>> you can see the highway is completely dark and there are no cars this morning in the area. that is because lanes in both direction are closed between willow and marsh in with northbound traffic exiting at willow. southbound traffic is exiting in this area and c.h.p. will get you around the mess and back to the highway. yesterday during the rain there was a lot of flooding on the highway. they closed a few lanes throughout the day. last night, they closed all lanes because the flooding was too dangerous. caltrain came in and tried to pump some of water out. i got an e.t.a. and c.h.p. hopes to have all lanes open at 5:00, in 20 or 30 minutes. that is what they hope if. they had all of the barriers up

and someone drove right through them. yesterday when there were barriers we would see some drivers trying to get through the puddles and many got stuck. something similar happened this morning, someone drove through the barrier but rather than getting stuck c.h.p. was able to pull them over before it happened and towed the car. sonoma county officials are recommending evacuation of 300 homes in guerneville as the russian river continues to rise. here is what the river looked like yesterday afternoon. it hit flood stage 32' this morning. it is expected to reach 35' around lunch time today. the water flowed into a park and created a new lake. this morning federal scientists are measuring stream me and flooding on the russian river. nick will have a report at the top of the hour from

guerneville. >> a tree fell on a house on shadow creek court in fairfax. the 90' oak poked holes in the roof but family got out. >> at 10:00, i was upstairs in the house and it sounded like an earthquake then another earthquake. i thought it was thunder. i saw the tree was down. >> house has been red tagged and the tree will be cut up this morning. the owner has classic cars in the garage and he is worried the weight of the tree could damage the cars so he wants the tree removed. >> in mill valley there were barriers to keep the floodwater away with a house that is built 3' off the ground for

recollection. >> i came out and no water came down the street and at 7:15 it was coming out so it happened at once. >> sick more creek reached flood stage on thursday afternoon and those would live along the street call a call from marin emergency services describing what is going on. city officials believe the neighbor is safe. >> water pours from a car after a tow truck pulled it from a flooded road in san francisco this morning. the driver says he did fought realize how deep the water was when he rove through the interchange. the area beneath 101 bloods -- floods during big storms. >> a portion of san ramon creek in danville collapsed taking secret signs with it. the northbound lane of front street was closed with pg&e crews securing a utility pole. >> craws will try to remove a

massive oak tree that fell on a car last night. it is so heavy the tree smashed the front end of the car into the asphalt. the driver was lucky and was not hurt. >> alert safeway employees if san jose heard ominous sounds from the roof and evacuated the store before it crashed down. the roof of the safeway in silver creek collapsed during the storm yesterday. employees heard enjoys and spot add crack in the roof and decided it was time to leave. 50' of the roof collapsed. >> bay area residents are still in the dark because of power outages. the biggest outage is in the north bay affecting 1,400 customers. pg&e reports a thousand homes and businesses are without power in the east bay, 500 customers are in the dark on the peninsula and another 500 do have power in the south bay.

ten customers are affected across san francisco. >> the south bay has seen relentless rain and water 2 1/2' deep and pools in front of two mobile home parks. that led to mandatory evacuation. at the motor lodge, firefighters are going door to door warning residents of the standing water. the same thing is happening at friendly village mobile home park. >> it is voluntary. >> this is how it looked, the entire street was flooded. evacuations were then mandatory. the buses were on stand by in case residents were rushed to safety. a family was ready to go. >> there are only three of us. >> they decided to stay put. for now the heavy rain continued to cause problems all over santa cruz county, a massive tree split in two and fell on two students at gateway school in

santa cruz. >> no broken bones, just bruises and the other student checked out by medical personnel. >> the school close asked students were sent home. residents here are trying to protect their homes clearing storm drains while keeping a close eye on the river. >> it is a constant source of anxiety with this amount of rain if a short period, anything can happen. >> the sand bags are out and the tarps are up. most schools are re-opening and only a few schools have decided to cancel classes today. the closure includes all schools in novato unified school district and several schools in santa rosa, petaluma and throughout sonoma county. the districts are taking road and flooding concerns into account. >> for a list all school closings go to abc7news.com.

>> you can download the weather app at >> steady rain could be gone but meteorologist mike nicco, what do you have? >> we are in between the waves of energy, the one that brings us the heavy rain and now we are anticipating what will bring us scattered showers and possible thunderstorm. the good news look how light the wind is this morning. they are calm or six miles per hour and we do not have gusts whatever but not much fog, either. look at the visibility, unlimited but for santa rosa usually we have park presidio and probably do not have power so we have no temperature. we are up to 20 degrees cooler, upper 40's in west portal and michigan and low-to-mid 50's

elsewhere with downtown at 50 and across the golden gate bridge 49 degrees. we are in the upper 40's to low 50's. look at 49 through the north bay, richmond, walnut creek, pittsburg, pleasanton, palo alto, american canyon, petaluma, 51 at belmont and 50 at santa clara. 101 and 880 shows the s are still very wet. scattered showers today and thunderstorms and brief heavy rain and small hail and localized gusts mostly in the mid-50's to increasely 60 degrees. >> in walnut creek, you can see how it is moving, never had a problem here yesterday. we can see southbound traffic the tail lights show accident free conditions. in the bay bridge toll plaza it is wide open and i have no doubt morphos will head to work and we will see more traffic making the

drive from the east bay to san francisco. yesterday, it was empty. however, we have a big closing and if you are going to be headed out for a nice friday or whatever, northbound and southbound highway is shut down at sir francis drake with flooding and mudslides. avoid that area, 101, to the golden gate bridge it is clear headed out of waldo. thanks, it is 4:39 the undercover officers noticed trying to work a oakland and now they are doing damage control. >> damage to homes and businesses, will the insurance cover your damage? the answers officer "7 on your the answers officer "7 on your side"

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petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. the california highway patrol claims a plain clothes officer pull add gun on protesters to protect the life of his partner who was attacked. a freelance "san francisco chronicle" photographer snapped this picture of the c.h.p. officer point his gun at 27th and harrison on wednesday. the officers have planed into the crowd before someone figured out they were police and c.h.p. officials claim a man kicked the officer's partner in the head and the crowd was closing in on both of them. the officer first pulled out a baton before he drew his gun. >> we are extremely cognizant and sensitive to the display of a gun. in this situation the officer escalated to the level to protect himself, his partner who was just assaulted and the other innocent bystanders trying to peacefully protest. >> oakland police moved in and

arrested the man suspected of attacking the c.h.p. officer. a pedestrian died after being hit by a.c. transit bus in alameda movying the bus was turning left and it struck the victim at otis and grant. police closed the intersection for several hours while officers investigated the tragedy. the alameda county coroner is working to identify the victim. >> we have shown you a lost storm damage the past day and you could be wondering, what will the homeowners' fix? we share the answers with you from michael finney. >> the front door is blocked, the walk is ripped. >> branches came through the roof cracking walls, damage is shown here, screen after computer screen. >> i could not get over how fast they worked, the ajustor was there in 24 hours and i had a

check in 10 days covering all they promised. >> what do insurance companies promise? you have to check your own policy but most homeowners will insure a tree that falls and wind damage. with water, it is tricky. here is the bake rule: if it falls it is covered. if it rises, it is not. if your basic glads you are probably on your own but if the roof is damaged and rain gets in, you are most likely covered. cars are covered for water damage but only if the owner carries comprehensive coverage. it is the same with a falling tree. if you have comprehensive you are most likely covered. i have found car insurance companies in california pay these claims so rarely that car owners are seldom given grief. >> take a lot of pictures to document any problems. many of you views have been sharing the impact of the storm

where you live with us. >> we have seen a lost amazing pictures and video and we will show you now a picture of flooding from our website. >> this is the raging water parking lot at a park in san jose. residents decided to kayak in a safe way parking lot in healdsburg turn the situation into a fun time. and a safeway parking lot in healdsburg, to car is trapped in the water and as michael mentioned...that destroys the car. some residents citing kayak and canoe say this is a different view of the same picture trying to make the best of a difficult situation. >> the street flooding shoulding alleviated but we will check with you, mike, but, first, if you have weather pictures send them to us. you can e-mail your photos and veto to us at

ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can pest them on our abc 7 facebook or share them with us on twitter. very little rain on the way in this morning, just a smattering. >> it was nice. egg was still wet the entire way in. we will have to consider that driving around this morning. we are this between waves of energy, the unsettled pattern continues. 4:46. from the east bay hills camera you can see it is quiet this morning. our gusts on mount hamilton above 4,000' we hit 83 miles per hour and los gatoss with 64 miles per hour and half moon bay at 56 miles per hour, two miles per hour shy of what would be considered a severe thunderstorm. it is 58 miles per hour is the threshold. hit 48 and oakland hit 45, just 24 hours ago. our last advisory showed high

surf advisory until 4:00 this afternoon. the breakers, although they are around 12-14', some could cincinnati up to 20' with rip currents out there along with beach erosion. in the flood warning for the russian river around guerneville, it is going to crest above flood stage an hour ago and it will hit noon to 1:00 o'clock above flood stage. by 12:30 tomorrow afternoon it will finally recede below flood stage. here is the income wave of showers encroaching upon the russian river and for the rest of us we will watch this batch over the next hour. it will make its way to the coast and the peninsula and most of the 101 corridor. if you are leaving now you are fine. if you leave in 45 minutes you are going to get wet. as we head to the afternoon you can see the scattering and smattering of showers and the possibility of thunderstorms and they have yellow and orange and

they will move fast enough they could drop locally heavy rain but because they are moving so fast, flooding, if any, should be minimal. the temperatures mid-50's to around sick. tonight, patchy fog develops and it is dry as the thunderstorms fade and a lot of low-to-mid 40's with upper 40's around oakland and san francisco. >> you can see the rain starting to come in at noon and showers and thunderstorms. by 5:00, we will see a tapering of a tumor showers and they go quietly into the night and tomorrow morning we will wake up with patchy fog and tomorrow, high clouds and sun. tomorrow is the brighter day. sunday, increasing clouds and after the sun will set, light rain moves in and with us for monday morning and possibly on tuesday and dry on wednesday and thursday. talking about clear conditions, we have those on the

san mateo bridge, wide open spaces if you are headed in the eastbound direction and westbound direction a lot of space between you and the car in front of you if you are traveling over to foster city you will not find problems. we have damp roads, still, and dealing with the aftermath today. we do not is so much in the way of closures because of flooding but we have the aftermath, the cleaned up process and that is evidence here eastbound 580 at livermore avenue the off ramp is shut down until 8:00 with emergency road repair. >> if you are headed along in the westbound direction tracy to dublin is 26 minutes and westbound highway 4 antioch to concord is 14 minutes and from san rafael to san francisco is 18 minutes. if you have posted a photo on facebook after you had too much to drink the technical giant is working on easing your pain. the most downloaded tim of the year in google play store

including my fitness and top grimes is subway surfers and clash of the clan. facebook founder knows many of you feel uncomfortable hitting "like," when someone posts unhappy news but he does not think a dislike button is the answer but they are working on it. >> the future of facebook could protect you from yourself. to keep you if posting unflattering photos of yourself while you are drunk. the system warned people when they about to do something they may regret. for the time being you could do what you are supposed to do and not post that stuff. >> if only they had these for tv journalists. >> a new twist in the battle to allow access to a popular san mateo county beach and what a silicon valley billionaire is accused of doing now.

>> cold storm but warm heart bringing out the best in bringing out the best in neighbors

>> when it rains, our rue teens are disrupted by per nature. check out these photos, a coyote on the left was spotted in daily city, and the one on the right was seen at crissy field in san francisco. the humane society says it is not unusual during extreme weather to sigh coyotes out about in populated areas. fewer people are outside so it is possible they may expand outside their normal territory in sent of >> marin county residents came to the aid of a pregnant neighbor who was trying to fight floodwaters. >> rain water calm identify the sidewalks and pools in drives and front yards and neighbors

helped dig trenches to direct the water ambassador from the woman's house. >> i work up to a flooded backyard, seven months pregnant and flooded backyard. >> we help each other out. >> the trenches did the job and no matter got if her case. >> teens decided to take advantage of no school and a flooded creek. they conducted an interview and two teens floated by on the inflatable boat. this is not a good idea despite how much fun they were having. you never know what is in or below the driver. not safe. >> similar idea by a brother and sister in healdsburg and an air mattress was the craft of choice. they say next time they will bring bores. they were at the mercy of the country. mike, what do you think? >> dangerous. but fund.

but fund. that is what makes fun, can see it is all the way reaching from mount shasta to los angeles and pushing in to san diego so it will be wet there. i checked the flight delays and nothing in those two cities and not even palm springs, mid-60's and low-to-mid 50's through the central valley with scattered showers and thunderstorms and, still, snow 4-8" above 7,000 feet. low visibility. some passes could close. we will ask leyla gulen what is going on. >> the survey says you will need snow chains or tires if you are headed into the mountains foe 80, 50, and 88. those are the three roads we know you need chains or snow tires headed into the snow today or the weekend.

the toll follow -- the toll plaza shows mostly the flooded aftermath conditions and repairs. there will be closings. that is coming up. a billionaire real estate investor faces accusations he is defying a court order by blocking public access to a popular beach if san mateo county. this follows a judge's ruling last week that he must open a gate off highway one to martins beach and allow public access to surfers and beachgoers to his prosecute. the gate is still locked. at issue is an ambiguous phrase in the ruling that says "access has to be allowed to the same extent as rough own -- previous owners." but his gate has been closed or was closed before the storm moved in. >> if you are driving westbound through the caldecott tunnel you

could run into delays but not weather-related with the annual emergency response drill in the westbound tunnel. the drill begins at 10:00 p.m. and until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning stimulating the response to a fire. you can still drive through bore three during the exercise. the water just keeping rising and rising along north bay river. we are dealing with a looming threat forcing hundreds to evacuate. >> there are hundreds of passengers and delays at sfo but passengers and delays at sfo but that is not the only headache

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. on friday, december 12. thanks for joining us. i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco. we are busy but it is calming down. >> it is calmer. you can see the steady rain moved to the east. we will focus on showers. you can see them across the forth bay headed to petaluma and rohnert park and santa rosa and toward sea ranch with a stronger cell developing there and a wall of light rain moving to san francisco and down to half moon bay. for rain right now in the upper 40's to low 50's with scattered showers and thunderstorms and mid-to-upper 50's will taper in the evening. what abut the roads? >> we have a lot of close evening because of the rain. you could wake up, get to the