homes and cars. >> abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is on her way to guerneville. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. yes, and it's raining here and on our route here in marin county, hard to imagine guerneville getting more rain. here's what it looks like, what we're expecting to find when we get there. the russian river did crest yesterday at 35 feet, flooding several homes, threatening many more. we also saw a mud slide that happened there and met a hom homeowner who had to leave his home and it has been red tagged. >> we're going to at least red tag it for a couple of days until it starts to dry out and then see what they're doing. it's hard to tell. it's all so soupy. >> reporter: homeowners have evacuated because of the threat of trees falling, of mud slides and also the flooding and many tell us they're dreading more rain. they are afraid of what could

happen. also because of the delay that they get there, even when the rain stops, they still deal with the runoff from the mountains, so the river keeps rising, and of course we're expecting more rain today. live in marin county on the way to guerneville, amy hollyfield, abc 78 news a major rock slide has closed busy napa county. the county recommends taking highway 29 as an alternate want to get back now to highway 17 as alex was mentioning, crews are cleaning up the mud slide that trapped one of our own morning photographers early yesterday. he was hit by the mud slide on his way to work. you can see the chp video, his van just terribly destroyed there. many of you have asked how he is doing. he was treated and released from the hospital. he's recovering at home now. he told us the mud slide hit without any notice and chp says

he is very lucky to be alive public works crews are still working to clear this on richmond drive. the slide happened yesterday afternoon. it's unclear when the road will reopen. if you have pictures or video of weather, be sure to share it with us on social media. just use #abc7now. a woman is recovering this morning after she had to be rescued from the san lorenzo river. santa cruz fire department led the rescue to pull her from the chilly water around 10:00 last night. officials say it's not clear if she fell into the river or jumped. of course the stormy weather making this a very dangerous situation. >> listen to that. you can really hear it coming down in marin county. this is about two hours ago, no rest for windshield wipers today. residents in larks bro will

be keeping a very close eye on the water when high tide hits at 10:15 this morning. it has receded a bit, but the one-two punch of rain today and high tide is leaving some officials worried. >> we're starting to see movement of soils around houses, structures, and trees. we've had a lot of trees come down into structures. >> crews are also working to quickly clear san anselmo someone's backyard collapsed into the creek over the weekend. this morning pg&e customers with r without wour this morning. a few hundred here in san francisco and dozens in the east bay are without electricity. crews are having a hard time accessing some areas due to flooding and mud slides. about 6,000 customers lost power over the weekend because of the storms. state officials want to remind you to be ready for any

type of natural disaster. we've posted guidelines on our website, abc7news.com, covers everything from stocking your own emergency kit so developing a plan to keep you and your family safe. >> you can find live doppler 7 on your abc7 news app. you can track the green moving in where you live. make sure to enable push alerts. . the decision on whether to spend $350 million on spend $350 million on francisco's will be on the ballot. it's a century old and officials say improvements are an urgent need. berkeley plans are making plans to extradite a cal student now in custody. emily inman was found dead on friday. abc7 news reporter lillian kim has the story from uc berkeley.

>> he's been caught zblsh uc berkeley students were relieved to learn that officers in burr bank arrested a fellow student who was on the run. berkeley police say one day before the arrest, pablo gomez jr. stabbed a woman to death inside her ashby avenue home on friday, after stabbing another woman who survived the attack, later found on ridge road searching for help. >> petty crimes are not very infrequent but something of this level is pretty shocking. >> reporter: gomez is a chicano/chicana major at uc berkeley. police are not yet releasing a motive but friends and family of the victim who they identify as emily inman says gomez was unknown to her. inman was 27 years old, a uc santa cruz graduate who worked at sienna ranch as a nature program and middle school science instructor. as for the surviving victim,

she's at the hospital in stable condition. >> the fact that a student did this, it makes me feel unsafe walking around campus, especially at night by myself and i think that's one thing my friends have talked about too. >> reporter: when berkeley police bring back gomez to the bay area, he faces charges of assault with a d alameda county supervisors are voting on urban shield, an intense tactical training program. groups have protested in the past, calling them highly militarized war games but alameda county sheriff sergeant says it will greatly impact first responder training. the vote is for about $5 million in funding. thousands of university of california staff will hold a one-day walkout today, calling for fairer labor practices. 12,000 workers from all across ten uc campuses and five medical centers plan to particiate in this. these workers include

electricians, mechanics, plumbers, and facility workers. they say the strike is over the university's failure to bargain in good faith. uc officials say the strike is unlawful because the two sides are still in contract talks. a san francisco sport commission will take up a proposal today to transform pier 29 into a mini-mall. according to the examiner, a real estate investment company wants to build a brewery, winery, and coffee roaster at the pier. there is some opposition. the examiner reports the sierra club claims the project undermines the water use plan. let's focus in on the russian river. here is the latest information. flood stage as you know is 32 feet. right now it's at 34.6, which means moderate flooting but it's going to crest at 4:00 thursday morning at 37.5 feet and that means flooding. numerous businesses and

residences in the lowest section are expected to flood. in guerneville, brookside resort will flood. more extensive flooding occurs at parkers resort and lower redwood drive is going to flood also over the next 24 to 48 hours. take a look at what else is going to happen. small stream and urban flood watch you can see for iv ever everybody but the bay shore. rapid rises and crests on our creeks and streams, and more rocks and mud slides, 4:00 this morning, so now through midnight. winds are going to pick up at noon today, south 25 to 40, gust of 50 outside of the orange, inside of the orange, about 1500 feet, 65-mile-per-hour winds, almost as fast as sunday and that means more downed trees and power lines and we have high tides coming in almost like king tides, localized flooding along the bay shore and also the coast so here's a look at what's going to happen today as far as your activity planner. on the roads, going is to be

risky because there's going to be hydroplaning all over the place, breezy on the water and if you're out and about, rain, possibly even lightning and thunder. that's not a fun drive across the bay bring this morning so just know, we've got some really tough driving conditions once again today. san mateo bridge, it is absolutely pouring right now across highway 92 and out over the water so slow down, give yourself some extra time this morning. that yellow and dark green are some heavier pockets but pretty much everybody is seeing light rain. westbound 80 near american canyon, we've got reports of multiple slides. they're working on cleaning those up. we do have a front end loader on the way to the scene. be on the lookout for that. deep pockets of water there or some debris as well and then we have a full disclosure of 121 at broadway near shellville. they're hoping to have that open by about 6:00 this morning. we'll take a look another other trouble spots coming up. big news this morning for

bay area dog own ez, fighting for parks to take their dog. the move by national parks officials that no one saw coming. dangling for dear life, the rush in the north bay to get a driver surrounded by dangerous flood waters to dry land. we're heading to break but we're heading to break but keep tabs with

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good morning. a live look there at the golden gate bridge. it is wet out there this morning. i'm sure there are a lot of good shots of rain and rain damage out there. if you take photos or video of the weather where you live, be sure to post them with an armed attempted murder suspect took police on an erratic slow chase in southern california overnight. this lasted 90 minutes. i don't believe we slowed this down. it's actually just this slow on the 405 in san fernando valley. at one point, the man appeared to shoot a gun and he slowed to a crawl and was yelling things out the window. officers used the pit maneuver and a canine to bring him into custody. he's accused of shooting his sister-in-law early yesterday morning and she is still in critical condition. all right. if you own a dog, listen up. a plan to drastically reduce off leash areas off the coast is on hold indefinitely. under the national park services current proposal, beach access

will be cut by more than half. propo innocen p propoe innocents say it's a move to protect native plants and wildlife. they say the public needs more time to review the new rules. this is an incredibly busy day on capitol hill. lawmakers have their first chance to ask questions of president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks. >> reporter: donald trump's cabinet picks gearing up for a congressional gearing. john kelly tabbed to be secretary of homeland security, and alabama senator jeff sessions, trump's choice for attorney general. attorney general. sessions' f confrontation. at least nine of trump's cabinet picks facing confirmation hearings this week and four still have outstanding issues in the vetting process. that involves handing over

personal financial information and fbi background check and answering congressional committee questionnaires. republicans dismissing democrats' concerns. >> everybody will be properly vetted. >> reporter: but eight years ago, republican leader mitch mcconnell sent this letter asking for the vetting process for president obama's nominees to be finished before confirmation hearings. on monday, the senate zemtic leader sent mcconnell's 2009 letter back to him with the names changed. >> the very things mcconnell thought were necessary for nominations, we're asking for. and now they're denying it. >> reporter: karen trafrz abc news washington. a north bay house representative says he will not attend the inauguration next friday. congressman huffman represents much of the northern california coast, including marin and sonoma county. he posted on facebook that this is a dark and dangerous chapter of american politics. he joins two other house democrats who say they are boycotting the ceremony.

back to our storm watch coverage. emergency crews are prepared for another busy day today. >> they've been inundated with calls to fix roads and save stranded drivers. in rural sonoma county, sheriff's department was sum minuted. deputies attached a long rescue rope to the driver and hoisted him to dry haland. he was not hurt. all right, hey, natasha, matt, hey, everybody. let's start with the storm impact scale. now, it's a 2. it's a moderate storm, evening down hours and gusty suterly winds. however, the damage it produces may exceed what a normal 2 would bring us just because of what happened sunday. the ground is just so saturated, it can't handle any more wet weather. stone, what do we get. stone gate drive there and alamo, las trampas road, some downpours. we've got them also on wind

moore parkway and starting to head towards the altamont pass and heading toward stone ridge drive, 680, 580, crow canyon. let me show you the brighter, whiter clouds coming in later today with heavy downpours and the possibility of thunderstorms. here are my concerns moving forward. stream and creek flooding high, we shook a lot of the weakness out sunday. hydroplaning high and river flooding high. hour by hour, at 5:00, you can see a little bit of a lull by 7:00, there's still going to be pockets of yellow along the peninsula coast. some of that will roll through by 9:00 but notice it starts to develop in a greater capacity and more widespread as we head from 9:00 to noon and then just keeps going on through 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, notice the red start to show up. that's where we'll have the thunderstorms and even faster

winds, heavier downpours and the more likelihood of flooding during the evening hours. we'll have some showers tomorrow, some light showers thursday morning and finally dry friday. okay, taking a look at traffic, bay bridge doing okay, high wind advisory for the bay bridge and dumbarton bridge this morning. we still have that major problem on highway 17. jessica castro is on her way there. we will have a live report coming up shortly on the progress they're making. for now, northbound 17 still fully blocked. traffic is actually sharing the southbound side of the road. so one lane northbound, one lane southbound, not seeing any delays right now. quick check of drive minutes out of the central valley. tough conditions again today, just want to slow down and take it easy. well, we are willing to bet that one michigan man is going to think twice the next time he decides to warm up hiss car. >> taylor was slapped with $128

ticket for leaving his car running. one day last week, he walked out to the driveway, walked back inside, short time later, he noticed a surprise under one of his wipers. >> in and out in probably about 7 to 8 minutes, so in that mamt of time, he ran up here, gave me the ticket, and by the time i got out, he was nowhere to be seen. >> common sense. we can't warrant everybody on every law there is. common sense says you don't leave your car running unattended. >> his town, roseville, has an anti-idling law. the purpose is to reduce car thefts and insurance premiums. the department does not apologize for enforcing the law. in fact, encourages law officers to do so. we all have those resolutions. do you not have enough time to exercise during the week? is that what you say? coming up next, why you can wait until the weekend to work out. also a violent robbery caught on camera. take a close look at this masked

man. hackers finding a new target. how it could be putting people's lives at risk. first this morning's tech bytes. big changes for yahoo maybe. >> as a one-time web giant gets ready to sell its web holdings to verizon, ceo meyer is leaving the board. >> the company will change its name to altiba but verizon may back out of that deal. >> say you've lost your air pods, there's no longer an app to track them down. >> apple has removed the app. it used the pod's bluetooth signal as a tracker but now your only choice is to pay more than $60 for a replacement pair. >> and after president obama joked about waiting for a job at spotify, the music streaming service has come up with an offer. president of play lists. president of play lists. that person

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and a black hoodie and the suspect did get away with some cash. officers searched the neighborhood for the man. they could not find him. anyone expecting a baby better be ready to put away plenty of money. the department of agriculture says the smatded cost of raising a child is now $233,000. that's about $14,000 a year. that's the average for middle income couple with two children. it's a bit more expensive in urban areas and less so in rural areas. main costs including housing, food, transportation, health care, education, clothing, and other miscellaneous expenses. if you exercise just once or twice a week and pat yourself on the back, researchers say you are getting nearly as many health benefits as people who work out more often. health experts currently recommend that you exercise moderately for 150 minutes a week, 75 minutes if your workouts are more vigorous. researchers asked more than 63,000 about their exercise habits and they found people who

just exercised on the weekend got the same health benefit as people who worked out several days a week. researchers discovered that so-called weekend warriors lower the risk of dying by 30% compared with inactive people. all right, abc7 news viewers have been marking the loss of the historic tree that fell over the weekend. as we told you yesterday, strong winds and heavy rains just too much for the ancient tree at calaveras state park. drive through tree was a popular tourist attraction ever since its base was carved out in the 1880s. hundreds of our abc7 viewers have been sharing memories of the tree. juan, liam, and doug poegsed these photos and we want to say thank you to them and we want to see your photos and comments. just go to facebook.com/abc7 news. good news for the napa river, considerably lower than flood stage. that is 25. right now it's 16.7 feet but it is going to crest at 3:00 tomorrow morning at about 25.1 feet and that means we're going to have flooding in the

lowest parts of towns in addition to the lowest agricultural land in the napa valley and some secondary roads are going to be inundated. it's going to be bumpy getting into the airports, especially sfo, from 1:00 -- 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. today into tomorrow because of gusts up to 46 miles per hour and we've got a blizzard warning for the sierra. don't even try to go up there today. treacherous day on the roads. taking a look at live doppler 7 on our traffic maps, we've got some heavy pockets but everybody going to have to turn those wipers on today. couple new problems for highway 24, both of them reported on the west side of the road. two car crash, blocking the far right lane then past that, closer to highway 13, this is also a little closer to broadway, we're getting multiple calls into chp. that is now in the left lane and it's reportedly on fire so i'll have an update on these and plenty other trouble spots.

federal officials are warning that pacemakers can be hacked. the fda said implantable cardial devices made by st. jude medical could be a target for hackers. once they gain access, they could potentially deplete the battery, shock the person or alter their heartbeat. st. jude has a fix. to receive it, patients must plug in their transmitters and connect them to the network. this is the first time the government has issued a warning about pacemaker hacking. take a look at these photos, capturing the moment a rescue team pulled a hiker to safety in south carolina. this is at the table rock state park near the tennessee border. army officials say the higher fell about 70 feet before ending up stranded out there for hours. the conditions were too dangerous to hike on so the team had to fly on a helicopter and air lift the person to safety. that hiker is now being treated for their injuries. next at 5:00 a.m., water trouble. the pipeline damage by the weekend storm and the plea one city is making to water customers. also the powerful storms

that are soaking us are doing more than just triggering more than just triggering floods, power outages and

it's 5:00 a.m., good morning to you on a tuesday, january 10. i'm natasha zouves. >> and i'm matt keller in for reggie aqui. we have traffic reporter alex smith and meteorologist mike nicco and mike, i feel like if you just rung out my clothes every day and just have a big puddle right on the floor. >> that's a visual. would you like to do that later today for me? >> if you want to stand out in the rain, go right ahead. >> i feel just walking to my car, that happens. >> the small walk to the driveway. good morning, everybody. you get caught in one of those downpours, have matt c