an incredible crash in oakland. this car took out two utility poles before crashing into a lawn dro mat and crashing upside down. the driver left behind a passenger trapped inside. thanks for joining us today. >> kristen will be in later today. that passenger is in critical condition as workers clean up the scene. more discoveries are being made now in the front seat of the car. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at foothill boulevard and 23rd avenue. >> reporter: foothill is still blocked as crews work to replace

power lines. neighbors say it has been very upsetting but they were most upset when they saw all the beer in the front seat of the car. when the car flipped and came to a stop here on foothill boulevard at 5:30 this morning. residents heard and felt it. they didn't think the boom they heard could be from a car crash. >> i thought it was ap earthquake. because it shook the buildings and then when we jumped up and saw everything, we tried to call 911 on cell phones and hooked up to wi-fi, we couldn't get through. >> reporter: tracey daniels wanted to help the men inside. two utility poles had come crashing down of the she didn't know if she could safely across the street. >> scared and angry and sad. i knew someone was in there and there was nothing we could do. so i can't, it was sad. >> she then saw the driver run away and left behind the passenger who was critically injured. witnesses watched as emergency

crews saved him and took him to the hospital. >> it was chaotic. it was wow, i couldn't believe it, i see the sparks flying, you know what i'm saying? i see the car like, boom, you know. >> reporter: when the car was flipped over, beer cans tumbled on the street. a case of beer could be seen in the front seat. all of this happening a block away from garfield elementary school. >> thank god it wasn't like school time, was not in full force yet because a lot of the kids walk down this way and come to the school. >> reporter: the power is still out to a couple of residential buildings here and also the laundry mat. they think it will be a few more hours until we get the area clear. abc 7 news. >> that really is a mess. new details involving another accident in oakland this morning. a vehicle hit a man in a wheelchair and it appears to be a paratransit bus that was

involved. sky 7 was overhead near lyndon street. that happened shortly after 5:30 this morning. police closed off 40th street. the driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. >> chp investigating the case of a messy accident in menlo park. you're looking from highway 101 near the will loi road accident. a mini van crashed into a tree at 3:30 this morning and the tree came crashing down on the exit ramp. two people are hurt and drugs are alcohol may be to blame. >> good morning, we're on storm watch. i know it's sunny outside. first time we've seen this much sunshine in days. we look ahead to thursday, couple of chances tomorrow but thursday is going to be the big storm for all of us. it's a very strong 2, borderline 3 which means it's moderate with 1 to 2 inches of rain and some strong gusty winds. in fact those winds will start

coming in wednesday evening about 11:00 in the north bay. winds to 35 miles per hour. during the morning commute up to noon and into the evening commute, those winds could get up to 40 miles per hour then they'll taper. we could have damage and power outages. i'll have more on the next storm in a few minutes. >> you can track the approaching storms with the abc 7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and enable push alerts to get weather advisories where you live on your phone or tablet. don't walk there. a popular trail in pacifica is off-limits because of a sinkhole. matt? >> reporter: reggie, 15 minutes ago work crews arrived here and putting up a chain link fence that will go along the rope here all the way up to here. right now they have a makeshift blockage for the path and have a

piece of plywood with the words beach access closed. you can see why they don't want people down there. >> the problem with sinkholes, they don't go away. in fact this problem in pacifica is only getting bigger. this photo was taken on friday about tara, you can see two sinkholes around the concrete path. flash forward to sunday, the sinkhole ate away at the path. this is drone video shot by local photography dave moorehouse. erosion is eating away at the only coastal access path. >> to see this whole area destroyed like it is, unprecedented. >> reporter: earth crumbled underneath 310 avenue last week. that apartment complex was yellow tagged last winter. two other buildings were recently demolished because of erosion. it's obvious why people want to live here. the view is spectacular and

until recently a walk on the beach was just a stroll away. >> i thought about buying in this area specifically because i like to take my dog to the beach every morning and for this exact reason decided not to. >> reporter: the city says ocean air apartment complex is responsible for the management of this path. it is private property. workers there referred me to their corporate office in southern california and we have yet to hear back from them. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> asking for your help tracking down the suspect in the video accused of robbing a disabled man at gun point. it started when the suspect road up behind the victim on his bike and knocked him to the ground after helping him out. bicyclist pulled out a gun and stole the cell phone and pedaled off. police just released this video this morning hoping to crack the case. the victim is unable to speak and can't provide much information. if you know anything about this,

please call san jose police. >> also new at 11:00, alameda police didn't have a clue who this man was until now. they haven't released his name but they say sharing the story helped locate his family and make a positive identification. >> federal officials have wrapped up their on site investigation in oakland just over a week after the ghost ship fire and plan to update us tomorrow morning which we'll bring to you live during the newscast. they don't think the fire was started intentionally and there's also a chance they rule the cause as undetermined even after a special mapping team came in from washington, d.c. do help out. there was a benefit event for the 36 victims last night in san francisco. moby flew in for the show and proceeds went to the families. >> i participated in ghost ship events and my heart goes out -- there are no words. >> over the weekend the first two victims were laid to rest. services were held for jonathan

burnbalm and draven, rockridge improvement club is holding an event. according to the palo alto daily post. the suspects and victims all attend mountain view high school. the pictures were shared on drop box. the daily post also reports there are two victims and they are both minors. the case is being prepared to go to the d.a. to decide whether charges will be filed. >> new this morning, a federal judge is rejecting jill stein's recount request in pennsylvania. a u.s. district judge shot down the effort, saying the suspicion of a hacked election rules on --

they also shut down recount efforts in michigan. wisconsin could be completed by tonight. recounts were not on president-elect's mind this weekend. denying reports that the russians helped him win the election. >> mr. trump is calling all of this sour grapes. >> reporter: the controversy and debate over russian hacking not dying down. over the weekend on twitter and fox news, president-elect donald trump slamming a "washington post" report that russia interfered in the u.s. election to give him an advantage. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's another excuse. i don't believe it. >> trump has never believed the russian government was behind the hacking. this despite 17 known u.s. intelligence agencies concluding that the russian government directed the hacking. the director of national intelligence and department of homeland security releasing a public statement in october. a spokesman for the kremlin saying the allegation has nothing to do with reality.

trump blaming politics. >> i will think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. >> this morning, trump tweeting, can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and we tried to play the russia/cia card, it would be called conspiracy theory. a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for an investigation, saying reports of russian interference should alarm every american. >> that somehow republicans in the senate are reluctant to review russian tactics or ignore them. >> the cia says the russians did this to help elect donald trump but other u.s. intelligence officials say the russians expected hillary clinton to win and wanted to weaken her when she took office. as for what united states should do now to send a message, no agreement there either. abc news, washington. >> a murder for hire plot with a key piece of video that could make or break this case. the potentially incriminating evidence as we await to hear

whether the accused wife will take the stand. >> stunning video of a stairwell the holidays don't officialy begin, until it's time to make: flaky, delicious, piping hot things. golden brown and sticky things. fresh out of the oven, why can't they cool things? new things, old things. and blink and they're gone, those went fast things. make the oven one of the things they're most excited to open. it's baking season. warm up the holidays with pillsbury.

welcome back, we want to warn you the video is disturbing. police are looking for a man who kicked a woman down a flight of stairs. take a look. it happens at a train station in berlin. this attack appears to be unprovoked. you see him approaching her and then the kick. he is holding a cigarette and

what appears to be a beer as well. he kicks her square in the back there. sends her right down the stairs. this happened back in october. police are offering a reward of $13,000. miraculously and we're happy to say the woman walked away with only a broken arm. >> developing news, a woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to murder her husband could take the stand today. any questions are being raised by a key video at the center of the case. >> back in a florida courtroom this morning, she may take the stand in her own defense. dippolito is accused of paying $7,000 to an undercover cop to kill off her husband. >> like 5,000 -- >> reporter: 34-year-old dip poe lito is accused of pay an officer posing as a hit man to kill her husband michael. >> i'm sorry to tell you, he's been killed. >> reporter: in court friday,

her lawyers turned the spotlight on the police department behind these videos. they argue the police department staged this encounter and posted it online to impress the crew of the tv show "cops." attorneys for dippolito say it tainted the integrity of the investigation. >> posted on the youtube for the whole world to see in six minutes. >> you keep changing the time. >> you think this is funny, ma'am? >> i don't, now you're saying it's six minutes. >> this is the second time dippolito is charged for the alleged crime. an appellate court reversed the conviction. in an interview with amy ro back, she maintained her innocence. >> did you want your husband dead? >> no, absolutely not. >> did you hire a hit man to killi your husband? >> no. >> closing arguments could start as early as this afternoon.

jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> coming up, a wintry weather mess blan keting much of the u.s. how it would impact your plans this week if you're getting a jump start on holiday travel. >> it's clear and beautiful today but already tracking our next storm. we have details ahead in your accuweather forecast.

welcome back, snow and ice are creating a nightmare commute for so many around the country. >> be grateful you're not dealing with this today. parts of new york got slammed with more than 36 inches of snow this weekend. and in ohio, up to 30 inches blanketing roadways.

a four lane highway covered in so much snow that it is now nearly impassable. slick roads also triggering accidents, including a 33 car pileup near flint, michigan. look at this in detroit, a delta flight skidded off the runway. all 70 on board are okay. 3,000 delays and 600 cancellations because of the weather. here's a live look from the sfo camera. what a contrast. a spokesperson tells us there are a few minor delays going to newark or jfk, no delays or cancellations at oakland and san jose airports, officials recommend before you go, signing up for flight status alerts with the airline and all of the rest. >> if you're in the bay area, we're tracking rain this morning and king tides. we've already hit or peak this morning, tomorrow and wednesday you can expect high tides over 7 feet. they occur every year when the earth is closest to the sun and the orbit is closest to the

earth. mike, king tides especially a return if there's rain at the same time? >> if there's a storm surge, yeah, a westerly wind pushing the ocean on top of what is the normal tide, and that could be possible thursday. here's a look at the way it's supposed to be without the storm surge. today we peak at 7 feet at the golden gate bridge. back to 7 feet on wednesday and 10:57. 11:45, 6 to 8 and 6.5 friday around 12:34 p.m. that could be an issue. right now the strong sunshine is a little issue. hope you grab the sunglasses if you're heading out. more sunshine and dry and mild afternoon. we'll have an unsettled pattern start tomorrow. last all the way through friday with the strongest storm thursday into friday. check out these temperatures, low to mid-50s from vallejo to an

it's not going to have much of an impact on the temperatures. you can see the higher clouds there and that's what we'll have filtered sunshine and mid-50s at 4:00. low 50s at 6:00 and 8:00 it's going to be getting chilly, 40. tomorrow morning is going to be cooler than this morning. north bay valleys and san ramon, 30s, everybody else in the low to mid 40s. tomorrow morning, 9:00, but watch scattered showers develop and become a morsteaddy rain as we head towards 5:00. it will try to dip down to san francisco and oakland, maybe a few rogue showers you can see there but by far the rain will mainly in the north bay. check out the rain totals for wednesday evening. absolutely nothing from san francisco southward and eastward. a third to possibly an inch from the valleys to the mountains in the north bay. my concern is on that thursday

storm. we touched upon that. a very strong number two. and because of that, we're going to have some trees down, possibly power outages and it's starting to push three level moderate. and so that would make it a very -- strong storm where we've got to be careful in the morning commute. we could have a lot of ponding on the roadways then. >> is this a day long event? >> it starts at midnight and lasts through the evening hours. it's going to be a long rain, moderate to heavy. heavier. >> thanks for the warning. >> we appreciate it, thank you. >> listen up, today is your chance to meet stars of the team while you help out a good cause, several raiders players are teaming up for a toys for tots drive in hayward. to meet them, bring a new unwrapped toy valued at $20 and more. it starts at 6:00 in front of the raider image store. >> it's a big day for hollywood. the oakland native just nominated for a golden globe,

culmination of an amazing story. >> so good.

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do you still have a chance? we'll get to bottom of that. >> an accident between a bicyclist and another man, it's what happened afterward that has san jose police needing your help on abc 7 news at 5:00. no secret, natasha and i happen to be big fans of disney land. >> the couple you're about to meet is giving you serious envy. >> here's a sneak peek. >> hi, guys, always a good time to visit the happiest place on earth. >> especially when it's a surprise visit. >> he's waking his girlfriend to pack a bag and they are taking her to disney land for her birthday. filled with birthday wishes and there's more. he has another trick up his sleeve. if you want to see that, you've got to watch the show. we'll talk about that later on "right this minute". >> i love a dismy proposal video. >> me too. >> disney is the parent company of disneyland and abc 7. >> award season kicking into high gear with the golden globe

nominations. >> ryan gosling, "la laland". >> oh, my -- >> la la lands land leaves with seven and amazing movie "moonlight", spoke to good morning america about his nomination for best supporting actor in moonlight. >> 20 years ago you had the chance to work for $20 an hour on the docks and now you find yourself nominated for a golden globe. what does that make you feel? >> appreciative, the time it's taken to get to this moment. >> it was a big morning for abc's hit show "blackish", nominated for best tv series or

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