we are in front of what is a familiar scene, a boarded up business in emeryville where windows were shattered and the store was lotted. we have video of it being looted, one of many businesses trashed during the protests. a lot of them in emeryville. a black and white liquor store, a black and white liquor store, a c.v.s., a 7 halt. protesters staged a die in and set off fireworks. c.h.p. move merchandise and arrested -- move merchandise and arrested 14 people. officials say as officers moved to clear the freeway they were assaulted by rocks.

other protests are planned today including a plan to shut down including a plan to shut down the federal building in oakland. the oakland city council recessed nearly after protesters showed up outside city hall. leaders debated whether to stop the meeting and call for police. >> the meeting if my opinion needs to be recessed. if you can grow on a time certain, but our first obligation is public safety and make sure you who are in here are safe and can leave safely. they considered it but the protesters moved on and the city council meeting continued. >> when protesters shut down interstate 80 on monday, a passenger was inconvenienced. a bay area woman went into labor while trapped in the traffic. she spoke to us about the ordeal

and we will have the story in ten minutes. we are reporting all week on the issue of race and justice in america. george stephanopolis will moderate a townhall session on facebook and watch for reports on "good morning america" and "world news tonight." >> the massive storm is headed for the bay writer and mike has been telling us of the potential power and marin county is among the first for be clobbered. >> officials will activate the emergenciation center and satellite images of the approaching storm take center stage and popping up to alert locals. >> free sandbags are being offered by many cities the san francisco ran out after giving away 3,500 sandbags. more are on the way. people have to fill the bags

themselves in some locations so bring your own shovel. they are most effective to prevent flooding of 1' or less of water. >> utility companies are ramping up. pg&e is implementing the emergency preparedness plan, with trucks loaded with equipment and will restart lost power. crews are prepositioned in areas that can be most prone to outages. >> san francisco work crews have been removing loose rock from the lombard street section of telegraph hill. you may recall this hillside has had problems before. heavy rain on the way, the city is concerned of a repeat of 2012 when boulders threatened an entire apartment complex. the work is part of a $3.9 million project to stabilize telegraph hill. if you drive in the storm,

avoid driving in the outside lane of the freeway where the water collects. never drive in to standing water. we saw stranded cars last week the replace windshield wipers now. when the wipers are on the headlights need to be on the it is law. the sierra is preparing for good times the storm is expected to drop 3' of snow above lake tahoe great news for skiers but, perhaps, better news for the drought. all the snow will run off to the reservoirs and be piped to communities across the state, a few would have lifted water restrictions. >> rain is not enough to stock east bay mud from imposing 14 percent surcharge to pay for emergency drought plan. the sure charge adds $4 a month to the average bill starting next month. it will pay for pumping and emergency supply from the

sacramento river. customers are asked to voluntarily cut water use by 15 percent, 5 percent more than previously requested. >> the storm approaches can you track it where you live by down loading the weatherup and you will find it on apple's app store or google play with more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. we will have full coverage of the storm. get up-to-the-minute weather and traffic conditions where you live with the morning team. we will be here for you starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. turning to other news, the c.h.p. is investigating a crash that left a person dead and sent two to the hospital in hayward on the southbound interstate 880 connection to highway in the, the c.h.p. says a car crashed interest an abandoned car parked on the right shoulder at 10:30. one person kid at the cent and another was taken to the hospital with major injuries. a third person suffered minor

injuries. several lanes were blocked on 880 and 92 and a traffic alert was issued. lanes were cleared and the connection re-opened around 2:30 this morning. >> the san jose city council has voted to enforce a 10 percent tack on people who book a short-term rental home on airbnb charged now at traditional hotels and legalizes the on-line home sharing service which was folkally prohibited even though 300 san jose homeowners were renting out rooms or their entire home. san jose joins san francisco and portland in enforcing the country first airbnb taxes with other cities expected to follow suit. >> oakland city council is banning use of bull hooks on circus elements and it could cause a bunch of money, because it stands an elephant during training and performance. opponents call them inhumane and the company that will set from mosts ringling brothers

threatened to pull other shows out of oakland if the ban passed. that means the coliseum could be out $1.4 million in revenue. >> as we mentioned earlier we are learning more of a womans would threat to jump off an overpass in san jose shut down interstate 680 during monday evening's commute. the police say the woman seriously injured a deputy by biting the deputy's finger while she was booked into yale. she faces charges including trespassing and being under the influence of drugs. police say she surrendered after a nine-hour stand off. >> today, the warriors will release design dates for the new interstate center at mission bay center. the last design got a lot of criticism. many say it looked like a toilet, 12 acres on private land bounded by third, 16th and

front street seating 18,000 people. the team wants $1 billion project ready for 2018-20 unanimous season. if you is not her, there is a storm headed our way and we need to prepare. >> hopefullien has heard about it. we have been talking ability it for a week. we keep fine tuning details. ever those have not changed. that is how well the models we have been able to dissect. we have too much moisture if here like we have had the last couple of mornings were we have drizzle and fog. that is it. along with mild temperatures, crissy field, across the golden gate bridge, and that is west portal is coolest at 55. most temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's. in san rafael the fog is developing on 101 and as we look southbound toward the golden gate bridge. today we will be mild, cloudy,

sprinkles are possible. i would not think you would need an umbrella. tomorrow, you need one but with you rain coming down side 67 is as warm as we get. tomorrow, that is when the storm comes in. windy and heavy rain flooding and damned by trees and power lines and thunderstorms possible on friday and it will be dry on saturday. we will look at the back half of weekend with detail on the storm coming up. >> we are starting off at the golden gate bridge with traffic clear with the, exception of haze because of the fog in the north bay. as we travel along in the southbound direction everything is moving along fine and here is a look over altamont pass, you can see the orange as we track weather and traffic that is an indication of where we have fog in the area. it is not slowing things down. you can see travel time, tracy to dublin is 26 minutes and when highway 4 antioch to concord is

14 meants and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minute commute. >> trapped in traffic with a baby on way. the new mom would bearly made it to the hospital in time as she tells her story. >> bumgarner accepts "sports illustrated" award and who he says is responsible for the incredit enyear. >> we have weather and traffic were threw the entire commercial break. the bay bridge toll plaza is empty but that will change. empty but that will change. stay

>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 4:42 on wednesday. a look at the golden gate bridge with traffic light on this

wednesday. the storm in the offing, we want did see how you are preparing ahead of the big storm. ahead of the big storm. send us your and an award was picked up in norway and she want the world know she is not the only girl attacked to wanting education inviting two friends severely wounded in taliban when she was attacked by taliban gunman, she wants to make sure young girls have a chance to study. she is the youngest ever to receive the nobel peace prize and studying to be a doctor and said hopefully she can be the prime minister of pakistan. this morning a san francisco woman is counting her blessing after being trapped in traffic on i-80 during the protest on monday night. >> the problem is we recorded

she went into labor in the middle of the protest in her car. here is lisa with the incredible story. this is a picture of the mother holding her newborn daughter, camilla, driving home to san francisco when the traffic came to a standstill. the protesters blocked i-80 for hours and something unexpected happen. >> i had the contraction every three minutes and five minutes and when i have very, very bad pain, very strong pain, i called 9-1-1, come and help me. >> getting an ambulance to the mother in the sea of cars would be nearly impossible. until a firefighter and an s.u.v. her the calm and intervening. >> one of our chiefs used his red lights and siren and through the traffic to find we the patient. >> assistant chief got to the mother in 15 minutes. sky 7 was there as she was

transferred to an awaiting ambulance, away from the protesters and the freeway. >> i was nervous because i thought, delivery in the car... >> the assistant chief stayed with her until she got to the hospital. the baby was born four hours later. the haas spoke with us and says what happened was very, very dangerous for a lot people. blocking the freeway created havoc. he says he will fell better when his daughter is safely at home. his daughter is safely at home. this morning, giants ace illustrated" sportsman of year. >> he was epic against the royals winning both games and captured the championship in game seven.

he was his usual humble self at the presentation. >> it is truely a blessing to be part of the giants' organization and thank them for picking me as a high school kid that just had one pitch and sticking with me. i learned a lot since them. >> according to "sports illustrated" he had to buy his first student tie so he could dress promptly to accept last night's award. that is not a vice, he is a self-proclaimed "country boy," in the best sense of the phrase, simple and very humble. >> how old is he now? >> 25. first student at 25. >> there will be more. >> he got married. >> he is a horse farmer. he has a horse farm. >> that is what he does in the off season. >> north carolina foothills. if you come back to visit bring your hip waders and hold

on to your hats and the steering while. you will enjoy the commute this morning because the winds are light. tomorrow morning, if it is not raping where you are the winds are gusting. they will start at 10:00 tonight and through 10:00 tomorrow night up to 50-miles-per-hour gusts in most our neighbors and higher elevations and long had coast at 70 to 80-miles-per-hour gusts so tremendouses are coming down and they could take power lines with them so we can have power out averages tomorrow. we will look at the wind forecast and at 7:00 tonight we are starting to see nearly 30-miles-per-hour gusts in santa rosa and san francisco and half moon bay and point reyes and by midnight, 50 up and down the north bay coast to 37 in san francisco to 41 at half moon bay and you can zero impression of and you can zero impression of the front at 7:00 tom

by 1:00 o'clock most us are in the 15- to 20-miles per hour range and by 2:00, so will san jose at 30 at 1:00 o'clock so it will be windy through lunch. the fog is forming this morning down in walnut creek looking southbound on 680. fog and drizzle are clouds and sprinkles this afternoon. the storm arrives tone the heavy rain. strong gusts and dangerous surf and thunderstorms. if you are caught in a thunderstorm the rain will be heavier and possibly extreme. the storm is developing and all that energy is coming together to create urban flooding, mud and rock slides, creek flooding and power outages tomorrow. at noon today you can see the cloud cover, and it will start raping in the north bay at 5:00. but it will be moderate rain and then the heavy rain comes in at 7:00 with the cold front. by 10:00 it is moving into the heart of the bay and it is in the heart of the bay by 11 o'clock and by 2:00 it is moving

into the south bay with the strongest storms inland east bay. by action we have moderate showers behind the front moving through the evening. it will taper overnight. we will see a few more developing toward tomorrow or friday afternoon. scattered thunderstorms. now, 2-4" in lower elevations and up to 8" in the north bay. that is why we have flash flood watch with bonding on -- ponding on the roads. creeks could flood. we of seeing 10-20' waves along the coast. that will be around 20 and sustained through 10:00 friday morning. we get a break saturday, not of sunday, and more rain but nothing like this monday and tuesday. the flooding and, really, nasty continues to get to welcome tomorrow you may want to consider telecommuting if you can swing it. it would be worth it. now the mass transit we had protests in the east bay last

night closing down bart in the east bay and berkeley area. ace train running on time but amtrak was affected. all trains are now become on track and they are running without any delays. right now, san jose and 101 away from 880 the drive, 880, is moving along without any problems and accident free cross the entire bay area and as we take a wider view of san jose 101 up to the san jose airport and further into the sunnyvale area, the drive is clear, 280 and 85, in problems. east 80 between powell street and buchanan, the cone wrapping up. >> the warriors go for the 14th win in a row and they hope it will be a victory for hundreds of bay area children, as well. >> san francisco takes aim at tobacco, the neighbors where

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>> you can see it right there. >> tonight the warriors return for a game before heading back on the road. they are riding a franchise best 13-game winning streak with the best record in the nba. the warriors are asking fans to bring a new unwrapped toy to the game in support of the 2014 oakland mayor's community toy drive with toys suitable for newborns and children up to 12 years are needed and fans can drop them off at every entrance to the arena when the doors open at 6:00 p.m. tip-off for the game against the houston rockets is set for 7:30. meteorologist mike nicco is trafficking live doppler hd to tell you exactly when the storm will arrive. >> in the north right now and you are not seeing radar republicans on the coast yet around secretent city so you have an idea of how fast the storm will move. it will stall tomorrow. here is the forecast, headed to eureka it will be 61.

70's in san diego, and palm springs is 78. when is the last time we had a blizzard warning for the sierra? the western slope. do not travel through here if possible. 10:00 tonight through 1:00 o'clock on friday. extremely dangerous condition because of 80-miles-per-hour gusts and 2' of snowplowing sideways. you will not be able to see. leyla gulen will talk about that. >> when the snow hits the ground you will need the chains and snow tires. you do not need chains snow but through berkeley the headlights westbound beyond university avenue traffic is light. at the bay bridge toll plaza not so light. we are loading up in the left-hand lane. the fast trackers are moving along just fine. if you are traveling along the stretch, westbound 80 from albany to the maze it is four minutes, 880 southbound from fremont to san jose is 15

minutes, and 280 northbound from 101 into cupertino that is 11 minutes. the san francisco board of supervisors is taking action to reduce the number of tobacco sales in the poorest neighbors. superviseers have approved a law imposing a cap of 45 tobacco selling permits for 11 districts. there is a big disparity with 270 permits in district six. district seven, they have only 37 permits. the city and working with businesses to help them make a rest without relying on tobacco sales. a new report on america's health says people are smoking less but overeating more. according to an annual analysis by the united health foundation obesity has doubled the last 25 years from nearly 12 percent in 1990 to almost 30 percent today. the diabetes rate is more than double but there are brit --

bright spots, life expectancy in the sons all-time high at 78.8 years. the report also offers a state by state break down with hawaii the most healthy and mississippi is the least healthy. california is 17th on the list. this is terrific story, a family is making the season bright. the fuller family has been putting on this holiday light show for 20 careers. this is video of the brilliant display at the house. though are asking people who stop to see the dislay to drop off a canned food donation with the donations sent to the pack can resource center. >> how many hours does it take to program the lights to music. >> or write the check to the power company? >> we are in the calm right now at 4:57 before the monster storm, next, we have preparations going open right now as the most powerful storms in years comes down on the bay area.

>> a storm of controversy over a sex education program in a local high school. the demand some parents will make of school leaders today. as we head to break we leave you with a picture of i-80 through berkeley with traffic moving okay but it will not be this way tomorrow or when the massive storm is hitting its peek. more weather and traffic and breaking news but first, we take breaking news but first, we take you

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