>> we begin with meteorologist patel with what's going on right now. >> it's coming down right now. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. the winds are howling. as you look at the live doppler 7 hd, i will take you to places where we are getting heavy rain at this hour. in the east bay down to street level, san ramon, around 680. heavy rain pockets of heavy rain from the peninsula to the south bay. it is going to be a rough ride across san mateo, redwood city. if you are taking off to run errands, hold off. up to the north, the rain is starting to ease up a bit. this has been a slow moving storm, slow to move southward. as you look at the wider picture, there's plenty of moisture off the coastline here. taking a look at a live picture from the cam where it is raining, the wind is going. wind advisory is up until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. the wind gusts, at this hour

still pretty gusty. 43 miles an hour at half-moon bay. 41 in navato and 31 miles per hour in napa. i'll be back with a look at the rainfall totals and the next storm that will aif he could your weekend plans. >> thank you very much. this is how it looked and sounded in downtown santa rosa. a downpour turned the streets into rivers at noon. look at this. people had a hard time holding on to umbrellas. the gutters could not keep up with the rain. it stilled over on to the streets. wayne freedman is live with more on the effects in the north bay. there's been a lot of rain so far, wayne, but not too many problems, right? >> that's true dan. a lot of rain in places. an hour ago here we saw the heaviest rain all day. big winds, big rain. it seems to have subsided behind us. the evening commute.

we warned you. here it is. >> you can call it a slam dunk for rain drops, anyway. welcome to ground zero for arrival of the pineapple express. they warned us to expect a torrent, run for your lives. instead, we received plain steady rainfall. >> yeah, we are surviving. >> that's the observation from courtney. rain fell hard enough to cause a power outage and closed the salmon creek middle school. >> it's par for the course here. >> reporter: really? >> yeah we live out here in the sticks. sometimes you lose power. it makes for an interesting day. >> reporter: it was a privy one. this region has gone more than a month without rainfall. the familiar puddles back again. the rivers that they expected to flood remained friendly. as for the roads we traveled a

lot of miles dodging trees, dodging slickness. let us pause at one of several accidents on river road. a big rig skidded, leaked diesel feel that led to a clean up and traffic jam. tow truck driver has been there and done this many times before. >> on a day like this, you are averaging, big trucks averaging three to four. small cars, i think the number is up around 25 accidents so far. >> reporter: already? >> yeah. >> reporter: in sonoma county? >> around the county yeah. >> reporter: what's a normal day? >> one or two. >> reporter: that's fair warning, it is wintertime, but wintertime in a drought. the streets and roads are slick. it is dangerous out there. live wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> i saw a lot of wrecks today. >> thanks very much.

the winds knocked down a huge tree earlier today. it took down power lines in the process. you can see right there, what a mess. the road is expected to reopen in a few hours. they are still working on the power as well. wind gusts across the south bay caused multiple power outages caused by tree limbs blowing over. a small branch landed on the pole. that knocked out power to hundreds of customers for less than an hour. >> we heard a loud sound a buzzing sound that went from here to the other side. all of a sudden they looked at the radar. >> a eucalyptus tree was uprooted by the wind. nobody was hurt. public crews worked to take care of it. >> i heard a noise. i saw this and a puppy in the back. thankfully, she's okay. >> boy, a mess for drivers in

alamo after a branch came crashing down on top of cars in a parking lot. firefighters were able to clean up the debris in an hour. it was a good sized branch. in san francisco, a large downed tree is causing traffic issues as well. it fell on power lines. 2:30 today, next to crocker amazon playground. it's not the only tree causing problems. we have team coverage, live from the richmond police station. >> reporter: hey dan. it was business as usual at the richmond district police department until that big tree landed against the building. those inside the police department said it felt like an earthquake or possibly lightning. i tell you, today, we have seen a lot of saws. some residents on crescent avenue were without power after this tree knocked out several power lines. pg & e crews responded.

no one was hurt. crews began cutting the tree once they were sure there were no live wires. the heavy winds caused a branch from a eucalyptus tree to fall. not far away this fallen tree stopped traffic. as of late afternoon, up to a dozen trees and large limbs that have come down. there have been no injuries reported so far. some vehicles have been damaged. there's a tree that came down on the cable car tracks on high street. we sent crews out there right away. >> reporter: after 1:45 one fell on the richmond police building. no word on whether the roof was damaged. >> doesn't look particularly bad. we'll know after they get the tree out of there. at this point, we are still under normal operations. >> reporter: crews from the department of public works are expected to respond to more

emergencies as the storm continues to make its way through the bay area. that's what they have been doing right now cutting that tree bit by bit and it seems that apparently there has been no damage to that roof. again, that's something they have to assess right after they finish cutting down the tree. i don't know about you guys, but the problem today wasn't it wasn't raining that much, but it was raining sideways. just a lot of wind here. i'm live in the richmond district abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. the storm is taking out a lot of trees near redding. one tree sliced a home in half. another crashed into a house. a third tree fell in front of a home taking power lines with it, then a fourth tree all but obliterated this red truck. >> you can see what's showing up on live doppler 7 hd anytime with the abc 7 weather app.

it's free in the app store or google play. well, our rain had no impact on the drought. california did get federal financial help to deal with the situation. governor brown and the u.s. secretary of the interior announced a $50 million drought aid package. the money goes to farmers and programs to help the state conserve water. the governor says the state really needs help. >> it's very contentious. farmers say they are fighting fish. environment lists are fighting forces. >> governor brown says he does not want to start mandatory restrictions restrictions. he wants californians to hear the warnings and work together to conserve. just ahead, the worry about the measles. >> your child without up-to-date vaccinations could be excluded. >> new aim at anti-vaccine

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see rain. it is creating a messy commute. when you look at what's happening now on the radar, some of the heaviest returns in the east bay from antioch to san ramon, heavy returns. hayward reporting heavy rainfall as we take you down here to street level. you will notice around hayward boulevard, huntwood avenue seeing heavy rain. really it's shifting as we take a look here. peninsula, south bay, heavy returns. up in the north bay, the rain is lightening up a little bit for the time being. chain controls on 80, 50, 88. if you are traveling there, pack your patience. it is windy. tahoe is reporting light snow. the last 24 hours with this storm, we picked up close to two inches in santa rosa. about 3.5 in st. helena.

.23 in oakland. more than seven inches of rain so far with storm number one. itis not threw yet. temperatures mild, 50s and 60s. the camera is shaking. it's still windy out there. peak wind gusts, 70 miles per hour at mount diablo today. sfo, 52. by the way, delays at sfo continue at almost three hours due to the wind and weather. storm reports, yeah, we have seen wind reports. over 50 reports and reports of flash flooding. the wind is going to continue and the rain is going to cause problems. wind gusts tonight, 7:00 p.m. 45 to 55 miles per hour. at 11:00 they come down but still over 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts at the coast. they lighten up tomorrow morning. wet and windy tonight. showers taper tomorrow. there's more rain and wind coming sunday with the second

storm. here is the pacific satellite picture. this is the storm we are watching. really, there's a secondary wave coming in. we will see waves of wind and rain tonight. scattered showers for saturday. here is the sunday storm. that is going to create heavy rainfall as well. 11:00 p.m., on saturday you will see scattered showers approaching. sunday morning storm comes in between 7:00 and 10:00. the highest intensity of rain. pockets of moderate rain around noontime. 3:00 p.m. could be a chance of thunderstorms developing. scattered showers for the monday morning commute. midday is when it will wind down. we'll be talking about couple inches of rain. sierra a winter weather advisory. up to a foot at the higher elevations. gusty winds, expect travel delays and chain requirements. the snow levels will be rising. morning, 50s tomorrow. afternoon is going to be mild,

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system that produced this lightning storm today. that's coming up in a half hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> see you then, thanks. today's downpour did not keep hundreds of people from standing in the rain to get a different kind of pour. >> some camped outside the russian river brewing company last night to try the limited edition of beer. >> it was available on tap at the santa rosa restaurant. they sell it two weeks out of the year to guarantee freshness. >> i's iconic. we are thinking it's going to be special above that. >> wow. >> a guy watd eight hours. >> it produces 200 kegs of the younger beer. >> the last time to try it this year will be february 19th. stand in line then. >> maybe not. world news tonight is coming up next. >> for all of us, we appreciate

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