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>> tv peaceful protest. >> hundreds of protesters shut down interstate 80 and clash with police in berkeley tonight. evening commute paralyze as demonstrators march down the freeway late into the night. >> here's a look from over hay. there's a heavy police presence in berkeley emeryville and they try to get them from getting back on 80. >> more than 1000 people march through berkeley tonight over a grand jury decision not to indict a white new york police officer in the apparent choke hold death of an african american man. and other cases of alleged police brutality. here is a live look from sky 7 hd over emeryville right now you could still see the protestors walking and milling

through the streets. >> hundreds of marchers go open interstate 80 blocking traffic really badly. alan is following protesttors on foot. he is on the phone with us now live in emeryville. alan? >>reporter: hi dan. police have asked for permission to use tear gas tonight but it hasn't happened yet. emeryville protestors out flank the police license on the freeway and tried to get back on but police corner about 50 protestors within the hour at the ross store on shell mount. more protestors said let them go and more police officers are showing up in force here. this crowd has been one of the largest yet. more than 1,000 plus 500 people at the height. police lost control of them of those protestors after they splintered into groups at 8:00 o'clock at the university on ramp in berkeley. rushed on to interstate 80 with protestors marching down both lanes towards oakland. police were out numbered by the protestors

who were walking in between paralyze traffic. back up several miles in both way. there was another confrontation open the pedestrians bridge in berkeley earlier tonight. chp motorcycle cop tried to head off a group trying to cross-over the pedestrians bridge. this protest started off at 5:00 o'clock this evening. which quickly grew from 500. march to the berkeley police department where they were waiting in helmet and bart station shut down temporarily to keep protestors out. the crowd marched through town until they decided to head toward the freeway. so far barecly police say they have arrested one person tonight and we do not have any reports of property damage. berkeley pd says a few object have been thrown at them n.berkeley, abc 7 news. thank you for the update. listen to this. woman caught if the back up caused by protest went in labor. sky 7 hd was overhead as firefighters met her on the side of the freeway. ambulance was also

called. she was put on to stretcher and taken to the hospital. >> and protestors also blocking trains. this picture was taken by the person with the chronicle. here's a look from sky 7 hd where protestors still lying and standing on the track and climbing on to the safety gate and the signals. amtrak says trains through berkeley blocked for couple of hours now blocked for couple of hours now. >> that back up spilled on to the bay bridge. here's a life look from the south beach camera. some drivers were stuck for hours as traffic reached the bridge. right now chp only allowing drivers take 5 80 off the bridge so more cars don't end up getting trapped on 80 in berkeley. >> when you look at where protestors got on to i 80 in berkeley and police finally made a stand in emeryville you can see the clear intention. crew on the ground heard protestors talking about getting on and shutting down the entire bay bridge. new here's a look from sky 7 hd making the standby powell

street and directing a couple hundred protestors off the interstate which may be the only thing that actually kept them from getting on to the bay bridge which apparently was their intention. >> here's a live look from sky 7 hd emeryville could you see the marchers making their way through the street. traffic is moving once again on some liens of i 80 the damage is just done of i 80 the damage is just done. back up for miles and hours before it gets back to normal and the protestors have not stopped this evening. >> we are devoting full week of program to go report on race and justice in america. watch for coverage on good morning america world news tonight and "nightline". on wednesday a live town hall live town hall session is on face book. up to date on the protest during the newscast but lets move open. former uber driver has been charged with vehicle already manslaughter in the death of 6-year-old girl on new year's eve. this man hit

and killed 6-year-old sophia on polk street in san francisco on december 31. he also injured the girl's mother and brother exploratorium district attorney office says the man turned himself in did and posted bail. the woman and her family were in the crosswalk on polk and ellis street when police say they were hit. wrongful death lawsuit filed in january. uber says the driver was not covered by the insurance because he didn't have a passenger at the time of the crash. the ride service has since changed the policy and now covers drivers even when they are not actually carrying a fare. now to our weather at the bay area braces for the biggest storm in years. live look from our exploratorium camera. no rain yes you see some clouds out there. 7 news meteorologist sandhya is tracking the storm and we could see some serious problems. >> indeed. this is going to be a hefty storm this leave the mark. let me show you doppler watching the fog but the about

storm is tracked and show it to you from the satellite perspective. all the right dynamic coming together. storm risk between wednesday night and friday. high risk of your pan flooding. wind damage. high surf. ridiculous mud slides moderate chance up to half foot of rain is expected in our bay area mountains. several inches at the lower el vision i'll be back with a time line of this storm and exactly when the worst of it will be hitting coming right up. >> thanks. see you in a moment. >> so with intense storm bearing down on us people around the bay area use the next couple days to get ready as best they can. lillian is live in san francisco with that part of the story. lillian clock is ticking. >> him if folsom street and many businesses here have the sand bag in place. the area is prone to flood something nobody is taking any chances. the. >> come up and slide in on both sides. >> mark is determined to keep the water out. he manages the

warehouse on lean clothing company and the mravrping is part of the barrier he hopes will protect the fwris flooding. less we can storm damage nearly 20000 dollars in merchandise after world trade center made the way inside. this time everything has been moved around. >> not ideal. especially we have a at any of stuff down here. this is our which are house so we have to make sure we get everything off the ground. >> city crew also keeping busy. workers san francisco department of public work still sand about and deliver them to businesses flooded in the past. they have also cleared storm drain and trimmed low hanging branch likely to fall during the storm. resident being asked to do their part by sweep the driveway and sidewalk. >> because when the rain come that washes in the storm drain. big accumulation of leaves or debris that clog the drain. if you clog the drain then you are going to have localize flooding going to have localize flooding. >>reporter: the city expects to give away a couple thousand sand about for the latest storm sand about for the latest storm. resident pick them up at the operation center on chavez street. this is abc 7

news. >> now you find helpful hints at our web site under prepare nor cal. there's a red cross safety check list in the event of mainly disaster and list of supply you need blanket battery all sorts of things if power outage. don't forget to charge your cell fechbility. >> san jose 6 80 closed for hours tonight as police try to talk a william down from an overpass. the freeway shut down in both direction at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon. chp says they had no alternative but to clear the freeway. the woman has been clinging to the outside portion of the fence on the overpass. she is still revving to kilometer down. traffic was snarled for hours. >> start work at 5:00 o'clock and i have been here for about 2 and a half hours. >> i left work at 4:30. that was from if 2 37 and maude. >> northbound lanes rae open shortly before 9 this evening.

south bound traffic is still being routed off the highway to mckey road. motorist being advised to avoid the area. >> fighting chronic fatigue. next on 7 news. how local doctors are silence doctors are silencing the skeptic of often misdiagnosed disorder. >> plus the big change for facebook. powerful new feature allow users to look into the past. >> of course we follow protest in berkeley and emeryville. sky 7 hd where it has been a huge mess for people on interstate 80 tonight. trying to good

a. >> live back over emeryville tonight. sky 7 hd showing you the recommend innocent of the protestors. up wards of 1,000

tonight manufacturing through the streets. and eventually as we said shutting down for couple of hours interstate 80 in both direction at ashby avenue but things are winding down after very intense night for protestors police and commuters alike. however the good news to the best of our knowledge very also or no vandalism or violence as has happened the last couple nights. we stay on the story but the protest tonight appears to be coming to a conclusion for the most part. stay with us. her during the half hour on 7 news.com and on our twitter feed. >> breakthrough tonight for battling an illness that some people don't think is real. doctor silence the skeptic of chronic fatigue sin dro. cheryl jennings brings us the story. >> endurance was never a problem for ann cramer. for years she compete entered loss distance run from california to europe and then at age 30 her health suddenly changed.

>> that was the hardest time when i couldn't get out of bed. at times i was crawling to use the bathroom. >>reporter: she went from doctor to doctor for months searching the cause of her fatigue. without a diagnosis she would eventually undergo a battery of tests just to prove she was sec enough to be placed on disability. >> yes, i was called a hype con dry alaska if the early days. i was told i needed to good to physical therapy. >> finally turned to dr. montoya stanford chronic fatigue clinic. he diagnosed her condition as crop ick fatigue syndrome or cfs. he says unlike other diseases there is no blood test for cfs. and while patients can experience debilitating fatigue for years, some doctors still skeptical that it's a legitimate condition. >> most important moment when i see new patient in our clinic is when we tell them that we do believe they have a relevant disease. >> but new brick through could

soon change perception of chronic fatigue syndrome. and potentially give doctors a tool to identified tie and diagnose it. >> it's this one here with the blue fibers going aroyptd. >> dr. zane and his team use image technique to compare the pwren of cfs patients with a control group. what they found were 3 consistent abnormality in the if patients including a path way that connects different parts of the brain. >> and people who had worse fatigue this measurement was more abnormal. third thick we found thinks track connects 2 point of the brain. we found that those 2 pinpoint of the brain that were connected by the track were also ab initials he says the abnormality wouldn't have been picked up on normal mri and unclear what caused them. but with targeted imaging the stanford team is hoping the abnormality can eventually be used as mile mark tore confirm the diagnosis.

and who is now being treated with apartment viral drugs says the early diagnosis would help remove the frustration so many patients feel. >> it's really only the first step for us and doctors recognize this as well. we need it to be legitimate and to see how to diagnosis it and then the next step hopefully is treatment. >>reporter: cheryl jennings abc 7 news. >> the physician book has unveiled powerful new fetch that will awill you to you find old posts. today when you search for something on facebook you get current paijts but now the search will scour every pouvingt ever viewed. search results are personalize for each you're so you can't search for all post on facebook only the with thawbs have been shared with you. interesting change. >> certainly is. it's time for our interesting change. big storm headed our way. >> well said. calm before the storm. sandhya is tracking the whole think for us. >> yes, i am. we look at significant storm as you look

at live doppler 7hd pretty quiet. the only thing concerned about the fog. less than a quarter mile visibility right now in fairfield. just over two in petaluma. 3 quarters of a mile with heavy fog if santa rosa so there is a dense fog advisory for the straits and delta. this is running until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. typically the fog we see in the central valley spilling over into our area. it's going to increase your drive time for the commute tomorrow so plan accordingly. temperatures rate now in the 50's for most of you. 60 degrees enjoyed 60 degrees enjoy the mild conditions before the storm hits from the exploratorium camera. san francisco just dealing with cloud cover. major storm hits midweek. heavy rain wind large waves with even a chance of some thunderstorms on thursday. take a look at the storm. i show it to you here on the pacific satellite pichblingt high pressure still controlling our weather so keeping it dry and mild tomorrow then quickly things will change. wednesday night this storm starts to move in. it has all the right

dynamic including moisture and some cold unstable air. so powerful storm is developing and it hits the bay area. the worst of the rain will be thursday. the worst of the wind begins as early as wednesday night.so at 7:00 p.m. you will notice some rain north of the bay area wednesday night and then as we head towards the 5:00 a.m. commute thursday heavy rain starts to move in to the north bay. slides south during the commute slides south during the commute. thunderstorms are possible at 8:00 a.m. around the north bay and the thunderstorm risk tips rate on through the evening hours. moderate heavy rain shifts at 11:00 a.m. still seeing some red here at 1:00 p.m. heavy rain potential thunder. thursday afternoon and really it doesn't quite end there. evening rush is going to be a rough one as well as we take you into the second half of the commuter model. 7:00 p.m. still hacking at heavy rainfall across some parts of the bay area. then the rain lighten up a little bit. friday morning looking at light moderate rain

and turning to more scattered showers and quiet down. now rainfall estimate with the big storm most of it come if during the thursday friday time period one to three inches for the lower el vision 4 to 6 inches for the higher elevation when you get rain like that you are likely to see some pretty good the problems around here including potential for flooding. flash flood watch wednesday tonight through thursday tonight with significant wren most of the bay area in the monterey bay pretty much covered under this what's the difference. the waichs up and flooding possible listen to the manning emergency management officials. wairngs occurring now or about to occur occurring now or about to occur. imminent really.so this is when you want to seek higher ground. if he ever drive through a flooded area obviously even if it looks shallow. strong winds will kick up. high wind watch wednesday afternoon thursday afternoon. 40 to 60 miles an hour. could down tremendous and power line that obviously could cause some power out annuals around the bay area. high waves are expected currently 8 to 12 feet. high

surf advisory starts tomorrow night. runs until 4 a.m. friday. it's for coastal north bay. 15 to 20 foot wave. potential for high risk of republic currents. winter storm watch for sierra nevada wednesday thursday afternoon to friday afternoon. we could see 2 to 3 feet of snow. the i wouldn't advice travel you could see white out conditions. wait until saturday morning if you can. speaking of morning watch out for the fog. temperatures in the 50's first thing in the morning tom afternoon. not as mild as today but still comfortable. the forecast wednesday nature the action begins stormy thursday. friday rain gives way to showers. break saturday then another storm nowhere near this intensity sunday night into monday. >> thanks so much. >> warriors in action out of town. >> we have sports. were yours feel good story of the bay area winning taken winning 13 straight of minnesota. league best 18 and

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>> update on protest in we arecly. all eastbound lanes are open. chp in the process of opening all westbound lanes with taillights and him if we

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