a man driving a company van hit the tree shortly before 11 o'clock last night. the driver was 45-year-old fremont resident died at scene and the only person in the van. >> we are on the storm watch this morning with wave of rain coming this morning and later today. it help reduce the drought but officers the risk of flooding. amy hollyfield is in one of those places. highway 101 and lucky drive in marin. >> this is a troubled spot. we have standing water open highway 101. cars are moving through and you can see the big flash of water so keep it in mine. it is not raining, there is still, are still pockets of standing water up here in the north bay. marin county officials have declared a state of emergency. they are doing that to try to help the county deal with all of issues because of the rain.

in tiburon there was a mudslide. some mud was dripping into someone's pool in their backyard and it seems like there are clogged storm drains and high tide. rain is driving customers home during the busiest shopping period of the year. >> we had people in the morning and the rain comes in the evening and no one is eating in the restaurants so it is a shame. it has impacted our sales. the storms have caused more than $1 million in damage to county roads and levees in county and is declaring a state of emergency to bring state and federal money to hope everyone federal money to hope everyone deal with the issues.

a menlo park neighborhood is without water right now after a water main break. here is a look at the crews fixing the broken pipe reported after 9:00 last night. a couple of homes were damaged weapon the water flowed in. crews say the ground was so saturated from the rains the weight of the soil broke the pipe and the water has been shut off to 25 homes and crews dig up the streets to fix the broken main and hope to be done later this morning. homes may see sediment stirred up by the water main break appearing in their water. appearing in their water. nick

>> many drivers have had a tough time on the ramps. a made slide is blocking tennessee valley road a quarter of a mile east of the trailhead in the golden gate national recreation area. it will be closed for at least 48 hours. >> if you have rain in the neighbor we want to see it. e-mail your pictures or video at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on twitter with the # whereyoulive. you can see what is showing up on doppler with the weather app and it is tree on the apple app store or google play with more information at abc7news.com/app. >> police are looking for

burglar whose broke into a computer store and made off with thousands in merchandise. look at this surveillance video, it happened at the computers solutions store last friday. to men used the beg rock to break a window on the front door and they went through the merchandise and stole laptops and other items. >> despite concerns of angry protests there was a city council member that was postponed last week as our reporter explains, they got an earful last night but nothing more. >> a guy was shot in the back. with this. this is what they were firing. >> protesters stole the rubber bullets were used and others witnessed excessive force. >> the berkeley police pushed an old man to the drown. -- to the ground. he could have been killed.

>> all it takes to people, police, to be that way is for good police to not stand up. >> the demonstration open december 6 led to wide-video vandalism. 400 protesters squared off against hundreds of police on telegraph avenue. >> mayor, you defended the riot and blamed students who were beaten unprovoked by the police. that is a scandal. >> the mayor said that the situation was out of space hand and the crowd was given 45 minutes for disperse. >> if someone steps over line we will look into it and not shuffle it under the rig. >> there was a special meeting january 17 to explore better policing tactics is gather feedback from the public. organizers are encouraging public school students in oakland to walk out class today at noon and take part in a

police brutality demonstration at 14th and blood way with a meeting scheduled tonight in oakland with old elected african american officials and community leaders. the discussion is focused on improving relations between law enforcement and the community. it will be held at the memorial cathedral on telegraph avenue at 7:00 p.m. >> san francisco district attorney and the d.a. this afternoon are joining a community effort to take back a neighborhood park. a public bathroom next to the park is a haven for prostitution and greggs and organizers will transform the park from a scary place for families into a safe and happy environment for the community. man, we got plenty of rain. how does it shape up tonight? >> not so heavy but the timeframe is later, also, and the evening commute is affected. >> here is a look at what is affected this morning, down to half moon bay, and just to the

north of 92 to san mateo and skyline boulevard and 101, 280, california drive in burlingame, getting the best shower right now. we have scattered showers to the north and these are sliding to the east. it is not going to be west ofry where or falling from the sky the on the golden gate bridge you can see everything is wet you will be driving on. morning light showers are evening heavier showers as we roll through the east bay we can see 680 is wet with no rain falling now. we will have a mostly dry day today and the last storm and on friday and the weekend is trending dry. i will show you the weekend coming up in the seven-day outlook. we have a first look at the bay bridge toll plaza and no rain here but the roads are wet and they are slick in some places with standing water and flooding is the normal and this is san rafael with tail lights

southbound moving at the limit at the golden gate bridge where we have no delays. this is a mudslide, the top of woodside road or highway 84 at skyline boulevard and all lanes are affected by the put slide and they have one-way traffic control with c.h.p. on the scene. jackknifed big rig coming down the sunol grade southbound 680 awaiting a tow truck to get the big rig out but it is blocking the left lane. emergency closings in the napa area northbound and southbound 121 between highways 116 and 12 they hope to have that cleared by 6:30 this morning. it is flooded. it is 4:38 the next, nationwide mourning in pakistan after yesterday's horrifying school massacre. >> ever wonder how many calories are on beer? a change on tap to give you the answer. the bay bridge toll plaza shows things are light and moving along and this is abc7

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covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning. it is 4:41. a look at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza. the roads are wet. we have some showers. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and talk about the forecast. sue has the traffic. that is ahead. >> in pakistan the death toll climbed to 148 killed in a deadly taliban attack on a school. the body of the school principal was found along with several other victims. the majority of the victims, 132 of the victims, were children. seven taliban gunman stormed the army public school saying it was revenge for military safe havens along the border with

afghanistan. another 124 students and officials wounded and several funerals were held but most of the victims have been buried. >> if australia, a memorial service was held if one of individuals of the deadly hostage ordeal. family and friends of tory johnson hugged. johnson was the manager, 17 the take were hostage died trying to disarm the gunman. the father and family friend specific to the media. >> everyone is supporting us through this terrible time. >> a memorial at the cafe grows and several filed in respect for a fellow attorney killed in the siege with lawyers streaming by. authorities will investigate why the gunman man haron monis was dropped from the security watch list. >> the prosecution if los angeles will not charge bill

cross by based on allegations that he me live add 15-year-old girl at lay boy mansion in 1974. the statue of limitations expired in the late 1970's. the accuser said he gave her alcohol, took her to the mansion and sexually assaulted her. she filed a civil lawsuit. cosby lawyers say the claim is false and defamatory. san francisco board of supervisors is considering an ordinance to protect nightclubs from noise complaints by residents would live near. the supervisor introduced the legislation yesterday saying the city's music venues need to be preserved at a time when residential units are being the in formally commercialreas that requires developers to engage with existing venues from the start protecting the nightclubs from unfair noise cop minutes in the future and ensuring residents are aware of the venues before they represents or buy. >> you could see calorie couples for the alcohol you order.

the food and drug administration said you should know the calories you put in your body when downing alcohol. the calorie content will be called for on the restaurant menu. >> and former facebook c.e.o. is donating $24 million over the next two years to establish an algae research center at stanford university school of medicine. parker says he missed most of his final year in hive and has been to emergency rooms countless times always of his algae to notes, shell fish, and other foods. he hopes researchers can find a lasting cure now he has two small children who have a gene basis to develop am percents. a formal announcement is at 11 a.m. at stanford. >> if you drove home yesterday late afternoon, boy, it was a

terrible downpour. i thought drivers were getting used to it? they knew what they were doing? >> they don't? >> in california in general we don't but i have seen people: the doing what you would thing they should be doing safety wise. hopefully everyone will slow down. it will not be as strong as last evening. evening. >> good morning, everyone, 4:45 radar with random light showers with the hest in san mateo. if you are coming westbound across the bridge expect to get wet. it is sliding to the southeast and headed to the east with the wind patton changing a little bit. that will slide right down the peninsula to the dumbarton bridge in palo alto and east palo alto and stand ford and to

237. >> the winds are light and they will remain that way better part of day. what happened last night, the parent low is here and here is another low that hooked up with the cold front increasing our winds and the heavy rain yesterday morning. that has since moved down to the south and we are right now between systems where you can see another front coming this without that low and it is not going to be so strong but we are going to get heavy rain as we head into the evening hours or more i'd help spread rain. it may now be that heavy than what we have this morning. hopefully quarter to half an inch. >> scattered showers through the commute and less numerous by lunch. they start coming in the north bay at 5:00 and roll law everyone else's neighborhood and from 7:00 through midnight and they taper headed to tomorrow.

tomorrow is going to be mostly dry with more sunshine and a few degrees warmer than today and the evening commute tomorrow is fine and as we head to friday morning we are going to see an increase in the showers thursday into friday and hanging around until 5 o'clock friday afternoon and if you have plans open friday evening, it clears out and you are rid of the umbrella and need a heavy coat because it will be in the 40's. as far as rainfall we are looking at quarter to three-quarters of aneurysm by friday in lower elevations and 1-2" if the mountains. it will not be a repeat of last night. it will be dry. saturday. sunday the monday. tuesday. the biggest worry is fog in the morning and 60's in the afternoon. sue? >> hello, everyone, i checked on the chain requirements: yes, you need chain on 80 and 50 in sierra. it is still snowing there. walnut creek, south 680 toward

the 24 intersection or junction, all is moving nicely. continuing through the san ramon valley, as well. it is dark. you can see barely one or two headlights in 280 in san jose with the 17 overcrossing and light to the cupertino side. looking good. south 680 before vargas the left lanes are blocked. they are waiting a tow truck. mudslide on top of 9 woodside ive area and highway 84 skyline all lanes are blocked with one-way traffic control in effect. it is 4:48. cupertino-based apple responds to currency concerns in russia by putting online sales in the country on pause. there is a tech byte apple shuts down sales in russia reviewing flushing after fluctuation in the value of 9 russian currency.

last month the instability forced we apple to raise product price. until then an iphone in russia was cheaper than elsewhere this the world. people wants to change how you think of we mobile game with a new program called "data stash," allowing customers to really over their unused data for up to a year. to kick things off, each account comes preloaded with free data. >> instagram has new features to time are for the holidays with access to five new filters and the ability to upload slow-motion video ask users can see their friends' comment in real time so no need to refresh. it is 4:49. from washington, word that a federal law enforcement agency can ignore tough new obama administration rules that forbid racial and ethnic are filling. the transportation security administration or t.s.a. got an exemption from the regulations so agent could target travelers

from certain countries and group. retiring t.s.a. chief says his agency gives extra scrutiny to travelers from syria, yemen and other nations home to groups plotting to sneak a bomb on a jet. other agencies in the department have applied, as well. coming up,ry holiday clear to the streets of oakland, with the police department tradition underway this morning. >> meet eddie the terrible, the local shelter found a home for this pup that some say is a real pain. >> this is the embarcardero, san francisco, radios still damp and you can keep tab on weather and traffic through the entire traffic through the entire commercial break with abc7 n

>> police officers from all over the bay area are getting into the christmas spirit. deputies from the sheriff deputy went shopping yesterday at a

richmond wal-mart store and were helping kids from low income families buy toys, clothes and other gifts for their relatives. 18 kids took part in the shopping spree. some of the proceeds are donated. some of the officers add their own funds to make sure the child assigned with us and their families have special gifts to open on christmas morning. officers in san mateo were doing good deeds. members of the san mateo police department spent their day bagging groceries at the whole foods store. whole foods will donate 5 james of the rest -- 5 percent to the police activity league. >> oakland police have operation mobile santa spreading holiday clear and presents for the 8 the straight area. these are pictures from last year an officer dressed up as santa was riding a motorcycle through oakland and he passed out rents to children along the way. the gifts are bought with money donated by the traffic division

and the oakland police foundation. mike, what is going on with the weather? >> we will look at our new rainfall surplus, 5" in livermore and 6" in san jose and 5.5" in oakland and 6.5 in moffett field and 6.5" in sa francisco. last year we are at 10-12 percent and now everyone is above 150 percent from santa rosa to 271 percent at moffett field. our snow pack group is up to 48 percent which is better than a year ago at 27 percent but only 48 percent. we need more snow. we will get snow showers today at scattered showers >> speaking of snow at lake tahoe, chain requirements in effect on highway 50 and 80. bay bridge, new section of the

upper oakland moving nicely into san francisco and no delays behind the metering lights and the richmond-san rafael job, it has been raining and that is meaning you need extra caution. and a mudslide on upper woodside, highway 84, there is one opinion coal in affect. we will machine door that for you. >> major changes at embattled retailer american apparel. the founder is out and a new executive is in as california-based retailer. american apparel is named fashion veteran to be the next c.e.o. after the c.e.o. was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct. the canadian foam c.e.o. was fired yesterday nearly 17 years after he founded the clothing

chain. a researcher with the monterey aquarium research institute has an unusual name for an inbound snail which is found in deep hot acid environments around hydro vents looking like rockstars with mohawks in leather studded jackets. a researcher decided to name the snail after joe strummer with "the clash," saying they both are good next extreme environments. >> a dog, bad to the bone, found a a new home. >> whoa! the humane society in silicon valley did not try to hide the bad attitude to other dogs and, nbc, nameed him eddie the terrible and made this video hoping to find him a new home. it worked.

a retired couple adopted eddie the terrible. he will become eddie the adorable, i am sure. >> they will be busy, one way or the other. at 5:00, a few showers last this morning with potential to make the commute a wet one. we are tracking them where you live. >> don't drink the water. if menlo park, a water pain break has shut off service for eight hours to some whom owners and the community are being told to check their water first. >> as we head to break we leave you with a look at eastern span of the bay bridge with weather and traffic through the entire and traffic through the entire co

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone, at 5 o'clock a.m. on wednesday, december...december...okaaaay. >> is this a test? it is the 17th. >> i am eric thomas. good morning. >> don't ask me to do mike, too. >> goodness, eight days. how is it going to look this morning as you drive to work? more showers? we look at live doppler hd. good morning, everyone, we have wet weather especially rolling from half moon bay across 92 and 280 and skyline boulevard and belmont and fos