breathing through oxygen mask covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. >> good morning, bay area, let's get going. >> the after mat from the storm: this is mount tam look at our beautiful bay area. you can see

people be dealing with it today. >> it is friday, december 16 at 5:00 a.m. i am reggie aqui. >> i am jessica castro. >> we have alexis smith and meteorologist mike nicco is busy. >> we have the winds as the big issue and the cooler temperatures. as far as the wet weather i will show you you a dry live doppler hd with showers in the upper left could be near the coast later today. mostly now it will be the chill in the air that you feel today. temperatures running in the 40s hanging out in the low-to-mid 50s at noon, and low 50s at 4:00, and temperatures will drop in the afternoon hours and grab a heavier coat with the 40s this evening. alexis? all the video is of the crash on northbound 101 around candlestick park. a serious collision. the vehicle flipped.

the left lane is still blocked. you can see the debris. the glass. items were in the vehicle. they have the left lane blocked. there is fuel leaking. not seeing too much of a delay. i will can show through on the traffic map with yellow but it looks like it is in the green. we have blocking situations weather-related and that is heed. all the storm may be gone but the mess is future gone. we are watching what the heaviest rain in months has left behind, and our reporter is in east palo alto. what do you see? >> good morning, you thought you had a bad day yesterday, maybe got stuck in traffic or wet from the storm? these people have you beat, check this out, the tree has smashed two of their cars. what do you do when this happened? happened? call the fire department.

it happened at 10:30 on beach treat. firefighters took out the chainsaws and cut away to get the tree out of the way of the sidewalk. no one was hurt. bad news? they have two claims to file with their insurance company and have to get someone out here to cut up the tree and take it off their property. >> look at damage in portola valley, a large tree limb crashed into a home at morning. there was one person inside at the time. no injuries were reported. the home has been red tagged until it can be cleared by an inspector. all the mess continues in san anselmo falling tree on a louse and the mercedes.

no one was hurt and pg&e craze are working to turn the tower on. it came down at 10:30. >> exit 280 in southern san francisco should down after a tree fell on the off ramp. crews rushed to clear the big tree. in daly city c.h.p. shut down the on-ramp to southbound 35 northbound highway one. massive pine tree fell crushing part of the guardrail and was not able to avoid the tree. >> slow down. you never know what come around the next corner. a lot of trees are down, a lot of traffic collisions. >> there were problems in south san francisco on the city streets. traffic lights at country club drive were flickering but crews fixed it. >> in marin county, there were evacuations. look at video from the ross

valley fire department camera showing how fast the creek rose from calm creek to raging water in a matter of hours. residents in san anselmo her the flood sirens and got alert on the phone, the cue to get out. businesses put up the floodgates. >> we took it seriously and got everything off the floor. and put our flood gate doors up. >> smart man. evacuation orders were lit and at the height it was 1 foot away from jumping its banks. >> rain was down in sonoma and some creek could not contain all of the water. the roadways were flooded and part of rohnert park expressway was closed and was impassable. closer to downtown, commerce and hunter was flooded with drives,

though, still daring to go through. >> surprised we got there. something told me i could get through it of the maybe i should not. that would have been the best thing with standing water. >> he said more than 30 roads flooded in sonoma. >> at rain and high winds took down this tree that hung up on the power lines. it was so big the fire department had to call in the crews to help out from sonoma county. >> highway 12 and 121 intersection heavy rain flooded the area forcing caltrain to close the intersections and you must detour causing a significant impact. >> you think we are out of video? we are not. wind and rain was the least of trouble. there was a submerged vehicle on castro in unincorporated marin

county. homeowners were briefly urged to get out of there and allowed back after 7:30. >> the east bay if you were headed home had to deal with flooded roads with highs off of the train tracks. 1' 6 water covered the streets. >> there is still more, a sign on the embarcadero that said subject to flooding, and that was true, it was water as waves from the bay broke on to the embarcardero and the guy is doing his best to avoid it. just go through it. look at dogs, i wish i brought my dog, woodstock, because he loves to play in water and the dogs are live they best life. >> con con county using a soviet work -- a network of monitors to track the canals. this is pine creek, a photo from 1995 showing the water can rise in a couple of days, running hard and fast a few feet below the bridge.

lay it safe, everyone. >> a valuable tool to keep tabs on what is going on, with live doppler hd and other resources, so enable push alerts with winter weather advisories on your phone. >> and in san francisco in the sea cliff neighborhood a man was rescued from the side of the cliff. we have more from the live desk. all the man was dangling off the side the cliff when firefighters got there and san francisco fire told us that he was 100' down hanging on, screaming for help. this is behind a house in sea cliff neighborhood high above baker beach. the rescue was certainly dangerous. crews dealt with 50 miles per hour wind gusts and the cliff is steep. >> i was told he might have been down there for a couple of hours. >> very grateful. >> he was indeed thankful. the chimer said when he was

climbing rocks started fall off the cliff and you can see the debris on his sweatshirt and said he got to the cliff from the beach and is doing okay and get checked out. a horrific car crash in the south bay a car wrapped around a pole in san jose on capital expressway. one person was extricated using jaws of life. two others went to the hospital. the weather played a role in the incident. the accweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> time to nature worry about the bream with temperatures from five to 14 degrees cooler and we have breezes so it feels cooler than that. that is the big story today, a return to reality after having such mild/muggy days the last couple of days setting the stage in the wet weather. we are in the mid-to-upper 40s

in the east bay valley and we have around 50 degrees in cloak and hayward and san carlos and mountain view and san jose at 51 and los gatos is at 40. san francisco is 49, santa rosa is 42 and pacifica is 47. another day of king tides and it another day of king tides and it will peek -- peak not is breezy but cooler at 48 in san francisco. 50 to 53 for the rest us chilled increase continues on sunday at 50 to 54 and i will show you next week, the forecast promises to be warmer. we will look at the winds. alexis? >> checking out our traffic maps we have a couple weather-red issues. a closure of 121 before wooden valley road. it is due to a couple of trees

and large rocks in the roadway. the roadway is pretty damaged. in fremont, southbound 880 on-ramp from fremont boulevard we have a power pole down and wires are exposed so we have crews on the scene pushing the pole to the shoulder but we waiting for caltrain. and san mateo bridge is moving along okay but that is one of our many winter weather our many winter weather advisories.

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a couple of weeks. >> couple of issues, the storm is gone and lingering after effects and me tell for understanding from st. helena to calistoga affecting people near the low lying area. the other is the wind. gusting to 20 in santa rosa and 23 at sfo, and 25 in concord and fairfield at 26. they will stay that way through the day. richmond got soaked 3" of rain the last 24 hours. that is dry. a few puddles near the toll plaza. winter returns and chilly and dry breezies. cold this morning. profit is possible inland. calmer and cool and dry weekend. near the coast today, we have cold air over warm water. that is unstable.

there are scattered showers drifting into the santa cruz mountains but made away by 4:00. today, barely in the low-to-mid 50s and a breeze it will not feel like it but calmer and cooler this weekend and the slow warming trend could culminate with a chance of winter weather advisory on thursday. alexis? >> good morning, the traffic map shows the right green going and not a lot of activity on live doppler hd just green and that is the way we want it. no major delay so far. back to northbound 101 near stick stick park i showed you a video 20 minutes ago of a serious rollover. the far last -- left lane is still blocked and the left shoulder is blocked. not much of a delay this hour. ryville is okay westbound 80 approach the maze and it is winy and high wind advisory for most of our area bridges this morning especially the eat-west bridges in the green southbound 680 baby

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east palo alto seeing in their cars have been crushed. we have downed trees. rain-swollen creeks and flooding. >> pg&e crews working to restore power to customers cross the bay area. the biggest problem? a large amount in fremont, 3,200 customers across several areas without power. >> a different wind this morning but still fast enough that we could have damage post storm damage. the wins on mount tamalpais 29 to 45 and some gusts make it to the neighborhood in the afternoon. >> windy at mount tam and on the bridges, as well, and a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, everything is looking okay, and we have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge, san mateo, golden gate bridge, benear and richmond-san rafael bridge. >> san francisco firefighters rescue a man dangling off the side of a cliff found 100' down hang on and screaming for help behind a home in sea cliff neighborhood and told

firefighters he got to the cliff from the beach. >> six, a father and daughter are hospitalized after a massive home explosion in chicago. one person is in critical condition. the spare neighborhood was evacuated. there was a gas leak and lat check, craws were working to secure the area. >> seven, president obama hold his end of the year news conference today expected to talk about what he accomplished in his final year and we will bring it during the mid-day newscast and on our app. >> football fans love their beer but oakland raider fans could be in a whole class of their own. last woke the raiders play the kansas city chiefs in missouri and many facts too a southwest flight and the captain took to the p.a. system to congratulate passengers on wiping out all of the alcohol on the plane.

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good morning, east bay, let's get going.

a lot of people are waking up after the storm and cleaning up damage. the big problem? fallen trees. and flooded roads. some people do not have power. >> good morning, on friday december 16. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui with meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith. we have residual damage and wind this morning. >> winds are an issue but a different wind, dry cool wind that change our temperatures and notice how it chased away the rain. yes, there is still a slight chance we could have damage. right new in the east bay hills we are 12 to 25 miles per hour and not too bad. the day planner shows temperatures from 40 to 50, and low-to-mid 50s at noon and a chance of a storm near the cost, and low 50s and cooler this afternoon with chilled sunshine. you will need a coat mid-to-upper 40s at 7:00. a chance of storms at the coast come up next.

alexis? >> it has been quiet on the roads to kick off friday morning drive. we have a problem northbound 101 at candlestick park with a rollover involving an s.u.v. hit by another vehicle and they close to clearing that and you can see the backup. the flipped s.u.v. has been towed away from the scene. bay bridge metering lights are flipped on and a high wind advisory for the bay bridge bridges and other bridges. you could be waking up to damage this morning and right now we are see issues from one end of the bay area to another. a tree crashed down into the not bay in a hard hit area. aim is in san anselmo this morning. amy? >> look behind me, it is still here, a fix it when the sun comes up situation, the tree took identity the scar -- the carport and destroyed the mercedes parked in the drive

when the tree fell on the home. no injuries were reported but a lost damage. the power was knocked out the there was so much rain they had to evacuate downtown. there were concerns the san anselmo creek would overblow and the -- overblow and the alarm was sounded and people get out. >> i got an alarm and the sirens. things are going down. >> look at this time-lapse video of the creek from the valley camera, it was at 12 foot, just 1' away from spill over the banks so there was no flooding and everyone was allowed to return home. pg&e trying to get power back on for a couple hundred customers in the dark and we get a gust of wind so it is going to be another windy day in san

anselmo. >> in the east bay crews are expected to be back out to remove this large tree that fell on a louse in danville landing right on the home on bridge water stem cell near old creek road and decorated for the holidays but no one was hurt. residents democratic with fast moving flood waters when cornell barnard caught up with the homeowner who said the two crooks surrounding her home both overflowed. >> has it ever been this bad? in. it is like two years ago we had flooding but not like this. >> she said she will have to wait for the water to get out and get fans in there to dry it out but the inside of home is okay. >> lucas valley road in marin is still closed because of this, a tree came down, west of big

rock. it is not far from sky walker ranch. c.h.p. cleared the area out but no word when it will reopen. the deputies say the closure will last through the morning. >> in the last hour we have watched two more flights delayed at sfo and now the total is at least 16. here is a look at the airport. check to make sure your flight is on time if you are fly today. there are seven flight cancellations. the numbers are better than yesterday when there were 381 delays and 137 cancellations. >> ouch. pg&e crews working to restore power to 4,400 customers in the bay area mostly in fremont with 3,200 people with no power. 100 are out in san francisco. 70 in south bay and north bay each. a handful of people in the east bay have no power. pg&e but the crews across the

estate on sand by. >> all the rain made roads sloppy and slippery. yikes. this is always bad but especially bad yesterday taking one crew an hour to get out of san francisco because of the gridlock. >> an hour to get from the embarcadero to the bay bridge area. just all terrible. >> you can track any storm in the bay area using our news app with live doppler hd. it is look acrash cars in the sunset district serve investigated. two people were taken to the hospital with significant injuries. seven others have minor injuries. it happened at 19th and lincoln at 11:30 and my have started with a speeding driver who could not stop until it knocked over a

fire hydrant a block away causing the geyser of water on the streets. >> we were all stopped. everyone was chillin'. next thing i know, the car right here is smacked and bounces, hit this one, this truck takes it in the back end, smacks into the back of me and he hit another gentleman over here and then we still have the fire hydrant. all the drive was going 65 miles per hour. they do believe speed was a factor. >> tough words exchanged between the united states and russia over allegations that the kremlin was involved in hacking our election. >> jessica is tracking the latest. >> russia has now confirmed that russian leader vladimir putin and president obama discussed the united states hacking allegations on the sidelines of the g-20. the s gives an idea of the relationship between the two men as they stare at each other

intently during the september meet at g-20 in china. recently, russia has kept quiet but yesterday president obama said in an interview with npr he told putin directly the united states thought theship interference was unacceptable and despite confirming the confrontation, russia not playing nice this morning saying put's v in the hacking is "laughable, nonsense." so they still denying wrongdoing. happening today negotiations will resume over whether uber has to stop their self-driving car service in san francisco. city and again officials include there is in resolution. the city said testing has to stop until uber get a permit. uber said they do not need a permit because the vehicles still have a person at the wheel for monitoring.

uber self driving cars were spotted on the city streets last night. >> today, at&t workers are landing to profit overpasses in the bay area with organizers say at&t is profitable but they are asked to work more for less. they say the company is offshoring jobs and raising bills for customers. technicians and call center representatives plan on profiting cross the state including in san francisco and oakland start at 6:00 a.m. at&t has not responded for comment. >> your forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> we start with the peninsula where san mateo and half moon bay are not there but they are 50 degrees along with belmont and san bruno at 51 and everyon else in the upper 40s and you will be 10 or 15 degrees cooler tomorrow. look at the 50s, oakland, hayward, fremont, los gatos at 40. in elevation you can see colder air in the mid-to-upper 40s in the east bay valley and 42 in santa rosa and mill valley, i

will let you know. here is what will happen you can see the radar returning at 7:00, and in the santa cruz mountains and as we head to the morning hours, more will develop over the coast and slide to the southeast putting the santa cruz mountains out there, and heading into later in the afternoon and the evening hours they go away. done. hayward 1" of rain on the east side of the san mateo bridge, and temperatures are low-to-mid 50s and the breezes make it feel cooler and temperatures tomorrow around 50 to 52 and 50 to 57 and warmer on sunday. the seven-day forecast shows another chance of rain on the way. alexis? >> i want to look at our traffic maps and take you to the napa area with new information on the closure of 121 around wooden valley we have large rocks and trees on the road that are down and the road is damaged. it will be there a couple weeks

they say. that is going to be a problem. drive times are great so far today, 30 minutes from the central valley on westbound 580 and southbound 680 is great as is northbound 85 in the south bay and we got a bart delay for equipment problem on the track 20-minute delay as bear fair in dublin, fremont, and daly city. we have a serious rollover in san francisco a couple of hours ago and we will check on that. >> slow down for the commute on a stretch of busy bay area road and how much the speed limit is going down. >> road work done wrong. the rain ruined work done by pg&e and drivers are paying the price. >> we are seeing wind to contend >> we are seeing wind to contend with today and we

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and even nba players were not immune to the traffic with a lot of the members of the knicks caught on the roads so police escorted the team on the road and inmuni tracks and the bridge. the bus arrived at the arena at 6:45, 45 minutes before tip-off. and they still lost.

>> a sinkhole is causing probl with pg&e says the crews were doing pipeline work and filled the hole with paving material that did not set because of all of rain and it opens up the hole. police closed one lane down. there is no word on when crews can repair damage. >> pacifica has demolished the apartment building that is hanging at the edge of the erode cliff. >> drivers in south san francisco have to slow down on the main roads. police dropped the speed limit from 40 to 35 miles per hour through all of south san francisco. caltran did a study and it recommended lower the speed limit to reduce accidents. they are in the process of relisting signs. other cities in san mateo county have the 35 miles per hour speed limit on el camino.

>> santa rosa police say two parents have been arrested for school thefts in the bay area including after their own kids' school. police say the couple hit safety elementary schools in santa rosa, rohnert park and are acussed of stealing from teachers and staff during school hours. in must cases the couple walked in to empty choose rooms and walked off with purses, wall lets and other personal property. >> berkeley resident said this woman stole her identity and opened a number fraudulent lines of credit around the bay area using the credit to boy several thousand dollars worth of merchandise at costco and target. she has a cursive tattoo on left side of her neck you can kind of see and almost waist length brown hair and it is not clear the role of the man but he is considered a "person of interest" in the case. >> police are looking for

unsuccessful smash and grab robbers three men, one with a gun, smashed display cases at jewelry store at 12:20. officially, it was thought that shots were fired but that was not true. the would be robbers got empty handed. >> roads at yosemite national park were all closed because of flooding concerns. everyone was notified to leave before 5:00 p.m. worried that the river could flood into yosemite valley. it is the first time in six years yosemite has had to close all major roads because of a storm. >> we were hit with the wind and rain and the majority of country is getting hit with extremely cold weather and millions of machine feel below zero wind chill in 30 states. snow is bad enough but

wind make it feel like to 30 to 35 degrees below zero. fate the cold is about the clothing. >> a norway saying, no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing. >> it is only six degrees in new york and it has not been this cold since a decade. >> even my friends if atlanta are wearing their thickest coats today and usually they do not get a chance to do that. >> and it is early. >> mike i am glad we do not have the cold temperatures. >> atlanta is twine -- is 29 you know they are freaking out. i have been in the 30 degrees below freezing and the moisture in your clothes freeze and she fell brittle.

the flood warning for the napa until 10:24 that will crest and fall. everything i have read said it will crest toward the evening and i will double check that and fall overnight with low lying areas and a new streets could be flooded. concord is 25, and for is 23 and 26 in fairfield and expected to be breezy all day today. we have had gusts town 30 miles per hour at going going and right now 14 to 28 with the flag on right side of the screen unfurled. chilly breezes today, frosty code inland the next couple of days and sunny and dry this weekend, today, low-to-mid 50s and not going to feel that warm. 1.5" of rain at sfo and the activity planner is breezy bridges and choppy waves and cooler out and about dress appropriately. tomorrow, the temperatures are cooler but not is breezy,

coolest is sunday with warming trend ending on thursday. alexis? that is video from two hours ago northbound 101 at candlestick a serious reallyever crash with the s.u.v. land on the left shoulder. one opinion was trance -- persons with we have had a backup through the morning. we back in the green and i believe we have activity on the shoulder. there is quite a bit of debris. so take it easy through that area. bart is now seeing a major delay because of a equipment problem on the track at bay fair, a switching problem in the dublin/pleasanton and daly city and richmond directions. >> thank you could be a role

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brrrr, in addition to snow the sierra has strong winds and this is from the ski resort at lake tahoe. the winter weather advisory records gusts measuring 106 miles per hour! that would be qualify to a tornado if they are sustained. >> employees working in apple stores are celebrating a legal

victory after being awarded $2 million for 20,000 employees after a 2011 lawsuit filed by those who say apple failed to give adequate breaks and paying wages in a timely manner after leaving the company so the employees get $95 each. apple has "no comment." >> new effort to reduce teen driving accidents in california. there is a proposal drivers must hold a provisional license until they 21, not just 18. it restricts drivers from using cell phone, transporting passengers under 20 and drive between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. steph curry continuing the warriors season giving hosting 15 make a wish families who came from around the country at warriors headquarters yesterday. he supplied each with a duffle bag of shoes and basketballs and

gears and then they took place in a closed door hurdle during team practice. >> they will never forget this. me, neither. never forget this. they got a last stuff, i see shoes and shirts and a lot of stuff in the bags. >> they got to see the warriors win last night be as well, and make a wish foundation said this is the most popular request they get each year to meet steph curry. meteorologist mike nicco? all the winds will big up and the cooler breezes on mount tamalpais gusting to 45 miles per hour work down to the ground. 25 to 35-miles-per-hour gusts are possible this morning through early afternoon and when sunsets, the breezies will go away set the stage for 20 to 30s tonight. around the state, plenty of snow falling in morning in the

sierra, and scattered showers along the coast and to san diego and los angeles and breezy up to lake tahoe. freezing code over the evening with a lot of sunshine. enjoy the new snow. if i was taking bart, what sudden i know? >> we have a commuter alert from bay fair area. it is a major delay. i was 20 minute delay so it is get worse because of a problem at dublin/pleasanton and treatment and daly city direction with a call to bart authorities trying to get to the bottom this and how long it will last and how long the delays will extend. i will have the more information after 6:00 a.m. right now we have delays through the toll plaza but nothing out of the ordinary but stop-and-go traffic. it is windy.

bay bridge, degree going, san mateo and san rafael bridges all have high wind advisories. >> yahoo is forcing users to change their passwords after the latest data breach but michael finney and consumer reports say you need to do more. there are additional steps to take to protect your account whether they are with yahoo. >> when you get the security questions, the question that asks you what your mother's maiden name is, what street you grew up on, where your home was, where you were born, you do not have to provide real information. >> interesting never occurred to me to lie on the security questions. >> "consumer reports" say use random information our a password manager to generatances instead. get rid e-mail accounts do you not use because personal information used to open is still out there. i would not be able to remember

my lie. >> the aftermath from the storm. the rain has stopped but now we have to deal with the damage that happened while you were sleep and what we can expect. >> mad dash in venezuela with people flooding banks. i will tell you why and what is happening. >> dramatic rescue overnight when a man want over a cliff in san francisco's sea cliff san francisco's sea cliff neighbor.

good morning, bay area, let's get going. >> we are watching a dramatic rescue in san francisco a man recovering after being pulled from a cliff overnight. >> rain, wind, and damage after the most powerful storm of the

season pounded the bay area. >> our mount tam camera is shaking. it will not be rain but it will be the winds that could impact the commute. >> a good morning, it is friday, december 16. glad you are here. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith with important traffic information. important traffic information. but first, mike? >> windy this morning. it has chased away the winter weather advisory other than a slight chance of a shower near the coast today. the wind on mount tamalpais are 32 and gusting do 51 miles per hour. 39 to 50, significantly cooler this morning. low 50s this afternoon. a lost sunshine. breeze conditions. it will not feel like the 50s. dress for the