well, a day of downpours is givi giving way this morning to clean-up and recovery. business owners and homeowners are having to head for higher ground. the worst is yet to come. good morning on this wednesday, january 11. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm reggie aqui. we do have live team coverage of the storm. we're going to start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> we've got a flash flood warning near alameda creek near niles boulevard. this whole area is experiencing flooding for the next hour or so. we do have some light showers and even a little heavier shower right now on the eastern side of the san mateo bridge. in fact, here you can see some of that rain coming down, adding more puddles to the roadway and that's what we're going to have for the morning commute but then it's going to be a little drier with a stray shower through 7:00 but come 11:00 tonight, a next round of wet weather is on the way. here's alexis with a greater look at our commute. yeah, we still have a lot of

issues that are wealth related. we've got some slides that happened overnight, trees that are down and that's exactly what we're dealing with on highway 9 n the saratoga area.n highway 9 no estimate on when we'll get that back open but i will certainly let you know wups we get official road. also a full disclosure of highway 37 between 181 and lakeville road due to some significant flooding in the north end. also a new crash southbound 101 on the golden gate bridge. i'll talk more about that next. a family of seven is out of their home. they had to be rescued in sonole. >> a road there still evacuated because of mudslides. matt keller is there for us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you this road closure here. this is niles canyon road, fremont police are blocking it off. it is a long stretch of road that connects 680 to mission boulevard here in fremont so this is a very important road and i just got an update from

the fremont police department, they said caltrans had come by and told them that this road will be closed until at least 8:00 this morning. one resident told me one of the mudslides is a quarter of a mile long and people are having to go towards castro valley to get out. niles canyon road is a muddy mess. we took this video about 20 minutes ago. didn't make it very far from mission boulevard before we ran into debris, brush, and thick mud. a car was parked on the side of the road with a bunch of debris underneath the vehicle. two people were actually trapped in that car and the fremont police department had to go in and take them out. water was above their wheels. alameda creek runs right next to it but that water was actually coming from the mountainside. several slides took place in this area, one on nearby kilcare road. in fact, the alameda county fire department tweeted this saying they were on the scene helping a family of seven, two adults, five kids displaced by the mudslides. they're concerned a home may be

compromised and might need further evaluation. we've seen caltrans crews and union pacific crews out here on the road. that road is going to be closed at 8:00 but you can expect another evaluation from caltrans and other crews as they come out here and try to make sure that this road is clear and safe for people to drive on. reporting live in fremont, matt keller. >> thank you. up to 800 homes and sonoma county are being threatened by the rising russian river this morning and that river is expected to crest later on this morning. >> guerneville being hit particularly hard and check out the video, just how high this water was yesterday afternoon. sonoma county's emergency dispatch center received 19 calls from people who were trapped or stuck in the water. the russian river fire district rescued at least six people yesterday in guerneville alone. more flooding this time in san francisco under 280. water pouring down from the interstate helped to flood the road. cars still tried to get through it. chp showed up there overnight to help direct people to go around

the water. that is some deep water to risk your car and your life with. >> right. marin county officials keeping an eye on creeks there after they rose above flood levels last night. evacuations were ordered in downtown saenls and parts of ross valley as well. the creeks are over capacity or were last night. that and the threat of more rain caused fishlgs to make the call to sound flood sirens and order evacuations. >> we have several cells still off the coast that we're looking at and we believe those drel cells are going to be pushing into the area. if they get stalled in the water shed, it could have another 2 feet of rise. >> creek levels a and evacuation orders in downtown san anselmo were lifted. >> the santa cruz sheriff's office tweeted this last night. around 11:00, they said water was 2 inches deep in the roadway. around 12:30 this morning, the office said water levels were slowly receded. main street in downtown martinez is reopened this

morning. look at that rushing water. video taken late last night slowing water gushing down the streets there and cars couldn't get through. one man tried his luck on his bicycle, though. almambra creek went over its baggages, soccer balls and toys were washing up in a bill pile. pg&e crews working to restore power to 9,000 customers in the bay area. the biggest cluster is in the north bay. 2300 without power in the east bay and about 2200 in the south bay. 1300 without power in the peninsula and about 200 customers in san francisco waiting for power to come back on. these back to back storms have backed up the runway at sfo, causing a travel headache for hundreds of people. >> so the question, is it any better this morning? for the answer, let's get to jessica at the live desk. >> hey, well, things not looking great. i want to show you a live look here at sfo. right now and we have checked this morning. there are already eight

cancellations, ten delays. i have been looking at flight aware very carefully for you. it is only 5:00 a.m., so that's not good. those delays mainly coming into the airport, so if you do have to pick up someone, make sure to check their status before heading out there. heavy rain, high winds, grounded d dozens of flights yesterday, delayed hundreds of flights and hopefully -- mike is telling us that rain is going to be a little bit lighter today so hopefully we don't see as many cancellations and delays out of sfo. i have been keeping an eye on san jose as well for you. five cancellations there, one flight delayed. oakland, doing the best. three cancellations and one delay at this point. downtown sebastopol spent part of yesterday in the dark. traffic was at a standstill for hours. streelts were out too. many store owners called it a day and just went home. meanwhile in danville, a

heritage oak crashed into a house. a truck parked outside was crushed by the weight of the limbs. part of the house is so damaged that water started leaking into the living room. the homeowner believed that it was the weather making the noise. >> i thought at first it was thunder. it sounded like thunder and then at that point, we were in the kitchen and then you could see stuff coming through the ceiling. >> so how's the house? >> a mess. >> the house a mess, but fortunately, no one was hurt here. the building department was called to the site and pg&e as well. a crew was trying to turn the gas off to the home. it's believed a combination of the soaked grounds and gusting inds caused the tree to topple. crews all over the bay area are dealing with fallen trees. here's one block in the japantown distric in san francisco. this tree came down across the entire road. no one got hurt. highway 1 remains closed in sections along the big sur coastline right now. these are pictures from caltrans

showing various slides along the highway in monterey county. traffic is being diverted around this but caltrans is advising people to avoid the area until the slides will cleared away. if you download the abc7 news app, you can find live doppler 7 right under the weather section. you can track the green under where you are live. enable push alerts to get weather alerts on your phone. let's get over to mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. we're going to turn our attention to the king tides for a second. they are a naturally occurring phenomenon and when it does rain during those, it can enhance the flooding as it did a little bit yesterday on the embarcadero in san francisco. these are the times it's going to hit its peak at the golden gate bridge. so it's going to be 20 to 30 minutes later as you get deeper into the bay. so give you an idea of around this time frame, low land flooding anywhere you see highlighted in the neon green here. let's talk about some of those areas. palo alto, east palo alto, getting some wet weather, campus drive there as you head on to stanford, sand hill road, middle

field road coming off the dumbarton bridge. and you can see san rafael all the way moving across the san pablo bay, some puddles are going to developior your commute over the next 15 minutes or so. temperatures inland east bay, low to mid 50s right now. in fact, all of us should dress for that. today's going to a little bit cooler than yesterday. mid to upper 50s. the cold front is going to bring us another round of rain tonight, ushers in low 50s tomorrow and then we'll rebound friday with that sunshine. in fact, i'll show you a much drier forecast and tonight's rain and the impacts it's going to have on you coming up next. good morning, mike. and i do have one new issue right around the golden gate bridge, actually at the north end of the bridge on the saus side so southbound 101 just before you get on to the span there, we've got a disabled vehicle blocking the slow lane. we can't see it on this camera. some really light volume so chp on the way to the scene there,

just be on the lookout for that. if you are on your way in that direction. heading down to the santa cruz mountains, another tough day for drivers, highway 17 at vine hill, we had that major mudslide on monday. we had another slide last night about 6:00 p.m. so we did have a full closure of the northbound side overnight. they now have one lane in each direction in the southbound lane so just like we had yesterday morning, that is still a sig alert. i've only seen some minor delays so far today. southbound 17 past the cast restaurant we had another slide there, location of another one yesterday, that is still blocking the right lane and then north of there, northbound 17 just before state route 9, i'm hearing about a pretty big hot hole that gave vehicles a flat tire. mass transit issues this morning, i'll talk about those next. coming up, flooding from the storms causing the biggest problem here in the bay area. it's a different threat, though, posing a danger in the sierra. a huge new community is

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like look at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. we're getting a little bit of a break from that pounding rain today, just a few showers out there. we do want to remind you if you take any photos or video of the weather where you live, make sure to post it with #abc7now. we can find it and share it right here on the news. be careful if you're

planning a trip to the snow today. an avalanche warning is in effect for the sierra. look at these whiteout conditions. they're expecting even more of that snow today. the resort could close for a second day in a row if that's the case. that decision is expected to come down in the next few hours. officials say the avalanche danger is going to be high for all elevations until at least 7:00 this morning. right now, interstate 80 is closed from coal fax to the nevada state line. highway 50 also off limits. yosemite national park reopened for the first time yesterday since it closed on friday because of weather. rangers did close entrances overnight because of the risk of more rock slides. visitors to yosemite are dealing with snow covering much of the valley right now. in san francisco, a main road that was closed by the rock slide is open this morning. abc7 news was on the scene where

several rocks tumbled down from the hill. crews worked into the night to clear that slide away and they had that road open about midnight. this is interesting. and just a matter of weeks, we have gone from drought to flooding, mudslides, and avalanches. take a look at the image on the left. it shows the drought situation a year ago. the one on the right is what it looks like today. the dark red areas show areas of exceptional drought. the white areas indicate no longer a drought there. reservoirs are at roughly 90% of average. the state recommends that we continue to limit our water usage, though, because so much of the state is still considered to be in brout. more evidence of the full reservoirs. check out this drone video. you can see all that water spilling over the dam after sunday's powerful storm. abc7 news viewer jeff hall says he shot this video with his drone on monday. he says he couldn't fly too

close because the mist was spraying up so high. it's times like these that we're reminded how important it is to have a good umbrella. abc7 news was in san francisco yesterday. we saw people struggling, ones that were broken, m malfunctioning, inside out, very few umbrellas could completely shield against the strong winds. at a certain point, it's a losing battle. >> just throw it on the ground, put that hood up and call it a day. >> absolutely. are we going to see gusts like that today, mike? >> no, i don't think so. the wind watch was dropped at midnight and i've got some good news for the napa river. at napa, it is cresting right now, just about half a foot over flood stage and it will be below flood stage by 8:00 a.m. so minor flooding. let's take a look at what we have going on right now and you can see a few spotty sprinkles around the napa valley. as i pull out, you ca see a nice slug of moisture. you're going to run right into that. it's going to hit american canyon, hercules and bonicia

where amy hollyfield is right now. as you head towards lafayette, or if you're in walnut creek on 24, you can see a little bit of puddling happening right there once again. storm impact scale for today, actually tonight, pockets of moderate rain, potential for more flooding, but light winds. here we are at 6:00 in the morning, see some scattered, light showers, notice by 9:00, the coverage becomes a lot less. we'll see a few peeks of sunshine from time to time in umbrella, sunglasses, umbrella, sunglasses, one of those kind of days. as we ahead into the evening commute, hardly any showers but come 11:00, yellow showing up again. the santa cruz mountains, you're in the bulls eye for some moderate to heavy downpours during the overnight hours and even some snow on mt. hamilton. here are my main concerns. moderate concern with stream and creek flooding, a little higher in the santa cruz mountains, hydroplaning is going to be high and river flooding is going to

be high in guerneville. power outages and debris flows are going to be low with this next storm. it's a 1 through thursday morning and then friday through tuesday, we get a break. that's good. i didn't know if it was ever going to stop raining, mike. we're going okay through the bay bridge toll plaza. so far this morning. little sheen left on that pavement, some areas where you're getting light showers but nothing like yesterday, especially yesterday evening on the roads. we do have a high wind advisory for most of our bridges in the bay area so both hands on the wheel especially if you're in a high-profile vehicle. want to talk about ace transit. ace 1 canceled this morning due to the mudslide in niles canyon so they're evaluating the situation, they're saying ace 3 is questionable. we have not gotten an update from ace rail yet but we are monitoring that. i will let you know as soon as we get word. values not too bad so far this morning if you're going to have to drive from the stockton area instead. and a quick check of b.a.r.t.

instead. the track maintenance went over schedule so still a 10-minute delay for riders at san francisco stations. we'll take a look at closures coming up next. in today's gma first look, a former u.s. senator got taken off a jet blue flight in florida after an angry outburst. >> reporter: in many morning's gma first look, new video of a former senator trying to lead a rebellion on a plane. >> stand up for what's right and walk out with me. >> reporter: frustrated after a seven-hour delay, here's what happened. passengers sitting in the front refused captain's orders to move to the back of the plane to balance out the weight. former senator al demato took matters into his own hands and went up to speak with the passengers himself, then demanded the captain force them to shift seats. that's when he got in trouble and got kicked off the flight. the incident is reminiscent of that famous line in the movie "network." >> i'm as mad as hell and i'm

not going to take this anymore. >> and we'll have more on this runway rebellion coming up at 7:00 a.m. when we hear from the senator. abc news new york. >> it's 5:21 now. san francisco mayor ed lee is calling for more electric cars and trucks in the city's fleet. he is joining the mayors of l.a., seattle, and portland in a joint challenge to car makers to produce enough electric vehicles to meet their demands. san francisco is already known for its electric buses, light rail, and street cars. mayor lee says electric vehicles are the key to improving air quality and lowering maintenance costs. self-driving shuttles on treasure island, that could be a reality by 2020. the san francisco county transportation authority wants to test them for first and last mile transportation. the agency also wants to introduce a toll system from the bay bridge to the island as well as ferry service to and from the ferry building. major redevelopment is underway

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wet roads, just scattered showers for the evening, much drier then. number three, an aisles canyon road expected to remain closed until 8:00 a.m. after several mudslides. one of the slides on nearby kilkare road? sunol has displaced a family of seven. officials say they're concerned a home may be compromised and might need further evaluation. flooding further slowing you down in marin county this morning. full closure of highway 37 tweeb 101 and lakeville road, low laying area that does flood. six vehicles stuck there overnight. at least three are likely still there. no estimate on what we'll get that back open. number five, from the live desk, a handful of people still without power after a small underground fire in daly city overnight. a transformer blew and flames burst from a grate at john daly boulevard and mission street overnight. number six, president-elect donald trump is holding a news conference at 8:00 this morning and he's expected to address

explosive but unverified allegations that he was compromised by russian agents. abc news will have that conference and a special report at 8:00 a.m. number seven, a farewell to remember. social media buzzing this morning following president obama's final public speech as commander in chief. he pledged support for his successor and identified race relations and income inequality as threats to our republic. if you have some seasonal holiday treats around the house that you haven't eaten yet, listen up. hostess twinkies white peppermint and other products with candy coatings are being recalled due to a salmonella scare. the biggest group of and from the palmer candy company. if you have any of this, take it back to the store where you purchased it. neither wind nor rain nor flooding will keep firefighters from saving a cat in a tree. look closely here. see that little tan-colored cat, ran up some trees after becoming

stranded at discovery park. this poor little guy, spooked by the storm, the fire crews you can see, they used an inflatable raft and strapped a harness around the feline and lowered it down to safety on a rope. firefighters have nicknamed the cat harvey. we're not sure why but glad he's safe. i thought it was going to be something relevant to the rescue. >> i got nothing. next at 5:30, even more on the aftermath of the storms hitting the bay area this week. >> terrifying moments for a family in the north bay as a mudslide traps grandparents and two young kids inside the home. breaking news into the live desk. desk. evacuations underway in the

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in days. in sonoma county, an evacuation advisory is in effect this morning for hundreds of people who live along the russian river. and in marin county, a scary night for a family, including two kids and grandparents. they were trapped in their home by sliding mud. thank you for joining us on this wednesday, january 11. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm reggie aqui. we'll have live team coverage of the storm and we're going to start with meteorologist mike nicco this morning. >> hi, everybody. our biggest concern is alameda creek near niles boulevard, reports of flooding there, flash flooding. you need to seek higher ground immediately as the creek is rising and try not to drive through water. you can see light showers on either side near the mission boulevard and the sunol grade up to castro valley. and right here, jessica was mentioning just a few seconds ago that they're evacuating people in gilroy and they're about to get wet with a little bit more of wet weather. we'll have scattered showers through the morning commutes, you can see rolling through walnut creek but nothing like

that thunderstorm last night. mainly dry with a stray shower throughout the day and into 7:00. come 11:00, another round of wet weather is on the way. i'll tell you about it coming up next. the you're coming down golden gate bridge this morning, southbound 101 just before you get to the toll plaza on the north end of the bridge, we had a disabled vehicle that has cleared. still have a high wind advisory for golden gate bridge as you colossus that mid span there and some really good news for ace rail riders. ace 1 was canceled due to that mudslide in niles canyon area but we just got the all clear from union pacific that ace 3, 5, and 7 got cleared so they will be able to run this morning. so i will keep an eye on that just to make sure we don't have updates but it sounds like we're good to go. the north bay has been especially hit hard due to the storms and we are seeing a fast rising russian river. >> yeah as mike mentioned, it's going to crest sooner than first expected. let's get to amy hollyfield on her way there right now.

>> reporter: hi, we're on our way to guerneville right now where the russian river is on the rise. and we're on highway 37 in vallejo, and it's still raining. it has just not stopped. so we're on our way to see how this is going to be impacting guerneville. here's a look at the fire department riding through neighborhood streets in rescue boat, looking for people in guerneville who needed help evacuating from their homes. they did pull a few people to dry ground who felt very worried abo aboutlying their homes behind as you can imagine. firefighters say they did all they could to find those who needed help. >> we've been in here about three or four times. we've taken five or six people out. knocked on every door and some people want to leave, some people don't. >> reporter: the river has already flooded neighborhoods and today is expected to be worse. they're predicting that it will hit 38 feet. that's more than 6 feet over

flood stage. residents say this has been stressful but that people have been helping each other move their belongings and find a safe place to go. we will have live reports from guerneville and show you the situation there later this morning. reporting live from highway 37, amy hollyfield, abc7 near hooeld right now, crews spent most of their day rerouting traffic and setting up flooded signs there. we saw drivers throwing caution to the wind and deciding to cross flooded areas instead of turning around and driving sometimes miles around the detour. of course it is not safe to do this. in pooelt, the river through downtown crept right up to the banks. you can see how high it was at the d street bridge. the river went over its banks on sunday, receded, and is now once again close to flooding. a flash flood watch for much of sonoma county expired at mbt. we're going to watch to see what

today brings. rain slicked roads and all that wind continues to be a challenge for the people who live there. >> moving out to alameda county, highway 84 through niles canyon expected to be closed until 8:00 a.m. after several mudslides last night. >> the fremont fire department shot this video showing how much water is flowing through aldridge creek. niles county was shut down just after 8:30 last night. mudslides on kilkare road in sunol displaced a family of seven. no one was hurt but their home may have been badly damaged. always be careful when you're driving in this weather. this is northbound 101 north of bailey avenue in san jose last night, flooding closed all but one lane. and as you can see, it is difficult to make out where the deep water is, so make sure you take your time. in gilroy, uvas creek continues to roar like a river. yesterday flooding from all the rain closed several roadways including at santa teresa

boulevard. emergency crews responded to call after call. >> as you can see, they're still speeding. we already encountered one guy stuck in the water up there. couple hydroplaners and no one's really slowing down at all. we've gotten splashed a couple times already. >> heavy rains caused countless trees to fall, many taking out power lines as pay the fell. pg&e crews working to restore power to more than 250 customers in gilroy. we are getting some breaking news happening in hollister and gilroy. >> that's right. fast rising waters overnight have forced evacuations in that area. it's right on the border of hollister and gilroy. more specifically, kind of happening right here in this area just south of highway 152 on lovers lane. and i want to show you new video that we just got. i'm actually watching this for the first time with you. throughout the morning, we have seen people being loaded on to buses and a lot of water. they are trying to rescue those folks, you see firefighters out there. they are using boats as well in

the area to get those people out of the area and we just heard mike say that they are about to get some more rain there so a very dangerous situation, and right now, we are waiting to hear from our crew on the scene to get just a little bit more information apart from this video of exactly what is going on there, but you see all of those emergency responders. again, i'm watching this for the first time with you so as soon as we get more information into our live desk, we'll have that for you. at 6:00 a.m. for sure from our crews out there. thank you. nearly 9,000 customers in the bay area are still without power this morning, pg&e says the north bay experiencing the most outages with more than 2600 in the dark. in the east bay, they're pretty close, 2300 without electricity, about 2200 in the south bay, 1300 on the peninsula, and almost 200 in san francisco waiting for repairs. take a look at this. b.a.r.t. is back to normal this morning following a system-wide service disruption and do you see this? passengers in san francisco literally climbing out of the 24th street station last night.

they escaped a crowded platform by climbing not on but along the side of a broken escalator. the reason for all the chaos? two trains hit a fallen tree limb near the balboa park station. that was happening during the height of the evening commute. this disruption as well as an equipment problem caused a ripple effect and service that lasted for several hours. a fallen tree near dolores park in san francisco stopped muni's j church line in its tracks last nigh. a resident tweeted this photo near 19th and church. muni used shuttles to get passengers around the closure. customers could see some minor delays as service is restored. in marin county, a landslide on sir francis drake boulevard in fairfax trapped two young children and their grandparents inside. the land slide came without warning. >> these trees came down in mudslide and smashed the carport and pushed all the mud out and the carport is buried. you can't even see that it was there. and the trees are on top of it

somewhere. >> medics checked everyone out just in case. everyone was fine, fortunately. at first they thought the girls' grandparents would have to be carried out because of their ages but they said no and they walked fine just on their own. you can keep tabs on the latest storms with live doppler 7 if you download the abc7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts to get advisories sent straight to your phone or tablet. let's focus in on what happened in san francisco last night. 45th avenue at cabrillo street near ocean beach and you can see somebody took a ride on some of that water and while it looks pretty playful, it's still pretty dangerous. you can see the storm drain could not keep up. let's talk about a little more serious flooding that that we're dealing with but i do have some good news, latest forecast for the russian river, cresting at 9:00 this morning at a lower level. and it will be below flood stage

at a quicker time frame, 6:00 tomorrow morning. until then, we're dealing with significant flooding. let's take a look around, live doppler 7, picking up some light showers, sebastopol and just to the east of santa rosa heading towards st. helena. heading over to benicia, martinez and possibly bay point and pleasant hill and in the san ramon valley, 680 is going to be a bear to drive. more puddles developing there. san jose 101 and 880, it is wet but not range right now. wet roads early. that's our best chance for slickness on the roads today. morning showers if you're on the water, out and about, it will be drier later but watch out for the king tides today. we're going to have flooding around the bay shore and the coast around 9:51 at the golden gate. it's going to hit you 20 to 30 minutes later east of that. and another one tomorrow and then it will be over. you can see light rain on the san mateo bridge right there and what i wanted to show you,

temperatures in the mid to you werer 50s today. i'm going to start you with a look at highway 37 in marin county. this is why we have that closure today and this is between 101 and lakeville road. these are some pictures from last night. we actually had as many as six vehicles get stuck in about 3 feet of water. chp reported as of 1:00 a.m., they had three vehicles sitting in there. couldn't get them out so they're going to have to wait until the water recedes but full closure of highway 37 between 101 and lakeville road. right now, i want to focus in on highway 17, lot of issues. once again, northbound 17 right around vine hill, we had a major tree down last night, still trying to clear that, one lane in each direction, starting to see some delays fill in. southbound highway 17 past the cats restaurant, still have smaller landslide in the right lane and just north of there, right around state route 9, major pothole in the left lane,

five vehicles with flat tires, they are trying to get caltrans out to fix that. update on all these traffic issues this morning and a new problem on westbound 580 coming up next. new details emerge in the illegal football hazing at a north bay high school. what we're learning about just how much this investigation may expand. >> serio >>. serious allegations are being made this morning against president-elect donald trump, the compromising information russia reportedly has against them. here's a live look outside. you see downtown and not a lot of rain in san francisco this morning. but we could see some rain a little later on today. little later on today. you can always keep track

you're awake and we are grateful for that. you are looking live from our emeryville camera at interstate 80 this morning. at least we're not contending with a major storm today. mike nicco's going to tell us a lot more later on exactly what we can expect. if you're taking any photos or video where you live, post it with #abc7now so we can see and share it. we have new details on the investigation into assault allegations involving napa high school football players. the napa valley registerer is reporting up to 11 students were involved in the hazing of jv football players in 2015 and 2016. the napa valley unified school district superintendent says they're determining disciplinary action after the district's own investigation determined serious

hazing incidents occurred. a complaint was filed in november with napa police, which is now continuing to investigate. the outgoing superintendent of oaklanddownfied schools is making some bold recommendations on how to trim the budget before leaving his post. he will officially lay out those recommendations at a board meeting tonight. he's expected to suggest cutting $10 million in spending. also placing a freeze on nonteaching positions. school officials agree that spending cuts are necessary. they say cutting back will enable to district to pay for ongoing costs, also for programs to improve student achievement. president-elect donald trump is holding a press conference in just a few hours. this comes as the fbi investigates unsubstantiated claims that mr. trump was compromised by the russians. the allegations surround a trip mr. trump took to moscow in 2013. democratic political operatives gave this information in a report to the fbi and later to news organizations, including abc news, before and after the

election. none of these claims has been verified by abc news. they gain momentum among intelligence officials as mr. trump continued to praise russian president vladimir putin. the president-elect has fired off several tweets in response this morning, including this one about an hour ago. he writes, intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to leak into the public. one last shot at me. are we living in nazi germany? unquote. the kremlin says it has no compromising information and is calling the allegations "pulp fiction." abc news will have a special report at 8:15 this morning covering mr. trump's press conference. did you watch this last night on abc? president barack obama returned to chicago and delivered his final public speech as president of the united states. as you can expect, he covered a whole lot and among the most memorable moments, when he was talking about his wife and first lady, michelle obama. >> you took on a role you didn't ask for. and you made it your own with

grace and with grit and with style. and good humor. >> well, the president pledged >> well, the president pledged again to support his he also identified race relations, income inequality and the state of political discourse as threats to the republic. let's talk about a threat to our area as the weather piles on. >> i just talked about the russian river, and mary cooper was watching us and she just tweeted me, thanks for the great news this morning, because river not going over 39 feet, we can stay in our home. that's nice. i'm glad we have a little positive news this morning to tell. so thank you for that, mary. all right. we've got some good news for the napa river at st. helena. we're currently at 14.5, which means we're below and we're dropping. so, flooding not a threat there anymore. minor flooding possible, napa river is cresting right now

about half a foot above flood stage, it will be below flood stage at 8:00 this morning. let's take a look at the radar. pretty quiet in the napa valley. you can see live doppler 7 up there on mt. st. helena and the shower is heading south of napa, going through american canyon, vallejo, and benicia, unfortunately, where they have that state of emergency. bay bridge toll plaza, alameda about to get wet, bay view district, brisbane all the way down to sfo. notice you don't see that deep white cloud mass that we had yesterday that had all that rain. in fact, we're going to see some sunshine today. tonight when the next storm comes through with the potential or some flash flooding. you can see a few drops out there. by noon, less drops. by 5:00, 6:00, even fewer drops. but by 11:00, then it starts coming in and it's going to be moderate to heavy, especially along the santa cruz mountains through the morning commute all the way up to about san francisco and oakland and then

by 9:00, you can see it's already starting to taper. so if we have any flash flooding concerns, it will be this time tomorrow and of course i will be here and alexis will be here to tell you all about it. yeah. of course. and i just got some good news from marin county chp, they were able to open up the eastbound side of highway 37 where where he showed you that flooding. the westbound side is still closed so i'll have an update on that with some maps in about ten minutes. right now a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, those metering lights on about 5:28 this morning and i'm seeing a light shower move through now as well. high wind advisory for our bridges here today. hopefully my clicker wants to cooperate, but we'll see if i can maybe maneuver this. actually, i am totally locked out. that is not good. we've got a couple different issues now. one of them, westbound 580, if you're going to be traveling around park boulevard, a crash blocking the middle lane and then highway 13, a rollover collision. i'm going to figure out what

gremlin is in my traffic system here, show you all this on our traffic maps coming up next. we want to show you more of the video that we are getting from the hollister area where there are evacuations underway right now and this is why. you can see flooded streets there in the area on lovers lane just south of highway 152, and that emergency car dripping with water. that's from cal fire. i've also seen cars wading out of the area with very deep water. we have heard that they have called in boats to help the rescue out there. we continue working on getting some new information from our own crews that are out there. much more as we get it. jessica, thank you. new at 6:00, the reason your tax return could be late this year. first the good samaritan who saved the day for a north bay woman and her little dog trapped by dangerous water. plus big deals on airline plus big deals on airline fares, where you can get a

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the abc7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. 5:53 now and take a look. this good samaritan jumped into action to save a woman and her dog stranded in a flooded sebastopol street. the man carried the woman's 11-year-old pug, guided the woman back to dry land as well last night. the stranded driver was calling 911 for help when the good samaritan saw that she need to be rescued, he jumped into action. two men are recovering from

hypothermia after their boat capsized. they tried to raft down boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains. a swift water rescue team from the fire department went into the fast moving creek and they got them out. both of those men taken hospital. we do not recommend this, but a couple guys decided to try to have a little fun in the flooding water along the russian river in guerneville. you can see they flashed into the water on a motorcycle and that guy is taking the plunge, swimming with snorkel gear on. the fire department, not amused by this and they are telling everybody to stay out of the flood water. we want to thank abc7 news viewer tony for this photo of crews working to clear a tree in sebastopol. share your photos with us on social media with #abc7now. the california emergency management agency is reminding people to be ready for natural disasters. prepare nor cal's guidelines for stocking your emergency kit and developing an emergency plan are

on our website, abc7news.com. all right, let's talk about rain totals. i was looking at the board there on the computer. and i saw our radar is down in the santa cruz mountains. more than 15 inches, mt. s st. helena where our radar is, nrn 13 inches. 3 1/2 to 3 2/3 in san francisco. look at danville, nearly 7 inches. we've got almost 9 in santa rosa. almost a little more than 9 in san rafael, about 4 in redwood city. we had about 11 in kent field and look at our sierra snow pack, 135% of average. the new measurements will come out at 8:00 this morning and that will go up. we've got the blizzard warning that will continue through 10:00 and then we're going to give out another foot of snow by 10:00 tomorrow morning. that will make treacherous travel there. i do an update on this highway

37 flooding closure. so, chp in marin county just let us know they were able to open up the eastbound side of 37. the westbound side is still closed between atherton and 101. i will let you know as soon as that is open. we have a little bit better news here on westbound 580 before grand avenue. that crash was blocking the left lane. sounds like they just pushed that off to the shoulder. also northbound highway 13 past park boulevard, we have a rollover crash reported on the right-hand shoulder, an ambulance on the way, as of right now, it does not sound like that is blocking and good news for ace riders. ace 1 was canceled today due to mudslide in niles canyon but 3, 5, and 7 should be on the go and on time. union pacific gave them the all clear about 15 minutes ago. a one-way flight to europe for less than $70? if you're saying wow, that's exactly right. w.o.w. airlines is selling flights out of san francisco and l.a. to stockholm, coppen hagen,

for 69 bucks. the offer is good for flights between this sunday and april 5. the return trip does cost more. cheapest flights range from $129 to $199. still, that's very low. w.o.w. ceo says he wants to make rock bottom fares a regular offering. coming up next at 6:00, the dangerous conditions across the bay area this morning. we're tracking that state of emergency in the east bay as flood waters cover city streets. what you need to know before you go out the door. and speaking of flooded streets, take a look to the this video that we continue getting from the hollister carolina. from the hollister carolina. we have breaking news

that breaking news coming out of the south bay right now where evacuations are now underway east of gilroy as local waterways run over their banks. good morning to you, i'm natasha zouves. >> and i'm reggie aqui. we're going to get right to jessica castro who is watching this from the live desk. >> yes, the and it's all because

of those fast rising waters overnight. more specifically, let me get that back up for you. more specifically, it is happening just south of 152 on the border here of hollister and gilroy. it is on lovers lane and my computer is not cooperating with me, folks. let me show you that video that we have. hopefully i can fast forward requester you a little bit. having some technical issues. there we go. you see the emergency crews that are out there, again, this is south of highway 152 in hollister, and we have been seeing people throughout the morning being loaded on to buses, there's a lot of water there on the ground there, trying to get some folks out by boat. i can also tell you that i've seen some people with their pets rescu rescued using fire trucks in that area and mike is telling us they are going to get more rain any minute now so the situation there continues to change and sfa as soon as we get more information from the scene, we are working on verifying h