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rushing water. falling trees. after a drenching weekend filled with wind and rain, the bay area is dealing with the threat of even more. we have live team coverage. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm ama daetz. we remain on storm watch tonight after a weekend washout filled with heavy rain and high winds. >> the new threat tonight, flooding. rivers, creeks, and streams across the region are as full as they've been in a long time. and this was a common sight today. downed trees as high winds swept through the bay area. >> we have team coverage tonight from the north bay to the peninsula to the south bay. but let's begin with meteorologist drew tuma who's tracking live doppler 7. >> ama and eric it was just a wet morning today and even tonight we're still tracking
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scattered showers. we are not through with this storm. live doppler 7 showing you as you go down to street level we'll get you right into the north bay with scattered light showers. those light greens on your screen. and to the south we go really along the peninsula just a lot of clouds and isolated shower and that's about it. but we still have residual effects from this morning's heavy rain. a flood warning still in effect through tomorrow morning early for morgan hill down to gilroy. we do want you to use caution especially for the monday morning commute. there's an isolated shower chance. we have a lot of standing water on our roadways and still we can have debris like tree limbs on our roadways. take caution as you go out to work and school tomorrow. a flood warning in effect for the napa river as well as the russian river in guerneville. flood stage about 32 feet for the russian river in guerneville. it will crest tomorrow at noon at 37 feet. so we do expect moderate flooding there. we are not done with the storms. look at this. another one is lining up on tuesday. this ranks a 2 on the storm impact scale. we are going to track more downpours and that wind is going
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to turn gust can i once again. 20 to 40 miles per hour. we go hour by hour, walk you through the next 48 hours and talk about the storm headed your way in the accuweather forecast. breaking news. highway 101 is shut down in both directions tonight near gilroy because of flooding from the storm. >> abc 7 news reporter lilian kim is live in gilroy with more. lillian, not the time to be driving on the roads. >> reporter: ama and eric, this is where 101 is closed southbound. there's just too much water that's accumulated. so much so that emergency crews are conducting a car and house rescue on and along the highway. highway 101 in gilroy is closed southbound at 10th street. northbound is closed at the highway 25 connection. water from uvas creek is to blame for the closure. whereas farther north -- at the guevara home in san martin family members brought in sand bags to keep the flood water fre entering their house. it's already crept into the garage. >> it was unexpected. well, we heard it on the news.
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we had a few warnings on our phone but we didn't think it would get this bad. turns out it got worse than what we expected. >> reporter: roads have transformed into rivers. this is what it looked like on yagas avenue. salvador naranjo lives around the corner and he too is hoping watt grert week doesn't go beyond his garage. >> my concern is that it might keep rising as water coming down from the hills it will keep flooding just all the creeks. >> reporter: a steady stream of people made their way to the sandb sandbag station on old monterey road hill. most for their own use but these guys gathered them for their neighbors. >> it's a little heavy but we're all in construction so it's something we're used to. this is just another day in the office. >> reporter: as for 101 no word on when it will reopen. not only do crews have to finish those rescues but the water has to recede for the cars to be able to drive through safely. live in gilroy lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> lillian, thank you. in sonoma county the
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sheriff's department posted pictures of deputies rescuing someone near the russian river. the river was expected to reach flood stage about an hour ago. 3,000 people around monterey and guerneville have been told to evacuate their homes. michael rani showed video from the memorial bridge in heelsburg. the river is expected to overflow its banks sometime tomorrow morning and remain above flood stage till tuesday. the storm hit napa county hard, flooded vineyards, overflowing rivers and overnight road closures are just a few of the problems we're seeing tonight. >> abc 7 news reporter melissa harrington is live from the promenade downtown. this is the worst flooding napa county has seen in years. >> eric, amma, the riverfront promenade is closed tonight. this is why. the criver is so high. the highest we have seen it in more than ten years. causing flooding and other hazardous conditions throughout the county. the napa valley took a beating in sunday's storm. roads flooded. vineyards ended up under water and the napa river rose to its
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highest level since 2005. >> it's pretty impressive. >> reporter: cynthia and billy turnbow have lived in napa more than 30 years. they remember the last time the river crested. they say the city has done a lot of flood work since then to prevent another disaster. >> oh, it was water everywhere. you know, like the downtown area flooded. so people had sandbags. but businesses got water all in them and everything. so it's much better now. >> reporter: downtown we found sandbags stacked in doorways. the city blocked off riverside parks and paths. >> i've never seen it like this. >> reporter: in st. helena several inches of standing water closed deer park road at main street all the way to the silverado trail in the heart of wine country. >> to look like this two days into it with a week to go, this is going to be a mess. >> reporter: phil poppic and his female passenger could not get home to her baby. >> it's pretty crazy because
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we're trying to get home. she's got a baby out there, hasn't been fed. i gs her mom's going to have to take care of it. >> reporter: drone video shows the swollen napa river. heavy flooding covered lanes at the yountville crossroads. vernon pride is just happy to see some moisture after so many years of drought. >> you know, i don't think it's going to hurt us. doesn't hurt the vineyards in the long run. we need the water obviously. i think it's all great. >> reporter: it is still raining pretty hard here. and we've also seen a lot of debris on the ground. schools in calistoga are closed tomorrow because of hazardous road conditions. reporting live in napa, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> alyssa, thanks. the storm is forcing school districts in sonoma county to cancel classes, and here's a list of districts that will not have school tomorrow. guerneville, monte rio, alexander valley, geyserville, forestville, harmony, and cloverdale unified school district. we're also keeping a close eye on another trouble spot in marin county.
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marin county fire tweeted this video of san an sell moe creek at 7 1/2 feet earlier today. it remains below flood stage tonight. police in the santa cruz mountains were warned today they may be asked to evacuate because of the fast-moving and fast-rising san lorenzo river. volunteers with the felton grove disaster planning committee went door to door alerting residents about the rising river. >> i feel like people are doing a really good job. we give them lots of warnings. the county has also used the reverse 911 system to let people know what's going on. >> the process so far has been a smooth one. the river's being monitored closely but has not reached flood stage tonight. the storm is also bringing down trees across the bay area. as you can see, they're causing some major messes tonight. >> abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana is live in daly city with a look at some of the damage. sergio? >> reporter: eric and ama, this has become a pretty familiar sight throughout the bay area. trees toppled over. first of course the rains
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moisten the ground, and then the winds blew them down. fire crews in daly city were called to cut apart a tree that came down on a box truck. no one was injured and the truck wasn't damaged. but the tree did cause a scare for some drivers. in san francisco public works and fire crews have been answering a number of calls to dispose of trees toppled over by the winds like this one near dolores park. this afternoon on southbound i-280 a driver tweeted this picture of a large tree that came down across all southbound lanes of the freeway. you can see a toyota camry under the trunk of that tree. there were actually two cars involved. >> the tree did not fall on the vehicle. the tree actually fell on the freeway first. and both vehicles were unable to react in time and collided into the tree. >> reporter: he says a woman driving one of the cars did suffer minor injuries when she collided with the tree. in san francisco the strong winds caused a big scare when pieces of scaffolding on this building came tumbling down. >> it came down so quick and
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boom, boom. and then i got up -- i mean, i rolled down in my wheelchair, and i looked up. i go oh, the scaffold's come off, come on, homey, let's go. >> reporter: jose perez said he and his friends were sitting inside that bus shelter when strong wind gusts blew through the area. no one was injured but market street had to be closed down for a few hours as crews began cleaning up the mess. sergio quintana, abc 7 news. much more on the weather coming up on abc 7 news at 11:00. in the east bay the storm led to a few rescues and a pair of kids learned an important lesson. also in the sierra tonight mudslides, melting snow and rising rivers. the concern there as a lot more snow is on the way. and a sad consequence of this major storm in calaveras county. tonight a historic tree is no more. in live doppler 7 showing you scattered showers sticking around for your monday, more widespread rain and wind on
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we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy! figures. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages.
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during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. taking a live look right now from san francisco international airport, it's been a tough day for air travelers at sfo. 312 flights were delayed today. 177 were canceled. at one point travelers saw delays as long as 4 1/2 hours. airlines will try to reaccommodate stranded travelers tomorrow. no problems were reported at oakland airport or at mineta san jose international airport. blackouts affected tens of thousands of pg&e customers throughout the day because of storm-related outages. here's the -- here are the latest numbers. there are about 2,500 customers in the dark in san francisco. in the north bay 5,300 are impacted. 5,600 on the peninsula. in the south bay a little more
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than 4,000 customers are without power. and 3,300 in the east bay. the storm led to several rescues including a taxi that drove into the estuary in oakland. >> unfortunately, it was too late for the driver. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story from the oakland hills tonight. >> he slipped and i kept thinking he'll catch himself. >> reporter: a water rescue in the oakland hills where a group of teens tried body surfing this creek. >> i just saw them go down. i thought like my friends could die right now. >> reporter: the friends got stuck in a storm drain tunnel and were pulled out by the oakland fire department. >> it wasn't very cold because we had wetsuits. but it was definitely scary. >> reporter: peter mazor is relieved his son and friends are okay. but a lesson definitely learned. >> it was a scary phone call i got saying they got swept away. i wasn't sure. >> reporter: there was a grim outcome to this dramatic reece queue on the oakland estuary near oakland international. the driver of a taxi missing after witnesses saw the cab
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disappear into the water during the height of the storm. >> he left the airport or one chtd taxi stands and somehow lost control. >> reporter: a short time later rescue divers locate the car. the cab pulled from the water. >> one person inside. just the driver. you know, we were able to get him out with the rescue swimmers from alameda city and oakland fire. >> reporter: the man inside died later at the hospital. fellow cabbies knew him as raj. he worked as a long-time independent driver. >> he's from india. we are good friend. we always know each other very well. very good person. >> reporter: a tragic casualty from the storm. the full name of the victim has not been released. first responders say with more rain on the way they urge everyone to be safe around water. in oakland cornell barnard, abc 7 news. in the sierra a mud and snow slide forced a full closure of i-80. the chp tweeted this picture of the big mess covering the freeway. the closure is in both directions. it's been donner summit and
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truckee. highway 50 is also closed after the second mudslide of the night. the truckee river has been flowing quickly all day. the placer county sheriff posted video of a bridge between lake tahoe and truckee. at least six lake tahoe ski resorts closed today because of the wind and heavy rain. yosemite valley is closed today as parts of the merced river are reaching flood stage. all roads into the valley floor are off limits. employees have been evacuated to red cross shelters. the latest reading from the merced river shows it has reached over 11 feet. other parts of yosemite including hetch hetchy, crane flat and wolna are open to visitors. and the storm took down the historic pioneer cabin tree. this is the aftermath posted on facebook by jim allday. this is what it looked like when it was standing. it was a popular spot in the state park because as you can see visitors could walk right through the hollowed-out base. it stood for centuries and was also known as the drive-thru tree. we're getting a look at all
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of the damage caused by this storm thanks to all of our abc 7 news viewers who are posting all their pictures and videos on social media with the hashtag abc 7 now so we can find that content. take a look at this video that ally posted. you can see all this flooding. flooding from court madera creek. you can see the water and the garage open, the cars inside. also check this out. catherine sent this picture, that car driving through the flooded area. she said anyone have a canoe we can borrow? picture of larkzboro plaza drive at peak high tide 8:00 a.m. this morning. so keep all these photos and videos coming. we'd love to show them on air or online at abc7news.com. just be sure to use the hashtag abc7now. now your accuweather forecast with drew tum papp. >> after a day that featured heavy rain and some strong winds we are still tracking downpours even at this hour. live doppler 7 busy all day. continues to track some showers out there. right to street level, pops of yellow you see on your screen just to the north of ocean
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avenue approaching the sunset district the richmond is scraping the marina and even the presidio right now going into tiburon. the motion of this cell live doppler 7 showing you for the past half hour or so moving from the west to the northeast. if you time out this line of heavy rain you do notice around 11:22 heavy showers moving into the richmond district. by 11:36 south san francisco. holding together crossing the bay into berkeley by 11:47. and just before midnight a downpour moving into benesia. east bay bay just a scattering of light showers at this hour. to the north bay where we saw some of the heaviest rain. still a couple of downpours by yountville south of napa as well. we're not done with the rain quite yet. we are seeing the wind subside, though. the winds right now right around 20 miles per hour or less. this afternoon they were gusting over 50 miles per hour. so it was a very breezy day. but the wind direction tells you a lot. it's out of the southwest and that is pumping in mild air. at this hour you step outside, it feels warm.
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it's 60 right now in oakland. the same in san jose, 60 in san mateo and right now the north bay napa checking in with a mild 59 degrees. so tomorrow morning we're going to have that mild there but you're also going to have some showers. on the storm impact scale monday it's a 1. damp roads monday morning. some showers moving through likely in the evening. those winds will be light, about 10 to 20 miles per hour. winds not really a factor on your monday. >> future weather, 6:00 tomorrow morning. can't rule out the threat of an isolated shower for the monday morning commute but most spots are just dealing with a lot of cloud cover first thing. that's really the theme into the afternoon. we're unsettled throughout the day. so really anyone is fair game at least through the evening hours. by 9:00 could see a light shower move through. but it's really tuesday. that's where we want to focus our attention for our next storm system. it's a 2. a moderate storm on tuesday. periods of rain moving throughout the day. heavy downpours as well. and those winds once again will turn gusty. 20 to 40 miles per hour. future weather, we will get you into your tuesday hour by hour into the morning.
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watch that rain become more widespread in nature. as you go throughout the afternoon those downpours will develop. once against those pops of yellow you see on your screen. and that will continue likely for the evening commute as you go toward 7:00 on your tuesday. with those downpours that wind will pick up. future tracker wind gusts shows you once again by 8:00 on tuesday we could see winds close to 40 if not over 40 miles per hour once again. so the threat tuesday evening will feature those trees coming down and also the chance of power outages once again. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll get you into your monday. just an isolated statered shower here or there. 9 winds are pretty light. it's all about tuesday. the rain returns. downpours in the evening and the wind really picks up. by wednesday that system gets out of here in the morning. thursday we're partly sunny and we are dry finally. and by friday and into the weekend the sunshine returns. we can finally dry out those skies for a period of time. >> that will be nice. thank you, drew. >> he used the d word, dry. i've been waiting all week for that. thank you very much. still ahead on abc 7 news at
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in marin county today's rain and wind surprised a couple of chp officers. they wanted to use this facility at the scale house off southbound 101 but noticed it wasn't in its usual spot. the high winds moved it all the way to the opposite side of the facility. the chp posted this picture on facebook saying they were thankful it never made it onto the freeway as they were dancing around. >> yeah, exactly, right? all right. time to turn to sports. >> follow that, big guy. >> yeah, right. warriors were dancing tonight. they keep finding new ways to win as they snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat. spotted the kings a 15-point lead in sacramento, took control in the third with
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warriors hosted by the kings tonight and kept their nba-record regular season streak alive of not losing back-to-back game at 124 in a row. but they spotted sacramento a 15-point lead just to make it interesting. this kind of night for demarcus "boogie" cousins. kings led by as many as 15 but the dubs trailed by seven at the half thanks to steph curry right here. turnover and lays it in. anthony tolliver 3 of the 16. zaza pachulia with a bad inbounds pass. six-point swing. kings up nine. that was a turning point for the dubs. they went on a 22-3 run. kevin durant the block.
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zaza no-look over the head flip to steph who finishes with the circus lay-in. curry led the way with 11 of 22 shooting taking it to the hoop. warriors with 30 assists or more for the 26th time this year. warriors win it 117-106 improving to 31-6. wildcard weekend in the nfl concludes with two more games today. we kicked off on the froe entundra of green bay. packers and giants. odell beckham and victor cruz said we don't need no stinking shirts in this 13 degree weather. never give aaron rodgers a hail mary attempt in the playoffs. 42 yards here to randall cobb. 14-6 packers at the half. somebody knock it down. third quarter eli manning, he threw for 299 yards. 41 right here. to tavares king. giants down 14-13. but then all rodgers and cobb. they answer. 30-yard connection. cobb five catches, 116 yards. three tds. then in the fourth rodgers, who threw for 362 and a packer
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playoff record four tds, 16 yards to cobb again. packers win 38-13. they'll face the top-seeded cowboys next week. steelers hosting the dolphins in pittsburgh. steelers first drive, ben roethlisberger hits antonio brown and he will do the rest. goes down the sideline. 50 yards for the score. next steeler possession, roethlisberger to brown again. this time over the middle. 62 yards. brown 124 yards on five catches. pittsburgh touchdowns in their first three possessions. then le'veon bell took over. pittsburgh playoff record 160 yards rushing. also had two tds. pittsburgh captures their 35th postseason win. most in the nfl history. 30-12 the final. and they'll face kansas city next week. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. cal makes a surprise move today with one of their head coaches in college hoops coming up, if you have electricity. hope you stick around. eric, ama, back to you. >> thanks a lot, shu. much more to come on abc 7 news at 11:00. we're tracking the remnants of that major storm that hit the
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we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. that breaking news is out of monterey county tonight. welcome back for another half hour of abc 7 news at 11:00. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm ama daetz. a levee has breached in monterey county. crews are rescuing people from up to 30 homes. meteorologist drew tuma has more on the flash flood watch that was just issued. >> i want to take you to live doppler 7 right now. this is just to the south and east of monterey. we're going to take you to carmel valley right now where a levee has been breached, which
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is causing a flash flood warning to be in effect until tomorrow morning at 2:00 in the morning. about 20 to 30 homes have been inundated by this water. we do have swift water rescues under way. so there is a lot of water in this region. so we do have some issues thanks to that major storm that moved through today. we also have a flood warning in effect. this is where the water has inundated 101 at this time and shut it down for parts of this region. so we do have some issues if you are traveling late tonight or early tomorrow morning. the wider picture, live doppler 7, we'll show you we are still tracking some heavier showers out there right now. we'll get you right down to street level. look at this. pops of red on your screen from pacifica to south san francisco. this is very heavy rain falling at this hour. and that line even extends north into the east bay by el sobrante and el cerrito. we're going to time this cell as it pushes off to the north and east. 11:45 by benesia. similar martinez.
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11:52 p.m. north hill. pops of yellow from santa rosa to sonoma. we will have these showers to contend with even mort monday morning commute tomorrow. use caution with those isolated showers. we do have standing water on the roadways and likely a little bit of debris as tree limbs have fallen throughut the day. so take it easy tomorrow morning. we'll talk about another storm that's headed our way for tuesday in the full accuweather forecast. very busy, guys. >> all right, drew, thanks a lot. now for tonight's headlines highway 101 is closed in both directions near guillory because of flooding from today's big storm. emergency crews are conducting rescues in water that flooded over from uvas creek. the flooding start add round 7:30 and several cars that tried to drive through got stuck. in napa county the napa river is creeping above flood stage. it's at its highest level since 2005. the worst flooding in years shut down several roads overnight and left vin yards underwater. the rain and high winds continue to topple trees around the bay area. in daly city a tree came down
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onto a box truck causing a big mess but no injuries. in san francisco the wind tore the scaffolding off a building on market street. no one was hurt in either one of those incidents. yosemite valley is closed to visitors tonight and the merced river has entered a precarious flood stage. >> today park employees were evacuated en masse, ordered to leave because of the potential for danger. reporter cory james from our sister station in fresno has the latest from yosemite. >> reporter: a fast moving storm swept through the sierra. the heavy downpour flooded streets of mariposa and not too far from there the storm also partially washed out road 620 in mader county. the water-talls in yosemite national park are overflowing and the merced river is almost close to capacity which could lead to a massive spillover. despite no significant damage at yosemite national park the gates were locked at the front entrance. officials are still ordering non-essential park employees to stay out of the valley floor. nearly 50 of them have left to take shelter. >> i think it's a great thing what they did, they took care of
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our safety as the number one priority and got us out there have, and i seen what it looks like there. >> we're all just kind of in it together. we're all just playing games, watching tv, talking, playing cards, just whatever. >> reporter: the american red cross is providing the evacuees with kauts and food at tenaya lodge and a church in oakhurst. >> it's never easy. they're worried about their homes. they're worried about everything that they've left. >> reporter: their homes left inside a park where the worst is yet to come. in oakhurst, cory james, abc 7 news. we're waiting for word on the condition of a 12-year-old girl after an incredible rescue in placer county. sheriff's deputies saw this overturned car in a creek on highway 49 in auburn. that's about 30 miles northeast of sacramento. the girl's mother was panicked, saying her daughter was trapped in the car. good samaritans helped deputies pull the 12-year-old out. she was unresponsive but was given first aid. there's no update on her condition yet. road conditions will be a
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factor tomorrow morning. be sure to tune in to traffic anchor alexis smith before you head out the door. abc 7 mornings begins at 4:30. in other news tonight, disturbing new video is emerging showing friday's mass shooting at the fort lauderdale airport in florida. the video obtained by tmz is troubling to watch. it shows the gunman, 26-year-old esteban santiago, pulling out a 9-millimeter pistol and opening fire. watch as passengers run for cover as santiago moves out of camera range. five people were killed. six others were wounded. tonight questions are being asked about why santiago was able to keep his gun even after he was hospitalized for a mental evaluation after he told fbi agents he thought the government was controlling his mind. >> he broke no laws when he came into our office. there is currently no indication mr. santiago was working with any other individuals when he planned and carried out yesterday's attack. >> according to court documents, santiago confessed that he planned the attack, buying a one-way ticket from alaska after
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choosing ft. lauderdale at random. tonight a suspect is in custody after the shooting of an american diplomat in mexico. authorities are questioning the suspect tonight after the shooting was caught on camera in guadalajara this weekend. 31-year-old christopher ashcraft wounded by a bullet piercing the windshield of his car. secretary of state john kerry thanked mexico for the swift and decisive arrest. the diplomat is recovering in stable condition tonight. authorities do not have a motive. the 74th annual golden globes just wrapped with a few surprises, a few snubs, and plenty of golden globes' worthy moments. abc 7's maggie ruly breaks it all down. >> reporter: the best in tv and movies kicking off the awards season with the biggest party of the year. even as host jimmy fallon had to deal with a teleprompter blackout. >> cut to justin timberlake, please. >> reporter: as predicted "la la land" won big including best screenplay, director, original
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score, song, and ryan gosling best is actor in a musical or comedy. and best actress emma stone. >> i thank my amazing mom. >> reporter: nabbing her first golden globe, tracey ellis ross wins best actress in a comedy series or musical for abc's "black-ish." >> it's my first time here, guys. >> reporter: and "atlanta," the rookie series on fx, showing it's around to stay. winning best television series comedy or musical and getting a nod for its star, donald glover at best actor. >> wow. >> reporter: meryl streep was honored with a lifetime achievement award. >> so hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. and if we kick them all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts. >> reporter: and then the night's biggest awards in film. best motion picture drama. >> "moonlight"! >> reporter: and wrapping up the night with another win for best motion picture musical or comedy. >> "la la land."
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making it to 100 is a pretty big milestone but it's not quite enough for the man you're about to meet. >> most of us can only hope to be doing the things this remarkable man is doing at 100 years young. abc news reporter john donvan has the story. >> hey, al, betty, what is going on today? >> reporter: at the skydive temple in the texas hill country. >> ready to jump. ready to jump. >> reporter: he never had a first-time jumper like al blashke. >> 100th birthday. 100. >> reporter: yes, al was born
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100 januarys ago, spent more than half his life married to eleanor, but after she died back in 2010 al first grieved and then set out to do things he had never done before, like dog sledding and take a spin in a lomb bore ginni, setting goals like those al tells everyone is what keeps him going. but the skydiving he saved for the day he hit 100. >> hey. >> reporter: and here he goes. and you can see it in his face. the wind and all he's feeling. a 40-second freefall and then a five-minute float. >> oh, wow. wonderful. >> reporter: happy birthday, al. >> whoo. there we go. good job. >> reporter: and keep on floating. john donvan, abc news. >> good job. >> good for him. >> yeah, i'm about half that age and i'm still not ready for the skydiving. especially in today's weather. let's find out what it looked like out there today and what it looks like overnight. drew? >> we still have more showers to get through.
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live doppler 7 has been so busy today and it continues to track some downpours moving through even at this hour. live doppler 7 showing you a line of heavy to moderate rain. we'll go right down to street level on live doppler 7. look at these colors, bright yellows and reds from south san francisco. stretching through san bruno. we'll slide a little bit to the south and just south of pacifica we've got some heavy rain at this hour. live doppler 7, light showers by let's say the embarcadero. heavy showers moving over the bay bridge. as you go to the north around berkeley just to the south of kensington you see those downpours and the pops of yellow and even as you go north toward martinez and crockett you've still got those downpours with you. the wider view, we've got scattered showers in the north bay and it's likely the theme will continue for our monday. future weather as you get to monday morning, 6:00 in the morning isolated shower at best but still the threat is there and that's going to be on the menu as well through the afternoon and the evening. we just stay rather unsettled through the day. expect there could be an isolated shower throughout the day. the main concern is tuesday.
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we just want to go back really quickly to show you that. periods of rain. it's a 2 on the storm impact scale. scattered downpours likely. winds turn gusty too. 20 to 40 miles per hour. future weather. as you go hour by hour into your tuesday. into the morning. that rain really expands. we'll track those downpours as you go through the evening. accuweather seven-day forecast shows you tuesday is the main focus. then we dry out by thursday and into friday. >> sounds good. thank you, drew. and ready to coach some college football? >> i'm ready to talk about a college football coach. drew's having way too much fun. cal made a surprise move today with their football coaching staff. we'll break that down. and oregon state lady hoops did something today on the stanford campus that's never been
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but they fell to 5-7 last season as defense was one of the worst in the nation. dykes was openly interviewing for other jobs the past two years and athletic director mike williams decided it was time to pull the plug. he thanked coach dykes for his tenure as he engineered a turnaround with improved academic progress rate, but it was never a good fit. the timing of this firing not ideal for finding a quality candidate as offensive coordinator jake spavita becomes the interim head coach and a candidate. >> we want someone who is committed to building a winning football program on the field. we want someone who's committed to academic achievement. we want to make sure that our student athletes have a tremendous experience. and we believe all three of those things can be held at the same time. every other one of our programs at cal reaches that standard. we want to do the same thing with football. we also want someone who's committed to the university long term, someone that really wants to be at cal and really wants to build a winning program here. all right. switch gears.
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men's college hoops. 25th-ranked usc hosting cal. second half cal down three freshman charlie moore from deep hits the three he had 16. jabari byrd meanwhile 12 points. cal had nine threes on the night. he putsthe bears upne. usc responds. jordan mclaughlin. he had 20. lays it in. giving usc a 73-72 lead. ivan rabb was fouled, made both free throws. two blocks including that one at the buzzer. cal hands usc their first home loss of the season. 74-73 that final. stanford men with a tough task on the road taking on fourth ranks ucla. bruins. lonzo ball. can ball. 15 points in the first half. first hits a three then playing some defense blocks marcus sheffield. wasn't afraid to shoot from anywhere. hits a three from long beach. ball 7 of 10 from the field 21 points six boards eight assists.
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t.j. leaf will bury the three. he had 15. bruins up 18 at the half. second half ball another alley-oop pass to e.k. ucla wins 89-75. stanford's lost five of their last six they're now 0-4 in pac-12 play. women's hoops number 10 stanford hosting 16 ranktd oregon state. 12 seconds left in the fourth. brittany mcphee lays it in and one. ties the game but missed a free throw sending this game to overtime. 14 seconds left in o.t. beavers down two sidney weeks banks it off the glass giving her team a 62-61 left. five seconds left now down to two. erica goff lays it in sends this game into double overtime. 26 points, five boards. osu up six. one last shot for the cardinal. brianna robertson at the buzzer to send it to a third o.t. air ball. oregon state, first ever win at maples, snapping a 21-game drought. 72-69 and double overtime.
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20th ranked cal hosting oregon. what a finish. 13 seconds left. ducks with no time outs. down five. kazorla hits the three. then inigue hits it on the inbounds pass. kazo kazo kazorla ties at 66. isha thomas will miss both free throws. oregon with the rebound. they get fouled with two seconds left. they let her alone the game's going to overtime. instead oregon inbounds it and freshman sabrina iunescu with the three at the buzzer! and oregon pulls off the incredible upset 69-66. cal drops to 1-3 in conference. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. two great games there and it's amazing to me oregon state women have never beaten stanford at maples pavilion. and if you listen to cal's athletic director mike williams, sonny dykes was out looking for other jobs. last year while he had an extension on the table he was interviewing around the country
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and this year just in the last six weeks interviewed for the baylor job. they didn't feel like he was committed. they pulled the plug. and with a school that's hemorrhaging money in their athletic department, let a coach go and have to pay him for a couple more years it's going to be tough to find a coach. >> how do you recruit? >> that's it. seven weeks after the season ended they make this move. tough haul for cal. >> thank you very much, shu. >> and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. have a great night and a better morning.
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