right around livermore, as you notice, take you in a little closer, street level radar here, you will notice around 580 getting some moderate rainfall. vineyard avenue as we pan around the bay area, we are seeing some showers right around the san mateo county coast, montera and around the santa cruz mountains, very light returns right now. so the showers are starting to wind down. 24 hour rainfall totals, impressive. over four inches in novato. more than five inches in the santa cruz mountains. close to two, san francisco, oakland, san jose and livermore, over an inch. two day totals, more than six inches in the mountains, more than half a foot, almost half a foot in novato. so really getting some significant rain here in the bay area. we need it since we have been so parched in the middle of this drought. we have two more systems on the way. i will let you know if those storms will be as impressive as the one we have been dealing with coming up.

cheryl, larry? >> sandhya, see you in a few minutes. several days of heavy rain caused problems on the roads in san francisco. a sinkhole at sixth avenue and lake street and this thing is huge. >> yeah, about ten feet across and 40 feet deep. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler is at the scene with the details. >> reporter: that sinkhole has now been stabilized so it should not swallow up any more of the street. people who lost their water service, most of them have that back and now the sewer pipes are being repaired. one neighbor says he's been worried for months about a small hole on lake street that's now this big sinkhole. >> it's bubbled up because it was a patchwork piece of asphalt that was done a long time ago. >> reporter: police say this morning a driver's tire fell through the asphalt. she wasn't injured but the accident set off a chain of events involving a 110-year-old water pipe and an aging sewer system. >> when a sewer pipe collapses, that has a lot of storm water in

it, not sewage, it has storm water in it, when that collapses, it pulls the roadway or sucks the roadway into it. that compromised the street and sort of left the water pipe sort of hanging there exposed. >> reporter: when the water pipe burst, marcia chisholm felt the effects. >> the water went off, i knew right away, called several neighbors and could tell that this was a bigger issue than just my home. >> reporter: this man watched the repairs from his window and went outside for a closer look. >> scary thing is like is it going to be me next or who is going to be next in the sinkhole? >> reporter: in may of last year at second and lake street, just four blocks away, another sinkhole opened up. mark farrell is the district supervisor. >> i think we are going to look at the entirety of lake street right now. obviously two incidents within a very short time span is something where we need to look at the entire corridor. >> reporter: many pipes in the city's sewer system are a century old, and each year, 10

to 15 miles are replaced. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. all that rain is introducing drivers to new bone-jarring potholes are bay area roads. one of the biggest we found on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. a steady rain can uncover a road's imperfections and turn it into a pothole even on a nearly new $6.4 billion bridge. big mess today in marin county. mill valley officials actually asked residents just to please stay home unless they absolutely needed to go out because so many roads there are flooded and traffic was a nightmare. 101 southbound at the marin city exit just one of many roads that were flooded earlier today. the good news is it is now open. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington joins us in marin county with the very latest. >> reporter: police really wanted people to stay home to lighten up the traffic.

many emergency vehicles were stuck in the backup and as you can see, traffic is finally moving. the rain and wind has let up but many people are left cleaning up damage the storm left behind. >> i called to see if i could reschedule what i needed to reschedule. >> reporter: deborah roberts from mill valley walks her dog after rearranging her schedule to stay home for most of the morning. >> i walked, did things locally that i would normally drive to down the street. i just walked. i left my car home. >> reporter: things got so bad in marin county, the mill valley police department sent out this tweet. due to heavy traffic congestion and flooding in mill valley, everyone is advised to remain at home unless you must leave. the lieutenant says the idea was to get people to work and emergency crews where they needed to be as fast as possible. >> also for public safety, that are trying to get these things open. the less traffic, the quicker we can mitigate everything. >> reporter: people who did go out in mill valley dealt with this. massive grid lock extending for

miles. accidents and flooding were reported from novato to marin city. the storm mixed with the morning's high tide flooded three lanes of southbound highway 101. the on and off ramps were closed. the park and ride, under water. so was at least one car that was left there. >> i have seen it flood and i have seen it but not gridlock. you couldn't go nr. it was a standstill. >> reporter: several homes were damaged by the rain. pumps could not keep up with the runoff. pablo castro takes us inside his home. >> all the rooms in my house, they were flooded. >> reporter: he was up in the middle of the night frantically moving paintings and furniture as water poured in. he will have to replace his hardwood floors which are already beginning to warp. >> it was a shock for me. first of all, these wood floors are very important to me. >> reporter: neighbors stacked up sandbags preparing for another round of wet weather. but the worst of the storm seems

to have passed. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. just because there's a break in the rain doesn't mean the dangerous driving conditions are behind us. the california highway patrol says you still need to take it slow because there is still standing water on the roads. some drains on the freeways are clogged and that makes it tough for the water to drain. >> we have had some flooding that's deep enough, people will have to stop and actually go around until we can get crews out there. >> if you do end up on the flooded road, the officer says the best thing to do is let off the gas and stay off the brakes so you don't lose control, then start hydroplaning. pooling rain water busted through the roof of an apartment building in antioch this afternoon. this was on l street around 2:00 today. the man who owns this unit says the water just came gushing through the ceiling and right into his living room. he says all the rain just collected on top of the roof and then simply gave way. a homeowner faces a big cleanup job after a big tree fell in half moon bay. a eucalyptus tree at least 80

feet tall but not anymore. it collapsed and covered part of a home. nobody was hurt amazingly. the tree also smothered a couple of cars. the homeowner told us he had to crawl through his front door to get outside. a tree took out power lines after it fell across minor road and oak arbor road. crews are working to repair the power lines and clear the roads. slick roads also led to dozens of spinouts and collisions in the south bay. abc 7 news reporter david louie joining us in the stoouth bay. he has been covering accident after accident. david? >> reporter: we sure have. i thought we would show you what all the storm runoff is doing to the guadeloupe river in downtown san jose. it's rolling at a pretty good clip. during and after storms, the highway patrol tells us in addition to what tips they gave you a second ago is you forget certain things when you come into intersections such as an intersection where the signals are out. drivers on san jose's far west side thought the worst of the

storm was over but they forgot what to do when the traffic signals lose power. two vehicles collided when one didn't stop. >> these folks have been flying through here, 45, 50 miles an hour. clearly we have already had one incident with multiple other near misses. folks, you got to slow down. >> reporter: it took flares set out by firefighters and temporary stop signs to get drivers to obey the rules to treat this as a four-way stop. the reason power was out, power lines came down. apparently the result of gusty winds. this resident saw sparks coming from a pole in his yard. >> sparks came off, the power flickered but never really went off. and it was windy at the time when that happened. >> reporter: two people were injured when a mini van lost control, striking an oncoming suv. it was raining hard just before the accident. >> one in serious condition, one in minor condition. additional patients signed a

recusal of care and was not transported. >> reporter: the driver, whose suv was struck, was luckier than the people in the mini van. >> there is one person in the passenger side which was the side that rammed into my car, he was trapped for a few minutes. then the driver, he looked like he banged his head pretty good, too. >> reporter: up the peninsula, the highway patrol says the driver of a pickup may have been driving too fast on the 280 off-ramp at farm hill road. the pickup skidded, went down an embankment and caught on fire next to a cal trans building. the driver escaped without injuries. in redwood city, david louie, abc 7 news. check out these images tweeted out from the san jose fire department. you can see a car on interstate 280 at highway 87. according to the tweet, the tree actually prevented the car from tumbling 150 feet down that hill. you can see what's showing up on live doppler 7 hd any time with the abc news weather app. you can use it any time. it's easy to install.

here's a look at it right now. san francisco police say an off duty officer got into a life and death struggle for his gun when a suspect tried to rob him this morning. this all started around 6:00 a.m. near knob hill when the suspect smashed a car window with a stick. he then hit a man with that same stick and robbed him. the suspect later threw coffee on a woman in a nearby cafe, then went into an apartment building where he tried to rob the officer. the suspect, who was shot once in the chest, is in critical condition at san francisco general hospital. police say the officer is okay. a grand jury has decided not to indict a white new york city police officer in the death of an unarmed black man last july. 43-year-old eric garner was stopped in a staten island neighborhood on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. video shot by an onlooker showed him refusing to be handcuffed. the officer then put him in what looked like a choke hold. that is banned under new york police department policy. garner had asthma and a bad heart and started yelling i

can't breathe. here's what his stepfather said a short time ago. >> we don't want no violence from nobody. it's not going to help. >> a media protest was staged at grand central station. the decision comes nine days after no indictment in the michael brown case. here at home a small group of protesters is gathering in oakland concerning that decision. right now it's very peaceful. there is an equal number of police in the area there to keep things calm. we hope that it remains that way all evening. just ahead, an incredible story of survival. new details about the condition of the window washer who fell from his perch nearly two weeks ago. a story you will see only on abc 7 news. plus new fallout over

airbags. what one company is refusing to do tonight. 7 on your side's michael finney breaks it down. all this wet weather not a problem for everybody. we will show you some of the people out enjoying the rain.

we have an update now on the condition of the window washer who fell on this car from an 11 story building in san francisco. that was nearly two weeks ago. he is still in critical condition at san francisco general but he is talking. his daughter monica peres spoke only to abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. she joins us now. >> well, his name is pedro peres. he is still in the intensive care unit at sf general hospital but his family told me today they see him improving a little every day. they too are amazed that he survived that fall.

this is a picture of pedro peres on a job site. the san leandro resident had 15 years under his belt as a window washer. that's why his family doesn't know how he managed to fall from the roof of this building on montgomery street, landing on this moving car. monica peres is his 19-year-old daughter who didn't want her face shown on tv. >> he knows how equipment's supposed to be set up. he knows how one little thing not being set up right can cause an accident. >> reporter: peres, who is 58, was helped by several pedestrians. minutes later, a confused co-worker who mistakenly thought peres was dead called the family to say he had passed. >> for about an hour you didn't know he was alive? >> no. until the hospital called us and told us he was alive. >> reporter: the moving car he landed on helped break his fall. since the november 21st accident, peres has had several

operations. >> he fractured his pelvic area so it's completely shattered, then he had internal bleeding. >> reporter: while peres broke his right arm in several places, his legs and back were not broken, and according to the family, he suffered no major head injury. >> he's not on a breathing machine anymore. he can breathe on his own. >> reporter: he is trying to talk? >> he's talking. >> reporter: the family reached out to us because they need help. while he has medical insurance, his union's seiu united service workers west has not contacted the family directly until today, when we called the union. during our interview, a union rep called to offer help. >> we are probably going to put him on disability. it's in progress. >> reporter: peres has a wife and three daughters. the family remembers watching the accident on tv in disbelief. >> it's a really big fall. how does someone fall from that height and survive? >> reporter: people who witnessed the fall are still

asking themselves the same question. in san leandro, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> amazing story. >> so glad he's doing better. the company that makes those potentially explosive airbags is refusing to issue a nationwide recall. >> that's because in spite of pressure from the federal government, executives from the company testified before congress today. 7 on your side's michael finney is here to tell us more. >> consumer advocates were expecting this today but still are amazed. absolutely amazed. it seems to defy logic but the company says a nationwide recall would put more drivers at risk. federal regulators say takada airbags can explode, sending shrapnel flying through the car. they are blamed in five deaths and many injuries. so far, the airbags are recalled only in states with high humidity. you see, high humidity is suspected of causing the explosion. today, takada told congress a recall should be confined to those states to ensure those

cars get immediate repairs. >> takada continues to believe that the public safety is best served if the area of high absolute humidity remains a priority. >> in spite of that position, car maker honda said it will go ahead and recall all cars nationwide that have the affected airbags. nine other auto makers also use takada airbags. the shopping season is gearing up and two big companies want to make sure you make the most of every minute, including the time you spend in public restrooms. amazon, proctor & gamble are teaming up so you can buy items while in a toilet stall. they are calling it, not kidding, a stall mall. ads on the back of the door will offer products like toilet paper, whitening strips. you scan a bar code with your smart phone and just like that, you have done your business while doing your business. it sparks a lot of puns but will

the sales be flush? okay, i'm done. >> stop! you probably didn't ask for a salesperson's help when you were in the bathroom. probably don't want one. it turns out you probably don't want their help in the rest of the store either. a new survey finds nearly 60% of shoppers would rather consult their smart phones than a salesperson. the consumer electronics association says customers are whipping out their phones for help buying gadgets, groceries, clothing, even toiletries. shoppers are looking up not only prices but product reviews and descriptions. they also are hunting for coupons. smart there. many hope to avoid the aggressive salesperson who might steer them in the wrong direction. >> leave it to you. thank you, michael. well, all this rain is making for gorgeous scenery. this is the upper yosemite falls at yosemite national park. this is from the park service. park officials say it's going

full force now. many of the park's waterfalls are completely dry up until the recent storm. the wet weather did not keep kiteboarders off the bay. you can see this guy here catching some big air. the video was shot near crown memorial state beach in alameda. this is our fifth straight rainy day. >> yes. feels like it. the storms started early saturday morning. it's been ten months since the bay area has had five days of rain in a row. last happened back in february. meteorologist sandhya patel, i joked with sandhya for awhile when we were only getting little bits of rain. i was calling her puddles patel. you are indeed now -- >> that's just not nice. >> -- stormy patel. >> we should vote on it. puddles or stormy. >> you have to be stormy. i'm sure the hash tag, we can come up. >> i'm sure we can. this is welcome, larry and cheryl. all these storms after three dry years in the middle of a drought, now our season to date has pushed well above normal

which is great. right now out here, a few sprinkles which is why my umbrella is out as we take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we are still tracking some pockets of moderate showers from half moon bay main street heading towards 280. watch out, brief rainfall there expected and from basically the santa cruz mountains towards monterey, still seeing scattered returns. in the livermore area, light rainfall, especially around the boulevard out towards patterson pass boulevard and in the sierra nevada, now chains are required on state route 88 and 4 but the other ones, 80 and 50, are fine. been a mix of rain and snow. some of the resorts have reported anywhere from two to about 13 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. here's what's really exciting. sfo, 152% of normal. san francisco, 137% of average for the season to date. 121% oakland. 127% livermore. you can see moffett field, almost 200% of average, over

five inches of rain. san jose, 164%. ukiah and sacramento are above normal as well. in the sierra, we have been seeing a few snow flakes. winter storm warning continues until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, three to six inches expected, about 7500 feet. carry the chains if you're going. this is a beauty. we want to see weather pictures where you live. this is gorgeous from the emeryville camera. send them in or tweet them to me. post them on my facebook. we would love to show them on the air. temperatures, low to mid 60s and here's a lovely view. coit tower, you see cloud cover still and temperatures are in the upper 50s to mid 60s. sfo, you have been seeing some delays. they continue on arriving flights with the weather conditions. showers at times through friday, drying out a bit this weekend and we do have another chance of rain sunday night into monday. here's the cold front that has been pushing through this morning, pushed through and brought us the thunderstorms

last night into today. moist flow continues. that's going to keep the shower chance going right on through tomorrow. scattered showers tonight. keep the umbrellas around. tomorrow morning when you leave home, don't forget the umbrellas and the shades. you will see sunny breaks out there. tomorrow evening's commute looks pretty dry and then we reintroduce some showers friday afternoon. this system is weaker. light to moderate rain right on through friday night and early saturday morning. the rest of your saturday is dry. most of your sunday will be fine except in the north bay. temperatures tomorrow morning, 50s. you may see some fog out there so watch out. afternoon, scattered showers and sunny breaks. temperatures in the 60s for most of you. accuweather seven-day forecast, lingering showers tomorrow, chance of rain coming in on friday with a slight chance lingering into saturday. then sunday afternoon/evening, we have possibility of rain in the north bay. better likelihood on monday but that rain event looks very light. nothing like what we have been dealing with in the last 48 hours. this storm that came through last two days, definitely a

memorable one with all the thunderstorms and heavy rain we have seen. let's hope that maybe a little over a week from now we can see a repeat of that. that's what computer models are hinting at. cheryl, larry? >> thank you so much. want to give you an update on the breaking news. looks like the number of protesters in oakland is growing after that decision that came down today in new york. >> that's right. a grand jury in staten island ruled or decided not to indict new york city police officer in relation to the death of eric garner that was seen on video, the officer put the man in an apparent choke hold in july and sadly, the man died. the grand jury's decision means there will not be any criminal charges in the case. right now it looks as though things are peaceful. there are a large number of police officers there as well. >> let's hope it stays peaceful

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tomorrow. it will climb to an altitude of 3600 miles, orbit the earth twice in the four and a half hour test run. it will give nasa valuable data as america returns to manned space flight. it's been awhile since the video gangnum style was a big hit. now that the video soared past the two billion view mark, youtube has to upgrade its site. the number of views on the video has surpassed what was the maximum on youtube. the coding only allowed for a few million views. it resets to three billion. >> that dance is harder to do than you believe. >> amazing the popularity. we want to tell you about holiday celebrations happening right now in san francisco's union square. >> artificial turf covering two blocks of stockton street above where construction is taking place for muni's new central subway. a ceremony happening now that will officially open winter walk

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coming up new at 6:00, we go on pothole patrol. they are everywhere, including the new bay bridge. plus the five roughest places to drive in the bay area. also from 7 on your side, the challenge now under way to the bankruptcy filing of a local couple accused of bilking distressed homeowners. why trustees think the couple is lying. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you. san francisco gearing up to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world's fair with a year long celebration. >> san francisco hosted a panel back in 1915. many buildings were built and later torn down for the fair. the only structure saved, the beautiful palace of fine arts. the celebration kicks off with a three day event february 20th at the palace of fine arts and california historical society.

that will do it for us. "world news tonight with david muir" is next. i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings. thanks for joining us. welcome to "world news tonight." and breaking news. no indictment. yet another explosive case in america. the police choke hold caught on tape, the unarmed man killed. the outrage pouring in tonight. the american teacher and mother of two attacked and killed in a shopping mall. tonight, the surveillance video. the suspect wearing that veil. the new number coming in tonight. look at this. $1.99 for a gallon of gas. where it's now under $2 a gallon. and is your city next? and speechless. fresh off her national honor tonight, our interview with meryl streep. her daring new challenge. and what we asked her that left her speechless. but not for long. good evening and we begin