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one problem we are seeing is i-880 at alameda off-ramp. janet is showing us the flooding. janet? >> good morning, reggie, 880 and alameda off-ramp exit is closed. check it out. all of the water is here but in case it is too dark to see, this are several cons lined up along the off-ramp letting you know it is unsafe to come to this area. we saw one driver who tried to get through but obviously it wasn't possible to get to the cones. the water is at least 1' deep. crews are here pumping it off the ramp and from a ditch where water is pooling. they are making sure the water does not spill over on to the 880 where traffic is pretty heavy right new moving swiftly. heads up, if you are headed out here on 80 and alameda, the off-ramp is closed. we do not know how long it will
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be closed. >> on southbound 101 and 92 a pickup truck veered off the road and into a ditch and san mateo fire department tweeted the photos showing the truck submerged in water. the driver escaped without injury. >> residents in belmont saw flooding and a homeowner called the fire department when he realized the water wasn't draining right and it was flow under his house something he has never seen in 20 years of living there. >> we came home after shopping at grocery store and there was river behind our house and it peaked and that is what we saw. >> the public works was called to the scene and the home owner say a clogged drain claused the flooding. >> there were big puddle on the road with drivers moving to a crawl to lose criminal. >> at cloverdale it is hydroplaning and people are
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crazy, they do not know how to slow down. that is why i have the big truck out today and not the little car or little truck. >> we saw a skipout where the car smashed into the hillside on highway 101. >> san francisco is fighting the rain with temporary plastic flood barriers. the flood barricades are filled with recycled water and part of a test program to try to prevent homes and businesses from flooding. they set up near 17th which is friend to flooding, with public crews putting the barricades up before the saturday storm. last night they were doing pretty well. if they do work, the city could order more. >> crews are still working to restore power disthe bay area following our storms. we checked pg&e website half an hour ago and here are the most affected areas: 1,100 customs are still without power near cruz county and 165 people are still without power southwest of los gatos pg&e is reporting 162
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outages in oakland's north dade waverly neighborhood. >> in pacifica the swells have pushed back the demolition of an apartment building teetering on the cliff which is to be torn down tomorrow rather than today. the swells atracked onlookers yesterday, including one who described the storm. >> it was scary. we were outside for a little while and we automatically came right back inside because it was too much. everything was too much. we only went a block. >> strong ins knocked down a chain fence and blew down the utility lines cutting power to several residents. >> if you go skiing or snow boarding today, in the sierra this is video showing 31" of new snow over the weekend. i have to want you, 80 is close ed eastbound. a winter storm warning in affect
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until 10:00 a.m. so have the chains. you have been sending us a lost poe toes and videos and we appreciate those we have seen everything from flowing creeks to downed trees to ocean swells when you post a photo or video of interesting weather share it with #abc7now. we could use it on the air. >> if you your family ride usher a buzzfeed investigation shows an alarming number of sexual assault complaints in the customs service database. we joined from the newsroom. uber is pushing back against the report. >> buzzfeed published screen shots of customer service database using sexual assault or lane with shots showing 11,000 customer complaints including words association you'll assault or rain and uber said the data is not an accurate representation of the number of legitimate session you'll assault complains they
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received^. they sent a response to buzzfeed to explain why the number from the key word search is misledding. in the letter, the safety officer at uber writes "people routinely misspell rate as rape and drivers or passengers with the name including rape like draper will show up in the search and people send e-mails like surge pricing "rate my wallet," and when that is factored out uber analysis fund five alleged rapes and 170s claims of sexual assault ten december 2012 and august of 2015. uber did not allow the buzzfeed reporter to personally verify the numbers and uber said they are trying to cat the customer service representative would located the data base information. >> to of the three former and current san francisco deputies accused staging a jailhouse fight club will be back before acronal. former deputy sheriff and
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current deputy sheriff jones will speaker their pleas. the third deputy will be arraigned tomorrow. >> sailors on the uss ronald reagan japan held a moment silence this morning for nancy reagan. she died year morning from corniestive heart failure at 94. here is the report from simi valley. >> it was a love story spanning more than 50 years. >> from hollywood all the way to the white house. nancy reagan never rest london move's side. ♪ our love is here to stay." the form first lady died at her home on sunday morning, the stepson michael tweeting his mother is where she has always wanted to be, with heron any. >> she launched the "just 10 no," drug campaign. what you do you do when someone offers you drugs? just say no! show was the most trusted advisor of her husband and
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accused of controlling him. >> doing everything we can. >> two years after he revealed he had ails hypershe spoke at the 1996 republican convention. >> each day brings another reminder of are very along goodbye. >> she became the caretaker until his death in 2004, seep here hugging the president's coffin a last time. at the capitol this morning, flags have been lowered it half staff if her >> a large service is planned here at the ronald reagan library and former presidents and foam heads of state will be invited before she is laid to rest next to her husband. >> tributes to mrs. reagan have been pouring in from daughter patty davis "there is comfort in fooling surrounded by general tell thoughts and kind wishes often sent out by strangers." vice president biden and his wife dr. jill biden praised her saying she was a strong voice to
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keep children safe from drugs and reached tout give comfort to fellow cancer survivors, communities touched by gun violence and families as they caved for a loved ones on the lonely walk of alzheimers. >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton are campaigning in michigan today. they engamed in a fiery debate in the city of flint where heed in drinking water has made national headlines. >> it is raining lead in flint. the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money required. >> president sanders would fire anyone would knew about what was happening and did not act appropriately. >> it got testy weapon the two discussed bullet bailouts. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you talking about the bullet bailout before the wall street bayout where some of your friends destroyed this economy
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excuse me, i'm talking. >> you know --. >> hillary clinton has a double difficulty lead in michigan ahead of tomorrow's primary. >> i want john kasich to be the next nominee of the republicans and also the next president of the united states. here he is. >> thank you, arnold. >> someone needs to teach arnold to do not a vertical video. john kasich got a big endorsement in a video arnold schwarzenegger called kasich an action hero. the former california governor is take over for kasich's rival donald trump on celebrity apprentice this career. >> now at look at live doppler hd tracking the thunderstorms just moving through with the son ville and up the road, a little bit, my coyote, right where 85 and 101 come together we have heavy showers and possibly bonding on the roads. the cell let has decreased with the cell over milpitas but it will slide down 680 and 880 and
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hit 101 next five minutes. now the pcs three hours, the closer you are to the coast the more likely you will possible thunderstorm with heavy rain. the further inland you can see the tapering of the showers but they will be scat ired throughout the morning commute. here is my activity lander, stay on the pavement everything is muddy with the strongest storms near beaches and showers are heaviest if you walk the dog this morningings shower just left the san mateo bridge but we will keep them in the forecast today and get a break tomorrow and another chance of showers open wednesday. at look at the east bay with live doppler 7 hd next. sue? >> we busy on the roads. a lot of solo spinout and high wind advisory on the bay bridge and the green mean where it is raining for the commute we had an accident in the slow rain when 580 at north greenville the reason for the backup over the altamont pass, they are working to close that, as well, and
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southbound 680 at the canyon a car flipped multiple overturned. severe flood on 101. it keeps on, if we have not mentioned your neighborhood hopefully we will get there next report. >> thank you. bike, along the bay bridge is not the best idea today and dill not look like this. weather is not the only rope why, what is firsting caltrain to close that management. >> a library book log is a problem if san jose and what the city is thing about doing to city is thing about doing to collect millions of d
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>> fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a berkeley woman is safe this morning after being rescued from a fire. the indent was caught on video and happened at university avenues before 7:00 last night. you can see fire crews helping a person out of a when. other people in the building get out on their own and no one was hurt. there is no word on the cause of the fire. >> caltrain service is back up and running in the south bay after a man was hit and killed near the santa clara station much it happened before 8:00 last night on southbound tracks. the caltrain temporarily shut down the tracks. right now, no other details have been released about the victim or the indent. >> do not plan on taking the bay
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bridge bicycle path. caltran is shutting it down while work is being done on the old eastern span of the bay bridge. authority say they want to minimize potential risks to the public. close ire starts today and lasts until april 1. >> if you owe library fans in san jose you could be off the hook. according to the library system, they facing a staggering $6.8 million in unpaid fees. if order to get people back san jose is considering everything from reducing the fees to getting rid of them altogether. records show 39% of all san jose library cardholders, or 187,000 accounts, have racked up fees. i am blaming matt keller. >> i have three can it - cassette tapes from the 1980's if i come across them i will bring tomorrow back. you can have the mixed tapes that came from those be as well.
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maybe though can...lend those out and make up for lost revenue >> sure. there could be other 80s music. >> not in our forecast, though. 50s and 60s. winter is become. we have had the rain. new we will get a chill. you can see steady and light rain falling across the east bay. it is bringing up. a little bit of snow is possible on mount hamilton at 3 and in the north by transition to light showers, just light to dark green. if you are caught under the showers, it will be on you for 5-10 minutes and could cause pond on the roads and localized under the showers. notice how everything is moving from west to east. the low is sit on top of us so with that energy and we see a few thunderstorms and as the low
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supplies down the chest today, it will continue to generate thunderstorms across the coast but once for a while one or two them could shift on shore. the storm impact scale we need it today "1" is light and "5" is severe. this is light with showers and isolated downpours and it will be breezy near the showers but wide help video flooding and white help spread winds are again. all of those advisories and watches expired at 3:30 and 4:00. from monday at 5:00, to 7:00, you can see the closer you are to the coast and the bay the most likely you will be wet and by 9:00 we are losing the yellows and downpours. at anyone you can see a trending of tapering of the showers and as we head to 3:00 the afternoon such shine we can see an uptick in the chance of showers but by 7:00, they are again, again. we will get a break tomorrow and look at wednesday and thursday, a couple more showers on the way lingering into friday and
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another sunday. sue? >> good morning, we are busy if the traffic center as you might imagine with a lot standing water, we have solo spinouts. we will try to get to a couple with the sig-alert and the san mateo mountains. all dozens 92 beyond 35, a tree is down there and we are get conflicting reports. sitter whiched, but we will check back to ensure. not greenville 580 is making traffic sluggish in the slow lane from the central valley. green on the map, that means rain for the commute. grope on the roadways is a different story, that is a good sign, no slowing there. we will be back with a last the incidents to keep up the busy monday morning. guys? >> a shut out to a mobile of our abc7 community, adorable photo from raychel moment of a young boy surface natureed by, what?
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why? grow demand. higher crude oil prices. and in california, the refinery switch from wintery blend to more expensive summer blend. >> the final phase of construction on the new transbay train center is today with the unveiling of the unique honoring, a rendering of the first panel stalled today the awning will wrap the perimeter at 120,000 square feet and a special pattern on the awning and each part is unique so in section looks the same as the next. >> what a way did go out for peyton manning, announce he is retire after winning super bowl 50 at levi stadium. the give time nfl mvp announced he is retire after 18 sons and seasons and two super bowl victories. he will discuss at 10:00 a.m. his decision to retire after laying 14 seasons for the commodities before going to the broncos as a free agent in 2012 and leaves at the all-time
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leader in passion techs, passing yards, and quarterback wins can he shares with brett favre of the. >> day two of the we dog sled race 85 mushers set out to conquer the dog race the 1 thousand mile course including two mountain ranges, the river and the born chilling bering sea coast. the winner will arrive in nome in eight days. and dallas has won three of the last four races and the mild winter forced the organizers to haul in snow for saturday's ceremony kick off which happened in anchorage. >> on monday, well look at live doppler hd and show you the san franciscoest storms are moving into the higher elevations, the hills, east san jose, and more developing over the ocean and you cannot health director guard down with scattered showers throughout the day and the heaviest storms are around los angeles with waterspouts poll and the snow in the sierra where
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it is 35 in lake tahoe and a winter storm warning until 4:00, and another 4-8" of snow is possible down to 3,500'. be careful. sue? >> they just opened highway 80 in the sierra, with chains and snow tire retired. it was shut down. you can now between fairfax get through but it is treacherous driving conditions. the green on the map is rain affecting the commute and were at roads, that is good, the sensors are not showing any slow and we had an overturned vehicle that flipped over several times and now we have an accident, a consider spun out crass all lanes northbound we we hav now resting after the spinout, so the hydroplaning is a very possible problem this morning. more of the same kind of incidents, a lot of problemsant aarea as you can imagine.
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guys? >> friends and-ed ones of the 239 people on malaysian air flight 370 are marking two years since the missing knit. balloons representing 239 victims were part of a protest this morning. it disappeared march, 2014 over the southern indian ocean. experts are examining debris found last week that could part of the plane. tomorrow is the dead line for filing lawsuits in connection. >> if you use a mac the first ransom war. appeared open commuters. when infected you are asked to pay a fee to unlock the information. the examine said that it has taken steps to revice president more attacks. >> we are expecting to listen new detail of the first uterus transplant. doctors in cleveland performed the surgery on a 26-year-old woman. the hospital has provided few details but said the donor uterus came from a woman who died. the treatment is part of a
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children california trial. doctor say it could be an alternate for some unable to have children because they born without a uterus or lost it because of disease. our jimmy carter does not need anymore condition certificate treatments the he made the announcement on the sunday school class in plains, georgia. the former president said that doctors gave him the good news after an m.r.i. last week less than seven months after the former president revealed he had been diagnosed with mel then that spread to his britain. >> bart engineers are crossing their fingers and they hope to have a fix to keep the trains running through the transbay tube without problems. >> skip intermediates and flood ed roads and downed trees. we see it all this morning and we have what you need before you head out the door. >> there is rain on the roads this morning and mica tracking that as is sue and you can see up with the weather and traffic including live doppler hd on the right of the scene.
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