the caltrain is going to leave in a minute the first train of the morning. people are prepared with the umbrellas and rain jackets. they are walking here and not in the cars. the good news of no car this morning you do not have to deal with the traffic and accidents. we septembering understanding in the san jose area. a lost trouble spots at 87 and 101. you know where they are when there is heavy rain. are you ready for the rain? >> i will be totally ready. i am from california but i am going to iowa for graduate school so i can deal with it. >> yes, you can do it as well. be prepared for flooded streets. we saw a lost street flooding

yesterday. make sure the storm drains are cleared. if you come cross a flooded road do not drive through it. it only takes 6" for the car to stall. >> thank you, matt. this is the mess caused when a large tree fell down in oakland hills at 7:30 last knit. it blocked traffic at skyline boulevard. >> roofers are in high demand with the recent storms. home owners discover they have leaks so there is a long wait list and it is hard to keep up. repairs have to wait until the storms pass. people would live in san jose remember how bad flooding can be in el nino years. they hopeed a project to stop flooding would be finished. no such luck. the mayor liccardo said the city is working to fast track $9.4 million pump station to replace

the existing station. the permits still need to be approved at the state level. >> the bottom of the funnel in matter what happens upstream comes downstream. we either ones who catch the brunt of the misery. >> the project will not be finished until 2018. >> in san francisco homeowners are preparing for the worst. sandbags are stacked knee-high throughout the neighborhood where it is still recovering from last year's understanding. they blame the outdifficultied sewer system. a class action lawsuit has been filed against the city adding an amendment that would stop all developments in san francisco until the project is fixed. permanently. >> here is what you will see in the sierra, chains on tires. you have to use chains on interstate 80 on united states 50, chains are required up to meyers the snowplows are busy keeping the roads clear so

people can get to the ski resort >> our community is helping show what is happening where you live. you can gin by sharing imageing with #abc7now. we could use them onrare or online. >> just because you are threing the house does not machine you have to leave us you can track weather on the go with abc7 news app and you can get immediate notification of severe weather. >> a store across the world, the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting today following claims by not korea they have tested a hydrogen bomb. the state media announced the test saying they have a right to protect itself from "evil warmongers like the us." >> a moderate shaking was detected in north korea suggesting that some kind of explosion took place. south korea believes it is a strange neighbor tested a let

powerful at temperature bomb and not a hydrogen bomb. >> santa cruz police are investigating the suspicious death of a man and a woman both shot to death inside of a home. were found in a locked root in an apartment west of the santa cruz bench board walk. a conditioned relative asked police to check on them after neither answered the phone calls for a while. the man was 35 and lived in santa cruz. the woman was 23 and visiting from out of town. >> oakland is stepping toward enacting tougher gun laws requiring gun owners to secure weapons and ammunition that is left inside of a parked vehicle. this is the first of two votes on matter. the proposal would mandate the use of lockboxes or triggerlocks and ban large capacity magazines. it faces the second vote this month. >> a search in san jose for a pair of prowlers would broke into a sorority house. a woman woke up and found them

in her room yesterday morning. lisa has the details. >> the doors of the sorority house are locked up after to men walked in went through the rooms and started stealing. >> they thought no one would be around. all the students are not due back from winter break until the end of the month. only six girls are staying at the sorority right now and one woke up while the prowlers were in her almost, stealing her laptop. the suspects ran away. >> any crime is serious and a burglary is taken seriously. >> no one from the sorority would talk about the break-ins but those in the anybodying from tenths did. >> i worry someone would have the audacity to break in. >> first time i have heard of a house being broken into like that.

>> downtown residents are not surprised. >> very crazy. >> we have break-insry where. >> on crimes they stole laptops from san jose students living off campus ransacking the apartment and taking presents from under the tree. police are checking with san jose detectives to see if the same people are responsible for same people are responsible for both crimes. >> the police department is being appealed over trading racist and homophobic text with a judge saying the statute of limit states expired when the department took language. the text were sent in 2010 and 2012 involving slurs and jokes about killing black and references to wait power. >> now for two months prices

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rain through action in san francisco. that will push east through the 6:00 hour. we could get another push of accountered thunderstorm by 10:00 so we have a flash flood watch until 4:00 this afternoon for all of the north bay, the san francisco bay shoreline the peninsula coast and the santa clara value because of the bond on the roads. we have a coastal flood advisory, combination of high surf and run off could be cause the flooding. high surf warning until 2:00 tomorrow in the afternoon up to 20' waves. sue? >> high winds the c.h.p. has issueed a warning for the san mateo bridge. i don't know if you can see but the rain is literally going side way across the bridge, traffic is flowing nicely from hayward to foster city and san mateo and you are looking at 15 minute drive but hands on driving this

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>> look at this adorable one-year-old australian shepherd. it is now recovering at animal services after what appears to be abuse or neglect. someone may have actually thrown the dog from a freeway overpass. melanie has the story. >> this sweet girl has a anyways no one here knows it. >> we just referring to her as the aussie shepherd. >> animal services said the one-year-old jumped from the high over pass or someone three her. on saturday afternoon, leslie was driving by. >> we saw this dog across the lanes. >> several drivers stopped. it was apparent the dog had injuries including what was later discovered to be a fractured femur and dislocked wrist. >> she head tears. they brought the dog to the emergency. >> after find the story and her

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developing and the storms i will track them and we will see if they will make it into the santa clara valley, san jose specifically, because a last times they weaken as they come over the mountains. right now all this is heading into the east bay so get ready, east bay you are about to be ponded. the winds are coming from the south. they are gusting at 25 in san jose, to 30 in oakland to 20 at sfo, and notice where the rain is light, the winds are light, in the north by, a switch. you have light rain, winds around 15 american. from 5:00 to 6:00 you can see the initial heavy burst goes through and we will have steady rain through 9:00 and we will transing over to showers. i am expecting a lot of rain out of this system possible afternoon three-quarters inch to 1.5" which is why we will have so much bonding. my seven-day outlook shows lingering showers tomorrow, category one, chance of light rain on saturday, another one and a break for sure on sunday.

>> we have high winds with an advisory tore san mateo and richmond-san rafael bridge, great idea to let someone else do the driving. right new bart has 28 trains, all on time and caltrain is a great way to go and no delays with muni. pooling on the road is a problem. east shore freeway from golden gate field to the macarthur maze is quiet if you are driving from highway 4 to the bay bridge you are looking at a 15-minute drive so that is not bad. no metering lights but wet. we have seen the polling. and flooding. near the bay bridge toll plaza. still, a necessary ride interest san francisco. we have an update on the waldo grade and what was reported a mudslide in the slow lane is cleared and smooth sailing from san francisco to marin. >> thing you, sue. it is the morning that techies have been waiting for. >> in three hours, there will be pre-orders for the virtual

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single moms are the most sleep deprived people in america, 44 percent of single moms with kids under the age of 18 do not get enough shut area according to the centers for disease control. so they fall short of the recommendation of seven hours of sleep. and single dads with kids do a little bitter with only 38 percent falling short of the goal. seven hours of sleep...what is that? >> i would like to meet that person. >> not on this shift. >> how is the rain looking? >> very intense. i am tracking the thunderstorms down to santa cruz so want out, santa cruz mountains, especially 17, skyline boulevard and 280 with more thunderstorms headed to cal poly and the whole lane is manning across the state and san diego is at 60 and everyone is getting wet but for lake tahoe where you have a winter weather add you havery start at can this or and the winter storm

warning at 8:00 on the western slope at 5-10" at had,000' and it is tough traveling through the high country. sue? yes, we are getting a slew of incidents from c.h.p. and up and out. it is a mess. the san mateo bridge has a high wind advisory and 15 minutes drive and on the other side we will show you the incidents, pooling and puddling in the northbound direction at the s.a.p. center so slow down. you can not tell when it is dark with the puddle and bonding coming off the spay yes bridge we have an incident southbound 101880 again, coming off the san mateo bridge northbound plenty more incidents to fill you this when we return in the next couple of minutes. >> copyright infringement is no monkey business especially here in san francisco. who could forget the photos

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