live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, at 5:00 a.m. on february 5 the day the storm rolls in. >> i am kristen sze. thanks for joining us. checking the timeline the storm has slowed down? yes but it will come in harder so we have a flash flood watch sooner than we mentioned yesterday, starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight until 6:00 a.m. on saturday. other issue is winds starting at 4:00 and the fastest winds are tomorrow morning through 4:00 on saturday morning coming from the south at 20 to 30 and gusting to

50 and it is everywhere, and 60 in some of our higher elevations and the gusts are up to 15 miles per hour. the day lander is upper 50's to 60's at noon and the rain hits the north bay this afternoon into the evening. drivers behaving? >> so far, so good but now the rain is rolling in we have not had much rain so a lot of oil is. up on the roads so as you travel, redepose the speed. you risk the chance of hydroplaneing and slipping a sliding and at the eastern span of the bay bridge, rolling smooth in san francisco. >> thank you. >> we have a few more hours before the powerful rainstorm that mike was talking about. this is a strange mix of expectation because we do need the rain and anxiety over the

damage the storm could cause. we have storm preparations. people are grateful the rain is coming and people would live if low-lying areas know they need to prepare like here in mill valley we are on miller avenue an area known to see flood. you will see sandbags just in case a spot below sea level so they know they could be dealing with excess water. mill valley firms are telling people to be aware the north bay is expected to get the post rain from the storm and they will watch it carefully especially the timing, hoping the heavy rain will not coincide with the high tide. >> the stars have to be aligned for the flooding to occur with the tides right and when the ties are high the creek backs up. this whole area will then

up because the drains go the opposite away and it is not a good situation. >> the creek will be watched carefully known to spill over banks with heavy rain and high tide happening at the same time. with pill valley below sea level the resolution concerns know they could be dealing with flooding. it is a long time since rain many remember the big storm in december what it >> rain could cause problems, more problems if displaced residents of the fire damaged building of the mission in san francisco. the roof is all but gone exposing many third-floor apartments and crews are doing what they can to put up emergency walls. it could still cave in. some residents were allowed in for 20 minutes to collect belongings. no one else will be allowed until the building department can stabilize the building which could take weeks or months.

>> the expected heavy rain is forcing oakland to condition sell tomorrow's first friday event but the art gallery in the uptown neighborhood will go on. rain forced the canceling of the first friday last month. you can track the rain on live doppler hd with weather app free on apple's app store or google lay with more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> california drivers are enjoying lower gas prices we could be hit with a different cost. lawmakers are considering a new fee to pay for repairing roads and highways. matt? kristen, a lot of people say they pay enough already with gas taxes or even tolls. one more time the question is: are you willing to pay a little bit more for the promise for

better roads? that is the issue facing politicians in sacramento as they deal with $59 billion backlog in infrastructure repairs. a proposal by tony atkins raised $2 billion to fix roads and bridges and highways and he did not say how the money would be collected but the five $52 a year to be charged as part of insurance plans and vehicle registration. people agree that the bay area roads need to be fixed but they say pay enough in taxes and fees. athey are horrible. they do not maintain them. i drive every day with a lot of potholes on 101, uneven roads we pay enough in taxes if they would use the money more wisely they could maintain the roads. >> gasoline tass revenues have fallen as more fuel ever other cars use roads that age and deteriorate. driving on poorly maintained

roads resulted in higher maintenance bills two-thirds vote of the legislature is required to pass the fees and a spokeswoman for the assembly caucus said lawmakers can look beyond the fees because of higher than expected revenues and a bloated state transportation bureaucracy. another option is charging drivers by the mile rather than how much gas they use but that is a land that could be imhealthed -- implemented in five years. van police are investigating a fatal shooting in the bayview district that happened after a call was received at 10:00 p.m. and officers found a man with gun shot wounds pronounced dead at the scene. the identity is not released. police have not no arrest. >> an officer who shot and killed a 38-year-old woman was wearing a body camera but not activated until after the shooting. police followed the woman after home depot security called them

on tuesday saying she tried to steal knives and pointed a gun at employees. she then tried to carjack three drivers. officers say the woman pointed a loaded revolver at them when they tried to stop her and they opened fire. body cameras are not standard issue but are being field tested. >> pressure is mounting in california to make vaccinations mandatory. senators feinstein and boxer are urging state health officials to repeal the law that allows parents to opt out of vaccination. governor brown is open to revising it as the measles outbreak agrees. there are 99 cases this california, 14 of them in the bay area. the state reported 58 cases during the first four months of 2014 the highest number since 1995. >> united states attorney general holder is in the bay area to lead two meeting on community building and will join oakland law enforcement and city

leaders to host a roundtable discussion. the goal is to build trust between police and community members after several police brutality incidents sparked widespread protest last year. he will hold a similar event this afternoon at the willie mays boys and girls club of san francisco. the national prayer breakfast is underway in washington dc and getting more attention because both president obama and the dalai lama are attending the annual event that brings political, religious and community leaders together for spiritual discussion. china, which is unhappy with the dalai lama's efforts seeking autonomy is critical of the events and the president and the dalai lama may interact, no meeting is scheduled between the two. meteorologist mike nicco is keeping a close eye on the storms coming. folks are trying to get an early jump on driving home? >> especially in the north bay. as you step outside this

morning, temperatures are up to ten degrees warmer than 24 hours ago so check out the neighborhood and see how much warmer you are like the low-to-mid 50's through san francisco from ocean beach at 54 and same downtown to the golden gate bridge and 53 to 55 coming through the ferry building and 49 in san leandro and palo alto and walnut creek and 48 pleasanton and address and 46 in american canyon and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's so it is piled this morning. you can see how clean the air is as we head through the afternoon hours it will be mostly cloudy and we could see the sun break through but it is gray. 60 to 67 inland, and presses at the coast are fastest today is are the coolest at 62 to 67 at the bay. san rafael has a lack of fog on 101 and the heaviest rain and windy conditions are tomorrow and steady rain turns scattered showers saturday and a final push of steady rain on sunday

with hour by hour timetable and how much rain to expect. leyla gulen? traffic is moving nicely in san jose on 101 to san jose international airport looking good with southbound traffic empty. as we take a look at what is happening in san francisco starting tomorrow and saturday this is going to be the trend for the rest of the month to march 1 overnight closings friday and saturday westbound 80 fremont street off-ramp coming off the bay bridge overnight hours you will find the closure and detours are in place and harrison street is the best bet. >> a hack attack puts the personal information of tens of millions of people at risk and the america's money report is next. >> a pentagon think tank makes a surprising claim about vladimir putin a disorder that they claim is influencing his decision. stay tuned.

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covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone at 5:13. pictures from washington dc, this is the national prayer breakfast. that gentleman to the left is president obama. he is there as well as the dalai lama causing some ripples in diplomacy 20 the united states and china. we will bring you more on this as it becomes available. the united states is ending the ebola military mission in liberia. president obama is bringing soldiers home as ebola infection rates fall to nearly zero after taking 9000 lives in africa. the draw down has begun. there were 3,000 united states

troops there in december. now there are 1,300. the returning traps are replaced by force of 100 to keep an eye on things. >> the best minds of the pentagon have been trying to get inside the head of russian president vladimir putin and what they fund could surprise you. a 28 state report from a pentagon think tank included he has a disorder on the autism spectrum noted for problem with social interaction and not verbal communications. analysts say that the neurological disorder affects every decision vladimir putin makes. >> new details of a massive security breach at the second largest health insurance company. >> good morning, topping america's money, a major hack attack anthem 80 million were hacked including maims and social

security numbers. the f.b.i. is on the case. >> the fast casual restaurant is growing, and crackle barrel is ready to copy panera chipolte with a new restaurant. >> "50 shades of grey," hit the theaters and it is on track to earn $630 million opening weekend. the movie ticket company says hundreds of shings are already sold out. >> opening weekend? i don't know. >> that might have been a "yes." >> have a great day. >> keep dreaming. powerball fever is about to heat up after no one matched all six numbers last night in the $317 million draw. the winning 24, 36, 51 52 56 and powerball number was 22. this means saturday night's jack president soars to $360 million

the second largest powerball jackpot for 12 months can cash value is $250 million. >> judging by your depressing sigh, did you invest too much buying tickets? did you hear that? >> san jose heard that. >> i was refelctsing for everyone that bought money. my wife usually buys the powerball tickets. i guess we did not win. i would have retired after the storm. >> may retire after this storm when you are trying to buy your tickets in the rain. >> or could be retired if it is a bad as we thing. everyone is very nice about it and appreciate heeding the fact we have a serious storm on way. good morning, everyone. the fog or lack of fog on live doppler hd showing livermore at five miles per hour, some leak through the altamont pass into the livermore valley and with the winds coming out of the

southeast it will have a hard time making a western push and this morning the commute will be quiet. here is a look where the steady rain is crescent city, north of mount shasta coming across the golden gate bridge a like wind at three miles per hour and no fog and right now our east bay hills camera not bouncing so much but it is a lot cleaner and we do not have "spare the air" issues today with clouds and breezy and rain in the north bay headed into the afternoon. heavy rain and thunder is possible tomorrow and we can see the northwest significant flooding and the fastest wind. showers saturday. heavy rain on sunday. the secondary storm is not going to be so powerful as the first one. southern wind and it makes the cost cooler and the north bay so low-to-mid 60's and the rest of issue in the mid-to-upper 60. the rain line tonight is right along interstate 80 from san francisco to fairfield and north

of that is where we have the steady and light to mad rat rain so most are plagued in the north bay by the rain. this morning or this evening rain to santa rosa and we have moisture coming up from the south with scattered showers possible and still the steady is to 9 north until we get to lunch. look at the oranges and the reds showing up north and through about 7:00 they move across most of our neighborhoods and it could be a wick and brief push heavy rain followed by heavy scattered showers and thunderstorm so we could see localized flooding outside of the north bay. as we head to overnight into saturday morning you can see it turns a light shower so saturday is the better day for outdoor act it. 2-4" and soggy with the ground 1-2" in the south bay and 6-10 along the mountains from santa cruz to sonoma. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures are mainly in the mid-to-upper 60's through the

rain event and when the sun comes up the 70's are on the way next week. leyla gulen? >> the thing with powerball it is 100 times more expensive than the gelato at $2 for each one. >> that is why i let my wife buy them. >> richmond-san rafael toll plaza with height conditions and a few cars coming in across the water, though, at continue speed at 56 miles per hour. the lower deck headed in the eastbound direction looking clear approaching point richmond. whenning over to the east bay the drive along i-80 uneventfu and clear beyond at bennett to berkeley and in emeryville we see a few extra cars loading up but all in all in exlength shape with a new crash involving three vehicles at silver avenue at 101^. >> scandal its the only all male catholic prep school in the

spotlight. tonight on abc7 we investigate interviewing teachers at the high school who say the principal shows them pictures of naked women and other images not appropriate for school environment. >> how does it come up? [ inaudible ] >> even more sensitive two teachers accused the principal of showing a racy video involving a high school student. the school investigated the claims twice and they are false and we investigate what really happened. tonight. abc7 news at 11. >> seven theys to know as you start the day. >> yet were names a california restaurant the very best in the nation and you will never guess where it is. stay tuned.

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8-year-old girl in the toy aisle on sunday. deputies will release more information later today. health insurance company anthem said 80 million customers and employee could have had private information compromised and they are determining the extent of the hack. knick will have more on the security breach in a few minutes. five, the ntsb is asking witnesses to a deadly commuter train crash in new york to come forward. investigators want did know why a woman kept her s.u.v. on the tracks as the train approached. she and five people on the train died. california lawmakers are considering a plan to raise $2 billion a year to fix the roads, bridges and highways. drives will be charged $52 a year but how it is collected is not known. >> seven, a look at walnut creek, the drive is quiet and we have had a couple of 15 but they have clears the drive away from highway 24 only taxis you nine

minutes to the junction. now a preview of oscars official party, when the last statue is handed out guests will be ready to celebrate. guess who is there? wolf gang is planning a big menu serving the popular mini burgers salmon oscars, and a lot more. >> we will make 16,000 trays from potato to chicken pot pie to shepherd's pie and potatoes with cavier and carmelized lemon, you name it. >> the wine is from sterling vineyards a lot of champagne and mark's flowers will take care of the floral. expect to see a lost purples and dark reds and deep greens. don't we get that assignment?

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas with leyla gulen on traffic and mike is watching the storm. >> it is to the north. that is good for the commute. look at live doppler hd showing no fog right now but we will keep an eye on livermore slipping through the altamont pass from the central valley. a lost cloud cover and mild temperatures mainly low-to-mid fists and the winds are picking up out of the south. you can see they will get progressively faster this afternoon and not bouncing much as we look at the 12 hour day planner, 46 to 55 and nearly 60 at noon with clouds and breezy by 4:00, low-to-mid 60's and rain hits the north by at the evening commute begins. >> the rain is not here and leyla gulen has problems. >> a couple of problems and now it is quieting down but a word to the wise, we do want to make sure careful when the rain starts falling because it is slick on the roadways with the

oil. the bay bridge is building and traffic is building from the east bay and look how clear san jose is, away from 17 no delays. the storm is knock at our door and welcome by many but feared by some. communities prone to flooding are making preparations and remembering how damages the december storms were. we are in the north bay in mill valley. this is where the rain is going to be the heaviest in the north bay and people are preparing. you can see the sandbags are out in mill valley on miller avenue and this area has flooded before and it is below sea level and is near a creek. it hand a while since we have had rain people in the north bay still remember the storm in december that created some problems. city officials are warning we could see flooding this time too. >> expect heavy rain, friday morning, probably for 24-hour

period. the volume of rain can crete flash floods because there is so much volume the creeks cannot handle it. >> people in the bay area are good at being prepared. at lumber store they sold 8,000 flashlights in two days last storm. hopefully you have fresh batteries ready to go in case we lose power during the windy and heavy storm. you can track the rain on live doppler hd any time with the news weather app which is free on the apple app store or google play and we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> alameda sheriff made an arrest in a sexual assault that happened at 99 cent only store in hayward. this is the suspect who it is believed me lived an 8-year-old girl in the toy aisle. the man cornered the little girl in the aisle, grabbed her and

tamped her inappropriately. deputies will release more information today. health insurance company anthem is the victim of cyber attack and while there is no evidence private medical data was compromised financial data for millions of customers could be another story. nick is in the newsroom. >> in a statement released the health care company said they were aware of the target a sophisticated internal cyber attack and the personal information of 80 million customers and employee could have been exposed among the largest in corporate history the second largest insurer says the breach did not appear to involve medical information but the company says hackers got birth dates, home addresses and social security numbers. there is no evidence that credit card or medical information was stolen. the president and c.e.o. said high was a victim too and

issued this statement saying anthem's own associate personnel information including my own was accessed during the security breach and we join you in your concern and us television working an the clock to do everything we can to first secure your data. the f.b.i. now investigating says medical identity theft is now often not immediately identified by parents or provider giving criminals a year to note the credentials. california will h company will -- the california company will pay for identity them protection. >> the santa rosa fire department is investigating a fatal fire that took the life of a north bay woman. a woman in her she was pulled from the burning home last night on sonoma highway. her 86-year-old mother escaped after smelling smoke.

crews kept the flames from spreading to other homes. >> police are looking for the three men who pulled off a takeover-style robbery at tiffany's in san francisco at a shopping center. the robbers stormed into the story 3:00 p.m. yesterday flash guns and ordering everyone to the floor. they forced an employee to on the jewelry cases and left with merchandise. no one was hurt. >> a lock out at the port of oakland and other west coast ports is looming. they will shut down the facilities in five or ten days unless the union agrees to a new contract. they have staged a work slow down to pressure negotiators. this led to delays in the unloading of overseas shipments such as custom order furniture. the president of the pacific maritime associate says the slow down is causing gridlock. negotiators say the two sides are very close and a look out would be irresponsible. dock workers get a salary now of

$167,000 a year. >> it is 5:35. an east bay oil refinery could shut down at the end of the day because of a labor dispute. this is video of the refinery in martinez one of nine refineries where members of the steelworkers union are striking. the strike me began on sunday but some workers in martinez stayed on the job to safely shut down the refinery. union leaders say worker safety and staffing are the biggest issues in the contract dispute. shell is leading the negotiations for the oil committees made another offer and the union says it will respond some time today. >> happening today the city of oakland is launching a new program that will give residents money for reporting illegal dumping. silt a crack down on illegal dumpings giving witnesses half of all penalties collected in enforcement operations based on a witness report. the mayor schaaf and other city

officials launch the program and give darryls this afternoon. we will find out where the storm system is right now. >> eureka and kressent city is where it is. rest easy or drive carefully or take your sometime but do you not have to rush to get on the road because it will take you longer to get to work. it won't. not because of the weather of the it is dry. low-to-mid 50's up and down 101 with money 40's around american can wrong and napa and up 29 or june in calistoga so it is a mild morning and we go to brentwood at 48 and san ramon at 47 and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's and lafayette and fairly at 50 to san jose and cupertino and alameda at 53 and redwood city and san francisco at 54 degrees through the day, we will be mostly cloudy, break in sunshine here and there and a great day with temperatures an bay and breezy at the coast and upper 50's to low 60.

it is not too breezy but five miles per hour wind and the heaviest rain and the fastest winds are tomorrow and we will go rain to scattered showers saturday and round two is on sunday. >> be careful when you are driving in the rain at night you never see the pools of water that build up on the sides of the road that contribute to hydroplaning so you want to be very careful and we look at the bay bridge, very heavy and as you build up traffic coming arm from the east bay into san francisco and fast trackers are moving along down the middle so expect to see the metering lights turned on soon so we take you to the east bay into antioch with heavy traffic away from 160 at 16 miles per hour up to a street it clears headed into pittsburg, bay point and concord at top speeds and if you need to grab 680 through pleasant hill and walnut creek, no delays, and northbound traffic sees one protect between treat and monument and that is not there right now and if you travel through lafayette to orinda

language highway 24 you are in if shape. drive time traffic is building offer the a pass and 580, 40 minutes. putting the brake on speeders. next the bay area city where the speed limit could drop dramatically. >> a big step forward or a marketing ploy? this model in the new "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue is generating so much talk. stay tuned. stay tuned.

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francisco, it is calm. right now. a legal -- little breezy but the stock exchange system is to the north but it is headed this way. more on that ahead. >> an aviation official in taiwan says a pilot of the transasia airways jet issued a may day call after take off and before the plane crashed into a river in taipei. the pilot said "may day may day, engine flameout," which refers to flames being extinguished in the chamber of the engine so it can no longer drive the propeller and 32 people were killed captured by dash camera video and 15 survivors were injured. drivers are still searching for the remains of 11 people including the two pilots. officials are now analyzing plane back boxes to determine the cause of the crash. lower speeds on city streets and more traffic enforcement are of the recommendations in a new study interest safety on super bowl roads. the report was released yesterday by the city's budget

analysts and finds that at least 21 percent of san francisco drivers speed exceeding the posted limit by 2-8 miles per hour. a supervisor committee will discuss the findings. the report comes as officials have adopt at goal of eliminating pedestrian and bicycle fatalities in san francisco. the cover of "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition is revealed, the model is 24-year-old hannah davis the third time in the swimsuit magazine. but this year a model inside the magazine is getting attention: an adverse tidesment for swimsuits for all features plus size model ashley graham, the first in history, size 16. the company president and c.e.o. calls it a big step for the curvy girl movement. women like the add. >> all of the skinny models this tells girls with curves it is okay to be thick and it is showing and portraying a

positive body image. >> she looks cute. like a. -- like a woman. a regular woman. >> i tweeted the story and got a lot of re-tweets mostly from...women. >> no kiddin'. >> what a shock. >> they appreciate it. >> the warriors are traveling to atlanta to play the hawks in a battle between the nab's nba's two top teams. clay thompson and steph curry were presented with jerseys and they played lick all stars and warriors fell behind but curry brought the warriors back hitting ten, three-pointers on route to 51-point night and scored 26 points in the third quarter as the warriors came back for 12-114 victory. the two are the first teammates to score more than 50 points in a gay each in the same season in 20 years.

>> students received an important life lesson hosting a panel discussion for local students to honor of black history try month. high from file leaders took part speaking about african persons who had the courage to dream big and inspired others to achieve their dreams. >> carolyn was wearing blue for the warriors. >> big fan. >> meteorologist mike nicco is the man of the hour. >> also wearing blue. >> not for blue skies. >> rain is usually depicted as green but sometimes...here is how we depict friend you can see how of further to the south the storm track is from yesterday, right now it is around eureka and crescent city and move into mendocino county at lunch. walnut creek, good morning looking clear, especially compared to yesterday, and i am not worried about poor air

quality like we had yesterday. not a "spare the air" day but oakland and san rafael we had poor air quality. cloudy and breezy which is why we will be cleaner today and rain in the north bay this afternoon. heavy rain and thunder is possible tomorrow and we will have scattered showers saturday and a second push of heavy rain and gusty conditions on sunday too. the temperatures have a southern wind, the coast into the forth bay, low-to-mid 60's and the rest of us in the mid-to-upper 60's so warmer-than-average maybe a bit more humid. tonight you can see where the steady rain is and light-to-moderate rain and how warm it will be tomorrow low-to-mid 50's a few degrees of average high, so here we are this morning not much going on lunch time, not much going on and by 5:00, you can see the steady rain moving in the north bay we have a few showers on the southern winds overnight but the steady rain north of interstate 80 as we begin the morning commute tomorrow and as we head

to noon it starts to make a trip to the south and it is bringing oranges and reds and that is the thunder that will move in from mid-morning to the early evening hours and that is when we have our best chance of flooding with scattered and heavy butts -- bouts of rain and it is light to saturday morning and the afternoon hours. we are looking at 2-4" and 1-2" in the south bay and our flash flood warnings is 10:00 tonight with storms coming to slower and packing a stronger punch and extending to saturday at 6:00 and the winds could be gusting up to 50 miles per hour at 4:00 tomorrow morning to 4:00 on saturday morning, downed trees and power lines you bet. the seven-day forecast shows finally on monday morning we clear out and tuesday and when we will be sunny with 70's coming back. >> we will start you off at the san mateo bridge and it looks like traffic is building from

hayward you are going to take 10 minutes to make it across the water mission boulevard at warm spring roads cutting down the middle it will be shut down until 6:00 for road work. detours are in place at 680. southbound nimitz involving a motorcycle, possibly one lane blocked. on the altamont pass it is packed. the drive from tracy is 25 miles per hour stop-and-go traffic all the way exiting the path to vasco and slow-and-go into dublin with the drive into oakland, san leandro and 880 looking clear and head out of the altamont pass it will take you 45 minutes.

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5:50 and a look at golden gate bridge north of here considerably north of here where the rain is but it has a beeline south on the way and we will see rain later on. mike will tell us more about when it should hit coming up. >> a uc berkeley law school program that fights war crimes an the world is getting a $1 president grant. the human right centers is one of nine nonprofits to receive the resolution technologious award from the mcarthur foundation in chicago researching war crimes and human rights violations world bide and works to help victims. the human rights center work is used to prosecute war criminals in the international criminal court and by the u.n. to help refugees. homeowners in a quiet south san jose neighborhood are not waiting for police to deal with a jump in crime. neighbors are hiring private security guards. the neighborhood has been hit with more than 200 burglaries in the past three months double the number from last year. homeowners are now paying $40 a

month for private security to patrol their neighborhood and they have started a neighborhood watch program. >> we have to look out for each other. we want to have faith and trust in people but unfortunately in this period in time people are take advantage of others. >> seven years ago the san jose police department used to have 18 detectives investigating burglaries. enjoy because of department cutbacks there are only two. caltran is making it clear that taxpayers will not have to pick up the tab for fixing the stuck elevator on the new bay bridge span designed to fake maintenance workers to the top of the tower but it stopped working a month ago. it is now stuck halfway up and the workers are using r climb the tower. the elevator is under warranty and will be absorbed bit contractor to fix it. >> demolition of candlestick is underway. we were overhead showing

what is going on with the remaining orange and red seats not snatched up by collecters were loaded on to the become of the dump truck and a giant claw started peeling apart the features. this will be a very dramatically different landscape when we finish demolishing candlestick and it will take another week nor crews to get the rest of the wrecking equipment to the site. they specific the entire stadium to be razed if three months. >> a snowboarder's brush with death dug an avalanche is caught on camera. >> a gopro camera attached to the helmet captured the snow giving way if romania breaking apart and he is buried. he survived unharmed and took this selfie. he snapped a picture with the gopro camera on the helmet looking quite happy after escaping a mountain of snow. you would think you would look

happy. >> he night look cool to his friend but safety officials would say do not ski in the back country areas that are avalanche prone. >> aren't you supposed to ski side ways like a rip current but he was right into it. hopefully we get a foot of snow in the sierra above 8,000 feet with the storm. fingers crossed. 61 to 44 and extremes are 24 and 81 and 3.11" of rain a wetter month. right now rain is well to the north and it will stay north of 80 all the way through daylight and then it will work its way south and we are in the mid-70's in fresno and los angeles and 83 in palm springs and sax men to and snow levels start at 9,000 feet tomorrow and drops to 8,000' by monday. metering lights are on, on the bay bridge and an installed

big rig on the lower deck approaching treasure island so from san francisco to the east bay, there could be a delay. we are tracking this act involving a motorcycle southbound 880 at fremont boulevard down an embankment with injuries involved. mass transit, and bart and ace train, and capital corridor all run on time and we do not have delays as far as mass transit is concerned. >> police in southern california are hoping a video posted on social media will help discourage drinking and driving. it shows a car speeding on to the 1,800 pier on january 27th with the driver circling the restaurant at the end of the structure and drove back to the entrance where officers arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence. no one was injured. no pedestrians were on the pier at the time. >> if you plan a trip to a local park, there is a hand new guide to help you along on the journey

the first park finder app covers all parks state, national, and regional and city 12,000 in all. the app was developed by a san francisco based company to help visitors explore the great outdoors. you will find everything from places it go hiking camp, play basketball, or even go climbing. officials say it draws from user feedback on twitter and other social media sites and you can fine the app by going to go caliparks.org. >> an atlanta barker has a style designed for boss behaving kids. russell frederick gave his son a new do forgetting bad grades called the been minute but the top special. this is why. it makes the boy look like a balding old man and he has been giving away the cuts for free to other kids if need of "guide an i after getting the new look frederick's son's grades

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personal information at risk after hackers security. thanks now joining us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas with leyla gulen who is watching the highways and mike is watching the rain. >> first, the flash flood watch is now starting earlier than when we talked yesterday at 10:00 this evening, through 6:00 saturday morning for the entire north bay and we watching the area around mill valley for the most flooding and the wind advisories when the fastest winds are blown and when we could have damaged power outages from 4:00 tomorrow morning through saturday at 4:00 in the morning with gusts up for 50 miles per hour are poll. as we look at day planner we will tack about the 12 hours of the day planner temperatures near 60 at noon and we will be ne