and evening. headlights there towards bay bridge packed after it's home. make sure you have something nice waiting for them.

and have patience there. there is heavy traffic and we're still dealing with overturned vehicles we have this accident, driving conditions have been treacherous here with mudslides. southbound side of highway 17 heavy back up to highway 85. and be careful tomorrow morning's commute. >> thank you. all of the rain here is turning into snow in the sierra. some flurries today, but our camera is up on the mountinin more than 8,000 feet high. mostly rain down in lake level. check out highway 80 along the north shore. it's been 7200 feet and sort of a rain-snow mix.

there is enough for six runs to be open. and it likes that wet snow now. >> we have mostly snow making there is nothing like natural snow, that moisture is a benefit this time of the year. >> it's great. great. we went up last year. i think we'll cup up more, this year. >> other ski resorts expect to open more runs after the storm finishes dumping rain overnight and into thursday. >> the storm is pounding parts of southern california. mandatory evacuation orders are in place a look at problems there and efforts to keep everyone save is head. >> we're learning about protestors and infiltrators arrested during demonstrations last week that turned violent. >> we're serious about holding

the people accountable. >> the oakland mayor says those who damaged property will be made to pay for it one way or another. >> the city is considering civil charges and that would be recovering money damages for vandalism last week. >> three nights of demonstrations left tens of thousands of dollars in damage, especially to local businesses. and only four have been charged with felonies. >> of the nine people supposed to be arraigned on felonies in court yesterday, five were not charged at all. >> jeff wozniak represents one of them. >> i think the issue is not lost bottles from a $3.2 billion

corporation, but why people, why thousands of people in the streets. >> we encourage anyone for peaceful demonstrations we discourage anyone participating in criminal activity. >> police say the investigation is beginning as they continue to review officer body cameras. >> police are searching for three men who attacked a disabled homeless than. one man kicked a 67-year-old as he slept in front of a business his crutches were next to him. and police say the men attacked the victim twice, then left him to die.

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a bizarre crash on the golden gate bridge today. a 22-year-old was driving southbound and wedged his blue mustang in an earmarked for pedestrians he did create a problem that bridge workers had never seen before. >> you know, it's good the golden gate bridge crew liked puzzles because there was a challenge this morning in figuring out how to extract it from where it was wedged in the sidewalk. they've done that new. >> workers stopped traffic in both directions they used a crane to lift the car off the sidewalk ask over the guardrail.

engineers will review it and soto has been arrested for driving under the influence. >> the rain is welcome relief. california suffers one of the worst droughts on record. alisa harrington is live with more. >> water officials say because the county is not quite on target. people are cutting back 12% and despite the rain, more storms are needed to make a significant impact. umbrellas cloud sidewalks. rain pummelling the south bay. the storm is welcome here in drought stricken california. marte grimes says showers are a good start but rain don't mean much. >> i remember in december, 2012 we had good storms like this. some reservoirs are overflowing

at the time. that is it. then we had a dry year. >> the board just voted to extent a request for users to cut back 20% county wide. lexington was just at 13% when rains started falling and water shed as above the ten reservoirs are so dry, rain is soaking right into the ground. in palo alto, allen stiefers is relandscaping his yard he had his lawn dug up in the spring and replaced with drought-resistant plants for the buy back your lawn program. >> it's more interesting and uses about, we think, about a third less water. >> palo alto residents are jumping on board since increasing the rebate amounts. >> you can still apply for the

program, which saved nearly 19 million gallons of water since being started in 2007. >> alisa, thank you. spencer christian joins us now. we talked about drizzle and drops and now, it's deluge, down pour. >> that is what we're getting now. this is enough to raise the deficit. >> right. >> it's accumulated over the years. for this season, we're doing just fine, now. we're just looking at pockets of rainfall but you know we've had our heavy down pours and waves still to come. a cluster of storms moving towards san francisco is just over 100 miles away right now. next wave of bearing down on it. in the sierra, much of what is calling now is rainfall or rain-mixed with snow.

so let's get back to the bay area and take a look at our normal rainfall for the season. san francisco above normal right now. as is sfo. for this season, we're doing fine. winds calm in spots. gusting to 25 miles per hour in napa. looking at how cloudy skies are, looks like there is no rainfall. we'll see waves of showers, and thunderstorms, tonight and tomorrow. this unsettled wattern will continue into next week. another wave is approaching us now and we have some

thunderstorms scattered about in this area of circulation. it's moving into our direction meaning more stormy weather. beginning at 7:00 this evening, notice that around 2:00 a.m or so, we'll see another rain of heavy down pours possibly a thunderstorm or two approaching the bay area, moving through. by 5:00 beginning morning commute we'll see areas of light to heavy rainfall and locally heavy down pours which will slow down and complicate the morning commute. then we'll have widely scattered areas of rain throughout the remainder of the day into evening hours tomorrow. by 11:00 tomorrow night, we're projecting rainfall totals possibly as high as three additional inches on top of what we have in the north bay mountains. half an inch to an inch and a half is a pretty generous soaking of rain. a storm warning in effect until

4:00 a.m thursday, looking at possibility of 12-18 inches of and 223 feet of snow. rain requirements passing over sierra passes. overnight, rainfall, and possibility of thunderstorms, low temperatures mid-50s tomorrow with more rain likely. high temperatures low to mid-60s, the accu-weather forecast, heavier rain tapers off tomorrow night, we can see a period of unsettled weather and throughout the weekend with chance chances rain into next week. >> thank you spencer. >> up next, a look at the new face of california's republican party. and a historic first for the

a look at the evening commute on 101 south. that is 880 over the top. let's get an update now. laila? >> painful, isn't it? >> yes. >> we're still dealing with wet conditions, traffic moving nicely and continuing north this is your drive into san

we have this vehicle blocking cesar chavez. it's a pain trying to leave the city. >> californians have increased their use of gasoline the state board of equalization reporting drivers purchased 14.5 billion gallons in the last fiscal year, up almost 1% from the previous year, more than any other state in the country. californians driving more miles this year, analysts say this is a sign the economy is improving and also, cheaper gas prices. right now, average gallon is down $0.50 perfect a year ago. >> california's legislative session got started with new faces on the republican side of the house. state assembly has a first female g.o.p. korean lawmaker

young kim is a long time community leader in north orange county z say they look forward to pushing conservative ideas but they are also willing to work with democrats. >> to get everything done, i understand what is out hire. and people have that expectation of me. >> assembly caucus is the most diverse it's been. 30% is made up of women. the 10% higher than democrats in the state assembly. >> the bay area bracing for another drenching tonight. spencer tracking the storm coming and we'll find out how wednesday will start off, wet. >> our latest storm creating a muddy mess in southern california. >> michael finney has a story of

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taking a look outside now, this is a view from our exploratorium camera looking east. you can see some thick clouds out there. we're getting spotty showers across the bay area at this hour. our team coverage continues now with a check on the forecast from abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian. >> now we do have pockets of light to monthedit showers and a batch of thundershowers off shore. right now, closing in on the south bay, we can see areas of light to moderate rainfall. and patches of rain beginning to push on shore on the peninsula and into the golden gate. and will probably be approaching the coastline. rainfall totals in four hours

have been impressive and uniform all areas have been getting a good soaking. san francisco set a record for rainfall from this date. over an inch and a half, 1.5 inches to be exact. and as i've pointed out will grow because more rain is on the way. >> this morning's down pour put the breaks on the commute. >> the commute was bad coming in for those on the east bay the soaking brought power outages and clogged drains. >> it had been dry for the afternoon but in the last hour it has started drizzling.

you can see the back up which is familiar for those in the commute. >> i 580 was backed up most of the day, continuing over the bay bridge. commuters were gummed up in traffic with drive times into an hour and a half because of flooding in san francisco. in berkeley, a power outage in the neighborhood of delaware and 4th street created a rain rush at betty's diner. >> so this morning there were guys who have ape prons on. >> the kitchen kept on going. the combination of rain caused

some to flood. residents welcomed the showers. >> it's just the greatest. come on we need more of this. it's not inconvenient. everything is fine. it's warm. >> one resident brewed up tea and stood in the rain. >> i got up at 6:00. and it has been raining like this, really. it's nice. >> rain and wind did snap tree limbs but they didn't have calls of major damage. everyone say they want more. >> and they'll get too, thank you. lighter showers with breaks in between.

and this reminded everybody that lives there reminded everyone more slides could be coming. rainfall is nearly six inches. a tree fell in sobastopol. work shut down the westbound lane of the highway until about 8:30 this morning. >> crews are on a mudslide watch in several communities ravaged by recent wildfires. an evacuation order is now in camarillo springs. residents here have been through this before. >> officials issued an evacuation notice for 60 homes

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delays. faa is reporting three-hour flight delays at sfo for inbound flights. delays range from 15 minutes to three hours. oakland airport is operating on schedule. >> let's get back to spencer christian for update on the next batch of wet weather on the way. >> it's closing in on us now. here is live doppler 7 hd. you can see we've got rain and showers across the bay area now. there is activity off shore sheer, taking aim at san francisco. there is a batch of thunderstorms off shore. and that may hit so we've got more active weather, more of it. here is our storm watch continuing. looking at storm risk tonight there is a medium and moderate risk for thunderstorms.

that means small stream and localized street flooding and mudslides or rock slides. and a slight risk for wind damage from this storm. tomorrow, stormy, rainy, wet. high temperatures low to mid-60s in the accu-weather forecast calls for unsettled weather thursday into next week. >> thank you, spencer. >> i know we're going to get into college football rankings which you're outraged by. >> 49ers and raiders in need of a victory and off tough losses both dealing with a lot of off field chatter. we'll look ahead to the match up

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49ers and raiders played only 12 times in the regular season, but the battle of the bay continues and here is a look

ahead. >> both teams are coming off disappointing losses jim harbaugh answered questions yesterday but his players claim he's not been effective. >> he has to be on pace you know? we've got four games left to play. so then what are we going to do? he can't be phased by. that he's got a job. >> raiders coming off a loss to the rams but you can't have a pity party with niners coming to town. >> everybody here has been a part of a loss before. and only thing you can do is buckle up, man get dirty and play on sunday. >> despite a uncomfortable press conference, he managed to look ahead to the raiders and their rookie quarterback. >> he's a fine player and handled his business and has done a fine job.

>> both know this is a rare match up and a rivalry due too yog graphy. >> first thing he said is let's get this one. >> we've got to get 11 guys on the same page. doing the same thing. you know? counting on each other. >> he arrived after turning the and went 20 and 18 the rest of the way. expect jim and john harbaugh's names to be floated as replacements the college football rankings are out today and not without controversy. top two there remain number one after beating auburn. now, here is the controversy. leap frogging at number three, after escaping florida to remain undefeated. ohio state and baylor or 5 and 6. we've been talking about this

all week we thought ohio state might leap frog. turns out tcu over florida state. what about you? >> that is >> its true, it's true. >> now get jumped by oregon, alabama and tcu. i'm almost as ought raged as you are. >> yes. alabama, missouri, 2 and 9 iowa state team. >> do you think there is a way florida state if they win against georgia tech and ohio state win was a third straight quarterback there is no way the team can go to five, right? >> if they feel unimpressive, that could happen. but hard to believe. >> you know what? we have bcs computers.

>> right. >> we can get osh robot. >> right. >> to play. >> all right well, it's all decided saturday at 9:00 a.m on abc7. third rank horn frogs take on iowa state. and then we wrap it up for foster farms bowl to be played at levis stadium. >> this abc7 sports report has been brought to you by orchard supply hardware. how can you win 28 games in a row? >> never lost a game? >> never. >> we'll see. >> all right. >> thank you. >> join us tonight there is a new lawsuit against bill cosby tonight. >> and at 11:00, a disturbing discovery tonight in a local business what a worker found inside of a

time capsule that has police investigating. >> tonight at 8:00 "toy story" followed by charlie brown christmas, then at 9:00 agents of shield followed by over forever "and abc7 news at 11:00." >> that will do it. our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> from spencer and shu and all of us here, have a good night.

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