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7hd tracking the rain that has been soaking the bay area all day long and tonight it's still not over yet. good evening. >> let's take you live outside for a look from our abcl;6ñ roof san francisco and1 across the make it@t address for nebraska headingv out of the city tonightçá. this is the sky way atuú 6:00 o'clock. look at grid lock. >> a mess. slick roadsev in te south bay-7 may have led to the car crash. we were in san jose security company ended up as you can÷j see in a ditch. happn just before 5:00 p.m. onz highway 87 interhighway 101. driver got out okay. >> in written couldn't large oak tree fell on power liens knocking out the lights for 2 dozen pg&ewç customers. this is the scene in kent field. repair now under twoy get the lets become on tonight. >> we have complete live team coverage for you tonight. >> let's again withd sandhya.

>>reporter: you could see more trees top length as the winden cress. let me show you live doppler 7hd winter is officially here. started at 8:48 p.m. tonight already felt lucky it early today. steady rain from ukiah all the way to santa rosa. take you down to street level here and you will notice at stoneyd! point road e see very light rain. san francisco mission street getting the wet weather ocean avenue in daly city an east bay you can see that it's pretty much wide spread from oakland to hay word to livermore and as we take you down towards the south bay not as wide spread. very scattered in nature. wind advisory is going for the north by5fk

carlos. visibility also low. it is going to look like this tomorrow morning along with ru$ut($er. i''ll let you know aboul4 how long this storm wi5s last and when 7 news8ãreporter sergioh our tee coverage. >>.@ he's at6u san francisco wih weather is causing all around the bay area. >>reporter: rush hour in the city really only wrapped up about an hour and a half ago but this rain hats slowed down all mode of transportation in the bay year. brake lights in the rain. they are the symbol of stormen deduced grid lock in the bay area. traffic at standstill at most on ramp heading over the pay brim. >> you are going into that traffic at the bridge. >> to the east bay. i'm kind of like. >> contemplating staying here droo grabbing good pizza and become to friend's house. >>reporter: this second straight day of steady downpour made for slow commute everywhere in the bay area.

avoid froe freeway traffic with bart came with own challenge. wet rail caused system width delay of 10 minutes or more. 70 flights inbound outbound cancel. others delayed by hours-]m. ron is trying get to reno tonight. she left orange county this morning and she is now caught in delay after delay because of the storm. >> my flight for reno was cancelled. i don't know why. fls they are backed up many and that was at 6:40. but now i'm flying out at 11:25 and getting >>reporter: traffic isn't the only concern. there are certain spots across the bay year locate this church in daly city that are vulnerable because of this rain did he luge and9k mike has been watchig the storms chip away the hillside. >> rain is if. getting a lot of rape at once though is going to cause problems for years that haven't had rain in 5

years almost. eric the church has markoff areas that mean affected by further erosion. sergio, abc 7 news. check out gurneyville. written so hard and fast it couldn't drain. hidden valley license flooded over. one homeowner spent the afternoon clearing pwrsh and trying to keep the'd stream of water from getting into his house. martinez business owners downtown line up sand about to keep the shops dry. alhambra creek often floods during heavy rain. contra costa county does provide free sand about at several location. travel in the sierra treacherous. chains remembered for most drivers. cal-trans working hard to keep road mostly clear which is causing traffic to back up. u0 this is a look at 80 on castle peak. there have been several spin outs including a tractor-trailer that jackknife jackknifed. on highway 50 there was a pwoultder that brought traffic to a crawl near wright lake road. road conditions to the latest downpour it's easy to track the weather where you live with the 7 news app. done

load it for free at 7 news.com slash app. be sure to unable push alert. we need a lot mr. wren to quivrnl our drought but state regulators today are considering easing some restriction on water use. water officials say community in high inland region could be eligible for reduced requirement. today bay area water agency say customers still need to conserve. 7 news is live in dub license with the story. alan. >>reporter: this is what the drought has done to many yards here in dublin. some homeowners have nothing but desert in their front yards. now there is hope that this drought is over but experts are warning people not to start laying down the new sod just yet. >> i'm an old fashion kind of guy i like a lawn. >>reporter: norman says the lawn was on life support before the reap came down. >> pretty much to the brown tan stage. >>reporter: and now. >> it's getting groper.

>>reporter: the water services district here says this consistent rain is perfect for recharming the aquifer that supplies the region. >> advantage is minimum run off which flow out to the bay and can't use the resource. maximum sock into our ground e-other people are relieved they won't have to pay pa more to refill the swimming pool but the water district is caution opening residents not to start celebrating yet. >> last december it was nice like thisment rainy and wet. in jap was the driingt on record. >>reporter: east bay municipal utility district says nearly 14 inches of precipitation has fallen on its sierra reservoir sense october. but it's still need 40 to 50 more inches to end its water shortage. in the east bay alan wong abc 7 news. east bay alan wong abc 7 news. as you can tell huge cheers as california base space x made history tonight landing the if

con then rocket for the first time. the rocket carried 11 satelles into orbit before heading about being to earth and touching down on land. cape canaveral. so it can be reused. other attempt to listened on barn in the ocean were unsuccessful. it crash. video provided by space x scientist explained just how difficult this was to figure out. >> electric lunching a over empire reverse land back down and land on shoe box on the ground in a wednesday storm. >>reporter: that gives you an idea this is not easy stuff. rocket science they call it that for reason. space x has contract with nasa to ship supply to the space station and will start carrying astronauts in 2017 so this was a big step tonight. founder musk says row usable rocket will trans form how we travel and live in space. san francisco supervisor tried to out smart a thief. woman grabbed scott weiner spart phone out of his hand friday while he was at 16th and valencia street in the mission directment negotiated with the

woman who agreed to return the phone for 200 dollars. she and 2 accomplice went with him to the wells fargo bank up the street where he went the to get ksh and capture the image on the security camera. >> she threatened to mace me in the face if i tried to pull any phone business. >> police arrested the woman later that day. her 2 accomplices haven't been found. weiner got back the phone but not the 200 dollars. scary. 7 news at 11:00 continues in. east bay authority are revealing what happened in the moments leading up to a college student's death at fraternity house over the weekend. and more reports tonight of customers getting sec after eating chipotle but this out brick is different from the rest jo bay area firefig} celebrate a brave little girl's major milestone. her fight with cancer. live doppler 7hd still tracking the rain hitting the bay year tonight. sandhya will be back with the timing of the wet weather for your morning

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identified the man who fell to his defendant over the weekend. 22-year-old jeffrey angler from san leandro died after fall from a significant height at from a pernt holiday party saturday night. it happened at the fraternity on channing way just before 7:30 am. investigators say alcohol appears to have been a factor in his death but they haven't released any other details. coy attended cal and member of the fraternity but didn't live at the house. jury awarded 11 million dollars today to man shot and partly cloudyize by san jose police. he was holding a knife and threatening to harm himself when he was shot by an officer in january of 2014. in a statement tonight the city of san jose says quote this is a very significant judg-r' terms of its size and potential ramifications so we need to review the jury decision, evaluate the city legal option and determine what our next steps mean. there's a new e.coli out brick tonight involving chipotle. there are 5 new

cases reported in the midwest and the cdc says the bacteria as a different genetic fencing present than the other ones. it affected 53 people including those in confidential and out brick not known. rest restaurantp chain announced new food safety measures last week. we really are excited to share this story with you. firefigi >> she's balloting rare kidney cancer. katie takes us on a special fire engine ride for a milestone treatment. >> joining el and jangle. >>reporter: they are stoked. >> what are we driving. >> a fear truck. >> yes. >>reporter: the fire district is battling more than fires. >> this is. >>reporter: helping a six-year-old with spark. >> she was quick to show off the scars and tell us what she was going through. but that

was the least of her concern. she had a big person at. >> like jumping off a cliff and no idea what is below. >>reporter: the father says the cancer diagnosis came last june. >> we are taking out a tumor from the kidney tomorrow e-through it all. >> what do i get from you. a hug. how about a kiss. >>reporter: family friends. and her firefighters who are driving her to her last chemotherapy session. >> i don't know what i expected but never expected this. it's been amazing. >>reporter: at ucsf churns hospital oakland a welcome party. and the tringted hand of her surgeon. >> being part of this team and becoming part of this family during this treatment is just really special and it certainly makes my job something really special. >> sheree mind us what is

really important and that's helping people. >> i think i have my courage. >>reporter: this is a round trip service. firefighters luck as and his crew will stay with finley through her entire chemo treatment then take her home this afternoon. in oakland, katie abc 7 news. o all right lots of rain coming down day. oh, man. we are not quite done yet. sand why is tracking it all for us. e-that's right. umbrella getting a work out and we are still tracking rain. live doppler 7hd showing you pretty steady wide spread wren across the entire region. i'll take you down to street level. north bay first the san rafael, anderson drive, larkspur mill valley light rain. san francisco i step aside to see the area through daly city. also ocean avenue in the san francisco area. brings bean getting some light wren on the peninsula, belmont, ralston avenue, redwood city middle field road seaport boulevard getting wet. emeryville to

oakland also very slick and as we head down to the south bay some very scattered light ran from san jose to sunnyvale cupertino peninsula south bay getting wet. last 24 hours we pick up 13 hundredths in livermore, but look at this over app inch in san rafael, san francisco mount cell saint helena just over that. 3 quarters inch in half moon bay. still snowing in the sierra but i have to tell you chain controls are 80, 50, 88 and 4 but tahoe truckee it's raining so the snow level has come you. this this is temperatures in the guess and from our emeryville camera the rain is falling. item select for the morning commute. morning get away as we are expecting steady rain no the morning. scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and cold storm is come christmas eve which may mean you may see some snow down to 2500 feet on

christmas eve thursday night that is over our highest elevation. current stomach is 2 on impact scale rain continues overnight tonight gusty wednesday tomorrow afternoon especially over the higher terrain may knock down tree and important lean. be careful out there 11:00 o'clock tonight. light moderate rain as you head to 2:00 a.m. could be woken up by the rain especially if a lit sleeper. 5:00 a.m. still looking at steady rain in the east bay south bay peninsula 7:00 a.m. starts to ease up in the north bay notice by 10:00 a.m. eat just scattered shower activity going if the afternoon so this mean the we know of at any time get out and about a. run errand go shopping if cooking on christmas day you need to do that or holiday shopping. weekend down late tomorrow night and rain fall total not whole lot more anywhere from 210th to half inch expected enthusiastic tomorrow night. but there is another storm coming lucky i mentioned. this storm keeping the winter storm warning going until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. over 2 pet above 7000 feet above 4000 expecting 8 to 14 inches of

snow. row sorts pecking up more snow foot to foot and half seen some good snow up there tomorrow morning numbers in the 50's quite mild. umbrella need. need the shade in the afternoon as sun starts to break throughg$ but still have showersfk mid 50's to low 60's andt quick remeaner here than normal tide known as king tide will tip the next few mornings at the golden gate almost seven feetbk so watch out for low lyig flooding if taking a walk. accu-weather 7 difficult forecast you are looking at a dry wednesday for you to do those lastment thingsment wet one thursday. second storm impact is going to be a two on the storm impact scale. christmas day dry. saturday it's season. next storm sun it's weak one. sunday afternoon into mon. mike will be here tomorrow morning. he'lled be tracking the storm fr you. >> thank you. still ahead 7 news at 1 11:00. "star wars", out performs the hype.

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good evening. charles woodson said physically he could return to play next season but mentally he's kind of done. future hall of fame safety decided to announce his retirement today. this will allow raider fans to say goodbye in the final home game of the season thursday night against the chargers. who kno knows it could be the final home game forth raiders period in oakland. woodson played 18 seasons. 2 stint with the silver and black and 7 yourself in green bay. won superbowl there. able 39 he played through the pain of dislocated shoulder this year so just 2 games left in his entire fantastic career. >> talking to reggie talking to r#nx> mates and letting them know. so many of the team mates throughout this year have rq" to me about next year. come back next year. i know you are coming back next year. honestly i think physically ick do it my body has responded.

but mentally it's not there. not going to happen. >>reporter: one of the best jump out to lead and stafford third touch down pass of the fears half. then in the second half 28-3 saints come back behind breeze. they need to recover the onside kick to try to complete the come back here and johnson says not going to happen. detroit wins the big easy 35-27. we thought this was going to be a rebuilding career for st. mary's we thought wrong. randy bennett had other ideas. chris kringel in moraga tonight. you have to get to work. st.vo mary's hosting usf. 3 point field goal percentage with 13 points then the look to jock with authority. 18-5 run. gales up 13. kicking it out and they had 20. they can shoot the ball. crust to 9th

we know of the year. handful here with sacramento state at stanford. mason inside for 2 of his 19. muscle down low. hornet thinking upset. up 8. allen throwing down strong. humphrey had 21 for stanford they win. great finish. ucla down 3 and oh, canada. sent into over time. in o t.cal down one. thomas he having the 3 and goes. bear up 2 but the bruins tied 8 seconds left. cal somebody get back on defense. monique billings. ties it up on to second over time. now down one. courtney range the 15 footer. 29. late free throw. pad the lead and 21 rank cal wins a shot out. check out the final double o t. great game. >> good