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>> you need your umbrella on the embarcadero this morning as rainfalls all over the area. >> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us. it's sun, december 13th. let's start with a quick looking at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. we will start with the line of yellow and red right here from yountville and i-80. high bay 101 and over to the richardsonned man san rafael

bridge. check it out from 680 and danville. san francisco and the peninsula, san bruno, it has been light but some pockets of moderate rain from redwood city and further south for our friends around haywood, it's coming. in the south bay it will be at your doorstep the next hour. accompanying the cold front some gusty winds. up to 38 miles an hour at sfo. two hour delays here and we are just getting going with the wind. we have a wind advisory and ahead of the front out of the southwest. that's why we've been so mild. behind the front temperatures will tumble and we will continue to drop. wind advisory through 10:00 and because of this you may have to hold on to the steering wheel pretty tight and you could see some downed trees down there. i'll detail the rain for you in your neighborhood coming up. carolyn. >> all right. here are some tips to be

prepared before a powerful storm hits from pg&e. have a flashlight with batteries ready to go in case the power goes out. keep your cell phone charged and have a portable charging device handy. if you have a stand by generators make sure pg&e checks to make sure it's installed safely to avoid damage to your home. as the latest storm hits the bay area, dangerous rip currents are pounding the coast. abc7 news was at fort point in san francisco yesterday where big waves slammed the shoreline. there were waves up to 17 feet from sonoma county down to monterey. in sonoma county flooding blocked north and southbound lanes of highway 1 yesterday. rising water from the river has flooded low-lying areas of jenner.

>> we will go out with an excavator to go out to prevent flooding but with the heavy surf we attempted to do it last tuesday and we weren't able to do it because of the high surf conditions. we've been monitoring the site ever since. >> the county water agency hopes to get the heavy equipment out as soon as possible. when you get unusual weather where you live, take a photo or video and share it with us using the #abc7now. that will help us find your content and use it on the air or at abc7news.com. developing news out of castro valley. the the chp is reporting a fatal crash. it happened just before 6:00 this morning. officers say a car slammed into a concrete barrier. 164th avenue is now closed in both directions until further notice. and more developing news out of

fairfield. two people are dead after a three-car accident on northbound 680 last night at gold hill road. the chp said a jeep was speeding when it collided with a town car, which caused a chain reaction and then hit a toyota. the force of the collisions trapped the two people inside the town car. it burst into flames. the other two drivers are in stable condition. officers believe drugs or alcohol could be to blame. authorities have arrested this man, carle diale junior, of setting a mosque on fire. he burglarized a building on friday. witnesses say a fire bomb was thrown at the mosque's front door. they described hearing a loud boom before seeing flames. firefighters contained the flames to the building's front lobby. several people inside escaped unharmed. >> sadness, actually. it's a family place. it's a social place for us. we just have to work on rebuilding it again >> the mosque is about 75 miles

from san bernardino where 14 people died in a terrorist attack by islamic extremists earlier this month. state and federal authorities are working together in the investigation. it happened after september 11th, now it's happening again. sikhs being wrongly identified as muslims are being racially profiled and intimidated. now there's a nationwide alert for sikhs to be careful. abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> sikhs are not muslims. >> just as not all muslims are terrorists, sikhs are not muslims. but after a terrorist attack, sikhs often suffer the backlash. it happened after september 11th. >> i don't know what to think. they think i belong to the muslim religion.

no, i'm the sikh religion. >> now there is concern for the safety of all sikhs. last week a building in orange county was vandalized. "isis" was spraypainted on this property. and at the chargers game a security guard refused to let this group of young sikhs in unless they took off their turbins. they were eventually allowed inside the stadium but while inside a bomb sniffing dog sniffed their car. one of the men spoke with our sister station via skype. >> it's bad. it's embarrassing for me. we are americans and we are not supposed to be afraid of the fellow americans. >> it's fear that is causing some to step up security. cameras capture just about everything. still, no one wants to take any chances. >> there's no doubt you could have ignorant people that are intent on intimidating these folks.

>> san jose police is also upping their presence in areas. abc news. president obama calls this weekend's historic climate agreement in paris, quote, the best chance to save the one planet we have. yesterday's agreement signed by nearly every nation in the world calls on all countries to cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution. it also aims to keep global temperatures from rising another 1.8 degrees fahrenheit between now and the year 2100. leaders from 195 nations agree to shift away from carbon-based fuels in the future. oakland's mayor, libby shaft, is back from paris where she says -- told the delegates how oakland is leading the way in green innovation. she said the world is listening. >> paris just showed that the rest of the world has recognized this is an urgent problem and we need to act now. >> together we show what is possible when the world stands as one. >> president obama predicts the

paris agreement will lead to job creation in the clean energy sector on a scale unseen before. a bay area ocean is at risk more than most bodies of water because of ocean acidification. according to our news partner, monterey bay may reach extremely high levels of acidity in the next 35 years because of what is called up-welling, which brings cold water of the arctic currents from the surface. it's more acidic than the pacific surface waters. state lawmakers will introduce a bill to study the impact. >> in napa county a 24-year-old vallejo resident faces drunk driving and child endangerment charges. they say the person was under the influence while driving 28 students home on a school bus friday. officers arrested parker after receiving reports of a bus blocking a road.

they say she tried to turn the bus around, but it got stuck. parker failed sobriety tests. none of the students were injured. well, the about buck stopped in milwaukee. it had to happen sometime. the warriors historic run has ended. it's been incredible. 24 straight wins to start the season, an nba record. 28 straight regular-season wins if you date it back to last season. that's second all-time. klay thompson was back last night after missing one game with a sprained ankle. the warriors are now 24-1. >> losing still sucks. just as i remember it as a player and as i remember as an assistant coach. it's never fun to lose. but it's a lot of fun to coach those guys in there. unfortunately it looks like the schedule and the road trip caught up to them. the warriors have a k few days

off. they are back in action wednesday night at oracle ail arena against the suns. sports anchor mike shumann will have all the highlights coming up in this morning's sports report. as you know, lisa, i've had my bottle the warriors gave to the fans as a replica trophy. but the warriors are still the nba champs. >> it's part of your vast collection, carolyn. >> everyone is loving the heavy rain. we've been getting your tweets. thank you for that. emeryville, it's coming down. a third of an inch. and we are talking about gusty winds all day long with the wind advisory changing over to snow in the sierra nevada. i'll have a look at live doppler 7hd and rain totals, snow totals all ahead. >> and your collection of weather memorabilia. also coming up, organizers at the burning ban festival are fighting a massive tax bill.

how it could affect next year's event. and if you are still looking for a christmas tree, you may want to check one out at half moon bay. how it will help

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into the bay area. we just got a tweet from you are marin county chp saying lots of standing water on the freeway entry ways. they are handling multiple collisionings throughout the county and they are asking motorists to please slow down. lisa here shortly with the full accuweather forecast. >> the organizers of burning man are asking to be exempt from an updated nevada state tax. they believe the newly-amended tax on live entertainment unfairly targets the annual arts and music festival as a funding source for state projects. the organizers say it could cost them nearly $3 million and force them to raise ticket prices. they are challenging it. ticket prices will not be set until they hear back from the taxation department. happening today the family of the baby girl who disappeared more than two years ago in oakland is holding a coat exchange.

daphne we bbs father reported her missing in 2013. you might remember he left the baby in the back of a car when he went into the store. when he came out she was gone. daphne's family said they still have hope to find her. to today they will host give a coat, warm a heart, and donate coats to those in need in honor of daphne. it starts at 9:30 at the emmanuel temple church in vallejo. >> there's a little more riding this year on the success of a local tree lot. every christmas tree sold is helping a woman to heal. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana shows us the tough diagnosis the family faces. >> this is the fourth year to the cozzolinos's have sold christmas trees at half moon ba bay. this year stephanie has kept an eye on business from inside this little green box. >> i like your little booth there. it's nice. [laughter] >> she would like to be out on the lot but the booth protects her from the elements. i go in the trailer because it's

too cold. i just need to make sure i don't get sick. that will delay my treatment. >> at 24 years old she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in october. her husband, tony, is still rattled by the diagnosis. >> you wish you could blink and it's all over. and she's healed. we know that's not the case. it is going to take time. >> this battle with cancer add --ed added a nuisance of insurgency for this crop of christmas trees. christmas tree season stretches from the day after thanksgiving until christmas eve. but the cazzolinos hope to have all of their trees sold by the end of next week. tony hopes to spend as much time with stephanie as possible because her treatments are going to intensify. the good news is she's part of an experimental program at stanford, and her mom said it's great to see her family pull together to help. >> it sounds so corny how important family and friends are, but it's made a huge difference for us. >> since word got out of her illness, the community has rallied around. >> we've had volunteers down here almost every single day.

friends, family. they even started a go fund me for us. >> i would like to thank you to everyone who supports us. >> each time a tree is picked by a family on this lot. it will be a big help for the cazzolinos family in their time of need. abc7 news. so far that gofundme fundraiser has raised nearly $9800. it's nearly halfway to the goal of $20,000. if you would like to donate, we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. with today's rain and the expected el nino winter, you should get prepared. grab your umbrella and the abc7 news app before you walk out the door. here's more from some of the abc news weather team. >> heavy rain, floods and mudslides. when el nino unleashes it's fury, abc7 news will be on air, and on your phone. we will stream breaking weather news right to you.

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at abc7news.com/apps and it's free. heavenly mountain resort in lake tahoe is living up to its name for skiers. a viewer sent us this video of lots of fresh powder and mostly clear skies yesterday. perfect conditions for rushing down the slopes. a winter storm warning will be in effect for south lake tahoe until 7:00 tonight with up to 3 inches of snow falling every hour late this evening through the early afternoon. lisa, it makes for perfect conditions there. >> yes. they are getting rain right now. it's in the 30s. higher elevation snow but they get that cement and it packs it more so when the foot and a half and two feet can fall on top of that, with i is going to happen in the afternoon and evening hours. we are looking at some moderate to heavy rain in the north bay. ite been raining for you all morning long. upwards of an inch already. santa rosa, you are still looking at moderate rain through

highway 101, petaluma. mount st. helena a good downpour and gusty winds with 30 mile-an-hour wind gusts. even higher in the average. check out with line of heavy rain through daly city and lafayette and miranda. and as we go closer we have 580, 680 all impacted here, just pushing down into san leandro now. concord and livermore, walnut creek and danville. san ramon and dublin look at the moderate to heavy wayne. daly city to 280, south city. a good cell here. pacifica, burlingame and san mateo. it's been a little lighter but it's going to pick up and finally from fremont to union city and hayward. you have light rain, gusty winds all morning long. and further south for our friends in santa clara, saratoga. the rain is picking up for you and it will last through the late morning hours along with the winds. higher elevations looking at

some snow right now. it's been so warm. we've been in the warm sector and behind it we will get the colder air and with that we could see some snow on mt. hamilton this evening. so the winds here up to 40 miles an hour and traveling not advised in the sierra nevada. look how quickly this fills in. it's a fast mover as it pushes through the central bay right now. it will continue to hold together as it pushes through the south bay. the winds right now up to 47 miles an hour at sfo. delays over two hours. and even with the frontal passage we will have gusty winds as it shifts to the northwest. you notice everywhere that hayward to mountain view it is breeze breezy. it's incredible. we haven't seen rain like this for years in san francisco. you notice point race, half moon bay, 30 to 40 miles per hour wind gusts and that's why the national weather service has kept the wind advisory until 10:00 tonight. a live look outside where we are

in the exploratorium arena. temperatures in the 50s the temperatures will drop throughout the afternoon. the warmest numbers already with us are past and we are looking at the warm spot, livermore 56. as the cold front pushes in we are getting the cooler air, possibility of a thunderstorm. maybe a few sunny breaks and then the dusting perhaps in the higher elevations with the low snow levels. we will be dry for the next couple of days. today this is a moderate storm with anywhere from a half-inch or three quarters inch of rain. 9:00, here's the band of heavy rain that continues to push into the east bay and south bay through 10:00. 11:00, still with us or milbrae and cupertino and down through big sur throughout the early afternoon hours. check it out with a few breaks in the clouds. we could see a thunderstorm, unstable air and that's when we could see some of the lower snow levels. half-inch to three quarters of an inch throughout the day today with the moderate storm. the sierra nevada, the snow just getting going in the next hour or two. it will switch over. then we will see anywhere from a

foot and a half to two feet from kirkwood to donner. great news there. temperatures will be chilly today. it will be breezy, gusty at times. maybe a 57 in oakland. and the accuweather seven-day forecast. this will be out of here by early afternoon and then that's when carolyn is going to get her tree, right? the break in the rain. >> yep. running through&!2÷zv the raind. >> frosty mornings monday and tuesday. looks like more rain, light rain thursday. and friday through the weekend be we will still get more. >> all right. today not just the rain but when? >> very gusty wind. >> impact two on the scale? >> yes. >> thank you, lisa. up next, an intergalactic fight. the special visit this star worse troop made to a local hospital and

>> a teenager from danville is using the force for good. he's not just any stormtrooper, he's a leukemia survivor. along with his family, he made his annual visit to the children's hospital you be at stanford yesterday. ryan dresses up like "star wars" characters every year for his visit. ryan survived a chord blood transfusion at the hospital when he was just a-year-old and has now been cancer miff free for 13 years. much more ahead on the sunday

morning news. three funeral services held for victims of the shooting massacre in san bernardino. how family and friends are remembering their loved once. also rain falling all over the bay area. here's a live look from our walnut creek camera showing you 680. sloppy, windy, wet. get out your umbrella, ella, ella. ella. lisa why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop.

new this is abc7 news >> it is a wet and windy sunday morning in the bay area. this video is from san rafael where it was coming down in buckets just a little while ago. we are starting this half-hour with a look at the weather. welcome back, everyone. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> isn't it a beautiful sight out there? people getting excited about the

rain. front pushes through and you can see it changing over to some snow in some areas. still moderate rain but the heaviest rain is san francisco. marin county looking at moderate rain, the gusty wins. this is what i'm talking about from elmo to 680, back to san leandro and 580. just pushed fluid san francisco, san bruno. it will continue to push to the south and east. lighter rain from sunnyvale and milpitas, redwood city. your rain is going to pick up within the next 30 minutes. the winds have really been out of control. anywhere from 30 to nearly 50 miles an hour. the airport delay is over 2 hours here. even with the passage of a cold front the winds remain quite gusty out of the north at 10:00 tonight. it could be dicey out there for the next several hours. we will look at this to continue throughout the next hour or so in san francisco. then the focus does shift south into the south bay and along the central coast. we could see a thunderstorm, as

well. we will detail the rest of the morning and the afternoon for you and talk about more rain in our extended outlook coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. as you know, while we are dealing with some rain, severe weather is hitting other parts of the country. dangerous weather slammed texas overnight. two reported tornadoes touched down, ripping homes apart, devastating an entire neighborhood. abc news reporter can disgibson is in texas with more. >> tornado on the ground. >> overnight severe storms bearing down on more than 18 million americans in the southern plains. >> wow, i think that's a tornado. >> a tornado just hit my neighborhood in lyndale. >> two reported tornadoes and winds gusting up to 64 miles an hour. one of them damaging 50 homes, ripping up trees, causing debris, shredding rooftops and leaving a path of destruction across eastern texas. >> i had just gone inside, probably about two minutes and

it was so quick, so fast. >> went from a relatively nice, warm, calm day to absolute chaos. >> this captured near houston. downed powerlines and overturned vehicles is what was left behind. flash flatting, 3 or 4 inches falling in a matter of hours. >> there are several powerlines down on the roadways, several roads closed. hopefully we have the power coming out here working on it. >> this comes as yet another band of heavy rain and flooding plagued the pacific northwest. according to the national weather service, this area has reported more than two feet of total rainfall so far this month. >> that was can disgibson reporting. the big concern in that area this morning is the rain and flash flooding, luckily known has been hurt in these storms. now to politics. gop presidential frontrunner donald trump is having an active weekend but a new poll suggests that voters may be pulling away. a new poll said ted cruz is now leading in iowa by 10 points. what does this mean for the

race? what is trump saying about it? abc news reporter mary bruce has more >> this morning donald trump is in an unfamiliar place, second place. ted cruz plowing past trump in the new des moines register poll. now with a ten-point lead in iowa. it's a jaw-ing dropping, record-breaking drive for the texas senator. a 21% leipold since october. cruz tweeting overnight thanking his supporters and asking for their help in keeping the momentum going. trump was quick to blast the new numbers. also saying don't trust the poll, it's biased. trump has been clear, he's not a fan of the paper. >> the des moines register is the worst. it is the worst. the worst! [applause] >> they are very dishonest. >> despite falling to second, trump maintains strong support in the key state.

cruz and trump have been friendly rivals, but their bromance is on shaky ground. >> it's a difference,, difference in temperament and i would give myself advantage in that area. >> this after cruz caught on tape questioning whether donald trump is strong enough in judgment to be in present. and hillary clinton getting a big boost from a president fitzgerald graham. >> she by far is the most qualified, the most experienced and has the right ideas to take the country where i believe it needs to go. >> abc news, washington. republican presidential candidate ben carson is gearing up for the fifth debate this tuesday. today carson appeared on "this week" with george stephanopoulos discussing several issues, including donald trump. when asked about trump's statement on banning muslims from entering the united states, carson explained he agrees to a

certain extent. >> i understand the concept of, you know, not letting people in until they are well screened. i just wouldn't do it on the basis of religion. but it makes absolutely perfect sense for us to start doing something now and not just let people in. >> carson wants everyone who visits this country to be monitored while they are here, including where they are staying so officials know what they are doing while here. now to the hunt for clues in that terrorist attack in san bernardino. yesterday for the third straight day specialized divers with the fbi combed through a local lake looking for evidence. investigators are still looking for a computer hard drive and anything else linked to the husband and wife shooters who killed 14 people. divers have pulled items from the water. they are now analyzing them to see if there's any connection to the two. officials say the couple tried to cover their tracks by

destroying e-mails, cell phones and other items at their home. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. million dollars prizes hand out for some amazing high-tech inventionings. they can help you get your kids from here to there and warm you about an earthquake. here is a live look from our -- well, it was our sfo camera. i can tell you that the weather delays are two hours. this is a live look from our toll plaza camera. cars driving there on slick roads. slow down! lisa argen will have your forecast in just a few.

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you are waking up to some much-needed rain this morning. this is what it looked like from four of our cameras just a short while ago. the sheets of rain are making the roads pretty slick out there. we are even seeing some downed trees. it's really shaking out there, lisa. >> that's right. and the drains getting a workout. local flooding is certainly possible. here's a look at the san mateo bridge. it's coming down pretty good. winds gusting to 35 miles an hour and the main rainband just about to push through the peninsula and into the east bay as well. it is a quick mover. we will talk about how quick and what the rest of the week looks like ahead. that's next. >> the warriors record-winning streak is over and they were exhausted and that's how the streak was halted by the milwaukee bucks. mike shumann has the highlights and the

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>> welcome back, everyone. this is rain video on 101 north approaching canned i will stick park. drivers really slowing down, going about 40 miles an hour, because it's raining so hard. we got this video from our own chris nguyen. of course, a member of the abc7 news team and the abc7 news family. thank you, chris, for looking out for us. he said there's also major puddle on 280 north approaching

mariposa street, the exit there, and the king street exit. let's check out sports. the 49ers and the raiders are both looking for wins on the road today. that's in just a few minutes at 10:00 this morning. the niners face the browns in cleveland. and the raiders battle the afc-west-leading broncos in denver. their kickoff 1:05:00 p.m. the warriors are waking up in their own beds this morning for the first time in two weeks after a grueling seven-game road trip. last night they tried to remain undefeated and improve to 25-0, but the milwaukee bucks stopped that streak. here's shu with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. well, the warriors' win streak has come to an end. they set an nba record with 24 straight wins to start the season, but last night milwaukee said the buck stops here! klay thompson back after missing a game with a bum ankle. he hit 12. bucks off to a good start. o.j. mayo with the three of his

18 on the night and greg monroe pits milwaukee up 10 in the first quarter. the warriors battle back. steph and draymond for the finish. to 40-28 milwaukee after one. the bucks cut the lead to 11 in half time. parker, the throw-down. bucks led by 14 in the third. warriors on tired legs had to ack been. steph curry, amazing move and the foul. curry finished with 28 points, 7 boards and 5 assists. brandon rush gets the dubs back to within one. the throw-down of his own and got the bench off their feet. milwaukee controlled the game to the finish. michael carter williams. two-handed flush. he had 17. greg monroe, season high 28, puts it in and the foul. and dubs scored a season low 95 points. the poor kid. 6 of 26 from three-point land. and snapping their 24 game win streak this season. 108-95, the final. but 24-1 ain't too shabby. >> i'm not happy because it was

pretty cool, but it's almost like a sense of relief, like now we can focus on what we need to focus on. very unlikely to go 82-0 so this moment was going to happen at some point. just tonight's the night. i'm sure everybody is pretty excited to go home. >> it's a great thing from the defending champs. if anything we get from the game, we can learn from the way they bring it every night. they play collectively every night. >> sharks hosting minnesota at the tank. this game was scoreless through two periods. you can't make a defensive mistake like the sharks did in the third, leaving zach parise all alone in front of the net. he chips it in and mikko koivu with the empty net. that was at 33 seconds left. sharks lost five straight, fall 2-0 and they are 4-9 at home this season. the 80th heisman trophy handed out yesterday in new york with alabama running back, derek henry, and sean watson and christian mccaffrey the three

finalists. here's the call. >> the winner of this year's heisman trophy is derek henry. [applause] >> alabama's derek henry becomes only the second player from bama to win the award. mark ingram won it in 2009. henry was deserving, breaking herschel walker's single season rushing record in the sec. and leading the crimson tide to the final four with 23 touchdowns. mccaffrey was the runner-up. just 293 votes short. i think it's his trophy to lose next season. 49ners cleveland, raiders in denver. i'll have those highlights tonight at 5:00. have a great day. about. >> lisa, you are being kept on your toes. >> yeah. i'm getting a lot of videos. it's come down good around the san mateo bridge and swishing into the south bay. finally you folks not to be forgotten! you are getting the moderate to heavy rain within the next few

minutes. the cold front has passed through san francisco. bug the line of road here, around 680, union city looking at some pretty good rain around fremont, as well. be careful out there. we've got ponding on the roadways and the drains really working overtime. here's the san mateo bridge and further westward we are looking at san mateo and foster city getting wet. burlingame, san bruno and the gusty winds continue further south around portolo valley. stanford and los altos. santa clara, san jose gust tip winds and into evergreen. looking at the rain picking up for you in intensity. we will look for this to continue the next hour or so. in the north bay things of quieting down. the cold front has pushed through and look at the like sharply ending from santa rosa to heelsburg. winds gusty and finally changing over to snow in the sierra nevada. look how quickly it pushes

through the bay area. you see it spill in and just move right into the east bay, the south bay right now. and then behind it we will get just a little bit of clearing and those gusty winds continuing. so it held together pretty well. and the forecast models did a good job in allowing for the wind to continue, 30 to 40 miles per hour gusts, even with the frontal passage here. check it out. near 50 miles an hour half moon day. livermore about 30 miles an hour. and at 1:00 you will notice that we still have very gusty winds out there. through 10:00 tonight these winds are not going to settle down. they have switched directions to the north and the west and that's why the temperatures will cool off. that will bring the unstable air overhead. we could see a slight chance of a thunderstorm. with a little moisture left ovey maybe a dusting around mt. hamilton and diablo. temperatures in the low 50s now. sfo delays of over two hours out there. so kind of a mess for your sunday. but, boy, happy to have to. it's going to last throughout the next couple of hours, but

it's not an all-day event. we still have more in the seven-day outlook. a look at a lake tahoe where where it's gusty, a rain-snow mix. mainly a dry couple of days before more rain perhaps on thursday. so our storm impact scale, a designating this about a 2. anywhere from a half into have three quarters of an inch, maybe an inch in the higher elevations. so 10:00, 11:00, you guys in the south bay from santa clara, cupertino and sunnyvale getting in on the heavier rain. morgan hill, gilroy. and then behind it the spotty showers and maybe a thunderstorm. but the winds, they aren't going to relax. it will be a gusty day out there. here's what one forecast model is totaling, over half-inch of rain. we've had about .4 already here in san francisco. the snow gets going in the next hour. it stays all night long, eric through noon tomorrow in yosemite. for the northern sierra, 20 inches in kirkwood. low to mid-50s today, maybe a

thunderstorm and maybe some mt. hamilton pictures tomorrow with the snow. northwesterly winds will dry us out, frosty mornings monday and tuesday. wednesday some sunshine, thursday possible showers and looks like more rain next friday and saturday. yeah, it's with us! >> a lot to look forward to. thank you, lisa. we are getting so many of your photos and videos of today's rain in the bay area. thank you, everyone. you have been sharing with us. if you would like to send your photos in, just post on social media with the #abc7now and you may see it on error online. mobile technology helps us keep us connected and also helps us at work. but last week a handful of starters were honored for using that technology to save and improve people's lives. as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains, it comes with big prize money from one of the biggest names in the industry. >> we are going to meet some very special people who are working to create a better world for all of humanity.

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moved on by then? >> it should be. we are getting very heavy rain right now. urban and small stream flooding around pleasanton. 580, union city. this line of yellow and red. taking you down to street level you will see around arrowhead way, heavy rain, bart access road and out toward fallon road looking at heavier showers. a solid area of light rain along the the peninsula. this will push into the south bay. not quite in hollister yet but looking at the light to moderate rain in santa clara. cooler air, possibility of a thunderstorm and maybe a dusting on mt. hamilton. >> wow. a little bit turbulent there. >> yeah, it is. >> all right. thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the b. c7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues online, on facebook, twitter and all your mobile device was our abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m.

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