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news. >> now at 11:00, live doppler 7hd is tracking the first of four storms set to keep us wet through the weekend. >> and as we take a live look from our abc7 roof camera one of the storms on the way is gaining strength. some areas could see up to eight inches of rain. good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. we have live team coverage on the wet weather coming our way. >> let's start with sandhya patel on live doppler 7hd. >> we have back to back storms the income two days that will -- in the next two days. it hasn't started raining just yet. we have two storms thursday and friday. tomorrow's storm that is coming in is tapping into subtropical moisture. it is what we call the pineapple connection and it is aimed toward the bay area. the heaviest is coming to the north bay. on our storm impact scale one is light and five is severe. all winter we have used it to tell you what to expect.

tomorrow it is a moderate strength storm. one and a half to two inches of rain. flash flooding is possible. friday heavy rain on top of the already saturated ground and the wind gusts could take down the trees and the power lines. that was an upgrade to a three. flash flood watch for thursday at 4:00 a.m. through sunday night we are expecting the small creeks and streams to see flash flooding. we also have the low-lying concerns and a flood watch has been posted. it covers the rivers as well. as we look at the time line, moderate to heavy rain in the north bay for the commute. i'll let you know when it will reach your area and what's in store for the weekend which does include two more storms coming up. >> thanks very much. abc7 news reporter katie marzulo has more coverage. >> she is live with the preparations before the storm hits. katie? >> dan and ama, a lot of fire stations in the north bay right here have sandbag

stations set up and everything you node to make your own of the i talked with a fire chief and he is definitely recommending these for anyone whose home has flooded in the past. a nice view of the russian river. but the seating area is flooded. they have a flood concern closer to home. >> the creek gets really full and our neighborhood processes the water. our front yard will turn into a lake and the backyard will turn into a lake. >> the backyard is under construction. >> it is the foundation. it is not a swimming pool. so we sandbagged off the back of the main house. >> we caught up with the myers on vine street. the parking lot is filled with water, deep enough for could kayaking. the fire chief remembers 2014 as well. he says this next storm could be similar. >> our crews will be called preventing him from entering the residence.

and then we also deal with a lot of trees that fall. >> he is urging people to be prepared especially for power outages. >> do not use candles. we often have candles used during the power outages. >> the army corp of engineers got ahead of the rain and releasing water from a bulging sonoma lake. >> when there is a threat of flooding downstream we pretty much shut this down. >> in the north bay, abc7 news. >> track the wet weather with the abc7 news alert. download it for free and enable push alerts to get updates on severe weather as it happens. new tonight, anyone in the east bay may have felt a small jolt. a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck about is 7:40 along the greenville fault eight miles east of livermore as you can see on the map. there are no reports of damage. >> and we are getting an inside look at what passengers and first responders faced after it derailed.

you are looking at just released pictures from the alameda county fire department. you can see things appear out of place and that's because the commuter rail car landed on its side and in alameda creek. the train derailed because of a mudslide. nine passengers were taken to the hospital. ace resumed service between stockton and san jose this morning for the first time since monday's accident. tonight we are getting a new look at the gunman responsible for the murder of a passenger on board a bart train. bart police say the new video shows the gunman as he left the west oakland bart station after shooting a 19-year-old victim several times as the train pulled into the station. sergio has new details. >> the new video shows the suspect at two stations. in the first clip the alleged gunman is walking into the pittsburgh bay point station where he first boarded the train. >> video shows more than a still photo. you can see how he walks and his man gnaw riches and how

he -- man riches and how he customers himself. >> the last time they released pictures of the suspect they say it was a tri-delta transit bus he may have been riding with the vic i'm it. police have not said much about any interaction between the gunman and the victim. the second clip released shows the accused murderer after he shot her and exited the west oakland station. what is not available is any video of the actual murder bus the cameras on board the train car they were riding may not have been operable. they are working to replace the decoys with the working cameras. >> they need more cameras and more safety and more police here. >> and then we hear about how cameras don't work on rt -- work on bart. >> you wonder where your money is going. >> a $10,000 reward is being offered to crimestoppers for information that may lead to the arrest of the accused killer. abc7 news. tonight we are learning the identity of the man police

shot and killed on monday evening after they say he stabbed two people in a san jose home at third and martha street. an officer fired a 45-year-old byron rosas after he refused to drop his knife. they say it was a domestic dispute. both stabbing victims are expected to survive. police arrested a man they say painted racist graffiti at a school district office. >> it happened on june -- juniper street and that's where lilian kim is live. >> they arrested the man late this afternoon. they say he grew up in san leandro and lived in this neighborhood. >> an employee went to work at the juniper annex building to discover a disturbing message. racial slurs along with the words "white power" spray painted on the door. the person who took it wants to be anonymous, but has dn drebting with the goal of informing the public. >> it is not okay for people

to have to go to work and be subjected to what the employee saw that morning. >> robert mcman nuss says officers honed in on a suspect after checking police logs during the time they think the crime occurred. they discovered that several people were stopped in the area and from there investigators narrowed it down to a 21-year-old man with a criminal record. >> when they found him less than a half a mile away, he was riding a bmx-style bicycle that appears to have been freshly spray painted in red and white colors. >> the same colors used at the district office. police are not identifying the suspect and the motive is unknown. neighbors are relieved to hear the arrest. >> i lived here for 30 years. we don't like to hear about that. we have very little crime. >> it is unclear what the suspect will be charged with. police are hoping to convince the d.a. to charge him with a felony. lilian kim, abc7 news. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, in his own words for the first time we are hearing

from the young bay area man now accusing his adoptive parents of abusing him for years. >> excuse me. excuse me. >> and one day after bernie sanders' michigan miracle, the vrm verm -- vermont senator goes head to head with hillary clinton. >> and sandhya patel will be back with a timetable for this wet weather. >> first here is a look at what is coming up on "jimmy kimmel live." jimmy? >> thanks, dan and ama. here is a preview of tonight's show. please turn your cell phones off. >> you see your friend there and you say it is nice to see your friend. you are like, hey. oh. but hey!

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but at this moment, she's fighting a brain tumor. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. have died after a shooting near pittsburgh and two gunmen are on the loose. police say the shooters ambushed a group of people having a backyard party in the burrow of wilkinsburg. they heard 20 gunshots in a usually quiet neighborhood. authorities are not sure what the motive was. tonight we have a follow-up to an exclusive eye team investigation. we uncovered a los gatos couple facing charges for

sexually abusing their adopted son. >> the victim is now filing a lawsuit and he is telling his story for the first time. >> here is melanie woodrow. >> reporter: in 2000 a little boy from russia named dennis was given what he thought was a second chance. >> i lost everything. especially being an orphan. this was my way of living again. >> reporter: abc news profiled the story of russian orphans and the couple who was soon dennis' parents. >> we were interested in the possibility of adoption. >> reporter: 16 years later they are facing 44 criminal charges including continual sexual abuse of a child and unlawful intercourse and incest. now they are facing civil litigation as well. >> they are still living in denial. >> reporter: according to the court records, he started abusing him shortly after he arrived in the u.s. when he was 9. >> there was a lot of fear because i had just gained

something that i believed was a gift. >> reporter: he said carolyn joined in when he was 15. after 10 years dennis says he attempted to report the abuse and he says he called 9-1-1. denness says because he -- dennis says because he was older then, 18, the report was brushed aside. >> bury it and go on with my life. >> reporter: a psychologist who was a mandated reporter also called the sheriff's office. in january sheriff lori smith told the abc7 news eye team "we will examine how this initial report was handled." ralph and carolyn flynn's attorneys declined to comment in the criminal matter due to court orders. both said they may not be representing their clients in the civil litigation. >> now is the time to make it right. >> at 23 years old dennis says he is finding his voice. >> as i told my truth i realize i got more strength and integra integra -- integrity. >> he says he can be a voice for other sexual abuse

survivors. i reached out to the sheriff's office about how the initial complaint was handled several years before the flynns were arrested. a spokesperson for the sheriff's office says we looked into how the 2012 case was handled and we have addressed that internationally. in san jose, melanie woodrow abc7 news. >> it was at times a contentious democratic debate with less than a week before the primary. the cnn event touched on immigration when a mother of five was emotional. she asked both hillary clinton and better intoe sanders what they would do to help reunite her with her deported husband. >> ma'am, i will do everything that i can to reunite your family. your children deserve to be with their mother. >> i don't think there is any doubt we must do more to let stories like yours be heard

more widely. >> both candidates are looking ahead to tuesday when five more states are set to vote. and now back to the weather forecast and a series of storms on the way in. >> they are lining up. sandhya patel is here to tell us when we will see the rain. >> tomorrow morning, dan and ama. it is beginning in the north bay. there are four systems and we'll explain those in a moment. live doppler 7hd is showing you where the rain is. it is up around the mendocino coast. fort bragg with some moderate rain. the heaviest rain is still to the north and it will eventually sag southward. the temperatures are really mild. 60s from the coast to the bay and a live look from our emeryville camera across the bay. it is dry right now, but it is going to turn stormy the next two days. heavy rain in the north bay and weaker systems arriving this weekend. it is a moderate storm too. an inch and a half to two inches of rain expected in the north bay. and that's why the flash flooding possibility.

friday's storm is a strong storm . it is a three. the wind gusts of theater -- hirt 5 to 40 miles an hour could lead to mudslide and debris flow and trees could topple. it is not out of the question and as you look at the time line hour by hour tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. the north bay is getting hit with rain. this system aims the moisture in the north bay all morning long. you will notice at 8:00 a.m. you will have to wait until noon to start to see the moderate rain into the east bay and the san francisco area. the yellows and the oranges are indicating the moderate to heavy rain. 3:00 p.m., the south bay is not getting anything as you will notice. but most of the rest of the bay area is getting wet. 5:00 p.m., still pockets of light to moderate rain. 8:00 it is still shifted. and then by friday at 4:00 a.m., commute time, it will get the south bay wet as well. it will be windy for your morning commute. heavier rain starts to continue to come in as we head

toward the latter part of the morning. you'll notice around 10:00 a.m. is when we will see the pockets of heavier rain after the commute. turning to scattered showers for your friday afternoon between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. as far as rainfall totals, the highest totals in the north bay are expecting close to four inches in some spots. down in the south bay, only .39 of an inch. this is covering both storms. some of the hills in the north bay could pick up as much as six to eight inches of rain with both storms combined. some have been asking about the santa cruz areas. over an inch in santa cruz and half an inch in salinas. the flood stage is 32 feet and it is forecast to come up close to flood stage. 31.5 feet on saturday at 9:00 a.m. we'll keep you posted and you want to stay tuned. this will fluctuate and rapid rises on the small streams and creeks. the rivers will keep that close by. the temperatures tomorrow morning in the 50s.

rain in the north bay. by the afternoon the rain will shift into the central bay. highs in the mid50s to the mid60s. make sure you have the rain gear with you. they are painting a wet picture for the next two days. two on the storm impact scale for tomorrow. three for friday and saturday night into sunday we have a one. sunday night into monday we have a one. weaker systems this weekend. and then we dry out. set your clock forward one hour. 2:00 a.m. is 3:00 a.m. and then we go to daylight saving time. ama and dan is tracking the storm. >> thank you so much, sand sash sash -- sandhya. how an animal shelter helps cheer up a dog. >> when it happens where you live -- >> we are following breaking news from the east bay. an ace train derails. >> the news team covers your neighborhood. your story -- >> the loco motive is pushing the cars into the creek. it must have been terrifying. >> your everything.

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awe. an inspiring moment. they posted this video on facebook. it shows a frightened female dog named cora springing back to life after being reunited with her puppies. look how excited she is. her tail is going back and forth. the humane society had to convince her previous owner to also let us take the puppies because they are too young to be away from their mother. >> that's a mother's love right there. that's really neat. >> a lot to talk about in sports. >> warriors as always. larry? >> it is unbelievable. the warriors are looking more and more like the championship team we are used to seeing and steph is his usual, ridiculous self. 55 feet, i got this.

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>> the warriors have 20 games to cut down on the turnoverses and get into championship form. in the midst of the home stand hosting the jazz and steph curry did it again. steve curry wants the warriors

to keep it simple. this is simple for steph. a lefty behind the back to green in stride for the jam with 17 points in this game. i got it right here. midcourt feeding andrew boggit. three seconds left and you better guard steph from 55 and the bank is open. this is like every night he does this. 52-41. curry 12 points, but these girls are ecstatic. third quarter and over the shoulder and the niners need a quarterback. itit is nice to have him back. the hamstring is fine and making shots over the top of the backboard. the warriors win it 115-94. 57 and 6 and he will be happy with 15 turnovers tonight. the college hoops pac-12 and stanford got smoked.

the huskies wewere up 17 in a flash. the cardinals barely showed up in this thing. 91-68 and stanford finishes at 15-15. after eight years at the helm the university of san francisco has fired rex walters. walters with three winning seasons and a lot of players transferring out of the dons program. they went 15-15 this year steve lavin would look good next season. just saying. osweiller has left broncos staggers, stunned and stupified. he left in a shocker. he gets a four-year and $72 million deal with the texans. 37 million guaranteed. he has made a grand total of seven starts. that was subbing for peyton manning. osweiller was benched and that was a factor for him leaving. will denver pursue colin kaepernick. he has been complementary of the niners says john elway and

we'll see how that kap rehabbing in vail. they signed bruce irvin from the seahawks four years and $37 million. he can stuff the run as well. what are they thinking signings are the new york giants give former dolphin defensive end vernon a five-year and $85 million deal. 85! 52.5 guaranteed for a guy who had seven and a half sacks last season. if only i could rush the quarterback. team usa facing germany in the she believes cup. alex morgan 36 minutes between defenders and passes to herself and drills it home. i'll pass you and pass to myself and beat you and put it in the net. it can't be that simple. she makes it look easy. abc7 sports is brought to