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because it's more than just health care. it's life care. now at 11:00. wet evening across the entire bay area.ê drivers forced to navigate slick roads during the rush hour commute. >> let's take a live picture outside from our abc 7 roof cam are. the series of storms isn't over yet. even more wet weather is on the way for your weekend. good evening and thanks for joining us.$"#kú>> you see it re a we track the storm that moved into the bay area this afternoon. >> yes and several more are on the way. one of them is actually gaining strength. >> yes we have live team coverage for you and let's here's where it is falling right now. i'll show you the radar and we'll take a lock at exact where i where we are seeing the wet roadway.

in the north bay clover dale to healdsburg, santa rosa i push in a little bit tighter here to take you down to street level from winds or to89is 02..j(k% fulton road, mendocino avenue, old redwood highway very light rain. bodega bay you see where the showers are falling, dillon beach and as we take a look from the peninsula area down towards the santa cruz mountains we are also getcsting some very light returns right now around santa cruz, boulder creek area, very light showers on the peninsula around portola valley. oakland hayward sfo all reporting light rain right now. some of this falling below the radar beam so overnight tonight you will notice that just a few showers going into your early morning commute. there will be some wet spots tomorrow. on our storm impact scale this winter we rate them one is light. 5 is severe. the next one coming in friday night into saturday is a one. half inch to inch of rain for most of the bay area with a little bit of a breeze out of the south 10 to 20 miles an

hour. there is another storm for theñ. @? up. >>wé thanks sandhya. the eveningtb commute. take a look atú/ slow moving trafficól across the entire'g be area. ouri" news camera capture6 san mateo bridge.yxr embarcadero in san francisco and bay bridge toll plaza not easy to get home in the rain. >> pretty tough actually. alan continues our team coverage. >> yes live in santa rosa with more on the wet weather that's hitting the bay area tonight. alan. >>reporter: this is colonel1g7ñ began creek where you see the result of this storm.r it's not very deep down there the flash mud slides associated withhi heavy storms7f because ts lighteu steady rain is allowingñ the ground to slowly soak itit p upnxìc@&h&hc evening rush hour on9 highway 101 wasxp mostly and drivers likeov daniel were

t/yr'g extra precautions.c >> i'm in my bug an it's ;yke the tires are bald so pretty interesting. >>reporter: the storm was living up to its one rating on the stormmx impact scale. a lot of light scattered showers that soak the ground. also reminded arturo it was time to buy a rain coat. warm front. never rains. >>reporter: the store in santa rosa says it's been selling plenty of rain gear all day. business in this el nino season hasn't been quit as good for jeff's car wash in novato. still open during the storm. >> if you are in business you have to be open rain or shine and look at tomorrow annie the great play the sun will come up tomorrow. >>reporter: it's expected to be dry sew has to hang on until tomorrow. in the north bay, abc 7 news. and the snow is coming down this was the scene earlier at i

80 in castle peak. chain control currently in effect there and entire3íujt)jz there.é with the fore? forecastn on the go whenever yu need it and unable push alert for immediate notificatkmzb and severe weather/x alert. >> new ates 11:00. shoot out outside the busy bay center mall at 6:30 in front of pedestrian bath and beyond. police say doesn't appear any one was hit but they are checking hospitals to to be sure. couple of parked cars were struck by bullet. two men detained for questioning. >> bart service back to normal after a man on the track caused a brief shut down in san francisco. power between the track were shut off before police could good after him. police found him a few minute after. that took him=t into custody. he wasn't hurt. candidate spar on stage in south carolina.

comes 18 days before the first caulk news iowa. >> we have the best moments from tonight's show down. >> the first g.o.p. debate of he election year began with across the board attack on president obama. >> this guy is a petulant child. >> any nation that captures our feeting men and women will feel the fulleé force and fury of the united states of america.&k- >>reporter: just seven candidate made the cut for the ted cruz defending himselfí on two fronts tonight. from a new report that he didn't tell the federal exchange commission about 1 million dollar loan from wall street banks for his senate campaign. >> yes i made a paperwork error disclosing ite on one piece of paper instead of the otherxwñ bt if that's the best hit "the new york times"hase8÷ got, they betr go back to the well. >>reporter: then a sparring match with donald trump about his accusations that the canadians born cruz might notllu legally be allowed to serve as president. constitutional lawyers say you can't run. >> i won't take legal advice.i

from donald trump. >> i hate to interrupt this> episode of court tv but the reald+(u. >>reporter: trump claimingy?x governor hailey pay3ñed him a compliment this week. un horriblyul and ic9 will gladlyvg accept th mantle of angerdk e-cruz not backingu' down. (ááá$jt manhattan. when the wr noeát(q on earthxu could have mainlyms than new york. >>repod2r: besides those personal]r attacks the debate largely focus ]z terrorism, immigratio and the xhechlt the democratulre headed#t to south carolinap9 next for theirtl dee thisdñ sunday t.this is abcñn nm washington. >>st live in the newsroom with how bay area republicans react to tonight's debate, katie. >>reporter: despite the feud between trump and cruz you saw

the contentious exchanges tonight republicans watching together in san francisco say they are happy to see the candidates spending less time attacking each other. san francisco young republicans hosted a debate watch party on lombard street. >> a little bit of friendly fear but it's okay because their message ultimately we need to stand yooint united and support whoever the nominee is from the paivrment looks like they are patting each other on the back and as a party i think they are starting to come together at bit more. >>reporter: as for how donald trump figures into the peace making. >> if he were to make it in this could actually be quite a good team together working together. a lot of talent there. >>reporter: san francisco state political science professor smith disagree about candidate cohesiveness and believes the republican party is headed for broker convention if donald trump wins the majority of the delegate. >> i don't think the republican establishment of the other candidates would be willing to allow him to be the nominee. so i suspect they will get

together to deny him the nomination. >>reporter: last time there was a truly brokered convention in which the party chose a candidate who did not run in the primary was the democratic convention in 1952. republicans will meet for their convention in cleveland in jul july. in san francisco, abc 7 news. just four months after being kicked off the job santa clara county may rehire turner construction to finish construction at valleyg? medical center. san jose mercury news citing source that is say turner construction is among four finalist being considered to finisháy the troubled project. they blamed each other for cost overruns and delays last augus august. well imagine finding out that you won part of 1.50 5 billion dollars. lottery jackpot to find out it was all a hoax. >> still ahead at 11:00. southern california woman who fell victim the a power ball prank. and look closely. this is not a wild animal. this huge house cat confusing neighbors in the south bay. >> and we track the showers

falling across the bay area. sandhya is back with how wet we are going to get this wean. >> all of that coming up and what's coming up right after 7 news at 11:00. jimmy. >> thanks. look what we did just to make you proud tonight. >> this little thing here that i was supposed to the push dow i was supposed to the push dow down. >> it does look like you are excited to see >> it does look like you are

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we have a new look tonight as firefighters rescuing the plumber who had been trapped in oakland trench for 13 hours.

alameda county fire shared this video of crew pulling him out of a deep trench early wednesday morning. retaining wall collapsed while he was working on a sewer line. he's still recovering. the state is investigating this incident. >> thinks unbelievablement can you imagine this you have been told you have won 1.5 billion dollars all to find out it's just a joke. it's probably not the best night for a 62-year-old pomona nurse whose son played a practical joke on her. she was so excited she told all of heavier co-workers at the nursing home where she works. this was the scene shortly after that. before anyone knew it was just a prank. well tonight the own of the nursing home is talking. >> if this was a prank done by her son as they claim i think it's somewhat detestable. i guess i'll give him the benefit of the doubt in wanting to make his mom happy. >> the owner says he plans to do something for the mother to

make up for it so 24 hours later we still don't know who the real winner is but that's really. >> that's tough. >> not a nice prank. >> no. neighborhood maybe you have seen a large furry animal peering out of the window at you. >> large. many passerby think a wild animal(n but as lisa explains& it's not a bobcat. it's jaws really bigañ house ca. >> hi you. >>reporter: this is spock. holding him requires two hands and a strong back. >> this is one really big cat. spockh is 27 pounds. >>reporter: spock is a main coon and this is the reaction he usually gets. >> he's huge mama. he's like a bobcat. >>reporter: animal control has come to the home here plenty of times because people who spot him through the window quite honestly freak out.

>> i know colleen has been approached on several occasions with people making a claim she has a wild animal in here. >>reporter: colleen is spock owner and to have a pet like spock requires, well, patience. he refs to be alone and opens closed doorstí. he watches you tube videot to help him fall asleep and he tends to break just about anything in his path. >> a lot like having a toddler in the house. we have to spock proof the house. everything that is in here is locked down. >>reporter: it's the prize for having a cat like spock. in san jose, lisa, abcrn 7 new. the the the the fabulous wow! looks like a looi on or something. >> sandhya has the latest. >> hang on to the rain gear dan and amma as we hit the weekend we see two more storms live doppler 7hd right now showing you where it is raining. i am going to take you into the mendocinos coast line as some of

the viewers are reporting can you please talk about our weather so there you go. mendocino, fort bragg you get the steady rain from bodega 0fort ross to healdsburg, saint helena, radar between winds or and santa rosa. still seeing some light rain. mark west springs road south santa rosa. east bay from hayward area and hayward boulevard out to dublin 5 80 still some slick spots and around the peninsula primarily over the hills between woodside and down to the santa cruz mountains there's still se[/g some wet roadway so here's a lookpm terrain fall. so farun hardly anything in san jose. in thezç winter this is pretty typical where you do get very little and it's one hundred of an inch in san jose and kent field more than an inch of rai rain. san francisco 15 hundredths. 1400 half moon bay. redwood city $200 oakland just over a tenth. napa 18 hundredths. livermore 16 to $1,700 in

fairfield. chairs still required in the sierra nevada where snow is still going and under a winter storm warning until 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. 6 to 12 inches with moreover the higher peak. as far as know total up until tomorrow at noon here's what you are looking at. people are askingiu about the d;>)çó good time to head up there. tomorrow afternoon would be your opportunity and tomorrow night it will be just fine but then by midnight that next storm comes in for the sierra and it is rough trying to get up there on saturday. temperatures right now in the 50's with the cloud cover. slick roadway from emeryville camera due to the recent showers we lock at spotty showers in the morning. next storm late tomorrow night with heavy rain and wind on sunday. tomorrow morning you will notice right down over san jose spotty shower at 5:00 a.m. keep a shower in around 7:00 a.m. near gilroy. most other areas start to seat sun. tomorrow is your brake. remember the break are very important as we do need to dry out atft bit before the next system comes s've don't end up with a lot of prob÷&s.

t;=ii=] afternoon the time to get away for the weekend if you are or get things done. tomorrow night one on our storm saturday that next system bring us half inch to inch of rain for most areas. south wind 10 to 20.2+ so item breezy that's the only difference. 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night rain starts to approach. we get into then p.m. in the north bay getting wet. light moderate rain basically over the entire area at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. 3:00 a.m. saturday. still looking at showers and if you are getting away= for the holiday weekend and you are thinking early saturday just watch out. another pocket of moderate rain moves in at 6:00 a.m. ross good part of the eó+hp)ea. the showers,

rain stronger wind accompanying this one. continues sunday night we go 52 early monday morning commute and it's still wet but now model want to take the system out before the afternoon. tomorrow morning 40's, 50's, there will be some slick roadways and there is some fog in half machine bay so you need to be carefulonájj afternoon.ju in the upper 50'sli to low 60's. that's the next s%%tem.&ñ brings wind and rain lingers intohv martin luther king jr. ° through thursday is veryu( unsettled.dk chances of rain:p but nokñ er agreement but of course mike will be here starting tomorrow morning at 4:30 continuing until 7:00 a.m. and he has updates on the storms. >> perfect thank you. >> there is more to come on 7 news at 11:00. >> yes. signs of the superbowl you will see if you are out

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