causing downed trees and concerns of flooding. our reporter is in the north by with traffic on monday morning. >> good morning, we started in the east bay where the rain was coming down around 3:00. as we made our way to the north bay certainly dryer conditions but you can see behind me with the truck going by there is still a lot of standing water on the roadways. we are in the northbound side of without we at lucky drive one of the many areas in the north bay prone to flooding. it appears that many folks have got were the hang of this el nino and people have blocked their doors with sandbags and settled down for 9 overnight storm. >> the business owners have added floodgates and they made getting sandbags easier. >> many fire stations have sandbags available for

homeowners to fill and take. we have a list of the locations on abc7. the concern is as the ground is more sat rated with incoming rainstorms, landslides are more likely as are trees falling. another look for you of 101, this is not a lot of traffic is far this morning because it is early and it is also the mlk day holiday. we expect many people to stay home. if you hit the readies, there is a lost standing water. we are checking where pg&e and there is a small outage in mill valley. we will check that out. we will be back with you at 5:30. >> relentless rain and saturated ground was too much for man trees. we were in fairfax where a huge tree sealed off one side of bay road from the or side. 15 people could not get out of the their homes until a tree service came out and started cutting away the branches. >> across the bay area this morning many people are

experiencing power outages. we have updated it on the pg&e website, power lines are downed and trees are down. pg&e is making sure this everything is saif al-islam qadhafi while they work to resolve the issues. >> rain opened up here and a large sinkhole in pacifica and sonoma a muddy mess caused by the non-storm rain and east of guerneville the road opened up three hours of mud slid down on the roads. and the mud and rocks had to be cleared this is pacifica biwhere a sinkhole opened that was 40x8. the department of public works is ready stockpiling boulders and crews used them to plug the hole. >> the problem is to preserve the street. that is beach boulevard. not to among the upon particular

tourist spot. >> they are exited and wanted to come out here when they heard there was a dig moving rocks and putting dirt in the hole. >> our reporter will have a report from pacifica at the top of the hour. >> we are tracking the power outages showing you them real time on the pg&e website, a lot of dots there, including issues by down trees and power lips. we will track the outages for you. >> the city of napa is responding to the storms by opening up a sandbag station at memorial stadium on men low avenue. several north by cities are offer free sandbags with a list lobbies to pick up the sandbags inia neighborhood. >> the past way to track the rain and flood is with the newsup which is free. use the push alerts to got latest information. >> we are tracking breaking

news: an ohio police officer is dead. a woman called dispatch before midnight saying her ex-boyfriend had weapons and was looking to kill an officer. the officer was fond shot to delegate behind the danville municipal building northeast of columbus. his gun and cruiser were both missing. a suspect is in custody. authorities say up to 50 people will join the search for a young ski instructor who has been missing for three days. the search for 23-year-old carson may was suspended because of bad weather. he was seen skiing while off duty on thursday afternoon at sugar bowl ski resort near norton. despite the length of time he has been missing and the weather conditions, friends say he is skilled in survival techniques. >> another search continues today, the coast guard is expanding their sent for 12 manners still missing after a helicopter crash. the hunt will cover the western coast of oahu. these are pictures from the search. on thursday two helicopters with six marines each inside went down off off the not shore the

this will not say if they collided pepped the investigation. >> a journalist from marin county would was 18 months in iranian prison is still in germany getting medical treatment. jason rezaian is among four american citizens freed in a prisoner swap. the "washington post" reporter was charged with espionage. in exchange for his freedom and three others, the united states dropped charges against seven iranians. >> the united states is imposing new iran sanctions for ballistic missile testing a new punishment just after the obama administration lifted economic sanctions over iran's nuclear program. the officials say that the treasury planned to announce the penalties late december but witnessed after iran said they could have thin decembered the prisoner swap. >> take the celebration train to honor dr. martin luther king jr., with the celebration train replace the freedom train that will take off from san jose this morning. it will top in palo alto and san

mateo before arriving in san francisco. in the city you take part in a march to the yerba buena island garden with a full day of tree activities. commemoration starts at 10:30. >> in withed with, f.b.i. director will be the gift speaker at the annual wreath laying ceremony at the mlk national memorial. all national park parks that charge fees are free today. many parks will hold special events to celebrate. >> a baby boy is safe this morning after he was abduct the by his father. the one-year-old ricardo sanchez was found. people are not connected to the familiar but it is unclear why he was left with them. antioch police believe the father, 26 year old ricardo sanchez gomez took the child during a dispute. an amber alert was issued. officers are looking for sanchez-gomez described as violent and dangerous. >> several cars and part of a home are destroyed had oakland

after a two-alarm fire sparked in the garage. we were there at 5:00 people as firefighters bat jammed the flames, a couple who lives in home get out safely saying they heard two loud booms before the fire started. >> fallen utility lanes delayed drivers in marin and a goose is do blame after fly into the wires at lucky drive. traffic was stopped for 20 minutes in the crews removed the wires. >> hope the goods is okay. >> we will check with lisa on the wet weather. >> this system is out of here. it is slowly sinking to the southeast. you can see the radar loop from 12:30 to 4:00 with light rain from livermore, heavier rain in the higher hills and we shift south through the foot hims, ever friend, and another of san jose, we have moderate rain from gilroy to morgan hill and as we shift to the peninsula you have wet pavement, fog in santa rosa,

and looking at mild temperatures, 56 in hayward and mountain view and today enjoy the brief break with clouds and the holiday before it is active again tonight with a storm on a scale of "1" to "3" is "2" so rain ending, and 60s and muggy and coastal fog also in the valleys and the next couple of days, we are looking at the rain, a rainy morning commute tomorrow, and we get a break on wednesday, more rain arrives on thursday and friday and notice the temperatures, the subtropical connection with both systems a "2" on impact scale. >> it is wet and sloppy roads this early holiday morning. we have these separate sig-alerts southbound 6ity at eastbound 580 direction a sig-alert because of flooding and an accident westbound four near (a) street lanes are blocked water, and 380, ongoing

issue with overturned big-rig caught fire and sig-alert and the ramp to southbound 101 the sig-alert is issued. if you are trying to get to for by 280 the ramp is shut down at 380 so take 101 at this hour. we check back with the holiday transit schedules coming up. >> it gets testy as democrats would want to be president scare off in the final debate before the iowa caucus with a major issue that has hillary clinton and bernie sanders trading heated words. heated words. >> trader joe's recalling here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin

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asking you not to eat the pieces and bring them increase a refund. we posted more information on abc7 news abc7news.com. >> a trespasser was found naked and drunk in a woman's bed. according to our media partner, a 29-year-old man is accused of breaking into a home at willow avenue at 1:30 yesterday morning. police say the woman heard someone banging on her door and ran out as he forced his way through the front door she went to a fire station for help until the police arrived. >> d presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail this morning after last night's democratic debate. it was the last one before 2016 voting starts. candidates everyone in attack mode. here is the big moment. >> in serve second, frontrunners hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging debating health care. clinton defender of obama's electric casey. >> i am not sure if wherever

talking abut plan you introduced tonight or the one you introduced nine times in the congress. >> bernie sanders said he is lying about plans for health care. >> not is nonsense. we are not tearing up the afford average health care act. >> she slammed him on gun control. >> he voted to let guns on amtrak, guns into national parks, he voted against doing research to figure out how we can save lives. >> the debate steps away from the charleston church where a white gunman killed nine black worshippers in june. martin o'malley hoping to get an edge. >> i am the candidate that brought people together to pass comprehensive legislation. >> bernie sanders refused to discuss bill clinton and the past indiscretions. >> his behavior was deplorable. have i ever once said a word about that? no i have not. i will debate secretary hillary clinton and governor mali on the issues faying the american people, not personal behavior. >> in cone draft to early

debates, donald trump was not a topic of conversation last night. hillary clinton did not mention his name once. >> speaking of donald trump, the british par health will debate a proposal to been donald trump. 500,000 people signed a petition in favor of the move saying what they consider hate speech by donald trump qualifies under the uk unacceptable behavior criteria which allows them to ban martha stewart, and mike tyson. >> and the nfl conference championships have been set. the carolina used a big first half to defeat seattle 31-24 and panthers lost one game only this year host arizona cardinals next week to determine who is bound for the super bowl. >> in the amount fc denver scored late in the 4th for a come-from-behind 23-16 victory over steelers and bronco win societies up another high

profile quarterback matchup, peyton manning against tom brady and the new england patriot and it could be the last time you see those two quarterbacks squaring off an interesting gale the you have the tomorrow two seeds from both leagues playing against each other so no underdogs? >> a good game. >> let's chat about this off line. we have been talking about this for hours. we will move on. >> i have some things to tack about, maybe not football but are looking at live doppler hd where the storm system quickly is sinking to the southeast. we are light showers left over from hayward into livermore and the moderate showers are south and they will push out of the south bay and parts of the central coast by daylight. you can see how quickly the line has cut off from the foothills through san jose and the moderate range eat of gilroy and east of 101, and hollister is

getting good rain but it is history anywhere from 1" of rain to 2 1/2 inches of rain in kent andfield and it is muggy and mild and foggy in santa rosa. rain totals are decent with the system and we dodged a bullet with the crooks and rivers but with another system on its heels, bringing another 1" of rain, we could be looking at some of the crooks then in the north by getting close to coming out of their batches. the fiscal year couple hours, we have plenty of cloud cover today, maybe an isolated shower and mostly we are dry by the evening hours and the chance of showers is back and picking this up, tonight, at 8:00, you will notice earlier we are looking at the drive weather and by overnight it is wet. tomorrow morning the commute is soggy and trillion take extra time with folks coming back to work at 10:00 in the morning, it will be a "2" on the storm

impact trail with breezy winds from the southwest and 1" of rain through the tuesday evening commute. low 60s today and a day to dry out and get ready for the next system and the seven-day forecast is another dry day on wednesday and more yet weather headed our way into friday. sue is here where a look at our morning. >> good morning, we have the standing water and pooling out there, from overnight rains continuing to rain if some places as lisa has updated you and mass transit if you are out and about, bart will run on saturday schedule and action transits on sunday schedule and muni on saturday schedule with a schultz bus south of 22nd because of sewer work there. no delays. here is the eastbound or east bay drive on the east shore freeway, westbound 80 into golden gate field and san francisco is not pad, and we will look at a sig-alert out there this morning, the big-rig open fire flipped, blocking the ramp eastbound 380 to southbound 101. we will check back with two more

sig-alerts next report. >> a lot going on. spacex moves latest attempt to lend a rocket does not work out with new video of the spectacular failure. >> scientists uncover evidence that flu could be kinder to women than men. >> a delay for the next generation of apple watch. the apple watch 2 was likely heading for march unveiling but a report claims that the company pushed back the date with no comment from apple. >> this is amazon echo the wireless speaker and voice command device that criminals smart devices around your home and, now, it can now read to you >> having it read to you is free but sound like a robot. >> google is training the high-tech robot to help an the house, and his name is ian, at 230 pounds and walks on two legs

and competed in the military robot olympics but is good at rearranging furniture and sweeping up and advantage uniting. work on cooking next. >> and laundry. >> and laundry. >> exactly. this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today.

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happening at sea year. it appeared to be working as expected as the rocket approached a barge and something want forbly wrong. look at that, new video of the failed landing posted last night failed landing posted last night on instagram by landing saying that the ship landings are necessary for high altitude missions so the team will try self more times. it was successful in launching a satellite into space that will measure ocean height. >> if you call 9-1-1 do you not want this to happen a caller when unanswered when a dispatcher was ordering a pizza, when someone had a seizure at the doctor's office. the only dispatch available was busy on another call the facing

a seven minute food order for pizza. here is the call. >> one size of cheese one with all of the fix joins. >> can you hold on a second. i am sorry. >> the sheriff said that the dispatch violated policy and was disciplined. as for the young man he reportedly regained connection misand was okay. >> it is a dream come true for 11-year-old boy with a potentially deadly disease. he and his twin sister both have a rare gene disease causing acid buildup that damages all organs and must be treatied every six hours, before the other begans shut down. he got the surprise of his life family friend who knows how much the wrong boy loves coasters reached out to six flags to see if they would give him a sneak peek of the new coaster, the

joker. the six flags said yes. he will get to see construction and it will open in the spring. i talked to the family back in october and this 10 big deal because he wanted for be roller coasters when he grows up. >> pretty california. we have been on a wild ride over the weekend with the weather. thank you is right. cy out of here. the system is quickly exiting the east bay and the south bay and you can see the west from san mateo to marin county, dry conditions and from 1-12" -- 1-2" of rain. exile exit gilroy in the next hour. still a winter weather advisory if you have folks or family are on friends we have a couple ofisms today. otherwise, we are drying out today. publics in the upper 50s to low 60s and clouds. next system arrived tonight. it will be a soggy tuesday morning commute. sue? >> that is what we have, wet and

sloppy roads. we have a lot of standing water and spree separate sig-alerts southbound 680 to eastbound 580 blood, and an accident and hard closure. take dublin boulevard to dougherty and a sig-alert is issued here. at sfo, take 101 because the 380 eastbound ramp to southbound 101 sig-alert with overturned big-rig caught open -- on fire. we will look at the martin luther king schedule for mass transit and other accidents coming up. >> some person complain that the flu is worse for them than woman but it turns out they can be right lying in the more members according to new research from johns hopkins. there is an antienvironmental affect against the flu virus so women have a gene shield that allows them to fight the disease faster and they feel it

less strongly. >> new you know why we are big babies. >>. cigarette smokers, bad news if you are trying to use that to quit it is not, working. the new analysis found this adult smokers who use e-cigarettes are nearly 30 percent less likely to stop smocking cigarettes compared to those who do not. no e-cigarette company has submitted an election to approve this for smocking cessation. >> look at this video. come out. come out. come on out. hold on to her. this is a firefighter's view as he saved seven people from a burning building in fresno over the weekend. a mother and father climb out of a window from a room filled with choking smoke, and firefighters say it was the only way out. the stairwell was on fire. video from the helmet of a firefighter captured the intense scene and you can see the crews

checking the willing for other people inside and two people suffered smoke inhalation but everyone made it out. >> a big wave caused a big problem along the pacifica pier. at 5:00 a.m. we are there with the major effort to plug a dangerous effort. >> wall street is closed nor the holiday but investors are doing anything but relaxing with the big losses they could be facing when trade, resumes in 24 hours. stay tuned.

this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday