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 through the commute and it will be

cloudy at noon with mid-to-upper 50's and rain comes in it brings cooler weather and breezy conditions and mid-to-upper 50's with the rain latting through the evening with temperatures in the evening with temperatures in the lower fists. >> if not for the last minute, they say nothing will get done. so don't worry. >> we have to worry about a sig-alert. >> yes, through the santa cruz mountains but the richmond-san rafael toll plaza, it is wet. but it is light. as we take you interest walnut creek southbound 680 away from pleasant hill and toward highway 24, traffic is moving along without any problems and the problem is through the santa cruz mountains through scots valley specifically where a tree came down and took down the power lines and all lanes, both

directions, shut down so if you coming up from santa cruz you need an alternate way to get around and i will have that in a few minutes. driving is tough enough this morning with the slick roads and poor visibility. but the potential for mud and rock slides is growing, as well. our reporter is in the east bay where they have been dealing with the issues this morning. be careful. there was a rock slide here on highway 24 and it happened westbound direction and a few small boulders landed in the slow lane. enjoy, it wasn't when traffic was heavy so no one was hurt and no citizens were caused but it is something to be look out for, crews moved it out of way and they are children. it is wet. you could be waking up and seeing, will with are it is not raining but look at this video

and look what fell while you were sleeping. this is in san rafael. this is at 2:00 in the morning on highway 101, coming down hard. the roads are wet, it rained overnight. look at what it looks like in san francisco on the embarcadero, wet conditions. so it was raining. more is to come. do not take this pause in the action for granted and do not thing it is over. it came down overnight, the hillsides are wet and the roads are wet. all conditions to keep in mind as you head out for the commute. reporting live in orinda. >> heavy rain yesterday caused flooding with residents saying storm drains are overwhelmed and the water flowed through the back yours and into homes. small streams in the area overflow their banks adding to the mess. >> if marin county, the heavy of the rain falling drenched the

reservoirs and they are spilling over. this is the first time in two careers the gates of the dam have opened. four reservoirs in the county are spilling over and the water official say the built is still in a drought. the storms are paying off for the lake tahoe ski resorts. the storms last week dropped 2' of snow. driving was difficult but though got a few moribles year. they love it. there were frequent flurries with local merchants liking what though see. >> this is what we although what the locals call white gold where it just keeps snowing and each day our ghosts, whether they are skiing or snow boarding, it fills in, the day before, the night before, it is a new mountain each day. it is ideal. >> this is what ideal looks like to them and what interstate 80 looked like yesterday afternoon. >> if you have rain in your neighborhood this morning we

want to see it. mail your pictures or video to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on twitter with #whereyoulive and we share them on the air. the weather app is free. we have more information at abc7 news/app. >> 1126 people, mostly students, have been killed in a taliban attack on the school in the northwest area of the country. the taliban stormed the school in the morning and started shooting at random. dozens have been injured. the school has students from 1-10 grades. arm commandos arrived and exchanged gunfire. several had bombs and blew themselves up. nick is following the late-breaking developments with more at the bottom of the hour.

>> a developing news, australian authorities are describing the gunman who took 17 people hostage the a sydney cafe as a --ly disturbed individual not on a terror watch list. prime minister abbott and his wife laid flowers at a spontaneous shrine outside the cafe. the gunman, man haron monis on bail on everyone cause of being accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. a s.w.a.t. team rubbed the cafe to end the siege. >> this has been an appalling and ugly incident, decent people were going about their ordinary lives as innocent a scene and you grab a cup of coffee before the working day. >> two of the hostages were killed, one a lawyer, the other the manager of the coffee would according to witnesses tried to disarm the gunman.

>> he was accused of killing his ex-wife and her godfather lives in hair and sat down with acetaminophen and told us the family was relean the he was arrest asked charged with murder. >> we were so happy justice was done and two weeks later they put him out on bail. if he was still in jail the innocent victims would not is died. they should not have let him out. >> the family was visited in california for a month and they told her to be safe because he was abusive. in april she was found murdered in australia. when he found out about the stand off he parade foe the hostages. >> an investigation is underway in oakland over the overturning of discipline on police officers the federal judge ordered the city to turn over dozens of documents to a court-appointed

official investigating the reversal of discipline by independent arbitrators. the police department of oakland is undergoing reforms to improve accountability. however, the judge said the reversal of police discipline has called interest question whether the department is meeting the reforms. >> tourists wishing to take in hotspots in the valley could have a tough time getting through on a tour bus. there is a crackdown now on big tour buses that shuttle tourists along residential streets including muir road. a measure scheduled for adoption today would enable police to issue drivers of large buses a fine starting at $100. officials say some roads are too narrow and unsafe for vehicles longer than 36'. >> we have some unsafe driving conditions this morning. mike, we have showers and some

are heavy. >> right along the bay and you will see a light shower and one through southern walnut creek and on alamo on stone valley you can sedanville boulevard is dry and this is moving up into the higher elevations of walnut creek and san ramon down to down lynn, right now, stop ridge, headed to the east head over to the other shops, as you head to the fair grounds toward oak tree farm down 680 through you sunol grade you will be wet. and 680 and 880 downtown san jose. mainly in the mid-to-upper 40's and 41 at mount diabolo in the mid-40's to low 50's but san francisco and 53.

from the east bay hills, we will have mid-to-upper 50's with morning showers or scattered showers becoming heavy in the afternoon and it will be breezy and as we move forward showers tomorrow and light and dry and light rain on friday. >> mike, we are headed right back interest scots valley with a sig-alert that is in effect until further notice so the only way around it is to use highway nine but you can stay home, you can both directs are shut down. the signature alert is here to stay because of a tree that fell down. we have the accident eastbound 580 through livermore involving a car that flipped on to its side and someone is trapped. delays coming away and if you are moving along westbound direction it and looking nice at 56 miles per hour through tracy and, billion, you hit the brakes and 35 miles per hour as 205

merges with 80 and taking in excess of 30 minutes. gas prices, how low can they go? the money report is next. >> new allegations of a cozy relationship define pg&e and the state agency that is supposed to oversee it. what new e-mails are revealing. awhat have you been google this year? the leading search engine reveals the top searches for 2014. the bay bridge has showers this morning and we will stay on this morning and we will stay on top of weather and traffic by

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>> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. more news. an official for the california public utilities commission offered to write a favorable opinion on a $1 billion gas rate case for pg&e if the utility did not like one written by another official. according to the "san francisco chronicle", that is from an e-mail the company was forced to disclose by a judge's order. it is the latest in a series of electronic communications that many say show a cozy relationship between the puc and the utility it is charged with regulating. this stems from a lawsuit file by san bruno over the deadly gas explosion. >> ramp workers for southwest airlines will protest at san

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cup." >> my bad. >> the only word we care about is wet. >> good morning, we have the wet president help continue at 5:18. it and light. it and falling apart as it moved through this morning. a last push of wet weather through the morning commute and it will be light and it is turning over to light rain and almost a drizzle by 9:00. fog is an issue. half mile visibility at rosa and i woulds are -- and winds are light. so the likelihood of power outages damage translate in the afternoon with the heavy rain. from sutro tower down to san francisco we had wet weather rolling through san jose and 101 and 880 showing signs of ponding

and spray off the cars. morning showers this afternoon, heavy rain and rain and showers tomorrow and friday and winter on sunday and an extended period of dry weather through next weekend is possible. today, urban flooding, absolutely, mud and rock slides and river flooding is low but a given when we have a storm coming through with heavy rain with it and freezes because the ground is saturated. we have half rain with this particular storm and friday's storm gives you the idea there are plenty of storms coming our way. this morning at 7:00, you can see all of the rain turning to drizzle and fog and by 9:00 the drizzle over but for along the coast and noon we have thickening clouds and in the

afternoon, we have yellows and oranges and reds and moderate to heavy rain so a moderate risk of those side effects. add midnight we have heavy rain and by 5:00 tomorrow we will see it tapering and that will continue through the afternoon hours and thursday is completely dry and on friday, there is light rain through saturday morning and sunday and monday, low-to-mid 60's with increasing sunshine. leyla gulen? we will take you to the macarthur maze with traffic there getting heavier and moving without any problem. accidents there and you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it is fuller at this hour will coming in from the maze from the east bay to san francisco but not going to take you any time at all and the metering lights have not been turn on. we have an accident turning into a multiple vehicle crash that was an accident involving a couple of cars and one flipped open its side and now five to six vehicles are involved.

in the westbound direction we are going to find spectator slowing and most of the slowing is through the altamont pass at 35 minutes from tracy to dublin. in san jose northbound 101, an accident there has a lane blocked with light delays up to the 280 and 680 split. now we see the heavy traffic because all cars are turned away at the summit and northbound and southbound highway 17, shut down, sig-alert in affect because of a downed tree. straight aheads seven things to know as you start your >> the form nfl linebacker who found a new "calling." >> use get your day if gear keep on top of weather and traffic with abc7 news and the big picture of is bay bridge toll plaza with the wet road and plaza with the wet road and probably slick so be

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it is 5:23. here are seven things to know today. >> we have scattered showers out there again because of the trough of low pressure, and it is very light right now. you are just going to have a moist morning for the commute, with heavy rain on the way this afternoon, and into the evening hours affecting the evening commute with downed trees and possible mud and rock slides and urban flooding again. i will give you a timetable coming up in the citizen day forecast. >> two, it is a mess. taking you right into scots valley over the santa cruz mountains where a downed tree is causing a huge headache, northbound and southbound highway 1 shut down at glenn wood dry and 100 vehicles needed to turn around to turn back where they came from. >> breaking news from pakistan, 1126 people, mostly students, have been killed in a taliban

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is tuesday at 5:30. tasks you for joining us. leyla gulen is here, and meteorologist mike nicco is there and rain is all over here. >> nice hand gestures. i like that. >> we will talk about gestures. >> good morning, everyone, pleasanton and dublin and livermore and stanley boulevard where the best radar return is showing up and on the western section of san ramon at the high school they are getting wet weather. we are seeing a definite tapering to the scattered light showers so in the next couple of hours it will be dry. in walnut creek, 680 is moist, from previous rain, the shows are tapering in the day planner and the next 12 hours we will

see a brief by noon but when the heavy rain comes in and the breezy conditions temperatures will cook to the mid-50's by 4:00 with the heavy rain from noon through 5:00 or 6:00 and it will be lighter during the evening if you out shopping or playing baseball. whatever you are doing. >> to keep our fingers crossed we have an estimate read opening --. >> there is no estimate, we have downed power lines and it is a big project with 100 vehicles that need to be turned around northbound and southbound because of a tree that fell over. it prosecute down power lines, as well. so considers were trying to drive over the power lines and you never went to did that. in scots value you will have big delays. delays. the only way around it is to use

to tell -- >> amy hollyfield is in the east bay. you have seen some heavy showers, amy? yes, there were heavy showers, kristen. at highway 24, we are headed next to the caldecott tunnel traffic is moving fine and timing is everything. just a few hours ago there was a small rock slide. some small boulders landed in the slow lane westbound direction. there was in accident and not many cars. that was the good news. they cleared it and they are worried about the hillsides because they are wet have be absorbed so of rain the last few days. san francisco overnight, video was shot a few hours ago and viewers were sleeping but the rain was coming down soaking

egg. the streets and the hillsides and we have video from san rafael, the north by, heavy rain coming down. everything is nice and wet for the commute. officials say they are not experiencing any major problems right now so they are happy to report that. they are asking everyone to be careful this morning. do not assume because you don't see rain and we are getting a break that it is not wet. it is. it is wet. >> the heavy rains yesterday did not cause problems of the extent of last beak but there was damage like a tree that came down in golden gate park with a large pine falling on a bicycle path. no one was hurt. >> the rain caused this rock slide, mud and rocks tumbled down telegraph hill landing on chestnut street. there is near the spot where rocks smash add car and threatened a building three

years ago. >> the storms are swamping low-lying areas like this mobile home park in belmont. you can see the pooling rain in yesterday, three mol home parks in belmont and redwood city are still cleaning up from the rains last week and the red cross came out yesterday to provide cleaning kits and supplies for residents. >> the american red cross is opening a center in san mateo at the college of san mateo in the jim and opened at look for assistance, meeting with residents one-on-one meetings for assessment of their needs. you can check out abc7news.com abc7news.com/app for the current conditions or download it from apple app and google play. >> taliban gunman have storm add school killing 126 people,

mostly children attending school. good morning, police are searching the school where a thousand constitutes attended class. 126 people, many children, killed at a military run school in northwest pakistan. this is video from the newsroom, tough images with medics and bodies and dozens being carried away and many of those killed are children of military officials attending the private school that were shot in an early morning attack. we have learned that taliban gunmen dressed in security uniforms entered the school in the morning and started shooting at random. in a continue call to media, a taliban spokesman said six suicide bombers carried out the mission in revenge for the killing of taliban members at the hands of pakistani authorities. malala yousafzai, survivor of a taliban attack, responded to the school shooting saying "i am heartbroken by the senseless cold flooded act of terror that

is unfolding before us. i condemn the atrocious cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of pakistans would efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable." the operation is ongoing and the pakistani military killed five attackers and unknown number remain inside. official say the death toll will almost certainly rise. the prime minister of pakistan has declared three days of mourning. vetoing news from australia, authorities want to know how the gunman would grabbed the 17 hostages was even allowed to roam the streets. the prime minister was among the thousands would laid flowers at the site of the siege. the stand off ended with a s.w.a.t. team rushing into the cafe where the hostages were being held. two died and the gunman, man haron monis have long criminal

records. authorities say he was deeply disturbed. today representatives from four major united states cities including san francisco will make their pitch to host the 2024 olympic games. leaders from boston, los angeles, and washington, dc, will join the bay area as the meeting which includes a pop-up stadium in brisbane to hold track and field events and opening and chosing ceremonies. the shipyard will be the site of the olympic village. the winning city compete against international cities for the host honors. >> now a look at live doppler hd. where are the showers, mike? >> we will show you that after i show you temperatures. we are in the upper 40's to low 50's until you get to san francisco where we are in the mid-50's. now, we will get to live doppler hd and i will show you where the best shower is rolling right now, north canyon parkway north of 580 around livermore,

portola, heart man road and this is going to head across the diabolo range across the windmill and possibly hit brentwood and stretches to the alameda county fair grounds with the sunol grade clearing. 680 and 84. through morgan hill on monterey road, it is clearing out and 101 but a hilt -- a little wet. upper 40's to low 50's on the peninsula. we do not have a heavy downpour. the temperatures for this afternoon are mid-to-upper 50's with the morning showers becoming heavy and breezy in the afternoon and evening. 101 and 880 is still looking wet as we move through the next three days with light showers tomorrow and sunny and cloudy on thursday and light rain on friday and i will look at the

weekend forecast. >> slowing eastbound although it is going against traffic. the accident new turned into a multipole vehicle crash is causing big delays. good morning, everyone, if you are wicking up, this started off as a two-car crash with a vehicle on its side and someone was trapped. a few other cars started to crash into them so five or six involved and bumper-to-bumper traffic with one or two lanes blocked. the westbound traffic is backed up from tracy. there could be lane openings as you head in the eastbound direction. at look at the drive across the san mateo bridge you can see across the water 9 remark is building and when you get to 101 it will not be so bad. sig-alert northbound and southbound highway 17 a tree fell down and all lanes are shut down until further notice. >> next a life saving gift to a northern cam teen and a although hospital changed the life of a young woman once thought too

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>> breaking news on the summit with a stay tuned. tree shut down highway 17 in both directions. matt keller is on 17.

matt? >> yes, this is not going to be good. this is the southbound direction you can see the cars are being diverted here at s road off of 17 and they are being turned around on to the northbound lanes back into santa clara county. this is the reverse commute side so you know that the northbound side is much, much worse and people from santa cruz are trying to get into silicon valley and i have the san jose c.h.p. office. can you explain what happened at the cut off? essentially it sounds like a tree fell over into the lanes. we did not know the cause. we presume it is weather related. however, the free is across the southbound lane and it knocked down power lined that extended across the southbound and northbound lane. we have had to top traffic if both directions to avoid crossing the power lines. >> we hear there is a backup on the northbound side maybe 100 vehicles. >> yes, the last update was 15 or 20 minutes ago with 100

vehicles including big rigs and they were working on getting the small vehicles turned around because of the situation with the room they can not turn around the big rigs. when the small vehicles are out they will get the big rigs turned around. >> we will keep you updated so health you know when they are opening the road. it is nine days before christmas but a teen already got her christmas present: the different of life -- the gift of life. lizzie receive add donor heart and has come a long way since being diagnosed when she was so sick in time last year she spent christmas in the hospital but this year she will be at home, her family's only christmas wish for 2014.

>> christmas miracle. i bet you want to know how bad it will rain on you. is it the morning or afternoon commute? >> afternoon. the longer you wait, the more likely you will be dry but this afternoon into the evening, it is going to be another gully washer. here are the showers as they fade on live doppler hd so drizzle and fog are going to be more of an issue as we head through the morning commute. the fog in santa rosa is half a mile so that will extend all the way down 101 so watch out for that. i have been watching san rafael with the heavy rain showing up on the camera and we do not have much fog right now. good news. this is from the east bay hills looking back to oakland and all the way over to san francisco you can see how clean the air is and the golden gate bridge has a fairly light breeze and the road is wet but, notice, as you look at the light, you do not see drops. the morning showers will fade and then after the launch, heavy

rain and breezy conditions and we could see minor damage developing. we have rain and showers tomorrow, and friday, and winter on sunday and an extended period of dry weather through next week. year's cold front brought us the dam and now a weaker trough of low pressure is falling apart as it moves across our neighbor this morning so we will pay attention to the cold front on the left side of the screen with more unban floodings more mud and rock slides and more downed trees with moderate risk of that headed through the afternoon and evening. a break on thursday and on friday, the storm does not look impressive and hopefully it will stay that way. we do not need more damage but we could use more rain. >> now a look at what is happening this morning, a lot of shows are gone and by noon, we are going to see the clouds look angry ben and get darker and after 2:00, all the way through the evening rush to midnight and through 5:00, we will start to

see a tapering headed through 9:00 tomorrow and at the end of the rush tomorrow and headed through the noon hour, it is dry. maybe a scatter the shower in the afternoon. as far as rainfall, we are looking at half an inch to 1.25" in lower elevations and 1-2.5" in higher elevations. a few showers on saturday morning and then winter on sunday and look at the warmer weather on monday, low-to-mid 60. >> we are still dealing with delays as you approach the altamont pass from livermore. if you are traveling in the eastbound direction you will find this, it is going to be a backup because of an early vehicle that involved six vehicles. we are mostly dealing with westbound traffic an indication of yeses of rain that could affect your commute as you make the drive from the a pass you will find it. that is the drive away from sfo into san francisco beyond the

280 split and when you head past hospital curve to the lower deck of the bay bridge ten minutes from sfo to third street and off the bay bridge, no delays. i will tell you when the metering lights are turn on. >> the oakland ballet has the 50 the anniversary with the holiday production of "the nutcracker," and a couple of the young dancers came by to show us ma it -- what it taxis to put -- what it takes to put on the production. >> oakland ballet dancers rehearse no five weeks nine hour as day to prepare for the special that takes place if one weekend. it can be stress will during the show but it is a labor of love if the danceers. >> i had many changes and the hard of the change is in the second act from spanish into flowers and back to spanish.

>> how many years of training does it take? >> a lot. a lot. >> you start when you are four or five. >> performances will be held at the paramount theater in oakland featuring the oakland east bay symphony and we 40 ballet students will perform with the professional dancers. though all go for perfection but sometimes things happen. >> it was actually a hair change situation for me last year my hair fell out during dress rehearsal during "waltz of flower," but you keep dancing. >> they work up an appetite after dancing so many hours but do not starve themselves to stay thin. they love the family environment with the oakland ballet. >> it is a very nurturing and inspiring environment to work in.

>> very honored and thankful to >> very honored and thankful to be part of it. the oakland ballet nutcracker people ans are this week, saturday, december 20 and sunday december 21 with more information at our website abc7news.com. >> we were talking about the poise they need. i saw a show where the whole bucket of snow came down dance on the dancers and they kept on dancing. keep going. keep going. >> a bay area band gets major news and is headed for the hall of fame. >> nordstrom damage control, the controversy facing the retailer and how it is responding. >> you can keep tabs on weather and traffic through the entire commercial break and we are look commercial break and we are look at a --

bill maher is still expected to speak on saturday at uc berkeley compensationment ceremony despite a push by some groups to get him dumped drawing fire after making statements linking islam to violence and intolerance. according to the pushry news a petition to take back the invitation to make the keynote address has gathered 6,000 signatures. critics object to his bigoted and racistant muslim statements. >> the rock-n-roll hall of fame announce the newest inductees and the youngest group comes and the youngest group comes from the bay area.

>> they got the first shot and candidates are eligible 25 years after the release of the first album, which came out in 1989 entitled "1,000 hours." entitled "1,000 hours." and stevie -- lou rawl >> you do realize we now know you are at least 25 years. >> i read a lot. >> 26. >> 26. >> is that all? >> i lock rocky road. >> on waffle cone.

>> weird al. >> green bay, first shot, took forever. stevie ray vaughan. >> good morning, everyone, we are doing good this area only 6.75" in san jose and most of us above 5" and livermore is we need to add to the snow pack which has been impressive at 11 percent hire than last year but we are still only 41 percent of where we should be. 50's through the central valley and low-to-mid 60's with showers in southern california and the snow has stopped for now as we look at heavy especially and we have snow today sierra just like us on sunday and on. we have chain requirements that are going to be in affect and certainly along i-80 you will

need the changes required on 88 and 50, so all those three major highways you will need the chains. metering lights have been turned on and you can see the sea of hold lights from the east bay and san francisco headed from the maze to the city. this is a solo spinout at grant line road continuing in the when direction and 50 minutes to head from tracy to dublin loading up and san rafael is loading up, as well. >> a former nfl player is now >> a former nfl player is now answering a different >> and former bengals players is in the woods in idaho calling game. >> he was the sixth place winner of a national elk bugel

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gulen and matt keller are second away with an update. >> the death toll keeps climbing overseas after toll ban gunmen attack a school. we have new developments right now and it is december 16 at can. thanks pore -- for joining us. >> we will find out more on the rain. mike? >> it is tapering. live doppler hd is coming in on the heart of the bay and you can see a few radar returns with the thickest in the diabolo rain headed to the central valley, so drizzle this morning, a little bit of fog and a break mid-afternoon to mid-afternoon before we get more rain and heavy rain in the afternoon. the day planner the next 12 hours 48 to 50, cooler this morning, upper 50's at noon and rain and breezes pick up and temperatures drop into the mid-50's at 4:00 and the commute is not so easy this evening.