stay a good distance away from everyone else. >> hopefully we have gotten used to that. >> another wet morning means another tough commute. amy hollyfield is in the east bay. seen any heavy rain, amy? >> we are experiencing rain right new. there has been so much. the problems are adding you. crews have responded to highway 24 over concerns of a mudslide in the westbound lane before the tunnel. they say boulders landed if the slow lane. they cleared it out. they are worried the rest of the hillside will give but cannot address it. it is a fragile situation. it is very wet here. look what happened while you sleeping, rain coming down.

it was heavy in san rafael at i-5 interchange highway 101. a downpour. the windshield wipers going like crazy. in san francisco at broadway and embarcadero in the financial district, heavy rain. just a couple of hours ago. in orinda we now have dry conditions. that is the issue. here and there. coming and going. it will be scattered throughout the day. a situation where you need your rain gear ready. if you walk out the door and see it is not raining do not assume it will not rain. it was dumping a couple of hours ago. crews are on high alert ready to spend to problems such as the mudslide that just occurred because of the very wet conditions. >> the heavy rain did not cause the problems of last woke but

there was damage like this tree that came down at golden gate park falling on to a bicycle path. no one was hurt. >> a rain caused a rock slide tumbling down telegraph hill in san francisco. there was no reported damage. this is near where rocked smashed a car and threatened a building three years ago. >> low-lying areas are getting swamped like this mobile home. the pooling rain from yesterday caused three possibly home parks to clean up. the read contracts provided clean kits and supplies for residents. >> the residents have a new lay to go for help. the american red cross is opening an assistance center in san mateo located at college of san mateo in the gym and opens at 11 o'clock this morning. red cross workers meet with residents to assess needs. >> two bay area teens took it upon themselves to jump in and

help out went community needed it. >> a neighborhood eyesore five sections of the we steel was knocked over and because it was linked together no one was able to tilt it back up. >> we have this thing on facebook, a community page and i saw that and the fence was down. >> robert is a line man for high school football team and he can lit 350 pounds he had to recruit his teammate and friend who is defensive end. >> we lifted it up in one try from the middle, he pulled, i pushed, and one side was falling down and we moved a leg. >> they did not step there. they knew more rain was coming so they grabbed tools and cleaned out the drapes along the road. >> my parents are good about teaching me respect for the country and do not just thing of year self the.

>> my parents taught me to respect the community and other people's property. that is how i was born and raced and our coaches had a lot to do with it. >> the lessons and examed -- examples paid off. >> you can track the letter with live doppler hd by downloading apple app and google play. breaking news from overseas, the death toll is climbing after a taliban attack on a school in pakistan. most of dead are said to be children. nick is in the newsroom with the latest. >> good morning, police are searching the school where 1,000 students attend class. at least 126 people, mostly children, killed at a military-run school in northwest pakistan. this is the latest video to the newsroom that is disturbing. dozens of bodies are taken out

of school after being shot. the taliban gunmen entered the school in the morning and starting shooting at random. in a phone call, a taliban spokesman claimed responsibility saying six suicide bombers carried out the mission in revenge for the killings of taliban members at the hands of pakistani authorities. british prime minister cameron responded a short time ago saying the news from pakistan is deeply shocked and horrifying children are being killed for going to school. the operation is still opponent and pakistani military officials say it has killed give attackers and unknown number remain inside. officials say the death toll will almost concernly rise. pakistan's prime minister has declared three days of mourning. developing news from australia this morning, authorities want to know how the began man would grabbed 17

hostages was allowed to roam the streets. the prime minister laid flowers at the site of the siege after a s.w.a.t. team rushed into the cafe where the house technologies were held. two of the hostages died and the gunman, map with a long record. michael brown and garner and other unarmed blackmen were remembered around lake merritt with candles and phones with prayers and the names those killed by police. >> early in the day a different group of protesters surrounded police headquarters in oakland. they chained themselves to the front doors. one climbed a flagpole and raised a flag with the faces of blackmen killed by police. another group blocked traffic at broadway and 7th. 25 people were arrested.

>> the berkeley city council is moving the meeting to a larger venue to accommodate a larger than normal crowd after post pending the meeting because the chamber at old city hall only seats 120 people. last tuesday, the protests turned violent in berkeley and the demonstration is planned before the meeting. the meeting is at a middle school. the session begins at 7:00 p.m. >> disrespectful and offensive are the words from the san jose police officers association describing tweets from an officer about police protests. the officer philip white is on leave and a complaint has been filed with san jose's independent police auditor of tweets two of which were posted on his account over the weekend reading "threaten me or my family and i will use my god given and law appoint right and duty to kill you." # copslivesmatter.

>> today representatives from four major united states cities including san francisco will make their pitch to host the 2024 olympics with leaders from boston, los angeles and washington, dc, joining bay area with the pitch including a pop-up stadium if brisbane and opening and closing ceremonies. the shipyard is the site of the olympic village competeing against international cities for the honors. matt keller will have more on the event at the top of the hour. now a check on the forecast. we have rain around bay area and more on the way? >> absolutely. it is light. it is scattered. the parkway in fremont, coming across the dumbarton bridge to niles is where we are seeing the better rain.

sliding down to milpitas. near 237. as we head down 101 and 880 west of there, headed to senator to clear and monroe we are seeing some of the we better chances of wet weather. here is a look at downtown san francisco in the low 50's if you come in but for crissy field is 53 and 55 in sunny side and ferry building is 51 and financial district is 50 and most of us in the upper 40's to 150. can you tell it is raining here were it is light. everything is wet again. temperatures today are mainly in the low-to-mid 50's inland in the coast and mid-to-upper 40's in the bay. what we will deal with moving forward are temperatures are running in the 50's to nearly 60 and light showers and a break on thursday and light rain on friday and we will see if it will be dry this weekend coming up in the seven-day forecast.

>> we will look in san jose at the drive that be wet 280 away from highway 17, traffic is looking light and accident free. we have a brand new crash at 101. to the north along 101 the golden gate bridge is looking damp. the rain is not falling in san jose. traffic there is moving without any problem. drive time traffic shows over the altamont pass where the cells are and where it will affect the commute. it will be right in the east bay. i want to get to the drive time traffic, tracy to dublin is 27 minutes and westbound highway 4, antioch to concord, southbound 101 across the golden gate bridge into the city it will only take you 18 minutes. next, will help get to you when you need it most? a plan to improve 9-1-1 response

time. >> a lifesaving gift to a teen and a local hospital changed the life of a woman once thought too sick to save. bay bridge toll plaza is wet bay bridge toll plaza is wet again with more to come.

this is abc7 news. 4:43. a look at the golden gate bridge where the rain if it is there is late but you can see the bridge deck is there and traffic is sparse. if you have weather happening where you live built send us your weather pictures to ureport@kgo-tv.com or treat them to us twitter@abc7newsbayarea and we could feature them.

>> a new contract for emergency medical services for improve the response time. the contract would restore funds the county withheld from san jose in february. after the city failed to be on time for pint percent of the sunday sunday calls, the county set a standard of responding to high priority 9-1-1 calls in under eight minutes. >> it is now nine days before christmas but a ten very got her christmas present, the gift of life. we spoke to the girl would received a new heart in time for the holidays. >> 14-year-old is back at the concern's hospital for a routine follow-up. it has been three months since she received a donor heart and now she is looking forward to celebrating the holiday. >> she has come a long way since being diagnosed with a sickness so bad she had to spend

christmas in the hospital but this contrary she spends it at home, her and her family's only wish. >> we had no idea what the future would hold. at least this area we know what it might hold. >> she said there is a although to do after the holiday like running to her old school and swim and main play softball again. first things first, she still has to figure out her wish to the make-a-wish foundation. >> i keep changing it. i don't know. i have to think. >> she knows she will never have the life of a typical teen taking two dozen pill as day with many trips to the hospital but they are grateful for her second chance the life just in time for christmas. happening tonight a celebration will get underway in san francisco to mark the start of hanukah with the lighting of the

of eight help day festival. it was first put at yawn square by concert promoter bill graham celebrating the victory of a small group of jews over a larger opponent lasting eight days because of the miracle of a small amount of oil that should not have provided light that long but did provide the light. now a check on the forecast. in a word: wet. >> wet. take the up -- umbrellas. i promise as we get to the weekend into next week, we will be dealing with dry weather. we had a mudslide and everything is dry right now and we have a spotty showers moving through san francisco and pulling off the ferry building and headed across the bay bridge. to the south bay you can see the

wet weather from about 101 north to milpitas and headed up to fremont we have a few showers moving through the santa cruz mountain mostly falling apart before they make it and the south bay. scattered showers cross the north bay and 9 showers around present and milpitas will head up to the sunol and across 580 get ready. san ramon and inland east bay areas will be wet again. wins so far are quiet this morning but they will pick up with a steady and heavier rain. right new most of us are less than ten miles per hour. >> if san rafael, this time yesterday a nice downpour and this time, it looks quiet, a few sprinkles falling and this is how it looks on walnut creek in the next 25 or 30 minutes you will see more wet weather especially further south in shown valley. we are looking southbound interest walnut creek.

morning showers and heavier rain and breezy this afternoon through the evening commute. rain and showers tomorrow. and friday. winter on saturday. also started an extended dry bird that could last through all of next week, from for traveling. cold front, trough moving through and they are lined up like lanes on the tarmac so we will have showers tonight after we have the heavier rain coming through with the cold front. there is a moderate risk of urban flooding and rock slides and downed trees because of is the rated soil and run off and the trees will be topple by the agrees. at 7:00, you can see a definite quiet period all the way through the lunch hour and you can seat clouds are getting thicker and darker and by 5:00, a steady rain is moving in, changing over to maybe halfer showers in the overnight hours through 5:00 tomorrow morning and as we head to the end of the commute they will become more scattered and

same then as we head through noon into the afternoon hours it looks quiet and that is good news. the rainfall amounts show half an inch to 1.25" in the lower will vacations and 2.5" in the mountains. sunday is the start of winter and dry and warmer low-to-mid 60. leyla gulen? >> we have a sig-alert at the santa cruz mountains so if you travel between scots valley and san jose expect major delays all lanes, northbound and southbound, are shut down along highway 17. this is where a tree fell in the road and it took power lines with it with no estimate when it will re-open this morning. the sig-alert is in affect and traveling along highway 17 all going to be pits. to the north, this is in san jose, northbound 101 we have

solo crash spinout. it is slippery. just be cautious. the travels continuing in the northbound direction beyond 880 to the san jose airport. clear. >> it is enjoy 4:50. skype is going multilingual. in the tech bytes, skype is allowing people to video conference in different languages. >> first is english and spanish and they hope to cover as many languages as possible. >> if being the first on the block with apple watch is not enough, this is top quality diamonds in eight rows, and then gold or platinum. they are taking pre-orders now for june deliver so get in get it now and get your pennies together. the cost is $30,000. have a great day.

now the upcoming bay area appearance for bill mayor -- bill maher and thousands do not went him to attend. >> what could have hatched to the few prisoners that escaped alcatraz? >> we will keep tabs on weather and traffic through the entire and traffic through the entire commercial break for

>> bill maher is still expected to speak saturday at uc berkeley commencement ceremony despite a push by some groups to have it dumped. the san jose mercury news says the keynote address is still slated to go on. he drew fire for making statements linking islam to

violence and intolerance. a petition on change.org has gathered 6,000 signatures objecting to his bigoted and racist antimuslim statements. watch out because even if it looks dry you could hit showers. >> absolutely. where this are showers all is damp and wet and moist and slick. it is because of this huge surplus we are developing 4.5" in livermore and up to 6.5" at sfo and 5.5" in san jose. to we could get the snow pack that way we are only at 41 percent of normal. that is up from 29 percent a year ago. we will have snow showers but nothing significant until the snow is up there. we will be in the 50's through the central valley and low-to-mid 60's. if you use the santa cruz

mountains to get to and from work and school you cannot pass through near glennwood dry because a tree fell down and took down the power lines. all lanes are blocked northbound and southbound. in estimates time of re-opening. this could cause major delays. you need to have another plan in place. we have a brand new crash involving a car on its side with someone tracked, eastbound 580 headed into livermore with some delays blocked. travel headed out of the altamont pass is loose but through tracy it is busy. three inmates who escaped from alcatraz in the 60's had a small chance of survival. that is according to a new study by dutch scientists, the three were bank robbers who spent months digging an escape tunnel using sharpen spoons the in june of 1962 they left dummy tents to

their beds as they made their escape. it is believed they made a raft from raincoats to cross the bay and despite an intense search of the they were never seen again. researchers say the strong currents would have pushed them to the north bay. if that is the case, they would have spent so much time in the water they would have either died of hypothermia or been caught by police. researchers say if they paddled to the north bay the tides would work in their behavior and increase their chance of survival. egg prices could jump by up to 20 percent in california. the cost increase is the result of legislation approved in 2008 of legislation approved in 2008 to prevent chicken farmers from needed with the cost not free

and calling on consumers much it is driving egg prices up by 25 cents in the last month. >> next at 5:00 a.m., showers this morning can turn the commute into a wet commute. it probably already has. we are tracking bay area rain where you live this morning. the bay area connection to the hostage tragedy in australia, you will hear from an east bay man who has a lot to say about the gunman. >> a look at the oakland maze and a wet trip into work this morning and this is our way of keeping on top of weather and keeping on top of weather and traffic and breaking

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is almost 5:00 a.m. on this rainy tuesday morning. a few shopping days least until christmas. >> i cannot tell you how many days left of christmas. >> oh, no! what has the world come to? >> nine. tuesday december 16. thank you. we are counting the inches of rain that keeping on coming. >> absolutely, we have more rolling through 84 between fremont and sunol where the heaviest showers are, in yawn city and alvarado we have light rain right now and a little bit pulling through san francisco and some of it just to the north of napa headed to yountville and this is how it look on the embarcardero with a light rain falling and the next 12 hours we are in the upper 40's to mid-50's with showers