live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> how many shopping gays until christmas? >> i have lost count. >> this is not kristen sze. obviously. ten. ten days. i am eric thomas. >> i am here for kristen sze who may or may not be shopping, i am matt keller. meteorologist mike nicco is here and those who want did get out of the rain and sit in the movies. >> great idea. or work. you could work. that is one of the thing you could do. you can see the yellows and the reds rolling through the heart of the bay account only area not seeing too much in the way of

yellow and reds is in the north bay. that is to change as the storms are flying up toward your neighbor. you can see livermore, 580, 680, 880, headed up the east bay shoreline, 280, 101, san mateo bridge, all receiving the moderate amount of rain and you can see it moves up to the north. in san jose it is wet. you can see the spray being kicked up. we have steady rain. steady rain. temperatures in the 50's. light are rain by noon and low-to-mid 50's. by 4:00 we will have scattered showers. by 7:00, the showers will taper. it should be dry by the afternoon hours. it has been a wet night. we could have 1-3" of rain by wednesday. >> it is causing havoc on the freeways. we have several accidents. walnut creek, 6 80's southbound from pleasant hill to highway 24 the tail lights pushing

southbound. we are accident free and further to the south and headed to fremont a jackknifeed big rig and westbound 80 at treasure island in the when direction's you get to the old there is one lane blocked. there are no delays. traffic is light. you continue into san francisco, you need to be aware of flooding occurs at 101 around 28 caesar chavez. be very cautious in those areas. >> be prepared. a wet drive across the golden gate bridge with rain pelting entire bridge deck. this video taken at 2:00 a.m. shows the highway if troll urging drivers to slow down during the commute. the rain will make it a tough commute. nick is in fremont. a big mess, nick?

>> absolutely. we are talking about the is fowl -- the sunol grade coming across two jackknifed big rigs on 680. if you look into the distance you can see how one of the tractor trailers jackknifed and ran into the trees and tored branches off. awe move across the freeway you can see the second big rig jackknifed and it looks like a container could hold fuel or some sort liquid. we saw that car or tractor trailer jackknifed and c.h.p. lit the players to reduce the lane of remark and let drives know, we could see debris torn off in the distance but we do not know what it is. we have not had an opportunity to speak to c.h.p. to see if there are injuries associated with the crash and the spinout but i specific to c.h.p. earlier for a different accident. the wet roads have contributed to drivers spinning out.

if you look to my left, the turn off goes all the way back up to a mess coming become down. we had to go up and around to come back to the off-ramp the right now i can tell you i am at 680 and vargas. c.h.p. is still on the scene hopping to get drivers through this area safely. we were waiting for the tow and i am moving around because they need to have a big rig tow to remove the tractor rarely that is jackknifeed. we have the first tow truck over there because that has to move that tractor trailer first because it is causing the most remembers for traffic because it and blocking the inside lane. we still need a second trailer to come out and tow this truck off here to the right. right now, they are trying to hookup the tractor rarely and trying to get it out of here to do what they can toize

congestion on 680 i will provide updates through the day but if there is any way to avoid this section of fremont you need to do so. if you have rain in your neighborhood this morning we want to see it by e-mail are percent or video to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com or post them on twitter with # whereyoulive. >> on live doppler hd you can see what is going on any time with weather app from apple app and google play. it is free. we have breaking news from australia, five people escaped a hostage situation in sydney that now is in the 14th hour. new video shows two women running from a downtown cafe with a gunman holding a grew of people hostage appearing to be workers for lindd chocolate.

authorities are trying to figure out what the gunman wants. three was seen influence the witnesses forcing hostages to hold islamic flags. experts say the flag is not specific to any terror organization but it has been used by jihad groups in the past. past. >> we do not know the motivated. there are some indications it could be. president obama was among the first of the world leaders to be briefed on the takeover and the consulate in sydney has been evacuated but key staffers are working at a secure location. >> a man was shot to death in a parked car in san lenadro after a man was found unresponse ever in a vehicle at 9:30 am yesterday. he died at the scene.

it is considered a local side. >> a driver is facing d.u.i. challenges in southern california after injuring 13 people looking at holiday light displays last night you can see the extent of the damage to the cars. the driver crossed the yellow line and hit two occupied vehicles and slammed into several pedestrians. a witness said it soups like an explosion. >> i was in my house i heard a big "boom." for ten seconds. when i came running out i seen a group of folks laying out on the floor. 11 people were rushed to the local hospitals and four are in critical condition. the driver described as a man his 20 was arrested on suspicion of d.u.i. we are septembering to get an update on the status of san francisco city college the fate now resting in the hands of a judge after the college voted

judge after the college voted rest -- rest issues. the forum is at city college theater at 9:30 this morning. this morning, members of the santa clara board of supervisors are scheduled to discuss how to step wage nest in the county which involves failure to pay wages, refusal to pay for legally mandated paid meal and rest periods and throats against worker whose speak out against abuse. it includes the implementation plan to suspend permits of employers committing repeated wage theft violations and will vote on phase one of the plan tomorrow. the county received the highest number of wage theft complaints in the nation. in palo alto the city council is expected to make a

much more difficult for anyone to spoke downtown. the city council is likely to extend an existing smocking ban to all commercial areas including downtown and stand ford and all dining areas. cigarettes banned 25' of doors to businesses. the new ban includes e-cigarettes. the committee is expected to be asked to lock into abolishing smoking in apartment complexes. hard to believe we are saying this after the success of the past three years but the 49ers are out of the layoffs after playing seattle yesterday. they took half time lead but could not hold it as the seahawks defense clamped down. they are now 7-7 this year. we will heavy what embattled 49ers coach jim harbaugh has to say about his conference this afternoon. >> in kansas city the raiders enter against the rival on a high note after the win over the 49ers.

that was a quickly lost feeling, they were never in this: final 31-13 and the silver and black fall 2-12 for the season. it is raining. we have been asking for that. the warriors now have 16 straight wins. >> the rain is coming down in the south bay. this is our day planner, steady rain and low 50's through 7:00. by noon, it will become a lighter rain but, still, steady in most areas. worry in the low-to-upper 50' and become scattered to lit. at 7:00 the showers will taper. the clouds open up, we will see fog forming as we head through the overnight hour with patchy drizzle through the morning. the heavy rain is falling from san bruno to san mateo where the

bridge is. we have heavy rain in oakland and alameda headed to san leandro and this is san ramon valley through tracy and through the altamont pass. watch out for that. that is the commute. we know it is wet. how about the remark? >> walnut creek has a car on the side and we have had several streets of solo spinouts so we have had our fair share of accidents so far as you make the drive southbound you can see the flashing lights so it is slippery conditions. to the north, southbound 680, we have another accident from emeryville camera it is fuzzy because of rain and we have activity off to the side an indication that c.h.p. is on the scene with an accident closer to treasure island beyond the tower but it looks like we have

activity passing the my stepping lights. in antioch blocking middle lane spunout several times at hillcrest so we have heavy backups away from 160. eric and matt? this is shape up to be the busiest mailing day of the year. welcome news for fans of a popular south bay restaurant devastated by a fire. when can you dine again. >> a woman still standing by comic bill cosby who is embroiled in a series 3-d rape allegations. >> we have a look of the bay bridge toll plaza with rain coming down in many parts across the bay area and you can sea on top of weather and traffic and top of weather and traffic and keep

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candidates in the first elections for hong kong's top heard. >> a special restaurant in los gatos is taking restaurants again after being destroyed by a fire, for new year's eve and regular service start at 10:00 a.m. the restaurant has two stars we after suffering significant smoke and water damage during an early morning fire back in july. a new warping from the hackers who have targeted sony figures in the damaging onwritten attack. here is america's money. good morning, topping america's money the hacker group targeting sony said they will put the company in a worst state after in chaos over stolen e-mails and unreleased movies being leaked. >> today will be the busiest mailing day of the year with the postal service processes 640 million cards, letters and packages hoping to move a record

22.6 million packages today and u.p.s. expected to have the busiest day a week in today. >> at the box office "gods and kings," taking over "hunger games," taking in $24 million. "hunger games," was in a distant second and "penguins," was third >> i have not seen any of those. >> that is america's money. >> bill cosby is breaking his silence over rape accusations slamming the media and saying he expected only the black media to uphold the standards of journalism and says inned to do that you have to go in with a neutral mind. the words come as super millions beverly johnson speaks out with her outbound claims against cosby saying she does not come forward because she lost her nerve after meeting his wife. >> i walked up to her and she knew me and she embraced me and

at that moment i decided i wasn't going to push the issue any further because of her. >> more than a dozen women say the actor drugged and sexually assaulted or raped then. when asked how his wife is holding up, he said love and strength of womanhood and she continues to stand by his side. >> we have taken looks outside and it is coming down. >> steady rain. heavy at times. moderate at others. light at others. light at others. that is the we going to be adding to our water levels for the next 48 to 72 hours with a tapering headed to wednesday. as far as the radar, we will we

see a lost wet weather coming down right now. you can see in the north by, from sonoma and napa, st. helena, we have light-to-moderate rain and from daly city, colma, south san francisco, brisbane, pacifica, down the peninsula to san mateo you can see around crystal springs road, beep part boulevard, foster city headed down to redwood city and now starting to push into portola valley, palo alto and east palo alto, look for an uptick with moderate rain around half moon bay sliding your way. emeryville, the bay bridge toll plaza, berkeley, oakland, alameda, piedmont, san lenadro, heavy rain headed into castro valley through the dublin grade and to livermore and the sunol

grade. from san ramon and walnut creek to pleasanton hill and concord, also, all moving to the north with more developing on the west side of the scene. that is going to be another push of heavier weather. we have gusts at 25 at sfo and 21 at half moon bay. because of that we could see a few trees downed but right now there is not much in the way of watches or advisories. steady rain today. scattered showers. we will have scattered showers to steady rain on tuesday and possible extended period of dry weather. here is a look at the morning, heavy rain by noon moving away and scattered showers overnight through tomorrow morning and we will have patchy drizzle and fog and 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, through 8:00 we will have another batch of heavy rain leaving us with 1-3" lower elevations and 3-5" in the mountains. friday we have a weak system and

saturday is the beginning of a week to 10 days of dry weather. >> >> the accident reported closer to treasure island on the bay bridge, it is passing the metering lights and headed between the metering lights and a two-car crash blocking one lane on the right-hand side and it sounds like one person in one of the vehicles is trapped so we have c.h.p. and crews with possible injuries involved and slow traffic. as we take you further to the north the bay bridge toll plaza the rain is coming down and you can see the water collecting on the road through the drops on the camera low pressures -- camera lens it it it is a soake. southbound 680 at mission boulevard north headed to fremont, backups are solid because of the jack niled big rig away from highway 84, southbound 680, an injury

accident blocking one lane. southbound 680, at monument, another crash is blocking one lane with delays away from 242. straight ahead seven things to foe use start your day. >> an east bay charity victimized by thieves gets good news for families in need. >> you can keep on top of weather and traffic with abc7 news now and you will see at look at both weather and traffic.

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bay bridge traveling when before the first tower. we have flashing lights. there is a two-car crash. a sig-alert in fremont southbound 680 north, a jackknifed big rig. wet roads are causing a be brother. >> a video shot by our news crew shows flood along 101 in marin county. wet weather comes as residents continue to clean up from last week's storm. >> country leaders want officer philip white fired after posting threatening tweets aimed at those protesting deadly police brutality saying if anyone threatened his family he would kill them and invited anyone who cannot break to meet him at the movies where he was armed. a father of michael brown the unarmed ferguson, missouri teen, shot and killed by police is scheduled to speak today at a

solidarity rally at mission high school in san francisco. this is after a three hour rally before a packed house at baptist church yesterday. >> we are following breaking in us in australia. five escaped a dangerous hostage situation at a chocolateship. it is not clear how many people are inside. authorities are trying to figure what the gunman wants. the nfl players union is expected to file suit against the league on behalf of adrian peterson would was suspended for hitting his four-year-old son with a switch. on "good morning america" at 7:00, secret audio recordings between him and a stop -- top league officials. >> dozen of families affected by toy donation burglary, after thieves broke into a salvation army storage box stealing food and clothing and toys but donors have adopted all but one family so far and have replaced all missing items.

south korea says demand for notes has skyrocketed after a executive delayed an after an executive was served bad notes not serve on a plate and she has apologized and resigned and now the sale of the notes are soaring. we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. we will have more on the siege in australia including how san francisco-based uber created a backlash against itself in the midst of the crisis. it is wet. we can keep you up-to-date on we can keep you up-to-date on track and weather with

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning. thanks for joining us. i am matt keller here for kristen sze. i am eric thomas, and even i can figure out it is raining the. >> you can look at live doppler hd. you can see it is moderate-to-heavy in a few spots. we will zoom to one of the places where it is. cog down heavy through the am pass and if you are going into livermore, it leans up and in tracy it is heavier and coming down on the eastern side of the san mateo bridge it is coming down well and covering the screen and bouncing east roads. you can see the mist from the cars. it will be wet. steady rain. light-to-moderate. we will get heavy rain with low 50's ever are where and headed

through the day planner we are going to see scattered showers developing by the afternoon hours and they will taper to drizzle and fog bit evening. we will only top out in the mid-to-upper 50's. >> the san mateo bridge shows flooding reports at the bay bridge toll plaza so be careful approaching the bridge. this is the bay bridge before you get to the first power where there is an accident involving two vehicles with one person trapped and folks are trying to squeeze by. we are looking at heavy commute 680 southbound at main street a couple of accidents. that is ahead. before mat is on the first story, pg&e is tweeting that 3,630 customers in vallejo lost power this morning at 4:30. we will key you updated on that.

>> we have reporters across the bay area with coverage beginning with amy hollyfield at highway we we in the north bay. we are getting a little break in the rain but it was coming down pretty steady and for a while. look at the video we shot of the effect: this is northbound 101 at lucky drive there is standing water. this has been enough rain to cause flooding and when cars hit it they do not slow down because they do not see it coming. it is dark. hard to see. they hit it and water goes everywhere and that is showing, i am sure, and it has not caused problems. we want to health you know this is happening. you probably were asleep inwith the rain was coming down but a lot came down overnight and it is causing issues. be acare of this.

hyde is still on the horizon in the next 30 minutes and we expect more water. we had so much rain last week and we got a break over the weekend, you may have thought we were through but we are not. we had rain the last couple of hours and some flooding. be careful. slow down. grab the rain jacket. grab the rain jacket. we have a break but it comes the rain has been coming down all night in the north bay with veto shot on 101 in mill valley near the exit at 1:30 this morning. you can see how slick the roadways are. the recent storms have been great news if the ski resorts and this video from north star shows the conditions here that skiers and boarders were enjoyed

with up to 1.5' of snow from the storms with more today. >> on live doppler hd you can see the weather app free on apple app and google play to keep you updated with more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> in australia, police in sydney are negotiating with a gunman holding hostages for 14 hours now in a chocolate shop. this is a look at the chocolate store. five people have escaped. now to washington, dc, with more. >> in the central business district of sydney spreading fear and confounds the authorities. australian police believe this armed man seen moving behind the glass and acting alone is holding several people hostage in the chocolate cafe.

>> this is a disturbing incident. reports indicate that the gunman stormed inside the lindt cafe before 10:00 a.m. and forced the hostages to raise their hands and holding islamic flags in the window. it is not specific to any terror organization although it has been used by jihadist groups. >> we did not know the motivation of the perpetrator. we do not know if this is politically motivated but obviously there are some indications it could be. some who are held have managed to escaped. it is unclear how many hostages are still inside the cafe. >> we are being tested today in sydney. >> the takeover of the cafe spread terror through downtown sydney which is normally packed with office workers and tourists. >> a woman shouted out "he has a gun," and everyone was running. >> the officers are swarming the

streets and several land makes have been evacuated. rebound was among the first of the world leaders to be briefedded on the situation. the consulate was evacuated. uber is being criticized for hiking prices during the siege in sydney initially tweeted they increased peers to encourage more drives to pick up passengers and then they backed up and said they would offer free rides out of the area. >> police in contra costa county are investigating a shooting that left three injured at 10:00 p.m. last night. three people were taken to the hospital with wounds. there is in word open suspects. this morning, community leaders in san jose are calling for a police officer to be fired for threatening remarks posted on twitter. the officer white's tweets were aimed at people protesting deadly police brutality.

one tweet "if anything feels they can't breathe or their lives matter i will be at the movies off duty carrying my gun," and he tweeted "threaten me or my family and i will use my good given duty to kill you." black leaders in the south bay want white fires and san jose released a statement saying they are aware of the issue and have forwarded the case for review. the father of michael brown the unarmed ferguson, missouri, teen, shot and killed by police will speak in san francisco at a high school. michael brown sr. will speak at mission high school after a three hour rally at third baptist church thanking attendees for their support. brown was invited to speak at the same podium where magazine month ago are j addressed the congregation in 1958. >> enough is enough. we have to stand strong. >> michael brown sr. presence

help in the healing process? definitely so. it was great energy in there tonight. ♪ we will overcome >> organizers say michael brown senior came to san francisco because he was impressed by the intensity of the pivot protests. >> new details of the effigies found on the uc berkeley campus with a statement claiming responsibility saying they used images of people would were linkedin the 20th century not out of racism but to connect past events to present over vents. it apologized to african-americans who felt attacked. the chancellor released a statement saying the campus must stay spring length in allowing for the free exchange of ideas and insuring people are not frightened or intimidated. >> video on youtube shows a drive trying to get through a rally in berkeley with a slow

advancement through the crowd and protesters yelling for the driver to turn and. some in the crud tries to keep it peaceful. driver backed up and drove away from the protests. in weather, we check with meteorologist mike nicco. where is it coming down the hardest? >> the north bay is seeing barely any heavy rain and you are seeing lighter rain this morning and you had three-quarters of an inch of rain the last 24 hours but at 1 28 to st. helena and the trail headed to 128 and the central valley, that is where the moderate-to-heavy rain is falling. it is through the heart of the bay, half moon bay, san mateo, to hayward, along 580 and out to tracy and stockton we have the heaviest rain with more coming in from the south and let me put this in motion you can see it coming up so we will have

moderate to half steady rain through the morning commute. the north bay has light-to-moderate. northbound, and untilally we look southbound from walnut creek but we are looking northbound with the traffic coming at you and the moderate rain is falling, 51 to 56 inland, and 51 to 56 along coast and 59 at the bay, steady rain is scattered and lighter showers this afternoon and the traffic is he on 101 and 880 in the south bay. our showers will turn to rain so opposite tomorrow and we will start with rain on wednesday and go to light and thursday it will be dry. the metering lights were turned on early at bay bridge because of an accident beyond the metering lights westbound 80 beyond the eastern span before you get to the first tower involving a couple of vehicles on the shoulder causing quite a jam. at 680 subyou at monument you

have another crash and the second accident early this morning but we do have two lanes blocked currently and backup coming from concord and as we swing down to fremont we have this sig-alert and we will have the latest details, a tractor trailer pulling two trailers southbound 680 at mission boulevard north that jackknifed and away from highway 84ing in but solid brake lights pushing to mission boulevard north. the sig-alert is in affect until further notice. the huge clean up if an oakland neighborhood after this water main breaks apart. >> google's role in a ground-breaking trail underwaited: can the got tell them to sensor content? >> this iswith wet weather across the bay area. we are keeping weather and traffic up through the entire traffic up through the entire commercial

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covering santa rosa, berkeley and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> people had a big mess after a large water main break. water gushed into the streets around mcarthur boulevard north of 580 at montana. firefighters in east bay mud spent the day pumping water out

of people's hopes and filling a big sinkhole. three hopes had several feet of water in the basement. one was flooded. >> the firefighters pumped out the water. i had 5' of water in the basement and i have pets. i was worried a cat was drowned but he was rescues. authorities are trying to figure out what caused the main to burst. >> the bart connector is back open after being shut down last night because of an electrical issue and no word if i was relatived to mechanical problems that shut it down on friday. cupertino is taking steps to make the streets safer for bicyclists. tomorrow the city council will go over suggestions made by the public at a meeting on how to improve bicycle safety. suggestions include expands the

network of bicycle lanes and allowing the bicycles on the sidewalks and creating a buffer 20 bicycle and traffic lanes on the street. this is after a 15-year-old boy was killed by a truck in october as he rode the bicycle to school. we are showing you pictures of how heavy the rain is. coming down outside so where is the heaviest rain? through the heart of the bay from half moon bay and san mateo across the bridge to hayward and across the bridge to hayward and across 580 to the a you can see california dry, spring road to foster city, along 2 credit but dipping down to redwood city and across some of the sand hill road to palo alto, east palo alto. we are seeing a tapering around berkeley and emeryville and the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza but headed southbound to

san lenadro you can see over to castro valley the san ramon valley and all the way up when you come out of the it at walnut creek and pleasanton hill and concord, san ramon, danville, dublin, pleasanton, livermore, still a healthy shower cross the altamont pass and that is beginning to be the case through the morning cop mute. only the north bay is going to see the lighter rain. the winds are still an issue napa is 23 and sfo and half moon bay at 24 and more power outages like if vallejo this morning. this is how it looks in san rafael and how the light are rain looks, you can see plenty of ponding on the roads and plenty of mist kicked up bit cars. steady rain today, scattered showers and tapering this afternoon, through tomorrow morning and steady rain in the afternoon and evening hours hanging around through wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon it is lighter again. then we have possible extended

periods of dry days through the holidays. new a look at temperatures in san francisco at 47 in west portal, and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's like crissy field headed to downtown the financial district is 50 and all of us in the upper to low 50's this morning. the cold front bearing down on us and the back edge of it at 7:00 move through the bay and the strongest of the weather moves into the industrial valley by noon and a trough of low pressure behind it and a weaker area of lift that will keep the scattered showers in the forecast through noon and when it moves law and weakens by 5:00 we are looking dry, same overnight, and that will open up the clouds where fog an issue tomorrow and drizzle. 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, here comes the steady moderate to half rain through the heart of rush hour temperature and you can see it tapering as we head to wednesday morning. we will have 1-3" of rain from the system and it is gradual. that is why the small stream and urban flooding is going to be

minimal. you will find a lot of ponding on the roads but i do not expect creeks and rivers to flood. saturday we have a long string of dry weather headed into the local days. be careful. if you want to talk mass transit, 45 trains are running on time on bart. if you want to drive through this it is really coming down over the san mateo bridge. it is turning into a river. before you get to the tolls we have roadway flooding. in mass transit, ace train one and they are running but three is 14 minutes late. we will find out exactly why but be represented. moving on to the westbound 80 on the eastern span of the bay bridge an accident is blocking when lane causing heavy backups and metering lights are early because of the accident and as you continue to treasure island you will not see clearing until you get closer to san francisco.

in fremont, southbound 680 at mission boulevard, the latest details ahead and a jackknifed big rig blocking lanes. as we head to the north southbound side 680, a crash blocking two lanes and to the southbound 680 an overturned vehicle at crow canyon road blocking two lanes. traffic is pretty light south of walnut creek. happening today, a federal appeals court is scheduled to take up a first amendment case involving google and a controversial movie that helped fuel protests in the middle east. a lower court ordered theant muslim film "innocence of muslims," remove the from youtube over a five-second scene where an actress questioned if mohammed was a child molester and she said this was dubbed in overher and she

was taking part in a different movie and she has received death threats after being posted. google argues the decision violates their first amendment rights. >> the san francisco mission district celebrated community and camp valuee over the weekend. dozen gathered for the newly restored carnivale yesterday considering this 30 year old painting to be "joy of life," and a grant brought most of the mural artists together to restore this mission history art. >> a long awaited early warning system for earthquakes gets a much needed boost from the feds and how it can save your life. >> you new threat against sony from hackers that have devastated the company. >> dick cheney and controversial interrogation techniques and the form vice president says he would let the c.i. do it all

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california has received new funding to help create an early earthquake warning system for the state. $5 million has been allocated for the program if a major spending bill approve by congress. senator feinstein calls it a downpayment and says more will be necessary to complete the system. a state-wide system would cost an estimated $80 million to build and operate the first five years. with weather we gin

meteorologist mike -- we join meteorologist mike nicco with a lot of rain the last week. >> week. week and a half. absolutely. it has given us a nice surplus for this rain yesterday but we are still in the drought. 5.5" in moffett field and 4.5 michigan in downtown san francisco and 5" in santa rosa. today the heavy rain will move into the central valley and head to fresno and yosemite. lake tahoe is getting snow now. light snow showers tomorrow. heavier snow showers on wednesday. more snow on friday into saturday morning. though get a break from the snow next week. >> you will need your chains for i-80 only, not 50 or 88. right now, san jose is 101 away from highway 880 the drive up to the san jose airport is building a bit and the headlights headed in the northbound direction from

south to north golden gate bridge rain is still coming down on the bridge and looking quit wet and slippery. it is causing accidents, too many to get to. northbound 101 at 280 a lane is blocked because of a trash and one of the people involved took off as we head over to the eastern span of the westbound side of 80 we have a crash that has cleared but the backup coming from emeryville. sonny is holding a townhall meeting for employees to discuss a growing cyber attack as they make another new threat against the company. abc and fusion obtained an e-mail from the hackers over the weekend promising more massive leaks of stolen files. the latest leak include as top secret script from the new james bond film with consultant for security saying there could be no end. >> san francisco has new competition when it comes to lefting the 204 summer olympic games. the city announcing overnight

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we were knocked out of the playoffs. i am matt keller here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas, ten more shopping days unless christmas. >> still plenty of umbrellas to be bought or purchased but as we head to christmas, a rainy pattern will turn dry. the altamont pass headed into livermore, we have sta boulevard through to half moon bay and up to san francisco and oakland and toward conquered that is where the heavy rain is falling into the santa cruz mountains. the day planner today as we look at the rain falling on the golden gate bridge it is going to be wet. steady rain through the morning and low 50's if met of us, lighter rain by noon and scattered light showers by 4:00 and by 7:00 most of the showers are over. the commute is looking rough in some spots.