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now at 11:00. rain. hail. lightning. snow. bay area and sierra seeing it all tonight and early taste of weren'ter weather is not over yet. not by a long shot. good evening i'm dan. >> i'm amma. let's start with a life look outside from our earth camera. on off showers hitting san francisco and entire bay area all evening. >> connect out the flooding left hyped at the mall in san leandro tonight. there is massive flooding outside the bed bath beyond after huge downpour of rain and hail. you can see the gushing water. >> yes. strong waves are pounding the coast on the peninsula. this is in pacifica tonight. high surf warning in effect through tomorrow. >> look at this lightning in the sierra. powerful. we were if placer county tonight as lightning let up the sky above interstate 80 between colonel

phoenix faction and auburn. >> we have coverage of the weather and let's again withdrew. >> we now have another line of showers traversing across the bay area tonight. live doppler 7hd paint active picture right now. we actually had in the gof thuner around oakland. this is just a sign of the storms having some power including the hail and soaking downpour. that is around san mateo along the peninsula. move to the north and east of woodside and íúneighborhood in3x 21 minutes n the city of san francisco right light showers out there+÷ and that's a similar set up we have right now in the north bayñd frm santa rosa petaluma0u it's just some light showers. hyped this line another line is building. so the showers will stick around for part of the friday. talk about what that means3o for the friday morning commute and accu-weather forecastjb coming up. >> thank you drew. ds 7 news reporter katie

continues our live team coverage. >> she is live this evening in san mateo with the story there. katie? >>reporter: i want to personally thank drew first. he said the rain was coming and cue the rape not few minutes ago did the downpour just star start. 'p)e at one of 2 sand bag filling station provided by the city of

expected. >>reporter: not over yet. the surf warning is in effect until friday afternoon. >> kind of interesting and want to see he a big 30 foot tall wave as long as it doesn't envelope my house. >>reporter: man and dog braved the beach just before dark. this daily routine couldn't be skipped. san francisco saw downpour at 4 in the afternoon. some people were caught off guard. few hours later in the mission district downpour of different kind. hail. ice image captured with a cell phone camera. in san mateo flashes of lightning lit up the sky while nervous business owners prepare for the worst. downtown at nichbt and b sand bag surround the front door of corner shops. the owner of the cafe tells me she has flooded every year except 2013 even when she does a double layer of sand bags. more people might find themselves needing the sand provided here by the city come tomorrow morning if this rain keeps up. i'll mention also here in san mateo we heard

fairly imposing thunder at one point. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you katie. 7 news reporter alan wong continues our coverage. >> he's in lafayette and rain made it difficult for the evening commute. >>reporter: rain coming in waves through here and right now we see the front end of another wave sweeping through lafayette. now we haven't seen any maim downpours but several people have seen several lightning streaks. the first wave of the storm came in during the early evening rush hour. there was light rain on interstate 8 80. but at least one bolt of light new england caught the attention of 16-year-old man would was in lafayette. >> i saw bright flash ran over to the window started recording and got that thunder clap recorded and really made me jump. i convenient heard anything that loud before. the. >>reporter: rain was a bit heavy in walnut creek where low visibility caused a driver to

accidentally strike a police officer. the officer was directing traffic at the scene of an accident on bain vase take interthird street when the car knocked him on top of the hood then back on to the street. the officer was treated for a knee injury and released. >> take it a step down we know raining. slow down. drive safely. increase the following distance. >>reporter: chp says the rush hour saw few more accidents than usual. but over all the east bay got through it without any major problems. >> afternoon commute at least was a little bit safer than most rain day have been. most likely because of the rain kind of sporadic e-but if this winter turns out to be el nino the chp says drivers will have to pay a lot more attention on the roads. in the east bay abc 7 news. and that new wave of rain sweeping through here right now this one looks like a little more to itment reporting live in lafayette, abc 7 news. >> look terrain thank you.

north bay community saw today double dose of rain as rehearsal for the el nino winter to come. crew in stinson beach work to go remove the tree take was just uprooted and blew over barely missing a moving car. we were over highway 101 at intersection prone o flooding where drivers navigate through wet commute this morning and then again in the afternoon. we were in the sierra thachb as snowplow crew worked to keep traffic moving. they ex paned 80 where you need to use chains. now required from baxter to the nevada state lea lean. use them on u.s. 50 between myers. cloudy sky rain all across the bay today an september the photo to us using the hash-tag abc 7 now on social media. at 7 day of smile sent this one of the beautiful sky between rain and san francisco at sunset. send your weather photo to us using this hash-tag.

developing news now. well known muslim civil wreaths group may be the target of coordinated threat. suspicious package delivered today to an office in dc. the other right here in the bayer. the package takening white powder sent to office on scott boulevard in santa clara belonging to the council on american islamic relation or care. that force hazmat crew to respond of course. lisa is live in santa clara tonight with the scare this caused for everyone at the office. lisa snishtion very true dan. police tape came down out here in the parking lot a little will ago. it was up for roughly 10 hours but look behind me. in the building that is the front door to the care office and it is very much still off limits. investigators are not taking any chances entire building evacuated this afternoon after a staffer opened a package.

>> they said they opened an envelope that came in the regular mail and there was a white powder substance inside. i said call law enforcement. >>reporter: response immediat immediate. fbi was called. soon santa clara police and fire crew arrived. they cleared the building and set)mp for hazmat control. >> get everybody out. make sure we don't allow any new people in and isolate the area and then begin our sampling process. >>reporter: the 3 care staff members who with in the office when the envelope was opened were taken to the hospital as precaution. they have sense been released. >> i feel angry but also defiant that we will not tolerate attempt toen tim date or silence us. >>reporter: she had a sharp reese in complaints of anti-muslim activity recently at care. some members admit they have been frightened. but today's incident takes things too a whole new level. >> this is like to be honest is overwhelming to see somebody send an envelope and box with

saying infidel and put powder in there. so scary. >>reporter: care advocate plan to be back at work tomorrow. in santa clara, abc 7 news. >> fbi divers plan to search southern california lake again tomorrow for clue about the shooting rampage that killed 14 people in san bernardino. the lake is just a few miles from the scene of last wednesday massacre. fbi wouldn't reveal what the divers were looking for. agents have also interviewed hundreds of people trying to learn about husband and wife shooter farook and malik. what do san francisco giant and heavy medal singer and gym ceo on a list nobody wants on. >> consumer alert from 7 on your side. there's more than t in a bottle of bench. real life sheos story hasen net buzzing. mall santa delivered a powerful present to this six-year-old boy.

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february 27 and december sixth. you can find out if the recall affects you on our web site. the family of mario woods plans to announce federal law suit against san francisco police for shooting had time death while he held a knife. cell phone video captured the deadly confrontation between officer an woods. police say he refused to drop the knife after being pepper spray and belted with bean bag. family attorney accuses police of using woods for quote target practice. sf pd fought commented about potential lawsuit. east bay mud latestlis of excessive water users once again include the famous the district considers use over 1,000 gallon ample per day excessive. wine maker top the list at more than 11,000 gallons at hisal month home. 24 hour fitness founder mark master who lives in lafayette comes in at no. 2. buster pose wife used more than 3000 gala day at their lafayette home.

vince neal made the use for use at his home in danville. chrisie says irrigation leak was the reason her home made the willist. with today rain and expected winter to come we should be prepared. >> grab umbrella and the news app before you walk out the door. >> high win. heavy rain. flood. mud slide. >> we will be on air. breaking weather news right to you. when the storm comes you know first. >> let's look at el nino it's here. click on the weather on our news app. with the 7 news app you can track storms in real time as they move across the bay area. >> getting colder as the storm approaches. watch the accu-weather forecast with bay area most powerful weather raided live doppler 7hd. >> in the sierra flash flood in

the north bay. >> we track the rain moving n. >> use this hash-tag tune in you might see your picture on air. follow this weather team on 20th are and facebook for the latest update. >> 7 news app. your source for weather. powered by the bay area most experienced weather team. the only app you need to track el nino oychlt weather where you live. >> now get the 7 news app at any free. it is free. it's effective. >> all right. time to find out what is going on i. lucky to say. that we are tracking some hit or miss downpour at this hour. live doppler very active picture at this hour. we press in the street level receipt no now. we notice palo alto to the east and around we had downpour and it's now moving into sunnyvale at this hour. track this line for you because it's the steadiest and heaviest

we have. moving into sunnyvale the next 16ment and san jose expect these showers on your doop step at twel 21 minutes or.so zoom in the east bay right now where you had a downpour move through san leandro and this area here we had some hail reported along with several light new england streak. active storms there we'll show you san francisco right now. kind of in between 2 80's of light showers right now. same thing for portions of the east bay as you move to pleasanton walnut creek. light showers and similar picture right now as you move into the north bay. mill valley even tiburon right now. tail end of some light showers. once this line moves through you see another line trying to develop behind it. at least through the next 12 hours. also chilly out there. temperatures in the upper 40's to lower 50's. 49 in oakland. 51 in hayward. 51

san francisco and 49 in. >> future hour by hour father don't be surprised if you hear a clap of 0underovernight. we could have a storm moveñp throuh and not immune to the showers first they think tomorrow morning. 6:00 o'clock in the morning we have to keep isolated shower in there for the morning rush as well. even to midday the slow exit still a chance of isolated showers. not until friday evening that the systems pull out and we degree out across the bay area. additional rainfall a lot of do downpour and could see additional half inch of rain with counsel pour set up. storm is turning up this half moon bay and mont ri bay right now wave right up to 29 feet. this is winter storm warning until 10 morning. you need your chain correct. one to 2

feet over the past. donner 17 inches of snow likely south lake tahoe 14 inches. fresh powder once the storm wraps up. isolated downpour rolling through. then as you go about the morning rush tomorrow there will be pockets of drizzle moving through. wet first half dry out for the second half of your friday. upper 50's to lower 60's sachb high. the morning shower tomorrow. get a break friday evening and then our next storm moves in. saturday night and into sunday. this is a two on the impact scale. it exits monday morning and behind the system we turn awfully cool for this time of the year. tomorrow morning dodging some downpour. >> looks like it.

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if you have been on social media at all this week you couldn't miss the magical photo of 6-year-old autistic boy hanging out on santa's lap. >> tonight for the first time we hear from landon johnson now famous for telling santa he was afraid he would end up on the christmas naughty list because of his autism. >> he says i'm autistic i said that's okay. >> he said it's okay to be yourself. his mom naomi so moved by the son interaction with the caring santa she posted about it on facebook with photo of the 2 now fast friends. >> it's already received more than 160,000 likes. >> what a sweet moment that is. >> certainly. >> that's the christmas holiday spirit. >> on to sports. >> larry here with what's cooking. >> warriors always cooking. cooking with gas. will tomorrow night be the end of the warrior winning streak and will a member of last year championship squad crack the code? hear from david lee now

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good evening. when the warriors face the celtics tomorrow in boston not only trying to stand what is now a 27 game winning streak if you go back to last season but also facing their old friend and ex teammate david lee with the celtics. major concern for golden state has to be clay thompson sprained ankle he can't go the streak is going to be in jeopardy. now clay appeared to be favoring the ankle at practice today. watch him land on the jump shot. landed a little gingerly. game time decision. lee says interesting reunion tomorrow night. >> business as usual. although it will be a little bit of distraction pre-game. once the ball is up it's on. mean more

than anything i think steff is the first to admit isaiah is a tough match up for steff. >> level of player like play off atmosphere every night soí3ñ or us. we are handling it well. get preparation through the season just to know what that is lucky and know what to expect. having to be at our better to get we understand and keeping the level of play that is so special. >>reporter: thursday tonight football. arizona and the vikings. peterson held to 69 yards on 23 carries. but this. this is tremendous 9 yard touch down. 100 td of the career. 7-3 minnesota. throws for 310 yard 2 touch downs. lock at the block right there. oh. pan cake anybody? larry fitzgerald demolished a guy. we are tied at 20.

arizona up a field goal. 13 seconds left no. time outs. vikings field goal range. bridge water stripped. sacked. fumble you can't take a sack in that situation. you have to throw it away. seventh in a row 23-20. 11 and 2 they clinch apply off spot. stanford christian had absurd no. 3500 yard of all purpose yardage this season. the fact apparently lost on the voteers who picked alabama-ri for the maxwell award given to the top player in the country. not good seen for mccaffrey into saturday heismann show. plus side garnet first stanford player to win the out land trophy as top interior lineman. end with the great tradition in sports. te teddy bys to on sunday the hit men set a record when the 19,000 fans threw a bunch of stuffed toys on to the ó. 29 thousands of game was delayedz÷ 37 minutes añ

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